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Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 1, 1899.
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Bellefonte’s First Bequest.
The announcement that the late Miss
MARION WALLACE PETRIKEN has left her
valuable property on High street to the
‘Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Bellefonte must certainly prove as gratify-
ing to every one of our citizens as it doubt-
less does to the members of the organiza-
tion that is the direct beneficiary.
The bequest is especially noteworthy be-
cause it is the first material gift that any
organization of the town has fallen heir to
through the death of a resident. The fact
that Miss PETRIKEN was never actively
identified with the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union adds to its significance
by virtue of this silent, yet impressive
recognition of its work.
The property which her last wish directs
shall be given to the Women is the old
Petriken home on the south side of High
street, just east of Spring. It has a front-
age of 60 ft. and a depth of 200. While
the buildings are of little value the site is
a desirable one and is worth anywhere
from $5,000 to $8,000.
What a splendid nucleus about which to
gather a fund for a pretty music hall and
free library for the town and what a mag-
nificent memorial to a woman who has
done what others more able who, have pre-
ceded her to the grave, have left undone.
Stocks, Wheat, Labor.
Four weeks ago, when the scarcity of
money in New York threatened to create a
panic among the stock gamblers, the gov-
ernment came to their relief and put out
twenty million of dollars in order to clear
matters up for them. It saved the gamblers
from loss, and showed exactly where the
sympathies of this administration are.
There has been worse than a panic among
the farmers for over a year. Their stock
has been away below par, and the market
value of everything they have had for sale
has been less than they can afford to produce
it for. Has anybody heard of Mr. MoKIN-
LEY or his administiation coming to their
relief with the power and wealth of the
government ?
He unlocked the treasury that stocks
might be advanced in price. What better
is stocks than wheat, or oats, or corn?
In many parts of the country laborers
are striking for wages sufficient to buy
bread and clothing for their families. They
don’t expect comforts, although they are
entitled to them. They want to live and
they want to keep their families from suf-
fering. They need relief. Has this great
government, that opens its liberal hand for
‘Wall street sharks, and uses its treasury
to assist them in speculations, come to the
front with any proposition or any cash to
aid labor in gaining bread ?
Are stocks of more value to the country
than honest labor?
Why relief for some and neglect for
others?
——By the way thing seem to be going in
the Transvaal, England may be put to the
necessity of reconsidering her determina-
tion to banish OoM PAUL and his support-
ers, and look out fora hiding place for
some of her own representatives. So far
the Dutch have had the best of the fight,
and if it keeps on as it has been going, the
little Republics of South Africa will contin-
ue to exist, notwithstanding the attempts
of the British Empire to blot them out.
Clearfield County is Excited.
Quer the Exposure of the Jury List Frauds. Still
Another Sensation. One of the Jury Commission-
ers, Suid to be the Real Culprit, has Skipped the
Country—S8ome Facts in the Case.
A sensation was sprung at Clearfield
Friday by district attorney A. H. Atwood
swearing out warrants before Squire John
C. Barclay, charging sheriff David D. Gin-
gery and jury commissioners Millard F.
Johnston and Joseph A. Phillips with
perjury, conspiracy and common law mis-
demeanor in drawing the jurors for the
December term of court, which was to con-
vene the first Monday of this month.
This charge grows out of an investigation
made Thursday by Singleton Bell and G.
M. Bilger, attorneys for the Clearfield Re-
publican, the editors of which paper are
defendants in a suit on the list for the trial
at this term.
On examination of the records in the
prothonotary’s office, it was found that ap-
parently twenty-two of the twenty-four
names on the grand jury drawn had never
been in the wheel and must have been sub-
stituted when the December jury was
drawn. Of the fifty jurors drawn for oyer
and terminer and general jail delivery
court, forty-four names, it is alleged, are
fraudulent.
These names are in a large measure made
up of the Democrats who have been sup-
porting Matt Savage in his factional fights
in the Democratic party in the county, al-
though there are some who have not been
supporting him of late. The Republican,
notwithstanding its name, isa Democratic
paper, but its editors have not trained with
Mr. Savage.
Of the 24 grand jurors, 22 are Democrats,
and of the 50 traverse jurors 48 are Demo-
crats. Mr. Savage, himself, is on the alleged
fraudulent list of grand jurors, along with
his leading lieatenants in different parts of
the county.
There is great indignation in the town,
and the bar is a unit in demanding prose-
cution of the guilty parties. Constable
Thompson got the warrants at 4 o’clock.
During the evening jury commissioner
Philips gave bail before a justice at Houtz-
dale.
The crime is a new one in the annals of
district court proceedings. ‘Jury fixing’
is a common enough offense but that of
stuffing the jury wheel is not. Clearfield
county has suggested a crime that for down
right unlawfulness takes the cake.
As stated above the jury commissioners
and sheriff are responsible for irregularities
of the kind. The laws provide that they
must draw from the jury wheel, filled with
names selected from the qualified voters of
the district, those who shall serve during
the yearas jurymen. The wheel is filled
every year and only in cases where there
are special sessions of court and a likeli-
hood that the names in the wheel will not
be sufficient are additions made. Even
then it is not the duty of the commission-
ers to made up the deficiency but the
court's.
NO DECEMBER SESSION.
An agreement has been reached between
the attorneys of the county whereby the
trial list for the December session will be
held over until next February, owing to
the irregularity and frauds connected with
the recent jury list.
Another Move Made
CLEARFIELD, Pa., Nov. 27.—In the case
of the charge. against the sheriff and the
two jury commissioners of Clearfield coun-
ty of illegally drawing persons as jurors for
the December court whose names were not
in the jury wheel, the district attorney to-
day made another move, he obtaining an
order from Judge Gordon on the jury com-
missioners to bring the jury wheel before
the district attorney and open the same.
Counsel for sheriff D. D. Gingery and J.
E. Phillips, one of the jury commsssioners,
were present in court to-day, in the persons
of ex-Congressman W. C. Arnold, Wm. I.
Swoope, Oscar Mitchell and Harry Boul-
ton. They presented a petition, on behalf
of their clients, to Judge Gordon, setting
out the willingness of the defendants to
open the wheel, and asked to be represent-
ed by counsel, as they, being accused of
wrongdoing, should be protected in their
legal rights. As soon as the order is so
modified, the wheel will be opened, and
evidence relating to the manner in which
the jurors were drawn will, it is expected,
be disclosed.
Millard T. Johnson, one of the jury
commissioners, for whom a warrant was
also issued, has not yet been apprehended.
It is rumored that he has left the State to
avoid arrest.
Rebel Army Scattered.
Aguinaldo’s Remnant of Forces Keep Up a Guerrilla
Warfare. Zamboanga Given Up to the Americans.
Gen. Young, With Ten Cavalrymen and 20 Ma-
cabebes, Remains on the Chase of Aguinaldo—The
Rebel Leader's Little Son Captured With Buen-
camino—American Captives Leave their Names on
the Walls of their Prison—Twenty-six Reeorded.
MANILA, Nov. 26.—11 p. m.—The last
Filipino council of war was held by the re-
treating leaders at Bayambang, November
13th, in the house now occupied by Gen.
MacArthur. It was attended by Aguin-
aldo, Pio del Pilar, Garcia, Alejandrino
and some members of the so-called cabinet.
Information has reached Gen. MacArthur
that the council recognized the futility of
attempting further resistance to the Amer-
icans with united forces, and agreed that
the Filipino troopsshould scatter and here-
after follow guerrilla methods.
The disposition of the rebel generals,
with their approximate forces, is as fol-
lows : Gen. Concepcion, with 340 men in
New Egija province; Gen. Macabolos, with
325 men, at the town of Binaca, province
of Tarlac; Gen. Pio del Pilar, with 800
men, northeast of Malolos; Gen. Aquino,
with 500 men, at Arapat; Gen. San Miguel,
with 150 men in Zambalos province; Gen.
Mascardo, with 1,100 men in the mount-
ains west of Angeles, and the largest force,
probably under Gen. Trias, in Cavite prov-
ince.
Reports of ambuscades and skirmishes
come from every section of the country
along the railroads. Those districts seem
to be filled with small bands. Yesterday
four men of Company D, Ninth infantry,
were foraging beyond Bamban, when 20
Filipinos took them in ambush, killing one
and capturing the other three. The Amer-
icans resisted for half an hour. The firing
being heard at Bamban, Lieut. Frazer, with
a squad, followed the retreating Filipinos
several miles. The Americans found the
body of the soldier boloed. They burned
the hamlet where the fight took place.
Three Filipino riflemen ambushed an
American surgeon near Capas. He shot
one and the others fled.
Between Bamban and Angeles a mule
train was fired upon by the insurgents, and
a Spaniard, a former prisoner of the Fili-
pinos, who was with the train, was shot.
At Malasiqui the officials who welcomed
the Americans were murdered. This was
the only railroad town which the Ameri-
cans did not garrison, and on the night the
troops withdrew a band of insurgents en-
tered, dragged Antonio Mejia, president of
the town, into thestreet and cut his throat.
The murderers then assassinated the vice
president and five members of the town
council in the same manner, and told the
frightened natives who witnessed the
slaughter to spread the news that a similar
fate awaited all friends of the Americans.
PRISONERS LEAVE THEIR RECORDS.
Military activity continues in every sec-
tion. Col. Bell’s regiment has advanced
from Bayambang upon Mangatarem, where
it is supposed there is a large insurgent
force. Two battalions of the newly arrived
Twenty-eighth infantry have been sent to
Bacoor to reinforce the south line.
Maj. Spence, with 50 men of the Thirty-
second regiment, surrounded a village near
Bautiston during the night and attacked
the place at daybreak, capturing a Filipino
captain and 15 men, with seven rifles.
The latest news from Gen. Young 1s that
there are 10 cavalrymen and 200 Macahebes
with him, most of the horsemen who started
having been compelled to drop out because
their horses failed them.
The Filipinos took the American prison-
ers from Victoria to San Carlos. On the
walls of the Victoria prison and of the
San Carlos convent are the following
names :
Civilians—George Langford, Thomas
Hayes.
Soldiers—Harry Winfield, Phil Better-
non, J. I. Salisbury, A. N. Gordon, E. N.
Nugent, Frank Stone, John Desmond,
George Sackett, David Scott, Martin Bren-
nan, Thomas Edwards, D. P. Curran, John
Cronin, Charles Baker, C. L. Davis, Le-
land Smith.
On the walls of the San Carlos convent
were also found the following names :
Civilians—Charles Bird, W. J. Sheehy,
F. E. Huber.
Sailors—Edward Burke, battleship Ore-
gon; C. B. Powers, gunboat Urdaneta;
John J. Forley, B. J. Greene, Tilden Her-
bert.
INSURGENTS IN RAPID FLIGHT.
MANILA, Nov. 26.—The insurgent army
is scattered on the hills in Northern Luzon
and widely separated detachments are
within the cordon established by Gens.
Lawton and McArthur. Buencamino, the
brains of Aguinaldo’s cabinet, is locked up
in Manila. He and Aguinaldo’s 3-year-old
son were captured on November 21st iu a
little village. He was ragged, but had
$2,000 in gold. When he was brought here
he told Gen. Otis that he had long desired
peace and that Aguinaldo was retreating
northward with 2,000 men and two can-
non. The provincial governors under
Aguinaldo are flocking to Manila, and
begging Gen. Otis to retain them in their
offices under the regime.
Gen. Mino, who fought the Thirty-third
regiment at San Jacinto, is supposed to
have joined Aguinaldo in his retreat. A
letter from Mino hasbeen intercepted, in
which he says that 200 of his men were
killed or wounded ; that he had had enough
and was going to the mountains.
$3,000,000 Loss.
An Entire Block of Business Houses Destroyed.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.—The entire
block of business houses, surrounded by
Filbert, Market, Seventh and Eighth.
streets, were burned to-day. Lippincott’s
publishing house was'among the buildings
destroyed. Loss $3,000,000.
McKinley Cancels Social Engagements.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Out of respect
to the memory of the late Vice President
Hobart, the present has cancelled all his
social engagements for the present. The
members of the cabinet have done likewise
and the administration will observe a per-
iod of mourning.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Edward Fortney, who will be re-
membered by many Bellefonte people, died
in Harrisburg, on Tuesday, leaving a
widow and six children to mourn him.
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——This issue of the WATCHMAN ap-
pears a little earlier than usual, which is
explained by the fact that Thanksgiving
afternoon was taken as a holiday by the
employees of the office.
——— Pees
——The Undine Thanksgiving ball, on
‘Wednesday evening, was none tbe less en-
joyable because of the small crowd that
was there. The music was unusually good
and the young ladies and gentlemen who
attended had a very delightful time be-
cause the committee had left nothing that
would add to their ;pleasure undone. Be-
fore the ball the Undine fire company,
with their band and steamer, made a parade
over some of the principal streets of the
town.
——The Hennessey Leroyle Co.. in
“‘Other Peoples Money’’ was one of the
best}attractions that has played at Garman’s
in years. Seldom has a better pleased
audience left the house than was that of
‘Wednesday night, and yet there wasn’t a
song, dance or joke in the whole perform-
ance—nothing but pure comedy so splen-
didly brought out as to be up-roarious. The
work of Mr. Leroyle as ‘‘Hopper’’ and that
of Miss Helen Jones as his wife was simply
superb.
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ANOTHER UNCLE ToM’s CABIN. —It
would seem that Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows
ought to be called in, but instead of such
being their fate they seem to be growing
more popular, year after year. Bellefonte
is always ‘‘ripe fruit’’ for a Tom show and
you can depend upon it that when Welsh
Bros’ big aggregation of donkeys, blood
hounds, canvas ice and darkeys gets here
next Monday night, December 4th, the house
will be packed with people who will be
ready to weep copiously every time little
‘‘Eva” talks about being transported or
‘‘Simon Legree’’ hits “Uncle Tom’’ with a
split bamboo rod that cracks like a Krupp
gun but wouldn’t kill a mosquito.
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A SHIRT FACTORY FOR MILLHEIM.—The
shirt factory phantom which has been
haunting the minds of the people of Mill-
heim bas shaken off its ghostly appearance,
and may now be depended upon to become
a reality.
The plant is to consist of fifty machines,
which will be placed in the building on
Penn street, formerly occupied by W. L.
Goodbart. The power is to be furnished
by a 5-horse power gasoline engine, of
which but 3-horse power will be required
to operate the machines; the remaining
power will be used torun a dynamo to fur-
nish light on those days which are too
short to permit of working the full number
of hours by day light.
The operators will be girls mostly, and a
canvass of the town has shown that more
than the required number will be available.
As the capital has been raised entirely by
local subscriptions the plant will be con-
trolled altogether by home people, and,
therefore, as a safe investment nothing
could be better.
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A PROMINENT BEECH CREEK SURVEYOR
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.—Andrew White, the
well known surveyor of Beech Creek, met
with a very serious accident Tuesday after-
noon. Mr. White had been in the Lock
Haven during the day and in the afternoon
went to Mill Hall. At the Beech Creek
station he gave orders to have his satchel
expressed to Bellefonte, stating that he in-
tended coming here. He left the station
and the next heard from him was that he
had been struck by a west bound freight
train while he was sitting on the Beech
Creek tracks, near the Bald Eagle bridge
near Beech Creek borough. He was thrown
a considerable distance. The trainmen
picked him up and took him to Beech
Creek, where he was conveyed to his
home.
Mr. White was rendered unconscious by
the accident and had not recovered his
senses up to noon Wednesday. His skull
is fractured, there being a hole in the back
of his head and one on the top of his head.
He was also otherwise injured. His re-
covery is regarded as being very doubt-
ful.
There is considerable mystery surround-
ing the accident as it is not clear just how
Mr. White got from Mill Hall clear up to
Beech Creek, when he had expressed his in-
tention of coming to Bellefonte. He is very
well known in this place and is reputed one
of the best civil engineers in this part of
the State.
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THE NOVEMBER TERM OF QUARTER
SESSIONS COURT.—There was an unusually
large attendance at the opening of the No-
vember quarter sessions, Monday morning,
with judge John G. Love on the bench.
After the routine ot constable’s returns, pe-
titions, etc., the grand jury was organized
with A. A. Schenck, of Howard, foreman,
and the cases on the calendar were taken
up with the following disposition :
Commonwealth vs Thomas Hayes, charge
betrayal, by both.Gussie Oswalt and Mary
E. Rolley. Defendant plead guilty to both
indictments and received the usual sentence
Commonwealth vs Daniel Robb, charged
with cruelty to animals. Prosecutor, Hi-
ram Bowes. The case grew out of a little
personal dispute and as the commonwealth
failed to makeanything out of it the court
instructed the jury to retire and place the
costs where it thought proper. The ver-
dict was not guilty and costs divided be-
tween prosecutor and defendant.
Commonwealth vs Thos. Barr, charge, be-
trayal. Lilly Fink prosecutrix. Defendant
plead guilty and usual sentence imposed.
Commonwealth vs Wm. Burns, charge,
betrayal. Susan Hile prosecutrix. De-
fendant plead guilty and usual sentence
imposed.
Commonwealth vs. Reuben Hoover.
Charge betrayal. Sarah E. Swabb prose-
cutrix. A plea of guilty was entered and
usual sentence imposed.
During the Monday session considerable
business of a miscellaneous nature was
transacted. Senator J. W. Woods, of Lew-
istown, was admitted to practice in the
Centre county courts. Another addition
to the bar was Mr. Thos. J. Sexton, who
has been a student in the Orvis, Bower &
Orvis offices for the past two years. He
was admitted and judging from his quiet,
unobtrusive, studious habits he will prove
an ornament to the legal profession.
A number of cases were continued.
Among them were the ones in which
Elmer W. Moore, receiver of the Iron City
mutual fire insurance company of Pitts-
burg, Pa., is plaintiff, and M. Salina Good-
hart, and others, defendants, were marked
‘discontinued without prejudice,’’ on the
payment of costs. In the case of P. A.
Leister vs E. M. Huyett on motion of the
attorneys interested it was continued. The
case of Isaac Harris, et. al. vs. George E.
Chandler was also continued with leave of
court. In the second week’s list, John P.
Harris, et. al. vs. Jacob Tiehlman, et. al. ;
Austin Swisher vs. Jno. Bruss, et. al.,
Platt, Barber & Co., vs. the Clearfield
traction Co.; Sigmund Kleuke vs. the
Clearfield traction Co. ; Sandy Ridge fire
brick works vs. Mattie S. Twigg were all
continued.
The following cases on the second week’s
list were marked ‘‘settled.” Geo. F.
Stevenson vs. Wm. Reed ; G. G. Snyder,
et. al. vs Peter F. Collins, administrator.
Commonwealth vs Dennis Motter.
Charge, assault and battery, inde-
cent assault, attempt to commit rape.
Prosecutrix, Miss Elizabeth Williams. The
defendant on the evening of Oct. 17, 1899,
assaulted the prosecutrix on her way home
from a dance at about one o’clock in the
night. A detailed account was given by
the witnesses on the stand. The jury re-
turned a verdict of ‘‘guilty in the manner
and form as he stands indicted.’
Commonwealth vs. Torrence E. Sage,
charge, assault and battery. S.C. Cowan
prosecutor. Some time ago Sage and anoth-
er colored man from Lock Haven took the
freight from there to Tyrone. When the
train arrived at Milesburg the two men got
off, but as soon as it pulled out for Tyrone
they again mounted and were on until they
reached Port Matilda water tank. The
conductor, S. C. Cowan, then ordered the
two men off. They got off, but as soon as
the train pulled out they again mounted.
The conductor then tried to put them off
but they resisted, at which time Sage struck
the conductor in the face. Verdict of guil-
ty. The court sentenced Sage to pay a'fine
of $20, the costs of prosecution, and under-
go imprisonment in the Centre county jail
for thirty days.
Commonwealth vs Martin Daley, charge,
assault and battery. Prosecutor Wm. Da-
ley. In this case a ‘‘nol pros’’ was enter-
ed, and the costs paid.
Commonwealth vs Aaron Rhine. Charge
assault and battery. Prosecutor, Josiah
Taylor. Bill ignored and costs placed on
the county.
Miss Sallie A. Meek vs the Half Moon
school district. The jury was withdrawn
and the case continued to January term.
W. C. Krader v8 Wm. C. Sheesley,
Daniel Eisenhuth and Susan Eisenhuth,
late trading as ‘‘Sheesley & Eisenhuth.
This was an appeal taken from the judg-
ment of Squire Garthoff, of Coburn, by
Mrs.[Susan Eisenhuth one of the above de-
fendants. The plaintiff alleged that he
had sold goods to the firm of Sheesley &
Eisenhuth, who were at time in the lum-
ber business, and that Mrs. Eisenhuth was
a member of the firm. Mrs. Eisenhuth
alleged she was not a partner in the firm
and that she did not contract any bills, nor
were they for necessaries furnished for her
benefit, nor had she ever authorized either
member of the! firm to contract debts and
have the same charged to her. The exist-
ence of a partnership was not proven, and
but a short period elapsed until the jury
returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff
and against Wm. Sheesley and Daniel
Eisenhuth, in the sum of $180.49. hut
found that Mrs. Susan Eisenhuth was not
a partner in the firm, and thereby released
her from all liability in the case.
Commonwealth vs. John Miller. Charge,
assault and battery, and aggravated assault
and battery. Prosecutor Valentine McEvoy.
Nol Pros entered on second count and plead
guilty on first. Sentence $10 fine and
costs of prosecution.
Commonwealth vs John Ammerman.
Charge, malicious mischief. Prosecutor,
R. E. Waite. Defendant was arrested for
committing depredations about the Cole-
ville band hall and the lime quarries out
there. Verdict, not guilty.
Commonwealth vs L. C. Bullock, charg-
ed with indecent conduct. Prosecutrix
Fanny E. Wagner. This case is from
Milesburg and the prosecution alleges that
the defendant called at her house for a
badge on the evening of Nov. 22nd last and
was informed that he could get it at a Mr.
Hugg’s, when he took her by the arm and
made some indecent proposals to her, while
on the other hand the defendant says he
was there but denied touching her or mak-
ing any proposals to her whatever. Ver-
dict on Wednesday morning of guilty as
indicted. This verdict was very much of a
surprise to everyone and defendant will
probably move for a new trial.
Commonwealth vs. Lon Gross, Geo. B.
Uzzle and W. R. Haines ; indicted for kill-
ing game out of season ; prosecutor Harry
Gunter, of Philipsburg. These defendants
are from Snow Shoe and were arrested and
bound over to court without sufficient
hearing before the justice of the peace un-
der the act of Assembly pertaining to kill-
ing game. On motion of counsel for de-
fendants the indictment was quashed by
the court.
Com. vs. John Fye, George Fye, Lemuel
Hipple and Oscar Veihdorfer, indicted for
larceny ; prosecutors, George Salfko, John
Pincho, Frank Polenski, George Katchick,
and William Hipple. This is the cattle
stealing case from Burnside township and
it developed that the defendants had stolen
6 head of cattle and sold them in Clearfield
county. They weresentenced to pay a fine
$1 each, and costs of prosecution, restore
stolen property or its equivalent and go
to the Huntingdon reformatory for the usual
term.
Wm. Crust vs C. S. Fortney, case arose
out of sale of a horse by Fortney to Crust,
which the latter became dissatisfied with
and wanted to return. Upon Fortney’s re-
fusal to take it back Crust got judgment
before squire Keichline, which judgment
Fortney appealed to court. Verdict of $11
for plaintiff.
The grand jury was discharged Wednes-
day afternoon, after having completed all
of the work before it. No report was made
on the condition of the county buildings as
the grand inquest did not have time to
visit them. They did, however, act on the
following petition relative to the Curtin
monument fund. The petition was pre-
sented by Gen. James A. Beaver and was
as follows :
‘To the Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and
Sor Centre county : To the Honorable John G.
Love, president of said court :
‘“The petition of the undersigned citizens
of the county aforesaid, to the number of fifty
or more, would respectfully represent. That
up to this time no monument has been erect-
ed to the memory of the soldiers and sailors
who were in the army of the United States
during the war of the rebellion from Centre
county. ro /
“Your petitioners further represent that
they, with many others, desire the erection
of a monument, at the county seat, in mem-
ory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war
(war of the rebellion.) They would further
represent that a fund is now being raised by
private subscription to aid in the erection and
construction of such a monument, but that
said fund will not be sufficient to erect and
complete the same.
“They also further represent that by pro-
visions of the Act of Assembly approved the
22nd day of May, A. D., 1895, the county
commissioners are authorized to erect or com-
plete and maintain a suitable monument at
the county seat of each county in memory of
the soldiers and sailors ofthe said war from
the county. The petitioners, therefore, pray
your Honorable Court to lay this petition be-
fore the grand jury for their approval under
the provisions of the aforesaid act of Assem-
bly. And they will ever pray, ete.”
Before their discharge Wednesday even-
ing the grand jury returned the petition
with the following endorsement of ap-
proval :
‘“This application approved, appropria-
tion hy the county not to exceed five thous-
and ($5,000) dollars.
(Signed) A. A. SCHENCK, foreman.
The monument movement will now be
pushed by the G. A. R. committee in
charge as rapidly as possible, and there is
little doubt but that the memorial will be
erected early next summer.
Court adjourned early Thursday morn-
ing until 8 o’clock this morning, when an-
other session will be held to finish up the
minor business of the week.
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FosTER’S WEATHER OUTLOOK.—My last
bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave
to cross the continent from 22nd to 26th,
and the next will reach the Pacific coast
about 22nd, cross the west of Rockies coun-
try by close of 23rd, great central valleys
29th to 31st and Eastern States Dec. 1st.
Warm wave will cross the west of Rock-
ies country about 27th, great central val-
leys 29th and Eastern States 31st. Cool
wave will cross the west of Rockies country
about 30th, great central valleys Dec. 2nd
and Eastern States Dec. 4th.
Temperature of the week ending Dec.
4th will average below normal in the great
central valleys and above in the Atlantic
States and on the Pacific slope. Rainfall
will be above normal in the great central
valleys and below on the Pacific slope and
in the Atlantic States.
About the date of this bulletin a
wave of moderate temperature, averaging
much higher than the first week of the
month, will be moving slowly eastward
across the great central valleys, and fol-
lowing it will come another severe cold
wave—much like the first of this month—
and which will go far southward.
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——Returning home this week, Mr. Crit-
tenden says to us, ‘‘A word of deserved
praise should be given to the children,
young people and others for the interest
they manifested in my humble services last
Saturday and Sunday at Belle Grove, Bush
Grove and Plum Grove communities a lit-
tle back from the Bald Eagle valley along
the hase of the Allegheny mountains,’’
THE MEETING OF THE TEACHER'S IN-
STITUTE.—The time is drawing near when
the public school teachers of Centre county
will meet for their fifty-third annual insti-
tate. The sessions will be held in the”
court house in this place; beginning Mon-
day afternoon, Dec. 18th, and concluding
the with morning session of Friday, Dec.
22nd.
The enrollment will begin at 9:30 a. m.
on Monday, and itis expected that all
teachers will be enrolled in time for the
opening session at 1:30 p. m. The feeis
one dollar ($1.00) which includes costs of
singing book—to teachers only—and gener-
al admission to all evening entertainments.
Teachers of private schools, older pupils of
all schools, and those preparing to teach,
are invited to enroll as members. The law
requires all public schools in the county to
be closed during the week of institute, bub
teachers can receive pay only for the time
actually spent in the institute.
THE OFFICERS.
The officers and committees of the insti-
tute will be :
President, C. L. Gramley, county super-
intendent; vice presidents, Miss Bella Ran-
kin, W. P. Hosterman;recording secretary,
S. W. Butler; assistant secretary, R. D.
Foreman; enrolling secretaries, 4A. C.
Thompson, T. A. Auman; ticket agent, J.
C. Morris.
Election Committee—T. L. Crust, W. W.
Keller and Thos. L. Moore.
Resolution Committee—G. W. Andrew,
W. H. Limbert, Annie G. Healy, John D.
Meyer and C. B. Moomaw.
Auditing Committee—M. F. Herbling, A.
L. Duck, F. M. Emerick, S.T. Williams,
L. H. Yocum.
Legislation Committce—D. M. Wolf, G.
W. Andrew, D. O. Etters, H. C. Rothrock,
F. A. Foreman and C. E. Hower. -
Ushers—H. E. Yearick, Randall Musser,
J. M. Garbrick, Homer Gentzel, W. C.
Thompson, C. V. Woodward, George Loy,
Robert Herman, J. R. Williams, Willis
Eves, M. C. Stover and Charles Reese.
Door-keepers—H. A. Detweiler and J. F.
Garthoff.
Permanent Certificates—James Gregg, Ella
Levy and J. O. Harpster.
ENTERTAINMENTS FOR THE EVENINGS.
Superintendent Gramley has secured one
especially noteworthy engagement for his
evening entertainments. In Henry Wat-
terson, the brilliant editor of the Louisville
Courier Journal, he is offering to our people
most men of the day and one whoseadvanc-
ing years will soon enforce his retirement
from public activities. While Watterson
is undeniably the stellar attraction of the
week the others on the program are by no
means unworthy of attention.
Tuesday Evening—Prof. A. W. Hawks,
‘‘the Laughing Philosopher’’ of Baltimore,
Mad., will give his lecture, ‘‘People I Have
Met.”
Wednesday Evening—Elizabeth de Barrie
Gill, of Philadelphia, reader and imperson-
ator will be the attraction.
Thursday Evening — The distinguished
Watterson will deliver his lecture on
‘Abraham Lincoln."
Tickets for the course will be $1.00.
The Tuesday and Wednesday evening en-
tertainments will be 25cts each. The Wat-
terson lecture will be 50cts and reserved
seats will not be put on sale before Mon-
day, Dec. 18th.
INSTITUTE INSTRUCTORS.
In addition to the local talent that is
usually called into service the following
professional instructors will be in attend-
ance :
Dr. J. C. Hartzler, of Newark, Ohio,
who will instruct in grammar, geography,
mathematics and psychological subjects.
Miss Lelia Patridge, of Philadelphia,
will have pedagogy, child study and spell-
ing branches.
Prof. Geo. P. Bible, of the Stroudsburg
Normal school, will have reading, elocution
and literature.
Dr. Martin G. Benedict, of State College,
will discuss the best methods of moulding
the habits of children.
P. H. Meyer, of Boalsburg, will direct
the music during the session and Miss
Helen Bartholomew, of Centre Hall, will
be the institute pianist.
MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOL NEWS.
The number of schools in the county is
283, of which 122 are graded and higher
branches are taught in 53. In charge of
these schools there are 180 male teachers
and 105 women, of whom only 39 have had
no previous experience, and only 12 are
college graduates. There are 204 directors
in the county and during the past year
three new school houses have been erected.
The highest salary is paid in Bellefonte,
where the rates run from $35 to $144.44 per
month. In Philipsburg the highest is
$133.33 and the lowest $45. The lowest
salary is paid in Gregg township, where
the rate is from $27 to $60. During the
year 47 scholars have been given a common
school diploma.
THE DIRECTOR’S MEETING. -
On Thursday, December 21st, the school
directors will hold their annual convention
here. Morning and afternoon sessions will
be held and papers and discussions will be
taken up by Prof. J. Price Jackson, of
State College; John A. Daley, G. G. Fink,
Jos. L. Neff. Former county superinten-
dent Henry Meyer, Geo. D. Johnson, Dr.
L. R. Hensyl, John Gowland. Senator
W. C. Heinle, Dr. W.S. Glenn, Dr. W,
U. Irwin, P. J. McDonnell and I. J. «
Dreese. H. C. Quigley Esq., F. L. Black,
A. C. Williams and R.M. Kaup. D. F.
Fortney Esq., Hon. W. M. Allison, Capt.
C. T. Fryberger and R. C. Gilliland.
The officers of the association are : Presi-
dent, J. A. Quigley; vice presidents, C. T.
Fryberger and John H. Beck; sceretary and
treasurer, Wm. B. Rankin; executive com-
mittee, A.C. Musser, J. P. Heckman, J.
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H. Hoy, J. J. Fisher and G. G. Fink.
an opportunity of hearing one of the fore- ~