ur AN 1 VOL. 16. Se SELLEFONTE. PA. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1894. NO. 26 The Centre Democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ, ED. & PUB. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : HEditorial. THE TICKET At the Wednesd received from Harrisbuy Wm. M. Sh an iy afternoon, th ou = (3 one adelphia the tarif Senate by the its comments ot vir miveni 15 JEAl- ms of the President success thas far. Hill has nold to his party. proven - are parti Hill's opposition When Hill fought } ght Tue republicans cularly de- ighted with to the Wilson bill. Senator the McKinley bill the republicans poked sarcastic remarks at him and considered him a very bad democrat—now they ad- mire the man who once was the object of their contempt. Strange. ington, are slowly disbanding. The cause is rations are getting low/and the community wont contribute to the sup- port of loafers. Coxey a candidate for congress and will edit a newspaper + " when a ¢ ! { y professior ¢ late ex.-Governor Willian He is 53 years of age, and ped for the duties of t +) wii : salary is 284.500 > THE CAMPAIGN As we go press Wednesday afternoon it m | information in re the Democratic possible to mu gard to tl State Convention in ses. that af get | 1e doings of m, at Harrisburg, The attend is quite large from every part of the state. That is an in- that the rank and file of the aggressive and ready to make campaign this The varmists and the wail of cal: 81( tern no ance dication i arty ars strong : ’ hriexks a yeal amity howlers can not discourage the democrats of this state. They know that the party is founded on principles that will prevail. Temporary depression may discourage some and others may be deceived for the time. It is still four months until the November election, and in that time wonderful changes can takeplace There has been a general call from all sections for Mr. Singerly, editor of the Philadelphia’ Record, to allow his name to be at the head of the state ticket for Ie would unite the party and Gen. Hastings would be compelled to hustle, There are elements thal can enter this campaign that might make the result very uncertain, The battle has not been fought and the result is unknown. Blaine's popu- larity and magnetic personality was not reducable to voles, The same thing may happen to other men. . - Prohibition County Convention, The chairman of the Prohibition county committee has issued his call for the holding of their convention,on Tuesday, July 24th, at 10.45 o'clock a. m. It is the intention of the prohibition. ists to put up a foll county ticket and wage a vigorous campaign in the county. govyernot nself a Benedict Ar- | GREEN GOODS RACKET. HOW DUPES ARE FLEECED BY SHARPERS. An Interesting bit of testimony by an exper enced Criminal-Sharpers protected by the polie Profitable but dangerous bus NERS 1 Ol the places, in J vast solne time | {both | | i | ( | | expo ana iow Leen UY fv iwy. trembling have ire from the mvestigntion mn It authorities of that the { form of criminals, upon whom they lay pro- “p- | RUress ie senate commities wars that the police City wwe been protecting worst a heavy stent. Gambling dens, ASS | houses of ill fame, swindlers of all Kinds | towed to ply their vocations un. they officials for protec. lested as long as pay a | certain sum to the tion. he “Green Goods'’ business was ex- posed last week. As many of our read. received circulars from these men we publisl the by | ers have 1 a full statement of how is conducted and how the h 1SINess poor dupes. an | r auj « An 1 ' eeced Xion It {are f of their | 3 | Appe, a Chinese-American who has served tentiaries for various wt 31 Im a number of terms in pen the follow wing starving testim iting g commitiee ast itness was told to explain to the R 1s were sold green goods were s0.iQ. OW wow circulars were country annound money made from rom the by 14 it: and how the « with a bag or were openly robbed. plates Governmen could be had I New York for vid MA Nn Coil pes 0 14 phe | | Were paper then asked to give a list of the engaged in tl "vari yus offices, First, came the “backer” who i to the crooks as the l He the buiness; second is the ** writer | sends out the mail; third is the ‘steerer’ man. is behind oint’ and int is worthless paper for the good ringer” who ia partition in the “tury 1bstitut sing | ing § 1! money the ymeward train is the place whet of the busi backer takes takes fifty got from ries and from and addresses he mails to the persons whose are thus obtained a explaining the business, en. closes a bogus newspaper cutting which circular contains a pretended account of Govern. ment detectives having discovered that what was supposed to be an overissue bills really of bills from stolen Government plates, and of the arrest of the man who had stolen the plate and official printing from the government. He also encloses to the victim who responds a sample of the goods, which is, in fact, a genuine one or two dollar bill, and a telegraph blank with instructions how to reply by telegraph. of genuine Was an issue paper WHAT A list, it further appeared is made of the circulars sent out, and when a re. sponse is received the man who responds appears on the books of the swindlers by number, but he is known to the gang at first as a ‘come on.” HAPPENS TO A GUY. The Come.on is instructed by mail what town and | hotel to go to, and is supplied with a | password by which he is to know the agent of the “company.” A familiar password is, “How are you, speedy for, tune?’ Then a steerer is assigned to bring the ‘‘come-on'’ into town. When he reaches this city he is taken to a sa. { loon, where he is told to wait while the | steerer goes and notifies the turner that ‘his come-on isa “guy.” A man isa | guy when he has proceeded as far in his | search for speedy fortune as to be { brought to the city by a steerer. The {guy is then taken by the turner to the "turning joint, where he Is introduced to ew York | with fear of | quick, eriminal, | : ing | nto} Of green He Wis i g | UANK I'oil | ¥ 134 } . vv 2 : supplies the money used in who | with a kick or protest? A. | the turner’s “father,” known in the | business as “the old gentleman,” and | whose function seems to be to inspire | confidence in the mind of the guy. To | the guy is then shown a package con- { taining from £2,000 to £10,000. He is | asked how much business he wants to { do, and a deal is madeat the rate of ten dollars for one. That is, if the guy says 8300 he is of count out and #250 travelling put oods he has allowed to | | i i i | 83,000 the good money, {more is added for his : money ded y is packed in his pr He is told at this point to sign his name, and that is when { the “turn” The box shelf, against ¥ 1 1H GES A lid in green g *y box. ence ina is done, put { partition and ti Lo which the guy is to sign. Ing money is on i 16 book or The ceals the shelf and the “ringer’ a transfer he { through the partition a package contain. { ostensibly get the lid Coll- IMALes mnt substitutes is | ing worthless paper for that in which the good money has been placed. Q.—~Where does the old gentleman ? A.~He come in just sits there asa matter metin hange by the now, He Nn to investigate, the a dollar to go A.~No, not had a sample sent to hir Q.—G A. | package he turner? has on with When the progress of guy. careful about detectives might see his | must not attempt to spend any | thi fq of it in § part of the country, as this vicinity § flooded the goods. Then the id to take the 4 ticket, ses if the 3) man the the road with him 5 the banzer todo? A. He always has i on hand tog} to the train? tailer gets ito victim gels ‘ell if there is the QQ. Bul they A: The & seldoth comes back. If he doe tailer throws a scare | pretends to be an him. tells the into officer, and _/ guy that he 14 bad as tl : S| i 4 e wants | generally n mail boxes | | street They all know 1 They pass me when I have a guy and they bow to ry ul me (8 J . d pass on And did | guys with alon witl I di If aw me, but walk A vel ] { had a guy the police ne { if 1 picked a pocket they always | pretty quick. 2 What is the biggest day's business iyou ever did? A 1 | day. Q SAW Ine made 2600 one At five A Oh, no: | per cent.” #125 of that was my commission, the | balance I got from the guys. When | | take aguy toa train 1 throw a scare {into him and say, “well, here is the | train; my fee is 8150." They generally { have some money. On that day I got #150 off one guy and $130 off another. i Q What, do you work more than [one guy a day? A Yes, sometimes half a dozen, A CAD AS A TURNING JOINT. The witness was asked to explain the new brick of using a cab as a turning joint. He explained (and using his tion) that sometimes instead of ringing the guy in a regular joint, they would give him the package of genuine bills to go to the ferry. The ringer would ent. er the cab first and there nse a blanket or lap robe to cover up the bogus pack. age, and when the guy got in his pack- age would be concealed by some accel dental twist of the lap robe; and then the exchange would be made by the ringers hand or feet, and when the guy ¢ mtain- | is opened, | | paper | there is troubled does, 1007 He li earry to a cab which would be hired to | Ra leffithe cab at the ferry he would tri. umphantly carry off the worthless paper. Q Haye you known of instances of package A" Xes, I have heard of three or soft guys coming back, induced them to check their goods as baggage. In cases the writer wonlld explain that the expressman or | baggagemen had stolen the goods and | they would come back for more. The | next time they would carry their own | goods and then they never came back | any more, those .—— HOWARD CHURCH CAS) a | About four years ago, a d | among the members of the church of | the Disciples of Christ, at Howard, this | eotnty, which culminated ina suit | court as tothe ow nership of the church | property. The plaintiff, or the Long | Lucas party, were by | Messrs. Reeder and Love, and t} | fendants, or the Gardner-Har vey party, | by Messrs, Spangler & Hewes, assisted {by Ira C. Mitchell, Esq. 1 { SBE in equity, was referred to Col | 16 a8 master, who, after taking consid- {gable evidence in the same, asked to be telieved of any further work an account of ilin Clement { B8q., was appointed master {1er's stead, who after some consi of the evidence, made gommended a Pisintiffs, or the Long-Luces party. ghese findings the defend: aad on June 6Lh the case 8 argued before Judges Furst, Riley and Faulk ner for a full day. No consultation on he case was had amon ISpute arose in represented ie de- . TH it + | in the case, Dale, decree To ants excepted, of | the return of guys for a second deal? | four This would be | ineases where the goods were sent to | them by express, or where the tailer had WASHINGTON LETTER. THE TARIFF BILL WILL SOON PASS. | Senator Hill Bitterly opposes the | A few changes will be measure madelin confer ence Coxey's Army awindling Hill's income tax was a futile one, and he dic not get even the support of all those hb { had counted Senator fight the against upon. that fact or something el ed the fight with he democratic such bitterness that has made enemies among the forgive him for and for the manne: Senator Hill « against the incon ing a single dem he chose to d witl the tax are now unas that he has made a mis never be 1 t those w ho nlree allowed to fas } nore Lo 1 Tiea Dlecls g the Judges, but | pEwithstanding this fact Judge Furst, |... gout filing any opinion, handed i & decree on the 18th inst. dismiss. the exceptions to the ger gnd gntention., J . prese fit. sult (Furst intention FE This di report o @ } hb sustaining the plaintiff Ju % [2 | vl 1s but Jud time p Kt sposition of the case, to the sometimes come back filed a dissentive opin- on and dec the order amd State Revenues There will be of the th 8 | revenues i comparison years. In wi 1803 th 213.500. 000. wh {in comparison with years, Of this amount over £1.000.000 was personal property delphia, which 3 tax from Phila. was in litigation for Isley’s two years as a result of John Bar lefaleations ane Vere ] revenues off of over f tl Auditor General revenoes this year those last vear (Grrege est at The corporat which usly effected by the strike tions, mates the 810.000. 000 Bross receipts « { have been seri nan. {cial depression and other us favorable cond .-——— Severe Storm On Tuesday a over of Bumside | Hail fell in large quantities severe storm township. passed sections covering the ground at some places to a depth of | {several inches. Great damage was {done to fruit trees and erops of all (Kinds. In some places the entirely ruined. crops are -— The band festival and dance at their day and Saturday evenings | and 30th. Colevilie will hold a hall on Fri. Tune 20th, «Lieutenant W. F. Reeder came home on Saturday night from Punxsu. { tawney and spent Sunday in Bellefonte. He reports the situation not at all alarm. | papers are greatly exaggerated, | =Dont forget the Y.M. C. A, pic. {nic at Hunter's Park, July 4th. Bi eycle and foot racing. and ball game in tne afternoon. Everybody will en. joy themselves. The ladies will provide refreshments. The Bellefonte band, arrayed in their new uniforms, will be present to make music for the occasion. Come one, come all. Shaeffer, the photographer, isdoing a rushing business on his 99 cts. crayon. , therefore on the 26 § body and hands and feet in demonstra ing and thinks the reports in the daily | because must be {| It was shown by the manner in which i Pomrty lines was Jlsred ard “shon the democrats Sia a the 1 1 vole was tuken Saved Six Cents A farmer in Fou rip to the county ' i stricken his from imal was nssessed xl and he wanted average man's reputat taxes It cost hima day's EL 3 a dollar for dinner wl horsefeed, he saved 6 cents taxes and went | happy — New Charch The Reformed congregation at Cen. tre Hall are preparing to build a new (edifice. Last week the Ladies Ald So. THE PRESIDENT JUDGYESHYY 25th, "94. The arti. nature candi. or Presi. proper, but y one of s ¥ MiLesnuna, June tE DEMOCRAT ASL Issue over Lhe or K commending M. Bower, Esq . wus time neglected virt of IAB frie Fe never been known to refuse his onal sery where a poor man Lice, becan was unable to pay a fee in advance, but on the other hand more than once within the writer's own not only AQ VAROE to ob- Iefore such {f justice V€ ight of restige of ly and Lo ment Mr. Dov Hes Cs e he COmmu- r' Dan's tas” to of partly, LUS Odd Fellows Plenic a Nittany Valley lodge. O OF., in the Hecla mn the C. R. ] Ing vited to H CH thelr ~ { and God 0 the 10 lle, Ge CCG BG matrimony with Miss i by RITE was jevis the was <i y bus t which dren Lord’ { the ed hoes, Mingle's d shouts, are hand- ciety purchased two lots in Wolf's grove, | k No particular time has been selected for erecting the building, as edifice is still in fair condition as a location for a new church. their present i - Tue following will very likely be the Democratic state tleket William M. Singerly, will be nominated for S. Rilling, of Erie, for this vear of Philadelphia, goverpor; John for auditor general; General Walter W, Greenland, of Clarion, for secretary of internal affairs; ex.-Senator Hannibal | K. Sloan, of Indiana, and Senator | Gerard C, Brown, of York, for con. | | gress at large. i ] i - “The Only” For a Ponny © The Pittsburg Daily Post has been reduced | from 3 cents to 1 cont a copy and is furnisned | by mall at $300 per year, or 75 cents for three months, Right large pages every day, Send your order at once, lieutenant gov | ernot; David F. Magee, of Lancaster, | a4 man chances hining to pair of ate days. these de; cnet INGLE «the man who £ 10 meet when in need of a Good, Honest, Faith. He will sell air for which the light- ning has no liking. OMS wants you ful pair of shoes You a i \ few crums of comfort may here and there, but if you want ‘A Whole Loaf ‘of Satisfaction | Try MINGLE for Shoes. gathered be
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