VOL. LXVIII,
CAPITOL GOSSIP
THE TARIFF RECEIPTS RAPIDLY
INCREASING.
A Conspiracy in Existence to Make Money
Qut ofthe Condition of the
Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Jan. —That there
is a conspiracy in existence to muke
mouey out of the condition of
Treasury is believed by many men in
both branches of Congress. Natural-
ly members of the administration will
not express their belief upon such a
matter. The idea of the conspirators
as understood by those who believetin
their existence, is to withdraw gold
from the Treasury and hoard it until
ag.
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5
i
premium,
statement that there is a conspiracy,
but the fuets are such as to justify the
suspicion that there is. It Known
to a certainty that the legitimate de-
mand for gold—to pay debts and for
Is
met with less than one-half of the gold
that has recently been withdrawn
from the Treasury. It is perfectly
clear then that more than one-half of
the gold withdrawn now hoarded
in the vaults of banks and safe depos-
it companies. Why? It can
nothing for its owners while thus ly-
ing idle, and the men who are credit-
ed with doing the hoarding are men
i=
earn
who always expect a profit out of all
their financial transactions. There is
only one way they can make a profit
that
That's why so
out of this one, and to force
is
gold to a premium.
ot
miany believe they are doing that very
thing, or at least trying todo it. Can
Congress do anything to head off such
a conspiracy ? It unquestionably can,
but will it doso?
easier Lo ask than to answer,
That is a question
If there
it exists solely
of
that Congress will do nothing to pre-
vent its operation
President Cleveland
Carlisle are thoroughly alert, and they
is such a conspiracy,
I ]
because of the belief its members
being cessful,
=i
and Secretary
will not allow gold to go to a premium
the
if it be possible under author ity
vested in them by present laws to pre-
veut it, by issuing
g more bonds, and
it will be,
prefer
they are both satisfied that
although they would much
Congressional action.
is chairman
Senator Faulkner, who
of the committee ou Territories, is
anxious to get the bills for the admis
sion of Arizona and New Me
fore the Senate and hopes to be ab
have Leen p sed long ago, but for the
¢
i
3 Lic bee
Ie to
do =o in a few days. 10se bills would
secret opposition of Republican Sena.
tors, who lack the eourage to openly
4
4
ries, but make use of
oppose the admission of those territo-
all their parlia-
mentary skill to Kill the bills indirect-
ly, by prevention
on.
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5
Secretary Carlisle suceeeded in get-
ting the House to adopt
ant amendinents to the
two imp wt
Sundry Civil
appropriation bill, The first restores
to the Sceretary of the Treasury the
discretion to issue notes of such
nominations as he may deem best in
tion. At present he is compelled to
re-issue notes of the sams denomina-
tion as those redeemed and cancelled.
Che other, which amends the law for
the issue of gold certificates, provides
| was that it was won by the vote of
| Senator Pettigrew, who it will be re-
| membered was one of the Republican
Senators who voted against the Me-
| Kinley tariff bill, he having with
twenty-three Democrats voted for the
| Vest amendment, while eighteen Re-
publicans and four Populists voted
against it. Had Pettigrew voted with
the Republicans there would have
| been a tie.
tare rapidly increasing thus furnishing
an answer to the argument advanced
by Republieans, that the tariff would
| have to be amended in order to pro-
duce more revenue, and bearing out
ducer.
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Cheaper Telephone Service.
The decision of Judge Carpenter,
the United States Cirenit Court, sit-
| telephone patent, will, if sustained by
| the United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, put an end to all telephone mo-
nopoly in this country and put all tel-
ephone manufacturers and ecorpora-
an equal footing. Unless
special privileges are granted to exist-
ing or new telephone companies by
municipal ordinances,
{tions on
telephone
The
alties heretofore aceruing to the own-
ually employed.
ers of exclusive telephone patents will
The decision will prove of great
advantage to those to whom the tele-
cease,
‘
phone has become a daily necessity.
| The instrument has become one of the
conveniences of modern life which
fore it has been so costly that thous
{ands who would have been glad to
avail themselves of it could not "afford
the expense. Open competition in
and probably treble the number in
use, and if the profits are more moder-
ate than formerly the convenience to
the public will be greatly increased.
Wo Mp
To Protect Ruffled Grouse,
LARGE CONFLAGRATION,
Five Houses in Lewisburg Barned.- The {
Work of an Iucendiary,
About three o'clock on last Monday |
morning fire was discovered in a build- |
ing owned by Mr. A. 8. Allen, on |
South Second street, Lewisburg. The |
first floor of the building was occupied |
as a small grocery store. A man puass-
ing by made the discovery and arous-
{ed Mr, Allen, who quickly opened the
{door and tried to extinguish the
flames. But the fire had made too!
much progress and rapidly spread
throughout the building. The fire-
men and hundreds of citizens were
soon on the spot, but there was not
| sutlicient pressure in the water pipes
| to throw a stream ten feet high,
| The flames spread rapidly.
| Mr. Allen's residence, adjoining the
{first building
Both were soon a mass of ashes.
{ bake house of Mr. Allen
Soon
fire,
The
de-
caught, was on
was also i
| stroyed. Then the fire spread to the!
| double house owned on the south side
| by Henry Dersham, and on the north |
| by Mrs. Lucy A. By this
| time the engine had gotten into opera
| tion, and the fire was soon stopped.
| These latter buildings are badly burn-
| ed, but can be repaired.
It is the general pression that the
| house wus purposely set on fire.
DeLong.
Bt
Compulsory Education Bill.
There is a compulsory education bill
ready to be launched upon the Legis-
lature,
rest do not appear in the bill.
{ complete blind on
The word compulsory and ar-
It is a
It
those points,
of
| fifteen years to attend a private or
{dren between the ages eight and
A
| tion of the proposed act shall be a mis
lemeanor, punishable for the first of-
secutive weeks each year. viola.
subsequent
five dollars, or by imprisonment not
that city for the purpose of getting up
a Inw to present to the legislature for-
bidding the sale of ruff «d grouse or ex-
porting it from the state, The Record
says that 3.000 grouse have been
tailed in that city in
five dealers
one season by
alone, and many
the hunters.
nia is the great grouse
delphia by
state, and
A —_—
Good Words for the Newspaper
At a recent business convention Gov.
ernor Francis, of Missouri, who is in a
position to know whervofl he speaks,
can never replace them, as they are
particularly adapted to this state and
climate and eannot be propagated in
captivity as other variety of game,
fe
An Old Docket,
W. L. Hamilton, of Clearfield, has
follows:
“Each year the local
from $500 to £5000 in free
gives
to the
located
do this
papers
lines
it
No other agency can or will
which is
ten men, and in all fairness with men
he ought to be supported not becouse
writings,
investment a community can make.
brilliantly edited or
erpwded with thoughts, but fluancial-
be
peace of Pine Creek township. On
December 18th of that year the docket
records the marriage ofa man and a
and were strictly adhered to, so that
the second husband of the woman
i
i
i
:
i
ceivable for customs dues after July 1,
1895, and shall not be available for use
as a part of National banks reserve
fund and discontinues their further is-
sue,
Sixteen out of the twenty-one votes
which were cast in the Ssnate against
the Nicaragua Canal bill eam: from
Democrats, and eleven out of the thir-
ty-one votes cast for it, thirteen Dem-
ocrats were paired. Opinion differs
widely as to the probability of the bill
getting through the House,
thing is certain, and that is, that it
cannot be brought to a
House without an orde
mittee on Rules,
by friends of the bill that Speaker
Crisp had partly promised that an or-
der setting « time for a vote would be
reported, but the stuternent has never
been confirmed by a member of the
committer, Even if such an order
were reported it might meet the fate
of the Currency bill order—be rejected
by the House. The Canal lobby is
very active,
A decided administration vietory
was won in the Senate Saturday after-
noon, when Bemator Vest's amend
ment to the pending Hawaiian resolu-
tion was adopted by the Senate, The
Vest amendment expresses sympathy
with all attempts to establish Repub.
lican institutions; reaffirius the does
trine of absolute non-interference with
foreign vations, and says: “That the
administration of President Cleveland
in maintaining this policy as to our
foreign relations deserves the appro-
val and support of the American peo
ple.” The odd feature of this victory
r from the eom-
| her first lord and master. The docket
{contains many interesting statements,
| which disclose what appear now to be
i strange and peculiar customs,
{ AM APART
| Carlton Cornwell, foreman of the
| Gazette, Middletown, N. J., believes
| that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
{should be in every home. He used it
| for a cold and it effected a speedy cure.
| He says: “It is indeed a grand reme-
{dy, I can recommend to all. I have
also seen it used for whooping cough,
| with the best results.” 25 and 50 cent
| Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville.
————— ee —————
Will Hold a Sociable,
A sociable will be held at the home
{of Mr. J. O. Deininger, on next Thurs
| day evening, February 7th. The most
imppetizing refreshments will be served,
' Proceeds for the benefit of the United
| Evangelical church. A cordial invi-
| tation is extended to all to come and
| have a pleasant evening,
AMA
He Was Astonished,
A citizen drawn as a juror in a west-
ern county paid no attention to the
summons, and, when called into court
to explain, said that he regarded his
private business as of first considera-
tion. - He was astonished when the
Judge imposed a fine on him, and a se-
vere rebuke for his neglect of his pub-
lie duty.
A A ———
~Lyon & Co. offer you the greatest
bargains, Bee the great reductions
made this week,
~Bubscribe for the REPORTER, $1.50,
nity than the teacher or the preacher.
Understand me. I do not mean men- |
tally or morally, but financially, and
yet on the moral question you will
find most of the local papers on the
right side. Today the editors of the
home newspapers do the most for the
least money of any people on the face
of the earth.
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Leg Crushed
On last Tuesday a serious accident
Wash-ore mine bank,
miles east of Bellefonte,
Charles Lucas, a young man about
twenty-two years of age was employ-
ed at these operations, his work being |
on the “dump.” When loaded cars
are drawn out of the pit, up a steep |
incline, as they arrive at the summit
they run a short distance to where |
they are emptied. It was his duty to |
mount the cars when they came up !
and uncouple them and ride to the
dumping point. While riding between |
the cars and in the act of uncoupling,
his left leg was caught between the
bumpers and was mashed below the
knee. The bone was crushed into
splints and the flesh mangled. The
Young man’s hone is at Howard, and
is a son of William L. Lucas, of that
borough. He was brought to Belle
fonte in a large sled and from here
was sent to his home at Howard on
the afternoon train, He suffered ter
ribly from his injuries while lying on
a stretcher at the depot.— Centre Dem-
ocrat,
A sss
Marriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses
have been granted the past week:
Daniel E. Royer and Joanna Long,
of Potter twp.
Jacob Gutelius, of MiMinburg, and
Lizzie Warren, of Milesburg.
Herbert L. Aikey and Miss Nora In-
gram, of Boggs twp.
A ——— AA] PSA
~We are selling overcoats fit for a
king at prices that cause our competi
tors excruciating pain. Get one while
they last. —Lewins, Bellefonte.
~Every well-dressed young man
gets his clothing and gents’ furnishing
at Lewins, Bellefonte,
WEEK OF COURT |
ARY SESSION,
The Hon, Judge Love Makes His First Ap- |
prarance on the Quarter Sessions Bench,
Rushing Through Busloess.
Court ealled on Monday morning at
Hon. John GG. Love,
President Judge and Associates Failk-
After hearing a number of petitions
presented by the several members of
the bar, the constables present of the
different
made their several returns.
Owing to the big
boroughs and townships
snow storm last
Saturday and the trains being block-
aded with snow, quite a number of ju-
rors and some constables have not yet
appeared. Court adjourned until two
o'clock.
list
of grand jurors called and there being
At two o'clock court ealled and
4 majority present, the grand jury was
sworn and Hon, H. Holt, of
Shoe township was selected foreman
Suow
of the same and alter a careful
by his Houor their
charge
pi
graud jury room and to
ius to duties (=
ceeded to the
business,
The list of traverse jurors was then
called and thirty-four answered to
their names,
The first case called was a eivil ¢
J
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mt
t Cl
EK.
erdiet in favor of plaintiff
itnbach and
ach, executors of Stambach,
Ceased»
116
Com, vs,
$
: th,
Fink;
he
f.
bikie
the
Richard charge
and b. and adultery!
et
ido Weston, 4
the
poor of Taylor t whnship;
itor O
f
one of i
of
dict
and eounty to pay the costs
I
charge
OVErseers
ver Ho
guilty
4 h .
ichard Coleman and Wm
and
srt
POs
3
Com. vs v
SWAT; gravated assault
F ¢
‘hard Coleman one of these defend
ng
battery; t
2i¢
ai
. fs is 1
prosecutor “ix §
ants was on Tuesday removed to the
f
Bellefohite poor house on account of a
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tt
1 , 5 ¥ 3
iolent attack of ty phoid pheumonia;
Vim. Swarm, the other dels
Les
d
ndant wa
and conv cted of i
He }
ATger Cil
and adulter
sdorfler:
Loy Pp
er
it
:
V ang county iV Lhe costs
F.
Heaton were discharged
1
Wl gui
Tuesday
Ww His
1 > 8
ier the
afternoon ( Searson
and
IT insolvent law were
ney
a jormer
prose
defennant was el
ki 4 of ' or
ing of two tu eve fi
w
nd
cutrix; verdict not guilty,
Tin
ward Chambers vs,
DexXt case was ¢
case is brought to
neys fee for procuring Jit
f the defendat
for
Rush twp. at license cou
liquor
es
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af
as
r 4 i
iSsfannova
in 1854.
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dis-
Hor
Com. ve, Geo, Clune: ir
turbing religious meet
the
charged with disturbin
ing:
defendant
2 {
entertainment in the United Brethren
f Philipsl
ou the 24th day of December, 1804.
pr Ose
Geisewite: ju
y
g
t
iristmas
church in the borough o rg
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Cyclers Will Not Pay Toll.
In the case brought by A. J. Geiger,
president of the Penn Wheelinen,
sgainst the Reading and Perkiomen
Turnpike company, to determine the
right of the company to charge toll for
bicycles, judgment was entered in fa-
vor of the plaintiff. Judge Endlich,
in his opinion, says there is noauthor-
ity for charging toll upon any species
of vehicles not drawn by an animal,
but propelled by human agency.
aiff Sout inimscaiaosta
Kind Hearted and Thoughtfal
Editors, as a rule, are kind hearted
and liberal. An exchange tells of a
subscriber who died and left fourteen
The edit-|
undertaker was screwing down the!
thermometer, a palm leaf fan and a re-
ceipt for making ice.
ly
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Started up after Six Years, i
The rolling mills of the Juniata Iron
Company, of Hollidaysburg, which |
have been shut down for the past six |
years, started up last Wednesday un-
der the control of a company of Hare
risburg capitalists. When running |
full-handed the mills will employ |
about three hundred men. :
s————— ——
Many stubborn and aggravating |
cases of rheumatism that were believ- |
ed to be incurable and accepted as life |
legacies, have yielded to Chamber
lnin’s Pain Balm, much to the sure
prise and gratification of the sufferers,
One application will relieve the pain
and suffering and its continued use ine
sures nn effectual cure. For sale by |
Win. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8 M, |
Swartz, Tusseyville,
AA SH PO SRN
~Lowing, Bellefonte, guarantees ev
ery article sold by him, and you get
full returns every time.
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NEW ROAD BILL,
: |
fatroduced by Renstor Brown of West-
moreland County.
Senator John H.
county,
road bill in
whieh is said to be
of West- |
has introduced a
the Legislature,
a good one It
provides that at the election next No-
Jrown
new
vember and every three years there-
after each county shall elect a road su-
pervisor, who has a special and scien-
tific know ledge of road making.
Fach township shall also choos: a
supervisor, who shall give $5,000 bond
and shall receive $2
three years. Township supervisors
shall be elected at the time
county supervisors, and all candidates
a day for a term of
f
same ns
must hold a certificate as road super.
the county
The township supervisors
visor from BU pervisors,
are to meet
annually in each county on the first
Monday in March, and each county
convention shall have charge of the
roads of the respective county.
The president of the convention and
the secretary shall take oath for the
faithful performance of duties,
vole,
their
The convention, by a majority
may frame laws and ordinances for the
regulation of the road in their respect.
ive counties, provide penalties and re-
1
4
move road officials guilty of neglect-
their The
shall have power to fix the salary for
Vr duties, convention
i
the county supervisors for three years,
for
I'o
road
or his salary per day a sworn num-
er of fix the
f day 'S service
, and hot
approve plans for
No county re
PH
rate,
laborers and
Wa ree
¥ irs of
good improvement,
mud convention shall have
to
i tition
wer to lay oul a new road or V
ad
Quarter Sessions,
fi
to
now
te any rx except by
f
i
s cOolrt o
provided.
All conventions shall especially pro-
Aner
}
as
vide that ie and tax-
i
ih
in citizens
payers shall IAVe © preference in be
or
ing employed or furnishing teams or
The
shall levy a road tax on all property
he tax
mills on one dollar annuo-
material for roads. conventions
int {
: & ] +
He several townships, i not
eX coed «
ally. Ti
faxes
vi
iis tax
8
to be collected as
are
ot al present.
Property own-
ht fr
from the
improve the
Ir prope rity
- -> -
More Chnrches Boaght
The Dubs people have purchased the
oll Ev
angelicel el
T
Rk for $150: the Mazeppa
for
be
have one
rad
Hurciies in
he Cowan church
week
io
thal coungrega-
could not make ter: with
field N B
still own
The
Salem and anoth-
County
Zi
and Tarbotville
Haven |
for $1,000
and the Du Shore church and
ns
Min
Ww iil congre-
the
Kratz-
£3)
hese pl LOR,
Rrrove,
Sayder
Mt.
were
$700; on, Clement,
1. WY
sold
Q church
and parsonage each,
parson-
t
age for £2,000,
a
Never too Old to Learn.
Among the pupils at one of the pri-
Is in this city is a woman
fifty-four years of age, did not
have the opportunities for obtaining
an education her
whieh the boys and
mary sclioo
who
in childhood days
girls of to-day
She is making rapid progress |
in her studies, and her example and
determination to acquire knowledge
many other people might follow, A
person is ‘never too old to _learn."—
Lock Haven Erpress.
have,
mass A A SO
Farmers lostitate.
A Farmers’ Institute will be held in
the M. E. church at Howard, on Wed-
nesday and Thursday, Feb. 8 and 7.
An interesting programme has been |
prepared; all are invited,
———
Trouble in Making Contract.
There seems to be a complication
about making contract for text books
the trouble oeing that one set of di-
“ectors charge another with fraud and
corruption in managing the contracts.
A I MAAR. i
No Services,
There will be no services in the |
Presbyterian churches at this place
and at Centre Hill next Sabbath, as
stated last Sabbath, Mr. Finny hav-|
ing returned to his home,
ss ——-
THERE are 26,241 school teachers in
Pennsylvania, 8,454 males and 17,774
females, The average salaries of the
minle teachers per month amounts to
$44.16 while the females get $33.05.
The average attendance of pupils is
759,560. That's a big army and Penn-
sylvania is a great state.
A
«Jewing, Bellefonte, has the fines
selection of Winter Suits in this part
of the state. They go at prices that
are a sacrifice. All styles and grades
and at such figures that defy competi.
tion, and that is the why of his im-
meunse trade in clothing,
NO. 5
STRUCK BY A LOCOMOTIVE
and Several Injured at Kreamer
While a sleigh containing fifteen
people was crossing the railroad track
Kreamer, a railroad station five
miles east of Middleburgh, at 3.40
Friday morning, it was run into by a
were killed and several were injured,
The killed are:
Isaac D. RoMia.
CHA RLEE Romig,
The injured are: A.
lawyer of arms
crushed, one of which wus amputated
and will probably lose the other: Miss
Mollie Burns, age twenty-one, left leg
Ww.
both
Potter, a
Helinsgrove,
cut off and right arm broken: Miss
Annie M. Potter, cut in leg close to
ankle; Mrs. Charles P. Ulrich, severe
bruises back and hands: E. M.
vere scalp wounds; Mrs.
E M. Hummel, bruised on back, and
Miss Lottie Eby, slightly cut about
the face,
The party was returning to
on
Hummel,
their
homes at Selinsgrove. Young Rom-
ing was driving and his father was
Without a thot
drove upon
the first
mation the party had of danger was
seated beside him.
of
3
ight
trouble Roming the
track at Kreamer and inti-
t
&
the headlight of a big freight locomo-
tive. The
shrieks of terror, but
songs were changed to
before anything
could be done to avert the disaster the
locomotive struck the sleigh directly
behind the driver's box.
8ONn were
ground under the wheel of the engine
Mr. Potter
and Miss Burns met a fate hardly less
Isanc Roming and his
and instantly killed and
horrible. The train was stopped and
the crew and the injured members of
the party did everything they possibly
could for their less fortunate compan-
ious. The injured were taken to the
hotel at Kreamer,
App
A Bank Refases Gold.
A man went into one of the banks
ted
dollar
§
f this city Tuesday and coun it
and
0
ten twenty
veces and desired to deposit the mon-
T refused to
receive it because was
red
they believed the mo ey was uot
he r
t r,
h IWevt
the
ANlies
¥ vanKers,
coin rasty
and cov with saying that
good.
The would be d spasitor then
bank and went to the st
dros,
(
where he had his
3
HE "
I'he money had Ix
ished and put it
time in the ashes in an
When the gold was put
little fire among t
helped to discolor
that the bankers were unable to ree-
it. After
brightened up the
“0
i
i
had
found
{
em io circulation.
oguize the coins ypen
OwWier no
t
i
trouble in putting
~Altoona Tribune,
pl
Has Been Faithfal,
Patrick Sexton, of a
track walker on the Philadelphia and
he filled
years. His
Eagle bridge
east of this city to a point near Sugar
un, of the city. During his
thirty-six years of service he has not
lost a month's time in all, and has
walked 164354 miies.—Lock Haven
Republican.
city, is
this
Erie railroad, has
for the
a position
past thirty-six
west
corps
The Central Pennsylvania Conference.
The sessions of the Central Pennsyl-
vania Methodist Conference will cone
vene in Tyrone March 13, and contin-
ue one week. This conference em-
braces almost one-third the territory
of the State, with a membership of 51,-
In this territory there are 218
appointments. Bishop John P. New-
man, of Omaha, will preside over the
AMAA
Recommends Vaceoination,
The State Board of Health has sent
upon the health authorities of all such
communities, and also upon the heads
vaccination and revaccination.
The Board points out the danger of a
pread of small-pox from Philadelphia.
eh —AS—,E hl
There is good reason for the popular.
ity of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Davis & Buzard, of West Montery,
Clarion Co., Pa., say: “It has cured
people that our physicians could do
nothing for. We persuaded them to
try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and they now recommend it
with the rest of us.” 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring
Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville.
Tratus Late,
The passenger trains Saturday morn-
ing were several hours late owing to a
fall of snow Friday night which was
several inches in depth and drifted con
siderably.
~ Ladies’ conts sold at cost at C. P.
Long's, Spring Mills,
weiSubscribe for the REPORTER.