YOl.. LXXIIL
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ACTUAL CONDITION IN THE PHIL-
IPPINES NOT KNOWN.
The Administration Distorts the Facts and
Colors to its Advantage The Civil
Service Rule Jugzlers
WasHINGTON, May 29.—There Is
something decidedly suspicious in the
news from the Philippines. Not 3
line of press news can be cabled from
Manila until it has been approved by |
the U. 8. Military Censor, and it
not likely that he would approve any-
thing the administration did not wish
public. Hence, the publication of the |
statement that it would be impossible |
for Gen. Olis to conquer even the en-|
tire island of Luzon, not to mention |
the remainder of the group, that it |
would stay conquered, without a large |
increase in his army, was allowed to]
pass the Censor for a purpose. Not |
being in the confidence of the admin-|
istration,—few persons, even
the most prominent Republicans,
—it cannot be positively stated
that purpose is, but the inference is]
that it is intended to pave the way for |
is |
850
among |
are |
what |
one of two things; a call for volunteers |
to re-inlorce Otis, or to make the peo-
ple of this country satisfied with some
dicker that is about to be made with |
the Filipinos, and which they would |
naturally be inclined to be dissatisfied |
with. The preponderance of opinion |
in Washinguon is that it
volunteers. Orders have
the civilian members of the Philippine |
Commission that they must do noth-|
ing to interfere with the military plans
Ouis,” which is counfirmadion of
means more
been sent to |
of Gen.
the reported wrangles in the Commis- |
sion.
After
mounibs,
holding it back for many |
Mr. McKinley has issued his
much advertised order modifyiog
It appear
to please anybody overmuch. It ex-
total of somewhere in the]
neighborhood of four thousand places
vil
the |
civil service rules, doesn’t
cepls a
from the operation of the ei service |
rale, but as most of plac are
already filled by Republicans, it will
make comparatively little new patroun- |
age for the Republican leaders. It!
doesn’t touch the Government Print
those “
have been tiying so baid {o get th.own
far the
order
good to :
open to them. So as
workers are concerved, the
likely to do more harm than
called Mr. McKinley's attention to the
order and he directed that it be referr-
ed to the Attorney General for an
opinion. This opinion, it is expected,
will knock the order out. It might
answer for Cuban vessels to go from
one Cuban port to another, under such
a clearance, but in any port outside of
Cuba, the masters of such vessels
would be at anybody's mercy; they
would have no Consul to appeal to in
case of upjust treatment of any sort,
of Ad-
Alger’s specialty appears to
be doing the wrong thing.
The Dewey Home fund
ing as fast as it might.
isn’t grow-
It did not
less it gets a move on, it will not
to buy
by the time
big enough a
house Dewey gets home,
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES,
And Call for the Convention
ment of De'egates.
The Democratic voters of Centre
general elections,
June 10th, 1899,
‘ounty convention,
rules of the party
we opened at § p. m.,
delegates chos-
will
in Bellefoute,
1899. at 12 o'clock
Under the
The
in the Court House,
Tuesday, June (3th,
noon, to nominate:
Sherifi, for
one candidate
Register,
candidates for County Auditor, and
the
the
gates so chosen will also at
to
time elect five delegates State
in
a. on June 14th, next; a chairman of
the County Committee
1st day of January,
of January, 1901;
to serve
1600,
and
inte
day
rests
may require.
APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES.
The number of delegates to which
County Committee on the 24th day of
April, 1809, is as follows:
wepresentailive Dalzell, of Pennsyl-
yvania, who stands about as much show
as Payne, the New York anti-Platt|
candidate, dropped inio Washington |
He
he was a candidate
Cou
for Speaker,
id not control three voles in
own, to save his neck. Bingham is]
the dummy candidate of the Penn-|
sylvania delegation, and will remain |
such until Quay decides who shall gel
these votes. !
No surprise was caused in Washing- |
ton by Senawor Platt’s flat-footed
laration that McKinley and
would be re-nomioaled, Platt has been |
morigaged since ea. ly in the present]
administraiion; his endorsement of |
Hobart means that il he ever had any |
H
i
dec.
Hobart |
idea of helpiog to gel Roosevelt second |
place on (he Licket, it has been aban-|
doped, but whether he wasn’t pleased
with Roosevelt or whether the lalier
wasn’t pleased with thie idea of second
place, is a malter of conjecture, but the
former is more likely to be true. The
declaralion of Benstor Peorose, who is
Boss Quay’s man and moutb-piece, in
favor of McKinley's re-aomination is
nothing more than a bid for admiois
tration help for Quay in his contest to
get his seat in the Beoate. This was
doubtless pleasing to Mr. McKinley,
whether he means to help Quay or
not, as he found Quay decidedly “up-
pish’’ towards the administration
while he was in the SBenaie,
The admiois.ration was very partic.
ular to bave Lhe widest circulation giv-
en fo Lhe report of the Beef Court of
Inquiry, but it bas now discovered
that all of the $200,000 set aside to pay
for the Inquiry has been used up, and
has ordered work stopped on the prints
ing of the tesiimony, upon which that
report was supposedNo be based, after
it had all been put in type. It has all
slong been contended by many that
the adminisiration never intended to
make the testimony publie, and this
action makes it look as though that
content on was correct,
Hecretary Alger has been putling his
foot in it again. Beveral days ago, he
caused an order to be issued by the
War Depariment, jostruetiog the Mil-
itary authorities in Cuba to give clear-
ances to Cuban vessels under the Cu-
and at the same time stating
that the vessels flying the Cuban flag
wou'd not be under American protec-
As there is no Cuban Govern
PRIMARY OFFICERS.
The County Chairman has made the
holding
the coming primaries in the various
Each election board
Bellefonte, N. W., Ch. John Trail
Eberhart, John Danlap,
Bellefonte, 8. W. Ch. P. H. Gorrity; ast, Brace
Gorman,
Bellefonte, W. W, Ch. Gen. Meet,
Harrison Walker, I. H. MeQuistian,
Centre Hall B 10, Ch. J. 0, Datberman
S W.Bmith, F. E. Amey,
Milesbuig Boro. Ch, Jas. B. Noll:
Gralmyer, Gen, Noll
Millheim Boro, Ch. 8amuel Weiser, Jr, assis, C.
W. Albright, F. P. Musser,
Philipsburg, 20d W. Ch. Ira B. Howe: aw'ts. 1.
H. Bskridge, J. P. Johuston,
Phidpsbarg, Sid Ward, Ch.
Frank Hess, Harry Crain,
Stats College Boro, Ch, Reuben Gloun: assis,
Milwon McDowall, Alber: Hoy,
8, Philipsburg, Ch., Rarry Cameron;
Wm Meller, Morris Frank
Unionville Boro, Ch. L. . Brisbin: assts J. Ea.
gene Hall, Wm, Keatley.
Renner, N. P. Ci. Johu Mochley; assis,
Revick, A. C. Kelley.
Beoner, 8 P. Ch. 8. H. Hoy; ret,
kis, Gro, Sweitzer,
Boges, B.P, Ch. Henry Heaton:
Brown, W. B. Confer,
Boggs, E. P.Ch. J. J. Kelley: ass, G,
man, Frank Holt.
Bogus, W. P Ch, Lewis Alkey; assis, Joseph
Fall ae. Edward Poorman,
Brinside, Ch. A. V. Dougherty: asf «, Wm, Hip-
ple, W. PP. Meeker,
College, Ch. 8. A, Willlams;
Tae, Livn Bo roel.
Cuitin, Ch. Wm. Qaay; assts, Peles Robb, Jr,
N. J. EeCloskey.
Ferguson, E. P, Ch. W, H, Fry: assts, L. A.
Smith, ©. M. Johnson.
Ferguson, W. P. Ch. Samuel Harpstor; assts,
Geo, Keloaline, J, 1. Miller,
Gregg, N. P. Ch. Geo. Weaver; amis, John
White, Jolin Orndorf,
Guegg BE. P. Cli, Jas, Condo;
ring, ¥. M. Fisher.
Gregg, W. I. Ch. John Smib; assets, W. H,
Smith, C. C. Barges,
Haines, W. P. Ch. Geo. Keister; nests, ©, H,
Hosterman,
Hatnes, P, Cb. J J Orndort, ass, J 7 Gronos
"ak Moon, Ch. Grim Hate Beam,
; n; ats,
Wm. Baily
wd: asst’s Goo.
assis, W,
feel,
sest, Wm
A J. Graham; sssts
Mente,
LC
Bam’'l Mar
FRY,
Wm,
H., Ley
amsta, David MM.
Pats, H. B. Her
i
i
i
Murray.
Liberty, Ch, Chauncy Delong; assis,
per, Richard Ruaner.
Marion, Ch. J W Or;
Condo.
Miles, E P Ch. Dan’i Harter, a sts, O H Wolf, A
N Brungard.
Miles, M P Ch. C J Crouse
H A Detwiler.
Miles, W P Ch. Edward Miller: assts,
Deiirick, Jacob Hazel,
Patton, Ch. Tuomas Huey: »
dle, Benner Meek,
Penn, Ch. J F Garthol!
Kramrine
Poller, BP Ch. GL, Gaxwdhart
Fortney, Jos, M Carson,
JI Wes
roots, Geo, Hater, J B
assis, Chae, Bmul!,
Jacob A
wilh,
Wesley Did
assis, A L Auman, Jno,
John BH
Potier, N P Ch. Geo, H Emerick; ro's,
Keller, Thos, Moore,
Rash NF Ch. WE Fia
Jas. Dumbleton.
Bash, BP Ch. J J Wayne; a
Pairick Hefloron.,
Ennw EPCh Lawrence
KE A Humpton
CW PCh Wa. Kern
rs vy Beighuol.
Spring XP Ch. J W Hepburn; assis,
David |
assts, J B Long,
Hue
#iy, John Kennedy,
sho
This Ke elley
SOW
Redding: assis, |
gst, J A B
,BPCh. Adam Hazel
tzel,
truce Garbrick
Spring assis, John Mul
Bpring, WP Ch assets, D Fi
M Garbrick. |
Taylor, Ch. J W Beckwith; east, J T Merriman, |
Allen Hoover.
John H Stover
ner, 8 K Emerick.
Walker, E P Ch. Ira C Ohl; assts,
Treamter,
Walker, M P Ch
M Zong
WwW PCh
Union, Ch assis, Wm. B Tar
A A Pleteher,
D M Whitman, assts, J 2
Waiker, Wm,
Shaffer, N © Hockman
Worth, Ch. A J Johnston
A Royer: assis, A L
assis, G BR Williams
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Exterminating Canada Thistles,
Knowing it to be a popular opinion
that the extermination of the Canada
practically impossible; and |
recently noting articles in agricultural
and other journals, even giving
dence to such opinion, I herewith give
you for publication a method by which
I have exterminated the Canada this
tle, when a farmer in Canada. 1 have
by repeated trials in various fields
proved it to be an absolute and certain
SUCOees,
It is: The fleld in the this
ties have become obnoxious is plowed
It is then
stock from it
Cre
which
{keeping all
about
ripen,
or
let
to bloom, but must not be
I think it would |
a land
In course of a month
harrowed,
myself. or
and then
#0
great body of thistles
The principle involved in this effect-
taken the whole strength
ground will not sprout again.
I believe any other obnoxious weed
~Correspondence Farm, Field and
Fireside,
mia
The Next Holiday.
The next holiday down on the cal-
endar is the Fourth of July. Decors-
tion Day has passed, and there's no oe
easion for any one taking a loaf until
eagle loose, Two or three places are
down for a glorious big time on
that day, and you will find very few
people outside of Centre Hall and
Hecla Park. The Bellefonte firemen
have charge of the celebration at the
latter place, and the Sons of Velerans
will do the elegant here on Grange
park.
i
Cure for Gape In Young Chickens.
Young chickens are not troubled
with gapes until about four weeks old.
In the evening before the hen and her
brood enter the coop, pour about a gill
of erude petrolium over the floor of the
coop. During the night the fumes
froma the oil will kill the worms and
afterwards be found on the floor of the
coop. This is no theory, but has been
tried. and the result was as stated
above. The chickens were cured of
gapes, and grew nicely without furs
ther trouble.
Sh MM AS
Ballot Markings,
The Supreme court has decided that
when a cross is marked in the circle at
the top of the column and a cross
marked at a name in another column,
the whole ballot is vitiated and will
not be counted. Voters should make
a note of this and keep it in mind un
til election day.
Bend your Name Along.
During the last week two communi
cations intended for publication were
received at this office. They went in.
to the basket because the name of the
writer was not appended thereto,
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Improved His Time,
A Waldoboro, Me., bachelor, while
| watching beside the couch of his sick
ING THE PUBLIC MIND,
Ing Country of Timely Interest to All,
Blesling Luamber.
was made
| tained a large
| be longing to
discovery that they
of stolen
lumbermen.
COn-
number
local
and,
Ed.
of Lock
Winner and Harry Meyer,
for court.
of theft and asserted that they had
| ber dealer of Rarthaus,
rafts from Lock Haven
berland.
to pilot the
to Northum-
chased the timber from Emanuel Con-
oway, and he had obtained the rafts
from a man named Kyler,
hard for months
thieving. Thousands of dollars’ worth
of lumber are thus stolen snnually.
mmm scoff sivaret—
Running a Newspaper
tanning a newspaper,
change, is just like
only it is different.
SAYS an ex-
ruining a hotel,
finds something
on the table he don’t like, he
kick all the fat into the fire and
the landlord to blamed old
hotel.” He just pushes that dish aside
and wades into some other brand
eatables, But it
on
does’ nt
“stop his
newspaper readers.
Ti it 'y
ping to think that it may please a
play of their idiocy and stop their pa-
per. The paper don’t stop, but
particuiar gentleman's copy
reach him and he is sure to
around and borrow his
copy, “Just to see if the paper
lished,” you know. The press still
sneak
tie, ete., who stopped his source of in
formation because a small part of it
didn’t suit him.
seni a———
The Famine in Rossia,
Latest details of the famine in Rus
sia are of the most appalling charac-
ter. Tesiimony from those engaged
in the work of relief is that fully five
million people are slowly starving to
deaib, though 70 cents is a sufficient
sum to keep one man in health fora
monh.
such suffering as it entails is a merci-
ful relief from the more tedious but no
less certain death by starvalion. The
cass is one for contribulions on a large
scale aud by the promptest possibie
means, the Relief Committee declaring
that every immediate conliibutor of §2
will save one life,
A Deerease,
Centre couniy’s military enroliment
has decreased. One year ago the en-
roliment showed 8,217, this year, Ly
the enrollment just compleced, it is on-
ly 5613. Our population is not de-
creasing, but some of the boys are off
in the wa’,
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Skoll Fractored,
Wi. Stamm, of Millheim, while at
work on a lumber job at North Bend,
on Tuesday sustained a fracture of the
skull by a falling limb ; he was taken
to the Lock Haven hospital, his con-
dition being serious.
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Squirrels Plenty.
Dan. Keller tells us red squirrels are
80 numerous about his farm that they
are an injury to some of his crops.
That's the place to get stall for a pols
pie.
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Not Popular in Lycoming,
Williamsport assessors report that
the new tax of §1 on bicycles is very
unpopular, four out of every five own-
ers of wheels objecting (o the tax.
Marriage Licenses,
The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week:
Charles Shockey and Bessie Viola
Whitton, Philipsburg,
Michael Merrick and Anuie Bester
man, Philipsburg.
Charles A. From, Boalsburg and
Catherine A. Keller, Lemont.
Work Will Begin,
The Edgar Tennis Construction |one
Oompany, of Philwielzhia has been
warled the sonthact tract
Condensations,
| Quay lost Bedford county.
| Egypt is buying American cars,
A yellow
{ New Orleans,
fever
Memorial day was observed at Ma-
I nila with touching ceremonies,
McKinley gets bumped for going
back on the civil service plank of the
If Hanna's enemies down him in
Filipino insurgents have been kill-
An operation to remove
Royalty has ils trouble’s
Warrants have been issued for the
bribers in the Quay
Spatz, Coyle, Moyles,
{and Jones,
contest,
Evans,
being
Kulp,
The trial of the legislative bribers
will take place in about a month. Per-
{ jury bas been added to the charge of
bribery. *
Why don't wheat go up ? This ques-
The
to
i tion is fittingly asked by farmers.
speculators are at their old game
{ take of! the cream —that’s the why.
try to
us, by padding their army pay rolls,
| They must have learped trick
from the Quay padded rolls
| Harrisburg.
It appears the Cubans fleece
that
pay at
ls
Pound Bogus Stamps.
Depuly U. 8. revenue collector John
F. Brosius visited Bellefonte on Mon-
day and made an examination at the
different stores in search of cigars from
the Jacobs & Kendig factory, the
| Lancaster counterfeiters, bearing the
| fraudulent stamp. Only s small num-
i ber were found by the deputy. On
| this side of the county no fraudulent
| stamped cigars were discovered.
lettin
The extreme need of a street crossing
out near the railroad station has been
{ignored by the boro dads for over a
| year. Going to the railroad pedes-
| trians must wade the mud. The Re-
| PORTER would humbly suggest that a
| crossing be put down or one or two
| property owners be compelled to put
down pavements. A small appropris-
tion would do the business. .
Said to be no Good.
A Crossmg Needed,
There is a general impression, says
Joston Journal, ti camphor or
pepper moth balls keep away moths,
but it is not so. They do not in the
least object to odors and why such
stufl is used at all is really a mystery.
Buffalo bugs seem really to thrive on
camphor, and to find especially con
genial quarters in cedar shelves or
closets or trunks.
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Played with Matches,
At Williamsport Sunday while play-
ing with a match, Elma Bock, aged
four years set fire to her clothes, Her
mother, calehing up the burning
child, ran with her to a small stream
near the house and plunged her into
the water, extinguishing the flames,
The child was frightfully burned, but
may recover.
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Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoffice at Centre Hall,
Juhe 1st, 1808: H. B. Cautre, Miss
Nellie Doughan, Clark W. Btover,
George Thomas, Persons calling for
above letters please state they are ad-
vertised, Gro. M. Boas, P. M.
A HS OA AAI
MARKETS,
Philadelphia, June 1, wheat, No
red, 8c.
Corn, dle.
Eggs, fresh, 14al5.
Butter, fancy creamery, 18¢,
Chicago, June 1, wheat, July, 78a70,
yal
Bad management keeps more peo-
ple in poor circumstances than any
other one cause. To be successful one
must look ahead and plan shead so
that when a favorable opportunity pre
sents itself he is ready to take advan-
tage of it. A little forethought will
also save much expense and valuable
time. A prudent and careful man will
keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Colie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
til necessity compels it and thea ruin
his best horse going for a doctor and
have a big doctor bill to pay besides;
Nid dolar And the other is out
lhudred datlate
{Cu'lings of More than Ordinsry Interest
i from Everywhere.
LOCAL ITEMS,
The Child's Heart,
| The heart of a child,
{ Like the heart of a flower,
{ Has a smile for the sun
And a tear for the shower ;
Oh, innocent hours
With wonder beguiled—
Oh, heart like a flower’s
In the heart of a child !
The heart of a child,
Like the heart of a bird,
With raptures of music
Is flooded and stirred :
Oh, songs without words,
Oh, melodies wild
Oh, heart like a bird's
in the heart of a child !
The heart of a child,
Like the heart of the Spring,
Is full of the hope
Of what summer shall bring ;
Oh, glory of things
In a world undefiled
Oh, heart like the Spring's
in the heart of a child !
Crops growing nicely.
Cooler from yesterday's rain.
The late thunder showers have help-
ed the corn.
Now i's a dollar per year for your
bike—same as for a dog.
Monday evening's thunder storm
did much damage in Pittsburg.
The Commercial telephone line men
are now at work beyond Lock Haven
Mrs. John Hoy and Elias Miller, of
Madisonburg, are on the sick list.
Jerry Stump, after years of absence,
again moved to town, in the John
Nefl house,
Mrs. Barefool's bay window
completion ;
est plants,
is nigh
next look out for the gay-
Our town has no base or foot ball
team, no brass band, and no pool room
yet is flourishing.
The Sons of Veterans made a credit-
able show on Decoration day ; Jeff.
Shaffer was in command.
Bellefonte has succeeded in its efforts
for a Sunday train. The first train
will be run in a few weeks.
A heavy thunder gust passed over
this county Monday evening, bring-
ing 1.038 in. rain, inside two hours.
Wonderfal how many bikes went
through here Monday morning, carry-
ing fellows to the circus at Bellefonte.
Rearick’s appointments, San-
day, June 4: Centre Hall 10 a. m. ;
St. Johns 7 p. m. ; Georges valley 2
p. m.
Decoration ceremonies were per-
formed in every Centre- county oceme-
tery where rested the body of a soldier,
on Monday.
From Gallitzin to Kittanning Point,
around horseshoe bend, the Peng'a
E.R. has let the contract for laying a
forth track.
Z. A. Yearick, of the Lewisburg
Rel. church, formerly of Aaronsburg,
bas become pastor of the Shenandoah
Reformed charge.
Big self esteem and small deeds, go
together always, says a writer, but are
fathomed and sized up, sooner or later,
by intelligent people. Inward rotten-
ness carries a gew-gaw mantle.
We acknowlege the receipt of sn in-
vitation from the Faculty and Board
of Trustees of Pennsylvania’ College, to
attend the exercises of Commencement
week, beginning Bunday, June 11.
In a namber of our exchanges we
have seen boasts of trouting parties of
three and four catching 200 to 300 trout
in two to three days. Why bless you,
not long ago two editors of this county
caught 200 trout in five hours and it
wasn’t the best day for it either. Far.
ther, we could name two dominies who
brought home sixteen pounds of trout
in a two days’ fishing trip.
Stage driver Tibbens, of Loganton,
a few days ago lost a $150 mule. Dur.
ing the night one of his horses got
loose in the stall and went over among
the mules. One of the latter animals
began kicking and knocked down the
stall boards. The post was left stand.
iog and the mule fell against it and
tore a long rent in its body. Its intes
tines were found strewn over the floor
of the stable. The animal soon died.
Thomas Edison frequently has his
lunch served in his laboratory and is
as frequently distracted po eitibg u
interest in his work. When this
curred the other day one of his —
tants gubstituted an empty plate for
his chiefs full one, and the result was
that when Edison at last returned to
eat he cried out: “Why, my
is getting poorer every day. Here, I've
eaten Amy anon od rote ai Shot ;
ev,