VOL .LXIV.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR
To all intents and purposes, Quay still
has control of Lis party’s machive in
this state,
Rassell Harrison says his pop is not
anxious for a reelection. Then the old
man is in perfect accord with the people
upon that subject.
The Lewisburg News raves iremen-
donsly over the new judicial apportions
men!, which makes Union and Soyder
a district aud ensures the reselection of
Judge Buches.
The judicial apportionment bill passed
the legislatore. lt makes a district of
Union and Snyder, adds Mifflin to Hunt
ingdon and forms a reparate district of
Centre.
Ex-Senator Delamater, afier his pri
vate affairs are settled up at Meadville,
expects to move to the new state of
Washington, where he will begin life
anew.
“Representative Ritter, of Union coun
ty, has taken a tumble, He has gotten
himself mixed ap io the scandal’ cm the
insurance bill. Auotber evidence that
mean—statesmen particularly —shouldn’t
loaf in‘ bar-room.” So says the Milton
Standard. .
A bill has passed both houses requir
ing retail liquor dealers in cities of the
first and second class to pay a license of
one thousand dollars a year; in cities of
the third class, five hundred doliars a
year; those residing m boroughs, one
hundred and fifty, and in townships,
seventy-five dollars,
flag of the Ufiited States will contain
forty f ur stars. Wyoming was not ads
mitted until after Jaly 4th of lsst year,
and the United States law prescribed
that the star for a new state shall be ad-
ded to the flag the next fourth of July
following its admission.
The new apportionment bill, if signed
by the governor, constitutes Centre coun-
ty a judicial district by itself, We
wonld then only have a president jadge
and no associates. Whether the county
can survive the dismissal of its honored
associates, can only be solved by the
misty fat re,
Secretary Blaine having the gout
should try 8 powswow doctor, or, as the
Pennsylvania German calls it, braucha.
The Courier Journal suggests that Mr,
Blaine carry a buckeye in his pocket,
The snggestion is a good one, He might
also tiea red flanoel string around his
wrist and rab his j'ints with black snake
oil.
The farmers aod taxpayers of Arm-
et-ong county have made an appeal from
the auditor's report of the receipts and
expenditures of that county for the year
1800, The petition cootains over 1.000
vames, The amount involved is about
$20,000, and is takea from overcharges
in the commissioners’ accounta, over
payment of Commonweatlh accounts,
aud illegal sberifl’s foes,
Senator Taggart, granger, at the last
moment jumped the granger tax bill as
clean as 8 deer woulda two foot fence.
Brother Taggartis s leading granger,
and was so stiff for the granger bill all
along, that it was supposed he would
never flinch, but at the list whack he
went right over to the Boyer bill, Grane
ger Taggart, like a few other leading
grangers, is human, and has weaknesses
just where backbone shou'd be in abune
dance, apd we have a clear proof here
that some of the fellows who are bellow
ing “farmer,” “farmer” are frands.
A Republican paper ia Chicago de~
clares that “abundant showers of McKin-
lay rain have fallen throughout several
Western states” aad adda: “With so
extra crop of wheat and corn sold at the
best prices had iu ten years, the g. o. p.
will be in pretty good shape again, thank
you.” Tbismay be intended as a joke,
Bat the idea of connecting Providence
with a bill that makes the struggle for a
comfortable livelihood harder for the poor
is rank blasphemy none the less.
The Chicago Herald notices that by
one of the various devices worked into
the texture of the woolen shedule:
“Congress, without knowing it, trans
ferred common goat's hair from the free
to the dutiable list and subjected it to a
tax equal to about 300 per cent,” It
would be a droll outcome if the Ameris
can goat, grown bloated by his puree.
proud station, would turn up his beard
derisively at the tinware diet of his lows
ly days, to the futare distraction of the
infant tin market,
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CENTRE
New Election Law,
The new election law changes, the
date at wich the assessment should
hegin from Angust 1 to Mey 1, provides
for the original assessment one month
earlier than under the old law instead of
two months later, With this exception
the law is as stated in The Times and
provides a new and original assessment
of voters twice in each year, beginning
with the first Mondays of May and De-
cember.
The bill has been signed by the Gover-
nor and the Secretary of the Common-
wealth hes issued instructions to the
County Commissioners that the assess-
ment must be made under the new law
this year, as it goes into effcet before
June 1. This will probably delay the
assessment somewhat, as new books
will have to be prepared for the use of
the Assessors. There will be ampie time,
however, to make the assessment under
the new law aod exbibit the lists at the
polling places before the date at which
the Assessor must sit to make final cory
rections
The distinctive feature of the new law
is the new aod original assessment every
year. The names are to be entered on
the hat in the order in which the houses
wre vigited, and tbe gqnalified electors are
to be grouped by houses, streets, alleys
and courts, That is to say, all the voters
in one house must appear in a group by
themselves and the houses must be
grouped by streets, alleys and courts, so
that it will be possible to find the num-
ber and names of voters in any given
house or streeis in a precinct without
going through an alphabetical list to pick
them out.
This will wipe off at once from the
Assessors’ lists the dead and removed
voters that have been carried from year
to year in some of our city precincts. It
is probable that the list of voters in
Philadelphia will shrink several thoas,
and, The new act will farther simplify
the work of hunting up fictitions pumes
ifany are placed on the lista by dis
honest Assessors. A large measure of
electoral reform should resalt from this
law if the people take interest enough in
honest elections to see it carefally ens
forced.
BE ll pn
Quay vs. Harrison,
The New York Wofld prints the fol.
lowing dispatch from Pittsburg:
Oa being told of Quay’s Heniai Senator
Rutan at once furnished the following:
“I am entirely responsible for what |
said at Harrisburg—muoch more than the
Senator in nine-tenths of his interviews.
What I stated in my interview was told
me by Senator (Quay in his own house
three weeks ago last Tuesday evening
It was not sought by me, and no seal of
confidence was placed upon my lips. He
said just what I gaid be did and in addi.
tion, said that Harrison even made clerks
ont of his Cabiget officers, and they were
simply there to register his decree—a
fact well known in Waghington, Mr,
Quay eaid he desired to secure a re.
nomination delegation from sang ivan
ia for Blaine, and, if necessary, alljourn
the Nationa! Convention before Blaine
would be heard from to decline. In the
event of his failing he was for Alger, .
“Senator Quay said that Harrison had
more political brains and less political
sense than apy political man he knew of
in the country. I have known Mr, Qaa
for more than thirty-three years, a
portion of the time intimately, and I can
only account for his departure from the
truth in this matter by the fact that heis
growing old and his memory is failing
him, He and I were brought up in the
Presbyterian faith and taught that truth
and honesty were the greatest of virtues,
and hence my great surprise at his denial
of my statements.”
It Governor Pattison approves the
judical apportionment bill it will throw
Rufus C. Elder out of the contest for
Judge in the Union District. Mr. Elder
lives in Mifflin County, and bad practic.
ally secured the Republican nomipation
having carried Union County and being
assured of his own. Bat Mifflin Connty
is wet off by the new apportionment,
evidently for the parposs of getting Mr,
Elder out of Judge Bucher's way. The
Republicans of the Ualon-Sayder Dis
triot are now turning to another candi”
date. .
There is such strong opposition to the
renomiostion of Judge Rockefeller
among the Republicans of Northumber-
land Couaty that there is a great deal of
doubt at this time whether he will be a
candidate or not, If he should conclude
to run he will probably have a hard pre.
liminary fight to make. Several pro.
minent Republican members of the
Northumberland bar are spoken of as
probable candidates, among them being
W.H, M, Oram, W, H. Hackenburg, and
ex-Congressman Bound, The nomina.
tion will not be made until September.
wmDg you waht 10 secure genuine
bargaios in clothing and gent's furnish
ing goods? Lewins, at the Philad,
Branch, Bellefonte, can save you consids
PA.
Poor Italy.
The London Times correspondent at
Rome reviews both the financial and the
political situation of the Italian kingdom,
He comes toc the conclusion that cons
stitationalism in Italy is becoming grad~
uaily reduced to a degraded state, and
that the Italian provinces and communes
are preying apon the state and slowly
driving it into bankruptcy. The sentis
ments of patriotic covstancy and devo-
tion which from 1820 to 1870 won the
admiration of liberal Europe is, says the
correspondent, giving way to the im-
pulses of miserable personal ambition
and to indifference to the national vital-
ity. The government, he eoctinues, has
lost all control of the chamber of de-
puties and its members support or do
not support the government's measure,
as fancy takes them. The deputies inter
pellate the government without regard
to the position of the ministry, which
has been unable for some time past to
gather a goorum together even on a
question possibly involving the fate of
the ministry.
It a crisis was to result in dissolution
of the chamber, with the party of the
right in power, the Boman Catholic vote
would most probably be relieved of the
nonsexpedit, or virtual probibition from
voting for members of the chamber, and
this would increase the strength of the!
ministry. What this unknown element
in Italian politics may be is a problem of
the highest importance to Italy. Its ex-
ercise of the franchise, it is thouzht will
imply certain concessions to the vatican.
The correspondent also says that
Italian editoral comments on education,
law and order, Italian enterprise, the
main wants of Italy, the intersational
complications growing ont of the NeW
Orleans affair, the Mala Vita trials, the
flood of Italian emigration setting
towards North and South America from
lands scqntily peopled, although among
the most fertile on the globe, the scasti
ness of the woods, the ravages of the
floods, the malaria and the paltry politi.
cal intrigues by which the cabinets are
made and unmade, sll testify to the
blots which exist on the national stands
ard aud which require speedy effaces
ment.
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What Is In It?
The Pellefonte News, Republican, and
the Gazelle, whose politica is the same,
bat anything for gain, are having a tilt
pow, aud the News charges that the Ga.
setie labored to defeat one of the Repubn
lican candidates for commissioner. If
| there was such a coalition, who were par.
ties to it? The News should speak out
plainly, even Democrats are interested
in getting information upon the subject
aad so are some Republicans, Will the
News tell whether the bargain was to
give Jim Strohm a big say in the office
and allow him the “casting” vote? Let
us have the facts, Mr, News.
Was the abusive Gasbte to be taken in
a4 a pet, under a Democratic board” was
that a part of the bargain?
Tell it all—was there an express or im
plied bargain that the Gaseelr was to
have some pap? Of course Mr.
Strohm is not to blame for any el-
bow room that is allowed him, in this
matter. Under the late Republican
board of commissioners every possible
cent was denied the Democratic papers,
hence jt is getting to seem queer to ma-
ny Democrats why the paper that favors
ed such a policy should receive so much
consideration.
acim fn A sss
The exposure of the rottenness among
the bank officials of Philadelphia is start~
ling, and is a sad commentary on the
honesty of the present generation of fi-
nanciers. Its effect will be to engender
distrust of the national banking system,
which should have the safeguard of gov.
ernmental supervision to protect the peo-
ple from robbery, but which appears to
be almost as recklessly conducted in
Philadelphia as the old ‘‘wild cat” banks
were. Bardsley, Marsh, Kennedy and
the host of Philadelphia financiers who
have looted the funds entrusted to them
have possibly followed the example set
by the late congress, which, in a spirit of
recklessness, bankrupted the national
treasury and laid the foundation of a
debt that cannot be wiped out in a quar.
ter of a century,
The moral of this whole business is
that the politicians of the state and na-
tion have about to the end of their
string, and the ple—the tax-payers
whose money bas been so recklessly
squandered by the tools who are set up
in power by the bosses~must soon take
Again, the Treasury Ring
It is not improbable that the State
will lose a million of dollars by the thisy
ing operations of the late Republican
{treasurer of Philadelphia. At all events
it wiil be involved in costly and pro-
tracted litigation with the city of Philad«
elphia to determine responsibility for
the missing money—and whether the
loss falls on the cily or the Comiwson
wealth, Nor is this all. The thieving
treasurer is not alone to blame, as it ap«
pears he was allowed to retain this large
sum of State money at his disposition, on
which he was getting interest at the rate
of four per cent, which be insisted
should be paid him monthly, through
the negligence of the auditor general of
the State, who paid no attention to the
planiest provisions of law, repeated
warnings and the actual presence of dan-
ger. The Philadelphia Record states the
situation :
It is clear that, through disregard and
disobedience of the law by Aunditor Gen-
eral McCamant, the control of the Com-
moowealth over $1,000,000 in the hands
of County Treasurer Bardsley bas bees
lost, and State and city have been placed
in a position so autagonistic that costly
and protracted litigation must follow
Auditor General McCamant is not so
blind that he conld not see that a county
treasurer holding $1,000,000 of State
money was more than derelict who fail-
ed to make returns us required by law,
Ibe opportunity to pay taxes of 1880
with mooey collected in 1800, and to pay
taxes for 1800 with money obtained in
1891, grew out of defanit at Harrisburg
tantamount to deliberate arrangement,
fs A oat ———
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ing to slake that thirst, they will get
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From the Christic ord, Beading Pa.
Iv Clesrfield county there is going to
be an interesting trial in the case of the
sheriff and Mr. Mersh of Lock Haven,
providing a compromise is not reached
before the case gets into court. One day
last week, while there were forest fires
in this vicinity, Sheriff McClosky sold
some Jumber in the eastern part of the
county, which was bid in by Mr, Marsh
for $11,000. Within twelve hours of the
sale every foot of the lumber was de
stroyed by fire. Mr. Marsh claims that
no property was delivered to him: the
sheriff claims Marsh bought it; while the
creditors for whose benefit the lumber
no matter who pays the bill,
wee Contrary lo the general rum, we are
busy, why ? Good goods al very low prices,
a hand in taking care of the Bardsley's
dishonesty which have come to money
which they pay into the state tressury,
light in the state, in which the men who
Shatactur of the sen whom they ssieei:
The Delaware peach crop is reported
Challis, 5,6, and 8 cents, Lace curtaing
95 cents up. More styles than ever,
Ginghams from © cents up, their 10 cent
dress styles are beautiful. We are in the
race to please and we doing it, Owr
for your
inopection at the
Worse and More of it.
The evidence against the Kennedys in
the Spring Carden National Bank at
Philadelphia, is of the most damning
character,
They seem to have resorted to the
most anblashing methods to rob the ins
stitution falsifying the books themselves
and causing false entries to be made by
the employes.
They “borrowed” money without se.
curity, and loaded the bank np with
paper they knew to be worthless,
As to the directors, they seem to have
been a set of wooden-~heads who accepts
ed the statements of the President and
Cashier without question, and gave them
every opportanity to rob the insitation.
No punishemt provided by law is
severe enough for such crimes us the
Kennedys committed,
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There seems to be a mystery connect
ed with the great lakes. Lake Erie is 60
feet deep, while Ontario is almost 600,
being 230 feet below the tide wave of the
ocean. The discharge through the Des
troit river, after allowing for evaporation
does not seem to be equal to the guantis
ty received into the upper lakes. What
becomes of the water? It has been con-
jectured that a subterranean river may
run from Lake Superior by way of the
Haron to Ootario. This conjecture is
pot impossible, and accounts for the sin-
gular fact that salmon and herring are
caught in all the lakes communicating
with the St, Lawrence river, but in mo
other,
—
Thirty freebooters wrecked a train on
Bunday, between Constantinople and
Adrianople, terrorized and robbed most
of the passengers, and marched four of
the wealthiest off to the mountains.
These captives were Germans, and the
bandits demanded $40,000 as the price of
their ransom. As the easiest way out of
the difficulty, the German Chancellor
telegraphed to the German Minister at
Constantinople to pay the money. The
Ambassador knows the Turkish Govern
ment will reimburse the ransom, as it
no doudt should.
A government which does not sup-
press such bands of robbers ought to pay
for the luxury of their possession,
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The Bupreme Court, decided against
the Delamaters’ application for a con.
tinuance, and announced that the case
would be heard in its order. The Com-
monwealth’s counsel deny the truth of
the allegations of undue prejudice in
Crawford County, “The fair and impare
tial trial the Delamaters wast.” Com-
monwealth counsel say, is “one where
they can be assured in advance of an ac
quittal. Indeed, it is more than suspect-
ed that they do not want a trial at all,
of any kind, anywhere, It is believed
they desire to avail themeelves of they
removal of their cases, for the reasons
given by Judge Black in his record for
50 years, in which not one resulted in
conviction and nine out of ten have not
been tried.”
Speaking of the Keystone bank wreck
and the enormous defaication of the city
treasurer, the Philadelphia Ledger says:
“Throughout the whole of it, ia the
practic of both city and State, the de”
minatiog principle seetns to have been
that the city and State funds sbould be
80 placed—should be so held as to do
the most good—not to the tax-payers—
not to the State as & corporation —not to
the city as a Commonwealth—not to the
people at large, but the most good to
some chosen officer or to the friends, or
the particular political and personal
clique of some chosen officer, That soch
has been dominant idea and the prevails
ing practice has been well understood for
years and years as the way to the city hall
or the State capitol.” In one brief word
the whole situation is summed up: It is
the ripened fruit of Quayism.
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The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott preached
at Plymouth church on “The Two Thes
ologies.” He characterized the old as
the belief that God was outside of man,
the new as the belief that He was in man
He denied that Bible was either inerrant
or infallible. It was a mixture of the
human and divine, and its glory was,
that it showed God and man to be of the
same essential nature. He found no
fault with the old theology and was sor.
ry that some others did. It was a sep
to the temple. Btill, while he honored
the steps and was glad to have traversed
them, he was unhesitatiog in his a
that be would not turn back. 2
ee
Ex-Senator Wallace negotiated a lease
to the Berwind- White company, of Phila-
delphis, of a large body of ooal lands, the
royalty from which will go very far to-
also been successtal in getting the Penns
sylvania railroad company to construct
A SO
Additional Locals.
~—Bubrcribe for the Berorren,
~—A heavy rain storm passed closely
by us last evening.
~—Mr, William Kurtz, of Berlin, Pa :
is visiting his parents, in this place,
~Mrs, John Mullen aod children,
of Benova, are vikiting friends ia town,
Plasterers are engaged at work on
Will Runkle's new house at the station,
~~ Cabinet photos $1.50 per doz at
Bhaeffer's gallery, Bellefonte,
~~ From the present outlook the
crop of wheat will be very good in the
valley.
—A bag piper with bis mnsical in
stroment made his appearance in town
this week,
we Wanted —Help in the house on a
farm. Men assist in milking. First
class wages. Box 900, Centre Hall, Pa.
~Communion services will be held
at Centre Hill on Sanday, June Tth, at
10.30 a. m, Preparatory service Saturday
morning.
~ Robert Dippery,a railroad brakes
man on the Bunbury road, swallowed a
lizzard while taking a drink from a water
plug one evening last week §He prompt
ly disorged it by putting his fioger
down his throat.
~No shell worn stock is thrast upon
customers at A. C. Mingle’s shoe store,
Bellefonte. His large trade enables him
to constantly keep new goods, and ale
ways of the latest styles and at very
moderate prices, as all customers admit.
~The Presbyterian lawn fete on
Saturday evening was quite s success
financially. It was held on the lawn of
the parsonage, which was handsomely
adorned with Chinese lanterns. The
proceeds are towards the completion of
their church,
J, B, Mayes & Co., of the Housers
ville marble works are pushing their
busine:s right along. Persons wanting
Marble or Granite work shou d write to
them for particulars. They handle the
very best material at prices that will as-
tonish you, 7jun4t
A Williamsport woman whose huss
band neglected to support his family
went to his employer and procured a
dollar, When the fellow learned this
he attacked his wife with the butcher
knife and threatened to kill her unless
she retu rned the money. She gave it to
him sand then very properly had him
landed in jail, where he should be kept
all summer,
~~=Mr. J. N, Burkholder, of Casstown,
Miami Couaty, O., arrived here on Mons
day morning. Mr, Burkbolder is a na
tive of this section and lef: these parts
for the west about twenty-five years ago
and has met with very good success,
He was accompanied by Mrs, Burkholder
and will remain in this section for some
time. They are cn a tour through the
east and have been down in Maryland,
- =A recent census of Johnstown,
which www w clodes the various boroughs
which were sw. the flood, shows
that there bas bo. uu au oo increase of
1,258 souls, notwithstenu.uyg the loss of
1880. Moreover, the town has been subs
stantially rebuilt, seven new churches
indicating the growth of the place in
buildings of all kinds. One of the cons
spicuous new features of the city is the
bospital built as a memorial out of the
surplus of fands contributed for the re.
lief of the inhabitants,
~j cablegram was received by Mr
Duncan, from Brazil, on the 23rd inst.,
sunouncing the desih, by yellow fever,
of James D, Wilson, son of Rev. James
D. Wilson, dec'd.’ so well snd favorably
known in this vicinity. It seems that
young Mr. Wilson had gone to Brazil to
engage in the electric business, and had
been there but sleven days when the fa.
tal disease claimed him as ils victim,
Mr. Wilson was only about twenty years
of age, and a youth of nnusaal brightness
and activity.
— An exchange pertinentiy remarks:
A country editor is one who reads news-
papers, writes on any subject, sticks
type, folds papers, makes up mails, runs
errands, saws wood, works in the garden
is blamed for a thousand things he nev
er thought of, works bard all day, is sub.
The P. & R. company has ordered
100 locomotives of warious sizes and
classes from Baldwin's, to delivered next
fall, The order, it is said, was given on