VOL. LXXXI. AN ERA OF EXTRAVAGANOE, Expenditures ln Three Years Foot up to «hree nad One Half Millon Dollars. The Roosevelt Administration now places to its account the third deficit in seven years. With deficits of $42, 000,000 in 1904, $23,000,000 in 1905 and now’ $60,000,000 in 1908—considering the flush times it has enjoyed up to pine months ago—it makes a shock- ingly bad showing. This deficit of $60,000,000 for the flscal year just ended represents (he penalty paid for wilful extravagsnce, It is only $4,000,000 less than the total shrinkage in Government receipts during a year of acute financial panie and general depression in trade, Pri marily it is due to an increase of §80,- 000,000 in expenditures in one year, without which there would have been only a negligibledeficit. With appro- priations amounting to the immense aggregate of $1,008 804,894 for the year now beginning, Mr. Roosevelt prom- ises Lo signalize the end of his second term in the Presidency by still deeper inroads upon the surplus accumulated in days of prosperity. The twelve months just closed have witnessed the heaviest expenditures in the history of the country since 1865- not excepting the period of the war with Bpain. Unpder Mr. Roosevelt the expenditures for the Lbree years 1906-1908, together with the appropris- tions for 1909, when the country has been at peace, have reached the grand total of $3,428 809 371, or $33,978,440 more than during the four years of the civil war. One of the most formidable tasks of Mr. Roosevelt's successor will be to keep the country on a working basis within its income. No project to spend money was ever vetoed by Mr. Roosevelt. Many projects to spend more money which he advocated failed of approval by Congress. Public ex travagance is 8 disease which he has done nothing to check, but much to make compulsory upon later adminis trations. I ——— fp fl BRYAN'S TRIBUTE TO CLEVELAND, The death of Ex-President Cleveland brings to a sudden end the phenom eunal career of one of the strongest characters known to the political world daring the present generation, Like every commanding figure he had zealous supporters and earnest oppo- nents, but those who differed from him were as ready as his warmest friends to concede to hin the posses sion of elements of leadership to ap extraordinary degree. He was deliber- ate in action, firm in conviction and ever ready to asecept responsibility for what he did. Few men have exerted a more positive influence upon those associated with them. We are not far enough from the period during which his work was done to measure accurately his place in history, Lut the qualities which made him great are a part of the na tion's heritage and universal sorrow is felt at his death, I ——— A ————— The Prohibition wave has reached Oregon, and as a result of local option elections held recently twenty-one out of the thirty-three counties are total ly “dry” since the lat inst. There are from four to ten dry towns in each of the other twelve counties, so that now there are towns in every county in the state where thirst cannot be quenched with the prohibited bever- age. A total of 237 saloons were put out of business in the thirteen counties that were carried for prohibition June 1st, and this number is increased to 270 by the addition of the saloons that have been removed by the precinet elections in other counties. Altogether nearly 500 saloons have been closed in the state since the local option law was enacted. ———— — A AI. There is no question of the popular- ity of William Jennings Bryan. Few men have been nominated for the Presidency three times. Mr, Cleve land had three nominations, but when nominated a third time he had been successful once, Mr, Blaine was nom- inated but once. The attempt to give General Grant a third nomination failed. Andrew Jackson was nomi nated three times, but he was success ful the second time. Henry Clay alone before Mr. Bryan was nominated a third time after two defeats, Mr. Kerr, the Democratic leader in Pennsylvania : Your loyalty to your party won you the leadership ; there is now some hope for the Democratic party in the Keystone State, rm IM ——— Bryan and Kern —say it over and it will soon become familiar, — A ois. Grange Plenle—dept, 12 to 18, The date for the Grangs Encamp. ment and Fair, Grange Fark, Centre Hall, is from September 12th to 18th BURGLARS FOILED AT PENNS CAVE Man Fiees ln Darkness and Seven Bullets Fall to Draw Bloody Trail, There was an exciting time at the Penns Cave House Thursday night, 2ad inst., at which time a burglar was discovered ou the third floor of the hostelry endeavoring to enter the reom occupied by David Garver. Mr, Garver gave the alarm, and then there was a hurried tumbling out of bed by a half dozen men conpected with the house in one capacity or another. Among these were Mr. Garver and Wm, Caldwell, the latter the chef at the hotel, both of whom were armed, The burglar, who had made retreat easy by opening convenient doors, soon reached the outside of the build- fog, but not before his pursuers saw him double quick toward the moun- tain. Seven or more bullets were fired after the fleet-footed intruder, each shot quickening the pace of the man, but as no bloody trail could be dis covered next day, it Is thought that the burglar escaped with a whole skin, The pursuers were clad only in gar- ments suited for comfort on a hot July night, sand consequently were not encumbered with unnecessary tog- gery, but they moved, even under these most favorable circumstances, too slow to catch anything other than the zephyrs always playing abou: the end of Blue Ball Mountain, ——————— A A —— a Projected Skyscraper, The Equitable Life Insurance Come pany is contemplating a Mammoth building in New York City, with a frontage of 152, 804 and 312 feet respec. tively on Nassau, Pine and Cedar streets, will be four hundred and eighty-nine feet high, #ith thirty-four stories over the whole area, but a square tower of twenty-eight stories height of nine hundred and nine feet, This is within one hundred an i sixty- six feet of being twice the height of City Hall, Philadelphia. LOCALS, gounty, with his sunt, Mrs, Gingerich, Fraok Boal, of Altoona, was in the valley a short time ago, and was the guest of his brother, Thomas Boal, tenant on the Penns Cave farm. 7 (isorge Sharer, who is employed in one of the Madison Supply Company's stores, at Darragh, came home before the Fourth for a ten days’ vacation. / Daniel The Garman house, Bellefonte, has a new landlord in the person of Rich ard Bheehe, of Clearfield. The hotel has been greaily improved in many ways in the interior, Mrs. Terresaa Stover, of Millbeim, and Miss Emma Messinger, of Lewis burg, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, F. P. Geary, in Centre Hall, recently. I'he latter is a saleslady for the Dock Ash Btove Company. A four-year-old son of W., Kahn, of Altoons, fell into the race at Bpring Bank, the other day. When discover- ed by some of the family of J. A. Kline, at whose place the lad is stop- walter, The contracts for the building of two pieces of state road in Centre county have been awarded R. B. Taylor, of Bfllefonte, at the following rates : That io Harris township, length 6,044 feet, $8,952 35 ; and that in Rush town. ship, length 7,507 feet, $15,208.50, Wm. H. Moyer, the south side huckster, finds trade picking up in the Burnham district where he sells the greater part of his produce, meats, ote. The first week in this month he killed three large beeves and three veal calves, all of which was readily sold. James Corl, the popular clerk to the board of county commissioners, attend- ed the Democratic National Conven- tion at Denver. Mr, Corl enjoyed the trip to its fullest extent, and declares the Democratic gathering the most enthusisstic congregation of mortals ever seen by him, This is from the Reedsville corre spondent to the Lewistown Democrat and Sentinel : Mise Jouelia Rey- polds, daughter of Postmaster D, W. Reynolds, was at West Chester last week, attending the commencement exercises at the State Normal school, The present week she has been In Philadelphia and from there will con- tinue her visiting to Hartford, Con- jeut. After an absence of fourteen years from Centre Hall, which time he has came to Centre Hall to see old friends and relatives. He is a salesman in a large retail store, and to show how closely he attends to business, it only need be related that this is his firsh vacation since leaving Centre Hall, and during the eight years he has HALL. PA, may support it without violating party are open to debate within the party. is Iree Irom Populism ; sion is: *“ Shall the people rule 7” On the subject of public ministration.” duties.” shall be put on the free list. from oppression. at home must be reduced. purchasers on the same terms. zations, not be materially impaired. Ishler.Hamliton: Miss Emma May Hamilton, dsugh- ter of Mr. and Mme, Robert Hamilton, Ishler, son of ex-Sherift W. A. Ishler, of Bellefonte, were married Wedones day evening, 24th ult, The ceremony took place at the home of the bride by Rev. James B. Braker, pastor of the First Baptist church. The groom is employed in the General Electric Company, io Pittsfield, Mass., where the young couple will make their fu- ture home, The valuable and instructive series of articles on Commercial Law, pub. lished for some months in the Phils delphia Bunday Record, and which recently terminated, will be published in book form by the author. Any per- son desiring this valuable educator should communicate with Utley E. Crane, The Commonwealth building, Philadelphia. —————— —— A ——————— Kolth's Theatre , The program ut Keith's theatre, Philadelphia, this week has many new numbers. By special arrange. ment with Charles Frohman, Eva Taylor & Company will appear in that merriest of farces, * Chums.” James Thornton has brought with him a new line of humorous and timely mono logues, and Gillette and MacFarlane have an sot called * Bits of Musical Nonsense.” The three Constantine Sisters are new to Keith audiences. were dancing features of the Fritzl Scheff Company. Harry Bob- ker, character comedian ; Viola and Eogel, acrobats and jumpers, and Mile. Pertins, " the queen of toe dancers,’ are also on the bill, Worm- wood’s animals are especially for the Every Democrat traditions or stultilying himsel!, even if There are details which No platiorm can bind the political But in its general it indicates the par- expenditures, which Republican ex- * community of inter- It “ There is no twilight zone between Il persons charged The Williams Reunion, The next aunual Williams Reunion #ill be held in Beckwith's Grove, at Port Matilda, August 20th, The following committees have been selected and it is hoped that everyone on a committee will do their very best to make this reunion a grand success : Committee on finance—A. B. Wilk linme, Ernest Bpotts and J. N. wil linms, all of Port Matilda, Commitlee on music—-J. A. Wilk liams, Port Matilda, R. R. Hartsock and James B, Williams, Committee on transportation—Q. G. Fiok and H. B. Williams, of Martha Farnace, Committee on obituary—Wm, H, Williams, Port A. XY. Wik liams and David Giongery. A meeting of the officers and the several committees will be called in the near future. ¥chool Appropriation S833 88, John H. Pufl, treasurer of the Cen- tre Hall sch sol board, received a check state, the board W time after September first, its appro- priation for the High School. Leg Broken, While dragging a log Ing, 5rd lost, Paul 8 Farmers Mills, was struck on with such force that broken. The fracture 1 908. NO. 28. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Paragraphs Picked from Exchanges of Interest to Reporter Renders, Millheim Journal— Mrs. Andrew Kubp, of Rockview, ie visiting at the home of John Myers on East Main street. “R Mrs. Bessie Koch, of Lewisburg, spent several days this week In this place visiting friends, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Barner, of Jeanette, ure visiting at the home of C. F. Miller, of East Main street. , Mr. and Mis. George Musser and children, of Burnham, are spending sometime with relatives in this place. Mr. and Mrs, Adam Yearick, of La mar, spent several days at the home of Dr. and Mrs, F. E. Gatelius this week, Joseph K. Moyer, of Centre Mills, and Henry Kreider, of Wolfs Btore, were business visitors in town Monday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Frankenberger, of Philadelphia, are visiting at the home of Charles Frankenberger, west of town. Robert and Will Breon, who are employed in Nittany Valley, spent Sunday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Breon. Mr. and Mrs. Will D. Moyer and two sons, of Harrisburg, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Moyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H, Hoffman. Miss Amy Btover, of Rebersburg; Miss Margaret Harry, of Bmauliton, and Miss Rose Taylor, of Bpring Mills, were the guests of Miss Lulu Btover Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Sandford Miller and daughter, of Altoona, and Mr. and Mrs, Will Miller snd two dsughtérs, of Jersey Bhore, spent several days Lhe past week visiking at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Henry Miller, of Penn street Keystone Gaszelte— . Their many friends in Bellefonte and throughout Centre county will be interested in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Emma Holli- day, of Bellefonte, and James A. Mo Clsin, of HSpaugler, the wedding to take place sometime in the near future, David Grove, who resides on a farm vear Roopsburg, had the misfortune of breaking his left arm, near the wrist, on Friday. He was mowing gras with a mowing machine when one of the wheels slipped into a rut sai Mr, Grove was Lhrown off with the above unfortunate result. Witmer Smith, manager of the American Uolon Telephone exchange, has taken his family to Hecla Park where they expect to camp for the pexl two months. Mes. Smith has been in delicate health for some time and it is thought that this kind of life will be beneficial to ber. Harry Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs John FisLer, one of the enterprising young newsboys of Bellefonte, has been #0 successful io his weekly sales of the Saturday Evening Post, that on Wednesday he was notified he had won a handsome set of carpenter's tools as a prize, and now the young fellow is planning to go into the con- tracting business. Traosfer of Real Estate, Wm. P. Humes, et. al, to Henry Lowry, April 24, 1908, lot in State College. $600. Lucretia J. Condo to W. B, Krape, March 10, 1908, premises in Aarons burg. $1200, T. R. Hamilton, et. ux., to Robt, Brennan, June 17, 1908, lot in Belle fonte, $100. Thos, Foster, et. al, to J, I. Yarnell, April 1, 1608, lot in State College. $200, C. UC. Bhuey, et. ux., to W. H, Thompson, Jane 22, 1908, premises in Bellefonte. $500. Jonathan Harter, admr., to Matilda Wetzel, Oct. 12, 1907, lot in Millheim. $728, Wm. L. Foster, ot. al, to 0. H, Bathgate, July §, 1908, lot in College twp. $400, H. K. Hicks, et. ux., to M. B. Gar man, June 20, 1908, lot in Bellefoate, $30. Bophis Hale to Wm. Shaw, May 12, 1908, lot in Philipsburg. $450, G. W. Howard to Thos. Byron, Dec. 14, 1907, 4 lots in 8. Philipsburg. $725, Miles Alexander, ot. ux., to G, W, Gill, June 25, 1908, 33 a, 146 p in Hus ton twp. $1000, Laura EK, Beuinay, el bar, to H. 8. Stewart, April 28, 1908, lot in Rash twp. $100. J. B. Irish, et. al, to Jas. FP, Kropo, March 27, 1908, Jot in Rush twp. $101.26, Christine E. Rishel, ot. bar, to Jas, B. Btrohm, lot in Centre Hall, $950, Uora A. Wagner, et. bar, to John F. Kimport, April 27, 1908, tracts of land in Harris twp. $8350, Edward G. Mingle, wdmr., to Elisa TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. damuel Bhoop spent his Fourth of July vacation in Altoona, Dr. 8. M. Huff, of Milesburg, has been promoted to hospital stewart, 6th Regt. Inft., N. G. P. Tyrone is the place where Miss Ver- gle Durst, one of the Bell telephone operators, spent her vacation, John Emerick, at Farmers Mills, is in delicate health, and his condition is causing his relatives more or less alarm. Daniel Osman, sou of Hiram Osman, of Altoona, recently returned from Wayne, Michigan, where he visited his uncle, James Osman, Mrs. Barah Btover, of Centre Hall, accompanied her daughter, Mra. Al vin B, Meyer, to her home in Altoons, where she will remain for several weeks, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gross Mingle re- cently took a trip to Johnstown and intermediate points, the former in the interests of the Howard Creamery Corporation, and the latter for pleasure, George W. Spangler, the well known Democrat of the south side, has been seriously ill for several weeks His condition at present remains about the same, his recovery being very much in doubt, E. L. Royer, of Rebersburg, who graduated from Bucknell University al the recent commencemeft, in com- petition and ms a reward for high scholarship, was awarded a scholar- ship at the Medico-Chirurgical Medi- eal college. Irvin Keller, of Doylestown, and Miss Lizzie Bloom, of State College, recently were guests of the family of Mr.and Mre. John Luse, in Centre Hall. Mr. Keller remained only for the day, but Mise Bloom, who is a cousin of Mrs. Luse, tarried for a week or more. The following is taken from the Lewisburg Journal : Bamuel J. Rowe, of Centre Hall, is in town superintend- ing the removal of the heavy piece of machinery from the gas works to the cars. Mr. Rowe is employed by a western concern manufacturing stone crushers and massive eogines. The barn on the Joseph Long farm, oear Balona, was recently struck by lightning and totally consumed. bere was no insurance. The tenant Samuel Boob, who lost six good borees, two colts, a large quantity of bay and some grain, carried a light in- surance on his horses in the Grange Company. After walking on three legs fora week or more, J. Frank Smith, the implement desler and general mere chant, made kindling wood of the third pin, and vow is content to limp slong on the game leg. The injury causing all this was on account of some machinery falling from the sta- tion platform =-u swiking one of his pedals, A quarantioe notice was posted for some time on the residence of Mre, Mary Odenkirk, in Oentre Hall, yet there was no diphtheria there at any time. The quarantine wes a précsu- tionary messure, the two children, from Burnham, it was thought, might have been exposed, and no one wished to run an undue and unnecessary risk, hence the quarautine, The vacation travel has commenced, Preparations for moving during the summer months about 450,000 passen. gers, more than fifty per cent of the oumber carried during the whole of iast year, have been completed by the railroads of this country, and multi- tadinous tarifl sheets giving rates have been prepared in sccordance with the restrictions made by the various state commissions in compliance with the law. Mrs, C, E. Wolf, who is now mak. ing her home with herson, Rev. R. B, Wolf, Kansas City, Kan., is spending the summer with her brother, Fred Working, in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Mr. Working left Penns Valley sixty- one years ago, and the brother and sister bad not met since until last month. Another brother, Daniel, was to be one of the party, but he died sud- denly a short time before the time set for the trip. Mrs. Matilda Willidkas, well known to many of the Reporter readers, who on the 12th of April received a para. Iytio stroke while at the home of John A. Grenoble, at Yeagertown, was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Brown, in
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