VOL. LX X11.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
AN APPARENT DEFINITE WAR POL-
ICY DECIDED UPON.
The Administration Saspends a Consul for
Alding the Insurgeunts. ~The Danger
to Us of Imperialism,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Have we,
as a people, anything to gain by join-
ing bands with Great Britain in a Na-
poleonie policy of world conquest ? Al-
though the administration is at pres-
ent carefully concealing any disposi-
tion it may have to enter upon such a
policy, the disposition is believed to
exist, and that question may become a
leading one in next year's Presidential
campaign. In diplomatic circles it is
believed that the first steps towards
such a policy have already been taken,
and that the suspension of Dr. Bedloe,
8s U. 8B. Consul at Canton, China, at
ed at the State Department that the
suspension of Dr. Bedloe was brought
about by some irregularity in connec-
tion with his issuing papers to an
American vessel engaged in supplying
arms and ammunition to the Filipinos
and in issuing certificates to Chinese
merchants trading with the Philip-
pines,
The present attitude of greatness oc-
cupied by the U. 8. was attained by
following from the days of Washing- |
ton a policy of strictly attending to
that there was a deficit of $90,000,000
in round figures, at the close of the
last fiscal year, the prediction seems
reasonable. It may also be mentioned
that special agents of the Internal Rev-
enue Bureau are known to have been
engaged for months in investigating
the working of the various stamp tax-
es, presumably with an eye to more
Congressional legislation in that diree-
tion,
Al
LATE NEWS NOTES,
The brick yard of D. P. Guise, near
Williamsport, was destroyed by fire on
Monday.
Diamonds have doubled in price, as
the result of the work of a syndicate.
This will be rough, on the poor.
The farm house of John R. Shoema-
ker, in Woodward township, Clinton
county, was destroyed by fire Monday
evening.
A spark from a thresher in opera-
tion destroyed the large barn of J. 8B.
Collias, in Lancaster county, with all
the contents.
A native Chief has come to the aid
of Otis. Dato Mundi defeated insurg-
ent forces in Cebu and seeks American
citizenship.
England and the Transvaal Repub-
lic in South Africa, are on the verge
of war. The Boers can muster an ar-
my of 60,000 men.
A crazed man E. Blanchard, at To-
of jealousy, and then killed himself.
our own affairs and leaving the people
of other nations to do the same. The |
glomour of foreign conquest has turn-
ed the heads of the people of other na- |
tions many times in the past, and a
few months ago there appeared (0 bel
danger that the Americans would be |
blinded by the same glamour, but the |
common sense for which Americans
are renowned, has come to the rescue,
and our people are realizing not only
the meaning, but the danger of the |
adoption of an imperialistic policy by |
the U. 8., and present indications are |
that the realization will result in a res- |
toration of the Democratic party to]
power, and a resumption of the only
safe foreign policy for this government
to follow. i
Men who at the beginning support-
ed the expansion poiicy of the admin-
istration, are now severely criticising
the results obtained by following that
policy. For instance, the Washington
Post, which has to all intents and pur-
poses been an expansion sheet, says
editorially: “Either we have not the
genius and the temperament for
successful colozination, or we have
been grotesquely unfortunate in the se
lection of our agents. It is impossible
to see at this moment where and in
what respect we have accomplished
soything important either in Cuba or
in the Philippines. In the latier we
have undertakea to set up the regime
of law and order and civilization, and
we have failed utterly. Io the case of
Cuby we have undertaken to give the
people self-government, or at least to
test their capacity in that line, and we
have done neither. Inthe Philippines
we have for six months or more been
engaged in a petty and perfectly fruit-
less war with the natives. In Cuba
the government consists of a military
autocracy, little if any more beneficent
than that conducted by the Spanish
Governor Generals in times of peace,
In Luzon it is actual war we have up-
on our hands. In Cuba, it is smoul-
dering discontent, turbulence in wvari-
ous paris of the island, and a fatuous
and feeble tyranny at Havana.”
The designs for the new $5 silver cer-
tificate, one having upon its face a
vignette of Washington, and the other
one of Jefferson have been submitted
to Becretary Gage. It Is said that a
Republican Senator heard about this
and at once burried to see Secretary
Gage to tell him not to adopt the Jef-
ferson design, because, if he did, it
might become known as a Democratic
pote. Be that as it may, Treasury of-
ficials say that the Jefferson design is
not likely to be adopted.
The prediction that all of the 35,000
volunteers, suthorized by Congress
would be enlisted, has been almost ver-
ified. An order for an enlistment of
one more additional regiment which
will bring the number of volunteers
nearly up to the limit, has been issued
by Secretary Root, and the new regi-
ment will be composed of negroes,
The officers will, of course, be white
men,
Notwithstanding the statement of
Secretary Gage that the Treasury
would be able to meet all of the ax-
penses incidental to the largearmy we
are preparing to send to the Philip.
pines, in addition to other govern-
mental expenses, without asking Con-
gress to impose new war taxes on issu-
ing more bonds, expert financiers who
have carefully studied the matter, and
whose opinions are not influenced by
political exigencies, still predict that
more bonds or more tuxes will be nee-
The Tenth Regiment, on its return
reception. Pittsburg did wonderfully
Huge arches, erected in Chicago, of
steel work for the Coliseum, collapsed
on Monday, crushing the life out of
ten men, and twelve others were fear-
The court has enjoined the city of
Lancaster from borrowing money to
repair its reservoir because it has
reached the debt limit of 7 per cent. on
its assessed valuation.
A Chester county iarmer saw his
the chickens. The neighbor sued, and
had to pay the costs,
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Hall Fare to Philadelphia,
For the G. A. R. National Encamp-
ment, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany will sell excursion tickets to
Philadelphia and return, September 2
to 5, at a single tare for the round trip
{no ticket will be sold for less than fif-
ty cents). The tickets will be good to
return until September 12, inclusive,
but this limit may be extended to Bep-
tember 30 if the ticket is deposited, with
the Joint Agent at Philadelphia on Sep
tember 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, and 50 cents paid,
For further information consult tick-
et agents.
A —————
Big Plonic Today.
The Business Men's pienie of Centre
and Clinton counties, comes off today
at Hecla Park, and with fair weather,
the promise is good for a record break-
ing crowd. The attendance from
Penns valley will be large, which can
be largely accredited to the efforts of
committeeman Frank Crawford, of
Centre Hall, in working it up. A
special return train to Coburn will
leave Bellefonte at 9 o'clock in the
evening, to accommodate those who
went by train,
a. oy rtod a New Livery,
Philip Leister, of Potters Mills, has
started a new livery in the communi-
ty, and has opened a stable at the Old
Fort hotel. He starts with four good
horses, and all new buggies and car
riages, an outfit to supply his patrons
with a stylish tarnout. Philip will
have telephone connection and can
supply a rig on a few minutes notice at
a reasonable price. -r
- School s to Open.
Next Monday, September 4th, the
boro schools will start their anoual
term of seven months, in charge of
Prof. B. M. Wagenseller, D. Wagner
Geiss, Frank A. Foreman and Miss
Anna Bartholomew. The scholars
will have a week off during the grang-
ers picnic and two weeks during the
holidays. —
Farmers’ Institutes,
The Department of Agriculture has
fixed upon Monday and Tuesday, Feb.
12 and 18, and Wednesday and Thurs-
day, Feb. 14 and 15, 1900, as the dates
for holding the Farmers’ Inst utes for
the coming season at Unlonville and
Howard, respectively,
Band Contest.
In a band contest at Hecla Park on
24, the first prize, $75, was won by the
Good Templar Band, of Lock Haven,
State College was given second prize,
and the third prize was awarded to the
essary, and when it is remembered
Svlevills Bund, of Ballufsuw:
How Dr. Lawrence M. Colfelt Spends His
Summer Vacation,
Dr. Colfelt being so well known in|
this county, the following from the |
Phil. Record will be read with interest |
by the readers of the Reporter : | Prof Hamilton Replies to the Grangers.—
Among the Philadelphia pastors
now out of the city in quest of ehange
of scene probably no one is leading |
more active a life than Dr. Lawsende
M. Colfelt, pastor of the Oxford Street | In our last issue the Reporter print-
Presbyterian Church, of this city, who | ed the complaints of Pomona Grange,
in the later part of June hied himself | No. 18, of Centre County, against Prof,
away to his country home. The Doe- | John Hamilton, charging him with
tor owns one of the finest farms in | | treating the Grangers unfairly in the
Bedford county, situated conveniently | State Agricultural Department, of
near the health-giving springs, and his which he is the head. In his reply he
evident joy in his surroundings is says:
pleasant to witness. “The complaint, coming as it does,
After crossing the Atlantic six times | from a Grange of which one of the ag-
and having done Europe very exten- | wrieved persons is a member, at least,
sively, as well as most of the American | suggests that the motives that prompt-
resorts from Maine to Florida, he said | od the criticism may not have been
recently, I can truly say that I find | disinterested, and free from selfishness,
the farm amid the mountains of Wesl- | a, the authors would have the public
ern Pennsylvania the best place in the | believe, So long as this individual
world for me to restore both nervous | was retained, the Department was all
and muscular tone, | that the country could desire, but im-
The Doclor is no idler or gentieman | i mediately when the connection of this
farmer. He engages daily in the prac- | { particular individual is severed, the
tical labor of the farm and acilually en- Secretary of Agriculture becomes guil-
joys it. Those who see him in the ty of an unwarranted invasion of some
winter as he holds his cultured aud-| geumed inherent right, and is, accord-
fence in almost spellbound attention | | ingly, denounced by those aggrieved as
would find it rather interesting to see | the enemy of the Grange.
him this summer riding a reaper or! No one in this country is regarded as
following a plow, and yet he has been | having a ‘fee simple’ in any public of-
doing work of that kind during his | fice, neither does any class of citizens
whole vacation { have exclusive and permanent right
Plowing seems to his favorite | over all other classes to the offices of
pasiime, because, as he says, 8 mab | gany departments in the State,
gels closer to Mother Earth at that| «No Patron of Husbandry in Penn-
than at any other work, and it is good | yylvania cau truthfully say that he has
for all of us to draw very near lo her at | heen discriminated against, in any re-
times. {spect by the present head of this de-
He firmly believes in the dignity of | partment.”
manual labor, and a part of his creed is | Mr. Hamilton then goes on to state
that in the final summing up the man- { that a majority of the state lecturers
ual toiler will be reckoned higher than | for institute work, are Grangers and
other by the Master of Work, who | were appointed by him, and because
says, “And the last shall be first.” a change of two officials was made, one
The great respect in which Dr. Col- | of whom held his position for thirteen
felt is held by the people of his own | years, he is denounced as discriminat-
county disproves the saying, “A | ing against Granges, and further, that
prophet is not without honor save in | five of the chief officials of his depart-
his own country.” He mingles with | ment are members of the Grange.
his neighbors at farmers’ picuics and | In our last issue will be found the
various gatherings, and in the wide- | Grange side of this controversy, and
brimmed straw hat and coarse line *n | by the above we give the Hamilton
siiit he has affected this summer he is | side a hearing, as fairplay.
indeed a striking figure.
i
| THE RESOLUTIONS BRING FORTH
AN ANSWER.
| Says Pomona Grange Misrepresents Him,
and no Class has a Right to Lifelong
Office Holding.
be
Nativcoa! Export Exposition, Philad
The National Export Exposition,
which opens at Philadelphia on Sept
14 and continues until November 30,
will be the most interesting and im-
in Philadel-
In a very quiet way the Doctor isa
political worker, with a power none
the less great because it is exerted so
quietly. He is a reformer in theory
and action, and during the past few
years has done much towards organiz- ! portant event occurring
ing, if indeed he did not inspire, the | phia since the Centennial Exhibition
anti-Quay movement, which is strong | of 1876. In addition to its valuable
in that locality. The fact that Mr. | commercial exhibits it will present
Quay received only two voles out of a | many features of popular interest and
possible ten from the legislative men of | amusement. The United States Ma-
that Congressional district is said to be | rine Band, Sousa’s Band, the Banda
due chiefly to Dr. Colfelt’s influence, Hossa, Innes’ Band, Damrosch’s Or-
His fine old eounicry house, part of | chesira, and other celebrated bands
which has stood since Colonial times, | will furnish music alternately, and a
is a place much sought by men of high | Midway Plaisance, equal if not superi-
standing who come frequently to con-| or to the famous World's Fair Midway
sult with the Doctor on questions of | at Chicago, and comprising a Chinese
general good. His library is composed | Village, a Chinese Theatre, acrobats,
of many hundreds of volumes, includ- | and customs; an Oriental Village, Lon-
ing Latin and Greek classics, early | don Ghost Show, Hagenbeck’s Wild
English poetry, Russian literature and { Animal Show, Blarney Castle, and
all manver of antiquarian lore. He is | many other unique presentations, will
especially fond of Russian literature, | furnish abuodant and diversified
and a course of free lectures given by amusement. Arrangements have also
him on this subject to the Bedford | been made for mandolin, guitar, and
young people are greatly appreciated. | banjo concerts, and for a grand chorus
And yet with all his work of various | from the German Singing Societies,
kinds and the never-ceasing care due! For this occasion the Pennsylvania
to the pastorate of a large church, the | Railroad Company will sell excursion
Doctor finds time to entertain his | tickets from all poings on its line, to
friends with a charming simplicity, | Philadelphia and return, at rate of a
which is the only real, true hospilali-| fare and a third for the reund trip plus
ty. price of admission. These tickets will
be sold during the continuance of the
Exposition and will be good for return
passage until Nov, 30,
For specific rates and additional in-
formation apply to nearest ticket
Agent. augdl-2t
et ———————
Hart ian Ranaway.
Mifflin Snyder, one of the leading
business men of State College was quite
seriously injured at Lemont on Thurs-
day afternoon. Mr. Snyder drove te
Lemont in his spring wagon to get a
load of goods from the Pennsylvania
freight station. As he went to get into
the wagon after loading the goods his
horses became frightened, he reached
for the lines but secured but one.
The horses were running furiously
and Mr. SBoyder was thrown to the
ground, sustaining painful injuries,
He was cut and bruised badly about
the head and body. The team was
stopped at the end of the street but the
wagon was smashed.
_— A New Money Order,
The PostofMice department has adopt-
ed a new form of domestic money or-
der which will be Introduced gradual
ly after September 4. It is the size of
an ordinary bank draft and has two
new features, the use of carbon man i-
folding paper for reproducing the or-
der instead of writing it twice as at
present, and also a receipt. It is ex-
pected the charge for orders will be
materially reduced about January last.
———
Died at Asronsburg.
Miss Katharine Musser, daughter of
postmaster Michael M. Musser, of Ana
ronsburgdied yesterday afternoon after
an illness of several years, from heart
trouble. Her age was about 31 years,
and is survived by her father, two
brothers and a sister, one of whom is
W. B. Musser, station agent at Spring
Mills. She was a popular young la
dy, and will be greatly missed in her
community. Her remains will be in-
terred in the Lutheran cemetery at
Aaronsburg on Saturday morning at
10 o'clock.
A Peculiar Accident.
Jacob Kerstetter, of Coburn,
with a peculiar accident on Tuesday
morning, the injuries from which will
lay him up for a while. With his
brother Emanuel Kerstetter, he was
out in the woods cutting shi
blocks. Emanuel was
axe to drive a wedge into
1899.
Niggnra Falls Excursion,
September 7 and 21 and October 5
and 19 are the dates of the remaining
Pennsylvania Railroad popular ten-
day excursions to Niagara Falls from
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wash-
ington, and intermediate points.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $10.00 from Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
all points on the Delaware Division;
$11.25 trom Atlantic C hy; $0.60 from
Lancaster; $850 from Altoona and
Harrisburg; $6.90 from Sunbury and
Wilkesbarre; $5.75 from Williamsport;
and at proportionate rates from other |
points. A stop-over will be allowed at |
Buffalo, Rochester, Canandaigua, and |
Watkins within the limit returning. |
A special train of Pullman parlor |
cars and day coaches will be run with |
each excursion. An extra charge will |
be made for parlor car seats.
An experienced tourist agent and]
chaperon will accompany each excur-
sion,
Tickets for a side trip to the Thous- |
and Islands (Alexandria Bay) will be
sold from Rochester in connection |
with excursions of September 7 and 21, |
good to return to Rochester or to Can- |
andaigua via Syracuse within five |
days, at rate of $5.50,
Tickets for a side trip to Toronto |
will be sold at Niagara Falls for $1.00
on September 23,
excursion of Beptember 7, tickets will |
be sold to Toronto and return at reduc-
ed rates, account Toronto Fair.
|
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tion and hotels, and for time of con-
agent, or address Geo. W. Boyd,
sistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
A
Foster's Weather Forecast.
storm wave to cross nD?
from the 27th to the
tember 1, cross the west
country by close of the 2nd,
of Rockies
great cen-
Warm wave will cross the west of |
Rockies country about September 1,
NO. 34
LOCAL ITEMS,
Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest
from Everywhere.
Hondel,
What if we're growing old?
We have been young together,
O'er fields of fragrant heather,
By sunny ways we've strolled,
Our hearts have ne'er grown cold
Through ull life's dreariest weather
What if we're growing old ?
We have been young together,
So why should we care whether
Some years have passed us rolled ?
I'll wear, by love consoled,
Age gayly as a feather.
What if we're growing old ?
We have been young together.
—W. A. Bradley.
.
Charles Martz, of Pinegrove, was
| granted a pension, §6,
Creeks rose quick from Saturday's
rains, and fell almost as quick.
Daniel Garman, of Bellefonte,
| been quite ill the past few weeks,
T. B. Benser, Un-
Henry Wren, Loganton,
has
Pensions granted :
| fonville, $5.
| $6.
The corn crop in many parts of our
| county will be only half. Cause, want
| of rain.
One of Jechn Beaver's twin boys, of
Centre Hill, aged two weeks, died on
Tuesday.
Dr. Lee's flitting, with many teams,
(arrived here Tuesday morning from
Attorney Walker, of Bellefonte, de-
{livered a fine address at the K. G. E.
| picnic, at Hecla Park.
Samuel Frank, of Sugar valley, died
{on Monday, aged 45 years, A wife and
| several children survive him.
The Lewisburg Reformed congregs-
A. E
The Susquehanna division, Knights
of the Golden Eagle, will hold its piv-
nic at Hecla Park, on Labor Day, Sep.
th.
Rev.
Jones, of Hamilton, O.
Rearick’s appointments, SBun-
At Centre Hall, 7
; Bpring Mills, 10 a. m. ; Tussey-
{ ville, 2 p. m.
Subscribers receiving notices for dues
5th.
Rockies country about
Sth.
The temperature of the week ending
8a m. Beptember 11 will average
above normal in the great central val-
leys and below near the Atlaniic
Pacific coasts. Rainfall for the same
period will be below normal in the
great central valleys and above nor-
mal on the Pacific slope and Atlantic
coast,
The cool wave predicted to reach the
$0th meridian, moving eastward,
about August 14, was there on time;
the change was great and notable
throughout the country west of the
Rock ies,
On account of the large quantity of
late corn September weather will have
much to do in determining the final
result of this year's production. Frosts
often occur in the corn belt near the
middie of September, and sometimes
earlier in the month, and such a frost
this year would immensely damage
the corn crop.
Many will expect frost about BSep-
tember 12 to 15 this year, and if the
frost does not come before Bepltember
26 to 28 it will make a difference of
millions of bushels.
A cool wave will reach meridian 90,
moving eastward, not far from Bep-
tember 15, and the temperature in
northern pacts of the corn belt will go
down to near the frostline. Ouoly a
little damage may be expected at that
time,
September will be a warm month as
an average, but a great fall will occur
between the 9th and 28th, The month
will come in cool with rising tempera
ture. A high wave will reach meridi-
an 90 near the @th, and then begin a
general decline, fluctuating but falling
relative to the normal.
First week in the month will have
indications of drought, but showers
w ill be the mle after the first ten days
have passed.
The most severe storms of Septem-
ber will occur near the 9th on meridi-
an 90, a little earlier west of that line,
later east.
STOP ASSESSMENTS,
In view of the assessment attempted
upon Colonel Keller, as a candidate for
Convention, to represent Berks coun-
ty, the assessment being a cool $3000
which he refused, would it not be the
proper thing to pass a law forbidding
I ry at
all upon a candidate, and have him
please,
Heavy as the rain was from BSatur-
The Lewisburg Journal says the ap-
jon county this year, on socount of dry
weather causing the fruit to drop off,
The Odd Fellows of Snyder, Mifllin,
Juniata and Union counties will hold
their 7th annual reunion and picnic in
Dr. Bmith’s grove at Adamsburg, Sep-
tember 9th.
A heavy thunder gust passed over
this section last Friday evening, but
left only one quarter of an inch of rain
in this vicinity. East and south the
rain was heavy.
Capt. Hugh Taylor, of Bellefonte, at-
tended the reception given the 10th
Regiment on Monday, and tells us it
was the most magnificent affair in the
history of the Iron City.
One of the cruelest remarks made by
a musical auditor is reported from Cal-
fornia. A vocalist was warbling to
her own great satisfaction, “Oh, Would
I Were a Bird I” when a rough miner
shouted out, “Oh, would I were a
gun 1m
In the hearing of the turnpike case,
to vacate the pike from Centre Hall to
the county line in the Seven mount
ains, held last week in Bellefonte be-
fore Master W. G. Runkle, a distance
of eight miles, the jury, a few days ago,
returned a verdict of damages to the
sum of §1,100,
Millhall mourns the death of one
of its best citizens. Hugh White
Garth died suddenly at his home Tues
day afternoon, 22, aged 49 years. He
had been ailing for some time from
stomach trouble. Deceased was a cous-
in of Mrs. Joshua Potter of near this
place and is survived by a widow and
three daughters.
On Monday the Grangers’ pie-nie ut
Williams Grove opened, with large ex-
hibits on the ground. Sunday even.
ing's storm did considerable damage
on the pie-nic ground, requiring con-
siderable extra labor to set things to
rights. Worthy past master Rhone is
not in attendance at Williams Grove,
his time being required here to get all
in readiness for the great Grangers'
picnic at Centre Hall opening two
The Daily News, 20, prints, “Evad-
ed the Draft,” and credits the Clear
and not upon his money ? This would
meritorious and unmeritorious upon