The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle sta,or

hlH head back slightly and hfoathod his lkHt
without struggle. Only daughter vas praH-
cut in tho building At tho time OF his death,
his wife and two sons being abroad. The Eoam
ia which he died vas sumptnonnly furnished
INscod was born Ia Now York on Apul Sd. ISIS,
and la early life was ehAifInAker. Hia fret
public appearance Wah Aa an alderman Ia 1904.
Soon after he served term ~ Congress.
Then he became supervisor Ia New YORK city,
And after holding other subordinate Offices lao
Vas elected \ State senator IN 1867. Ia 1870
ho was made commissioner Of the department
OF public works Ia hs native city, and from that
time began the thieStng career Of the ' Hing,
cOnslsting Of Tweed. swoeny, Connolly and
Hall. In 1874 the Committee ~ h9FeDty bo~
gan the famous crusade against The ring
which ondod ia IL downfall Tweed Was ~
rested, tried found guilty AID sentenced 10
twelve years imprisonment and 20 iAy hne
OF Si2, $50 After serving portion Of his time
lac esrAped from Ludlow street lAil N lbTb
and hed 20 Spain. That country gave Inn up
10 the United States M 1910, and since then he
lad been endeayoring 20 obtain his release BY
Offering 10 surrender his property aud betrAy
his numerous Aooompliees Ia crime Ills efforts
I 20 regain hls liberty however, had been unsuo-
oessful up 10 the time Of his death
Eleven business failures and suspensions Of
/ large TirmS we're announced IN NeS YORK tho
other day RI
l.. " MAssurrtt, cashier Of the fremont
AAnAhfs IsUhiuNt UiuNgEGAC1 hbuut tuttDN AfNAu
I the hotel funds 10 cover losses Incurred by
| gambling, and when his employers cent for An
officer, 20 have hiIn arrested, be shot himself,
! inhicting Il fatal wound.
! Francis Borne died N New York oity from
I injuries received while wrestling with n bear
I six weeks previous AZ perfoFnAnoe IN Albany
Borne MAS struck Ia the side by the animal aud
wAs hurt internally.
Rumors have been for sumo time foKtihg
] At
4 rllton Was visiting his wife and that y recon-
ciliAiion ~As about b. take place between the
two. Ihoso rumors we're confirmed Ia 4 most
/ startling manner by the publication Of the fol-
lowing letter, written by Mrs. Tlton 60 Ira b.
Wheeler, hcr legal counsel "M1 DEAR SIK
few vesks since Atter lqns mqnths = mem
TAI Apgnihh, ltold, ~ Yoa know, few ftnnds,N I
I whom had bitterly deceived. that the charge
/ brought by my husband, Of adultery besween
myself and the Rev. Henry Ward Boechef was
true. and that the lio ! had lived 81 veil the
last four ycArE had become intolerhble % me.
That statement l soleInnly reAftirm, and leave
I the truth with God 10 whom also / commit
myself, my children, and all who must suffer.
/ knos fun well the explanations that viii be
sought BY many for this acknowledgment
desire 10 return ~ NY husband, insanity
malice, everythipg AAVa Tie trws and only oaa
my qnicken1d eohscseIlnr, sEid the sense of
shat is due 10 the Gauss - tr11lh and tusuros
During all the eompAeations IA tllrse yeArs you
have besa my eonhaentiAl Eriend, and therotore
] address this letter 10 s0u, AuthoEiking ahdr rd~
qunsting YOU 10 secure itA puhhcati0ts KtA2A-
hErH r. IN ruN.' When this letter appeared In
the New York newspapers Mr.. Beeoher, who
sAs on leotnring leta, w1a found At WAVesly
". ", and In answer 20 Tile question what he
was going 10 do, he answered " Nothing Al
present, except % give il an explicit denial.
Nj Beocher also made the following state
mcni for publication II confront Mrs III
tons confession with explicit and Absolnis
denial The teesinnny 20 her own lunoocAco
and 90 mine which, Tor four years, she has made
20 hundreds Ia private aud IN public, before
Z the court, Ia sFilAg aud orally, declare 10 be
1 trao. And the allegations nov made In con
I trAdicti0n of her uniform, rolctnn, and GnrAry-
I ina statements heltherto made utterly deny.
I I declEfe htf 20 be innocent % the great trans.
4 grunsl0n. HKSEI WAKp BEEcHER-'
The Lowell mall Agunts hAEe decided TO re-.
dsino ,iir sas~ Of openhvss from i've % ai-
teen per cent
( The supreme court Of Rhode Island has
I granted an injunction, restraining the Codding
. Ton Five Cent savings Bank. Of Newport, from
doing fgrtlicE business The EmAgrAnt Savings
Bank, 90 Boaton has been similarly cnioined-
{ The funeral Of William NJ Tweed took place
+ from the residence of his son-in-lAw in New
! York. A crowd gathered IN front OF the house
I aud several hundred Avallcd themselves of An
opportunity 70 take 3 IAst look Al tae corpse.
/ The BODY was enclosed III a rosewood cufin.
aud on the silver plate was the inscription.
" william NJ Tweed, died April II, ls7s, aged
/ So years. The venerable clergyman who mar
+ rfea Tweed add hls ehlldErli road The Epts-
/ coral servfnes, b1t made no Adaness The bSis
MAS taken 30 Greenwood Ccmetory, followed
[ by eight coaches, three OF which contained
I near relatives Of tie deocAscd, while the other
i've were hlled With the twelve pail bearers and
few friends. AZ the cemetery entrance a
delegation from the lodge OF MAsons 20 which
I Tweed belonged WAS pruecnt, and the masonic
I ritual for the burial of the dead vas read after
1 the body had hecn lowered into The grave. The
/ funeral Was 80 unoF;cntAtious that the small
I coricge passed through the s,pcrts sithons
attracting any notice. @
The clothing Of Miss Enie DA CostrA, Of
I Philadelphia, caught aro from n match on
/ which she tod and abe was fatally burned.
I Hattie Green. who tired 20 put out the flames,
vas burned 90 death.
Z RichArd sobweltacr. a Young lad. died in
/ New York from the effects Of bite by sp!tz
I dog The doctors pronounced schvoitzer's
I case one of genuine hydrophobsA-
WostoFn and Southern 8tatoa-
\ fire covering sixteen Mcrcs Of houses took
/ place At ClArksxi1e, Tsnn.. destroying about
sixtv of the principal bnsinoes houses and
oAnsine lose of over e5oo,0Oo.
I The Northwestern Bank, OF Chicago, an
| nounced hat IL would redeem it, circulating
! notes in gold and IL the FIRST national bank
I In the country that resumed specie payments
Portv.hye cars AZ Cottonwood. Kansas, on
,he santa Fe railroad. were blown from the
/ track hy q heavy tornado. Several houses
! were also destroyed and a number Of lives
/ reported lost
Hon, C. T. Ellsworth, Representative In Con-
I gress from Michigan. while spending q feW
/ dAys At his home in Greenyille, WAS assaulted
/ by a man named Shearer, against whom be had
! begun q Law suit SheArer attacked Ellsworth
with heavy whip, knocking him down and
I frActuring his skull.
The Indians are committing dcprcdAtions In
the Southwest, killing mail carriers and taking
away the mails.
! Robert NJ REYNOLDS. Of Alabama. has been
| confirmed by the Senate - first Audiior Of the
/ treasury He had previously been rejected by
/ the senate but a motion 90 reconsider pre-
vailed, and his nomination wac thon secured.
The Oregon Republicans held their oonycn-
| ton At Salem and declared for sound money"
and the national administration.
The Oregon Republicans held their conven-
| ton At Salem and declared for sound money"
| and the national administration.
Ben Evans and Eph Hall. both eolored and
Mike White. q white man, who were under
arrest at Huntsville, Ala, for the murder Of
George SchocnbcrEer, a prominent butcher,
were taken from Jail hyI large crowd and
hanged. Evans accused White, who was bus
incss rival OF the murdered man, OF having in
stigated him 70 commit the crime. White pro
tested his innocence 20 the last.
An international Sunday school convention
assembled In Atlanta, Ga, delegates from all
the states Indian Territory and Canadian pro-
vinces being in attendance.
Az Coal Greek, Ind, n mining town near
Coyington, ky., an alteration arose IN
saloon between 8 miner-member OF militia
oompAny that had been drilling-AndA colored
man. The quarrel grew ont Of former trouble
between the white and colored miners OF the
place The colored man was killed and then
the whites moved through the streets, shooting
indscriminately. Two more colored men were
killed and another mortAlly wounded.
The sheriff called out the militia and arms
we're supplied 10 colored miners.
From washington.
The House has voted an appropriation OF
$4,000 for monument TO Thomas Jefferson.
The Democratic senators have had = caucus,
in which the resumption repeal blu, the coming
elections and other matters were discussed.
AtA meeting Of the Cabinet, the President
called attention 10 a platform OF principles
presented by n Cleveland (Ohio) paper, aud
which he said met mis- views. The platform
fayors specie resumption in gold and silver,
resistance TO all schemes for increasing the
present volume of currency, moderate tariff,
a constitutional Amendment prohibiting the
uso OF any money rAised by taxation for sec
tartan schools the speedy completion OF all
nnbl1c works ana the Improvement Of great
national channels of commerce. like the Mis-
sissippi river and its tributaries. Upon Secre-
tarv McCrary's suggestion clause was added
declaring opposition 90 the payment OF South