VOL. LXVII.
NO COMPROMISE
THE SENATE VOTES DOWN FREE
COAL AND IRON.
The Clashing Democrats Block Farther
Legisintion,~ Possible Chance of the Me
Kinley Bill Remaining Undisturbed.,
WASHINGTON. July 30.— President
Cleveland has not changed his mind
about the desirability of admitting
free of duty such raw materials as coal
and iron oar; nor have the Democratic
majority of the House which voted to
put them on the free list in the origi-
nal Wilson bill; nor have the Demo-
eratie voters of the country who were
under the impression when they puta
Democratic Congress and administra-
tion in power that free raw materials
were assured. Notwithstanding this
overwhelming Democratic sentiment
in favor of free raw materials, coal and
iron are not to go on the free list. It
is both unnecessary and unprofitable
to enter into any explanation at this
time as to the why's and wherefore's
of this. It is sufficient to say that the
fact has been made plain that no bill
putting iron and coal on the free list
can pass the Senate. Therefore the
Democrats of the House are brought
face to face with the choice of leaving
the McKinley law stand or, of allow-
ing the Senate to have its way about
coal and iron, and getting a new tariff
law on the statute books, which con-
which is, even in the iron and
schedules, a big reduction from the du-
ties imposed by the McKinley law.
This is the situation that confronted
the Democratic House conferees when
they met the Senate conferees today
for their first formal meeting in their
second effort to reach an agreement on
the tariff bill. In addition they were
met with the tie vote of the Senate re
fusing to instruct its conferees to re-
cede from the differential duty of one-
eighth of a cent a pound on refined su-
ficially, that any change in the sugar
schedule would not be accepted by the
Senate,
Notwithstanding all this chairman
Wilson and the House conferees are
not disposed to give up the fight; there-
fore a call is being circulated for a cau-
cus of the Democrats of the House, to
be held if no agreement is reached on
the bill by Tuesday, It
that the will endeavor to
reach an agreement upon everything
except the iron, sugar, and coal sched-
ules of the bill before the caucus
held, and that chairman Wilson will
then ask the caucus what shall be done
about those schedules, It is, of course,
believed
is
conferees
is
dia on just the things the committee
wishes to find out bout the alleged
dealing of Senators in stock of the su-
gar trust,
There is little disposition in either
House or Senate to take up any other
general legislation of importance, as
of the session will be rushed to a close
HE DRANK DEADLY POISON,
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Terrible Mistake of the Proprietor of a
Shamokin Hotel, i
Between eleven and twelve o'clock |
on Thursday of last week Mr. James |
Sullivan entered the National Hotel, |
at Bhamokin and passed into the bar- |
room. He called for a drink of whis- |
HISTORY OF MURDERS IN EARLIER
TIMES.
Homicides Committed in Centre ( OuUnty, —
Nix Cases Committed up to 1870,
The First,
as soon as the tariff bill is finally dis-
posed of,
| An Innocent Man,
| The man who blew out the gas and
tied his stocking over the jet to shut
{ off the smell isn’t in it in point of in-
i
{ genuity with an innocent old gentle-
{ man, hailing from near Edinboro, who
“put up” at the Phoenix hotel in
{ Meadville a few nights ago, The Tri-
| bune says the old gentleman had never
|seen an electric light, and when he
was finally ready for bed, and wished
| to extinguish the one which lighted
| his room, he was in a dilemma. For
{ the life of him he couldn't figure how
| the tarnal thing worked, until at last a
{ mystery was sloved,
{ wondering for some little time why so
ky, and as Mr. McCaftrey, the propri- |
etor, was behind the bar, he set out N
bottle, Sullivan poured a drink and |
swallowed it, and immediately asked |
what it was, remarking it had a strange
taste. McCaffrey said he supposed it!
was whisky, at the same time smelling |
the bottle. He was horrified to discov- |
er it was carbolic acid and turned tol
see Sullivan fall heavily to the floor.
He was immediately carried up st
to a bed room and a physician sum-
moned. His body became stiff and
cold, and he seemed completely para
lyzed. There was nothing known in
medical science or skill to save the un-
fortunate man's life, and he expired at
four o'clock. Before he died he suffer
ed such intense pain that his screams
could be heard two blocks distant.
Mr. Sullivan lived in Shamokin for |
| was all as plain as day, and carefully
unwinding the loose bunch of cord,
| less extravagance, he proceeded to stow
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spected citizen. It has not been his
custom to frequent hotels, and he was
ot a drinking man.
The Coroner's jury has exonerated
| night.
Bf te
The Charters for June,
| There were fifty-four charters
|sued by the state department during
i the month of June. Of these thirty-
two were manufacturing
{ twelve building and loan associations,
{seven railroads two insurance com.
{panies and one bank. There
seveuty- two foreign corporations
| granted permission {0 be business in
| the state. For the six months ending
| corporations were started in business;
| 212 were manufacturing concerns, forty
| eight were building and loan associa-
| tions, nine-teen were railroads, either
| street or steam, seven were banks and
three insurance; the rest were miscel-
| laneous. The business showing is far
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stock is about $7,000 against $15,000
tWOo years ago,
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China and Japan,
These two nations seem to be anx-
{ious for a fight.
rea and hold him prisoner. Eleven
tp A rol
Place it only in Proper Hands.
There is a chap going about the city
of Harrisburg working a clever swin-
dle. He calls at a residence and repre-
he is repairing
wringers. If the housekeeper gives
him a job he asks permission to take
the wringer to the nearest blacksmith
shops At the shop he gets permission
to use the tools and in a few
has the wringer in pieces. He
those parts which are good and carries
them off. The housekeeper never sees
her wringer again. The swindler
steals enough parts to construct
wringers which look like new. These
he sells and gets full price. Lookout
for him. He's fooling around this sec-
tion now,
clothes-
minutes
selects |
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The Hot Term
The heated term—a boiling July
Fans, shirt sleeves, cool
all
any means.
day,
It may be of interest to the Reronr-
of homicides in our county.
pile them up to 1870, in their order as
follows:
the
a negro named
The first capital case tried in
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Daniel Byers. On the evening of the
Dunlop, was shot dead upon his horse,
as he was driving his team
Bellefonte and the Valentine Works.
Of this murder Byers was tried and
with the law at that time, returned
with their verdict a valuation of him,
“valued him at two hundred and four-
teen dollars.”
13th of
Duncan,
sheriff, A
of forgemen
other original characters
Byers was executed on the
December, 1802, by
then
consisting
James
Esq.
high large
crowd, and
, had assen-
bled to witness the execution, and a
company of horsemen, under the com-
mand of Potter, was
drawn up near the scaffold. With the
first swing the rope broke, and Negro
Dan fell to the ground unhurt. With
that the crowd shouted, “Dan is free!’
and headed by Archy MeSwords
MeCamant, they made a move to
cue him. Bherift Duncan,
Capt. James
and
I'¢se
who al
drew and struck Me-
ght have felled
MceSwords scratched his head,
and said, “Mr.
it promptly,
Swords a blow that mi
ih OX.
Duncan, as you
small man, you may pass on.”
that Capt. Potter's company made
charge, William je
troop, leveled MeCamant with a blow
of his
through.
a
and rvin, of tl
sword, cutting his cap-rim
Meanwhile, William Petri-
ken stepped up to Dan, and
him on the shoulder, saying,
patie «1
“Dan,
You have always been a good boy,
up now and be
which he did.
James Monks,
township, Cents {
ores
hung like a man’
was tried
11
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of
The murder, which,
of court, 1818, for the
ven Guild.
murder
lowa. It was his watch his father
wore when murdered, and he was a
| witness in court to identify it.
December 24th, Valentine Ertle, an
{aged man, was committed to jail of
| Centre county for the murder of his
{own son. Both were under the influ-
{ence of liquor and the father grappled
{the son by the throat and choked him
| until he fell and, it is believed, instant
He was tried at April
| defense being conducted by Messr.s
The jury found
him guilty of voluntary manslaughter,
him to ten
IN MEMORIUM
Resolutions upon the death of Sam-
uel J, Herring, were passed by the
Penns Creek Lutheran congregation
and the joint council of the Aarons.
burg Lutheran charge, and ordered to
be printed in the different papers.
BY HIS CONGREGATION.
Whereas, It has pleased
God in his infinite wisdom
from our midst our beloved
and co-laborer in Christ, Samuel
Herring. He
ber of the Penns Creek Lutheran
gregation for many years and by his
strict integrity and faithful devotion
to God's cause and by his wise counsel
in the hours of darkness and distress
had endeared himself in the hearts of
the members of our congregation, and
Almighty
to remove
brother
J.
as 4 consistent mem
CO ~
the prisoner to the mercy of the Gov-
In passing Judge |
Burnside remarked that in every case
sentence
Quarter Sessions the present term
mony showed that intemperance had
prompted to the commission of the of-
that the of the prisoner
fenises; Case
by his honest and firm adherence to
in private
had won the confidence and esteem of
his brethren and fellowmen. By his
death a deep gloom has been cast over
our congregation and the surrounding
community. Therefore be it
lesolved, That while we, the mem-
bers of the Penns Creek congregation,
or
the community. |
March 26th, Henry Irvin killed his |
father, Matthew Irvin, near Pennsyl- |
vanis Furnace, in Ferguson township. |
They were both laborers at the furnace,
aud the son had manis-a-potu the |
time and that his father |
was the devil plotting his destruction.
He left the mine-bank he
at work his
hot
and
at
conceived
where was |
and proceeded own |
father
with an axe inflicted thirteen |
io
15¢, where his was in bed, |
wotinds upon the old man’s head and
o}
His
in
y severed one of his arms,
o'elok kK
the afternoon until seven, when death i
father lingered from two
relieved him. They had been on the
Henry Ir-
28th of
April, and he was acquitted on the
{ terms before the ded,
i's trial took place on the
ground of insanity.
August 15th, Sunday, Augustus H.
Poorman was killed by Edward Lip-
ton and William Hays at the residence
of Elias Horner, Nittany Moun-
of Bellefonte.
The parties had been at a camp-meet-
On
tain, six miles south
ing snd were drunk, and on their way
home met at that place, where a fight
sweurred, death
of Py They were tried at No-
mber term, Hale and McAllister for
defendants, Wallace, and |
Commonwealth,
which resulted in the
YOrTnan.
Macmanus,
Kealsh for Hays
among the overworked in Congress,
who are sighing ‘for a lodge in
vast wilderness,"
some
{it Is getting hot between
have been entirely unprovoked,
took
16, 1817.
had kill-|
ed Lewis Ennis at Philipsburg on the |
Eugene F. Johnston, who
ith of July, was tried at August term |
or murder before Judges Mayer, Alli-
=
bow with humble submission to the
will of the most High, we do not the
sustained
His un-
less mourn the loss we have
and which we so keenly feel.
titled him to positions of honor and
trust in life, We feel that strong
pillar been removed our
a
has from
lesolved, That we respectfully ex-
tend to his bereaved family and friends
the assurance of our warm sympathy
and condolence, bidding them to bear
their sorrow in humble submission to
the will of Him
true consolation in the
give
dis-
who alone can
hours of
Wu. PEALER.
D. J. Mussgn.
DAVID BARTGES.
BY THE JOINT COUNCIL
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty
God in his wise providence to remove
from our midst our beloved brother
and co-laborer in Christ, J.
Herring, Esq., a consistent member of
the Lutheran church, who, for many
years has been a member of the gener-
al council of the Aaronsburg pastorate,
and who by his integrity and faithful
ness, by his meekness and devotion to
samuel
God's cause, and by his wise counsel
in hours of distress and gloom, has en-
deared himself to the hearts of the
members of this body, and who by his
honesty and inflexible adherence to
right in public as well as in private
life, has now the honor and esteem of
all who got acquainted with him, and
whose death has cast a deep giodbm
over the church and the whole com-
munity. Therefore be it
Resolved, That while we, the mem-
bers of said council, bow with humble
submission to the will of the Most
High, we do not the less mourn the
impossible to say what action the eau-
: Chinese steamers are on thelr way to | Japan, returning to his home on Marsh Creek, | #00, and Hosterman. H. Y. Stitzer,
cus will take, but in view of the fact
{ Corea. Most of the troops aboard | From our large cities, New York, Howard township, from Clearfi Id | Adam Hoy, and Judge Samuel Linn
that the Democrats of the House Are | them are coolies, armed with bows | Chicago and Philadelphia, come ac- county, and met Guild, who was | for the commonwealth; Messrs. Orvis, |
practically unanimous i the opinion {and arrows. | counts of many deaths by sunstroke. | mounting on a horse, in a lonely part | H. B. Swope, W. A. Wallace, and Mr. |
that a tariff’ bill must be passed at this| wgome Chinese steamers which have | In short, it Is being made warm for | of the road. Having passed the time | Cottrell, of New York, for the defense. |
session of Congress, and that a bill can- stance, | He was convicted, and sentenced to
{arrived at Corea have been prevented | Us.
not be passed unless those schedules cot cn en an uncontrollable desire came upon iit years in the penitentiary.
: | by the Japanese from landing troops.
are accepted in accordance with the It is reported that the Japanese artil-| Will be Evicted. | Monks, who was armed with a gun, to] Later cases, since 1870, are still fresh | loss we have sustained in him whose
demands of the Senate, it is believed lery sank several of them.” Notices of eviction were served on | shoot Guild. Apparently powerless to | in the memories of our readers, hence ” tellizaboe and sound judgment and
that the caucus will instruct the con-| tt Monday to all the tenants of houses | resist the impulse, he raised his gun | We need not print a history of Shem | 106] gee} estimable qualities enti
ferees to agree, knowing that the re-| Doings of the Ponnsy who have not or will not return to|and shot him through the body. The | in this connection. tied him to positions of honor and
sponsibility has been placed, by Presi- | The Pennsylvania Railroad compa- their work at Atlantic No. 1 and! victim uttered a shriek and fell from Viruat in life. Truly agood man has
dent Cleveland's letter, where it be- ny is always looking after the comfort Ocean No. 2 mines, at Houtadale. | his home, and as Monks approached Ir \ :
longs. | of its employes. Thursday a patent | This eviction will embrace about twen- | him said, “My friend you have killed| A naval battle was fought Tuesday | Resolved, That we respectfully ex-
ete Loch yeh talk lore abot ice cooler was placed on all engines, | 8X families and cause them to ‘move | me." Monks, fonsing that his Shot | pen he Chinese “ol Jupuncue (tend to his bereaved family snd friends
; : | They are of a new design and are fas [Out within the limit prescribed in the | had proved ineffectual, struck his vie i ihe Japanese sank the Chinese | the assurance of oir warm sympathy
Yetoing the bill if the House agreestol,, 4, 1pe tank; are made of the agreement, viz. ten days. |tim two blows on the head with his |battleship Chen-Yuen and two large | condolence, bidding them to bear
Hie Sewaty on, cou Sd sugar Sh beat material and are lined with sheet | This will be prolific of serious dis Somahaws, which silenced him for- Sruieets, supposed io ve She veuséls their sorrow in the humble spirit of
| iron on the outside, Each engine will | content in the ranks of the miners, ever. ” #* | him who said “Not my will but thine
ble that he will. In fact, I Prominent miners’ officials vehement | After finding a suitable place he hid | were captured or destroyed by the Ja- | be done.’
ly declare that the strike will end this | the body, first stripping it of every-
Ye X=
a have ex | now be given a certain allowance of
cellent reasons for the belief that he panese,
week, {thing of value, even to the shoes,| The Chinese fleet engaged carried
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{ which he vainly endeavored to get on
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; : | ice before leaving Harrisburg and Al-
has advised chairman Wilson and oth- | If it runs out before the trip is
nearly a thousand men, and a large
his feet, but found them too small. | number of them are reported to have
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{of day and proceeded a short «
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Japan Scores Again.
H. E. Duck.
Wan. PrRALER.
. | toona,
er prominent Democrats of the House J. F, GARTHOFF
finished, the cooler will have to be fill-
to get all the reduction possible in the | Dots of Important News,
Henate bill and then to accept it as the
best that can be had. Mind, I do not
state it for a fact that President Cleve-
land has given such advise, but that I
have excellent reasons, which cannot
be told without violating confidence,
for believing that he has. It is also
known that prominent Democrats out-
side of Congress, have given Mr, Wil-
son and the other Democratic confer-
ees similar advice.
The commission appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland to investigate the caus
es of the recent railroad strike met for
the first time, today, in the office of
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, U. 8. Com-
missioner of Labor, who is ex-officio
chairman of the Commission,
time is to be lost in making the inves-
tigation,
The House committee on Labor after
an extended examination of the vari
ous bills on the subject decided by a
unanimous vote in favor of Represent.
ative Springer’s bill for the creation of
a national board of arbitration, which
has been favorably reported to the
House and will, if the committees can
succeed in securing a day for its con-
sideration, almost certainly be passed
at the present session, The bill is
drawn in accordance with the recom-
~mendation contained in President
Cleveland's 1887 message to Congress,
Is having considerable trouble in locat-
| ed at the erew's expense.
| A AIA A AANA
In Penury,
Nearly one thousand Coxeyites, de-
|serted by their leaders, are in a state of
| penury in Washington, and Congress
| will be asked to pay their fares to their
homes, at an estimated cost of $10,000,
The request will be in vain. However
pitiable may be their condition, it is
plain that Congress cannot permit its
sympathies to run away with its judg-
ment. The Government, in fact, can-
not afford to set a precedent which
would be in effect a bounty upon Com-
monwealism.
MP
“1 know of an old soldier who had
chronic diarrhoea of long standing to
have heen permanently cured by tak-
ing Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy,” says Edward
Shumpik, a prominent druggist of
Minneapolis, Minn. “I have sold the
remedy in this city for over seven
years and consider it superior to any
other medicine now ou the market for
bowel complaints.” 25 and 50 cent
bottles of this remedy for sale by Wm.
Pealer, of Spring Mills and 8. M.
Bwartz, of Tusseyville.
order or one ready-made, you will find
Lewins $3 to $5 cheaper than elsewhere.
Hus new wpring styles just
Fire and drouth have scorched Kan-
sas and Nebraska.
The Japanese have gained a victory
over the Chinese, sinking one of Chi.
na's vessels with 1600 men
on board.
Home of Debs’ followers want to run
him for congress. Better run him out
of the country with some of his hench-
men,
The French chamber has passed a
bill to suppress anarchy.
More Work at Alto ona,
The working days of the upper Al
toona shops have been increased from
three to four days a week. The Jun-
fata shops have been running six days
a week ever since the construction of
the order of class P engines was begun
and they will continue on that time
until that order is completed. By
that time it is expected that there will
be other work to keep them agoing on
full time.
Big Fires,
In Balle Plain, Iowa, on Sunday,
sixty buildings were burned. Loss
nearly half a million.
The city of Philips, Wiseonsin, was
destroyed by fire on Bunday, and wo
After disposing of all traces of the
deed, as he supposed, he mounted the
murdered man’s horse and pursued
his journey. It transpired, however,
that in his hurried preparations to get
away, and being considerably under
the influence of liquor, he dropped his
song-book on the spot, which latter
circomstance eventually led to his ar-
rest on suspicion,
On examining his spoils the next
morning he found written upon the
fly-leaf of his victim's pocket-book the
following: “Reuben Guild's pocket-
book. ‘This pocket-book is my proper-
ty now, but I know I won't own it
long.” The result of his night's work
netted him a watch and a few dollars
in money.
Monks was hung on Saturday, Jan.
23, 1819, by John Mitchell, Esq., then
high sheriff. William Armor, a fifer
of the war of 1812, played the “Dead
March” under the gallows. An ab
surd rumor was started shortly after
Monks’ execution that he had been
seen alive afterward, and he became a
children “spook” for some years, The
county paper of the day had several
articles, one favoring the apparition
and arguing the possibility of his re-
suscitation, and others “dulling down
the ghost."
Samuel Wilson, of Potter, the
been killed or drowned. Later dis-
patches say that few if any of the Chi-
nese engaged in the battle escaped.
Two German officers in command of
the Chen-Yuen are reported to have
met death with the crew of that ves-
sel,
so ——————_———
Bills for Strike Damages,
Big bills for strike damages are be
ing handed in for Chicago to pay. The
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis
railroad has presented a bill which ag-
gregates $449,691. The largest item is
$401,601 for 729 freight cars destroyed
and forty-two damaged. Eighteen
thousand dollars is charged for lading
seventy-four cars. The Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago has present.
ed a bill of $21,847, The largest item
is for fourteen freight cars destroyed
and fifty-eight damaged, $14,497,
Sad Accident,
On Monday Mr. Reuben Crust, of
Fillmore, was cutting oats with the
self-binder and his young son was rid-
some cause unexplainable the horses
became frightened and ran away,
throwing the boy off and running over
him with the ponderous implement.
One limb was broken, his left hand
cut off and a
Gro. B. BSrovER.
J. H. MUSSER.
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Mifin County Deaths,
In Reedsville, July 17,
Morrison, aged 50 years
In Allensville, July 12, Jacob Kurtz.
aged 42 years.
In Bratton township, July 16, How-
ard Lewis, aged 20 years.
In Bratton township, July 15, Wm,
Lewis, aged 61 years.
In Decatur township, July 5, John
1. Smith, aged 50 years.
In Reedsville, July 19, Mrs. Sarai,
wife of Frederick Schaaf, aged 64 years,
Sphriam
My boy was taken with a disease re-
sembling bloody flux. The first thing
I thought of was Chamberlain's Coli;
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two
doses of it settled the matter and cured
him sound and well. I heartily rece
ommend this remedy to sll persons
suffering from a like complaint. 1
will answer any inquiries regarding it
when stamp is inclosed. I refer to
Wm. Roach, J. P., Primroy, Camp-
bell Co., Tenn. For sale Wm,