VOL. LXX. NO. 15 WASHINGTON LETTER NOT BLOC!{ THE TARIFF do Some Legisiating.— Bryan Warm- iy Recelved at the Capitol, WasHINGTON, April 12.—The Dem- ocrats of the House 10 caucus endorsed the statements made by Representa- tive Bailey, of Texas, when Represent- | ative Dingley, in to Repre- | sentative Jerry Simpson's protest, bluntly stated that the Republicans did not intend to allow any general | legislation by the House at sion. Mr. Bailey said: “We inclined to insist upon the Republican party legislation. We feel that the country suffers when the Republican party legislates. We have contended this all our lives, and we lieve it. We have desire the Republican party to but we desire to understand its policy We are here ready to any measure you desire to bring up, but be- lieving that nine out of ten of them would be bad we are ready to help you if your policy is to do nothing.” In the death of ex-Senator D. W. Voorhees, which occurred Saturday morning at his Washington residence, the Democratic party lost one of its ablest and hardest workers, a man who «has, for nearly half a century occupied a place in the front ranks of Democra- cy in every National campaign. Mr. Voorhees had been in health for several years, but his death was en- tirely unexpected, although he was in his seventieth year. Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived in Wash- ington today from Florida. This] evening he waslgiven areception by the | Old Dominion Club and address before the law lumbian University, evening he will be the guest of honor | at the big Democratic bration. Among the many ness men who are in Washington for the purpose of pointing out to the Sen- ate committee on Finance, tares of the tariff bill, is Field, the widely known Chicago merchant. Mr. Field was asked if he cared to make a statement for publica- tion concerning the tariff’ bill, and he replied: '*No, except the one general re:nark that it is the worst tariff bill I ever saw, of duty imposed, but in the complicat- ed and ambiguous methods of impos. ing them. There is scarcely a line in | the bill that will not have to be inter- preted by the Supreme court.” Speaking of whether the Democrats in the Senate ought to resort to filli- bustering to delay or defeat the tariff bill, ex- Representative Clunie, of Cali- | fornia, said: “I am in favor of allow- ing the Republicans absolute sway and full scope in the making of a tariff, The freer they are left to work their will the quicker will the country repu- | diate their acts, for I hold that pros | perity can never come from taxation, | but only from a readjustment of our fi- nancial system that will put silver back to its old footing of equality with gold.” This is substantially the posi- | tion taken by Senator Jones, Chair- | man of the Democratic National Com- | mittee, in a letter made public a few days ago, and which is endorsed b | most of the Democrats in both branch- | es of Congress, The Republicans are doing consider- able worrying about the civil service rules and how they are going to get around them at least, those who are after office are. About the only man who has already got his office who has shown any special interest in this mat- ter, is Public Printer Palmer, who has been practically discharging Demo- erates from the government printing office, by asking for their resignations, every day since he took charge. Ex- Congressman Bowden, of Va., who is willing to become a Federal office seck- ers when he said: “I have met dur- ing my present visit to Washington with Republicans from every part of the Union, and almost to a man they are opposed to civil service reform, so- called. It isa fact that there is a re- volt against the whole system, and I for one, would be glad to see it demol- ished for all time. I believe President McKinley is going to do what he thinks is right, but I do not believe he is going to ignore the claim of those who stood by him in the eampaign.” That sort of talk is heard every day, but Mr. McKinley has given no sign, and it is doubtful whether he will set aside any of the extensions of ths elv- 1] service rules made by Mr. Cleveland, unless authorized by Congress to do so, and the average Republican Congress- man, while willing to talk against the civil service law to please their office seeking constituents, will hesitate about voting against it, and there are & number of them who will response this a are not sincerely be- to make no urge laws, discuss failing delivered an | of tomorrow school and cele Jefferson prominent busi- the bad fea- Marshall not only as regards the rates | 1 Boss Platt’s henchmen are much ex- ercised over a report that Mr. Theo- {dore Roosevelt, who will qualify as Assistant Secretary of the Navy ina | few days, having already been nomi- | nated and confirmed, will { the Brooklyn navy yard. investigate It | cause they feared this very thing that they fought Roosevelt's appointment to this place. was bee Ac Artes omens Plucky Girl Shoots a Burgler, Miss Laura Langhead and her wid- owed mother were confronted in their bedroom about 3 o'clock, a few morn- ings ago, at Uniontown, Pa., by mon- a ey. Miss Langhead bethought her of a loaded revolver in a bureau drawer in the room, but the problem was how to possess herself of it. With quick wit und presence of mind she said to the man that there was a purse of money in an adjoining room. Tne burglar and vefore he reached the door the girl guileless started out, had leaped forward and snatched the revolver from the drawer. He turned at the noise to find the weapon point- hear a command to surrender. Papicstricken, he dashed out, fol- SERIOUS CHARGES BY A MEMBER Ym CAPITOL FIRE, Extreme Carelessuess, unt Least He Says In | Giving Out Contracts, { Representative Nesbit, of Northum- | THE TESTIMONY GIVEN AT THE INVESTIGATION berland, has filed with the house com- | mittee on public buildings a statement | ed abuses in administration in the de- | What They Know About the Barn. partment of public buildings and] grounds, and asks for the favorable consideration of his resolution for a legislative investigation in certain ac- | cusations he has made. His first charge is that the plans and specifications for the or for | the revision of public buildings during Ing of the State Capitol, { At the Bwallow investigation last week to learn something about the | origin of the Capitol fire the following | | interesting testimony was given : Charles Btock, a fireman at the time | of the burning of the capitol, was the | | first witness whom Dr. Bwallow duced. He testified gress of the erection | recent years have been so written as to greatly limit the opportunity of re- spoasible contractors to complete the This has resulted great the State. He that in the erection of the new pro- | in in claims exXect- tive building and remodelling of the that early in the pro-| he with dropped down into the cellar of the | Fourth street wing, through the third | the Fourth street he au closet, i ! or 1 wuilding fire, two others, loss to window from end, old house, specifications were so drawn by the architect as to all bid- of spe north side, where found a small fire in “en. separated from any other fire, door Mi i » require bookcase, burning or tirely The opening locked, There ward where fire down. In fact fire in the #0 fire in a book or paper case The door ders to furnish certain articles cial maoufacture at certain prices and the hall was largely in excess of the proper cost, . proj into Was no opening up- He charges that plans and specifica- dropped have there There was al- in the 1 could tions have been padded with items ag- gregating a large amount and which were not intended to be exacted of the contractor. Yet honest , he room above. said Was no | bid lers were room, lowed by two shots, and after the sec- | ond one he emitted a howl that cated that it had found its mark. girl followed him into the yard fired again, and was rewarded another howl. The man left a trail of blood behind. Nothing missing, The lur's shoes were found in the indi- The and | with was burg- kitchen, mesoionic Fine Grove Academy Reunion Pursuant to a call the executive com. mittee on reunion of the ex-students of Pine Grove academy and seminary, met in the parlors of the Ward House, Tyrone, on the of the Sth inst, and organized by electing Capt. /. H. Fry chairman and J. K. Bot- torf secretary. It w on motion, re reunion be held in the at Pine Mills, June xt, and in the event of that day being inclement, the inued the following evening as, solved that the academy grove Grove -— he on Tuesday, meeting to be cont day The executive ¢ consists of Joelle dumitiee ex-Governor James A. Beaver, W. H. Fry, Pine Grove Geo. W. Weaver, Clear-| . J. Mattern, Tyrone; Hon. Da- | vid L. Krebs, Clearfield: Miss Kate L. | Moser, Altoona. Miss Annie Haugh, | y arriorsmark; Miss Sue Dannly, A Archey, Pp ine Grove Mills; Jono. H Her, J. K. Bottorf, Tyrone, Local committee on arrangement | { and reception will be selected by the | Mills. As the railroad now ex-| access is There will be excursion | It is the de- | sire of the executive committee that all | the ex-students cooperate with them ! io an effort to make the affair an en-| joyable success. Let there be full | fonte; Capt. Mills; Prof field; A | citizens of Pine Grove Central convenient. a — a — Reduced Hates to New York. For the dedication of the Great Mon- | April 27, the Pennsyl- | | vania Railroad Company will | tickets from’ all points on its line to {| New York, April 28 (and from points within one hundred and fifty miles of | { New York, April 28 and 27,) good to | { return until April 20 inclusive, at rate of a fare and a third for the round | trip. Tickets for military companies in uniform, numbering fifty or more, | traveling in a body on one ticket, will be sold at rate of single fare per capita for the aound trip. The parade on this oceasion will be the grandest military demonstration since the war. Thousands of veter- ans, United States regulars, and State militiamen will be in line. aprl-3t sel] Ef —————— Weekly Weather Report-Uentre Hall, (Government Service.) Highest. R3 50 £63 ar 50 52 Lowest, 34 clear, 29 cloudy. 31 part cloudy, 28 clear. 38 cloudy. Na 39 clear. 14 59 49 clear, Rainfall : Thursday night and Fri- day 1.52 inches ; Bunday night 48 in. {includes 1 inch of snow. | Temperature April 8 i" 9 e119 11 12 13 i“ ii “ i" Mrs. A. Inveen, residing at 720 Hen- ry street, Alton, Ill, suffered with sei- atic rheumatism for over eight months, She doctored for it nearly the whole of this time, using various remedies ree- ommended by friends, and was treat. ed by the physicians, but received no relief. She then used one and a half bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which effected a complete cure. This is published at her request, as she wants otners similarly afflicted to know what cured her. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, 8. M. Swartz, Pealer, adjoining opening A i Mr. was also specificat ions in Nes. | the compelled to bid on these, to the hall £ ie i | locked with a pad lock on the outside. There then of any connection between two fires, A small room on the side of the t opposite was locked. b from this room that WHS no evidence called for the use of Portland cement in brick and stone work and yet lime and sand were permitted by the archi- tect, He further claims that modelling the old hall of the large amount of basement excavations the Favorite these south hall jus “I broke the door open,” Mr. Stock, “as I had the other side of the hall and found in the middle of the room, { ted from the where a desk or ta- he says that | ble "Thete ootld and they | be no connection between this fire and Mr. Nesbit | ithe of the others. That is, it could | not communicated from either of the others from the fire which had started over the senate chamber.’ Mr. Btock testified that he ly impressed that these in re- continued | the a fire house a two on called for specifications, was omitted. and underpinning, in disconnec- walls, contractors were notified, this work could be thus bid BAYS: “To illu ness, was nearly consumed. omitted accordingly. is, have been the harsher strate extreme careless. to use no which has characterized the State's scrutiny ion of which have been presented by favorite contractors for materials workmanship far- nished to the state it is only Necessary to point to the character and quality of the material in the new exec building, apparent to the most inspection, and to the admitted that the building, although but term, was firm- fires were of incendiary origin. It was Mr. Reuben Morrett, builder living on and inspect bills shown by a carpenter and that a few min- and Forster street, he had visited these rooms utive utes about a week ago till ordered out casua | by Captain Delaney. His evidence from what he saw cor- roborated Mr. He said by | tual measurement these fires in difter- {ent at least 116 feet to- ward the wind from the fire over the | senate chamber and there fact three | Stock. RO~ roof.” Footns were Wp Foster's Weather Predictions could be no £ My last bulletin gave forecasts of the | connection. A. R. Sharpe, eabinet maker, of Ridge Forster, had examined the rooms under the old library build- time as did Mr. Mor- | rett, and testified to about the same | facts. He w was early at the fire on Feb- | ruary 2, and could uot account for it, | except on the theory that the building had been fired in more than one place, corner April 5to and from 11 to 15. The | and const about 15th, cross the west of | Rockies country by close of 16th, great | ing at the same will the west of great cen- i | tral valleys 17th, eastern states 19th. A cool wave will the west of | | Rockies country about 19th, great cen- | | tral valleys 21st, eastern states 23d. Meteorologists A cool wave Cross Cross w—— AA Will Pat Tramps to Work, Some time Altoona Councils | passed an ordinance providing that all | | tramps visiting the city should be put | to work. Accommodations have been sinoe usually divide the | two weather cir northern and the | These | one called the prepar- Fhese accommo- the continent, each of them about 600 | | dations consist of a ball and ehain to | miles wide. The central portion of | | be attached to the leg of the hobo, = i Albany and Eastport. The | Just what sort of work will be given | southern circuit takes in Keno, Santa | them is not yet determived. The are | Fe, Memphis, Chattanooga and Wash- | are streets to clean and stones to break | Items of Locnl Interest, | Your dues to this office | No local election for many years has | thankfully received, | attrac ted the same attention as the one | i i { FOOLED AND BUNCOED, { be will Weather continues spring-like and {at Chicago, says the Pittsburg Post, | the fields show up finely. | The eommenis of the newspapers, | aside from the hide-bound partisan | | press, are all on the game line, that the | | great Democratic victory indicated | Had an onion last Maturday night one inch in depth. BNOow Our reports from Nittany valley say Thanks to M. 1. Leitzell, of Wash- tion hatching at Springfield Washington, The | service, (Mass.) Republican, inde- | t Mon- COtit- Mrs. Mary Frederick died las | day in Dunstable in it twp., Clinton There is a national . the Chicago result, ny that. What November the significance y, aged 86, Johnny Weas yesterday, | in experienced, i It is useless to de- | er called in to see us Chicago has experi-| and was too lame to go fish- whole coun- g to-day. try has in some degree . ’ a Boake and fish stories are now ripen- | ing and straw hats are following not { ii the victory. of the There has been anger at the material effects November ir behind, Have stibscribe for { i ‘ friends « or itl your ¥ overnment at ty Lie Hews, Washington to wrap itself up in the tariff. There jall the home with cast-off’ rags of extreme Btrobmyer informs irospect fi I i an impression study they were fooled and coed in the November crisis. That it The people | ze “were fooled and buncoed in the No- | 5t Fooled in the gabble about the advance agent of prosperity, and buncoed by the many | who do not conditions wr a peach people orchard this year. Glad John } one of Bald Eagle valley, April at Mt. Eagle, aged oy We are bun- urns, of the oldest in exactly, 1M ! died h at his home - er HU Years, J. A. Feldler intimidation and | Bellefonte Gazette forme rio riy editor of the a po Har- has accepted - bribery of trusts and corporations. sition on the editorial staff of the The daily record in this great indus- trial center of falling creased price of prod risburg News fs wages and de atic BR A ADOUL LA) Then and pos wihip- ucts is dence . ev inl oi g the Centre county enough why the industrial class is od ‘4 ” . Vv, and with at a state of political revolt party it stipported { Pitt What is true of country generally, frainst 3 ‘ we, h fisherman th in November e frying Dai . ‘ HYIGE pan sburg is true of the risy ¥ HIRI sport eX tweed Ihe : workingmen that iw ¥ 20 revenue vearly interests o - rdinance pole are wag. that AL . axing beguiled them ( # to hail the prosperity and are now reducing And we are on anton excurs . : “% 50 cents each TTT | ee ! ’ : it acl usily, beacon light of returning : . in the city i pol 8 Hugh Beaver, Beaver, A. is (ren- . 5 ¥ +11 » 5, free tO say in son of Gen, James 8 Doxition has accepted i ion mecretary of the A, his labors reduction is a necessity ¢ eral YX. will be many cases the because of the dec ducts Another class that {e and Inter-Collegia York Peasing prices « s », x ill NEW . ’ gin material McKinley is oq i ly . . . voutl deptember 1st. We ters w in the election of elected Tnese in him disgusted are constantly in receipt are the pendents who supported the the No one is better qualified to speak f the New York FEeeni and commenting on the revol u~ salle URI . 4 ‘ Wy h words complimentary of ti One from Harris tuownshi ‘The old Res always fresh and interesting and Democrats and inde i } wi Republi. | Reporter. p } 1% thus erewsl yd ga can candidate on jase, | CPEDS Lhu good rier, currency YT ny n than favorite home paper tion in Chicago it says: It is admitted that the chief for it was the return to the ie party of the hard-money who supported McKinley. back in spite of the freesilver platform | of political specu bh a GOLDUP AND WHEAT DOWN reason rat- Democrats th J tist preceding tion thers part of i { Democ © preside ntial elec. Was a great boom in wheat, They went made to order by a syndicate iators and part due to It election. because of their disgust with the course | famine conditions in India. of the ton in shelving currency at reform and bending all its energies upon the ““jam- rable effect on the “Dollar weslern volers, lepublican party Washing- | conside i the figured out on through of mil by farmer rs wheat’ was promised It was McKinley | the stump and first. | that hundreds not because they have | newspapers tarif! bill more odious than the lions They went back, had already the i aa~ while ' by the vance in wheat for the most part went however, would have their by an advance at This ante-election it was also proclaimed, been realized is but because they have found | Farmers, were An odious high- | assured they tariff bill, a strangled arbitration innings this yeas monetary | wheat boom, | settled the question that there was no reform-—these are the demonetiza- not inducements for hard-money Dem- | tion of silver and the low price of ag- ention to currency {connection between With the election of Mr. McKinley the admission of! and his inauguration the in York Tribune that the polit- | wheat exploded, showing its political ical pendulum is swinging the other | character. Last fall, before the voting Commenting on boom ington. In the northern circuit the te fm pera- | average below the rain above the Pa- | cific slope; above and rain below from Helena to the Mississippi river; below and rainfall above from Chicago to Pittshurg; above and rainfall below from Albany to Eastport. Tempera- ture in the southern circuit will aver- age above and rain below on the Pa- cific slope; temperature and rain about normal from Banta Fe to Memphis; temperature below and rain above from Chattanooga to Washington. Assisi Two years ago R. J, Warren, a drug- gist at Pleasant Brook, N. Y., bought a small supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sums up the result as follows: ‘At that time the goods were unknown in this section; today Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a household word.” It is the same in hundreds of communities, Where ever the good qualities of Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy become known the people will have nothing else. For sale by J. H. Ross, Linded Hall; 8, M. Swartz, Tusseyville, Wm. Pealer, Bpring Mills, and R. E. Bartholomew, Centre Hall. ~JEvery young man wishes to look neatly and well dressed, and desires that his clothing shall be of the latest cut and material, aud then the price is an important consideration. Lewins, Bellefonte, has a stock that is the very atest. Everything and a big assort- ment to select from, which gives that {in the quarries, and either of these will | furnish abundant exercise for the {tramp genius. Ten days will be the ordinary sentence at the start. The police have been instructed to | run in all persons not able to give a | good account of themselves found on the streets after 11 p. m. To these will be added the ordinary street beggars | and house-to-house mendicants. Those | who refuse to work will not be allow- ed anything to eat. More Democratic Vietories The Democratic broom still keeps sweeping—it swept New Jersey this week. All signs point to war between Turk and Greek. The armies are ready for battle. The Democrats carried Patterson, N, J., vice president Hobart's home, by 1500 majority. Jersey City, on Tuesday, joined the rest and gave the Republicans a black eye. i —— A lf RB sis Rev, Rariek’'s Appointments. Sunday, April 18,'at Centre Hall at 2p. m.; at Spring Mills at 10a. m.; at Tusseyville at 7 p. m. One Way to be Mappy. Is to attend to the comfort of your family. Should one catch a slight cold or cough, call on R. E. Bartholo- mew, Centre Hall, and G. H. Long, Spring Mills, and get a trial bottle of Otto's Cure, the great German Reme- dy free. We give it away to prove that we have a sure cure for Coughs, aids, Avian, Diustipation, and alt | way, the Evening Post says if it swings | the Republicans are sure to lose 50,000 majority. Let ‘er swing. PAPAS A Log Driver's Adventure Robert Foster,a log driver, had narrow escape from drowning on Clear | creek, near Emporium, a few days ago. The logs had jammed and Foster at- tempted to cross the creek on the logs. When he was half way across the jam broke and the logs started, Foster among them. Three logs formed a tri- angle, in the center of which was the log driver with his head above water. In this way he was carried two miles down thestream before he was rescued. At one time two comrades tried to pull him out but he was held firmly by the logs. Finally he disappeared and the logs floated over the spot where he was last seen. While the men were won- dering how they would recover the body they saw Foster climbing up the bank 200 feet below them. He had dived to the bottom of the stream and by swimming deep escaped being crushed by the logs. ‘He was unhurt but badly exhausted. — Lock Haven Express. Big Display and Assortment. The best display and assortment of Ready Made Clothing is to bg found at Mantgomery & Co's Store, lefonte, | Fost. Just received a large stock of Men's Suits, all wool, at $5. Hats and Me's wheat was 85 cents. It is now down to 65 cents, a fall of 20 cents a bushel. The present price is about 10 cents a bushel higher than the lowest figures That represents a legiti- advance because of scarcity abroad. It is noteworthy that with the low {advance in the price of gold is noted, | Russia and Japan are bidding against | each other for gold. They were MWid- ding 77 shillings 10} pence a few days ago; later the report was, “gold in strong demand at 77 shillings 11} pence with practically no supplies.” But at the same time the Bank of England reduced its rate of discount to 2} per cent. Here we have an active outside demand for gold, with a dullness in trade conditions, shown by the reduc- ed bank rate. The increased demand for gold minkes the American condition less comfortable. It tends to depress the prices of our products, for when the financial papers announce, as they are now doing, that gold is going up, it simply means that other things are going down-—that the purchasing val- ue of gold is increasing. This is illus trated by the fall in wheat and every- thing else, We need not enforce the lesson of these two coincident events—wheat going down and gold going up. To the thoughtful they carry their own suey of cause and eflect.—Pittsburg
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