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Until February 1st, 1899,
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Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 20, 1899.
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Democratic County Committee for 1899.
J. K. Jonxsrox, Chairman,
Secretaries.
Boyp A. MUSSER, 8. D. Gere,
Precinct. Name. P. 0. Address.
Bellefonte N° W Jno. Trafford Bellefonte
£6 SW P. H Gerrity, $e
* W WL. H. MeQuistion, £6
Centre Hall Boro J. Dauberman, Centre Hall
Howard ‘e Abe Weber, Howard
Milesburg Jas. B. Noll, Milesburg
Millheim 48 Sam’l Weiser, Jr., Millheim
Unionville I. P Brisbin, Fleming
Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens
id 2nd W Ira Howe,
$6 srd WS. M. Graham, 4
State College Boro Reuben Glenn, State College
Philipsburg
S. Philipsburg * Patrick Hogan, Philipsburg
Benner Twp. N P John Mechtley, Bellefonte
i S P 8. H Hoy, kt
Boggs Twp. N P Henry Heaton, Yarnell
e E P John Kelley, Roland
gs W P Lewis Alsey, Wingate
A.V. Daugherty, Moshannon
Burnside Twp. au
College id J. A. Williams, Lemont
Curtin § Wm. J. Quay, Romola
Ferguson “E P W. H. Frye, Pine Grove Mills
te “W P Sam Harpster, Jr., Gatesburg
Gregg Twp. N P Geo. Weaver, Penns Cave
ke E P Jas. C. Condo, Penn Hall
id W P Jno. Smith, Spring Mills
W P, Geo W Keister, Aaronsburg
E P Jno. J. Orndorf, Woodward
Half Moon Twp. J. H. Griffin, Stormstown
Haines Twp.
Harris 0. W. Stover, Boalsburg
Howard £6 Geo. U. Johnston, Mt. Eagle
Huston £6 Henry Hale, Julian
Liberty 4 Chauncy DeLong, Blanchard
Marion i J. W. Orr, Walker
Miles Twp EP Dan’l W. Harter, Rebersburg
8 W P Edward Miller, Centre Mills
£4 M P C.J. Crouse, Rebersburg
Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Buffalo Run
Penn £¢ J. F. Garthoft, Coburn
Potter “ 8 P G. L.Goodbhart, Centre Hill
o ** N P G. H. Emerick. Centre Hall
Rush “ N P Wm. Frank, Philipsburg
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i S P Adam Hazel, Axe Mann
4 W P Bruce Garbrick, Belletonte
Taylor Twp. J. W. Beckwith, Hannah
Union Jno. H. Stover, Fleming
Walker Twp E P Ira C. Ohl, Lamar
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st W P Wm. A. Royer, Zion
Worth « A. J. Johnston, Port Matilda
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EVENTFUL DAYS AT HARRISBURG.
The New Governor and Other Officials Sworn in—
The [Inaugural Ceremonies—Baliloting for U. 8.
Senator Begun—Quay Evidently at the End of
His String.
HARRISBURG, January 17.— Both Houses
held brief sessions prior to the inaugural
ceremonies and the balloting for the United
States Senator.
Walter Lyon presided over the Senate
for the last time as Lieutenant Governor.
David Martin took the oath of office as
Senator from the Eighth district. The
Philadelphia leader was the recipient of a
large bunch of carnations and roses from
the employes of the state department. A
committee was appointed to escort J. P. S.
Gobin, Lieutenant Governor-elect, to the
senate chamber for the purpose of being in-
ducted into office and recess for an hour
was taken.
At 12:30 o'clock General Gobin, Lieuten-
ant-Governor-elect, took the oath of office.
Judge Simonton, of Dauphin county, ad-
ministered the oath of office.
In the House Messrs. Snyder, of Lu-
zerne, and Clark, of Washington, presented
themselves and qualified. The oath was
administered hy Jadge McPherson. Mr.
Voorhees, of Philadelphia, offered a resolu-
tion that a committee of two members be
appointed to conduct the Senate to the por-
tico of the capitol to attend the inaugural
ceremonies. Chief clerk Rex announced
the appointment of William M. Culbert-
son, of Pittshurg, as journal clerk. Mr.
Culbertson was sworn in by speaker Farr.
The committee reported that it had escort-
ed the Senate to the capitol portico after
which the House adjourned to attend
the ceremonies.
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.
The installation of the new executive oc-
curred at noon, on the left side of the,
capitol in the presence of the members of
the Legislature, all the prominent state
officials and a tremendous throng of other
spectators.
Colonel Stone, accompanied by retiring
Governor Hastings, was escorted from the
Lochiel hotel to the capitol by the joint
legislative inaugural committee. The cer-
emonies were opened with prayer by Rev.
Dr. George S. Chambers, and then chief
clerk Smiley, of the Senate, read the certifi-
cates of election. The oath of office was
administered by Justice Henry W. Wil-
liams, of the state supreme court, in whose
office, in Wellsboro, the new Governor be-
gan his law studies.
Tumultuous applause greeted Governor
Stone as he stepped to the front of the plat-
form to deliver his first official pronounce-
ment.
After the oaths of office had been form-
ally taken the entire party was driven to a
pavilion in front of the executive mansion,
from which they reviewed the inaugural
parade. This was one of the most spectac-
ular pageants ever seen in Harrisburg.
The entire six regiments of the National
Guard, organized last summer to replace
the troops which entered the volunteer ser-
vice from the guard for the Spanish war
participated. They were in command of
Major General George R. Snowden, of
Philadelphia. In the line were also the
survivors’ association of the One Hundred
and Eignty-seventh regiment, Pennsylva-
nia volunteers, in which Governor Stone
served during the rebellion, and many po-
litical and civic organizations. The chief
marshal of the parade was Congressman
Olmstead, of Harrisburg, and the chief of
staff, Major Isaac B. Brown, deputy secre-
tary of internal affairs. Following them
came the Second Governor’s troop, of Har-
risburg; General Snowden and staff, Gen-
erals Schall, Miller and Magee, command-
ers of the three brigades of the National
Guard, with their staffs, and a long line of
carriages, containing Governor Stone, ex-
Governor Hastings and other incoming and
retiring state officials, heads of state de-
partments and bureaus and other well
known persons. The war veterans’ club,
of Pittsburg, with the Grand Army band,
of Allegheny; the McKinley veteran
patriotic league, of Harrisburg, and all the
principal Republican organizations, of Phil-
adelphia, were in the parade.
Governor Stone entertained a small party
in the executive mansion. and to-night the
Governor and Mrs. Stone held a public
reception, while on the river front there
was a maguificent display of fire works.
Ex-Governor Hastings and his family left
this afternoon for New York, where they
will spend a month before taking up their
residence in Bellefonte.
THE BALLOTING FOR SENATOR BEGUN.
After the inaugural ceremonies both the
Senate and House reconvened and began
the work for a United States Senator to
succeed M. S. Quay. The end of the first
day’s fight leaves the resnlt very much in
doubt. It is Senator Quay against the
field, and the indications are that there
will be a deadlock lasting some days at
least. The Republicans are divided be-
tween Mr. Quay and eight “favorite sons, ”’
and the Democrats are united on George A.
Jenks. The Senate and House voted
separately this afternoon and will take a
ballot to-morrow in joint session. There
was no election to-day. and should the
ballot show no election to-morrow, the
balloting will continue daily until a selec-
tion is made. Senator Quay’s total strength
in both houses was 112 votes, sixteen less
than the number necessary to election on
joint ballot, assuming that the full mem-
bership of 254 is present, a condition that
does not seem possible as there are several
on the sick list now.
The chief events of the day were the
change in the state administration, the
balloting for United States Senator and the
delay in the cabinet appointments of the
new Governor. The custom is to send the
cabinet nominations to the Senate at a
meeting of that body within a few hours
after the Governor takes his seat. There
was doubt as to how Governor Stone's ap-
pointments would be received and they did
not reach the Senate until after that body
had adjourned for the day.
The Governor nominates William W.
Greist, of Lancaster, for Secretary of the
Commonwealth; John P. Elkin, of Indi-
ana, chairman of the state Republican com-
mittee, for Attorney General, and E. C.
Gerwig, of Allegheny, for private secretary.
The essence of the situation is that so
long as the ant1-Quay Republicans are
united and the Democrats vote for Jenks,
Senator Quay cannot he re-elected. His
friends are confident, however, that he
will steadily gain votes after Wednesday
while the leaders of the other side are just
as confident that he has reached the high
water mark. Governor Stone is the Sena-
tor’s friend aud is aiding him in his cam-
paign. The Senator is on the ground man-
aging his canvass and expects to stay dur-
ing the early stages of the contest.
THE VOTE IN THE SENATE.
There were forty-seven of the fifty Sena-
tors present. They voted as follows:
Matthew Stanley Quay, of Beaver, 27;
George A. Jenks, of Jefferson, 12; John
Dalzell, of Pittsburg, 3; George F. Huff,
of Westmoreland; 1; Charles Emory Smith,
of Philadelphia, 1; Colonel E. A. Irwin, of
Clearfield, 1; Charles W. Stone, of War-
ren, 1; John Stewart, of Franklin, 1.
THE RESULTS IN THE HOUSE.
Quay.............85 Markle.........1
Jenks... ..70 Tubbs, od
Dalzell. 13 Grow... wl
Stewart .8 Smith, Dem..1
Huff..... 4 E. A. Irwin...2
Rice................. 2
There were four me mbers absent and not
voting.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE GREAT
FIGHT.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 18.—The joint ballot
for United States Senator to-day showed
little change from the figures of yesterday,
when the houses voted separately, It re-
sulted as follows:
M. S. Quay, Republican, 112; Charles E.
Smith, Republican, 1; George A. Jenks,
Democrat, 84; Charles Tubbs, Republican,
4; John Dalzell, Republican, 15; E. A.
Irwin, Republican, 3; Charles W. Stone,
Republican, 9; John Stewart, Republican,
9; George F. Huff, Republican, 5; J. F.
Downing, - Republican, 2; Charles I. Rice,
Republican, 2; G. A. Grow, Republican, 1.
Votes cast, 248; necessary to a choice,
125.
The session was, however, productive of
a stormy scene in which Senator Flinn was
the chief actor. He vigorously fought the
adjournment announced by Lieutenant
Governor Gobin and called a meeting to
‘‘oppose the bull-dozing tactics of the
chair.” This was attended by the in-
dependent Republicans and the Democrats
and a committee was appointed to report
resolutions of protest at a night session,
Representatives Cole and Duttera, of
Adams, who were absent yesterday, voted
to-day for Jenks. Mr. Timlin, of Lack-
awanna, changed from Superior Court
‘| General A. Wilson Norris, was a vice
Judge Peter Smith, of Scranton, to Jenks.
The Democrats voted solidly for Jenks.
The absentees in the House were Mesars.
Boyle, of Luzerne, and Brophy, of Alle-
gheny, Democrats, and: Harrold, of Beaver,
Republican. The absentees in the Senate
were Higgins, of Schuylkill, Democrat,
and Hawkins, Republican, of Washington,
who has not qualified. A successor has not
yet been chosen to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Lieut. Governor
Gobin. J. E. Downing, of Erie, received
two votes.
Jenks made a net gain of two votes over
his vote of yesterday. Dalzell and Stone
each lost one vote. The votes cast for them
yesterday went to Mr. Downing. These
were the only changes in the vote of yes-
terday.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 18.—The feeling be-
tween the candidates, their managers and
their followers in the great battle for United
States Senator has been intensified by the
rulings of Lieut. Governor Gobin at to-
day’s joint assembly of the Senate and
House. Mr. Gobin refused to entertain an
appeal from his decision ruling out a series
of rules regulating the procedure of the
conference and declaring the assembly ad-
journed when three-fourths of the Senators
and Members voted otherwise.
The anti-Quay Republicans and Demo-
crats were hurriedly called together after
the conference adjourned by Senator Wm.
Flinn, of Allegheny, (Republican), chair-
man of the anti-Quay organization in the
general assembly. Representative Ward
B. Bliss, of Delaware (Republican), was
chosen chairman and Representatives Thos.
J. Ford, of Allegheny, (Republican) and
George R. Dixon, of Elk, (Democrat) were
chosen secretrries.
A roll call showed 135 Members and
Senators present. Of these, five Republi-
cans who voted for Senator Quay partici-
pated in the meeting and indicated their
sympathy with the movement. They were
Representatives Hersch and Yates, of Phil-
adelphia; Machay, of Lackawan na; Nesbit,
of Allegheny, and Baldwin, of Delaware.
A committee of seven was appornted to
prepare a series of resolutions to be sub-
mitted to an adjourned meeting which was
held this evening in the hall of the House
of Representatives.
The committee consisted of Senators
Flinn, of Allegheny; Sproul, of Delaware,
(Republicans;) Heinle, of Centre, (Demo-
crat;) Representatives Young, of Tioga;
Koontz, of Somerset, (Republicans; ) Dixon,
of Elk, and Fow, of Philadelphia, (Demo-
crats. )
The hall of the House was crowded with
Legislators and politicians this evening
when the meeting was called to order by
Chairman Bliss. He stated the purpose of
the meeting was to hear the report of the
committee, and that it being an adjourned
meeting no roll would be called.
Mr. Flinn presented the report, and Mr.
Fow, of Philadelphia, read it in a clear,
loud voice. The substance of the report is
a denunciation of the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor’s arbitrary ruling.
In explaining the reports Mr. Flinn said
there was no law of constitutional mandate
that allows the Lieutenant Governor to
preside at a joint assemby of the Senate
and House to elect a United States Senator;
it was simply a matter of courtesy.
General Koontz, of Somerset, Republi-
can, argued that the Lieutenant Governor
had no more right to preside over the joint
assembly than one of the page hoys on the
floor, except as a custom. He paid a high
compliment to Mr. Jenks, the Democratic
nominee for Senator, for his ability as a
lawyer and pure private life.
Representative Hasson, of Venango,
Democrat, said his Democratic colleagues
felt it was their duty to aid the independ-
ent Republicavs in repelling the encroach-
ments upon their privileges. The report
was adopted and copies were distributed
among the Senators and Members for signa-
tures.
A motion was offered hy Senator Martin,
of Philadelphia ( Republican), and adopted
that the committee of seven. he continued,
with power to call the independent Re-
publicans and Democrats together any
time the necessity arises. Mr. Fow read
section 6, article 4 of the constitution, to
show that Mr. Gobin, who isa brigadier-
general in the volunteer army, has no right
to preside at the conference. The section
follows:
*‘No member of Congress or person holding any
office under the United States shall exercise the
office of Governor of Lieutenant Governor.’
There was a hitter fight in the Senate
over the nomination of John P. Elkin, of
Indiana, as attorney general, but in the
end both he and W. W. Greist, of Lancas-
ter, the new secretary of the Common-
wealth, were confirmed.
A vote on the question of confirmation
revealed the fact that thirty-three Senators
voted affirmatively and thirteen negatively.
Two-thirds of all the members having vot-
ed yea, the nomination was declared to
have been confirmed. ' The members voted
in this manner.
THE RESULT YESTERDAY.
HARRISBURG, January 19th—The ex-
citement of yesterday was considerably
quieted down when the joint session con-
vened to-day. Gobin apologized for his
actions and the ballot resulted as follows:
Quay...... ....... 111 Stewart.............. 8
Jenks... 85 Dalzell............. 17
Stone................9
The balance were scattering. The House
committees were announced and the Mem-
bers from Centre county were given.the fol-
lowing committee positions:
Foster—On Corporations, Labor and In-
dustry, Law and Order and Military.
Wetzel—On Federal Relations, Mines
and Mining, Geological Survey and Public
Roads.
The Senate committees will not be an-
nounced until to-day.
A Wilson Norris Dead.
He Died Suddenly in Harrisburg on Sunday Evening.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 15.—Captain A. Wil-
son Norris, of Harrisburg, assistant ad-
jutant general on the staff of Gen. J. P. S.
Gobin, commander of the Third brigade of
the First division of the Second army corps,
stationed at Augusta, Ga., died suddenly
this evening at the Harrisburg club. Cap’t.
Norris came home last night on a furlough
to attend the inaugural ceremonies and was
apparently in good health until 4 o'clock
this afternoon, when he was taken sick
while conversing with friends.
He was a nephew of the late Auditor
pres-
ident of the state league of Republican
clubs and one of the best known and most
popular young men in the community. He
gave up the practice of law at the breaking
out of the war with Spain to become adj-
utant of the Eighth regiment, Pennsyl-
vania volunteers, and was subsequently
promoted to captain and assigned to Gen-
eral Gobin’s staff.
——If you want fine work done of every
description the WATCHMAN is the place
to have it done.
Dingley Dead of an Attack of Grip.
Republican Leader Made a Pluchy Fight. The Dis-
tinguished Republican Statesman Dies after a Sud-
‘den Relapse. Tariff Bi!l Made Him Famous. As
Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee He
was the Leader of His Party in the House.
Congressman Nelson Dingley, of Maine,
the author of the tariff bill bearing his
name, died in Washington, at 10:30 o'clock
Friday night.
For the past three weeks Mr. Dingley
had been confined to his bed with an at-
tack of the grip, which was further com-
plicated by pneumonia. On Wednesday
and Thursday he appeared much improved
and his physicians held out hopes for his
recovery, but Friday he suffered a relapse
and continued to sink until death came.
CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY’S CAREER.
The death of Congressman Dingley re-
moves from Congress one of its most indus-
trious and valuable members, the author
of two very important tariff bills, and
leaves vacant the chairmanship of the most
important committee of the House—that of
ways and means. Had Mr Dingley desired
the place he might have been Secretary of
the Treasury in President McKinley's cabi-
net. He has been a member of Congress
since 1881, when he was elected to fll the
unexpired term of Senator Frye, who, upon
the appointment of Senator James G.
Blaine to he Secretary of State by Presi-
dent Garfield, succeeded that statesman in
the United States Senate.
He was born in Androscoggin county,
Me., in 1832, and was consequently 67
vears of age.
He was admitted to the bar in 1855, but
forsook the legal profession for journalism
in 1856, becoming editor of the Lewiston
(Me.,) Journal, and has ever since retained
his connection with that paper. In 1862
he went to the State Legislature and be-
came Speaker of tie State House of Repre-
sentatives in 1863. He remained in the
Legislature until 1874, when he became
Governor of Maine.
Mr. Dingley was a man of man interest-
ing characteristics. He was methodical
and conservative. He had, like the late
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, before his elec-
tion to Congress, accumulated a vast store
of knowledge on the tariff and on finances.
During the hearings upon the tariff bill
hesat at the head of the long committee
table, his scant locks covered with a black
silk skull cap and with a pile of data in
front of him. He knew just what ques-
tions to ask and where to put his hand upon
the information bearing on the subject un-
der consideration. His questions were
precise and direct. He did not waste words,
but went at once to the point. The sten-
ographers who took the mass of testimony
say that Mr. Dingley’s questions or state-
ments never had to be edited. This direct-
ness of statement was characteristic of Mr.
Dingley’s speeches upon the floor. He was
not an orator. He lacked the physical
presence, the development of throat and
chest, the sonorous quality of voice which
make men orators of commanding influence.
None the less, all the members listened
when he arose to speak. He had a won-
derfully lucid way of asserting facts, going
at once to the heart of every contested point.
He had a remarkable faculty of presenting
an argument.
Mr. Dingley was a Maine Yankee, of
blood undefiled. His family ran back to
1638, when the first Dingley came over
from England and settled in Massachusetts.
He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1855 at
the head of his class. He began life by be-
coming a lawyer, but abandoned the forum
for the editorial sanctum. He bought the
Lewiston Journal when it was a weekly
and has made it what it is to-day, one of
the foremost daily newspapers in New
England.
While lacking some of the ability as an
orator that is desirable in a leader on the
floor, Mr. Dingley was so thoroughly fa-
miliar with the practice of the House, so
constant and alert in his attention to busi-
ness, that he commanded, in an unusual
degree, the respect of hoth sides.
In appearance, Mr. Dingley was small,
spare, sallow and nervous. His hair was
dark and abundant, but touched with
white by time. He was a strict temper-
ance man and a professing christian. He
never lost his temper.
Mr. Dingley married Miss Salome Me-
Kinney, of Auburn, Me., June 11th, 1857.
They had six children, one of whom is
dead. While the family has long been
very well-known in Washington society,
they cared little for fashionable life. His
funeral was held in the House of Repre-
sentatives at noon on Monday and later in
the day the family with the body and the
congressional escort left for Lewiston, Me.,
where interment was made.
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Senatorial Battles.
Those Ended By Elections and Others Over Which
Contests are Still Pending.
The following Senators were elected
Tuesday.
Chauncey M. Depew, New York, Repub-
lican.
Francis M. Crockrell, Missouri, Demo-
crat.
Julius C. Burrows, Michigan, Republi-
can.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts, Re-
publican.
Joseph R. Hawley, Connecticut, Repub-
lican.
Cushman R. Davis, Minnesota, Republi-
can.
Eugene Hale, Maine, Republican.
Albert J. Beveridge, Indiana, Republi-
can.
S——
Gen’l. Jesse Merrill Dies While Sleeping.
His Enviable Military Record and the Distinction
He Gained—Representative Citizen, Successful
Attorney, City Councilman and Church Trustee—
He was Sympathetic in Disposition, Courteous in
Bearing and Friendly to All.
General Jesse Merrill, one of Lock Hav-
en’s most prominent citizens died at his
home in that place Saturday evening. He
had just returned from Mt. Clemmens,
Mich., where he had spent several months
for his health, but suffering a physical col-
lapse soon after leaving the place he grew
weaker and weaker until death resulted.
General Merrill is survived by a half
brother George, who resides in Abilene,
Kan. Mrs. Merrill, who was the daughter
of Dr. William McCleery, of Milton, died
six years ago this month.
In his profession by his ability, he attain-
ed a high mark of distinction at the Clin-
ton county bar.
General Jesse Merrill was horn at New
Berlin, Pa., March 28th, 1836. His father
was Hon. James Merrill, a successful attor-
ney of Central Pennsylvania, and a dele-
gate to the constitutional convention of
1838.
Jesse Merrill graduated in the schools of
New Berlin when 16 years old, and after-
wards attended the Tuscarora academy, in
Academia, Juniata county. He studied
law with his brother at New Berlin, and
afterwards with Lawson & Brown, at Mil-
He was admitted to the Northumber-
land county bar at Sunbury in 1856, and
in the following August he located in Lock
Haven.
In 1861 when the civil war broke out he
enlisteC April 24th, 1861, in Company D,
Seventh P. V. C., with the rank of second
ton.
lieutenant. On June 26th he was elected
first lieutenant, and J uly 27th the regi-
ment was mustered into the United States
service. In September he was assigned to
detached duty as assistans signal officer in
the Army of the Potomac, and in Decem-
ber, 1861, he was ordered to serve on the
staff of Major General Buell, who was then
stationed at Louisville, Ky. He also serv-
ed on the staffs of General Rosecrans and
General Thomas. On May 9th, 1862, Gen-
eral Merrill was elected captain of Company
D, and in the same year he became chief
signal signal officer in the Army of the
Ohio. He was with that army in the cam-
paign around Huntsville, Ala., and
through Tennessee and Kentucky, being in
the battle of Perryville. He afterwards
became the chief signal officer of the Cum-
berland and took part in the battles of
Stone River, Chickamauga and Missionary
Ridge. Later he served in the Army of
the Potomac as chief signal officer for the
department of Virginia and North Carolina.
In the summer of 1864 he was assigned to
the department of the south, where he
served in the same capacity until October
3th, 1865, when by a special order of the
war department he was discharged from
the army. On October 16th, 1865, he was
brevetted major by the president asa re-
ward “for long, faithful and meritorious
service.”” April 4th, 1871, he was appoint-
ed by Governor Geary Major General of the
Eleventh division, National Gward, and
was in command of that division during
the riot at Williamsport. He was a mem.
ber of John S. Bittner Post and of the .
Pennsylvania commandery of the Loyal
Legion. From 1881 to 1886 he served as
postmaster of Lock Haven city. He was
president of the board of trustees of the
Presbyterian church and was serving the
Third ward as a member of council,
Burial was made in Milton on Tuesday.
Advices from Manila.
To the Effect that the Situation in the Philippines
is Very Quiet.
WASHINGTON, Jan 17.—At the cabinet
meeting to-day advices from Manila were
read to the effect that the situation in the
Philippines is very quiet. The dispatch
was to the war department, and proved the
most gratifying official news from that
quarter received since affairs assumed a
serious phase. It announced that the peo-
ple who had moved out of the city of Man-
ila, owing to alarming but unfounded re-
ports, were quietly returning to their
homes. At Iloilo affairs are progressing
satisfactorily, and a gratifying fact reported
in the cablegram was that the officers
aboard our ships and the individual insur-
gents were fraternizing freely on shore and
that there was no sign of trouble.
President McKinley announced during
the session that he had finally passed on
the personnel of the commission to visit
and report on the Philippine islands, as
follows: Messrs. Schurman, Dewey, Otis,
Denby and Worcester. Their selection al-
ready had become known and official an-
nouncement shortly will follow.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The Bucknell-State basket ball
game will be played in the College armory
on Saturday, January 28th. Admission 25
cents.
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—Our “Fancy, Patent’’ is equal to the
best grades of spring wheat flour and costs
less. Muslin sacks. Try it.—Phcenix
Milling Co.
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—Drs. Sebring and Klumpp per-
formed a very delicate operation on Mrs.
Harvey Heaton, of Thomas street, Wed-
nesday afternoon. She stood it nicely
and will more than likely recover.
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——Joe Southard is the big man among
the many workers at the Bellefonte window
glass company’s factory just now. On
Wednesday Mrs. Southard presented him
with a fifteen pound boy and the young-
ster’s name is going to he William A.
Stone Southard too.
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——The next attraction in the People’s
popular course will be Edward H. Frye,
who comes on next Wednesday night, Jan-
var 25th. He is a monologist and when
here last season delighted a large audience
by his character delineation of “Rip Van
Winkle.” His subject on this visit will
be ‘‘Across the Atlantic.’
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——Thursday night of last week the new
officers were installed by the local branch
of the U. V. L. They areas follows:
Colonel, Samuel Sheffer; Lieut. Col. H.
K. Miller; major, Isaac Smith; chaplain,
J. W. Stuart; surgeon, Dr. Theo. S. Christ;
quartermaster, W. H. Taylor; adjutant,
John I. Curtin; officer of the day, Amos
Mullen; officer of the guard, John Griffith;
color bearer, W. H. Musser. After the in-
stallation ceremonies the ladies’ auxiliary
treated the members of the Legion to an
oyster feed.
——Monday morning Miss Nora Gray,
of Graysdale, a sister of W. E. Gray Esq.,
of this place, applied the torch that lighted
the remodeled lime kiln at Matterns. The
old kiln had been cold for years, hut lately
it passed into the hands of F. H. Clemson,
superintendent of the Carnegie operations
at Scotia, and he has re-built it and has
begun the business of burning lime there.
While the product will be mostly consum-
ed on his own farms, he will put his sur-
plus on the market. The kiln has been
named after Miss Gray and in the future
will be known as the ‘‘Nora”’ kiln.
——The birthday party at Mrs. W. H.
Wilkinson's, on Allegheny street, Tuesday
evening, was so highly successful that St.
John’s Episcopal church is just $126 richer
than it was. More than four hundred in-
vitations and bags were sent out by the
women of the Guild and the money is to
be used in repairing the rectory. Choco-
late, coffee, cake and salted nuts were
serve.. Maurice Jackson was there with
his graphaphone and Mrs. Wilkinson, her
daughter, Miss Minnie, and their assist-
ants very cordially received and enter-
tained the guests.
—Titus Gramley, of Spring Mills,
bought the C. C. Loose farm, near Rebers-
burg, for $5,500.
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Capt. H. Simler, of Philipsburg, re-
ceived a box containing the personal effects
of his sons, corporal John and private Perry
Simler, members of the United States In-
fantry, the first detachment of which left;
Columbus, on Sunday evening, for New
York enroute to the Philippines. The regi-
ment will go by the way of the Mediterra-
nean, Suez canal and Indian ocean, and
will require about six weeks to make the
trip. The departure of the troops from Co- ,
lambus was the occasion of a demonstra-
tion in which 50,000 people participated.
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——Co. M, 21st Reg. P. G. P., stationed
at this place, attended the inaugural cere-
monies of Gevernor Stone, at Harrisburg,
on Tuesday. The company left Monday
evening, fifty-five men strong, under Capt.
Amos Mullen and Lieut. Jas. Harris. They
went via Lock Haven and made a very
creditable showing in the parade. The
boys returned via Montandon Wednes-
day morning and marched up street
to the notes of bugler Derstine, as fresh
and bright looking as if they had just
been starting off. 2ad. Lieut. John
Bower was unable to take the trip with
the company. Their position in the regi-
mental formation makes them the color
company.
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MARRIAGE L1cexsks.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week:
Joseph Smith and Sarah E. Tindle, both
of Snow Shoe.
Edgar T. Swarm, of Rebersburg, and
Auna M. Limbert, of Aaronsburg.
Homer Karstetter, of Booneville, Clinton
county, and Etna M. Hartman, of Rebers-
burg.
Charles F. Beckwith, of Hannah, Cen-
tre county, and Mary J. McCully, of
Berwinsdale, Clearfield county.
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OFFICIALS FOR OUR Two RAIL-ROADS.
—The stock-holders of the Bellefonte and
Clearfield rail-road company have elected
the following officials for the new year:
President, Charles W. Wilhelm, Reading;
vice president, James Harris, Bellefonte;
secretary, L. T. Munson, Bellefonte; treas-
urer, Wilfred Hoebner, Philadelphia; di-
rectors, C. W. Wilhelm, Henry Brocker-
hoff, J. J. Walsh, ¢. T. Altenderfer,
Frank Warfield, James Harris and I. T.
Munson.
The Central R. R. Co. of Penna. has
made the following officers for 1899: Presi-
dent, Walter L. Ross, Philadelphia; vice
president, C. W. Wilhelm, Reading; sec-
retary-treasurer, W. J. McHugh, Philadel-
phia; directors, W. I.. Ross, C. W. Wil-
helm, C. I. Welsh, C. H. Gruger, W. J.
McHugh, C. W. Clement and Robert Val-
entine.
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REV. HICK’s DIAGNOSIS OF JANUARY
WEATHER. — After making prognostications
that were remarkably fulfilled by the
weather of this month up to this date.
Rev. Irl R. Hicks concludes his forecast for
January as follows.
On and touching the 24th to 26th, fall-
ing barometer, change to warmer, with re-
turn of rain and storms will be very natural.
These will be reactionary storm dates, with
moon at apogee on the 25th and fall on the
26th. Another sharp return to cold will
bring up the rear of these disturbances,
but the cold wave will suddenly moderate
as we enter the Vulcan storm period ex-
tending from the 28th to 31st.
This closing January storm period will
be central on the 29th, the moon being on
the celestial equator at the same time. In
all probability the temperature will rise so +
that a general thawing will take place ahout
the 28th to 30th, attended with warmer
rains and possibly tropical storms south-
ward about Sunday the 29th to Tuesday
the 31st. But let none of our readers rash-
ly conclude that the ‘‘back-bone of winter
is broken.” Those who have our almanac
for 1899 can see that a Venus period covers
the whole month of February, and that we
are to expect much of hard winter after we
pass out of January. In fact a high bar-
ometer and cold wave of no mean propor-
tions is apt to show its head in the north-
west immediately behind the closing storms
of January.
Pine Grove Mention.
"Hall Bottorf’s family numbers a new little
girl. :
Ed. S. Moore is happy over the arrival of
a young son.
G. W. McWilliams’ favorite cow died last
Saturday night.
Wallace Harpster, of Tadpole, is convalesc-
ing with a badly cut foot.
Mrs. H. A. Hartswick is visiting relatives
in Altoona this week.
The venerable Amos Clemson is confined
to bed with heart disease.
Rev. C. T. Aikens is suffering from a
cracked stave caused by a fall.
A young son has arrived at the home of Ed
Bowersox to share Alice’s play-things.
The venerable Adam Rishel is seriously
ill at his Boalsburg home with heart trouble
and dropsy.
Last Saturday E. C. Musser and wife gave
a delightful dinner to their immediate rela-
tives and neighbors.
Hon. J. T. McCormick was elected business
manager of the new telephone line on last
Monday. The right man in the right place.
Ross Grove will move into Thos. Kusta-
border’s home in Erbtown, next Tuesday,
and for the next year will be D. G. Meek’s
right hand man.
S. W. Kimport, who came down from Al-
toona, last week, to visit friends at Boalsburg
and lay in a good supply of county produce,
returned home, Tuesday.