CHAS. R. KURTZ, Prc™ stor.
AN APPROPRIATE
MARKER
Erected Over the Graves of Two
Famous Pioneers
UNVEILED LAST SATURDAY
Exercises Conducted by the Daughters
of the American Revolution—D. C.
Keller Secured the Tablet—Address
of Rev. Brown,
The monument erected to mark the |
graves of Thomas VanDoran and Jacob
Shadacre, two white soldiers massacred
by Indians, half a mile east of Old Fort,
was unvelied and dedicated on Saturday
last at 3 p. m., with appropriate cere-
monies.
The massacre occurred July 2s, 1778
The Bellefonte Chapter, Daughters ol
the American Revolution, was present in |
a body and took charge of the ceremony.
A prayer was offered by Rev. Chilcote
of the M. E. church. A paper, in ap-
propriate words, was read by ex-treas- |
urer D. C. Keller, explamming what
induced him to make the effort to have
the monument erected. The marker
was then unveiled by Miss Mame,
daughter of Mr, Keller.
The oration upon the occasion
delivered by Rev, George Israel Brown,
Bellefonte
was
rector of the Episcopal
church, which was an interesting address
calling attention to related points in our
country’s history. The speaker was given
the
the chilly
clcsest attention notwithstanding
that prevailed
the entire cere: The orator’s
can only be
lows ;
EXTRACI
“The gre
Of all §
e
Throdl hem our peopl
tremenfious meaning of
our
realize the
Americar
history, than which there has never bee
duration
of equal
ual importance
1g for mankind. Charles Fran.
cis Adams sai in a notable
cation of a historical
Wisconsin, that the
future safety of the American nation |
address at
society
ies
in the study of history. So we need to
realize it, stop to think of it, drink in its
beauty, its romance and meéanin
morials of this kind teach us generation
by generation to do this, Nothing seemed
to impress the Cuban visitors at Harv
more than these historic
Washin
mand of the armies of
last summer,
took
Rev
here a British
narkers-—-here gton
om-
olutic
the
here Franklin was born ;
soldier fell, etc.
The episode which 1s here commemor-
ated is an eddy in two main currents of
our history. First, the separation of the
colonies from European dependence toa
national existence, marked by the war
of Independence. These two men, Thos.
VanDoran and Jacob were
revolutionary soldiers; they enlisted to
fight the battle of American freedom
they fell at the hands of British allies.
They enlisted for this purpose, therefore
they deserve as much honor as though
1
they fel
Shadacre,
1 before Yorktown, or on the
plains at Saratoga. This was part of the
Indian by the
Tories, that resulted in the Cherry Val.
ley slaughter and in the famous Wyoming
movements, fostered
Valley massacre, at the instigation of
the British officers
It would be interesting to know, and
and
should search out, the previous military
history of these
our historical students societies
men-—where they were
Na part of the State Colonial militia, or
the Continental ; Whether Col
Broadhead's which they
belonged, had been in any of the battles
of the preceding year?
been fought the month before. Perhaps
they had spent the winter with Washing.
ton at Valley Forge and endured the
preceding winter, only to meet their
death far from the British battle line in
force
regiment, to
attempting to protect the frontier from | A
| Stormstown, are also members of
the assaunits of England's Indian allies,
It is fittiog, and eminently proper,
that their graves should be adequately
marked. The promoters of the project,
the D. A. R., and the people of Centre
Hall, are to be congratulated,
secemly and meritorious act,
This little skirmish was also part of
It wasa
another cut rent of history, the supplant. |
ing of race by race—the sad story of
the extinction of the red race before
the white man. At this distance, we
should give their memory the tribute of
forgiveness and appreciation,
characters belong to the poetic, the epic,
pod romantic features of early history,
The Mingo Chief, Logan, is a charac.
ter for the Centre County boy to dream
on, We could not well spare Hiawatha
and Uncas from our literature, Then if
God has chosen our race and raised us
up in their place to inherit this fair land,
Jet us see to it that, as a people, we walk
in the paths of Righteousness and Truth,
: e lis : e . ore |
born, when enlisted, whether they were
Monmouth had |
Their
Be grateful, to him for the Providences in
our historys past, and seek to realize His
favcr in the present.”
Mr. Keller in digging for a foundation |
for the monument came upon some bones
preserved although they had
there since July, 1778.
not to disturb the remains of the dead,
Care was taken |
IS SILVER
A few were shown as proof of the iden. |
tity of the spot,
Rev. Dr. Schuyler, of the Presbyterian
CAMPAIGN
COMMENTS
of the dead martyrs, which were weil | Upinions as to the Cause of the
rested |
Republican Victory
A DEAD ISSUE?
{ Some Sensible Comments on that Point
church at Centre Hall, pronounced the |
! benediction, closing the ceremony.
The Bellefonte Chapter will put
iron fence around the grave,
At the close the “Star Spangled Ban.
per’ was by Miss Overton, ol
B
suug ;
sllefonte.
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TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Program of Lectures for Sessions at
jellefonte Next Month,
County Superintendent C. L. Cramley
has completed his arrangements for the
fifty-fourth session of the county teachers’
institute, which will be heldjin the court.
house here December 17-21.
gram has been arranged, most of the in-
A good pro.
structors and lecturers beiug new from
other years.
The mstructors for the week are Dr.
| HL. R. Pettingill, ex State superintendent
of public instruction of Michigan, and
now editor of the ‘Michigan School
Moderator'' and “Timely Topics,"
C. C. Ellis, Juniata college, Huntingdon;
Prof. L. F. Lybarger, Philadelphia; Prof
G. C. Watson, lege: Supt. D. P.
wisburg H. Meyer
and Miss Hele
*rof.
o>late co
Stapleton, Le
will be 1 n
zart Symphouyclubof N
enrollment of teachers
gregate ab
recorded in the county
a flour
pates
an uno
stitute. The teachers
printed this week and will soon be issue
COLORADO WOMEN VOTED
the Weaker Sex Ball
That State
ated
ol
ado for
the
in Colic
'ndoubtedly
}
due to the bal
received at the
were courteously
and their presence had a good effect,
ubs of democratic and
There were c¢!
ug
speeches, house-to-
republican women, and thr hthecam
paign they
house canvasses and
made
generally worked
th
that men do. In
many cases women took opposite sides
from their husbands.
Besides the 85.000 ballots cast by wo-
that 11,
800 in Idaho and
8300 in Wyoming. This represents about
40 per cent. of the total vote,
The women of Utah
along the same lines
men in Colorado it is estimated
ooo voted in Utah, 11
the
but at
are among
most enthusiastic of the voters,
the same time this
strated what has
election again demon.
been proved in the
past—that women will not vote for wo.
men for office.
A Correction.
Hanuah, Pa.,
Ep. oF THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT
I see in your issue of November
, that James Krebs, of Miles
burg, is the only surviving member of
the 110th living in Centre
county, That is an error, as John Near.
hoof, John W. Fink and myself, living
near Hannah ; W. H. Adams, near Port
Matilda ; John M. Markley, Snow Shoe
division boss ; David Miller and James
Dixon, near Powelton ; John Kinney, of
Julian; John Newman and Allen Matley,
of Philipsburg, and Henry Powley, near
this
regiment. So you can see that Com
rade Krebs isnot the only representative
of the old roth Regiment in Centre
county. III was to make a search for
the old boys there are more of them in
Nov, 7, 1900
the 1st
Regiment,
| Centre county,
Respectfully yours,
BENJAMIN V. FIxk,
Co. A, 110th Regt., Pa. Vol, Inft,
HALL'S PLURALITY, 6a
The unofficial vote in the district is as
follows:
Hall, D 4521 3498 639 3990
ClearwaterRqq24 2038 7510 2408 1242
Total: Hall 19,132; Clearwater 18,511
Halll's plarality, 621,
Farmers Complaining.
In several sections of Clinton county
farmers complain that their tame tors
keys are being shot by gunners as wild
game,
an
| fon,
he Public Feared Bryan, and
I'rust Boodle is What Won the Vie-
toy for McKinley.
Governor
the
man of
sives the foll
that brought a
feat :
“What most ¢
f Mr. Bryan is ¢
there will be » of opin.
and I do not see t is wuch
to My opinion is that
to the defeat
ihout which
of
value discuss nt
| the defeat is due in a large measure to a
| his defeat.
| party,
1!
groundless business
that
some way seriously d
election. This fear
interests for se'fi-h added to the
use of an enormous amount of money by
the republican organ z resulted in
Iti le for me to be-
lieve that the peop'e indorse
the policy proj :» administra-
tion, of organizi ! taining de.
pendent colonies mn 1} Eastern hemi
sphere, or elsewhere [ doubt wheth-
] re to the im-
ther can |
HF
ain 1 AMON men
oe in
by his
excited by special
y
Eo
business « fitions i
would
isturbed
ends,
tion,
poss
AWaKe
portance of this
» that the AVOr
“We judge that this eel
ing among Den
gs the groeral
ocrats on the free
Its
if it is ever again ved it
suver
coinage questicn a dead issue, and
must come
about through the e of circumstance
and wor'd. Res as to the money
standard. is in the highest degree
The D
two overs helming def
improbable mocracy has met
als on it in Na-
tional elections and wherever it has been
raised in inter
There 1s no
tiously an
WAS COnw
1s
ated
great masses peos
There is no q ) he weight
argument in itssupport, or that in a very
few years it commanded the votes of a
great majority of th ple, evidenced
by the fact that f inage has passed
both the Senate House of Repie
sentatives at differen times uee
d by
if Be
ate ¢!
fiver
It
sapport
the
two last National tious, ar en at
was demounetiz 871
had the earnest,
'
of the candi
this time he is committed to free comage
by international arrargement, which is
impossible under present conditions, with
the sentiment growing stronger in erery
nation of Europe ard America in support
of the sing'e go'd standard,
“It in a useless wa te therefore of time
and effort, which can be devoted to other
and more presing questions, Lo consider
the issue of free silver coinage as calling
for continued advocacy by the Democratic
It is a dead issue, True, there
are no finalities in American politics, but
| the hard common sevse of the people will
| not allow thew to be diverted from the
:
| practical and immediate to the shadows |
| of the past. Many will consider its de.
feat a permanent misfortune, and possi. |
Centre Clarion CVfleld Elk Forest |
724 |
bly a calagtity, but the American people
have decreed it with an emphasis that
cannot be misunderstood or explained
away.
final and conclusive, The issue will pot
again reappear in Democratic platforms.
An immense majority of the popular vote,
both bouses of Congress have decided
The verdict seems to us to be |
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900.
against it,
and well.considered the
of
judument ot
American people, It is the duty
Democrats to heed it—to
cong
accept
usive and final
was of no avai! and based on erroneous
principles of action. The people would
have although we were tre.
Lat
The silver issue is a
none ol It,
| mendously in the right, the dead
past bury its dead
dead issue There are living questions
that invite and demand our most thought
| ful and earnest heed and our best effort,
They are essential to the preservation of
repul tn ius tions in eir origioal
giOTY au i vendor continuing
aud
mmperiatism--remain ot posed of,
Neither the administration nor the Re.
4
an party have openly declared a
finite policy on them, The Democrats
have, and it is one of immense streogth
witi out the free coinage attachment,
Post",
RR.
EAGLEVILLE SCHOOL BUILDING.
Dedicated With Appropriate Ceremonies
Thursday Evening.
The
Eagleville was dedicated with appropri.
new public school building at
ate exercises Tharsday evening Sth in
the presence of a large number of people
Henry N Johnson presided Professor
Gram Centre
Vall
a aia
asd
Sugar
-
TADS
Charles
Mover
while bunting near E
at fill Dougherty,
- i Ali8 (AN
week, saw one of the very plentiful
white squirrels and
th whue spots
Sam Motter, of Sugar valley, killed a
rge bear in Gotschall Hollow Satarday
dragged the carcass to where his
tse was led and made several at.
the horse and
bowme for bh
AWAY
! put Lhe
WAT On
rove 8 DUugERy in
him Acoru-fed,
JJ80
x sad
‘ i
Kk at iN Br
on White Deer creck
} ’
Several Logauton par
xe wl uogard shot
LT
a deer recently
tes A y shot two
Hunting Accident
Jeiry Ho
g Mr
ye bead
Kms
Dale of
tt wal
Run to
can
A
oung Hockn
of thos
kind and the slightest effort raised the
lock, while
trigges At
to eat a lunch
t for game three of them
au had a
£0 that was one vasy working
a yet slighter e 51 t drew the
poon time the trio sat
When they
down
finished,
Ifed his gun,
had
young Hockman arose and
placing it across his arm as was his habit
when husting About this time young
McCool arose, bringing his head in range
with the gun, and at that instant it was
Gischarged, the ball entering near
eye and passiog through the head killing
him instantly
- p— —-
Fat Man's Election Tramp.
Harry T. Cole, who
weighs 318 pounds, made a wager with
Thomas Harter that if Bryan were defeat.
ed he would walk to Lock Haven, a dis.
| tance of 16 miles, in five hours or forfeit
$25
On Thursday, the 8th at daybreak Cole
| accompanied by Harter and another com.
| panion, started on bis journey. Part of
the way is over the Loganton Mountain,
of Logauton,
A great majority of the electoral vote, | but Cole reached Lock Haven in just
the States and a sweeping majority in | three hours and 56 minutes, one hour and
| four minutes abead of time,
it as |
We sought to avord |
This stands for the deliberate |
|
or divert the opposition of the people by |
other and more paramount issues, but it |
the |
CHASED BY
AN ANGRY BUCK
Adventures of a Green Philadel-
phia Hunter,
WOMAN AND EAGLE FIGHT
A Bird
Child—Two
Almost in tl
Being Killed.
Down a
Kill a Wild Cat
Boro Limit Deer
Swooy S
din
ISH
Large on
1c
A
Wi
Philadelphia
eman had a thrillin
a4 200 pound
buck while hunting
the Oizinachson game pre
The story
Wil
from that city who were with
WOeCK.
told the lamsport Sun
Mr. W
follows
an is as
He had filled the magazine of his Win«
chester with catridges, but not being ac-
quainted with the working
ng of the gun, he
did not
throw a load into the breech
While walking through the woods he en-
countered a buck,
Mr
shoot, but not baying a load in his gun
go
He
S¢
which proceeded to
show fight, Wiseman attempted t
he could do nothing than
more
gh the motions of taking aim.
started to run and the deer did likewi
rh
The
of
race would have ended in serious,
not
Killed 2a Wild Cat.
Tuesday a large wild cat was k
in a cornfield a hall mile east of
town, by several
, about
boys and a placky dog
The animal had evi y come
from the intain in search
wm
Pierce, son of John Wagoer and
son of Albert Roberts, two boys
ritter. R
was nob
across the ¢ herts dog ts
han tl
ro 1
KRer i
although it
animal A fierce battle followed
boys belped to dispatch it with ¢
Lt several culs
The ar
a 2)
brought to town and they got §2 bounty,
stones
deep wounds imal
from Temp
Two}
ame
and $1.50 for the peit
who will have it mounted
hunters than these never «
town
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More Deer
ot
party
Killed
The of hunters styling them.
selves the Regulars, in Potter township,
of whom we gave a history in our last
which
makes the fourth as
they intend remaining out this week yet
issue, killed a deer last week,
this season, and
they may down several more of the fleet.
footed in their present two weeks’ hunt
The Junior hunting clab, of Potters Mills,
made up of young fellows, was also out
last the the
Regulars, and were lucky enough to kill
week In same section as
two fine deer.
Dogs Chasing Deers.
The Renovo News says a large deer
was chased nto the river Monday, sup-
posedly by dogs. The animal escaped
{to the mountains before hunters could
!
i
:
get a shot at it,
plentiful in the
Deer are reported quite
vicinity of Baker's Run,
s—— —
Found Nine Bee Trees,
Woods Huff and his sons have found |
nine bee trees this fall along Fish Dam |
They have cut |
three of the trees, from which they ob. | night. The loss is about $8,000, which
run, near Westport,
tained about 200 pouuds of honey.
As the auctioneer said when be saw a |
woman faluting in his audience : “Going,
golag gone I"
VOL. 22, NO. 4s.
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.
Bright Sparkling Paragraphs—Seclected
and Original.
Was it night when Eve came ?
It doesn’t sharpen a newspaper to file
the gossiping wom-
is open to crill-
The
awful
lot
lot.
A “straight
f
HOM CTOOK
ther * g ‘ ad
others to get ahead of
E
A woman may be bare-he;
have a new hat on her
It doesn’t alwavs prevent ;
in life to marry and settle down,
nest
they are, the
rat the city.
The face
wroughly washed
Srymrie oe
he Fie V
1}
84
aus
og to Thomas H
operated by Clarence
the ground
Car Thieves Caught
Last week an lay Officers Barr,
1 Brat
a subuart
ur
Swartzell an went to Reighs-
town, rllwood, armed with
Richard Law-
William
arrested
Mulhern
a warrant an
aud
$s were searched,
M PRIGEeNCH
large quantity of the stolen articles were
found, some of it being in the original
hem marks put
packages and having on t }
th
ou by the
Large Coal Trade.
The magnitude of the coal :
he facts that of
lon W
the country is shown by 1
the freight
bandied by the railroads of this counts
thousand m ms of
urth or 2%0,.-
Of this one-fifth
and four-fifths
was transported to
iast year, more than one f
000,000 tons, was coal
was anthracite coal
bituminous, which
1
all points within the United States and
constituted the largest item of cargo haul.
ed by nearly every railroad in this coun.
try.
—
X.}
The New York Central railroad com.
pany is negotiating for the large farm of
John Kuepley, near Jersey Shore, It is
the intention (0 build a mammoth yard
on the land, which will facilitate the com.
pany in bandling the large amount of
soft coal that is being shipped to New
England poine,
Central Branching Out
-
Big Fire In South Renovo.
The saw mill, planing mill and two
houses of Hall & Brother, at South Ren.
ovo, were totally destroyed by fire Friday
includes the loss of about $1,000 worth of
sawed lumber,
The married man who goes on a tear
will bave occasion to worry over the rent