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VOL. LXX1.
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DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.
A CENTRE HALL SOLDIER A VIC:
TIM OF FEVER.
Sohn Thomas, of Co. BB, Expires in the Hos
pital at Lexington Baried with Mil-
itary Honors Wednesday,
The death of Johann T.
of Mr.and Mrs. Aaron
this place, occurred at
hospital at Lexington,
Thomas,
Thomas,
the
Kentucky,
s0n
of
last
tracted in the service of the U.S, ar-|
my.
John was one of the
Centre Hall who enlisted and went to
the front, B,
5th regiment, Pennsylvania volun- |
teers, He was camping with the reg- |
iment at Chickamauga, and in this
pest hole is supposed to have contract-
ed malarial fever. When the regi-
ment was moved to Lexington, Ky.,
the fever was in his system and it was |
but a short time until he was taken ill
and confined in the hospital. His pa- |
rents were advised a day or two before |
his death that he was improving, and
the message announcing his death on |
Sunday was a great shock to the fam-
ily and his many friends. The
ment left Lexington, on Saturday, to |
come north, but John was too ill to be |
removed on the hospital train. He
wanted toc come home with the boys. |
His body was sent to his parents on |
Sunday night from Lexington. The
family expected it to arrive here on
Tuesday, but it was not until Wednes-
day morning that it arrived the |
8.15 train from Harrisburg
John was aged 21
and 8 days. He was one of cur young
boys, and was popular among his as-
sociates, He was a carpenter by trad
and worked with his father.
The funeral was held yesterday
eruoor at three o'clock. A detail of
about twenty members from Co. B
with Capt. H. 8. Taylor, Lieut. |
Geo, Jackson came by train to attend
the funeral. Six members of the Com-
pany were pall The coffin |
was covered with and
were several
Lou it,
A the cemetery Rev, Kisenberg read
As the coffin
the
volleys
four boys from
He was mustered in Co.
regi
|
on
years, 8 months
Ps }
ait-
¢
and
bearers.
a flag, ther
beautiful floral pieces up-
the burial service.
lowered into the
presented arms.
fired over the g the
The bugler sounded “Taps,” and
services al the grave were over. |
ther religious services were held in the
Reformed church.
The 3.31 train was held a
that the soldiers ¢
fopte. When the services at the cem-
etery had concluded the
sharp ringing command started
fast march for the train.
was
grave soldiers
Three
grave by
were
soldiers. |
the |
ur-
half hour |
ould return to Belle |
soldiers at |
at a
BA th RR
Do Not Read Newspapers,
i
A county superintendent in a neigh- |
boring county asked every teacher at
the county institute who took their lo-
cal or country paper to hold up their
hauds, and only six responded. The |
superintendent expressed great sur-|
prise and said:
dollar a year with those papers, yet]
you expect them to print free of charge
notices of all institutes, insert
programs, expect them to
you, thus assisting you te climb the |
ladder to a better and sala-
ries without paying a cent in return.”
“You don’t spend a|
long |
advértise |
position
A Soldier Hurt,
Private Wallace, of Milesburg,
doing guard duty on the platform of a
car on the train, bringing north the
5th regiment from Lexington. The
train rounded a sharp ctirve near Co-
lumbus, O., and Wallace was thrown
from the train. He was missed and
was found along the track by section
hands. His skull was fractured and
be is confined in the hospital at Co-
lumbus,
was |
Farmers Have Rights,
Farmers have rights that hunters
are bound to respect this fall. A hun-
ter has no right to go on a farmer's
land to hunt for game without permis-
sion and where notices have been post-
ed three months in advance of the
opening of the season, there is a fine
and imprisonment attached toa vio-
lation of the law against trespassing.
Arm Broke in Two Places,
Harry Hartranft, the head miller at
Gerberich’s flour and grain mill, at
Bellefonte, met with quite a serious
accident Monday morning. He was
putting a belt on the roller chopper
when his left arm got entangled in the
belting, breaking it below the elbow
in two places.
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Water Superintendent.
The council at a special meeting on
Monday evening elected J. W. Hen-
ney water superintendent at a salary
of $1.50 per day. This office was made
necessary by the boro putting in a wa-
JENKS AT BRADFORD
Exposes Most Astounding Corraption of
Guay, Stone & Co
In his speech, before an immense au-
dience at Bradford, last week, Mr.
Jenks, among other things, said :
Poverty comes if this great income
21 millions per year) is not honestly
administered. See to it that you are
justly dealt with your servants,
For many years the Republican party
by
has been substantially in charge of
and all the unjust and
The re-
of 1874
guard-
ut the
ted, and the Constitution
| see smed to give us laws that safe
| ed the interests of the people, |
pranks with the statutes since that
time.
It is intended by our laws that the
ic principle of the Democratic party,
ainly do not rule
Now a test
to be made as to whether
e cert in
Pennsylvania at this time,
is about
people shall or shall not rule, and I
ask you If at any time, in the past 25
Ke
of the people 7
Upon the Republican party with it
has grown an
M. 8. Quay, for 27 years an of-
fice-holder, twice a U
and a candidate
tion, has acquired his power by keep-
nited States Sen-
again for elec.
to what benefits him.
State this
Le
Yet of all legis-
the
and the dis
administration, and
ork of the
the
le
Ww iast
1
2
in disre-
rhits
iH
it
gard of the people's ri
latures Was supreme
Mr. Wanamaker, in of his |
one
Commonwealth if these things
All
most disgraceful in the
Yet the
on a
are to
5
continue, that it was the
agree
+ hist inry of he |
Htate, Republican candidate |
platform which means |
things are to be done at
provided
the next session, they
November,
The
to join
Win in
¥ R .
i o£
with
dicans are w illing |
electing
hones pul
in
you
you honest |
If
you
legislators. want to defeat |
with these |
othi
at no
must unite
suld
slay existing evils, bee
Quayism
*
ft ia . le {
itison « HL ng to}
t
men, Pi
MIS ime
ity of the Legisl
ir for the
ex penses
had he a major ati
and yet he did mud
The rina
unde
ire,
mlate,
§
of the g
r Pattison were $5
for 1 3% for 1803-
der the Republicans the same
for 1585-6,
More
in ordinary ex
861-2, and 6
expens- |
and $1]
pei |
pen-
i 8168
Ay? for 1897-8, than 100
w——ty
cent, of an increase
seq, not including the tremendous in- |
| crease under appropriation and
acts,
which moaey
i=
i from the State Treasu- |
and all without a shadow of an ex-
cuse,
Yet they say
Democrat.
w hat
form indorses,
nothing was gained by
This extrav
the Republican plat.
eleciing a FA
is
though the Le
publican, and no legislation of benefit
|0101,
| last four years of Republican misrule
The State is practically insolvent
for 1867
shows an alleged surplus of $3,056 811.
As a matter of fact he also reported
The State Treasurer's report
large amount of money, which
due previous years. The report
shows that there was due the counties
on State tax $1.5
was
in
15,255 ; due common
$3.439 998 ; due Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania for 1885, §75,-
000 ; due Western University for 1805,
£45,000, making a total of $5,065,253,
There is to be added to this amount
of $1,085,746, which the State Treasur-
er admits is also due, making a total
of $6,100,000.
Subtract from this the alleged sur-
plas of $3,956,811, and the State is left
in debt to the extent of $2,143,188. Re-
publican rule in Pennsylvania has
bankrupted the Slate. Now, why is
this alleged balance kept idle? In or-
der that there may be a fund to specu-
late with, and a dividend te carry on
the campaign with.
It has been testified in open court in
Chester county that State funds are
taxed, and it is a ffir inference that le-
gislation is taxed to maintain Quay-
ism. His fight for the State chair-
manship was very expensive, and it is
fair to presume that the people Rid
for it in some way.
If legislation is to be bought and
sold you ean go on just as you are, but
ought not to do so, I beg of you to
fo and, Republican or mocrat,
to put a stop to the practices that are
sullying the good name of our State,
The Harvest Moon,
The harvest moon is the moon nearest
theautumnal equinox. This year it
will occur with the full moon of
ter plant,
September 29.
JUST A STRAW
That Shows What Kind
Heinle Is
In the late Civil War, John Heinle,
the only brother of Wm. C. Heinle,
lost his leg in the battle of Coal Har
bor, after being four years in the serv.
ice, having enlisted in Company Gi,
51st Reg., P. V., In 1861, and
ed in 1864 —-a good, brave soldier.
shell knocked his leg ofl at the
and he lay on the battletield a couple
of days and gangrene set iu, and most
of the time he
An Act of nu Man
re-enlist-
A
knee
was an invalid as well
as a cripple until the day of his death,
15 per
in those fell short in
nt
This, times,
paying re ke
much less looking after
William looked
and ping a family
a sick man,
I after the comforts of
died, He
him, paid his funeral expenses,
bills and debts,
buried
all
, that John was
he
his
saying
g soldier to have it said that
debts and bills were standing against
him.
not 21
old,
parties,
Years
we to reliable
d by
summer
are
of 15870 he took a
that iu the
large lot of stone to break on the turn
8
and Brushval
all his
pike, between Nittany
to clear brother's
Voters, §
0
i
ley in order
indebtedness, udge for your
selves, what kind
& man you vole
for Heinle fi
regardless of politics,
for when you vole wena
tor,
- % — -
War Ships to Watch Germany
The Dewey Islands, as Congress
Philippi
tired by
be asked to re chiriaten the
if the
United States, en
archipelago |i
said
other day, and, as a re-
sult nearly 6000 volunteer troops now
were ordered to re.
at Manila, and
dered to Honolu
at San Francisco
enforce (ren, Otis
as
many more will be or
as reserves for
{ the army of occupation
while Tua
in the Philip-
esday of next week
day for the bat.
tleships Oregon and Iowa, destined for
The battleships and the troops
to Manila
are
going as a precautionary
measure, partly to pre.
min from protracting the
but
t4
from atte
ne
at Paris, chiefly
Germany
carry out any
oe with our
ferer
policy |
pit nes which she |
¥
cherishing
As to Dog Taxes,
The legislature at its last session for
1867
ing the colle
repealed the local laws for govern.
tian of dog tax and t
i1€
4 for losses stis-
» BAe
{ sheep which
killed by dogs. rior to 1307 ti
lected by
funds
the
ne
the |
#0
paid into
th
Josses sustained
and
killing
of the
of the
f
Of
treasury of esd school distriet,
the i by
sheep by dogs were paid
treasury
The
the
out
school
NE WlatIN
several districts,
10 dog
under the jurisdiction i
under
pursuance of an act the
Hereafter money
for dog taxes will be paid into school
thie
and in
of legislature
no
, but the moneys collected
for taxes on dogs will be paid into the
treasury and the
sheep killed by dogs will be paid out
The levy of the dog |
tax in cities will be levied by the cit
authorities
such money
josses
of such treasury.
y
and paid into the city
dogs killing them them will be paid |
out of the moneys in the city treasury,
is Mol
Union County Fair,
The Union County Fair will be held
at Brook Park, near Lewisburg, Sep-
tember 27 to 30. The Penn’a Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets on
above dates good to return until Oct. 1
1898 inclusive, at reduced rates,
Special trains will be run September
29th and 30th, between Lewisburg and
Brook Park every half hour from 9:30
a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 29, special return
train will be run through to Bellefonte,
leaving Brook Park 5:45 p. m. Excar-
sion tickets limited to day of issue will
be sold at Bellefonte, Coburn and in-
termediate stations at special rates on
that day.
Friday, Sept. 30 spacial return train
will berun to Glen Iron, leaving Brook
Park, 5:45 p. m.
Stm——
Laying the Brick,
A force of brick layers are at work
on the new grange hall. They began
work on Monday, and expect to com-
plete their job before the winter sets
in. .
May Sees Winter Service,
The caps and overcoats for the 5th
regiment have been ordered, which
looks very much as if the boys might
not be mustered out for a while yet.
'RSDAY, SEP TE MB
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS
RID OF ALGER
TO BE
A Snub Sure for the Incompetent Secretary,
The Iovestigation Will be More
Startling than the Charges
19th Is Mr,
y preparing to throw Becreta-
ry Alger Many
think so, Alger
member of the Cabinet
specially
WASHINGTON,
McKinley
Sept.
overboard 7 Persons
the
wus
Necretary in only
who nol
stimmoned to Washington to
participate in the extended considera
tion and discussion of the instructions
given to the American Peace Commis
sioners previous to their for
Paris, It is asserted that
to
hint that his resignation
Geparture
this
Alger
public
snub was administered as a
War
the
of the
Portfolio would be acceptable to
Another
Alger
that Mr,
other members
administration. reason giv.
WW nsiing-
McKinley
of the Cab-
en for not having in
ton just now is
wished the
inet to feel free them-
the
Wat
been impossible
War
in expressing
selves about intended jnvestiga-
tion of the Depart which
ment,
with the
Mr.
convinced
would have
1
mecret Mi
ary oi present,
Kinley is said be fully
resuit
investigation will
in finding Alger guilty
been made
iy det
fa
Alger.
agit
gravest charges thal have
him, and to bs
erinin-
y nothing to shield Some
i
ween ie
ey idencs
him by 1 ot!
the resuit
the Republ
Rk for
Congressional
C80 man
‘ 1 ‘
JOH pemocratls
sistence that
» Lo counteract Lhe
hat is swes
§
a result of
# > >.»
unnecessary hardship
the lunteers,
RILONR
Kinley will really try to assist
vestigaling Commission,
$4
army
sev thing
£ veryihing
misianageme
$ 4
5
B ment
MIMmission
Wash-
f
i Lhe
tions given our peace Commis.
nnd the belief is
sioners, growing that
the instructions were
ther
island
not specific, fur
than to demand possession of the
of that
thing else dete
the
and there is an
and
to
ufter
Luzon every-
was left be rmined
by circumstances, commis
sion meets, opportuni
ty to learn the attitude of the Spanish
commissioners, it
certain that Mr.
intend, if he can prevent
In any event,
McKinley does
it, that
position of the administration
until
not
the
after the C
was
of
{ he certain
policy
indorsed
the
| the administration would be
as he claims to be that
of
by the people, he would be
that
election.
only
policy
Senator Juay came over
{ington to pull a few administration
{ wires that he hopes will aid him
to
that the present is the strongest fight
ever put up against him, and leaves it
to be inferred that he is far from being
certain of winning. His
have been smart enough not to name
a candidate against him and to adopt
the general motto of “Anybody to beat
Quay,” leaving the question of who
shall be the candidate to be settled aft-
er an anti-Quay legislature has been
elected, The sdministration is, as a
matter of rule, helping Quay to a cer-
tain extent, but Mr. McKinley would
not do any werrying if Quay was
beaten, provided, of course, that his
successor was Wanamaker or some
other Republican. Quay has made
Mr. McKinley feel his power too often
to be cordially liked by him,
That the competition between the
big shipyards of the country is largely
imaginary, when it comes to bidding
for the construction of ships for the
government, was demonstrated as us
ual when the bids were opened for the
construction of three battleships, the
Maine, the Ohio, and the Missouri.
Contracts have been given at practic.
ally the same figures to the Union
Iron Works, San Fi ; Wm.
Cramp & Sons, and the Newpurt News
Company, each to construct one of
these battleships, all of which are to
have a speed of 18} Knots.
E Rr 22, 1898,
{ Bome of the Connecticut Republi-
| cans who helped defeat John Addison
Porter for nomination for governor are
let the mstter end
but will try to get Porter ousted
the
will not re-
whether
to
not disposed to
there,
from his position of Secretary to
President, Porter says he
sign, It remains to be seen
his enemies are strong enough got
him dismissed,
——— -
May Retain Thelr Arms,
I'he
press I've
volunteer soldiers who desire to
and other
rements supplied them by the g
relics of the
lowed to buy them at cost
thelr arms accout-
overn-
@l-
the
pay.
ment ns war, will be
prices,
their
: Lhe
issued, ¢
amount to He taken out
This is ii srdance
No. 12 ’
talning 1ustru
HO wit general
order recent On
iy
tions for mustering
The
these holdings
A Bpringfleld
carbine
the
rev
oul
volunteer soldiers, order
thie
states
prices at which
may be purchased.
breech loading rifle or calibre
15, may be retained by volunteer
3
giver,
call
t him the same amount.
¥
sl
{$3.60 from pay
his
oer to}
rio iis sabre,
and
valued as follows:
Blanket bags, with straps,
complete,
bayonet scabbard
items
and cartrid;
Al cents each
* -
Speaks His Mind,
iltent
ion |
as
tack made 03
McKeesport
' fat
i Masisien
it to have «
Ay
Marriage Licenses,
lipsburg.
Mc Nes, of
N
Mattie E.
orthumber-
ha and Miller, of
Ww illiamsp ort.
{ TT Lecomp, Hawk Run,
Widain, Pror Mines.
Krider Stover and Bertha Youn
Coburn.
Marcus E
Young,
and
Chilonce
z, of
Marks and
Philipsburg
Joe Baleo and
Winburn.
| Geo. E. Mark,
ther Decker,
Elizabeth E
Merrell U of
nca,
Es
Centre Hall, and
Coburn,
AA
Has Mach to Learn
interview with Aguinaldo re.
surprifing ig in that
young leader of the Philippinos con.
cerning the affairs of this world, He
inquired of the correspondent if Aus
an Awerican colony. He
confessed himself incapable of ander-
An
veals norance
{tralia was
standing such a system of autonomous
Canada.
but
in
there
governmenti-—tyrannous
Spain has exercised in
the Philippines, and full independence,
such as he hopes to inaugurate.
» “ Ai
Must Give "Em What They Pay For
The Philadelphia Ledger says Judge
Yerkes appears to have found a way
to make even municipal corporations
fulfill their contracts. He has notified
the Town Council of Doylestown that
unless it takes proper steps to deliver
to the citizens all the water it makes
them pay for action will be instituted
against it at the next term of court.
That sounds like business, and the
Doylestown authorities probably know
Judge Yerkes well enough to give re-
spectful heed to his remarks.
AM
Get Yoar Gan,
On Friday burglars made quite a
haul in Lock Haven. They entered
no less than nine houses taking arti
cles of value, It is believed the rob.
bers were tramps as they paid particn-
lar attention to the refrigerators and
cupboards where the good things are
kept.
i government as prevails
In his colnprehension are
two forms of
| rule,
such as
Increased the Force.
The free of employes in the fruit
evaporating plant at the railroad sta.
tion has been increased and the plant
is hustling out of the way a good many
hundred bushels of apples per day.
This is the busy season, and load after
load of the fruit that caused the down-
fall of Eve, is being worked up.
NO. 37
LOCAL ITEMS,
Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest
from Everywhere,
Io the FPhillpines
No brooms.
No hats worn,
Girls marry at 15,
No knives or forks,
They sleep at midday.
Horses ure a curiosity.
More women than men,
tice is the chief product
Cattle as small as goats,
Mauila enjoys electricity.
Natives bathe twice daily.
We buy half Manila’s hemp,
Laborers earn 10 cents a day.
The grasshopper is a delicacy.
Coconut oll is an illeminant,
Buffaloes are used for plowing.
Orchids command $1000 apiece,
Annual segar output 140,000,000,
Belles smoke segars and chew betels,
segar factories emply 21,000 women.
Megarmakers earn $6 to £10 a month,
A yard of cloth is the robe of the poor
The sky to-day portends rain.
No rain for nigh three weeks
At batt nt
WU Coburn potatoes
Hall Benner
Democri
Centre offeis
I'he
ference
nN:
ongressional con-
meets at
. read the eolu: fron Jenks’
i8,
xv
v 4
pr
vy Olet
speech, in this
A light shower of rain is wished for
2 fit the
§ 2.3.4
LO DeLs wheal fields
rge Washburn d
Friday,
ied in Sugar vel-
from a carbuncle on
illiamesport, lost
of W
by fire Mon-
11 . ’
Wn oer oy
{0 have a
yme for
hie
{t and then went he
board walks have
a few of the
is
Lh.
+ deceased soldier
i 9 141
a 3s “lie
¥ insu
one
aad paid in goo,
was the first
And a rain-
Fat ma-
Hing
sure
chil-
I'he
Iie
t
rial confer-
Republicar
t al Clearfie 1 Tuesday, and
Lock
ti
e Dalioling resuile
1 last week
confer-
Lock
y Dubois
i adlocked at
and Clearfield, flitted t«
Next may hear of 'em
being ), the Spaniards hav-
al Santiage
Wm. C. Heinle
beyond
ewistown pike,
Ago
diniain school
WoO
Ne
lidate for,
om which ked himself
up to
be a cand and will be elected,
stale senator.
The commillee on place for the an-
.
of Veteran club in 1880,
reported in favor of Grange Park, Cen-
tre Hall, and the re-ur take place
Saturday previous to Grange piec-
was adopted.
nual meeting
ion to
on
nic, which
Aun intelligent gentleman who seems
to be a close observer, attending the
last week, is reported to have
dropped this remark: “I was sur-
prised to find a very strange condition
of things existing in this town.”
Constable Wil Tyrone, left
Lock Haven on Monday, having in
custody McVev, the man who was ar-
rested at Centre Hall, taking the pri-
soner to Coudersport, where he had
escaped by breaking his handcuffs,
pic-nic
or
=
llams, of
John Kendrick Bangs’ newest sto-
ries are to appear in The Ladies’ Home
Journal. They are called “Stories of a
Suburban Town.” There are several,
and each will relate some droll ineci-
dents in the life of a small town which
every “‘suburbanite’ will instantly ap-
preciate and enjoy laughing over,
The internal revenue department de-
cided that the holders of an unstamped
check may stamp it and cancel the
stamp, that the check need not be sent
back to the maker to be stamped. This
is common sense. The object of can-
cellation is to prevent re-use of the
stamp.
The well-known Evans-Kreider cor
nection contemplate holding 8 reun-
ion in Dakota, IHinois, sometime in
October. At Dakota resides a sister of
Mrs. James Evans, of Pennhall, who
is now 94 years of age, and Mrs. Ev-
ans, now also high up in years, has a
strong notion of attending the reun-
fon to visit this sister and see many
others of the Evans-Kreider freund-
echaft,
Spokane, Washington, is now face-
tiously ealled the “City of Busted Mill-
ionaires.” The beautiful residences of
the town were built on a bluff over
looking the river, and were originally
designed for two classes of citizeng—
the real estate men and the bankers.
They are now said to be principally oo-
cupied by the lawvers who acted as re-
ceivers for the banks, or who other-
wise helped to conduct those and other
institutions through insolvency.