(VLD SERIES XL | NEW SERIES XXI THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED KURTZ - =~ Editor. 1888 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE. 5 M Magee, Milesburg Boro... Miilheim Boro... Centre Hall Boro | ~Sam’l Weiser, Jr, 4 W MeCormick, wend OITY Sankey, weOseph Riley Saw Jackson Gorton, Unionville Boro............J C Smith, Benner tw Pa ~OOn Hazle, Be twp NP... eo Brown, S30 P WP. week F Adams, do E P. +H L Barnhart, .. Wm Hipple, ~Ueo Roan, LDavid Brickley. LW Miller, Sam’l Harpster, Jr., «Wm Hunna, Philipsburg do Haines twp EP... do wr... Half Moon twp... Harris twp....... Howard twp.. Huston twp... Liberty twp... Marion twp Miles twp... Patton twp. Peun twp.... Potter twp N P. do SP Rush twp, 8 | do NP. Snow Shoe WP do EP Spring twp.... Taylor twp... Walker twp Worth twp..... Union twp WiLiiax F. REnER, Secretary. wee © Meyer, Geo D Johston, w.. Wm Irvinn «..D W Herring, John 8 Hoy, James J Gramley, A Sellers acob 8 Meyer, no Wlonley, ¥ W Spangler, +no Kennedy, Loren Vail, Frank Tulberty, 8 Ewing, ‘erry Gentzel, Wm T Hoover, +A 4G Kreamer, 12vi Reese, Aaron Fahr, AARON WILLIAMS, Chairman A TICKET FOR THEM, Since Blaine, Beaver and Sheridan won't have it, the Reporter can fix a fine ticket for the Republicans, and here it is: For President: Gex. Dax. Hastisos, Of Bellefonte and Harrisburg. For Vice President: Dyxasite Foraker, Of Ohio. The qualities in this ticket would be lungs atthe head and dynamite in the tail—and it coud make a racket if it can’t make the presidency. 5 A The Peunsylvania list of candidates tor President is made up of the follow ing: Don Cameron. Gov. Beaver Dan. Hastings. Jack Love, Galusha Grow. Chas Hewes, Commissioner Henderson: John Decker, M. 8. Quay, and several Republican eongressmen. Centre Hall and Bellefonte boroughs crow over Democratic viciories. Let Democrats close up the ranks now for next fall A ———————————————————— Beaver has changed his mind and will be a candidate for President. If he can get a pole long enough, be may knock the persimons. A President from Centre county would be a big thing. In 1887 the people of Philadelphia built 7,020 new dwelling houses. Since the last censusthere has beenan addi- tion of 33,680 new dwellings in the city; so that there are over 180,000 homes in Philadelphia at the present time. The increase in eight years hasabout equaled the entire number of dwelling houses in Ban Francisco in 1880, and exceeds the census returns of dwellings in either Cincinnati, Cleveland or Washington at the time. I —— We would prefer that the Republicans nominate John Sherman for President, We are of the opinion that the Demo- cracy of the United Siates would rather try their band at whaling the man who was bead and front of the great presi- dential steal, by which S8am’l J. Tilden was robbed of the high office to which he was elected by the people of the Uni- ted Srates. Sherman's use of the negro wench, Eliza Pinkston, would make in- teresting campaign reading, Rev. W. Spendlove, a missionary, has reached Winnipeg from north of Me- Kenzie river, where he has been for nine years. His journey down took nearly three months, From Peace river he heard of cases where Indians had died of starvation and had then been eaten by their comrades. Deer have been very scarce for the past two years. There is much feeling because the government of Ottawa has taken no notice of the des- titution of these Indians repeatedly brought to its attention. The Democracy of old Centre want to come in straight line now and get ready to face the common enemy next fall, in- stead of defeating its own men. There has been enough of that and nine-tenths of those led into it are sorry for it. This augurs well, for the opposition admit that with a united front we can put them hors du combat. The hope of the Republicans is to keep us divided, and they try to hire Demo~ crats to keep up division, and use their press for all kinds of false stories to pre« vent a closing of the Damocratic ranks, Democrats, leurn wisdom from past experience, : CE THE BEE IN BEAVER'S BONNET. THIS 18 THE WAY HE HOPES TO CAPTURE THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, Pottsville, Febroary 16,—To-night’s Chronicle publishes a special from Harris burg declaring that Governor Beaver has the Presidential bee in his bonnet, and since the withdrawal of Blaine be came assured, has been laying his plans to turn up at Chicago in the nick of time as a dark horse. The present programme, the Chronicle says, is that Judge Kirk- patrick, the Attorney General, is to be selected a delegate from the Northamp- ton district; Pearsons, the Governor's private secretary, is to be a delegate from the Mercer district; Adjutant Gen- eral Hastings is to report from the Cen- tre district, and Stone, of Warren, pro- mises to take care of that section. QGov- ernor Beaver expects to be made one of the delegates-at-large. Through the aid of his friends he also expects to be made chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation. He believes that there will come a crisis in the Chicago Convention when he may be mentioned with a hurrah, as General Garfield was eight years ago. In the event of his nomination Senator Cooper is to be made chairman of the national committee and to be provided for under the national administration if the ticket should be elected. > omni A DEMOCRATIC MECCA, Washington, for the moment, is en- livened by the hosts of a novel crusade. A Democratic army, without banners, has invaded the Capitol with a mighty mis- gion at heart. Many of the great cities of the country are contending for the glory of t ‘e coming Convention, which is to name the President for the next four years after March 4. St. Louis, Chis cago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapo- lis and New York bave sent their tale of men to convince the doubting commit- tee. In most of these cities Democratic conventions have met before, Bt. Louis and Chicago set out with the prestige of former success, for they bad the glory of holding the conventions that nominated the only two successful candidates chos- en by the Democracy since 15856, St. Louis reminds the committee that Tilden was named there in June, 1876, and elected in November; Chicago points to Cleveland in 1554, and promises to eclipse the cordiality she showed in that year if she may have the honor of his second nomination, San Francisco holds ont the most flat tering and tempting indacements of all, and will stand second best, stad che — TARIFF STRAWS, At a Republican meeting in one of the counties in Illinois, a strong tariff redoe- tion resolution was passed. The Minneapolis Evening Journal pob- lishes statements from thirty sixof the leading republican country editors of the state on the presidential tariff, and other political views in their sections, A re capitulation shows that the republicans of the state are almost unanimously io favor of an intelligent reduction of the tariff on the necessities of life, such as iron, coal, lumber and salt, and a main tenance of a high tariff on luxuries. That is coming in to the Democratic idea, iiss mi SI MP —— AMODEL LABOR ORDER. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Eogi- neers says the Philad. Times, is the moe del labor organization of the world, It neverstrikes for the reason that it never hires agitators to disturb its relations with employers. When wages or any- thing else ia unsatisfactory, it goes to ita employers in all the dignity of manhood, makes its complaint and always com: mands justice because dispassionate rea. son always directs its actions. It never strikes, therefore, because it never asks anything but what is right and neversud mit to whatis wrong. It is master of its profession and never wastes its earn ings on walking delegates or agitators who must disturb employers and em-« ployed to earn the pay of idleness. “ EE a ——— omit The great strike is ended, and the miner's were ordered togoto work in the Lehigh region, on Monday, at the old rates, with a promise that as soon as ail is in runniog order again, the Read ing Coal and Iron company, will agree to consider the matter of an advance in wages with representatives of the min ers, and to pay them ss much, and ne more, as is paid by other operators in the anthracite region, This amounts to a surrender of the miners, and alos of six week's time, which is bard for them. But they always come out at the little end and the big corporations have it their own way. We think some of the leaders of the labor organizations are to blame for hasty ac tion through which the poor laborer suf fern. NM I MS AA A cyclone struck Mt. Vernon, 11, on Sunday. The town was virtually de. stroyed. A number of lives were lost, and many persons injured, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, MT. VERNON, ILL., A SCENE OF RUIN FROM ¢ HE CYCLONE, Mt. Vernon, Ili, Feb. 21.—Morning witnessed a scene of death and ruin, The terrible tornado has left in its path corn- plete wrecks of more than half the house es in the town, Not a single building is left standing on the east, west and south 8 de of the public square, Over five hundred dwell- ings are totally destroyed, and all the churches in town, except the Catholic and the Presbyterian, The loss is placed at present at over a million dollars, The death list, still incomplete, foots up twenty-seven, and the list of injured will reach over two hundred. The storm was preceded by hail, but not more than five minntes elapsed until the fearful destroyer had swept over the It came from the south- wrenched and twisted and then dashed to pieces, total wrecks, doomed town. west, Juildings were The storm came from the northwest, and sweeping around in a balf circle raz- ed the town, levelling half of it and set- ting fire to the remainder, High above the fierce wind could be beard the crackling of flames and groans of the dying. The Western Union telegraph office was destroyed, and all the wires broken except the one leading to Evansville, Ind. Assistance was telegraphed for to Evansville, and special train with five engines and number of physicians were immediately sent to the rescue, For the amount of destruction to pros perty the loss of life is very light, but no idea can be formed of the magnitude of the disaster yet, The storm came just after the Sunday schools closed, or there no telliog what the Joss would have been, as the Methodist and Baptist churches were to- tally destroyed The skating rink is scattered all over the town. The mill of the Mount Ver- non Milling Company is badly damaged The other buildings were not seriously damaged, except G. F, M. Ward's build. ing, on the West side, which is almost totally demolished, reels, also ‘a is The Court House has not beeniniared bat it stands alone, All and desolation. and is now around it being as a hospital for the wounded. Some of the dead areso badly mutila- is rain used ted that they cannot be recognized, The list of victims, as reliably reported, 80 far, is as follows 8 J. Mrs. John Waters and child, Mr. Commings, Miss Martha Wests brook, Mrs. RB. Duvey, John Yearwood and wife, Mra, Holeomb, DD. F. Yearwood and wife, Samuel Yearwood and wife, J. C. Marray, George Purcell, Mra. William Jones and child, John Dodson, Mrs. L. F. Legge, Miss Josie Sutton, John Shrew, Blacksmith, name unknown, two tele graph operators, James Pearson, George Pierce, Mrs. W. H. Hinman and Mrs. Ham- brick cannot live and others on the list will die. It is growing colder and many helpless people will suffer if the weather becomes severe. Reports are coming in from the country and the storm seems to have swept everything. A destructive storm is also reported at Nortonville, Ky., bot no particulars are known here, The most horrible scenes were wit nessed as the debris broke into flames and the victims screamed in their futile efforts to escape. Four men in the Evans Bank were im- prisoned in the roies of the burning building and burned to death. Their cries of pain and distress were sgonized in the extrewme, but nothing could reach them, Their names could not be ascers tained, Through the great heap of ruins men, women and boys were struggling in their efforta to reach those imprisoned beneath timbers and bricks, Cries came from every pile of debris. In some of tne streets where the great clouds swept with resistiess force the dead lay in the warm rain, which mingled with their blood. Above the scene of desolation the sky was red from the conflagration, and the wind, which was blowing from the south, was laden with blazing brands. Such a picture appalled the stoutest heart. For hours the survivors thought of nothing but themeelves. With flames roaring behind and upon all sides of ‘hem, there was no alternative but to flee over the bodies of the dead and the wounded and the mass of ruins which pinoed them to the earth. For an hour it looked ss though the victims of the blaze would be burned where they Iny, As the night wore on the survivors be came braver and plunged into the ruins of the great east end, where many help. less creatures lay groaning and ing. Torches, lanterns and lamps flickered Waters, over the desolated tract as far as the eye could reach. Men nod women who had worked nobly in the falling rain and wreckage, Relief trains were sent from Evans. ville and 8t Louis as soon ag possible. The same storm is reported as devastat. ing portions of the State of Kentucky near Nortonville, but no particulars are obtainable. Mount Vernon is the capital of Jeffer- son county, Illinois. It had a population of a little over 2,000, It is seventy-seven miles southeast of St. Louis and about twenty miles southeast of Centralia, It contained a courthouse, two banks, four churches, two newspaper offices, two steam flour mills, a woolen mill, a saw mill and some railroad shops of the St. Louis and Southern Railroad Com- pany. a ar EERE PERHAPS A NEW STRIKE. Pottsville, Feb. 21. ~To-morrow willl decide whether the Schuylkill miners’ strike is to be renewed or not. The out-| look to-night is very doubtful, but the ac- | tion of the company in continuing to re fuse men who apply for work makes it very dark. The Reading Company's | mines are working to-day with practical | ly a8 many men as yesterday. Twenty- | six collieries are reported as working to- | day as usual strike, such as in the case of Ellangowan, where an extranordinary inflow of water and thaw have increase 1 beyond the ca- pacity of the pumps; or on sccount of! necessary repairs, new timbering or broken machinery, Six collieries, the company’s officers acknowledge, are idle for want of men to work them. These | men have aot obeyed the order of Mas- | ter Workman Lewis to return to work in| accordance with the terms specified in| President Corbin's letter. ! a The Half-Holiday law, in New York,, after a brief trial, does not seem to prove popular. The New York Observer speak ing of it says: “There can be no doubt that the Half Holiday Law in this State will have to go. Resolutions demanding its repeal have been passed by nearly all the com- mercial and trade organizations of this city, and petitions to the same effect sig. ned by thousands of business men, bave been sent to Albany. Many of those who favored the passage of the law a) measure that it would operate to the! benefit of the working classes generally, affording all a half day's rest every week | with opportunities for recreation or seif- cultivation in libraries or museums, and | thus reducing the temptations to the desecration of the Babhath. In practice the law has completely failed of the ends aimed at. It has not helped those who most need a few additional hours of rest, who have no real interest in the obser vance. It closes the banks for a half day every week, but the mills, factories, and shops remain open as before ail the week around. Business men in general bave not yet been brought to the belief that they can afford to pay, as a regular thing, | six days’ wages for five and a balf days’ work, and no law can compel them to do it. And most working people are not! willing. as a regular thing, to accept five and a half days’ wages when they might i them to do it. Between these two states must fall to the ground.” Of all the idiotic stage-struck individ vals with which the public is insulted and the theater burdened, the last is the worst. Nina Van Zandt, the proxy wife of the Anarchist Spies, is going to make - cago assassins, and appear in a tragedy. Of course the individual who assumes the role of “manager” in this connection expects to make a great deal of money out of it, and he will, in all probability, not be disappointed. There are plenty of morbidly carious people in the coun- try who would willingly pay to get a sight of the foolish girl, but it is really a pity that the theatrical profession should have to bear this additional incubus, and | talented actorsand actresses this addi tion tothe alreadylong list of people without the slightest legitimate claim to compete with them, And now Gen. Sheridan announces he won't have it. This leaves the door a little wider for Beaver or Hastings. copy of their beautiful pictare, “Moorish Maid,” used in advertising the Athlop- horos remedies. The " pletare is very handsome and worthy « a place in an Piller, Coples ma ned Bh Compan by n oe ture would Pandily soi ae, forty cents, and the many thousand y y iL sgt Tear? TABOOT IS THE MURDERER, A COonfederate Says He Murdered Hiv, | Basil Tasoott's Record, Cmicado, Feb. 20.—-Any lingering doubts 88 to the guilt of young William B. Tascots, who is being sought by the police for the murder of Amos J. Spell, the mullionaire, were ended Baturday n by the arresh of a man who confosses that he noted as sn assistant 10 Tascott on the might of the murder and patrolled the streets outsides the dwelling while the burglary and mur. der took place within. Who the arrested men » the polios keep secret, the heads of the department have mads a statement which would seem to settle the question of Tascott's guilt. After closely questioning the sonfederate the police in- duced him to make a sworn confession in which he declared that he became acquain- ted with Tascott not long ago at a billiard ball in West Madison street. The men be. came intimate very quickly and for several weeks they were together daily. Very the murder they went to Mr. Boell’s house, which had been selected as & promising place for a burg- | lary. The young man's father, J. B. Tascott, is an old, wealthy, and respected resident of Chicago. The son's opportunities for suo cess in life were exoslient, but he seemed to have Little liking for every-day honesty. His police record is of considerable length, although he is only 21 years old. As 8 boy he became known as an expert thief, ransacking stores frequently and alsposing of the proceeds of his thefts to keep him in pocket money, as he explained to his — The Lost Power of a Trades Assembly, i Newark, N. J, Feb 20. A special meet. ing of the Essex Trades Assembly of this ture amending the law of last winter whioh makes it unlawful for drivers snd conductrrs en horse cars io work ex- cept at consecutive hours. Only eight per sons responded and these relegated the | matter to the Board of Trustees wo years ago the assembly contained 100 trade organizations, and now only eighteen are sominally represented. A delegate sald at the meeting yestersay looking about him: “Our power is gone." Accidents on the Erie Rallroad. { Newsvno, N. Y., Feb. 20.—On the Eris end of a way freight train at Washinglon- ville, twelve miles from here, and caused a bad wreck Ssturday afternoon The caboose was smashed an engine was badly damaged and thres or four loaded freight cars were burned. The loss is about $15. 0. Erie passenger train No. 6 struck the of Owen Doyle st Howell's depot Friday sfternoon, killing bo'h horses and fatally injurying Mr. Dorie, who is nearly seventy years old slp msi — Wages in Pennsylvanis Tron Mills. Bonanrox, Feb Pay days at the mills of the Lackawana Iron snd Coal Com- pany and the Beranton Bteel Company in this oity come lave in esnch month, and the extent of the reduction made on Jan. 1 in the wages of the men has just boen asocer- tained. Im certain grades it falls below a dollar a day, or panic prices, and in the casos of the skilled employes the cut reaches a dollar and upwards. There is much dissatisfaction among tbe workmen. i5.- Daagling From an Asylum Orating. Unica, KN. Y., Feb 20. Henry Decker, 8 patient at she Biate Lunatic Asylum in this city, committed suicide Saturday by hanging himself to a window grating with bed sheet. He had served a twelve yoars' sentences in Pennsylvania for killing his father jo-lew, and a year ago was arrested in Binghampton for arson in the second de- gree, when his insanity became apparent | and ho was sent to the saylum Bulng Mer Husband for 850,000. Jamaroa, L. L, Feb 20.—Mrs. Hannah Bailey of Jamaica, L. L, has brought suit! against her husband, William T. Balley of | Far Rockaway, % recover $50,000 which improve a tract of property which he had purchased at this place with the under- share of the profits. This he failed todo and Mrs. Bailey sued. A Verdict Against Patrick Ford. EKmostrox, N. Y., Feb, 20 — A verdict of $200 against Patrick Ford, editor and pro. prietor of The Jrieh World, of Naw York, | was rendered by a jury in the Ulster Coun | ty Circuit Court here Baturday. The plain. ! tiff is Petor Grimes, a resident of this city. who sued Mr. Ford for libel because of an article which appeared in The Jrish World in January, 1886. Mr. Ford discisimed all personal knowledge of the publication. Horace Greely's Birth Pisce. Rasmva, N. H, Feb. 17. The little low! farmhouse in which Horace Gree- | was bora Feb. 4 1811, together with 129 sores of far land, now belonging to Fred | Cotton, will be sold at public suction at t for taxes, amounting to PN. A of the house appears in the “Histo. ry of Amberst,” written by D. F. Becomb, now City Librarian of Concord. Victory for Standard OfL Borraro, N. Y., Feb. 20. Judge Haight fring the receiver of the Company to acoept $35,000 cash to have suits against the Btandard Oil Company withdrawn. This is a victory for the Standard, as the amount involved in the # a wr NO 11 A SB ASSN : INEWS OF THE WEEK. Dah made her fifth appeal at Washing. 5 Baturday to be admittel into the nion. The matter is still under consider ation. 4 The Austrian Government has decided to take fresh precautionary measures te counterbalance the continued military preparations on the part of Russia The total sales of the unclaimed publie store goods which were sold Friday and Wednesday at the Barge Office by order of Collector Segone, amonnted to $5,471.65 The packing-box factory of Doernberg & Goodman, 522 to 528 East Twentieth New York City, was destroyed siroot slroet, fire Dy A Rosooe Conkling Club has been formed Their ticket for for President, Roscoe Conkiing of New York, for Vice-President, J. BB. Foraker of Ohic hio, Henry Rammelsberg, a8 member of a prominent incinnati family, who a few yoars ago could draw his check for $100. 000, is lock { with steali $10 overcoat, which pawned for $2 The reports sixty-one railroads for January show 8 gross increase of 29 per cent, over the same month in 1887, cent, over i (RRR is road CHArgeg FF “ he 31 #4 Der IN80 and per cent over 1885 increased 17.2 pe: i sino 1887 The Ch steamer Francisce with 0 Chinese whom had no turn certific 3 been dischar will attempt ne arrived ales jusaraniine ar Austin Corbin is@0 years of countenance indicative of great and dogped 80 that bis legs small age, résolution celerminaty are hidden he yO man. DUL In res The American Lottery raided by the police Friday in The company is run by and is estimated 10 be w i Company = En was Fra ninamen 100.00 ting foroe of eo company was secured Bhee Fong and Fong Long Disk, Chins men who were sen ed 10 Portland, Oregor slay of ten davs Court. They we der of another Chi The New York Btate Assembly Assemblyman McKenna 1 un from 8,000 10 $10 damages 10 be paid by if a passenger is kille dept. The bill Uw h ¥ rm Uf DaAngea | Ere gTARD Laman. from taxation minister or pri disabled by impal ing the active duties of the minis who has tained the age of seventy -fi Foars. The House ha that non-resider fu Iowa shall ¢ but may hold § the amount placed ir cocupant 0 williln lea yours at citizen 3 New Jtion, whereby the 1 the State il be 2 ners oommitied since 1575 liberated and the bench are agitated over the matter as the error shows Lhat ever sinoe 1876 there have been po Courts of Common Pleas in the State of Kew Jorsey. A rumor has been afoot that Bheridas was born in eral bas put a stop $nnounecment Y.. March 6, 158] Ireland about birth. About a year w i birth my parents moved 10 Bow Thomas A Edison, the inventor, has sent rofessor James Ricallon of Maplewood, . 4., On® a long hunt for a species of vegetable growth which wn The } wal Gen. Phil ireland, but the Gen- enable him make great improvements in electrical ap- plianges. Mr. Edison is sure that the vegetable has an existence, bocause he has ft in his possession; bul as Ww where it pe and how to secure itl in guaniity is e problem which Professor Ricaiton will try to solve in a two years’ tour of the globe. He will go to India first, Ww % Wild Ww A MANIAC AT THE THROTTLE. An Insane Enigneer Runs His Engine for Three Hours. Rocuesren, N. Y., Feb 20 -Baturday night at 6 o'clock Charles Curier, engineer on yard engine No. plying between this elity and Windsor Beach, became suddenly crazy while on his engine. His Sreman noticing his strange sctions, tried to run the engine to the roadhouse, but he was set upon by the madman and knocked sense jess with a big hammer. Coming to him self, he managed 0 crawl to the edge of the cab and jump on a snowbank, receiv. ing little injury. The mad engineer ran the engine past the Windsor station, and east on the main line. The alarm was given by the fireman, and eMiciale at Webster, eighteen miles east of Windsor Beach, stopped all trains aod turned the switch so 8s to ditch the mad. man’s engine should he ry Yo pass the sia tion. For three hours he ran the engine back- ward and forward on the stretch of track anti his conl gave out, when he was osp- tured. Output of Coal in the Lehigh Region Witknssanne, Feb, 20.--The report of Mine Inspector Williams of the third an. thracite district for 1587, to be published to) LES