Demorraic Walden,
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 2, 1900.
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Democratic County Committee for 1900.
J. K. Jonxnsron, Chairman,
Secretaries.
Jonux J. BOWER, W. Harrison WALKER,
P. O. Address.
Bellefonte
Precinct. Name.
Bellefonte N W Jno. Trafford
‘6 S W P. H. Gerrity,
s W W Geo. R. Meek, i
Centre Hall Boro J.D. Danberman, Centre Hall
Howard te Abe Weber, Howard
Milesburg ** Homer Carr, Milesburg
Millheim ie J. C. Smith, Millheim
Unionville *¢ E. M. Griest, Fleming
Philipsburg 1st W J W Lukens
$6 2nd W Ira Howe,
“ srd W A. J. Graham, ee
State College Boro Reuben Glenn, State College
S. Philipsburg “ Henry Wilcox, Philipsburg
Benner Twp. N P J. F. Grove, Bellefonte
te S P 8. H. Hoy, ¥
Philipsburg
Boggs Twp. N PW. E. Brown, Yarnell
et E P J.C. Barnhart, Roland
€e W P Lew's a.key, Wingate
Burnside Twp. Oscar Holt, Moshannon
College x J. A. Williams, Lemont
Curtin xe 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
se E P Jas. C. Condo, Penn Hall
o* W P Jno. Smith, Spring Mills
Haines Twp. W P, Wm. Winklebleck, Coburn
$e E P M. O. Stover, oodward
Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Loveville
Harris ce 0. W. Stover, Boalsburg
Howard 4 Joseph Dunkle, Mt. Eagle
Huston te Aaron Fahr, Julian
Liberty 4 J. P. Linn, Blanchard
Marion te J. W. Orr, Walker
Miles Twp XP Dan’l W. Harter, Rebersburg
a) W P Edward Miller, Centre Mills
§¥ M P Jno. M. Moyer, Rebersburg
Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Buffalo Run
Penn 36 J. F. Garthoft, Coburn
Potter ¢“ 8S P Reuben Colyer, Colyer
te « NP UK. Keller Centre Hall
Rush “ N P Wm. Frank, Philipsburg
o “ S P John J. Wayne, Osceola Mills
Snow Shoe E Martin McLaughlin,Snow Shoe
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Pr
W P Wm. Kerns,
Moshannon
Spring Twp. N PJ. W. Hepburn, Bellefonte
- SP WH. Nol Pleasant Gap
$€ W P Philip Garbrick, Bellefonte
Taylor Twp. J. T. Merryman, Hannah
Union “ Samuel Emerick, Fleming
Walker Twp E P Ira C. Ohl, amar
$e M P J. D.Miller, Hublersburg
ge W P Boyd Noll, Zion
Worth P.'W. Young, Port Matilda
Will be Out Next Week.
The taxpayers of the county will, this
year. be compelled to wait one week longer
than usual for the regular statement of the
commissioners. Usually this document
goes out in the newspapers during the first
week of February, but the inability of the
auditors, who have worked earnestly and
continuously since the first day of Jan-
uary, to unravel, straighten out and un-
derstand the mixed np accounts that were
presented them and to complete their work
rendered it impossible for the commission-
ers to furnish in time for publication such
a statement of the county’s financial con-
dition as the taxpayers have a right to
expect.
It is believed thas the auditors will get
through with their work by to-morrow,
Saturday, in which case the statement will
be furnished every reader of a county
paper next week. It will bea document
well worth watching for and one that we
believe will prove a justification of every
charge preferred against the old board of
commissioners by the WATCHMAN last
fall.
Pointers for the Democracy.
The statement of BOURKE COCHRAN,
that he will vote for and support BRYAN,
should anti-imperialism be made the issue
in the coming contest, and the assurance of
ANDREW CARNEGIE that it matters not
what else its platform may contain if it
pledges the party against the unrighteous
efforts of McKINLEY to enforce his imper-
ialistic policy in the governments of the
islands he is seeking to control, that he
will join hands with the Democracy in ac-
complishing his defeat, shows very dis-
tinctly the trend of public opinion on this
most important question.
It was Democrats like COCHRAN and
Republicans like CARNEGIE, who four
years ago made Mr. McKINLEY President.
Four years of his rule and the perils that
now beset our Republican government,
growing ous of his ambitions, show them
the danger of longer continuing him in
power. To them, other questions may be
grave and important but none are so vital
or threatening as imperialism. And the
country is fall of just such men, with just
such opinions and purposes. As Mr.
COCHRAN avers ‘‘no party ever entered a
presidential canvass with an easier road to
success than that now open to the Democ-
racy.’
Have we the wisdom to take the righ
path ?
——There have been quite a number of
rulings lately as to the kind of relationship
that should exist between man and wife.
In fact the question has been dragged be-
fore the public in such unfavorable light
that the old ‘‘marriage is a failure’’ theorists
are being stirred into renewed life. Out in
Pittsburg a few days ago a judge was call-
ed upon to read the riot act toa wealthy,
but miserly, old resident because he had
given his wife only five dollars to spend in
twenty years. The judge told the selfish
old husband that a wife was not supposed
to appeal for money like a common beggar
and be sentenced him to give her seven dol-
lars a week. Only afew days ago, ina
California court room, a judge ruled in be-
half of the husbands who belong to the
night hawk class that it is not compulsory
for a man to furnisha detailed explanation
of any protracted nocturnal absence. So it
will be seen thas in California “at the olub’’
or ‘‘at lodge’’ can still be used to cover a
multitude of sins.
——The WATCHMAN will staré its CON-
DO reimbursement fund in next week’s
issue
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Open talk
ing Ladysmith to its fate,
Roberts reverts to the original plan of an
advance over the Orange river upon Bloem-
fontein.
To Ladysmith the disappointment must
be very bitter. A despatch from the Boer
laager near the town, dated Jan. 24th,
describes the garrison as ‘‘very evidently
preparing a desperate coup in order to ef-
fect a junction with General Buller’s ad-
vancing army.”’
It may be regarded as a certainty that,
in the confident hope of early relief, Sir
George White has lately been issuing ex-
tra rations, and this fact has given rise to
an exaggerated idea as to the length of
time the provisions would last.
IT’S EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL.
Even should it be decided to send Gen.
Buller reinforcements and to attempt to
reach Ladysmith by a movement through
the still more difficult country east of
Colenso, it is extremely doubtful whether
the garrison could hold out long enough,
as such a movement would occupy at least
a month.
The Times says: ‘‘The most carefully
planned and executed movement of the
whole campaign has entirely failed and it
can hardly be necessary to dwell upon the
extreme probability that we shall learn, a
little sooner or a little later, of a catas-
trophe almost without precedent in our
military history; a catastrophe, indeed,
without a parallel except the surrender at
Yorktown.
‘‘We are checked at every point of the
campaign. In fact, the campaign is still
to begin. We wish we had clearer proofs
that even now the governments has any
adequate comprehension of the situation.
The utterances of responsible ministers
have done nothing to reassure the country
on this point.
‘“‘Heavy or light, the thing has to be
done, and ihe government ought to pre-
pare for the immediate dispatch of 50,000
more men and to take steps to send yet
another 50,000, if these should be needed.
HOPELESS ATTEMPTS.
‘‘The hopeless attempts to carry on the
campaign with four widely separated
columns, each unequal $o its task, must be
abandoned for a concentration of force and
of purpose.’’
All tkz editorials this morning breathe
the spirit of calm determination. Not one
will allow that any reverse could deter the
country from the object it has set itself to
attain, whatever the sacrifices which may
be involved.
Very frank criticism of the government,
however, is beginning to be heard even in
quarters that have hitherto refrained. The
Daily Mail throws all the blame upon Sir
Michael Hicks, Lord Lansdowne and Lord
Wolseley. It points to President Lincoln’s
dismissal of Simon Cameron from the post
of Secretary of War as a precedent for ‘‘get-
ting rid of incompetent ministers.”’
The Morning Post dwells upon the danger
of further rebellion at the Cape and of possi-
ble European complications. It urges shat
the navy be prepared for ‘‘any emergency.’’
The Standard and other papers reflect the
anxiety of the publio to learn how much
truth there is in the Boer accounts of the
fighting at Spion Kop. Gen. Buller’s ob-
security in his dispatches is rather bitterly
criticised, as well as the evident fact that
the censor is not only heavily delaying but
is striking out all important matter from
the few newspaper dispatches. To judge
with any accuracy of the extent of the dis-
aster is virtually impossible.
Gen. Buller’s confidence that the Boers
did not molest his retreat because they had
been taught to respect the fighting powers
of the British soldier is not shared in Lon-
don. It is thought rather that the Boers
had some other plan in store, or did not
wish to waste their men.
Surrender or Else Skidaddle.
White Has Food to Last but One Week Longer.
NEw YORK, Jan. 30.—Advices from
London indicate that military associates of
Gen. White are of the opinion that he will
make a desperate attempt to break through
the Boer lines and escape from Ladysmith;
that, though such a movement would cost
a tremendous sacrifice of life, it would be
preferanle to surrender to the Boers.
The statement that Lord Roberts ad-
vised the abandonment of Ladysmith is not
generally credited in London, but, in view
of the fact that the supply of provisions
will not hold out for more than a week
loiger, it is not probable that any aid can
be rendered to Gen. White inside of that
time, and he will have but two courses
open—surrender or cut his way ous. Sev-
eral military experts in London are of the
opinion that the British in Kimberley, at
Modder river and on the Tugela will also
be left to work out their own salvation.
The war office continues to hold back
definite news in regard to the casualties at
Spion Kop resulting from Wednesday's
battle, but reports from various sources
state that the British losses were even
greater than indicated in the Boer dis-
patches of Sunday night. One report states
that the British casualties exceeded 1,800
dead and 1,000 wounded. In view of the
large number of officers reported killed—
twice as many as at Magersfontein and
four times as many as at Colenso—there is
reason to fear that the Boer report of the
British losses will prove nearly accurate.
Scouting Party Ambushed,
MANILA, Jan. 30.—A scouting party of
the Twenty- fifth infantry, while operating
near Subig, was ambushed by insurgents,
and a lieutenant and three privates were
killed and two or three privates wounded.
A company some distance in the rear, on
hearing the firing, hurried to the scene and
recovered the bodies. The local papers
assert, although the statement is not con-
firmed, that the insurgents lost forty in
killed and wounded.
Plerces Committed to Jail.
CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 26.—James and
Amos or ‘‘Pinney’’ Pierce were committed
to jail without bail by Alderman Smith
this afternoon, after a hearing that lasted
all afternoon, and the brothers will have to
answer at the Maroh term of court for the
murder of George B. Eyre on Deo. 21s last,
and whose body was found on Sunday last
on an island in the Delaware river at the
mouth of Raccoon creek.
Senator William Goebel Shot at Franh-
fort, Ky.
Was on Kis Way to the Capitol Building at the
e oj the Shootinig—H.t by Efile Bail of Smui
calibre.
NKFrorT. Ky. Jan. 30. —While wall
wh the capital grounds on jus way
viol butldimg, at ten minutes after
11 o'clock this morning, William Goebel,
the Democratic contestant for Governor,
was shot down and very dangerously
wounded.
Harland Whittaker, a farmer from But-
ler county, the home of Governor Taylor,
is now in jail at Louisville, charged with
the crime. There is no direct evidence
against Whittaker and he was placed under
arrest, more because he was caught around
the capitol building when the shots were
fired than for any other reason. He de-
nies in the most positive manner that he
had any connection with the shooting or
knew anything about it. He was running
toward the scene of the shooting when he
was arrested.
Senator Goebel was wounded by a rifle
ball of small calibre, which struck him in
the right side just below the arm pit.
The ball passed through the back part of
the right lung, across the body on a diag-
onal basis, passing below the left shoulder
blade. No vital organs were injured with
the exception of the right lung.
Mr. Goebel was on his way to the senate
chamber, in company with Colonel Jack
Chinn and Warden Eph Lillard, of the
Frankfort penitentiary. Mr. Lillard was
a few feet in advance of Goebel and Chinn,
who were walking side by side. Goebel
being on the right and Chinn upon the left.
From the outer edge of the capitol
grounds to the step of the capitol building
the distance is about 300 feet. Two-thirds
of this space had been passed and the men
were walking slowly, when suddenly a
shot rang out from a large three-story
building, which stands fifty feet east of the
capitol building. This building is used
as offices by nearly all the leading officials of
the State Governor Taylor and the Secre-
tary of State having rooms on the first
floor.
GOEBEL SINKS TO THE GROUND.
As the shot was heard, Goebel gave a
quick involuntary exclamation of pain and
made an effort to draw his own revolver.
His strength was unequal to the task, how-
ever, and he sank upon the pavement.
With great rapidity several more shots
were fired, the bullets striking the brick
sidewalk close to where Goebel lay. Noue
of them touched him, however.
Lillard and Chinn hastily jumped to §
Goebel’s aid.
In less than a minute a crowd of men
was around Goebel. He was losing much
blood and was becoming very weak. He
was hastily carried to the office of Dr. E.
E. Hume, in the basement of the Capitol
hotel, near where the shooting occurred.
Here he was laid on a sofa while Dr. Hume
made a hosty examination pronouncing the
wound, to be of a nature that must cause
death in a short time. Goebel showed
great fortitude and courage throughout.
He was then carried $o his room on the
second floor of the Capitol hotel, and in ad-
dition $0 Dr. Hume, Drs. McCormick and
Ely were summoned to attend him. After
a close examination of the wound, the doc-
tors announced that, while exceedingly
dangerous, it was nos necessarily fatal, un-
less complications or blood poisoning should
set in
The bullet which struck Mr. Goebel was
fired from a window in the center of the
third story of she office building, just east
of the capitol. The window was raised
about eight inches from the sill, to permit
an unobstructed passage of the bullet when
Mr. Goebel should come within range.
Both Chinn and Lillard assert thas, while
the first shot came from the direction of
the window in the third sto1y, shere were
other shots fired from different portions of
the same building.
CoviNGgTON, Ky., Jan 30.—This city,
the home of Goebel since his youth, has
been in a state of great excitement since
the shooting at Frankfort hecame known.
Senator William Goebel was born in a
small hamlet in Sullivan county, Pennsyl-
vania. With his parents, he came to Cov-
ington when quite a small boy. He start-
ed to learn the jewelry trade in Cincinnati,
but, after remaining there a short time, in
1873, he studied law and afterwards be-
came the law partner of Governor W.
Stevenson, and subsequently the partner of
John C. Carlisle. He was prominent as a
member of the Democratic state committee
for years. The Democratic state conven-
tion at Louisville last June, which nomin-
ated Senator Goebel for Governor over Col-
Stone and General Hardin, was one of the
most notable gatherings of the kind in the
history of the State.
Senator Goebel was the author of the
present election law of Kentucky, a meas-
ure which has attracted unusual attention
on account of its peculiar provisions.
Mr. Goebel’s first advent in politics was
his election as State Senator in 1877, and he
has since represented Kenton county in
the Senate. He was a man who despised
any ostentation whatever. He is 44 years
of age and never married. Goebel is a
fearless man and has had various encount-
ers, the most notable one being with John
L. Stanford, president of the Farmers’ and
Traders’ bank of this city, April 11th,
1895, in which Stanford was killed by Goe-
bel.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan 30.—Whittaker
was arrested as he came down the steps on
the outside of the state office building, di-
rectly below the window from whioh the
shots had been fired. He made no resist-
ance. He submitted to asearch, which di-
vulged three revolvers and one big knife.
An examination of the cartridges had been
used, and there was no powder smut on
any part of his weapons, proving con-
clusively that he could not have used any
of his revolvers. Whittaker was placed in
jail.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan 30.—While Wil-
liam Goebel lay at the point of death in his
room, as the result of an assassin’s bullet,
the contesting boards, which, for two weeks,
had been listening to the evidence in his
contest for the governor’s chair, declared
him entitled to the seat.
The boards having in the contests be-
tween Goebel and Taylor for Governor and
Beckham and Marshall for Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, met at 7 o’clock this evening to con-
sider the evidence submitted to them and
prepare their report to the Legislature. A
few legal authorities were read. The vote
was then taken and, by a strict party vote
of 10 to 1, William Goebel was declared to
have been legally elected Governor of Ken-
tucky. .
An effort was made by a number of Dem-
ocrats to get together a quorum of both
houses, hold a night session, hear the re-
ports of the two committees at once and
add them and declare Goebel the Governor
of Kentucky before morning. They were
anxious to give him the honor before he
died. So many legislators had gone to
Louisville and Lexington for tonight that
it was found impossible to carry out the
program.
+n: Goebel Sivoo
trate of the Slate.
Tay’ Motds Qut. As th2 Governors Have
j Orders to the Troops, Goebel Ap-
painting a New Adjutant General, Further Trouble
is Fr. lable.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 1.—William
Goebel was, shortly before 9 o’clock
I25t night, sworn in as governor of
Kentucky and J. C. N. Beckham, a few
minutes later, tool: the oath of office as
lieutenant governor. The oath was
administered to both men by Chief
Justice Hazlerigg, of the court of ap-
peals. Mr. Goebel was propped up
with pillows, and was able to raise his
hand only with the greatest difficulty
as he listened to the words of Judge
Hazlerigg. When the oath had been
given Mr. Goebel sank back exhausted,
the effort having been almost too much
for his strength.
Mr. Goebel’s condition at midnight
was better than at any time during the
day. He was resting comfortably, no
unfavorable symptoms had appeared
and it was announcea that he would
unquestionably get through the night
in good shape.
The plan to make Goebel governor
was set in motion early in the after-
noon. A statement was prepared say-
ing that the boards which had heard
the contests for ~overnor and tieuten-
ant governor ..ad decided in favor of
Goebel ar. Beckham and that the
boards intended to report their findings
to tue legislature, but that they had
been prevented from doing so by the
action of Governor Taylor in declaring
the legislature adjourned. The state-
ment then goes on to say that the
members of the legislature were driven
from place to place by the militia and
threatened with arrest when ever they
attempted to hold a meeting. It was
declared the belief of all the signers of
the statement that Goebel and Beck-
ham were the legally elected governor
and lieutenant governor, and each
man, as he signed the paper, announc-
ed that he voted for the adoption of
the majority report of the contest
boards, which declared Goebel and
Beckham to be the men rightfully en-
titled to the offices.
Judge Hazlerigg declined to make
any statement concerning the manner
in which the officers had been conferr-
WILLIAM E. GOEBEL.
ed upon the Democratic contestants.
“A majority of both houses of the leg- -
islature declared for them,” he said,
“and when I was asked to swear them
in there was nothing left for me to
do but administer the oaths of office.
The proceeding was, of course, entirely
legal and proper. I would not have
done as I did had it been otherwise.”
Mr. Goebel, as soon as he was as-
sured that he was legally governor of
Kentucky, took prompt action regard-
ing the military arm of the service.
Two orders were quickly prepared for
his signature, the first of which dis-
charged Adjutant General Daniel Col-
lier from office and appointed General
John B. Castleman, of Louisville, as
his successor. The second was direct-
ed to the commanders of the militia
now stationed in this city, directing
them to return to their homes. There
is a possibility of trouble in this mat-
ter of control of the state troops. The
regiments of the guard have lately
been reorganized and are for the most
part made up of Republicans and the
personal followers of Governor Taylor.
Never was there a more complicated
political situation than which con-
fronts the politicians of Kentucky, and
never was there one of which it seem-
ed so difficult to form an accurate
guess at the outcome. This morning
the Republican party is in the saddle,
strong and vigorous, and carrying
things with a high hand. All day yes-
terday the Democracy groped around
trying to find some way in which it
could seat in the gubernatorial chair
its leader, William Goebel, but no mat-
ter which. way. the Democrats jurned
they were confronted by The Same
prospect—a line of blue, edged with
steel—and it was fully understood by
both parties that the line and the steel
were there for business purposes only.
There was no bluff, no false alarm
about it.
The Republicans laid their plans
well and secretly. They carried them
through vigerously and triumphantly.
Governer Taylor early issued a proc-
lamation adjourning the legislature to
meet im London on Feb. 6. The proc-
lamation declared that a state of in-
surrection existed in the state, and
warrants for the arrest of every Dem-
ocratic member of the legislature were
preparsd Tuesday night. It was the
intentien of Governor Taylor and his
advisors that no meeting of the legis-
lature should be held yesterday, even
though it proved necessary to arrest
and detain in custody all those who
persisted in holding meetings. Once
adopted the policy was carried out to
the letter. Compelled to retire from
the eapitol building, they went to the
Opera House; held back from the
Opera House, they went to the court
house; prevented from entering the
court house, they went to the Capitol
hotel, only to be told that any meet-
ing they might attempt to hold in that
building would be suppressed, all found
taking part in it would be arrested
and the hotel itself seized py the sol-
diers. Then the plan of seating Goebel
by the individual signatures was
adopted.
The words “London, Laurel county,”
are not words that please Democratic
ears. In fact, many of them declared
that their lives would not be safe af-
ter they reached the town. It is a
place of about 1,000 inhabitants, sit-
uated in what is known as the “feud
county.” The inhabitants are mostly
mountaineers, and largely of the most
enthusiastic type of Republican faith.
The county is one of the greatest Re-
in as Clitef Magis- |
publican strongholds in the state. The
people of Laurel county are intensely
for Taylor and intensely against
Goebel and al! his workers. It is this
latter feeling that causes the Demo-
eratic members of the legislature to
feel hesitancy about venturing at the
present time within the confines of
Laurel county or into the neighbor-
hood of London, when party feeling
runs so high and so bitter from end to
end of the state.
Adjutant General Collier declared
yesterday that if they did not attend
the legislative meeting, which is call-
ed to meet on Feb. 6, he would arrest
them individually, provided he receiv-
ed the necessary orders from Governor
Taylor, and convey them to London.
Adjutant General Castleman, however,
will urge them to take possession of
the state house, and there are fears
of a civil war in Kentucky.
Both Taylor and Goebel issued proc-
lamations last night, signed as gover-
nor, calling attention to the “illegal
acts” of the opposing parties, and urg-
ing observance of law and order. The
Democratic legislators alco issued a
similar proclamation.
DECLARED HE SHOT GOEBEL.
Sheriff of Whiteley County Now in
Jail at Louisville.
Louisville, Feb. 1.—James Sutton,
sheriff of Whiteley county, who came
here from Frankfort Tuesday night, is
a prisoner in the county iail. Sutton
yesterday went up to the cifice of the
clerk in the Victoria House and brand-
ishing two revolvers said: “I am the
man who shot Goebel, and I will never
be taken alive.” The hotel manager
promptly sent for the police, and on
the appearance of the latter Sutton ran
upstairs to the third story. When he
thought he was about to be captured
he opened a window and leaped. He
alighted on his feet, was uninjured
and ran nearly a mile before he was
arrested. The police believe that Sut-
ton is either decidedly unbalanced men-
tally or that he knows who shot Goe-
bel. An effort to interview him after
he was lodged in jail proved unsuc-
cessful. He lay in a dark corner of his
cell and refused to say a word.
Harland Whittaker, who was sus-
pected of having shot Senator Goebel,
and who was brought here from
Frankfort, is somewhat nervous as a
result of the excitement, but he still
persists in asserting his innocence, and
said he had no fear of the outcome
of his trial. He said: “I was there
simply as a friend of Taylor, to see
with the others that he had justice
done him. When the case comes up I
will be cleared. They cannot convict
an innocent man. They can’t show
where I shot at Mr. Goebel, and all
there is against me is that I had the
pistols, but if they arrested everybody
in Frankfort who was armed half the
population would be in jail.”
May Be Called Out, Despite the Op-
timistie Predictions.
Indianapolis, Feb. 1.—It is probable
that the coal industry in the states of
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylva-
nia, known as the competitive field,
will be shut down and the 70,000 min-
ers in the district called out on a gen-
eral strike within the next 24 hours.
This condition is brought about by
inability to reach an agreement in the
joint scale committee. That body clos-
ed its deliberations last night without
an agreement, and a strike of gigantic
proportions is the probable result.
The charge was made on the floor of
the committee room that the Indiana
operators had deliberately come into
the convention with the purpose of
breaking up the interstate movement,
and, whether or not this is true, the
action has certainly made the reach-
ing of an agreement a remote possibil-
ity.
Another charge made on the floor
came from the miners, and is to the ef-
fect that the operators are beginning
to think the interstate movement too
large, and for that reason want to see
it go to pieces. The beginning of the
end came when Iowa was denied ad-
mission into the competitive field.
Schley Precedes Sampson.
‘Washington, Feb. 1—The January
Naval Register discloses all of the
changes in personnel that have taken
place since the issue of the July Reg-
ister. In the present case they are
particularly numerous, because of the
operations of the personnel act. Ad-
miral Dewey’s name, of course, leads
the line and Admiral McNair, now at
the Naval academy, heads the list of
rear admirals. Admiral Schley stands
No. 8 and Admiral Sampson No. 10,
while Admiral Barker is the junior
rear sdmiral.
An Interesting Report From the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Harrisburg, Feb. 1.—Professor John
Hamilton, the state secretary of
agriculture, yesterday issued advance
sheets of his annual report for 1899.
He says goed work has been done dur-
ing the year in the farmers’ institutes
and many interested farmers have be-
gun researches of their own through
the encouragement of th. department.
He suggests a library and a small
museum of farm products. Pennsylva-
nia, in area of egproved farm land,
stood in 1889 tenth among the 4b
states; in the value of her lands, fences
and buildings she was fourth, and in
value of farm implements and ma-
chinery second. In the number of
milk cows she was fifth, but in gallons
of milk she was third, and in pounds
of butter second. She stood tenth in
amount of wheat, eleventh in corn and
oats, first in rye, fourth in hay, sixth
in tobacco, seventh in potatoes and
ninth in apples. Taken altogether, the
total value of her farm products placed
her fifth among the states.
Six Americans Shot.
WASHINGTON, Jan.29.—The Secretary of
State is in receipt of a telegram from
United States consul Kendrick, at Juarez,
Mexico, reporting that six Americans had
been shot. Their names are Don Cusack,
Jack Adridge, George Lunt, Charles Burn-
es, Lou Webster and Henry Williams.
It is said that they were shot by order of
General Torres, near Guayamas, on the
ground that they were found with Yaqui
Indians.
The Consul has not yet been able to con-
firm this report, but the Secretary of State
has suitably instructed our Ambassador in
relation to the alleged shooting, and has
also instructed Consul Kendrick to ascer-
tain and report to the Ambassador all par-
ticulars.
Transport Thomas Arrives.
The Remains of General Lawton and Major Logan Ar-
rive at San Francisco.
SAN FrANcISco. Jan. 30.—With her
flags at half mast, the United States trans-
port Thomas entered this harbor to-day
bearing the remains of ‘General Henry W.
Lawton, Major John A. Logan Jr. Lieuten-
ant Bennett and Dr. J. L. Armstrong. In
the cabin of the Thomas were about twenty
passengers, including Mrs. Lawton and
her children. The vessel was met at the
Golden Gate by General Shafter and Lieu-
tenant Wilson, W. F. Tucker, brother-in-
law of Mrs. Logan, Robert Bently, a
friend of the Logan family and Captain
Barneson, of the transport service. The
Thomas was passed by the quarantine au-
thorities and General Shafter then escorted
Mrs. Lawton and her children to the home
of friends.
The caskets containing the bodies were
landed at the transport dock and later
taken to an undertaker’s under an escort of
artillery.
The funeral arrangements have not been
completed, though it has been decided that
no funeral services will be held here.
Arrangements have been made to convey
the bodies of General Lawton, Major Lo-
gan and Dr. Armstrong in a special train.
General Shafter has been especially detail-
to accompany the remains east. The train
is to consist of a baggage car, a composite
car and two Pullmans. The bodies will
be placed in the composite car and there
will be a guard of infantrymen.
One of the Pulimans will be placed at
disposal of General Lawton’s family. Gen-
eral Shafter and Lieutenant Wilson will be
accommodated in the same car.
The other car is for the widow and chil-
dren of Major Logan and relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Armstrong, who arrived on the
Thomas, will accompany the remains of
her husband east.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Deputy prothonotary Arthur Kim-
port looked very thin and pale vesterday.
His explanation states that he had been
monkeying with the ‘‘little black devils’
that are so popular at the jail.
Nites
HArpiLy WEDDED.—The wedding of
Miss Elizabeth Gross, daughter of Mrs.
Barbara and the late Philip Gross, and
Thomas Jennings was solemnized in St.
John’s Catholic church, on Saturday
morning, at 7:30 o'clock. The wedding
and attending festivities were entirely de-
void of ostentation or display, but all of
the details were so perfectly planned and
executed that the guests, one and all, de-
clared it a pretty and joyous affair.
Rev. Father McArdle performed the cer-
emony and among the guests were many of
the young friends of the bride and groom,
as well as all of their near relatives. The
bride with her clear, fresh coloring and
bright, alert manner looked exceedingly
well in her tailor made gown of blue
broad-cloth and hat to match. Her
bridesmaid, Miss Margaret Crotty, of Lew-
istown, was dressed in green broadcloth
with hat of the same. Mr. John Clark, of
Newberg attended the groom as best man.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the
bridal party and friends were driven to the
home of the bride’s mother on Potter street
where an excellent wedding breakfast was
served. The bride and groom departed on
the 9:53 train for a short wedding journey,
after which they will make their home
with the groom’s mother in Coleville.
Mr. Jennings is employed at the glass
works and is said to be an energetic and
ambitious young man. His bride is a
pleasant, competent woman, with a large
circle of friends and many acquaintances
who wish for her only bappiness and com
fort in her new sphere.
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——Last Sunday evening Wilbur Hale
Dumbleton and Miss Catharine Holt Calla-
han were married at the residence of the
United Brethren minister in Philipsburg.
Both of the young people are residents of
Cold Stream, a suburb of that place; the
groom being a son of James Dumbleton
Esq., one of Rush township’s best known
citizens. They were attended by Miss
Clara Hamler and Harry Callahan, a broth-
er of the bride, and begin their married
life with the best wishes of a large circle
of friends.
Saas
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk A. G. Archey dur-
ing the past week :
William Hale Dumbleton and Catherine
Holt Calahan, both of Philipsburg.
Henry H. Leitzel, of Millheim, and
Martha Breon, of Spring Mills.
Thomas Jennings and Elizabeth Gross,
both of Bellefonte.
Irvin Sylvester Blackbart and Minnie
R. Fetzer, both of Philipsburg.
James R. Hanna and Roxanna Blosser,
both of Spring Mills.
Alfred Shawley, of Roland, and Fannie
T. Miller, of Yarnell.
Wesley Biddle, of Fleming, and Minerva
Kline, of Julian.
.o-
——Mrs. Annie McClellan, wife of Geo.
D. McClellan, of Holt’s Hollow, near
Milesburg, died at her home on Thursday
morning at 10:30 o'clock of consumption.
She was perfectly well until last fall when
she took cold and consumption developed.
Her father, the late Daniel Hoover, was
for more than twenty years a trusted driver
for Alexander & Co. and her entire life was
spent in this place with the exception of
the last few years. She wasabout 36 years
of age and is survived by her husband and
four children. Her funeral will take
place on Sunday afternoon. Services will
be held at the house at 1:30 o’clock and
interment will be made in the Union ceme-
tery in this place.
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——Mrs. Bertha Turner died at her
home in Windber ‘last Thursday night at
10 o’clock. She was the wife of Thomas
Turner, formerly of Philipsburg, and was
27 years old. She is survived by her hus-
band and two children. Her remains were
taken to Philipsburg and buried from the
home of her mother, Mrs. Alex Robinson,
on Sunday afternoon.