VOL. LXV. 4 4 NO. 33. NAME THEIR MEN. THE REPUBLICANS PUT UP A TICKET. A Quiet and Orderly Little Crowd of Re- publicans Put up a Ticket to be Slaughtered. The Republicans of Centre county met at the court house at Bellefonte, on Tuesday and made their nomina- tions for a county ticket. The primaries or delegate election was held on the-Saturday previous and all the delegates were sent to the con- vention without instructions. The way in which the previous Republi- can tickets in the county were snowed under, deterred any from aspiring for an office. There were no prospective candidates and it was more than a lot- tery as to upon whom the pall of de- feat might fall. Delegates began to arrive in Bellefonte in the morning by train, and by about ten o'clock, little knots of them could be seen standing setting up schemes and slates and de- ciding upon what unfortunate man should be to be placed upon the ticket. The convention was called to order by &ounty chairman Wilber F. Reeder who occupied the chair. The roll call and substitutions had been made, a permanent chairman was necessary. Colonel James P. Coburn, of Aarons- unanimous vote of the convention. He immediately proceeded to, occupy ful little speech. Chairman Coburn then called for election of tellers and reading clerk. For tellers, George W. clerk. They were elected. Chairman Coburn then appointed committee on resolutions consisting of James B, Strohm, Smith, W. Thompson, Nathaniel Bierly and Dr. Thomas Tobin. The at once retired to draft the resolutions. Isaac committee balloting for the nomination of candi- dates for their respective offices. As- sociate Judge was first in order and C. Boal, of Centre Hall, were named, but the "Squire's name was withdrawn and Mr. Gray was nominated by ac- clamation, For Legislative honors, John Ham- ilton, of College; E. 1. Walker, of Boggs; A. W. Hafer and Al. Dale, of Bellefonte were named. The ballot which followed resulted as follows: = Hamilton Dale Se . . . . - . Harper ... - - . . - 14 Walker onerenla enn 1 Hamilton and Dale majority of votes cast the nominees. receiving the were declared candidate and he acclamation. Philipsburg, was nominated for the position by acclamation. For County Surveyor, Jesse Cleaver, acclamation. Lhairman Coburn then appointed William E. Irwin, of Philipsburg; Dr. Christ, of College; and Dr. F. H. Van- Valzah, of Gregg, as Congressional Confereces, reelected County Chairman for 1893. Chairman Reeder called the conven- tions attention to the conferce system of neminating Congressional candi- dates, which both the Democratic and Republican parties of the district are “trying to adjust to a more concise and better plan of making nominations. On motion chairman Coburn appoint- ed W. F. Reeder, Col. D. 8. Keller and H. C. Quigley as committee to look up the matter, The committee on resolutions hav- ing completed their labors reported to the convention, and they were read. In substanee they indorse Harrsson's administration and the McKinley bill. Then they condemn and then endorse and denounce. The Democratic party is condemned again and again, and then they express their devotion and gratitude to the laboring man and sol- dier, but not to the Prohibitionists. Quay also comes in for his share of the spoils, The convention was called to ordér at eleven o'clock, court being in ses sion in the morning Judge Furst mag. nanimously adjourned an hour earlier to allow the convention to convene. The convention got through with its labors about half past twelve and ad- Journed, Ss nn a A A AA RA ~—Lewing' stock of spring and summer clothing is unequaled in the county. He has a larger stock than -ever to select from and of latest styles and cuts The prices never were as low. ~THE REPORTER $1.50 per year, ” “ Remarkable Effect of the Weather Upon # Bellefonte Girl. A QUEER CASE, A queer case has recently developed in Bellefonte in the person of a young lady of good family who, in clear, sun- shiny weather is possessed of a re- markably pleasant disposition. How- ever, when clouds begin to gather she becomes morose and ugly. And if it rains or a storm gathers the lady be- almost unmanagable. The greater the agitation of the elements the worse she becomes, until it is nec- essary to tie her or keep her in a room where she can do no harm to herself or any one else. The family physician colnes has made a complete study of her case, but at last has been compelled to ad- | mit himself all at sea. As soon as the | storm is over and the sun shines the | young lady becomes herself again, HOMESTEAD Many of the Men Secure Work Elsewhere Pending a Settlement of the Strike, i Homestead is daily becoming more | | deserted, many of the strikers securing ! work elsewhere, pending a settlement { {of the strike. Asa result the relief | { committee find their work much easier, | | The soldiers are looking forward to | | the 1st of September when they ex- | pect to be relieved. 3y that time they will have been in continuous service | | longer than at any time during the | | history of the guard, having been on | { the field sixty days. | The Fourteenth regiment, which | { held the record at Johnstown, was on duty only thirty-three days. The | soldiers generally are of the opinion | | from their constant association with | | the strike that it would not be wise tof | remove the guard entirely for a month at any rate, | VP Delight 3 | Last Thursday morning at about six o'clock, those of Centre Hall's citizens | who yet were being held in the arms of the god Morpheus, had a delight- { ful awakening from their slumbers by the soft, yet far-reaching strains of mu- | ! from the Millheim band. The | | band was on its way to Bellefonte to | the Knights of the Golden Eagle cele | bration and traveled by wagon. They took breakfast at Centre Hall and fa- vored our citizens with several fine se- — ful Awakening. { sie lections before leaving the town. The band is the oldest musical or- | ganization in the county and is the! best. The boys made their first ap-| pearance in their new uniforms, at a cost of about four hundred dollars. The uniform is of grey, trimmed with | black cord, and grey caps to match. | The make-up is neat and tasty, The Milroy band also took break- | fast at the hotel and played several se- lections before departing for Belle | fonte. This band is also a good one and is composed of fine musicians. — caf —— A SOLDIER BOYCOTT. | Curious Case Growing Out of the Home~ stead Trouble, A dispatch from Bellefonte says the soldiers composing Company B., Fifth Regiment, have placed a boycott on | Anderson's restaurant and the Bush House, in Bellefonte. When the com- | pany departed for Homestead they | were hissed by the Bush House bar- keeper, who came near being flogged to death at the time. Since that time not a soldier or any of their friends have patronized taat house or bar. In the case of Anderson's, James i Ginter, head cook, was a member of | the company. When called out he supplied a substitute. On Ginter's re- turn the substitute refused to leave {and the proprietor retained him. For that reason the soldiers and their friends, who were Anderson's best pa~ trons, have not bought even a penny cigar from him, and they are deter mined to stand firm. pent igpi A Timely Warning, Many of our exchanges in neighbor- ing counties, in view of the fact that the autumn term of school is approach- ing, are warning the boys in cities and boroughs against repetitions of the long practiced malicious mischief of defacing the walls of public and private buildings with chalk, red or blue pencil marks and otherwise injuring property while they are on their way to and from school .There are penalties for such practices which these young vandals may some day feel if they continue the practice, and therefore, the warn- ing against it comes at proper time. elmo Destroying Crops, Swarms of grasshoppers have made their appearance in Bald Eagle valley, Clinton county, and are doing consid- erable damage to the crops. Thus far the hoppers have given their almost undivided attention to the oats flelds, but now that crop Is generally cut and they are turning their efforts to other vegetation. No such numbers of grass- hoppers have ever been seen. In Pine Creek township they are reported as being numerous, i i i i : HOW TO VOTE INSTRUCTION ON THE , CASTING OF ABALLOT. Some of the Important Features of the Baker Ballot Law, A Careful Perusal Ii Necessary Before Going to the Polls, in November with a pretty fair under- standing of his duty and what will be reqtiired of him under the new should carefully remember the follow- ing important features of the Baker act: 1 Number in Room are allowed in the voting room at once Only ten voters outside the enclosed space, and only four voters of the inside Sections in excess number enclosed space at once. 22 23 5 -e Giving Name, &e.—Voters must go first to the officers in charge of the ballots and state name and address. The right to vote must be proved and the voter allowed to pass the guard rail before he can receive a ballot. tion 22 3. Preparing Ballots—Voters must prepare their ballots forthwith, and in the compartments, 23. A cross (X) marked in the square at the right of the name of a candidate indicates a vote for that candidate. Section Crosses must be marked in the pro- per square only. If candidates of different parties are voted for the the right of the party names must be left blank. sMiuares at Names must not be crossed out. in inserted in the proper blank spaces where names are already printed. Names can be inserted by hand stamp, sticker means, not infringing the the ballot. Names inserted can be marked. but Names must be Oar other of any BECTOCY this is not nec CHREATY N ballot must ames printed on the {Note.—When a candidate withdrawn has di d or and a substitute nominated after the ballots ed, the to on an twelve, is are print new name be official sticker This should obs ously be in- is printed au fe svt the deceased 1ail Ballots, i. Help in Voters unable to prepare their own ‘reparing ballots can be he Iped to do so, but only judge, {Note.—To preserve order this should be done before the voter enter the closed space, ) A voter desiring help must himself select another voter of the districts to help him. Section twenty-seven. A voter who receives such help with- his ballot will be liable to indictment for unlawfully showing his ballot. Section A voter who attempts to influence the vote of one whom he is helping a ai. ful electioneering. Sections 24. 31. (Note.—A voter who, in helping an other, ‘prepares the ballot otherwise ment for forgery.) 5. Folding and Giving in Ballots, &c.—Ballots must be folded s0 as to show only the endorsement. 26. dentally another can be obtained in its place on surrendering it. 26, No ballot, whether marked or not, can be taken from the room. 28. (Note.—As the constitution provides that every ballot “shall be numbered in the order which it shall be receiv. ed,” each voter must give up each ballot to the inspector to number and deposit it, as had been the rule hereto- fore. By the new law the inspector must, in the presence of the voter, fast- en the corner securely down over the number, and voters should see that this is done and that the ballot is then placed in the box.) 6. Challenges should be made before & voter receives his ballot, if possible, but may be made at any time before he casts it. Ms ——— To Prevent Sunstroke, “Keep hot inside and cool as practi- cable outside. This is simple, com- mon sense advice for the prevention of sunstrokes. Drink hot water and you will be cooler than if you drink cold water, for every pore will be open ed and the sensation of oppressiveness will go. Bunstrokes are not a direct result of the heat but a close condition of the atmosphere, You guard against the effects of this condition when doing what will induce a copious spiration. Do not flood the stomach with cold drinks and so invite debility. Give it hot drinks, which stimulate 80 says the Chicago J. : NEWS OF WEEK, | EPITOME OF THE WEEK FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Secretary of State Foster has an attack of “Jingolsm.” The Eight Hour Law Jumble, A Scandal in the Navy Department, WasHINGTON, Aug. 22, '92.—Becre- of State Foster of having | “Jingoism.”’ {tary tions gives indica | an attack of | No one is surprised; the | attack has been expected ever since he | entered the Cabinet. It is part and | i war scare as a bid for votes for Har- | has been in finding a weak country | that would give the administration al chance to bully it until after election. | which certainly weak | enough to be bullied by any govern- | is i occasion being the recent burning of | can Missionary in Asia minor. Sec-| retary that similar before in the dominions of the Sultan, but a national | campaign being now pending, he pro- | ceeds to figuratively chew soap, in while he informs the wide-eyed new spaper men | Foster, admits troubles have occurred order to foam at the mouth who visit the Department of State, | in his heaviest tragedy voice that My have cabled a demand for indemnity and for the punishment of the guilty | parties, and the United States cruisers | Newark and Bennington will be order- | ed to Turkish waters to support this demand, which this governement pro- to all hazards, No fears need be entertained of a war with the sublime Porte. Secretary Foster's demand is like that made by Radini, | the Italian premier, upon this govern- | ment just after the New Orleans mass | acre for home | sumption and effect i enforce st poses intended solely con | I'he acting Attorney General has de- clined to give an official construction of the eight hour law, which the acting! secretary of the Treasury requested, on | the ground that he cannot legally do | the law. There is lots of politics in that hour labor or rather the ernment eight law, in | the construction which legal | of the may pleased to put upon it which accounts for the refusal of the temporary head | of the Department of Justice to give | an official opinion on the subject atl this time; the officials (iov be Presidential election is too near at hand, and the g. 0. p. has| already lost too many voters to take! any more chances, i The republicans are raising the ery | with which Senator unsuccessfully to bam- in 1888 he | dodge did not work then and it will | work now. Every intelligent! man, whatever his political opinions, of “no money" Quay boozle the democrats | i ! tried i corruption fund among the protected manufacturers, who know only too well that the the corrupt use of by the republican National of which he was then chairman, and Mr. Harrison's lack- eys, who are this year running that committee, have started it again purpose. Let the fact i for the same the country the republicays will al ways win, as that party has always | legislated in the interest of the money. {ed men and corporations of the United States, Representative Holman, who has been sick ever since the adjournment of Congress, is a little better and hopes to be able to go to Indiana in a few days. Overwork during the sessioh and just afterwards is what broke Mr. Holman down. There is a very decided difference of opinion among the democrats here as) to the wisdom of the national commit. tee in deciding to open a branch head- quarters at Chicago. Of course they all sincerely wish for good results from the innovation but many express the fear that they may not come, The Navy department may find itself the centre or a great scandal if it does not satisfactorily explain why the style of steel armor plates now being furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Works and the Carnegie concern was changed in a way to save the con- tractors several hundred thousand dollars without a corresponding re- duction being made in the price paid contractors. It is charged that the and experts say that it largely deterior- ates the defensive quality of the armor. the style of armor called for by the original specification could not be made in this country. That fact was very well known when the contracts were made but the contractors agreed to put in plants to make it. This they have not done. A Letter explanation will have to be given-or Congress will have to investigate. It is probable that a considerable portion of the ready found its way into the Treasury of the National Republican commitfee. Wy BOUGHT WILDCAT TITLES A Great Swindling Scheme Worked in Centre County, One of the neatest, and probably the greatest swindling schemes on rec- ord is being perpetrated through the numerous ‘‘wildeat” titles to land car- ried on the records of Centre county. There are probably several hundred of these which, if valid and good, would aggregate a valuation of near five million dollars. For years they have been carried along and sold every two years for taxes as a source of reve- nue, At a recent sale a number of these tracts, so-called, were purchased by New York parties. The titles called for many thousand acres of the richest the The pur- coal lands in county. sued bonds to the amount of 1,000,000, and placed the same on the New York stock exchange, Over $750,000 was thus realized the company, and when the by bond- holders came to more closely investi 4 gate their purchase they found that titles worthless, The originators were arrested for swindling, and thousands of dollars it most and was comparatively conviction, but This is the on record, but there many others. BSBome of the and influential men in Centre county are alleged to have made their fortune spent to secure a recent case are richest by dealing in these mythical land ti- An effort is to be made to such operation in the future by asking the court to grant an order to have all such titles marked off the county reo ords, If this is granted it will loss of several thousand dollars nue a year to Centre county, and wi materially increase the rate of taxa- tion in the future. The officials Centre county are opposed to the clean- ing up process. + ties, stop be a reve. 11 ii of SWENGI wf eo ————— JE ARRESTED. County. The Coroner's jury has reported that within her reach by her husband, Charles Swengle, A witness testified that he was offer ed $50 by Swengle to take Mrs. Swen- gle away. Last Wednesday afternoon Pro. thonatory J. Calvin Schoch, father of the deceased woman, made informa. tion and Swengle was arrested for the erime and placed in jail to await a trial at September court. It is scarc ely three years since the prisoner mar- ried the young woman. He is 24 years of age. His father, Rev. Mr. Sweugle, has been in the ministry for over thirty years, EN Send in the Dimes and Dollars, The New York World is raising a fund to be used in an educational cam- paign to carry the western states for Cleveland. The World has subscribed the handsome sum of $10,000, Ringer ly, of the Record has given $1000, and other contributors from different parts of the country have sent in sums run- ning from ten cents up to $500, which has already swelled the contributions to near $20,000. This fund is not to be used in any corrupt manner, but to be spent in spreading information among the western voters and enlighten them upon the great issue of the campaign ~high tariff taxes and their ruinous effects upon the farmer, mechanic and working man, to the creation of mil lionairs and monopolies, Any sum sent in to the REPORTER from ten cents up, will be promptly forwarded to the World and credited in these columns. ——————— A ————— No More Drinks. The Pennsylvania Railroad company have had considerable trouble lately with some of their employes who are addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors. A late order has therefore been posted which reads as follows: “The use of intoxicants by employes of the Pennsylvania railroad, while on duty, must be stopped at once. Any employe found visiting a saloon or building where intoxicating liquors are sold will be severely diciplined. Train- men are considered on duty from the time they are called. saying that Subscribe for the | SHOT IN THE NECK A FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS VAL- LEY PAINFULLY INJURED. D. RB. MeClintie, formerly of Potters Mills Receives a Bullet in the Neck from a Revolver in the hands of un Thief, Mr. David R. McClintic, who re moved a year or more ago from Potters Mills, figured conspicuously in a shoot ing affray at Tyrone recently, while endeavoring to make an arrest an officer, of a thief. From the Tyrone correspondent of the Altoona Tribune, we glean full particulars which are as follows: At 11.25 o'clock Saturday evening Private Watchman David R. MeClintie, while on his rounds in the alley way, Logan and Pennsylvania and Tenth Eleventh street, captured Joseph Finn, a colored man, in the act of purloining chickens ax avenues and from the coop of Messers, T mpleton, Crawford & Co., which he had broken into, on Herald street. He resisted ar- rest and being a customer the officer fired his revolver in the air atiract at which Finn fired two shots from a re- rough pretly stout, 0 assistance, volver he had in his possession with the undoubted intention to kill, one of which, being at short range, took ef fect, striking Mr. MeClintic in the neck, the ball of 32-calibre penetrating his standing collar, which was gre atly flesh a and entering the part of the 1 Kk left shoulder. In the and re- muscular in the IOC ] with volver and the prisoner made his cape. Officer A. K. scene, where he found Pro arr was first the Mr. MeClintic in a dazed condition, and with the as- (§ to M. Smith, who ex- {i On sistance of officer Snvder took him the office of Dr. J. amined the wound and probed bal ¥ { or 1, which after some difficulty was found imbeded in the about three-fourths of an inch and extras it. After the wound had been dressed Mr. MceClintic was taken to hi on Fourteenth street, FE EREET le ded # home where at this ig easily, but suffer- It is the opin- the shot A Ser nature. While the doctor was attending to the injured man Officers Snyder and Barr went on a hunt for the they found his street preparing to night. The excitement on the street at this time heat and threats of lynching were frequently expressed, some even going so far as to find ropes. The officers evaded the crowd and hurried their prisoner to a writing he is restis ing considerable pain. ion of the doctor that gun £ if Ww ound iB not 10Us prisoner, who Berlin for the at home on disrobx fever was at watch aver him during the night. Monday morning at 1 o'clock he was taken to the residence of Mr. MeClin- tic and a hearing given by W. F. Tay- lor, esq. The prisoner, who denied be ing the culprit, was fully identified and remanded to jail and was taken to Hollidaysburg by Officer Snyder on way passenger Monday afternoon. Three shots were fired. The revolver taken from Finn had two chambers emptied. MeClintic’s revolver has not been found, but at the scene of the scuffle J. A. C. Stewart picked up four unexploded and one exploded car tridge, which would answer to the size of the revolver. It is supposed some one, during the excitement, picked up the revolver and emptied the chambers. Mr. Stewart also pick- ed up at the same placg a heavy gold plated ring, for which no owner can befound. Captain David R. Miller will act as private watchman during Mr. McClintic's illness. A AA —————— Tardy, Yet Right, The U. 8. government has made up ws mind to go out of the printing busi- ness. The House of Representatives has agreed that no more printing of the names of business firms on envel- opes will be done by the government. The government has no more right to go into that line of business than it had to open a grocery store in Wash- ington to peddle out sugar, &., to peo ple throughout the United States at a lower rate than local merchants could furnish dhe same. The next thing the government should do would be to stop the brazen practice of bookbind- ing at the government printing office. An employe of the government—and that includes Presidents, Congressmen and Junitors—all em- ployed by the people, can have book- binding done at the government office at cost, much to the injury of individ- ual binders. The time will come when the government will not meddle with lines of trade; or else it will con- trol them all. : a —— A ———“——— ~<A full line of latest sty gents furnishing goods has ceived at the Philad. Branch, Was kept
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