f # men to carry weighs ninety It is supposed to contain enongh rations for three days, but the pro- portion of embalmed beef is not mentioned. —It has come to such a pass in these parts that for real ‘‘fuss and feathers,” cabs, beer anil dancing, a dago wedding ma kes one of the ‘‘sassiety’’ nuptial events look like a Friend’s meetin’ when the spir- it isn’t movin’. — Pittsburg must keep in the limelight. Oa Tuesday night another lot of the over- monied and under-worked young men of that city made such a scene on the Madison Square roof garden, in New York, that they bad to be locked up. —In discharging his counsel because they insisted on trying to prove him in- sane, young THAW bas either unwittingly forged a strong link for the insanity plea or made a very clever play at moulding public sentiment along that line. —The layer of the sea that is supposed to be drawn up into the clouds each year, and later precipitated to the earth as rain, is es- timated as being fourteen feet in thick- ness. If that isso, we got about thirteen feet, nine inches of it back on Monday af. ternoon. —It is really asking too much of Mr. Ey ERY to require him to sign the pledge. Thiok of the trouble he will have in find- ing places for all the Democrats, Lincoln- ites and others who ‘‘ contributed so large- ly to his election.” Besides, the only pledge the people of Pennsylvania are after now ie a pledge to bust the machine and Mr. EMERY has already taken that. ~The Gazelte's statement that the Al- toona Tribune bas hauled down the reform flag is about as near the truth as the Ga- zette ever gets. Of all the rank, partisan, persistently machine organs in Pennsylva- nia the Altoona Tribune has been the rank- est—with the possible exception of the Keystone Gazette. But then the Gazette has some justification because it knows no better and still clings to the hope that ‘‘Boy’’ PENROSE will name the next post- master of Bellefonte. —London, England, has a new business enterprise. Professional bridesmaids are tarnished at $5 per for young women who wish to Ave pretentions weddings and’ have no girl friends to call in as maids. Now if some one would only tart a busi. ness of furnishing grooms for luckless young women at $5 per what an Eden this world would be. Then, surely, would the fact that the Jews are moving back to Je- rusalem at the rate of one hundred families a week portend the dawn of the millen- niam. ~The New York Sun solemnly makes the following interesting predictions : ““The next Governor of the State of New York will be a Democrat.” ““The next Governor of the State of New York will be the next President of the United States.” Unfortunately for Democratic hopes lit- tle consolation can be taken out of this pro- nouncement, for the Sun bas long enjoyed the uniqae distinction of being on the wrong side of most every contest. However, it may serve the purpose ol strewing a few roses in the path of prospective Democratic postoffice applicants. — We know of no American woman who bas married royalty whose life ha. been as beantital, as full of good works and as much a matter of pride to her fatherland as has been that of MARY LEITER, eldest daunghter of the late LEVI Z. LEITER, the Chicago millionaire. When she married Hop, GEORGE N. CURZON, the first Baron of Kedleston, little was it’ thought that in a few years, as wile of the Viceroy of India, she would be second in rank only to the Queen of all the Brittish Empire. This lovely American girl, in the face of all the raillery over her father's wealth and her mother’s malapropisms, proved a gem of rarest worth among the noble women of the old world and her death, which ocour- red on Wednesday, is one that all lovers of exalted womanhood will mourn. —The Republican congressional confer- ence in DuBois last Thursday was short as it was surprising. On the tenth ballot Capt. BARCLAY, of Cameron county, was nominated, and all the pet plans of Judge Love and A. L. CoLE, of Clearfield, went a glimmering. Nobody really expected BARCLAY 'S nomination, but alter the dele- gates from Centre had cast a complimenta- ry ballot for him the three McKean coun- ty delegates took advantage of the situna- tion and voted for BARCLAY. The action of the MoKean delegation was unexpected as it was thought Uncle SotLy DRESSER bad them under control, and so he did up ~ to the tenth ballot when he ventilated some of his spleen against our candidate EMERY and, as it happened, one of the MoKean delegates was the ex-Republican chairman of that county who resigned his office be- cause of his intention to support EMERY, and it is supposed that the delegation flop- gg ied such a conference was no place for him to air his Personal likes and dislikes. Schwab Pleads the Baby Act. The steel trust magnates take their de- feat ungrecionsly. Having been robbing the government so long these predatory vampires had come to regard the privilege as a “‘vested right,’’ and they resent, with childish weakness, the interference with their graft. Their bids for the armor plate for use on the battleships, South Carolina and Michigan, were vastly higher than that of their successfuljcompetitor. They made their estimates with the understand- ing that there wonld he competition. Yet when it is intimated that the contracts will be awarded according to law and in obedi- ence to the principles of justice, they sweep down upon the Department and try, first by cajolery and afterward by threats, to pervert the result. In other words, they ‘‘plead the baby act’ to escape the consequence of their stupid avarice. For the first time since the formation of the trust twenty years ago, the bids of the CARNEGIE aud Bethlehem companies were different. There are 7,328 tons of plate re- quired and the CARNEGIE company bid $370 a ton against $381 which was asked by the Bethlehem company. The Midvale steel company offered to supply the metal at $345 a ton, however, which is $25 a ton less than one and $36 a ton less than the other. Manly men would bave accepted the result without complaint. Not so with those contemptible parasites, howev- er. They sent delegations to Washington to beg or bully the authorities into giving them a part of the contract and acknowl. edged their iniquity by offering to scale their bids to the level of the Midvale offer. They ought to have been unceremonionsly kicked out of the building, scourged and branded for perpetual public contempt. Mr. CrarLES M. SCHWAB was partico- larly insistent, according to the press re- ports. He declared to the naval authori. ties that Secretary WHITNEY, who retired from office in 1889, bad promised that if his companies would equip themselves to perform such work they would always be employed to make the armor plate needed. Even if WHITNEY bad made such a prom- ise it would have been invalid, for the Sec: retary of the Navy can’t bind his suocces- sors. Bat if it bad been made and were valid, the sgiminal charges for the work would have abrogated the agreement and absolved Mr. WHITNEY’S successors from responsibility. More than that, it would bave inculpated the managers of the com- panies in the crime against the govern- ufent of the highest measure of turpitude. Failing in that absurd baby play, Mr. SCHWAB next proceeded to threaten the Department. Unless the work is divided equally between the three concerns, he eaid, the Bethlehem and CARNEGIE com- panies will dismantle their armor plate mills and leave the government at the mer- oy of the Midvale concern, then a monopo- ly. In that silly threat be lied in his throat. The creation and equipment of those plants cost vast sums of money and are immensely valuable. The attempt to dismantle them would be prevented by the coarts at the instance of any sane share owner, so that that threat is even more pu- erile than the false pretense of vested right. It it were true, however, the country wouldn't be any worse off in the future than it has been in the past for it is impos- sible to imagine any set of men as lecher- ous as the SCHWAR crowd. Preparing for Wholesale Bribery. The Secretary of the Treasury is creating a vast number of ‘‘government deposito- ries,” we learn through the Washington dispatches, which reminde us of the ap- proach of the congressional elections. Gov- ernment depositories are valuable append- ages to the political machine if properly used and Secretary SHAW can be depended upon for the best results. Absolutely de- void of conscience and entirely indifferent to the iaw, he carries out his purposes re- gardless of consequences. Last Saturday be telegraphed to favored banks ic all parts of the country, notifying them that they bad been designated depositories. During the campaign in this State last year the value of treasury balances as par- ty assets was revealed. With a balance of from ten to fifteen millions judicionsly dis- tri buted, vast pumbers of votes could be secured. That was the reason that the school appropriations were held back every year and other obligations lefs unpaid as long as possible. The funds were deposit- ed in favored banks and loaned to practical politicians, who used them to get votes for the party. The failure of the Enterprise National bauk, of Allegheny, during the last campaign uncovered the entire con- spiracy. During the last session of Congress an at- tempt was made to prevent such use of the treasury balances but it was defeated by the Republican leaders. The action of Secretary SHAW at this time reveals the reason. The.vast sums in the treasury are to be used to bribe voters to vote for Re- publicans for Congress, in order to contin. ue the majority and prevent the dreaded investigations. But the expectations on this subject will fail. The people of this country can’t be bribed this year. The public conscience has been aroused and it won't be quieted by such methods. Secre- tary SHAW may as well obey the law. “Boh” Young's Queer Prank. ‘Bob’ YOUNG, the Republican nominee for Auditor General, bas served notice on Senator PENROSE ‘that he will positively not accept the nomination until Col. W. R. ANDREWS bas relinguished the state chairmanship,”’ according to the esteemed Philadelphia Press. The information ‘“‘caused a flarry in political circles,” our esteem ed contemporary added, and we may well believe that. It meane either that Mr. YOUNG bas seen the handwriting on the wall ; that he realizes the absolute hopelessness of victory for his party, or else that he is completely servile to the will of VANVALKENBURG, whose hatred of ANDREWS has assumed the form of a ma- nia. Ib either event the result is the same. It spells disaster. We are not greatly impressed with Mr, YOUNG'S professions of reforms. During the session of the Legislature of 1899 he consistently stood out against the election of QUAY to the Senate. But he was con- stantly ready and entirely willing. at any etage of the proceedings, to vote for Ma- GEE, who was moraily and politicaliy quite as objectionable. In fact, he was oconspiz- uous among the conspirators of which VAN- VALKENBURG and Senator FLIXN, of Pittsburg, were active agents to betray the reformers, by electing MAGEE under ab | agreement made by QUAY and subsequents- | ly repudiated. Later he abandoned the re. formers altogether when the QUAY machine offered him the soft sinecure of solicitor for the capitol building commission, ata salary of $3000 per annum. Taking one consideration with another, it is rather difficult to estimate or even conjecture the reasons which have influence ed Mr. YOUNG to the course which he has adopted. At first it looked like a “‘blofl.” That is to say, his running away from the notification meeting and telegraphing that he would accept a notification by mail, bad the appearance of a boyish prank that would be first regretted and then apologiz- ed for. will not accept unless ANDREWS is public- ly bumiliated, is different, for it puts upon the party managers an impossible condi- tion. To force ANDREWS out or even ask him to resign under such circumstances, would be simply poltroonery. Gang Portrait on Capitol Doors. The efligies of the QUAY gang are to re- main on the bronze deors of the new capi- tol at Harrisburg for the present, at least, according to the latest information. When the discovery that such an outrage had been perpetrated by the architect was first made such a flood of indignation ensued, that it was believed the portraits would be removed. This expectation quieted public sentiment, in fact, and the incident was about forgotten. The machine misinter- preted the apparent indifference, however. Its leaders took it for acquiescence and the other day the doors were again brought out with the effigies conspicuously staring from their f.onts. Former Goveinor STONE declares that his portrait must be removed even if he is obliged to file it off with his own hands. The others are not so sensible or sensitive, however. They propose to continue to in- sult the conscience and outrage the intelli- gence of the Commonwealth by exposing the effigies of a lot of political pirates as types of the citizens of the State. Every decent impulse should be aroused by such an ontrage. Every honest man and wo- man in the Commonwealth should protest. Take banners condemning it to carry in the inaugural procession if the purpose is per- sisted in. Of course this crime against the decenoy of the Commonwealth can only continue until the Legislature meets in January. Then a law will be enacted properly char- aoterizing the offence and providing for its abatement. No self respecting member of the Legislature will fail to support such a measure, and there will be plenty ready and anxious to introduce it. But it’s six months away, that form of relief, and something should be done meantime to let the perpetrators of the crime know that the act ie justly estimated and emphatically condemned. Every one is interested in the good name of the State, —Bellefonters will remember “Kid” McComb, the man who did the high diving during the street carnival here several years ago, and will be interested in learn. ing that he, last Saturday, was sued for £5,000 damages by the female propriztress of a street show. McComb had been engaged at a $75 a week salary to do the high div- ing act and failing to receive his pay bad a couple tents and equipment attached. The proprietress sued for damages on the ground that the tents were allowed to lay STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY | assisti Bus the positive notice that he | out in the rain until they were ruined. Sms a fA ——— —Subsoribe for the WATCHMAN. eer i sss Roosevelt and The public will watch with keen inter- est the efforts of the PENROSE machine of this State to induce the President to inter- fere in behalf of its moribund ticket. The machine is precisely the same as it was last year, when the Secretary of State denounne- ed it as ‘‘a criminal conspiracy masquerad- ing as the Republican party,” and RoosEe- VELT refused to give it aid or comfort. But the conditions are somewhat different. There are Congressmen to elect this year and the criminal conspirators know the President. In other words, they imagine that be will overlook the character of the crowd in order to help the party in Con- gressional elections. There is not a single reason for interfer- ence in bebalf of the Republican machine this year that wasn’t equally potent a year ago. Congressmen are to be elected, be- yond question, but any voter can vote for Republican candidates for Congress who deserve support without supporting the atrocious State machine. There is no dif- fienlty in making up a ticket which will condemn the state machine and endorse fit men for Congress on any ticket. Speaker CANNON will come to the support of the machine, of course. He is afraid of inves- tigations and Senator BEVERIDGE, of Ia- diana, may come, he is so fond of hearing the music of his own throat. But no self- respecting man who refused to belp the machine last year will staltify himself by it this year. The election of STUART to the office of Governor will not contribute to the reform of the Republican party of Pennsylvania or to the improvement of the methods orf the machine. The effect will be to leave the corruptionists in control of the organi- zation for trading operations against any respectable candidate in the next presiden- tial nominating convention. That is why they gave the nominations to respectable nobodies but retained the chairmanship of the State committee in their own bands. It ROOSEVELT interferes in their behalf and secures for them a victory he will be the greatest loser. the Machine. Speaker Cannon a Good Guesser. Speaker CANNON gives as a reason why the Republicans should continue to control Congress that in the event the Democrats secured a majority in the House there wonld be investigations. There is no doubt of she accuracy of that prediction. Every depart- ment of the government at Washington is honey-combed with corruption and investi- gation is an absolute pre-requisite to the correction of the faults. For that reason there will be ‘‘a long period of investiga- tions,” as the Speaker indicates, and be- cause of this expectation thousands will vote for Democrats for Congress who under other conditions might favor Republicans. There never was a criminal who wel. comed au inquiry into his life. They all prefer to be let alone. Stand pat is their motto. It is the only guarantee they bave of personal liberty and Speaker CANNON is as much concerned as any one else, not that he is personally dishonest, for he isn’t, but because be bas been careless in the disburse- ment of contingent funds and an investiga- tion would compel restitation. The friend- ly inquiry into the postoffice department didn’t reveal all the iniquities there. The investigation of the war department stop- ped too suddenly to have been complete and there are lots to find out about other de- partments which the people are anxious to know. Speaker CANNON is right about the re- sult of a Democratic majority in the House and that is one of the reasons why the next House will be Democratic. The anxiety of men like CANNON to prevent an investi- gation has excited the suspicion of han- dreds of thousands that there is something the matter and that the public ought to know just what it is. Even since Speaker CANNON spoke as he did another reason for inquiry has developed. The people ought to know why President ROOSEVELT gives the steel trust part of the armor plate contract in direct violation of law andy in spite of every privciple of justice and equity. Barclay Nominated for Congress. Ex-Judge John G. Love's aspirations for the congressional nomination in this district were rudely shattered, last Thurs- day, when the conference, which met at DuBois, nominated Capt. Charles T. Bar- clay, of Sinnemahoning, Cameron county, Each county in the district presented a candidate. Centre had Love; Clearfield, A. L. Cole ; McKean, Dresser, and Camer- on, Capt. Barclay. For six ballots each county supported its own candidate. On the 7th ballot the McKean county confer- ees voted for Cole and on the 10th ballot both the McKean and Centre county dele. gation voted for Barvlay, thas giving him the nomination 9 to 3. The Centre coun- ty conferees were Harry Keller, of this place ; Dr. J. W. Dunwiddie, of Philips burg, and G. G. Fink, of Huston town- ship. There has just been issued ‘from the Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, a bulletin that is of value to the public gen- erally, especially those who are interested feeding domestic animals and whose profits will be increased by carefnl consideration of its contents. It isan exhaustive study of 350 samples of commercial feeds from dif- ferent parts of the State, made by the State Chemist, F. D. Faller, with tables to show kinds and amount of adulteration and so any a pure | and one that will give him best returns for amount of good feed. It will be furnished free to anyone appl for bulletin No 145 to Department of ture, Harrisburg. As Recelved by Outside Republicans. From the N. Y. Tribune (Rep.) The proceedings of the recalled Lincoln convention, held in Philadelphia on Tues- day, were marked by intense ve- ness and enthusiasm. The completion of OE Nuon, Wihidh t0ra i a me ada. g e manipulations ) politicians, not only in the Republican and Democratio, but pees ia he Lincoln egree of optim- ism and confidence. Eas opinion had forced a union over the heads and against the wishes of would-be bosses and the belief was na indulged in that this same force, which redeemed Phila- delphia and Pitts from rule and last year del. the candi- date for State Treasurer, would now prove powerful enough to crush out that Machine and compel a general at the State capital. Mayor Weaver, who led the way to reformation in Philadelphia, and Mayor Guthrie, who won in Pittsburg last February over a combination of corrupt and mercenary interests, have both announced themselves as active supporters of the fu- sion tickets, and their assistance will a long way toward holding the two chief cities of the State in line for reform meth- ods and good governments. In the Penrose-Durham camp there are already of dissension and discourage- ment. One element is insisting oa the re- tirement of the chairman of the State Com- mittee, named by the Harrisburg conven- tion, on the ground that he was too long and too intimately associated with the ‘‘mailed hand” operations of Senator Quay. One of the candidates on the State ticket bolted the recent notification ocere- movies, presumably because Senator Pen- rose would not consent to the selection of a new chairman. Sach unrest over the re- tention of a typical Quay politician at the bead of the committee may seem over- squeamish, inasmuch as the old ¢ Jaay-Dur- ham-Penrose workers dominated. year’s. convention 4 Smple y as th convention of the thirty years, shows that many of the Organization Re- publicans are reluctant to face the vital is- sue deliberately raised by the Republican managers—whether or not the eration of the State can be best entr to poli- ticians trained and nurtured in the old un- regenerate school. Getting to be Real Democrats. From the Johnstown Democrat, The Republican leaders of the country are really beginning to be afraid of Iowa. The State is going wrong. It stays in the Repu}iosn column, to be sure, bus its pe- iar brand of Republicanism is not the kind fancied by eastern leaders. And lis- tle wonder, because Iowa is becoming the most ive exponent of the doctrine of State rights. The Hawkeye State, it ap- pears, is not in the least concerned about the failure of to pass the proper pure food laws. It has taken charge of the matter on its own account. Not as other States have done, timidly and apologetic- ally, but boldly, and ina manner that is notice to the world that Congress can do what it likes about food stuffs that are shipped over the railroads, but Iowa will attend to whatever is sold within her bor- ders. Iowa has also passed a law which ibits public officers, delegates to polit- | conventions, candidates to office, em- Ployes of political committees and candi- es for nomination to office from ing pi and it also prohibits silroade rom giving passes to persons on the hibited lists. Besides this the most radic- al kind of railroad rate regulation is brew- ing and the tariff is no longer orghiphel by the farmers of the Hawkeye State. e ‘Towa idea’ is no longer a seedling ; it is flourishing as a green bay tree. How Their Economy Worked, From the Lincoln (Neb,) Commoner. The blican party promised to be Whi 0 the administration of public affairs. Senator Culberson, of Texas, shows that this pledge, like other Republi. can party pledges, bas been violated. The showing made by Senator Culberson is amazing. Take a look at his res. The total expenditures for 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906 —four years of Roosevelt ad- ministration—were 933,004,409. De- ducting the Panama canal expenditures, it amounts to $2,866,421,890. The itures for the years 1808, 1899, 1900 and 1901—four years of the Mo- Kinley administration—were $2,430,316,- 399 Exclusive of all expenses in the Panama canal for the four years of Roosevelt’s ad- ministration, the expenditures exceeded those of the four years of McKinley admin- istration—although he conducted the Span- ish war—by the extraordinary sum of $434,104,699. : Surely it costs money to ‘‘let well enough alone.” . Sequel? They're All Dead. From the Pittsburg Sun. Pro- | By this time it is expected that a former -insar- |] New York Times. ance officials ough where a good deal of it is. ~W. J. Kunkle, of Newrytown, holds the Indiana county record in g cherries thus far. He gathered 114 gallon off three trees and found a ready sale for every elerrs uj the rate of 25 cents per gal on. é wi ju mersley district the other on board jumped for their lives, bi tunately the engineer, Thomas was instantly killed, = EUs Eg = : —W. E. Tobias, superintendent of the common schools of Clearfield county ¥ 7, - has concluded his of t A oe During his tour he examined 449 and mB plicants failed to pass. battlefield on October 2. A number of the fighting regiment are residents of Blair and Cambria counties, —The suit brought by Charles L. Greek, an Altoona contractor, against the Pennsyl. vania railroad for $40,000 for alleged dis- crimination in freight rates, came to an abrupt ending last Thursday, when the board of arbitrators decided that there was no cause for action. : ~William Sebastian, 14 years-old, com- mitted suicide by hanging himself in a barn near Myerstown, Lebanon county. He had been employed by a farmer for the summer at Myerstown and it is thought that he be: came homesick to see his parents, who re sided only twelve miles away. —Harry, a son of Luther C. Furst of Cedar Springs, had a very DArTOwW escape from being bitten by a copperhead snake while working 'o a hay field. The reptile made a roungiman and J fasts —Harold Wilson, a 13 year old boy of Whatham, is making money in & way in which few, even of older years, would hesi- tate before doing. He is engaged in catch- ing rattlesnakes, and finds a ready market and good prices for the venomous reptiles, being paid as high as $5 each for some of the larger specimens. 5 ~The board of public works of Altoona last week awarded $300,00C worth of street paving at $1,74 per square yard. Ten miles of streets are to be paved there this summer and all of it will ‘be with brick with an asphalt grouting. Work will be started next week. There were 10 bidders for the work, the bids ranging from $1.74 to $2.40 a yard. —A. L. Carothers, who resides on the Noble farm near Orbisonia, is. the owner of a hen which is 17 years old. She has raised and done the scratching for at least two settings a year for sixteen years, averaging about twenty-six chicks each year. Sbe is now taking care of thirty-two chickens and is fully as competent to do so as she was her first setting. be ~The construction of the hydro-electric plant on the Juniata river near Warrior Ridge, Huntingdon county, a few miles west of the county seat, is progressing | It is expected that the dam} and house will be finished by the 1st o machinery will be installed. The st be 175 feet high. —Workmen engaged in digging a lias for the new aunex to the court house at Gettysburg unearthed about two bushels of buman bones, all from arms and legs, and a great many of them bore the marks of saws. The old court house wusused asa hospital during the battle, and it is | osed that the bones mark the spot w amputated arms and legs were Bur ed. —The creditors of the Penusylvania mill at Catawissa which figured in the ing of the First National bank at Free ; last march, have authorized the issue of $30,000 of receiver's certificates to ® possible certain changes to the plant, which it is believed, will place it upon a paying besis and enable the company to realize { : profits to take care of the indebtedness. George Philips, of Pottsville, an airship inventor, started with a friend on what was to have been an experimental fly of a few yards Monday. Three minutes later Philips and his companion were in a tree top two miles away, with a wrecked ship. The craft was unfinished and the aero~ naut didn’t intend such a hazardous trip, The gasoline engine got beyond his. control, and the airship shot forward like a ~A. L. Lawsing, of the class 1008 of State | industrial plants at Lewistown Friday t to be able to explain | rods. ‘he SE ME a RS Es Sa
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