4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, ROE. ——————— The Centre CHAS R. KURTZ democrat, ED. & PROP TERMS OF SUBSCRIVTION Regular Price If pald in ADVANCE CLUB RATES: $100 TRE CENTRE DEMOCRAT One year | and Slimes-a-week World one year THE CENTR!. DEMOCRAT one year { and Phila. Weekly Times one year for $1.40 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE, Soo. — Bellefonte, n ward, J C Harper “ s ¥ Jos. Wise, " w Geo Harman Centre Hall, Jno Dauberman, Jr, Centre Hall Howard Boro, W R Gardner «Howard Milesburg, Homar Carr Milesburg Millheim, J W Stover. Millheim Unlonville W H Earon. asnassensnsanss FF 1OERINE South Philipsburg, 8 T Johnston... PRil'psburg Philipsburg, Ist ward, H D Rumberger a" nd J A Walton, " rd Dr FK White, “ Benner, n precinct, R M Henderson ... Fillmore i 8 ‘ John Ishler Bellefonte Henry Heaton...Milesburg ( Hayes Lyman toland "ow ig Jos W Folmer....Milesburg Burnside, Win Hipple wine Glen College, ¢ precinet, 1 J Dreese Lemont 1s Ww 4 Jno Corrigan..State College Curtin, Nathan J MeCloskey renee ROMOIA Ferguson, ¢ precinet, W Hl Fry Pine Grove i Ww " Jacob Harper, Gatesburg iregg, n precinct, Jas P Grove, snn’s Cave wresh 1 Jas C Condo Penn Hall John Smith Spring Mills Sam'l Beaver, Aaronsburyg e John J Orndorf, Woodward Half Moon, David J Gates Stormstown Harfs. Charles A From Howard twp, A M Butler Huston, Daniel Straw Liberty tH Gardner Marion, Michael Zeigler API, Miles, e prec W Walker ¥ m J Crouse GW Hazel d Marshall Arexander .... GH Er J B Spangler Jno B Long Ph s Richard O'Neil Snow shoe, e precipet, W KE Halnes, Bellefonte Boggs, n precinet, a “ 04 Ww Haines, w precinet, easenss HOWR IFA Ju lanch ines ye Ww Patton, Edwa Penn, Christ Potter, n precinet Rush, n precinet Spring Taylo Ut Walke Worth H THERE boom in canig IF present thing, Maj the next re dent H tions {1 continue first ballet. and other leading nominated on Quay, Platt, Morton republicans are liable to combine the field against him. Yet, it is doubtful, if they could de- feat this apostle The democracy won on this issue four years of protection. ago, and we believe could do so again, for the people are gradually being taught how the necessaries of life have been re duced by a lower tariff - - ACCORDING to the records of the war department the militia force of the Uni- ted States now aggregates 9,467,684 men that can take the field in case of need. Every state now has a national guard and the organized militia numbers 115,- 669, of which 102,604 compose the in- fantry arm, 5,215 the cavalry, 5,267 the artillery, 649 special corps and 1,443 general and staff officers Last year the total appropriation al lowed the militia by congress amounted to $400,000, while the states expended $2,934,974 for the same purpose. It is estimated that mobilization of the militia could be effected in the various states in from three hours in the District of Colum. bia to seventy-two hours in Oregon. Illinois could place 852,625 men in the field; Pennsylvania, 771,874; Ohio, 650, 000, New York, s6o,000; Indiana, 481,- 192, and so on down the list. A nation under arms would mean a thrilling re. spouse in case the war department's fig ures were put to the test by actual proof, Mr. Con. Martin, of Bellefonte, one of the cleverest men you can meet, paid ns a visit recently, He is a constant reader of this Caper. $1.50 per year. | for $1.75 | | could play fast and loose or dilly-dally soalsburg | Worse Than a Mothor-insJ.aw, le Detroit Free Pros count of the 1 HO singu wher by a youl in the case I8 no ma'am, without brotn vio has tl veloped iL Wu self, \in attracted by her many cha of taking care of ha SEWiin in was one particularly attentive, In fact, he wis a practical monopoly, and what made the 10 the matter more embarrassing woman in the case was that he never gave any definite indications of his intentions. He was as persistent as the weather, and twice as steady, but he whisper the magic words, never intimated a desire to In the emer gency the fair pedagogue went to the young man's father and modestly sought his advice. was up in arms at once. with a pretty orphan girl. He had a conference with the young man, who The old gentleman No son of his | resented interference with his love affairs. seriously There was a scene, and Loarding place. The old gentleman is a widower and became 50 interested mn the case that he decided to marry again, and the schoolma'am will be the young man's stepmother. In which capacily, if she knows her business, she can get ’ amply “hump” with the former trifler with her affections, ANOTHER feather United the of the world soon to wave cap of the State wili possession of strongest any seacoast light shine of 2,500,000 candle from Barnegat dangerous portion of count and associated with wreckers, It ons that New light in the world great bea harbor of of the greats const point the COmmoaions world will and mos! world. Blazing Lia by +) tuts cation Buss of the United erland, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden y take thei different days of the yeas will regularly Ne] On ), Holland om the last day of 1500, Norway on the first day of 1001, and Great Britain, France and Italy later in that year PAvL Knrvaoer, the ident of the receives a salary of $40,000 a pres Transvaal year, and is said to be worth $5,000,000 His way of life, however, plebeian. fonable ladies who called to leave their cards with the president's wife. They discovered the distinguished lady standing on the doorstep with a half. devoured orange between her lips. One arm was immediately placed akimbo, the orange carefully balanced, while the free hand was stretched out for the chords. in distinctly A story is told of some fash A savinas bank of New York keeps # record of ita depositors. During the year 1904 there was only one actor, while there were 1,302 tailors; there was but a single editor, while there were 720 laborers; ther: was but one boarding-house keeper and 337 ped- diers. There were lots of shoemakers, | bakers, barbers, waiters, cigarmakers, but very few musicians, liquor dealers, lawyers or policemen, Only five po- | licemen, five lawyers and one soldier, Prescot, the capital of Arizona, boasts that it is the nearest approach to the New Jerusalem as described in the Bible, as ita streets are being paved with gold. The granite used for pave. | ments coatain four dollars in gold asd | 20 cents in silver to every ton. | Edward H " + | porary the youth was induced to change his | er ™ | Cong MRTONS SUPPORTERS | Carry the Day in New York's Re- »ublican Convention, A DEMONSTRATION FOR M'KINLEY, The Ohio Leader's Followers in the Em. Make Unsuccessful Effort to Have “Prosperity’s Advance Agent” pire State an Named as the Sccond Cholos, NEw York, March 25, The Republican convention has finished its labors, and the honor of the presidential indorsement of the greatest state in the Union, the state casting the largest number of votes in the electoral college, goes to Governor Levi P. Morton. The delegates at-large will be Thomas C. Platt, Warner Miller, Chaun- coy M. Depew and Fdward Lauterbach The alternates will be Hamilton Fish, Frank 85. Witherbee, C. H. Babcock and Daniel MeMillan. The electors at-large will be General Benjamin F. Tracey and Butler Senator Cornelius BR. Parsons was termn- chairman of the and Ww chairman convention, sman George Southwick acted srmanent Speeches were ns p made by Senator Lexow, ex Senator Fas pott, Edward Laut and every reference rbach and others Morton was to Governor loudly applauded It wns at theoone Southwick's yn of Congressman men in the ¢ mn in f Rressim m.. and then 3 4 Bl commit lox blished stand ary system, amd hence a ublic and privat the credit, at onoe cost government and bharmfu our domes: ie and foreign « til there Is a prospect mad agreement as to silver colnage, and while gold remains the standard of States and of the civilized world, the Re publican party of New York declares it self in favor of the firm and honorable maintenance of that standard.’ national OM meres Un of Internati the United Minnesota Solid for McKinley, Mixxearoris, March Just before the state Republican convention was called to order yesterday afternoon it was an nounced that Senator Davis had Congressman Tawney withdrawing from tho presidential race. This action due to the refusal of three of the five Min nesota distri conventions of Monday to indorse his candidacy. His determination to withdraw gives Minnesota's eighteen votes to McKinley, the delegates elected being so instructed Ny wired Oy MeKinley Lead in South Dakotas. Hurox, 8. D., March 25.-Of the dele Kites to the Republican state convention 450 wore for MeKinley and 150 for Allison The principal contest is over United States Senator Pottigrew's candidacy for dele gate to St. Louis The proposition is to allow Pettigrew to be one of the eight felegmtes to St. Louls, but to instruct the delegation for McKinley General Garcia's Ball Forfeited, NEw Youx, March #4. « General Garels. the Cuban leader, did not answer to his name yesterday in the United States oir eult court when ho was called to plead to | the Indictment against him for his alleged connection with the alleged Bermuda fill bustering expedition. The other men in- dicted with Garcia—~Bernardo J. Bueno. Captain Hughes, John D Hart, Captain Lawrence Brabazon and 1. J. Goerrs answored to thelr names when they were oalled, Garcia's ball was declared for felted and the trial of the defendants was sot down for Monday next, | slender. An All-Round Teacher, The big schoolboy who attempts to bully the slight, “schoolmarm” sometimes makes a mis take, The the appearance of | | | delicate-uppearing “schooimarm” may not have possessing great physical strength, but occasionally we hear of ipstances of her subduing the | most unruly. Such a case happened ouy in Bodus, Wayne county, the other day, | when George Hardy, 19 years old and the biggest boy in school, undertook to | overawe Miss Maynard, the teacher, who | fs barely five feet in height and quits | Trouble had existed for soms | time, but one Monday Miss Maynard ordered Hardy to her desk. When he refused to come and dared her to touch him she overpowered and thrashed him despite the fact that pearly 200 pounds, Hardy swoundly, he weighed seemed cowed, but on the following morning he got two pamed Dunbar and Pulver to help him the as a witness, Miss Maynard other youths lock teacher out. Summoning a trustee broke in the door and thrashed all three than Trustee Mason declares boys in less five minutes, so He says their sombined weight is 510 pounds, and her hit 120. She was the crack female athlete at the Fredonia normal weil if is only school trict when she graduated. The dis trustees, who are now very proud her, believe that her strength, li Bamson's, in her hair, 110% red as it can be Cigarette-Smoking Schoolboys. The l d that for som school board of Santa Ana, ( schools cron: colony in this no wi be allowed under cine Las specialty ALBANY, Ga. a quaint advertiser, whose is roof fixing, and whose style is shown in this paragraph: “lots of men would be upstuckin and biggety when everybody praised their work. But] am not that way, [speak Just as politely to a poor man as I do to one who owns a metal roof. That's my way." Now there's the true demo eratic spirit nothing like keeping your feet on the earth if your head is in the clouds There is IT is said that one sure way to attain dong life in Massachusetis is to join the Historie-Genealogioal society of Bos. ton. The society itself is 103 years old, and member of it haa achieved any distinction in life has like. wise been noted for the green old ago to which he lived, every who Tury don't gn much on poets in Ta coma, Wash. The “poet laureate of Towa" went out there to introduee his stirring ronnets, and they put him in jeil for stealing a bam. He will prob. ably write an ode to the hind leg of a hog while in durance vile. ' Women are making themselves known in the business circles of the world, It is said that women have invested in upper Eighth avenue in New York city at least $2,000,000. There are a number or real estate agents in the city who are women. Srannow heads are cashed at the Poutine (111) conrthouse., One thou said were handed in by one person the other day. i SPANISH LUNDERING Between Allies on Plantation, Another Battle a Cuban NINETEEN KILLED MAN? WOUNDED | As » Result of the Mistake a Court Mar. Has Been Ordered Destruction by Fire, tinl of Ban Antonio Las Vegas HAVARA, mistake, attended with loss of life and re sulting in many soldiers being wounded, has taken place. In some manner unex plained two columns of Spanish troops opened fire upon each other at midday According to the few details received | here the columns of troops commanded by | General Godoy and Colonel Holguin, at | the Banta Hosa plantation, near Espanza, province of Santa Clara, mutually mis took ench other for insurgent forces, ow- ing, It 1s sald, to the thickness of the sugar cane. Each detachment opened fire upon the other, and for ten minutes shots wers exchanged, resulting in the killing of sev entecn soldiers, among them being Lieu tenant Colonel Fuenmayor, of the Navas battal In five officers and eighty-fou vidiers were wounded Two m addition of the latter have since died. six others are mortally wounded and thirty-two are se riously Injured Owing to the fact that the meeting be tween the two columns took place at mids day the explanation furnished by nish oor innder unsat- Isfnct follow Fulld cived of is considered ry arial will w been mr insurgent y de news of wed Press Bound, Gagged and Robbed of S30 000 March Mr whois 76% hri { same | BAER and an t tf bed of ing a money and Papers amour ng more tha §50.000 The f the boldest ever perpetrats At the time the robbery o in value to robbery 1in thiscity irred Schrage was alone, and it was some time before he was discovered and the police notified. It was a matter of common report that he was in the habit of counting his money every evening before closing up his house for the night, and the robbers timed thelr visit ao cordingly. The men pretended that they were anxious $0 rent some rooms, and as Behrage was showing them through they bound and gagged him. They did not in jure the old man. The police are mystified Was one Italy's Welcome to William, GE¥0oA, March 2 Emperor William and Empress Augusta arrived here last evening on their way to Naples. Great political interest attaches to this visit to Italy of the German emperor, ss it has been generally expected that when he met King Humbert the Emperor Francis Jo soph of Austria will be the guest of the king of Italy at the same time. It Is as sumed in all public discussion of the visit that the subject of the conference between the three sovereigns, or in the absence of the Austrian emperor, between the two, will be the relations betweon the three countries of the dreibund. The illustrious pair were received here with every mani festation of courtesy and hospitality Menclek Mas Not Demanded Indemnity. Roum, March 25 The senate yesterday took up the question of the credit for Afrien, and during the debate a number of spoakers declared that Italy could not nooept a peace alter the battle of Adowa, The Marquis Bogrotto said he was confi. dent that the king would never sign a poace that was contrary to the honor of the country. Premier Rudini denied that the Negus of Abyssinia had demanded an indemnity of $10,000,000. The statement, ho added, was an insult to Italy. Details of the | March 25. —A nother terrible | ANNOUNCEMENTS ——— FOR SBHERIYY We are authorized to ann G.E Pare, of Philipsburg | date for sheriff, subject to the decision DPeimocratic county Convention nee the pame of % a cand} of the We are authorized to announce the name of Jous NouLL., ol Bellefonte boro, as a candi date for sherlfl, subleet to the decision of the Democratic County Convention We are authorized to anpounce the name of TR.C. GILLILAXD, of Buow Shoe township, a= & candidate for sherifl, subjeet to the decision of the Demoerotic County Convention We are autnorized to announce the name {W. M. Cnoxisten, of Worth township, #84 | candidate for sheriff, subject to the decision'® | the Democratic County convention | We are authorized to announce the name of | BUKDINE BUTLER, of Howa.d township, #8 & | candidate for the nomination of sheriff, subject | to the decision of the Democratic County Con {yention | We are autnorizea to announce the name of |G. H. Ley MAN, of Boggs township, as a eandid- | ate for the nomination of ~herifl, subject Lo the decision of the pemocratic County Convention We are autnonized to announce the JAacOos LL. RUNKLE, of Bellefonte boro | didate for the nomination of Sheriff the usages and decision of Lhe county convention HECORDER name of as acan subject to Democratic We oe the name of boro, as a candi fhe desdsion o are authorized to annout 1 J. ©. sarrer, of Bellefonl date for Hecorder it Ct 0 the Democratic County Convention We are author LAR ALexam office of Kecor zea toannd name of ara The funeral died at h s home at Storms ! ) ‘rie lay morning Inter. The deceased was at one time a member of L. Potter Post 261 of Milesburg, and 1 ne at Howard high day was held Mor ment was made at Curtin WOTrkKs the Geo and this Post buried the departed military honors brother with TOWN TALK! AIKENS' WINDOW! NO WONDER They are Full of Beauty. Mrs. Alkens has just returned from the city with the ceoicest of the Strawbridge & Clothier make tailor made suits Silk waists—skirts fall width ; Capes, Jackets, Underwear and Wrappers—all up to date. 1so Pianos and Organs to keep time to the styled march. AIKENS STORE. ' Allegheny street, «Bellefonte.
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