The
YOL. LXIX.
CA PITOL N EWS | BRYAN IN NeW YORK.
| The Great Madison Square Auvaounce-
ment Meeotiog ~Acres of Mon Turn Out
to Greet tae People's Champion,
cratic Nomination for President will
be Delivered this Week.
Creighton, member of the noti-
The Bryan train made short stops
some
Bryan speaking at each.
Madison Square Garden, notwith-
scene before
nis-
acceplance
HASTINGS FOR THE SENATE.
The
ings will take the place of J,
Cameron in the United
atriot says: Governor Hast-
ent combination. This is now as cer-
tain as anything ean be in Pennsylva-
nia politics,
there is every reason to belleve
If general Hastings is elected he will
be the only governor in this common-
to the
The late Governor Curtin tried
flee a stepping stone
was beaten by General Simon Camer-
on,
While Governor Hastings has given
no formal notice of his aspirations to
ly forming a complete organization
through the state. They have aiready
eral legislative nominy ss. The gove
his
x. ¢
iin,
nor will not formally
This will
however, from making a quiet
the
gaunounce
candidacy, not deter
and ac
tive canvass fi and
13 nomination
election of legislators friendly to his
interests,
With
Quay it looks as if nothing but a Dem -
P
the polent aid of Senator
an independent
ination ean defeat Goveraor Hast-
ings,
i
{ the principles enunciated by the Chi-
cago Democratic platform, and
frequently interrupted by the wildest |
' was!
Democratic
The ovation was the greatest and
last
lepublican aud Popu-
{campaign and his declarations
| American people,
| Wp -
J. M. Foz, of Clarion for Congress With.
. as the dd. aws.
of Clarion, was in-|
hat county the Demo- |
(tov. has
withdrawn a
to Counts
i
VIRGINIA ENTHUSIASTIC FOR BRY- |
AN AND SEWALL. Yesterday was one of the greatest
ree [in the history of New York city, being
Mr. Bryan's Speech Accepting the Demo- the oceasion for officially announcing
{to Mr. Bryan his nomination for Pres-
| ident. He arrived in the city at 8.50
{ Tuesday evening, and rested at the
y residence of a friend, The throng at
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Mr. Bry- | = Yariv} g
an's speech accepting the Democratic | © Station w a Bp nme ae. "
Bn ‘ » I" » a
nomination for President, will be de-| A%80on Bs he traln had come to a
ha EL i | full stop Mr. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan, Mr.
livered this week at the monster noti- | I M Richard B. Bead. M i
i } He . i . (
fication meeting to be held in Madison |®!% MM. We any = Ble, Bn
Square Gardens, New York City, is Mrs. James Kerr, of Clearfield, John
aug 1! 318, Ne ’ sj
: ; | A C
Just at present the most discussed po-| . . :
litical topic. That speech will be the fication committee from Nebraska ; J.
‘al te 3, at speec 3 Eve oe § . .
: 4 ; { T. Snyder, of Clearfield, H. V. Dively,
foundation stone for the entire Demo- | ’ 3 :
cratic campaign, besides being an im {and a number of other prominent men
> C C8 8 y Desides being ¢ - . .
da 3 : | acco { «1 Mr. Bryan o iis trip
portant factor in influencing the minds ir paged Ir oy " 8 I I
rn. 1. | fros 3 r to New rk.
of many Democrats who have not ful- | Tom Fitisburg to Ne »
ly decided whether they will support |
the ticket or bolt. Mr. Bryan's repu [at all towns along the route thro the
CKe Olt. Mr. f pu- | .
: " : | state, and everywhere there were im-
tation as an orator is already made, | ’ 1st t him. At
. HISEe Or 4 Lr Pes . y.
but the way in which he interprets | MeN owe 1 o gree. B
the Chicago platform in his speech of | POI, IS Inade Sion pa 108, :
. : : I 4 2 ¢ / a8 80 grea
acceptance will fix in the minds of | t Yitsburg the crowd was so gre
: { that two monster meetings were held,
thousands, opponents as well as sup- |
i
porters, the round of the ladder of |
statesmanship upon which he is enti- | . cL J
tled to stand. No fears are entertain- | *#0ding ils immensity, was decorated |
ed to stand. I ars are entertain- | .
ed by those Democrats who know Mr | beyond any thing heretofore and the
- “) - . { - i . -
a mT . the assembled thousands
Bryan about that speech. They are brio 8 hasemy a
) : | Was a oritliant one,
confident that he will make no . .
take Mr. Bryan's speech of
on : ‘ ... | lasted an hour and forty minutes and
I'he silver Democrats are in some in- | / we
stances not claiming as much as some | W88 & clear and emphatic definition of |
of their opponents are willing to con-
cede them. A prominent
ex-Congressman, who is opposing Bry- | 4 : St
an, says he is certain that more Demo- | applause from the immense audience.
crats will vote for Bryan this year than | Ladies waved their 'kerchiefs and pa
voted for Cleveland in 1892 vet he rasols, men threw up their hats, pulled
roted 10 Levels Jey Ye 2} - . 4
claims to believe that Bryan will be off their coats and swung them in the
8 WW DeLee 2 : > § 8 |
. Lin 1 BIN
defeated. Every student of election : { in N York
figures knows that it was the falling i Baha esl ever w memec in , OW ork.
off in the Republican votes, and not The Etthering nf the ultjrades
the increase in the Democratic votes, | vis Vae Leip betw sen Sanus anc New
that elected Cleveland the time | York, seemed to indicate that the mas-
atl elecle Feil Pp ? | * ;
it | ses were for Bryan and free silver.
but all the same, if Bryan gets as many | In ki | Mr. B bed
Democratic votes as Cleveland got, in h 18 speech Yh Hysh hou BE
addition to tl | upon every question at issue in this
i 0 oO ie 3 .
. : . i i» will
list votes he will get, his election will] : ’
I rnin make him still more popular with the
a Ce .
Senator Jones thus disposes of the
early campaign liar's effort to show |
that hard feeling existed between him-
self and Gov. Altgeld result of
an exchange of communications: “i J. M. Fox, who
have not had a word of telegraphic or dorsed by t for
mail correspondence with Alt. cratic nomination for Congress,
geld, since the Chicago Convention. In letter
I had never met the until we Chairman Reinsel he gives as a Penson)
came together on the silver commit-| that circumstances have changed since |
tee at Chicago, and I am frank to say his indorsement, but it is rumored that
{10Vv.
that my relations with him were not |8s he is opposed to free coinage of sil-
only extremely pleasant, but they gave | Ver, he could not support the Chicago |
platforin. This, it is reported, insures
K. P. Hall, of
me the opportunity of discovering that
hu- | the nomination of J,
Elk county.
This woul
he was a man of fine judgment,
much
When we parted after the convention,
I had every reason to think that the |Pointmeut to Centre county Demo- |
favorable impression that he made up- | crats who endorsed Col. Spangler for |
The story is Congress under assurances that the no-
mane feelings, and worth.
1 be quite a serious disap-
on me was reciprocated.
simply a campaign fabrication.” | mination would be conceded to this
Virginia is said to be more enthusi- | county which has a commanding Dem-
astiec for Bryan and Sewall than it has | ocratic vote,
been for a National ticket for a long |
time. Mr. Flood, of Appomattox, |
who will be elected to the next House
in place of Representative Turner, says | Manord and Morton Hill of Hollidays- |
of the situation and prospects in the | burg, aged 0 and 11 years respectively, |
state: “We will carry the Old Domin- | are in jail at Bellefonte. A few days]
ion for Bryan by 40,000 majority. | ago they came to the house of John |
There never was a candidate or plat- | Henderson, in Taylor township, this |
I
Youthful Violaters of the Law.
Two boys giving their names as |
form more to the liking of the people. county, where they were allowed to]
In my district the enthusiasm among stay all night. The next morning]
Democrats grows daily in intensity, | they started in the direction of Phil-|
and I think that the voters will break | ipsburg, they alleged,
all records in November. It is pretty | were going to visit friends.
certain that Virginia will send a solid leaving the house it was
Democratic delegation to the next! that a purse containing about $100 was
Congress, and every man of them will | opened and about $8.00 missing. A
be for free silver.” Senator Martin | warrant was issued, and the boys were
takes the same view of the Virginia arrested near Philipsburg. The young-
outlook and said of the country ater of the two acknowledged that he
large: “I think it is reasonable to con- | had taken $7.00, which he cheerfuiiy
clude that the great popular wave in | yielded. They were taken to Belle
favor of the Democratic nominees will | fonte by the constable and the author-
not subside. There are no causes in | ities are investigating the history of
sight to create a reaction.” the boys as related by them.
Senator Martin is one of the Demo- ms fe Af tfessssemssmntnn
crats who hopes that the call of the What the Soldiers Ate.
voting gold Democrats for a National | ppe following figures furnished by
Convention to meet at Indianapolis, | opionel Curtin, the Division Commis-
Sept. 2, will result in the nomination sary, show the total amount of rations
of a gold Democratic ticket, not be- |. ued to Camp Gibbon at Lewistown
cause he wishes to support it but be- during the recent encampment: Fif-
cause he believes that it would be of ty-four thousand and three hundred
great benefit to Bryan by catching [4.4 seventy-five pounds of fresh beef,
votes that would otherwise be cast for 19,575 pounds of ham, 52,000 pounds of
McKinley, while it would not take a soft bread, 13,050 pounds of hard bread
single vote away from Bryan. 7,830 pounds of beans, 10,440 pounds of
The average Democrat echoes the sugar, 2,910 pounds of rice, 7,000 pounds
words of Senator Faulkner, who, of coffee, 864 pounds of candles, 2,460
when he was told that a minor official pounds of soap, 5,282 pounds of salt,
in one of the government departments 147 pounds of pepper, 62,000 pounds of
had bolted Bryan and Sewall, quietly potatoes, 3,015 pounds of onions, 2,784
said: “That is his right; but did he two pound cans of corn, and three bar-
resign the office which he owes to the |. 0 vinegar. This, of course, does
Democratic party before bolting the |, j1olude the extras purchased for
regular Democratic ticket?’ It does the various headquarters and compa-
seem a little queer that some men ny messes.
should be willing to go on drawing a
Demoerstic salary after having bolted ~The Pnilad. Branch, in their new
the nominees of the Democratic party. room, Belleioate, now carry a larger
Cider Making. stock than aay twosio.es in the town,
On Tuesday next, 18th, the Shook’s | The stock is all new and up-to-date,
cider press at Luse’s planing mill, this | and the prices are away down. And
place, will be put in operation for the | thea every deal is made satisfactory or
where, they |
Soon after |
discovered |
His strongest o ym petitor is Sen-
lies
Pe
ator Penrose, whose strength
his vse of Senator Quay’s name.
rose jnsisls that be has the sug
wernors ini
haod the g
the
Colonel Quay is commit
FOr
pr
Senator Andrew LL
ecutive and will come
openly after the Republican imaries
in Philadelphia. {
Crawford, is dire Penrose's
Cili-
vass with the assi of ex-Ma
trate Duibham.
It is believed that Penrose
stance {e
iH di
Wil
de-
1 x
AYE
out of the contest if Benator Q
This i
would
clares for Hastings.
the field to “Jack”
Robluson and John
Wo fp
Tie New York World has
pathy to waste on McKinley,
$
“The Republican politicians seem
be singularly blind to the «
of Mark Han:
Y
Hliation
their canvass
inence and the a
patumlly seeks here in Ney
This mushroom millionaire bo
ganizing the McKinley car
goss to Plerpont Morgan fo
hecking the sil
which that eminen Boter
ny other muon Cres
‘
mh
tilled Mat Lia
3 and
He has in
layton as lieutenants, and ap-
+ ¥
Powell (
pointed an executive
commilies o
rich and experienced fa -frieis. All
this renders unnecessarily absucd the
i
«j
{
Hl the honestly, i
sentiment of the |
nat
EDITORIAL NOTES,
The cool wave predicted has set in.
Everybody glad.
Bryan's address of acceptance will |
Bryan dout drink liquor, dont chew |
We think |
he does not harbor the vice of wanting |
rain the
charge,
vices he has ever shunued.
country as his enemies
Remember, when MeKinley was in
congress he voted for all the free silver
propositions, and never was anything |
else until nominated by the gold bugs.
State Chairman Wright having re
signed the probabilities are that Hon.
James Kerr will be elected Chairman
of the Democratic State Central Com-
mittee, for which he is well qualified,
having previously served in that eapa-
city.
Candidate Bryan started on his trip
east, last Friday, and reached New
York on Wednesday, where the great
Castle Garden meeting was held to in-
form him of his nomination. He spoke
at a few cities along the route, large
crowds awaited the next President at
all stations, and gave him the warm-
est greetings,
From all sections of the country
we have accounts of deaths by sun-
stroke on Bunday last. Men and ani-
mals suffered from the great heat.
Ra
From Sire to Son,
As a Family Medicine Bacon's Cele
ry King for the nerves passes from sive
to son as a legacy. If you have Kid-
ney, Liver or Blood disorder get a free
sample package of this remedy, If
you have Indigestion, Constipation,
Headache, Rheumatism, ete., this
grand specific will cure you. R. E.
Bartholomew, Centre Hall, and G, H.
Long, Spring Mills, are sole agents
and are distributing samples free.
first time this season. money returned,
Large packages 50c, and 25¢.
~ FOR HARMONY
{COL. JACK SPANGLER TO BE
| CHOSEN STATE CHAIRMAN
|
| Harrity Resigos, and Spangler Will be Able
to Quiet the Ele wents and Keep Har
mony in the Party,
Chairman Harrity, of the State
Democratic committee sent in his res
{ignation a few days ago, and the state
{commiitee meets today, Thursday, at
{ Harrisburg, to elect his successsr,
Col. Bpangler is a candidate for the
friends of
cratic committee and the
rityites will endeavor to seat him be
cause of his neutrality,
James Kerr, John K. Lenahan and
John M, Garman, of Luzerne, have in-
licated their desire to have the place,
unite
h
represent
on Spangler, as a majority of the ot
er are said’ to
classes of the state Democracy.
candidates
Mr. Bpangler's name has been iden-
tified with silver to no small extent
the
LI
declaring
since Lhe {
action o Chicago
for the
of the
or the action of the
He has been
ted
VEears
he is regarded as an
iam F, Harrit
DUSINess associat
COL
vention white
to
na
in
al. He
!
MAKE |
met WIL first
ole
promi-
with Democratic
now, and
admirer
y he is a friend to
e of James Kerr,
for these ]
tion we
reasons it is thought his e
ld meet with the approba
. - g : $id fer . ¥ v 3
‘rs would likely contribute
f i ki ®
foroes in this state,
$ 3
the eldest
iy
»
» Spangler,
Adamsburg,
i, Heatter
o0ls of Centre Hall,
HO in
mon sch
He
uated from the Dicksonian seminary |
at Williamsport in 1871. Ii
i the latter
entered the
Alexander, where |
years, and was ad- |
of Centre county ini
Pring the
he
and elected district at
sumer |
ated
fill
Was nomin
He
withd
RAILE Vear
torney
lout the full 1 and
TR
i i
erm
His
ticket
Hi
{ ¥
OT some
becat se
Democratic
SAE COU
ioe of law
114 &
HLY.
and subse
he
alone,
senior member of t
n of Spangler & Hewes,
brated {
Of
uring the cel Campaign
1880 Mr,
I
titre eotintye
Centre inty.
cpangier was chairman o
mocratic county {
$
Lhe Mnmitleer of
hen ince
the
brought
has any Ix mocratic
presidency recei
out in Centre county that
eral Hancock
good, Co
year, Gen
to the
chosen
had 99
Spangler
voles
3
lone]
Was
for from
defeated
been a
Congressman
the district in 1890, but was
by Governor Curtin, who had
candidate for three successive vears
nominee for Congressional honors at |
the last convention, and the nomina-
tion for the district is likely to fall his
way.
In the fall of 1887 inter-
ested in the coal fields abounding in
he became
county, and interested several well
known citizens from the central part
of the state in the field. The Bluebak- |
er coal company was formed through
The company is now the
In Bellefonte he became interested |
in real estate, and is a stockholder in |
the Hastings improvement company. |
Later he bucame interested in the |
Spangler improvement company, and
as a mark of recognition for his work
in this corporation the town on the
west branch of the Susquehanna river
was given his name-—Spangler.
Prominent Democrats in all parts of
the state have expressed themselves as
favorable to the election of Col, Spang-
ler to the chairmanship, and endorse
his candidacy on the grounds that he
will unite the warring factions in the
state,
———————
My hile boy, whea two yeais of age
was taken very ill with bloody flux,
I was advised to use Chamberlain's
Col'e, Chio'era and Diarrhoea Remdy,
aid loekily poocared pert of a bottle,
I caveiuii 7 1ead Je directions and gave
itaccordingly. He was very low, but
slowly and suvely hie began to improve,
gradually recovered, and is now as
sions and siioag as ever, I feel sure it
saved his Jie. I never cana praise the
Reedy half its woth. I am sorry
every ove iu ihe world does not know
how good it is, as I do.—Mrs. Lina 8,
Hiatoa, G . hamsville, Marion Co,
Florida. For sale Ly Win. Pealer,
Spring Mills, 8. M. Swacz, Tussey-
ville, and IR. E. Bariliolomew, Centre
Hall
hh A RU
~REporTER for the campaign 2
CATTLE DIE MYSTERIOUSLY.
A Disastrous Contagion Breaks Out in This
County,
A disease is spreading among the
What it
one seems to know and as yet no rem-
cattle in this county, is no
edy has been found that has proven
capable of curing it. The cattle
become lame and their legs begin to
first
swell; the swelling gradually extends
over the whole body and finally results
in death,
In Rush township the disease has
broken out worse than other
in any
section of the county and the dairy-
al
wits' end to know what the disease is
men and owners of cattle are their
and to devise some means of checking
it and saving their cattle. The farm-
ers in that section are afraid to use the
muk for fear of communicating the
»
disease to human beings and are even
unable to feed their stock for the same
reason,
of this peculiar
dise
as y
The work «
fast and There has
sre,
ol
gi
been a single instance where the
they
the
appeared in the cattle,
tie have been attacked that
re.
covered, and now, when disease
has once
aregiven up as lost and the owners
consider it almost useless to waste
time and expense in
them. In the majority
died
cattle have
ents,
} TY hoy
Hours ailer Liiey
nave once shown any
symptoms of the disease. Bo preva-
ome that | is
10¢ for
OWS Lo pasture at night
farmers
the
s or two d fi-
or
1¢ cases Lhe al Lhe
ime of death were swollen to
They
pain
Owing io the disease
almost
sip ioinal re
F OTIZINAL size,
appa
t
iis
$1 »
WE OF No before
being
quick in it sration there has oy
{HICK iD 10s operation there has been
it iittle chance to experiment on any
tie after they are once attack-
It is thought the disease is of
gious and was brought
# 3
i
Heyele Laws
Ie SEARO 18 HOW ODet and
pen,
y be famil
¢ question
| for riders t«
h
ii
wel
iar with the laws on t
1 Municipal corporations or cities
are liable to a bicyclist for injuries
curred by reason of defective, |
r
guarded embankments, a dee;
iarge stone, provided he is no
ibutory negligence
under no special obligation to wheel-
men and the defect must be such as to
A
injured while riding on Sun-
Cals
i
bicyclist
injury to vehicles in general.
day for pleasure or on business cannot
y
ti slates where BSun-
+ in force.
wheelman has a right
od
against the driver or owner of a vehi
3 10:11 # ? 3
cle who wilfully or negligently causes
a collision or his wheel
e left standing by the roadside or
10
damage
whil
street curb; it is the duty of the wheel-
man, however, the
to avert collision,
imate cause of the injury complained
of.
3. A traveler riding on the left hand
side of the road probably assumes all
gence,
4. Bidewalks are exclusively for foot
passengers, but a foot passenger has a
right to walk in the highway and he
is entitled to cross the street where he
may elect, but is guilty of negligence
if he attempts to cross ahead of a ve-
hicle. And the fact that a vehicle
on the wrong side of the road is no ev-
idence of negligence in action for inju-
ry to a pedestrian,
- sill ol ———
Death of a Young Lady.
is
Miss Lillian, Clark, whose home was
in
this place for some time past, died on
Sunday evening at the residence of
Harry Brooks, below Lewistown junec-
tion, in whose family she was being
kindly cared for during an illness pro-
duced by a complication of diseases.
She was about twenty years old. Her
remains were taken to Spring Mills
for interment. During her last illness
a brother and sister were with her, —
Lewistown Free Press.
Lutheran Plonte,
The Lutheran Sunday school are
holding their annual picnic in the
‘ort woods today. The weather is
cool and there may be a good sized
crowd in attendance.
a——
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
ny gives a choice of seaside points for
Excursion August 20th, Atlantic City,
Cape May, Sea Isle City, Ocean City,
Avalon, Anglesea, Wildwood and Hol-
ly Beach. Atlantic City being the
most popular takes the crowd. Pass
engers desiring to go through same
day can avoid the transfer through
Philadelphia by taking the new Dela-
ware River Bridge Route the only all
rail line from points in Pennsylvania,
~REPORTER for the campaign 20
NO. 3.
Home Notes
Avold being guilty of spiteful deeds,
Luce’'s new hydrants are
with favor.
meeting
Get the Reporter for the campaign,
only 2 cents,
of
Farmers had a slip good weather
to get in their oats,
it has
Jast been
hotter'n hotter.
Capt. ill
a dray toand from the station.
Since our getting
Runkle intends running
didn't
BCoUunLy.
(Gilad to say the army worm
get in any big licks in thi
his burg is getting to be considera-
$.1
ble of a bicycle town, f both sexes,
It
Reporter for the campaign
’"
will be a wise move to take the
is at work
four
A pick and shovel brigade
“lting
ing down the hill at Kerlin's
feet,
O aimost
The PiC-LIC Is Hear enough 1
Will
hear t of the fakir.
tent?
ie voloe
you
was 11
. all 1
Was all Liow
pour.
Our dealers, Si
the mad dog obstacle in shij
east, worn off,
Colyer is having
another Ww
ne
Coly
wing
and bicevles
are
every home in t
Iman dip
Said a fellow the
Hall has the most
i
Gressy 1
ttle
ti
own in the state,
all paid for,
Last week rcher all thro,
and shirt sleeves were out.
Was 8 800
riday af-
ternoon thunder showers led some
1
Hi
neig hborhoo
§ ¢
11 thi wilt $x A
In this county Lhe de
OCT
ts to Mc Kinley and go
fact
some hail ;
shower and son
was barely
dust. The
over.
universally discu
They
it and
neigh-
it like
sentiments
people as
are reading it u
neighbor is discussing with
That's
men, and vole your honest
in November :
bor. right, and reason
that ll eonstitute the
LO8Y Wii constitute ie
ie ooun-
eis
State Items
In Philadelphia, on Sunday, there
were twenty-one deaths by sun-stroke.
Besides there were about 50
ken to the hospital for treatment.
cases (a
Clinton county Republicans went
for Harvey for congress. Leonard is
likely to get left.
Quite a number of barns in different
parts of the state have lately been de-
stroyed by fire caused by lightning.
—
Bucknell University
Jncknell University, Jolin Howard
Harris, LL. D., President. College
with four courses of study leading to
degrees; Academy for boys and young
men; Ladies’ Institute, and School of
Music. Thirty acre campus; ten build-
ings including gymnasium, laboratory
and observatory. For catalogue and
other information sddress Wm. C.
UGretzinger, Registrar, Lewisburg, Pa.
july30-4t
bis
Deaths from Sunstroke.
On Sunday last there were 30 deaths
from sunsiroke in Chicago.
In and around New York there were
112 deaths from sunstroke on Monday.
In St. Louis there were 119 deaths
from sunstroke from Aug. 1 to 9,
Since 1578 there have been nine epi-
demics of dysentery in different parts
of the country in which Chamberlain's
Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was used with perfect success. Dysen-
tery when epidemic, is almost as se-
vere aud dangerous as Asiatic cholera,
Heretoiore the best efforts of the most
skilled physicians have failed to check
ils ravages, this remedy, however, has
cured the most malignant cases, both
of children and adults, and uoder the
most trying conditions, which proves
it to be the best medicine in the world
for bowel complaints. For sale by
Wm. Pealer, Spring Millis, 8 M.
cents,