VOL. LXVL CAPITOL GOSSIP AFTERTHECHRISTMAS RECESS. The Republicans of the House Will Not | Vote With Democrats Who Oppose nny Section of the Wilson Bil, WasHinarox, Dee. 18. —Represen- ocratic caucus has, after consulting | with his Democratic colleagues decid-) ed not to call the caucus which it been determined to hold to consider the Wilson bill, until after the Christ- mas recess. There are several reasons, all good, for this decision. Many Democrats have already gone home to | spend Christmas and if the caucus had | been held this week if would conse- quently have been slimly attended. | Besides, those who spend their holi- | day at home will get an opportunity | to learn just how the Wilson bill has | been received by their constituents | which will enable them to lay before | the caucus any objections which may | exist, It is in fact very fortunate | that the bill has been delayed. It] will enable the Democrats to do what | has never been done before—consult the people about the details of a tarifl'| bill. The Republicans of the house have announced with a great flourish of trumpets that they will not vote with Democrats who oppose any section of the Wilson bill to amend the measure. A more unnecessary announcement was never made. It was, of course, made solely for the purpose of mis- leading the country into the belief that there are enough Democrats who wish to amend the bill to succeed in| has | doing so, if the Republicans would on- | ly vote with them. There are it true a number of Democratic Repre-| however, is as coun- sentatives—not so large, the Republicans would like the try to believe will endeavor to get the amended in caucus, but! failing in that there are five of them who will refuse to vote for the bill. : The House itself to thoroughly in accord with the policy of the Democratic party by taking ad- vantage of the unavoidable delay in getting the tariff’ bill ready to pass bills admitting to statehood Utah, Ar- jzona and New Mexico, although Re-| publican filibustering made it necessa- | ry for the committee on Rules to re-| port continuing orders before it could | be done. The people of these territo-| ries are not likely to forget this Re- publican filibustering. Congressmen, particularly those who have been so precipitate in their eriticism, will do well to spend a part | of their Christmas holiday in study- ing President Cleveland's special mes- | sage and the Hawaiian documents of which it treats. It will not be neces- sary for them to endorse the Presi- dent's Hawaiian policy in its entirety | who bill not has shown be to discover how absurd Senator Hoar's | recent remarks about impeachment | were. There has been neither tech- | nical nor actual violation of either the | letter or the spirit of the Constitution | by the President; the idea that there had been was conceived by malignant | ‘partisanship and nurtured by such men as Hoar. Mr. J. R. Sovereign, the new head | of the Knights of Labor, is in Wash- | ington, in attendance upon the con-| ference of the Executive committee of | Bi-metallic League, with which he is] in sympathy. Speaking of the tarift | he said: “I am an out and out free trader. The so-called protection of] American labor is a delusion. Labor | is not protected. Invested capital re-| ceives a bonus in the form of protec | tion, and it is then optional with the | capitalist to give a share of the bonus | to labor in the form of increased wag-| es. But this option is seldom, if ever, exersised.”” There is food for reflec tion in these words of Mr. Sovereign, who is certainly in a position to speak | from the point of view of the Ameri can wage-earner, Representative Culbertson, chair. man of the House Judiciary commit- tee considers it very doubtful whether a bankruptey bill of any kind will get through the House at this session, although Representative Balley, will endeavor to push his voluntary bank- ruptey bill and Representative Oates will introduce a new bill modifying the Torrey bill, which was recently killed in the House, It has about been decided that the internal revenue bill shall include an inheritance tax, but it is still an open question whether this tax shall take place of the proposed income tax or shall be in addition thereto, It is not considered probable by members of the Ways and Means committee that the internal revenue bill will bz reported to the House until after the holidays. The tariff bill will be reported to the House tomorrow, unless something now unexpected shall prevent, but it will not be called up for debate until after the rece, SNYDER FOR HASTINGS. Pleture of Centre's Fa. mous Man, General D. H. Hastings, of Belle- by his fellow countrymen, delivered county Citizenship” that added new laurels to burg Post. He spoke for an hour and a half, and judging from the close at- log- and will yield rich fruit in the future. prepare a lecture, for he is of the Wen- who fills himself with the matter and spirit of the subject on which he is to speak and then by being rarely endow- feet, he formulates his sentences and delivers the words hot from the mint { of his big, warm heart to the ears of i his hearers, He is a giant in every re- spect. Physically, he stands six feet has | 7: hat. Socially, be is like the snow-| das—the nearer you get to him the] higher he looks, and no one can ap- proach him without being overcome | a man of destiny. he is as kind as a father—as gentle as a child, and no one is so humble but that he Moreover, under all circumstances—for he has! had the advantages of poverty which taught him not to “despise the time So unstinted is his his friendshij and so generous his social views that the political prejudices of his people | hidden and buried under his 80 warm mag- su introduced | He! At the opening of his address, Jowersox as “our next Governor.” that showed that **Barkis is willin',” of Oa Snyder county audience he would not | only “get there” next year but would | occupy the Gubernatorial chair now. | ' volee ip A tl All Frees : 5 Dr. value, Those who have used New Discovery know its and | the | Trial | Send your name and ad- | Bucklen & Co., Chica go, and get a sample box of Dr. King's | portunity to try it Free. Call on advertised Druggist and get a Bottle Free, structor, Free. All of which is guar- lates Colonel John RB, Selheimer Died. Colonel John B: Selheimer, a lead- ing hardware merchant of Lewistown died Baturday aged 67 years. He was a captain of thes Logan guards and | marched through Baltimore on April | reached Washington in response to President Lincoln's call for troops. He was elected State Senator from this district in 18584 and was County Treas urer in 1859. ccf Late Nows. Populist Peffer wants a bill passed appropriating 63 million dollars to re- lieve the wants of the distressed. The President has appointed Wayne L. P. Ryan, aged 81, and his wife, ter, Ohio, on Tuesday night. The Democratic victory in Chicago, on Tuesday, will hardly be credited by yet our party had not counted on a vie- tory. EE ————— The famine at Erzeroum, Armenia, and in that neighborhood, is becoming more serious. Bread is now selling at twelve times its usual value. The grain is in the hands of speculators, many of whom are Ottoman officials. Plteous but fruitless appeals have been made to the Sublime Porte for assistance. Hundreds of the poor are threatened with starvation, EL Tuenre were yet living on the 30 of June last, fifteen widows of veterans of the war of the Revolution. The report of the Pension Department says they were drawing their pensions at that date, any way. The war ended 111 years ago. Ring, ring, ring the bells. Ring the merry Christmas bells. All be bright, all be right, Tne star lod new-born ANSWERED HIS LAST ROLL CALL of Bamue A. R, held At a regular meeting Shannon Post No, 252 (i, olutions of respect were passed: Whereas, The all-wise Ruler has visited our Post and removed by hand of death our worthy comrade John H. Odenkirk, a charter member of our Post, and Senior Vice command- er, during the past year. Resolved, That in the death of comrade Odenkirk this Post has lost a faithful member, our community a good citizen, one who was ever ready to lend a helping hand in time of need; the wife a kind, true husband, and the children a loving father. Resolved, That our sympathy family and we commend the eare of Him who promised to care for the widow the fatherless. Resolved, ed in mourning for thirty these resolutions be entered upon minutes of the Post, and a sent to the family, and county papers for publication. DAVID BURRELL, ANDREW GREGG, Geo. M. Boar. ——— gO has and That our charter be drap- days; the copy be The Duty of Constables. The carrying of concealed weapons to the well-being of the community and a stop should be put In addressing the constables of Cumberland county, recently, Judge Saddler used the following language, which was not any too strong for the “You con- stables can do nothing better than ar- young men who carry o whip out on the slightest provoca- tion and perhaps shoot perfectly inno- A man has no constitu- tional or moral right to carry conceal- weapons on all occasions; whether or not I am resting boys and men carrying revol- vers. We will see that no costs are pl Why Game is Searce. The venison killed in this county market, li- can of last week. That's just what makes game scarce, mer- The law should The same is true with says the Clearfield Repub ders come in here and cateh trout for the purpose of selling them. A few years ago while strolling along one of the business streets of Wilkesbarre, grocery a dishpan walf full of trout, dressed and in ice. We inquired of the grocer what he sold the trout at—he sald 80 cents per pound. Then we asked him where they were caught-—he said, “some of | the fellers caught "em in the Centre co. mountains,” Thus our trout were sold in market over 100 miles from home. — —— La Grippe Again The re-appearsace of the “GRIP calls to mind the experience of Jas. 0. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mex- in, Texas. He was sick in bed for ten {days with the grip during its preva- lence a year or two ago. Later in the season he had a second attack. says: “In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and ly being in bed a little over two days. | The second attack, I am satisfied, | would have been equally as bad as the | first, but for the use of this remedy.’ It should be borne in mind that the grip is much the same as a very severe cold and requires precisely the same treatment. © When you wish to cure a cold quickly and eflectually give this remedy a trial. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by J. D. Murray. mms AM i A Little Previous, Last Tuesday evening the boys at Potters Mills gave the assistant post. master at that place a serenade in a mistake, it having been reported that he was married. He was greatly sur prised but set up the cigars und candy all the same, and the boys went home hoping to have another chance. AM APS Elected Mayor of Chicago, John P. Hopkins, Democrat, has been elected mayor of Chicago by a plurality of 1,220, to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of the late Carter Harrison. Married, On Friday evening, December Sth, Rev. Eisenberg performed the ceremo- ny at the parsonage, uniting in mar. riage Mr. George F. Durst and Miss Maggie Keller, of Linden Hall, A Beil, WEEK OF REASON INSTITUTE IN SESSION AT BELLE | FONTE. Heald Fall mwnoe, Teachers in Attend- Tostitute Opera House. The forty-seventh annual session of the Teachers’ Institute of Centre coun- ty convened in Garman’s opera house, at Bellefonte Monday | The attendance of teachers | large and only three ito their names at roll eall. Rev. Miles O. Noll, of the Reformed church | welcomed the teschers, { the relations of the schools church. Dr. Philips, of the Chester Normal, made an address | the morning session upon “How {earth is weighed and measured.” | Professor Twitmire, of Honesdale, Pa., | followed with a short talk on ‘‘Reci- tation.” At the afternoon Professor Brungard, of Lock | took up the subject of “writing.” | the evening entertainment Dr. ips lectured on ‘Bits of Europe.” The seats in the opera i numbered, the teachers i blocks according to and | seat is assigned to each teacher which he is expected to occupy throughout | the institute. This chair morning. Was very did not respond On emphasizing to the West session At Phil- i house being are districts, seated in a and is lent Gramley attendance. Various worked to elude roll call or get the card punched | at the but the teacher | would sometimes suc numbering to teacher of Supe rintend nt were assigning a a an effective scheme to Ciire consta schienies heretofore door, wily pet A with every teacher and the ahead and . been of chart has the number only a ceed In cutting. made of the house name of io sont has find seat, and the secretary look over the house and and he marked absent, and is cordingly docked a half day. At the Cle came iw Tuesday session various sub- for up discussion which J | were dwe it upon to greater or less ex- tent, Prof, Swift made an “Organization.” He Prof. Philips upon Industrial and Practical Drawing Prof. Busse, of Williamsport, | next on programme for the address on was followed by “Recitation.” s! by Was forenoon. ili cmt Presented With His Plunder, A good hearted farmer living in Oli- | from this place, says the McVeytown Journal, ver township, a few miles few nights ago by commotion in his chicken quickly donning his clothes he went out quietly under cover of the dark- ness and coming near discovered a boy holding The school a Coop and standing outside several chickens in his hands young thief, in the training of father, had no time to give éven th faintest alarm and he dropped the hens and fled to make way for the rightful owner, who stepped up quietly to the {door and took the chickens as they | were passed out by the man inside, | who supposed that they were being! his | | put into the hands of his youthful ac-| complice who unfortunately for him { was at this time well on his way to ward home. When the farmer's hands were full he spoke softly to the man | inside, saying that he couldn't hold any more chickens, thereupon the boss thief came to the door face to face {with the owner. Great was his sur-| { tor, who lectured him sharply upon | the evil and ingratitude of his actions {and then presented him with a couple | of the coveted chickens for a Thanks. giving day roast. A A IS Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses have been granted the past week: James Miller Jr., and Mary M. Hall, of Spring township. Ralph Illingsworth, of State Col- lege, and Marion Snyder, of Pine Grove Mills, W. B. Reynolds, of Hublersburg, and H. A. SBpotts, of Union township. Benjamin E. Bryan, of Wolfs Store, and Mame Doehler, of Rebersburg. W. W. Davis and Clara A. Southard of Philipsburg. J. E. Johnstonbaugh, of Marion township, and Lydia E. Robb, of Clinton Co, Andrew Moyer, of Potter township, d Maggie From, of Centre Hall. Aaron O. Detwiler and Emma C, ory, of Tusseyville. Bm IM Taking Out Ice. Perry Breon Is taking the ice off the pond east of town and is filling some of the ice houses in town. The ice so far has not been very thick but is now about five inches and of the finest kind. ~ Brooms last Saturday at hail price. 1893. THOSE POSSIBLE NEW STATES, i tory wi is the most importaant Terri- the three now fo { that of many of the | possesses government Mintes superior With placing {on even terms with Pennsylvania Ohio, the census of 18090 gives it ulation of 207,005. That of 143,963, showing an increase that enjoyed by un it and | area of 84,970 square miles, i pop- 1 KK) equal lo any Western monwealth., There are with salt Lake The latter has divide counties, City the ¥ centre, a population of $4. 5845, 7,057 families d among the it In view of Lake ( ie Mormon sect, ing. interest ing to Salt vy sn the capital it is portant to know that especially the average re- turns give 4.84 persons to a family in while in communities of | Portland, One Mass, , the The material confined to agriculture and By of the Jordan Valley, in which Balt Lake City Ogden has bec fruitful. A public school system, with | property valued at ation, as popul to gon and Springfield, average is 6 interests of Utah are mining. means irrigation are located, ine very 2,500,000 and car-| of i ing for 79,937 childern, is the pride i Territory. The production gold, silver and lead is e qual to §7 of | A¥K)- y, and the agri- cultural product is estimated 000,000 for this year alone. Twrd > at is the least important of the beyond its mining camps and a small agricultural belt on the The area of 115,- 000 square % js Jy sterileorun- ith witha mile large The 135 miles and a length of The this explored. of : territory has a brea oH 3. population of 58,620, census for 1880 wasl40,440, and indicates a very material and healthy increase Pacific rapid Middle much coming of the Sathren g the ind The Arizona cont and the Railroad wa ucement to valley s of and Eastren ain siguiar feature of arable land, the and harvest of of climate allows a wheat barley, later, on the same with one corn planted T tory was separated from New acreags ae Mexico grown in 15638 and in late years it has ica visited by the Spaniards, at a per- com- In 1848 Banta Fe Federal forces under who soon after ing of the Puritans. was taken by the General Kearney, con- | quered the Territory from Mexico. It was part of the cession to the United States by the treaty of Guadalupe Hid- algo in 1848 and a territorial g ment was in 1850, ~the Overn- The | region south of the Gila river—followed in 1853, and { at one time New Mexico incl uded the Colorado and Nev-! The question of the admission a State organized ada. was before | 1874. In 1880 the Territory had a population of | 119.565 and in 1890 it was 153,583. very largely in this NVerritory, and the | last of retarding elements by way of! The Territory is given | There is no more inviting section west of the | | Mississippi and none with greater wealth according to the exhibits and | average population. disappearing. li ——— Agents Wanted, Energetic agents wanted in every town, county and state, to introduce our “Lace Curtains,” Pillow Shams, Bed sets, Chenille Table Covers and Chenille Curtains, We offer the most liberal terms and guarantee exclusive Agency. Goods furnished direct from manufacturer at lowest possible prices. Fine assortment of Patterns and quali- ties. Every agent acoepling an Agen- cy from us can make an independent living. Write for terins and particu- lars; full information free. Nort Brimisn Lace Mui 18. seplé-3m 115 Worth 8t. N. Y. Wy Manster Bear. L. 8. Tripp, of Shintown, Clinton county, shot a bear at Hall's Run, on Tuesday, which was a monster in size. It weighed 5756 pounds, Gen, Hastings is Happy. General and Mrs, D. H. Hastings are rejoicing over a little girl addition to their family, She arrived Sunday morning. Revival, There is quite a revival going on in the M. E. church, at Millheim. There were 25 seekers at the mourners’ bench B fow dnyw ug, NO. 50 NEW COMPOUND ENGINE | A Monster Locomotive Tarned Out of The Altoona Shops, Among the recent engines built by the Pennsylvania railroad company is | a new monster eight-wheel | passenger engine. This built at the Altoona shops, many respects differs in com pound monster was and in construction from any present forms. The No. known is the new class T. iu 54. 42 is of of the the nine The new engine is 1515 and it ck w boiler has inch steel drivers, and ts heels The built hes in diamater, the Belpaire type, entirely 1 : y “ wen dismeter at It § 15 feet fror of the stack and $3 ‘1 : anda is H% incl smallest ring. “ ii rail to the feet to the tO i "wr centre of OF Lis boiler. running boards } i he Engli POLE ure sh engine which is American engines, of this monster der is 145, Hy pout + than th & CH, R Worl engine I's FP of the to ride air Very e a fast time on 12 heavy Pullmans, — Admission of Utah. hie 4 fia # wad das a Blaie There is no question but Utah and be approve « by the New Mexico and Arizona admitted. Three ne 4 £11 1, i Dili Or the admission will pass pres- A : i will Gent, also be Ww stars and Yo i ge Fou The claims of U +7 states by the rth of Ji Arizona are stronger than any of the bateh Batt tah and of new ep iblicans for passed the 0 he ip the ir pa ride i ead SLAs Al the sane reason V Sherman bill, west On u- Idaho or M nts would Mexico, We » Republicans wimitted New 1 ti willingly have Arizona and 1 bringing in the othe he f $ cratic. tah wher ey but Mo- ro a it r slates ro De are for t fear that they would g We hope they may but by . R nO means ove reonfident as to the poilit- ical stability of any of the far western states or territories. fear of polyg- Utah. to this There is no longer any my in fent Ha art official onnection with Pros- fied proclamation before ison cert in an going out It was inl1800 that President { the Mormon church, “re- henceforth the saints marriages forbid. den by the law of the land. The new rule has been carried out in good faith. Woodrufl, « vealed” that —— A Bad Case A sad an injury, | ago, is that of Samuel his home of CRse O irom { insanity, resulting sustained some three years Davis, who has mile east of Lin- den Hall. About three years ago, night he returning from a political meeting Belle- fonte, he jumped or fell from the train while it was still in motion and before it had reached by. The conductor having observed the man pass thro the and finding he had not stepped off on reaching the aboul one one Aas was by train held at 3 1 & the station close GO0r, omething and being train be- , Davis was the track and His injuries, examination, were found to be serious bruises about the head. Signs | of mental weakness set in and his con- Wrong was aroused, the backed a short distance found lying along side ty, of a violent type, so that it is found necessary to keep him in close confine ment; he becomes disturbed by halluei- nations that he is in danger of being injured by the cars; again, he will en- deavor to break away and get to the railroad in order to prevent people get- ting hurt by the cars, Whether Mr. Davis will ever be- come mentally sound again, is doubt- ful ; his age is about 45 years, and he never was married. - A MS Appropriate Presents, Nothing could be more appropriate for a Christmas present to a son or father than a good warm overcoat or suit, which would be both serviceable and useful thiscold weather. Lewins, at Bellefonte, has just such articles in abundance to select from, along with a full line of furnishing goods, and they ean be had at prices below the average. SEE AD. of the Morning Patriot, in another column. The Patric! reaches this county early in the morning it is printed, with all the latest telegraphic news, It has always been a leader among the Democratic dailies of the state, and is an able defender of Dee moeracy. Tux bill for the admission of Arigo- na as a state passed the house on 15, two days after the passage of the Utah Mh The bill for the admission of
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