a> 4! 0 G4 » s VOL IXIV. FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR Thus far nothing has been done at Harrisburg to benefit the masses, I — The prices of foreign wines is to go up in the soring. We don’t care, we do not put any down It is announced that Senator Peffer, of Kansas, will sit on the republican side of the senate, but that he will not always vote as he sits, I —— The president has sigeed the bill re- fandiog the direct tax to the several states that originally paid it, aud Penn sylvania will be the richer by over $l 600,000. The bill taxing coal companies a cent on each ton of coal mined for the pur pose of establishing a fund for disabled miners and miners’ widows passed the house, at Harrisburg. Senator Hearst, Dem., of California, died on Saturday, in Washiogton, The legislature of California being Repablis can the vacancy will be filled by a ro- publican, will let the editor of the RerorTER alone hereafter. Wise conclusion—we saw from the start of bis scheme of villifica- tion that the chap would realize, sooner or later, he was barkiog up the wrong Fiedler’ 8 Gazeelle we are informed has raised a flag of truce and asks for a ces- sation of hostilities with the great and good REPORTER, Granted. Conditions: Behave yoursell and for. gress between the factions of the Evan® geli‘al church cannot belp being deplor= Christianity. Sach disturbances within the chorch are cal culated to result io much harm to the cause of religion and are not pleasant spectacles to look upon. EEE —— Judge Yerkes, of Chester, has had a newspaper fusillade made upon him by bro. Rhone from away up bere in Cen- tre. As Judge Yerkes is not able to cope with such heavy weights we would not be surprised if he called a meeting of his charch council and bave it pass hoy cott resolutions against our esteemed bro. Leonard for his brutum fulmen against the Judge. The Philad. Times is making a telling fight for the gbolition of the Building Commission, which was called into life some 20 years sgo by the machine, and which was a help in squelehing the city Democracy. If the Times can give the names of the Democratic members of the House who aided the passage of the corrupt Bailding Commission bill it might be interesting at this day, Thus far the law makers at Harrisgurg have done nothing to lighten the bur dens of taxation resting upon the farmer, It this session is wasted withoat passing some measure of relief it may prove rough sailing for some members to be re- elected next fail. The corporations are receiving too much favorable considera tion—beyond what is just and fair— while the toilers are given only the husks. Notwithstanding the fact that the late Admiral Porter leit an estate of over $300,000 and has for 20 years enjoyed a salary of $13,000 for doing nothing, his widow is a lady booked for a pension of $2,500. The feature of our pension sys tem, by special act, is the granting of large peasions of the wealthy widows of deceased officers, who in their lifetimes were the recipients of liberal official in- Cones, The Michigan Patrons of Industry adopted resolutions asking the Legisla- ture to enact laws embodying the follow- iog principles: The amendment of the Tax law 80 us to relieve farm property from taxation to the amount of the mortgage thereon; the fixing of the rate of ir terest at 5 per ceut., penalty to be attached for usury, and the petitioning of Congress to pass such aw; the repeal- ing of all special railroad charters; pro. viding for a dairy and food commission under a proper board; the taxing of all building and loan and saviog associa tions’ property as other assessable prop. erty, and the reduction of the legal rate of advertising, The report of the Committee on Trans: portation, which was submitted and unanimously adopted, recommended that the railroads of the country be Our Hat Off, We feel highly honored that our es teemed senator has referred the ques tion of the constitntionality of the $3 tax npon foreigners to the editor of the Reporter, That's what we consider safe steering. We recently had ocoasion to commend our senator, because, as we were informed by reliable avthority, he had posted Gov, Pattison upon the injas dicionsness of appointing a certain gen- tleman of our connty to a position. We dare say the $3 tax is unconstitus tional becaure that instrument forbids that any scheme of taxation shall orig inate in the senate, and must first come from the house, Then, again, it conflicts with thespirit if the 1 sec. of the Dec- larstion of Rights; also with art. XIV, sec, 6, which says that public monies are to be paid over to and accounted for by public officers, while the $3 act makes that tax payable to every Tom, Dick and Harry; it conflicts also with art. 9, I'hen, again it conflicts with the con- stitation of the U.S, which says that that instrument and all treaties ma le in accordance with it, sball be the supreme law. Now as every treaty we have with foreign nations has an express stipula- tion that forbids such discrimination against foreigners, the $3 act violates that. Then, again, our estesmed senator mistakes when be thinks the bill in question is copstitotional becanse it passed the judiciary committee of law~ vers in the senate, Our senator isaware of the fact that the Supreme Court of the state is kept busy one half of its time in declariog unconstitutional acts that have passed the blockhead lawyers upon the judiciary committee, Now to shut off any controversy over our position, we say that the §3 (ax act 18 all right, and that it is the state and federal constitutions that are wrong, and these should be changed to conform to the proposed bill. The bill is all rights the constitutions are wrong. tf fi A r——————— Two Jobs Killed. Yesterday was not a good day for jobs in Congress, says the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph, At least two were killed. One is the silly Nicarague Canal bill, coolly propos- ing that Uncle 8am should spend tens of millions of dollars on a private enters prise, outside our borders, The country at least for next hundred years, has an abundance of opportunitiy to spend all the money that can be had on internal improvements, the most familiar being county roads, The Na- tional Government should contribute a liberal share toward the fifty millions a year that ought to be spent for this pure pose, Itis really a part of the national defense, A very interesting and important ime provement i: the irrigation of Western barren lands, It is now known, and was advocated in Gea. Grant's first presie dential term’ that irrigation can only be established aod carried on with some sort of Government control, and if so done, it will make the wilderness blos- som As the rose, The other job killed was the Shipping Sabsidy bill, Itdied bard. But, as was stated yesterday, the bill was not one in which our business interests were mach conceraed. The bill was simply a mie direction of effort; no subsidy can do much good that does not begin at home- It is like charity in that regard, The Postal Subsidy might as well have been killed too, It is a piece of dis- ingeniousnees to pay a premiom of a dollar or two on every letter written to Latin America. There is no reason what- ever why the Government should foster this particular kind of epistolary cor. respondence, Really it would be quite as justifiable, and, perhaps, more profits able, to pay for all telegrams our people might choose to send to South America. In sending a case attacking the constie tutionality of the McKinley law to the sopreme court 80 as to reach a speedy decision U. 8. Judge Blodgett at Chica~ go expressed the opinion there was a great deal in the point raised against the law, While he affirmed the law he did it formally and expressed the opine ion that the appellant firm is probably right, If the supreme court should agree with him there would be an end of the McKinley aot. The law is attacks ed by Marshall Field & Co, of Chicago, oun the familiar groand that it was not the measure that was passed by congress a section voted for by both houses hav fog been dropped from the engrossed bill that was signed by the President, Fhe consequence was that the bill as passed was not signed by the President. —————— a — ~=Ciet the Report Ex on trial for 3 or 5 months, at campaign rates, eight cents per month, Bend a sample copy to your friends outside the county, who formerly ived here; we put the price at less than ostiora trial trip. Let each reader pleded umler State aut owlioos! dour, send us at least one name, with the cash at the abidvie low triul rete, Pp FA. CLINTON C0. BRIDGES. HALL. The County Auditors Shale up 816,000 against the Old board of Coms, The Auditors of Clinton co made their report last week after examining the books of the various departments. The most important item passed upon was the contracts awarded by the commis gloners for re-building new piers and abutments for bridges that had been car- ried away by the memorable June flood of 1889, In all the contracts awarded for ma~ sonry, the famous E.T, Gallagher, fignr- ed prominently. He managed to filch Clinton county ont of thousands of dol lars by receiving just twice as much as the work was actually worth, The Ga- zette & Bulletin of Williamsport investigat- ed the matter and exposed the whole affair and cavsed considerable commo= tion among the taxpayers of that coun- ty. After a careful examination of the con- tracts the Auditors filed their report wherein they hold the commissioners re- sponsible for $16,163 55. This they claim as the amount that was stolen from the county treasury by their bridge contracts and that Messrs J. D. Eogles, John Grugen and H, B. Klechner will be held responsible for the sams, This will make over 85,000 for each to refund. Rather a large sum, but it is a warning to other officials, E.T. Gallagher was at the bottom of all this work and is the same party who did work for Centre county commissions ers on the Kartbaus bridges, under Henderson's ruls, says the Centre Democral, Milesburg and » : a —— Senator Cameron's Broad Statement. During the discussion on the bill pro~ viding for a new United States mint at Philadelphia, an interesting colloquy took place between Benator Cameron, who had the bill in charge, and Senator Plumb. The latter wanted to be in- The Pennsylvania Railroad. The forty-fourth annual report of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is pre- sented elsewhere in this issue of The Post. Everybody knows in a general way that the Pennsylvania railroad is one of the leading corporations of its class in this or any other country, but it is difficult for the average layman to comprehend its growth and magoitude. These ate shown by the facts that, at the completion of its forty-four years, it was composed of 120 corporations, which with few exceptions, were in fair coudis tion and earning very reasonable returns on the capital invested; that the system represented 7,915 miles of railroads and canals, with a share and bonded capital of more that $700,000,000; and that the year 1899, it earned more than $133,000 000 gross to secare which enormous ree venne it moved over 137 000,000 tons of freight and 84,000,000 passengers. These are figures to command cons sideration, indeed, as they prove that the interests of the various systems uni fied into one powerful corporation are so closely interwoven with those of the communities through which they pass that their prosperity may safely be taken as an index of the condition of the vari. ous sections of the country which they serve, ———— a ———— Life of General Sherman. No literary announcement of the year is of greater interest to the general pub. lic than that of a comprehensive Life of General Sherman, which is about to be pablisbed and sold through agents by the noted house of Hubbard Brothers, of Philadelphia. Admirable biographies of Grant and Sheridan, complete to the time of their death. are already familiar to the public, but a life of the third great commander, to finish the series, has been ‘sacking. The various biographies of sarily been incomplete: and even his formed as to the propristy of spending! two millions of money at Philadelphia! where, be understood, the sentiment] was unanimous that there never shou dj be another silver dollar coined. Mr. Cameron replied is mistaken aboat the I viice the sentiment of the people of Pennsyl- vania.” Mr. Plomb, Answer this, re. marked: “All I know about it is what I see io the newspapers, and they are ail opposed to the coinage of silver, and, if that be so, I do not see the necessity of baviog any buildings for the coinage of silver in that city.” Mr. Cameron responded: “The Sena- tor bad better take my vote as the indi cation of the sentiment of the people of Pennsyivaoia.” The bill was then passed. In this colloquy it will that Beoator Cameron boldly asserts that the majority of his constituents favor the free coinage of silver, : To this ‘The Reastor sentiment in to be seen - -——— From Harrisburg. The road law is much more satisfactory since amended, and it bas now the aps pearance of considerable strength in the house. Ita friends are hopeful that it will pass, but many of the country mem- bers still predict its failure, asserting that the people don’t want it The anti-discrimioation bill is muoch talked about. The roral representatives seem more interested in it than the road bill, but Little is said yet in conversation about ballot reform, and the friends of constitutional ballot reform who are not members are becoming somewhat impa- tient of delay. It is known that chairs man Kerr, Chauncey F, Black and the leading Knights of Labor are gnxious for action, and during the past week it was said that Chairman Andrews and Collec tor Martin bad declared they would throw no obstacle in the way of a consti~ tutional convention. It is expected that an early move will be made to make the ballot reform bills a special order, o———————s A From Washington, Congress adjourned Wednesday. It is gossip at the Capitol now that the presi- dent in discussing the congressional ont- look said that there did not appear to be any necessity for an extra session of con gress, and that he has no intention of nothing requiring its attention. Itison- derstood President Harrison contem- plates a gunniog trip soon after adjourn ment, The president sent to the senate the nomination of William R, Leeds to be United States marshal for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, vacocy of A. H. Dill, decd. The president has signed the bills pro viding for a new miat building in Phila- delphia, also the act amending the laws in regard to immigration of aliens, the act granting a pension to the widow of Rear Admiral Porter, the act to provide for ocean mail steamships between the United Bates and foreign ports and to promote commerge, and an act granting own memoirs, written in 1875, said almost nothing of his intensely interesting early ile, and not a word, of course, of the more than twenty years of social activity and fraternity with old comrades since the war, The work which is now to be issned will splendidly supply the widely felt demand for a history of the great strates commander, It is being written by Willis Fletcher Johnson, whose ability as a historian is familiar to the reading public of America through his former anusual y popular works, which have bad millions of readers, and sales of their vast editions enriched an army of book agents; he is aided by Maj.-Gen. 0. O, Howard, a man of fine literary attain ments, who knew Bberman better than apy other oi his comrades now living, and ranked next bot one to bim in the army, That this history of Sherman, the last of the great Generals, will sur. pass all others in popularity is not to be doubted. It will decubtless be the best life of the grea! chieftain published, and we predict for it wonderful popularity, 10 A ——— sts Happy Hoosiers, Wm, Timmons, Postmaster of Ida: ville, Ind , writes: Electric Bitters has don more for me than all other medicines combined, for that bad feeling arising from Kidney and Liver trouble.” John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same place say: “Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney and Liver medicine made me feel like a new man.” J. W. Guardoer, hardware merchant, same town says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for a man who is all run down and don’t care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good appetite and felt just like he had a new lease on life Only 60c. a bottle, at J. D, Murray's drag Store, ‘ I Mi Gas va Electricity. The citizens of that staid old burg, Lewistown, are enjoying a fierce war which is being waged by the lighting institutions, the electric and gas. The electric light was introdaced a few weeks ago and began in roads upon the finances of the gas company, which resulted in a reduction of rates, and each company try under bid the other. Lighting has become very cheap in Lewistown, and no doubt the citizens hope it will cons tinue, oni i Centre Hall Select School The spring term of the Centre Hall se- lect school, to continue ten weeks, will begin on April 13, next. All the higher branches and languages will be taoght. Special classes will be formed for those preparing to teach, Boardiog can be had at reasonable According to the Bellefonte News the railroad authorities now have a man un~ der surveillance, it is believed, placed the stone io the frog of the switch at Milesburg, thereby causing the death of Edward Oasset. And that paper adds: 5 entirely to mild a puaibmwt for bine! NO. 9 Jury List for April Term. GRAND JURORS—-FOURTH MONDAY IN APRIL. Gi. B, Johnston Belle fonte, Jos, Castleburg Huston, George Tresler Harris, G, W. Bele Huston, J. A. McCord Rush, W.F Hall Howard, Joseph Marxle College, Ed. Poorman Bnow Shoe. Jos. Eckenroth Benner. B, Flienbergec Eerguson , J. E. Miller Miles H. B. Pontius Bellefonte, Wm, Comer, Sr. Spring. w—W.B, Mingle Centre Hall, J. A Deitrick Miles, John Maher Rush, J. L, McCafferty Bellefonte, W. O. Rearich Penn. Adam Bowersox Haines, George Heverly Boggs. Thomas Bowers Liberty. W.B, Miller Miles. Samuel Homan Gregg. William Miller Taylor, TRAVERSE JURORS—-FOURTH MONDAY IN APRIL. J. I, Curtin Bellasfonte. Robert Vorls, Bellefonte , J. A Fiedler Bellefonte, John Dunmlap Bellefonte, J. P.Bebring Halfmoon Win, Van Tries Henry Bartley Spring, Jacob Dutweller Penn. Harry E. Walker Boggs. George Cronom {ler College, Alexander Adams Worth, Henry Dutweller Miles. M. B. Hysong Phill burg. Cal. Zimmerman Milaburg, M. ¥. Hoy Burnside. Philip 8. Haines Union H.G. Miller Halues A.T. Boggs Milesburg, Wm. Houser College Heury Fishburn Benner, i Lingle Philipsburg ve College. ian Bellefonte. L.T. Bady Milesburg. K B. Haines Liberty, er Furguson, r Bellafonte. or Warth, H. M Kephart Unionville. James H. Potter Bellefonte, Wm P. Humes Bellefonte, Oscar Adams Milesburg, W.B Rankin Bellefonte. Reuben Smu les, J A Whiteman Spring, Edwin Tyson Philipsburg Austin Moover Union. Chas Armstrong Spring. Win Packer Liberty, PH Mever Harris, 3 Henderson Marion, olf Miles { D Keen Penn, Frauk Brown Bnow Shoe. George Cartright, Jobn B Resides Rush, Daniel Hall Unionville William Billet Spring. TRAVERSE JURORS FIRST MONDAY IN Blepban Best Gregg. J E Way Paton, Wm. Corman Marion. Lewis Haminger M{liheim. James Hallowsy Harris, A V Daugherty Burnside. wee W BR Camp Ceutre Hall, John A Grenoble Gregg Bamuel Bathurst Boggs. DM Bliger Rush, weJobn Deshern Potter. Dan’l Heckman Benner. Austin Lion Rush, George Reeser Snow Shoe. Thomas Williams College. Robert Condo Harris, Milton Nyman Boggs, Howard Rossman Greggs: Allison Irwin Marion. Matt B Cornway Burnside. Jerry 8weeney Spring. Ham Oto Bellefonte, Wm. Harper Bellefonte. M. R Adams Philipsburg, H P Kessinger Walker, Aaron Farr Union, A L Flegal Philipsburg. LT Munson Bellefonte, J B Howe Philipsburg, Cyars 8 Meyer Haines. Daniel Kline Benner, Emma I Wetzell Haines. Oscar Bone Harris, T M Barnhart Spring. T B mverett Penn, H B Herring Gregg. Soninxer's Macazixe for March cons tains two striking articles of exploration and adventure—Mr, Mounteney Jeph- son’s account of one of the most excit- ing periods of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, and Mr. M. B. Kerr's de- scription of the latest attempt to reach the summit of Mount St. Elias in Alaska The former is illustrated with sketches by Frederic Villiers, made under Mr. Jephson’s personal direction, and the latter from photographs made by the Expedition, The number is also notable for its fiction, containing four short sto~ ries, by Mre. Robert Louis Stevenson, Richard Harding Davis, Dancan Camp- bell Scott, and W. H. Woods all of them writers whose first short stories have appeared in this magazine, E.S. Nadal (so long one of the secretaries of the United States Legislation in Lon don), from abundant knowledge writes of “London and American Clubs.” His article is richly illustrated, as is, also, the novel paper on “The Ornamentation of Ponds and Lakes,” by Samuel Pare sons, Jr, Superintendent of the New York Parks, se sm——— A ——" Have you been to A, C. Mingle's Adjourned, Washington, March 4.—The house ad- jourved at 12 o'elock with a wild hurrah on the floor and in the galleries, The speaker got the last word, and used it in telling the house that he be- lieved history would reserve a very bril- iant page upon which to record the doings of this congress. He was listened fo in silence; but when he stepped from the chair the democrats burst out with a loud cheer and boisterous demonstra- tions of joy. The republicans joined in the cheering perhaps in a different spirit, Bome one struck the air, and the whole house burst out with “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching.” The democrats then sang “Home Again. Then followed “American.” The tumalt of sound was something tremendous. Ladies crowded through the doors until the space behind the seats was filled and some of them joined in the air. There was a nsuse in the singing, and suddenly the correspondents in the presg gallery burst forth with the doxology in full voice. The members on the fioor responded with cheers, bandclapping, aud waving hats, bandkerchiefs, papers or whatever they found handy, There was another pause of a moment and Cowles, of North Carolina, raised uimself on his tiptoes and shouted, “We thank God for the defeate of the Lodge bill,” and immediatley again started the doxology, in which republicans and dem- ocrats alike joined. This episode oce cupied more than ten minutes after the gavel had fallen, Mr. Burrows of Michigan, having taken the chair at this point, Mr. Mc- Kinley of Ohio, offered the fo lowing res solution, “That the tharks of this bouse are presented to the Hon. Thomas E. Reed for the able, impartial and digs nified manner in which he has presided over the deliberations and, performed the arduous and important duty of the chair.” Mr. Mills demanded the yeas and nays. The resolution was agreed by a strict party yote—yeas 152; nays, 116. On the announcement of the vote there was an outburst of applause from the Republi- can side, which wes redoubled when Mr. Mills inquired whether this was part of the funeral services, ' A Good Idea. It has been reported through this sec tion that the large hotel building at Spring Mills, erected by I. J. Grenoble, will be reconstructed for the purpose of converting it into an Academic institus tion. The building is well located for such an institution and has beens tanding emp. ty for several years it never being much of a financial success as s hotel, " ,—— - She Got The Boodle. The West Newton Hamilton Times etates that a Hungarian died at Port Royal recently, and left $1,900 in mons ey, the savings of several years’ hard las bor. Wien his wife wes spoken to about burying him, she said: “Me no bury him; bit uv ood now: him dead!” She took the cash and left fur Hungary. The dead man’s friends raised a collecs tion and had his remains interred. test ere torage will be Charged. The Pennsylvania railroad company bas given notice to merchants that on and after March 1st warehouse storage will be collected on all goods left by consignees in the warehouse over 48 bours from the time of notice io con- signee. Demurrage will be collected on all car loads left on siding over 48 hours after notice has been given. —————————- Western Tickets, To those contemplating a trip to the west, we would wish to state that the agent at Centre Hall has been supplied with a complete stock of tickets to all points west, and at very low rates. A SAM 5S A —Prof, Etters is visiting schools om this side and leaves a favorable impres- sion. —fBubscribe for the Rerorren—a tri- al trip of 3 to 5 months, only 8 cents per month, less than cost, Prof. Hosterman, of Penn Hall, advertises the opening of an academy, st Potters Mills, the coming spring, — Prof. Rothrock advertises the spring term for the Centre Hall select school, to open April 10. mee fi, gOVEre storm set in on Wednes day morning which made a plaything of the 2 or 3 inches of snow that fell in the few previous days. wwwsChief Burgess Bashman has now an sesistant, who will be able in a few years to fulfil the arduous duties of tha office. It's a boy, ~The Philad Branch is thoroughly reliable, and Lewins bas in stock a line of clothing that leads in quality and low
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