DISTRICTS
Bellefonte, N W . |
Bellefonte 8 W . |
Bellefonte, W W|
Centre Hall . . . |
Howard . . « uo
Milesburg .
Millbelm. . . . .
Philipsburg, 1st W
Philipsburg, 2d W
Philipsburg, 3d W
Snow Shoe .. . .
South Philipsburg.
State College . .
Unionville. . . .|
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Haines, W . .
Halfmoon . .
Harris. . . .
Howard . . .
Huston. . .
Liberty, E .
Liberty, W.
Marion. .
Miles, E
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Patton.
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Potter, N.
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tend thanks to its many patrons for
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of this date, or else in advance of this
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Again, thanks ; and the promise that
the Centre Reporter will endeavor to
be newsler than ever,
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LI 0. O. F. Acniversary sud Parade at
Shamokin,
For the Odd Fellows’ anniversary
and parade at Bhamokin, April 28,
special excursion tickets will be sold
by the Pennsylvania Railroad to Sha
mokin and return from Altoona, Hol
lidaysburg, York, Columbia, Mt. Joy,
Wilkes-Barre, Troy, Renova, end in-
termediate stations to Shamokin,
April 27, and 23 and good returning
until April 20 inclusive, at rate of two
cents a mile, Distance Traveled. For
specific rate, consult Ticket Agent.
The strongest argument made jor a
big navy lies in the statement that we
have two big stretches of const line on
two oceans, and, therefore, need two
big fleets of war ships to defend them
The answer lies in the fact that, not.
withstanding our extended coast lines,
by strictly attending to our own busi
ness we have escaped effective attack,
Our Increasing cspability of taking
care of ourselves makes us increasingly
$8fo foe Chi future. "The cosets that so
widely sep us the other great
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Republican OfMcial Vote,
Appended is the official count of the
Republican ballots cast at the recent
primary election :
Delegates to National Convention
W. Fred Reynolds, 2232 : Harry Boul
ton, 1654 ; Louis Emery, 1187. Two
nominsted,
Delegates to State Convention—Ed-
mund Bisochard 2423; George F. Dun-
kie 2308, Edward Sellers 2868. Two
nominated,
Member of Congress—Charles F,
Barclay 2431
Amembly—R. B. Taylor 1061; Wm.
L. Foster 740 ; Charles E. Fisher 685 :
Wm. H. Evy 183; Theo. P. Rynder 108,
One nominated,
Sheriff -Wm. E. Hurley 2573.
Treasurer—G. G. Fink, 1066 ; RT.
Comley 954; Samuel dH. Diehl 588.
One nominated,
Recorder— Wm. H. Brown 12638 ;
John L. Holmes, 964; W. A. Clees 410,
Ooe nominated,
Register—Earle C. Tuten, 2404.
Commissioners—H. E. Zimmerman
| 1756 ; Jacob Woodring 1732; John A.
| Daley 1446. Two nominated.
Auditors—Robert D. Musser 179 ;
{ H. B. Pontius 1543 ; K. R. Hartsock
| 1424. Two nominated,
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Commencement Exercises at Pine Grove,
| The annus! commencement of the
| Ferguson township High school was
held in the I. 0.0. F. hall at Pine
Grove Mills Thursday evening of last
week in the presence of a very large
audience. Prof. G. W, Johnstonbaugh
presided snd introduced the clases ors
foute, made the commencement ad-
dress. which proved one of his usual
| forceful and interesting talks. The
| graduates of the '08 class number sev-
(en as follows: H. F. Reed, L. F.
Fishburn, L. C. Gates, A. C. Kepler,
8. M. Hem, E. C. Martz, and Miss
Mary F. Kepler, the latter being the
valedictorian of the class,
Haymond Hitchicock To Follow “The
Round Up”
In accordance with their of
presenting only the biggest attractions
whether of drama or music at the
beautiful Forrest Theater, in Phils
delphi, Messrs. Nixon & Zimmerman
announce that they have arranged
with Mr. Henry W, Bavage for the en.
ga rement of Raymond Hitohoock in
the new comic opera, “A Yankee
Tourist 7’, beginning Monday evening,
May 4th, io Hiteheock Is one of the
most popular of all the comedy stars
in Ph hia where he beg
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THE LESS OF TWO EVILS,
There is considerable complaint
about the Primary Election law be-
cause it makes it necessary for an
elector to publicly announce his poli-
tics, yet the same publicity was neces
sary under the laws governing the old
primary system. It is simply a matter
of selecting the less of two evils—elther
the elector must announce his polities,
‘or else the minority party must run
ita risk of having its candidates named
by its foes, the majority party.
The law governing the primaries
| needs no amending, although reports
| come from various parts of the state
| that members of the msjority party
{asked for and voted the minority
ticket. The election board has no
power to challenge, and in the absence
of a challenge, the request of the
Democratic ballot must be complied
with without question. But Section
XIII ofters a remedy, and under it an
|overseer may be secured who has
privilege to remain in the poling place
during the casting and counting of
ballots, and to him can be delegated
the privilege of challenging all voters
who ask for a ballot not in secord
with their past political actions,
Generally speaking the electors un-
der the present system of nominating
candidates have ample protection
against the violations complained of,
provided the provisions of the law are
all enforced, and until the provisions
have been enforeed and found ineflect.
ive, the new law should comand the
respect of the people.
The Lieotric Line Bursts.
The Chicago New York Electric Air
Line Railway, scheduled to cross Cen.
tre county from Sandy Ridge to Pad.
dy mountain tunnel, thence follow the
course of Penns creek to near New Ber.
wick, Selinsgrove and Bunbury, which
Was 80 extensively advertised a year or
#0 ago, and into which some 15,000
creduious stockholders were drawn
and $1,000,000 or more subscribed has
gone into thebands of a receiver in
New York on charges of m
tation and use of mails for fraudulent
purposes. It was to be an air line be.
tween New York and Chicago, cross.
ing the Busquehanna below Selins-
grove Mountains were to be tunneled,
streams and ravines bridged, and
towns in the way cut through, snd
electricity was to be the motive power.
Burveys were made through this seo
FEDERAL AID TO PROHIBITION,
The Knox 8111 Fraotically Reaches Federal
Government Limit to Prevent Evasion
of State Ennctments,
Benator Knox's bill to regulate inter-
state shipment of spirituous, vinous
and malt liquors is probably as drastic
& measure as could be enacted within
the copstitutional limit of the powers
of Congress. Common carriers would
be fornidden to deliver such goods to
any person other than the consignee,
except on his written order to be given
io each iostance They would be for-
bidden from delivering or participating
in the carriage and delivery of the same
to fictitious persons or to Any person
under a fictitious name, from accept.
ing shipments C. 0, D, “or in any
manner acting as agents of buyers or
or sellers of such liquor . nr
for the purpose of completing the sale
thereof.” Finally, all packages con-
taining such goods would have to be
distinctly labeled and marked. Obsery-
anes of these provisions would be eom-
pelled by heavy pensities for knowing
violations thereof—deceptively mark-
ed packages would bring the shipper
in trouble and make the contents con-
fircable, while the penalties for the
other violations would fall on the car-
riers,
Generally speaking, the bill would
oblige persons living in Prohibition
territory to make their purchases out.
side the Btate and have the goods
shipped directly to themselves. The
liquor could be transporteo and deliv-
ered within the State of the purchas-
er's residence in the “original pack-
sage’ only. There has been some con-
troversy as Lo what constitutes an * or.
igioal package.” It has been held that
the package must be of the character
in which goods are usually shipped in
the course of trade. A single pack of
Cigurelles has been declared not an
“origiosl package,” and the attempt to
evade the Anti-Cigarette law of a
State by such device has been frowned
upon by the Courts. A pocket flask of
whisky would, perhaps, not be regard.
ed as a proper article of interstate com-
merce though a full quart might ve.
| Agencies lo Prohibition states for the
| reception and distribution of consign.
ments of nicobolic beverages shipped
from beyond the borders would come
under the provisions of the local law.
Wholesale liquor dealers under a fed-
eral license are not permitted to sell in
quantities less than five gallons any-
way ; and to enjoy the protection of
the “original packages’’ decisions they
may not break their consignments into
smaller parcels.
Renator Knox feels assured that the
bill, if enacted, would be constitution.
al ; but on this point the Bupreme
Court bias the Inet word, If it should
pass judicial scrutiny in this respect it
would be “up 0" the Blates to give
eflect to local opinion with regard to
the dispensation of and traffic in li.
quor, The Federal Government would
have gone to the limit of ita powers to
prevent evasion of State enactments.
Odd Feliows Day Program
The program for the celebration of
the snoiversary of Odd Fellowship in
America at Shamokin April 28 accord-
ing to the official bulletin is as follows :
The association meeting will be held
iu the hall of Bhamokin lodgesat 11
a.m. The parade will form at 2 p. m.,
headed by the Patriarchs Millitants
and move by Grand Master B. H.
Hart and others. Immediately after
the parade a special session of the
grand lodge will be held at 7:30 p.m.
for the lodge of instruction for all
third degree members at 5.00 p, m.
A special session of the grand encam p-
ment will be held at 7 p. m. in Mt
Tabor lodge hall. The president will
be present and hold a special session
of the Rebekah assembly at 7.30 p. m,
in James A. Garfield's hall, to confer
the assembly degree, and there will be
a school of instruction at 3 p.m,
Sulelde Near Philipsburg,
Mre. William Olark, of Grabam
Station, who has been mentally affect-
ed for several months, committed sul-
cide, by hanging herself to the barn
rafters and using a sheet to accomplish
her purpose,
Asususl Mr. Clark went to work
early in the morning of the incident
snd returned shortly after one o'clock.
Not finding his wife at home he sup.
posed she had gone to Philipsburg or
to visit friends which was castomary
for her to do. In the evening while
doing the chores he the door
leading to the barn loft and was hor
ror struck to find his wife hangiog to
the rafters. She was 61 years of age
and besides her husband is survived by
one son and one daughter,
No one should
Blaughter of the " Emerson
Hough's astounding statement of facts
that appears In the May number of
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ALL FOR TARIFF REFORM,
What Else than Robbery is a System that
Levies » One Hundred Per Cent Duty
on Clothing 7
Bo strong has become the sentiment
for tariff reform throughout the whole
country that all parties profess to be
in favor of a revision of the existing
Dingley act. But the revision fore-
shadowed in Republican State Conven-
tions is quite a different thing from the
substantial reform demanded by the
Democratic party on behalf of 80,000.
000 of American consumers. The Re-
publicans used to flippantly reproach
the Democrats with tarift “tinkering,”
which is just what they now propose,
while the true friends of tariff reform,
including the whole Democratic party
and multitudes of Republicans, de-
mand such complete revision of the ex-
isting system as was outlined at the
meeting of the committee of the Re-
form Club in New York on Tuesday
night,
This is a revision not for the promo-
tion of party ends, but for the protec-
tion of the masses againsts system
that despoils them for the benefit of a
few. In this sense a8 Democrat may
well speak of protection in its con-
trast with the system of robbery under
the false flag of “Protection to Ameri.
can Industry.” It has teen shown
over and over again that under this
system many of the duties {notably
the steel and iron schedule) are levied
neither for protection of home indus.
try nor for public revenue, but solely
to enable the Trusts to plunder the
people at their leisure. There is no
question of Free Trade or Protection
in an issue that involves the extirpa-
tion of manifold abuses and iniquities
which can have no place in an honest
protective policy. Germany and
France have their protestive systems,
but the Governments of those coun-
tries would be ashamed of the spolis-
tions promoted by the Dingley tariff
in the name of Protection.
As the stand-patiers mean once more
to do all in their power to befog and
misrepresent the great issue by filling
the air with their insensate cries of
“Free Trade,” the work of disseminat-
log information among the people ne
suggested by the Reform Club esnnot
begin too soon. To this belongs the
not difficult task of demonstrating
that the Republican tariff is robbery
of the American masses. What else
than robbery isa system that levies
100 per cent duties on the woolen cloth-
ing and blaukets of the people at
the Custom House, thus encouraging
enormous sdulterations of these neces.
saries of living, to the great injury of
public health ? By carrying the cam-
paigo of enlightenment against this
nefarious system into every Congres.
sional district it will go hard if a great
tarifl reform msjority is not returned
to the Bixty-first Congress, and with
it a tariff reform Administration.
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A Bepuise for the President.
When the Commander-in-chief of
the army and navy issued his White
House order to Congress to make an
appropriation for four battleships he
little dreamed of the repulse that a-
waited him. Yet he should have
known that he had not power enough
to overcome the sentiment of the
House in favor of the report of its
Committee on Naval Affairs to limit
the appropriation to two ships of war.
The non-partisan victory over Presi
dential dictatorship by a vote of 199
against 53 was decisive and brilliant.
Whilst this was a triumph of common
sense over jingoism and extravagance,
it aflorded at tue same time a signal
proof that Congress is weary of Ex.
ecutive hectoring.
John Sharp Williams evoked a burst
of applause from both sides of the
House when he tersely described the
situation: * The President of the
United States is Commander-in-chief
of the army aud navy, and not Com-
mander-in-chief of Congress.’
What doubtless contributed in no
small degree to the President's over.
whelming defeat was his threat to veto
the Public Buildings bill if Congress
should refuse to make an appropria-
tion for four battleships. The House
treated with contempt both hie men-
ace and his offer of compromise. If
he should now attempt t6 make good
his threat by vetoing a reasonable
Public Bulldings bill
NO. 17.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
A daughter was recently born to
Lawyer snd Mrs. W. D. Zerby, of
Bellefonte,
There was an unusually crisp air
Thursday of last week. Otherwise it
was a perfect day.
Miss Mavde SBechrist went away to
teach, the day following the closing of
her school at Centre Hall,
Prof, George Bible, of Philadelphia,
will give an elocutionary entertain-
ment in the Reformed church at
Asronsburg, Friday evening.
Mrs. Mary Wright bought the Dr.
Smith home in Pine Grove Mills, and
took possession Tuesday of last week.
The purchase price was $700.
J.H. MeCool, who this spring be-
gan farming the Kerr place which he
bought a year or more ago, is having
éome improvements made on the in-
terior of the dwelling house,
C. W. Bwartz, the Tusseyville mer-
chant, who does not count himself an
expert with hook, line and rod, cap-
tured ten and one-half feet of trout on
the first balf day of the trout season.
C. W. Fisher, the senior in the finn
of J. B. Fisher's Bons, was in Centre
Hall Baturday evening, and was sc.
companied by his niece, Miss Lola
Ulrich, also of Penn Hall, and a stu.
dent in Bucknell University.
Before leaving for Montrose, Colo-
rado, the young friends of Emerson
Wiser, of Millheim, gathered at his
bome for a “farewell.” The young
man will make his home with an
uncle, J. C. Diehl, at the place named,
The Bellefonte school board have
made a precautionary move in case of
fire by having all the doors on the
various school houses reversed, to open
out instead of in, so that in a rush and
jam there will be no difficulty in the
students getting out.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam N. Neese and
son Paul, of near Millbeim, were in
Centre Hall Thursday of last week.
Mr. Neese formerly lived in Centre
Hall, and bas a goodly number of
friepds about here who are always
glad to see him and the members of
hie family.
After practicing his professior in
Lock Haven for fifty-two years, Dr.
Richard Armstrong, died at his home
in that piace, aged seventy-six years,
He bad been ill for several months,
bat recently recovered sufficiently to
be about again, when he suffered a re-
lapse, terminating as stated above,
With the Chicago-New York Elec-
tric Railroad Company in the hands
of a receiver, the south side of Potter
township will need to wait a few years
wore before planning for grain eleva-
tors, coal sheds, etc., and be content
with riding behind the old coal-fed
iron-horse on the Lewisburg and
Tyrone branch,
James B. Btrohm opened a short
session of select school for primary,
intermediate and grammar grades in
Centre Hall. Mr. Strobhm i+ the teach.
er of the borough grammar school, and
was induced to open the &Chool at the
earnest solicitation of patrous, who
secured some thirty pupils for him
without effort on his part.
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The motion- pictures shown in
Grange Arcadia Wednesday night of
last week were all that one could have
wished for, and afforded both Amuse
ment and instruction. Harvey M.,
Shelley, the manager, was successful
a8 a lecturer, and emphasized the
points in the view on the canvas. It
wasa trip through New York thor
oughly gpjoyed.
The merchants are preparing a pe
tition asking the repeal of the mercan-
tile license tax. In the minds of many
the only legitimate source of tax is