FOR $1.50__ You can get TH DEMOCRAT an Pittsburg Post, year. This is A ETL AIL \ § NIRE ‘eekly one ALN, va CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. ARGUMENT FOR A NEW TRIAL Additiona! Testimony Furnished By Cornelly's Attorney PETER MEXDIS STILL IN JAIL The Habeas Corpus Hearing Postponed until Monday—Unnecessary Delay and Care- lessness of Officials the Cause. On Wednsday considerable interest was | shown over the argument for a new trial for James Cornelly, who was convicted of arson, attempting to fire the Reyn- | old’s armory, at August term of court. Cornelly’s counsel, Hon. A, O. Furst, H. 8S. Taylor and J. H. Johnston, were on hand and presented considerable ad- litional testimony to that Cor- nelly had told the truth when on the certain im 1 show stand of his whereabouts on . rtant days—it was corroborated by merous witnesses, while the detective, illispie, testified in the trial quite Depositions taken at near Pittsburg, by S. Attorney and District 4 These were as t inger were also submitted. the gener- al reputation Gillespie had in his com- munity for truth and veracity. Numer. ous citizens Some said they never heard questioned. Others were positive in declarations that it was bad. They 1e | trial was an lea made by Mr. Furst fora new able summing up of the case. : He pointed ot » existing against the prisoner i » community, and the unsavory reputation of Gillespie whose unsupported produced i The court mony for a careful revie conviction, its decree later, In the habeas corpus hearing of Peter Mendis, charged with poisoning James Maria, until Monday. the hearing has been po The analysis parts sent to Philadelphia have not on that made and has been delaye There see: ry delay ir il officiate at these services. I Millheim, Rev. Garret, Pa., and Rev. W. H. also be present t J. J. Lohr will preach ning at 7 o'clock, October 16 Lohr, from from Loganton, , his occasion. Rev Stover, | will on on Saturday eve- A specia and hearty invitation is extended to all ister denotiitiation 3 sister denominations to we present at these services att The Prev it Work aricator Some new spapcr men are terrible liars Ter writing nf + velome " vie ¥ ' AL WILDE Of a Cyclone oul west one of them said that it turned a well wrong end up, a celler upside down, moved township lines, blew all the staves out of | Sr a whiskey barrel and left nothing but z a bunghole, changed the day of the week, blew the hair off the head of a baldhead. ed man, blew mortgages off farms, blew all the cracks out of the fences and took all the wind out of a politician — Klondike for Cows, The other day, says the Mill Hall Times while G. C. Piefer, the Lock Haven implement dealer, was attending to some business in the country he took off his coat, in the pockets of which were notes to the amount of £500. grazing in the field strayed over to ““nose’’ around a little, and when Mr, | Piefer went to his notes he discovered that the cows had eaten them, leaving nothing but small stubs. EA To Change the Date of Memorial Day, Grand Army circles are interested in a proposal to change the date of Memo- rial day from May 30 to the last Sunday in May. The growing tendency to make the day one of recreation and sport in. stead of a fitting memorial as intended has led to a discussion of the proposed changes. A — The Credit, “If the Republicans desire to claim credit for the high price of wheat, they must assume responsibility for the fam. ine in India. Will any Repuplican con- vention point with pride to the famine as an evidence that the Republican party is redeeming its campaign pledges?’ Wa, J. BRYAN, Cows that were | RETURN OF PROSPERITY. The majority of party papers, political orgaus, are truly unreliable. ways is an effort to give all items of any There al. political significance coloring, so to help the party along-—that is as expected. At present the opposition papers are de. of Prosperity,”’ and their invariable conclu. voting much space to the "Return sion is thatjit is entirely due to the election of McKinley and the success of republi can measures, ! Yes, ment noticeable business. The by the passage iff which, no matter how good or provisions are, the facturer to resume. there is a improve. in first impetus of a tar. bad was given its enabled manu- exhausted pro- would The supply of goods the ducts was by long suspense,’ and new This have followed the passage of eithera were demanded. | high or low tariff, and to attribute any present industrial activity to the wisdom ofthe Dingley tanff is straining hard, If the Dingley tariff deserves the praise for present conditions it must then { pronounced a flat tailure. It is styled by its author a bill to increase revenue, 3 yet there has been a growing ¢ about $17,000,000 in the U. 8. If would since its adoption. we on the merits of the new tariff now just that all the re the favorable with nion it i demagogery In our opi 1 rot to talk ¢ the effects tanding o not be can practics ~ , then only can defini te result nd safe conclusions drawn Hat reason we con > bas been an Tr it would be gross now would approp: Creator to themselves, 3 ublic to gain po the coming fall electi X indicates that they are drive of desperation. But the the | astray. American The return of prosperity is our theme, Prosperity in this country of thousands means a and at of and demand for all labor Wages idle workmen in great cities about centers still exist, mining sec f this state, frequent lockouts, low 1 anda wages, that can t many an hone workingman’s home to-day, stands in strong contrast with the supposed return of conditions are prosperity. Present not satisfactory by any means, There has been a noticeable improve ment in business, but it is far from" pros. verity,” and it likewise requires some emarkable reasoning tor republicans to console themselves, 1 ¥ r The Official Ballot. The official ballot this year will con- tain seven colums, to be used by the Re. publican, Democratic, Prohibition, So. cialist Labor, Liberty and Independent parties, and independent voters who | may not desire to vote for any of the candidates of the several parties. Will Prospect for Gold. Several of Renovo’s business men are contemplating organizing a stock com. pany to prospect for gold in the Klon- dike fields. The name of the company will be The Susquehanna Gold Mining company, and the capitol stock will be £10,000, The Cora Crop. Contrary to the early predictions the corn crop in this county will be a full crop. In some places the yield will be | small but in others large. Corn cutting is about all done and the ears are well filled and developed. Acta Arbor Day. Friday October 2and, will be av*umn Arbor day in the public schools, at ieast state superintendent N, C. Schaeffer has | declared that day as the one that should | be set apart as Arbor day. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 18¢7. LEADING EVENTS AT WASHINGTON A Campaign Started for Cuban Freedom, M KINLEY AND POLITICIANS Office Seekers Can't Find The President—Ohio Politicians are Quarreling-—-Hanna and Foraker are Getting Their War Paint On, shall be the flag “Cuba; it ought to be and it free!’ That is the motto on which the friends of Cuba, many and in- fluential in Washington, have sailed to the mast. The new campaign for free Cuba was opened with a big mass meet. ing, under the auspices of the Woman's National Cuban League, participated ix by number of many promiunegt meu, including a Washington's foremost minis. ters of the gospel. Other meetings are to be held, not only in Washington, but in all sections of country sympathy for Cuba known that hearty to exist a chance 10 express an emphatic way that the | the und "ne So +] { a +» 24) . gquickencd, it I agreeable to the government of Spain ot $44 yyy og 411 oF Wiis mecling it, of course, and the road next month, notwithstanding { the Senate Commitiee on Paci roads and the charge by reputable citi y the govern zens thatthe sale isa job to 4 : ment and the private creditors of the road out of mill fons OUR Of GOLIATS, an who would not al. used | ise it Ggur. CCA : r roll and he wishes it to stay there, has been telling the inside fac about the high handed way in which Boss Hanna's mau Dick has been walking rough shod over the Foraker republicans in the state. He has been in He said “There has never been anything like it the state recently and knows, before in Ohio politics. The supporters of Senator Foraker supposed that when the deal was patched up, largely through Mr. McKinley, 1 h Mr was to be supported for the Senate and ww whi Hanna fo Gov. Bushnell renominated, that faction. al difference were jo be shelved for the time and the campaign made harmon. ously. They soon discovered that the harmony was to consist of constant hu. miliations put upon the Foraker men by Hanna, his man Dick, and their hench- men. It has been steadily getting worse ever since the campaign opened and the end is not yet, although Senator Foraker became so disgusted that he left the state with the intention of remaining away until the election. | has persuaded Senator Foraker to return | to Ohio, and promised him that if he | | would go ahead and make speeches he | would see that Hanna and Dick gave him and his friends better treament. For. aker ancepted Mr. McKinley's promise and left Washington today for Ohio, but he khows that Hanna considers himself McKinley's master, and he hasn't much confidence in that promise. Foraker will have a personal day of reckoning with Hanna, as sure as you live, wheth- erit be on the floor of the U, 8. Senate or in the State of Ohio.” There is an unusual lot of growling amoung the office seekers in Washington because of the little time that Mr, Me- Kinley devotes to them. They go to the White House every day but fow of them Ket an opportunity to see Mr, McKinley, and those do not get much satistac- tion. He makes some appointments near. | ly every day, but lots of them are men whom he knows personally or wishes to reward for personal work done for him. As a result there is some plain talk in the hotel corridors from those who be. lieve themselves entitled to official recog- nition and who have been led to sup- they would get it. Slowly, but sure. y, an anti-McKinley sentiment is grow. ing among republicans, Mr. McKinley | RECEIVER FOR TRACTION ROAD Willam B. Given Takes Charge of Lock Haven Company, Def: made uit having been i teen months on the mas Haven tr representing West End phia, fore npliance 1d trust conmips equity in day, asking pointment of ¢ After counsiderati made a decree, Given, of Colun filed a bond ion of the ro: Bryan Gives Good Advice maxes pret | A came bow 10 one seems able to explain merman is said to be very much ested in the find and declares he will tunnel Nittany mountain before he gives Think of it, why there up. in Greensvalley, gold will be If no use of going 0 Klondike. Zimmer locates the man origional and can start a of his own a Large Fire 1h . ~ night the Gray farm, occupied by On Saturday IL. "RB. Bi was burned to the ground with all horses, harness, contents, including Two fine horses were burn. ali the haroess. A tramp siept in the barn which is supposed to have been the cause of the fire, No insurance on the stock or grain, as yet nor on the bam. All the summer's crop was burned up which is indeed a | years ago, and had just gotten every. thing in fine shape. The wheat belong. led to Thos. Huey, who moved off the | farm last spring. Dogs Running Deer. One day last week two hounds ran four deer from the mountains into the vicinity of Colyer. The deer were nigh exhaus. ted and to seek safety ran to a house with every indication of wanting to en. ter, but none of the doors being open the tired out animals couldn’t hide therein, It is said the hounds belonged to Kulp's lumber camp. One of the dogs was shot by men in the valley who were close to the chase, but the other dog escaped be- fore a ball could be sent after him, It is lawful to kill dogs running deer any time of the year, ER ii co —— An Historical Relic. Hon, James Kerr will soon have mounted on bis lawn in Clearfield an his. torical relic in the shape of a cannon supposed to be 100 years old, which was captured from the British when {they evacuated Washington in 1814, after the partial destruction of the nation’s cap. ital. The piece weighs about 1,600 pounds. heard of, | sad loss as he just started farming three | The Centre Liemoc: A REVIEW OF THE CUBAN WAR Millions No Result Spain Spends With VAST TERRITORY DESERTED ble Plantations in Wevier Ha Loss of Life Ly Spain sent uprisin p captain general stitutional death would be the summary penalty for sed: A review of the proclamation guarantee and announ that entire course of f- favorable or Lampos n would be and other maladies SmaL pox thousands have been sent back The war has cost Spain § 1d the is $11 a mouth. Tobacco and sugar pro fourfifth ag- annual as invalids. drain now 000, duction is suspended, an 1088 of $48 N gregate Commerce between Cuba and the U State has suffered to a similar extent Since 68, a period of 2g years has been 3 revolt over 12 years, In the present lion more non-combatants have bees led than in any three modern wars elsewhere. Weyler's latest effort to push on through the rainy season has appar His ently been one of his worst mistakes ADHE As Ii has ever been. Ex ot A Pheasant Story Will Haynes gets off some interesting stories. He was at lock Haven on | Monday and the following appeared in | | make a very short route from Pittsburg | toNew York, about sixty miles less than the Democrat. Of course it is true: | “W. R. Haynes, of Snow Shoe, was in [ the city yesterday twitting his old hunt. | | these days of raped transit and sharp | competition. | er friends on the palatable meal be had eaten from a pheasant, which bird he | had secured without violating the law, | even though the season has not yet opened. It seems that while his youug daughter was walking to make a visit to a friend, the pheasant flew agains! a telegraph wire and severed its head. The plamp body of the bird fell to the ground, when the little girl picked it up and carried it home.” By I. A” Landlord Reed in Luck. The big gas well struck near Pittsburg last week is on a farm adjoining one owned by Mr. Guy W. Reed, proprietor of the Irvin House, Lock Haven. Natural gas is in demand in Pittsburg now, and Mr. Reed is fortunate in own. ing land in the new gas territory. a ———— —— Squirrels imigrating. A novel sight of squirrels imigrating was witnessed below Cumberland Wed. nesday. A drove which an eye witness estimated contained at least 3000 swam across the Potomac river. About 300 of them were killed by men and boys ere they got into the woods, / AIIM © MOST NEWS _ao THE CEXTHE DEMOCRAT and Weekly Pittsburg Post both one year for $1.80 All the pews worth having for the LEAST MONEY VOL. 19. XO 16). PLACE NAMES. Some Odd and Curious Names of Places In Massachusetts, In the Middle colonial names glejerry hill Spot pon Winthre P. ter, boecaus showed thr surface, FP said 10 have “1 sex fells some good old Jin brook. 11 dians for a hornful of The fact of mist kn does not appear--find Luck br dnd Luck Bad Luck be so 1 brook and pona in Lee and Burnshirt river, likes ter ox Drinkwater river is a felicitc for stream of good water. It is in Hanover, and possibly there may have been a family of that name in the borhood. Strong Water bury has quite dif Bought For x a long and baffi through days. rtuns wn a Th yer ® \ and Tres Ler L wi Bpencer 186 1n Woroes- unty Uf name 1: neiah. IRD TOOK InN Lew ikke ne sents a0 instancs blanoes give that these ing Candy Abr would oo Brooklyn are thinking of gending a pound it will co you $1.64 The stamp ¢ 0) : ge De York Mail and Express —_ t— RAILROAD EXTENSIO of Pa from Bellefonte to Clearfi 4 been in contemplation for peos le will another announcement of a building the line asn sensation. When this and other extensions are completed it would years and many f by any other system. That means much in There is more prospect in these lines beg built than some, would imagine. The recent survey to White Deer dur. ing the past month was not made for curiosity. At this place the head men of the Central R. R. of Pa. have made calculations on the expense of erecting larger machine and repair shops. Some of there employees have been in. duced to remain here on the strength of possible operations on the new exten sions in a short time. These are facts that have favorable indications, Another Appointment. Gegrge W. McGaffey was apoointed by Governor Hastings a trustee of the Cottage State hospital, Philipsburg, to succeed Hon, Chester Manson, deceased, The Governor has exercised good judg. ment in the appointment. To Build the College Barn. Farmer John A. Woodward, of How ard, is appointed to rebuild the new barn at State College, and isout looking up plans for a strong building,
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