RSDAY, Lo AGESHOPS ON VINK, The Carriuge Shops of Wilbar ALL, PA. Ti [U FIRE RAGES) AUGUST 9, 1900, | | CENTRE CONDITION OF THE SIUK. VOL. LXXIII. CHINESE DEFIANT Slow to Yield t0 McKinley's Demand, AFRAID OF THE CERMAN VOTE TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. Happened in | A LINT OF ACCIDENTS Most of the Afflicted Improving and the Danger Line Passed, i " ita : | » alok g ‘antre g i i The sick in and about Ce ntre Hall A Handsome Dwell are improving, and the best of hope is | held out for their entire recovery. Mrs, fienney on | More Fire Monday Morning i Less Serious that Nearby FPiaces or | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST Raymond McCloskey, asonof H. L. FROM ALL PARTS. | the roof of the carriage shops ‘McCloskey, a Nittany valley farmer, { of Wilbur Henney was discovered to { | be on fire. The ' ing Almost Destroyed. | NEW WATER PLANT ALL RIGHT. F. M. Crawford, who was very serious- | ay morning at about nine | ic al O'Clin | was badly burt recently by a horse he alarm was quickly sent | was riding rearing up and falling over | {on him, from | home when the accident occurred, but Uncle Dan's Phllosophy. The Foreign Affairs Humiliating to Amer- iean Pride. Ever heard of Uncle Dan iy ill when the last issue of the Re- | The Fire Brought Under Control Quickly. porter was printed, is able to sit up in | her room, and it is thought by her | {out for the water appliances and an ef- He was some distance such a queer, peculiar man Everybody Satisfied, of ! Wash | fort was at the same time made by the bles, come what may, REEL IH : ai i h Special Cor x | . i he use of it sys lie An alarm fire was sent out|owner, Wilbur Henney, James Stuart e It is humiliating to an American's pride to know that China's defiance of communication with our minister, in the shape of a notice that none of the lowed to send or receive cipher mes gages, had to be handed by the ( ‘hinese minister to an assistant secretary. It js another case of ‘‘like master like man.” not regard it as necessary stay inp Washington and attend to his public duties, Secretary Hay, who js supposed 10 to be personally in charge of all im- policy, went off on a pleasure jaunt himself, and they say at the State De- partment that he is not ex pected to re- turn inside of two weeks, when Mr, McKinley will be due for another visit nies all ofwhich shows that the admin- istration wishes to delay the settlement of this Chinese business, It is becoming constantly more evi dent that Mr. McKinley is quite jeal- ous of the prominence given Gov. Ted- | dy in the campaign. That was one of the things that brought him to Wash- One the that a quiet tip has gone out to the thick and thin Me Kinley men not to mention Roosevelt's Of ington several days ago. results of his visit is name, either in speaking orin writing, when it can be avoided. That this tip | js already being acted upon is shown | by a number of interviews given out at physician, Dr. J. F. Alexander, that she will rapidly regain strength. Mrs. Henry Bwabb is also improv- i she is now mending. | William Kerlin, son of Arthur Kei» {ering from an attack of typhoid fever. { Dr. C. E. Emerick is the physician in | attendance, Mrs, Samuel Shoop, who has been rather seriously ill for the past few weeks, is not improving as rapidly is desired by the family. 1 i Mrs. James Miss Alice Hazlett, of suflering from heart *ronble tion to subject. The youngest child of M. L. Emer- ick has been ill for the past few days, but is improving, under the care Dr. W. E. Park. Miss Edith Riter, daughter ufllic- } wy an which of of Dr. suffering with spinal meningitis, is on a fair way to regain health. Her hat little hope Was entertained for her life, Wm. Homan, north of has been condition Hl last week was such t town, who had been seriously ill, is again able attend to his farm work. Calvin Runkle, son of James Runk- le of Tusseyville, has been very low with poeumonia for the past week, different times and places by Mr. Me- Kinley's friends, in which Roosevelt's | name does not appear, but it is always what McKinley will do in this or that state. This matter is insignificant al this time, but Gov. Teddy may make it important when he w hat Mr. McKinley and his personal follow- in TeRiIzes a are trying to do, North to Sot The result of the election Carolina, was not one in Washington. ner aptly put it : “1 ning of the end.’ North Carolina has 3 i it surprising any As one ither- is ouly the begin- ne- Ihe last information sent to this office > A BUSINESS OPENING, A Splendid Lime Stone in Quarry Along KH. Awaiting Development. of A quarter of a mile west Hall, and T. Railroad, is lime stone hill{of the finest quality of stone that the Centre on the L. can be found any The every particular to develop the quarry in a where io state, location is suited in moet economical manner. The taken the bull by the horns. The gro going be I is i throughout the South. to disfranchised The people de- mand it, and no one is responsible but | the politician who has use d the negro, bribed him, bought him, and degraded him at the polls. It is certain that a Constitutional amendment is coming in Alabama and in Georgia, 100, i know something of the condition both states, The difficulty of getting the from this administration + for in truth about any- thing and the ability of a man with st. flicient pull to hang on to a govern- ment job after being found guilty of crookedness in office are demonstrated in the case of George B. Hamlet, an in- spector of the Post Office Department, who was found guilty of issuing gov- ernment trapsportations for private in- dividuals for personal gain. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, recommended Hamlet's dismissal, and it was officially announced that he had been dismissed. Then Hamlet brought his pull to bear and he was granted * farther time ”’ to answer the charge of which he had been found guilty, and he is still drawing his salary Chief Inspector Cochran said, when asked about this case : “Hamlet is still in the employ of the government For further information, I would refer you to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.” It is not surprising that so many respectable republicans are an- nouncing their intention to vote for Bryan and Stevenson. Mr. McKinley's alarm over the de fection of German voters on account of the imperialistic policy of his adminis tration, caused him to request a per sonal friend to make investigation. When he was in Washington, last week, the result of that investigation was submitted to him, and his alarm was increased thereby. It is admitted by republicans that if thirty per cent. of the Germans of the middle western states, who voted for McKinley four years ago, vote for Bryan this year; his election will “be assured ; that's why they are alarmed. According to Benator Elkins, Mr, MeKinley has promised to make sev. eral speeches in West Virginia during the campaign. When a President so fur sinks the dignity which should be- long to his exalted ofiice as to take the stump, ostensibly to help a Senator re- railroad runs by the foot of the hill, a and switches could be run to the quar- veloping an industry whose output would be ready sale at all times. The 3% samuel Durst, the owner, at almost a territory lies in such a position as not to cut up his farm or hinder in any way. nominal sum, since the Labor waiting for such a development as this. needed at a reasonable rental ketable merchandise, increase ¥ Centre Hall ? ————— A SI AAAI LINDEN HALL, companied by her cousin, Wilbur Cur- rin, of Reading, visited some of their many friends in this community Tues- day last, Miss Sadie Meyer, of Boalsburg, was the guest of the Misses Garbrick over Sunday. Miss Laura Brown, who has been making her home at Centre Hall since last winter, is home on a weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. Condo, coachmaker, and Prof. C. Zeigler, both of Penn Hall, made a flying business trip to this town Satur- day last. Miss Edith Frasier and friend visit. ed with friends at Penn Hall Saturday and Bunday. Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Grove, of Cen- tre Hall, were guests of the Gaibrick family Sunday. Wm. Bartholomew, life insurance agent of Centre Hall, was canvassing through this community Saturday and met with success, “Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swabb, of Pine Grove Mills, visited friends through here over Sunday, Mrs, Maurice Miller, of Bellefonte, visited her parents last week. Samuel MeClintick A spent several Corman, at Rebersburg. Miss Mattie Long, of Pleasant Gap, tain his seat, but in reality try to get six electoral votes for himself, it is nonsense for anyone to deny that he ix awfully frightened. Chairman Richardson, of the Demo- acrtic Congressional Campaign Com- niittee has gone to Indianapolis to Join the throng of Democratic workers from all sections, The trustees of the United Evangel a bell. Photos, Photos. | Centre Hall Friday of this week, s i that man, i the station of town, which was nearest the scene, | were first to arrive. They were quick- | {ly fastened tothe fire pl The hose from end ug and a strong | { burping building. The flames at once | | began to yield, and within a short | | time afterward when both hose be gan | pouring heavy streams on the burning | muss they were gotten under control, | | and finally entirely extinguished. { In the mean time a large number of | people had gathered, who at once be the from the burning building. household effects This work de- | wills After | out, gan removing was accompanied with the usu al struction of gods, however, not fully, but through excitement. had died and every one was congratulating him- If on the lucky outcome of the whole se i an t : most of the excitemen affair. a brisk little fire was discovers on the roof of a poultry house on to had belonging John | This { such headway that an attemupt to ex-| the { bucket brigade would i i adjoining lot . Dauberman. fire gained | ¢ i of tinguish it with formation a been he thires have en for | poured from the nozzle of a tirely useless, and but slream | -fuch hose, several stables would be in ashes | today. i WHERE THE FIR} § The exact origin of 10- | ia 3 i sown. It was first seen in the wood house, where a three gallon can of oil | i 3 | was stored, and it seenis this ex] loded i rib fire : 2 almost immediately afte was | | started, because when first seen by Dr. | i were ! Hosterman the flames high in the air and laugh bucket of water he had | The Whiteman fami Mr. i one of the section for him. sent from Ivy were abe home, Whiteman had gone to gather berries. THE DAMAGE All the outbuildings w NE {) HICH were at- tached to the main dwelling, were g ted and sections of them almost entire | The rear part house was badly scorch d and at some | ¥ of ti Lue ly consumed, most places the weather boardiog sim The joss Ww ill foot up i burned through. several hundred dollars, which is in- sured in the Centre Hall company. | THE BOROUGH WATER PLANT. Bat for the borough walter suppl | there would be a different story to tell today. John Dauberman have ruins instead of a good home, Dr. G. W. Hosterman's splendid brown stone dwelling would have the appear | | ance of a tower instead of a mansion, | and a half dozen other dwellings and stables could not possibly have escaped destroction. Only one thing saved | these buildings, and that was the | splendid supply of water and pressure furnished by the borough water plant. While both hose were attached and in use the hydrants in the north section of town showed scarcely any difference in the pressure, This is the first instance in the his tory of Centre Hall that a fire was ex. tinguished before it had consumed the building, after the height of the flames had reached the second story. Why, because water could never before le forced to that height in effective quan- tities. And for two reasons: First, the water was never available; second, no pressure. With the present borough waler plant in operation during the fire of 1584, when the Wolf and Neff stables and the Lutheran church were wiped out of existence, the church at least could have been saved from destruc tion. Hundreds of people helplessly watched the cornice take fire and slowly eat its way into the intericr of the building. Today a flame burn- ing at that height could easily be reached and extinguished in a second. “Phe fropefty owners in Centre Hall are today happy because the borough owns a water plant that not only, fur- nishes water for domestic and mechan- jeal purposes, but furnishes fire protec tion to their homes, the cost of maine taining which is much less than the annual rental paid heretofore to the Centre Hall water company. —————— A SP ATS Fire at State College, The barn belonging to Phil Foster, Jocated opposite the University Inn, at State College, was totally destroyed Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. A pumber of sleighs, buggies, harness, eto., were also burned. The origin of the fire Is not known, No insurance, i i § ¢ 8s. would hmeier and others who do wha i The fire originated by a spark the There was no insurance on the fall- calmuey upon ing. The damage was very light, The station hose cart to the reo? Liorses covered the mile on railop and delivered the eart W. Bradford, J. Frank short work and Mess tr sinith eral others in til the wl Li: letely Or der, bu their as guished the flames. Not less tl would have bes go of sointes had comp extin- PRI half 1 in ros i dozen houses from these flames baud there been no fire protec tion. - Pomons Grange Meeting. i There will tre LL ounty sat fave ting | Cen- | id be 1 of the na Grange he in | the hall of Washingtion Grange, day, August ZI P All i cordially invited to be present as there a.m. and 1:30 m. surth degree members are | very important business to be | i $e £23 I). transacie 0. Dave, Master. M.C ; a a A fluilet Wedding. AMPRELIL, he resched the house of a until neighbor, his pa- Amelia Bernau, an employe the | Empire laundry, at Lock Haven had | her band caught between the revolving | of the pressure could be | 1 thirown oft and the rolls stopped. Lloyd C. Washburn, of Bluestone, a dance early last Sunday morning, the house Fall Brook tracks to wait for a companion, who had gone] home with a lady friend. and sat on the Washburn and freight train, was run over by i was | B The top of his heac He was twenty-one years old, a * ryan Notified, W their nomination for the offices of Pres- | in { weoplie listened apolis. 50,000 § I to Bry-| an's address, ——— -. Heformed Heunion A Reunion of the four congregations | the beautiful grove near Wednesday, 1 will combine the Augu boti The pienie ' ee Old ‘ort, on next t 15 “ " social religious features, dinner | wl and rprise wedding took | lace of Mr, Wm. Brooks, Lino- at the home i last parties being | e accomplished daughter fre. Brooks, and Mr, Clyde | f 1:sll SAL of Mr Jodon. Their happy mite, many | iriencs » ein a yirney | throug Bp «se Sense apd Jadgmen tL. wi should be 2540 y¢ of Centre Hall and sur- | munity to avold coming in contact with counts gIOUN It is folly to rush into $ OL CRUSE, : sii id be | ily cleaned up and disinfected. | ¢ Af IOUS Qiseases 10 Every nook and corper shi While in Cent Lere are no col re Hall it is tin i 1 use g Grin Rov ie wat to avoid evil. Ws p — Going West Clell Bmetzler, of Polters He Yisconsin, sale Angust 17. R Lake, ih po make ex pects {01 move 0 oe Iirief News [tems The Mifflin county fair wiil be held to 7. | ‘AT y Twitmeyer, of Pleasant e guest of Miss Myrtle Show- ers, daughter of John Bhowers, west of town. Miss Cap, is If you want good ice cream and bread call on P. F, Keller who always has the best, Cream furnished for priv- ate parties, elc., at reasonable rates, And. MceNitt is superintending the farm of A. B. MeNitt, near this place, at present in the absence of his brother, Brown, who is nursing a sore foot at his home in Siglerville. Misses Lide and Clara Smith, of Cen- tre Hill, were among the unfortunates last Friday. They were driving a spirited horse near Linden Hall when the animal frightened at a threshing outfit, ran sway and broke the buggy into splinters, The young ladies were thrown to the ground but not serious- ly injured, Peter Smith, of Centre Hill, is re modeling Lis house, The interior has been taken out and the roof off, which gives Me. Smith and his family a high ceiling under which to sleep these nights. Gables and a large porch will be added. Mr, Hagen is doing the earpenter work and Byron Garis the masons: ork. Ms ——— ff ———————— REDUCED RATES TO CRICAGO PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, Abeonnt Gi A. R, Enonmpment, On secount of the Thirty-fourth An- nual Eveampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Chicago, August 27-31, inclusive, the Penney Iva nia Railroad Company will sell excur sion tickets from points on its lige to Chicago, at rate of single fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold on August 25, 26, and 27, goo | to return until August 31 inclusive; but by depositing ticket with joint sgent at Chicago prior to noon of September 2, and the payment of fifty cents, return limit may be ex- tended to September 80, inclusive, The religious exercises in the interest of the Twentieth Cen- The principal address will be Rev. C. E. Reading, Pa., financial agent the Board of Home Missions, A number of clergymen have been invited delivered by Creitz, of of and ipate in the i CXerCises, f i Ample prepa- the A is extended or comfort | sincere i Lo members of other Christian churches, $ t § the communi of Christian | We trust that many o all our friends in whether ¥ : members yes or not. r una and havea pleasant and profitable time, Wp . — - Franklin MeCormick Dend Franklin PP. McCormick, clerk in the in Denver, Fannie” Mrs. | ‘homas, the caretaker of the Mr. McCormick died io the | Colorado, by building. He was addressing a postal card and had written only the | surname when he died. He had been | ailing for a week. An autopsy discov- i ered heart disease. He was secretary | of Lodge No. 1, Fraternal Union of | America: secretary of the sick benefit i of the Woodmen of the World, and member of the Knights of Security, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. | accepted a clerkship in the Union, he was timekeeper at the Globe Smelter. He leaves a widow and a step-son in Denver, went to seek his fortune in the west] about twenty-eight years ago. the oldest son of Robert and Catherine | MeCormick, late of Potters Mills. He was a brother of W. W. McCormick and Mrs. Jacob Bible, of Potters Mills; Mirs. M. Shires, of Spring Mills, and Mrs. Edwin Royer, of Altoona. Mr. McCormick was well known by many in this valley who will be sorry to learn of his death. sos A ARAN Special Ten-day Excursion to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park. or Long Branch via Penn. sylvania Railroad. For the benefit of those desiring to visit the great Ocean Grove Camp Meeting, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will, on August 23, sell ex- cursion tickets to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, or Long Branch from stations named below at the very low rates quoted, These tickets will be good for pass age to Philadelphia on train indicated, thence op regular trains leaving Broad Street Station at 3.30 and 408 P, M, that day to destination. Train Leuves, BOlIOTONIE.... corns irmnnnulAVO 6 30 A, M. SESE 7.40% Landen Hallow vom 730 Contre TIAL... oovs vrs srmnn T.22 Riss BPEL. oronvsvias coc 70 OOD ..siersoss vases 7.50 CHEN 1000 .conmmrcsvsenpmemvsns os § 26 MUOMBORE oo. score svissssivsssmsencrss 8 58 MIMIBIURG .ovomsrnvmomeisvrnns BAD TRWBHUIE co voinia sos emmissinimnnns 903 PRUAGSIPHIA...ovn Arrive 217 P.M, —— Tickets will n regular He was | “" 4.9% 455 450 “4% iw “0 “ or seems 10 PRY it don’t will me sts # thing has happened Vhat's done can’t be helpud,” says J 10 show you've gol soine grit rin, and make the best of it Birange old fk wie Dan up for & man LOW “AIWays y're down ot ERY he, i Lhe Wrong Than Wo pever have belies 1's 8 brighler piace ie looked it in the face —————————— There are no contagious diseases in Cen Hall McKinley sends ire another fo note Wm. Reiber will of the i 18. make sale i if { i 113s fatl er, Aug. Thomas Keen, sawyer on Colyer's i uy. : : i i The Pres day e yierian festiva night netted 50. held Satur. that organization Union Bunday school picnic at the held Union church will Mills. be Saturday atl Farmers Fairs seem to be contagious. Clin- ton county papers are agitating =a i George Rowe, on Samuel of this iving farm east of town, one the most promising corn fields in fi. ¢ sect) other Stover, her of $ ker Jeremiah Stover, at for Farm- ill some time, has been o 1¢ to old Gor ag The Odd Fellows Reunion of the dis- t sing the counties of Union, Mifflin £3TYL TN Lia} 2 i vder, bee Afiq id at Min and Juniata, will hie ii nburg Thursday, Aug. SU. Mrs. John Brown, living in the ten- house of Isaac Smith, near to Fd y a i843: om a four weeks with inflamma- 3 Farmers Mi i for l«, hes been confined +1 be tory rheumatism. J 111 Simpson of Africa, Huntingdon , president of the Union Trust ] in Qa 1 f ivy {4 1 i i Company, Wednesday. 82 tary of Iuternal Affairs. Will Keller, son of PP. F. Keller, home from Osceola, where he is assisted his uncle, Dr. Wm. Keller, in the drug He will remain here until after Grange Encampment. slo t re, he Mrs, George Heckman, west of Cen- tre Hall, was at Farmers Mills last week nursiog her little daughter Vir- na, who was seriously ill at the home of her grand parents at that place. Samuel G. Slack shipped a fine lot many years and is a good buyer. Mail Colyer instead of Potters Mills. Several young men in this place who have had several years experience in They are all good, hovest and sober and any institution that needs addi- tional services will find them capable of filling the place. Prof. E. J. Wolf writes from Eureka, Kansas, that the people there believe Kansas will be in the Democratic col- umn, also that the corn crop is in a splendid condition, and that the sum- mer had been very pleasant so far, not too hot at any time. While David Young, of Colyer, was repairing fences near his place, he had the misfortune to badly cut his hand. The blood flowed freely, the loss of which caused Mr. Young to faint on his way home. He was found later and was assisted to the house, where he is at present in a weak condition. Last Saturday noon E. H, Auman had occasion to go to the second floor of Bis mill to raise grain, says the Mill heim Journal. When he reached the top of the stairs he came to a sudden halt. A blacksnake fully five feet in length was stretched across the floor within three feet of the steps Al Krape, assisted by Ed. Riter, is digging a well for Henry Potler on his farm west of town. Mr. Krape's well machinery had been lying idle for some time at State College, where he had bard luck. While sinking a well at that place he lost tools valued at six hundred dollars, by baving them get fast at the bottom of the well. Mr, augdt, be for return pass. age o oe andil eptember 1, inclusive, and will it of stop-off’ at Philadeiphia within limit, 8 7 crape has near a dozen parties waiting | for his services at present,
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