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              Inciting jC. PIT'CSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NUMBER 870. ( Weekly Established I860, j APRIL 29, I*£5 I TWO CKNT« | Ton Cent* l'cr Week. ADVANCING ON HERAT. TWO CENT LETTER POSTAGE. THE END OF THE WORLD PEN8ION OFFICE REFORM. XANE'SPROMPT,ACTION. TOO MUCH CHLOROFORM. THE MARKETS What the Reduction Has Cost the Department—Future Calculation*. W A8HINGT01I, April 98.—Third Assistant Postmaster-General Hazen has prepared for tlio postmaeterceMral •» elaborate state- Appointments of Kxamlntng Surgeons - Fraudulent Claims Passeil. WAMtnaroir, April Ml—In reply to an inquiry from Senator Cockrell, Commissioner of Pensions Black has addressed thai gentleman a letter on the subject of tho appointment of examining surgeons for tie variouk pension boards, in which he points out the requirements deemed essential in the selection of examining surgeons. He days: 4 'Appointees must be man of personal honor nml integrity. They must be men of tried professional ability and experience, at least live years of active professional practic • being considered essential, and they must be men of diligence, men who would bo unwilling to make a slipshod examination in any case or subscribe to the work of others. Where the above requisites are combine*! tlic commissioner prefers the appointment of men who have been in the military service of the United States. Boards to bo organized," he says, "will consist to every case where the above requisites can be combined of two democrats and on9 republican, it being one of the aims of the commissioner to strip this branch of the public service of all partisan bias and to render these boerds what they should be, safeguards to the public treasury, as well as just witnesses to the rights of lawful claimants against the government."Dr. Day Held for Causing Mrs. Sh»?'« MILLERITE8 BELIEVE APRIL 29 IS THE LAST DAY. HOW HE REPLIED TO PRESTAN'8 THREATS TO KILL AMERICANS. Chicago, April 29.—Dr. W. E. Day, ir whose dental office Mrs. J. J. Shay dleo while under the influence of chloroform, v. a' arraigned on the charge cf manslaughter rho coroner's Jury not having returned : verdict, the case was postponed until tC raerrow. The doctor was unablo to pri euro security far the $5,000 bonds i which he was held, and remains in j' When. Mrs. Bhay visited Dr. Day's offii Che wa3 accompanied by her sister, lir Madden, of Pullman. She wanted all hor tee: oitracted and the doctor insisted that si' must take chloroform. Mrs. Shay objeclc and told the doctor that she was subject t heart diso-ise, an-1 that she feared that tL •"Imiaistoring of an anaesthetic might resni Death. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIALAT THfc RU8SIAN8 ACTUALLY AT WORK MAKING A MILITARY ROAD. tYORK/'NDCHICACO. (MM of the Enfllih Cabinet Minister* Would Hall a declaration of War a« a Positive Belief—Supplies for the inent showing the remit of an anamination into the operations for the first year of the reduction from three oenti to two csnts in the rate of postage on domestic letters. Mr. Hazen, in his annual report prepared in November, 1882, estimated a loss at revenue amounting to §8,000,000 as the probable result of this change in ihe rate of letter poetake. The actual revenue for the twelve months ended Sept. 30, 1884, as now shown by the audited returns was 948,184,809, or 87,476,899 less than the estimated revenuo upon a three cent. rate. This latter sum represents the loss of revenue for the year on account of the reduction to two cents in the letter rata But Mr. IJazon thinks there is the best reason to believo that the actual ■loss growing out of the reduction was much les3 than shown by these figures. In forecasting the revenue on a basis of a three cant rate, allowance was made for an annual increase of ten per cent upon a presumed continuation of the business prosperity of the country. Now he says there can scarcely be a doubt that this allowance was too high in view of the depression in commercial and other interests that came utmost simultaneously with the reduction in the letter rate of postage, and so the reduction has been saddled with such losses to the postal revenue as naturally resulted from the unfavorable condition of the business interests of the country. A los; of about ((1,500,000, he thinks, represents more fairly the result of the reduction in rate for the first year in which it has been in operation. However, the results have more than]realised the most sanguine expectation of its warmest advocate. Gen. Hazen takes occasion near the conclusion of his statement to endorse the new law, which goes into effect on the first day of next July, increasing the unit of weight on letters from half an ounce to one ounce. Besides being a convenience to the public he believes it will prove beneficial to the department as a revenue measure. Unless statistics are at fault it will not be likely to materially increase the average weight of etters sent through the mail: and it will undoubtedly induce the sending under seal of letters a large class of valuable matter now sent in wrapped parcels at the rates charged on fourth class matter. All Their Preparation* Made for the Awful Hour — Peculiar Superstition and Credulity of Converts to the Faith — A Weird Seene. Lieut. Kloore's Succinct Account of Hie Troubles at /'Colon—The Force of the Galena Mokes Very Short Work of the Insurgents. Railroad Klock«-Chlcs|* Grain and Provision Markets, and Petroleum. Indian Ariny. COMHKA, M&, 9$.—Daring the winter months the town* af Oorinna, Newport and Orrington have experienced a revival of the Mlllerite excitement, a prophet, named John Nicker son having labored extensively and secured many converts. They make the virion related in the seventh chapter of Daniel the basis of their faithand aver that all the tilings which Daniel saw have cotno to pass save one—the coming of the son of man. He, they solemnly prophesy, is due to-day. A reporter attended one of their meetings. It was a weird soene. There were about 100 people in a small room lighted, by two kerosene lamps. On the wall, where all could sea it, was a large chart on which the allegory of Daniel was illustrated and explained with realistic pictures and mathematical demonstrations. The dragons, homed beasts and impossible) monsters, frolicking over this great map in red, yellow and green colors, looked partly ferocious and partly fantastic in the dim light. There were the lion with eaglo's wings, and the bear munching his own ribs, and the other monstrosities prancing in bright paint before the ancient of days with his throne o' flamA and chariot of fire. It waa a spectacle well calculated to appeal to credulity and superstition, and the application of these pictures to the tragic events in the career of the world, by the prophet who was speaking, was. ingenious, but his addition, substraction, multiplication and division, by which he made the world end on Ajiril 29, 1885, was tedious, and not very lucid. New York, April 99.—Two or three American naval officers who were present during the recent troubles at Colon arrive 1 i.i tho city on the steamship City of Para. 7iio.it. C. B. T. Moore, of the United States I'teamcr Galena, Capt. Kane commanding, C! mo homo with a bullet wound in his right j rm, end was taken direct from tV "tc" 3 • *- NEW YORK STOCK London, April 29.—The telegraphed rer ports of renewed fighting in Afghanistan have caused indescribable excitement In military and political circles. The general feeling is one of regret, tempered with the hope that the news may turn out to have no better foundation than a bazaar rumor. At the vrpx office the opinion is unanimous that if ruch a battle as reported has really taken place, the question whether there is to be peace or war between Great Britian and Russia has been decided in favor of war, and nothing her majesty's ministers can now do will avert the struggle. The defeated Russians will, of course, be reinforced and a campaign against the Afghans in overwhelming strength commenced. The policy o. her ministers, it Is assumed, will be to watch the course of events, and proceed as rapidly as possihle with preparations for the defence of the Indian frontier. In the ovont of a crushing Russian victory, which is looked for as a matter of course, the British will probably re-occupy Candahar ainl block the only practicable roods into India. The probability of peace between Abour Rahman and Russia is discussed. In event of a Russian oocupation or prot x'torate it is the general opinion that the Afghan tribes hostile to the Ameer's rule should bo roused. No doubt is entertained horo that the whole of Afghanistan would bo plunged into civil war and anarchy with the fh st Russian victories, and that the whole of the country between Cabul and the Capian would become the seat of active operations against the Russians. This is the prevailing view in London in face of today's news, and further telegrams from the m prosed scene of hostilities are awaited with deep interest. Telegrams from India state that the Indian commissary department has completed all arrangements for the transportation of two army corps to the northern frontier. The flrrt corps will consist of 18,000 British troops, 16,000 native troops, 80,000 camp followers. 8,000 horses and 80,000 transport animals. The second corps will have 12,000 Britifch and 15,000 native troops, 28,000 camp followers, 0,000 horses and 28,000 transport animals. Supplies sufficient for one month will bi sent ty Punder, Killa and Abdulla(f) an 1 three months' supplies to Quetta. A dispatch to The Central News dated Tirpul, April 10, says that the Russians had ci cupied Ak T po and that they were busily er.ga'gan in making a military road from Ponjdvli to Herat. '1 he government has accepted the proffered service of the Australian contingent now in the Soudan for service in India. [As r«ported by Judd, Nve A Co, BroVerp, Scranton, Pittslon and W ilkes-Barrp, over their private wire, enabling them to exccute orders instantly. ] Nlw York, Apr l S9 - Slocks sold tc-dsj* at the New York stock exchange as follows: -a ally. The deutiit then felt her pulse an assured hir that there was no danger, as b did not think she hod heart disease. The piD Hent was Anally persuaded to follow his a. vice. She took the teat and the drug wt applied. Wbou three of her teeth had b-KD drawn she showed signs of revival and wi drugged cnco more, and three moro teet wore taken out, and again there were sign of returning consciousness. Slocks Open CloA'q Stock* Open• CtOm'g _ „ C"9 hid inq Bid D. & H. C.. h'i Hi Nor. West.. WiU aHU D. I.. & W.. 10# lOfi Nor W'estpf ISO 190 N. J Central SSU M.. K & f. lt)4 ls^ W. Union... 0C41 Mich. 'Vii.. M flC fit I mil, coin 70»2 7..« Puila CSR»,I. IB i« 0. n.c.41 sotf 8 x N Y O V W  Brie 1J 12 CaDnda8... fD*J tBM 8' INT. Ou . sovi Tb*. Pacific i(DM iC % D. t- K o. sS 4J Union Pat'.. C8x, L. ft Naan. • ] »4i *. r*c. com 17U 17W H. lj-liod... 11-U HJj2 .JJ.;. ae prvf MU 4C4| 'III.. Central. 127. 1X7 Oen. Pacific SIM SlD. ■ hie. 4 O  M.P .XDir. wilf »•( Sp, &O. pof  Osn. Pacific .18 U D. & Q. 1-0W 12IU Wait. Pacific m m 6kZMr*M.  W Pf.dfic pf Hi? C2 KTG&UtL T/iU 78W Ore*.Trans. 14U MV W.iS. Mi. .»U 2BU Brie Ind.... 84*? Pac. Mall '. 5#J UM 117 a government tug to the naval L . sp. ,n. 1 irooklyn. Tho wound was received while Ho lieutenant was endeavoring to quell n r.ot in the stroets of Colon, and as the warm, miasmatic climate was unfavorable for the • 1 sin-; of the wound he was sent home. -Ai Jio hi spital, after his wopnd was dressed, he ialkod over his experiences on the Isthmus of Panama. "Tho trouble began," he said, "the last of March, and was caused by the fact that a lew caias of arms had been found on board tl.e Pacific Mail Company's steamer, the Colon. Tho self styled Goverrfbr of Colon was at that time a big burly negro named Pi estan, who held his position by sheer force of abuse. Ho held a bill of lading for the arms, and ordered them delivered, but the agent, Mr. Conners, refused to let them leave thD slup, and telegraphed for Capt. Dow, of Ihe Pacific Mail Company, to come over fru'u Panama, and officially settle the dispute The American consul, Mr. Wright, went on board to assist personally in preserving peace and to signal to the Galena to drop alongside in case armed intervention should prove necessary. As soon as the consul stepped on board the Colon Prestan claimed him as a prisoner and placed an armed guard over the vessel's cables. For the third time the drug was admlr Istercd, it-hen the collapse came. The pntiei. was removed from the chair to a lounge where sho died within a few minutes, in spit' of the elf oris of a doctor who had been hastil called in. This is tho story as told by Mr. Madden. Dr. Day denies that he ndmir istored chloroform more than once, an insists that the patient died from a nervou shock. Dr. Day has practised denta surgery in Chicago since 1878. Officer of the State Dental association sa that he holds 110 diploma from an} worthy institution aul that be is ostracise! from associations bocnue he violates pro fe clonal ethics by promiscuous advertising It is claimed that 1:0 dentist has the right t odmlnistar chloroform without skilful pr. fess onal aid from some physician. TiD drug is very little in use, It is said, amen reputable dentists. In conversation with Mr. Black, a representative of the United Press was informed that he has issued orders directing the suspension of payment from the Philadelphia pension agency of 102 pensions, the original recipients of which have been dead 'to soma instances since 1871, but the names have been carried on the rolls and pensions regularly drawn by other parties since the death off the original recipients. The commissioner has also directed the suspension of payment from the Philadelphia agency of seven pensions which were grantel to widows. These pensioners, it has been ascertained, notwithstanding their remarriage, liave continued to draw pensions for several years past. Commissioner Black has laid these matters before the attorney general and requested him to take steps to recover from the pension agent and his bondsmen the sums so unlawfully disbursed. Figures to be issued at the pension office on May 1, itds said, will show that the work of the bureau during the past month will,be considerably greater than that of any previous month in its history. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. As received over private wire by Judd, Nye £ Co., Broken*, 1st National Bank Bulldlnp. Keren ton, Brown's Building, Plttston. and 7 flnlli Franklin t treet, Wllkes-Bsrre, Pa. No session to-day. PETROLEUM. On. Oitv, April t»,~ Opening. Highest „...„. Lowest Closing A GOOD THING. Some of the leading disciples, as well as the prophet, took part in the meeting, and one or two brethren who agree in the substance of the doctrine, but differ slightly from the chief priest in their arithmetic, also lifted up their voices. These men are called by the others "Opposers." They argue that the judgment day should be postponed till 1889. A debate was kept up for an hour between the two sects with seriousness and good temper. The 1885 people seemed to get the better of it. At any rate, they are so firmly convinced that their solution of the problenl is correct, that they are making ready to meet the Lord to-day. "I sometime* wish J could take hold oI the •Mile of Thomas' Ecleclric Oil for I tell you it is a grand thing, and I am conscientious -in saying I could do a good wo*." Be*. %. F. Crane, Oorry, Pa. "But the signals had been seen on the Galena, and while that vessel weighed anchor preparing to come alongide a boa' was sent under command of Lieut. Judd to ascertain and report on the state of affairs. But Prestan coolly arrested Judd and kept him prisoner along with Capt. Dow and the American consul, sending back ward by a raid'hipman that if the Galena dared to fire a single gun the four prisoners—Dow, Cancers, Judd and Consul Wright—would be instantly put to death. Tho only answer Commander Kane sent to this was the assurance A NURSE'S CARELESSNESS. Caulng the Death of a Child In s Bos Ecleclric Oil curcd this gentleman of quinsy of many years standing. pltal. Boston, April 39.—Tha managers of thC Children's Hospital, one of the most aristocratic charitable institutions of the city, ar placed in a most embarrassing position tr the verdict regarding a death which occurred there a tew ago. The parents oi Jennie L. Holmes, of Franklin, Mass., seat her to the hospital to be treated for hio dis ease. Tho mother received daily bulletin! by postal card cone ruing the chili's condition, all of which wjre favorable until, on the afternoon of one J ly whin she raojived favorable new?, there came bnothor massage saying that the little one was dead. ftOTAl Fences on Government Lands Must Go. Chicago Socialists Denounce tho Hoard Washington, April 29.—General Land Commissioner Sparks has requested the district attorneys throughout the west to institute ejectment suits against all persons and corporations found violating the law by fencing in the public domain. Under thD old law the prosecution was required to define by metes and bounls the lands unlawfully fenced, and to do this » survey was necessary. Even after this was done the law waa evaded by guilty persons moving their fences, thus defeatlngfthe object of the (■rvey, inasmuch as the land ooukl not be surveyed as rapidly as th? fori efts could be moved, and no indictment drawn by the government could stand the teat of trial. To remedy this anew law was passed by the last congress, which Commissioner Sparks thinks does not require land fescod in by trespassers to be defined by metes and bounds, and which, when enforced in the courts, will remove all fences from government land in the west. Chicago, April 28.—An advertisement in an evening paper announced that the workmen of this city would celebrate the dedication of the board of trade building. Pursuant to the call about 500 Socialists held n meeting on Market square at 8 o'clock last evening. The speakers denounced the new board of trade building as the "grand temple of usury, gambling and cutthroatism," saying that it had been paid tor out of the earnings of the workingmen. At 9 o'clock a procession was formed headed by two women, one bearing a black and the other a red flag. When within a block of the new board of trade they were met by a squad of 100 policemen, who had been stationed there and at all corneis of the square to prevent their nearer approach. The procession then oiorched to the corner of Washington street and Fifth avenue, where an indignation was held and the mob dispersed. of Trade. that the entire force of the Galena would resist any attempt to remove thearmi from Colon. While moving upon tho Colon the offlccrs of the Galena were surprisod to see Lieut. Judd putting off for them in a boat. He said thai Consul Wright bad signed the order permitting the landing of the guns under pain of the instant death of the four prisoners, and after the paper was signed he wai permitteH to go. Shortly a'terward Consul Wright came on board, and word was sent to Couners and Dow to keep out of the way while preparations v era made to take the Colon. The whalebcat, under command of Lieut R. M. Doyle, took the lead, pulled alongside the steamer and took possesion of her, helping to cover tho-second and third cutters, wl licli were following. The first cutter and sailing launch had ins tractions to cover the end o1 the dock with a Gatling gun and howitser. With the appearance of Doyle's men in the saloon of the Colon, the flight of Prwtan'i gang began. Tho last of them disappeared at the dook as the men from the other boats reached the starboard side of the Colon. The .steamship was hauled Off and the Qaleng anchored a? before. The farmers who have been drawn into the erase did not get out any wood last winter, and have.done no plowing this spring. Bom? of them have sold their cattle. Whether the proceeds will be any more available than the atcck after to-day they do not say. Tha female members of the congregation hav.» been busy making ascension robes for several days. One and the same kind at a robe will be put on by all the men, women and children. It is a flowing garment of bleached cotton cloth, which looks something - like a priest's surplice, something like a batcher's frock, and moat like a night gown. Those are no buttons on it, but it is gathered at the neck with a tape. The only deooratioo is a narrow white sash, which will, be loosely gathered about the waist The believers did not sles(D last night, bob passed the hoars in fasting and contemplation at their homes. This morning at 4 o'clock they assembled at their tabernacle, put on their white robes and sashes, and in unbroken and solemn silence awaited the end. The next day the body wa» forwarded hermetically sealed in a leaden cask«t with instructions not to open but to bury immediately, as death had boon caused by scarlet ftiTer. The cabinet council lasted two hours and « half. Detailed reports of the ttate of the military and naval war preparations were incdo by Lord Hartington, secretary for war, and the Earl of Northbrook, first lord of the admiralty. A dispatch was received fiom Sir Edward Thornton, British minister at 8t Petersburg, stating that he was unaware of any frteh engagement between the. Russians and Afghans as reported by tha B u*sels Independence Beige and the London Dnily News. Those directions were followed, but wlth;n a day or two the parents became suspicion and caused tho body to be disinterred. Th result of the investigation than begun is t rerdict by JnAga Wiggin to the effect tha the child was scaldel to death. It wit shown that the little one waa placed in S bath tub by l*ura Smith, a nurse in the in stitution, who turned the hot water upon th hplploBs patient, accidentally of conrra, am death was the result The nurte has fled. POWDER Narrow Escape of a Hotel. The Alart Mow File* the Union Jaek. St. Louis, April 29.—At S o'clock last evening fire broke out in the basement of the Lindell hotel, this city. The first intimation or its presence was the smoke which poured up from the cellar into the rotunda, then roachinft the stairway* and finding egress through the windows of the upper floors of the house. Every room in the was taken, but all the occupants were warned and escaped without an accident By bard work the fire was confined to • the basement, and was under control in about 15 minutes from the sounding of the alarm. At 0 o'clock tho guests were domiciling themselves in the rooms they had vacated a few hours before, and supper waa being served. Nowhere except in the rotunda could any evidence of a fire be found. The work of the department, seconded by the hotel people, in preventing the flames from reaching tho elevator shafts saved the hotel. The loss is comparatively slight, being estimated by Mr. Chassainj, the lessee, at $30,000; fully insured. Hat-tjax, N. 8,, April 28.— At 2 P.M. Capt. Coffin, IT. 8. N., formally transferred the Arctic relief Bhip Alert to Capt. Drummond, of her majesty's ship Tenedos, and senior naval offloer of this port just now. The ceremony was exoeedingly brief. Capt. Coffin, in a few words, returned the Alert to the pcpreaentative of the British government, with the hearty thanks of the United States for her use in searching for the Greoly party. He then hauled down the American flag. Capt Drummond accepted the transfer, and expressed his pleasure that the vessel hail been of service in the cause of civilization and humanity, and ran the Union Jack to the masthead. Gov. Ritchey, United States consul, Gen. Frye and the few other guests present were then shown over the ship. Copt. Coffin and crew returned to Boston by the steamship Worcester. Tue ministers looked both tired and flustered as they emerged from the council chamber and went to the house of commons. Rilled by mi Engine. - EVAWtviLL*, Ind., April!».—While Mik Blsalln, a section foreman, with threo other workmen, were proceeding to the r work on • hand car in the yarda of the Air Line rait road, this city, they were ran down by e ■witch engine which waa going in the same direction. Eiselin was instantly killed, beiu? atmck by the pilot, and forced against th bar of the hand car, crushing his breast. Before the engine could be checked the un fortunate man waa thrown from the car the engine passing over his body. His com panions escaped injury by jumping fron the oar, • ■— • "Will the sun rise to-morrow P' I asked on* of theip last night. Absolutely Pure. This powder never Tanee. A marvnl of parity strength and wholeaomaneaa. More eeononaio than the ordinary klnaa, and cannot ha sold la competition with the multitude of low teat, abaft weight, alum or phoaphate powders. Bold oaH It cant. Royal Baking Powder Co., 10* Wall Street. X. Y. t;.jino of the older members of the cabinet me apparently 1 reaking down under their luttd of responsibility. It is now almost openly avowed that they are manoeuvring for delay, and it is certain that they are anxious to shulila off their final decision M to* roaoe or war until after the arrival of Sir IV,er Lumudens messenger, Mr. Condie Stephen. It seems safe to say that the present condition of suspense is so intolerable that the government would hail a declaration of win' by Russia with a certain sense of relief. 1 Uj challenge would of course be accepted; tin war would be fought, and whichever tray it terminated the government would te justified. If England conquered, all past blunder* would be not only condoned but forgotten. If Russia won, the wisdom C*t the government's present efforts to avoid war w - uld be vindicated. "It may," said he, "and it may set The end may come before sunrise, or in the evening, or at noon; we cannot tell the hour, but it will surely come at some time to-inor row." , The proceedings on the programme far today are no stranger than others which have baen of frequent occurrence here and at Other places during the winter. When Elder Nickerson has felt called upon to baptises convert he haacut a hole through the toe in some pond or streain and dipped the man or woman into the frigid water. It is remarkable, but true, that all of the baptised are alive and have had their ascension gowns made. It has not been an unusual spectacle to see the disciples kneel and pray on the street corners in loud voices. Sqmetfntyas they have gathered groups of peoplp around them in the Opefe #ir. Their favqrite mode of self discipline has been to crawl through the streets on their knees in the mud and slush. One woman crept half a mile in this way, singing and groaning alternately. Strangest of all, one of the believers declared last week that nothing would mortify his pride but to ■ink him in the ground like a fence post, with nothing but nis head out Be induced two of his brethren to dig a circular hole in the ground, and he jumped in and prayed while they shoveled the dirt around his nock aid shoulders. He remained in this position several hours. "The next morning the 119 men forming the Galena's battalion mustered on the dock, with two howitaem and a Gatling gun, preparing to march upon Prestan should he refuse to give up Dow and Conner®, but the prison-rs were given up without a struggle. Later in the day 300 Columbians attacked Prostan, who flrel the town before be fled. Tho American troops remained on the docLguardin* the ship's property all night, but with the defeat of Prestan the little unpleasantness euclod.'1 WOMEN S'todlaa i ni«4 Ilmtft. mr wfca hMD Am l.ltmttfe. »MallDr to lh«tr w, ikMll trr B»0 iVWui 1» ■ BEST TONIC ViMlUw Iroa with pan nntiU The Cincinnati Hotel Fire. Coshocton, O., April 29.—Tbe newi o Mrs. Hawley's arrest on a charge of arson it connection with the Palace hotel fire at C'r clnaati {recently struct the people of I hi town with astonishment She is a native e Coshocton and there ii but one opinion c. the subject, that she has be m suspected ui. justly, and that the charges again rt her caj not possibly be sustained, Gen, Grant Out l'.ldlng. Boston's Cattle Quarantine, N*w York, April 80. ~Gen, Grant, with his wife, Mrs, Dent and Mrs, Sartorjs, took his usual -ca-riage drive, Washington McLean, of Cincinnati, called and had an interview with the general lasting over threC hours. He expresses a belief In the general's perfect recovery, as he helieves that the disease is simply an ulcerated sore throat resulting from excessive smoking. He found the genoral in the best of spirits and profuse in bis acknowledgments of thanks for the many kind remembrances of his ffiepds on his birthday. Boston, April 28.—Commissioner of Agriculture Coleman gave a hqariqg at tho Parker house as to the location of the cattle quarantine for the port of Boston. A largo number of prominent men attended. Testimony was offered that the removal of tho station trom Waltham was earnestly desired by resident* of that town. Testimony pro and con was taken upon the question as to whether a seaboard or an inland location was preferable. Letters from cattle importers were read urging the removal to Littleton or some other suitable place. The commissioner took the subject tyqdef advisement and will witq thq secretary of thy treasury; But the responsibility of the ministers if fearfully augmented by the knowledge that jf the nor is to be declared it must be do? luaroil by them. It is idle to suppose that will declare war while sliiis inarch iug along her chosen line of expansion without any such declaration, and while the only effect of declaring war wouli be to authorize her enemy to strike wiiereVdr it was most convenient Russia is willing enough to fight and is fighting, but she will not declare war, and it is becoming generally believed that she will not agree to arbitration. Winnipeg, April 29.—News has been received of the safety of 30 transport wagons which took the wrong trail from Humboldt to Batouche, They were rescued from impending peril by Boulton's scouts. There is great apprehension of the Indiana and half*' breeds rising in the vicinity of -Qu'Appelle, as they appear restless and discontented. Notes of the Kiel Kebfllloq, D4W wiD| Order In Olnelnnatl. Cwownatx, April 39.—The movement set on foot by the Uw and Order League tclose the theatres and saloons on Sunday has oreated quite a commotion, particularly among the Gorman population. This morn lug's Herman papers strongly oppose tL movement. There is a rumor that the steamer Northcote, with supplies for (Jen. Middleton, is aground on a sand bar about 1ft miles south of the mouth of Swift Current Creek. Dr. Douglas tmriveU at tfce house at 10 o'clock for t|te night, The general is about the same Ul temperature and general con- •k combines yuiei — dDnhuw for Pin.,. JrunmtdidHf rf«. OmiiM haa atxnra tnda mark aad arraiMd red Um on wrapper. Take M Mllwr. Mad« ami} tl BBOWN CMtWCU. WJUTUIOM. MH inrjn warh» »UiiaaWa' B|«11M to any iflltilMmihl at 2c. atnmo. dition, 1 h is beea persistently rumored for some dayB that England has proposed to submit tue quarrel to a single arbitrator, leaving JldcSiQ »o choose 'between Emperor WUlia$ IMid President Cleveland, and tljat Russia bus rejected the proposition. A variation of tho rumor is that Russia has intimated that the only plan of arbitration she would consider would make the five great continental powers the arbitrators. This means Germany, Austria, France, Spain and Italy , and in such a court England's friends itfould be ill a minority of two to three, if not Qf one to four. The belief that arbitration has at least beep proposed by England is strengthened by Mr. Gladstone'., language in the house of commons wlion he spoke of the heavy responsibility of the government to use every means consistent with honor to avoid war. The total force now in the northwest territory is over 5,000 men and about 2,000 horses. Nlckerson, the prophet, is a tall, stout, full bearded mean pf W, uncultivated, but a good talker, He gets little lucre fgr his labors, In an interview last night be wid: "I have no desire to gratify the curiosity of the thoughtless; they will soon receive an awful enlightenment end the scales will fall from their eyes, Tho Lord sent ine here to preach the truth to theso people, and only the willfullyjdisobedient will be unprepared. It is enough for me to say that the time included in the vlsiou of Daniel is 2,800 years. We have passed that time. The last great day is at hand. The seventh seal is about to be opened. Ifcere will be silence in heaveu about the space of half an hour. Then the ten thousand times ten thousand will be gathered before the ancient of days. So it was with Noah. He was given yw (130), and then he was ordered to move into the ark. HA 'obeyed instructions. After that seven days, and then the awful flood." Damage hj Floods in Arkansas. Littlk Rose, April 39.—'The levees are reported breakin? ail along the lower Arkansas levee, and many valuable farms are being inundated. A rush of water will cause an overflow in many other places, and result in great lass to property. The current is rushing through soma places with sufficient force to uproot largo tree3, and fears of a cut off are entertained. The Jollet Striken Tired. W*U Known Author* diva Headings. Joliet, Ills., April 80.—A conference of the striking quarrymaa sad the employers is now in progress at the quarries of the Jolie' Stone Company, and it is bettered that a settlement of the dispute will bet arrived at The conference was held *t tho requeit o.J the who «ya, wxioos to mu aie wori. Scouts report )30 rebels encamped three miles north jn a ravine similar to that at Wash Creek. The wounded have all bean brought to Clarke's Crossing and are dciug well, with the exception of Lieut Swintord, who must die. The rebels are fortified at Batouche. Naw York, April 29,—A large audience attended the authors' readings in aid of the international oopyright at Madison Square theatre. The stage was crowded with well known authors and journalists. George W illiam Curtis .presided. W. S. Howell, Will Carletoo, Julian Hawthorne, H. H. Boyeson, R. H. Stoddart, H. C. Bunner and others road from their own works. Bishop Potter will preside at the readings to-day, and tenry Ward Baeoher, George Parsons Lathrop, W. D. Howell, Edward Eggleston, Mark Twain, John Boyla O'Reilly ana Frank K. Stocktodr will read. thought the $11 V)Cjt ovw $1,300 to the cause, ' A PiHur to minister Pewlletoa. Why the Prince went to Ireland. Catting Western freight XntM Chicago, Aptil.jp.—.Th« St, Paul road has tip W«J rates to Das Moines, Cedar {tapids, Clinton and Ottumwa, Iowa, to a llat rate of 10 cents per hundred. Other roada Interested followed the out by rebate. It is reported that both the Fort Wayae and Chicago and Atlantic roads *tera making • 19 cent rate on corp to eastern coast points. New York, April 29.—A dinner was tendered to Mr. Pendloton at Delincuicc.'o la t evening by eminent citizens, including Carl Schurz, John Jay, Oswald Ottendorfor, B. H. Bristow, AlUqn Phelpa Stokes and many others, London, April 39.—The conciliatory and flattering speech by the Prince of Wales at Carrickfergus is followed by a statement c'.:atheis strongly of the opinion that the office of Viceroy of Ireland should be aboli bed and its duties transferred'to a secretary of state for Ireland. This would be an immense concession to the Irish, one of whose leading complaints has been against castle rule. Borne «hfewd observers now believe that the Whole' plan of the prince's visit to Ireland and of oiis present conciliatory attitude was devised to bind Ireland to England in the event of war, both for her importance as a recruiting ground and to avoid having an' enemy in the rear. COME ONE! COME ALL! I DND BEK THE HANDSOME STYLES Doctors In Th« City of Fara Kelarn*. N*w Ohleanh, April 29—The 90th annual session of the Auterioan Medical Association opened hero- The attendance is large, all the leodhigtttles ait the oountry being represented. Only routing basins*) was transacted.St. Pbtebsbobo. April 29.—Coal is extremely scarce here, aad brings fabulous l A long cii liar telegram was received at tho war office 6n Monday from Uen. Komatofl.'New York, April 39.—The steamer City of Para, whioh took down a detachment of United States marines on her Inst yoyage tC) the Isthmus of arrived here. Among bar passengers werv Gob. Gkujima and Ex-Consul K* ff. Bice, who' went to Boston. Oonima was sent to Panama as commander of the Atlantic Division of the Colombian army. la.it heard of bo was a prisoner 14 ifce hands uf Aizpura. Ho goes to Washington on a special mission, Ae details of widely are at present secret Seizor Calderon, the Colombian consul ifl city, said Gon. Gpnipift had not p*id him ft visit. SPRING and SUMMER fetter W 1U Not Go to Italy. W4SHINOTON, April 20. —Secrecy qf State Bayard, in an interview stated that Mr. A. M. Keiley, of Richmond, Va., bad the Italian mission. Whether Mr, Keiley would be assigned to another toraigB mission Secretary Bayard rofw»d *0 say, Washinoton, April 80.—The first controller of the treasury has iw Important decision tha dlaqr.etfon chief supervisors dt elections in budding up their fees. It has bcou held heretofore that the accounting officers of the treasury had no right to re viae the accounts gjf chiqf tapervisors as to thg (mount and pftaryW of the work to ba done. The 'question came before Controller Burn ham in tha case pf William Muirbeid, chief supervisor of New Jersey, and the diwiisicin was that tfea noqouma eauld be revised, *nd pli illegal ot unnaoeeFary items disallowed. lit the case of Mr, Muirheid over f8,000 was dimllowed, It Kleetlon Fee*. 11L LINER? The Plymouth Epidemic. 4 Russian sailors have began to recelvo the pay al owed in time of war. ' kflUpoN, Maries «*t Suakirn liav« bedii ordered to use the utmost in 'preparing to leave that btat.uaD I.uKdon, April 20. -The coastguard have received "orders to prepare to join tl»e crews p! ships npw fitting out for service, yjflcefsyf U}6ii#v«d reserve whghaypbaen geryina jn top merchant marine have u.eii gsUed to |ake oommand of the liners fitted gut by (he government as cruisers, Pb*M!I, April 29,—Mr. Gladstoqe's speech Ja the hog40 of oommons on the vote oC credit is highly praised by the German press, both for It* conservatism and ite firmness. BSimr, April 38.—It is learned that M. de Oien, Russian foreign minister, very recently propoeed that the imperial oounoil of Russia should make such lizht concessions as wouU enable England to honorably abate her demands and thus avert war for the iresaat. The proposal was rejected, as has beon all M. fliers* eadeavors to control the war 1 arty. _ _  Wn.rmSBA.RRI, Pa., April 29.—'11m epidemic at Plymouth is, to some extent, abating. There are still oyer 800 persons sick, but the fatality has not been so great since cooler weather set in. Four deaths occurred from among tbe poorer classes. of Internal lUveoqe Appointed. Wabiungton, April 29.—The president has appointed the following collector* of internal revenue: Hamilton Shepdard, "or the sixth district of Virginia, ylco Wn. Craig suspended; \VIiittuker. for the district 1 f Oregon, vice 3. C. Cart Wright; D. F. Bradley, district of South Carolina, vice E M. Brayton; Cornelius Vporhls, for the fourth Missouri district, vioa D. A, Sewart rA ligned, John Qo)mi was appointed pollector of customs for Oregon. CONDENSED NEWS. MRS. SMITH'S Only one veto was oast for senator in tha Illinois legislature, and that was given to Gen. Logan. A Dons Houses Burned. Ilonoo Heats Utoiii The floods at Montreal and Quebec began to subside. Half of the village of Longueuil is still under water. St. Louis, April 29.- A special from Chillicotiie, Ma, says nearly a business houses were either entirely burned or badly damaged there. The lose ia between 915,000 and &$\0Q|\ w&ich is nearly covered by inNEW STOCK, N*w York, April fit). -Th»ro was an eioellemt'attendance at Irvlnj Hall last night, when George F. Slosson and Joseph Diou played the eighth gam 3 of the l&4noh balk Une tournament, Sloasou mafia somo excellent runs Of W, 80, 24, 90, 51, 01 and 148, Anally beating his opponent by 308 points. The score.was: Slosson, 800; run, 148; average, 23 8-11. Dion, 194; longest run, 84; average, 9 5-21. OoL M. B. Quay is announced to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for state troasUrer in Pennsylvania. The Ohio legislature passed requiring, the saloons at Cincinnati yenyiin closed from midnudit It A.' »ii TI5© MetflMn of deputies, by a unanimous vote, has adopted the bill authori* in ; K&U Irfyipokl to accept the title of the HJvereign of tile Congo free state. LATEST NOVELTIES, A Saa Murders his Mother. ELEGANT STYLES, Dwraoi*. April 89.—On hit return home John F. Clark, of Hune township, found his wife'* dead bony lying on the floor, with a bullet wound in the head. Hi* invalid son Edward was misalng, but after a long chase constables arrested him in a small town seventeen miles from the seen* of th-i tragedy. Edward is supposed tp h» tW^t. deier 4 vC Struck Against a Reduction, *ii tbe latest attractions in Ribbons, Ltcee. and Tha Kiel Rebellion Produces a Libel Bait. Monttjml. April 20.—An action has beta, begun by Lieut.-Col. Oulmet, MP., commanding the Sixty-fifth battalion, against The Times Printing and Publishing oompany, for C50,000 damages for alleged libel. The ground for the action is an article in jThe Toronto News containing serious charges against the Sixty to regjtfd jjoij ftrticle W%s par Holbbook, Mass., April 29.—One hundred and fifty workmen in Whitoomb & Payne's shoe factory here struck against a wholesale reduction in wages, averaging 16 per cent. Feathery. . A fine variety of patches fot crazy quilts, 'M*+*; - Lost H«r Life to Vwr Child. MRS. M.J. SMITH,. Lokdob, April 28,—The uollqe pr* makin ; little ppojpwwi to their investigation of the ajdmiMlty ofltoe explosion. They have been daily examining officials, clerks, porters and mi—gun, but they seem to havo pumped them dry of what little information th y possessed, And are now compelled to fal back on the familiar that the after of a thumping rswani inigty elici some useful evidence. The grain yield in all parts of California willleonly from one-quarter to three-qua' tcrs of that of last year. Owing to deo/ rasad TT—gn What u lost in grain will bf Bads up in flruit and wine. and daughter ot ftC.*Burke were drowned In ft cistqro, Tt»o mother saw the child fall in, end life in attempting to reecue k 98.—The wife Opposite Eagle Hotel. WM. GRIFFITH", 4( Louisville, a At Qinoiunati—Cincinnati, 0; St. Louis, 8. At Hartford —Hartford, 8; Arctics, 1. At Waterbury—Pr vi.i re, 9; Waterbury, 4. At lndlanapoiLi . j spoils, 0; Toledo, &. - W4gHUfOfO|f, April 88.—The following postmasters i»ve been appointed by the president: George D. Whittlesey, New Losdon, Conn.; Alexander McKinnon, Crookst n, Mina ; Penjaijj.n B. Smith, CL'.Uicotha, Mo.; George H. Tracey, Wliber, Nebraska. Appointed, The body of Nelepn WowV, we of tte nine firemen who mere fcurVl under • tailing wall in (vtaburg on Monday night, Was fnwd ysetarday. John Groetiinger will die Viid the others will I'eogvsr. Columbus, April 28.—In the. pout nfttek for $100 a aide between TxDnia E»*»w, of New York, and H. Seymour* of Cleveland, Seymour won, $1 *o S|aw i 17 Match Game of PooL T3 L-VJt. 33X0 O-INEim, ST. Albans, Vt., Afril 29.—Ellis, the train wrecker, on trial here for several days far manslaughter has been acquitted. An Altered Train Wrecker Acquitted. B rai St, SU YtYOR Hut Pi.