Evening Gazette

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HDlkluc invtieu «r,.S«ovtrla,K«HtePf Atlanta, g"^! prevailed all Sunday over the uewspaper natch' which Closed Saturday night. There iradair'a,vC4rAge' atftJrtflaho^of'0,OO* iwtw.tta d»yD r light, in the large amphitheatre, where tM bbntest i took , place.1'; The oonteBMttw' VMtb 3«weli ,.W- gWaU.! ® Bruffy and C. T. Logan, of Tho Constitution; lido RamscWll, of The GeOrfeta CwU-Ver-'H r. Byington ,9f- W» Evening Journal, and A. Smith Clayton, of | rhe Sunny South'' Th#1 ltt*d»t"W«4 measured fourtoeu lap* to thbmill).' ,,|| V- : At the tap oi a bell from the juilgej' stand, the walkers started off abreast. In ft moment the line broke and each man tpok his place regardless of the others. KamSdell took the lead easily, and covered the laps' thick and fast. I, ,. Dana, of The pun, Puts On Hie Politi- The Total Liabilities of Grant1* Wh ill njjtifri' 1 t,l 111* S. Klli :i lD —.1 n.ii 4.3 »»#» •tkuiiA cal Thinking Cap, Now Placed at*3,OQO,000- ■ tent himself with a yoa an I nay vote on tie the passage ,ot the shipping btU, so that it *iay go to tile houae with the strong «enatofltd majority. The Indian appropriation bill is the unfinished business. It may pens this evening, although the pending amendment to increase the appropriation for the education of Indian children in Alaqka from $10,000 to 935,000 may prevwfce a debate. '* Mr. Blair la anxious to get to work on the hnpM Kii) tp establish a bureau of labor statfetfcs. Bt will fry to have it made the unfinished business after the Indian bill is out of the way. Mr. Hoar is equally anxious for the consideration of the Mormon bill and there will be a struggle between the senators for first place. Fee the coming week in the bouM there i» a prospect for a lively competition between members who desire to bring different measures; and the struggle of last Thursday may be repeated daily unless the house decides by a strong vote at the outset on Tuesday to push the appropriation bill right along. Thia, the appropriation committee propose to urge, and say, it it is done, all the appropriations can be got out of the way in six weeks.' Under the lead of Mr. Payson, of Illinois, the land reformers, will urge a resumption of the consideration of the bill declaring forfeit tho lands of the Oregon Central railroad and the consideration of other land grant forfeiture bills, "ije friends of the several bills for public buildings will collectively press the special order for the consideration of the remaining bills on the cUehdkr. Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, chairman of the library committee, and mnny of the older members of the house are deeply impressed with the absolute necessity for some additional accommodations for the national library, and will urge consideration of the senate bill to erect a library building, which lias a quasi endorsement of the house by having been itifeide A special order. If Mr. lU'agan, of Texas, is well enough he will not fail to press his favorite bill to regulate interstate eomtofcras.'' '* " ali"ili »"*A rltkl i*l -D j|«i».»l.«D i-I "• •! Humored H(Bll( of a Treat l Peace. Between France and C I ' na—Death of Mldhat PaAi - ifkln In Egypt. of ■ A I ■•.VvV.A'V VU pffllfi. • Ml' ••!«» And Talk* About Presidential Possibilities feud Impassibilities—Likewise the Probability and Possibility of Democratic Success. ▼anderbllt's $1»«,OOO-He Considers It a Debt *• be Paid When Geo. Sraat Is "Oood and Heady." . 1 should think not If you notioe, the Grant men are the man who were retired from politics during the past fcmr yean. 1 don't think they will have much power in the convention o£1884. Washington, Hay li—Prominent Democratic member* of congress here are not at all-nalbfled witH Dau*'« interview on the prorfdential quastioa, which was te'sgraphed and pubUahed Saturday evening. They lay they believe that it i* Dana's intention to knife the next Democi'atic candidate, unlets it 1kD Tilden or Randall, as be it alleged to have treated Hancock in 1880. 1  11 I Lorooir, May 13.—The (wi»u« deal! fnd dumb knick-knack peddler who, durlhfe fhe pagf fourteen years, attracted so much attention on London bridge, is'dftad and the subject of th» latest senoatfon. He died in Soothwark work bouse, near the south end of the bridge. Despite his infirmities he managed to supporMimmlf by his small sales, and socoring offlW and police favor Ijy the gentleness of his demeanor and the intelligence of his conduct he was allowed to occupy the same post on the great thoroughfare from year to year. Before his death the peddler backoned to his cot one of the hospital attendants and terrified him by speaking to him. -When the attendant recovered from his astonishment the beggar confessed that his deafness and dumbness had been feigned. Nbw York, May 12.—Mr. Charles A. Dana is a man with a hobby. It is The Sun. In fact, if the expression may be used, he is The Bon. He is a busy nian. But he has given to the press hi) views on parties and politics. To tie reporter's first question, as to what were the chances for Democratic success in the coming campaign, his answer was: The probability is very poor; likewise the possibility. In order to succeed in the election against the party in possession of the government you must have your for«es all united, and the position of Carlisle and Morrison is such that the Democratic party ii disunited and quarreling among themselves, and thus the Republicans, who do not deserve success, may succeed. It is risky to undertake the vocation of a prophet, and I don't know what the future is going to bring forth. Nnw York, May 12.-The crowd  day stroller* along lower Broadway yesterday looked with curiosity into the windows of the offices of Grant ft Ward, on the basement floor of the United Bank baildiag. Ho one was stirring inside the greater part of the day. At 11 o'clock two coaches drove op to the Wall street entrance. Ferdinand Ward and his assignee, Julien T. Davies, got out of one and three detectives out of tha. other. Hie Ave went into the offices of Grant ft Ward and remained there until 13 o'clock. Mr. Ward looked pale and sick. i n| to norlytRjM, *?iim fS f»«i „ D... i#* i-• 11 *• t• i i 'n*1.1 HE WAS HI8 BROTHER'S SLAYER When the hell from the judged stand was joonded at 10 o'clock at night declaring the great race at an end the score stood as follows: Cheshire, 48 miles and 1 lap; Carter, 18 miles; BrufTy, 46 miles and 0 laps; Bylngton, 40 miles and 12 laps; Clayton, CM miles and 2 laps; Small, 37 miles and 3 laps; Rumsdel), 80 miles and 9 laps; Logan, 31 miles and 8 laps. Cheshire was seized by a crowd of frienda and borne high above their heads around the track amid the most intense excitemenb. The prizes were so arranged that every contestant except the last man got a prim. The winner will receive about 52,800. During the, last hour of the race the vast crowd were aroused to frenzy by Cheshire and Carter, who were only a few feet apart until within ton minutes of thfl close when Cheshire managed to run a little and gained one lap on Carter. The latter's friends friends urged him to run, but he repliod that he was completely fagged out and was unable to do more. Considerable money changed hands. - * m hi); it,' A Missouri Harder Mystery Solved by a Deathbed Confession. "We have had the olerks at work to-day. too," Mr. Davies said. "There has been a very large number of transactions, such as loans, fitc., of which no entry has been made in the books. Mr. Ward is going over thoso matters with me. He has carried them in his head. I presume that we accomplished more to-day in two hours than we could in a whole day ordinarily, because we were free from interruption. Mr. Ward is very frank and renders me all the assistance possible." ill..;jifI Ht. Joseph, Mo., May 12.—Some thirty years ago a young man named Samuel Wetberton, the son of a prominent citisen living in Ray county, about fifty miles from St. Joseph, went out hunting. The next day his remains were discovered under a tree, less Dlian a lmlf mile from his father's home. He was dead, with a Hillet hole through his head. Living near the Wethertons was a family named Pointer. Both were old families, well-to-do, and had resided in that section for years. The day that young Wethnrton was killed old man Pointer and his ,on Harry were out hunting. The jld man and his son were arrested and tried for the murder of young Wetherton. The affair created great •xcitement. It was proven that the Pointers uid Wethertons were not friendly. The trial was exciting and prolonged. The evilence was circumstantial, but not strong T'ntit He said he was a Swiss gentleman of fortune and belonged to one of the best families in the republic. When a young man he was betrothed to a beautiful and accomplished girl. He-was possessed of a most violent temper, and in a lovers' quarrel over a_triflo ona day tie so wounded the girl by the bitterness of his invectives that-she-fell ill. The reproaches of his friends for his cruel conduct stung him so that ha became melancholy from remorse and left home. He then re- to punish himself. He vowed to become a voluntary exile for twenty years, to earn his own living, leave his fortune untouched, keep his relatives and his friends ignorant of his whereabouts and go bareheaded and barefooted in all weathers during the entire time, and to listen to no one and apeak to no human being during the last ten years of his exile. If he lived to complete his vow he meant to return home and use hiB fortune and the remainder of his days in making his betrothed happy, providing she was alive and unmarried. He had rigidly kept his vow, "but," he cried before he expired, "my time is not up, I must die before it is. I have been punished as I deserve." ■ v v Investigation, so far as it has gone, has proven that the peddler's story is entirely true, and his family in Switierland have been made acquainted with his death. Who would be your choice for the Democratic leadership? I have no favorite at all. The only man that I would really regard as a favorite is Holman, of Indiana, but I would never think of running such a man on a failing chance. cwtvi pouce What are your reasons* Mr. Ward's lawyer was with him and said afterward: "I examined Mr. Ward's accounts with him. I can now appreciate his difficulties. As far as I am able to judge at preaent, i I believe Ward is being made a scapegoat of. He is not the only sinner in the firm. I think it would be advisable to the creditors of the firm to Htttl out more about Mr. William 8. Warner. I have been told that he was a clerk in in W. 8. Hatch's office. He then entered the stock brokerage business. I do not know how he became acquainted with Mr. Ward, but I believe it was through a memher of the law firm now attending to the business of tSe suspended firm. This much I can say from my own investigation, Mr. Warner began hi* relations with ■ Grant, Ward & Co. with a very small sum, and at the end of four years, according to his own statement, he succeeded in getting the firm indebted to him to the extent of "nearly (8,000,000. I do not accuse Mr Warner of anything dishonorable, but I think' the firm's creditors ought to know then things. I think, after a thorough axuqiinaction of the books, the entire indebtedness of the firm will prove to be not over $1,000,000. I have prepared a line of defenso for Mr. Ward. I shall instruct him to give up all he has to his creditors. Everything will bo done tkat will help to straighten out tha firm's debts. Mr. William Tbrd, Ferdinand's" brother, came from Deiwer on Saturday ' and has since been giving his brother all the assistance in his power. Until his brother's arrival Mr. Ward made no decisive effort toward arranging a'settlement, as -he was almost prostrated. He is now in constant fear of violence. He is likely to be arrested at any moment by creditors who fear thenclaims may not receive proper attention." I prefer him on accoun! of his public character, his entire devotion to the Democratic principles of the government, his breadth of min I, his tolerance of differences of opinion, his fidelity under all eircumstanoes, and his moral courage. What do you think of Mr. Morrison? In my judgment he has not the timber to make a president out of. He might be a very good professor of political economy in an academy, but he is not a politician, nor a statesman either—if there is any difference between the two. :nough to convict, and the old man and his ■»n were discharged. This aroused the people, and it was with difficulty that old man Pointer was saved from and he was compelled to leave the country for a ihort time. Tha, people were wild, and the judge, the lawyer who defended, Maj. Mor- Oliver, now recorder of St. Joseph, and the jury, were threatened. Boon afterword old man Pointer died, it is said of a broken heart, and his family lived an isolated life. SUICIDE IN PRISON. Am Old man Kill* Himself after Qnar- And of Carlisle! New York, May 13.—A peculiar oM«nn, who had been acting strangely for some time past, committed suicide in the prison of Jefferson Market court, Sunday morning. John B. Bornack had been eommittjJ to the tenday house by Justice White, ou the previous day, for disorderly conduct. By occupation Bornack was a bronicr and lived with his two sons at No. 385 Tenth avenue. He quarrelled With the boys and went to live elsewhere. '■ relluic with Hla Sons. He has shown himself a mu willing to impjiil the success of his party for his own pji sonol aggrandizement. He is not a safe man to lead a party to success or to exercise a great moral Influence over the policy of the opposing [ arty. Should the house decide to go on frith appropriation bills the consular and diplomatic, the armyDistrict of Columbia appropriation bUH w oif the calendar, and the others .are now in snch condition that tttte house rata be kept* May on them during the ;on which they Yon think highly of ex-Speaker Randall? Randall stands in the crisis as the dofender of the only policy under which the success of the Democratic party is possible. The Democratic party cannot succeed without carrying New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana: The policy which Randall has opposed from the firet would result in the loss of thoee state?. He has gained, I think, in personal popularity, or rather in public importance, by his present advocacy of the same i leas which he has continuously supported during his career. * - Sam Wetherton had a brother named Frank, two years older than himself, who was the prime in prosecuting Pointer. He drifted about, working as a farm hand all over the country. A few months ago a man, fully 50 years old, giving his name as Frank Wetherton, applied at the farm home of John Singleton, living in Davies county, this state, for work. He was employed and made a good, steady hand. He was morose and despondent and completely broken down in spirit. A week ago he was taken ill and grew rapidly wone. A few days ago his physician informed him that there was no hope for D""■ A few hours later he called the Singleton family to his bedside and confessed that he was thp murderer of his brother. He did it through jealousy and to obtain a few dollars in money which his brother had upon his person. He gave a detailed account of the crime of thirty years ago, and told how he tried to put it apon Pointer, He said his life had been one of ,'reat misery and suffering. He had scarcely closed his narrative -when he died. To-morrow, after tbe«all of states for the introduction of bills, is assigned for legislation fur tip Diniridt.of Columbia. v ■' Bnclsai'i Asuritta Visitors. bOHDOK, May 12.—The nsw Aflibhcr line eteauiehip Austral, with the American Laaroese team on board, arrived at Queenstown Sunday. Mr. Hodge, who was ill on leaving New York, is better and hopes soon to be in condition, - All the members of the teaqp are cheerful, and look forward to their coining nuftches with hopeful exportation. He threatened to get square with them, and returned on Saturday morning and attempted to fife the door of their room. He only succeeded in burning some papers in the hallway. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. At 3.30 o'clock Sunday morning be got up from &is cot and wont to the ten-day washhouse. There he took a towel and made it fast to the gas jet. Then he made a slipnoose, into which he pnt his head. When Koeper Scully went on his rounds he was astonished to see the man dangling from the gas pipe, and cXit him down. The ambulance was sent for. When tho surgeon arrived he pronounced the man dead.  Friday is assigned to the consideration of private bills, and Saturday next has been given for the consideration of bills from the naval committee, other than for new vessels. Of the fourteen general appropriation bills, one is a law—the military academy: The naval and the post office Appropriation bills liave reached a conferancu committee, but with no brilliant prospects of an early agreement; and the agricultural, Indian and pension bills h%xe passed the house and gone to the senate. The consular and diplomatic,the rivor and harbor, the ju-my and the District of Columbia bills have been reported to the GWtvr pouct m owtvi pouct What are his chances for nomination? I dont know that he is taMng much interest in the nominations. The Austral, which left New York on the sameday as the Ariaona, beat the latter into Queenstown three hours. And ex-Senator McDonald? Peaee Between Vranee and China. McDonald is a respectable lawyer and a man whose friends are much attached to him, I don't know him personally and have no acquaintance with him, except as a public man. To my judgment he lacks backbone and force. To make it worth while to elect a Democratic president we must have a man who will reform the government after he is elected. McDonald is not of that character. London, May 18.—It is reported from Hong Kong that a treaty has been signed between France and«China, by which China recognizes a French protectorate over Tonquin, and the demand by France for indemnity on account of war expenses in Dbiiw i withdrawn. A director of the bank said: "There is no longer any possibility of the bank's resuming business. Things are about as bad as they can be. We still have confidence in Mr. FMs; but we do not understand how hscooM enow himself to be deceived by Ward in regard to the pretended government contracta. He oould easily have learned from the proper authorities whether such contracts were in existence or not. We should especially like to know what Wavd did with the $700,000 wkioh, be drew from 'the bank on the day btfere the failure. I don't me bow the diredtarii are to be blan«dj We met twiro a week aid looked over thtT accounts. When Waaked Mr. Fish abcrat'the large loans to Grant & Ward, he would say, We have good authority for it all.' Now, we dbdld not go through a trunkful of securities every tinie to see if they were cemsct, so we took Mr. Fish's word that things were all right His real estate speculations were wise, and in all jnattersr except where he trusted Ward, he did well enough. The loss of the rtoek jnd the heavy assessment will be severe blow to many people who cannot afford it, and who hive tJBtaVeilyttig for their income on the bank stock." honse for its action. The legislative, executive and judicial, the sundry civil, the fortification and the  flciency, -three of Aiern the most troublesome of the series, are yet in tfie hands of the appropriation committee. A Doable Murder. Whmxino, W. Va., May 12.—A bloody double murder, growing out of a love affair, was committed at Petersburg, Grant county, at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. Lawrone* Spiller, a farmer near the town, had a handsome stop-daughter whom he desired tc marry. Ho refused her hand to Edward Taylor, a neighbor, and on Friday night they eloped and wont to Petersburg. Arming himself, Spiller pursued them, but v.m too late to prevent their moyiago. On hiarrival they had retired for the night at thf house of a friend named Williams. Spillei forced his way into the room and as the bridegroom rose in bed Bhot him through the heart The bride shrieked for help,- ana Spiller attacked her with the butt of the revolver, inflicting wounds which will prott fatal. Without molestation ho mo-.mtod hi* horse and loft the town. An alarm calloil out an armed posse of ten men, who followed and arrested him at. his home. For. fear ol lynching he was not brought til until Saturday night, and at hwfc accoaiits was safe iu jail. There Is much excitement and the jftJ is heavily guardod. ' , C A Saltan'* Assassination Recalled. Has ex-Gav. Hendricks a chance for nomination?Constantinople, May 13.—Midhat Pasha, the Turkish statesman and reformer, for merly grand virier, and one of those banished for life on the accusation of complicity in the murder of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, it dead. His nomination is not probable. If the old ticket were possible, Hendricks, of course, would be an indispensable part of the ticket, but that jp out of the question. Mr. Tilden will not and cannot take the nomination. Wh-'u that is settled I don't think the convention will, tie disposed to nominate Hendricks for-tlta first plticc. He has excellent personal qualities but I don't believe he will be nomi ai d lor president. As for Tilden, it is cert D D that if he were in a situation to be the eta.didate for president he would lie nomi :atcd by acclamation and ho would be elea od by nn 'norinous majority. His liominat'on would pat an end to all the impractica Dle nonsense which Kentucky and Illinois Btatj-mon have brought upon the Democracy; but it is out of ll.o qtv stum. This murder created the most intense excitement in western Missouri at the time, and all the old citizens remember the affair quite distinctly.'  BOTH EAGER FOR THE FRAY. Ike Mtteliell-Kdwards Mate*. Nbw York, May 12 —Delegations of sporting men from Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, Troy and other cities were to iMt encountered Sunday in all the well-known resorts in this city where men of muscle congregate. They came to be spectators of the great battle announced to takei place to-night in Madison Square garden bt*»-eeji the- veteran Billy Edwards and the classic English boxer, Charley Mitchell. Arrangements for the battle were complete. "Billy" will second Mitchell, "Warry" Edwards will second his brother, and if no obstaoje is interposed on the ground the eloquent j'Pop" Whittaker will be referee and master of ceremonies. The men will spar four rounds, Queensberry rales, "for scientific points." It is believed that the crowd in the Garden will be one ef the largest that ever assembled in this city to witness a sparring exhibition. Special polioe arrangements for the preservation of order and the enforcement of the law have been made. Capt. Williams will be in command in person. It may be stated on the authority of a high polico official that if the men Bpar as announced—for scientific points —they will not be interfered with, but that slugging will not be permitted. lMltNieat la Sporting Circles Mar Wkbtfield, Pa., May 12.—At h*lf-past six o'clock this morning Hen. Jiutler R Strang committed suicide at his home in this place., He shot himself through the head with a revolver. Death was instantaneous. He arose this morning, shortly after six o'clock, dreoed himself and passed into the family' sitting room, where bis wife and son were fitting. He greeted them as usual. Then, unnoticed by them, he took a revolver, placod it the right templo and fired. The ball paaed through bis head. An Bx-Fenator Suicides. Cairo, May 12.—The situation at Dongola is critical. Internal diSBemiops are said to be increasing, and the governor earnestly appeals for help against the assaults of the rebels. The Bxyptlan Rebels. Tariff Conference. Washington, May 12.—Fire of the Democratic members of the ways and means committee, Messrs. Morrison, Blackburn, Blount, Herbers and Hewitt, met at the house of the last-named gentleman last night to consider the tariff bill which Mr. Hewitt intends to introduce in the house. Its principal feature wiU. be a series of provisions, baSbd upon recommendations of the secretary and treasurer and decisions of the treasury department, which are designed to remove difficulties that now occur in the administration of the law. Mr. Hewitt has, however, added other provisions, which propose a reduction of the present tariff rates on some articles and the abolition of the tax on others, so as, in his opinion, to reduce the revenue from customs duties about $60,000,000 a year. It is understood that Mr. Hewitt puts on the free list all the articles enumerated in the free list of the Morrison tariff bill, as it was reported to the house, and a few others aud that he also adopts the limitation clauses of the Morrison bill with respect to the extent to which duties shall be collected on the articles enumerated in the cotton, wool and metal schedules at the present tariff law. II j\v dC end flower stand? For two or three yeam Senator Strang has been in very poor health, and for some time past he has begs confined to his house. His lisease involved his entire nervous system aud affected his mind very much, leaving him but a wreck of his former self. He has been so much prostrated, mentally and physically, of late that this most intimate friends iiavo not been able to see him. His act of self-destruction waa no doubt prompted by his condition. Tiievw is a good dial in support of either of tliem, r.i.tl I davo say cach will have a respect Ablu amount o£ sticngth in tho New Yol k delegation, but I don't see signs of any such eutiiusitis.n and united supjiort on the part of the New York delegation as would be necessary in order to insuro their nomination. New York candidates have led the Demociatic party very often in past elections, raid thero is a just and natural disposition Co look elsewhere at present. A friend of Sen. Grant's said yesterday that in the light of developments of the last few days Ward, WariwrandKah appeared to have absorbed the greater part of the receipts of the firm. Warner has taken all of- Ward's property by recent transfers, and the relationship between him hod the assignee is uot distant, aa Warner's brother-in-law and virtual business partner, James H. Work, the largest individual creditor, is a member of the same law firm aa the assignee, Julien T. Da vies. Both Warner and Work are preferred creditors. Under these circumstances Wnl DLVlrglnla MptrateN. Charleston, W. V., May 13.—The last act of thp now _notorious and uifainoiu James' gang was thoTclllfrig of""Thomas Du» tine at his farm in Koatie county, tnvolw miles from here. He was an Important witness in the Hill murder caso, and had ro ceived two waruiuj letters wliich he did uol heed. With" a companion named Elmore, he was working in his fields when a shot waa heard, and tho ball struck him in the breast Seeing no aneElmer attempted to carry him to the house, but' got as far ostiie nearest fence when he left him and went for help. When he had gotten five hundred yanii away, five .masked men rushed from the •woods and fell upon Duskine with stones, literally mashing his head to a jelly. Nothing is known of the murderers, and no effort has been made to apprehead them. An Invitation Withdrawn. is Hincodk an impossibility I NkwYobk, May 12.—Henry George, the land agitator, was to have lecturod at tte Rev. Heber Newton's church Sunday night on "Moses," by special invitation of the pastor. The Anthon Memorial church was crowded by ladies am? gentlemen desirous to hear Mr. Geofge on the great JewiBh legislator.No; lut lhere is nobedy advocating his election, that I am aware of, nor do I see any Inter s; that is likely to be active in hia behalf. In 1880 he was strongly supported from Pennsylvania, but it looks now as though all tha*strengih of tl*p Pennsylvania delegation wou d be in favor of Randall." oth the Grants and the unsecured creditors would prefer to have the affairs of the firm wound up by some one concerning whom a suspicion of personal bias oould not be entertained. The matter of changing the eontrol }f the asseta has been further complicated by the appointment of Da vies as receiver of the firm in the suit of Fish, who is a partner in it. Just how Senator Chaffee will proceed to secure desired protection of his claim, and of the interests of the Grants, has not yet been decided upon. The return to Gen. and Mrs. Grant by Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt of the transfers of their property to him on aooount of hia (150,000 cheak waa not, it is learned, an absolute surrender of that gentleman's claim. Fort Worth, Tex., May 13.—Saturday night an Italian priest, J. Casimier, en route from Chicago to Los Angelos, was robbed of $13,000 at tho union depot in this city. At Dallas he got out and in a lunch room displayed his roll of bills. When he paid for his lunch he was observed by three men, who afterward tried to make his acquaintance on the train. Just as be reached the union depot they jostled him, and one picked his pockets and escaped. Casimier cried out and fol lowed the men, narrating his loss to the night watchman. Italian Priest Bobbed. Bayard and ThurrtJhn are out of the fight There wqs a strong opposition roused in the church by the announcement of the lecture, and one of the principal pewholders, a prominent member of the Bar association, threatened to sever his connection with the church if the lecture was given. The Rev. Heber N»wton sent Mr. George a letter telling him of the state of affairs and withdrawing his invitation, which he said might imparl his position in, the church. The large congregation was dismissed, and much dissatisfaction was expressed at the treatment of Mr. George. Bayard is in the race now but Thurman is not My own judgitu u' under the circumstances would bo rather in favor of Bayard's nomination. He is a perfectly respectable man, and his faith in Democratic principles is boyond question. Thero is nowhera any intrigue ill his favor, nor would his nomination be the result of any narrow considera tioni" At the meeting nothiag was determined as to the consideration of the bill by the committee. Mr." Hewitt will, however, introduce it in the house to-morrow. CLlcagete Sunday Fl«r., Chicago, May 13.—Th'eGraod Opera houst was crowded Sunday night at the flrst production of "Burr Oaks," a comedy drams written by D. K. a*d Mj O. Higgins, twt Chicago lawyers. D. K. Higgins imperson- Jurr Oaks," the leading character, and received an ovation. The play vftw a decided hit The mechanical effects andeoeoery were very fine, having been expressly by Joseph Clare and Beusou l-foirwood, of tlu Fifth Avenite theatre. Mr. UoWieoB said that the committee liad never —najdytfl anything beyond the Morrison bill, and since the defeat of that measure they "had not had a meeting. He did- not know bow the comn&tee or the majority in ..thebouse would treat the Hewitt bill, but the committee could have no objection to the intrqdnction of a measure by air. Hewitt, and its reference to them. The men were not~Tound, but just as the train was leaving the depot the priest saw the robbers jump abroad. He cried out, but it was too late. By the cS9 of the telegraph it was discovered that a man jumped from the trafli just beyond this city. The money was mostly in $1,000 bills. Is ex-Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, likely to be a canlidatel I sliou (1 think not. I pee no movement in bis favor. Co'. Moi lison is personally against him and the whole tiling s so much at sea that what may or may njt hat pen no man can tell. CONDENSED NEWS. To an American Frew representative who interviewed the general on that subject he •aid: Senator Don C'amerrn sailed from Liverpool on Satuidsy in the Gallia. LABOR NOTES. "On Wednesday Yanderbilt called upon me and asked me to explain. Ail I could tell him was that T had boen induced to ask him tor a loan to give a little aid to the Marine bank, and thaf 1 bad no idea that affairs were in such a bad state, or I wouldn't have asked. I went on to tell him that the failure was rffhiuch of a surprise to me as it could be to him, and that I felt my poaition keenly. There are 8,000 local assemblies of the Knights of labor. C n Blaine be nominated or elected! The sale of season tickets for the Chicago May festival aggregated $15,000. Pottbvhxk, Pa., May 12.—The grand jury, in making tbeir report to the county court, call particular attention to the overcrowded condition of the. insane department of the almshouse, where eighty-three patients are confined without sufficient accommodation. The report further says: "There are thirtyfour Itisahe persons from Schuylkill county at the state hospital in HarrMtarg who are supported at an expense of IS! SO per week each. They dorikSke kept far' much less and receive better care at the county house if rooms were provided for them. There is one case of smallpox at the almshouse, and more may be expected, as thedisease prevail; in many parts of the county. No means are provided for isolating the disease and keep it from spreading among the paupere. Paupers menaced by Smallpox. Norwich, Ct, May 12.—The ftincral ol John F. Slater took place Sunday in the Park Congregational church, after private services at the Slater residence. Rev. 8. H. How* who officiated, says that Slater'i prinoely gift to tho freeduaen placed his name w jtJi that galaxy of men whose beneficent acts woylil uiako them the fixed stars oi fftturt) history. The pall bearer's were Be tectMCfrom the officers pt Mr. Slater's Jew ett City will* ; . .1: .1 John Slater's Burial. i ..on't know. The movement in his behalf seams very strong and very enthusiastic, but ho v far it can be successful is doubtful. The considerations that have been brought against him !Die not as strong now as in 1880 and 187U The fact that a iavorite, as Blaine undoubtedly is, has already boen beaten in two racei is strongly against bis being nominated MOW. The New Jersey Democratic state committee meets in Trenton to-morrow. In Schuylkill county mining has been suspended for the wodk-pajtf. The large Albanyjron work* at Troy are is full blast in all departments. Leitch, Patten & Co., 1 sugar brokers, Greenock, England, have suspended. Uabil I ties, £70,000. The national assembly of the Knights of Labor meet at Philadelphia in September. WM, M, FlUtEYr 1 told him I would make all the reparation The Hon. B. G. Northrup, of Connecticut, has declined the presidency of the northern Dakota University.1 The national oonvention of carpenters is called at Cincinnati on the flrtC Tuesday in August. . What can you say of President Arthur? "Whin did you hear from him aextr "He sent for me on Saturday, just before he sailed for Europe, and he handed me back all the deeds, saying he bad no use for them, toM me to pay him back the $150,000 when I got good and ready, aad hoped I would come safsly ont of my difficulties. Then he bade me a very cordial good-bye." Ho i* k good man and has made a very respect ihie president. I should have liked it The Journal de St Petersburg denies the statement that tlfc Shah of Persia has ceded Sarakhsto Russia. The slaters of New York have secured an advance to $8.50 per day and eight hours for Saturday. better if lie bad been a reformer and laid a st' ng hand on abuses. But, on the whole, pe plo fool that the administration is conserva i .'c and safe with him. New Yobk, May 12.—Among the callow upon Probidoat Arthur at the Fifth Avenue hotel Sunday were Cyrus W. Field, Le Grand B. Cannon, Jesse Seligman, Charles L Tiffany a»d Colgate Hoyt The presidout took a drive through Central park in the afternoon, and on his return called upon Qon. Grant. It is probaMo that the president will return to Washington this evening. Pnattnl ArUllria New York The Hon. E. B. Converse is to erect a public library building and art gallery for the town of Maiden, Mass?, in memory of his The stove mounters of Troy and Albany have withdrawn their opposition to working with non-union men. .las Gen. Sherman a chancei lie is a possible but not a probable candi- Two young persons from Shenandoah cottoty, Va., were married at Harper's Ferry the groom being IB years old and the bride 15 years. r v . The window glass workers have sent delegates to Belgium to perfect unity between the craftsmen there and here. AND BOARDING STABLES A 11 is Senator Sherman in the same list? Lynched Before hi* Fortune Came. Fatal Malpractice lu Brooklyn. Foot of Partonage St, UPPER- T1TT8TON. Orders by telepbpae promptly attended to. Tli'last that he failed to get the delegati n f i Dai Obio settles his case. A politician liki M erman who goes into a convention w, t.o'it the Ir.cldn; of the delegation of hij o«n La e is r ed out by that fact. I think he lias n clia 'ce at all. Bismabck, D. T., May 12.—James Turtle,a member of the Axlebee gang of cutthroats, who was wounded in a fight with the officers at SomervlUe, brought into Bpearfisli and placed in the hospital, and afterward taken out by masked men and hanged, had fallen heir to a large legacy, running away up into the thousands. -His friends have offered $15,000 for evidence that will convict the vigilantes who hanged him. Brooklyn, May 18.—Mrs. Phabina Priestly, the victim of alleged malpractice, died early Sunday morning. A few house before her death a Mine. Crow was brought by Detective Ennis to the bedside of the young woman and identified as the woman who had treated her. Mrs. Priestly made an antemortem statement, Dn which Bill) Mil that she had visited Mi's. Crow on several occasions with Christina Mahling. She was only 19 years of age, and ha 1 been married one year. There was a separation between her and her husband four montus ago. Mrs. Crow was searched yesterday morning, and an instru-. ment with which she is supposed to have per formtd the operation waa found in her boa ««££. She is in jail. "Strikes are in progress among iron workers, furnace, stove and boiler makers, and in rolling' mills, at Newcastle, Pa., Detroit, Quincy, 111., Albany, Troy and Bay View, near Milwaukee. The king of the Belgians will goto Paris on the 17th inst. His visit is associated with the French proposals to share in the Congo enterprise.The Diamond Field. D4VIE1 SL W4TKINS, Harry 8. Duffleld, an actor, was held in default of bail, in New York, for neglecting to pay alimony to his wife, who was recently divorced from him. The labor quarrel in Albany has again reduced itself to the longstanding fight between John J. Perry & Co. and the Mouldey#' union. There are only about fifty Meft in Aiftany of the 250 man originally em- at Percy's. t -vD sjjfe&s the, njlnad wen an out on the Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis road and several lar ge strikes are in progresi among Ike ooal miners in Western Fanmylvtnia, N*w York, May 13.—Following it the ro. suit of Saturday's games throughout the uir«fdr JJTm t l HOUSE, SIGH & CARRIAGE PORTERS Paper Hangers and Kalsomlntn. Do you think better of Edmunds) At Chicago—Chicago Union?, 3; Keystones, 3. At Cincinnati—Cincinnati, 2; Toleclo, 3. I don't know. Ho leads the respectable gentlemen who nexer do anything at eleot ons, except express their opinions and vote — hen it is convenient. C,r »lit n it d.Han't—- Yes, or wh n 1, coesn't rain. Is there danger (fa tumpede to Lincoln? 1 di.n't' now. reasonable prices a specialty*. 17 Market Street, Plttston. taftm Mr. George William Curtis is to be pre* sented with a marble bast of Wendell Phillips, just completed by Mr. Joeeph Milmore, brother of the late Martin Milmore. An Alleged jHretat, ■At-Cincinnati ■CinrinnUti Unions, 7; Boi timore Unions, 6. N*wburvport, Masa, May 12. —JohnGad- JohnGaddis, night 1 l e'.nr.u and watchman at the Victory mills, was arrested Sunday for firing the raw coitcn in the mills In an attempt to burn the same ami MM,000 worth of manufactured "pufrl'Sr.Ni ir Tore Prince Victor, son of Prince Jerome Napo- IdonlPton-Plcmh will leave Paris on Tuesday next on a voyage to tho east, in order to ev cai« iknapartist intrigue* At Covington—Cincinnati Reserves,T; KwD ton", 1. At Louisville—Louisville, 8; i Indianapolis, 1, At St. Looia—8t» Louis, Ui National, 6. What ere h s chances? Ha would only have a chance after ttf own