Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 12, 1897.
P. GRAY MEEK, . .
Ebprror.
Democratic County Committee for 1897.
Huen 8. TAvLOR, Boyp A. Musskr,
Chairman, Secretary.
WirLian J. KEPLER, Assistant Secretary.
Precinct. Name. P. O. Address.
Bellefonte N. W. Jno. Trafford Bellefonte
44 8. W. Ed. Brown, Jr. WL
o W. W. Geo. R. Meck, £8
Centre Hall Boro J. Witmer Wolf, Centre Hall
Howard £8 Abe Weber, Howard
Milesburg Jas. B. Noll, Milesburg
Millheim
Fleming
Philipsburg
Millheim £6 Sam’l Weiser, Jr.,
Unionville * L. P. Brisbin,
Philipsburg 1st W. J. W. Lukens
kk 2nd W. Harry Denning,
ae srd W. Albert Howe £¢
State College Boro J. N. Krumrine, State’ College
S. Philipsburg ¢ Henry S. Wilcox, Philipsburg
Benner Twp. N. P. L. C. Rerick, Bellefonte
44 iS. P. John Ishler, st
Boggs Twp. N.P. Henry Heaton, Milesburg
‘“
E. P. Jos. L. Neff, Roland
fr W.P. D.F. Poorman, Milesburg
Burnside Twp. Wm. Hipple, Pine Glenn
College fe Jno. A. Rupp, Oak Hall
Curtin ‘ N. J. McCloskey, Romola
Pine Grove Mills
Ferguson “FE. P. W. H. Frye,
i “ W. P. Sam Harpster, Jr.,
Gregg Twp. N. P. Geo. Weaver,
46 E. P. Jas. C. Condo,
Gatesburg
Penns Cave
Penn Hall
A W. P. Jno. Smith, Spring Mills
Haines Twp. W.P. W. T. Winklebeck, Coburn
fe E.P. R. E. Stover, Woodward
Half Moon Twp. Emory McAfee, Stormstown
Harris 4 Jas. A. Swabb, Linden Hall
Howard L Robert Confer, Howard
Huston a) Henry Hale, Julian
Liberty £€ Jas. I. DeLong, Blanchard
Marion u Wm. P. Orr, Walker
Miles Twp. E. P. Dan’l W. Harter, Wolf's Store
* W.P. Edward Miller, Centre Mills
£4 M.P. C.J. Crouse, Rebersburg
Patton Twp. D. L. Meek, Waddle
Penn ££ A. P. Zerby, Sober
Poiter «“ 8. P J PF Smith Colver
“ ** N P. G. H. Emerick, Centre Hall
Rukh “ N.P. Wm. Frank, Philipshurg
te Osceola Mills
* 8. P. Sam’'l Wayne
Snow Shoe Twp. E.P Lawrence Reding Snow Shoe
4 4 SW. P 8. K. Johnston, Moshannon
L. H. Wian, Bellefonte
Spring Twp. N. P. !
if S. P. W. H. Noll, Jr., Pleasant Gap
a W. P. P.F. Garbrick, Bellefonte
Taylor Twp. Vinton Beckwith, Hannah
Union * Chas. G. Hall, Fleming
Walker J. H. Carner, = Hublersburg
Worth ¢ A. J. Johnston, Port Matilda
Boyp A. Musser, HUGH S. TAYLOR,
Hanna's Trouble.
The Republican leaders are having one
of those fights which always breaks out
among them when there is to be a division
of the spoils, and it is all about MARK
HANNA. Major MCKINLEY, from a sense
of gratitude for what the great dispenser of
boodle did to elect him President, is wil-
ling that HANNA should have anything
he may think worth reaching for in the
way of political rewards. from a cabinet
position to a United States Senatorship,
but there are other Ohio leaders, not as
friendly to him as MCKINLEY is, of whom
the irrepressible FORAKER is the leader, and
it is their opposition thatis giving MARK
and the Major more trouble than - they
want to have on their hands just on the eve
of so auspicious an event as the inaugura-
tion of “theadvance agent of prosperity.”
The President-elect would be pleased to
have his great campaign benefactor in his
cabinet, but HANNA would prefer to be
among the plutocrats of the Senate. It
was to further his scnatorial ambition that
the arrangement was made for SHERMAN
to accept the State Department, thereby
making a vacancy in” the Senate which
MARK thinks would about suita man of
his millions. This vacancy would have to
be filled by Gov. Bushell’s appointment,
which was counted on as sure for H ANNA,
but the trouble came on when FORAKER
and his faction showed that they had more
influence with the Governor against the ex-
pectant appointee than could be exerted in
this favor from Canton.
As the contention now stands FORAKER
has the upper hand in preventing the Gov-
ernor from appointing to the U. S. Senate
the man who furnished the financial means |
of electing McKINLEY. If he persists in
his ambition to wear the senatorial toga he
must apply to the next members of the
Ohio Legislature who may be willing to
put it on his shoulders for a pecuniary con-
sideration.
The Democratic ticket in the bor-
ough is a very good one: No person can
take exception to a man whose name ap-
pears on the Democratic column. They are
all good and worthy the support of every
Democrat.
It is rumored that E. R. CHAM-
BERS wants to be elected burgess of Belle-
fonte in order to use the fact of his being
elected as an evidence of his popularity in
backing up a claim for the post office.
Our Boats Scem to be for Ornamen tal
Purposes, Not Use.
From the Doylestown Democrat,
Notwithstanding the millions expended
upon a ‘‘new navy," there appesrs to be
some question whether we really have a
navy that is seaworthy. Within less time
than a year eight different accidents have
occurred to comparatively new vessels.
Some of these accidents were due to faulty
construction, others to careless seamanship.
On May 19th, 1896, the battle ship Indiana
caught fire and was badly damaged. On
October 12th, same year, the Indiana nar-
rowly escaped destruction, her turrets
breaking loose and the big guns threaten-
Frank Thomson, President Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
At a meeting of the board of directors of
the Pennsylvania railroad, held at the gen-
eral office in Philadelphia on February 3rd,
Frank Thomson, first vice-president, was
unanimously elected president. :
In every field of American development
Scotch ancestry is conspicuous. Many
great men of the learned professions, the
factors of the business world, and the high
officials of our commercial and railroad in-
terests look back with pride to a lineage of
the land of the thistle and heather. A
family of this description is that of Thom-
son. In 1771 Alexander Thomson sailed
from Scotland and settled as a pioneer
in the Cumberland valley. Among his
children was a son, Alexander, who, after
winning distinction at the bar of his state,
represented his district in congress from
1824 to 1826. Returning to the practice of
his profession, he became judge of the six-
teenth judicial district, and subsequently
professor of law in Marshall college.
His son, Frank Thomson, was born in
Chambersburg, Pa., July 5th, 1841. His
rudimentary and classical education was
received at the Chambersburg Academy,
but he did not inherit the paternal taste for
the law. With the foresight which has
been one of the distinguishing characteris-
tics of his llfe, he saw in the practical
work of the railroad an attractive and
promising field of action, and at seventeen
years of age he entered the Altoona shops
of the Pennsylvania railroad for instruction.
A four years’ course of training in this great
school of applied science graduated him a
mechanical engineer, who could build a lo-
comotive through every stage of the pro-
gress, from the crude iron to the finished
engine on the rails, while it also fitted him
to operate as engineman the product of his
own skill.
It required little time for Col. Thos. A.
Scott, general superintendent of the road,
to detect in the young engineer evidences
of unusual ability, and the outhreak of
civil war furnished the opportunity of test-
ing his judgment.
Col. Scott had been appointed by Presi-
dent Lincoln, assistant secretary of war,
and placed in charge of all matters relating
to the transportation of troops and sup-
plies, and he called Frank Thomson to his
aid as chief assistant.
Mr. Thomson took the field immediately,
the scene of his operations being the South
and the upper Southwest, where he con-
structed railroads and bridges, repaired
those which had been injured by the ex-
igencies of war, directed the transportation
of troops and the forwarding of supplies to
the front. The signal success of his efforts
in this dangerous undertaking not onl v re-
ceived fitting recognition from the war de-
partment, but marked him as a railroad
man of rare promise. At the conclusion of
active hostilities in this territory he was re-
lieved from military duty, and in June,
1864, was appointed superintendent of the
eastern division of the Philadelphia and
Erie railroad, which occupied his time un-
til March, 1873. After this experience pro-
motion came rapidly. In March, 1873, he
was made superintendent of motive power
of the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona.
In this position the vast information and
wide experience gained from his course in
the shops was applied to the work of prac-
tical locomotive construction, and so was
laid the foundation of the system which
has since produced those celebrated loco-
motives known as the ‘‘Pennsylvania rail-
road standard engine.” On July 1st, 1874,
he relinquished this post to become general
manager of the Pennsylvania railroad Sys-
tem east of Pittsburg and Erie.
As general manager he introduced a
| number of reforms in the management, ad-
ministration, and maintenance of the road.
The standard track and solid roadbed owes
its existence to his efforts, and the system
of track inspection and the award of prizes
{ for the best sections of track were institu-
ted by him. The adoption of a superior
standard of equipment, the building of pic-
turesque stations and the ornamentation of
their grounds, the use of the block-signal
system and other safety appliances, were all
| distinctive features of his management.
| He was also instrumental in developing
i
Pennsylvania railroad is noted.
{On October 1st, 1832, Mr. Thomson be-
| came second vice-president, and on October
| 27th, 1888, was advanced to the post of
i first vice-president, which he has held up
[to the present date. During his incum-
hency of the vicd-presidential offices Mr.
Thomson was charged with the traffic ar-
rangements of the system, both in the
freight and passenger branch, and as ad-
ministrative officer of the®road and
| that high grade of discipline for which the
direct | plans for beginning his long journey west. i
Hasting’s Stock Went Up.
Haywood and Mylin Think the Governor May Go into
the Cabinet. After a Foreign Mission.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 9.—The boom of the
friends of Governor Hastings for a place for
him in McKinley’s cabinet received a new
impetus by the visit to Canton of state
treasurer Haywood and auditor-general
Mylin the other day. Both of them dis-
claim any knowledge as to whether the
President-elect intends to put the Pennsyl-
vania Governor in his official family, but
they seem to have an idea that he will.
Mr. Haywood says he and General Mylin
discussed politics with McKinley, and the
latter told them they need not say any-
thing about the Governor, as he knew him
personally and had before this recognized
his abilities.
Apparently the two Pennsylvania offi-
cials came away with the idea there is still
a reasonably good’ chance for Hastings to
get in the cabinet. State treasurer Hay-
wood says McKinley is intensely inter-
ested in getting a tariff bill passed, and
next to that considers the finances of the
country of the greatest importance. There
is an impression among the leading offi-
cials of the state administration and prom-
inent senators and members that if the
Governor does not get in the cabinet he
certainly will be tendered and will accept
a big foreign mission. It is said the Gov-
ernor would like to go to Russia as the
United States representative. He recalls
Governor Curtin’s splendid success in the
same capacity and would like to repeat it.
Quay Wants $1,000,000.
This is for the Construction of Four Dams in the
Ohio.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Senator Quay
wants an additional $1,000,000 for the pro-
posed improvement of the Ohio river by
the construction of dams numbered 2, 3,4
and 5 between Davis island dam and dam
No. 6. He has made his wants known by
giving notice of an amendment he pro-
poses to offer to the sundry civil bill when
‘it comes to the senate from the house in-
creasing the cost of the improvement to
$3,000,000.
The $1,000,000 which this amendment
appropriates, if it is adopted—and it will
be adopted—is for beginning and rying
on through the next fiscal yeart. work
on the dams which are under the contin-
uous contract system. In last year’s river
and harbor bill, in which the construction
of those four dams was authorized, the
limit of cost was placed at $1,990,000.
Now Senator Quay seeks to raise the limit,
which no doubt will be done.
Last year’s river and harbor bill also au-
thorized the construction of dam No. 6 at
the cost of $300,000, so that the total cost
of these five dams will reach in the end the
magnificent total of $3,300,000. In addi-
tion to this, last year’s river and harbor
bill carried an appropriation of $250,000
for the improvement of the Ohio river in
Ohio and West Virginia.
A Tour to Balmy Florida via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
When the North is at its worst Florida is
at its best.
When lakes and rivers are ice- |
| bound here and a drifting snow fills our |
streets the violets are blooming there and |
the air is laden with the sweet perfume of
| budding spring. When old Boreas howls i
{ around our northern. homes and the frost |
king rulesy the mocking bird is singing in |
Florida’s graceful palms and the whole |
land is melodious with happy song. The |
elegant special trains of the Pennsylvania |
railroad Jacksonville tours are fitting intro- |
ductions to this delightful land. The next |
tour, allowing two weeks in Florida, leaves
New York and Philadelphia under personal |
escort February 23rd. Round trip tickets, |
including Pullman accommodations and |
meals on the special train, will be sold at |
the following rates: From New York, |
$50.00 ; Philadelphia, $48.00 ; Canandai- |
gua, $52.85; Erie, $54.85; Pittsburgh, |
$53.00, and at proportionate rates from
other points. i
For tickets and itineraries apply to tick- |
et agents, tourist agent, 1166 Broadway,
New York, or to Geo. W. Boyd, assistant |
general passenger agent, Broad street sta- :
tion, Philadelphia. 42-6-2¢. |
|
Fitz Has No Definite Plans. |
He Will Try to Make a Few Shekels on the Way
West. |
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9.— While Corbett is |
slowly making his way towards Nevada, |
Fitzsimmons has as yet made no definite |
representative of the president was in a po- | Fitz, like Corbett, will try to make a few |
sition to carry out to their fullest fruition
| the progressive reforms which he instituted
as general manager. His direct supervision
| of the traffic arrangements existing between
the Pennsylvania railroad and its connec-
tions kept him in close touch with all the
railway interests of the country, and ‘so
| makes him to-day one of the best informed
| most experienced, and ablest of American
i railroad managers. These qualification are
universally acknowledged by all his con-
temporaries of the railroad world.
Mr. Thomson's duties as the manager of
| a great railway require so much of his time
that he has never been identified with
many other public institutions. A notable
exception, however, is the Equitable life
insurance company, of which he is a di-
rector.
The social side of Mr. Thomson's life is
quite as comprehensive as its business coun-
terpart. He isa patron of art, literature,
and music, and his handsome residence af
““Corkerhill,”’ near Merion station, is en-
riched with many examples of artists in
" painting and sculpture, whose works are as
valuable as they are rare. At this mansion,
with the assistance of his daughter, Miss
Anne Thomson, he dispenses a quiet but
notable hospitality, to which his wide ac-
quaintance, both in this country and abroad
has contributed the presence of man y men
and women eminent in the higher walks of
life. His famous ‘‘cabin,” located in his
grounds, uniquely decorated with the spoils
of the chase, is often the scene of quiet en-
tertainment, while his finely appointed
ing to wreck her. On September 16th { house is given over to the more elaborate
1896, the battle ship Texas struck a rock | social funtion.
near the Newport torpedo station.
The |
The secret of Mr. Thomson’s excellent
following November 9th, this ship sunk in health under the heavy strain of his duties
dock at the Brooklyn navy yard, because ! )
Four | He is an ardent angler, a hunter of much
of faulty watertight compartments.
is found in his love for out-of-door sport.
accidents have already occurred this year, | merit, and generally selects for his holiday
The cruiser Montgomery struck bottom
near Governor’s Island, being c@siderably
damaged.
hull crushed on rocks in the Delaware | club, ) A
The battle ship Indiana put back | other prominent clubs in both cities.
river.
to Hampton Roads on February 5th, he-
cause her officers feared her turrets would
again break loose and cause her to “turn
turtle.”
been found to be unseaworth on account of
defective engines. At this rate there will
not be much money lefv for new boats.
after the defects of the old are cured. That
sort of ships is not calculated to strike an
enemy with great terror.
| New
.ast the monitor Puritan has | Miss Anne Thomson, the only daughter, a
the season when he may indulge his taste
for the fascination of the rod or run. Mr.
The cruiser Brooklyn had her | Thomson is a member of the Philadelphia
the Union club of New York, and
Mr. Thomson is a widower, his wife, the
daughter of the late Benjamin G. Clarke, of
York, having died in June 1887.
prominent figure in Philadelphia society,
{and Frank G. and Clarke Thomson, both
students at Harvard, compose the famil y.
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Martin Julian will
arrange for the auburn haired boxer to |
stop at several of the large cities to give
exhibitions. Julian will then leave for |
Carson City to secure good training quar- |
ters. Three town have offered good in- |
ducements. |
While Fitzsimmons is taking exercise |
every day, he has not done any real train-
ing as yet. He claims ten days will be |
all that is necessary to put him into good |
shape. He seems nearly fit to enter a ring
now. Just what he weighs, he and his
trainer alone know. They are very careful
not to make it public or discusss it. He !
doubtless is heavier than usual. !
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Mrs. Nellis Convicted.
Woman Near Erie Who Poisoned Her Husband, a j
Hotel Keeper. i
ERIE, Pa., Feh. 9.—Mrs. Kate M. Nel- |
lis, wife of Peter Nellis, proprietor of the |
Avenue hotel, in Girard, was convicted
this evening in quarter sessions court of
administering poison to her hushand.
Mrs. Nellis, a handsome woman, became
interested in spiritualism a few years ago
and met a Mrs. John Stowell, a medium
who lives in Cincinnati. At the same time
Mrs. Nellis also met Mrs. Stowell’s son,
Edward Gardner, whom she afterwards in.
stalled in her husband’s hotel at Girard.
Gardner, who is also under indictment,
will be tried under a similar charge. His
mother, Mrs. Stowell, is a fugitive from
justice.
Maintenance for Disabled Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The report of
Failure of a Boom.
Hastings and Quay Are Against the Removal of the
Capito/l—Mistake by Anti-Combiners.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 8.—The novelty of
new Legislative halls and the effort of some
of the Philadelphians to work up the
scheme of having the capitol removed to
the Quaker City made things lively among
the legislators this evening. Not-with-
standing there is now an apparent lack of
interest among the Philadelphia senators
and members on the question of the pro-
posed removal, those who are still favoring
it are energetically laboring in that direc-
tion and are buttonholing any raral mem-
bers who may choose to listen to them.
Alluring promises to good times and plenty
of social life in Philadelphia are being
made to them, but this sort of campaigning
is not having any noticeable effect toward
making converts.
The declaration of Governor Hastings
that he is against the removal of the capi-
tol was bad news for the Philadelphia
boomers, and they confess that the execu-
tive opposition has hurt their cause. They
have however, evolved anew scheme, in
which they appear to find much comfort.
They profess to believe that before this ses-
sion ends Major McKinley will have ten-
dered to the governor the position of min-
ister to Russia, or to some other court, and
that Hastings will accept it. He will then,
say the Philadelphians, be out of the road,
and Lyon, his successor, will sign a bill to
submit the question of removal to a vote
of the people, providing that the legisla-
ture will pass it.
However, such Philadelphians as Speak-
er Harry Boyer, Senator Crouse, Speaker’s
Clerk Harry Huhn and others say to-night
that there is really no likelihood of the
movement for the removal amounting to
anything. One of them said : “As a mat-
ter of fact the greater portion of the Phila-
delphia people do not want the legislature.
It would be no attraction to us, and it
would, if we had it, be surrounded and
hurt by improper influences. It is the im-
pression among us that Senator Quay does
not want the capitol takén from Harris-
burg?’
There is a lively fight on already as to
who shall have charge of putting up the
new buildings, and at a joint meeting this
evening of the senate and house commit-
tees on public buildings and grounds the
senators showed a disposition to object to
the present arrangement of the commit-
tees, because that of the house has twice as
many members as the senate, and will,
therefore, have a preponderant influence.
Senator Gibson, of Erie, offered a resolu-
tion to change the house committee so that
it would have no more members than that
of the senate, but the members opposed it,
and it was laid over until a meeting to-
morrow.
Messrs. McFarlane and Brophy are the
only Pittsburg people on the house com-
mittee of public buildings and grounds,
and they both opposed the proposed de-
crease. Another resolution, which was
laid aside for further attention, provided
that the joint committees should act in
conjunction with the board of public build-
{ing and grounds in the construction of the
new state building.
The Quay people are in a difficulty over
this matter. When senator McCarrell and
speaker Boyer made up their respective
committees the public buildings and
ground committees were not considered of
any importance, and they were made up
mostly of legislators who had refused to
vote for Penrose for senator. Now since
the state must build new public buildings
at a larger expense these committees have
become of the first importance, and the
Quayites on them are not numerous ; hence
the effort to decrease their number.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
MINSTRELS AT GARMAN’S.—Of Guy
brothers minstrels, coming to Garman’s
next Tuesday night, the Jackson, Mich.,
Courier has the following to say :
This superb company held the hoards at
the Hibbard last evening, and it was the
universal verdict that this is the very best
minstrel troupe that has visited Jackson in
many a day. Each member of the com-
pany is an artist in hisline. The company
came here comparatively unheralded, pos-
| sibly the fault of their press agent, and the
character of the performanee last night was
an agreeable surprise to those present. The
Guy Bros. have too good a company to al-
low remissness in the way of advertising.
Should they see fit to make another date
for Jackson this season, or at any time in
the future, they could rest assured that a
crowded house will greet them. The Cour-
ier takes pleasure in stating the fact there
is not a mediocral feature in their enter-
tainment. There is also an entire absence
of alleged wit, bordering on vulgarity.
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PROGRAMME FOR THE
LocAL TEACHER'S INSTITUTE.—The pub-
school teachers of the district, compris-
ing Union township and other. contiguous
townships will hold their annual in-
stitute sessions, at Unionville, on Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 19th and 20th.
The full programme will be carried out
as follows :
Friday evening.—Address of welcome,
Dr. E. A. Russell ; reply, J. O. Harpster ’
music ; the importance of newspaper read-
ing by the pupil, E. Whippo, Annie Shirey ;
music ; recitation, W. G. Woomer ; recita-
tion, E. J. Williams ; music.
Saturday morning—Music ; how would
you prevent tardiness, G. C. Blair, Bertha
Davidson, Fannie Sharer ; music ; recita-
tion, Pearl Rinehart ; should the county
institute be divided into districts, with a
district superintendent over each, A. C.
Williams, Tryphena Tallhelm ; music 3
essay, Myra Smith ; the compulsory educa-
tional law, W. T. Wrye. H. C. Musser ;
recitation, J. H. Harpster ; music.
Saturday afternoon.—Music ; what are
the defects of arithmetic, as taught at the
present day, and how to remedy them, J.
UNIONVILLE
: , Hr . H. Con +o B :
the inspect: s general of the army on the 1 Tiarpstor, 1.0 C > i x Yossn
several branches of the national home for | music ; essay, Lucy Rowan ; debate, resolv-
disabled volunteer soldiers shows them to | ed that the United States should acknowl-
be hemlly to Jer . nn The | edge the independence of Cuba, affirmative,
amount expended for maintenance during | J. 0. Hurpstor, Bi: W. Wrlare: necetive
the year I896 was $2,200,297, makine ti EP apaiony Be ye Livan, mo a
3 J ; a ae T. V. Stevens, J. R. Williams; music 3
cost per capita of 17,451 inmates $136,
recitation, Rose M. Young; what do you
against $128 in 1895 and $141 in 18-4.
There were 1,171 deaths during the year, | think the best method of teaching primary
206 of which occurred outside of the homes. i : her ; nzlop
About 80 per cent. of these men were buri- | 8°°8Tphy, O. D. Eberts, W. F. Harpster ;
ed in the home cemeteries. At the close of | Music ; how would you hrovent prompting
the year 82 per cent. of the inmates of the {and copying in class, Irvin Spangler, S.
homes were on the pension roll, the Williams.
amount paid them during the year being ; ; el 3]
nearly $2,500,000. | W. H. Woomer will act as president of
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| the institute and Pearl A. Biddle will be | was acquitted however.
—Miss Katie Bollinger, teacher of the
Aaronsburg primary school, slipped and, in
falling, broke her arm a few days ago.
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WHERE TO SPEND WASHINGTON’S
BIRTHDAY.—Gregg post, G. A. R. No. 95,
is preparing to receive and treat you roy-
ally on Washington’s birthday, at the post
rooms. That pleasant home of the old
soldier will be open to all and a good meal
will be served for 35cts. Dinner will be
served from 11:20 until 2 p. m. and lunch-
eon from that hour until 11 p. m.
Good music and other entert aining feat-
ures during the day and evening. In fact
it will he a sort of all day amusement place,
with excellent meals and refreshments.
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MARRIAGE LiceNses.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phans’ court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week.
Thomas Duke and Minnie Ellenburg,
both of Philipsburg.
J. Roland Confer and Bertha S. Zeigler,
both of Potters Mills.
Alexander Lucas and Clara Furl, both
of Milesburg.
Jesse Ridge and Lizzie Williams, both
of Blanchard.
Harry Elmer Yerger and Mary Theresa
Rapp, both of Bellefonte.
Herbert C. Rishel, of Madisonburg, and
Annie E. Keen, of Millheim.
Edward P. Gray, of Shamokin, and Mary
A. Hastings, of Bellefonte.
Ernest W. Hess and Blanche Felty, both
of Harris township.
Calvin D. Haines, of Woodward, and
Lizzie L. Long, of Millheim.
William Diehl and Emma Mann, both
of Howard.
James R. Johnston, of.Spring Twp., and
Nannie B. Lytle, of State College.
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A CENTRE COUNTY GIRL’S MISFOR-
TUNE.—C. G. Stonerode, of Milesburg, a
reputable and generally respected gentle-
man, is having more than his share of
trouble and it is to be hoped that the
latest misfortune that has befallen his
family will be cleared up speedily.
On Monday the Pittsburg Post con-
tained the following which tells the story
of Blanche Stonrode’s unfortunate malady
that has classed her with criminals as a
shop lifter.
The police have gathered in a female
kleptomaniac of good family, who confess-
es to appropriating the property of others,
but is unable to give any reasonable ex.
cuse for her offenses.
the valuables because she could not re-
sist the temptation. Her name is Blanche
Stonerode.. Her home is in the Bald Eagle
valley, at Milesburg. According to
her consin, Charles Stonerode, of 424 Tay-
lor Avenue, one of her alleged victims, she
is an heiress. She is 23 years old and of
ordinary appearance.
Several © months ago Blanche came to
Pittsburg for her health. She stopped
with her cousin, and in order to pay for
her board, did the family sewing. Decem-
ber 9th, while the family was absent, the
house was robbed, and $24 and several ar-
ticles of jewelry taken. There was not the
slightest suspicion attached to Blanche.
Later in the month she went to live with
Joseph Clark, at 910 Fifth avenue, to do
some sewing for his wife, who was a friend
of her mother. December 29th two trunks
were broken open and a gold watch, four
rings, some trinkets, and other small arti-
cles of value taken. She was of a quiet
disposition, and seemingly of exceptional
character.
30th robberies were reported to the po-
lice, but no clue was discovered until re-
cently, when some of the trinkets made
their appearance. They had been given
away by Blanche. Detectives Kelly and
Fitzgerald were put on the case, and Satur-
day evening arrested the girl at the Clark
home. She broke down and confessed her
guilt.
“Well,” exclaimed Mrs. Clark when she
learned the theft had been traced to Blanche,
‘so it was you who took my watch?
What on earth did you do it for anyway ?”’
“I didn’t take your watch,’ the girl
said ; *‘nor your rings either.’
“Yes, von did. I just know you did,”
broke in Mrs. Clark. “But what did you
take the other stuff for?”
“I don’t know,” she answered. 47
just couldn’t help taking them so I couldn’t.
So there.”
When she learned that she would have
to go to Central station she became frantic.
She was in great distress, but try as she
would she could not get her eyes to shed a
tear. At the station house she said that
she had taken stuff at both houses, and
told of the trick she played to turn off sus-
picion at Stonerode’s. She said on that day
she took the money and jewelry she went
out walking with the family, and then
pleaded another engagement and left them.
She hurrried back to the house, and after
getting what she wanted opened the back
window in order to give the impression that
the thief had entered there. Shortly after
she joined the returning family before they
reached home. She said it was a great
strain to keep up. appearance when the
theft was discovered.
She denied taking the watch and the
rings at Clark’s. She said she did not
break open the trunks. The one she opened
was unlocked, she said. She admitted
taking several small articles from it.
The most remarkable part of her confes-
sion was the fact that she had never made
any personal gain out of the articles she
secured. She gave them to her friends.
Nearly all the articles she gave to a young
girl, whom she barely knew, and who lives
at Beltzhoover.
Blanche spent Saturday and Sunday
night in the police station. On the docket
she is charged with being a suspicious per-
son. No information has leen made
against her. To detective Fitzgerald Mrs.
Clark said yesterday ; ‘Monday morning
I will buy her a railroad ticket to send her
home. I will also replace the articles and
money she took from hercousin. I will do
all this because her motherand I were good
friends.’
“I’m afraid the judge will have some-
thing to say about that,” simply answered
the detective.
Blanche is the eldest daughter of the
StoneroCe family and her position is felt
very keenly by the others. Two years
ago her brother was indicted for trying to |
| obtain money on forged checks from the
Penns-valley bank, at Centre Hall. He
She says she took |
The girl is still in Pittsburg.
A BRILLIANT RECEPTION.—Those who
were there were fairly charmed with the
perfectness of every appointment and the
beauty of the decorations at the guberna-
torial reception, in Harrisburg, Tuesday
evening. Several Bellefonte people were
there. Among them Col. W. F. Reeder
and Mrs. Reeder, Hon James Schofield and
Miss Mary Hunter Linn, of Allegheny
street. Report has it that she was exceed -
ingly popular and seemed to have no end
of attention from all quarters.
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HoUSE BURNED AT LINDEN HALL. —A
two story dwelling house at the log wharf,
near Linden Hall, occupied by Adam Bla-
zer and his family, was totally destroyed by
fire, on Tuesday afternoon. The fire origi-
nated from a defective flue and had gained
great headway before William Bohn and
George Horner, who were working on the
wharf, discovered it.
Mrs. Blazer was alone with her family
of small children at the time, her husband
having been running as fireman on the log-
ging engine and was in on Laurel run.
The effects on the first floor were saved,
but none of the others,
Howard.
There are rumors of a new Hornet floating.
The rake factory is again
blast.
Miss Annie “Jenkins is at present visiting
friends in this place.
Mrs. Mary DeHass and Miss Mary Candy,
visited Tyrone recently.
running full
John Lucas is slowly recovering from an
attack of typhoid fever.
There is some talk of turning the old fur-
nace into a lime kiln.
The members of the high school organized
a literary society recently.
Why not move the Capitol to Centre
county ? We have room for it here.
The Methodist church will hold a social
next Saturday evening.
The Misses Gertie Lynn and Ella Holcomb.
of Beech Creek, visited the city over Sunday.
The mite society of the Evangelical church
will hold an oyster supper on the evening of
the 22nd inst. :
Oscar M. Lucas, J. Frank Holter, R. E.
Hockman and Chester Moore saw the “Drum-
mer Boy of Shiloh” performed by amateurs,
at Bellefonte, last week.
ottoman
Centre Hall,
Rev. J. M. Rearich was absent over Sunday
attending the funeral of his father-in-law,
Mr. Walters, in Snyder county.
W. H. Kuhn, who is engaged on a large
dairy farm near Jersey Shore, is spending a
week among relatives in Boalsburg and Cen-
tre Hall.
The whistle on the Poulson-Colyer handle
factory is a dandy, and indicates the kind of
work the firm will do and such it has. The
| town needs several more such men and ought
| to be willing to pay a royalty for them.
| Grangers, hfs up! Hurry up with that
hall ; it is badly needed, sadly needed.
The investment cannot be a losing one.
This town needs a hall, and it may be taken
for granted that when Progress grange once
goes to work to build a hall it will be of such
dimensions and so fitted out in every particu-
lar that it will be a credit to the town. Let
the hall move carly in the spring.
Miss Emily Swartz, of Park Place, is visit-
ing Miss Grace Smith. Miss Swartz is a sis-
ter of the Miss Swartz who, some time ago,
entertained an audience in the Presbyterian
church by a splendid elocutionary program.
Miss Dunkle was greeted by full house, Fri-
day evening of last week, in the same church.
Everybody was pleased with her recitations
and delighted with her statue poses.
There is a report going, the correctness of
which we cannot vouch for, yet itis on-a
good base, that R. E. Bartholomew will sell
his general store to Messers. Potts and McCoy.
The former is a son-in-law, and the latter a
son (Frank) of Alexander McCoy, of Potter's
Mills. Mr. Potts is a minister, who is located
in Ohio, and has had intentions to go into
the mercantile business for some time, The
stand is a good one, the firm ditto. Later :
Messrs. Potts and McCoy Rave bought Bar-
tholomew’s store for a certainty, and will
take possession April 1st. Mr. Bartholomew
will give his entire attention to his mill and
coal yard. :
Your correspondent thinks it would be
good reading for Democrats to know just how
many salaries are being either increased or
attempts being made to increase them at Har-
risburg. About every other bill offered in
the House or Senate asks for an increase of
one to two thousand dollars for salary for
some already overpaid official. How those
same office-holders would kick if they
thought they would lose their job! rather
then do that they would accept half pay,
and then, nine times out of ten, would
be getting more each year, by greater odds,
| than they ever earned in the pursuits fol-
lowed before they began sucking at the pub-
lic barrel. !
* Last Thursday evening a crowd of
young people from this place enjoyed a pleas-
ure trip to Millheim, the sleighing was ele-
gant and the team of four, were simply fine.
The reins wore admirably handled by Mr.
George Mowry. Their entry into the city of
Millheim was certainly a triumphant one.
Mid the sounding of horns from the sled,
performed mainly by John Van Pelt,
and the shouting of children on the side
walks. The citizens must have thought the
advance guard of some army was coming to
destroy their peaceful city. The young folks
stopped at hotel Musser, and were treated in
a manner which they will not soon forget.
Everything was just O. K. and the supper
was such a repast as only landlord Musser
knows how to set forth. The turkey was no
“last year’s chicken,’ it was the genuine ar-
ticle. © A part of the evening was very pleas-
antly spent in dancing. It is hardly nec-
essary to say that the young gentlemen took
excellent care of the fair young maidens on
the return trip, as the night was dark and
there being quite a large number the sled
was just a little crowded. -
To “the question “where were you the
other night?’ with some of the emphatic
phrases omitted, this is the answer.