Teg AY (WN) ol CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. DEMOCRACY IN CONVENTION Delegates Elected to the Coming State Convention THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Former State and National Platforms Were Endorsed and the Porto Rican Al. Name of The fair Denounced —The Bryan Cheered to the Echo. Democt Was the Convention of 1 On Tuesday "i the court house at this julie large lance ANCE was the roll Graham, of Ph r the former | ish, Be!lefonte; of Walker twp. Dr. W H. T. McDowell, of Mi , Of Miles; and A. P. Zerd of They 1 tion made McAuley, n, of Huston lis Shaf Penn retired an short delibera the a whic fuly I’ uerto Rico, and give cts free access tO our markets.” hat the Constitution fi the d nd We declare and denounce octrine or the he | Congress, crest by stitution, cat authority beyond We oppose mperiali nt M moe Kinley seeks to introda expansion as taught rated by Jefferson [hat the attempt to | s a tariff on Hi , &ad one which incts of Puerto 0 Is & mone juity endangers Iness and Durty of a people who f hbertly ol their ~ “w thie bh ngs 0 Po] wfed to the people nited er I Mm R99 ame and cry hue that the products of an island containing about a milhon of people, and an area of Mix the to less than thirty uwsand » juare miles must be taxed prevent competition, with the industries of a great country and a mighty people is 80 unreasonable that it only serves Lo show the insatiable greed of the trusts and the tyranical purposes of corporate powers; anc deserves as it is re ceiving the earnest condemnation of hon est men of all parties 4th We endorse the course of Hon, J. K P. Hall, the representative in Congress from this (the 28") Congressional Dis. trict and declare that as a candidate for re- nomination he should have the united A popport of the Democratic party of Centre County Col. J. L. Spangler was called upon | and made one of his characteristic ad | dresses that elicited rounds of applause. | He predicted that there would be an up- | rising of the people this year because of the present administrations position | man and a widow Is Apt to result in a te, were made to match the men, | the chances of the and Prop. towards Porto Rico and other colonies. R. Meck, H.S. Taylor, Chas. R. Kurtz Hon. John A. Woodward were called upon and made short ad There the Geo and dresses, being no further busi. ness before convention it was then declared adjourned, .- A WARM ESSAY. In a little country gchool not far from nceton literary exercises are regularly indulged in every Friday afternoon dur. A 12 year old boy read an "The day youthful Solomon treat thus! the term, essay on Newspaper." sheets iff to read is printed » paper to see if th the wom on RS" MONUMENT FUNI » discouraged long engagements, and id the young men it was wrong for them to keep company with the young women for a le time-—~that by so doing they my I oul other young men wh even more desirable mt Ih for a long time is a bad HILO ives keeping company thing. It lessens young women to get It pre wm of another vents her from receiving the attent young man who might make a better husband than the her does but better one who is courting Not only he advise against long courtships, t believes early marriages are young married man can live as The way to-day as the single man money spent in a social or convival would be spent in the house . -—— Clearfield County Democrats The Clearfield committee called to elect delegates to the Democratic County | State convention, met at Clearfield Mon day The following were elected H. Yoder, Dullols;: P. J. Drain, Wood ward ; Joseph Fister, Coalport; Alex Shields, Morris; N. B. Young, Burnside ; 8S. |. McKenrick, Curwensville, Resolu tions were passed endorsing Col. Bryan for the presidency, J. K. P. Hall, of Elk county, for congress and the course of William C. Heinle in the State Senate, The result is a great victory for the coun. ty organization which is in the handy of friends of ex. Congressman James Kerr, -——— A man never realizes how lnsignificant be is, until be attends bis own wedding. It's usually the alimony he has to pay that causes a man to figure'in a divorce. A matrimonial discussion between a Ww. \ Loren: BELLEFONTE, PA., THU MURDER NEAR TYRONE Colored come Desperate Some Laboringmen Be- OFFENDER MAKES HIS ESCAPE And Has The cure Him Not Been Authorities Yet Anxious to Se Detected Are Not The Bloody Probably Deed Occur it Ss ce Creek Tunnel 148 ¥ worst of 1) Ayres has ba frequent fracase Han shan A few weeks ago tive in goloag to the pever be known, bal ‘a grudge at Ay on none of h are accounts GENERAL JOUBERT DEAD The Transvaa March mmander y Marques PF.) Joubert, y ied armies of the is dead Ihe stomach HOS, aged wari Ccompiaint suffered for some 4 Caused an Lproar The wasplaced in the Pennsylvania ratlroad last brick, a wnickel.plated one, tunnel at Spruce Creek, Wednesday 210, The completion of the tunnel was cele brated with blowing of engine whistles, shouts and the firing of revolvers and guns. The din was prodigious and con- tinued for some minutes, Robbed the Station At noon Wednesday of last week, dur. ing the absence of the station agent, a burglar broke into the office of the Belle. | fonte Central Railroad company, at State College, and completely ransacked the station, taking among other things thirty | dollars in cash, . .-—e a Women are naturally foolish; they you know, JIRSDAY MARCH 20, 1900. BIG LUMBER DEAL of Acres A From the Mountains to Centre Hall Transfer of Thousands | authenticated report has it that has been consummated in t of many thousand acres, ls le, in the mountain the ‘Kettle Robbers at Ulnrence ast Saturday a lot of bobos were seen loflering about the vicinity of Clarence, in Snow Shoe Township They were worthless looking chaps and Wm. Haynes had his suspicion aroused as to their character, and warned some of the peo ple to be on the lookout for some de predation, Sure enough it happened, [that night they entered Mr. Haynes of. | ice where they found his safe open and they appropriated about §5 in cash, a pocket kodak, a fine pipe and several {other articles of more or less value | The next day Mr. Haynes traced the men to Snow Shoe Intersection and bad | them arrested, but as he bad no positive | evidence that they committed the theft, | he had to let them go their way. .-——— : | A man doesn’t do his courting wm Railroad a a WASHINGTON he Centre democrat, VOL FUN AND FAN TOPICS | [he Porto Rican Affair the Lead ing Question WHERE IS THE PRESIDENT Hi South Cs man nu he action Al OBCe Hy had no ap f the aa NORIes lon while pe When you cou , adding i get Mii us by law, you turned RTOoes and carpe gers us to steal everything we had hie rights We our eit are re to stay, and we de We are to tramped on and hammered and patron mand pot be ized any longer I say that as a South Carolinian, I am the equal of any sena tor on this floor I propose to have my say here, hurt’ nO matter whose feelings are .o-—— Attacked by Three Deer Harry Mills, son of letter carrier Rob ert Mills is a pipe line walker, his beal being from Pine station to Trout Run, a distance of 84 miles, He makes the round trip in a week wihding up at Pine, Recently while passing through the game preserve of the Otzinachson club be was | attacked by three deer, which showed | fight, One of the deer rared up and was about 10 strike him with his front feet when be gave the animal a sharp stroke | seclusion because he is ashamed of it, | on its hind legs with a stick causing it to but because he wants it all to himself, | beat a hasty retreat, » 1 Beck, Charles Gregor, S J a rank 1). Rockey, M Henry Greninger, 8a, Sophia Flizas i Re Isang san ler, 53 % Leah Greninger, his fe, 8 Kerstetter, 8 beth Kahl, Wm George Shafer, 77. \a George Kahl, 81 Mrs. John 77; Jonathan Lut: Mrs. William Kar. stetter, John Nicholas, 75. Fannie Mrs. Mollie Rockey, 72; Net Improvieg Dr, Joo. ¥. Alexander, of Centre Hall, pow st Passadena, Cal, whither he has gone in search of better health, has suf. fered a relapse lately and will pot return Hast until May or June, a 8o Zeller, Kerstetter, 75. Franiz, 78: sn Notsly Your Insurance Agest People who are changing thelr places of residence, should not forget to notify their insurance agents of the fact so as to have their policies (ransferred.