The Patton courier. (Patton, Cambria Co., Pa.) 1893-1936, September 29, 1898, Image 8

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    TH
E PATTON COURIER SEPTEMBER 12, 188
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A JOINT DEBATE
Ho Decline to Meet Moet Chairman Elkin
on the Platform.
ASO
| 0OL. STONE ANSWERS SWALLOW.
-
| He Points Ont What Should Occnr to
Any Sensible Man, That the Charges
Proposed For Debate Charge Crimes
and Misdemeanors Under the Laws
of the Commonwealth, and That the
Proper Place to Deal With Them Is
thelCriminal Court, Where It Is
Swallow's Duty to Present Them.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Sept. 2% The two sig-
{ pificant svents of the week, politically,
aside from the satisfactory consumma-
tion of the Republican barmony pro
{gram In Philadelphia upon the lines
predicted some weeks ago in this cor-
respondence, were John Wanamaker's
avoidance of a joint debate with Btate
Chairman Eikin in Media on Saturday
| and Colonel! Stone's crushing rejoinder
to Swallow,
| The crank candidate for governor is-
| sued & public challenge to the Repub-
{ Hean candidate to hold several de-
| bates with him on a carefully prepared
list of charges In the main they are
| the same old charges which he pub-
{fished in his newspuper last winter,
i for which publication he was convicted
| of criminal Hibei and is now awaiting
| pentence.
He was then unable to produce any
{evidence in support of them, even
enough te scqguit him of malicious in-
tent in publishing them, and Colonel
‘Stone promptly turned his letter over
fan the district atiornev of Dauphin
pounty, properly holding that if the
charges were trues the only offect of a
‘ public debate, with an exhibition of
the testimony. would be to give warn-
ing to the defendants in advance of ar:
| rest and enulie them 10 €sCADe Jusk-
tice. Following is Colonel Btone's jets
‘ter;
Philadelphia, Sept. 23
Hey, 8. OC. Bwaliow.
My Dear Bip: My attention has been
cating to a published Ietler datsd Bept
21 and addressed to me in which you
‘challenge joint discussion upon what
Dyou claim to be the issues in thie cam
.paign. I am not surprised that you
have omitted prohibition as An issye,
but 1 am surprised that the Prohibition
{party which nominated you upon that
fesne should wo soon forget the pure
| pomes and objects of their organiza-
i {tion and follow you in a crusade which
| entirely ignores prohibition. You chal:
lenge me to discuss 12 declarations, or
i charges upon the atump. All of your
12 declarations charge crimes and mis-
demeancors which may be seversiy pun-
jehed under the laws of the state
i You do not name the offenders nor
{the time when ihese crimes and mis
dsmeancrs were committed, but claim
{to have evidence to substantiate them.
em
{1 have no such knowledge, except your :
‘unsupported statements which you
{ have heretofore made, but have been
{unable to suRtaln in the courte
| you have such Rnowledge of crimes
committed, snd have such evidence, it
i» your duty. not only as a good citizen,
but as a Christian minister, to lay
i the evidence before the grand jury of
The witnesses which you
| your county.
| propose to call in Joint debate will be
| sufficient to obtain an
| telligent audience of the truth of your
{charges
That is the proper tribunal to hear
‘and determine the truth of these
i charges, and that is the proper courses
under.
taking on the stump to prejudice the
| people against candidates whom you
i for you to parses, instead of
. do not charge with commiting the
: have, therefore,
I peter your letier to the district alinrney
of Dauphin county where you reside,
for such action ms he may take in
‘the matter, assuring you that if I am
elected governor of Pennsylvania 1
will hearOly fo-operate in all cases to
bring guilty parties to justice and
punish all crimes against the state,
Truly your,
WILLIAM A STONE
The care with which Mr. Wanamaker
Cgvoids poblle dross examination upon
the reckless assertions he has heen
making since he miesed the United
Biates menatorship and the guberna-
torial nomination is succinctly set forth
An the following report of the commit.
tee which sought to arrange a joint de
tate on Saturday:
CWititam 1. Mathues Esq, Chairman
Republican Executive Committee of
Delaware County, Media, Pa
Dear Bir: Al & meeting of your exec.
Cwtive committer, Reid In the Court
house, Media, on the evening of the
Fist inst. the following resoliglion was
unanimously adopted.
“Whereas, It has come 10 the know.
fedge of this committer that an inde.
pendent meeting has been advertised
tu take place at the courthouse, Media,
Pa. on Baturday evening. Sept 4 at
which the Hon. John Wanamaker has
! peen invited to speak and discuss the
{ fspues of the campaign. and
“Whereas, There are questions at §s-
sue in this campaign in which all are
' tnterested; therefore be it
“Resolved, That the chairman ap-
a point 8 committer of three (Ih to confer
| with the committer in charge of said
| meeting, and also with the Hon John
| Wanamaker and the Hon John P El.
| kin, chairman of the Republican state
| committee, and arrange. if possible, to
{ have both gentlemen appear at said
| meeting and discuss the issues of the
. campalgn in a joint debate in order
| that the people may have an. oppor-
| tunity of hearing both sides”
The undersigned were appointed in
| pursuance of the above resolution as a
committee to walt upon Mr. Wana-
maker and Mr. Elkin and arrange for
the joint discussion at the time stated.
On Thursday morning, the 324 inst,
i your committee went to the city of
Philadelphia and called at the office of
Mr. Wanamaker. He was absent and
It
indictment if
| they are sufficient to convince an in- a diamond dust for cutting
“Tia was reported that we could Bot See
him until Friday morning. On Friday
morning, at 10 o'clock, we again
‘called on Mr. Wanamaker at his of-
fice. We found him in and made
known to him the winhes of the Ree |
. publicans of Delaware county in the |
‘matter of havine= a joint discussion. |
He then asked if the state chairman |
was willing We informed him we |
wold see, We immediately went over |
to the Republican headquarters and |
found the chairman at his desk. We |
made known to him our desire that he |
would meet Mr Wanamaker in joint
discussion at the courthouse in Media
ax per the resolution He promptly ac-
copted the invitation and addressed
the following letter to your committee:
Gentlemen | am in redsipt of your |
invitation to mest the Hon John Wan. |
amaker in joint discussion of the pos |
fitical issnes of the present campaign at |
the courthouse in Media on Saturday
evening the 24th of Reptember 1 here.
by accept the invitation [It would af
ford me much pleasures to meel Mr.
Wanumaker at that time or any other
time during the present campaign to res
fute the charges that Be haw been mak:
ing against the Republican party of
this state Very reapecifully yours
JOHN P. ELKIN, Chairman,
Your cammittss then reported the ac-
ceptance of Chairman Fikin to Mr
Wanamaker af the office of the latter
Mr Wanamaker repited that he would
not enter into a discussion of this kind |
unless the
having in charge the mass mesting st |
Media so directed We then called up |
by ‘phone Captain Albert Magnin, of
Darby. who was the committees ap-
pointed to make arrangernents for the
Wanamaker mesting When told that
Chsirman Elkin had accepted the in.
vitation to enter into the joint discus. |
gion with Mr Wanamaker and that Mr,
Wanamaker referred the matller to
hime. Captain Magnin refused to make
arrangements for the joint discussion
on the grounds that he bad no author. |
Hy to do =o
We have labored faithfully to carry
aut the instructions of your commit.
tee and arrange for a joint discussion
of the issues involved between the par
ties above mentioned It in due to Rtate
Chairman Fikin to say that from the
first he expressed a hearty willingness |
1a meet Mr Wanamaker and discos |
the Wanamaker mesting at Madina as
wall a2 Mr Wanamaker himself show.
a4 a disposition to evade (he respansi-
hitity of a joint discussion at that time
All of which is respectfully submits
ted
Committees -Johin lL. Hawthorne chair
man. Edward 8 Higkman, Charles M
Wagner,
Harder Than Diamonds,
When boron is made to act upon ean
bon under the heat of the electiic for-
pace, two bodies are formed, one of
them stable, the other attackable hy s
mixture of pot chlorate and acetie |
acid. The first of these hus the formula’
Bo C. M. M Mailman, in La Nature,
says is ia obtained by the direct union
of boron with carbon in the electric fur
pace and in other ways which are indi
Boride of carbon belangs to the sane
class of compounds as silicide of carbon
toarbide of silicon; Like the latter, it
great stability and great hard-
rommitiee of hin friends |
i
pest. It cocurs fn brilliant black crys
tals, baving the density of 2.5) Heated
to 1,000 degrees C in oxygen gas, it
burns slowly and with more difienity
than the diamand, yielding carbamic
scid and a Diack residue comted with
melted borscic acid. The most curious
baride of carbon. The latter is very
friable It can be pounded fine ina
mates, the mixed with ofl and osed
The hardness of this boride is appar
we landed we had
‘4s the first example of a definite sud-
ge capable of cutting the diamond.
The compound therefore is harder than
crimes or with knowledge of thems. | @hllellle of carbon —Povolar Science
taken the Hberty to
The Gove an Played In Aliries
It ean hardly be too often repented
thas the Jameson raid und the Jhon
pesturg rising are merely ined nie
the ame which haa een played lor
years snd is still playing tween My
Rhodes as the representative of Erich
hegemony and President Krug: aa
representative of Duteh and aliomatoly,
thoogh pot willingly, of German |
nave a good deal of admiration fos Pres
ident Kruger as a strong man in a dif
fieult place and highly the
Boers ax a rosolate and harey race, bat
President Kroger s government is intel
erable, and if be were to win we should
Jose the headship of Sonth Africa There
in a great deal of talk now atout getting
at the guilty person behind Jameson's
ewfew YO
raid and Jobhaupesharg's revolt. This is
aesminedd to be Mr Hhodes—a shots
sighted Gssumption.
Behind the reform
merely foged an ally in Mr
born the formidable fire cane of the
disturbances tn the Transvaal the us
gaily figure of the old os per dirta
tor. Give Lim all praise (00 diplomacy
onuragy, tenacity and a certain diple
matic magnanimity, bat repember thas
the oppression and corruption of bis gov
ernment, de | 10 relnonstrance Or warn
ing, is the rl cause of the trouble, and
that the gu ft for the bliod spilles at
Krugersdorp, 23 for the suichdes in
tronk at Pretoria, rests on the unmvelopt.
ing, though soneewhat enetucns, sulo
rrat of the Transvaal — Fortnightly
View.
Cutariitien, who
Rboddes,
Tie
Half a Loaf.
The Northern Amerionn Torperbund,
which recentiy met at Loulsvilie, hae
“woman question’ Jt wus recom
mended by the committic thas women
be permitted to take part in the big car
pival at 5t. Louis next year, which was
carried, bu* they were dented admit-
tance into the convention by a vote of
215 to 147.
@ + the Pou Mized.
“Yes, sir,’ said the fat stranges,
the pen is mightier than the sword.’
“From Chicago, ain't you?’ &8
i
{| Jepisiatur:
i Horton
for Mi:
; tarniag
| design in the form of a man’s face
| is ratber grotesque in appearance, and
| this effect is heightened by the fact that
| the water comes gushing forth from the
mouth of the stone figure.
| men, evidently the proprietors of laun
nv AS 0 rN A AAS 1 WS
Gn vearoN, Nov. 4.—The Galveston |
News roveades the election of ©
&i0 ow. osliotors alse election of
hers, silver Demoarat, for governor.
se
Th» Revult in New York,
New Yorg, Nov 4 New York has |
gone Bepublican 20000. New Yor
Youas Guus Paz Brvum. =
an |
1-
Ceity went Resublican by 20,000. rk
i* Revablican
i¥ivd
MiB eny,
After He Voted
N Y.. Now 4 Charles
y wasitithy and aged resident of
went to the polis and voted
iviniew He fell dead on his re
ine,
BE
this «
LE antaeiumetie Banker Dear).
Asrsprry, Maw, Nov 4 William
{+ Fw» of the big Ellis Car com
&1 uremident of the Amesbury
Bride
ny
: Rrconal bani, ws dead. aged 54 years.
A Good Squirter,
One of the public drinking places
erected by the Philadelphia Fountain
society is embellished by a rather unique
Is
Two China
| dries, stopped! in front of the fountain
| and seemed deeply interested in It
{ They cooked their funny little heads to
one side, gamed at the spectacle from
| every possibly point of view, and after
. & moment of contemplative silence pro-
ceeded to paws critical judgment upon
it “Him wsquirtes belly good,” said
one. “Yea,'' replied the other. ‘Me
likes havee him ail alonges my laun-
diy. ""— Philadelphia Record.
Pardoned.
Some sentences of conrt martial were
presented to the youthful Queen Vie
toria for signatore. One wan of death
for desertion.
“Have you nothing to say on behaif
of this man?’ asked the queen.
‘Nothing, madam. He has deserted
three times, '' said the official
“Think again, my Jord,” mid the
queen. Wherenpon the gallant soldier
repliad:
“He is certainly a very bad soldier,
your majesty, bot he may be a gon
wan for all 1 know to the contrary.
“Thank you,’ ssid ber majesty and
wrote *' Pardoved’” on the paper
The smallest book in the world Is 4
Kaonverentions Lexikon, published in
Berlin and prepared by Daniel Sanders
The volume occupies the space of only
six cubic cantimeters—0 386 cube neh
eh it ia claimed to oon
175,000 words The book must 4 a
throogh a microscope especiall
pared for it
CRITICAL TIME
the Battle
ago.
AE Ae
Jre.
During of Santi
SICK OR WELL, A RUSH
NIGHT AND DAY.
- Packers at the Battle of Santiago
ae Cabs. were all Heroes Their
Harnde Fifforts in Getting Ammani-
tion and Ratioas to the Front Saved :
the Day. :
Fe Butler, «f pack-train, No 8
writing from Santiago, ie Cubs, on
July 26d, says: We all had diarrhoea
in more ordoss violent form, sad when
tinw to see A
doctor, for it was a case of rash and
rush night and day to keep the troops
supplied with ammunition and rations
but thanks to Chamberlain's Uolie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Hemedy, we
were able to keep at work and ep
our health; in Gwe, 1 sincerely
that at one eritical time this eondicine
was the indirect saviour of our army,
for ir the packers had been unable lo
work there would have been no way of
There
train cogld
"ney
belie
getting supplies to the front
were no roads that 3 wagon
ae, comrade and myself had the
oF
Aly
good fortune to lay In a supply of this
medicine for our pack-train befors we
eft Tampa, and | know in four
absolotely saved life”
The above letier was writ to Lhe
of medicine, the
Chamberiain Medivine Co, Des Moines,
Iowa. For sale by Patton Pharmacy,
Ww. Hodgkins.
sen bf
fan
manafartorm thin
To Atweeiineors
wha wish
Eos
54d
Hereafter ail patrogs
display advertisement in
COURIER,
wl now ranaing, must Dw
copy in not later than Tuesday at
o'clock p.m. of each week. If handed
in later than that time it will bave to
be held over till the next week. All
well regulated newspapers must have
a specified time in which to
such business; if not, the paper LY
lable to he sued several boars be
Gx B% og pu
TREE SRE
ar who wish
%
a.
receive
hind time amd then the subsenibers ®, 3 buy
would have good reason to complain.
Try to get copy in early.
Parran Pus Ua
The bottom of the Pacifle between
Hawaii and California is said to be so
level that a railroad could be laid for
500 miles without grading anywhere
This fact was discovered by the United
States surveying vessel engaged in’
making soundings with a view of,
laying » cable.
Nearly all the gold coin in ci ircula- |
| tion in the Sandwich islands is of United |
| States mintage. i
BR Ap Berm SAY BR A SRN
Ripans Tabules cure indigestion.
Ripans Tabules cure flatulence,
Ripans Tabules: pleasant Iagative
|
CHEST SPRINGS FOUNDRY. --
x Hastings Furniture
"=| & Undertaking Co.
UNDERTAKERS,
EMBALMERS,
FUNERAL DIRECTORS,
ETC,
|All calls promptly attended to.
{Office in Cornelius building,
next to Commercial ho-
tel, Patton Pa., and Spen-
cer building, Hastings,
Pa. Also office in Spiece
building, Barnesboro.
HC. EASLY,
va are Drapared to do all kinds of
Casting. Mchinery, iron ketlies, sto
| stove repairs, plow points, plow re
paird. Our charges are reasonable.
(Hd otal taken in exchaage $r pew wisk. |
£2 0yr CHEST SPRINGS, PA i
R. FE. Notley,
~ Dealer in
Wines, Liquors,
Beer, Etc.
D. Lutz & Son's Beer a
Specialt yy,
Our Bottled Beer and Porter for
family nse cannot be excelled. Prices
are reasonable
FLASKS, CORKS, JUGS, ETC. |
H ASTINGS, PA;|
Hs
Cinderella oe bt Range
It is a Great
Comfort —-aglin-
TO A TIDY HOUSERFEPER TO
HAVE A GOOG STOVE
® THE ©
Te crtarcf it ut peeict het Moves,
for howsehold ase, Te Te
market All the latest and best i
incorporated into its
ol
>
§ feature to durabijity,
: HE Aaah | snd economy bas been weil planned snd
Can bo asa or Double Heater’
: developed.
.
? >
\ All the Good ate Hons of the Errors!
Produces the Greatvst Heat
From the Least Fuel mm
— EnAMINE ‘THE CINDERELLA BEFORE YOU BUY mm
For
The cold alr is dravn Som the foer, and
discharged throoph the sides and top,
thoroughly bested. This method of
circianion
{ PRrReEVENTS CoLDp FLOORS
# And establishes that much desived oni.
fora temperature in all parts of the room.
Will Buen Any Kind of Coal!
with Ke Fire Tw Nowrs !
.
a”
ale by :
i E. Kirk
Have vou been to see fine line of
Dry Goods
Good's store? We have them.
At GS,
Moderate Prices
Are what most people
look for nowadays. [If you want GOOD
value come to us and get it.
IT'S PRACTICAL ECONOMY
Groceries it this store. Qualities are not sacri-
ficed to price, and yet prices are never high. We get
the best things and sell them as close to cost as we can.
Geo S. Good, cas