CHAS. R. KURTZ Ed. and Prop. OUR ARMY LANDING Active Operations Soon on Cuban Soil SANTIAGO TO BE TAKEN A Strong Resistance Expected by The mite Shells Vesuvius throws several Dyoa The latest News Condensed. passe d ther week has by witl events in tae War It has been a busy week for r thousand and navy in carrying o Cuba, accompanied with all ary food supplies and arms f ion of the island. roe fleet HCCI IS force of Spaniards who will perate stand. After the ne by ¢ assisted the in forces who are said to be well arm. er excellent disci as loengage tl The Texas ¢ some hours. “Ten covered fro submarine he cha Communication established at Guantanam (Signed Ign SAMI IRON PIER AND OD ROADS Baiquiri, a fine harb the same name imm landing, has a long iron Over this line into deep water, railroad be able to march the attack on Santiago and hence they need not be hampered by the r the troops will to wgh hills and thick growth of timber and underbrush that bem the rairoad in on either side. NOT TO SHAFTER BE HAMPERED like Admiral Samp- from General Shafter, gon, is not to be tied by exact orders but is to be allowed the Washington, widest liberty of a of tion The landiag $0 large a body of troops as Gen. Shafter has is a big un dertaking. The complete debarkation of all supplies will last one week - -— - Work for Many Hands, The stone crushers at the lime stone quarries of A. GG. Morris, at Salona, this county, were put in operation on Wed- | nesday. Orders enough are on hand to keep the crushers running about four months, Sixty or given employment. The quarries have been closed for several months, i — Correctly Stated. An exchange says that when a young lady pins a boquet on the lapel of a young man’s coat, she usually turns her head to one side and tilts up her chin to look at it. The young man who does'nt tumble is too slow to be run over bya hearse. ~Children’s Day festival will be held in St. John's Reformed church on Sun. day evening, June 26th, at 7:30 p.m. The will be special music and children’s exercises appropriate to the day and the celebration of Holy Baptism will be ad- ministered. the Spanish & more hands will be | THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN. While reaucracy seems utt Spanish gov and bu erument erly rotten, weak and ble, it would be ungenerous n hat the Spanish soldiery display Although plenty of courage and activity, . that they half-starved and poorly cared for, they stand up to their When their fortifications are knocked to pieces cports say are work remarkably well, by our fleets, they get to work to put up earth works, and if they are driven off at one tige, they appear to come back ag with plenty of fighting spirit, d by vers them to beon the alert our command. 1 , and temnte connoisance np ure condi we wil ives measurably respon raised by such a condition : ne hand Nothing been presented terminatic » people of the 1 : 'nited States At Pleasant Gap The flag raising at Pleasant attracted day, has speaking takes pla and at flay ens | HAY 18 ) The over 500 feet of bunting each a yard square the ladies of Pleasat Ibe : OWS program fo: ban 1 cx irnne : sack Pe 1, music by the band; 2 p. m., prayer and ad. | dress of Welcome by R ng hy 3 Raising of the flag choir ev. Leisher ; fon Ls, open address Love. John 2:30 p. m,, music by band ; 3p. m., ad. | dresses by W. C. Heinle, Esq., Col. J. L. and music by | Spangler, D. F. Fortney, Esq., and Ex. | Governor James A. Beaver. A festival will be beld in the evening. - - -— - Robbery at Beech Creek. Thieves broke into the store room of the Kunes’ brothers at Eagleville on Fri. : day and stole a lot of shoes, tobacco and | | cigars, and carried the patent cash box out into an alley and broke it open, but did not get more than a dollar, The rob. | bers bored out the latch on a back door | in order to get in. a Prosperous Place. Thirtysix thousand fire-bricks a day is now the forced output of the works at Phil rg, which are running night and day, and the supply is not nearly equal to the demand. Such an unpre. cedented rush has never before been | from central Pennsylvania are bearingup | known in the history of the plant. {was afterwards which may be renewed at anytime, mak- | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY CAMP LIFE WITH CO B. What the Bovs Have to E the Amount 1 ALL ARE WELL AND HAPPY What Our 8 In A Long and Inter ecial Correspondent Finds of terest to Write Fro esting Letter. such a brave hero as Gen. F would be an honor and a treat The Fifth is putting in and a half fanny our about hours prin Col. although most of the time daily in drilling, cipally in the battle exercises. Burchbield, command of the brigade, has at no the ! lost any brave Ix brought w interest in We ith hin Tuesday the Ma the Major spoke llent appearance Ma) and Maj Slocum Kennedy McNamara of the Second bat tallion, left on Friday noon for Pennsyl- vania, with a man {rom each company to recruit the several companies up to one hundred and six men. This means thirty-one recruits for each company and the idea is that they shall come from the the is €x~ towns and counties from which re- spective companies are from, It pected that these recruits are to meet us wherever we are, whether here or Jack. sonville. N. B. Spangler the company nay, other battallion to the regiment, which countermanded, but ing this a three battallion regiment, and one of the largest in the service, | clerk, is the representative for company | Ji reon rgeon rgeon on the reg ups. When we first had to do our own baking, but since then a large government bake 1 . n put up on the park, and the Any gets seventy » loaves of fresh . ¢) 1 e then n (illiams of this Lose commissary sergeant, sees that Lomi The sloy €, any IB gets what it | meals are cooked on a military known as the Buzzacolt stove, which consists of a series of 1ron bars be. ing about four feet and a half in length, feet wide and about eight inches the two high, when set and is set on ground and a wall built around it, thus making a complete draft, up, | big iron pans, one baker, two butcher | knives, one steel, one cleaver, three dip- | pers and spoons and forks, together with | some boxes compose the kitchen furni. Major i McNamara will be in Bellefonte to mus- | ter in the recruits, The health of the company has been exceptionally good, likewise the regi. ment, The regiment has bad but one case of typhoid fever in the hospital from ture, After a meal has been prepared the company is ordered to fall in and is marched either in double or single file The cooking | | 3 \ . He The first order was to also add an. | Wensils consist of three wash boilers, two THE ACADEMY REUNION A Tribute to the Life Work of {iiiq Glowing PRINCIPAL JAMES P. HUGHES Afters WEEVIL” IN THE WHEAT litte red ¢ work of of the is a heart : Gestirud out ing nothing but the grains t made its appear. > about r several ye ‘ wheat crog Long Weel Raftsman's Jourua Ww the and favorably known in Clearfield (eo Kephart, veteran, who is well Decatur town. ship, on Saturday, May 29, sheared from a Southdown and Cotswold ewe, which was raising a lamb this spring, a coat of wool ten inches in length, and from a wether of same stock a fleece 12 inches long, and a wether of the Costwold breed ches in length. The measurement was | made when the wool came from the | Santiago, and many brave boys in camp { waiting for the order to move upon the sheep and was its natural length, Appointed Lieutenants, Secretary Alger recently requested the trustees of State College to name their | three students standing highest in mili. tary proficiency, with the understanding | to the kitchen, each man with his mess | 4. hose students would be appointed company "D", from Blairsville and be is | recovering showing that the hearty boys nobly under the temperature. pan, knife, fork and spoon. He then has dished out to him his share of pro- visions, when he returns to his tent and eats it as best he can. We still have the regulation National Continued on page 4, { second lieutenants in the United States army. W. A. Hutchison, son of G. G, Hutchison, of Warriorsmark is one of the lucky three. He was captain of Company A at the college, and was one of the best cadet officers. ™ WW Graham, Frank Edwar William Edward Williams, James Burke, Jesse Will George Eugene Rote, David Eugene thur Claude McClintok Hennessey, Pierce , Charles ] Stein July at Moshannon Moshann “at : SALT TONAL a and ey { «URS OF near the village i be a basket picni is invited ¢ and evervbhod join with them in Hon, D. } Bellefonte, will to come and the festivities of the day of be Fortney, present and deliver an appropriate address Patriotic speeches will be delivered by others. The Declaration dence will be read. The committee has wade ample arrangements during the of Indepen. | day to be concluded by a brilliant display a fleece of wool which measured 14 in. | . | of fireworks in the evening. While Dewey is at Manila, Sampson at enemy, we at home should at least be able to show our patriotism by the cele- brating of the day. Committee, John Confer, John McGowan, Brady Beightol, H. L. Barger, J. T. Lucas. (Quotas of Counties. The state's quota of volunteers to meet the call for 75,000 men is 15010. The quota for nearby counties is as follows: Lycoming, 317; Centre, 109; Clearfield, 109; Clinton, 109; Elk, 109; Montour, 109; Northumberland, 218,
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