COT DQVUdDD 50s. a ¢ / 4 te aoVIvB DD a ¢ ¢ C = Month eo The Centre Democrat wi be sent to any ne in Centre county, dur! campaign, for hots a mon Nosubseription taken tor le than 3 or more than 6 months it these terms, CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. DEATH OF WM. A WALLACE. Occured at New Yory City Last Friday. \ SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. He Was a Prominent Democrat—Held a Num- His Public Eminentability —Fun- Important Positions. A Man of eral Largely Attended. ber of Larees William A. Wallace, wlio represented Pennsylvania in the United States senate, in New York city, last Friday, June Mr. Wallace was taken ill early in February 22nd, of paralysis » brain. last and for the past month had been un- conscious most of the > ex-SCu- Tvrel eres > Of Judge vid ansylvania, Krebs and the ex-senator’ William E. Wallace, were at his time of the veral years at Wallace William E Senator that has resulted in hi All that was t was, perhaps, thel 0 ever witnessed A state senator, 75, and agai was born at Huutingdon, He Scotch-Irish r Ram was descende« stock on came a lawyer, settle taught school, edited a newspaper and practiced law, and was In 1836 h when that county was a wil elected District Attorney. moved to Clear- field uel, re 1 ICTICSS and the great interests which have made it fgmous were hardly dreamed of. since Senator Wallace when his father removed t and 1 in the lucation i public was } years old 0 Clearfield there had his first ec schools, but no opportunity was off red him to gain more than a fairly good English education the s of the of the law when a He . 4 ttle mnie MILLIE ore ment classics 1 gan study than and helped to support himself by doing cleri- cal work in the offices of the Prothono. tary, Sheriff, Treashrer and Commission. er of the county, Applying himself with great earnestness to work and study, his 16 years of age in his father’s office, employment in the county offices gave him a knowledge of titles and surveys of great value after his admission to the bar, as the bulk of the cases in that county were ejectment suits and other litigations growing out of disputed titles to land and lines of survey, Mr. Wallace was admitted to the bar in 1847, before he was 20 years of age, and his father, having removed to Blair county, left him to make his way by his own efforts. By teaching school and de- voting himself to the practice of the law, he finally gained a foothold. Painstak. ing, conscientious and untiring he pre. pared a case with a care that soon at. tracted attention and his practice began to increase. Among eminent lawyers then at the Clearfield bar were Andrew G. Curtin, Judges Hale and Linn and the younger Buraside In 1862 Mr. Wallace accepted the nomi. nation of the Democrats for the State Senate as a relief from the drudgery of his practice. It was impossible to make any campaign, as the invasion of the State by the Confederates at the time | absorbed every other thought, but he re. ceived the full party vote and in Clear- field ran ahead of his ticket, being re- turned by a good majority, For thirteen years alter his first election he was re. turned as a Senator, and notwithstand ing made his cach in the bitter assaults upon political action at election ticket His election tothe State Senate gave the ahead of his his own county. oun joint R. Democrats a majority of one and his vote made Charles Sen ballot, BuckalewiUnited States to 1864. 15613 So rapidly did Mr. Wallace develop in- in his party that, in 1865, he was, without his consent, made chairman He for aud demoralized, and to a power of its State central committe. the Democracy split at once addressed himself to the work of tion, in which he developed un. tact and ability, Iu that General W. H. H. Davis was de for Auditor General, the only office to be filled, and usua in 1866, although the Democrats in better Heister Clymer was defeated for were working con. dition. In 1867 Judge Sharswood was for Supreme C the head conducted sucl 3 canvass that was olitical manager 1 Blair were the Democra kalew was the Wallace raised by Mr. Bucka- Mr. on account of Ir had. juestion and other Democrats that Wallace being a State Senat Only 6 of the 1 cw was not eligible but it was of no 121 votes cast in the andidates, avail. Caucus were given posin ot and Mr, Wallace 1 the term from 1875 ilure was engaged the acts necessary to carry into effect the pros ms of the new Con. stitution, and much of the important , ] egislation of that session bears the im- press of his mind and work, The gener. al act of incorporation, the statute books of any which is regarded kind State in thiscountry, as one of best of the on the was his work, As Federal most immediately Senator Wallace al- leading He mittees of finance, appropriations and foreign relations. At the time when the Democrats drified to- Mr, assumed a position in the councils of his party. served upon the con wards the greenback heresy Mr. Wallace was of great service to his party in induc. ing itto take conservative action upon leading questions, and in tempering and controlling the bitterness of opposing factions. Mr. Wallace's carcer as a lawyer is as | eminent as his carcer as | Starting without opportunities or influen. tial friends be rose rapidiy to a prominent | place among the leaders of the bar of the State, did not neglect his legal work. | the labor'trogbles in the Clearfield region be took a judicious and equitable part between the goal operators and the strik. | ing miners. Although counsel for the | Commonwealth and coal operators, he | was never violent in his denunciation of | | the workmen, In the great trial, which [took place at Clearfield, Frank W. | Hughes, of Pottsville, and other eminent lawyers defended the action of the labor union, Judge Orvis presided, and the trial was a long and despurately fought legal battle. John Ameny, the head of the labor unions, was acquitted “ecanse no overt act could be proved again it him, [Continum! on ith page.) a politician, | While serving in the Senate he ! During | EVANGELISTS AT BELLEFONTE. Sketch of Three Workers. A Short Active WEEDEN, WEAVER § WHARTON is a native He was bom Golden Keg,” attended the Congressional Sunday school along with his brother, where he received his re us impressions. He wasatt age renticed to the hardware business, awhile left it and went to ses here he experienced many hardships and hair-breadth escapes ter the death of his parents was broken up and he was cast upon his After fis he returned to his native OWN resources € years or so of scafaring life town, where a ‘revival was in progress, and he was 1 converted from the error of his ways. This changed the whole tenor of his life and he soon afterwards became the cause and Master, He marned tied in business as a house furnisher at a worker in kingdom of his new and set Barrow, England, during which time his gift as an evangelist began to develop, and he finally | for evangelistic work, and since then has | had calls to preach and conduct revival | services throughout the United K ingdom and the United States and Canada and | the Shetland islands. He has crossed the ocean 23 times, and for 20 years has | preached the Gospel in nearly all the large towns and cities of these countries, including the southern states. He was the first man who attempted to preach | after the war in the open air in the city of New Orleans, and during these many years has been instrumental in bringing | hundreds into the peace which “‘passeth all understanding.” He has in his wife a real helpmate who has also traveled through the south and Canada with him, and the Bible talks and Scriptural in. | structions which she gives have received | the highest commendation from all class- | es of Christian workers at home and abroad. W. 8. Weeden was born in Columbia county, Ohio, March 29, 1545; his father moved into southern Ohio when Mr, Weeden was about 10 years of age. He grew up in that county, went into the late war from there, served 24 years, came home in the fall of "gs, being in his 19th year, and attended a revival held in a Protestant Methodist church and was relinquished his business | JANES WHARTON From Wwmspt. Cri - OROXAT 10N pian famine) it that the people asses ; that peasants to the year of the formes , who up serfs and merchants aunts who have world, and finally the clergy, which only | lately has been allowed to be recruited | other classes of the people ing to note, however, that, as Death of Mrs, Williams Mrs Williams late Axe | Thursday morning at 7 o'clock, after a | very short illness. She was a daughter | of John M. Wagner of Milesburg, and a | sister of Mrs. John and Mrs. Peter Keich. [ line of Bellefonté. The funeral was held died at her Mann James E residence near last i i { on Saturday morning. 3 - — - Death of Father Kinney Last week Father Kinney died, at Centralia, Pa. He was well many of our readers in this county; about twentyAwo years ago he was pastor of known to fonte and the same church at Snow Shoe. He was a man of rare attainments, A Off for Scranton, A.C. Mingle, C. P. Hewes, W. PF, Reeder, W. 1. Fleming, 8. M. Buck of this city and Mr, Krise of Centre Hall representing the Constance Commandery departed Monday afternoon to attend the annual Conclave at Scranton, —— —— Large Plant Sold, Wm, P. Duncan, of Philipsburg, pur. chased the valuable Sandy Ridge fire brick works, at the assignee's sale, on These works turn. SE Tuesday for $7,500. cou the best re brick made in the the St. Johns Catholic church at Bélle- | FREE SILVER, SOUND MONEY. An Interesting Letter From N. L. Atwood. CHEAP AND DEAR MONEY. Aske er Appears How Mind-A Our Friend d for lnformation to Our Points Discussed Briefly gO nort nee river, that they « when from: the } Pacif get on the south side of £0 EO {ar as to icycannot existon an ocean, and that no money ever crossed one. les if they or Some ¢ from this that among these POV llar coined 8 ut's worth of paper, by the worth of silver, wi debt, pay just as mu muker, | much of a: product, or as much merchandise, much gold or silverware, or ewe bullion, as the dollar coined on one hun. el y farm Uy as Or as ity. 4 paper for two bushels of wheat or five bushels of potatoes. Something ought to be done to dispel this pitiable ignorance. To make things worse, Sockless Jerry bas been here and many honest farmers and laborers have been deluded, and as I may say carried away, with his soft money fallacies Many go so far as to say that they will not vote for the candidate of the two great sound money parties for the presi dency at the coming election. They seem almost to have lost confidence in the county papers that are published in | the interest of sound money, They even | speak evil of dignitaries—such great and | good men as Cleveland, Sherman and | Carlisle~ungratefully overlooking the | fact that it is to their great and nest | aud unselfish efforts in the interest of honest money that they are indebted for the wonderful prosperity they are enjoy - ing, a prosperity Hhich passeth all un. | derstanding." this letter and accompany it with a short editorial (it will take you but a few min- utes to write it) explaining so that the ignorant farmers and Ia less, when that silver changed for a That cause it woald good ‘ would soon {reasury happen be. exhaust our stock of gold in a short The resu er dollar would then drop to its intrinsic value. as Then d have the cheap money, 50 cent dollars, Brother Atwood speaks about be cheap hall as formerly. The man holding silver dollars daring such a change would be the loser, while the man who contracted a debt on an honest, 100 cent dollar basis, could pay it in debased coin. That is who would be the loser and gainer by the transaction. Mr. Atwood’s proposition is not a fair statement of the conditions. The dan time would be the sil TT . 5 Duiion, wou It would truly It would only buy about many potatoes, wheat, et« | gers resulting from free silver legislation | he i the present silver dollar, Now, Mr, Editor, if you will publish | applica to te p og which the government is still able to re- deem, but its financial credit has been almost wrecked in the operation. With unlimited comage of silver what would be the result! Noone can estimate. The free silver craze, we have always looked upon asa wove to enhance the {Continues on th page.)
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