VOL. LXVI. CAPITOL GOSSIP HOUSE THIS WEEK. ui Docoments to the Senate. Internal Hevenue Dill Near Completed WASHINGTON, Dee. 11.—President no more disturbed by the seoming discourtesy of the Senate in asking for copies of all State department docu- ments relating to Hawaii, by the senseless clamor which follow- ed the publication of Necretary Giresh- am’s recommendation the same subject some weeks ago. Before the resolution was introduced he had giv- eu orders that all the documents copied for the purpose of sending them to Congress with the special message on the subject which he stated in his annual message would shortly be sent in. The message and accompanying documents are all ready and they will go to the Senate this week, and some of those documents will not make pleasant reading for Republicans, either in or out of Cong They will show a long series of plotting that is entirely opposite to what has always been the recognized foreign policy of the United States. Your correspondent had a little chat with Chairman Wilson concerning the tariff bill. He said that the bill would be reported to the House this week, probably on Wednesday, and that he had been surprised at the weakness of the Democratic op- bill. The question of submitting the bill to a ueus is still an open one. ly Mr. Wilson is indifferent, Cleveland was adopt ing a resolution, on ITOSS, agreeably position to the ‘ { Democratic Personal- being whether to bill or not. He that permanent bene fit | bill will carry to millions of he impose t cratic colleagues to decide hold thinks h the our people will far outweigh ships that it will temporarily on thousands, and that in the will generally regarded the best tariff laws tatute books. nor changes in the House the any changes in its underlying ples—the than that of the favored few, The bill been entirely completed, but bly will be this It definite ly decided to double the tax on : to tax pl and to « y caucus on the the whic ¢ v 3 i end § i i bw 8 one ever He bill, Senate, placed upon our sti looks for mi- thie for prinei- both in and in but not 115 Wellin has not it proba- | internal revenue week. has been laying cards, The + the probability cigareties tax inher still undecided, that the rations, Hances, is but income tax is | if € incomes first will fax on net COrpo- whieh was agreed upon | he that ee who } ti 1% Fe { by remain bill, those favors will be stitute for the corporation income tax 11 to deci we committee, in tine lerstanding ix the 2 personal income unders being ra of committ tax mn instead as a sub- at liberty to offer that ee it it tf House ave a majority of the *h, if either them shall remain in the bill. Representa- tive Bryan, of Nebraska, who is recog- nized as the of the on the Ways Means who favor the personal income tax, has i i le whic of leader Democrats and committee not abandoued hope of winning in the He said that the committee, “The fact on corporation with very limited means, the wealthy who escape taxation in many forms, is having its influence. If the tax is levied on individual in- comes the rich will then pay proper proportion which they at present and would not corporation tax." do not ration and individual incomes will be taxed, The first result Yof the work of the! has for months been investigating the methods of the executive departments of the government will be seen when the legislative, executive and judicial House, That bill will make some rad- ieal changes in several of the Depart- ments, all in the interest of economy and a more prompt transaction of pub- lic business. Among these changes will be the abolishment of the postal note and of several bureaus of the Post Office department, the work of which is not considered necessary, This is only the beginning of the work of the committee, which has three ex- pert accountants aiding it in locating all unnecessary handling of publie ac. counts and duplication of work. Its intention is to put the government business upon the same basis as that of the railroad or other big private con- cerns before it gets through, but it is already finding it a hard task as the employees of the useless bureaus ap- pear to have more Congressional friends than any other class of govern. ment employees, Democrats in the House are deter- mined that the bill admitting Utah to | Statehood shall be passed, | prevent a vote upon it, as they did last | week, it will be made a party question | | from the committee on Rules, consideration of the election | bill. Senator Hill will lead the { ocratic forees, repeal tr IMPORTANT HAILROAD NEWS. i The Vanderbilis to Have Chicago via Beech CUresk. The most important and significant piece of railroad construction will next spring connect New Haven, fon the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, Clearfield, on the Beech Creek road. The Beech Creek road is ated to Mahafley, Clearfield. miles of track to connect the Pittsburg I railroads. the Van- now os 2H beyond | There now remains but 25 miles Ake Erie and Beech Creek Both roads are owned by derbilts. ed it will give the Vanderbilts richest coal fields in More than that it will give them a new freight and passenger to some of the Pennsylvania. route from Chicago via Pittsburg and Philadelphia to New York. The latter part of the route will be formed in convection with the Phila- delphin & Reading and the \ alle Chicago via Philadelphia to New York | of less than 1,000 miles, almost exactly the present mileage of the Lake Shore & New York Ce tral via Buffalo. By using the direct and lines of the Reading and Lehigh reduced to present mileage between - ¥ « maore Val- al- of Chicago ley the mileage can be the Pennsylvania most exac tly i the This plan will be carried out in its next entirety | spring. as early as possible —— ! WHAT Is PERSONAL PROPERTY, {A Decision of the Courts Dellning that Term. According to the highest authorities property in vania under three property of a purely personal and decisions, personal Pennsyl is classed heads character ealled “goods and chattels; property which savors of realty and which called vidences of in- are called “rights As it is often difficult whether things found on ‘chattels real,” © debledness, to determine the premises in case of death are real or personal estate, it is interesting to know just what the courts in this State decided are property. are: have They “up the good will of personal urchase money due on a contract sale of land, renewable i for leases and ; £1 place of business, ie interest of a lessee in an unexpired te ght with the intent of hmmediate removal, fixtures, iers and ma- rm, standing timber bou timber, gas chandel gas pipes attached to a residence, that it may be removed, with reserved at an Orphans’ sale, the way-going crop of a farm ten- ant, growing crops on devised lands, vested legacies and distributive shares due the decedent, land devised to be without limitation, rents aceru- ing on a perpetual lease for mine rals in the land, the periodieal interest com- ing to a widow on a recognizance in partition, the income due a tenant for the life of another and arrearages of { ground rent.” i There are, of course, many other { things, but this list will indicate that “personal property’ means more than many people think it means, and is rather a broad and comprehensive term.— Philadelphia Times, A Sent to Washington, The great tree of California at the World's Fair has been presented to the United States department of agricul- | ture and has been sent from Chicago | to Washington. At the latter place it | will be set up on the south side of the | principal building of the department of agriculture. It is twenty-eight feet Lin diameter and the spiral staircase { will be readjusted there as it was at the World's Fair, nel samen Drowned in Sight of Friends, About noon on Monday Charles C. Walker a married man, twenty-three years old, broke through the ice while skating upon Penn's Creek, in Nelins- grove, Snyder county, and drowned in the presence of his companions, a —— The Weather, The weather, the past 4 or 5 days has been fair for winter, and changeable from fair to cloudy. Since Monday it has moderated some and the rays of the sun melted the sonw on the roads and ended the sleighing. wee Piles of full and winter goods at Lewins, Bellefonte, All latest styles and lowest prices to be had any where. Go and wee ttre ai gone. THE JOIN DULL TRAIN, {The Old Locomotive Way East, “John Bull” The old { under its own {running steam | toona Monday, {it had been from Chicago, on exhibition at the | World's Fair, and was welcomed with much enthusiasm. The | gress of the quaint old train over the Pittsburg division was almost as much entire pro- | of an ovation as when it passed over of the line the way to the fair in April last. The train the Middle | division to Harrisburg Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning at 6.50 it | will leave Harrisburg for Washington via the Northern Central railway. It wil arrive at Washington about p.1 A committee from the national museum, of Washington, will meet the relic at and it i back to its old quarters in that insti- [ tution. The run Washington will be made slowly and stops will be made that the the same section on will run over on Harrisburg escort to {at principal stations in order { people may see the train, rigine is behaving fine ly on | ward trip. its home- Ws pm so NEW sHEEY LAW A Case of Interest to Sheep Halsers In the County. Punxsutawney Spirif says: of Jefferson coun- sheep chased by dogs a week ago. Although but of them killed Mr. McCracken claimed that the damage to the flock was more than the actual loss of the The township with solely upon letter Frank N. author the and prominent lawyer in Brookville was also asked to give an opinion in the matter. Mr. Moore replied that the intent of the law was to cover all damages whatso- eve the killing, frightening of the It is well known that by their two were auditors were did own sheep. him, but their therefore Moore, ree not care to act judgment. A written to Hon. Bradford county, dog and sheep law, was of ’ of new ¢ i A from wounding the preguant or shi ep by dogs CwWes, dog % Aare very r to either by or deformities that Inmbs to die soon after birth. ge is therefore a Lome lambs, births cause the The damag auditors to judge, eration the number of pregnant for i. Ewes matler taking into consi chased as well as the number of sheep Killed led. The opinion was to the same effect. Or wWolll aitorney 's Bp Bouvenira That Dide’t Pay. Contrary to the expectations of the venir Columbian coins did ext not prove There venirs of to be raordinarily popular, il sentiment for sou some great event, but the commission- ers overestimated that sentiment when they supposed that the willing to buy 5,000,000 dollar apiece when their face was only half that amount and their bullion value considerably less, [tis not surprising that many of these coins were never taken from the United States treasury, that many have been returned for redemption, and that steps are being taken looking towards their recoinage. people were at value coins one E —— See the World's Falr for Fifteen Cents, fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our SBouvenir Portfo- tion, the regular price is fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, we make the price nominal. work of art and a thing to be prized. | It contains full page views of the great | buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. | If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you | keep the book. Address H. E. Buvek Les & Co. Chicago, TIL peu eeatistinionn Holliday Item, The hollidays are near, hence we trust not one of our subscribers over a year in arrears, will fail to do the fair thing by sending amount due before 1804 sets in. This all ean do, and it will be a great favor which we shall appreciate. Ramors of 8 New Railroad, It is rumored that a railroad is to be built from Howard to Hublersburg, where it will connect with the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. The die tance between the two points is about five miles, Sri hati SM SPAS, Grip at Lock Haven, The grip is becoming. epidemic in Lock Haven. Upwards of a dozen deaths have occurred and the majority of them have been of aged people. am A MAAN ~Poultry wanted for the holidays, at C. P. Long & Co's. ~Mens were 25 cents, now 10 cents, at C. P. Long & Co's. i ! COURT NEWS SITTING. The Third Week Morning, of Court Began Monday Cases Disposed of and Continued, that M. GG. Brown, plaintifls offer to amend the record, when defendant plead surprise and the at costs to nesday afternoon was and Lot Kimport vs, case was continued plain- | Lot W. Kimport va. M. G. Brown. the afte til Thursday morning, and consumed the greater part of the day. ruoon, and was eontinued un- This case V the Harris defendant on plaintiffs land The jury retir in township. and fit ed at 4.30 p. m, res turned a verdict for the the sain of $67.07. Jonn CC. Motz Harvey Plea, trespass. Harry plaintiff and John G. 4 ans. defends in VE. Bishop. Keller for the an action to recove ages for bu of the le and saw mill plaintiff in the spring of 1801; by live sparks from defendant's ke This is the shed, rning “din- Court morning w!' Jocomotive engine, Friday at n urned till ni ji 0 { in OF ping The nz ve. Harvey continued until t J. hree ¥ mort Case Me o'clock, when it submitted to the for plain. was Jury, who returned a verdict tif! in the sum of $100, order for beginning 1 of January, by his next D. R % action is Judge Furst made an a epecial term of court, Monday, the 15] Foster Fannon Ro plea, LO re« on friend Thomas, } bert Brennan vs, Ti wight 3 ii i re plevin., I OVer an iron Hawk.” a horse trade C ing. grew out of | of This suit the spring till Saturday “CGiray in atirt adiog Ln wrt adjourned iY morning. Foster Fannon | The ju- of Saturd: Thomas continued. Db. R. i n favo 5 : ry returned a verdict r thi plaintif¥ { The Danville Fe This 160 State hos insane at of | asst impel. pital for the { the Plea action is brought for the nance of insane persons sent to the in- the Poor of fonte. Verdict in fis for $545.84 of law rved by the court. VE, OVEersewrrs O poor $1.8 1 Hefonte borough. ig is mainte | ition (IVverseors favor of subje 1 i wy { ¥ : the i ati Selle . ti § Hain {0 wiinits All j art adjourned until afternoon, to hear pe- titions and arg All eases for the second week ready reporied, were J. H. Neidigh use of Rev. Krider va, John T. MeCormick, administrator of Benjamin Corl, plea, debt. C of set- tlement The Frey Sheckler Tes I i i jurors were discharged and ¢ iments, fc of urd not al Nsponed of as follows: Isasc ontinued under ferms Co. a corporation lawd of Ohio, principal office Bucyrus, Julia D. Kitz, executrix of | R. Miller, dec’d, trading and do. | R. | hav- ng its at Ohi Wm. ing business as the estate of Wm. Miller, continued. Carrie V,. Wilson vs Transferred weeks’ list, J. PF. VE, J ¥ MecAn- of next Harry No, 3 Ee ley to J. H. Bte a jog C. 5 . Huy-| Calbaugh, plea Ny Megargle, Se continued. L. T. Munson trading as R. McCalmont and Rose SBhortlidge, & Co., Plea, trespass, continued. Jacob Garbrick vs. David Harter, | plea, trespass, continued. Jas, Higgins ve, Chas, A. Meck and | M. F. Nagle, trading as Meck and Na- gle, plea assumpsit, settled, W. E. Church vs. Julia D. Kitz, ex- ecutrix of the last will and testament continued, Alfred Jones and W. E. Landon, trading as Jones and Landon now for the use of Alfred Jones ve. the Penn. sylvania State College, plea assumpsit, continued. Philip Collins vs. the Bellefonte Central R. R. Co, plea replevin, con- tinued. Conrad Immel ve. J. W. Beecher and C. K. Bober who survive W, Zim- merman late trading and doing busi- ness as Zimmerman, Beecher and So- ber, plea assumpsit, continued, Wm. F. Peters vs. Willis Weaver, and L. C. Bullock, plea replevin, con- tinued. Wm. C. Bheesley va. J. R. Wolf, plea assum psit, continued. Geo. E. Rider, Jennie M. Rider, W, Rider, Barah Johnson, widow, Emma J. Rider and Dolly M. Rider, to the use of Geo. E. Rider va, Samuel Harp- ster, plea trespass, settled, Sarah Matilda Richards vs. John B. Mattern, Miles Mattern, J. i. Mat- tern, and David Mattern, trading and doing business as Mattern Brothers, plea, apa, continued. 1 i 1893. Benjamin F. Nearhood vs Jonathan { Auman, plea assumpsit, continued, Elizabeth DD. Kunes John Bhaw, Emma Shaw, and Robert 8 plea, ejectment, continued. Monday morning court convened at [9.80 with Hon. John B. McPherson of | Lebanon, specially presiding as Presi- | dent Judge B. haw VE, s, and Associates Riley and The | Jackson vs, first case called w Nittany W. R. Co brought by as George Valley 1 | plea, trespass, This action is to recover damages for land taken by the defendants on which for the j their tracks, Monday and {and on Wednesday mornin { has an ore land lease, i o 2 {of putting down case occupied wi {en to the jury, i for who returned a the defendants, A. action is for ! JON Lyman Korman vs, This dan nages (3. brougl to recovor of sight, caused | a blast in cle fendar it! % stone 15, § Of 3 1891, on Ju iy i yo. LAWYER sHOOTS near lefonte, cise was on trial all day LAWYILR. Bloomfield has a Sensation man in the Case at New h a pretty wo- uffuir took Pa., A shooting plac in whi and re of Dis- by J. i il stilted in the serious wounding Atto Luke il lawyer fui, rney-eloect Baker, W. B trict and Mra. 8 for the i ¢ He 4 1 100s at f Jealousy fi the re torney. ’" bull is alleged to be ASO af- Mr. Arnie {. H Baker is a at y young lawver and un- i I. He studied§law with ex-Sen- office street from Bhull's reside T an alo Smiley, whose is just nee | bs i and office, ¢ latter is the possesor of iterestin i =hull ti ht his and remonstrated. is lavish in attent iis wife friends, having been the Wavs CRIS bitterest enemies, # { is averred, the two lawyers would (us arrel. (On = ker ry aturday d by 10TnIin walkie 1 the { front door was open. several stones in The a minute hallway, darted wnid. h ont Hel baker ran up He went which angry husband inter. id a revolver in| his hand. an alley and into his boarding stands to the Hoisting Baker his in the street below, Shull then began to shoot house, of Ie rear » : Shuli’s home. stom it an Upp ry window, hurled a stone, is ist, who alleged, at antagonis stood his fir od #ix shots One bullet the raised revolver , and quick succession. and i i struck right up his the him in the n the district SiiorRey Slee in wrist aud plowed a little furrow The ball was ake A nother bulle right hip and cause arm. i a out at 1 i elbow, hit wound. and tens ily i la wrious The surgeon found the lead, the altho the attorney is suffering a te fatal, ood wounds are not or = Shull has been arrested. y Ap May Bay the Large Krapp Gun, Agents for Krupp, the German gun came to Washington this week to negotiate the sale of the Army officers say that | it is the mosi deadly instrument in the | world. The Krupps are willing to sell {it to our government for the cost of and transportation to this This valuation is said to be about mountings. In order to secure the gun a bill appropriating the necessary amount for its purchase will have to be passed by both Houses of Congress. Before the gun is accepted it will have to be inspected by the Board of Ordi- nance and fortifications of the Army. The gun has already been thoroughly tested, but the owners express a will ingness to have as many rounds fired as may be desired, at their expense. Each shot costs about £1,500, There has been some talk of locating the gun in New York Harbor should it be pur chased. A AREA A] How to Keep Frost Out, Most modern cellars are largely built above ground, and though the wall be thoroughly baked, this made soil frees. es through much more quickly, expos- ed to wind as it Is, than that which has not been disturbed, Bat frost will rarely get into a cellar if on the inside wall a space is partitioned off’ a foot, or even less, wide, and extending down as far as the wall is exposed outside. This box should be filled with saw. dust or some other non-conductor of heat. Buch a protection excludes frost in winter better than the piles of bad: ly smelling manure that are often em- ployed for this purpose. —Headquarters for holiday goods and fine presents at C. P. Long & Co's, ~Found, by C. P, Long & Co's, (48 handkerchiefs which can be bough |» ARTICLES LOST AT THE FAIR, Women the Hoss Losers Co, Has uny Centre Lady Lost Anything 7 If any of our lady readers who | the World's Fair lost any article on the exposition grounds there are of it has heen found, From the y fuie Lex chances her regaining it, if of the bureau ti come in far ahead for loosing articles, The lost found at | the Ex posit has collected a motley l 1 variety The i articles for lost Women character { the would seem found and left at packages, it ji {i¢ and partment i0n of curiosit re have been of oi two hundred articles lost F bias i { Lun is average day of «half of 116 ad #1 op pose tl 1d constitu dion, but lead, L everviliia the JE POEL ition and only ¥ JRE nn returncd, : i wt umbrellas f this £53 mags take i“ § inrger pari women’s hand! these | ain al- eee of el and mgs cont Hs ¥ e. from a vi ig, from a pi hew gr bills and railroad im to rolls of Lickel but u no n or wld ress 8, nfortunately by i remain » number of wraps that and er ond hand clothing establishment, material cloth- Fitts tre ountry. in variety of cut and cost of they would give points to any establishment Most of the ing ¢ W = wear, ful raps are women’ not been any She ir wate but men have {LOO CArd ’ 2 $4 ¥ iil ng number of as lost, but the has been small. strayed away, surprise, as hat such tched. ito the i rape 1 iid naturally be One woul upp pee 1 a package would oly Iv we “pa i“ v Mas Cites y "aa ne of the first curiosities: 1 Was 0 * jaler a poli Cernan nd a Columbia: d dmber was tifie 1" i“ iilding has led : hr 1 the number of lost Art Galler ond to it. Now that the Ry classified ar- } has been a close sex eX po- 3 3 11 td sition Is Close this coliection of arti- i st 3 les will and arranged and i published, so that people ' 4 Jost 10 have articles may hs Ave oppor- tanity to reciaim them, but unless this is done within a certain time, an take a auc tion room will of eve yvthing. Pp wesession Wy Depew’s Hints to Young Men 5 i Chancey M. Depew is a philosophe Nothing could his definiton mia th L833 as well as a wit, be better than 1 of the ions with which h ing in Donahoe’s Maga , Mr. Dey nan lio terial ambi a young Writ- you man should begin his CATeeT zine on ng men in “Ever Ix ities i WW SRVSE: » 3 131.3 # V young Mild start out in life with three definite objects—first to secure an honest living: secure an income large a enough to support a fami for ld the care of the helpless ones whom he Fy 0 and 3 ow age to lay up something may leave behind when he dies.” Any young man whose what he is here for are at all hazy, do well to cut this out commit it 0 memory. io will ideas as and Ct Both Legs Cat Of Jesse R. MeCrum, aged twenty-one, an extra brakeman in the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Huntingdon, was the victim of a ter rible accident last Tuesday night. He was working with one of the shifting crews, and at the Broad Top cut he was jolted from a train in motion and fell to the tracks. The wheels of the front truck of a car passed over him and cut off both his legs, the left about two inches below the knee, and the right about five inches below the knee, C—O A All Free Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the op- portunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle Free. Send your name and ad- dress to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chieca- go, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, ns well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household In- structor, Free. All of which is guar anteed to do you good and cost you nothing. J. D. Murray's Drugstore. ls Ay Died at Flemington, Saturday afternoon Mary Deviney died at Flemington in her 84th year. Over seven years ago she fell and broke her leg which accident rendered her helpless, SL A SS ASA. Has Been Leased, The Beech Creek railroad has been leased by the New York ceatral for a period of ninety-nine years. A AOR (GRE JS AC ~The second lot of 18,000 pounds of salt will be sold cheap the next ten days, at C. P. Long & Co's. now from 2} cents
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