a THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1896, poet, ED. & PROP The entre CHAS. R. KURTZ TERMS OF sUBSCRIPTION Regular Price If paid in ADVANCE CLUB BEATEN: $1.50 per year, $1.00 " for $1.7 7H for $1.45 ) ri THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT 0h yea and $times-a-week World one year 5 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT one year { and Phila. Weekly Times one year i DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE, 18006. —— J C Harper Jos. Wise, Geo Harman " n, Jr. tre Hall, Jno Daube rma oe Boro, W R Gi ardner Milesburg, Homar Carr Millhetm, J h. Rave Fu a jiiTheta oo li psburg. 8 T Johnston,... Phil'psburg Philipsburg, 1st ward, ] PD Rumberger " nd A Bellefonte, n ward. Bellefonte Centre Hall Howard ~Milesburg ~Mitlhelm A Walton, . ww F K White, *“ R b Henderson ...Fllimore John Ishler Bellefoute 3 nry Heaton... Milesburg (; Hayes Lyman Roland Jos W Pajmer. -Milesburg Burnside, Wm Hip Plo ‘ine Glen LJemont College, 0 8 procines ‘State t allege Romoia Ine Grove Gatesburg 3rd Benner, n prec inet, BOgKS, b prec ine t, J Dreese. Jno Corrigan. Curtin, N Athan J MeO i “ Ferguson. 3: precine AA Lady Jas P Grove,...Penn’s Usve Jas C Condo......... Fenn Hi all “ Ww John Smith... Spring Mills v ( Halpes, ny net, Jan 5 yo Ty Notre Half Moon, David J Gates... Stormstown Harris, Charles A From ome t os burg Howard twp, A M Butler n——— a rd Huston, Daniel Straw Bi alia Liberty, WH ol Zeige pe «Bl Marion, Michael Zeigle p s v Nalker Miles, e precinct, y fol bikes... ‘ bl W Hazel. Patton, "Edward Marshall enn. Christ Alexander ou otter, n precinct, 4 on. Jno B Long Gregg, n precinet, Wr h Woil's Store Rebersburg -Madiaouburg Fillmore CMillne im entre Hall sseyville Philipsburg ‘Richard O'Neil. JR uwditon oe Snow Shoe, e 3 preginet, w 2 Haines, Snow Shoe p 3 on Ys Yearick, Bellefonte Spring, n precinct, 4 hb Noll k feasan Ga 38 a Je onte Taylor, Allen Hoover... . Hannah Union, Samuel Emerick «Fle ming Walker, A L Shaffer ww ZIOD Worth, A J Johnson Port Matilda H. J. JACKSON, SPANGLER, Secretary. Chairman EDITORIAL. 8 Rush, n precinet, . “" 3 “ Switzer. POLITICIANS in Centre are on the move now-—a little earlier than usual - -ations are that Hon. John G democratic nomince indic ill be the He i nd on THE s sound on the » 18 sou tariff ocrat - Nat comprised of Tae Republican ional Convention at St. L delegates, and of or less than twenty per cent, have been will be 909 YUis this number only 176 national con ty-six delegates He has but wants to the vention the ide at public sale by Quay. no idea of securing the nomination to deliver goods when will be about thanks that they sixteen oh did not ge ones will vored One deepe ¢ Crops Still on Hand report Agric the quantity of wheat remainir gin farmers hands March 1 About 134,514,000 crop of 18q5 is sti Of corn on the farm there are 1,061,000,000 bushels, American states that 15 19,000,000 bushels of the il on farms bushels wheat and oats 414,041,000 bushels The record moved slowly, breaking has and farm consumption, owing to the mild weather than corn crop , has been less ex pected, is credited with 165,000,000, bushels followed by with 130,000,000, Ohio has Pennsylvania 16,000,000 and New York lowa IHinois 41,000,000, 6,500,000 bushels. Farm stocks of oas ire largest in Iowa, which has 101,000, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and New York follows in the order named ox Reduced Fare to Philipsburg The Central R. R. of Penna. has re. duced the mileage ticket rate from Belle. foute to Philipsburg to $1.52. A corres. ponding reduction has been made in fares to Ciearfield and intermediate points, These mileage tickets are not restricted to use of holders but will be accepted for passage of members of his or her family, or if issued to a firm for any member or members thereof. 1-19 3t. May Leave Bellefonte. The Warriorsmark correspondent of the Tyrone Herald has this to say: Dr, T. Tobin, of Beliefonte, was a visitor in our town last week. He is negotiating for the purchase of Dr. L.. C, Peterson's residence and practice, and may become a resident of our town in the near future. : A Serious Subject the comic papers und the the have been inelined tq Led on by humorous paragrapher for daily press, our peopl take a light and facetious view of t! In po sodden, impudent und in Amorican tramp, ut of fuer, | is personally while, he presents a really seriou lem. Prof. MeCook, has thorough study of the matter, sa tolerable; tule n the peer gate, prob who ide tha there are about 46,000 tramps that the number is ‘aking To suppor this horde of vagubonds costs the coun try something like $8,000,000 a yem Indirectly they probably cause the loss of a still larger amount, How in this country, and constantly inner Worse than this, they form a peripatetic school of vice nnd idleness. easily to be distinguished from the unemployed man. He is not cast down or despondent, he has found his rea! level in the gutter. He desires only to drink—to be drunk, perhaps would be the more accurate phrase and to be let alone. When he fails tc satisfy his wants, he becomes a dan gerous criminal. In Indiana last spring tramps took actual possession of entire village and drove its inhabitants to the woods. It is time to look ut this subject seriously. lic enemy. rise in the world; eat, a The tramp is a pub IN the list of successful bidders for the new bonds which appeared in the newspapers the other morning is the name of an errand-boy in a New Yor’ vanking house, who is allotted $150. 000. He is a very smart young chap, says tho Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record, and only 1 old. Hearing the continual talk about the bond-letting among the customers of his employer's office he coneluded that he would take a little whirl hin, self, 80 he sat down and wrote a bid for $150,000 worth at a price that turns out to be the merest trifle above the bid of the Morgan syndicate. When ho saw his name on the list of succesafu| bidders he was badly I Years frightened and told his employer of his predicament | he latter patted the boy on the head called him Jay Gould and agreed t furnish the money to pay for : mt and divide Tue young chap will clear about $6. (0, Here in America, as in every other civilized country, the authorities oer reward for the find and the recovery of a drowned perso: a corpse being, therefore, “ pecuniary ing of greater financial value to boatmen than a res cue. French government has now ated of the and 1 its the our authorities here, insugur a scheme providing monetary people from drowning, rewards for savin he vation is one whict of an who has a stary mer CON eration ing family ul of secu: toa: temptation to Ww n for the sake ard ted for the fir gran #0 great that it may prove 8 COrpse is in some cases beyond the power of re AWAY couple were married ou train EW days age ned has plunder to severa } victims i genort HK Ie 23 , Lonn y ERC expian count of having heard \ gests a Cours age, Boy, to Say sug t new way of ridding towns and cities of burglars and highwaymer Mevicixe and matrimony are foea, Bo it has been declared by three well known women physicians. One assert ed that success in the best in patible with and hood. Another said that w feal called upon to enter both medicine demanded a woman's life and is incom- wifehood mother omen rarely vocations, Accorvine to Sir Benjomin Richard. son, the normnal period of human life is about 11 years, and seven out of ten average peuple, if they took proper care of themseives, ought to attain that age. It is quite evident, from the statistios en that most people don't take proper care of the mse ive 8. Oxe Vermont trapper hailing from, Houghtonville, has trapped during this season 1,600 skunks, 175 foxes, 70 minke 200 murkrata and 100 coons. The ree. ord seems pretty high, but it is vouched for by a local paper, and Vermont has 8 greal reputation for game and trap pers, mortality, Tue man who, when he couldn't get the girl he wanted, proposed to, wax ac- cepted by and married her sister, waa a philosopher, if nothing else, remarks on exchange. Yes, or he was terribly stuck on the family for some reason which may not appear. Ax Illinois doctor reports a cane where blood poironing set in from Leer frinking and the patient lost a Jeg. The real tramp is | He does not want to | | limits, an | Infection tm Doctors’ Beards, This important subject has been brought to the front by Dr. ¥. A. Colby, of Berlin, N, IL, in a letter to the Boston Medical Surgical Dr, Colby that ard, and nlmost implies that he admires it, But he very and Journal, admits he wears a be candidly discusses the dan- gers and the propriety of continuing the He eites a of cases, Medical mn which reason aring beards, the infection of diphtheria have infected themselves, and he speaks also of the additional of carrying the when the physi- The responsibil ity of the surgeon in this is particularly insisted upon. Some time ago the Medical Record discussed this subject, as it thought, in a calm and dis- passionate way, advising, not necessar ily a total abolition of the beard, but restricting it to modest and sanitary practice, number says the Record, doctors, by of wi have carried hdme, or danger scarlatinal infection cian wears a beard. matter At that time, however, the ob. | Jection received such severe criticisms from correspondents who had for years worn long and breezy whiskers, that if was deemed wise that the subject be dropped. ONE of the laziest men lowa has yel produced died recently in Fort Madison penitentiary as a result of his attempt Ld escape labor, A convict named Al. port died at the prison about ten o'clock the other morning under peculiar cir. | cumstances, He was a lazy fellow, ornery and good for nothing, Several months ago he cut off one of his lagers to keep from working, but the injury soon healed, and he had to resume work again. Of late he had worked but little, always being done before 200n, but he concluded he would not | work at all, and to keep from it he in flicted an injury upon himself which had a result more fatal to him than he probably anticipated. Recently to es. cape work he poured a quantity of very Arong lye on his arm, and the result , but its the was lock was a sore as hig as a man’s hand the WAS 80 ig that it Way the flesh and The jaw, from which he lve stroz ate into destroved Liocod vessels, result died \ Gin. who spent last up among the White mountains was puz- summer zled by the mysterious and extremely respectful air of the natives in speak- ng of a certain farmer's daughter. The woman herself wore id ® as she hae of rustic young an depression a lent endurance, antages was At length the visitor the matter, she 1} “nerly” air of for which, 1 more adv than hard most her companions, it 10 account. returned to “Why, has v7 inquire into en't you ard ad aerl The only ning the girl's mind nciation she had sometimes sonveyed to was theo rustic pronu beard given to gnarled or gnarly ap- ples, and she wondered if bh uffered a similar dis iTom } learned, how tl ever, that a . TY an eariy pers beats + CREMAT favor of bod sremat 188% there re were 86 I'he society started recer a scheme to popularize thw vement and issued three per cent. bonds, which rutitle the holder to incineration per bond, with a receptacle and space There are 300 stockholders, one for storage of the ashes. 260 members and is the grammar Lincoln when he A TREASURED relic Abraham clerked in Denton Offutt's store in New Salem, 111, in 1830, now in North Dakota in the possession of the widow of Rob- ert Rutledge, In the in ice of the front cover is a receipt for , given with an order on James Rut- For by Offut in Lincoln's handwrit- ing and over his signature studied by of Casselton., A xovetl feature was introduced at a harvest {estival service held in a New Fiaven church the other day. of the congregation owning brought them to the church, and the cages hung in various parts of the building. The feathered rongutors joined In yne musical part of the serv- ices what is described as most delightful effect, Members canaries were with AT a recent reunion in » Kentucky there was one man, 98 years old, that weighed but 62 pounds; baby two years old that weighed 9614 pounds and a woman with 12 toes and 14 fingers. There is an outfit that some museum agent would do well to gather in. A Youxo Beoteh woman named Jar I nje Young has made arrangements in Mexico for the purchase of a largs , tract of land, upon which she intervls to vut a Beotah colouy. | before | governor will order | fusing to recognize thelr expulsion by the | senate, vestigate’ | him for usurpation of office and impose | the senate last evening { that the militia was not placed under the | control of any civil officer; ND KENTUCKY SENATOR The Legislature Fails to Select Blackburn's 8 uccessor, GOVERNOR BRADLEY OENSURED, The Senate Committee's Report Denounce ing His Use of the Military as “Wholly Without Warrant of Law” Adopted by a Strict Party Vote, Fraxgronr, Ky., March 18, — Inture sdjourned Inst days’ The legis night after a sixty sion, The legislature falled 10 neoomplish the two important acts it had it—the election of a United States senator, and the enactme®t of legislation to save the state's flnancial reputation Governor Bradley has refused to order a special session, and the stato is in a bad WAY, lu the house a resolution was passed de nouncing the lawlessness and indorsing Governor Bradley to the end Lioutenant Governor Worthington has ne | lasuod a call for a spocial election April 11 to fill the vacancy In the senate caused by Senator Welssinger's death Senators Walton and James have resigned, and the a special election, re The senate committee appointed to “in Governor Bradley and impeach both fine and {mprisonment reported to The report finds members were prevented from entering the house; sol | diers entered tho senate chamber while in session; no application was made to the Jallor or county judge for assistance; the | governor mads no inquiry of either house {a8 to { ealling out the militia was to cast the situation; that the object in in the Joint assembly two votes and eloct » sen ator The committee in closing its report says Your committee therefore find and de and recommend that by adoption of this report the senate of Kentucky de clare that sald use of military power of the commonwealth by the rnor was un necessary for the preservation of the peace or for any other lawful purpose; that sald military force was not used by the gov ernor for the purposs of preserving the peace, but was used solely for partisan po Hite that sald acti of the governor was wholly without and isn clare gove al purposes ; mn warrant of and version of the civil tary pov By rote of 19 law was w a flagrant sub . authori mil v by the sommonwealth to the r ver of 14 tor Jones denounosd the port as and indorsed the ge tenant Governor Worthing? wise and denounced the rr Whe nate oo ing the Republicans ight to bring u } int { fact fala pvern absolutely nm sport nth 2 nvens oven made a ip tl bills for con sideration and save the the state but the Democrats prevented legislat! by fllibustering, Senator bel the fight An effort was made 0 unseat President Worthington and place Senator Goebel in the chalr in order he might prevent any consideration « venue bills, but it was only prevented by the Re publicans agreeing to allow the senate to receive the report of the special co and then the Democrats were to Republicans and take sft rt : led by 16 revena | credit of Go leadin hat i of the nv mimi thew st the ’ ARE] up the revenue bills he sp tempted to | Were prove and ng the s without cr The hou iy leavi under was had inded a n wo Cherokees Rill Hanged, rit. Ark. March Crawford { r } hanged od States tly WAS And apparen Ch father was a w mot f or His gro and his 311 was but 2 & t d neg koe | old hite skinne breed Indian Riau mun ders and robberies were charged agninst him. The particular crime for which he was hanged the murder of Ernest Melton, a white man, without the slight cause. Recently he killed a prison guard in attempting to escape her a half was rat Suffoonted in a Boarding Mouse Fire, EAsT Ona N. J, March IK <A fire ocourred yesterday in a house occupied by Miss I. M. Smith as a boarding house. The fire resulted from the explosion of naph tha, by which Miss Smith was badly burned. Miss Harriet Winans, a boarder WAS Overcome the smoke. She was found by the firemen dead. Miss Winan was 2 yoars old, and the daughter of the Inte David R. Winans, an extensive prop erty owner of East Orange. Miss Smith though serfonsly, was not fatally burned goveral others had narrow escapes NGR by Cardinal Satolll’'s Sacoessor, NEw York, March 18-~The Advertiser this morning says: Cardinal Satolll, one of the greatest of the princes of the Romish church, and papal delegate to this country will say farewell America forever and sail for Rome early In May, The man who in all probability will succeed the cardina Is already hore. He Is Archbishop Aver ard, titular of the ancient See of Tarsus in Asin Minor. and is one of the ablest of the younger dignitaries who have the ear of the pepe to Forty Killed by an Explosion. Loxpox, March 17. «The British steamer Mautadl, which sailed from Sierra Leoue on Feb. 5, has been totally destroyed ut Boma by an oxplosion of gunpowder Boma (or Bomana) 1s on the Congo river ust about forty miles from its mouth Pwenty-two of the Matadl's crew, two passengers and sixteen native inborers were Killed, Sixteen of the crew escaped without serious injuries. The Matadl bad on board ten tons of gunpowder. | peace negotiations with | dignity. | Loo Strouse, { Milborn Fielding, Peter Donelson, Harry | | Heuson, John Van Heest, W. R. Graoey, {| James Costello and H. Krause CARLISLE FOR PRESIDENT. Mis Candiduey for the Democrstie Nomi. nation May Soon be Announced, WaAsHIRGTON, March 17. —Becretary Car- lisle is a candidate for the presidential nomination at Chicago, and a public an- nouncement to that effect will soon be made by one of the secretary's close friends in the senate, This announcement, however, will not be made until President | W Cleveland has formally stated his purpose not to permit his name to be used in the convention in connection with a third term. It is learned on excellent authority that the president has fully decided apon this course and it Is expected that he will make known his determination within a short time Although Secretary Olney's name has been considered with favor by Democratio leaders, it is known that he does not de sire the nomination, Itis undoubtedly true that Mr. Carlisle's candidacy wil) have the supportof Mr. Cleveland and the members of the cabinet, He will go before the con- vention as the representative of the “sound money’’ views of the administration. His friends, in conducting the canvass for Mr Carlisle's nomination, will urge that it be made upon a sound money platform, and, if he be successful at Chicago, will then make this issue prominent in the cam paign leading up to the November elec tions. ITALY WiLL CONTINUE THE WAR An Active Compalgn Will be Pushed Against the Abyssinians, Rowe, March 18, ~The premier, Marquis Di Rudinl, made a statement in regard to the battle of Adowa. He sald that on March 8 General Baldissera was instructed to treat for peace on the best terms obtain ! able and, the premier assured the house, the present cabinet would continue the prudence and This statement was received with ap | plause from those in favor of a peace pol | ley, and with cries of disgust and derision from the deputies favoring a vigorous col- | onial policy and a strong effort to retrieve | the A down disaster, The premier walted, smiling at the dis turbance, until the uproar had subsided and then he remarked significantly: “But the government is now convinosd shat in lieu of a treaty of peace hurriedly made 1% would be far preferable to first establish a condition of things agreeing with Italy's interests. In the meanwhile hostilities must continue.’ The announcement esampaign would be with loud and the so called mili of dissent from t Later eredit of 140 was votod una that she African pushed was greeted continued cheering from tary party, and with he peace party the premier asked for a ¥¥) to push the war, it nimously. cries when rE) lire The Horsa's Officers Sentenced. PmiLapELrinia, March 18. —Judge But ler, in the United States district court, yesterday overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of the officers of the steamer Horsa, whe convicted of beginning & military expedition for the carrying of men and arms to Cuba, and passed sen. tence upon the prisoners. The captain, J H. 8 Wiborg, was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and costs and to undergo an im prisonment of one year and four months in the Eastern penitentiary. The mates, Jens P. Petersen and Hans Johansen were on noed to pay a fine of $1 and costs and to a year's imprisonment The case will be taken to the suprems court were sen te Big Increase for Our Navy, T March 18 i rr to BR Ox Thunder, Lightning and Snow, r ANOW ox, and mar lines ha suspend bu Still Fighting the Marquette Statue, WASHING { ¢ y we Marquette sta March 18 crusade in Statuary yes its removal hall w= some | terday by petitions asking for introduced in the house by Representative Linton and Jankins, Most remarkable of these was that drafted by a joint commit tee of the A. PP. A. councils of Nebraska They have examined, it is stated, several records of the so-called discoveries of Father Marquette, and on careful exam ination of the statements made believe them to be incredible and unworthy of belief As given ywrominenoe f Ex-Consul Waller in London, WAsHINGTON, March 18 Nothing is known at the state department of the de tention in prison in France of ex-Consul {| Waller as suggested by a Paris newspaper The records of the department show that he was released Fob. 23, or at lonss A mbas sador Eustis so advised Secretary Olney | by cable, and it was presumed that he had started for the United States some time ago. Friends of Mr. Waller here declare that he Is now In London, and will sail for home early in April, Two Killed and Seven Injured, Harmisnong, March 18.- were killed and seven others serlously in Jured yesterday in a collision on the Penn | aylvania railroad near Steslton between | The | an express train and a freight train dead are Samuel Welsh, engineer, and fireman. The injured are For Three New Government Docks, WaAssINGTO%, March 17, docks, to be built at Alglers, Island, Cal, and Portsmouth, N. H., will be provided for in the naval appropriation bill, in accordance with a vote taken by the house naval committee yostorday. The cost of the Algiers dook is limited to $800, 000, the two others to $585,000 each. { date for sherri Demoeratie Coun ty 1 Olive | BUKDINE BUTLER decision of the Democratic { the | county convention { date | the Democratic ( | ges and regulation {| Convention Ww | order and must be sold, as Mrs | intends moving ~Two persons | “Three new dry | La, Mare | ANNOUNCEMENTS, ——— FOR SHERIF? Wo are authorized to G.E Parken date Lor sherri Democratic We are authorized 10 announce JOBN Now, of Bellefonte b subject to 1h Ono of Philipst stlsject Lounty Convent the names of boro, as a cand decision of the Lo ¢ name of a candi ion of the the “an We are authorized to ann the name of GILLILAND, uf Su Lowi hip, as a candidate for sheriff, sm et 16 the d on of i Vv) 0 ¢ dl the Demoerotic Co 01 " Seely ali Ne are autuorized t W. M., CuONisren. « candidate for sherift the Democratic Count We are authorized to anne of Hu candidate for the nomi Lo the decisic of ul vention the name of Wa. d lownship, #8 A nation of sheriff, subject Democrat County Con We are autnorizea 1o anno G.H. Leymax of Boggs ¢ wh ate for the non bof the name of x a candid- bjeet to the vention Lal We are authorized ANDOuL he JACOB L, HUNK LE didate for the nomi usages and dee cise ot name of 10, #5 4 CaN- on of Bherifl, sul wel 30 Demoeratie nie ix Lhe HECOKD ER We are J. ( authorized to anno HARVER, of Belle asa cand) for Recorder, sub) dec ounty Convention nee the name of nie ‘ 10 won We are authorized to an: AR ALEXANDER, of Pen: office of Recorder of Centre the usages and the decisic county convention ance the name of for the towns} Cour TREAN We are authorized to; J.T. Lucas, of Bu i date for County Trearu sion of the Democrat ie We are authorized to annour Frapklin Bowersox, of Ferguso 4 candidate for the office of Co subject to the usages and decision ocratic county convention name of of th We are authorizea ne Frep Kukrz, of Centre Ha office of County Treasurer y ww of * the name of for the the usa County the Demon OOMMIMIONER the name of We are authorized to announce £ “a PriLir 8. MEYER candidate for Come cision of the Demo sl We are authorized H. Fur. of Ferg 2% 4 can biect to the vention e name of « townshi WIODEr. 8 al cou name of chip. as a the deel tion Lion. » name of aR : GecHs PUBLIC SALE REGISTER 1s having their sale office will receive under tins This Persor bill headin office has an sublic Bishop March lowing house hold goods: One bed room suit, 2 extra i dozen cane seated cook stove, beds, chairs, lounge, double heater, | carpets and numerous ether small arti- furniture is all in good Schulte on the cles. The above away from town 1st of Apnil ‘TOWN TALK! ' AIKENS' WINDOW! NO WONDER! They are Full of Beauty. Mrs. Aikens has just returned from the city with the ceoicest of the Strawbridge & Clothier make tailor made suits Silk waists—skirts full width Capes, Jackets, Underwear and Wrappers-—all up to date Also Pianos and Organs to keep time to ths styled march, AIKENS STORE. Allegheny street, Bellefonte, A
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