YOL. 1LXX.
WASHINGTON LETTER,
INVESTIGATION OF THE SU
GAR SCANDAL AVOIDED
AN
Cowardlee of the Senators In Killing the
Report of the Committee. ~Senator Ti
man’s Ligunor Bill Favorably Reported,
WasHiNGTON, June 7.—If Bhakes-
peare were alive and writing about the
sugar trust scandal he would probably
‘What cowards these
d of, “What fools
‘he Tillman reso-
to
I y
make Puck say,
Senators be,” instea
these mortals be.” ]
lution has not been
Senate, but it is dead
reported
killed
cowardice of others.
or its legislative servants, and their are
enough Senators so wrapped in what |
they are pleased to call conservatism |
and respect for the honor of the Senate |
who will join in voting the
resolution when it is reported to the
Jones,
against
Senate to defeat it. Senator of |
Nevada, w ho is Cl
mittee to which the
ferred, has acted rather queerly.
first told Senator Tillman that
Committee would report the
tion favorably, but now he is
to that action and has fallen
the stock exc
ant a matter to t
on. There
tion in the
may escape
follow a tl
thoroug
will also lose
airman of the Com- |
resolution was re- |
He |
the |
resolu- |
Opposed
back on |
1se that it is too
hurriedly
however,
import- |
cted up- |
5] i
is, one
The sugar
would |
but it
money it
ituation
the
exposure that
h investigation,
the
the sugar sched-
¢
Ol
much
would have gained by
ule it had inserted in the
bill by
tarifl’
wns of the Senate
the Re pt 1bli¢
Committee,
» Finance
i
as that schedule is as dead |
How favor: |
will be able to |
It is fighting
upon
year's bird nest,
trust
as a last
able a schedule the "
secure is yet
hard,
which
to be seen.
the
crooke i
atithiect is one
and
work can be |
rhedule
it re
part
easily
f 1100}
done, as a sugar s« is of such a
¥
that
the
technical nature {uires care-
ful study even on of
and,
ex perts
to underst
ry folk.
Republican Ex-Congressmen are tak-
office
these
ing about any old thing an
that comes within
The h
Brown,
davs, latest
were
Nebr,,
of Pa.,
Auditor for the War Department.
and ‘Ongressman
who has been nominated to be
Senator Chilton, of Texas, a member
of the Interstate C
the Chair
active in tryi push
Pooling Bill t
since the Sup
ymmeres Committee
has been so
the F
rough
reme Court
Pooling, |
of N.
had
the |
man of which
ng to oraker
dailroad
Committee
decision adverse to Rallroad
took the side of Senator Butler,
., that the
been haste’ in pushing
bill. illom of
mittee tried to de oy the accusation by
had
considering a pooling bill long be
when he declared re
‘in decent
Chairman C the Com-
saying that the committee been |
fore
the Supreme Court decision. Senator |
member of
but had |
no knowledge of any attempt to press |
pooling bill until
after the adverse decision of the Su-|
preme Court. Senator Butler gave no- |
tice that no railroad pooling bill could |
be acted upon by the Senate until the |
bill meeting the objection of the
preme Court to income tax
been acted upon.
The Tillman bill giving states
same control over liquors imported in- |
Chilton said he had been a
the Committee for two years
consideration of a
=Su-
an had
the |
to their borders which they exercise |
over liquors of domestic
has been favorably reported to the Sen- |
ate,
recent Federal court
against the South Carolina dispensary
law.
Representative Champ Clark, of Mo,
has been booming Representative Bai-
ley, of Texas, for the Presidency ever
since they returned from their tri-
umphant eampaign for the election of
a Democrat to fill the vacaney in the
Missouri delegation in the House, Mr.
Bailey says he has no Presidential as-
pirations and is in favor of the nomi-
nation of Mr. Bryan in 1900, but wish-
€s to serve one term as Speaker of the
House, and then to become a member
of the Senate, which he declares to be
"the greatest legislative body in the
world.”
There has naturally been much talk
about the very blunt warning given to
Boss Hanna by Senator Mantle, of
Mont., in a speech on the wool sched-
ule of the tariff bill. Mr. Mantle said
the wool manufacturers wanted the
cream and were not only willing but
anxious that only skim milk should
be served to the woll growers. He
told Mr. Hanna that unless the wool
schedule was made satisfactory to the
wool growers he would be retired to
private life, instead of being returned
to the Benate. Hanna is beginning to
show that he has fears of its turning
out that way regardless of what the
tariff bill may or may not contain,
manufacture |
decision of a
H. Roberts, of N. Y., to be U. 8. Treas-
chine, and has nominated Conrad N.
Jordan
ant treasurer at New York
the goid Democrats of Wall Street.
is a case of attempting to carry
on both shoulders.
It
a —
NEW ACT FOR TAX COLLECTORS.
A Law In Which Tax Payers Will be Ioter
ested,
Smith has received
by
Prothonotary
the new law signed
Mr. McKinley bas nominated Ellis
the different col-
commonwealth,
relief ot tax
As it
of interest to every township and bor-
it is published be-
ot
ors of the is
ough in the
low in full,
It provides
e period
the
of county, Cit
CO tnty,
of a yer " |
the
township,
ation of warrants in du-
plicate Y,
ward, school and borough tax collect -
ors have expired, in all cases where the
1 authority of said tax col-
ing the year one thousand
dred and
the expiration of their term of offic
eight hun-
ninety-seven, irtue of
by v
and said collector or collectors hav
bee
tax on said duplicates witl
lected the sam
and warrants,
* Or
shall vine liable for the amount of
wut having
e, the said duplicates
and the powers and au-
all
and e
1 #
coliecilors
ived
one
thority of said tax in
such et are
ded for aj
! passage
LSS
X=
from
hereby rev
eriod of
ct, and
hereby
to
Year
of this a
11 “
FOr collectors
are
HPOWe red
proce ed
ll persons who
aid taxes assessed to them
residing inn the distriet within which
4
assessed, as well as
said
and
Lb
11 > 1 fo
all persons who removed from
city, ward, township or borough,
edd t
sessed with like
have neglect ras aforesaid
its had not 1
aforesaid
ax collect
[two vears as
of said t
i }
Visions of Li
» pros 711
apply to warrants issued
year thousand eight |
Of
red and ninety, and that nothing
hund
contained in this shall ny
release a
bondsman or secu
rr -
A Warnlag for Officials,
From the
i pr
Schuylkill e
papers this week
just now
officials
inds lle
read of ution
winty against
»
=
spending public gally and
3 : 3. 11 .
several thousand dollars are te
charged ba
the | : resulted in the same way
d coun ty
against bo h, township an
{ officers, ery time one entire
the
the
three
{ school board is serving a term in
pe
nitentiary, and io another
Case
wn eouncil, sone
| weeks ago, were put to jail for illegal
actions,
Let this serve as another warning
officers who think they can recklessly |
spend
own no property,
that the
on the complaint
the people's money because they
should bear in mind
penitentiary
of
is before them, |
ALY one or more
—————————
No Extra Session.
session
The chances for an extra
ature are slim and when ma-
ny of the members are assured of this
i. members would like to |
Many
$300 and mileage. Gov. Has-
friends say he will not call an
If the proper revenues
1 the institu-
will have to struggle along for two
years without state aid.
ica m—— -
Mr. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the
Burton House, Burton, W, Va., and
one of the most widely known men in
the state was cured of rheumatism aft-
er three years of suffering. He says:
“I have not sufficient command of
language to convey any idea of what
I suffered, my physician told me that
nothing could be done for me and my
friends were fully convinced that noth-
ing but death would relieve me of the
suffering. In June, 184, Mr. Evans,
then salesman for the Wheeling Drug
Co., recommended Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. At this time my foot and limb
were swollen to more than double their
normal size and it seemed to me my
leg would burst, but soon after I began
using the Pain Balm the swelling be-
gan to decrease, the pain to leave, and
now I consider that I am entirely cur-
ed. Forsale by J. H. Ross, Linden
Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; Wm.
Pdaler, Spring Mills, and R. E. Bar-
tholomew, Centre Hall.
1 A AAAS
~One of the largest stocks of Spring
and Bummer clothing ever received in
this part of the state, was received re-
cently by Lewios, at the Philad.
Branch, Bellefonte, It is a tremen-
dous stock and the prices are as low in |
and will it.
RE HALL, PA.,
TH
}
CHURCH FURNISHINGS,
Equal In Amount Nearly the Cost of
The announcement that it cost near-
| ly $70,000 to furnish Grace church as a
that is
there ls
state
is considered that
that the
now a cry
going up is
for
ern -
will continue
adout six months, and that the
three four
it seems that a due
session
only
bers only sit and
Wed k,
existing
days a
for
(0
regard
conditions should have
manded that a temporary could
for
$10,000 a month.
to be
ole ] *
reciiess exir
the
place
en made ready occupancy
thing less that
is expenditure
with the
of the nt
y
who seem to
SECIS in
ing 4 Avia-
mn
capitol
ti-
ganee en stale
when an
the hi
think that ur
kind is needed
paid. The
wi of fitting up the
cle of any ghest
price must be
the ilding
made public last week » first
The
s cst of 2
=
e")
exclusive
18.64
the
cost 1s
10 desks at for the
&
"
} desks at £37.68 for senate
galvanized sheet
t fif
iron at fifteen cents a pound to cover
These
+}
the
the heat pipes in the cellar.
items will add
The
nearly vi1s.0 fo
bills have been
Hastings,
eral Mylin and
Ww
above, approved
Auditor
Treasurer
(ien-
late
ood.
Patr A
Ge buiidiv committee was held te
+ the bills and arrange
hay RIEEL.
the
The { BAYS:
examin b for their
Their size was #0 great that
for s
postponed action fi
that
down
committe
A member
1 have to bx
they were paid.
said
scaled
The eo
urch is within
of the ori
wou ld
i thousand
ginal cost of the
» bills in detall
and
board of buildin
Vernor his e¢ aon
olle AUes
gs and grounds follow:
plastering
= metallic cases, $3
ot
oi
rere ving
575.29: wall
#
carpenter
carpets
lumber, carpenter
steam fitting,
o
; plumbi
yrs
65; hauling, $202
and extinguisher,
&a
¥
bu material, rentals,
wr,
A Re put shi
ex. has shown
and the
a
Ani polit ician, good at fig
the exorbitant co
eled
work
“All the
’
is Of
vii Winn
ning COIN
He
At p
I and lalx
SAVE:
painting
y h
{ re
it
i {
He
vaitline . ¥ .
VARLIDYE price 4 of ma-
re
$0 per ox ne. «
the
+
»
yal
tal ¢ must represent
and the
is the cost of the la
paid for material, balance,
Lor,
snded
0 per cent,
this
Cow
$08
tin
basis, of the $4,322.66
expe
&
painting,
$2 the latter
to pay
round
ers, per day,
sufficient
work,
amount
for 1,206%
numbers,
iid be
days
or, in
Wor
man for four
1
Of,
years and one month at the same §
As to the $1,720.06 which
ised by
painters, the oil would cost 2) per cent
$445.01, and the lead the
At 33 cents per gallon,
have
barrels,
r
§ BOT ON
$1328.23).
must
a1
,
lead, it must have required 12} tons,
which amount, of course was not
used.”
i —— A
Conflicts With the Constitution,
Governor Hastings vetoed the bill to
allow common school houses to be used
for Bunday school and religious pur-
poses, on the ground that it is special
legislation and is in conflict with the
constitution. His veto does not forbid
directors from allowing school houses
to be used for the purpose. He does
not deem it wise to place upon the
statute books any legislative authority
for the use of public school houses for
any other purposes than that for which
they are created.
The People Pay
Bill Andrews’ Lexow report (a big
farce) : cost $70,000,
Furnishing Grace church for the leg-
islature ; cost $60,000 —a clean steal of
about $50,000.
Junket to New York-—$§8,000,
How much is it going to cost the
state to put Grace church in repair af-
ter the legislature vacates the edifice ?
Pilg iron has jumped up §1 per ton—
a jump in wheat would have been of
greater benefit.
The German Dunkers have their an-
nual meeting near Frederick, Md., at
which there was an attendance of
40,000 people.
At Princess Anne, Md., yesterday,
a negro was taken from jail by a mob
for an outrage upon a white woman,
and hung. :
URSDAY, JUNE
IR
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
10,
CHAIR.
Support the Chicago Platform and De.
nounce Hastings. Proceedings Har-
monlous, Nominations Made,
Although the
| the Democratic
was a wel one
Belle
enthusi-
day
convention at
fonte on Tuesday, was a
Col. J. 1.
ned for congres
very
astic one, who
Spangler,
last |
was dow 8 las
and made
deploring
sided as chairman,
ing speech
pressed condition of business
£3 i 11 {
Arming alieglance to the
nics
Hugh
LO Ore
0.
form adopted at CC}
County chairman
1
called the
He
mivention
opening
Chilcag
made a
William Jennings
close of]Mr. Taylor’
10]
form and
work of
the
organization wi
vd A. Muss
then re » the call
for
aud list of dele gales,
present or sent subst
D.F.
ted as reading clerk:
QC.
Philipsburg, as tells
of Walker, as
NUOOwW
Ther
Foreman,
ad
ww
One, 1
p 1
ETIUN,
ol Shoe
were
Inty =i
Bellefont«
Hoy.
re-¢leots fl
Smith, A.
county
P. He AIT
John P.
deleg
0ouvention, and
. y £
A. Btranashan for
ed
Democratic State Convention
he Executive Committee
mittee
Nta'e Harrisbu
Wednesday © pur
’ fr
i
ext Sia
Ise Of
ion.
There was not a litt)
vent
disc
Mr,
Ww
ussion
time for the meeting.
date,
advocating an early
ng
notin favor ofa I
Tu A
and Reading t
mmmitiee
of
Harrity from his place on
ational committee was discussed,
to how
do it.
secretary
majorit V Wen
£1001
HE
ust |
hie
in
ousting
Finally esday,
xd,
the
secret session the question
William F.
campaign.
31,
SOeNe,
was selects
While Was
ns
the committee, of itself, could
The
Matt 8B
said
certainly
| simply reaffirm the
the
as |
convention,”
avage, “will indorse
t wil
principles of last year and indorse
national platform-—that is about
ail-
ver question,”
—
Marriage Licenses,
The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week:
Blanchard D. Ross, of Logue, Potter
Co., and Frances Ebberts, of Martha,
Centre Co. |
J. Henry Stitzer, of Rebersbu g, and |
Lydia 8. Spayd, Madisonburg.
Wm. H. Brouse, of Pine Grove]
Mills, and Emma V. Williams, of|
Boalsburg. |
Wm. H. Antisand Anna Bainey,
Philipsburg.
Chas. W, Corl, of Linden
Lizzie Myers, of Boalsburg.
Levi E. Williams, of Wilmington, |
Del., and Effie E. Lucas, of Chester |
Hill, Pa.
Wm. G. Heaton, and Lizzie
hizer, of Boggs twp.
Elmer R. McClellan and Emma 8,
Detwiler, of Tusseyville, Potter town-
ship.
Lewis C, Wetzel and Ida E. Gerber-
ich, of Bellefonte.
imi acbisson
New Mall Carrier,
A young man by name of Horner,
has obtained the contract for carrying
the mail, daily from Centre Hall to
Potters Mills, taking in Centre Hill,
Tusseyville and Colyer, for $220 per
year. Mr, Horner lives near Colyer,
and as the service requires the greater
part of a day with horse and buggy,
the pay is quite low.
Hall,
and
Emen-
Bitten by a Setter,
W. J. Btine, of Beotin, near Belle
fonte, was bitten by an English setter,
Next time he passed Stine shot the
dog. The owner sued sud sscured
Judgment for $50, The I. A. W. has
appealed and will push the cause for a
STRINGENT GAME LAW,
that Recelved Gov,
Bignunture,
{ The Mensure Hastings
ha
Crovernor Hastings “
drafted
Sportsmen's associat
signed the
the Btate
It deals with
| the protection of song and
and provides that
birds,
| new game law by
ion.
insectiver-
ous birds,
who desire
persons
to collect heir nests
for eggs for strictly scientific
pu rposes
shall obtain a certificate from the board
of game
1 he money
riite hy
His 1
commissioners at a cost of £5.
ed from
eretolo 11 111 1
deriy these
per-
i rothonota-
will be de-
ame commis
Found Dead in Hed,
- * —
Two New Dwellings
John Luse week |
adjoin.
He ex-
BOON 88 PpOossi-
broke ground this
a new dwelling on the lot
r Mr.
pects to complete it
The 1
will be
for
ing Poulson's residence.
as
rene
ble, new Presbyterion parsonage
started at once,
This dws ling i
will be of modern arcl with
Alon
$y
iWO
iiteciure all
conveniences, with these two
nore are in con-
templation and may be rushed through
il e—
A Dangerous Place,
At the station the council made their
street over three high, mak-
h fill in the
Fer condi-
feet
hig
dang
narrow and
hollow. Itis in a His
there will
Il pay a decent sort of a bill
It was intended
that both sides of the new road would
cfs cn ss
Next Monday Flag Day.
Next Monday has been set apart as
it by hanging out
their flags. It is proposed to have the
ments of the several states and territo-
institution, to awaken and instil pa-
triotism in the hearts of the people.
——
Reunion
June the 15th the First Annual Re-
union of the Students of the Pine
Grove Academy will be held at Pine
Grove Park. Special trains will be
run over the Bellefonte Central rail
road during the day.
sanm———
The brewers are forming a trust em-
bracing all breweries in the state,
a a
Lynn, Mass., had a snow flurry yes
terday afternoon.
HH SSAA HATA
About 500 fishermen were overtaken
by a storm off the coast of China and
drowned.
UA A MA A.
A mob In Batavia, Ohio, are after a
tramp to lynch for assaulting a wo-
man, Mrs, Curtis,
Wintersteen's case in court in Co
lumbia county, goes to the jury tomor-
ALL AROUND.
Local Notes of Interest from All Arouspd
the Town
We have been getting rains
wi
thout
coaxing or praying.
Thus far the
and cool since Bunday.
Mr.
wrehard indicates
thi
Ii
Lise In the
{
}
week has been damp
Strohmeler informs us his peach
ood crop of fruit
or
fi §
Year,
*
wv f # sr}
1y of those merchants who
teporter and you
em liberal in prices,
hie retofo
repeated gor or
Bi
effect.
Mil BGViIiOoe ven
ter, is hav
ing some
i vet
nas not ve 1 Lhe
beg it oO
We understand
: sre.’
uld also
wk and borough «
wl payi on 4
} i=
the remark j
Il the
al -
)
he takes
work he ean urprised the
for
atl costs double mild.’
Hall Sr company’s
¢ present time have a flow 3}
to supply a town of
In the dryest
into town
oP
+. £ Was
gel,
tax payers submitted to paying
work th
The
sp ring
of
what it she
Centre
wale
gs at th
water sufficient
253,000 population. sea-
A flow
Ff 3
of 12 ba
was
an rrels d
1
Heaq
AVETrage
The
which cou
laily per fam-
ily. present is over 200 feet
3
id be
feet if desired.
increased to about 400
Perhaps no other plant
this except Cen-
oo
in the state can boast
tre Hall.
No little
preity a
ning the Ref, church.
should own it as a preserve ;
building and
has as
itre Hall
The town
the mo-
town in the
natural park as Cer
©
ney unlawfully spent for
keeping in repair a board walk for one
who was in the council and for work
on the road when owned by the pike
company, would have paid for the
park. :
The memorial address at Bellefonte
on Decoration day, was delivered hy
Hon. O. A. Furst and was a fine ora
tion. The Bellefonte Democrat says
he delivered an eloquent and appropri-
ate address that contained much that
was of interest to his hearers and drew
many valuable lessons from the obser-
vance of this day. His closing re
marks to the memory of Hon. A, G.
Curtin, dec’'d, was a beautiful tribute
to the departed statesman.
Millbeim depending upon a few
wells and cisterns, some of its live citi-
zens advocate water works, which is
commendable. Their next best enter
prise would be an electric road to Co-
burn. We are of the notion that if
the Reporter were there to help push’
both these needed improvements
would be an accomplished fact same as
the water works and railroad at Cen-
tre Hall against which certain ele
ments kicked so viciously,
An old and esteemed subscriber of
Gregg township, in remitting his sub-
scription near two years in advance,
writes: “I can’t help but say the Re-
porter deserves credit for its fearless
ness and as having accomplished great
good to the people of our valley and
county in its successful work to secure
us a railroad and ; other en-
terprises and as a constant
of the interests of the farmer. No pa-
in the state haa a nobler record.”