VOL. LXXII. WASHINGTON LETTER. NO CHANGE IN CONDUCTING THE WAR AT MANILA. Gen, Miles Will not Serve as an Underling. —OMcers Allowed a Neat Sam sbove Their Salaries, WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—~There is to be more whipping of the devil around the stump. That is the sum and sub- stance of the semi-official leaking as to the intention of the administration in the Philippines. Gen. Olis is not to be either recalled or humiliated, Oh no! not for worlds! the administra- tion has such absolute confidence in him, that it intends to let him sit in his office at Manila, and wo ry over the ten-cent details of the Government of such portions of the Philippines, ss recognize our authority. But another man is to be put in command of the army which is to do the fighting. That would be sothoroughly character- istic of the McKinley adminisiraiion that it is generally accepted to be (rue of present intentions. Of course, those intentions, like many others have been, may be changed before being car- ried out. Statements differ as to {he man who is to command the fighting branch of the Philippine army, some saying that it will be Lawton and oth- ers that it will be Miles. Gen. Miles has indicated to Secretary Root his willingness to take command of the Philippine campaign, but there are several reasons why he is not likety to go. The first and most important of which is Lhe evident intention of the administration to leave the supreme Gen. Otis. Gen. Miles could not serve under a subordinate officer. The new Secretary of War has been asked to pass upon a question of law, but he hes not said that he will do so, notwithstanding all the talk about that beiog what he was taken into the Cabinet to do. The duestion involved is whether the Secretary of War has a right to authorize officers who are his favorites, to draw specified sums, in addition to their salary and regular al- lowances, to be used to “maintain the digoiiy of their positions.” During Alger’s recent visit to Cuba, he author- ized Gen. Brooke to draw $7,500 a year in addition to his pay as major gener- al; Gen. Ludlow, who made a break last week by suppressing a Cuban newspaper, $5,000 a year, in addition to his pay as a brigadier general; Col. Bliss, collector at Havana, $3,000 in addition Lo his salary as colonel, and Maj. Davis, Sanitary Office at Havana, 2,500, in addition to his salary as ma- jor. Alger directed that these allow- ances be made from the Cuban reve- nues, Only favorites of Alger were authorized to draw this extra money, no such authority being given to Gen. Fitz Lee, Gen. Leonard Wood, and other officers who would seem to have quite as much dignity to maintain as the officers on duty at Havana. It has been pointed out to Secretary Root that Section 1269 of the Revised Stat- utes, which fixes the pay of Army of- ficers, contains this positive language: ‘No allowances shall be made to offi- cers in addition to their pay except as hereinafter provided.” The provisions referred to are for the care of officer's horses, the payment for quarters, and for travel pay, but there is nowhere a word about suy sllowance to “main- tain dignity.” Itis very clear that Alger exceeded his legal authority in making these allowances, but whether Secretary Root will say so is a horse of quite another color, Democrats hereabouts have paid very little attention to the attempt of a few anty-Bryan Democrats in New Jersey, to start a boom for Hon. Gro- yer Cleveland as the Democratic can- didate next year, simply because they know that it is not worth any stten- tion. Even ifCol. Bryan, the man whom ninety per cent. of the Demo- cratic pariy wishes to see nominated again, were to die before the nominat- ing convention met, Mr. Cleveland's name would not be seriously consider- ed. He has received all the honors he will ever get from the national Demoe- racy, with which he was really never in sympathy upon more than two or three of its principles, and even those he has a way of interpreting to suit himself. Mr, Cleveland is an able man-—one of the ablest who was ever President,—but so self opinionated as to be unfit to lead a party in 4 eodarry where every man is theoretically, at least, the peer of every other man. One autocrat is an ample sufficiency for the Democracy for a long time to come. The last time Mr. Cleveland was nominated, it was not because he was the choice of the majority of the party, but because of the shrewdness of Hon, W. C. Whitney. Agalost the advice of experts, Secre- Alger gave a contract, last year JOEY Alger gi Brown soguientsl wire . wound guns. Tr now for cause when tested, one of them view out the breech and fractured its jacket, under less than the required pressure. If they had been ready for delivery be- fore Alger went out, they would have probably bean accepted and paid for, NEWS NOTES, Dewey on his home trip has request- ed an audience with the Pope, On Bunday Jacob Shank, a Fayette county farmer, was gored to death by a vicious bull. New troops, 46,000 men, are to reach Otis before beginning of the dry seas- on in October. 2 The big street car strike in Cleveland has subsided and the troops have left the city. Quay has fixed his slate for the state tickei, while staying at Atlantic City It is Lisutenant Colonel Barnett for state treasurer ; J. Hay Browau for jus- tice of the supreme court ; and Josiah R. Adams for judge of the superior court, H. J. Lloyd,: of Wyalusing, caught what is claimed to be the largest bass ever capiured ia fresh waier. The fish was taken from the Susquehanna river and weighed 27} pounds. It was over three feet long. Dean Furst capiured a ractlesnake near Round Island several days ago, and sent it to his friend, My, Culer, at Lock Haven. Thesnake has 30 ratiles and shows fizht at the least provoca- tion. It can Le seen at the lovin house, RT In Adjoinieg Counties, Alioona is becoming alarmed over the spread of smallpox in that city. While beviyinz on the mountains major Anderson, of Jersey Shote, Killed a raiiler thet was over six feet long and had 23 raliles We guess D. T. Rayman, of Poemilis, can’t match that, Smallpox prevails in Bell township, Clearfield county. Three families have been stricken, and ten cases are report- ed. The residences of the paiienis are supposed to Le quarantined, but no guard has been established, Lycoming county berry pickers dis- covered George McClintock, aged 80 years, helpless from rheumatism in a hovel in the mountains, snd almost starved to death. He had neither wa- ter nor food for nearly five days, and presented a pitiable sight. Di. A. G. Rothrock, a former resi- dent of Selinsgrove, a well known merchant, died last week very sudden- ly at his home in Miflinbuig., Early in life the deceased practiced medicine in Philadelphia. He was 60 years of age. Friday a week 5,800 cors passed the Junction at Lewistown, on the main line the most ever known for one day, says the Goaze:iie, and Bawirday a week the Lewisiown division broke ius ree- ord for one day by delivering 800 cars to the maio line. In the cose of a balky horse a happy thought si. ruck a bysiaader, who pro- cured a soda siphon, and, iakiog delib- erate sim, sqairted heif (he conienis in the avimal’s ear. As scon as he re. covered from his surprise the hoise started off down ihe sureet at a two- minute gait, and the balk wes ended, A mad dog scare is troubling Little Sugar Valley, Over a week ago a sup- posed rabid dog aitacked and bit a doz- en dogs and a score of caltle. It is feared that the bitten dogs and cattle are now developing hydrophobia. A valuable heifer was shot, it being believed that it had developed the dis ease. The farmers are much alarmed, and many of them keep their cows and stock closed up. The state authorities have been notified, sp AA i, Safer to Travel by Rail, It is a curious fact that more people who were not passengers nor employ- es of the railroads of the country were Killed on the railroads last year than there were of those who were passen- gers or employes. The record is as fol- lows: Employes killed, 1,957: passen- gers, 221; neither employes nor passen- gers, 4,860. These are classed as tres- passers, tramps aod the like. Bo it would seem that it is sifer to tiavel by rail than to go aloot. One passenger was killed for every. 2,287,270 carried, which is indeed a very small propor tion, Musieale at Boalsbarg. A musicale will be held in the Pres byterian church, at Boalsburg, Pa., on Tuesday evening, August 15th, at 8.00 o'clock, under the direction of Prof. Edgar 8. Place, Dean of the school of Music of Missouri Valley College, Mur. shall, Mo. Admission, adults 15 cents, children 10 cents. All are cordially invited. A MS, Many farmers living near the cities may enjoy the Mdvasiiyes o of a TELE- PHONE in their re POLICY HOLDERS BENEFITTED, Jadigial Opinion that Saves Them from Paying Illegal Assessments. Judge John G. Love on Baturday handed down a decision in the case of the Iron City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Pittsburg, Elmer H. Moore receiver, against Jacob Keller, that is of great interest all over the state, The Iron City Mutual was in- corporated in 1880 and went into the hands of the receiver in October, 1897, During the eight years in which it did business the company succeeded in placing thousands of policies through. out the state, especially in the central and western part. Since his appointment as receiver Moore has laid assessments on the pre- mium notes of the policy holders and has succeeded in collecting considera ble money. In Centre county there are several hundred policy holders, and most of these resisted payment of the amounts assessed against them, which in the azgregate would foot up several thousand dollars, Last April Moore, as receiver fur the defunet company, instituted legal proceedings against more than one hundred of the Centre county members, and as a test case that of Jacob Keller was heard before Justice J. M. Keichline, who gave judgment in favor of the receiver un- der the act of July 7, 1879, The case was appealed to court, du- ly argued, and in his decision handed down Baturday Judge Love reverses the decision of the Justice and sets aside the judgment under the act of May 1, 1876, which provides that the “eertificale of any mulual fire insur- ance company signed by the president and atiesied by the secrela.v, with the seal of the company affixed, selling forth that assessments have been made on the premium note of suy member shall be prima facie evidence in any court.” In this case, however, and in all the cases brought in Centre county, the statement of indebtedness is made out only by Moore, as receiver, and hence, not being signed by the presi dent nor attested by the secretary, are defective and do not constitute a legal claim against the policy holder, snd the decision is hence reversed and judgment set aside. This decision will not only affect the four hundred or more policy hold- ers in this county, but the thousands throughout the state, who will be sav- ed the payment of many thoussods of dollars in illegal assessments. Ap ss G. A. BR BEocampmeant, Philad, On account of the Thiny-third An- nuallEncampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Philadel- phia on Bepiember 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; and 9, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company wi'l sell excursion tickets from points on iis line to Philadelphia, at rate of siogle fare for the round trip, except that the fare from New York and Bal- timore will be $3; from Newark, N. J., $2.85; from Elizabeth, N. J., $2.75, and propoidonale rates from intermediate poinis, Tickets will be sold on Beptember 2, 3, 4, and 5, good toreiurn intil Beptem ber 12, inclusive; but by depositing ticket with joint agént at Philadel phia on Beptember 5,6, 7, 8, or 9, and the payment of 50 cents, return limit may be extended to September 30, Ing clusive, Bipe Tries, LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS. MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Gleanings and Clipping from our Exchanges ~A Musical Treat by Local Talent. Other Local Matter, The musicale held last Friday even- ing proved a success, and was a rare treat to lovers of first-class music. Our town is not often favored with musical talent of such high order as was displayed at this entertainment, Those who took part in the entertain- ment were, Mrs. H. F. Bitner, of Mil- lersville, Pa., and her two bright sons, Harry and Laurence; John Hoster- man, Miss Emilie Alexander, of Cen tre Hall; Mrs. Edgar 8. Place, of Mar- shall, Mo., and Miss Nellie Woods, of Boalsburg, Mrs. Bitner and Miss Emilie Alexander charmed the audi- ence with songs, which were rendered in a most pleasing manner. Mrs. Place and Miss Woods treated the au- dience to some choice instrumental music; a feature of the evening which was highly appreciated were selections rendered by Harry Bitner on the vio- lin, accompanied by Mrs, Bitner on the plano. Harry displays a great deal of musical talent, and rendered some fine music. John Hosterman and Har- ry Bitoer added greatly to the pleasure of the evening by giving several fine selections on the mandolin and guitar, One of the most highly delightful fea. tures of the evening were songs render ed by Mr. Laurence Bitner. Laurence has a sweel voice and charming man- ner, and acquitted himself admirably. The music, instrumental and vocal was all of the highest order, and was highly sppreciated by the audience. " The reception tendered Mr. Samuel Kersteter and his bride, last Thursday evening on their return from Milroy, where they had been married at noon the same day, was a pleasant saffir, Quite a large number of guests had as- sembled at the Old Fort Hotel in re- spouse to invitations to attend the re- ception to the bride and groom by the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac A. Shawver. While it was yet light enough, photographer T. C. Bartges took two pictures of the guests and bride and groom grouped in front of the hotel. Bupper was served at about eight o'clock, and an elegant repast it was, combining all the good things to satisfy the tastes of an epicure. About nine o'clodk the serenaders came upon the scene and gave Bamuel the benefit the benefit of all the noise they could raise. The evening was spent very pleasantly, and the guests went home delighted with the hospitality and general good time they were shown. Amoug the guests present were, Mr, and Mrs. James Stahl, Mr. and Mrs. R. Porter Odenkirk, Miss Alda Sank- ey, Mr. and Mrs. George Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. Milfred Luse, D. C, Kel- ler, Mrs. W. F. Bradford, W. O. Oden- kirk, T. C. Bartges, Fred Kurtz, Jr. Miss Lizzie Stover; Mr. and Mrs, Jas, Gregg, Milesburg; Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Campbell, Bellefonte; Mr. and Mrs, Jeff. Brown and Miss Jennie Gill, of, tl Tickels for side trips to Washington, Old Point Comfort, Geilysburg, Antie- tam, aod Virginia bactieflelds will al be sold at greatly reduced rates, auglo-3¢ AA I SMI sis bi A Dangeroas Practice. A man in Missouri, who was too stingy to buy a paper sent his young boy to a neighbor's to borrow one, As the boy was going home he fell down and broke his leg. The neighbor heard his cries and ran out to him, but slip. ped and fell, dislocating his knee and tore the bosom out of his ten dollar pantaloons. His wife ran to his assist- ance, leaving a two year old baby on the floor. The baby crawled out and fell down the well, and while the mother was fishing for the child the house caught fire and was totally de- stroyed. Moral: It never pays, be- sides it’s dangerous, to borrow a paper. hm A Sb L, A. W. Meet, Boston. For the Annual Meet of the League of American Wheelmen at Boston, August 14 to 19, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets, from all points on its line, to Boston at rate of single fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold on August 12 to 14, good to return August 14 to 20 when properly executed be fore agent of initial line from Boston. Upon depositing ticket with eity tick. et agent of initial line from Boston, not later than August 19, and the, ment of fifty cents, tickets may be tended so lmve Boston not latcr than August 31. Bicycles carried free when not ao- Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses issued during the past week: muel Kerstetter and Ida J. Shaw- , of Centre Hall. samuel Lucas and Susan M. Hans. come, Union twp. Charles A. Doebler and Jennie May Baidorf, Miles twp. Ira T. Beuner and Lillie May Sar sen, Benner twp. Durban Carver and Jennie Crispin, Clarence, Pa. A. Louis Batt, Punxsutawney, and Mary Barbara Gessner, Bellefonte. John Derstine and Lizzie Gallagher, Bellefonte. David Basthal and Gertrude V. Walk, Sandy Ridge. ——— HH E FP-L Chinton County Republicans, The Quayites carried the Clinton county Republican primaries last Sat- urday. The returns show the follow- ing winners : Delegate to state convention: Tore rence Shearer, Sheriff : H. D. Loveland. P : J. B. Lesher, Treasurer : F. E, Bickford. Commissioners: A. Y. Jones and Robert Myers. ‘Recent Mifflin Co. Deaths. In Missouri, Capt. D. A. McMani- . 63 gal, aged Joss: Mowe, widow, In Wayne, Samuel Rothrock, age 22. Altoona, Joseph 8. Strunk, age 67. AI PA SASSI Granted by the Court, The application of the Centre Hall | Carson, bonds for $000, to w 3 FEARFUL AOCIDENTS, Some Seventy Five Lives Lost and Many Injured, —Njearly 40 people were killed by an accident on the Stratford extension of the Bhelton Street Railway, at Bridge- port, Conn., on Bunday, when a load- ed trolley car went off the trestle over Peck’s mill pond at Oronoque, and sank in the flats 40 feet below. Thus far 36 people are known to be dead and several more injured, An awful disaster occurred at Bar Harbor, Me., on Baturday. While a crowd of excursionists were on their way to see the warships, a slip leading from the dock to the boat at Mount Desert ferry, broke, precipitat- hundred into the water. Twenty bodies have been re- covered and it is estimated that the dead will number 20 or more, The official investigation into the collision on Baturday evening at Juvi- gy, a suburb of Paris, ou the southern side, between the Orleans lines Paris, and Nantes train, and the Paris lines Mediterranean toain, show that 17 per- sons were killed and 73 injured. —————— A Thread Biting Habit. It is true that women who do much sewing frequently suffer a great deal from soreness of the mouth, and are at a loss to ascertain the cause of the trouble. That half of the time it is simply the result of biting off the thread instead of using a pair of seis- sors for cutiiog it, says an exchange. That in the case of silk thread the dan- ger is quite marked, because it is usual to put the thread in acelate of lead, partly to harden it and also perhaps to increase its weight somewhat. That if thread biting is followed regularly, and very much silk thread is used, the results may be quite serious and lead to blood poisoning. sm ————— A ATA In Regard to Pensions, By a new order which appears to have gone into eflect only in time to catch the relurns from the second quarier of the year, leiter carriers now deliver matters perwaining to pensions, such as checks and vouchers, only to the pensioners themselves, or some one with wriven authority to receive them as in the case of a registered letter. Heretofore the letlers have been left at places where the pensioners were known to reside, but it is not done any more. fe——— Lumber Will Advance, A dispatch from Minneapolis says: Lumber advanced another fifty cents last week, this being the fifth marked advance in price this year. It has been many years since there was such a demand as the present season has shown, and even with the advancing prices the demand continues to exceed the supply. I —— Delightful Vacation Trip. Visiting Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands, Quebec, Montreal, Au Sable 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 A company’s experienced tourist agents, and a chaperon, having especial charge of anescorted 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, S560 Fulton Street, Brooklyn; 780 Broad Street, Newark, N.J.; or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia. aug3-2t 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 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 not live. Cham- berlain’s Colic, Cholera snd Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended and I de- cided to try it. I soon noticed a change for the better; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about and it is now perfectly Bilthy, 0) Sa Boggs, A Gilmer ‘ . Va. Formleby J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8. 1. Swarts, Tusseyvile F. A. Sessa, Buteers Mills; H, F. Rossman, NO. 31 LOCAL ITEMS, Callings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. Not In Vain. If 1 can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain ; If I'can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, 1 shall not live a vain. Emily Dickinson. The Wenver, Beside the loom of life I stand And watch the busy shuttle go ; The threads I hold within my hand Make up the filling ; strand on strand They sip my fingers through ; and so This web of miove fills out apace, While I stand in my place. One time the woof is smooth and fine, And colored with a sunny dye ; Agala the threads so roughly twine, And weave so darkly line on line, My heart misgives me. Then would I Fain lose this web—begin anew-- But that, alas ! 1 caunot do, Some day tie web will all be done, The shuttle lates in its place, From out my bold the threads be run, And friends at selling of the sun Will come to look upon my face, And say : “Mistakes she makes not a few, Yet wove, perchance, as knew.” not best she -Independent. Day warm and nights cool. The corn needs a soaking rain. Oals crop good and harvested in fine condition. Sarah E. Bhreffler, of Millheim, was granted a pension, $5. The wife of Emanuel Keiffer died in Fleminglon, aged 63 years. The oats crop is good unless rains damage it in the fields, Our streets were never so continu- ously dusiy—no sprinkling water. The wife of Harvey Bierly died at Nittany a few days ago of typhoid fe- Ver. tichard Reed, of Allison twp., Clin- ton county, died of dropsy, aged 75 years, The Sugar valley campmeeting be- gins August 16, to continue over two Sundays, The Wilson creamery operation here with its branches, is one of the largest in central Penn’'a. No Jittle town is ahead of Centre Hall for pretty and pleasant homes. So say all strangers. Some of the Wilson farms, near this place, are advertised for sale in the Re- porter, by Geo, M. Boal, agent. J. P. Gephart, esq., of Bellefonte, is lying sick at Loganton, at the home of his father-in-law, Robert Karstetter. George Wells, of Pleasant Gap, has made several trips through here with fine water melos and will come oft- ever, Al Krape, in drilling for water on the Benner farm, half mile beyond Old Fort, siruck a good siream at a depth of 75 feet. Rev. Resarick’s appointments, Sun- day August 13 : At Centre Hall, 10 a. m. ;at Bi. Johns church, 2 p. m.; Georges valley, 7 p. m. When the snake story season closes, we expect to print one of a repiile that swallowed a big hotel, guess, grub, liquors, bedbugs and all Robert Smith while digging for coal across Sinking creek, back of his residence at Spring Mills, struck a big stream of water instead of coal We bad sight of many rains passing around us, and could hear the thund- ering, but, saving slight sprinkles, the soaking showers favored other count- ies these several weeks past. An exchange aptly gives the tip that for the next three months the man who wants a paper without politics in it must take his choice between sand paper, wall paper and fly paper. A party having in view the estab- lishing an enterprise in this place, if all things show up favorably, have requested an option for a 15 to 20 horse power walter mot on the old plant, In Penosylvania 59 firms are engag- ed in the manufacture of paper, operat. ing 65 mills. The capital invested amounts to $12,000,000, and the annu- al value of the product is $6,800,000, Mr. Charles B. Spahr, in the August Magazine Number of “The Outlook,” gives a graphic description of the life of the Pennsylvania eoal-miners. This article forms one of a series on “Amer iea’s Working People,” founded on careful personal study of typical re gions. ($3 a year. “The Outlook Company,” New York.) When you go abroad and meet per- | sons on the lookout for a place to lo- oate a business, always ogee caiaus
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