Evening Gazette

              Itienime JURk ' i :&■■*■*&& * ••  I TWO CJSIfT?. | Ton Cents per Week. NUMBER 4 63 ( Weakly Established I860 ( PITTSTON, PA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1883. WASHINGTON NOTES. TRIAL OF A FANATIC. FROM LANDS AFAR. IMPENDING WAR, THOSE DYING CRIES. THE CABINET COACH, Newark, N. J., Dec. 5.—A few days bofore John Chisholm was banged ha expressed a wish to take a last farewell of his two little girl I m!lies. Tliej' wore in the custody of Samuel C. and Marv Macomher, the parents of the dead mother, Mrs. Maeomber reluctnftjjy permitted the children to see their father. On account of the disposition shown by Mrs. Maeomber, who hod said that sho would rear the children in the l'rotestant fail li Chisholm made a will bequeathing the babies to his father during their minority, mid  directing how they should bo reared. Aft' r the execution Mrs. Maeomber said that sho would resist every attempt to get posMth m' of the children, and to a reporter she said t hat a wealthy Protestant lady in Hoboken would assist her in lighting tlio matU'r in tho courts. Never before in New Jersey has a condemned murderer disposed of his children by will. That instrument was offered for probate, when it was found that tho M«- eoinbers had filed a caveat against the till" mission of the will. It is expected that a bitter fight will bo mndo for the possession of the children. Cliivliolm's Children. The Man Who Killed His Little Foreigners in Canton Warned and President Arthur Desirous of Chang* The Pre ident Sends in Hie List Barnstable, Mass., Dec. 6.—The trial of 'Charles F. Freeman, the Pocasset fanatic, for the murder of his little daughter Etlith in a religious frenzy was commenced in the supreme court. The medical examiner testified to finding the murdered body of the child in Freeman's house. Freeman told the position of the child at the time ho struck her and other incidents of the murder. Freeman gave the reason why he killed the child was that Abraham's faith overpowered him. For months he believed that God had a Bpecial work for him to do, and found that the proof of his faith was the sacrifice of his younger child. Witness did not think that Freeman at the timo was responsible. Daughter mm m Sacrifice. Counsel Still Harping On the Honq Kono, Dtc. 6.—Admiral Peng Y1 Lin, who was sent by the emperor of China to Tonquin to investigate the position of affairs, has returned to Canton. He has notified all foreigners that war between China and France iB imminent aud has ordered the ma sing of all available laud aud sea forces for the protection of Canton. He holds France auswerable.for precipitating a wai and warns the neutral powers to observe their treaty stipulations and the rules of international law. Troops lUasMng. Tlie Voices of the Crew of Pilot Washington, Dec. 9 —There is no probibility of the president's making any reorganization of the cabinet, but it is well understood that ho is anxious to change his attorney general. Brewster, however, does not let go easily, and he looks to George Bliss for aid and moral comfort in his staying in a position where he is not wanted. Ing Passengers. of Nominations O'Donnell Trial Boat No. 8 A Large Number of Important Bill* Introduced in the Senatcr-A Democratic Caucus—The Opposed to the Importation of American Cattle—Conflagration Deported In Constantinople—'The All the Other Donts Heard From— No Longer Any Doubt as to the Identity or the L'nfortuuate A pproprlattons. Russian Loan. ■ \ Ifleu Who Went Down. In a very short time the commission of Leake, tho United States attorney for tho northern district of Illinois, will expire. Lealce will not bo reappointed, and there are a number of applicants for his place. Tho two Illinois senators have united in recommending Richard Tuthill, of Chicago, aud Congressman Georgo R. Davis claims that the Chicago delegation in congress should l» allowed to name the district attorney, and presents the liaaio of Le. Grand \V. Perce. A number of Arthur's warm personal friends in Illinois have indoi'sed Perce and are now making appeals to tho president, and, as the senators have been jierinitted to control the appointments in that state, it i3 said tho president will probably give the representatives and his special personal friends the advantage in this case. Washington, Dec. (1.—The president pent to the senate a list of nominations, comprising the LoNrox, Dec. .6.—Sir Henry James, the attorney general, who prosecuted O'Donnell, is having a public controversy with Charles Russell, Q. C., M P., upon the question of \the right of counsel for the defenso to attempt to influence the jury ill capital cases by making statements iu their opaniilg a 1- dresscs which they do not substantiate iu their subsequent pleadings. The dispute lias grown out of the charge that Mr. Rus3ell, in his recent opening address, dramatically related a suppositious case, very favorabio to O'Donneli's plea of self defense, and calculated to affect the jury, but which no eviderce was produced to support as parallel to the case actually on trial. Sir Henry James, in denouncing this method of securing jury sympathy for capital criminals, has openly nsked an opinion ot' Lord Chief Justice Coleridge as to whether or not in future trials it would be better III such cases for'the presiding judge to disalloiv such attempts to affect the jury, leaving tha defendant's counsel an appeal upon the ruling. In the O'DonneH case, Sir Henry James points out, had Judge Denman disallowed Mr. Russell's attempts to introduce evidence \u his plea, and the judges on appeal had decided t ho evidence admissible, O'Donnell would have escaped. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge has replied that the practice is decidedly against such attempts on the part of counsel to smuggle in evident'?, and that in November, 1881, the judges conferred upon this very point, and decided by a vote of nineteen to two against it. Lord Coleridge gives it as his opinion that Justice Danmau must have forgotten this ruling, or he would have itopjjcd Mr. Russell. Nbw York, Dec. 6.—It is now positively known that the pilot boat Columbia, No. 8, was the iil fated vessel that wus struck and sunk by the steamer Alaska, of the Guiou line, on last Sunday uight. Many contradictory reports regarding the lost boat were brought ill by different pilots, but the fact remained that but three boats had not been accounted for up to that time. Theso were No. 4 and No. 8 of this city and No. 8 of New Jersey. Early this morning both the New Jersey boat and No. 4 were heard from, leaving no doubt existing regarding the fate of the Columbia. appointments made by him during the recess. There were thirty nine iu all. The name of Walter Q. Oretiham, to be postmaster gen- eral, headed tho list. Senator Miller, of California, introduced a bill providing that the fees allowed registers and receivers of United States land offices for testimony reduced to writing for claimants in establishing timber, timber culture, stono and desert land entries, and in contested cases therahi, shall not bo considered in determining the maximum of compensation of said officers, and registers and receivers shall be entitled to small fees for examining and approving testimony in all casas whatsoever given before a judge or clerk of court as now allowed by law for taking the same. Paris, Dec. 0.—The yellow book on the Tonquin affair was distributed to the deputies tyday. It contains the Chinese memorandum given by Minister Ferry on tho 39th to the Tonquin credits committee. It t«ya that France imposed upon Annam ail unjust treaty, ignoring the rights of China; that France had invaded Annam and manifested an intentention to tike Bac Ninh, the key of the Chinese empire, a..d that China,while feeling compelled to mist aggression, appealed to the honor of Franco to so act as to prevent bloodshed. It also contains the note of M. Ferry to tho Marqiris Tseng, suggesting that Bpecial power bj intrusted to tho military chicfs in Tontyjin to effect an understanding by which China could surrender to Bac Ninh and Sontay peacefully to Admiral Courbet, iud that subsequently a definite settlement could be negotiate 1. The marquis regrets that France regards the occupation as indispensable, and fails to perceive tho necessity for it. If it lDocjt»u:C a question of the possession of Tonquin further negotiations would bo usoiess. Alvin Wing testified that he had known Freeman twenty years. Saw him the day following the murder. Told witness to see tho selectmen, and for everybody to come to his house at three o'clock that afternoon, but did not know the reason. At. that time Freeman dwelt upon the bible before some twenty five of his neighbors and informed them that Edith was lying dead in an adjoining room, but would rise on the third day. His feeling toward the child was affectionate, more so Jhan with the tther children. Freeman's counsel then prrrented the defense. Witnesses for defense wore called, and the substance of their testimony was to the effect that Freeman was affe,': uate to his children, interested in bible studio. and allowed his religious devotions to interfere with his business. Mrs. Freeman, wife of the prisoner, testified that Freeman; prior to 18T9, was also attentive to his business. In 1" 78 ho had a partial sunstroke; in the winter of 1878 he became consecrated to God entirely. In 1878 he began to neglect his business; his nervous system received a great shock in April, because her sister's husband came home from sea, and was so enraged because his wife had accepted the doctrine of the second coming of Christ that he threatened to shoot her husband; ithni a groat effect upon his nerves aud troubled him greatly; he told her that he had seen visions, in one of which he heard voices; in another he had seen supernatural sights that signified to him the coming of the end of the world; on the night of the death of Edith he did not sleep, aud for several days he had not eaten anything; he spoke of a groat burden he felt, bucIi as Moses must have felt when he entered the temple; on that, night witness was awakened by Freeman, who said God had called upon him to make a great sacrifice; she saw him leave the room and when he came back, he had the child in his arms; it was dead; lie walked the room with it and prayed and wept; he took it to bed with him and kept it with him all night; the whole scene is like a terrible dream which one remembers but cannot distinctly connect, and which, when she tried to think of it, seems like an awful recollection. Tho ill starred boat was built by C. & R. Poillon, and was launched ill October, 1879. She was schooner rigged, sixty tlvo tons burden, and worth $10,000. She was owned by Augustus Van Pelt, Henry E. Seguin, Christian M. Wolfe, the orphan children of Benjamin Simonson, and the wife and children of Stephen H. Jones, of Siateu Island, and wns insured for half her va'ue. Stephen H. Jonas, the boat's captain, died of heart disease about a year ago. Christian M. Wolfe then took command. Besides him tho vessel mirried three other pilots, Thomas H. Metealf, Ralph Noble and Charles Arnold. All of theso were married men, with families. Iu the pilot commissioner's office this morning sat the young sou of Ralph Noble, almost overwhelmed with grief. AN ILLUSTRIOUS CONVERT. Cieii. (■rant and Wile Hr pi tried to A POLISH MOTHER'S DESPAIR Have limlirareil Spiritualism. Dktiioit, Dec. 4.—The following dispatch from Chicago appears in ftio Times this moruing:A bill was introduced by Senator Logan which proposes to give to soldiers in the late war who served ono year and were honorably discharged 80 acres of land in the public domain; to those who served Imtween one and two years 120 acres, and those who served three years or more 100 acres. Mr. Plumb presented the petition of a number of soldiers of tho Union army praying for certain modifications of tho pension laws. Mr. Logan presented a petition of letter carriers praying for a modification of tneir hours of labor; also from colored soldiers and sailors of the army of New Orleans asking for pensions. Without money or Friend* Nile IlniiftH Herself. Wilkesratihk, Pa., Dec. 0.—A Polish family, consisting of father, mother and throe children, two weeks ago arrived in New York, whitlicr the}' had immigrated in the hope of bettering their condition. They had. neither money nor friends. The Castle Garden authorities forwarded them to Nanticoke, a mining town near here, where they arrived utterly destitute. They founo a refuge under the roof of one of their countrymen and tho father and mother sought employment, but vainly. Their helpless condition so preyed upon tho mother, Agnes Sago, that some time during the night she put an end to her life. Her lifeless body was found this morning in an unused room in the house hanging from one of the rafters. A broken rope dangling from another beam boro evidence that t he first attempt at suicide had proved futile, aud another desperate and successful effort hud been made. '•The Times cejTospcmclatit learns  from sources of (lie highest authority that U.n. Grant and wife have been recently converted to spirituali ill in its indstjpronouncaj' form. This statement comes from two ladies, one of whom has a national reputiti vi for culture, attnimn'eaU and position i:i s D- clety, vvhilo the other is likewise a lady C..f great prominence, publicly identified with the advocacy of spiritualism, and who is not oily welcome but the petted guest in some of the finest of Gotham's palaces. It is stated that both Gen. ar.d Mrs. Grant first beenmo interested in spiritualism and its doctrine* from In-big present by invitation at- scancoj held in Fifth avenue and Murray Hill mansions. Front lieing mere spectators they gradually developed into investigators uatil they finally found themselves i:i tull accord witii followers of the spiritualistic school. The unquestionable source from which tho information couies is also authority for the additional statement that only the fear of public ridicule prevents the general from acknowledging and championing his neiv found faith. SENATOR ANTHONY'S CONDITION Fears that lie Will Never Itcturn to Wu»liiiigtou. Washington, Dec. 0.—Private advices in regard to Senator Anthony contradict the printed bulletins. Upon the very best authority it is known that lie will never be able to preside in the senate and is scarcely expected to bo ablo to qualify for tlia present senatorial term. Hj is afflictod with blood poisoning, which has reached the brain, and lies in a stupor most of the time, and when he ret urns to consciousness he is liable to alight cttivulsion* He is possessed with the intense desire of a disordered brain to return to Washington and begin his twenty fifth year of servico in the senate. When he can talk a little he mentions his hope that he may accomplish his thirty years in the senate as Tfcomas U. Benton did. It has been suggested that he take the oath of office in Sew York, and appoint a president pro tem who can be apjiointed from day to day. The question as to whether the president of the sonato can appoint a president pro tem by letter was agitated last winter when acting Vice President Davis wrote a note on one occasion explaining his inability to preside and appointing another senator. The difficulty w»s surmounted by the senate acting conjointly with the actiug vice president's wishes; and the snmo thing could be done now. It is said that Senator Sherman would like the presidency pro tem, as well as Senator Ingalls. The fact is, until tho status of Mahone and Klddleberger is fixed by the action of the national committee on the 12th of December nothing can be done. The democrats cannot foroe action, and are very well disposed to let the republicans wrestle with their own troubles. To a reporter Mr Noble stated that his father lived with his family, consisting of his wife, two daughters and two sous, in Eleventh street, South Brooklyn. Another pilot named Sogu'n was to luive gone oil the boat when it left New York Saturday morning, but for some unexplainable reason he did not do so. Besides the.four men already mentioned there wero on the vessel William White, the boat keeper, John Fortblade, n Norwegian, and six deck hands. The latter were also Norwegians. Among other bills introduced were the following : By Mr. Jones, Fla.—For the erection of a public building at Key West, Fla.; to settle tho claim of the state of Floriila on account of the expenditures in the suppression of Indian hostilities. O'Donneli's counsel have not yet given up all hojie. Solicitor Guy, who was prominently active for tin defense during tho trial, continues his cfTorts ill an endeavor to save tho life of tho condemned man. Ho made a canvass of all the jurors, and ask. il each one to sign a petition to the crown for a reprieve. The majority, however, refused to sign the document, taking tin: ground that they had arrived at the verdict after the most careful examination of tho evidence, and that they "lad had the technicalities of the law fully explained to them by the presiding judge. By Mr. Cullom—To reorganize the legislative power of the territory of Utah. By Mr. Piatt—To provide for tho enlargement and improvement of the post ofliee and custom house at New Haven, Ct. Yesterday afternoon, while the quo3tion of which pilot boat had been sunk was undecided, four pilots called on District Attorney Peckhatn and requested him to tako some action which would compel Capt. Murray of the Alaska to tell what he knew, as they claimed ho was holding back information that would dispel all doubts regarding the boat's identity. It is not known what wns said, but the general belief is that the request was not granted. Solving a murder mystery. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6.—Tho Qerman known both as Uohn Kolb and John Zoop; captured here on the supposition that lie was tho murderer of Phoebe Paullin, killed at Orange, N. J., made statcmc lits to the authorities and Chief of Polico t'ourat, of New Brunswick, today, which lead to the belief that he is the murderer of a woman named Amanda Finke, or Fanny Dunham, near Perth Ainboy, N. J., in Juno iast. Amanda was last seen alivo after her discharge from the house of correction in company with a German known as Carl Cudsen. Nearly three months afterward her decomposed body was found in a woods near the town. This man Kolb says he went with her to the woods, whero he hit her on the back and left her. By Mr. Hale—To relieve ships and vessels from compulsory pilot fees; for the erection of a public building at Augusta, Me. A TEACHER'S CRUELTY By Mr. Lapham—To increase tho ponsions of widows in certain cases. Toward a Little t.lrl » lto Wouldn't The duke of Richmond mado a somewhat significant utterance at a farmer's dinner toduy. He said that ho was unalterably opposed to the importation oC live cattle from America or anywhere else. In his opinion this had bflpn the causo of the introduction of pleuro pneumonia, the foot and mouth disease, and all the other ills that bovine flesh is heir to. Ho believed that it was the imperative duty of parliament to pass a law which should permit the importation of dead meat only. His grace assured his hearers that he would move a res ilution to this effect at the next session of parliament, and that he would use his best endeavors to see that it became a law. It is needless to aud that his grace was vociferously cheered at tlio conclusion of his remarks. Sit with tho Boj*. By Mr. Frye—1o extend tho jurisdiction of tho court of Alabama claims; to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine; to encountg* the America* foreign carrying trade, and 4mend the law* relating to the employment and discharge of seamen. By Mr. Uarlknd—To exclude tfie public lands of Arkansas from the operations of the laws relating to mineral lands. Cleveland, O., Dec. 5.—Tony Layinlller is a teacher in a country school in Stark county, live miles soutii of Canton. He has been arrested, charged with assault and battery. Mrs. M. Oglethorpe is the plaintiff. She alleges that her daughter Mary, oleven years old, was a pupil in the school, and on Wednesday last, for some trifling violation of the rules, Laymiller, as a punishment, ordered her to remove her seat to tho boys' side cf tho room. This she refused to do, when Laymiller throw her upon tho floor and tied a heavy cord about her wrists. He then dragged the girl to the wall, and putting the cords over two of the hooks used for holding wraps, drew the girl up until her toes barely touched the floor. In this condition she hung from 9 o'clock iu the morning until 3}$ o'clock in the afternoon, when her mother, having been told by one of tho pupils, hastened to tho school and ordered the teacher to cut her down, which he did. The girl, when released, was unabb to walk, and it is feared has sustained serious injury. Laymiller gave biil for his appearance on Saturday next for a hearing. The Divlght Insurance Case* She was in full sympathy with hiin, beiioving it an eternal call, aud gave herself up to it unreservedly. Norwich, N. Y., Dec. Ci.—Upon the seventeenth day of the Dwight insurance trial the evidence is closed. At the opening of the ufternoon session the defendants rested their case and the evidence was closed. Mr. Laroque then commenced his argument for a non-suit He argued that whether the policy was valid or not depended upon each and every answer to tho questions in tho application, that any untrue answer rendered the policy void, and that their answer claimed somo of the answers to be false. These the plaintiffs had failed to substantiate. The particular statements which ho wished to call attention to were, first, as to tho occupation of Dwight for ten years previous to the application and as to the sale of liquors; second, that he had never had bronchitis or spitting blood; third, as to the amount of existing insurance when ho filled out the application; fourth, as to the applications which had not led to an insurance he claimed that the application and policy together constituted a contract, and this contract warranted the statements of the appli - cation. On the first point'he argued that Dwight had been a hotel keeper, and in that business he had furnished his guesuTwith wines upon their call Upon the  point he argued that the defendants iiad clearly proved a hemorrhage at Williamsport, Penn., in 1867. and that plaintiffs had failed to deny it; that the absence of Mrs. Dwight from the stand proved that she knew of the hemorrhage, and the plaintiffs were afraid to allow her to testify ill defense of her husband; if he had not spit blood she would have denied it. Portions of testimony from several witnesses who had seen or known of Dwight spitting blood we ro read in favor of the motion. By Mr. IngaUs—For the construction of a public building at Leavenworth, Kansas. By Mr. Jones—For the roliet of the State liational bank of Louisiana. Hrs. Brown, Folsom aud Denny, all experts on insanity, testified to repeated examinations of Freeman aud to his insanity when the crime was committed. Chief Justice Morton advised the jury to return a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, which was done. The court then ordered the prisoner to be sent to the Danvers Lunatic hospital, there to be conllned for the remainder of his natural life. Tlie National Butter and Cheese As- By Mr. • Logan—To grant public lands to Soldiers in the late war of the rebellion; joint resolution for the appropriation of tll,0UO to be available immediately for completion of work connected with the Hook Island arsenal.sociation. Cincinnati, Dee. C.—'The Notional Butter, Egg and Checso association reassembled in Smith & Dixon's hall lit 1.30 p. M. ami wore escorted by the members of the Cincinnati produce exchange to the foot of Sycamore street, where the members embarked on the steamer Guiding Star. After a trip on the river they returned at 5 p. u. At tonight's session Hon. Joseph T. Sampson, of Iowa, read a paper on " Creamery on the frontier," and C. T. Dexter, of Chicago, delivered a lecture on the ' 'Commercial importance of the dairy." Other members also delivered addresses on tho interests of the association. In consequence of the liberal support by the bankers of St. Petersburg, London and Amsterdam the success of the recent Russian loan is assured. By Mr. Butler—To repeal the internal revenue law now in force and abolish the internal revenue bureau. It proposes to abolish tho present system of collection within one year after Its passage. ATLANTIC GALES. ReqiMsted to Leave the Town. Only Five miles In Twenty Hours— Osage Mission, O., Dec. 0.—At a meeting nf the best citizens of this place, presided Dvor by John A. Woods, and with J. V. Pierce, president of the Osage Mission bank, for secretary, some pretty forcible resolutions were adopted anent the acquittal of Mr. H. Monser of tho brutal and unprovoked nurder of Frank II. Scott in our streets a few weeks ago. The resolutions declare that Monser's guilt of murder in the first degree was clearly shown; that the citizens regard Monser as a murderer, and request him to leave town, never to return. They further denouuce the verdict of till jury as an atrocious outrage upon the administration of justice, and defClaro their belief that it was procured by corrupt means. They deiirecate the practice of attorneys bringing their wives and daughters into court to attest sympathy with murderers, and the action of ministers of the gospel and attorneys not openly engaged in the case going about the streets to "create public sentiment, and the action of the sheriff in taking the prisouer to a public hotel to play on tho piano and sing for the jury during the trial. Monser has left town. Frostbitten Sailors. Constantinople, Dec. 6.—By an extensive conflagration here hundrods of houses in both the Turkish and Jewish quarters have been destroyed. By Mr. Pendleton—To regulate the payment of bills of exojtiange. By Mr. Cockrille—fu authorise the appointm nt of a special commissioner to viBit the states of Central and South America to gather information looking to the oxtonsion of American trade and commerce, and to strengthen friendly and mutually advantageous relations with those status. By Mr. Blair—To reduce revonue and increase foreign commerce. Mr. Jones, Florida, offered a preamble and resolution, which was adopted, asking the president to inform the senate whether in his opinion the ninth article of the treaty of 1819, between the United States and ISpain, has been fully executed, and it it has not been executed, whether the impediments arose from' unsettled questions of fact or undetermined questions of law. Mr. Morrill delivered a set speech in favor Of the bill relating to coinage of silver, silver certificates and United States notes. Mr. Morgan offered u resolution, which was adopted, directing tho senate committee on military affairs to inquire into tho policy and expediency of creating a military academy west ot the Mississippi river. Boston, Dec. (i.— The steamer Tyran has arrived here from Mediterranean ports. On November 20 she experienced a heavy gale, which lasted forty eight hours, during which she was hove to for twenty four hours. November 30 she experienced another severe gale from the west, which lasted twenty hours, during which the vessel made but five in'les. Monday she experienced another gale, with heavy snow squalls and tremendous seas. She was hove to twenty lioifTs. Baltimore, -pec. 6.—Tho frequent and disastrous collisions which have recently occurred on the Chesapeake between steamers vessel8 ire causing much comment and no Mttle concern in %iarine circles. Steamboat men Ay that much of the trouble arises from the carelessness of masters and crews of sailing vesssluin not displaying the lights prescribed by law; that many sailing craft aii* very poorly provided with lamps an(FNio not always place them in proper positions. Others do not try to show lights when coming up or going down the  This causes great trouble to the officers of steamboats. It is alleged that many masters of sailing vessels, knowing that the law com|Dels steamers to get out of the way, place their vessels directly across the bows of swiftly running steam vessels when it is impossible to avert a collision. The worst night of the week is Saturday night, when a whole fleet of, oyster boats, manned by drunken crews, leave the city for points down the bay with very few lights displayed. Such vessels are so carelessly handled that it is almost impossible fo steamers to keep clear of them. For this reason steam vessel owners are desirous that the law regulating tho display of lights on sailing vessels should be strictly inforced. A petition is being circulated and signed, asking congress to place the responsibility for enforcing the law in the hands of the customs ollicers, local steamboat inspectors or such other government officials as may be deemed best. The law fs good enough if it could be inforced, but the steamboat men mean to make a strong effort to hare the authority vested in officials who can give the matter personal supervision. Collisions tS be Avoided. Amorlcim Stcamslilp Line. The Danville Riot, Philadelphia, 1 )oc. 5.—Houry D. Walsh, president of the American steamship company, savs: "It can positively bo stated that tho American lino w ill not be abandoned. We ore simply looking around for some lyeans by which the ships can bo made to pay. Tha Pennsylvania railroad, which ir tho principal owner in the company, ba» been paying the losses for several years, and naturally wants a change. I have been president from the beginning, and never received a cent for my services. The secretary and the clerks, who gave their whnlo time to the business, of course were paid, but 110 one else. We must make it pay, somehow, but whether congress makes a subsidy or not, the line will still run to this city." ' Danville, Va., Dec. 6.—The grand Jury of the Hastings court, charged with the investigation of the circumstances of the recent riot, have reported that they have no presentments to make. They say that the negroes forced the tight, and that the whites used their firearms in defense of their lives, which were in imminent danger, and by their courage and pluck in standing up against such odds saved the lives of hundreds of people in the city. The ship P. N. Blftiichard arrived this morning from Manila after a passago of 171 days. On SunfUy she experienced heavy northwest gales awl Sunday night a heavy sleet anil rain storm s&k in, with intense cold. The deck was covered with ice and the crew suffered severely. Charles Oakes, third mate, had, three of hiB fingers frostbitten. Her foretopmast was carried away during the storm on Sunday night. Postmaster General Grnham to Be- The steamer Austrian arrived from Glasgow this morning and experienced terrible weather. Washington, Deo. 0.—Special correspondents are telegraphing to their papera that republican members of the Indiana delegation give credence to tha report from Chicago that postmaster Gen. Gresham will soon retire from the cabinet to take the United States circuit judgeship now filled by Judge Drmnmond of Chicago, who, it is understood, will soon vacate that position. tire. The fix English vessels which are chartered by the company, Mr. Welsh says ara paying well, but the four original vessels of the line are under American laws, which oblige the company to ship seamen at American ports, where labor is much higher thun abroad. The average in wages is 50 pur cent, moro than foreign companies pay, making a difference of more tbnn $50,000 a year. Mr. Welsh adds that the subject of devising meaus by which the rupniug of the vessels can bo put 011 a paying basis is now under consideration. meeting of Sporting men. Illness at Vale. New York, Dec. 0.—Much important business was transacted at the National Trotting association meeting at the F fth Avenue hotel. Judge James Grant, of Davenport, occupied tho chair, and among those pre sent were George M. Stevens, ot Chicko)Dee, Mass.; H. C. McDowell, of Lexington, »Ky., and M. J. Payne, of Kansas City, Mo. Tho cases adjudicated upon were tlioso of E. F. Basse, whose horses Echo and Thomas B had not had dues paid. It was proved that tho driver, Goff, was the party at fault, and he was suspended and fined. John Love had three casea heard. One was concerning tho horse John Love, which was entered at tho West Side park as John L Another was the case in which the same horse distanced all competitors, and the third was a suspension. All the cases were decided favorably to Love. R Martin, the driver, was suspended and fined. C. Houghton, a minister of New Haven, owns a trotter named Borax, which was taken by the driver to Danbury and called J. C. Allinger. In this case the recording fee had to bo paid. The case of the pacer Billy M, whose driver pulled him in Chicago, was decided by expelling the driver, no penalty being inflicted on either horso or owner. Frank Van Ness was fined $100 for failure to pay entrance moneys. New York, Dec. 6.—Reports received in this eitv*state that Thomas Camp's foundrj , at Covington, Ky., has suspended payment. The liabilities direct and contingent will estimate about $70,000; assets not yet ascer- Hcavy Failures. New Haven, Dec. 0.—The prevalence of typhoid and malarial fevers among the students of Yale College is puzzling tlie faculty, the members "of which, one and all, aver that the sewerage and drainage of the college buildings are perfect, and that they cannot account for the unusual illness that has pre vailed thus far this term. The reports of deaths have, however, been exaggerated, but two students have died of typhoid fever, and one of theso contracted the disease abroad during vacation. There are now, and have been, a number of students more or less ill from malarial fever, but there is no groat a'arm, and it is thought that when cold and seasonable weather sots in the health of tho college will be fully as good as that of any other institution of a thousand inmates. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the senate went into executive session, during which the nominations received, which wevo mostly recess appointments, were laid upo i the tab)* to await the formation of committees. At 2:50 v. M. the senate adjourned. There will bo a caucus of democratic sena- tained. A statement of the affairs of E. II. Ranlette & Co., wholesale dealers in cordage, hot, etc., at Now Orleans, has been receivod in this city. The liabilities, which are much larger than was at first supposed, amount to $227,000; nominal assets, $230,00^ Providence, Dec. 0.—In accordance with tho order of the supreme court ex-Gov. Wm. Hprague has delivered up the property of the Quidneck company to Receiver C. B. Farnswortb. Whatever fight there may be in the future will be between Evan Randolph, the president elected by tho old company, and Stephen Haines, tho presidont elected by tbo new company. Ex-Gor. Sprague Surrender*. tors for the purpose of arranging a new list of democratic members of senate  The caucus committee of seven, appointed to revise the list of republican members of senate committees, met today and outlined their work. Despatches received by Uradstroets state that the bank of Pike county, at Pittslleld, II!., his made an assignment. The liabilities are not generally known but the assets are valued at only §30,000. The bank has been in operation about fourteen years, and had a capital of $50,000, with average deposits about (70,000, and has been paying dividends of eight and ten por cent. Odd Villuua on I lie Increase, Trenton, N. J., Dec. 5.—Grand Scribe and Secretary Lewis Parker of the New Jersey Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, i% having his annual report printed. It shows that at tho beginning of the present year tho membership was t.i.slrj, ttio gain in the twelve months having been 1,0-4'J members initiated, 139 admitted by card, and 131 reinstated. The losses were: Withdrawn by card, U'3; died, 153; dropped for nonpayment of dues, 010; suspended for cause Ui, and expelled 12, leaving a net gain of 1,09S. The 190 subordinate lodges in the state received IliO,079.78 during tho year. Eloven new lodges were instituted and two went out of existence. The report of tho Grand Encampment of the same order shows that there are forty-eight encampments in Now Jersey and four uniformed degree camp-. The total membership is 2,345, a gain of 119 during the year. \ Herr Laskor, a prominent member of the German Reichstag, who has boon an interested witness of tho opening proceedings in the two houses, was on the floor of the house after adjournment, and was introduced to many of the members. The courtesies ot the in .use will probably bo extended to him if he remains in Washington until next week. The estimates of appropriations required for the government service for tho fiscal year ending Juno &D, 18S5, as furnished by the several.executive departments, are as follows: Legislative ♦0,767,74.'!; executive proper, $181,TG4; department of state, #1,. 705,231; treasury department, $137,557,421; war department, $40,000,919; navy department, *24,105,805; interior department, $57,- 725.497; post office department, $4,294,051; department of agriculture, $512,140; department of justice, $4,274,070. WUat They Lone by Fraudulent Bills Not tbe Niece of the Duke of Arjfyle. Tlie End or the lUurrajsvtlle Case. Fall River, Mass., Dec. 6.—The loss to Fall River mills by the fraudulent bills of lading issued by Joseph Lohnstoin, a cotton buyer of Sherman, Texas, will be between $25,000 and $30,000, and is divided among half a dozen mills. Chicago, III., Dec. 0.—Henry Soutag, alleged to have been tbo financial agent of Mary Hyde, reported to be a niece of the Duke of Argyle, Bays that he never had a cent of her money in bin keeping. He keeps a liquor store on West Polk street, and she used to buy liquor of him, but he had not seen her for si* months previous to her death. The last time she was in his store she borrowed from his clerk. He never heard of her claiming aristocratic lineage until now. Investigation shows that the woman left 110 papers or anything else to show that she belonged to the Campbell family. She was buried at the expense of the county. The -story apiwars to have originated in the babble of this woman when in her cups, and to havo been elaborated by the gossips of the neighborhood. Greensburo, Pa., Wc. 0.—The hearing in the habeas corpus case of the Weston party, involved in the Murraysville case, has como to an end, and the finding of Judge Hunter is regarded as fair by tho citizens generally. The text of his honor's decisioA is that all the persons now in custody shall bo admitted to bail, with the single exception of Bowser, who is held for trial on t e charge of murder in the first degree. The %jtal amount of bail for all the prisoners amounts to the extremely high figure of $83,000. This ends the first scene of this, the most remarkable case ever tried in this court. A Terrible Explosion. Chicago, Dec. 6.—An the employed ol the N. K. Kail-banks canning factory were closing up the establishment for the night a terrific explosion occurred in the basement of the main building. A large offal tank, need as a receptaclo for animal refuse, had been carelessly cl sed so as to be air tight, and the foul gas accumulating exploded, driving the tank upward through the flooi above, deluging the premises with the nauseating liquid. Two men standing directly above the tank were killed. Their bodies, il not blown to atoms, are buried beneath the debris and have not yet been recovered. Seven other employes were seriously injured, perhaiw fatally. Supplemental messages Expected. Washington', Deo. 0.—It was stated at the executive mansion that the proposed Mississippi river improvements, the Hennepin canal project and other public works which were not tou 'hed upon in the presiden1# message will form subjects of supplemental messages to congress. The Trial of James Nutt. Uniontown, Pa.. Dec. U.—At nine o'clock this morning the Nutt trial began in the criminal court before Judge Wilson, Judge Elect Ingram sitting on the bench with him through the courtesy of the court. Senator VC*irhees arrived from Connellsville, and came to court accom]Danied by Marshall Swartzwelder and Major Brown ol Pittsburg, representing the defense. Messrs. Patterson and Boyd, prosecuting attorneys remained seated a. the council table a few minutes, and then Senator Voorhess was presented to the court who received him kindly, and on a motion of Mr. Playford he and Major Brown were admitted to the bar. Infarlated Burglar*. Washington, Dec. 6.—The state department has no information concerning proposed intercessions in behalf of O'Donnell. No communication on the subject has been received at the department from Ministor Lowell. No Communication Received, Agricultural Work* Huriicd. Cleveland, O., Dec. 0.—At East Ashtabula, O., burglars entered the house of Birdsay Metcalf, a wealthy citizen. Getting little of value they became enraged, and struck Metcalf with a club as ho lay sleeping In bod. While the thieves were engaged in assaulting her husband Mrs. Metcalf rushed to the window, aud throwing it open, aroused the neighbors by her slvrieks and cries for help. Tho burglars becoming alarmed fled. Mr. Metcalf has a horrible gash in hk forehead and is seriously injured. A posse of citizens are searching for the burglars, and it is thought they will be lynched if caught. WlNTHHOP, Me., Dec. 5.—The agricultural works of W. E. Whitman have been burned. The fire cnught from a chimney which burned out. The machine shop, foundry, wood shop, blacksmith shop and saw mill were doitroyed, together with lumber, coal and a variety of goods in different elates of completion. A large amount of casting* and machinery was entirely spoiled. It was ;i fui ions fir® and a large part of that section of the village which is thickly populated narrowly escaped. The loss is $30,0t0; Insurance on buildings $5,000, in favor of the Gardiner Water Power company; ou tools, machinery, etc., in favor of Whitman. (5,0JU. A Canadian Sensation. Toronto, Out., Dec. 0.—The little village of Otterville has been intensely excited several days over the sudden and mysterious death of H. Van Sickle, proprietor of the Commercial hotel. He had been in good health, aud was seen on the street the day before he died. His funeral was hurried by hig wife and relatives. The corpse was about to be hurried to London, when the sheriff and coroner put In an appearance and demanded the privilege of holding an inquest, and making a post mortem examination. Van Sickle wot an old jnan who bad married twice, add hto second wife is a mere girl and very pretty. Up to within a few days before Van Sickle's death, he had worki ig for bhn Bert Osgood, a good looking young bartender, whom he dismissed on account of a scandal raised In the village about the conduct 6f Osgood and his wife. His wife expressed great anger at Bert's discharge, and threatened to leave if he was not reengaged. At one time Mrs. Van Sickle and Osgood were away for a week together. It is thought that the old man was poisoned to get him out of the way, as he died in great agony, and showed symptoms of having been poisoned. A Decision In Favor of Gamblers. Chicago, Dec. 6.—In the superior court today a decision was rendered to the effect that the section of the criminal code which provides that money lost at gaming Cniay be recovered in an action for debt is unconstitutional , because a civil proceeding is em* bodied in the criminal law. The constitution provides that "no act shall embrace more than one subject, and that that subject shall be expressed in the title." This law lias heretofore actod as a decided check upjn the proprietors of gambling houses in this oity, is business men had recovered against them for losses sustained by peculating employes. A Pretty Servant Die* Tor Love. Cleveland, Dec. 6.—Mary Fritz, a pretty servant girl, loved a young harness maker nfllrted Henry Blackburn, who cast her off siD4 months ago. The girl is said to be still In love with him. She went to the shop where h» was at work last night and showed him a bottle of laudanum. She said Sije was going to take it. He endeavored to.pwvent her. But she said: "Will you love me now that I die at your feet ?" and took the poison. She cannot recover. She was taken to the poMce station and to-night the doctors had to broak her ♦eth to get on emetic into her TELEGRAPH FLASHES. Dayton, Ky., is excited over the mysterious disappearance of its mayor, who is said to be considerably in debt. "How about the case of James Nutt( Are you readyf" asked the court; and when both sides replied that thev w*re prepared, James Nutt himself sfiod up and said he was not guilty of murder. Mrs. Nutt. dressod (in deepest mourning, sat with her son at the extremis end of the counsel table, James being At her right hand and her brother, James AVeils, ut her left. James Nutt sat iu his chair as cool and calm as the judge. His faco was pale and clean shaven. His plea of not guilty was mado in a low but firm tons of voice. Gen. Slocutn intends soon to introduce a hill in congress to extend national aid and iucouragemeut to state militiu organizations. Tim mystery in the Bennett arson cose at Milwaukee has been solved by the confession Df Mrs. Bennett. The confession was made io Lieut. Junsson. Evil Effects of Hallway Monopoly. Ottawa, Out., Dec. 0.—Canadian bank stocks show an alarming shrinkage within the past three months, the falling off in valuo being flam *55,000,000 to *47,200,000, or f 8,000,000 caused by the evil effects of railway monopoly. The farmers iu Manitoba are :lmrged nineteen cent; by the Canadian Po*Ule railway for transporting their grain Portage La Prairie to Emerson, a distance jf one hundred and fifteen miles, while from Chicago to New York, a distance of one thousand miles, it is carried at the rata of fifteen Mutator bushel The secretary of the treasury has decided chat foreign pictures for Uie Art Loan exhibition in aid of the Bartholdi statue fund be idmitted free of duty. The King of Det.maik is truly a paterr al monarch. Finding thut dm i lg ilia ncerji revere weather the royal foot gutrdg were stifTering greatly from colds and eolith*, this good old genth m Du ordered a tupplyof Dr. Mull's Cough 8)iU ) for tlicni atid low the seulnus arj hupiy mouth Vermont mills to Bcaume Work, Windsor, Vt., Dec. t).—Jones, Lainsou & Co., proprietors of the Ascutney mills at Windor, and whoso failure for nearly half a million of dollars last August necessitated the shutting down of the works, have made t settlement with their creditors and expect jo resume operations soon. The firm are large manufacturers of ootton and cap yarn. Confident of Success. PrrrsBuna, Doc 6.—The glass workers ars reported as becoming more confident lately jf fr ill success. They claim that the Ci» oviud for plas, is brisk, and that manufacturers must start up. Mr. nnmniet, of the, workers and Mr. Wrightman, of tho manufacturers, are still in conference regarding aooperative glass making. At Livingston, Ala., a crowd accompany ng Barrett's circus entered tho telegraph illica and tried to robthe safe. The marshal uid a posse attempted to arrest thein. A •iut ensued and two of tho thieves were tilled. The marshal was also shot and fatally wounded. The work of impanelling a jury was then commenced, but when the court adjourned at half past twelvo P. M. only one juror was sworn, and sixty one jurors who vera callep were rejected. Prevent sickness In taking occasDC r.a'lv ono of Emmy's Little Cathartic I*ilIm, a wondeifiil appetiser, an absolute euro of Biliousness—15 cents