N000000000000O! The Centre Dem: 5 t 8 1 and N.Y. 3t- WEEK W( four papers a week $1.65 PER YE 1 HM nire democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. Spanish Fleet BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY MAY 5s, 1808. PHILIPPINE | ISLANDS | the officials fatten the natives are left to die like cattle if epidemic disease breaks out among them, or to if crops fail. There are as a rule no roads There except for those able wo pay liberally for starve i | worthy of a name. is po justice their | ‘CONCLUSION OF COURT Rev. Erdman Convicted and Was During the year, 1847, there were printed hoptt: complete copies of THR CENTRE DEMO CRAY, or 202 each week, al- lowing for misprints, our act. ual average sworn clreula- Lion was over 2.000 COPIES PER WEEK Intelligent advertisers will appreciate this statement, VOL. 20, NO. 15, amount claimed by plaintiff, John I. Thompson et al, ex'rs of Moses Thompson, dec’d, vs John Zimmerman, Continued, The Southern The al 4 yaieutine iron Demolished |» sr vescipion of never it, and worst of all, there is no opportuni. A Great Victory at Manila for Commodore Dewey's Fleet, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ARE OURS One of the Most Brilliant Naval Feats of Modern Times--- The Stars and Stripes Floating Over Spanish Posses- sions--- 1 he ---The Latest News. It is with tidings of great joy that thi The triumph of the American Navy aod the surprising brave sailors have completely annihilated the Spanish fleet in the firmly planted the Stars and Stripes on the Philippine Is! has sent a thrill around the globe, aroused every true meric joicings and cast consternation, confusion and until the throne itself is tottering and by Commodore Dewey and his men did large Spanish fleet has been sunk, | remnants scattered while our brave the islands. During the past week the battle waters the same ‘‘peaceful-blockade were captured and there was some Communication has been established and food will be furnished and rein It Cuban water As a result of the bitter is Spain’s boast that and throughout Spain. son, as well as leading officials are in great danger old Spain. 5 1Ssue goes tou! s for one desperate struggle. defeat at Manila Violence is threatened an Her glory is departed and her possessions are f Situation Summed up in a Few Words 1s many anxious readers news that Uncle Sam's Pacific and ands, is a message that an heart with re 1iot in the Spanish capitol, this time may be no more, last Sunday at Manila Durned nsurgent le ent there se before she will vi anxious for the fr; there al up rising in } » ves of the Ogee J J i the li n Great is the distres orever | 11 the important events of the past week are briefly tol All very latest dispatches of the pas t 24 L 24 LATEST NEWS, So alarming was the spread of riotous outbreaks in Spain yesterday that mar. tial law had to be proclaimed in several provinces. Troops fired on the mobs in Gijon, and the artillery was ordered out. The Jesuits’ religious house at Talafera | was burned, as were also several private | dwelling houses and railway cars. Mad- rid papers resumed their gloomy and anxious tone, and even Premier Sagas- ta's official organ, EI Liberal, to the very ominous aspect of affairs | Talk of Sagasta's res. | throughout Spain. ignation was renewed, but after a hot | debate in the Cortes the unitedly promised to sustain the Govern. ment in carrying on the war. Revolt in Spain. London, May 4 rid say that the Carlists are very active, and bave possession of the streets of the city. The assassinations of Minister of Colo- that mobs nies Moret and ex-Captain General Cam. pos, of Cuba, have been reported. Prime | Minister Sagasta and his Ministry had to flee for safety. The Queen Regent, Maria Christiana, and her boy King are likely to seek ref uge by fleeing to the country The end of the Regency is in sight. Queen Regent May Get Out. London, May 5.—~A dispatch from Vienna says that the idea of the resignation of the Spanish Regency by Maria Christina is seriously considered there, in the hope that it may save the throne. Monarchy will be Overthrown. London, May 4.—It is certain that Spain is greatly stirred up and it is pre. dicted that unless Spanish arms are soon successful, the government and perhaps the monarchy will be overthrown. Sampson's Fleet Sails, Key West, May 4, 1:12 p. m.~This morning activity was seen among the vessels of admiral Sampson's fleet, and shortly after they sailed away from those waters. From the reports in cir. culation, the fleet goes to meet the Spau- ish ships. An important engagement is looked for at any time in the near future. The fact that the big battleships and monitors coaled to the fullest capacity before steaming away is taken to indicate a plan occupying considerable time. The vessels which came here were the flagship New York, the Indiana, the Towa, the Cincinnati, the Detroit, the Mayflower and the Marblehead. The Puritan had been in Port for several days. Famine Racking Havana, Key West, Fla.,, May 4.—~Havana is on the verge of a famine. Food is bringing fabulous prices and the people are con- sequently starving. The soldiers are seizing whatever provisions are accessi- ble, and citizens are burying their food in yards and cellars, Spanish Spy Captured, Philadelphia, May 4, 3:16 p. m.—The report that a Spanish spy had been cap, tured on board the liner St. Paal 1s con, firmed today. He was caught acting suspiciously near the powder magazine. | morning. referred | i Couservatives | Reports from Mad. | hours are given below The Oregon Leaves Rio. Rio Janeiro, May 4.—The battleship Oregon and gunboat Marietta sailed this The ex-Brazilian dynamite | cruiser Nietheroy follows to-night. Her | purchase by the United States greatly | pleased the Brazilian Government. The { diplomatic corps is surprised at the pres. ttige of American interests secured through the act of the American Diplo- | matic and Consular representatives. The Spanish torpedo cruiser Temerario is still at Buenos Ayres. Mobbed a Yacht. Gibraltar, May 4, 2:26 p. m.—Spanish hatred against British interests exhibited | itseli today in an attack upon the British Lady of Clemel {stormed by a yacht, The yacht was mob, Stones and othe: hurled at the that leave the harbor at Malaga, Spain | missles were craft with such violence it was compelled to Eagland Sends three Warships to Coba Kingston, Jamaica, May ~-SCTIOUS outbreak nas occurred in reports ; rming chara ter that it 1 necessary to | send three war ships to that place. The | vessels have started on their i > Br | was attacked by t} urney itish consul at Santiago de Cuba ‘he consul | in resisting kill niard. The mob | seized the official, dragged him: away and placed him in prison. The town is in an uproar and the natives are badly fright. ened. It is reported that the Alert has orders to demand the release of British Consul J W. Barnsden, and if the demand is not complied with Sautiago is to be bom barded. Flotilla Returaed to Cadiz May 4.~It is rumored here that the Spanish Cape Verde fleet has returned to Cadiz, Lisbon, Manila Beat at Hong Kong Hong Kong, May 4.—The revenue cut. ter McCulloch has arrived at Mirs Bay. She left Manila before the battle. Was Formerly » Lineman. Toe man Malia, who fired the first gun when the Buena Ventura was captured near Key West last week, was formerly an employe of the Telephone company, About two years ago, while unscrewing the bolt that fastened the cross arm to a when he removed the bolt he fell with the stick to the sidewalk. verely injured, enlisted in the navy, —— —- A Philipsburg Boy. Lieutenant Henry W. Whitney of the Fourth United States artillery, on April 28, is a sort of Rev, W., P. Whit. ney a former Philipsburg pastor and a brother of Miss Mary Whitney of the Philipsburg telephone exchange. Tell your peighbod that be can get The Centre Democrat and 3timewa- week World (making four papers a week) for $1.65 per year. Here is a har. gain, if you only know it, pole one day, be sat astride the arm, and | He was se- | After he recovered he | who | reached the camp ofthe Cuban insurgents | Big Prize MANILA AND ITS PEOPLE The Philippine Islands Under trol for Several Centurie People Resou Will Be Held by Us ant Class of ducts harbor of Manil to these fara before has 1aval operation own shores, Luxon is the f Pennsylvania sz lation of this State Ct nodore Dewey neutral telegraph t The cable from Manila to unaer Spans con ; received far Spanish censors, fact, however, of a great victory Americans and the destruction Spanish fleet, Manila, the capital of the islands and the centre of Spanish power, is on the southwestern side of the island of Luzon. It contains with its suburbs a population of 350,000, of whom 10,000 are European. These include the soldiery, clergy, offici. als and foreign business and professional The Eaglish-speaking The city sut rounded by a massive stone wall more men. residents do not exceed 600 proper is than 200 years old, asd it is sparsely The wall do not num mounted with obsolete cannon 3 ving inside g the peop.e ) wr more than 25,000 It is however, for a tropi extremely busy defenses a was founded The city of Ma: 1 and establi aptured by the Spanis ion, about the sam the Ameri nder at Maui the British captured it ransomed the town The Sp: a when for $4,000,000, besides delivering up all naval The Jritish commanders accepted bills for the the Spanish government, but when the bills the military and stores amount of the ramsom drawn on were presented the ministry refused to pay them, and the victors lost their share The British fleet, however, did not return empty handed, as soon of the spoils after the operations at the Philippines it captured ships valued with their cargoes at $3,000,000, two Spanish treasure One of them, with $5,000,000, was the richest prize ever brought into a British port, If the British commander nearly 150 years ago exacted $5,000,000 as the ransom of Manila, Commodore Dewey may enforce a like business adjustment. As to the eight or ten millions popula. tion of the Philippine islands the infor. mation is vague. They are mostly of Malay extraction, the exception being a race called the Negritos. The latter are dwarfish blacks dnd degraded to a de- gree that can hardly be imagined. The tribes of Malay origin vary in develop. | ment from a state of absolute yavagery to civilization. A measure of the intelli. | gence of the lowest tribes is their knowl. their fingers and toes. The more civiliz. ed natives are classed as adherents to the Catholic church, and are held in strict that church, They are kept in extreme | poverty by the heavy burden of Spanish taxation. If the islands were given a stable, enlightened government they would quickly become rich and prosper. ous. Spain however, has used the islands only as a source to draw a revenue from, The condition brought about is described by a high authority as follows: ‘While [] | made, ty for education except in one or two They have The Jos nese, in whose tries of the necessary governn that the Fart oa app! it will go hard Spanish population, as the reckoning to make -— - WON'T FIGHT IN THE OPEN Soldiers Not Form of Spanish Favorable to his Warfare When the troops of the United States are landed in Cuba they will not find the Spanish regulars drawn battle ar. to open has never beer up in ray receive them. Fighting in the Spain’s stroug point stand of the American and the ins and the dons would poor show of success with the flower they will mes rite mode of war ies vialsls myYanany great battles they have guerrillas up to the If they won no east held their own ground pre or ed the enemy from ox ver, things The Spaniards met their if not their the in. They driven bck, and in all the bush fighting equals, superiors in surgents, have uniformly been have been regularly whipped The physical features of the country are in the highest degree favorable to The land is traversed by gregt mountain ranges, the slopes of whigh are covered Therein corpse may securely conceal itself from an enemy only a few feet away. The roads are so rugged and universally bad that regular military operations can he the operations of guerrillas. with dense forests, a whole army carried on only with the utmost difficul. | ty. The rough country roads generally follow tortuous mountain streams and are consequently so full of bends, turns and windings that the making of an am. buscade is easy at almost any point, and in every mile many almost insurmount. able obstacles to the marching of troops may be put up. - ——— Tyrone Bottle Works. The Tyrone Herald says:—Fiiday morning the glass blowers for the Tyrone | Glass works arrived, and immediately | edge of mathematics. Their numerals | | usually stop at three, but their teachers | count up to twenty by making use of | started to work. As a batch was in readiness to be blown, a good force was kept busy during most of the day and a large quantity of very good bottles was indications it will not be many days un. til another successful industry is in operation in Tyrone, This is very good news to many of our citizens who took a particular interest in the establishment of this plant, We never thought a bottle factory could flourish in that place as one-half the population are professional cork snappers and empty flasks are abundant, of The equipment of the plant will | | be at once completed, and from present subjection by the friars and priests of | Sent to Jail for 6 Months MANY CIVIL CASES DISPOSED The Second Week Was fences ments Specially fo kenth that he 10 gather or re- cleanly condition and Was care. ful not to allow anything main on the premises that would have a tendency to become offensive. Several physicians were called who testified that the healthfulness of the nearby residents «ted. The Friday morning, rendered a Was in no way an jury, on verdict of guilty of maintaining a nuisance Rev. |. H ad r aduilery | prosecutor John Com. vs Erdmar § HM ii The Com. alleged and proved defendant registered and the Bush House Jan : raman and wife it she wa i was known as ‘Mrs. Rosso er, w married The gui He was afternoon by ti as not verdict of costs of Prose t in the prisonment a pen x h ATH ed w th stealing chickens, tarkeys and other produce from farmers in that vicin ity and selling them to hucksters evidence was heard which clearly estab. lished their guilt and then they all Some were The prosecutors were John Caiiigan, Sr., and his son James. allowed to enter pleas of guilty. The latter was implicat- ed in the stealing but turned state's evi- dence William Johnstonbaugh plead guilty to stealing 251bs of butter from the State College creamery. He was sen- tenced to the Huntingdon Reformatory. The rest plead guilty to stealing chickens, etc. Frank Gross and Tames Corrigan | were sentenced to the Huntingdon Re- formatory. Willis Stevens, John Gillen, I. F. Sowers and John Corrigan were sentenced each to §1 fine, cost of prose. cution and 30 days in jail. SHCOND WEEK Court called at g a. m. Monday morn. | ing with Hon. Jno. G. Love on the bench. After the presentation of petitionsjby | the attorneys, the court called over the | trial list for the week and disposition was made of the following cases. et al. This case is svecia]l and on account of the inability of securing a judge at this time, the case was contin. ued. Koller & Hawlk va. B, C. Tuten. Coun- tined, D. H. Bean vs. D, T. Cowher and ©. W. Cowher, Continued, Mrs, A. R. long vs. Cyrus Gordon. Continued, Frank P, Blair va. George R. Boak. Continned. Use of W. H. Black vs, A. M. McClain & Co. Continued. Judgment confessed by defendant for David | Rothrock, adm'r, vs. Henry Rothrock | | away on the train. | eyes and bruising his nose. L. Olin Meck vs, John E. Murray, | B Ard and 1} Pine Grove Water Com \ . yOiunlary nson-sail entered Dale, Clement fC Verdict Kate M of A. Blanche Hoy Dale and A de use vs Blanche Hoy d; assumpsit tin favor of plaintiff for $2187.12. ex'rs Dale, Jr., Executors of etc., of Christian | VK Clement Dale and t, under the evidence, was found against J. C. Henderson and the two Kline's Attorneys for Mr. were granted a rule to show cause why Henderson the judgment before entered on the ver. dict should not be opened as to himself This was argued at March argument court awd judgment was accordingly opened as to J. C. Henderson, This case practically was tried on the same line of evidence that was the case at January court, the plaintiff alleging that the de. fendant signed the note in question, and | the defendant denying to have ever sign. | ed such a note. | verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the The jury rendered a sum of $340.20, J. Edward Mastin vs. J. H. Eskridge ; assumpsit. Verdict in favor of plaiutif in the sum of $5187.42. .--—— LANDED IN JAIL, Two Woodsmen Who Were in a Fighting Humor, The Lock Haven Democrat says: Fri. day evening Isaac David went to the station with relatives who were going After the train left he met Albert Kulins, of Eagleville, who wanted to meet a man named Smith, against whom he had a grudge. David informed acquaintances in the vicinity that if they saw Smith they should put him on his guard. This angered Kuhns and he pitched into David, blacking his In the mean. time Smith appeared and Kuhns turned on him, and Kuhns got the worst of it. His face was badly batiered and he was kicked in his stomach. The police were summoned. Upon their arrival Smith skipped out, but Kuhns was lodged in jail,
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