VOL. LXV.
THE LAST SCENE.
MAJORITY.
The Presidents Wife Away. With
Patience and Resignation She Awalted
The Summons.
Passes
Mrs, Harrison is no more. At 1.40
Tuesday morning came the end. For
the second time in the history of the
within its walls,
Mrs. Harrison met with death
the patience and resignation of a
vout Christian and her last days were
comparatively free from pain. For
twenty-four hours the president and
family had been almost constantly at
her bedside awaiting the end. Mon-
day night was without special inci-
dent, but late and early, so frequently
that he could have slept but little, if
at all—-the president was in and out of
the sick chamber and was never away
for any length of time.
At half past ten Mcnday morning
Mrs. Harrison was still living, but was
so feeble that the only evidence of life
was the feeble pulse and light breath-
ing. She is just alive and that is all.
Her room is the one in which Garfield
lay for many lingering days before be-
ing taken to Elberon. There are win-
dows to the south overlooking the Po-
tomic and to the west.
She lies motionless on her side,
ing the southern windows, but does
not appear to notice anything. The
scene before her is one which in her
health afforded her great pleasure, and
which she has sketched with pencil.
At noon Mrs. Harrison was still con-
scious. A little before that the presi-
dent, leaning over her asked her if she
wished for anything. With the old
time smile she answered, low, but very
distinetly: “Nodear.” Atoneo’clock
as he left the house Dr. Gardner
that he did not think more than four
or five hours remained for Mrs. Harri-
son.
The Doctor returned to his patient
about noon and found her even
er than before, completely
prostrated and unable longer to speak
or to cough.
Apparently she conscious,
There was little change during the
afternoon but every change was for the
worse and the watchers fearful
that death would ensue about sun-
down. From four o'clock until well
nigh into the evening the president
and all the members remained unceas-
ingly.
For ten hours up to the moment of
Mrs. Harrison's death the president
sat by her side, seemingly unconscious
of all surroundings except the presence
of the beloved patient. During that
time he spoke not a word, and the only
movement he made was to get up once
and walk in an absent minded way
across the room and then back to hi
seat by the bedside. His mind seem-
ed to be tracing back the winding way
of years to the days of the schoolboy
love with which started a long life of
domestic happiness,
At midnight the striking the
clock aroused him for an instant. He
looked up as if awakened from a dream.
“What hour was that?’ he asked.
When told it was twelve, his head
sank again and he said, “I thought it
was but ten.” Tears came to the eyes
of all present, but he did not notice
this. His silent, motionless watch
continued until the last moments.
Just before the last spark of life went
out Mrs. Harrison opened her eyes and
moved them slowly around the room
as if looking for some one, yet almost
sightless fwhen her eyes rested on her
with
de-
fac-
said
weak-
almost
was
were
w
of
a slight expression of recognition was
apparent, then the eyes closed.
THE EYES CLOSED FOREVER
Once more the lids trembled
president and then closed
There was something holy in this
to pass without notice.
The funeral services will undoubted-
ly be held in the East room.
as those which the family desire
They will be conducted according to
the Presbyterian forms by the Rev.
Dr. Tennis 8. Hamlin, paster of the
Mrs. Harrison have been regular at-
tendants. The body will not lie in
state.
After the services the funeral party
will leave Washington Thursday at
11.30 for Indianapolis, where services of a
more public character will take place,
The funeral train will reach Indianap-
olis Friday morning at 9:80 o'clock
and at 10:30 the church services will
begin. They wlll take place in the
First Presbyterian church of Indian-
apolis, on the corner of New York and
Pennsylvania streets. The Rev. M. L,
| Haines, pastor of the church will of-
| ficiate, The body will then be taken
| to Crown Hill cemetery and interred,
to Washington,
TO ACCOMPANY THE REMAINS.
All the members of the president's
| family, with the exception of the
grandchildren, will accompany the re-
| mains of Mrs. Harrisonto indianapolis,
This, of course, includes Dr. SBeott, the
| venerable father of It
was at first felt that
would prevent
but when the matter
him, he announced emphatically that
the deceased.
was broached to
to a proposition to the contrary.
| few others will be specially invited to
accompany the party,
All the members of the cabinet will
the They
will act as honorary pall bearers at the
in Washington. Vice Presi-
dent Morton who telegraphed during
the the time when the
funeral would take place, and Chief
be present at ceremonies,
service
day asking
Justice Fuller may also be asked to
serve as pall bearers.
The body bearers will be employees
of the White House. The pall bearers
who will officiate at Indianapolis are
Dr. H. R. Allen, John B. Elan, Hugh
Hanna, E. B. Martindale, General
Lew Wallace, Hon. Wm. E. Niblack,
John R. Elder P.
Haughey.
and Theodore
pe
Counterfeit 85 Note.
A new counterfeit £5 silver certificate
It has the new
and is of the series of 1891, check letter
is in circulation. back
C. Rosecrans register; Nebecker, treas-
urer,
tion of the new distinetive
fibre paper the
the fibre being imitated and
pink ink by the The
face of the note bears a light impres-
the
The paper is fair and isan imita-
used by
government,
in blue
use of a pen.
numbering,
The
portrait of General Grant is poor, the
The letter-
ing, with few exceptions, is good and
aie which gives
m
though good a heav ¥ appearance,
nose being broad and flat.
the small scalloped seal is excellent in
The
very
and it has a blue tinge and the geomet-
and
workmanship and color. green
on the back of the note is light
lines are so untrue indistinet
rie
that a little scrutiny reveals the false
character of the note,
i
Photographed at 56 Miles.
The annual exhibition of the Photo
graphic Society of Great Britain }
opened in Pall Mall, There wassoiree
on Saturday, when visitors who were
mere laymen were astounded by the
inspection of a photograph of Mont
Blane taken at a distance of 56 miles.
188
minttes ex-
August 27
why
era 60 inches, with seven
posure, at 6.15 P. M.,
windy weather,
Boissonnas’ experiment with the tele
scopic camera is unquestionable, and
| Opens up many interesting possibilities,
A perfect view of Mont Blane even at
this great distance has been secured. -
Pall Mall Express.
Wf cy non
Christian denominations to get
Fraternity and co-operation
are coming more and more into evi
dence. Organic union is probably no
nearer now than it was a half century
ago, and it is coming to be seen that
there may be oneness in diversity, and
it is in inter<denominational comity
and division of work that true unity
will be found rather than in a com-
{mon name and common forms of
worship. Another significant sign of
the times is the congress of all religions
which is to be held at Chicago next
year and at which the representatives
of all faiths are expected to give a rea-
| son for the faith that is in them.
tO.
gether.
The trials of Colonel Hawkins, Colo-
nel Streator and Surgeon Grimes, of
the Tenth Regiment National Guard
of Pennsylvania, for aggravated assault
ton Private Iams during the Home-
stead trouble, are set for next Wednes-
day at Pittsburg.
tecnica sssm—
The Democratic meetings held last
| week in different parts of the county
| were well attended. Old Centre is not
| asleep.
If ever a faithful man went to con-
gress, it was Hon. George F. Kribbs,
Everybody should vote for his re-elec-
tion November Sth.
EER DSR na
Vote fo r Hon. George F. Kribbs, fo
congress he has served one term faith-
fully. There is no discount about men
like Kribbs—always at his post, always
voting right.
——
The people of the United States have
fixed upon November Sth, next, for
the election of Grover Cleveland to the
presidency. Stick a pin there,
CAMS I AAS
Water, Water! is the ery from many
parts of the land,
++ THI
// A STELLAR srrnacrion\\
C. KK. Sober Delights an Audience at the
i Lancaster Fair
{ Mr. C. K. Sober has added greatly
| to his fame of late in giving exhibi-
| tions of his unequalled skill in hand-
{ling the gun, At the Fair
| he did some fancy shooting and the
| Lancister Daily New Fra pays the
| following high compliment to him:
i “Another Stellar attraction was the
appearance of Col. Sober, the wonder-
Lancaster
ful marksman, who gave an exhibi-
tion even more remarkable, perhaps,
than the performances of Dr.
Captain Brewer, Bogardus or
the with rifle
that have been seen here,
carver,
of
shot-gun
(ol.
shot at clay pigeons or blue rocks
any
Yeracks! or
Nober
and
he sent the fragments flying in a man-
| ner which evoked a storm of applause
very frequently from the delighted su-
idience. The ease with whieh he han-
dled the double-barreled breech loader
and the feats he performed with t
Hi
tables
he
piece were truly astonishing.
justed blocks, kegs, boxes,
the
just as easily as though
barrels on gun and broke
| “pigeons”
jawkard and heavy objects were
fastened to the His
true in all but one or two instances and
the most difficult well nigh
possible shots were made with perfect
He is undoubtedly the
master of the shot gun ever
barrel. alm was
and im-
ease, greatest
seen here,
and if his performance is not alone
worth the price of admission then the
the dollar's
cents."
day has arrived when
worth is wanted for fifty
yy —
Penn Township and Millhelm,
Altoona
Columbus parade with great credit for
Our bund returned from the
good music rendered.
Fevers and diphtheria are dying out
and no new cases,
Farmers are mostly through husk-
ing corn and have a smaller crop than
usual.
h
has caused some incon-
Dry weather
venience in scarcity of water for hous
and barn uses,
The Democras yw
time majority, and
my g.
fu
natiou on farm products and de
1 % fp
iil give thelr
+
{
} to |
McKinley tariff and
old
ETE Mark
savin
generally throughout the cour
opening the eyes of the peopl
he REPORTER, last week,
ring to the slights of the
on this side in offices
hit the centre mark, and
done it
said a reminder in that direction
thant
power to insist upon ou
cotfversation
Gregg he said that t
long before.
come oftener, and We
with a
hie )
Democrats should have an organiza.
i tion of their own. A good suggestion,
Schofield was around last week and
found all looking bright for the ticket.
co”
The Wheelbarrow Man.
On Saturday afternoon Constable F.
I. Thompson sold the household effects
of William Hooven, the man who left
{ Curwensville a week or so ago with a
| wheelbarrow and who conceived
| crazy idea that the newspapers would
{pay him large sums of money for
{ history of his travels. He had of far
better stayed at home and provided a
| comfortable living for his almost desti-
ute family instead of spending his time
running around over the country try-
| ing to hunt for a pot of gold at the end
of a rainbow. —Curwensville Review,
the
a
pe —
On the Improve.
William Kuhn, of Boalsburg, who
| was =o badly lacerated two weeks ago
by being caught by a tumbling shaft
of a threshing machine, is improving
and will recover fully from the experi-
ence through which he passed.
Potatoes Good.
The crop of potatoes this year does
not show signs of the rot, which play-
ed havoc with the crop last year. The
specks of the rot.
Seriously IL
Mrs. Margaret Rnble, an aged lady
living at Tusseyville, has been serious-
ly ill for some time, the cause of her
sickness being heart trouble.
Mountain Fires.
The west end of Brush mountain,
near the cave, was on fire this week:
in the Bald Eagle section mountains
were also on fire,
a A Mn Sa
Corn Husking Over.
Farmers are mostly done with husk-
ing corn. The crop is not quite up to
the average, but what there is of it, is
excellent in quality.
AAS A ins
Only those who have tried it know
its value— Bull's Head Horse and Cat-
tle Powder, we mean. Price 25 cents
per package of 1 1b, full weight.
Subscribe for the REPORTER.
~The latest styles in clothing at
the Philad. Branch, Bellefonte,
~Cash paid for hides.—G. 0. Ben.
ner. ’
'RSDAY, OCTOBER
CAPITOL CHAT.
INFORMATION OF ' A WEEK FROM
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
A Brief Review of What Government of
Oticials are Doing for the Couns
try's Good,
1802,
There
he
WaAsHINGTON, Oct. 24,
is a hiteh, in fact two hiteles,
it
ed that Senator Quay would have been
New York a
until the eampaign ended, for the pur-
in
republican programe. Was expects
in week to remain
HEo,
pose of aiding Mr, Carter in the
which Marrison has necessarily
compelled Lo give up. But
not vo to New York,
friends
Harrison's Were
what his alle d illness
ngton to tell
Now Y ork
rinin SU Fa CON
ed up in Was
he
i
ii
{
wotlld not go to
he was give
RR ¢
word of mouth, in the presen
1 ¢ 4
as Wao wil:
13
rison., Hew
i
i 4 fil {
HN POsSsiie 10]
him, owing
Harri
}
it
il
ROT,
would
until after
were not
then arranged
few minutes
Harrison in th
¢1
gen
3
i
in
soded ye
remain in New
Washing
at he will be here early
Mr. Harrison's fr
are determined to keep him in
York if it can possibly be
whereabouts for this and
en ™ sil;
pretext to
has ady ised his
¥s
i
on friends t
fends
New
His
week
t
i
this week, but
done,
next
overcome or not.
»
elec
in the
tion of Cleveland and Stevenson and a
Democratic confidence
democratic Congress increases
republican fear
For nearly a
every
day, just of
feat week a
local sport has advertised the fact
that he had deposited £10,000 with a
an
increases,
the amount
was covered.
as soon as this deposit
Up to this writing not a
dollar has been put against his money;
no republican has sufficient courage to
back his opinions with his money.
The loss of the control of the Senate
| is just beginning to be fully realized
| by the republicans. The latest demo-
{cratic figures make the Senate stand
jafter March 4, 1802, democrats
143, republicans 40, people’s party 2,
| leaving the legislatures of Minnesota,
{and Kansas, which are at present con-
trolled by the people's party, in doubt.
If the people’s party can retain con-
trol of these legislatures or of any one
of them the number of people's party
Senators will be increased; but even
granting what few believe to be poss
ible that the republicans will elect a
majority of the legislatures in those
three states and get the Senators that
would only give them a total of 43,
against the same number of democrats
#0 that in any event the republicans
are doomed to loose control of the Sen-
ate, unless they can capture the legis
latures of some of the states now re
garded as certainly democratic. This
is very important, as it makes poss
ible, after the election of Cleveland
and Stevenson, an immediate revision
of the tariff, as on that question the
people's party senators will vote with
the democrats, and there is little or no
92.
doubt that the next House will be
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NO. 42.
BET UV ADBOOTH,
ity.
oly -
WILL YOTE
STEAD
HOW THEY IN HOME.
Homestead hich has heretofore
1 Yea fas » si. d
been largely Republican, was decorat-
H ' ra
ed in honor of a Democratic Proces
in such a manner as the residents have
sion
* before seen,
talk
out, and declared they would east their
Pedple who never
before would I x moceracy turned
veiana i Sl
ana Venson.
be hired w=
i
ti
ne
eptiili-
RIOOWH
SE. —
Foelipse of 1
MoKed ginsses
of the
nuts As the “piney” does this every
: 3 i y y
year it does look as though we would
have a hard winter.
- i
No Services
Last Sabbath evening, no services
were held in any of the churches in
the
Owing to absences,
town and streets were deserted.
one or two pastors
did not fill their regular appointments.
. —-
Wild Tarkeys In Season.
It is likely
that just about as many will be Killed
ber ean be legally killed.
now as before. They are a scarce comn-
modity.
i
i
i AA nt sss
Hollow "Een.
i
Sunday next the citizens should take
jextra precaution in fastening their
gates, ete,, and thus avoid the pranks
{of the boys,
Ws fp Md
Had Deen Sammoned
A Lock Haven attorney addressed a
gentleman inquiring the residence of
an important witness, and received
the intelligence that “he lives in Cen-
tre county, but is dead.”
Agrioult
Two Agricultural Institutes will be
held in our county this fall, one at Re-
bersburg and the other at Centre
Hall, under the auspices of the state
agricultural society,
a Ds a a
Communion Services,
The Lord's Supper will be adminis-
tered in the Lutheran church on Sab
bath morning, November 6th, at 1¢
o'clock, by the pastor Rev. W. E,
Fischer.
ssl
aral Institutes,
Festival,
The Ladies’ Ald Society of the Cen-
tre Hall Evangelical church, will hold
a festival on Thanksgiving day and
evening, to which all are invited.
DAE AA
wees ThefPhilad, Branch has almost
an entire new stock to select from. If
a bargain is wanted Lewins can give
And Instruct the Voter On the New Ballot
i faw,
i
the new elect
Fae I sent out to t}
-t ‘ :
Now that ion booths
3
HRV i Various vol.
ing precincts throughout the county,
and that a lar
ver
? '. 1
f number of sampie bal-
lots w be
at
ions and in-
w method of
allot law,
ill be printed, would” it not
an excellent idea to set
enc)
up a booth
i place of holdis elect
voter on the ne
voting under the Baker
Much space has been devoted by the
papers in the county to familiarize the
voler on ite wie riking ¢ 1 i sractical
Y 1ieans
br
i wal
familiar
seemingly
simple
oting
ting
monster
New
im-
ngin
The
i the over-
outside
the
New
1 speak-
was
Ng ever held in
v. Hill was the
a
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS,
a good
I AN A LI
remarks seem to re-
explanation, —
- Telegraph. As
tle’s remarks put the lie on
Republicans for
for Harrison, we
amount of
ren.
he
rather
lo
the announcing
had come out
think
publicans as to why they lied about
Nickles,
the explanation falls to the
Sickles says he is for Cleve-
land out and out.
ty -
James Riddle, a Tyrone Lawyer and e
a life-long Republican, has sent his
check for one hundred dollars to the
New York World, for the western cam-
paign fund, and will vole for Cleve-
land and Stevenson. Mr. Riddle was
from Centre county originally and
practiced at the Centre county bar,
‘and was a Republican stump speaker
| in this county.
sii poets
Those fellows who are down on the
“deerned foreigners” and so lustily
celebrated Columbus last week, it
| strikes us must feel as if he was born
on the wrong continent,
.
The Philadelphia Press is so terrific
| ally down on gerrymanders against its
| party in other states, that it looses
| sight of the far worse Republican ger
rymander in our state. The Press is
far from being a saint.
s————
The RerorTER is gratified at the
continued receipt of letters saying this
| paper is one of the best and most orig-
inal inland weeklies published.
Thanks for the compliment.
iol csimscnn
The nation grieves to learn of the
death of Mrs, Harrison, and the Presi-
dent will have the deepest sympathy
in his bereavement. A more estima
ble lady never adorned the white
house,
S————
Just about this time of year a knowl-
edge of stoveology comes handy,
a fo
Altoona had two big fires within the
last ten days, and hardly any water to
fight the flames,
How can you season sauces for pud
ding and pastry without some sort of
flavoring? Bell's-Head Flavoring Ex-
tracts are first-class and cheap. Price
only 10 cents.
campaign, at 35 cents. Send in the
you |