The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, May 04, 1893, Image 2

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THE NEWS,
Thomas Norton, James Francis, Martin
Cox, Mike Connor, James Norris and two
others, all under sentence to the peniten-
tiary, escaped from the county jail in Colum-
| bus, by cutting a hole through the floor, ——
Rev. Gi. L. Eberhardt, president of the Luth-
eran Theological Seminary, and presiding
! officer of the synod of Michigan, and for
thirty years pastor of St. Paul's Church, in
wife having died but ten years ago, He left
no children, Henry Bentley was convicted
in Los Angeles, Cal., of the charge of mur.
dering his wife. The old Liberty Bell was
received with honor in Indianapolis, where
the school children had a parade, and an ad-
dress was delivered by ex.President Harri.
son, ———Albright and Simpson's sewer at the
corner of Union and Lawrence streets, in
Olean, N. Y., caved in, burying five Italians,
Two of them were rescued and three killed,
wMre, James Wiley, of Paterson, N. J,
tried to commit suleide by hanging herself,
eee oov, Edward Bell, editor of the Queens
County Republican of Long Island City, was
arrested on the charge of libelling Mrs, Eliza-
beth Lee.—The explosion of powder used
for tableaus in a church entertainment in
Wilkesbarre caused a panic, and many were
injured. —— Benjamin Buchanan, seventy
years old, who, for the past thirty-five years,
had been an officer of the SBupreme Court of
New York, cut his throat with a razor on the
roof of his residence and then jumped into
the street. He was instantly killed. Mr,
Buchanan had been in very low spirits for
some time past, owing to the fact that he
was a sufferer from dyspepsia and dropsy.
——-At a church cornerstone laying in Cleves
land a floor gave way, and many people wero
injured. —T. C. Haven, a married man, of
Memphis, Tenn., eloped with the wife of
David Lampkin,
Thomas Taylor, representing Roberts, the
champion English billiardist, is in Chicago,
trying to arrange a game with Ives, the
American champion, Captain R. T. Evans
who was supposed to have been lost off the
steamer Ohio in last week's big gale, has ar-
rived at Cheboygan, Mich.,, with the four
men he took in the lifeboat when he left the
steamer. They were nearly starved when
found by the tug River Queen, at Beammons
Cove, on Cockburn Island, where they had
landed. ——Five persons were Nilled, two fat-
ally injured and a number of others hurt in
& runaway train accident en the Bare Rock
Railroad, near Somerset, -The Color-
ado Fuel and Iron Company's mines, at New
Castle, Colorado, are on fire and the pros-
pects are that it will take at least two months
to extinguish the flames. The fire is supposed
to have been caused by the ignition of gas,
Nobody has been injured but the loss to the
mines will be heavy. They are the largest in
the West. A large number of men are out of
employment pending the extinguishing of
the fire.——There will be an interesting in-
ternational exhibition in Brussels, at which
will be displayed the wonderful development
of the public press from ancient to modern
times, The wife of W. T. Lewis became
infatuated with the wife of a hotel «clerk, of
Greenfield, Ind., and deserted her husband.
Receivers were appointed for the Olio
@ocal Fxchange Company and the Cresent
Coal Company in Chicago.
both are $400,000 in bills receivable, open ac-
ecunts, coal and money in bank. The Ohto
Coal Exchange offices are in Chicago.
Pa, —
business in coal in the Northwest, ee Rew nr d
stealing tons of butter from creameries
throughout Pennsylvania, was sentenced to
three years’ imprisonment at bard labor, ~w-
Utah, and defeated the cowboys. ——Matt
Jansen, a wire-drawer, employed by the
Washburn and Moen Company, in Worces-
ter, Mass., was stabbed and killed by Simon
Slawson, a laborer in the wire mill. —
young men, Julius Fulk, Martia Areit and
Chas. Liptak, hired a boat in Cleveland, O.,
and rowed out to the breakwater,
capsized, and Falk and Arelt were drowned.
Liptak was almost dead when resound,
By the collapse of a pertition wall in the
electric light building in Cincinnati one work-
man was killed and several injured.-—The
American, Knox,and his wife were convietad
of swindling jewelers by means of forged
checks in Mexioco.——The remains of the
widow of General Hancock were buried at
Bellefontaine, Mo.
Tue MeConnell & Maguire Company, the
largest mercantile house in Idaho, whose
sheriff. The Pirst National Bank of Moscow is-
sued an attachment for $20,000 and the sheriff
at once closed the doors, The Moscow Nat,
jonal Bank immediately followed with an at-
tachment for $25,000, ——All the Union Pacific
and every department of the shops began
running with a full force of men.—Two
prisoners who are being conveyed from
Peeksville to Sing Bing on the 11.20 o'clock
train by Deputy Sheriff Pugsley, over the
New York Central and Hudson River Rail.
road, made a break for liberty and eseaped
ween the farm of R. A. Honea, four miles
south of Aberdeen, Miss, a colored tenang
named Edwards and his wife left three chil-
dren, all under five years of age, inthe
house alone and went to work. During their
absence the house eaught fire and was come
pletely destroyed. The children were cro.
mated.
A COLUMBIAN QUARTER.
T'wo Designs Submitted by the Mint Di-
rector to the Women.
The Director of the Mint with the approv
al of Secretary Carlisle, has determined ot
the designs for the souvenir quarter-dollar,
and forwarded to the Board of Lady Man-
agers for their opinions two models of the
head of Isabella, which will appear on the
face of the coin, one representing Isabella as
a mr AIA
? NAVAL REVIEW
President Cleveland Between Two
Columns of Warships
——————————————————————
A SPLENDID SPECTACLE.
a ———
Saluted by the Booming Guns of
Ten Great Nations.
FOREIGNERS PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
Amid the din of mighty booming guns and
enveloped by the vapor of burned powder |
and the mist of a cloudy afternoon President
Cleveland reviewed the great fleet assembled
in New York harbor to celebrate the discov- |
ery of America and to illustrate the advance |
the unknown |
Thirty-seven
modern
bus salled from Spain across
yeas four hundred years ago.
of type,
Disagroee- |
of the |
afternoon, |
the great-
vovage.
until
forenoon
REAR ADMIRAL GURELARDL
repaid the
for eight
The
the re-
viewed remaining stationary in open columns |
waited
patiently
the lines,
At night in the great Madison Square Gar- |
den the review ball was given rivaling in
the most
fitting climax to the great ocoasion.
each side of the Dolphin, made the welkin
ring. The Kalzerin Augusta joined the chorus
and the echoes rolled up the Palisades and
down again, until one seemed to hear a long
line of artillery reaching for miles on the
Jersey shore,
The bands on the ships played the national
air, but it was only st intervals between the
roar of guns that the music could be heard.
The Van Speyk and the Infanta Isabel so-
Jutes ran into each other, Then there was a
pute for a minute and Argentina's cruiser
yelehed forth a flash that was responded to
by a big gun on the (Hiovanni Pausen,
Then, after a short pause, & light blue puff
arose above the dynamite tubes on the Vesu-
vius, and a few seconds ater there was a din
overhead as though the sky was made of
sheet-iron and a bomb had struck.
At 2 o'clock the Yorktown and the Arethuse
saluted together, gun for gun, Then there
was an interval, during which the bunds
could be heard piaying and the cheers of the
sallors reached the shore,
The Chicago opened fire and a moment
later the Russian Rynds added her guns to
the chorus. The Baltimore and the General
Admiral followed,
At 2.08 the Tartar, the first of the British
ships. saluted. The guns of the Bancroft
and the San Francisco were going at the same
time. The British Magicienne and tho At-
lanta fired simultaneously.
. The Dolphin lessened her speed as she ap-
proached the head of the line and there was
an interval between the firing from the ships,
Each vessel began saluting as the Dolphin's
bow came abreast. Ten minutes after she
—_ po ———
street, where a thousand men and women,
who had stood fn the rain for four hours,
cheered him enthusiastionlly,
Mrs. Cleveland, enveloped in a tweed cape,
Mackintosh, black felt hat and black veil,
was the first to alight, and her appearance
was the signal for the cheering to begin, The
President tollowed her, removing his silk hat
and pausing for a moment, bowing all around
to the people. The party was immediately
escorted to the lsunch of the Dolphin, which
started away as soon as the company was on
bonrd. The launch steamed rapidly out to
THRE FINTA.
the Dolphin, and from the shore
gangway of the dispatch boat, Mrs, Cleve
land in advance, As soon as the President
reached the deck one of the Dolphins guns
announced the fact and the President's flag
was unfurled at her masthead,
STEEI-PROTECTED CAUVISER PHILADELFBIA.
fron
eame down
It was just 2.12 as England's crack cruiser,
There wns a
sp boom, entirely
different from the sharp sounds of the guns
of the smaller vessels, The Philadelphia
saluted as the Dolphin reached the
the line and came to a stop just in the
of the caravols,
At the same time all
and pleasurs
made a din almo {-
ing. There was cheering and waving of hats,
handkerchiefs and umbrellas, and the tri
umphal procession of the
was ended,
The whistles sent up
which, added to the
obscured the view of
river,
The admirals
hed Of
the steamboats,
their whisties
s deafening as the sal
ssremidentinl
i Genta
of stean
smoke of the g >
3 . ¢ ¥ .
large portion « this
of the different squadrons
inmunches and pro-
eseded to the Dolphin to pay their respects
to the President,
Sir John Hopkins, the British admiral, was
first received, Next eoame Viee-Admiral
Koznakoff, the Russian admiral, Hear-Ad-
miral de Libran, of France, was third. Then
followed Rear-Admiral Magunaghi, of Italy
The Spanish admiral, Senor Y. Luno
not fail to pay this
the chief ex-
ecutive, and was followad by Rear-Admiral
Howard, of Argentine: Bear-Admiral Nor
hona. of the Brazilian fleet, and the blond
haired and the captaing of the
German and Duteh sts ore
formed one of the » interesting
of the day. As nearly all the foreign «
spoke or understood English the ceremonies
were attended by no «tiff formalities, bat
were marked by cordiality and some degree
of conviviality also,
Fifteen minutes before the reception ended
and while the President was preparing to
land. an admonitory signal was given fron
the Dolphin, and as be Jeft the vessel and en
tered his barge, at the of Ninety-=ixth
¢
blue-eyed
features
Moers
These
foot
Y
3
i
Ja
a
The Columbian Fleet.
The original intention was to begin the re
view at 10 30 o'clock. but a steady fall of rain
in the morning caused a postponement until
the afternoon.
The postponement was ordered by Heecre.
tary Herbert at the suggestion of President
Cleveland. The invited guests had already
assembled on the steamers set part for their
use, Vast crowds had assembled at all points
from which a view of the fleet could be had.
They could not, of course, be notified of the
change of plans, but all supposed that some
hitch bad occurred, and settled themselves
as comfortably as possible to await develop-
ments,
The rain caused great disappointment on
the squadrons anchored below the Palasades,
The crack ships had been pu® in readiness
for their part of the celebration, Their hulls
had been painted, their decks holy-stoned,
their brasswork polished until it shone, and
their guns had been cleared for far different
work than their makers intended the cemen-
ting of peaceful relations iistead of havoe of
war, It drenched the decks and rigging and
hung in pently drops froin the brasswork.
Dress uniforms were abAndoned for storm
aoats and the Jack tars instead of being in
holiday rig were in every-day attire,
——————— a
street, every vessel in the fleet again manned
yards and rails and once more fired a salute
of twenty-one guns, following the Dolphin’s
: Then the President's fia
lead, war lowered
, of the day were considerad over,
{ After leaving the Dolphin President Cleve-
"land returned to the Victoria Hotel, Mrs,
| Cleveland took the four o'clock train for
Washington,
| phin while the presidential boat was making
' the reviewing tour.
| At 2.30 the merchant marine was signaled
| to get away. The Beabird, with the commit.
4 jo'elock when the signal
i siart. .
i The blowing of a hundred whistles and the
{ booming of guns at 1.160
was
given
‘clock
{ instantly the crews of
{ along the line went
rail and at the mastheads and tops
i At 1.30 the first boom of the 10-inch gun ol
{| the Miantonomoh announesd that the Dol
{ phiu, with the President on board, was pass-
| ing up between the two columns
Sie,
The roar of the Maintonom«
| followed by a salute
Republics and Tirandentes
replied to the Brazilians
smoke rose over the
warships, The Braziilans
before firing, and
jackets stood out
| ground of smoke,
he Dolphin me
gait and the sa
! and sharp, The
Brazilian fleet,
and the Nueva Espana took
Dolphin was foliowed at a distance «
500 feet by the Blake and she in tun
Miantonomoh,
From the time the Presid
ur through the intil |
the
to
from
fired! the wenither was cloudy, with mit
air was cold and an unpioasant
out of the east. It was an Improve
the forenoon, but Ht was nt a
on the river and on exposed pol
slong the shor
{ It was a Otting and dramatic
| proceedings when, at the clomet f the review
the flagship Philadeiphia slowly steamed uf
to Riverside, opposite 10 the tomb of Grant
and on this day. the anniversary
fired a salute to his memory :
Lest 4 4
jose 10 the
f his
tive b
At the Ball.
{
The Columbian ball at the
Garden was, in respect 10 gai
decoration and arrangement and of
pomber of world-famous guests present
most splendid ever given in the New World
Besides the President and bis advisers,
{ chief legislative body of the United States
{ and a Spanish grandes whe
and lineal descendant of Christopher Colum:
the
IF CUSRING, TORIEDD BOAT,
i bus, there were the diplomatic corps,
t admirals and subordinate officers ©
| great naval power in the
i of neighboring States
{| officers,
The decorations of
every
world, Governors
and famous
in the great suditoriam,
smilax and asparagus sprays, and cut flowers
| and rare exotios were profusely distributed
| through this rich green ground. and a my-
rind of tiny electric lights shone from out the
| mass of flowers and verdure, Two sliver
{| dragons, with great burning ruby cyes
| guarded the Madison avenue entrance,
| river on the New York side, The Al Foster
| followed, and the police patrol tugs fell in
¢ line two by two, After them came tugs,
| steamboats and steam yachts, two and three
| abreast, and all with whisties blowing, men
passed each man-of-war,
{The commotion that followed has never
| been equaled on the Hudson river, Clouds
| of steam rose from the tugs and blew across
| the men-of-war, The crews of the men-ol-
i war faced the rails, waved hate and handker-
chiefs at the nojsy tuge and steamboats as
they passed. Several steam yachts saluted
the men-of-war with.one gun, which sounded
| like a toy pistol after the big guns of the
!
mission to start until the
line of the squadron was
About 1 Qulock the
| PEOPLE AND EVENTS,
Ma. Warren Brsawr io one of the English
authors intending to visit the World's Fair at
Chicago this summer. He will attend the
{ literary congress to be held there,
i Tux Independence Belge says the system
| of ba TA nes a Ta
are greatly axpedited by be
mediately a
having a speed of twenty-five miles
A
run
Duluth and
Carraiy O.W, Guaxr, of the English army,
is in Waskington, speaks thus of sat
i
iz
i
g
:
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:
The Ministrize to Brazil and Uni-
ted States of Colombia Filled,
Bome Misor Plums Handed Oz:
Brisf Notice of ths Nsw Officers.
The following appointments were on-
pounced at the White House: L. F. McKin-
ney, of New Hampshire, to be Envoy Extra.
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United Btates to Colombia ; Thos, 1. Thomp-
son, of California, to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotsptinry of the United
Btates to Brazil of
Arkansas, to be Minister Resident
A
George William Carruth,
and
sul General of the United States to Portugal ;
John M, Wiley, of New York, to be Consul of
the United States at Bordeaux
Myers, of Kentucky, to a Commissioner
from Kentucky on the World's Columbian
Commission ; J. C. Sanders, of Georgia. to
be an Alternate Commissioner fro
to the World's Columbian Commission.
Cone
Harvey
bes
mi Georgina
Owen T. Rouse, of Arizona Territory, to he
Associate Justice of the Buprems Court of
the Territory of Arizona. To be attorneys of
the United States : William E. shutt, of Lili-
noise, for the 5S District of [ilinols «
John W. Judd, of Usal of
Utah,
To be
thers
{or the Territory
Marsha's of
Richard C. Ware, of
District of Texas ; Ge
for the Distri
WHO Tix
the
Fexas
United Biates
for the Western
orge M. Humphrey, of
Nevada t of Nevada,
ROMINEES ARE,
Luther F, McKinney, of New
nominated to be Mi LAUD
Hampshire,
native of Ohig, Ir
of IE
Company D, in the
1863
After the war Mr i for the
ministry, graduating in ow in 1870.
He removed to N n 1878, was
defeat r eral in 1nsg,
INR. but
he enlisted snd
+
tid served
in the
tate
age
N.Y.
denice
ne a
Wiley
Committe
gress was its BR
Thomas 1. Th
un. W.Va, May 81,
1855 and started the Pe
pon wax born at Ch
Ings, wentto Ca
taluma
first paper establ
in 1560 he
rat at Banta
fruit and wine
wen
hoe identified
, and has
iisher over t
SOL WHE elect
ticket with (son
fore the exp
had to certify to hi wh elerllOn a8 8 m
ber of the Filtieth
George W, Caruth, nominated to be
ister to Portug: % a lawyer of Little
Ark., where he is also editor
owner of the Little Hock
indorsed t
bu
GLY
Min-
Boek,
and principal
He was
both Renators, the entire delega-
tion in Cougross State Supreme Court,
other men promine n Arkansas.
A LEPER AT LARGE.
Discovery of a Syrian Woman Whose
Bands Were Dropping Off.
Sehantzbez Opshiet. a Syrian woman, of
Fort Wayne, Ind., called at the office of Dr.
Stirgis for treatment, Her face was yellow,
shrunken and covered with blotches, All
the fingers of her left hand bad rotted off as
faras the first joint, and the index finger
bone protrude where the flesh bad dropped
off.
Dr. Stirgis said the woman had leprosy.
Bhe said she did not want any medicine, but
hone,
which interferred with her business, that of
a notion paddler. The entire bone Was re-
The case
was reported to the health authorities,
The woman came to Fort Wayne three
weoks ago from the Pacific Const. She says
Gasatte,
the
the dis
the Hawaiian Islands, She
ease on one of
ber native country.
A BIG PLUNGE TO DEATH.
One Killed and Four Fatally Injared
by a Building's Collapse.
A partition wall in the sloctrie light build.
{og now being erected at the south-oast cor.
Hunt street and Broadway, Cinein-
nati, collapsed precipitating lourteen work-
men into & celler, a distance of forty feet. At
the time of the accident there were nearly
fifty men, including carpenters, bricklayers
and laborers, at work in various parts of the
building, a majority of them being on the
fourth floor,
The four outer walls were completed, but
the partition walls had just besrun to peep
over the fourth floor. The centre section
gave way, carrying the workmen with it.
John Hull, 8 married man, 55 years old, was
instantly killed, The fatally injured are:
Frank Weinewuth, head crushed ; Edward
Weinewuth, crushed about body : A. Schu-
mast, internal injuries ; Elijuh Johnson, in-
ternal injuries,
Seriously injured William Thompson
aged 35, back crushed ; Jobn Rowman, bead
cut : John Fox, head cut
All are brickisyers and beipers. It ia sup-
posed the accident wes caused by a weak
twundation.
ner of
A BABE'S ROUGH RECEPTION.
Born During a Cyclone and Then Car
ried a Mile.
A despatch from Oklahoma, says :—The
total number of persons who met death in
the storm now reaches ninety, and the in.
£33k
7
E
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS,
——
Epitome of News Gleaned from Various
Parts of the Bate.
Naruax T. Haves, proprietor of the Fagle
Hotel, West Chester, drowned himsell in the
city reservoir,
Tue Liberty Bell, under the escort of Phi.
adelphis officials, had a tring phal reception
along its lind of travel westward toward
Erie,
Ix the case of State ve, the Fall Brook
Coal Company, Judge Simonton, at Harris
burg, gave a decision for the plaintiff, sus,
taining the constitutionality
revenue act of 1801,
Tur Delaware County Hepuplican
fight
convention
A
ol the Boyer
Exon
decided
on May
tive Commitles after 8a warm
to hold the
25th,
Tux Harmonist Boclety has sent as an ex-
hibit to
tion of
commities
the Chicago Fair, a valuable collec
#ilk manulactured by the pociety
EIXTY Years ago,
Dx.
clan of the Charity Hospital, Morristown, has
tendered his resignation,
Exaxpxax D, H.
coupling cars
Arpsrar Brienenaw, resident physi
Jesxixe was killed while
on the Pennsylvania Ballrosd
at Downingtown,
Tux Allentown tax duplicate for 1598 has
totnd
is 81,514,075; on
#188,775.
been completed, The assessed valoa-
tion on real estate horses
and cow
Frederick Kielubentink, a seving machine
peent, was arrested charged with assault and
taittery om of
He was attempting
Carrie Madary,
fo remove a
from her house,
Tue Chester police esught a noted
us John Miutwer, as bh
thant
Riving nis name
leavoring to pawn watches in
ore |
been SOen In a Vig
i street, Baltimore, A reculsition is ex
ted] from the Maryland auth
Lesion Usivenerry and St
1 f
pital, Bethlehem, have arranged
of their work at the
Or
give exhibits
Fair
elgh, near Hazle
jost in the
his sauity after aweek'g
was
fiek
whetis and
i OHreorge
instantiy Kilied,
A omni oamed Beck, slightly de.
mented, sttempted wommit suicide
by
drowning in the Jordan rack. Some bows
The gil
« The girl Lis
y end her life,
ther prevailed throngh
thermometer hovering
degrees
were resurrected
around 42 Wraps and overcost®
i
and pumber of
Sorms
sed, A
snow squalls and several ball ee,
curred,
Pryzs Bares, of
Greenpoint, em}
ployed as
& brakeman on No. 27 Philadelphia & Read-
ing shifting engine, was caught about the
hips between the bumpers of two cars Deal
Wesly's furnace and suverely injured inter
nally. He will dle,
Wipesrueap damage resulted from the re-
cent storm, and reports from various sec”
tions of the Rtate told of houses unroofed,
telegraph poles and wires prostrated and
other loser.
State Senator C, Wesley Thomas is thought
to be assurred of the nomination of his
party for president pro-temn of the Senate.
t has been discovered that a large stretch
of the pipe laid by the Crescent Pipe Line
Company in Chester county, must be rege d,
not having been pinced the two feel beneath
the earth required by statute, ’
Tus Elections Committee of the House
held its final session at Scranton to hear ar
guments in the O'Knell-Quinnan contest.
Democrats Gi: Adams
the decision of the
no one shall be al
lowed to vote st the next primaries who
bolted any portion of the ticket at the Fall
elecdon
Tre certificates ealled for by the Geary law
were given at Pittsburg to twenty-eight
Chinamen who registered,
Tux newly organized Reading Traction
Company is anxious to secure control of the
East Reading Electric road and the Reading
BELV-RISPECTING
oounty are
County o~
angry at
ymmittee that
Nommax Basr, employed at the Mellert
Pipe Foundry, Reading, was instantly killed
in one of the casting pits by the fall of a
Seavy pipe flask,
Tax fire in Crystal Ridge Mine, operated
by Pardee Bros, has been extinguished and
ways is in progress, Three weeks’ time wii
be required to complete it.
Miceax i BR. Boven, of Pottsville, & brake-
man employed on the Pennsylvania & S¢huyl-
by the driving rod of the engine of his train
and sustained injuries which may prove
fatal. He fell between the platform and ep
gine,
Joszrn Swirm, of Grone, is one of the
happiest men in Chester county, because of
a pension which he has just received. For
gevernl years past he has been in the Soldiers’
Home at Hampton Roads, Va. He gets $15
—— msn,
ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN,
Horrible Accident on a Little Railroad
in Pennsylvania.
The report of s fatal railroad wreck, which
occured on the Bare Rocks Railroad, four
miles south of Somerset, bas just come to
light.
The road Is two miles in length and ross to
a large stone quarry operated by the owners
of the road. The grade Is about 150 feet to
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