VOL. LXVII.
REFUSED A SEAT
SENATOR CRISP DECLINES TO GO
TO THE SENATE.
The Speaker Decides to Remain in the
House. ~Crar Reed Brought to a
Common Level,
WASHINGTON, April Z2.—-Speaker
Crisp has always been a popular man
with Democrats, in and out of Con-
gress, at Washington, but his popular-
ity is today one hundred per cent.
greater than it ever was before. His
refusal of a seat in the Senate when all
his personal inclinations were for tak-
ing it, because it was clearly more ben-
eficial to the Democratic party for him
to remain Speaker of the House dur-
ing the remainder this Congress,
was of itself enough to account for
much of the increase in his populari-
, but it was another event—the great-
est triumph of the Speaker's Congress-
ional career—that capped the climax
and made every Democrat in Wash-
ington ready to throw his hat in the
air and give three cheers every time
the name “Crisp” is called. He hum-
bled ex-Speaker Reed, as that legisia-
tive bully never before was humbled
on the floor of the House. They have
had many parliamentary contests, in
which the Speaker got the best of the
ex-Czar, but never until this time has
the Speaker succeeded in completely
humbling Reed-—so completely that
he sat, after having been made to do
so by the Speaker, like a whipped cur.
If the Georgia Democrats are of the
same mind as the Democrats here-
abouts Mr. Crisp will certainly be a
Senator after the 4, of next March,
and they are talking at this end of the
line of something higher yet for him
in the future.
Senator Voorhees in opening the
tariff debate in the Senate made little
use of his extraordinary oratorical
power. He just gave a plain straight-
forward business talk, largely in the
nature of gn explanation of the chang-
es made in the bill by the Senate com-
mittee of which he is chairman, and
laying special stress upon the urgent
necessity for speedy action. Accord-
ing to the present programme, very
few set speeches will be made by the
other Democratic members of the Fi-
nance committee, and no attempt to
limit the debate will be made until the
Republicans have been given ample
opportunity to state their objections
to the bill.
I am glad to be able to state positive-
ly that there is absolutely no truth in
the published statement that Demo-
crats who are dissatisfled with Presi-
dent Cleveland's veto of the Bland
bill intend to vote for a free coinage
amendment to the tariff bill. Not a
single Democratic Senator who favors
silver will say that he is in favor of
such an amendment, and Mr. Bland,
who certainly has the right to speak
for the silver Democrats in the House,
if any one man has—he has been their
leader, both in this and in a number
of previous Congresses—characterized
the idea as “an outrage and a crime”
that would do no good and would, if
carried out, result in the certain de-
feat of both tariff reform and free coin-
age.
Mr. Bland will, as soon as the House
can get and keep a Democratic
rum long enough to dispose of the re-
port of the election committee in the
contested case of O'Neil vs. Joy, of
Missouri, which has been hanging for
more than a week for lack of a voting
quorum, move that his coinage bill be
passed over the President's veto, It
cannot pass, unless the’ Republicans
who voted against the bill should re-
fuse to vote, and even then it could
hardly pass, as there are a number of
Democrats who voted for the bill when
it was passed who will not vote to pass
it over the President's veto.
There is little doubt that a free coin-
age bill will soon be reported tg the
House from the Coinage committee, of
which Mr. Bland is chairman, but
there is much doubt of its being pass-
ed.
Well, the long wait is over. A
Democratic Public Printer is to suc-
ceed Mr. Frank W. Palmer, the Re
publican who has held the office since
May 1889, The Incky man is Mr.
Thomas E. Benedict, of New York,
who held the office from September
1886, until Palmer's appointment.
While there is, of course, some person-
al disappointment among Democrats
who were close friends of other caudi-
dates for the appointment, there is
general Democratic rejoicing that the
position which controls the appoint-
ment of nearly three thousand employ-
ees, all outside of the classified service,
fs tobe filled by a Democrat. Mr.
Benedict is not only a good Democrat,
but, as proven by his record when in
control of the office, he is a good Pub-
lic Printer, There will probably not
be one single objection raised in the
Senate to the confirmation of his nom-
ination,
Secretary Carlisle has become so ac-
oustomed to being lied about and mis-
: »
of
quo
| represented in Republican newspapers
that he would not know what to make
of any opportunity for the manufac-
ture of a fresh batch of stories being
lost by the writers for these papers,
He knew before he went over to New
York for a day or two of change and
recreation that his visit would be
made the basis for a lot of more or less
ridiculous stories, and he was not dis-
Sppointed | by the result.
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Want the Natural Star
Last week the Salt Lick Gas and Oil
company was organized at Snow Shoe
by the election of the following officers:
President, Hon. J. H. Holt; vice pre-
sident, Samuel Christ; secretary and
treasurer, M. Fredericks, directors,
Judge J. W. Smith, Samuel Christ,
M. K. Kulp, J. H. Holt, T. B. Bud-
dinger, Hon. W. W, Betts, Hon. W. E.
Ritter, C.M. Bower and Ira (
key.
The object is to sink several wells at
a point in Cle: arfiefll county, near the
Buttermilk Falls, not tar from Kart-
house, in the hope of striking either
natural gas or petroleum, and proba-
bly both.
It was decided to issue 800 shares of
stock at $5 per share, amognting to
$4000. That amount is to be expended
in sinking at least three wells over 2500
feet in depth. The company are con-
fident that they will strike something
and are willing to sacrifice that am-
ount to satisfy their curiosity. Should
they strike a gas belt by their location
they would be in close touch with all
the important river towns in Central
Pennsylvania, such as Altoona, Tyrone
Huntingdon, Phillipsburg, Bellefonte,
Clearfield, Lock Haven, Williamsport
and other points to w hic h the product
could be conveyed by pipes for com-
mercial purposes.
A fa em———
Beaver for Congress.
Ex-Governor Beaver is certain to be
the next Republican candidate for
Congess in the Twenty-eighth Dis-
trict. It is said by residents of the
district that he has consented to ac
cept and will make a canvass that will
land him winner. The district in
previous years has been overwhelm
ingly Democratic, composed as it is of
Clarion, Forest, Elk, Clearfield and
Centre counties. At the: election last
November, however, the Democratic
majority was reversed by a few hun-
dred, and in February the reverse was
still more marked and Grow carried
the district by 1400. This has led the
friends of General Beaver to believe
that he will be successful.
i
Every Mine Idle and 3,000
Work,
The strike fever among the miners
and mine laborers in Philipsburg and
adjoining regions is spreading rapidly |
and the prospects now are that the
men will ignore the suggestion of the
Men Out of
cipitate a general strike in advance of
official orders to suspend work.
The Clearfield region Monday
morning presented the
every mine idle and fully
and men without work, In the
ola district another mass meeting
held Monday morning and the major-
ity voted suspension of mining in that
coal centre, in which upwards of five
hundred miners find employment,
Last Thursday those same men
an
thous.
sce
three
was
ofli-
cers of the organization,
In the Philipsburg and Beech Creek
distriets the indications now that
a complete suspension will take place,
despite the decision reached at Mon-
day’s mass meeting to at |
work until the national convention of |
miners at Columbus on April 10. A |
mass meeting was held Monday night |
attended by delegates from Houtz
dale and Osceola, and the pressure will |
no doubt, be sufficiently effective to]
bring about a vote in favor of suspen-|
sion. Delegates have also been sent
into the Dubois, Reynoldsville and
Punxsutawney districts, with a view |
to bringing about a suspension in those
districts. If the action of the Clear-
field miners is followed by the miners |
in other competing districts a Jong |
strike is certain unless the operators |
restored the old rate of wages.
are
continue
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MILLHEIM |
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Neighboring |
Interesting Items from Our
Town
The banquet at the National hotel |
last week was qnite an elaborate af}
fair. The lay out was fine, and the |
following persons from Centre Hall
members of the Masonic order partici
pated: G. W. Hosterman and lady, |
D. 8B. Bartges and lady, Ocker |
and lady, D. A. Boozer and lady,
John I. Lee and lady, Samuel Shoop |
and lady, Henry Boozer and lady, |
|
|
George
and lady, C. F. Deininger
A. M. Wasson and lady, of Lemont;
M. C. Gephart and lady, A. Walter
and lady, and Dr. J. F. Harter, of Mill-
heim; Dr. C. 8B. Musser, of Aarons
burg; D. GG. of Bhamokin;
and lady;
Wy
Fh Prayed for a Change.
A Tyrone man asking a blessing at |
meal time the other morning hit his
heavenly right hander as fol-
“Dear Lord, I would ask thy
blessing on this food, but I realize that
it is cooked too miserably for thee to
waste thy valuable time in blessing,
80, instead, I urge it upon thee that
thou instil into my wife's heart that
it is better to cook steak acceptably for
one man than to raise $10 by working
two weeks for a church social.”
Bo
Comparatively few understand
why a person in charge of an estate is
styled an Administrator in one case
and an Executordn another, although
the same,”
said an old attorney. “Au Executor
is named in the will to administer to
the estate. An Executrix is a female.
If there is no will the female who
closes the estate is called the Adminis.
tratrix. If the person named in the
will as an executor refuses to serve, the
court appoints another person and he
is styled the Administrator with the
will annexed. If a person in charge of
an estate dies or defaults and is remov-
ed, his successor is called an Adminis-
trator de bonus non, or an Administra-
tor of the remaining assets,
wife a
lows:
The Difference.
ii
The more Chamberlain's Cough Rem-
edy is used the better it is liked. We
know of no other remedy that always
gives satisfaction. It is good when
your cough is seated and your lungs
are sore. It is good in any kind of a
cough. We have sold twenty-five doz-
en of it and every bottle has given sat-
isfaction, Stedman & Friedman, drug-
gists, Minnesota Lake, Minn. 50 cent
bottles for sale by J. D, Murray.
Hof
Its Duty to Expose It,
A distinguished western judge in an
action for libel against a publisher rul-
ed that whenever a newspaper finds a
ease of flagrant wrongdoing and evil,
it is its duty and privilege to expose it
and give it the widest circulation.
That's sound,
Bargains in Clothing.
New suits made to order, $15 to $18,
All new spring goods, at Montgom-
ery’s, Bellefonte,
AI A ARS
~ Everything in the shoe line can
be had at Mingles, Bellefonte, Large
Snyder,
Rev. R. U. Illingsworth, of State Col-
Ed. Bressler, who has been away
more,
returned home last week; whether he
will stay here or not I suppose will de-
pend on circumstances. He thinks)
Coxey will get there. !
Mark Mooney who has been resid-|
ing at Houtzdale for some months,
moved back to his farm again and pre-
sume he will remain here permanent- |
ly.
C. K. Sober, the champion shot of}
America, registered at the Musse rl
House and called on his many frie nds |
and acquaintances, i
Dr. Hillingsworth, the horse tamer]
and veterinary surgeon has left Mill |
heim and gone to Union county.
The G. A. R. men have already
cured their speaker for Decoration day |
and are making preparations to make |
the 30th of May one long to be remems-
bered; they can do it with the assist-
ance of the citizens,
The excitement over the postoffice
robbery has ceased. In the explosion
of the safe strange to say, not one win-
dow glass was broken. No clue to the
burglers as yet,
Quite an excitement in town last
Saturday evening on account of some
person, supposed to be a man, dressed
in female apparal, parading the streets,
The boys gave chase but did not sue-
ceed in the capture of the person.
There are quite a goodly number of
children here who are down with the
measles, but all are improving and
will be around In a few days.
H. Bherman, Jr., of the Keystone
Bot. Co., of Williamsport, registered
at the Musser House one day last
week. He is a wholesouled fellow,
Town was very lively on the 2nd.
People flitting back and forth to their
respective places of abode for the com-
ing year.
7 Call for a Minister,
At the meeting of the Lutheran joint
council of the Centre Hall charge held
in the church at this place last Satur.
day, a resolution was passed to extend
a call to Rev. Wim. Wagner, to accept
the pastorate of this charge.
3
al |
Mountain Flies,
The mountains south of Potter's
mills were on fire last Bunday and at
night a great portion of the sky over
the 7 mountain section was lumina
ted by the burning forest.
ack, aixd al) punic pies too
Dd. 1
GOVERNOR BEAVER HOLDS THAT |
HONOR.
894.
APRIL WEATHER,
| Rev. Irl BR. Hicks’ Predictions for the Com.
ing Month,
NOs 14
ESHERITES WIN.
!
| Onto Supreme Court Declson in Thelr
Favor,
Members of the Evangelical church
in this vicinity will read with interest
nent Republicans Will Second
the Nomination,
has selected
the
governor
General Hastings ex-
Governor Beaver to make speech
the
be
ut
fo
Charles
Philadel-
Russia un-
convention
May
editor of the
state Republican
held in Harrisburg,
Emory Smith,
phia Pre
der President
My
ty
w and minister to
Harrison, will make the
loth are
friends of General Hastings
promised to
There ill be
seconding speeches from various
One will
Orlady,
wii Le?
geconding speech, personal
have
this
number
and
periorin
Ww “a O
other
par ts Of the
likely be
of Huntingd«
one of the dele
there,
and made the
Hing Hasting the
| four years ago, whe
{ the nomination by
Hastings and Beaver have
these
B.
who
state, of
made by Georg
i
im eounty, i
al to tl i
Lael
AY
“ 2 sonveniion
from Li is
an el quent
}
il
Rp 2
state
Delamater
nomi
rid
Rg convention
al
1
majority.
a small
been as-
and busi-
resis
and,
| ness for a generation. Both are
dents of the town of Bellefonte
when Beaver was elected governor
low townsmgan his adjutant geperal.
i This induction into
first stepping
honors, He
his
dark days
which
was Hastings’
the
stone to probable higher
was made conspicuous by
at Johnstown during the
that followed the calamity
swept over that {ll fated ¢ity in the
and the sobri-
quet of “The Hero of Johnstown.”
This was used with good effect in his
former but Senator Quay
promised the nomination to Delama-
ter before Hastings developed much |
| po litical strength and kept his prom.
won
campaign,
ise against his better judgment.
In that
who was then governor, used w
campaign General Beaver,
hat po-
of War-
COmmon-
interest of
ren, his
wealth.
Congressman Stone
secretary of the
Hastings’ friends
ways claimed that if
have al-
Ntone, Hastings would have defeated
Delemater and broken Quay’s politic.
al power in the state,
ago seen his mistake s
thusiastic over the
tings’
and is now en-
certainty of Has
nomination without opposition.
—~ lato"
An Ugly Bank Job Near Home.
the Perry
from
£
i
The assignees o County
Bank, just county,
have found its vaults empty, only $2685
ACTORS our
in cash iu the defunct institution.
Over $100,000 had been put there on |
Now the all over |
the neighborhood are wondering ho
their money got
was deposited inside of
deposit. depositors
away ; a large sum
0 days
People who put their money in bank
should be careful that the men in
are strictly honest and with reputa-
tions clear of tricks and swindles,
&
Sn
Sehool Report,
29, 1804: Number boys
girls 15, total 35 of attend.
ance, boys 91, girls 96, total 84.
ber of visitors 10. The
piles missed no time during the
Jennie Beaver, Annie Beaver,
Burkholder, Lizzie Alexander,
Smith and John Burkholder. Those
who missed no time during the month
were, Mary Stump, Laura Runkle,
Effie Burkholder, Ammon Burkhold-
er and Harry Burkholder.
R. 8. Kerr, Teacher, -
A
Leg to be Amputated,
We regret to learn that our towns.
man, James Coldren, who has been in
employ at Hastings, accidentally in-
Jured the broken leg he sustained some
months ago, thro a severe wrench of it
a few days ago, that doctors think it
will have to be amputated below the
knee as a result of this last injury,
sim psi ——
Expression of Thanks,
Mr. Jacob Shearer desires us to ex-
tend his heartfelt thanks to friends
and neighbors for aid rendered and
sympathy given during the sickness
and death of his beloved wife; these
acts of Kindness shall ever be remem-
bered by the bereaved husband.
A —
Persons who are subject to attacks of
bilious colic ean almost invariably tell,
by their feelings, when to expect an
attack. If Chamberlain's Colie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy is taken as
soon as these symptoms appegr, they
ean ward off the disease. Buch per
sons should always keep the Remedy
at hand, ready for immediate use when
needed. Two or three doses of it at
the right time will save them much
suffering. Forsale by J. D. Murray,
A — oT
enrolled,
Per cent.
wily
Gertie |
Ao
~Buberibe for the REPORTER.
| west to east. The cool to cold weather
| following the last storms in March,
will not give way to the reactionary
treme eastern parts of the country un- |
til about April 2nd and 8rd, at least
that much time being required for
storm conditions to develop and travel
from the points of their beginning in
the west. It will be wise to antici-
pate hail with any well defined storm
from this time to the end of April
Very warm days will usher in each |
| regular storm period, and sudden cold
is apt to bring up the rear of every gen-
eral disturbance. From the 5th to 9th |
falls a period, with the
moon at an eclipse node the
By that date
intensity
parts
storm new
on
a warm wave of
will show itself in
the barometer will be low and
f and
falling, and storms of rain
start on their eastward career. It will
be prudent to count on general and se-
vere disturbances from the 5th to 9th,
and to expect cold with frost, and
light freezing as the storm area works
eastward of intermediate points. In
extreme east, don’t expect at the be-
| ginning of the period the conditions
| prevailing in the west, and at before
the end of the period, in the extreme
west expect just the reverse of condi-
tions existing at the beginning of the
period Intermediate sections, there
fore, will get their storms and changes
{during central parts of the period.
This law of storm movement not
| yet understood by the masses as it
should be, and it is the business of ig-
norant, or envious and mercenary
{ eritics to prevent its being understood.
{ On and touching the 12th and 13th,
| thermometers barometers will
swing back to storm readings, heavy
| howe as, with hail, thunder and wind,
will strike all sections in their march
Atlantic. The opposition of
many worthy investigators be true,
will add much energy and violence to
i
is
|
and
to the
April, and especially during the pertur-
Very
| cold weather, with frosts, will succeed
these disturbances.
The 17th to 21st will
next regular period.
| disturbances will be reached from 18th
constitute the
ithe ]
{ize disturbing forces on that date.
The showery conditions, usually exist-
| ing all through April, will take on new
| power and organize into storms of
| great extent and energy at this period, |
as well as all the dates of central dis-|
| turbances. Very cool nights with frost |
| generally, may
the storms of this period and the reac-
tionary chang ges and storms due cen
trally on the 24th and 25th. Another
cool dash-—severe enough to bring frost
in the north—will follow storms about
these dates. The month will end with
| a growing warm wave and with storms
advancing from western extremes of
| the country.
Without useless foreboding and
| dread, we may reasonably expect tor-
{ nadie storms in many places during
| the storm periods in April. Those
{ who have made preparations for such
visitations, and who have learned
| that they never come to any section
without ample time and plain indica-
tions, can afford to live in quiet and at
ease, so far as the tornado is concern-
ed. They are ready to recognize the
first breath of the destroying monster,
and at the critical moment to step
aside into a sure refuge. The times of
greatest earthquake probability will be
about the new moon on the 5th and
the full moon on the 19th. Before the
end of April the season will be well
opened, with a propitious outlook for
all who have their agricultural inter-
ests well in hand, and who are plan-
ning for early crops.
It is queer how some persons will
allow a little gift or favor to influence
them to side with wrong, and unman
them to defend what is right.
No honest man will plead the limi-
tation against an honest debt.
One who loves to preserve the peace
of a community is never found tobe a
tale-bearer and tattler.
Strife is often bred by a hidden his
ser-on who is too cowardly to show his
hand and gloats over the mischief he
is sowing.
Always endeavor to succeed in hone
orable business and not by swindling
your fellow man.
wm
' Jupag Grier has refused all the ap-
plications for license in the town of
Butler, except one. This is an excel
lent idea. When any one wants to
find a citizen of Butler, he knows just
where to go.
A LA.
be
| preme court has handed down a deci-
sion affirming the decision of the three
| circuit judges in the case between the
Esher and Dubs factions to obtain con
{trol of the Evangelical publishing
| house at Cleveland. The general con-
| fe rence elects the publisher, auditor,
{and board of publishers, who have the
ove raight of the publishing interests
| of the entire church between sessions
of the general conference,
In 1861 the Dubs faction organized
their conference in Philadelphia and
elected such a set of officers, and the
{ Esherites, who met in Indianapolis,
and had possession of the publishing
did the same. The Dubsites
then brought suit to oust the Esher
people from the possession of the pub-
lishing house, the trial of which occu-
| pled eighteen days, and, after an ex-
haustive narration of facts, the cases
were decided in favor of the Esher fac-
tion by three circuit judges, and these
are the decisions which have now been
affirmed by the Ohio supreme court.
The publishing house at Cleveland
is worth $500,000 and the importance
of the decision extends beyond Ohio
because the entire church is interested
in it. Bix states are interested in the
litigation, three—Ohio, Illinois and
Oregon—having given verdict in fa-
vor of the Esherites. Pennsylvania,
Iowa and Nebraska supreme courts are
expected to be heard from in the near
future, The case at issue was not on-
ly for the possession of the publishing
house, but to tell which is the lawful
conference. The Esherites claim that
this will be a sweeping victory for
them.
Rev. Goodling, pastor of the Centre
Hall Evangelical church, which is of
the Dubbs faction, when seen in re-
gard to the decision of the courts in
regard to the church controversy, said:
“The decision of the courts will have
no effect upon our church. The mass
of the church people are with us, and
| though the supreme courts take our
churches and decide against we
will survive. We will build new
churches.”
The Esherites in the borough of Lo-
ganton, Clinton county, are elated
i over the decision of Judge Mayer, of
| the Clinton county courts, in which
ih OU Res,
us,
ty of that boro,
This decision however does not ef-
| fect the Dubbsites to any great extent
| as they have purchased a lot in Lo-
ganton and will build a new church.
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My wife was confined to her bed for
| over two months with a very severe
| attack of rheumatism. We could get
nothing that would afford her any re-
lief, and as a last resort gave Chamber-
| lain’s Pain Balm a trial. To our great
surprise she began to improve after the
first application, and by using it regu-
larly she was soon able to get up and
attend to her house work. E. H.
Johnson, of C. J. Knutson & Co.,
Kensington, Minn. 50 cent bottles for
sale by J. D. Murray.
pm——————————
Small Pox at Lewisburg
Lewisburg has a case of small pox
in its limits, and already a child has
died from the disease. The man af
flicted came from Danville where there
were cases, and the disease soon broke
out on him. He is strictly quaran-
tined, and the street for a square on
each side of his dwelling is boarded up.
The severest measures are being exer-
cised to confine the disease to its pres-
ent location.
Tare “Tyrone Times” has reached
its XV volume. Brother Nissley has
made an interesting weekly of his pa-
per, up to the times, and displays edi-
torial ability jin every issue. Success
to you, Nisley. !
AND now in Lycoming county the
Auditors have been cited to appear in
court and explain why their work was
not done according to law. Auditors
who do wrong can be put into hot wa-
ter, Bee!
S——— A ——
GEN. BEAVER is going to run for
congress and he would be the best man
his party can put on the track, but
suppose the Democracy put up Wal-
lace or Kerr, then where would Bea
‘ver land?
A —— A AAI
~The popular Russet shoe will be
in greater favor than ever this year,
Wo hav them in all styles, shapes,
shades, at prices to correspond, —
Mingle's, Bellefonte.
AR ————————
Rev. Baskerville will preach in the
Lutheran church, Centre Hall, Fi
Sabbath afternoon, at 2.50 o'clock.
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Bargaios in Clothing, :
New suits wade w order, £15 to
{#15 All new goods, at Mont.