Circulatio n Over 3800 SCANDALS HANG FIRE Little Progress Toward Clearing Up Any of Them SESSION HAD FEW RESULTS Panama Treaty—Cuban Bill and Ap- propriations Cover the Work of | Congress—Smoot and Swayne to Go Over With the adjournment of Congress just | a week off the question that most agitates official circles is what is to be done with the various scandals that have been stir: | red up during the session. Few seasons have been so prolific of charges and disclosures of malfeasance jn office as the one now drawing to a | close yet with the exception of the con- | viction of Senator Burton and the Ma- | chen crowd, there has been little pro- gress toward the punishing of the guilty parties. There haye been one or two convictions of persons in obscure posi- tions, who have been offered as propitia- ting sacrifices to the wrathful deity of public opinion. But the average citizen, even of the National Capital, cannot re- call the names of the victims, se unim- portaut have they been. Machen and the Groffs were convicted on a single in- dictmeut in connection with the postal scandals, but they are still enjoying their | liberties, being out on bail pending an appeal. A score of other indictments bang over Machen. porary in the postal frauds, Beavers has not been placed on trial yet. But even if these two had been sent to prison for | long terms it would be a small circum- stance as compared to the carnival of | graft there was in the postoffice depart. ment. According to the official estimates, | the Government has been cheated out of something like $3.200,000 by the postal fraads. The same estimates attribute to Machen and Beavers’ ill-gotten gains to the amount of about $50,000. Putting Machen and Beavers in prison will leave a theft of §3 150,0c0 to be avenged. Ma- chen and Beavers are the small end of the writ machine nfler aff, BRISTOW A SCAPEGOAT. The Bristow report which named cer- members of Congress as hay ro tain . am ; A he was gu suspects d Fourth Bristow the Mr. Bri gation special sentatives was sig be was sick i was prepared. did not contain the names of any Repre. sentatives or Senators. Chairman Over. street of the Committee on postoffices sent the report back to the inyestigators, with instructions that the report be made specific in the matter of names. Mr. Bristow had a list of such which he kept for his own protection. These were at. tached to the report, and it was sent back to the House. It was this that created such a furore. A special com- mittee was dppointed., It did its work well. Every congressman is given a cer. tificate of probity, and Bristow is declar- ed to be the villain. Outside the postoffice scandal which was the big sensation of the session, there Are numerous smaller ones. There are the Indian land finuds and the Western land frauds. There is the Littauer glove scandal. There is Senator Deltrich’s per. sonal postoffice scandal, and there is Senator Burton, under sentence of six low of t rep wa frands, i House « with his name 1 he postal art to the Ort 10 the ned Yet n bed time it ring the Moreover, the first draft months in prison, yet holding his seat in | the Senate, pending his appeal. The Smoot inquiry is in the nature of a scandal which is being smothered, and the Swayne Impeachment is being held up for much the same reason that the Mormon poly- gamy case Is not being pushed. In the meantime Congress is spending its time exclusively on appropriation bills. With the exception of the Cuban Reciprocity law, to consider which Congress was call- ed in extra session, and the passing of the Panama treaty by the Senate, this Congress has done absolitely nothing to date but spend money. i Hints to Fishermen. No game fish can be legally taken ex. ‘cept by rod, hook and line, Size of trout that may legally be taken is six inches, It is fllegal to buy, sell or offer for any brook trout, Trout caught in an illegal manner be released alive, i sensational | His chief coatem. | | PASTOR HOLDS PARSONAGE. | As security for a debt of $160, which | he says the Methodist Episcopal Church | | of Lewisburg, Pa., owes him on back | salary, the Rev, R. H. Colburn, former | pastor, is holding the parsonage, and | says he will continue to occupy it until | | the account is liguidated. | | So far all efforts to dislodge Pastor | Colburn have been unsuccessfal, and his | successor has been compelled to take his | family to temporary quarters at a hotel, | Recently Mr. Colburn was relieved of | | his pastorate there and assigned jto Mill | | Hall, Centre county. He has assumed his new duties, but is holding the old | parsonage. The trustees of the church | have poiified him to vacate at once, but they themselves admit that he can hold the place three months if he chooses, | | The congregation is one of the wea!thi.- est in Lewisburg, the church property alone being valued at $125,000, being the famous Beaver Memorial church, WEDDINGS. JACKSON SHUEY: —Clyde W. Jackson | and Miss Sarah Shuey, both of State College, were married Wednesday even- | ing, April 6th, by Rev. Heckman. A quiet but pretty wedding took place in Burnside twp,, on Saturday evening, April 16th, when Frank Polinshz and Julia Kapish, both of Moshannon, were married by T. D. Weaver, Bq. ZIMMERMAN MARKLEY (—~Wednesday evening, 13th at Scotia: Lyman E. Zim- | mermaan, of Milesburg, and Miss Sadie | Markley, of Scotia, were married by Rev. | Capp, of Benore. They were tendered a | reception at the groom’s home at Miles- | burg on Tuesday night, MARRIED :—at the Baptist parsonage, Milesburg, on Wednesday, April 13th, | | Edward Flick and Miss Maggie Moore | | were united in marriage by pastor A. C. Lathrop. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Flick. The bride is the { daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Moore. BRIGGS LONCWELL :~James Briggs and Miss Rae Longwell, both of Belle fonte, were married Wednesday even. ing, 13th, in the Lutheran parsonage at | Pine Grove Mills by the Rev. Aikens. Fhe donple witt goto housekeeping nea: | Lemont where Mr. Mitchell, Briggs is employed by Geo » ADJOINING COUNTIES. \ {at ¢ _ " . § and ry consists of over three thousand us y volumes WeIgUIing over 5000 pounds, Dale Patt rified residences of i, a desperado, who has ter- Mifflin county, for several years, was sentenced West. Big Valley to four and one-half years in the ern Penitentiary. When sentence was pronounced by Judge Woods broke down and cried like a child Patton A lass in Clay township, Huntingdon county, named Ada Pearl Abbott, twelve years old, has just finished ker seventh term of school without the absence of one day from her studies The number of months Is 49; days, 930, and the number of miles she traveled, one mile to school i and one from school, is 1969. A stranger attempted to hug two pretty young ladies on the street at Williams port onelevening. The frightened girls hurridly notified the police and the hag- ger was arrested. He gave his name as William Arthar the Erie soldier's home. He was intoxicated and said he meant no harm to the ladies. of A 12year-old boy named Justin was | killed near Towanda, on the Williams. port and North Brauch railroad, the otherday. A companion dared him to | Tun across the track in front of an ap- | | proaching passenger train, and in dotng | | 50 he was caught and terribly mangled, | | He died shortly after reaching the Sayre | | hospital, Charged with being the owner of a dog caught running deer on the moun. tains near Lewistown Dr, H, C. Miller was fined $10 before Justice of the Peace Longwell, at Miiroy, Simon Keep, of Lock's Mills, was also fined $25 and costs for taking wild turkeys out of gea- sou. The arrests were made by PFigh and Game Warden Shoop, The new Hagle brick works near Lock Haven were practically put in op: eration Monday. The grinding pans were started Monday and making of brick commenced Tuesday. The kilns have not yet all been erected, but when the plant is fully completed it will have a have passed by and others of moment deserve attention { Thursday evening one night only, A capacity of from 60,000 to 63.000 brick per day. ! : 5 BELLEFONTE, PA, T DEMOCRATS AT HARRISBURG The State Convention in Session On Tuesday A HARMONIOUS GATHERING Samuel Gustine Thompson nominated for Supreme Court Judge—No In- structions for President — The Platform Adopted Tuesday of this week the Democratic hosts of Pennsylvania flocked to the capi. {tal city, Harrisburg, where they held | their annual state convention. Were no contests on hand or proceedings | to excite attention, the gathering was un. | usually large and significant in the fact that many old democratic leaders were | present and took an active part in the proceedings. In the naming of the state ticket but one came before the Conven- | tion Justice Samuel Gustine Thompson, and the nomination was made by ac clamation. That he is a good selection for the place is proven by the fact that he now is serving his second term in that body by appointment. Pennsylvania will send 68 delegates to | the St. Louis Nationa! Convention. | delegation goes there uninstructed, so that | they may act for the best interests of the party in the state and the natioual ticket. | | An effort was made to pass a resolution | endorsing Judge Parker, of New York, | but received no support, altbough the delegation favors his nomination and likely will vote that way. No Hearst | boom was seen or heard at Harrisbarg. | | Without opposition, ex. Governor Robert | | BE. Pattison, of Philadelphia; Robert E. | | Wright, Lehigh; Stats Chairman J. K. P. | Hall, Blk; and Colonel Guffey were elect- | ed national delegates at larges. The platform adopted is strong, sound, | thoroughly Democratic. For want of Space we postpoue its publication until next week, as it is quite lengthy. One significant feature is that it is silent on the Silver Question and the Kansas City Platform, that thbse believing issues more Roosevelt is criticised for his dangerous trasts are d de of the tarifi course, eciared rimental ’ reason toa de mancedq a * The Moonshiners Daughter. “The Moonshine: itle of a melodrama which 4 Danghbte; Gof Will appear at the Garman Opera House on next pril 218t and, it comes to us with the indorse. ments of such papers as the New York San, Telegraph, and Chicago Chroaicle, etc. Several very clever people have been engaged for the interpretation of this drama and from present indications, a large local yeception is predicted. The prices will prevail at soc for the eutire lower floor, for the entire balcony and the gallery will be as usual. BRIDES MUST GO T00. New Construction on the Marriage Li- cense Law, Shy maidens, who have promised to wed, have an ordeal before them. to secure the license alone, the consent | of the other party to the tramsaction be. i | ing implied. Judge Hart of Lycoming | county, Friday morning put an end to | that custom, when he decided, after ful. {ly examining the law, that it clearly | means that both parties mast make ap plication for the license, Fatally Burned. Mrs. Jane Harpster, while in the act of making her fire in the cook stove at the home of her son, Willlam B. Harpster, at Spruce Creek, Tuesday afternoon, 12+ was so badly burned that she died at 11:30 o'clock that night, During the tem. porary absence of her daughter-in-law she attempted to make the fire and her clothing evidently caught fire from burn ing paper on the hearth of the stove, The burns covered much of her body and the lower portion of her face. a # Baltimore's Loss. The total loss by the great fire in Bal timore on February 7 and 8 was between $45,000,000 and $50,000,000. The nam- ber of losers is 258. The insurance eom- panies will pay a trifle over $30,000,000 to the lowers, of which amount over $25, 000,000 has been paid already, f . As there | The | Here. | tofore it has been possible for the groom | HURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1904. RUBBING THE COURT. { Last Thursday Judge Love was down | { to Blanchard for the purpose of deliver. | | Ing an address to the graduating class | of the High school, Burdine Butler, of Howard, although oat of school for | | years, went down to hear the Honorable | | Court speak to the young people, Bur. | dine says the Judge told the boys and | | girls to be honest, upright, moral and | law abiding, and in that way they would | | become honored and useful citizens, | These things impressed Butler deeply | | who hates hypocriscy and deceit and is | | ever ready to demolish it. Op the way | { home Burdine and the Judge, strange to | relate, occupied the same car, even ad | joining seats. When the conductor came | along Burdine claims that Judge Love | did not present a ticket, like others must, | nor did he offer to pay his fare, Very | | graciously Burdine announced, loud enough for all to hear, that if the Judge was “busted” he would pay his way back to Bellefonte, but he thought that an office holder, with $5000 salary, should be able to pay like other men, and if he | was riding on a pass from the Pa. R. R. { Co. be was not fit 10 preside over cases {in which the Railroad company was | interested. The conductor tried to avoid Burdine, but that only raised him all the The occupants of the car saw the | point, laughed and enjoyed Butler's | charitable demonstration ; the Judge was | silent as a sphinx -—he had vothing to | | more, i say and turned his attention to the pass- | | ing scenery. This is practically Butler's | version of the event, and we would neither add to or detract therefrom, as | botk are honorable gentiemen, | A NARROW ESCAPE. Friday eyening, at about 11 o'clock Ed. Blanchard, who is a member of the firm of McCoy & Lion Iron Company { went to their office, at the works near Milesburg. It was a very dark night and as be stepped up to the door of the office a voice hailed him, "Get out of this,” to which he, in a rather startled tone replied, "What are you doing here!" The next in flashed close to his breast stant a shot from a revolver The report io realize what had bappened, but he the for about a half hour hastened from building belp th 3 He returned in x ne men and of his was hanging loosely y ie fold overcoat which and ball failed to prenetrate the « nh ciew was discovered of the robbers. No valuables were ever kept in the of. fice, and for that reason it is surmised that the mtruders were strangers to the community, IN SUPREME COURT. Oae of the interesting cases before the Supreme Court this week is that of G. J. Confer vs the Penna R. R. Oa the 27th, of Oct. 1900, Mr.Confer was attempting to cross the railroad tracks at the Howard, Pa. station. Other cars were standing on the side tracks which he claimed ob | scured his view. He stopped a short dis tance from the crossing and stood up and looked, and seeing no danger started across. A freight train from the west came by and struck Mr. Confer, injuring him severely. Fourteen months later the trial for damages occurred and Con. fer ‘was awarded $4000 damages, the jury finding that the company was negli. | gent in the matter of signals. Judge | | Love later set aside the verdict on reserv- | | ed points of law, from which this appeal | { was taken, Ellis I Orvis, Beq., is the | attorney for Mr. Confer, and John | Blanchard, of the firm of Blanchard & | Blanchard appears for the Pz. R. R. Co. The case will likely be argued the early part of the week. ns Saved a Wreck, Orlando Bryan, of Roland, Wednes- day afternoon of last week was walking up the track of the Pennsylvania rail road between Roland and Milesburg where he discovered a broken rail. Mr, Bryan ran a distance of two miles wheré he just reached Milesburg in time for the operator to stop the flyer and notify all other trains of the danger. Mr, Bryan got on the engine of the flyer and went with the trainmen to where he discover. ed the broken rail. Farmer's Losing Ground. Forty years ago the farmers owned 55 per cent. of the wealth of this country, Such has been the advance of manufac. turing and railroad baildiog that they a now own but 21 per cent. § ants in her kitchen, MONUMENT SELECTED | The Committee Holds an Import- | ant Meeting IMPOSING An Archway Over Curtin’s Figure, With Extended Side Walls—Will Cost | £35000-—Some Difference of Choice Design not Completed. On Saturday, April gth, an important meeting of the soldier's monument com- mittee was held in Bellefonte. Por sev- eral days prior there was an exhibit of competitive designs, in the Arbitration Room, at the Court House, that attracted much attention. The committee for this purpose consists of : Goy. Pennypacker Senator Patton and Gen Messrs Philip H. Miller, and J. H. County Commissioners: and the soldiers by Gen. John I. Curtin, John A. Daley and C. T. for the state, James A. Meyer, Abraham Bailey, jeaver, Fryberger. Gov. Pennypacker, Senator Patton and | Gen. Beaver were not at the meeting Messrs Curtin, Daley, Fryberger and Miller approved the design of the Van. Amringe Granite Company, of Waverly, Mass. Com's Meyers and Bailey voted for the design of the Smith Granite Co., | Westerly, Mass. The absent members of the committee assented to the above choice. The design calls for a large plece of work. in outline consisting of an archway with monument of Ex-Gov, Curtin in the centre and wings extend. ing to the side. The archway would} be erected in front of the court house about ten feet back of the fountain affording a passage under it to the building. We were unable to secure a pictare of the mosument for the reason that the artist will make a few alterations in the design before inal acceptance. The design submitted by Westerly, by the public Granite Company, of was greatly admired the committee were of The monument, when completed, is not | so surprised him that he was hardly able | 10 0o%t over §35.000 and for that money | D Presidents something creditable can be erected pote for $400 days was ord gixtly The new bridge over the Buffalo Run was reported rebuilt, Several years ago the owners of the waler right below the water works raised the dam by placing strips thereon. Coun- cil decided to notify them to remove the the fall at the strips as it reduced spring. Council approved the new water | rate as recommended by the Water com. mittee All consumers in the boro who use water for mechanical! purposes wil pay by meter at the rate of § cents per thousand gallons. The water rent must be paid quarterly and none will be less than $1.50 per quarter. Outside of the boto none will be charged less than $2.00 per quarter and all in excess of $10,000 gallons will be charged 20 cents per thousand gallons. Por private consum- ers the rate is the sawe as last year. “Ye Olden Time Singin’ Skule.” Under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist church aun old | tise singing school will be held in Petri kin Hall, on Friday evening, April 220d. The music will consist of solos, duets, Quartetts, character songs and full choruses, and the class being com posed of the best musical talent of the town, the entertainment promises to be one of the best afforded our people in a long while, Geveral admission 250ts. Reserved seats tocts extra. Chart of Hall and tickets at Sheffer’s grocery, ———————————————— “ALONG THE MOSHANNON.” The following is from Clearfield Republican : “Jud Love, of Centre, did not strengt himself before the people of his county by granting over half a dozen wholesale liquor Ilficenses along the Moshannon, They will all come back to haunt him in November. The fellows who have those licenses will not be worth much to him, when it comes to getting votes." This seems to be in accord with the views expressed in this county on license matters. The colored cook sometimes has black last week's DESIGN ORDERED | A ——— VOL. 26. XO, 6. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Selected and Original. | There wasa young girl in the eholr, Whose voice rose holr and holr THI reached such a helght It was clear out of seight, And they found it next dav In the spolr. Love in a cottage has no janitor to con. tend with, A river isn’t necessarily angry because it froths at the mouth, The dvemge man never knows when | he is well off unti! he isn't, The married man invariably believes that economy begins at home. HOWARD AGAIN. Mister EpiTor The uther da wen 1 wuz hevin mi hirsute apendig remuved, (ur ¥ mite sa gitten shaved) I overheard a laidy re. mark, that she liked the Centre Demo- crat much better now, then she did be- fore thet fello wuz letters frum hear. That maid me think I hed better rite a nuther wun an if yu wad send a subskripshuner doun hear, he mite git quite a Jot tu subskribe fer yure paper. | (Thet is ef yu hev them tu spair.) Abe Weber went tu Harrisburg tu at. tend tha stait convenshon. His good wife packed bis grip, but his gud friens finished packing it before he tok tha | train, unnowens tu him; ef Abe wuz a |swarin man, wen he puts on his nite gown, be wood at leest sa— ‘Gut im him. | mel wass iss dess.”’ Ther wuz a man got marride doun | bear pot long ago, an tha utter mornin he got up be 4 biz better haf wuz awaik, {an tu pla a joak on hir be tide a not in each uv her stockins : she didn’t sea tha {joak, an he sed wen she cum doun stares—she give me rals. Jest wate about a yere Mr. S—— an mebby yu { won't hev to ty nots, tu git rats, { About this tima yere ther is a grate | menny people who go after traleing Our. | butis, An jest now ther is a gud menny Jello's go traleing after Owr buties an speshaly thet fello frum Williamsport : an ef Selly sez tha ward, will surely git his | kix, Wall will he sa then ? Dave, tha allaround Grammarion, Mathamatician, wood.be polytishen, for. werly a musishan, culdn’t giv a propper rendishon, or tha wurd skrim his bole 30 Gals kareer in i} wor, ha never burd uv a skrummage. Dave, Webster's ickshonary beets yure war reckard, oll a riten defanishon, tu mage he sed the! Curlin he sive iw y in the Afier the House has passed the Philipp ae bill. a a especi aggard step { It provides for system of railroads in the archipelago and beoevolently donates them to ihe Filipinos providing they will A a furnish money to bu them and gaar. antee five per cent dividend oo the in. sustmeat. The Filipinos mast | their railroads, telegraphs, | wharves and custombouses as they pay - fxr pay for ighthouses, | out of their own pockets for their schools, | with double salaries for all teachers and officials, and we claim the credit of en. | lightening and civilizing them at par own When the bill passed there were a dozen republicans said “Ave”! and a great chorus of democratic "*Noes'' causing the glass celling to ring. | Speaker Cannon immediately exclaimed { “The Ayes have it—5at the Noyes make | the most noise'"’ The friends of General Miles in and |out of war department are somewhat | solicitons for his official safety. Cou. { trary to their expectation be made a speech at the Irogaois banquet at Chicago on Wednesday night in celebration of Jeflerson’s birthday. Oa account of the President’s command of silence it was ex- pected to be rather colorless and com. monplace, but it was a demand for the freedom of the Filipinos and a ringing protest agalast the current imperialism of which the President is the head, Itis hinted that be has been lying in wait to catch the Lieutenant.General in some ut terance 80 patriotic and humane that it could be called an indiscretion, furnish ing an excuse for arraigning him before a courtsmartial. The excuse would seem to have arrived, for the speech was one of a soldier, orator and patriot according to his light. It is ramored that the republicans in Congress may concede to the democrat some sort of luvestigation of postoffice scandals. If so, it will be of a kind of investigation that does not reveal a sham Inquiry conducted by the republicans expense who themselves, and signifylag nothing,
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