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
Ҥ 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 |
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i
i
i
1
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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,