VOL. LXV.
OCTOBER 1:
CAPITOL CHAT.
INFORMATION OF A WEEK FROM
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
A Brief Review of What Government of
Officials are Doing for the Coun-
try’'s Good.
WaAsHINGTON Oct. 19, 1892,
paign boodle is made for no other pur-
pose than to deceive. They have to- |
day a larger fund at the disposal of]
| Pat. Egan, U. 8. Minister to Chili,
i
[the stump for Harrison, but he will
have to do so before Washington peo-
ple will believe it.
——a
AARONSBURG,
A Tramp Preacher's Sudden Death. A Se.
ries of Accidents,
Jeremiah Winkleblech is suffering
cold contracted in the corn field.
Another of Mark Mooney's children
HIGH TREASON,
THE HOMESTEAD LEADERS DE-
FIED THE LAW.
Chief Justice Paxon Declares the Home.
stead Strikers by Thelr Organized
Defiance of the Law Place Them-
seives Outside of Its Pale, The
Advisory Committee Com-
mitted High Treason,
The unusual spectacle of the chief
i
This is no hearsay or guessing, but an |
absolute fact. Finding themselves so |
child sick but will recover.
W. H. Philips is now absent in Ohio,
tional committee appointed Mr. L.
W. Dudley's law partner, in this city, |
confidential financial agent for the |
two weeks,
the state in the cases against the mem-
bers of the Homestead strikers’ advi-
| evidence that th
any of them has, committed, parti-
cipated, und aided in any of the acts
| which I have defined to you as con-
| be your sworn duty to find a true bill
ing.
THE ROAD TO ANARCHY
“We have reached the point in the
{ history of the state where there are but
two roads for us to persue; the one
leads to order and good government,
the other to anarchy. The one great
question which concerns the people of
this country is the enforcement of the
law and the proservation of order.
“The company had the undoubted
right to protect its property. For this
purpose it would lawfully employ
many as it saw proper, and arm them
us
if necessary, us long as the men em-
ployed by the company as watchmen
3, 1502. )¢ £2
“NOT GUILTY.”
CHARLES SWENGEL ACQUITTED
OF MURDER
NO. 40,
of jury was called und all responded to
their names, and when asked by the
{clerk what their verdict was, all re-
{ sponded in unison, “not guilty.” The
{ verdict was no sooner announced than
The Jury Renders n Verdict of Acquittal youbg : ¥engel liaped § ftom his seat,
in the Swengel Murder Trial in ands with the jury ant t ank-
Snyder County. ied them and Judge MeClure. His
| - . | mother fell to weeping, bordering on
| The of Charles W. Swengel | hysterics, and while muttering “Thank
charged with the murder of his w ife, he jurors and
Anna, by hanked them for
It
| dramatic scene and one long to 1
Cine
[ God” shook hands with t
poisoning, terminated in!Judge Me lure, and t
the jury rendering a verdict of not | acquitting her
guilty on last The
Coianaiy
ROTI, Was a most
Friday evening, w re-
it.
During the entire trial young Swen-
trial took place in the Snyder
court, at Middleburg,
In the REPORTER last week the evi
dence in
| membered by those who witnessed
el sat in almost the same position in
Le
i
|B
substance | the court room.
Wiis
when proseci-
tion closed and the defense opened,
given
the
up to wis seater! at a
| table, and leaned his head on his left
| arm.
Tuesday evening,
It was supposed by all in at
Swengel was placed on the stand | tendance that he would be acyuitted,
and was subjected to a rigid examina- | as the evidence was all circumstantial
tian by both the prosecution and de and of a nature upon which he could
Faas ata at are considered | and daughter Mrs. Stevenson, with | sory committee, oo :
am , jy, de - ee | hor children, were in town for a few | Upon the bench ant shief Justice,
; after person- | days visiting at Joseph Jordan's and [Judges Stowe, McClung, Porter and
any amount that he may after person-| 4a] | Kennedy, while in the clerk's portion
| sat Judge Slagle. The recom was
| crowded almost to suffocation. When
| court opened Judge Kennedy turned
{to the grand jury, and said that
| charges of treason having been made
| against certain persons, it seemed meet
{for the county court to request the
| highest judicial officer of the state to
to guard and protect its property acted
only in that capacity and for that pur-
™ He,
fense, and witnesses were heard | | not be convicted.
man, and the confinement
{ pale and thin.
{sat by his side during
He is quite a young
left him
His parents and sisters
wy the
defense until Thursday evening when
the argument,
The argument was opened by District
counsel began their
al investigation consider necessary to [at Mrs. Deshler 8. : ;
keep those states in the republican | Ihe cornet band have a teacher in-
column. Mr, Michener is now making | Siructing them at present from Livo-
that personal investigation, giving his | nia, in the person of Mr. Kale. For
first attention to his own state about |the past year he taught the band at
which the republicans are very much | Livonia, Brush \ alley, and the band
alarmed. j at Green Burr, in Sugar \ alley.
Mr. Harrison knows from experience 3 earick and . wife are in
the value of having a few good offices | Philadelphia making their annual vis-
“It matters not to the rioters nor to
the public who they were nor from Miller
whence they came, It was an of | who reviewed dwelling |
unlawful violence amounting at least particularly on that that pointed out |
to a riot upon the part of all concerned the domestic infelicities. He was fol-1
init. If life was taken in PUrsuance | fowed by H. H. Grim, for the defense. | A Valuable Historical Document in a Lock
of a purpose to resist the landing of the | in an able Jacob Gilbert, |
men by violence the offense was mur.
der and perhaps treason,
r t1
the trial,
| with several other of his re latives,
along
AIOE
attorney on Friday morning,
act
the evideno fee
THE FIRST MAP.
Haven Man's Possession,
| William P, Mitchell,
{ Lock Haven, according
argument, J ¢
Thomas surveyor of
on the part of the commonwealth t1 D
’ L ie CIO~
plied,
FE
The arguments of the attorneys
to dangle in front of the political work- |
ers of his party, therefore no one was |
surprised when he oflicially announe- |
ed that none of the numerous existing
vacancies would be filled until after
election. He wishes the impression to
go out that the men who do the most
telling work for him will have the
pick of these places. Among the most
desirable vacancies are an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury; a first As-
sistant Post Master General: a Come
missioner of the General Land Office,
and a seat on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
The fall session of the U.
Court opened to-day. The only
ness transacted was the swearing in of |
the new member, Justice Shiras, of
Pennsylvania, and the official call of
the Court on the President.
With all his faults, and they are cer-
tainly numerous enough Commission
¢r Raum has the merit, he is grateful
to Mr. Harrison for not having long
ago kloked him out of the Pension Of-
fice, and he is showing his gratitude
by leaving his official desk upon the
stump. This week the Commissioner
will endeavor to get in some fine work
for Harrison at the encampment of
the Union Veterans legion, at Indian-
apolis. He will then go to Illinois,
where he is supposed to have some in-
fluence with the soldier and
make all sorts of promises to thos
who want to get on the pension roll as
well as to those already on the roll
who are applicants for an increase in
pension.
Mr. Harrison's order to members of |
his Cabinet and the heads of depart-
ment to take the stump for him was a
shrewdly managed bit of polities, Mr. |
H. was far too smart to shoek those |
who believed it wrong for member of |
his official family to leave their duties |
to engage in political work, but “there |
are other ways to kill a dog” ete. A
few days’ Lige Halford, the President's |
Private Secretary, gave out a short but |
very carefully worded interview, in|
which he stated in substance that in-|
stead of being opposed to members of
the Cabinet and other prominent
officials going on the stump, as had
been reported (doubtless by order), |
the President strongly favored their |
taking that method of rendering
an account of their stewardship to
the people. Now wasn't that a neat |
way of notifying the officials to get!
up and hustle? It had an immedi-
ate effect, and about every official who
is of sufficient prominence to be listen-
ed to has already made arrangements
to take the stump. It is said that At-
torney General Miller, who lately stat-
ed in a published interview that he
was opposed to federal officials making
political speeches and believed their
proper duty was to devote their time
to what they were paid for, has been
told that he must talk no more such
foolishness during the campaign. He
was excused for making the “break”
because, as Mr. Harrison sald, “Miller
knows nothing about politics.”
A new method of working the De-
partment clerks for political contribu-
tions has been put into operation,
which its originators claim is no viola-
tion of the Civil Service law. The
clerk receives from his state republi-
can association a circular letter asking
him if he has any “suggestion” to
make that will be beneficial to his
party to call at a given address, and
when he calls he is politely informed
that he has been assessed five per cent
of his salary, and that he had better
loose no time in handing in the cash,
One of these circulars was sent to a
Missouri democratic clerk, who after
calling and satisfying himself of the
nature of the scheme laid the whole
matter before the Civil
NS. Supreme
busi- |
vote,
it to their sons. They first went to
then on to Philadelphia,
Harry Menseéh,
climb on a wagon while in motion
slipped and his feet got into the wheel
and before the driver of the wagon was
was all
badly
made aware of it, the clothing
torn off the boy and he was
[ Charles Bressler, while
playing in company with some other
children, fell and broke its arm. We
venture to not
family in the valley that has had as
say there is
many limbs fractured as Mr. Bressler's
has had.
Joseph Horst,
who has traveled through these parts
the tramp preacher
for many years, dropped down in the
road last Friday evening near ieorge
Shafer’s and was carried into his barn
and died in a few minutes after being
carried into the barn. He was quite
an old man and in feeble health.
yy
DELAMATER ONVIOTED
The jury in the embezzlement cases
against the Delamaters returned a ver-
diet of guilty as to George Wallace
to the
Thetjury stood ten
Delamater and not guilty as
other defendants,
Mr. Delamater received the verdict
without flinching. The defense will
question the legality of the act of 1889,
The defendant was a state senator
for many years and the Republican
candidate for governor in 1890. The
embezzlement charges were the out-
growth of the failure of the Delamater
banking company in December, 1890,
The charge upon which ex-Senator
Delamater was convicted was statutory
embezzlement; that is, the firm ree
be insolvent. Rince his defeat for gov
ernor and the Meadville bank failure,
the ex-senator has been practicing law
at Seattle, Washington, and it has
been said that he was likely to become
prominent in politics on the Pacific
slope. He has even been talked of for
congressman. The penalty is a fine of
zled aud imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for not less than one year or more
than six years in solitary coufinement
and at hard labor.
EE am
Charles J. Harrah, president of the
Midvale steel works, and a strong Re-
publican, recently declared in favor of
free raw material. The Philadelphia
Press ventured to question some of the
Mr. Harrah's statements. He replied
meeting the points of the Press; and
furthermore thus treated the wage
question as it relates to the iron and
steel industry:
The tariff, as I understand it from
the standpoint of all the Republican
speakers that it has been my privilege
to hear, was made chiefly for the bene-
fit of the wage workers and the Amer-
ican mechanio. Will you kindly ine
form me how much of the benefit de-
rived by the manufacturer from the
McKinley bill goes into the pocket of
the laborer or mechanio? hat par-
ticular steel mill is it that is ing
higher wages today than it paid in
18527 1 confess I know of none, but
then, perhaps I am ignorant in this,
as on the other points,
Mr. Harrah will have no difieulty
in finding mills that are paying much
less,
A A Mornin
Do not let a bad fruit season worry
you; Bull’s-Head Flavoring Extrats
produce the fruit flavor. Try them
when you bake cake again. Price 10
cents, a bottle.
the causes leading up to the Home
stead strike, Justice Paxson sald:
“The mutual right of the parties to
contract in regard to wages and the
by the piece or by the day, whether
for ten hours or less, is fixed as any
other right which we enjoy under the
It
is a right which belongs to every citi-
zen, laborer or capitalist, and it is the
plain duty of the state to protect the
in the enjoyment of it.
Coming up to the formation of the
the party
m
and
“It is alleged that the advisory com-
Company; that it allowed no person to
enter the mill of the Carnegie steel
company, and even permitted no
stead without its consent: that it ar
ranged an organization of a military
character, consisting of three divisions
with commanders, captains, &c., the
captains to report to the division com-
manders, and the latter to report to
the advisory committee."
He then detailed how the authority
of the sheriff had been defied, the ar-
rival of the Pinkertons, the following |
state troops adding:
“We can have some sympahty with
aginary rights, and entailing such a
vast expense to the tag-payers of the
commonwealth. It was nota ery for
provocation, it is a deliberate attempt
by men without authority to control |
others in the enjoyment of their |
rights.”
The men had a right to refuse to!
work and persuade others to join them, i
but the moment they attempt to con- |
trol the works and resorted to violence |
they placed themselves outside the |
pale of the law,
“If we were to concede to doctrine
that the employee may dictate to his |
employer the terms of hisemployment
and upon the refusal of the latter to
accede to them to take possession of
his property and drive others away
willing to work we would have an
anarchy. No business could be con-
ducted on such a basis; that doctrine
when nce countenanced would be ex-
tended to every industry.”
ORGANIZED DEFIANCE OF THE LAW.
The justice then defined as treason
the organization of a large number of
men in a common purpose to defy the
law, resist its officers and to deprive
any portion of their fellow citizens of
their rights under the constitution and
and laws, It is a state of war, said he,
when a business plant has to be sur-
rounded by the army of the state to
protect it from unlawful violence at
the hands of former employees,
“Every member of such asserted gov
ernment, whether it be an advisory
committee or hy whatever name It is
called, who has participated in such
usurpation, who has joined in a com-
mon purpose of resistance to the law
and a denial of the rights to other eiti-
zens, has committed treason agninst
the state. While the definition of this
offense is the designing or overturning
of the government of the state, such
Intention need not extend to every
portion of the territory,
"It Is sufficient if it be an overturn-
ing of it in a particular locality
THE DUTY OF THE STAT E
“The rights of the men. as bx fore
stated, were to refuse to work unless
to persuade others to join them in such
refusal, but the law will sustuin them |
no further. The moment they attempt-
ed to control the works and to pre-|
vent by violence or threats of violence
to work
there, they placed themselves outside
other laborers from going
“It is the duty of the state to protect
In
between
the laborer and the capitalist;
tects with equal impartiality
When the state fails to do this it fails
in its duty as sovereign, and it will
protect with a firm hand the individ.
ual laborer from the tyranny and
lawful demands of organized 1
this there no distinction
is
it pro-
each
un.
abor,
“The law should be so enforeed from |
the Delaware to the Ohio that the |
honest labarer can work for whom he
pleases and at what wages he sees fit,
undeterred by the bludgeon of ths
pistol of the assassin.”
cy
Homestead Strikers Seared,
The charge of Justice Paxson to tl
grand jury is an absorbing theme
discussion throughout the town of
Homestead. The general opinion is that
it augurs ill for the accused snd they
will have to make a defense in court
before a jury. As aresult there is some |
ie
for |
movement on the part of certain mem-
bers of the advisory board to secure
Witnesses to prove that they were not |
alleged treasonable accounts were com
mitted. :
At the same time the locked out men |
are becoming ivery impatient at the |
tardiness of the grand jury in reporting
upon the suits against the Carnegie
steel company, and the impression is
gaining that the bills will be ignored.
_- A LL
COBURN,
ring the Past Week About
the Town.
John Hoffa took in the Lewisburg
fair on last Friday.
James E. Harter and wife spent Sun-
day with friends near Madisonburg.
The mountains present a very beau-
tiful appearance with their variegated
fol
Occurrences Da
On last Saturday a party of our nim-
rods shot a deer, the first one of the
season,
8. M. Ulrich has taken the contract
to stock Guisewite's saw mill in Little
Bugar Valley.
The streams in this section are very
low; much lower than they have been
for a long time.
G. R. Btover, station agent, and his
estimable wife are off on a short vaca-
tion to the Eastern cities,
Mrs. W. H. Kreamer, of Seagertown,
is spending a few days with her nu-
merous friends at this place.
George Ocker, of Centre Hall did a
few days repair work for Luther Guise
wite, at his grain house last week.
The Evangelical Sunday school of
Paradise church will observe Childrens
day on Bunday evening the 16th inst.
Our town was enlivened somew hat
for a short time on Saturday evening,
by the appearance of three Russians,
with two well-trained bears, which
kept the crowd in good humor by
their queer antios.
SC SA AOS 3,
Bull’s.Head Horse and Cattle Pow-
der has been in use for years, Farm-
ers prefer it to all others, and they get
their money's worth, as each package
contains one pound. Bold by all deal-
i wm . is | erat of that place has in his possession
consumed the entire forenoon of Friday : ,
* {the first map of Pennsylvania ever
{ printed. The said map was gotten
{up by James Nevil for William Seull
and bears the date of April 4, 1770. The
| map is directed to Williams, Richard
and John Penn, proprietary owners of
the province of Penn. But eight coun-
| ties are marked. They are Northamp-
| ton, Berks, Cumberland, York, Chester
Philadelphia, Bucks and
and at the close of Gilberts’ argument
Judge McClure adjourned court until
after dinner.
At L30 o'clock court convened and
Fred Bower opened argument for the
prisoner, dwelling particularly on the
point of conviction of the prisoner on
His
and a half,
ower concluded,
circumstantial evidence. argu-
ment lasted about one hour
Whi I Mr.
J. Bmith, on the part of the
wealth
T Lancaster,
DOMIAS | me .
. *® | The above mentioned counties were
all that there were in the state at that
time. All that was known of the
maining portion of the state was
COInmon-
followed in an eloquent ad.
dress, and covered the ground gone er
was gleaned from surveyors and ex-
plorers. Of course much of the re-
maining territory had been surveyed
previous to that time and the country
in this section was party settled. Fort
over by his colleagues, and argued for
hour.
Al 3.45 Hon. J. C. Bucher, of Lewis
burg, counsel for the prisoner,
Over ong
OPE
the concluding argument for the de
fense. He opened his argument w ith
Pitt, where Pittsburg now stands, is
marked on the map, as is also Bald
Eagle's nest, near where the town of
Milesburg now stands.
a pre liminary statement re garding the
new role in which he appeared 1
He
wenty years presided over
in the capacity
when defeat
for reelection to t}
wefore
the Snyder county jurors had
far Yih % . .
or The big spring or fountain from
which the town of Bellefonte received
and
<3 vd
Wirt
President
Of
udge and his occurred
position
¢ had so long filled he could
The scepter had
departed from Judah, he said, and he
felt it with full force, but he acoepied
its name now receives
its water
supply is marked as the Big Spring.
So that it is evident that surveyors
Visited this section previous to 1770.
The map in question is printed on
11
i
hy
i
ast fa 1
which
SOCRICK ly realize it.
light parchment and pasted on muslin.
It was purchased by Mr. Mitchell
from the state of Major A. H. Me-
Henry, af Jersey Shore. It is certain-
{ly a valuable relic and one well worth
preserving. What changes have taken
place since that map was made. Where
{ are the Penns? Not one person who
| bears their name sleeps beneath the
| soil of the Keystone state. Not one
| of their decendants own a foot of land
in the state they created. The site of,
| of Fort Pitt is occupied by two rich
(and populous cities. The big spring
| furnishes water to a town of nearly
| 6,000 inhabitants,
His argument Was | The Bald Eagle has flown from his
convincing, and at times his audience { nest; where once the smoke of his wig-
| wa curled now stands a prosperous
{ village. The changes of the past ocen-
tury have been many. From eight
counties we now have sixty-seven.
Who can tell what the changes of the
next hundred years will bring? None,
no not one,
So >
This year being the 400th anniversa-
ry of the discovery of America by Col-
umbus, all the large towns and cities
are celebrating the event and doing
honor to Columbus by gorgeous pa~
geants. The children of the schools
participate in the parades, and the
decoratiogs are profuse along all the
streets. New York, Philadelphia and
other large cities have given several
days to the celebration of the event,
each day's program having something
new,
Americus Vespuciovs got the coun
try named after himself but Columbus
gets all the honors. In 400 years, from
1492 to 1892, great events have follow-
ed the discovery of the New World,
and no 400 years in the world’s histo
ry chronicles greater and more ime
portant things.
OLD CENTRE 0, K.
There is nothing wrong with the
Democracy of old Centre; as far as we
can learn the entire ticket, national,
state and county, will receive the une
divided support of the v
The opposition have not yet been able
to pick a flaw anywhere. A united
means 800 majority for our
nominees in this county,
Happy the Empire state—she is out
of debt, ise shtle- abe. noti-
sorry he had ever left the position of
an advocate, and that he would go to
The able jurist then proceeded to
riddle the evidence on the part of the
the evidence showing its weak points,
His argument lasted about two hours,
and when he concluded his argument
was in tears for the first time since the
trial began. The flow of oratory which
came from Judge Bucher was never
before witnessed or heard in the courts
of Bnyder county.
thetic plea he made for the prisoner.
The court house was crowded during
the afternoon when it became known
that Judge Bucher would begin his ar-
gument with those who desired to
hear him in his new role as an advo-
cate,
The audience was spell bound and not
once during those two hours, did one
person leave his seat to leave the court
room. When he closed the argument
court adjourned until seven o'clock in
the evening.
At seven o'clock Mr, A. W. Potter,
for the commonwealth, opened the
concluding argument, and endeavored
to offset the impression made by Judge
Bucher. His argument lasted over
one hour, Judge MeClure immediate
ly began his charge to the jury, which
lasted about forty minutes. It was an
able and impartial charge. All the
evidence in the case was summed up
and he instructed the jury that when
there was any doubt on any point said
doubt should be given for the benefit of
the prisoner. He concluded his charge
at 5.20 and the jury went out to deter-
mine on the verdict.
The audience slowly left the court
house, and there was little conjecture
as to the result of the verdict of the
Jury. The sentiment throughout was
that Swengel would be acquitted, and
it was expected that the jury would
only be a short time in arriving at a
verdict. The people slowly dispersed
to their homes, but many still remain-
ed on the streets hoping for a verdict
from the jury before retiring.
At 11,30 the ringing of the court
house bell announced the fact that the
Jury had agreed on a verdiet, and
brought the populace from their homes fied Governor Flower that the eof
to the court house. The jury had filed | New York is practically free of be
Hite this Sour fom, which was about | The obligations of the State now out.