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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,