THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror'r when paid in ad “TERMS; One year, $1.50, previous ance, Those in arrears subject to rms. $2 per year, Advertisements 20 cents per line for 3 inser ns.and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion, Harv, Pa, Taunrs, Mar, 14, 1889, CENTRE THE KEYSTONE STATE. NEWS TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST TO PENNSYLVANIANS, from Many Brief Busy Fancles Gleaned Boiled Facts and Down to Benefit of Sources and Paragraphs for the Readers, untain this re, The ALTOONA, £0 JL In ry that the fire in 2 th y cellar surance originated from the beater The Legisianture. Harmssuna, Pa, March 8, The sessions of senate and house W night were ex witinteresting. members of the legislature showing no dispo their experience at the nse Representative ednesday eodingly the sition to work alter inauguration, In the h Fow, of Philadelphia, introduced a nil which he thinks will inaugurate a needad reform in the approg on of Under exis the treasury surplus o« IAAL the aw the mone) milk, and, lly remains in Under F be drawn as a consequen han yw's bill hibitory of 20 to ii adopted in both houses co Car n on having birt i | ina dence, Mr. Laffer ond passed Ixxiy readin sti Dill went o The bill Spex ial elect and tat wall anti-p Three Men Terribly Burned. THE NEW GOVERNMENT. Taking Place in the Departments. Changes OUR FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES, Ex-Senntor Palmer Selected to) Represent Will Go to wil Us in Spain, John FF. Swift Japan, While Col. Washburn Pro. tect American Interests In Switzerland, -When the senate that in any WASHINGTON, March 12 assembled at noon it was made the president was not ready to send known pominations, and as the Democrats desired to have a caucus at 12:90 to decide upon the Democratic vacancies on the committees a recess was taken until 1:30 p. m When the reassembled at that hour the president sent in the follo fions: Thomas W. of Michigan, voy extraordinary and miaister plenipoten- tary of the United States to Spain John F. Bwift, of extraordinary and of the United States to Japan John D ister resident United States to Switzerland of Hlin in, y Isaac H senate wing nomina- Palmer, to be en- fo Ix Cabfornia envoy 4 minister plenipotenti Washburn, of Massachusetts, mine and consul general of the y be assistant May (rex rge Tichenor, secretary of the treasury, pard, resigned In executive session ordered referred to tl tees when formed Thomas Wetherel troit, Mich tended the schools of tive city, terward Thompson” wl fi gradi uated at the Michigan univers ty He engaged in : farming after leay ing the university, an d cous ned subsequently with it the business of 8 msuufad carry on thi ] on the board of estimates state senator in 1870 and 1880 elected to the United States # dual ox eighty-first joint ballot ceed Thomas W wl with the | SW nt Harrison for gos re and George Kilz ¢ floor terribly walters of the claware and hus rivers and the Wisse hicel reck ars much swollen in con torm which began the Ym level, on Ha lay evening, Manayunk Schuylkil and a non pelied te river and bay th above ahr af . i : aber Of mar y y ¥ (OT » suspend opers Delaware wen > Das river and smaller Paxton creel, which has wed its lowlands, and Roth has burst, causal a material rise streams in this flows through banks and erford’s d entaflin ChnasnErspune, Pa., March 5 has swollen the streams running through here to a dangerous height. The lowlands on the eastern = the town are all under water, and the or till rising. The track of the Western JMaryiand railroad between Cham bersburyg and Waynesboro ts under water for several miles and all trains are delayed Prrissunc, March 5 The bridge across the Beaver creek at Fallston, about ous mile above Rochester, Pa. is in danger of being carried away by an immense gorge of ice. The ice bas formed a regular dam at the bridge, and every hour tons are being added to the weight. Effect of the Reading Failure, Reaping, Pa, March 7. Iron men in this section are much put out by the failure of the Reading iron works The Keystone roll ing mill, in this city, closed for want of orders. Their entire product was taken by the Reading works, The Readiog mills at Gibraltar and Naomi, near here, closed for the sane reason. Over G00 hands are thrown out of employment. The Reading works are running as usual, but an order sued by the Reading Railroad company, which stops the shiptnent to the suspended firm of coal, ore, fron, lime, ete, for the mines, ete,, controlled by the railroad company, will cause it to close for want of supplies if continued in force for any time, Dozens Dying of Diphtheria. Prrrssu no, March 9, — An epidemic of diph- theria has prevailed at Gallitzin since No- vember, and about 100 deaths from this disease alone have occurred during that time in a total population of 2,000, the average having been five deaths a week. The disease is attributed to the disregard of the common rules of sanitation. The town has no water supply, The outhouses and wells stand close together, and since the McCoy mines have beens opened more than half the wells in the town have gone dry. The inhabitants have used water from the fow living wells, which have become impure. Of this even the phy. sicians were tsware, until the epidemio broke ot GR omaut tha viet hive buh afflicted with a Back vo vom susd within » day or h ud in the locality the city, inundated the overt le enst of town, rable Joma The rain wie of new ago Cold pointed m 1529, and is been in She i Mass, . long been pro since the clive Goorge 11 OIG secretary of the treasury, agent of the treasury for He is « mended bv business m York and Philadelphia the late war from lowa was for five trea pilatic 11 © tarifl bd The re ion of Judge sistant secrs tazy of the accepted by rotary Wind qualify B38 NS sUOORGT r toxlany sont to rexiited to Illinois, SIX VERS Ste ry Hp assis f the senate substi Maynard as as haz been SIE treasury when Col Ae There w icheno ii bean har aabindt meeting aud a long list of nominations will be the senate, and among then the territorial governors. H, C. Msilette will be nominated for governor of Dakota, and Mr. Richardson of Grand Forks, for secretary. The presi dent has called for the resignations of both Governor Church and Becretary MeCormick, Becretary McCormick asked that his resigna- tion should not take effect until after the sot. ment of his aceounts, but Church's was fore warded promptly, or he would have been re moved, Simon Cameron's Ninetieth Birthday. Hanmmssuna, March 9 Gen, Simon Cam- eron, the veteran statesman, oelebrated the ninetieth anniversary of his birth yesterday, The veteran is enjoying excellent health and dispensed his well known hospitality to the scores of friends who tendered their congrat ulations. The members of both houses of the legislature visited the old mansion on Front street in a body, and collectively and indi vidually expressed the most sincere wish that his life might long be spared. Gen. Cameron ir born in Lancaster, Pa. , on March 8, 1700, and te [udew 1x by his ie proseat vigorous condi- You & k hh the bundredth mile Groovin Seventy-five, Hiride Seventy, Lysonwuns, Va, March 9. ~The marriage took place near Bedford Springs of Mrs, M. 4. Read and Col. B. J. Jordan, of Rockbridge county. The groom Is 75 years of age and the bride 70. Hoth are in splendid bealth and or. The bride is a sister cf Mrs. Decatur Miller, of Baltimore, and sunt of Mrs, Gen William Kirby Smith, of Tennessee; Mrs Groverman and Mr, John A. Read, of pats ard Mr. William A. Selden, of Retropolitan hotel in Washington, nS AL SO OR The Spelilindors Invorporated. Arsany, March 11. ~The Republican Na tional Bpelibindery’ association has been in roa with the following. trustoy: 8. MeDonald, Frederick H. Davis, les F. Johnson, Alfred: W, Liddle and Cop ol ib A ork. Hp ANTU-CHINESE CRUSADE, Mobs Prevented from Whole Lynehing by the Polive, MirLwauses, Wis, March 12. The Chinese in Milwaukee are fleeing for their lives, An anti-Chinese crusade has set in, brought about by recent revelations regarding the wholesale delmuchery of young children in some of the laundries of the city, On ast Thursday Sam Yip Ja, who keeps a laundry on Fourth s and Ha Ding, lauin- dry is on Fifth were arrested for ase saulting a number of little girls, The police, with Buperintendent Whitehead, of the Hn- mane society, beg ration of the case, Within twenty- they had discovered tw ranging from 8 to been sub- jected to treatment of the most revolting kind fre two Chinese On Saturday the down to ti Milwaukee minke treet, whose street, investig four childre: sy, who he LN An hours uty two 15 years of age wn the two Chinese wore taken we criminal court for examination. They were taken down before the crowd had gathered. When they were returned to jail shout 1.000 people followed, shouting and The dete 1 front shown by the prevented a lynching Sheriff Burnham yester- took the mers down to the city vary oarly. It was well he did An mob of 3.000 people filled the blocks of the court room, I hour by hour rnin fearing trouble, two pris inter a 8 within two tol patiently waiting not allowed 1G but were ware congregate near kept moving by the Burpham, instead taking the the jail, locked them up in the strong guard. Chested adually to hestauut street it of a rw] before ¢ near the 1} tie IRSTING BOILER Thrown Inte Men nts of It wk on hilled Li { rooked Lr rficials been wp} EIT $1 Ixy : : BK Bullivan, the The recommenda Gapin be go f eanberzlere ot awardsl we i of the board were in collusion and «1 in every depart 1 he request wae i“ Searching for the Missing Clergyman., Bosrox, March 12.-The police have thos mghly dragged the Charles river hasin, be and West Hing any trace « {f the bundy arles Hudaon missing from Dorchester since Saturday, and whose found near the Charles river embanknent at the foot of Allen street The railing at that point had been newly painted, and from the fact that it bears no marks of iw feet convinces the polite (hat Mr. Buuith did not drown himself at that place, ns was firs suppossd. bw Bostan withow ev, £1 of the Manith, hat was A Boom for Fro hibition. Praraveremia, March 12 — Prohibition was given a big boom In Association hall, The ministers of the city gathered there in convention and began their battle for the constitutional prohibitory amendment by adopting five strong resolutions and pledging themselves to work together in the coming campaign for total prohibition in Penosylvas pia, The call for the convention had been signed by over 300 ministers, represen ting twenty four denominations, and the hall was crowded. Reading ron Works Shut Dawn, Reaping, Pa, March 12. « What was seared when the Readi iron works sue ponded payment last week was realized last evening whoo the leading departments of the large concern closed down indefinitely The Scott foundry, rolling mill, pipe a the large forge and other mills their enployes, and there is no work will be resumed. Nl thrown out of employment. Sackville West's Successor, Lams Mardh 13 Thi: dues bas given Tord rl ui Fon THE HAYTIAN WAR, Horrible Atrocities Committed by Legl- time's Forces on Vanquished Vosmen. New Youx, March 11. —Capt the steamer Coban, Paix, gives an account of a battle between the forces of Legitine and Hyppolite, a wretchedly filthy condition, but no than he had often seen Port au Prince naked soldiers patrolled the streets visions were bigh and the people were ap parently subsisting chiefly on sugar cane and Yams, Pork sold at &5 per barrel, flour brought £18 per barrel and Irish potatoes were not to be had at any price. Oce asionally a small schooner load of salt came in and it sold at a good figure, On March 1, two days before the Coban sailed for New York, the pilot came on board and told nbout a big buttle reported to have taken place somewhere on the west const Between 200 and 900 were reported to be killel. The people in Port de Paix were greatly excited, but they had no definite in- formation except that slaughter was suppossd to have occurred on or Feb. 26 A copy of la Patrie, published at G dated Feb, 23 gives an account of the at Grand Saline, in which Gen, troops were reported to have been vietorious La Patrie, asserts that the southern troops were the victors, that after Worse the mnives, battle Hyppolite's howe ver, and without mercy he poor bayonetad while crying for quarter After this slaughter iti of rapine fol- the details of whi wording to La atrie, are ind heh ' The dead were ruthlessly and tho bodies kicked to a d by the despoilen commanding ls effort to stop his 1 and after sat the ntmos town lakd in ashes wretches ware even lowed, robbed side afterwar ion Piquant, time's forees, n ads no ndish course, ing their t th the houses were utal passions to fired and the MRS. GOWN. HARRISON'S NEW It Is Hand Painted and the Gift of Missouri Relief Corps. Wasminoeros, March 5 Mrs Brokaw, of Bt. Louis, accompanied by Chauncey LI Filley, presented to Mrs executive 8 neg reception { cream gros grain sii, with slippery to match, the tof the Gen. Lyon Wi Hef tarps No, 48, department of ixiliary the G. AL BR The rincess back directoire, decolette. V the Christin inanst Hi, painted gown, of LEHR, tnen's Missouri, gown is cut front, neck and sleeves filled in th the finest of duchess lace, From each ¢ to the waist of the dress are beauts ully painted white lilacs, and on wide panels down each side of ths elaborately bine, pink and scaroely be distin sieves. both skid are WM purple Hey can natural Sowers EHite of Mrs handsome The ladies Brokaw and relief painted Rrokaw said pat SR LE Ts Republic s we have the hono # f respect anid * eps and 4 § i ¢ a, we mak and gratin gat the presents i pl wid acknow ledge wet t aw aiid The Tisaes Will Not Give Up Yet March 12--It is ssserted by that The Times Lins de one ile Che LANDON, The Pall Mall Gagette oh od not to of Le) before i today, as ita sqnhend to de Tl the Paruell counsel bad in iis change of front is made. alleged, In view of the events h have made it not abso V NeCessary, secyban 0 make ra its cane 80 that soo meanuits of the defense shall pot entirely ieh it. There is not much left of The original indictment aginst the Par eiiiten as i i», and there will likely remain next to nothing of vaunted accusations the load adjournment takes place. ferwn tl desirabide, if for the uv Ueauds WW Wldeter up Lorn Ties the when K. of LL. ALTIMA A of } After Political Frands, nk, March 11 - Distr 1 Assenbly * smelling Ww all labor organiza & Wy the state a circular Jotter calling at- tention to slleged fraud and bribery carried in Maryland elections, and asking that went toa convention to be held an early day, to consider and ¥i a remody for the The Austinlian wid be advocated, Copies of the let Ww the Maryland repre Uouses in congress and 4 ity executives of the political partion, ng their views upon the question of a the rough revision of o nr eloction opaton Ix % City, at evil avalon tor will be sent urs ai DO law, New York State Base bail League, Aveuns, N. Y., March 8 At 4:20 o'odook the State baseball convention assembled and decided to include in the league Auburn, tion, Rane, Hinghaaton, Canandaigua, Ha- tavia, Elmira, Beneca Falls and Waterloo. Representatives were appointed to visit these cities and report at an adjourned meeting to be hold at the Osborne house, Aulngn, March 4, at 12 o'clock noon. The general sxpression ia for a 8900 minry Limit, a 8500 forfeit and £50 ganw guarantee. Cohoes, Albany and Troy all desire to join such a league, tut the general opinion favors a compact organiza. tion. i —— A Conviet's Salelde. ALBANY, March 12.-Charles H. Hagar, under sentence of two years and eight months at Dannemors, shot and killed himself yes terday afternoon in the Albany jail The erime for which Hagar recsived his sentence last week was that of embessling several hundred dollars’ worth of jewelry belong to Nelson Gogge, a Binghamton dations dealer, Hagar was employed by hin as a traveling salesman, and all of the property was appropriated and disposed of in this city, A Gratifying Inspection, New Ontxans, March 12 Surgeon Cen- oral Hamilton and a number of quarantine officers of various states arrived here oma revenue cutter from an inspection of tine wtations, They are much with the result of the trip. 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