VOL. LXVI.
CE
rE
INTRE HALL,
PA. THU RSDAY, / AUGUST 3,
1893.
NO. 30.
PENSION POLICY
A PLAIN STATEMENT OF THE SIT:
UATION.
ers. — Real Policy of the Pension Bua.
reau Grossly Misrepresented.
Seeing that there is a persistent ef.
fort on the part of a certain class of in-
dividuals to misrepresent the real pol
icy of the Pension Bureau, concerning
the numerous cases that are being ex-
amined and revised by it, Commission-
er of Pensions Lochren has spoken out
very frankly and emphatically on the
subject. Said the Commissioner on}
Friday last: ‘‘Not a single pensioner
face of his claims, under the law, he
was not entitled to a pension. There}
has been a great deal of misrepresenta- |
tion of the facts as to the actual policy
of the Pension Bureau
I have just written out a statement as |
to that policy and here it Che
statement to which General Lochren
referred, is a very interesting ome to
all pensioners. It reads as follows:
“Under pension laws enacted prior
to June, 1880, pensions were granted
based upon disabilities incurred in the
military or naval service, and in many
cases specific rating for particular dis-
,
is.’
Congress, and it was provided gener-
ally that for inferior disabilities an
amount proportionate to that for total
disability should be granted. Under
this general provision specific ratings
for such inferior disabilities were fixed
wroval of the Secretary of |
the Interior. Persons granted for such |
disabilities of service origin are pre-
sumed to have been properly granted, |
and there will be no interference with
respect to such pensions,
with the apg
DISABILITY TO PERFORM LABOR.
“Qaetion two of the Act of June or, |
1890, provides that all persons who |
d ninety days or more in the mil-
itary or naval service of the United |
States during the late Warof the Re-
and who have been honorably
discharged therefrom, and are
now suffering from a mental or physi-
cal disability of a permanent charac-
ter, not the result of their own vicious
habits which incapacitates them from
the performance of manual labor in
such a degree as to render them unable |
to earn a support shall, upon making |
due proof of the fact according to such |
rules and regulations as the Secretary |
of the Interior may provide, be placed
upon the list of invalid pensioners o
the United States, and be entitled to
receive a pension not exceeding $12]
per month and not less than $6 per
month, proportioned to the disability |
to earn a support. This act permits |
the pensioning of soldiers for disabili- |
ties of a permanent character, although |
not of a service origin, which inca- |
pacitates them from the performance
of manual labor in such a degree as to
render them unable to earn a support.
serve
bellion,
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who
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alone which entitles them to be pen-
sioned under this act, and it is plain
that no specific injury or disability
which does not affect the eapacity for
manual labor gives any right to pen-
sion under the act last referred to.
THE EFFECT OF THE ORDER.
“Under an order, 164, issued on Oc
tober 15, 1800, and approved by the
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, it
was directed, in substance, that claim.
ants under the Act of June 27, 1890,
should be rated for specific disabilities
the same as if they were of service ori-
gin up to the maximum rating of $12
per month, and where the disability if
of service origin, would be rated high-
er than $12 per month, it should be
rated at $12 per month. The effect of
the order is illustrated by the Bennet
case, which called altention to it. In
that case a claimant for pension under
the Act of June 27, 1800, was rated for
slight deafness at $12 per month; yet it
was manifest that slight deafness
would not interfere materially with
the claimant's capacity to perform
manual labor. Upon inquiry the med-
ical referee reported back that the ca-
pacity of a claimant to perform man-
ual labor was not ordinarily conasider-
ed in adjudicating claims for pensions
under the Act of June 27, 1890,
“It was, therefore, deemed necessary
that these cases be reexamined, and
that where it appeared upon the face
of the papers that the claimants were
not upon the evidence submitted, en-
titled to pensions under the Act of
June 27, 1890, such pension should be
suspended and notice given to the pen-
sioners to present further evidence in
support of their claims, and that where
the claimant ultimately failed to show
himself entitled to pension under the
law of June 27, 1800, the pension
should be dropped and the ease re.
Jeeted.
“Phisis the only class of cascs that
is being examined and revised Ly this
Bureau, and the necessity for such ac-
ALL CASES WILL BE HEARD,
“That
tunity to be heard.
sone —
A CARD,
Boaas Townsuip, July 81, 1883.
To the Democrats of Centre County:
I desire to say to my friends, in this
way, that I was unable to call upon
{ them personally and talk to them on
r | the subject of County Treasurer, for
which office I am asking the nomina-
| tion, because I was foo poor to make a
general canvas,
I lost my home in Bellefonte by go-
| ing security for others nnd hence moved
twent to gardening.
the June flood I lost all I had on four
acres of ground, and the soil with it to
the depth of three feet and a deposit of
stone was left, in place, to almost the
same depth, in many places. A month
later my house and household goods
were destroyed by fire, turning me out
of house and home without anything,
but a family of thirteen to support
(twin babies about five months old.)
And the only source of income I have
js through my hands at days labor, I
wish to say further that over 22 years
ago I had one term in the District At-
torney’s office, to which I was entitled
I do not claim that
I am any better or have any superior
| merit over my competitors for the
IRA HICK
mers oewr | CAPITOL GOSSIP
for Early August, | AMENDMENT TO BE AFFIXED TO
On the 2d and 3d of August will cen- | THE SHERMAN LAW,
ter a reactionary wave of great warmth | m— —
resulting in severe storms within the | President Clevand and Cabinet Will Take |
period embraced between the 2d and | the Helin sud Guide the Country
night of the 4th. At this time we will | Through the. Hiumns iu Mayas
be nearing the center of the Venus | am———
equinox, and the phenomena will take | WasHINGTON, July
on the characteristics so often defined | © leveland, all his cabinet,
as resulting from that disturber. Ex-| Crisp and most of the
cessive heat is apt to end in lightning, | Congress will return to Washington |
thunder, hail and wind, and a sudden | | this wee k, prepared to grapple with!
change to abnormally cool on the very | the most serious condition of affairs |
heels of great heat. The storm period, | this country has known for years, and |
Sth to 12th, promises the most active | that democratic statesmanship and]
and dangerous storms of the month, | | wisdom will find a way out that will |
having as the disturbing causes “Vul- |
{ean central on the 8th, Venus central | i the approval of everybody, is as ce riain |
| on the 9th, new moon on the 11, and | gs that C ongress will meet next Mon!
Mercury central on the 12th. The re 18 | day. It is particularly noticeable that
reason to apprehend violence in the his is the predominating sentiment |
| elements between the 8th and 12th. {among democratic al.
The heat will become intense before | ready in Washington. However wide
the storms appear, the barometer will apart they may now be they are all
be depressed generally, reaching phe- | certain that some way will be found
nomenal “lows” atl some points, and | for getting together in the end.
cloud formations will be black and om- | Among the compromises already |
inous. Heavy hail, thunder and wind | suggested Is one that appears to be rap-
may be expected, and *“‘cloud bursts’ {idly gaining ground. Itis to simply |
81.
Speaker
Congressmen
are the results ordinarily following | which compels the purchase of 4,500,
such a combination of causes, but there | | 000 ounces of silver bullion a month by
are exceptional cases, when instead of | (1, Treasury, or to merely adopt an
hail, wind and thunder, the warmth | | purchase of silver to be made or not |
is prolonged, growing more and more | ode in the discretion of the Presi-|
| portunity
| much manhood to attempt to make a
| fuss because Mr. Cleveland has exercis-
ed the same privilege,
| that no objection will be heard when
{ those nominations come up for confir- |
| mation in the Senate.”
adr
: Died in Terrible Agony.
A copperhead four feet long invaded |
| the country home of Thomas Beaton,
| near Bolivar,
the family had retired,
his dogs, Mr. Beaton arose in his stock-
ing feet and went down stairs to in-
| vestigate. His foot struck a soft object |
which he carelessiy kicked aside. The
{ oft object twirled around its victim's
loose with his free foot his |
{enemy struck him a blow on the sole |
tof it. The screams of Mrs,
f
The fool be-
Meaton fell Into
bitlen
{ killed the reptile.
gan to swell
| stupor,
1,
i
Mr.
although physicians gave
he died In
and
| him our quarts of whisky,
fp
Effective Work
James and Henry Finkbinder, resid-
ing at the foot of the mountain near
Sunbury, have been pestered by rats,
carried ofl’ 100 little chickens |
{and ale holes in the grain bins
caught a huge rattlesnake alive. They
| put the reptile in a box and then threw
I take them to be all
| honorable gentlemen. I can only say |
| that if the Democrats of Centre county |
{can give me the nomination, I will |
[ourely feel very grateful.
Respectfully,
Jonx F. POTTER.
A scons
Shamefal Practices,
It is charged that certain companies |
are making a practice of sending car
loads of eattle through from Chicago
to Philadelphia without giving them
water, in order that on their arrival |
they would drink an enormous quan-
I
by fifty or sixty pounds each, the pur- |
i riched.
The run from Chicago to Philadel
| phia requires usually about seventy |
hours, and the originators of the |
| unique scheme were not without rea |
{son in thinking that the eattle would |
! have ample time to cultivate a power |
Shame on
ent enincsiasms
Coming Ia Droves,
One thousand unemployed men
reached Chicago on Monday on freight
trains over the various western rail-
roads running into the city. They |
suburbs for fear they might be arrest-
ed. One man gave the name of G. K.
Jenson, and said, “We came from
Colorado. I am a machinist. The
mines shut down there and factories
began to close. Governor Waite made
his memorable speech about the com-
ing revolution, in which he was going
to ‘ride in blood to his horse's bridle.’
Then capital became timid, banks
failed, factories closed and labor be-
came as frightened as capital, and now
every workman who can get out of the
State is going. The men in this
crowd are not tramps. They are me-
chanies and workers in mines, and
Colorado will see the day that it would
like to have them back in its limits,”
nts ll
Quay on Tarif and Stiver.
Senator Quay said he would support
President Cleveland in every reason.
able proposition for the improvement
of the financial condition. The sena-
tor favors the repeal of the Sherman
law and expects no delay in congress.
He says the Sherman law is partly re-
sponsible for existing conditions, but
that the tariff is not and should not be
disturbed. He does not expect any
great modifications in the McKinley
law.
An Old Ticket.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says: In
his rounds through the train the oth
er evening Conductor C. N. Shaver,
on Mail Express east, ran across a
ticket from McVeytown to Lewistown
that was sold to the holder, according
to the stamp on the back, on August
19th, 1877, nearly seventeen years ago.
Though yellow with age it was good
for a ride,
Remember the Date.
To-morrow evening, August 4th,
Mrs. Knox, the returned missionary,
will deliver her first lecture in the
Presbyterian church, at this place,
This lecture will be free to all and there
should be a full house as it willbe an
{in the warm veal liver. The snake at
mosphere seems exhausted, and the]
sky assumes 8 gray to brassy aspect,
an incubus seeming to fasten up all
nature, until violent earthquake phe-
nomena break the spell and allow the!
elements to return to their normal con-
dition.
If, perchance, this particular period
should take this turn, we call upon
i the people and press everywhere to
note carefully whether or not it termi-
Whether it ends in storms or
| seismic perturbations, there will be
| sudden revulsions from great heat to
very cool, with probabilities of temper-
sture falling almost or quite to the
say from
11th to 14th. About the 15th, reaction-
ary temperature with southerly winds
will most likely resull in another spell
lof storminess, and be followed by
another northwesterly in-rush of cool
From the 15th to 22d, falls another
| period of heat and storms. We name
{the 18th, 20th and 2ist as days on)
which the chief disturbances will beat |
their crisis. The moon's first quarter
on the morning of the 18th, in connec
strain, Is very apt to produce gales and
thunder squalls within twenty-four |
hours of 6 p. m. on that date. Anoth-
er series of disturbances for two or
three days will be natural during this
| period, but the barometer, wind cur-
coming cool and steadily from the
west and north—the barometer mov-
ing upward, and the temperature fall-|
ing. After these disturbances there!
will be a close approach to the first)
line in the north. Pleasant days and |
very cool nights will follow up to re-|
actionary changes and storms on and
The fall |
moon on the 27th will tend to central. |
ize the disturbances on and around |
that date, and will help to precipitate |
any tendency to seismic throes that |
may exist, such being more than prob-
able at the time, if electrical storms
should not have been frequent and
hard during the month.
August ends with the first stages of
a storm period coming into action—
that is, barometer will be falling in
the west, with temperature rising in
advance of it, fed by the southerly air
currents that transport moisture, heat
and alectrie force from the equatorial
regions. August storms in most parts
of the northern hemisphere will devel-
op and move from the northwest, the
first marked indication of their coming
being generally a dark or leaden bank
across the northwest at sunset. There
is cause for this, It is the return of
our globe toward the Autumnal squi-
nox, and an effort of nature to let in
through our polar gates cooler ozone
and atmosphere from outer space.
Marriage Licenses,
The following is a list ot marriage li-
censes granted the past week:
W. T. Steele, of Lewistown, and Sue
Miller, of Spring Mills.
James P. Miller, Sober, and Eliza-
beth Vonada, of Madisonburg,
Geo. R. Clark, Jr., and Alberta E.
Jackson, both of Buffalo Run.
Howard Goodling, of Centre Hall,
and Maggie Spangler, of New Berlin,
Union county, Pa.
a HI A TI SR
Harvest Home Sermon,
Rev. 8B. H. Eisenberg, pastor of the
Reformed Church, will deliver the an-
tion is, as I think, sufficiently obvious.
interesting talk.
bath morning, at 10 o'clock.
months, in order to determine
other silver legislation may
isary. A number of democrats
{ favor the free
| announced their willingness to support |
this compromise at the extra session,
leaving the question of further silver |
legislation to be determined at the
regular session. There are not enough |
| members of Congress yet in Washing- |
be
who
the probability of the adoption of
compromise, and some of those here
say they prefer awaiting the recom-
mendations to be made by President
Cleveland's message before committing
themselves,
Representative Neill, of Arkansas,
“The Bherman silver law is vie-
ious and ought to be repealed, but bad
as it is it is not responsible, in my
opinion, to any thing like as great an
extent for the financial stringency as
| MeKinleyism is.
ve wiped out before the country can |
i get all right again,’
The financial situation is quite bad
says
have failed since the first of January,
gross exaggeration. The total number
of suspensions has been 195-—-two in|
New England, two in Eastern states,
15 in Middle and Mississippi Valley |
| states, 6 in Northwestern states, 55 in |
Western States and 25 in Southern |
have actually gone into the hands of |
receivers. Of the remainder a number |
have resumed business and many more
i shortly.
Mr. Logan Carlisle very properly
takes issue with the ridiculous state
{ ment made by a civil service Commis.
sioner Roseveélt as to the government
| tween the political parties. Mr. Car
lisle ix chief clerk of the Treasury and
he says the statement of Roseveltl is
that department. He says further
“To say that ten per cent of the classi.
fied clerks in the Treasury were demo-
erats at the beginning of this adminis.
tration would be putting the per cent.
age too high. Insome large bureaus
there was not a single democrat.”
Rosevelt’s statement was made because
of Secretary Carlisle having stated it to
be his intention to give the democrats
a show by dismissing the inefficient
clerks in his department. Deputy
commissioner Bell says that less than
20 per cent, of the classified clerks in
the Pension office are democrats, and
it would be safe to say that the per
centage will not run over that in any
of the departments.
“Republicans,” said a member of
Tammany, are talking nonsense when
they say that President Cleveland's ap-
pointment of two democrats not mem-
bers of Tammany to be Collector and
Appraiser respectively of the port of
New York isa slap at Senators Hill
and Murphy, and their only object is
to create dissension in the Democratic
party. After giving Tammany the
pstorship it was perfectly natur-
al that Mr. Cleveland should reward
the wing of the party that worked for
his nomination. As a Tammany man
1 should, of course, have been glad to
have seen all the federal offices in New
York City given to Tammany men,
but I did not expect it, and, while I
have no anthority to speak for either
of them, I am satisfied that neither
pic nor a ex.
hele friends when t
By teasing the rattler, the wen induoc-
ed it to strike the flesh scores of Limes,
{ or until the monster serpent seemed to
have exhausted
but its strength.
{ thus been
pot only its
The liver which had
saturated with the snake's
| poison, was placed where the rats ate
(it. The following morning the
| found scattered about the
| rodents.
men
barn 37 dead
Mo —
National Guard's Pay
’
During their encampment o
days the
eight
members of the National
ia
receive the
the
guard of Pennsylvania will
day fr
Hieulenant
following pay per
$15;
major, 12; captai
$3.92: second lieutenant, $3.35;
geant, $3; sergeant, §2; $1.75;
| private, $1.50 Twenty-five cents a
| day extra is added to the pay for each
enlistinent,
The expense of the encampment
j estimated to be twenty cents per day
| for a man for provisions alone,
1
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0 slate
n
Colonel, colonel $12:
n, $5; first
first ser-
corporal,
is
fp po
La Grippe
| the past season it was a noticeable fact
upon Dr.
| King’ s New Discovery, notonly had a |
| speedy recovery, but escaped all of the |
troublesome after effects of the malady.
IT his remedy seems to have a peculiar |
| power in effecting rapid cures not only
| in cases of La Grippe, but in all
has cured cases of Asthma and Hay
Fever of long standing. Try it and |
be convinced. IL won't disappoint.
Free Trial Bottles at J. D. Murray's
| Drug Store.
inte
Got ‘em Bad at Philipsburg
On the whole it is a good thing to
| have a few kickers in a town. They
serve as balance wheels to the ultra
progressive spirits, who are as much
too fast in their ideas as the old fogies
are too glow, and in their ardent and
thoughtless enthusiasm would wreck
the whole business if it were not for
the drag placed upon their zeal by
these old obstructionists. So really
the kicker is of some use in a commu-
nity after all. Philipsburg Ledger.
A Healthy and Cooling Drink.
An old summer drink, recommend-
ed by physicians for cooling the blood
both of children and adults, is made
by taking a teaspoonful of cream of
tartar and dissolving it in a tumbler of
water sweetening to taste. You will
be surprised to find how pleasant it is,
being hard to detect it from lemonade.
It ean be made in a quantity and kept
on ice. It is slightly laxative, and
should not be used too freely.
The Way to De It,
An exchange gives its readers the
following brief and pointed hints,
“All persons knowing themselves to
be indebted to this office are requested
to call and settle. All those indebted
to this office and not knowing it are
requested to call and find out. All
those knowing themselves to be in-
debted and not wishing to call are re-
quested to stay in one place long
oh for us to catch him. All those
who are not indebted are requested to
call and become.”
Fare Down,
The railroad fare to the World's
Fair has taken a decided drop from
about $27 from Centre Hall to $16.75.
This reduction in fare will send a great
: foun this skid who ot he wiss
at Bae gui,
IN OTHER COUNTIES,
! —
Items of Interest Clipped or Condensed
From Our Exchanges.
| Bunbury council has decided to pur-
chase a farm for the support of the
poor who are charges on the borough.
| The farm will cost $1,050,
Mrs. George H. Nash, of Hunting-
ion, has a fuchia plant which con-
tains 500 flowers, The plant is about
| three feet high and two and a half
years old,
The corner stone of the
| ie temple at Lewistown
with appropriate ceremonies, Tuesday
{ afternoon, Ist, at two o'clock. Rev.
| Mateer, of MeVeytown, deliver
| the address,
Ihe reet-Berlin-Me
| ephione scheme is materinlizing; ; books
for the subscription of st
{ {
new Mason-
will be laid
will
1
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Somer syeradale ei-
ok are open
ed and when $2,500 in acbecription are
obtained the project goes ahead —~Mey-
ersdale Commereial
Ou the Fourth of July
Meredith, of T hompsontoy wi,
Laura
Juniata
while out gathering raspber-
ries, was overcome with the heat and
linge red in great until Friday
of last week when she died from the
| effects of the The funeral
| took place on Sunday. She was inthe
| 14th year of her age.
William Kough, an old resident of
Perry county, died at Newport Batur-
| day last. He served as a county com-
missioner for one term and was also
burgess of Newport for one term. In
| early life he was captain of a military
| company at Markleville.” He wasa re-
publican in the father of
twelve children and a member of the
Mins
county,
agony
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sunstiroke.
politics,
Evangelical church, and 80 years and
12 days of age.
John Bkelton,
dently does not be
evi-
He
up un-~
of Morrisdale,
lieve in banks.
kept #505 secrete iin his house
b
During John's absence
til Jast Saturday night, bat it is no
| longer there.
{some well informed individual paid
his residence a visit, ransacked the
wired the cash and made his
rie
er any ot
house, se
exit-before any oue Ww what
Whetl
or
Was OC
curring. 1e is suspect
£14
in ine
a « theft pot we have not
i
learned.
mgee,
, ai the
Pleasant,
he cradle,
and went
up stairs to attend household
A few minutes later the little
«ath by its
{ brother, while playing with a match,
fire to the bar from which the
the piliow
FLA
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laid her sleeping babe
1
in
put a Le muito bar aver ii
to he
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to
During a thunder storm Wednesday
afternoon a locust tree on the farm of
pear Howard, Centre
{ county, was cut by lightaing and cut
{ as squarely off about ten feet above the
iground as if it had been cul with a
saw. The tree stood about thirty feet
, and Mrs, Schenk
who were in the
severely stunned
They soon re-
| covered, however, from the effects of
the stroke.
The Fulton eounty Republican con-
vention nominated the following tick-
et: For associate judge, Jonathan A.
Clevenger, prothonotary, Harry K.
Markley; commissioners, Amos C. Pal-
mer and A. N. Corbin; auditor, John
H. Barney. Abel O. Griffith was
elected delegate to the state conven
tion, with instructions to vote for Hon.
John Stewart for supreme judge. Dr.
A. D. Dalby was elected chairman of
the county committee for the ensuing
year.
Rev. George Troub was installed as
pastor of the Bethel and Petersburg
Presbyterian churches, on Tuesday.
In the afternoon the installation ser-
vices were conducted at the Bethel
church. Rev: J. W. Bain, of Altoona,
presided, proposed the constitutional
questions and charged the pastor;
Rev. H. Graeme Furbay, of Tyrone,
preached the sermon, and Rev. D. K.
Freeman, of Huntingdon, charged the
people. In the evening the mstalla-
tion services were held in the church
at Petersburg, in the presence of a
large audience. Rev. J. W. Bain pre-
sided and charged the people, Rev.
Mr. Furbay preached the sermon and
Rev. Dr. Freeman charged the pastor,
An Indiana county men named
Dobbins has invented a voting ma-
chine which is said to be more simple
and accurate than any similar ma.
chine. The tickets are printed on one
continuous roll, which is locked in the
machine. Beneath a glass coverad te.
ble the ticket passes from this roll to
another roll fitted into a ballot box.
The glass cover is divided into four
sections, and between each section is
a row of keys similar to the
The upper key is larger and is called
the straight-ticket key and when this
is struck it locks the other keys, thus
preventing mistakes.
ssn A IW
— Lewin, Bellebate, ke the lead
were both