2 % : he Centre 4 Circulation 0 1800. : gid JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER Democratic Nominee for (Turn to page 8 for Parker and of New York President Davis ominated A Reunited Party Wild with Enthusiasm at St. Louis—Great- est Conventign in the History of Democracy—After a Fierce Struggle of Days and Nights 2 Adopted and a Winning Ticket Named—Brmyan is al | had defended him Strong Platform is Great Fighter and Proves a Loyal Democrat. In the past six months there was a time when anyone could foretell the action of the Democratic Convention in regard to platform or selecting a nominee for Presi dent. Divided on the money question, no compromise seemed possible or satis. factory. The East was pitted against the West Hill agaiust Bryan, The first clash came in the fight over the contest. ed seats in the Illinois delegation. Bryan lead the attack, and after some fierce as saults was badly worsted. He was pro nounced a ‘political corpse’ and such like-his death knell was sounded. Next came the fight in the Committee on Reso. lutions lasting for a day and a aight, Bryan startled the country by knocking out Hill's gold plank by a large majority, 35 to 15. Hill though managed to choke out the income tax plank from the plat. form and the convention had to accept the compromise, which left the party silent on the money question, Next came the nomination for Presi. dent. Rryan took the occasion to make a strong speech in the convention defin. ing his position and replying to the many criticisms of his course. This supposed “political corpse’ swayed the audience by his matchless oratory as none other could, It demonstrated that he had an never National its framing a | | the immense following that entitled him to y adopted, page 9. { han 1 y OF ‘Ro respect and consideration which he Parker but to his candi. received. was nominated, the great fault attributed dacy was | which disheartened many, as the plat. form was silent on the money question. This condition augured sure defeat November, A THUNDERBOLT Next came the report that Parker, by | a telegram, threatened to resign if the | gold plank was not restored to the plat. form. A panic ensued. The papers in St. Louis garbled the telegram and Park- er was bitterly denounced as a “clam,” & “dictator,” by the leaders, many of whom took Parker badges (rom their coats and threatened to name another in: stead. The convention hastily came to a recess, until the leaders conld consult, Pandemonitm prevailed, leaders like Senator Hill and Tillman were worsted ~it was a political panic, Judge Parker's message read as follows : “I regard the gold standard as firmly roi vu spear hd accor ac conven. tion ad roti the people. As the Platform us silent { my views be made known " in | greatest is sten tiouai issues, | 5 sence on national issues, dead. | some hours before, and without disturb- {ing his wife, proceeded to the cellar, in | foot of the steps with a | | where at the BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY. JULY 14, 1904. It was frank, consistent and courage- | ous—at the same time right and the con- vention authorized the following reply | which bridged over the gap in the plat. form : “The platform adopted by this conven- | tiom is silent on the question of the mone | tary standard, because it is not regarded | by us as a possible issue in this campaign | and only campaign issucs were mentioned {in the platform. | thing in the views expressed by you in the 4d | telegram just received u hich preclude a / man enleviaining them [rom accep ing a nowmindion on said platform.’ That act practically satisfactorily put an end to further strife over the money At Parker question. the same time it proved { that Judge: he would refuse a nomination for the Presi Was a gieailcr man than nad been represented He dency, rather than sacnifice a priucipie 1 tity his conscience iL Was cour. It ageous—heroic. It stamped him as an idea! man-—a hOtling represeptalive of the True Democracy. When the convention heard the core | rect telegram they began to appreciate | that a leader had been found. The en- tire country applauded, irrespective of { party. This act solved the money issue, | solidified the party and named a man | who promises to lead the party to cer- tain victory. on CONVENTION REPORT. { Owing to the importance of the recent | | Democratic National Convention, at St. Louis, last week, we devote a large amount of space in this issue to the same, aud for that reason our Historica! Re- is eliminated and other features While the view condensed many of our patrons have followed proceedings of the convention in the daily papers, a greater number throughout the country depend on their weekly paper for the same —— KILLING OF HARRY SHOFI Head Was Crushed Altercation Shofl iis in During an Harry M Morrisdale, was killedduring an alterca- Big, ore nerly tion ou the night of July the Fourth at Irvona. It scems that during theday a joung mee pamed Rowmey Lose! bad gotten into some trouble, and Mr. Shoff At a late hour in the night Shoff stopped at a tough joint where Lovmeir and another young man were known Ww be to collect his fees Shofl was looked upon more as an in simply there to Iu the scuille Shoff wassiruck back of the head, presumably with a rock, and killed, although Loy- meir insists that be hit and bad no thought of kiil lLoymeir gave bimse.f uj p at once, anda {ae Cus passed through Philipsburg in tody of an officer en route to Clearheld jail. We learn be expresses the deepest regret over the affair; says he was drink. ing and not comscious of what he was doing, but 1s willing to "“take the med: cine'’ that penaity for the crime Shoff was aged about 31 married. He bad studied Thos. H; Murray and Judge Smith, Took His Own Life. When Mrs, David 8. Schirm, of Ty- may be administered as a Years, un law unuder rone, awoke Tuesday morning 5, failing {to discover her husband in the upper { part of the house, went to the cellar, | where she was horrified to see him lying on the cellar floor with blood on the steps | leading to the cellar and on the floor, which revealed to her that a tragedy bad occurred. She hurridly went to the street and called a neighbor, who ac. companied her back to the basement of the house only fear, that Schirm to confirm the wife's her evidently arose hashand was et 1 razor he cut a great gash in his throat, severing the windpipe aud jugular vein, -Herald, Woodman's Neck Broken, Wilmer Long, employed on a log job of the Laurelton, Lumber company near Laurelton was instantly killed on Thurs. day, June 29, by being struck by a log that came rushiog down the side of the mountatn, High above them was a log which was lying on the mountain side, and which had been there in the same position for two or three days previous, Suddenly it started and came crashing endwise down the mountain, like an arrow from a bow, and before the men could get out of the way it struck young Long, breaking his néck and back and killing him almost instantly. The un. fortunate man was aged about 25 years, The Hatch Adams Carnival company in their own train of sixteen cars will ar. tive in Tyrone Sunday, July the 17th, The company consists of 246 people, Therifore there is no- | MONUMENT AWARDED The Contract was Wednesday Signed on FINISHED BY SEPTEMBER 1903 When the Dedication will take place Of Barree Marble and Bronze Contains Staiue of Curtin and Names of 3000 Soldiers On Tuesday and Wedne mittee in charge of the sold for held meeting Centre county The approved ment WAS statue of the late } Was marble Governor, height balustrades of mar panels on which will be names of over 3000 Centre counly soi- diers and the engagements in wh participated. There will | propriate figures, cost £33000. The laid next spring and it will be completed the It will be lo- ich they we other ap- The monument will foundations will by September 19035 when dedicatory exercises will take place the Court i cated in front of House, di- rectly back of the fountain on the lawn with the edges up to the present side walks A more €xier Reunion them two fine rocking delightful occasion. WAR NEWS i ave Leen eo i a rumor and is discredited fore Iu the upper part of th two armies are in clsive engagement | Boy Builds a Big House A two story house ing built a Martinvilie, der is the thing in connection with th The ce and at present he withao at York County youthful builds being done by him and the wall is engaged in putting up the supe ture, and from all will be a venience erected, rstruc. the house and con. the indications mode! of neatness The ground himself nh oe AF boy bought - Bellefonte Central R. R. Co On and after Monday, v 15th, the Bellefonte Central R. R. Co. will vn three Ju reduce the train service {1 to two trains each way, a mi. and 1:45 § State College 5 arriving Bellefonte 5:20 a. m p.m leaving Bellefonte at 6.3% m. Returning leave oa. m, and 4:45 p. m.; and 6 ———— ~Metchant Al. Wieland, of Nordmont, Pa., was io town on Monday, accom. panied by his sister Miss Winfred, of Linden Hall, and were guests at the editor's home, Mr. Wieland was a vic. tim of typhoid fever which kept him in | [bed for five long weeks. He is spending several weeks at the Wieland homestead, pear Linden Hall, recuperating his health, ~Tuesday evening Supt. Thomas ran the first special train to Hunter's Park where the Coleville band gave a concert at the pavilion. Owing to the threaten: ing weather many stayed away. Dar ing the remainder of the summer their concerts will be given every Tuesday evening. The boys of the National Guard of our state will be pleased to learn that of the $1,000,000 appropriated by Congress for sew arms and equipments for the organ. ized militia, $670,000 comes to Pennsyl. vania, OVER 600 DROWNED er 600 Danish and Norwegian er £) grauts bound for New York are believed to have been d:iowned it Out of 7f SOUS board the anti ou Danish stenmer Norge hich left Cop enhagen June 22, only + kuown to be alive The Norge saupk struck on the islet isolated peak raise Atlantic reef some coast of th Three other 1 faid to have got away from the the s Siw } ndvred ond «iX Qunareq anda lwenly had more appallin e gave hands on deck; bh “The twenly minutes Urry Or you m Norge was afloat after stnkiog WHOLE FAMILY DROWNEI A telegram was received at H aunnoun fact that wife and four children were among the missing passengers who were aboard the steamship Norge T fil-fated he family Houtzdale home about a mouth Pomona grange, wil at Agar's park, Mili Hal Tuesday, Aagoast 2, 1904 will doubtless eclips near s OU previoas dem. on ever he names town Uak Grove road people have named the s aud the postofhce is known Oak Kill Them in Time We the nce of the publish following as an in danger ! dogs to roan our streets: st in allow ug ‘Oa Tuesday Marguarite, the 13 year old daughter of Dr. P. A Smith, of Mad isonburg, was badly bitten by a bull dog It attacked the child while she was pls ing in froot of her home, biting and fright fully lacerating the flesh of the ri below the knee. Dr. G, 8 Milibeim, was called to dress the which required nine stitches is to kill them, At The proper thing to do harm their best, bull dogs are of little use dead dogs never children - —— Boy Killed Big Snake A nine-year-old boy of Tyler, Clear. field county, killed a big rattlesnake a few days ago in a peculiar manner, The iad was almost stepping on the reptile, which was coiled ou the pathand ready to strike before hie heard or saw it. stead of retreating the boy quickly and | coolly placed his foot upon the snake's | neck, pinioning it down antil he reached | a stone with which he broke its back. The snake yielded nine rattles and was a tine specimen, Needs $60,000 to Repair Dam. It will cost fully $60,000 to repair the breaks in the Sunbury dam. Over 14% feet of the dam was broken by the ice, and the river has fallen so low that the boats cannot be run, This was one of the finest bodies of water in the state, Rven the scissors sharpener must oc. casionally feel as though be would like to get away from the daily grind. VOL. 26. ——————— NO, 25, FACT, FUN AND FAKCY Sparkling Paragraph§= Select ed and Originated ANCE ¢ gtese i iL SlOpL women some others Tr ana The turning point in a man’s life is sometimes when he has an axe to grind. Many a discovers that his opponent has a walks candidate who runs for office over. — - AT THE FAIR. St. louis, Mo , June ! DEMOCRAT : all the arrangements World's Pair i morning of Jt to meet the trials and vexations # n making preparations to ge : ; BL Kings of GisDAaraging news would be brought 10 our ears, such . | as exceamive Charges dor evervibing, for This picnic | boarding, lodging, high prices for any- thing you wish to buy outside of the Fair the Our experience bas been i i {, you Can gel a good, piain Tair gr from twenty- a great meas. yauces 10 counts part of t ce, when com- ing to the ci . five cent ticket on the Mo ¢. R.R toMaplewood and for another quarter of a dollar you have your baggage brought to the house. Per- wish to bave a home here while at the Fair can address a postal to A.J]. Wolfe, 3306 Oxford Ave Persons in our party Miss Hva Moyer, Rebecca Mover, H Bruce Mover, Centre Hall; Sarah Mover Boone, Boone. ville; Gertr Welland, Linden Hall; Miss Anna Smith, Smithtown, and Mrs Corman sons wk ude A. N MRrs SAN Gris WALTER —died at the home of ber danghter, Mrs. Aikens, near Milesburg, Mouday morn. ing, July 11th. She sarvived by two brothers, John and Adam, both of Kan- sas; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Nestierode, of Madisonburg; Mrs. Wm, B. Shaffer, of Zion; and Mrs. Dena Hockman, of Hartleton; one son, W. Scott Walter, of Milesburg: three daughters Mrs. J. CORMAN. —— “t is in. | Alkens, Milesburg: Mrs, H. W. Stove, Germantown; 20d Mrs, Mary Walker, Yamell. loterment Wednegday fore: | moon. The chairman of the executive com. mittee for the Williams reunion requests a meeting of all the heads of the families of the clan, at Sugar Grove, on Saturday July 16, at 5:30. The object of the meet. ing is to arrange for the next reunion, as to time, place, and other matters of general interest, It is hoped that there will be a large represestation, and that the interest manifested heretofore will not wane, and that the next reunion will be farther reaching, larger and bet- ter than any of the previous ones. The members of the executive committee in particular, are requested to attend.
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