VOL. LXX.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
McKINLEY TANGLED UP
YORK POLITICS
IN NEW
He Forms a Combine With Platt,—Hawall |
Giving the Administration Plenty of
Trouble over the Annexation
Treaty
yo
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.
Kinley and Boss Platt have
deal which will kill Seth Low's
didacy for Mayor of Greater
York, make Ex-Secretary Tracy
Mr.
made
the influence of the administration,
and send Platt and his henchmen
shouters,
latter part
was
tion as McKinley
Plait did not relish the
the program, but it
“must” with him and Mr.
knew it as well as he did,
ing it would accept nothing
of
a of
Cilse
and
of
short
administration
Tracy
change for ihe
ence in favor
Low,
but it leaked out even before Mr.
cy, who had previously declared that
he would not the an- |
nounced his willingness to accept the]
Republican According
to Democ:
of
Tra- |
be candidate,
pominadion.
it will make no |
difference who the Republican nomi- |
t will be elected, It
aiic advices,
|
|
i
nee is: a Democra
bart is also in the dea!, and that the]
next Republican ticket is to
parties fo the deal have the ir way, the | |
same as the lest, McKiaoley Ho- |
bart. It is also sid that Plait got Mr. |
McKinley's promise Lo make him Sec-
the posit
many
be
and
reta.y of the Treasury, ion he
has vainly sougut for so years,
if he is re-elecied.
Gedling rich quick is ali right, pro- |
vided the methods by which it is done |
The tempia- |
al and levitimate.
and at the ex pense of {
|
are leg
tion todoso by |
others. is o.ten too stroug to be resist
ed
< sciences,
and elastic]
bv men of weak wills |
but
for the man who is too houoest to Linas-
act | aess upon any other thar
a legitimate basis, the knowledge |
there is consolation
is bus:
in
that fraudulently seqaived money sel- |
ries
never ocai resp t
dom siicks, aad
with it. The busiaess career of Jo
Wedderburn, head of the
John Weddeiburn & Co., which
ly disbar.,ed from
T. 8. Patent Offiee, |
f
ho
{
wneern of |
will |
be next week officia
practice before the 1
for gross fraud, furnishes an object les |
son of the danger of trying to get rich
quick by questionable means. The on-|
ly capital he bad when he started was
the idea that the newspaper
the country were to
by almost any old thing of a scheme,
and today many of them have nothing |
fi
of |
men
ready be caught
to show for the advertising given to]
the Examiner Claims Bureau, The]
Press Claims Company, (both dead
and John Wedderburn & Co., all rep-|
resenting Wedderburn's gel-rich-quick
schemes, except worthless certificates |
of stock in the several companies. He
other deceptive |
business, and |
adopted lottery and
methods of attracting
now finds himself,
ing rich, branded with fraud by the]
{7. 8. Government and not allowed to |
practice, and the Postal auihorities |
have been requested to put his paper, |
the National Recorder, on the fr add |
list. The facts tell the story
no comment.
instead of be-|
Althouzh no official admission has |
been made, it is known that the ad-
latest advices from Hawaii.
fication of the anvexalion treaty
the Hawaiian Senate has caused much
excitement among the Japauese resi
tion fears that a state of insuivection
may be precipitated at almost any mo-
ment. the result of which may be the
overthrow of the present government.
Information in the State Department
jeaves little doubt that many Japanese
soldiers are on the island, having gone
there in the guise of laborers. It is al-
so yery clear that thee soidiers are
armed and that they have fulked
among themselves of what they in-
tended to do after overthrowing the
government and taking possession of
the islands, New and urgent orders
have been sent (o the U. 8. Minister to
Hawaii, and to Admiral Miller, in
command of the U, 8. vessels there.
The feeling of uneasiness on the part
of the administration is not about the
final result of a scrap with Japan, but
about what might bappen to Ameri
cans and American interests on the is-
land should the Japanese make an at-
tempt to overthrow the Dole govern-
ment.
The disposition to poke fun at ex-
flenator Edmunds and his ten associ-
ates, who have met in Washington
and organized themselves into a so-
called monetary commission, has been
more pronounced than ever since Mr.
why they are in session. He admits
that they have no authority aud that
#
| with a suggestion as to legislation, ex- |
| cept through the right of petition, pos-
| sessed by every citizen. In the face of
that admission, the star chamber nmeet-
io of these agents of the Indianupo-
| lis Gold Banker a Convention of last
| winter, appear to be farcical in the ex-
| treme, and the result of their delibera-
| tion is likely to be just about as
ential with Congress as would be a res-
adopted by the
Street Poker Club
a
Thompson
Name It Please
Clearfield county has a curiosity in
TONE
ol.
school
the shape of a township, within w
borders there is not a church, scl
saloon, minister, justice,
teacher, doctor, lawyer, carpenter,
blacksmith shop, postoflice or two-sto-
None of the
township
inhabitanis of
held
a criminal
ry house,
the
on
office, sat
has ever
been in action.
that
certainly
Herald
fp
a jury or
if
The people of
live there,
township, Any
are not of this
Tyrone
The Veary Meteorite,
[.ieut, Peary has brought home that
big meteorie which he discovered in
his Areuic The
a mati
rest
1000
wanderings characler
er of
the un-
wrld’s at-
«his 100 tons, n 7 t
12. aud is
Pearv ever
mi and
‘the composivion 1s al
allie
This
med IIARS Is
deep
interes. visitant
known recious oulside the
mosphere wes
best
He
found the
is 8 feet by the
Lieut.
tes.ed the
BC
men Vv SAW, has
18%, has at
nost similar to
that used in plate on United
d
N.awes ships and | ckels
- > —
Crown Sheet Collapsed.
A frizht.al fatal accident oe-
on the Peausvivania railroad
about
I'he ere
suddenly
1
miles east of Geol etown, one
wn
of a passenger engine
blew out while the was in mo
tion.
Nix of the seven cas
h
whete
y:ueer Mitchell was
up the mountain side, his man-
gled body was found smoag the ro
eman Cawley was discov
down the river bank, where he
been blown along with pact
ror
KE
No passed
“
Mp
Greees Cries for War Again,
Ala. ge i on
:
w hers
~~
mee ior wes hel
arieraoon io Athea a resol
“
Hing upon K
(Geo ge and the Cabinet to reuew
3
kev 1adher
Fins ond by
than a
the { th
con erence
Most of
one speaker makiog a vi
#8 Of Dee O
ep
the addiesses were belli
nent atl
win Prine
The endea
him,
sant
Arvest
ine, pol Pe
but he escaped
ance of t owd
Le ol
———— -
Mavdered a Whole Family.
John Boecker, rit
gilk
lay
farmer living ei
Ia.
night murdered his wife and five chil
1
A
from Carroll, on Sun
i
wounded his eight
SON.
Afterward the fiendish or demented
f
iuflicting a fatal wound,
. a
on Chilkoot
Klondikers
on 8
their way
ing
when,
Perished
by ao avalanche,
nieen cauzht
pass,
to gel gold.
to hurry
despile
weather,
were
Hi koot
r death on
They
Dawson
were endeavor
City, he
of the
were ground to death.
$s
1 1
nines
Mc
Blooded Catile Sold
tle at the Pennsylvania State College,
was well attended |
Forty-one |
head were sold st an average price of |
$42.
as high as $51.
ss A A
Farmers Institute,
Farmers’ institutes for Centre coun-
ty will be conducted by the state agri-
cultural department at Spring Mills,
on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 13th
and 14th, and at Hublersburg, on
Wednesday and Thugsday, December
15th and 16th.
srl sf ammessaien
‘My boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding, and suffering great pain,”
says Mr. E. J. Schall, with Meyer
Bros’, Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo. “I
dressed the wound, and applied Cham-
berlain’s Pain Balm freely. All pain
ceased, and in a remarkably short time
it healed without leaving a scar. For
wounds, sprains, swellings and rhea
matism I know of no medicine or pre-
scription equal to it. I consider it a
household necessity.” The 25 and 50
cent sizes for sale by J. H. Hoss, Lin.
den Hall; B. M. Swarts, Tusseyville;
Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and R. E.
Bartholomew, Centre Hall.
bn MP
If in need of a stylish and dressy
suit, it is wise to consult Lewins, Belle-
fonte, and have him fit you out,
Justices’ Appenls,
The last legislature passed an
| which is of vital importance to every-
one who appeals a case from the deci
of the This
law provides that no appeal shall be
sion of a justice peace,
entertained unless the appellant makes
affidavit that he verily believes injus-
been done. Some
have not made themselves
with the new law, and if they had en-
matter how
de-
feated if the opposing counsel went in-
it stricken
follows: ‘That
of July,
tertained any appeals, no
just, the ends of justice would be
to court and asked to have
off. The
from and after
1897,
from the
law reads as
the first day
shall be entertained
of a {f the
Ol
man unless the appellant
no appeal
judgment justice
peace or alder
or his attorney or t shall make af-
that the
because
agen
fidav it appeal is not for delay,
but he verily believes that in-
is beet d pie J»
justice hi
a
Wagon Han on Kalls,
In ace
tary
srdance with the desire of the
secre of agriculture to
promote
more ex tended experiments in the use
of steel trackw AYS ON Wagon roads
office of road
rapgements
re inquiry has made ar-
with the Cambria
Pa., for
special rails fo iis purp
nto efle
iron
works of Johnstown, rolling
Lhiese
rangements to go
» as 8060 as
definite orders from responsible par-
{track s
company,
agreed upon a
y
4
} feet all
y 111
wr sup.
inverted
trough or
wheel with
the inside to
CHARDIN
an i
| res
I
given oy
“Dl
he Building Boom Continue
¢
H
week a sale «
shall be used »
wt a num-
ro up wilh
dwellings are
not nearly enough
i who wautl {oo make
yome
- *. -~
or’
Commission not ye! Received.
Nes ppointed postmaster Brisbin
has not yet ived hi
but
viv-a
e0e #
commission
it
it
glon, is expecting
on every mail. Should he
he
*
sri
receive
of-
likely
removed
No other
part
“~~
in time, will take charge of the
It
not |
fics
that the of
toms W morning. ia
ill
wation
y be had
i1aa
fice w
from the present
table 1+
the
sui worn is te in this
of town
pt
Grand Army circles
in a proposal to change the date of Me-
morial day from May 50 to the last
I'he growing tenden-
cy to make the day one of recreation
and sport instead of a fitling
al as intended has led
of the proposed ¢ v4
are
Sunday in May.
toa
Cent e Ha!l Ahead Again
Cencre Hall has a longer street that
in the
Main street is 1} miles in
sill growing in the direction of Old
{ Fort having baely an § of a mile of
a gap to build up when it will be an-
| nexed to make a Grealer ( entreball.
Alp
Chickens
county.
Abroad,
An exchange says that the supreme
leourt has decided that poultry run.
ning at laige is wild game aod the
right to kill them. No man has a
right to allow his chickens to run at
large and bother his geighbors,
Landlord Will Runkle mourns the
absence of one of his guests who (ook
in good living there for several weeks
while in consullation with the new
boro water plant stesrers for a con-
tract, and loft without paying William
his n'ce “william’’ for board.
ma AI AT
Expelled for Hazing.
Two men were expelled from State
College tor hazing daving the weok.
The facully announces that no more
hazing will be toiera.ed. The students
have organized a commiilee to assist
the faculiy in the enforcement of this
rule.
a i AY AAAS
—There is out one first-class cloth-
ing house in Bellefonte, and that is
the Philad. Braneh. Largest stock,
AN ACT OF LEGISLATURE CAUSES
TROUBLE IN LAND TITLES
Lancaster Want to
will
Penns Valley be Drawn into Courts ?
Farmers of Berks and
Fight-Theilr Lands In Danger,
in Berks
and Lancaster akin to that some years
It seems they have trouble
ago in Potter township, Centre coun-
ty, over the alleged Potter entailment,
by which scores of farmers were sup-
posed not to own their lands,
There are prospects of the liveliest
kind of revolt,
born and protracted litigation on the
part of of Berks
against stale
and possibly of stub-
farmers
the
pressing claims for over $50,-
county,
whom is, under a
new nw,
000 on lands originally purchased over
the
Pennsylvania
a century claims which,
REO
in Ea
counties will be
in
aguregate stern
swelled to nearly $400...
(ME)
A number of large land owners in
erks cou will it is said, soon unite
to if
cannot be
The
Penn esiate
nty
see these extraordinary claims
full
bought the
the the
15th century and sold i to the settlers
from New York
Those who took up
id not they
, and
farms
SU COess
y resisted,
the land of
latter part of
~iate
in
State
who came and
foreign counts
their ands
» miate
it
pay all
did not
&inee
OW edd the
at Th
and sold to
some pay
have been
many In
we present innocent hol
1
ail, J ORE
cut up parties,
consequencs, LU
i
find the
without
ders mise] ves
wupying farms
M any o
Slats
a clear title. yntend
that inasmuch as the has neglec-
ted for a century to collect this money
it should not be in ils power to collect
it fiom parties who do not owe i!
A number of fogals
from Lehi
lebanon,
When t
known
ies havea eady
Monty yin
York
his matter be-
been received | th,
Ch and
ent
RINONS
comes more generally
farmers there will be no end to t
discontent and opposition.
J. R. Wind
y the Secrela
i,
i ook
olph has been appointed
{0
. § $
ial
ry f 1%? ¥ al ¥ “
¥ i Internal Aflairs
after the
the
Ls
ol
interests of
land i
a law
against owners of fn spoastier
pans
made |
who. by by tl
last Legisiature, ¢
faulted payment
$0
: 1
$10 to
back to 1755.
that
fiom each, and running
r. Windolph estimates
charges against
The
|
ue
the Slate has
250.000 acres in Laocaster county,
P
CuRige
resent owners are in ignorance of {
against their properties, and it
js likely that there will be cons
1
ble lit
The
land in this
gation.
Penns owned great bodies
section of Penns valley,
Whether any of these lands wil fa
within these
not now able to say,
that all
are clean and clear,
hard
ainst
We hope not and
titles to Penas valley farms
It would be a fer
rible
farmers who toiled a
far
ag
to pay
vastly
life-time
their find,
ing that
sharks were (0 step in and menace
fs
for ms {o #fter
impiov Laem, state
litigation.
If the lest
to call into being such a wrong, it will |
mark to
legisialure passed an act
stand as an additional black
the infamy of the worst
that ever met at Harrisburg
Bl Se —————
How Up.on Conniy Grangers Did it
The Granges of Union county have
If the Granges of Centre
county will do likewise ag regards the
asamblers at ihe pic-pic, they will be
iss Mo
Nearly Bled to Dea ch,
A little four-year old son of Byron
Gaiis, of this place, a few days ago in
carrying a glass jug wilh molasses, ac-
cidentally fell, breaking the jug from
which he received an ugly gash in his
To Balld the College Barn
Farmer John A. Woodward, of How-
ard, is appointed to rebuild the new
barn at Staie College, and is out look-
ing up plans for a strong building.
A Horrible Rallrosd Accident,
Is a daily chronicle in our papers; al-
so the death of some dear friend, who
had died with consumption, whereas,
if he or she had taken Otto's Cure for
Throat and Lung diseases in time, life
would have been rendered happier and
perhaps saved. Heed the warning!
If you have a cough or any affection of
the Throat and Lungs call at G. H.
Long's, Spring Mills, sole agent, and
get a trial bottle free. Large sizes Ge
and 25¢.
—Lost.—On Sunday evening, on
Church street, a ladies fine silk hand-
kerchief, deep hem, hem-stitched, and
with deep lace. Finder please
1897.
The Maria Polson Case
Mendis, the Bellefonte rag
| picker and carpet cleaner, who was ar-
| rested last week on the charge of
|ing poisoned James Maria, his part-
(ner, applied through his attorneys
Taylor and Johnson, for a habeas cor-
pus hearing. The fixed
Thursday, to hear evidence,
hav-
court today,
the but
postponed it until a later date to be de-
The chemist in Philadel-
of Maria
not completed fan
until he
can be
of
cided upon,
phia, to whom the stomach
has been sent, has
of the
report
There
ion in Bellefonte
| analysis game, and
makes a no hearing
granted. is a division opin-
guilt of the
for the
that
that his
as to the
held
opinion
Italian Mendis who is
of the
others
crite, dome are
he
near
is guilty, while SAY
eration is the work ofa rival in
business,
Ap
Increased License Fees,
wording to the act of
liquor dealers were required
license fee of
and $7
dealers,
$150 in boroughs
in townships; wholesale
| Ol ughs
the
passed at
aud
increases
in Lor i $100
ana in
same as wholesale
i he last
approved
governor, he
Whole sale br
b
fees as foll
My}
wroughs $200,
di i
San) in
bor-
1 townsh brewers
1s
i
10%
JOHN)
}
$00 where the «
the fees hereto
brewers all went
those of hotels
divided between ti
I'he new
jot change
yal fees
auranis ge
Pennsylvania Peach Crop Large
¢ $4
the depart
is t the
is i
the
Liat
ire, RAVE
his season has been
Marks
om Mift
orchards
mens 10
peaches fr
ties, where the
ship thelr product
the
FEL incip
burg and wesiern
state,
i frigerator cars 1
Autamn Arbor Day.
Superintendent of public instruction
IN. { Friday
proclamation naming Friday, October
umn Arbor The
| proclamation me ntions the benefits de-
| rive # tion of treesjand of
{
. Schaeffer last issued a
as the aut day.
[ <=,
!
from preserv
behalf of
view of
laws
“In
1011
the recent beneficial
forestry and
{ these facts it is the
in
concludes:
patr duty
| every teacher to see to it Arbor
| day is properly observed by his school.
the are
| not in session during either » Ar
| bor days appointed in the spring of the
| year, it has become the established cus
tom for the school department to name
ian Arbor day in the fall of the
| and October 22 is therefore chosen.”
of
that
rural schools
| Since many of
of the
year
fli meri
Marriage Licenses,
The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week:
Nathan Simeox, Liberty
Charlottesville,
Van Bonhorst,
Cox,
L.
[.. Franklin
Va., and Louisa
Reading, Pa.
Perry Willard and
both of Ferguson twp.
Carl C. McLaughlin and
Oswalt, both of Bnow Bhoe.
James B. Wagner and Annie
Fleisher, both of Potter twp.
Elmer L.. Bowes, Pine Glenn,
Estella M. Cheesman, Mill Hall
Stephen Keller, Decauter, and Re
becca Ford, Powelton.
sist ons 5 I SMP A SN
Held for Trial.
Aaron Bartges, the Loganton drug-
gist at whose home the death of Miss
Annie Houser occurred under very
suspicious circumstances, has been
held in $1500 bail to answer before the
Clinton county court on the charge of
complicity in the death of the young
girl. In default of bail Bartges was
confined in the Lock Haven jail for
several days, until George Pifer went
on his bond. The coroner's inquest
revealed that the girl was a victim of
malpractioe.
So
«~The new Fall styles of dress suits
have been received at the Philad
Branch, Bellefonte, and a more cow
plete stock you will not find. If you
need a new dress suit, hat or any fur
nishing goods, see their stock. Many
sales and small profits is the way the
Ida M. Ickes,
Lidie E.
(i.
and
—
NO. 38
LAOCAL ITEMS,
Cullings of More than Ordinary loterest
from FF yerywhere,
Frost Tuesday rmorning.
Frank Bhuey, of Fellefonte, has been
granted a pensions.
Potatoes are 50 c«=nts in the
valley,
and apples 25 Lo
? eu
Gov, Hastings or Tuesday again left
ellefonte for Harrisburg,
There are some dangerous holes in
walks in our town.
Frost again Wednesday
Jack's third eall ti
There is ever
Morning.
week,
id
tha
ros pect ft we are
going to have 1 fall,
foundation
Hofler st
reaay
wird
The past twelve
new houses in
ments upon the
Pan
never is
Chestnut
mn open
sidewalk at Dubois
:
has recovered 1
she at first offered
Roll
whi
in, and =u
fer, h has 3 «
irises
rpri
ribe
a
in il
encourage
town and
Repoiter
Work
ntr
that have con
and
4 DS(
valle
yr
and advertise
for Centre Hall and for those
ibuted to its enterpri-
ses and e1 Keep shy of
improv
those who cont in 7 Lry to cause dis-
enrre Hall.
» grange pic-ni
consider
turbances.
Talkin
ways |
how fortunate escaping
the last week's downpours which were
far worse than week before,
This happy
well supplied
g abot ¢ al-
x
hewv were
struc by rain,
wing
$
: in
in pic-nic
i well watered burg
y pel
being the one most
light of fond mamas ;
is
Als
wie babies,
nrel
sq ¥
i
each little chem
sdmired to the de
and still there sre more-new houses
going up.
The season is =mt hand when it
well to secure hydrants aginst freez-
ing, and to examine flues
and furnace fixtures. Many a serious
misfortune is averted by a litte timely
| forethought.
| In Milroy there was a deadlock in
| the school board ower the selection of a
teacher for the first grade, which was
| broken by the withdrawal of teacher
| Lawver, when = mew applicant, Mr.
| Meyer, of Boalsbuarg, was chosen.
It is refreshing to read that in many
| parts of the country officers, high and
| low, from township and borough up,
| are being sent to the penitentiary for
i # «
| wrongiully spending the public money
|although having tried to cover their
tracks, Take warning.
Bicycles are mow being made with
one of the tubes in the frame plugged
at each end, to be filled with oil thro
an inlet at the top, and drawn off be-
low, so that a cycler nead not run out
of fuel for his Immp. Any one can
make the needed change on his bike,
It is given out tht our esteemed bo-
to fathers will pat up trespass notices
is
carefully
down where genial Sam Stover doth
abide, and measure the $0 worth of
water. That's right. Goy Hastings
having spent some time in town Mon-
day he was quietly asked to send up
acompany of the Hazleton sogers to
stand guard over the goose wine, and
be sure to have canteens filled before
Siva has bull wip these Jungs padzonage
Sag gut thurs,