vy @he Centre Democrat. Circulation Over 3800 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION Held in Court House, in Bellefonte On Last Tuesday. IT WAS BY ACCLAMATION/ | successfully performed by Dr. G. D. John A. Daley Starts His Little Boom- let— Read the Riot Act tor Demo- crats —Reeder and Dresser Eo- dorsed—Sammy Miller Too. Tuesday, the Republicans of Centre county held a convention in the Court House. There was little business to transact, and that even was so complete- ly mapped out that the proceedings lack- 2d interest and was devoid of any excite- | ment, The attendance was principally confined to delegates and a few lookers on. Chairman W. F. Reeder called the body to order at 11 am., after which G. W, Reese read the call and list of delegates; burg, was chosen as the presiding officer, and the organization was further complet- ed as follows : Secretaries: Thomas James, Dayid A. Irwin, Marion. Reading Clerk : G. W. Reese, Belle- fonte. Committee on Resolutions ; James A. Thompson, of Halfmoon; J. B. Harris, of Walker; John W. Stuart, of State College. H. C. Woodring, of Worth; and Harry Curtin, of Boggs. The following were named by acclama’ tion : For Congress : Hon. 8. R. Dresser, of McKean, with power to select his own conferees. Delegate to the National Convention : W. F. Reeder, Esq., to select his own conferees to the district conference. Delegates to the State Convention: S. M. Miller, Philipsburg, and S. B. Miller, Bellefonte. The following resolutions reported by the Committee were read and adopted : The Republicans of Centre county, by their representatives in convention assem bled. do hereby reaffirm their devotion to the principles and traditions of the Repub liean party. We endorse and applaad the administra. tion of President Roosevelt and and patriotic which Rush ; the wise domestic and foreign policy he ed, under r Bas purs which our people, at home ored, protected and defended We economical Penny pack and we commend the satisfactory condition of of the State as a result of sdministration. We ce reful and oourse of United States Senator heartily endorse sdministration of Samuel W er, Governor of Pesnsylvania, to the people of the State the finances wise Bepublican commend the M. 8 Quay and United States Senator Boles Penrose in earing for and protecting the interests of our great Commonwealth, and we respect fully urge upon them fmportance of securing prompt and liberal action whereby an adequate the necessity and may be opened ap from the great metropo- | lis of the State to the increase the business and improve the wel. fare of the people of this State. We heartily commend the business-like course of Hon. 8. K. Dresser, sea, 20 as to further careful and oar present representative in and we pledge to him the united support of the election in November next. With time at their disposal short gpeeches were made by Wilbur F. Reed er, S. B. Miller, Col. James P. Coburn, Congress, Republicans of Centre county at the Dale, E:q. The proceedings were tame for the rea- son that the natare of the business was of little importance and the program of the County Chairman went through without a hitch. The addresses of some of the gentlemen evoked applause, and remind ed us much of the self-righteous Pharisee who thanked the Almighty that he was better than his neighbor-—the poor demo- crats, Col. Coburn. as customary, made a characteristic break when he intima. ted tkat the republican party had a monopoly of the intelligence of the coun- try. Johm Daley took occasion to an- nounce that he was a candidate for legis lature, und hoped to get the party nomi- nation (and we hope se too) which caused a bit of amusement, Judge Furst made some clever remarks, and in a joking way he said all that wus necessary in Centre county after the November elec tion, was to secure a coroner to sit on the remains of the Democracy. Of course the convention applauded. Clem Dale got up and told how a short time previous the republicans of Centre county had given him the cold shoulder. While it was vot relished by himself and friends t did not change his political views, Taking it all in all, it was a real decent convention, innocent and harmless, Had # democrat occasion to believe all that was sald, or been shown the evidence to bear out their sweeping claims and an. Just denunciations, he would have felt so small as to drop through the crevices in the floor and wilt away. Instead, the writer was only amused and in a for. giving mood took his departure when it was over, { Dr. Nutt performed the operation. | said in the evening that it cousisted of | making an opening | through vigilant | { sylvania was held at the Logan House, | Altoona, Tuesday afternoon, to elect a | successor to Major John H. waterway | | Gettig represented Co. B | late Major Taylor upon this handsome ‘ THROAT ENTIRELY CLOSED. Mrs. Rickey, wife of W. S. Rickey, of Williamsport, underwent an unusual operation at the hospital Thursday morn- ing. Itis unusual te the extent that it has never before been performed in Wil- llamsport, although it has been resorted to in some of the larger cities. The oper- ation {8 known as gastrotomy, and was Nutt, says the Gazette and Bulletin, Mrs. Rinkey was slowly starving to death, suffering from stricture of the | | esophagus, the passage through which food and drink reaches the stomach. This passage bas been slowly closing up for five or six years, until it had become almost if not entirely closed. For sever- al years she could not swallow solid food, and lately even water would not pass through the constricted esophagus, and she was in a most pitiable condition in- deed. Without au operation she would have { soon starved to death, and as an opera | tion would prolong her life indefinitely, | this was decided upon. of the 121 delegates in the county, many | were not present. C. G. Avery, of Philips. | Mrs. Rickey entered the hospital sev eral days ago, and Thursday morning He into the stomach the muscles can begin taking her food through a sil- | ver or rubber tube direct into the stom. ach. Thus she can live ing 4oltely, bat | the stricture in the esophagus _sunot be cured. - Two $50 Bank Notes. Mrs. Anderson, a widow living at For. est Hill, Union county, recently purchas | ed a tract of land from her grandfather { Pontius’ estate, upon which was erected | a log house, which was of historic inter- est. During the past week carpenters have been engaged in tearing down the old building, to replace it with a new and modern house. Over one of the win. | dows, on a heavy sill, were found two fifty dollar bank notes dating back to the time of Washington. They were in and abdominal | | walls and in about three days the patient KILLED AT NIAGARA FALLS Fate of a Young Man From This County. DEATH OF DAVID TRESSLER Was Standing On a Track—His Com- panion Killed At Same Time— Body Sent To Berwick, Pa., For Inter- ment Last Week. | —————— David J. Tressler, a son of Henry Tres. | ler, dec'd, a Benuer township boy, was killed at Niagara Falls, N. Y., on Mon- | day, March 21st. The body was sent to i Berwick, Pa., for interment where two of his sisters reside, and where be had been | | living for several years past. The fol. | lowing extrac! is from a Niagara Falls paper giving an account of his death. | He had gone there from Berwick to seek | employment as a clerk in company with { Harry McHenry, of Berwick, and both {| were instantly killed by a train : | “Asnear as ¢ were standing on the tracks of the Erie railroad at 24th street watching the pas- sing of a passenger train on the New York Central Railroad. They failed to notice approach of the Erie train. The and the bodies of the two men were thrown east a distance of 105 feet, land. ing close together on the north side of the tracks on the ice in the ditch. The train was stopped but it was found that the men had been instantly killed. The | men were beyond all medical aid, how. ever, McHenry's skall was crushed and | bis brains were scattered over the ice | and snow. There was a hole in Tressler's head two or three inches in length and his body was bruised and mangled, a { number of the bores being broken, | death must have been instantaneous. | According to the diaries on the bodies {of the men they bad left their Peun. | sylvania homes about ten days ago | in search of work. Tressler was 27 years | old, his companion being about the same | age. en Royer-Brooks | At the Lutheran parsonage in Boals- |butg by the pastor Rev. Stopesifer, | an be ascertained they | train was going at a high rate of speed | BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904. PAY FOR PRESIDENT'S TRAIN, When Representative Baker, of Brook- lyn, was suppressed by Representative Boutelle, presiding in the House, as chairman of the Committee of the ‘Whole on last Friday, be was trying to worry the Republicans. He sont to the clerk's desk to have read an amendment which he proposed to the Postoffice Appropria- tion bill, The clerk read but a few lines | when it was objected to as out of order, and the objection sustained, Mr. Baker's | amendment in fall was: | | “To reimburse the great railroads the | cost of supplying the President of the | United States with special trains, food, | | cigars, wines, liquors, etc., daring his | | trip abont the country last year, fso,- | 000; provided, no railroad shall share in | | the appropriation unless 1t shall within go days furnish an itemized list of what | was supplied the President of the United States; and, provided, further, that the | i President shall not contract any further expense similar to this without the ex press consent of Congress. Two Years’ Agreement. The mining contract to govern coal | mining in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, covering working conditions and wages of the 117,000 miners for the next two years, has been signed and delivered in duplicate by the operators’ and miners’ scale committee: men, The contract will be in force un- til April 1, 1906 expire the contract in the anthracite dis. On that dale also will tricts, which consists of the anthracite All | workmen whose wages were advanced | last year from $2 10to $2 28, to equalize wages, will not be subject to the cut The reduction in other wages is, ‘‘one- | half of the increase given by the opera- { tors.” It figures 5.315 per cent. The in- | terstate conference relations have been | reest strike commission's award of those 1906. | Fine Easter Entertainment. | The Lutheran Sabbath school, of this perfect state of preservation. Experts | March 24, at 2:30 o'clock, took place one place, will bave a fine Easier entertain. brie not examined the notes yet to learn whether of the early 1904 spring weddings. they are negotiable or not. Mr. | was an exceptionally pleasant event | APril 1 Poutius was a wealthy and eccentric old | which joined as man and wife, John N. | “00 + | ment in the chawch, Zzuday evening HC Frst Taster,” specialty pre. gentleman, and it is supposed that in the | Roger and Miss Lidie |. Brooks. The | Pared for this school and occasion, to { early days when the Indians iohabited { the valley that the money had been hid. It is believed tha! there may be more valuables or den from them. money con { cealed about the old house, and all eyes are earnestly watching the razing of the structure, . - Hugh S. Taylor Elected Major. A meeting of the line officers of the Fifth regiment, National Guard of Penn. West, of Hollidaysburg, who was placed on the retired list March 1, at his own request. There were sixteen officers present, Colonel Rufus C. Elder presided. Capt. Hugh 8S. Taylor, of company B, Belle: fonte, was unanimously chosen to the vacancy. He could not be in attendance | at the meeting by reason of the death of his wife, who was buried Tuesday. Lieut. We congratu honor-—none more deserving. For 18 years Major Taylor has been a { member of the National Guard, enlisting John Daley, Hon. A. O. Farst and Clem | in 1886 as a private in Co. B. He wag made Captain of Co B. in 18¢6 and brought the company to a high state of efficiency. It now stands at the head of National Guard as the best drilled com. pany in the state. Last year they cap- late Governor Hastings, to the best drill. ed company in the sth Regiment. This honor comes to our townsman not as a compliment but in recognition of merit and service. Seedless Apples. After experimenting for many years John F. Spencer, of Grand Junction, Col., has succeeded in producing a seedless apple, The apple looks like a naval orange and the inside is entirely solid. The trees on which the seediesy apples are grown are unusual in that they have no blossoms, Spencer, who 1s an old fruit grower, is preparing to graft his seedless buds on all Sorts ot apple trees. He claims that in a short time he will be able to develop seedless apples of every variety. Lumber Deal Declared Off. The Milton Standard is anthority for the statement that the deal whereby the firm of M. H. Kulp & Co,, of Shamokin, was to acquire the large lumber interests of the John Duncan estate way called off last week just as the final arrangements were being discussed. The firm of Will. fem Whitmer & Son, of Sunbury, closed a bargain for the entire interests. Twen- ty seven thousand acres of timber land thus changes hands, The liar is generally an enthasiast, bridesmaid was Miss Katie Royer, sister | of the groom, while Elwood Brooks, brother of the bride served as grooms: man. Following the official ceremony the wedding party repaired to the bome of Mrs near Pleasant Gap, where the bride has been making James Brooks, her home for some years as a companion Mrs. Brooks. An exceptionally palatable wedding supper t this place to her grandmother, was served the same evening to the invited guests present. The bride is a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. James Brooks, of near Pleasant Gap, and is an accomplished lady in every respect, while the groom, who is a son { of Mr. and Mrs. Benj. W. Royer, of near Jacksonville, is quite well and favorably known throughout Nittany and other | vallies as a model young man in all res. pects. The young couple starts out in life under especially bright circumstances | and with the most hearty congratulations and very best wishes, A Rascal Peppered. Joseph Ralph Burton, semior United | States Senator from Kansas, and a polit. ical lzader of wide influence throughout the West, was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court, on | charge of accepting compensation to pro. | tect the interests of the Rialto Grain and | Securities Company, a so-called '‘get. | fice Department at Washington. Apart from the maxium penalty of a $10,000 fine and two years imprisonment on each of six counts on which he was found guilty, which the Court may im- pose, Senator Burton is forever herred from holding any public office in the United States. If every political rascal was given his dues, every prison in the United States would be jam full and room needed for more, The Amish Return. Several families of Amish people, twenty persons in all, arrived in Lewis: town last week on the Atlantic express, enroute from some point in Nebraska to the Big Valley, near Belleville. They had migrated to Nebraska about two years ago, but drouth and failing crops had made them glad to again return to their old home. Another lot of Amish families have arranged to go to North Dakota, to make their future homes, the | represent by living characters the incl. i dents connected with this crowning event in the life of the Savior occasion has The music for the been specially ordered for the entertainment. The leading charac ters represented in the exercise, will be Pilate, Angels, Joseph, Centurian and Guard, Mary Magdaline, Savior, Disci ples, Priests, Thomas, and others John L. Sullivan Dying. | John L. Sullivan is seriously ill at the | home of his sister is Roxbury, Mass, | The greatest of all prize fighters is suf. fering from a wasting disease which has gradually undermined his herculean | frame, and it is not believed that be can live long. | Sullivan is without money, dependent entirely upon his relatives for support. | He bas earned in his career upward of | $1,500,000, but all of this he has either | given away in charity or wasted in prodi- | gal living. He has not a penny of it | left. : - Late War News, An important engagement took place near the town of Chong fe, in which the | Russians were defeated, retiring in per- | fectorder, The Japanese suffered heavily losses are not stated | Cavalry on both sides were engaged. The | Russians occupied a commanding posi { but the Russian ‘ured the Hastings medal, the gift of the | rich quick” concern, before the Post Of. | 1/00: The Japanese fought gallantly but owing to their heavy losses were unable to occupy the position abandoned by the Russians. For Sale. A new §-horse power, horizontal, Pair. banks, gas or gasoline engine. Can be seen any time at this office. Eogine too large for our purpose, and have or dered a 2.h power engine, same make to take its place in our new office. No bet. ter on the market; very few are as good See cutand description on page 2. Also a good 12 inch water motor. Inquire personally at this office, before April 1st, Bride and Groom Serenaded. Mr. and Mrs, O. B, Hummel, who were married recently, visited Mrs Hummel’s parents at Loveville on Satur. day night. They were given a calithump- fan serenade In the evening and a fea. tute of the serenade was the explosion of quite a big time in observing Spring Ar bor Day. Besides the part taken by the pupils there will be addresses by Capt. ablished by the date being set for | | the next joint conference in February, | METHODIST APPOINTMENTS At Harrisburg Tuesday. i | Announced on | MANY CHANGES ARE MADE | Conference Was In Session The Past | Week—Where Pastors Will Serve | In This Section of the State The | Coming Year. | On Tuesday the M. E. Conference, in session at Harrisburg, concluded its de- | liberations. The appointments announc- | ed for this part of the State are as fol. lows : Mahafley Martin aylor, McKee 's Gag Milest:urg and "per Mornsdale~ Robert W, Runyan, Munson--John Forrest, New Milipors-George M. Shimer. New W von William ©. Wallace, Oaoenia MillsCharies M. Barnies, Patton Morris K, Swartz. George W, Mcollsay, 0, Penepacke s B. M« Georg Kapp, - ADJOINING COUNTIES. the. home of Lamar of paralysis, Kane Emerick died at George Wertz at aged about 70 years. He 1s survived by Frank Emerick of Mill Hall, and ove daughier, Mrs, Milton Overdorf one son, of Jersey Shore, The Eaeleville Cornet band is ener. getical ¥ Al WOIK raising money in vari ous ways to purchase uniforms. Saturday they beid a festival which was attenedd by a very large crowd and the pet pro- ceeds were gratifying. Six connties of Penna. were 100 years old Saturday. By act of legislature, March 26, 18 v4, Potter, Tioga, McKean, Clearfield and Jefferson counties were was formed from parts of Somerset and Huntingdon. After the regular business session by the P. O. 8. of A. camp of Mill Hall, the members tendered a reception and sur. prise to John L, Ripka and wife and Mrs. W. Pifer, who will leave for their new homes in a few days. Mr. Ripka and wife will move to Bellefonte and Mrs, Pifer to Nittany valley. The evening was very pleasantly spent and elegant refreshments were served. There was a large attendance of members, While a New York Central traln was speeding along near Ansonia a day or two ago a deer came bounding down the mountain side and fell dead across the tracks of the Central railroad. The ani. mal succumbed only after a long chase in effort to elude hunters. The deer was oue of the largest ever seen in that sec. tion, weighing 340 pounds. Why didn’t the fellow who asserts the deer was chas- ed by hunters spot the criminals and turn the law loose on them. Mt Berwick Next Year, The Methodist conference at Harris. H. 8. Taylor, exsenator W. C. Heinle, John A. Daley and others. i | taken from Lycoming while Cambria | | burg on Saturday decided to)meet next year at Berwick, # oy VOL. 26. KO. 13. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, | Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Selected and Original. THE CHANCE No man is born 100 late To turn his back to bate ; We may not all be great Or rich or wise The chances may be few For winning fame, but who Bucceeds by gazing through Ungrateful eyes? Mankind has never had Less cause for being sad Nor more for being glad Than we possess ; Ne'er has the world before Encouraged kindness more Or had such gifts in store For cheerfulness ~hicago Becord-Herald, THREE AGES OF WOMAN I. At fifteen, like an opening bud The malder And she wou That she TRIr Is seen 4 have the world believe Next by the time t) Their steady The shortest prayer may have the long est reach. Some men only give tips when they are Lipsy It isn’t always safe to trust a man who parades his honesty Those who put in 8 bard winter are pow looking for signs of re.jeaf. To flatter a milk man all you have to do is to give him a cream puff, The theatrical manager would rather bave a full house than four of a kind. Some fellows who think they know how to play poker are merely philan- thropists. Trial List For the April Term of Court, com- mencing Monday April 25th, 1904, and continuing for two weeks © Charles Pravel vs Daniel Long. George RobH vs Eves BE. Lucas. Eunice H. Jackson vs D. D. Woods. Carrie Harter etal vs John D. Long. Jane Cowher vs Wilson Frantz Lackawanna Fertz, Chemical Com- pany vs Joha Mitchell. Joseph Bros. & Co. v Hoover etl al Geo. Mark, Admr et al, Dorman vs Chestie Homan et al. H Weber vs George Gentzel. SE Jacob List vs 8. FP J IND WEEK. Lehigh Valley Coa! Co. vs Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. et al. Lehigh Valley Coal! Co. vs Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. et al. Philip Iddings and wife vs Boggs twp. Sadie Rothrock Blizabeth F. J. Rothrock heirs James A. Davidson, Gd. vs James N, Shope. Geo. M. Cresswell vs F. H. Clement & 0. Geo J. Turny vs Snow Shoe Mining Co. Cornelin Bland, vs C Mirilla Dawson vs Admr, Clyde E. Shuey vs Bellefonte Furnace Company. Martin Daley St Company W. H. Johustonbangh, etal vs E. M. Huyett, A. R. McNitt et al. John T. Bayletts vs |. J. Kelley, Wm. Neyman Jr. Mary J Rowan et al. Mary J]. Gates vs Daniel Meyers. College Hardware Co ys T. D. Boal. Bf: Aaronsburg & Youngsmans Pike Co. vs Centre Co. J. T. Taviot’s use, vs Mrs. Nancy Benner. vs German Ame, Ins, Gates et al vs Minnie G. Weather Report. Weekly report—Bellefonte Seation. DATE TEMPERATURE Maximun Minimum ag B® 1" "® 1 18 Mar. 17, Clear... vunin IB, QIORMAY +. ammesr sorsntentns + cons 19, CLOMAY overs + ravens connarns 0, clear... 21, Q10udY con ine 2, cloudy... ous 18 J Rn —: L) Rain: On 18th, 2 inch rain and 1 inch snow job Zist 18 inch rain ; on 2204, § p.m. heavy thundergust, 70 inch rain. Y. M. C. A. Building Seld. The building and furnishings erected by the Young Men's Christian associa. tion of Eagleville, were sold by the sheriff of Centre county last Thursday. The furnishings went for little or nothing and the building was knocked off to Irvin Wagner, the highest bidder for f225. He held a mortgage for $250. The mortgage held by Jokn Bowes was for 150. The Feast of the Passover. On Wednesday evening thq Feast of the Passover began at sunset to continue for eight days. This is one of the feasts that is observed by all Hebrews and a time of great rejoicing. crm ee |
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