a Demonia Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 12, 1900. P. GRAY MEEK, - - EbirTor. Teems or Susscriprion.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.................... Paid before expiration of year.......... Paid after expiration of year............ masa mm— Democratic County Committee for 1900. J. K. JonxnstoN, Chairman, Secretaries. Joux J. BOWER, W. HARRISON WALKER, Precinct. Name. P. 0. Address. Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford Bellefonte * WP. H. Gerrity, ' i W W Geo. R. Meek, 8 Centre Hall Boro F. A. Foreman, Centre Hall Howard * Abe Weber, Howard Milesburg © Homer Carr, Milesburg Millheim x J. C. Smith, Millheim Unionville ¢ L P Brisbin, Fleming Philipsburg 1st W JW Lukens Philipsburg 2nd W Ira Howe, ££ srd W 8. M. Graham, £ State College Boro Reuben Glenn, State College S. Philipsburg ‘Henry Wilcox, Philipsburg Benner Twp. N P J. F. Grove, Bellefonte te S P 8S H. Hoy, se W. E. Brown, P J.C. Barnhart, # W P Lewis Aikey, Yarnell Boggs Twp. N P * E Roland Wingate Burnside Twp. Oscar Holt, Moshannon College te J. A. Williams, Lemont Curtin <6 Geo. Weaver, Romola Ferguson “E P N.'I. Krebs, Pine Grove Mills 84 ‘“W P John H. Miller, Rock Springs Gregg Twp. x P Geo. F. Weaver, Penns Cave P Jas. C. Condo, Penn Hall i W _P Jno. Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W P, Wm. Winklebleck, oburn E P Jno. J. Orndorf, Woodward Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Loveville Harris id 0. W. Stover, Boalsburg Howard £8 Joseph Dunkle, Mt. Eagle Huston ‘t Aaron Fahr, Julian Liberty £6 J. P. Linn, Blanchard Marion te J. W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp EP Dan’l W. Harter, Rebersburg « W P Edward Miller, Centre Mills hi M P Jno. M. Moyer, Rebersburg Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Buffalo Run Penn £¢ J. F. Garthoft, Coburn Potter ¢ Reuben Colyer, Colyer ££ 3) Centre Hall Wm. Frank, Philipsburg SP N P Db. K. Keller, NP S P John J. Wayne, Osceola Mills Rush * ce “ Snow Shoe E Lawrence Reding Snow Shoe P W P Wm. Kerns, ; Moshannon Spring Twp. N PJ. W. Hepburn, Bellefonte 8 SP WH. Noll Pleasant Gap ht W P Grant Ardery, Bellefonte Taylor Twp. J. T. Merryman, Hannah Union * Samuel Emerick, Fleming Walker Twp E P IraC. Ohl, Lamar M P J. D.Miller, t W P Boyd Noll, Wopth P. W. Young, Hublersburg Zion Port Matilda A Young Woman Teacher Blazing the Way. Whenever public interest becomes proper- ly aroused in any project the matter of its being carried to successful termination be- comes merely one of time. The attention that hasbeen given the soldier’s and sailor’s monument proposition lately surely points to a waking interest in that honorable undertaking and unless all signs fail the minds of the people of Centre county are in consension that the monument has been delayed too long already. At the last session of the institute of the public school teachers of Centre county the matter was placed before them, with the view of setting aside one day of the year in the schools of the county, to be known as Memorial day, on which a voluntary con- tribution will be lifted for the fund. When the matter was first presented the teachers voted it down. The WATCHMAN, issue of December 22nd, criticized their action, but at the same time.did them the justice of viewing that they had acted without mature deliberation. That this prediction was founded upon a true estimate of the public spiritedness of our teachers was proven at their session, the following day, when they reversed their decision and joined in a con- current resolution adopted by the School Director’s Association setting aside aday in the schools to be known as Memorial day for the benefit of the monument fund. That it has aroused enthusiasm among the teachers is undeniable. The following letter, from one of the young women teach- ers of Curtin township, proves that and we join with her in her expression ‘‘Let the good work go on.*’ Spring Mills, Pa., Dec. 27th, 1899. DEAR WATCHMAN: In your last issue I notice the following : ‘‘The teachers might at least have explained why they voted down the school childrens offering to the Curtin monument fund.” Mr. Editor, they did explain the next day, when there was almost an unanimous vote to observe a Memorial day during the year for the furtherance of a monument to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of Centre county in the war of the rebellion. Nothing could be designed more fitting as a top-piece for the soldier's monument than a statue of the late Gov. Curtin and if he was alive to-day he would sanction and be a very liberal contributor to such a monument. Let the good work go on. Let this monu- ment be built and let it be known, now and for all future time, as a soldier's monument. FLORA R. Duck. ES ———— Diphtheria Wins So Far, A Father, Who is a Christian Scientist, Leaves Two Children Die. Diphtheria and Christian Science have had a bitter battle in a New Brighton, near Pittsburg, family for the past two weeks. Diphtheria has won so far. Two children are dead, while a third child and the father are dangerously ill with the same disease. Frank Martsolf and his wife have been believers in Christian Science for three years and so confirmed in the docrine are they that they have seen their two little ones die of malignant diphtheria and were willing to see their remaining child perish rather than take her case ‘‘out of the hands of the Lord.”’ Not until forced to do so by health au- thorities would the parents permit a physi- cian in the house ; even then the father re- fused to give the medicine prescribed, and the health officials were compelled to take the family in charge and may oe able to save the third child and the father, both of whom are down with the disease. Beaver Valley people are very much wrought up over the matter and 1t is likely that Chris- tian Science with its prominent leaders in New Brighton will be investigated by the courts. Penrose Introduced a Road Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Mr. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill in the Senate to-day, appropriating $5,000,000 for the construction of public roads in the United States, the money to be distributed among the several States in proportion to the mileage of their roads. Told by Gilmore. The Lieutenant and Other Americans Safe in Manila. All Footsore and Very Weary. Were Turned Over to a Company of Filipinos to be Shot, but the Con- ezignce of the Commanding Officer Prevented. His Opinion of Aquinaldo. MANILA, Jan. 7.—7:30 p. m.—Lieut. J. C. Gilmore, of the United States gun- boat Yorktown, who was captured by the insurgents last April near Baler, on the east coast of Luzon, and rescued a few days ago by Colonel Luther R. Hare, of the Thirty-third volunteer infantry, sat to-day in the apartment of his sister, Mrs. Major Price, at the Hotel Oriente, in Manila, and told a remarkable story of his eight months in captivity, which ended in his dramatic deliverance from a death that seemed in- evitable. The steamer Venus came into the harbor last evening from Vigan, province of South Ilocos, with Lieut. Gilmore and nineteen other American prisoners, including seven of his sailors from the Yorktown. Lieut. Gilmore, after reporting, came ashore and hobbled along, with the aid of a cane, to the Hotel Oriente, where American officers and ladies were waltzing through the halls to the strains of ‘‘Aguinaldo’s March.’ Although tanned and ruddy from ex- posure, he is weak and nervous, showing the results of long hardships. He speaks warmly of Aguinaldo and very bitterly of General Tino, declaring that while in the former’s jurisdiction he was treated splen- didly, but that after he fell into Tino’s hands he suffered everything. Colonel Hare and Lieut. Howse, the lat- ter of the Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry, rescued Gilmore’s party on Dec. 18th, near the headwaters of the Abalut river, after they had been abandoned by the Filipinos, and were expecting death from the savage tribes around them. When the rescuing force reached them they were nearly starv- ed, but were building rafts in the hope of getting down the river to the coast. Lieut. Gilmore made the following state- ment to a correspondent of the Associated Press: “The Filipinos abandoned us on the night of Dec. 16th. We had reached the Abalut river near its source that morning and the Filipinos rafted us over. We then went down the stream, along a rough trail, guarded by a company of Filipinos. That night we were separated from this guard and another company, armed with Mausers was put in charge of us. I suspected some- thing and questioned the lieutenant in command. He said: ‘I have orders from General Tino to shoot you all, but my con- science forbids. I shall leave you here.’ “I begged him for two rifles to protect us from the savages, adding that I would give him letters to the Americans who would pay him well and keep him from all barm. He refused this, however, saying that he would not dare to comply. Soon afterward he lett with his company. ‘We had seen some savages in war pains around us, and we prepared to fight them with cobblestones, the only weapons that were available to us. The next morning we followed the trail of the Filipino sol- diers, feeling that it was better to stick to them than to be murdered by savages, but we conld not keep up with them. Then I ordered the men to build rafts, in the hope of floating down the river. It wasa for- lorn hope, but I knew the river must empty into the sea somewhere. I was so weak myself that I did not expect to get out, but I thought some of the men could. On the morning of Dec. 18th, while we were working on the rafts, the Americans came toward us yelling. One of my men shouted : ‘‘They are on us.” He was lashing a raft of bamboos. I, however, knew it was hot the yell of savages, but the yell of Americans. The rescuing troops thought we had Filipino guards and called to us in English to lie down, so that they could shoot the Filipinos. That was the finest body of officers and men I eversaw.’’ Lieut. Gilmore could not speak enthu- siastically enough about the 140 picked men who had rescued him and his party. The command spent the day in making rafts. Colonel Hare thought Lieut. Gil- more too weak to live through the trip, but there was no alternative. They shot many rapids, the men losing all their effects and Lieut. Gilmoresome valuable papers. On- ly fourteen ont of thirty-seven rafts sur- vived the first night’s experiences and eighty men were practically unable to walk whon Vigan was reached. Describing the flight from Benguet when the Americans approached, Lieut. Gilmore said : “The Filipinos, completely terrified, left Benguet on Dec. 7th. They hurried the prisoners from town to town, often retracing the trail, not knowing where the Ameri- cans would attack. After being almost without food for three days they killed sev- eral horses, and we lived on horse flesh for several days. I did not have a full meal from Dec. 7th until I reached Vigan. In- deed, the rescuing party lived largely up- on rice without salt. There was one day when I was reduced to chewing grass and bark. *‘While we were in the hands of General Tino’s men he issued an order that any person aiding an American by food or mon- ey should be treated as a criminal. One citizen of Vigan, Senor Vera, was probably killed for befriending us. We would have starved but for the kindness of some of the presidents of the towns and some of the Filipino colonels but others treated wus brutally. Wherever there was a prison we were kept there. When there was no pris- on they would lodge us in a convent. We suffered greatly for want of exercise, as well as lack of food.” For weeks, Lieutenant Gilmore was covered with boils and in great pain. When the Filipinos found the Americans were approaching the treatment became better. There was a sign painter in the party and he painted advertisments on the rocks throughout the retreat, with other emblems, like a skull and the word *‘ven- geance,’’ by means of which the Americans were able to follow. “The Filipino treatment of the Span- iards,” said Lieutenant Gilmore, ‘was brutal in the extreme. The insurgents had old grudges to wipe out against them. Many talk about the reconcentradoes in Cuba, but I have seen Spaniards dying at the rate of two or three per day of starva- tion in the hospitals at Vigan. I have seen Tagal officers strike Spaniards in the face with whips and revolvers. Lieutenant Gilmore declined to speak regarding political conditions, except to say that he thought the insurrection would last as long as there were any Ta- galos left. The members of the party reported to General Otis this morning. They were barefooted, sunburned, and ragged. Some carried rifles, others pet monkeys. They attracted a great deal of attention as they passed along the streets. Those whose en- listments are about expiring, will be sent to the United States. The others will be returned to their respective organizations. Among the prisoners arriving with lieu- tenant Gilmore were F. J. Hubert, Edward Burke and J. J. Farley, sailors from the Urdaueta ; Vom Galem, of she Baltimore; A. H. Gordon and George Sackett, of the Third infantry; Leland Smith and Frank Stone, of the signal corps; William Bruce and Edward Honeyman, of the Nevada cavalry; Martin Brennan and James Cuar- ran of the Sixteenth infantry; Albert Bish- op, of the Third artillery, and John O’Brien and David Brown, civilians: Charles Baker, of the Third artillery, was formerly one of the prisoners, but he became too weak to travel and the Fili- pino guards bayonetted him during the last flight through the mountains. Brown, who was formerly a preacher in Honolulu, twice revealed to the insurgents plots of the Americans to escape in the hope of gaining the good will of the Fili- pinos. The rest of the party openly accused him of treachery and entertain the bitter- est feelings toward him. The prisoners of Lieutenant Gilmore's party who escaped after leaving Vigan were MacDonald, of the Twenty-first 1n- fantry; Von Galen, of the Baltimore, and Farley, of the Oregon. They were cap- tured by savages recaptured by the insar- gents, who had stripped and prepared to beat them, and ultimately rescued by the Americans. The Yorktown’s men who were rescued with Lieutenant Gilmore were W. W. Al- ton, chief quartermaster; J. Elsworth, cox- swain; L. P. Edwards, landsman; A. J. Peterson, apprentice; F. Anderson, lands- man, and S. Brisolose, seaman. Death of Dr. McGlynn. The Eloquent Priest a Victim of Bright's Disease. Knew that the End Was Near.—The Eminent Di- vine Received the Word Tranquilly.—Prayers for His Recovery had been Offered in Both Protes- tant and Catholic Churches. NEWBURG, N. Y., Jan.—Rev. Eward McGlynn, rector of St. Mary’s church, died at the rectory last evening, after an illness of about 7 weeks, of heart failure, superinduced by Bright’s disease. A minor surgical operation was perform- ed on Dr. McGlynn Saturday night, bus this did not effect the patient or contribute materially to his death. During the night Dr. McGlynn had sev- eral sinking spells, and the physicians were called early to his bedside, where they re- mained until he died. At noon it was apparent that the end was near, and Dr. McGlynn received holy communion from the assistant rector of St. Mary’s, who later administered extreme anction. After high mass in the morning Dr. McGlynn was annointed. All efforts toward prolonging life were made by the physicians, but at 4 o'clock the priest lapsed into unconsciousness, his last audible prager being: ‘Jesus, have mercy on me.”’ He passed away without regaining con- sciousness. For two days Dr. McGlynn had been troubled with hiccoughs, but was able to take liquid nourishment to the last. Dr. McGlynn was aware that death was near, receiving the word tranquilly. The cheerfulness that characterized Dr. McGlynn was exhibited to the last. Even when the physicians were using salt water to keep him alive a few hours longer Dr, McGlynn evinced much interest, and final- ly remarked : ‘Well, the ways of the phy- sicians are wonderful.”’ Dr. McGlynn was first stricken with ill: ness on Nov. 17th at the rectory. He was seized with a severe cold and was compell: ed to seek his bed. Though he was obiiged. to break engagements to lecture, no alarm was felt by ‘his friends until the following’ Monday, when he suffered ' a ‘severe chilli’ The first serious attack occurred on Nov.: 26th, and a day or two later there was a: consultation of physicians. nounced that Dr. McGlynn was suffering from chronic kidney disease. Early in December Dr. McGlynn suffered’ two attacks of heart failure, and his rela- tives were hurriedly summoned. He" ral lied, however, and until Saturday night he appeared to be holding his own. . Dr. McGlynn was 62 years old last Sep- tember. When he was stricken he was ro- bust and of fine physique, but he became greatly emaciated by his long illness. Speech Made By Mr. Beveridge. The Junior Senator from State of Indiana—His Oration Replete With Well Arranged Information. The Occasion Inspiring. He Declared We Would Hold the Philippine Archipelago Forever—Mr. Hoar Briefly Replied to Mr. Beveridge and Ridiculed His Statement That the Filipinos Were Not Capable of Self-Government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—*‘‘That man lit- tle knows the common people of the Repub- lic, little understands the instincts of our race, who thinks we will not hold it (the Philippine archipelago) fast and hold it forever, administering just government by the simplest methods.”’ The sentence was the keynote of the speech delivered in the Senate today by Senator Beveridge, the junior Senator from Indiana. It was the maiden speech in the Senate of about the youngest member of the body. The announcement that he would deliver an address, embodying his observa- tions in the Philippines, attracted an un- usually large number of auditors to the galleries. On the floor of the Senate every member in the city was in his seat and scores of Representatives came over from the House. The occassion was inspiring and Mr. Beveridge rose to it brilliantly. His oration, for properly it was an oration, was deeply interesting. It was replete with striking sentences and well arranged infor- mation. Spoken, with all the earnestness, vigor, and eloquence of a. fine orator, en- thusiastic in his subject, with the power of passionate dramatic utterance, the speech created a profound impression upon all who heard it. Mr. Beveridge is scholarly and refined in appearance, with astriking face and figure. Throughout his speech he was easy and natural and entirely free from mannerism. He spoke rapidly and with great earn- estuess. When he declared, with deep solemnity, to those ‘whose voices in Amer- ica have cheered those misguided natives on to shoot our soldiers down, that the blood of those dead and wounded boys of ours is on their bands, and the flood of years can never wash that stain away,” there was a deep, although suppressed, sensation among his auditors. At the con- clusion of the speech, tremendous and un- restrained applauseswept over the galleries, and it was notable that Secretary of the Treasury Gage, who occupied a seat in the Senator’s gallery, was a participant in it. Mr. Hoar, Republican, of Massachusetts, replied briefly to Mr. Beveridge. Although he did not enter fully into the merits of the question under discussion, he did not feel that some of the Indiana Senator’s state- ments ought to go to the country unchal- lenged. He declared that not the Ameri- can opposition to the war, but the Presi- dent’s proclamation to the Filipinos was responsible for the hostilities. He ridiculed Mr. Beveridge’s statement that the Filipinos were not capable of self government and quoted General Otis’ reports to show that they were. It was an-, Burghers Repulsed. Frere Camp @ets Important News from Gen. White.—Boers in Great Strength.—Fierce Fight for Supremacy in Trenches on Wagon Hill.—Brit- ons Finally Held It.—London Now Fears that Gen. White May Run Out of Ammunition and the Beleagured Forces Have Used Much.—Fresh Arma- ‘ ment to Be Sent. LONDON, January 8.--A dispatch to the war office from Frere Camp says that Gen- eral White bas repulsed the Boers at every int. P rhe following has just been posted at the war office: : : “FRERE CAMP, January 8.—The follow- ing has just been received from White, dated 2 p. m., yesterday. It begins: ‘‘The attack commenced chiefly against Czsar’s campand wagon hill. The enemy was in great strength and pushed his at- tack with the greatest courage. The en- trenchments on wagon hill were three times retaken hy us. The attack continued until 7:30 p. m. One point of our position was occupied by the enemy the whole day, but at dusk during a heavy rainstorm, they were turned out at the point of the bayonet in the most gallant charge by the Devons, Col. Park leading. Col. Ian Ham- ilton, commanding at wagon hill, rendered valuable services. The troops had a most trying time, but behaved excellently. I am elated over the services they have ren- dered to the Queen. The enemy was every- where repulsed with heavy loss, greatly exceeding ours.”’ LoNDoN, January 9th—3:45 a. m.— General White still holds out or did so sixty hours ago when the Boers, ousted from their foothold inside the works, sus- pended their assault at nightfall. England has taken heart. The situation, however, is worse. The beleaguered force must have expended large amounts of ammuni- tion, which cannot be replenished, and must have lost a number of officers and men, which is counterbalanced so far as the garrison is concerned, by the greater loss of the Boers. General White still needs relief and the difficulties confronting General Buller are as great as before. The former’s unadorned sentences, as read and re-read, suggest eloquently the peril in which the town was for fourteen hours and how barely able were his 9,000 men to keep from being overcome. The chief concern for General White is in respect to ammunition. Sixty-eight days ago, at the beginning of the siege, his small arm ammunition was vaguely des- cribed as ‘‘Plenty.”” His artillery then had 300 rounds per gun. Some of the bat- teries have been in action frequently since then, and all were probably engaged last Saturday. His stock of shells, consequent- ly, must be low, and this will make it dif- ficult for General White to co-operate in a movement by General Buller. The entrenchments at Ladysmith, as described in a message that left a day or two before the fight, and has just came through, are fortified hill, well covered with rifle pits and trenches, down which the infantry move in single file to the var- ious pits and trenches, in absolute safety. Full rations are still served, but no whis- key or tobacco. England is preparing fresh armaments and twenty-two transports will be on the way to South Africa during the present month. According to the program 25,000 additional troops and seventy-two guns will be soon ‘afloat. The government has ordered Vickers Sons & Maxim, Limited, to manufacture as'many 4.7 inch and six otherwise notified. ‘ Silence in London. ‘British War Office Does not Give out a Shred of News. Public Impatience is @rowing. The Re- markable Resistance Put up by the Boers is now Overshadowed by their Remarkable Tactics. British Losses Nearing 8,000. LoxDoN, Jan. 10.—4:30 a. m.—The war office has not contributed the least par- ticular as to what is taking place in Natal since Sunday. Neither has it allowed the dispatches of correspondents to get through. Consequently the facts of the situation are replaced by conjectures, and the impatience 1 of the public pours itself into a discussion of the conduct of the war and of what might have been done, or what is now to be done. The government’s defense as put forth by Mr. Balfour, at Manchester, has produced a disagreeable impression upon the coun- try. The Standard, Times and St. James Gazette join in the almost unanimous met- ropolitan and provincial disapproval of the government explanations. The various segments of the liberal party are being drawn together for united opposition in parliament next month. Great Britain’s losses since the war be- gan are fast approaching 8,000. A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle, dated at Frere Camp, Sunday afternoon, says: ‘‘There bas been no bombardment of Lady- smith to-day, nor any shelling at Chieveley by the British guns.’ The remarkable evolution in Boer tact- ics has been another complete surprise to the British, who had not reckoned on the weakened garrison of Ladysmith being sub- jected to such a courageous assault, and it is realized that General White’s troops can- not be expected to greatly prolong such an arduous defence. In some quarters it is considered ' unaccountable that General Baller did not press his attempt to effect a passage of the Tugela river while the Boers were engaged northward, - and the com- ments on his apparent supineness are not complimentary. From the Boer headquarters it is re- ported that General Buller is constructing a subsidiary railroad from the main line to Colenso, westwardly in the direction of Potgieters Drift. Advices from the Modder river say the Boers continue to extend their works, and it is estimated that 30,000 men are required to defend them. American Flour Was Released. United States Ambassador Choate Had an Interview With the Marquis of Salisbury Yesterday. A For- mal Reply Received. Foodstuffs Are Not Considered as Contraband of War By Great Britain Unless In- tended for the Enemy—The British Foreign Office Only Arrived at a Decision Yesterday—Salisbury’s Reply Cabled to Washington. LoNDON, Jan. 10.—The American flour seized off Delagoa bay has been released. United States Ambassador Choate had an interview with the Marquis of Salisbury this afternoon and received a formal reply to the representations of the Washington government. The British note on this sub- ject was sent later to the United States em- bassy. The gist of it was cabled to Wash- ington. In brief foodstuffs are not consid- ered contraband of war unless intended for the enemy. The foreign office only arrived at a decis- ion today, and it was not until after Mr. Choate’s interview with the Marquis of Sal- isbury that a note embodying the provis- ions was drawn up. Some of the govern- ment’s advisers wanted to make a regula- ‘inch quick firers as can be turned out as tion regarding canned goods, but this was | decided to be impracticable. The decision to make flourand grain in transit to the enemy contraband is evidently hedged in by many difficulties of execution, but the foreign office believes that investigation will generally determine whether the grain is really meant for consumption at Lorenzo Marques or in the-Transvaal. Mr. Choate cabled Lord Salisbury’s note to the State Department at Washington to- night, and Colonel Hay is expected to reply accepting the terms. The latter step was not taken by Mr. Choate, as he had first to receive authority: from the State Depart- ment to do so. British Government’s Answer not Re- ceived. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Up to the close of office hours the answer of the British government to Mr. Choate’s representa- tions, as to the seizure of American flour and other goods, had not been received at the State Department. Nor has Mr. Choate vet indicated when an answer may be ex- pected and the State Department, hasing its judgment on the fact that it is still at the Ambassador’s request, collecting and trans- mitting to him information relative to the character of the goods needed for the full presentation of the case, scarcely expects an immediate answer. It would, of course, be gratified at an early response. but the feeling is that anything received at this moment must he a partial answer or rather a communication that is calculated to throw the matter into the argumentative stage. Arrival of Roberts and Kitchener. LONDON, Janu. 11.-—4 a. m.—During the interlude of apparent military inactivity and official secrecy, Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener have arrived at the seat of war. It is assumed that their clearer vision, sup- ported by 35,000 fresh men who are due to arrive in South Africa within thirty days, will alter the situation and that the fourth month of the campaign will witness the be- ginning of victories for the British. They are not, however, expected to pro- duce definite results for some days, but their mere presence will restore the shaken confidence of the men at the front in their generals. Lord Roberts finds 120,000 men on the defensive watching for an opening. : There is an uneasy suspicion that, when the Ladysmith casualties are announced, they will be disheartened and partly des- troy the patriotic glow produced by Gen- eral White’s ‘‘victory.”’ The list of victims of disease given by the war office gives twenty-two deaths from enteric fever and dysentery in Lady- smith in four days revealing the fact that the besieged are existing among bad sani- tary conditions. The Standard summarizes the general situation thus: ‘* Well the campaign has lasted three months. We have something like 150,000 troops in South Africa. With this huge army distributed over the country we are still powerless to’ relieve three garrisons from investment. We have still to free large portions of both colonies from the hands of the enemy. ‘‘We have driven the invaders back at no single point. We are actually further from the hostile frontiers than’ we were on the day that the ultimatum was delivered. The work which ministers believed could be effectually performed with, 25,000 men has not been done, has not even been be- gun, by four or five times that number. ‘Can ‘anyone fail to'admit that there is evi- dence ‘of a. grave miscaleulagion: of force and facts 2”? Fis Ie eo mm } Tremendous Outburst of Enthusiasm. LoNDoON, Jan 11.—The Cape Town cor- respondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing Monday, says: : “The Boer successes have been followed by a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm and Boer sympathy in western part of the colony. Reports from Pearl says the whole district is made hideous at night by bands of young men parading in the village and singing the Transvaal volkslied, while the children are everywhere practicing the na- tional songs of the Republic. The follow- ing are specimens of statements believed by the western Dutch: ‘‘ ‘Buller and Rhodes are prisoners,’ and ‘Two thousand Boers ‘secretly sailed and captured Cape Town.’ ”’ Lost Heavily and Surrendered. RENSBURG, Cape Colony, Monday, Jan. 8.—It is reported here officially, with reference to the disaster to the First bat- talion of the Suffolk regiment, that Lieu- tenant Colonel Watson marched the regi- ment in close column to the top of the hill at midnight. He assembled the officers and was addressing them, just at daybreak, when the enemy volleyed at a distance of thirty paces. The colonel, his adjutant and two other officers were killed. The Suffolks, who had scarcely fired a shot, fled back to the pickets about a thou- sand yards away, some one having shouted “Retire.” About 140, however, remain- ed lost heavily and finally surrendered. Operations since have been unimportant. Several reconnaissances have been made and these show that the enemy is jealously guarding his communications to the north. ADDITIONAL LOCALS.’ — They have 13in. ice on the dam at Woodward. ——The time for holding the spring elections will be Tuesday, February 20th. eee QA eee. ——Miss Traoy Leathers, of Mt. Eagle, has come to Bellefonte to take sewing lessons. * HR ER —1In two days recently George Hea- ton, the Runville blocksmith, sharpened and drove 98 shoes. 9 ——1It is estimated that upwards of two hundred rafts will be floated on the West Branch next spring. ha ——F'rancis J. Rhoades expects to have his new creamery at Pennsylvania Furnace in operation by February 1st. ee Qf rr ——A fire in the Lycoming rubber works, at Williamsport, on Tuesday, threw about 600 hands temporarily out of employment. Ee ——1I. D. Gresh, of Milton, is conducting a singing class at Zion, that will wind up with a big concert on Saturday night, Jan. 20th. EHR ——Harry Wagner, formerly of the mill- ing firm of Wagner Bros., at Roopsburg, has bought ‘the Sellers farm at Oak Hall and will move there in the spring. ——Deputy prothonotary Arthur Kim- port has been confined to his home on Bishop street all week with an attack of tonsilitis and other troubles. CL e———ete ——A boy named Brown threw a stone through the large plate glass window in the front of the McGinley cigar store on the Diamond on Saturday. ——James Condo, a retired farmer of Boalsburg, is reported to be seriously ill with pneumonia. His condition was slight- ly worse yesterday. ———— ——Daniel M. Clemson, formerly of Cen- tre county, but now of Pittsburg, was elect- ed one of the board of managers of the great H. C. Frick Coke Co., on Wednes- day. eis a tiie ——Rev. T. Levan Bickel, of this place, preached in the St. Luke’s Reformed church, Lock Haven, last evening. It was the opening service in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary at the church. ——Ellis L. Shaffer, of Madis onburg, and Judge Thos. F. Riley, of Boalshurg, are two prominent Democrats of the coun- ty who have been quite sick recently. Mr. Shaffer is reported to be improving, but Judge Riley was worse yesterday. RR DL ——Mr. Lyone Shay and Miss Ester Roberts were married at the home of the bride’s father, Alfred Roberts, on Penn street, last evening. Rev. Dr. Stephens, of the Methodist church, performed the ceremony. ————e ——W. M. Shaw, who was one of Clear- field’s prominent citizens twenty years ago, died at Findley, Ohio, on Sunday. He had been making his home there with Jacob Truby. He was at one time cashier of the County National bank, Clearfield. rr Ql rn ——Col. W. F. Reeder entertained the members of the Centre county Bar Asso- ciation and the court house officials at his fine home on the hill last evening. Dinner was served the guests at 6 o'clock and like all the entertainments at the Reeder home it was a delightful success. EE ——Willard Barnhart, MocCalmont and Co’s. obliging clerk at their lower office, is beaming over the advent of a young son in his family. Baby Barnhart is eight years younger than the youngest of his sisters and as he has four of them hestands a good chance of becoming a thorough autocrat. re Qf rere ——The timely appearance of William Slagle, fireman at ‘the saw mill north of Madisonburg, probably saved that proper- ity from destruction by fire last Thursday morning. As it was 25ft. of belting, part of the roof, a tool chest and the oil were burned before he could get the fire out. - a Apes ——Next week we will publish full acoount of the ‘brilliant wedding of Prof.” R. J. Snyder, of Jacksonville, to Miss Cora Margaret Long, a daughter of W. H. Long Esq., of that place, which was celebrated at the bride’s home on Wednesday even- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Long are now on a wedding tour to Washington and other southern cities. ——1In our notice of the death of Eman- uel Sunday last week, it might have ap- peared that the lamented Ferguson town- ship citizen had starved to death; owing to a cancer in his throat that prevented his taking solid foods. Such was not the case, however, as Mr. Sunday was able to take sufficient nourishment in liquid form to have sustained life had it not been for other complications. So ec ——While J. C. Berry, was smoking meat at his home at Loganton, on Wed- nesday, a stick of dynamite and four or five caps he had in the smoke house, be- came ignited and went off. All the hams, sausage, other meats and the smoke house went up together and so far as recovering them is concerned they haven’t come down yet. Fortunately no one was near when the explosion occurred. ——At a recent meeting of the citizens Hook and Ladder Co., of Milesburg, the following officers were elected : President, Frank Baird; vice president, Melvin Derr; corresponding secretary, Herbert Has- singer; financial secretary, Alvin R. Smith; treasurer, James B. Noll; foreman, James B. Noll; 1st Ass’t. Samuel Swarm; 2nd Ass’t. George Sheckler; trustees, George Sheckler, Samuel Swarm, Emanuel L. Noll Jr.; delegate to state convention, James B. Noll; alternate, John Shultz; delegate to districv convention, Frank Baird; alternate, Robert Broom. PO me THE Boss PORKER.—D. Y. Wagner, of Houserville, butchered the boss porker, on Tuesday, and is now busy setting up the cigars to those who guessed out its weight. It tipped the beam at 650 lbs. and among the close guessers were anditor Wm. Tib- bens, who predicted 660 1bs. for its carcass and his son, who guessed exactly the right figures. Mr. Wagner is one of the county’s strong prohibitionists and if he could fatten up his party’s vote like he can porkers it would be a factor worth considering at elections. ———ete BA1sor-EpMIsTON.—Samuel Baisor and Miss Mollie Edmiscon were married ab State College Wednesday evening by Rev. W. F. D. Noble, of the Methodist church. The groom is one of the best known and most progressive young men in the Buffalo- run valley, while his bride is a very ac- complished young woman, who is well known here, where she made her home for several years. Both have many friends here who will wish them joy in their life together.
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