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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.