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              getting JgSjfc, HUKBIB « 28 I Established I860 { PITTSTON. PA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1883. » TWO cents J Ten Cenf per Week, VE ; ENTERTAINING A 80CIAL SCANDAL. CHARLIE ROSS AGAIN AN OUTRAGE AVENQED. A MASHER MASHED CONDENSED NEWS. Mr. John Jonkius, Ilnnt?^..* Fa., say* "I had rheumatism, used Brown's Iron Bilteia, and have had no symptoms since." A DlttlncuUhed Retired Anrf Of' A Young SconndrePs Assault upon The registration of voters in Boston has been excessively large. Acer a Prominent Figure In It. an Octogenarian Lady. This Time by a Husband's Stal- To Witness the Sparring of Dis- tinguished Lawyers Chicago, Oct. 26.—A bit of scandal, involving the name of one of the best known officers of the United States army, has just come to light, through the filing and suppression of papers in the circuit court against Daniel B* Vefnjily*. Vermilye hat been staying at the Palmer house, under an assumed name. Last Monday he was arrested by Constable Ryafl, coming out of the elevator, on a warrant charging him with eifl-' bezzling 13,000 from the Weems Stone and Marble company, of which he was treasurer. The arrest was made at the instanoO of Gen. Martin Beem, president of the company. The suppressed suits against him are brought by Ben. William Myers, formerly of Gen. Sheridan.s staff, but retired last winter after thirty years of honorable service in the army. One suit is to recover 120,000 given by him to for investment in real estate on the line of the Northern Pacific railroad; the other far (25,000 damages for slander, involving the name of Gen. Mysrs with that of Mrs. Vermilye. Vermilye, it seems, is a young man' of thirty years, of a respectable eastern fcunily. He married a Miss Holmes, of a wealthy family in Orange, N. J. Two years ago he went to St Paul, where Gen. Myers had command of Fort Snelling, and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific railroad. Gen. Myer became intimate with him and his wife, and on Vermilyea's representation that he could give valuable pointerr about land on the line of the railroad, invested money with him at Jamestown, Mandan and other places. About the same time the Wsems stone and marble company was formed, the money in it being Gen. Myers'. In May, 1882, Vermilye came to Chicago, and unknown to Gen. Beem and Gen. Myers, drew from the bank (3,000 belonging to the company and then left town. Since then he has been a fugitive from Chicago; but was beard of in Caltornta, Colorado and Kurope. The day after he left Chicago the Chicago national bank received a communication from him asking tliem not to honor a (1,000 check, as he had given it the night before when ha vnef "rou. Last spring Mrs. Vfermilye was iu Europe,. Gen. Myers was there at the same time. Stray paragraphs, said to have emanated from Vermilye, appeared in eustM journals and were oopied in the St. Paul papers, commenting on this coincidence. Mrs. Vermilye is now in Orange, where she' has brought suit against her errant husband. A few days ago Gen. Beem heard of his prestinoe in Chioago, and by waiting for him at £lie Palmer house with an officer effected his arrest. Since then Vermilye has been in the custody of an officer, seeking ball. Gen. Myers has telegraphed to Gen. Beem, who is his attorney, tiuit he is on his way to Chicago. He Turns up This Time in Port- New Haven, Oct 26.—In the supreme oourt Georga Bradley, a young man, was tried for el kefnous outrage on Alathea Collins, an aged married woman, of North Guilford, on September 34. The complainant, owing to her advfuicfed age, was so dealt that she could not hear the questions of the state's attorney, and he had to write them. In oourt, as a witness, was a venerable old man, Deacon Collins, husband of the woman, with white hair add beard and ancient aspect Mrs. Collins testified that on a night in the latter part of September somebody came to her bed. Shsdit a candle. Her husband asked why sho lighted it She told him somebody was about the bed. She got up and was partly drosaed when Bmdley came into the room. He was very boisterous. She was thrown down violently and thought she was dead. Mr. Collins got up and helped her. The light was put out * Her head, shoulder and hands were badly bruised. Tho prisoner attomptfcd.tp assault her bttt did not succeed. Herarms Wero so stained by the resisting that she could not raise her hands to her head for more than a week. The second time of the attack she was carried out of tho house to a woodshed. She was thrown down and became senseless, but rooovered soon. She believed that she was drawn oat to the woodshed by her feet. The rain ou her face restored her "to consciousness, it being a stormy night The old lady stated her a?e to be eighty-four years. The prisoner denied making any assault or putting his hands on Mrs. Collins that night The cross-examination by Mr. Doolittle was searching, old Mr. Collins sitting near tho witness box watching the prisoner with fixed attention. Witness said he had been drinking that day in New Haven and had taken home a pint of whisky. Judge Cujvor charged the jury at 8 o'clock. At 8.45 the jury retired and in fifteen minutes returned with a verdict of guilty. Bradley was sentenced to state prison for seven years. wart Horsewhip. Clen. Sherdian will take command of the army on Monday next For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression oi spirits and general debility, in their various forma also as a preventative against fever a;.d ague, and other intermittent fever, the "Ferro- Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic ; and fp patients recovering from fever or othor sickness, it has no equal. land, Maine. A poor lunatic in Missouri hugged a red hot stove until so severely burned that death quickly followed. Gonen Aeensrs ex-Senator Conk line •r being Guilty or Brutality and Insulting — Conkling Returns the Compliment with Vigor. A Story with an Air of Romanes About It— declaring JTeaas . James Abducted him when a Child. A Gay aad Pasclnatl ng young Woman Carries on a Serious Flirtation—A Soft and Affectionate Love Letter. Eddy, Harvey & Co., wholesale dealers in hats, caps and funs, Chicago, have assigned. Liabilities about (250,000. Nrw York, Oct. 26.—In /ho examination in the suit of William B./DinsnJorn to set aside the lease of the New Jersey Central to the Reading railroad, B*auvoau Borie, a Philadelphia broker, testified that he hqd a standing order froni the Reading road to buy Central stotk whehefer it reached a certain Mr. Conkling asked him if this was done to keep tde stock up. Mr. Borie, made an explanation. Portland, Met, Oct. 26.—Charles Augustas Pinkham, who believes himself to be the long last Charley Ross, tells this remarkable story: Lawrinceburg. Ind., Oct 26.—Els worth A. Hammond is a thoroughbred dude and somewhat of a masher. Some time ago he met a lady in Cincinnati who is a handsome blonde, with a striking figure and in appearance more than ordinarily prepossessing. She was very much taken with the dudish appearance and manners of Mr. Hammond, and a serious flirtation was car ried on. The couple had frequent meetings in Cincinnati to toll each other of their rapidly growing affections.Four robbers in Arkansas stopped a freight train which they mistook for an express. They were much disappointed. Allen's Brain Food botanical extract strengthen the brain and positively cutcs Nervous Debility, Norvousness, HeadaCli, unnatural losses, and nil weakness of Generative System; it never jails. $1 pkg., 6 for $5.—at druggist, or by mail from J. H. Allen, 315 First Avo. New York City. "I was picked up iu the street in Philadelphia, put on board a steamboat, taken to Boston, thence by rail to Portland and Winterport. I was kept in a large house in whiclD there seemed to be a great many children, but I did not see any of them for a very long time, and I did not see a woman all the time I was there. After about two years they let a girl come into my play with me once in a while, and sometimes let us go out in the yard to play. It was a large yard, with high boards all around it. The girl's name was Fanny Priscall, and she said tha. a man named Jfesse James stole her from Brazil. From the girl I afterwards learned that the men who stole me were Jesse James, Pinkham and two men named Davidson. Pinkham was a very tall man, tho tallest man I ever saw. Jesse James was not so toll but was a good sized mail. James was of dark complexion. One of the Davidsons wore ■ a black moustache, and the other side whiskers James was eortnndnly called Jesso by the rest. Jesse went with me when I was first taken, but did not stop long. After a long time the girl Fanny and I were taken on board of a vessel rigged like a bark, and were taken to the southern coast It mlgfit haVS / been to Texas, but , anyway it was wtierA it was' warm. Here Jesse James and the others cams on board and brought their hones along with them. The horses Would cbme when they Were called, and would act lika circus horses do. There were stalls for the horses on each aide, and a section of, the broadside of the bark was so Axed that it conld be moved, and whep we made a part they would run out a platform, take their horses and ride off. Jesse and the rest seemed to own the bark, and managed it mudli as they pleased, and whenever thi y went on shore would leave a large man in charge, who HD«"» kiudur to us childi ea than the rest. The bark wis nothing more than a pirate, and once wo were chased bf 4 Gutter, but escaped, neaped. , The bark was loaded with lots of things, aful had Inany guns on board. By guns I mean Wiles. At last we made a small port in Brazil, and the large man was left alone on board. He had been drinking, I suppose, for he opened the deor of-orfr room and said: 'Here, you children, come out,' and then he told us to go. Tho girl took me,, and ws went ashore and wandered around for awhile, and at last we went to a Spanish hotel and stayed there three days until the bark sailed. Finally we got a passage to New York. That was about five years ago. After we got on shore the girl told me that my aamo was Charley Ross,and she told me always to remember it It seemed to bring things back to me when she called me Charley Ross, ana I remembered things I had forgotten. I learned to cook and shipped on the bark Ada Carter, from Boston to Brazil and Fanny went with me. She wanted to find out about her people, and learned that her father and mother were both dead. When we got back she went to live at Lynn and Was at work in a shoe shop. From Lynn she went to Lawrence, where she was St work in the shoe shops in the finishing room when I heard from her last. I saw her last about two years ago. I then shipped in the J. D. Brayton, bound from Fall River to South America, and on the way I was very sick with a fever. My hair came off and when it came out again it was darker than it had been. While I was sick things seemed to oome back to me some way, and I knew that I cos Charley Ross, but I did not know who Charley Ross was. I never read a book about Charley Ross, and I never heard of Charley Ro6s except what Fanny said, until about two years Sgo. I can read a little, and make letters, but don't know how to pnt them together. While on board the bark with Jesse and the rest I expected to be. killed. I hoard one of them say once, 'What shall we do with the boy!' and the others said, 'We'll kill him.1 They didn't give me enough to eat sometimes, and then sometimes they'd whip me. This year I was in the schooner Lizzie M. Stewart, and we landed at a place called Winterport, sod I went ashore with the captain. While there I saw a large building and a lot of rooks and things near the house that lookod natural to me. Still it might not have been the place. I dont know who I am, of course, but I think I am Charley Ross. I think Mr. Ross must be my father, and I want to see him n The charge that the Erie canal is robbed of water and rendered diflicult of navigation in certain localities is now reiterated.Joseph E. Hurd, who was arrested in Boston for enticing a girl from St Louis, declares the girl to be his wife. She declares she will stick by him. "Mr. Borie," said Mr. Conkling, "now that you have returned from youf little excursion, we will pioqM&with the examination." Mr. Gowsfc made a suggestion bearing on a question'which he thought it probable Mr. Conkling and then nodded to thr latter to go on.. Ex-Congressman T. H. Murch, of Maine, will open a gorgeous liquor store in Boston near John L. Sullivan's place, and which will be a rival to it. Can't Bay Enough Everything worked nicely for the. loving pair until Saturday, when Mrs. —.— by aocident lost a letter from her Cincinnati dude, which Was found by a boy, and the contents reached the injured husband. Tho letter was dated from the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati. O., Oct 10, 1883:' " I cannot speak too highly of Burdock Blood Bitters ; they have been a great blowing to mo. Cured mo of biliousness and dyspepsia from which I had Rufforod for years." Mr. J. Marsh, Unnk of Toronto, Out. Judge Barrett in New York vacated an order for the examination of Uon. Brady and ex-Gov. Kellogg in a civil suit "Not," said Mr. Conkling, "until your mind has returned from roaming through the golden regions of tho #hadowy by and by." "Take that down," Mr. Gowen instructed the stenographer. growing out of the famous star route transactions.Mr. John 0. Reisinger, WnifinrsviLLE, Pa., says; UI hud heartburn that nothing roliewd viiiil I triod Browns' Iron Bit lord... "My Dearest and only Darling—Your letter was received this morning, and, my dear one, you cannot realize how liapplly it affected your devoted slave. Tho words 'I would give my life if I had only met you before I did my husband,' fell upon me with a terrible force. I said to myself, after repeatedly reading those words, 'Would to God you hoi' I am very anxious to see you, and I can hardly wait until there is a train to Lawrenceburg. I must control my affections for youD or unthoughtedly I will expose the wholo thing. But, my dear, you must come up Monday sure, for I cannot delay seeing you any longer. I can hardly expect you to oome with me and leave your husband, but I shall never abandoned the hope. With a thousand kisses, my dearest one, I will close for to-night. Expect to hear from you in the morning. Do not fail to write to me, Qood-by. Your devoted lover and wonld be protector. Els worth." "Then I must insist," urged Mrt Conkling, "that everything Mr. Gowen taken down, that there may be no loss to science and literature." M. C. McCrea has been arrested in South Bend, Ind., for palming off on un- suspectiug druggista a mixture of burned sugar and water, and which ho claimed was a catarrh cure. Fits: All flu stopped frco by Dr. Kline'*  Great Nerve Kestorer. No fits, after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 00 trial bottle Pent free to lit capes. Semi to Dr. Klire, 931 Arch street, PhiTa, Ph. Dancer Institute, 931 Arch stroet, Piiil'a, Pa. Go to it. Aftarward Mr. C. J. Osborn testified that he had not sold Jersey Central short to depress the vahpe of the stock. He did not think a ishert sals by on* or more persons criminal If it were criminal lie would have been in prison long ago. The death of a woman said to have been 103 years old has been reported to a Brooklyn coroner. She lived with her son and daughter, wuo wero both single and both over seventy years old. A Word of Cantion. Mr. Gowen then called E. D. Faulkner of Philadelphia, who testified that when be was a member of Berwind, White & Co., shippers of coal here and in Philadelphia, he discovered that C. F. Berwind, of the firm, had been keeping an account of drawbacks allowed by the Pennsylvania railroad running over two years, and amounting to some $100,- 000, of which the witness had never heard, and in which he had not shared as a partner. " I was to dumbfounded," Mr. Faulkner testified, "that I said nothing to Mr.Berwind at once, but I told my counsel. He said I could not bring criminal proceedings against my partners, but I could' aggfyvuecessfully for a receiver, on the ground of fraud, provided I obtained possession of the book, idid set when, a little later, we discMed UM %tSBoU»Uon of thp firm, my partners, not knowing that I had the book, and I stated the sum I expected to Jje paid as my share, Mr. Berwind laughed. 'There is another account to be settled,' I said. 'Wh%t's thatV asked Mr. Berwind. The driiHiabks paid by the Pennsylvania railroad,' I said; aoithey paid every cent of it as it appeared an the book, though at first they protested they had to pay a good deal to get the drawbacks. I often had seen papers carried by Black Sam, A J. Cassett's colored messenger, into the room occupied by Mr. Berwind." The Union League Clnb of New York tendered a reception to Lord Chief Justico Coleridge, which was attended by a distinguished gathering. Mr. Evarts felicitously introduced tho guest, who responded in u feetii.g acknowledgment of American kindnoss and a tribute to the club for having furthered the union of the states. Railroad raen, mechanics, commercial travel rs, baso ballists, farmers, uud others whfl labor out of doors, are peculiarly liable to uiD cident arid injury. Thomas' Keloctric Oil for bruises, burns, bites and sprains, is oue of tho finoet applications yet devised. IN A MORMON DEN. Little Glrla Eutleed From Home by Phlladelphlans. Flour  Flour, strak-br brands  BUckwheat Flour  Corn  Oats  Butt*M. new  Cheese, new  Eg£B,fre8h  Potatoes, r»er bu  lieariH, |?«»r bu •. .. Ohop and Ferd  Meal  8alt, coarse, p*;rflhck  Sal t, flue, per sack...  Salt, per bbl . Hay, uew.  44 Bailed  Rye Straw . *  Tomatoes, per basket  O bbage, good, per hundred Sweet potatoes, per bbl...... Apples  Feu rs  Flttdto* Wholml* Market*. ,$7.0} k. OOAt 2 4 0-1 75 Philadelphia, Oct 26.—Two rooms occu- Sied by George and Joseph Baker at No. 630 irard avenue have been raided by the police. The house is a four story tenemont and •was occupied by families. Mrs. Low, who occupies the second lioor, in describing the place said: "It's a regular Mormon dpn. It was no uncommon thing to see fix or eight girls froin thirteen to fifteea tld come out of their room in the morning after a night of carousal They slept on the flqor. Beer drinking seemed to be the chiel object of tho gatherings and the Bakers supplied tMir Visitors liberally. I have heard that Sailie Kurtz, who wai arrested lost night, gave her age as, sixteen. She is certainly not more than thirteen or fourteen. The Bakers haVB not been working lately, and had two crowds of girls coming here, one during the day and the other at night The girls that came during the day often came early in the morning and brought their dinners with them. They would leave before 6 o'clock in the evening, no doubt' to make their parents believe they were at work instead of being here. The racket in their rooms was dreadful, and the girls oondact unendurable, so we made complaint John Whiteman added: " These fellows wsre brutes. They would take children into their rooms and keep them all night Littto girls between thirteen and sixteen seemed to, be their especial prey." The prisoners were hibld in 9500 bail-for their appearance in court The letter was a revelation to the husband. On Sunday the lady wrote her daily message to her lover, in which she said she could not possibly see him in Cincinnati on Monday, as her husband, upon some pretext, had refused to allow her to make the trip. Upon the receipt of this letter Hammond writes that he must see her, and consequently would arrive in Lawrenceburg on the Ohio and Mississippi express, aue there at 10:30 p. M., and she must meet him somewhere near the depot This letter was called for and delivered to the lady's husbiwd, and he immediately began preparing fir the young man's reception. Hammond stood patiently until the train had steamed away. The wife was then mads to walk forth sud meet him, when a strong masculine frame pounced upon him and he was made to walk to the corner of Arch street and the railroad, when the husband produced a whip and laid it across his back with terrible faroe and rapidity. Hammond begged and pleaded and called upon his sweetheart for aid, but to no avail, and whilo receiving this severe punishment accused his former darling of giving him away and entering into a conspiracy to have him thus treated. SPORTING NOTES. Zamona, Ascender and Callao were the winners at the Memphis (Turn.) races. 5CD®K5 1«'C3 70 4fD@50 2 fSO 1.85 1.85 J JXI 1.66 l.6a :6.db 1000 Slosson won the billiard match with Sexton at Chicago by scoring 500 to the lattoi-'g 483. Wiil Benham, trotter, find Westmoont, paoer, were the winners at Chester Park, Cincinnati. Welcher, George Kinney, Bella, Aella and Banger wero tha winnerk in the races at Baltimore. 25C$35 Q.0*QI0 0» % 00 .1.00 1.50@2.00 INDIGNATION AT PRINCETON. Andrew Smith, Little Fred, Little Buttercup, Babcock and Odette wero the winners at Brighton Beach. Theological Students Falsely A censed or Eating "tfum Omelets." At the fall meeting of the Eose Tree Hunting club, Philadelphia, the winners were Lizzie, Conundrum, Minnie Mauton, Dolly Vardeu and Pandora. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 20.—A great deal of indignation has been aroused hero, owing to the publication of an article in The New York World a few days ago under the head of "Bloods at Princeton." The article in question gave the names of a number of students, describing their manner of life as anything but savory. It accused the students in the theological seminary of having a fondness for rum omelets and other questionable articles. The New York Tribune of the next day contained a dispatch from its correspondent at this place giving an interview with some pf the students attacked, and attributing the article to the sploen of a World reporter, a former graduate of the college, who thought he had not been rightly treated at the last commencement Yesterday morning, when Dr. McCosh finished his lecture on psychology, he stated that the "infamous article" had aroused his deepest indignation. That one half of it was purely a lie and the other h»if contained only enough truth to make the lies appear plauBible, and that if the students who had been attacked should decide upon any course of action looking for redress they might rely on his co-operation and ■mirtnn-r ' It has not yet been decided whether any proceedings will be taken against The World, but many of the students named are the sons of rich men, prominent in business and politics, who are not likely to let the matter drop if there is any chauos of redress. The reporter to whom the article is ascribed has written to President McCoeh denying any knowledge of it until it had appeared. "Did you break into Mr. Berwind's desk on July 4, 187V?" Mr. Conkling asked. Army ot tl»e Cumberland. Cincinnati, Oct. 20.—The society of the army of the Cumberland was called to order at 1 o'clock by the chairman, Gen. Phil Sheridan. Gen. Barnett, of tho Garfield monument committee, reported that the artist, J. Q. A. Ward, who modelled the Thomas monument, had been selected for the work at a cost of $00,000, to be paid for when finished and accepted by tho committee. The committee has $22,900 in government bonds and hopes to receive an appropriation of $30,000, which would leave but $7,000 to be collected. The site has been selected, but must be concurred in by congress. The following named are the officers elected for the ensuing year: President, Gen. Phil Sheridan; corresponding secretary, Gen. Henry M. Cist; treasurer, Gen. J. B. Fullei ton; .secretary, Gen. John W. Steele, and a long list of vice presidents. "To begin with, it was a desk of my firm. 1 got underneath it and opened the drawer with a piece of steel to relieve the hook which held the drawer." /rovalksw^^ 1^1 "A JimmyP' The husband laid the blows harder, and Hammond then admitted that he had acted the scoundrel, and pleaded for mercy. After being released he started like a deer up theO. & M. track, and }t is not believed that he slopped short of North Bend. "No, it was not a jimmy. It was simply a pises of steel, and I used it to get evidence against a man who was robbing me—a thief." "A thief? You mean yourself?" asked Mr. Conkling. "You see what with this steel jimmy and your getting underneath the desk, I'm getting a little mixed," Oultean** Ghost and tinlteau Cranks. The husband, after the affair, accompanied his home, and it is understood that after the many sacred promises for the future that she |nade they have agreed to live together and forget the past. Washington, Oct 26.—Warden Crocker of the district jail says he is not yet free free from the Guiteau business. Often same cranky prisoner in the jail declares he saw Guiteau in a vision, and a night or two agtD a prisoner confined in an adjoining corridor of the same wing in which the famous assaf dn was caged, created a commotion in the jail at midnight ;by shouting that he Uad just seen Guiteau. He eould not • be induced to think he was deluded by a temporoary aberration of mind, but maintained thAf Guiteau came into his oell and stood there some time, so frightening the occupant that he was speechless for awhile. He still sticks to the story, but the jail authorities say he is only one of the many cranks who have become tempprarily insane in by brooding over the arims and punishment of the assassin. "As there is no court," said Mr. Gowen rising, "to protect the witness against the brutality of the counsel, I must claim for htm the right to protect himsolf. I think the process of the court entitled to respect, and I protest against this brutality, insult aod outrage to a witness who, in the abssace of the court, is powerless to defend himwlt" 6 POWDER L-UNkw Yomc, Oct 26.—At noon yesterday "MOD compositors employed iu the job printing knd weekly newspaper offices went out on in obedience to the orders of Typographical Union No. S. The strike was for • uniform scple of prices—10 ceute a thousand ems on wtttklf newspapers, and from Sfto 40 cents on book and job work, with |18 as the lowest weekly wages. The offices were noti-. fled two weeks ago of the determination of the | union, . {ind by 6 o'clock 1,800 men had gone back to their leaving SCO m. u to be heard from, and 8S0 men out in consequence of the refusal of their offices to accofle to the demands. At 10 o'clock last Bigot there were but 300 men definitely out on strike, and many of these were confident of being at work to-day. Fifty-two offices had | agreed np to that time to pay the advance and employ none but union men. Ampng the larger of these offices were U. P. Putnam's Sons, Bradstreet's, The Evening Post: book room, the Metropolitan job office, Fraak Leslie's, The Irish World, The Irish American, Bullinger's Guide, the Rural New Yorker, Smith & McDougall, The Sunday Dispatch, The New York Weekly, The Clipper and the Iron Age. The compositors employed in The Mail and Express also demanded the advance and got it. Printers' Sueeesafol Strike. Philadelphia, Oct 28.—Governor-elect Hoadly was a guest at the monthly dinner of the Clover club, a social organization composed largely of journalists, in response to a sentinnjnt he spoke at some length, and referred humorously to the late campaign in Ohio and to his distinguished but vanquished opponent, who made 105 speeches iu the campaign without once repeating himself. "But if my own experience is worth anything," said Judge Hoadly, "it shows, first, that a candidate for governor in any other state should make a point of becoming sick; second, he should make no speeches; and, third, he should retire to Philadelphia while the campaigu lasts." Gov. Hoadly Banqueted, "I informed Mr. Berwind by letter," the witnes said, "that if I ever went into the coal business I would make his arrangement with the Pennsylvania railroad kftown. When 1 heard that he was saying I had attempted to blackmail him, I (poke to friends of his 'joucealment oc the nrawbacks from me, but I have not made it public till now. I tried to get the matter before tho Pennsylvania rosd but was choked off." Absol uteSy- P ure. i his powder never varies. A marvel of pur{t? strength and wliolerfomeness. Moro economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he sold In competition with the multitude of low feCt. short weight, alum or phosphate powders, bold only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Co.. 106 Wall-el. N Y "You were choked off I" put in Mr. Conkling with an expression of ironical surprise. more Pension Sharks to be Sua* Mexican Troops Bout the Apachw. Tombstone, Art, Oct 26.—W. H. Stuaft, who has returned here from the Swisslieliii mountains, says the Apaches have been routed by Mexican troops with great slaughter. The troops had been stationed so as to prevent the retreat of the savages into the Sierra Madre mountains. The Indians then turned and fled to Arizona, closely followed by the Mexicans, who overtook them at the extreme end of tho Swisshelm mountains, where a running fight ensued. The Mexican commander said that if his troops had not been completely worn out by fighting and forced marches he would have di iven the red devils on the San Carlos reservation himself. Jlr. Stuart says a largo body of the routed Indians had passed his ranch. They were poorly clad, but fully, one-third of them had retained their firearnis. pended. "No, not in person, but Mr. Lockwood, who represented me, wafc." Washington, Oct. 36.—It is understood tliat the batch of suspension* of pension attorneys just announced by Secretary Teller is to be followed by the suspension of several others. The publication of the pension lists has, just as Commissioner Dudley predicted, given unscrupulous attorneys an opportunity to prey upon unsuspecting pensioners who are induced to believe they can get an increase of their pensions. The attorneys can, by their circulars, reach every pensioner in the country, as the post offlos address, as will as the facts in each case, are given. Now and then the circulars fall into the hands of men who understand the designs of the sender, and thus (hey are reported to the pension office here. In some case* the poor victims themselves write here and complain of the extortions practiced uponthem. Commissioner Dudley—and ha is supported in his determination by Secretary Teller—intends, if possible, to expose the dishonesty of so-called attorney wherever it may be found. "I'm glad to hear it was Mr. Lockwood. I should feel mortified if any one else had succeeded in choking you off. How was he choked off?" Prealdent Arthur Presented with a PlakiUK Pole. MUSIC HALL, "In a manner which (with a sarcastio smile) you, being, or having been, a Senator, will understand. Whan he offered a resolution of inquiry a motion to adjourn was carried." Washington, Oct. 2tl.—Gov. Proctor Knott of Kentucky has arrived here, and went to the White House and presented to the president, on behalf of a number of distinguished Kentucky gentlemen, a fishing rod, said to be the finest in the United btatas. It is perfect in every particular, from its rosewood butt to its laucewood tip, and "Chester A. Arthur" is nicely engraved on a silver plate set in the butt. The rod was constructed to carry the handsome silver reel presented to the president by the principal gentlemen fishermen of Louisville while the president was in that city the pust summer. IneeMl of the Postal Not*, SATURDAY, OCT. 27. Washington, Oct. 26.—It is now nearly two months since the postal notes were introduced, and the extent to which they are now in use way be regarded as an indication of their practical success. Dr. MacDonald, the chief of the money order system, in reply to questions of a reporter, said: "The extent to ■ which the notes a re now in use fully realizes my expectation There are many Matinee at 2 o'clock p. m Washington, Oct 36.—An evening paper of this city prints what it says is a true copy of a letter written by Mr. W. H. Smyth, while United States marshal for Osorgia, to one of his deputies, with regard to tn»Hng out accounts for fees. Mr. Smyth is the recently appointed postmaster at Atlanta. The letter, which is said to be in the possession of Gen. Longstreet, after reciting that the government had unfortunately cut off all mileage expenses, allowing only "actual expenses," concludes: "I have added to your bill a charge for bone fsed and also increased your meal account $D in each case so as to cover your time as much as possible, *nd vfcfch may be a proper charge for the meals furcished yourself at home on setting out or returning from your trip. In this way I can make your bill up to $80 by including service fees and leaving no margin at all for this office. Tou will have to obtain receipts for amounts paid for horse hire, and you can include the feed in same bills, which please get signed. In order to make thsee trips pay you should have a guard, without paying anything out for hbn. Get the train hands to help you guard and so report them, or if you have a driver or any one else along with you they can be reported as guards. In the first case of arrest, cannot you report the name of a guard? In the attendance on court, also, was there no one assisting you, as the office boy, eta ? If so, his name should be reported on the attendance line of the report" A Federal Employe Taught to Steal. Recalling the Star Route Trial. N»w York, Oct. 26.—John A Walsh sues Gen. Thomas J. Brady of star route famo for $42,000, tho amount of notes which, it is alleged, Brady, mode and subsequently deprived Walsh of. The case was before Judge Barrett in supreme oourt chambers on a motion by the defendant to vaoate the order recently granted, compelling Brady to appear for examination before trial. Judge Barrett vacatod the order, holding that Walsh might frame his complaint without Brady's testimony. It was also moved in tho same connection that the order for a preliminary examination of Senator William J. Kellogg be also vacated. It was argued that Senator Kellogg will have to answer, in Washington, in December, to an indictment in connection with the star route cases, and it was urged that if he was compelled to testify here for Mr. Walsh, it would reveal his defense in the criminal case. The court, after a long argument, vacated the order. THE RUSICAL MARVELS OF THE AGE. Wergely employed in transmitting small amounts. I believe that during the year there will be (4,000,000 used, representing, perhaps, a money value of $10,000,000. The experience in England, as well as the facts qere, warrant this assertion." The doctor was able to give figures showing the amount of the sales of the postal notes since their introduction, but he is preparing his annual report and intends to incorporate such statistics in it, with what he may have to say in relation to the use of the ""postal notos by the public.  The talented, pleasing and unequalcd An lU-Prlet* Roughly Handled. STROHL FAMILY! Granp Haven, •Mich., Oct, 26.—Father O'Connor, the ex-priest, arrived in town looking for the sheriff. He had lectured at Berlin, this county, and had been mobbed and nearly killed. His face was kicked nearly to a jelly, and only by promising never to speak against the Catholio church again was he saved frrm being drowned in a mill pond. He is the same man who by the same lecture, telling why he became a priest and why he quit, raised such a riot in Toledo a few months ago. miraculous Escape ol Two Itoys Newport, li. I., Oct 20.—There has been great uneasiness here during the past twenty-four hours for the safety of two lads—Walter Blivin and William FitU Washington, Oct 26.—The Louisiana lottery case excites much interest here. Some mouths ago the company instituted a suit against the postmaster general for one hundred thousand dollars damages. Attorneys applied to the president to prevent Postmaster General Gresham from interfering with the delivery of letters to the National bank of New Orleans. The affair is looked upon as a gigantic advertising scheme. Greshem has acted upon the advice of Attorney General Brewster, who has issued an order directing district attorneys to cooperate with  office officials. The lottery company has no objection to being kept before the public, and the new postal notes afford means of remitting money, with which the department cannot interfere. Advertising the Louisiana Lottery. Consisting of —who during yesterday's storm wont outside to draw lobster pots. When last seen their frail boat, under bare poles, was scudding before the wind toward Narragausett pier. During the night it was generally believed they were lost Thoy wore, however, heard from yosterday. Their boat drove ashore on Conanicut island, where kind friends took them in. They were almost exhausted and had a miraculous escape. * FATHER, MOTHER AND EIGHT CHILDREN. Comprising a complete Watkrbcry, Conn., Oct 28. — Lieut James F. Simpson, who was lately dismissed from the army by a court martial on the 3harge of having married hi* mistrera, which Boding was reversed by the president, publubee a letter in The Evening American of this city, where he formerly lived, defending his wife's character, reviewing his trial and his military record. He says: "Every on* who knows me, both in civil and military life, knows that in view of the recent death of D sweet wife, I would not demean myself or others by contracting such a marriage M lam charged with." He says that he has resigned from the army and gone Into the cattle business. The letter is dated Fort Grant Lieut. Simpson Defends his Wife. ORCHESTRAL CORNET BAND Boston, Oct. 30.—Mr. 8. A B. Abbott's letter declining to allow the use of his name for the second place on the Butler ticket has been received by the democratic state committee. Th« committee decided to fill the vacancy by the nomination of the Hon. -tfis. J. Urinnell, of Greenfield, for lieutenant governor, Mr. Grinnell was in the state senate last year, and has for some yfarq been s prominent democrat in the western part oi the state. Butler's Lieutenant Governor. A TWO HOURS' PROGRAMME OP Vocal And Instrumental music. Solo*, Due's, StrUgr and Brass inusic. An especial feature in the unparalleled feat of playing two curnets at • onetime, by Win M. Btrold. Also, playing.*four Bto;D pipe organ with the mouth. Halifax, N, iS., Oct 36.—AVhea Holmes and Bracken, the alleged dynamite conspirators, were brought from the jail to tho station yesterday they were accosted by Sergeant Meagher, who read to them a warrant issued at the instance of the customs authorities for smuggling the dynamite which they had in their valises. They paid careful attention to the reading pf the warrant, but did not say anything about it They wyi probably be arraigned on this warrant to-morrow. Tlie Dynamite Scar* In Halifax. Troic, N. Y., Oct 36.—At 4 o'clock fire was discovered in the wire mill of J. Wool Sriswold. The building was of brick and ■tone and was about ISO feet long. The loss is $18,000, which is fully covered by insurance.Mourning Insurance Companies. K»-£tDrved swits 30 cents, Admission, 50,85, A 25 cents. MaUoie.-, 25 cents, children 15 cents. An Improved Method of Lynching. REP6BLICIN MELTING Ddnvxb, Col, Oct. 36.—One of the Mexicans implicated in the murder of four men at a dance near Gardner a few nights ago was overtaken by a baud of armed citizens. A rope was placed around his neck and the other end made fast to the saddle on p wild horse. The animal was then .frightened into a run, dragging the poor culprit over rocks and stumps uutil lite was extinct. When captured the npan stated that he w(th his companions had been hired to commit the murders. Pittsburg, Oct. 36.—G. A & A a Mundorfs planing mill, on the south side, together with five dwellings and 1,000,000 feet of lumber, have been entirely dentroyed by fire. The Iosr ir *55,000. Chicago, Oct. 36.—The SouMr Park hotel, a noted road bouse in the fine residence district on the southern outskirts of tho city, has been destroyed by fire. Few inmates were in the h.oliel at the time, and all escaped, though a number were compelled to make a hurried exit. The loss is $35,000. IiOOtJbanatfowve Rejects Addresses. The Alleged Standard Oil Bribery. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 26.—It is understood that Lord Lansdowno, acting upon the suggestions contained in Lord Lome's answer to the last address presented to him, has decided that it will be the wiser plan not to receive any addresses from national societies. An intimation to this effect was conveyed to the St. George's and St. Andrew's societies oC this city, on their making the customary forrnjU application to tiie governor general to rfcoeive an address. Harrisbubo, Oct. 26.—The legislative committee appointed to inquire into the alleged bribery of E. O. Paterson by the Standard Oil company to suppress testimony showing the liabilities of the corporation to the state, is makfrig very indifferent progress. F. B. Go wen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, who made a charge to the above effect in the hall of the house of representatives, gave the committee the name of Sheriff Herron, of Crawford county, who, it was supposed, had information in confirmation of die story that Paterson had been bribed. Herron was examined, but his testimony threw no light on the mysterious transaction, which is said to have enriched ftlwai to the extent ol Cincinnati, Oct 36.—A prominent politician said in regard to the Ohio senatorial muddle: "I think Henry B. Payne will certainly succeed Pendleton in the United States senate. If elected Payne will have presidential possibilities. Among Payne's intimate associates it is known that he will be a candidate for senator, and all the strength of the Cuyahoga democracy will be with him. About tliiity-flve more from northorn Ohio will show up for Payne on the first ballot in the caucus. Payne has been on a 'still hunt*' and I believe that he will be the -next senator from Ohio and the next president of the United States." Ohio's Coming Man. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 20.—Dr. James I* Fraser, of West back, while returning from a hunting expedition became separated from his companion, Emory Brownell. The latter, hearing a noise in a thicket, hastily acted on the presumption that it was a bear and shot the doctor ttfrough the groin. The wound, it is thought, will prove fatal. A. Hunter's Terrible Mistake. N THE COURT HOUSE, Hugging a Red Hot Stove, The Defence of O'Donnell. "W ilkes-Ban*©, Saturday Evening. Oct. ADDKESSES BY EX-GOVERNOR HOYT, HON. TUOS. V.COOPER. Warrenton, Mo., Oct 36.—A wildly insaun man named Ki a ly was placed in a large room adjoining the jail under the court house by the authorities for thelter. While the jailer was at supper screams attracted people to the window and they saw Kenny hugging the red hot stove. He was taken away, but death soon relieved him of his sufferings. Sir IHoseikJIIonteflore. Cbicaod, 111,, Oct. 20.—Mr. A. H. Sullivan ine of the counsel for the defence of O'Donacll, cabled from London yesterday that the Prisoner had a good prospeet of acquittal,but .iiat money was needed to secure witnesses torn South Africa. The treasurer of the D'Donnell fund here at once forwarded 0,000. 27th. , London, Oct. 26.—Sir Moses Monteflore received numerous Ctegratulatioua from all parts of the world Jon the occasion of liia entering on the one hundredth year ot his life. Among the congratulations was ont from the Prince of Wales. Promoting Blaine's Sou-ln-JLaw. Washington, Oct 26.—Major Coppingar succeeds to the lieutenant colonelcy vacated by the dismissal of Igles. Major Coppinger is Mr. Blaine's son-in-low, and his oromoUon in the army baa been rapid.