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
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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.