3l)f Qtntft j*#*, democrat.
SHUGERT & FORSTER, Editor*.
VOL. I
®]u (frnfrr 3) cm octal.
Tarns SI.SO par Annum. In Advanoa.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor.,
Thursday Morning, March 17, 1881.
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IT is said that Gen. Kilpatrick
wants some position from the new ad
ministration. Well, make him an
auctioneer. That will give him ample
room for mouth anil will require but
light necessity for brain. He can fill
that bill ably.
PRESIDENT GARFIEI.D has appoint
ed Levi P. Morton, of New York,
Minister to France, and ex-Secretary
Evarts, ex-Senators Thurmau and
Howe, Commissioners to the Paris
Monetary Conference, all of which
were promptly confirmed by the Senate.
IT is reported from Washington
that Conkling has not been at the
"White House since the inauguration
of President Garfield. Well, what of
that? We know of hundreds of peo
ple who were never there, and never
expect to be, and still the Government
survives and the world moves.
THE Empire of Germany is much
exercised at present by the immense
emigration now going 011 and threaten
ed from that county to America. It
appears there is great desire, especially
among the young men, to escape from
the Emperor's domain into the United
States, and measures are taken to ar
rest the tide, by preventing American
emigrant agents from presenting the
advantages of the localities they rep
resent to the people.
IT is reported from London that
President Garfield a short time before
his inauguration wrote a letter to the
Cobden Club, of which he is an honor
ary member, in which he expressed
himself in favor of "all possible venti
lation on the subject of free trade in
America." Whether the President's
views accord with those of the Cobden
Club, or not, one thing is certain, not
a word in his inaugural address will
encourage the protectionists to hope
that he will favor the protection policy
which was so fiercely claimed to be an
issue in his election to the Presidency.
THE Philadelphia ringsters in the
Legislature are making a brave fight
against the bill introduced to repeal
the " Recorder Act," enacted a few
years ago to provide a soft place for
Boss Quay at a large and unnecessa
ry cost to the city. They adopt the
methods of Conger and Robeson in
Congress, and hope to stave off con
sideration by filibustering. Their
chances to do so are not encouraging.
The Committee of Reformers and Re
presentative Faunce are after them
with spirit and determination to rid
the people of the incumbrance.
VIRWNIANH GRIEVED! A num
ber of Virginia Republicans and Con
gressmen recently called upon Presi
dent Garfield to state their grievances.
They complain that the Virginia Re
publicans were badly treated by the
last administration, and intimated that
if the present administration is not
more fair it cannot receive their sup
port in Congress or elsewhere. Presi
dent Garfield, not being very favora
bly impressed with the temper and
style of addressing him, dismissed his
discontented visitors by requesting
them to put their grievances in writ
ing.
FILLING UP!—Ex-Senator Angus
Cameron has been elected Senator
from Wisconsin, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Car
penter. Judge McDill has been ap
• pointed by the Governor of lowa,
Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the promotion of Senator Kirk
wood to the Interior Department ;
Congressman Frye is the new Senator
of Maine, to fill the vacancy made by
the resignation of Mr. Blaine, and A.
J. Edjarton has been appointed by
the Governor of Minnesota to take
the place of Windom of that State.
"WJUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO AM, MEN, OE WIIATKVKII STAT K OH I'KHfU/ANION, KKI.IOIOtN Olt I'OLJTICAI,.Ji-nsrwu
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAK( 11 17, 18H|.
Civil Sorvico
A permanent organization is about
being formed in Philadelphia by prom
inent gentlemen, without regard to
party predilections, having in view the
dissemination of such principles and
arguments as will strengthen the pop
ular mind iu favor of civil service re
form. This is a move in the right
direction to give effect and firmness to
the reform movement so auspiciously
begun in the late election. When the
people can be encouraged to feel that
they are released from the slavery of
partisan ring rule —that government
is not instituted exclusively to glorify
and find soft places for corrupt party
leaders—that the sanctity of the ballot
is of more importance than party suc
cess, and that honesty in the transac
tion of public affairs is a duty as im
perative to individual respectability as
iu private life between man and man,
then the |icople of Philadelphia and
the State may rejoice iu hope of fair
government uml fair representation.
But as long as an honest ballot and
fair and just legislation are held sub
ordinate to the necessity of party tri
umph, and dishonesty and fraud en
couraged by the people, as has been
the case for many years, the prospect
of equal laws and just representation
is uot encouraged, our legislative halls
will still be cursed by the miserable
corrupt gangs who have heretofore in
fested them. The people of Philadel
phia are not alone responsible for the
shameless character our legislatures
have earned for corruption and disre
gard of fairness, but they have been
large contributors in that direction,
and the efforts of any association of
gentlemen of character to bring the
people to a realizing sense of fhe in
dividual responsibility resting upon
all for the existence of these evils,
whether in Philadelphia or elsewhere,
is to be commeuded. To have honest
laws we must have honest, conscien
tious men to enact them, and not the
miserable ring-hacks who elevate them
selves by pxrty trickery ami fraud
upon the ballot, whether in the prima
ry assemblies of the people or in the
election.
THE Manhatten Club, of New
York, on last Saturday evening, gave
a splendid entertainment in honor of
the late Democratic candidate for
President. A large number of dis
tinguished gentlemen were present
and to the toast, " Our Guest," (Jen.
Hancock spoke as follows :
"You hsve assembled here to-night to
do me honor. I am undoubtedly called
upon mainly in consequence of the poni- '
tion I held in the recent canvas, for the
Presidency I regard my connection with
that subject as practically closed. I, how
ever, maintain the principle# which I held
when I accepted the nomination of the
Cincinnati Convention. Believing, as I
do, that the triumph of thoae principles
would promote the welfare of our whole
country. I hope to see them prevail at
somo future time. [Cheers. ] Their suc
cess must rest with the Jelfersonian Demo
cratic party, which is so fullj and ably
represented here to-night. To you I com
mend the preservation of that true repub
licanism on which our fathers founded the
institutions that have made us great among
the nations of the earth. I can only say
in relation to the political canvass of
IftNO that I have no fault to And with the
support of my friends and nothing to re
call or regret ef my own acts or words. I
thank you, gentlemen, most heartily, for
the pleasure and honor which you confer
upon me by this entertainment. [Great
Applause]."
Speeches were made by Geo. Mc-
Clellan, Hun. Augustus Bchell, Hon.
Abram 8. Hewitt, Hon. Eckley B.
Coxe, Gen. John B. Gordon and oth
ers. The dinner passed off very pleas
antly, and never had an entertaining
party a guest more worthy of honor.
PRESIDENT GARFIEI.D did a very
graceful and highly honorable thing
in appointing the late Senator Thur
man, of Ohio, a member of the Inter
national Monetary Conference which
will meet in Paris next month. In
statesmanship, large experience and
a thorough knowledge of the subjects
that will be discussed by the confer
ence he will stand in the foremost rank.
His colleagues from the United States
will be ex-Secretary Evarts, of New
York, and ex-Senator Howe, of Wis
consin.
Tho Bloody-Shirt Discounted
The Charlestown eudcts, u MU.HNU
chusetts military company, recently
made a visit to New Orleans and were
received and most bountifully enter
tained by the military and citizens of
that city, each vicing with the other
iu manifesting their appreciation of
the friendly Yankee visitors. Muny
pleasant incidents of tiie visit are re
lated teuding to show that the ani
mosities of the late unpleasantness
between the North and the South
are uow ouly harbored by impractica
ble bigots end political demagogues.
Among the incidents the following is
reported- "The cadets, Capt. I'liipp*
in command, went to Greenwood on
cars, and having alighted, marched
into the cemetery. Drawing up in
line iu front of the marble statue to
Southern soldiers, the company "pre
sented arms" and came to "parade
rest." The hymn, "Nearer my God,
to Thee," was then sung by the entire
company, after which a beautiful
shield of the Union, made of flowers,
with a crescent and star in the centre,
was offered in memory of the dead,
and placed on the marble bust of Ix-e,
1 .
on the monument. Then was sung
"The Sweet By and By," after which j
three ruflles of the drum were beaten,
and the company marched silently to
the ears and returned to the citv."
Commenting on the above incident,
the I'ieayunr says : "This act on the
part of the cadets was entirely unex
pected, even by their hosts, the Conti
nental Guards, the matter having been
kept a profound seeret. It wa-> a cer
emony conceived in the spirit of amitv
and performed with imposing dignity."
IT is announced that Gov. Hoyt
has determined to ap|mint Dr. Higliee,
of Mercersburg College, to the office
of Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, at present held bv Dr. Wicker
sham. Dr. Wickersham was first ap
pointed by Gov. Curtin and has re
mained at the head of our common
school system through all succeeding
State administrations. There are no
complaints against him for the manner
in which he has administered the du
ties of this important and rcspou-iblo
[wwitiou, and if his surcessor, after
as long a term of service, quits the
office with as fair a teputation he
will be fortunate. Dr. Higbee is said
to l>e an accomplished educator and
well qualified for the position. There
is one thing, however, in connection
with tho office that calls for serious
consideration. The School Depart
ment annually disburses large amount*
of money, aud, strange as it may ap
pear, the law permits the Superintend
ent to be his own auditor. His ac
counts are not subject to the scrutiny
and supervision of the Auditor Gen
eral as are the accounts of all the
other departments of the State, and
the only security the public has for
the honest disbursement of the funds
provided for school purposes lies in the
integrity of the head of the depart
ment. This is a lamenesa in the law
that should be rectified. A change in
the head of the department is about
to be made, and the present therefore
seems a proper time to place bis ac
counts on the same footing with rll
other State accounts. 'Hie matter
should be urged upon the attention of
the legislature ami there should be no
delay in amending the law.
THE wild hunt for office was per
haps never greater than now. The
President aud Department* arc be
sieged by the clamoring multitude for
all the positions in their gift from
foreign missions to the most insignifi
cant clerkships in the departments.
The torch bearers in the late election
are after tbeir pay and demand that
thoae who furnished the election funds
and paid their assessments as a condi
tion of remaining, be ousted to make
room for them. They are all of one
party, and the party services of one
set are about as meritorious as the other.
The experience and efficiency of the
ins will no doubt outweigh the claims
of the owls, and but comparatively few
changes will be made.
At Last
I'he Nihilist* have at lu#t succeeded
iu killing the Emperor of Rum-ia.
For yearn upon yearn the mighty |>o
tentate, whose power wan absolute
throughout a vast dominion—whose
will wan law to 9*,CMM>,OOO of subject*,
was pursued with unrelenting ferocity
by the demons of destruction who had
marked him for death, and th* won
der is thut the fatal day did not eoine
sooner. Five previous attacks had
been made upon his life ; the sixth,
which occurred on last Sunday, was
successful. Personally there is little
reason why Alexander II should fall
a victim to the vengeance of the Ni
hilists rather than others of the reign
ing tnouarch* of Europe; but (or twenty
years he lived in constant dread of a
violent end. No one can imagine the
mental anxiety and the dread tor
ments of those year- to the great Czar.
He must often most painfully have
' realized the truth of the trite apo
thegm that "uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown."
The late Emperor came to the
| throne after the death of his father,
the Emperor Nicholas, in 1 *•'•". He
was at that time supposed to entertain
! views of public policy much more lib
: eral than those held by his father, ami
he did institute many reforms and im
provement* iu the government of his
country that were to the opprc-sed and
downtrodden rnas-e* iu pleasing ami
hopeful contrast to the despotic rule of
the preceding reign. First among
these was the emancipation of the
serfs. He clearly saw and understood
that the system of serfdom was a curse
and a hindrance to the progress ami
prosperity of the country, He de- |
tcrmined upon it* destruction ami ac
, cordingly, after much opftosiiion from
the noble and ruling classes, issued
the famous uka-e of March 2. l*'il,
declaring the gradual emancipation of
the 20,01(0,000 serf*. Had Alexander
then closed his earthly career, his
fame would have gone down the corri
dor* of time to the latest posterity as
that of one of the great benefactors of
mankind. The good promise* of hi*
early days, however, were not in all
respects fulfilled in the later period* of
his reign. He no doubt meant well,
but in many respect* he became re
actionary, and finally to be regarded a*
little less arbitrary and despotic than
the stern ami unbending Nicholas.
What effect will this murder have
upon the future of Russia ? It is dif
ficult to foresee. Upon this point we
adopt'the opinions of another. One
of our exchanges with great force re- 1
marks that "the mere death of the i
Emperor would he in itself a small
matter, so far as the State is concern- !
ed, however much wc might regret the
fate of an amiable prince. When |
Mr. Lincoln was murdered, although
we were at the close of n terrible war,
the machinery of the government
went on without a jar. (an we hope
as much for Russia? Ha* the con
spiracy which ha* struck down the
mighty sovereign permeated the Em
pire? Is it revolution in another
form? Does it represent merely the
wild fanaticism of enthusiasts, or is it
the demand of the people for change
of dynasty ? We hardly hope to find
in Russia that educated and develop
er! public opinion which would lie
content with a republican or even
a constitutional form of govern
ment. But no republican and no
friend of constitutional liberty would
lie willing to accept the change a*
the outcome of assassination. As
sassination never afTects the destinies
of States or of peoples On the con
trary, those who believe in liberty
are the first to deplore any attempt
to achieve it by murder. Nihilism or
revolution, or whatever we may call it,
will receive no severer blow in the
public esteem of mankind than the
murder of this noble and high miuded
sovereign. Those attempts to change
the destinies of the people by viola
tion of the fundamental law of social
existence are the extremes of madness."
1 mat was a handsome compliment
the late Senator Mat Carpenter paid
to Senator Edmunds, of Vermont.
Edmunds is a hitter and unswerving
partisan, but i* regarded personally a*
a pure man and the determined foe of
j legislative jobbery. After Carpenter
had IKH.II President pro tern, of the
I nited State* Senate ho spoke of Ed-
I muuds as follow* ; "You may put me
in the ( hair blindfolded and I can tell
whether or no Senator Edmund- is in
his seat by the character of the legis
lation that i* brought up. If it is
known thut he will IK- absent for a
few days every hill with a 'job' in it is
brought to the front and pushed,
whereas if he is present nothing i*
said about such measures." It j*
great pity the membership of the Sen
ate i* not wholly made up of men of
the same stamp.
Tin; Republicans will organize the
I nited States Senate. There is no
longer any doubt of Mahone's po-i*
tion. A disgraceful and corrupt bar
gain with the administration gives him
the control of the government patron
age in \ irginia, in consideration of
which he is to act with the Republi
cans in the Senate.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Westmoreland county almshouse,
now being erected, will cost f 1.10,000.
A peddler was refused a license to
•'•11 "love powders" on the street* of
Heading.
Electric signal* are to be placed along
tin- entire line of the Pennsylvania
Hail road.
Frank 11 axis rd was suffocated bv gas
frorn in- oil tank at Gilinor, McKean
county, on Wednesday.
It is rumored that a company isat>out
to lie nrgani/cd in Clinton county for
the purpose of rnanufacturng sewing
thread from wood.
Elias i .>oper, aged 12 year*, was ac
•putted at i'oltsville, on Thursday, of
, the charge of murder, lie struck and
killed a boy named Sullivan in a snow
ball fight.
David Hummel, residing at Swatara
Gap. Lebanon county, died recently of
frrief and mortification, caused by the
hanging of his son for complicity in the
Halier murder.
Ihe cse of John Guymlare. the
young Hungarian, who is lying at the
• -ounty Hospital. I.ehigh county, in a
trance, still continues in the same con
dtlion. The greatest curiosity exists in
' that section. Ir. J. Kline ami J. 11.
Erdman experimented on the patient
lat Friday, magnetic instruments for
j that purpose having been sent from
Philadelphia. The result was not favor
able, merely a slight twitching of the
muscle* tiemg noticed. Among other
i experiments was the shower-hath. The
attendants have no trouble whatever in
j feeding the patient, as he swallows
readily, which indicates that he is par
tially conscious, other experiments
will he used.
From the annual report of the mana
gors of the Pennsylvania Institution for
the deaf ami dumb it appears that dur
j ing the year IKSO. .11 boys and 2'.' girls
were admitted. 27 hoys and 21 girls
were discharged and 1 hoy died, leaving
i -124 pupils at the end of the year. Of
the whole number of pupils 2KK are
j supported by Pennsylvania, 2-1 by New
Jersey, 2 by lielaware, 2 by Philadel
phia and 9 by their friend* or the insti
tution. In the opinion of the directors
there is no institution where a more
judicious economy is practiced, where
more thorough instruction is imparted,
or where the State could more advan
tageously place her pupils, or a here her
interest could be more carefully guarded.
A disastrous fire broke out in Cur- I
wensville, Clearfield county, on Sunday
night last, in the store room of W. H. i
Thompson # grocery, corner of Maine
and Filbert streets, spreading rapidly.
The Irvin House was enveloped in
fiamea a* was also a small dwelling ad
joining the store on Maine street. The
fire was not gotten under control until
A. M. Kirk's jewelry store and four
other dwellings were burned. It was
at one time thought the entire town
would be destroyed. The following are
the losses: .lames Levy, Irvin House,
#7,000; M'Bride's store'room. #1,000;
M'Naul'# two dwellings, #2.000 ; A. M.
Kirk, $3,000; George Messer. $2,000,
The insurance amounts to $1.1,000.
Mr. George I. Seney, of New York,
sent for Dr. Buckley, editor of the
(hrutian Adm-atr, stating in an inter
view, he approved of bis suggestion,
that the time had come for the Melbo
dial Episcopal Church to give more at
tention lo organised charity, and atten
tion should be given to hospital work,
and then offered for the purpose sixteen
eligible lots, valued at #40,000, as a site,
and SIOO,OOO in cash toward the estab
lishment and erection of a hospital
the institution lo he a Methodist Gen
eral Hospital, but open to Jew and Gen
tile, Protestant and Catholic, heathen
and infidel, on the name term*. Subse
quently he notified Dr, Buckley that he
would make his subscription $200,000
instead of SIOO,OOO. The same gentle
man baa also given SIO,OOO toward the
endowment at Emory College, of the
M. K. Church South.
IkK.MS: per Annum, in Advance.
AX KMI'KKOIt'H KM.
TIM-TZAR OR lluwUnt IJI*I 1 *lnHtei|.
lie m ATTACKED WHILE KETI KXIXC; HONK
• RON A PARADE —THE IIRAT Wit UN
trcx EIWRL-L, BI T A SECOND ONE
I* OP A PATAI, X ATI RE—
III* LAST MOMENT*.
J/OXIKIV. March 13. Reuters dispatch
fiotn St. Petersburg says: A the Km
i peror was returning from it parade in
the Michel menage with the Grand
i Duke Michel, about two o'clock Sunday
afternoon, in a closed carriage, escorted
by eight Consacks, the carriage wa* at
tacked opposite the imperial atable*.
I he first bomb fell near the carriage
destroying the hack part of it. The
czar and hi* brother alighted uninjured.
Jhe a "-a- MO on being seized by a colonel
of police drew a revolver but wa* pre
vented from firing it. The second bomb
wa* then thrown by another person and
fell close to the czar * feet. Ita explo
■•ion shattering both hi* 'eg*. The czar
fell, crying for help. Colonel liorjibky,
though him*elf much injured, raised
the emperor, who wa* conveyed to the
winter palace, i fJ Col. Jiorjibky'a sleigb,
where he died this afternoon. 'I wo
pc'sona were concerned in the crime,
| one of which wa* seized immediately.
I fie explosion also killed an oflicer and
two Cossack*. Mar.y policemen and
I other* were injured. A large crowd
assembled before |(,e palace, but were
kept away by a troop of Cossack*. The
imperial family were assembled at the
death bed. The council of stale wa*
immediately convened. All place* of
public resort are closed.
UT TAKE* THE * ACR A NEXT BEFORE HE DIE*.
ST. PCTEBSBI EO, March 13.—AN offi
j cial messenger make* the following an
nouncement: God's will ha* been done.
| At 3.2'1 o clock thi* (Sunday) afternoon
the Almighty called the emj>eror to
Himself, A few minute* before his
death the emperor received the sacra
' ruent.
THE BOMB'S FATAL HOIK.
Ihe Srar. l.jr.i' > St. Petersburg corres
pondent telegraphs that the Czar's right
leg wa* nearly torn from hi* body and
hi* )ft leg wa* badly shattered. A
.-o**ack and a passer by were killed on
'he sj-ot. The Grand Puke Michael
wa* wounded. An officer of the escort
And a cossack have since died. The
i i*r lingered an hour and a half. All
effort* to rally him failed. The only
j word he uttered after l>eing struck was
! the nsme of the I'zarevitch. The latter,
lon having the Palace after the death
I of the t'zur, wa* bailed as Kmperor by
the crowd. He was surrounded, con
trary to his cqstotn, by a strong mount
ed escort. The people are intensely
•■xrited and indignant. The soldiery,
wtio fairly loved thet'zar. are furious.
Ml of the official* hastened to the
Palace to inquire a* to the condition of
the Czar. Telegram* announcing the
death were sent to all foreign courts
and to every part of the Empire. It ia
-tated that the bomb* were made of
thick glass, filled with nitroglycerine.
I he assassin* stood on opposite side# of
the road. Ihe carriage wa* moving
fast and the first shell struck the
ground behind it and the back of the
carriage was blown out. The coach
man implored the Czar to enter the
J carriage again, but he moved a few
pace* from the carriage to see to the
wounded of his escort. The assassin
who threw the first bomb tried to
point a revolver at the Caar, but the
pi*tol wa* struck from hia hand. The
' 'zar seemed to recover consciousness
before hi* death, as motioned away the
: doctor* who wished to amputate his
leg*. The Czarevitch and Czarevna
I drove to their palace after the death,
amid the sympathizing crie* of the peo
ple. A company of guards surround
: the palace.
j TOR XEW RMPKROR AWt NES CONTROL or
Tit IS (SOVESXMEXT.
ST. PETERSBI RO, March 14.—Alexan
der, second son of the late Alexander
11, the murdered Kmperor. issued a
manifesto fo day, declaring himself
J "Kmperor and Autocrat of all the Kua
| *ia*. Czar of Poland. Grand Duke of
| Finland." Ac. He vows to devote hia
j life to the welfare and honor of Russia,
and call* upon his faithful subjects for
assistance. The Imperial family, court
officials, and the troop* have sworn al
legiance to Alexander 111.
Roth boinb thrower*, wrho were stu
dent* at the Mining Academy, have
been arrested. Two more death* have
occurred from the explosion.
A mas* meeting was held on last Sat
urday evening at the Masonic temple,
Broeklyn, E. I)., under the auapioaa of
the Ladies Irish American land league.
Seven hundred persons were present,
the majority being ladies. Mr*. Helia
Stewart I'arnell, the agitator's mother,
attended and spoke for half an hour on
the land question. She was frequently
applauded.
President Garfield gave a reception to
army and navy officer* Inst Friday eve
ning. which was a very brilliant affair.
In addition to the officers of the army
and navy, there were present the mem
bers of the Cabinet and ex Cabinet Offi
cers Kvarta, Ramsey. Ooff, Seoator Shar
man and ex-Postmaster General May
nard. The guests were received by
President and Mrs. Garfield, assisted by
Mrs. General Sherman. Mrs. General
Sheldon and Mis* Mason, of (leveland. H
Ex-Secretary Ramsey introduced the
officer* of the array to Secretary Lincoln,
who in turn presented them to the
President, ex Secretary Goff and Secre
tary Hunt introducing and preeenling
the officer* of the navy in a similar
manner.
NO. 11.