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              , l'A.. MONDAY. MARC W 'S X H Palette, I 3 auxus M7- Weakly SatabUahed JPITTSTON H 17, 1884 Do It with Pleats** Wangler Broa., di legists, of Waterloo •!»., writ®: We can with pleasure ur tint Thomas' ifcleoiric Oil givee the bett tatlafi t-. tion of any liniment we eelL RwrvboiW u buy* will hare no other. This rood; « » certain cure for all achea, sprains and paint. MILLIONS FOR SCHOOLS NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. A MURDEROUS ASSAULT A RAILRI WAR. A MISSING CRUSADER THE WAR IN THE 8OUOAN. Trouble Brewing In tohlo that wll a hmm'** fcr *** c»»,4,r" «r ®«ui»h ttlgra Battla. Lnxnnv March riw hoU8e *ot com* London, March fi 48 , 100113 ww la rectiou uii day morning. . . . Mr. Gladstone «u driving 4" ' Saturday Afternoon, and did not . cabinet meeting. The report th*t tb« Marquis Tseng* *Dad asked Earl Granville to mediate  France and China is unfounded. Interesting Statistios of Our Edu. A Voreeul of the WwkC« Work l« ▲ Sunday Spree Likely to Be- K«llp«r. That or Laa« Tear. ▲ Foo of Bridgeport Gamblers Mysteriously Disappears. oationa) Noeda. Washington, March 17;— Business in ths mate tliis waek promises to be brisk and interesting. Tli» joint resolution, appropriat ing ♦2.1,000 for the extirpation of tbe foot and mouth disease in Kansas, will be tlio first tiling to come up fur consideration. Mr. Uayard will offer an amendment. Mr. Blair will claim tbe right of war tor bis bill giriifb temporary aid to common »chools, which has the precedence of the special orders. Congress. suit in Murder. Younostown, O., March 17.—The hottest railroad war in the history of Mahoning county ia now in progress at Ilazletou, three miles from this city, but wean the New York, Pennsylvau:a and Ohio railroad, und the Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo. When the Pittsburg, Clevdlaftd and Tolelo first laid a track through Haxlaton it was necessary to lay the main lina across the branches of th-j New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and those people claim I jie permission was granted, provided the switchu; \Vere left iutact and crossed at a grade. Oil Saturday a hundred employes C f the Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo went to Hazleton and pro «eeded In tear up tl'.e three New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio switches and destroy their tracks. Last night Headmaster Collopy, of the New York, Pittsburg and Ohio, went to Hazelton with a number of laborers and repaired the switches. As soon as this was done, two immense engines were run down and left standing ou the switches in charge of engineers instructed to keep them there regantless of everything. Soon after a freight train of the Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo came along, hutfinding the track blocked, made up a war train of cars loaded with rails, and getting under way, rand into the flist engine, running the end of the tails into her machinery, so as to effectually block it. At this point W. 8. Anderson, attorney for the Pittsburg company, appeared with an injuntyjon issued at 9 A. If. by Judge Arril, restraining tho New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio from interfering with tho tracks or property of the Pittstiurg, Cleveland and Toledo. "The petition alleged that 800 feet of road bod and tracks were destroyed by the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, thus rendering the whole line of the Pittsburg, Cleveland tM Toledo Railway company useless. After seeing the petition. Roadmaster Collogy refused to consent to the removal of the engines, and at 2 A. u. the party went back to Hazlutoii with blood in their eye and war in their breasts. In the meantime hundreds had gathered on th« scene and there was danger of an outbreak between the two force'. When the party returned a New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio engine was run down the P., C. and I. track and began pulling the freight train out. The slieriiT then arrusiod John Farroll, engineer, and John Davis, firemen. They refuse! to leave thuir engines and were taken by forcc. Rtusell, engineer of the other blockading engine, was also arrested with Road Master Collnpy and E ginner Mm-deci. When the arrests Were made the gantost excitement prevailed, the mob yelling like inad and tllreuteni ig tho officers. If a single shot had been liivd. it would have produce:! serious trouble. The pKsomirs were locked up box oar. No attack has yet been mad* .The feeling of the roads is very bitter, ana the riot Iwforo it is qhelled will eclipse that of last yeur. A BUI I'ropoelsg Aid for the Com- A Wealthy Jerseyiuait l'alls Anions: Thieves -r Beaten, llobbed sad Left for Dead—Arrest of One Rsv. Mr. Lyons Friends KllilN sal Anxtona—Fears BatsKsWM for Hie Sanity—Lsal Seed' at l*arn a tit's Circus In New Vorll. ■son Schools bjr the National Gov- Germany's Great OmhhL There is no doubt of the great popularity of Von Uoltke with the people of Gennany. They rovercDco htm as we revtre the mem' ory of Washington. The emperor heap* upon bim all Of the honors in his pSWfcr to be* stow. The mussud watch with eager intere*) for the bulletins iriving the condition of life health and his daily doingk Neither it there any doubt of the growing popularity .at d C. G. (Curtis' Cough Compound) wtth those who know of its merit*. It is the beat medicine ever prepared for the purpose for which k i* recommended. It is sold upon a noddy* guarantee to benefit you or money refunded. Try it Ask for the three Os ' ernment — measures Itecom- of the Desperadoes. mended to Congress. Wawiikotoic, March 17.—In an unusually long report recommending the passage of the bill, tbe committee on education and labor discusses the question of tbe powers and obligations of the gbvernment to assist in tbe education of tbe people when necessary for Its snd their own preservation, and comes to tbs conclusion that such is the present duty ani power of tbe government. The committee finds warrant for tbla conclusion In tbe constitutional requirement that the United Elates shall guarantee to every state In the Union n republican form of government, and In the provision that congress shall have power to provide for the general welfare of the United Slates. It is argued that not to •ducate is to break the guarantee of republican government to the states, and lluit it the parent and the state fall to educate the citizen It is tlie duly uf tbe government, under tlie constitution, to do so, while In no way can the general welfare be so promotod as by the general diffuslou of knowledge and tha discipline of the mental powers of tbe nuuaas, which can only be accomplished, tha committee adds, by common schools maintained by governmental power. JBR8EY City, N. J., March 17.—An attack which may develop into a cowardly murder was made on the person of Joseph Kennedy Sunday night Mr. Kennedy is a well-known brass founder, and bos been identified for some years with local politics. He is a large, powarfully-bullt man, and enjoys ths reputation for almost superhuman strength. Ha has never been addicted to brawls, however, and has bean regarded as an exceedingly good-natured and kind-hearted man. Bkidubpoht, Ct , March 17.—Intense excitement prevails here over the  disappearance of the Rev. John Lyon. His pulpit in the Universalist Church was fidt filled Sunday, and no services were  Qroupa of excited people have been diseuseing the mystery all day, and tbe hotels and telegraph office have been thronged by cititus seeking some satisfactory clue to tbe clergyman's whereabouts. For some time Mr. Lyon bas bceu preaching against the evils of gambling, directing his'batteries against the lottery policy dealers iu particular. He upbraided the city officials aud police, and by his able discourses compelled the authorities to arrest and prosecute the polioy dens. Ho has been repeatedly threatened by the polioy runners, and since the cases have been tried and the players acquitted it is feared by some that one of these threats has been carried out. Mr. Lyou is a Scotchman. He left this city on Thursday for the purpose of visiting the grand secretary of the Knights of Pythias in Hartford On businrv connected with Mithra of this city, to which Mr. Lyon belorged. The grant! secretary telegraphed that Mr. Lyon called on him and transacted bis mission, aud they both went to tbe Hartford dep jt. Mr. Lyon purchased a ticket for New York, where he said his wife was visiting, and got on board the 3.30 t. M. train, and has not been beard from sinor. Dispatches from Cairo contradict Um statement that a steamer bad been fired on byliostile natives between Khartoum and Sfcendy, on the Nile. On Wednesday Mr. Hoar's bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy is tbe special order. It may not be reached, however, and as it bids fair, when once before the senate, to occupy the time of that body for a week or two, will probably give way to Mr. Miller's bill on pleuro-pneumonla, whioh is also likely to load to a protracted discussion of the right of tbe Federal gov-, nrnment to as-u tia police powers in the jtates, as contemplated by ths bill. A dispatch fro?) Sunkim states that the English troops win 'probably proceed to op«n the road to Berber. i Friendly sheikhs who have been in consultation with the English declare that they are unable to guarantee the security of the trade routes without English help. Admiral llewltt 'haa offefed a reward of $3,000 for the capture of Osman Dig ma. For some time past Kennedy has been on a spree. It is said that he was unfortunate in a business speculation last wiuter, and that bis losses disturbed his mind to such a degree that he sought relisf in the cup. As be was known to she keepers of public bouses as a man of large mean- it was not usual for him to carry money with him; but yesterday he seemed to have departed from this rule and exhibited in many of tho places he visited huge rolls of bank bills. lie drunk vary freely during ths day and squandered a great deal of money. At one time he was followed about the streets by a gang of boys and tramps, and amused himself by throwing handsful of silver among them. Tbe latter were Anally dispersed by a policoman and Kennedy was advised by the officer to go home. In the house, Mr. Springsr has a motion to make in connection with the Star route investigation and Mr. Beach, from the oominittee on public health, in relation to tbe irtlcles of food. It is said tbnt hostile sheikhs, dissatisfied 'with Digma because of his recent reverses, are debating the question of denouncing him as a false pretender. Another battle between Ojmau Digma and Gen. Graham is looked for. Matthews Bitot, Wholesale Dtuggtsta. teeth th»t are becoming defective or aft insufficiently cleansed, infect t)De food and uuOt it for the digestive process. Health, therefore, as well aa personal attraetiveptfp, is promoted by the yse of §OZODONT, pure in composition, agreeable iu flavor, prompt and effective in its purifying action, and economic,/ since only a few drops upon the brush era needed at a time, The popularity of this sterling preparation ia baaed upon long Msted and professionally recognised merit. In the Opinion of Phyttalaat, ' Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, chairman of tha committee on l.be library, will renew his jfforts to fix a day early in April for the consideration of thu bill for a new library liuilding, which has i. I ready passed the tenate. A number of the English troops are grumbling against being;compelled to take fur- in the military operations iu the. Buudau, their required term of foreign serrice having expired. * It is believed that the Egyptian government has definitely decided to appoint Zebehr Pasha to succeed (Jen. Gordon as governor of the Soudan. The Indian appropriation bill will be reported, and may or may not take preceience of the agricultural appropriation bill. Tlw report gives interesting statements Of the aid given to education by the governments of England, Praupe, Italy, A nutria, Riiiaia and other countries, and vhen discusses illiteracy in thin cSmntry/The estl mated school population of Mae United States Is given as 18,000,000, of which number 7,500,000, or (We twelfths of the whole, are growing up in absolute ignorance of the English alphabet. In eighty-six oit.ies con taining a school population of over 2,000,000. over one-third of the children nevei •nter a school-room. New York city has a school population of 885,000, of whom 270,- CKXD are enrolled, 114,000 are not enrolled at all, and the average attendance is only 133,000. Tat.les are given showing that temporarily, at least, many of tho states «re unable alone to deal with their illiteracy. This is especially true of the southern states. The committee promises to soon take favorable action apon the proposition to create a perpetual fund for aiding education in the states, but it thinks that for immediate use many millions o( dollars from the national treasury are imperatively demanded.The whisker C»eii talk of another effort to lake up the bond extension bill, and action upou Mr. Morrison's tariff bill may lie precipitated upoA the house before the close of .lie week. The free trade men talk loudly if a caucus to dragoon the party into support of this msasure. Gen. Gordon has telegraphed Sir Evelyn Baring advising that a column of troopt from Abyssinia be sent to relieve the garrison at Kassila. lie also requests authority to threaten the rebellious tribes around Khartoum should be consider it advisabla. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various forma, also a preventative against fever and ague, and other intermittent fever, the "Fnrro- Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Oas well, Hazard ft Co., New Ton, and sold\ j all druggists, is the beet tonic, and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness, it has no equal He started off in the direction of his house but halted on the way at a tavern on Railroad avenue. There were a number of men in the barroom, and Kennedy insisted upon having them drink with him. He spent a great deal of money, and made frequent exhibitions of his wealth. He offered to make • number of wild bets with his roistering companions, and would soon have been relieved of the bulge of his money bnt for the vigilance of the proprietor of the house. Kennedy was Anally induced to go home. Several among those who had partaken of his hospitality offered to accompany bim. He declined their service, loudly protesting bis ability to take care of himself. He walked from the door, and appeared in good condition for a man who had consul no J to much liquor. Is Is probable that the Indian and agricultural appropriation bills, one or both, will jocupy the most of the time of the house this week after the poet office bill is disposed of. This latter measure is not yet off the boards, but is sufficiently advanced in committee of the wbolo to insure its passage on Tuesday. When he left home bo told his wife that lie might be absent aday or two, as he might visit some of the lodges of the Knights of I'ythiaa His wife had no intention of going (o New York and cannot understand why he should go Jbere to meet her. Mr. Lyon has been in delicate health for some time (last, and has repeatedly told his wife that he was sorry he did not have more insurance on bis life. The correspondent of. The Times at Constantinople states that the belief prevails there that Earl Granville, British foreign secretary, will propose that Turkey garrison Suaklni on the retirement of the British. Turkey meanwhile abstains from increasing her fleet at Suakim.. The Times refers tc the proposal as aq incredible one. Nervousness, Nervous Debility, Neuralgia; Nervous Shock, St Vitus Sanaa, Prostration, and all diseases of Nerva Generative Organi, are aff permanently and ibdiqaOy cured by Allen's Brain Food, the great botanical remedy. $1 package, « for $6.—At dsuggiats or by mail from J. H.'Alien, 31S First Avenue, New York fflty. ' There are'uow on the calendar of the committee of the whole on the state of the union ninety bills, each envolvmg an appropriation of utouey exclusive of the general appropriation bills, fourteen in number, and not one yet filially disposed of. On the house calendar there are sixty-eight These do not involve appropriation, but are matters of gousral legislation; some of them of an im-. portant character. Besides these, there are two hundred and seventy private bills to be disposed of, or go over to the end of the congress and then die, only to be resurrected in the " 49" congress. " As remarked by a meinbsr a few days since, "the claimant may die buMtiie elaiin is immortal." Each call of committee, to which, under the rule, one hour is devoted each morning, swells these several calendars. In'addition to these calendar measures, there are nearly a hundred hills ou the speaker's table that have passed the senate and beeu sent to the bouse, which liave iu| even beeu referred to committees for consideration. tils frlonds think he has overtaxed himself and is laboring under a temporary fit of insanity. His friends have been very active in telegraphing to the different neighbor hoods where there would be a possibility of his Using. But nothing definite as to his whereabouts can 1* ascertained. The Starling house and telegraph office are thronged by his friends and members of bis congregation, anxiously awaiting' any news front, the missing clergyman; It is thought by tome of his friends that be may have taken a steamer for Europe. Orient, L. I., March 17.—ft is believed here that the schooner Afttiirs Wool*}-, ol Greenport, comuyuided by Captain Haazard Racketr, of Orient, Is lost. The Wooley sailed from Long Beach, Orient, on the 18th of February, withaoargpof phosphate fqr Norfolk, Va. Besides Capt Ruckett and hii son, Lester, who waa the mate, tbtfre was a crew of four men, and the cook. TIm Wooley waa built at Qreenport by Ketcham & smith, is 224 tons burden, and eighteen year* old. A letter from the captain of a European freight steamer at Baltimore, th« 12th inst., is said to report that in a terrific gale on Hatch3 lie saw the Wooley sen 1- ding under bare pol.s witli flag union down, and followed ber for eight hour*, hailing liei several times, but got no arswoi', excep, that a mau got on I ho house and pointed tC the pumps, where four men were seen to b lashed. A squall cumn up whicli lu.tettwenty minutes, and when it ciearei awav the vessel was nowhere to be us n. ■•van 91ea Lost at lea. Railroad avenue is not an inviting promenade at any lime, and is particularly gloomy after dark. Keunedy had not gone far when a tall man emerged from the shaduw of a frame building and ordered him to throw up his hands. Kennedy made foine jocular reply) and wa3 abont to pass on when the stranger dealt him a severe blow in the face. Ha staggered back, but saved himself from falling, and grappled with his assailant. The blow hud aroused Kennedy to a sense of his danger, and summoning bis great strength he was about to hurl ills enemy to the ground, when several ott*r meu sprang from their concealment and began beating Kennedy unmercifully. Oue r-f the number struck him a fearful blow ou the back of the head with the half of a brick. Tlio jagged end of the missile lacorated his scalp and fractured the skull near the ba- .• of the brain. Kutsuer's Vermifuge is a pleasant, safe and effectual remedy for worma. It is readily taken by children and causes no sickbees or nausea. Ask your druggists foe it .. As recommended by the committee the bill provides that for ten years aext after its passage tber^,shall be appropriated the first year ih.i secoiid year $14,000,000, tie tiilni year (13,000,001, and so ou, di niiiiishing $1,000,000 each year until tau appropriate s are made. The money is to t« divided among the states and territories in that proportion which the whole number of persons in each who, being of the age of tou years or over, cannot read and write, bears to the whole number of such persons In the United States. No mouey is to be apportioned to any state or territory which shall not during the first five years of the operation of the act, annually expend for the maint'nance of common schools at least oue-third of the sum which shall tie allotted to It, *nd during the second live years a sum at least 'equal to tho wholo amount it shall be entitle* to receive. Only livo states would receive as much (1,000,000 of ths first distribution. These axs Alabama, Georgia, Nurtii 'Carolina, Ten lessee and Virginia. Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina would receive over (000,000, eaoh. New York's share would lie a little over (507,(00. Mensmaq's Peptonized Beef Tonic, thaoniy preparation of bee/ containing its entire nutri tious properties. It eontkins Mood making, force generating sild life sustaining properties invaluable for indigestion, dyapepjaa, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, wtMbw thf result of nervous prostration overwork, or acuto dicoase, particularly if reiuitinr from pulmonary complaint*. (JMwetl Hazard ft Co., proprietor*, New Tork. IpM by druggists Nbw York, March 17.—It «u reported nt pniice headquarters last night that Mr. Lyon came to New Yorjr on Friday to attend Barnum's circus and went there on Saturday afternoon, but did not return to Bridgeport in (he evening, as be had intended to do. ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS Telia Ills People of 111* Visits to the Baltimore, March 17.—Archbishop Gibbons made au address nt the cathedral yesterday for the first time since hie return from Borne. In the course of his remarks lie referred to Pope ICeCD XIII., and said that he had been favored with three interviews with the holy father, and that no one could spend half an hour in lit* prepuce without thanking God for granting the church so great and good nponiitf. "In my first interview," contirtm-d ttie archbishop, be rental ked to me, '1 don't like harsh and severe measures; 1 dislike anathemas, and prefer to address myfell terthe intelligence) and bead • f the world; aa vicar of Christ I desire to draw all souls move closely to one common master; I am • debtor to all the chin-clics, and I have esspeoial solicitude for the church of your own greut and beloved country, wboje spiritual progress gives me such consolation.' Notwithstanding his advanced ago and his delicate frame, the popj ii in lefnligablu iu his labors, and sometimes while the city is bui ied in sleep the agel pontiff continues his labors alone nut J midnight." Pope. A SunAay Jllornlnq. Prlae Fight. The reports from the committee on ejections ou contested election oasee will soon be coming in. They will be numerous, and being questions of high privilege oan be called up at any time. Each oue of these contested oases is likely to oocupy the time Of the houee for at least one day. With those facts In viow, the early adjournment of congress promised at the begiunlug of the setaion.doee not eeem probable. New York, Maisdk J7.—"Tiui" Hogan and "JFim" Barr fought with bare knuckles on a barge moored in Newton creek, Long Island, Sunday morning for a purse of $800. After fighting five rounds Barr was knocked sense less, and the prize w»#'tfwarded to Hogan. A large number of sporting men war* prev- Madrid, March 17.—Ten pjpAxis, inclti iii | one general of the army, have been arrcs'e for alleged conspiracy against the govern ninnt. It is reported thM. thD sedition iwidespread, and includes a number at troop garrisoned at the capital. Spanish Conspirator*. With a cry of pain Kennedy sank to tbe sidewalk. His voic® was heard by the inmates of the drinking saloon he had left a ihort time before, and the latter hastened to lis auaiitfiuce. Tliey found Keuuedy lying an the sidewalk. He wus unconscious, ami blood was flowing from a gaping wound on his head. The murderous half brick, covered with blood, was found near him. Ef forts to restore him proved futile, and lie was conveyed to the Gregory street police station. City Physician Van Laun was summoned, and pronounced bis injuries seri- , r » . r Disease, Propensity an4 Passion, brc»» Mankind numberlossailments, foremost amot.v then are Nervousness, Nervous DebHy. a*« unnatural weakness of Qeoerattva Orgaatj Allen's Brain Food successfully overcome these troablns and restores the siiBm«i In his formar vigor. . $1.—At druggist, or by mail from 1. H. Alien, 316 First Ave. New Tar It City. ent. n r i Rale of a Newspaper. Albany, March 17.—'fhe Albany Uvenlng Journal to-day pkWn Into the hands of  corporation, of which Mr, W. J. Arkell, a son of Senator Arlcell, is'principal stockholder. Messrs. Teneyck and Parse us retain an interest. The capital of the new corpo. ration will be about (150,000. Tlie name of tbe genera) arrested for conspiracy is Velarde. Further arrest* are re ported, and tho number now includes forty sergeants, several higher officers, a prise and many civilians. The French police assisted in the detection of the conspiracy bj forwarding information discovered In Pari* Congressman Henley, of California, will introduce a resolution to investigate the affaire of the Alaska Kur Company, with a view to abrogating its lsaseof tho seal bearing islands off the Alaskan coast. . For coughs, colds or croup use KuUuer's Tolu Cough Mixture. Ask your druggist far STRIKERS REPORT PROQRE8S. A Sturdy Veteran of 181£. A Jail Delivery. it  /PflVAlMlltl BkhS^81!S Rl;. WWl j, POWDER Absolutely Pure. Their Mysterious Burden. rigsnnskers sad Other* si the Can tral Labor Union. ous. When on hour had elapsei, Kennedy opened his eyee. His first exclamation was, "Take them a way I" After a while he recovered sufficiently to narrate the particular! of the attack made upon him. He said his a»- sailanta were actuated by the desire to get his mouey only, and that while one of their number held his knee at his throat the other two beat bim over the head, and the fourth busied himself in rifing his pockets of the bank bills and bis watch and chaiit. He could not give the amount of the money stolen, but til* watch %nd chain, he said, were worth about $200. W E8TMT.D, 8. I. , March 17.—Henry B. Ijiforge, a farmer of this -place, has just celebrated his Mtfa birthday. Be is remarkably active for his yean and atill works Lis* farm. He is a veteran of t)ie war of 1813. His wife is 84 years old. . _ Columbia Crrv, I-.d., March 17.—At- I o'clock last evening a hole was cut througt a comer of the roof of the jail with maso. f tools, alM by dynamite, aud before tin alarm was given sevto prisoners esoape 1. The dynamite was secured by a man ttarn -Cl Cajter, who was incarcerated for dniike-i ues-C, and had concealed the explosive in hi clothing. Every effort is being made to recapture the escaped priorurs. New York, March IT.—The police of 'the Twi nty-second precinct. were informed by a ludy residing at 212 Wont Forty-eighth street who refused to give her name, th it late yesterday afternoon two young men bearing a lovely, but unconscious young woman rang h.r door bell aud, saying that the lady had •uddeuly taken ill, asked permission to let tier iio down iii her aparuurnu for a f«pD minutes until they could suuimuu a earrwge to take her to ber home. N«w York, March IT.—The report of the Progreeaive cigaruiakers before the Central Labor union on Sunday stated that the strike in Straiton and Btorui's shop was progressing favorably for the strikers, aud that tiie firm uad sent a new price list to the strike committee. Besides this they offered to take back the uieu who had struck and not only pay them the old rates but twenty-five cents more a thousand cigars if the uuion could produce evidence of auy cigar manufacturer iu the city who paid better pricae than their firm. The chairniatfTif the committed appointed to visit Messrs. Straiton and Storm for the purpose of bringing the strike to an amicable settlenwut, said that the flriu abruptly told tbe committee that they knew nothing about strikes. Referring to the conferences, the nrchbisliop said they wei-o characterized by ample freedom of discussion, joined with perfect anil good feeling. Tliey discussed the higher education of the clergy, especially iu physical sciences; the improvud education of the laity, and the hunctity of Christian marriage, which is assailed in our country by Mortiicuiiiiu on tho one hand and the fatal facility of divorce on the other. CONDENSED NEWS. The arrival in town of several persons suspected to b» dynamiters has caused a genuine fright in Ottawa. Qen. Banks Is. about to build a house, to cost C15,000, on the east side Of Penataquif creek, at Islip, L. I. A Serious Plre. The lady gave her consent, but the young I nun failed to return. A Roosevelt hospital unbalance was summoned by the police to tiie address giveu aud the young woman was taken to the hospital. She was then s arched but nothing on her person betrayed h.r uume or residence. She was supposed to be suffering frjm a drug. At an early hour tins morning she was still in the same con* Ution. No clue to the young men has as yet been obtained. CmCAOO, March I?.—Fire in Jo'i »t, 1.1., destroyed the olevalors coiuiectjd wit:i tinblast furnaces ut the roiling mills. Tin blast pipes, engines u:.Cl machinery warbadly damaged. Tlio.eut.ir* lo.-« is placn ut (40,000. Tbe mil)* »vere ready to start u| Monday, but the tire will dcnlitliss csuse » delay of several weeks. C1, ry.fcl *k i C1.  It Waxed Warm. New York, March 17.—The glyoerlnt factory of Mat H. Rocoolli, at No. 270 We*' Sixtieth street, was discovered on Are Su ■ day morning, and before the flames wen extinguished the building aud contents wer« damaged about *45,004. Tbe loss is partially covered by insurance iu local oompauie*. ,• Franz Struat, a worker in terra cotta, committed suicide in Baltimore yesterday by strangling himself with a Skate strap. He was removed to his bome, aud ut a late hour was reported to lie dying. Detectives Pearson and Bow« subsequently arreatid John McOunuell, who, the police Kay, is a notorious thief, upou suspicion of being one of Kennedy's assailants. Brooklyn, March 17.—A shocking accicident occurred yesterday afternoon at the residence of John Caasidy, Ho. 470 Sixth avenue, South Brooklyn, by which a young girl was instantly killed. Fatal Amueement. Justice Duffy disposed Of eighty-live cas?s in one hour and five minutes Sunday morning in the Tombs polic4 court, New York. A communication from the loeked-out members of the Clgarmakera' Progressive union, of Cincinnati, was received requesting tbe Central Labor union to issue a circular asking all cigarmakers to keep away from Cincinnati. A communication was also read from the Kail River strikers,thanking the Central Labor tuiioa for the financial aid extended to the mule spinners in their fight against a reduction of wages. Dr. A. L. Carroll, of Castleton, S. I., has been appointed secretary to the State Board of Health, of which Erastus Brooks is a member. -rr A Special Show at Barnuat'a, It appears that Denis Riley, SO years of age, of 257 Fifteenth street, and Miss Celia Renney, IT years old, were visiting at Cnssidy's house. While they were pleasantly chatting, by way of frightening them, Riley drew a four-chambered, thirty-two calibre revolver, and pointing it at Mary  bead, said he would mesmerize her. She gave a scream and put up lier hands, Riley laughed and then poiuted the pistol at Culia Renney, when it went off, the ball entering hor brain, killing her instantly. Detective Stollsworthy, of the Kighth precinct, who was called in, arrested Riley, who made no offort to escape. When he fully realized his position he waa overcome with grief, and protested hi» innocence of .any intention of shooting the young girl or that he had any knowledge of tbe pistol being loaded, till examining the weapon it waa found that the other three chambers were empty. The coroner was notified. la the Hands of Ruffians. Nxw York, March 17.—A select few Sthered in Madison Square Garden Satnry afternoon after the large audience had been dismissed. Tliey hail been invited to witness the performance of the Nautch girls and other inhabitants of distant climes. When every one was seated, T. H. Davis, who acts as universal interpreter, led two tall, gaunt men to tbe central stage. They had loug, shaggy, black hair and beard, and wwe wrapped in linen fcbeeting. Their names are Parathal aud Kineer, and thev are Todas Indians. They stamped about the stage in their stocking feet, aud sang a melody which Mr. Davis said was a "Syce's song/' A "syoe" is a grass cutter. Then tbe Mauteh girls stepped forward. Their ■una are Oomed, Hoosain and Annafr, aud thay war* dressed in close-fliting costumes of red, blue and green. There was more s nging in a minor key in unison, and an interesting exhibition of their graceful dancing. The Nautch girls were followed by a couple of Afghans, oue whom, named Assan Chan, startled tbe elephants into bass trumpeting, and scared the audience by firing off a huge blunderbuss about once a second. Mr. Davis had to jump on bim to make bim stop. In his native towu be bears the reputation of being a "tough ritixen." A couple as scantily attired Zulus and thirteen Nubians did a war song and dance, aud then tbe entertainment was over. Brooklyn, March 17—While walking through Nassau street early Sunday inorui.ig, Miss Margaret Meehan, at the cornar of Nassau alley, was attacked by four ysuug ruffians. They dragged her into a stable, where despite her screams and struggle* they committed a criminal assault upon ber. After aooemplishing their purpose the wretches attempted to escape. Officers Hay nor and Knife, of tbe Myrtle avenue police, w ho had heard tbe girl's screams, were at the entrance of the alley and succeeded in arresting two of the miscreants. Ihe prisoners gave their names as iohn L. Savage and Robert T. Baldwin. Later In the day the police took iotolcjjslody James Mulbolland and Roben Daily, who are believed to be the two other assailants of Miss Meehan. The youug woman positively identified Mulbolland, but was not Lvrtoin as to the other three prisonera^^ Tho Connecticut river is nearly clear of ice, and navigation can be resumed at dnce. Tbe Lug Mabel has arrived at Hartford from Port Jot-vis. Bostoh, March 17.—The Central Trades have taken preliminary stepa to build a ball for the free diaenseion of matter concerning tabor and for union purpose*, to be known as the Wendell Phillip* Memorial ball. _The Hoffman and Billiugs Machine and Bia»s works, Milwaukee, were burned yesterday morning. Loss nearly C50,000; insurance C05,000. -» b. A Mexican Subsidy. C'mr or Mexico, March 17.—A concessioi has been made to tbe Mexican Bteamsbi]: company, running a line along tbe coast and another to Yokohama, Hong Kong aud th« Phillipiue islands Tho Asiatio liue subsld} of »!K1,000 will probably be transferred tc tbe Sonora railway interests. - Leman Sammis, the well-known horse trainer and driver, and the proprietor of tlie Prairie houee, at Mineola, L. JU tiied, suddenly on Saturday. Utica, March 17.—The strike of the weaver* at the Mohawk Valley mills, which ha* been in progress for two weeks, bns been thrown in the hands of the Knight* of Labor. Th* operatives are as firm and determined as ever. Ttfp powder Deter varfe* A mar»elof purity Htrenvta and wholesomeoess. More economical than the ordinary kinds, cannot \ipC wM la competition with the multitude of low test, short Wright, alum or pfaoupbate l owders Bold onlr Ir cans Koyal Baking Powder Oo.t 106 W$l street. H. •. The skeleton of as Indian, who, it is said, ityusfc have been seven feet tall when alive, was unearthed on the South beach, Staten Island, on Saturday'. . Mrs. Wilson Gibson, wifoof a prosperous farmer of Deposit, N. Y., had her pocket picked of.$800 while getting op an Brio pa»v senger train on Saturday at that place. t Blow V"* Hls Brain*. Ckioago, March 17.—William B. H. GaylCTd, traveling salesman for tho Monarc! Oil c- tnpany of Cleveland, blew out hii brains early Sunday morning In front of tbC Tivoli restaurant, the same establishment In which Elliot* «» killed. Fancy Groceries, CRFAMER¥ BUTTEB, CHOICEST DAISY BUTTER, Chicago, Marcli 17.—The Northwestern Traffic association expired Saturday nigbt by limitation of the Koi-lc Island notioa of withdrawal, aud all the Hum up to a lata hour war* actively engaged in prepnriug for the struggle which was expected to commence to-day. The Northwestern, It will be remembered, had at a recent managers' nioeting put au end to the deliberation by refusing the proposal of all the other lines to submit the questiou of percentage to arbitration. Late on Saturday night, however, it was announced that General Manager Hughett, of the Northwestern, had receded from his position and decide! to accept arbitration. The news was quickly tommuuieated to the heaCls of other roods, and was received with great satisfaction. The matter is the chief topic of conversation in the hotel lobbies, and Manager Hughett's action in thus averting what would have been a disastrous war was largely commended. A meeting of the geueral managers of all the toads interested will b» held immediately. Better Counsel* Prevail. Stabbed to Iks Bear*. "William D. Gaylord, a well-dressed young man, supposed to be the its of a wealthy Cleveland merchant, committed suicide on a publio street in Chisago at midnight on Satday.■will* Coleusan'* Painful Death. St. Louis, March 17.—Mike Sullivan, a clerk in the auditor's office !o( the Missouri Pacific railroad, died iu the city hospital Saturday night of a stab ita the breast, given him a couple of days ago in a street encounter with John O. Shook, • clerk In Merrell's drag store. Their qaarrel started i.i a boarding house at the dinner table ten days ago. One of the young lady boarders playfully threw a piece of biscuit at him, which hit him la the face, raising a laugh around the table at his M:peine. This maddened him, it haviug been tits secon 1 joke of the kind played on him that day, and he asked for the name of the person who threw the biscuit Another young lady in fun said it What Surprised 'Cameron. Nbwamk, N J., March 17.—Kollie Colama u, 10 years old, son of Prof. H. Coleman of Coleman's business college, Newark-, formerly of Eastman college, Poughkeepsie, died Saturday afternoon after undergoing a surgioal operation to extract a lead pencil which had been held perpendicularly under him as he was sitting down by a fellow pupil J.i the market street publlo school on Friday. .The pencil broke la the wound, the frajm .uts taking different directions, and making a dlAoult and painful operation necessary. JACK80NviLLtf, Fla., March 17.—Hon. 81- moil Oxraeron and party reachad the works of the Okeecbeebee Drainage company, Sundev. an I manifested much surprise at seeing ln '»l that was two feet under water tw« years ago bow six feet abova water. - MlrinesotacPatent Ftottf, FliHffll MIR®, The first number of • paper oalled Swobodqsjc Slowa, or Free Speech, has appeared in St. Petersburg. It summons the youth of Russia to oppoto the despotic form of government. ' „ Djrlw from Loas of Blood. J. W. Jacobs, a New Tork merchant, wu taken to Belfsvue hospital Sunday evening, suffering from acute mania. He raved continually about tho tragic death of Salmi Morse and the "Passion JPlay.*Y NKwroBT, R I., Maroh 17.—Sergt. Hesa, ot tho fourth artillery, stationed at Fort Adam*, while in charge of the butta at rifle praoticc Saturday, was accidentally struck in the Arm by n bullet which glanced fjrom a target Ha will probably die from loss of blood. UriartMttgintta, ill Ttticn, DOMESTIC CIGABS, IMPORTED CIGARS, STANDARD JAVA COFEKK. CHOICEST BEA.6. FULL LINE FAUCI AMD STAPLE 4R0CUUES. LARGE StOCK CANNED GOODS, Purchased since the decline. . They Wetre never i»emp '' ' in BOW; -fe '* HURLBUT & ctD. Cenreseine Flllaclde. Darroif, O., March 17.—A crime of seventeen years ago has bean teoalled by the death-bed confession of Mrs. Catherine Kett that she murdered bar awn daughter. - On the evening of January 11, 189)7 Christine' Kett, a bright, pratty German girl, 18 years old, was found dead in bar mother's house. Her head was poonded into a shapeless mass, and by her aide was a bloody axe, which told the story. The wildest excitement ensued. Several were arrested and narrowly escaped lyuching, her lover among them. Her mother seemed frantic with grief and urged lynching the prisoners. In course of time all the accused proved their Innocence, and the crime had been almost forgotten. A wask or so ago she was taken sisk. She called her son, and, after charging him to keep her secret till death, contestsd with minuteness how aha had beoome angered at her daughter for remaining oat all night with a friend, and struck her with an axe, killing bar. She then so arra&gad things that no suspicion attached to bee, aad eaussd the arrest of inno cent pereons. She soon after died. The trial of John F. Greening and Joseph P. Benjamin, charged w#Jj U*murder of Ammie C. Cheaper, of Dingman township, Pike county, before Judges Seeley, Baker aud Hornbeck, began to-day. ,▲ fire Saturday night in Reed's block property of Samuel Hano ft Co:D -mariufacturers Of manifold paper and to the amodWt of $85,000, Small insurance. Total lose Mail parties $40,000. SAMtwioa, Ont, Ma roll 17.—On Sunday morning Billy O'Callagban, confined in tho J:iil for poet office robbery, rushed on Jailer Leech, who was standing in the corridor, krocked him down aud fired three shots, killing him instantly. O'Callagban thea releaf oa Matthew Kennedy, a fellow pritouer, and the two went to Windsor in a carriage tneured at a church near the jail. Keunedy WWD captured, but the murderer is still at large. Hundreds Of people from Windsor and neighboring towns are searching for him. ~  A ■srlenr at Large. was Mike Sullivan. Shook met Sullivan in the street the next day aud stabbed Uim ti the heart. Tbs murderer is in jaiL TkeaOMMI OdC Fallow Seise. Dubuqub, la., March 17.— Deacon Benjamin Rupert, aged 70 years, is (lead. The decease-1 Was'known as the oldest member ot tlio Order of Odd Fellows in the Unites Btates, hariug Jpined In Philadelphia In I8Si or 1339. . . ..... . . A MolW Sfu»r by Her «M. leal Then* a Letter From Home. Bbookltk, March 17.—With bia mother, Mrs. Ellen Green, lives Arthur Green, aged ltt, who has always had a comfortable home and has been treated with parental kindness. On Sunday Arthur quarreled with his mother over some trivial matter. In the course of the dispute ha drew a seven-lCarreled revolver aud shot her in the face. Fortunately, the wound inflicted ia a vory slight one, the bullet only graaing the woman's cbeek. WauuiQTOII,- March 17.—Chief Signal Officer Haasn has signed a circular giving notice that letters for members of the Grvcy ly party may be ssnt to thaco, addressed JfD the care of Commander W. O. Schley, Brooklyn navy yard, to reach there not later than April 90. If correspondents prefer, letters may be ssnt registered or otherwise to the care of Chief Signal Officer Hasan, to reach Washington not later thai Apr!! 1% Clothing and everything nsees sary for the comfort df the Greely party will he taken up by the expedition, so there will be no need of sending articles of this description to aty members of the party. Bay Ins Their Back Taxee- Since Ridley ft Sons' plat i glass whglows were brokeu in tlioir Grand street store, New York, twenty-five jioicamen in ottisens* clothes bare been, delailed to watcj). theirs and throe other stores in the neighborhood. Bridgeport, Ct, March .17.—The Howe Sewing Machine company has accepted a proposition of the town and city for the settlement of back taxes, and on Saturday paid over $155,000 in settlej^aot«f the claim. Sargent to Dlaa with BleaSarek. When the schooner William P, 'Hood, loaili from Providence for"'Baltimore, was off Block Island on Saturday night, Joseph Silvia, one of the sailors, was ssnt aloft to loosen some tail. From some oaiise Silvfk slipped and iellto the deek,aad died soon afterward A Sunday ifloriilns' ltaflle. Berlin, March 17.—Mr. Sargent, the Amarinan minister, has accepted from Prince Bismarck an invitation to a dinner to be given on the Bit Inst, in honor at the 87th •aunivsMnry of the Mrttxlay of Kmptror WOUaaa. N*w Yor*, Mai-ch 17.—At a.i o.uly h Dur Sunday morning-the rafllr for tho trotting horw ju lg« Fuller* Dn was won by Mr. &. H. C. W'insliip, of Frovldeuco, by a throe at *T - ■ *" ■ '»« ,■ C*•' Before Arthur could rapew the attack his father appeared and ilWriaed him. An oflloer was colled in, and Arthur was looked np to answer • charge of felonious saault Oft lit ■k '$«.» M