THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED.KURTZ, Eprror and Pror’n ~TERMS;—One year, $1.50, when paid in ad nee, Those in arrears subject to previous rma. $2 per year, Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 inser ns.and 5 cents for erch subsequent insertion, CextRE Hav, Pa, Taurs, Jax, 16, IN THE CO REGIONS, Twenty Thousand Idle Miners—Austin Corbin Yarces the Market, PorrsviLLeE, Pa, Jan, 14.-—It is a strange fact that 20,000 hard coal miners in this anthracite basin, nearly half of whom are idle, should be studying cli- matic changes, instead of being at work mining coal. Reports come up from tidewater that there is enough coal there to last a vear if there is no more cold weather. A feeling of gloom per- vades tue entire region. A well authenticated report prevails at .the coal mines that Mr. Corbin has been rushing coal to market for a spe cial purpose and that he intends cutting prices right and left. By underbidding the Lehigh Railroad company he suc- ceeded in getting the contract to fur- nish the Manhattan elevated a supply of 225,000 tons for the coming year, and it is said that other large contracts will be issued in a similar manner, thus forcing a market and keeping a few collieries running by selling coal ‘at a bare mar- gin, in order eep the rolling stock of the Reading Railroad company moving. to Weather. They Want Cold } Jan, 14. 1'a.. City, $4 3 have i NOVEL oRr, i pended in : Lk : 1 vAaleY COnl- pany ring hat time hese include the Henry, Port Bowklevy and Enter prise collieries, wre is a strong appre- nensu ‘ite, that a i will be at the Hill it ir cle ¢ it, § } IN { Ped a 1 4 firmer i total ordered su HAN manda for red { i La been complied tion rex The Punzsutawney PUNXSUTAWSNEY, Pa., evictions : families were fl 4 ria Evictions Begun. Jan. 11. be rdavy. \ talian family al ston ihe p evicted » lodging with thea and their t charge of No resistant wi tempted, 2111 Vili TX irends, “t commiticas, Hut it 18 were ta expecte ist and cause trou iif AY gave the men th { gou ) work at the « r be evicted, | men Se mn i miners’ committee are tions © accom women and children. WO Ie makin the homeless AQ Budding Oat. LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 9.—At the monthly meeting of the Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural society, the members reported that fruit buds are pushing and in man; stances are full almost to bursting, peaches i cherries are particu forward, and the members feared if t mild weather ps up a or days longer next summer. A sudden change would kill all the buds, and even now they are in such a condition that a zero tem- perature would be fatal. the Week £0 be no fruit A Brakeman Killed. ASHLAND, Pa. Jan. 9.—Another fa- tality occurred at the foot of Gordon Plane, resulting in the instant death of a brakeman named David Slanker. He was in the act of © Hing cars when n was caught ween the eng cars and crushed to death was employed as a braks Philadelphia and Readis the past twenty-three ; considered one of the most cared onthe road. He was a married man and leaves a wife and five children. Fret id PRa ¥ the company for ars, and was ¢ if men Rilver Mine in Northamberiand, ASHLAND, Pa. $. Silver has been discov Mahanoy township, N umberland township, James Strauser, John Mintzer and Frank Mu bave leased the right to mine all minerals or metals found upon the lands, Suriace rtz ha saved and viel is about 3 to tae ton of silver. It is expected to grow richer below the surface. Jan. in { pper jus CON il. Another Strike Probable. SCoTTDALE, Pa., Janu. 10,—At a con- ference between the operators of the Connellsville coke region and Knights of Labor leaders the workmen deo manded an increase of wages ranging from 8 to 14 per cent. This demand so startled the operators that they ad- journed the conference at once. If the men paeaist in their demand there will probably be another strike. Ald for Williamsport's Flood Safferers WiLriaxsrors, Pa, Jan, 13.—~The Williamsport flood committee held a meeting to determine the disposition to be made of the remaining funds in their hands, amounting to about §15,- 000). ‘The conclusion reached was that the money shall be given to the suffer- ers who have not heretofore had apphi- cations in and those whose applications were in but not acted upon. Beading Train Crews Short, Paro Avro, Pa., Jan. (3.--Consider- able difficulty, owing to the grip, is ex- rienced in filling up the crews of the ains on the Reading railroad at this point, where most of the coal trains are made up. Dispatcher Priest reports fifty of his men ill, and he has been compelled to send to Pottsville and oiher points for train hands, To Fight Applications for License. Wear Curster, Pa, Jans 13.—The executive commiites of the Union Pro. hibitory e¢ met here to take ste to fight Spplications for license wb made in county this spring, It was to secure a of all the applicants in the county and the mem- bers of the league in all the districts A FILIAL FAREWELL Congress Pays Its Last Honors to the Father of the House, THE FUNERAL AT PHILADELPHIA. of the Townamen Statesmon-—~Simple A Great Attendance of the Departed Impressive Ceremonies In the and House of Representatives at Washing. ton-—Mrs. Harrison Attends. WasHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Hon, William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who has long borne the title of ‘father of the house of representatives,” died here last night at 6:20, Hon, William D. Kelley began life as a printer. He was born in Philadelphia in 1814. Having lost his father at an early age he first served an apprenticeship there in set- ting type, and then in the jewelry buginess in Boston, where, w hile still fn his tradd, he be. gan to use his tongue and pen in public work. When he was 20 years old he returned to Philadelphia, studied law and began its prac- tice, still continuing his literary pursuits, Mr. Kelley has served in many positions of trust, In 1845 he was made attorney general of his state and a judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia in 1848. Until 1848 he was a Democrat and low tariff man, but joined the Republican party in 1864, and be- came un protectionist and Abolitionist., His first important work in his new fleld was an address on “Slavery in the Territories,” which well beyond the limits of In 1850 he was a delegate to the convention that nomi. was elected to congress, his recent lines, made him known his own sts nations nated retainis The Funeral at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 13.—The remains of the late Hon, William 1. Kelley were viewed for the last time this morning by the members of the family and imme- diate friends at the residence of Mrs, Horstman, the daughter of the deceased, where the body was taken on its arrival from Washington on Saturday night, The funeral cortege then proceeded to the First Unitarian cliarch, Twenty- first and Chestnut streets, where the funeral services are at this hour in pro- gress, The services are conducted by Rev. Dr. William H., Furness and Rev, Dr. May. The church is crowded and the sur- rounding streets thronged with sorrow- ful friends of the dead statesman. The pall bearers consist entirely of the con- gressional committee from Washington. The Faneral in Washington. WasHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The religious services held in the hall of the house Saturday afternoon over the body of the late William D. Kelley, Pennsylva- nia, were of a simple but impressive character, and occupied less than half an hour. There was neither music nor address. The galleries of the chamber were crowded. Among those present were Mrs. Harrison, dressed in deep black, and escorted by Private Secretary Hal- ford, and Mrs Reed, the wife of the speaker, accompanied by her little daughter. Among the distinguished wople occupying seats on the floor were Neate General Wanamaker, an old friend of Judge Kelley: Gen. Robert C Schenck, who served for many years in congress with the deceased: Chauncey M. Depew, William C. Whitney and Bourke Cockran. The attendance of members of the house was not large, but included those members, irrespec- tive of party, who had long been asso- ciated with Judge Kelley in public life and had for years been reckoned among his personal friends. A Sad Occasion. The sadness of the occasion was not more easily read in the mourning cloth that covered the desk of the dead con- gressman than in the serious faces of those men wno had known him 0 long and who feel his loss most keenly, The senators came in a few minutes before 12. Doorkeeper Bassett walked first, and then came Vice President Morton and Secretary McCook walking together, and then the senators in pairs. They were shown to seats well down in front. Mr. Morton was conducted to a seat be- side Speaker Heed. At the sharp sound of the speaker's gavel the sudience arose and remained standing while the casket, carried by members of the Capitol police, was borne down the center aisle to the open space in tront of the clerk's desk. The Funeral Cortege. Dr. Butler, chaplain of the senate, and Rev. Dr. Cuthbert led the way, the for- mer repeating the solemn words begin- ping: “I am the resurrection and the life.” The congressional escort followed and then was borne the body. The mourners were Mrs. Kelley, escorted by her eldest son; Mrs, Florence Kelley- Wischnowitzky, escorted by her brother, W. D. Kelley, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Horst man and their two daughters; Judge Kelley's private secretary, George O, Jones, of New York, and Robert P. Por- ter, who were present in the line at the invitation of the family. The casket, with long silver bars at the sides, was covered with black cloth and resting on it were a large wreath of white roses and lilies and crossed palms held to- gether by a bow ot white ribbon. The Ceremonies. Dr, Butler read the burial service and then offered a fecling and an eloquent prayer, in which he spoke of the long, eminent and honorable life of Judge Kelly, The benediction was pronounced by Dr. Cuthbert, and then, the audience standing the while again, the body was borne from the chamber, A large crowd had collected at the east door, and ali reverently uncovered as the body of the dead statesman was carried slowly down the long flight of stone steps and de- posited in the hearse. The family and the congressional est cort took carriages and the procession moved to the Pennsylvania depot, where a special train awaited the funeral party, of Of asm a“ A Cold Wave. WasHivoTon, Jan, 14.~ Violent gales, fccompanied be snow prevailed over the lower lake regions. The tempern- ture has fallen from 80 to 40 d in the lower lake on, from 2 8 30 do- grett n the Ohio, the cold wave ex- over tho west and gull states, Yate the temperature has fallen from Eleven Killed and Fifty Wounded. Wasnixaron, Jan, na ro The, sighal Jows: “Eleven MH hoh, 00 oem) aad 0 rang destroyed by Clin- A New Portuguese Os Lissox, Jan. 14.~The king has so- hast i ——- CONGRESSIONAL, Summary of Proceedings in Senate and House. WasminoTon, Jan, 8.--In the senate yester. day Mr. Voorhees offered a resolution calling for an inquiry into the alleged "blocks of five" letter. Mr, Morgan addressed the senate on the tutler bill providing for colored emigration from the southern states. Wasminaron, Jan, 9.-Ino the senate yester day Mr. Voorhees called up his resolution ra. citing the newspaper report that Mr. Cham. bers, the United States district attorney at Indianapolis, had interfered in his official capacity to prevent the arrest of W. W. Dad. ley, on a charge of feloniously violating the election laws of Indiana at the last presiden- tial election, and directing the attorney gen. eral to report what instructions the depart. ment of justice had issued to Chambers on the subject. Mr. Edmunds offered a substitute as follows: “That the attorney general be and hereby is instructed to inform the senate what instruc. tions, If any, the department of justice has given to 8. N. Chambers, district attorney for the district of Indiana, on the subject of the arrest of W. W, Dudley, or his exemption from arrest; and by what authority of law any such instructions have been given; and that coples of all such correspondence be transmitted to the senate.” The session was taken up in an acrimonious discussion of the subject between Messrs, Voorhees and Edmunds. Mr. Edmunds’ sub. stitute was finally carried by a vote of 31 to 24, and the senate adjourned. The proceedings of the house were almost wholly devoted to consideration of District of Columbia appropriation bill, which was passed, Wasmixorox, Jaa. 10.—The vice president laid before the senate a communication from the attorney general in response to the senate resolution adopted, in which he states that uo instructions, oral or written, have been sent by the department of justices to District Attorney Chambers, of Indiana, in reference to the arrest of WW. W. Dudley, and that no communication on the subject had been re- from, District Attorney Chambers Referred ff Judleary committee, WaAasIOxGTON, Jan, 1 6.-Mr. Adams, of lili Biloott investigating committees of the house, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill appropriating $75.00 for the purpose of supplying a deficiency in the appropriation for the pay and mileage of members and delegates occasioned by the re. cent defalcation in the office of sergean t-at- arms. Messrs, Hemphill, of South Carolina, and Holman, of Indiana, submitted minority reports. A concurrent resclution for the printing of M000 copies of the address of Chief Justice Fuller on the occasion of the commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington was sereed to, Mr. Cammings, of New York, introduced a joint resolution for the erection in the Capitol of a statue to the memory of the late Samuel J. Tilden. In the senate Mr. Frye introduced a bill to place American merchant marine gaged in the foreign trade, on an equality with those of other nations, and it was re- ferred. A resolution was agreed to directing the secretary of the treasury to send to the senate a copy of the report of W, H. Hepburn, com- missioner the treasury, concerning the methods of administering at the port of New York the laws regulating emigration Mr. Plumb addressed the senate on his resolution respecting the lease of the islands of St. Paul and St. George to the Alaska Com mercial company, and requesting the secre tary of the treasury not to make a further lense of such islands until further sction by Congress, A ST. LOUIS OYCLONE. Loss of Life ceived the en of and Property in a Sanday Storm. 81. Louis, Jan. 13.-—~This city was visited by a heavy rain and thunder- storm between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, which assumed a ovclone form in a considerable portion. The track of the heaviest wind was through the central part of the city from a southerly direction to a little east of north. Several church steeples were dam- aged and one, that of the German Luth- eran church on Fifteenth and Morgan streets, blown entirely off, almost down to its base, Many houses were unroofed, chimneys, walls, trees and telegraph poles blown down. A report is current that great damage was done al Venice, Ils, just acriss the river from the north part of the city, All Western Union telegraph wires east and north were prostrated. The Postal company have been able to maintain communication with Chicago and the east by way of Kansas City. Later—Three persons are reported killed by falling debris on Mound street near Tenth, in the northern part of the city, and two are reported killed at Venice, ils. The damage done by the storm can not be estimated at this bour, but it will probably run as high as §109,000, Brice Gets There. Corvmpus, O., Jan. 10.~The Demo- cratic senatorial caucus met in the hall of the house of representatives at 7 p. m. last night. Senator Perry Adams, of Seneca county, was made chairman, and Rep- reseiiiative John E. Monot secretary-in- chief Following is the official vote: Furst baliot— Brice, 29; McMahon, 14; Thomas, 11; Seney, 2; Baker, 6; Hunt, 2; McSweeney, 4; Geddes, 2; Neal, 2; Outhwaite, 1. Second baliot-—Brice, 63; McMahon, 18; Thomas, 3; Baker, 1; Seney, 2; Outhwaite, 1. Liquor Dealers Help a Church. LaxoasTter, Pa, Jan, 18.~The Liquor Dealers association, of this city, has contributed toward the liquidation of the debt of the Baptist church at Madi. son, Ind., the of which, Rev. R. W. Christian, spoke hout Penn. sylvania against the prohi amend. ment. In return for this liquor dealers of the state to wipe out the $500 debt on his church. Lancaster's share of the assessment was $15. Charley Foster Nominated for Senator. Corvxnus, O., Jan. 14.—The Repub- fican camcus to nominate a candidate for United States senator was held last night and out of seventy-one ilepubli- can members fifty-nine attended, twelve being absent. o ballot for United States senator resulted: Foster, 85; Gib son, 4. The nornination was made unanimous, Ohio's Demooratio Governor Sworn In Coruvmavs, O,, Jan 14.--Governor slect James Dumphed) took the south and touches - of subjects of state and rn interest. Wasminorore, Jan, 14.~The follow are Winery the rs nomi ¥ JUSTICE BAFFLED, Mastorly Inactivity in Investi- gating the Kniffin Tragedy. A——————— SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY. All Concerned with the with Blundering-—None buat Clreums- stantinl Evidence Against Dr, Knifiin Miss Purcell — An Indictment Doubtful — Information Reserved for the Grand Jury, Case Charged and TrexTOoN, Jan. 14.—-The coroner's jury sauntered into the crowded court room marshalled by long whiskered and diminutive Coroner Bowers, and the farce of an examination into the mur- der of Myra Kniffin soon began, There was the usual crowd of spectators, which had filled up all the hard benches almost as soon as the big doors were sprung open, but interest in the inquest bad died out to a great extent, as the authorities have stated that they do not propose to give any important testi- mony for Lawyers Barton and Deasley to get points from. They are evidently afraid of these two young lawyers, who made quite a reputation by getting Aus- tin Wyatt off with ten years’ imprison. ment after he had been indicted for wilful murder, Only Clireumstantial Evidence. The state will retain its more import- ant information for the grand jury, but it is doubtful if they can secure an in- dictment. “We have no evidence against Dr, Enifin and Miss Purcell excepting of a circumstantial nature and I would not be surprised if they were acquitted, was the remark made by one on the in- side; and as days pass it certainly grows plainer that the police have made a mis- take in arresting the two persons whether they are innocent or guilty, The Detectives Balled. The local detectives acknowledge vir- tually that they are baffled, but the board of frecholders, who govern the finances of the county, have as failed to offer a reward to indu tectives of experience and reputation to investigate the case, One member of the boar: township expressed the the frecholders when he do you take us for? It would be s piece of business to offer $1,000 and have some fellow jump and it before the ink on the resolution dry. No, sir, we are not built th If any one has informatic 5 killed Mrs. Kniffiu they will gis for nothing when they see that we not to be worked.” Shifting the Flame. This spirit of enterprise seems to fill the authorities, and alth overall detectives have been engaged on the case by the relatives of Miss Purcell, the police refuse to give them any in- formation in their possession, The peo- ple blame the detectives for not unrav- eling the mystery. and they are said blame the chief, who in turn thinks the mistakes were made by Polick Matheson, who passes the responsibility on young Prosecutor Stockton, and his ideas as to who made the blun Are pot known, as the poor fellow is laad up at his home in Princeton with the grip. Justice Matheson's Evidence, Justice Matheson took the witness chair, He described his visit to the house on the morning of the murder and read from his notes what he had seen there. His testimony was princi- pally of a corroborative character, ex. viet ae from a i sentiments ugh Lssntid J URTHOK ier Have You Read The Philad. This Morning ? The Times Is the most extensively rend newspaper published ussion of public men and public measures, i% in the interest of public tegrity, houest gov- ernment and prosperous indus ry, and iL knows 10 party or personal a'legiance in treating pubs bie inmnies the broadest and best sense family and general newspaper circulated and widely i 1% ania, Its ERE { in The News of the World, pe, maxing il the wilh everyihing § pad i pe ¥ 3 + CRreluily the smallest § ation Maga newspaper, buts ure. lis sixieen large and attractively | ris torn (re good jilersiure tageon Contributors burned off were the sane kind as those found in the match safes in the house. The face of the dead woman bore no signs of terror and her face was calm of a struggle. The mouth looked red aad swollen, as the been placed in it, the lips bore evi- dence of having been brussed without producing an abrasion. He then stated that the door back of the bed in the al- when be entered the room and that a hickory stick was lying on the floor. Heo then said that Dr. Shannon had ad- vised Miss Purcell not to make a state- ment, and had sadd that she would be unable to do so within twenty-four hours. The justice then vehemently gtated that every obstruction he had met with in the case came from Dr. PHIL One Yearfor | The Weekly Press 3 pages : as hig as 8 Dhol A Paper of Quaiity 8 book, 1 fax of we me big as §F Ae wai ve pick of everyihiie A Paper of Variety The Weekly shall be jo awake interest Press every turn, Dr. Kaiffia Attempts Sulckde. TresToN, Jan, 7.— Dr, attempted to commit suicide at 3:9C o'clock in the morning. He of the throat, which bled profusely. Before committing the deed, however, he took a heavy dose of aconite, uantity probably saved his life, for a ew minutes after he used the knife he throw the drug off. Held on a Charge of Marder. TRENTON, Jan. Miss Purcell were arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with the murder of Mrs. Kniffin, They declined to make any statement and were committed to jail to await the action of the grand my Out on Ball TREXTOX, Jan. 11.~The two persons about whom all New Jersey is talking are free in and a baal bona of $20,- 000 in each case was deemed sufficient to answer for their appearance at the court when called upon. The bail was fumished by a contingent of citizens, Twenty-eight furnished security for Dr. Kniffin, while fourteen performed a like service for Miss Pu The date of hearing was set down as the second y of the present month, in the cours of oyer and terminer. TrextoN, Jan. 18. ~The Kniffin mur. der mystery is still unsolved and no pew developments now seem possible unless one of the parties suspected of the murder should make a confession. Miss Emma Purcell, the doctor's fair oung writer, is at her brother's To in way, while Dr, Knuffin is at the house where the murder committed Rouge, Jan, 15.--1t is stated that Xd eight of the cardinals of Botsebiola wre suitering with influenza. indesd. ai of pote in Lh coun distinguished wri an aitraction of the by H. Rider Haggard . already engaged, will be by Elizabeth Staurt Phelps, ahd g ghrosd your will be another werial Come Forth, Lr} ors Farmer's Paper, The best conducted agricultural page, in Ameri oa, llostrations Woman's Paper, The “Women's page” of The Weekly Press is slone worth the subseription price. Its Hius. trations are attracting attention everyw here Children’s Paper The special department for children is now ad Aressed to the school children and school teachers of America. 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