Evening Gazette

              Whetting jyKk (Sajeft .4^ ) ' two ourts. 4 Tan OtnU Far Weak. MTTVBBB 8347 T Weeklv ■atabllabed I860 f PITTSTON. PA.. IB J DAY. I EK iY 29. DISTORTED TESTIMONY. MILLIONS OF DOLLABS severity bunt over tbli section y*sterClaD ■Burniipr, acoomi mnied by ex re.-ne colli. At B oMock P. M. tli* w ild whs blowing at the rat* of tb.ity-o:.* mil** an hour, and at 11 o'clock the thermometer mar.ed 17 degrees above i ro. On the coast the wind is blowing at the rat* of fifty-one miles an hour. The cold promi-e* to b* intense. rHE COUNTRY EDITOR. ward. It It not asked In tbe interest of th* panple, and is, in fact, against their interest. It would strike at th'i poor rather than th* rich, for th" lutter class ar* largely within th* reach of the metropolitan pres». When l m-Dnop ly of the intelligence of tbe counry it centered in a circumscribed space, and kept lottled, as it were, for forty-eight bours, it is about time to give up the fast mails a.d the telegraph. The bill ought to he defeated, and doubtless will be." TRADING OFF A WIFE. I lisve used1 Kuiraer's Sote Throat CiW for Dijself ntid /aniily for cutr six years. si.d bare fouud it the best remedy lor i-ore throat ever used, and I would Dot be wilful n. Truly, it is what its name purports—a ''Sore Peculiar Developments In mm A taut* - donmnt ClMk And More Valuable Lives Lost by His Pea is Mightier Evoa Than Mr. Wise Intended JTo Offense *° His Colored Constituents. Buooxlyk, Feb. 29.—Mr*. Irwin P. i Beadle, of No. 980 Evergreen avenue, a very (."retty woman about twenty-five year* of age, Appeared before Just toe Many to press a chains' et abandonment made against ber husband, a man about thirty-live, tall, good looking, w.'th black hair, murtachs and mutton-chop whfcVers. Both are well to do, and are well known in this city, Beadle being the eon of Beadle at dime novel fame. The ease is an exceedingly peculiar one, if the facts revealed to Justice Ms my by Mr* Beadle are correct She says she Was married about two year* ago. At the ead of a year her husband deserted her and want to live with another woman. She searched for him and found him. She then threatened to have him arrested. He pleaded with her for forgiveness, and said if she would pardon him and the woman he would maks amends for his misconduct. She consented to this and, personally, forgave the woman. Several months after, she learned that her husban 1 had broken bis promise to her, and was again visiting the woman sscretly. She became incensed, and there was quite a scene. Her husbaqd told her it was impossible for them to live together in bappi nets, and said if she wonld consent, he wou d introduce her to a friend of his, who would take care of her. She finally consented. ' Fir® and Accident. Col. Henri Wattersoa. A Budget of Washington Gossip—A Substltnte for the Tariff" Bill- English Cattle Diseased—A Costly medical Work. Throat Cure. IT. F. John-, Wrack on a Western Roadt- Scenes of Terror at a New York Fire—Work of the Flame* Hlsewhere—A» Impending Bllmrd. Toronto, O.it, Feb. 2#.—Dispatches from all over Ontario report sever* gale* in progress, and in many district! it is accompanied by snow. Th* highways and railways are badly, drift*! and trarai is  Freight trains on various reads have been abandoned, and passenger trains are all mure nr leas delayed. Th* oold is intense. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 80.—Si-cial advic** show that th* blocked* is liftin: on all the northwestern lines and trail s are moving, but are still behind time, with some trouble on remote branches in Dakota. Thi storm began to abat* at midnight and bail caused entirely by morning. Everything is clear on the Alber. Lea line. The Northern Pacific and Manitoba through trains are moving. The Canadian Pacific outlo Dk is promising and no further trouble is feared. The Scheme to monopolise the lf*OT* Collnpte*—Chat With a "Newspaper Thlaf"—©r**d • t the Big Dallies. Attorney hi Law Sham, kin, Jan 16. 1883. Kutzuer's fore Throat Cum if p.-if, ctly harmless, llierefC.i. it cat) U r. * any fear i f a m in i * n r uiC fi u . ir OF AMERICAN MAKE Nxw York, Feb. —A rouse 1 by the flr* and smoke which filled their apartmenla on the top floor of an old wooden building at No. 836 Stanton street, Cornelius Van Riper with uis wife and three children found tham selves, at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morn tag, imprisoned by a wall of flames, through which there was no escape. They had hardly time to realise their danger before the father and children were overcome by the stifling •moke and heat. Washington, Feb. 'The screaming |oke of the season here is Watterson's bill to copyright the news of the day. It has already d monstrate l on* truth which neither he members nD r the country at' large fully understood b*f re, and that is that the country pre* really held* th* balance of [Dower. A correspondent of a western Journal, who has be*n in th* field long enough to know th* workings of every congrsasmau's brain as well as he knows the streets of the city, in confidential talk, said: "This whole scheme is so impracticable and indeed indefensible, that it borders on ill* humorous. Yes, it actually jumps ov*r he border ai d cavorts upon the grinning ground of the ridiculous It's funny, bernut* th* big newspaper fish—the fellows •vith reputation, influence, circulation, noney and all that sort of thing—thought hey "could do exactly what they pleated without a stroke of opposition. Th*y w*r* -Onig to put the c iun ry editor ia a bos and ut the lid on him, you see—going to do it 0 quietly and so gently—a* b.g men do such g», you know—thai, the gallant army of sou try editors w Du d never know it till it was done. It would be no trouble, you know. Nothing is loo difficult to the people who have 'ii.fluonc.' Bat they w ro niia led as to the coun ry editor's sagacity and tense. The first tiling you know th re .as a storm ro*rin; about the congress nen's ears which made it i.ecessary for them to pause in their copyright career. They aiddeiily discovered that the country editors leld tl.e argrst hall of the field. It is tneii r ice, after all, whi;h -ays what shall oi » hat shall not be. If they were as united an everything else as they are on this matter, they coud make our povernraent over in three or four weeks. The metropolitan editor is a grtat fellow, but be is not sc great as he thought he was. Copyright news! Why, the idea is good enough for 3ne of Bill NyeV funny essaysl You mi-hi is wt 11 try to copyright what Mrs. Maloney te'.s Mrs Martin across the back fence. And then the talk of these bumptious city editors about the oountry press is as belittling as it is potsibl* to be, and yet they are afraid of them. Th*v all stral dews, steal from one anoth r, steal from iny source they can, but they call it enterpri-e.' If a country editor site up at night with his scissors m h.s hand and grabs the frtah sheets and reproduces the best of the news for hs readers they call thdf 'steal ng.' I know all about bo h side* of the story because I've tarved in both capacities. 1 have stolen news when I was a country editor and I have stolen it since I have worked for a city paper, and I intend to keep on stealing it as long as 1 live. The bill will never b* introduced, but il it is it will be knockad higher than Mr. Wilkinson's kite. At all eveuta, it bus already done a big work. It has shown that the country editors when I hey stand shoulder to ahoulder, can whistle the cityeditor down the wind clear to tbe end of the last lane. Th* Clockwork Weed by the London Washington, Feb. 29.—Mr. John 8. Wise, of Virg nia. is indignant that the testimony he gave before the Danville committee should have been distorted so as to give offense to the colored people. What he claims to have said, in reply to Mr. Sherman's inquiry whether the negroes demanded social equality in Virginia, was that they neither demanded nor expecfW it; that the colored pe'-plo were, in bis opinion, the gentlest, most affectionate and least obtrusive race on eartlL "For example," said he, "a colored member of the legislature came to my house to see me about politics, and went to the kitchen, where I went to see him and talk to him. The person was one whose mother was in my employ," said Mr. Wise, in explanation, to-night, "and I merely mentioned this to show that the colored people in such positions were less exacting than white persons similarly situated would be." Commodore T. Scott Fillebrown will succeed Commodore Upshur in the command of the Brooklyn navy yard on March 20. The Democratic members of the ways and means committee have agreed upon a substitute for Chairman Morrison's tariff bill. IJje new bill only differs from the old one in that the free list is cC nflned to salt, *oal and lumber The other articles, which were on yi* free list of Mr. Morrison's bill, will be fixed at twenty per cent ad valorem. Wholesale him at-. .!• hi mo: , Htillt Vi'.ij f. Co., 602 Areh street, Phi'aoe pi m; H. K. Wampole ACo., 418 Market slr.w, Ui'ladi!- phia. Dynamiter*. touo.x, Keb 29. —An anonymous letter, 'tatlng that an effort would bo made to blow ip Charing Cross railway station, produced mother scare this morning. The communication was addressed to the railway authorises. A large force of detectives was immeiiately dispatched to the station with ilitructions to search-it thoroughly and arrest any one found loitering in the vicinity. About 3:45 A. M. two we 1-dreswd gentlemen, who aoparently belonged to the upper .'lasses, were arrestxl at the station, and, fiotwithsta :ding their protestations that they were place t in a cab and guardel by a itrong force of police were driven to Scotland yard_ The Voltaic Ben U»., ol Marslinll. Micl, offer to send Dr. Dye's Cclebreied Vultaic Belt and Electric Appliances on trial. !C r thirty days, to mtn, old and younir. afflieud with nervous debility, low vitality. and mat f other diseases. Ahir Ofltr. Not u til the fire was out was the truth revealed to the firemen who clambered inty the charred and smouldering rooms and stumbled over four corpses, whose agonized faces wore a pleading look for aid that did not coma A Weetern Railroad Wreck. See silver menu hi tlii« p»|* r Paris. III., Feb, 29.—The east-bou id pa - 4Dnger train on the Indianapolis and 8 . L uis '.railroad collided with a we-teri f • igut one mils oast of this place, by wliic lD th engines were telescoped a d fireman L ndsey i,f the freight train was i stanto killed. It took the firemen nearly half. an hour to get tho firo under contro* and it was then that a detail of truckmen forced their way into tbe apartments of the Van Ripeis. Here they found the bodies wero those of Jennie and Albert Van Riper, who slept on a sofa bed in the room in which they were found. Meanwhile a thorough search was being nade at tbe station for explosives, which was rewarded bv the discovery of a quautity Df nitre-glycerine in tbe cloak room. The letectives, elated w ith their success, immediately conveyed tbe explosives to Scotland Yard, and a close watch was kept at tbe ■tatiou in tbe hope of securing other arrests if suspicious persons. • The two gentlemen irrested, alter being detained several hours, luring whioh they sent for friends, who •ameand Identifl si them as being analysis n th* employ of the governme t ordered to iwivey the expl sives to Woolwich laboratory, were released from custody. She did not like the friend, ao her bnibaml found another man, to whom the taok a fancy and with whom ahe contented to live. After two months of this life (he becam oonscience stricken and left him, going home to her mother, with whom (he ba» since lived. bbe decided to compel her husband to again support her, and for tliis purpoes has brought the charge of abandonment. The two trains m*t immediately under the overland wagon bridge at W.ialen's Curve, two miles east of here, lbe freight trail' was running twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. Tbe passen rer train had slackened speed as it tteared the cu re, and was only running ata ten miie an hour speed. Frank L n Isey's bC idy was taken out from und t tbe debris o'a Io*mi or mDr* cars. Hi wu unmarried, about twenty-two years ol I, an was from 8: riugfial 1, Mass. His remains were brought to the freight depot, where t! e coroner will hold an inquest. H. H. Kirch ;rulier, the * gineer of the freight train jump d and escaped with severe cuts on th head and face. W. M. S-D isher. the engineer af the passenger train, had his leg broken and received severe bruises. The fireman of the passenger train, T. W. Allison, came out of the wreck without a scratch. Bnggage master Joe Merritt had his jaw broken and his arm and face badly bruised. No one el»e on either train was hurt, although the passengers were also shaken up considerably. Had it not been that the bridge served as » check to the freight train, the loss of lift would hsvs been great. Both locomotive and fifteen cars, with their contents, were ti tily demolished, causing a loss of nearly $50,000. Carelessness on the part of the freight train men caused the disaster, as th y forget the passenger waD- due at the curve ai that time, having left Paris shortly before. A Po&itive Cure for Every Form of Skin and Blood Disease, from Pimples to Scrofula, THOUSANDS OF LETTERS In our posKwion repeat this s to y: I have been a terrible sufferer for years with Blood and tDkin Humors; have been obliged to shun public places by eaeon of my disfiguring humors; have had the beat physicians; have spent hundreds of dollars and not no real relief until I used the Ccticura RtaoLVeht, the new Blood Purifier, Internally, and CuTici'Ri and CmccB* Soas, the grsai Skin Cures and Skin Brau'iflers, externally. which have cured me and left my skin and blood a* pur - as a chile's. Further on beyond the smoldering bed was revealed the bCidy of a man lying near the door with his arms across his breast and a look of fri bt and pain on bis features It was tbat« I r an Riptr. The mo it saddening sight that await*-* the firemen was when they fonnd the little boy, C irnellus, lying in hia nightdress near the bed in the front hall bedroom, where he slept with his parents On# arm, rigid in death, was thrown over his face a- if to protect it from the fire and smoke. The bodies were torched but not burned. Th"y wer* all suffocated to death, and from th* iCosition in which they were found ft was evident that all bad been aroused by their cries, and in trying to escape - er D overcome by the smoke and died where they fell. J The accused pleaded not guilty and asked for three days' adjournment, which was granted.  At the president's state dinner at the executive mansion, the guests included forty senators and representatives and their wivsa Mme. Nllsson, Murat Hals toad and Henry Watterson were present. Investigation shows that tlie dynamite machines discovered in the railway station at Charing Cross and Paddington, both contained clockwork of American manufacture. Tbe fragments of a similar clock have been found in the debris of tbe wrecked Victoria Itatiou. Albany, N. Y., Feb. Su.—The senate resumed the consideration of the contempt case of the witness McDonald. The prisoner was escorted to the bar of the senate aceom panied by his counsel, Ur. Ecclrsine, both of shorn were provided with seats withiu the circle. Ur. Gibbs offered a resolution declaring SJcDonald in contempt and directing his imprisonment in the Albany county jail. After a lengthy debate the resolution was adopted by a vote of twenty to three. II* Goes to Fall.. Th* United States consul at Birmingham reports to the state department that the foot and mouth disease is prevalent among cattl* in almost every county in England. Secretary F6lger has requested that consuls in_ England be instructed to prevent the shipment of infected cattl* to this country. tALMOST INCREDIBLE. - James E. Richardson. Custom House. New Orleans, on oath, saya: In 1870 Scrofulous Ucers broke out on my body unUU waa-a ansa of corrupt ion Fvt-rj thing known to ffle medic-1 faculty was tr'ed in vain. I became a meru week. At time* could no lift my lianda to my heaa, could not turn in bed; was In constant pain, and looked upon life as a curse. No relief or cure in ten years. In 16801 hea d of the Ctrricvba Remedies, used them and was perfectly cured. Portland, Me., Feb. 29.—Steamship Circassian, of the Allen line, ou which W. H. Hnigh, a passenger, was robbed of some 13,000 worth of money and valuables and very valuable papers, during her passage from Liverpool to Halifax, as reported in these dispatches, has arr.ved here. Haigli was en l-oute t D Port Hope, Canada He was free and genial and fond of inviting gentlemen to his state-room. He has crcwed the ocean many tinits and believes that a regular gang of profe sional pickpockets make it i.business to cross the Atlantic, coming here on Allan and Dominion steamers, and returning on White Star boats. He tbinkson* of the** got his bag. Capt. Smith ordered the ship, passengers and crew searched, but Haigh refused to allow it Th* ship and crew war* searched in vain. Seafaring Pickpocket*. Just as the clanging of the gong of engine company 11 was heard hastening to the firo, tbe fcrai if ahalf-c'al woman was seen at the windows of the top floor, from whcli th* smok* and fire were comi g. She did noj hesitate, but, climbing on the sill, threw herself out into the i-treet. Blood covered the snow on which sh • fell, and when'the policeman pi -ke i her uo she was mangled and dying. Two men carried her across th* street a'd laid l *r i a d Dorway that afforded som* littl* sh. Iter from the driving snow, and a few minutes afterwards, while a fireman was tapping the kev of th - alarm box to call an ambula re, she expired. This was ti * mother of the unfortunate babe*, th* wife of Van Ritar. Owing to tha (act that warranto for ntarly $13,000,000 on acoount of paiuiona hara baan isauaJ from tha treasury dep irtmant during February, tha reduction of tha public debt for the Current month will ba much leaa than in _January McDonald was then brought to the bar and Informed by the lieutenant governor that he had been adjudged guilty of oontempt and directed to be imprisoned in the county jail until he was willing to answer the questions put to him, such imprisonment not tc continue beyond the present session of the legislature. The prisoner made a low bow, and retired in charge of the sergeant-alarms.Sworn to before U. S. Com. J. 1D. Crawford. The secretaries of war and nary hare decided that as far as practicable the Greeljr relief expedition shall be composed of persons now in the narjr and that for the present no other volunteers need apply. STILL MORE 80. Will McDnald. 2,542 Dearborn Street, Chicago, gratefully acknowledges a cure of E se a. at Salt Rheum, on head, neck, face, anna and lege for seventeen years; not able to move, except oa hands awl knees, for one year; not able to help himself for eight years; tried hundreds of remedies; doctors pronounced his oaae hopeleee; permanently cured by the Ctmccaa Remedies, This is tae third fatal wreck at this point ithin ten yuan. Mr. N. P. TJixon, proprietor of The Chicago Inter made an argument before the senate committee on poet offices and poet roads, in advocacy of a farther redaction of postage on newspaper* to on* cetot per pound. The Barney Shooting Cu*. HYDROPHOBIA PREVALENT, Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 29. —Tbere is but little question that UDe Jennie Irving here with Ida Brown, who was shot by Mrs. Bussey, is Mrs. Casey, of Trey. She induced Miss Brown to personate her before Mrs. Bussey. The condition of Mrs. Bussey i' improved somewhat. Mia Br WM is eon- Quod to her bei from ti e effects of het wound. Both she and Mrs. Ca»Dy think Buasey unkin 1 In not making eDme provision for their board bill. A man named Nssh, from Troy, is here, and accuses Bu?s»y of alienating the affections of his wife and will make Bussey corespondent in a divorce atfit,  MORE WONDERFUL YET H. E. Carpenter, Henderson, N. Y„ cured of Psoriasis or eprosy, of twenty years' standing, by Ccticur Remedies The moat wonderful cure on record. A dustpanful of scales dropped from him daily Physl'lana and his friend* thought he must die. ure sworn to before a justice of ih" peacD and Henderson's meat piomineut citizens. The bxliea war* removed to the station house, whence t hey were take t to the residence of lira. Van Riper'* brother, Charles Carpe iter, to be jrejared for interment. Van Riper had insured the Urea of himself and his three childrou recently, iu favor of his irih, for $124 each, and with this moaey tlie expanses will be defrayed. The damage by the flie will not be over $1,000. lllLWAUKKK, Feb. 29.—Father Bepbym, ef Krshena, i.-i a private letter, says of the detraction of St. Joseph'* church and school: '• rhe fire broke out nt S in the morning where seventy-one children were aaleep. One aw ke, saw a light and alarmed a sister. Bhe ou ded an alarm but it was only by great uur; ions that the little ones war* got out before the buildlig was all a%pne. It was a pitiful sight to see them crouching in the snow, not a soul having saved anything but their -night clothing. We have been quaitered around the reservation ever since, and the Indians are helping us, but the children are suffering terribly with cold. The total lose »as over $28,000." Chicago Parents • Alarmed at tli» Number of Kecent Cases. Congressmen from Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia were'before the committee on and means, and oppueed the present system of collecting internal revenue, and favored the abolition of the tobacco tax. CflbAOO, Feb. 29.—Two well authenticated cases of dea h resulting from hydrophobia were recorded yesterday, and numerous reports of childr. n having been bitten by dogs are being made, tending to alarm parents. January 12 last, Elmer Lyons was bitten by a large Newfoundland dog. No subsequent attention was paid to the bite, and the boy became to all appearances well, chatti g gayly with his pUtyn:a:es, but constantly crying out to his mother in tones most piteous: "Mamma, the (loggie killed me." The dymptuns of rabies became more alarming, until yeaterday mrning the boy became deirious, though rational at intervals. Heavy hypodermic injections of morphine were administered, but wit hi ut mult. At IS o'clock the boy was laughing and joking with those about his bedside. The patient began to complain of choking and of hearing noises, particular fault being feuud with the playing of imaginary maslo boxes. Awaiting Sentence of Death. Brooklyn, Fob. 39.— Soon after Judge Moore took his seat in the Kings county court of sessions he began his charge to the jury in the ease of Georse H. Mtllj, who has bern on trial for three dayj 01 the charge of murdering hlC wife. Tim charge occupied abont half an hour, after which the jury retired, and after being ont one hour they returned to court with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, nD chargod in the indictment. Mills was led bao\ to the cell with bended head. The house committee on printing will report in favor of reprinting 5,000 copies of the surgical and medical history of the rebellion, to be d stributed through the usual channels. It will iustruct the secretary of war to have copies reprinted in the future at his discretion, to be sold at coat, which ir about $4.25 per volume. DONT WAIT. Write to us for these testimonials in fall or st-nd d rect to to the parties All are absolutely true and given without our knowledge or sollcl ration Don't wait. Now Is the time to care species o Itching, coly, l-lmply.  lous. Inherited. Contagious, and Cnppercolored Diseases of the Blood, Skin and Beam with Lau of Hair. N*rw To**, Feb. 28 —A dis patch to the Bun says: " Umnbeti of Congress from MD* rural district! have been bearing from th* editors, especially the editor* of owotrj dailies, on ike paapeaol news oopyr ght law. The measure kae no charge to go through tha house, it is aa wall to say to sare farther trouble. Enough members are already pledged against it to defeat it. Scarce IJ a representative, aside from thin* from the large cities, can be found who will not quickly say. • I am undar pledge to ruts against tba bilL' One, a Democrat, too, said:D 'I believe tha principle ml tha proposed measure is just. For the life of me 1 can't see why property in news ought not to be protected aa well as property in any other form. But U I should vote for tba bill it would be my political death. Ob thC Terse of the Breakers. The bill of Mr. Heiley, of California, restricting Chinese immigration, Hoi jhi agrDDed to kj the majority of lb* bouM committM on foregn affairs. Asburt Pare, N. J., Feb. 29.—A large three-masted schooner was driven la at daylight in torttt of Main arenas, Ocean Grove. When within 190 yards of the shore her anchor held, and the now iiea in that position. Fifty yards further would bare put her in tho breakers. The crews of the life stations Noe. 6 and 7 were promptly on hand with their apparatus, but are unable to comniucate with the yessal. and her name is not known. Unless the storm incream she will get off without barm. Hold by all druggists. Price: Cuticura, 50 ets : Resolvt nt, f 1,00; nap, !D ctfl. Potter Droit aud Chemical Co , Boston, Unas. Immediately after tha conviction of Mills, Charles Millar, a mild-looking young man, only twenty-one years of age, wan p'aced on trial for murder in the first degree foi* killing Caspar Bchitting. The jury acquitteu1 him, as the evidence conclusively proved that the killing was done during a free fight. BEAUTY S heads and Skin KJemishe*. use Curlcura *omjD Washington, Feb. 29.—The chair laid before the senate a joint resolution of the Ohio legislature in favor of an increase of pension!, and urging the passage of a law for the eqalization of b unties. Mr. lngalls introduced a bill relieving the officers of the court martial which tried Fits John Porter from the operation of the article at ws.r which prevents them from disclosing the vote of the court martial. Senate. WM. ALLEN & CO. 18 Korlh Main Street, As an experiment, water was brought into the room. The result being frightful. The faee and limbs were of ghastly pallor, tha eyes glared like those of a wild beast, tbe pupils being dilated to three times tbeir usual siae; the limbs were drawn, the muscles fixed, and the whole spectacle waa one of such human agony as to be unbearable to look upon. In less than a minute after the water was brought into the room tbe boy died. Gen. Ord'a Remains. Eaton. 0., Feb. 39.—The large flouring mill of Swayne & Co., Eldorado, was destroyed by firs. Loss, (20,000: insurance, (15,000. Philadelphia, Feb. 29.—The produce t ommission house of Coon Bros. A Co., No. 219 Bouth Water street, was burned and aLaut one-third of the contents were destroyed. C. E. Young & Bro., of No. 31 Siutk Water street, occupied portions of tbe third and fourth floor* of the buildiug for storage purposes. Coon Bro*. & Co.'s loss is 18,000 Oil building and (4,000 on contents, and Young ft Bro. (8,000; the whole covered 'by insurance. N«w York. Feb. 29.—The body of Gen. R. O. C. Grd, who died in Havana in July last, from yellow fever, arrived in this city by the steamship City of Merida. The general's son, Lieut. Ord, U. 8. A., was in charge of the remains. It was th-D intention to fire a salute of twe*y-on« guns from Fort Oolumhus as the vessel passed, but, owing to the fog, she was not seen. An escort of regulars from Governor's Island came alongside of the City of Merida f.n tip tug Che-tor A. Arthur, transferred the body to the tuif and cbrrie 1 it to the Pennsylvania railroad depot iu Jersey City, where it reremained until last ni.;tt, when it was conveyed to Washington, with the esojri. DEALERS IN Filling an Importaut OfBae. HARDWARE,. N*W York, Feb. 29.—Tue committee appointed at the recent Independent Republican me*tinmat in Tne Evening Post building, and appointed Mr. Joseph W. Harper, of Harper Brothers, as treasurer. Sub-committees were also appointed on secretaries aud res rfutians. The chair appointed Messrs. Conger and Coke visitors to the West Point military academy. " One Ohio editor ia said to have written every meat bar at congrsea from his state that every vote for this proposed copyright law would be a political death warraut. Great ietbe power of the country editor,a .d this most just of propositions will fall before it." IRON AND STEEL, Horse and Hole Shoes. Shortly after 1 o'clock the consideration of the steel cruisers bill was rammed. * The same dreadful rllsssas waa given as the cause of little Alfred 8tender's death when a burial permit was obtained by his grief-stricken father yesterday. The unfortunate boy was eight and a half years old. Tba little fellow was bitten oae day last January. No alarming consequencee were noticed until lsst Sunday, when tbe boy became seriously frightened at the sight of a dog in the street, and immediately began t« ,show symptoms of hydrophobia. A physician was called, but tba patient grew steadily worse, and on Tuesday night suffered moat extreme agony, frothing at the mouth, growling and snapping like a rabid dog. Tba father exerted his strength in vain to hold tbe sufferer upon his cot, and finally, on ths advice of tbe physician and others, was induced to tie him to the bed. In that oonditiau tha boy died shortly before midnightMr. McPherenn repeated hie criticisms of the ships already under aonatruction, and the conflicting report* of naval advisory boards. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 29.—Itiig.-Gen. John C. Graves, at the Eighth brigade, who has just tendered bis resignation, was lai-t nigbt presented with a very handsome brlgaie badge, with the insignia of his rank set in diamonds. Thi token wai presented by members of bis staff and the officers of the Sixty-fifth regiment. Honoring Their Commander. The Sun, in its editorial columns, declaims bitterly against the "news thieves." It is a matter of some comment that The Sun has flared up so suddsnly, when its editor is well aware t.iat the morning newspapers of New York have always stoleu nsws from the evening papers, and tha evening papers not from tha morning papers only, bu from tbe earlier editions of other evening papers. Th re never has been a time in the metropolis whan nsws was not public propsrty, and there is no daily paper here that does not steal the news. The proposed copy - rlgut law, whatever may be tbe pretences of ite supporters, is aimsd solely at ths couutry presi, and intended to cr pple ite news fao.l-iiies. The provincial newspapers have been improved greatly of late in tbe quantity and quality of tbeir news, mainly through the services of the American Press Association, which now furnishee a much larger number of dailiea with news than the Associated Prses, and this improvement has largely reduced the circulati n of the m-stropolitCb . ewsuapers ouuide of the cities in which they are published. This is the rsason why a number of the "great" newspapers are clamoring lor a copyright law. But tba Associated Press newspap rs are by no means all agreed upon this question- The Cincinnati Enquirer, one of tne greatest newspapers in the west, takes a broad and reasonable view,of the matter: It says: Mr. Butler read a letter from Rear Admiral Rogers, correcting a misstatement in tie discussion of yesterday that Great Britain purchased cannon in Germany and torpedoes in Austria. The rear admiral stated that England makes her own guns and torvedoes, and is rich in gunmakers. "We hare not," he continued, "a single breach-loading gun on our ships or in our forts." A FULI. LINE OF -ILVER AND PLATi D WARE. LIBRARY LAMP8, Fire broke out shortly after 1 o'clock this morning in the chemical manufactory of Powers Weightman, at Ninth and Parish atreeta. Nrw York, Feb. 29.—A wrest ing match between Mutaada Soiakl-hi, the Japanestwrestlsr, and Edwin Bibby, has been arranged. Mataada wants to try conclusions with Bibby in the Japanese style, and two weeks azo challenged Bibby to meet hinC in that way. Bibby accepted the challenge. .After a long discumion they agre.-d to wrestle best three in five falls for (600 a side, Japanese rules. A deposit of #'250 a side was posted with Richard K. Fox, who was chosen final stakeholder, and it was'also agreed that be should appoint the referee. The match is to take place in this city between the 7thai d 10th day of March. Another Chance for the Jap. The Echo carpet mill at Second street and Lehigh avenue, owned by O. A. Turkington, is reduced to ashes, together with the dwelling adjoining. Loss (25,000. t BRITANNIA AND GRANITE WARE. Extending tho Voting Power. London, Feb. 29.—In the house of commons last Mr. Gladstone introduced the new bill for an extension of the elective franchise. It is estimated tha. the enaction of this measure would add 400,000 to the number of voters in Ire anl alone, and 9,000,000 in the Unite! Kingdom. CHILDREN'S Pitmsburo, Va., Feb. 28.—Fire broke out in tbe drying roC m of the R cbmond Cedar Work company's buildings in Manehsster. A high wind was blowing at the time and the varks were blown half a mile down tha river. Stacy's shuok factory, a square below, caught fire, and the buildings were destroyed, involving a Iocs of about (90,000. Several other smaller buildings were also burned. Several persons had narrow escapes. Loss of Cedar Works company, (75,000; insurance, (63,000. Stacy's loss (15,000. The amendment of Mr. . McPherson re lucj ing the number of proposed vessels to four w as rejected by IT yeas to 34 nays. Express Wagons and Bicyclts, Mr. Bewell spoke in faDor of his amendment to construct the veesels at the navy yards. -\ Mr. Morgan supported this proposition, and claim.d that the vessel' could be built at the Washington yard with an outlay of two or three hundred thousand dollars for machinery. Conditional Pardon of a Murderer. READY MIXED PAINTS IN Opposing tba Coinage of Silver. Db Moines, la., Feb. 29.— Iu the state senate yesterday a bill was iptroduosd providing for tbe pardon of E. J. Bruce, serving a life sentence for murder in Lee county, on oondition of his total abstinoo from all intoxicants. The bill was adopted, 96 to 10. ALL COLORS. New You, Feb. 29.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the chamber of commerce it was resolved that a draft of a memorial to congress be prepared asking that tbe coinage oi silver be stopped for two years. Mr. Morris K. Jes up, who presided, said that it was necessary tbat tbs draft be submit ed at the next meeting of the chamber at as early a day as postiule, in order that it nii|(ht be approved or amended in time to be sent to Washington before the cloae af the present session of eongreis. A Brtd* of • Month Klopee. Mr. Hale moved an addition to the first section that "said veasel* shall he designed and constructed in all respects in accordance with and subject to the conditions and provisions of the naval appropriation acts of 1882 and 1883, author.ling the construction of four steel cruisers." Agreed to. NOTICE. Bbooklth, Feb. 29.—The pattern shopa in ths iron and brass foundry of E O. Cobbs, was dsstroyed by fire. The Ledger Manufacturing company had a large number of valuable patterns in tbe shop which were sntirely destroyed. They were worth (63,- 000, and were fully insured. Mr. Cobb estimates bis lops on tbe building at (5,000. Two firemen were severely injured. PotTSVILLK, Pa., Feb. «S9—it is now be-1 it Ted i hat MaCg:e Clever, the young wife of Frank Clever, and Fra klin Lawless with whom D-he e i ped, ha* e left th ■ state. Clever, the husbuiid, i- disconsolate. Hihas employed detect.vos who are searchm; for the couple. Clever waa married to his wife, whose maiden name was Ernst, one month ago. He ldf» her at. her lather's house while he was mafcl.ig a home ready lor her. When he came to get her aue had flud with Lawless.  Winniro, Feb. 29—R. Ryan has b*en arrested bars for having published a circular calling for 500 recruits to do frontiar service at Emerson and along the international boundary. Tha circular wa* signed with tha nam* of tbs adjutant-general of the district. Peculiar War •' *alaln« an irmr JCHASE ft SANBORN'S STANDARD JAVA COFFEE, At live o'clock, after a brief executive session, the senate adjourned. House. ROWANTREES COOM, Boston, Feb. 29.—A general alarm was rounded for a fire in the fire story building of B. M. Humm, at the corner of Lowell and Causeway street*, occupied by the owner, a machinist L. H. Tt.uibr & Co., boilermakere, the Hawkins Machine company, and F. W. Kahle, currier. Loss on building, $10,000; to occupants, mach.nry, etc., prob ably $60,000. Lake Brought Back from ling Sing. "A bill is pending before thu house of representatives to copyright news items, or, in other words, to copyright daily newspaper* (or forty-eight hours. The bill was drawn by the general mauager of the Associated Press, and the eorporatiea aiwsssH has aa attorney at Washington to press its passage. Should it become a law it will cripple every eountry newspaper in the land. These papers largely depend for the news features of their weekly issues upon the metropolitan dailies. Washington, Feb. 89.—The cattle bill came up as the unfinished business. A yea and nay vote was takeu on striking out the fourth (quarantine) section, and it waa itricken out. Yeas 155, nays 113. ROWANTREE'S CHOCOLATE, R. & R. PLUM PUDDING, FERRIS HAMS New York, Feb. 89.—Upon au order issued by Justice Pratt, uf the supreme court, George W. Lake, of Staten Island, was roles ss 1 from Slug Si g prison. Lake was cC nricted in Richmond scanty of iaasst and semenoe 1 to ten years. His honor orders the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff, CO that he may be able to furnish bail pending the bearing of his casa by the court of appeals. LaUe is charged with marrying his own illegitimate daughter. Chicago's Pert Office Unsafe. Chicago, Feb. 89.—The poet office aud custom bouaa building of this city has beau pronounced unsa a by tha inspectorsf the postal depart maul It will require a half million dollars to put the building In proper condition. It was built only nine years ago. Brooklyn, Feb. 29.—Judge Cullan, in the Supreme Court, handed down a decision dismissing the writ of habeas corpus tak«n out in behalf of Thomas Htniy and Jaima Hurray, the pugilists, arresiel for prise fl hting at Pel ham, Westchester county. In his decision the ju lpe says: I think the evidence shows that there was w. at is called a ring or prise flgut within the meaning of the statute." Writ dismissed and prisoners remanded. ... Henry and Murray Remanded. Mr. Randall then moved to recommit the bill with certain instructions. Cries on both sides "That kills the bill." This Mr. Randall emphatically denied was his intention, and said a more satisfactory and effective bill could be prepared that would be acceptable to the bouse. The house by a vote of 189 yeas to 145 nays refused to recommit The bill waa than passed. Yeas 155, nays 187. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 29.—A special from Rat a». Wis., says: The immense dry house ot H.chael. Louis & Co. was burned with* loss of $9J,000 and no insurance. BeTeraUflrsmen were injured. The water gSTS out. iiflISM, Mich., Feb. 39.—It is now thought that more ns perished in Sunday's holocaust tiian at first reported. Crack, who reported eighty-four lodgers for that night, is believed to have had mors, nearly all of whom were drunk and perished, and their bodiee falling into the ruins cou!4 not be easily discovered. At the inquest tha body discovered Monday was identified as John Prior. The body taken out Sunday remains unidentified. Ferris Bacon.- Saw Fkanchco, Fab. 29 —The committee of citiaans appointed to obtain subscriptions to aid tha Ohio flood sufferers collected in one day 15,300. A thousand dollar* will at ance be sent to various points in Ohio and Indiana. Bank and telegraph servias free. Per tha Float M kren, "So far as The Ktjuirer is concerned, the reral prts is welcome to all it contains. Ws want no legal inhibition against aay ona to tip himsslf to ths good tilings wa offer 8W ys in ths year. The Maw York newspapers, or a majority of that*, favor the proposed law. The couiplai it is made that the We* York correspondents for newspapers iu Chicago and other pointi west to Baa Francisco, by reason of the difference in.time in their favor, can, without credit, telegraph all there is worth telegraphing to their reepectiv* Journals. They not only oan, but do. Ona or two Ban FrancisM newspapers, because of this, have given notice of a desire jo withdraw from the A asocial ed Frees. This is wny the latter corporation favors ths news copyright. In Minnesota Patent Flour w« keep the finest that can be purchased in the world, mil fog • loaf of bread white aa snow. We are way down on craned goods, having Canned Peas at ioc., Canned Corn at ioc., warmed Peaches, 3lbs., *7c., Canned Pineapple i6c., Canned Lima Beans ioc., and in Foreign Fruits we have a splendid stock and very cheap. Oranges, fine size, sweet, at aoc. per dozen—16 for 25c. Call and look at Mock, and if you smoke, try a Boquct Key Wast Cigar a( sc., or if you want an Imported Cigar, we have them. CONDENSED NEWS. Two o'clock having been fixed by special order for the purpose, Mr. Ryan, of Kansss, formally announced the death of his late colleague, W. D. C. Haskell, from the second district, and offered the usual resolutions. The house of commons granted ex-cpeeker Brand and his heir a pension of £4,000. Charged with Criminal Malpraetlea. The Ohio Republican state convention will be held in Cleveland on April 23 and 34. Brooklyn, Fob. 89.—Dr. Ross O. Sidney, a reputable physiciau, and William J. Logan are ch rged with crlmiaal malpractice u;«n the person oi No l.e Petas*s, a d'-mestlc. The offense is ua d ;• have beea committed \Ct far back as 1888. Both have l«rn arrested. fllae If alt Iter Poetmlatrese. Washington, Fab. SB.—An application has been received at tha post offita depart ment for the appointment as pmtailntrass at Uukntown, Pa, of Mia Liizle Nu t, thu sister of yonng Nutt, who killed Dukes. It is report'1 tl at the sentence of Prince Krapotkiae has been commuted to banishment.Eulogistic rsmsirks ware made by Msesrs. Ryan, of Kanias; Kelley, of Pennsylvania; Tucker, of Virginia! Keifer, of Ohio; Mc- Kin.ey, of Ohio; Russell, of Massacuuaetts; Burns, of Missouri; Brown, at- Indiana; Belford, of Colorado; Rice, of Massnchuletts; Hanlack, of Iowa; Pettibone, of Tennessee, and Perki .s, of Kansas, after which, as a further mark of reepect to the deceased, the house adjourned. The directors of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad company voted to cut down the wages. feaftislin • Harder. Philadelphia, Feb. 29.—James O'Brien, one of the men a nested and cmmitted tor tha murder of W.lUau f. Pugt on the of the 19th inst., ban made • confession to the effect that the fatal blow waa struck by William Casey, am t or of the prisoneia. Willie Grey, aged 14, and of highly respectable parentage, in Montreal, has been detected in a $800 forgery. London, Feb. 29.—A" dispatch received last evening from Trlnkitat announces thu departure of the British farce utidar Gan. Graham, for the relief of the Soudan garrisons. Te Help the Beleacnre#. Chicago, Feb. 29.—Dispatches received from northern Wisconsin, Minneeota and Dakota say that a blissard of unprecedented ■verity is raging. The heaviest snowfall of tha ssason accompanist! it. In this city tha tbss m it meter fell SO degrees in twelve bourn, sal registered aa low as two degrees bslns awn. The wind blew a gals. f lllusrl Impending. Bight inchee of snow fell in the Hudeoa ▼alley yesterday. It was wst and heavy, breaking down telegraph and telephone wires. "The proposed law would be the worst ktad tt a monopoly. It would be withholding lot forty-eight hoars ths intelligence of the land. It would tend to dwarf rather than enlighten the people as to current evaate. It would lead to andlaa* litigation and vexation. II siaid ksasSs»fcas$—id s—hsr than tm Dr. Asel Ames, who was recently removed from offloe as government pension sgent in Boston, was arrested fur alleged msJXssaanos faafflca. The Time of Peace. Atlanta, Ga., Fab. 80.—A terrific gala iwept over this city early yesterday morning, doing muck damage to property. No Iga* Atlanta Iwsyl by a Gale. Ban Francisco, Feb. 8#.— McDowell, the murderer recently sentenced to be hanged, has esutped from Santa Barbara jail aud h*s Ab Keeaped ]Hnr4erer, Coluhbub, O., Fell. 29.—The' Ret ubllran state convention will be haul iu Cleveland HURLBUT & QQD