VOL. LXXI1II.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
McKINLEY HAS HANNA RUN HIS |
CAMPAIGN
Two Cabinet Members are Sent to the Con
vention, Troops Sent to China from
the Phillippines,
WASHINGTON, June
must have doubts of the ability
Hanna to carry out the program in|
Philadelphia, which he has O, K'd.
That is the only explanation of the
very bad taste he has shown in send- |
ing two members of the Cabinet—Sec- |
retary Root and Postmaster General |
Smith,—to Philadelphia, to help Han-|
tion. Smith carried the platform, |
which he wrote under orders from Mr.
MeKinley and Hanoa, that will
adopted by the (
special business is to see that Boss
Platt does'nt get in his threatened
monkey business with the Vice
ley program.
If we haven't a sufficient number of
troops in the Philippines to keep the
Filipinos in subjection, how are we
going to be able to send a lot of them
to China to help the Europeans whip
the Chinese “boxers” into subjection?
That is the problem that now
fronts Mr. McKinley
And after this government
European government knock out the |
boxers and set up a new Chinese gov-
ernment, what will come next?
is the problem which may, in the very
near future confront the American
people. Are we ready to assume any
responsibilities for the government of
more Asialics? Have we not already
more of that sort of thing thing than
is desirable ?
He is a very gullible chap indeed,
who will be convinced by the number
single gold standard law, enacted by
the Republican Congress, that the new
law is a good thing. But that seems
to be the Republican idea. Perlodical- |
ly since the law went into effect,
Comptroller Dawes has given the press |
a statement showing the number of |
banks, ete. The last says that 362 ap-
been $51 907,910. A careful aad
new banks a year or two from
will be much more important than the
The administration was greatly cha- |
ple of Washington towards Gen, E. 8
tractions to the reception given
by the people of Rochester, N. Y.
home city. Secretary Long sent
and Secretary Root, virtually ordered |
Gen. Joe, Wheeler, now an unassigned |
Brigadier General in the regular army, |
of trust-controlled goods, which have
been, as a resalt raised in price; also a
table showing that the farmers of the
| country are paying one-third more for
| everything they consume, than they
| were paying when the Republican ad-
ministration assumed power., while
| they have lost since March 4, 1807, by
the decline of prices in farm products,
| the enormous sum of $2,000,000,000,
ws sna fA ————
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| Queer Weeds and Gramblers
| the Punxutawny Spirit, that in order |
| to arrive at swift and accurate conclu-
ry to take part in them. The grumb-|
ler who sits at home and complains |
{ about “the way politics is run,” is usu- |
| ally abcut as correct in his judgment |
as the man who stays at home during |
| a war and points out the mistakes of
| the generals,
Here's a true one, too:
There are men in this town, as in|
i some other places, when you listen to
| their talk are brimful of public spirit
and enterprise and advise ‘how it
{should be,” but when you come around
| for a lift to help things along for the
| good of the town then they are not in
|it, no, not a half cent’s worth, aud
| their past fhe same emptiness, —
| Jackson Fa rin rie as can be, oth-
ler towns have Lue weeds and
{ have their heads above useful plants.)
i
Bed lI
A Big Corn Story.
A Pennsylvania man traveling
| through Kansas recently heard a great
{ many tall corn stories, and thought he
| would tell some of them in a letter
| home. This is how he did it: “Most
| of the streets are paved, the grains of
corn being used for cobblestone, while
the cobs are hollowed out and u ed for
| sewer pipe. The husk, when taken oft
{ whole and stood on end, make a nice
| tent for children to play in. Itsounds
| queer to hear the feed man tell the
{driver to take a dozen grains of horse
feed over to Jackson's livery stable.
| it were not for soft, deep soil here I
| don’t see how they would ever harvest
| the corn, as the stalks would grow up
Passing Away,
off at a rate of about
annum,
34 per cent,
war, Of this number there were
the pension roll Inst year 742,467
ing the year 24,987 pension veterans |
died. This number is slightly
than 3} per cent,
death rate among those not pensioned |
is the same as among the pensioners,
on |
i Civil war who died during the year
would be about 30,855. It is now more |
{than thirty-five years since the end of
the Civil war, and Commissioner Ev-
ans estimates that the av age of
{the veterans who still survive is about
50 years. Many are far beyond that)
| age, and it is inevitable that the de wath |
| rate should increase rapidly in the
| next few years, The last survivor of
| the war of 1812 died last summer, sev-
| enty-five years after the close of the
WAT,
erage
nm fA ot —————
An Important Decision,
The question as to whether a rail- |
road company has the right to take up |
lar person when presented by another
the af-|
Court
et was issued, was decided
firmative by tne
in
Bupreme
Central Railroad. The plaintifl was
accustomed to rent milroad mileage |
books at an advance on their purchase
price. The conductor took one
these books from a passenger who had |
purchased it from the plaiotifl, where- |
upon the plaintiff sued to recover the |
amount originally paid for the mileage
book. But the court denied the right!
to recover, holding that the conditions
on which the mileage book was issued |
tions the law affords the plaintiff no|
relief,
ED sono
Census Advance Notlee
Advance sheets of the census are be- |
in the air as high as a church steeple,
| their weight presses the stalk down in|
the ground on an average of forty-five
and this brings the ear near
enough to the ground to be chopped
off with an axe.”
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Pay of Enumerators,
Census enumerators are paid accord-
ing to the following schedule:
For each living inhabitant enumer-
ated, 21 cents,
For each living inhabitant enumer-
| ated, Indian population, 21 Sette
For each farm returned,
For each death Oe
For each person defective
hearing or speech reported,
For each prisoner reported on spe-
cents,
5 cents,
in sight,
5 cents,
rt
‘
held as prisoners on June lst,) 5 cents.
For each proprietor reporting live
| stock not on farms or ranges (whether
one or more animals) 5 cents.
po
the day, may
The citizen is
requested to be ready to answer these |
questions:
What was your father's name before |
he was married ?
Are you a native of Lhis country, o
a policeman ?
Why?
Did you get cold feet early ?
What was your salary
19060 7
a} Actual,
(by Alleged.
Have you got
rd
clothes ?
by the job and pot by
June 1,
on
a cigar about your
Are you subject to fits
»
downs ?
none of my business?
When is a hen ?—Ex.
pipe
Soon to Open,
The new store room in the foundry |
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
——
BE THE TICKET.
| Both Will be Named by Acclammation To.
day in Philadelphia, ~The Flatform
! for the Trust Champlons,
The Republican convention, to nom-
| inate candidates for President and Vice
President, met in Philadelphia, this]
tor Hanna at noon on Tuesday. The
city is full of delegations from all parts |
of the country; the city was hand-
fine parades,
| course,
and great shouting, of
name was rarely mentioned, The V
jeet for which there were over half a|
dozen candidates, but the name of]
| Roosevelt was upon most lips in spite
{of his declaration that he would not |
{ have it. Quay and Platt, the bosses of |
| Pennsylvania and New York, advoca- |
| makivg a popular hit with Roosevelt.
Hanna, representing McKinley, was |
the “rough rider’ was put forward by |
ino love, The York state delegation,
{after a lively wrangle, voted to support |
| Woodrufl’ justead of Roosevelt,
both of Platt's own state.
The committee on organization re-
| ported the name of Senator Wolcott, |
of Colorado, for temporary chairman
i and Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
for permanent chairman. The speech- |
es of these gentlemen were loudly ap- |
| plauded by the cohorts of the Trusts
and high tarif! bepeficiaries. After |
other preliminary business the Con- |
| vention adjourned to 12, noon, Wed-
| nesday, at which session McKinley |
| was unanimously nominated for Presi- |
tdent, amid the usual shouts,
{and tigers,
The platform is of the high tarifl, |
trust fostering order, drafted by mill-
| ionaires and in the interest of million- |
| aires.
and
cheers |
| The news this, Thursday, morning, |
{indicates to a certainty the nomioation |
|of McKinley and Roosevelt, by accla-|
{ mation, for President and Vice Presi- |
| dent, the other candidates for Vice!
| President having withdrawn.
i
The nomination of McKinley
i
All other can- |
have practically withdrawn
| in favor of Roosevelt, in order that
| nothing may mar the harmony of the
| party. Unless there shall be a radical
{change these two men will head the
Republican ticket and champion the
| trusts and wholesale robbery in many
| departments.
The Vice Presidency was the bitter
{ subject of contention, between Hanna
|and the administration on one side
(and the Quay-Platt machine element
on the other side, the latter putting
| and by scclammation.
| didates
siasm to the occasion, Mr. McKinley ps \W\
has baen made to realize, by the indif- |” Census enumerator Calvin G. 8pich-
ference of the public toward Gen. Otis, er has completed his statistical ioter-
how unpopular his Philippine policy | rogatory tour through the township,
is with the people, and with the reali- | and began his work in the boro on
Taking the Towa Census,
building to be occupied by Irwin's |up Roosevelt because he was popular
hardware store, is rapidly getting into | snd by such a move show that Hanna
shape, and the shelving and counters | could not control the convention, the
are now being placed. In the ship-| | “rough rider’ all the while protesting
ment of the plate glass for the show |sgainst being made the nominee. An
zation has come alarm.
sibility for putting Otis in command
in the Philippines, and keeping him
in command after his unfitness for the
position had been shown up, belongs
to Wm. McKinley, and he fears that
the people will be as indifferent to-
wards him on election day as they
have shown themselves to be towards
Otis now. The spectre of doubt has
become Mr, McKinley's constant com-
panion, .
Senor Nicholas Rivery, editor of one
of the leading Havana papers, who has
been in Washington a few days, thinks
there has been wrong-doing in other
branches of the Cuban Government as
well as in the postoffice branch. He
gave the Senate Committee a pointer
_that should not be overlooked, when
he said: “I wish we could have a
thorough investigation of the expendi-
tures of money on sanitary and engi-
neering works. Buch an investigation
might reveal some interesting facts,
The reports of fraud in connection
with these works are very persistent in
Havana, and investigation might
show that a great deal of Cuban mon
ey has been improperly expended.”
Admiral Dewey has found out that
he was never in the running as a can
didate for President, and has scratched
his name off the entries to the race,
In reply to a direct question as to
whether he would accept the nomina-
tion for Vice President, on the Bryan
ticket, the Admiral said: “I have
never contemplated being a candidate
for Vice President. I am nota eandi-
date for nomination to that office and
would not accept the nomination if it
were offered to me. That Is plain
English.”
The Democratic Congressional Cam-
paigo Committee Is sending out a list
.
Tuesday. It will require the rest of
this week to complete his work. Cal-
vin has been very successful in his
work, and met with little or no troub-
le. The census in the boro in 1800
gave us a population of 441. The pres
ent census will show an increase of
fully one hundred per cent. It will be
a creditable ten years’ growth.
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= Will Hold Union Pienle,
A meeting of representatives of the
Reformed congregations of Nittany
valley, Bellefonte and Lock Haven
was held Monday afternoon, at which
it was decided to hold a union pienic
of the Reformed churches and Sunday
schools in the districts named at Hee-
la park on July 10 and 20. It was al
#0 decided to extend invitations to the
congregations at Rebersburg, Centre
Hall and Williamsport.
Married in Liinols,
Dr. Peter W. Leitzell, of Spring
Mills, was married last week to Miss
Minnie M. Musser, of Orangeville, Ill,
a daughter of Daniel Musser, a former
resident of our valley, The marriage
took place at the bride’s home. Dr,
Leitzell and his bride left for their
eastern home after the ceremony and
are now residing at Spring Mills,
where he enjoys quitea large medical
practice,
Rn IMIS
Great Heat Predicted,
«Abbe Mareaux, the celebrated French
astronomer has discovered a remarka-
ble spot on the sun, forming a part of
an extensive group, and having a di
ameter of nearly 40 kilometres, This
spot, he says, will remain for seven
days and become visible to the naked
eye. He predicts the appearance of
other spots in July, August and Bep-
tember, inferring that the heat during
es was broken. The glass Is valued at
over §30. This store will have the first |
plate glass windows in the town. The |
room will be ready for occupancy) in|
about a week.
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Moving Colleges,
The Trustees of the Susquehanna
University at Selinsgrove, and leading
citizens of Sunbury, held a conference
on Monday, to consider the removal of
the University to Sunbury,
The removal of the Evangelical col-
lege from New Berlin to some more fa-
vorable location, has been laid over for
a year to learn of favorable offer s.
AM ——
A Good Thing to Remember,
When a baby cries at an entertain-
ment turn around and look disapprov-
ingly at its mother. She is not pinch-
ing it to make it ery, she is tryiog her
best to hush it, and probably had no
one to leave it with at home, but that
makes no difference. By no means re-
member that you were a baby once
yourself,
bn MM Mit
Her First Oar Ride,
Mrs. David Karstetter and her
daughter, Mra, Busan Ohl, of Logan-
ton, and Miss Julia Bower, of Aarons
burg, went to Renova Monday morn-
ing on a visit. Mm, Karstetter is 82
years oid and never before enjoyed a
ear ride por saw a trolley car until she
came to this city Monday.— Lock Ha.
ven Democrat,
Bank Mast Stand the Loss,
The Bupreme Court in session at
Philadelphia with two justices digsent-
ing, Monday in an opinion held that
a bank or trust company paying a
check endorsed with a forged sigoa-
ture must stand the loss of the amount
those months will be very great,
of the check.
| agreement was reached last night,
| however, by which all other candi-
idates withdrew, and Roosevelt was
| fixed upon as the Hanna-Administra-
tion choice, and Roosevelt made no
farther protest. The move knocked
glory out of the Quay-Platt machine,
and makes them look glum.
Quay got upon the platform to offer
a resolution restricting southern rep-
resentation. His appearance was the
cause of a prearranged wild demonstra-
tion from his henchmen in the hall.
McKinley & Roosevelt are now the
Republican choice, upon a platform
for high tariff, u bolstering of Trusts,
a promise of “‘Prosperity,”’ favors ex-
pansion and gold, but is silent about
the ending of the Philippine war.
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Around on Their Feet.
The injured by the Centrehill church
crash are all able to be about again,
slow of motion and and oft explaining
“Just how it was,” to the inquisitive,
All the men are able to be around and
are not confined to the house. The
ones more severely injured are Aaron
Thomas, who was bruised and had ribs
broken, Samuel Snyder, with a spraio-
ed back, and Kd. Royer, with bones in
the hand broken. These men will be
some time in recovering from the in-
juries, The rest of the men are little
the worse for the hard fall.
Tearing Down the Charoh,
B. D. Brisbin and D. A. Boozer have
a gang of men at work this week tear-
ing down the Presbyterian church
building at Centre Hill, and by the
end of the week expect to have all the
wood work removed, leaving the brick
walls standing. To avoid any possible
repetition of the accident which occur-
red last week when so many men
were injured, the girders were braced
Rendellis Clippiogs,
An undertaking establishment
Chicago offers to conduct funerals on
the installment plan.
burial,
dollars for poultry, the proceeds of one
{
| poultry business,
ers of eggs,
California has jumped to fourth
| place among states in petrolenm pro-
tduetion, The output there has been
2,202,123 barrels in 1809, and the pros-
pect is that the output for the present
year will be much larger than that of
18040,
FOOSE
{ly 50 years old. This old g has
i laid yearly for 40 years, and each year
| hatched and raleed goslings. The it
| mous old fowl was given to Mrs, B.
| her mother in 1854. Griffith
News,
“Invariably you find the bad men of
shield each other in their misdeeds.’
—Mam Jones,
a— besoin
Foster's Wenther Foreoust,
About date of this bulletin a warm
| wave will be in the great central wval-
warm wave will then be in the Rock-
Temperature of the week ending 8 a.
n. July 2 will average
i
-
below and rain-
east of the
Rockies: the reverse west,
A great fall in temperature is ex pect-
ed from 16 to 26 on meridian 90; one to
three days earlier west, as much
east,
ater
This fall will bring many local show-
{ July drouth will be most severe. Places
{ 80 dry in July that in them corn
| be seriously injured.
This cool wave, expected to cross tha
continent from 24 to 28, will go near
the frost line in some of the high-
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Marriage Licenses,
The following marriage
licenses
Edwin E. Borst, Pitcairn
nie Crain, Milesburg.
Jacob J. Breon, Sober and Ellen F.
Stover, Coburn.
Walter H. Weaver, Pine
Mills, and Minnie M. Markle,
town.
Noah A. Brungart, Wolfs Store and
Blanche F. Grove, Farnsers Mills
Wm. A. Roberts, Bellefonte
Minnie M. Lucas, Howard.
M. E. McDonnell, Altoona and May
Paterson, Btate College.
Harry C. Yeager and Ella Tripple,
Bellefonte,
Harry Etters, Benore, and Anna A.
Packer, Yarnell.
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FIGHTING IN CHINA.
War has broken cut between China
and the Powers already resulting io
the loss of many lives.
The Russian foroes attacked the city
of Pekin on two sides in a flerce man-
ner. On the night of June 16 the Chi-
nese troops attacked the Legations
and fired five European buildings.
The French and German Ministers
are reported slain.
and Jen-
Grove
and
Look Out for the Revenue Man,
After June 1 the law prohibiting
any prize or premium, or promise of
such, in packages of tobacco, cigars,
cigarettes and snufl, is to be strictly
enforced by the internal revenue au-
thorities. Any violatian of the law
subjects the packages to seizure.
A Fine Edifice,
The new Methodist church at Lew-
istown was dedicated on the 10th by
Bishop C. H. Fowler. The edifice is
one of the finest in Central Pennsyl-
vania, costing $40,000. A window
costing $5,000, erected by Mrs. Robert
Piteairn, of Pittsburg, in memory of
her parents, was unveiled and present
ed to the trustees,
Woolen Factory Burned,
The woolen factory of Gibbony Bros,
near Kishacoquillas, Mifflin county,
was destroyed by fire Monday, causing
a loss of $20,000; insurance, $2,000, The
fire was the result of an accident.
Behools Closed,
The subscription schools taught by
Prof. B. M. Wagenseller and Miss An-
na Bartholomew, closed their term
last Friday. They completed a suc
cessful ten weeks’ course,
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Well Represented,
Rebersburg was honored with three
at the recent commencement
of the University of Selinsgrove, nam.
and safety assured.
ly, Herbert and Edwin Brungart, and
Herman,
'.
LOCAL ITEMS,
| Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest
from Everywhere.
Bin
I've allus notissed, fellers.
Hit's a risky thing to do
To kalkalate nccordin’
To how things looks to you.
Johnson's Opinions,
The man 't talks the nicest
Don't help you uphill ;
The one "at prays the loudest
Don't allus pay his bill.
Bometimes the biggest fishes
Jites the smallest Kinds of
An’ mighty ugly wimmin
Can make the best males,
baits ;
Lt o'
The smartest lookin’ feller
M ny be a reg'lar fool,
You're allus kicked the highest
By the meekest lookin’ mule,
- Loe Co, Journal.
On this, the longest day,
The old farmers began to make hay.
Cool since Friday last.
Our pikes are hard on rubber tire.
Gossip is a weed difficult to down.
Correspondents avoid personal flings,
Chances are bright for a large potato
crop.
State College advertises blow
for the 4th of July.
Wm. E. Tate,
of State College, was
Daniel Rote,
on the sick list.
esq., of Aaronsburg,
Harvey Yarnell of Pinegrove was al-
lowed a pension, §10,
Bellefonte boro council appropriated
$500 for the County Centennial.
Bamuoel Zimmerman, of Milesburg,
was granted a pension, $10.
No self-respecting person will man-
ufacture stories against another,
Miller, of Boals-
, is in feeble
The aged Harry
aged 56 years
}
i
health.
Our town has more temporarily dis.
abled and bandaged men just now than
ever.
John Tate of Bell
$10; .
efonte was granted
also Soloman W. Fry,
$10,
. Fiedler, of
itself in its
A valuable mare of H. (
Haines township, hung
stall a few nights ago.
Washington Frank and wife, of Re-
bersburg, bave moved to the state of
Huckleberries, mountain people in-
form us, will be plenty, except in the
f
i
The rains o
day
Monday and Wednes-
evenings of last week,
i
gave the
of
this sec-
have had
ound in oth-
The strawberry raisers
Sweetwood and Miess,
The aged widow of Simon Rote, of
was cheered by a visit
Baileyville had an elopement some
time ago. Upton Haines and his sis-
ter<in-law, Annie Walizer, left for
parts unknown.
J. C. Burket, a brother of Mrs. Geo,
B. Haines of Rebersburg, is in from
his Kausas home, visiting friends in
Miles township.
Mrs. Joshua Potter was able to be in
town end of last week, the first time
since her flerce encounter with the
bull several weeks ago.
Rev, Herman, who graduated at the
Selinsgrove University two weeks ago,
has accepted a call from the Rebers-
burg Lutheran congregation,
We are sorry to be informed that our
esteemed friend, ex-treasurer J. J.
Gramley, of Hublersburg, was kicked
by a hoise, causing a fracture of an
arm.
Mr. Irvin, who is opening a large
hard ware store in this place, with his
family will move into the vacant Oden-
kirk property opposite the Evangelical
church.
The Methodists have 142 American
missionaries in China, the Presbyte-
rians 209, and the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions
110.
Rev. 8 (. Shannon several weeks
ago resigned as pastor of Bethany Lu-
theran church, Philadelphia, and has
now made his residence in Ocean
Grove, N. J.
Lightning killed 11 cattle on the
farm of Joseph Elliott, near Union.
town. The bolt struck a large oak tree
under which the cattle had taken shel-
ter from the storm. Elliott's loss is
about $600.
During a storm Monday night of last
week, a lightning bolt darted in and
out of the horse stalls in the barn of 8.
K. Loucks, at York, killing four mules
and two horses, but leaving the build.
ing uninjured.
David L. Glover, esq., district attor-
ney of Union county, and Miss Minnie
G., daughter of Luther D. Kurtz, all
of Mifflinburg, were married on 12th
inst The family of the bride were for
wer.y widyas of Aarcusyutgs Ha