ha Demoreali Yates Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance. ee | | Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 10, 1897. P. GRAY MEEK, — The Democratic State Ticket. i | | For Siate Treasurer, MICHAEL E. BROWN, of Indiana county. For Auditor General, WALTER E. RITTER, of Williamsport. The Democratic County Ticket. For County Surveyor.—J. H. WETZEL. For Jury Comunissioner,—J. J. HOY. The Arraignment of Pennsylvania Re- publicanism As a matter of fact it was scarcely neces- sary for the resolutions of the Democratic state convention to recount the abuses of which Republican administration of the state government has been guilty, for its iniquities are matters of general knowledge, and are so lightly regarded by the rascals who have committed them that they were made the subject of jest in the Republican state convention ; yet the powerful arraign- ic deliverance at Reading brings the cul- | Connty Chairman Taylor’s Letter to = ! COUNTY : | cago platform, the principles as taught by | Jefferson, Jackson, Benton, and champion- ed, in the last great conflict, by that able | and brilliant young commoner, William | cratic party which has administered this | government during eighty years of its prits before the tribunal of an outraged pub- county is now on. The representa- | tives of the Democratic party assembled in ‘Epiron, | Convention, at Reading, Pa.. August 31st, and nominated a strong state ticket and the Democrats of Centre County. To THE DEMOCRACY OF CENTRE The campaign in this State and adopted a platform based on true Democ- racy, re-iterating and re-affirming the Chi- Jennings Bryan, defender of the people’s rights and the great leader of the Demo- existence. I urge you from now until election day to further the interests of our party and have every vote out in your precinct. Centre county is Democratic by a good majority. We must make a great effort to place her high up in the Democratic column this fall. The Dingley tariff bill, combined with the single gold standard, has failed to bring the promised prosperity to the idle men, | starving women and children all over this great country. The striking miners, the | closing of furnaces, mills and factories, | | combined with great financial failures, is a | ment of the guilty party by the Democrat- | mere indication of the great havoc, misery | and disaster it is now spreading among our | people. Wages have been reduced, the cost | Reeder is Forced Out by Hastings. i Resignation of the Secretary of the Commonweaith | Demanded in a Curt Note.—Means Active War on { Quay.—Rumored that Other Friends of the Beaver l Senator Will Have to Go.—Lambert to Get the Place. HARRISBURG, Sept. 8.—Governor Has- | tings demanded the resignation of Secre- | tary of the Commonwealth Reeder to-day, | and General Reeder sent it to him. The Governor’s.action is especially remarkable because of two features. It is the first time in the history of the State that the chief executive has ‘‘fired’’ one of his cab- inet, and it is an imposing declaration of war upon Quay and his followers. It is taken here as a notice to the anti- administration people that there is to be real war next year, and that it is quite probable that more abrupt requests similar to that sent to General Reeder will reach the hands of other leading officials. But one thing will save Deputy Attorney Gen- eral Elkin, and that is the fact that he is the Republican State chairman. There are rumors among officials to-night that the forced resignation of Captain Delaney, superintendent of the public buildings and grounds, also of Secretary of Agriculture Edge and Major James E. Barrett, deputy secretary of the commonwealth, will fol- low. CORRESPONDENCE ON THE RESIGNATION. The secretary would not voluntarily get out, however, and as the Governor's pa- tience was exhausted and his anger aroused he sent this curt note on September 2nd : “General Frank Reeder, Secretary of the Commonwealth : ‘Dear Sir—I respectfully request your resignation as the Secretary of the Com- | monwealth. : i “Very truly yours, ! | . “DANIEL H. HASTINGS.” | | | thorough rottenness of Republican state ad- | ficiency in the treasury under the Dingley as follows : ministration, and should arouse the correc- tive action of the penple at the polls. i | | What is there in questions of monetary | policy that should divide the action of the people when they are confronted by the numberless abuses that prevail in the state government and demand correction ? Other issues are of but little account when the rule of mackine bosses presents the ques- tion whether there shall be a continuance of ‘‘the gross extravagance, the flagrant corruption, the total neglect of every pub- lic interest, the abject servility to monopo- lies and every form and species of job- bery, the utter disregard of constitutional mandates, the reckless tampering with fi- nance and taxation, the exhaustion of the treasury hy profligate expenditures, the consequent suffering of public schools, charities and other objects of wise public care, together with the scandalous fury of the factions enraged over the spoils of the prostrate Commonwealth and of its several ring-ruled cities.’ | There is not a superfiuous word of cen- sure in the Democratic arraignment of the party that has converted the government of Pennsylvania into a scheme of plunder and made the public service a thievish job. ‘There is no exaggeration in the charge that the funds in the state treasury are used for private profit, a charge that is substan- tiated by the resistance to investigation of the books and accounts of the state treas- urer, and by the general concealment maintained in regard to the management of the state funds. That white-wash is substituted for earnest scrutiny that would bring out the facts is but corroborative evi- dence of the rottenness it would conceal. It has been sufficiently proven that this thoroughly corrupted party is incapable of reform. With every new lease of power in the state government it has increased its disposition to abuse the trust reposed in it. Its large majorities have heen con- strued as an enlargement of its license to squander the public means and pervert the ends of government to the advantage of licentious political managers. The pro- tracted indulgence which the people have extended to its vicious practices have con- firmed the leaders in the conviction that re- form is unnecessary, and has created such indifference to the stigma that should at- tach to sofoul a record that the mention of reform is treated as a joke in their state convention and greeted with derisive laughter. The Democratic state convention may well ask the people of the State to inquire of themselves whether such a party, ‘‘self accused, self convicted, everywhere dere- lict, false and corrupt, can safely be re-en- trusted with the power they have thus ahused ?”? Consistency that Does not Appear to Be Much of = Jewel. Mr. RoBr. E. WRIGHT, late Democrat and ex-chairman of the Democratie state committee, says (according to the Phila- delphia Times) that the nominees of the Reading convention ‘‘ought to be defeated”’ because the body placing them upon the ticket re-affirmed its belief in the Chicago platform. As the same Mr. Ror. E. WRIGHT is professing to take an active part in securing the election of the Demo- cratic county ticket of Lehigh county, which was nominated by a convention that re-endorsed, in much more explicit and pos- itive terms thie doctrines of the Chicago platform than did the Reading conven- tion, we fail to observe the consistency that many people think should govern political actions, If the Democratic candidate for auditor general and state treasurer have anything more to do with fixing and controlling the financial policy of the general government, than the candidates for clerk of the quarter sessions, clerk of the orphans’ court. poor director, jury commissioner and county surveyor of Lehigh county have, perhaps, this leading light of the advocates of a gold standard will condescend to explain in what way itis, and thus elucidate to us other benighted Democrats the consistency that votes against candidates on the Read- ing platform and for those on the platform of the Lehigh county Democracy. | { from Juneau, who is disgusted with the | outlook” for getting on to the goldfields | to Colonel Lambert, at- bill, the highest tariff that has existed in this country, is $14,500,000 the first month. Then let us battle and vote to return to the money and principles of the constitu- tion, the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, a low tariff to defray the expenses of the government and to have the affairs of the State honestly and eco- nomically administered ; also laws to check the growth of the gigantic trusts and com- bines that are a menace to our peace and prosperity as a people. The state and county ticket is strong, they are men who have always been found fighting in the front in every campaign for Democratic principles—men who stood on the Chicago platform and who now stand on the platform adopted at Reading, Au- gust 31st. Very truly yours, HuGH S. TAYLOR, Chairman. A. Boyn MUSSER, Secretary. Lawlessness at Skaguay. Thieving and Crime Alarming the Vigilance Commit- tee. All Thieves are tc be Hanged. VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 6. — The steamship Capitano, Captain Powis, re- turned this morning from Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay. She brings down one miner this fall. Her cattle and horses were land- ed safely, but American customs officials charged a duty of $30 on each horse. On the way down the Capitano spoke the steamer Bristol and the sternwheeler Eu- gene, which left Victoria last week at Alert Ba y. The Eugene commenced leaking soon after leaving Union, where, it is remem- bered, she was seized for violation of the Canadian customs regulations, but got away by cutting her hawser. It took the Bristol 24 hours to tow her back to Alert bay. An attempt is being made to patch her up, but the passengers refuse to travel on her. They wanted to charter the Cap- itano, but, as she had passengers for Van- couver, Captain Powis was unable to assist them. He spoke the steamer Tees, of Vie- toria, on the way down, and doubtless she will go to their assistance. The Capitano brings no news of importance from the north. The crush at Dyea and Skaguay is as great as ever, and many disheartened people are daily turning back. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 6.—George Kit- tinger, manager of millionaire Addicks’ Klondyde expedition. arrived from the Skaguay trail on the steamship Queen. In an interview he confirms the dark accounts sent out of the condition of affairs at camp Skaguay. Miners are breaking down under the strain caused by the hardships they are compelled to endure. Thieving and crime have increased to such an ex- tent that on Friday, August 27th, the executive committee met and promulgated an order to the effect that the first man caught stealing would be hanged. JUNEAU, Aug. 25.—The steamers City | of Kingston, Farralon, Elder, Rosalie and Queen have brought upward of 300 persons from the Sound ports and San Francisco, together with horses, cattle, sheep, etc., during the past few days, carrying about the entire cargo in each instance to Dyea or Skaguay. Those landed at Dyea are getting over the Chilkoot pass all right, | but none as yet have got over the White | pass via Skaguay. Many horses have been ruined by the mire, and the men know they cannot get through, so that many have had their goods carried around to Dyea. Many are now eating up supplies which they expected to use in the Yukon country, and, when their stores have been exhausted, they will have no funds to provide more. Juneau merchants have sent up a stock of goods to sell at Skaguay, and a small amount of lumber has gone up, so that a few shacks can be erected, but the inmates of the hundreds of tents are but slightly provided to withstand the fierce winds and storms of the country. A number have turned back without allowing their outfits to be taken off the hoat. In Juneau there are a number of mining men who are desirous of procuring for the eastern mark- ets some mining property of southeastern Alaska. An important sale was made last week of a group of mines at Hunter Bay. ! Admiralty Island. | Three Cents on the Dollar. Smail Percentage for Depositors in the Failed Hol- lidaysburg Bank. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. Sept.—7.—The assignee’s report of the suspended hanking house of Gardner, Morrow & Co., of Holli- daysburg, was filed in the Biair county court to-day. The assets for distribution are $14,055. Six hundred depositors will receive 3 per cent of the amount of their claims. When the bank failed a year ago a notice posted on the door informed credi- tors that they would he paid dollar for dollar. i the flames shot high above the derrick. | near by were some cans containing another | 120 quarts of the stuff, and this was ex- ‘‘Easton, Pa., Sept. 2nd, 1897. | “Governor Hastings : | *‘Dear Sir—I have the honor to tender | my resignation as Secretary of the Common- wealth. During my official connection | with your administration I have received | many kindunesses at your hands, and I de- | sire now to express my acknowledgement of your courtesy and consideration. ! “Very raspectfully yours, “FRANK REEDER.” To-day, after a conference hetween Gov- | ernor Hastings and General Reeder the | former accepted the resignation in the fol- | lowing letter : ‘Harrisburg, Sept. 8th, 1897. | ‘‘General Frank Reeder, Secretary of the ! Commonwealth : “My Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your letter of the 22d inst.. tendering your resig- nation as Secretary of the Commonwealth. | In accepting your resignation I desire to reciprocate the kindly expressions contained | in your letter, and to assure you of my high appreciation of your uniform courtesy to me. ‘‘Very truly yours, “DANIE{. H. HASTINGS.” When General Reeder was asked to-day. for the reasons for his enforced retirement from his official duties he said he thought it was the Governor’s place to make the reasons known to the public, but he plain- ly intimated that he intended in a short time to ‘‘defend himself,’’ as he put it. Governor Hastings this evening tendered the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth commissioner. His decision to make ,in-_ surance commissioner Lambert secretary Reeder’s successor was reached after con- sulting the administration supporters in Philadelphia. They are said to be jubilant over the selection. Colonel Lambert said to-night that he would formally accept the ! appointment to-morrow. He had a long | conference with the Governor to-night. Terrific Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine. Six Persons Were Known and Several Unknown Killed in the Ohio District. CYGNET, Ohio, September,7.—A terrible explosion of nitro-glycerine occurred here this afternoon at 2 o’clock. which resulted in the death of six people whose names are known and several others at present un- known. | The explosion occurred at Grant well, lo- cated at the rear of the National supply | company’s office building in the village | limits. This well had just been shot by Samuel Barber, the shooter for the Ohio and Indiana torpedo company. The well was a gaser, and when the 120 quarts of glycerine.let down in the well exploded the gas ignited, and, with a terrible roar, As soon as the drillers saw the flames several climbed into the derrick to shut off the gas, but they had hardly gotten there when there was an explosion. The burning gas had started the remaining glyc- erine in the empty cans standing in a wag- on near the derrick. In another wagon ploded by force of the first explosions. The National supply company’s build- ing was completely demolished and noth- ing remains but a big hole where the wag- on stood! There is not a whole pane of glass in any window in the town and every house and store was shaken to its founda- tion. Ritter Will Remain on the Democrat ic Ticket. He Has Yielded to the Desire of His Friends and Will be .the Candidate for Auditor. General. WILLIAMSPORT, September 7th—Con- trary to all expectations and recent state- ments, Walter E. Ritter to-day announced that he would accept the nomination for Auditor General tendered him last week by the Democratic state convention. This decision on the part of Mr. Ritter will be received. with satisfaction by his many friends in this county, as well as elsewhere in the State. The nomination for Auditor General came to him unsought and undesired and Tt: : . os | : i fe i said to be engaged in attempts to filibuster. lic in an impressive light that exposes the | of necessaries of life increased, yet the de- | (ieneral Reeder answered the same day | Yellow Fever in Gulf Towns. The Scourge Officially Diagnosed at Ocean Springs, Miss.—Rigid Embargo Established.—Neighboring States Have Promptly Cut Off All Communication. Dr. Guiteras was Summoned.—Surgeon General Requests the Philadelphia Expert to Repair to the Seat of the Epidemic. OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss, Sept. 6.—The representatives of the health organization have pronounced the disease prevalent here to be yellow fever. The Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana Boards of Health have been here since yes- terday. An examination of the prevailing disease was made a week ago. There had been several hundred cases then, but very few deaths, and a board of experts declared the disease dengue fever. Since then mor- talities became more frequent, the symp- toms looked more like yellow fever and the alarm became so great that the health authorities again gathered. This time they were accompanied by Prof. A. L. Mentz, chemist of the Louisiana Board, who analyzed the evidence in several cases. The verdict to-night was yellow fever, and various points on both sides of the town are rapidly declaring quarantine. THE WATER CONTAMINATED. The drainage of Ocean Springs empties directly into the bay, and the rains washes a large quantity of sewerage into the water, and upon the area in which the oysters consumed hy the town people are temporarily bedded. It is feared that the oysters absorb poisonous germs and com- municate them to the persons eating them. ‘There has heen an extensive inquiry into the history af the persons who have died, and also as to the inception of the fever. Accounts vary among the citizens of Ocean Springs. It is claimed and contradicted that the first cases of the fever were noticed among a number of Cubans here, who were Bryan in a Fatal Railroad Wreck. Two Fast Trains Meet in a Head-end Collision Near Emporia Kan., and the Three Engines Blow Up.—Twelve or Fifteen Dead ; Many In- Jured—W. J. Bryan Was on the Train, but Was Unhurt, and He Did Heroic Work in Res- cuing Those Who Were Injured.—Ran a Big Risk to Give a Dying Man a Drink. worst wrecks in the history of the‘Santa Fe occurred three miles east of here at about 7:30 o’clock to-night. Twelve or 15 persons were killed and as many more were badly hurt. The fast mail train, going East and the Mexico and California express, was pulled by two locomotives, and when it struck the engine drawing the fast mail, the boilers of all three engines exploded, and tore a hole in the ground so deep that the smoking cars of the westbound train went in on top of the three engines and two mail cars, and balanced there without turning over. The passengers in the smoking car es- caped through the windows. The front end of this car was enveloped in a volume of stifling smoke and steam, belching up from the wreck below, and the rear door was jammed tight in the wreck of the car behind. The wreck caught fire from the engines. The smoking cars were burned to ashes in no time. Climbing out of the smoking car several men fell through the rifts in the wreck below, and it is impossi- ble to tell whether they escaped or were burned to death. The westbound train carried seven or eight coaches, and its passengers included many excursionists, who had been to hear W. J. Bryan speak at the county fair at Burlingame. Mr. Bryan himself was on the train, but was riding in the rear Pull- man, about 400 feet from the cars which were wrecked. He states that nothing but a heavy jolt was experienced by the pas- These Cubans recovered, but the fever spread. There are several cases at New Chicago, near here. MEDICOS MAKE TESTS. The air of mystery which has shrouded the physicians has not added to the com- fort of the people. Dr. Hunter, secretary of the Mississippi Board of Health, reached here to-night from Jackson. The members of the Lou- isiana State Board of Health have been nard at work all day long, working in con- junction with the representatives of the Alabama and Mississippi boards. The visiting medicos visited a large number of the persons down with the fever. Bacteri- ological tests were made of the blood and matter vomited. Dis. Archinard, of New Orleans, and Wasdin, of the Mobile U. S. M. 8., who is also an expert microscopist, were all day making the tests. in the meantime Professor Mentz, assist- ed by Chief Sanitary Inspector Woods and | Superintendent Will, collected a series of specimens of water, well and cistern, of the bay oysters, and also made a number of photographs showing the exisiting condi- tion of the town’s samitary arrangements and drainage. A Professor Mentz appeared to be of the opinion that the prevailing complaint is due in a measure to a polution of the water in the bay fronting the town. IT iS YELLOW FEVER. JACKSON, September 6.—A telegram | from Edwards, Miss., about thirty miles west of here, states that Hon. S. 8. Cham- pion, a member of the State Legislature since 1890, died there from what was sup- osed_to be vellow fever. ! A Tamily of nine persons Haneda Amer son, living near Edwards, had been so- journing at Ocean Springs. After their return seven of the family were taken sick, and Mr. Champion visited the family to inquire after their health. Two or three | days afterward, Mr. Champion was taken | sick, and died yesterday. The attending physician pronounced the case one of yel- low fever. Governor McLaurin has just received the following telegram from the two members of the State Board of Health, who went to Ocean Springs, Miss., yesterday to investi- gate the yellow fever scare : ‘After a most thorough investigation in every conceivable light, it is the unani- mous opinion of the representatives of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi State Boards of health and the Marine Hospital service, that the fever now prevailing in Ocean Springs is yellow fever.” (Signed) H. H. HARALSON, ‘J. F. HUNTER. GOVERNMENT BLAMED. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6.—Acting Presi- | dent Dr. Walmsley, of the Louisiana State Board of Health, said this evening : ‘No earlier announcement could have been made, for the reason that prior to the last few days there was no yellow fever existent in Qcean Springs” Dr. Walmsley was disposed to hold the representatives of the Marine hospital and the Mississippi Board of Health tosome re- sponsibility for the occasion He said that the fever had unquestionably been com- municated by the constant intercourse of Ocean Springs with Ship Island, where there is a United States Government quar- antine station. Ships from all portions of the world touch there. A large number from tropical countries where yellow fever is indigenous to the soil report there week- ly. If a rigid quarantine had been main- tained between the island and shore he believed that Ocean Springs would now .| have little else to contend with than dengue fever. GALVESTON UNEASY. GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 6.—City Health, Officer Fisher has declared quarantine by the following Swearingen at Austin : ‘New Orleans has cases of yellow fever ; also Ocean Springs. Please noitify what quarantine precautions have been taken | and keep us thoroughly informed so that | church and a most estimable citizen. He was one of the best known men in the | county ; being well off in this world’s we can protect our municipality.” New Orleans Free of Fever. i sengers in his coach. BRYAN HELPED AT RESCUING. Mr. Bryan was one of the noblest men in | the crowd of rescuers. He helped to carry out the dead and wounded, and gave the greatest attention to their care. One poor fellow who was badly maimed called to Mr. Bryan and said : ‘I went to hear you to-day. Iam now dying, and want to shake your hand and say God bless you. If you possibly can, Mr. Bryan, get me a drink of water.”’ Mr. Bryan went into the fast mail car, one end of which was burning, and came out with the drink of water, which he gave to the suffering passenger. He brought | out cushions for others of the injured. and | was everywhere present to minister to the wants of the suffering. It is feared that nearly all of the seven mail clerks perished in the disaster, but so far only eight bodies have been taken from the wreck. -—~Subsecribe for the WATCHMAN. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——Burglars are operating in Millheim | and vicinity. | { be maimed for life as the result of a fall ooo J ——October 11th will be Pennsylvania day at the Nashville exposition. > —It is reported that Ollie Campbell, son of Frank Campbell of this place, will from a chestnut tree, at Clearfield, a few days ago, while working on the Central Penna. Co’s., telephone line. —— Mrs. Frank Garber, of Spring town- ship, was stricken with paralysis, on Tues- day morning, and suffered another stroke that same night. She had been about her domestic duties as usual and fell over in the door-way of her home. Mr. Garber and his two sons had left to find employ- ment in the mines at Gallitzin, only the day before, and they have not been able to locate them yet. The entire right side of Mrs. Garber’s body is affected. | ae THE HORSE STEPPED ON His HEAD. —Thomas Hosterman, of Feidler, met with a singular accident last Monday morning. He was working with a team of horses, when he vaulted onto one of them to ride it. Unfortunately he was too active and tumbled on over the horse’s back and fell between them. One of them stepped directly on his head and he was uncon- scious for several hours, though miracu- lously escaped serious injury. eee SE JOHN YETZKANNIE BURNED Out. — On Tuesday morning, about 11 o’clock, fire broke out in a Hungarian boarding shanty, at Morris’ Armor’s gap quarries, and nearly everything the Huns owned was burned up. Too large a fire in the EMPORIA, Kan., Sept. 8th.—One of the | DEATH OF JONATHAN E. WALKER, OF WoLF’s STORE.—Jonathan E. Walker, one of Brush valley’s most prosperous and prominent citizens, died at his home two miles east of Wolf’s store, on Saturday evening, September 4th, at 9.15 p. m., of | Bright’s disease. ‘He was born in Brush valley, near Reb- ersburg, the 11th of April, 1843, and has resided in that valley all his life. He was married to Amanda M. Dubbs, Oct. 20th, 1867, from which union six children were born, namely : Ida, Emma, Anna, Wal- lace, William and Harry, all of whom, with the exceptions of Anna and Harry, have attained their majority. Mr. Walker was an active, faithful and devout member of the Evangelical Luther- an church, at Rebersburg ; a firm Chris- tian, and his removal from the midst of his community will be deeply felt. He was a kind and loving parent, an affectionate husband and a warm friend to everyone who met him, and all who knew him speak in the. highest regard of his usefulness. He was a law abiding citizen, took an active part in local affairs, and did all he could for the public schools of his district, and at the time of his death was one of the school directors of Miles township. He was 54 years, 4 months and 23 days of age and leaves to survive him his wife Amanda M., three daughters, three sons, two brothers and one sister. Interment was made in the Lutheran Reformed cemetery, in Rebershurg, Rev. Moses George officiating. -— *®e VETERANS PICNIC.—On account of the Veterans picnic at Hecla park, Saturday, Sept. 11th, the Central R. R. of Pa., will move trains on the following schedule. Leave Bellefonte 7:20, 9:45, 11:00 a. m., 1:30, 3:45 and 7:45 p. m. Leave Mill Hall 8:15, 9:01, a. m., 1:00, 5:05 and 9:10 p. m. Leave Hecla for Mill Hall 4:08, 7:00 and 8:13 p. m. Leave Hecla for Bellefonte 1:47, 2:00, 5:30, 5:46 and 9:51 p. m. ‘THE COMING FAIR AT BROOK PARK, LEWISBURG. — The forty-forth an- nual fair of Union county agricultural society will be held at Brook park, Lewis- { burg, on Sept. 28th, 29th, 30th and Octo- | ber 1st. It is one of the oldest organiza- | tions in the country, and has stood the test of time for nearly half a century. This year new officers, new track and large purses will prove very attractive to own- | ers of fast horses, live stock raisers, farm- {ers and farmer’s organizations, manufac- | turers and others, distinctively agricultur- | al in every method and feature. There will be a mammoth crowd. Don’t miss mingling with them. Full particulars are given on pamphlets issued by the society, which can be had on application, or by ad- dressing C. Dale Wolfe, secretary, Lewis- burg, Pa. ee ——Farmers can see the Kemp manure spreader spreading lime and manure at the Granger’s picnic, next Wednesday and Thursday. : — ee THE GRANGER’S ENCAMPMENT.—The arrangements for the 24th annual encamp- ment of the Patrons of Husbandry, at Grange park, Centre Hall, are about com- pleted and everything points to an unprec- edented demonstration. The committee has erected over 200 tents so that there will be ample accommodations for all who may desire to camp, the num- ber of applications for tents now exceeding that of former years. For the exhibition of implements there are three times as many applicants already booked as have ever been in attendance be- fore so that will be large and attractive, including many mercantile houses, as well as manufacturers and dealers. The live stock department will exceed that of former years by at least fifty per cent, embracing every class of farm ani- mals. Special effort has been made to get up a nice poultry exhibit and this now promis- es to be a very interesting and attractive part of the fair, a special building being set aside for this purpose. cook stove caused the conflagration. One of the Huns professes to have lost $90 in | cash, while another says he had $20 in cash. | EL legen ail * DEATH OF A RESPECTED CITIZEN.—The | death of our venerable friend Michael | Grove Esq., occurred at the home of his son Daniel, at Lemont, on Wednesday | | water against New Orleans, and has sent | morning, after a very short illness. He | to State Health Officer | would have heen 75 years old had he lived | { until to-day, when his burial will be made | at Shiloh. Deceased was a member of the Lutheran 1 a | goods and a retired farmer who had led an | Notwithstanding Dr. Wasdin's Official Report to | Washington That Two New Cases Had Devel- oped. i | the region. against his protests. He had at first prac- i | tically decided to decline the nomination, | NEW ORLEANS, September 8th.—Night | but has heen urged by his friends not to do | fell upon New Orleans without a single so, and he has yielded in their desire. Duitols Strike Serdled. | here and death has wiped that out. The Miners to be Faid the Rate oj the Pittsburg Dis- | board of health to-night declared that in | trict. | spite or all reports to the contrary. not one | a | of the many who had come hither from | Bayard, $86.16 ; DuBois, Pa. Sept. 7.—The strike of the coal miners in this district is practically at | qread disease. an end. The men will go to work on Thursday. This result was attained to- day at a conference between the delegates from the different mines and General Man- ager Robinson. A committee is to investi- gate the wages in the Pittsburg and other soft coal regions, and such wages will he paid in this district. Resumption means employment for 6,000 miners and 1,000 railroad men, and a general revival of business throughout | had telegraphed Dr. Wasdin, at Mobile, that two deaths bad occurred here and that there were three new cases. Dr. Oliphant such dispatch, nor did any representative of his in the board of health, and that it | was unjust thus to create alarm in the pub- | lic mind when there was no foundation for | the statement. Bas Wb, ho a od active, honorable life. iia ate — i Harpy MAIL CARRIERS.—John Wag- have heen awarded as follows : James J. Thomas R. Benner, | Ocean Springs had been stricken with the | $247.10 ; Amos Mullen, $139.91 ; John A. The claims were based on the fact that all of the men worlied more than 8 hours a hours as a day’s work for government em- ployees was operative. The agency will claim 20 per cent for ! collecting. 7” PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK. Saturday, Sept. 1I1th.—Camp opens and it is expected that many tent holders will arrive. At 7:30 p. m. a Tom Thumb wedding will be given in the auditorium. Sunday.—At 10:30 a. m. preaching by Rev. Faus. At 7 p. m. preaching by Rev. Rhoads. Monday.—This will be the opening day of the exhibition. At 7:30 p. m. formal opening of the exhibition in the auditor- ium. Addresses by Col. J. F. Weaver, I. S. Frain, Miss Emma Brewer and others. For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday program will be announced by bul- letins every day. Among the distinguished men who will be there are: Hon. J. H. Brig- ham, master national grange and Dep. Sec. | of agriculture ; Hon. David Lubin, of Cal- | ner, Amos Mullen, T. R. Benner and ifornia ; Hon J, T. Ailman, Sec. Penna. case of yellow fever having heen reported | James Bayard, Bellefonte mail carriers un- | state grange ; Mrs. Helen Johnston, ceres | to the state board of health. But one re- | der the Harrison administration, have re- state grange ; Ex-Senator Brown, of York ; | ported case thus far has heen developed | ceived notice that their claims against the | Miss Emma Brewer, of Delaware Co; Dr. | government for pay for overtime work, | J. T. Rothrock, state forestry commission- er; Dr. Leonard Pearson, state veterinarian ; | Dr. Warren, state ornithologist ; Miss Lewis, of Montour Co.; Hon. Frank Moore, | Wagner, $2 hr ir’s im is in | Co. ; W. H. Brennin, £ Eatlicr dispatches contained o statement Wagner, $247.10. John Bair’s claim is in | of Bradford Co. ; inger, o made on authority of the Marine hospital | a different agency from the above, hence it officials in Washington that Dr. Oliphant | is not announced as yet. | Northampton Co. ; Worthy master Bond, | of Northumberland Co., and Bob Seeds and [3.04 Gundy, of Huntingdon Co, ; Drs. Frear and Armsby, of State College. Prof. affirms with emphasis that he signed no | Gay during the time when the law fixing 8 | Gramley, Supt. of common schools, and others have promised to be present and aid {in the grand entertainment. Hon. D. { Lubin will discuss the ‘‘Tariff as it affects | the Farmer,”” at 2 p. m. on Thursday.
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