VOL. LXXII. WASHINGTON LETTER. MORE WAR THAN EXPECTED IN {THE PHILIPPINES. The Administration Realizing that we will Have a Long and Costly War Before Aguinaldo Is Conquered, WASHINGTON, June 19.—At last, War Department officisls admit the truth as to the situation in the Philip- pines; that more fighting and lots of it is afiead of our troops; that the alleged Peace Commissioners of Aguinaldo, who were feted and entertained in Ma- nila by our Civil Commissioners, pull- ed the wool over our men's eyes and not only got the time they wished to! prepare for more fighting, but gather- ed valuable information as to the num- ber and condition of American soldiers, | which they have been able to put to | Aguinaldo during the past week. | There is no more talk of volunteer sur- | render on the part of Aguinaldo. It is | now admitted that he has got to be] whipped into submission, and that it] will not be an easy job, by any means, unless a much larger army than the thirty-five thousand men now being provided for is placed under the com-| mand of Gen. Otis. There is a rumor afloat that Mr. John R. McLean, of Ohio, who also] has a home in Washington, intends to establish a daily paper at the National | Capital, which will support Col. Bry- an for President and advocate free sil-| ver; also that Mr. McLean would like | to run on the ticket with Col. Bryan, It is not surprising that the adminis- | tration should have quietly overlook- ed the break made by Prof. Haupt, a member of the present and of the last | Canal Commission, in confirming the | general impression that influences | strong enough to thwart the almost | unanimous wish of the people of this | country, had been successfully used to | prevent the building of the Nicaragua canal, and even to prevent the publish- | ¥ ing of the report made by the last com- mission, which is said to contain a scathing exposure of some of these in- fluences. The subject is chock full of political dynamite, and the adminis- tration was afraid of it. Therefore, in- stead of calling Prof. Haupt down for his too truthful exposure of a National scandal and firing him from the new Commission, the administration got | him to write a letter saying be had been misquoted by the newspaper that printed the exposure, and was glad to | let it go at that. The new Commis sion met last week, authorized the ap- pointimment of Committees, and ad- journed to meet again, in Washing ton, July 6th. There isn't the slightest doubt about the position of Representative Lentz, of Ohio, on national issues. He said of the National outlook: “The only thing that can keep Mr, Bryan from being President of the U. 8., is for the Hanna Democrats and the Hanna Re- publicans to prevent his nomination. They are now scheming to bring about that consumation, but they will hard- ly succeed. Iam for Bryan in 1900, and a repetition of the Chicago plat- form, with some additions. I favor the election of U. 8. Benators by direct vote, and algo hope to see the initia tive and referendum mode a part of our governmental system.”’ A prominent Ohio Republican has been telling party tales out of school, He said of the fight on Senator Fora- ker, by H. H. Kohlsaat, editor of the Chicago Times-Herald, which has caused so much talk because of the close personal relations known to ex- ist between Mr. McKinley and Mr. Kohlsaal; “I have absolute personal knowledge that the assaults made up- on Foraker, in the Chicago-Times Herald are the result of an understand- ing between its editor and Mr. Hanna, The latter said at the Columbus con- vention, after Foraker had declared against the Hanna machine, that he proposed to get even with him, and would resort to any means that might be necessary to down him. Foraker's term in the Senate will expire in 1903, and Hanna intends to prevent his re- election. I am thoroughly convinced that Mr, McKinley is familiar with every move made by Kohlsaat against Foraker. I would not say that Hanna is paying Kohlsaat out of funds of the Republican National Committee, for making war on Foraker, but those who know Kohlsaat best say that he seldom does anything without being in some way rewarded for it. Hanna has bought Boss Cox, and if he will stay bought, there will be serious trouble for Foraker in the Cincinnati end of the state.” One of the most valuable witoesses who has testified before the industrial commission, since it tackled the trusts was Mr. P. E. Dowe, President of the Commercial Traveler's National out of work and reduce the pay of 25- 000 who would keep their jobs, which would mean a loss to the men in sala ries of $60,000,000; a loss to the rail roads of the country of $21,000,000, and to the hotels of $28,000,000, Mr. Dowe gave detalls of the number of men knocked out of places by recently formed trusts, and read a list showing the absurdity of the claim that the general tendency of trusts was to low- er prices. This list, which was obtain- ed from drummers recently in the trades named, showed the following increases in price directly traceable to trust control: Iron pipe, 100 per cent., tin and enameled ware, 83 per cent., brass gooils, 60, chairs, 30, rub- newspaper, | to 4 cent., common soap, 25 to box, flint glass bottles, 10 per cent, clocks, 6, metal goods, 25, brushes, 12}, combs, 7, and ribbons, 10. In the efit the consumer, but to drive out competition, i —— 500,000 Philippisos Drilling. At Washington administration offi- In the whole campaign against the Philippinos, General Otis has had less it was confessed the other day, not be concentrated at any The guarding and policing of Manila required a large number of men. (ieneral Brooke has protested against the withdrawing of any troops from | Cuba. He writes that the mere rumor | occupation caused restlessness among ithe Cubans. Reinforcements cannot | months. The War department has been in-| formed that the Philippinos are being | regularly disciplined for a prolonged | warfare. It is said that ber of days each week to farm work and the rest of the time to military traini To Remove Loose Stone Governor Stone, the township super several townships shall, annually, on | | the first Monday of April, enter into a | contract with one or more taxpayers | to remove and take away the loose | traveled ways in such townships, at least once each month, during the months of | April, May, June, July, August, Sep-| tember and October of each year. The supervisors or road commission- | ers may delegate the authority confer- red by this act to the path masters, and in any case the compensation al- lowed to the person or persons per. forming said work shall be made by crediting the amount upon the road- tax assessed against them. > » ees Reduced Hates to Richmond, Va, On account of the International Con- vention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, to be held at Rich- mond, Va, July 13 to 16, the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company has arranged to sell excursion tickets trom points on its line, to Richmond, at rate of single fare for the round trip (tickets via Bal- timore and steamboat fifty cents more than single fare.) Tickets will be sold July 11 to 13, and will be good to return until July 31, inclusive, except that, on deposit of ticket with the Joint Agent at Rich- mond before July 28, and the payment of fifty cents, the return limit may be extended to leave Richmond not later than August 15, 1899, Stop over at Washington or return trip for ten days, not to exceed final limit of ticket. For specific rates and conditions ap- ply to ticket agents, jun22-2t a —— Reduced Rates to ML, Gretna. For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, to be held at Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 4 to August 10, 1809, the Penoaylvania Railroad Company will sell special ex- cursion tickets to Mt Gretna from New York, Washington, Baltimore, Frederick, Md., Canandaigua, and in- termediate points, including all sta tions on its line in the state of Penn- sylvania. Tickets will be sold June 25 to Au- gust 10, inclusive, and will be good to return until August 15, inclusive, Jun22.2¢ RR a Mr. P. Ketcham, of Pike City, Cal, says: “During my brother's late sick- ness from sciatic rheumatism, Cham- berlain’s Pain Balm was the only rem- edy that gave him any relief.” Many others have testified to the prompt re lef from pain which this lniment af League, He presented some figures, said Our Nominees for Treasurer, William T. Speer, the Democratic nominee for treasurer of Centre coun- ty, was born in Lurgan township, Franklin county, on the 8th of Decem- ber, 1836, Being of a poor but highly respected parentage he started out in life to make his own living by work- ing around on farms and at the same time sharing his meagre income in supporting his parents and the young- er members of the family. In the win- ter when work was slack on the neigh- boring farms he went to the country schools, where by diligent study and application, he acquired a fair common school education, Not having the money to pursue his studies he became Being a natural chanical genius he soon became {cient in that line of work and after { finishing his trade he went to Cham- bersburg where he secured a position lin the Cumberland valley railroad He was there twelve years, { cabinet maker. profi | faithfully, gaining the confidence and | respect of the officers of the company. { Some thirty years ago he went to | Bellefonte to superintend the erection { and operation of the car works. Aft | erwards he was the junior member of | the firm of Me¢Clellan & Speer who op- i erated the plant for four years. For some years past he superintended the | planing mills about Bellefonte for F, W. Crider, John P. Harris and John | Ardell, Jr. Being well up in years he | was compelled to abandon hard tinuous labor and so for the last three | years has been content in Jobs that came to him from his friends, He served three years on the Belle- fonte school board and was once elect- ed poor overseer of the borough. self and to the satisfaction of the eiti- zens, He has always been an earnest and conservative Democrat, who al- | i ways worked for the best interest the party. Helsa Christian man and a member of the | rian church, His genial and obliging disposition will make him a congenial friend for | all those having business at the treas- turer's office, gentle Presbyte- mn————— A —————— LATE NEWS DOTS. | News comes of a hot fight of many | bours near Manila from states, but must enlist as regu- | lars. Spain has parted with the last of her possessions by ceding the Caroline Is- { lands, the Ladrones and Pelew Islands to Germany. A horrible story comes from Alaska i of prospectors in their mad hunt for | gold, reduced to starvation, ate the body of a comrade and themselves aft- erwards perished. Miss Julia Radel, of Georgetown, a graduate of Dickinson Law School, af- ter a successful examination, was ad- mitted at Bunbury to practice in the courts of Northumberland county. In the great street car sirike going on in Cleveland for a week, women hurled bricks in a riot; a motorman was felled at his post by a missile, and policemen on guard were knocked down. In Mt. Carmel an armless mad stole a boy to help him on a begging tour. The man was caught after a long tramp. The heartless cripple beat his little eaptive in a terrible manner, and forced him to drink and rob, Bold thieves robbed the barn safe of the Philadelphia Park Trolley Compa- ny early on Monday morning, getting away with $4000. There were some 12 masked men who held up the employ- es in the barn, bound them with wires and then robbed the safe, when they bid the wire bound men good-bye. While playing near home in Trent. on, a three year old daughter was pick- ed up by a tall, well dressed man who ran off’ with her. A howling mob fol lowed in pursuit, men, women and children, who pelted him with stones, The man dropped the child, and dart- ing up an alley leaped a fence and dis appeared. * Unfalr Criticiom, Somebody very aptly rises to remark what a howl wbuld go up if the news paper were to criticise the individual as freely as many peopléd criticise the newspaper. Every issue o{a live and reputable newspaper is a mantle of charity, and the matter left out truth, not gossip of dames—would off en more than equal in volume the mat- ter published. If any editor could get out a cold fact edition some day, and get up a tall tree and watch the "result hw | What a panic there would LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS. MATTERS OF INTEREST FROMALL PARTS. Gleanings and Clipping from our Exchanges to Interest All Our Readers, — Found after Many Years, While working in his garden Mon- day of lust week Henry Crouse, of Aaronsburg, struck with his hoe an article, which upor’examination prov- ed to be a handsome, solid gold locket, Upon cleaning off the dirt it was the wires in the hinges. It contains a man on the other; and distinet, any parties whom the pictures resem- ble. Both are dressed in neat but old | to the oldest citizens of How long the locket has | garden is a mystery. Mr. Crouse has been residing there for thirty years or more, and he thinks it must have been there before he took possession. It is a valuable as well asa most ing find. —Millbelm Journal, ——————— A A ———————— Aaronsburg. been Sammer Outings. The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- ny announces the following Personal- | ly-Conducted Tours for the summer 1866: To the north, | Falls, Toronto, | 8t, Lawrence, Montreal, { berval ( Lake St, John,) | Au Bable Chasm, {and George, Saratoga the oi — including Quebec, the Baguenay, , and a daylight iride through to an dy {| Hudson, July Angust 7, 1 #125; August 12 to visiting {points as first tour except Rate, i and the Saguenay. Philadel- Washington, and round trip, from New York, | phia, Baltimore, | Harrisburg. { other points, enger Agent, Philadelphia. junls-2t IE a a I Men Vented for WaTare, Sergeant C.\ Wk, of the U. 8. ar- my recruiting Ee on at Harrisburg, is | | now at the armory in is ready to examine applicants for ad- mission into the regular army. sound men between the ages of 15 and 35 are eligible, but minors must have parents’ consent. Those may have their choice of going to Cu- ba, Puerto Rico or the Philippines. Already about ten men have been ac- cepted from this county and they were speedily dispatched to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phillppines, Te sl sr Will Protect the Merchants Governor Btone, of Pennsylvania, has signed the bill which requires transient retail merchants in boroughs to pay a license of not less than $25 nor more than $200 a moath, the amount to be taxed by council. In townships the license for such dealers will be $25 a month and is made paya- ble to the eounty treasurer for the use of the school funds of that township. The act requires that all licenses must be renewed monthly. There isa fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200 for failure to obtain the license, ————p Improvements. Dr. W, A. Jacobs has erected a hand- some new porch to his properly, which is quite a creditable addition. Miss Lizzie Runkle has also made an addition to ber residence by putting pp a large porch. The Grangers are putting their Ar- eadia in shape and have had a gang of men putting the finishing touches to the building and cleaning up the de bris around the place. - Beginning to Ripen, What grain was left to grow by the Dakota blizzard last winter, has come to heads, and is beginning to turn to that shade of yellow when the harvest- er gets in his good hard work. There are some fields in the valley which will have good crops, but there are many others from which little more than the seed will be cut. Other crops are looking fairly well, A Good Looation, Wm. Colyer, our enterprising citi zen who has done more for the im- provement of Centre Hall than any other, has a desirable location in his factory building for any firm which wants to install a planing mill or oth- er industry. He has power and all New Party Rules, The following, introduced by D. F. Fortney, Esq., were unanimously | Convention, Tuesday of last week : Resolved, that we recommend to the | party, when in mase.meeting assem- bled, that Rule No. 2, of the rules gov- | erning the election of delegates to the | County Convention, be amended to | read as follows, to wit : The election for delegates to repre. | sent the different distriets in the annu- | al Democratic County shall be held at the vsugl] place of hold- NO. LOCAL ITEMS, l cuinngs of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere, A Little While, Yet a little while to be | Here, where thorniest ways 1 see ; i {Ae hing hearts and feet that roam { Day by ay are nearing home ; Home, across the river's tide, | Bomew here on the othex side, i | Bu re, the rose blooms o'er the thorn ; | Night is nothing to the morn ; There is somewhere in the sod Lilies of the love of God. { There is rest o'er the deserts wide | Somewhere on the other side, trict on the Saturday preceding the ry year, beginning at three o'clock p. mi., on said day, seven p. m. and continuing until The delegates so elected " on the (12 at Bellefonte Tuesday following at twelve o' Resolved, that we also adopt as addi- elections of the be xo, 17, 18; No person shall be voted for as a candidale at any delegate election held votes shall for such person or persons, I, at Jeast, three preceding the day on which said dele- to be held, have if voted for such weeks shal his for that purpose, and shall also pledge himself in such scribe to support the principles and rules and regulations of the party, and the decisions of ventions, I8th, All candidates shall, at the pay to the Chair i not less than two (82) dollars than seven (§7 nor more the of- to be used in defraying A» Yor Health and Economy. and renders the face coarse. Cocoanut oil thickens and | the eyebrows, darkens | your hair is weak, A penny worth of oxalic acid ia wa- ter cleans straw hats, Daily exercise with light dumbbells cures round backs. Candles and soap improve by keep- ing, and last a long time when bard- ened. Never use glycerine alone on the face, Girls should keep their chins up when they walk. Castor oil rubbed renders it soft. = White of egg beaten up in coffee acts as cream. Use old newspapers to brighten tinware, Many women burnish with a silk handkerchief, A. A ss Marrying Filipino Girls. According to a letter received in Pittsburg, the American soldier boys are likely to surprise a few of the girls they left behind. The writer, a sol- dier, says : “There are quite a number of our soldiers here (at Cavite) that are mar- rying native women. It seems very peculiar to me that there should be any attraction between people who are so different. Every few days we are called out to serenade a wedding party where one of our soldier friends is the groom. The marrying of the Filipino women seems to be contagious, and is spreading rapidly.” em————— co —— Festival, A festival will be held by the Plum Grove Union Sunday school, Saturday evening, July 1, 1899, in the grove by the Plum Grove school house, when ice cream, cake, ete, will be served. A cordial invitation is extended to all. te into shoe leather up their hair Bad management keeps more peo- ple in poor circumstances than any other one cause. To be successful one must look ahead ‘and plan ahead so that when a favorable opportunity pre- sets iteelfl be is ready to take advan. tage of it. A little forethought will aled 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 house, the shiftless fellow will wait un- til necessity compels it and then ruin his best horse going for a doctor and have a big doctor bill to pay Yet a little while to be | Thralled in Borrow's mystery. But for all the darkest nights Brightly beam the harbor lights { TO that haven o'er the tide Somewhere on the other side, -=Aianta Constitution. Haymaking is the next in order, The apple than average, crop may be some Our townsman, A. 8, ill to leave home. Kerlin, is too The Bons of Veterans will have a big time on Grange Park, July 4 All crop prospects, in this county, re- main good, wheat excepted. Of huckleberries and | there will be a full crop. blackberries Joe Lutz left Lewisburg and again becomes a Centre Haller, Since beginning of the week weath- er has swung around from cool to hot. | From 17th to 24th it was cool enough | for frosts had not cloudy nights pre- | vented, The Centre Hall creamery contemplates drilling a well fx ter supply. company ir ils wa Thieves entered the house of C. H. | Rachau, at Madisonburg, one day last | week and stole $20, In spite of poor crop reports for the United States and Russia, wheat keeps down. Who is doing this? The Zion, Milesburg ‘and Coleville bands will do the blowing at Lock Ha- | ven’s 4th of July celebration. | The Clearfield primaries on Satur- {day went in favor of the Kerr wing aud against the Savage wing. The masons had a social spread in their hall Monday evening. Near- t hood, the baker, was the caterer, Rev. Rearick’s sppointments, Sun- | day, June 25: Centre Hall, 10a m. ; | Spring Mills, 2 p. m. ; Tusseyville, |p. m. - James B. Btrohm,’of Potter, announ- ces himself as a Republican candidate for Register. Jim will take among Republicans. Quay and corruption or purity and honesty in public affairs? how will the Republicans declare in this coun- ty through their next convention? Last week the sawmill on the farm of Btewart Group, near Rauchtown, Clinton county, was destroyed by fire. Some of the lumber was also burned. Our most venerable citizen, Daniel Fleisher, who enjoyed a remarkably robust life up to his patriarchal years, is now frail in health—may he yet be spared many days. The Meadows cattle trouble seems to be over. About 40 head died. Some are of the opinion that poison, from some unknown hand was put where the cattle got it while feeding. From the utterances that fall, it ap- pears that the sober second thought is gradually coming to the surface telling that a great wrong and blunder bad been committed to subserve spite. Mrs. C. 8. McCormick, of Lock Ha ven, a cousin of Mrs. Joshua Potter, has been appointed commissioner by Gov. Stone, to represent the ladies’ de- partment of our state at the Paris Ex- position. While standing in the Aaronsburg Lutheran basement on Bunday morn- ing, 11, Absalom Musser was siricken down with paralysis, Al Bower took him home inp private conveyance and he bas been confined to his bed since. Thursday evening, after the show- ers, many fishermen visited Harter's Redmill dam and Sinkiog creek, after snappers, suckers, eels, catfish, chubs, anything that would bite ; some had fair catches, A Millheim citizen informs us that they are all at sea over the question of water works, The experience of our town is what they fear. Bat, if there is a total absence of malice the good people down there may have pleasant- er steering. A medical expert on snake bites ase serts that the effects of a rattle syle
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