Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-08
BY proclamation of Presi,3ept
cleveland. Utah was admitted q .
State in the Uuion last Saturday

by proclamation of Presi5spt
Cleveland, Utah was admitted :. !.
STATE IN the Uuion last Saturday.
Mas. GaAr. mother Of Mrs A. K.
Mcclure: died at Yeagertown at Al
sdvancsd age on Sunday mornise.
Ars. Gray was . Juniata county vo.
man. but only the older people have
spersonal recollection Of her.
Tan Central Hotel and The Strait
Building in Altoona, were destroyed
BY IRE that started in the bsse
nent OF the hotel on Sunday morn.
ing about 4 o'clock. Loss Si30. 600.
Insurance $4,000. Ono fireman
was killed by wall falling on him,
ana . number OF othsrs were injured.
IT is perfectly stunning how the
cleveland Administration manages
analrs. For example, when it gave
the 100000, 900 loan to . set Of
bankers, their profit in handlipe the
loan was SIC, ,OO0. 900. II the Presi.
dent gets out a 5000, ,O0O, 900 loan a.
1t il said he contemplated At the same
favorable rates to his friends. that
will mako 10000, 900. Such man.
agsment is almost enough to make
the nation wild.
PHEsIDESr CLrrELAxD's policy has
resulted in another issue of bonds 10
the amount of one hundred million
dollars. II be should be re-nominat.
Cd and reelected and keep on bor.
rowing ~ he has been doing, he
would bankrupt the nation. He is
very unfortunate in his fnancisrine
operations BY. first DESTROYING the
revenues or receipts or incomes by
which Government expenses are
paid. and second BY increasing the
debt OF the country by borrowing
money to pay tho expenses that tar.
IN ratee should pay and would have
paid, il the tariff had not been lover.
ed by bis advice.
PRKs1DENr CLEVELAND asked Con.
gress not to adjourn during the holi !
days, but to stay at the Capitol and
pass some act for the financial relief
OF the Government, but the bill be.
fore Congress does not suit the Pres
ident, and he has determined not to
wait. and therefore on SUNDAY
night about Hiss issued notices
for the sale Of one hundred mil.
lions United States 80 year 4 per
cent coin bonds. The purchaser to |
pay gold for the bonds and no bonds
to be less than $50. Sealed propos-
ais for the purchase of the bonds will |
be received till IL noon, Wednesday, |
February S, 1896.
People Of the United States are all |
Of ono mind On the question Of the
Monroe doctrine. They are sll against |
England or any other European
Government coloniz;ng South Amor
icsn States for the purpose Of estab-
ishing European forms Of Govern.
ment. but that is not the question in
dispute between England and Vene.
zuela. Tho question between them,
10 that Of boundard limo or q fence
line. Itwou.e. be crime to plunge
the countries into a war Oh account |
Of boundary line, and would prove
how shallow are the prstenses Of the
Of nodern civilization ov-
er past systems OF religion and CIVIL:
ization. :. ..
SoA4. 800 English ad1snturers in
vsdsd the Beers South. African Re-
public, and on the 1st and End days
Of January 1896, were met and de-
ieated and the whole Of them killed,
and captured. The most
IF the Europeans in that State in
South Africa are Germans, and whep
King William Of Germany heard Of
their victory over tho territorial
.hieving pirates, he sent . despatch
% the President of the Bosr Rspub-
10, eonaratulating him on the victory
over the English. Two hundred and
'orty Of the British land pirates and
gold hunters were killed and wound
ID and their leaders are in Jail.
What's England going to do about it.
Tho King of Germany having taken
rides with the Beers, they will likely
get their rights and the British will
have to sneak out of tho eass as best
hey can. The case ovsr.shadows the
question entirely.