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—AGUINALDO is a free wan, ‘that is as
bends the neck: 10 Ameriean SOV
long as he.
ereignty.
LE
The fellows ‘who are bel caught
short on Jaly. corn are cornered in more
wage than one...
apportionment hill will b
is likely to [give both Dr:
CLEMENT DALE cold feet. ©
+ —If the Bellefonte water ates. Scop: ‘on
going up it'will saofi be cheaper for those
who use it! for industrial purposes to ul
stitute beer ot butter-milk, Lh 7
4 The State of New! Jersey’ Ww entirely
out of debt and that i€ possible because the,
ion a Eden: of
on. a ;
ito
phia for $11 per ton, but:
peop eof that. city will
this kind of weather.
Sem] Quay,’ Dugs M
can only get together and agree ‘on the man
who is to be the mext mayor of 4
phia: the ‘people of that city willbe full of
xeon ‘Inasmuch as they have
in the matter, themselves, it is pleasant.
ettled with as little fuss a8 possi-
have it's
ble, 1%
EE
J—It’sa foe. Hime for the President to
ol so blatant against trusts, and so con-.
cerned ‘about ‘the welfare of Cuba.
time to act ‘was while Congress was in ses-
sion. Had he done SOI
wonld be little. Deed: of 8 80 much insincere
solicitation now.
"Some people have a habit of making
the loudest boasts when
ning the worst with them. Mr. QUAY’S
latest prediction is thas “‘gousin SAMUEL"
will have 250,000 ‘majority—a sure indica-
-¢ion of more trouble in the machine’s gear-:
ing than most folks would imagine.
—Had the King died
mourning that could bave been adopted by, | ac
the chappies on this side of the pond would
Lave been to keep their trousers tarned
EA fora , period. of thirty days.
to ape. him that they began, She practice of
turning them up.
An alligator was fished gut of the Chi-
cage aivera few days ago and, as yet, BO
oii has’ ‘been made to call it a sea ser-
Tailure to make the most out
of of the catoh is probably
for ‘‘cousin SAMUEL. »
discouraged army.
cent 'jadicial contest in
the latter city to ponder
place on the Democratic
there.
moorings.
——1It is undeniable
prevented Congress from
disclosed what a sink h
canal would have proven.
—The notice that QUA
ceived from Pittsburg to
Ea
. —The possibility oy the congressional
tis ye
is baladce ‘on the
ih id hod to take. ‘TwPerinssivana; |
5 — Anthracite conl is selling i An, ,Philadel-
ice Shas takes on such fictitious’ values the |
Chicago doesnot make a bid. |
: for ‘popularity as a‘summer resort.’ i
—Yes, let us all be thankful that Gov.
STONE has determined to take tbe'stump
A campaigi well
innoculated with the ripperism of his ad-
ministration will make the Republican
hosts, as hilarious and hopeful as an epi-
demic of small-pox would a decimated and
—In view of the result in the most re-
and the councilmanic fights in Johnstown
we would advixe the esteemed Tribune of
again alludes: to"the enipty honor of a
Cambria has been showing very en-
couraging signs of drifting back to her old
disturbances ii” Southern waters have been
the cause of shocking catastrophes, hut just
now they -are heing ‘thanked for having
the canal by the Nicaraguan route.
eruptions that have occurred along that
proposed line within the past few days have
MEEK.
» declared illegal:
JeooRs ands :
‘They’ Are Grinding a File.
The: opponents of dece decent government in
Pennsylvania imagine that ‘they have
framed an overwhelming i indictment against
‘GEORGE:W.. GUTHRIE, the Democratie can-
didate for Lieutenant Governor. The charge
ig that some years ago hie’ favored a meas-
ure of legislation’ affecting the oity. of Pitts
burg very much like: that. known as the
‘‘Ripper act. 1 which ‘avas passed during the
last session. As a matter-of ‘fact, the only
‘analogy between. the two measures is that
;both are calle “rippers.” 7. The vast differ-
ence is ‘that the bill: supported by Mr.
GUTHRIE proposed to rip up the most at-
‘roeious political machine ever organized,
‘except that one in Philadelphia, by consti-
‘tutional processes and’ the other ripped oat
a: nai eiats Hig government elected” ‘the people by
ant AsmpmIDGE methods in violation of the constitution.
The ‘‘ripper,”’ supported by Mr. GUTH-
RIE proposed a new and improved form of
government for the city of Pittsburg. Un-
¥ | der the old charterrof thas, city the Mayor
was absolutely without authority and the
iniquities which appalled the people of all
parts of the country, were beyond the reach
of retribution for the reason that the munic-
ipal government had no’ responsible bead.
A venal council, by. cofrupt agencies, elect-
ed profligate men as ‘heads of departments
and these instruments of the bosses traded
in contracts and franchises: and plundered
the people to their heart's ‘content. Mr.
GUTHRIE and other advocates of municipal
reform asked the Legislature to end the;
evils by creating a’ government based on
just and scientific principles to be elected
‘by the people und erconditions which would
‘guarantee an honest elestiatjand fair return,
of the votes. ;
The iniquity of the otions ripper’ en-
acted by the last Legislature is not in that
it “‘ripped”’ out the corrups machine. If
that was what it did there qwould be no
cause of complaint. But it legislated out
of office men elected by the people for a
specified term, thus violati the obliga-
tions of a contract. It vest in the Gov-
ernor the power to pi successor for
‘two'vears in direct conflict with the pro-
visions of the fandamental law of the State
and it put penalties on eiti ens for alleged
offenses without due process o of trial and in
sit on a
solongas it isn’t):
not suffer much.
i Philadel-
) ‘88
The
ething then there
matters are run-
the most fitting
It was
accounted for in
; subversion of.e
‘constitution of the State. GEORGE W.
GUTHRIE never gave assent to such. an in-
famous measute as the ‘‘ripper’’ enacted
during the last session and in calling atten-
tion to the difference between the acts, the
QUAY organs bave done him a priceless
service.
Roosevelt's Pitsburg Speech. ,
‘Cambria county
visit to Pittsburg came as near being an
official farce as anything that has happened
a little before it i, this conntry during recent years. There
was a vast crowd at the meeting at which
county ticket’’ up ;
much,and it must be added,gennine enthu-
siasm. The American people are essential-
: ly hero worshippers and to the casual ob-
that the siesmic
in his make-up that takes on the appear-
ance of a hero. He dresses jauntily, moves
‘with a swagger, talks freely and uncon-
ventionally “and ‘makes himself popular
with the crowd. But thoughtful people
who heard his speech and others: of the
same type who read it next day must have
blushed with shame at the poverty in ideas
and the absence of sincerity which it re-
vealed.
"The President began by priv the
Declaration of Independence and yet with
deciding to build
The
ole a ‘Nicaraguan
¥ las aenily re-
the effect that the
‘make good that promise:
y priieiple asserted fee’
‘President ROOSEVELT’ s Fourth of July
be was the pine orator and there was
server our strenuous President bas much
more he meddles with the local political
with bis “gousin PENNYPACKER'' should
be sufficient warning to the old man. He
his connivance there are'a large number of.
people ostensibly under the government of
the United States in the presence of whom
situation in that city the worse it will be.
Eikin’s Chance for Revenge.
On the evening of ‘the Republican state
convention Attorney General ELKIN open-
ly declared that he had been defranded of
the nomination for Governor. Some time
before that it was freely stated that QUAY
had been influenced to oppose the nomina-
ion of ELKIN by the President of the
United States who had expressed the fear
that the odious record of the STONE admin-
istration would be the cause of defeating a
‘number of Republican candidates for Con-
gress if a member of the cabinet were made
the standard bearer of the party. Itis a
matter of public notoriety that the patron-
age of the federal administration was used
in stealing votes in the convention from
ELKIN
It has been learned from a most reliable
source that the consideration which QUAY
gave to ROOSEVELT for the corrupt use of
federal patronage to defeat ELKIN was &
pledge that Pennsylvania will be for
RooseVELT for President in the next nation-
al convention. If ELKIN will resent the
dishonor and injustice put on him by QUAY
and ROOSEVELT, QUAY will not be able to
In addition to
all his personal influence and the generous
use of the federal patronage, QUAY was
obliged to draw largely on corporation treas-
ure to buy votes in order to nominate PEN-
NYPACKER. If ELKIN could makeso good a
showing under the cirenmstances which ex-
isted then, he can defeat QUAY for the del-
egates in 1904.
It may be said and it is probably true
that a political campaign based on revenge
is mostly unwise and nearly. always un-
successful. Bat a man of honor will never
tamely submit to an unjust aspersion
wantonly put upon him and QUAY and
ROOSEVELT put such an insult on ELKIN.
In effect they questioned his personal integ-
rity and declared that they conldn’t con-
sent to his nomination because his record
was so had that his nomination would de-
stroy the party. Probably that is true. He
was and is certainly vulnerable. But what-
ever evil repute attaches to him was the re«
sult of hig association with and service to
QuAY and it was both nugenerous and un- |!
just for QUAY to turn him down on that |
account.
Admiral Dewey’s Humiliation.
Admiral DEWEY's new role is one that
is'much less attractive than those in which
he has hitherto appeared. The chastening
influence of disfavor at the administration
court has evidently broken his high spirit
| and of late he has been kowtowing to the
bureaucrats in Washington with as much
servility as the rest of them. In this change
he has not even taken care of his own
reputation for consistency and in acknowl-
édging obedience to those who exact much,
and return little, the contrast between his
former candor and his present obsequious-
ness is positively painful. Really the
Admiral is to be pitied.
_Soon after his retmn from the Philip-
pines he gave to the public his impressions
of the people and conditions he had en-
countered in an extended newspaper in-
terview. It was at a time when the im-
perialists were invoking every expedient to
justify their wanton destruction of every
principle expressed in the Declaration of
Independence and they were “harping con
stantly on the want among the natives of
the Archipélago, of that intelligence which
qualified a people for self-government. The
Admiral resented the implied siander on
the people and protested with admirable
frankness and characteristic energy that
they were more capable of self-government
than the Cnbans, and were a race of uv.
usual intelligence. Now he is. singing
another tune.
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NO. 27.
Losses of the Strike.
- The newspapers which are publishing
weekly estimates “of the cost of the coal
strike are either hopelessly ignorant of
economic laws or are deliberately publish-
ing false statements to deceive the public.
For example one of these purveyors of mis-
information published on Monday that the
loss to the operators in profits up until the
end of last week amounted to $20,000,000
and the loss to the strikers in wages to
$10,000,000. If that were true the strike
would have been ended long ago. The op-
erators have power to terminate the trou-
ble at any moment and whenever their
lgsses amount to double the losses of the
‘strikers they will eall a halt.
AS a matter of fact the operators - have
Jost nothing in profits since the strike be-
gan. They have simply lost, the interest
| on the money invested and that on the
money which would bave come in the form
of profits if the coal had been mined and
gold. The expense of keeping the mines
and machinery in order is an added loss.
But so long as the mines are idle the coal’
remains in the ground and is the property
of the operators which will bring profits
when work is resumed. - Moreover if the
price is increased say fifty cents a ton the
increase in the profits will soon convert
the losses into gains and within a few
months the losses which have been incar-
red will be recovered.
But the loss to the miners is irretriev-
‘able. Time cannot be recovered and shough
a few cents added to the wages of mining
per ton will count up rapidly the cost of
‘living during the period of idleness is: al-
most necessarily a mortgage on their mus-
cles for the future. If they could stop the
ravages of time during the strike and cut
off the cost of living during the period of
idleness they would be practically on the
game plané with the operator. But ‘that
is an impossibility, They muss live and
they will grow old and when the strike
ends and the earning is resumed they must
pay for what they got during the interval
in which there were no receipts.
—————————
- Wont Some One Hold His Coat?
rs.
President ROOSEVELT'S wind-war on the
rusts i is very much like the fellow who,
‘sneakiug out of a fight until all danger of
having one has passed, attempts to show
his bravery by shaking his fists in the
crowd and swearing how easily he could,
and how determined be is, to do the other
fellow up. When the opportunity was
given him, whil> his Republican Congress
was in session, to show his courage and
prove his willingness to help down those
cormorant-combinations, be was as mute as
the bar-room blusterer is when there isa
prospect of a real brawl. Now when Con-
gress has adjourned and he can’t get into
any fight he is calling on the public. with
all the strenuonsness of a bully, to ‘‘bold
his coat?” while he cleans the Whole kit- -an-
ka-boodle ont.
In this work he may think he is making
a great play for the commendation of the
public, but we don’t see that either the
trusts or their advocates are impressed
with his earnestness to the extent that they
are trying in any way to hold him back
or keep him from jumping into them.
Roosevelt Treated = ‘with Contempt.
No President of the the United States with-
in the memory of men in active life has
cut as inconsiderable figure in the affairs
of the country. at the adjournment of a ses-
sion of Congress as President ROOSEVELT
did when the first session of the 56th Con-
gress quit ite blather and went home, He
had been defeated in practically every pur-
pose which he had announced. His Phil-
ippine bill and his Caban reciprocity hill
The President and the Trusts, . .
From the New York Times, July 8th.
Mr. Roosevelt is too experienced a sports-
man to believe that there really ever was a
gun so ingeniously contrived as to kill a
deer and miss a calf.
Yet, with all respect, that is apparently
the kind of weapon he thinks can be con-
structed for dealing with the Trusts,” The
objectionable Trusts in this country and
the objectionable feature of Trusts that are
not in all respects to be ‘condemned rest
chiefly on two dishonest advantages they
have over their competitors. One is the se
cret favors shown them ‘by the railroads,
the roads themselves being in some cases
controlled by the Trusts. The other is the
heavy tariff duties imposed on their com-
petitors abroad.’
Mr. Roosevelt, so far as he has made any
definite proposal, does not contemplate
touching the latter source of unfair advan-
tage. Yet it is really the worst thing ex-
isting in the situation. The favors grant
ed by the railroads are already illegal. By
proper vigilance and energy in the ‘use ‘of
the powers resting in the Interstate Com-
merce Commission and in the ' Department
of Justice it would probaby be quite prac-
ticable to do away with this particular
wrong. But the unjust favors enjoyed by’
the Trusts from the tariff are granted by
law. They are the effect of the prostitu-
tion of the law- making power of the inter-
ests of individuals and’ corporations mainly
for party purposes. They spring originally
from demoralization of the natiohal Iegisla-
tare, and they are not retained by influen-
ces which ‘it'is not extravagant to call cor-
rapt. The power of these favored Trusis
is great and it is polluting. Let Mr. Roose-
velt reflect.for an instant on their work
with reference to Cuba, the matter he had
go much at heart. If it had not been for
the Sugar Trust the House bill granting a
concession to Cuba, with ‘the repeal of a
special protective tax for the benefit of the
Sugar Trust, would have been passed in the
Senate. That body did mot dare to deal
fairly with the Cubans if it deprived the
Sugar Trust of an uvjust advantage. This
is but oue instance in many. The protect-
ed Trusts are more powerful in Congress
than any one interest besides. The Presi-
dent himself is helpless in conflict with
them.
We do not impugn the sincerity of the,
President. But we are convinced that any’
fight he may undertake against the object-.
ional Trusts will be futile to the point of
lndicrousness if it he not directed against
the protective tariff enacted for the benefib
of those Trusts. ;
Platform Platitudes 1
From the Pittsbiirg Dispatch (Ren.) .
If the State platforms and ches hy
political leaders so far made and delivered
are a criterion the coming Congressional
campaign promises to be singularly devoid
of argument.. Platitudes and sonorous
phrases, signifying nothing and leading no
where, comprise the bulk of the politiéal
pabulum in prospect. As the Senate ses-
sion indicated there will be a wholly base-
less attempt to argue that the critics of the
military policy in the Philippines bave
heen guilty of slanderous attacks upon the
army: There has been nothing of the kind.
Cases of unjustifiable cruelty to the natives
have been charged and proved; the water
cure is not denied, Major Waller's:
slanghter of eleven natives in cold blood
has been admitted and General Smith’s or-
der to kill'and burn and reduce Samar toa
howling wilderness has been officially con-
fessed. To condemn these excessesis in no
sense an attack upon the army, and the
fact that the condemnation was voiced by
members of the Administration itself should
he sufficient answer to the acousation of
treasonableness.
Upon the other issue of the trusts
there is the same glittering : generali-
zation. The Minnesota convention is a
case in. point. In Governor Van Sant’s
State, where 80 spirited an assault was’
made upon the policy of combination, the
strongest words nttered were Senator Nel-
son’s platitudinous observations that trusts
which cheapened the cost to the consnmer
were beneficial, but those which restricted
competition and established an’ ahsolate
monopoly must be controlled. If this
means anything it means that control of
the trusts must be established.’ Yet Sena-
tor Nelson has not heen recorded as in-/
troducing any bill for that purpose. Ree-'
iprocity with Cuba was ‘also endorsed,
but of what. value ‘is: an endorsement if,’
as in Nebraska, the State’s représentatives.
Spawls from the Keystone.
. St
Biever deaths occurred iu Pittsbu rg from.
heat on Tuesday.
¢ —Northampton county has 29,689 persons
subject to military duty.
—A scarcity of coke is causing many blast
furnaces in the Mahoning and Chenango Val=
leys to close.
—Secarcity of fuel caused the banking of a
second furnace by the Pennsylvania Com=
pany at Lebanon on Monday.
3
—The contract for the Government build-
ing at Wilkesbarre was awarded to Cramp &
Co., of Philadelphia, for $87,127.
—Two steers broke up Alderman J. B.
Raymond's court at Altoona by carrying their
street fight in through the open door.
—Ten farm houses were robbed last week
at Muncy while the owners were at Williams-
port attending the Fourth of July exercises.
—Soft coal miners in the Altoona district
went to work on Monday without restriction
as to the number of days a week they shall
labor.
—0il has been found in such quantities in
a well belonging to Mr. James S. Leyder,
near Thompsontown, as to render the water
therein unfit for use.
—A newly married young man up in In-
‘diana county dreamed that his aunt was
dead and it proved true. He tried” the same
dream on his mother-in-law, but, of course
it didn’t work.
. Fifty pounds of giant powdieh vaploded
in a hole 20 feet deep in a cinder pile at the
Duquesne steel works on Tuesday and two
men were blown to. pieces and five probably
fatally injured.
—Farly Sunday morning the residence of
John D. Wright, at Centre, Clearfield connty,
was entered by burglars who bound the mem-.
bers of the family and: went through the
house. They only secured $5 in. money.
| —The strike of the motlders and pullers
out employed by the Crugible Steel company,
of Pittsburg, which for the: last three weeks.
has almost completely closed the melting de-
partments of tint Company, has been practi
cally settled. fox
~Geoige B. McClellan, of Philipsbu rg. has.
the distinction of running the engine that:
made the first trip over the new West Branch
railroad on July 1st. “‘Beaney” is the boy
who could pull her through in fine style, and
do it right, too.
—As a result of eating Joltoned neat Mrs.
‘Alverta Prior and her four children, of
Muncy, and ‘Miss Shoemaker, of Miflinburg,
‘and Burt Berry, of Hughesville, became vio-
lently ill and only the prompt arrival of a
physician. saved their lives.
—O0a Tuesday afternoon Edward Libkicker,
‘aged 20, of Lewisburg, and John Gingrich,
aged 21, of Lebanon, both carpenters. fell
from the roof of the new St. Peter’s Catholic
Church; at Reading, a distance of 40 feet, and
both were instantly-killed.
~While John Mi; Senn, of Williamsport,
“1 was returning home Saturday night, he was
1 attacked by two masked men, who demand-
ed his money and watch, Mr. Senn, who is
‘a student at Bucknell and an all around ath-
1 lete, knocked one of the highwaymen down
and both then fled.
—While Michael Ricci was fishing in the
Susquehanna River, near Nanticoke, a bolt of
lightning struck the boat, demolishing it.
Ricci was thrown into the water, but was res-
cued by another fisherman. The man was,
unconscious, - but when brought ont of the
water soon rallied.
—Ex-Congressman Joseph E. Thropp, of
Philadelphia and Everett, was arrested op,
Saturday. He is charged by Constable Sal-
keid, of Hopewell, with violating the fish
laws by emptying the acids and other destrue-
tive matter from his furnace at Everett, into
the Juniata river and destroying the fish.
—Chrysostom J. Luckett, one of the best
known freight conductors, of the Pennsylva-
nia railroad, was killed in a wreck near Ben-
nington Monday morning, being caught be-
tween his cabin and the car next: it, and crush-
ed so badly that he died ina few minutes.
He is survived by his wife and two sons, all
of Altoona. §iod
—During a thunder sori on Tuesday
lightning played a peculiar prank. on the:
farm of Walter Earnhart, at Liberty Square,
Lancaster county. Five cows, a bull and a
heifer were 1nclosed in a field in which there
were no trees The cattle were widely sepa-
rated but wereall instantly killed by one bolt
of lightning.
- i Charles M. Schwab, president of hes
United States Steel Corporation, has pure has_
ed 25 acres Of wooded land east of and ad
joining Altoona, and on it will erect a beauti.
ful home for two aged annts, who are resi,
dents of Altoona. The property is prettily |
located and ‘is known as Geesey’s ‘woods.
Acai
era ii sda
the reading. of the Declaration is forbidden
hy Jaw. The vital principle asserted in
the Declaration of Independence is that
governments derive all just power from the
consent of the governed and yet the Presi-
dent bas heen using: all the power of his
office, and some that was usurped, to force
upon a helpless people a government against
their will and without their consent, In
view of these facts the declaration of the
President was hypocritical and dishonest.
It was an insult to the intelligence of his
audience.
After that rubbish the President pro-
ceeded to discuss ‘the trust question and
make absurd promises. For niore than
seven months Congress had been in session
and every day there: was a chance to ask
for such Tegislation’ as would strengthen
the anti-trust laws and make the prosecu-
tion of those offending against them a hope-
ful process. : But he did nothing of the
kind. With respect to ‘the Cuban reci-
procity he was equally reckless in his Pitts-
burg speech. After Congress had refused,
absolutely, to do anything for the relief of
Cuba ROOSEVELT holdly promised to give
them relief. . He knew in his heart that he
has no power to act in the absence of legis-
lation and that his. promise was false and
fraudulent’ yeb he gave ‘the ‘promise im-
pudently and’ unblushingly and proved
himself as careless of his character as he is
reckless in his statements.
were both defeated and though he had re-
peatedly declared that the honor of the
country was involved in the Cuban bill his
party in Congress insontingytly turned it
down. | From the Baltimore San. > Aan DUEL
All in all, RoosevELt isa poor stick in| The people know Governor Paisob; ‘and’
a conspicuous place. Previous’ ‘to his acei- his pass record as Governor ‘of the State and ,
dental, and most people will add unfor- | a8 Coniptroller of thé city ot P. iaelptly
tunate accession to the office, he had been is a sufficient guaiautee hath wil nok
aload-mouthead professor of the civil service stay the eontdence of ios vi 8 soe tor
| him, - Daring his two “termi ‘as’ Gov
reform cult, But he had hardly hecome | hie was ‘confronted by hostile” Le intures,
warm in his seat hefore every member of
and he‘ withstood thet ‘wher “he thong
his cabinet who paid the least regard to
| they were wong 1a used the’ veto’ diesly
civil service reform had expressed an incli- ugos Mad Wile 2 od ansiviy or x
nation to cub loose. from him and as fast as
son should not he a matter “politics. Tt
cannot affect or ‘injure ‘the | Republican’
they succeeded in making their escape Jen tn than 4 Jotier slong
- ol 10 a he i is year’is
sourvy politicians’’ were put in their) gq bid ok and the reformation of
places. The result is the restoration of
spoilism more completely than it has
existed since GRANT'S first term.
Rie grossest abuses, the prevention of frafnds
and the peculation of public’ funds,’ ‘the
But the view point from which | Roosk-
VELT'S insignificance appears the most ob:
purification of elections and she establish-
nent of Government by people in theiplace
of government ‘hy hosses and ballot” box:
stuffers. The Stategovernment comes near-
vious is in the respect that the leaders, of
his own party disregard his inolinatious.
No other President ‘in the history of the |
country has heen treated as contemptuous.
er to the homes of the people than the Fed-
eral Governniens does; and good: local: ‘self-
government: should mot be ‘sacrificed ‘to |
ly as ROOSEVELT hy the leaders in Con-
gress of the party of which he is ex-officio,
the official head. The ordinary recom-
promote some Federal potioy, It is true
that the Republican party in ‘Pennsylvania
mendations of other Presidents have been
ignored, no doubt, but no other President’
or Senator Quay, if it ia: preferred to call is.
the most gerfous thing that has ever be- 1 t ¢ t d 20 cont sly t
| that—has nominated for Governor a man'of
fallen the Western Union. “} .. | he supplemented his ordinary = recommen:
high character ‘and distinguished ability.
If he is elected, however, he will he em-
| —— HE nt dation by a special message hegging ac-
: 3 ] ~! ui. {quiescence. But who will say that ROOSE-
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sowed the wind and reaped thé whirlwind Ustiberately vote the other way?
in that city in ’82 and a child as badly
burnt as he was then ought to he. ‘a little
fearful of the fire that is already. Peginming
to smoke ont there.
The erection’ of the building will begin’ in the
| near future. 2 5 fe
—Robert Jones tended the. Forest City!
| Baptist church, Scranton, ‘on ‘Sunday night.
The pastor called upon him'to lead in prayer
and he ‘responded, exhorting a ‘all’ to prepare
for the call of the Maker; “they know not
at what moment “He would call.” ‘Hardly |
had the old gentleman taken. his seat whea ,
| his head all forward 0 on Dighreast and he ex.
| pired. . ty y
—Jobn OrRaae) an Ttalian. “who aided at’
Hyner, Clinton county, was employed as fore
man on Weaver & Co,’s railroad. Oue day
last week he discharged an Italian laborer.
The discharged ‘man, on returning to Hyner
from Renovo Friday evening, and while in-’
toxicated, ‘went to Mr. Orlando and demand:
ed his time. . The foreman was aking it
out when the man shot Orlando fo the head ,
near the left ear. Orlando. fe the floor
when the eaward shot him in. thermo. He,
died i ina few minutes. 3a
Lkrantel Herman, afeipes of near Rose- i
erans, Clinton cpunty, was injured ‘the ‘other
day by being gored by an enraged cow. © Mt.
Hert ; started to “drive to. Jersey ‘Shore, ’
taking'with him a cow anda calf, “The alt’
he had in the wagon, ‘While the cow was tied '
to the rear end of tlie vehicle. At Rauchtown
he got out of the wagon, when he was attack-
| ed and badly gouged by the enraged cow. One .
of his eyes was gorded out by the cow’s horn ©
and he is badly bruised, 'especially abontithe
head and face. He was thken to his ‘Home *
and is in a serious condition.
For example, in entitying ‘helore. he
Senate committee on Philippine affairs he
referred contemptuously to the ‘‘dense and
hopeless stupidity’’ of the people and when
one of the Senators called his attention to
his former statement on the subject ‘be ex-
plained that what he meant was not that
the Filipinos were intelligens’ ‘but that
ignorant and illiterate as they are the.
Cubans are worse. A paid witness couldn’t
bave served the purposes of the adminis-
tration any better and if the Admiral and
his charming wife are not promptly taken
into the favor of official society the admin-
istration is ungrateful beyond measure.
mie he 4
~ Panttson and d Pennypacker. i ¢
3 Hit
9 ABRAM STIiMES, of Waverly, Towa
who has just ‘begun to give away all of his
ten ‘million ‘dollar fortune to charities, is
getting nearer to public needs than any
philanthropist who has appeared recently.
© Most of his millions are going to_hospitals
_ and old peoples’ homes and. going in such
a way that they will ever be a blessed ‘me-
morial to the quaint old man who says he
can live on three dollars per week if hy so
doing he can give more to the poor.
mena
‘—Let sonie “outside promater appear
with a scheme. to corral thousands of dol-
! lars of local capital for an. enterprise that
: has no further guarantee of snocess than the
. brilliant picture his slick tovgue paints
\ for it, and copneil will fairly tear the car-
/ pet off thestairs of the Logan engine house in
| their haste to get to their chamber to exon-
erate his property from taxes for’ any term
| of years: ‘he may desire. It is different ‘with
_ the smaller and more modest. employers in
Bellefonte, who have furnished employment
| every day in the year for a quarter of a
century or more, for several hundred men
and women. They must be taxed at an ex-
. orbitant rate,so that those who pay practic-
= . ally nothing now will have to pay still
© less.
—A x pent train ote over the Bald
Eagle valley on Sunday carrying supplies,
for the Postal Telegraph Co. - The latter is
to supplant the Western Union’ along the
lines of the Pennsylvania railroad and it is
likely that the new order of things will re:
sult in crowding the Western. Union clear
out of many of ‘the smaller stations where
it maintained telegraph offices by using. the
railroad wires. Of course at points, where
it has its own lines it: will still operate,
bat the fall-out with the Pennsy has ‘been
ligations to such an extent as serionsly: to
impair, his ‘usefulness.’ If" the people’ of
Pennsylvania really desire to have the‘Aa-
| gean stable cleaned out, Pattison, and not
Pennypacker, is the Hercules.
barrassed by’ his Surroundings aud his ob-
VELT deserved more ?
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