ARTHUR testified the other day that such severe things are military necessities in the Philippines aud that even he. mild mannered man as he is, issued ‘an order once to kill every person found with arms. The people want liberty and ‘hecause it is refused to them they attack our soldiers in a savage way. They demand self-govern- ment and for the reason thas their demand Bellefonte, Pa., May 2,1902. © = | P. GRAY MEEK, - - Epiror Terms oF SusscriprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.................... $1.00 is ignored they shoot down the men who Paid before expiration o Yea rain i» appear to them as oppressors. In revenge Paid after expiration of year........... 2 Our meh izsae brutally cruel orders and ——— i —— the hnmanity of the world stands outraged. But it will not cease because SIBLEY makes a protest. It will continue just as long as we in violation of the Declaration of Inde- pendence undertake to govern them with- out their consent. SIBLEY, however, deserves credit for the expression of his honest indignation, even though he shows a perverted judgment in supporting a party whose policy breeds con- ditions that make such brutalities possi- ble. Orders of Gen. Smith Denounced. Democratic Primary Election and Coun- ty Convention. The Democratic voters of Centre county will meet at the regular places for holding the general elections, in their respective election districts, on Saturday, May 3ist, 1902, to elect delegates to the' county con vention. : Under the rules of the party the election will be opened at 3 p. m. and close at 7 p. m. The delegates chosen at the above stated time will meet in the court house, in Bellefonte, on Tuesday, June 3:d, 1902, at 12 o'clock, noon, to nominate one candi- date for Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, two candidates for Legis- lator, one candidate -for Senate, one candi- date for Recorder, one candidate for Sheriff, two candidates for County Commissioner, ‘one candidate for County Treasurer, two candidates for County Auditor, four dele- gates to the next Democratic state conven- tion, three congressional conferees; to elect a chairman of the county committee, to serve from January 1st, 1903, to January 1st, 1904, and to transact such other busi- ness as may appear before the convention in the interest of the party. APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES. The number of delegates to which each election district is entitled as approved and ratified by the county committee is as fol- Congressman Sibley Compares His Order to Kill to that of King Herod. Nothing Christian in the Water Cure. ‘WASHINGTON, April 28.—Congressman Sibley, of Pennsylvania, in the House to- day created a sensation by making a bitter attack on General Smith. Mr. Sibley said he had been an expan- sionist and defended the policy of the ad- ministration in the acquisition of the Philippines. Duty and honor, he said. justified our position there. The com- mercial welfare of the Nation demanded that we should control that archipelago, which stands as the gateway to the Oriental world. He then continued : ‘“When I have heard the statements made that we were cruel in the conduct of that war, I have thought perhaps the par- tisan was speaking. But when I have read, as I have within the past 48 hours, that a general wearing the uniform of the army of the United States, one who stands lows : under the shadow of our flag, issues orders, BOROUGHS HalfMoon.................. 1 not to conciliate a province, but to leave it Bellefonte, N. W Harris. .2 | a howling wilderness and to kill all per- Se Re Y; Howard sons above 10 years old, then it seems to Centre Hall... "2 | Liberty me that humanity must have marched Howard......... wl Marion aires backward for 18 gengnries and thas Herod, Milesburg.. 1 | Miles, East... again appears. I have read of Timour the ei W tn Middle... Tartar, I have read of Achilles, I have read * 2 W Patton. of the Saracen scourge, but I thank God Hin BW Penn... that since the tragic scene on Calvary it So isshurg..d Potter Noh. has taken 18 centuries to produce a Smith. Unionville.................. 1 B pst IT IS NOT CIVILIZATION. Benner, Norm ii oy. “I have read of the water cure. I he- *¢ Sout 1 | Snow Shoe, Ea lieve that was exaggerated. Can any man Boggs, Borin Shing. Noh whose blood pounds in’ his pulses, any man “: West. i “South ..........3 | who has read his bible or who has been Burnside........ 2 West... -1 | reared at the knee of a christian woman Soliegs Dione: 1 | justify the perpetration of such cruelties Ferguson, E Walker, East. 1 | upon another man who wears the guise and “West ¢ Mid -2 | the image of his Creator? And yet we hear Greg, Soren. Worth, yest 1 | this man attempting to justity acts by “ West. Shel Z| which men are pnmped so full of water as Haines, East.. Total ..86 nearly to drown them, and then brought back to life by thumping them- over the stomach with the butts of muskets. That is not civilization, that is not Christianizing the world. ‘Iam thankful that these are sporadic cases. Against that, as a man who be- longs, I hope, not alone to the Republican ranks, but to the whole brotherhood of ‘man-the wide world round, I want the .members of this House, on this side of the chamber and that, to voice their protest against all such measnres. (Applause.) SHOULD BE DISCHARGED AT ONCE. ‘A friend of mine said a few minutes ago, ‘Oh, you had better wait and hear his defense.’ I hope the President of the United States will have the courage, upon what the man admits, to discharge him dis- honorably from the service that he has dis- graced. (Applause.) He admits that he issued the order to leave the province a howling waste and a wilderness, and to kill all above 10 years old, the innocent with the guilty. That man never ought to be permitted to stay in the service of the United States until the sun goes down. He is a disgrace not alone to the party,but to every man who ever wore the uniform of the United States, and he is a blot and a disgrace to our present civilization. ‘Wait and hear what his justification may be! That man does not live who can justify such orders. (Applause.) I care not how adroitly his lawyers may frame their plea er bow subtle be their reasoning, the fact admitted by his own mouth that he issued such orders is sufficient for the hope that there is the courage and the patriotism and the humanity and the Christianity at the other end of the ave- nue that will not let him wear the federal uniform 24 hours hence.’’ A *'BRUTE IN UNIFORM.’ Mr. Williams (Miss.) heartily indorsed Mr. Sibley’s onslaught upon Gen. Smith, whom he described as a ‘‘brute in uni- form.” ‘‘But I am a little afraid,’”’ he continued, ‘that he does not strike the evil in the right quarter. It is the system which should be struck at, not the man who unconsciously carries out the spirit of the system.’’ M. Simmons (N. C.) addressed the Sen- ate in opposition to the Philippines gov- ernment bill. He discussed the ‘‘water cure’’ of the burning of towns and recon- centration. He declared there was no West. ..... 3 Wm. J. Singer, JOHN J. BOWER, Secretary. Chairman. ——The statement of the First national hank of Bellefonte, soon to be published, will show that at the close of business on April 30th the resources of that. institution ...had reached the million. dollar mark. . To be exact the figures will show the assets to be $1,003,694, certainly a remarkable con- dition for an inland bank. The conserva- tive manner in which the First national is run has inspired the confidence of the com- munity to an extent never before realized and its officials have reason to be proud of their latest statement. I N——————— Outrages in the Philippines. Representative SIBLEY of this State spread consternation among the Republi- cans, in Washington, on Monday by a speech in which he fitly denounced the kill and burn order issued by General SMITH, who was at the time in command of the American troops on the Island of Samar, P, I. Asone of the press correspondents stated it there had been a tacit under- standing among Republicans that there would be no criticism of the military poli- cy of the government in the Philippines until after the congressional elections, It is a subject upon which Republicans prefer to remain silent and some time ago, when the Senate asked the Secretary of War for information, it was discovered that that of- ficial was attempting to suppress the evi- dence of brutality and cruelty that had been practised by those representing au- thority of the administration. But the vigilance of one or two Senators bronght it out and the order to “kill and burn until the Island should resemble a howling wil- derness,”’ and another “‘to kill every na- tive encountered over ten years of age’ was exposed and traced to General SMITH and admitted by him. Naturally the authorities at Washington and the Republican leaders in Congress wanted to talk as little about such things as possible. They all remembered the in- dignation ‘with which the people of this country received the intelligence of Spanish - brutality in Cuba before the re- cent declaration of war. They remember- ed how we all protested against the recon- centrado order of General WEYLER because of its cruelty to non-combatants and how lustily we shouted for revenge in the name of humanity and civilization and rememn- Dering these things they hoped to conceal from the public mind the methods by which we were practicing benevolent as- similation with guns, and shooting to death women and children in the name of patriot- ism. Tbe congressional elections may not go right if the trath is revealed, and the ShoSpiralong nave entered into a tacit agree- ment t0 make no eriticism until after the congressional election. Its a pity that SIBLEY i8 not more tractable. Still SIBLEY bas a right to talk. Such an outrage upon civilization and atrocity against humanity deserved to be de. nounced. But after all what is the use of condemning an act and condoning the conditions which are used as an excuse to make it necessary. General Mac- against the American army of cruelty, in- humanity and barbarity. In faet, he said, it was now organized cruelty and bar- barity and not merely isolated instances.of torture. He referred to the order issued by Gen. Smith to make the island of Samar a ‘‘howling wilderness,” and to slay all male inhabitants over 10 years old. “No order recorded in all history,” he declared, ‘‘paralleled the order except that of Herod the king, when he commanded that all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from 2 years and under should be slain in order that he might the moresecurely com- pass the death of Him of whom it was said, ‘He came to be the King of the Jews, the Christ and Savior of mankind.’ ‘I feel,” he continued, ‘‘like calling upon the great, brave and humane man now in the White house to probe these things to the bottom, and at least to make them odious.’ Roosevelt Signed Chinese Exclusion Bill. WASHINGTON, April 29. — President Roosevelt has signed the Chinese exclusion bill. The pen used was given to Repre- sentative Kahn, of California, who has tak- en a deep interest in the bill. Boers Refuse Terms. PAR1s, April 29.—The Rappel says that Mr. Kruger has received a communication by way of Lorenzo Marques, to the effect that the Boer chiefs have rejected the Brit- ish peace terms by a unanimous vote. doubt as to the truthfulness of the charges | Among the Ruins of the Clintondale Fire. Sorry Sights in the Desolated Village—Few Able to Rebuild—The Funeral of Agnes Felding. The funeral of little Agnes Felding, the child who fell into the race and was drown- ed during the fire that. nearly wiped out the village of Clintondale last Wednes- day evening. Saturday afternoon was the largess for a child that was ever beld in that place. The remains were tak- en to St. Paul’s church where Rev. H. I. Crowe conducted the services. Four girls were the casket beaters. Thé father of the child was not at the funeral, and so far as was known, then he had no knowledge of the bereavement in his household. He left home ahout two weeks ago to work in a lumber camp, and his wereabouts were not known. Tne iron safe that dropped into the ¢ lar from Biown’s store, was drawn out Friday evening. An expert will he sent for to open it. Mr. Brown states that his plans for the future have not been formed. After the insmance adjusters have settled the claims, he will be hetter able to decide that question. All visitors remark that the flames made as clean a job after devouring the build- ings, as ever was noticed ina fire swept district. A few stoves in the ruins of the different dwellings the iron goods that were in the store, and a very few charred timber sticks are all that can be seen. The newly made gardens in the rear o: some of the burned houses are silent re- minders of the thrift and futnre prospects of those who were driven from the prem- ises. J. H. Mussina, of Lock Haven, went to Clintondale Friday and banded Mr. Kling forty-two dollars, being the amount he had collected from the benevolent citizens of Lock Haven. Mr. Kling was visibly af- fected. All that he could say was “This will buy me ‘a bed, anyhow,” Mr. Kling presents a pathetic sight as he walks around with a cane, at the age of 77 years, and with nothing he can call his own except the clothing that he wore at the time the fire broke out. It is feared that the great strain he underwent during the fire will prove too much for his physical condition. Representatives of insurance companies were there Friday and adjusted the loss on the Evangelical church. No steps have been taken as yet to rebuild the church, as some assistance will have to be received before the contracts can be awarded. J. 8. Harter has announced his inten- tion of rebuilding, Lemuel Felding, the father of the child thas was drowned, heard of his bereave- ment by reading a newspaper while in Walker’s camp in the Black Forest Sunday morning. As soon as he read of the fires and the death of his child he started for his home. He walked twenty-five miles: in four hours to Lock Haven, went by trolley to Mill Hall, and from that place walked to Clintondale. Mr. Felding left home several days ago to look for work. He had intended that he would not write home until he had secured employment. He ob- tained a job in Walker’s camp, and would have written in a few days. When he ar- rived in Lock Haven he was under the im- pression that his family had been burned out, bus stated that he did not care so mach for that as he did for the death of his child. The citizens of Lamar and vicinity as- sembled at the store of G. M. Raup & Son and effected an organization for the purpose of soliciting aid for the people rendered destitute by the fire in Clintondale, April 23rd, 1902, by electing F. E. Hayes tempo- rary chairman, after which the following permanent officers were elected : President, W. H. Dornblazer; secretary, J. B. Harris; treasurer, A. N. Heckman, A soliciting committee composed of the following named gentlemen was elected: A. N. Heckman, W. H. Dornblazer, H. A. Walker, John Smith, W. E. Nixon and J. Fleisher and were assigned to the territor- ies as follows: A. N. Heckman, pike to Lock Haven and Cedar Run to Henry Zieg- ler’s, W. H. Dornblazer, Marion and Spring township; H. A. Walker, Bellefonte and Milesburg; John Smith, West Nittany valley; W. E. Nixon, Bald Eagle valley; J. H. Fleisher, Clintondale to east end of Nittany valley and Salona. On motion it was decided that the soliciting committee shall act as distributing committee. All contributions in the shape of oloth- ing, eatables, etc., for the Clintondale fire sufferers can be forwarded to A. N. Heck- man, of Lamar, treasurer of the relief fund. Mr. Walker has made his canvass of Belle- fonte and Milesburg and was quite success- ful in raising funds. . Matters for Democrats to Re- member, The last day to register in this, Centre county, as a candidate for county office 18 Saturday, May 10th. The Democratic delegate elections will be held Saturday afternoon, May 31st The Democratic county convention will convene, in the Court House in Bellefonte, Tuesday, June 3rd. The State Convention will meet at Erie on Wednesday, June 25th The last day for registering votes will be Wednesday, Sept. 4th. The last day for the payment of taxes will be Wednesday, Oct. 4th. Election Day will be Tuesday, No- vember 4th. Ex-Secretary J. 8. Morton Dead. The Former Secretary of Agriculture Died Sunday Afternoon at Lake Forest, in Illinois. CHICAGO, April 27.— ——The Millheim horse sale yesterday was a success. All of the animals were sold at an average of $162.80. —— ee —— Bishop Talbot confirmed a class of twenty-three in the Episcopal church in Philipsburg. on Monday evening. — Pe - —The friends of Eustace B. Grimes, who was stenographer for the Collins Bros. when they were operating the Buffalo-run railroad and the Bellefonte furnace in this place, will be sorry to learn that his young wife died at their home in Philadelphia on Monday evening. Eustace, himself, is ill with typhoid fever. > PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS.—On May 1st, 1902, the regular summer excursion tickets via all-rail routes to all the principal summer resorts east of Pittsburgand Buffalo will be placed on sale at ticket offices of the Pennsylvania railroad company. These tickets will bear the usual sum- mer excarsion limit October 31st, 1902. The Pennsylvania railroad summer ex- cursion route book for 1902 will be iss ued, as heretofore, on June 1st. — re — —Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall, with their children, Mrs. John G. Love, with ber two children and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bell were all down at Howard yesterday attending a big birthday surprise party that was given Mr. Hall’s father, J. Newlin Hall Esq., of that place. All the children were present but one daughter, who is in Coolidge, Kansas, and could not get there. There were 103 guests present and Mr. Hail will have reason to remember his seventy- first anniversary as a memorable one. The fine weather made it possible to spread the tables out under the trees and all had a rollicking time ‘of it. Among the many presents he received was a handsome Morris chair. 7 ‘——The equity case arising out of the dissolution of the partnership heretofore existing between Col. W. F. Reeder and H. C. Quigley was argued before Judge Love on Saturday. Messrs. Dale, Blanch- ard and Orvis appeared for Mr. Quigley and Col. Reeder was represented by J udge Furst. The case arose out of the failure of the former partners to concur in the settle- ment of their business, whereupon Mr, Quigley appealed to court to have a receiver appointed who would close it up for them. Col. Reeder and Mr. Quigley both sought to be made receiver and the case was argned to that purpose, but the court did not render a ruling on it. - The use of the word receiver here does not imply that either one of the attorneys is in financial straits. It merely means an officer whom the court wou'd appoint to receive the bills due the firm, pay the ones owed by them and dis- tribute the net receipts and other assets according to their partnership agreement. In the future they will practice law sepa- rately. ——— THE COLEVILLE BAND CONCERT. —Even if you can’t distinguish the difference be- tween the music of a fine band and the dis- cordant thumps of a Sonth Sea Islander’s tom tom, youn ought to go to Petriken hall, next Tuesday night, to hear the Coleville boys. There is nothing that contributes more to the pleasure of this community, nor gives it a more up-to-date air than the summer concerts of this band and now that they are trying to raise money to in- crease their music library and buy some better instruments 15 is your duty to help along. : The program is varied and will furnish abundant amusement. PART IL March “King Over All” W. H. Seouton Banbp. Overture - “Pique Dafne” - Suppe AND. Reading - - Selected. Miss Enizasera Faxon, A Comedy in Five Acts, “Before the Footlights’ Theo. Bendix. BAND. Bass Solo - “Let All Obey” M. F. HazeL, Grand Medley - ‘‘Superba’ - Dalby BAND. ! Reading - - - - - Selected Miss Erizasern Faxon. Overture - - Vautour” - J.P, Sousa Raxb. Bass Solo - Adieep in the Deep * Mr, M. F. Hazgr. Medley Overture *‘A High Ball” F. Beezer Bax, Reading - - Selected Miss Erizasera Faxon, PART IL. MEEK AND HARRIS, In a startling black face duo entitled “The Lady or the Tiger.” Mg. Francis J. SAUNDERS The eminent young barytone from State College will sing the illustrated songs, “In the Valle; of Kentucky,” “He laid Away a Suit of Gray” and. “When the Gold Was Turning Gray.” Wit Ring Champicn batonist, unique bird imitator and oe dancer in a few of his specialties. Master JouN KANE The phenomenal boy soprano will sing “Hello ‘were approved. Central! Give Me Heaven.” Regular April Court. Proceedings of the First Week of Quarter Sessions— Many Cases on the List but Few Tried—A Larg Number of Continuances. : The regular April term of quarter ses- sions court convened on Monday morning with Judge Love on the bench. There was a large attendance which woald have eon- tinued all week had not so many cases been held over for the August term. There were thirty-eight on the criminal list and three on the civil for this week hut scarcely half that number were called and the county law shop was closed up tight on Wednes- day. : Frederick Blanchard, who has been a student in the law offices of John M. Dale for two years, was admitted to praotice in the Centre county courts. He passed a brilliant examination and has all the re- quisites to attain eminence in the profes- sion. His father was a prominent practi- tioner before him and having had the best eluctional advantages at the Bellefonte Academy and Princeton University hestarts his career certainly splendidly equipped. Mr. Blanchard has not decided whether he will remain in Bellefonte. . He is consid- ering a proposition to go to Manila in the fall, The court organized by selecting Joseph Hoy Sr., of State College, foreman of the grand jury and business was then disposed of as follows : : CASES CONTINUED. M. J. D. Hubler vs James C. Condo, be- ing an appeal from a judgment rendered hy a justice of the peace, was settled by the ‘parties before court. Farmer's Nursery Co. ve H. H. Harsh- berger continued. . Mary S. Thomas vs Thos. Butler and Burdine Butler continned on account of the illness of Mr. Gray, one of the at- torneys for Mrs. Thomas. Robert Kinkead vs Rosa L. Pierce con- tinued on account of illness of the attorney for defendant. Jacob N. Royer vs Charles P. Long, be- ing an action for trespass, continued on ac- count of the illness of a material witness for the plaintiff. Philip B. Iddings and Hannah M. Id- dings vs Spring township: trespass; plea, ‘‘not guilty.” Chas. H. Burr Jr., receiver of, ete., vs H. DeLeon Meek; assumpsit; plea, ‘‘non- assumpsit.’’ : Robert M. Foster vs Borough of State College; trespass; plea, ‘‘not guilty.” I. Thornton Osmond vs Borough of State College; trespass; plea, ‘‘not guilty.” John Hamilton vs Borough of State Col- lege; trespass; plea, ‘‘not guilty.’’ Washington cornet band vs D. F. Louck and W. O. Dougherty; trespass; plea, **not guilty.” J. H. Confer and Fred Confer, of Penn township who were charged with the crime of larceny and receiving stolen goods, he- longing to a man named Pressler waived the finding of a bill by the grand jury and entered a plea of *‘guilty’’ to larceny. The court suspended sentenee for the present but directed them to pay all costs. Charles McLaughlin, of Snow Shoe en- tered a plea of ‘‘gnilty’’ to the. charge of ‘larceny and receiying stolen goods the property of a man named Miller, and was sentenced to pay costs, a fine of $10 and undergo imprisonment in the jail of Centre county for three months. John Hough, a merchant at Scotia who was charged with the erime of adultery, with Mrs. Robert Jackson, of Scotia, en- tered a plea of ‘‘guilty’’ and was sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and the costs of prosecu- tion. : The case of Commonwealth vs James Eckley was called Monday afternoon. Mr. Eckley was indicted for assault and battery upon the person of Harry N. Walker, a son of A. S. Walker, of ‘Ferguson township. From the evidence it appeared that some time in the latter part of January of this year the Odd Fellows of Pine Grove Mills bad a festival, cake walk, etc., and during the evening Eckley struck Walker and that immediately thereafter there was a general disturbance between these two young men and the committee of order. Eckley was arrested and entered bail for his appear- ance at the April sessions of court. The jury rendered a verdict against Eckley and the court sentenced him to pay the costs of prosecution and a fine of $20. Arthur Thomas, charged with cruelty to animals, ete., by Jas. Toner. From the facts in the case it appeared that some time about the 1st of March Toner sent Thomas to Lemont to bring a horse to Bellefonte that had been left there by a man by the name of Way. Thomas went to Lemont and on his way home with the horse and buggy it was alleged that be beat the horse and cruelly treated him. - One witness on the part of the Commonwealth testified that he met Thomas and another boy coming down the Boalsburg pike that afternoon, one of the boys holding the lines and the other one whipping the horse. When they reach- ed Bishop street the buggy upset and the boys were thrown cut, young Thomas be- ing severely injured. At the conclusion of the testimony on part of the Commonwealth the attorney for the defendant stated that under the Act of Assembly and in the light of the facts as presented by the Common- wealth, that there could not be a couvic- tion. After some argument the court di- rected the counsel for the Commonwealth and the defendant to go to the jury on the question of costs. The jury divided the costs equally between the prosecutor and the de- fendant. ; oh The grand jury returned true bills in the two separate indictments against Frank Beckwith; one charging him with the crime of murder and the other with carry- ing concealed deadly weapons. The case was continued last Friday on account of the illness of two of the defendant’s at- torneys. Joshua Folk of Bellefonte who was the prosecutor in the case of Commonwealth versus Newton Shinefelt was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, the grand jury having ignored the bill of indictment and placed the costs upon hin. . Commonwealth vs Harry Miller, a Bellefonte police officer who was charged with baving committed an assault and battery on James Vallence, the grand jury ignored the bill and put the costs on Val- lence. Commonwealth vs Emilo Testa was in- dicted for jumping a board bill by Joseph Mecom. The jury rendered a verdict in which they found the defendant not guilty and placed the costs upon the prosecutor, Joseph Mecom. The most important ease of the week was that of Commonwealth vs J. R. Kutz and Thomas Trafford, who were indicted as follows :—13t count. establishing a gam- ling house; 2nd, enticing others to visit the gambling house; and 3rd, permitting gambling by proprietors of place of resors and entertainment by pool playing for ‘drinks. H. H. Gunther, constable of Phil- ipshurg, was the prosecator. On the 26th day of August, 1901, an ap- plication was made for a-charter for a club in Philipsburg, to be called the ‘*Moshan- non Social Club’? and the court granted the charter. The corporation was formed, as stated in the application “for the pur- pose of maintaining a club for social ep- joyment hy establishing a fund for the pur- chase and accumulation of literature, through the medium of hooks, and maga- zines, providing rooms for social inter- course, and generally to promote fellow- ship, increase friendliness, and enlarge the general knowledge of its members by asso- ciation.” The charter was granted under the provisions of an Act of General Assem- bly of this Commonwealth. Some time during the winter months the citizens of Philipsburg received knowledge that gambling was being carried on, and they at once informed the authorities at Harrisburg. A young man by the name of A. Walter Shearer, a student at Dickinson college was sent to Philipsburg by the State Department as a detective to investi- gate the matter. He first visited Philips- burg some time in the latter part of Janu- ary of this year and gained admission to this social club. He also returned to the same place five or six times making his last visit there some time the middle of March, He was always admitted to their rooms, where, from his evidence as stated on the witness stand during the trial of the case, the members of the club played pool for money; played pool for drinks; played poker and other games at cards for money and drinks. After he had heen there several times and had gotten the names of those who were especially interested in these games he informed the authorities and Kutz and Trafford were placed under arrest. Wed- nesday morning the defendants by their attorneys asked leave of court to change their plea from that of ‘‘Not Guilty” to that of *‘Guilty’’ which, of course, was al- lowed. The conrt ‘then sentenced them to pay the costs of prosecution and to each pay a fine of $125, also that their charter shounld be surrendered. The court also made an order on the charter that the same was sur- rendered, forfeited and revoked, for the reason that the privileges therein granted the said club were conducted in direct vio- lation of law. The case attracted considerable attention because of the prominence of some of the gentlemen identified with it. The young Dickinson student who played detective on them proved about as composed a witness as ever took the stand in the Centre county courts and compietely baffled the defense’s attorney’s attempts to ‘‘rile’” him. Several of the gentlemen insisted that when they joined the club they had no idea that it was to be run as it was. The last case taken np was that of A. J. Orndorf, use of Geo. W. Ward, vs the Pine Grove Mills Water Co. It was taken up Wednesday morning and at its conclusion court adjourned. The case was an appeal from a justice's judgment. The jury found for plaintiff in the sum of $77.55. REPORT OF GRAND JURY. The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring in and for the County of Centre in all matters relating to, the same, do respectfully report: ° That we have acted on 20 bills of indictment, of which 14 were fonnd true bills and 6 bills were ignored. We beg leave to further report that we have visited and inspected the county buildings and find them in very good condition” except the wall and door around the jail yard which is in need of repair : also, the walk from court house to jail, We also recommend that said walk and. door be repaired at once, and the cellar door to residence part of the jail is in very bad condition and wouid advise commissioners to repair at once. We further report, we also extend our thanks to the honorable judge and the district attorney for their courtesy extended to us. } Josepr Hoy Sg., Foreman. A Few Words on the County Superin- tendent Question. * COMMUNICATED. Three years ago, at a meeting of the school directors of Centre county, held for the pur- pose of electing a county superintendent, the present incumbent announced before that body, without any reservation and under no coercion whatever, that he would not bea candidate again for re-election. When he did this he opened the field for any aspirant of good character who was qualified to fill the office to seek the suffrages of the directors of the county to become his successor in this office. What has been the result? While making his visits to the schools throughout the coun- ty nearly every director with whom this man came in contact was approached and his vote solicited for a continuance of himself in this office and the statement was made that he cared not if this or that director would not support him, as he had enough directors pledged to his support to assure his re-election anyway. This, I call, bulldozing, as recent events show it to have been untrue, or why all this activity now on his part ? Ten years of this office has been accorded to him. Have the public schools of our coun- ty made such wonderful progress that they cannot be improved upon? We do not be- lieve they have. Would not new blood; new zeal and new energy prove beneficial to our school system? We believe it would. Do the directors believe that the present incum- bent has a monopoly of the brains and execu- tive ability required to fill this office ? His own arguments savor very much of this. The arguments used, such as “if you have a good horse you don’t want to part with him” or “if you have a good farm hand you want to keep him,” are so shallow that they are easily understood. We take the stand that there are to-day in the field for this of- fic men who are just as competent in every particular as Mr. Gramley ; who, if elected, would prove more than his equal. We might Jjust as consistently say that because Wm. F. Smith made a good prothonotary and John F. Harter a good recorder that they should be indefinitely continued in these offices. The principle is wrong, it is unAmerican, is un popular, is unjust to the many young men who are to-day struggling in colleges and academies to gain an education to fill the dif- ferent positions in life. Life is too short to wait on dead men’s shoes, Fellow directors consider before you vote. We do not believe that the temper of the Centre county citizens is such as to respect a pledge breaker who profited by making that pledge. A DIRECTOR.