Cent CENTRE HALL, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1900. Times When We Pay War Taxes, "TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, | The official estimate of the mineral | wealth of Siberia would indicate that | Cullings of this country is, minerally speaking, | - one of the richest in the world, | The Boll Telephone Live has Two More| 1, China ft is the rule of good socie- | (“The 1 ty that widows do not remarry. They VOL. LXXIII. WASHINGTON LETTER. THE CHINA TROUBLE 1S CAUSING MUCH WORRY. NO. 24 would throw a few fits; they are figur- Readable Clippings ing on a heavy campaign contribution from the armor trust, Mr. McKinley and Gen. E have been exchanging tafly, Mr. Me- | Kinley has been telling Otis that he was the only real thing in the Milita- LOCAL ITEMS, Becretary Gage says the war taxes {are piling up a surplus that will reach | S————— Otis | $70,000,000 at the close of the fiscal | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST i year, and in all probability will 4 FROM ALL PARTS. | greatly in excess of that ainount, And |still the Government fines the citi- More than Ordinary Interest ~ from Everywhere. Giving Themselves Airs, from Washington is a | gcheme for the diffusion of air of an s . fi ent Poles Cut Down nesr the Town, —An . The Administration Endeavoring to Allay Suspicion. ~Uncertain Results for Three Statas, WasHINGTON, June 11.—The ad- ministration is worrying over the news from Cnina. The revolution “Boxers threatens to expose Mr. Me- Kinley’s Imperialistic program con- cerning China in advance of the Presi- dential election, which is just what he was anxious to avoid. In their anxie- ty to allay public suspicion at home, members of the administration been doing some work juggling that would be amusing If the matters in- volved were not too serious to laugh about, For instance, official state- partment have emphasized the alleged instructions to our Minister at Pekin, and to Rear Admiral Kempf}, our Na- val Commander in Chinese waters, to act in concert with European powers for the protection of foreigners anc their property but not to join a combi- nation of the powers for any purpose, Our representatives over there must be clever indeed if they can act in concert with the European powers without combining with them. A marked feature of the political sit- uation is the genuine scare of the Re- publican leaders over three states which they have heretofore been ral votes for McKinley. These are New York, Indiana and Illinois. after the other portions pulling loyally together, the doubtful. nominated by the Democrats, beaded by Hon. John W. Kern, is strong that Indiana Republicans have noti- fled the leaders of the party that state is in danger. In Illinois, the tide has peen running anti-Republican for some time, and appeals for help are being received in scare is so bad that prominent Repub- licans are saying that it is useless to consider candidates from other states for the second place on the MeKioley ticket; that he must be taken from one of those three states, and must be a man who will add strength to the ticket. Mr. McKinley has gone out of his way to make friends with Senator 80 Washington. tration [during the recent session of Congress, and has succeeded in getting Mason to promise to take the stump for him. As Mason is'ot the sort of man who can be won over by jollying, it is likely that he has received some definite and iron-clad prom ises of fu- ture patronage. The Industrial Commission, so-call- ed, has provided itzelf with a pleas ant summer junket, all of the expenses of which will be paid by the “dear people.” It has decided that the in- dustrial conditions, prioeipally flirta- tions and such, along the Northern At- lantic coast, must be investigated dur- ing the summer, and has arranged for meetings of the Commission during the next three months, in Pennsylva- nia, New Jersey, New York, and the New England states, Oune of the first duties of a Democratic administration and Congress will be to abolish the Re- publican Government Commission humbug, which has become so ram- pant, and so expensive, under the Me- Kinley administration. Chairman Payne, of the House Ways and Means Committee, has giv- en away the claim of the Republicans that the reason they did not reduce war taxes at the recent session of Con- gress, was their desire to have that Committee grant hearings and study the question during the recess, so that the right sort of bill providing for the reduction might be reported to the House, by the official announcement that the Committee would not be call- ed together until just before Congress meets, In other words, the question of the reduction of the war taxes is to be left open until after election, in or- der that all the big interests may be taxed for the Republican campaign fund. Secretary Long bas advertised for bids for furnishing armor plate for bat tleships, under the cowardly law fore ed through Congress the last thing be. fore adjournment, making Mr. Long do what the Republicans of Congress were ashamed to do—agree to the prie- es of armor set by the armor trust, which will necessarily be the only bid- der to respond to the advertisement, True, the law gives Mr. Long authori ment of a government plant to make armor plate, but if he acted upon that ry way produced by the war—many believe that Otis produced that war—and that he would have been glad to have made him, instead {of Miles, a Lieutenant General, but | Congress fixed it so that promotion had to go to Miles; while Otis, over- joyed at his promotion to be a Major General has been telling Mr. McKin- ley that he is the greatest of all presi- dents. Outside of the White House there has been no attempt to lionize { Otis because of the prevalence of the {opinion that he has already received | more than was coming to him for any- Ithing he achieved during his blunder- | ing career in the Philippines, i i i | The Democratic Resolutions, | The resolutions passed by the Demo- | cratic County Convention on Tuesday, i 5 , re-affirm the platform of 1596, Bimetallism, gold and silver the | dorsed, a1 ‘“'nn of the taritl de- imanded for ivy. ly as is neces- {sary for an economical administration | of the government, We declare in favor of the prompt | enforcement of all anti-trust laws, state or national, and enactment of such ad- | ditional legislation as may be necessa- | ry to drive out of existence all illegal | combinations, eriminal trusts and mo- nopolies { Militarism, and making satrapies of | our newly acquired territories, as is being attempted by the present Repub- lican administration, is soundly de- nounced. The platform of the state Democra- | cy is affirmed, and all good citizens ir- respective of party afliliation to sup- port our honored fellow citizen, Hon, P. Gray Meek, the nominee for audit- | or general. A strong demand is made for honest elections, honest counts, and true re turns and the Republicans held respon- sible our odious election laws, The attempt to again foist upon an unwilling people M. 8B, Quay, by un- constitutional certificate, as a senator from this state, is sternly rebuked. iryan for President, and Hon. J. K. FP. Hall for Congress, are strongly en- dorsed. The county nominees are commend- ed as worthy the united and hearty support of all conservative citizens, 0y i i ems times — THE BOER WAR, The British received a heavy blow, | a battalion of infantry was swepl away for them at Roodeval. The Boers have control of the rail- road and telegraph for 50 miles and they have torn it up for 20 miles. The big army of Roberts has been split and be is checked thereby in his movements, Roberts’ force is isolated, and his line of communications bas been cut off by Free Staters, Over a thousand militia guarding the railway were captured by the Boer raiders. 8 30 v € hppotutuent is 0 1u Loniging, 7 To Erect a Brick Balldiog, 1¥is the purpose of B. D. Brisbin and D. A. Boozer to erect a large brick structure ou a plot of ground out at the station with the material from the i Presbyterian church now being torn down at Centre Hill. The building to be erected will be about the same size as the church, and will be utilized as their canning and evaporating plant. Later other industries may be established in the building. sp As Wedding at Reberaburg, Miss Lottie Elizabeth, the accom- plished daughter of Calvin O. Mallory, of Rebersburg, was united in marriage to William M. Torbért, of Delta, Pa., at the home of the bride. The wed- ding was witnessed by a number of in- vited guests. The groom is an em- ploye of the Howard Creamery Com- pany, at Coburn, lip A Liberally Sabseribed, Bellefonters are endeavoring to raise a fund to keep the scale works from be- ing removed. Col. Fred Reynolds by telegram to Jack Dale, obligated him- self for a donation of $500, The Colo- nel i= not a man of much talk, but of action. Many only talk. Lewisburg Sawmill Burned. The Kulp lumbermill and a large barn a half mile west of Lewisburg, took fire on Saturday noon and burn. ed to the ground, A horse and some other animals perished in the flames, The fire was caused by a hot journal, AA A Promising Success, Attorney Jack Dale, one of the pro- motors of the new county fair, informs us that the society's exhibition next full, as to exhibits and races, will ex- ceed any fair previously held in this county, Zen When he sends a telegram. When he draws a check, When he becomes a member of a corporation, When he transfers his stock, When he insures his life or his house. When he assigns his losurance, When he makes a note to raise mon- ey for the payment of his other taxes, When he buys a money order. When he executes a lease, When he sends a paid essa ge, When an indemnity bond is given. When a bill of exchange 1s given, When the eitizen executes an instru- ment necessary in the sale of merchan- dise on "Change. When heships goods by freight or eX Press, When he clears a vessel manifest, When be buys a ticket to go abroad, telephone ney. When cines, When he chews gum, When he uses any perfumes or his wife indulges in cosmetics, When a note i# protested, When a warehouse receipt is given, When merchandise is entered at a Custom House. he buys proprietary medi- sm —— a — — BOXER WAR IN CHINA. The of the China, and their war upon Christian missions is serious and the great pow- ers are likely to interfere for the pro- tection of the lives and property of their citizens. The deposed Emperor appeals to all the powers that peace can only ensue fosarrection press dowager. should declare a joint protectorate and undertake the task of governing the country through His Majesty. dense lacking of facing though millions, training, who, sess boundless powers of passive re the patience of any European rule seeking to govern them without regard to their prejudices. m——r— Legal Status of the Dog. In the Bucks county court, lest week tus of dogs before the law, Emanuel Mary Douglass for killing her shep- herd dog, which she claimed was a protector of her home. The defense admitted the charge, but alleged that the animal bad trespassed upon his premises and proved annoying. had been much contention over the status of a dog in law, and that this faithful animal had had a hard time to gain his place in relation to man. It has certainly been established that a dog is a domestic animal. The act of May 15, 1809—the sheep law-—makes dogs personal property. The supreme court, in a recent decision, held that or not. With a domestic animal as trespasser, however, and the owner permits the trespass, the person ag- grieved may kill the animal, but he must do it in such way that is not wanton or malicious, No man hasa right, under the law, to inflict cruelty upon any animal. In view of the evi- dence in the Bucks county case, that Mr. Rosenberger had first shot and then clubbed the animal to death (the use of the club being, as the defendant said, to end the animal's misery) Ro- senberger was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and vadergo imprisonment in jail for one day. The National Prohibition Convention, For the benefit of all persons wish- ing to be in Chicago during the Na- tional Prohibition Convention, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell round-trip tickets to Chicago at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets to be sold and good goiog June 25 and 28, and returning, after proper validation by the Joint Agent of the terminal lines at Chicago, leaving Chi- cago to June 20, inclusive. A fee of twenty-five cents for each ticket will be collected by the Joint Agent when tickets are validated for return passage. Juneld-2t, Farmers, Note This, Attention of farmers and ail others who make cider or other vinegars is called to the fact that before offering the same for sale they are compelled by law to mark on each head of cask, barrel or keg, or if sold in other packa- ges, each package containing such vin. egar, the name and residence of the manufacturer, together with the brand, cider vinegar." Elopement and Wedding, i i | | ing troubles of their own in rebuilding | their pole line from Centre Hall to | Lewistown. Last week a lot of poles i were cut down which were erected in- | side the fence on the farm of Mrs, | Smith between the Old Fort and Cen- { i turbed, 3 » ton the flelds of Xavier Ghfrerer. He | protested against the encroachment on | his property, and on Monday are not forbidden to do so, but they are logy of their virtues, i betters down to their own level, {on the new poles, one pole was cut | the top of the other pole and was i lo Lots of folks who would like to ¢ Lord themselves hoarse | Now, I'll tell you! I'm workin’ here | Now, if I'd sit round the shoutin’ | then the timber came were threats of prosecution, down. but ws ff Married at Lewistown, yn Monday W. Leslie Jacobs, one of Centre Hall's young men, and son of ithe late Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Jacobs, was married at the Lutheran parson- | age at Lewistown by Rev. M. 8. Cress- iman, to Miss Anna Lizzie Durst, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram | Durst, of Spring Mills. The marriage | was a surprise to all but a few of the {intimate friends of the contracting | parents were not aware of the intend- i ed event, and on Monday morning the | daughter left Spring Mills with the ev- lon a visit. She left the train at Cen- eleot, | was secured at Lewistown and the cer- performed. Leslie and {emony his ling and will settle down as soon wossible to housekeeping. Sy Upset the Baggy. This morning as Perry Breoh wa tieing his horse to a post in front of the bank building, a man driving ina two horse wagon struck the hind wheel of Perry's buggy, upsetling | it and throwing out the occupants, | Mrs. H. G. Btrobmeder and daughter, jand Perry's daughter. The buggy landed on its side with the occupants under it. The horse became frighten led and began to kick and plunge. The | ladies were pinned under the buggy, and how they escaped being struck by the horse's feet seems a miracle. The | horse was finally controlled and the {buggy righted. The ladies escaped | without an injury beyond the shock i and being thrown in the mud. NS { How to Serve Fruit, {i Serve all fruits as fresh and cold as | possible, and with granulated, rather |than powdered sugar. Serve large ! strawberries with the hulls on, so that they may be dipped in sular and eaten from the fingers. Serve currants and raspberries together with a little sugar, or, when it is necessary to use the cur. rants alone, mash them slightly with plenty of sugar. Always wipe peach- es carefully to remove the fuzz when placed on the table whole. Berve cat fruit and berries in glass dishes and please both eye and palate. AA ————— Festivals, Colyer’s Mills Cornet band will hold a festival next Friday and Saturday evenings, on the Colyer school house lawn. The band was recently organ- ized. Ice cream, cake, ete, will be servell, Proceeds for the benefit of the band, On Saturday nex! the ladies of Pro- gress Grange will hold a festival in Grange arcadia. Ice cream, cake, strawberries, and other delicacies will be served. The proceeds are for the benefit of the hall fund. All are in- vited to attend. A AIA SA NIAAA AOA Destroyed by Fire, Thursday morning of last week after midnight the steam saw mill, grist mill and planing mill of Frank Kess- inger at Eagleville, this county, was destroyed by fire. Four men who who were in the mill bad a narrow es- eape from belug burned and had bare. ly time to escape with a few of their clothes, The origin of the fire is not known, No insurance, A Nataral Advantages, A trolley from Coburn to Millheim and Rebersburg would pay besides be- ing a needed improvement and cons venience, Grade anything and water power to generate electricity all that could be desired. There is cap- ital enough along the route to build it, too, { i : but it wouldn't suit Jim, and I'd | ut when I hustle among the hills an’ see that | Jim's herds are all right, and not suf- ferin’ for water an’ feed, or bein’ off the range branded by cattle thieves, then I'm servin’ Jim as he wants to be | served. —A Converted Cowboy in the Episcopal Recorder, o— A A A————————— The Moxers The “Boxers’’ in China, the great secret political organization that is on the warpath to destroy foreig: influ. methods, in all probability will bring | about the very result it aims to coun- The murder of Chinese Christ- ians and the danger to the aries and teachers will induce mission- all the The em- although the destroyed defeated 1 ana the latter have ment troops gover railway h- ing on Pekin. Auoparchy is said to pre-| vail in many provionoces, and with such effective foreign interference as ap- pears probable the reconstruction and division of the Chinese empire is one | of the certainties of the not distant fu- | tare. wm —— Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses | were issued during the past week: Thos. B. Weaver, Moshannon, dia Duck, Rebersburg. f David B. Lucas, Moshannon, and Esther G. Leathers, Mt. Eagle. Irvin W. Stover, Fiedler, and Lizzie | M. Barner, Woodward. Edward M. Watson and Della Con- way, Clarence, Andrew L. White and Clara Spier. ly, Bellefonte. Edward B. Myers and Virginia M. Myers, Boalsburg, J.B. Mason and Clara Parks, wensville, Homer J. {Wagner and Mildred H. Dubbs, Philipsbulg. W. G. Bullock and Annie St. Clair. Ey A Serious Accident. Samuel Sheffer, superintendent of the A. G. Morris stone quarries, near Bellefonte, met with a serious acci- dent June 5th, The men were just preparing for a blast when suddenly a large stone above them became loose and rolled down striking Mr. Sheffer and knocking him down a twenty foot embankment. He was removed to his home in an almost lifeless con- dition. An examination showed that the unfortunate man had two ribs broken on the left side, left shoulder out of place, left arm broken at the el- bow and right leg broken. A A Reformed Reunion, The committee appointed by Rev, G. W. Kershner to confer upon a time and place for holding a reunion of the members of the five congregations composing the Centre Hall charge, has decided that the affair should be held in the Fort woods near Centre Hall on August 15th, Ly-| Cur- Last fall I sprained my left hip while handling some heavy boxes The doctor I called on sald at first it was a slight sprain and would soon be well, but it grew worse and the doctor then said I had rheumatism. It con- tinued to grow, worse and I could hard- ly get around to work. I went to a drug store and the druggist recom- mended me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, I tried it and one-half of a 50- cent bottle cured me entirely, I now recommend it to all my friends. —F., A. Babeook, Erie, Pa. It is for sale by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8 M. Swartz, fille; KF. A. Carson, Potters arctic temperature in the streets.” { Daily paper. Washington, a sultry spot, Heats the fervid patriot, Blest invention’s subtle er Cflers him a cooling craft aft I#t the Polar breezes blow Hound the doctrine of Monroe, Till "tis cold enough to freeze On to anything it sees, Bhould the Anglo-Hsaxon race Ever warm to an embrace, Douche it with a sudden chill, Spoil an Arbitration Bill. Foolish gratitude must not Pass from tepid into hot ; Private bothers Patronize a bro Ueing o'er, ther's Boer, Bo may kin be made to feel Blood, like water, can congeal, Frozen by a elimate where lee-olation 's in the air. From vanca. Giarden truck is booming. Set "em out : your souerkrout plants. Laborers are wanted to work on the new Bellefonte fair grounds, Snake stories are not budding much, Wheat crept up 5 cents a bushel last week, and on Saturday dropped 1} cts. Potatoes at present look promising ; some have early potatoes for the table. Strawberries plenty, and selling 3 Buffalo valley wheat fields are mak- those of valley. Penns Ca $ pt d Harrison Walker, won laurels as Deco 4 ain Hugh Taylor and attorney u ration Day orators, Ath Haines ship did some damaging washouts in the fields, A nd inder shower in town- a short time ago. A y Wollkill, 46 years in the serv- or, died a few days ago, aged 66 years, and was buried at Lewistown. Musie, P. all sections n v Centennial Chairman of informs us that 2 of the county will be represented The of oil gi used purpose ls fishes is to the air them for breathing. The water is taken through in i wy gills, Bellefonte and vicinity had a heavy The upper section of the valley also i we The Commercial telephone company are told, that all persons not having a "phone yet us- John Reighard of Miffllinburg has returned from a five week's trip to Illi- noig, Ohio and Indiana, and informs us that the wheat crop in those slates Jas, C. Noll, esq., of Pleasant Gap, and a former member of the Bellefonte bar, was married in Perkins, Oklaho- ma, May 28, having been located in that city for several years, Thanks to merchant G. R. Miess for a box of fine, luscious strawberries, than which none could be more tempt- ing. Mr. Miess has over four acres of these princely berries, Cumberland county peach growers find their trees so full that they thin out the fruit to save the trees against overweight. Peaches in our own coun- ty promise a good yield, Mr. Stover, the railroad agent at Paddy mountain, caught a trout in Penns creek which measured 20 inches and weighed 3 pounds. Stover beats the record. Are there any more of that size there ? Humphreys’ Specifics in Europe.— If you are going abroad write to us for addresses of our houses in Europe. Al- so for Dr. Humphreys’ Manual ; Hum- phreys’ Medicine Co., cor. William & John sts, N. Y. Madisonburg's oldest patriarch, Mr. George Shaffer, now 91 years of age, may hold out several years yet. His first wife and children, two sons and a daughter, have gone to the other shore the verge of which he is treadiog. The Brouse dwelling burned near Pinegrove was not insured in the Cen- tre Hall company, The Rockey barn fire, mentioned in our last, was insur- ed in a cash company, his Centre Hall policy having expired some months ago. At Lewisburg during Monday evens ing's storm a crowded trolley car was struck by lightning, while at the end of the bridge opposite town. The wife of Rev. A. B. Collins, of the Pres- biyterian church, and Mrs, William C. Gretzinger, both of Lewisburg, were struck and badly injured, and a pore tion of their clothes burned. A sack Mills; H. ¥. Rossman, Spring Mills; J. F. Smith, Centre Hall, of candy was burn d out of little girl hand.