Evening Gazette

              r 1 t - -\ \+'j 'A li . it .1**11 (MHT ' .if i-i fc »C• » *' *V »•»# • 1 91 *9 J H 44M9 . I 'ri no ~7a~ri r"'Wdma a 3*0 se : tMIQM) M U rr H/Tti PITTSTON, PA.. SATURDAY. JANUARY 17, 181-5. iCl ;nii i ' ! '-tic :• 5 ' r : " ■ ,ia , GEN. WOLSELEY HEARD FROlKL n r. D't ALMOST I behind me. She talked fast, but not much Castor tlian usual. Qeorge was lu the doc" after I fired. I gave the revolvsr to m, sunt. Whtii knf aunt told i*e to go oat I did not khoNr' they weto going to kill Uncle Bill" THE WO BIG FAILURES afford to stand the loss. Mrs. E H. Green, laid to be the wealthiest woman in America, was one of the largest customers. It is  that the withdrawal of ber deposit a few day* ago seriously crippjed the firm. A BAND OF ASSASSINS • Tb»i my Bwri«w»W, *niii». I'leUie and tlie tatl.y " for heU of Hieir m(M, hit Ilia baby dou'car* k roil.ro long cfco get ; pfcnty bf Pf.  Water tka Consistency Pea 8ok* lisM OLIVER BROS. &. PHILLIPS' AND JOHN J. CISCO A SON'S AFFAIRS. LEAGUED TOGETHER TO '' REMOVE' OBNOXIOUS PE«S6KSL!' Out Ijt HI* Men. LORIXMr. Jan IT—The anxiety oHtbh public regarding tbe Nil sxpedrition sraC somewhat allayed by tue publication of a dispatch received mi the war office froifa Gen. Wolieley, who had nbf. been directly heard from for five dsya Gen. Wolieley I* still at Kortl, and ii directing the movement* of Gens. Barfe'1 tiki Stewart by massage* conveyed by ai lee mounted on carnal* and attended by trutty uutive*. Tuesiispatcli tseel red af J.he war .offloe from Wplseley doe* not amount to much, except a* a jwpof that tbe icdegraph communication has be .n restored, an t it is so Inconsequent that the war C'flL-eD(Dt n»le believe that soma previous disiDatpUes, which Gen. Wolaeley suavoaed had rjacheil T/.mCToii, must have been lost •hirlii'? til: time when the telegraph lins ■.»lis disable I. Tiie dispatch received from a. Wolseley only says thst (lie water ail Uos«M]M is goML Ttie Standard has retpeived a disi«toh stating that the water loCDks ,like.pea soup, ami is doled^put in limited "rations td the meu for the sake of -the came:*.- Ttte cort*«[ ondent of tfie'cable nOws teisgrnpli* that the water is 'fyil'apd -snu4dy, and absointnly unfit tor-'man or beast. V DD^7 to A WIFE COMPELS HER .NEPHEW TO ? AID IN KILLING HER HUSBAND. Bow to J»ny or fib t KmI iPurale. ~ ICorunmnCDD liounwjlinf. -icon,  Ml bin what you nu Tli«u ii be nmmt -rfTt-rrfi th*n CCoy MM, trr aoirDeKvCv alee. Mid. Druse and Qatee are bow under arre*t It is said that the woman ha* admitted her guilt. Fwn that the Iron Suspension will Poll Down Other Finns—The Ciscoshad #36,000.000 D1 their J Vaults when they CloseA IPHICAL EDMUND YATES. fitting In Secret Sessions to lDass Sen tences of Death and Kxeeute Them on Their Victims — Strnck lDmrn In tke Streets. ' The Ifodern Borgia Coolly Executes One of the JKfft Diabolical Crimea Kver Comhiltted—A Horrlble Story . Told the Coroner. He Finds the Advantages of Having to "T A Scheme to Heduee the Cost of Carrying Spend Four Months In a Cell. J iUwpoK, It.—Mr. Edmund Yates, luring pbBoeophically aooepted his sentence of four months' Imprisonment for allowing Lady Stradbrooke to libel Lord Lonsdale in The World, ia now aomfortably lodged in , the Jail In Helloway Road, which ir-known offlciallv a* "Her Maje*ty'» pH*»n, CjT house of correction." It is a civil prison, and thi warders anl attendants are uncommonly civil when their palms are crossed wit? silver. lir. Yates Is entered as a first olass misdemeanant, and can have all the oomfort* within the prison walls that he choees to pay for. A correspondent of tbe cabl« news tailed at tbe'prisou and found-Mr. Yates holding a reception. "■ Tbe plan was full of visitor*, most rot whom wore claw-hammered coats and' expansive *hirt front*, arid Mr. Yates, prbo looked plain in his brown Prince Albert coat, was kept busy in explaining tbe beaiiti"* and comfort* of his new abode. called the occasion a hcuse warming, and took his guests in group* of two and three to hip tell, which i* fairty turni*hed and contAlns"*" well equipped sideboard and a small: collet tion of books, which Mr. Yates explained would be augmented a* soon as be had tame to send a list to bis other residence in Hyde Park Gate. j , r Bsxnixmtywir.' ?l*., Jan. It.—Saraaata Biy, in tbia state, la greatly excited by the discovery that several citizens yf; th" place who have heretofore borne irreproachable reputations are members of kif organisation whose object is aaw»«inttioti. The discovery of the organization's existence is incident to the assassination a dav or: two %%o of C. E. Abbe, postmaster and Urlitb.I States land commissioner of Sarasatc yoSh.n^wmitaMi Thli medicine, oomblntbpt htni Vltli'^mr* wptith teaiea, - nalnkly -and completely '•* ' 'it.) uf?»thi! mil lilmfi njjjut 9 TIMES OIJT PF..10 r ■ XiiW T»«|4UJ «,! ,*DOKD 3!( Kicbfikld Springs, N. Y., Jan. 17.— There is great excitement here over the murder of William Druse, a farmer In moderate rircumstanc. s, living In Warren, Herkimer county, four miles from this Tillage. The mail has been miasinj l"r lour weeks. Inquiries were in a le, and Mr*. DruCe said she satposed her has band *m in New York, where she has a brother who works in a West street grocery and juruduc* house. Hi* Dr»** has apparently «*«*t*d orv ber husband's absence, and has telegraphed in various directions to find him. During the past week ugly rumors h*ve been circulate* Neighbors told of seeing black smoke pouring from the Druse chimney and smelling a terrible smeiJ, as of meat burning. Tit* exoite««ent grew, and neighliofWeH Mrs. Druse of the stories that were „float about her husband's disappearance. Mrs. Druse resented the imputations and ti reatsned to prosecute any one who circulated slanders about her. The lnsttter died away somewhat, but suddenly grew ag*ip. to greater proportions. WijiHinOTOif, Jan. 17 —The immense increase in the coSfc of transportation of mails by railroads for the next ttscal year, according*!, the aetimatei of the pqft olio* department, hi* force* Upon tlfs itteotion of the hoase comaaitte* on appropriation* tka consideration ot a new basis of compensation for that br&noh of the postal service. the Mails. nmicM, Jan. IT.—Bonkers and bnsines* men literally concede that the bust thing to be donsunder the circumstan'-ee i* ■to g»*1it'0.frrt- Bros. St Fliiliii-s an extension. Not a few holding this belief, howaver, ars of the opinion tb'it, iiHuiiM ot the large Indebtedness supposed to exist «nd the stringency of the time, this will be getting around the trouble by a cirouitou* route. "KDr instance," said one gantlaman, "aside from tka indebtednesi repffaented by the enormoMi amount of pap*r afloat, the jfroperty dI tbe flrin, and tlinl held tar the Individual memUrs, fa heavily mortgaged. and an jtilftanaion,' if gr.mteJ at all, must be for a long Time, in order to tide the firm over. In view of tliia, the all important question arises, 'Can we creditor* afford to await the firm's convenience? Ou the othar hand, U the oeApailad logo Into liquidation, what do we see but the stoppage at all the extensive C*erk» fbd the creation of aa army of idle workmen, which «onld prove a public calamity, tossy nothing of the loss to creditors that must be at once suffered through the sacrifice of the firm's property I Certainly «he bast IhUig that can tie done la to aid the firm in every poesible way, since it is a fact ,t|at if it be poesibU to make tip the indebtedness, the Oliver* are pre-eminently fitted to pnside aftlio helm." The committee wiji. probably adopt a method of determining the' edihpensation based upon the recommendations of the cbmmissioners appointed to consider this subject about tvrx\ year* ago. Tiisy propose to Insert in the annual poet office appropriation bill for the next year, which is now nearly ready, a section providing for Voinpensatlon according to tkMMoeaorcuqiad pi the mail matte!hAMtM? speefl ot ifklnponation, and taking into consideration toe weight-en ly a* an inside*tai element in In* computation. Some of the r«&Dnmendatium of the commissioner* (hey do mat approv* of and will At Mr. Abbe, in company vwitk a |i (uni named Moorehouse, wu passing the,store *fD. A B. Bid well, two man suddenly 'stepped oat fcrtm behind it One of them  both barrel* of s shotgun at Mr, Abbe, kill: ins him instantly. Mr. Moo rehouse was told to more on without stopping or he wouM" meet the same fate a* hi* friend. He otagM1 the command, but whan M.had reacfiad a safe distance looked baok aiyi saw'the men drag the corpse over the lDeicli, ' where tb#f placed"it ln a smill TioaF bn I rowed ottt to a sloop, whieh ftxdQtfcenr in tow and disappeared dowtl the bay. Mr, Moorehouse recegniiod Charles Wlllardaf the man who dU the shootings but it was at course evident that several night clothes _and eluded search. Three Other mu were.put in jail, butJh* evidence a guard by the county, hofWsver, to prolyl then from an *1 tfiafCat lynching? EttmHttd Bacon, Joasptr Anderson aid C Dr. Hunter wen arrested. The latter traa allowed td ftn bill for fa Is appearance. WUlardJa »UU lara»- «OWa upoa by the vfcUanH*, Br. Hnnter and* the MMWttCMaTMMlaa that therehas existed at BarasatJ for sota« time * secret Qfganisa tion having 18 or 90 member*, the.objeetoX which was asuUsal protection and the punishment of tboee whom the law could not' reach, dr in other won)*, t» himoval, of aQ obn/oxious persons. Two judges and a captain constituted the office re. The duty of lb* Ji*dg«n «n*tcrpr«CteM4» Wfcaak and th*. captalu was to ses that it was exaeated. A. i a Bid well, in froat of whoee (tor* Abb* wa* Dil»ilnated, wilwA M the judge*. A ' debate r*mlt*d'$n a declaration that Abbe waa. deserving of pun l*h meat . and sentence of death wae pronounced oa hfbl in April last Ftor political motive* it was de. cided not to execute sentence until after election. Hunter claim* not to have attepijed any of the organisation'* meeting* *in& Au«^K agreed to withdraw from membership. lie i»y* that meeting Ver* woods. other* in m oU W ess Che beach, some at th* houa* of a man named Alfovd, a oouple at Tonng*'* shipyard, one at Bid well'* store and *ev*rat at Bid Cell's warehouse. Bacon t imprisonment. The high stand inapt the accused makes th* affair th**ensaUo«of the state. Further sensational development* are looked for within the 'next, few'days. Political rsfeson* are believea  prompted Abbe's assignation. ,';l ; v.. &'A*Oth«r lhjiiiMl Iron PrrtWMWs, Jail. IT.—Oa p ritlou oY the attorney* Cur t*e M Tru*t uompaw o Njw ,Yprk, trustees, a nni tea iee*D .siur-d to lorccloso a fuwi Kxncuted by the HuncbeaVr *fd »U*w twJWptfiy of »»»"• tha amount of (2-81,000, issued for, 1U* Daviaeut of money borrowed to ujfltond the wurks and fcNMMa' valuable plant Tucre baa bean a default oa the payment of iuatalhnenti of interest, and as tiie. works have been idle nine D Heury Stanton, the asugtioe, worked up all tb j material and paid off aboiit 76 , per oeut. of tlie A mtlng debt, tBe bondholder, rC.uiivi|i ( neither income nor Jnterert from their butniu, are clamoring for their money. The pud Mrigwrty wiil now-fce aold. not adopt. , 3' * While tt is admitted that the ne* lutein #ooM be an experiment wMch may U mon costly than the present method, it U confl denUy lie Ted that it rWill' in n saving ofc about 11,000,000 tipon thb department estimate* Car rajilroad transportation daring the next ftttl year. It whs Mid Mr. Druse had been murdered, his body boiled in lyo, and the bones buried. The neighbors called again, and noticed new paint on the floor and woodwork of the r xim. Search for the remains was renewed with increased vigor. Tiie family consisted of William Druse, hi* wife, Roxy, a daughter, Mury, aged 18, a boy. Q*orge» aged 10, and Frank Gates, a nephew of Mrs. Druse, Ill answer to an expression of condolence Mr. Gates said cheerfully: "No, you should congratulate me. Don't von see 1 enqape the gloomiest part of tl*D year In lon, and I will emerge with the butterfl'eK. Besides. I bavs lots of Hterarj.work C**, h»nJ which requires absolute Isolation tD perUim properly. Hera 1 cspect til gVI ther tlnM and repose for that work which I hfiviiM been able to tlnd during alt the fits* and bother of the last few months " Washington, Jan. 17.—Tb»re la already soma talk of an extra session of contra* A good many petite begin to doubt whether the necessary legislation for carrying vm tlx work of the departments will be made during this session. Bo little has been done up to tbii time—the middle of the session—tba( it will really be a yonder if the work la done in the 40 days left tor' business. Of oeurae, the appropriation bills could be pushed through in that time if the machinery should work smoothly; but It does not, and is not likely to. There kin bad feeling between house and senate, engendered in part by the usual appropriation bill quarraL and there is no disposition to pull together. All the appropriation bills of any importance are still hanging Are, many of them not yet touched pr the too, there 1s a disposition with • good many people to be here for t while after the new 4Dtministratlon comes in, to see how the wck-k of parceling oqi. the offices goes on, and to offer any needed advice, and there la not jnych up Ipr that An Extra Session Talked Of. aged 14 The house was an old one, t-n ro Is be ok from the road, with large burns on two sides. Charles Fett, a neighbor, lives 700 rods nest, Jeremiah, Eokler. about 11)0 rod* northeast. They are both fcubetftbtlal A circular has beau issued calling a meeting of the creditors on nest Tuesday, at 11 o'clock a. M., when Mr. Oliver ho|ies to have ready a complete list of the asseU and liabilities. The estimated liabilities of the firm ■re still If Med- vy, ooaiitiOM rumor at 16,- D00.0M. They hichide mortgage on the property to the extent of aboiit 11,000,OOJ so far as Is known. These mortgages bavj been largely made to secure monsy used iu filtinir np and improving the various plants. The Fort Wayne Striker* Defy |kc |i». th or! ties. Kout Watkj, In J., Jan. 17.—The situation of the striking Lraklmen against .the , .double header ijita on the Fur* Wfcyne and Chicago railroad remain* .unchanged. The only lncld«ht of note was an effort of the cRy iMNhah, kfceompanied bj three peveu lead#™ irf the afe-JIm,. A. large body of & *rlW» wmW and wotfW n«t AJlflW w f«** torN taken, and the mar»Iialj»mj4re* from thesae**. , - A Mni;! I ; Glouckstku, Mas*., 7a n. 17.—John H. Norton;'of Boston, one of tlie principal promoter* of rafiro*CkW*rpri*sa k GHoUosale*, has brought * libel suit against tft*. proprietor of "The Glomj. st.-r Duiy.Ne**, *nd' Captmn flrenlng Bien, attaching; tiff eataUiehMBnta lu the «tt;n «T 95,000 each. ground of 111*1 was the pnbiiontion of •n anonymous letter to PolUrtf, froftt Nantncket, w here Norton ia interested In • hurts rM. rowl. to the- elf Cct that the' Nantucket Raitooai vumpany weruekUppers, smooth, fffif cheeky, but without honor. . , ,, Using His Marriage to Fall RIveb, Mass., Jan. 17.—John farmers and good citizens. Pi tt and the Eiklor family believed that there bad been loul play. Jlr. Pctt had * noted the black smoke and the feaifui stench on Dec. 18. Mr*. Eckler and Pett questioned the boy Gates, a stolid youth, lie finally weakened and soon admitted the crime. The district attorney, A. B. Steele, »us sent for. As soon as be arrived he questioned the boy, who then told of - the burning of the body, and went with him «aU loUnd what M left of the remains, which was simply a small heap of ashea and a few chferred bones Tito coronor arrived and impanelled an excellent jury of farmers in the neighborl:o**l. ■ Alt r a few of the residents bad testified frank Gales was pot on theH&ad, and told under outh an astounding tale that is given here almost in his own words: "My name is Frank Gates. I live in Warren. I have lived for the past five or six weeks with my aunt, Mrs. William DrusD. 1 did chores for my board and went toschool. "My uncle was killed the Thursday before Christmas. 1 helped to kill him and dispos* of the remains. Laat summer my aunt wanted to hire me to shoot Uncle William. She said she would give me a good many dollars for doing it I told her I would not do it There was nothing n*re said then, but this winter my aunt and Uncle Bill had * flfrtdsTworfe Christmas, In the morning. Uncle Bill asked me to get up and build the fire. I did so. Aunt Roxy and JYinoo was married in New York last urdsy altarnoon to Miss Lillian Harvey, a member of tin Acme burlesque company. ■ He treated hi* wife's associate* to a feast. He wfi short of ready caiii, and exhibited • check for $85, purporting Wr be drawn jottbis uncle, and expressed a wish to jkwr* it cashed. The banks were tut Miss Lottie Mortimer, the pretty PudfoY the company, generously prevailed on her father, a - Mr. FiiedlmfcCnitkLih j it Prince and his wile came with the company to this ciiy to appear in the play of "T'he Oold Fiend" at the People's museum on Tuenday afLeruooUr TImk afternoon Irifti njr BOTtonTrtRTfSTOfl "To return. Mr. nler eft*1"" * Ki Wedrie«» "'in KlW Y( kk. Jan. 17.—The failure of the (TNI i on fl m of Oliver Bros, ft Phillips, o. Pit sburg, which had been looked upou as on-- of tlie staneliest house* lu the country, «as the all- iheorbing topic of conversation among the iron men. Not a few of them look upon the disaster as a cloud that fan* bet-11 gathering tor tM past two years. Souw-Uunk-tfeat the failure wilt sweep before it many other houses, while others lookupon the failure as the salvation of many i DtsTbmnmiMcUOrlcm. .ivt.i'LjL \+tn'J m' Rheumattky lahd i) T'juioJiA » d iJauonJ coii 99 0ft Thomis' Ectectf'fc C*! 9lfJ Vj •JKilaH '■ time | ait; because by the closing of ttiat and the hematite, a reddish metpl. Borne years ago grr»tfliigli8h' manufacturer, came ■htm - with ■ Pried lander ram) to Fi» /er oil nLJr of ■& charged pnssin? & woMMjtl cftflNt. df ben lnfoi ot til* dvMTtiwVof M| JjfMfce h« Jef on.»fqr yp|'4D Ohnof the D))4»*ge4| of the ctDi»i«*y lis mu iifWWI ouxof $38 by Mrs. Pr Senator T_ Q.Timmr CW#S^nro*atl v£iy*l!f 'tvai »»•C 4:- wftl A Cold or a ilDnlh6att) sa^McXMI nl3 e'.ili !o 'J IwlDia»b Protecting Aplmt Parfhulng Interior Washihotox, Jan. 17.—A protest of the board oC directors of the Pennsylvania academy of.flne art* against |M porohfcfe b) Clie KOTernment of a portrait »if0en. Gworp H. Thomas, by Miss Ransom, and the paint ing of the electoral commission by Mr Fanse" re pre follow do^F Falutlags. raat t [■•I liynlw DU' '« aou««uiD *it ha« ».i,« A&W'Wi'AMMK»di OtTT'XW jo I. '\Dh:«T* «/J ai ftJt/ftli &o« *»«Ti not / was traajpitted to the house o entatives* The-protost contain* the ng resolution; "That this acadeqiy earnestly 3 kut ..ajspectf till y protest t thd okUhMUMMoifc the practice by vernmUttft faralwlng inferior pjcfor MfllMbnattonal hafli of rstt&.jS&Juk: I tlio •yes of this cou ■try but also tn in ion of cuMtftMd foreigners. This my, thrarwfore, urgsa the passage of x will pro-ride against the future puruid exhibition of worthless pictures 1 careful selection of such as it may •rable to acquire." Washihqton„ Jan. 17.—Senator Laiiiar lays that some W the Washington correspondents flrnt print their nawB and tlien ar • around and inquire U.it U obntot. ' Oth»r» publish a Lie and say nothing •boot it • lidtli plans are open yD objection, iDnt.it.wo«ki •eem that Uif l»ttar olasq W* the more Ut«1- leaded of the' two. A man who publuio. -n inventions, adtl then sk*misliC» to see how near he has come to Dm , may be mi bone* .(MM w*y; reporter who writes fthg aW) stiqk* »pt to make a stron J i J tlie publtctdB ofe *Tb? York World fPlnMp'drt 'hBt he was | five southern s?uatort wbtTtal beitu Wrk ttOfctatffr tafata Hinf'lWa®m» lof •WJK)nlJbAf the .odAspoo-' ter the 'puUlidMlon of #bM th«y Ct "pure fabrication" should call to The imi ftiis* C—iwnljt' WtawKMI, Cfea. llD~Tfc*"d«tMrt D«•» Uw HawlW moMUo* ih tMa«MMeDntaT-ba resumed. When the-MMa* dr«emC Sherman it offloicUir ■ of war • motion will ha ntade*» prttit the usual number of oopte* lor *se and" foi distribution- by ntembera. On this 'notion the fight BMtyJkia, tanewed by thaUBnaooraU, when the debate will centre more upon the merits and value of the letter as an historical y \i -patent by which the combination of theae two qua lite* of iron couMD* mauufactmvd' into what is undertook to Mil nis patent, or the right to manufacture Cidir it, ta all tlM rolnog again* the go lures till) CO art aw only ' the o acade laws a* chase and tl. be deC CaridtfvfatejiftfMMltaiof ■ id «jC: Fui|pa^e ilary, her daughter, not up. Uncle Billt ivent and did the chores. I asked If ] should help hire, and he said '3a' He Cd he would rather do then blmtelf. . neu he came iu to bit breakfast he aat down to the table. I had nearly finished mine. My aunt told me to hurry up. 1 asked her what she wanted. S'-.e then told me aud Ucorgo to go out of doors, but not to go far aWuy from tlie house. "I heard a uoLse throe or four times. Than she called us: She had a revolver. She mill* in the country, of wiD. .nore ),«. „ — were about 2ft At that time Oliver ar0und to it if •Sr»WI miMtrn- four were. « nimIu one oL Hr, the •tockbolders in the latter td fefcetve constit W»ittSljt#»»rtajp (Wwiint. equiKalmttqtlie ,outh natural of thair mill* when iu full 8#n4 |Ji»Vr,ful companies opened' tJ,enJ ■Kir furnace*, aet men to moi-Ic, and ol- dent, a Vlinced the price of pig and rail iron until ■■ •«» a ton.-TomT u regUWIltl We pHHUclTSIrTTiey iaw fit uy reducing the time of operation when over- hich tl .« KdMlfi MltM MU«. ' r irAmnumrrtk. •  Senator Matione bw nofe be««' fflvtag his satin •ttentlon to the telegraph suits lately, M+tm t fit k*pt •«» OTP t*ad«ytf£i. more, that linea are already set up for him to r»ertv»th« gubernatorial nomination and for JIh Johh & W?»» to -h» seeadft-on the ticket Tilt) plan than la that Mr. Mahoiw KIL coma to the senate, it ptqrible, ahil t Mr. Wise shall become chief executive 6f the Uid dominion. irf j *li I! V »u I1' J* r T.' B* Ml ti» id I U 14 Oi bol ,L . TOjr9»«BW*cu ,&««* • wiu X*TF Another Mill Wko Tackled' u Editor Pafis,'Jani I* Ballerich, tha n»4B wj«» »»»*uw ted iathreeptaces by M. Cmof*Ke!Wii»«*.OtI*fcMJri4«**Opl« Uf C*#r u«K wheo kmmmi hi, brother Gbwlus invaded .the nHWfir office # anarch of Teugeajaoo, died at the hos^ta! -t-. • 1 » •.) i*. tj » io*n • • * '* •D iv Edwin Booth and Washington. Washiboton, Jul 17 — An effort facing maju by the theatre-going populatiatuMong member* of congress, prominent oflfcials a*d other*, to have Bd win Boothsitit Washington and play at one ef the theatre* be re. The distinguished actor ha* net played an engagement in thie city ainoe the terrible trnge iy in which hi* brother Wllke* assassinated President Lincoln, and it U *aid that lie even avoid* pasting through the capital on hi* regular tour*. The nearest point it which be ha* beea acoa**IMr, to Washington theatre-goers has lxeu Baltimore, where fas •"aa;*' isar throughout the country. A handed it to me and told me to shoot Uncle Sill ur the would (boot nitk She put the re- volver up to my note when *he salJ this. 1 then fired at Uncle William. He was sitting in a chair or on the floor. I was *o excita.1 1 could not *ay- which. Then »he took Jth« To Honor a Dead Irish Nationalist. Tl» »att**r lee «r*(» All,Bight ' Bakqor, Me., Jan. 17.—The1 ice crop here averages eight IucBh* In thickness, and cutting »ill4w««ft iii H wfeie,r6y which tim. |U thicknees will bf • fool It «JaCpeV poaiD ■ tiveiy UuU tit* kero*eaa oU which went into the rjw two.«i*ato ago has no ' tainted thjD Joe. TUnf* ia *very pruspaet oft • n .y ... »C« u», London, Jan. 17.—A meeting is to be held at Dublin next. w-"*"tT Ifr .'VmWiyJT i a fund for the relief of mi 'kitjlj Cfj ML p. J. Smyth, kMs menilMg ofi fcj (IIIlit) for Tipperary. Ip (he promoters Jguore Mr. Smyth's defection from the National party, which only occurred a few months be for* bl3 death, and upatisAe upon tl* services . wUtb W neDd«red to the cease of Iralaad doring his long of lltefaipr and labor. rovolver and fired at him until the revolver «oh empty. Then she took the axe and ponnded him on toe head. Uncle Bill said: " 'Oil, ftoiy don't.' . rt- rtwfl. Ir IT irt -to create an artificial famine in the trade, supposing by tiiatmeau* to keep up pric*a and, perhap*, tUffen them a little. Toeee mill* *ero run night and day in full blaat until the supply by far exceeded the demand, pouunt and prospective. iroo bjgau to decline ruf jl.y until it ilnally readied $18 per ton. Kuilroad iron, whioh a'- one limi was a* 100 per ton, • k-ejjaft to fall, until now it ha* reached *20.50, tht; iowof th* country. v Trouble in the Ntw York Central M*H- Kochihtxb, Jan. 17.—The Foet-Expre*s says that tjiare is trouble between President RiAjr, of'the New Voric Central], and James T. Tillinghaat, which hfu keen the cauw of Mr. Ratter's offer to resign. It ibtiaiates that William H." Vanderbilt was recently called upon todecjje tile two offlcora of tlio ru»J Its to tab policy to be purnuefl towards tlio West Shore road, and that Mi. Vanderbilt sided wttk Mr. 5"n|i«jhfc*. - jLfc made Mr Rot tor indlgiuwt, and hUHci Aon gave rfce to the ruinC»r tluR Chela¥ resigned. Those well-informed regarding the matter, says The Post-Express, are of the opinion that under no circumstances will Mr. Ruttor's resignation lDe (ccepted, andlhk will come Into the harness with a'peiv feet and agreeable un.lurstaadin* of, the tltatflldfe.'* S1.T| SCement ••She then chopped hi* head off and atnt me And George up ttnlrt afler a straw tick, which was filled. Bho dragged him on to the tick and told mo I should help drag him into Hie parlor. Btie called for ma to come in. 1 told tier I couldn't, an I then the sent me and George down in the brush lot after the sharp axe. When.we came back with it ehe took it into the other room./tnd shut the door. (She "told me and George to go up ■tain, and than called ns down again end tent a* to tb* hog pen after some shingles. She built up a hot Are in both -y-' then had me watoh at the north window and Mary watch at th* eoiith window. ■tea took a block and a board into tile parlor and chopped him up, and then put the pieces In tire1 Are. She told me to crowd the kitchen utov shingle*.  31,41 •190,000 LnI byVfire. Pittston and ¥MnMt WettfMrrt nato*ii'kN!D«fe olVW&nv Und. L. OaoiDi,i »tilliDroofl» Ralxigtt, It C.,~"Jai 17.—At 1 am. a Are destroyed *tJ» aUMD dt ■ F. W. Thornton In $HfcWl.ii»CMta»ca,$43,1 ,flfcfren Prior'. jwyalry *tare waaihJso uurned; lota, $3,700; tally jMfmli, iil»a atock of D. H. Ruyjfc Co, waa removed with a loaa of $4,000. tDf«ifAdx4 Ion The ynukhr BIIL .11*8 ' J » Wumraiw, An 17.—There W*s'}hid draft of* bill prepared uy the C*mnnt»etiaar of internal, revenue tp arpend the law* rela tlpg.to the entry of dMUlad spirits ia distillery and special bonded warshiasei y)ji tbe withdrawal Of the same therefrom. X#« WU extends, the time Tor U* payment ol ta* indefinitely or until the spirit*are withdrawn. h ' $L* be well-known brewer ud horseman, and lacob K. Studebaker bought of Rev. "Adiloraa with no back record. She was entered is a green mare at Chicago fend there recogu**i aa the old raour "Bell* of Oneida," iiuoh to the niort iflcation or hpr owners. Bulk oqiianlily Rsmis' partner, lfoAtoy, -traded Victoria back to Deacon Eixby, giving a iheck fp»$700 to boot for the mare Hetty jigRtfo**.™ After sfecurirtg EJghtfoot h* topped payment of the check. Bemis, some " was arrested in Springfield for I forced to settle with Bilby .uuauoyv *tUM Studebaker for Titfkuit is tfiShhig much in- Wan t« t» KnowVWhat America N Jan. attention is given P., rt».woltions of inquiry in the — eongroaa in raganl tse*he course - «d States government toward the lettlsraent of the Congo question. It is  jeneral opinio* that tjie American legiala- Cors misjudge the cose. The for thC4 participation of the United States hava been understood in Europe to be. Drat, thai America was the first great nation to recognise the status of the International African association, and second, that having amoiu her popnlatlon 6,00J,(KK» natives- of Africa rt|» finally an Interest in Airicuu um Tier efforts to encour &■* '"Pall Hearer* at Colfax's Funeral. N*w York, Jan. 17.—Jb# failure of Joka 1. Cisco Sc Hon caused no t tasters in Wall jthwfc Much unaMinas* exulted. and rumor* of further troubles caused apprehensions which were not reaUud. Jfevaotl iutorast-1hz dfveltfpinents in regarcf lo tfie'condition of ths firm were elicited. The r&iarkable fact was tbut the securities of estates, firms and individuals,amounting to the enormous total of $86,000,000, wera in the firm's keeping at £he time of its failure. These sscuritius were held in trust, and, as was said by a hanker, it is to the cfadit of the firm that they wars untouched, though if the firm hid followed the example furnished by another Ui'W, mad these securiti s to\D4 over ftskj«*Dlti«a. The cuslgnce, 'Mr. Kb wis May, was engaged WW* t-W* tru«» aacTittea to their owners. Over tQ.OOy.000 were returned and $30,000,000 a.ill remain in the Ann's vaults. Mr. May wild to a reporter tu*t pp had bean busily iiunagt il ill ruiuming tin* securities and the djpohlls of money which came to thw fiirn iu audyesteri'.ay'* mail. I hesf depotUs **-» very iaqga. Ohj k-Osr yesteiduy brought a check for $30,000. Ail tlieie deposits wM-e returned. iVom his supsificial examination be believed the Arm would be abi« to pay its creditors in fu I. Tua liabilities amount to about $3,000,000. of which $1,000,000 is ty the sliapo of loans, amply securtd. The money ou deposit amounts to $2,000,000, ;i D . .iii.ur tr „ •00,000 Worth afc Mortgage* ttolu. fimMiHO, Jan. •il7.~Bungiar» entered tha office ot Wamyie#, to MeKoesport, at ui mmtyMtmr. A Urge aaf» waa blown open aivl ln«araa*e polieiea, D a»ertg*gws eta, to the a mount of $0B,M0 ware stolen. Only a small portto* Of thepape* la negotiable. . ,..; 1 yr;! uhl | Dr. Thao. JL .T"lrr°"Ti 'ffnl Pitfilmi  ntpfacOiJt  °r •!■INMIMiiaIIOIU* 1"" I , ■ "WBI *jwi» M Petar Fonq5S%!:'^l'''x' a•« llK^T^S5Twee!,ffiww^™U *»• M-'Puiiu oS&iA 1 ™ 01 r! Jasia tirf ,-mii : l^'S^KkSSS* **** ■ iftaotf «Ciai«aDj¥lwir. D..i.fl» liaj.i!!* g uoj al Dr. i. I*furttaai Sputyiv?D B i) pood •' L°v¥A^8SSi#0t'q:'i *?; H IfcCtfafeJ 1*1 f I t»Ml»»tf .00aih.ltD H. A FeUetuif, f iUataar Pa. llailin flni|ttig IBIM MI  1. Mania Quitia, Pa. t"M »*fc Next day all I mw ol htyn waft a large bone. tiUry had that and put it in the othar *« had mnT'on each end. Next morning she took Helena, Ark., Jan. 17.—Much iinyMinima U felt here on accotiut of the mpfl eiW cmachmenta of th • Mississippi river on tlD4 lovee anil tha Iran Mountain Railroad below Helona about a quarter*.f a mile. The bank Fears that Levees will Give Way. Troopa lii BeaAlneaa la tke Hookteg Valley. Columbus, Jan. 17.—Aaat Adjc. Geo. Dill Is still in tbe Hocking _ looking into tire mining trtfuUMi, Thftfp companies of U'OOI « are fWl urraadlneais liut rtis 1* as tar as tho governor VHJ go.' Bl has l/ea entreated by leading men toankl more sol- PcSint Breeze, were injured by an tp a t«« £ frbicb tbay were at work. Tfoy were taken to tbe Unlvortlty hospital, and win profattyjr 4*. Don ( nnirrow ta CoagratuUted. 4h ,#°ro,K '•"ssSlaS £E s?«5 ?!ris,.s «?»$•» WA8HlNO|»ia/l*Ut MaaWe renumination °i P°* IP"»- ,S* lbw* Hb was lieartily ia ttw awMtk chafaber l.y aeaator* aa t represoHlaUvea without respect t£ party affiliations. Ihix. Slue told iim stoves, put some ill has caved in during tlie last ten days fully 3D leet Tlte water is now within 89 fiet of tlie bnso of the lovt'Q, with a strung current pressing diaectly against it. If the levea oavos to at the place mentioned a  amount of the work d'ms on the f't-jprleree recently will" lDo no protection to a vast scope ot rich country la cast* of an overflow this sprlnr. Iu faot, thousands of dollars spent on l»v.-oD during tbe last  months will bo just sp mueh money thrujjWi away. into Mr. Wall'a awi •be was goiug to m; into the swamp. 1 theni on the groi father's, and I was A Decrease U Mlant Over Uet WnH slay borne a few C1 NbW Yoiut, Jaa. 17—There war* MS failurja in UM..Uaited StataiNfMaJ'lt Iirudstreet's durieg ltDe.week._against 448 in the 1 receding week, ajd S£L 817 and 210 in thu currkpondmg weiVtof ?«4, 1883 and IWti 1 .apeiir11 Dkfv b.i« -m/w,-.i taw tb« handle off. Mrs. I)rusa told ni wkioli I1 bad mi put it it tfeavd up again, and my aunt and I drove to RiohlteUl Springs. Whan we ware on our way ba«k she threw the axe into the pond cu we paeeed over the bridge. There was a uewepaper wrapped arouud the uxa. When we got along a little further the (oid me to take the revolver and also the knife and throw both Into the pond. She said-I mint do it or I would be lorry. jU Unuul Cam a# DnMloa More Kirthquato la Spain. ' 1 Madrid, (ftAvlD33'.*'An*tU0uhock of earthquake «utn( kt Granada and caused a nevival 61 the panic among Ik* tehafcitants., ), ■ . . i 3. i n «| Bsooktok, Mass., Jan. 17.—On Fab. 97, 1884, Nathauijl Rydar, a well known wealthy contractor of this city, with hit family, left home suddenly fee parts unknown, fearing no clue to Ills f uMtre movements. Evt n the agent left in charge of bin property did not know he had. fl.nl. U now transpirea that fled to secure the c.ntoiljr oftha ohlld of OP adopted daughter, vfcoa* tiffmr mW Ub to adopt the child, but who aftsrwsrf soaght to rocover her. At great paeanlary aacrifics llyder lias uocompliehad Ma object LondoD, Jan. 17.—'Tha ateainer Admiral Moorson, from DubUn tor HoiyUead, has not yet been sighted or board of, As she is now about ti hours overdue, tha anxiety of thoaa who bar* friends on in^nsa. CONDENSED NEWS. ."Whim w. got * little tartfc* threw tbo rutor binds out against the two*. Bhe told lue shttoaUhe revolver last talk was a nice pearl-handled one.' SUa Mud no on.j should know where it oame from, I know tba revolver, the oae found la the l- nd, is the one that tta Druse and I used to kill Unefe Bill with. I knew it by the ■ handle 4nd the ffifadar. Ihwt* lo.i l 'il when I threw It Into the pond. The Ohio legislature ie ah»fl« W'tovMHgate the Hoc-kin- vafWy ttHkp. Tlie aeaate conuaittea reported adversely ou th' bill giving WMrs Da  ' Jtfclge Russell has withdrawn front the oanvaaa for United States aanatar from New ■York. ' i-u~*..•D Chicago. Jan. 17.«All trains are late, owing fo the www J rift* -The anow in reported extraordinarily hea»y alone tba line* Of tkaroad, drifting badly, particularly west aadMOMiwctti Heavy n»a*lm Ld the Wast. Mr. Frederick W. F«Jote, one of tbe firm, said that tbe linhilitlee were »3,OOd,CXJ0. ot. which 9i,000,00fD-waa In secured loan'. li.- laid that tbe only assets of the ttrtu »vr. boada at the Louisville and Naahvttie ux.i Houston and Tezaa Central rsilroals. 11 could not say whether, at ti»mnf m.irlrei pr oas, theae bonda would ha equal to l » amount of thallabili tiee. Ha dented tit ■ w i ort that tha wMl of the late J. J. Cisco iDi o r dad that tha firm should go into liqu. 1. . t-oo oo April 1. A gentleman bow oloaely . identified wit; the firm's affairs states that the flrin no •• tatedashort time ago loans aggi $1,200,000, to secure wbich it put up t. Hi.- ville and Nashville and Houston and iVxa.. Central bonds to the amount of (I.'jOO.OOu. theae lpatts would aoi ua J. ever lta dlAcoltiea. TbafirJi-nfiw tas from tJU«,000lteifi()Mn la,the City bu.k, Lui this is understood to be.au.- un-xjwutUxl i-a-- a noe of the big loan. The outstanding lot lers of credit issued by the firm are oald tc l a few In number and anipTy | rtafected. South Bknd, 1ml., Juu. 17.—Tbe following gentlemen will act as tyinorary pall bearers at the Colfax funeral: Vice PresitsascaajsaraMThe pall beari'rs reproaentiiig tbe stata ara ex-Gov. Porter and Judge Uresham; the legislature, Murk MC-( Veil and; Granl Lodge and Encampment, T. F. Haugbey and Ifeuqaa Underwood; thaoatty of South Bend," Jainos Oliver and CTerrrStutfe baker; i.bo local lixlge, Joshua D. Miliar. . The senate further considered the laterstate commerce bill, and Mr. Vaa Wyek made a speech. V» •* . , Senator* Vance, at North Carolina, and Ingalis, of Kinaaa, were renominated in their respect lva states. John J. legal Is ta ha Ke-elaetad. Topcka, Kan., Jan. 17 —The Republican vnatora and ropreaantatfrea ia cauotli at a lite hour naaniMeaaly agreed to- nominate John J. Ingai.a for re-election to th* United .State* senate. "Ml* Druse and Mary vara la the room v turn Uncle Bill was shot. Ma and Oeonre »• ro outsile. Uncle Bill was eating breakr st whtn we went out His .back was tpw ni-.l the outsii». door. Mary *'« in tfie kitchen, walking to and fro from the buttery to tbe parlor door. " When 1 come back iu o tbej-onuiaiiter the shot win* fired 1 saw Usuo l on Uucle Bill's neck aujl 90 tha floor. 1 sow the liloo I bDfore I fired, His bead was leaning over on his ihoudsr. Mary luid a ropa around his neck, and waa holding it., When J Gru.l at Uucle Bill ha made D»WiAD ,ivi wt C• Montreal, Jan. IT.—A ia%* public meeting of unemployed workmen haa been called tor Tuesday night, whan addressee on the aituatioa wil 1 bo mmU by leading merchants. It la thought, so narrful calculation, that nearly 4000 men IK Idle in tills city and euburba In Rodpatb'a sugar refinery about 100 men aro employed out of 600, and all the nail factories era running wilhD#0 or 300 fewer men than usual. The secretary of the treasury haa appoiat ed a commission to iBTeatigate the special ageih oBce In N»* York city. X bill was introduced in the Texaa senate providing for the repeat of all patent laws regulating the «Me ttf public lands. * " , In the Pennsylvania senate a WU waa in. tradaoed having for its objeot the Infliction of corporal punishment on ary man oon vie ted of havlug beaten a woutan. Dublin, Jan. 17.—Earl Spencer, lord lieutenant of Ireland, hai prohibited the cir- HilaUon of tfca last nnmbir lot Ofweovan Koeaa'i paper in Ireland.- iWaMlNcmow, Jan. 17.—THe- Indian appropriation. ftWP JWP'«l,d by the committee to-day. It appropriates (5,664,- 1SV. The estimates were $7,328,049, and the asgregata amount appropriated by tha present law, which expire* in Jane uext, wai f8.850,4Oa The only new legislation in tbs till Is contained in one seqtjon, wiuch pre•! ibes a heavy upon parson* Introducing ardent spirits into tho Indian oaun- What Our J '41ms C,ml Us. The Synurase Midget Dead. Nkw York, Jaa. IT.—A meeting of presidents and agents of the trunk lines and ths Chicago roads warf held at Pool Commissioner Mack's oflM. The matter of oattiog rates and means for res taring freight rate* waa discussed. The meeting lasted all day aad late in the aftornoou. Mr. Fink aaid that apthin; definite had been arrived at. Ill«c**Dt Kates. Btk&cOu, Jan. 17,-h-ankie Roberta "li*» midge*," oa whom the Cas-wreaa operation A °to 4jr* yaater- JTSSawtel*"" M PITTSTON STOVE COw l'n» dstrlot attorney hresaidt "Show us how you held the revolver." The boy b. ld a pettcil, and aimed itat a JurMVbMi 1 •jWnen 1 thai," ho continued, "I 4*u't km)w «it|t' Mary wis duin~. My tiUBt irm A snow storm reaching ft om northern Iowa to northern Texas and frdm Cincinnati, Ubio, to Kansas City, Mo,, haa Hacked trains cm many roads and seriously dalayeJ the irails. Br. eanwD Nafc The fan's depositors we«u tuf *tha mot: part wealthy ladies and gentlemen wbo c».• Www Batik, Jan. 17.—Up to 1M0 #flt Or. Carrer Uai madadS.MO hit*, fNialaw