VOL .LXIV. THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, ~~ EDITOR Chinaman likee Jong pig~tails, but no likee long Blair speech es. Italy cant fight uncle Sam now, she is clean out of powder, since the shak- ing up Rome got the other day, TE The house passed the road bill, yeas 103, nays 79, The bill now goes back to the Benate for concurrence in amend- ments made in the house, Baltimore is known as the Monumen tal City, by reason of its many columns in memory of the great dead. In a half a century, at the rate monaments are now being put up for public men, ours will be known as the monumental land, From Berlin comes intelligence: * As- surance is given in the most suthoritas tive gnarters that peace is less than ever endangered, and the relations of Germa~ ny and Rassia are now more friendly shan for a long time, p————————— Now Blaine can make his biggest fist at Italy, she’s got no powder to go to war with nor money to boy any. Bill, if the Italians are spiling for a fight with the U. 8, we think uncle would be willing to lend thew a litle powder, “Ray Sm———————— Governor Pattison has approved the bill providing for the ascertainment of ghe amoant of money expended ani the settlement of the accoun t egaiost the Commonwealth for expenditures at Johnstown ard its vicinity, and in the valleys of the Conemaugh and Kiske minetas rivers and of the West branch of the Sasquebanna, it is mow certain that the Senate will prune the tax bill of its absurdities and likely pass one amended #0 as to come nearer a common sense standard. The house passed the bill but many members smoug them those of our county, declare they would wot vote for it again, since they gee its absurdities, The pablieation by the Department of Internal Affairs of a new railroad wap of the State for the present year recalls the fact that Fulton county is the ouly conn~ ty in the State entirely withont railroad accommodations. The peopls of that county, aumberiag over 10,000, are com - pelled to use the o!d-fashioved sod iu- couvenieat stage conches or private eon- veyauces when they wish to travel. ; ———————— A band of farmers in Liocoln County. West Va, bave driven away from their neighborhood the Morwon elders, who The Whoelsale License Bill. Notwithstanding Representative Books fright about his wholesale liquor bill when it was recalled from the Senate, the House has aguin passed it in a shape that makes it a better bill than before. The license fee in cities of the first and second classes has been increased to $1,» 000, leaving it in cities of the third class at $500, in all other cities $300, in borougns $200 and in towusbips $100 This maks the act what it professes to be—a high license law. Another good feature of the amended bill is that which increases the lowest amount of malt or brewed liquors that may be sold by a wholesale dealer to any person to twelve pints, and forbids the drinking of the beer or other liquors so sold upon the premises or at any place provided by the seller for the purpose. This will put an end to the carrying on of drinking places under the authority and protection of wholesale licenses. The remaining featare of the propos ed law, which is an improvement over the existing law, is that vesting in the li- cense Judges the same discretion as to the granting of wholesale licenses as in that of retail licenses, They are not obliged to graot licenses to all comers if io their judgment the public interests do not reqaire it, These improvements make the law about as complete as a wholesale licease law can well be made and the SBanate should lose no time in passing it as nearly as possible in its pre- sent shape, nesses —— So o—— Mosi The Harrisburg Patriot says: The Re- publican majority of the House defeat- ed the Civil Service Reform bill introdune- ed by Representative Wherry, The significance of this action is unmistak- able. It places the Republican party of Pennsylvania in its true light as the antagonist of Civil Bervice Reform and again emphasises the fact that the three great measures demanded by the people of the State and nation—Revenue Ke- form, Ballot Reform and Civil Service Reform—have no substantial support within the Republican organisation. Og these moral issues—the only ones that raise our elections out of the low level of a mere party contention for spoils— the Republican party of Penvsylvania is openly hostile or covertly false, The Democracy, on the other hand, is both by profession and the votes of its repre- sentatives, Federal and State, the con~ sistent advocate of all these sorely needs ed and beveficent reforms. The vote Thursday in the lower House in favor of the Civil Service Reform bill was almost wholly Democratic, ll Ws sn On last Friday morniog Deputy Craw - ford aod a large posse of assistants arriv= ed from Uniontowa and proceeded to the The Deepest of Holes. explorations into the depths of the earth ever undertaken will be carried out near United States Government and the City of Wheeling. Bome months ago the Wheeling De- velopment Company began drilling a well near this city in search of oil or gas. It was determined to bore as far as possi ble. The hole has already reached the the depth of 4100 feet, within 500 feet of the deepest wall in the world, In this distance a dozen of thick veins of coal havs been passed oil und gas hoth struck but not in paying quantities. and gold quartz, iron and many other minerals, found. The hole is eight inches in diameter and the largest in diamater of any deep well in the world, Professor White, State Geologist ar- rived from Washington where he had ogical Survey officers interested in the | hole will ba drilled to a bepth of oue mile. Then the Government will take up the work under the direction of two expert officers of the Geological survey and drill into the earth as far as human skill can peoetrate. The idea is to take the temperature and maguetio conditions as far as possis ble and by means of aa iostrumeat cou- structed for the purpose, a complete record of the progress and all discoveries made will be kept and will be placed in the Geogical Burvey exhibit at the World's fair, Mr, C. Woods Davis, who is a8 Kansss farmer and who hae devoted a good deal of time to the eiucidation of agricultural problems, bas an interesting article in the May number of the Arena on the wheat crop of the world, He undertakes to demonstrate by an array of figures that the United Btstes will not only osase Lo export wheat by the year 1805 at farthest, but that it will join the num- ber of wheat importing states. When that time arrives, according to Mr, Dae vis, the American farmer will enter upon an era of assured prosperity which will bless him and the millions who are de- pendent upon him, snd through them the rest of the country. Some people might fear that the scarcity of wheat, and the consequent high price of flour— al least double what it is now—wounld cause much suflering; but Mr. Davissays nothing of the sort is to be apprehended. —————t elite emu If the advices the Rerorren has from Harrisburg sre correct, the ncosense contained in the tax-bill will be elimina ted and a bill passed that will not be a crazy quilt. The bill as it came from the house was a ridioulons jomble that would not bave benefited the farmer, sod seemed to be the emanation of an Latest News. ‘I Toeaday a great mine strike began in Indiana. 600 miners employed by the Cable Coal Company went on a strike because of the refusal of the operators to discharge a mine foreman who had in- curred the ill-will of the men, The op- erators ordered the men discharged, and the greates t strike in the history of the Bouthern coal fietd is in progress. A strike is still probsble among the coal miners of the Pit'sburg district. The river miners will not strike but the railroad miners are anxious to go and have called a convention to meet on Thursday to decide upon the advisabili- ty of demanding an increase in wages, At Zanesville, on Tuesday, in accord~ ance with the order of the Carpenters’ Union made at a meeting, a general strike of all the building trades was made. All building work is stopped, The Baltimore and Ohio had a wreck on Taesday, in which three persons The Oth National Bank of New York looses $400,000 thro the defaleation of its President, J, T. Hill. Banks sin’t any honester than other folks. All quiet at Scottdale. No evictions whatever were forced, the operators bes ing content to forcing a resumption at plants, Forces at all the works were slightly increased and the coke shipments were heavier than they have yet been, The operators have sent for more men, who are expected at once, stmt dominican It is Taxation, Then! Sugar is to-day chespened 2 cents a voand, and from $50,000,000 to $60,000 000 of taxation remitted by the McKin- ley tariff. This is a decresss in price which will be instant, immediate and permanent.~Phiiadelphia Press: Bat, remarks the Pittsburgh Pos, you have been teaching for years that tariff is not a tax, and that it is paid by the importer and not by the consumer, And here we have you turning a complete tion,” and that its remission brings im. mediate and permanent relief to the people. Eo we conclude from the logic paid by the people. a The story published in Wednesday's pelied to retorn to his home becavse he that county because he was poor, speaks badly for the Snyder county people's hospitality, to say nothing of their hu- always willing to work in favor of mo As there ien't The widespread interest which cen'res in the buttlefield of Gettysburg bas in daced the Pennsylvania Railroad Come pany to arrange a general excursion to that point from all principal stations on its system on July 3d and 4th next. Not only the fact that this day is 8 national holiday renders the date appropriate, but it is at the same time the twenty eighth anniversary of the great battle. Ine dependaence Day is also = favorite date for the visit of veterans to the field, and there are always cerewonies of interes: to civilians as well as soldiers. On this occasion excursion tickets wi | be sold from all principal stations on the Penueylvania System on July 8d snd 4th valid for return until Jaly 6th. The rates which will pravail are exceedingly low. Round-trip tickets will be sold from New York at $5, Philadelphia at $3, Washiogton at $3, Canandaigua $7.50, Pittsburg $7.50, and at propor: ionately low figures from other stations. The regular train service will be available in most cases, but special service may also be provided, due notice of which will be lished later. ¢ The Centre Hall water company tls week began work on a new reservoir in the mountaive. The present one, built with the increased population of Centre Hall and its several new manufactories , and a new one will be built at once, los mountain on the first “be nch” where an bas been found. The new reservoir will t or lack of water ia the dry seasons, Bi A — & Lv % To be Opened May 10, The Evangelical charch in Ceatre f 1 i ill be reopened on Saaday, May 10th, — As ——— <r Admitted To The Bar. Two young men were admitted to the t “NO. 17 Additional Locals. ns — ——Babecribe for the Rerorren, ~— Bellefonte glass works closed, ~— For sale—six shoats—8, W: Smith, ~— Holt voted yes on the road bil and McCormick po. ~~ Cabinet photos $1.50 per doz. at Shaefler's gallery, Bellefonte, ~—{300rge Bushman has moved into ~{iarden work snd house.clesning —~—Cabi net photos $1.50 per dozen— ~ =-Mr, Henry Rossman, of Tossey ville, spent a short time at the RerogrTin ~——1It is just awfal—eabinet photos Mrs. Bhadie, nee Miss Sadie Bit ~The brick work of the new Luth- ~——There never was such destruction of property by mountain fires, in this ——Cabinet photos $1.50 per dozen— ~—Do you want $0 secure genuine Jewins, at the Philad, The Philadelphia boarding house ~—(G0ood shoes, at very low prices can 0 select from, He handles no shoddy — Our young friend, Charley Shiffler, ewdays in town. It is said Charley eave with one of Centre Hall's young adies, A full line of spring clothing has ow prices, Ope of the best cutters is in ~—=No shelf worn stock is thrust upon 0 constantly keep new goods, snd al ways of the latest styles and at very moderate prices, as all customers admit. "When My Ship Comes Over the Sea,” as sung by Denman Thompson's flod favor in their eyes, Harry Keller, son of Gol. D, 8, Keller, as much humor in 8 Bayder countyan as | who was chief clerk wader Ad’j. Gen. there is in a snow shovel, the boycott | Hastings, and Harry O. Quigley, a stos cannot be viewed in the light of a joke | dent from the law office of Hastings and ignorant brain. What we need is a law based upon common sense, which every farmer can understand and which will be an actual Quartette in “The Old Homestead” is t1 @ latest musical hit by the Popular Song Writer. Wie L. Troursox. Price, seventy-five cents. Pablished by Will White works, where they were joioed by a body of officers in command of Deputy Kyle. and the work of eviction com« bad for a year past been laboring to make proseiytes to their faith. The elders were warned that their lives would be forfeited if they returned. This looks like a barsh messure, bat desper- ate diseases require desperate remedies, and it is time organiged recruiting jor the twin relic was stamped oat. Prr—— Emperor William in hisorder instruct. ibg the army to go into mourning, pays the following tribute to Vou Moltke: “A friend and counsellor has been re- inoved from my side. I most deeply tnoura this irreparable loss to myself, to the army and to the Fatherland. To his Just hour the deceased enjoyed un- precedented renown by reason of his mil- itary achievements and bis services for the welfare of the Fatherland whose gratitude will never die.” A new scheme has been started in South Oil City which is called by the pariicipants the Bellamy plan, Seven families, 21 persons in all, have rented a large room and teke their meals there, Each family farnishes its own tabie, chairs, dishes, napery, eic. The secre tary and treasurer of the sociely hire a cook and table girl, purchase food and pay the bills, The expenses are pro- mated between the different members, aod it is claimed they will be able to have the best the market affords st a cost of about 15 cents per meal. I Should the bili tor the equalization of taxation, 10 reduce the burdeos resting upon the farmer, be defeated in the legs islature, the blame will rest upon some of the absurd thiogs contained in the bill, put there, evidently by heads that know as much about framing tax laws, #8 a mule does of mathematics. The en~ emies of the bill, will make these objec. tionable features an exouse for opposing the measure, and the farmer will not get what is dae him. The movopolists and corporations secretly chuckle over the impracticable features of the bili as af. fording them an excuse for ita defest. The of a just tax-law wat to amend the bill in the interest of the ag- ricaltural class, strike ont the plagued nonsense in some of the sections, lea the good remain, and then make the law menced. They were accompanied by Compacy C of the National Guards, whisk was stationed at a point in plain view of them. No serious difficulties were encountered in the morning, during which time six writs of ejectment were executed. A large crowd of strikers cons tinoaily surged round the hoose and huried epituets at the evicting party, but made no attacks. One woman, a Hoo, picked up a club and was in the set of strikiog Deputy Crawford when her has- band restrained her. Crawford threaten” ed to bring the soldiers, and ao farther trouble was experienced in that case, li once nis Compulsary Education, Ia the House the Farr Compulsory Education biil, passed fluaily by a vote of 116 to 49, there being no debate on it. Tbe bill requires that all children be- tween the ages of 8 and 12 years must attend school at least sixteen weeks in each year, unless living more than two miles from the nearest school. Failure to do #0 is punishable by fine, Assessors of each district mast tarnish the County Commissioners with a list of chilidren of school age, This list must be placed in the hands of teachers in each district, whose duty it shall be to report to the Secretary of the School Board the names of children who do not attend to co~oper- ate with the authorities in enforcing the act, by farnishing the authorities with a list of pupils under their control, AR tte. quar On the 24th fost, at the semi-annual meeting of the Philipsburg Beech Creek, aud Osceola Check Weighman's Associa tion, which bas a membership of almost 4000 miners and embraces all the mines sending their outputs over the Beech Creek Railroad, voted in favor of the eight hour law, They sent an expression of their views to the meeting of the Na- tiooal Executive board United Mine Workers of Amerioa, to be held at Co. lumbas, Ohio. The vote was practically unanimous, aod it is almost certain that unless the log operations will follow in the » relief to that tax burdened class. We must have reform in the matter of taxes tion and an equalisation that will equals ize and no ignoramus is competent to origioate such a law, AAA A TI lipo Twelve Towns Burned. The British columos advancing on Manipur, under Generals Lockhart and Turner, reached a large native settlement in the Bhagri valley. The British force baited when within sight of the settles ment, and sent scouts forward to inform the Maoipuris that the British generals were waiting proposals from the insure gent tribes. The rebels, bowever, re. fosed 10 answer this peacefal suggestion, Toe British pushed forward and burned twelve villages which bad been occupied by the rebels. The latter retreated to the hills, The British force then shelled the forts, killing and wounding large numbers of the enemy. The rebels are now believed to be completely cowed. The decision of the District Court of Louisiana io the case of the lottery com pany’s appeal, that the question of the extension of its charter ve submitted to a vote of the people, which was in favor of the company, is an indication of how the matter will be finally settled. The lottery is the great Louisiana institution and the people of that State will not be likely to cut ita life short by voting agaiost the measure. Gambling of that sort is second nature with a good many of these people; they must and will have some means of gratifying the passion and the lottery people counted upon that when a popular vote was asked. As MG SAI Hn SAAR The house on 21, pasged finally bills to prohibit the use of air guns, rifles and pistols; providing for half holidays on Saturday from June 15 to September 15 Jone’s employer's liability bill was post. pounded for the present. The compuls sory education bill was amended striking out the clause text books to be supplied at the expense of the Bate. “01d Halen bas disappeared. He lost heavily io wheat lately. If the story of the boyoott is true, it depths of inbamanity, Good Looks, Good looks are more than skin deep, depending upon s healthy condition of all the vitval organs. If the Liver be in- active, you have a Biliove Look, if your stomach be disordered you have a Dyspeptic Look and if your Kidaeys be affected you have a Principed Look, Se cure good health and you will have good looks. Electric Bitters is the great alterae tive and Tonic acts directly on these vital organs, Cares Pimples, Blotches, Boils and gives a good complexion, Sold at J, D. Marray’s Drugstore, 50c. per bot- tle, A ss HY SI The explosion of 265 tons of gumpow- der in the magazine at Pozze Pantaleo, which caused serious loss of life, created great alarm at the Vatican, All the windows of the Pope's library were brok. en, and a number of precious relics were destroyed. In addition many valuable panes of colored glass in the principal windows of St. Peter's Basilion were smashed to pieces. The handsome stained glass window over the chair of St. Peter was also broken, Shields a midget girl, only 32 inches high, was married to Professor Hedley, a man six feet one inch high. Humbert, the man without arms, gave the bride away, signing the certificate by holding the pen between his teeth. The bride. maid was Mise Nioa, the American gi- antess, who weighs 618 pounds. The best man was Captain Dallis, who is sev. en feet ten inches in height. General Metilone, twenty-nine inches high, was one of the wedding party, All were con- nected with a traveling circus going Jo —— RA The decline in the grain market, the pass fow days, line cansed a panic, Wheat and corn are down, but may rally again. Both are bright young men Painting the Exterior. Painters are at work on the exterior enn Severely Cut. On Batarday evening two young men piece of iron in the haads of the other, not seriously, Getting Ready. Garden making is already far advanced and it is a pleasant sight to see the folks manipulate the spade, the rake and the hoe, Everything is being put in first and enjoyment and the fruitful work of Fell off the Step Ladder. Miss Annie Lohr on Wednesday, fell off a step ladder, while closning house, and sprained her ankle, besides being otherwise injured, Blair a. g. The Chinese Government has notified the Government of the United States, throagh the Department of State, of its unwillingness to receive Hon, Henry W, Blair as our Minister to China. The Chinese, no doubt, knew of Blair's habit of making long speeches. meen The Fow cigarette bill, prohibitiog the ing the smoking of the same on the high. probably be promptly killed fo the we line rallroad to strike valley narrows, will cheerful news to our 1+ «das in Miles owaship, as the road will strike near - A trunk we Boirly’s Jubilee Choir.” is a8 new ~The fellow who take a newspaper we A, BOW clock has been invented by
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