VOL. LXVI.
CAPITOL GOSSIP
NEWS OF A WEEK AT THE NA-
TION'S CAPITOL.
Democrats Displeased With the Financial
Outlook. Mr, Harrison to Rush
the Aanexation of Hawaii.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 13.— Democrats
in Congress are far .from being pleased
with the financial outlook. The house
Ways and Means committee made a
favorable report of Representative By-
num’s resolution authorizing an inves-
tigation of the charge publicly made
that Secretary Foster had made a deal
$50,000,000 of U. 8. bonds. The fact
that New York bankers are seldom
philanthropists, and that they are
known to be furnishing the treasury
with gold caused many people to be-
lieve this charge; hence the necessity
for an investigation. The public wants
no secret juggling with the finances of
the country. It isonly fair to Secre-
tary Faster and the present adminis
tration to say that they deny the
charge of issuing or of having promis-
ed to issue bonds for gold. Still it is
believed by some that Secretary Foster
who is now in New York, is there to
posed investigation.
“Silver week’ in the house and sen-
ver legislation would take place at the
present session. It has been repeated-
that President-elect Cleveland had said
sion of the next congress if the present
failed to take some action that would
stop the purchase of silver by the gov-
ernment, but now that congress has by
votes in both house and senate given
notice of its failure to take such action
no one seems to be certain that an ear-
ly session will be called, and there ap-
pears to be a doubt in the minds of
quite a number of demoerats as to
whether Mr. Cleveland ever authoriz-
ed those statements,
If Mr. Harrison's influence be strong
enough to accomplish it the legislation
necessary to the annexation of Hawaii
is to be rushed through Congress. Mr,
Harrison decided to send a message to
Congress recommending annexation
and suggesting the terms to be con-
tained in the legislation. To many
this appears to be as hasty as was the
ing a protectorate, and it is certainly
going to be done with much less to ex-
cuse it. It is assumed to be necessary
for this government to endorse the
action of Stevens, and that being done
what oceasion is there for hurrying
annexation ? Itis well known that
so long as Hawaii is under the protec-
tion of the American flag no Eu ropear
government will dare to interfere.
There is a great big nigger concealed
somewhere in this Hawaiian wood
pile, and his feet will be exposed if
there be no undue haste in the matter.
The talk of the republicans on the
floors of congress and in private, on
the pension question, is very different.
Privately they admit that if something
is not done to reduce them the pay-
ments will soon bankrupt the country,
but on the floors of Congress they bit-
terly resist every attempt to reduce the
amount paid. The house committee
ou appropriations after careful consid-
eration has recommended some smend-
ments to the general pension appro-
priation bills, now being considered by
the house, which would if they became
laws save $30,000,000 a Year, but the
republicans are doing everything in
their power to prevént the adoption of
these amendments, One of the amend-
ments provides for transferring the
pension bureau to the War department
and the detail of army officers to man-
age it, which would remove it from
politics; others provide for a suspen
sion of pensions paid to widows who
were not married within five years af-
ter the close of the war; to those hav.
Ing a yearly income of $600 or more,
and, except in cases of total disability,
to alien non-residents,
Unless the republican senate shall
refuse to agree to amendments to the
legislative and executiveappropriation
bills which have been passed
by the house there will be some radi-
cal changes made here on the first of
July. The clerks in the departments
will work eight hours instead of seven
each day, and will have their annual
leave of absence with pay cut down to
15 days. The departments will cense
to close on account of the death of ex-
officials, and congress will no longer
pay the big prices it has paid in the
past for funeral expenses of members
Wha died. “Whatever may be ssid of
amendments they are in the line
picion to be general that influences are
at work to prevent the truth
found out. The committee has now
gone to New York to see if anything
bursed the money. Later they will go
to Indiana to get ex-secretary Thomp-
son’s statement of what he did to earn
his salary of $24,000 a year: also what
he knows about other money spent.
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AARONSBURG.
ing Party,
Mrs. Jacob Reed isill with pneumo-
nia.
Mr. and Mrs. Stambach are here on
a visit from Red Lion, York county.
Rev. Addams is suffering with a
very bad cold and was unable on last
Sunday to fill all his appointments,
A coasting party on Wert’s hill
were unable to control their sled a few
evenings ago, and it ran down over
{ the bank against the fence hurling the
party in different directions. Miss
Mollie Musser was thrown against the
fence, injuring her head and knee so
that she became unconscious.
Dr. Musser bought a colt from Jacob
{ May, that is cream in color with silver
| mane and tail. He also bought some
{time ago a part Hambletonian mare
{from Nogh Weaver of Woodward.
| which under the care of Mr. Ira Gram-
| ley is developing into a most excellent
| roadster,
Besides his poultry, 'Squire Rote has
| gotten black fantail and white fantail
| His silver duck wing game
bantams are no larger than the pig-
His light Brahmas are monsters
| pigeons,
| eons,
| in size.
| Foster Bower has bought his brother
| Michael's interest in the stock and
| farming implements belonging to their
father's estate and will begin farming
in the spring. Michael goes to Brush
Valley to Samuel Brungart.
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A Telegraph Company's Rights,
Porter Skinner, of Huntingdon co.,
petitioned for the appointment of view-
ih
their line on public roads through his
farm. The viewers reported in his fa-
or, fixing the damages at $87 and costs.
The telegraph company excepted to
| the viewer's report, alleging irregulari-
{ties in the proceedin
gs and appealed
cessive. The whole
proceedings were
ing to $40, it being clearly shown that
if any injury was done to the lands of
Skinner it was of so trifling a nature
warrant action at law,
Since the above was in type we learn
that Judge Furst rendered no
queer decision.
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Electricity For Cooking.
The use of electricity in the kitchen
for cooksng purposes will be a godsend
to housekeepers and their help if the
ton and elsewhere, and Edison is not
the only person who can tell of its sup-
boiler and baker, Cheap, of course; why
not?
The use of electricity in the kitchen
may be disadvantageous to the coal
cart drivers, the coal miners, coal deal-
ers, coal trusts, coal lords, and gas com
panies; but we can’t help that. These
people must be willing to suffer their
share of the disadvantages of progress
invention, science. The electricians are
bound to prosper. We cannot surely
run short of electricity,
A ———— A f — ————
The February number of the New
York Musical Monthly has been pub-
lished. It is one of the best Journals
published, and is also the cheapest
for the money that can be had any-
where, There are 82 pages of Inrge
sized music in it. The February num-
ber contains the following vocal andin-
strumental music: ‘Sing Me to Sleep
Again Mother,” Parker; “Speak again
That Last Bweet Word,” Skelly;
“Thou Art Like Untoa Flower, " Rub-
instein; “A Sea Love,” Hatch; all
good voeal pieces; “Album Leaf,”
Girieg; “Solid Comfort Behottische,”
Phelps; “Simple Aven,” Thome; “Ye
Lady Nance Dance,” all instrumental.
The price is 15 ects a copy or $1.50 per
year. Address Richard A. Saalfield,
794, 796 and 798 Tenth Ave, New York.
The Mormon Tabernacle in Salt
Lake City Is the most Plarface ar inlspun
in ery in the world. It beats th
il of St. Paul's and the Washing-
ton Capitol. The dropping of a pin in-
to a plug hat at one end of the huge
structure is distinetly heard by persons
i
i REVISING THE GAME LAW =.
fA Bill Endorsed by the State Sportsmen's
i Association
A bill drafted
men’s association
the =
revising the game
by tate sports-
{laws of the state has been introduced
It
| provides that no person shall kill elk
jor wild deer except from October 15 to
Decanber 14, inclusive, And
{son shall have in his or her i
any wild deer, antelope or fresh
{in both branches of the legislature,
no per.
MOMEOSSION
veni-
son except from October 15 to January
{1. The penalty for violation of this
section is fifty dollars for cach
| killed. It is provided
{ deer, elk or fawns shall be pursued
killed by dogs. No
in one year more than three deer
der penalty of fifty dollars,
animal
also that ne
or
kill
un-
person shall
1 he apen
season for gray, black or fox squirrels
| is from October 15 to December 15, a
| penalty of five dollar is provided,
It is made unlawful to kill or « X pose
i for sale rabbits.
December 15; penalty t
except October 15 to
i
Is
wenty-five do
{lars. The bill also prevents hunting
| with ferrets. Shooting
with a swivel or punt gun, or
wild ducks
any oth-
er than guns that are habitually raised
fired the
punishable by
at arm's length and from
shoulder, is
ten dollars,
footed fowl
i May 1.
In the section referring to wild t
a fine of
The open season for
eptember
is from I
ur-
kevs the OH I season is from October
15 to December 15 inclusive.
of ten dollars is imposed for
For Woodcock,
tween October 15 and De wimber 15.
hunting iS egal
Hunters are allowed to juail
from November 1 to Dee-
ive. Penalty
shoot at
or partridge
inclus
No person
for sale
ember 15
lars,
Zrouse or
from October
imade unlawful
grouse during the nigl
alty of ten dollars LS,
birds
31
i The legal season for rail or reed
| is from Decemibx ri
1 to December
The
five dollars for each bird kilied
Section eleven of
if
| elusive, next following. fine is
3 | ill i
the bill 0s
pros
¥
that no person shall kill or take an
wild turkey, zr
partridge, wood cock,
Wise, pheasant, quail,
bird
blind or
ten dol
is provided
rail or reed
with any net, trap, sn
torch light under penalty of
bird. This
| that nothing in this sect
ire,
lars for each
Youll
HI shall be so
construed as to prevent individuals or
| associations from gathe ring live game
for propagation or protection from De-
fol
& On Sun-
cember 20 until February 1 next
lowing.
day is prohibited under a pensity of
| twenty-five dollars,
Hunting or shootin
Mongolian and prairie
| chickens are protected for two vears
under a fine of twenty-five dollars.
Any transportation
pheasants
that
{ hips and receives game contrary to
| the act is liable to a fine of twenty-five
| dollars for each shipment. Nothing
in the act will prevent any person
from killing any wild animal found
| destroping game, fruit or vegetables
on his or her premises,
Company
i co
Bankrupt
The startling fact has leaked out in
Washington that Secretary of the
| Treasury Foster has completed are
rangements to make a new issue of
{ish the depleted stock of gold in the
| It is said that the bonds are in readi-
| ness and that a big New York finan.
{cial institution has agreed to take
| them, turning into the treasury in ex-
tion stands in such need. The details
of the plan have not yet developed. At
how many millions of bonds will be
sold, but it is said the total issue will
cent interest,
The announcement will create a des
cided sensation in the financial world,
fs all the arrangements have
regarding this leaking out until lately.
This tallies with what the Democrats
predicted last campaign,
Fiaures given out by the Census
Bureau show the combined State and
local bonded indebtedness of Pennsyl-
vania to be $108,238 004. Ten years ago
It was $128,880, 578, The State of New
York has an indebtedess of $225 540,164.
and Massachusetts has $128,726 811.
Both New York and Massachusetts
have increased their indebtedness in
the past decade, while Pennsylvania
has decreased hers,
After a burgler in a San Fransisoo
clothing stare had packed up two va.
lises of goods he came face to face with
his reflection in a large mirror, fired
five bullets into the image, thinking it
was the watchman. And barely
PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE SE
CRET BALLOT LAW,
Senator Baker Offers a» BIL Making Many
and Important Amendments to
the Act,
Senator Baker, of Delaware county,
the framer of the present secret ballot
law, introduced a bill into the senate
making many and important amend-
ments to the ballot law. The changes
proposed are of the type which will
meet with public approval and the
amendments will Under
these changes any party polling one
of the largest vote foi
ate officer, is recognized as a po-
be made,
per cent cast,
any st
litical party, and may certify its nom-
The present
cent. Parties
inations, law requires
three per polling less
cent must present nomi- |
For state officers,
than one per
nation papers, Con
gress and legislature, not more than
500 signatures are required, while fi
other must
Ww
officers there be at least
ten signe I's.
Certificates of nomination and nom-
the three highest
s8e8 of officers must be filed thirty-
ination papers for
cla
five and twenty-eight days respective-
before instead of fifty-six
and forty-nine; county and municipal
oh
sil
ly election
twenty-eight and twenty-one instead
For i
his and townships the limit is un-
y-two and thirty-five.
Wore
rd. The time for filing objec
he three i
io
classes is extended
ty to thirty-nine,
five
The secretary of the
twenty
wir and three to respect.
COMmon-
ia
and commissioners. twelve
must certify nominations
riffs
: “ i ‘
WI Ore ¢ ection,
instead of ten, ns
method of marking ballots
la
inged to require a cross mark oppo-
ite the name of en hh candidate voled
Tr except presidential electors. where
opposite the
The
shed
ifficient
party name
of official
but
ne mark
number
is unchanged,
number of specimen
nr
required, and the county
commissioners may require the elec
tion judges to come to their office on
day before election and receive and
"all ballots for thelr dist ols,
to In
* Yoling
¥
ae
compartment
for every seventyv-fi
fifty,
furnis i ve voters,
instead of every and a certain
door must be placed across the upper
part tO screen the Yoler from observa
ballot. The
the person
unregistered voter
ust be endorsed on the ballots’ check.
on while making his
and residence of
for an
list Rea-
sonable compensation for party watch-
be included the
of candidates and
y Opposite the voters’ name.
i
ors shall in proper |
election expenses
political committees,
The most important change is that
relative to the “disability”
It reads as follows:
before receiving his ballot, declares to
the judge of election that he cannot
read it, or that for any physical cause |
of volers,
If any voter, |
require him (except in case of manifest
physical disability) to make oath or
aflirmation to the fact, stating it spe
cifically, and shall then permit him to
select one qualified elector of the dis
trict as a helper, who shall be permit-
The sald helper shall first
declare, on oath or affirmation, that
he will not attempt to influence the
him the help he may desire, and that
The inspector in charge of the voting
_NO.7.
An Improvement Lend Ald
Beneficial Enterprises,
Your to
All
Centre Hall within a year is
to manufacture as ood flour
it once w until
structive fire destroved the mill
as famous for.
If proper encouragement is gives
the partially
look forward to a complete
in the near future. The
to the va
itself, at home and abroad,
rebuilt enter
ilar
ed was a credit
beneficial to the
It was most fur
ers of the valley, causing a bette r price
for their grain, on account of its man-
ufacture into flour at home
his benefit farmers
pect to reap, as we confi
in the near future. Farmers
mitted that the plant destroy
worth as much as a hundred dollar
them annually, in increased
above what they we
without such an enterp:
With more sincere c
the part of citizens of thi
locality, instead of opi
prises, the whole
benefitted. Throw jes
offer your shoulder for
anything presents itself to 1
neighborhood
effect down to the common
er and up to the farmer, merchan
mechanic,
This thing of throw ing
a
every enterpris Od
Spirit in some to Ix
Works to the injury of all.
Hall,
ation, health
Centre with
love ly Jone
er good points, is a
the location
P
Weide of
too much
Te Ceivie
should
h
agement.
that has be
Let the good citizens of
vicinity, weigh these th
a . -
To Abolish Spring Flections.
Ri
i
tt}
wiih
4 ¢ 3
issue of ti
in
we
a recent 1 PORTER
urged the doing awny Spring
Mections, and have |
: : .
oil offices elected
once in two or three vears “aving
great ex pense,
A bill |
ire.
Fug 4 y WY 1 ren}
Rs DON Introduosy
abolishing «
pring
holding
of
viding for the
and state elections at
£1
Lai Ea
and so changing the term of St
other officials as to
hold
make it n«
to an election but
Cars,
this. Weare ol
0 devole entirely too
ie «i
much time to
elections, and their constant rec Urrenes
twice a year tends more tl
il anv.
thing else to Keep the political
ma-
and pernicious ac-
tivity. If two entire Years elapsed be
tween the elections, it would cut off
just three fourths of the present num.
ber, and there wouldn't be. as there is
at present, a lot of candidates constant.
ly in the field and a new distribution
of spoils always in sight.
wn —-—
Good Yet on Sunday
The coasting and skating about the
town which has been finer than ever
before known, was still in excellent
shape on Sunday. Some of the boys
evidently thought the week not
enough and on Sunday forenoon
large bob, loaded with boys came
thundering down the mountain into
town, much to the surprise and aston.
ishment of some of our Sabbath lov
ing people. During the day when yon
long
a
with a suspicious looking bulk under
his overcoat, you would probably be
led to believe that he had purioined
some goods and was making his way
to a “fence” to dispose of it. But you
pressions.
skates and was on the way to a retired
A publio count Is also specifically
provided for. These amendments
have been prepared by the Pennsylva-
nia ballot reform association, which
ney, of Philadelphia, its secretary,
stated that the association thought
these amendments wou ld make Penn.
sylvania’s ballot law the best in the
country. The amendments requiring
A cross mark opposite each name is
made, not only to avoid confusion
arising from the use of two ways of
marking, but in view of a recent deci-
sion of the supreme court of Califor.
nia that to allow the voting of a whole
ballot by one mark placed those who
desired to split their ticket under
more burdensome conditions than oth-
ers, and was contrary to that provision
of the California constitution requir.
ing uniform election laws. As Penn-
sylvania's constitution has a similar
requirement, it was considered best to
nook where he could glide over’ the
glassy surface free from observation
Tue AtsBaxy bill to regulate the
prices of coal in New York State is in-
tended to do more in increasing the
profits of legislators than in decreasing
the price of coal. Ifan unreasonable
price is being charged for coal in New
York State through a combination,
any aggrieved person can go into court
and get a reasonable price fixed, and if
the price is not unreasonable, any at.
tempt to change it will fail because it
Is taking property without due process
of law. If a combination is really
charging an unreasonable price for
coal in New York State, it isa gues.
tion not for the Legislature at Albany
but for the Grand Jury and Distriet
Attorney in each county, exactly as
has been done in Rochester by the
Grand Jury and Distriet Attorney of
Monroe county,
have a mark opposite each name, ex.
: president electors, which a
LUMBER OPER ATIONS,
| Forests Stripped of Their Ine Timber, New
Ones Khonld Be Started,
lumber Penns
surrousn-
operation in
inountialns
nigh
F manufactured
cleaned out all
lumber,
Thirty
iflcent
well as
and maple § the yall 5 and the
tivit ad
mounts
sen
fin also
loads in
commaord-
arce, and
onvenient
© Jnost
its oaks
its maples
bit now varieties of
trees are growin: these giants
of the forests re ign
The poet did ot
Wy
too early,
OIA Spe ~O1IY
ire trees will
i {
ide of 25
pianted now
1
1 be
wed, wil
i 1'Y
Wid
:s fax
avs brought
now, and in
vill prove a
rt new for-
has been
cannot be cul-
ft ke gacy
re many
follow
» timber
{to the needs
hie
Wty
NEW LEGISLATION,
A number of schem before the
{ some
¥ ey re tvs fa mrraccd
isiatur interest
have merit,
t
tionment
and to ans.
here
schemes,
ar law
some of whieh
certainly will
not meet pt ic favor, being based
Any
a0 «
upon crankiness, law that will
compel the ox if better roads
will
IRIN
he law as it now stands,
he bill,
A new
under {
fill t
game law the main features
of which have already been given in
the Revrornrer will demand the atten.
”
1st
RIBLOMS
tion of our legi
The tax question will come up again
the past six There are
some visionary and impracticable tax
ideas, but tax reform is wanted and
the wise heads that will reach it. will
the thanks of the masses. Our
taxing system is not what it should be
and it is a subject difficult to adjust
| satisfactorily to all the varied interests
affected.
The fence law may receive some at-
tention, but we do not look for a repeal
of the repeal which abolished line
i fences, and we are inclined to think
‘the law now will remain.
The legislative Record job may get
(an overhauling and the nuisance be
abated, or the work ordered to be done
decently and on time.
The above are about the main sub-
{Jects that the wise men at Harrisburg
| will be called upon to deliberate this
winter. May they show wisdom in
all,
as in years,
get
WHILE the people of the United
| Btates are seriously debating the best
| coarse to take in regard to the Sand.
t wich islands, their minister at Hono-
| lulu seems to have set out to solve the
problem on his own account, On the
1st of February he had a force paraded
from the war vessels in the harbor,
hoisted the American flag on the gov-
ernment building, and issued a procla-
mation to the people of Hawaii that
be had assumed protection in the
hame of the American government.
This looks like a movement to force
the hand of our government on a mat-
ter of the gravest importance. Minis
ter Stevens hardly had instructions
Justifying him in this course,
probably acted on his own
ity. Ifthereis a big speculation’
this Bandwich island scheme he is like
Iy to have a hand init. The presump-
tion of a third-rate minister commit.
ting this government on such an im-
portant question just as a change of
administration at \