Tal, YURQUAL AND EXACT JUSTIOE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL," — TERXS : $1.50 per Annum VOL 10. NO. 9 The Cratre Drmoceat, Terus, $1 50 Per Annum in Adeance, FRANK E. BIBLE, 16888, Demooratie County Committee. NW LW WwW. Ww, Centre Hall... .. Howard Boro Millkeim Boro Milesburg Boro...vee. } ny . Philipsbur Huw, pasuty 1 rd W A RM. Magee, a ON wed), L. Meek, weed, W MeCormick, «Abe Weber, wSeamusl Wolser, woud M. Butler. ~derry Bankey, wadoseph Rely, ~Juekson Gorton, Bellefoute Unionville Boro... Beuner twp... Boggs twp BP do twp K.P. do twp N.P.. Burnside twp, College twp. Curtin twp... Sam), Harpater Jr William Lose, William Hanna, dubs 0. Orndorf. Calvin Weaver, J. 4. Gna, ££. OC. Meyer. we. Georges D Johnston Haines twp EP... dotwp W P Half Mou twp Harris twp... Howard twp. Huston twp . Liberty twp Marion twp. Miles twp... Patton twp. Potter twp N. P, do twp. 8. P. Ponst twp. .cuvun Haloes twp, B. . Rush twp N, P.. Orrin Vail, do twp 8. P John Kenuedy. Snow Shoe ny N -— . dotwp W, Po... Spring twp. aylor twp. Union twp... Walker twp... Worth twp W. F. Roam, Secretary. «WW, W. Spangler. Jacob 8. Meyer wdobin J. Orndorf 4 wn Perry Genta. Wm. T. Hoover wens Aaron Fabre A. G, Kreamer, cesses sees let¥l House Asron Winniams, Chairman Gov. Beaver has declined How provoking. But then Feidler may induce him to reconsider. Davip B. HiLo—The labored long and brought forth a mouse. You are not a mountain mountain by a Hill of a sight, and you would only bring forth something more diminutive than a mouse. Don't BELLEFONTE. PA.. THURSDAY. MARCI 1. 1888. ant rooms always open to the | public with Democratic newspapers and documents will in a great meas- between the Domocrats of County and town, by parties who hoped to profit by such antagonisms | and by the silly cry of "Court House ring" raised by the Repub- cans and taken up by thoughtless | Democrats, the Democrat in the County should consider him- self a of to lock after the interests of his party in his district. Whatever us not be divided by the intrigues of our political enemies. Let us each stand to our posts like honest true Democrats and if want a fight le: it with common enemy. Let every Demo- crat be our political friend, and every Republican be our political enemy. Every committee one we do lies and we be the The success of the great prirciples of Democracy should be the first object of every Democrat. Among democrats “Let us have peace’ and next perch on November the victory will Democratic banner, national State ani County — — Watch Their Reading The real facts of the kidnapping o! the little girl at Osceola by young this weeks Democrat and are from the pen of Kinsloe are given in the boys father. The boys story as the the told by the father agrees with story of the girl and denudes affair of any attempt at outrag» do it David. — A —— Put Penpsylvaia down as Solid | for Cleveland at St IL her democrac: 1 5 hh : mig, and put est fight they ter of a centur There will | Issues plucke re ges just as manner born. Th thoug plu ked va i VEry she threw it to Gros caught it, ly refused to cat tro JIL ACH on the nose that man's came fr fruit at Had Adam on the nose with an a did the President’ husband, sin never would have into the world, Adam have got mad all over and refused to eat. ping hands of woman Eve Pp [ wife with Kot would LW A——— i Keep up the Good Work | The result of the spring elections throughout the County are indeed gratifying to Democrats and give evidence of the utmost harmony in local affairs, and the burial of past political family differences All over the County Democrats have | been making efforts to put the party in fighting trim for the com. | ing campaign and the result is a| harbinger of victory for next fall | We congratulate the Democrats of | this County on the fact that the | party is now practically united and all attempts at disturbance should | be frowned down upon. We can't! afford to allow the enemy to in-! trench himself in another office in | Centre County. An united effort must be made to bring the party back to its old | restige. The for. matio 1 of a permanent Democratic association in Bellefonte with _ leas. ] V : | proper course of reading, it is even thought of outrage on if the There : ductor art Ln pd fear ] i i+ nt » in intellect, utterly worthle not it society, if bane, How important then that parepts should direct the early reading of their children, any thing that tends to erect in the mind false ideals of human life, that presents man in any other light than that of a law- abiding citizen respecting the [numerous presents his many friends. financiers in the WASHINGTON LETTER. Oaly a few short weeks ago we ure serve to harmonize the party | wrote you about the happy com- and to break the down unnatural | pletion by Mr. W, W. Corcoran of barriers which have been raised | his eighty-ninth year and of the received from To-day we have to record his death, after a very | brief illness. His lif* was full of ! charitable works, and many institu- : tions, which owed their inception and success to his generous aid, will keep before coming generations the memory of Washington's noble hearted philanthropist. let | citv in 1798, and Mr. Corcoran was born in this his whole entered here life was spent. He early the banking buisness and soon be- came one of the most prosperous It said that he leaves an estate valued country. is at about $3, 500,000 but more than that sum has been given away The Art Gallery the built of Corcoran and Louise Home were wholly and endowed by him and one his latest charities was to cause the i rights of his neighbors, and earn. | ing his bread by honest toil should in early years be utterly tabooed. As the twig is bent so will the tree incline. The early reading of child. | hood will determine to a great de. gree the bent of the more mature mind. Be careful what your chil. dren read. If from ten to fifteen you put into their hands proper books from fifteen to twenty one vou will never fear for the healthy condition of the mature | mind. The mind is broadened by dwarfed, narrowed and burned to a crisp by the flood of filth thrown on the market for the youth of the land. It is in the power of every thoughtful parent to prevent this dwarfing and corrupting of youth. The case of young Kinsloe is paral. lelled every day from the same causes and many times the degree of crime does not stop short of rob bery or murder. remains of John Howard Payne, the author of “Home Sweet Home” to be placed it brought from Tunis and 1 a tomb in Oak Hill ceme- suitable Mr His three try and to erect there a monument in his memory Corcoran leaves no children heirs will probably be his grand children who have lived with with him for many years Washington's birthday was All of Government Depa tments and the very generally observed. the various places of buisness through the city The ran Fire were Asso ont Vets mens the army who the the jans from Calif Washington to | nia, * {0 urge lection of Ban Francisco as pl They made a determined effort to varry the day, and for atime seem- ee likely to succeed, but were at last defeated by a combination en. tered into by the representatives of the interests of the Eastern cities, The bill providing for changing the day for the inauguration of the President from the 4th of March to April 3oth is not likely to be acted upon during the present session. we for holding the convention, | It was called up in the Senate the other day, and it was decided by a large majoriio vote to postpone the action indefinately: This is in | effect, a final dipsosition of the { bill and it is probable that we will | continue to inaugurate our Presi. H. dents on the 4th of March, Cn——— ] ———— LL Wasminaron, February 26,--The | presidential party arrived here this morning from their trip to Florida, They express themselves delighted with the trip, ! KIDNAPPED FOR RANSOM. | YOUNG KINSLOES MADOAP PRANK AND HOW IT RESULTED. NOVELS OF A LURID TYPE. | They Inspired the Boy to Oarry off Gertie Walker in Thorough Bandit Style i — 23 { The excitement occasioned by the kidnapping of Gertie Walker, the 15-year old daughter of R. J. Walk - Osceora MiLis, February er, has reached its culminating point in the story of the case, which {ismade public by R. A. Kinsloe, the father of the young man who had confessed to the madcap prank of | carrying off his neighbor's daughter. Mr. Kinsloe is the editor of the Wage publi. Earner's Jourmal, a weekly { cation printed in this town® and his W. A. Kinsloe, the of i this altogether singular adventure, Q | son, hero is only 18 years old, and has been | his father's assistan® in getting out the paper. The did this in Journal not but thereof Mr. Kinsloe prints a single come out week, lieu sheet, with the acknowledgement that had involved them made it impossi-~ He sale at the scrape in which bis boy ble to issue a « ymplete paper. s for a sacrifice, and intimates his the adds that the Journal i pur- He is mortifi- pose to leave region, apparently overcome with cation at his son's strange action and disgrace The facts of the abdoction thus It its attendant result forth by Editor arc Kinsloe M: atter, si AVS ul had been torn dows in that the building ha Wo been « The joi floor ndemned as dangeron t and flooring on the were not removed, rear of the building was the cellar, entered by wide doors leading from the street. The building having been abandoned, so to speak, the doors were left open, affording a secure retreat for the commission of almost any crime. Gertie had reached a point oppo. site one of these doors when she was seized, her shawl thrown over her head and pulled into the cellar Her hands were bound together, when she was told that if she at tempted to make any noise she would be killed. Making the shawl more secure about her head she was carried through the cellar, around the foundation of another building, up Coal street one-half square to the alley leading to the Reveille building in which the Wage- Earners’ Journal is now pub- lished, Here she was again cau- tioned not to make any outcry and then carried to the printing office and from the back door carried up two flights of stairs to the attic, where a bed made of old ex- changes and an old blanket was ar- ranged on which she was placed. Her ankles were then bound togeth. er and again was she cautioned about attempting to leave or make and she aever saw him afterward When in the alley she was asked if she knew who had her. Replying no, she was informed that it was Will Greenwalt, THE YOUNG PRISONER. Fearing harm would befall her if she made any noise, Girty remain ed quiet until near morning Working her dress around so as to be able to reach her pocket with bot « hands after a long succeeded, and with a pen knife cut herself loose. After- wards noticing rays of light in the front of the building she quietly made her way to the front and found what is known as a bull's eye win- dow, it being covered with a sheet of binder's board. This she remov ed, and found it broad naylight. She saw Dr. Read and others the street, but hearing some one down stairs was fearful that her captor might reach her before out side help could be obtained, she made no outcry, but once or twice did attempt to the wirdow Shortly riterware discov the stairs leading from the atti then slowly, but quietly, slid down two pair of stairs, and ran with all speed to her home, where she ar. rived greatly prostrated from fright and nervousness. She at once 451 time small on open she ered d ana informed her parents tracted and weeping friends who had kidnapped (recognizing him by his voice) : ec lime gave the gratiiving an outrage Kinsloe then describes h that was made for the sing girl, which was kept up by parents and fri-nds and in which there were none more active than himself. The sion prevailed that the chnid h ted by »w the the impres it ad been XKudnag ui ailer a iruitie tramps, | lo the | i mdition He was unarmed, a pistol The excitement is not to be wondered at, for the knowledge as to who committed the act and the return of the child followed so quickly, that no time was given for our people to grow more calm, even though many knew Girtie had not been seriously harmed. The high siate of feeling being onlya natural result following the commission of a henious crime-—Dbelieved to have been committed —we have neither any right nor any desire to censure, Bad as it is we thank God it is no worse, HELD FOR RANSOM, The boy's statement, as taken by the writer at Clearfield on Thurs. day, is that the girl was to be cap. tured and held until a reward was offered for her return, the project being the ou h of the reading of that kind of trash literature in which kidnapping, highway rob. bery and like crimes form the basis, He asserts that while some such was frequently discussed with others, no one was en with him in his attempt to kidnap Gertie and that no one knew of his pur. a nuiss, Hercaptor then leit her, pose, Fridny evening he dmits be! mis- | ACK 4 Ad ar had two or three drinks of liquor with others, (won't say who they were), and while standing opposite Brown's, and seeing Girtie come out, the impulse seized him to car. ry her off. He asserts that he never thought of doing her any violence, his only purpose being to hide her until a reward was offered for her return, How he was to obtain the money without criminating himself not to have considered, heme having been worked out SS10N of a he seem the s¢ only so far yotaining posse of the girl and the securing hiding place. “After placing her in the aticand still somewhat ] influence of liquor, he in order to wear off its effects, ran twice to the school house and back, to the depot and back-—more than mile-—then home, where he kept tally for sev- afew lady guests were playing, then retired. He heard the tannery whistle, sup- posed it an alarm of fire, looked out of the wind IW, Saw none and, went back to . , when he ent to the office, made the fire and to the Osceola train on to meet the writer, who had been absent all night Madera went tg t and togeth- indder the HOaer 10g a crai Ol dominioes, games as many others did, ' ar it cloch ing at § 0 went office to begin work was about ten for at uf Gertie was and trouble from own came m a clear sky reason sympathy v Bete > 8 S——— is Triumphant i De nent citizens to represent the interests of this city in its en- to the Democratic national convention held here, re- turned this morning amid huzzas of the populace and congratulations of the friends of both parties. A committee of citizens met the dele- gation at the East St. Louis trans fer station and welcomed them het] n senf to Washington deavor have back to Missouri with bands play- ing and flags flying. They were escorted to the Souths ern hotel, where a formal breakfast was given to them. George W. Allen welcomed the successful committee and was responded to by several members of the come mittee, and the feast wound up with an anthem composed for a similar occasion which was to have taken place in Chicago. The anthem was taken to Washington by Warren Leland, of the Chicago delegation, but their failure to st the convention, the St. Louis gation revised the verses and ed them for their triumphal return +: their hous»,
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