Bellefonte, Pa., Sep. 21, 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—{y’ \W. KEPLER,
For Jury Commissioner—
FREDERICK ROBB.
The Gold Brick Swindle Ratified.
The Republicans of Centre County Put Their Stamp
of Approval on Bossism—Conventions no Longer
Needed—Rat fication Meetings all that are Neces-
sary.—Hastings Gold Brick Ticket is the One and
Poor Sam Diehl is Bowled Out.
Harmony, Hastings, hokus-pokus and
hell all begin with H. There wasn’t much
of the former to be seen at the Republican
county 1atification meeting here on Tues-
day, there wasa very great deal of Hastings,
but if John Dubbs’ prophetic words are to
come true there will be more hell than any-
thing else to contend with in November.
Ahout the saddest sight that we have
witnessed since Sam Diehl crossed the polit-
ical Styx was the little gang of petered-
out, jobless political three-shell men who
were grouped in the back of the court
house watching their Uncle Dan run things.
Their services were not demanded like
they had been on the tenth of last April
and Tommy Mitchell, John C. Miller, Jim
Watt, and Howard Holzworth were sitting
in the rear wearing faces that would have
made a crescent-cut in a huckleberry pie
look likea new dug grave. Harmony makes
many changes. In April they were all to
the good. In September they were all to
the bad.
Probably the most versatile Republican
in the county led us into the hall. He has
played fast and loose with both factions in
the North ward of Bellefonte so long that no
one has ever been able to figure out where
he is at, but we’ll tell you right now he
was against Sam Diehl and he and Dan
probably set up the job on the West ward
carriage dealer that lost him the North.
We know he was against Sam, because
- when we called attention to a big cigar he
was smoking, as he entered the hall, he re-
marked : “It might come in handy in case
we have to smoke Sam Diehl out.’’ Well,
this was the unkindest cut of all. Talk-
ing about our legislative timber as though
it might be some mephitis Americana in a
hollow log.
While we were ruminating in thoughts
as to how such a change as was displayed
on Tuesday could be possible chairman
Reeder pounded on the judicial bench just
as if Judge Love might have been under it.
There was a big chunk of harmony lying
there, that the judge had probably cough-
ed up after Chambers made the startling
discovery that Thompson wasn’t their man,
and when Reeder’s gavel struck it the stuff
splattered in all directions. While the
delegates were wiping it out of their eyes
Henry Quigley read the call for the ratifi-
cation meeting and called the roll, then
Dan, Jack Dale, Johnny Gowland and
postmaster Andy Bolger, of Philipsburg,
who occupied ‘‘whirl”’ chairs in the jury
box, faced in and had a nice little game of
“Grandmother Grimes is Dead.”’
It was justa few moments after eleven
o'clock in the morning, all but one of the
ninety-two delegates were present or ac-
counted for and there was about a corpor-
al’s guard in the court room as an au-
dience.
The first real break was made when Dan,
with an air of an Antony come to bury
Caesar, got up and nominated Jack Dale
for permanent chairman of the convention.
Just then John C. Miller and Tommy
Mitchell got up on their ‘‘hind feew’’ in the
back end of the room and Dan apologized
to them by saying ‘‘This is in the interest
of harmony.’”’ You know it costs less to pay
iuterest on harmony than it does to line
stables with the good, long green.
Mr. Dale wouldn't stand for a speech.
Probaby he was afraid the sound of his
voice might call up the shades of Steele
Crissman, Little Phil and some of the oth-
er fighters of the olden times and there
would be an end of it—the harmony.
John Gowland did the next ‘‘stunt.’”’
He nominated W. E. Gray and G. W. Rees
for secretaries. The delegates must have
liked John for they accepted his men unan-
imously. Then G. G. Fink nominated H.
C. Quigley for reading clerk. Following
this came Dan’s motion to name a com-
mittee of five on Resolutions.
Let it be known that right here there
was the prettiest bit of acting during the
whole day. Any one who has ever attend-
ed a political gathering knows that the or-
ganization is always thought out before-
band and a type written copy of all ap-
pointments, ete, is always furnished the
permanent chairman. Therefore it is only
reasonable to suppose that the names of the
men who were to be on the committee of
resolutions were lying right under chair-
man Dale’s nose. He didn’t want to let
his friends see how completely he had fall-
en under the Hastings ban, however. The
job was an unpleasant one for him all the
time and he looked like a little boy whose
mother was chasing him with a great big
liver pill hid away in a spoonful of jelly.
Finally, after scrutinizing the delegates for
some niinutes, the committee was announc-
ed as follows: Dan’l. H. Hastings, Col.
Austin Curtin, Cyrus W. Hunter, Isaac
Armstrong and Joel Kling. This being
done Col. Reeder moved an order of busi-
ness and the harmony gathering was ready
for business.
Mr. Dale declared that he was ready for
nominating speeches. Then Charley Long
the ex-Quayite of Gregg, got up and bari-
karied his own legislative hopes by nam-
ing Hon. Wm. M. Allison. It cost Charley
an effort to do that, but harmony demand-
ed it. A.V. Hoyt, of Philipsburg, who
was wearing an Jan McLaren shirt, named
John Thompson and G. W. Rees stood for
our Sam of the West ward. ;
The roll was called at once and resulted
as follows :
Diehl
Of course everybody expected it to bap-
pen just as it did, but then there was no
excuse for such silence as fell over the
place. There wasn’t a whimper of a cheer.
Thompson rubbered up from a bench in the
middle of the house, as if be was “*it”’ and
they ought to cheer, but they didn’t.
There was a little fun when it came to
the matter of putting up someone for jury
commissioner. A nomiuation is equivalent
to an election for that office and as it had
not been counted in on the harmony plans
there was a general scramble for it.
John A. Daley named William Robb, of
Curtin Twp.; G. G. Fink named W. 8S.
Williams of Huston ; James Strohm named
the celebrated Johnny Decker of Potter,
Geo. Rees named Thos Bowes and some
kind friend did as much for Al Bechdel, of
Liberty.
Now the last time Al was in town Dan
told him it would be all right. It was, he
dropped on the second ballot.
The voting was as follows:
Decker........ 27 «ive
Williams.....16.....
Bechdel......12...........13
Bowes.........1
The balloting started off with the four
statesmen—Hastings, Reeder, Dale and
Gray—who represent the North ward di-
viding their votes among as many candi-
dates. Hastings voted for Robb on every
ballot and on the last one all the other del-
egates from the ward voted for Decker,
which made it look as if Decker was the
man they really wanted and that Dan was |
only throwing a foxy vote at Robb.
When the result of the last ballot was
announced there was great cheering. If
was in marked contrast with the action of
the convention after naming the legislative
ticket. The delegates looked tickled to
death with what they had done and, hon-
estly, if they had bad todo it over again
we're afraid they would have knocked
Dan’s harmony to that other place begin-
ning with h and put Sammy Diehl where
he rightfully belongs.
The next thing in order was for Hastings
to name ‘‘Brother’’ Clement Dale as Cen-
tre county’s choice for Congress by mov-
ing that he be endorsed and given power
to select his own conferees. It was notice-
able that Dan didn’t make a speech, but
we noticed ‘‘Brother’’ Clem in a back room
jotting down notes for the one he expected
to be called on to make on his celluloid
cuff.
It seemed easy for W. E. Gray to name
W. F. Reeder for county chairman for the
next year. But then Mr. Gray has been
considered ‘‘easy”’ every since that Bald
Eagle farmér worked him on the capons.
The committee on resolutions, through
its chairman, was then pleased to report.
They endorsed McKinley, condemned Bry-
an but forgot, absolutely, that such fellows
as Stone, Chambers or Love ever lived and
that just reminds us that neither the Judge
nor Mr. Gold-brick Chambers were in
sight.
Dan moved adjournment, but someone
called for Reeder and the Colonel was on
his feet in a jiffy. Of course he didn’t say
much, because there wasn’t much to say,
but when he had said it they gave Dan a
chance—but there were no calls for Love or
Chambers or Gray—after Dan there were
calls for ‘‘Dale”” and we wouldn’t like to
tell yon exactly what did happen for fear
we don’t get a free ticket to the fair this
fall.
“Brother’’ Clem shook a few kinks of
his anatomy in the back room, pushed up
his sleeve so as to have a fair chance at his
‘‘pony.”” combed out his fringe with his
fingers and rushed to the opportunity. He
didn’t say whether he was in favor of call-
ing an extra session of Congress or not but
he did say that he had promised a few pen-
sions. Of course he meant that he would
speak to Congressman Hall about it.
This was the end of the ratification meet-
ing and the ratifiéers slunk away as silently
as they came. :
——Harry A. McKibben, a son of Joseph
A. McKibben, of Cedar Springs, has enlist-
ed in the regular army for service in the
hospital corps. He has had about four
years experience in the work.
Not It’s Fastest Gait.
There has been nothing slow about Phil-
adelphia’s response to the appeal of desolated
Texas.— North American.
No, not at all. It is not quite two weeks
since the appalling disaster fell upon
Galveston and in that time the generosity
of Philadelphia has gathered together, and
shipped.something short of $100,000 worth
of supplies and cash to its stricken people.
For this it deserves unstinted credit, and
there may be nothing slow about its re-
sponse. But when we come to remember
that less than one month ago, this same
city, in two hours, raised $600,000 to de-
bauch the voters and discredit the ballot
box, we are constrained to consider that
the gait it struck, in its race for charity,
was not a record breaker. In saving lifeand
alleviating suffering Philadelphia's pace
seems like a snail’s trot in comparison with
the lightning rapidity with which it can
produce the collateral for a political cor-
ruption fand.
The Great Strike.
Nearly all of the Anthracite Mines Closed Down and
Nine-Tenths of the Miners Out. The Operators
Obstinate and the Out-look for a Long Contest
Certain. Railroad Men in Sympathy with the
Miners May Refuse to Haul Coal Mined by Non-
Union Workmen. Pinkerton Detectives by the
Hundred on Hand.
HAZLETON, Sept. 18.—Out of twenty-
eight mines in the Lehigh district, the
storm centre of the great anthracite strike,
only seven are pretending to work to-day
and even these are so short handed that
they are certain to have to suspend op-
erations or accede to the demands of the
miners. Not one of these mines has half
of its regular force at work and the major-
ity have only enough labor employed to
draw out one car where the usual output
has been a hundred.
Simply for the purpose of keeping up
appearances more than one operator has
made a brave attempt to make a showing.
The machinery in the breakers has been
clattering all day and empty cars have
been running in and ont of the slopes with
amusing regularity. The few men at work
have shown themselves regularly at dif-
ferent points to create an impression of
numbers. And from the mountain sides
the strikers have grinned down at it all,
and stopped the non-union men coming
and going from work. The Lehigh Valley
railroad mine train crews took their trains
in and out the large culm piles, but most
of the cars went away half full. They
took part in the opera bouffe attempt to
appear busy.
While all of this was going on the groups
of strikers appointed by President Mitch-
ell and the Executive Board were not idle.
A score of brawny men, whose appear-
ance would be likely to persuade a man to
do a great deal against his will, went to
Coleraine, where several hundred of the A.
S. Van Wickle miners and other employes
were busy, and despite the efforts of Chief
Hampton, of the Coal and Iron Police, suc-
ceeded in reaching the one mine in opera-
tion. A silent conference was held and
then, to the disgust of the superintendent,
every man took his tools and went home.
There was no disorder except among sev-
eral Italians, who quarreled among them-
selves.
In the Hazleton mines the committee
eluded the police and conferred with the
men, with the result that of the 1,380 em-
ployes of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. who
remained at work last night, all quit work
except fifty, the latter number including
| firemen, bosses and engineers.
At Jeddo, where both the operators and
miners have been concentrating their forces
for several days, and where the operators
had hoped to break the backbone of the
strike, the United Mine Workers won
easily. When the whistle blew this morn-
ing only a corporal’s guard of men put in
appearance.
At Lattimer, where manager Frank Par-
dee swore that the miners would work to a
man, empty cars were hauled nearly all
day because so little coal was mined. Most
of the men who spent the day in the breasts
were present and it seems now that the
boasts of Mr. Pardee will come to naught.
Lattimer is among those mines scheduled
to close when the whistles blow to-morrow.
At Harwood, another Pardee mine, five
hundred out of seven hundred and fifty-
six employes went out yesterday. This
morning when the whistle blew not a
miner answered and after waiting for sev-
eral hours, the mine was closed indefinite-
ly.
Vat Coleraine it is said to be quite proba-
ble that the mines will never open again.
For several years they have been either
losing money or just paying expenses and
the owners announced when the strike be-
came probable that if the men went out
they could not return. There were 997
employes and they must now seek work
elsewhere if the operators keep their word.
The mines will be allowed to fill with
water.
The same scenes were enacted as mine
after mine was closed and until President
Mitchell received word from the subordi-
nate officers of the union that of the 17,000
men in the district not more than 4,000
were still at work and that assurances had
been received from most of these that they
would join the army of strikers to-morrow.
It is the same through every section of
the anthracite region. The second day of
the strike found 118,000 miners idle, ac-
cording to the estimate made last night by
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers. This was an addition of 6000
to the strikers’ ranks, his estimate Mon-
day night having been 112,000.
The strike leaders, basing their calcu-
lations on the success they have had in two
days, prophesy, that before the end of the
week every colliery will be closed.
The operators, on the other hand, ex-
press confidence in their ability to win
against the strikers and in some sections,
notably on the Markle property, at Ha-
zleton, mining is to be resumed under
guard if necessary.
The tie-up is most complete in the Wy-
oming and Lackawanna districts, only a
little less in the Lehigh region and in-
Sreasingly 80 in the upper Schuylkill val-
ey.
A new and probably an increasing source
of danger lies in the great number of rail-
road men who are being thrown out of
work by the closing of the collieries.
They number close to 2500 as the result
of one day’s cessation of shipping, and
preparations are being made to lay off more
as the supply of coal from the shafts
diminishes.
Early this morning a special train bear-
ing over 100 Pinkerton detectives arrived
here from the main line of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. They were heavily armed.
As the train reached here between 4:30 and
5:00 o’clock, few people knew of the in-
voice of detectives. e train continued
its way through to Mount Carmel and
Centralia, after dropping off twenty men
here. As each colliery of the Penusyl-
vania railroad was reached details of men
left the tiain to guard the operations and
men wanting to work. Between the Penn-
sylvania colliery operated by the Union
Coal company and Mount Carmel last night
and this morning several men were as-
saulted by slate picker boys and Hun-
garians. When the colliery closed down
this evening the Pinkertons guarded the
few workmen until the latter left the com-
pany’s possessions. On their way home
they were called scabs, and in some in-
stances narrowly escaped being struck by
stones near Dooleysville by Hungarians
hurling the missiles. Since last evening
3,000 more miners around Mount Carmel
stopped work, bringing the total of idle
men and boys up te 13.000 oat of 15,000
between Treverton and Centralia, and all
the collieries are now practically tied up.
Quay to Take Stump for Self in Near
Future.
To Pose as Spellbinder. Encouraged by Recent
Events to Believe He Can Successfully Work the
Personal Magnetism Racket.
Almost immediately following the re-
turn of Col. M. 8. Quay from communing
with himself and the fish in the wilds of
New England Quay announced that the
ex-Senator would ‘stump’ the State for
M. 8. Quay for election to the Senate of
the United States.
This was generally accepted with a grain
of salt, as Quay’s power as a spellbinder is
not that of a Bryan. a Roosevelt or a
Depew.
Chairman Reeder, however, formally
confirmed the report declaring that
the ex-Senator will start forth about
the first of October to make a final attempt
by personal contact with and solicitation
of the people to arouse a popular influence,
which he hopes will be sufficient to induce
a majority of the Legislature to support
him for election to the vacant seat in the
Senate chamber at Washington.
PERSONAL MAGNETISM HIS FORTE.
The chief argument for this course is that
in 1885, when he was threatened with de-
feat in his candidacy for the office of State
Treasurer, and ten years after, when he
made his fight for the State chairmanship,
his success was attributed to the influence
of his personal magnetism. As a speech-
maker, Quay’s best friends admit that he
is a most lamentable failure. In personal
association with the rank and file he is
pronounced reserved to a repellant degree.
Yet he and his friends profess to believe
that his personal efforts won for him on
those former occasions, and that they will
win for him again against the forlorn hope
which is presented in existing conditions.
Underserving of Sympathy.
The people of Pennsylvania, gener-
ally speaking, will decline to sympa-
tihze with the Republicans of Philadel-
phia in their present unenviable predic-
ament. As a rule unfortunate persons
are entitled to such assistance as moral
support affords, and nine times out
of ten Pennsylvanians are ready and
willing to extend sympathy wherever
there is distress without stopping to
inquire the cause of it. But the tenth
time is where reason gets in his fine
work, and then sympathy is extended
or withheld accordingly as it is de-
served or not. Everybody knows that
a profligate is not helped by kindness.
The people of Philadelphia are not
more likely to be benefited by sympa-
thy.
The present cause of distress in
Philadelphia is the absurd mayor of
that town. “Sam” Ashbridge, as he is
called by those who enjoy intimate re-
lations with him, has undertaken to
boss the politics of the city in a way
never before known, even in that boss-
ridden place. Maybe his purpose is to
prove that Quay has not been as hard
as he might have been, and possibly he
has some other reason for his action.
But in any event he is ruling his part
with an iron hand and makes no con-
cealment of his plans. With the arro-
gance of an autocrat he orders this
man to be nominated and that one to
be defeated.
The people of Philadelphia, that is
the Republican people there, would
be entitled to sympathy if they had not
brought the trouble upon themselves
with their eyes wide open. They know
as well as other people the effect of
“putting a beggar on horseback.” They
knew before they elected Sam Ash-
bridge to the office of mayor that he
was unfit, mentally and morally, for
such a position. He had been a candi-
date for sheriff of the city and was
defeated because of his unfitness. But
when he subsequently ran for the
higher and more important office of
mayor the Republicans accepted him,
though they knew that the choice was
between an unfit Republican and a fit
Democrat.
Under such circumstances they de-
serve no sympathy. Even if Sam Ash-
bridge grinds the heel he has on their
necks no thoughtful man will pity
them. They deliberately chose a clown
to rule the city and deserve to pay the
penalty of their folly. Thus far Ash-
bridge has shown a disposition to
nominate fairly good men for the of-
fices. In other words, the cause of
complaint thus far is against the meth-
ods rather than the men that the mayor
is imposing on them. But if he should
change his fancy and put thugs and
ballot box stuffers and ward heelers
in the positions of trust the people of
the state would not extend sympathy
The Republicans of Philadelphia have
made their bed. Let them lie on it.
Said an English clergyman, “Patriot:
ism is the backbone of the British em-
pire, and what we have to do is to train
that backbone and bring it to the front.”
Mustard used to be eaten whole instead
of in the form of paste made from mus-
tard flour.
Bank Consolidations.
The consolidation of several New
York banks in which the Standard Gil
magnates were interested proved so
successful an enterprise that the ex-
It will be re-
membered that soon after the first con-
solidation was consummated the secre-
tary of the treasury practically pre-
sented the concern with a matter of
ample is to be followed.
several millions of dollars. That is,
he issued an order making that bank
the exclusive depository of revenue re-
The profits of
this business were very large, and they
were subsequently augmented by the il-
legal sale to the bank of the old custom
house at a price millions balow its real
ceipts for the district.
value.
The present
extensive concerns. It is believed by
many that it was influenced to favor
this Standard Oil bank because it had a
larger capital than any other in the
city. In fact, it was created by the
consolidation of the two largest con-
cerns and dovetailing in two or three
No doubt its collossal
proportions had something to do with
It can hardly
have been forgotten that in a letter to
the secreary of the treasury soliciting
the favor the president of the bank re-
minded him that in the last presiden-
tial campaign he and the other officers
of the bank had been liberal contribu-
smaller ones.
the matter, but not all.
tors to the corruption fund.
The new bank is to be called the
Dry Goods bank, and will be capital-
ized at $2,622,700, will have a surplus
of $1,680,100 and deposits aggregating
$15,376,900. The individual banks to
be merged are the Ninth National, the
National Citizens’, the People’s, the
Pacific, the Mechanics and Traders’
and the East River National. The new
concern thus created will certainly be
substantial, and it is believed may be
big enough to command the favor of
the administration. That result is cer-
tain if its officers are generous in mak-
ing campaign subscriptions
pending contest.
direction will be rewarded.
Expansion not Imperialism.
‘The apologists for the administra-
tion’s imperialistic policy are in the
habit of quoting Thomas Jefferson
freely. He was an expansionist, they
say, and in adding Porto Rico and the
Philippine islands to our domain Pres-
ident McKinley has only followed the
example set by the great father of
democracy when he made the Louisi-
ana purchase and added the vast area
which has developed into so many and
What an insult to
such great states.
the memory of Thomas Jefferson is
such a use of his name! It is the duty
of every Democrat in the land to resent
it.
Jefferson added to our domain con-
tiguous territory and homogeneous
populations. He discerned far in ad-
vance the growth of this country and
adopted the safe and certain methods
of accommodating the increased pop-
ulation. But he never favored the an-
nexation of teritory widely separated
from our own land and inhabited by
other races than such as might prop-
erly and safely be assimilated with our
own. He never favored a policy, more-
over, which would require the mainte-
nance of a large standing army or an
extensive navy to protect it from ene-
mies abroad or foes at home.
There is a vast difference between
expansion and imperialism. Jefferson
favored one andabhorred the other, jus:
as that matchless follower of Jefferson,
William Jennings Bryan, does at pres-
ent. Imperialism is not enlarging the
boundaries of the couatry. There
might be an empire built on territory
half the size of Pennsylvania. Govern-
ing outside the constitution is. (mpe-
rialism, and governing subjects in-
stead of citizens is the most odious
form of imperialism. That is what
the administration is attempting to do,
and citing Jefferson to support such a
policy is a crime against the memory
of the faiber of democracy.
Snow in Wisconsin.
NEGAUNEE, Wis., September 16.—With
the thermometer at twenty above zero it
commenced snowing today and continued
all afternoon.
——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by
recorder N. E. Robb:
Laura Rosewear et al to Lorenzo fi.
Runk dated August 27th, 1900. Interest
in lot of ground in Philipsburg borough.
Consideration $300.00. es ;
C. M. Bower et ux to Commonwealth of
Penna. dated July 25th, 1900, 5 tracts of
land in Bornside. Consideration $4340.18.
James J. Gramley treasurer to John
Decker dated August 29th, 1892. 81 acres
in Potter Twp. Consideration $6.89.
James W. Alexander et al to C. M.
Bower dated May 31st, 1900. Several
Consideration
tracts in Burnside Twp.
$1.00.
J. Z. Long et ux et al to C. M. Bower
dated Jan. 20th, 1900. 423 acres 153 per-
Consideration
ches in Burnside Twp.
$325.50.
Loretta Williams et al to Lorenzo G.
Runk dated Aug. 27th, 1900. Interest in
lot in Philipsburg borough. Consideration
$300.00.
J. H. Reifsnyder to W. R. Goodman
dated July 21st, 1900. 75 acres in Miles
Twp. Consideration $150.00.
J. Z. Long et ux et al to C. M. Bower
4 interest in 4
Consideration
dated Jan. 20th, 1900.
tracts in Burnside Twp.
$1150.000.
James I. Thompson et ux to John Ho-
man dated Asg, 204, 1900. 5 acres in Fer-
| guson Twp. oo
Emma M. McKinney to Chas. Guelich
dated Sept. 5th, 1900. Lot in Philipsburg
sideration $175.00.
borough. Consideration $925.00..
J. K. Moyer et ux to Thomas Harper
dated April 1st,’
Twp. Consideration $329,00.
Maurer &
dated Dec. 9th, :
ches in Potter Twp. Consideration $250.00.
administration has a
great fondness for large operations and
J. P. Gephart et ux to Joseph Moyer
dated March 25th, 1892. 57 acres in Peun
Twp. Consideration $750.00.
John Wolf et ux to John D. Decker
dated Feb. 20th, 1897. 25 acres 67 per-
ches in Potter Twp. Consideration $275.00.
Wm. A. Cahall et ux to Samuel J.
Young dated Sept. 11th, 1896. 330 acres
100 perches in Taylor Twp. Consideration
$1.000.
James F. Weaver treasurer to C. T.
Alexander dated Aug. 24th, 1872. 138
acres 134 perches in Potter Twp. Consid-
eration $7.62.
John Q. Miles treasurer to commission-
ers of Centre county, dated June 30th,
1896. 3 tract of land in Burnside Twp.
Consideration $3.12.
D. 8. Keller's executor to Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania dated Sept. 13th,
1900. 433 acres 153 perches in Burnside
Twp. Consideration $1.00.
Elizabeth A. Thomas et baron to Chas.
A. Guelich dated Sept. 5th, 1900. Lot in
Philipsburg borough. Consideration $50.00.
Ellis L. Orvis et ux to C. M. Bower
dated Jan. 22nd, 1900. 432 acres 153
perches in Burnside Twp. Consideration
$1.00.
J. H. Wyle et ux to Thomas Harper
dated June 27th, 1900. 6 acres 65 perches
in Haines Twp. Consideration $18.00.
G. W. Stover et ux to George Reiter
dated Sept. 1st, 1900. 1 acre 7 perches in
Penn Twp. Consideration $50.00.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Matthias Rider, of Gatesburg, has
been granted a pension of $8 per month.
——The Red Men of Mill Hall held
their annual banquet and ball in their
rooms on Wednesday night.
quite a number of visiting braves with
them and all had an enjoyable evening.
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——The Old Maids Convention.
They had
The
for the
Senator Hanna has
practically said that liberality in that
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first rehearsal for the *‘Old Maids’ Conven-
tion and Its Results’’ will be held in the
lecture room of the Methodist church
Friday, September 21st. The per
formance will take place in the Opera
‘house Oct. 6th and it is going to be the
funniest thing that ever came down the
boulevard. It was suggested the firet row of
seats be reserved for theold bachelors but
the widowers raised a kick, claiming the
same privelege. The old maids, however,
will decide the question latter.
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BRYAN LEAGUE NEWS.—At the meet-
ing of the Bryan League on Wednesday
evening it was decided that the next meet-
ing will be held on Wednesday evening,
Sept. 26th, at which time everybody will
be welcome. It will be the first formal
meeting of the League and the rooms in
the Reynolds bank building will probably
be crowded to overflowing.
The rooms are open daily now. They
are well stocked with campaign literature
and the leading papers. Democrats and
others from all parts of the county will be
given a cordial welcome,
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HURT AT THE BELLEFONTE FURNACE—
William Brady, of New Castle, foreman of
the Penna. Engineering Co’s. constructing
gang that is here making the iron repairs
at the Bellefonte furnace, was seriously
hurt in an accident out there on Wednes-
day afternoon. He was working on the
hoist for the chimney valve, when a wheel
turned unexpectedly, knocking him off.
He fell to the chimney below, alighting on
his head and sustaining serious injuries.
His head was badly cut and contused, in
addition to painful bruises about his back
and shoulders. He was taken to the Lock
Haven hospital on a night train and re-
ports from there yesterday were to the ef-
fect that he is getting along as well as can
be expected.
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LAURIE-NEWBAKER.—The wedding of
J. Malcolm Laurie to Miss Winifred Mayze
Newbaker, of Danville, was celebrated at
noon on Wednesday. The groom is one of
the best known and most popular of Belle-
fonte’s young business men. ’
The Danville Morning News of yesterday
published the following account of the hap-
py event. ;
The marriage of Miss Winifred Mayze
Newbaker, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. C.
Newbaker, to J. Malcolm Laurie, of Belle-
fonte, which was solemnized in St. Paul’s
Methodist Episcopal church at high noon
Wednesday, was one of the most brilliant
social affairs of the season.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Wm. Laurie, D. D. LL. D., of Belle-
fonte, an uncle of ‘the groom, assisted by
the Rev. Dr. B. F. Dimmick, pastor of St.
Paul’s. The maid of honor was Miss Ber-
tha Newbaker, a sister of the bride, and
Hardman P. Harris, of Bellefonte, attend-
ed the groom. The bridesmaids were Miss.
Edith Bastress, of Shamokin, and Miss
Jessie Laurie, of Bellefonte. Miss Janet
Potter, of Bellefonte, acted as flower girl.
The ushers were Edgar T. Burnside, of
Bellefonte; Wm. V. Oglesby Esq.; D.. W.
H. Adams, and the bride’s brother, Frank
Newbaker. Miss Dimmick presided at the:
organ. Immediately after the ceremony a
reception was given at the home of the
bride’s parents, No. 107 west Mahoning
street. -
The bride isa young lady of many ac-
complishments and tle possessor of many
warm and admiring friends in this city.
She is a musician of rare ability and was
for a long time the organist of the Ma-
honing Presbyterian church. For the past:
two years she presided at the organ of the
Bellefonte Presbyterian church in which
city she met her “fiance,” Mr. Laurie, who.
is one of that city’s best known and pros-
perous business men. :
Miss Newbaker was the recipient of many
handsome gifts. A .uong those from a dis-
tance who attend.d the wedding were :
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Potter, Dr. and Mrs.
Wm. Laurie, Misses Jessie and Bertha
Laurie, Janet Potter; Messrs. Hardman P.
Harris, Durbin Gray and Ed Burnside,
of Bellefonte; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Watson,
Ed
38 Saran I p; OF LE 3 Mr. ana
Mrs. E *: Taglr and Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
saker and son Philip, of Audenried,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bastress and
aghter, Miss Edith, of Shamokin.
‘After an extended wedding trip through
the South the young couple will take up
their residence in Bellefonte.
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