VOL. LXX. NO. 7 OUR WASHINGTON LETTER GOVERNMENT EXPENSESWILLEX- CEED ANY YEAR. Senator Quay Has au Letter from MeKinley Which He Threatens to Make Pablie. ~The Republican Congress Voting Away Millions In Money WasHiINGTON, Feb. 15.—Another billion dollar Congress: Although the exact figures cannot be given un- til the last appropriation bill has been passed, it is already known, and ad- mitted by the Republican Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations of both House and Senate, that the total appropriations will not only exceed one billion dollars, but that they will go enough beyond that amount to break the high water record made by the previous billion dollar Republican Congress by an advance of thirty or forty million dollars. This, too, in the face of the general Republican howl about the insufficiency of reve- nue provided by the present tariff bill. There is little doubt that the Republi- can leaders have allowed the appropri- ations to pile up, although apparently fighting for economy by shutting out bills even for the smallest publie build- ing, in order to make the deficit big enough to excuse the tarift bill they are engaged in concocting. They have made a success of the big appropria- tiohs, but when the people get a whack at them in the next Congressional election, they will find how their ex- cuse has been accepted. Representa- tive Sayers, of Texas, who was Chair- man of the Committee’ on appropria- tions in the last House, rat- tling good speech, attacking the ex- travagance of this Congress, while the sundry civil bill was before the House. Notwithstanding the made to propitiate the opposition, Sen- ator Sherman, who was in charge of the arbitration treaty, was compelled to bow to the inevitable made a amendments and postpone further consideration of the treaty until the next session. In a speech made by Pension Com- agree to missioner Murphy, in answer to reso-| lutions commending his administra- tion of the Pension Bureau, presented by a Committee from two Pennsylva- nia G. A. R. Posts, Mr. Murphy told for the first publie, the in- structions n by President Cleveland appointed him Commissioner of Pensions. Whatever may be one’s opinion of many of his other policies, it is difficult to see how time in given hin when he any man could have outlined iu a few | words a more just and patriotic pen- did when he said to Commissioner Murphy: “Mr. Murphy, I think you know my ideas of the Pension Bureau and the They are | just these: In claims coming up for | the action of the Bureau, where you | find the case of a worthy soldier who served his country faithfully in her] hour of danger, you will lenient | with him and give him the benefit of | a reasonable doubt. In settling the | claims of the and orphans, you will act in the same manner, but | waste no sympathy on the unworthy.” | It should be placed to the credit of | Mr. Cannon, Chairman of the House | Committee on Appropriations, that he reported adversely the resolution ap- propriating $500 for the erection of a | stand for the use of Senators and Rep- resentatives and their families In- auguration day, on the ground that Senators and Representatives should pay for seats, just as other people do, if they wish to sit down to view the inaugural parade, Senator Quay is reported to have a letter written by Mr. Hannpa, before McKinley's nomination, demanding that the Pittsburg Iron and Steel Manufacturers put up a large sum of money to be used in McKinley's be- half, and to have threatened to make it public if the McKinley crowd at. tempt to get too gay with him. Quay is now in Pennsylvania, where he went to help his son “Dick’ oat, in the libel suit, which has been thrown on his shoulders by the publisher of a Pittsburg paper. When a Democrat, or a Populist, uses such language as Representative Calderhead, a good Kansas Republi- can, did before the House Banking and Currency Committee, of which he is a member, certain Republican edi- tors invariably call it “anarchistic ra- ving.” The text of Mr. Calderhead’s remarks was the bill naming thirteen American millionaires, among them Andy Carnegie and Phil Armour, as incorporators of ths ‘Internation American Bank,” with authority to establish eight branch banks in other countries. This bill or a similar one has been before this Committee in sev. eral Congresses, and it was only when an attempt was made to push it through the Committee when Mr. Calderhead spoke against it, in part as follows: “The whole United States is Pension system. be widows on | half of the country believes that it is injured, and injured largely by the {power of aggregated wealth, They | actually believe it to such an extent | that large areas of the country need nothing but a leader of ability to give | us an insurrection. That is the truth, land that is the political storm that tal of millions of dollars, and the plea that it is done for the benefit of inter- nation commerce will not answer that mob-—for it is a wmob—which only needs a commanding general to lead it. If the leader should happen to have the military instinet, it would mean civil war,” . tie - An Ancient Privilege Abolished The great question of whether a man has a legal right to thrash his wife has been settled in the negative, and the settlement has been made in chivalrous Kentucky, by Judge W, E. Bettle. In his opinion the judge says that “under the common law, as anciently constru- ed a man had the right to absolute obe- she could have nothing, own no property, and what she had before marriage became his upon the marriage. He even had the right to thrash or whip her in a rea- sonable degree.”” That is not the mod- ern construction of the common law, however, Manners and customs have changed, and even the wifebeating husband of Kentucky must respect the new conditions, for, as Judge Settle says, in closing his opinion, “under the laws of Kentucky, while a man may wallop his own ‘jackass’ he dare not wallop his wife, or even lay his hands on ber in auger.” Ws py No Money for Schouls The State Treasury will pay no more warrants before April. Be- tween 400 and 500 of the 2,500 districts in the State have not yet received their share of the $5,500,000 for the current year. Many of these are small districts, school and depend almost entirely upon the State appropriation to run the schools. The money due them in the aggregate is nearly $2,000,000, The suspension in payment is due directly to the burning of the Capitol. The warrants and the warrant book of the Department of Publie Instruction were destroyed, along with many other | valuable documents and papers. It] will take the department some time to ascertain the districts which have not been paid, and get its affairs in shape. tt p—— Greece and Turkey to Fight. Little Greece just now is spoiling to lick Turkey and perhaps by this time a battle has fought. It is all the of Crete south of Tur- key has no navy and Greece has. The European powers, however, are op- posed to Greece licking big Turkey and say they will interfere to prevent it, Greece has some backing too, and the fuss may lead to a great European war, The situation is very threatening and the old world is standing on the brink of a great war that may break out on account of the difficulty between Tur- key and Greece, been island - Ar ———— Almost Reached the Limit, Under the law which applies a por- tion of the proceeds of the public lands to the support of the several State agri- cultural colleges, the Pennsylvania year ending June 30, $22,000, This ap- propriation, which began in 1500 with $15,000, increases $1,000 a year until it reaches the sum of $25,000, after which the annual gift %emains at that sum. Forty-five States and three Ter- ritories receive the appropriation, which amounts this year to $1,056,000, Will It Become a Law, A bill was introduced at this session of the legislature making it a misde- meanor to trespass on the property of steam railroads. The bill is drafted by the coroner of Allegheny county, who states that 217 persons were kill- ed by walking on the railroads in 1896, The bill will provide fora fine of $25 and costs, in default to prison for 30 days. The railroad companies will be required to fence their tracks and em- ployes will be empowered to make ar- rests, Af A A few months ago Mr. Byron Every, of Woodstock, Mich., was badly af- flicted with rheumatism. His right leg was swollen the full length, caus. ing him great suffering. He was ad- vised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One bottle of it helped him considera- bly and the second bottle effected a cure. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by 8. M. Bwartz, Tusseyville, J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, Wm. Pealer, Bpring Mills, R. E. Bartholomew, Centre Hall. A A A Rin ~The largest stock, the lowest prices and satisfaction guaranteed is what gives the Philad. Branch, Bellefonte, its big trade. Once a customer always in a condition of unrest. The under a patron of that store. PENNSY'S PRESIDENT, Frank Thomson Elected at a Meeting of the Board of Directors. | At a meeting of the Board of Direct- | ors of the Pennsylvania Railroad, held | at the General Office in Philadelphia | on February 3d, Frank Thomson, First | Vice-President, was unanimously elect- | ed President. In every field of American develop- ment Scotch ancestry is conspicuous, | Many great men of the learned profes- | sions, the factors of the business world | and the high officials of out commer | cial and railroad interests look back | with pride to a lineage of the land of | the thistle and heather, A family of this discription is that of Thomson, | In 1771 Alexander Thomson from Scotland and settled as a pioneer | in the Cumberland Valley. Among | his children Alexander, | who, after winning distinction at the bar of his State, represented his dist- | riet in Congress from 1824 to 1826, turning to the practice of his profes- sion, he became judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, and professor of law in Marshall College. sailed | Was a son, lee subsequently His son, Frank Thomson, was born in Chambersburg, Pa., July 5th, 1841, His rudimentary and classical educa- tion was received at the Chambersburg Academy, but he did not inherit the patgrnal taste for the law. With the foresight which has been one of the distinguishing characteristics of his | life, he saw in the practical work of | the railroad an attractive and promis- | ing field of action, and at seventeen years of age he entered the Altoona Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad for instruction. of training in this great school of ap- plied science graduated him a mechan- ical engineer, who could build motive through every stage of the pro- gress, from the crude iron to the ished engine on the rails, while i A four years’ course a loco- fiu- t al + RINO fitted him to operate as engineman the product of his own skill It required little time for Col. Thos. A. Beott, General Superintendent of the road, to detect in the young engi. neer evidences of unusual ability, and the outbreak of civil war furnished the opportunity of testing his judgment. Colonel Scott had been appointed by President Lincoln Assistant Secretary of War, and placed in charge of all matters relating to the transportation of troops and supplies, and he called Frank Thomson to his aid as Chief | Assistant. At the conclusion active hostili- | ties in this territory he was relieved | from military duty, and in June, 1864, was appointed Superintendent of the Eastern Division of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, which oceupied his time until March, 1873. After this ex- | perience promotion came rapidly. In March, 1573, he was made Superin-| tendent of Motive Power of the Penn- sylvania Railroad at Altoona. . In this position the vast informa- | tion and wide experience gained from his course in the shops was applied to the work of practical locomotive con- struction, and so was laid the founda- tion of the system which has since | produced those celebrated locomotives | known as the “Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Engine.” On July lst, 1874, he relinquished this post to become General Manager of the Pennsylvania railroad system east of Pittsburg and Erie, His direct supervision of the traffic arrangements existing between the Pennsylvania Railroad and its con- | nections kept him in close touch with | all the railway interests of the coun-| try, and so makes him today one of the best informed, most experienced, and ablest of American railroad man- agers. These qualifications are uni- versally acknowledged by all his con- temporaries of the railroad world. The social side of Mr. Thomson's life is quite as comprehensive as its business counterpart. He is a patron of ari, literature, and music, and his handsome residence at “"Corkerhill,”’ near Merion Station, is enriched with many examples of artists in painting and sculpture, whose works are as val uable as they are rare. At this man- sion, with the assistance of his daugh- ter, Miss Anna Thomson, he dispens- es a quiet but notable hospitality, to which his wide acquaintance, both in this country and abroad, has contrib- uted the presence of many men and women eminent in the higher walks of life. Mr. Thomson is a widower, his wife, the daughter of the late Benjamin G. Clarke, of New York, having died in June, 1887, Miss Anne Thomson, the only daughter, a prominent figure in Philadelphia society, and Frank G. and Clarke Thomson, both students at Harvard, compose the family. of Train Delayed Baturday afternoon the passenger train east broke a wheel on the combi- nation smoker and mail car at Linden train and it proceeded sbout a half hour late. PUBLIC SALES THIS SPRING A LARGE NUMBER DISPOSING OF THEIR EFFECTS. Where They Are—Buy, Because Chenp and if No Need for the Article—~Go, for Free Grub Feb, 26th, 8. C. Kelly, west of Pine- grove, farm stock and household. Feb, 27th, Thos. Yearick, dec’d, Aa- ronsburg, household, Sales in March : This list will only be printed once ence and you'll be sure to get free lunch at least : March 6, David Spoit’s sale Union tp., farm stock, March 6, Geo, C. Btover, Howard bo- ro, farm stock. March 16, David Wise, dec’'d, near FISH DISTRIBUTION GOVERNOR AND NEW CAPITOL missioner, The Pennsylvania commissioners of fisheries have adopted rules for a more thorough and equal distribution of the product of the state hatcheries at the stocking of the public streams. The state has been divided into six dist. ricts, and blanks for fish must be sent to the commissioner of the district in which the applicant resides. The ap- plication must be indorsed by a sena- tor or representative of the district be: fore it will be forwarded to the hatch- ery to be filed. No application will be granted for more than case of the same species of fish to one person, un- less that in the judgment of the com. missioners enough applieations have one not been received for fish to properly cation, No fish will be granted for Zion, farm stock. { March 15, J. W. Weaver, Fiedler, | farm stock. March 16, J. M. Wagner, dec'd, at Snowshoe Intersection, farm stock. March 17, W. H. Long, near Jack-| sonville, farm stock. locat- ed that discharge sawdust into the wa- which there streams on which saw mills are are tanneries, stream with chemicals. Jas. A. Dale, sioner for this the third district, which March 18, Bamuel burg, farm stock and household. | March Jacob Bhafer, near Zion, | i farm stock, i 4th D. Lenker, dec'd, Aaronsburg | implements and tools. i oth, Philip Musser, dec'd, Haines | tp., household, | { Markle, Gates | i ! 23, ti Oth, G. B. Waite, west of Rebers- burg, farm stock and household. ith, W. H, Yearick, agt., of Millbeim, farm stock. ! 11th, George Wert, dec'd, Penn | tp., farm stock and household. { 12th, Geo. W. Bradford, east of | Aaronsburg, farm stock. 16th, Harvy Hauck, west of Madi- | sonburg, farm stock. 16th, W. R. Smith, burn, farm stock. 15th, H. R. Fiedler, dee'd, at Ma- | north west disonburg, farm stock ete. 19th, E. Bower Bros., east of Aa-| ronsburg, tarm stock. ‘23nd, J. C, Bnook, Penn stock, * 24th, Reuben Harter, west burn, farm stock. : oth, stock. ith, R. W. Neese, Gregg twp., farm stock and household. * 27th, Mich. Korman, east of Co- | burn, farm stock. { 24th, J. Howard Tipton, Howard | tp., farm stock. ‘ 2nd, J. I. Thompson, Centre Fur- nace, live stock, ‘2nd, J. C. Peters, west ville, farm stock. ith, Julia A. Bhowers, near Zion, farm stock and household. 9th, A. L. Whitehill, Lemont, farm stock. ‘ Oth, W. D. Stover, east of Belle fonte, farm stock, 15th, W. P. Lucas, near Jackson- ville, farm stock. 17th J. L.. Rogers, Nittany Hall, personal property. 17th, C. A. Musser, dec'd, Penn Hall, farm stock. tp., live] of Co- | i Charles Smith, Fiedler, farm | i 4 of Union- near an, farm stock. 23rd, Jacob Gobble, near Nittany, farm stock. 25th 8. W. Bhowers, near Huston, farm stock. ‘ 25th Albert Smeltzer, near Pleas ant Gap, farm stock. 26th, W. P. Parsons, west of Juli an, farm stock. 20th, Henry Walter, south of Axe man, farm stock. 30th Alex. Harpster, near Scotia, farm stock and household. 24th, D. L. Dennis, north of Pine grove, farm stock. 25th, Chas. Wright, west of Pine- grove, farm stock. 18th, George Noll, Boggs tp., farm stock and househald. 23rd, J. W. Miller, Ferguson tp., farm stock. ssi — A AY Relic of the Fire, Hon. Robert M. Foster, of State Col- lege, one of the representatives of Cen- tre county in the Pennsylvania Legis- lature, was in the House when the Capitol took fire, and with the pres ence of mind of the true politician, grabbed the first thing he saw, which was his chair, and safely carried it out of harm's way, says the Gazette, It was one of the only three that were saved and he was permitted to retain it as a relie, and on Tuesday it arrived in Bellefonte to be placed in his home, where his great-great-grand children will be enabled in after years to look at and exclaim with pride, “That is the chair of my great-great-grandfath- er, United States Senator, Robert M, Foster I" —A larger and better line of storm coats no store in Centre county ever carried than do Lewins, at Bellefonte. The stock will be pushed out at a live ly rate the next few weeks. Prices will make them ge. includes the counties of York, Dau- phin, Northumberland, Union, Mif- flin, Clinton, Cumberland, Perry, Sny- der, Juniata, Centre and Lycoming. Wp LEGISLATIVE. Senator Andrews has introduced bill to make voting compulsory in this state under a penalty of five dollars, In the house a bill was presented to cent, to be paid annually during 1897 1868 and 1800. Persons manufacturing these drinks to swear to their returns, The grange leader in the house, Mar- tin, of Lawrence, presented not only limit the sale of oleomargar- ine and butterine, but to pr use by hotels and eating houses, a bill to event it It put it in oblong packages and thereon the requires every manufacturer to Restaurants and hotels Ur to this date of the session con- g forty five millions dollars, (Nn £1.045.000. - , for expenditures, and is not done yet! This knocks the famous billion is to hysterics. “ny { ————— . i RIFF CONTEST i The last precinct, the North ward of | evening, and resulted in a gain of four votes for Cronister. The count of Centre Hall showed all right as returned. | The better element in the Republi-| can ranks did not take much stock ir the allegations that Cronister was elec- | ted by illegal votes. The count shows | just the opposite, the illegal votes were | mostly cast for Miller. of Republicans, in petitioning for a contest, could have the face SWE Ar there was fraud all thro the county is the puzzier. A i 14 How a string to POTTERS MILLS News of the Past Week as Given by Oar Correspondent, The Potters Mills band music lessons under Prof. Selinsgrove, Frank Loug, returned from Punxsutawney has been on the sick list since. Grant Hoover, of Bellefonle, town Tuesday. Emory MeClintick of Tyrone, was in town Wednesday. The young people of Potters Mills and vicinity have been making good use of the sleighing the past two weeks, J. R. Strong, of Potters Mills, who was watcher at the election performed his duty well. The apple hucksters of thisplace are busy hauling them over the Seven mountains and sell ing them at a small profit. J. F. Palmer is weaving carpet; that is the place to go to get a good carpet. J. R. Strong and his mother were to Siglerville to see his aged grand-father; he is aged 94 years. A HA AS Senatorial Apportionment Bill, A Senatorial apportionment bill of the State has been prepared, but whether it will go through in its pres- ent shape is a serious question. Many radical changes are made necessary so as to come within the constitutional provisions. "This bill makes a district of Clinton, Centre, Union and Sayder counties, to be known as the Twenty- ninth district, and makes a distriet of Clearfield and Cameron, to be known as the Twenty-eighth. . Married, At the M. E. Parsonage, Spring Mills by Rev. T. 8. Faus, on Feb. 17, 1867, Mr. Calvin Coble and Miss Hattie E. is taking Feeher, of who was in | Bigns a Resolution Authorizing Him to So Heit Plans From Architects, Governor Hastings signed a joint | resolution authorizing him “to solicit | plans from architects for a new capitol { building.” He will call upon six or | eight leading architects of the country {for plans. A prominent New York {architect was there to confer with the | Governor, The plans for the propos ed structure must be approved by Au- {ditor General Mylin and State Treas urer Haywood, who, with the execu- tive, constitute the of public buildings and grounds, before a con- tract is awarded. ate and house board It is likely the sen- committees on public buildings and grounds will insist on The Jealous of their prerogatives and being consulted. members are brow lieve they have as much right to say how the new capitol shall be built as the governor or anybody else. A conference of leading cials and Chairmen Mitchell and Mar- and he committees, will state offi- 1] ge be appro~ held priations state finances and the means of fe the best raising the money necessary " house, Gover- hi erection of a new state nor Hastings is giving t subject careful thought and will send a spe- He is anxious to go ahead with the erection of a new capitol with as little delay as cial message to the legislature. possible. EE EPRING ELECTIONS, The boro election passed off very was by one or tv # who pu off nominees except burgess ai xO Republi an t in a full day's hard work to get an The Democrats elected all their 1d were defea- 10%, a Coun- Two Democrats cilman, ted by the usual coalition methods, in or = Bellefonte there was a warm fight, and the Democrats gained a vie their candi- lax there t tory by electing nearly all d i wllector., § ates including Hugh Taylor for over ra . § 3 era lan deserve for the gallan The Democrats great credit fight they made. for by elec- Demo MADY Vears In Steelton the rats won the first time ting the burgess. in The Democrats scored a Lewistown by of the Harrisburg the by reducing fron Yeseet 3 tha eieciing Lis part ir ticket, In wobiy, did last year's Repub- i 1 1917 to 176. Democrats 1 i i i Wp 3 A Tour to Balmy Florida via PP BR, When the north is at its worst Flori- When lakes and riv- and drifting it Add ers are icebound here 4 the violets are the perfume of Old t laden buddin how the frost king rules, the mocking bird is singing in Florida's graceful palms and the whole land is melodious with happy song. The elegant trains of Pennsylvania Railroad Jacksonville tours are fitting introdue- tions this delightful land. The next tour, allowing two weeks in Flor- ida, } York and Philadel phia under personal escort February : Round-trip tickets, including Pullman accommodations and meals on the Special train, will be sold at the following rates: From New York, $50.00; Philadelphia, $48.00; Canandai- gua, $52.85; Erie, $5485; Pittsburg, $55.00, and at other proportionate rates from other points. For tickets and itineraries apply to ticket agents, Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York, or to Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel- phia, feblS-2t nooming there and air is 1 the sweet When Boreas special the fo eaves New por i Im—— He Can De It. A wise (7) man who does not taken newspaper recently saw an ad. in a borrowed paper headed, “How to make pants last.” He sent fifty cents to get the receipt and in a few days he re ceived this reply: “Make the coat and vest first,”’ stim Weekly Weather Report. Centre Hall {Goverment Bervice. | Temperature : Highest. Lowest, Feb. 11 31 23 cloudy. “ 12 30 22 cloudy. “13 30 22 clear. 14 45 15 45 16 37 17 40 On 11th, at night, 4 inches of snow ; on 12th, forenoon, 5 inches of snow. “" i“ ii i“ One Way to be Happy. Is to attend to the comfort of your family. Should one catch a slight cold or cough, call on R. E. Bartholo- mew, Cente Hall, and G. H. Long, Spring Mills, and get a trial bottle of dy free. We give it away to that we have a sure cure for Colds, Asthma, Hanbbwgor, both fof Linden Hall,
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