VOL. LXV.
ra failed last week, Next!
meni fp i el
erats have endorsed Cleveland for
president.
ig
The Farmers Alliance congressmen,
all but Jerry Simpson and two others,
have concluded to act with the Demo-
erats.
pt a
The RerorTER and secretary Blaine
were about the only two who did not
loode their heads in the “war with
Chili.”
Wy
On Sanday last a brutal attack was
made, both in London and Paris upon
the parading Salvation army, of which
a number were injured.
we f—— ry
While President Harrison's war-like
message was on its way to congress
Chili's apology and assurances of
friendship towards our government
were on the way to Washington.
Harrison seemed a little too eager for
a fray notwithstanding the warnings
of Blaine that he had better wait afew
days.
A pant
“Senator Quay only seeks to vindi-
cate his character,” remarks a Repub-
lican exchange, speaking of the recent
libel suits Quay has won. The New
York World made a more damaging
statement against our senator and with
it invited him to sue them for libel but
he has not and dare not.
a third
Our esteemed neighbor, the
News, is fretting for fear the
finances under Democratic
Daily
county
manage-
people. Our vigilant contemporary
has an opportunity this week, to study
the report and he will learn from it
that Democratic housekeeping
been quite a good thing for
tax-payer compared with the
work of the late Henderson machine.
tl
Editor Lambert, of the Philadel]
£
as
hia
er, spent Sunday last with General
Hastings at
Does this mean there is something
the wind ? At these kind of
is always more than eat
Still we guess these leaders only
up into Centre county to get
square meal once.
residence,
in
sits it
his Bellefonte
and smoke
came
a clean,
- Wc Ay
The financial statement of the
ty commissioners shows a balance
favor of the county of $651 33.
to run about $30,000 the othe
and we congratulate the tax-payers up-
This
ap
i
way,
on this creditable showing. bal-
ance of
43 of accounts from former years paid
during 1891, and would be an
showing of £14,216.,76 for
present board.
ahead the
Wy
The secretary of war transmitted
the senate a statement showing the
military foree of the United States, or-
ganized and unorganized, according to
the latest returns received at the office |
of the adjutant general of the army.
The abstract shows the total number of |
enlisted men is 191,821, commanded |
by 8,879 commissioned officers besides |
1,248 staff officers, making a total ag
service. The number of men available
for military duty organized is 8,567,258,
Post Master Field, of Philadelphia,
a very good man, was wanted by Har-
rison and Wannamaker to run the
Philadelphia postoffice in favor of ma-
chine politics. Mr. Field thought the
office should be run in the interest of
the business men of Philadelphia, and
as that course did not suit the Presi-
Field has handed in his resignation
in disgust. The new postmaster of
Philadelphia will no doubt run the of-
fice to advance machine polities,
tates
Spurgeon, the world renowned Lon-
don preacher, died last Sunday night.
For nearly nine months Mr. Spur
geon’s health has been a constant
source of uneasihess to his thousands
of friends and followers, and on more
than one occasion during the past ‘six
months his death has been hourly an-
ticipated. He has been suffering from
a complieajion of diseases aggravated
by overwork and lack of physical ex-
ercise. This finally culminated in an
attack of gout, which his enfeebled sys
tem was unable to resist and which
was the immediate cause of his death.
Si a SS dS bi
The Financial Statement of our
county will be found in this week's
RerorTeER. The tax-payer by study-
ing it will find there is a cleaner sys-
tem of management than under the
Republican era, and that the change
to a Demoeratis board of commission.
ers has wrought good for the tax-pay-
er, while we are willing to credit the
only Republican in the board, Mr.
Strohm, with being an improvement
in every respect upon Henderson.
Messrs, Adams and Geodnart make a
good showing for their first year,
EXPLANATION IS NEEDED,
Now that the war flurry is over, says
the Philad. Zénes of the 20, ult, the
public journals and the country can in-
quire into the facts relating to the dis-
turbance without even the appearance |
of antagonism to the government in a
dispute with a foreign nation, and no
point explanation clearly
demanded from President Harrison, to
relieve himself from plausible accusa-
tions of recklessly attempting to pre-
cipitate a war,
The President takes pains to state
that the note from the Chilian Minis-
ter to Mr, Blaine, which presents the
negotiations in a light so very different
from that in which they are presented
in the President's message,
one is
was not re-
3 * . . . 3 s
ceived “until after 12 o'clock meridian
of the 25th,” the message having |
been transmitted to Congress at i
meridian. This was a close race, but |
there are other dates more important
to be explained than this,
On Thursday of last week, the 21st
inst., Secretary Blaine cabled to Minis-
ter Egan the formal demand this gov-|
ernment had to make upon Chili. It
is reasonable to assume that Minister
Egan could presented that
ultimatum so the Chilian government
not later than the following day, which
would have been Friday, January 22.
Instead of doing so, he cabled to Wash- |
ington on Saturday, the 23d, that he!
had received the dispatch from our |
government and would lay it
| the Chilian authorities on the
| day, that is Sunday, the 24th.
He appears actually to have deliver- |
{ed it at some time Saturday,
sumably late in the day, having held it |
from Thursday, according toa publish- |
{ed dispatch from Santiago on Bunday,
he
have
before |
next
on pres
was notified by Senor Pareira |
that a formal reply would be made on
the following day, Monday, the 25th.
Promptly on Monday, only a Sunday |
intervening after the
ultimatum, Mr. Egan
of the Chilian
tendering npology
delivery of our
received the
government,
and
i
| answer
an
blance
dispute between the
President Harrison
jon Monday, the 25th,
removing
a cause for futher |
two governments,
certainly knew
when hesent his |
of
the Inst sem
warlike message to Congress, that his
| ultimatum reached the
| government only the night
and that immediate reply
was promised and was probably on its
i
|
He therefore gave Chili no op-|¢
had Chilian
Baturday
before,
an
| portunity to make answer to his ulti
matum, but recklessly hurled
Congress his belligerant message,
upon |
that |
without
whatever
| had been in type some days,
giving any time
{ for answer to his demand.
If he rushed his into !
gress on Monday within 48 hours after
his ultimatum had to |
{ Chili, fearing that Chili would apolo-
gize, as it did, and thus deprive him of |
the opportunity of airing his warlike |
views, he was guilty deliberate
attempt to close every door that might
iopen a way to peace. If he had not
| such purpose, it must be accepted that |
| he was utterly ignorant of his respon-
[ sible duties and incapable of appreciat-
ing the power he possessed for war or
| peace.
What explanation can President Har-
| rison give to the country and to the
reasonable
message Con- |
been delivered
of a
i
| world for this action in the Chilian
dispute ?
The Democratic policy with refer-
ence to the tariff in this congress has
been decided upon. The McKinley
law will be attacked by separate bills,
aimed at a few parts of the measures,
and not by s general tariff revision
{ bill. This conclusion was reached by
| the Democratic members of the ways
and means committee after a confer.
ence lasting several hours.
After there had been a lengthy dis
cussion, in which the members of the
committee in former congresses ex-
pressed their opinion in favor of a gen-
eral tariff revision bill, and Mr. Spring-
er and his associates argued that the
proper method of procedure was by at-
tacking the tariff law in detail, Mr.
Bryant, of Nebraska offered a resolu-
tion declaring it to be the sense of the
committee that its policy with regard
to tariff legislation in the Fifty-second
congress should be of revision by sepa-
rate measures instead of a general re-
vision of the whole system. This mo-
tion was carried by a vote of 7 to 3.
The negative votes were by MeMil-
lin, Turner and Wilson, who were
members of the committee in previous
congresses. The general policy have
ing been determined upon, all the
members present agreed to abide by
the conclusion reached.
AS A As
An exchang remarks: The best way
to find out whether a man is a Chris
tian or not Is to inquire whether he is
praised by his nearest neighbors, if his
credit is good at the grocers if his word
is as good ns his bond, and whether he
be honest and reliable in political cam-
paigns, instead of looking for his name
% the Tanmberdulp Yall of u church.
Changing the Conferee System,
Committees representing the Repub- |
| licans in the Sixteenth congressional |
district met at Lock Haven on Tues.
changing |
{ the conferee system, and
following:
Resolved,
future
That representation
congressional conferences
i
{
i
i
i
|
follows: Each county to have
for each 2,000 Republican votes or ma-
Jority fraction thereof cast at the last
presidential election, and also one vote
for each 20,000 population or majority
cennial census,
At the last Centre county Democrat-
ie convention, Judge Orvis offered a
resolution which was passed unani-
mously, by which, in place of three
conferees for each county, the number
shall be based upon the
each county, and
that in Centre the
county conferees
gate elections. These changes are
ing adopted to avoid the scandal and
wrangle of dead locks in making dis
trict nominations, and will
serious evil,
correct a
Mo ————
Na Salate,
Specific inquiries as to the truth
that this
ernment has taken the position that
Chili must salute our flag,
of
published statements, Gov
elicit posi-
cable mes-
, instructing him
to Chilian Government
that its proposition for settlement of
the difference between thejtwo Govern-
ments, made to the
‘the is satisfying
Secretary Blaine sent a
rai
inform the
in response ulti
21st
nt of U
i good prospect
inst.
the nited States
that the
adjusted
as indicating
controversy can now be on
terms satisfactory to the Government
usual diplomatic methods,
Wy
Our Farming Interests,
Our farmin IZ interests are the
of the
wealth and our pride.
back-
nation--they are our
Yet in theeyes
agricul
tion is scorned as of no account, and
other interests are parmmount. Even
many statesmen in our legislative halls
ignore the Importance of agriculture
and think it needs no support in our
This is a grave error, prejudice
knowledge
When the
uishes the
branches
of industry suffer and weaken.
Tr with
a few and want f
woeount for it
ricultural
iy
with
ag
lang
arm enti
other
We think the agricultural meetings
now being held in this county,
over the state, will tend to impress all
more deeply as to the importance of
There is no subject that
with
are short their
knowledge right there, meet
ings are free and intended to educate
our people upon many points of great
value.
in
These
poy
The state department at Washington
has received from Minister Smith a re-
port of the actual conditions of the
famine stricken districts of Russia.
Thirteen provinces, comprising an area
almost equal to one-half of the United
States, are affected. The population
of the stricken provinces is 47,000,000,
This vast section is agricultural, and
the richest and ordinarily most fruit.
ful of Russia. The destitution is not
universal, as there are those whose aco
cumulations have save them from want
and there are some spots preserved from
the blight by irrigation, where a good
harvest was reaped, but at best the
estimated proportion of the suffering
is enormous. The official estimate of
the number of those without food
means of support who require ald is
given as about 14,000,000, and this is
probably the true number,
cts A OI
A favorite way of describing the im-
mensity of Texas is this: The entire
population of the world, 1,400,000,000,
if divided into families of five, could
be located in Texas, each family with
a house and a half acre of ground, and
still remain 70,000,000 vacant lots.
This fact may be used as an argument
against the people who are full of fear
that our land will soon become crowd-
ed beyond the living point. The Uni-
ted States has room for millions more,
not alone the natural increase, but for
millions of immigrants of the right
kind. But there is not space in all
this broad land for a single foreign
criminal pauper oganarchist,
EN —————
CORRECTION.
In the Financial Statement at the
beginning, “U. 8’ L. tax redemption,”
HH62,61" occurs twice, Under *' Assets”
the footing up should read 23024.02 in.
stead of 235028.60, making the assets in
excess of Habilities road 951.66.
iy
:
FEBRUARY WEATHER.
Bev, Ira BR HicksjMaps Out the Elements
According to iis Own Ideas
Rev. Ira R. Hicks Word
Words makes the
tication for this month :
in ane
about the
weather,
centre date
warmer
3d. By
low barometer,
well defined storm movements will
advancing from western
this
regions, By
the 6th, heavy storms of rain and snow
will their
progress country.
visited in
of the
dangerous blizzards are
many to the northward about the 3d
Sth. About the dates |
battle between
equatorial
have
most The
for
’
se
boreas and
will take
around the southern flanks of
movements. Sharp thunder
to hail
results,
the first
currents
and
until
the temperature
secondary storms
At
th
will i
about the
when
will ¢
the
rise and
west 10 east,
jel
winds to
ret
your s ciion has been touct by Hi
tual storms or not, look for
north and for the u
m
cold.
The 15th {
Oi
the
means that
central
This
by that date it will be growing warmer
is the day
organizing, winds shifting to
and
areas of at mospheric
will be
advancing low
pressure will pre-
the storm
toward the Atlantic,
Isth he will Yget there,”
a fresh supply of
the north, and
gorge streams, overflowing narrow
east and south,
pare the paths for
his ride
evening of the
leaving in his rear
polar air, with snow to
vial-
levs in central and southern
The
peratures and ste
Feions,
reactionary movements of tem-
srins will center on the
2st and Look {or
the diffi
Lie
distur
days touching it
ent all
to
ii
phases of periods of
thre
the
riat the
ginoe (roi one aayvs
west than Atian-
the
I Hememix
blow
glons,
in the direction of the centre of
Wig
giving
sm the east and south when the
in the west, and colder winds
ti
LE |
west and north when the cen-
ix r of
About the 2th, all these
Yers
are becoming
The
the storm I= in the east,
»
i
will show to all ols that storm
conditions
the
HOW Tm
of Mi
Erowing
Sth iw
I is
All (juinox
west,
§ t
$1 03
on
g
isl
reury
=ith,
March 2, and the strength
ur vernal equinoctial, will add to the
to result
h. The
all fhe
istics of blizzards inthe north,
which are
“th to the
disturbances Ure
i
ii
*
characte
to storms of tropical and cyclonic ten-
dancy in middle and southern sections
No one caught
thie give t
to him who will heed,
iy the kind of phenomena to be expec
need be UNAWANes,
as
elements will timely warning
indicating clear
General cold will “be on’
March.
ted locally.
as February merges into
- .-
David T. Winter, a resident of Pea-
Mass, purchased a ticket from
Boston to Chicago several years ago of
the ticket agent of the Fitchburg road
at Boston, paying $5 above limited
rate for a ticket which the agent told
him would permit him to stop off at
Olean, N. Y., on the Erie road, if he
spoke to the conductor, who punched
the ticket and told him it would be all
right.
When he boarded the train at Olean
to continue his journey to Salamanca
and beyond, the conductor of this train
refused to accept his ticket because it
was punched, and with considerable
violence put Winters off the train for
refusing to pay his fare as far as Sala-
maneca. The next day Winters went
back to Binghamton and on his old
ticket was permitted to ride to Sala.
mann ewithout question. He sued the
company and on ihe trial the conduct.
or admitted he had mistaken the ticket
for a limited one, but said it fade no
difference as the rules of the road re
quired a stopover check to be obtain.
ed.
body,
Williamsport Sun: It seems that
the farmers of Pennsylvania are not
tired of paying heavy taxes and even
the increased burden entailed upon the
agricultural interests have not opened
the eyes of the farmer to the iniquities of
a high tariff. The campaign of educa
tion which the farmers of the State
propose to inaugurate may result in
showing the farmer the error of his
way and convince him that a tarifl is
a tax and an unneccessary tax is a
burden.
iio
wn Large stock of clothing for men,
boys and children.—C, P. Long, Spring
Mills,
wes Hive you seen the new stock of
overcoats just received at the Philad.
Branch ?
wee Mingle's shoe store receives new
stock every day. Prices are Siways
fair and nage,
Y 4,
| WASHINGTON LETTER,
{From our Reguiar Core spondent.)
WasHiINGTON, Féb."1
1892,
}
1892,
i
not to
American patriotism above
the political aggrandisement of any
secured a satisfactory settle-
the Chilian imbroglio, it
| now the turn of the people,
| the House of
, to obtain a satisfac-
with the administra-
suspicion that Mr,
Blaine have
altogether
who place
satisfactory those
i
:
one man,
{ ment of
ed by the democrats in
| Representatives
tory settlement
The mere,
Harrison and Mr.
{ to bring the country
| the very verge of
for the republican Pres
{ Lion,
unnecessarily to
alry
noming-
in their riv
idential
{ tion, is of itself disgraceful to the party
war
{which the vy both represent.
It has not yet been determined what
will taken the
strong feeling in
For-
eign Affairs making anlinvestigation of
h-
Kl 5
that
of the vltimatum to Chili
if any action be
House. There
favor of the
: Wy
i
House committee on
i
the matter, in order to ascertain whet
| er there is any real ground for the
picion so entertained,
ithe
generally
sending
| was an unnecessary bit of buncombe to
t boom Mr. Should
the to call upon Mr,
! Blaine for his testimony, some interest-
i It
for the
such an
United
of the
investigation
Benjamin Harrison.
committee decide
fing
i developments may be expected.
INAyY
{ position which the
1 dare
Lig
shame
result
stion might place
thie
be, however, that
of
Lhe
nations
the
made,
inves
States in before
| world, will prevent
| being officially
Mr.
tt OT
Blaine Montt, the
speak as they
Monut
seriously
of Mr.
susprising if Se
and
¢ Chilian minister, do not
pass 1 to
i
mascle
wv,” owing
$
statement
reflecting
Blaine, It
Montt
to
ii
upon the veracity
r
i
t will not Ix i no
t doesn’t
Mr.
0:
ude that he
Ww
may also come |
long. Mr.
to the diplomatic
Tuesday.
i shall concl Care
{ remain in ashington, Egan
hili befor
ited Montt
10
ome from
H: AITisOn
dinner
has iny
be given
Hoar's
investiga-
Sherman
providing for
Hepre sentative
res
i solution, an
{ tion of the "sweating system’ of
fav
lene
| ment house labor, will be
orably re
Manu-
| ported from the Committee on
and it Is almost certain
{ factures,
| pass the House is interest-
i
Evervbodsy
f
that clothing and other articles {
0
{ general use, are manufactured in tene-
i
ment houses in the large cities
i
3
are rocking with pestilential diseases,
i
f and it is believed that an investig
twill do it,
i
international American
hicl
The bank-
the
again,
the
i
{ing
£ |
scheme, w 1 was before
olugress, is in the ring bill
dl for
“
{ having been introduc incor.
of $0. 000.00, which may be
The
well Known millionaires
bedone by the Ways
and Means Committee, the tarifi polic
£25.000.000, incorporators named
are nearly all
As far as it may
democrats of that committee having
decided by a vite of seven to three that
ph would report a series of separate tarift’
There
are still a number of prominent and
influential members of the House who
believe that this matter should be
caucus next Friday night,
but as that called especially to discuss
the silver question, it i= not probable
that it will take up anything else, al-
though something may be said about
the feasibility of the caucus electing a
“steering’’ comunittee of fifteen, which
shall have entire charge of éverything
and settle just what shall be done and
what shall be left undone at the pres
ent session. Much can be said both
for and against this Inst idea.
Representatives of the Deep Water
way convention recently held at De-
troit, made arguments before a joint
session of the Senate Committee on
Commerce and the House committee
on Rivers and Harbors, Saturday, in
favor of the construction of a great
waterway from Duluth to the sea, via
the great lakes and the Erie canal
The estimated cost of the work is $3.-
894.000, and the time to complete it
from four to six years,
The House committee on the Eleo
tion of President and Viee-President,
has decided to favorably report a bill
providing a constitutional amendment
for the election of U, 8. Benators by
the people.
The House Judiciary committee has
decided that Representative Watson's
resolution, for the investigation of the
Pinkerton Detective agencies, would
infringe the rights of the several States
consequently it will be unfavorably re
ported. The Alliance members say
they will make fight for the resolution
on the floor of the House,
The democrats of the House will
probaby adopt the new rules early this
week, nearly all of last week having
been devoted to debate on them and
amendments offered thereto, The
caucus Satu t after -
he rules as
tee,
bills, instead of one general bill.
dis-
cussed in
n
from the commit.
SPRING MILLS,
{ Daniel Runkle, Sr.,
{sick suffering from
| trouble,
Peter Leitzell left for Btormstown on
Monday, where he has been employed
| to teach school.
is dangerously
grip and heart
folks
during
intend to
the
Many of our young
go to Georges Valley
ention at that place,
GG. H. Long and
CO
Leitzell in-
butchering
They will put up
{a meat market at the postoffice,
A new
James
ptend going into the busi-
ness in the spring.
arrived in town the
{other evening. He will locate perma-
nen with Dr. J. R G. Allison.
Notwithstanding the fact that he
hed
doctor
tly
has
had but little experi noe, a very
promising young man.
Because the
his sh
groundhog did not see
adow {net Tuesday, our mereh-
ants are getting ready for spring trade;
seersucker
calicoes have advanced price, and
the boys talk of going barefooted next
week,
straw hats, coats, lawns and
in
The mud on our road through town
has become notorious for its de pth and
stick-to-i-tive-ness., It is so deep that
the men must carry their chewing to-
bacco in their and the wome
Centre Hall
beat us for cold weather but I fear
{ for muddy roads,
hats, n
must stay at home, can
not
Ws
COBURN,
A. J. Campbell has about recovered
attack of the p.
Now since these Chili days are about
vi
from an gri
over, Jonas Rishel thinks our
is
country
again safe,
M. D.
was here on Friday last,
ockey, of Tylersville
looking
Pa.,
after
his property at this place
Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver
Rebersburg on
the funeral of Mrs.
Mrs.
Meveral more
od
3
wire at
last Bunday attending
Weaver's mother,
ower,
parties availed them-
which
according
selves of the covered the
fox
dam last week and y filled
their ice houses.
W. O. Rearick
ted with one
’
i
has been
grain
years, has purchased a
Pa.,
about the
who
of the
CO
nec 1 houses
grain house in Perry county,
will move to that place
| of April. Borry ou go Will
Itis rumored that Andrew Harter
i has purchased the property of W. H.
| Kremer, and that Prof. James E. Har-
W. H. Kre-
Cambridge,
Crawford county, in the employ of the
IM. Y.1L.E. and W. R
{ his family will go in the near future,
J. H. Hiltebeitle, of Richlands, Va.,
| spent Sunday at this place, are
of
10
hh and
Ist
to see §
sae,
located
ter will occupy the
mer is now at
2
oy
whither
hers
| many opinions rife as to the object
thinking i to
some large manufacturing plant
But we think that certain
| young widow of this place could throw
his visit; some Was
ale
here, a
| some light upon the object of his com-
Ab there!
Our friends of the Lutheran
fof this place, have secured Rev. J. M.
Reimensnyder, of Milton, to deliver a
lecture on the evening of the 220d day
of February, Washington's Birthday.
The subject of the lecture to be “Reli-
gions of the World,” illustrated by
maps and charts. Rev. Reimensnyder
it will be remembered so ably conduct-
ed the dedicatory services of the Luth-
eran church, on the 15th of October
last.
church
————
A Money Maker,
It is 80 hard to get employment now
and so hard to make money, that I
know others would like to know how
they can make a little money, as 1 have
done. Tell you subscribers they can
get the jewelry, tableware, knives,
forks and spoons they can plate, and
make $25 a week. The plating outfit
costs $5. 1 bought mine from H. F.
Delno & Co., of Columbus, Ohio. It
plates gold, silver and nickel. I did
$4.70 worth of plating the first day.
The work is done so nicely that every-
body seeing it wants work done. This
machine is the greatest money maker
I ever saw. Why should any one be
out of employment or out of money,
whengthey can, by using my experience
always have money in the house and
have a little to spend too? Any one
can get circulars by addressing H. ¥.
Delno & Co., Columbus, Ohio. K. Janr-
RETT.
weJoint sale of stock at the resi
dence of William C. Farner, about one
mile west of Potters Mills, on March
17th,