The 4 VOL. LXXI. JENKS THE NOMINEE. THE ALTOONA CONVENTION NAM ED HIM FOR GOVERNOR. SANTIAGO MUST FALL, The American Army in Sight of the Clty. The Spanish Hemmed in, Gen, Shafter with the American army isin plain sight of Bantiago, and has the Spanish city completely hemmed in. An opinion prevails that within the | next day or two Gen. Shafter will { have begun his attack on the city, and | it is expected that the city will fall in | forty-eight hours. The State Democratic Convention in| The Spanish force is about equal to session at Altoona last night nominat- | that of the Americans. The city ed the following ticket: { strongly fortified, and a battle with Governor, George A. Jenks, of Jefler- | can son. | expected before the Spaniards surren- Lieutenant | der. Sowden, of Lehigh. Since landing on Cuban soil over a Secretary of internal P. C. | week ago the American army has Delacy, of Scranton. with little resistance, Congress-at-large, Jere N. Weiler, of Carbon; F. P. Iams, of Allegheny. Superior court judges, Wm. Trickett, Cumberland; C. M. Bower, of Centre. Contre County's Boom Landed This Man st the Head of the Democratic Ticket. A Strong Candidate Against Quay Bossism The Balance of the Twoket, is great loss of life on each side be governor, William H. met ad- affairs, and steady ofl and the city | the city, The army has the { water supply to Santiago, cut cannot hold out long. The convention was dominated by the friends of William J. Bryan, led by Col. James M. Guffey, of Pittsburg. | Notwithstanding this fact, an effort to | insert a plank reaffirming the Chicago | platform was defeated, the controlling influence in the convention preferring | that the platform should relate entire- | ly to state issues, | reinforce the city. Although his defeat was certain | allowed to enter, Judge Gordon, of Philadelphia, re- |expected before the eity mained in the fight to the finish. i — Aside from the brief paragraph sup- GRAMLEY DISCHARGED. porting the government in its position | —— in the war with Spain, the platform | Released on Charge of relates entirely to Republican misrule Lack of Evidence. in the state and the steps that should | The final hearing of Clark M. Gram- be taken to produce a change, | ley, of Rebersburg, was held Altoona has been the mecca of De- [at the office of United States mocracy since Monday, Admirers of | sioner McLeod, each candidate came in throngs, and | the city was crowded. | of sufficient evidence he The convention convened in session | ed from custody. at noon yesterday and lasted until 11 last night, and was a decidedly lively gathering. A recess was held from 5} o'¢lock to 7, when the ticket was nom- | of Madisonburg, and Ci inated. { of Loganton, all charged with making The vote on first which elected Jenks, was: Jenks, Gordon, 116; Coffroth, 2; Cochran, 1. One ballot only was required for the balance of the ticket. At 12.45 this tion adjourned. forts and attack with the army. Admiral Bampson is guarding entrance to the harbor. He will force an entrance and fleet. S000 Spanish troops are marching They and a battle may attacked. cf cate sssam—oa—— dest I y be be will not is Counterfeiting for yesterday Commis- at Altoona, on the for was discharg- charge of counterfeiting, and lack Gramley was arrested several weeks ago by United Staies Seeret service de- tectives, along with Valentine Breon. 1arles ballot for Governor | and circulating counterfeit coin. Blair of | at Hollidaysburg, for a hearing. ley was released 805: | were confined in the minty jail Giram- for dg on $1000 bail hearing June 20, and the others bound over for trial before the United | the strongly ind morning the conveu- States District court, evidence the both. At the hearing Tuesday tives who testified at the first did not appear, and he He returned to his home Reber burg on Tuesday morning. Both Bre- | on and Bartges being unable i hearing ——————— i ——— Before the War, Jefore Lhe war we must have been a the de tame and uninieresting people, tomed to plod along, working eight hours a day or less if possible. Our principal in life wes to draw enough pay to meet the bills, This the war. The roar distant guns aroused us from this stolid indifter- | ©d in the Hollidaysburg ence. Bands began to play, flags pop- [their trial. ped up everywhere, and every man dis- | tw covered that he was a patriot if hero. hearing | ACCU was released. | al is before | of { nish the bail required are Marriage Licenses, i i The following : | were issued during the past week: i Win. Mitchell, of Howard, | | and Katherine Williams, of Bellefonte. | Michael E. Hess, of K wx, f{ county, and Rebecea E, Aaronsburg. Frank B. Bprankle, Minnie Daughenbaugl da. Harry H. Bowers, not a | marriage licenses A Tax Collector's Troubles Parker Erie county has a sad ec. Dell Kitts was school tax collector in Sum- mit township. He deposited his col- lections in the Benson bank, at Water- ford, and the bank failed. He was called upon by the school board to set- tle in full and could not do it. His property was seized and is to be sold by the sheriff. Yet Mr. Keits has al- { ler of Moshannon, ways born a good name and one! F.W. Meyer, of New York, and | questions his hone «wy. | Mary J. Twigg, of Rush twp. Daniel McGahan, of Huntingdon, {and Lillie Gill, of Pleasant Gap. It has been rumored by certain per- | mee sons who desire to hurt our business | that we are trying to persuade people i not to patronize our newly appointed | postmistress, so either of us hereby of- fer $25.00 to any person bringing us an individual who truthfully says we in- timated any such a thing to them. B. M. Swartz & Sox, Tusseyville, Pa. a tat cis Quotas of Counties, The state’s quota of volunteers to meet the call for 75,000 men is 15,010. The quota for nearby counties is as fol- lows: Lycoming, 317; Centre, 109; Clearfield, 109; Clinton, 109: Elk, 109; Montour, 109; Northumberland, 218, A a Had a Bad Fail, Last Thursday afternoon Mrs, Jame Durst, east of town, drove to Plecsant Gap, to witness the flag raising. As she alighted from the buggy, she slip- ped on a loose round stone, and fell heavily. She badly wrenched her an- kle, probably breaking a bone. S—————— As ro ———— National Relief Day Sunday, July 3, is the day selected by the National Relief Commission for a special call to every pastor and church in the country for ald in the work of relief for soldiers in the field, and care for their families at home. A RR “I think De Witt's Witch Hazel Balve is the finest preparation on the market for piles.” So writes John C. Dunn, of Wheeling, W. Try it and you will think the or It also cures eczema and all skin diseases. Se, ‘larion | Jodon, of { Tyrone, and , of Port Matil- and Minnie Mil- no alata Eeward. — - Pennsylvania Chantaaqaa, Reduced Mt. Penniylvania Railroad : sylvania Chauiauqua, {o be held at Mt. Grewna, Pa, July 1 to Aogust 4. 1898, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany will sell tickews to the general public on June, 20 to August 4, good to return until August 10, inclusive, from slations on iis line in Pennsylva- nia, and from Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md , and Canandaigua, N. Y., and principal intermediate sia- tions, to Mt. Gretna and return, at re- duced rates, Lf Keep Your Money. If a man comes your way claiming to be an agent of the government in, quest of horses, wanis to buy two or three and gives in exchange a check for an amount larger than the debt and wishes you to pay the difference in money, run him off your premises, He is an impostor and is trying to get away with your money. sie. NED oe No Paper Next Week. According to the time honored cus- tom no pgper will be issued from this office next week, a= all hands want a couple days vacation. The office will be open at all times for the transaction of other business. Rates {o Geta via For the Penn- The editor of the Evans City, Pa, Globe, writes: “One Minute Cough Cure fs rightly named. It cured mv children after all other remedies fail- ed.” It cures coughs, colds and all throat and lun bien: For sale by REPUBLICAN POLITICS to Leave their Count. y, Nince the Democratic vention political elreles in the county county con- agitated, Democrats have made their tions, and the coming fun on hand is the Republican primaries billed four or five weeks later the date to be determined on, As yet there are but few Bepublicans who have had the temeiity to nounce, For Cong: Wm. (. nold the present iucumbent, is out ask- ing for a third termi. He down by the Republican st: le conven- tion, ! have not been seriously nomina- for an ©as Was for congressman-a , and is aroe args For sale by Smith & Crawford. Smith & Cra compelled now to come out straight the hve does not relish, . Daly, Tow n- They themselves 4 of district for something In the Legislature both John A out, the field to Harry KR. such iz Curtin, who ullered poniaous defeat a 1543 v couple years azo, is fl ng around and opinioa the and (ryvin explain why he voled for certain measures Harrisburg, As Penns valley hi completely ignored by { whether he would gel it in neck away al “4 been he Republicans for several years, Charley Loong, of Spriog Mills, is thinking seriously of § i insisting on this side of the mountal ing some represenialion or there'll trouble in the shake make He hea will insist SOME camp. On square Chailey slate a great deal worked hard for his party and Of SOs For Prothono tive Pero i recogni ary, job in the « of Hust around for school up hi late Col, m township many weeks teacher and is vi ry James Gre Andrew give the Centre Hall, % fob (iieg ring and he band. promise to be among Rizht around un T 3 #1 } $128. is 20Mme in i ship hes two cane claims to push forware some concession i= made w 8 withdrawal, rer James and Geor 1 M. re Hall, a ndidates and will be oul 1 bave has ers out or them maoy I t ognizing that days eka w Il where they are at, it would be impos y defeat the Democrat i nev, t gn nominaie a audidate ice, and N. BE. Spangler will \ the gp The officer aed the Vesuvius, are ef Over They ex sii Indch in the aidre, Ansions io v her against Wheh pre eaiea fipe mark. As the ideniity well Known to the the Of , 8he holds a position on one side, screened by and under « of The (a over flagship. ¢ big gun tabs ris her At nig fleet to wihin a few huad Morro batiery, fies a few then quieilly withdraws haviog hills and iound her location, bren five nizhis, She fir There 1 thre: she's each no flesh, on is ible engines of desiruciion, and first iutimation the Spaniards have of danger is the terrific explovion of 250 pounds of gun cotton dangerously close. ny, ——— se —— 4 Fire Works Will Cost More The small boy will not get so maoy squibs this Fourth as in former years by reason of the increase in the price, caused by the American-Spanish war. Sioce the Cuban trouble reached a cri- sis the price on Chinese imporied squibs has increased 100 per cent. and American-made fire works 40 per cent, Last year two packs of sixty squibs each, of Chinese make, could be pur chreed for five cents, this year they will cost five cenls for a pack. The greater pait of fire works used in the United States other than the small squibs and including the big crackers, sky rockets, Roman candles, ete, are manufactured in this country. The rise in the prices has had no effect on the purchasers and the makers can hardly keep up with the demand. a ———p BAW MILL FOR SALE, in narrows, near Lamar, a portable outfit, with shingle mill, all in good running or- der. Purchaser can have about 200,000 feet of sawing before moving the mill. Terms reasonable. Apply to Adam 8. Bierly, Penn Cave. 2jndt the WASHINGTON LETTER\ THE AMERICAN FIGHTER HAS SUPERIOR IN THE WORLD NO Gen, Shafter is paign in Cab, nud that Is the Reason the Dons are Fa''ing Back WwW 27. ter's army, by gagzement that any portion ABHINGTON, June Cien. Shaf- its victories in every en- of it has had with tue Spaviards since its Jand- demonstrating to ing in Cuba, is world what we knew all the times: that the the American soldier is no whit behind fighting the urpassed, American sailor in ties, and a+ a fizhier Amer Shal- the sailor has never been s the Ons ter has driven enemy ioto wrtifieal and if he is interfered Weshington will soon ¢ For the ago, not from the town by assault, ume during the war we have considerable mb f killed and wounded, but ey volun. teers to fight | his chances, It is cl ministira aimed by ie ion that Shatter i to co y yi Dis Wea 1th lowe duct Lhe campaigno agai MSAD vIn LI own way, without ders irom <hington been several a Bai nbers of the admio » been sullicient that claim to be uras out thal Sha Cements Loa r that (i i Washinzion IVR eTIoUs wiblicly ex prossed iid not m | the re fen fine eehing he hoy * geperal © Wo ake a 3 f ~ a HO HIOroeinenys read his fan rat Was 80 Jenenis were ail lo Tampa such a wh Befoom bill House from rior x 10 by the manner in freqacy Lhe Commi and Currency-—Liickery is charged by some members of i nmiuce—ghat it has been foun y recall the bill the in order that radical chanoes made in the wordiog of the r d of the bill. Many of we House were unwilling § Pom alendar, 1 be pot an publ cans of tl standard them, gold made ‘ressional as this bill and report the eve of a Cong some of with a wink, bill can be them say, alter the elcciion the ihe that ex. is to be a brizadier The avnouncement ou! Ky., general in the volunieer a my posilive pleasure to many if any, friends duri persons, made their Joe’! ever ng more long Blackburn did. tee on Claims has by Warm service in The Senate commid investization directed ment to a lobbyist of a large percent- act of Congre. , for war damages to its properly at Nashville, Tenn. The in- vestigation was dead ersy, as Mr, Bar- bee, agent of the book concern, told the committee that 33 per cent. of the money received had been paid to Mr. Stablman, who had been the attoiney at Washington of the book concern: and he added that he considered the employment of an attorney to aid in the pushing the settlement of the old claim was a matler that concerned only the book concern, and that he had not at any time considered him- self under any obligations to inform Senators or others of the nature of the contract made with the attorney, Mr. Stahlman, the attorney, told the com- mittee that he had received the pay for his services, and that he did not mention the nature of his contract while the matter was pending in Con. gress, because to have done so would have been to prejudice the claim, and to prevent its being voted upon on its merits, Those two witnesses appear to have told the committee everything it was directed to find out. There is some curiosity to know whether the committee will recommend any action and if so, what. If it be a crime to em- ploy an attorney to lobby a claim through Congress, about every claim- NO. 26 It will be seen this who ation of are in preventing the admit that a vote, but others siill say that they of Buting against a brick wall any sort stave ofl a vole. one's head is neither pleas chances are ally ant and the that thre resolution to be nor profitable, the opposition wil grace Ww up the sponge and allow ado, pied after gihy fi! ithusier, had their tempting a len they nexation, © During the next have all Kay ag i WS postage About Postage Stamps, the the year stamps will be printed buieaa at ol en and printing giaving ury department instead of by private ctors. The contract will amount YO (HN) ey low price charged. The ordi- postage stomp will be furnishes at five cen nLract « cial delivery per BLA Ds number of prin SLAIN Ds a Lo be gainst Boroagh Councilmen Boroug ved in and two , Who s WHO Berve plied to and wor borough during the year stated. charge is that orders the work perf were i to several of accused them- wmed and maler oiation of the act ing members of ing money directly or indirecily Justice {0 which the quired each of the defendants furn- ish $300 bail for trial at court. This is a case ja which! there Wi As to Kiltiag Ba red shooling any emembe habit of thin their should be 1 in the Comes by hat wi reach, that of any birds of sour wood pecker, blue-bind, any olher bird not a game bid, bird. yellow-bird Ca robin, is in- rmioal offense, son convicied of such an offense be {to goes to the informer. and 1 Oope-hall the fine rigidly enforced. I A ——————— A Man of Wide Experience An exchange says: “As a (raveler was writing his name on a rural hotel register recently, a bed bug appeared and took its way across the page. The traveler paused and remarked: been bled by Lewistown fleas, billten by Hundingdon spiders and ialerview- ed by Alloona greybacks, but I'll be darned if I ever was in a place where the bedbugs looked over the hotel reg- ister to find out where your room was."’ ————p Heduced Rates to Nashville via Pennsylvania Railroad, account Christian Endeavor Convention.—On account of the Christian Endeavor In- ternational Convention, to be held at Nashville, Tenn., July 5 to 12, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets of the continu- ous-passage, ironclad signature form, from stations on its line to Nashville, at rafe of single fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold, and good going, July 2 to 5 ; returning, tickets will be good to leave Nashville to July 15, in- clusive, except that by depositing tick. ef with agent of terminal line at Nash- ville on or before July 15, return limit may be extended to leave Nashville to August 1, 1808, inclusive, 2 A MI MAU, —Subscribe for the REPORTER. LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. Oh ! Dewey did them brown, And hobson be played hob, And Bhafter now goes down To finish up the mob And Blanco will oon will be A quakin’ and a shakin’ When the Yanke ¢ pigs’ turn in To eure the Spanish bacon. The editor is at the Altoona conven - Frank Bradford's home now has the town. the is close Our farmers are in midst of hay- and harvest On Mrs. Daniel Fleisher, of this place, best of health at this time slo- Haven't heard of any big snake Is the ries this season. world gett It is reported the hucklel y Will : ia of {a i i i Our dealers in harvesters in wagon loads of binder twine h est is near. IArv Mond: farmer iY Was nol as g ® who cut ul Mrs. Bill week myer, of Poe Mills & siege of typhoid fes hres vieased to say, is now O I'eton y ary Y un of Dr. Frank. meeting of on Farmers’ Inslitutes f decided to hold the Madisonbt i was titutes at irg and Paddy bi at ain station, uses railroad his home making a mile minutes, distance near 5 cyele, to go to and from morn and eve, miles, A few while Ingleby, below days ago work at a mare while step ping ig from , gotftoo near the {edge and tumbled over, being killed some men Co- tie | LO tie across a tresse] The water mains in the boro’ part of ocov- Now pass the ham around. finished Al. Krapa, who successful in drilling. The well the properly of Frank Black, of Pinegrove, and has a depth of 207 feet. A stream of soft water was obtained. has been by our townsman, usualiy A deep well Hist is is on The contract price for digging and covering ditch and laying pipe for the boro’ water plant is something like $2 to 4 feet. The same work was done by the old water company for 90 cents per rod, 3 feet depth, at a time when every thing was high and the contractor made money by it. I —— ER ——— During the summer of 1881, Mr. Charles P. Johnson, a well-known at- torney at Louisville, Ky., had a very severe attack of summer complaint. Quite a number of differnt remedies were tried, but failed to aflord any lief. A friend who knew what was needed procured him a bottle of Cham- berlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, which quickly cured him and he thinks, saved his life. He says that there has not been a day since that time that he has not had this remedy in his household. He speaks of it in the highest praise and takes much pleasure in recommending it whenever an opportunity is rey For sale by 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; F. A. Carson, Potters, Mills; J. H. iD Sl, wu H. F. Ross
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