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Present Topics o meres to Every Reader. 0 delegates, thirty-two in all, representing the state ‘he Py of Agricultural Education in all its Branches in of Agrienlture, there met at State lege a Conference o * 1 agricul ral organiza tions of Pennsylvania, to consider “1 Condition resent it free discussion and ir At this Conference a full and 1 } $ ¢ 1 $1 ! 5 . io took place, the delegates of cach OUrZanization being ca led finon. 1 apanas Enalle fan lated the result § : Conference finally formulated the results of following resolutions: Resolved, That it is the sense of this conference that ture Study should be introduced into the put Resolve dd, That this conference re quest from the next feg- islature an appropriation of £10,000 per vear for two vears for The Pennsylvania State College to defray the expenses of contin- uing the preparation aud distribution to the teac the pub lie schools of the State of bulletins and leafl#ts on Nature Study with special reference to Agriculture, Na- ie schools of Peno'a, 10s of Resolved, that this conference urges the Legislature to pro- vide for carrying into effect the Act of June 23, 1805, providing for the establishment of Towoship High SBehouls, Rleso'ved, That we request the State [eg to sufficient appropriation for the erection and maintenance at The Pennsylvania State College of a suitable building for the teaching of the different branches of Agriculture, including Dairying and Forestry. make rislature A legislative committee, ec vard, of Howard ; the Hon. Hira of Claridge ; Howard A. Chase of Harris! asked which it ise MIPS, Was als } app inte 1 for by the conf } XD Legislature, providing sylvania State Colle For years, 820.000, For the mai the : oo . Pennsylvania should Agriculture. The insi; state appropriates for ti 11 gm tail 34.1 y 8 HE SENATE, 1: A mbassador rel HH) amend ment was never until Wi Yi l our » dertaking. Clayton.-l dertook The H ay-Paun wwfot of a canal under the indirectly, : antees of nentrali canal. that maintainin while the g the elusive poss B810n Or Cf water-way and eq objection Sen itor Das is prop zed t ditions and stipuiation aid down of the canal “shall apply to m find it necessary to take for of the United States and 1 } + ch the denate the amendment whi It Wii be observed that it 18 ve dF INOS OD vViIous tation, however, is that it reserves to States the right it Of blockade the canal in the ever 3 Ww very probably I “necessary to the efonse : ¥ tod though it made the treaty itself void absolute naval control of the Caribbean 8S wonld be exercised, i States,” his country would have an a and the approaches to t he canal, such a necessity hardly woald arise under any conditions easily to be foreseen. but the Senate has thought 14 ars . iL Wiser to provide for it. If the British Government accepts the amendment, all diplomatic ob If it be rejected, it )egin fresh negotiations or to take measures C gtacles to the canal enterprise will be removed. will be necessary either to | for the abrogation of the layton Balwer treaty as proposed by Sena- tor Money, in order to release this government engagements that hamper independent action. As the President will of course re. | spect existing treaty obligations, no actual legislation looking to the | construction of the canal can be perfected until these diplomatic pre. liminaries have been finally disposed of. It is unquestionably the pre. : vailing sentiment of the country that if the canal is to be constructed { by the United States the control of it shall be trammeled by no condi- i tions save those imposed by the common law of civilized nations. i Lord Poncefote has told Secretary Hay that Great Britain will not atoept the Hay Pounce | fate treaty as amendad by the Souste, A strong element 10 the senate favors tha abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty in spesifie { terme. Abrogation might not prevent Great Reitain from insisting that we live up to the terms of ithe compact, That uation might appeal to arms to enlforos such & contention, from all 1 ti We fl T IS computed that the list of pensioners has passed the million anark, as on the 1st of July the official reports showed 993.520 ames on the list, starting with eleven widows and daughters of ro. volutionary soldiers. New laws going into effect, with the additions from the Cuban and Philippine wars, have added seveal thousands nd the end is not yet; for there are 437,104 pension claims pending, ut most of these are for increases, there being only 155.990 claims for original pensions, Last year 43,324 pensioners were dropped from the list by reason of death in nearly all the cases. | S5,.500,000 FOR SCHOOLS. to Veto the School Appropriation | Abandoned, The State Administration , | Governor's right to veto a portion i idently ngrees with the stand taken by ition of a veto was first w hispered. { This made evi { dent when C. Tyson Kratz, of Mont- | Romery county, announced that the | State had paid the costs in the suit abandonment was | er Providence Township to mandamus | the State Treasurer and Superintend {ent of Public to thi | the 85,500,000, instead of £5 000 000. as Lustruction pay {school appre priation on uasis of w HA ed by the Governor, | This case was argued some time ago. but was not passed upon by the Court Mr. begin Recently, when Kratz went to { Harrisburg to similar i ReVEeral i | suits, he made public that Lower | Providence school district had been the : 3 paid in full on the basis of and asked that the to pay the costs $3,500 1 HH) Mtate be compelled in the suite, which {the State did. It is said that the State does not “lan opinion on the constitutionality i {the school ay 3 i reasons that time, Mr. i {irom the Court i are nos Kratz asked an which would ge the State Treasurer and tendent of Public [nstruet ing all the sehool distrie on the KX) £5. 500 ( anid that this coul dis Lime esented three Mr. Kratz then pr petitions f mandamuses fron mrds of and i. vi nigomery cou : Uh ! Ynsd school Rockledge, Lsreenville Wel fl ty, to f the school fund ot is mirden it if there was no FON) basis, told the Co fisliked to with Dut Other | the money he would ask for every school district in | county, here is not the least dou {oy ery school distriet in { finally be paid on the 85 pt Deaths in Nearby ( Clinton | Watson, During serif fovm amu Fir aged eighty years, leased the vorks At fre At $ seventy and operate Mill Hall, wventy-five Nelit insgrove, hree year Mra. James Shearer, af | aged forty-nine years. Wm. the effects of a t yowers, of OO Mr Paxtonville, ion “ LF | place, Mra. Joseph Brunnor, a ty-four years wi i Nhe was the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom sur- M Mi filty-three i vive her, At the same place, % Hackenberg, a ged | years, Blair aged fifty-three years Francis P. Miles, of Tyrone, He born in Milesburg, this county, and was for | many years a ra'lroader, Was F.R. BR Co. Will 1» ce sue Clarieal Orders for 1901, The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- ny announces that clerical orders will be issued for the year 1901 to ordained clergymen having regular charge of churches located on the line of ita road. Application blanks may be obtained of ticket agents, and same should reach the General Office by December 22, that orders may be mailed December 81 to clergymen entitled receive | them. Orders will be issued only on | :ndividual application of clergymen | when made on blanks furnished by | the Company and certified to by one of its ngents, | Als AI Si A Birthday Party. A birthday surprise party was given | at the home of Mr Noll, northwest of | Centre Hall, last Wednesday evening, | Mr. Noll was away from home when his friends and neighbors gathered at his house to spend the evening; he was sent for, and on his arrival was greatly surprised. The presents were a varie. ty of useful articles, which shows how well Mr. Noll stands in his commuupi- ty. onsite SSB "4 Reiber « Bartges, W. Alfred Reiber, of Colyer, and Miss Della Anna Bartges, of Centre Hall, were married Wednesday even- ing in Bellefonte. The groom ls a son of Wm. Reiber, and is teaching school at Coburn. The bride is the only daughter of David L. Bartges and Is a young lady of many accomplish- ments, Of near wis to comm — A ———_ Call on A. C. Krape, Spring Mills, aud examioe his fine line of shoes. iw HILL RE-ELECTED MASTER. STATE GRANGE MET AT LOCK HAVEN. Appropriation to State College Requestod, Other Resolutions The Pennsylvania State Grange me! in i in annual session last week | Haven Lock Phere was an effort made on | the part of outsiders to make it appear | that there would be trouble in electing to suceeed Worthy Slate Mas Hill. Such did State Master Hill was i master W. 1 the cas e, i Ley Hot prove Una organized and were reorganiz penne: {and (i { a surprise hy tf Cini ral's not yet published, Ww 5 sitter of taxation on real Ie 3 Eq ed through dit hr if ios f& OF 9 ducting t ty tax and lected bry the state a governmenies, ti nt of taxes paid snd county pure poses was $15. 300 416 25 on the rea! «#- f 11 mimmonwealth valued at | <A L356, This is equal to an av. fs. 18 § { sixteen mills on the dole | iar. SRL gt id : § We find that tl ihe slate collects dl from corpo prroperty for the same | year, £7 835 010.4% on property valued ! at £2 000 ol than three | We bear 20 munh said by poli- ih HOOD. or less counties large nmounts, while the re | poris show that the counties collect | for and pay to the state over $6,000, O00 nutitiaily,’ 3 ties mien Verdiot for the Defendant, The trial of the suit between the Lehigh Valley Coal Co, as plaintiff, and the Beaver Lumber Co, as defend ante, went to the jury Monday even ing. This trial lovolved the title to some land in the Karthaus region, The ¢ase had been going on for the past two weeks and was tried by Judge Martin Bell, of Blair county. Orvis, Bower & Orvis represented the plain. tiffs and exJudge A. O, Furst and W. E Gray the defendants, It took Judge Bell two hours and a half to de- liver his charge to the jury. The jury went out Monday evening at 8 o'clock and returned a verdict Tuesday morn- in favor of the defendants, RL AB MSI 1900, DEATHS THROUGHOUT CENTRE Brief sketehes of Departed Friends, Who They Were and Where They Died. ABRAHAM ULRICH At 2 Abraham | 3 o'clock Bunday afternoon, home Altoona, The weased was a resident of Centre county, irieh died at the is son, A. H. Ulrich, at lireases incident to old 01 age, de- but had made his home with his Mr, 2 Lancaster ¢ Ulrich ty May but had resided is Led Or some time past, MAT 2 © munty tiie past farly years, being a farmer by He was married weet pation, times, his third wife | ¢ Sarah Bech- to whom he i. owing chi Mrs, Kan.; Mrs, Jane Js (rarrison, Ida Wi urn, { ngerd and le H i { : A ii 17 : * inermen Marriage Licenses, F. Lune, Bandyridge rel, Philipsburg. B. Grove H 0 Kman, wrier, cat £ Cari Te the The the Centre Reporter gular price of ashi in ad.oauce i> advance. fhe two can tpt - Attempted Kidaapping LS Wednesday f 3 morniog of | week, » : «old son of H. C. Tubal, of Adamsburg, was kidnapped early by ast X- Vent near two men, whose motive is a mystery. with them £0 They coaxed him to g hina gilt ur pass s Artned After en running bry was it When Mr man dropped among the the boy Wis bis barden and dodged in hills unhurt Both men escaped - - oe. MIA 62 FORK TURKEYS, Ealsing John 11 Bar's Great in “iUhristmae Dinners * Sore John H sold to John Kine, of Allentown, 1618 pounds of live turkeys, netting him $140 62. Mr. Bair has bad marked sue- fle and sue: lair, of near Tusseyville, re | ceeded in bringing to maturity 138 Of this number lifieen turkeys were dis- posed of before the sale of 100 was made to Mr, Kline, leaving fourteen birds to begin business with next spring. e——— i A ACS AI Week of Prayer, The pastors of Centre Hall had a meeting this week and resolved to ob: serve the Week of Prayer, January 6 to 12, 1001, by union services in the va- rious churches, Other towns have for years observed this week by such wser- vices with much enthusiasm and profit, Doubtless the citizens of this commu- nity will enter heartily into these ser vices contemplated by the ministers, Sold 100 Pigeons, N. W. Cronmiller, of Aaronsburg, re- cently sold fifty pairs of pigeons to Charles H. Woif, who shipped them to market together with a oar load of A NO, 5, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALi. PART! TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, i Fine December weather, plement No, § is encl with * of the Reporter. ine borough imntil Wed: 1 schools w id closed Lup December iesday morning, | The Benat bins Fre vole on snd y-Pauncefote canal {its amendments today, i mer i Ishler, one mi { burg ¥ Ah ui disease was termed hay 10sL Ltwn very | local 1 ststhaserid i HOrilies, Water was pu f.utheran age and the new hot of Alfred Rowe dolog the plumb- Atniue; last The i igte in Lauth- Centre Report The i sh. The NewYork is Yeek edition ie year, § 1.66 ubscribers 65 cents I'he Pittsburg Sur Lively uj ~Lo-Gale in every wautiful colortypes now the Sunday editions are 1¥ the bandsomest pictus BG OY any paper. Frank Lee, of in town Wednesday wit Mr. Lee is congratu- aliog himself upon having about thir- near wnrses for sale, sell ty-five tous of hay in his barn to or between this and spring. C. 8. Whitman, anton, Clinton coun ty, was removed Albert D place, postmaster at Lo- rom office, and Kerstetter named to fill the No chaiges were made against Whitman, but he evidently got into some local political mixup. Nothing adds more luster to a man's dress than well laundered linen. Pure, spotless linen will counteract many other defects. The finest clothing will not atone for unkempt linen. Wm. MeCU. Wolf will have it properly laun- dered for you, Wm. Tarbert, chief manager of the Howard Creamery business at Coburn, ‘phones that business in the creamery lice is improving. Farmers are begin. ning to fead grain sud housing their catile, all of which has a desirable ef- feet on the milk pail and Wilson checks, On Monday and Tuesday, 24th and 25th inst, will give to every customer at my store, a treat, and on Christiuas day between the hours of ten and elev: on a, mi. will give to all children under twelve years of age, coming to my store, something for their sweet tooth, Briog the babies. —(i, O, Bexxun, Samuel Shannon Post, No. 282, G. A. R, will install their newly elected officers at the regular meeting to be held Saturday, Jaouary Sth, after which a basket dinner will be served in their hall in the foundry building, over Irvin's hardware store. An Invi. tation is extended to all veterans who are nol members of the Grand Army, and their wives and daughters, to meet with the Post members around the dioner table. Come, and don’t forge poultry composed of turkeys, ducks, the bastret,
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