Brother Elwell Must Know the Women. From the Bloomsbur g Columbian. Bemraic il Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 9, 1900. = A woman running for school director al- ways tries to convince the easy voter that her greater knowledge of child hood insures the youngsters better treatment than they Terms or Susscmipriox.—Until further notice | 8% from the other sex. But most Women this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the | are firmly convinced that everybody’s chil- following rates : dren but her own are ‘‘little beasts.” Paid strictly in advance.................... $1.00 Paid before expiration of year... 1.50 . Paid after expiration of year..... 2.00 ~——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Ebp1ToR. A Fund to Reimburse a Faithfil Coty Official. A CALL TO THE PEOPLE OF CENTRE COUNTY. Let us All be Sharers in the Burden that Has been Placed Upon a Former Sher=- iff for Having Done What Sober Men Believe to Have Been His Duty. Unless We Come to His Aid Former Sheriff John P. Condo Will Have to Pay $1,400 for Endeavoring to Apprehend an Out Law. The decision which Judge Beeber, of the Superior court of Pennsylvania, has just handed down in the case of H. M. Goodman, Adm’r of etc., of Emma C. Goodman, Dec’d., vs John P. Condo, H. H. Montgomery, William Garis, John L. Dunlap, James Cornelly and Joseph Rightnour, confirms the decree of the common pleas court of Cen- tre county and fastens upon our former sheriff a burden that he has no reasonable cause to bear. It is the sequel of the great Ettlinger traged, that occurred at Woodward on March 6th, 1896. The frightful occurrences of that day and the one preceding it are still vivid in the minds of those who were in the usually peaceful little village of Woodward. William R. Ettlinger, either because of imaginary persecutions or petty differences with his neighbors had made himself so obnoxious as to come under the mandates of the law. On the 5th of March a bench warrant was issued for him and while attempting to arrest him he shot constable John Barner, then ripped his throat from ear to ear. This mur- der was committed in the house occupied by Ettlinger, which was the property of Em- ma C. Goodman’s estate. The people of that vicinity were horror stricken when they learned of the crime from the constable’s assistant, who fled from the house when his chief fell dead. Many of them ran to the scene with the intention of rescuing the fallen officer, but they were met by a shower of bullets from Ettlinger, who had barricaded his house and defied arrest. The sheriff of the county was called upon and with a posse of men from this place left for Woodward on a special train provided by the county commissioners. They ar- rived at the scene that night at 9 o’clock and were on duty all night to keep the mur- derer from escaping. When morning dawned the sheriff, with a party of deputies, ad- vanced toward the house to make the arrest, but they had no sooner gotten within range than a load of buck-shot was sent into them; one of the missiles having passed through the hat of one of the officers. Every subsequent attempt to approach the place was met by the same shower of leaden notices to keep off. How many lives might have been sacrificed no one can tell. Finally, when all their ingenuity had failed to accomplish its purpose it was de- cided to burn him out. The building was fired and shortly afterwards Ettlinger’s little children were cast from it. Then his shackled wife escaped, but he remained; firing into the officers until he realized that he must either die like a rat in a trap or give himself up to the law. Just what his purpose really was no one will ever know, for with the flames eating their way closer and closer to him he jumped from his cellar way, immediately the sheriff and a few others rushed toward him, but before they reached his side he threw his left hand to his head and sent a pistol ball crashing into his brain. It was such an intensely dramatic scene that all stood appalled for a moment, then there was a rush to rescue the dead body of constable Barner from the burning building. And scarcely had the last of those who entered stepped from the door when a terrific explosion sent the whole end of the structure, wrecked in thousands of fire- brands. It was the result of another of Ettlinger’s hellish designs. He had m. ed his house with dynamite to blow up any party that might have forced its way in. This is a brief story of the tragedy. The entire county felt relieved and there was universal approval of sheriff Condo’s course in having accomplished what he did with- out the loss of a life. No one, for a moment thought that he would have to pay for the building destroyed. He fired it upon the advice of hundreds of sober men, after mature deliberation and when no other plan seemed possible. No one supposed that the Goecdman heirs would be compelled to suffer the loss, either, but it was generally believed that the county would pay it without question. And this was the evident intention of the commissioners, but when the Goodmans pre- sented their bill the value of the house was so over-estimated that the commissioners de- clined to settle on such a basis. This resulted in three suits being instituted. One, against John P. Condo and his deputies; the others, against Condo and his bondsmen and the county. They were entered for the August term, 1897, and reached trial at the November sessions, 1898. At that time the case against Condo and his deputies was taken up first and went to the jury; the court having first propounded four questions for it to answer. The members of the jury were under the impression that they were merely fixing the value of the building and returned with a verdict of $865.00. That they bad no idea that sheriff Condo was to be made pay it was clearly demonstrated by several of the jurors who called at this office to protest against the assertions made in an editorial published in the WATCHMAN of Dec. 16th, 1898, under the caption ‘‘Mulect- ing a Sheriff for Doing His Duty.’” Probably not one of the twelve men who passed upon it at that time thought that the sheriff ought to pay it. In fact, those who spoke to us declared, emphatically, that such would be an injustice. The court had reserved points of law, however, upon which it decreed that sheriff Condo and his deputies were responsible. This decree was handed down on Aagust 28th, 1899, and a new trial refused. Im- mediately Messrs John G. Joknson, J. C. Meyer and Jno. M. Dale, attorneys for the sheriff, carried an appeal to the Superior court, with the result that judge Beeber has just handed down. It is not with any intention of questioning the equity of the case or reflecting upon’ the courts that have passed upon it that this fund has been started. It is common sense, however, that will point out to most men that a great injustice is being done an official who was in faithful pursuit of his duty. Centre county never knew a better sheriff than was John P. Condo. He left Bellefonte in January, 1897, with the contidence and es- ecm of all who had business or social relations with him. On Saturday, Jan. 2nd, ’97 former judge Furst arose, voluntarily, in the court room and spoke such words of praise as are seldom heard of any man. His honor, judge Love, followed judge Furst with ecomiums of equal warmth and sheriff Condo retired from official life. It is such a man who mustjnow pay the $865.00 for the Goodman house, in addition to the costs that run the bill up to nearly $1,400.00. And it is for this man that the WATCHMAN calls upon the public for re-imbursement. He makes no appeal, but Cen- tre county cannot afford to have a faithful officer thus mulcted. He saved the lives of many—in all probability—and now must pay dearly for it. He restored order and quiet to a terror stricken community and must suffer the consequences of a law defying des- perado’s murderous act for doing it, unless we rally to share the burden. Confident that the people of Centre county will not be willing to permit such an outrage we make this call upon your generosity. Subscribe whatever you feel you are able to give towards the fund, which is to be known as the People of Centre County’s Re-imbursement to a Faithful Sheriff. Money or subscriptions can he forwarded to this office or to the Jackson, Hastings & Co. bank, which will be make the depository of all funds and the list of contributors will he pub- lished from week to week. The work has started off enthusiastically already and we call upon every person in Centre county to take it up for the honor of the county. Any sum will be acceptable, because it will record the substantial sympathy of the donor. Don’t stand back is this laudable work. Those who had witness fees or other costs that have not been drawn, who care to contribute all or a part of them to the fund can doso. It will be the same as a cash contribution. Send along a relinquishment of the claim. The mere annonncement of the WATCHMAN'’S intention to start such a fund was enough to bring forth the following generous offers : A Friend - - - - - $50.00 The Democratic Watchman - - - 25.00 M. Fauble & Son - - - - 10.00 Thos. H. Harter - - - - 5.00 Montgomery & Co - - - - 10.00 100.00 Nine Towns Have Been Garrisoned. With the Forty-Third and Forty-Seventh Regiments A Thousand Insurgents Were Encountered During Trip. Americans Lost One Man. MANILA, Feb. 5.—2.50 p. m. —Briga- dier General Kobb’s expedition in the islands of Luzon, Leyte and Samar, has oc- cupied permanently and garrisoned nine towns with the Forty-third and Forty-sev- enth regiments. This has placed on the market 180,000 bales of hemp. A thousand insurgents armed with rifles and over 5,000 armed with woodenswords, bows and arrows, were encountered during the entire trip. The troops killed seventy natives, eleven of whom had rifles. The others were villagers armed with wooden swords. The American loss was one man killed and nine men wounded. The Amer- icans captured $9,000 in gold, enemy’s money, and forty muzzle loading brass cannon. At Calbagog and Samar the en- emy evacuated the towns, the Americans chasing fighting, scattering them to the mountains. At Catbalogan, Lukban, the Tagalog general fired the place with kerosene juss before the Americans Janded and then fought with cannon and rifles from the hills encircling the town for two hours. When the Filipinos were driven out the Americans did their best to save the town, fighting the fire for several hours. Thirty stone and sixty other houses, half the bus- iness portion of the place, were consumed. The soldiers prevented the fire from spread- ing. The next day Major Allen, with three companies of the Forty-third regi- ment, pursued Lukban to the mountain fastnesses and thence to the coast town where Lukban was heading in hope of es. caping. Lukban, by taxing the natives, has accumulated $100,000 in gold. His capture is probable. At Takloban, island of Leyte, the enemy evacuated the town and the Americans pursued them to the hills. Several fleeing von-combatants were killed, including three women. At Palo, seven miles distaut, the enemy was found entrenched and resisted. Lieutenant Johnston and twelve scouts of the Forty-third regiment drove out 150 of the enemy and captured the town. The insurgents in these towns were mostly Visayans who had been impressed into the service of the Tagalog leaders from Luzon. The Visayans appear indifferent or sul- lenly antagonistic to the American occupa- tion. The Tagalog chiefs influenced them against us, but, when they perceive we are much more powerful than the Tagalogs and intend to maintain garrisons in order to open the islands to commerce, it is be- lieved the rebel party will lose its popular- ity. The Americans are gladly accepted by the inhabitants, who are daily returning to the towns. There is a rush of commercial vessels from Manila to these new ports. The Forty-Seventh in Trouble. Holding off the Insurgents in a Convent. MANILA, February 6.—The insurgents attacked the First battalion of the Forty- fifth infantry, near Nice. A major and a captain were wounded and one sergeant killed, but details of the engagement are lacking. Ships arriving from Legaspi reported that the insurgent General Pana concentrated a large force about the top of the town and made a sharp night attack on Major Ship- ton’s battalion of the Forty-seventh infan- try, which occupied a large convent as a fort. One battalion and a baftery have sailed as reinforcements for Shipton. The casualties are unknown. A corporal and four men while patroling the railroad near Mabalacat recently dis- appeared and are supposed to have been captured. A searching party looking for them was ambushed and a corporal killed. Hon. William Goebel is Dead. The Democratic Leader Succumbed to His Wound at 6. 40 O'clock on Saturday Evening. The End Came Peacefully. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 4.—William Goebel is dead. After a battle for life, in which even his bitterest enemies were fore- ed to acknowledge his courage and deter mination, the Democratic leader and poli- tician succumbed to his wound at 6.40 o’clock last evening. He had been sinking gradually all after- noon, with an occasional slight rally, but so surely marked for death that his physi- cians thrice predicted before sunset that he could not live five minutes longer. Yet he did, fighting up to the very last minute for existence, and with his last words a re- assurance to his attendants who had warn- ed him so many times that his hours were few. The end came very peacefully and quiet- ly. He breathed his last at 6.40. His brother, Authur, and his sister Mrs. Braun- acker, of Hartwell, O., were in the room at the time. INTERMENT IN FRANKFORT. The remains of Governor Goebel were buried yesterday in Frankfort, in the cem- etery where lie the remains of Daniel Boone. Vice President Richard Johnson and several Kentucky Governors, eminent jurists and soldiers. Although the burial took place in Frank- fort, in accordance with the wishes of the friends of the dead man, the funeral serv- ices were held in Covington, his home. The remains were taken to Covington Mon- day on a special train accompanied by the relatives of the dead man, the legislative committee,judges of the court of appeal and other political friends. Tuesday morning they were conveyed to Odd Fellows’ hall in Covington, and from 8:30 in the morn- ing until 10 in the evening laid in state. Funeral services were extremely simple, in deference to the wishes of the family. Wednesday morning the remains were taken back to Frankfort and placed in the big ball room of the Capitol hotel, where they laid in state that day. Plans for the raising of funds by popular subscription for the erection of a monument to Governor Goebel’s memory are rapidly taking shape. Artificial Lumber. The latest novelty in the building line is artificial lumber. It is the invention of Oscar L. Gardner, of Brooklyn Patents have been obtained in the United States, Canada, Australia and all over Europe. The Artificial Lumber company of Amer- ica has been formed with a capital of $12,- 000,000 and the building trade is about to be revolutionized. Artificial lumber is made from straw into long fibre hoards and is fire proof, non-conductor of heat or cold, air tight, will not warp or split, free from cracks, deadens all reverberations, gives back no echo, obviates the use of lath and plaster. saves labor and material, has more uses than natural wood, rivals mahogany and oak in durability, has a beautiful finish and is cheaper than wood. FOR THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT. The Schools of the County Co-operating in the Monu- ment. Supt. Gramliey Issues a Call to Work for the Monument Fund.—A day set apart for the Promo- tion of the Work. Scholars, Parents and Teachers to Join Forces in Observing a Memorial Day. A Sketch of Curtin’s Life. To THE TEACHERS OF CENTRE COUNTY. At the last annual session of the teach- ers’ institute the following resolution was adopted. Resolved : That in furtherance of the proposed monument to be erected to the memory ofthe soldiers and sailors of Centre county, in the war of the rebellion, with which a statue of the late Gov. A. G. Curtin is to be connected, we recom- mend the observance of a “Memorial Day’ some time during the present term, the date to be fixed by the county superintendent. The object of this action is to acquaint the boys and girls with the unswerving pa- triotism of Gov. Curtin, and the active part he took in the cause of the public schools, - and to teach them to revere the memory of those who sacrificed their lives that we may enjoy our glorious heritage. Gov. Pollock, recognizing the eminent qualifications of Hon. A. G. Curtin, ap- pointed him Secretary of the Common- wealth, a position which he filled with sig- nal honor and ability, and in addition to the duty of Secretary proper, he was ex-of- Jicio Superintendent of Pablic Schools. In this position he took special pride and la- bored zealously, and was instrumental in inaugurating great improvements in the common school system. Centre county was the home of Hon. A. G. Curtin, ‘‘Pennsylvania’s War Gover- nor,”’ who ranked with the ablest lawyers, greatest statesmen, and most benevolent citizens of his time. His career as Gover- nor was filled with acts of kindness and beneficence in behalf of the State, and he was ceaseless in his devotion to the interests and wants of those whom the State had giv- en for national defense. ‘‘The desolate hearth-stone and the moans of the bereaved excited his sympathy, and he devised a system of care and instruction for the or- phans of the fallen which should make the State their guardian and support.” This was possibly the crowning act of his life. ‘‘He was the soldier’s friend and made his orphans the children of the State.”” Of him it may be truly said. “One of the few immortal names That were not born to die.” February 22nd, 1900, is designated as ‘Parents’ and Memorial Day,’”’ and it is hoped every school in the county will pre- pare appropriate exercises for the occasion, and make special efforts to secure the co- operation of parents, friends and veterans; thus giving to patrons the privilege to see the work done in the schools, and at the same time show honor and reverence to the soldiers and sailors that fell in battle. To show our further appreciation of the heroes of the civil war, it is suggested, yea urged, that a collection be taken, and may it be a liberal one. Contributions are to be forwarded to the undersigned, who will acknowledge the same through the county press, or through any channel designated by the Veteran Club monument committee. C. LL. GRAMLEY, County Superintendent. The foregoing call of county superintend- ent Gramley is sufficiently explanatory and it is hoped there will be a rousing response to it in the schools of the county. Already many of them are making preparations for a proper observance of the day and especi- ally commendable is the plan that the schools of Millheim have adopted in com- bining for a joint exhibition and in order to accommodate all who care to witness it the celebration will be carried to the town hall, which has a much greater seating capacity than any of the schools rooms. I'or the benefit,of those teachers and scholars in the public schools of the county who do not have any work on Cartin at hand we republish the following sketch of his life from the WATCHMAN of Oct. 12th, 1894. EX-GOVERNOR CURTIN’S CAREER. Andrew Gregg Curtin was born at Belle- fonte, Centre county, Pa., April 22nd, 1815. Seventeen years before his birth his fath- er, Roland Curtin, settled in Bellefonte and began the manufacture of iron. He was a pioneer in this great industry, which has now grown to such gigantic proportions in this State. He is said to have erected one of the first, if not the first, iron furnaces built in Pennsylvania. He emigrated from Ireland seven years hefore settling in Belle- fonte, and brought with him to this coun- try wealth and a good education, obtained at the French capital. His second wife was the daughter of Andrew Gregg, who served as United States Senator, member of Con- gress, and Secretary of State. So, in birth and advantages, Governor Curtin was favor- ed above the lot of most men. He had every advantage of education that the schools and academies of Bellefonte afford- ed, and after a term of school at Harrisburg, ended his academic education at Milton. At the time of his graduation William W. Potter who was afterwards iu Congress, was practicing law in Bellefonte, and with him young Curtin began the study of law. He finished with Judge Reed, then one of the greatest attorneys of the State, after graduating from the law department of Dickinson college, at Carlisle. He was admitted to the bar in his native place, and began the practice of the law in 1837. He at once took a leading position in his pro- fession, but was noted as an advocate rath- er than as a close practitioner. His powers as a speaker naturally tarned him in the direction of politics, and when only twen- ty-three years of age he made a State repu- tation as an orator in the campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” He was an ardent Whig, and in 1844 made a canvass of the State for Henry Clay. EARLY POLITICAL CAREER. The reputation he had made as a speaker in 1840, in behalf of General Harrison, gave him leading rank on the stump in 1844. His success in this campaign stamped him as a man of not only great oratorical power but of keen wit and humor, and of politic- al foresight far beyond his years. From this campaign Mr. Curtin’s political ad- vancement dated, and his reputation as an advocate grew. In 1848 he was a presidential elector, and his efforts in behalf of General Taylor were everywhere recognized as contributing to his election. In 1852 he was again upon the electoral ticket. and in the forefront of the battle for the Whig party. In 1854 his leading position asa man and politician was so well recognized that his party desired him to become its ~ candi- date for Governor. He declined the honor, but ggve his best efforts to the election of Mr. Pollock, who, after his suec- cess, appointed him Secretary of State. In those days this position was one of greater power and influence than at present, for in addition to the regular duties of Secretary of State those of Superintendent of Public Schools were added, and under his admin- istration the school system of the State re- ceived a strong impetus in the direction of its modern development. In the years from 1854 to 1869, when the Republican party was springing into life as a result of the agitation of the slavery ques- tion, he naturally took a leading position in the stirring events which attended the birth of the new party, and in 1860 was made its candidate for Governor. This honor was the more couspicuous because of the all important questions then pending, and because the future of the party, virtu- ally born with his nomination, depended almost entirely upon his success. AT CHICAGO IN 1860. The election of Lincoln depended upon the two doubtful States, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Both of them held their state election in the October preceding the Nov- ember election, and it was therefore essen- tial, nationally, that these two States should declare for the Republican candi- date to insure his election. When the con- vention met at Chicago, it was apparent that Seward was the choice of a large ma- jority ‘of the delegates. But it was morally certain that Pennsylvania could not be car- ried for the Republicans with Seward as the presidential candidate; for it had been charged, and was believed, that he had been elected Goveriior of New York as a Whig, upon an understanding with Bishop Hughes that the school fund of the State was to be divided with the Catholic educational in- stitutions. Hence the native Americans in the Republican parcy, who came to it after the death of the Know-Nothing party, were bitterly opposed to him. It will thus be seen that at the outset of Mr. Curtin’s ca- reer as the Republican nominee for Gover- nor, his own position as well as the position of his State attracted the attention of the whole country. The Pennsylvania delegation in the Pres- idential convention of 1860 was instructed for General Simon Cameron, with John McLane, of Ohio, as its second choice. The necesvity of carrying Pennsylvania in Octo- ber for the success of the Republican ticket in November being so apparent, Curtin went to Chicago with A.K. McClure chair- man of the Republican state committee, where he met Henry S. Lane, of Indiana. It would be hard to picture the important part which Mr. Curtin and his position played in the nomination of Mr. Lincoln. He and Henry S. Laue, of Indiana,decided the contest in Lincoln’s favor. While the convention was largely in fa- vor of Mr. Seward, most of the delegates outside of New York were willing to forego their preference, and nominate a candidate acceptable to Mr. Curtin and Henry S. Lane, the candidates for Governor in the two October States. ELECTED GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. The presidential convention over, Mr. Curtin turned his attention to the duties of his own campaign with characteristic ener- gy, and his brilliant personal canvass is still remembered with enthusiasm. He was elected in October, by a large wajority as was Henry S. Lane in Indiana. The wisdom of the selection of Governor Curtin from his party standpoint was justi- fied from the day he assumed the position to which he had been elected, in the intel- |- ligence with which he dealt with the grave questions forcing themselves upon the Executive of a great State, with the nation upon the threshold of a sectional war. He was guided by wise counselors and was himself discreet, conservative, and able in the discharge of his important and delicate duties, during the trying days when all were endeavoring to peaceably prevent re- bellion. He was patriotic, firm and even stubbornly courageous when all efforts fail- ed and the war came. A PATRIOTIC INAUGURAL. In bis inaugural address in January, 1861, Governor Curtin said : ‘‘No one who know the history of Penn- sylvania and understands the opinions and feelings of her people, can justly charge us with hostility to our brethren of other States. We regard them as friends and fel- low countrymen, in whose welfare we feel a kindred interest; and we recognize in their broadest extent all our constitutional obligations to them. These we are ready and willing to observe, generously and fra- ternally in their letter and spirit with un- swerving fidelity. Ours is a National Gov- ernment. It has within the sphere of its action all the attributes of sovereignty, and among these are the right and duty of self preservation. It is based upon a compact to which all the people of the United States are parties. It is the result of mutual con- cessions, which were made for the purpose of securing reciprocal benefits. It acts di- rectly on the people, and they owe ita personal allegiance. No part of the people, no State, nor combination of States, can voluntarily secede from the Union, nor ab- solve themselves from their obligations to it. Topermit a Strate to withdraw at pleas- ure from the Union, without the consent of the rest, is to confess that our Government is a failure. Pennsylvania can never ac- quiesce in such a conspiracy, nor assent to a doctrine which involves the destruction of the Government. If the Government is to exist, all the requirements of the Consti- tution must be obeyed; and it must have power adequate to the enforcement of the supreme law of the land in every State. It is the first duty of the national authorities to stay the progress of anarchy and enforce the laws, and Pennsylvania, with a united people, will give them an honest, faithful, and active support. The people mean to preserve the integrity of the National Union at every hazard.”’ SERVICES DURING THE WAR. The civil war followed close upon Cur- tin’s inauguration as the chief executive of the State, and when the first gun was fired he sprang to the duty of raising troops for the General Government, with an energy and spirit unequalled by any other state executive. He encouraged enlistments in every possible way, and in an eloquent war speech just after the fall of Sumpter he kindled campfires upon almest every hearth in Pennsylvania, and called more men into service than were asked for by the General Government. Governor Curtin’s administration was conspicuous for the heneficent and merciful policy adopted to temper the terrible scourge of war. He was ceaseless in his devotion to the interests and the wants of those whom the State had given for the na- tional defence. He went to the field and visited them in their camps, not with pomp and ceremony, but to encourage them by personal intercourse. In the hospitals he gave words of hope to the wounded and suffering, and bore messages of affection to and from loved ones at home. No letter from a soldier at the front, whether officer or private, was ever received without being promptly answered. It mattered not how impossible was the request, if it could not be granted the reason was kindly told. In every time of suffering and discouragement the soldier felt that he who represented the power and majesty of the Commonwealth at home was mindful of him. Wherever were sickness, or wounds, or death, there was the official agent of the State to per- form every duty to the living and the last rites to the dead. The bodies of the dead were brought back to sleep with their kindred, and their names eurolled in the lists of the martyred patriots. Nor was the solicitude of the Governor confined to the soldier. He beheld his family broken, and left without support and protection by his death. The desolate hearthstone and the means of the bereaved excited his sympathy, and he applied him- self vigorously to the originating of a sys- tem of care and instruction for the orphans of the fallen slain, which should make the State their guardian and supporter until of sufficient age to provide for themselves. He was successful in his humane and patriotic endeavors. The Legislature gave an attentive ear to his appeals, and voted liberally millions of money for this worthy object. The fruit of this expenditure will be most abundant. A body of well-instruct- ed and morally trained young men and women will be given to the Commonwealth, instead of an equal number of the offspring of ignorance and want, which otherwise would almost inevitably have been the re- sult. When he shall be laid in an honored grave, no prouder line will be found in- scribed upon his tombstone than this : ‘‘He made the orphans of the soldiers the chil- dren of the State !”’ RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR. In 1863, Governor Curtin was, from his arduous labors, broken in health, and was compelled to give himself, for weeks at a time, to the exclusive care of an eminent physician in New York. President Lincoln appreciating his services, and recognizing the necessity of a change of climate and em- ployment, formally tendered him a first class foreign mission, which the Governor signified his willingness to accept when his term should expire. But in the meantime he was nominated for re-election, and re- linquishing his intention of going abroad, he accepted the call of his fellow citizens, and again entered upon the canvass. Thousands of voters were beyond the limits of the Commonweath, facing a still defiant foe; but they generally favored the re-elec- tion of Governor Curtin and he was elected by a “‘returned’’ majority of about 15,000. It was the aspiration of his friends that he should be made United States Senator at the end of his second gubernatorial term but the influences which had ever been hos- tile to him prevented. Soon after General Grant's election, Governor Curtin was nom- inated and confirmed as Minister to Russia, and spent nearly four years at St. Peters- barg. A LIBERAL REPUBLICAN IN 1872. Minister Curtin returned home in 1872, and took part in the liberal Republican movement which nominated Horace Gree- ley. He was very prominently spoken of for thesecond place on that ticket, and was the choice of the Pennsylvania delegation in the Greeley convention for President. His connection with the Liberal Republi- can movement, and the fact that his power and influence in the Republican party, which were eminent while he remained in the country, but which had been broken during his absence, carried him into the Democratic party. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1872-73, and for a few years after had little to do with politics. HE JOINS THE DEMOCRACY. When he wearied of the quiet of business life and longed for politics, Governor Cur- “tin found a place in the Democratic party, and was nominated for Congress in 1878 when he was defeated by the Greenbackers. He was nominated again in 1880 by the Democrats of his congressional district, and was elected for two terms, retiring in 1887 near the close of his 71st year. In Congress Governor Curtin wasa faithful public ser- vant, and attracted much public attention. At one time he was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee. HIS CLOSING YEARS. After leaving Congress Governor Curtin pursued a quiet life at his mountain home, this place, respected and esteemed by peo- ple of all classes. His familiar figure was an every day sight on our streets. Tall and erect as in youth he would walk about for his daily exercise. Until within a very short time previous to his death he kept up a lively interest in the politics of the coun- ty and it was his influence that made his friend Dr. J. H. Dobbins the postmaster here under the former Cleveland adminis- tration and not until he had given evidence that it would prove satisfactory would the Department recommend the appointment of his successor. His time was occu- pied in looking after his business here and dispensing charities. No more pleasant hour could be spent than a talk with the ex-Governor, he always loved young people and gave them friendly counsel whenever an opportunity presented itself and those who enjoyed his intimacy will cherish his Tha rming personality as long as memory asts. To Be a Soldiers Monument. To THE PEOPLE OF CENTRE COUNTY: In order.to correct misapprehension and misunderstanding made apparent by many inquiries concerning the purpose of the erection of the proposed soldiers’ monu- ment, we beg to say that at the meeting of the Veteran Club of Centre county in 1894, in the series of resolutions adopted, it was set forth: ‘That Centre county owes it to the memory of the dead and the commemoration of the virtues of those who live to see that a suit- able monument be erected in a central place which will commemorate the part taken by her sons in the war of the rebellion’ and That, 1 the judgment of the Veteran Club, the monument should embody, as one of its features, astatue of Andrew G. Curtin, the War Governor of the Commonwealth, so that hisservices may be perpetuated in connection with the monument to our dead heroes.” The monument for which an appropria- tion by the connty has been recommended by the grand jury and approved by the court is to be strictly a soldiers’ monument, commemorative of the lives and services of the men from Centre county who gave up their lives during our civil war. Whilst the survivors who served in that war are anxious to have the memory of Gov. Curtin commemorated in connection with their
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