Bemorrat atcon
Bellefonte, Pa., March 30, 1900.
serviency of the present national administra-
tion in the complete back-down and abject sur-
render of its clearly expressed policy and firmly
declared purpose, that, “Our plain duty is to
abolish the customs tariff’ between the United
States and Porto Rico, and give her products free
to our markets.”
P. GRAY MEEK, - - Epiton
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The Democrats in Convention on Tues-
day.
A re-convention of the delegates chosen
by the Democrats of the various districts of
Centre county at the primaries last June
was held in the court house in this place on
Tuesday, for the purpese of electing five
representatives to the State Convention.
This re-convention was occasioned by the
fact that the State Convention meets on
April 5th and it was necessary for Centre
county to have representatives therein;
those chosen by the last county convention
not being eligible to sit in the next body.
In order to avoid the expense and trouble
of holding new primaries county chair-
man Johnston and the presiding officer of
the old body A. J. Graham united in a call
for its reassembling.
There was so little business to be done
that it was not believed that there would
be a very large turnout, but when Tuesday
dawned and the Democrats began to arrive
it was seen, at once, that the party is enthu.
siastic, for there was an unexpected num-
ber in attendance.
The morning was spent by the visiting
delegates in making calls on their friends
and a general handshaking. There was
the best of humor prevailing on all sides
and as there were no contests to be settled
the gathering was more of a social sort than
ordinarily Democratic.
At 12:30 county chairman Johnston
called the convention to order. It was his
first public appearance since his long ill-
ness and he was received enthusiastically.
His remarks were brief, however, and after
directing the reading of the call he turned
the body over to its permanent presiding
officer, A. J. Graham.
In looking about over the delegates who
had come from all parts of the county to
show their interest and faithfully represent
those who had chosen them we noticed such
stalwart old war horses, as Jacob Dunkle,
of Walker; Frederick Robb, of Liberty; A.
P. Zerby, of Penn; Fred Bottorf, of Fer-
guson; David Harter, of Marion; and D.
C. Hall, of Union, whose gray hairs are not
all that command respect, for everyone of
them are men whose sound judgment in
past crises entitles them to the consideration
they receive in the councils of the party.
Then there was another coterie, made up
of Jr xsonian types of Democracy in the
high tide of their activity such as John
McCauley, of Waiker; A. A. Miller, of
State College; D. G. Meek and John T.
McCormick, of Ferguson; Ellis Shafer,
of Miles; Hast Leyman, of Boggs;
‘W. W. Hackman, and George B. Win-
ters, of Miles; W. F. Smith, of Penn;
Dominick Judge, of Spring; and John H.
Beck, of Walker. They represented the
middle men and formed asplendidly weld-
ed link of union between the delegates
grown old in the service and the younger
‘fellows who were in the body in great
numbers. Among the latter the most
prominent were H. D. Rumberger and Jno.
Todd Jr., of Philipsburg; Harry T. Me-
Dowell, of Marion ; Dr. W. TU. Irvin,
of Julian; W. A. Sandoe, of Cen-
tre Hall; Abe Weber, of Howard; J. B.
Noll, of Milesburg; W. H. Noll, of Pleasant
Gap; Sam Weiser, of Millheim; S. W.
Smith, of Centre Hall; Reub. Glenn, of
State College; and Isaac Harpster, of West
Ferguson. They represented the fellows
who have ‘‘taken hold in their respective
communities’’ and whose connection with
the organization has been such as to bring
them to the front when it comes to a mat-
ter of general consultation.
Such was the personnel of the body over
which Com. Graham so gracefully assumed
the prerogatives of chairman. After call-,
ing the roll by secretary W. H. Walker ; S.
Kline Woodring, of Bellefonte, and J. F.
Raine, of Millhem, were selected as secre-
taries and Jno. H. Beck and S. W. Smith
were chosen tellers, then the chairman ap-
appointed John T. McCormick, A. P.
Zerby, Dr. W. U. Irvin, Ellis Shaffer, H.
T. McDowell, C.M. Parrish and John
McCauley as a committee on resolu-
tion and after its retirement W.
Fred Musser placed in nomination the
names of Com. A. J. Graham, of Philips.
burg; Col. John A. Woodward, of Howard ;
John Smith, of Gregg, and John Noll and
George R. Meek, of Bellefonte, as delegates
to the State Convention. Mr. Walker
moved to close the nominations and they
were elected; then it was made by accla-
mation.
Later, upon motion of Mr. Musser, the
delegates were instructed to use all honor-
able means to secure the selection of P.
Gray Meek as a delegate at large to the
National Convention and of Col. J. L.
Spangler as a district delegate to the same
body.
This concluded the business for which
the convention was called and while the re-
port of the resolutions committee was be-
ing made up Col. J. L. Spangler, Geo. R.
Meek, Capt. Hugh 8. Taylor Chas. R.
Kurtz and Col. John A. Woodward spoke.
The resolutions committee’s report was as
follows :
The Democracy of Centre county being in con-
vention re-assembled re-affirm as they did at their
annual convention, the declarations made and
set forth in their party platform of the Altoona
convention of 1898, both upon state and national
issues; we further denounce and express our
abhorrence at the weakness, imbecility and sub-
Seconp We declare that the Constitution fol-
lows the flag and denounce the doctrine that an
excutive, or the Congress, created and limited
by the Constitution, can exercise lawful authori-
ty beyond that Constitution. We oppose imper-
ialism as President McKinley seeks to introduce
it and welcome expansion as taught and repre-
sented by Jefferson.
Turn That the attempt to place a tariff on the
products of Porto Rico is a monstrous iniquity,
and one which endangers the happiness and lib-
erty of a people who should enjoy all the blessings
of liberty that are vouchsafed to the people of the
United States under their Constitution and laws.
The hue and cry that the products of an island
containing about a million of people, and an area
less than thirty-six thousand square miles must
bé taxed to prevent competition with the indus-
tries of a great country and a mighty people is so
unreasonable that it only serves to show the in
satiable greed of the trusts and the tyrannical pur-
poses of corporate powers; and deserves as it is-
receiving the earnest condemnation of honest
men of all parties.
Fourtn We endorse the course of Hou. J. K.
P. Hall, the representative in Congress from this
(the 28th) Congressional District and declare that
as a candidate for renomination he should have
the united support of the Democratic party of
Centre county.
The following delegates and substitutes
were present :
BELLEFONTE. N. W., J. S. Dunlap, C. M.
Parish, Kline Woodring; S. W., John Noll, Frank
Watz, Fred Musser; W. W., W. Harrison Walker
Centre Harr, W. A. Sandoe, S. W. Smith.
Howarp, A. Weber.
MiLessura, Jas. B. Noll.
Mitiueiy, Samuel Weiser, J. Frank Raine.
PuiLipsBurG, 1st W., H. D. Rumberger; 2nd W.,
3rd W., A. J. Graham.
Sours PHILIPSBURG,
State CoLLEGE, Reuben Glenn, A. A. Miller.
U~tonviLLe, David Hall.
Benner, N. P., M. F. Hazel; 8S. P., S. M. Markle.
Boaes, N. P, Lewis Aikey; E. P., G. H. Leyman,
W. P., Wm. Peters.
BURNSIDE,
CoLLEGe, Wm. Tibbens,
CURTIN,
Fercuson, E. P., D. G. Meek; P. F. Bottorf, Jno.
T. McCormick, W. P., Isaac Harpster.
Grea, N. P,, F. A. Yearick; E. P., J. C. Condo,
W. P.,.John Smith, Hiram Durst.
Harr Moox,
Haines, E. P.,, M. O. Stover; W. P., Clymer H.
Stover.
Harris, Cyrus Durst.
Howarp, J. N. Hall, John Woodward.
Huston, W. U. Irwin.
Liserty, Frederick Robb.
Marion. H. T. McDowell, David Harter.
Mites, E. P., W. W. Hockman; M. P., C. H.
Smull, W. W. Hockman, Geo. B. Winters; W. P.,
Ellis Shaffer.
Patron, Joseph Tressler.
Penn, W. F. Smith.
Porter, David W. Bradford.
Rusn, John Todd Jr.
Sxow Smo, E.P., W. R. Haynes; W. P.
McGowan.
Seeing, N. P., C. M. Heisler; S. P., W. H. Noll,
Oliver Hazel ; W. P,, D. F. Judge.
TAYLOR.
Warger, E. P, J. H. Beck; M.
Dunkle, J. H. McCauley ; W. P.
WortH.
John
P., Jacob
An Overworked Official !
The WATCHMAN takes back much of
what it said two weeks ago about Judge
LovE being a ‘‘very busy man.’”’ He is
not nearly so busy as we thought he was.
He is not nearly so busy as many others
thought he was. In fact, in addition to
his multitudinous duties of holding courts
in this county during twenty-six days
of the year; of presiding over courts in
other counties whenever he can make a
trade with the Judge on the bench and get
$12.00 a day extra; of earning railroad
mileage by riding on a railroad pass, and
of setting up political pegs for the QUAY
side of Republican politics, he can find
time to tell through the editorial columns
of an uptown paper, how busy he is and
how he works 68 days in the year for a
salary of $4,000. Really we did not im-
agine that the Judge had time to do this,
or to calculate the amount of service he
renders the Commonwealth for the pay he
draws out of its treasury. But he has, and
after figuring it all up, counting his actual
court days, and his argument court days,
and his equity courts, and the time re-
quired for re-search and giving opinions,
(which are written by the court stenog-
rapher and paid for by the county,) he
actually puts in 68 days in a year at this
work.
Sixty-eight days! Just think of it.
What a brain racking, hone breaking,
muscle wearing business it must be to
be a Judge! Sixty-eight days work in a
year and a salary of $4,000! Over $58.00
for each day occupied and an extra salary of
$12.00 per day for any extra judicial work
that can be found lying around loose. Real-
ly we had no idea it was as bad as this, and
we are glad that His Honor has found time
to examine the records, and give the exact
figures as to the days and hours he devotes
to public duties. It will possibly create
public sympathy for his over-worked and
under-paid position. It will possibly show
an excuse for his riding on a rail-road pass
and then charging up to the State mileage
for the distance traveled. We say possibly
—only possibly !
Stricken By the Hand of Death.
After Facing Many Dangers in the Field, Joubert Fell
a Victim to Disease. Pretoria is in Mourning.
General Joubert Died on Tuesday Night. He Had
Been Suffering from a Stomach Complaint—He
Was a True Patriot, a Gallant General and an Up-
right and Honorable Gentleman.—Descended From
a French Family.
PRETORIA, March 28.—General Joubert
died last night. He had been suffering
from a stomach complaint.
The town is plunged into mourning for
the true patriot, gallant general and up-
right and honorable gentleman.
General Pietrus Jacobus Joubert, com-
mandant general of the Transvaal forces,
better known as Piet Joubert, or ‘‘Slien
Piet” (Slim Peter), was born about 68
years ago. He was descended from an old
French Huguenot family, which settled in
South Africa many years ago. He was born
in Cape Colony, but was taken by his par-
ents, when 7 years old, to the Orange Free
State, where he was taught from early boy-
hood to shoot straight and hate the British.
He is described as having been utterly fear-
less. Of schooling he had but little and
never saw a newspaper until he was 19
years old. In spite of this, his ambition
prompted him to read the few books he
could obtain and he succeeded in obtaining
a fair knowledge of language and history.
In consequence of the acquisition of Natal
by the British his family moved from Natal
and settled in Transvaal. Soon afterward
he became a burgher of the South African
Republic and a daring fighter. It was
claimed in his behalf that he could lead a
body of men more successfully against hos-
tile natives than any other man in the
Transvaal. He came to be so feared by the
natives that the knowledge that he was at
the head of a punitive expedition usually re-
sulted in their surrender.
It was during these wars with the natives
that Joubert became acquainted with Paul
Kroger and the two men became hosom
friends. He was elected Vice President for
the Transvaal in 1896, defeated Sir George
Colley at Majuba Hill in 1881 and acted as
President of the Republic in 1883-84, during
Kruger’s absence in Europe.
General Joubert was always in favor of
the use of force instead of diplomacy, and
President Kruger on several occasions had
great difficulty in repressing his hot-headed
colleague, notably in 1877 when Joubert,
with Kruger and Pretorius, was planning
the rebellion to overthrow British rule in
Transvaal. The result was Majuba Hill
and the practical independence of the
Transvaal.
It was Joubert who organized the army
of the South African Republic, later on di-
viding the country into 171 military de-
partments and each of these departments
intosmaller divisions, with eommandants,
field coronets and lieutenants of various
rank in charge. According to the general’s
plans, every man became a trained soldier
without leaving his farm and had his
equipment ready at hand. Tosuch a point
of perfection was the system carried that
within forty-eight hours after the present
war was declared the Boer nation was un-
der arms.
It was also due to General Joubert that
the South African Republic succeeded in
amassing the immense stores of war muni-
tions and provisions which have stood them
in such good stead during the conflict now
in progress.
‘When the Jameson raiders were locked
up in Pretoria jail Joubert was strougly in
favor of their immediate execution. It
was not until Joubert and Kruger had
been closeted together for a whole night
that the more merciful measures of Kruger
prevailed.
In spite of these characteristics, Jou-
bert, on some occasions,showed considerable
regard for the usages of civilization. When
the Boers raided British territory, Bech-
uanaland, in 1884, Joubert was probably
the only prominent Boer who refused to
support the movement and his opposition
resulted in the withdrawal of the Boers
from the territory seized, as he threatened
to resign unless he bad his way, saying:
‘I positively refuse to hold office under a
government that deliberately breaks its
covenants, and we have made covenants
with England.”
In November last it was reported that
General Joubert had been killed in action,
and later reports said that he was danger-
ously wounded and had to use a cart in
order to follow the operations in the field.
The circumstances of the death of Gen-
eral Joubert are not explained in the dis-,
patch, which revealed the fact that William
Cox, a newspaper correspondent, who has
arrived at Durban, said that General Jou-
bert was apparently suspected of half-heart-
edness, and that his life would be in dan-
ger at the bands of the Burghers if Pretoria
was besieged.
Joubert’s Successor.
General Botha Will Probably Command the Boer
Forces—dJoubert Died of Peritonitis.
London, March 29.—All the morn-
ing papers print singularly kind edi-
torials concerning General Joubert,
who died of perpitonitis at Pretoria
Tuesday midnight. They praise his
military skill, uphold his chivalrous
conduct and regret that so strong and
moderate a mind should be absent
from the final settlement of the dis-
pute.
Although some of the younger com-
manders thought the old soldier want-
ing in dash and enterprise, his raid
into the country south of the Tugela
is considered the best piece of Boer
leadership during the whole war. It 1s
now known that he crossed the Tugela
with only 3,000 rifiemen and six guns,
but so bold and rapid were his move-
ments that the British commanders
thought 10,000 Boers were marching on
Pietermaritsburg. For a few days, al-
though in the presence of greatly su-
perior forees, he isolated General Hild-
yard’s brigade at Estcourt, and at the
same time threatened General Barton’s
camp at Mooi River. Then, as British:
reinforcements were pushed up, Jou-
bert recrossed the Tugela without los-
ing a prisoner, a wagon or a gun.
General White's estimate of him, pro-
nounced on Tuesday, before he died,
as a gentleman and a brave and hon-
orable opponent, strikes the tone of all
British comment. :
General Joubert’s funeral will take
place tomorrow. The government is
pleading with the widow to allow a
—
THE LATE GENERAL JOUBERT.
temporary interment at Pretoria with
a state funeral. Joubert always ex-
pressed a desire to be buried in a
mausoleum built on his farm.
His successor in the chief command,
says another Pretoria dispatch, will
probably be General Louis Botha, now
commanding in Natal.”
General French, who has arrived
at Bloemfontein from Thaba Nchu,
says that Commandant Olivier has 6,-
000 men, and is north of Ladybrand.
Immense quantities of stores have
now been .accumulated at Bloemfon-
enn GENERAL BOTHA.
tein, and” Lord Roberts’ ~ifitaniry is
seemingly about to move. An impres-
sion, which can be traced to the war
office, is abroad that the advance will
begin next Monday. Boer observation
parties are hovering near Bloemfon-
tein, but Lord Roberts has 135 miles to
cover before reaching the great posi-
tion which the Boers are preparing at
Kroonstad. Moving ten miles a day
is probably the best he can do with
field transport. Therefore he can
hardly engage the Boers in force for
two weeks. The reconstruction of the
railway behind him may even delay
an invasion of the Transvaal until
May.
Lord Roberts has already sent 10,000
troops to Glen, ten miles north of
BloelliTohtein, bn the railway. This is
a preliminary to the general advance.
Meanwhile all the important towns
in the Free State, within Lord Roberts’
reach, are being ¥arrisonéd. Thaba
Nchu, Philippolis, Fauresmith and
Jagersfontein are thus held.
Sir Alfred Milner is touring in the
disturbed newly acquired territory in-
vestigating conditions and arranging
the administration. He is undrestood
to be getting material for a report to
Mr. Chamberlain concerning a plan
of civil government.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The Daily Telegraph says: The latest
news is that the Boers have 40,000 men
still under arms, of whom 10,000 are
in and around the Natal border. Al-
though tents and stores are reaching
here, a block on the railway is delay-
ing arrivals from the south consider-
ably. It is asserted that 20,000 Boers
pre massed at Kroonstad.
Among the items cabled from Pre-
toria is a statement that prominent
residents there object to a defense of
Pretoria and desire that President
Kruger should retire to Lydenburg. It
is alleged that the principal buildings
at Johannesburg have been undermin-
ed by order of Kruger.
Thirty Sailors Drowned.
Melbourne, March 29.—The coasting
steamer Glenelge foundered Sunday
morning during a gale off the Gipps-
land coast. Out of the ship’s company
of 33 only three were saved.
The Work of Congress.
Washington, Mach 29.—The senate
yesterday agreed to vote on the Puerto
Rico government and tariff bill next
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. An
important utterance was made later in
the.day on the bill by Mr. Davis
(Minn.), who advocated free trade be-
tween the United States and Puerto
Rico. Mr. Davis’ principal proposition
was that the necessary money to be
raised by taxation should not be raised
by a duty levied upon Puerto Rican
products, but by an internal revenue
tax levied upon rum and tobacco pro-
duced on the island. This system he
thought would better suit the people of
the United States and those of Puerto
Rico than the proposed tariff and
would be just, equitable and constitu-
tional. The amendment offered by Mr.
Carter to the Alaskan civil code bill
relating to the mining for gold under
the waters of Cape Nome wasagreed to.
The house devoted practically the
whole day to consideration of the army
appropriation bill. Several minor
amendments were adopted and about
half the bill was considered. There
was a good deal of extemporaneous de-
bate during the day, little of which
was pertinent to the bill. Mr. Briggs
(N. Y.) created a diversion by charg-
ing reckless extravagance in the fit-
ting up of the transport Sumner and
precipitated a lively tilt upon the sub-
ject. He gave notice that later he
should ask the house to investigate the
subject.
A Labor “Campaign of Education.”
Chicago, March. 29.—According to
President James O'Connell, of the In-
ternational Association of Machinists,
who returned here from Cleveland yes-
terday, it is the intention of the ma-
chinists’ union to begin a “campaign
of education’ en the subject of labor
unionism. For this purpose a theat-
rical company has been organized un-
der the management of B. J. Eckhart,
of the local machinists’ union, which
will present a melodrama dealing with
labor problems. The play was written
by General Organizer Stewart Reid,
of the Machinists’ association.
One Killed and Four May Die.
Erie, Pa., March 29.—Eleven dryers
in a paper machine in the H. E. Wat-
son company mill exploded last night,
wrecking the portion of the building
in which it was located, killing one
man and injuring four more. Joseph
Stahl was blown through a brick wall
and instantly killed. Injured: Albert
Harris, fatally scalded; Anton Green-
beck, leg broken; Charles Weigle, leg
broken; J. Yerka, badly bruised. All
the injured were terribly hurt by the
force of the explosion, and may all die.
to n — —~—
Reorganized Chekapehike and Ohio.
New York, March 29.—At a meeting
held in this city yesterday the board
of directors of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad was reorganized, pre-
sumably in the interests of the Penn-
sylvania railroad and the Vanderbilts,
by the election of the following as di-
rectors: S. M. Provost, Samuel Rea,
N. H. Parker Shortridge, Chauncey M.
Depew, H. McKay Twombley and H.
J. Hayden. The three first named are
said to represent the Pennsylvania
and the latter the Vanderbilts. The
other directors are G. W. Stevens,
president, Decatur Axtel and H. T.
‘Wickham.
AIRE Sint S50 tts FS
The Kentucky Mystery.
Many Secret Conferences, But No New Developments.
Culton’s Alleged Confession.
Frankfort, Ky. March 28.—There
were no developments in the assassina-
tion case yesterday, though the air was
filled with rumors of more arrests and
other new phases. It was reported that
a prominent man who was supposed to
be at Winchester would be arrested,
but dispatches from Winchester say
that the suspected man is not there
and that no arrest has been made at
that point. It is claimed that the
statement made by W. H. Culton to the
attorneys for the prosecution involved
this suspected man, he having been
named by Sergeant Golden in his tes-
timony last Saturday as one of the
promoters of the movement which re-
sulted in bringing the mountaineers
here.
The visit of Culton to the attorneys
for the commonwealth yesterday has
caused a great deal of talking on beth
sides, and while the Democrats claim
that he made a confession, the Re-
publicans say that he told nothing
whatever about the tragedy, as he
knew nothing to tell beyond the im-
portation of mountaineers to Frank-
fort. The attorneys decline to divulge
what was brought out at the meeting
beyond the fact that Culton was in
conference with them for severalhours.
Twice yesterday Culton made short
visits to the hotel to see the attorneys,
but nothing new in the case has been
announced.
H. E. Youtsey, who was arrested
Tuesday, will be arraigned today. His
attorneys will ask for an immediate
examining trial.
Captain John Davis is still in jail,
no one having appeared to execute a
new bond. Judge Yost, who, it is said,
has the power of attorney from
wealthy citizens of Louisville to make
bond for Davis, arrived last night, but
he could not be found to corroborate
the rumor. Stanley Milward, of Lex-
ington, telegraphed here that he will
be here today and execute a bond for
Davis. Davis’ friends say he will be
released today.
Detective Armstrong left last night
for Eastern Kentucky, and it is report-
ed that he has warrants for more Re-
publican state officers and other per-
scns equally prominent. It is said that
these warrants are based on informa-
tion furnished by W. H. Culton, who
is a deputy under Auditor of State
Sweeney. Culton was in the execu-
tive building previous to the incursion
of the mountaineers and at the time of
Goebel’s assassination, and it is said
he has told about conferences and con-
versations around the state building
during January. All sorts of rumors
are circulated about what Culton has
said and about his wholesale charges
against state officers.
Good Pension For Officers’ Widows.
‘Washington, March 29.—The house
committee on pensions yesterday re-
commended an increase to $40 a month
in the pension of the widow of Colonel
Egbert, killed in the Philippines; $40
to the widow of Colonel Haskell, who
died from wounds received in Cuba;
$35 to the widow of Colonel J. J. Van-
Horn, who died during the Spanish
war; $30 to the widow of Captain C. W.
Rowell, killed in Cuba; $35 to the
widow of Commander Horace Elmer, of
the navy, and $30 to the widow of Com-
modore O. C. Badger, of the navy.
Chicago Expressmen to Combine.
Chicago, March 29.—A combination
of expressmen and moving van com-
panies in this city is said to have been
formed, embracing nearly 300 com-
panies and single expressmen. It is
said to be the intention of the origin-
ators of the combine to reduce by one-
half the rates for moving furniture,
trunks and for all business that comes
to the expressmen, until the entire
army of expressmen in Chicago is in
tho aambinatinn
Compulsory Vaccination insavannah
Savannah, Ga., March 29.—Mayor
Myers has issued a proclamation es-
tablishing compulsory vaccination
within the limits. of the city. Ten days’
time is allowed, after which all persons
not vaccinated will
against to the extent of the law, which
imposes a fine of $100 or one month
in jail.
Hazleton Carpenters’ Demands.
Hazleton, Pa., March 29.—The Hazle-
ton Carpenters’ union yesterday noti-
fied all local buildings contractors that
on and after May 1 the union would
femand a wage scale of $2.25 per day
or all carpenters, a day to consist of
aine hours’ work.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——~Commissioner Daniel Heckman has
moved to this place.
i pet
—David Williams of Nittany killed six
foxes while hunting last Monday.
pp smn
—T. G. Hosterman has started his
mill at Coburn and is reported to be cutting
some fine timber.
rte QA er ee me
——Charles Case and family, for eigh-
teen years residents of Bellefonte, have
moved to a farm near Williamsport.
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——=Sunday was about as near a perfect
spring day at it is possible to have one.
And to think that the next day it snowed.
i A ri
——10 inch ice was harvested at Wolfe's
Store last week. It is not often that ice of
such thickness is to he procured at such a
late date.
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——Supt. D. O. Etters of the Bellefonte
Public schools is confined to his home on
Curtin street with heart trouble. His con-
dition is said to be quite serious.
a a ren mser
—Richard Packer, of Pleasant Gap, while
at Milesburg recently fell and broke his leg.
It has been necessary to reset the broken
member four times.
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——The building at 123 South 11th
street, Philadelphia, in which the fatal ex-
plosion of photographic chemicals occurred
last Thursday, completely wrecking it, was
the one in which Ira D. Garman, a son of
Daniel Garman of this place, once had his
jewelry store located.
be proceeded.
——The firm of Ishler and Woodring has
been dissolved and they will close their im-
plement agency on Spring street. Both
gentlemen will continue in the business,
but in separate branches of it.
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——R. A. Kinsloe, owner of the Bitumin-
ous Record in Philipsburg, has sold his
building on Front street to Benj. Hoffer.
The latter will occupy the residence apart-
ments and lease the part now occupied to
the Record. Mr. and Mrs. Kinsloe will
give up house keeping and board.
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——About the swellest looking turnout
that has been seen on Bellefonte streets for
some time was George Beezer’s Saturday
exhibit. His beautiful team of chestnut
sorrels and a natty little trap, that would
make poor Fatty Bates turn in his grave,
was a combination such as is seldom sent
out of any livery.
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——Miss Alice Irvin, who came in from
Snow Shoe a week ago on Wednesday to
visit the Misses McCafferty, is seriously ill
with diphtheria at their home on east Lamb
street. Her father, James Irvin, was former-
ly of this place but is now in the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Snow Shoe
and his daughter’s illness is to be deplored.
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——Mrs. McLain’s entertainment, last
Thursday evening, in the lecture room of
the Methodist church was a great success
and everyone was delighted with her little
daughter May, a dear little tot of four or
five years. She was the star of the troup
although everyone of the seven members
of the class acquitted themselves credita-
bly. Florence Lowry and Bessie Sholl
were exceptionally pleasing and the pro-
ceeds amounted to $20.50.
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——Congressman Packer and postmas ter
Hall of Lock Haven had a runaway acci-
dent while driving down the mountain road
into Loganton yesterday. Their horses be-
came unmanagable and dashed away. When
rounding a sharp turn both side wheels gave
way. The men were thrown out. Con-
gressman Packer escaped with a few bruises
but Mr. Hall had his right shoulder dis-
located, his arm broken, an ugly scalp
woundjand numerous bruises.
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——Socially the town has been rather
quiet for several weeks but some charming
dinners have been enjoyed and given for
the women of the olderset. On Friday
Mirs.]Mary A. Johnson entertained a party
of ten at dinner with her usual grace and
excellence. The dinner was delicious and
thejcompany congenial. Tuesday night
Mrs. Archie Allison gave a dinner for Miss
Amanda Tomb, of Philadelphia, and Miss
Valeria Shissler, of Detroit, Mich., Mrs.
Bush’s house guests, and on Saturday Miss
Bertha]; Laurie had a tea in honor of Miss
Winifred Newbaker, whose engagement to
J. Malcolm Laurie was announced last
week.
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MARRIAGE L1cENSEs.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk A. G. Archey dur-
ing the past week :
Harry N. Koch, of Fairbrook, Pa., and
Maggie W. Campbell, of State College, Pa.
Homer Reuben Treaster and Bessie R.
Corman, both of Penn township.
James G. Stiver and Celia S. Biddle, both
of Martha Furnace.
Benjamin D. West and Susie E. Jenkins,
both of Bellefonte.
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BiL. HAYNES’ LATEST SNAKE STORY.
—While in town attending the Democratic
convention on Tuesday, W. R. Haynes, the
Clarence sportsman, told the following
snake story which sounds very much as if
he and George Uzzle bad heen sitting up
-nights to get it together for juss such an
occasion as a meeting of the “‘unterrified.”’
He said he sent his son out to get some
sassafrass root a few days ago. The lad
was in the act of digging out what he
thought was a good sized red root from the
side of a large stone. When he struck the
supposed root with the pick, to his sur-
prise a genuine rattlesnake flew up and
buried its poisonous fangs in the wooden
pick handle. The poison was so strong that
the pick handle began to swell up and
bulged the eye out of the iron socket.
FosTER WEATHER.—‘‘Warm wave will
cross the west of Rockies country about
23rd, great central valleys 25th, Eastern
States 27th. Cool wave will cross the west
of Rockies country about 26th, great cen-
tral valleys 28th, Eastern States 30th.
Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m.,
April 2nd, will average below normal in the
great central valleys, below in Eastern
States, and above on the Pacific slope.
Rainfall for same period will be above nor-
mal east of the Rockies and below west.
About the date of this bulletin a high
temperature wave will cover the great cen-
tral valleys and immediately behind it will
come a cold wave inclining toward the bliz-
zard kind. This storm wave with warm
wave in front will reach Atlantic coast not
far from the 19th.
First storm wave of April will reach
Pacific coast about March 29th, cross the
west of Rockies country by close of 30th,
great central valleys 31st to April 2nd,
Eastern States 3rd.
Warm wave will cross the west of Rock-
ies country about March 29th, great cen-
tral valleys 31st, Eastern States April 2nd.
Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies
country about April 1st, great central val-
leys 3rd, Eastern States 5th
About April 3rd severe storms may be
expected in the great central valleys and
paralled 40. While these storms will be
of the thunder storm or tornado class they
will probably not be very destructive; the
cause does not seem to indicate any very
great force.