The VOL. LXXI. WASHINGTON LETTER. MOKINLEY FEEDING THE HUNGRY | remain in the cabinet an hour and the President were not in finan- | cial accord; also that the Republican ol | party was to-day fully committed to vole Laws, to Make Plans for the Clam the gold standard, Every eye Lin the | Senate was upon Mr. Teller when he uttered these ringing words: “I ack the Republican party because Jan. 10.—Mr. Me-|js the party of the gold standard. Kinley, by working over time and by | hope to see it go down in 1900, | Treasury. He said that it was ridieu- He Favors a Moddieation of the Civil oring Thousands, i | WASHINGTON, I and I using a shovel on the pie, managed to | pledge that I will do everything in my send more nominations to the Senate since Congress reassembled than have { power to drag it down. It's policy is | not such as is demanded by a great and free people. I have no quarrel with the President, but he stands for the gold standard, a policy which in k before gone in in any single week since he took charge of the pie counter, but it has not lessened the pressure on him for pie even a little bit. For every hungry mouth he has filled there are a There is | | my opinion will impoverish and wrec our people. thousand asking to be filled. a suspicion that Mr. McKinley, stead of being opposed to the fight that is being made in the House | for a modification of the civil service | law, is really in favor of it. Lacking | the backbone to use his authority co Me pl in- | FLORIDA, Warm Personally-Condacted Tour via Pennsylva. nin Rallroad With its matchless climate, its or- lakes, its fishing and to | Ange groves, its rivers and tp » | ating athing modify the rules under the present law | boating and bathing, he will do nothing. But adopts any legislatson he will allow it | to become a law, probably without his | signature. The ground for this suspi- | the sportsman, and the explorer. Many of Mr. McKin- | The first Jacksonville tour of the ley’s warmest friends are engaged in | season via the Pennsylvania Railroad, this fight, and every member of his |% : Florida, leaves Cabinet has gone on record as favoring | New York by special train Tuesday, The bill | January Excursion in- fore the House civil service committee cluding railway transportation, Pull ; i limits the law to those positions pay-| | meals en route in both directions while its if (Congress | : 4 { ida presents unrivaled attractions for the valetudinarian, the lover of nature, cion is ample. | allowing two weeks in some modification. now be- td, tickets, man accommodations (one berth.) and ing from $900 to $1800 a year. " " ' {traveling on the special train, will be I'he Senate has taken up the Hawa- | | vs : rp 's i sold at the following rates: New York, lian annexation treaty and, if its sup-|, A WSt. $5 ett a " " 5.3 . Ie ..2 $30.00; Philadelphia, $48.00; Canandai- porters have their way, will consider | . | gua * i ¥ , $92.85; Erle, 430.35; Pittsburg, 24.85; it daily uutil a vote is reached. Senator Butler, of North has offered a joint resolution propos- ar irae i i Caro lina, | tionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | i | | | Tat of the Doln i State of Pennsylvania Good Work. of agri- Thomas J. Kdge, secretary | Giovernor | | culture, has submitted to | | Hastings his annual report for the year just ended. The secretary reports that | | the past year has been one of advance | | all along the line of work falling un- the care of the department. | { Through various acts passed by the { last legislature the efficiency of the | | farmers’ institute has been increased, | the work of the dairy and food com-| missioner extended and the forestry | commissioner enabled to more eflicient- | ly carry on the duties imposed upon him. The state veterinarian, through | | the live stock sanitary board, has also | been enabled to not only increase the | eMeiency of his work, but to greatly | {extend its se and usefulness and to He ¥ exercise control over mileh cows and { animals brought { breeding into the | i state and to shut out diseased animals, Every division of the department has a work to perform which, when our farmers, | properly appreciated by will more than repay the cost of all of | [the divisions,” adds the secretary. | | “Thus the work of the analysis of com- | mercial fertilizers much more than re- | pays the whole cost of the department; | the benefits obtained from farmers’ in-| { i iatitutes, especially in localities where | they are understood and taken advan- | | tage of, more than repays the total ex- | | penses incurred in supporting the de- the | | partment; the benefits gained by | work of the state live stock sanitary | | board, who, with the exception of the governor, are all officers of the depart- ment, in its work of suppressing tuber- | culosis, glanders and other contagious | diseases, has been the means of saving value more MILESBURG'S BIG FIRE. THE BUSINESS PORTION OF TOWN GUTTED. THE Bullock's Carriage Works and Livery Sta- ble, two Stores, and a Fine Residence in Ashes. Loss Heavy, Last Sunday evening the borough of Milesburg, across the mountain was under control and before the flames several business houses were a manu- facturing establishment were in ruins. first discovered I.. Bullock's From the stable the fire In works, and these two buildings were The flames were in the hay mow of livery con- rge Carriage From Bullock™ build- next Bogg's building and to the hotel, and to the ) Le old Boileau flames spread the Essington block, a brick building. Miles path of the flames ly destroyed. : iarge f i Lireene The residence o the Wis and complet in i For a time it seemed that the great- d asked from i } i would be | i Afi ny was sent down, and Jellefonte, re engine and Com pa- ho fire { The distriet burned was closely built i being mostly fram » spread rapidly. Bullock lost twelve buggies the buildings } he fir and all br ins « a ¢ tock in his « arriage works, ing r all His loss 4 Fi very si he two stores of ¢ 1898. CALIFORNIA ! Personnlly Conducted Tour via Penusylva nin Kallroand | nental travel has been revolutionized { by the Personally-Conducted Tours of | the Pennsylvania Califor- { nia, the “land of promise,” the dream {of the tourist, has made easily and comfortably accessible, Through | trains of appointments run between the Atlantic the Pacific, 1« the most interesting points en route, tailroad, been palatial and affording ample opportunity to visit and insuring a degree of comfort and special attention not otherwise attain- { i able, The next tour to California un- der this matchless system will New York, Philadelphia, and Pitts burg Tl leave wrsday, January 27, Diego, Louis, El Paso, San { ide, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Barbara, Montery, San Francisco, Salt Laake City, (ilenwood Springs, |B trans nver, do Springs and Manito Round-trip rate, including carriage driv l and Pull and tion, meals, ©8 commodations, nan ace i I : maodations, i | accommodati transfers, ( and carriage drive ulifornia for four An experi the part 114g. y tou i HO pan rit Tiss » lady LOCAL ITEMS, | Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. Dee Butschertzeit is now ferby, Dee Brodewersht sin all g'fres Next gin dee public sale Lunch, Belle muss met net fergesse, Peace reigns again in Warsaw, The general health of our still good, county The mild atmos days has put ; If you have sal print, give the Reporter office a trial, for a good 100. Bmith & Crawford have opened their new store in Bartholomew the station. mosp hie re has with sig . . : and full in-|the entire cost of the department, and | ing a constitutional amendment that i | formation apply to ticket would revolutionize the 1 courts. | er , 8 1 agents; Tour- | the work of the forestry division in ed- | i i ~ ¢ the state i t proposes that all U, 8. judges, in-] cluding those of the Supreme Court, | shall be elected by the people, for | terms of eight years, and provides for | a division of the country into circuits | for their waking resolution, Butler “There was a time when all the Of i election. 8S his | Senator says: | states | thought it incumbent upon them to | Now the » is the the hands | appoint their judges for life. life tenures of a judge in I power over the judicia a in » i exception. believe placing y in the of the people. If the system of stated | terms is good in the states it ought to for Federal £1 . for the @e be equally good ernment.” Ww Many Democrats in Congress fav beginning the congressional eampaign of next fall at onee, on the floors of Nog, p red aggressive fight upon the Republicans from start to finish. Among them i Representative De Armond, of Missou- | “We ant L« 1 Congress, and keeping up a Hu ri, who said on the subject: We We ought the hypocracy | our political oppo- ought to be aggressive, w ) o lose force the fighting. no time in exposing ¢ i and cowardice o nents. We can lose nothing by being Fhose who followed the standard of Democracy and Bryan i aggressive, ¥ I the last campaign are as enthusiastic y , 81 and as earnest as ever, and we who are here in Congress representing that sen- | timent ought not {o lag.” Senator Chilton, of Texas, says o the civil service hubbub in Republican | ranks: “In my opinion, if Mr. Bryan had been elected instead of Mr. Me- | Kinley, the fly specks which Republi- | i i can orators in Congress now imagine to be blood spota on the civil service | system would have escaped their at- Their sudden real- ization that the idea of civil service re- tention altogether. due tepubli- | cans into places now filled by equally capable Democrats, and no Democrat- ic senator or representative should give them aid or comfort in their de- signs.” Czar Reed is the one Republican in Congress who has never buckled down to Boss Hanna, On the contrary, he | not long ago made Hanna eat a big chunk of humble pie. It all came about in connection with the appoint- ment of a light house keeper in Mr. Heed’s district, a place Mr. Reed had asked for one of his constituents, In- stead of the appointment Mr, Reed got a letter from the headquarters of the Republican national committee, sign- ed M. A. Hanna. That made him mad. He is'nt a profane man, but his demand for an explanation from the Treasury Department as to what M. A, Hanna had to do with appointments in his District was as “hot stufl”’ as anybody on Secretary Gage's stafl cared to hear about. An apology quickly followed, as did the appoint- ment of Reed’s man. But that did'nt mollify the Czar. He went after Boss Hanna and made him apologize also. Benator Teller made a manly and able speech in reply to the numerous newspaper stories alleging that some of the silver men in Congress have no proper conception of the financial ques- tion, and are trying to force it to the front merely to make a breach between form has been carried too far is solely to their purpose to get W. (teneral Passenger A Boyd, ore wt t nt, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. janl3-2t oe pt Weather Forecast My last bulletin gave forecasts of the the continent :, and 14 to 18, The Pa- the . ; y the close of ts L« next disturbance a about Cross h, great ce lle 20th to ys , eastern states warily ap I x ¢ Willi cross the west of A warm wave ¥y about h, great | valley - 001 wave will it Hockies country about the entral valleys 23d, eastern states The temperature of the week endin I 12 average about normal ¢ iA and above normal The ae northern in reader will to states, southern forget that average above normal east of Rockies and that li r occur from the Sti This rise below west of Ia the south- n states a great rise in temperature % { will y 20th of Jan- in ur in 5th to 13¢ The heaviest rains and ir in 9th to temperature was Northern OHO 1 f i i tates from the h. the 15, northern and the 17th 23d. will ym the oo in f LO Bo Al —— Boys, Take Warning. A young man in Albany, crazed by cigarette smoking, committed suicide He left a note to his brother smoking for his cigarettes were The young man's mind had become sffected by he could the agony, and shot himself. Young man, if you are a vie- tim of the cigarette habit, stop it before you are ruined mentally, morally and physically. Cambria Herald, the cause of his death. no —— Results Not Satisfactory, In his annual report State Superin- tendent Shaeffer points to the fact that the largely increased state oppropria- the expected and desired result. Many of the districts particularly the rural districts, have simply decreased local taxation in proportion to the increase of state appropriation, and have nei- ther increased the length of the school term, provided better facilities for in- struction nor paid increased salaries to teachers, fp oy There is no medicine in the world equal to Chamberlain's Cough Reme- dy for the cure of throat and lung dis- eases. Thisis a fact that has been proven in numberless cases. Here isa sample of thousands of letters received: “I have tried Chamberlain's Cough Remedy while suffering from a severe throat trouble, and found immediate and effective relief. I ean unhesitat- ingly recommend it.”"—EpoEr W, Wairresore, Editor Grand Rivers (Ky.) Herald. For sale by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, 8. M. Swartz, ville, F. A. Carson, Potters Mills, and H. F. Rossman, Spring Mills, i fp ts ~—Bubscribe forthe REPORTER. 16 people of forestry dered the of legislation y last session possible, will also than repay the outlays on account of th o department during the year. — - Promise of a Mild Winter, Thus far we have ex perie id wave and t We are nter, and ti fields 1 one real © rakhil r s reimargkatie one, the very heart of in of wi | WArtn airs, gr Lhe We 10W 1€ ZTAsS on f a 'T ¥ ory } Lr and in the is green have had little familiarity with s and predictions about the weather, benefit of all Hy miss it ba ‘ to precedent juen var fF prophecy fo according x perience, we are warranted fel in the bel to let us the Ift ip prior ¥ i winter cold this at 4 : Of He "easy. get a good gr to » Last winter was similar to what this y gave us few re- were ¢ i of It The absence of long period ex deal, fuel means a grea re. $ b f 1. i f death rate, sinoe extremes Oi tempera- the weak among us, while moderation prolongs life. always prey upon Bp Before Taking Inventory, We have decided to greatly reduce our large stock of Suits and Overcoats. Therefore the clean cut in prices: £20.00 have made Ovwvercoats to $15.00 14.00 12.00 11.00 10.00 6.50 15.00 15. 13. 12.50 8.50 Overcoats to (x) to to to to Overcoals 0) Overcoals Overcoats Overcoats 0 Overcoats to 5.50 500 Overcoals to 4.00 Also a lot of Boys’ Overcoats, Reef- ers and Suits, at greatly reduced prices as we wish to clear our tables, and you will secure genuine bargaing, A lot of Mens’ Suits; broken sizes, go at about one-half price, so do not allow this opportunity to pass, MoxTGOMERY & Co, Bellefonte, ——— AA St SSS County Auditors at Work, The county auditors have been at work the last week going over the ac- counts of our various county officials. Their report will be given to the pub- lic about the first week in February, SAA A Tennessee lady, Mrs. J. W. Towle, of Philadelphia, Tenn., has been using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her baby, who is subject to croup, and says ofit: “I find it just as good as you claim it to be. Since I've had your Cough Remedy, baby has been threat- ened with croup ever so many times, but I would give him a dose of the Remedy and it prevented his having it every time.” Hundreds of mothers say the same. Sold by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, 8. M. Swartz, Tussey- ville, F. A. Carson, Potters Mills, and H. F, Rossman, Spring Mills. Centre County in Good Standing Acc 16 assessors of Centre ording to the several i t i r { triennial assess 14 ens § 3 ‘ wis taxables, | 1 2R | {ed land, and lands, the aggregate The axation is value £10.852 867 f fr om The horses and mules y taxati | mortgages, ete., assess] for $2,854.00 numober 4527.8 The | missioners held appeals at in Bell | county sia valued { 1 is a 1 1nsealed and valued at $625 202 ’ is having | able to meet all financial demands { at the end of the year had a nice | plus to carry into the year 1508, During the year ending Dec. 1 ‘a | were born in Centre county ie the i time 479 persons died, an increase of 2 | over the death rate of Colle; { borough, Harris, Marion, Miles and {| Union township decreased their birth { ren, as returned, being an i | 83 over the year 1596. In mes 1508, 1 0 ¢ : 3 3 { rate from 1896, while Snow Shoe in creased its birth rate more than any { othdt locality in the county for 1897, 50, Wp TORNADO KILLS $1,000,000 Worth of Property at Fort Smith, Destroyed Arkansas, Last 11.30 tornado struck the city of Fort Smith through the night, about o’ 3 ei | Ark., tearing its way ww i tire city. Men, women and children, asles | their homes, were without a moment's in warning awakaned to meet death un- der falling walls or in the flames that soon engulfed of the buildings. many The LJ A i sss omnis ne to be Bails, The Millheim telephone company has received sufficient encouragement in Bellefonte and Centre Hall to merit them extending their lines to points. They propose starting build- ing the extension as soon as the win- ter breaks, and in the of two months to have the phones in and the line working. They will invade the districts covered by the Bell people and a lively telephone war ean be look- ed for, ————— Endeavovrers’ Convention, The State convention of Christian Endeavor societies will be held at Har- risburg this year in the Chestnut street market house, which has a ca- pacity of accommodating 5,000 people. Twenty-eight societies of Harrisburg are actively preparing for the conven- tion, which will be held in October. — Sale Bills, Parties intending having sale this spring will do well to send their dates determined on to the REPORTER office and inserted in the sale register. When the bills are printed at this office no charge is made for inserting the date. The neatest and most attractive post. ers printed at this office cheaper than elsewhere, these oolurse pn HANNA THE SENATOR At the | - a — His Voice Came Hack Hiamsport, William Gheer, few months ago lost ce and was ina pel le d t at } is 3 i iay iast week while ain near Nesbit which was some While running he fell tl { ground, which caused him to utter a angry exclamation. To his surprise i id { and his voice since then has been {ly restored. i —————— a A A ——— i Six Eclipses, The year 1805 will have six eclipses, liree of the sun and three of the moon ring last ¢ fel ls . wed ¥ ne of Lhe latler occurring | This and moon December 27 evening. of a total eclipse « the two visible in the United States, the are only { sun is the reigning planet this year, . - Bs Mora Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were jssued during the past week: Frank Bartley, of Hublersburg, Lydia I. Minpick, of Nittany. John F. Raymond and Mary E. Spring twp. Roland L. Miller, of Bellefonte, Sarah A. Eckley, of Benner twp. W. O. Strunk, of Centre Hill, and F. O. 8chnars, of Quewaden, Clearfield Co, Fdward T. Lewis and Maggie Har- rig, of Patton twp., Centre Co. Wesley O'Day and Mary Young, of Bellefonte. smi fA A ———— GRAIN AND CATTLE MARKET, Philadelphia, Jan, 12, Wheat, contract, S81, Corn, No. 2 mixed, 33, Oats, No. 2 white, 30. Butter, fancy western creamery, 20a 21 ; Pennsylvania prints, 21a22, Eggs, fresh 20. Chicago, Jan, 12. Wheat, cash, 91 ; July 81.1.4, Corn, cash, 264 ; July 30. Oats, cash, 22, Live Stock, East Liberty. Prime cattle, $4.9%0a5.00, £3.25a3.60 ; bulls, stags and 3.50. Sheep, choice, $4.60a4.70; $3.21a3.75 ; cholce lambs, Veal calves, §6.50a7.25. and Gill of and Common cows, $a common, $5,755.85, i i a married wontroversy., When our farmer ob Shear- ir, comes to town, it is always behind } 1 sand Yank he cleanest and sleekest hors- old 80 he valley, reminding one of horses were Dr. Jacobs and landlord Will Fei aim a talking Run- with a machine-—to all Kinds of ai little self speeches Hope he from telling gossip and lies. old, children, : of He also gave his wife and grandchildren presents of money amounting to $170. The widow of Peter Rote, near Bellefonte, died suddenly on morning of Dec. 30. Her daughter Harriet had gone to the cellar for some bread and on returning found her mother had ex- pired while sitting in her chair. She was 93 years of age and was born near Woodward. One seeker after informati on reading over the trial list in the Re- porter, inquired of a friend at his el- bow what et al meant. The reply was that it must mean a suit for a board bill in which the one party ate all and paid nothing. and y * % VAI il keep 3 ACTS 4 vears his mem James Hamilt gave dinner to grandchildren and other his n APS family. each of his children and of Fav Oi, The third peach orchard is to be planted near Aaronsburg, Rob. Boob and Luther Wert having purchased 22 acres of land from John Yerger on the north-west side of that town, and will plant it with 2000 peach trees. Last years large crop down there has em- boldened others to venture in the busi- ness of peach growing, The Btate College Dairy School has just made up its list of forty students for the Creamery Course to be given January 5th to February 16th, 1808 These students were selected inthe or- der of their application, preference be- ing given to those who had had previ- ous experience, It was necessary to reject nearly thirty other applicants on account of a lack of room.
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