VOL. LXXII. NO. 30 WASHINGTON LETTER. The Republicans at the Bottom of the Movement.—The Democrats Will not be Divided in the next Campaign, WasHiNGTON, July 81.—Republican wishes father the story sent out from Washington several days ago, thet a movement was on foot to put another gold Democratic presidential ticket in the field next year No such move- ment is known among Democrats and no such action is expected to get the support of any considerable number of Democrats, because they all know that it is not being instigated by Demo- crats, but by Republicans, whose only object is to draw support away from the regular Democratic ticket. A number of Democrats who took part in organizing the Palmer and Buck- ner movement, have since acknowl edged their mistake and their regret, and expressed their intention to stand by the regular nominations hereafter, because the Democratic pariy as a whole stands for most of the things they believe in. Although Republi- can money is likely to be freely used to bring about such a condition, there is absolutely nothing in sight at this time, to indicate the nomination of a gold Democratic ticket next year. Mr. MeKinley’s confidence in him, and satisfaction with all he has done, including his press censoring, should have been kept secret for ten days aft- er it was sent? Some say that Mr. McKinley wanted to ascertain how far publie sentiment would go in support- ing the demand for the recill of Otis, and that if that demand had been a little stronger, the ecablegram would have been suppressed entirely, It was evidently kept back for some purpose. And it wouldn't have been the first time that official matters have been made publie or suppressed by this ad- ministration in deference to the state of public opinion, ——— A —— mint Centre Coanty Insurgent Vietory. Bays one of the dailies: ‘One year ago when the Quay people won their great victory in this county for Arnold it was at the expense of turning down Clement Dale, Center county’s candi- date for the congressional conferees, and the man whom Governor Hast- ings indorsed. Mr. Dale has declared his intention of going into the con- gressional race again next year, and it is believed that Governor Hastings will not only again indorse him, but put forth his every effort to secure him the nomination, just to even up the score of last year's defeat.” Another: “To what length the stalwarts went to win the contest can be judged when it is now known that the administration gave notice to the State college authorities that they There is much shaking and quaking in the old Alger clique in the War De- | partment, because of a rumor, which | seems to have foundation, that Secre-| tary Root, who is now in Washington, i preparatory to being sworn in tomor- | row and taking charge intends to reor- ganize the War Deparument from bot- | tom to top. Cerlainly no other de-| partmy=t of the government needs a! thorough reorganization more than | | the one over which Mr. Root has been | ; chosen to preside, but the clique is powerful and Secret..ry Root may find | himself unable to overthrow the Alger- | ites. If he is wise, he will get Gen. | Miles on his side, by restoring him the | authority of which he was deprived by Alger. Attorney General Griggs, before going off on his summer vacation, shattered the hopes of numerous per- | sons who thought they had evervihing | ! fixed to secure valuable Porto Rican | concessions from the war department, | by rendering opinions upon three spe- | cific concessions.—The right to use the | water power of the river Plata, the! right to build and operate a tramway, the right to build and control, for all | time, piers and wharves at Ponce. These opinions take the ground that all such concessions were the crown property of Spain, and sums them all, and apparently all other concessions on the island, up as follows: ‘As crown property, they were, by the treaty of cession, transferred by Spain to the U. 8B. of America, and are now a | part of the public domain of that na- tion. I do not know of any right or power which the Secretary of War or the President has to alienate in perpe- tuity, any of the public domain of the U. B., except in accordance with acts of Congress, duly passed with reference thereto.” This is understood to be a hint to Alger of the power of the ad- ministration to make trouble for him and his business friends, who are heav- ily interested in some Cuban deals, if be attempts to antagonize the admin- istration. Representative Griffith, who repre- sents the Indiana district which sent the late Judge Holman to Congress for 80 many gears, said of polities in his state, and he knows: “Indiana will send to the Demoeratic National con- vention a solid Bryan delegation. The men who were for Mr. Bryan and the Chicago platform, in 1808, have not weakened in their faith regarding ei- ther. I am one of those who believe in the indestructibitity of the prinei- ples of Democracy, and though the party may suffer temporary defeat, it is sure to regain ascendency, for it rep- resents better than any other political organization, the true interests of the people. The predominant issue in 1900 is very apt to be war upon the trusts, and upon this, the Democrats will be in far better position than their opponents. The voters of the country cannot be deluded by anti-trust decla- rations of the Republican convention; they understand that there is no real antagonism between the leading men of that party and the trusts, but that on the contrary, the closest intimacy exists, seeing that most of the influen- tial Republicans are thoroughly iden- tified with combines and solles. We bad a great chance in 1506, and we came very near success, and we will have just as good s chance in 1900, I ~ see nothing in the situation that is dis- Saraging & to pang but on the ning their power to win if they wanted fur- the State. The stal- friends of the college are now speculat- ing as to whether that institution will Stone administration. Just what will be tie oulcome of the insurgent vieto- iry in Center county is hard to pre diet.” ———— a Alnskan The party of scientists who went to Discoveries, portant discoveries. Among these is This bay was named Unknown Bay. Four other new glaciers which have | never before been seen by while men { were found at the head of Disenchant- | ment Bay. In Icy Bay, opposite Car { roll’s Glacier, an immense glacier three | quarters of a mile in width was discov- | ered and named Harriman's Glacier, In the bay where the Grand Pacific Glacier is located observations were taken which show that its ice wall has receded three miles since Muir and Reed visited the locality and establish- ed their survey 20 years ago. Ea Fighting Bob at Chareh. Fighting Bob Evans dressed in citi- zens clothes, went to church on a SBan- day not long ago. Upon entering the house of worship he seated himself in a vacant pew about midway up the aisle. Boon afterwards a gentleman and lady walked in and seated them- selves in the same pew. The gentle- man looked ugly at Bob and the lady partly turned her back.on him. The gentleman stood it as long as he could and then passed a card over to Bob which read as follows: “I pay $2,500 annually for this pew.” Bob glanced at the card and then passed it back with the following written on the ot h- er side: *You pay too damned much.” The preacher then announced his text, “It's Blessed to Dwell Together in the House of the Lorsd,” or words to that effect. ANS Is So A ss Well Patronized, The ladies of the M. E. church held an ice cream and cake festival on the lawn at the home of Wm. Lohr. A rain during the evening marred the success of the affair, but the ladies cleared over thirty dollars, An MI ASAI About one month ago my child, which is fifteen months old, had an at- tack of diarrhoea accompanied by vom- iting. I gave it such remedies as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent for a phy- sician and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had been sick for about ten days and was having about twenty-five operations of the bowels every twelve hours, and we were convinced that unless it soon ob- tained relief it would notlive. Cham- berlain’s Colie, Cholera snd Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended and I de cided to try it. I soon noticed a change for the better; by its qoatinusd Wee a complete cure was brought t and it is vow perfectly Dadithy, -C. Li. po, an Ta Delightful Vacation Trip, Visiting Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands, Quebec, Montreal, Au Bable Chasm, Lake Champlain and Lake George, Saratoga, and the High- lands of the Hudson. Leave Philadel- phia by special train August 12. The tour will be in charge of one of the company’s experienced tourist agents, and a chaperon, having especial charge of unescorted ladies, will also accom- pany the party. The rate of $100 from New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton, Philadel- phia, Harrisburg, Baltimore, and Washington covers railway and boat fare for the entire round trip, parlor- car seats, meals en route, hotel enter- tainment, transfer charges, and car- riage hire, For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any additional information, address Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1196 Broadway, New York; Ticket Agent, 560 Fulton Street, srooklyn; 780 Broad Street, Newark, N.J.; or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant (General Passenger Agent, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia. augsd-2t cm re — NEWS NOTES Altoona is alarmed over the spread of small-pox. Elibu Root, a New York lawyer, is now secretary of war in place of Alger. Dr. A. L. Leeand twenty other Ohio gold seekers, were drowned at Crook's Inlet, in the Klondike. A mad bull gored Frank Reynolds, of Shippensburg. A law should be passed requiring the dehorning of all bulls, since there are so many cases of injuries and deaths from goring by these animals, James Campbell, of Philadelphia, in- sisted he would die on July 31. He spent Sunday evening arranging for his anticipated funeral, and was found dead in bed on Monday morn- ing, caused by neuralgia of the heart. Epidemics rage the world over. Yel- low fever, cholera, small-pox and the plague break out in many lands, eaus- ing many deaths. At Hong Kong there have been 273 in three weeks and at Iamsul, 878 in thirty-five days all due to the plague. Kindness oft wins unexpectedly. A wealthy German munificently reward ed Miss Emma Tobin, of Chester, Pa., for some typewriting she did for him, and declined to be rewarded, as she was only too happy to oblige a stran- ger. A day or two ago a letler post marked Berlin was handed Miss To- bin, informing her that for her kind- ness three years ago, he intended to send her £35,000, mince How to Keep Apples Sound, Cut this out and try it: A Ken- tuckian says, he has a cellar which is kept at the same temperature all the year; and he has discovered that by putting apples in it in such a way that they will not touch each other they may be kept sound for months and possibly years, He alsn has a method by which he will, in the future, buy eggs at the times of the year when they are cheap and keep them for months when he ean receive a handsome price for them. He finds that by permitting pure, fresh water to run over eggs constantly they may be kept sound for months, s——— oS — Improvements, Hosterman's new brownstone house is nearing completion, The ma- sons are through with the exterior and the scaffolding torn away. The build. ing shows up handsomely. The plas terers are at work on the inside, and their work will be followed by that of the steam fitters, John Martz, our shoemaker, is hav ing his new house plastered, and ex- pects to have it ready for occupancy in course of a short time, One of the handsomest and most substantial porches that graces our town, is the one just completed for Mrs. Flora Bairfoot, in front of her residence. It is Colonial in design, wide and spacious, with massive pil- lars, Aaron Thomas and son Calvin did the work, and did it only as good artisans can, It is a credit to them. August 14 to 19, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets, from all points on its iine, to Boston at rate of single fare for the August 12 to 14, good to return August 14 to 20 when ly executed be fore agent of initial line from Bowen. Upon depositing ticket with LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS. MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Gleanings and Clipping from our Exchanges Supervisor Reed, of This District, Gets Or. ders to take the Census. Although the census will notbe tak- en until June, 1900, the work of get. ting ready is going on. Mr. Reed, of Sunbury, who will be supervisor of this district, has received a circular of instruction from the director of the census, Following are some of the im- portant instructions: The supervisor must consult with the director of the census in regard to the sub-division of his district for the purpose of enumerating. He has the power to appoint the enumerators for the various subdivisions within his district, subject to the approval of the director. He must thoroughly examine all re- turns and must use great diligence in correcting all mistakes, He must send in to the director the accounts show- ing the amount of compensation due each enumerator, He is to assist the director in subdi- viding his district. The law provides that no enumerator have any district assigned to him with over 4000 inhab- itants. It also provides that enumera- 1900, and the returns of each enumerator must be in the hands of the supervisor by July 1 of the same year. In cities of over 8000 inhabitants, the returns must be in within two weeks from June 1st, The appointments for the office of enumerator must be non-partisan. The appointee must be an active, energetic person of good address. It is advised that physicians living in the county, would make good enumerators. Post- masters in small offices are to be given a certain preference. No person directly or indirectly con- nected in the assessment of property shall be appointed. Persons under 21 years of age may be appointed if desir- able, Women may also be apbointed as deemed advisable. The rates of com. pensation to be paid enumerators will be announced later, The schedule of inquiries cover four points: Population, morality, agricul tural sod manufactures, The supervisor is to receive $1000 and in addition thereto $1 for each thousand or majority fraction thereof enumerated, He is also allowed actual and neces sary traveling expenses and an allow- ance for subsistance not exceeding $3 a day when absent from his usual place of residence. He is also allowed clerk hire when deemed advisable by the di- rector, A A A —— Checks Must be Stamped, The following circular has been is- sued by the commissioners of internal revenue, addressed to the several oo.- lectors: You are directed to notify the banks that are guilty of stamping unstamped checks that if the practice is not imme- diately discontinued they will be re ported to the United States district at- torpey for prosecution. The instruc tion contained in treasury decision No. 19,606, under the date of June 29, 1800, to the effect that there was no objec tion to the affixing by the bank of the requisite stamps to an unstamped check presented for payment is hereby revoked. The instruction was given to meet an emergency immediately preceding the taking effect of the stamp act on July 1, 1808 in order to obviate the necessity of returning by the banks thousands of unstamped checks issued by drawers in ignorance of the law. The law being now gener ally understood there is no farther weed of such permission.” international Cyclopedia, The International Cyclopedia in fif teen Royal Octave volumes, revised edition, to which has been added the International Year Book for 1808, Its official adoption for use in the schools of our four largest cities, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston, to- gether with ite constant use in the li- braries of leading educational institu. Foster's Weather Outlook. My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from July 20 to August 2, and the next will reach the Pacific coast about August 3, cross the west of Rockies country by close of 4, great central valleys 5 to 7, eastern states 8, Warm wave will cross the west of Rockies country about August 3, great central valleys 5, eastern states 7. Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies country about August 6, great central valleys 8, eastern states 10, Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m. August 14 will average about nor- mail and rainfall above normal east of the Rockies, below west, Another storm disturbance will reach the Pacific coast about August 9, cross states 14. Warm wave will cross west of Rock leys 11, eastern states 13. Cool wave | will cross west of Rookie country about 12, great central valleys 14, east- era states 16, August temperature will on the Pacific slope and below in the northern states. Coolest weather will | antic states and warmest on north Pa- | cific coast, relative to the normal. The | sufficient rains to make a good crop. The Pacific slope will be dry, and thus favor the northern Pacific slope wheat crop. Severe storms may be expected not | far from August 18 and heavy rains of | small extent, East of the Rockies the first August will average cooler than last half and much below normal. the same localities the last half of Aug will be the reverse of the first half, | West of the Rockies temperature be the reverse of east of that line. A great warm wave, causing a sud- den change in the weather from cool to warm, will cross the continens from west to east about 15 to 20, reaching | the 23th meridian not far from 10. Most rain will fall in New E ngland | river and the Rockies. A rain Least rain will fall on the Pacific slope, about the lower and in southern Florida AA ——— a A Wild Tale About Johan Rohn's Body An engineer on the Beech Creek rail- road reports that the body of John Rohn, who so mysteriously disappear- ed on April 6 last, was discovered sew- ed up in the body of a cow, which was buried near Karthaus, For four months the detectives have been seeking with uniisiug energy to find the body of the man, who many believe was foully murdered. They have exhaustively searched over a ter- ritory covering 50,000 acres. Some suggested that a cow had died snd been buried on the day that Rohn disappeared, and it might be possible that the body of the wealthy lumber- man had been buried in the same grave. The grave was at last found, the body of the cow taken up, and the re mains of a human body, cut into piec- es and frightfully mutilated, are said to have been discovered. The general opinion is that these re- mains are those of Rohn, although they have not yet been positively iden. tified. The great mystery seems to be on the eve of being solved, and the ex- citement runs high. Arrests are ex- pected at any moment, -— . Thus They Were Married, An exchange priots the following marriage ceremony, which was said by a Tennessee "Squire a short time ago: “Wilt thou take her for thy pard; for better or for worse; to have, to hold, to fondly guard till hauled off in a hearse ? Wilt thou let her have her way, con- sult her many wishes, make the fire every day and help her wash the dish es? Wilt thou comfort and support her father and her mother, aunt Jemi- ma and uncle John, three sisters and a brother? And his face grew pale and blank; it was too late to jilt; as through the floor he sank he said: “1 wilt.” eos Mthodints ot Cioarhei A great sensation has been caused in Clearfield by the extraordinary revival meetings of the Free Methodists. A few days ago some sixty men and wo- men came to the park and formed a bh LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Jaterest from Everywhere. The Bummer Man, Dolly’s out of town, and I, Though I for her presence sigh, Find her absence, as a rule, Helps me keep a trifle cool. Thus she is not here to note When I smoke ; I wear no coat, And I dine—just think of that fo Without collar or cravat. All about our house I drop Garments where I chance to stop, Rooms look mussy, I confess, Where 1 happen fo undress, 80 I pass my days and nights, Never petting things to rights. If she were home I know she'd frown : | But just now Dolly’s out of town. ~ Chicago Record, Pie-nics are in full blast. A soaking rain now would do corn | and potatoes much good, A heavy thunder gust passed over parts of this county on Wednesday af- | ternoon. Always put in a good word and a | good action too for Centre Hall to help | the town along. The Peonn’a Railroad C ompauy an- | bounces the next Seashore Excursion {on Thursday, August 10th. If you want a nice, pleasant, healthy location to start a business in, try Cen- tre Hall. Come and see, Our esteemed townsman, Simon | Harpe r, is still confined to his room | with slight improvement. Rev. Rearick’s 8ppointments, Aug. : Centre Hall, 7 p. m. ; Spring Mills, 10 a. m. ; Tasseyville 2 p. m. Rev. Christine, by close application, | has succeeded in having a rich lawn |around the P resbyterian parsonage, Rev. and Mrs. Christie a few days lago were in the Bear Meadows | picking huckleberries that grow on | trees. } | Huckleberries are very plenty on the | mountain above our town, and many { are the pickers each day, each return- ing with a bucket full some with two | vessels well filled, Centre and Clintion counties Busi- ness Men's Picnic, at Heela Park, Au- gust 31. In case of rain on that day {the Picnic will be postponed to the day following. Recent Mifflin county deaths : Bar- bara Miller, of Bratton twp., aged 98 years. In Milroy, Levi Rex, age 65 years. In Wayne twp., Mary Vin. cent, aged 53 years, The Chinese in San Francisco are one of our oddest elements. In Dr. Doyle’s tale—"The Illumination of Lee Moy" —in August “New Lippin- colt,” all the color, pathos, and queer- ness are lastingly pictured. A trust is now being formed to con- trol the entire coffee product of the world. If something is not done to head this insiduous growth, the water and air supply of the world will some day be dished out by a trust. Seumas Mac Manus, A. {W. Frazer, Ray Stannard Baker, and three new writers will contribute short stories to McClure's Magazine for August, which will be a midsummer fiction number with a special cover by Will H. Low and an abundance of fine pictures. The low rates offered by the Penn'a Railroad Company for an excursion to the Seashore, Thursday August 10th, will allow excursionists to go either to Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea, Hol- ly Beach or Wildwood. Under a late law boys under 16 years are prohibited from selling junk unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. Heretofore junk dealers encouraged boys to bring brass, copper and valua- ble fittings to them and it had a tend ency to make young boys dishonest, Under a new law manufacturers of baskets must plainly stamp as “short” baskets or boxes of less than standard capacity, and any marketman who sells undersized baskets of fruit not stamped “short” is liable to arrest and a fine of $25, : Broad street, Philadelphia, is unique in being exactly 113 feet wide and 11 miles long. It is now paved with as phalt for seven miles, but will soon be asphalted its entire length, and then have the distinction of being the est and widest msioothily pk paved street in the world. It passes through the heart of the city. : ; From the agricultural department it is given out that the fall crops eve- Sywheres are in a a
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