Evening Gazette

              —•« a ' -— NUMBER 4 73 1 WD«kly H«tabli«hCtd 1800 I PITTSTON. I'ATUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1883 I TWO UJSNTD. ) Ton OcnU per Week. WASHIMIOJN JNU1E3. AN ACCOMPLISHED 8WINDLER. SELF ACCUSED. CA1 AIN GORDON'S TRIAL. A WILY WIDOW. ne.ALDliNQ a VACANCY. Tho King of Denrfinik Is truly a paUiral monarch. Finding tliat during tho rcccnt severe weather the royal foot guards wero suffer-- ing greatly from colds and eoughp, this goodold gentlrmau ordered a supply of Dr. llull'a Cough Sy mp fur tin in ar.d now the scntri»a Prominent Clevelindeti Defrauded Dlffltnlly In Securing a Jnry—llecord efforts to Elect Sccor itobcNon to the Things that are Said and Done by George F. Hobertson. A Youth Who Says that Ho Helped to Murder Jennie Cramer. New York, Dec. 18.—The case of Captain George I. Gordon, who is charged with the eibuuctioii of Addle Bresnan, of Astoria, L. L, came up {or trial before Judges McGill, Brinkerhoff and Fry in the Hudson county court of Quarter Sessions. Mr. Patrick Bresnan, the foster father of the girl, "as early in ooort with her counsel W. J. Foster. Just inside the railing sat a number of sohool girls and other residents of Astoria who bad been subpoenead as witnesses. The state was represented by Prosecuting Attorney Charles Winfleld, assisted by ex-Senator Elijah T. Faxton. The oounsel for the defense were very particular in the selection of the jurors, six of those summoned being challenged. Mr. John H. Cairns, of the Children's home of Jersey City, was called to the stand. Ho produced the surrender certificate book which showed that on January 8, 1878, Caroline Roberts, the step sister of Addie Bresnan, then Rosetta Broeser, had surrendered her step sister to the care of the institution. of Addle Bresnan'* Surrender. Tho Story of a Woman who Married a Western Millionaire. Place to l»e Vacated by Mr. Gowen, at the Capital. Cijcvbland, O., Dec. 18.—L*st September a courtly gentleman accosted ex-Collector Watmaugh on the Kennard House steps and inquired the residence of Col. Payne, son of Henry B. Payne, to whom he said he wished to sell a valuable stiver mine in Sonora. Watmaugh bit eagerly, and the courtly stranger introduced himself as George F. Robertson, an el-confederate officer. He didn't appear eager to treat with any below millionaires, and worked his game so fine that a pool of five prominent citizens, including Charles Brayton, Gen. Jack Casement and othei-s eagerly bought the mine, advanced 11,200 to start the work, and a few weeks ago nssesBed thoinselves $500 to start Detective William Whitney after the colonel with a warrant for obtaining money by false pretenses. Among tho victims was Lloyd, the merchant tailor, who gladly trusted the strangers. Whitney traced the colonol to Tucson, Arizona, and despite Robertson's indignant assertion that he was a southern gentloman of honor ho arrested him. He was taken away on a writ, but was remanded to Whitney's custody after eight days' trial, and the officers started home. A few hours' ride from Tucson a sheriff's posse entered the train with another writ for Robertson's release, but Whitney and his aid guarded the door to tho state room r ■ l held the fort till the train started, carry in? off tho sheriff. The train did not stop till C* aad crossed the line out of Arizona, and tho ] i isoner was safe. Philadelphia, Dec. 18. — A determined jffort is being made by some of the friends of Georgo M. Robeson, ex-secretary of the aavy, to make him president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company as a mccessor to Franklin B. Gowen. Mr. Gowen iias recommended Mr. Keiin, the present vico president, for the position, but it is laid on Third street that Keiin will not 3arry on tho aggressive jiolicy maintained by the Reading against tho Pennsylvania road with tho vigor that Roboson would. Should Robeson be elected it will revive the intense bitterness betwoon United Stati s Senator Sewell, president of the West Jersey branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, and Rub. .-on. The ex secretary is at present .) .e of the leading counsel for the Reading are hapiy. Money to be Appropriated for the Pension Fund— Enforcing tin Visiting Rule*—Other Capital Gossip. Threatening to Serve Another Girl In a Similar Fashion—A Startling Story About the Connecticut Tragedy. A Ballet Girl wlio Could Write GuslilnK Letter*—How Simon B. Paige Fell Into a Well Laid Trap. Dyspepsia daropoua tho ardor of many an aspiring soul. Why suffer from dyspepsia ? Why 1)0 frightoned over disordered kidnoya ? Why continuo tho miserable life of a dysdep- Washington, Dec. 18.—It is estimated that tho appropriation for the jiayment of army and navy pensions of tho several classes authorized by law, and the expenses of paying the samo, during the next fiscal year sheuld be 140,000,000. This is less than half the sum appropriated for the present year, which was $8(5,575,000. In addition to this latter sum a clouse in the bill provided that all money to the credit of the pension fund remaining unexpended in the treasury on the 30th of Juno last, when tho fiscal year ended, Should be available for the present year in addition to the $811,000,000 and more appropriated. Tho unexpended sum amounted to $B9,000,000, thus swelling the amount available for the payment of pensions during the present year to nearly $120,000,000. A large part of this sum will doubtless remain unexpended at the close of the present year, and this balance' together with the $40,000,000 estimated, will be sufficient to meet all demands of the pensioners of the nation. In connection with his report of the workings of the pension bureau Socretary Teller lias called the attontion of congress to tho need of shortening the interval between the various payments of pensions. At present payments are made every three months. Very many pensioners are wholly dependent on the money thus received for their support, and the amount is often so small that it is exhausted the next day after it is received, and the pensioner is at the mercy of extortionate money lenders. Congress has prohibited the pensioner from pledging his certificates in advance of their payment; he is thus compelled often to resort to money lenders, who charge, because no security is furnished by the pensioner, a ruinous rate of interest. Secretary Teller, to aid the pensioner, suggests that where it can lie dono the pensioner should bo paid monthly the allowance granted him by the government. Brooklyn, Dec. 18.—In a wretched, tumble down shauty on Hudson avenue, near York street, lives a machinist named Pidding and his wife, Julia. They have two children, one a girl of eight years and tho other a dark eyed little beauty about twice her sister's age. Pidding is employed a!, the agency of the Domestic Sewing Machino company in Fulton s treet. He has held a position there for several years and is spoker. of by Mr. Henry Bristow, the Brooklyn manager, as a man who can be relied upon to do his work and do it well. The Hudson avenue shanty is in the final stages of dilapidation. It is a ono story, tottering box, divided into what, by a long and violent stretch of of the imagination, may be called three apartments. The crampod inclosure facing on the street is called by courtesy a candy store, and the intermediate compartment is dignified by the name of bedroom. Mrs. Pidding is a rather intelligent woman, on tho sunny side of 40. She is evidently not easily disturbed. Business is'dull when four or five collarlees youths are not lounging near tho counter and indulging in the extravagance of a smoke, a; penny and a cigarette being the essentials. The voices of these promising youths can be heard as plainly in the kitchen as in other part of the mansion. Thoy belong to "a gang" which simvlnte the Smoky Hollow group, and make the shanty an uncomfortable place to visit. John Wilton is the son of the 'feeper of a restaurant witliin an easy stone's tnrow of the Navy Zard. He is in excellent repute with tho young men who purchase cigarettes from Mrs. Pidding and smoke them in the shanty. Throe weeks ago he made Julia's acquaintance. Mrs. Pidding says he used a concertina to gCxxl purpose. Ho played it so well that he received an invitation to tho rear room, behaving himself so well that a game of dominoes with the master of the house was the consequence. This gave to the musician the freedom of-t he three compartments and resulted in complications which will insure his arrest if the polico can find him. About two weeks ago Mrs. Pidding left the store. She returned shortly after 1 o'clock and found her daughter Julia in team. Wilton had taken advantage of her absence, Julia declaring that a determined resistance* and ioud screams for help had availed her nothing. According to the mother's story, Wilton boasted of what he had accomplished. When he was threatened With arrest he promised that Julia should become Mi's. Wilton, but it is now averred that he lias left the city, and that his father and mother are arranging to take up their residence in Connecticut. Mrs. Pidding called at the charities central office on Fulton street, on Saturday, and related to Clerk khort an account of her daughter's downfall. She made some other revelations concerning the restaurant keeper's son which very much amazed tho county representatives and persuaded Commissioner Kissain that the case was worth investigating. A reporter called at the candy store and asked for Mrs. Pidding. Cincinnati, Dec. IS.—The Commercial Gazette has a three column account of the career of Mrs. Alice Paige, tho wife of Simon B. Paige, the millionaire lumberman of the northwest, who was found dea l with a bullet wound in his head, on March 11, 1882, iu his room in a Davenport, Iowa, hotel. C. C. Paice. a brother of the dead man, became convinced that the new wife of his brother (they had been married but two months and two (lays) whs an adventuress, and employed Detective J. C. Grannon, of this city, to ascertain her history. Mr. Paigo told "the detective that his In other married tho woman, whose name was Mrs. Mary E. Fa-rnr, in Brooklyn, but she had formerly lived in Cincinuati, and, he had understood, was once an actress. The detective says the case has Wen a difllcult and tedious one, and has resulted iu the obtaining of the following information: tic, nerveless mortal ? Brown's Iron Bitter* will surely cure you. It has permanently tired thousand* of cases where other remedies afforded only temporary relief. AsIc your druggist concerning its merit. Try 'iimplo hottle and you will be rolicvod ot urther mcutal and physical distn is. company iu the {.reut battle in Trenton over tho Jersey Central cas;. During toe last congressional campaign in the Camden district the contest was based mainly on Sewell's relations to the Pennsylvania railroad and Robeson's nntipathy to that company. The result was the disastrous defeat of Robeson. Smarting under this, he w ould, as president of the Rsading, 'vugo an unceasing warfare on the giant Pennsylvania corporation. There is little doubt but that Vanderbilt will not only be consulted, but will be the deciding voice iu the election. Ol'lfit Hi't. rc flic Utridlan »»f I.llr • ulIju'i. ilu-teeih decay.- In iiine cape* 'Ut ot ten 1 hoy becutne carious through neglect n.o timely use of SOZODONT arrests the destructive effects of impurities which have heen allowed to accumulate upon the teeth- Children's teeth polished and invigorntod ly '-his salutary botanic preservative, will remain sound and who until a ripo old ago, and faring teeth are rescued by it fjom increasing (ilapidation. The articles of indenture by which the home gave the child Addie ovef; to Patrick Bresnan, of Astoria, were then produced and read. This fact established. Miss Caroline Roberts, of No. 118 Christopher street, this city, was then jDUt on tho stand. She said ■he was twenty four years of age. 8 be was half sister to Addie. Her mother died in 1874. "1 surrendered Addie to tho children's home in Jersey-City. She was in my care then. Addie was fourteen years old in October last." To the defence she stated that Addie was born in 1869. "I remember it because on the day she was born I saw on a placard in large figures the date 1809." Witness swore she could not remember the month. Addie, she said, was born in Provost street, Jersey City. Years ago a woman named Libhy was left a wido'V ill Wavenport, Iowa, with two Ril l", Laura and Mary. Tiio girls peadled pop ill the streets, and the woman with whom this story lias to deal was known as "Pop Mary." The father had patented a cure all called "Haven Oil," and the widow advertised for some one to sell it. William E. /agar, of Indiana lolis, responded and afterirard married Mary. They soon separated, and the girls and t heir mother came to Cincinnati to live. Tho girls obtained employment at the Grand 0|Dera house as ballet dancers, where they appeared as the Pie'repont sisters, Mary chinning ber name to Alice. While thus employed, anil living 011 B irr street, Alice read ill th papers of tho burning of the Beckwith house ill Oshkosh, Wis., and how Sinictti Paige, a man of great wealth, offered $5,000 to any one who would save his wife. She was rescued by a fireman, but died soon after, and Paige refused to pay the reward. Alice read everything she could llnij about this man, and finally wrote a gushing letter to him, saying she was an old friend of his dead wife, and nothing would give her S) much pleasure as to become the governess of his children. The rich man wrote back thanking her for her iymp*thy, but saying I10 had 110 children. Bad Condition of the Coal Trade. Let us tell you that a person who is bilious r constipated is not a well pC.regit. ard fuf. il'cr, 111tit coal I v t very one. in Fttljnct to tluse rregulatilios. Let us tell j-ott, also that Builoek Mood Biltois nro ono of llie llneft tiurotics aud aperients ever vet dm i-cd. I.et Us Tell You. Pittsburg, l'a., Dee, IS.—Tite river coal trade, according to leading operators, lias, not been in tuch bad shape for years. Begin. iiug at New Orleans tlio same story ol big stocli.s and low prices is repeated ail the way up tlio Mississippi aud the tt.uo. Tuj result is the closing within the last le.v days ol nearly all the largest works on the Mouongahela river. Walton's three works have closed, throwing out of employment 7U0 miners. O'Neil's, Woods', h'aweett's and others are also closed. (Jatnblo & Richards' men are on a strike. The situation among the railroad miners is uot much better than oh the river, and altogether the outlodk is u notably gloomy one for the coal men in both branches of the trade. The Testimony of an Informer. Cork, Dec. 18.—Tho trial of seven men, charged with conspiring to murder eight landlords in county Mayo, was commenced in the city court. The case of the crown is based chiefly upon the testimony of Bernard Coleman, an informer, who swore that he was a member of an Invincible society having for its object the removal of objectionable persons, and operating in county Mayo. This wituoss testified also that the sum of £25 was collected and paid in to this society to be used for the purpose of aiding tho murderers in their work. Ten pounds of this amount was contributed by the National league. Coleman had not concluded his testimony when the court adjourned. Allen's botanical extract ■trengthen the train and positively cures Sfervous Debility, Nervousness, IJeadac), .. u natural losses, aud all weakness of Generative Sj ah m; it never falls. $1 pig, 6 for $5.—hi druggist, or by mail from J. H. Allen, 315 First Ave. New York City. STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. A Vcuel's Hough Experience 111 • Severe Storm. Philadelphia, Dec. 18. — The German steamship Prinz Georg, (.'apt. Felds which arrived here from Palermo, encounsred a cyclone during the voyage, which battered in the hatches and swept overboard two sailors. The cyclone made its apr«arance at 4.30 o'clock in the morning, following a dead calm. The vessel had passed safely throi ,-h two heavy seas when a third tore several spars from the rigging and hurled them on deck, breaking a hole in the deck four feet square into which the sea injured fasr. Several sailors tied ropes to their bodies and descending, repaired the breaic. While the hole was being mended, another anil still greater calamity overtook the vessel. The main wheel broke two of ito cogs, leaving the ship at the mercy of the tempest. The wheel whirled fast around at lightning speed aud could not have been approached. During the excitement two sailors, named Born Stalsen and George Caneville, were swept away and lost After hard work the ship was got safely before the wind aud soon after was out of danger. One of tho passengers died in the hold. The passengers numbered nearly 300 and were destiued for New Orleans. HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT. Oil Account ol' llie Fraudulent Inmir- UIKe. THE iviAivi^vroTia: Fai.i. Hiver, Mass., Dec. 18.—At a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians a motion to expel Dr. Hennessey, Edward Driscoll, James Kit by, fid ward Barrett and John T. Duvally, implicated in graveyard insurance, caused au animated discussion, but was tlnally laid over for one week, lieuuessey aud Driscoll are still in parts unknown, it is supposed in Canada. Lawyers Brennan and MeUuinness, of Providence, were in town, and it said they are endeavoring to effect a settlement. CLOTHING EMPORIUM Honoring the American Prelate*. Attorney General Brewster'* Opinion London, Dec. 18.—A dispatch from Rome states that the pope extended a formal reception at the Vatican t j the distinguished prelates from America who have boeu in attendance upon the Episcopal convention. After the audience, Arcubishop Corrigan returned to the American college, where he has resided during his stay in Rome, and bade farewell to his colleagues and to roany resident church dignitaries who had assembled in his honor. He left this evening for France whence he will return to New York. Archbishops Gibbons, Feehan and Williams, and tho American bishops, will start for Afterica shortly. of Walsh. HENRY COHEN, -OF- Washington, Dec. 18.—Attorney General Brewster characterizes the published statements of Mr. John A. Walsh, in which the latter discredits the sincerity of the government's effort to prosecute ex-Senator Kellogg as a "rigmarole of disingenious insolence." The government, Mr. Brewster says, has made an honest and sincere effort to find Walsh and bring him to the witness stand. Tho court knows this and so does Mr. Walsh who had fled and concealed himself. Mr. Merrick and other counsel in the case are very reticent about Walsh, only saying that the case has goue over till March next and that it will bo triod then if Mr. Walsh is hore. Nothing daunted, Alice wrote again, recalling incidents iu the life of Mrs. Paige, which she had taken from the papers, Paige became interested in her, and Wrote her that he Bhould like to meet so dear a friend to his late wife. I11 the meantime the family moved to Brooklyn and a meeting was or, ranged there. In anticipation of Mr. Paige's visit, furniture aud carpets were bought 011 credit and were afterward replevined. Alice represented herself as a widow. Paige fell into the trap and they became engaged. He wanted to lie married at once, but the ballet girl put him off, saying that he ought to wait till his wife had been dead two years. In the meantime she quietly obtained a divorce from Fagar in the Cincinnati court. THE LEADING AND RELIABLK IhRCHAM TAILOR AND CLOTHIER, C now prepared, before the approaching holidays, with extraordinary inducements in Senator Sabin's Appointment*. Washington, Dec. IS.—Senator Sabin, chairman of the republican national coinm.t-tee, has designated the following named gentlemen as a sub committee to make the necessary arrangements for the convention ai Chicao on June 3, next; Hon. John C. New, of ludiana; Hon. John A. Logan, of Illinois; W. C. Cooper, of Ohio; Powell Clayton, ol Arkansas; and C. L. Magec, of Pennsylvania. Mr. L. J. CJage, of Chicago, has been selected to act as treasurer. NOP0Y CUSTOM SUITS Tried for Dynamite Outrages. and fine selected stock of Edinburgh, Dec. 18.—The trial of McDermott, Devany, Callaghan, McCaun, McCulloch, Donnelly, Kelly, MoCnbe, Duiin and Casey, charged with dynamite outrages in Glasgow, was commenced in the high court. Hughes, one of the conspirators who turned informer, testified that all of the accused were implicated in the conspiracy. Featherstone and Johnston, who havo not yet been arrested, came from America to teach the conspirators to make dynamite and to assist in exploding public buildings. iEADY-MADE OLOTHING, Trouble About the Wool Tariff. Ba«lneM Itevcrses. vhich is complete in every department, from mm finest imported to the best or domc&tio abrtcti, in all the various styles and colors. He as the b st and larges ► took, at* fine .13 can be ound in any Mttropolilan establish mot. All an torn goons are made up with the best caie od workmanship. Washington, Dec. 18.—The Ohio wool growers have postponed their efforts to attempt to restore the old wool tariff until after the holidays. Mr. Converse, democrat, who is tlie leader in this movement, discovers that it has not the strength that he supposed. It is ascertained also that many of the New England congressmen would really favor a greater reduction on raw wo D), on the ground that it it a raw material for 1 heir manufactories, were it not for the fact that the votes of the western wool growers are necessary to sustain the present tariff system, and that for that reason it is part of the protective plan that the wool tariff should bj maintained. New York, Dec. 18.—Stephen K. Lane, '.rading as Lane & Son, grain commission merchants, at 90 Broad street, have made an assignment, giving preferences for $115.62. Their liabilities are currently estimated ai *1250,000; assets not yet known. A quiet wedding occurred at No. 379 Pa. ,-iflc street, Brooklyn, Jan. 9, 1883, and Pop Mary, the street peddler, Alico Pierrepont, he ballet dancer, and Mrs. Mary E Fagar, the scheming widow, became the wife of a millionaire. When Paige was found dead in nis room iu the Davenport hotel it was given out that he had committed suicide, but thei°e are those who have al.vays had a different heory about it. His wife did not attend the funeral, but applied to be ap|iointed administratrix of bis estate. His death led to several failures, which are said to have aggregated t9,000,000. It will bo claimed that ihere were informalities in the Cincinnati divorpe, which, taken iu connection with the woman's character and career, will make it easy to secure a declaration that her marriage with Paige was void. It is said tha ihe Paige estate is worth several millions. Calais, Me., Doc. 18.—The thermometer began to fall rapidly Saturday afternoon, registering 10 degrees below aero at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. From noon to 7 r. M. o driving north east snow storm set :n and it has continued uninterruptedly to the preseu. time. About a foot of snow has fallen. Coin weather followed by snow is a great boon to lumbermen. Late lumber teams have starteu for the woods. Cold Weather In IHaliie. sOBBY FASHIONABLE STYLES "Come in, sir," said tlie lady on the sunny sideofforty. Mrs. Pidding needed no prompting. W. P. & A. M. I'areons, builders at Madison avenue and Eighty first street, liuvt made an assignment. Their total liabilities, including mortgages, are said to be upwardof $500,000, with nominal assets largely iu excess. Warm expressions of sympathy aa freely expressed among their creditors. No Chance for a Duel. AND FLEOANT FITS W Aim AN i ED. Baltimore, Mci., Dec. IB.—George J. Zimmerman, the father of the lady who recently married Frank J. Hellen, of Uniontown, Fa., places no conlldeuce in the report that Mr. Hellen's brother, who is known as "iDaro Devil Joe," has started for Baltimore to fight a duel with the young Virginian, Hammond, the other claimant for Miss Zinv merman's hand. "Joe," he said, was in Baltimore Friday and accompanied the bridal party on their departure from Baltimore. He has heard nothing of him since. "I keep as much to myself as I can, and I have never let my daughter Julia go out at night. This is my dau. liter, sir." All these goods will be sold at reduced •m1 lowest, possible prices. Call and examine ur beautiful and lar»ro stock, get pr ces, and re onvinctd that They me as low as the lowest in ny market. With the best compliments of the «a-on, yours truly, HENRY COHEN. J.ilia acknowledged the introduction ivith a nod. She is a thoughtful looking girl, with a most expressive face and just enough reserve to invest her with unusual interest. Salters Bros., dealers in clothing at St. Paul, Minn., have made an assignment, with liabilities $80,000; nomiual assets about the same. Indignant at tthe Aldermen. "What did you tell Mr. Short about Wilton's connection with the Jennie Cramer murderf" asked the reporier. Chicago, Dec. 18.—There was a great Ttfr roar in the municipal council when the aldermen supporting the Chicago & Evans ton railroad charier passed it over the mayor's veto. Aside from the jobbery that is alleged is back of the ordinance, there an many objections, as this measure gives ti.e road the right of way for all time through the best portion of the city. tS8*. A New Expedition Tor tlio Belief of Herbert R. Jones, banker at De Pere, Wis., has suspended. The bank was started January 1, 1878.  Harper's Youn2[ People. AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY -101 AGES. Ureely. "Just what he told me," was the answer. Washington, Dec. 18.—The Protous court of Inquiry will reconvene here on AVeduesdny morning and consider evidence bearing on the fitness of the Proteus niid her crew for the Greely expedition. '•And what did he tell you?" "Well, you know be lived in C Dnnecticut. His folks lived there before they moved to Brooklyn and they are going to move back there, I believe. He threatened that if my daughter made any trouble ho would servo her as he served Jennie Cramer. Isn't that what he said to you, Julia?" A New Dramatic Artiste. 4'dtrd to toys and girls of from hix lo sixUei) years of age. Skw York, Dec. 1&.—The members of the New York Press club are quite stirred up over the genius of a new dramatic artisui who was ou the programme of au informal entertainment given the club at the rooms oil ■Saturday evening. The artiste, Lida Hood 1'albot, comes from Indianapolis, and is aboui to go upon the dramatic stage*. Though she enjoys an enviable fame as a reader in the west, the journalists of the metropolis had scarcely heard of her. They are a] hackneyed playgoers and usually as dilHcui' to move emoliunady as a etc lie wall, cons* quently were entirely unprepared for tut way she aroused their interest in her magnihceut rendition of "Jacob Hurd's Child." Tne verdict of all who heard her was that in her the dramatic profession will secure a genuine artiste. Vauderbllt and tlie West Shore Hull- Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. IS. —Antoine Banner and Ellen Poupard were arraigned beforo Judge Arnold on a chargo of murder in having caused the death of Samuel Butler on the 7th of October last. Renner, after pleading not guilty, demanded a separate trial, and the case of Ellen Poupard was first taken up. The caso grew out of a quarrel betwoeu the defendants and the deceased on account of jealousy. Butler's skull was fractured with a cobble stoue, said to have been thrown by Ellen Poupard. Arraigned for murder. road. OL. V. COMMENCES NOVEJCJTIi a, lf*3. The president this afternoon appoiuted Gen. Hazen, chief signal officer; ('apt. J. E. Grier, U. 8. N.; Lieut.-Com. McCaul, of the navy, and Capt. George W. Davis, of the army, a band to consider aud report a plan for a new expedition to be sent to the relief of Lieut. Groely and party. The board will meet ill Washington on the 20th instant. Chicago, Dec. IS.—The report that Vanderbilt has purchased, or rather made known his ownership, of the West Shore railroad, 1. readily believed here for the reason that haC the West Shore been leased to the Gran. Trunk, as before reported, the export business of the Now York Central would havu been cut into. Mr. Paterson, superintendent o{ the Hoosac Tunnel road, states that Vnnicrbilt furnished the money in the first place to build the West Shore railroad with tbt intention of sooner or later assuming it control as he has already done with thi Nickle PI ite. Railroad Consolidation. Harper's Yi ung Peojl*-. i the bts w t rk'.y lor •hlitlrrti iu Anirrica - tiouthw. tteru C hr.tiuin idfocut,. Ad that the nttisfs D.k:ll can ucuoQiiiLJi Li tho ay C-1 i lii^tiHiioii lulu la en iu ».u, uSd t.'io best l«'iit ol Ui»* tD*fitrv ha-C contributed lu its leit. —New England Jour,tut i-/ Iks ton. in i.KKpt-ciMl field rbeie i:5 r. i.bitig lli.it c*n bo omp red v lib it - lhtrtforC\ Ei'onj'.ij Harrihbukg, Dec. 18.—Papers have been filed in tbo office of the secretary of stale showing the consolidation of the Seaboaru, Pittsburg and Great Western railroad com pany and the Delaware Water Gap and Southwestern railroad company, under the name of the Seaboard, Pennsylvania am Western railroad company, with a capital stock of $11,600,000. "Yes," said the daughter; "he said if I didn't keep quiet he would serve me as he served Jennie Cramer." "Had he e .'er discussed the tragedy with you?" asked the reporter.' Ob, yes," answered Miss Pidding; "he very frequently talked about it. He says ho was with the Malley boys on the night of the murder." 'lib MS. Prospects of the Bankruptcy Bill. Washington, Dec. 18.—There is a bettor prospect for tho passage of a bankruptcy bill by tho present congress than there was by the last. Senator Ingalls, who was the foremost opponent of the Lowell bill, and who reported from tho judiciary committee the bill which embodied the views of western men upon the subject, says he is informed that tho promoters of the Lowell bill are preparing modifications with the design of making that measure less obnoxious to western interests. It is possible, therefore, that a bankruptcy bill may bo framed which will meet the prevailing vicwB of all sections.fAKPEits youno ri-ori.E. U, W) Per Year, Posture Prepaid, f *' * Single N- inters, fivo cents fa. h DiDeelmt;n copy si nt on r. cMpt of tLrce ci»i.tg. ihi- Volumes of Harper's Y'.ung P'ople frr H$i. and 18&3. haudsKinely bc;:nd in IIuulnated i loth, will t o sent by mail, pi stipe epaih on roceibt. of *3 GO « neb Ci.ifcli Ca^es The Reporters Sent Him to Prison. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 18.—Henry Harding, sent from Sandwich to Kingston, Ont., for life, for murder, is to write his life. He says Detroit newspaper reporters are responsible for sending him there aud should all be in the penitentiary. The American consul at Ottawa, Ont., will demand the immediate tr]al of Dunn, held there for two years past on the charge of murder, or that he be set at liberty. Dunn is a citizen of New York state. "Did he say he had anything to do with the crime?" Springfield, Mass , Dec. 18. — Patrick Shea, of Agawam, died at Holyoke, from the effects of a glass of liquid prepared for embalming the corpse of his sou's wife, drank by mistake for whiskey. Ho lived two hour-t-in great agony. J. McMahon, father of th» deceased woman, drank of the same liquid, but was saved by emetics. An UnwltolcfloiBie Beverage. "He makes no secret of it. He told me ho got *1,000 from the Malley brothers for helping them on the night that Jennie was murdered.''BOSTON, Dec. 18.—Edward R. Henderson, charged with the murder of Chus. L. Perry, Dn Sunday, was committed without bail tCi ippear for examination 011 the 24th inst. L'he autopsy shows that Perry died of a clot if blood on the brain which might have Two llostou murderers. Dr «-ach \ olurne. suitable for binding, v. ill benr t C nirtil, postpaid. on rrceit of 60 cent'* each Tboy, N. Y., Dec. 18.—Mi's. Snepard Tap pen, her daughter Hattie, and Mr. Arthur Tappen, of this city, went to Vergenues, Vfc, Saturday evening, to fttte.jd a sick relative, and while being driveu from the station, according to a report report received here, tbeii hoi-se took fright and broke down the road at a furious gait. Upon reaching the Creek Hill bridge the buggy with the three rider* wiis thrown over the railing and down ou to the rugged rocks and ice in the stream twenty feet below. Mis. Tappen disappeared under the ice, but was rescued betore beinfe swept "over the falls only thirty feet below the bridge. The party suffered very severe injuries, but all will recover. Thrown Over a Bridge. Remittances should bo mnde by Voat Ofllco • n-y Order or Dr ft. to ovoi ehsnee of low*. "Will you repeat all that he told you about the crime?" Newspapers • re not to com tWs ndvi 'tis- meiit 'thout t e order "t Ilnrrer & Urothrra Address HAllPt lt £ WlOTIi&Ui', Dew York. "Certainly. He said he knew the Malley brothers well and he described a good roany places in New Haven where he and they were together. I don't know anything about New Haven and I can't remember the names of the streets and the places he spoke of. Ho told me that he drove the wagon in which Jennie was driveu down to the beach and that sho was unconscious—that the Malley boys had drugged her. If what he says is true, Jennie was choked and he assisted in choking her." formed gradually. The affair will propably uot be considered a homicide. Tlie Supplemental Credit Approved. MUSIC HALL, :riday, December 21st. Paris, Dec. 18.—The Tonquin commiftion has approved the supplementary credit oi JO,000,000 francs asked for on Saturday by M. Ferry. This credit, it is asserted by M. Ferry, will cover the expenses of the oiierntions in Touquin for tho first six months ol 1884. Senate Caucus Meetings. Tbe Situation In Egypt. Martin Miley, the Suutlv Boston wife murderer, who was bold for examination 011 Dec. tttb. Public sympathy is with Mi lay, as hia wifo had become a common drunkard and brawler. Washington, Dec. 18.—It is no secret that there are several republican senators who do not approve of the election of a new sergeant at arms. They hold that there is .no valid reason for removing Colonel Bright. It is not probable that these senators will decline to vote for tho caucus nominee. Cairo, Dec. 18.—It is reported here that the British government has promised the Khedive that it will at once request the Porte to sond troops into the Soudan, to assist in opposing Ei Mahdi. MR. J. B. STUDLEY, Action for Breach of Contract. i an oiighml c mtilUiii n from Dutrft's great novel, (milled, Cairo, Dec. 18.—The Fargallas, numbering 15,000, one ot the Kabbabisch tribes, will oppose £1 Mahdi's pretensions. Baltimore, Mil., Deo. 18.—Tlio ciue ol John W. Coudod, of Logansport, Iud., vs. Keene and Haggerty, of Baltimore, I.a-; bejiun. Tho action is to recover 4-50,009 for alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff obtained in lbCO a patent for an ice cream freezer, ano in February, 1874, executed a contract with detVn lant, by which tho latter was to manufacture and sell tho freezer and pay him teu per cent, royalty on the sale. The plaintifl alleges that the defendants neglected and refused to perforin their part of the contract. New Have*, Conn., IS.—Horgau Becbe, aged fifty eiglit, was frozen to death ou tl.e road between Norwich and this city Sunday. Ho left Norwich Saturday night for his homo in Oakdalc. He was one of the best known men in New London County. Frozen to Death on the Hood, MONTE CRISTO, Immediately after the adjournment a caucus of democratic senators was held at which it was decided to vote' for the ofllcers now holding tho olective positions. Col. L. Q. Washington was again selected as the democratic caucus nominee for secretary. '•Did you hear him make that statement?" asked the reporter, turning to Julia. Cairo, Dec. 18.—News has been received here absolutely confirming the slaughter of Hicks Pasha's army at El Obaid. "Oh, yes," said the girl, "he told me all about it and some other things, which I can't r .-member." Tke monument to Washington'* »vith full and complete ecrapany, ami realistic state stitiogs. kach picture complete iu itself. mother. CONDENSED NEWS. An attempt to find the young man was not successful. At his father's store he was said t D lie out. and those of his companions who c raid be found said they had not seen him for two or three days. Justice Walsh will be asked to issue a warrant for his arrest. Accomack, Va., Dec. 18.—In an interview with Congressman Uoorge T. Garrison, ol this district, to day, he said of themouuiuent erecied over the grave of Washington'* mother: " I know nothing of the present condition of the monument At the last session of Congress I introduced a bill making an appropr.atiou for it. This bill waD reported upon favorably by the committee to wiiom it was referred, but it failed to past for want of time to reach it on tho calenuar. I propose to try it again ut tiio present ses- ct I.—A LlfeV Hope L'es^roved. Act II.— lie I'uwjiii ir of a New Life Act. HI—For Ilat.*-The  Act IV.- Kor Love—Tho KccoiCCI. Act V.—The Due - For UavvDrc—Ttie Last New Electric Light Company Formed Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 18.—An application for a charter has been filed by tho Finney Electric Light company, of Pittsburg,, with a capital of #25,000. The business is to be general and not conlined to any portion of the United States. . * Enforcing the Visiting Rules. The schooner Mary Ann Hulbert has beou sunk in Lake Superior, and twenty porsons drowned. Washington, Dec. 18.—The "visiting" rules in the treasury department are being very rigidly enforced. An assistant chief of a division went into the corridor a day or two ago to jioint out the direction of the cosh room to his wife and a lady friend, and upon returning to his desk found upon it a card directing him to report to the secretary for disobeying the rules, having left his (losU on matters not connected with public businessP-pul-ir pticef. Reserved f.ra:s rn sale at Musi*' Hall Book Store, commencing Wt duew!av, December 19. Plainfleld, N. J., raised the liquor license for last year to $600. It is now proposed to raise it to 81,000. New Way of Advertising a Lottery. lllr, Vlllard't) Failure Denied. XoSTONgDec. 18.—A bi,- patent medicine cone, rn in Buffalo a few days ago mailed a gaudily covered circular to the address of every name in the Boston directory. The New York, Dec. 18.—Reports received here from Chicago contained the rumor that President Villard, who has just resigned hia place on the Northern PuciOc railroad, had Mr. Villard could not be found, but the truth of the refturt was indignantly denied by hit family and by his private s.ivtuiv, and was luughed at by the brokers and business ineE about the hDtels who wore interviewed by an American Press reporter. " FRONT." Nashville, Tenn., is trying to enforce new Sunday laws which prohibit nearly all places of business from being kept open on Sunday. Another Fire In Rlllwaukeo. newspaper mail was encumbered with thirty great two bushel sacks of documents, and the carriers were in despair ut tho prospect of delivering them. Sjiecial agent Field discovered that each ) amplilet contain a circular advertising a Kansas lottery. The case was referred to the postmaster general, and h directedThe enti e lot be returned by express to Buffalo at the expense of the firm mailing them. sioii." Milwaukee, Dec. 18.—Another firo took place at tho Plankintou house. Little damage was done, but there was a serious panic, almost a repitition of tho Newhall house disaster. Several firemen were nearly suffocated.MUSIC HALL. Dr. Thomas H. Kirkbride, for many years physician in chief and superintendent of Pennsylvania hospital for the insane, is Tbe Orange mountain Tragedy. CHRISTMAS EVE. (Jrange, N. J., Dec. 18.—George Planck, Clio saloon keeper who is suspected of the murder of Phoebe Paullin, and who attempted suicide a few days ago, is improving and will co before the coroner's jury. He has engaged Mr. Michael T. Barrett lor hit counsel, and the latter has asked the coroner to summon thirteen witnesses to testify to Franck's whereabouts on the day and evening of the murder. He is confident of fully establishing his complete iunocenoc of any complicity in the murder. Monday, December 24 Tlie Bonded Wblikjr Period. dead. It is proposed by some of tho friends and admirers of William Cullen Bryant to erect a statue to his memory in Central Park, New York. A New Telegraph Company Fonueil. Washington, Dec. 18.—The members of the House, interested in securing an extension of the bonded whisky period, had another conference to day and decided not to ask Secretary Foiger to stop the collection ol taxes, (tending legislation on the subject. A bill is to be introduced providing only for th« extension of the bonded period for two years. The i i'Pv Xc-w York Succo zi, Reduclug the Wages of Mill Hands, St. Paul, Minn., Dec. IS.—Tho Rapid Transit Telegraph company, with a capital of (500,000, was incorporated hero. The lines will connect St. Paul and Chicago, touching Milwaukee, Stillwater and Minneapolis. A IsuHIH OF KEYS, Patrick O'Donnell, the slayer of Carey, was quietly executed in Newgate prison. He met death firmly and calmly. The execution waD devoid of any sensational Providence, R. I., Dec. 18.—Notices were posted in the three cotton mills belonging tc; the Goddard brothers, und the three mills o. Amos D. Smith & Co., announcing n reduction of wages to tlio extent of t:Dn pel' cent, to take place in a fortnight. The reduction is not gentdkj, boing only nrajng the manufacturers of bleached goods. Suing a Railroad Company. PlTTSBUliO, Dec. lb.—Tho case of the Allegheny Valley Railroad company against the h.'irs of Win. Phillips, who was president of til ■ romimny, has been called for trial. Some . . . ... .. „ time aCJo the com, any obtained judgment A Bad Aceouut of One ol the 800. against tho administrator of Vvm. Phillips NAttHVlLIJB, Tenu., Dec. 13. . O. Branr *4.*DO,000 for moneys alleged to have been ilou ant* a c0111^111011 disappeared from JM si at Without authority. Tlw obj ct of th i & Bailey's farm near Uarlssviile with two pitfso.it proceedings is to secure the to norses, four mules and two veaicica. Dolevy, for the satisfaction 01 the judgment, on tectives traced the projDerty to Aiabaitta am. any property inherited from Mr. Phillips, recovered *t. Brannou was arrested but will Eminent counsel are engaged on both side* aot b® prosecuted. lie was one of the bjtf and a large number of witnesses will be delegates who stood by Grant At the C)ucajgo galled. I convention. OH. THE IIOVi; 1 Beginning to Awault Soinny I5D Clins. II. Ilryt *nCi \YI 1 e K0C iiin, On account of throats made by the Invi'.icibVs, tho English government is arranging to liavo all steamers arriving from American ports thoroughly.inspected before ,DermitUiig the passenger to laud. features. Paris, Dec. 18.—Admiral Courbet hr.s telegraphed from Hanoi that the Fremb troops are almost within gunshot of Sontay and an asbault r.pon that plaeo is hourly ex pec ted. * 'th a n coul of over one 1rmidi«xl c«.; spcu'lve jt'i his at 11 « Op ra II «•. K. V / MU'orlreinsr tho utia;Dprofichtib.e . linrnvK*i* Uomtuif.ui e, Paris, 111., Dec. 18.—Six Doys raided an apple orchard near Nevius ou Friday night. One of them, named Sanford Noraco, concealed himself with a shotgun, which he tired at his companions to see the fun, Iiis brother Wesley was instantly killed. His other brother, Arland, was shot in the hip and may die. AU the others were slightly wounded. Sanford is almost Inaana with rriet A Boy's Foolish Act. J.ihn Bcliniidt, a tramp, charged with assault in thu first degree t'ur shooting Conductor Folios, of the Hudson River railroad, last .Saturday, waived an examination and was .'onimitted to the Hudson, N. Y., jail, without bail, to await the action of tue grand Jury. Combined Press Association*, St. Louis, Mo., Ike. 18.—'l'ha Western  Picas Association lias bet.i consolidated null ]jj 0t tlio llartlaoldl Statue, tho American Press Asocial ion of Net. Njcw Oelkans, Dec. 18.—The City Item York, Chicago and Giiicimmti. under tb« has opened a New Orleans subscription list consolidation tho American 1 ress Association of the plan for the erection of the will sumDly news to more daily papers thai of liberty fti New York anv other press servisa iu the country. I MISS FLOliA MOORE SCWOEIEU I V A UtKAT "b ' tnlebr.vted G,a*.i Vi' »• ITn. 1 ; itgenifmtr Original Hi-ntn OU'lley McAtlow. , Hn vy v i Miintrrer 1'ricm at us'ial Si'uu .! flook tsfure Friday moruln^. Diu 11 i 1