Vv Zz LXVI. ING ELECTION. The Revised Law More Simple and Ballot Mach Smaller Than Last Year, board the each in partment sent out to County Commissioners to be used under the amended law. Under the provisions of the bal- ing election will be much less cate than at the last two The official ballots will, of course, ces are to be filled, voting has been simplified very mate- rially and but little excuse remains for incorrect marking, a reason seized upon in February last for throwing out many ballots when the count was in progress. The voter ean now vote a straight ticket by simply making a cross (x) in a circle placed at the head of each column of candidates, instead of being compelled to make his cross after the of candidates. For instance, at the last November election the voter vot- ing a straight ticket was compelled to make eight crosses, one each above the groups devoted to electors, Congressmen-at-Large Judge of Supreme Court, Congressmen, Senators, tives and other county offices, only to make a cross in the square at date voted for, mark in the ecirele at the head of er The Prohibition dates will this year have a column of their own and a blank column will be provided on the official ballot in which to write the names of candidates nom- inated papers or for whom the reason de- sires to cast his ballot. An amendment that will obviate the throwing out of so large a number of ballots as hertofore, provides that, “if a voter marks more names than he is or if for any reason, it is impossible to deter- any office eith- column. by nomination voter, for some entitled to vote for an office, mine the voter's choice for filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office, but shall be counted for all other offices for which the names of candidates been properly marked. AAC ————— to be have School Appropriation Decreased, The school appropriation to many districts in the state having smaller this year than last numerous complaints have been filed in the de partment of public instruction, and Superintendent Schaefler has found it necessary to explain the cause of the He says: “The total in- crease in the number of taxables in the state has decreased the rate per capita 80 that unless a district has more taxa- bles than in 1889 it will remain than last year. The rate per taxable in 1592 was $3,452-1000 and in 1898 it is $3,323-1000. The tide of population is from the country to the city and the triennial assessment for 1892 shows a marked decrease in the number of tax- ables in many country school districts and causes an annoying diminution in their share of state appropriation. ar tsnn——————— Pennsylvania Day. Governor Pattison’s proclamation appointing Thursday, September 7, as Pennsylvania day at the Columbian exposition, and his invitation and re- quest that the citizens of the Common- wealth shall visit the Fair on that day and unite in making it worthy of Pennsylvania, presents the matter fair- ly and fully. The Governor makes an earnest appeal to all our citizens who can be present to do so. No doubt the attendance of Pennsylva- nians will be very large. The pro gramme for the day includes addresses by distinguished citizens of the state, noted for their oratorical gifts, and a reception by the Governor at the Pennsylvania building, been decrease, less Miflinburg’'s Big Time, Golden Eagle Day at MiMlinburg has been changed to Baturday, Sep- tember 2nd, instead of the 4th. Spe cial trains will be run for the oceasion and a large number of Castles from all parts of the state will likely partici pate in the festivities of the day. Miflinburg is widely known for its hospitality and the guests may expect royal entertainment on this occasion, LA UM UP otis iin: Making Cider, The cider press at the station 1; kept running this week, grinding into ci- der the many bushels of apples which were blown from the trees by Mon. day nights’ storm. Sm A Sn ~~Bubscribe for the REPORTER. FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET O MARK WITHIN THE CIRCLE. FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET ® MARK WITHIN THE CIRCLE. inside the line enclosing the The voter may insert in the col-| the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom he umn below, ltwhose name is i desires to vote, DEMOCRATIC. REPUBLICAN. STATE TREASURER. [Mark One.) Mortimer F. Elliot. STATE TREASURER {Mark One i Benjamin | F. Jones JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT. [Mark One.) Thomas B, Kennedy. | JUDGE OF SUPRE ME COURT. {Mark One Wm. Wood, SHERIFF. [Mark Une.] Ino. PF. Condo COUNTY TREASURER. [Mark One.) John Q. Miles. John F. Harter —— COUNTY TREASURER Mark One, } R.T. Comiey. REGISTER. [Mark One.] Geo. W. Rumberger. REGISTER {Mark One.] dekard, This column Is for the use of voters desir ng to vole for candidates other than thos whi Me DAMES Appear printed on this ballot STATE TREASURER {Insert One. JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT. {Insert One.} SHERIFF. {Insert One.) COUN oA TREABURER. sert One, J REGISTER [Insert One. } RECORDER. [Mark One.] w. Gale r Moprison Rr ECORDER [Mas kK Une} alines COMMISSIONERS. {Mark Two 1 Geo L Goodhart. T.Frank Adams, COMMISSIONERS. {Mark Two] James B. Strohm, M.F. Riddle CORONER {Mark One. } Dr. H. K. Hoy RECOR {Insert DER, One. } COMMISSIONERS. {Insert Two.) CORONER {Insert One AUDITORS [Mark Two.} H. W. Bickle W. H. Royer AUDITORS Mark Tv John DD. Wagner Dr. E. 8. Dorworth AUDITORS insert Two.) Nory will also be prin The abovy e¢ fed In full, Court were put In fo fli] ont The ition er and . { Prohib Jadge of Bug THE THIEF CAUGHT. The Robber of Contractor Crage Caught at Paddy's Run. ! Last Thursday intelligence reached i Lock Haven that $11,000 in money | was stolen at Cross Forks, Clinton | from Fred Crage, the con- | tractor who constructed the Kettle | Creek branch of Sinnemahoning Valley railroad. John Billy, the man who stole the money, was captured at Paddy'y Run, at the home of Mr. McGill, two miles from the Philadelphia & Erie railroad Saturday morning by Chief of Police Lee Berry, of Renovo, John Rooney, constable of Noyes township and Hugh McGowan. Billy had $10,600 in his possession when arrested, having got rid of $400. The money was in envelopes in two Five hundred men were em- ployed on Contractor Crage's work, and the money was intended for pay- ing off the men. The contractor went to his boarding house near Lyman Run, where he retired at 11 o'clock and on ariging in the morning discov- ered his loss. The thief was at once suspected to he a shrewd Greek named John Billy, who has been in that vi- cinity for over a year. An alarm was at once given and the whole force of the camp was aroused and a thorough investigation began, with the above result. Contractor Crage believes that the thief was concealed under the bed, be- cause the door was thoroughly bolted before he retired, but upon awakening in the morning it was open. He offered a reward of $00 for the apprehension of the thief, ———— i — Mifflin County Deaths. At Alexandria, August 11th, Mrs, Catharine 8. Baker, aged 00 years and 9 months, In Yeagertown, August, 7th, M. Ferguson, aged 20 years, In Menno township, August 18, Mrs. Matthew Patton, in the 65th year of her age. In Menno township, August 10th, Mary, wife of Josiah Peachey, aged 34 years, ho the Alice on —— In Good Condition, The ground Is now in fine moist condition for plowing and sowing, and the cisterns are filled with water. Credit Monday nights’ rain for it. No Services. There will be no services in the Presbyterian church at this place on next Sabbath afternoon, owing to the absence of their pastor, H.C Baskerville, Ploneer Minister Dead, Rev. Abram Krause, one of the pio- neer ministers of the Evangelical As- sociation of North Amerien, died at his home in Wiiiismasport a fow days ago, aged 70 yours. WAR GOVERNORS WILL MEET. Expeeled at the Vet. erans’ Heanion. At the veterans’ held at | Hampshi re, tion of that state, War governors are rtin of Pennsylvania, of Rhode Island, Holl and Bery of New Hampshire. breaking out of there were thirty-f seceeded and four border states neutral or divided in their The remaining had governors,’ that since popula sion being used to deseribe those Federal ment appealed for troops cial aid, and who, by their diligence and energy, pushed forward the en- rollment of volunteers and assisted in other ways the success of the Union forces. Andrew GG. Curtin, war governor Hii Pennsylvania, was one of the best known executive officials in the Unit- ed States during the period of hostili- ties, and was one of the most vigilant aids of the Federal Government, « pecially during the period that the southern counties of Pennsylvania were menaced by the presence of Lee's troops. reunion som Winni NEE Lake ipesaukee, New Associa Leer Idiers by the Mir expected Lo partici- Sprague rook of Vermont, Al the hostilities in 1861 Our =lales Eleven wore allegiance nineteen “war I expres. ROV~ Govern- and for finan- sma YU AP ST OAL I Bellefonte's New Ratlromsd. The Centre Democrat says: By this time over five miles of railroad track have been laid from near Bellefonte eastward on the Central railroad of Penna. The engine and construction train is running over a portion of the road carrying supplies. For ballast cinder from Valentines furnree is being used. The bridges at the eastern end of the line are being rapidly com- pleted. ll Ap Reformed Minister's Death, Rev, David Bhoemaker died at Btoystown, Somerset county, on last Saturday evening. He formerly was pastor of the Jacksonville charge. His remains passed through Centre Hall, by rail, on Cuesday, for burial at Aa- ronsburg. A NAIM AY 5 SAI NII, Will be Torn Out,” Within the next ten days the fish dams in the Juniata river from Mil lerstown to Clark's Ferry*will be torn out by direction of Fish Commission- er Ebel. Because of the low stage of river there are more fish dams in the Juniata this year than for a number of years back. RA IS IA SO wwe Lewis Grimm, a son of Reuben Grimm, of Madisonburg, has come in from Kansas to visit his old home, ~Rev, H. C. Baskerville attended a session of Huntingdon Presbytery which was held at Bellwood on last Tuesday. * A FEARFUL CYCLONE Great Destruction of Life and Property Strack Eagles Mere, in Penna, Mon ay the West Indias and was one mt yet struck the At Savannah, Ga., the damage is reported at $10,000,000, atid from 40 to 50 lives lost night's cyclone started in of severest tl southern Twelve vessels were blown high and dry on the marsh. The city of Charleston was flooded and some 8 lives were lost. The streets all kinds of wreck- rsville, N. C., 100 hous- wrecked. All the telegraph wires along the coast were down. Al Eagles Mere, a fine summer ree sort on top of the mountains, in Sulli- van county, Pa., the storm was very One cottage, that occupied by Wilson, of Philadelphia, was totally demolished, and the judge was painfully injured. The full force of the wind struck the cottage, cleaving ¢ horrizontally through the middie as ifby a knife, the first story being blown from under thesecond. Several other cottages and a barn were badly damaged and the Hotel Raymond suf- fered the breakage of all the windows on one side. The storm lasted only a short time and was about a quarter of & mile in width, as was shown by the swath cut through the forest. Many of the cotiagers were almost panie stricken. Semis Eatrance Free, We have authority from Mr. Thom- as, superintendant of the Bellefonte Central Railroad, for saying that on the day of the Veteran picnic, Satur. day September 2nd, all veterans and their friends who come for the special purpose of attending the picnic can enter the grounds of Hunter's Park without the payment of the usual en- trance fee. There is no room upon the grounds for vehicles and they must be hitched outside, but those who come in that way will, for the day, be ad- mitted to the grounds free. This does not apply to persons who come for the base ball game in the afternoon or for any other purpose than to attend the Veteran picnic. This exception is made in behalf of the old soldiers and their families and friends, JAS. A. BRAVER, Pres, were strewn with age. At Kerne os were severe. Judge * Quay Fixes It, Senator Quay has fixed the Repub lican state convention which met at Harrisburg this week. Judge D. New- lin Fell, of Philadelphia, was put down for Justice of the Supreme Court and Col. 8. Jackson, of Armstrong, for State Treasurer. The cohvention as usual, ratified Quay’s nominees, The President TIL, ’ Reports are out that President Cleve land is (11, then again it Is contradicted that his case is any serious. An wlleration y 189: 3. SILVER BEATEN REPEAL OF THE PURCHASING | OF THE SHERMAN SILVER LAW The Wilson Repeal Bill Will not Likely be Acied Upon, ~The New Rules for the House a Decided Improve. ment WasHinGTON, 28.—No sur- prise was felt by anybody when the House passed the bill for the uncondi- tional repeal of the pure hasing of the Sherman silver } nearly all of the members had announced advance how they result was a foregone conclusion ago. The man who accepts this tion of the House is an indication 1 a majority of its members ver as money makes a mistake, dicates nothing of the kind. contrary, of the House favors bimetalism, as will be shown by future legislation. Those who voted for repeal did because they agreed with President Cle in believing that the purchase of silver bullion by the main cause of the troubles and that it « ped, if for no othe because the business sentiment of the country is so strougly opposed to it. August clause law, Ro in that the days would vote 0g hat gil It in- On the Oppose an 4] government was country’s ght to be Teason, 4 now go to the Senate it is not bie that it will be acted upon, the Vorhees repeal bill, with the declaring Bimetalism to be the of the United States, is already the Senate, and is more the democratic leader proba- policy preferable rs in the Although the opponents of une tional repeal silll maintain a bold front in the Senate, speeches of Senators Vorhees sinoe the al sy and Hil grr Iver ry of last week, both of whon favor of ment in favor of repeal ily growing, and it is now fas Lh be voted upon, but when that will bx no man can safely not until after one of the in the annals of Senators from predict, certainly : 1 there shall have been most memonrat the ple = as ti the silly produ of States will make use parlistuentary Weapon House upon Li The new rules for the decided improvement the have been few. ber the changes were all made with one object in ~the lessening of the fillibusterers to do the most far-reaching of that which makes one hundred a quo- ram when the House is sitting committee of the whole and gives this committee authority to limit debate, an authority which under the rules of the last Congress had to be obtained from the House, which could not act without the presence of a constitution- al quorum. The Senate has been, in accordance with its usual practice of taking things easy, adjourning from Friday to Mon- day each week, but Senators Vorheees and McPherson, of the Finance com- mittee, have given notice of the inten- tion of that committee to oppose the loss of another working day until the two bills reported from the committee shall have been disposed of. The two bills are those for the increase of na tional bank currency, and the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sher man silver law. The first now has the right of yay, but Senator Vorhees has said that he would move to sidetrack it and take up the repeal bill if any disposition is shown to use it to post- pone action on the repeal bill. Secretary Herbert can see no good reason why an agent of the Carnegie Steel Company, even though that agent be a naval officer “on leave,” shall be furnished free of charge with a desk in the Ordinance bureau of the Naval department, where he has ac- cess to all the plans of the depart ment. So he has notified Lieutenant Charles A. Stone, the Carnegie agent, that be can no longer use the Navy department building for his private office. President Cleveland returns to Washington this week to remain until the close of the extra session, and when that will be depends on the Senate. It has not yet been definitely decid- ed whether the House shall go right ahead with general legislation, or wait for the Senate to act upon the silver question, but it will be this week. The House Ways and Means com. mittee will, at its meeting this week, map out a tariff’ programme and de cide whether the tariff shall be revis- ed upon the information now at hand or beatings be granted to Stross inter et althourh ti sithoug ih thie Although fe are important last session, changes Win num” power mischief. One of the changes is as a Y N ( ). 34. i {reported to the House. It stated | that a majority of the committee is op- largely | pose id to repeal at this time, because of the disturbed financial con- | dition of the country. in We cat oe WHAT “FREE COINAGE” MEANS, Asthe term? ' is now on every one’s lips, while doubtless there are many who do free coinage’ not comprehend it, it may be well to give the public a con- cise explanation of it. As short and clear a definition as can be given is that from the 1cle- graph: Philadelphia Evening “The fundamental conception of free that the United ernment shall receive coinage is lates gov ¢ mints gold quantity, at any time, and from anv cons ignor, shall | manufacture the many { dollars as it will make and shall return these dollars to the consigr for the sebvic at 12 and silver in any metal into as Wr, I aking | no charge "hat is free and, 10 gold, either metal, or complicated and vexatious nag 2 in its speci ie | am wri23 3 - . - as will be observed, it hs nothing | do with the ratio of si | the intrinsic value of any such iver and issties,’? The general all hay ve idea whit men, populists and 80 on h silver is to | ke plen ty of che ap money and pay nothing for the lah In other words the silver men be oug to that class of | statesmnen who will soon advocate the | duty of the buy the into flour, or his poiatets and convert them into tarch-—all for nothing. T Srp , this is a great country and full broadest hu limes tak- seriously 3 government to | farmer's wheat and turn it f the Or, BOK en Woolly Penn ¢ World's Fair Commission ided n Thu lay £3 syivanis Day, have September desire to formally desig i as Pennsvyls Por a a ah enn. ania railros« £ oils pursa- usual ure in announce fit of those wi ittend the cerer rate of oni ipate in or tremely ow he round trip } Vail iro i ompany the state, 1 ickets for only on the special train at 11:30 a ¥ s¥3 9s * Vos reaching Pittsbur the occas Rid vi aGeiphis ae a and 4 Stops will be tions and made at ms connecti made of the of the rd eoach- the afternoon of may from points on the branches main line. The train will be composition 1] Li first-class slanda hicago will be reached iw special train early in ti the next day, will be ing Chicago at ie and the return coupons good for passage on 3:15 and 11: or before September 18th. trains leav- 30 p. in. on blest State Notes Senator Cameron has returned from his visit to Virginia and adheres to his formerly expressed opinion of the sil- ver question. He will vole against the repeal of the Sherman law. The lifeless body of John Clapper, at aged North Woodberry township farmer, was discovered hanging from the rafters in an outhouse on his prem- ises recently. The cause assigned for his suicide is hereditary insanity. Both his father and his grandfather before him having died by their own hands. A mysterious document is on file at the state treasury which cannot be opened until July 4, 2000. It gives no- tice of a certain sum deposited with the Girard Trust company, Philadel- phis, to the credit of state by a peculiar testator, who stipulated that the letter should not be opened until 2000, i MA A ——— Favorable Ontlook. The Sheman silver bill is sure to be repealed-—the house has passed the re- peal and the senate will do the same. The next will be the repeal of the Me- Kinley tariff, as promised in the Chi- cago platform, and then the people will be able to judge whether the Dem- oeratic policy is a wise one. Just now we are living under Republican laws yet. We predict that the business af fairs of the country will improve— give Cleveland's administration a chance to get under headway. A Ralnstorm at Last. The first regular rain storm, for a good many weeks, set in last Monday night. It rained quite heavily all night and the wind was very high. Cisterns and wells, no doubt, were ree plenished, and as a prolonged rain is now in prospect, the springs will also be reached and the ory for “water, water” will conse. fae Crashing Stowe . The stone crusher is now at work, Just below town chawing up ig fu uloh Ueeming for, tie ¢ plice | :
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