+ Che Cenire Lem erat. Circulation er 3800 ww DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Held in the Court House Tuesday Afternoon NOMINATIONS EASILY MADE A Gathering of the Faithful—Many Old- lime Democrats Present—Enthu- siasm Over Orvis’ Nomination for Judge—Strong Resolutions. Probably the quietest campaign” prior democratic primary election ever in Important offices are to be filled, fo a known Cenire county occurred this year. but the conditions were such this year as The nomin for to arouse little interest, ation was conceded long ago president judge and prothonotary, and while there were four candidates for assembly none of them made a canvass of the county, some not even going from home lo solicit support. District attorney also had but oue name. The result was that the primaries were not largely attended Saturday afternoon. Yet on Tuesday the county convention had 88 out of g1 delegates present, Monday evening the political sprinters from Philipsburg arrived and began hustling around in behalf of their candi. date for assembly, Jacob At that time the meagre returns from vari ous sections indicated the renomination f Hon. J. W. Kepler, John Noll g Swires for place. In addition to the delegates, many ac- tive party workers from all parts of the county assembled to attend the conven. tion, which was called to order at 12:20 Tuesday noon by County Chairman H. 8 Taylor. The call was by J. K Johnston, Ee¢q., after which the conven. tion proceeded to organize, Wm. F. Smith of Penn, named Col. J. L. Spangler for permanent chairman, which was made unanimous. Hearty applause greeted his appearance, but he refrained from any remarks as important business demanded immediate attention. The following were named by acclama tion : Swires. of Ferguson; and i leadin second read R. Kurtz, of Bellefonte, Tellers—H. M. McManaway, of Miles; W. T. Kelley, of Bellefonte Read Clerk—Wm F. Smith, Ex Commissioner Geo Potter, then offe: which was approved chair appointed the tees of od Penn L. Goodhart, of ed the order of business , after which th following commit. rv Kesolulions—Dr F. K burg; W. H. Fry, Ferguson; L. Miles; A. Weber, Howard; Quistian, efonte; John D Rush; M. D. Kelley, Snow Shoe Credentials—Hammond Sechler, Belle. foute; Geo. W. Rumberger, Unionville ; J. W. Orr, Marion; D. J. Meyer, Centre Hall; W. A. Murray, Harris; George L. Goodhart, Potter; J. D. Mill White, Philips B. Frank, A. M« ong, o Bel ler, Walker. There being no contests the committee on credentials had no work to perform, while the committee on resolutions re. tired to the grand jury room aud began their deliberations. Nominations were next in order for president judge. J. C. Meyer, Esq, arose and prefaced his remarks by con. | gratulating the democracy upon the prospects of a triumph this year; he in. terpreted the signs of the times as in. dicative of a great change in sentiment ; the party was once more united ina | solid phalanx and would sweep on to | victory. In glowing terms he spoke of the spotless character, legal ability and | eminent fitness of his friend and associ. ate at the bar, Ellis L. Orvis, Esq., whom | he named for president judge. His con clusion aroused much enthusiasm. J. M Keichline, Esq , arose and in a few " well chosen words evoked more enthusi. majority of over 1500 in November brought down the house with wild ap. | plause. As there were no other candi. dates, the nomination was made by ac- clamation. The committee on resolutions, by their chairman, presented the following reso. lutions, which were adopted : First. We affirm our adherence fo, in, the principles of our party as taught by its forinders; and we congratulate the Democracy Centre county, ne well as of t} and nation, that npon those cardinal principles of Demoorati faith and their application to the vital, pressing questions of the day, we all stand united Necond, We commend that declaration President McKinley in his last public address, when he said that “A system which provides a mutual exchan of commoditios ix manifestly essential to the continual healthininess and growth of our export trade, We must not repose 0 fancied security that we can forever sell avery. thing and buy litle cr nothing. The period of excitusivences Is pac’. The expansion of our trade and commerce ia the pressing problem commercial wars are unprofitable; a policy of good will and friendly relations will prevent re. prisals,” While we recognize the right of capital in all legitimate lines of enterprise to combine for the fnorease of business, for the enhancement of i" enlarging productive capacity and by decreasing the cost of production, thus jessening the price to the constimer, yot when stich combi nation, in its purpose or effect, creates or tends to create s& monopoly of its Jirvdnetion; to re. strain trade; to stifle competition; to increase to the consumer, or to control the market the labor it employs, it violates the spirit of our Iaws, becomes inimical to vubiic welfare and and should be so lated, controlied or by law as to t the public inter le belleve that a majority of the unlawfu oe Mats Secrelaries—George R. Meek and Chas. | #08, by Dr @sm for Mr. Orvis; his prediction of a | and faith | of | of | are the direct and natur the excessive Republican tart? du lestroy competition, and inevitably binations for monopoly. To remedy wild be one of the first purposes of I'o such revision our party stat * in existenos } | i i | 1 | { feplore the continne rx inter % and expres Op that eration, and | lg K THE MUDDLE. The following pames were presented for assembly : John Noll, Bellefonte, by J. M. E#icWline, E«q.; Jacob Swires, Philipshgrg, by Sol. Schmidt of the same place, who referred to Mr. Swires’' suc- | cess in business; [. W. Kepler, of Fergu- F. KX. While, of Philipsburg. {John F. Potter, of Boggs township, an nounced that he bad retired from the coutest over a mouth ago, owing to ab. ASSEMBLY county, therefore his 10t be presented ade and the fir Before thi esnit was annound chair ordered : 11 call to garefu certain the number of delegates 1. Each de votes making a total of 17¢ the first present — answere egate cast two one-third of whole is sg number necessary to nominate on ballot. J. ¥. Kepler having received St was declared the first g After that each delegate cast vote, nominee, but one as only one vacancy re mained, in which case any pumber over 44 was a majority and would nominate. In taking the next ballot another compli- cation arose. A. W. Reese, of Worth, came instructed for Noll and Swires, and being allowed but one vote was in a quandary as to what be should do. The | chair suggested that he cast a half vote for each, and the tellers recorded it that | | way. The second ballot stood : John Noll ‘ue 48% Jacob Swires... 38)4 And Mr, Noll was declared the other | nominee for assembly. Sol. Schmidt, of | Philipsburg, gracefully ‘moved that it be | made unanimous and it went through with a hurrah. | For Prothonotary Hon W. A. Murray, of Boalsburg, made a strong appeal in behalf of Arthur B. Kimport, of Harris | township, setting forth his special fitness | | for the office; it was seconded by James | Swabb, of Linden Hall, J. M. Keich. line, Esq , seized the opportunity to score | | some good points in Mr, Kimport's be. | | half, and he evoked rounds of applause | by his eloquent and timely remarks. No | ' other names being offered Mr. Kimport | | was nominated by acclamation, Then D. Paul Fortney, of Bellefonte, | nominated W. G. Runkle, Esq., for dis trict attorney, which was seconded by | Mr. Keichline, and the nomination like. wise was made by acclamation, For county surveyor one ballot was necessary, as follows : J. H. Wetzel, Bellefonte..... 58 5. K. Emerick, Union....... 22 Dr, G. K. White offered the following resolutions, which were adopted : ResorLven, that N. HB Spangler, Edward Jones and W. G. Morrison be hereby elected the three congressional conferees to repre. sent the county of Centre at the Democratic Conference of the 2ist Congressional Distriet of Pennsylvania: and be it further Resonvep, that the sald three Centre soun- ty conferees be requested and instructed to vote for George Dimeling, + of Clearfield, as the Demoeratic candidate for ress in this Distriet, and use all honorable means to secure his nomination, H. 8. Taylor was chosen as county chairman for the ensulng year, All business being transacted there Continued on pags 4. ’ BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE o, 1904. ROBBER SHOT | AT JULIAN While in the act of Looting Store a THE WOUND NOT SERIOUS Confined in the County Jail—He was Armed but Never Offered Resist ance—Claims it was his First Of. fense—Was Alone. There was much excitement at Julian, B beyond Bellefonte, Thursday night, over a small station on the E. V. railroad the attempted robbery of the general store of J. Howard Turner, and the sub sequent shooting and capture of the rob- er A young man named Hoover, who was sitting up with Daniel Irvin pear the Turner store at 11 o'clock at night, saw the room, which a light moving about was something unusual. Slipping up to man inside bent Mr who were soon at the window, he saw He Turner and the clerk, a on robbery. hastily notified the store, the former with a shot gun. Taking a position where they could not be seen from the inside, the burglar was the stairs from the seen coming down second floor, with the lamp in his band Taking this as a guide to aim by, Mr. Turnper pulled the trigger and fired at the daring burglar through the window, fall time the light was al the same The brought neighbors to He was heard to and extinguished. firing o! the gun the scene and ere long, when it became known that a burglar was trapped and wounded in the store, the entire village was aroused. The men all armed them. selves with guns and revolvers and sur. rounded the building, waiting the break for liberty, case he was not too severely wounded, But the expected dash did not occur. At daylight next morning a picked squad of the led Constable Calvin Holt, entered the store room and found the robber lying on the floor. He bad been wounded in the eye and a small pool of blood was near his head. The ior robber to make a in Citizens, by | ball did not enter the brain, nether was his eve shot oul. It is therefore thought he was hit by the shot after it had struck and glanced from the scales. The fel. low was unconscious, but it is thought he was only feigning When searched ded revolvers were found on He two large} was brought i 10 0'¢ that stable Holt and Mr. in the county jail oCKk mornir y Con Turuer and placed He was taken before who committed him hearing be pleading He refused to t train left Julian for remarked to Tarner pretty poor marksman.” LATE NOTES. It is predicted that Judge Parker will receive the democratic nomination for president at St. Louis, on the third bal. 1 lot, It is practically settled that Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, will receive the nomination for vice president on the re. publican ticket by acclamation at Chi. cago. The war between Rockefeller and the | Pa. R, R. is announced as settled. —————— I —————— Farmers’ Institute. The County Board of Farmers’ Insti tuie Managers, will meet at the County Commissioners’ office on the third Tues- day of June 21st, at ten o'clock in the morning, to arrange for the place where | Institutes are to be held this season. All |of our people who desire Institutes, { will attend this meeting and present their claims. If you find that you cannot at- tend this meeting, address a letter with your request to Chairman of Board of In- stitute Managers. Joux A, WOODWARD, | Chairman, Howard, Pa. i ————— Double Tragedy. In Pittsburg on the 29 ult, shortly be- fore daylight Irvin Wise, a mechanical | evgineer, shot Katie Craff through the | heart, instantly killing her, and then | turned his revolver on himself, sending | another bullet into his own heart and ending his life almost instantly, A mes. sage found on a union card in Wise's pocket, reads: “My name is Irvin Wise. Notify my mother, Mrs. R. Wise, Lewisburg, Union county, Pa'” Wise was married and had one son, While assisting in switching freight cars at Mill Hall yesterday morning Conductor A.C. Kling, of the New York Central railroad, was knocked from the engine and seriously injured. He was leaning out 100 far as the locomotive passed over the iron bridge across Fish. ing Creek, and his head came in contact with the iron] framework, knocking him to the ground, | during the civil war, | torrent, MILITARY RECORD DISCOVERED. Ever since the death of the late Judge John H. Orvis at Bellefonte the historians of Greeg post have been at their wits end to discover some of While most of the veterans had personal knowledge of the judge record his service enlisted the three month's service and of record having in also knew that he rose to the rank a lieutenant, no one could ind any showing bimt have been connected wilh any bran service. A few days age tin was sitting | te house talking to was just a short time before day the soldier dead naturally as a topic of couversation and then that General Curtin expressed his re Eret at belog utterly had alt it vo official at a Qe Y stand how Orvis This remark that Mr. least recall Bible hs YEars 20 before, had said as “Frank, pass out unhonored, unmournes sung, for they have me on the rece John H. Davis.” Mr thought of it until that Curtiz Gen brought the e hope such littl The history and there, sure enough, was John H. Pavis, 20d serg ,C JOCK gent B leman later enlisted from Judge Orvis’ home It can be seen very ribipg clerks u mistaken $ for Da. In rake Wailchman SERRE N GRAMLEY-HAINES Wednesday evening a beautifu ceremony was performed at County Superintendent C. of Rebersburg, the contracting parties Almab E. and M. Clande Haines, of the same place As the familiar wedding march echoed through the home it was the signal for being their daughter | the appearance of the young couple who | the northwest underneath an arch took their positions corner of the parlor, in of white flowers from which were sus pended three ywer bells atlired in a love was gown and « we, of many handsome B ebersbarg, and is a promis. nd was the recipiant The groom is a son of Geo o n presents Haines, of ing school teacher; during vacations has managicrg Haines & market at that place been Bros. meat Wedding at Clintondale The home of Mr. C. M. Walker, Clintondale, was the scene pretty wedding Wednesday, June 1st, at of of a very five o'clock, when his daughter Mae was | united in marriage to Guy R. Swartz, of Bellefonte, The parior was tastily decorated with evergreens, palms and flowers. The dining room with rhododendron. The bride's table was simple and beautiful with a centre piece of maidenbair fern and pink carnations. Promptly at five o'clock the bridal pair entered the parlor to Lohengrin's wedding march played by the sister of the bride, Mrs. John Wolfe, of Jersey Shore Twenty-five guests were present. They will be at home in Bellefonte after June 10th Big Cloudburst in Lycoming Valley. Au enormous loss of crops and farms | is reported for 25 miles along the Lycom- { Ing valley from Ralston to Williamsport, | Whole farms and houses are reported to have been carried away, and landmarks blotted out. Lycoming creek is a raging Scores of families awoke from their sleep to find themselves carried away by the flood. An entire block of houses was carred from their founda. tions and landed in the middle of the street. Entire farms along the creek were swept clean of everything, Hun. dreds of sheep, cattle and pigs were swept down the stream and drowned, The storm causing all this damage was in the nature of a cloudburst, The gamey little sunfish is now pro. tected by law and can only be legally taken during the same open season as his kinsman, the black bass—-from June 15 to Febaunary 15, inclusive—and must be be caught only with rod, hook and line. OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Important Events From the Year 1847. A FAMOUS CIRCULAR HUNT Covered an Area of Six Miles— Proved a Failure from Mismanagement Democratic’ Convention-—Califor- Po tt Lie nia Fever r Failure Lewistown for ames K. K eG ales senator v3 f Hecla ; W. H, Levy, Haves, of Spring ills; James M. Duncan, Esq., and Dr, Andrew Kelley, Robert Beck Beliefoute ; john 8 brother of James K. March 10th, Robert Penningron’s barn in Potter township was i tle, wheat, The fire was ac Hriltal: Ha Cas Esq Smith per Peters, Jan : Alexand Samuel®Harris, B. Shipley, I and Thomas J. Geary as vic read and ad. dresses made by Rev. John A. Gere, Rev. C. Jeffries, and John B. Meek, Esq. Be. tween four and five hundred persons sat presidents. The Declaration was | by Samuel Baker, of Howard, down to a picnic dinner prepared by the | people of the town and surrounding country, The Democratic county meeting was | held August 29h, Hon. George Boal pre siding; vice-presidents, Adam Sunday, | Maj. John Neff, and Thomas Mayes; | William Furey and W. L. Musser, secre. |tarfes. Dr. Samuel Strohecker was nominated for senator, John B, Meek re. | nominated for the Legislature ; William Furey for treasurer, and David Jack for commissioner, by a convention held the same day. of which Dr. J. D. Canfield, of Walker, was president; George Jack, | secretary. The Whig nominees | for senator, A. G. Curtin | Assembly, Thomas Hutchinson; Commissioner, Peter Wilson; Treasurer, William Harris. were, | David Jack, candidate for county com. | missioner, died September 25th, aged forty-five, and Samuel Hess was nomina. | ted, October 2d, in his place. William F. Packer was nominated by the con- In October John A. canal commissioner, had Henry M. Faller, ! ferees for senator, { Gamble, for | 2093 votes ; Curtin, 1512, November 22d, a meeting was ‘held at Unionville, and arrangements made for cember. The area embraced was six Eagle Creek, extending from Unionjand Boggs township line to Adams’ Mill; the second to extend from Union and Boggs line six miles into the mountains; the third line to square with the second line back of the Allegheny, parallel with the Bald Bagle line; the fourth line resting on the Turner farm, extending from the Bald Eagle six miles to the third jor back line, George Weaver was appointed captain of the first line, Dr. James Irwin Continued on page ¢ 1382. | | Packer had, for senator, 1904; A. G. | YOL. 26. XO. 23. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Selected and Original The doctor prefers practice to theory, A sunny disposition seldom goes with a hot temper. Goes against the The fellow who drinks rye, su’'t a marker po ties {fo 2a woman in If all prayers were answer people would « It’s the ma: is always on With know a wedding | men by Cro May 29 ye ceremonies, of Lewisburg dedication and on dedi. cation Sanday, was §igs0. The build- ing committee was alive to its duties and was composed of the following : Samuel Harter, Andrew Zettle, |. P. Heckman, John McCool, John Wm. previous to the Wagoer i . wy fa It rT 8 its never failing — ACADEMY NOTES. will be added to the faculty of the Academy for the com- ing vear, making a corps of tweive in- structors for that progressive institution. L.. B. Hindman, has been conduct. ing iv an interesting manner the Bible study in the boarding department dur. ing the past year, will deliver a serics of lectures on Bible history and Bible truth to the entire school. These lectures occupy one period of every Wednesday afternoon. Miss Rebecca Lyon, a pupil of Profes. sor Philip Schawvenka, of Berlin, Ger many, the celebrated Polish composer and teacher, and a student under the leading artists of America, will establish a department in music. She em- ploy the Mason system of technique in general, and for very young pupils will adopt the kindergarten method. The music room at the Academy, which has been fitted up so attractively this year and equipped with a new plano, will be Miss Lyon's studio. The Academy 1s to be congratulated for laving a needed stress on Bible study and offering to the tows rare musical ad. vantages, ton ~h ‘Cachers Two extra will will ——— Posing for Lewd Photographs. Kate Confer of Youngsdale and Carrie | Wagner of Bellefonte, who have been | residing in Williamsport for some time, | says the Sun, were arrested Thursday a grand circular hunt on the 7th of De. evening on the charge of posing for im. | moral pictures which Frank Wright was miles, the first line resting ‘on Bald | selling throughoot Lycoming and adjoin. ing counties. Friday morning they were taken before Alderman Batile, where they pleaded guilty to the charge and in default of bail were sent to jail for trial at court. Wright was also arrested Thursday evening on a warrant from Sunbury. He was taken to that place, where he waived a hearing and gave bail for court, ~Good dress shoes for men, $150. Yeager & Davis,
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