3 - » VOL. LXVII. . 18! )4. NO. 23 CAPITOL GOSSIP THE LAST FIGHT OF THE REPUBLI CAN CAUCUS TO BE MADE. The Investsgating Committee nt Work Try- ing to get at the Bottom of the Seanda- lous Charges against Senators, WasHiNGToN, June 4.—Seunator Harris served notice on the Republi] was getting low, by lengthening sittings of the Senate, able that he will keep the Senate in| session later than eight or nine o'c¢loc k | at night for the first few days, prov id- | ed reasonable progress be made with | the tariff bill, but he is prepared to] put the screws on even to the extent of a continuous session, if it be sary to do so. Itisthe general belief will be made on the sugar and atter that is adopted, as it tain to be, they will probably agree to| set a date for the final vote. It is ex- pected that the sugar schedule will be voted upon tomorrow, or the next day at the latest. Senator Gray was right when he said that the Senate investigating com- mittee, of which he is chairman, had | been misrepresented. Itcertainly has been. The committee has been work right along trying to get at the bottom of the scandalous charges! made against Senators and members | of the cabinet, although the impres sion has gone out, through Senator Hill's speech and newspaper publica- tions, that after the committee report- ed the two correspondents to the Sen- ate for having refused to give their au- thority for charges, and requested the Vice President to certify in accordance with the law, their cases to the U. 8, | District Attorney for presentment to the Grand Jury, the committee had | folded its arms and sat down to await the punishment of the recalcitrant witiiesses. Nothing could be further from the truth. The committe taken the testimony of every Demo- cratic member of the Senate Finance committee, of Secretary Carlisle and of Representative Warner, of New York, and several others and has been dili- gent in its efforts to secure the attend- ance and testimony of other witnesses who they have reason to suppose can throw some light on the matters be- ing investigated. Senator Hill is mak- ing a fight to get the Senate to adopt a resolution instructing the committee to open its doors during the remainder of the investigation, but there isn’t much probability of his success. It is customary for the committees of the Senate to regulate their own sittings, the only case remembered by any Sen- ator where a contrary course was | pursued being when the Senate direct- ed the committee that was investigat- ing the Credit Mobilier scandal to do it openly, instead of secretly the committee had begun. The scandal mongers made a very bad break several days ago when they started a story that President Cleve- land and Secretary Carlisle were at log- gerheads over the Senate tariff amend- ments. They were wide of the mark. From the beginning of the tariff’ legis- lation, President Cleveland and Secre- | tary Carlisle have been in perfect ac. cord. Had the aforesaid scandal mon- gers said that President Cleveland and | Becretary Carlisle were both very sor- ry that some of the Senate amend-| ments had been made to the tariff’ bill | they would have been in close prox-| imity to the truth. The fight over the repeal of the tax on state bank currency is growing very | warm in the House, Those who favor repeal have been from the first confi- dent of succeeding, and their confi dence was strengthened by the ease is cer- { at | has as switch ofl repeal by taking up other business. The vote is going to be close | on this question and the result will, | in your correspoudent’s opinion, be in doubt until the vote is officially an-| nounced. It the western silver men in Con-| gress know the sentiments of their! tial aspirations by his proclamation, vis London, in favor of silver, provid- ed, that the friends of silver will join him in favoring a high tariff. Mr. Reed's attempt to combine the silver and tariff questions was a very clever bit of political jugglery, but it has not helped him along even a little bit to- wards the Presidential nomination of his party, although it has removed the mask he bas heretofore worn and placed him squarely before the coun try as a candidate for the nomination. Mrs. Cleveland and the children will leave Washington this week for Gray Gables, where they will spend the summer. President Cleveland will remain at the White House until Congress adjourns but will try to a day or two with his family oc. casionally. Saturday was the eighth anniversary of the marriage of Presi- dent Cleveland. There wus no formal | celebration of it, but a very pretty lit- {tle incident occurred in connection | therewith upon the rear portico of the | White House. The leader of the Ma- | rine band, which was playing its regu- As soon as President was on the portico | with Mrs. Cleveland and the children | recognized the wedding march he | baby. anne A Watering Trough Case, A cuse of interest to farmers and | township officers was tried recently in { the Blair county court at Hollidays- burg. The plaintiff was William | Weyant, the supervisor of Blair town- ship, and the defendant was Thomas ‘atterson, a taxpayer in the same The suit was brought to two years’ back road taxes amounting to $10. The defense was | that Mr. Patterson had erected and { maintained in good repair a public watering trough along the township having pure, clear water run- ning into the same, and was easy of access, suitable for watering horses and cattle, The defendant claimed that, provisions of the act of recover of the trough and the failure of the “What Millhelin Needs Mostly.” To THE EDITOR OF THE REPORTER —8ir: Under the above heading the Journal, of May 24th, had an elaborate piece of advice as to what Council must do to protect a few flood sufferers, but such advice comes with ill grace to the taxpayers from a person who can neither control nor govern himself and might as well advise Council that it must put up tire-walls between proper- ty owners, to protect property from fire. The bulk of the taxes in the bor- ough is raised from farms and farm lands, and the burden would he upon them without any benefit. On the other hand when their crops are wash- ed out and destroyed they must bear the loss. But when a few gardens and yards are flooded they are to be pro- tected by taxation from those have lost their crops and living. would certainly be unjust aud sonable, This unrea- ed for all time to come as well as all | other places along streams, and prop- | erty owners know these facts they invest their money. We adil that something must be done to re- lieve the taxpayers, but this should be in onr finances, as our taxes are unres- sonable. Money has been squandered | without any benefit to the taxpayers by building up one year and tearing down the next, and on the turnpike collected at all the outlets township to pay the sum for two years | squared the claim for taxes. Bupervi-| sor Weyant insisted that the trough | and the law made | Judge Bell also took | | this view of the case and directed a! verdict in favor of the plaintiff.” This | the supervisors, ter trough law. ly \ Coxeys lu Dreary Camp. The Coxey camp, at Bladensburg, a dreary affair; an account a few days ago says: Wet, cold and half starved the Coxeyites in camp near here are in a pitiable condi- The leaders in jail still issue high-sounding proclamations, while the men shiver and go hungry in camp. Water and bread, with not any too much bread, either, is the bill of fare, and their old time fare of hard now seems luxurious The spirit of the men seems | broken and’w hen they marched into | the city Monday to decorate the peace | monument they came meekly and tim- idly without a cheer and with faltering is tion. tack and coffee Bly A Lost Man Foand, The body of Isaacher Houseknecht, who mysteriously disappeared from Muuey January 27th last, was found floating in the river at Allenwood, Sunday morning, 27th, and was taken to Watsentown, where an inquest was held under the direction of the Justice caused a post mor- tem examination to be made, There were no evidences of any foul play, and $47 in money was found in his pockets, which seems to dispose of the theory that he was murdered -—at least that money was the object of the The body was in a terrible condition and it was absolutely neces- | sary that it should be buried at the | earliest moment possible, and hence | the remains were taken to Muncy Sun- | day night and Monday were buried beside those of his wife in the Muncy of the Peace, who Loeal Brevities Last Friday morning was cold Wheat has now got down to fifty | known here, A new bridge is being put across the | creek below the Stone mill, in place of { the one washed away. Farmers have been greatly hindered lin their work by the prolonged wet { spell—patience, things may all end | well, sss rs AAA Many & Bad Spell. A record of the various ways ‘‘pen- sion was spelled by different writers, was kept by a clerk of an Indiana Congressman.” He discovered eleven different combinations as follows: Pension, peneion, penchian, pention, pensun, pencience, penchun, pentun, penton and penchon, Em Food Bent to Starving Men, Already large quantities of provis- fons have been sent from Bellefonte to the Snow Shoe miners, who are in very distressed circumstances, The Belle fonte Central Railroad Company has been compelled to take off one train on account of its short supply of fuel. Bargains in Clothing, New suits made to order, $15 to by Reform is certainly needed as our taxation | outside parties refuse to invest where tion were left to a vote of the taxpay- ers, it would certainly be against in- creasing the same under the hard | times, TAXPAYERS, | Miura, PA. May 50. stfu wont mim——— The Ferris Wheel. A commencement has been made in | taking down the Ferris wheel in Chi-| cago, and it will be transported to | New York, where it will be placed at] Thirty-seventh street and Broadway, with “Old Vienna” around it. It is estimated it will occupy ten weeks to! take the wheel to pieces, and five trains of thirty cars each will be required to] transport it to New York at an ex- pense of $150,000, The old Ferris and a new company composed of New | York men has the enterprise in charge. Its location on Broadway as far down as Thirty-seventh street brings it in the center of a great population, and considered. It carriad at the tion grounds altogether about 00 people, the biggest day's work be- ing 38,000, ex posi- 2,006, « nt feiss A Sad Case, ] Mrs. Seebold of Milton, a lady about | forty-five years of age, who lost a] daughter by death a month since, (Mrs. Eisley) and who brooded oe] her loss so much that dementia follow- | ed, escaped the vigilance of her fami-| ly by jumping from a second story window at four o'clock on Thursday | morning of last week, and wandered | to the country. She was found about | nine o'clock of the following day | perched on an apple tree in the orchard of Lewis Leib, about one mile east of | Milton. No injury resulted either | from her jump or exposure. She was | taken to the Danville asylum same day. i s————— oo — Home Notes of Interest. Noll's store, at Zion, was robbed one night last week; loss thirty dollars in cash five dollars, goods twenty-five dollars, For want of coal two trains have been taken off the Bellefonte and Mill- hall railroad. Aaron Weaver, an old resident of Aaronsburg was married last week to Elizabeth Kerstetter, of Loganton, Viel Geeck, Aaron, is unser Wunsch, Mer musz net alsbort Wittman bleive, In 1816 ice was half an inch thick in May, frost and ice were common in June and also in July and August, ms > One Year Later, Wednesday one year ago occurred the wreck of Walter L.. Main’s circus, near Vail station on the Tyrone and Clearfield railroad, wherein James Stranger, a clown was killed, On Tuesday his mother, Margaret Stran- ger, instituted suit against the Penn- sylvania railroad company to recover $20,000 damages for his death. High and Dry When one-reads the flood news it strikes you there is nothing like being high aud dry and yet have plenty water, and that's the way Centre Hall is located, $3000 stock of elothing, shoes and hats must be sold the next twenty $18, All pow ng goods, at Mem Beltonte DEM. PRIMARIES TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY NEXT, | JUNE OTH. List of Election Officers Appointed - Convention Jane 16th.-Demoerats Tuke Notlee and Tarn Out The regular Democratic primary | elections in Centre county, will be held on Saturday next, June 9th, between | the hours of 8 and 7 p. m. The chair- man of each election distriet, with two assistants selected by him, will hold | the primaries. It will be the duty of these district chairmen to arrange for places of holding the primaries, which in most cases, will be held places | where elections are held, When this ean not be done due notice at regula { district where the will be | held, primaries j court house, at Bellefonte, June 12th, at 12 o'clock. It is desired that there be a full turn on Tuesday, | there | primary election officers: Bellefonte, north ward Night, J. C. Harper, John South ward—2atrick Garity, tunkle, John Roundtree; ward—Harry Fenlon, G. R, F. A. McQuistion. W. B. oS. Rob. Me- Trafford; Meek Mingle, Kreamer. Wm. Weber, Jas, T. Solomon Candy. D. Foreman, Howard boro Heverly, C. K. Essington, Geo. T. Hall H. E. ", Musser. Pr. F. 24 w.—Geo, Fey, Chas. Fleck, Im Howe: 8d w.-—-J. C. Johnson, Rich- ard Armstrong, 8, E. Jonhson. Unionville boro—E. M. Greist, P. Stephen. L. B. Brisbin. Benner twp—H. N. Hoy, Hunter, John Sampsel. north preec.—{i. Fetzer, James Gi. H. Lyman, barn- Milton Nyman; prec. Lucas, Geo, Noll, Ed. Johnson, Wm. Hipple, Oscar Holt Maynard Meeker, College, Campbell, W. Millbeim boro Keister, ¥. 1 Duck, B. F. John Oscar W. W. Brown, lonkley: Wm. west And. prec. hart, J. M. enst east prec.—Harry MeGirk, Jon. Tressler, KE. B. Peters; prec.—Fred Krumrine, Jmunes ter, Frank Kennedy. Curtin—N. J. McCloskey, ner, Curtis Fox. Fe rguson, east prec. —N, O. Dribelbis, . H. Frey, Harvey Grenoble Jacob Harpster, 4. H. Franklin Bowersox. Gregg. north pree.—John Roush, F. A. Yearick, Henry Emerick; east prec.—8. J. Herring, J. C. Herring, Frank Fisher; west prec.—Hiram Grove, E. P. Shook, H. M. Cain. | Haines, west prec.- M. Keister, H. K. Summens, E Gi. Mingle; east prec.— M. O. Stover, T. E. Smith, J Ordorf. | Halfmoon- ~J. P. Sebring, Jac. Wi. Bailey. { Harris—Frank Wieland, P. H. Meyer, P. 8. Ishler. Howard-—-H. N. i Huston—R. D. I. Richards. Liberty—J. 1. Delong, W. H. Garduaer, Marion—J. J. Hoy, J. C. Shaffer. Miles, cast prec.—J. R. Wolf, Weaver, Jerry Brumgart; middle prec.—J. W. Zeigler, J. W. Harter, 8. Krumrine; west prec.—Uriah Shafler, G. W. Hazel, J. B. Shaffer. Patton-—R. Reed, D. L. Meek, J. W. Biddle. Penn—Jaecob Emerick, W. E. E. Smith. Potter, north prec.—B. H. Arney, J. W. Foreman, D. Bradford; south prec.-~Henry Rossman, W. W. Roy- er, G. W. Spangler. Rush, north pree.--J. B. Dong, Saml Troy, 8. Batchelor; south prec.—J. McGinley, Wm. Hutton, Patrick Heffron, Snow Shoe, east prec.—J. D. Brown; west prec.—J. T. Lucas, A. Kerns, A. Bowes. Spring, north pree.—L. H. Wian, Abe Hamilton, Jas. Caron; south prec. «Ai, P. Gentzel, J. Mulfinger, Jerry Donovan; west prec.—E, E. Ardery, T. B. Johnson, E. Corman. Taylor—Vinton Beckwith, Union—A. Fahr, P. Laughry, M. Hall, Walker—Solomon Peck, G. F. Hoy, Harvey Shaffer, Worth—G. J. Woodring, G. R. Wil linms, Wm. Young. west Fos Jas, Gard- west prec.- Miller, A300, Griffin, Confer. Ardery, L. C. Irvin, Irv. Wagner, Hoy, John | C. D H. Grove, Thomas Jackson. Early Friday morning, 25th, ult, Mr. Thomas Jackson died at his resi dence on Allegheny street, Bellefonte, after a lingering illness of several weeks duration. Mr. Jackson was a tailor ae trade and was days at greatly reduced rates, Come £, "Yun busgaina, CQ. P, Long. | BURGESS CANNOT PRESIDE, A Decision Af:cting Every Borough In the State, | The long andj flerce fight over the | question of the presiding officer of Bridgeport’s Council was ended Mon- {day by Judge Weand, who decided | that the Burgess cannot preside over | the meetings, It is probably the first opinion covering the right of a Bur- | goss to preside at meetings of a town of 1895 became a law, and as it applies to all | Pennsylvania boroughs in which Bur- gesses officiate as the presiding officers of town councils, it considerable interest, | The three Republican Councils to Schniepp, the Democratic Burgess, as a presiding officer and they bolted the meetings and then brought suit in the name of the boroug i { council since the borough act was awaited with members objected William F. h against him. Judge Weand said: “Section 2 the act of May 23, 1803, provides: “Buch Chief Burgess shall not any other borough office during teria for which he is elected, member of nor preside at the meetings of the town of said borough. But such shall over by a president of council, to be at the annual organization thereot elect- ed by such Council from number, hold the nor bea council meetings be among lt MILLHEIM, To Have an Fourth of Funds can be Halsed, On Decoration Day six men left Millheim about seve (3. A. R. n o'clock, in a drenching rain and at eight | o'clock were at St. Pauls and decorat- ed the graves in a regular down-pour | At Wolf's our ranks swelled to and at nine o'clock the decorated. At Asronsburg we twenty men in line and quite a i ber of people out and many fifteen | graves were num- children were decorated. Here we had ad- | dress by Comrade John G. Love, standing under an umbrella; Rev, Brown acted as Chaplain, and Aarons- | burg band No. 2, furnished the music At Millheim the parade on Main street, Color bearers, Millheim Knights of the Fellows, P.O. 8B. of A. band No. 2. G. A. R., twenty and gentlemen on horseback. G the ingsworth and Rev an was Cornet band, Golden Eagle, Odd ladies I= acting as Love made address, Rev. Young Chaplains. “Corporations have no souls,” is an old saying, and it was verified on Dec- {oration Day, by the management of the turnpike leading to Lewisburg. | It is the first time in the history this Post that the gate pole at Aarons. | burg was closed, and they were com- pelled to pay toll. In these annual pilgrimages which the G. A. R. make no toll should be ex- acted of them. The many years that this duty has devolved on the G. | R., no toll was ever asked al any gate, {until this year. Shame! | such management, W. A. Tobias, on Decoration Day, | distributed seventy-two flags to young | girls and boys, The town on Decoration Day was | well decorated with arches, flags and | bunting, notwithstanding the rainy | weather, and in the afternoon our | streets presented quite a lively appear- | ance. | On last Friday evening we had a | citizen's meeting to consider the pro- priety of having a Fourth of July cele- bration. Cyrus Brumgard was the president and R. A. Bumiller secreta- ry; after discussing the matter, it was decided to celebrate, if sufficient funds could be mised. Two committees were appointed viz; Finance and Gen- eral committee. The finance commit tee report that without doubt the nec- essary funds will be forthcoming; no programme has as yet been mapped out. Shadel and Gordon, the photogra. phers, were busy on Decoration Day taking out-door views of bands, organ- izations and houses and people. 2. 8. McNaul, wife and two chil dren, of Lock Haven, registered at the Musser house and expect to stay a few weeks; until their home is renovated. Mr. MeNaul thought that Millheim would be a good place to stay, and he is right; we have no malaria or conta- glous diseases here. Patriot Dead.” How to Hang a Hammoek, A hammock hung according to rule should be six and a quarter feet from the ground at the head and three-quar- ters above the ground at the foot end. The rope that secures the head end should be less than twelve inches, and that at the foot should measure four and a half feet. Arranged in this way the fower part will spring freely and Siue hind be kept Somfortabie by being stationary. i—— oy ——————rni 1 ——Bubscrive for the SHADE TREE BOUNTY A Law That Ought to Recelve Attention. More It is farmers generally known among the of this state, that there is a bounty offered taxpayers for the plant. ing and cultivation of shade trees along the public highways. “Any person liable to road tax, whoshall transplant to the side of the public highway on his own premises any fruit, shade trees or forest trees of suitable size, shall be allowed by the supervisor of the roads, where roads run through or adjoin cul- tivated land, in abatement of his road | tax, ¥1 for every four trees set out: but | no row of elms shall be placed nearer { than 70 feet, no row of maples or other , except | forest trees nearer than 50 feet | locusts which may be 30 feet apart, and ghall be made, such trees shall have been set unless out the year previous to the demand for such | abatement of tax, and are living and {well protected from animals at the {time of such No person { shall be allowed and abatement on his { highway tax, i no allowance demand.” more than one-quarter {of his annual highway tax, and any person who shall cut down, kill Jinjure (any tree, i shall pay to the supervisor of roads 30 cents for each tree. { A ll COBURN, {Interesting News Items From Town and Vicinity. | Miss Verna Meyer on Wednesday | morning last t departed for Red Lion, { York county, to remain several weeks. John Hoffa, Jr,, of this place { chosen Judicial delegate of District | No. 2, at the district convention on Hast Saturday, which at Penn | Hall. The auditors of Penn township ex- {amined the accounts of the di- { rectors on Monday for the last in favor Wis met school fiscal | year, and found a balance of | the tow nship of over $250, Rev. Wolf of the Lutheran church will administer the Lord's supper to the members of Trinity on Sunday. The bridges on the pike from here to Millheim have all been repaired and people can now drive over them, thus throug I Asronsburg. About thirty persons, on the ing of the 5th inst., took the house of J. T. Garthofl esq., by storm his { absence, and on his return home in- formed him of his birthday. After feasting sumptuously on the fat of the even in land, and spending the evening in so- cial cheer the party returned to their homes. The presents were numerous and costly. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses | have been granted the past week: Orlanda Boyer and Anna Turner, of { Julian. Henry MeDonald Loraine and Maud | Holt, of Philipsburg. Jerry Flack and Emma Bpring twp. Samuel Clayton Gingerich, of Col- | lege township and Barbara Carver, of { Benner twp. Herman Fahnders and Mary Fahno- { ders, of Halfmoon twp. T. B. Rupert and Elizabeth Zimmer- man, of Zion. Rev, 8, H. Deitzel, Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland county, and Grace Durst, Potters Mills, Center Co, Wm. Gates, Half Moon twp. Ola Novman, Port Matilda. i —— i ——— A Slice for Altoona, The bill providing for an appropria- tion of $100,000 to erect a public build- ing in Altoona, was last Thursday re- ported with amendments and commit- ted to the committee of the whole. The measure as introduced by Cone gressman Hicks, appropriated $150,- 000, but this amount was cut down to the figure stated. It provides for the erection of a building with fireproof vaults for the accommodation of the United States district and cirenit courts, postoffice and other govern- ment offices. The favorable report on the amended bill speaks of the large amount of business now being done in the Altoona postoffice and the inade- quacy of the present accommodations. ———— Appropriation to Schools, The andual State appropriation to the common schools this year is $5, 500,000, and warrants are now going out from the School Department to the various districts, The distribu. tion is based upon the number of taxa. bles in the State, the rate being found by dividing the entire appropriation by the total number of taxables. The increase this year is almost 10 per cent. or 32 cents per taxable. Wian, of | and Troms of Intesest, Lycoming county lost six river and creek bridges by the flood, valued at > John Mattar of near Hain, & survivor of the war, after a long ill-
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