THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, Eprror and Pror'n CSA <Ono yaar, $1.50, when paid in ad Yiu Paya in arrears subjegt ta previous terms, $2 por yoar, A fvertisaments 20 counts per Ad s 4h line for & inecy + thr mach subreguent insertion Cryrre Ban, Pa, Truors, Dec. 10 CHINESE WARFARE. Captured Prisoners Immediately Slaugh- tered--No Quarter Given. LONDON. Dex . a The ing defeat He savs: “Forty-five hun- dred nnperial troops met a force of 3,000 rebels at a point fifteen miles Chaovang and had better cavalry than perial forces, who were at pelled to move back somewhat. conflict which ensned long stubborn. the first com- The Wis charge from the imperial side This threw the rebels into confusion and they began retreating, keeping up a ranning fight, however. No was given. Eleven hundred rebels were slanghtered on CRISP THE WINNER. | Georgia's Candidate Captures the Speakership. NAMED ON THE THIRTIETH BALLOT The Efforts of the Mills Men to Cap ture MoMillin's Adherents Proved Futile Done Some Lively Electioneering Between the Caucus Meet. ings, The the house WASHINGTON, Dec, 8 Den ocratic members of balloting | speaker for the party nominee Jallot after ballot but with slight changes. At result of the nineteenth ballot was nounced as follows: Crisp, 94; Mills, #2 Springer, 17: McMillin, 19; Stevens, 1. But forty-five minutes now other ballot consnltation Wis A hasty was impossible, held by the to death, Id , has telegraphed me wws of the utter, crush It immediately Chang, the Ceroy confiry put pu defeat rebels, that the of the this unexpected success will government to overrate its power to suppress the rebellion entirely.” The correspondent then gives further details of tl ent massacre, which a veritable » save: “The merciless rend and «. and an awful holocaust was the re- scenes were enacted which Christians Many who exhansted dropped by the roadside and died. The course of their flight is marked by corpses half eaten by Li Hung Chang has} el martial law has i ont Manchuria fled as from the I dogs. egraphed that {throneh- n proclaimed Loppy Electrocuted Sina Sina, N. Y.. at the execution by ele D. Loppy, the New Yo in Sing Si those wh of the fon ire in July last. The cone his fate bravely suffering. Three shock adminis tered, and Loppy was pronounced dead Dec. S.—The i ty Of yy 01 ric ng prison, were a repetition of cy ich occurred at x murderers in the same pl i and witl were The om 1,700 to 1, The chair voltage was fr in Jn tact was fr the d 1 of so, 3 used tint 3 for * ¢ the A Royal Engagement, Albert the eldest son of prox Princess Victoria Mary, r of the Duke of ] both have party. The a few days Ped vy ove Princes at Luton staying la i Prince of Wales left Luton ago, and the y don to inform hi pre M pected ts who the approval of he toria. All were Vietoria hav match, whicl match Battle NEw Yor was a Madman. Juling Kam with I Dee take I o'clock den niac. | danghter They |} aman, and it ew him is and feet and were called and Daughter Frozen. Pavi. Dec. 8 farmer. accompanied by his daughter, a young lady about 23 years of Hallock, Minn., Friday home, about es northeast of Dray ton, N. D. Yest ; found. both having ha Father ST. age, left been +4 » » found about eighty re fhe The horse loose from the cutter and was found alive. Miss Olsen was to have been married on Sunday to a prom- inent young business man of Kenned: Minn The Field Failure, New Yor, Dec. 5. — Edward M. Field, head of the wrecked firm of Field, Lindley, Weichers & Co., New York brokers, has been committed to a pri- vate insane asylum. It transpires that the slleged lunatic disposed of vast sums of money and securities belonging to the family, his partners and his customers, Assignee Gonld, who claims that Field's investments in that direc- tion are safe, will not go into details. The father, Cyrus W. Field, is not left penniless by his son's transactions, as was at first reported. brisiness Ghastly Earthquake Incident, Sax Fraxcisco., Dec. 8. ~The corre. sponderit of the Hyago News writes to Yokohama respecting the recent carth- quake at Ogaki. Close to theriver bank are the remains of the earth Honganyi Semple In the latter at an early hour on the fatal morning 300 people had con- gregated at a special service in con- nection with the harvest. The huge ed- ifice fell down and crushed all of the de voted worshipers, whose corpses were afterwards calcined by a conflagration. Secretary Foster Worse, WasHixagToN, Dec. 8, Secretary Fos. ter's illness seems to have assumed a more serious aspect, and another physi- cian, Dr. G. L. Magruder, has been called in to assist Dr. Hamilton in treat. ing the case. In speaking of the case Dr. Hamilton said: ‘Secretary Foster still has fever of a low type, He has no pain, but his condition has not improved since the onset of fever on Saturday, The patient is extremely weak.” The French Will Eat Our Pork. WasHiNGTON, Dec. 8.—The following eablegram was received at the state de- partment from the United States lega- tion in Paris: ‘Have pleasure to that the president publishes the decree repealing from this date the prohibition on American pork, which has existed in Frange since the 18th of February, CHARLES FREDERICK CRISP. and was agreed effect found arried unani- partisans of the several candidates, an adjournment to 2 p. m. upon. The motion to this no opposition, and was 4 i ’ ization of the house A call of the t noon, After the taken until i urnment was noon today, When Democratic contestants they CaAncus were between upporters fol- . { speaker win. Ai Mr. Mc? 1 lowed the twenty-third ba Millin in his little | strength of united action, and it » gntire nineteen McMillin through Hot. Mr. Mc- pre ssid] On band the Was ag they would thick and by the other | McMillin, bu | success, Th Crisp, 101 Springer, 12; Stevens, 1 Three more bx {| out changing to take a rece endi to drs t SUCCESS Or hope ryt ALR 3 1" h ballot stood; McMillin, its were taken with- vote, A motion nade just after the ng of the twenty-sixth by a Springer man, but w withdrawn ing put to a vote. A conference between | the Springer and McMillin failed { of materi ing results, and obvion before be ins could saders of the fn held and a cision reached a recess should be taken. Accordingly Mr. Durborrow, a supporter of Sprin that an yelock, Cal for 3 1 the Is de adjournment be 8 and this sition f was mt oppx- a Much active was the lieutenants of Mills and from 6 to Oo wen held onference in a nmittee room. Mr. Springer was not The result of this ‘non t twenty-¢ $a done by Crisp during clock. The FECOss 1 Inger n conference he hth ballot, after the beginning of the sion, four of | Bpringer men deserted hisranks. Many | earnest conferences were held in the McMillin headquarters. The Mills sup- | porters endeavored to make a break in the McMillin ranks, but they were un successful. The utmost excitement pre {| vailed, and rumors that Springer and McMillin had formed a combination | were circulated. No gquornm was pres- ent when the cancug was called to or- der, and a recess of fifteen minutes was | taken. At the expiration of fifteen min- | utes a quorum appeared and the call of i ames was proceeded with. The vote on the twenty-eighth ballot stood: Crisp, 103; Mills, 96; Springer, 8; McMillin, Stevens, 1. { On the twenty-ninth ballot the break from Mills began, and on the thirtieth ballot Crisp was chosen by this vote: Crisp, 119; Mills, 105; Springer, 4; Ste- vens, 1. The house met at noon today and for. mally organized by electing the nomi- nees of the Democratic cancus, who were at once installed, Len when the 1X IN THE SENATE. Benator Brice Takes the Oath of Office—The Florida Senatorship. Wasmixarox, Dec. 8. After the for. mal opening of the senate by prayer, and the vice president's words of welcome, the letter of resignation of Senator Rea. gan (Texas), and the appointment by the fiovarnor of that state of Mr. Chilton in iis stead, was read. The next creden- tials read were those of Mr. Felton (Cal.) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Hearst, and the next were the resignation of Mr. Edmunds (Vt) and the appointment of Mr. Proctor 4 his stead, The next credentials read were those of Mr. Call and Mr. Davidson, each claiming to be senator from Florida, The credentials were laid on the table till this afternoon, when they will doubt- less go to the committee on privileges and elections, Senator Sherman said he would not object to the oath being administered to Mr. Brice, but gave notice that Mr. Brice's elegibility would be contested. The name of Mr. Hill, senator-elect from New York, was not printed on the list of senators, nor were his credentials presented, wr Sweating in §2 the newly elected r appointed) sena was tended with. n mo: By were sworn groups of four or five, in the first group A Mr, Brice, In the next group wera Mr, Chilton (Tex.), Mr. Dubois {aah ys Mr. Felton (Cal) and Mr. Gallagher (N, H.). (ee Mr. Chilton, of 'exan (appo governor), were referred to the committee on privileges PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. Items of Interest Presented in Con- densed Form. HorLLipayssura, Pa. Dec, 8, A burst- ing steam pipe at the Hollidaysburg Iron Co.'s works struck Robert Johnston, fracturing his skull. He was also hor- ribly scalded, and will surely die, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7. — Harry P. Gill, who with Read and Pettit, repre- sents Receiver Yardley, of the Keystone National bank, said that some of the bank's stockholders had paid their $50 a share assessments, The amounts paid in this way, he a well known farmer, living near Wood train at wheels and was removed to coal the He to jump a passing pla e fell under with legs ent off he died, LEADING, Pa. .Dec.7, of the finn of Glaser, Frame & Co., the munufacturers of this He had been a great sufferer lately from inflammatory rheumatism, which known, He leaves a widow and Harrispura, Dec, b.—It is that within a month ex-Senator William he can control his own estate, Mr, Wal luce has paid dollar for dollar of his in- debtedness, and still has a comfortable sum left, Wirksparire, Dec, raging here to such meeting of the citizens was held to dis 7.~Diphtheria is spread of contagion, and requesting the town council to give some help in the matter. Last week there were twelve deaths out of sixteen cases, and new ones are reported each day Reaping, Pa., Dee, 5. —Coroner Hoff- man held an inquest upon the remains of Thomas C Williams, aged 11 years, who was found dead hanging in a noose at his grandfather's residence. The evi dence was to the effect that the boy ran through the vard and fell with his head through the noose, and a verdict of acci- dental death was rendered. POTTSTOWN, Dec. 7. -- Stephen Chontosh, : er employed by the Pottstown Iron company and residing at Stowe, he company's steel works in an intoxicated condition, and while trying to open a door at one of the gas producers over backwards to the round and was killed. His neck was il he was otherwise injured. wife and one child in Ken a {sor FONTE, Pa., Dec. 7.—The B ron and Nail company (limit suspended jons, with lia gating about £302,000. The any has been or James A. the benefit of three years is thought the operat t, Pa., Dec. 7.- VEears, Gates B. Weiser, committed suicide gant home on the outskirts of ty by shooting himself in the head. wife was present at the time and could to prevent the deed, but her weak efforts proved of no avail, as he deliberately pli ed the pistol to his head and drove the bullet into his brain, He was a prominent Mason, and gen. bked. He leaves a wife and two children Hazrrrox, Dec Governor Patti son yesterday issned a charter constitu. ting Hazelton a city, At the election in November last the voters of the town declared by a majority of over 700 in favor of the city government, but oppo- sition wi mde against the issuing 3 a charter because the notice of the election had not been printed in all the papers in the town, and there was no proper record of the annexation of a por- tion of the territory where voters partic- ipated in the charter elections, Lascaster, Pa., Dec. 8 —Bigler Det- weiler is the name of a juror in last week's common pleas court who did not put in an appearance until the last day. He then came to town to pay the penalty prescribed for defaulting jurors, a fine of £15. He stated that he belonged to a religions denomination opposed to going to law to settle disputes, and as he failed to answer to his name for that reason, he was ready to pay the fine. He made a request to have his name kept out of the jnry wheel in the futnre. Puiraverriia, Dec. 7. — The large three story building, 710, 721 and 728 Vine street, was almost entirely de stroyed by fire last evening, entailing a loss placed by the owners at about $350,- 000. The building was formerly the St, Philip's Protestant Episcopal church, and after the removal to Broad and Spring Garden streets, the front was torn out and made into three stores. The first and second floors of 719 are oc- cupied by Hoffstetter Brothers, book- binders, Wagner Brothers, Chicago meat dealers, have the first floor of 723, and the remainder of the building is ocen- pied by the Shaw Publishing company. all she Ta Aline HegAlleges Self Defense. New York, Dec. 8.—Darwin J. Mese- role, the son of General T. V. 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