VOL .LXIV. THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, - = EDITOR Governor Pattison is eclipsing all his previous veto records. Up to Saturday night he had vetoed seventysthree bills, seven on Satarday, and has several vetoes in course of preparation. No warrants are being issued from the Department of Pablic Instruction, pends ing the settlement of the controversy over the head of the department. About $1,500,000 are now due the school dis- tricts outside of Philadelphia. The sum was advanced to Philadelphia, and has been lost through Bardsley, the school year in Philadelphia ending December 31. A little too much McKinley tariff is the explanation of one of the oldest Philadelphia woolen firms for its failure on Monday. They ran three miles, em« ployed 1,800 hands, and paid out $650, 000 wages annually. They bad stood the panics and booms of 33 years, but the McKinley bill was too much for them Nine months of it closed their shops. Aud so the process of ed 1cation goes on. Now they say that Lady Brooke was the babbling brook to give away the Tranby Croft scandal, and her husband proposes to sue her for divorce, with the Prince of Wales as a corespondent. This will give the Prince another opportunity to go on the witness stand and “perjure himself like a gentleman,” a feat by no means new to him. SE Dr, Talmage thinks that “the most damaging thiog on this earth is a re- ligious controversy,” and says that “no man can ever come out of it as good as when he went in,” This is a bard hit at the religious controversialists who are shaking half a dozen or more churches to the very foundation of their creeds, but it is sea<ible nevertheless. At Toronto, Ont. last week, the Metho- dist Conference suspended Rev. James Thompson for one year, for preaching the heresy thet “there is no material hell. Mr. Thompson in his sermons express- ed the belief that there was no punish- ment for wrongdoers bat aanibilation, and that the idea that they would be punished by perpetual fire was illogical and naosupported by Sriptital testimony A London gomiper reports that the oldest son of the price of Wales, who is known as “Collars and Cuffs,” displayed the exceedingly bad taste of falling in love with a saucy American beauty. The watchful queen, his grandmother, leara- ed of the youth's infatoation, and had tha young lady excladed from the re- cent state ball in Backingham palace. The queen is certainly having a hard time of it looking after her heir and heir's beir. Bot a baccsrat scandal would be nothing compared to a fature kiog of England marrying an American girl, citing persons to unlawful acts, cons demns that cowardly preacher of anarchy to the penitentiary for one year. The penitentiary will be disgraced by Most's pressnce in it—the place is too good for the man who preaches arson, riot and bloodshed. But his incarceration may have an excellent effect in preventing other men of diseased minds and depraved ideas from following his ex- ample in this country. We have no place here for anarchists and socialists— not even in our prisons, It is annoupeed from Washington that the Federal troops will this week begin to expel the white cattlemen who have intruded upon the Indian reserve known as the Cherokee Strip. It is a rough job, but fair play requires that it shall be done. There are over 6,000 of these in« truders, nad they have over 100,000 cattle on the grazing lands from which they are to be driven, and which they have no right to occupy. They were warned against going on the Strip, but gave no heed to the warning. They were orders ed by the Interior Department to leave it last year, but they refused to obey the order. The semismilitary force, or Indian police, of the Cherokee Nation re- cently made efforts to expel them; but they stood, rifle in band, ready for the fight. Under the circumstances, it is proper to employ the services of the United States troops. The guaranteed rights of the Cherokees ought to be re« It is probable that the intruding cattle- men, when they see that further resist ance to the law must be unavailing, will drive their to Arkansas and Texas, from which States it was that they went to the Cherokee Strip, There is plenty of room in these broad States for the cattlemen and their stock, A Bquare Tariff Fight, Last week, as the readers of the Rz- PORTER are aware, the Ohio Republicans held their state convention and unanis mously nominated Col. McKinley, the father of the McKinley high tariff ‘tax bill, for governor. This makes a square fight upon the question of tariff taxes, and every other issue will be lost sight of. The Demo- crats will meet the issae upon their plat- form of lower taxes, lower prices for ars ticles from monopolist manufacturers, and against making the millionaire rich. er at the expense of the masses. In opposition to this is the McKinley policy—high tariff~taxes on all you see all you buy, all you eat and wear, sit or lie down upon, a policy to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. We are glad the issue will thus square ly be made. McKinley is an able man, but we doubt whether he has ability enough to make the people of Ohio be lieve it is good to take from the little pile of the masses and add to the over- flowing coffers of the capitalist, million~ aire and monopolist. This Ohio fight will be an interesting one and conducted on both sides with a fire and earnestness beyond the conduct of any previons campaign, and if the Democrats only preserve harmony in their ranks, Ohio will pronounce in fa. vor of lower tariff-taxes as advocated by our party, and put a quietns upon the high protective tariff shriekers, and in favor of protecting the common classes against the grinding taxation in favor of the few rich. The Democrats will most likely nomis nate Governor Camphell for reelection - The bill to grant extra pay to constables is vetoed by Gov. Pattison in the follow- ing language: “The effect of this bill is to increase the cost of executing the laws of this commonwealth by allowing to constables the sum of 50 cents per month for a monthly visit to each place within their respective jurisdiction where liquors are sold or kept, This would amount to an allowance of 86 per year to the constables for every licensed place for selling liquors in the commons wealth, It would involve a cost to the public of many thousand of dollars. The duty of visiting and reporting the condi- tions under which liquor is sold has been imposed upon the constables of the various districts of the state by the ex. isting liquor laws of the commonwealth, and I know of no just ground for publie complaint that there is any failure to perform this duty by reason of the fact that no provision is made for the pays ment therefor, I know of no district in which there is a vacancy in the office of constable, or where persons are found unwilling to take it, by reason of the omission of any such allowance as this bill makes. The constables are under control of the various courts and aresub ject to removal for misconduct or neglect of daty.” iin Oh, for the old-fashioned Howey; A new defalcation is announced als most every day. A bank president has been using the funds of a bank; a cashier has been dipping into the deposits; a teller has forgotten the distinction bets ween his own and other people's money, 2 book-keeper has kept something besides the books, and something which he ought not to have kept. All these crimes are committed in the undue hasle to amass wealth, and the soul is risked for the sake of the body, The significant question is forgotten: “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, The fruit of all this dishonesty is that unhbeppiness is brought lmme, not only to the man, but to his family. Pecuni- ary ruin brings with it under such ecir« cumstances, moral destruction and dis grace which cuts to the quick. Parents, children, brothers, sisters, friends—all suffer, How much better is old-fashion~ ed honesty? “Slow but sure” is a very safe motto. Nothing can ever compen- sate for doing that which, if known at the moment, would entail upon yon dis- honor and disgrace. Write honesty over your door; look at it the first thing you do every morning and the last every night, Abide by it, and will help you in time and in eternity. trims A I MAA One thousand farmers and taxpayers of Armstrong county have made an appea| from the auditors’ report of the receipts and expenditures, The amount involved is about $20,000, and is taken from overs charges in the commissioners’ accounts, overpayment of commonwealth accounts and illegal sherif’s fees. That's right, lot rascality be prosecuted, and public servants, state, county, township, city and ‘boro, understand that any tax-payer can bring in complaint against officials who do that which the law does not war. rant them in doing, be they Republican heelers or Democratic howlers, Woodland Coal, Two car loads Woodland coal just re- ceived at Kurtz & Son's mill, HALL. PA. The Gomstitational Convention. The constitutional convention bill which Governor Pattison signed pro- vides that, at the general election to be held on the Tuesday vext following the first Monday of November next, the duly qualified electors of this Commonwealth shall vote for or against holding a cone vention to amend the constitution aes cording to the regulations provided in the subsequent sections of the act, The other sections are as follows. The said conyention shall consist of 177 members, to be elected in the man- per following. Twenty seven members shall be elected in the State at large. Each voter of the State shall vote for not| more than eighteen candidates, and the! twenty-seven highest in vote shall bel declared elected. One hundred and fifty| delegates shall be apportioned to and| elected from the different senatorial dis tricts of the State; three delegates to be elected for each senator therefrom; and! in choosing said delegates each voter! shall be entitled to vote for not more than two of the members to be chosen| from each senatorial district; and the! three candidates highest in vote shall be! declared elected; and said delegates shall possess the qualifications at present required for members of the State Sen-| ale, - The World's Great City, The population of London, according to the census of 1891, is 5633330, This is “Creater london,” including the subs urban districts, the metropolis being divided into an “inner ring” and an “outer ring,” which latter includes 1,422 - 000 suburban residents, London in 1571 had 3,885,641, and in 1581 4 866 661. The growth of London during the last decade has been at the rate of 18 per cent, while| that of New York is 25 per cent, bat] New York's suburbs have grown at a 42 per cent, London now contains more people than there are in Ireland by 927,000.) Its population only falls 364,000 below! that of the State of New York, and ex- ceeds that of Pennsylvania 375,000, is the greatest city the world bas ever seen, Paris comes next with 2.344 550 in ings were added to its population wonld rank after London. municipal census, correcting have 2.564,700, outside world that pass the million line, besides London and Paris, are Canton 1, 600,000, Vienna 1,300,000 Berlin 1,315,000 Tokio, Japan, 1,165 000 and St. burg with about 1,000,000. Ia the Uni- ted States the cities that exceed a milly ion are New York, Chieago and Phila delphia, There are ten cities In the world that pass the million line, and the United States is the only country that has more than one cily in excess of a million, Jorter's, The Patriot says the governor disap- proves of Senator Meek’s bill, which proposes to impose a per capita tax of §3 upon all unnaturalized male residents of the state who own no real estate or oths er taxable property valued for taxable purposes at or above $200, and situated in the county in which they reside or are employed. The governor holds that the bill embodies an unconstitutional discrimination, and that the section res quiring employers to inquire into the nativity of their employees and collect the tax from them is delegating the coms monwealth’s tax levying and taxecollect- ing powers to a host of private individs uals. These are identically the same reasons given by the RerorrEr, when the bill was introduced, that it was uneonstitu- tional and also made private individuals tax-collectors in the face of the constic tuted officers, The latest illustration of the way the people are benefited by the high tariff law and its enforcement is afforded by the decision in the Philadelphia hat trimmings case, notes the New York Hareld, A duty of 50 per cent, was] levied by the castoms authorities on the class of goods in goods in question when the law, as it is now found, authorizes only 20 per cent. The result is that the differ. ence will have to be refanded by the government, assuming that the decision just rendered will be sustained by the United States supreme court. The ams ount to be thus paid back is estimated at from twenty to thirty million dollars. This vast sum came out of the people who brought and used the articles taxed. But it will not be restored to them. It will go into the pockets of the i mporters to whom it will be clear gain, That is characteristic of protection. The burdens fall upon the many and the advantages go to the few. == A fall line of spring clothing has been received at the Philad. Branch, Bellefonte, and oan be purchased at very low prices, One of the best cutters is in Not The Man, Just as we predicted last week, the Wisconsin Wilson, was a fraud, and the county has simply been imposed upon again in a wild goose chase. Any one reading the account of the fellow report. ed to be in the Madison jail, would have seen the absurdity as to its being the es caped murderer Wilson—because Wilson would not give himself away in that manner and talk about his being wanted at Bellefonte for the murder of Water house, and the like. It is a shame for the county that any one should place credence on so thin a story—too thin even for first-class hotel soup, It was {just as absurd to think that a sharp {criminal like Wilson would remain in {our vicinity after his escape, 80 near as | Milton, Panxsutawney, Dabois &e. Bat the county pays for nice pleasure trips, notwithstanding. We suppose if some scare crow in a Bald Eagle valley corn field were reported as being Wilson, a pian ——— A quarrel over five cents cost a fellow [$10.04, out in Fayette county. A.W. Gans, a wealthy farmer of Mor- ris cross roads, hired William Ganre to do some work for him. When they came to settle Ganre claimed that Gans owed him five cents more than he was paid. A quarrel ensued, and Gans chased his former hired man out of the yard with a hatchet, (Gianre then stood in the middle of the highway and began to call his former employer bad names. Mr Gans pulled out a pencil and paper and busied him self with taking down verbatim the epithets and oaths which were thus buri- ed at him. (ianre, spurrel on by this apparent appreciation of his ability, swore worse than ever. After he was through, the old farmer mounted his horse and hast- rode four miles to "Bqnire Cogley’s where he made an information against Gaore for using profane language, Ganre | was arrested and fined $10.04, leaving {him just one cent for his week's work, A ———— The bill appropriating $150,060 to State College has been signed by Governor This will be pleasing news to the friends of the institution and to Dr, Atherton, who has labored untiringly, made rapid strides, building up a repus ‘of its friends. The Dr. will now see his and place it in the front rank of American colleges—he has proven himself the right man in the right place, with no mistake at his door, as yet, Torturing a Witness. The object of a trial is presumed to be to elicit material truth, When that pur. pose is achieved the court should sternly rebuke any tendency on the part of a lawyer simply to harrow the feelings of a witvess. No doubt lawyers are somes times chosen for that very purpose. A person, disappointed in a sinister object, or whom the adverse party has refased to buy off, may conclude to bring as much disgrace as possible upon the adverse witnesses, entirely irrespective of the merits of the case. No reputable lawyer would lend himsel!l to such debasement, When the bills are footed up for the dozen or more Wilson wild goose chases, the tax. payers of the county can make up their minds that there is a weakness somewhere, We would follow Wilson to Mexico if he could be arrested there, but the trips that have been made were upon such anplausible grounds, that our county will soon be a laughing stock over the way it is hoaxed. In mot one trip that has been made afisr Wilson was there justifiable ground for belief that it was the right chap. Another Pest. A Worse pest than the Colorado beetle has attacked early potatoes, causing the vines to wither and die. The new pest is in the shape of a very small flea, and it attacks the vine on the under side of the leaf. In many places the crops have been entirely ruined by them, (300d shoes, at very low prices can be found at A. C. Mingle's shoe store, Bellefonte, and a very large assortment to select from. He handles no shoddy goods and fall return guaranteed. «eA verdant postmaster in the north. ern part of this county who intercepted a love letter from a young man to his best girl, did so because he understood mars riage to be a lottery, and all such letters were forbidden to pass through his of the employ of Lewins and a perfect fit guaranteed. The Columbian Express vinP. R, BR, The new fast train to Chicago by the Pennsylvania Railroad, which entered the service on June 7th as the Chicago Special, has been rechristened “The Cos lumbian Express’ in honor of the great fair, In bestowing this title on the new train, the Pennsylvania Railroad Comes pany has taken the initiative among the railroads in recognizing ihe merits of the World's Exposition by providing special facilities for the comfortable and speedy movement of visitors, The train is par. ticularly worthy of bearing the honored title. It is the ripest example of train construction, as it contains accommoda- tiong for those who desire luxurious apartments as well as for those who seek the comforts of a well-appointed passeng- er coach, The Pullman drawing-room sleeping and dining cars and its cheery passenger cMches, are all vestibuled. The Columbian Express leaves New York 4.00 P, M., Philadelphia 6.25 P. M, Harrisburg 9.30 P. M,, every day, arrive ing at Chicago 5.15 P. M. the next day. - Festival at Green Grove. The Green Grove Evangelical Sanday school will hold a festival in Bloom's grove on Saturday afternoon and evens ing, June 27th. Ice cream,cakes lemons ade, bananas and other delicacies will be for sale. The Spring Mills Bocial or- chestra, under the direction of Prof. J. F. Rearick, will enliven the occasion in the evening. Prof. C. C, Bartgus, the res nowned violinist, will also be present and will render some of Lis favorite vioe lin solos, The public is cordially invits ed to attend. Proceeds for the benefit of the church. -———- Bay a Home. Too many, selfish in the extreme, are envious of their neighbor's prosperity, and hence they potronize foreign estab- lishments for everything they need rath- er than buy a home and thus help their own town. Articles that are bought elsewhere are almost always no better or cheaper than those offered by home dealers, The shortaigtedness of such persons does not permit them to see that their interests are identified with those with whom they are continually coming in contact in the every day affairs of life. — i - Banquetted at the Fort On Fridey evening a crowd of State College boys, composing some secret or- der at that institution, held a banquet at Ordenkirk’s hotel, at the Old Fort. They were about thirty in number and arrived about eight o'clock, in two large hacks, heralding their arrival a noise much re- sembling thunder. Mr, Odenkirk had prepared a great feast for them and they soon fell to work knocking it out. The toasts and songs were immense, They departed for the College about twelve o'clock. A A MS Butter for Fresh Milk H. P. Armsby, director of the State College Experiment Station, writes that the Butter Extract, the new machine for making butter directly from fresh milk is now run regularly at the station on Mondays, Wednesdays snd Saturdays at 10a. m. Any one desiring to see the machine in operation will be welcome. Visitors from a distance should buy tickets to Lemont. A stage connects with all trains, lil inion Camp Moeting. This year the Evangelical Association, embracing Penns and Brushvalleys will hold their annual campmeeting in the grove near Penn's Cave. The location is in the woods east of Long Bros. saw mill where the surroundings are suitable for such a gathering. The time of pitching camp will be about the 5th of August next, Seriously Il. vi. William Bradford and Davi Bradford, father and son, st the Old Fort, were taken seriously ill on Sunday, last, with hemorrhages, but at the pres. ent writing show slight signs of improves ment for the better in their condition. Both have lost a large amount of blood and are necessarily weak, We hope for their early recovery. rit ———n Children's Day. Sunday, July 5th, will be observed as Childrens Day in the Lutheran church at Centre Hall. A specially prepared program will be rendered on this occas gion by the members of the Sunday school and will be appropriate to the oo casion, The services will be held in the main audience room in the afternoon of the day designated. Will be Absent, No services will be held in the Luth- eran church on Bunday evening next, on account of the absence of the pastor, Rev. Fischer, who will fill the pulpit of churches, ssn AG" A] Good Corn Crop, Much apprehension was felt for a good crop of corn in the spring, on account of the drouth which prevailed at the time and the lateness at which it was planted, but the weather for some time past has been very propitious for the crop and from appearances a large yield will be the result. Corn fields are looking fine and corn growing rapidiy, and the far mers are happy. - How They Bolved It. A letter was received at the Williams- port post office last week, from Gray's ian, Pa., bearing the following inscrip~ tion : “My, Bte F. Czayka, Jzy Misiosyta, Go Lembiya Kontry, Pa,” It was ac- knowledged by the clerks to be a sticker al first, but at last one of the clerks sue ceeded in solving the riddle, the proper addrees being-—Mr I8teve Czayka, Jami- son Outy, ¢ Columbia County, Pa > To Light Their Tracks. A report has gained currency to the eflect that the Pennsylvania railway company is preparing to establish elec- tric light plants, by which the whole line of road will be illuminated, tions and towns will be lighted first be- fore work on the line is commenced. It is not likely the linemen will get as far up as Centre Hall this year, mieten — Baccalaureate Sermon Bta~ The Baccalaureate sermon at the Penusylvania Btate College will be de- livered next Bunday, the 28th, by the Rev. Geo, W. Chamberlain, of Brazil The hour is changed this year, and the sermon will be delivered at 10.30 a. m. tice Sociable, A sociable will be held at the resi- dence of Mr, James Stahl, this evening, Thursday. Ice cream, cake, bananas and strawberries will be served. All are invited to attend, Proceeds for benefit of Lutheran church. - A Bimple Incubator. A Williamsport man used two pillows, between which be placed eggs. as an in- cubator, with good results. The pillows were placed in the garret, where they could get the heat of the sun, and in five days eleven out of twelve eggs produced a duckling. i ——— IT A] OIA 1 Quite Handsome, Everyone so far who has seen the new porch erected at the fc ure residence of Mr. Harry Kreamer, greatly admires it, and thinks it quite handsome and pret- tiest in town. It is quite large, extend~ ing the entire front and side of the house, They can well feel proud of it. tp Cut Them Down. There is a large patch of Canada this. tles in the yard adjoining the Presbytes rian church, which are about going to seed and spread broad cast over the land. Cut thems down and vse some means for exterminating he post, Can't Get Ba A. 0, Deininger, who was committed to jail some time ago on the chalge of embezzlement, was released Saturday onan order from court provided he could furnish $600 bail, After a fruit less search Mr. Deininger was remanded, having failed to get bondemen —W ili- iamsport Sun, Appointed Postmaster, From a dispatch we learn that our young merchant friend Jacob R, Bible, of Potters Mills, has been appointed posts master of that town, A good appoint- ment. Dr. J. R. Gast will be in Centre Hall next Tuesday, Lemont Wednesday, and Spring Mills Thursday. ~=Do you want to secure genuine ing goods? Lewins, at the Philad. ranch, Bellefonte, gan save you consids erable money. «No shelf worn stock is thrust 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 costomers admi weeM. 8, Derstine, of Lewistown, spent Sunday with his parents in this place. He was accompanied by his wife, Mike, or Shaffer as he is called over there, ia conducting his brother Charles’ sum of money, in a coat, by the the brother, or a boarder, or else. He is working all the counties, He may ful ——Subacribe for the Reroxtsm, ibis barony, 40. be on the |
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