VOL. LXVIL.
CAPITOL GOSSIP
TARIFF BILL STILL BEING |
AMENDED.
THE
Added and
The Senate Does Some
Lively Work.
Radiesl Features
Every Day.
WasHiINGTON, July 16.—Now that
the strike excitement is happily over,
publie attention is centered upon the
daily meetings of the Democratic con-
ference on the tariff’ bill. There
some disappointment among Demo-
crats that after an entire week's work
no agreement has been reached. How-
ever, considerable progress has been |
made, and it is hoped that a partial,
if not a complete report ean be made
to the House and Senate this week.
Democrats are more worried over the
failure to reach an agreement than
over the bluff made by Senator
in introducing a resolution calling for
information as to why the Republican
course and invite the Republican con-
ferees to the first formal meeting, but
it was merely a form that was
looked. It is a Democratic
ment and it must and will
disagree-
be settled
interference. It is not to aid in set-
tling the disagreements that the Re-
publicans wish to attend the confer-
settled.
Just as soon as an agreement can be
reached that will ratified by the
House and Senate Congress can ad-
journ, as the Senate, by an unusual
spurt, has passed nine of the appro-
priation bills and has the other five in
good shape to be this
That will leave the decks clear for
tion on the conference report on the
tariff bill, and everything now points
to adjournment by the first of August.
The only thing that can
calculations is the failure of
ference to reach an agreement
will be accepted by both Senate
House, and that is not expected.
A strong effort is being made to get
be
passed week
ac
upset these
the
and
session of Congress, but it be
crowded out. The House Commerce |
committee is trying to get the commit- |
tee on Rules to set aside two or three
days for the discussion of the
bill, which Chairman Wise, of the first
named committee considers one of the
most important bills that have
before Congress for years. There are
House,
who are on principle opposed to the
government's engaging in any
business as proposed by this bill,
may
canal |
been
a number of Democrats in the
such
and
while they are not probably numerous
enough to defeat the bill on
they are numerous enough to prevent
a vole
& vote being taken unless aspecial rule
is reported limiting debate,
No many requests come to Sergeant-
at-Arms Snow, of the House, from ed-
itors and politicians, asking whether
certain members have drawn mileage
for both the extra and regular sessions
of Congress and whether this or that
member has drawn full pay since the
law to dock members for absence was
revived, that he has had a circular let-
ter prepared which politely declines to
furnish the information asked for un-
less instructed to do so by the House.
A considerable number of members of
the House have reason to feel grateful
to Col. Snow for not opening the books
of his office to the men who are trying
to find reasons for leaving them at
home.
It seems to come natural to
people to misunderstand things,
case in point was the unanimity of
certain labor leaders in announcing
after a recent interview with the Presi-
dent that Mr, Cleveland had agreed to
appoint a commission to arbitrate the
dispute which brought about the late
disastrous and costly-—to all concern-
ed, and to many not directly concern-
ed-—railroad strike. It is not flatter-
ing to the intellect of the before men-
tioned labor leaders if this misunder-
standing was not intentional. The
law under which President Cleveland
agreed to appoint two commissioners
to act with the U. 8 Commissioner of
Labor in making an investigation,
does not give him authority toappoint
arbitrators, except under conditions
not existing in this case, and the com-
mission to be appointed will only have
authority to investigate the strike
which occurred wvpon inter-state rail
ways. It cannot investigate the strike
at the Pullman ear works any more
than it could investigate a strike of the
farm hands of John Smith. President
Cleveland will appoint this commis-
sion because he wishes to secure au-
thentie information to be used as a ba-
sis for recommendations he intends to
make on the subject in his next annu-
al message to Congress. He recogniz-
es it as a subject that needs national
legislation, not in the interest of the
ons, nor of the labor organi.
tions, but of the whole country,
hich is incommoded and in the end
to pay the bills for the periodical
sone
A
POT DO]
|
| Although there are reports to the
| contrary there is no reason to doubt
that President Cleveland will sign the
{ bill for the admission of Utah to state-
| hood, which is now in his hands.
Senator Allen of Nebraska, told the
Senate on Saturday that it was untrue
| as stated in the newspapers that he
| had been downed ina wrestling match
with John Barleycorn.
i A fp
A Karthnus Mystery
i On Friday of last week two men who
were sawing shingle boths in the
woods near Karthaus, while sawing
fup a tree that had fallen in a laurel
| thicket, found the skeleton of a man
lying in a boggy hole in the ground in
called Cold run. A coroner's jury ex-
of a
He had
No, 9 long drivers’ shoes,
He had
worn a brown coat, and in the pocket
a red cotton handkerchief, The pants
drawers and shirt were so decayed that
man about 45 or 50 years old.
worn heavy,
A wide-rimmed felt
One half the skull
was missing and the lower jaw was
gone. There was a large hole in the
left side of the skull, apparently made
with a blunt instrument. There were
only two teeth in upper jaw and they
were badly decayed. The man had
long black and gray mixed hair and
beard. The bones of the arms and legs,
indicated that he had been a large
strong man. It was impossible to tell
colors had been,
nearby.
but it was evident that he
had been murdered. Years ago hun-
worked in the lumber
in tthat localiy for Ardell &
Blackwell and it is probable that the
man drew his pay and was murdered
by a comrade, who took his money,
dragged the body into the laurel thie-
and then left.
The coroner's jury decided that the
Yeurs or ten,
dreds of men
woods
et
or persons unknown,
it
was found.
Wo py
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
Proves to Have Been an Attempt to Blow
ap a Railroad Bridge.
The explosion or very loud report |
beard by many in this
neighborhood at an early hour on Fri- |
day morning, and which could not be
accounted for, proves to have been an
unsuccessful attempt to blow up the
rallroad bridge a short distance south
of Steiner's station, Several large
into |
wy persons
the creek, but the damage was such as |
not to endanger traffic. The guilty
for doing the dastardly work, Had
the plan been successful the early train
Friday morning might have been
wrecked at this point and many lives
sacrificed, The discovery of this hein-
ous attempt to blow up the bridge was
made by some boys while in swimming
Saturday evening. —Philipsburg Jour
reel.
til o———
Debs Gets Left,
The Switchmen’s Brotherhood and
Federation of Labor formally declined
to join thejstriking Debsites in Chicago.
The engineers, firmen, conductors and
trainmen had already virtually taken
the same position,
Even General Master Workman Sov-
ereign, of the Knights of Labor, who
was so anxious to call out every knight
and sympathizer, and tie up the coun-
try, now wants a big strike at Chicago
only.
Debs and associates must go to Ten-
nessee next month, under summons
for contempt of the Federal Court.
Leader Harry Knox, of the Califor
nia A. BR. U, strikers, has been arrested
as one of the murderous wreckers who
derailed a train and killed several men
near Sacramento,
SE a
Shoes that Sqguenk.
“Just hear that fellow's shoes,” ejac-
ulated Steve Burnham, the manufact-
urer of army brogans, who was in the
lobby. “I hate to hear shoes raise
stich a rumpus when they ean be cured
of their agony so easily, How? Just
take a platter of some sort-—a big ple
plate will do—and pour a little linseed
oil in it. Let the soles of creaking
shoes rest in this over night and in the
morning you will find that they not
only do not make any more noise, but
that the oil has made the soles imper-
vious to dampness as well, If you
don't want to go to so much trouble in
order to cure creaking shoes, though,
Just go to a shoemaker’s shop and have
him drive a couple of wooden pegs in
the sole of each shoe. The result will
be the same—~the shoes won't creak
any more.
—Lewins, Bellefonte, has the most
piperiemend cutter in have purtaaiid i
EVERY STRIKE FAILED,
During 1803 There Were in Pennsylvania |
53 Fruitiess Struggles,
The fortheoming report of Albert 8,
Bolles, chief of the Bureau of Indus
trial statistics, which is part of the re-
port of the Department of Internal Af-
the strikes that occurred in the state
during 1898. There were 53 strikes, or
twice as many as occurred in 1802
Thirty-four of these were by the
9 among iron and steel workers; 4
among carpet weavers; 2 among cotton
weavers; 1 among chinaware manu-
facturers’ employes; 1 among cloak-
makers, and one among the journey-
men plasterers. This last-mentioned
strike occurred in Philadelphia, and
was the most important one in that
city during the year. Itisa singular
fact that not one of these strikes
ceeded. The number engaged in them
was 950, the number of persons involv-
ed was 17,308, and the estimated
in wages was $1,304,428. The causes
of the strikes were as follows: For an
increase in wages, 6; against a redue-
tion of wages, 34; for recognition of la-
bor associations, for semi-monthly |
pay, 1, and miscellaneous causes, S.
The most important strike during
the year was that by the Lehigh Val-|
ley Railroad employes, which began
on November 8 continued until |
December 6,
sUC-
loss
0“.
hy
and
Ap tp
Poster's Prediction.
Foster, the St. Joseph, Mo., weather |
prophet, in his forecast for July says]
my last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent!
from the 12th to the 16th, and the]
next storm will reach the Pacific coast
about the 17th, the western |
mountains by the close of the 18th, |
the great central states about the 2nd.
The principal feature of the distur-
Cross
cause, but it will be still leave many |
places short on rainfall and poorly pre- |
pared to meet the August drouth.
The warm wave will cross the west- |
ern mountains about the 17th, the
grate central valleys about the 19th, |
and the eastern states about the Zlst |
The cool wave will cross the western
mountains about the 2th, the great
eastern states about the 24th,
The fifth principal storm wave of
July will reach the Pacific coast about
the 23d, cross the western mountains
by close of 24th, the great central val- |
leys from 25th to 27th and the eastern |
states about 25th. This disturbance |
will inaugurate a heated term that |
the last part of August,
The warm wave will cross the west.
ern mountains about the 23d, the great
central valleys about the 25th, and the |
eastern states about the 27th. The
cool wave will cross the western moun-
tains about the 26th, the great central |
valleys about the 25th and the eastern |
states about the 29,
com—— ————
Paper Telegraph Poles,
Paper telegraph poles are the latest
per useful.
paper pulp, in which borax, tallow,
ete., are mixed in small quantities,
The pulp is cast in a mold, with a core |
in the centre, forming a hollow rod of
the desired length, the cross pieces be-
ing held by key-shaped wooden pieces
driven in on either side of the pole.
The paper poles are said to be lighter
and stronger than those of wood, and
to be unaffected by sun, rain, damp-
ness, or any of the other causes
which shorten the life of a wooden
pole,
Dr. Wyeth on Rattlers,
Dr. Wyeth, of New York, who ina
recent interview with a Sun reporter
said: “The ratile snake is as fearless
a fighter among snakes as he is with
his natural enemies, men and dogs.
I have never seen him whipped by
any other kind of snake. He is too
proud and brave to run, is a fighter
every inch of him, although never
first to attack, and always notifies his
antagonist that he is there before de-
livering his blow. He is in truth a
noble animal.”
The RerorTER editor has tramped
the mountains every summer for forty
years, and met few rattlers, and in
every instance the reptile tried to get
away, but stopped to fight when at
tacked. Every time there was one rat-
tler less,
A Rattler.
A rattler along the pike, about half
way up the top of the mountain, has
been serenading passers by, wnd scar-
ing some of the pionicers camped
there from town, the young
ladies. We think some of the chival-
ry of the town who are doing so much
for the beauty of the town, and who
saw the varmint, should have made
nl
up thelr minds that there shall be one
SWEPT BY FIRE |
MILL HALL DEVASTATED BY THE
FLAMES,
Over Twenty Dwellings Destroyed
duy Afternoon. — Blaze Originated in
n Ntable, —
Fri
on
Loss Great,
Fire broke out at Mill Hall last
day afternoon in a
Fri- i
before
half
stable and
the town was in ashes,
The flames were first seen issuing
from the stable of Frank Welsh on the
alley back of Main street,
by the strong wind that prevailed,
spread with alarming rapidity. The
alarm was given at 12.10 o'clock, and
no serious alarm was felt for the
of the town. The flames
soon spread to houses adjoining,
wind
houses a short distance
and fanned
safely
however,
and
to
the
citizens suddenly realized that a disas-
trous conflagration was imminent.
The town is without any protection
whatever against fire and Lock Haven
and Bellefonte were appealed to for as-
and three
strong carried sparks
away, and
sistance, steamers were sent
The steamers render-
and the
were soon under control,
The flames communicated
Welsh'’s stable to that
destroying them
i the following buildings:
Hickofl"s
buildings and hall of Freeman
drady, W. H. Mann's Dr.
MeCloskey's residence and drug store, |
Wesley Brady's and
jartholomew’s residence
Wilt House,
George iressler's
H.
Smith
2ofl"s residence,
tenement
ed valuable assistance, flames
from
gentleman's
burning
A. Wilt'’s
residence,
and
grocery, George
five
residence,
residence store,
and
Mackey
residences .
barber shop,
House,
sStoner’s
Mar-
Mrs
WwW.
and about twen- |
outbuild-
residence and tin store,
shall's grocery,
‘astetter’'s
Mann's residence,
with
house,
NU Merous
ings,
The the district from
Main and Water
Central railroad and
building to Dr.
MeCloskey's drug store. Never did a
with fiery
fire covered
between
streets over to the
conflagration its tongue
The
boardwalks and
Only
poles, trees,
gardens are all gone, a small
H. Mann's
| dence remained and
have been pulled down by the firemen.
On the upper limit of the burned dis-
the partly burned
dence of Dr. MeCloskey the
side of Main street and the building of
DD. H. Stoner on the other side.
Nearly all the occupants of the burn-
ed out houses succeeded in getting all
safely, but unfortun-
ately the flames spread so rapidly that
ple church and of W.
resi-
standing, {hese
resg-
on one
their goods out
many of the goods were burned in the
yards and on the The Valley
Chief office of the unfortun-
| ates, being located in Brady's hall
sireetl.
was one
The aggregate insurance on the
The estimated loss is placed at between
£40,000 and $50,000,
A —
He Shot the Tramp,
At noon Saturday a tramp knocked
i at the back door of the residence of
Cornelius, South Front street, Milton.
The knock was answered by Warren
Cornelius, aged about twelve years
The tramp asked for his dinner and
the boy said there was noone at home,
At this the tramp became bold and
walked into the kitchen and espied |
the lunch Mrs. Cornelius had prepared |
for her son, Mrs. Cornelius having
gone to Lewisburg on a visit.
An old horse pistol loaded for frogs |
lay on a chair and Warren picked it
up and told the tramp that if he mov-
ed he would shoot him. The tramp!
must have taken it for a joke for he
sat down and prepared to feast. He |
had bardly started on his meal before |
the boy aimed the pistol and pulled
the trigger.
The shot took effect in the fleshy |
part of the tramp's heel. With a
shriek he ran out the door and |
down the street leaving a trail of blood |
at every step. When asked what he
had done, young Cornelius answered,
“the bum wanted to take my dinner
and I just let'er fly."
a ——————
1. 0. 0. F. Vieale,
The Odd Fellows picnic at Heela, on
the line of the new railroad, on Satur
day promises to be one of the largest
gatherings held in Centre county for
some time. It is being gotten up by
the Lodge at Hublersburg, and all of
the Odd Fellows in Nittany Valley,
Bald Eagle Valley, Bellefonte and
Lock Haven have been invited and
will likely attend. In addition there
will be several Sunday schools and va-
rious other organizations present and
it is expected that anywhere
from one to two thousand on will
be in attendance dusiag the
MIFFLIN COUNTY.
Neighboring County
Across the Mountain,
John 1. Brower, a well-known citi-
of Mifflin county, died at his
Locke's Mills, on Sunday night
last, July 8th, after a very short ill-
ness, He was about fifty-five years of
Mrs, Marin Alkens, who lived near
paralysis
while driving to that place day
She was taken to her home
where she died a few hours later,
James N, of Milroy,
gaged bark
by
one
Brown,
hauling
was en- |
in out of the
ing him some distance against a stump
the bark falling upon him and almos
crushing him to death, He pret
but will recover.
Allensville,
early
wis
In the
flin
Mif-
crop
promises to be very light, apple
light, The grop
does not promise Over ay ield of 50 per
The
very favorable for pears
ing to the blight
vicinity of
county, the potato
The
Crop is very grape
cent of a full crop.
or quinees ow- |
having injured the
oteb.
‘he house of Mrs. Joseph Sigler,
P ie hotume Mifflin « wasstruck |
by lightning one night last week
pretty badly demoralized. The
in which Mrs Sigler and two
children
ounty,
and |
room
grand-
shattered.
their
two i
slept was bad !
I
Plastering was thrown all over
beds and the bolt struck not over
feet from the bed. Fortunately no one
a bad shock.
David Maben,
Lewistown
was hurt beyond
Thursday noon an
' :
division, |
Milroy |
crew |
employee of the
instantly Killed at
M. and COC. passenger
re shifting cars. He braking
on a freight car while the engine w as |
At the end of |
this siding was an old market
This ear had an
protection running over the
and while in the
wat
while the
was alm
Wi was
pushing in on a siding.
Car used |
as a bumper,
shot
form,
avers
plat-
act of braking,
Maben's head was caught between the |
the
CRU Se
edge of the overshot and his os
to
wife
AT,
concussion being so severe
He
ik
death at once,
four children.
leaves a and
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AARONSBURG.
A Breezy Letter of Happenings from Down |
the Valley
ii ris eV, in irs i = 2 = -
Ira Gramley, it cenwing up a sleer
with a windlass at the slaughter house |
in Millheim, slipped on the floor, CRUE
the
On
hold, when
striking him
ing him to let go his
ors ink fle Ww around,
the arm and head, injuring him so se- |
riously that to work.
Part of a load of hay on which
he is unable
Cien, |
Fehl was riding, slipped off throwing |
He has a bad- |
ly sprained ankle and his le
it
George to the ground.
g is
ery
very i
making v pain-
ful
The fifteen-year-old daughter of Wil |
son Haines died very suddenly on last |
Saturday. had just recovered
from a spell of measles and took ty-|
phold fever. She was buried at Wolfs |
Chapel on Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, of Philadel- |
=he
phia, who had been making their an- |
nual visit to D. H. Rote’s, went back |
to the city on Baturday morning.
A number of visitors are in town.
Mr. Coburn is entertaining Dr. and |
Martswick, of Clearfield. Mr. and
Mrs. Sanders are at Rev, Woll's. Mrs.
ry Yearick and family, of Philad., are
visiting at his parents. Mrs. Dr. Min-
and three of her
Mingle's,
and Mrs. Irey, of Wheeling, W. Va,
is visiting her mother, Mra. Mary Jane
Rev. Brown's parents from
For the past week George Rupp has
For more than a year George
| has failed very much in health. Be-
ing subject to epilepsy, in the many
{ falls he has had, he has frequently in-
| jured his head seriously.
Mrs. J. G, Meyer is slowly recover
ing. She suffers at times very much
from nervousness, Ill as she has been,
few thought she would recover, but
while there is life there is hope.
Elijah Burd purchased the pike
from millheim to Brush valley, from
Conrad Long for $6000,
High in Figures.
Now THAT the railroads are getting
their traffic in shape and business is
assuming its normal condition some
speculation as to the cost of the great
strike to the railroads and others in
Chicago alone may be interesting. All
the general managers can say at pres-
ent is that they have insufficient data
to hazard an opinion that could be re
lied upon. Urged to make a guess one
of them said the losses of the roads
would reach at least $5,000,000, and
might go as high as $8,000,000, Chics
go and Cook county will have a big
bill of damages to pay on account of
NO. 28
HISTORICAL
NOTER,
Incidents and Interesting Occurrences Way
Back in Time,
Potter township, when erected in
17794, was part of Northumberland
county, and “included Brush
and Penns valley as far west
mont, and a portion of Hartley
ship, in Union county.” That
the assessment showed 17 horses
20 cattle, a grist mill, and one negro.
It is a notable fact that Potter town-
ship, taking in the territory,
never had more than two or three
The grist
Joseph Melirew,
present Hed mill,
and had a saw mill connected with
seorge M. Harter now owns
nill site,
valley
as Le-
town
year
and
above
col-
ored persons at any time,
mill was erected by
on the site of the
it.
Hed
the
Rev, Christian New the
{ni
Her, was
hren in Chiat, who came into
this county. Preac
{
number
i
wii
ing rat a
laces in the efonte,
to Mr. Kremer's in
In his journal, May 31,
“Today 1 preached in Aarons
5 icinity of 1
Penns
valley. 180063,
he Bays,
appeared to be
May
sOocd grant this people knowledge.”
{f the Gospel was a stranger
| ronsburg’s
4
to Af
s people in 1803 hardly
| know how to account for the darkness;
we
wfterwards,
dozen fine
brother, after
wards Bishop Newcomer, could return
would find his prayer
grant
surely
half
and if
has a
now,
answered,
this people
Aaronsburg in 1808 had three appli-
Obadiah Al-
*hilip De-
10 licensed house
cants for license, namely,
Christian Ulric
Now there
town.
len, h and
wald. is 1
the
In 1833 Peter Homan reported rais-
ing 52 bushels and 1 peck of wheat ofl
farm Penns
Homan was a good farm-
of the REPORTER
but rarely
in
in eastern
Mr.
whom many
readers will remember, Can
as well at this
In 1842 an anti-swearing sociely was
a large num-
e pledge to abstain from
jut still
there is
in 1845,
summer.
Centre county had a hot
In July the thermometer
ranged from 98 to 100, and there was a
irouth.
The first ark launched successfully
on Penns Creek was built by Thomas
Treaster in 1807, at Spring Mills,
eryvbody in the neighborhood was there
to see it off.
The first road the east
Centre county, was an individual
by Reuben Haines,
road from
ev.
into
€h-
from
in
N or-
Penns val-
Mr. Haines owned all
the valley from Spring Mills to Wood-
ward.
In 179] viewers appointed to
out a road from Spring Mills
valley Potters
the Npring
who
opposite
were
to
thence to Cedar
The road through Linden Hall,
out in 1794.
The Bellefonte, Aaronsburg and
was chartered in 1825--work on it be-
gan in 1826,
cn fs MG
Last June Dick Crawford brought
his twelve-months-old child, suffering
from infantile diarrhoea, to me. It
had been weaned at four months old
and had always been sickly. 1 gave
it the usual treatment in such cases
but without benefit. The child kept
growing thinner until it weighed but
little more than when born, or per
bapsten pounds. I then started the
father to giving Chamberlain's Colie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Bee
fore one bottle of the 25 cent size had
been used a marked improvement was
seen and its continued use cured the
child, Its weakness and puny econsti-
tution disappeared and ite father and
myself believed the child's life was
saved by this remedy. J.T. Marlow,
M. D,, Tamaroa, Ill. Forsale by Wm.
Pealer, Spring Mills.
Camping on the Mountain,
A number of our young people are
camping on top of the mountain above
Centre Hall. ‘Chey have four large
tents up and are supplied with all nec
essary refreshments. The party num-
bers from twelve to twenty-five and is
receiving additions daily.
Goud May Crop.
Hiram Durst took fifty-six loads of
hay off of thirty-five acres after leave
ing about eight loads of grass uncut.
fourth tons, Prom someof Urlsgromnd:
J vl hia Al, Wgeetai v6 esp of