VOL. LXVIIL CAPITOL GOSSIP ENGLAND HAS MODIFIED HER BLUFF, A Creditable Diplomatie Victory Won from Great Britain.—The Arrival of the Span- ish Minister Anxiously Awaited It looks now as though the admin- istration had won a very creditable diplomatic victory from Great Britain in that little affair of Nicaragua, and that Great Britain had greatly modi- fled that bluff about bombarding Nic- aragua’s seaports. Nothing official has been given out about the diplomat- ie correspondence in this matter with- in the but there are good reasons for stating that Ambassador Bayard has been most positively sured by the British government that nothing will be done in its dealings with Nicaragua that can construed into a violation of the Mon- roe doctrine. This assurance urally very, gratifying to Cleveland and the other members the administration. It was saying in a roundabout way that Great Britain never really meant to carry out that bombarding threat, and it was also in a way a recognition of the Monroe doce- trine. That this assurance from Great Britain was the result of ous position taken by the administra- tion as to the maintenance of the Mon- roe doctrine is certain. And nothing was lost by the knowledge on the part of Great Britain, that the United States had a sufficient naval force the South Atlantic to back up the] sition assumed. The arrival of the ister is anxiously awaited in Washing- ton, as it is believed that he wil several important communications to make to this government. The Alli- anca incident is still open, and the lief is growing that Spain is trying to play double game therewith, notwithstanding its prom- last few days, as-~ be properly was nat- President of the courage- in po- new Spanish min- 1 1 hi wi ive be- 9 in connection ise to make it satisfactory as soon as it was in possession of the in- formation. ister is to spend a week or ten necessary As the new Spanish min- days in Cuba before coming to Washington he will be expected to acquire the needed information and if his govern- ment then still delays a ¥} ail making a satis- whatever that Illinois will cast electoral vote for the Democracy, her viding, of course, that onr candidate is made of the right sort of stuff. Busi- ness is booming at a great pace. Exery- where I have been in the last few weeks I found trade improving. I look for a general revival of business this summer, and that is all the Dem- ocratic party needs. With good times next year Democratic success is assur- ed.” Wc fy - Old Nick After Parker, The 7 Mountain region is full of ex citement the appearance of the devil in that territory and capturing | over section of Potter township, PORTER has been informed. Mr. Parker recently flitted into an- other house, just like many of us mor- | tals do without the devil knowing | where to find But somehow Old Nick got wind where Parker flitted to, | aud as the Re- us. for some mysterious reason his Sa- tanic Majesty got his dander up and | concluded he'd leave the lower regions for a little spell and go for the inoffen- sive Parker, and perhaps settle an old grudge, or perhaps because he was tired waiting for Parker to come down | where he ception, [he first night Parker slept in his new domicil, cozy in bed, in steps the] devil, big eyes of fire, caudel ap- pendage and hoofs, and without using | any diplomacy, he lifted Parker out of | bed, carried the frightened and strug- | gling man down and in the Kitchen gave him a good trouncing. | Parker was too much skeered to do | any big fighting but he kept such | a lively biting and spitting | that Old couldn't to | force him thro the door and carry him | could give him a warm re- horns, | stairs, up kicking, Clootie manage down to his place, and now Parker re- | mains on terra firma yet and made up | his mind if the devil wants to cook any | one in his kettte of bilin’ brimstone he } will have to go for some other feller. | | a -» -. Cannot! Tax Peddlers ! KE directly ed Bethlehem, very town in Pennsylvania is in-| affected by last week by a decision render- Judge Scott, of South | Pa.. The brought by that igh against New York the recovery of a penalty for the violation of a borough | ordinance. This ordinance Case Was | boro a f for firm factory settlement he may find him- self very disagreeably surprised soon | after his arrival. And his surprise is | t not likely to be displeasing to the Cu- ban revolutionists. Postmaster General Wilson dropped #8 nat into his new duties rally as | though he had been dealing with tal affairs all his life, same urbane with his numerous callers that ways was during his extended gressional career. He proved himself well protected against | that insidious disease known to ordi- nary folk as the “i therefore | no one is surprised to find him just as | accessible now as when he was a mem- | ber of Congress. The projectors of the new silver par- | ty profess to have encouraging reports from a number of states, but their pro-| fessions are largely discounted by their claims as to the states of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The only claim these people make that is backed by common sense and hard facts, that a large majority of voters of the coun- try are bimetallists. That claim is un- necessary because it known by everybody, but that doesn’t mean that all the bimetallists are ready to drop their party affiliations and unite in an assistant Republizan party, which is about all the new silver party is. The decision of the SBapreme Court in the income tax cases is disappoint- ing to everybody, and probably to no- body more than to members of the court. The constitutionality of the law stands, not by an affirmative deci- sion, but because the eight justices sit- ting were evenly divided. Incomes from rents, municipal and state bonds are exempted from the tax. Bat what most disappointed the members of the court was the stealing of a copy of the decision in advance of its being offici- ally made. It was sold to the corres- pondent of a Chicago paper and tele graphed to that city. The decision will make lots of worry and litigation for the government, but Secretary Carlisle is very positive that it will not make necessary the callidg of an extra session of Congress, although the ex- ceptions will probably reduce the re- ceipts from the income tax at least one-half. But even if not a nickle was received froth that source by the Treasury, Secretary Carlisle says there will be money enough and to spare to carry the government until the regu. lar session of Congress without any embarrassment. A Chicago Democrat of the sort that pos- | and he is the! dealing | he al- Con- gentleman in long has g ago | vig head)” is is Wood, at present in Washington. He says: ‘‘The Democratic party suffered a bad defeat the other day, but we will pull ourselves together in time for the big battle next year, I have no doubt requires | permanent re- ail business, before Nias the sale of any goods Ww fee a fine persons not engaged |i of $50 a month. A penalty $100 is provided if the contended not less than he violation « ordinance, The defendants the ordi- Judge void, state Commerce law, Scott de- because the the lared the ordinance samount | be imposed. The ordi- to unlaw- | ful because it is in contravention of the rig to was also declared ¢ fine nance be hts of interstate commerce. Wy Our better halves say they could not | without It is in Chamberlain's | in Leeds, house Cough Remedy used homes Nims | This shows the | held | Bros., Leeds, Towa. is well known, Mothers have learned | croup and whooping cough, that it] cures these ailments quickly and per-| manently, aud 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 Silonge Books Not Withdrawn. It is announced that the Pennsylva- nia railroad company has decided to continue the issue of annual clerical orders and all clergymen who hold or- ders of this company’s issue which are | valid for use until March 31, will be furnished with orders good for the re mainder of the year at an early date, and it will not be necessary for them to make further application. Neither have mileage books been withdrawn as was stated in a previous issue. chm A MP Union County Deaths. Hartleton, 28 March, Elizabeth, wife of Philip Witmer, aged 61 years and 7 months, West Buffalo, March 30, Henry Got- shall; aged 41 years. Near Mazeppa, 19 March, Sara Bow- ersox, aged 74 yerrs, Vicksburg, on 27 March, Elizabeth, wife of Amos Groff, aged 63 years, MA Not Dead, The news circulated last week that the ill and venerable John Carper was dead, and also that the aged Queen Victoria had died suddenly, was pre- mature, as both were living at the time, and may they be spared yet. Co MA Ss ~The merchant tailoring establish. ment connected with Lewins clothing house at Bellefonte, has the reputa- tion for turning out the best and most HOW TO PREVENT FLOODS. A Muncy Man Hasa Plan to Protect Residents of the West Branch Valley, John F. Manville, of Muncy, has a | problem so far as Williamsport and ed, He proposes to cut through Bald Eagle mountain just | above Williamsport and to buy enough | land through which to dig a channel | down the White Deer valley, to a point | on the south side of Penny hill, of suf- | { ficient depth and width to | the overflow when the river i carry is would the fall Asthe distance | be very much shortened, and volume of water could thus be made to flow away. He is entirely confident of the practicability of the plan, and ful operation if the interested | funds. As Father Manville towns { to the matter of cost, to the magnitude of undertaking, he thinks it would be only a small job compared to { the ship canal that the And as such an French are yanect the the Atlantie The would not be ocean, distance coming county will show. { Branch river makes wide { around the base of the end of the Eagle mountain in Muncy valley. a Jald Ws fy No More Kissing the Hible, The legislature has passed one sensi- ble act and Gov. Hastings it, the Fow bill abolishing the of the oaths has signed kissing 3ible in the administering of and substituting therefor the laying of the hand on the open Book. The approval of this bill abolishes a law almost as old as this nation. McPherson abolished the the custom in of Lebanon county nearly away with in the courts of Dauphin Mr. Fow's bill »y the state board of healt | the great danger of tious diseases by the }ible by was endorsed Ix because of spreading infec ate indiserimin wit NOSE 8 Ap Mast Stick The supreme court of Indiana ren- case in “You hit harge the duties His these words: voluntarily chose a wband, and you of a drunk- | wife, fallure to keep a dee knowingly mar- | make yourself | marriage does not justify in serting him. Having ried a drunkard you you Let this be a warning to Centre coun- ty girls, and not allow drunkards to | gn The Income Tax Decision, The U. 8. Bupreme court has decided | tax. Part of it is declared un- | constitutional and the balance stands It | as constitutional. | The court declares it unconstitution- | | and lands or government bonds, tional, state, county or towns, The tax upon incomes from all oth- er sources stands as constitutional. This may cut oft about $15,000,000, or half the revenue expected to be col- lected under the income tax law. na- lp Gen, Miles for President, Nelson A. Miles is a Democrat, in Ilinoig and New York, believe that he would make a strong candidate for the presidency if nominated in 1806, This is the first mention of Gen. Mile's name in this connection. Gen. Miles is a Centre county man, and we are proud of him too. (len. A New Rule, Under a rule issued for the informa- tion of the baggagemasters of the Penn- sylvania railroad under the date of April 1, children’s carriages will only be carried free when no other checked baggage accompanied thom. They then will be charged extra. The same rule applies to bicycles. mia vid sais - Struck Bear and Ile, The Potter Democrat says that Ly- mon Clinton, of Bavoy, recently killed A bear within fifty rods of his home which dressed 425 pounds. Some fif- teen quarts of oil was rendered from the fat taken from the animal, It took six shots from a Winchester rifle to make bruin give up the ghost. A MM 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 there brings returns, APRIL 1), NEW LICEN | A PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE LIQ- i UOR LAWS, i | To Take the Place of the Brooks High-Li- conse Act Probable Strike Among the Soft Conl Miners. It is announced from Harrisburg | | that it is probable that a bill will be presented to the State Senate week | after next to take the place of the Brooks High-License Law. The com- mittee appointed to ate the | | workings of the present law has made investig | the following recommendations for the | new bill: { First, £500 he the license fee stead of $1,000; second, to hotel i saloons to close from 12 i night, until 6 a, m. of where | no bottlers’ ; third, the prohibi- tion entertainments fourth, leaving that traffic | to brewers and fifth, to | prohibit lers i | brewers from assisting retailers in fit- the able, i sixth, t and will not and liquors are sold; music to issue license, wholesalers; distillers wholesa ting up their places they and forfei by making money advance uncollect ting their license; 0 all lers to swear that they cot pel wholesalers, brewers distil furnish any unlicensed person, firm or retail license club with liquors to sell at der penalty ui of having their re- | voked. Bo A Strike Probable that before! bituminous Altoona the that city for ast It is asserted at the month is over all tween and strike y failed to get by | coal miners Pittsburg wil the the fall’ The ralse has been granted Iu | advance 8 strike. | elsewhere COTS gril becoming aroused. At Dubois the organ-| decided to strike. ‘ambris- Blair repr rganizat the of miners are and greatly squently the indignant “ recent meeting in it is said, "he men in the section #0 had no but he o effected, not organized, ese - + alives present, t can be Da. iat quickly and if the ting is bie BAYH lois Courler, threat ight to aclimax mbt that it will be join- in that entire dis - ad —- No Licenses for Charches. An odd poin i Lhe came bw W. Yon, of 3 Week li- theatrical ( ire ty irecounty, fore Bla The managers ged of Cuu aint y Treasurer W, t Monday ¢ of t ' {AS a h i Mise ur he he Altoona opera treasurer to collect a license f # vi tha TS rom the > oyi £50 r arian Ci of State (slew in the that, had received Altoona or the College give ie treasurer that was to Ti i under the instruct ub a concert decided ions he from the attorney general, a musical | x hibition, the license fee law of 1893 do not apply. A Telephone Rivalry What the Bel has been fearing since its Telephone Company patents ex- | than | hat a « ompeling concern in pro- cess of construction, the mission of which will be to fight the Bell people | in the entire territory where they op- | According to reports a phone company has been formed New York by a number of men. The capital stock of the compa- ny is given as §160,000,000., This is nothing more nor less is tele | in | wealthy | | i A Flood of Sheriff Candidates, Westmoreland county takes the cake | for Republican candidates for sheriff’, of whom there are just thirty willing | Twenty-nine will be left and, oh snakes, what a howl there will be! Centre county has never yet crept up | to such a figure, but in these days of | greed for office there is no telling what may happen. ones, ssn i a, Julges to be Pensioned, The Riter bill retiring on full pay | Judges who have reached the age of | seventy and have held office continu- ously for twenty years or altogether for thirty years, passed second reading easily. Thejonly beneficiaries of the | act are Judges Hare, Allison and Fin- letter, of P Ebinddiphia. ssa A Commendable Measures, The bill to prohibit the killing of deer in the State under a penalty of $200, for five years after October 1 next, passed finally in the House, A similar bill as to the shooting of quail and other game birds and the taking of fish from the public strems likely to follow, Ss Death of Old Persons. Jonathan Reedy, of Millmont, a pio neer of Buffalo Valley, died on Sun- day, aged 97 years, Mrs. Rebecca Caldwell, mother of Major John M. Caldwell, 12 Reg. N. P., is also dead, aged 80 years, ~Every well-dressed young man stylish clothing worn in ths county. ~=~Bubscribe for the REPORTER. i { FOSTER'S PREDICTIONS | A Btorm Wave Along the Pacifie About the 16th, | Coast My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm waves to the continent froni April 5to 8, and 11 to 15. The next will reach the Pacific coast about the 156th, cross the western mountain 16th, the 17th to 19th the 10th. Cross | country by the close of the | great central valleys the { and the eastern states about NO. 15 MURDERED IN HIS HOVEL. Henry Bounska Had Made a Hard Vight for His Life, Henry Bonaka, a German aged 65 years, a bachelor, and without known friends in this was found murdered at noon Bunday in the cab. in or hovel which he called ut 1702 Beventeeth avenue, The old nian who was not strong mind, country, home, Altoona, of a very cross the w the 15th, the 17th and Cool wave The warm wave will | rm mountain country about i the great central valleys eastern states the 19th. 1) cross the western mountain coun- | { try about the 15th, the central |v alleys the states the 22d. Readers will please great 20th and the eastern note that of the wenther fore- | m. dates events | twenty- that entioned, and the ur hours before or hour; forecasts fall. The change is made from sunset, in order to in time weather after the agree witian the m. each day by bureau at Wash- These daily maps give us the best record of the actual state of the weather parts of the United southern Canada that Washington time. thie ington, : national weather in all at hour, Wy A Remarkable Capture On a recent Bunday afternoon while Messrs, David th of Gallitzin, mount Koeg and Andrew were I] a huge Crossing alin, near ovdsville Lthiey were The surpr Knowing their lees: were at attacked by female bear. two men, although taken ise. made ave fight, well stake, the npy rugg ¢ and finally succeeded in g aining mas tery, st le as flesh ext It was a desperate lacerated of and The bes and, up clothe well A Was ra-~ csriline rs alo Grainng LL, i examination, i" was found that the ears of the bear were marked in a peculiar manner, the right one being branded with a V the left having three and | punctured ular holes They paid no partic atten ti tio Lis, n to and, arter binding up each other's wounds as well as they could, $ ! were about to resume their interrupted heard Hed ig to ex- journey, when they a mu growling issuing from a neighboris Wak wet Ones determined with 1 aey al investigate and proceeded ion toward the spot from which the subdued sounds emanated A i the er, they saw ew sleeps more i 3 and lying on } all huddled togeth ut = y were as playful as Kittens, aud at the ris} few slight i taken | Saturday gO, L 2 Of secur it ked ing a scralches were up ane home tele from a Main's the capture, a from of gram came Creneva, Walter representative He had and the marks und on the ears of the wer bear show, ¥ ic mot! ail, near Tyrone, in May, 1883, It will be remembered that at the time of this wreck among the ani caped was this large bear. Herald, mals that es- Ebensburg al Wy Of Great Benefit, We can be of great benefit to the! good people of Centre Hall and vi- cinity if they would come to us for all Boys’ irnishing Goods, and Ladies’ Walsts and Chemisettes, (Goods are only sold on what is linen or what told you at the time of the purchase. “Mother's Friend" Shirt Waists. MoxtTaoMmeERry & Co, | Merchant Tailors, Bellefonte. Shirt their merits is cotton i It will be an agreeable surprise to be had by taking Chamberlain's Colic, | Remedy. In| many instances the attack may be pre- | vented by taking this remedy as soon | as the first symptoms of the disease! appear. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. | M. Swartz, Tusseyville. cmc timation Local Laconies. Tuesday evening brot a brisk show- er and all vegetation shows the good effects in living green. Rev. Ira CC. Mitchell’s next lecture will be in the Lutheran church of this place, Sunday evening, April £1. There are still a number of cases of sickness in this section, from colds, Ia grip and pneumonia, tho not as nu- merous as a few weeks ago. From the upper and lower ends of our valley callers at the ‘Reporter’ of- fice report the general health good. Bit sbi —eOur spring stock of clothing is now in and a more complete assort- ment cannot be found in any store Clothing never was so cheap and you get surprisingly big returns for your money.—Lewins, Belisicate. gets his olothing and gents’ furnishing at Lewins, Bellefonte. was a former employe of the Pennsylvania railroad company, mon- He lived alone and did but neighbors made their way to his home his frequently own cooking, with pro- It was such an errand as this nei 10 1 a8 when oh that led a ght wir discover the the door of the cabin was locked, a look the ealed the old ing upon the bed partly a blanket and apparently Investigation showed that struggle had occurred before man gave up. One was found ir d and ints window reve man 1 covered wi i iu portion stove : another part of room, and the old man’s glasses remote corner, the room was in the The not t greatest disords r. that murde enti 4 : WK showed ! § id body r wa he original int gagged with i tight addition to thi the neck with t Ont which In 4 around handkerchief, neck, g ashirt was tie n was Lie ly around the rriet £1 i not under he head made with All the pock- the i ie side ¢ was a long gash, evidently some blunt instrument els were turned inside Houser leg was cut bed upon w hich the body if th and t had been raked an d jabbed throug ed with long straw, ths that numoer The fiina larg 44 f places with a large old man was last day and the the murder iron poker. 3 v Been alive on noon, supposition Was cCcommitied 4 Thursday or Friday night a a Take Away the Rubbish, There should be a united effort on ah Zi the part of the people and the borou i . he sanitary authorities this spring for t should wrovement of the town and it the img be started breaks spring ee Few f one ol BOON as people realize is the seasons bearing upon the public All the refuse matter rds, closing that ace in the va streets and all the and remain co weeks of vored by maxes 18 reappear and £y AS Old s direl i Lhe 1 oft 11 efi« sun thre character, it there a most dangerous Some people get the notion that one of the of must be sickness in the is laws nature that spring. These i people are gravely in error. Sickness in that Beason as a part { nature, but important laws, nliness or sanitary precaution. The borough authorities should set the ex- does not come of the program o a re- sult of as ¢ one of her most : nity, and when the example is set the people fall into line willingly and ienall tii Those who never read the advertise ments in their newspapers miss more than they presume. Jonathan Keni- son, of Bolan, Worth Co., Iowa, who had been troubled with rheumatism in his back, arms and shoulders read an of Ft. Madison He procured the same his own words: He also says: “A neighbor and his wife were both Their my house and said they wereso bad he had to the I told him of Chamberlain's me, do Pain Balm and how it had cured 50 cent bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. bss AAAI NOW-THE TIME TO MAKE MONEY. Last month I cleared, after paying the month be. fore, $149.93, and have at the same time attended to my regular business, I believe anyone, anywhere, can do as well, as I have not a particularly good location and no experience. When you have an article that every family wants, it is very easy selling it. It seems strange that a good, cheap Dish Washer was never before placed on the market. With the Climax, which sells at §5, you can wash and dry the dishes for a family in two minutes, without putting the hands in water; as soon as people see the Washer work, they want one, and that is why so much money can be made so quickly. For full particulars, address the Cli max Manufacturing Co, Columbus, Ohio. I feel convinced that any lady or gentleman, in any location, can make from § to $10 a day, as every family will very soon have a Dish Washer. Try it, and publish your ex- ~Habseribefor the Rxrorren, $1.50 perience for the benefit of others.
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