VOL. LXXIL. WASHINGTC:! LETTER. A GOLD GTANDARD BILL PUSHED THROUGH CONGRESS. TOM | vit le The Bepublicans Wearing Gags and Sub mit to Everything Forced Dowa their Theoats.—Schley's Friends Alert, WASHINGTON, Dee. 11L.—Mr. Me- Kinley’s hed men, as the Republican mojority the House, are obeyinz orders like rained animals, They began today the acwu- thiouzh the House, in a single week, the gold stan- dard bill that Mi. McKinley had pre- pared last summer, The vote is to taken a week fiom and, course, the bill will be passed, as it will be sure to get all the Repub and it is being cla:med that e'zht Dem- ocrais from New York. and possibly | others from the ea-le: n states will also | vote for it. The Republicaas are fond of wearing their gaz» that Lbey have offered to give some of the time allotied to them for debate on the bill | to the Democrais. The Navy Department Schley out of the way, but his friends | ol 4 WW ia Gf iail oadis 1 ba Waay, of Gan voles, 80 has got in Congiess are oa the alert in his be- | hall, as was seen woen a proposition, | which orizinaced with M.. McKinley | was submitied to them, The proposi- ess pass a bill rc Admiral in Mi. McKinley | » both Schley evade, This i iends have | tion was that Cong viviang the giade of Vi ice the Navy, aod that would at once pom ac ie and Bampson V0 that sounded well, bot Schley si so far decl unless \i; McKinley would p on shoi id would ¢ Represea.ai ve ined to accept it, e that Schiey's ade first, to raok | Berry, staochest nomination be m so that he Sampson. Ky., friends says he iotends ‘o push hi the thanks and the m 1g Cerver onlinue of who is one of Schley s & res. Con- vader a's fleel, about Zz of olution offeriag gress to Sehilev en him for dest: if an a~reement Vice Adm. al bos ably ead the whole mailer. ov but is reached thie HL Ohio, for sa COM « Repredaniaiive Lentz, of has offered a resoluvion asking in- vesiigation, by a special ee of the oz out | in deiance House, of the charges of the inte: UU. mining troubles in Idaho, ZIow ietence of HN 00 ps in of and contra.y to the Federal coast tution, a* tbe individual request of the riot ou {ioveil Of, Wuen no Or SUF 0 aad are or the loea tion existed, with con the IT present pended up Democials erous method of refusing to an wich proper sworn in as a member likely to be position of the Roberis case. of the Robe: course, change their minds bef report is made to the House, now as though their recommend that Eobe sworn in and thea be expelled, because | of his being a polygamist. Members | are beginning to realize that the prece- dent of not allowiaog a man with regu- lar credeniials to be sworn in, is too up. If man can prope: ly be deaied, one hun- dred men might be treated in the same | way by an unserupuloos majority. It isn’t the Roberts case, but the prioci- ple at stake that makes the action of the House important. i That Mr. Quay isn't as certain of | getting that seat in the Sepale, as his | friends would like everybody to be-| lieve is showa by the presence in Washington, workiog ia Quay’s inter est, of ex-Senator Don Cameron. Mr. | Quay will also be in Washington this | week. An adverse report is expected | from the Commiitee on elections, | which is one of the few Sa il. t iting i may she legis! indications the of those on, postion who voled against the dan- g allow a n credentials, be of the House, by the final dis- Membe:s of LO ja vindicated 8 Commies may, ore their but it report to looks be would 8 dangeious a one to be sel one | increasing their representation, but the | real fight will be on the floor of the Senate. The chances still seem to fa vor (Quay, aithough several of the Sen- CE with . been holding a conference McKinley and Mr. Henry of Wisconsin, who has been the Republican National Committee, when he was asked If it were true that he intended to retire from the manship of the Commitlee, asked the question, before answering, and then snapped out as he turoed “Noone is authorized to say what I will do.”". Alri Must Matilate Stamps The Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue has issued a circular amending regulation fees to cancellation of docu- mentary and proprielory stamps, pro-| viding that “in all cases where docu- mentary stamps of the denomination of 10 cents or any larger denomioation any Lax im- | posed by the act of June 15, 1595, the same shall or | person using or affixing stamping inilinls of alfiged, with ink, the | name and the date when thereon, mu- | tilate said stamp by cutting han one-| an inch of the other end. “Where such stamp is cancelled cutting any manner regulations, herein or perforaiing in pro- | This provision shall take eifect and mes AM A Pu loined the Horse, to John f Green Bary, was taken of last wus one of the best A horse belonging gart, « week. ia Mr | the stable on Saturday The horse and he at wiih 's stable, Ones constable : : of Rebersborg, w thief. He ime and proved to be of Dagiel Stamm, killed he arrest of Lhe Was ured in a short t a 10-year old boy of Millheim, who was several | On account of the boy's him wil tens der the case against i be pushed. r age, A No Christmas Entertalament Christmas is just about ten-days ofl, in Centre Hall without any special en- tertainment or sel shurches, billed. Viges by any unless oaoe should yet occasion, but this year will fault. go by aif comission Horserad sh Sasce. For horseradish sauce: grated horse f One radish, two tea spoonfuls sugar, hail a cup of cream, bhaif a | teaspoonful of salt. Mix thoroughly, | then add vinegar to taste, and you will {conclude that never before had you cup LL a MS ——— Hi th Winds. Old Boreas took a turn at the weath- and gave of time. The blower was opened wide and the wind blew a gale on Monday night and also all day yesterday. A done around the country to the fences, but the loss was comparatively light. omen fn eas —— Season Over, Tomorrow, Friday, December 15th, as the close of the legal season in Penn for hunting and Kkiiling pheasants, | ey, and woodecock. Fifteen days time | is allowed after expiration of season to | dispose of game. AL SR Pleniy of Offers, One of the recent arrivals in Centre From the number of ceilnin to vole to seat him, are said to be in doubt as to how they would vote, Itis on the personal friendship of those Senators that Cameron and Quay are now working. Senator Mason's speech in favor of his resolucion of sympathy for the Transvaal Repubiie, now engaged in a war for liberty with Great Britain, contains some hard knocks for promi- nent Republicans, including the Presi. dent. Mason may not rank high as a statesman, but his tongue has a sing on the end of it when be w shes it to have, qute as naggiog if not so polish- ed, ns that wielded by Logalls, and oth- er siing-sliogers who have been in the Senate, Boss Hanna appears to have emerg- ed from his wrestle wilh the rheuma- tism and his check book, which is credited with such a prominent part in the Ohio campaign, as cross as a crippled bear. He was hobbling out the statement thet fully one-half the properties in the town were for sale A 1 MESA Awnke at Last. Nellie Wolfe, a dining room girl at the Gamble house, Jersey Shore, who had been in a cataleptic slumber from Sunday night, December 5, until last Saturday evening, awoke then and is now as wide awake as anybody. Denth of a Phywician, Dr. James A. Hatch, a prominent citizen of Philipsburg, died at his home in that place last Friday morning. He was a veteran of the civil war and was 66 years of age. He leaves a wife and two sons, yp a A Game Commissioner, Governor Btone has reappointed C, K. Sober game commissioner, Mr, So. ber was appointed for the three year the proper person for the position, LATE NEWS NOTES, sympathy for the Boers, The 40 employes of the | crease of wages, i ! which {quite a come-down from the boasted | | Quay is short four votes, many voles (0 spare, The Philippine insurrection ported ended and changed into a guer- i rilla Aguinaldo still closely pursued in his flight. War, is being of taking itlegal fees, and a surcharge | has been mu ade all around, down to ju- | ry ¢ Upon Bryan's request otnmissioners, the Governor Allen to the vacancy caused | death, ten days ago, of the recently | elected senator Hayward, The anti-Quayiles of the state have | issued a strong plea for honest elee- lism. Senator Magee has taken a hand | | in the fight, and the best Republicans {in the state have signed the document. { | Philadelphia is going on, and astound- {ing stuffing | As many as two and three bundred le box. the $000 la 8 ing i 1 1s Flos | lost | missing. writish wounded and] Boer war the ed, 1500 are prisoners. | men kill Of these { It is impossiole to estimate the Boer {losses with any accuracy, as they are {so carefully concealed. There are 330 Lp Town, 250 on the | British ship Pevelope and possibly 1001 isoners at Cape | elsewhere, i AA ————— BOERS WiN ANOTHER BATTLE, Met of British | crushing defeat on Tuesday. i met General | huen's army n i Cronje trapped the advancing British army. The Highland { lured forward by the silence of the en- emy’s guns, and surprised by a hail of | lead. | The defeated General reports that | whole corps of the victorious army of Brigade was | Boers were wiped out by his shells, The British heavy, {and Generidl Wauchope, was killed. loss was very the | Soudan, The ible. oer The Modder river, The engagement Was on dritish marched in a colum of close order, not suspecting ps The Lafayette Dollar, Preparations are being made at the Philadelphia, for | unique specie authorized by Congress in aid of the fund for the erection of the Lafayette monument in Paris, Fifty thousand of the coins will be struck. The first will be presented by the President of the United States to the President of France. The rest of the coins will be sold for §2 a piece, The coin is a legal tender dollar and bears upon its face a double medallion of the heads of Washington and La- fayette, and on the reverse a miniature reproduction of the equestrian statue of Lafayette, with the inseription, “In commemoration of monument erected by school youths of United States to (General Lafayette, Paris, France, 1900, Eo —s AP How to Preserve the Wheel, Winter approaches and thousands of eyclists will be laying aside their wheels until spring. Unless they wish them to deteriorate very seriously, there are certain precautions which should be adopted. First of all the machine should be coated with vase. line, especially around the bearings and nickel parts, The machine should be kept in a dark place and not too warm, as both light and heat are in- juries to the tires. The tires should al- #0 be kept in inflated. If the machine can be hung up or turned wheels up- wards, it will be all the better, ” Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued daring the past week: Charles W. Burd, Aaronsburg, and Margaret C. Baker, of Lock Haven. Alfred Lucas, Axemann, and Grace Folger, Walker toweszhip. James Justice and Bessie E. Shaffer, both of Benner township, James W. Lucas, Howard, and Lil- lie Sharp, Curtin, A I SRSA. Not Keown. Frank Casey who succeeded in pass. ing a check for $6.50 that he had raised to $200, in Lock Haven last week, not a resident of Coburn, as his state. ment would make him, says the Clin. ton Republican, Died of Scarlet Faver, An only child of Mr, Bowers, aged about three years, of Pleasant Gap, » ing. URSDAY, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. | FROM ALL PARTS. | Farmers Have Settled Down in ven to Discoass Matters Cat 1 School Approp;istion Denooneed { The twenty annual the | opened in the i ven on Tuesday cventh ¢ 1 vi on Pe HBUsSYIVIIG mirt house 100 with ov | gates present, I'he following Barrett, assist Chaplain, A. C. hanna county; | H. Kerner, of Elk « Lear, of Lackawanna ¢ Mrs. Louis Pl Ly. Committee on Cred of Hunt E. Lear, of Lacka { Ida Shuler Live Miss Louise Wilkey, of of vards, Susque- atl yanty, and Mrs, | yi: pomona t, of Bradford o« pid Mifi- Steinbach, ingdon Vanna © ning i , 0 Division of L | Crawford count | ford county: Mr rs. | Armstrong county Publication : and John Pa {don county. | The address of Worl . Hill, the youngest | filled th at position, L031 G. 3 { ecouaty, Iman livered at extended rriculio i bh ¥ Was {the afternoon sesion je ongratulations to the 1 | people on the good | their thorough an The must Le treated. ting down of the school appro ! ization, | said, i ively | as it retiacted {ror | for tax equality to ti The free deli very of ru {O00 (00 SU ODOER O of al has proved that the mass ple will soon dem and its general He insisted t I people {should contribute tow hat al is in in order a roads, yded that | crease the expenses and to derive great- to Pomona {struction of good he recommen jer benefits the representation the s be had th | Granges on a numerical basis | Bate Grange rough ay — | Twentieth Century Begios January 1, 1901 f A number of presidents and officials of hi plied to the | the twentieth of repli | though the weight of opinion vor of January 1, i and their on 1901. . Harris 2, Vani I think, c¢ asceriaining Provost Charles C lu niversity of Pe i graphic, and, method of twentieth century struct a diagram columns, and cross them by twenty-one enter each year, ‘A Og the CO0- onl horizontally Then simply many as 3 nnsys 3, BAYS: HAVIN when § be t gine, is 0 of 100 vertical lines, Or as are formed. Thus twentieth ive rectangles so will find that the evidently begins January 1, 1901. cannot see how this position ean be controverted under the definition that a century consists of 100 full years,” President Eliot, sity, declares that the twentieth centu- ry begins with January 1, 1901, a question in chronology, not tronomy, he says, and must century in be reckoning wunich has been adopted by chronologista, . This system makes the birth of Christ a dividing point from which the years are counted backward and forward. The year immediately preceding the dividing point is called the first year before Christ, the year immediately following is called the first year after Christ. peo lai Eallway Employes in Pennsylvania. The annual report of the state bu- reau of railways, the advance sheets of which have just been issued, shows that daring the fiscal year ended June 30 last there were 205,020 persons em- ployed by the steam railways operat. ing in Pennsylvania, an increase of 245,067 over 1808. The total number of cars in service was 474,402 and the motive power was furnished by 10,208 locomotives, The total number of passengers carried during the year was 161,444,854, The total number of miles run during the year by passenger, freight and mixed cars was 226,405,604. lo Donth Near "ine Grove, Mrs. Aunle, wife of Newton Neidig, of Pinegrove, died a few days ago, af- ter a short confinement of childbirth, She leaves a husband and five small Her age was 56 years, “Died in the Woods, David Winslow, who formerly lived at Eagleville, was found dead in the woods near Johusonburg, He was satjest 30 epileptic fits. sep —————— interesting Clippings. | There was more fighting along the Modder river. The fighting is report- | ed having been heav y. Bel- The band Chinese brigands attgsksd the | gian mission near Mukden, was caught and 300 beheaded. Taylor has been sworn in as govern of Kentucky, Goebel before the which has power to go be- returns to unearth frauds, | or whereupon | has set ved notice of | lerislature, i hind the The counly newspapers say that some of the farmers over there briog their butler to market adulterat- led with lard. These may of { the ones that howl about oleomargar contest Columbia be some ine, Another 88 foot Daniel of ut that stack a complete «hited upon his feet As he neared the ground he grabbed a i led in breaking the the fall. No bones bioken., tumble was lowers from a Eizh Flocks’ Brewe y, warning somersaull and ali and succes of The the shade idence | To foree supreme court has decided that trees in front of a man’s res- wlony to him aldh prope dict ¢h the wizh they be ated on public iv. The case in which the sion was rendered was oue fa whi propeily owner f ior sued a lel ofl the ] ephone company cutiing imbs of the trees, of has slraw- for a vicuitural Depasiment in search Be is and ht back iy."! | Liew edible p! Aaols broug an “‘everbeawiag be It is said Lo produce [i the ail moaths on same plants, and small patel will supply a family table John H. cashier of the Hanover about trusted national bank died suddenly found that he for charge that The comment while there Alleman the Fi wl When it was 8 defaviter to the bank Now comes the did die wd in his Was of he A Vear ago was about that a dummy 5 wr), he i¥yi never and tead, paper 1s that are many cashiers io there are many more that ougl o be there, i fp Around the County Physic two tumors from Zerby, of Haines, ing up well. removed of Henry lady is bear- ans a few days the ago wife and the Theodore Hosterman lost his poc ket book near Sober, but finding it after- in it £46 in re, wards, were a draft for $500 was, of Haines money not but B. are on the sick list. Mra, Alfred had a light stroke of apoplexy. anyon Gseorge Stover and wife, twp, Hosterman last week Two-thirds of the of yellef the back the old wages, put for those sirikers I onte Lime Com i to work yesterday and new pany went at nen were who remained out. Miss | s RR. AM ge k was On Hall fonte High School, | ser, resigned. vice Fe yy d A. Mus- A good choice, — wo A Woman Hasa Fight winh a Boek, Mra, Ezra Bhoupe of near Saltillo, | Huntingdon county, bad an | buck last week. lin a grain field on their farm. She i shot the deer in the shoulder, which | enraged the animal and it started for i the woman, knocking her down before she could reach a place of safety. The | deer was handicapped with the broken sever. al painfal thrusts with its prongs. She had a knife and when the buck stum- bled and fell she succeeded in cutting its throat, and the deer was killed. It dressed 150 pounds. Mrs. Bhoupe's clothing was nearly all torn from her | body in the encounter. en ————— Ealeed the Rents, Apropos the big business boom Bellefonte is having with both fur naces in full blast and the other indus. tries running right along, a howl has gone up from the laboring men over the 20 to 30 per cent, raise the land- lords have given the rents. Every available house in the town is now oo- cupied, as the ipflux of laboring men to that town has been continual dur ing the last eight months, and every house is occupied. There is no remedy for the renters except to kick and pay the price asked. AM Strack for Better Pay. Thirty-five employees of the Belle fonte Furnace company, working at the Salona quarries, went on a strike last Saturday morning. The men struck for twelve and one-half cents for each truck load of stone taken out instead of being paid by weight. The men refused to go to work until their demands were acceded to. A settle ment is looked for this week, { fore leg, but it gave the woman Aged People, Following are the names of the nine oldest citizens living in Logaoton: John Berry 78, George Breon 74, Eline "ry ¥ NO. 49 LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. $ Hero's Good Luck The touch of a hand, the glance of an eye, Or a word exchanged with a passer by; A glimpse of a face in a crowded street And afterward life is incomplete ; A picture painted with honest zeal And we lose the old for the new ideal ; A chance remark or a song's refrain, is never the same again, A friendly smile, and love's embering spark Leaps into flame and illamines the dark ; A whispered * men And they pick up the thread of hope BIAKID. Thus never an act or a word or thought But that with unguessed importance fraught, For small things build up eternity And blazon the ways for destiny. Je brave'’ to our fellow is Old 15899 has one foot in the grave. i be "00, was granted Abbreviation of Eli P, Tate, a pension, $12 year 1900 wi of ¥illmore, Jasp Bruangart, of Rebersburg, is on the sick list, Abram B, Valentine, Bellefonte, was granted a pension, $10. Smith's store at the its banner in another colum. unfurls station The new post-offion for Gex val- ey has been named Beech. A. Hettinger has returned to Spring Mills after a year at Altoons. tribute seellency of our town schools, caused lied the rors ges . Mis, Bup't Giamley pays a high {othe e Monday night's heavy a rise in the streams, and supj rain cisterns, Indications for snow There may you bet. this LA morning. be sleighing at Christmas yei, Thanks to Secretary of Agriculture for a handsomely bound copy of Agr. Report, "98, part Aaroasburg’s Lutheran and Reform- ed Rabbath Christ- mas enleriainments. United Ev. church will a Christmas schools will have Rebersburg, rtainment of have enix on Christmas evening. Make at least one little one hap py on gift, and don’t for- ie poor ones at all. Christmas by some pet th Thanks to the good luce had pheas- sportsman who k fora pair of plump anis ‘or the editor's table. Jacob Bingaman shot a black bear the Brash parrows, that in a weighed over 400 pounds. valley or a bus- Centre Persons seekiog a nice town f iness location, and come Big . n- ; Bt. Val- Rev. Reatick’s Appointme nis, Dec. 17: Centre Hall si pt 18 Chureb, 2 p.m. ; George 0a m, day, Joh A nice liltle Christmas gift arrived Tite Gramleys, Spring Mills, the Now step softly and don’t wake the baby. The house of John Kunes st Eagle- ville was destroyed by fire Sunday night, together with most of the household goods. The wile of W, H. Peters, of Buffalo township, Perry county, gave birth to her {twentieth child recently, ten of whom ave living. One day last week while in Lewis town John IL. Ferguson, of Yeager. town, lost his pockel book containing $600 ia money aod a note for §335, The exchanges are telling ud that winter will begin at twelve minutes be- fore eight o'clock on the 21st inst. We would like to know what they call the wealher we are now having ? A man isableto be on his feet a whole day when he is attending a po- litical meeling or a publicauction. But he is not able to be on his feet while the parson oilers a prayer. Dr. Humphrey's Specific Manual. A book of 100 pages on the treatment and cure of all diseases mailed free on application. Address the Humphreys’ Medicine Comp., box 1810, New York. Mill Hall has another enterprize in prospect in addition to the half dozen already existing and which have put big life into it. Mill Hall don’t have fellows there who seek to ruin men of public spirit. . Union county agricultural meetings will be held Buffalo Roads, Dec. 28-29, and at Swengel, Dec. 30. State speak- ers will be Col. Jno. A. Woodward, Enos H. Hess, esq., and A. J. Kahler, ong. The December Magazine Number of “The Outlook,” dated December 24, Is the Eleventh Annual Book Number, filled largely with illustrated special articles on new and recent books and scores of advertising pages in thems selves furnish an extremely
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