THE GENIE. REPORT, FRED. KURTZ, Ebtron and Pror'i TERMS; One your, $1.00, when paid in ad ance, Those in arrears subject wo previous ers, Advertisements 3 cents per line for 3 inser ous, aud » Valls [00 aus suusepledt luseriiou, CENTRE Mar, Pa, L588 LHURS, UCE, UH, THE KE Ii STONE STATE. NEWS TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS. and Fancles Gleaned from Bolled the Many Briel Busy Facts Sources and Down Benefit of to Paragraphs for Readers. WiLkesSBARRE, Pa., Oct. 20.—A horrible tragedy was committed in a strip of woods on the mountain near here. Alex McClure paymaster for Contractor McFadden, who is building a branch road for the Lehigh Val ley railroad, was on his way to the work, accompanied by a body guard. He had $20,000 with him to pay the men. He wa shot by three masked men in ambush. Hi body guard, Hugh Flanagan, was als murdered. The horse was killed too. All the money is missing. Three Italians are accused of the murder and robbery. There is greal excitement. Both McClure and Flanagan were young Irishman and were well known in this vicin ity. week from next Tuesday. A Pottsville Steel Mill Resumes. PorrsviLLe, Pa., Oct. 17.—After a suspen sion of several months the large steel mill of the Pottsville Iron and Steel company ha started up. The resumptisn will furnish em ployment to several hundred men, which i expected to last through the coming winter The mill was closed owing to lack of orders. A Big Colliery Destroyed by Fire, SHaMOoKIN, Pa, Oct. 17.—The Minera Railroad and Mining ¢ ompany’s Connon col liery was burned to the ground. Three hun dred slate pickers in the breaker were res cued uninjured. Five miners were severely but not dangerously injured by falling ma chinery and timbers. The loss is estimated at $55,000. Insurance, $40,000. The colliery the largest in central Pennsylvania. Six Thousand Miners Beunefited. PrrrssuRe, Oct 17.~ way coal operators in this city the wages of coal miners advanced from seventy. four to seventy-nine cents per ton, to go inte effect Nov. 1, as was agreed upon last Febru ary at the interstate convention of miner and operators. There are about 6,000 miner in the Pittsburg district who will be bene fited by the advance. There is an increasing were Powderly Talks PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IX Master Workman FP had read the dispatch said that T. B. Barry, general executive board of About Mr. Barry. - When who resig “If Mr. Barry will form a new and take into it all the other schemers and malcontents organization cranks and who have been out of the Knights, I bid him godspeed. Hi will be doing us a great favor and at the sams time will not be doing himself any harm.” Willis Won in Nine Rounds, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18. —There was a fight to a finish with bard gloves here between George W. Willis, of New York, and a wel known middle weight of this city Willis won the fight and money by a knock out blow in the ninth round. Time 35 minutes Changes in the Carnegie Companies. Prrrssuna, Oct. 17. At the annual meet ing of the stockholders of the firm of Carnegie Brothers & Co, in this city, Henry Phipps Jr., resigned his position as chairman. Vie Chairman D. A. Stewart was elected chair man. J. G. Leesham was elected vice chair man. Mr. Phipps retains his interest in the firm, and retires from active duty for a period of rest. At a meeting of the stock holders of the firm of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. John Walker resigned the chairmanship, and William IL. Abbott was elected to succesd him. HM Curry was elected vice chair man. Mr. Walker retains his business inter est in the firm. The cause for his retirement has not yet been announced. Fittsburg's Wrecked Bank. Prrrsavac, Oct, 17.—A meeting of 200 de positors of the wracked Farmers’ and Mechan fos’ bank was held. A statement submitted showed assets of $204,000.17, including cash on hand, §11.506.42; in local banks, $1%.90 in New York banks, $601: in Fidelity bank, Cincinnati, insolvent, $1,064.88; bills receiv able, $6 200.70; mortgages, $21.99, and bank building, $2,500, It was also announced that the stockholders were responsible for 120,000, which makes the total assets $04, 000 to pay off deposits of 19.000. It wm decided to levy an assessment of 1 per cent, on deposits to pay legsl expenses, It is said that at least one person connected with the bank will be arrested, An Aged FPittaburg Man Dead, Prrrsavee, Oct. 20. -Dr. J. Beott, one of Pittsburg'’s oldest inhabitants, died suddenly on the train from Duluth to this city. Hs was 50 years of age. Discharged for Want of Evidence. Lancaster, Pa, Oct. 19 Before Alder man Spurrier Calvin M. Dellinger, charged with the murder of his wife Mary, whose body was found on the bank of the Little Conestoga creek on Friday, Oct. 5, was dis missed from custody, there not being suffi cient evidencs to hold him for trial Injured While Playing Football. Laxcasten, Pa, Oct 10-—-Willilam H Keller, of Bellefonte, Pa., and Charles D. Neff, of Alexandria, Ya , students at Frank lin and Marshall college, were very seriously injured during the progress of a game of football. Neff's injuries may possibly prove fatal She Was Struck by a Foul Ball, PrrLavetrmia, Oct. 22 —8uit has been brought by a Miss Krause for damage against the Athletie Baseball club for in Juries sustained by being struck by a foul ball batted over the fence of the Athletic club grounds on July 18 last. The ball struck the lady on the left breast, and her physician says that the injury is developing with either an abscess or a cancerous growth, which will shortly require a surgical opera tion. Injured by Exploding Chemicals. PriLApELPHIA, Oct. 32. ~An explosion oo curred in the drug manufacturing establish ment of Wiley & Wilson, corner of Heveath and Cherry streets. Beveral persons were injured, but it is believed none killed, Pittsburg May Have a Strike, Presson, Pa., Oct. 20.—-Thers may id cable car strike here, as the Stipmen ate St Prlindeiphin gr i here aren and 1 s Ta are instructing Busy 5" CL BR IT WAS HIS BUSY DAY President Cleveland Very Much Engaged on Saturday. HOW HIS TIME WAS PUT IN. The Last ill Signed in the Nick of Time. Departing Members of Congress Call to Say Good-by-—Sloux Chiefs Go te Bes the “Great Father" —Other Callers. Wasnixaron, Oct. 22 —Saturday was the president's busy day. Not that he is not busy every day, but Saturday being the day upon did adjourn, he was especially busy. He came in from his country residence before 9 o'clock, and no sooner had be entered the White House than messengers were hurrying from there to the various departments for the return of bills which had passed con gress, but which had not yet been returned from the departments to which they had been referred by the president for report These in hand, the president spent several hours in looking over reports and attaching his signature to bills—a most tedious task. Fortunately he did mot find any that he deemed it necessary to veto-——having two days previously found thirteen which he could not sign, and so notified congress. Hardly had bho finished the consideration of these bills and sent them to the capitol with his ap proval, than the joint committes of the house aud senate called to inform him that con gress was ready to adjourn unless he had some communication to impart that would necessitate their remaining in session longer, The president spent about fifteen minutes with the committes, and it had bardly left mansion before a messenger rushed up with a resolution that had just passed both houses, extending the time for the retention of the government axhil site at the Cincinnati ex position until November. This being a harm- less resolution, Invelving no financial outlay, and clean on its face, it was signed forthwith. Had the signature of the executive been de layed five minutes the measure would not have become a law, as it had to be signed before 1 p. m. or die. Congress had not been adjourned five minutes before the White House was crowded with members and sena tors who intended to take the outgoing after noon trains for home, who wished to say good by and at the same time put in a parting word for the reappointment during the recess of the nominees who had failed of confirma tion by the senate. The maopsion was still well filled with sena tors and members when, at 3 p. mv, the Sioux Indians called. They bad not yet soon thu “great father.” The president at once ex cused himself, enfered the room and shook hands with each member of the party He remained with them for pearly half ap hour. The shadows of the In ceased to darken the portals of the Whit House when a delegation of white men fron the far west, headed by Col Ordway, of Dakota, These gentiemen were alse received, and cocupied the attention of the president It was after 4 o'clock before Mr, Cleveland had a moment to himself, and shortly after that bour be re turned t rast called for twenty minutes to Oak View THE LAW UPHELD. Iowa's FProhibltory Law Declared Const) tutional by the Sapreme Court, Vasmixorox, Oct, 38 od the constitut of 1 to manufacture int solely for exportation to the state law, and it was rohibitory sO facture for expor conflict with the giving congress interstate ecommerce 5. Kidd, a distiller, plaintiff in error, versus I. E. Pearson and 8. J. Loughras The court holds that the = tate law prob iting both the manufactures and the sale, ¢ cept for mechanical, medicinal, culinary and mcoramental purposes, is not in conflict with the interstate merce provisdons, and the decision of the lowa court is sustained Opinion by Justice Lamar, The decision pro ti ence in the status of the distillery, and would not if it bad been the reverse, for since this litigation was begun the [owas legislature has passed a law that has closed all distilleries and breweries by forbidding manufacture for any purpose. The decision sustains the new law, and renders unnecessary any test case under it A POSTAL CLERK'S FALL. Charles Ebann Turned Thief Despite His Many Accomplishments, Oct. 3. Charles R. Ebann, a prominent clerk in the mailing department of the Boston postoffice, and a man whom reputation for integrity was of the highest, was arrested, charged with stealing letters He pleaded guilty before United Btates Com missioner Hallett and was beld for the grand Jury ‘ Ebann says he is the son of a French en gineer employed on the Buez canal, that he served seven years in the English navy, and for several voyages, for the Inman Steamship company, sud that subsequently he was em ployed as body servant by Charles Sumner and George 8, Hillard, He has worked in the postoffice since July 18%, and his salary was $000, He speaks English, French, German, Itallan and Rus sian, and has a smattering of other languages, He has a wife and two children, and is re ported to be worth considerable money, Boiled a Snake with the Cabbage, Brusminonas, Ala, Oct. 23. — Frank Jack son and bis family had cabbage for thelr noonday meal Saturday. After every one had eaten of it one of the children noticed a peculiar taste, The remhaing portion was examined, and in the heart a small green snake was found. All the family were soon taken ill, and Mra Jackson and one child may not recover. Fired the Forest of Fontainbleaun. Pans, Oct, 23. - Incendiaries have at tempted to destroy the forest of Fontain bleau. Fires were started in five different places and were extinguished with difficulty, A large quantity of forage was consumed, entailing a los of $1,250,000 francs. Two men have been arrested on suspicion, Poultry Breeders. Newsvna, N, Y,, Oct. 23. A meeting has been called of poultry breeders along the Hudson river, to be held in this city on Nov. 17, to organize a Hudson River Poultry, Dog, and Pet Block association. An exhibit covering four days is proposed during the coming winter, The supreme cour mnality o Wi The xioat ingl Hgquors her alates, despite pleaded that the as the mann tation is concerned, was ir encatiivtions] provisdom right to regnlats The case is that of J feature, in far the mole oon cally makes no differ WOSTON, A SAAN An in fustry to Close, Bosrox, Oct, 33. <The Norway Steal and Iron company, of Dorchester, dealing mainly in Bwedish iron, will go out of business soon. About 500 men will be dissmployed, Jaehne's Appeal, Wasninaron, Oct, 8, ~The A Span] in the Jashne case will be argued before the su- preme court Monday, SCORCHING VERDICTS. Plinoing Responsibility for the Mad Run Disaster, the Mud Run wreck was rendered at this city. It is as follows; We find that the engineers of locomotives 452 and 4600 of the seventh section were guilty of gross negligence; first in falling to dis cover the red signal in time, the evidence clearly showing that this signal was in full view as their train approached; and, | secondly, for not approaching the station under full control, as required by both the section were under the control of the engineer of locomotive 4006, and that he could have ahead, No, 408. We find that out men of locomotives 453 and 460 gullty of gross negligence in to report to their respective the rod light at the station train approached. on thelr respective engines as an additional precaution, their special duty being to look out for signals, The lookout men on 454 failed to see the signal. The other one an 408 ay from the station, and yet he reported al not think the red light meant anything, a nobody used it, man of the sixth section was guilty of gros negligence when his train stopped. to warn the approaching train ho stopped at the station. There was time enough for him to have gone back nearly half a mile, went loss than 400 feet duty. requiring each conductor to see train to approach the station under control Two Other Engineers Censured. Maven Causx, Pa, Oct 2. The coron- ar's jury investigating the wreck curred on the Lehigh Valley road at Tama- nend, and which resulted in the loss of ten lives and the injury of twice as many more, agreed on the foll wing verdict: of the for running at a high rate of sped; the en gineer Valley train is consured for disobeying orders and the flagman is charged with negligence for not signaling the ap proaching train sooner.” the SHOT DEAD FROM AMBUSH. A Paymaster and His Companion Killed and Robbed of $320,000, Wirkesnarne, Pa, Oct 20 Yesterday was pay day with the yes of McFadden, who is builds for the Loh ers % mpl 12 8 bran He emplovs $00 i Valley inborn Alexander MoClure, McFadden's pay voung Irishman with $50 (Xx Works an master, Acoma io i ¥ tid wl aunican | : "tat inunigan, | ton 5 pay the men n their way to the works they had I l woods Just as they had t a well almed shot ambush sun ng the from his horse sudden to pass urned a bend fo the road whistling fron an and McClure fell startled by the hesitated a mo ny to give the concealed Thre deadly work ness headlong from his the b The affair must have been soo quickly and dex sisly that the men had no time to defend themselves CRIN trees, mnnigan, THOS at the attack, ment, tary, and the delay, though « monen mm was long enough assassins the advantage they nooded more shots oomp their poor 5 horse, and the othe Killed The lished so One sent Ta money is mise whole tery The victims were young Irishmen, and were very well and favorably known in Wilkes barre, McClure was engaged to a young Indy of this city, and was to have been mar ried a woek from next Tuesday No recent critue has so aroused the citizens of this district of Penneyivagia, and the men who are hunting the murderers are hunting them rope in hand, On the Murderers’ Trall, Wikesnanng, Pa, Oct 22 Twelve of Pinkerton's detectives, lad by Capt. ‘Dough erty, are now on the trail of the murderer of Paymaster MoClure and his assistant, Hugh Flanagan. The detectives wont sous of the tragedy yesterday, Capt. Dough. erty says it was not a murder, but a butch. ery. He says that while it was not the work of professionals, the men who committed the murders were well drilled in rifle practios This strengthens the suspicion of all the de tectives that the crime was committed by twe woodchopyers who live in a little settlement in the woos to the CONGRESSIONAL DIARY. Dally Events of the W ht in Senate and House, Wasminoros, Oct, 22 — Congross ad journad sine die Saturday without doing any business of interest The senate devoted all of its Tuesday session to discussion of the tariff. The house failed to agree upon a date for adjournment The tariff and Mr. Allison's resolution fora recess until after election were the topics of discussion in the senate Wednesday, There was nothing of public importance in the house On Thursday Mr. Allison's resolution for a recess was amended for adjournment sine die Saturday, Oct. 20, and passed The hous concurrad. Debates of a political nature occupied the time of both branches The sessions Friday were brief, and no busi ness of interest was transacted Another Crash in Pennsylvania, Sumrresssune, Pa, Oct. 19. Two passen gor trains on the Cumberland Valley road collided at Britton's woods, one mile and a quarter from here. Both trains were run. ning at the rate of from thirty-five to forty miles an hour, and came together with » terrific crash, telescoping the engines, expres and baggage cars, killing one train hand and injuring a number of passengers. There are many theories advanced to account for the collision, but as it occurred on a straight track nothing short of an official investiga. tion will reveal the real cause of the disaster, Flanged Over " Trestle, Prrrasvro, Oct, 20. The Cannon Ball ex: press, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, ran into an open switch near the Washing. ton, Pa, depot and was precipitated over a trestle, a distance of twelve feet. The train was running at a high rate of speed, and was almost completely wrecked, sngineer, James Noonan, was killed, and William Me Auliffe, the fireman, will die. Twenty-two others received serious Injuries. Two of the latter will probably die. Yellow Fever Record. Jacxsoxvirer, Fla, Oct 88 ~The num. ber of new cases of yellow fever was forty. three. There was only one death--W, Pearl. Of the new cases efght were white and thirty-five colored. The follo in the list of the whites: Child of James W, Mau. rice, Josoph Sellers, John Golden, Melvina Oliver, Mr. 8 , H, Lyttle, Jr., Charles Bmith and Laura Street. Total cases to i date, 5,800; total deahhs, $32 FRATERNAL CO-OPERATION, A Boheme to Get All Labor Organizations Working Together, PamaperLrnia, Oct. 20.--The Call last evening said: An effort to secure the frater. nal co-operation of all the labor organizations in this country is being made, with a very fair prospect of success, It has been known for some time that leaders of several of the large organizations were ready to accept the olive branch from the heads of kindred socle- ties, but up to to-day no one had taken the initiative, General Master Workman Powderly made the first movement by sending telegrams to motive Engineers, at Richmond, Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, in session at Columbus The dispatch to Chief Arthur is as follows: Purtanerrmia, Oct, 19 P.M Arthur, G. CC. BE. B of@ E., Richmond, Va.: Accept rate: nal greeting and best wishes for successful session Will your convention and the which is consent to fraternal co- organizations, to tl end that ali disputes may be properly and e quit ably adjusted? The time is now at hand wh §snizations the labor or on this contines forgetful of the operates on essentials f Our hand is extended in T.V. Powperry, G. M en all ir the wel friendship W.,.K of L fare of all remarked Mr. Powderly “Shortly after the toa Call Burlington reporter, strike began hood came to see me at Beranton, and our in was such as that something could be done to about a better state of 10 corginoe me uring fooling botween the tw We are ring in junction with Pacific, and already w the Bre are rea’'y therhood 7 co-operate Nor do gremen and brakemen on the Un only to the engineers but to all other labor favor of a federation room for tw arganizat of all Warring organizati , but there is room if they gether for the common good £0 as far as any other man in order to bring abeut this union and I am satisfied that t the head of Worx I am ready t An is men other inbor f the mu uch at hoart certainly ex mony in a organi the interest 5 Whom as Im i 10 sew all Ww very short thne,” THE ENGH NEERS' CONVENTION. How the Knights of the Lever Are Spend ing Their Thee at Richmond. therho migh mond looon urs WIT SON kd Pol tertiined athens Mas { ins ALADDIN'S CAVE IN COLORADO. Enormous Wealth Bottomless Pit, Asrex, Colo Of 20 The which has been the scene of Bas Weadnesflay nigl thirty # fs Rh. i tional discoveries another struck, On feet kag and seventy fo walls al thik and snormous vy ric of it runs a= high a all average sev i wd 4 was { 4.00%) ons At the far end ning across Lhe wn dey th got son of stones in it. 1 until the n silos grew their striking indistinct to be wed thet after fou: i goleg down again ton watch sh they were stil Bound to Be a Missionary. Bosros, Oct. 28. «Rev. W. H. Novos, was rejected an a fi American board was last night « local Co tir a vols of 25 ¢ who two years ago sionary by the his liberal views, a misdonary Ly a oon tional churches, Berkely Noyes' OR PoTines churches taking effort will be made board endorse hina There w sition to sanctioning the dea of mainiaining a missionary t but Mr. Noves pass ination and se work that the council determined him in the exceptional way described welgn mis because of rdained seat] cof ancil of Ntreet @urch will He part in the 11 pay all Ms will represent i. VIS Gp witaide th 1 #0 Iavorable an exam ney so well fitted] {or INissGon Governor Hill'a Ambition. New Yong, Oct Chairman the Democratic national course of some remarks to the Business Men's ay ut Comite, governor assured kim that he was a firm friend of the admisistration; that if Presi: dent Cleveland wernor cared nothing about re be elected and have President Cleveland de foated without a Democratic president, said Gover nor Hill, it would be a death blow to his {Governor Hill's) palitionl ambitions. Justios Fuller's First Opinion. Wasnmizaron, Oct 38 Chief Justice Ful- lor yesterday deliversd his first opinion in the supreme court. case was that of the Western Union Telsgraph company versus tol within the state, rogardiess much of the business was not confined wholly the state was not entitiad to collect a tax ex cept for messages between points within its borders, and accordingly reversed the judg. ment of the state court, yop of a Pablisher, Bosrox, Oct. ~The death of Royal M. Pulsifer, Os on of The Boston Herald sation in Boston. The fact that he died by his own hand las become apparent, on Friday. deed near him, EE ———— The Car Vxpected In Berlin Jo, a visit to Berlin about the middie of * OUT ! stock Fall and Simon Har the firm, left lets, to of Dry Fancy OK l.ook ou of Our goods for the Winter se ASON, nber of cl Aor 4 NEW GOODS & KREAMER, CENTRE HALL -_ ~~ ht HARFEH BrOS Nf turaios wk 1 PA DEALER IN ALL KINDSH -- FURNITURE -:- Bed osm Su ils, Parlor Su ils. Side Loards, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads., Wood and Cane-Seat Chairs —— po J, wn, dp oy “Ya 8 —— BB a - TT N.H.Downs’ Veget ableE Balsa mic Elixir rd opal, § Hoarse- positive Cus i i 32 Hii atarrh, Infiue Anths § ever, Pleurisy, and rant it has no equal, fim It heals fail. Fifty-six years of ¥ use, : ; 4 5 vy it in the lu rlington, V6 D Dr. Henry Baxter’ Mandrake Bitters a Diseases of the , Nik x He, adache, Loss of Appetite, 1 Skin Diseases. Keep the Stom- , Dyspep stion, idly purgative all dealers in med Burlington, VL ropriclors, {et . 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