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              ' /," I ——J^mml—■■ • ~ ~" — , ; «D '. PITTSTON PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1885. I two crowa j leu OwtD Par WMk. NUMBER 845. ) Weekly Established 1850. j CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE. ENGLISH HUMILIATION Doi N(is O:F A DAY. GFN. GRANT NOT SO WELL. THE MARKETS. RIGHTS OF MORMONS. His Opinion of the Prvaldent Offered th« i :.o I.iltiu Sleep—Kecelvlng Callers TcUi Other Guests than thoae Already tiported Believed to have been Burned. HER POWER ON ALL SIDES GRADU- ltuHKlan ftlJMloii. Indianapolis, March 24.—"Ex-Senator Mo iDonald has returned from Washington. H» was ofi'erod the Russian mission, but say that he had no intention of accepting any po gition for himself. 4'I was made aware, how «Cver»C that the president and cabinet felt quit desirous of expressing their confidence ant friendship in me, byt my own views woulC not pennifc mo to accept, flattering as th offer might be regarded and handsome as wa the manner in which tendered." Referring to the second, or informal call he made upoi Mr. Cleveland, he said: UI Bought to bring to the attention of th1 president as pointedly as I could the fact tha Indiana has not received, so far as Tiad beei developed, as mu«*h consideration as the stafc was justly entitled to. I said to him pleasantl] that ail TnriiATin had no representative in hi cabinet we would have to look to him to lD our representative in it, and the presiden assured me that in the end we should havi no cause of complaint." In answer to a ques tian as to his estimate of the president. Mr McDonald said: Ho is a man of much more ability than thi public have been inclined to give him credi for. But it is of that quiet kind that doe not demonstrate itself until occasion calls 1 out. He is an earnest, thoughtful man whC looks upon official station aa a sacred trust and will undoubtedly bend all his energies U a faithful discharge of his duties. The twe leading ideas o£ his administration will be el- Uciency and economy. Every one holding office under him will be required t# discharge fully and faithfully the duties that partain to it. AVhile he will cut down the official torec to the lowest possible point, changes will be made in the interest of his party, but no appointments will be nrnie at the of the public service or the general policy shaped by democratic landmarks." ITEMS OF NEWS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE, COUNTRY. t'pon Hfiu. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL AT NEW AN IMPORTANT DECISION DELIVERED Chicago, March 24. —It seems td be the general impression that not all the horrible details of the LangKam Hotel fir© have yet been made public. It is said that some of the guests and servants ware asleep at the time IUq fire occurred. The hotel register was burned and those inmates of the hotel who escaped scattered to various other hotels and went to difforent parts of the city. It is now considered more than probable that when tho south wall, above the second story, fell a few moments after the ftre started in the laundry, and crept up through the elevator shaft to the roof, it carried with it seoticn3 of the two or three upper floors. If this supposition is true and any of the guests or the help were upon those floors at the time they must have met a frightful and speedy death. ALLY DECLINING. Grant got up at 7 o'clock yesterday an unusually early hour for him. had not slept well the night before. He nt So bed at 10 o'clock and slept well unti vm'u ho awoke. He got up and garglC d •hroatand moved about iorafewnia- YORK AND CHICAGO. BY JUSTICE MATTHEWS. Appointment* Made for Four First-Clans. MlMloni-v-Thejr Cans* Great Surprise. Senator Pendleton to be Mlnls- RuMia Makes Overtures to Turkey WhleU Causes Great Britain to Feel Alarmed—France Also Gives Her a Black Eye. Cleveland—Joe CSomk Dead—Cen- Ten Year* for an Kx-Mayor—Rlalne and Railroad Stocks— Chicago Ural* W4 Provision markets, ml Petrolenaa. tral American Affairs— I'eun- itoS' rind returned to bed. He goon fel islcop, but awakened again at 4. and thei did nob sleep. sylvania's Arbor Day. ter to Germany. Ho took his gruel breakfast reclining in hi [As ri ported by Judd, Nyt t, Co., Broktrt, teranton, Pituton and Wilkss-Barre, ever heir private wire, enabling them to *x«eut* orders instantly.} NK(V YOEK^TOOK Washington, March 24.—In the supreme oourt Justice Matthews deliveredDan important decision respecting five Mormon cases. During the recent elections in Utah territory the Mormon church selected five of its monitors to bring about tests of the Edmunds act Three of them refused to make statements under oath that th$y had not plural wives, while two of them did so. The officers of the clerk or board believing that the two who qualified were bigamists, refused to permit them to vote. The five men joined brought suits for damages. In rendering bis decision Justice Matthews observed that the rule3 and regulations and oaths prescribed by commissioners being without authority in law were without fon», and no effect can be given them. The registration officers wore not bound nor authorized to obey them. The powers claimed and exercised by the commissioners are not ministerial and cannot be made the ground of action for damages. If ha registration officers deprived citizens of fche right of violation of law, they are responsible in an action for damages. He alone is deprived of his vote, who, when he offers to register, is then in the state and condition of a bigamist or polygamist or is then actually cohabiting with more than one woman Disfranchisement, the decision continues, is not prescribed as a penalty for being guilty of tho crime and offence of bigaamy and polygamy, for, as has been said, that offence consists in the fact of unlawful marriage and a prosecution against the offenders is barred by the lapse of years by section 1,044 of the revised statutes. Continuing to live in that state afterward is not an oflonse, although cohabitation with more than one women is. But as one may be living in a bigamous or polygamous state without cohabitation with mi to than one woman he is in that sense a bsganiist or j)olygamist and yet guilty of no criminal offense. So that in respect to these qualifications of a voter under tho act of March 22,1883, the objection is not well taken that represents the inquiry into tho fact by the officers of registration as an unlawful mode of prosecution for crime. The power of congress to prescribe the qualification of voters in the territories has passed beyond the stage of controversy into final judgment. The conclusion cannot be avoided that the act of congress here in question is clearly within that justification. This decision of Justice Matthews favors the application for damages of that class of residents who made oath that they did not have plural wives, and negatives the application for damages of those who refused to testify that they had more than one wife. London, March 24.—The Russian intsiguing with Turkey is becoming more audacious every day. M. Nelidoff, tho Russian ambassador at Constantinople, has the ear of the sultan and seems to enjoy his fullest confP deuce. England has no diplomat on the ground skilful enough or wily enough to cope with M. Nelidoff. It is generally admitted that England's power over Turkey has been waning ever since Lord Dufferin left Constantinople. The Tories say that it has been on the wane in Turkey and everywhere else in the world ever since Mr. Gladstone came into power. This is an ill-natured sneer which may be refuted as soon as Sir Edward Thornton be spared to go from St. Petersburg to Stamboul to checkmate the Russian game in the latter capital. In the meantime the British government is becoming alarmed at the apparent success of M. Nelidoff in his efforts to obtain a secret Russo Turkish treaty. Two weeks ago the subject was treated with haughty scorn by Lord Granville when he wa% asked about it at the foreign office by a committee irom the hemse of commons. He explained to the committee that Turkey and Russia were hereditary enemies, that the most serious European war within recent times had been between those two powers, and had left Turkey crippled but burning for revenge. In fact he treated the interrogatories of the committee as childish questions, unworthy of a serious reply. Since that time Lord Granville has changed his mind. He is now the leader of a faction in the cabinet which urges immediate action to defeat the Rus30-Turkish coalition. His principal ally is the Karl of Kimberley, secretary of state for India. These two statesmen are now bagging their colleagues to do something to detach the sultan from Russian influence, in view of the immense advantage that would be given to Russia, in case of a war with England, by a secret alliance with Turkey. Lords Granville and Kimberley believe that such an alliance should be prevented at almost any cost. They suggest concessions to tho sultan that would practically amount to a reversal of the whole policy by which England's treatment of Turkey has hitherto been controlled. They advise that England shall promise to restore the pultan to full suzerainty over Egypt; shall allow Turkish troops to assist in the operations between Suakim and Berber, and shall ultimately allow the sultan to govern Egypt, with only a nominal British control. New York, March 24.—Tho Wa-ihington xDrrespondent of tho Brooklyn Eagle says that Mr. Blaine's opinion of President Clev olcnd lias boon announced ."through private sourcra." Mr. Bkiino is quoted as saying that he regards Mr. Cleveland as a man with a good deal of backbone, and no*", likelv to yield to tho pressure v.hich is bei v - to bear upon him, lie thinks tho presn'.' Ui' ? course will alienate die greater poiiionof the Democratic parly, and that when congress meets again, Mr. Cleveland will have to look for support to the Republican minority and the few Democrat** who will Ik willing to sid6 with that element. chair, and soon afterward he set to work or bis book. Mrs. Satoris joined him in hi' room about 11 o'clock, and remained witl biin for some time. He did not receive manj N" Yo«* March 24 -Stock* sold to-day at :he New York atoek exchange. a* follows: Killers, the strain upon him from the great number who called the day before having Stocks Open Clot'g stock« Open Clot'a C»» B'd Mo BM. KESi»33B w.i£?r" 1% Si!* 'ft *t Paul, com Toy ufAi PhllaftBad l&u uu 0. P. 0. ft I. S«2 W{ »T OiW -H _ "rie lnV Canada & tsu nu Lake Shore. U • M N Y. Cen S9U «m2 Ttex. P-clflc II 11 D. ft R. G. T« Union Pac.. 434 4XU t. ft Nub. IIu *8 N. Pac.com l?}2 17W K. bland... '"U tuff Oen. 80« 31 Chic, ft O. I t SI P.,XTD1t. OOu 90U C. ft O. pref 11 Ji 0»n. Pacific 8fl2 3»g C., B. ft Q ■« U ]i U Wab Pacific 4)2 4J? Bt P M ft if — W Pacific pf 1J 18 NYOftBtL  Ore*. Trans. 12K 12H W. 8. Bda M uu Erie lad.... M St Ttc Mtn... M* to to a certain extent, a bad effect. Hi iltl not go down rtairs all day, and on thi whole, was not quite so well as he was o. 3und: He complained of feeling )anguiC •tnd is disturbed about his inability to sleep. He doged a good ileal in his chair during th' •lay, i.o-.ve\ or, which partly made up for hit lack of rest tha 1 efore. He seemed qiiits bright, for him, when the Doctor called at night. Dr. Douglas left the house shoi tl' before It, and at that hour, to the best o liu belief, tho General was asleep. Dr. Douglas said: Humor has it that at least three guests not heretofore mentioned perished in the flames. C. M. Shaw, the manager of the hotel, and Mr. Garrett, his cashier, state that two middle-aged men, whoso names they do not remember, came to the hotel at 4:30 P. M. and were assigned to room No, 19. They were both intoxicated and said they wanted to go to bed and sleep until thev got sober. "I have not seen or heard of them since," said Mi*. Shaw, 4'and should not be greatly surprised to hear that they did not get out of tho building alive, although they might easily lyive done so if they were awake at the time. They are the only persons in regard to whom I am in doubt. The servants, I believe, all ot out"  Pennsylvania's Arbor Da; HAimiF.Brita, March JS4.—Gov. I'aKison has just issue 1 a proclamation* appointing art "Arbor dav" in Pennsylvania, which concludes as follows-: "1 therefor.* do appoint Thursday, the Iflth day of April, A. D.  to be observed throughout the suite ns Arbor day, and I recommend that the people of the commonwealth do, on that day, plant tre *s along the streets, by the roadsides, in parkn and commons, ai oun'I public and "Tiiere is no muterial change in the genital's roadition. He does not complain of pa:n in his throat any more, and his temperliuro tmti pulse were about as they have been tor Mjvei'al days back. He feels the necessity sleeping mofe and does not sleep enough, conld make him -sleep, but I do not want to. i'o C1j ao means simply to use morphine, and to that we do not wish • to resort. When h* CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. As received over private wire by Jodd. Nv* A •To., Broker*, 1st National Bank Building, fermn'on. Brown'* Building, PIttMos. and 7 Boatfa Franklin Street, WUk&-Bane/A. _ Mar. April. Man. JiMe. ▼h«at— Opening. 7CV 74U IOU a*u Highest ...". 74$ 748 H& fe3 a***:::::::;;;:. 7$ '7$ is :iS s« Lo»««t 17« 87tf 41U 41K Closing vr% 87% 41% tiff Oats—Opening.... J7V xm UK »M Highest.. *7« J2? 81* tlS L?"e*t J7 g S7fl 11U «g Closing *7« lift UN Poa*—Opening- 11 7* 11 7* 11 M la !• » Highest 11 7* 11 75 11 M 11 1* 11 7« 11 r» 11 ao 11 mh Closing 11 70 11 7» UN UM in waste places; that they dis1riiDuto information in regard to tree*, 3lirubbery and forests, and that they encourage treo planting in every way pos •;!D!?." GREENFIELD AND BURKE. sleep. f ir a long timo at a stretch he com,pD.iu.s of his throat tilling up with phlegm. I cljaned his iliroat thoroughly last evening and left liim breathing freely and easily. He They Fight in Chicago—'The Match De- clared a Draw. The ltailroad Freight Fool, Chicago, March 24.—Six thousand people witnessed the six-round glove fight at Battery D last night between Greenfield and Burke. Andy Hughes and Andy Handy were chosen referees. The first round ended with even honors, both men being wary and generally sparring out of distance. Burke had the best of the second round, countering Greenfield heavily with his left on the mouth and ear. In the third round Burke got in on Greenfield's nose and received a heavy body blow in return. The fourth and fifth rounds were very tame, the men being clinched most of the time. The sixth round was decidedly in favor of Greenfield. After a clinch and break Greenfield landed a heavy one on Burke's mouth and another on the neck. This was a lively round, but the referees were compelled to call another round to dej cide the match. New York, March 24.—A raect'ng of presidents and managers of tho c.ifforout wo j very qu o: during the day, particular ly in the afternoon." THE BOILER EXPLODES. freight railroad linos "was h3ld at Commissioner Fink's office for the purpose of trying to settl-3 tho difficulty which has boon existing for some time umon» several lines that have failed to adhere to tho pooling arrangement entered into last spring. After a long discussion it was announced that the eastern railroad companies had to continue the present, pool for another mouth, and that a meeting of tho western railroad presidents would be held in Chicago early in April, when it is hoped that sin amicable arrangement would be arrived ut. It Hill* Two Men and Does Other Seriott# The Fnmlne In West Virginia. Itanmge. Wheeling, March 24.—The Register has a dispatch from a man who has spent a week in soveral of tiio countio; where food is the scarcest. He made a porsonal visit to score* of families, riding hundreds of miles. Botb men and beasts are in abject want, and thC correspondent says that the suffering is indescribable. Almost every family has some food, but it is of a single variety, such ei b nns and gruel made of coarse crushed Charleston, W. Va., March 24.—Tho most disastrous fire here for many years occurred at 8 a. M. The fire originated in Ru£fner Brothers' wholesale grocery store, on Kanawha street, and was caused by the explosion of a boiler used in heating tho building. The explosion wa; heard throughout the city and for miles around. The boiler was located in a rear cellar, and so great was the explosion that the building in the •ear was totally wrecked. George Welcher, a colored porter, was kiHod outright and his body was consumed. Joel Ruffner, shipping clerk, sustained injuries of a fatal nature from the explosion. The building, which was filled with light goods, caught fire, and In an incredibly short period of time was a mass of flames. f ian—Opening. Highest. .\Tvrr. Lowest  Closing....  • 7* « 7IU « nK • ffX • 7ft •77K#8*"i3 C7* • 78U • M « M 8 75 6 7j$ «M «M wheat There are no steam mills in this country, and no water mills con run because the lit le wator in the streams is frozen nearly to the bottom. Corn and wheat are so scarce that thoy cannot be fed to stock, much of whicb is di-ioasml bocausa of lack of food and impurity iu the v. atcr. The same is true of the watei used for cooking. There is a vast deal el sickness, and mortality is large. Medical aid is hard to got and the stock of drugs in the small villages is exhausted. The bad roadi add to the difficulty in the way of giving aid. Everything n erly must be carried ot pack horse.;. Some papers urge an extra session of the legislature to extend aid to the needy. There is no demand far outside assistance, as the state is"able and willing to meet all demands. PETROLEUM. Oil Citt, March H—Opening. Blghmt. Low**t. The Mi4sltigD Fdllor of Harper's Weekly Louisville, March 24.—.A dispatch fsom Nashville to the effect that S. S. Conant, the missing ed'tor of Harper's "Weekly,.was in Louisville caused considerable activity among the reporters in this city. The different hotel? were visited, but notliing coidd be found ol either Conant or the detective. Noite of the detectives or police could get any clue to Conant's whereabouts, and were inclined tc think it a false alarm. Closing. A Black Friday.—That day, whan a tmmm. is flrtt seriously attacked with llimiMll—' may well be termed a black one, for to Witt remember the same as long as 1m lite*. M be usee Salvation Oil io time' he will, however, soon be able to speak of a " Good Friday." In thin round Burke had a shade the best of the fighting, but the referees were unable to agree on the match, Handy claiming the fight for Burke and Hughes claiming a draw. The crowd seemed to favor Burke, but the referees could reach no decision. The fire communicated with the Hale house adjoining, which was entirely destroyed. No lives were lost In the hotel, and much of the furniture was saved by citizens. The structure was owned by FiU 8c Woodward, and all except the lower floor was used as a hotel. The building was of four stories and a basement. On the first floor were the office, parlor, billiard rooms, sample rooms, bar, Adams' express office, the Chesapeato and Ohio railroad ticket and telegraph office and Anderson St Littlepage's insurance agency. The effects of the railway, express and insurance offices vere saved. The building coat Ilia,000, was erected 13 years ago and insured for (28,000. Franoe Blacks England's Eye. Senator Sherman's Position. London, March 84.—The blue book regarding the Egyptian financial question furnishes unpleasant reading for most Englishmen. It shows that M. Waddington, the French minister to England, forced Lord Granville to sacrifice almost everything by threats of what the continental power? would do. The hoity-toity tone adopted by KnglnnH in the Egyptian conference held at London was abandoned almost as soon as the ! conference adjourned, and France bos drivei: England back stop by step, but steadily from almost ej[ery position taken at the conference. The general impression is that France has ridden a waiting raoe and has won the (takes.  » Time and Coat Qaitf." Washington, March 84.—The Capitol says that Senator Sherman's resignation from the committee on finance was part of a long considered scheme to make an open issue with other Republican senators on questions partly relative te the tariff and partly personal, and adds that his immediate plans are as follows: He is preparing a speech to open the Ohio campaign, in which he proposes to explain why he resigned from the finance committee, i He will set forth that the Republican senators are wholly controlled by eastern sentiment, and will do nothing but what pleasae eastern capitalists. As a representative of the interest* of Ohio and the west he could not agree to be stifiqd in the way implied. The refusal to restore the duty on wool and the action on the McPherson banking bill will be among the grievances. Eastern senators are trying to prevent his firing a stand likely to divide eastern and western Republicans, but he f hinira he must take this position in order to obtain a solid party in Ohio this fall Valuable Horses Killed. A card to kwup an account of day* aad •agoDs and the powder, oil, Ac , ueed fer a ioDth. is packed in pound packages el Qail rid Ax's Naw tobacco. Nbwbttro, N. Y., March 24.—C. F. Gerow of Salisbury Mills, who had just sold a team of horses to J. O. Smith, of this place, foi $1,000, while showing their paces to their new owner, met with a serious accident. While crossing a bridge the horses ran away, jumped over the parapet and brolro their necks. Mr. Gerow and a stable helper whe was riding with him were taken up unconscious. They are now in a critical condition. THE NEW MINISTERS. The use of Iodoform or mercurials la the treatment of catarrh—whether in the fens «( suppositories or ointmeDts—should be avoidjd, as they are both injurious and dangerous, iodoform is easily detected by it* offensive Ddor. The only reliable catarrh remedy oa the market to-day is Ely's Cream Balm, being free from all poisonous drug*. It has cured thousands of acute and chronic cases, where aB other remedies have failed. A particle is applied into each nostril; do pain; agreeable la use. Price 60 ceuts of druggists. Surprise Canned by the Appointments—Politicians Mot Prepared for Them. Wabhinoton, March 34.—The president sent to the senate the following nominations: To be envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of tfie United States: Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont, to Great The Lwli for New Jersey Wlh Beaters. Trenton, March 24.—(Jot. Abbett in a special to the legislature recommended the erection of a new building ir place of tho burned wing of the capitoL Tht expense, the governor says, can be met without any additional taxation. Both the senat* and assembly appointed a special committee of three to consider the subject Later Mr. Jewett iutrodtifiod in the aaembly a bill appointing the governor, comptroller, attorneygeneral cud state treasurer a commission U so alter, enlarge and rebuild the state housi as shall seem best to them. Badly Damaged In- a Collision. Attorney for the Post Office Department, Britain. " Robert M. McLane, of Maryland, to France. Nkw York, March 24.—The steamer Wislaad, of the Hamburg-Americarf packet line, which sailed from this port Thursday last for Hamburg returned this morning in a disabled condition. Her captain reports that she sustained her injuries in a collision on the afternoon of the 20th, during a dense fog, wil h the bark Cornwallis, of Windsor, N. S., 1,136 tons, bound for this port. About 20 feet on the starboard side of the steamer, just forward of the stern, is badly damaged and the timbers and plates sprung. The Cornwallis, the captain of the Wieland reports, had her bow completely stove and all her headgear carried away, but she refused assistance. When the collision took place a panic broke out among the 160 steerage passengers on board of the Wieland, and it was with great difficulty the officers succeeded,in quieting them. The Wieland will have to discharge the larger portion of her cargo and go upon the dock for repairs. The officers of the Wieland attribute the collision to the negligence of the crqw of the Cornwallis. Madison, Wis., March —It has just come to light in this city that Gen. Edwwd E. Bryant, of The Madison Democrat, has been tendered the position of assistant attorney of the post office department at Washington by Postmaster General Vilas. The tender was made a week ago, but was.ruDt accepted at once. Gen. Bryant left last night for Washington. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, to Germany. Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, to Mexico. The senate in executive session immediately confirmed all the nominations. When the list was given to the public the politicians ware perhaps more surprised than at any appointments yet made by the president. With the exception of Pendleton, not a single one of the men has been prominently mentioned in connection with the office to which he was appointed. Ex-Gov. McLane has perhaps been talked of in a casual way, but none of the people who were most interested in these places have deemed his appointment to a firstclass mission probable. The nomination of Edward J. Phelps to England was the greatest surprise of all, as he is comparatively unknown in Washington. The politicians moan over the fact that so great a mission as the English Bhould be given to the Republican state of Vermont It is said that the reason that Mr. Pendleton is sent to Berlin instead of to England, which he would have preferred personally, is A Fashion Worth Copying. London, March 24.—The latest fashion in charity is the giving of huge breakfasts to unemployed workingmen. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild this morning provided a substantial breakfast for 1,000 persons in the Middle Southwark slums on the Surrey side of the Thames just opposite the city. The Princess Louise and Mrs. Gladstone will assist. AOAK1).—'To all wboare nilMtat fna «r-rora and tndtoeretlons of youth, mrti— wiitin *rly decay, low of blood, *c, I will wad a that will cure you, FREE OF CHABOS. BJi Creat remedy wa» discovered by a missionary la touth Amerloa. Bend »elf afldrnaand —velepe *» tev. Joseph T. Inman. RUtten D. Hew York. Jenkins' bill allowing the infliction ol thirty Uishoa upon wife beaters was passed ii the assembly by u vote of 39 to 18. Mr, Jenkins votud no. Toronto, March 24.—The Mail, which is regarded as the mouthpiece of the Dominion government dealing with the renewal of the fishery clauses of the late treaty with the United States, says, to-day, that the only way of getting a treaty with the Americans is through a commercial union, but that would put an end to British connection. Separation from the mother country under such circumstances would speedily be followed by annexation. This is the only sort of reciprocity Americans would care to discuss. We have done all in our power, and perhaps more t.h«n was absolutely consistent with selfrespect, to induce them to renew the old treaty, and it would be worse than folly to invoke another snubbing. Tha Canadian Fishery Treaty. Nbw Orleans, March 24.—The British steamer Heridia, from Port Limon, Costa Rica, reports extensive war preparations and great excitement in Central America. Costa Rica is much disturbed by the death of it president, Prospero Fernandez. Barrioi hat no chance' of success. The United Slates frigate Alliance has left New Orleans for Central America. Central American Affairs. Ono of Searetary Chandler's Decisions. London, March 24.—Hie nomination of Mr. Edward J. Phelps as minister to Great Britain was a surprise to the American legation in London. A lot of good-humored badinage is going on at the embassy, and many weak jokes are being made about the price of steerage tickets to America, and the difficulties in the way of walking back. Phelps' Nomination a Surprise. Washington, March 24.—In the suit ol D. C. Redgrave, cadet engineer, Unites Statos navy, of the class of '81, against thi United States, the court of claims unanmously decided in Redgrave's favor. Thi« realiirms a decision given some time ago it the case of H. U. Leopold for a similar claim and establishes the fact that the constructio: put upon the act of congress of August 5 18S2, by Secretary Chandler, and by which ht discharged certain cadet engineers, was erroneous. By this decision they are legallv in the service and can sue and recover paD notwithstanding services have not been rendered. . I A Hlg Battle Imminent. Detroit, March 21.—An Adrian special says: Thomas J, Kavin, ex-mayor of Adrian, was arraigned' in tho circuit court on the charge of forgery, and pleaded griilty. His offenqo;was forging signatures io city bonds for a large sum. He was sentence*, to ten years in the state prison at Jackson. Ten Years for an Ex-Mayor Suakim, March 24.—It has been ascertained that 25,000 Arabs are massed at Tamai. Gen. Graham has about completed all his preparations, and will probably attack them to-day. Poisoning Himself and His Sister. because Secretary Bayard regards the Berlin niialon, in view of all the surrounding circumstances, as the most important of all the missions. The German government, has excluded our pork from Its market, and is about to adopt a tariff which will exclude our wheat. These two great interests of the west domaud the presence of a most skilful and able man at Berlin, ene who is familiar with the west and its great business interest*;. It will be noted that every one of the men appointed is a descendant of distinguished ancestry. Mr. Bayard evidently thinks none the less of a man because he has a grandfather back of him of historical fame and position. Elm IRA, N. Y., March 24.—Dr. J. W. Rathbone, a graduate of Buffalo Medical university, and one of the most promising physicians in Howard, Steuben county, while under the influence of liquor on Thursday took an overdose df chloral, and also gave one to his crippled Aster, Dorlislcy. Rathbone has died, and no hopes of his sister's recovery are entertained. Whether the poison was taken by Rathbone and administered to his sister with deadly intent or by mistake is not known. He becamo addicted to drink about a year ago, which resulted in a separation from his wife, she returning to her home in Rochester. Celebrating the Emperor William's Birth- Sparring Not Allowed In Baltliuor®. The Queen's Authority Defied. New Orleans, March 34—The celebration, of German day at the exposition, and the eighty-eighth birthday of Kmperof William, was a great success. Ten thousand persons assembled in and about Music hall in honor of the occasion! The opening address wss made by John Kruttschmitt, the German consul. Music by the Mexican band, organ recitals and choruses completed the programme. Among the invited guests were Mexican and United States officers and state and city officials. A dispatch was sent to Emperor William at Berlin, as follows: "Assembled at the exposition building to celebrate your majesty's birthday, 10,000 Germans and German-Americans Bend their most cordial wishes." Baltimobe, March JH.—A sparring matcl with hard gloves between two local celebrities was broken up by the police. It had attracted quite a large throng. Two boys wen giving a preliminary exhibition whea the police made their appearance, and the boys with the proprietor of the hall, were arrested There is a city ordinance prohibiting fgmrring exhibitions and imposing a fine of OX. for each offence. The party in whose house the affair was held proposes to test the constitutionality of the ordinance. Toronto, March 24.—The accounts by various channels from Prince Albert show that the state of affairs there is much worse than has been supposed, and that Louis Riel has thrown off his mask and now openly defies the Queen's authority. He says he has the half breeds and Indians entirely under his control. He has cut the telegraph wires and imprisoned the operators and both military and mounted policb are moving to the seat of war. There is said to have been fighting at Carlton a few miles west of Prince Albert, and the force of northwestern police there is reported to be besieged in the barracks. The government stores at Carlton are said to be in the possession of insurgents and Indians, while the officials are prisoners. Boston, March 34.—Joe Goss, the famous pugilist, died at 1 A. it. He passed awav very easily, having been unconscious since 8 o'clock Sunday morning. His wife, a few relatives and his old bartender, Dan Cochran, ware present at the last. Goss was in his 49 h year.  Joe Goss Dead. This medicine, eomblntn* tonwjft mn * It iTanonfiStaf remedy tot Dlseass* U?-' KI ? T|T"n rahiab 1 e Tot Disease* peenllsi 5a Women, and all who lead sedentary llvga. ltdoeanottnjure the teeth, came lieadaehe.fi MEMS and BrfSV'^alid'streit'hens the muscles and nerves. _ » . For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitude, lam ol Energy. Ac., it has no equal. - *r- The genuine has above trade auukaud srossed red lineaon wrapper. Take no othse. ■u.«airkr ssowsc«i«ici» ce- ■iiilneai # K cjcrettlnfy Minister Lowell's Resignation, London, March 24.—The Daily News remarks that, Mr. Lowell has been inoro than merely a diplomatic representative of the United Statei He has alse represented them in what is best in American culture and letters. The politicians are all at sea in trying to explain the motives behind the nominations. From a high and trustworthy source a correspondent has learned the reasons for the different appointments. Mr. Phelps' appointment is a personal one of Mr. Bayard's Mr. Bayard lives next door to Senator Edmunds, the two have been very intimate as members of the judiciajy committee. Mr. Phelps has frequently been a guest here of Senator Edmunds, and while here became quite well acquainted with Mr. Phelps. Then the fathers of the two gentlemen were very intimate when the two seniors were in the senate. No one criticises the character of the appointment, but the politicians never will recover from tho giving of such an import mission to Vermont. The president had no acquaintance with Mr. Phelps and has never seen him. He merely followed Mr. Bayard's Bugges£ioii.McLane's nomination is credited first to Senator Gorman, who desired to get McLane out of Maryland to that be would have a walk-over for re-election. McLane jvaa the only candidate in the senatorial field against him. Then, in addition to this, as has been stated in a previous dispatch sketching Mc- Lane's career, Mr. Bayard was naturally inclined to McLane on account of his belonging to an old Delaware family which has long been intimate and friendfy with the Bayard family. The Wiles ot the Law. A Vessel Burned at fc'oa. Halifax, N. S., March 24.—Eighteen months ago James B. Cunningham, son oi one of our wealthiest citisens, cashed a forged check for 1340 and fled to Boston. Be was extradited for forgery, and when acquitted here on that charge was rearrested for cashing a forged check, tried, convicted and sentenced to three years in tho penitentiary. An appeal was taken to the supreme court on the ground that, having been extradited for one offense he could not be convicted for another, but tho court sustained the conviction. The supreme court of Canada has just reversed this decision and Cunningham has been liberated. Delaware Brbakwateh, March 81.—Tht schooner Elliiia Smith took refuge at tliit place, wit h the crew exhausted and nuiferinj intensely from the cold by being unable tc imbeuu tails or properly to navigate the vessel. The captain reports that on the 2d inst., w hile 140 lailes south-southeast of Cape San Antonio, ho passed an unknown deep laden bark on fire. Although he sailed around/tbc burning craft several times, no sign of lift was seen on board. The Times says : "Wo port with Mr. Lowell with tho keenest regret. It would perhaps havo been batter for the relations between the two countries liad he pcrmar aentiy rotainad his post How a Smuggler Bsc-aped. A Village Almost Entirely Destroyed. Buffalo, March 24.—It has just been learned that James O'Hara, who was sentenced at Utica on Friday to one year In the penitentiary for aiding in smuggling butter from Canada, has escaped to Canada. O'Hara lived on the river bank, and while in custody of a United States marshal, who was taking him to prison, requested and obtained leave to visit his family. While the officer's attention was occupied by the prisoner's weeping friends O'Hara jumped through a  a side room and jumped into his boat and escaped. His case not being extraditable he cannot be forceu to return. Baltimore, March 34.—A special from Lanaconing, Md., says that Are destroyed almost the entire business portion of that village yesterday, entailing a loss of about $50,000. The fire broke out about 8 o'clock in a frame structure on the main thoroughfare. Nearly all the water in the place was frozen, and the fire department was unable to successfully fight the flames, which spread rapidly, and quickly consumed seven buildings with the contents. The Cumberland ■tad Pennsylvania railroad station narrowly escaped destruction. News of the fire was delayed by the burning of the telegraph poleee.  Ready for Spring Trade CONDENSED NEWS. Gen. Anson Stager, tho noted olocli ician, !s dying in Chicago. Gen. James McQuade, a gallant member c£ the army cf tho Potomac, is dving in Now Fork. New York, March 24.—There is a strong probability that the defunct newspaper Truth will be revivod in the interest of the County Democracy. A number of gentlemen, among whom, it is said, are Carl Schura, Roliin M. Squire, Hubert O. Thompson and George Uould intend to make up a cash capital of $100,000. The presses and plant of Truth have been bought and the paper is expected A New Democratic Organ. J. W. Nimmo, Bloodhound* In Pnr*nlt of Convict*. St. Lobis, March 24.—A special telegram to The Post-Pispatch from Houston, Tex., says: "Capt. Hutchinson, of this city, who is the owner of a large ranclie in Grimes county, has just received private advices from the foreman of the rancha of an attempt of six white convicts to escape. Two of them, one named Hall, from Hidalgo county, and the other McLannan, from Lampasas county, were shot down by tho guards, and four escaped. Bloodhounds have started in pursuit." Patrick Leary, an alleged dynamiter, has been sentenced at Cork to 12 months' imprisonment.WTTSTON'S What is supposed to be tha remain ; of two more victims of the Philadelphia almshouse tiro has been discovered underneath the debris.Baltimore, March 24.—Archbishop Gibbons has sent to Home a handsomely bound memorial volume of the proceedings of the late plenary council, containing an  report of all the sermons delivered, the order of exercises, offices of the council, eta The binding is of white kid, with rounded edgee and gilt facings. On either cover is a representation of the pope's insignia of office in gold. The case in which the book was sent is finished in white puffed silk and satin, and is fastened by two solid silver clasps. Tin' presentation will be made by Rev. Dr. D. J. O'Connell, secretary to the apostolic delegate, who is now in the Eternal city. A Beautiful Gift for the Pope. Middletown, N. Y., March 34.—The New York, Ontario and Western railroad company owe their hands along the road wages for January, February and thus far in March. The shopmen at Oswego, N. Y., struck on Thursday-last en 1 will not resume until they receive two months' pay. In this city a committee of three from each department was appointed on Saturday and will go to New York to lay their grievances before President Winslow and to arrange for a regular pay day. If unsuccessful, a general strike will occur all along the line. The men are in hard straits, as the storekeepers have refused to give any more credit. Three Months Without Pay. to appear about April 15. The name has not yet been decided upon, but it it likely to be The Morning Telegraph. The price will be R. E. Dcrsoy, the paying teller of McKim Sc Go's, bank in Baltimore, has disappeared. Short $7,000 in his accounts. Belioved to have gone to Canada. 2 cents. Serious Wot Among: Striken. In Cornwall, N. Y., women have tried to stop the liquor traffic by going into saloons and praying, despite jeers and insults. Two of the women have been arrested for U-espass. New York, March 24.—A serious riot occurred nt William Bridge, Westchester Paris, March 24.—Mile. Vaa Zandt was again-hissed during her performance at th6 Opera Comique last evening. Toward the close of the performance the interruption* grew more offensive, and finally became almost a continuous howl. The disturbing clique succeeded in spoiling tho play, and many persons left the house without waiting for the final act  Van /.mult HIiHd -Again. county, between the striking operators of the lace mills of Duden & Co. and the lace mok»-3 who had been brought from France to supply their places. At one time oyer fifty persons were lighting in the main street, and many citi*ens who Interfered werr roughly handled. Frederick Hoe, a spectator, sustained injuries which it is feared will prove fatal. Jackson, for the Mexican mission, was pushed forward by his brother, Senator Jackeon, and was heartily endorsed by Secretary Lamar. Citizens of Waltham, Mass., wero excited over what they supposed was a dynamite factory near the town. * ho supposed dynamite manufactured was only u new patent medicine intended for New Yorkers. IS NOW RECEIVING TO LATEST SPRING STYLES It is bard to describe the panic among the office-seeking politicians here. Few of theui knew who Phelps and Jackron were. Some of the men about tho hotels wore paralysed by the statement that Phelps was William Walter Phelpe. T.iey are in such a state of mlml that nothing wuiud Lave »urprised them after the first knock-down. Another Victory for Labor. The Welsh Mountain Gang. A fire broke ont in the Five Points Mission, New York, wlftle 500 little children wore singing their morning hymn. Through the admirable discipline of the teachers the fire was extinguished without a panic amoqg the young ones. And inrites insi esdoa of bis Ur*« steek at Bar gjods, Id :luC1ing a full line at RoyersFord, Pa., March 34.—The situation at place among the striking moulders has greatly changed. The stove foundry of Floyd, Wells & Co. sent word to thei • moulders to the effect that if they would commence work at once the firm would withdraw their notice of reduction in w» ?es. A committee was appointed and confer* ed witli the firm, with satisfactory result t Thu moulders and their helpers went promptly til work and the men appear to be jubilant. Lancaster, Pa., March 24,—Two burglars entered the house of Edward Linville, a farmer, in Salisbury township, and began choking a sister of Linville1? to make her ten where the money was concealed, Linville came to her assistance, when the men turned upon hi™ and shot him twice. It is feared that one of the bullets will prove fatal. The robbers then effected their escape. They are believed to be numbers oi the WeLh Mountain gang. The I'romlnent Citizen Again. A sslrttiuit Secretary Clark's Death. Norristown, Pa., March 24.—Samuel jt. Delp, a prominent business man of this plarg, died recently. After his death tie WiUiaui Penn Savjpg Fund and Loan association, of which he was secretary, appointedcommit, tee to investigate his accounts. The commit toe reported this evening that Deip vis an embeuler to the extent of {28,000. Mont oi the members of the association are somen. AVashinotok, March 24.—The remains of Assistant Secretaiy Clark, of th» interior de- BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHffi i'artmeut, who Clied here yesterday morning, A stable boy in Lincoln, Neb., pursued two thieves who were seen to come out of a house. During the pursuit he pulled a plug of tobocoo out of his hip pocketxind calW. on them tCD halt. They droppad their gum and plunder and were ignoimniously taken to the statbjt bouse by the boy. rero-inkcn to his homo in Holley Springs, I ks., last night for interment. Mr. Clark •i.l been ill about ten day» with pneumonia, Guts' Pins Furnishing Cords, Of ertn' description, at price* tha' DEFY OOM PEIITfON. Our Hprlnir sToutr of Cloths will *• found complete and aelect, tr- Opposite flat Msrtonal —■D. Milwaukee, March 34.—A dispatch from Grand Haven, Mich., says the propeller Michigan was (D ushad between the ice and The crew escaped. Shu va? valued A Propeller Sank. ;md was considered out of danger Sunday avuning. A suddiin relapse occurred at saidniglf. and he died about 4 A. tt.