VOL. LXXV.
ga AVA RESULTS.
Let the Coal Commission Declde—Don't
Judge Without Knowing Conditions,
Since the coal strike began many
persons with no special knowledge of
to decide off-hand the questions in dis-
which a commission appointed by the
President has undertaken to solve,and
which will require more painstaking
investigation than any other set of
men not actually engaged in the coal
business have given or ure likely ever
to give to the subject.
For au outsider to attempt to decide
whether the operators’ claim that the
present wages aud bours of labor of the
coal miners are just aud fair ts an im-
pertinence, just as it is for such a per-
800 to say with positiveness that the
miners demand for twenty per cent.
increase in wages and an eight-hour
day is uvjust and unfair. These are
questions that those not engaged in
coal miuving have not Lhe necessary
knowledge to decide and therefore
have no right to assume to pass judg:
ment on.
The question, however, whether any
labor organization shall be permitted
to prevent any man from working be-
cause he does not belong to the union,
goes to the very foundation principles
of our government. Such a claim is
of the very essence of the most odious
and iutolerable tyranny at which
public sentiment instantly revolts,
The constitution guarautees to every
man peace, safety and happiness, and
this guarantee is violated whenever
&ny man, no matter how bumble he
may be, is prevented by violence or
threats of violence from accepting any
honorable employment for the support
of himself and his family. To this ex-
tent the contention of mine operators
isright and will be sustained by the
whole power of the State and Nation
so long as our government is worthy
4hbe support of freemen. When that
right cannot be maintained we are
sunk to the condition of despotism and
anarchy.
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NATIONAL GRANGE,
Grand Master Aaron Jones FPresides-Na-
tioaal Legislation Demanded
The National Grange opened its ses-
sions in Lansing, Michigan, Thursday
of last week, aud continued in session
through this week. Grand Master
Aaron Jones presided, Twenty.six
states are represented by delegates,
The following recommendations in
the line of vatiopal legislation were
| A NARROW ESCAPE.
| Drayman McClennhan Nurrowly Escapes
| Belog Buried Alive
| Wm. MeClenahan, the drayman,
| last week narrowly escaped death by
| being buried alive in a gravel pit above
[town. As is his custom Will endeavored
to take advantage of opportunities to
lessen labor and shorten the time it
takes to do a piece of work, With this
end in view he backed the rear end of
his wagon into the gravel pit, the top
of which was only a few feet higher
than the wagon box, and gently tap-
ped the convex ceiling of the pit with
a pick. Each stroke brought a reason-
able return of earth and gravel. In
this manner the rear portion of the
wagon box was filled and then shovel-
ed to the front end The wagon was
about half filled, when for some rea-
son the workmau had occasion to pass
around the rear end of the wagon, and
no sooner had he emerged from the
cavern than on his very heels tons of
earth dropped, completely covering ale
most half the wagon.
The heavy load on the rear of the
wagon box caused the front end to rise
high enough to strike the bank and,
of course, eupty its contents on the
wieck. Hud the drayman been a min.
ute later in leaving the pit he would
have been crushed to death under the
heavy pressure of earth. His position
on the wagon was no less perilous, for
had he been there when the cave-in
occurred there would bave 8
crunching of bones snd a dead, dead,
dead, William MeClenahan,
Providence,
been
ellison,
““ The Lisod of Manatee,
Three beautiful booklets descriptive
of an interesting and delightful region
on the West Coast of Florida, below
the frost line. For copies, free, call on
agents of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way, or address C. B. Ryan, General
Passenger Agent, Portsmouth, Va.
fly
LOCALS,
The honey bees were as busy last
week as though it were June.
The Cummings Brothers, of near
Linden Hall, unloaded a new engine
at the station Wednesday,
D. K. Gelss, of this place, for sever.
al days last week visited his D.
Wagner Geiss, in Bellefonte.
Mrs. Mary J. Odenkirk and Mrs
P. Bhoop were in Bellefonte for sever.
al days, the guests of friends
SOD,
Jv
ss «
The boy who reads will feel sorrow
over the death of George Alfred Henty,
made : The extension of free rural i
mail delivery so as to place it on a par |
with the delivery in cities; postal sav- |
fogs banks; election of United States |
Benators by the people; a coustitution- |
al amendment giving Congress power
to regulate and control trusts and oth-
er combinations; enlargement of the |
powers of Inter-State Commerce Com-
mission; regulation of the use of shod-
dy; pure food laws; provision for the |
extension of markets for products]
equally with manufactured articles; |
enactment of an anti-trust law clearly
defining what acts on the part of any |
corporation would be detrimental to
public welfare; speedy construction of |
the Nicaragua Canal by the United |
Blates; speedy construction of a ship |
canal connecting the Mississippi Riv- |
er with the great lakes snd the latter!
with the Atlantic Ocean. i
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From the Sugar Valley Journal
John Bower was quite ill with sciat-4
ic of the hips last week. Monday
evening Dr. Bickell reported him
much improved,
A crippled hand disables Adam
Stably so that he cannot work, Two
fingers are smashed, having gotten in
contact with a planer on Barner's
saw mill.
Dr. F. W. Vandersloot, who in 1871
practiced his profession at Nittany
Hall, later at Flemington and Lock
Haven, leaving the latter place in 1887,
died in Wilmington, Delaware, a few
days ago,
October 30 a sneak-thief stole Mrs.
Kline Heckman's purse containing
$17, while she was attending a birth-
day party at the Logan House. She
had placed it in one of the kitchen
cupboards.
The announcement is made of the
engagement of Miss Lulu Couser,
daughter of undertaker C. W, Conser,
to Harry Herr, proprietor of the
N.Y. Clothing Store. The marriage
ceremony will take place at the bride's
howe Thanksgiving evening. Guests
to the number of fifty are being in.
vited. f
Big game, especially bears, are said
to be plenty out in the vicinity of
Daniel Mark's boarding camp on
Kulp’s lumber job. The woodsmen
feed and treat them as pets. They are
not afraid to come up close to the camp
either, A few days ago one of the
denizens of the forest had the spunk to
sneak up to one of the prop ghoppers
and “pivch bis heel.” The excited
. woodsman returned the compliment
by chopping one of its ears off with
Dau sharp axe.
He had
for juveniles,
One of the wixup in
the last election iu Columbia county is
produced more than 70 books
results of the
county commissioners,
Wm. Bitoer, of Tusseyville, was at
the station Baturday to meet Mrs, Bit.
retarped from a visit to
A Christmas exercise will be given
in the Lutheran church, Saturday
evening, December 20, in which the
participants for the greater part will
be children.
W. J. Mitterliog Tuesday morning
shipped another car load of milch
cows. Butter worth twenty-five
cents per pound, which makes the cow
a favorite animal on the farm.
The Creamery plant of D. R. Wil-
son, formerly of Howard, and a part-
per, of Philadelphia, located at Lewis.
burg, was destroyed by fire Monday
night, The firm was not in any way
connected with the Howard Creamery
Corporation.
is
The third Quarterly Conference of
the M. E. church will be held at Spring
Mills this (Thursday) afternoon, at 3.30
o'clock. Rev. Dr. J. E. Bell, of Altoo-
ua, will preach at Bprucetown M. E
church in the evening at 7.00 o'clock,
and administer cornmunion.
E. G. Philips, of Bellwood, repre-
senting A. R. Giboney, manufacturer
of woolen goods, made a tour through
Penns Valley beginning of this week.
He is a young man of pleasant address,
and one who should make ‘the road! a
success. He also carries a kodak with
bim with which to take all striking
views,
Jacob Rhone, of Allegheny; Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Mason, and Mrs. Alice
Hickson, of Granville, Iowa, are
guests of Hon. and Mrs. L. Rhone, in
this place. Mr. Rhone is a brother
and the ladies sisters of Hon. L.
Rhone, and are east to comfort their
sister, Mra, Wm. Dale, of Pleasant
Gap, who has been seriously ill for
some time.
Dr. and Mrs, George Lee, of this
place, last week entertained Rev, J. E,
Berkhermer, «f Weldbank, Warren
county, who is serving a Free Metho-
dist congregation at that point, and
Mrs. Btephen Meyer, of Millheim, the
former a cousin and the latter a sister
of Mrs, Lee, Mr. and Mre, William
Goodhart of Penns Cave, and Mr. and
Mra. Baker, of Vira, Mifflin county,
also enjoyed the hospitality of Dr, Lee.
Spaikivaieaten gh
FROM ILLINOIS,
Two Crops of Apples nnd
Harvested This Season,
takes occasion to inform the Reporter
readers of conditions in his state. Mr.
Btifler Is well known in this valley,
having spent his boyhood along Sink-
ing Creek. He says:
“We are baving ideal autumn
weather with plenty of rain thrown ip.
Bunday the 9th the temperature reg-
istered close to 70° while the days fol.
lowing to date are very summer like.
On the 7th inst. we had our first real
killing frost. We had some light lo-
cal frosts very early in the BeHEON,
which damaged corn in some localities,
but in most localities tender plants
have stood, unharmed by cold,
recent date. The observer will notice
fields of second crop oats and barley
second harvest, in all
around Freeport, while nearly all
fruit-men are now picking and market-
ing a second crop of strawberries, for |
which they receive the modest sum of
75 cents per quart, {
" The writer bad several apple trees |
which bore two crops this season, The |
trees referred to are of the yellow trans. |
parent variety. Bome of these second |
crop measured 2} inches in diameter |
and were perfect in respect to flavor. |
“Our corn crop is pretty well har- |
vested. The yield and (hality is not |
8s good as was expected earlier in the
tesson. The cool, wet weather
August checked the growth to the
extent that a very small per cent, of it
can be classed as good, or fully devel-
oped. Much of it being soft, shrunken,
or not filled at the tip; considerable,
too, was blewn down and damaged by
the rains. Potatoes yielded well.
There was some complaint of rot in|
places. They sold at 40 and 45 cents
per bushel, by the load. Nearly
everything in the living line is to be
bad at reasonable figures except pork
and fuel. We might eliminate pork,
but we can hardly think of staying |
the blasts of winter with the plea tha i
coal is too high in price to buy and |
scarce besides. Many, no doubt, will!
resurrect the old chuok stove and go |
back to origiosl prineiples and toast |
theirshins by the glow of wood fires.
We sll know that Nature is precise in
evening up matters, —that extremes of |
opposite character follow ove another. |
id
Reasoning thus, we can expect a warm
winter to follow this cool sumer,
“Our markets are glutted with :
fruits of all kinds. Apples are very |
plentiful. Fairly good winter varieties |
can be bad for 50 cents per bushel. |
Poultry and eggs are high. Dressed |
chickens bring 15 cts. per pound. Eggs |
Zi cts. perdoz. Turkeys are roosting |
#0 high thatonly those with congested
purses will be able to enjoy the
luxury of the Thanksgiving bird.
* Vaccication is the fad in our come |
munity at present. Quite a number |
in the city have contracted smallpox
in a mild form. Our board of health
has the disease pretty well under con-
trol at present. All school children
had to be vaccinated,
November 13, 1902.
Acs —
LOCALS,
Don’t fail to hear Miss Grace Reznor
Barber at the Presbyterian church Sat-
urday evening. Come early and se
cure a good seat.
General Chaffee just returned from
command in the Philippines says it
may take a hundred years to make the
Filipinos a peaceful, civilized nation.
Three boys are known to have taken
the cemetery gate from its fastenings.
The cemetery trustees ssk the Report-
er to say that unless the gate is
promptly returned, the unexpected
may happen. The proposition is fair,
James Stahl, west of town, was
taken violently ill Friday night, hav.
ing bad a hemorrhage of the stomach.
His condition at present is much im-
proved, although greatly weakened
from the attack.
A rare treat is offered to the readers
by the Presbyterian Y. P. 8. C. E. in
the recital of Miss Barber, She has
never appeared in Centre Hall before
but she cofnes well recommended,
The admission fee is small so that
every one can come and bring the
children,
The editor of the Reporter and his
family are indebted to Station Master
W. F. Bradford for a choice roast of
venison cut from the fine deer killed
by Mr..Bradford while on a recent
bunting expedition in the Seven
Mountains. It is worth a deer's life
to come within gunshot of Bradford,
who kills Just for the “fun of it.”
Miss Grace Kreamer, of Conneaut,
Ohlo, was the guest of W. H. Meyer
over Bunday. Miss Kreamer is the
daughter of W, H. Kreamer, who
Some years ago was station agent at
and at present holds a similar
position In the Obilo town mentioned,
The young lady this week In stooping
with Station Agent Georges R. Btover
and other friends at Coburn,
{ ME. GILLILAMD CANNED,
i A —————
“The Regulars” Remember their Old Com
rade—No Need of 5 Rabbit's Foot
J. M. Gilliland, of New Bloomfield, |
| on last Tuesday evening was the recip- |
| fent of a present very bighly prized by |
{ him. In recognition of Mr, Gilliland |
| being the oldest member of the hunt. {
{ing club, known as the Regulars; in |
| age as well as in actual experience, the |
{ club presented him with a cane made |
| by one of its members, the worlds re-!
{ nowned fiddle builder, Rev. W. W. |
Fhe cane js
Ired and thirty-two |
Bome of the wood
Africa and Brazil. |
white |
| made of two hun
the club has camped for a number of!
years, the head being made from a lau
rel root, procured at the spring tha
The |
head of the cane head |
represents the
of an animal so indispensable to de
ser |
thedog. The |
cave is a marvel of beauty and work- |
manship. Rev. Rhoac
five years
the work 1
Is spent parts of |
it making the Cane, some of |
wing done in camp on wet
The
Gilliland in
clining years, will
{
days and in the evenings. cane |
de.
recol-
in coaching Mr. his
bring many
lections tg him not mentioned in his |
history
i
. |
of the club he wrote a few years |
REO, |
ip iu
uld fill volumes: volumes
which if printed and put
book form wi 1 4
that would cure the worst case of dys-|
pepsia by reading them. “ Fhey would |
make you laugh, they would make vou | ;
{1
i
cry, they would sweep the cobwe Us |
from the sky,
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i
Ureed Revision Winnlog
£
Information has been
Pittsburg tl
the Presi
received in|,
yleries of the Presbyterian!
church have voted in favor of the re-!
vision of the creed, i
To |
his is almost one-half of the total |
number of Presbyteries. It will re- |,
filiy |
quire but wore to put the plan
|
through.
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LOCALS !
The question : are you dofie husk-
ing corn ?
Thanksgiving super in Grange Ar.
6 to 10 o'clock chicken,
E.
M. Huyett, of Bellefonte, was in |
ing operations on his farm west of |¢
Claude K. Biahl, was home from
State Colle ge over Sunday on aceount
of the {
serious illness of
James Stahl,
his father,
i
J. C. Dale will make sale of his farm |
stock and implements Saturday, De- |
cember 6. Mr. Dale expecis to rent |
the farm on the shares hereafter,
i
Wm. H. Runkle, proprietor of the |
Motter House, York, was in town on |
business the beginning of this week. | ¢
He was ou the hunt of hay and feed. |
Andrew Dubbs was in town on busi- |
ness Tuesday in the interest of Messrs.
Dubbs aud Pecht, who on Friday
night will give a phonograph enter- |
tertainment at Linden Hall. |
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Jacob Gentzell, who recently pur. |
chased the Andrew Zerby property, |
directly opposite Zerby Station, ex-|
pects to remodel the dwelling house
and make other improvements.
M. B. Duck, of nesr Spring Mills,
will quit the farm in the spring, make
sale of his entire farm stock and im-
plements, and become a resident of
Spriog Mills. Bee sale register.
Thanksgiving services will be held
in the Reformed church at 1000 a. m.
Rev. Schuyler will deliver the sermon.
These services should be attended
more generally, by young and old.
Howard Schoure, of Belinsgrove,
caught a salmon in the Juniata river
that measured 28} inches and weighed
eight pounds. This is said to be the
largest salmon ever caught in the
Juniata,
Miss Carrie Liogle, of Cherokeé,
Towa, after spending several months
with Grandma Lingle and other rela.
tives in and near Centre Hall, will go
to Altoona Baturday where she will
visit relatives,
Dr. J. F. Alexander Friday night of
Inst week had the misfortune to fall
the full length of the cellar steps at
his home. He was considerably
bruised and shaken up, but after two
days’ rest in bed he is about again
as usuel,
Messrs. John F. and D. H. Hagen,
of Farmers Mills, Monday began the
erection of the large manure shed of.
the farm of E. M. Huyett, west of Cen-
tre Hall. The main barn will also be
re-roofed and other minor improve.
ments made,
Jacob Musser, who recently bought
the Michael Tibbens farm, near the
Murray school house, contemplates
building a new dwelling house, re
modeling his barn, building a manure
shed, and outbuildings, next summer,
The Hagens will do the carpenter
work,
20, 1902.
DEATHS,
SAMUEL W. COWHER.
The sudden of
Cowher took place last week at
home of Robert Tho 0 peo,
was assisting in butchering
fered intense pain in the head,
within an hour death came.
T
death Samuel %
CHARLES SHIRK
Bunday evenin
fever. His age was nineccen years,
,
Bprucetown, Rev. J. F. Shultz of
ficiating.
The d
a w
ecearcd w
Shirk,
burg, at whose homes the
place,
3 .
Gealh took
He was a young man of fine
pounds. Last spring he met with an
a team wi
resulted in a broken |
and
to
nursed,
fis
able
i#¢ of au cane, and an
when
ould be cast aside.
# Dever realized, for bel
sirie
y § 1 ih
Anna Mary Ua i
of Peter Breon. di
og, after an ilo
£3
am Floray, in this
born August
the decenred wa
Miciating. foterment
Was
Hall,
metery in Centre
The deceased Christia
Was a
A reguisr attendant
of ©
thureh
laughter
ner choi
of Joh
f
oneofa
Hipka,
iis
fren, six « f whom
Ber §
sirvive |
Jue it
Musser and
of
Dakota, Ihe
Betsy Pe
Pine
named was i
iinin,
i y ¢
aii Spring
and
hie last
Wily Lr
i
and hi deat
i the third instant
The subject of this sketeh
Peter
the of
the eldest
mother five
east of
Fi
og are: Perry,
wife of Wm
Selesin, iis
if HH. G. Strohmeier, all Centre
0;
Mr. and Mrs
reorges Valley, later at Cen
, then on
of Centre Hall
leath of ber husband, the deceased
Breon first lived it
tre Hill,
the Coburn farm
the
di-
ast and after
I A AAAS
LOCALS
Clay W. Reesman Monday morning
George O. Benner, of the Star Store ’
The recent rain was very beneficial
sua high ground
Rev. Horner is the pastor,
recovery.
the Reporter. Mr. Campbell
There seeans to be no Ywit to the
is shipping daily either in car or local
lots. Large quantities have been ship-
ped from all points along the IL. and
T.R R
The Reformed church at Look Ha
ven is being frescoed. The entire
work will be hand work in oil of artis.
tic and pleasing design. Recesses and
ceiling will be frescoed oii canvas, the
most desirable of artistic work,
The postoffice at Falls Creek, Clear-
field county, was burglarized Wednes-
day night of last week, this being the
fourth time that it was robbed. The
burglars secured $160.00 in cash, stamps
and registered letters, in all about
$300.00, -
Hon. W. J. Kepler is entertaining a
number of Bellefonte sportsmen at his
hunting camp at Scholl's Gap, south
of Pine Grove Mills. The Senior Kep-
lerowns a large tract of Mountain
land in that section, and hss a well
equipped camp. The hunters will, no
doubt, have a delightful time, and the
game a peck of trouble to keep from
being bagged.
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| HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Foreman & Smith re ceived
their
load of anthracite coal Thurs
week,
¥. Bil
ile snd daughter, of Belle-
were among friends on the south
ew advertisement,
| indocement to clean
liday trade,
’.y Friday even-
a supper in hon-
n, Bheriffeclect H, 8,
i¥ onored him.
just
ser Baturday went
will
usser having
iat place with
vilere ste
Mr. M
al Li
v wedding occurred
Ed. Wit-
eek, when
became the
nd Mrs,
last w
§
men against
in Railroad
is on file, bring.
The wages
vie,
iVAIL
&
3
Williams,
ne € vening
terers by
eled the
¢
iel Durst,
Penn
will
iength of
and the
il
=
tae past
James
Centre
Lock Haven,
2
¥
elgaged DV
ai Dear
mpl Ly his
Also u farmer,
O%
Was
fine
of this par-
possible
YB
ry a
HILs
a
wl
the ap-
iu which
2 will move
reorges Val.
i by Ex-
Hall,
(;. W.
to the
t XK Co.
tour
1 the in.
a
ong other
the search
is com-
price at
way
lable
{ Carlisle, filled
ied church in
ing. His for-
were delighted to
was also the younger gen-
who have active
ce Rey (iroh’s pas
4
1 sw
gy =
become
T. F. Royer aud daughter, Miss Rho
of Potters Mill town Sat-
this
r had Nhe honor of
dividing the five deer killed by the
R. A. M.” hunting party of Potters
Mills, and states that enough people
witnessed aflair to warrant a
dna, were in
®
Usiness
urday on i and called at
f¥i«
i
Mr. Roy
i
Lie
good sale.
D. E. Bible, of Pottsville, was in the
valley for a few days on business. Mr.
is associated in a new business
ready for opera-
Reference is made
Kuitting Mills in
in Pottaville
and B
tothe »
out fifty hands, but
inted to increase the number
of employees by about fifty per cent.
within six months,
A three-year-old daughter of Jared
atid Mary Sowers, of Scotia, was so
badly burtied last week that she died
within a few hours. The child was
left alone in the Louse for a short time,
aud iu some manoer her clothing was
set on fire, The little one ran from
the house iuto the yard, where the
burning clothing was torn from hey
body by a friend of the [amily who
happened on the scene, but too late to
save the child's life.
John Conner and wife, of Radnor,
Pa, bave been guests of Mr. and Mrs,
D. C. Keller, east of Centre Hall, for
the past week, Mr. Conver is living
retired ul present after spending an
Botive life as a dealer in cattle and
geveral farming. Mauy of the Re-
porter readers will remembbr
Conner, son of Mr. Keller's who
aude frequent Yisits to this place when
in knee pants. They will also be
pleased to note that the Young man
now occupies a very responsible pos
sition iu the tressury department of
the Pennsylvania railroad company, any.