Vi )L. LX X. em
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CUBAN QUESTION
They Have Decelved the Administration
and the Demands of the U, 8, May
be Unheoadeod
11.—That
ng duped by the gov-
the
nearly everybody, except Mr. MeKin-
WASHINGT
MeKinley is bei
ernment of Spain is
Qet.
ON,
opinion of
ley and the members of his cabinet.
Spain is playing for time and a plenty
of it, and it is likely to get it too, uao-
less this country rudely awakens the
administration from ils dieam and de-
mands that Spain be made to fish or
cut bait, It is difficult to find
telligent person who does not believe
an in-
that the change of mioistry in Spain
was brought about solely for thie pur-
ig to
pose of securing delay in replyi
the proposition submitted by the Unit-
worked well
'1 not
rate at-
Woodford
ministry for a
ed States, and if the
Tame
then, there is no reason that it w
at any
tempted, Miaister
tries to prod the new
reply.
be worked azain, or
when
Spain is also trying to secuie
the support of the bread and butler
brizade in this couniry by
a commercial monopoly to be
hinting at
are nted
us as soon as peace is restored to Cuba
scheme.
MeKin
who
rule
Mr.
those
under the new home
These things may catch
ley, but do not cateh
Enow the
Spain will have nothing to di
they
1
actual siLuaton
the commerce of Cuba when Lhe
and 1
hold 1
Mr. Me
restoracioa of busitoess
the island,
island will
because its 1p
be gone.
cannot change the ultimate
Cuba, but he can huiry up matiers
so disposed. If heallows Spain to pull
. } . hoe tl wil of
the wool r uis eyes by the re i Of
Butcher Weyler,
about Home
ove
and indefin:
PNSIONS
Rule cond
Cubans, which every school boy it
i
United Stale« Knows
cepted, he will simply
poi tunity to please le of
He p
}
(i
the y640)
sis : :
country, regardless of
party.
ably has not forgouen how difficult it
was to prevent Connress i i
issue last sprin
ble, if nothing |
time Congress
ber.
The sii
composing
the
ference, whii i
Washington
minisiration
(enue
iu
nancial bill io
single gold stand
at the
Nothing would please
coming session
so well as to see this iss
front by an auempt to Jeu
W
1 sdministration, it
Leit to Mr.
McK nley would let the financial que
jam
ithout the act
throuzh Coogress.
ive assis
Ft}
ance of U
cannot be done. himself,
tion severely alone, but with this cot
mission hammering away at him [rot
the ouside and Secretary (rage
the inside, he may give in and recom-
~jslation in his annu-
~
mend financial le
al message to Congress. [fthe support
of Czar Reed be secured, any sort
House,
The
the
bill can be passed by
that is where it will sto}
men command the
Senate, and nothing
yose can get through
I 4
which
that body.
It is enough to cause a sinile on the
to
Mr.
but
is in doubt as to whether he will ac-
of the several invitations
that have been to to
make a specch in the state previous to
the eiection, when it well known
that Boss Hanna billed him
ago for a speech in Cincinnati.
Pagan Bob Ingersoll had influence
enough with Mr. McKinley to pull
down a nice plum for one of his neph-
ews John C. Ingersoll—in the shape
of the Consulship at Copenhagen.
Fools rush in’ ete. There hiss been
more or less comment in Washinglon
on the fact that Senator Foraker, of
face of a wooden Indian to listen
the official that
McKinley is going to Ohio to vote,
announcement
cept either
extended him
is
weeks
tional prominence who could be iodue-
ed to take pait in the Republican mass
meeting in New York, held to rati.y
the nomination of Ex-Secrelary Tracy
by Boss Platt and Mr, McKinley. Ex-
President Harrison positively declined
although Tiaey is his personal iriend
THE RAVE OF THE THREANRY
| State Expenses Growing Like Jack's Bean
Sink,
Under the spur of the profligacy and
peculations of the Republicans the cost
{ this state grows with a rapidity and
[unceasingneas that belittle the
‘amous bean stalk.
of the
wy inex-
per-
formances of Jack's |
The process is a veritable rae
reasury, the crime being no |
determined
and
of 1
cusable, deliberate
than those ravishments
that make lynch law respectatle, if not
a practical necessity
for state U
ne elect
11 ti »
out of th
Way
means not
1.4
Tota
And in the last general appropria-
tion bill there were $250,000 less award-
ed the charities of the state than in the
bill of 1895,
The figures in the ease as here given,
The will
They
to cover it. be easily
the
coin-
prehended, show present
at Harrisburg as compared with the
of 1853-86, the Democratic g
of 1801-05 and the first two years of the
present administration, The legisia-
é
And the new capitol
and was a member of his cabinet; scheme, and Custodian John Delaney’s |
Chauncey Depew conveniently mapas- | scheme for making an Aladdin's pal- |
| Pattison's
{ Boaver's
| Hasting 4
{ The average citizen may well
aghast at the revelations these
But standing aghast will not
For that
votes should be cast for Walter KE.
| ter and Michael kK. Brown,
for
treasurer, whose
the the
treasury ring rule, and would inaugu
contain,
bring the remedy.
the Demo-
i eratic candidates auditor general
and state election
would be beginning of
rate a new order of things under which
would
(ris
and taxpayer
fr $}
fur Lhe moneys
's coffers,
his flance,
rt time and spent
Monday
t on the early Fall Brook train
Lie
her and
Home,
ww will
A Voice From the Soath End
ving some
rubbish
ESDER.
»
Married at Lancaster,
f 300 guests at |
f
son of
he presence o Ae
B. Frank Fisher,
al B. F. Fisher,
adelphia bar, was married
Miss Louisa B. Reynolds,
f Rev. P.
Reformed
{in this valley, who had
{sener-
Tuesday to
The groom
is a grandson o 8. Fisher,
many years ago a
his home at
Joalsburg.
-
i ev, Rearick’'s Appointmenis
Sunday, Oc. 17, at Centre Hall, at 7
p.m. ; at Spring Mills at 2 p. m.; at
{10 a. m.
lt si——
| A few weeks ago the editor was tak-
{en with a very severe cold (hat caused
| him to be in a most miserable condi-
| tion. It was undoubtedly a bad case
{of la grippe and recognizing it as dan-
| gerous he took immediate steps to
| bring about a speedy cure. From the
| advertisement of Chamberlain's Cough
| Remedy, and the many good recom-
mendations included therein, we con-
cluded to make a first trial of the med-
feline. Say that it was satisfactory in
DAY, OCTOBER
THE BORO ENJOINED.
WORK ON THE NEW WATER PLANT
STOPPED.
The Work on the Boro Water Works Is
Stopped until Injunction is Dismissed
No Buds for
Be
Work or Inde bledaoess
to Fald or Bonds for Bor
rowed Money.
Thue
Wis stopped on Ba.urday
work on the boro waier
ever
the arrival of Sheriff Cronister w.tl
injuaction which he
esteemed boro fathers
been done HiDoe no
L100 is 4
autaorilies
tise inns Letr
The mat
n te
=u
rday
Was ¢
the eyes of
| manipulation :
who seemed to be de
an out~ide influence,
i
The owner o farm
one
would not 1'Ke to tage
r snd adjoin
80 Claim Le sume
- ’
Yet
is oniv one
(he water supply
ourth
quired.
The trouble
1
plainly traceable to |
whole and
yw malice,
-—— -.
A New Hacket.
have
the
Swindlers in some parts
working a new racket on
A and
straoger drives up
states that he will pay §1
well-dressed
door
per
to the
nearest
The farmer
agreement
The agreement afterwards
in
| be deilvered at the
| point at a specified time.
| is requested to sign an
| that enecl.
| wards turns up
10
bank as a note,
warts of the state,
A A Si
extent in some |
Three car loads of cast iron pipe ar-
rived at {his station on yesterday af-
ternoon’s freight, to be used on the
boro's proposed new water plant.
This shipment is only part of the con-
signment. The contract calls for over
two hundred tons of pipe. Some are
of the impression that the pipe will be
shipped back, while others say they
New Pipe Here.
Io Veonsylvania
Hull,
Stroudsburg,
Walter I.
his wife at
[zal 8. a prominent manu
facturer at is dead.
Goodwin, who
Mansfield,
has been sentenced to be hanged.
Whooping cough Kills
at Fort Loudon, Franklin county
John Wanamaker delivered
§
ning address at the annual con
"the State Sunday School
at Harrisburg, ‘1
Was arrested
- »> -
Marriage Licenses,
IOWiIn
Ibe
Were
a marriage
i$
i N $ 1
issued during the past week
Frank Hollingsworth, All
mi Price, Bell
iis
Floyd Banderson
A
or =
New Railroad Started
the L
Watsontown
perations wisburg, Mil-
on
ton and railroad wer
commenced this week, Gr
to completion.
——
Must Rise Early lo See it
If clear in the early morning of
in the eastern heavens, when Venus,
Jupiter and the crescent moon will be
will hear about it.
sins A
Death at Boalsbarg,
Patterson Hasson, of former
associate judge Hasson, died last week.
He wasa pensioner, having served in
the late war. His age was about 70
years,
a s0on
EE ——————
The Trouble Over
A prominent man in town said the
other day: “My wife has been wear
ing out her life from the effects of Dys-
pepsia, Liver Complaint and Indiges-
tion. Her case baffled the skill of our
Ee
NO. 40
LOCAL ITEMS,
Cullings of More than Ordiosry Interest
from Everywhere.
uicycie was
first iacroduced | a the natives
ell down and wolshipp dit. Why in
much
the
+ BD
bo.row it irom olhers all
it is jrom the Tadd
Frede rick di-
vision of the Penna, railroad into
a he Pa.,
animals, cut
Otis Noil, a brakeman, in two, and sc-
riously injured two other trainmen
Cenire Hall location for
almost any kind of business enlerprise
A freight tain ou the
rau
rd of catile Hanover,
near
killed a number of the
i= a good
and is the only really growing town
in this county and in these dall Limes.
Come and look around 10 be convinced
that the Reporter is giving what is a
fact.
A gentleman from across the valley
aseeiled for a truth that several oulsid-
ers were scared oft from purchasing
properly in our prey town because
some persons in it are “everlasiiogly
gelling up a turmoil aod making high
taxes.”
Well, it’s sad indeed, but you
find 'em in many other places. 4
After his shabby treatment in Ohio by
Boss Hanna, he was probably flattered
when Boss Platt asked him to speak
ple. - Balking the figures for all pur-
poses, the gross cost of the three ad-
| ministrations respectively, as covered
Liberty, Libertytown, Maryland, The
25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by J. H.
{ Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tus
ed the invitation offhand.
ed under each, sums up as follows:
and RE. Bartholomew, Centre Hall.
will stay right here. —
— lil Suiiinsess
Croup Quickly Cured,
MovnTAIN GLENN, Ark.—~Our chil-
dren were suffering wiih croup when
we received a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. It afforded almost
instant relief. —F. A. Thoruton. This
celebrated remedy is for sale by J. H.
Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tus-
seyville; Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills,
and R. E. Bartholomew, Centre Hall,
best physicians. After using three
packages of Bacon's Celery King for
the Nerves she is almost entirely well.”
Keep your blood ina healthy condi
tion by the use of this great vegetable
compound. Call at G. H. Longs,
Spring Mills, sole agent, and get a tri-
al bottle free. Large sizes 50c and 2x
em ————————
If in need of a stylish and dressy
suit, it is wise to consult Lewins, Belle
fonte, and have him fit you out.
Dr. Swallow, the Prohibition candi-
date for slate treasurer, asked William
R Thompson, the Independent candi-
da.e for the same oltice, to slep out of
the road and let him bave a monopoly
of the reform business in this cam-
paign, promising to give Thompson,
in return, enough votes next year to
enable the Independent organization .
to have their nominees put on the tick.
et by certificate of nomination.