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Lo AGESHOPS ON VINK,
The Carriuge Shops of Wilbar
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FIRE RAGES)
AUGUST 9, 1900,
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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,