CENTRE REPORTE R| Koviox and Pror'r THE FRED.KURTZ, ~TERMS; ~One yoar, $1.50, when nee. Those in arrears subject to rms, §2 per year, paid in ad | previous Advertisements 20 cents per line for 8 ns.and 5 cents tor each subse am fnsertion. Ma Ay 22 Centre Hav, P, Ass Tv ns, n Est MEL CONGR ESSTION (AL the National Legislators at Washington, wWasninarox, May 15 fhe house contin ued the cor 1 of the tariff bill, Mr Bynum, of Indl of the ways and 1 evidence and re Mek Mr ver bill | propriati York, Pa. an Howard Pa Tuni WARHINGTS Labors of atior Ln, SANS Con sider impugned the fairnes mittee in receiving ey. a resolution providi the tariff bi out inter wand tha rend b S Compieted thie mea of the of the bill he bifl building at whole Ailen senate calendar the silver Lill M might be g veto, but he judgme nt. would do th free coir Was tinued tarifl governed woul age HINGTON, y vy PIE 0 vr SPRINGFIELD Ah May Raobis has Alles ged Silver Deal M $Y 3 Z Miners, Lavine ¢ SLE | A Sixteen men and were take the had hele on on the bh insensibl one of the besarte lien wiikin «tom ing Laker pla they fies .] ight arcely fron the aen to were assailed by the ] men was hit and knocked wered. Only FOS Ww Carlisle in Washington, Wasinse May G. C lsle has returned t ¥ hington Kentucky. where h priz ile ay was showered with congratulations, the Republican members in a body extend. ing their congratulations, which shows how deep is the esteem in which he is held. He expects to take Lis seat in the senate on Thursday, John ar from senatorial floor and pear Hotel Fire at Atlantic City. Atnaxtic City, May 19.—The Osborne hotel caught fire aud was partly con- sumed at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The hotel has but recently opened for the sumer and is one of the largest in town. The origin of the fire is unknown, but is supposed to be incendiary. The insurance is light. There were thirty inmates, but all escaped unharm The house will be immediately rebuilt. Thirty-Six Lives Lost, Benrvix, May 17.-~While crossing the River Oder. near Patibor, Silesia, a ferryboat loaded with passengers was stadenly capsized. Before assistance could reach then thirty-six of the un fortunate occupants of the boat were drowned. Mrs. Leslie Will Not Marry. New York, May 19.—Mrs. Frank Les. lie, who is now in Paris, cabled a dis tch to Louis H. Cramer, manager of er publications, giving an emphatic denial of the report that she was about to marry the Marquis De Leuville, George | rancis Train’ s Trip. New York, May 19.—Among the steamahip mgger ring the Bru rom Liv Was Francis Lain, who started at once = al train for Tacoma, to complete Journey the world, DAY OF FUNERALS joenes of Mourning in Asl hley THE STORY THE DIBAS of the Come Foolhardy Robert Roberts, One panions of the Tells Aen Five Boss, Mine the Cave In WiLkesgarnr, Pa., May sad Sanday in and about the boron Ashley The terrible cali Jersey mines which, on Thw crushed out the lives of sturdy miners, threw over the community dreds of hearts into gpair. In the fun terday no less Tha widows and seventy orpl bered. Three happy and had only recently work, and the Jersey Hery in the vicinity which was to start In consequent ployed in that mine were col and envied by thousands 3 Who saw i returning ment for litte twenty-«l torn and up from the brig 19 ii MALS Wel these same wi 3 long idle: hewn followed was the day » Ago contented. 11 Hin of ott of The men no sign th em Znt took on a nel down upon the ranean Val its 5 4 moment Total Darkness id » was S00 feet fre ti KE sploring the Dungeon n awful darkne each miner knew that ath bry € or all cave § antities ; Cons sidemed safe tion Fire Boss two men, Rol Frane, tof chances fith gouxi-oy t hose + declined to go, th thee started upon their dismal and d mbtful journey They sought the gangway and slowi) followed it circuitous winding ery now and then they halloed back to ‘those left behind who replied with encourag in gshouts. After a while, however, they reached a point where no answeringfechoes could be exchanged. For two long hours the three men worked their way toward the old opening which Allan had reference to. At last they came to a point in the gangway which marked the foot of a steep decline, It haa a pitch of thirty degrees and was over 200 feet long. Here Allan became discouraged at the surrounding darkness, The steep was slippery and uncertain. By the aid of a light it could easily be surmounted, and once at the top they were within 80¢ feet of the old opening and the surface. It was worth the venture, he thought, to tempt fate by lighting his lamp. His companions begged him not to do so, but to quiet their fears he assured them there was no possible danger, and the lamp was lighted. The Explosion. Unhappy inspiration! Like the rom of 10,000 cannons was the awful detona tions that followed, A vast amount of gas was ignited by that foolhardy att of one who should hs ave none better. The fire boss and his two companions were knocked to the ground senseless, put not dead, But like a shot from a cannon the burning gas flew onward toward the little group of twenty-eight, who were huddied together. waiting and hoping with patience the music of the pic overhead, which should tell them that rescue was near, In the twinkling of an eye they were transformed into torn, Doody and blackened corpses. Loaded cars that stood on the gangway track near them were shivered to atoms and the mules attached to them roasted alive. It wae a terrible wight to look upon when, later on, these mangled remnants of men were lifted out of the mine and borne away to the improvised morgue at Ashley. Crushed by Falling Conl, Sala LANE —————— Brennen, of Heckscherville, was killed at Herbine colliery, near this place, by a fall of 5 coal. THLE Le BE Viltley fur a New May 20, Irond has Prospecting Jee isi. | tid chigh Load, The not abandoned its ga line Phila although the PHIL Lehigh alley r ADELPHIA, buildin from pro mined definite shape have been at work at v 1 the line i ition of the line ha *h the difY thou VE Tne rons rent sur pid the ople } uid tl i buy the northeast branch il Aten ra but Another Gas splosion mss Fle Moravian Sy ynod. M AY First District LEHEM, Pa renters ondunctors Killed Looks Bad for Poli Hamuspu no port of Exam through the b ican Life In made public envelope to Cor as he read it he bad for the pol 10d think many of the securities anything, but is of opinion may get 50 per are “worth that the 3 Slinglaff Almost NorrisTows, Pa Penniless, May 20.—The deed of assignment by which William F. Slinglt iif transferred all of his property to the Montgomnry Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit company, to cover the amount of his borrowings from that in stitutioz, was placed on record It is sweeping in its terms and leaves the ex secretary treasurer with practically nothing Richard Vaux's Walk Over. PHILADELPHIA, May 20, —In the special election today in the Third congressional district for a successor to the late Sam uel J. Randall, Democratic candi date, ex-Mayvor Richard Vaux, has a complete walk over, as the Republicans have not nominated a candidate in op position, the Mangled by a Train, AsurLaxp, Pa.. May 20. John Tobin, aged 50 years, of Locust Gap, was in- stantly killed on the railroad near this piace. He attempted to get out of the way of an approaching train and stepped in front of an engine that was rounding the curve. His body was badly man- glad Shot hy His Chum. JOHNETOWN, May 19.—At Sum- mer Hill, F. E De ker fatally shot Bert Rees, Doth men came from Elmira, N. 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