THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR
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At Fall River, Mass, six thousand
weavers went out on a strike for higher
wages,
Harrison should go around at once
and forbid the mills shutting down and
leaving their men idle.
IIIT
1f Cleveland had been elected, what a
cry there would have been from the Res
publicans that the failure of the Reading
iron works and 2500 men out of employ,
was all Cleveland's fanlt. Not so?
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All the failures of business men, and
the shut down of mills in the last four
years, including the big failures in the
last ten days, were under a high tariff
enacted by the Republicans. What have
they to answer?
SIRE.
Paddlers of the Blandon Rolling M ill
at Blandon, Pa., who voted for Harrigon,
and protection and expectant prosperity
because of the victory, Saturday annoon-
ced to their employers that they would
not accept a reduction from $3.50 to $325
per ton. The mill isa now shot down so
they can enjoy inauguration day,
EATS
The Lewisburg nail works have shut
down and are in the hands of the Sheriff.
We are informed the nail company owed
the Penna. railroad $242 freight which
the latter were not able to collect, and
used this expedient: They watched
their opportunity, backed an engine up
to the nail werks, hitched onto a car of
pails and ran it over to Montandon.
ET
There is but little gossip afloat con-
cerning foreign missions except that in
ralation to applications for appointment.
It is reported that Whitelaw Reid, of the
New York Tribune, has been offered the
English mission, and ex-senator Palmer,
of Michigan, that to Spain. The latter
however, says he will not go abroad bat
return to Michigan and run for governor.
Ex-Governor Porter, of Indiana, will go
to Rome and it is expected that John C,
New will go to Anstria,
speaker of the house to investigate the
rumors that money had been used to de-
feat the passage of the Granger beef bill,
held a meeting in one of the committee
rooms of the house. Several witnesses
were examined, but they ali testified
that they did not possess definite infor-
mation as to the corrupt use of money
and knew wpothiog except that which
they had heard, The committee decid-
ed to adjourn and meet at the call of the
chair.
The marriage ceremony of the Em~
peror of China at Shanghai was a most
gorgeous though exclosive affair. The
foreign diplomats requested the privi-
lege of paying their respects to his majes-
ty, but the tenders were politely declin-
ed. They were entertained at a banquet
by the ministers, however, and received
valoable presents in honor of the occa.
sion. The s@plendor surrounding the
ceremony and the vast sum expended in
carrying out the program is in marked
contrast to the fact that millions of peos
ple are starving in the province,
Some idea of the crowds of people in
Washington during the inauguration can
be derived from the fact that the Penn-
sylvania Railroad brought iuto the city
65,000 people on excursion tickets, and
the Baltimore and Ohio, sccording to
General Manager Clements, hanled ups
wards of 75,000 people. After the parade
trains were made up and despatched as
rapidly as possible. Not an secident of
any kind marred the moving of trains
and everything is in good working or-
der on the railroads. As many of the
public buildings were given up to visiting
militia the employees were unable to
work for two or three days and thus had
practically that many additional holi-
days. In the Pension Building business
had been almost suspended for a week.
The present depression of the iron
trade, says the Patriot, throughout the
country naturally excites a great deal of
attention and the almost universal opin~
ion of manufacturers is that over produc-
tion is the cause of the trouble. Pre-
vious to the presidential election the re.
publican newspapers and stump speakers
admonished the people not to vote in ap-
proval of tariff reform for the reason that
the triomph of such a movement would
break down that policy which protects
the American workingman and stimula-
tes and encourages home industries.
Tariff reform received a temporary
backset and the republican party has ab-
solute control of the affairs of the country
yet the list of financial failures grows
larger each day and the “protective tariff’
has manifestly failed to do the work for
which it is intended.
The vast majority of voters who in No
vember last cast their ballots in condem-
nation of the monopolistic polley know
HEE
State College Expenditures,
In accordance with the provisions of
the act of the Legislature, approved June|
3, 1887, appropriating the sum of $112,000
to the Pennsylvania State College, the!
following expenditures have been made: |
About $15000 bave been expended on |
the main college building. The old |
narrow, steep and dark staircases have|
been torn out and replaced by open and |
airy stairways, constructed of oiled ash!
and lighted at each landing from the!
first to the fifth floor by new and large
windows, cut through the heavy sfone!
wall of the building. The corridors have
also been greatly enlarged. Two stories |
of the centre wing have been converted!
into a chapel, which, with the gallery,
will accommodate 600 people, and is pro-|
vided with opera chairs and an ample|
stage, In addition to these
ments the building has been
with electric light.
About $8000 have been expended for]
machinery in the mechanic arts depart.
ment and the electric plant situated in|
the mechanic arts buildings.
Some $19,000 were consumed in erect
ing the new armory and assembly hall,|
which is built of brick with Ohio stone
trimings, of the dimensions of 80 by 140
feet, and containes commandant’s office,
reception rooms and toilette room, the
drill room being 80 by 110 feet, coverad
with an iron truss roof. |
About $8000 have been expended upon |
the Botanical Laboratory. This build-|
ing is built of limesone and brick and]
contains class rooms and museums, with!
a conservatery and greenhouse attached |
to it, Its design is togive a practical |
knowledge of that branch of biology per-|
taining to plant life. The building for
the chemical and physical lsboratories|
is much the largest of the new structure
and presents an imposing appearance,
The first story is built of limestone, the!
balance of brick and Ohio stone. It
three stories high, covering ground to|
the extent of 101 by 145 feet. It is
signed after the Sheffield School of Sein |
ence at Yale College, and is intended to)
be oneof the most complete schools of
chemistry in the country. The cost of]
this building was about $30,000,
Two residences, one for the director of
the Experiment Station and the other
for the United States military instructor]
have been built, They are built on the]
Queen Anne style, costing about $5000 |
$12,000 are being spent on experiments
coodacted at the station.
improves
furnished
is)
des!
ing expended on specified objects. The]
state has taken a step toward placing!
3
this ipstitution upon a footing equal to;
that of similar institutions of other]
states; for example, Alabama has given
$238,111 to her state college; Iowa, $400 |
00: Massachusetts, 8222500; Maine,
$437,286.
Grover Cleveland is no longer Presi
dent of the United States, his term hav
ing expired at noon Monday. He has|
left the office, however, with the respect
and good wishes of the great majority of]
the people of the whole country, who|
admire him for his honesty, his firm
ness, his courage and his ability, May
his future life be a happy one.
As President Cleveland passes from
public to private life, remarks the Phila-
delphia Ledger, it is but the merest jus-
tice for men of all parties to cordially
concede that his administration, though
not free from errors of judgment, has
been one honorable to him and credits
able to his country, His discharge of)
duty has been faithful, his conduct hon-
est and patriotic, his industry aad zeal
unquestioned and unquestionable, his
courage too great for his success, During
his entire term of office neither his per-
sonal nor official integrity has been im-
pugned; his conduct of affairs, foreign
and domestic, has been conservativliy
safe and has reswlted in the common
prosperity of the country,
sim nad—————
Indiana seems to have become the
banner State and to have taken posses
sion of everything. Those who knew
the president well in Indianapolis have
not yet become sufficiently respectful
toward him and his high office. When
making inquiry about him, instead of
asking “Is the president in?” the most
of them would say: “Is Ben upstairs?’
Halford is always referred to as
“'Lije” 1t was the general belief that
the same consideration would be shown
to the private secretary that was extend-
ed to his worthy predecessor, and that
he should be known as Colonel Halford,
instead of the plain "Lije.
The revenue bill as it stands in the
house exempts bullding and loan associ
ations, as well as manufacturing corpor.
ations, from the payment of a tax on the
capital stock, a proposition to tax the
former having been overwhelmingly de~
feasted at the morning session of the
One hundred and thirty out
A REPUBLICAN TRICK,
It Is Concealed DBehind the Prohibition
Movement In Pennsylvania.
There seems to be a growing
in Pennsylvania that there is m«
itics” than in the
zeal of the Republicans of the
Prohibition.
bition amendment to the constitution by
the legislature, under *‘Boss” Quay's in
spiration, and its approval by the gov-
ernor, has set many pe
and there is clearly
deal of discussion before the people
to the polls to voto
as at present an excellent
law which is
no strong de
that, and no
sudden
the legislature,
that there is
movement,
uspicion
SI “pol
sudden
for
Prohi-
temp rancea
tal
The passage of the
upon it. The st
igh licens
working well; the
for a chang
pparent
mand
Calis
action of i
ana
law would work
Pennsylvania ns
In the latter stats
the liquor
i
a pen
Aas
and that
gpegsments to the
with the understs
not be interfered
found to be
ome to the
law
lican maa
Pennsylvas
ing eves
Post
A Genuinely Democratic
If a man retires from tl
dent late in life he is lik
ably provided for
further public
of life an
has the chance a
public employmer
it, and :
Adams
without
BOPVI
i desir
1
and of
any sacrifice
best of all, ho may, as
land proposes to do
among his fellow
whatever pre
ents and trai
is the most ger
to pursue and «
with the spirit of insti
our people. It disposes in
sensible w ay of the
for him in the Repul li
to be made. Let hin
return to his plow. —N
The Universal Yankee,
Eugentd Field says
Blaine is so delights
d at t}
indulging in a J
after the fashion
bird of a feather
Tho Yankee is
critter when once
dition of emotional
tell a story to the eff
annual salaries of
Amharst eollegy fV Wer
£1,200 apiece old Professor |
had taught mathematics for
ury in that institution, wei
called out to his
been ralsed,
cook the codfish
in real cream-—no more flour
for us -—Rochester (N. ¥
Advertiser.
faculty w
wife
and we've
ini Cream
What the New Administration Needs
The incoming administration will not
have an easy time of it The margin of
its supporters in each house of the con-
gross is very small, and the majority of
the people were, and are, opposed to it.
The questions which will be forced
upon its immediate attention are chiefly
economic; and its declared policy is not
upon the popular side
One thing would help it greatly—a
serious foreign disturbance. In the
event of a conflict with a {oreign power
our people always sustain the govern
ment, “right or wrong.”
The Harrison administration needs a
rumpus with Europe: and, looking over
the diplomatic chart, the sagacious eye
discovers several fine opportunities
Cincinanti Enquirer.
Protection That Doesn't Protect.
The London Times has the bad taste
to mention that England carries over one
half of the comunerce of the United
States, the rest being mainly divided
with smaller powers. It is not a matter
for eagle work on this side; but then the
country has protection in large packages,
if it does keep American shipping off the
the big waters. St. Paul Globe.
Here Too.
Mr, Cloveland’s determination to re-
turn to the practice of law in the great
state with which his name has been so
honorably identified is announced. We
the people of New York
upon the acquisition. Mr. Cleveland is
in the prime of his power, —Philadeiphia
Shut the Door to Themsslves,
If there are any New Yorkers who
contributed to the Wanamaker cam
HIS SENSIBLE CONCLUSION.
Mr. Cleveland Flas Ne Un-American Neo
tions About an Ex-President's Diguity.
The authoritative announcement that
Mr. Cleveland, when his term of office
law in this city is a gratifying one, He
pever came to a more sensible conclu-
sion.
There has been more or less fal de rol
prevalent of late about ex-presidential
dignity and the propriety of a retirement
Under the
democratic despensation
nothing more dignified than
labor, and there is nothing better for an
ex-president than to demonstrate the fact
that he can remain a self sustaining and
useful member of society,
Mr
American citizenship.
part of
after he
He was sent to
LL
LANE,
modern and
there 18
Iu so doing Cleveland will simply
The
Quincy |
left the White |
congress at the
and died in the harness
afterwards with the title,
Isocrates of “Old |
This was fully a
vindicate
3 i T..}
WE vaiuntio JON
dams life was
Cal
gave to
sdom there may be
}
8 ORs
in
a , he could
nin
is prospects better than by
ork to carn his living or a for
} There is no dou
about the prompt indorsement of that by
American people, irrespective of
New York World.
y other men,
arty.
What Whitney as Done.
1 r { referred
In house of the
i Saturday, as illustrat
cases in which the pos
uld save
and dis
well
Off WIS
DY the
adequate navy wi
un insult
5 of
Am
)
appro
vit Yo 4 Voli
the armed
ong the items of
riating $100,000
"a station for
ser supplies for our navy and
rine Pago-Pago bay.
wan of the committee
declared that the
navy, onstructed
ad
wuld be “equal to any
Id of similar types.”
able to s4Y of
ul honesty of the present
After the civil war and
spent several hun
but did not get}
y going into *‘political”
: ws navy yards. The re
secretary Whitney's manage
¢ acocmplished chiefly by re
practices of previous
laltimore Sun.
oslabi
w
L$
jors of the Cleveland
ieal to be
is
i
2
#
ment wer
AVAL SOCTOLATIes, ~
Only Useful at Elections.
The colored man is appearing at Indi
agnapolis and demanding office of the
president-elect. And the colored man
has a clear right, if political services are
to determine the distribution of offices
under the ming administration, «
and make it loud
The Democratic party has
LOTS n a million majority of the
white vote of the country. Without the
colored man’s vote not all the money of
the fat fried manufacturers and corpors-
tions would have sufficed to elect Harri
son and Morton. Without the colored
man's vote the candidates could not have
carried New York, Ohio and Indiana.
If Harrison and Morton are not devoid
of gratitude they will see to it that the
colored man has his pick of the spoils.~
Catskill Recorder,
1h .
make
and
this demand
rong.
ti
A Campaign of Education.
With the money sack senate continu
ally playing into the hands of the pro-
tected monopolists, the people are being
afforded a good opportunity to learn all
about the effects of the hideous Republi-
can system, devised and promoted for
the sole purpose of robbing the many to
enrich the few. The “campaign of edu-
cation” is moving steadily forward.—
Seymour Democrat.
Something for Lige to Read.
It might be well for Mr. Harrison, at
his ration ball, to follow the ex-
ample of Lady Florence Dixie and allow
the ladies to sclect their for toe
dance. There is little bope, however,
that he will dothis. Dixie is not a name
that Mr. Harrison likes. Indeed, be will
not even allow the brass band to make
any use of it.— Louisville Courier-Journal.
Plenty of News
here, Herbert Bismarck chancellor in
Germany, Crispi controlling hay snd
Boulanger minister of war in
there should be plenty of news for every-
body who Hise news. —New York Her
The Government for Instanos.
On to Oklahoma! That is not the only
that will be Wide, Spats Wun
4th of March. ;
Let's Have the Story.
1s ar
4 J
iy koden to M—Cine
There is intense excitement all through
the southern part of the Pacific coast,
over the gold fields just discovered in
lower California. They are located
about 100 miles from the border and fors
ty miles from the coast, in the Santa
Clare Valley. The development made
thos far is said to cover 100 square miles,
all thonght to be equa'ly rich in placer
and quartz. It is about fifty miles from
Real Del Castillo, the scene of last year’s
mining excitement. All manner of wild
reports are current concerning the rich
ness of the find, but, even
ance is made for the usoal exaggeration,
Inaugural Travelon the Penn.
Railroud.,
When in 18854the Pennsylvania Rails
road Company successfnily
and retarned from
carried into
Washington the vast
host of inaugural pilgrims, it wax consid
ered that the perfection of railroad man-
agement, in
movis &
promptly and eflectively
enormous nombers
within a gi
of people
ven space of had been
But notwithstanding this ex-
traordinary record the of
this company on the inaog ral o6 ion
accom~
time,
reached,
achievement
just passed surpassed all previous
plishments in this dire The com-
pany prepared Lo uch more
than it did, and had not the nnusaal ins
clemency of the weather intervened the
afer allow
WHR
the new fields appear to he phenomenal
ly rich. The placer has long been known
‘ M kh. | ‘ “h , |1otal resuit would bave been far greater.
to Mexicans, and the placers were profit- Ove hundred an d excar-
the public, the organi»
: ive thiousa:
ably worked 100 years ago. The greatest | sionists, including
difficulty in the water At zatio
present there is plenty bat | 10 Washi
that supplied by winter
be gone, and then a large proportion of
is supply. were delivered
of water,
rains will
us, and the military,
ngton belore noon of March 4th,
and all. except the clubs
4
ary,
mils
and
[veyvyauoe
ana tne
s8O0n y
1ded at the Baltimore
thore now flocking to the mines will find
themselves unable either to acco mplish
anything there or to get away.
Those acquainted with the country say
, when
it will dry There is
good supply of water not
up. gaid to be a
far from the
mines, but it will require a large
of money to maske it available.
in the south, people are rushing
the Two g
are camped at Tia Jupana, ir governing
tL system, there were
awaiting the slow progress of the custom
border in swarms,
thousand
i rales
4 . here delays, wh
house and anxious to reach the diggings. on 8
Ensenada, which is forty or fifty miles | with
northwest of the fields, is almost
ted, business has iad
; sturn, crowded into
having In Ran |gnd filled t ains as fast ai
Diego labor is getting #0 scarce that
Coronado and other hotels
ina of tre
iDe Of Vracs Li
ong trains ol «
The true test of abi
a when the th
denser
JURAD OR,
laborers and idlers
gone to the mines,
men,
all
the | made
almost | WOIrk WAS accom
without waiters, stores are short of clerks | Prom i
and now the short of | rains
printers. The city council has gone and
the city guard has deserted its post
Reports say that 500 men are
in the mining camp. The to the
mines are lined the burro trains,
and steamers to Ensenada are
and compelled to refuse many applica
tions for passage.
a»
Newspapers are now hunting
shortest complete poems.
galoon sign:
are
vpded i
Pt Hp ©
newspapers are rains
of
| freigh-
under
tinguish-
this road,
destination
yr night and To y hundreds
ted from the capital, al
sir nimost capacity, at
which d
OYEAL tion of
forwarced their
and in complete safety. Such a
result could never be achieved except
under the method of aperation empl syed
by the Pennsylvan a Railroa
coupled with the ability,
faithfaloess of the emplo
truly wonderful exhib
management, and Sods ite only parallel
in a similar achievement, when the same
company handled with conspienous sues
cess one | i i seventy five the
s ie
ead 2
RIrGACY | the admirable syster
eR Lhe entire
were
steadily
roads
with
crowded
up the Ves,
tion of skillful
1
One quotes a
“lager beer,
Sold bere.”
Barred Jif
This is full and complete as the fellow yn the occasion of the Con
gets who is a patron inside. Bat during g Celebration at
a recent blizzard in Dakota, the result of | # 1 ieGE , 10 Boptember, 155,
. ; » revenue from this service will
the unpleasant kick up in its . p go
of wind, tn
red the
jut to
“Harris-on.”
This is briefer and carries more signifi-
cance than the messages which passed
between two parties relative to having
some coal loaded. The first party sent
this:
semi-colon—see my coal on. The reply
of the other party was thus:
“in
colon—ocoal on.
Now “:” “." and Harris-on are mighty
concise and to the point. But asour own
sentence takes in a period of four years,
we trust our enemies will be magoanis
mous enough to admit that we deserve
the premiam for brevity.
War on Dressed Beef
St, Loonie, March 11.—~The committees
appointed by the Legislatures of the
Western States and Territories will meet
at the Southern Hotel to-morrow to for
mulate a bill on the beef question to be
passed simultaneously by the various
Legislatures, The object ia to secure
quarantine regulations against beafl and
pork shipped to the different States by
the Chicago Dressed Beef Company.
The convention is an outgrowth of the
butchers’ and cattle men’s convention
held here in November, and a majority
of the delegates are understood to favor
laws requiring all cattle consumed ina
. + ount to half million of dollars.
violence and financial effects, was given
“Ini b] Soldiers’ Orphan Schools.
This bliz 3 . :
Koocks biz.” Harrisburg, March 11.—Colonel Bean,
. . i fol a (Gobin and Senator Sloan, the
The above! is poetry, and any fool can sab-committes $0 which bas been refer
problem of caring for the sol
amount of poetry written the census of | diers’ orphans, wiil have a meeting some
fools wouldn't show up small, ] ii three gent 1
. ith fe ord o in favor of closing schools now controll-
write prose Wilh as lew WOTGE a8 pOBEI~| 3 1,v the Wright syndica‘e. They pro~
scholar, and the date ofthis writing being | vide for the care of the children now in
the 4th of March, the Rerorrer will indite | the s« 1 08 Al ey reach the age of 16
% ¢ SATE. aREIDg © 118 atier tow ir
the events of this day, prophetic of years. ln speaking oi ihis malier lo~Gay
dren would be divided up among the
viz: pormal schools of the State,
The Senator also said he thought the
public to place the care ofthe children
in the hands of 8 commission would be
embodied in the proposed bill. This, of
the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Schools, which is
at present connected with that of educa-
tion.
- a -
Charleston, W. Va., March 12.—The
gupreme court this morning decided in
the Gofl-Wilson gubernatorial manda
tied to hold over until such time es ‘he
contest between Fleming and Goff shall
have been settled; or, in other words,
ground that the returns were not declar-
ed by the legislature, The fight will now
be between Wilson and Carr on a quo
- -_— -
on a sign outside of a store, viz
(rénera 0
write poetry, and jodgiog from the
time this week. i men are
ble, and saying s great deal, shows the | nse to prepare a bill which shall pro-
. Senator Sloan said he thought the chil
four years, in one compound word,
suggestion of the Grand Army of the Re-
course, will wipe out the department of
The West Virginia Muddle,
mus case that Governor Wilson is enti-
Gofl is not entitled to the seat on the
warranto,
wk Mp
New Hampshire Wet
In new Hampshire the prohibition
amendment to the Constitution has been
defeated by over 5.0% majority. It has
been a Waterloo for the Prohibitionists.
The returns near midoight show that
they have lost Sullivan, their banner
county, by a'good majority and as far as
known have carried the desired two
thirds majority in only one county, viz.
Coos, the most northern county in the
State, a region of waste aud mountains
and double-eyed hayseeds, and Granton
county by a small majority, far removed
from the necessary two-thirds.
i i AI BI A OU
A dispatoh from Washington says that
Postmaster General Wanamaker has sats
jefied the employes of the post office de-
partment already that there will be no
dismissals there except for cause. To
one of them who tendered his resigna-
tion he said:
“1 don't want that. Go back to your
desk and attend to your work. When I
got time I will look into your case in its
tara. If you have been faithful and effi
cient you won't be disturbed.