VOL. LXIX. NAMING THE TICKET, Chicago Convention. No Sign of Straddle About the Platform. The Nominations Made Today.—Gold Threaten to Bolt the Ticket, Gist of the FPiatform, No nomination was made at Chica- go, up to Thursday night, when can- The will begin today, Friday. didates were named. balloting es now look as if Bryan, of Nebraska, would be the nomineee. On Thursday the platform was adopted by over a two-thirds vote; it is for free silver coinage, approves the Wilson tariff, and speaks for Cuba. The Democratic hosts, from every section of the Union, at Chicago last week, to be on hand at began the opening of the Democratic Nation- al Convention, of this week. on Tuesday jority and were loud in their declara- vention to suit themselves, There silver the the 7 ii dential candidates on namely : The i faction, Lean Bland Boles faction, the Sibley faction, Campbell faction, Te with a half dozon other li tial up The only thing they were harmonio on, was 16 to 1. The silver element 1 Itgrel M’- faction, the fi the the sller fi ttle presiden- | booms done in silver mugs. | I= was deficient in | leadership, while the gold forces were | ably generaled under Whitney, Hill, Flower and others. Some 8 or ten 10 silverites turned up the these are the two delegates from district, J. K. P. Hall & in delegation, of ti Pennsylvania 18 and Matt Sav- ge. Altgeld, of Illinois, boss on the silverside lion of the day, and was running the business to suit himself, hot Owing Things were last week mostly material on the silver could not be reasoned with. ers on the sound money side, other hand, d with the utmost propriet conducte thei wl 3 butting against a wall of great strength sl ces had the effect to make s 1wown by the gold delegates weak in the knees with a hankering t The Monday evening. On Tuesday strength between the gold and the sil- » get on the strong side, to above was the situation up came the first of test ver forces, on the election ofa tempor- ary chairman. to the National Committee, appointed the temporary chairman, to which tl According usage Lae silver men had concluded to object un- less the Committee would name a sil ver man. At the meeting of the Com- mittee Senator Hill, gold, voles to 23 votes for Senator Daniel, silver, for temporary chairman. No- tice was given at the meeting that the cr pl received silver men would make a minority re- port to the convention in favor of a silverite for temporary chairman. At 12, on Tuesday, National Chairman Harrity called the conven- tion to order and announced that his Committee had selected Senator D. B Hill for temporary chairman, which announcement was received with great noon, Then arose a silver delegate, with a minority report to substitute the name of Benator Daniel for that of Hill for temporary chairman. A vote was ta ken, resulting for Daniel 558, Hill 340. This, with some speech making on both sides, occupied the afternoon and an adjournment was had to Wednes- day. A few silver men voted for Hill. The convention adjourned last night at half-past nine o'clock to reassemble at ten o'clock this morning. The chief event of yesterday was the admission of enough Michigan free silver delegates to give the free silver men a two-thirds majority in conven- tion. Under the unit rule Michigan is made a free silver state. The dele- gates were admitted by a vote of 558 for to 368 against, Following is the gist of the platform as finally agreed upon: The reaffirma- tion of the platform of sincere allegi- ance to the principles of justice and liberty characteristic to the party since the time of Jefferson, together with the resentment to the tendency of cen- tralization of government. The recog- nition that the money question is par- amount toall others at this time. The declaration that the act of 1873, de- monetizing silver has resulted in the demolishment of trade, the increase of taxation, the paralysis of industry and the ¥mpoverishment of the people, THe unalterable opposition to mono- The demand of the free without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation, The opposition to the issuing of interest bearing bonds of the U bank syndic {on ey shall be issued directly by the treas en from the national banks. vocation of tariff’ for revenue The condemnation of the of the disastrous and twice-condemned McKinley law. The equal and impar- tial levying of taxes. That the most efficient protection of American labor is the prevention of the importation of foreign pauper labor, A demand for the enlargement of the inter-state com - merce commission and a protéction to the people from robbery and and op pression by monopolies and trusts, The denunciation of the profligats waste of money, exacted by oppressive taxation aud the lavish appropriation of recent A return toa simple and economic government, a reduction in the number of useless offices and sala- A denunciation of the arbitrary interference of the federal authorities in local aflairs. The approval of the] bill relative to contempts in federal courts and providing for trials by jury i in certain cases of contempt. The non- | discrimination of the government in | favor of any of its debtors. The hearty endorsement of the rule that no names | shall be arbitrarily dropped from the I'he platform is in favor i f New and the territories with only CON Zresses, ries, { ral wri} pension roi, y i of admitting the territories o | i | ¢ Mexico and Arizona as states i 1 fur 1 pd Ariy admission of all the necessary qualifications of state. The recommendation of to Alaska, and the land and timber The : her {in Congress £1 i sion of the general aws to said territory. exte { ay mpathy to Cuba in * liberty. The oppo upon merit, wording to an unw 1 ] ritten IID should et t « presidential offi t should improve ’ water-wavs of 1" yf . Hi OF § EE A New Project on Hand, Northumberland, i The wheelmen of Lycoming, Clinton and Centre coun- ties have in hand a arried throu above named « by a eycle nding to ck Haven, wgh Tyrooe, maging 1 miles of roa ¥ tl voted to the Central Pennsylis he 1 was fir the Williams wt 1 8] } i fis wWihieei iu present Zen ciubs are assisting ti ih Williamsport club in pushing the The €1- » $ stan Y REE i terprise. ani Obs t cure the right of is g way for certain tra belween Williamsport and Jersey and itl is now believed that this difficulty. ! fine cinder it rolled to a required hardness to d Work will Sore, be ne pat ¥ can remedied without built of us i h will be and be abo wir feet wide will i t it vg if Lae prevent iry ruction from i ; rains and floods, or be start- ed in a few days and it is thought the | path will be completed in a month's | time, Wp An Important Decision » £4 Judge Love, of the Common Court of Centre county, recently hand- ed down a decision which will be of interest in all parts of the state. It] was on the verdict rendered in the! ease of the Poor District of Rush town- ship va. Austin Linn, Poor Overseer, The action was a feigned issue on ap-| peal of defendant from the settlement | of his accounts by the Township Aud- | itors, when they refused to allow him | a credit of $86.50 for the use of a house | owned by him and occupied by pau-| | pers and for sundry supplies furnished | i to pau pers, i i The Plaintiffs maintained that, ac- | cording to the Act of March 31, 1860, | i the Overseer had no right to furnish | jsupplies or a house to prupen with | | the expectation to get pay for them. | { In his decision Judge Love decided | otherwise, and held that the Act re- | ferred to did not cover the office of a | township Overseer of the Poor, as, in | many cases, unless they would be al | lowed to furnish supplies, etc., pau- | pers as well as many deserving people | who occasionally need aid from the District might experience great suffer. ing before the necessary help could be furnished. And as there is a heavy penalty attached to an Overseer who fails to do his duty when applied to promptly, the Judge held that they eould furnish supplies or a place of res. idence and recover pay for the same at current prices, This has been a mooted question in many parts of the state for years, and this is the first decision that has been rendered thereon, and it thus estab lishes a precedent for other districts and Overseers, os A A Chicken and Walle Supper. A chicken and waffle supper $ogeth. er with ice cream and cake, will be served by the Lutheran congregation of Centre Hall on July 18, beginning at 5 o'clock. Supper will be served to adults for 25¢., children 15¢. All are MARRIED IN ILLINOIS, | CAPITOL NEWS | Weds Miss Neil, From the Freeport, Illinois, Daily lowing: | well as artistic weddings ever celebrat- ster, celebrated at the pleasant home Mrs. Col. of the bride's grandmother, nue, The home is of the best known in Freeport and its occupants one have been for years favorites in Free- port society, and many joyous social hospitable roof, but none of them ex- the of last night, when the pride of celled in pleasure event the hold was given in marriage. The west parlor, in which the wed- ding ceremony took place, looked like a corner in fairyland, and all eyes were centered on the cozy aledbve where a large floral bell of sweet peas and smil- the 11 that young couple plighted their vows, The hou mellow 1 AX was suspended from and it was beneath this be thie se was aglow with soft hts and the porch an cious lawn, with its giant oaks, illuminated with electric lights, he m irough the » to the seemed to smile in approvi i | and sai bout 150 invitations were + wedding, and few regrets wer his wedding has been the prin. » of conver On In sce 1 ral weeks, and many new i158 Were made RIN | was th YW ion, and society i 1ede As the hour of 8 o'clock 1e iT. dre WW the guests gravitated toward the parlor. 4 o'clock, Precisely at the wedding I i tation. march f by Prof, Tamm’s fi ron hengrin,”’ as RY Hi orchestra s bh the fl piazza, |i wilted into the ro the bridal party descended the mn and best man, . leading the way bride Mayer ir and tox i and the Louise » west parle » aleove beneath ig the offi isting clergyman, Dunn, rat » hoot 1 yr irs Presbyterian chi ' pastor i i. harles } a lov 1 duel 1s I “a ) sa} OW ®jegey a bouqu white have added nothing Her gown was ric 1 i i 3 x ahve Aa very ¥ i misc y graceflu i Miss M charming gown of pink mouselaine de nifie bride ayer soie and carried a bouquet of aw ent peas * The beaut Presbyterian ¢ if i { i or » urch was used, ul rin A i the and the | When the | minister pronounced the young couple the wedd ing ceremony o ceremony was impressive, man and wife, Mendelsohn's the orchestra played | march while | guests showered congratulations! good wishes upon the happy | young couple, Next in interest to the elaborate bride and | display It without doubt the choleest and of was most | seen in Freeport, The presents repre sented all the best and latest novelties solid silver, Wooster, pictures, paintings, | books and bric-a-brac, It indeed a lovely collection and the guests nev- in rare decorated china, Royal was things. About 1 o'clock the bride changed her wedding gown for a traveling dress of fawn colored cloth jacket and mull vest trimmed with stitching and tiny buttons. The bridal party was driven to the station in time for the 2 o'clock train for Chi- cago, and as the train left the station the bride and groom were pelted with roses and rice, and a hearty cheer was given by the friends who had accom- panied them to the station, From Chicago they will go east, and during their absence they will visit several summer resorts. When they return to Freeport they will take a suite of rooms at the Brewster house and will be at home to their friends after July 15th. The groom is one of Freeport's most popular young business men. He was born in Pennsylvania and resided in the east until eleven years ago, when he came to Freeport. He has success. fully conducted merchant tailoring rlors here for several years, and en- ove a splendid patronage. He is a ge- nial, wholesouled gentleman whom everybody respects. No young man in the city has more loyal friends than John, and his manly bearing and stur- dy honesty has won the admiration of all. He is enterprising and ive, and has won for himself an envia- invited. ble position in Freeport business and social circles, | DEMOCRATS SCARCE IN WASH | INGTON | A Commotion ln Government Circles on A« count of the Arrest by U, N, Secret Ser vice Officers of Francis Whitley. Wasninaron, July 6,-—Prominent Democrats are scarce in Washington {this week. Those who have not gone have place than Washing the to the Chicago convention 0 Lo some (quieter ton to await the news of tion's action on the ticket: ey | the platform will be. Becretary ('n lisle is the only member of the cabin although he must d the about it for Morton in town, and, deeply interests he tion, in convent will not talk Necreta tation p temp as | at the ls owed almost that he gubernats cially fortunate, as is one i t and best He is while in CAngress made a most liked men in the forty vears of phon ander 2 ir indet age, ord it red I'he + $ f eport ol | Hon ommissioner of WwW. annual r U.N. duea- , contains some very f i IgUres concerning eauca- For ie iti~ “In has population, past increased but its in . i attendance has increased more than twice as fast as In the from 1574 to 18%, the per cnt. the population, twenty of years value school from £16.000.000, to £56. 000.000—an addition of $40,000,000, or $2,000,000 a year.” in of the officers manufact- There is quite a commotion ernment circles on account ar rest by U. 8. Secret Service Francis Whitely, a wealthy urer of engraved steel plates, for hav- ing attempted to bribe Gen. W. W, Duffield, Chief of the U, 8, Coast and Geodetic Survey by offering him asum of money to award the contract for supplying the steel engraved plates for the maps and charts issied the Coast and Geodetic Survey. field is naturally very indignant having been offered a bribe, and his in- dignation is shared by other officials who consider the offer to have been a reflection on every offivial’s integrity. Gen. Duffield said on the subject: “This is the first time in my experi- ence that I have teen insulted in this way, and I wonder that a man of Mr. Whitely’'s prominence and wealth should have done such a thing. I never saw him until after I received the letter offering me a bribe to award him this contract, although he has had several contracts from the bureau, Mr. Whitely does business in New York City but resides in Newark, N. J. Railroads are sometimes very tricky. Postmaster General Wilson has discov. ered that a number of them have been beating Uncle Sam out of postage by a plan of sending all letters for railroad officials by baggage masters on mail by i | trains, of the officials of all railroads has consequently been l I forbids regular The attention $i te called to that clause of the which mail cars, except when letters are en- If that doesn’t stop the scheme some arrests will be made, = vised Statutes closed in stamped envelopes, a SURING MILLS BUDGET, Our Correspondent the Situation In the County. teviews Political Wwpublican ticket as slated by the Bell foute clique or combine, and i | went thr the farce of nomination lis remar only for its extremes | weakness, and the contest will be sim for the Dem b- strength in neigh- blicans, Miller, a Iwer- omen vy begeing and seeking office y, the rank and file GOOD SENSE Belect Experienced Teachers for mary Schools, I'he Tribune On more than one occasion during the last the Fri. Altoona BAY®: fifteen years the Tribune has ex pressed the conviction that any system of so- called education which places the pri- mary schools under the supervision of inexperienced young persons is a colos- sul blunder. The impression that still reenrii i} Qar y y { prevails too largely in many American communities that “anybody can teach '. 11 .s achild his letters” is a vicious the fi error. It has done much harm in past and is likely to do more in the future, it 1 I'he portant of the several wrimary school is the most It Lo secure ima is of CoO ~ grades, the utmost importance t tent and experienced instructors for children who fs Mi “§ re i t ies are jus entering Ar better have ¢ incompetent of the | the {ord . 1 High school inn to have ti te AL bi il h tic minds of the children mar- red and mutilated at the of threshold of I'he been nas their educational 2areer, ints for BRD api ments in Altoona have ie i the coming i : g ¢ ie Coming in 8 g od a ¢ : 1 board to let merit and $ $s 4 f { » riot the right of tal &% te all Llaient avaliable the t is i a imporiail FOTTERS MILLS, News Gathered from Oar Neighboring Town Smith two davs streams was t4 clinics on what nich is simply an ntinuation of « i. intendent : : i ar village, but | i a 13 La | { i i i 1 » 1 Giram lev sFainiey “levee | 9th Micants | s eXamination Monday , las | ’ i and | ind ently three of | the seven 3 a later ex- | amination i I'he junior base ball elub of our vil- | interesting contest lage had quite an with the Brush valley lads at Rebers- | burg on Saturday last. The score stood 510 9 in favor of Spring Mills: the hon- | i Ors are HOW even. Shook & Bro. have erected a fine large residence here almost completed, | When fin- ished it will be a decided improvement | and is now being painted, { to the neighborhood. A i w— Last summer one of our grand chil- | sick with =a bowel | Our doctor's remedies had | { failed, then we tried Chamberlain's | { Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, | | which gave very speedy relief, We regard it as the best medicine ever put | | on the market for bowel complains. — | Gregory, Frederickstown, | {dren was severe | trouble. Liis certainly is the best medi- | | cine ever put on the market for dysen- | [tery, summer complaint, colic and | cholera infantum in children. It nev- | er fails to give prompt relief when used | in rearonable time and the plain print- | ed directions are followed. Many mothers have expressed their sincere! gratitude for the cures it has effected. For sale by Wm. Pealer. Spring Mills, 8S. M. Swartz, Tusseyville, and R. E. Bartholomew, Centre Hall. sc——— A — Sudden Death at Bellefonte, Dr. Charles D. Hertz, of Tyrone, died last night at the Brockerhoff House, Bellefonte, of heart trouble. He was attending the sessions of the State Dental Association, which is meeting in Bellefonte this week. He was aged about 28 years, ~{jet the Rerorter for the cam- paign. —efBubscribe for the REPORTER. ments rn her E08 On het day evening was a decided A large Messrs, SU COeSR, present, i hn and William Smith, number were J f of with oO ¥ ALANA, 14 by irth this place. of } riends here on P. He Esq. fonte, paid a vis week. i: Pal . Hk aimer, § ! fouserville, visit- the h. and family, of to their friends § ai v4 iourt WER ie il t here last ls Mtl LINDEN HALL, The Busy Town Up the Valley. ~The Build. ing of a New Church Agitated Arthur Kimport, of Bellefonte, ws The Childrens’ service at this place Quite a number of our people spent the 4th of Buly at Hecla Park. Miss Fredda Hess returned home from Lewisburg, accompanied by her friend Miss Bartle. Miss Lizzie Gettig returned home ter a short stay with friends and rel- atives in Altoona. Mr. Bell and Mr. Cloud, of Reeds- ville, spent Saturday and Sunday with { ai Miss Ida Kimport returned to home in after a short with her uncle James Kimport. Mr. and Mrs. James Swabb spent a few days with friends in Reedsville last week, and report having an enjoy- able time. Mrs. Lydia Zeigler and Mrs, Eliza- beth Gettig and son John, left for Wolfs Store on Wednesday morning, her Hinois, stay with relatives. Mrs. Mary Davids accompanied by Chicago, are spending the summer months with her sister, Mrs. Mattie Tressler, of this place. The good people of our town are church, We think it actually necessa- ry for such a work to be agitated. It is hoped that sothe of our pecple may be converted to the gospel instead of gossip. : A Beauty, The Clematis, with its almost solid front of purple flowers, standing out from the Reporter office, is the admi- ration of all. Its profusion of flowers for the past three weeks is wonderful. The flower yards of Centre Hall are now beginning to show out in all their loveliness, a credit to the taste and refinement of our ladies,
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