THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED.KURTZ, Eprror and Pror'r ~“TERMS;~One year, $1.50, when paid in ad vace, Those in arrears subject to previous terms. §2 per year, Advertisements 20 conts per line for 8 inser ns.and 5 cents for each subsequent insertion Cextie Bory, PA, THURS, APR, 9. FREAKS AMID FLAMES. Chicago's Greatest Fire Since the Memorable Conflagration of’ "72. CHICAGO, April 13.—One of the fiercest and most disastrous fires the Chicago departinent has feught in many years swept through West Madison street yes- terday aftermoon. The big Smyth build- ing that extends from Union half way to Halsted street, was destroyed, and with it the contents of John M, Smyth & Co.'s furniture house, the largest house of the kind in the world. All that is left of Kohl & Middleton's West Side Dime museum is a heap of bricks and charred timbers. On the north side of Madison street from Union street to the Haymar. ket theatre block five buildings were de stroyed. Three of them tumbled down before the maelstrom of fire. The total loss is estimated at between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. John M. Smythe & Co. alone will lose nearly $600,000. The excitement among the freaks who were on exhibition on the third floor was pitiful to behold. They were practically unable to help themselves, owing to their abnormal development, or lack of devel- opment. Clarence Dale, a big headed boy: Zola Lorenzo, the albino; Madame Carver, the fat woman, who weighs 900 pounds, and her son, who is a wee mite of a boy and exhibited as a midget, were on the platforn. Mme. Carver hobbled down from the platform, seized the dow and was about to throw out, when she was A. restrained. navigate alone, rushed to th of his son, and while lead found the albino, almost of her weak eves, groping smoke, With the in { y his arm, he seized th no and drs her rather than led her to the and reached the street. All escaped. Forty persons were pre 3 nit in t § Sloth had a leg broken and Mrs. ably fatal. One boy is missing, feared that he perished. anda it is A Brief Honeymoon. WILMINGTON, at his home, No. 1017 Adams street, with it the more poignant sorrow, occasions the greater shock, by reason of his marriage on April 2 to Miss Ellen, youngest daughter of Hon. Thomas F Bavard. The wedding was celebrated at Delamore Place, Bayard mansion, and was a quiet 1 elegant affair. Pre. ceding and at th ie of the wedding, the groom douls was sufferi typhoid fever in its incipient stages, the joyons occasion dispells dences of indispe 134 ng from ie bt i sition Governor Fowle's Funeral Rare, N. C., April 10. The funeral of Governor Fowle, which took place here at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, brought together thousands of people from many sections of the state. Busi ness was suspended, the public schools and municipal officers were closed, and everywhere mourning emblems were visible. Delegations of leading citizens from almost every city and town in the state, and militia organizations from many places were in attendance, and, with the thousands of citizens, made up an immense procession that followed the remains of the dead governor to his grave. Elizabeth's Big Fire. Evizasern, N. J., April 14.—This place had a narrow escape from a de- structive conflagration yesterday morn- ing. Shortly before 11 o'clock fire broke out in the Arcade building in the rooms occupied by L. R. Chew, a picture frame dealer, and by the time the firemen ar- rived the whole building was a mass of flames. The loss will foot up well on to £500,000. The Arcade building, which was erected in 1866, cost $150,000 and was insured for much less, Fatally Injured by Exploding Gas Brappock, Pa., April 8.—FEleven men were seriously injured by an explosion in a row of frame tenements here early yesterday morning. They are all married men and Hungarians who boarded in the row. The names of the injured, so far as known, are: John Pirhacs, Steve Novosk, Jolin Sekerak, Martin Czehnli. Joseph Csjovozi, Frank Zecse, John Mezi and Mike Hamiso- viski. The first four will die. The Italian Embroglio. Wasmxaron, April 18.—~There is a possibility that the correspondence be- tween Mr. Blaine and Marquis di Rudin will be given out today. It all depends upon the decision of the president. It is understood that, while Mr. Blaine has written a reply to Rudini, it has not been sent, but is still in the hands of the esident, who does not seen to be able to make up his mind what to do. Bishop Gilmour's Death, CrLeverLasp, ©O., April 14, — Bishop Richard J, Gilmour, Nar died in Florida last night, was born in Glasgow, Scot- land, in 1824, He was made a bishop in 1872, being placed over the diocese of Cleveland. Bishop Gilmour was the author of a series of catholic school books, Parnell’s Beputed Marriage. Loxpox, April 8 -—The Parnellite members of parliament continue to affect ignorance of the subject of Par- nell’s alleged marriage to the eldest daughter of Mrs. O'Shea, while the friends of Capt. O'Shea declare the story to be a canard. Chilean Insurgents Victorious. Iquigue, April 8, via Galveston, — News received here that Arica and Tacua have been captured by the insur. gins, Whe now control all Northern as far south as Copiapo. The . ernment forces are Og Po avy Mine Accident in Prussia. P. T. BARNUM DEAD. The Great Showman Breathed His Last with the Waning Day. UNCONSCIOUS WHEN THE END CAME There Were No Mental Qualities, and acted Business But Three Before His Death—Some Life. of He Trans. signs Failing Days tecollec- tions of a Busy Bripaerort, Conn. RP. 7T. Barnum, the eminent died at 6:30 last night from a general break- ing down of the system, due to old age. Mr. Barnum haa 1 ill since No- vember last, and had been confined to : his house most of the time, and to room for the past month, There were no signs that num's mental facilities had af- fected by his illness. Until within two | or three days he attended personally to all his correspondence, and transacted a great deal of business throngh rivate secretary, Mr. Bowser. Sleep- | iid was a feature of his illness. He | April 8 showman, Hen his Mr. been lar- his PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM. had been compelled to resort t of soporifics, He declined to use any form of opium, but sulphonel and chloramid. Dr. Godfrey arouse o'clock yesterday mo that the city had Monday's election, t pum replied, “I an He Died Unconscious, o the use | LOOK At 10 condition due to the blood), and pulse grew weake he had remained con rece ized those abou The doctors had they saw he was wonld not let him suffering, and relieve pain. administered at unconscious t« danghters, wi for, arrived y his family were came, The wishes strictlylcarried ont one but his fan look upon his f be unostentation o'clock he became cvauctic leficient oxidatic oF Ru 10 His E innkesper and Phineas, many the n of t York city. money and os a little store tery chartered ton man got married and ‘be Herald of F fore he was in jail brought to New York = « Heth, said to be of Geor ghowed = a reedion Washing ad added eig . Jenny Lind Tom Thamb and fut Barn fess an + fy eled t see aged to MN, Stratton { feet hi 2 He took th fii shy and Europe nnd made money 1848, when he brought got her to sing in Cast a national reput her $1000 a night, tour of ninety- He retired from voted his attention to East Bridgeport, ‘ In manufacturing company 0 establish there he indorsed their notes for nearls $1000.00. - The company failed and Barnum went into bankruptcy, but he had settied a fortune upon his wife and be started into the show business again. As an Advertiser, He took charge of his old New York musenm once more. It was {hen at the corner of Broad way and Ann street. While there he fshed the vestry of Trinity church by asking permission to stretch an advertising banner from his musentn to the steepio of St Pan's chapel. This was the finest specimen of sub lime nerve then known to the American people. On July id, 1865, the museum burned down, and he got an unlimited quantity of advertising out of it by securing the publi cation of a most gaudy account of the was the orang outang and the lion and other denizens of the tropical forests took the conflagration. He rebuilt it, and again it burned. In 1871 he established a traveling museums and added numerous features, like the Lippo- drome and elephant races, to the old circus Never was a traveling show so advertised, and the country boys for weeks pored over his Advance Courier with more Interest than that given to any yellow backed novel. He used to give temperance lectures from the ring and was himself a prominent feat. ure of the street parade, His Season in London, At the close of the ssason of 190 Mr. Bar. pum transported his eutire aggregation to London, at a cost of $30.04, and astonished the natives with a mid winter American cir cus. His attempt and failure to have his streot parade on the day of the lord mayor's show gave him a great deal of grataltous ad. vertising, and the receipts of Lis thirteen weaks' season aggregated $90,000, The Jumbo evisgde occurred in 1882, My, Barnam's agents arrived in London in Feb. roary of that year and purchased the great elephant from the Zoological society for £2000 sterling, Mr. Barnum was four times a member of the Connecticut legislature and a mayor of port. He presented that city with a park, He also gave a stone museum to Tufts college, near Boston. Among Mr. Barnum's lHierary achleve~ maonts were his antoiiography, several times rewritton, “Fuuny Stories from 2 1. Bars num,” “The Humbugs of the World” and and ti five cond bassinet in ning t fo encolira YOY araer ge ise aalon EINSYLVANIA LEGISLATURR How the Wheels of Government Ite volve at Harrisburg. Harnspura, April 8.-~Among the Lills pussed by the senate yesterday were the following: Constituting a board of commissioners for the promo- tion of uniformity of legislation in the United States: authorizing and regu- luting the taking. use, and occupancy of public burial places in cities of the third class, under certain circumstances, for purposes of common school educa- tion; providing for the selection of a site for the erection of a state asylum for the chronic insane, to be called the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania; appropriating the sum of $10,000 for the purpose of assisting in the erection, furnishing and mainte- nance of a hospital in the city of Chester, In the house the act relieving clerks, mechanics, laborers, or other employes from prosecutions and punishment for piracy under common criminal law pussed finally by a votes of 169 to 4. The that individual members an associntion or ing who may others are for their The mmner to the act pro- foor thio 10°F 14 ¥ ii provides ol Teed attuck alone liable ig workers was debuted ut iength on by which the ensing of isar- “Lloyds” Wis re- postpoaed for Aik ns GLP wae in the house commities re- till intro- iladelphia, £3 mem Mr. « and manufacture cond widing for and ped in Phila defining as murder the taking life ous wreck- upon rail- ers Fow's b i delinite sums ill to preve f cigar d to ons iil pi venders vegetables in the of thre 1! and malic i Motives md reading. » bills were passed finally: s Hmitation of action to a in lands in this state » has not been exercised twenty-one years, unless shall be exercised within this act: mn ing of passed Hr In the se rs Extending her right to acquire, use and dispose of anthorizing her to receive or rtain instruments writing, laring how she may sue and be sued, I authorizing her to make a last will » fuauner as if § ' Oe of she were un- the roviding for the ascertain- he amount of money expended r Beaver for removing and caused by the ne up on second * general snd the ompose the board f the account. Iu the house amendments to Cie Beaver i daring the Johns- curred in. The Xient yvernor by Gove le was it Was on pre- Bie, 4. - priating general appro Wi Lions Bppr The Landslide at Vanport. BEAVER, | April 14 NO pRSseng accident caused by a $44 jie thrve 3 Lieltag., © an Dr of Alk s Messenger D. H. % Ww +1 i: Brown will dis Wh Women. I 13. A num pend for the oi in Fri here company of it was de take care of Trouble Sheriff cen depution Warrants for the UTR Masa pul Double Tragedy in Maryland, Lascasten. Pa. April 14. A terrible murder ovo in Cecil county, Md. , near th Lancaster county, Pa., line early vesterday morning. Granville sichards and his wife were aronsed by the presence of two men in their room On Mrs, Richards’ arisipgz she was shot in the neck! and “Mr. Richards, on going to her resene, was shot twice in the stomach. Both will die. The two mur- ders escaped. Ted A Scientific Incendiary. SCRANTON, Pa., April 18, The numer- ous fires which ocenrred last week in the office of N. H. Shafer. of this city, and which have occasioned widespread alarm, owing to their mysterious nature, are now attributed to the actionof a subtle chemical which the scientific in- cendiary, who has not vet been dis- covered, distributed about the place. Have Filed Exceptions, Reapixa, Pa., April 14.—The attor- neys for ex-County Freasurer David W, Mogel have filed exceptions to the re- port of the county auditors, who sur charged him with over $2,000, alleged to have been irregularly expended by the prison inspectors and directors the poor, Injured by a Falling Rock. Bowens Station, Pa... April K.--Two men were injured by the falling of an immense rock in the stone quarry of the Clymer Iron company at this place. Leonard Flicker sustained a serfons in- Jury to his spine and was erushed about the hips, Wilson Kercher had one arm and one leg cut and braised, Ex-Congressman Chapman Dead. Dovigstows, Pa., April 18. — BEx- Judge Henry Chapman died here Sat. urday, aged 87, In 15843 Mr. C wis elected to the state senate, Four rears’ later be was ted judge of Shester, Del. {ndicial district: a. Mr. Chapman was elected to congress. — is in Philadelphia, HiLADELPIOA, April 14.-Mrs, Eva Mann-Hamilton arrived at Broad Street station yesterday afternoon on the Ate lantic express from the west, She was not Sonervel the in the rail way depot SOON throna, PENNSYLVANIA NEWS Items of Real Interest Presented in Condensed Form. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS DO AND BAY A Chapter of Accidents, Crimes and Local Happenings Picked Up Here and There in the State and Flashed Over the Busy Wires. LOYERSFORD, Pa. , April 8.—Patrick O'Brien, aged 20, of Mt. Clare, at- tempted to board a moving train at this place, when he fell under the car and he both legs cut off, as a result of which he died, Reaping, Pa,, April 9. Physicians of this city report an alarming increase of influenza, pneumonia and a diseass which possesses many of the characters wstics of the grip which was prevalent here a year ago Prrrssuru, April 8. —Russell Errett, a prominent politician and journalist, died here yesterday, aged 78 years, Mr. Errett took an nuportant part in the formation of the Republican party and served three terms in congress, Pirrrspura, April 5,000 carpenters in the Pittsburg trict of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of North America will builders the eight hour demand. LEADING, Pa., April 9.—The national grand lodge of the Junior association dis- adjourned yes- The all whom reside in of 4 PHILADELPHIA, April 11, Messrs, William Redmond, M. P., and John M. P., addressed 1,200 of in Hor- last night. The pro meeting, amounting to $1,000, will be sent to Mr. Parnell, Harnissrre, April 13.—Al O'Brien, of Philadelphia, and James Foulk, of this city, have signed articles to engage in a glove fight on May 5 for $250 a side, 65 per cent of the gate receipts to go to the winner and to the Pe The men will fight at 183 pounds. PHILADELPHIA, April 8.—Pursuant to the pledge made by Mayor Stuart pre- vious to his election, and rotted in his inaugural address, the police have been given the choice of severing all political affiliations or tendering their resignations as members of the police force, PHiLapeLrmia, April 9. — Provost Pepper, of the University Pennsyl- vania, has resigned the presidency of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching. Professor Ed- hall 59 of Pennsylvania, was elected to succeed him. Prrrsavra, April 9.—~The three Hun- garian laborers who were engaged in works when Foreman Michael Quinn lost his life were sentenced yesterday to The case has received much from Socialists throughont the country. Reaping, Pa, / -A sensation aussd by the binding over in onng men who banquet of the nique Social club, at which two stolen stuffed and roasted, were part of Al irticipants were in 13 TORS the 1 $ Reaping, Pa... April 10.—All the ap- plications for liquor licenses in this county held under advisement have granted Uy the court except Of the 450 licenses granted remain in the quarter ses seventy-two, which if not ifted by to-morrow will be forfeited The follow bony still Lesaxox, Pa., April 13 ing players will compose the Lebanon club in the Eastern League: Tate and McCaffrey, catchers; Smith, Taylor Fitzgerald, pitchers; Meister, fir ba ‘* third base: Cross, i; Petrie, and bu firut hee L 4 and « aptain; short stop: center field; second Cook. 8 Stalts Dovigstows, Pa., April 11. Bean, a day or two ago, served a writ of execution on Samuel H. Harrison, a real estate agent at Haolmeville, seizing all his personal property for a debt owing on a judgment note. Mr. Har. rison was on his deathbed when the sheriff arrived on the premises. Before the officer left the sick man died, Prrrsstre, April 18. —Yesterday after noon three boys named Willie Bert, Michael O'Toole and Eddie Caldwell, of the south side, found a can of blasting powder in Barchfieid's stone quarry. The ys built a fire to melt the can open. Shortly after an explosion followed. All three of the boys were terribly burned, and it is thought OToole and Caldwell will die, Soorroare, Pa, April 8,