The Centre Democr
.RTZ, Ed. and Prop.
A SET OF i
OLD FOGIES
A Progressive Age with Many De-
cided Changes of Opinion.
MONROE DOCTRINE A FARCE
a ——— :
Our Boasted National Traditions Don’t Coun
When Any Territory is 1n Reach—Wash-
ington, Jackson, Jefferson and Monroe
are out of Date—0Oaly Old Fogies.
Old
We live in a progressive age,
1 fn}
things are done away, and behold! all
The person
years
things have become new,
who has lived his three score
ten has witnessed greater changes than
Methuselah ever died at the
of hnndred sixty-nine
and
saw, who
age nine and
vears,
Habits of thought and long cherished
great
opinions have undergone as
changes as have been wrought by the
applica steam and ele
rir dwellings from :
it but
was,
1ld be hardly worthy
Morse
Arriving
{ving
fa newspaper
harnes
are
bear
messages
line to
¢, outrunuing time itself in
We do not propose t
: the wonderful progress and a
uts of this wonder-working age. The
pro-
prepar-
bysical, intellectual and moral
ess, we trust, are in harmony,
zation than has yet
gt
ing for a better civili
been enjoyed by this sin-cursed world.
Opinious of prominent men, once rever-
ed and cherished of axiomatic truths,
are now rejected as the vaporings of ig-
When President Mouroe pro-
claimed that no foreign Government
should be permitted to endanger the
safety and perpetuity of our republic by
establishing on this hemisphere a gov-
ernment not in harmony with our free
institutions, it was universally approved.
Washington and his patriotic associat-
es warned their countrymen to avoid all
entangling alliances with other nations.
Oar statesmen believed that the
United States had ample room for build-
ing the grandest republic ever establish.
ed on this planet. To accomplish this
it was universally believed that
gorance,
wisest
end
there should not be any enlargement of
area by annexation of territory not con.
the They gave
votice to all the world of their determin.
tiguous to republic.
tion to construct a model republic with.
in their own boundary, and that they
would not tolerate any interference with
their plans and purposes, The Monroe
doctrine, once so popular, is now obso.
ete,
Those who advocated the Monroe
doctrine are now classed as old fogies.
Men in this progressive age are expan.
sionists, and boastfully declare that the
whole continent belongs to the United
States, and will be annexed as fast as
the broken fragments of decaying em-
pires can be gathered up.
The declaration of Jefferson that a just
government derived its power from the
consent of the governed was once re.
garded as one of the precious gems in
the political literature of the illustrious
statesman. That doctrine is repudiated
or modified to suit emergencies. The |
consent of the governed may be obtain-
ed in the same manner that a highway
robber gets the purse of his victim. Hold
up your hands and deliver is very eiicct-
ive in the presence of a revolver,
Major General Brooke, of our army,
the Military Governor of Cuba by the
appointment of the President on the 1st
inst., made a proclamation to the people
of Cuba, in which he said that the pro.
tection of the United States will be di- |
rected and every possible provision will
be made to carry out the objects through |
the channels of civil administration, al. |
though under military control. Five or |
six other military governments will
be at once established to control the
semi-savages occupying the numerous |
islands of far-distant oceans recently ac.
quired by the United States. The Presi. |
dent, who is the Commander in Chief,
makes the conservative estimate that an
addition to the regular army of 100,000 :
mien, well disciplined, wita an ample
supply of the munitious of war, support.
ed by a greatly enlarged navy, all prop-
erly officered, and all under the direc.
tion of McKinley, the Commandes in
Chief, will be sufficient to get the consent |
of ten or twelve milllions of savages and |
outlaws, who know nothing and care less |
about our Governinent and self control,
We do not question the conservative esti.
mate of the Prsident as to the number of
soldiers wanted and the expenses inci.
dent to obtaining the consent of these
new recruits, We put the opinion on
record, which will be indorsed by men
well posted in army expenses, that 300,
| the same finding —the buds al! dead.
| frighten a dog.—~R
| tenced to be hanged,
000 will be required to begin with, and
| that the ranks will be depleted by dis.
ease of the inhospitable and unhealthy
climates The fathers of the republic
entertained the opinion that a large
army in time of peace was a perpetual
menace to the existence of popular gov-
ernment, and hence made no provisions
The
old fogies only provided for two kinds of
for great military establishments,
territorial and state. They
United States
government
dreamed that the
would have outlying provinces to care
never
for. They did not expect that it was a
part of their holy mission to go armed
and compass sea and land to compel the
heathens to give their consent to become
American citizens,
Verily this a progessive age, and the
wisest sage cannot tell whither we are
drifting. Ofthis we are quite certain,
that a generation soon passes away, and
Cuba
Philippine
Pacifi
HI
all who are hereafter born in and
hundred
Hawaii of the
ve-born
a States.
Democrat
Tornpike co
which has
trial next week, has been settled.
viewers, when they condemned the pike
a few years ago, awarded the company
pany appealed, they claiming that they
should have £16,000 to £18,000. The case
was set for trial two or three times,
was postponed from time to time,
some time back the county commissioners
have been endeavoring to effect a settle.
ment satisfactory to both sides, and to-day
both parties agreed upon terms, which
terms have been approved by the court
From that award the pike com-
¥3.
but
For
and will be accepted in the shape of a
special verdict on the 17th inst,
The terms of agreement are, that the
company shall be paid $5,000 of which
amount $3,000 is to be paid in cash and
$5,000, without interest, is to be paid in
six mooths from February 1, 154 The
pike is to be exempt from the payment of
tolls after February 1. The company is
to retain the three toll houses, and must
make the pike the full thirty feet in width
in front of each toll house. If any of the
toll houses stand upon the right of way
(which is fifty feet in width), they must
be removed within ten years.
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Alas, tor the Peach Crop.
I!
The
recent cold snaps, it is stated by owners
From the Lock Haven Democrat
of peach orchards, played havoc with the
The
temperature New Year's
peach buds. sudden drop of the
night is the
cold snap that did the most mischief
Since that time J. S. Brownlee, of Mack-
eyville, who owns a peach orchard, has
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<
examined over twenty-five trees, on all
of which the buds were completely frozen.
Dr. Dumm, who owns the largest orchard
in Nittany valley, has examined the
branches of over 200 trees, and met with
not a single one of all the trees examin.
ed could be found a bud that showed any
signs of life. Several trees in this city
have also been subjected to the scrutiny
of peach growers, with the same result.
These gentiemen state that the peach
crop in this section next season will be a
total failure.
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Almost a Serious Accident
On Tuesday evening when the family
of D. H. Rote, of Aaronsbnrg, were
about sitting down to supper, a bullet
crashed through the west window of the
room, crossed the room a few inches in
front of their daughter Mamie, who was
in the act of placing her chair to the
| table, and passed out through the win.
dow on the east side. On investigation
they found George Homan living west |
of town, had carelessly discharged a
rifle pointing in the direction of town to
eporter,
E—
Cleary Pardoned.
Charles E. Cleary, who was serving a
life term in the western penitentiary for
| the murder of policeman Paul, at Renovo,
| was pardoned on Wednesday 11th,
He
was convicted on May 2ad, ‘91, and sen-
An appeal was
carried to the Supreme court without
avail, but the board of pardotis commut-
ed the sentence to life imprisonment.
sin
Where They Are.
A bachelor once asked a married man
who had an excellent wife where he
found her. The repiy was “at home
with her mother and not on the streets.’
In |
BELLEFONTE, PA.. THU
DEATH RECORD
FOR THE WEEK
Several Prominent Citizens Have
Answered the Summons,
A FEW BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES
of
Fatal Iliness of
Other
Matilda, died Sud.
F. Lane,
Gen, Woodring, Port
denly Daniel
of Bellefonte
munity.
For about two years General Jackson
Woodring, of Port Matilda, this county,
has the
stomach and intestines and everything
suffered from tuberculosis of
that medical skill, and the careful nur-
sing of a devoted wife could do was done
for him, but on Saturday at 10:25
14)
January 14th, 189g, he found rest from
his earthly sufferin A large number
of sorrowing 1 friends paid
tri
an
1
the last t to him on Tues.
bute respe
morning, last, when after
IVE Service he i i in
Republi
worth and sterling is
al years he has owned ;
h
former Hasson house property the only
ping
i he
as if they were stopping for a
public stop place for quite a distance
around anc made his customers feel
rest at
home rather thao a public house
He his |
father and mother, several brothers and
his
leaves to survive him ages
his immediate family consisting o
wife, Bella B., son, George C., and
Edith. A little
receded him tothe grave some
daughters, Viola and
daughter g
years since and he is buried by her side.
General Woodring bad a host of friends
enemies and his genial ways, en-
uggestiong
and gladdened the hearts of
He
died in the hope of a vlessed immortality
aud few
ing words and
courag helpful
ey
warmed
ota
those with whom he came in contact.
throu as his Saviour
aud his sorrowin nds should remem.
ber that
A Fut
Death of Daniel F. Lane
On Wednesday evening, at 5 o'clock,
Danie: F. Lane died at kis residence on
iness.
east Bishop street, after a brief il
Monday of last week he felt badly and
went home. His primary ailment was
a kidney disorder and other
omplica-
ticus followed. Services will be held at
the residence this Thursday afternoon,
after which the body will be taken to
Altoona, where members of his family
reside, and on Friday the interment will
take place at Alvaton, Westmoreland
| county, Pa.
A wife, two boys 12 and 7 years old,
and an infant daughter survive. Mr.
| Lane was about 38 years of age and
| about two years ago moved with his
| family to Bellefonte where he held a
| position in Krumrines' store, as assistant
druggist.
Mr Lane bad many friends bere and
was well and favorably known in the
community.
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Sudden Death
Charles E. Davis, sou of Frank P.
Davis, died at his home on East Logan
street Tuesday evening of typhoid pneu.
monia. He was taken ill on Saturday
night with the grip. On Sunday night
be was compelled to take his bed and
the grip turned to typhoid pneumonia
| which resulted fatally at the above stat. | One owns improved land adjoining the
| ed time,
The deceased was born in Rochester,
[N. ¥., Nov. 19, 1882. He was therefore
just 16 years, 1 month and zg days oid at
the time of death. He
| He was in the Junior class of the High
| school. He is survived by his father and
| mother, one sister, Grace; one half-sister,
| Mrs. James Wian and a half-brother,
| William Briggs, all of this place.
| Funeral Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the house. Interment in the Union
| cemetery,
A Former Bellefoenter Dead.
| Wesley Tate, who for several years
| was head miller at George W. Jackson's
mill in this place, died at Grayhampton,
Clearfield county, on last Saturday. His
death was due to miller's asthma, His
Deaths in the Com |
came to Belle. |
fonte two years ago with his father who
is employed at the Standard Scale works, |
RSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899
| remains were brought to Bellefonte Mon-
| day and taken to Hunter's
| Park, where the funeral took place Tues
the of
| brother-in-law, Benjamin Bodle,
afternoon
day afternoon, from home his
Deceased was the son of the late Wil-
liam Tate, of Hunter's Park. He is sur-
vived by his wife, who is a sister of Mar-
tin Reese, of this place, and by the fol-
Ida, Harry,
Jessie, Charlie, Boyd, Fred and Marie,
. ———
lowing named children:
Died st Williamsport.
Mrs, Hess, M.
Hess, died at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening at
the
of heart
Catharine wile of J.
family residence,
Williamsport,
failure. Funeral lace
from St, John's Lutheran
takes p
church, at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon,
Mrs. He
and Nannie Stover
5 Was a
Henry Gingeri
Matilda Musser, of J
yf 1 i
Boalsburg
weil
H.
of Howard
day nig
day morning
Ceader Hill cemetery.
near Ph urg
iE.
M
ing, a premature fall of rock
tlipsh
even in the
Morrisdale coal company’s mine killed
George and broke the leg
cut the head of Ralph Ganoe
. tp
Lioyd House Changes Hands
The Lloyd
leading botels of
nouse,
sold by
Houten
take charge
Joseph Pi
Munson's
of the same ot
.——
Serioualy 1}
During the past week Rudolph Schadd
home
usly 111, at his this
has been
He
several years and recently his ailment
His
recovery
sen
place was in delicate health for
took a serious turn friends are
alarmed abt 1
1 doubt his
P—
Grip Among The Prisoners
Grip has broken out among the pris.
oners in the western penitentiary at Pitts.
burg, over 2x f them being stricken
with that disease. The chaplain and ten
officers are aiso down with it
of g
No cases
vit
tip had appeared until one week ago.
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Off For Manilla
.
| Corporal John and Private Perry Sim.
ler, sons of Harry Simler, of Philips.
burg, members of the Seventh U.S. 1 >
the first left
Sunday evening for New York enroute
detachment Columbus on
to the Philippines. The regiment will go
| by way of the Mediterranean, Suez canal
and Indian ocean, and will require about
six weeks to make the trip
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The Fence Law
Thomas J. Edge, state secretary of
agriculture, in reply to a question in
reference to fence laws in this state, says
The act of March 11, 1842, is very clear
in its provisions as to maintaining line
| fences, In all cases where the land is
|or has been “‘improved’ they must be |
erected and maintained at the joint ex. |
| pense of the adjacent land owners. If
woodland of a neighbor, then that neigh-
| bor cannot be compelled to maintain
| any share of the fence, because the land
| (woodiand) is not “improved” land
within the meaning of the act.
--—— EE
Commendable.
school in Benner township, performed a
| commendabie act recently, She discov.
| ered that three of her younger pupils
| had been away from school for some
time, She soon inquired as to the rea.
sou and found that they did not have
sufficient clothing to venture out during
the cold weather, and the parents were
unable to purchase them,
money she proceeded to town and se.
cured the necessary clothing. This is
charity in the true sense, and Miss Heck-
man is to be commended. She is a
daughter of commissioner Daniel Heck-
man,
~Remember that the Democratic can.
cuses will be beld on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Miss Rebecca Heckman, who teaches |
With her own |
LATEST NEWS
FROM HARRISBURG
Short 13
Election
Quay is Votes of an
DEMOCRATS REMAIN FIRM
On the Second Ballot Quay Polls full Strength
12 votes—Elkins Confirmed After a Bit
ter Fight Gobin
Will be Deposed.
Quay 1s in Danger
General Gobin fore
the A
had taken its
"rier t
nocn
ed adjour
int sembly immediately
first ballot on
at Harrisburg Quay got
ne 112 sh
‘
1g 13 shor
of the necessary
§ members will
dopt heroic measures a
They
me of the best lawyers in tl
t the join
|
to-day. have been
That body, they argue, has a clear
’ a
for the business |
by clecting its ow:
TO ACT.
“ut
ant
&, was recently
and Democrats combined, havin
majority, will take matters in
own hands and organize the convention
by electing their own presiding
When the senate proceeded to consid
er Mr. Ell
Kin
officer
i
“
“
's appointment Mr Henry
started the ball a rolling by attacking
Mr
cently he had been removed from a state
"He
the
Elkins and charging that only re-
broke the
Philadel.
and be took the moneys from the
This a
insult to the Senate.”
office for malfeasance.
ie
constitution continued
phian, *
olate treasury. ppoiniment 1s an
Others defended Mr. Elkin, and said
that he had been removed from office
through factional politics, but that his
personal integrity had never been ques.
Mr. Flinn ended the debate by
saying that Mr. Elkin was not dishonest,
but was a foolish man,
tioned.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
A vote on the question of confirmation
revealed the fact that 33 senators voted
affirmatively and 13 negatively. Two-
thirds of all the members having voted
yea, the nomination was declared to have |
been confirmed.
The democrats voting for confirmation
were Messrs. Boyd, Haines, Neeley and
Stiles.
Insurance Commissioner James H.
Lambert has been requested to resign,
and refused until cause is shown. His
commission does not expire until 1000.
| He has written a sharp letter in reply to
the governor's request for his resignation,
| But this did not interfere with the gov-
ernor’s plans. He immediately “fired”
Colonel Lambert, aud the name of ex.
| Senator Israel W. Durham went to the
| Senate last night.
Ex-Senator Israel W. Darkam. of
Philadelphia, was confirmed by the Set.
ate as Insurance Commissioner without
opposition
THE STONE JENKS INAUGURM.
Governor Stone's inaugural, from start
to finish, ie an indictment of the
| agement of State affairs by the Republi
|can party, and by the faction of that
| party whose instrumeat Governor Stone
is now and always has been, so far as
i opportunity presented. Mr. Jenks may
eo cor EB Amt ate tar]
Continued on page 8.
man. |
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FACT
VOL. 21, NO. 3
FUN AND FANCY
of Pithy Paragraphs that Sparkle
Wit and Humor
A Column
with
Lunar-tics
stakes as a regu-
1 the liveryman's
y day begins unhappily ; we have
to get out of bed
wisdom
eK Of
* man who knows when
10 know abouts
with a woman it's different.
It always makes a man mad to have
iment him § SUCCess
alc
hi
u
’
have
bad aod others are
2 who bave been convert.
ror of their ways and are
lable for campaign
ir,”’ said
use,
Barker to a
t what is your busi-
oul
a gentieman, sir—that's
“Ah,” said Barker, “I
n't you think old Mosshanque
carries Lis prohibitionist tendencies too
far 1 should say so. Why, be even
refused to allow his family to go to Eu.
rope when he found out that they
taken saloon passage.’
Head of the House—John, our
girl is a jewel. She's the cheerful.
Real
, most lively creature |
Always flying around and
always singing. Ostensible Head of the
Then she isn’t a jewel, Maria;
| she's a bird,
've ever had in
my kitchen.
Family
| “What do youthink of your new neigh.
| bors 7" asked the hostess of the “sweet”
| old lady who was calling. “You know
that I never speak unkindly of any one
I have nothing to say of her ;
say her husband that I feel
| sorry for him.”
“Are au expansionist, Mr.
Scadds 7" asked young Mr. Hunker, who
felt bound to talk to the old gentleman
while he waited for Miss Scadds to
descend to the parlor. No, I am an anti.
expansionist,” replied Mr. Scadds. “My
| family is quite as large now as I care to
bave it.”
Assurance.—''Don’t you want to be the
George Washington of the Philippines
| asked one of the insurgents. **Not at
| all,” was the calm and haughty reply;
| “but Ishall have no objection if some
| future historian turns his dates around
| and alludes to George Washington as
the Aguisaldo of America.”
but I will
very, very
you
“A combination of chewing gum manu.
facturers bas been formed,” remarked
| Mrs. Snaggs.
“That is a combination which ought to
| stick,” added Mr, Snaggs.
| "Ice is cheap now,” remarked the ob.
servant boarder,
"No doubt of it,” added the cross-eyed
boarder ; ‘"but what prompted your re.
mark 2"
“If you go to the river you can see it
going." 4
«Scott's Refined Minstrels next Thurs:
duy evening.