# A rat, INE. & G. P. BIBLE, Proprietors. YEQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS Ok POLITICAL." TERRS : $1.50 per Aunum : VOL 9. BELLEFONTE, PA.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887. NO. 45 The Centre Democrat, Termssl.50 per Annumin Advance FRANK E.BIBLE, - Editor, THE more you think of it, don't you {elt as though you wished you haden't? ima —— RoLL up your pantaloon sleeves, we are bound ‘or salt river and the water is low. You will have to wade the stream, sn n— A — Tue Republicans are not rubbing | it in on us very much the dear good souls, they have all the offices and they can afford to be decent. EA —————— Paiste this in your hat for fet ure use, and when a republican asks | you to vote show'it to him, thisis what they say about wou now that the elec. tion is over and they have profited your The by wote ticket was elected by the corrupt | element of the demoeratic party.” | Can you “remember that little sen- | tence for a year? Gl RAR For thenext Democratic legisla t've ticket, we would suggest new men not identified with factions not professed politicians but from the people, men on whom the party can unite and harmonize all differences. No old stagers next year It won't be a good year for that class of fellows, ty and briog 1t back to its old time majority, bat it mast be dove by the united effort of all Democrats. and right We cau redeem our coun- Tuere are fifteen applicants for i the commmissioner's clerkship. our are not hungry republican friends for office oh, no they just vant see that there is no office. But the api Vacant y i fifteen republican t As ay aang their fifteen several —— debt reached the Tag public est pcint in August, 1865, tweuty-two years ago, when it was 82 181,530,285. It is now not iacludiog bonds, 81,001 thao redoced the Pacific Railroad 976,850. ®n other words, more one half of the debt has been at the average of $62.508 075 each year 85225581 each month, 8164. 186 each dav, $7.258 each hour. of the and 8120.47, for each minule entire twenty-two vears, CHICA anarchists were formally burs 1 day. Probably half a million people far the The « retinas s saw the public preparations final disposal of the dead. the Auogustas Spies, with Ninn Vanzand tege first took up as ons of the mourners without 8 sien 0 | her face or It then of Parsons, and lastly of Toe ee of m miromg then took up the apparel Fucher Linge ho ly of an ] Ei gel, processi 37] wlose to the Mav 4 where the bomb was thrown. passed Th & 1864 It tok twenly-three minntes to pass 8 given point, The bodies were the cemetery al Weldhieim, taken buried In | 5) all forty cir loads were the groans, ——— Ow Wednesday morning after the clection Beaver sent for Hastings and a number of local editors about town to consult on the victory cured by the republicans in the county. Some were for having a jollification meeting but the wiser heads were opposed, “nothing must be dene to irritate the democrats who had voted with the republi. cans, Feidler was ordered to “draw it mild” in his first issue, and give the “independent” democrats the credit for the victory. Nothing should be done to indicate the loss sustained by the democracy. This advice has been followed and we won't know that we have been whipped until after the first Mon. day in January, when we see new faces about the Court House, SC against your ticket, | republican | in | Anarchists Hanged. Cuicaco, Nov, 11,—Spies, | | | | Fischer and Parsons, four of the Anarchists convicted of the murderous conspiracy which resulted in the killing | of seven policeman in the Haymarket, lon May 4 1886, to-day expiated their |erime upon the scaffold. All were {strangled to death, as it appears neither | had sufficient weight to break his own | neck. The utmost good order was pre | served throughout. | After a few hours of troubled sleep the doomed men awoke shortly after 7 o'clock this {| within a few minutes of each other, and ablutions, for ] performed their accustomed seeming'y with little concern the them in remarkably {dread fate which awaited a few hours, All composed under the circumstances, and their seemed { evidently determined to justify repeated boasts that they did not fear death. Indeed, Parsons was rather { brusk with his sir of bravado or indffer- | | ence, THE MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD, {o white The forms of the four men about then covered with shrouds, and the procession started for the scaffold at 11 52 a the first of the Anarchists to step upon He vd gisnced at the reporters with die were Was m. Spies the instrument of death, looked his old-time cynical smile He walked firmly over the drop, puid- ed 1 y grasp of a deputy, to the F owing io not furthest edge of the gallows. scher close enough : i had his han i white muslin, had a nshiness i0sely wis F Spies’ shr touch Sj been pisioved under the Fischer's countensnece peculiar ghsten, totally unlike the of Eogel's heavy fostures, and in strange contrast with the dead lack of color in tne pinched lineaments of Parsons. The on inty, vivacious Texan stepped He sinegn ty & withered ald man. had red twenty years apparently the hl AY ANG hour scarce (we ve month fore when he tipped lightly Court before Ju ge Gary aad fi panty was yeady 40 ba trie declared that hye He had J ture i he " siongs ie wilh {nom made n hideops ¥ hss m pl i ngel stupid wide jawed A 4 cont ) LAY Of n a the de 18 Comra puties stands 4 £47 for eendetuned man began withouvdelay to ad iust the YOpes renr of Lim t been the Arst ons not Appear Lo regard ny more consequence than a new The "khés SSnd slippad hte show a tremor, but liden eoliar, down the eard Moss agiifet heel Spies did not whey : the same process was being carried out with Fischer he turned and whispered to the bailiff some suggestion Fischet's quietly concerning the rope, Le sional ardor was quite noticeably lessen- {ed when he felt the hempen strand, and Engel bit his under lip hard whes his turn came, In young physician standing back of | Engel, whispered in Engel's ear, { Anarchist laughed outright with | or was being fastened on Parsons by his side. But the grotesgn laugh stopped in a single instant, and Parsons, meek. ly me u saint, cast ais eyes upwardat the dangling line above him. Before the four Anarchists had an inkling of what was Lo be done, the white caps were defily slipped over their beads and drawn quickly down to the necks, shut- ting off the view of this world forever. LAST WORDN OF THR CONEEMNED, Augwest Spies was the first of thy four doomed mento make use of his wits while he could, [na tone of intense bitterness of spirit he the man who wrote the infamous revenge circular, hissed out beiween his teeth: ‘There will come a time when our silence will morning, | Just then Dr. Murphy, | In- | {oredible as it may seem. the low-browed | the | | rope around his neck, and while anoth- | | be more powerful than the voices they | [are strangling to death.” {for Anarchy !" Fischer csught the fire of the | ance and still more loudly exclaimed |. | | " Adding ; "This | “Hurrah for Anarchy ! life.” like the {is the happiest moment of my a silence { | There was then by | grave, broken abruptly slow, | white robed priest before the altar of {saoriflce, Not as a dying request, rather like a command or warning, sounded fourth : **May I be allow«d speak 7" with slow enireaty Then came Matson 2" There was an agonized pause, | Tren he broke cut in unna‘urasl hollow | accents ;: “Let the voice of the pee ple be heard.” THE DROF FALLS The next instant a blow was { view Of the by the excutioner, and in full [the 200 men in front were N . + = while writhing SOrouus, The ropes could be seen slowly tghtesing the neck could be no.iced blackenin d pling. Nin« Was Known minules pusse 4 toa certainty that not been or he Hay murderers rd nnd stra gled | snd 8 half mic y fell all were pronounced following order ; All were quickly BOTEWE and Parsons, Paper tabs were pasted on ch Veloek the boldly of Par identification, A the inion which | By cinimed August's, The remain in & Coin al CK were reg CGmniites of the on CO on of 4 man in B Hus as a crcie moving down the at Howard it: ol in Curtin township it appes tire hid ton t LF Eyes i Jedred 1 aired It ounty t Ici be. entire « a wet blanket on deme MOTACY fiat Ju from, where it hit us what it wa where it came and how hard sible in to tell, mpo Out sent pre but 1t here, with beth feet’ and good for dazed condition 1s three years. It may be accounted for on a thousand different theories one satisfies us, our fellows diden't have enough votes i How thoy View it, A leading republican of Belle. | fonte on last Saterday, said to a | prominent republican from the | country: “Yes we have elected a | republican Eheriff in this county, land we did it with the aid of the corrupt and immoral element in the democratic party.’ This shows the estimate in which those foolish democrats, who through personal chagrin and disappointment, or private malice, were induced to vote against John Noll, are held by the better class of the republicans of the county. Engel The lust sylable of Spies’ concluding | | words, hoarse with suppressed passion, | | N | | had not reached xn end when Engel, | { raising his voice, wildly cried “Hurrah | utter- i the | ' | measured intonation of Parsons like =» | more or less | but he | 10 struck | Then it | Governor Inn, DISTRICTS “1 saavag Nw, EW wy Contre Hall Howard Mit shurg Million . Philipsburg, iat ward EY 24 ward “Will you let me speak, Sheriff’ | Rurnside Colle ge Curtin Fetgusonu, KE P . - WW. Pores Gregg. NX P . sp Haines, KP wp Halfmoon four | about # that between cap and shroud | pur | Bug sine Jude Avis, Judge Troan nrar Khe if Regletor ! dey ‘savony wag “dany OFFICIAL RETURNS OF CENTRE COUNTY, 1087. Treas rey Ha — corder] Commissioners Anditors, - » ct 3] * 4 ” i ® _- * wag day “a SYTANEH Washington Letter, Discussion in both public and pri. : : 3 1 | vate circles during the past week Las been about n 1 : 1 {toe pensalioond incidents stenting the last days of the doomed Anar hits at Chicago, and the re | Tuesday's eleclion, If any one had inferred from the fact ahat vo elections are held at ti National Capit Fe the re woinmbia were } We resait of ould have bh {he : tha sla wit mbled il {their minds arr ex al Aes about iw news-paper and telegraph es u pos Tuesday evening, anx Ma The result in ly watching bulletios as they ”~ were posted, maidered by th democrals a a fa- oie omen upod which to base felr pre Hetions for the | admin. Own mn is : ontest, and the friends of the stration have in thelr nominated ava reelected Presidest Es r House, from President down to the humbliest 1 second ter (}] Cleveland for body at the White em galising plovee, has won a smile of tion since the result wae announced [he President was kept fully informed | of the election retnrns upon electio equally divided between | uit of | sicients | ing will doubtless fash i¢ and popular at the Capital. It & Liat as become both i Has AR ong Hern an secret, open : hostle fee ing has ex sted Do twp pogee th Mgr peter y J ne horetary i the (« tt of the land OM. PT lat {10r ang Mi Mog ria nor of the {1 | : | cirs i ! Boa tained by ¢ wilh refer | ITants — a Degerved their Pate : New hp’ wk ix | residential | Lo | fe i day, and be did vot retire for the night | W bie received the assurance until had that New York had voted in secord The Republi nsiderable comfort from ance with his wishes CADSR erive © the elecion of a Republican Repre genta ive in Congress from Rhode Island, as this gives them a wajority of the States in the House, which will { ba of vital importance in case of no | popular election of President next | year, Horseback riding is becoming “quite the thing” in society circles here. A new three-story brick build. ing bas recently been constructed {upon P street, ata cost of $75,000, | which is to be known as the Wash. ington Riding Academy. The school will be open during the president month, aod an aunual subscription of 8100 is asked of each member which will edtitle the member to the use of the ring at all times excepting when it Is reserved for special purposes. The fact that the lat of subscribers is headed by the Presideat and five members of bis cabinet assures the success of the undertaking. Prof. J. D. Brown of New York, who has had many years of experience in enter- prises of this character has the matter : ists an all the diffe bee rent ‘ ISES LGal Dave in the Unite a imported into in. the past few These classes have left he YOAars | stone unturned in save the necks of the condemned The case of these men was very They had been convicted (of murder under the laws of the | State of Illinois, a . fair trial was had, the case was reviewed. by the | Bupreme Court of the State, and by the Supreme court of the Unit- All the evidence was | Rone over by Gov, Oglesby and no | question of doubt could be raised, such being the facts they must under the law pay the penalty. They were tried, not as anarchists but as ordinary men indicted for murder. They were convicted and have been hung not as anarchists but as murderers. They have rich- ly merited their fate if ever a set of men did. Anarchism is not a crime under our statutes. The law does not hunt dows and punish men for being anarchists or any thing else, il they do not violate simple of ed States in charge, nad the health and pleas ure giving exercise of horse back rid. the law. It is rediculous for people to waste sympathy on men who de. no | ir efforts to! » of al 1 : : there raers, not mistorigae ry : i ull fred urg ins two nh has the mab In Lion ot the o inftry CHSCs ol $8100, but i" Nn ither Oppression nor meiortuone which in tris day of prosperity fills land all It is such the orators : the with tra.aps. There is work for : ’ \'y \ who desire it or will Work, reckiess, untrathfl publ] that makes anarchism possible iu the i! statements in press and by sand lot United Stites. his catering to the " | : i orderly element Gis of society is pro- lifie of riots, strikes and disturbances | kind. In wo country of the world are the people, as a rule 9 well fed, clothed and sducated as in the United States, the Government juter. feres in no way with the private af, fairs of the people the right to “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” is unabriged. It is only when the law is violated that the strong arm of government is felt. Oat of seven men convicted of the murder of the Chicago policemen last May, but one was an American and be the product of ante bellum Texes. The press is responsible for disorder and discon. tent among the laboring people so far as their feelings are worked up by oa its face, may be made and thou- sands wil believe it. It in the duty of the press to keep down lawlessness by appeals to the better nature of even the restless, than to stir up lying editorials, up ite
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