VOL. LXXIII.
TRICKY CHINA.
Chinamen Try to Trick the Ministers,
Bryan's Chances Good in the
Western States.
Russia dickering with China inde-
pendently; England landing troops at
Shanghai, where there had been no se-
rious trouble; Germany naming the
Commander-in-Chief of the foreign
troops in China, and the government
of China trying to trick the foreign
ministers at Pekin, including the
American Minister, into going out of
Pekin to be killed by Chinese soldiers:
These are a few of the important items
of news which have come to Washing
ton during the last few days, and have
had to be handled by the subordinates
in charge during the continued ab-
sence of Mr. McKinley and Secretary
Hay. One message was sent to Minis-
ter Conger that was made public, and
one that was not. The first left him
free toact in his discretion, which
leaves the administration free to make
an official scapegoat of him if heshould
be so unfortunate as to make a mistake.
That is also the sort of order that (Gen-
eral Chaffee, who is in command of the
handful of Americans who are with
the so-called allied army, which has
fought its way about one-fourth of the
distance between Tien Tsin and Pekin
is acting under. They are so conven-
jent you know. If everything
right, they can be claimed as implying
the perfect confidence felt by this gov-
ernment ete.; while if anything goes
wrong it can be charged to lack of
judgment or brains on the part of the
agent,
Every disinterested man who
into any portion of the middle west re-
ports the existence of conditions which
are calculated to increase the confi-
dence of Democrats in the election of
Bryan and Stevenson. Mr. J. H.
Ralston, a well-known Washington
lawyer, has just returned from a visit
to Quincey, Ill, his old home. Speak-
ing of his trip he said: *I did not go
west to observe political conditions,
but in the course of my journey I had
numerous opportunities to learn how
things were going. At Quiney I had
many intimate friends, and I talked
politics with a large number of them
without indicating which side I was
disposed to favor. The character of
my information was very favorable to
the Democrats. I ean give
instances which I know to be reliable,
They are of men who used to practice
law with me in Quincey. One of them
is Capt. Michael Piggott, an Irishman
of much more than local fame, who
was postmaster of Quincy for eight
years, and four years ago an enthusias-
tic supporter of Mr. McKinley and the
Republican ticket. This year he
squarely for Mr. Bryan. He is a man
of influence in those parts and high
re<-pected. The other man I have in
mind is W. A. Richardson, the son of}
a former U. 8. Senator, and an
member of the Legislature. In
he was a gold Democrat and wrote
many articles supporting Mr. MeKin-
ley. Now he is advocating Mr. Bry-
an’'s election. There are many Ger-
mans in that vicinity, and the German
vote this year will be with the Demo-
erats. The German farmers are against
the administration of Mr. McKinley
and will not support him again, I
took some pains to secure accurate in-
formation on that point.”
Mr. J. 'T. Bailey, who is a drummer
with headquarters at Little Rock,
Ark., is visiting Washington friends,
He said of the political attitude of the
drummers: “The drummers realize
that their only hope is in the election
of the Democratic ticket. The Demo-
crats are pledged to enact legislation to
control trusts, and unless something is
#oon done to earrect the evils of trusts
it will be bu” 3 very little while before
the drummer will find his occupation
gone. The drummers see the drift of
the Republican party, which is con-
trolled by the trusts, and therefore it
is to our interests to do all we can to
insure the election of Bryan and Ste-
venson. I have failed to meet any
man who believes in changing the Re.
public into an Empire, as the Republi-
cans seem bent on doing. I have re
cently met a number of gold Demo-
crats who supported McKinley in
1696, and they told me they were for
Bryan and would work day and night
to secure his election, because he rep-
resents the people in this fight against
imperialism. It is my opinion, based
on what I know of the situation, that
Mr. Bryan will sweep the country as
Mr. Cleveland did in 1802."
AM ——
A peculiar wreck occurred on the
Western New York and Pennsylvania
road. When the flyer was coming
down Kane hill the baggage car left
the track and was broken in twain.
The rest of the train kept the track and
closed up to the engine, running some
distance before it was discovered that a
enr was missing. There were seventy-
five passengers aboard, but noone was
hurt,—Newton Hamilton Watchwan,
ROes
RO€8
you two
is
ex-
189%
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE.
Nearly Every Graduate Had Secured a Yo
sition before Commencement Day,
The last Catalogue of The Peunnsyl-
vania State College shows not only the
largest attendance in the history of the
but many improvements in
other respects. The steady and sub-
stantial growth of the College is due
to the fact that, with an exceptionally
able Faculty, it insists upon maintain-
ing a high standard of scholarship and
conduct, and the unusually fiine
ord of its graduates is becoming
known and appreciated, not only
throughout Pennsylvania, but in the
whole country,
A large proportion of the students
follow technical courses, such as Civil,
Electrical, Mechanical or Mining En-
gineering, Chemistry, Agriculture,
Biology, and the like ; but with chang-
es going into effect this year, increased
provision is made for the general
courses in Languages and Literature,
History, Political Science, Philosophy,
and similar subjects.
In these general courses,
College,
rec-
students
may hereafter drop mathematics
the end of Freshman year, and
devote their time to the subjects
ed above and to
If one
of
at
then
nam-
vrrirng branches of
Ww
tn
become
yer,
science,
teacher
a
n
high Fiaalik, i
cated man generally,
ment of studies will afford the best
kind of opportunity. The next session
opens September 13, 1900,
Perhaps the most interesting an-
nouncement made at the last Com-
mencement was that nearly every
member of the graduating class (the
class numbered forty-four) from the
full four years’ technical courses had
already secured a position in the line
of his profession.
the new arrange-
m——————
Pennsylvania Experiment Station.
The comparison of new and standard
varieties of wheat begun by the Ex-
periment Station Pennsylvania
State College in 1587 has been
ued through the present season.
the varieties were badly injured
winter killing and the Hessian fly,
says Prof. The yield was
therefore very low in comparison with
at
contin.
All
by
nos Hess,
HALL, PA.,
READERS of
the REPORTER
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Give the Reporter a Trial Trip at
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been per year,
time before December 1st, and secure
the benefit of the
The rate
reduced rate.
to new subscribers is one
dollar per year in ad vance,
Trial subscribers can get the Reporter
ty-five cents,
fair in all things. It has no quarrel to
its
riment
columns to be used the det-
of
to
individuals or
this fact in mind, and not allow
All
shorn of all objectionable matter
W. H.
them. communications will
tions to this paper.
ss fs Afr
v ienie Attraction:
Messrs. Porter & Sober, of Lewisburg,
will light Grange Park
coming Encampment with
gas, A plant will be put up for that
purpose some time previous to the
opening of the camp.
— ed ms
Chambersburg Hasiness College.
. B. Ripka, one of the prin-
College, placed an advertisment in the
Reporter. That institution is prosper-
Prof. Ripka is a son of Adam CC.
ka, of Centre Hill.
t——
The Foundry Busy.
O. Rearick’s Centre Hall
A——— —————
operation. Mr. Rearick has built up
other years. The five varieties giving |
the highest yield were :
Reliable.....
Dawson
Rn a 23 bu
o det nC halt ssssemnsrnts sess 1 300
Metz Longberry Red a kbn 16
Fulcaster
. 0
1
é“
The poorest variety, “Fultz Medi
terranean,’’ produced only 5.94 bushels,
The average of 11 bearded chafl varie
ties was 14.41 and of 12
chaff varieties, 12.47 bu
with
chaff varieties are affected more by the |
Hessian fly than bearded chaft varie-
ties. The wheat was
affected than the early sown.
Eaily Genese Glant.... ‘ i
bu. smooth
late sown leas
Four
31st and four sown
}
and 20.13 bu.
The season
bu. ; TESpec tively.
very unfavorable
throughout in this locality, the crop
upon some fields on adjoining farms
vot equalling the seed used,
The annual reports and
bulletins of this Station will
free of charge, on application,
quiries on agricultural
swered so far as poasible,
ing H. P. Armsby,
College.
~~ Backets Not In It, r
John 8. Dauberman wishes to thank
the peop le of Centre Hall for their
kind assistance offered during the re
cent fire. He says, however, that not
a bucket full of water was poured on
his building or on the fire near by, but
that the hose and the borough water
are solely responsible for the good work,
While the large hose were playing on
the burning building of Mr. White
man, a small hose in the hands of
Mise Helen Hosterman were constant-
ly throwing a stream against Mr. Dau-
berman’s house, Before borough wa-
ter was in existence, any one during a
fire would have been glad to see such
a stream available, to say nothing of
the two streams coming from an inch
and inch and a quarter nozzles. The
bucket brigade was'nt in it. This is
the truth, >
was
quarterly
be sent,
and in-
subjects an-
by address-
Director, State
———— AA A
Reduced Rates to Grangers’' Plenle at Will-
ama’ Grove via Pennsylvania Rallrosd.
For the Twenty-seventh Annual In-
ter-State Grange Picnic Exhibition, to
be held at William's Grove, Pa. August
27 to Beptember 1, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Compaoy will sell excursion
tickets from August 25 to September 1,
inclusive, good to return until Septem
ber 8, inclusive, at rate of one fare for
the round-trip, from principal stations
between East Liberty and Bryn Mawr; | t
on the Northern Central Railway,
between Stanley and Lutherville, in-
clusive, and on the Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad Division east of and in-
cluding Waterford,
For information in regard to train | 27
service and specific rates, application
| The Centre Hall corn planter is known
{in almost every state in the union,
{and when it is once introduced it has
no competition.
workmen,
fp
Henry Hartawick Dead
Heury Hartawick, of State
died Saturday evening, at the age
sixty-eight years. He was an honored |
and respected man in his community.
He is survived by his wife, and three
sons, John, N. N,, and Adam. A very
large number of relatives and friends
attended the funeral at Pine
which was conducted by Rev.
“
College,
A.
was the church of the deceased’s choice.
Mr. Hartswick was prominent in
Grange aflairs in his community.
MIA SR
Chambers After Them ,
E. R. Chambers, in a reply to an
attack upon him for aiding in securing
the release of a number of pick-pockets
during the Centennial, says in part:
“When the honest farmer holds his
Granger Picnic at Centre Hall, a few
of the people from Bellefoute go over
and complain of him because there are
a few fakirs at the picnic ; then we get
up a big Centennial and hold it in
Bellefonte, largely at the expense
of the country people; then
the Burgess without consulting
the Borough Bolicitor, grants a license
to twenty-one different gamblers to do
business publicly on our streets; then
he appoints twenty-one extra police-
men to protect the gamblers the coun-
try people needed no police, they were
our guests, then we invite the farmers
to come into town and see the “‘ele-
phant”, After they have been fleeced
out of their money on the “wheel of
fortune'’’, on the "dice board’, on the
“sweat board” and on a “card game’’,
all of which run openly on the streets,
each gambler with a license sticking
in his hat, they are at home."’
That's just the case, only at the
Grange Encampment the fakir is sent
off the grounds and out of town as
soon as it is discovered that he does un-
lawful business,
Ln MI MS
Redoced Rates vin, Pennsylvania Railroad
for Mt, Gretos Farmers’ Exposition,
On account of the Farmers’ Exposi-
tion, to be held at Mt, Gretna, Pa,
August 20 to 24, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell round-trip
tickets to Mt, Gretna and return, at
rate of one fare for the round trip, from
principal stations between Kast Liber-
Bryn Mawr ; on the Northern
by and’ Rallway bel ween Stanley and
Lutherville, inclusive, a on the
Philadel bia snd Erle Railroad Divi
sion east of and Jaeluding, Waterford.
Tickets will be sold August 18
inclusive, good to return ol ha
7 Judjusive.
For information Ju regard
should be made to ticket agents, 2¢
RE
AUGUST
TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE,
One-fourth the Balldings In Tarbotville
Destroyed by Fire,
One-fourth of the bulldings in the
little farming town of Turbotville were |
destroyed by a destructive fire Friday |
afternoon of last week. Forty-seven |
buildings and a lumber yard are in ru-|
ins, Of this number twenty-one
dwellings, three are stores and twenty- |
three are stables. As a result about 150
people are homeless and many |
of them are camping in the woods near |
the town
It is believed that
burned to death.
has been made, Mrs. Baran Brown, an
aged lady, is missing. She has not |
{ been seen since the flames consumed |
her home shortly after the conflagra- |
| tion started,
The lire broke out in
| occupied jointly by John Moser
and Peter Meuges, A large quantity
i of new hay was stored in the loft
{it is beli ved that it ignited
| spontaneous combustion.
After the tive had set several dwell-
+, the force of the fire fight
ers was augmented by scores of women
carried |
walter to the men engaged in throwing |
{it upon the burning buildings.
are |
One person was |
a large barn |
and
|
and
Was by
ings ablaz
{and girls of the town, who
The three stores that were destroyed |
| were conducted respectively by Peter |
{ Menges, R. Hayman and Lewis Rob-
lernolt. For three hours the wind |
{drove the flames from building to |
| building, destroying everything in its |
| path. Fences and outbuildings were
licked up like so much tissue paper.
to Watsontown
and Milton for assistance, but
| the apparatus started for the scene t he
{appeals were cancelled owing to the
| scarcity of water.
SCARCITY OE WATER. |
Every cistern and well in the town
{ was pumped dry. The farther spread
| of the flames was stopped shortly after
4 o'clock by a row of brick buildings.
Turbotville has a population of about |
| 500 people, than build-
{iogs. It is along narrow settlement |
and was «9 constructed that it was al
suitable prey for such a fire as raged
Friday. The people of the town are poor |
and mu suffering will result from
| the fire,
i
Messages were sent
before
with less aK)
i
A conservalive estimate of the loss |
is about $50,000. All the buildings de- |
stroyed were frame and were cheaply |
constructed as a rule. All the
tents of the dwellings were consumed. |
con. |
cA ——
LINDEN HALL,
The festival Saturday evening was al
| decided success in every way, and all |
| + eeme d to have a good time generally.
| Quite a number of our people attend-
ed the woods meeting held at Egg Hill
| over Sunday, and report the sermons |
| preached there excellent.
G. E. Gettig took a flying business
| trip to Penn Hall Tuesday.
We are sorry to state that Mrs. Hen-
ry Zeigler is again confined the
house with asthma,
Miss Jennie Syler, of Union county,
has been visiting her cousins, Misses
Bertha aud Edith Gingerich, the past
four weeks.
Mrs. Illizabeth Gettig returned home
Friday Inst, after an extended visit
with fiends in Pittsburg and Altoona.
Dr. and Mrs. Kent, east of town, are
entertaining some of their many
friends,
Lucian Bpicher, who was seriously
hurt one day last week, is again able
to be around.
Mrs. Ned Bellers, of Oak Hall, and
Mrs. A. V. Kline, of Btate College,
were pleasant callers in our communi-
ty Tuesday last.
— i ——
REDUCED RATES TO CHICAGO VIA
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
to
Account G, A. BR, Encampment,
On account of the Thirty-fourth An-
nual Encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, to be held at Chicago,
August 27-31, inclusive, the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets from points on its line to
Chicago, at rate of single fare for the
round trip.
Tickets will be sold on August 25, 26,
and 27, good to return until August 31
inclusive; but by depositing ticket
with joint agent at Chicago prior to
noon of September 2, and the payment
of fifty cents, return limit may be ex-
tended to September 30, inclusive,
aug-3t.
ls I A —
REDUCE! RATES TO DETROIT VIA
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
Account Knights of Pythias, Biennial Con.
clave,
For the Biennial Conclave, Knights
of Pythins, at Detroit, August 27 to
September 1, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company will sell excursion tick
ets from all stations on its line to De
troit, at rate of single fare for the round
trip.
Tickets will be sold on August 25
26, and 27, good to return between
August 28 and September 5, inclusive;
but by depositing ticket with joint
agent at Detroit not later than Septem-
qa | ber 1, and the payment of fifty cents,
return limit may be extended to Sep.
tember }4, inclusive, aug-t
1900,
NO. 34.
Semi-Local News Taken fr
| Peculiar Accidents that
Excite Sympathy.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
ment Young Men's
(om args,
Depa ri-
Christian associa-
| erect a handsome
building this fall.
$4000,
Mrs,
Peters,
Tuesday
It will cost about
Francis Peters,
of Mill Hall,
night of
Je
Blairs
wife of
fell down
inst week,
she
aud frac-
Was Unconscious
for some time. Bhe is improving.
Little Helen Crispen, the 6 year old
Mill Hall,
oes last
week. The child
merry go round,
was riding
which bad been rude-
On
in
ly constructed by several boys, when
stated.
Fred Huffman, of Windfall, Lycom-
ing county, a few days ago
a heifs
she feil off with the result
, was riding
r, when he slipped ofl’ its
hiar-
ness and the
downward,
boy was dra
the
when the |
Ho K Was
ad
was badly bruised.
of Watervill
at Jersey Bhore,
and died
third attempt
He boarded
Criover No
ry
Finally,
fell
He
Eugene Glover, e, who
been
swallowed
day.
he
working
huine next
stryz it
This was the
had made on his life.
his . M.
the
and four children.
O3 Years old.
uncle,
(ilove
He Wi
is assigned for act.
has a wife
house at
sons Station was demolished by a wreck
the
east-bound
The large boarding
Creek raliroad
train sideswiped
which
oft
Beech
a wesi-
contact threw
CATS the track. The
at
build-
ing. Noone was injured. The wreck
g ,
a 80m -
during
a window,
bathin
window sill.
Raymond Gabert, 9 years old,
got out of bed
$
urday night
ft went to
thinking
r he was in
rd
Her
The la
The fall was heard a block away
Young Gabert was
aa f x Tp nd p
ous for two hours, and is still
ina pee: sarious ‘condition.
near ( uderaport, and
sult Lee Wong,
within an ace of being burned t
a8 KR e-
a laundryman, came
o death
and
f He
from the
was of incendiary
©.
ffocate
The fire
bel
fb
ried half suf urning
jfeved was started
Chi
and it is
for the purpose o
man alive.
George Baker,
with a wooden leg, was the victim of a
murderous assaul recently
his way bome from Latrobe
overtaken by a carriage
irning the
of Bradenville, a man
=‘
# Feil
t wile
He
Was
ride. He accepted the invitation, and |
attacked him, taking his watch and
money. They then took off his wood-
es leg and threw him into the reservoir
of the Duquesne coal works.
rescued almost drowned,
Miss Mary Steely, employed
the J. B. Sellheimer family,
ing the Mifflin County National
Was pass.
Bank
erat and Sentinel, with ber pecketbook
| HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Fipansion,
Mot a fe
Most
er Uother
mornin
BMOsin” sort of cuss
Hed a curus style about him
Cert'n’y coulda’t well be wuss
fm, partner
in’ way
i BR Wh i hail ’
¢ in kno
Porto Rico, |
siiow down on Broadway
8 shockin’ head o, hair
nents
suliandish air,
frum 8 feller shoul
1,
it before we'd Lime Lo say
This yere heathen Surped an’ answer'd
A.
'‘Hoosolulu, 1
Met a fi val
La & Om her
ow do al Olive
ero On
whiskers
nan’ gone.
for & quarter
Et far away
be varmint answered
Uvercostl was lin
y' BOX
ner,
Hig awkward
b
way
Write in big charac ters
ve 10 answer
A
ver heard of
pee fi
Duds { re
e Lock Haven
s newsient
Democrat is one of
excha
Anges
that comes on
porter's exchange table,
le, of Calif
Mi
M 15808
Miss
visiting
west of
wna,
lesburg,
Potter,
nee
is
iiamsport
Wetatus,
t. 11 to 14.
1 all railroads.
fair will
be held
Thursday and
Reduced rates
y, Sep
insurance advertisement of
He ively
he ¢ hinges, and takes a
lomew, is act
{ risks.
cement works which
rsome time, may be
es and pat into op
ar fist
Ar falure,
Read the
Pen
new advertisement
~1 ol
is
Sts
Atherton
of the
Under
College
§
LeVIVania £
A.
lege.
i. te has
rward and will contin-
*
Ki
y do
0
Old
under the
of the
and his con-
ily beyond the
1
$
assing from
But
&ica al present,
Out
ion.
COT, IR
cioud of afflict one
family is
dition is such that there is no doubt of
his recovery.
Beveral new street lamps were added
number that have
ir several years. The town
lighted and is a good ex-
to the already large
been in use {i
1
size to follow,
Spring Mills had a splendid shower
of rain Thursday of last week that did
The rain of
from it, between eight and nine dollars,
handed the pocketbook back
anything about it, and then departed.
of him.
After suffering for ten hours, during
which time his throat was gradually
swelling and catting off his breath,
2-year-old William Nagle, of Philadel-
phia, died at the Presbyterian hospital
as result of swallowing a mouthful of
hot potato. The child seized a hot po-
tato during the temporary absence of
his mother on Saturday, and a portion
lodged in his throat and severely
burned the membrane. Everything
was done to relieve his sufferings, but
the burns were of such a peculiar nat-
ure that they caused the throat to swell
and he choked to death.
Sometime ago, Mrs, Anna M. Jones,
of Marcus Hook, Pa, accidentally
swallowed a lizzard, whiie drinking
water. Frequently the reptile climbed
up into her throat, but at all times
sucoesefully resisted all altempls at
ejectment. Mrs, Jones was a prey to
the constant fear that in one of the ex-
cuarsions of the lizard she would be
choked to death. A few nights ago,
after complainiog of a choking sensa-
tion, she suddenly expired. It is be
leyed that her dread of an imminent
olent death had a fatal effect upon
her heart, as there was no wridesoe of
{
aud did not reach Tusseyville and only
a short distance above town.
Miss Ella Decker, of Chicago, came
Mrs, Green Decker, in Georges valley.
Miss Decker has been in Chicago for
| four years, and ex pects to return again.
At present she is spending the time
with her cousin, Mrs. W. O. Rearick,
in Lhis place.
Samuel Barger, of Roland, while
walking on the Pennsylvania railroad
below Milesburg, was struck by a pas-
ness. Barger was about 80 years old
and quite deaf, so that he didn’t hear
the coming train.
While farmers through the county
must haul water long distances and
many towns are experiencing a searci-
ty, Centre Hall has an abundance of
water and no restrictions bave been
placed on any one. The hose are free-
ly used to sprinkle the streets, wash
off walks, ete, and yet the supply on
hand is not lessened.
Centre Hall has two produce compa-
nies that are doing an extensive busi-
ness, One firm goes under the name
of Simon Harper & Co., with Walter
M. Kerlin, manager; the other is the
Penns Valley Produce Company, Are
thar E. Kerlin, manager. Both
ties ship firsl-class goods and
prompt in their business. A. 8.
lin, while able to attend to
laid the foundation for these two
cerns by selecting choice produce and
shipping it in good condition,