Pe purchased about thirty lets on Spring F. E. & G. P. BIBLE, Proprietors. "EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL wdaflersuy RA —— TERMS: $150 p per Anum. mn Adva VOL 9. BELLEFONTE. PA..THURSDAY, MARCH : 31. 1887. NO. 13 ~The Centre Bemocrat, Cormsil.50 por Annumin Advance Editor, FRANK E. BIBLE, 1887, Democratic County Committee. won Y Btituer, 3 wEdward Brown, Jr, Ballafuute } es James Schofield, Howard Boro... +A Weber, i Milesburg Boro... _- ; Millheim Boro. ——— TOS N. WwW. 8 WwW. Ww, W.. G Herlinger, foot Lahman, | have Vous imprisoned at the wexitum | but twenty years. Titus according to the evidence of Studeut Meade, delib erately plaoved the ruin of the girl, and when he met with the desperate ‘ resistance he did, whether he was suc- cessful in bis assault or not, he delib- erately choked the victim of his lust to death and the stories of a thousand { of bis kind will pot alter the belief of | people in his guilt, | The Tyraony of Organized Labor. Conrad Breitenstein, a shoe cutter | employed by Davis & Pincus, of New York, is a member of Local Assembly | 2070 Koights of Labor in that city, College twp... Curtin tWp.... Ferguson twp, do wh, W. Gre twp 8 NL. Frank Bowersox, WHiram Grove, wAoniah ©. Bossman, wp, B Py. “ Haine wp, ’ 2 - George W Keister, William T Halley, we Frank B Wislaud. John Glens, Half Moon tp... Riam HH Gardner, | week's work, i : William Irwin, | | the following notice: | defeat for the past four years, ohjects {to the Harrisburg Star and the Cex. Om udighbor, the Ww alohaian, whosg editor is one of the fellows who has been leading the Democratic party to TRE DEMOCRAT because they ask for a leader for the party. If the Walch man can show ope good reason why there should pot be a change in the policy and the men who for four years bave brought nothing but defeat and disgrace on the party in this State, we will say Amen, It is quite vatural that when Senator Wallace's name is mentioned, Meek should vomit, but then as the Walehman editor is neither {Conrad is an expert in his line of | | work and can cat 600 pairs of shoes | per week. The sssbmbly had fixed a {scale making 325 pairs of shoes a He cut 400 and was fined by his assembly which sent him New York, March 6, 1887. Mr. Conrad Brerressreiy —Due crsrsnsnad Ch M Clayy, —t oR B. Howe, Andrew J. Lucas, James Rodding, iti A Wm Ouiderwood, «John BH Beck, wed J Weaving, Worth twp... ¢ » «Charies MoGarvey. Dalen EWP. coon mmm H, Y.8nrues, Secretary. JAMES A MoCLATX. Chaivenan Tur great want of Bellefonte and | one which has been growing with the | increase in her population, has been tenant houses at rents within the | reach of theday laborer or workman whose earnings are below those of the | skilled mechanic. This want has driven many to second or third stories of our large business blocks or out of town entirely. Tenant hoases first break on the old willage clam | idea will be made this spring by J. L. Spangler aod J. W. Gepbart who have street and Fifth avenue, on which | they are going to erect a row o brick houses. These houses will be | gotten up with all the modern con veniences and with special refereves | to their sanitary conditions. They | will be in one of the most delightful | ] locations in town, handy to the Nail | Works and Glass Works, to the Lime Kilos and the various other industries and will be ;ented at reasonable rates, In beilding of brick these gentlemen | | citizen the | sell | much or you must quit,” {has 8 right to go into the labor mar | { Local Assembly 2070 for fines for do- {ing too muen work in Davis & Pincus’ | shop, the sum of $10.00. James T. Hexpenson, i Recording Secretary. Breitenstein agreed to pay the fine in instalments and went to work. He i was soon notified that he had been | . a : . | fined $25 additional which must be pid at once or he would have to quit | work. As a specimen of organized tyranny oo the rights of an American action of this New York | Assembly of Krights of Labor is on a par with the aggressions of any of our so-called soulless monopolies. The ose thing that labor orgaviza- | tious fail to recoguizs in their contests | with capital and in dealing with io- nt | dividoals is popular prices are now sesured. The | ander the natural right of every the sun to work for whom he pleases and for what wages he pleases, without any interferance, con- trol or coercion from anybody. The {man who surreoders up His rights which the law of God and man give | him in the disposition of this labor. to | 8 iabor organization or to any other {organi ization, makes a slave of bim- and jeopardizes the peace and weifare of his family. right to say, “You must work for so | Every man | | ket of the world and sell his labor to | the highest bidder and this right can- interests, | No! | man or organization of men has a! the Democratic party, one of its lead. ers nor even a respectable unit in its { great menybership, his pueril protests | against 8 chaoge iv party affairs will {bave no weight. When it was rumored before the formation of Presi dent Cleveland's cabinet that Senator Wallace could haves portfoilo our neighbor recoguized that gentleman's eminent fitness and paid glowing tribates to his great abilities 2s a lead. er and statesman. The milk in the cocoanut then was the patronage Wal- lace would wield. When Randall was made grand almoner for the State the Mecea of Meek’s worship | ¢ | was changed from Clearfield to Phila- | delphia. The resson he kicks so vig- orously is because for four years he helped bandle the Democratic cam- paign funds and hopes to be in with the old crowd as long as it can, like a leech, suck the life blood of the party, — A AI—s NEGOTIATIONS for the sale of a half foterest in the Howard rolling mill to western parties, says a Howard cor. respondent of the News are under con- sideration which, if concluded, the new firm will take possession about April lst, 1887. From apparently reliable information we learn that B. Lauth offered to sell a balf interest for $50, 000 retaining a one-fourth interest for mmself and a foarih interest for Jolin Washington Lotter, Wasninarox, D. C, March 28 Although the weather continues cold the days are bright and pleacant, and evidences of the opening of spring time abound upon every hand. The buds are barsting upon the earlier varieties of trees, and crocuses and cther blossoming plats sre in full bloom in the parks and public grounds, As the time approaches for the opening of the great National Drill the headquarters of the committee, having the matter in charge, presents # very active appearance. Military organizations from every Satae in the Union bave notified the committee of their intention of participating in the contests, and itis probable that at least fifteen thousand men will be n- cluded in the grand review, to be held upon the closing day. Although Frolgat and Bxproon, THE FORMER CRASHES INTO WITH FATAL THE RESULTS, LATTER, Prrrsnura, March 25 —A frightful ac cident occurred on the Fort Wayne railroad shortly before 1 o'clock this It was attended with fatal * wera injured, morning, results sad number of passengers The accident caused a of them bad a moment's warning and al- | most. miracuously escaped death ty jumping from the train. The bound express No. 12, from Chicago. panic among the passengers. Some east ~ which is due in Pittsburg at 3-10 o'clock in the morning, reached Sslem, O,, nighs shortly left the station Inst | alter midnight, The train i a fow moments and bad proceeded two and one-half Willism B brake inter | 4 miles, when Eagineer ail noticed that the air hore was leaking. The train was running rapidly on a steep down grade that is seven miles long extending from Salem to Leetonia, the success of the undertaking bad long siuce been assured, the tainty which has existed regarding the concessions to be expected from railroad compapies, bave prevented | many militar qonis atiops from in- curring the e. psure of the journey. Since it has been decided that all of | the trunk lines of the country are to carry passengers at less than one-half | fure, the committee has been jubilant, and there is vo longer a doubt but | that the National Capital will be taxed to its uttermost to accommodate | its guests during “drill weck ” As the | last day of the drill will occur ugion | Decoration Day, it is proposed that the visiting military shall visit the ! National Cemetery at Arlington, and | participate in the decorstion ceremo- nies, aud as the route by the Loog | Bridge is circuitous, a poatoon bridge | will be thrown across the river, at the | foot of G street, for use upon that oc casion., There seems to be no relation be | Laath, the latter ww be superintendent | {of the works, If the new firm goes | into existence it will manufacture bil. | | lets for making fence wire and mue | ! They inten eight padd dling | i { bar iron for the markets, i to ran four forge fires i furnaces and a “bar mill) ’ probably give employment to forty or fifty men, It is devoutly hoped that | the negotiations will be a success and | that the new firm will enter into busi. | ness al once, and wi : tween Lhe railroad eollisions aud the { Patent | Vermont and Massachusetts, has been to stimulate the inventive th roughout the country and they have | caused it and | set st work to invent something that | will sap 4 y an acknowledged publ lie the Patent Office is being | need, and | flooded «ith applications for patents { for a great variety of devices for modi. | { fying the danger incident to the pres uneer- | | alighted from his engine ad crowded | minds | 0... The engineer feversed his engine ] He | | and succeeded in stopping the train, between the tender and the smoki ng | | car 10 fasten the ends of the hose gether again. | stopped 8 brakeman was hurriedly sent | | back to flag the freight, which was back | Reed and | of the express. Conductor | the other brakemen stood on the track as he came out keeping a sharp lookout for any ep- proaching train. They were suddenly horrified when they saw ward Cordacior Reed the express. | bad the presence of mind to jump upon | the express snd ery to the passengers | to harry off that & train was crashing into them, One of the brakemen st | the same times rushed shead to the | engine of the express and called to En- i | gineer Beall to eome from train or he would be killed. It was 100 late to avoid a collision. under the { The grade was so sleep tha! the train ewld not be stopped. In snother | moment it had erashed with terrifies force into the Pullman sles ping car. the sides until it lodged one-third of the way within the sleep: rf. The of the collision was so the sleeping © passenger great that the the forward {impetus given to } wich 10 telese pe, Thera were i iree passengers and conductor T. Biagley on the sleeper, Had filled with passengers the | Joss of life would have been frightful. the | car been | lounge in the ear when the accident sat down in his chair | mir of trimuph, As 300m as the train was | : ret. the fourth | | section of the eastbound freight train | { No 70 round the curve and speed on to- | | The frei ight locomotive crushed through | hh ; } A h Office, but one of the direct re | £ Loli uf the recent railroad disasters in | ’ oree | ballot. at 4 —— - ssn — Not w Sing Sing Yet. New York, March 24, — Cleary is out of the Tombe, and for the present, at least, is a free After seveeteen hours of pondering over his esse, brok- en only by a little sleep, the jury in oyer and terminer failed to agree upon a verdict and were dischn rged by Judge Jarrett, man, The slderyman renewed his bond of $10,000 and went home to bis children snd his friends. When the announcement wss made that the jury were coming in [ra Shafer souidly, with an Mr. Vincent appear- «d contented. Cleary, pale from the long strain, bad lost his acxious look «nd with difficulty, it seemed. eontroll- ed his joyous News {ast and it was evident that the ver- diet would not be one of conviction. The jury filed into their feelings, travels seats and tried to look unconscious as the roll war ealled, “Have sgreed upon a verdict { gentlemen 7’ neked Clerk Walsh, “We have not” you answered Foreman Jschman promptly, and just as prompt Hy they were discharged by Judge Bar. There was app!suse in a enrper of the crowd made # break for the door to cateh Cleary us a court room, while the however, the jury Everybody, { was ordered to his seat until | had passed out. Cleary’s face was wresthei in smiles for s moment and then he anxiously awaited developments, Mr. Shafer wanted to snow if ths was the proper time to ask for the dis- charge of Cleary's bail. Judge Barrett thought it was the part of the district attorney to ssk its renewal. This Mr. Martine did, and being satisfied with the old boad for 40.000. it was order _ ed to be renewed. At the suggestion of the district attorney Judsze Barreit | then adjourned court until this morn. | ing, Mr, Martine will have something to say about a sew trial, The rumors of the balloting were | finally simmered down to this, that the | jury stood six for convic tion and six for acquittal on the first ballot and the vote was not chsnged op any succesding OD Judge Barrett told a reporter that he | Was surprised that the jury should dis- but | [| John | agree, He had expected a verdict one way or the other, in view of able in which both sides of the case the masoner i had been presented for their consider- § atom, { Conduet or Bingley was sitting on a | When Cleary learoed that he was out have taken a new departure which | . | eat means of heating rail WAY Cars. { of the cutsody of the sheriffs officers he will be not only a matter of economy | to them but of safety to the tenants, | a3, between the different houses fire walls extending to and above the roofs cso be bailt, which will confine a fire to the house in which it should start. We hope the day of wooden houses is about gone. They are] neither beautiful, economical nor safe, - —“-" Jaxiror Trrvs, the murderer of Tillie Smith, has just saved his neck by the confession to the Jersey board | of pardons that he murdered the girl but didn’t intend to do it. In addi tion to committing the murder he blackens the character of the dead girl by saying that be had been crimi- nally intimate with her jthat night hy arrangement and that she made no re sistance. Titus’ confession is in flat coutradiction of the evidence in the case and to the line of his defense, The prosecution proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that there bad been a desperate struggle in the cellur, the | er girl's bair was all matted gether, | he: clothing torn aod covered with | dust and leaves and her new shoes scuffed, wood fiber was ground into | her dress which was proven 10 be the same as that of the board platform found io the cellar. Tiwas says Tillie i ~ upbraided him for’ his conduct and in moment of uueontrollable anger he | © ahoked tor vo death. Tn view of all | fact, and that Tillie bad threaten. | vor of an eastern man, some fellow on not be questioned by any labor or othe organization. When will the | Ametican laborer assert his rights against the tyraony of his own organi- zation as well as against that of capi- tal ? It is nearly time that somebody was getting his eyes open to such outrages 8s those of New York Assembly 2070. n—A—— The Sun's Oandidate. Under the above caption the San | Francisco Daily Report mentions William T.Coleman as the candidates phia, are just getting through wit bh | their anoual controversy about “the | largest circulation of any paper in the city with one exception.” Just what interest the readers of those two papers have in the conbruversy we can’t see and as the question is pever determined it begios 10 dawn on the general public that it is & mutaal advertising scheme for the benefit of the two journals concerned. Neither of them have have any oceasion to blow about their circulation as it is exceed. of the newspaper men for President in | 1887 and having marked the editorial in “red”requests ns to “send marked | papers to 8. F. Daily Report.” We dido't know the newspaper men were to have a candidate, but if thats the case we are not very choiey. As for Billy Coleman he's too near the centre of “Chines civiliza- tion” to make a good candidate for the mugwumps who don’t belong to the newspaper fraternity and besides Dana bas killed whatever chance Coleman ever had. No, we are in fa. the style of Alec McClure of the | Philadelphia Times. Bome fellow without either politics or religion, so that in a campaign those questions could not he raised. We want a paper man with an ink fountain all around him so that the fellow who “stirs him up is bound to be defiled a girs of Syauds off dent reader” fellow. ed by both the Ledger and Record | whose circulation is made up of bona Jfide subscribers and large editions are not worked off by them for some in dividual sdvertiser.It's about time that those great biow hard journals get down off the house top wnd ocense tooting their fog horns. Duel In A A Court Room. Corvxmia, 8, C,. March 27. Bowe days ago Lambert Jones and Geore Johnston had hot words in a justice's court in Newberry, 8. C. They were in court yesterday, and during the pro- ceedings Jones who is not twenty-one, insisunted that Johnston lied, John. ston is a prominent lawyer of the state Last fall he made a close ron for Cog- gross. He aross from his seat and told Jones that if he repeated that he would shoot him, Jones reiterated that John ston lied, and at the aime tue drew hin gato) and fired, the ball passing through ohnston’s ear, he alt bu drew hig res voiver and firin between the two A occurred. Oas of the berths fell down se — Tie Times and Press, of Philadel. No lees than three hundred and sixty | ap plications of this have been received | the ool Covert of the House of | Representatives, It is at this office that the employes of the House side of thegaapitol receive their monthly paym and the office is open the year d. Among the Members in and held him a prisoner until When he was it belp réscusd | his berth, and when the debtins was cut | away it was found that he was so badly injured that he had to be carried from | the car. Mr. Pedow and the other passengers were aleo imprisoned among the broken timbers, but escaped with slight bruises. Eogioeer William Beall the city, who, vigited the office a day or two since, was Representative W. L, Scott, of Penndylvania. Mr. Scott | had not drawn any portion of his sal- ary for more than a year, and he re ceived from the cashier $0,000, which is said to have been the largest sum «ver paid to a single individual in the history of the office. The work of the Pension Office is increasing so rapidly that there isa likelihood of the office being swamped | unites there is a let up, During the | past week 6247 pew climes were! filed ; 2,547 claims were rejected, and 2,147 allowed ; and the total number wow pending is 287,137. The Mexi- can pension claims are coming in in large numbers, aod it is not seen bow it is possible to dispose of the number betore the end of the fiscal year, end ing June 30, 1888. The #6,000,000, aud over, appropriated Mor thin class whatever balance is 00 hand turned into the Tressury. This will proba- " ‘another n | hiy Nouusitate | from under his engine, received the warning too late to crawl | When the collision occurred he was ground under the cars and fatally injured. He wig placed on a car and sent towards his howe in Allegheny. Bat before Rochester, Pa., was reached he died. He was 50 yoars of age and leaves a family. When the warning came from Con- ductor Reed, a panic ensned among the passengers, the majority of whom wera women and enildren. They rush. od frantieally 10 the forward part of {the comch. A number of them reached the platform and succeeded in jumping to the ground before the collision oe- curred, By reaching the front of the | began smiling sgain and shook hands { cordialiy with dozens of friends who : | erow ded around him. fig #oid with a laugh that he “felt pretty good —sabout {a8 good asa msn might be) expected | 10 feel under the circumstances,” Ira Shafer did not feel very kindly toward Judge Barrett during the after- noon, because he felt that he had been “sat upon” several times in the course of the trial. He expressed the opinion that the judge's charge leaned too much toward the prosecution, and if any county judge outside of New York had delivered a similar charge he would have been liable to impeachment, Af- ter the jury cams in, however, Mr. Shafer somewhat modified his opinion of the charge so far as its partiality was concerned, “What do you think of the result?” a reporter asked him, “Well I'll tell you,” was the reply, “I think that on the evidence the jury shouldn't have been out five minutes before they brought in a verdict of se. quittal.” “Do you feel as hard ss ever toward the reporters?" “Now, look here, young man,” he re plied, grimly, “one of these days when sll you fellows have been indicted for murder I'll be the first ye ou od
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