Bows: Watdpuan Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance. Bellefonte, Pa., Cct. 7, 1898. P. GRAY MEEK, - EbrTor. The Democratic State Ticket, FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE A. JENKS, of Jefferson. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WILLIAM H. SOWDEN, of Lehigh. FOR SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATRICK DELACEY, of Lackawanna. FOR SUPERIOR JUDGE, CALVIN M. BOWER, of Centre. WILLIAM TRICKETT, of Cumberland. FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE, J. M. WEILER, .of Carbon. FRANK P. IAMS, of Allegheny. Democratic District Ticket. For Congress, J. L. SPANGLER, Subject to the Decision of the District Conference For Senate, W. C. HEINLE, Democratic County Convention. OBT. M. FOSTER, State College. H. WETZEL, Bellefonte. Prothonotary,—M. I. GARDNER, Bellefonte. District Att’y,—N. B. SPANGLER, Bellefonte. County Surveyor,—H. B. HERRING, Gregg Twp. Assembly, IR How Swallow is Being Utilized By the Quayites. The managers of the machine state cam- paign are greatly alarmed by Republican defection from the regular party ticket. Convinced that STONE is going to be cut by a large percentage of Republicans their scheme now is to make amends as far as possible for this loss by deceiving Demo- crats into voting for the Prohibition candi- date for Governor. SWALLOW’S candidacy is of consequence only in the effect it may have in assisting to elect the nominee of the machine. It could produce this effect by drawing Dem- ocratic votes away from GEORGE A. JENKS. It is with this design that the machine campaigners are trying to work up an im- pression that JENKS can’t be elected, rep- resenting that SwWALLow has the only chance of coming anywhere near defeating the machine candidate for Governor. In this way they propose to delude Demo- crats into the belief that they should vote for SwALLow, if they want to down the boss and smash the machine. This scheme is intended to have its effect upon Democrats who have been discourag- ed by the great Republican majorities re- cently given in this State for HASTINGS and McKINLEY, and who may be made believe that such Republican strength can not be overcome by the Democratic state ticket. But there is Democratic en- couragement in the knowledge that a great wave of popular discontent is sweeping over the State, with the prospect of pro- ducing a greater reversal of majorities than that which elected PATTISON twice to the Governorship. Wherever GEORGE A. JENKS has made his appearance in this campaign he has not only lined up his party solidly in his sup- port, but enlisted thousands of Republi- cans in the cause of honest state govern- ment under his leadership. SwALLOW’s following has been chiefly in the eastern part of the State, but these are falling away from him as they discover that his candidacy is helping the machine, and become convinced that the only hope of overthrowing QUAYISM isin the election of the Democratic candidate for Governor, along with an anti-machine Legislature. In the western part of the State SWAL- LOW’S support is practically confined to the Prohibitionists, and as the election ap- proaches his adherents will be found so limited that an estimate that will give him 50,000 votes will be a liberal one. The Duty of Honest Republicans. The Pittsburg Dispatch, a Republican journal of high respectability and wide influence, opposes the election of STONE for the reason that he represents the vicious principles of machine rule. It takes the undeniable ground that there are controll- ing principles which should govern the actions of men who place honest and good government above party. - While it is an imperative duty to support a party when it makes good nominations, the duty to oppose it is just as imperative when its nominations are bad. The Dispatch believes that a party mem- ber should act indepently in voting against his party when its ticket represents broken faith, spoils and corruption. Upon this principle the honest Republican must re- gard it as his duty to vote against the ticket put into the field by QUAY and representing all the political abuses of machine politics. Upon the same prin- ciple he must follow the logical conclu- sion that when a party: makes a nomina- tion that means integrity, ability and up- rightness, it is equally his duty to vote for it. Therefore he can have no doubt as to his duty when such a nomination as that of GEORGE A. JENKS is made, and a comparison is drawn hetween the principle it represents and the absolute lack of principle in the nomination made by a political machine. Moreover, the Dispatch contends that any intelligent conception of good govern- ment must take into consideration, in ad- dition to the moral qualities of their candi- dates, their mental abilities, their knowl- edge of public affairs, and their training with regard to the principles of legislation. On this point JENKS is as much the supe- rior of SWALLOW as he is STONE'S superior in all the principles of honest politics and conscientious government. Has Proven Himself Faithful to the | Trust Confided to Him. Two years ago, when R. M. FOSTER was named as one of the Democratic candidates for the Legislature, the WATCHMAN pre- dicted that if he was elected he would prove one of the most active and influential members of that body. Although it was his first term he was placed upon some of the most important committees of the House, and at all times, except when there was stealing to be done, he was called upon to do and entrusted with the work ex- pected of the minority. He proved himself a popular and careful Representative. His votes were invariably cast in the interest of the taxpayers. His record is without smirch and his actions without suspicion. He had no bills for extra work and asked no additional compensation for committee duties. He voted against every steal, and there was not a member of that body whose record was cleaner or whose purposes were purer. It is this kind of men who are needed in the Legislature, men of char- acter, of principle and of integrity. Men who will take an active part in every effort to procure that which is right for the peo- ple, and who have the manliness and courage to oppose and vote against that which is wrong, no matter who is to be benefited by it. Mr. FOSTER ought to be re-elected by an overwhelming majority. He will be, if the taxpayers of the county appreciate the importance of having an up- right, active, influential and incorruptible Representative at Harrisburg. The Kind They Want. From every part of the county into which Mr. WETZEL has gone we hear the most encouraging reports of the impression he leaves and the confidence he inspires among the taxpayers. His plain, unassuming man- ner, his frank and manly way of meeting men, his intelligent and straight-forward answers to any questions as to his action on measures in which the people are in- terested, impresses all who meet him with the belief that when elected to the Legis- lature he will be just what they want : an honest, straight-forward, reliable Represen- tative. One who will watch their inter- ests and who will vote as the welfare of the people he represents demands. Mr. WETZEL knows what the interests of the taxpayers of Centre county are. He is one of them. He is not the creature of a boss, nor is he under obligation to great inter- ests whose requirements muzzle members of the Legislature and silence them when the public is to be robbed for their benefit. He will make a careful, conscientious and influential Representative and the people appreciate this fact and intend electing him. ——The ridiculousness of the Philadel- phia Public Ledger’s proposition to have Hon. GEORGE A. JENKS withdrawn in fav- or of SWALLOW is»only. eclipsed by the foolishness of the people who intend to vote for SWALLOW, under the belief that he has a chance of being elected. It would be a regular case of the tail wagging the dog, if Mr. JENKS were to give way to the preach- er candidate. The Prohibitionists never polled more than 60,000 votes in Pennsyl- vania for a straight candidate in the histo- ry of their party. * Last fall SWALLOW got 118,969, but the circumstances were extra- ordinary and he was the only candidate who made a campaign. Even then he did’nt poll half as many votes as did Mr. BrowN, the Democratic nominee for State Treasurer, nor one-third as man y as BRYAN did in 1896. If SWALLOW is sincere he will with-draw in favor of JENKS, because the Prohibitionists certainly can’t expect a party with an organization like that of the Democratic party to give it up for a party that doesn’t have an organization in half the counties of the State and can’t elect four members of the Legislature under any conditions. ——HENRY WETZEL’S candidacy for As- sembly is meeting with approbation every- where, because he is regarded as most ex- cellent legislative timber. Being a con- scientious, intelligent man, thoroughly equipped in point of law, for a seat in the Legislature, his election is already looked upon as a certainty and it only remains to be seefr how great a complimentary vote Centre county will give to him in return for his tender of services so eminently de- sirable. (ee ——————— —ARNOLD’S going it on ‘‘the people be damned” theory, while he was making post-masters in Centre county, won’t have a tendency to increase his vote much among the people of whom he was so con- siderate, and there are lots of them in Cen- tre county. M. I. GARDNER is a man who is a credit to any party and any community. He en- joys the confidence and esteem of all clas- ses, because he is the same under every circumstance. Vote for him for pro- thonotary. —The Republicans are letting on that WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN isn’t giving them much concern, but you will notice that they lose no opportunity of trying to defame him. ——The Ridgway Evening Star, Elk county’s only daily and a Republican one at that, has declared in favor of James K. P. Hall for Congress. The Star says: ‘‘No Democrat, whatsoever he may be, can bring the 28th Congressional district into greater disrepute than it now is. For that reason Mr. Hall will be supported by hundreds of Republicans who never voted any but the Republican ticket, but who do not hold to the fallacious idea ‘that the worst Republi- can possible is better than the best Demo- ; United States from the Interior department | to the War department. crag.” DEMOCRATIC RULE vs. REPUBLICAN RULE. Some Steals in the General Appropriation Acts. The ordinary expenses of the government, as provided hy the general appropriation act, have enormously increased. This act provides simply for the salaries to state of- ficers and clerks and incidental expenses of the government for two years, and any one can by turning to the pamphlet laws verify we had a Democratic Governor, though the these figures. Compare the four years when Legislature was Republican, and no legisla- tion could pass of benefit to the people by reason of the opposition of the Quay machine, with the last two years of Republican misrule. not believe us. We give you the page. DEMOCRATIC. BOI... 8559,450 00 P. L. 261 IB03-04.........co0cc0ticiivns £552,659 26 P. L. 300 Total.........ssis 81,112,109 26 Republican Increase............. Examine the pamphlet laws, if you do REPUBLICAN, 1805-06..c.nrcrci niin $1,369,816 48 P. L. 547 mo 81,222,502 93 P. L. 471 Total $2,593,319 41 1,112,109 26 $1,481,210 15 More than 100 per cent. of an increase in the ordinary expenses for running the government, and not including the tremendous increase under appropriation acts, and for all the various ‘‘steals’’ by which money is regularly taken from the State Treasury; under Quayism, and all without a shadow of an excuse. What do the people think of an increase in the ordinary expenses for running the government for four years, of $1,481,210.15. The present legislative term of Governor Hastings (1897-1898) shows an increase of of his first legislative term (1895-1896) of payments to various departments over that $237,510.36. . George A. Jenks will reduce state expenditures to what they were in 1883. Will the people of this State continue the reckless expenditures under Republican rule? or will they return to the days of honest Democratic rule, and re-entrust the gov- ernment of this State to the party which has stood by their interest ? The people are not fools, they know who will reform these abuses. and they will vote for George A. Jenks. WHO SUFFERED BECAUSE EXPENSES WERE NOT HIGHER IN 1883, WHEN THE DEMO- CRATIC PARTY WAS IN CONTROL ? Exhibit of Increase in Department Expenses, as per Appropriations. Appropriations are for Two Years Departments. 1883. 1897 Increase. Governor's Office.. 242.800 R57,800 £15,000 State Department 50,600 79,600 29,000 Auditor General 48,600 94,300 45,700 Treasury........ 29,050 59,200 30,150 Attornev General... 15,400 29,100 13,700 Internal Affairs..... a7,200 129,809 62,600 Public Instruction... 33,400 42,400 9,000 Adjutant General.. 34,400 47,400 13,000 YAbrary: rn 15,400 40,000 24,600 Grounds and Buildings 11,800 91,000 79,200 Board of Pardons 7,000 9,600 2,600 Tudiciary 967.000 1,342,689 375,682 Senate 133,800 170,045 36,245 House 388,065 474,572 86,507 Schools........... 2,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 Mine Inspector.. 66,000 132,000 66,000 Agriculture .......... ad 7 800 177.820 170,020 Banking Department. ..... Uncreated 124,000 124,000 Factory Inspector........................ Uncreated 80,000 80,000 83,918,315 814,181,328 210,263,013 What do the people of this State think of this taking into account the increase of $9,000,0 increase of over Ten Millions, and 00 allowed to schools, would still leave an increase in the expense of running the above departments alone under Republican rule as compared with Democratic, of one million and thirteen cents for expenses for two years. two hundred and siaty-three thousand dollars The Departments were run better in 1883 than they are today. George A. Jenks alone has a chance to heat Stone. Vote for Jenks and restore honest government. Jenks and the Soldiers. How He Pleaded the Cause of the Pensioners When It Was Sought to Make them a Body of Mendi- cants.—A Noble Tribute to the Boys in Blue on the Floor of Congress that Should Never be For- gotten by Them. : In 1876 the Honorable George A. Jenks, then a member of Congress, introduced 'a hill to transfer the pension bureau of the The matter being under” discussion” Congressman Kasson; of Iowa, was quoted as having made the declaration that pensions were in the na- ture of a government gratuity and were not in the nature of a contract between the government and the soldiers ; that the government had the right at any time to shut off all pensions and granted them only as a mere gratuity and not as a mat- ter of obligation. The whole matter of the granting of pensions it was claimed hy Mr. Kasson was discretionary with the government, both as to the amount of the pension and the time of its continuance. Congressman Towusend, of New York, argued in a like strain to which Mr. Jenks replied as follows : ‘‘From these extracts it will be seen that gentlemen of exper- ience, learned in the law, and for whom personally I have the highest respect, have asserted that an invalid pension is not a debt ; that it may be granted or withheld at the pleasure of the government ; that there is no obligation to pay it ; that it is simply a gratuity. Now, if -it be a gratu- ity, we may at any moment cut off these pensions ; we may refuse to pay them from any moment that it may occur to the leg- islative branch of the government that it is for the interest of the government to do so. If that be so itis a most fatal truth for these pensioners who have been deprived of their limbs in the cause of their country. ‘‘Now, in order to refute what seems to — into the army ? They obeyed the call of their country ; and in that view they did only their duty, it is true, as the honorable gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hurlbut) has said ; but it was a duty the performance of which was dangerous, and it was per- formed under the promise that this pro- | vision would be made. Dare we repudiate that promise and say that it is not a con- tract ? Shall we say to a man who asks for a pension, ‘You are the acceptor of a gratuity ; you are a mendicant ; we grant you this or refuse it at our option, and no “one can charge us with injustice? IN THE NAME OF THE PENSIONERS OF THE UNITED STATES, I REPUDIATE THIS DOCTRINE. IF THEIR PENSION CER- TIFICATES ARE TO BE REGARDED AS BADGES OF MENDICANCY, THEY WOULD SPURN THEM FROM THEM AND HURL THEM IN YOUR FACE.” The speech from which the above ex- tracts have been taken may be found in full in the Congressional Record of 1876, in part 2 of volume 4, pages 1739 to 1744. No man can read the remarks of Mr. Jenks on that occasion without feeling a thrill of pride that Pennsylvania had a soldier's champion on the floor of Congress in the person of George A. Jenks who stood for the pensioners’ rights, insisting that they were not pauper mendicants asking alms, but worthy veterans demanding their just rights under the sacred promise of that government for the perpetuation of which they had volunteered to sacrifice health, limb and life if need be. He is the same George A. Jenks now as he was in 1876, always for the right and never upholding the wrong. The flag and the veteran are to him sacred; they are not the playthings of political fortune nor are they the articles of merchandise to be trafficked to the highest bidder. Wherein the President is Firm. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—To a number of me to be a most flagrant fallacy, I propose to discuss the question at this time, be- : cause, first, I think the pension bureau, ! which we seek to transfer, has been labor- | ing under the same fallacy, has been of the ; opinion that they may grant or refuse a pension as they see proper, that they may expedite or delay it as to them may seem convenient, that they may grant it to a‘ political friend or deny it to a political op- ponent as may seem best for party purposes. It is to refute this view, and that the peo- ple may comprehend what is a right and what is a gift, that I propose now to dis- cuss this as the first question in this bill. A contract is an agreement for a sufficient consideration to do or not to do some. given thing. Now if the government, he- fore the soldiers entered the army, told that soldier that if he should enter and be- come disabled he should be paid a pension, that would be a contract, if the soldier en- tered the army and was disabled.” (here Mr. Jenks quoted the resolution of the Continental Congress in 1776, the act of April 30th, 1790, the act of January 11th, 1812, and the act of July 14th, 1862 all to the effect that it was the rule of the gov- ernment to consider an invalid soldier as entitled to a pension as a matter of right based upon the promise of the lawmaking power.) Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama, interrupting Mr. Jenks at this point, said : ‘If the gentleman will allow me, I would remind him that in the proclamation of President Lincoln, issued in 1861, calling for volun- teers, a promise was made that such as might be wounded or should contract dis- ease in the war should have a pension ; and Congress afterward ratified that prom- ise.”” To this Mr. Jenks replied as fol- lows : “The facts are as the honorable gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Hewitt) states them. The pension law of 1862 was not passed before the first soldier went into the army ; yet prior to that time the sol- diers had the word of a man they had reason to trust that if they should go into the service they should be provided for. Shall that word be disgraced here on the floor of this Congress? Shall we disregard . interested callers to-day President McKin- ley had occasion to reiterate his determina- tion to have no more troops mustered out for the present. In the course of several interviews he stated in substance that it was the intention of the administration to i send fresh troops to Porto Rico to take the place of the volunteers, who will have to be returned home and who will be given furloughs. He stated very firmly that there would be no general discharges until the situation was ‘‘cleared up.”’ The President also during the day, testified to his appreciation of the soldiers from the South. To a delegation he said one of the results of the war which particularly grati- fied him was that the war seemed to have effaced the last vestige of sectional feeling as between the North and the South. He referred to the hearty responses from the. South when the war broke out and con- cluded with the statement that if the elimination of all difference of feelings be- tween the North and South was to continue permanently he would be a happy man. He also spoke of the evident contentment of the southern troops to remain in service so long as they were needed. Reduced Rates to Philadelphia via ' Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Peace Jubilee. For the grand Peace Jubilee at Phila- delphia, October 26th and 27th, the Penn- sylvania railroad company will sell excur- sion tickets from all ticket stations on its line, to Philadelphia, at rate of single fare Jor round trip (minimum rate 25 cents). Tickets will be sold and good, going, Oc- tober 24th to 27th, and returning leaving Philadelphia to October 31st, inclusive. This jubilee will be one of the greatest events in the history of Philadelphia. The rededication of Independence Hall, recent- ly restored ; the unveiling of the Grant Equestrian Monument, Fairmount park ; a monster civic and industrial parade, and a grand military and naval pageant, led by General Miles and other distinguished heroes of the late war, will be prominent features. The President and his cabinet that contract in view of which they went are also expected to be present. 43-39-3t. Quay Held for a Court Trial. A Hearing in the Case of the Quays and McKee in Philadelphia Wednesday—All Bound Over for Court —Bail Was Fixed at $5.000 in Each Case, David H. Lane, a Philadelphia Political Leader Being Their Bondsman—The Testimony Produced by District Attorney Graham Was in the Shape of Letters and Many Telegrams. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.—United States Senator Quay, his son, Richard R. Quay, and Charles H. McKee, of Pittsburg, law partner of Lieutenant Governor Walter Lyon, appeared before a magistrate in the Central station court in this city this after- noon to answer to the charge of conspiracy in the alleged misues of public moneys in connection with John S. Hopkins, former cashier of the People’s bank, of this city, who committed suicide soon after the fail- ure of the bank, in March last.. Ex-State treasurer Haywood, for whom a warrant has been issued in connection with the con- spiracy charge, was not in court, but it is promised that he will be here on Friday to face his accuser. After a hearing lasting three hours, Senator Quay and his son and Mr. McKee were bound over for their appearance at the next term of court. Bail was fixed at $5.000 in each case, David H. Lane, a lo- cal political leader, renewing the bond for that amount which he had entered upon when the accused men were given a pre- liminary hearing on Monday. The case now goes on the list for trial at the term of court beginning in November. TESTIMONY PRODUCED BY GRAHAM. The testimony produced by District At- torney Graham was in the shape of about twenty letters and numerous telegrams covering a period from September, 1897 to February, 1898, addressed by Senator Quay to cashier Hopkins directing the purchase and sale of large blocks of stocks and ar- ranging for the placing of margins ; a letter from state treasurer Haywood to the presi- dent of the People’s bank ; a letter and telegram from Haywood to the cashier of the People’s bank and a private memoran- dum book of cashier Hopkins. The law- yers representing the accused fought hard against the introduction of the latter, but it went in as evidence, nevertheless. The district attorney averred that the evidence he produced showed that Senator Quay had the use of $200,000 of the state’s desposit of over $500,000 in the People’s bank for stock speculation; that state treasurer Haywood placed $100,000 of state funds in the People’s bauk on condition that that amount of money be loaned to Senator Quay’s son, and there was a regular as- signment of interest on state deposits in the People’s bank to certain accounts, one- third of it going to Mr. McKee, all of which he claimed was a violation of the state law, prohibiting a bank official from making such transactions, and that the accused persous were guilty of conspiracy in join- ing with Hopkins in these transactions. The first letter introduced was from ex- state treasurer Haywood to President Me- Manes, of the bank, as follows : “On Monday we will mail you a check for $100,000 for credit of commonwealth of Pennsylvania, general fund, which will. make a credit to our account of $600,000. The understanding is that I'am not to draw against any part of this $600,000 deposit until R. R. Quay has paid or arranged satisfactorily to you the loan of $100,000, which you are to make to him next week.’’ Next was this one from Haywood to Cashier Hopkins. sre : i '+*Nov. 20, 1396. ‘Yours of 19th instant, with enclosure received, {which I herewith return signed. . Purchase .an ‘additional 100. shares of the same%tock at 110, 100 shares at-100, 100 shares at. 107; and 100 shares at : 106. - Ofcourse purchase-all for eset you can; so that the average will be maintained, = STOCK WILL GO HIGHER. _ “My information is that this stock will 5° higher in the near future. Your friend, Mr. El- kin, is a partner in this: transaction, as you will see by the signature on the note. Mr. have the use of fifty from Nov. 1st, 1896. he can arrange when he can use it.” The first Quay letter was to Hopkins, under date of January 13th, 1897, saying : ‘Dear John, give George Hugn $25,000 for me. It is for a margin in some stocks. Send me a note for $25,000 and I will sign and return it *’ Another letter to cashier Hopkins reads as follows : ; . is to You and ‘Jan. 31, 1898. “According to my account, I ought to have $35,000 to wy credit, Iam busing 100° Mergenth- aler at about 143 and will check on you for amount when purchase is completed, say $14,000. Also I wish you to buy and carry for me on margin about 1,000 shares U. G. I. T want this for a spurt say two weeks. Yours, “Quay.” The next is dated Feb. 18, 1898 : “I mailed check for $4,100, balance of loss on Met., at your request. Close my account and send statement and cancelled checks with cash- ier’s cheek for balance. 1 feared I had bitten in- to my $45,000. I never tried to do a generous thing that I didn’t get into trouble. Yours truly, - [Signed] “M. 8. Quay.” The next was a telegram dated Feb. 11th, 1898, as follows : “‘SaN Lucier, Fla. “John S. Hopkins: “If you buy and carry a thousand Met. for me I will shake the plum tree. “M. 8. Quay.” *‘July 31st, 1896. And so on there were many letters show- ing Quay’s speculations with funds secrred from the Peoples’ bank, because he was putting state deposits there. GOT DOWN TO MEMORANDUM BOOK. After all the letters had been read they got down to the memorandum book. It was stated that the entries extended from May 1st, 1894, to the date of the closing of the bank, a period of nearly four years. Only a few of the entries were read. They showed that from April 30th, 1897, to June 15th, a period of forty-six days, the state deposit in the bank was $525,000 ; from June 15th to 19th it was $555,000 ; from June 19th to Oct. 31th it was $565,000, From this total there was a deduction of 20 per cent., evidently, as Mr. Graham explained, for the bank’s use. Then there was an entry : ‘‘Less $200,000. Quay, 184 days.’” For this period the interest was computed in the book at $5,944, one-third of which, $1,984.93, was marked paid, “C. H. McK.” In October,” 1896, there was a computation of interest on state de- posits amounting to $7,353.33, of which $2,451.11, or one-third was marked ‘‘Handed to C. H. McKee." The fact that the evidence was deemed sufficient to hold such distinguished politi- cians for court is in itself significant. A Great Meeting of the Christian En- deavorers in Harrisburg. Many Delegates Present—They Come from Various Parts of Pennsylvania.—The Souvenir Badge—First Session of the Convention Was Held Tuesday Af- ternoon and the Attendance Was Verg Large— Governor Hastings Speaks. The twelfth annual convention of the State Christian Endeavor society opened in Harrisburg on Tuesday with the represen- tatives in attendance from the 4,630 socie- ties in Pennsylvania. A special train brought 250 delegates at noon from Phila- delphia, and during the afternoon large delegations arrived from Pittsburg and other points in Western Pennsylvania. The Chestnut street market hall, where the convention is being held, is tastefully decorated with hundreds of banners and streamers. The souvenir of the convention is a handsome gilt medal, on one side of which is an illuminated cross, encircled by the words ‘‘For Christ and the church,’ with the date of the convention. The otherside bears the monogram “‘C. E.” on a raised keystone and has a suitable inscription. These medals are worn with dark red rib- bon indicating the committee to which the wearer belongs. The first service of the convention was the delegates’ prayer meeting led by Rev. Charles A. Oliver, of York. The singing was directed by Mr. H. C. Lincoln, of Philadelphia. A Christian Endeavor mass meeting was held Tuesday evening and was attended hy 5,000 people. Rev. Dr. J. T. McCrory, of Pittsburg, presided and a short devotional service was held, with Rev. Dr. I. E. Groff, of Harrisburg, as conductor. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Governor Hastings and Rev. B. F. Dimmick, of Har- risburg, to which Rev. Rufus W. Miller, of Reading, responded. Governor Hastings said it should be a source of satisfaction to know that the Keystone State is the ban- ner State in number of societies, contain- ing more than any other equal territory in the whole world. Continuing, he said: ‘There need be no fear for the future of this country, whether its population he 70,000,000 or 700,000,000, if the individual citizen be an educated Christian man. The republics of ancient times failed he- cause the individual citizen, capable of self-government, was always largely in the minority. We have shown the world that man, as God created and endowed him, can be fitted for self-government. WEDNESDAY’S SESSION. Wednesday’s session of the Christian Endeavor convention opened with a sunrise prayer meeting, conducted by Rev. J. A. Hollenbaugh, of Altoona. A quiet hour service was held at 8 o’clock in the Market Square Presbyterian church, in charge of the Rev. Charles E. Robinson, of Scranton. The meeting was devoted to considera- tion of reports from these departmental commanders : Corresponding secretary, Thomas R. Patton, Jr., Philadelphia ; Su- perintendent of senior work, Miss Cordelia Jameson, Beltzhoover ; superintendent of missionary work, Rev. W. J. Lahmon, Allegheny ; superintendent of Christian citizenship, Rev. Edwin H. Romig, Leba- non ; superintendent of evangelistic work, Rev. Charles A. Oliver, of York. These exercises were followed by seven simultaneous conferences on ‘‘Christian Citizenship,”’ led by W. J. Coffey, of Ship- pensburg ; lookout committee, M. W. Leslie, of New Castle; social committee, Miss Susan H. Peck, of East Smithfield 3 prayer meeting, George Loder, of Lock Haven ; .intermediate department, M. V. Mattlack, of Philadelphia ; junior depart- ment, Miss Cordelia Jameson, of Beltz- hoover, and evangelistic and missionary, W. A. Gillespie, of Philadelphia. There are over 4,000 visitors and dele- gates. After the conference there were evangelistic services all over the city at thirty-five different points, and at Steel- ton and Camp Meade. The afternoon’s session was taken up by Rev. Dr. A. B. Philputt, of Indianapolis, on the ‘‘Funda- mentals of Christian Endeavor” and regu- lar business. —1It you want fine work done of every descridtion the WATCHMAN office is the place to come. gi Ey "ADDITIONAL ‘LOCALS. ——After Saturday it will be too late to pay your poll tax. gr —See that your poll tax is paid by Saturday. It will be the last day. eg etm tm ——The foundation walls for the Un- dine’s new engine house are completed. ——— rrr. —1If you want to vote this fall see that your taxes are paid. Saturday will be the last day. ——The engagement of Dr. John Se- bring, of this place, to Miss Frederica L. Woltzen, of Pottsville, has been an- nounced. iggy —The students and their friends of the State College will be entertained this evening in the armory by the faculty. Stopper and Fisks orchestra will furnish the music and the reception promises to be a delightful affair. Srm—— a ——To-morrow afternoon at 2:30 the Altoona foot-ball team will play the Belle- fonte Academy team on the glass-works field- in this place. It is likely to be a very interesting contest. An admission fee of 25cts will be charged. eg its ——The Pennsylvania State College foot- ball eleven played the University of Penn- sylvania team, at Philadelphia, last Sat- urday, and suffered defeat by the score of 40 to 0. State will leave for Easton this afternoon, where the Lafayette college team will be played to-morraw. BE r1eAA”>)»>)®©bhn”@N\n»n®tn”pf ——The mustering out of Co. B, 5th Reg. U. 8. V. is supposed will be made on Tuesday, October 18th. If that date should prove the correct one the soldier boys intend having a farewell entertain- ment in Garman’s opera house. It will consist of a wonderful ‘“Warograph,”’ showing camp scenes at Chickamauga and Lexington and some of the best features from the Vaudeville that created such a sensation here last spring. The Vaudeville numbers that are assured, thus far, are the spectacular march militaire and the act from the opera of Paul Jones. il iin THE CANE CONTEST To END WITH A SUPPER.—On Saturday evening, Oct. 15th, the ladies of the Milesburg Preshyterian church will give a festival and supper in Bullock’s hall, in that place, to which everybody is invited. In addition to the promise to feed all on the most toothsome dainties the evening will be made interest- ing by the ending of the cane contest be- tween J. S. Longwell and Emanuel Noll. Both gentlemen have goodly sums to turn over to the church fund, but no one knows how much, so the contest is exciting con- siderable interest.
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