VOL. LX REPUBLIGARS AT WAR. HMAMILTON LEADS FOR QUAY AND IS SKUNKED. Bennison Proves a Useful Tool for Parting Company Tells Tales, C.pt Hastingr, “Liar “thief I” “traitor I" To Say the county edHnvention luesday had 0 their fn cal Republicans at mitidly, Up to a few to the county days previous primaries, it was thought the convention would be a tame aflair, bu! sltogether the contrary was the both 16st AONE There was bad blood, and sides relieved themselves of the eriiu- floor of instances son fluid on the the conven tion. It was in most pot calling the kettle black. I't by County Chairman Reeder, and e convention was calied to iH CC. Quigley was elected reading clerk, and Frank MeCoy, of Polters aid Hard P. Harris, of Bellefonte, "is & Jit t were chosen secretaries, first con- Lew! fo Captain 8, m. was named, aud thea Joho Hamiltou ymiaated W, EK. I'he tion of Bennison by was r permanent chairigan ¥ Benuaison, of #3 i ié war Lhe ray. ele Of 62: 5 A A to Gd) 1 ex-governor took a seat i ordered i of ti give decisions accordingly; 1@ chalrmad, ane £40 to act, fe coizld have bad no more power had he | been ia Lhe chair himself. Bef the platform and had an of wre ehisirman Beanison reac yoOortuul 3 ta (hank the couvention for the honor, | i mot t ei-UGavernor Hastings made a i It was tat | that afl eggpiutions be referre ) 1 Le Ccouim we of segolutions. insurgents | Agri He the ove on the part of the Secretary of Mmilure boil. that made Yisuijton's blood took the floor and offered ing resolutions: al ounce r 1 foliow- | ssl ved sec nd ballot, over P. D. Foster, State © allege, There was n: nomination for trict Attorney, I'he ported through the chairman, Govern- committees an resolutions or Hastings. The resolutions indorse the national Administration, pay high ermpliment to President MeKin-. ley, but fuil to mention Quay or the State Admin istration, i which contained which secking Phis brouzht Governor Hastings to his feet the miuority report, the vind for ii he Thompson wera in ralion who deliverel a previously tspeech, which it Is elalmel by delphia Taquirer was possibly written Ise. Among many oth- BRIBERY DENOUNCED fioaus of this coguty al th sal or siate of Rin sure, at he epresent gt Liar Prosetine aul « Whose every ollicial nim you § iy 1 wen | have inst lected Wo wis, bLasely mess of poltage secre ume Lo be the leaders of Republi the adroit inter use of legisla & reptile by de darkuess sssumed | iblic, 0 draw forth | treasury 10 pay the | ing like the of FROM THE PAUIFIC COAST A. N. Bguokle Writes About Califorals, His | Fresen: Home Many of the Reporter readers willl John and at one time tescher ti 4 | Sania Ana, California. Hear Runkle, de- | of the | He Orapge | Associate Judge, eased, iis place, is now located at his own | “1 have been recelving the Reporiey | goa Hin ifsstings took objections to ihe | amendment, then followed a scene sel dom witteased in Kind. being mobbed by moa wha we gatherings Chairman Basanjson ese neat to pegtect their rights as true The righ Y al ile publicans, the yeas aad nays was deviled them b) ' ; ] t ol arbitrary, presumplyons ruling by the eg rman, but with a fair vole jt would aurried by a t fave two-thiids vote, : Order was fiaally restored and the fesoiulious was 5). H. Hastings, Fes lefonte; H. R. Curtin, ftoiand; H ¥. Chgpey, Worth; John Hamilton, H. Gramley, Miles. cominiliee «i an- | nounced as follows i | ’ { ! i + State Col jege; C. REEDER BF-ELECTED. Governor Hastings thes pominated | Colonel Wilber J. Reeder for goguly ehsirman for 1992 {he Secretary of | Agriculture nomioated U. &, Womels- dorl, of for chalrgian, | When his name called to Hamilton read a bitter attack ou Col. | Header. It with cal-esils gud laughter, the disorder be- | n- ¢ : Philipsburg wis Yolg was greeted Jeers, | ing so great that only those in the i mediate vicinity hegid words Leeder was elected by a vote of §7 chairman Lis LO 4 ) & The remarks referred to feeder were in part as follows: The "Jz i“ 3. 2 rgent” movement, 88 a movement, is of Its defeated and discredited | still alive, with no place to go and | sing more Ww lose, They now only desire | eM hey have no tedest wi Lhe success of i s Rep DULICRD Paily UN Iess LOE Wall Dikiig her graiifjcatiou which they seek, revenge | propose to strike eve Republicas who slo «d for bis party when they were recreant to | 1u priociples, aud 4 desire power ia order to do ois nore efentualty. The "secret denis” with | she Democrais by mdvoessing “fusion” has dis Cig tied them as Republicans and bigs giso cats | #4 hen tobe despised by the Dewmaorpis Ther hagegiven thelr time sud money to eat | down Wie regglar Republicaa organization, pot Lo badd BB up ill the Repulntcuin nf fonvention agree WW the muse of the posi sigs of county chairman’ Will teey rerlegt as | Shar chnicioan & Wan Wao did all in his power to dudvil the Eepublicans of the State ast win ter at Harrigburg? Woo spent days at that Lime Tobby ing sgaivgt Marshall for spesker and Sens wr Bn der jor presklent pro tempore of the Sete ate? Whodid all Io his power (o preveut the owwetion of Sénmtor Quay Wo ane United Slates patals? Who hat ideuiified himself with lige who hep been vaapoken in denouncing the Be sab est pasty of Peunsylvania? Woo violafed | bs pledge au oheinnan of the Republican or. | gaudzad wu of Contre gounty last fall, when af. er agreeing upon the espdidacy of John K Taompsou as representative of (he Slaiwart He suiljesns, Wok a special train aod visited him For Asis PUT pene of gettiog iim $9 break his pledges ang aie ag ginet the arly which elected him Riv Posrfy Bis specitic instructions? Who is so digtrusted ut Lela headgusriers as to be unable Lor sec tive the owonl Gog ii les extended to county epsirmen in other ound 0f Peousylvanis Be inet Tall was unable wo get Geuspotiation for is absent voters of his esonty from he pile guitien, nithougn this is acoorded as a right io sil frye Repubiiwn chairmen in the counties of Feuyey vanis? Who was regarded ae PO untros Lo hie parey g4 10 make It unsafe (oen trpat the trans por talon Lo lie control, and whose swoonduet both at Harrsburg goed in his Fhliigopisz trip showed that he Had ben Fightly esi{mgled by the site chairman? John M. Dale, of Bellefonte; Will jam M. Allison, of Bowvicg Mills, and J. N, Behoounover, of Philipsburg, erp placed jg nomination for delegates to the Btate gonyention, When Hamil ton’s name was again called he repeat. ad his tactics, reading sa gitack on William M. Allison, the anti-Guay member of the Legislature, The dis order this tise was even greater than before, The ballot resulted as follows: Dale, 967 Allison, 84; Behoonover, 50, For Prothosstary, KE. C. McKinley, ww : ¥ Faw this county ut this it. 1 wnt memories, briogs back to me many pleas. | I have in this ounty thivestl yay, gnd take it been I t . 0 know of the ers will be interested some uf sel a ! of tisving Tel | county has 1,150 the evenly 2 3 this io ty country. smallest | 3 is One exinties ino the stats, Centre It is bit square miles, square miles most nia o guljes. and has a population of 00. Up to 189 it { Wis Bb pall of i It takes io the | Aus Valley, the most fertile section of the state. Santa Ans | i sii -ve miles south west of Los Angeles city, : olLos Angeles ¢ minty. Santa i The resources of Orange county are | almost limitless, and can only be treat- A products of this county might be ques- of the! statement ers, but I wish they could be here to} Here is given the acreage of a few of the important crops: hay, 13.600: stigar wheat, 22.500; celery, a a 1 5 In Centre county no one knows how | i bounaasies, Lit it is different, | har he ; . i non bearing fruit trees of Orange | county. Bearing Non Bearirg. | . R54 62% i 5 045 i i i i { pies Pr glgln Fe », iy Oiiven 5y 22578 58 3.555 24.050 21.780 630% #5610 ART 1 45 123% 52.548 1iIR. 7.0 ; # seanien T8680 Mr. Runkle may wiile gealn and say how many oranges are harxesied from an acre of ground; the value of | the crop to the grower; something | about corn, hay and any other crops lf on SOLDIERS REUNION, Pear Lomo { ; Wa, apt f Plas Groye Milly the Pigoe snd Ser pomuer | th the Date, The Executive committees of the! Centre County Veterans Association held 8 meeting in Bellefjate Satyrday to make arrangements for the holding of their anousl reanion, Gon, James A. Beaver presided and thers was a fuli aitendance of the members, It was degided tq hold the re inion and picoic at Pine Grove Mills, Sgtyr- day Beptember 7th. The following eommjtiees were appointed: Arrange ments—Capt. William H, Fry, chair- man; Jacob Bunday, John W. Stewart Transportatign—Col. Austin Curtin, chairman; W. A. Ishler, W. C. Patter- son. Bpeakerg—Gegeral James A. Beaver, Chairman; Gapt. George Boal, Captain 5. H. Benuison, The railroad company will offer spe. cial rates for this opeasion, The pie. nie groynd ig a new ane gud the peaple of Pine Grove Mills and vicinity are noted for their hospitality, all of which should tend to draw a large crowd to of Mijesbyrg, wus nominated on the HALL, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 0, REARICK IN ILLINOIS, STATE CAPITOL COMMISSION, the Country, Drought, Prices and | Three Republicans and One Bowrd Which Will Spend $1.000,000, Governor Btone Saturday Tells of Vsople W. O Reariek, formerly the senior partner of the Centre Hall Implement Works, who is temporarily in the west, |} Capitol; William H. Graham, Allegheny, William P. Snyder, Spring City. favors the Reporter readers with an interesting letter written July 2 29. from | Winthorp, Towa, prior to starting fo Charles Clty, lowa. Here itis in full: This finds Hiram Durst, and myself in this beautiful town of about 600 Northern Towa, about of Du- | buque, on the Mississippi river. Wi ih Edward Bailey, Harrisburg, morning Nathan C. Behaeffer, Lancaster, + Dr. Rehaefler Democrat, inimission is named under the provi inhabitants in is a sixty miles west sions of the Fox Capitol completion iil, Under the act Governor [spent Sunday and looked on wonder Ligre the | stores on their way home from church while others worked on the nu people traded at the which is nt legisiative build railroad This is a fine farming eountry, but condition the: long drought and hot the country in has be alarmiog. There are ne and everythin fi The unix from Railroad | feat ie is almost arable, gl g | burn hundreds of acres, | re £Lras Ti 0, hay stacks aad farn will o : 35333 { ulQIing butldings. ere be little or nol . Wp oo BAIN 'N THE West have seen fo this stats The 1 Drought Broken in Ma West rips Partially Saved i * Corn cul | no signs of | A il ry rn Sewtions The oat crop is fo twenty very p MIT, | per | The straw is burned so dry and | vielding ten bushels Sra ai § When we arrived four visit and visited | with Mrs. Margaret McNeal, sister of M. J. Liecker, Leitzel, formerly of Spring Mills, Rov | land Kerr, son of Mrs. Myra Kerr, and | in Chicago we an days’ tieorge and Samuel fr iw W. Spangler All these young 0g positions, men bold good pay- John Spicher, who accompanied us 3 104 0 Chigago, continued Elwood, Ill. Our vext stoppiag plsc. | was Freeport, where we found Jacol Derstine, James Snyder, Wm. Stover, John and William Harpster Cleorge Mmerick, sil formerly tre Hall, anda number of Pennsylvania Mr. Emerick we found nursing a broken ankle but Lis journey forest { I'he folle ut Monday: Madiso Wis nl ROH vietnit j Lain y¥ of Cen- o. her : wople, on ; ’ SAT lero: Mexico, Je song . : se dGliEV IIe, expects to be ghie to 0 WOrk in aj op ¢ - few weeks, The accident was caused by steppiog olf He vi g : a . : ERO. foreman in the large blacksmith de. A partment of the Henney Buggy Co tral THipgais and Louisispa, awa g points in central and northern A sGewaix. # report heavy rains. heavy rain fell throughout eer . IV Was the Hirst : cw as ar | a f wer fs a a {1 Heuney shops, haviog thirty-five or} carer t Ing tt) Pla 0 a8 | since July 4. New York aud Cent i Corn fell 21 cents hie i news a Licago West, He irons on and finishes all the wheels, poles and rate from the main shops heavy rains jo the Kansas (Tit: ip ghafts for the company. ay Ta aud have i wens Droken in Kansas t $44 hy fie itn Our next stop was Grangeville, 11. by good is a growing mostly of among whom Fvans aud his rains which fallen in made . Bane town up i heavy and frequent 4 showers sine Peunayivania found father Lot Heorge, Uaniel, Fusougl sud Jame Musser, Hyey 3 sud Rling Heckman, all gf whom are prosper | in floe style Our next stop was with Lotty Evans roble wople, . PEOPI®, | day morning. we Thomas ’ Colouel George W Veale, wha has Evans, 4 ai watched § i, . , WOE 8 QUOTE OF Years, says thal Kansas Buugle ' J dei will raise nearly half a erop of corn. As cot sass Centre Hall Hote! Guests E.J Wi soy 8h iam CA i fot & Unionville: L Brower, f Ore Be Bebar ¢ Suyder, Carrollbam Logey ry Bil kindness we bad a two days’ drive | Conder . country. Oa this trip we JF found Namuel Fallgats logated gua] t™ large dairy farm, Thuis geotlemen went west from the MceUool farm pear Beaver Dam, in Penns Valley. Luther | Zettle and his brother Jerry who live! in Wisconsin, near the Illinois line, i were next called on. These gentle! men wep bulh gariging aug doing well. | a Hg de W Hail, D We stopped over night with David | 3" F. H. Boceking, Sigierviile; Grant Belicfoute, Wilbar Bird, Altoona: J M Price, who went west when a young |... . coburs Joweph Markel, Linden Hall: J man, and grew up with the country. | D. Long, Spring Mis: C. M Philade Benjamin Confer liviog vear Winslow, | phis Ohatle F. ( ot wife eelighy ilinole, was raised near Spring Mills | H. i a 0) er Fa oy ae 80d went Weal sae Forty’ FEars Ra. | fruneart Telteton ie; W Miss Mabie Next evening bpought ys to Me. Harrisburg, I. Connell, Ill, where we stopped with | State Will Royer and the Stamm boys. The | Nartentaugh country covered on this trip is rolling | apd in some places very hilly and | panr, t sree 1 ¢; Ge % GORD puoi Fity Hanover Wm H. Lin Philadelphis: L A Mi ay Wiad € eit BI % u wit i SED, Flam r 1g. M. Bebhorh H. Wian, Harry Stevenson, N fal: H.W wow Shamok and Mra. J Viessant ( pho fet - Pest wisbu Belief ate K $1, Centre (Flas, Fun f cox, York Smith, Plate fn B. Bishof! M. Howard Delroit Fu caver, willammapeay; N Wilson Lak ® Philadel oka: As phis; M WwW. lH No franite Mi h 5% 3 vy vl 0 Ea bi i « Gi M Hoove Ble § »" Gla Centre fr fat Buisley ree aie. J is xi) 0H + legend sruneant, Leliclonie; W. G. Mingle Boal, Centre Hall; M.D, Martz, U. Hench; Philadelphin: J. M. Krumrive, College: R WW. Wagner, W. 1. J LL. Runkle, Mingoville, * - ” -_ fam ly Reunion, Last Saturday a reunion of the J. K. al] thecountry we have seen west of Store Every body be onging to thy Chicago are almost an entire failure. family was present, aud jlese was a phis gountry, and the farmers are very 'esupie for a day. Tae following are much discouraged and are selling hogs the names of those present: John K. and cattle as fast as they can get rid of Hosterman and wife, Wolf's Store; them. Some farmérs are picking seed Mrs, Henrietta Spangler, Hesian, corn for next season out of the cribs of | Kansas; Dr. G. W. Hua {eiaan, wile, ald corn. The drogght bere remindg §ous Sumner and John aod daughter ane of what we hed in Peongyivania | Helen, Centre Hall; E. G. Hosterman, last summer, only the heat is greater; wife, sons Harry and Loster, and the thermumetere register dally 106 to daughter Kdoa, Wolf's Store; Dr. T. 112 in the shade, yet with all this we OC. Hosterman, wife, and twa daugh- haye not met or heard of a gingle sigk | ters, Thelma aad Hucoige, Rebersburg; person. Water Ig supplied from drill; Clack Weaver and wile, Wolf's Siore; #d wells and Is generglly gogl. Market | (i. W. Schaeffer, w fo, and daughter higes fo this place gre as follows: Oats, ; corn 50c; potatoes $1.25; cattle, 8 to be; hogs, be. | fsonburg; Wallace Kreider, wife, sud son Roy, and daughter Beatrice, Wull’s Store. The event was 8 most erjoyuble one, being the fist revuion of Unis faigily, May many others take place in the future, Married at Lewistown, At the Evangeljeal parsqnage, Jew. lstown, July §7, by Rev, C. H, * ling, Henry C. Gettig, of McKeesport, sud Miss Nora J. Fleisher, of Tussey - Write Grant Hoover for prices on this event, i ville, were united in marriage, lusurance, Goo i 1. 1901. CUPID IN PRINTER ~ FEN Finds His Love at Centre Hali Through Fress Article. * A full page article in the phin Sunday Press was the i in bringing together Mr. 1 and Miss Ida R ioads, after a aration. The article was {one of last winter's editions had Mr. Hench Philadelphia, Mi of the well-kuowi Rbonds, a8 former | with other pictures, of Miss Rhoads, iess In the daughter WwW. WwW, of the Evsugelical church Hall. The incident has a tou I= Hev, il mantic, as the two had 1s morning, aged ra brief illvess of prominent h He 5 Was nun alley, i fi for many vears, —- RE An Annoane mm ni Speaier Tn A. wmrd o i i Whitmer, Baperintende Missions of harp vwinion will f Home Ras ure in #11 De formed ch and rv (her speak. wi addresses DM time for mike sh Dv 1 he £) rectal i ¥ $ Le Teunion is approaching and it 1 a'nong Wolf, whoa wit f fa of is that every one In Allison's ills, August 15. Ress Sp grove, Pp ing i — Megtiug of Pomona Grange There will be a msoting of No, of Washington =, 1801. Centre 13, held hall ft Bi All us attend. Committees from all over the county will be present to diseass bisi- his ehunty. Come and make this a good meeting; it will Iys the fast Pomong bere the pienie, Gro. Dang, Master, D. M. CaxrasLn:, meting of Neo'y . Rednced Rates ta the Seashore, The Pasusytvania Railroad Com- pany hasarranged for three low.rate ten-day exca sions for present season from North Bend, Troy, Rellefoute, Williamsport, Moganagua, Sunbury, Shenandoah, Dauphin, and principal intermediate stations (including sta. tions on branch roads), to Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, Soa Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea, Wildwood, or Holloy Beach, on Thursdays, August 8 and 22, 180%. Exoussion tickets, 700d to return hy Ly regular trains within ten days, will be sold at very low rates. Tickets ta Atlantic City will be sold via the Delaware River Bridge Routs, the vnly all rail line, ar via Market Street Wharf, Philadelphia. Hop over can be had at Philadelphia, either going or rolurning, within limit of ticket. For Information in regard to specific rates and time of trains consult hand bills, or apply to agents, or KE, 8, Harrar, Division Ticket | Willismeport, Pa. 1 Aug 2 24. URTY HEWS. LOCAL “{) Lu We aL ir INTEREST | HAPPZ NII ! ALL PARTE. rail M Not'ee the cha v fh ertise- nent of A, C, Krape, Spring Mills, Mr, fra, A. F returned from Loek Haven where gone for i wd oi 1 and 3 VW. Henney Buu- {yove $4 Patt nauship of fu 1eeepted t 1 phia Democratic executive fii is i1i% Pisce lana, Monday Columbia Cutty judge th his and OU Re I, will be o by hi ry iE 17 § ir BMaturdas er Saturday, { Mackey- 3 i eal pis on er acre, made int ou county time, suy send work with 1 4 sutre Hsll, J Re 1h from the of nd J. iiladeiphia, are ex- i rmer’s r=. W. B. Miongle. E Frye <nanael y t daughter *¥ : town next week, and wil some Lime with the f | parents, Mr. and M rviay i of feed vicious moras went to the barn 3 shes on ET i 0 ’ Rand while doi IZ 80 a ANS RICK&] Hin In t back sive the » that iniuries | Place him in a very critical condition. r On Mond iy { last tightning struck ints } . § evening « week, i ' i dnecoln Bailey's barn about two miles south of Swengle i kil Og 1 ne horse and a mule and burn - ing the barn, together with the Crops stored therein i Blow 104% covered by insur- i Robert | short stories and srant, the alever t eoniributes writar of of He Wise crite American lif ous of his strongest characterstudios ts the f for 8S | Waman's Home | ompanion pr tember It is entitled “The Romance of a Soul." Cai i represented Pott snd tre Hall borough at sorge Sweeney I Jaeob Bible North and South, D. Cen the Republican The former dele- | gate was aninstructed, the two latter were iostructed for and Dale. William Mokle, of Lem wat, had his leg broken in two places at Al Irvin's Ad r respectively i. Brisbin i i { 1 jeounly convention. Reeder, Allison He was on top of a load of hay which was being hauled in from the field when the wagon up set throwing him oft with the above result. He was taken to his home at Lemont Saturday. A call Monday evening from Messrs. J. Paul and Leroy G. Rearick, of Spring Mills, was highly appreciated. The senior brother is a graduate of the Bloomsburg Normal school, and next winter will tdach the jotermediate school at Spring Mills. This will not be his first experience in teaching, however, as be filled the positisa of pedagogue before entering the normal. Mrs. Mary A. Neff, and daughter, Miss Maude, formerly of this place, are no longer at Big Ran, Bik county, but are now located at Peoria, [il., sod write the Reporter that they like the city very much. Peoria has a populs- ton of fiftyseven thousand iahabit- an's, and is counted a good business point. Miss Neft, whose health had been failing, thinks the climate bene< ficial to her. Mr. and Mrs. John Q. A. Kennedy, Immediately west of town, are at pre sent entertaining 8 number of friends and relatives, among whom are RB. M. Glenn and daughter Miss Maude, and son McCray; Mrs. Edwards and daughter Miss Lou, all of Johnstown, Mr. Glenn was at one time treasurer of Clinton county, but is now engaged in the mercantile busines. Wm. Glenn, of Altoona, son of Dr. Glenn, of that place, the head
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