Evening Gazette

              SbeitiHQ jySfe, MKBKK 883. ( WMWT Established i860, j PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1885. J "two om | Te» Cant* Tar WmI GRANT CHOSEN COMMANDER. PAUL BOSTON'S TRICK. In the United States before, and now yon want to run this bay. But you can't do it I was born and brought up in Washington street, in the First ward of New York, and if I have to go aboard that launch, somobody'il pay me for my time, or get licked." Thus encouraged, everybody in the boat let loose his voice in wild protestations. Capt. Boyton took advantage of the uproar to shove the muzzle of a gun away from his car, and when the commanding officer had b een threatened with everything and silence was restored, he consulted with a subordinate and said the crowd might go. Capt. Boyton was assisted into the boat, three cheers were given for the Garnet, and then the party cheered for iteelf all the way back to the Bayonne hotel, while the launch steamed darkly back to the Garnet. ENGLAND'S PLIGHT. MAXWELL ARRE8TED. FOURTEEN VICTIMS. 1BE LfGlfcLitTlBE. Tha Alleged Murderer of Preller Found in New Zealand. tfnanlraotisly K«-«l«eM by the Army of the Potomac. ME PLACES A DUMMY TORPEDO UNDER THE GARNET. THE ASTOUNDING STATEMENT GLADSTONE IS SAID TO HAVE MADE. St. Locis, May 7.—Chief of Police Harrigan has received the following cablegram, announcing the arrest of Maxwell, the murderer of Preller: GHA8TLY 8CENE8 IN THE RUINS OF Baltimore, Jay T.—The business meeting rf the Axmy of the Potomac was held, at Ford's opsra house. The nomination for ifflcera being in order, Gen. John C. Itobinson moved that the secretary be authorized •jo cast one ballot on which be inscribed tb« name of Gen. U. S. Grant. The various sorps associations seconded Gen. Robinson's motion, and it was carried by a standing rote amid the wildest enthusiasm, which lasted sevoral moments. SEVERAL PHASES QUESTION OF THE LIQUOR DISCUS8ED. THE BROOKLYN FIRE. It Causes Intense Consternation on Board. The Steam Lunch In Pursuit. A Heroic Constable Defends State n Island. He Informs the Marquis of Salisbury that If She Fights Mow She Will Be Beaten—Knssia Triumphant at All Points. • he Debris a Huge Charnel House—An Kxalted and Emotional Crowd—Near- Nearly Lynching a Man Supposed to be the Contractor. The Poll Tax Bill llirmtinit Co»- ■tltntlonaU rnUMtloa-(MDBack ' for High Unman m—m Auckland, New Zealand.—Maxwell arrested and will give trouble. Ho has counsel. Send an officer with requisition anil sworn deposition by first steamer. Advise state department and cable when the officcr sails. Gamble, Consul at Auckland. Ps—«* Us the Nemmte. Nrw York, May 7.—Eleven men climbed down from the Elevated railroad to Battery park at 9D£ o'clock on Tuesday night, and gathered in a knot under a lamp poet. Ten of them were ordinary-looking men. The eloventti wore a suit of rakish cut, had an unusual cast of countenance, carried a long,' broad paddle made of tha lightest of pine, and was enveloped in a mantle of myBtery. The man with the paddle was Capt. Paul Boyton, celebrated for his feats in the water, and the others wore a party to whom he had undertaken to show how easily a British man-of-war, and the Garnet in particular, might be blown into atoms, if the dynamiters only knew how. Four of the party were the captain's personal friends, and six were reporters.London, May 7.—Another special cabinet council hai been called to consider tha line of strategy necessary to meet the threatened apposition to the vote of credit consequent upon the recall of Sir Peter Lumsden. It has just been realized that this action of the government amounts to the total annihilation of the international commission for the delimitation of the Afghan frontier. Gen. Zelenoi, the Russian commissioner, never went, and was probably never ordered, to the rendezvous. Gen. Lumsden is recalled and his personal staff is dispersed, CoL Patrick Stewart being ordered home with him, Mr. Condie Stephen being already on his way to England as a bearer of dispatches from Sir Peter, Maj. Napier being remanded to his post as private secretary to Sir Comyns Lyall, governor of the northwest provinces of India, and Capt. Barrow being ordered back to his regiment at Bombay. Brooklyn, May 7.—Fourteen bodies have be"n recovered up to 9 o'clock last evening from the ruins of the fallen and burned buildings in Atlantic avenue. The streets in the neighborhood \rere filled all day with excited people, who loudly denounced the carelessness which led to th-j disaster. The (raw? of workmen digging io the ruins di-'nf 1 • Special to the Owliti The arrest of Maxwell shows pretty conclusively that the trail which led to San Francisco, where the detectives arrived shortly after a stranger answering Maxwell's description had sailed for Australia, was tho correct one, and there seems little doubt that he was the guojt at the Palace hotel who went on a spree and pre tended to be aFrenchii)an, but coulil not disguise his English appearance. The police believe that if the liody of Preller had been discovered a few days earlier at the Southern hotel Maxwell would have boon arrestoi in ban Francisco. As ho had mora than a week's start he was safely out of the United States at the time the body was found. A telegram was then sent to Gen. Grant Informing him of his resolution, which elicitsd the following reply: Wuribtohq, May 7 —The entire morniag tD ries ia the Deuce wss occupied in coastal, eiing the high license bill, which evoked • wnriB parlismealsry coatsst. The provision :iv ree4upoB friends of the measure liTraucui flxir.f $160 ubiform eosnty license in adeitien to State lioeMe, was dsfeste* ky » vote oil 3« to 66. There is evideatly little prospect of agreeing upoa aay nsasuie of this kind. "Please thank the members of the Society at the Arinv of the Potomac for their parv in electing me a second time their [•resident. 1 wish my health promised the Probability of my l-eing at the next meeting, would regard it as providential should I be able to attend, but I accept the honor, though without hope of performing the duties of office. Some of the party went out again in the boat to see what the Garnet folks would do with the torpedo. The boat was not cordially received. When it drew within hailing distance of the Garnet, a request to allow some reporters to come aboard was answered with an order to keep off, reinforced by the clicking of rifle locks and the appearance over the rail of an instrument which fires a large number of bullets a minute. The boat put back for the shore, and the party landed just in time to see the Garnet's launch come dashing after them once more. The officer stood up while his men leveled their guns, and ordered every man who had been in the boat to come down and be a prisoner. later hours of the afternoon took out niue bodies in rapid succession from one spot. Not a single one of the bodies would have been recognized by an ordinary observer as that of a human being. They were charred and broken to such a degree as to destroy all semblance of humanity. "Wishing all members many happy reunions, I remain, "U. 8.. Grant." The first remains brought out were in a solid, shapeless mass, adhering together. The coroner, after examination, pronounced the mass to be the bodies of two persons, it waq impossible to lay whether men or women, young or old. Shortly afterward anothor solid mass was turned up. The workmen thought it was a piece of a charred beam. A physician, by cutting into it with a penknife, found it to be part of a body. People in the great crowd uttered cries of horror as they witnessed this proceeding. Several persons who had friends or relatives in tha ruins, and were in the crowd, and many women, began to weep aloud. The people grew nervous and the throng began to sway slowly back and forth. "Hie policemen redoubled their exertions to keep them quiet, but in vain. A letter of regret was sent by Gen. Hansock at not being able to attend. The fol lowing officers were elected: C1 it* Hciioo of jkurdaj, sad—by a vow f '-Van 127, D«T« S2—paM«d finally ths joiat •p liition, fa the ("US'itutiori a* td *Vxjli*h the poll tax '!D« I'quor'qoevtlo* thoo claimed thC- uwD of Hairimom. liny «—The Bern* recoasM- Chief of Police Harrignn cabled Mr. Gamble, American consul at Auckland, instructing him to bold Maxwell at all hazards until an officer from Missouri arrived. The polioo board have also telegraphed Secretary of State Bayard, notifying him that an officer will leave Saa Francisco for Maxwell on June 0 and urge Mr. Bayard in conjunot oil with the British minister at Washington to see that Maxwell is not released on a technicality until th officer arrives. The first thing to be done was to find a man with a boat to do what be was bidden. Stephen Connors was providentially hanging around, and ran up against the group with the remark: President, U. 8. Grant; tnD««nrjDr, Gen. M. T. McMaboo, of New York: rDv-onl tng secretary, Coi. H. King, of New York But Constable McVoigh was there. Drawing a silver-plated 82-caliber revolver, which could scarcely kill a lieu, and walking to the cdg9 of the water, he pointed it at the launch and ordered her off shore. The officer started to tell who they were, but McVeigh wouldn't have it This dissolution of the frontier commission, like every other important act in the whole Afghan business, has been quietly effected by Mr. Gladstone without taking either the' British public or parliament Into his confidence. Now that it is an accomplished fact the Tory members are crowding the notice paper of the house with questions about it. If Mr. Gladstone chose to explain the matter even now he could easily do so by saying that nothing remains for any boundary commissioner to do. Just one week ago Russia sent an ultimatum demanding that England should accept tho boundary line as Russia understood it. The next day England accepted the Russian, or Lessar, line. That sottled the bases of the line, and all that remains to be done is to connect those bases and monument tho boundary. That could be done by a party of cadets from Sandhurst, and as a matter of fact there are three accomplished survey officers of the Royal engineers already in the field—Maj. Hill, Capt Gore and Lieut. Talbot. These officers did not belong to Gen. Lumsden's party, tut to the escort and surveyj staff under command of Lieut. Col. Ridgeway. Whatever the general line of boundary agreed upon, they ore amply competent to survey between the bases, and, the Lessar line having been adopted, there is plainly no necessity for Gen. Lumsden to remain in Afghanistan. corresponding secretary, M«j. Oe-i. Gi 'Til stay up all night, an' I'm in for anything no matter how desp'rit, providin' I II. Sharps, of New York, and th»D folio rioe-prcsidenta: Gens. Edward B. Fowler Nathaniel P. Lane, Janw W. Latta. Or lando B. Wilcox, James 8. Robinson, Wra. Wells; Cols. Banks P. Morgan. N. B. Swifr »r, P. B. Buckingham, John O. Kelley, J. H. McDonald, John H. Hopkins. Cfcitof; M *Dy Puiffg* '•«o:u(r aoveo to r»C«)CaH*r tk« vote fehitii ihe lUDurCD i*Hi wpfck adoptMi • iDr#- wD conpenw.tn g liqunr 4C*)«rt for tb« lo#t proptrty occaeioied by the adoption of th« meiidm«Dt The group boarded a Staten Island ferryboat, and steamed merrily down the bay, with Connors in his little boat dragged on behind. On the way down the ten men, now thoroughly saturated with mystery, gathered around Capt. Boyton and listened to the unfolding ofhis plan. He exhibited a •tout rubber bag, which, when inflated, presented the appearance of a torpedo charged with 120 pounds of dynamite. "Put down those guns and get out," he cried, "or I'll take you -all in. I don't want any gang of Englishmen pointing guns at Staten Island." • HOW THE ROFFS WERE KILLED. Ban Francisco waa chosen as the plac* for holding the next meeting. A loo* debate conned, i. jj,, mum of Men the er hrr temperance queetinn »aa re• »«i Bt.- -TMnrntK were preeemed pro id C C» C■ i, f„, l iNtion, H»li Ikvtw -id oD p i mi .i v .1 », vib'hk •-ouDt«MtuWo te •) i'fl I'li d npi.ti ibeeD U .ir Mteinu* F r«lb it D!• •' C«,D.sifjt r i»n» Do«i—y«M, 8g ; T-t f|iiw»«i wiirriBK •« ti'» first '• R th» rceolutuin M mm-a-ied, u ru *«. "J« 1M. Thia having 'lied th« BMCManDl Mr. Crawford prveaeded te kdl£ it bflnoTiay »«econ8ider«tioa. Thia h*w»w, proved » uawiee mm, far ta•'*ad of th« aotioD May defeated ee waa ia»W, tb. frienda of the meaaure oTdmM-rt thpir force* aad earrlad the motioo br a vow of—rea» M, naye «T The meat of the Teto waa (rreetwJ with  Mr. Milling" mo»»d to pmtpone the Ml (or 'he proem t, tut pending union the Houte adjourn C1. Klddllng the llrotliers with Bullets from From 3 to 5 and from 0 to 8 o'clock openair concerts were given in Eufcaw place, Mount Vernon place, Harlem Park and Broadway square by the following bands, respectively: U. 8. Marine band of Washington, First Regiment band. National guard, Philadelphia; Wilson Poet baod, Baltimore, and the Fifth Regiment band, Baltimore. Another consultation took place among the crow, after which tho launch turned her nose away from Staten Island and stoamod out to the Garnet again. Gainesville, Tex., Mar 7.—Four outlaws captured in Indian territory, have just been brought in and lodged in jail. They are part of the gang of/desperadoes and cattle thieves who have been operating with the Lee brothers, and it is thought that one of them took part in the fight at the Lee ranche in the Indian territory last Friday. • niook House. It was a scene of rare excitement Suddenly a well dressed man walked through thu police lines. Some one cried out that it iras Miller, the contractor. "Lynch him!" "Lynch the hound I" sudden shouted another voice. An angry roar followed this cry. Women shrank back and grew pale, and the stranger glanced apprehensively at the menacing people. Sharp cries of "No, no," and "He's not the man." came quickly from many men. A moment later the sight of the coroner bending over another charred mass distracted the attention of the crowd and the threatened danger was averted. "I shall inflate this—mark torpedo," said Capt Boyton. "I will put in it bricks for ballast. with a letter to tl»e commander of the Gnrnot, and then, dressed in my nautical costume. F wiH scud ont to that war vessel and fasten it to her. This done, I will •coot av.ay to where you will be waiting for me in the boat now towed behind us, and together wo will have the laugh on all the Br.tU'u iiavy." C|! t-f r A stout little midshipman met a reporter at the head of the gangway of the Garnet yesterday afternoon and invited him aboard. The middy called a six-foot lieutenant on deck. rl'eu J'S I'#. The brothers of the Roffs, the cattle men who were killed in that fight, would have iynched these desperadoes had they been certain that they were implicated in the death of thoir brothers. The posse is still in pursuit of the Lee boys, who did the killing, but it is doubtful if they will be captured, Should they bo taken they will be summarily hanged. The report that the outlaws were surrounded in a house on Lee's ranch is not true. One of the most interesting features of the day was the arrival of the R B. Lea camp, confederate veterans, of Richmond, Va., 116 strong. They were met at Union station by a committee of citizens and a portion of Wilson poet G. A. R. As the line of grays passed the Wilson poet the latter saluted them in military style, and shortly afterwards the confederates returned the compliment to the Boy* in Blue. All alon the line of march from the depot to thei rendezvous the gallant ex-confederates wer cheered at every step. The arrival of tD- Duryea Zouaves, of New York, famlliir ures in this city from the fact of their har n occupied Federal Hill for a long time durinr the war, waa also made the occas n of quit' an animated scene at Union dep \ Th wearers of the Oriental costumes were me' at Havre de Grace by a committee of citizens, who escorted them to the city. They ware met at the depot by Compc y C of the Fifth Maryland regiment (confederate), and escorted to the Howard house, where they will make their headquarters. "The captain has gouo to Now York to see the British consul," said the lieutenant. "It may be on account of that affair. He left orders that none of the officers or men should say anything about it" When the ferryboat stopped at Tompkinsrilie it was discovered that Stephen Connors' fcoal, guaranteed to carry 18 .persons, was meant to carry four only. Connors went in search of a second boat, and the party waited in the Bayonne hotel. With a view of deceiving any C riend of the British government who might be around, one of tho party Baid: "I'll bet a fiver the white dog licks the trine lie." The police boat Patrol, containing a dozen citizens and Police Commissioner McClave and Capt. Smith, steamed up to the Garnet and made f ast to the port side while the lieutenant was talking. Capt. Smith boarded the corvette and wont down into the cabin with the lieutenant. The captain said he was fulfilling a "little commission," the nature of which he refused to divulge. Meanwhile the laborers plied picks and spades carefully, and every few moments passed up something for the coroner to examine. Bometimes the substance turned out to be a mass of rubber, of which great quantities were stored in the building; but more often it was part of a human frame. Tne extremities in tnost cases had been burned off. Only part of the body- of John McGrath was found. It consisted of the right shoulder, part of the right arm and about threequarters of the trunk. The legs had disappeared. Glued to the trunk was a great masj of rubber. The recovered bodies were conveyed by workmen to an alleyway and laid upon the ground. A great crowd outside the alleyway was kept back by polioemen. After a while pine coffins arrived and the pieces were placed in them. From the escort which brought in the outlaws it is learned that the killing of the two Rolfs, Mathis and Officer Guy on Friday, was done in a treacherous manner. The thieves sought shelter in a block house and Guy was induced to believe that they would not resist the service of papers on them. When he and his party approached, with that understanding, within talking distance, the fugitives opened (Ire from the block house with six Winchester rifles. Guy was riddled with bullets. One ball killed Andy Rolf, five were fired into Jim Roff, and several pierced the body of Mathis. ussstis. It is very improbable, however, that Mr. Gladstone will make so frank an explanation as the above. There is a growing conviction that his reliance just now is upon dissensions which he is shrewdly fomenting in the Tory camp. .1, *• ikiadt* Mm ... u« »a', of aonara. prait.« kiiD. V#r.i;i»iiou Ceeewiee, ■ i t favorably. Two natives hoard this remark, set their beer glasses down softly, and tiptoed out Scon two Staten Island policemen surrounded the place, in full uniform. A hack driver also came around and insisted on driving the party to tho dog fight. Being disappointed, he struck one of them in the free and got lickod. Then Constable Mo- Veijh arrested the whole party. A gentleman with a pull came down the street and got them all released. Capt. Boyton was expecting a visit fromji United States marslinl all day yesterday. A rumor that ho had teen arrested filled hi* saloon, in Twenty-ninth street, with sympathizing friends, including Superintendent Jackson, of Castle Garden. At 10 o'clock last night the captain was seated at a table, surrounded by an admiring throng, and hoping to be arrested very soon. f'M.owing iDMtKurr-s were pun4: &.Ut!ng-ioshmiDtfl and & pplicatiene far if.- insurance policies; requiring the labelbeg of any bairel, keg, eask aad bottle cea■aining fermented liquors, aad prohibiting adulterations; the House bill authoHslag or abandonment af whole or part of tarnike and plsak roads to cities, berooghs, be.: •-'xhlisbing a scientific sgrirultaral ezpari•DC•»! otaiioii at the State Agricultural CWleg*.There are. many evidences that the Tories are again divided by the return of Lord Randolph Churchill. That pugnacious young Hotepur is bent upon moving a vote of cen-. sure, while the Marquis of Salisbury and the other leaders, a [though they savagely attack the government in public and private, are obviously unprepared for such a formal trial of strength and such .revelations as % motion of censure wonld involve. It is whispered that Lord Salisbury has been privately convinced by Mr. Gladstone that Englaud could not hope to win in a war with Russia, if undertaken now, and that this knowledge explains thejnildness of the Tory opposition to the vote of credit last Monday night. If exposed to such a direct attack as Lord Randolph urges the government could hardly justify itself save by revealing England's weakness, and Conservative patriotism is relied on to dominate partisanship and prevent the forcing of so humiliating an exposure. "I fear this is going to be an international affair," he said. "I suppose I will be arrested to-morrow; but I expect the only punishment they will give me will be a repriman d. I think the British consul ought to give mo a dozen champagne coolers for «how|pg them what one of their vigilant enemi;s hore might do. I shall invite the consul general, tho consul, and the officers of tho Garnet to my saloon to-morrow, and we will try to settle our differences amicably." The society was formally welcomed to thr dty at Ford's opera house. Long before t o'jlock, the hour appointed at which to opei the meeting, the hall was packed to its ul most capacity. The music was furnished by the Wilson Post band. When "Marchinr- Through Georgia" was rendered the audi anoe rose to their feet and joined in tbC chorus. " Flags were waved, hats wen thrown in the air and the audience went fairly wild. "When quiet was restored Mayor Latrobe, in behalf of the city, we! corned the members of the society tC Balti more, and said he regretted the absence ol their old commander. Gen. Grant, whow presence would hare added so much to the ir terest of the occasion. Maj. Gen. H. J. Hur responded briefly in behalf at the Army of the Potomac. The poet, DeWftt O. £. -ague, then read the poem he composed for the oc casion, fti which he refers to Warren. Sheridan, "Unconditional Surrender" Grant, and McClellan. The orator of the evening wa Maj. Gen. Calvin E. Pratt, of Brooklyn, N Y. His oration was a masterly handling o the achievments of the Army of the Potcv mac, and was in the main a defense of the body of warriors and of its general, McOlel lan. He claimed that McClellan's remove from the army in November, 186° . was dn to political intrigues, and that Presiden Lincoln's purer intentions yielded to a clear powerful, aggressive and persistent influene that at various times bad sought to interfei C with tjbe organization, discipline anC- movf ments of the army. Speeches were also mad by Gov. Lloyd and others. At 11:30 p. M. Connors produced a second boatman; buWn party of middies from the Garn. t' got this man away. Finally eight of tho party ventured out in the boat tla was made for four. Boyton put on his swimming suit and inflated his rubb r bag, ballasting it with bricks Instead of dynamite. Ho put in it a note conveying to the commander of the Garnet "The complimonts of Capt. Paul Boyton and •tall." 'Ihen he dropped it overboard, and dropped overboard after it, like a huge seal, and with powerful strokes of his paddle shot out over the moonlit water, dragging the false torpedo behind him. The Grand Trunk Quito the Kaat-bound When the laborers carried C at the coffins to be conveyed to the dead house, crowds of eager men and women pressed about and tried to look at the remains. They had to be fought off by the policemen with clubs. The scene was a terriblo one. * Fool. Chicago, May 7.—The return from New York of George B. Reeves, traffic manager of the Chicago and Grand Trunk road, was signalized by a most important move, he having notified tho Chicago committee of east-bound traffic that his road would at once cease to make any reports, statistical or otherwise, to tho Chicago or New York office. The significance of this can be better understood when it is remembered that the managers of that road, at the late meeting of the lines called together to form the Central Traffic association, became a pai l/ to the agreement to maintain rates until June 1, and to continue the report of tonnage passing over the road until that time. If Mr. Reeves' action is final in the matter the last vestige of the old east-bound pool dis- r,« consideration iDf the hm to deprive th* fudges of the right to rev eke liquor lienheas resumed nt 12:10. sod Mr. Osboura coa•i'.dMi li's irmnrk. m favor of tlia hill, con ding thai the right of appeal or review cDM!ild be grunted in all caws. Four of the bodies found are supposed to be those of Adolphe Mattes, who leaves a wife and child; Henry Durst, brother of tho owner of the tin factory; Frederick Bgger and John McGrath. The foul odor which prevails about tho place leads many to believe that more bodies are in tho vicinity. On all sides curse* were heaped upon the builder and contractor. The stench was so great in this monster grave that several of the workers had to relinquish their tools, while others took their places. Mr Macfarlane thought that the eertalaty •C niKiisbaieat necarwi by the present law, h .d a most salmsrv effect tor this rea"m he would net allow an appeal er a trial ir Kennedy ■ ffe«ed aa amendment reqalr mv that " re n lie us" is revoked a sworn j"'itiOT shn" he presented*- 'o the Court, de- Consul General Hooker said that the captain of the Garnet had called upon him yesterday morning and told him that Capt. Boyton had attached a rubber bag to the vessel during the night. The captain said h« regarded it as a joke, but that it might hare proven a serious joke for the jester if ha had been caught attaching the rubber bag. Gen. Booker thought that international compile* Hons were not likely to result from Capt. Boyton's jest. Tho eight men crouched in the little boat, waited 10 or 15 minutes, and then were rowed out after Boyton. The Garnet was plainly visible out in the stream, with a light at either end of her, and the moonlight shining through her bare rigging. Connors bent to his oars like a man, while his load. s&n; in many keys, and before long they worDD lying within distance of the vessel, and almost within the long rfaadow which, with the help of the low moon, she threw across the water. There are also some signs of discord in the Liberal ranks. The most serious secession thus far is that of Lord Brabourne, who has just announced that, owing to his disagreement with the government policy in the Soudan and Afghanistan, his vote will hereafter be cast with the Conservatives. This is a notable defection, as his lordship has been a lifelong friend and a frequent lieutenant of Mr. Gladstone. As Mr. Edward Knatchbull Hugessen he was the Liberal member for Sandwich from 1857 to 1880; ha was successively appointed by Mr. Gladstone junior lord of the treasury, under secretary for the home department and under secretary for the colonies, and he was created a baron within a month after Mr. Gladstone's return to power in 1880. Other Whigs are expected to follow the example of Lord Brabourne. . I-K .n " I I particular- tb« law baa bees minted, aad 'be owners of a liaense shall be n'-rtnitted te appear aad be beard Pending tction the 8«Bate adjourned. "As to having Capt. Boyton arrested," Consul General smilingly added, "I have received no representations from the captain of the Garnet that would warrant such a course." NEW YORK STATE DELEGATE8. The Interstate Drilling Contest. Senator Warner Miller's Flan for Electing .U ry—t.l Camp Drum, Mobile, Ala., May 7.—In the third day's proceedings of the Mobile interstate drill at least 10,000 persons assembled to witness the artillery and zouave competitive drills. The four artillory companies drilled very finely, and will probably stand in the order narrfol: Washington artillery, Battery B., New Orleans; Indianapolis artillery, Battery G., Mobile; Louisiana artillery, Battery B., New Orleans. The Chicago zouaves were the only company that drilled yesterday for the zouave prize. The rest will drill to-day. Gov. O'Neal md staff reviewed the troops. Pools are selling: On first-class infantry drill, Chickasaws, Memphis, $70; rifles, Mobile, $70; light guards, Houston, $51, and the field, $30. Washinqton, May 7.—Senator Warner Miller has carefully revised and perfected his proposed new plan for the election of delegates to the future state conventions of the empire state, which was originally submitted to the Utica convention last April, and by that body referred to a committee of seven members of the convention, with Mr. Miller aa chairman, for consideration, and report to the state committee. Mr. Miller left for New York last night, where he has called a* meeting of his committee on the 20th inst. The members of the committee associated with Mr. Miller are George Bliss, N. M. Curtis, Silas B. Dutcher, Carroll E. Smith, Wm. B, Sirrett and Theodore Eoosevelt. Tho. difference between Mr. Miller's plan and the ono now in operation is that all the delegates are to be elected by the direct vote ot tlio people, and not by county or district conventions. Under it the number of delegates to the state conventions would be about lf500. This plan is substantially the same as now prevails in all the New England and a few other states. Thein to Fnture Conventions. NB V YORK STOCK [As rD ported by Judd, Hye A Co., Brokers, Scran ton, Pitts ton and Wilkea-Barre, over their private win, enabling them to execute orders instantly. ] Sexton Beats Slosson. After flftoen minutes loud cries, with sharp questions ond answers, were heard a' oard the Bhip, then the merry sound of a born, which Boyton wore around his neck, Was beard and in a minute the captain was seen cutting along in the shadow, his paddle rippling through the water like the dorsal fin of a shark, and the strains of his horn growing wilder and more triumphant as he got further from the Garnet's side. When he came to the boat which was waiting for him all noise had ceased aboard the Garnet, and it was decided to row up above her, drop down past her with the tide and see how snugly the torpedo was fastened beneath her bow. Boyton paddled along in the water beside the boat. New York, May 7.—Irving hall wu crowded last night by an enthusiastic audience to witness the match game at cushion carrom billiards between George F. Slosson and William Sexton. The game was 500 points up, and tho total amount of stakes for the winner was $4,150. Sexton had the "spot" ball, but he scored nothing from the lay off." In fact no count was made until the fourth inning, whon Sexton rolled 14 points together. When once fairly settled down to work Sexton electrified every one by his grand all round play. Slosson did not seem to get the game at all until the 19th inning, when, by the aid of 14, he ran to the front, but lost it again in the 89th round. He got again to the front in the 85th inning, but immediately dropped back. Then they seesawed until the 43d inning, when Sexton drew right away, and by some fine playing was at one time 135 points ahead. The acore was: Sexton, 500; Slosson, 486. N*w Yobk. M»t 1.- Stock* sold to4ar at the New York tUxi exchin*e u followi: Stock* Open Clot'g Stock* Open Ctnt g ino Bid inn Mi/ D AH. C.. 19 7KU Nor. Went.. Mfc «% D. L, A W„ I08U 1O0M Nor * e*i,f 1U 1MU x. J.Central MH »K K. A T. II ITU W. Union . t7'(j B7fj MlohJOen.. *7 4«U Ht Paul, com MX «7 Phlla ABed. It M o.ao.*i.,a u hy os*  KHe ll« 1PU Canada 8... « Shore. 68* os« N. Y. Oso.. NU «*U wwi o»ma. i* i* On». Psclflc *D Chic. A O. —a-  K. P , IIHt. MM MM 0. AO. jxref  Ou iFadflc M M 0., B. it lUff OMf Wab.PecUk: *H tH BtPaAH. — — WPtcttcpt t 5 NYCABtL TSU 7BU a* sf&? S The Queen and the Crimes Art. London, May 7.—The cabinet council is also expected to decide whether the crimes in Ireland act is to be renewed or the milder peaoe prevention act is to .bo revived. Earl Spencer, viceroy of Ireland, dined with her majesty at Windsor castle last evening, and was assured of the royal support against his Radical colleagues. Earl Spencer is known to be opposed to any softening of the crimes act, and with the royal influences at his l)ack may very probably defeat the more lenient designs of Messrs. Chamberlain and Dilke. DICK SHORV ACQUITTED. The Jury After • Short Dellberatlor Brine In a Verdict. Qttincy, Mass., May 7.—Frederick H. Clark, alias Frederick of Boston, a good-looking man 35 years of age, dressed in a neat suli of navy blue, and who uses crutches, ha' for some time been victimizing tho residents of Milton by collecting money for the purpose, as reprosonted, of buying an artificial leg. The $150 obtained has been squandered for rum. In the district court he was sentence ! to six months in tho state workhouse at Bridgewater on a charge of vagrancy. Clark says he has "worked" every city between here and St. Louis. Owing to tho disinclination of his victims to appear against him, tho chargo of obtaining money under false pretences was not pressed. A Clever Scamp, New Yobk, May 7.—The defense in thC case of Dick Short began yesterday. Walto- J. Elliott, a paper dealer, and J. F. Kearney, a saloonkeeper, both of this city, testifies before recess that Pbelan had made threat! to kill Rossa, both before and after the meeting in Rossa's office. Other witnesses testified that Pbelan was drank and quarrelsome on the day of the assault, and that he was threatening Short when the latter began to straggle with him. "First," said he, "I went to the wrong ship, and Lad all my trouble for nothing. Then I located the Garnet, and, paddling slowly up to har in the shadow, got under her bow without being seen. I fastened the torpedo tight and snug, and then paddled around to look at things. I could see the lights in the windows where the young middies were just going to bed, and it made me feel serious io th'nk of all those people going up if I had been a dynamiter and the torpedo had been loadeJ. But I had to laqgh at the frightened voice of a man who stuck his head over a roil und yelled, 'Who's there T CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. oT«r jrlTetejrbe bjr^Juda, Bmw. pi*.*0*1 Ma*. ;m. Jui». A%e «3C ® «M 58 «K *81 1H M)J ill! The President's New Carriage. The Denver and Hlo Grande Strike. The Oklahoma lloomers Again. Washington, May 7.—The new landau and harness built for President Cleveland under the supervision of A. S. Flandrau & Co., of New York, have reached Washington. The material used is of tho very best quality, but there is no attempt at show. The president's directions were to have everything as plain as possible. Even the knobs of the carriage door are rubbercovered. The mounting of the harness is of rubber and silver. The landau is valued at $1,600 and the harness at $500. Both were much admired when taken to "the executive stables. Denver, May 7.—The strike of the Rio Grande railway employes does not extend west of Grand Junction, and the Utah line is running as usual. More freight has been moved, and an additional force of new men •was employed to take stinkers' places at the freight houses. At Salida, where the strikers are the most numerous aud there is the largest accummulatlon of loaded cars, the deadlock is broken and several freight trains Washington, May 7.— Gen. Weaver,, of Kansas, is in the city as an agent for the Oklahoma boomers, to secure prompt action by the administration on the claims of his clients. He has seen Secretary Lamar, and received the assurance that the cattlemen in Oklahoma will be promptly ejected. After recess Kearney was recalled and denied having told Phelan on the way to Roesa's office that Rossa was friendly to him. He admitted having corresponded with Phe lan on Irish matters under assumed tiamos. Geo. S. Smith, lately Ueute»ant of the capital police at Washington, contradicted Phe lan's statement that Phelan caused his removal. He was removed for political reasons, and not till two years after Phelan was removed. Pat Joyce, looking pale, took the stand and testified that knives, pistols and Japanese dirks were kept lying around Roesa's office. He identified the knits with which Short stabbed Phelan as one that was lying on the table in the office before the quarrel WntAT— Opening. Highest Tr! Lowest.  □losing  SK^'-Vi lowest  Closing  Oats—Opening.,., Lowest  Closing  Poe*—Opening- HfcheiTTTTTTT Lowest.  Closing  " 'Oh, it's nothing,' I said. 'I'm fishing; Just trolling—that's all.' Temperance Instruction In Massachusetts. rieiUunt Tour for s Senator's Son. Washington, M»y 7.—George Vest, of the state department, son of Senator Voqt, of Missouri, has been selected by Secretary Bayard to visit the United States consulates of Europe and ascertain their condition and needs. He will sail from New York on Saturday next tor Liverpool. 1 'The man told me not to move, and called (or some one else. But I didn't wait I yoiied, There's a torpedo fast to you,' and paddled out of pistol range in a hurry, blowing my horn to make them crazy. At first I thought they might follow us. But, say, those fellows will be frightened for a week. 1 bet they want to get out and walk down. We've got the laugh on England, and don't you—■ loft that point.- The shops hero remain deserted except by guards, but thus far there has been no interference with the trains. Much interest is felt in the trial of the strikers.Boston, May 7.—The education committee has agreed on a bill for scientific temperance instruction in the public schools. Section X follows: "Physiology and hygiene, which shall include special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics on the human system, shall be taught to all pupils in all schools supported wholly or in part by public funds, except special schools maintained solely for instruction in particular branches." The remainder of the bill provides that laws relating to other branches of instruction, and to qualifications of teachers, shall apply to this branch. The bill takes effect August 1. U MM 11 M 11 MM = iSiM = iftfftt — • mm i« rm PBTBOLBUK. French Spoliation Claims. Washington, May 7.—Secretary Bayard received a telegram from Minister Morton at Paris to the effect that American attorneys having interests in awards made by the late French commission must make regular opposition to the payment of the entire awards to claimants in accordance with French law. Prompt action and legal representation in Paris are deemed by Mr. Morton to be necessary. He will if desired retain counsel for parties in this country. Agreements and all proofs of claims should be sent to him at Washington, May 7.—The Austrian minister here denies the truth of the report cabled that the Austrian government has protected through him against the appoints inent of Minister Keiley on the ground* that Mr. Keilev's wife, being a Jo.vess, cannot be received at the Austrian court. The Austrian minister says that no protest has been entered, and that he has heard no dissatisfaction at Mr. Keiley's appointment, and that he knows of no custom prohibiting the receprion of a Jewess at the Austrian court Mr. Kelloy'fl Troubles. CONDENSED NEWS. ITfrkl .... Unrart  Cosing  "Hey| boat ahoy!" wr City people are determined to suppress Sunday baseball. The jury, after some deliberation, brought in a verdict of acquittal.11 Boy ton dashed off and Connors gave a mighty yank at his oars, just in time to get out of the way of some black thing that came shooting over the water without a spark of light showing. It was the steam launch of the Garnet, and business was plainly meant In short order Capt. Boyjton, whoee apparatus cannot dive, was the target of a half dosen muskets, and as many more pointed at the boat, of which the sole armament was a silver-headed cane in the hands of a reporter. A burglar on a bicycle has been committing raids near Boston. ■fey"' 1Ur rr:*"v^| News of another engagement between (ten. Middle ton and the rebels may be hourly expected. t Baseball. At Washington: National 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 &- T Metropolitan.. .1/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1—8 At New York: New York,... (0 23000000—6 Boston 1 001000X0—3 At Philadelphia: The Inaane Asylum Murder. The president was not aware that the special Gettysburg train had been fired at until he read of it in the papers. Nobristown, Pa., May 7.—Turnbull, one of the two e.nploysa of the State Insane hospital who were arrested charged with having caused the death of Theodore F. Caaton, of Philadelphia, an inmate of the asylum, nade a confession, in which he states that Alexander Steele, the other accused employe, killed Caston by knocking him down and then jumping upon him. Fearing that he hod fatally injured the patient, Steele extracted a promise from Turnbidl that he would the troth. Turnbull and Steelo have been oommitted to await the action of the district attorney. Tnail W«rk Aftar a kard turn at striking, a pip* of OaS A Ax's Nary la rafraahiag. once. Suspended for Political Partisanship. A citizen of Atlanta attempted to hive a swarm of bees, and in doing so they turned on him and stung him to death. Richmond, Va., May 7.—The Hustings court met at 11 o'clock, and the 300 men were placed upon their voire dire, and four additional .iurers were secured. Thus far only 11 of the IB jurors have l*Den obtained. Ati additional tale i of 400 was ordered returnable at 11 o'clock, to which hour ;ho court adjourned. Oao of tho jurors (H. C. Adams) will be removed from the jury by The Clnverlus Murder Trial. Washington, May 7.—rostmastor General Vilas explained to a reporter that Postmaster Palmer, of Chicago, was suspended from offloe because of his extreme partisanship during the October and presidential campaigns last autumn, lie is charged by his political opponents with levying assessments upon his employe), and using government lumber and workmen in constructing platforms for political meetings. Philadelphia Providence.. 2 08100300—• 1 00100810-6 Capt Boyton asked if the guns were loaded, and when the Englishman surlily ans- The Indians near Fort Thompson, D. Tr, have turned loose upon the settlers on the Winnebago reservation. Intense excitement prevails. WM. GRIFFITH, Col. Umont Still-Vary Sick. wered yes, be announced his perfect willing- Bess to come aboard. The fear and wonder of the sailors as they hoisted him in was not too well disguised, hot it disappeared when a young officer exclaimed, "Capt Boyton," and told him he was a prisoner. One man drew bis sabre and held the point of it to the captain's breast, while another pointed a gun at his head, and the officer in command told the crowd of reporters in the Washington, May 7.—Col. Lamont, thC president's private secretary, is now regularly at his desk, but luu by no means recovered in health and is strongly urged by !iis physician to leave the city for at least a woelc'd vacation. Two weeks of work, it is " ared, would bring on another attack mora -"nuns than that from which he has just • coverad. CIVIL BMC A company has been formed to construct a bee line road from Ottawa to Schenectady, N. Y., their work to include bridging the St. Lawrence. Broad St, SURVEYOR WW* H r©., Box *100, Bostoo, Mus. afilw he cour James W. Farnsworth has been awarded $1,000 damages against Tho Boston Herald for libel, in charging him with iscuviug goods by false pretan Ces, and seeku g his a - rest therefor. In tile Field of Labor. A New Catholic University Strike of Italian Laborer*. Detroit. MiyT—The Knights of Labor in Pingrec & Smith's Detroit Shoe factory, comprising nearly the entire force of men tn ployed, quit work, owing C0 impossibility •f coming to an agreement with the firm on t e bill of prices submitted last Friday. About 175 men are involved in thedifflcuity, which, if of long duration, will also throv. the same number of girls out of work. New York, May 7.—Archbishop Williams, rt Baton, Archbishop Corrigon, Monsignor Farley, Mr. Eugene K illy and others of this L'ity have left for Baltimore. They will be present at the meDtins of prelates at which the site of the njw Catholic university is to lDe considered. It is understood that nearly |l,000,00j has been secured with which to -ojumanoe operations. Landingvillk, Pa., May 7.—About 150 Italians and Swedes, employfd on the Reading and Pottsville railroad, near this plaoe, quit work at noon and refused to return unless their wages were iuc~ja*ed from $1.10 to ♦1.38 per day. The ,Sfractors offered to pay them ft. 15, but dais advance was refusel. The sV-'-ars arc quiet and no trouble is j. boat that they were prisoners too. Then the ' American blood of the boatman, Connors, •ame to the serfaoe. ■'You'll not make a prisoner of me," he •tod, "and if you let that launch rub «inst my boat much longer, I'll sue the dsh government. Ton never even teas r.en. Urant tialfla a Pouurt, It is reported that there i« a sharp difference of opinion between Admiral Jouett and Commander MoCall as to their respactivs responsibilities at the Isthmus, and that this difference has been made the subject of correspondence with Secretary Whitney. New York, May 7.—Gen. Grant has D&iuod one pound weight within a week. After tlio usual weekly consultatiou Qp. Douglas said thd'oancer war quiescent dui» :ng the general improvement. He wished ae could say it was better, bat he could not. Five thouaaaddollam to lean trr om year *■ suma to suit. ,