U 4 VOL. LXXIIL. WASHINGTON LETTER. SCRAMBLING FOR THE NEW POR- TO RICO OFFICES. The Republicans Chasiag for the Having a Merry Time Plams to Fall —-Sena- tors by Popular Vote. WaAsHINGTON, April 16.—Adminis- tration Sepators and Representatives are wrangling fearfully over the plums made available by the Porto Rico Act, which goes into effect May 1. Nearly every one of them is grabbing after at these plums for a constituent and they are making Mr. McKinley very weary by their persistency. The selection of Mr. C. H. Allen to be Governor was | entirely personal on the part of Mr. McKinley, just as the same gentleman was personally chosen by Secretary Long to be assistant Secretary of the Navy when “Teddy’' Roosevelt re- signed that office to become a rough rider. If some of the men who are aft- er the other places over there succeed in getting them, Mr. Allen will have to keep his eyes wide open to prevent his administration of the affairs of the island getting into the breakers of scandal. It is a little puzzling to understand why the administration is preventing action on the Nicaragua Canal bill at this session of Congress, but perfectly plain that it is doing so, through its agents in both House and Senate. There is something ovehnid the desire to postpone this legislation, which has been endorsed by all the political par- ties and by the public sentiment of the country as well. Of course, Mr. Me- | Kinley isn’t openly antagonizing the Canal bill, but it was administration Admiral Dewey and Col. Bryan shall pledge themselves to support the tick- et nominated by the Kausas City Con- vention, before their names are pre- sented as candidates. Every DBryan man to whom this proposition has been submitted has endorsed it. Ad- miral Dewey says he will make public this week a statement of his position on public questions, It is awaited by the public with more curiosity than anxiety. sim. LATE NEWS JOTS, Admiral Schley, the hero of SBantia- go, is mentioned in connection with for vice president, for him, and his seat end in June. The Washington county Republican | primaries went strongly against Quay, and cost him four members in the next | legislature, where his losses will rend- er him weaker than in the late session. There is a skirmish now and | ' badies of the ionsur- gents, the Jaci idly gelting the worst of it with some killed on our! side, all yet. By a recent ruling of the internal | revenue office, soda water will be tax- sold. An anti-trust law is being proposed | now, since a presidential election is] on, and the fellows making the move are the ones who created the trusts, This is done to fool the people, just as | the farmers are being fooled in the oleo | Turkey owes the United Senators who voted down Senator Morgan's motion to take up the Canal | bill, and it has been administration Representatives who have headed off | Representative Hepburns several at- | tempts to get a date set for its consid- eration by the House. Nothing could more surely show the | steady increase of public sentiment in { favor of the election of Senators by di- rect vote of the people, than the adopt- | jon by the House of a resolution - pro- posing a constitutional amendment | for so electing Senators, by g vote of | 240 to 15. A similar resolution has been adopted by the House in a previ- ous Congress but not by such a large vote. Whether the Senate will re- spond to public sentiment by adopting | this resolution is yet to be seen, but it is doubtful, It is bad enough for paid lobbyists | to engage in manufacturing public sen- | timent in favor of or against pending | legislation in Congress, but it i+ iofin-| itely worse for a bureau of the govern- | ment to engage in such business. The | Interstate Commerse Commission has been sending out thousands of circular letters, printed and mailed at publie expense, asking that letters be written to Seoators and Representatives to make them support the Cullom bill, for the enlargement of the power of that Commission. The exposure of this official lobbying has caused a sen- sation in Congress, and it ought to cause the summary dismissal of every official who either participated therein or countenanced it; but Mr. MeKin- ley’s backbone is hardly equal to such heroic treatment of the case, A bill to make moire Republican pa- tronage, which can be utilized in the coming campaign, has been reported from the House Census Committee. It provides for the creation ofa Cen- sus printing office, with a superintend- ent at $2,500 a year, and a large force of pritters and book binders. In pre- vious censuses, this work has been done at the government printing of- fice, and there is no other reason than greed for more patronage on the part of Republicans why it should not be done there for this census, Under orders from the Republican bosses, who wish to keep down the to- tal of appropriations at this session of Congress, the House Military Com- mittee, which had previously agreed to increase the annual appropriation for the support of the National Guard of the states to $2,000,000, has reduced the amount to $1,000,000, Only one Democrat in Congress is publicly supporting Admiral Dewey for the Democratic nomination for President. That is Representative Le- vy, of New York, who is a very nice gentleman, but who has not been rec- ognized as one of the Democratic lead- ers, Admiral Dewey now openly says that it is the anti-Bryan Democrats from whom he expects support enough to get the Democratic nomination, but where he expects to find enough of that brand of Democrats to come with- in a hundred miles of nominating him is something that is beyond the com- prehension of ordinary folk. A prop. osition in connection with Admiral Dewey's candidacy is being talked about in Washington and it would be A war vessel will ask for the cash now | and in the event of its not being forked | over at once some shooting is to be] done. Another war, perhaps. claim is for property destroyed belong- ing to an American mission, ——— so MM A SASS At the Fayette county court, last week, Judge Reppert, prior to no | vounciog the list of liquor licenses, | made some sensational remarks aod | new rules governing the sale of liquors, | on Thanksgiving and Christmas days | for i If the Court learns of a saloonist be- | not be relicens- | ed, and there will be no transfers ex- and all parties must be present. Ho- | tel keepers are warned to keep cleaner houses, and brewing companies will not be allowed to “carry” any saloon- ist by giving him credit and advaoe- ing money for their licenses, All license holders must keep out of polities, and political discussions and indiscriminate treating by politicians must not be allowed in bar rooms. Fayette county ought to be happy now. ls A tls Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: Francis A. Foreman and Bara E. Kline, of Centre Hall. G. W. Kelley, of Fillmore, and na Leitzel, of Penn twp, Johu E. Ripka and Lizzie Immel, of Spring Mills, Geo. W. Johnston, of Falrbrook, and An- Walter M. Barr, of Sandy Ridge, d Bessie B. Chowher, of Taylor twp. Toner A. Hugg and Mary A. Krea- er, of Milesburg. Elmer B. Jackson, of Lemont, and Sadie Treaster, of Pleasant Gap. Charles Boob and Alice Frederick, of Laurelton. s——————— Had a Good Ran, Foundryman W. O. Rearick has had a busy time of it for weeks past put- ting bis specialty, the Centre Hall coroplanter on the market. He man- ufactured nearly five hundred ma. chines and his busy season is right at its height. Wm, keeps a steady force of hands going the year round, and this industry is one of the town’s mos important. UL MM AS Renovated the Room, Since Meyer & Musser have (taken possession of the old Wolf's store stand, they have directed their main efforts to a renovating process all through the room. The walls and ceilings have been papered and the general appear. ance of the room greatly improved, Seven Graduated, Examinations were held recently at Centre Hill for Potter township schol ars who wished to obtain graduation cerlificates under the Berkey system. There were eight candidates and seven of them secured certificates, Oleo Frauds Showa Up, of Tuesday last, completely officials under the state agricultural department over which John Hamil- ton is chief. many weeks had detectives at work who got at the bottom of the vile assisting the oleo venders In the fraud of selling oleo as pure butter, doing just the opposite of the requirements | of the law and their appointment up-| der it. The out a clear! American makes burg and Philadelphia, who | protec ting, { venders of fraudulent butter If these officials of the state are not | | sent to the penitentiary, then let the | | penitentiary be abolished and all ras cals put upon an equal footing. The North American intimates that Hamilton has we will be glad to know he ean do beyond a speck | of suspicion. He pretends, in a weak | manner, to have oe +n ignorant of the {doings of the rascals in his depart. amas A— AY Fishing on Another's Land, in did not lawfully dare throw their lines until Monday, on account of the 15th | falling on Sunday. It is reported that | the speckled beauties are more plenti- i ful than last year. It is opportune to however, that they are trespassers if they fish on any- that is [the private property of any corpora | tion, unless granted Judge Al- of although he wades the stream and | that the state has stocked the does not make it a public one. - cls A A Plans for Ralsing Big Fands. The 20th century thank { nia Methodist conference met at | plans for raisiug a half million dollars | the Methodist hospital, delphia; retired ministers’ fund and lo- cal church debts The secretary's salary was fixed at ed the expense of traveling and what may be necessary to keep up the work. The secretary will arrange couventions and mass meetings, which will be held in every city throughout the confer- ence, The trustees of the conference in ses- sion considered plans for raising a $100,000 annuity fund, one-half of which is to be raised by the laymen and the other half by the ministers. HANS Fire in Sagar Valley. The farm house of W. H. Btrohecker between Booneville and Greenburr, oc- cupied by Perry O. SBheats, was burned Saturday morning about 1 o'clock. The contents, except a few articles, were also destroyed. It is believed that the fire was caused by the explo- sion of a lamp. The loss on the house is $1200 with $500 insurance. So ——— AM Redoced Hates to Cincinnati, For the benefit of those desiring to visit Cincinnati during the session of the People’s Party National Conven- tion, May 9, the Pennsylvania Rail. road Company will seli tickets from all stations at the rate of one first-class fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold and good going ou May 7 only, and returning leave Cincinnati not later than May 12. aprio-2t I Ab A Better Showing, In Haines township, east of Aarons. burg, where crops seldom get below an average, sheltered by the hills and being the cream of our soil, the wheat flelds show up about 15 per cent, better than in other parts of the county, but will fall considerably short of an aver. age crop. AR Card of Thanks, Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Gross wish to extend their sincere thanks to the la- dies and neighbors who kindly tender. ed their services in the recent bereave- ment in their family. Permanent Certifiontes, The examination of applicants for teacher's permanent certificates, will be held in the arbitration room in the 8 good thing to carry out. It is that For flue job work, try tne Reporter, SOU owes, Bellefoute, April 20th and TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Many in Centre County Caught in the Hal thmore Building and Loan Babble, — Both Investors aud Borrowers, | Centre county has within its limits a large number of vietims who were | caught in the Baltimore Building and | Loan Association which recently had ‘a receiver appointed to liguidate the {affairs of the association. Many had | invested their savings in this Compa- and the dividends to be secured after be small indeed. The association ia large number of borrowers in has this section who built homes nnd gave the | | Company a mortgage on the property. | There is consternation amoung thesa | ular payments can bs credited on the | mortgage, and if the mortgage must rent. mess fen Supreme Court, Cases from this district were argued before the Bupreme Court sitting this { week in Philadelphia. Several cases higher body, among them that of Mrs, Mary T. Fox against thej]Pennsylvania | railroad, growing out of the killing of | her husband, Joseph Fox, by a of ears on a Bellefonte siding in vember, 1808: The plaintifl asked draft No- was non-suited. decided against her. bern ecaemnn oo,” A Native of Centre County, Dr. Alexander Murray, | Centre county, died i \ a native of suddenly at his home at Liverpool, Perry county, last Sunday. He was aged about 67 years, and is survived by one son, The | after Liver. brother Centre Hall; Boalsburg; John Smith, Hunt- | having died about two years ago. | funeral took place on Tuesday i noon, interment being made at Dr. Murray was a Murray, A. Murray, Hon. W. Af APA, A Deer oun His Farm, {the Lingle farm, a short distance west of town, saw a deer coming towards | his farm buildings at an easy When the deer got close to his barn John called to his family to come and see the unusual sight, and deer put on speed and was soon out of sight. The deer was a doe and a good size. It |eame down from Nittany mountain and was heading for the Beven moun- tains, A Mtl sss Cut the Baby's Finger. A. B Behell, of Mt Jewett, McKean county, was engaged in removing a stove pipe when a wire which support- ed it broke, letting the pipe slip from his grasp through the ceiling of the room below, where it landed on a ta- ble upon which was the extended fin- ger of his eighteen-months-old son. The finger was cut entirely off, but the operation was performed so quickly that the child suffered but little pain. opp School House Burned, Brungart's school house, five miles east of Rebersburg, was burned to the ground on Tuesday afternoon of last week. The fire originated from sparks from a traction engine passing by. Owing to the dry weather it did not take long until the entire building was a mass of flames. Some of the furni- ture was saved. The school closed the day previous. Ass V4 Started un New House, Our new citizen Alfred Durst began operations this week on his new dwell- ing he will erect this year on Hoffer street. Ed. Foreman will start his main dwelling as soon as possible; Ly- man Smith is hard at work on the foundation of his new residence, and Alf Krape expects to get his complet too before fail. 7 Remains Intaet, Va D. Brisbin, who bought the Pres- byterian church building at Centre Hill, has not yet begun the work of de- molishing the building, and the struct. ure remains iptact, with all of the loose property in it removed. The church will be razed during the sum- spring plowing. ) somewhat wet in some places, yet a great deal of work was warm rain on Tu Program Which Will Mark the Close of the Fortieth Year, Arrangements have already annual commencement of State Col- lege, which wiii be held June 10-13. The baccalaureate sermon will day, June 10, by Rev, Lawrence Colfelt, D. D., of Philadelphia. Monday afterason the annual class track and fi [dd contests will held on Beaver Field, evening the junior oratorieal will occur in the chapel. Those of the class selected on that occasion are A. M. Centre Hall; Thomas Wayne; G. A Elder, H. Miller, Bruin; ( chaniesburg, and [town., The alternates are B. LL. Moore, Harrisburg; H. C. Heaton, Woodmont: 8. H. Kuhn, Allot IA. Tuesday will be the big day commencement, the M. be | to speak Arney, of F. Guy Mao Shoop, Wise, i exercises { and trustees; the election for ensuing three years’ term; alumni dianer ia the armory, ion parade, faculty reception, ete. | Wednesday will be graduation when a class of forty will ithe | Your { rian, and the class of tion, F. T. Ufsoeville: { Oakwood, Tyrone; G. K. Warn, {ersdale; D. E. Wentzel, Bellwood. A ——— = ymmencement address, [L.. E oralors, in Cole, Mey- | Win for Sell.-protection 7 A Minneapolis dispatch says: “All | the farmers in the world in a sort o | international trust to restrict the pro- | duction of wheat and raise prices,’ | the plan which it is hoped to carry in- | to effect | tural Conference, at Paris, July 9-15. = i : NO. 16 LOCAL ITEMS, | Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. A Spring Pome, {| Oh, the robin on the wing And the blackbird on the bough, They can pipe like anything, But I never heed their row { For I hear the springy ¢ fe And the voeal rat-a-plan And the ole-cloes man ! | Oh, the butterfly and beetle And the daisy and the rose, But I never look for those ; For I see the grindstone whizzers And the open face of tan Xf the man that grinds the scissors Aud the ole-cloes man ! the mellow, yellow glamour And the slither and the cling ; { Oh, the pursy, plump bananer And the scissor-sound of spring ! | For 1 know there's naught to hinder When I hear the winter's ban Of the ole-clces man ! -MN O let the robin sit On the picket fence and sing ! O let the jaybird flit, Let the lark be on the wing — Still the shirt-walst is the thiog That's the surest sign of spring. ~Chicago Times Herald. Had a remarkably fine | day. Faster Sun- Our farmers are busy plowing, and the women at house cleaning. They report a wedding a-brewing in Isaac Walker, of Pinegrove, bought D. W. Ziegler's farm near Pennhball. Wm. Emerick, aged 85, of near this is in a hopelessly ill condition. The wife Charles Beck died at Nittany after a prolonged illness, last of i | per cent., and not to sell for less than | | $1 a bushel. J. C. {and the Farmers’ { bourg, Switzerland, are, respectively, | the leaders of the movement in Ameri- | ca and Europe. | Such a move, honestly carried out, | dow o the price of wheat, to a ruinana- | tion figure, | state, the Reporter feels assured, will | give this move his earnest support. A A pss Aged Couple Divorced, Judge Metzger, at W ilismgport Thursday, granted a divorce to Abra | wife, who is about 70 years old. The decree was issued upon the ground of desertion, is being alieged that the wo- man left her spouse about two years ago. The couple had been married over twenty years and Mr, Swartz isa great-grandfather by a former mar- riage. This is the oldest couple that have ever been senarated by a divorce in Lycoming county and probably in the state. After the proceedings were at an end, Swartz wept and asserted that he still loved the woman. 1 MM ss An Appeal to Court, The sidepath commissioners of Dau- phin county, created under the bicy- cle tax act of 1800, have filed an appeal in court from the report of the county auditors. In the assessment and ecol- lection of the tax the county commis- sioners incurred some expense which they paid out of the sidepath fund. The county auditors also charged and paid themselves §75 for auditing the account, The sidepath commission asks the court to decide whetner the county commissioners can pay expens- es of assessment and collection out ef the funds, Court Week.’ The regular session of April court convenes next Monday morning, 23d, at Bellefonte: There is the usual num- ber of cases on the criminal list, none beyond the ordinary interest. The civil list is quite large. rn —— I ————— The Best in the World, We believe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best in the world, A few weeks ago we suffered with a se cold and a troublesome cough, and having read their advertisements in our own and other papers we purch- ased a bottle to see if it would effect us, It cured us before the bottle was more than half used. It is the best medi cine out for eolds hWnd coughs.—The Herald, 8, Audamonville: Ind. For sale fo Lindea Hall; 8 M i i i i { Our physicians report considerable sickness in light attacks of pneumonias, | fevers, and colds. The light, warm rains of Monday | and Tuesday nights, have brought out the green on vegetation. Levi Kreps, of Pinegrove, is at the German hospital, in Philadelphia. for Rev. Rarick’s appointments, Sunday April 22: Centre Hall 10 a. m.; Bt Georges valley 7 p. m. TH» ‘pike between Cenire Hall and Pleasant Gap, heretofore in charge of Mr. Taylor, will hereafter be looked af- | ter by Frank Weaver. The wife of Emanuel Bressler, near 13, of liver com- Husband, three plaint, aged 67 years. Bellefonte with’ secured em- intends removing to i i Pensions recently granted : Joh H. | Mullen, Bellefonte, $6. Michael Sum- Chas. Smith, Pinegrove, $8. Catherine Symmonds, Bellefonte, $5. The ballot on the Centre Democrat's organ contest up to last week stood : M. E. church, Roland, 47588 ; Lauther- an church, Pleasant Gap, 4140 ; Union Sunday school, Zion, 2806 ; Presbyteri- an church, Philipsburg, 500 Hugh Walizer, near Clintondale while in the act of crossiog a stream astride of a harnessed horse, Mr. Wali- zer fell or was thrown. His foot caught in the harness, and the animal dragged him through the water. Fortunately the harness gave way, else Mr. Wali zer might have been killed. Mrs. Andrew Campbell, of Belle- ville, died on Friday, 13, aged about 70 years. The deceased was a cousin of Henry and Joshua Potter, of this place, both of whom attended the fu- neral on Sunday. The maiden name of the deceased was Wilson, and her mother was a sister of Mrs. Joshua Pol ter, Sr., of near Lidden Hall, Dr. Charles Smith, of Lamar, Clin. ton county, father of Peter Smith, of Centrehill, will reach his 90th year on August 10, next, and is yet in reasona- ble health. Years ago he practiced medicine at Pennhall, where he owned a fine farm, apd now has the Custer place in Nittany valley. Last week Lowell Smith, age about 24 years, a brother of Smith Bro's at Spriog Mills, went to the hospital in Philadelphia, in care of Dr. Alexander of Potters Mills, for examination as to an ailment in his side sapposed to be caused by the rupture of a blood vessel, If, upon examination, it is found ne cessary to perform an operation, then yesterday was fixed upon for it. The Paris Exposition opened on Fri- day last. We noticed no Centre Hall or Penns valley folks attended. Colo vel W. Fred Reynolds, of Bellefonte, will soon take his departure Jor Furies punta i
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