THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR There are many Johnstown tramps in New York—they are of the Jersey breed. Fire alarm Foraker has been nominas ted for a third term for Governor of Ohio, The 4th of July 1889 was not as hot a8 the 4th in 1776, when it made George the 111 sweat, The Johnstown flood was the only thing that ever got ahead of the newss papers—they couldn't exaggerate it. Possibly the cars of the proposed pas- senger railway between Northumberland and Sunbury will be run Dy electricity. CR TAHT Centre county having run Johnstown quite successfully is now prepared to ran the U.S. or any other big job, Satisfacs tion guaranteed. TES The encounters that have occurred near Arquin, between the Egyptian troops under Colonel Wodehouse, and the dervishes, have proved very disass trous to the latter. Thus far 900 of the dervishes have been killed and 700 others have either been taken prisoners or have deserted. SS —— A streak of common sense has broken through the mass of red tape accumu: lated around the Johnstown relief busis ness, and the Relief Commission will at once distribute $1,160,000 among families found on investigation to be the most needy, in sums ranging from $1,000 down to $200, and averaging $3922 to the family. This is what the money was raised for, sad it should be put into the hands of those for w bom it was intended as soon as possible. 3.680 to each RIT AO IN, Governor Beaver and the state board of relief commission hal a meeting at Cresson Springs on Tuesday and decided to distribute $500,000 among the suffer. ers in Johnstown. The recommendation of the Johnstown board of inquiry to dis vide the relief into classes was not adops ted. The commission also appropriated $50,000 for the relief cf sufferers east of the mountains. One half of this sum will go to the victims of the floods in the vicinity of Williamsport and the remain- der will be distributed in other localities. TI Te It is complained by the Pittsburg press: and in other quarters, that the Quay and afti-Quay bosses are trying to manipu~ late the Johnstown relief to the political benefit of those factions, and for this pur: pose are trying to head each other off in the contracts and distribution of the re- lief fund, the latter sent in by the geners ous hearts of the country for the immed- iate relief of the sufferers, and not forthe handling by a corrupt political faction to strengthen itself out of an unparalled calamity and use it to gain political pow- er. Shame ! Shame! The recent decision of the Supreme Court with reference to the licensing of brewers aud wholesale dealers will ges cure licenses to one hundred and twenty five persons dnd compauvies in Allegheny county that were refused license by Judge White. In Pittsburg the number of licenses will be nearly doubled as the result of this decision. In Philadelphia the eflect of thedecision will be to add akout 2000 licenses to those already grated, making in all at least 3,400. [t is expected that throughout the State hundreds of persons who were refused retail licenses will now apply as wholes #alers, IIIS I. The management of affairs at Johns town was mainly in the hands of men from our county and we are proud of it becanse it was well done, Gen. Hasting's was general supervisor; Col. J. L. Spans gler was at the head of the commissary department with Maj. Aunst, Cartin as Lis chief supervisor, Gen, Hastings has re. ceived deserved praise from all over the state for efficiency in directing affairs for the comfort of the unfortunates inthat unparalled disaster. He acted with wis- dom and discretion. Col. Spangler mana ged his department with skill and a sin. gle view to the welfare of those who were destitute of clothing and food. Maj. Curtin, as general supervisor of the commissaries, was always on duty to see that there was no want and vo hitch at any of the stations, These gentlemen having completed their work have turned their places over to local authorities for what farther at- tention the flooded district may yet ro~ quire, We congratulate them uopon perfect success with which they cared for the unfortunate people of Johnstown, backed It is Prohibitory. THE SBUPREME BROOKS HIGH COURT INTERFI] LICENSE LA I THE W An important decision made by the su- preme court, with referance to the pros visions of the Brooks law, has just been handed down. The was that of a farmer in Crawford county, named John W. Altenbangh, Though not a liquor dealer or keeper of a hotel! or restaurant, Altenbaugh was indicted in 1888, for Chse September, to intoxicating He had been previously tried and sequit- furnishing liquor persons visibly affected by drink. ted of furnishing liquor on Sunday. case was taken to the supreme court, the opinion banded by Williams, a clear definition of that pors ion of the Brooks furnishing of fhe in down Justice law relating to the liquor is given. Williams says: the act of 1857 relate to and are des gned to regulate the sale of liquors by the vari- ous classes of venders known to the law They are not directed against the use such by the individual do not interfere with his his table with them or furnish them to Bat mit De goes his family or his guests, when goes beyond this the protection to which a citizen as sucl is entitled, and his acts become of police interest and « a subject nirol, The sevenleenth section of the 1887 provides that it { shall not be lawful for any person, with or to sale, gift or any person any §; vinous, malt or brewed liquors, on any election day, on wit} 3 : & without license, furnish by otherwise to iritous, Sanday, nor at any time to any winor person of known intemperate habits, or persons visibly atlected drink. This provision is not confined to dealers, but is directed against any pers son. The thing not the gale, but the furnishing of liquor to tl visibly affected. ing by sale, gift or otherwise, is « sequence so} far asthe misdemeanor i concerned. The licensed sell to all persons except those long to the without a license may by intoxicating forbidden Whether the furnist f f no con- dealers n ‘ xcepted classes, ¥y give Lquors i manner; but to the excepted man may lawfully sell or give. --— The latest innovation promised isa railroad ia Palestine to runjfrom Jafla to Jerusalem. Such a scheme long been discussed, inasmuch as concessions were granted years ago by the Saltan for the purpose. has Engineers are now on their way to locate the route, backed by Frenca and English capital, and it is announced that American rolling stock will be used in the equipment of the road, which will be thirty six miles in length. Though the thought will doubtless fall with chil ling effect upon the hearts of many ear- nest and Christians, scream of a “Modoc” will shortly devout that the locomotive whistle through the sacred olive groves and among the tombs the kings; that the memories of Naza- reth and Bethlehem will be disturbed by the vociferous brakeman and fig peddling news agent from Jaffa, and that Herod's gate, in the city of David, will be black« ened by vulgar engine smoke demands of the age seem to require some such means of travel to these historically sacred scenes, The number of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land from all parts of the world is increasing year by year, and more rapidly of late, since the facili- ties for reaching its borders have been multiplied in steamship lines and rail road routes, The only wonder is that the field bas not long since been pre- empted by some of the far seeing Ameri- can railroad builders of the age, echo of vel the anism a A AISA 8 All in the Family. The principle early embodied in the policy of the administration at Washing. ton that “public office is a family snap” has been carried into the system ofap- pointments with an effect quite unpre cedented. The Department of the Interior alone presents a number of extraordinary ex- amples of what the Ledger ingeniously calls“a new form of nepotism.” En- couraged by the success of the Commis. gioner of Pensions in securing the salary provided for a secretary to hia daughter, the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs has bad his wife appointed to the corres: ponding position in his bureau. The Saperintendent of Indian Schools has done even better, He has had his wife commissioned aa a special agent, so that when she travels with him she can not only have her expenses paid, but draw a salary of gix dollars a day besides, It 18 said that the Secretary of the In- terior “hesitated about making this ap« pointment,” but he made it all the same, It is quite in harmony with the ethical standards of the new regime, The report of the valuation committee makes the loss of property at Johnstown near nine million dollars, 5S MID HP 1 OAD It is rupdored that Don Cameron will not be a candidate for re-election to the by the liberality of the outside world. U. 8B. Senate. Extra Session of Congress, An extra session of the Fifty-first con- gress, to meet in October, is prophesied, The Republican and Democratic parties are so evenly balanced that there will be a hot fight in the organization of the house. The present official majority, ac- cording to election certificates issued, is only three, Tho four new states will hold elections in October, This will bring in five new members, The Republicans ex- pect to elect all these, but the Democrats are also confident of securing the mem- ber from Montana, which went Demo- cratic in the recent election there, The next house will contain 835 mem- bers, including those from the new states. If the Republicans elect all five of the new members the party will bave a ma- jority of only eight. Death or accident can easily cut off one or more nembers of so much able material for the 3 to be There is gpeakership that this promis a fight over the rule of he JW ering, & 3 of representatives make rules, The minority party has latitude to filibu two oongre had wide ster in the last The Republicans will endeavor to change this, They say that the rile 3 that the Fifticth congress will ac five changes in governed omplish it. On the other hand the Democrats will oppose these changes with all the force and persistence at their co ynand. Bo 3 : } po Louw fs wri 1 Jone ir * that even if the session is called in Oc- tober, it will merely give opportunity for ) get a good ready i onset for Docent However the country at largo ma} view it, the contest will bo watched with 1 interest by par profoun mentary struggle such eanod will begin the mornent unos toguther, If certain to te i cnptingous saasion unt] Angust again, Ib will be congress of partisan bitterness from the start Carnegie on Wealth, Mr. Andrew Carnegie's paper in The North American Review on the tru Gospel of Wealth is interesting ss being the mature judgment of a self made mill- fonaire. In our present civilization there poor. This is basis of his proposition. Mr, Carne- even says it is best that it should be 80, But tha interesting part of his paper is that in which he speaks of the disposition a rich man should make of his wealth, tentation aro and must be rich and the gio most It is mere vulgarity and os to leave immense estates to children and beirs, The rich man should provide sufficient incomes for the women of his family to live well. He should lsave deed to his sons, only enough to keep thom from want, for the inheritance of immense wealth is a curse to young men. also very moderate incomes in- After thus providing for those depend- ent on him, the much moneyed man should his lifetime, the rest of his wealth to the good of com- He isa trustee for the poor, and mast, if truly civilized, look on hime self in that light, He is strictly bound in duty to administer his surplus reve- devote, during munity. nues in the manner which, in his judg- ment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the commu- nity. As instances of surplus wealth nobly applied, Mr, Carnegie names Cooper in- stitute in New York and the free five- million Tilden library that is to be, per- haps. If the millionaire does not thus do good with his wealth in his lifetime, his estate should be heavily taxed by death rates, after he has loosed his hold upon it, the tax to be spent for the good of community, George A. Chace, at the head of the Bowne cotton mills, at Fall River, Mass. , has announced that after July 1 the mills will becomo a profit sharing estab- lishment. Not less than six per cent. of the cash dividends of the concern will be divided among the employes on or before February, 1800. The plan will be tried as an experiment during six months The management wish to sce what effect tho arrangement will have on the qnan- tity and quality of work turned out, also on the general carefulness and con- duct of the employes. If America makes a poor showing in high art at Paris, there is ono comfort wo can lay to our souls, anyhow, Every important point urged by Americans at the Samoan conference was conceded by Bismarck. The principal matter our com- missioners insisted on was complete in- dependence for Bamoa. A single tax conference began in Paris June 11, Itisa branch of the interna tional land reform congress, French land reformers say there is now very little of the boasted peasant proprietor ship of the soil left, only one-tenth of French land being owned by those who tae x ms— Geen. Hastings has left Johnstown, Who Is the American? Where is the New Englander gone? Ho is not in New England any more. Over one-half the inhabitants in the six original Yankee states are either of for- eign birth or the children of foreign born parents. Tt has been suggested that the missing inhabitants of New England have gone to the western and northwest~ ern states, but a born and bred Minne- in The New York Tribune dispelling this idea, In { l people of Minne OF sotian writes a lett tho Hldhood of this writer the ia were native Ameri- ¢ from the older states, y farin communities, d « hur hat 5, which ighborhood now n American 1s, with their and their greater weer farms out, our wie fifty miles fnnesota, and ve him direc rood English, nt from Eu- i Progress for @ migration 3 in the ontrol tho elec- nations two Dakotas are able to « tions, according to this authority, Min- Scandina- 300 in Dakota wre not threo native neapolis is governed by the vian vote, Ina town of Americans, Tho rest are Norwegians There are whole Bwodes ¢ dut where is the native American, the descendant srununities of Russians, Danes, 1d one or two of Icelanders, of the Puritan, or even of those who came to America a hundred years ago! Cure for Corrupt Politics r Edmunds’ paper on corrupt po- in this country has much Senn } 1 Ly al me thods * of inter ‘he Vermont senator admite there is political corruption, and a good deal of it. But he believes it can be reme- died. He also comes out strongly in fa- vor of civil service reform. Ho would prevent pr litical corruption by the fol- lowing means mproved registration lawn, administered by sot, reputable and responsible men taken 1 parties, sections to bo conducted by officers of the highest character atid ab , taken fromm all pier pre hail secure the s vobor aod the secrecy of his ballot, w shall secure truth, equality nduct of the alection ee ais of the voles withessed by ives of all parties and whe publication wll accounts of slection eXPonaes 4 The final returns to be canvassed in the same way Provision for the prompt hearing and de cision of disputed questions try the oot & The punishment of false apd egal registrs. tion, bribery in connection with registrations or elections, aiding or abetting bribery, or attemgs- ing or conapiring to bribe, or to register, of to vole Clegally 7. More stringent qualifontions of jurors, & Oaths by all Jesh projpestag Ww register, ell voters at the ceotion, and all persons clocted or cistning election, that they have not been guilty of, or sided In way in, fades or (legal registra tion or voiing, bribery or attempting or ¢ ing to bribe, or making false canvases oF returns. 8. A large Emitation of the influx of and of the naturalization thereof, and mord per foot sorutiny in admitting to natgralluation 10. And last, but far from Jeast, the better edo. estlon of the voters and thelr ehildren—an educa ting toeloding the essential truth that every citi pen of the republic In town, district, city, stale or nstion la personally a real factor for good or Ul in the great sum of the general wellare, vislons which Modern experiments with galvanic electricity afford curious confirmation of the assertions of the old phrenoclogists that certain faculties of the mind are governed by special localities in the brain. It has been found, for instance, that when the phrenological organ of cheer fulness is touched by the galvanic cur rent, a smile is produced on the face. iu the spot where the phrenologists locate cautiousness is similarly excited, the {ace assumes an expression of fear, Russia seems to be supplanting the United States in the kerosene oil trade in India, In 1886 we exported over 20,000,000 gallons of petroleum to India. That year Russia came in as a rival for the first time, with 1,500,000 gallons. But during the past eight months of the fiscal year wo have only sent to India 14,000,000 gallons, while Russia is crowd ing us very close with 11.000.000 . A new compulsory educational law in Massachusetts incidentally brings pri- vate schools under the supervision of public school authorities. It provides that every child in a city or town shall attend for twenty woeks in the year a public day school or some private school approved by the school committee of such city or town. This is called the ‘Wardwell school law. woman m Cam organized a Monday class By a recent law passed in New York it fs forbidden to use stoves for heating cars. Steam or hot water is to be used. The greatest distande yet traveled by an coon steamer in twenty-four hours is 515 miles, mado by the City of Paris on her last trip to this country. res Qur county commissioners have adop- ted a cranky and narrow brained way in advertising matter in which tax payers generally are interested —they are giving fit to Bellefonte papers exclusively and none, it seems, to papers outside of Belle- fonte. No board of commissioners has | been guilty of 80 unjust and narrow |brained # proceeding since the formation jof the county, { Commissioners Henderson, Decker and | Fiedler seem to think that the news- | papers and their readers outside of Belle- [foute, have no rights which they, the | commissioners, need to respect. It is jright to advertise in Bellefonte papers, | but just as important to advertise matters of public concern in papers outside of | Bellefonte, in order to reach all taxpays {ers. Hundreds of citizens do not take { Bellefonte papers but do take the county | papers outside of Bellefonte-—these are | not by this narrow brained (policy. Many donot take the papers | printed outside of Bellefonte, hence the inecessity of using the latter. |of the present commissioners in ig inoring the papers outside of Bellefonte {is a wrong and an insult to those papers and their readers. Messrs. Henderson, Decker and Fiedler all hail from the |townahips and were not elected by Belle- fonte alone, and if they think itis the proper thing to put all the advertisements in the Bellefonte papers only, why sup pose they carry their policy farther, and resign, and have three commissioners elected from Bellefonte, upon the same principle. The Bellefonte papers are not to blame for this, at least we believe not. We would risk having three commis. sioners from Bellefonte, and find no such unjust discrimination against pers oulside of Bellefonte, Take the last advertisement the coms missioners put out—the tax appeals—it was only inserted in the Bellefonte pa- ere, yet hundreds of taxpayers would not be reached because they take only the papers printed outside the county seat. The county is large, out of debt, and does not need resortto such a mean, cheese paring system of making its work kuown, and besides this the intent of the law 1s to reach all in public advertises ments. Why this board of commissioners, hail, ing as they do from the country districts, should ignore the papers from their own sections, is queer, Decker and Fiedler come from Penns valley, and were elec- ted by Penns valley votes, yet no Penns valley paper gets any show from them. Do they think their constitoents are un worthy of their attention ? They didn’t seem to think this before the election and if they had, they would not now be holding the positions they fill. The same is true as regards the other papers ob the opposite side of the county outside of Bellefonte. We repeat, this board of commissioners all from the country, which is so very Ballefontish, had best resign so three commissioners from Bellefonte can be elected at whose bands the newspapers and taxpayers outside of Bellefonte would receive more fairplay and consid eration than from the present board. The Republicans are getting uneasy jest the four new states recently admit- ted elect Democratic senators and con gressmen. reached The pol cy the pas nA AION 0 - A Freight Train Smashed and Burned. {| Pittaburg, July 9,—The second section of freight NO. 13, east bound, on the Pennsylvania railroad, was wrecked by the breaking of an axle ona car while passing Walls Station, a few miles east of here, last night. Thirteen cars were thrown from the track, and soon after caught fire and were consumed. All the train men escaped, but there Were a number of tramps on the train, one of them being killed outright, while five others were seriously injured. The train canght fire from a carload of whis- key which was wrecked and which was ignited in seme unknown manner. The accident was cansed by a broken axle. ——————— oo Ms - Kilrain was still suffering quile severe- ly on Tuesday, but his backers say no bones are broken and that be will be all right shortly, There are various ramors in circulation in regard to his condition, and there were reports flying around that be was dying. There was no trath in these, however, although he was rather badly hurt inwardly. The state teachers are now in session at Altoona. { {Smith has challenged Sullivan to fight in Europe for $5,000 aside. Sugar is going up—tarif monopoly does it, —————————— a ——— Announcements. Ry PROTHONOTARY, We ate authorised to announce that M, 1. Gand ner, of will ba a candidate for Prothonotary, to Demoo mijcusages. Se ul Br Fron. Sie —com——— - —— So —————— AOSD TAA List of Jurors for August Term, GRAND JURORS FOURTH MONDAY OF AD- GUST, Charles G, Hall, Union. George W. Loneberger, Spring John Jacobs, Har : GRE Alien, sephart, ¥ Hotser P.W.EB q BROW HOC yo» Married. At the home of the bride in Boals- burg, June 12, by Rev. W. A. Trostle, Mr. Harry C. Rothrock and Miss Ellie Z. Shirk. Died. Mr. William Kline, cf Centre co, © May 18, at Lemont, sged years, 5 months and 0 days, He leaves a wile and three children, At Centre Hall, on June 28, Mrs. Joseph Shirk, aged 79 years, 2 months and 19 days, In Lewisburg, on June 30, Mr. Paul Geddes, aged 78 years, 10 months and 19 days, In Mifflinburg, on July 7, Taylor, aged about 77 years. In Baffalo township, Union co, July 8, wife of Mr. Andrew Ruhl In Mifflinburg, on July 9, Miss Elizas beth Weirick, in her 65th year. ~The Johnstown pilgrims all saw fearful things but got home safe. —Jacob Reed, one of Aaronsburg’s most solid citizens, called in to see the Rzrorree. He reportacrops in Haines good. ——There will be no services atthe Union and George's Valley churches dur- ing my absence next Sunday. W. E. Fmsoaeg, With Friday afternoon warm and clear weather set in making it jvery fas vorable for haying. Sunday and Mons day were quile warm. ——James Gregg, while unloading bay, was hit on the thigh by a barpoon hay fork which has laid bim up for a few days. ~The Tuasseyville band will have a festival July 26 and 27, for the benefit of the band. Music and all kinds of res freshments will be served. Michael F. Hess and wife have returned from their western trip which Was 8 very enjoyable one for them, meeting many old-time friends and ac- quaintances. ~The Supreme Court of Indiaca, a few days ago decided that sidewalks were intended for footmen only and not for bicycles or other vehicles. Parsons who run carts or soch on sidewalks should remember this and that footmen have rights wich must be respected. —Mrs. Shirk, widow of Joseph Shirk, had an attack of apoplexy on last Friday afternoon, 28th ult, from the ef focts of which she died on the following morning. She bad her home with her daughter, Mrs. D. Fleisher, in this slace, and had been in delicate health to: ears, Her funeral took rye wi Mr. Wm. on rt several place on the following Monday moruing, 1st, her remains being taken to Spruce. town for burial. She was aged about 79 I 5 ue
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