VOL. LXXII. HOW MAJORITIES ARE MADE. HOW ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN PHILADELPHIA. 215 Ballots Marked for Barnett Stuffed In the Box and the Election Officers from Outside the State, “Philadelphia has not had an hon- est election in years,” is a phrase that all familiar with political work in the state frequently quote. That the above Is Lol witout good grounds was evi- dent the last few days at the startling expose of the frauds and corruption which the Republican machine in that city resort to to carry their ends at the polls. Charges of repeating and ballot box stuffing along with fraudulent returns have been made, but it has been hard to secure sufficient evidence to convict the perpetrators owing to the entire city government being under Republi- can rule, and the courts shielding those against whom charges were made. Before the recent election the Busi- ness Men's League, composed of John Wanamaker and other men of means opposed to the Quay gang, served no- tice that all attempts at fraud would be vigorously prosecuted. That the ef- forts of the Business Men's League would disclose startling revelations of wholesale fraud by the Republican ma- chine to retain control, is something not astonishing. The evidence was obtained through the efforts of the North American, the chief anti-Quay organ in the state. A reporter on this paper secured the ser- vices of detective George Kirkland, who served as minority inspector on the election board of Thirteenth divis- ion of the 7th ward. The entire election board was arrest- ed on Tuesday nighton warrants sworn out by reporters who had been keep- ing watch on their actions and follow- ing them during the entire election day. At the hearing on Friday before a magistrate, Kirkland’s part in the fraud and the corruption practiced was first made public. He was arrested along with four others, and they are John F. Sheahan, 1318 E. street, N. W. Washington, D. C; Wm. H. Cook, 929 H street, N., W. Washington: Har- ry McCabe and R. M. Drinkert, also of Washington. Kirkland’s statement is in substance as follows: Under the leadership of Joseph G. Rodgers, lieutenant of police at Washington, a gang of repeaters was brought to Pennsylvania; that this gang traveled on passes; that they were housed at the Hotel Scott, under an ar- rangement previously made by Charles Seger, a member of the Philadelphia Building Commission and a political lieutenant of Insurance Commissioner Israel Durham. Seger paid the hotel bill for the gang. Seger, a year ago, paid the bills of a similar gang under the leadership of Lieutenont of Police Rodgers, of Wash- ington, at the same hotel. The gang brought from Washington by Rodgers on Monday last received $10 each and all expenses for the day's work at the polis, The gang left the Hotel Scott early on Tuesday morning, some going forth to serve as repeaters, and others as election officers. Kirkland, who acted as agent for the North American in uncovering the work of the gang, and Wm. H. Cook, an employe of the mailbag repair section of the Postoffice Department at Washington, acted as election officers in the Thirteenth di- vision of the Beventh ward, Cook as Judge of election, and Kirkland as mi- nority inspector, Kirkland and Cook were directed by Lieutenant Rogers to go to 52 South Sixteenth street, the nome of the Hon. Samuel Salter, ex-member of the Leg- islature, one of the “stalwarts” who voted every time last winter for the re- turn of M. 8. Quay to the Senate, Sal- ter took the two men to a room on the second floor of his home and there gave them 200 ballots, marked folded and sealed, all ready to deposit in the ballot box as though they had been voted by 200 separate citizens, and in- structed Cook and Kirkland to vote them immediately on taking charge of the polling place of the thirteenth di- vision of Durham's ward before the legitimate voting began. This was done according to the instructions of Salter, After 85 legal ballots had been re- ceived at the polling place of the thir. teenth division, Salter and John 8il- verman and John Hanna, two mem- bers of the election board, marked and folded fifteen more ballots and placed them in the ballot box, making a total of 100 votes in addition to the 200 fraudulently deposited in the begin. ning, After the polls opened Balter told George Kirkland that he had conclud- ed to change Kirkland’s name to Clar- ‘ence Boyd, and gave him a card so in- Twenty-four persons whose names were included in the 200 fraudulent votes first deposited honestly voted later. They were given specimen bal- lots, which afterward were identified and thrown out in order to keep the count straight. The board returned 329 citizens as having voted, whereas, in fact, only 124 had done so. When the polls closed Joseph GG. Rodgers, Lieutenant of the Washing- ton police, paid George Kirkland $15 as wages for his day of supposed crime. When the defendants were arraigned all of them, except Kirkland, were brought directly from prison. Kirk- land had been released on bail. The formality of identifying the elec- gerty, living at No. 1614 Naadaia St, was called to testify. showed a vote of 337 for Colonel nett and five for William T. the Democratic Treasurer, Clarence Boyd, minority inspector, and E. E. Rankin, judge of the tion, were registered from the house of Miss Haggerty. The latter stated that she knows neither of the two men, Kirkland produced $15, which, he said, Rodgers had given him as pay for his services, and then stated that whenever he gigned his name to elec- tion papers he placed a letter “K' at the end of Boyd for future identifica- tion. He, in this way proved his sig- nature on the tally, and return sheets, He concluded his testimony by stat- ing that he had engaged to “show up’ the repeaters at the instance of R. M. Johuson, reporter of the North Ameri- can; that he had been up here in pre- vious years with them, and identified the names an the register of the Hotel Scott, where the men stopped. Magistrate Eisenbrown held the de- fendants in $2,500 bail for trial at court. William Hamilton, the judge of elec- tion, testified that he was unable to of- ficiate owing to illness and to the fact that, in order to do so, he would have to resign his position as-laborer in the Postoffice, The clerk of the hotel at which the Washington men inent local Republican politician. R. M. Johason, a newspaper repor- ter, testified that he was in Washiog- ton last Sunday. He saw Kirkland there on that day and also on the train en route to this city on the following day. Couusel for the prosecution announce. ed that, in view of the evidence, he would ask for warrants for several oth- ers who had been implicated and that he would demand the extradition of Lieutenant Rogers. Wild Sport in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania contains all the com- forts of home and abroad. The man who eannot enjoy life in this State will have a weary quest for happiness, Within the Keystone State's four boundaries are to be enjoyed all the advantages of civilization and the rar- est delights of nature, great cities and vast agricultural regions, the finest schools and libraries and the rudest and gloomiest regions of the wilder- ness, the most secure social conditions and the wildest woods, where the bear prowls and the wildeat nightly screams. What other State ean furn- exuberateth the Pittsburg Thus that Centre county, besides its glori- ous Nittany valley, has the famous Penns valley, with its romantic moun- tain borders, a paradise for, the angler the noted Seven mountain region; the famous Bear Meadows region ; the Penns val- ley and the Brush valley narrows, wilds inhabited only by the speckled beauties of the brooklet, the wild feath- ered tribe and the bear, deer, wildeat and smaller fur-clothed animals. At the foot of Nittany mountain is the queen of little towns, Centre Hall, and dotted in these vallies those co- zy villages, Spring Mills, Millheim, Aaronsburg, Woodward, Rebersburg, Mudisonburg, and others, You may match us, but you can’t ex- ceed us, i ————— A ——— Sigus that Never Fall You can tell a successful farmer by looking at his wife's fruit cans in the closet, says a keen eyed paragrapher. You can tell a slouchy woman by her shoe buttons and her hair. You ean tell the dry goods box statesman by the patches on his pants. You ean tell the poison serpent by the blueness of his tail. But the easiest way of all you can pick out the enterprising merch- ants of the town by looking at the home paper. This is not divine reve lation, but it is business, gospel and truth. \ < Men are unreasonable, says an ex- change. One went into a printing of- fice and berated the editor for not men- tioning the death of his brothor. He was uproarious until the editor prom- ised to fix it up the coming week. He did, and this was what he said: “Our village has been still further improved during the past fortnight by planting Ss as——— SS ——————— Men are Unreasonable LOCAL ITEMS, tion of Chandler, these gentlemen fa- vor the gold standerd, but oppose the legislation from policy, because of their belief that it will lose the Republican party votes which they can keep along with the single gold standard as now established and maintained by edict of the Secretary of the Treasury, Most Democrats hope that Gage's program will be carried out; then there will be no dodging the question by Republi WASHINGTON LETTER. BIG TROUBLE IN STORE FOR BOSS HANNA, His Defense of the Trasts Will Cause Mo- Kinley no End of Trouble —To Fores Hanna from the Nations! Com. WasHINGTON, Nov, 13. Boss Han- Ordinary Interest me as the one he had in Ohio, and one in | which he cannot buy victory with | cash. Notice has been served on Mr. | that Hanna will be too heavy a load to | paign; that his record was bad enough | before he made those speeches in the Ohio campaign iu defence of trusts, | and that it has since then become an I imperative necessity that he should re- | tire from the head of the Republican |) National Committee. Mr. McKinley, |s who in addition to considering himself | under many obligations, financial and | | otherwise to Hanna, is believed to bel a little afraid of him, attempted to ar- gue with those who demanded Hanna's scalp, but he was at once told that it Was not a ease for argument; that he | could, if so disposed, give Hanua a tip that would result in his voluntary re- | tirement, on account of “his health’ Ile or any other old thing, but that if he | declined to do so, an open fight against Hauna would be started some of | the most prominent Republicans in Congress, as soon as the session open- | ed. Mr. McKinley did not say what he would do, but there is reason to be- | lieve that he will stand by Hanna, at | least until convinced that his oppo- | nents are strong enough to down him. | Consequently a red hot fight, in which Democrats will be interested spectators is expected during the coming session of Congress. Whether it will result in | a defeat for Hanna will depend largely | upen circumstances, but it may play | an important part in the legislation of | the session, as Mr. McKinley will ask | much of Congress, and the Republican | msjority in both House and Senate is | entirely too slim to leave room for any | considerable kicking out of the admin- | istration traces, by |B According to an official report of the U. 8B. Consul-General at Stockholm, the Government of Sweden owns and | operates 2.254 miles of railway, the! -y 12,161 freight cars. The annual profits | during the forty-three years of govern- 0 in next| And hurried landward far away, Crying : “Awake ! It is the day.” AA rr nsn—————— It said unto the forest : “Shout ! i uses, Marriage Licenses Hang all your leafy banners out !"’ The following marriage licenses ; It touched the wood-bird’s folded wing, : : Aud said : “O bird, awake and sing !"’ Frank L. Cole, of Patton twp., and arr, Julian, | And o'er the farms : “O chanticleer ! Melville Kunes and Mabel Gardoer, | Your clarion blow ; the day is near ! | It whispered to the fields of corn : “Bow down, and hail the coming morn.” Hanchard Wm. Thomas Heaton, and Bessie E. fuey, Fillmore, Jacob L. Sunday, Axemann, and Iargaret M. Albright, Renner town- hip. Edward Dobson and Amanda Howe *hilipsburg. Henry F. Pownell, Tyrone, and Ra- It shouted through the belfry tower : “Awake, O bell ; proclaim the hour 1’ It crossed the churchyard with a sigh, And said : “Not yet ! in quiet lie.” ~Longfellow, Ns. Fannie Bhultz, Be granted a pension, $8. lefonte, was H. W. Rote, Peun Cave, and Mary po John Fravel, of Nittany, has an in- Thosmas King Morris, Tyrone, and . crease of pension, $4 to $8, Charles Stover, who carried on a ba- kery at Aaronsburg, has moved to Al- toona. The body of Rev. Landis, buried fat Rebersburg, has been taken up and transported to Millersburg. John Btraka, and Rose Malick, Gor- m Heights, John E. Mullin and Viola Auman, burn, Howard M. Miles, Port Matilda, and fetta I. Lucas, Fleming. Howard A. Beholl, and Hannah M. A tumor weighing 30 pounds, was removed from Mrs. Jacob Foltz, of near Woodward, a short time ago. maior ———— Oficial Ma jorities These are the days when the ad- The official count of the vote in the vance work is put in on that expen- sive and necessary article in the coal ives the following majorities to each bins. John T. Lee has greatly improved his home by a coat of paint. It is now staw-colored, and one of the handsom- est places in town. State Taeasurer, —Crepsy, $46, Supreme Court.—Mestrezat, 158. Superior Court.—Reily, 225, Sheriff —Brungart, 551. County Treasurer—Speer, 425. Register—Archey, 51. Recorder—Robb, 571. Commissioners— Heckman, 541; leyer, 342; Riddle over Fisher, 102. Auditors—Tibbens, 166: Beck, Dr. Lee has now settled down per- manently, baving moved last week from the station to the brick d welling of H. I. Wise, farther up town. Hunting parties are out in great numbers, but they are meeting with little or no success, and the graceful deer seems to be about exterminated. Rev. Rearick’s appointments, Sun- day, Nov. 19: At Centre Hall, 7 p. m.; St. Johns church, communion, 10 a. m. ; Georges valley, coommunion, 2 > mh. Mrs. Michael J. Decker, of near this place, is laid up of pleurisy, and has not been in the best of health for some time. We trust this most estimable lady will be soon restored. 110; Coroner—Irwin, 168, st———— ————— The Youngest G. A. BR. Man tenova claims the credit of having ad wed y id. i He served three years and partic- ated in many battles in South Caro- in the cemetery a lot of shade trees and several of our fellow citizens.’ — pen - A Cruiser Wrecked, The U. 8. cruiser Charleston, was wrecked on November 7th, by striking a rock northwest of Luzon, one of the Philippine islands. The crew of the vessel escaped in their night clothes, as the vessel stnk too fast for them to dress. The latest cable despatches say the vessel will be a total loss. No lives were lost by the vessel sinking. - lt —— Kentucky Close, The election in Kentucky is still in doubt, both Democrats and Republi- Lieutenant Rogers, who has not yet been apprehended, went to Washiong- ton from Philadelphia about ten years ago and secured his first position in the Postoffice Department through the influence of Representative H. H. Bingham. About four years ago he was appointed on the Capitol police force and two years later was made a Lieutenant of police through the pull he bad with Messrs. Quay and Pen- rose, Rodgers’ reputation as a colonizer of voters has long been established. He boasts of his ability to round up more floaters and repeaters for work in Phil- adelphia every election than any of ment ownership of the railways have averaged more than one and one-third million dollars in American money, besides the accumulation of a fund of 2,282,164 for pensioning employes re- tired on account of age or injury, and a fund of $2,070,219 for the relief of wid- ows and children of deceased employ- es, lina and Virginia. He is at present 51 years old and is a member of Bucktail Post. Mr. Mills’ father also served in the civil war. He is over 80 years old, snd is an inmate of the soldiers’ home at Hampton Roads. tm —— A Regular Horse Market, Landlord Wm. Runkle is in corre spondence with a large horse dealer who desires to establish a regular horse market at Centre Hall. It is the in. tention to keep on hand at all times a goodly number of horses and mules, to be sold at private sale, with a public sale at stated intervals. This place is considered a good market by horse dealers, Copies of the following petition to Congress, understood to have been pre- pared by ex-SBenator Edmunds, who is honorary, President of the Philadeiphia branch of the anti-imperialist league, are receiving the siguatures of those who are opposed to the administra. tion's Philippine policy: “We, the The fence surrounding the grove ad- joining the Reformed church, purchas- ed by the school board, has been re- moved, leaving the grove open. A de- cided improvement. Guy Bennison, son of Capt. 8. H. Bennison, of Abdera, this county, is now a member of Co. H, 10th Infan- try, U. 8B. army, which is now located at Mantanzas, Cuba, We had a good foretaste of winter on Tuesday. The weather was cold and damp, and during the forenoon it began to snow, enough to cover the ground with a coat of white. Work was resumed last week on the outside of the (Lutheran church. D. his comrades. Sheehan is a bartender in the restaurant of the House of Rep- resentatives, After reviewing the evidence already brought forth, the North American will say editorially: “All this is but a beginning. The case, as it develops in the courts, will take a wider reach. The larger scoun- drels of the machine are not to escape. The indicted men were bailed out on Saturday night by Republican heelars. On Monday Deputy Coroner Salter was arrested along with Rodgers, be- ing placed under $1,000 and $1,500 bail respectively. At a hearing Monday of Salter it was divulged that the com- missioners gave him the ballots for this district, in direct opposition to the law, which allows only the election of- ficers to receive them. It is a misde- meanor to have in possession any bale lots, There is consternation in the Re- publican circles of Philadelphia. More disclosures are promised and there promises to be a flight of Republican heelers from the city, Trying to Start a Lodge, M. M. Hunter, deputy head consul of.the order of Modern Woodmen of America, is in town interviewing some of our citizens on the feasibility of starting a camp in Centre Hall. The order is a fraternal and beneficial one, has great strength numerically through the western states, Governor's Proclamation. Governor W. A. Stone has Issued his annual proclamation Thu November an of cans claim to have elected the Gover- nor. The Democrats claim Goebel was elected by a majority of one, while the Republicans claim 3,134 for Taylor. There is great excitement in the Blue Grass slate, ——————- poss County Grange, Centre County Pomona Grange meets in Grange Arcadia, the impos ing home of Progress Grange, tomor- row, Friday 17th. It is an important session of the order and a large attend- ance of members is expected. AIA il csr A A Bee Tree, James E. and Henry Kepler, of Bhintown, Clinton county, cut down a bee tree on Friday, near that place, said to be the largest in the county. Out of a ten foot cavity in the tree 122 pounds of first class honey were taken. AA AA A BAAAAANNANN To Observe the Day, The department commander of the Grand Army has requested all posts to arrange some proper celebration of De- cember 14, 1509, as the centennial an- niversary of the death of George Wash- ington. Pastor Resigned, Rev. Salem, pastor of the Rebersburg Lutheran charge, tendered his resig- nation to the charge last Sunday. He has accepted a call to another part of the state. . To Mest at Williamsport, The state convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association will be held in the latter part of February. About undersigned, citizens of the U. 8. of America, especially petition your hon- orable body to bring about an immedi- ate cessation of hostilities in the Phil- ippine islands, and to announce to the people thereof, with promptitude, that |! it is the purpose of the U. 8., not to in- terfere with their aspirations for inde- pendence, or to subject them to our au- thority, but only to aid them in set ting up an independent government of their own choice and to protect them against hostile foreign interference, and to assist them with the military and naval forces of the U. 8. so far as may be required in the maintenance of order and security until such a govern- ment shall be established.” In these days when the average Re- publican is stretching everything to prove that the result of the state elec. tions was an endorsement of the policy of imperialism, there is a pointer for them in the plain words of that plain man, Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, who is now in Washington. He said that the people of his state were in favor of expansion as applied to development of trade, but that they did not understand it to mean imperi- alism and an immense standing army, and would not support such a construe. tion of it. There is much protesting on the part of many Republican Senators and Rep- resentatives against the program that Secretary Gage and other radical gold men have arranged to have the com- ing session of Congress enact a law placing the country upon a single gold standard. The most of this protesting is on the quiet, but several Be 8 t ———— Spurious Col, Altoona is being flooded with coun- F. Luwe and Olie Stover are doiag the job. The brick work will be cleaned and penciled. John T. Lee will have charge of the inside repairs. Union county deaths: In MifMin- burg, Samuel F. Bogenrief, age 67 yrs. In Buffalo twp., the wife of Henry Weiser, age 51 years. At Washington, D. C,, Mrs. Joseph Casey, formerly of New Berlin, aged 83 years. Hog cholera has made its appear ance among some porkers in the town, and caused consternation among some owners who are fearful that the dis ease may spread and wipe out many a family’s supply of winter meat, The eagle eye of the boro is kept up- on the defective walks and pavements, and yet there will be thoroughfares in the town dangerous and unsafe, in- viting a suit (for heavy damages for the boro to pay with the first acci- dent, Cattle dealer Samuel Slack shipped a car load of fine stock to the Philadel phia markets on Monday morning. The aggregate of the value of live stock shipped annually from this point will foot up heavily into the thousands. Our farmers are more attention to stock raising than before, and find it profitable. ‘ The way the farmers have been hadi. ing in bark, hay, potatoes, apples, ete., shipping them away by the car load, leads us to believe the railroad is not such a bad thing to 809. A revenue officer gathered in hort time one day last week. They he milling being perfect and the coins Fighting With the foers Norton King, son of Contractor Har- Killed a Bear, A large bear was shipped from Pad- A Sure Nign of Croup, Hoarseness in a child that is subject to take. For
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