~ — Bemorray acon, Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 26, 1900. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebpitor. Terms oF SusscriprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance........cccouuunenn. Paid before expiration of year. ie Paid after expiration of year............ Democratic County Committee for 1900. J. K. JonxnsroN, Chairman, Secretaries. Jonx~ J. Bower, W. HArriSON WALKER, P. O. Address. Bellefonte Precinct. Name. Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford “« S WP. H. Gerrity, €e WwW Ww Geo. R. Meek, se Centre Hall Boro J.D. Dauberman, Centre Hall Howard te Abe Weber, Howard Milesburg “¢ Homer Carr, Milesburg Millheim 5 J. C. Smith, Millheim Unionville E. M. Griest, Fleming Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens Philipsburg fe 2nd W Ira Howe, ke £8 srd WA. J. Graham, id State College Boro Reuben Glenn, State College S. Philipsburg Henry Wilcox, Philipsburg Benner Twp. N P J. F. Grove, Bellefonte ee SP S H Hoy, " Boggs Twp. N PW. E. Brown, Yarnell $t E P J.C. Barnhart, Roland $e W P Lewis Aikey, Wingate Burnside Twp. Oscar Holt, Moshannon College t J. A. Williams, Lemont Curtin £4 W. J. Quay, Romola Ferguson “E P N.'T. Krebs, Pine Grove Mills * ‘“W P John H. Miller, Rock Springs Gregg Twp. N P Geo. F. Weaver, Penns Cave te E P Jas. C. Condo, Penn Hall * W P Jno. Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W P, Wm. Winklebleck, Coburn re E P M. O. Stover, Woodward Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Loveville Harris te 0. W. Stover, Boalsburg Howard $¢ Joseph Dunkle, Mt. Eagle Huston £6 Aaron Fahr, Julian Liberty J. P. Linn, Blanchard Marion te J. W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp EP Dan’l W. Harter, Rebersburg to W P Edward Miller, Centre Mills ce M P Jno. M. Moyer, Rebersburg Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Buffalo Run Penn 6€ J. F. Garthoft, Coburn Potter ¢“ 8S P Reuben Colyer, Colyer 4 “ N P D.K. Keller, Centre Hall Rush “ N P. Wm. Frank, Philipsburg ge “ 8 P John J. Wayne, Osceola Mills Snow Shoe EP Martin McLaughlin,Snow Shoe fe “ W P Wm. Kerns, Moshannon Spring Twp. N PJ. W. Hepburn, Bellefonte ee, S P W. H. Noll Pleasant Gap 44 W P Philip Garbrick, Bellefonte Taylor Twp. J. T. Merryman, Hannah Union Samuel Emerick, Fleming Lamar Walker Twp E P Ira C. Ohl, « °M P J. D.Miller, H W P Boyd Noll, Worth P. W. Young, Hublersburg Zion Port Matilda Ward Caucus Meetings. The Democratic voters of the Borough of Bellefonte are hereby notified that the sev- eral ward caucus meetings will be held on Saturday evening, January 27th, at 7:30 o'clock. The purpose of the caucuses will be to nominate candidates for Ward offices and to choose conferees to the Borough which court house immediately after the several conference, will convene in the caucuses. NorTH WARD caucus will meet in the office of Fortney and Walker. SouTH WARD caucus will meet in the Register’s office, in the court house. WEST WARD caucus will meet in the WATCHMAN office. The Local Political Situation. It is a theory that confronts the local politician up to this time. Tonight the Republicans will take the first step and to- morrow night the Democrats will complete the work of resolving it into a condition. There has not been more than the usual in- terest manifested in the borough elections, but they are likely to wax exceedingly warm hefore the day for voting comes, on Feb. 20th. The four important offices of burgess, tax collector, over-seer and treasurer are to be filled, as well as several ward vacancies in council and on the school board. Of course any attempt to name candidates at this time would be purely in the nature of guessing, nevertheless the lines seem close enough drawn to state that the entire ticket will be made up of young men. W. HARRISON WALKER Esq., will un- doubtedly be the Democratic nominee for burgess and it is almost a certainty that EpMUND BLANCHARD Esq., will be pitted against him. Both are young lawyers and a pretty fight is likely to be the result. Mr. WALKER is handicapped by a large adverse majority to start with, but the run he made for auditor last year against an old politician and the phenomenal result in the precinets in which he did his person- al work lead to the belief that it will be a very doubtful contest. As Mr. BLANCH- ARD is to be named as a compromise candi- date between the HASTINGS and QUAY fac- tions in the town it might not be out of place to ask him when he left the former gang to become a middle-of-the-roader. For tax-collector HUGH S. TAYLOR will have no opposition for a renomination and would have had no opposition for election had not a few misguided Republicans prac- tically forced G. W. REES into the field. He will be the nominee of the other side, but he goes into the fight in such a half- hearted way as to leave no doubt of its out- come. There is no gainsaying Mr. REES’ fitness for the position and his reputation for integrity, but he feels, himself, like most other people that Cap’t. TAYLOR has been so exceptionally satisfactory that he should have it again, if he wants it. For overseer of the poor the Democratic nominee will probably be the present in- cumbent, DANIEL EBERHART, while SAM- UEL GAULT, J. W. HOUSER and R. S. BROUSE will contest for the nomination of the Republicans, with the fight between GAULT and BROUSE. The latter will prob- ably win, as it is part of the new harmony scheme to put a QUAY man on the ticket somewhere and BROUSE is picked out as the most available one. Present borough treasurer CoOK has ex- pressed no intention of giving up his job and, of course, that means that he has to be renominated. The Democrats will prob- ably pit W. H. RUNKLE Esq., against this official of fifteen years standing. In the various ward offices very little in- terest is being taken, though itis being whispered around that councilmen favor- able to the Edison Electric Co. will have the preference. The story goes that a new street lighting contract is to be made and as the one made last year had all the op- tions in favor of the lighting company it is not unlikely that an advance in the rate will confront the new council when it comes to contract for street lighting. The only other offices over which there is any talk at all are those of justice. In the North ward T. F. ADAMS will probably be the Democratic nominee, with either W. H. Musser or H. H. HARSHBERGER against him. In the South and West dis- trict JoHN KEICHLINE is the only man in the field up to this time, though they say that A. LUKENBACH would accepta nomi- nation and make a fight for the office. ‘Whatever the results may be it is always good polities to make the fights at the primaries. Don’t wait until a man is on your ticket and then go to stabbing him, but see that he doesn’t get on, if you are opposed to him. Then if, after making a fight against him at the primaries, you find yourself beaten accept it gracefully, for he has shown greater strength than you and must necessarily be that much nearer the wish of the majority. : The Monument Fund Helped Along. The report of the grand jury on Wednes- day, in which it recommends the appropri- ation of $5,000 by the county towards the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument fund is the most substantial help that movement has yet received. It was the second grand jury to recommend the out lay, so that under the Act of May, 1895, the county commis- sioners are now ‘‘authorized’’ to complete or aid in the erection of a suitable monu- ment to the memory of all deceased soldiers and sailors of the county. With this nucleus, the appropriations al- ready made by the Centre County Veter- an’s Association and the help the public schools are expected to give the work may be expected to go forward at once. While the commissioners are not bound to pay the sum they are ‘‘authorized’’ to do it and the movement is so popular with the people that they may be expected to do their full share. The recent action of the Superior court in affirming’ the decision of judge LovE holding former sheriff CONDO respon- sible for the burning of the GOODMAN property at the time of the arrest of Wm. ETTLINGER, the Woodward murderer, has caused considerable agitation among the peoplé of Centre county. It will involve the sheriff and his deputies in losses to the amount of nearly fourteen hundred dollars and the glaring injustice of it is that they are to be made suffer for having done their duty. heirs should not lose the value of their building, but it is equally true that sheriff CoNDo should not be forced to pay them for is. The county should pay that bill and if nothing can be done from that source the WATCHMAN proposes to start a general subscription to lift the unjust burden. We believe that the justice loving people of Centre county will not permit such an out- rage upon a faithful official, who was serv- ing them. ——Of the twenty-eight million mem- bers of religious denominations in the United States a little less than a third of them are Catholics, less than a fourth are Methodists, about one seventh are Baptists and the denominational representation runs from that down to the Schwenkfeldians, of whom there are three hundred and six in the country. Barking at the Heels of the President. From the Pittsburg Post. A zealous prohibitionist, Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, not unknown for his radicalism in this region, lately charged in the good city of Boston that President McKinley ‘‘on a certain private occasion drank champagne.”’ The Philadelphia ‘‘Press’”’ foolishly takes up half a column defending the President from the tremendous crime, and seeks to prove it a lie. The charge whether true or false, was a bit of meddling impertinence and should have been passed over with contemptuous silence. If the President thought a glass of champagne good for his digestion and comfort, he had a right to in- dulge in it, without consulting Dr. Crafts. No one has ever accused him of excess of any kind. A President of the United States who assumes the power of declaring war should certainly be trusted to the ex- tent of a glass of wine. The President has some rights as well as a private citizen, and in his private concerns and habits should not be annoyed by impudent one- idea fanatics. Dr. Crafts started the story with a glass of wine, but when it got down to the heels of his following it probably grew to a hottle of gin. That’s the way with such stories. President Cleveland and his family suffered by them to an ex- tent that shamed the whole country by the grossness and vulgarity with which they were exaggerated, and the worst of it was the lies sprang from the ‘‘unco guid’’ of the Crafts type, who relish a scandal moré than they do wholesome truth. Chaplain Shields Dismissed. From the Army of the United States, to Take effect Feb. 1st. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 54.—Post Chaplain David H. Shields has been dismissed from the army of the United States, to take ef- fect on Feb. 1, and Rev. Edmund T. East- erbrook, of New York, has peen selected for appointment to the vacancy. The ac- tion in the case of Chaplain Shields was the result of court martial proceedings. He was tried at San Francisco for conduct un- becoming an officer and a gentlemen, in consequence of the use of intoxicating liquor, and was convicted and sentenced to be dismissed. The case came before the president in the usual course of procedure, and he ap- proved the sentence yesterday, directing it to take effect on the 1st prox. Chaplain Shields is a native of Pennsylvania and has been in the service since Aug. 16, 1897. His alleged transgressions occurred while en- route to San Francisco, in compliance with an order to join the army in the Philip- pines. 'Tis true that Mrs. GOODMAN'S | — Death of John Ruskin. Great Critic Finally Succumbs to Influenza and Old Age. Was Eighty-One Years of Age. He Had Been In Very Feeble Health for Many Months—The Great Influence of His Writings Upon English Art. Serv- ice to the Modern Schools. LONDON, January 20. —John Ruskin died at his home at Brantwood today. He had been steadily failing in body and mind for many months. Jobn Ruskin, born in London, February 8th, 1819, was intended by his father, a prosperous wine merchant, for a clergyman. One of his earliest recollections was that of pounding a red cushion with a baby fist, while uttering the solemn adjuration, ‘People be good ;’’ and the enforced memo- rizing of long chapters of Scripture in child- hood permanently influenced his literary style, in the judgment of all critics. As Christ college, Oxford, where he en- tered in 1833, young Ruskin won the New- digate prize with his poem ‘‘Salsette and Elephanta,’”’ descriptive of the dawn of Christianity in India. At this intellectunal- ly formative stage he came under the in- flaence of two great personalities—Carlyle and Turner—and his services were forever lost to the ministry of religion and won over to the worship of the ideal in art and literature. His first book ‘‘Modern Painters,’ pub- lished anonymously in 1843, was a bomb in the camp of criticism, inasmuch as it passionately protested the superiority of the old, adducing Turner as its supreme example. At almost one stroke the work established his reputation as an art critic and the standard heso fearlessly laid down in the face of all convention has now been finally accepted by the art world. In 1846, during his stay in Venice, “Modern Painters’’ was revised, enlarged. republished and further volumes continued to appear until 1860. The masters under whom Ruskin studied painting were Cop- ley, Fielding and Harding. Believing as he did .that the industrial basis of modern society is vicious and un- Christian in its make-up, he did not con- tent himself with stacting in 1871 a semi- socialistic society called ‘*The Guild of St. George,”” which died as the Brook Farm colony in America died; on coming into a handsome inheritance he distributed the equivalent of $85,000 among his poorer re- latives. The story of Ruskin’s marriage to and separation from Miss Euphemia Gray, now Lady Millais, is a curious one, deeply in- dicative of his sincerity and unselfishness —and, it might be said, eccentricity. Itis said that he proposed the marriage on terms avowedly platonic, and that upon discover- ing that the relation did not satisfy a young girl’s heart, he was most willing to arrange for adivorce. Subsequently she married Sir John Millais, Ruskin’s close friend, whose well-known picture, ‘‘The Hugenot Lovers,” contains her faithful portrait. The real tragedy of his life came later and from a different source, rumor declaring that at 53 he fell in love with a pupil much his junior, who returned his attachment, but could not overlook differences in their religious perspectives. She died and Rus- kin never re-married. The later years of Ruskin’s life were passed in sadness and seclusion on his country place at Coniston, on whose decora- tion he had in happier years spent over $80,000. The utilitarianism and material- ism of the age deeply oppressed him; his mind lost its vigor, and he was subject to attacks of melancholia. Ruskin was a most prolific writer. A partial list of his best known works in- cludes, besides those already mentioned, ‘‘Sesame and Lilies,’ ‘‘Ethics of the Dust’’ ‘“The Queen of the Air,”’ ‘‘Fors Clavigera,’’ ‘The Lord’s Prayer and the Church,” ‘‘Praeterita,a Biography ;’’ ‘Political Econ- omy of Art,” ‘“The Two Paths’’ (lectures) ‘The Crown of the Wild Olives,” ‘‘Aratra Pentilici,”’ six lectures on elements of sculpture, 1872; ‘‘Ariadne Florentina,’’ six lectures on wood and metal engraving, 1872; ‘‘Love’s Meinie,’’ lectures on Greek and English birds; ‘‘Proserpina,”’ ‘‘Morn- ings in Florence,” ‘‘St. Mark's Rest.’ Buller Stands Still. Sends a Carefully Worded Message to the War Of- fice. May Have Attacked Last Night. Warren Holds the Ridges but Boer Position is Higher—If British Advance Across the Open the Loss Would be Great. The Artillery Duel Continues. LONDON, Jan. 24.—a. m.—Gen. Buller’s great turning movement, of which so much had been expected, has come to a stand- still. His carefully worded message to the war office telling this, after a silence of two days, reads like an apology and an ex- planation. General Warrcn holds the ridges, but the enemy’s positions are higher. The British artillery is playing on the Boer positions and the Boers are replying. The British infantry is separated by only 1,400 yards from the enemy, but an approach to the steep slopes across the bare open would ex- pose the British to a fatal rifle fire. General Buller’s plans have reached their developments. He declines to send his infantry across this zone against for- midable positions hy daylight, and dis- closes his purpose to assault the Spion kop heights during the night. This appears to be the key to the Boer defenses. If he takes it and thus commands the adjacent country, an important and possibly a de- cisive step will be accomplished. It seems that General Buller’s dispatch reached the war office rather early in the night, and was the subject of a prolonged conference between Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Balfour and several staff officials. A deter- mination appears to have been reached not to give out the message during the night, but toward 2 a. m., copies of the dispatch were made for distribution among the newspaper offices. These arrived too late for extended comment. HERE IS BULLER’S TELEGRAM. LONDON, January 23—2.15. a. m.—Con- trary to the announcement made shortly before midnight by the war office that noth- ing further will be issued until Wednesday forenoon, the following dispatch from Gen- eral Buller, dated at Spearman’s Camp, January 23rd, 6.20 p. m., has just been posted : “Warren holds the position he gained two days ago. In front of him, at about 1,400 yards, is the enemy’s position, west of Spion’s kop. It is on higher ground than Warren's position, so it is impossible to see into it properly. ‘It can be approached only over bare, open slopes, and the ridges held by Warren are 80 steep that guns cannot be placed on them. But we are shelling the enemy’s position with howitzers and field artillery, placed on lower ground, behind infantry. “The enemy is replying with creusot and other artillery. In this duel the advan- tage rests with us, as we appear to be search- ing his trenches, and his artillery fire is not causing us much loss. “An attempt will be made to-day to seize Spion kop, the salient of which forms the left of the enemy’s position facing Trichard’s Drift and which divides it from the position facing Potgieter’s Drift. It has considerable command over all the en- emy’s entrenchments. LADYSMITH HEARD THE FIRING. The Daily Chronicle publishes the fol- lowing heliograph message from Lady- smith, dated January 55, by way Swart kop January 23; ‘Yesterday we could see British shells bursting close to the Boer camp on the plateau this side of Potgieter’s Drift, but thie camp still remains in position there to- day. “We heard very heavy firing all - this morning, ' The bombardment here is lack, but the Boer hig gun on Mount, Bulwana is still firing.” DUTCH COLONISTS HAVE THEIR SYMPA- THIES. A correspondent of the Daily Coronicle at Sterkstrom, telegraphing Monday, says: ‘‘Many Dutch colonists, although ostensi- bly loyal, really sympathize with the Boers and keep them posted regarding all British movements. They discharge rockets and make other probable signals to the enemy. A general rising, however, is no longer feared.” : WILL EXCHANGE PRISONERS. According to a special dispatch from Pre- toria, it is reported there that fourteen cor- nets will be exchanged for fourteen British officers. DISCOVERED MORE BOERS. GABERONES, Bechuanaland, January 17—VIA LORENZO MARQUES, January 23— A reconnoitering soldier this morning found the Boers on the Basuto hill, which the British, supported by an armored train, occupied. Later to-day the cyclist scouts reconnoitered the Boer main laager, ten miles south of Fort Gaberones. They de- scribe it as large and strongly entrenched. The Boer’s continue the destruction of the railroad near Crocodile Pools. BURGHERS TELL OF THE FIGHTING. BOER LAAGER, LADYSMITH, Monday, January 11.—A battle has been raging along the Oliver's Hoek road, since Sat- urday, between the Boers, under Preto- rius, and 6,000 British. The fighting is in full swing at Spion’s kop. The Boers un- der Botha and Cronje have been sent else- where. President Steyn was under fire at the foremost position of the Free Staters. Eyre’s Body Found. Undoubted Evidence that He was Fouily Murd ered PHILADELPHIA, January 51-—The mys- tery surrounding the disappearance of George B. Eyre, of Chester, Pa., on De- cember 21, was partially solved to-day when the body of Eyre was found on the shore of Raccoon Island in the Delaware river, near Chester. There is every indica- tion that Eyre was murdered as a great hole was found in the head, just back of the right ear. When found the feet were tied with a rope. It is believed that a stone had originally been tied to the feet to keep the body un- der water. Theonly thing found on the body was a key to his locker in the Alpha boat club, of Chester, of which he was a prominent member. His watch and rings were missing and only part of his watch chain was attached to his gunning suit. An inquest will be held to-morrow. The disappearance of Eyre caused a sen- sation in Chester, where he was well known. He left the boat house on the morning of December 21 in his gunning skiff for a day’s duck shooting and never eturned. Foul play was suspected and arge rewards were offered for information -@8:40- his whereabouts, dead ‘or alive: Farts of the skiff were found; which strength-. ened the theory of murder. Suspicion fell on James Pierce, of Chester as know- ing something of Eyre’s disappearance, and on January 5 he was arrested on the charge of robbing the Alpha Boat club. He is now under bail. Canal or Drain-Pipe. From the New York World. There are now two projects for an isth- mian canal—the Panama and the Nicara- guan- Each has numerous physical and geo- graphical advantages and disadvantages that may be fairly said to offset one another with the reservation that the most difficult part of the Nicaraguan route has never been thoroughly examined and is the suv- ject or much controversy. ‘The Panama project is now wholly under the control of a syndicate of Americans, who purpose to complete the work, already almost half done, and who ask nosubsidies or assistance of any kind. They propose a neutral canal, open to all countiies in war and in peace. ' The Nicaraguan project is tied up in some complex way with a bankrupt syndi- cate of American politicians and political capitalists. It bas been planned and work- ed at, but the route has never been proper- ly surveyed, and the estimates of the cost vary from $75,000,000 to ‘‘upward of $135, 000,000.’ Each House of Congress now has before it in shape for a vote a bill authorizing the Nicaragua and Costa Rica ‘‘control of such portion of territory as may be desirable and necessary on which to excavate, con- struct and defend this canal.”” The presi- dent is given practically a free hand to con- struct this canal and the two great artificial harbors which must be dug and built at its ends, and also the vast and costly fortifica- tions. : One hundred and forty million dollars are to be turned over to him, presumably as a ‘‘starter.”” And be may spend this money practically as he may see fit. At the present time the first Commission which ever had the facilities for thorough investigation of istbmian routes is at work trying to find out which is the better, and what a canal over the Nicaragua route would cost, so far as cost can be foreseen where knowledge of the factors is at best so limited. But the Nicaraguists are de- termined that there shall be no delay. They say that, regardless of the relative commercial merits of the two routes and no matter how much the Nicaragua Canal will cost, the Goverment must build it as a military measure. They pooh-pooh the idea that we ought to pay any attention to the hitherto wuni- versally accepted theory that such a canal should be neutral. They disregard the ob- jections that, however elaborate the fortifi- cation guarding the canal, one man in one night hour could with a few sticks of dynamite put the canal out of commission for months, and by a few minutes run put himself out of danger over the borders of Nicaragua or Costa Rica. They ignore the point that we will maintain large fleets on both our ocean coasts anyhow, and that we could strengthen our defenses far more ef- fectively and cheaply by additional ships on each coast than by building, maintain- ing and garrisoning fortifications in Central America and guarding the harbors with fleets of war ships. They are impatient of any suggestion that the main purposes of a canal are peaceful .and commercial, and that the idea of a military canal through foreign countries is novel enough to require examination at least. Their agitation and their haste raise two questions. First. Are the Nicaraguists alarmed by the news of the revival of the Panama pro- ject on a practical basis? Do they see a huge political job imperiled by a few months more of delay and discussion? Second. Do the people wish a canal that will connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific; or do they wish a drain-pipe from the ocean of their wealth to the bottomless and boundless abyss of public waste and political jobbery? The Old Lady Knew a Thing or Two. From an Unknown Exchange. A recently wedded Coudersport couple sent ont a large number of wedding in- vitations, among which was one to an old lady. The cards were swell affairs, and one corner bore the inscription : ‘Children not expected.” After adjusting her specs and scanning the card closely the old lady said : “*That’s all right, but they’ll come just the same.” ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——Miss Mary McMahan has been ap- pointed to collect the tax duplicates for ’96, ’97 and ’98 in Houtzdale. QA Ap ty ——Mrs. Walter, of Coburn, has so far recovered from her recent illness as to be able to be moved from Michael Everett's to her home at Albert Keener’s, in Aarons- burg. SRA gga ——It is rumored that T. F. Meyer, a Coburn merchant, is about to sell his store to T. B. Everett, of Trout Run. Mr. Everett was formerly in the mercantile business in Coburn. a — ie ——DRev. Owen Hicks, of Montandon, who was on the Penns-valley circuit of the Methodist church ten years ago, was at Kreamerville and Millheim to preach to his old congregations last Sunday. ——On Wednesday Governor Stone ap- pointed Col. R. H. Thomas, of Mechanics- burg, a member of the State Board of Agri- culture, in place of Hon. Leonard ‘Rhone, of Centre Hall. The reason given is that Mr. Rhone has not been in sympathy with the state administration, which is certain- ly not to his discredit. el ——Rev. Noble has been conducting one of the most spirited revivals ever known of in Centre county Methodism, iv the church at State College. Up to Wednesday even- ing there had been forty-six conversions, with ten penitents still at the altar. All the ministers at the College have been as- sisting with the work. —— ——Ferguson township has just had its first taste of the new compulsory education law. Some time ago Isaac Gates was re- turned for not sending his children to school. He was bound over for court, without being heard, and when he got here he showed that his children had been too sick to attend. The result has been costs for Ferguson. dats 5 ——— eet “ Wu. B. EcKLEY.—William B. Eckley died at his home along ‘the mountain above Coleville “about three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, with Bright’s disease; his death having been so sudden as to be a great shock to his many friends in this place. He bad been ill for about a week, but not 80 seriously as to confine him te his bed and when hesuddenly collapsed, while sit- ting in his chair, it was as unexpected as it was sad to the bereaved widow who has been left almost alone to hear the sorrows of many recent deaths in the family. Deceased was 69 years old and was born a short distance west of the little farm on which he spent most of his life. He was well known as a fruit grower and was a man of excellent character. He is surviv- ed by his widow and one daughter, Mis. Roland Miller, of this place. Two sisters, Sara and Matilda, are also living. Funeral services will be held from his late home this afternoon at 2 o’clock. I ll ll —— Mrs. Fietta Wolf, wife of Daniel Wolf, died at her home in Aaronsburg, on last Thursday morning, leaving behind her the memory of a true christian life. She wassummoned in the maturity of her years which were full of usefulness and good works. Mrs. Wolf was the daughter of William and Clara Tobias and was born in Berks county, Dec. 9th, 1828. She married Daniel Wolf in 1849 and four children were born to them, three of whom are living : Chas. of Aaronsburg; Thomas, of Fireside, Ohio; and Mus. Charles Miller, of Rebers- burg. Revs. Gerhart and Brown conduct- ed funeral services over her remains at the Wolf chapel, east of Aaronsburg, on Mon- day, and burial was made in the family lot there. I ll I ——Thomas G. Hutchison, aged 51, died at his home at Point Lookout, near Philips- burg, last Friday, with heart disease. He was a native of Lewisburg and during the Civil war served with honor. His widow, with son Chester and two daughters sur- vive him. The funeral was conducted on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Tomkinson, of the Philipsburg Methodist church,and serv- ices at the grave were in charge of the John W. Geary post, G. A. R., of which he was a member. ll ll ll ——Mus. 8. J. Lansberry, of Philipsburg, died in a Philadelphia hospital Tuesday night. She had undergone an operation on the previous Saturday and was thought to be recovering when she suddenly collapsed. She was 42 years old and is survived by her husband. I Ih I ——Mrs. Sarah M. Huston MoBride, a sister of Mrs. James P. Coburn and of Mrs. Evelyn Huston Rogers, of this place, and of Dr. James Huston, of Lamar, died at her home in Princeton, Iowa, on Friday last. She was the wife of Rev. James McBride, of that place. A Letter from the Philippines. The following letter is the joint product of John H. and Perry Simler, sons of Cap’t. Harry Simler, of Philipsburg, who are now serving with Co. I, 17¢h U. S. Inf, in the Philippines. The letter was written to their sister, Mrs. Forest L. Bullock, of Milesburg, and we publish such extracts from is as will be of interes to their friends, in general, at home. Bavamsang, Dec. 2nd, 1899. * * * * Having had no chance to write since we left Angeles, on November 5th, we now take up our pen and the tissue like rice paper that doesn’t weigh so much as to make postage—if we had to pay any —expensive to tell you alittle more about our doings away off here. We have just completed a desperately hard march of almost’ 100 miles, during which we endured almost every hardship imaginable and had several engagements. The first was on Nov. 5th at Magalang, where we had eleven men wounded, but none killed. Our trophies were quite a number of the tawny skinned denizens of the rice dykes captured and killed. On the fol- lowing day, the 6th, we were ordered back along the line—our company—to help guard the ration road and a day later, the 7th, we were ordered back to Magalang; remaining there over night, and on the morning of the 8th we advanced on Mabalacat. The insurgents promptly deserted the town on our approach and we took it without the shot of a gun. Then our Regiment was sta- tioned between the two towns; covering a dis- tance of about seven miles. On the morning of the 11th we started out to take Conception. Our company was in advance and we had about four miles to march before turning off the main road toward our objective point.. We had only gone a short distance when we met the enemy. They had great trenches, but could not hold them. Their line was formed like a letter V, with the apex toward our advance, and they laid quiet until we had approached pretty near before opening fire. We formed lines on either side of the road and kept on advancing, but on account of the rice fields being so swampy it was difficult for us to advance very fast. Our progress was slow but sure as American grit and we drove them back further and further. Their firing was very desultory and finally ceased alto- gether. Then we reformed on the road and started a more orderly advance, but we had gone only a short distance, probably two miles, every inch of which we traversed under fire, when they opened on us again from reserve trenches. We were quickly deployed and went at them with a yell. It was certainly terrible for a while, but they couldn’t hold us off and finally went flying in all directions; leaving piles of dead and dying men behind. During the charge I had one of the closest calls I have had yet. A brass Remington ball passed between my haver-sack and my hip; striking my tin cup, ripped the side of it up and finally stop- ped along the bottom. I have it as a little relic of the campaign. After the charge our company being out of ammunition was ordered to the rear to wait on the ammunition train, but the rest of the column advanced and marched into Con- ception without another shot being fired. We followed them on through to Capas, where a short engagement followed. After going to the rear our company became the escort of two ambulance wagons, two 32-10 field guns and two escort wagons, all of which were stuck in the mud. Well, you never saw such a job as we had. First we had to get them across a large river, then over a swamp a mile in . width. Well, we got over the river, but we were like never to get out of that swamp. The horses were absolutely useless and most of our time and energy was taken up in helping one another out of the waist deep mud. And to make matters worse it finally begain to rain the coldest, wettest ,Tain we have had since being here. Finally, af- | ter about four hours of work we got through only to find our course balked by another river that had been swollen so by the rain that the task of getting our wagons and guns over it was hope- less. A small detail was assigned to guard them over night and the rest of us marched on. We forded the river single file and as close together as possible so as to avoid accidental drowaing. We were in the water up to our eyes. It was about 9:30 p. m. then so you can imagine how we felt. Worn out by the excitement of fighting most of the day, exhausted by our struggles in the mud, drenched by a cold; beating rain and finally soaked by the water of that slimy river. We went into camp shortly after, but as we had left that morning with only a sandwich and it was an impossibility for our ration wagons to get up to us you may know how cheerless we felt drying our wet clothes about those cheerful camp fires. We got no rations until the following night. Foraging yielded us a bag of rice, however, which we cooked and ate. Though it was only about half husked and tasted a good bit like oats, it was good all the same and kept “the big ones from eatin up the little ones” down in our innards. Atter laying in Capas two days we marched to Tarlac, which was supposed to be a Filipino strong-hold. Col. Bell marched into the place on the 12th without exploding a gun. We staid there until the 25th when we marched on towards Paniqui, striking the town of Genora on the way. At the latter place the native band was on the street playing as we passed through, so we ar- rived at Paniqui that night, finding it to be friendly also. Late that night we left by rail for Bayambang, where we are still stationed, but for how long I don’t know. I think the insurgent army is pretty well busted up, but there is no telling how long they will hold out as bands of guerillas. About the swellest time we have had about here for some time was on Thanksgiving. We had corned-beef for breakfast, beans for dinner and raw tomatoes for supper but the latter we garnish ed with 8 spring chickens that the six boys in our mess captured and the six of us had a good meal that day. There is absolutely nothing to buy in the small towns through which we pass so frequently, as the stores are all closed and we do not get a chance to get in to Manila, which is 100 miles to the south of us. John has been made a sergeant. Yours, JOHN H., Axo PERRY SIMLER. FOSTER’S PREDICTION OF WEATHER FOR THIS WEEK.—My last bulletin gave fore- casts of the storm wave to cross the con- tinent from 14th to 18th and the next will reach the Pacific coast about 18th, cross the west of Rockies country by close of 19th, great central valleys 20th to 22nd, Eastern States 23rd. Warm wave will cross the west of Rock- ies country about 18th, great central val- leys 20th; Eastern States 22nd. Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies country about 21st, great central valleys 23rd, Eastern States 25th. Temperature of the week ending Jan. 29th will average below normal in the central valleys, and about normal on the Pacific slope and in the Atlantic States. Sixth disturbance of Jan. will reach the Pacific coast about 24th, cross the west of Rockies country by close of 25th great cen- tral valleys 26th to 28th, Eastern States 29th. Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies country about 27th, great central valleys 29th, Eastern States 31st.
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