VOL. LXVIIL. CAPITOL GOSSIP THE WHITE HOUSE. A Deal Between the Republicans and Pop. ulists to Reorganize the Senate, —Su- preme Court on the Income Tax, WASHINGTON, Apr. ~President | Cleveland has moved his family and | his office out to ‘“Woodley,” his su- | burban residence, and will only be at the White House on the days the Cab- inet meets—twice a week—for some time to come, This will give him an opportunity to dispose of some minor matters which he could not find time to get at as long as he was accessible to the personal callers who are nearly al- ways on hand at the White House, The new ministry of Spain lost no time in proving that President Cleve- land was correct in thinking that it would do the proper thing about the Alliance outrage, and there little doubt that the apology demanded by Becretary Gresham will in due time follow the explanatory communication | already received. It is positively stated that a deal has is an early date compliance with an act its own engineers to officially inspect | canal, it serves notice to all concerned | that it proposes to control that canal | ai fa Days of Lumber Passed. Our county, with many others, is no | longer to be classed among the lumber ty's forests were a source of millions of wealth. In a letter to the Pittsburg Times, a correspondent speaks of the early days | of the lumbering industry in Clearfield | county and says in part: “But these good old days have gone, never to re- turn. This spring there will be than fifty rafts on the river. Clear- field county was not greatly benefitted by the millions of pine trees that went | out of it. Neither did the men owned the trees, made the timber, hauled rafted and ran it, make much | more than wages at the business. The supply was considered inexhaustible and fortunes were floated away only to enrich the eastern capitalists who bot | it at their own figures. Lock Haven | and Williamsport were built by our | less who | been completed whereby the Republi- can Senators will get the votes of the Populist Senators and reorganize the | Senate as soon as Congress meets. | There is nothing surprising in this, as it was expected by everybody. One| result of the deal will be to make John | Sherman chairman of the Finance | committee. Think of the Populists helping to do that. | Rumor says the Supreme Court will | decide the income tax unconstitution- al, and even gives the position of each | of the eight justices sitting—Justice | Jackson has been too ill to take any part in the present term—on the case. There is, of course, no method of as-| certaining the truth or falsity of the rumor, which is believed or disbeliev- | ed according to the wishes of the ex d presser of the opinion. While offi- cials of the government would prefer that the tax stand they say that an adverse decision will not make an ex- tra session of Congress absolutely nee- | essary, unless there should be another run on the Treasury gold. Ex-Senator Mahone is now at the | head of a scheme having for its object | the political control of Virginia. There is nothing new or startling in the idea. | It is merely a reproduction of the Re- publican-Populist combine which has temporarily knocked out the Demo- cratic party of North Carolina. Vir- ginia Democrats who come to Wash- ington say there would be nothing to! fear in the movement even if it were not led by Mahone, but with him at] its head it is bound to fail because the | few influential Republicans of the state | have had all they wanted of Mahone | long ago, and they hate Populism quite as bad as they do Mahoneism, While Secretary Herbert when he planned the route over which Admiral Meade’s squadron will sail during the! month of April bad no idea that Great | Britain would send that ultimatum to | little Nicaragua, neither he nor Presi- | dent Cleveland regrets that the squa- | dron will reach Greytown, Nicaragua, | about the middle of the month. On| the contrary, they rejoice at the coin- | cidence which will place such formida- | ble American war vessels as the New York, Minneapolis, Columbia, Atlan- ta, Raleigh, and Cincinnati in Nicara- | guan waters at the time that Great Britain will probably be making a demonstration of force to frighten the little Central American Republic Into complying with its demands as to the payment of extortionate indemnity, | etc. It will show John Bull that the | administration not only meant busi- ness when it recently told him that the Monroe doctrine was still in force and must be respected by him, but that it is prepared to demand respect for the Monroe doctrine at the can- non’s mouth if it is not peaceably ac- corded. No one here seems to know what Nicaragua will do, but the hope is expressed on all sides that it will po- litely decline to accede to the unjust demands of Great Britain. “Uncle Jerry,” the smiling “nigger” who has been janitor of the White House “sence Gin'ral Grant's time,” is the happiest “coon” in Washington, He has celebrated his silver wedding, and the following distinguished friends sent souvenirs of the happy event: President and Mrs. Cleveland, one dozen silver spoons; Mrs. U. 8B. Grant, a silver butter knife; Mrs. Bar- toris, a silver cream pitcher; Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle, a silver sugar dish; Becretary and Mrs. Lamont, ten silver dollars, not to mention the gifts sent by private citizens. But what tickled “Uncle Jerry’ more than everything else was the attendance at the tion held by himself and wife of Post- master General and Mrs, Bissel, Secre- tary and Mrs. Lamont and their chil- dren; private Secretary and Mrs, Thurber and their children, and a host of minor government officials. people and their citizens enriched by | fs iasim—— | Income Tax Returns, i levenue Commissioner | bas received the following! instructions relative to income tax re- turns from the office of the commis- | sioner of internal revenue, Washington | D.C. Only debts which Deputy were contracted ! and found in said year to be worthless, and losses | from the sale of bonds, notes and other in said “worthless debts" in or “losses actually | computing income for! that year. Collectors should require both per- | sons and corporations in making re- from claimed, contracted, and when property, the sale of which was purchased. Attention is particularly directed to the fact that all returns should be made full and complete, as designated on forms 365 and 368, and losses are no income | unless it clearly appears from the statements in such returns that all deductions there | on are allowable by law and conform | to the rule above stated. All returns | should be carefully examined and cor- | | 2. ® | A Word to we Boro See to this office. / IT 18 to be regretted that a mumber Demo- | crats to lead them to enter into a part- | nership with Republicans, purely for ia division of the local offices, and | thereby continually defeating worthy {and competent Democrats, and injur- {ing and demoralizing the local organ- ization to the extreme delight of the | opposition, of course, for they get the honors and benefits of these frequent | acts of treachery, and against which the REPORTER has frequently warned. tions in boros and townships being | kept pure and clean. Persons who | have winked at co-alition frequently | find their own ox gored and then do! not like the way chickens come home | to roost. We make these brief allu-| sions for the benefit of Democrats. A> Those who never read the advertise ments in their newspapers miss more than they presume. Jonathan Keni- son, of Bolan, Worth Co., Towa, who had been troubled with rheumatism in his back, arms and shoulders read an item in his paper about how a promi- | nent German citizen of Ft. Madison had been cured. He procured the same medicine, and to use his own words: “It cured me right up.’”’ He alsosays: “A neighbor and his wife were both sick in bed with rheumatism. Their boy was overto my house and said they were so bad he had to do the cooking. I told him of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and how it had cured me, he got a bottle and it cured them up in a week. 50 cent bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8, M.. Bwartz, Tusseyville, a Cn ME Choice Eggs for Sale, Buff Leghorns, choice stock, eggs 50 cents per setting of 13; Buff Ply- mouth Rock, excellent layers, eggs $1.25 per setting of 13. Mrs. M. B. RICHARDS, Centre Hall, Pa. feb21-8m ~You can save $5 on every $10 pur- chase you make at our store. We have received a big stock of spring goods, and they are exceptionally cheap.— Lewins, Bellefonte, When the United States government ONE JUDGE'S OPINION, of the Bible in Fractioally Declared | Roading Public Hiegal, Schools By a decision of Judge | Seranton, Gunster in the Waverley at borough { the public schools of Pennsylvania declared illegal. A injunction was granted Judge Gunster against | preliminary | by Professor borough school, forbidding him to religious exercises in the A demurrer was taken by Pro- to the injunction, in which it was held that the court had no jurisdiction in the but the school directors had the power to regulate the reading of the Bible the Judge school, Cine, alone in publie schools. (Gunster decided point the only question to be one of law, that this Was there the and on doubt. In opinion “It is too plain for that and instruction in sectarian doctrines have no place t it argumer in our system of common They are not only { not authorized by any law, common fundamental law of the common- Quoting from the constitution and 1, Judge Gunster concluded his rul- ling as follows: “If it be bill, that is conductis a true, us charged in the Professor i Hanyon 1g larian or whether according to the form of the Methodist E of any other chure h, church to dis duty L { ' eXisls, pisc or ypal he ought is the if th tO Bed a abuse Ap ” Don't Clip Your Postal Cards. It is ruled by the postal authoritie that any of the reduction size of a rounding ofl will su biect of cent on delivery. This makes Many persons enclose letter postage. | lope too small and imagine that a little any difference Oorna- handling. 7” ready for po Getting Ready for Pensioners. Captain Skinner is getting will begin next 2,100 pensioners in Thursday. There the district | will be benefitted by the new law pro- | viding that all pe not less than $6 are who nsioners shall receive nth. One-half getling the rest $4, which will make an increase As they get the of the new law for only one month, this quarter the increase in the amount of money to be paid out will be only $6,300, a mo $2 and of benefit py mn Will Likely Pass The bill pending in the house allow- ing justices of the peace to try certain cases with a jury of six will probably | pass. The cases which would come up under the provisions of the law blasphemy, assault and battery, ceny where the amount does not ceed $10, disturbing public meetings, | cruelty to animals, selling unwhole- | some provisions, revealing telegraphic | dispatches, cheating inn fir are lar- ex- keepers, ting down timber, meetin The Blindfolding of Justice Three prisoners who were placed in eastern penitentiary, of this state, re. cently, proved how unevenly the scales of justice sometimes swing. Walter Driver, a poor colored man, of Norris was sentenced four years, At New Bloomfield Ex-Bankers Sponsler and Junkins, found guilty of embezzling | about $112,000 of depositors’ funds, | were punished by sentence of one year | each. AIM M5 A Sapervisor Sent to Jall bat Paroled, Albert Forsht, supervisor of Logan | township, was taken before the court | at Hollidaysburg on an attachment for | contempt. Mr. Forsht could give no | reasonable excuse why he had not col- | lected sufficient taxes to pay the claim | held by G. A. Glunt against the town- ship. He was sentenced to jail, but was subsequently paroled on pledges that a temporary loan would be effect. ed and the indebtedness canceled by Wednesday. ~Read Lyon & Co's great spring opening on page five of the REPORTER, They offer some extraordinary bar. gains in all departments of their store, Their stock is larger than any in this part of the state, and a dollar invested Subscribe for the REPORTER. RSDAY, APRIL THE BELLEFONTE VETERAN BANK ER DEAD. One of Bellefonte's Most Esteemed and In- fluentinl Citizens. — He Was Very Wealthy. For several weeks Mr. Edward | Humes, of Bellefonte had been in ill] health, and gradually grew worse, un- til last Wednesday evening it became evident that his death was near but he lingered until Thursday about nine o'clock, morning | when he passed | peacefully away in the sleep of death, His demise removes a very figure in life finally succeeded his father in business | important | He began as a clerk in his father’s store and banking elircles, and as he was very industrious and at- tentive to business soon acquired some the de- | interests, | surplus money over and above mands of his mercantile About forty years he himself with Hon, James T. Hon. H. N. McAllister, gether established a private Bellefonte, into a very neo associated | Hale and they to- bank in This enterprise developed important banking cern and largely through the ment Mr. Hume 5, became nized as one of the and Col~ manages of it recog- finan- This National bank Mr. president and has | most solid cial institutions in the state bank was changed to a abu Humes was el it twenty-five years ago, and ected filled this position continuously upto] the Hon. A. G.| Curti one directors for Mrs Humes has been a director of the Tyrone for many In banking circles Mr. death. of time of his in was its many vears, large st wk holder and Blair county bank in Years, Humes was regarded as a most wise and capa- and his abilities in this dire ble financier in consequence of he midence ‘Hon com- siderable ox among of this | years he has been | manded os various banking houses ntry. For many the fonte, one of 3 Belle men most prominent figures in| He was a very Presby As consistent | ber of the terian church in Bellefont hurd as One of the elders of Although anced age of eighty. » and w this ¢ h for along time, i theady his me he attaine ntal nd he w ual business until within two weeks of his death He ive years, fa powers never iled him a as engaged in act! leaves a daughter, Miss | Mila, and one son, Wm. P. Humes to mourn their lewides his large banking interests he was the owner of a number of fine farms near Bellefonte | and his estate will no doubt aggregate | loss, in the neighborhood of a million dol | lars, — HOW THE MARSHALL BILL WORKS The Marshall line wept thro neatly pipe repealer Legislature as of its ardent ad! The Gov- the very these same | him to give, In| ten days’ time oil jumps from 75 cents | hh $3 ® igh the just BR any most vocales could have desired, ernor signed it after giving reasons for his action that advocates expected to $1.12, and the Standard monoply's | harvest begins, This the consumer | will find to be a lovely affair as the! The condition is the very | days go on. one the Standard has been laboring fo since 1883, and now that they have oil tolls will go up. An increase of thirty-seven cents in the market rates | since the Marshall repealer came into force shows what the harvest will be | and what the tolls will amount to by | and by, says the Philadelphia ZVmes. | — ms A A RR i Items of Interest, Remonstrances have been filed | against all license applications in Ty- Last year remonstrances were | filed against a few of the applicants | but this year all are included. There are four unique mountains in | alum and sulphur mixed and one pure | sulphur. It is estimated that in the | tons of pure alum and 1,000,000 tons of | sulphur, lfici—— New Coupler Device A number of passenger coaches of the Pennsylvania railroad have been {equipped with a new device for un- | coupling Janney couplers, which takes | the place of the old verticale lever | pivoted on the platform. The new devicelis a vertical shaft terminating at the top in a hinged lever. It is considered an improvement on the old | style. i at minssm— Death of an Infant, Ruth V., the seven-month old child of Mr. and Mrs, C. (0. Gettig, died at ————— «Lyon & Co., Bellefonte, are mak- ing a big drive in shoes. They carry a full live in this department, and at prices that are way below their com- petitors, It is useless to pay a big price for shoes when you can get the same article several dollars cheaper at Lyons. Don’t pay any dealer an ex- Seavagant price, until you 1napagt their Je News of Adjoining Counties, | field branch will be glad to learn that [ the man who enters the car each mor- ning selling ‘the three beautiful bal. { lads,” and who “has a wife and three | { children to support,” has recently been | wife whom he dese | makes it a point to announce the fact | | before entering upon the sale of his po- etry. It takes well. The Williamsport Bun says: newly organized Lock Haven Traction the money, to extend their road to Jer- | If this is done it is more than probable | that the Williapasport Passenger Rail- | way company wiii extend their line to | meet the Lock Haven road. generation will see a line road extending from the eastern end to the western end valley Four lumberiusen arrested for killing | two deer on Lick Run, Clearfield coun- ty, settled their Baturday by paying a fine of $100 and costs, making about $122 as the price of their fun and The fact that the men com” mitted the act unthinkingly prompted the prosecutors to withdraw the suit | upon the payment of the legal fine and costs of preliminary hearing. It is likely this costly experience will serve as an object lesson for the strict obser. vance of the game laws in the future, Case on venison, A fp sol Don’t Change Your Clothing Yet. Whenev bright, er we chance to get a fine, warm day there is a strong from oppressive, ing and don that which weight and warmth feels It should be borne in constant mind | that such changes are fruught with | danger always, and that it is far better | incur such risk. For some peculiar | reason there appears to be that in the atmosphere that human life, and especially to those who at any time have been subjects of the grip. It is well to bear in mind that the weather during the winter has been is inimical to fely be trusted a er. NO. 14 FOSTERS PREDICTIONS, It Will be Some Time Before Gentle Spring will Drive Winter into Retirement, My last bulletin gave forecasts of the | storm-wave to cross the continent from March 20 to April 8, and the next will the close of the 5th, the great central valley from the 6th to Bth, and the This storm will bring remarkable extremes and radical changes in the Bummer heat will prevail for a few days previous to the storm { wave dates, and then a drop in the | temperature that will send frosts far southward. This cool wave, in places ature below normal for a week follow- ing. Severe local storms may be expected accompanying this storm wave, and, toward summer, the weather will be very like that which occurred about following March 10. The warm wave will cross the west- ra mountain country about April 4, the great central valleys the 6th, and | the eastern states the Sth. The cool ve will cross the western mountain country sbout the 7th, the great tral valleys the 9th the eastern states the 11th, During the period covered by this storm wave, Including the cool wave, cen. and More rain will fall in the will not well localities will many others not be have too much, enough rain. The third storm wave of April will | reach the Pacific coast about the 10th, mountain by the close of the 11th. tral valleys from the country the great cen- 2th t and the eastern states the 16th. The warm wave will cross the west- ern mountain country about the 10th, great central valleys 12th, states 14th. Thecool wave will cross the western mountain country about 13th, the great central valleys 15th, and the eastern states 17th. This storm wave will cause a more f rainfall, and, o li 5th, eastern monkeying with it. Don’t change your clothing until the spring has well settled condition. pei —— Rain in the West, Iowa and other western slates were in the past few days copious showers brought relief to the great joy of the farmers, The rain Sunday throughout Wisconsin was general and the farm- ers are grateful for it. The last month | on | ping to fear for this year’s crops, but | this rain is an assurance that the far | { mers will be able to plant their grain! {as early in this State this year as ever | before in its history. abel OF Great Benefit, We can be of great benefit | good people of Centre Hall and vi! | einity if they would come to us for all | their wear in the way of Men's, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing, Head Wear, | Furnishing Goods, and Ladies’ Shirt Waists and Chemisettes, Goods are only sold on their merits | | told you at the time of the purchase. “Mother's Friend" Shirt Waists. MoxTeoMeERY & Co. Merchant Tailors, Bellefonte. AM Brought Fair Prices. Tuesday there were nineteen horses sold at public sale at Bartge's hotel The horses had been shipped from | Towa and were mostly draft hoises, | The highest price paid was $105, and | the least $31. The sale averaged $68 to the horse. This is a fair price counsid- ering how little horses are in demand, and the low prices some were disposed of this spring. The sale was well at- tended by buyers from the surround- ing towns. Searlet Fever Prevalent, We are informed that there are sev- eral cases of scarlet fever in Penn Hall and vicinity, but so far no deaths have occurred, and the disease is under con- trol. A malignant disease of that na ture has made severe ravages in some vicinities in the county, and every pre caution should be used to abate it. Select School. Miss Ella C. Mersinger will open a select school at Oak Hall, on Monday, April 16th. Her ability as an instruct. or is unquestionable, and all branches will be taught. A moderate tuition will be charged. —Big spring opening at Lyon & Co's store, Bellefonte, where you ean iit Anything Needed vary low fig there brings returns. - Caukd Oat The weather will av- rife Important All “Reporter” readers are interested in the following decisions : Judge Barker has decided that the Decisions po bounty will be paid by the commis- of Cambria county for fox The case has been pending for some time and the commissioners had refused to grant orders for last year. The Lancaster court decided that have a right to sell their { wares any place in Pennsylvania with- Any citizen of any state in the Un- | ion has the same rights in Pennsyliva- | nia as our own citizens have. smal sais —— Our better halves say they could not keep house without Chamberlain's | Cough Remedy. It is used in more | than half the homes in Leeds. Sims This shows the where it has been sold for years and is {well known. Mothers have learned that it | cures these ailments quickly and per- | manently, and that it is Pleasant and | safe for children to take. 25 and 50 | cent bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tus sey ville. A HAPPY MOTHER--872.50 IN A WEEK. Mg. EDiTOR:—] feel so happy that I must tell, through your valuable pa- per, what I did, so others can be hap- py and make money too. Things looked blue; these hard times had thrown my husband out of work; the interest on the mortgage was coming due and no money. I saw an adver- tisement of the Rapid Dish Washer and thought I could sell them. [sent $5.00, got one, and my hasband wash- ed the dishes because he did not have to put his hands in the water, and did not have to rub them nor dry them; they came out all nice and clean and ready for the shelf. He also took care of the house and baby. I got theagen- and sold ten the first day, and have ron: this week $72.50, and will by next week have enough to pay the in- terest, and am sure we will have mon- ey all winter, Anyone out of work should send to W. P. Harrison & Co., Columbus, Ohio, and get a circular, have a happy home, and make money too. Times are going to be hard this winter, and much suffering can be saved If mothers and daughters would do as I have. —Subsoribe for the REPORTER. @
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