Bellefonte, Pa., Sep. 14, 1900.
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Democratic National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ADLAI E. STEVENSON,
of Illinois.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
P. GRAY MEEK, Centre County.
FOR CONGRESSMEN-AT-LARGE,
HARRY E. GRIMM, Bucks County.
N. M. EDWARDS, Lycoming County.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS-AT-LARGE,
ANDREW KAUL, Elk County,
OTTO GERMER, Erie County.
A. F. COFFROTH, Somerset County.
FRANCIS SHUNK BROWN, Philadelphia.
| Democratic District Ticket.
FOR CONGRESS.
Hon. J. K. P. HALL.
Democratic County Ticket.
J. H. WETZEL
For Assembly—{ J. Wf, KEPLER,
For Jury Commissioner—
FREDERICK ROBB.
How the Bosses Boss.
There are others besides Mr. JNO. A.
DALEY, Mr. JOHN MURRAY, Mr. SAML.
DEIHL and the Philipsburg Ledger who ob-
ject to bowing to the dictation of the three
or four self constituted Republican bosses
here in Bellefonte. The woods are fall of
those who refuse to be harmonized with the
gold brick that Governor HASTINGS offers
in return for support for his choice of
candidates. From every part of the county
comes protests from Republicans, who have
minds of their own, against a proposition
that takes from them any choice of candi-
dates or any voice in the expression of their
political desires.
In all the history of Senator QUAY’S
domination of the Republican politics of
the State there is no such an instance of
self asserted bossism as that exhibited in
chairman REEDER’S pronunciamento of last
week. In it he not only dictates who the
candidates must be, but ostentatiously,
through the personal organ of Governor
HASTINGS — the Republican — announces
what can and what can not be put into the
platform. In fact he constitutes himself,
Governor HASTINGS, and the three other
Bellefonters who were parties to the con-
tract, the Republican party of the county,
while its primaries, its convention and its
voters are allowed the privileges of ratify-
ing their orders. Asa specimen of boss:
ism, heretofore unknown or experienced
in any party, in any State, under any cir-
cumstances, we give the letter of the chair-
man of the Republican party of this coun-
ty announcing what is to be the action of
the Republican county convention that
meets in this place on Tuesday next. It is
predicted, upon an agreement entered into
between four men who pledged themselves
that ‘‘the nominees of the party should be
Wn. ALLisoN and JOHN K. THOMPSON,
and that they be unpledged by the conven-
tion; that the resolutions it shall pass shall
not contain aught that will reflect upon
the administration of Governor STONE or
refer in. any manner whatsoever to the
QUAY issue; that the present chairman
shall continue in the position he now holds
and that all Republicans are hereby pledg-
ed to the loyal support of this ticket nam-
ed, and to such a platform as shall be giv.
en them.”
Mr. REEDER’S orders are in words as fol-
lows: de
HreADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN CoUNTY CONVEN-
710N, BELLEFONTE, PA., Sept. 1st., 1900.
DEAR SiR :
The Republican primaries will take place on
Saturday, Sept. 15th, at the usual places for hold-
ing the same. :
Factionalism and personal contentions should
have no place in this campaign. The success of
the party is far more important than the triumph
of any individual or faction. With the party
united Centre cotinty will surély ‘return to the
Repablican column... . i —————————
To this end, it has been determined wisest to
nominate for the General Assenibly two Republi-
cans of unblemished character, each of whom
should be and is acceptable to all factions; who
will poll the full Republican vote, and ‘command
the respect and confidence of the people of the’
county. 3
After consultation with members of the Re-
publican County Committee and leading Repub-
lieans of all factions it was determined to present
the names of Hon. William M. Allison, of Spring
Mills, and John K. Thompson, of Philipsburg, as
candidates of the reunited party. Let us now put
forth our best efforts to carry Centre county for
McKinley, Allison and Thompson,
Very truly,
WILBUR F. REEDER,
County Chairman.
——Hay ought to be right cheap here-
abouts, judging from the amount of grass
that is allowed to grow up between the rails
of the P. R. R. tracks. It is so unusual to
see Pennsy property looking ragged and
unkempt that the condition of the tracks in
Bellefonte are a daily source of wonder-
ment.
—The so-called American lion is merely
what natural history classes as the puma.
The real king of beasts is said to be found
only in Africa, but the men who wrote the
natural histories hadn’t heard of the lion
that ate the lamb in Centre connty.
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Still Unplaced.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
It may take some time to determine
whether the looting of Tien Tsin comes
under the head of duty or destiny.
Horror at Galveston.
The Graphic Narrative of Richard Spillane Newspa-
per Man. A Tremendous Modern Tragedy. The
Waters of the Gulf and the Bay Met and Engulf-
ed the City—The People Caught ina Trap in the
Darkness. Substantial Buildings Wrecked.
HusToN, Tex., September, 10.— Richard
Spillane, a well known Galveston news-
paper man and day correspondent of the
Associated Press in that city, Who reached
Huston today after a terrible experience,
gives the following account of the disaster
at Galveston :
One of the most awful tragedies of mod-
ern times has visited Galveston. The city
is in ruins and the dead will number prob-
ably 3,000. I am just from the city, bav-
ing been commissioned by the mayor and
citizens’ committee toget in touch with the
outside world and appeal for help. Hus-
ton was the nearest point at which work-
ing telegraph instruments could be found,
the wires, as well as nearly all the build-
ings between here and the Gulf of Mexico,
being wrecked.
“When I left Galveston shortly before
noon yesterday the people were organizing
for the prompt burial of the dead, distribu-
tion of food and all work after a period of
disaster. The wreck at Galveston was
brought about by a tempest so terrible that
no words can adequately describe its inten-
sity and by a flood which turned the city
into a raging sea. The weather bureau rec-
ords show that the wind attained a veloc-
ity of eighty four miles an hour before the
measuring instrument blew away, so it is
impossible to tell what was the maximum.’’
The storm began at 2 o’clock Saturday
morning. Previous to that a great storm
had been raging in the gulf and the tide
was very high. The wind at first came
from the north and was in direct opposition
to the force of the gulf, while the storm of
the gulf piled the water up on the beach
side of the city.
About noon it became evident that the
city was going to be visited with disaster.
Hundreds of residences along the beach
front were hurridly abandoned, the fami-
lies fleeing to dwellings in higher portions
of the city. Every home was opened to
the refugees, black or white. The winds
were rising constantly and it rained tor-
rents. The wind was so fierce that the
water was cat as by a knife.
By three o’clock the waters of the gulf
and bay met and by dark the entire city
was submerged. The flooding of the elec-
tric light plant and the gas plants left the
city in darkness. To go upon the streets
was to court death. The wind was then at
cyclonic velocity, roofs, cisterns, portions
of buildings, telegraph poles were falling
and the noise of the wind and the crashing
of the buildings were terrifying in the ex-
treme. The wind and water rose steadily
from dark until 1:45 Sunday morning.
During all this time the people of Galves-
ton were like rats in traps. The highest
portion of the city was four or five feet un-
der water while in the great majority of
cases the streets were submerged to a depth
of ten feet. To leave a house was to drown.
To remain was to court death in the wreck-
age. Such a night of agony has seldom
been equalled. Without apparent reason
the water suddenly began to subside at 1:45
a. m. Within twenty minutes they had
gone down two feet and before daylight
the streets were practically freed of the
flood of waters.
Very few if any buildings escaped in-
jury. There was hardly a habitable dry
house in the city. When the people who
had escaped death went out in daylight to
view the work of the tempest and the floods
they saw the most horrible sight imagina-
ble. In the three blocks from avenue N,
to avenue P, in. Tremont street, I saw
eight bodies. Four corpses were in one
yard.
The whole of the business front for three
blocks in from the gulf was stripped of
every vestige of habitation; the dwellings,
the great bathing establishments, the Olym-
pia and every structure baving been either
carried out to sea or its ruins piled in a pyra-
mid far into the town, according to the
vagaries cf the tempest.
The first hurried glance over the city
showed that the largest structures, sup-
posed to be the most substantially built,
suffered the greatest. The Orphans’ home,
Twenty-first streetand Avenue M, fell like
a house of cards. How many dead chil-
dren and refugees are in the ruins could
not be ascertained.
Of the sick in St. Mary’s infirmary, to-
gether with the attendants, only eight are
understood to have been saved.
The Old Woman’s ‘home, on Rosenberg
avenue, collapsed, and the Rosenberg
school house isa mass of wreckage. The
Ball high school is but an empty shell,
crushed and broken. Every church in the
city, with possibly one or two exceptions,
is in ruins.
At the forts nearly all the soldiers are
reported dead, they having been in tempo-
rary quarters, which gave them no protec-
tion against the tempest or the flood. No
report has been received from the Catholic
orphan asylum, down the island, but it
seems impossible that it could have with-
stood the hurricane, If it fell all the in-
mates were no doubt lost, for there was no
aid within a mile.
The hay front end to end is in ruins.
Nothing but piling and the wreckage of
great warehouses remain. The elevators
lost all their upper works and their stocks
crew being swept across the bay fourteen
miles to Texas City. I saw Captain Haines
and he told me that his wife and one of his
crew were drowned. :
The shore at Texas City contains enough
wreckage to rebuild a city. Eight persons
who were swept across the bay during the
storm were picked up there alive. Five
corpses were also picked up. There were
three fatalities in Texas City. In addition
to the living and dead which the storm cast
up at Texas City, caskets and coffins from
one of the cemeteries at Galveston were
heing fished out of the water there yester-
ay.
In the business portion of the city two
large brick buildings, one occupied by
Knapp Bros. and the other by.the Cotton
Exchange saloon, collapsed. In the Cot-
ton Exchange saloon there were about fif-
teen persons. Most of them escaped. Up
to the time I left Galveston three dead had
been taken from the ruins. They were:
Stanley G. Spencer, manager of the Elder-
Dampster Steamship company; Richard
Lord, traffic manager for George H. Mc-
Fadden & Bro. ; Charles Kelder, of the firm
of Lambers E. Flint. How many more
co! are there will not be know until the
search is finished.
The cotton mills, the bagging factory,
the gas works, the electric light works and
nearly all the industrial establishments of
the city are either wrecked or crippled.
The flood left a slime about one inch deep
over the whole city, and unless fast prog-
ress ismade in burying co 3 and car-
casses of animals there is danger of pesti-
lence.
Some of the escapes were miraculous.
William Nesbett, a cotton man, was buried
are damaged by water. The life saving
| station at Fort Point was carried away, the
in the ruins of the Cotton Exchange saloon
and when dug out in the morning had no
further injury than a few bruised fingers.
Dr. O. 8. Young, secretary. of the Cotton
Exchange, was knocked senseless when his
house collapsed but was revived by the
water and was carried ten blocks by the
hurricane. A woman who had just given
birth to a child, was carried from her home
toa house a block distant, the men who
were carrying her having to hold her high
above their heads as the water was five {eet
deep when she was moved.
Clarence H. Ouley, editor of the Evening
Tribune had his family and the families of
two neighbors in his house when the lower
half crumbled and the upper part slipped
down into the water. Not one in the house
was hurt. Of the Lavine family six out of
seven are reported dead. Of the Burnett
family only one is known to have been
saved. The family of Stanley G. Spencer,
who met death in the Cotton Exchange
hotel, is reported to be dead.
The Mill street house in the west end
was turned into a hospital. All the regu-
lar hospitals of the city were unavailable.
Half a million feet of lumber was carried
away from the new works on the docks and
Engineer Boschke says, as far as the com-
pany is concerned, it might as well start
over again.
Eight ocean steamers were adrift from
their moorings and stranded in the bay.
The Randall Castle was carried over the
flats, Thirty-third street wharf, to Texas
City and lies in the wreckage of the Inman
pier. The Norwegian steamer Gyller is
stranded hetween Texas City and Virginia
Point.: An;ocean liner was whirled around
through the west bay, crushing through
the bay bridges and is now laying in a foot
of water near the wreckage of the railroad
bridges. The steamship Taunton was car-
ried across Pelican Point and is stranded
about ten miles up the bay. The Mallory
line steamer Alamo was torn from her
wharf and dashed upon Pelican Flats and
against the bow of the British steamer Red
Cross, which had previously been hurled
through the stern of the Alamo, which is
gtoved in and the bow of the Red Cross is
crushed.
Down the channel to the jetties two oth-
er ocean steamships lie grounded. Some
schooners, barges and small craft are strewn
bottom side up along the sides of the piers.
The tug T.ouise, of the Houston Direct
Navigation company, is also a wreck. It
wili take a week to tabulate the dead and
the missing and to getanything like an ap-
proximate idea of the monetary loss. It is
safe to assume that one half of the property
of the city is wiped out and that one-half
of the residents have suffered great loss.
There are but few buildings at Texas
City that do not tell thestory of the storm.
The hotel is a complete ruin. The office
of the Texas City company was almost en-
tirely destroyed. Nothing remains of the
piers except the piling. The wreckage
from Galveston litters the shore for miles
and is a hundred yards or more wide. For
ten miles inland from the shore it is a com-
mon sight to see small craft, such as steam
launches, schooners and sloops. The life
hoat of the life saving station was carried
half a mile inland, while a vessel that was
anchored in Moses bay lays high and dry
five miles up the city.
The Galveston News asked to have it an-
nounced that all the men on its staff are
safe.
Dead Number 3,000.
In Addition 5,000 Families are Reported Destitute.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 11.—Au-
thentic information from the storm-swept
city of Galveston reached the Memphis of-
fice of the Associated Press shortly after 9
o'ciock to-night. The intelligence came
in the shape of a telegram addressed to the
Associated Press from Mayor Jones and five
of the most prominent citizens of Galves-
ton. The telegram bears date of Septem-
ber 11th and states that a conservative es-
timate of the loss of life in Galveston is
that it is not over 3.000. Five thousand
families are destitute and the destruction
to property is great.
Following is the telegram in full :
“GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 11.—To the
Associated Press, Memphis : A conserva
tive estimate of the loss of life is that it
will reach 3,000, and at least 5,000 fami-
lies are shelterless and wholly destitute.
The entire remainder of the population is
suffering in greater or less degree. Nota
building escaped damage, and half the
whole number were entirely obliterated.
There is great need for food, clothing and
household goods of all kinds. If nearby
cities will open asylums for women and
children the situation will he greatly re-
lieved. Coast cities should send us water
as well as provisions, including kerosene,
oil, gasoline and candles. [Signed]
W. C. JoNES, Mayor.
AvusTIN, Tex., September 11.—Official
reports from Galveston to Governor Sayers
are that 400 bodies have heen identified,
200 more are in an improvised morgue
awaiting indentification and many more
are thought to have drifted out to sea and
their identity will not be known for
weeks.
A telegram from Adjutant General Scur-
ry, who is at Galveston, to the Governor is
as follows : :
‘‘Have just returned from Texas City
with several Galveston parties, who assure |
“me that conditions there beggar descrip-
tion. * ‘Accounts have not been exaggera-
ted. One thousand lost is too conserva-
tive. While a portion of the provisions
have heen destroyed by water, sufficient is
left to relieve urgent necessities. The citi-
zens seem to have the situation well in
hand. United States troops and Company
C, volunteer guard, with citizens, patrol
the streets to prevent looting.’
From reports reaching the Governor this
morning it will be necessary to co-operate
with the federal troops to place all the
mainland opposite Galveston, as well as |
the island under martial law.
If reports reaching here are true thieves
have begun to enter the city for the pur-
pose of pilfering the bodies of the dead.
e Governor has heen informed that the
commander of the Texas troops has been
ordered to Galveston by the federal anthor-
ities and the Governor will lend his assist-
ance with state troops to keep down van-
dalism.
According to reports to the Governor to-
night the work of recovering corpses con-
tinues unabated, and while a number of
them are so mutilated that they cannot be
recognized they are being held as long as
possible in the hope of securing their
names.
Loss of Life Growing.
HoustoN, Tex., Sept. 12.—The loss of
life at Galveston is now conservatively es-
timated at 5,000, while many believe that
from 8,000 to 10,000 people have perished.
Refugees from Galveston continue toar-
rive here and the homes and public
buildings in this city have been thrown
open to the homeless and distressed. The
work of relief is being carried on splendid-
ly and thousands of dollars bave been con-
tributed for the flood sufferers, as well as
supplies of everything. Perhaps the great-
est evil with which the relief committee
has to contend at present is the endeavor
to hold in check .the lawless element.
Hoodlums have crowded all the relief trains
and boats carrying supplies to Galveston,
and it has been found necessary to put a
guard over relief expeditions. !
AvusTIN, Tex., Sept., 12.—Governor
Sayers to-day made the following state-
ment to the Associat@&l Press on the flood
situattion :
‘‘Conditions at Galveston are [nlly as
bad as represented. Communication, how-
ever, has been re-established between the
island and the mainland and hereafter
transportation of supplies will be less diffi-
cult. The work of clearing the city is pro-
gressing fairly well and Adjutant General
Scurty, under directions of the mayor, is
patrolling the city for the purpose of pre-
venting depredations. The most conserva-
tive estimate as to the number of deaths
places them at 2,000. Contributions from
citizens, of this State and also from other
States are coming in rapidly and liberally,
and it is confidently expected that within
the next ten days the work of restoration
by the people of Galveston will have been
begun in good earnest and with energy
and success. Of course, the distraction of
property has been very great—not less than
ten millions of dollars—but it is hoped
aud believed that even this great loss will
be overcome through the energy and self-
reliance of the people.
During the day the contributions have
fairly deluged the governor, upwards of
$100,000 having - been received. = Among
the large contributors are to be noted the
Standaid Oil company with $10,000; St.
Louis Commercial club for a like amount,
and the Huntingdon interests for $5,000.
Strike Declared in the Anthracite Coal
Regiom
President Mitchell, of United Mine Workers, Says :
‘All Efforts to Effect Peaceful Settlement Have
Failed—Strike Order Issued to take Effect Mon-
day.”
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 12.—At 5:30 this
afternoon the United Mine Workers of
America declared a strike in the anthra-
cite region.
LAST GREAT STRIKE RECALLED.
‘PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.—The order
of President Mitchell, calling out the mi-
pers in the anthracite coal region of this
state, recalls the last great strike in the
same district, three years ago, which = was
practically ended by the tragedy at Latti-
mer, in which twenty-one miners were
killed and over fifty wounded by deputy
sheriffs. The strike inaugurated to-day by
the United Mine Workers will, for the
time being, terminate operations in the
most productive hard coal field in the
world.
The mune employes in the anthracite
district of Pennsylvania number about
145,000. The membership of the union is
not kuown to ‘a certainty, but the leaders
claim that about 80 per cent. of the miners
are organized. The union men do not an-
ticipate any difficulty in inducing the un-
organized miners to strike.
The coal basins extend overan area of
ahout 470 square miles and are distributed
throughout several counties, the more im-
portant workings being in Luzerne, Lacka-
wanna, Schuylkill, Carbon; and Northum-
berland counties. If all the veins were
located in the one place they would occupy
a space about twenty miles long and alittle
less than twenty-four mileslong. The coal
seams vary from six to twenty feet in
thickness. The districts are known as No.
1, comprising upper Luzerne and Lacka-
wanna; No. 7, comprising Hazleton and
the upper Schuylkill region, and No. 9.
comprising Shamokin and a portion of the
Schuylkill region. The average production
from the entire district is 75,000,000 tons a
year. In the mines in the Lackawanna
and Wyoming Valley districts, 80,000 men
and boys are employed. Of these 50,000
are distributed through the workings lying
between Pittston, in Luzerne connty, and
Forest City, in Susquehanna county.
There are 25,000" employes in the mines in
the vicinity of Wilkesbarre, Ashley, Xan-
ticoke, Plymouth and Wanamie, 15,000
about Hazleton, 20,000 at Mahanoy City
and Shenandoah and 23,000 around Shamo-
kin, Pottsville and Mount Carmel.
The closing of the mines is expected to
reduced the regular coal production 75 per
cent., leaving free only the Reading Coal
and Iron company’s production of 20.5 per
cent. of the total output of the region and
5.65 per cent. of the Lehigh Valley’s pro-
duction. Should the strike continue over
a period of two months, the loss in wages
will amount to $84,000,000; loss to rail-
roads, $20,000,000, and to mine operators,
$20,000,000. = Officers of the miners’ union
estimate that the organization has a cash
balance of $1,000,000 in the treasury with
which to conduct the strike.
In their demands the miners ask the
correction of ‘many evils, the more im-
portant of which are the following :
‘Abolition of the company stores, reduc-
tion in the price of powder to $1.50 per
keg, abolition of company doctors, = semi-
monthly payment of wages, abolition of
the sliding scale, wages paid in cash, 2,240
pounds to the ton, an advance of 20 per
cent. in wages less than $1.50 and not ex-
ceeding $1.75 a day, that ‘all classes of
labor now receiving $1.50 and not exceed-
ing $1.75 shall receive 15 per cent. over
present wages, that all day labor now re-
ceiving $1.75 shall be advanced 10 per
cent., that no miner shall have at any time
more than one breast, gang or other class
of work and shall get only his legal share
of cara. :
Real Estate Transfe Transfers:
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by
Recorder N. E, Robb: cv sl
Tyrone Mining and Manufacturing Co,,
to Samuel Rudy, dated May 3rd, 1900.
77 perches .in Ferguson: Twp. Considera-
tion hi vrei } palin ald janis
P. Keichline et ux to John Shiffer dated
June 2nd, 1859. Lot in Ferguson Twp.
Consideration $100. Ms is
Daniel K. Geiss et nx to D. W. Geiss
dated Sept. 5th, 1900. Lot in Centre Hall
Boro. Consideration $1,000.
D. W. Geiss to Sarah C. Geiss dated
Sept 5th. 1900. Lot in Contre Hall bor-
ough. Consideration $1,000.
Margarette. Maher to Michael Fahey
dated March 6th, 1900. } acre in Snow
Shoe Twp. Consideration $1,000.
Robert Whitehill’s heirs to D. E. Hep-
ler dated Aug. 10th, 1900. 5 acres, 72
erches in College Twp. Consideration
1,400. 4 { Go :
Tyrone Mining and Manufacturing Co.,
to Jacob Harpster dated May 3rd, 1900.
25 acres in Ferguson Twp. Consideration
$230.63. : : ‘
——Dr. I. N. Bush, the veterinarian, has
located again in Bellefonte and will have
head-quarters at the Palacelivery. He is
pager contract for services in the Reynolds
stables.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Th € country is being plastered with
bills advertising the great Centre county
fair next month.
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——Choiera infantum caused the death
of seven weeks old Joseph Walter, at the
‘| home ‘ot his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Walter, at Pleasant Gap, last Thursday
morning.
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——D. Wagner Geiss, of Centre Hall,
has accepted the position of book-keeper
in E. K. Rhoads’ coal office in this place,
made vacant by the resignation of William
Dorworth, who has entered State College.
rs
——Rev. D. E. Vishanoff, of Thessalon-
ica, Macedonia, a son of a nobleman, will
appear in his Macedonian dress, on Sun-
day morning, inthe Evangelical church
and give an address. He will also sing in
the Macedonian and Greek languages.
——Bishop R. D. Dubs, of Chicago,
head of the United Evangelical church
spent Tuesday night at the Bush house in
this place. He was on his way to Mill-
heim to attend the Bible conference in ses-
sion there. There are about seventy min-
isters present.
——In order to give more attention to
his lumber interests Ellis Shaffer has sold
his mail route from Millheim to Madison-
burg to Charles Rachau. Mr. Shaffer
took his wife to Williamsport yesterday,
there to enter the hospital for an operation
that is hoped will give her relief from the
nervous troubles with which she has sul-
fered so constantly for several years past.
oe
——The Coleville band will hold a festi-
val on the North ward school grounds on
Saturday evening and if one fourth of the
people who have enjoyed their weekly con-
certs this summer were to turn out the
boys would realize a nice sam. It is the
duty of every Bellefonter to patronize them.
They have contributed more to the public
pleasure this summer than any musical or-
ganization we ever had and Bellefouters of
every class should patronizeit. You will
be treated nicely and your contribution, no
matter how small, will be thoroughly ap-
preciated by the boys.
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—— Last Sunday morning Mrs. Theresa
Tate, while standing on the porch at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. George Beezer,
on Howard street, hecame unconscious and
fell off the steps onto the stone pavement
and hart her hip so seriously that the doc-
tors are not positive yet about the extent of
her injuries. She had been at the Metho-
dist church and during the service felt
faint and thought she would go over to her
daughter’s, who lives just across the street,
and rest awhile before attempting to go
home. She tried the door and found if
locked and had just turned to go around to
the side entrance when she fell. Mr.
Harshberger and several people, who were
just leaving the church, saw the accident
and hastened to ber assistance. They
found that she was badly hurt and lifting
her into Mrs. Rothrock’s carriage, which
was standing nearby, took her at once to
her home on Bishop street. None of her
bones were broken but her bruises pain her
constantly. = She’ was reported as being
better yesterday:
THE EPWORTH LEAGUE RALLY AT
SPRING MILLs.—Those who attended the
Epworth League rally at Spring Mills last
Thursday, we feel sure, were greatly ben-
fited thereby. We trust that everyone
went away from the meeting more thought-
ful and earnest in God’s work. We feel
‘that the League work must have received
a new impulse, when we remember with
what clearness and force the work of the
first three departments was brought to our
attention. The talks given by the visit-
ing pastors were in a spirit that could not
fail to aronse enthusiasm. On the whole,
it was such a meeting as was necessary to
the prosperity of the work. We are sorry
that some of the Leaguers were absent,
but hope that they may be able to attend
our rally of 1901, to be held at Centre Hall
on the last Wednesday in August. ®
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INTERESTING © COUNTY STATISTICS.—
Commissioner’s clerk Boyd A. Musser re-
cently made his certified returns to the
Secretary of Internal Affairs of the follow-
[ing interesting statistics of Centre county.
They show the entire amount of taxes
collected or worked out for the mainte-
nance of State, county, ward, borough and
township governments ; the total ‘amount
collected for the support of the ‘poor ; the’
total amount collected for the construc-
tion and repairs of streets, roads and
bridges ; the’ amount . collected : for school
purposes ; the amount colleoted on person-
al property, on occupations and licenses ;
the amount collected on the real estate of
railroad corporations ; the amount colle ct-
ed on the real estate other than railroads,
including limited partnerships in the
county of Centre, between the first day of
June, 1899, and the 31st of May, 1900,
made pursuant to the Act of Assembly ap-
proved the ninth day of May, A. D. 1889.
FIRST DIVISION.
Showing the amount of taxes collected
in the county for all purposes.
For the support of poor
For the construction and repa
streets, roads and bridges......... ia
For schools and school purposes (not
inclnding i ABproprint on received
41,886.38
65,606.95
from the oes ca rnrneamraraseservase: O3y00,13
For any purpose not embraced mm above v
items, whether the same be State, =
county or local taxes..........tsarsnisrnenees 72,903.32
Total amount of taxes collected for all
purposes, as set forth above............. 243,696.78
| SECOND DIVISION.
Showing a specific return of all taxes on
the subjects named : sl Se ,
Taxes collected on personal property 16,433.96
Taxes collected on ‘occupations............ © 9,493.83
Taxes collected on licenses of all kinds
including wholesale and retail liquor
c aessasssraebseriasssri neers us ssinsyavesenien
Taxes collected on the real estate of
rail corporations........... hrsssashbnschd ’
Taxes collected on the real estate of
Sorpearioug other than railroads, in-
lading limited partnerships..........
518.94
11,404.24
KURTZ -HEXSYL.—On Wednesday, Sept.
12th, 1900, at 6 o’clock p. m. a very pret-
ty wedding ceremony was performed
at Howard. It uanited in marriage
Miss “Annie Hensyl and Dr. Walter J.
Kurtz. The bride, who is the youngest
daughter of the late Dr. L. R. and Sarah
E. Hensyl, is a very beautiful and accom-
plisbed young lady. The groom, a physi-
cian and surgeon, is the youngest child of
Isaac and Catharine Kurtz, of Williams-
port, Pa., and is a graduate of the Medico-
Chirargical College of Philadelphia, and
for some time practiced his profession in
Williamsport. After the death of the
bride’s father, Dr. L. R. Hensyl, which oc-
curred Jan. 1st, 1900, he came to Howard
and made arrangements to take up the
practice laid down by his predecessor. He
occupied the same office and boarded with
the family. Being thus thrown together,
the friendship which was first formed ripen-
ed into love, with the wedding as the
happy denouement.
The ceremony took place in the beauti-
ful Hensyl home on Main street and was
witnessed by about 125 guests. The house
was very prettily decorated with palms,
rubber plants, fern, etc. The presents re-
ceived were both numerous and valuable.
The supper which was served to the guests
after the ceremony was such as only Mrs.
Hensyl and her daughters know how to
prepare.
At the appointed hour Miss Maud Hop-
kins, an accomplished musician, was es-
corted to the piano by Roger T. Bayard,
of Bellefonte, and to the sweet strains of
Lohengrin the wedding party slowly
marched to its place. It was led by Ches-
ter Moore and Logan McKinney, ribbon
boys, followed by W. C. Hensyl—Miss
Susie Kurtz and Dr. Lamade and Miss Fay
Heim, then came Dr. Bixler, of Lock Hav-
en, best man, and Miss Louise Hensyl, the
bride’s sister.maid of honor, Maude Thom-
as flower girl, and closely following them
came the bride and groom, with Geo. S.
Hensyl as their page. Rev. I. N. Bair, the
Evangelical minister, met them and per-
formed the ceremony that joined them for
life. At its conclusion an informal re-
ception was held, which was followed by
the wedding supper.
They left on an evening train for points
in the east, but owing to the poor health
of the bride they will be compelled to
shorten their trip, which was originally
planned to be quite an extended one.
Dr. Lamade of Williamsport, has been
left in charge of Dr. Kurtz’s extensive
practice during his absence.
The bride’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Heim
Hensyl, was the only daughter of Rev.
William and Lydia Heim, of Lebanon,
Pa.. her parental grand-father being one of
the pioneers of Upper Mahony township.
Mr. Isaac Kurtz, the groom’s father is a
prominent contractor and’ builder of Wil-
liamsport,at which place he has resided for
the last thirty years. He is now retired
from active work and is enjoying the rest
he so richly deserves. *
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MARRIAGE LicENsES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, dur-
ing the past week :
Wm. Fryer and Bessie M. Rote, both of
Coburn.
Steve Olay and Lizzie Lengal, both of
Clarence.
Jerome H. Auman and Anna Bradford,
both of Centre Hall.
Daniel DeHaas and Emeline Houdeshell,
both of Roland. .
Frank Gross, of State College, and Lillie
Way, of Loveville.
John L. Burkett and Ollive B. Mattern,
both of Stormstown. :
Nelson W. Williams and Minnie E.
Houtz, both of Lemont.
Walter J. Kurtz and Annie I. Hensyl,
both of Howard.
—
——W. Gross Mingle, only son of Wm.
B. Mingle Esq., of Centre Hall, who has
been assistant cashier in the Penns-valley
bank for some time, has resigned his posi-
| tion and after October 18t will become as-
sociated with the Wilson Bros. in their ex-
tensive creamery enterprises in the county.
It they succeed in purchasing the Thomas
lot, on North Thomas street along the P.
R. R. tracks, which they are trying to get
now, they will build a large cold storage
house here and Gross will become the resi-
dent manager of it. Such an enterprise is
‘something that has been greatly needed in
‘Bellefonte for years and we hope this firm
contemplates conducting it on a scale wide
‘enongh to bring the country trade to Belle-
fonte that it should rightfally control.
Aside from the advantage to be gained it
will give us a bright and progressive young
resident in the person of Mr. Mingle.
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THE ACADEMY RE-OPENING.-The open-
ing of the Academy on Tuesday was the
largest in the history of the school. Many
students are’ yet to come, indicating, sure-
ly, that the coming year will he a banner
ODEs AT 4 eh
Of the graduate students at the Academy,
Charles Armsby, Earnest Armsby, Addams
MacDonald and William Merrey enter
State College ; Edward Miller and Robert
Van Valzah enter Princeton University ;
Walter Wood and Frank Sebring go to
Lafayette ; Steven Van Tassel will attend
Temple College, Philadelphia, while Miss
Jane Harris will be enrolled at Wellesley.
These are facts that speak forcibly for the
merits of the Academy. It is, indeed, a
school worthy of our support.
— The ninth annual convention of the
Keystone League of Christian Endeavorers
of the United Evangelical church of Cen-
tral Pennsylvania which has been in ses-
sion at Millheim since Tuesday will ad-
journ to-day.