Demons Wate, Bellefonte, Pa., July 21, 1899. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebprror. TE Terus oF SusscrrprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance........cceeeeeennn £1.00 Paid before expiration of year.. 1.50 Paid after expiration of year........... 2.00 The Democratic State Ticket. FOR THE SUPREME COURT: S. L. MESTREZAT, of Fayette county. FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT: C. J. REILLY, of Lycoming county. FOR STATE TREASURER: W. T. CREASY, of Columbia county. The County Ticket. For Sherif—CYRUS BRUNGARD. For Treasurer—W. T. SPEER. For Recorder—J. C. HARPER. For Register—ALEX ARCHEY. For Cominissioners— { Pf APTER, ai N. For Autitors— { Ws J: TIBBEXS, For Coroner—W. U. IRVIN. The Republican Fight. So far as the contest among the Republi- cans of the county is concerned, the situa- tion is just about as it was last week, only that the fight is hotter and the fur is flying more freely. . Both sides are hopeful and yet both have doubts of success. The HAsTINGS followers fear Judge LOVE'S ‘‘roorbacks,’’ as his paper call them; and LoveE’s forces profess great concern about the effects of HASTINGS’ money, which they allege is being scattered lavishly. Between the two we get a pretty good idea of what there is in Republican politics— ‘‘roorback,’’ or in plainer words, forgeries and falsehoods on one side and cash and corruption on the other. These are their weapons. They say so themselves. They know each other. They have conspired, worked and been together so long, that each knows the others tricks, and now that they are at the outs are giving each other away. It may not he well for some of them, but it will be well for the people of the county. They will know them better hereafter and will know how little of hon- or or of honesty there is in them, and of the base and demoralizing methods they will resort tc to succeed. As to which of these sides will win the WATCHMAN knows not nor does it care. It is a fight simply for bossism no matter which way it goes. There is neither prin- ciple nor purpose of doing right on the side of either. If the one side wins, HASTINGS will be boss. If the other succeeds QUAY will dictate through his henchman Judge Love. It’s a collar and orders for the voters of that party in either event, and we don’t see that it makes much difference to them, as long as they are willing to wear it, whose it is. There are honorable and honest men in the Republican party in the county. They can see what is going on to-day—who and what they have been fighting for. If the present exhibition of calumny and corrup- tion, of falsehoods and forgeries, of dirt and distraction does not disgust them, nothing will. A Suggestion About the hour this paper goes to press the Democratic National Committee will convene in Chicago to reorganize its com- mittees, talk over coming issues and agree on plans for next year’scampaign. Rumor has it that at this meeting the resignation of Senator JONES, as chairman, will be ten- dered. This may be so or it may not be so. If so the selection of some one else, as chairman, will devolve upon the committee and the selection we presume will be made at a future meeting called for that purpose. In the event of such a contingency, why would it not be good policy to place Col. J. M. GUFFEY, the member of the commit- tee from this state in that position. We don’t know that he wants it. We can’t say that he would even accept it if tender- ed him. But we have every reason to be- lieve that he would quit piling up his bank account for a short time for the glory and satisfaction of leading a successful fight for the Democracy, and we know that he has the means, the ability, and the disposition to do it. About two years ago Col. GUFFEY hecame the recognized head of the party in this State. Since then factional contests have ceased, political animosities have disap- peared, and to-day the Democrats of Penn- sylvania are better united, more harmo- nious and hopeful, than they have been for forty years. That this is due solely to Col. C:UFFEY’S work we do not aver, but it has come under his management, and to that mangement the credit must be given. The same success at harmonizing con- tending interests and factions by the Na- tional Committee would be sare to bring success in 1900. And that is what we are after. Why not make Col. GUFFEY chairman ? A matter that the farmer could very properly reflect over is how the MCKINLEY boom is profiting him. With wheat at a less price than when the country was over-stecked with it a year ago, and every article he is required to purchase getting higher in price every day, there is abund- ant reason for him to get down and figure out just where his benefits come in. Let him set aside part of the next wet day to do this ciphering and see if the figures don’t prove that it is trusts and syndicates, in place of himself, that are reaping the harvest ‘‘MCKINLEY prosperity’’ has brought. The State Campaign. The state campaign in behalf of the Democratic party has been practically opened though not formally so. That is to gay the chairman of the state committee, Mr. RILLING, the candidate for justice of the Supreme court S. LESTER MESTREZAT, the nominee for judge of the Supreme court CHARLES J. RILLEY and the candidate for State Treasurer, W. T. CREASY met na- tional committeeman J. M. GUFFEY at Bedford Springs last week, agreed upon a plan of campaign and are supposed to have set the work in motion. The formal open- ing will be the notification of the candi- dates at a time and place yet to be fixed. So far but little actual work has been done, in the way of getting the organiza- tion in shape. Headquarters have heen opened in Harrisburg with Representative A. J. PALM, of Crawford county in charge, though it is the intention of chairman RILLING to spend part of each week at his post from this time on. Mr. PALM who is a capable writer and faithful Democrat is ostensibly the head of the literary bureau of the committee. But at present his time is mainly occupied in collecting, arranging and classifying data to he used subsequent- ly. It is an important work and he is proceeding in it with the greatest care to the end that the best possible results may be achieved by his labors. ‘When the Democratic campaign opens it should be under most auspicious circum- stances. There are many reasons for the hope that it will end in the election of the candidates. At no time within a dozen years have their been so many evidences of party harmony as are now apparent, and while the leaders are determined, the rank and file of the organization is sus- tained by the most confident hope. Like war horses who scent the battle from afar they are eager for the fray, moreover, and the contest will be waged with a spirit that is as unusual as it is promising. Mr. CREASY the candidate for State Treasurer is already in receipt of assurances of sup- port outside of the party lines from all sec- tions of the state, while it is certain that the Democrats will be a unit in his behalf. Our opponents on the other hand are in a most demoralized and uncertain condi- tion. It is certain that the convention will be dominated by QUAY and that in addi- tion to naming a ticket from his most sub- servient followers the platform will not only be offensive to a large proportion, if not an actual majority of the party, but it will be insulting to the intelligence of the people. In other words it is the intention of Mr. QUAY to not only declare by resolution in favor of his own re-election to the Senate, but to commend his past management of the party, including treasury speculations, by ignoring state issues in the platform. ——The Republican after warning the people through its daily News, every day for the past week, about ‘‘roorbacks,’”’ has evidently concluded to go into the ‘‘roor- back’’ business for itself. Its publication has been held back until this Friday morn- ing, so that its crooked stories and un- founded statements cannot be contradicted before the Republican primaries are held. With that paper and those connected with it, its ‘“‘roorback’ warnings are clearly an effort to cover up its own efforts in that line. “Whose Collar Do You Wear?” It isnot that they need the two delegates from this county that the QUAY element is making such a desperate effort to elect them. In the convention to which these delegates will go, QUAY will have a two- third majority, without them, and conse- quently could afford to forego the efforts he is making and the bitterness he is engen- dering, if success in that convention was his only purpose. Butit is not. He wants to control Centre, as he does other’ counties, and wants to control it particularly because it is ex-Governor HASTINGS home, and the ex-Governor is now his political enemy. The humiliation of HASTINGS, and the hossing of the county is consequently the control- ing object on that side. . On the other hand the ex-GOVERNOR knows, as well as does Mr. QUAY, that the latter will have absolute and complete con trol of the State convention, no matter how Centre county goes. He knows also that the election of his two delegates can have nothing more to do with influencing the action of that convention than a bucket of water would in changing the course of the Susquehanna in flood time. Conse- quently his purpose is not based on a hope of controlling, or influencing, the Republi- can State convention. It is solely to show that he dominates and controls the politics of Centre county, and to prove that the post-masters and others who are making the contest for QUAY amount to nothing when he is around. ‘What laudable purposes upon both sides! Who wouldn’t be a Republican and wear a collar? Alger Right for Once. To Save Himself from being Kicked Out He Resigned As a Cabinet Officer. : WASHINGTON, July 19.—The resignation of Alger, the Secretary of War, was placed in the hands of President McKinley today. The step was not a voluntary contribution to history on the part of the Michigan mem- ber of McKinley’s cabinet. Nor did Me- Kinley himself tell the Secretary of War that he was no longer desirable as a mem- ber of his political family. No such straightforward course was taken by the President in his dealings with the man whose retention in the cabinet threat- | ened to dim the luster of his own political future. Garret A. Hobart, Vice President, friend of McKinley, friend of Alger, was the man to whose lot fell the disagreeable task of informing Secretary Alger that President McKinley desired him to give up the war portfolio. The Suffering of Our Soldiers In the Philippines. Truths That the Government Suppressed. Our Forces Poorly Equipped. Sickness Rampant. Deaths by Suicide. Losses Greater Than Reported. Natives Have No Idea of Giving Up. Gen. Otis’ False Re- ports. Just as the newspaper correspondents protest against a censorship that prevents the truth being known about the Philip- pine war is made public, corroborative evi- dence of the suppression of facts begins to come in from private soldiers. The follow- ing are extracts from letters written by Charles Green a corporal in company G, First South Dakota Regt. to his sister in Philadelphia. They tell their own story, and show the privation and sufferings our “‘boys’’ are all subjected to that McKiN- LEY expansion and imperialism may suc- ceed. ‘‘HELL ABOUT THE RIFLES.”’ ‘Manila, April 2, ’99. “My Dear Sister: Iam still O. K, but worn out and weak, as all of us are. It has been terrible. We (the Second divi- sion, General McArthur) started on the 25th of March, and from then till now it has been a constant fight. I was in eleven battles, and at one time the man on each side of me fell. We wereasorry lot of sol- diers when we took Malolos on the 31st. “Our regiment, when we left, numbered 790 men; now we have a little over 400 on the line. In one charge at Mariano we had thirty-four men hit in twenty minutes, three officers killed and three wounded. The Nebraska and Pennsylvania boys say it was the finest charge yet made on this island. Hundreds are sunstruck and lack of wa- ter makes the suffering intense. The Third regulars, who were in Cuba and the Minnesota campaign, said that Santiago was not a patch to this. From Manila to Malolos will go down in history as having no equal in all the annals of American arms® In Cuba the volunteers could not keep up to the regulars. Here the regulars can’t keep up with us. There will be hell kicked up over those rifles of ours. The natives are far better armed than we. They kill us off when we can’t shoot to reach them. SOLDIERS COMMIT SUICIDE. Malolos, April 20, 99. Ina day or so we are to take a town about five miles ahead. Calumpit is the name of it, and it is one of their strongest positions. Across a river, sixty yards wide, they have a line of trenches that extend for about one mile and a half. It will be im- possible to flank them, and only at one place,about a quarter of a mile wide, can we advance on them, on account of the swamps that no army can cross. It is a very strong position, and at one time they killed and wounded 7000 Spaniard here. To tell the truth about it, in this last advance about one-third of the men had cold feet. Some went crazy; several shot themselves to avoid being killed, as they thought they might be, by the nigs. Small- pox and fever, and the Lord knows what, is steadily thinning our ranks. We haven’t an officer in our company, and only twen- ty-six men out of seventy-six that are still in the company; three sergeants and three corporals, making thirty-two in all. We have 483 men on the line in our regiment out of 1006 when we left Sioux Falls. HUNDREDS ARE SICK. Before Calumpit, April 27, '99 We are lying in reserve to-day, for the First Brigade is storming the town proper. For the last three days we, the Second Brigade, have heen hard at it. I have seen more fighting than half the veterans of the civil war. The na man would start out with forty rounds of ammunition, and that would nearly last all day. We start out with 200 rounds, and sometimes we have to have that many more before noon. I fired sixty rounds in half an hour this morning, of April 24. We have lost 100 men in our regiment so far. About four times that many are sick. Our three officers are in town sick. Yesterday evening we took the town amid a downpour of rain that drenched every one from general to private. We came back over the river on a stringer bridge in single file in the heaviest of the rain. General MacArthur was just ahead of me. One of the boys on the bank hollered to me: “How do you like this, Green!” I said: ‘‘Our fathers only got $13 a month for doing this same thing, while we get $15.60.” This caused a laugh from all who heard it, and Gen. MacArthur said: ‘‘“That’s the way for asoldier to meet all his troubles and inconveniences.’ BEATEN FROM THE START. It makes me laugh to read the American newspapers in regard to the Filipinos. They would lead one to believe that they are a lot of ignorant savages who were being slaughtered by us without having any show for themselves. In reality, we have been at a disad vantage from the start. Until lately they were our superiors in their arms, for they could shoot us when our old guns would not even shoot to them. Why, you can’t imagine how strong and how many of them there are. San Fernando, May 13, ’99. * ¥ * The natives have no more idea of quitting now than they ever had. But Otis sends his report in, and you would think we were just doing this job up to the Queen’s taste. General Luna has 1500 men in our front, Aguinaldo has 2500 on our right and Agui- nales has 750 on our left. They have plenty of ammunition and supplies and just as full of fight as ever. \ The volunteers are getting very sick of their treatment, as we have had very near all of the fighting to do. OTIS’ QUEER REPORTS. Otis has 14,000 regulars in town that are not doing any dutyat all. I think he keeps them for a body guard. His reports always end with ‘‘Troops in the hest of spirits.”” You ought to hear the boys cuss when they read it. They are all tired and sick of this they want to go home, as they think they have done their duty, while some of the regulars have been here ever since the trouble started and never even on the line. They have a fine time in town drinking and eating, playing pool or going to the races, while the volunteer eats his hard- tack and canned horse and sleeps in swamps and grows thinner every day. We look more like animals than men—gaunt, rag- ged, bewhiskered and sick. Found Dead in a Field. READING, Pa. July 18.—Harry Levan, aged 35 years, who recently inherited $70,- 000, had a fight last night in a saloon. To- day he was found dead in a field on the outskirts of the city, near his home. The coroner is investigating. ——You ought to take the WATCHMAN Weylerized Reports From the Philip- pines. : A Censorship that Stifled the Truth and Distorted Dispatches to Aid Imperialism. Victories That Were Never Won and Defeats that Were Never Re- ported. The Public Deceived, and the People Kept in the Dark as to Our Losses. . MANILA, July 11, Via Hong Kong, July 17. The constantly increasing strictness of the censorship of press dispatches from Ma- nila, which has prevented the cabling to the United States of anything that did not reflect official views of important events and conditions, resulted in a united effort on the part of correspondents here to secure an abatement of the rigor of the censorship. The initiative in this direction was taken a month ago, and resulted in the framing of a statement, which was presented on Sunday, July 9th, to Major General Otis, commanding the military forces of the United States in the Philippine Islands, with a request for permission to telegraph it to the United States. The correspondents also asked that they be allowed to cable to their respective pa- pers all facts and the different phases of events as they transpired here. The correspondents had two long inter- views with General Otis, in the course of which they complained that the evident purpose of the censorship was not to keep information from the enemy, but to keep from the public a knowledge of the real condition of affairs here. It was also asserted by the correspon- dents that newspapers printed in Manila, which reach the enemy quickly, are per- mitted to publish statements similar to those which correspondents are forbidden to cable. It was made clear to General Otis that the objection ‘was to the system and not to the censor. General Otis finally promised greater lih- erality, agreeing to pass all matter that he might consider not detrimental to the in- terests of the United States. General Otis appointed Captain Green, of his staff, cen- sor. The statement of the correspondents is as follows : The undersigned, being all staff correspondents of American newspapers stationed in Manila, unite in the following statement : We believe that, owing to official dispatches from Manila, made public in Washington, the | people of the United States have not received a correct impression of the situation in the Philip- pines, but that these dispatches have presented an ultra-optimistic view that is not shared by the general officers in the field. We believe the dispatches incorrectly represent the existing conditions among the Philippines in respect to dissension and demoralization result- ing from the American campaign, and to the brigand character of their army. We believe the dispatches err in the declara- tion that “the situation is well in hand,” and in the assumption that the insurrection can be speedily ended without a greatly increased force. We think the tenacity of the Filipino purpose has been underestimated, and that the statements are unfounded that volunteers are willing to en- gage in further service. The censorship has compelled us to participate in the misrepresentation by excising or altering uncontroverted statements of facts on the plea, as General Otis stated, that “they would alarm the people at home,” or ‘have the people of the United States by the ears.” Specifications : Prohibition of hospital reports ; suppresgion of full reports of field operations in the event of failure; numbers of heat prostra- tions in the field; systematic minimization of naval operations, and suppression of complete re- ports of the situation. John T. McCutcheon, Harry Armstrong, Chicago Record and Philadelphia Times; Oscar K. Davis, P. G. McDonnell, New York Sun; Robert M. Collins, John P. Dunning, L. Jones, The Associated Press; John F. Bass, Will Dinwiddie, New York Herald ; Ed S. Keene, Scripps-McRae As- sociation; Richard Little, Chicago Tribune. WASHINGTON, July 17.—The sensation of the war in the Philippines was provided to-day by the newspaper correspondents in the Island of Luzon. The “Round Robin’’ which they cabled from Hong Kong to the newspapers, of this country has caused as much consternation in official circles as it did to Gen. Otis and the clique surrounding him in Manila. Of course, no one could be found around the war office to-day who would criticise Otis or his methods, but the views of many officials as to the Philippine General are well known. His dispatches have furnished amuse- ment for many who read them with an understanding of the possibilities of war- fare. A well-known correspondent has pointed out that Otis refused to allow any report of any engagement to be sent unless the enemy was reported to have fought valorously and sustained enormous losses. His own dispatches have borne this out and an army officer recently said that Otis’ pen should be able to frame the words, ‘The enemy retreated in disorder after having sustained enormous losses,’ with- out any longer needing his guiding hand. In his report of the fighting for the first two days of the outbreak Otis had some- thing like 400 Filipinos killed Since then there has never been one of his daily dis- patches which has not recorded an ‘‘un- qualified victory’’ on the part of the Amer- ican forces, with ‘‘enormous losses,’’ rang- ing from fifty to five hundred, on the part of the insurgents. During Weyler’s administration of af- fairs in Cuba his reports of Spanish vic- tories furnished material for humorous commentators in newspapers in the United States, Otis resembles Weyler in point of hirsute adornment, and it has been sug- gested that possibly he possesses as vivid an imagination. OUR DEAD UNDERESTIMATED. Another and more serious phase of his dispatches, however, is the belief expressed by many that he has underestimated the number of deaths of American soldiers in the islands, or has deliberately suppressed the facts. One of the charges brought by the correspondents against him is that he prohibited the publication of hospital re- ports or the number of heat prostrations in the field. Considering the small number of deaths reported it is possible that there is some justification for the belief that our dead has been underestimated. The Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, for example, went to Manila with considerably over 1000 men and is on its way back with about 700 men. The same is true of many other volun- teer regiments. Winnings Given to a Hospital, LONDON, July 18.—The Duke of West- minister has presented the winnings of his colt, Flying Fox, in the Eclipse stake run, at Sandown park, on Friday last, amount- ing to £10,000, to the Royal Alexandra hospital, at Rhyl, Wales, of which he is president and the Princess of Wales patroness. The Nineteenth. Regulars Go to The Philippines. In a Drenching Rain the Troops Passed Through Altoona to 8an Francis- co. One Battalion Was Left at Camp Meade. Two battalions of the Nineteenth infantry passed through Altoona Monday afternoon en route to San Francisco. There were four sections of the troop train, each section carrying two of the big companies. The cars are what is known as tourist sleepers and in the centre of each train was a bag- gage car where rations were stowed and the coffee brewed. The men in charge of the commissary stores served the meals to the soldiers in the cars. Colonel Simon Snyder, who was a briga- dier general of volunteers during 1898 and commanded the Third division of the First army corps at camp George H. Thomas, Ga., occupied the last Pullman of the first section with most of the field and staff offi- cers of the regiment. He isa hale and hearty looking man, with gray hair and beard, and of medium height. He said that since the war with Spain began he has been to every point in the United States where troops were mob- ilized. He got the camp equipage and bag- gage of his division on board the transport at Tampa only to find that his command could not be taken and then he had great diffi- culty in getting the baggage landed before the troops started. He afterwards went to Cuba and then to Porto Rico, from which island he came to the United States. The only place where war has been or troops en- camped that he has not seen is the Philip- pines and he said he supposed Uncle Sam wanted him to see as much of the world as possible and consequently ordered him to Manila. He said that the railroad officials promis- ed to make the run from Harrisburg to San Francisco in 120 hours. On account of the heavy rain, however, about an hour was lost in getting to Altoona and the com- manding officer has his doubts about being able to make the trip in five days. The two hattalions of four companies each bpumbering over 1,000 enlisted men. The transports at San Francisco are suffi- cient for the accomodation of this number and the third battalion at Camp Meade may be compelled to wait two weeks or more before a ship can be had to take them over the Pacific. The enlisted men are healthy and fit for duty if appearances count for anything. They are armed with the Krag-Jargensen rifle and thoroughly equipped with all the paraphernalia of war. The officers and men all wear the new United States army sum- mer uniforms of khaki. The leggins issued are lighter in color and look more ser- viceable than the kind heretofore used. A few men from the first section got off the cars and scampered through the gates, but there was no disorder. A company on the third section was marched off the cars, and the men were formed in line facing the depot. The lieutenants of the company then drilled the soldiers for a few minutes in the setting up exercises, giving the arm, leg and ‘body movements. The company was then dismissed and the men again took their places in the cars very much henefit- ted and rested by the physical exercise they had taken. The rain was falling rapid- ly when the regiment passed through the city, but this did not deter a large crowd from gathering on the Logan House porch to see the soldiers. Judge Mestrezat Will Resign. HARRISBURG, July 18.—S. Leslie Mes- trezat, Democratic nominee for supreme court judge, reached Harrisburg this morning from Umontown to confer with Governor Stone about his resignation as president judge of Fayette county. The Governor was ready to take a train for a month’s tour of the New England summer resorts, with Mrs. Stone, when he learned the Judge was in the city, and invited him to go with them as far as Philadelphia. Judge Mestrezat accepted, and it is expect- ed matters will be so arranged that the re- signation may be accepted in time for the election of his successor next November. Unless the Governor allows the Judge to resign prior to sixty days before the elec- tion, he can appoint a successor, who will serve until the first Monday in January, 1901. Judge Mestrezat thinks the election should take place this fall, and as the lead- ers of both parties are in accord with him, there is not much doubt but that the mat- ter will be satisfactorily arranged. Judge Mestrezat will not be appointed to the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench until after his election. The Gov- nor will, however, appoint the Republican nominee prior to the election. This will give him seniority over Judge Mestrezat, which counts for a great deal, as, if both live to serve out their term, the Democrat will not attain the rank of Chief Justice. State’s Money to Fight Smallpox. Board of Health 10 Vote $5000 to Stamp Out the Disease in Western Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG, July 18.—The epidemic of smallpox at Utahville, Clearfield coun- ty. and other localities in Western Penn- sylvania is giving the State authorities much concern. A meeting of the Emergency Board will be held to-morrow, at which $5000 will be voted to the State Board of Health to be used in stamping out the disease. Gover- nor Stone received a letter to-day from Dr. Benjamin F. Lee Secretary of the Board of Health, stating that 113 of the inhabitants of Utahville have smallpox. This has made it necessary to quarantine the entire town, placing guards on all the roads. It has been necessary, also, in some cases to place guards over houses at other points. Dr. Lee also reports that the disease has made its appearance at Beccaria, Coalport, Irvona and surrounding counties. There are in Fayette county 47 cases ; Washing- ton, 11; Westmoreland, 1; Somerset, 9; Jefferson, 5: Cambria, 23; Allegheny, 28. County Medical Inspector Free has been placed in charge of the quarantine at Utah- ville. The Effect of Republicanism. From the Greensburg Democrat. It is not the money standard, whether gold, silver or paper, that presses its atten- tion upon the taxpayers of Pennsylvania this year so much as it is the shortage of money of any and all kinds. A little more than five years ago, when Gov. Pattison re- tired, there was a balance in the state treas- ury of over $6,000,000. During the inter- vening period, under the direction of Repub- licanism in state affairs, not only has that surplus been dissipated, but, in addition, a deficiency of over $3,500,000 in the state finances now confronts the citizens of the commonwealth. If the people of Pennsyl- vania want more of this kind of steward- ship. Boss Quay and his henchmen are ready to give it to them. ——Mr. QUAY’S Supreme court has de- cided that Mr. QuAy’s State Printer, shall be paid the $58,000 charged for skunk, weasel, and owl cuts, used in Dr. WAR- REN’S pamphlet on the ‘Diseases and Enemies of Poultry.’ Let the faithful hur- rah, and the tax-payer hump himself. a ADDITIONAL LOCALS. —~A KK. Kaufman, the mail carrier of Mill Hall who was stricken with paralysis last Thursday, is so low that there is no hope of his recovery. ——e dl ——J. R. and Wilson Frantz, of Worth township, were arrested and brought to jail Wenesday by county detective Right- nour on the charge of being implicated in the burning of Christ Sharrer’s barn, last March. rn QQ ——A few days ago William Ridge. of Eagleville, was walking along the railroad near that place, when he found a signal cap. He picked the cap up and while giving it a close inspection it exploded, lacerating his hand badly, and tearing one of his fingers off. Sr Ee —Dr. A. W. Radley, a veterinary surgeon of Bethlehem, was down in Nit- tany valley last week and while there tested the nine cows of Knecht brothers, of Ceader Springs, for tuberculosis. The test was most satisfactory, as not a cow in the herd showed the slightest symptom of the dis- ease. ee pn ——The recorder of Centre county this week received for recording on the county docket the articles of incorporation of the New Carnegie Steel Company, Limited. The docket is the longest one ever entered in Centre county, covering 111 pages of typewritten matter and when recorded will spread over more than fifty pages of the docket. Five million dollars in the capi- talization of the new concern. —— —A. A. Stevens and a company of Ty- rone capitalists have been testing the lime stone in Hoy’s gap, Marion township. The test has shown the stone to be of such ex- cellent quality that they have determined to open the quarries and build a branch road to connect with the Bald Eagle valley railroad at Howard. How many men they will employ or how extensive their opera- tion will be we have not heard. ——1It was once rather a rare thing to see a specimen of Cereus grandiflorus and al- though its cultivation is more frequent now, one never ceases to wonder at and ad- mire the beautiful short-lived flowers. Last Saturday night the passers by watched with much interest the opening of several buds on a plant belonging to Mary Me- quistion. In about two hours they had unfolded into perfect flowers many inches in diameter. RAP ——A great sensation has been caused in Clearfield by the extraordinary revival of meetings of the Free Methodists. A few days ago some sixty men and women came to the park and formed a camp meeting. They were from McKean, Elk, Clarion and Cameron counties. They paraded the streets of the town before each of their meetings, singing hymns and exhorting the crowd. At their meetings their religious ecstacies recall the tales of the revival of the last century. During a heavy storm one wom- an lay for two hours in a trance, another ran up and down in front of the platform until she dropped exhausted to the ground. Others watched nightly for the second com- ing. Great crowds attended the meetings. BELLEFONTE TO NIAGARA FALLS.— On Tuesday, August 1st, a most attractive low rate summer excursion will leave Bellefonte for Niagara Falls, via the Cen- tral R. R. of Pa., and the New York Cen- tral & Hudson River R. R., at rate of $5.50 for the round trip, good for 10 days. Returning, passengers will be allowed to stop off at Buffalo, Rochester and Watkins Glen. Those desiring to visit Toronto may do so from Niagara Falls via Lewistown and steamer at an additional cost of $1.00, tickets good for five days. Another popular side trip will be from Rochester to the Thousand Islands. Tick- ets for this purpose can be purchased at Rochester at rate of $5.50, good for return within five days, via Genevaor Lyons, N.Y. A special excursion train will leave Bellefonte Tuesday morning, August 1st, at 6:30 stopping for passengers at local points and arriving at Niagara Falls early in the evening. GA AT HECLA PARK.—Hecla Park is more beautiful this year than ever and the Cen- tral railroad of Pennsylvania has been do- ing a booming business in the picnic traffic all season. On the Fourth of July it carried 2,200 passengers into Lock Haven and almost that many to Hecla. Last week, in addi- tion to many small picnics, it collected between six and seven hundred fares to the Reformed reunion. This week it had the Lock Haven Trinity M. E. Sunday school on Tuesday, the Bellefonte Lutheran on Wednesday and the Ancient Order United Workman, of Philipsburg, on Thursday and all with big crowds. The attractions of the park are so many and natural that one is never tired of them and consequently it is the most popular resort between Williamsport and Altoona. The paper mill employes of Tyrone have selected Hecla for their annual outing and other organ- izations are booked for the following dates. July 25th. A. G. Morris’ Employes. ** 27h. Lock Haven St. John’s English Lutheran Sunday school. ‘“ 28th. Milesburg Methodist Sun- day school. ‘“ 29th. Bellefonte P. O. 8S. of. A. Aug. 2nd. Bellefonte Episcopal Sunday school. ‘“ 3rd. Clinton County Veteran As- sociation. ‘‘“ 4th. Bellefonte Evangelical Sun- day school. “ 10th. Bellefonte M. E. Sunday school. ** 12th. Sunday schools of Mill Hall, (jointly) ‘ 17¢h. Williamsport Ancient Order of Hibernians. ‘24th. Mileshurg K. G. E. and Band Contest. ¢ 31st. Business Men’s picnic.
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