VOL. LXXI. NOVEMBE R 17, 1898, WASHINGTON LETTER. THE CZAR MAY BC TURNED DOWN FOR SPEAKER. With the Republican Control of the House Almost Lost Reed's Chances Are Mighty Stim. WASHINGTON, Nov. H.—Mr. Me Kinley has been getting some very bad advice concerning the recent race trouble in North and South Carolina, but he has been wise enough not to ac- cept it, or at least, not to try to carry | ‘it out. These unwise advisers have | of either. He has been told that the same section of the U. 8. Revised Stat- utes undeg which President Cleveland sent Federal Troops into Illinois, dur- ing the railroad riots, gave him the au- thority to do so regardless of the regu- larly constituted authorities of the states. He has done nothing further than to countenance the semi-official statement that if any Federal official in either state was interfered with, a force of Deputy U. 8. Marshals would be used to protect them, and in case of their inability to do that they would be reinforced by Federal troops. Some of the men ordered out of both states, among them a’ white postmas- ter, from 8. C., are in Washington, trying to pose as martyrs, and to per- suade Mr. McKinley to get mixed up 80, would gladly compromise by accepting an appointment in Washington, There may be Domocrats who are] downeast over the result of the elec- tion, but if so, they haven't been seen. All those who are talking on the sub-| ject express the opinion that the party | made a splendid showing, circumstances, and that reducing the] Republican majority in the House al- most to the vanishing point, puts the a winning fight in 1900 than they | would have been had they captured the next House. With both branches | of Congress in their hands, the Repub- | licans will be certain to make lots of | good Democratic campaign material | in the next two years. The outcome of the efforis Hanna and other McKinley boomers porting the claims of Mr. McKinley for renomination in 1900, by promising him that they will support him in| 1904, will be watched for with interest. | Before Roosevelt was New York, Mr. McKinley secured | Platt’s promise of support in 1900; but | as Roosevelt only put on the Platt col- lar after he had practically made his | nomination for Governor a certainty, | elect him, be may, through his power next National Convention, thus mak- ing it impossible for Platt to deliver without his consent. What Roosevelt will do, will depend, in the opinion of those who know his disposition thor- oughly, upon what he thinks will best promote his own political interests and upon what he thinks he can ac eomplish. If he gets the idea that he ean secure the nomination himself, the jollying of the friends of Mr. Me- Kinley will have no effect upon him, whatever. It is whispered that Han- na intends to tempt ‘Teddy’ by ofler- ing to throw Hobart overboard and make the ticket McKinley and Roose- velt. Administration Republicans have already begun to put out feelers to as- certain what chance there will be of getting an administration man elected Speaker of the next House, instead of Czar Reed. They are afraid of Reed, who is known to hold anti-administra- tion views on the expansion question, and believed to hold them upon oth- ers, but they are also afraid to show their band unless certain that enough * votes to control the Republican caucus can be secured. Every Republican elected to the next House is to be care- fully sounded to ascertain whether he would, if the administration desired it, vote sgainst nominating Reed for Speaker. In putting out those feelers, the name of Representative Hender- son, of Towa, is suggested as a possible administration candidate for Speaker, but care is taken to leave the impres- sion that no candidate would be insisted on; they only wish to ascertain whether it is posite. to velop strength enough among the Re publicans of the Michigan legislature lo got venoms ares, and his failure is , Scctoimy Alger with the tion has sent an ultimatum to Spain, demanding immediate action upon the i { Philippines, { ment should be made now, made it know what they are and why they are doing it. According to those who know, the | Republican rejoicing over the alleged | defeat of silver in the Congressional campaign is premature. It is predict ed that many Republicans elected from Western districts will vote for silver, if it is made necessary for them to vote either for or against il, because the sen- timent of their states, regardless of pol- | ities, is for silver. — An exchange whose editor has been married four times and has a house full of grown up daughters says: “There are women who are comely, there are women who are homely, though be careful how the latter thing you say. There are women who are wealthy, there are women who are healthy, there are women who will have their own way. There are wo- men who are truthful, there ure men who are youthful,—were there ever any women who are old? There are women who are sainted, there are women who are painted, there are wo- men who are worth their weight in gold. There are women who are ten- der, there are women who are slender, there are women who are large, fat and red. Thereare women who have married, there are women who bave tarried, there are women who are talk- less—but they are dead. - | Better off in Heaven doing, i —— — Can it be True. WoO~ When a girl of 16 is seen | streets she has a cute way of tossing her head as though she owned the { earth and was going to the middle of | the next block to get it. After she is 18 the world she owns is about as far | away as the world’s fair was to the most | of us, and at 20 she gives up all hope | of ever getting it all. By the time she is 25 she has a faint, vague suspicion that there is a great deal of insincerity lin the world, and the thing for her to ido is to get a position and something {useful. After a while she gets married {toa man who isn’t at all the sort of a man she dreamed of. Then she con- cludes she will be better off in Heaven. upon the nasionasn a A ——————— Too much material put on the roads | at one time is an injury and needless expense. No matter how much is put { on at once, it don’t keep them good | without constant supervision. Better a little well done and often. There is | no sense in compelling teams to travel i i i : ! Don't Abuse the Road i i i i i { over stone heaps, no matter how fine | they are. No matter about the cost, ju npacked, a stone heap is & stone heap {and whoever is accountable for it | sfiould be prosecuted for cruelty to an- | imals for compelling people to drive { over them. ! es A SA Majorities Congress and Senator, Congress. — Hall. Arnold. Elk, 1970 Clarion, 1060 Centre, 928 Clearfield, Forest, 100 350 $0 3048 Hall's majority, 3408, ——— Senator.— Heinle, Clinton, 122 Centre, 848 Clearfield, 965 Heinle's majority, 435. ssa AA Cannot Keep it Out, No door is thick enough to keep out the newspaper add its advertising; no chamber is too remote or too quiet for the favorite family paper; no surveil lance is so strict but the newspaper is admitted; and it brings its message of wars and rumors of wars, of elections, accidents, marriages, births and deaths ~and advertisements. —Lynno (Mass, ) Item. Osburn, 530 530 MSR Tarned Against Cats: A Houtzdale girl, who is very fond of kittens, ete., captured as she suppos- ed, “a very lovely cat’ on last Babbath evening, which turned out to be a black one with white stripes down its back. [I'he girl is not yet in a present- able condition for company, but she’s awfully turned against cats, Saw Every President. Mrs. Ellen Bolden, colored, aged 104 years, died in Williamsport on Mon- day of senility. She formerly lived in Washington, and prided herself on having seen every President of the United States since Washington's time, for Life, ist who assassinated Empress Eliza-| in Geneva, inst, life after a brief trial. He was calm, and answered questions very clear, strong voice. Switzerland, was on in Geneva in order to kill the Duke of Orleans, but, he said, he arrived late. He then remarked that in spite of this the Duke of Orleans would killed within a year. He that if he had possessed 50 francs on the morning of the assassination, io- stead of killing the Empress of Aus- tria he would have started for Italy with tbe intention of killing Humbert. He added : “It matter, however, as another will Humbert shortly.” When the full penalty allowed by the Swiss law was imposed upon him, | Luecheni laughed, and cried loudly, | “Long live anarchy’ and “Death to | the aristocracy.” Whenever anything was said tending to show that he had | attempted to deny his guilt or to es cape its consequences, he invariably interrupted openly, glorying in the erime, which, he said, was premedita- ted, adding in one instance: “I did | my utmost to make the stroke fatal.” He declared that his mutive was found | in human suffering. “My doctrine, he frequently reiterated, ‘is that no one who does not work should be al- lowed to live.”” The jury absent only 20 minutes, The law of Bwitzerland makes prisonment for life the penalty murder, too be also said King not kill does Was im-} for | net The Demand Upon Spain The American reply to the refusal of Spain to give up the Philippines set | forth, in addition to what was cabled that the demand for these islands is in lieu of partial indemnity tor the cost | to the United States of the war, esti- mated at $165,000.000. Puerto Rico | was not enough. The document re- peats that the Government at Wash- | ington is willing to assume so much of | the Philippine debt as was Incurred | the betterment of the islands. As another reason why the United | States requires Spain to relinquish the | whole archipelago, the American Com- missioners argue that Spain proved her inability to cope with the insur- | rection and incapacity for governing the islands, ow ot Ap Look Out for Him head- ma~ | A slick swindler is said to be ing this way. He cleans sewing chines for fifty cents and then finds need repair. Of course he is the one || who causes the bad condition of the] machine by exchanging the several | parts. If any one stands watching him he will send the person for oil, rags, ete. He charges exorbitant | prices for his work. In Lycoming he | touched one person for $6.30 and anoth- | r for $12. Housekeepers should be on | the lookout for the swindiers, The Uselfal Hairpin, When a Lewiston, Me.,, moterman found his trolly car stalled two miles from the city, as a result of a fuse burning out, no copper wire at hand to repair the damage, he borrowed a hairpin from one of the female passen - gers, and by its use got his car load of fifty passengers to their destination. Aud so, says the New York Times, another of the manifold uses of the hairpin was revealed. Granted a Patent, The patent office at Washington has granted a patent to our townsman and inventor, D. F. Luse, on his new hy- drant.” The hydrant has been in use in Centre Hall and many other towns in the state, and is considered one of the best in use. He has sold a great many and is constantly adding ma chinery to his plant for constructing them. Ei ———— A AA An Echo of the Ettlinger Tragedy, The Ettlinger tragedy, at Woodward three years ago, is called into remem- brance by several cases on the trial list for next term of court, Nov. 25, being the Goodman claim against the coun- ty and sheriff Condo, for damages for burning the house occupied by Kttlin- ger, who shot himself as he left the burning dwelling. Left a Valuable Estate, The will of the late Nalser Weber, of Howard, has been probated. Mr. Weber came to this country in 1849 with $3.25 in his pocket and when he died he left an estate valued at $75,000, The property is divided among his | widow aud ohildren, : LOCAL MELANGE. THERE ABOUT THE COUNTY HERE AND Narrowly Averted.- Sadden Death of a Former Citizen, — Other News of Interest, Tuesday Rev. J. M. Rearick was up | on our mountain on the trail of a flock | of wild turkeys. He was in the bushes | and was using a turkey call, also out hunting, and hecrept up slow- g I I ly to the spot where he was sure he located fine bbler, Simon only | it bushes and waited for the supposed turkey to move out. Mr. Rearick made a move in the bushes and Simon was about to fire] and the danger was past, et Sadden Death, On Saturday a week ago, John Mil-| ler and wife, of Rock Spring, drove to! Tyrone on business, and while in the | home of her brother James Watt, Mrs, | although in fine health, sud- She was in her a husband the loss a Mrs. Carrie is a daugh- | She leaves and Lo {good wife and mother. of Linden Hall The husband is a son of George , dec’d, years landlord at! Asaronsburg and Old Fort. Id year. of mourn ter. Ago Marriage Licenses, The marriage licenses | the past week: Walters and Virgie following James C. be R. A. Coldren and Ellen A. Blosser, For est 8, Hall yrpha C. Bierly, of Rebersburg. C. W. Crain, Port Matilda, and Gertrude M. Melcher, of same place. Martin L. Royer, of Penn Hall, Lillie Richardson, of Spring Mills. David Y. Hoy, | Annie Bheets, of Rebersburg. Samuel M. Motz, and Effie M. th art. of Woodward. * Ww a > Blanchard, and | Edith Beech Creek. Ocker, of Centre : B nd | of of State College, and | Eber- | Kunes, of . Lindsey, of A oo las He-enlisted, three | and served Infantry, Santiago who 8 Dellett, years in the 17th U. fought through the cam- has re-enlisted in regi- He has gone to Columbus, O., | and Ore his old George dis and his ; i charge papers gave him a most excel- | lent record. lft an Started the Plant, the station of Howard, he new creamery atl Wilson, been running successfully since. Mr, Wilson, the proprietor, has had great | experience in the creamery business and the new industry can be rated as one of our most substantial firms. The wagon routes for collection of cream have been established and regular trips are being made. rr oi Mf Mf Improvements, The Star Store merchant, George Benner, has his new house under roof and will soon have it ready for occu- pancy. Clem Luse's new dwelling, oul near the depot is nearing completion. It will be built of brick and is modern in in design. Clem will have a hand- some home. Dr. Hosterman's new dwelling oppo- site the Presbyterian church, will be the handsomest in the valley. It isto be built of our mountain brownstone, of modern architecture and improve ments, The foundation is nearly ready. The plasterers and carpenters are still busy on the new grange hall, and in a few weeks time the large structure will be completed. . . Aged Citizen Dead, Tuesday morning Charles Gobble, an aged citizen of Hecla Park, died at his home at that place of infirmities due to old age. He was 75 years old. The funeral was held this morning Zion, ——— AY ODA Moots In Harrisburg, The Central Pennsylvania confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet in the Ridgway Avenue church at Harrisburg, on March 15th, | A PENSION SCHEME Clrenlars Belong Seat Out Relative to Month Iy Iostallments, | Those who draw pensions will be in- | terested in knowing that circular let- | ters are being sent out setting forth | reasons why it would be much to their {individual advantage to have | passed by congress next winter the payment to with of and instead to pay them off | lump ranging from $3,000 to this, in ons The object to be attained by it claimed, pensioner, as the cipient wot usiness or make good inves of the mouey received, while ti ri iid save an enorme us and pens ment employes , as after some time The objed t of these circulars the wishes of sant tor mniier, - Ally oo. as Our in Any Meuancs., pros ed a courage hostil WAT the Philippines aithiot creased tion of Slates, Any more than acrimonious i prot aware that allow the 1 hited | States by a he or says: “T The Spectat ontinent } cannot { they stand wd Japan, fq i that, i together, as when America {hey coer will similarly 1 Will SImniiany yield, Hut their But their repr ing os ad v4 SeNALIOns fon are likely Lo irritate Americans, lead g to a universal support of President reply, which, however be a felt moderate in will in eflect tone, The excessive fear of an Anglo-Saxon sliiance that sees in Lord SBalisbury’s Guildhall ref- is by the fact he wi erences to America all manner of men- Wo My Killed on the Rail. Last year on American 1 lents out of That person was Killed in acc AT carried. you can take a train every 2.827 persons is {0 sav, law of on the ls he your turn to will have to travel 2,004.1 average, killed. 4 miles Comes and If turn comes, injured. day for 1,541,945 before you you travel 20 miles every are before your turn comes If there had been and you first day of 100 had begun to travel on the the year A. D. 1 and had traveled miles in every year sinoe then, nc arly three seinen EDITORIAL NOTES Assemnblynien Wetzel and Foster, of this county, are pledged against Quay and to favora fusion if a Democrat can't be elected. There is still a hitch between Spain and our country in regard to our de- mand for the Philippine islands, and rumors are flying that the war will be resumed, but the kernel is Spain can’t fight. Within a week almost a score of cases of accidental shooting have occurred in different parts of the state, some of them fatal, and all whilst out hunt- ing. Wanamaker, and the Republican Business Men's League, announce that 155 members of the legislature were elected as anti-Quay and that a major- ity of 31 is against the boss. Thefight is to be kept up against the boss. Stone is a minority governor. The vote of Jenks and Swallow is 13,000 larger than Stone's vote. No Services as Yel. “The ministers as yet have not taken any action for holding the customary union Thanksgiving services, but it is likely the day will not be allowed to without one of them being as signed to deliver the annual sermon, Was Satisfied, : Among the first to congratulate con- ect Hall, of the Twenty. eighth district, was Governor Hast ings, who the successful | | Democratic candidate from Bellefonte arming. Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. We Don't Love Him, Anyhow Don't you Jeinge r hate the feller That's the hull darn show 7 The chap that ain’t got nuthin More on earth to know ! He does his talkin’ mos "Thout his brain's advice The feller with the habit When you tell a tale to stal With “That cuts no ice! Poun't you kinder hate the feller That's a first class peach Thinkin’ he's the only pebbl On a long, wide beach ! He tries to pose as knowin’, But his brow won't grow The feller with a habit When you tell a y With I don't know | s arg to jay it “Oh, Halt ail Ww; i + Had .09 inc h of rain early { indication for more. John Bower i cover fre Don’t | ing, i } 1k fonts » y bad—C ht {en rabbits k riday another in its hole. Stevenson county Ill, m L), of Suiver a of E A voung man named Barnes J. Barner, plurality > As . i 1 sSsupst Queation. i J. in Sugar valley, phoid fever last week. Philipsburg is to livery, the reven amounting Henry Schoch, | died at his | widow and chile have ges of thal post : fo $10,000 a year. ate of home, 2 insi., aged 86 ; on fren survive, Pagid ring la baglinnine and satis Milehering is Deginninug anda AURA ges and buckwheat cakes are fast get- $ ig ripe. 3 { ahead ! 5 3 3.3 } 15 v : Ough, what hDign ven is An attempt was made to { 1 L113 | derson and Hull's | Montoursville, but planing, mill the fire was put oul. the My Nit far § iy George Michael, on near this piace, threshed from 60 of wheat acres, rood farmer. Alfred Krape, of town, while out Mountains week, shoot a deer. our hupting one to {in the 7 with pariy, a last was the first Rarick’s appointments, Sunday 20: Centre Hall no service ; St Johns, communion, 10 a. m. | communion, 2 p. m. Rev. i Nov, “ (zéorges valle Ys A hind quarter of nice beef will be | taken on subscription at this office, tween now and February. Also seve- | ral hundred of pork. Report soon. be Governor Hastings has issued the {annual Thanksgiving proclamation, designating Thursday, November 24, as a day for thanksgiving and prayer. Diner and supper, of chicken and waffles, oysters, ice-cream, &c., will be | served in Grange Hall, on Thanksgiv- {ing, Nov. 24. Meals hildren un- der 12 years half price. OR nt, © The serious leak in the boro reser- voir still continues, there being a hiteh between council and contractor Ma- lone ‘as to responsibility. The recent rains have increased the flow of water considerably. A woman who kept a dance house at Dawson City, on the Klondike, was on her way east, and was drowned by a boat capsizing on a lake. Her body was recovered, and in her clothing was found $114,000, Recent Mifflin counly deaths: At East Liberty, G. C. Cowden, aged 67 years. At Shirleysburg, R. H. Kerr, in his 80th year, In Decatur twp., Samuel Lawver, aged 79 years. At Allengville, George Price, aged 79 yrs At Newton Hamilton, Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, aged 65 years, Those of our patrons whose labels are not up to "08, will especially favor us hy evening up with the needful, as we would put it in circulation so quick that it would likely get back to its starting point again, Thanks to all up to’ and double thanks to those with labels out in the glorious niche of "09, Another bank has gone vader, und
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