VOL. LXX. WASHINGTON LETTER. THE PRESIDENT'S CUBAN POLICY STILL UNKNOWN Secretary Sherman Even Unaware of the # ‘ourse MoKinley Will Parsne With Spain ~The Tarif Bill. WasniNaroNn, June 2 Senator McLaurin is one of the few —-ty Democrats who is willing to make a prediction as to the date of the passage of the taritl’ bill by the Senate, which nearly every time dur- ent or Speaking on body expects to occur some ing the the first of next the Mr. think a vote will be day. That as the bill will bring ruin and it would to through on hangman's day.” latter part of the pre week. subject, McLaurin says: Fri- and, reached on is hangman's day, misery be it appropriate put Lome of the Republican Senators expect the Wednes- out bill to be passed as early us day or Thursday of th that is not pt cans in the House are © the the Lill as it emerges is week, 63 PLP | i dant hil very PUL LME, Republi- ery confident that in «ll important schedules, from the ehice Committee will closely the original Dingley bill. know s Cuban policy is Sherman does'nt what Mr. McKinley’ to be. He so informed a close al friend. Wood for ; has been in Secretary person- It has leaked out since Gen. the new Minister to Spain, Washington in any particular hu to Madrid, and the 11 tually ope * 1s nt that he will ac with Spain in the Rui the t of the McKinley pol He will to be made tepping ston stepping stone " i introduectio towards Cuba, before the fall. probably start late in July, butit is not certain that he 1 either by the most direct or most speedy route, Czar Reed | Pas Committee ’ some of his he do him between nov Known as t sentatives, announce t adopted a resolution settin for the adj The ne 01 Yer H i new wirnment of ti OH Butt w { heen i he hs neys for fraudulent has ordered Joh LO answer » barred, “fraudulent, incomplete ae to de- fraud and the result of ; $ fo s1¢1 3 01 ¢ $ defrauding Chi ents, to the pjury. and wrong doing, to the scandal and re Wf the Pat- proach « i ent Office and contrary juity good morals of try- concluded to abandon the idea ing to get Congress to authorize tl o } appointment of a currency commis gion ai this session Nearly everybody o cant takes the refu tee of Privileges and on the report prepared Hoar, favoring the seating of ex-S ena- XC appli- sal he onimit- Elections to vote Ly Senator { certiin to get the that tor Corbett, of Oregan, on cate of the wernor ofl stale, ‘arbett will He might enator Mite h- ell and his friends been using their in- the though it is by no means certain that a majority would have voted to seat him, anyway. Senator ‘Billy Mason mercifully guyed by his when he returns to Washington, having made a big bluff by telegraph- ing the request to have the nomina- tions for the southern disirict of Illi- mean that Mr. ( never the coveted seat, have ont have go ten the seat had not ex fluence against him on quiet, al- will be un- associates A ———————————— His physician says that his trouble CRUEL JOKE, the vocal cords. His sudden cessation Was Thrown Into a Wed How a Damper i ding. ed a part of a vehement speech created a sensation on the floor, 5 — - Much Truth In It, In pearly community there can be found those who every have no re- gard for their own reputation and de- sise to bring others down to their own In order to satisfy some peculiar whim level, says the Middleburg New or, as they may think, for their own aggrandizement they are the authors their of malicious stories concerning friends or neighbors, These backbiters not employing are unlike treacherous villians, similar methods to it ning trick to thrust the dagger of slan- accom- plish their ends, thinking a ocun- those whose der at the reputation of record they envy. Perhaps at first such reports are started only in a jesting manner, bul it differently ould as a ¢ he listeners may digest than the author thought it w be, Jou § and the jester is vked upon al- umuniator, one of the most mean and d specimens of the human Il snake iKe poisonous unprinciple \ 4 race; who, a in the grass, pours out his venom into the system of the unsuspecting victim. It is always difficult to follow the trail and find the backbiter, for he secreles himself behind those whom he used as tools to circulate the calumunious story. yourself to bec Do not allow VILE transmitter of these unauthentic jure 14 ia Water— Water Works Middlebur an election by the citizens, to Defeated, y cotined ¢ lot he couneil of g order \ 4 fap VOLe [or I , . ol On WOrKSs, held or against the erect The election and the The d it down water was one day last week, proposition was v Post the because they il down. says peopie fie Ls also ordered The Tyrone coun held on an lection to be July 7, on the prop nd the 000 and buy out the p wition to bx town for $108 resent water com- The Tyrone Times and some of oppo ¢bt would any. leading citizens 46 the movement, because the ' cripple the town for many years, and th Yor $3 at the move is selfish work ie Brul by chargin sker created a sensation } ito MM aital i g the City officials wi i! and unfair mapagement of pe ip by again ip: the Hible back upon a aption project, purchase of ‘a on wis} lari t lant whicel ny s excelient pant which it was the con fis tended to wipe out and, in ian- the Supreme Court, This 7th 43 other, Is TT f guage of cate the property.” or Sth shift from one to the atr pre of the much abused old of of the high merit water works, and that jealousy alone actuates others it, get with petiy Our town would be dry to try and control and farm the intent to make votes to local offices, as punk without its unsurpassed wa works, A One Liners. A glorious Fourth to each and all. A big hay crop is greeting farmers The corn is beginning to come along. Tuesday and Wednesday warm. Paddle your own canoe always. A terrible set sitting at Harrisburg. A tarifl of 87 cts. to be put on coal. Dont sport on borrowed bikes, The wheat crop in the county good. Joob's shop enlargement is begun. noise held up by the Senate Commit- by withdrawing his objection to their confirmation. He will be compliment. ed on his skill as a lightning change artist. Some of the applicants for consular themselves as being up against a bun- co game that is being run by Mr. Me- Kinley, and they are kicking as much as they dare to as long as they allow themselves to cherish hopes of getting a government berth, These men say that every time they go to the White House to try to push along their ap- plication, they are told that Mr. Mec- pointment of consuls, and yet they see the nominitions of consuls sent to the Senate almost every day, and some of them have been young fellows whose only claims for recognition were the pocketbooks of their fathers, or the so- cial “pull” of their mothers. 1t Is not strange that this state of affairs should cause kicking. Senator Pettigrew isapparently none the worse because of his disagreeable experience in the Senate on Saturday, Signs for rain to-day. sss — A > i Killed by a Rattler. | A little 11 years old boy, while out | after the cows in Monroe county, came | across a rattlesnake 4} feet in length, | lying coiled in the road. He at once a fearful battle ensued. | ceeded in killing the snake but not un- | til after she had bitten him four times. | The boy not returning a younger | brother was sent in search and found | the older one lying unconscious in the i road, and beside him the dead snake. | He was taken home and died in great | agony next day. A A RA One Way to be Mappy. | Isto 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, Colds, Asthma, Constipation, and all diseases of the throat and Lungs. Large sizes 50c. and 25¢. One can reach the place from here within wedding was held in the eastern {of this valley. an hour on a bike, where a part The families interested were respectable, invited made for a pleasant Many friends were and complete preparations the guests the bad time, and at the and invited filled were designated hour came and glee cheer bride's home—but the roads from heavy raius, ighted be cauve not invited, and bent on revenge Like always, some felt sl they became, and here is the In the ple, responding appearance and Freundschaft there was ninetenths demented and of living squalor ; to them a forged invita was writ rging them to atten Lie press nt would be names of the ten, u wedding, they must with- Ou nia ted er pe sons were HO eXCuse f/eoe p- prop fail, and to this the creatures took taking across tl with mud, she with & 4 be arments ria | gan, Marriage Licenses. "or HHowing Imarri were issued during the Edward J Weaver, Spring Wm. Markle mWweelw Late News Ohio Demoors 3 West ( hie "RO The elm seheme to of Washington, i ri the in the state “ ted collapsed. Utopia, nix. —— -. leduced Rates to San Francisco, The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- py announces that, for the Christian held in i will sell Eandeavor Convention to be it is San Francisco July 7 to 12, special tickets from all points on its system at greatly reduced rates. These tickets will be sold June 27 to July 2, Den- ver and points west. Returning, pass- engers must reach origigal starting | point not later than August 17, 1867, For specific and will permit of stop over at conditions, { full information apply to nearest tick- | et agent. JuneZ4-2t rates, Me fp i C. E. Rally. | The Society of Christian Endeavor | at this place, will hold a rally in the i auditorium in Grange park on Thurs- day afternoon, June 8, The exercises will begin at 2. p. m. An program consisting of addresses, mu- sic, ete, will be rendered, which will be followed by a basket picnic on the park. All the young | friends of the society are cordially in- vited. ; : A Elocutionary Entertainment, No one can afford to miss the clos ing exercises of the class in elocution to be held in the auditorium in Grange Park, Saturday evening, July 10th, First-class recitations, music, delsart- ean drill, gymnastic exercises, and an enjoyable time for every one, . —————— You may hunt the world over and you will not find another medicine equal to Chamberlain's Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy for bowel com- plaints, It is pleasant, safe and relia- ble. Forsaleby J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and R. E. Bar- tholomew, Centre Hall, —Bubsgcribe forthe REPORTER. REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE HOW THE PEOPLE ARE ROBBED BY STATE OFFICIALS. Practices at Bhows Up Some Extravagant the State Caplial Fancy Prices Paid for Farniture, The published Faxpayer's Friend, a new paper at Harrisburg, shows up some of the extravagant practices at the state capital. It says: Friday hey burned People standing around last and watching the workmen as ' the § f it if tore down what is le 3 capitol) building inquired what was the purpose in building last n the “ph year, | midst of the hardest times known to the state, i 3 1 1 those little 8x10 corners nate east and the house side between the se wing on one side, and the and wing (iif) passin Ways halls I the and and that the « fiw administration was it four HHL TOT ould have been In #1 them, and 1 # sven ¥ 1 heat “1 i Blea Deas ap § for RO ON) af paAratis, Xecutl ve bath and ommissioner’'s of- keeping plumbing in re up old fl nd Carolina { i ; (XX) taging WITH 4 flooring, $80 electric lighti { od al ng for the gove Sa iy = ih Electric fixtures and alterations not embraced in foregoing items, $6,074.05, Gilding exterior of capitol domein pure | This Was aciu- gold, per square foot, $2.25 was It per | begun, but not finished. ally worth about 75 cents foot. square If completed, it would have cost the state fully $3,000, Winding the clocks, including those in the governor's house, and keeping them in repair for the year 1897, $50. Clocks costing $500 should be so cone to but | | they were not, The largest opportunity for a | steal is improving, and decorating the | | rotunda: east passage, dome, (interior and exterior, room, auditor general's stucted as wind themselves, big governor's office, | commonweslth’s office. {own designs and specifications, and | is evidence that their purpese was to ry out that purpose. For all the im-| mense work contemplated in the above | enumerated parts and rooms look at their maximum offer, and remember this does not include the house of rep- resentatives, which is not in the sched- ule, nor yet the lieutenant governor's rooms. Ornamental cement work per square foot, $2.50; decorative painting, it might be on top of cement work, per square foot, $1.25; this would make per square foot, $3.75. Plastering, plain and ornamental, (look at it,) per square foot, $2; marble wainscoting per square foot, $4.22, worth about $1.25; figure frescoe work per square foot, $4.75, worth, such as it was, about 50 cents a squure foot; hard wood dooring, straight, per square foot, $1; the same, curved, per square foot, $2; tearing out flooring, per 1,000 square feet, $60, It will be necessary to see the vouch- ers, which we hope soon to do, in or- der to ascertain the aggregate the state of this well well planned opportunity for an We shall atly if it does not amount oward $100,000, for our cost to considered and im- mense grab, be mistaken ri well up t friends have in nothing else lived one iota beneath their privilege. We ALL AROUND » Sections voles of Interest from all of the Locality Local widow UT DOSES i % Is NOW one Hallers, OVEeEIrworKs Ong how 1 He New mown ns Miss Katie Hewes, of spending her vacation at this place. Miss Rhoda » Alexander, of r some friends Fran Richardson , of Spring Mills, v kK and isited in ¢ Sunday, '. Long, of Punxsutawney ast week; he is looking well. and wife, who left for ome in Togeka, Kansas, Monday. FE. Palmer visiting in this place, i 1 ball the here was a interesting very game at this place on Friday last: boys played well for beginners. F. A. Carson has one of the finest fine trout in it. ——— Rev, Rearick's Appolotments July 4, at Centre Hall at 7 p. m. ; at at the Georges valley church at 10 a. m. All the above appointments will be Hamilton Road Bill Signed Governor Hastings has signed the come operative until the legislature i —— — —— Death of an Aged Citizen. Mr. Daniel Boileau, one of tae old est citizens of Milesburg, died at his home in that piace, Tuesday after- noon at two o'clock, in the 85th year of his age. EN Uxper the new Threecents-a-day law, it is probable that most foreign- ers who are refused naturalization will be unable to obtain employment. Then they will have two resources open to them. They can become either pau- pers or criminals, and, in the majority of cases, they must take one of these courses. In either event they will be- come burdens on the community. Did the legislators who enacted the new law think as far as that ? NO. 26 TUSSEYVILLE Bateh of tems from Our Wide Awanke Scribe, An Interesting Levi Btump and wife were to Cen- tre Hall Saturday. Mrs. Mary Treaster was whole sic taken very suddenly on Friday evening. J duite a number of our young peopie intend camping at the Rebersburg campmeeting in July. Alfred Reiber and Lot MceClenathan attended the Childrens’ tre Hall on Sunday eve Peter Smitl Centre Hill, in our vicinity Monday evening Mis Bohn, Bland and Miss Haft and Bquire were transact S08 allie ¥ sister Mrs. Rowe, Miss Barnhart to Penn Cave LINDEN HALL. hat Our Correspondent from up the ley Gives Us. Frank W elana triile ie laughter, J visited with his Ross 1 inday er over sunacay. Mrs 3.11 of Bellefonte, are Tom Rish r communi Miss Anna Corl, of 14 ivy } rs AF Visiting ber granai: Redoced Rates via PP. RK. R Ihe Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- | ny announces that for the benefit of persons desiring { r { the National of July, it wil EY or take advantage tl Fou Lie all ata s 3 between all stations on its fE4 IAS Erie; sold to or burg and be ! Tra ins § ¢ from points north or east of and including P cept that tickets will not Philadel north These Rw wi { phia por to and from points | the line Harrisburg KE | tickets will be sold and wi | going on July 2, 3, 4, and 5, and | be good to return until July 8, inclusive. june24-2t t to wili 1887 Wily — | Reasons Why Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the Best 1. Because it affords almost instant relief in case of pain in the stomach, colic and cholera morbus, 2. Because it is the only remedy thal never fails in the most severe cases of dysentery ahd diarrhoea, 3. Because it is the only remedy that will cure chronie diarrhoea. 4. Because it is the only remedy that will prevent bilious colic. 5. Because it is the only remedy that will cure epidemical dysentery. 6. Because it is the only remedy that can always be depended upon in cases of cholera infantum. 7. Because it is the most prompt and most reliable medicine in use for bowel complaints. 8. Because it produces no bad re sults, 9. Because it is pleasant and safe to take, 10. Because it has saved the lives of more people than any other medicine in the world. The 25 and 50c. sizes for sale by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; Wm. Pealer, Bilis, and R. E. Bartholomew, Centre
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