VOL. LXVII. CAPITOL GOSSIP THE WILSON BILL BEFORE THE SENATE. Representative IHouk, of Ohlo, Dropped Dend Friday, While, Visiting a Friend. — The House Adjourned Saturday. wasmingToN, Feb, 12.-—Senator Jones, of Ark., Vest, of Mo., and Mills, of Texas, the three good Democrats charged with the important duty of preparing the amendments to the Wil- son tarif! bill which are to be submit- ted to the Senate Finance committee, have proven themselves giants, and earned the gratitude of the country, which wants the tarift disposed of at the earliest possible moment, by com- pleting their work, and as the other Democratic members of the Finance commistee have kept in touch with speed premiums to the constructors of naval vessels, The report exonerates our naval officers and holds up to pub- lic scorn J. Hale Sypher, ex-Congress- man and ex-carpet bagger of La., and at present a lobyist (and some say— something a shade or two blacker), who, the report says instigated the charge for his own purpose, which it broadly intimates was to be bought off by the ship builders. Sets fp A ————— A Successful Man. Mr. Phil Armour, the great Chicago capitalist, has some ideas and methods which are in accord with those of the late George W. Childs. The Chicago millionaire is the great- est trader in the world, He employs 12,000 persons, pays $7,000,000 yearly in wages, owns 4,000 cars and 800 horses. He is not only a philanthro- pist but an optimist, and, speaking of them in their work it is altogether probable that the amendments report- | ed by them will all be adopted by the | committee and that the Wilson bill | will be before the Senate before the | close of this week. This breaks the | record in committee work on tariff| bills and is highly creditable to the] men who did it, but there is another thing that is even more creditable to] them. The bill they have reported | will be supported by every Democrat ic Senator. The proposed amend-| ments have not been made public, but | they are all in one direction—that of increasing the revenue which the new | tariff bill will produce. There are rea- | sons for the belief that among the pro- posed amendments are a duty on coal, | and on sugar, both raw and refined. The sub-committee made no change in | the income tax. reasons for largely increasing the reve- | nue features of the tariff’ bill is that | the Democratic Senators are opposed | to any further issue of bonds and pro- | pose to place the Treasury in such a] condition that no more will be needed. Had the House not adjourned Sat-| urday on account of the sudden death of Representative Houk, of Ohio, who | dropped dead Friday afternoon w hile | visiting a friend, it is probable that Representative Bland’s bill for the] coinage of the seigniorage in the Treas- | ury would have passed today. That it will pass early this week is the gen- eral expectation. There is much talk | about the bill being vetoed by Presi-| dent Cleveland, but it is admitted by | those who say they expect it to be ve- | toed that their expectations are not based upon any information they have | received from the President. There is also some talk about submitting the | bill to a Democratic caucus and that | may yet be done; not for the purpose | of endorsing it but for the purpose of so changing it as to avoid the danger of a veto. Senator Morgan, of Ala, who chairman of the Senate commitiee on Foreign Relations, was at the time of | the annexation treaty was negotiated | with the Representatives of the pro-| visional government of Hawaii strong- ly in favor of annexation. For that reason it has been feared that he might not agree with his Democratic leagues—Senators Gray and Butler— on the sub-committee which has been making the investigation, as to the | nature of the report to be made on the | evidence taken vy the sub-committee. I have just learned from a trustworthy | source that those fears are entirely groundless, as the three Senators nam- ed are in accord and will all sign the majority report. The investigation is closed but the report may not be made to the Senate until after the tariff bill is passed. The remains of the late Representa- tive Houk, were accompanied to Ohio | by a joint Congressional committee | composed of the following: Represen- | tatives Hare, Springer, Bryan, Hulick McKaig, Ellis, of Oreg., and Ritchie, and Benators Brice, Sherman Dubois, Hunton, Martin and Allen. Mr, Houk was much liked and the unexpected manner in which he died, while ap- parently in the best of health, has caused great sorrow among his col- leagues and friends. The House committee on the Judi- ciary does not take any stock in either the beauties or benefits of woman's suffrage, as was shown by its prompt action in making an unfavorable re- port on the resolution of Representa- tive Bell, of Colo., providing for a wo- man’s suffrage amendment to the Con- stitution. At an enthusiastic meeting of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee Senator Faulkner, of W. Va., was unanimously elected chair- man and Lawrence Gardner and Jus, L. Norris, of Washington, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Next week there is to be a joint meeting of this committee and the executive com- mittee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, for the purpose of arranging the campaign work of this year. The House Naval committee has re- ported adversely the resolution baking is | col : in the future, he says: “Wealth, capital, can nothing without brains to direct it. It will be as true in the future as it is in the pres- ent that brains make | capital— capital brains. The world does Changeslcome Tquick- and they will come quicker and quicker. New ideas, new inventions, new methods of manufacture, of transportation, new ways to do almost everything, will be found as the world grows older, and and do does not make not stand still. will find ad- their fathers who are ready for them, | vantages as great as any Mr. Armour believes in living in to- and not in yesterday. He frank- | ly admits that he does not hold the same opinions that he held twenty | years ago, and says he is willing to change his views to suit the times, m———— ——] — Can't Do as they Please, Public officers can't as they | plesse. The county auditors have refused to ratify the expenditure 000 for bridges by the commis- sioners because the board had the work done without advertising for contracts do Greene Neither can banks do as they please, The Westmoreland county grand jury | has found true bills agaidst P. 8, Pool | & Sons, of the defunct Farmers and Miners Bank, for embezzlement and receiving money when they knew the bank was lusolvent. Two years ago the bank failed and they claimed they would pay dollar for dollar, but as no payments were ever made, about 10 of the depositors had them arrested. rn —— ——— Fininly Stated. Great Britain is a small island king- dom, and the United States is a big says the Atlanta Constit Yet Great Britain has prospered and now controls the commerce of the world, while our country in the worst stages of financial depression. There is something wrong some- where and the people want to know The British by adopt- ing the policy of free-trade have made their country the world's work-shop. They take the raw material of every ulion, is 100 cents a pound. Here is a lesson for our people. We | cannot get rich by producing raw ma- | terials for other nations and sections to A whole volume of po- litical economy is summed up in these We cannot expect to pros- per until we manufacture the crude products of our fields and mines. Paste this in yourihat! mii sme m— La Grippe. During the prevalence of the Grippe that those who depended upon Dr. King's New Discovery, not only had a speedy recovery, but escaped all the troublesome after effects of the mala- dy. This remedy seems to have a pe- cullar power in effecting rapid cures not only in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest, and Lungs, and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't disap- point. Free trial bottles at J. D. Mur- ray’s Drug Store, i ——— ff ————— Lightning Rod Swindlers, Two lightning rod agents have been working a wholesale swindle in Mont- gomery county for the past week. They induced farmers to sign contracts for lightning rods at $5 per building. These are rapidly turning up at the banks in the form of notes and checks. Over thirty cases have already been reported. Among the greatest suf- ferers were Herman Gross, John Bow- man, Henry Raagset, and John Dean, who were victimized for over $500 apiece. Judge Henry H. Goldsborough, Baltimore, Md. says: “It gives me pleasure to recommend Salvation Oil to any one suffering from rheumatic or for an investigation of the granting of other pains.” Pald a Visit to Johnstown, Bays thé Johnstown Democrat of Saturday morning: “The Democrat said two weeks ago that the proposed Beech Creek extension to Johnstown and the Somerset Coal fields was no joke. The proof of this is in the fact that high up representatives of the Beech Creek company spent all day Friday in the city looking over routes that have been proposed and conferr- ing with city officials, The represent- atives were Messrs. 8B. P. 8S. T. Forsythe, of Philadelphia, and W. IL. Bhellenberger, of Altoona. Their arrival here was not heralded. They came in quietly and departed on Fast Line east Friday night, carrying with them copious notes and informa- tion obtained from the city oflicials which they will submit to the Beech Creek people at In conversa- tion with some gentlemen words are as good as their bonds, and of whom the Democrat secured infor- mation of the purpose of the visit of the it may be accepted as a fact without a shadow of doubt that the officials of the Vanderbilt system are anxious to build a branch line to Johnstown and the coal fields south, and will no doubt do so if the people wake up and pro- ceed to hustle,” Langdon and once, w hose Beech Creek representatives, —————— So ——— Instructions to Constables, of ‘onstables in boroughs The High ( is called to their particular duties in regard to The law provides that High attention Constables and elections, ed notices. This lamation of The High C tion of the the regular onstable election of burgess, Coun- regular Constable When the Judge Election shall have completed count of votes in boroughs and out the certificates of election, the cer- tificates of burgess, councilmen to high constable shall be given high constable for service, 8 ular constable. The all services of the regular but is not liable for the high constable. the services of th county pays constable, services of the ¢ high constable. tt sse— Money in Whaat, Is there money in not for the farmer. It is the who finds big money wheat, be the price high or r low. is queer but it true. what wheat? yes ; wheat gambler i f 3 pocket of the wheat farmer, where properly the farmer would make something instead of belongs, gambler every year, yet not one them ever pitched a sheaf, The latest spec on ‘change is only one of hundreds in Chicago. Ed. Par dridge has cleared over $2,000,000 in the last three months by market “short.” erations has been in wheat. If one-tenth of this 2 millions had | gone to Centre county farmers it] would have been a nice lift. Yes, there's millions in wheat, but it never gets around to the farmer. A py - NEw York city is about to , consol: date with all the cities and towns near it, and make the “Greater New York” a bill to the effect having passed the assembly. It submils the question of consolidation to a vote of the people of the districts, The chief of the bureau of statistics of the city puts the pres- ent population of New York at 2,000,- 000, that of Brooklyn has already touched a million, while the other ter- ritory proposed to be included has a population of 203,000. This will give the “Greater New York" a population of 3,200,000 in a territory of over 217 square miles, and would make New York, next to London, the largest city of the world. ct a—— Lucky lightning seems to be after senator Meek, with the appoin tment of surueyor of the Port of Philadelphia for him on its wings, a fat plum that he seems to be slated for, which posi- tion he would fill satisfactorily. Since the above was in type the ap- pointment has been made and fallen upon the senator, who will bear the honors meekly and old Centre gets re- cognition for her Democracy, The appointment is a nice plum and bro. Meek has our congratulations, Tur cashier of the First Nat. Bank of Watkins, N. Y., has embezzled fifty thousand dollars of its funds. There are a goodly number of bank cashiers who are far from being angels and will and such like, Gum boots and rubber shoes in with the times, at Mingles, Bellefonte. RSDAY, FEBRUARY ) POSTAL REMINISCENCES, N\ Before the Use of Postage Stamps, When Adopted, The following historical sketch was written by an old resident of York county: Before the use of postage stamps va- rious sums were charged for the deliv- ery of letters. The amounts were reg- ulated by the distance and were col- lected on the delivery of the letter. In the early part of this century, the postage on a single sheet of paper was eight cents, and over forty the rate was increased that five hundred miles a single sheet was twen- ty-five cents, but after a time these rates were gradually reduced, and un- til 1845 a letter weighing half an ounce was five cents under three hundred miles, and over that distance ten, fif- teen, twenty, twenty-five cents, ac- cording to distance, The postmaster had to keep a record or a book and enter all letters and pa- pers that were sent from the office and their destination and the amount of postage, miles 80 over and also of all letters and pa- pers received, and where from amount of each letter and paper. the end of every three postmaster had to make a the Post Office Department, off of his book each and every paper sent and received and amount of postage of each, and make amount of ofl { of and At the return to copying letter months, and out a correct account of the deduct the quarterly account, take the account to the | esquire and be qualified, i salary, nearest and send all of the documents along with the mon- to the Post Office Department, | Washington City, D. C. In 1847 the United States adopted | the use of postage stamps, the i ey lowest { one being five cents. But steamboats had of the | ioned mail coaches and post b with the more and | now taken the place allways and of the IVE, rapid sending the growing population of the try, gradually made | provements in the j aud here we are in 1804 receiving our oolin- im- postoffice system, changes and | letters from the Pacific England days coast in about | five days, from i days, and a few or hours will { place us in direct communication with jour friends and correspondents in | most every part of the country and at i the exceeding low rate of postage of | two cent stamp a single letter is car ried from one part or end of the Unit- | | ed States to the other, and at the pres- {ent time the fourth-class offices a post | keep all the money that is received for letters stamped and mailed from the said office and it is supposed that the {time is not far distant when | will be carried from one part of the | United States to the other for one cent postage stamps. el ccuilpmae—— Marriage Licenses. The following marriage have been granted the past week: Henry Gault and both of Bellefonte. Beasie | both of Marion township. Charles A. Dolan, of Marion town-| | ship, and Mary C. McDowell, of Bald | { Eagle twp. Clinton county. | J. M. Weaver, of Curtin township, | and Sadie Wagner, of Liberty town- ship. Walter G. Tallhelm and Mary Alexander, of Julian, Hiram Lee, of Spring township, and May A. Decker, of Potter twp. Jesse Snyder and Sarah A. Rupp, of Penn Hall - if Mp ps Railroad Test Case, E. The officials of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg are much grati- fied by a decision rendered in the Col- umbus, Ohio, circuit court in the case of Brakeman W. C. Buck, of the Pan handle, who was injured and sued the company for $30,000 damages. It was shown that Buck had drawn $800 ben- efits from the voluntary relief depart- ment of the railroad before bringing action. The decision hinged on the fact that Buck had been given the privilege of bringing suit against the company or accepting the services of the relief department, in which latter case the laws bar him from prosecu- tion. The case was decided in favor of the railroad by Judge Duncan, 13 Miners Caught by a Oave.n, By a cavedn of a coal mine near Wilkesbarre, on Tuesday, 13 miners were entombed, with doubts of their being rescued alive. A shot which was fired in the mine caused the roof to come down. Mrs. M, E. Busselle, 67 Park Street, Newark, N. J. says: “After having used Dr. Bull's Cough gyrup in my family with most gratifying results I pronounce it the friend of all mothers. EE I i .g. —————— ~Subscribe for the REPORTER, $1.50, 15, 1894. NOTHING TO FIGHT ABOUT, The effort to bring the Democrats of Pennsylvania together has disclosed the fact that they are together, says the Philadelphia Record. They have no differences of opinion upon any question of policy, State or National, upon which Democrats differ with their Republican opponents. Bo much for the party at large, The wrangle that distracts the ty in Philadelphia cannot be magni- fled into a State affair. To state the cause of it is to show its insignificance and the folly of keeping it alive When it became the duty of Governor Pattison, after his election, to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Attorney General he Mr. William F. Harrity for the former office and Mr. William U. Heansel for the latter loth of these gentlemen bad rendered the party distinguished service, par- select chose But, for reasons entirely per- sonal to themselves, the selection did not please Mr. George McCowan and | certain associates who can be counted upon the fingers of one hand. These few disgruntled Democrats, in order to feed fat their private grudges, have at- call They “Pennsylvania Democracy.” Without them there would be no such thing. “The Record’ has no quarrel these gentlemen and with a harmony, tempted to organize what they the “Pennsylvania Democracy.” are the with view has lately sought to find the and to 10 causes of their grievances them to fall into line with the mass of the party. Acting their spokesman, Mr. McGowan has inform- the Record” that they are not aft- er official recognition or spoils. All they desire is of the faulty rules prepared by MceGow- an himself for the of the Democratic org this city, {and left by him as a legacy to the pres {ent Democratic party management. But they refused to meet a of the with a view to a peaceful understanding. There will not be the least difficulty {in bringing about such a change of the | MeGowen rules will deprive the | temporary chairman of the ward con- their arbitrary power to | prevent fair representation. There { no doubt of the propriety such a | change; nor is there any of the now in to sub- au- gentle- per- suade as ed a reformation Mr. management ranization in committee regular organization as ventions of is of doubt willingness of the Democrats the regular assist to effec ting it. Upon this ject “The Recor speaks with thority; and it leaves the few men who constitute “the Pennsylva. without ground to stand upon, except their own private control of organization nia Democracy” disappointments and animosities, fer, r I A Correction bygan old Resident. - Attempt Robbery at Potter's Mills, LEWIS AND CONELLY. In last week's REPORTER we a history of the noted robbers, Lewis and Conelly. Hon. SBam’l Gilliland, an old resident of our valley, makes a correction of one statement and also furnishes a new item of an attempted robbery at Potter's Mills, by these highwaymen, Mr, Gilliland writes : “You are mistaken as to Lewis, the robber being placed in jail ad Lock Ha- ven. It wasin 1520 Lewis and Conel- ly were doing their thievery in Centre county ; Clinton county was not form- ed until 1837 off of Cen-~ tre Binamahoning, was captured, in and Lew was lodged 1 have raid they made and as my memory tends back to the time, I will state it to you: It was in 1820, that was be- fore the turnpike was located through the valley; ‘the road passed through Earlystown and Cen- tre Hill at that time was barrens ; the road entered Potter's bank at the west end as it does at present]; it entered the,Seven mountains on the side of the hill west of the turnpike. “There was considerable gave it was taken and XL yeomiog. where Centre county, in jail at Bellefonte an account of the Lewis WAS js not seen on Potter's store, exX- old state Between these two points the country at the time of robbers being in the mountains and persons robbed, who did it. Pot about 8 rods from the hotel : the prietor of the hotel John the road passed between the buildings; about 2 o'clock a. m. Karr's dogs alar- med the family ; he got out of bed and by looking out the window light in the He dressed and got his gun and went down ; when outside, he discovered that he did not have his pouch and powder horn; he called to Mrs, Karr throw them down to him from the window. By that the robbers appeared outside. Karr made to shoot, but his gu robbers then of Earlys- men had with rifles, us far as Nittany mountain, then gave talk but no clew as to ter's store house was pro- was Karr ; of saw store-house, to time an attempt The n direction 3y i €] started in pursuit of them, n missed fire, the daylig etreated | t town. ght up the chase and returned home. “It was not known who the were until they Lewis lodged He made fession that it was him and Conelly ; he said when the men were in pursuit and Conelly were lying in the bushes between Centre Hill and Ear- lystown, and saw the men He also said that they had a hiding place the side of the where they could see into the door of Potter's store. robbers were captured and in jail. con- he pass. on mountain the true Der | Pennsylvania will not have their eyes i blinded to the fact that behind the] | pretended zeal for reform in party Of course, nocrats of {er and place, which is the perpetual bane of minority organizations cut ofl | from other than accidental opportuni- The willing- a factional to oppose party for | Congressman-at-large should make an {end of the malaperts undertaking it. | Their refusal to agree upon terms of conciliation has disgusted those most disposed to stand by tuem. The opportunity which offers at the February election to indorse the Fed- eral and State Administrations, and to crush out mousing and mutinous ca- bal who have sought to involve other well-meaning Democrats in their own petty and selfish malignity, should not be allowed to pass unimproved. The party cannot afford to go into bankruptcy and enforee a liquidation simply because it has a pimple on its little finger. { ties for its gratification. i ness, however, to carry ight to such an extent as { the regular nominee of the Mr, Childs's Will, The will of the late George W. Childs was admitted to probate on Thursday. He bequeathes all his property to his widow, to dispose of as she may sce proper, either by gift or by will. The executors are George W. Childs Drexel and James W. Paul, Jr., who stated the value of the estate to be ov- er $100,000 real and over $100,000 per sonal. The actual value of the estate is five million dollars. The will is short, and is contained on one side of a page of foolscap. GRAVE senators at Washington are not booked on feast days, for the rea. son, perhaps, that they are having a feast of it every day at Washington, The senate passed a resolution last Thursday to adjourn over next day, Friday, because of its being Good Fri- day—but it happened that Good Fri- day was about six weeks off’ yet. Muasioal College. The Spring Term opens May 1st, in Vocal and Instrumental Music. For “If they hid any booty in any place, in the Seven township, where as in any other locality that has been mentioned.” it was mountains in Potter Captures a Be ar Family. One of Boalsburg’s hunters, George Reed, while hunting in the Tussey mountains, one day last week, the bar- king of his dogs brot him to a hollow stump, when a large she-bear came out to know what business he had lin her yard. A shot from his rifle made her turn back, but she dropped dead before getting back into the stump. Examination of the hollow revealed three cubs which Mr. Reed captured alive, and having returned with his bears to Boalsburg he soon became the lion of the village. Ap A Strength and Health, If you are not feeling strong and healthy, try Electric Bitters. If “ia Grippe’’ has left you weak and weary, use Electric Bitters. This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach and Kid- neys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions, If you are afflicted with Bick Headache, you will find speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles only 50¢, at J. D. Murray's Drug Store. C—O, Joseph V. Dory, of Warsaw, Ill, was troubled with rheumatism ‘snd tried a number of different remedies, but says none of them seemed to do him any good; but finally he got hold of one that speedily cured him. He was much pleased with it, and felt gure that others similarly afflicted would like to know what the remedy was that cured him. He states for the benefit of the public that it is called Chamberlain's Pain Balm. For sale by J. D. Murry, Draggist. Communion, The Lord's supper will be adminis- tered next Sabbath afternoon in the Presbyterian church, at Spring Muse, by Rev. Boal. )
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