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              Mtotning jyRfe t. NUMBER 801. I Weekly EMhlDlIslte«l 1850. ( PITTSTO.N, PA., MOXDAY, MAY IS, 1865. I TWO CJKNI8. [ I" Cent* I tt Witk WATCHING A MADMAN. A NEW STORY OF GRANT. SUICIDE EPIDEMIC. RUINED BY THE EXPOSITION. FORESTS IN FLAMES. URGING ' FUEL'S EXECUTION THE MARKETS Row on One Occasion Ite Thought hfi Director Burk* Surrenders all Hit ttautlwi Anzlaol that H« lis Hangad. ON A TOP WINDOW LEDGE, AND Kf.w York. May 18.—The Tribune prints tho following, from ono of ite ashington ecrrespoiu lento: A retired army officer who was on Gen. Giant's personal :.U iT during the war, speaking tho other day ofXJen. Ba- Joau's article in the May Century, "said: "Badcau has made ono mistake. He fa/a G. n. Grant was in danger of nation during tho war, whilo his headquarters wera at City Point, and that his personal stalT formed a plan to protect him, one of them sitting up every night as special guar J. Now there wasn't one of his staff who wouldn t have guarded Gen. Grant at the risk o" his life if nece-sary. Eut there was no danger at City Point. Nobcdy thought of it there. There never was but time and placc when we did think the presence of our troops wdf not. a sufficient protection, or that ho could add to his safety by making ourselves his personal guard. That was at Culpepper before going to the Wilderness. Tho rooms of tho house we occupied wero so situatod Hiat Gen. Grant's room was somewhat isolated, and we thought that in spito of the guard outside it was possible for an enemy to get to his room unobserved. We took in tho situation and decided to place a sentry before Gen. Grant's door at night, after he had retired. This was done without saying anything to the general, who himself had no fears and had thought nothing about it. mm Under Arrr.st ELEVEN CASES IN ONE COMMUNITY Washington, May 18.—The announce ment was made the other day that Major Burke had resigned his post as director general of the New Orleans exposition. It caused little surprise among those in a position to know the circumstance] under which Mr. Burke was compelled to ask to be relieved of tho onerous duties devolving upon the responsible head of such an undertaking. It has been known here far some time that the decision of the attorney general, which declarcX that no part of the appropriation of (303,000 made by congress last session could be used in tho payment of Louisiana creditors, would involve Major Burke in financial disaster. This has come to pa s. in December and January, daring the first days oj the exposition. Major Burke became personally responsible for thedebta contracted by the management to the amount of some $150,000. It was expected that tho tato receipts would prove sufficient to cover tliat amount. This was not the "ease, however, and when the attorney general rendered his decision, under which, after the payment of every outside creditor, about $£10,000 remains as an unexpended balance, the holders of claims for which Mr. Burke had become responsible looked to him for settlement of their demand''. It is understood that he lias surrendered both his ana his wife's property to satisfy thesj claims. Nothing remains of his fortune except a share in The Times-Democrat, and it "is to devote his entire energy to that paper that ho resigned his place as director general. Much sympathy is expressed in Washington lor Mr. Burke, especially as it is known that he refused the pay of $10,000 a year as director. general voted him by the management, preferring to take stock to the same amount in tho enterprise, and giving such stock as a present to the Louisiana State Agricultural College afterward. Property to Satisfy Creditors. MANY VILLAGES THREATENED WITH MontreaL., Mny 18.- The announcement of Riel's capture, made by the minister of militia iu tho house of commn-«, was re oeive J in dead silence, owing to ct ilroa I o the Franrh-Canadian sympathy with hi r ThC- people of Ontario, however, and tht Em-)! Cti of Qnebcc demand that he bo hangod, in order to thereby thoroughly scare tho In dian*. who have a horror of hanging. Ot brie! Quiiiont, Riel'g general, who plana v. the mbel defenses, is reported as be in wcrto |!80;0j0. By a blunder of the gov Dr mC i :t. a patent was issued to a coloniza'i'r oo.ip rnv ran tine it the land owned and oc cuj' f I by Dumunt. His house, farm lui.ri lugs, .•loai'Oj lands, orchards, etc., were al "'igd of in the patent without his know! C:J He was naturally wroth. It i' t'nr U'rht. he will escape. . Ltumont Mill at Large. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL AT NtW WANTED TO JUMP OFF. WITHIN A WEEK. DESTRUCTION lYQPK t- ND CHICAGO, Romebotlj Brings a Basket, to Cutch Him, it ml While He Deliberates Firemen Coax Him, Lasso Him and Carry Him Off Heels First. Poison, Shotgun* Kasor ami Hope Hroffeght Into Kequisltion as a Means of Ending the Existence of the Unfortunates. Standing and Cut Timber Ililrried lit Michigan and Wisconsin—People IDrlven From their Homes—A Heavy Katnlall Needed. Huiliond i l.icfiKo (Jrain and Pntrkion .tlarkeit, and I'eirul«am. NKvV YORK PTOCK N*w York, May 18.—The workmen at Aiken, Son & Co.'s factory on the corner of Thirtieth street and First avenue quit work at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Machinist Henry V. Whiting remained to look over the sewing machines and see that ev Drj thing was in order. He worked away at' the machinery on the fifth floor until 5 •.'clock. Then be lifted up the sash of the middle v.-indow next to the fire escape on the First r.venue side and stepped out on the sixi strne window sill and looked down on the pavement. He thut the sash and bala cod h imsolf by hooking ono finger in the i uftway of the upper sash. Hokptbllsvii.lk, May 18.—Since Sunday last there have been 11 cases of suicide in this vicinity. Baring T. Burns, of Barnes, Pa., liad a quarrel with his father about the use of a boat. A scuffle ensued, and the elder Burns threw his son to the ground, and lield bim there until he begged to be let up. Tho scuffle occurred on the bank of a millpond. When the young man arose to- his (cot he ran to the edge of the bank and jumped into the pond. The water is 10 feet ■Jeep at the spot Young Burns could not swim. His falher ran to the boat, which was some distance away. When be had reached the place where his son had jumped into the water the letter's head was seen above the surface; bit he disappeared and did not come up agam. The body has not yet been recovered. Burns was 23 years old. Ludikoton, Mich., May 18.—The wind has blown a gale from the south and a heavy Are is raging in the woods along the line ol tho Flint and Pere Marquette railroad botwroj Manistee Junction and Weldon Creek. Tho roads from Manistee Junction to TaUtvaa are impassable for teams, and passenger trains have to run with care, rr "■ lad smoke are Intense. The village of UU i- •N'ye & Co., Brcierc, d \\Mkcp-Bhrrip, over (Mir » irf:-'eii'-iUit,g ibcm io execute irderti ljiBUii. ]j ] Nsw Yr*K, . Alay i7.r- Stocks fold to-day at the IDeW \ork sun t t.sCLanfci a» foilown: [As rC {lorteii by Ji v lull Stocks Often Clot, a Stocks Oren Clnt'r, mg Hid fn0 bj3 '-*■ r»H Nor. We*.. M&i.$SS D. L.A D■.. II 25a HSU, NonWestpf 12s 158 idi°1WJal "N M.. k. if, 17* WSOvlcn . Mich. Oer.. C9 4» I'j5 C** rtnl* &Red. 15 15 C C. C. & I. S3g N Y. O i W 1JU 11^ r «?'ov— ™ Canada 8. .. 8fD|| 2(HC, Lake Shore. M Si?.,; N. Y. Can.. 6CU 83U Tex. |P*oifl. 1DK n'-J ID. & R. G. ►tl «VZ Union Pa--. SS L. A Nash 84 N.Vac. c D11 "(JM 1 11 KUud... Ink 11834 V. lar. 8(4& UJ Orjttr&J 186 126 Oen. Pacific 3 tJ 3'ft Chic. A O. *X » ®®9i 0. &0. pref 7I|* 71% IV.11. PacifH 3* 3W c„ B. i Q, 12 « 188 *»b.P«t"i;c 8H StP (tM. 84 84 W Pi r!f1(. „f 5 VYCiSIL 7fiU 7SM OreCr:Jrans. i« 18T.S W.| . lute.. 8 u *oU Hrleano.. 50 V. lac. D ail... 5494 (4 mnn is in considerable danger. Ea«t Sagikaw, Mich., May 18.—There has been but little rain here this spring and the country .is very dry. Fires have begun to run in the woods, and unless rain comegreit damage will resultf In Clare county 1,200,001 feet of logs belonging to E. Hallon bee':, of this city, were turned. Fawcett'i mill, near Cedar Lake, was burned. There is no insurance. Four hundred thousand fret of lumber belonging to W. 8.-Nelson wns also burned; loss, $10,000. Pierce Brot' ors' mill, near the same place, was alf o burned: loss, $'25,000. VYptntpko, May 18.—A Botouche dispntc' sa;v: The camp is still excited over Bi' lV capture and he is very closely guarded. H' ha ; v»rv little to say, fools his position very koenlv and looks completely broken down MD \ Boulton and 800 mounted men bav been scouring the country in. search c Dmnonfc. Everything is quiet around lint oach\ and white flags ore flying from r. houFes. One hundred and fifty rifles ar. muikots h:ive been turned in by the reb"l Miift of tlie prisoners have been allowed '■ return to their homes, but the ringlcodei *j31 to taken to Prince Albert. Corp ri Codo, of tbo Ninetieth rifles, who wr wounded at Pish Creek, died at Baskatoon. Ha was GO feet above the grourd. Every pe. son who saw him stopped and stare i, and people whispared to each othor that he was c • ay and was going to jump. Somebody hv.rrio l and got a big wicker-work basket, fil ed it with straw, and put it under the w udow to catch him in if he did jump. A biting glanced down at the basket, but C2 d not jump. WUle he stood on the narrow ledge and pondered, Fireman James Monaghan and John G. Grady, of truck 7, and Chief John S. F'sher and several policemen hurried to t o ccraar, where the crowd increased to thousand?, as workingmen on their way li-mie arrived and saw the hatlcss, tall, b ack-mustach?d man. in his working clothes, standing cn the six-inch ledge and deliberating. He seemed to bo wrapped in thought, pondering whether he should jump cr not. A month ago John Niver. a respected citizen of Cattaragus county, died, leaving a childless widow. The/ had been married years. Mrs. Niver took her husband's death much to heart. On Sunday afternoon she '.vas found dead in her bed. Hh« lived alone, and had been dead over a dayK Sh» had taken strychnine. ' 'But he got even with us for keeping him out of the secret. The first morning after the sentry had paced back and forth all night. before his door, the general did not oome down to breakfast. It was unusual for him to be late at breakfast, and after waiting some time I said toRawling3, 'What a the mischief is keeping tha "old man" in bed so latef After waiting some time longer we got rather fidgety, and I think it was Rawlings who finally said he'd go to the general's room and se3 what was tho matter. Well, Rawlings went up and found Gen. Grant all dressed and sitting quietly in his Chicago, May 18.—Forest flres have been burning in Oconto county, Wis., for more than a week, covering nearly all the terri tory of the villages of St. Nathan, Utile Buatrico, West Pensaukee, Abrams, Brookaide, Oconto Falls, Maple Valley, Stiles anCl Pond. Th? village of Stiles was at one time In danger of being swept away entirely, but with the assistance of the Green Bay Are department a disaster was averted. In Ocon' o Falls several buildings were burned, and the of Maplo Valley is reported to have bejc almost entirely destroyed, people leaving their property behind and fleeing fnr their live3. Some houses at Abrams and West; Pensaukee were destroyed, together with much farm property. Considerab'e damage was also done by fires in th» vicinity of Mill Centre. The fires are unde-- stood to be raging northward on the Michigan peninsula. "Wires are down, and reports cannot easily be got. No approximate estimate even of the damage can he given at this time, but it threatens to be very large. A cold rain has set in, and the progress of the flres has been stayed, but as the country was very dry a long rain will be necessary entirely to quench the fires. Serious forest flres continues in the vicinity of Big Rapids. Mich. At McBride, two mills and their entire stocks of lumber have been burned; also the entire business porti Dn of the town, consisting cf 12 stores. Tfco salvage has bean very light. From every direction come reports of burning mill property. A fresh wind is still blowing. CHICAGO GRAIN AXD ruoflSlONS. received over privou-wire by Judd, Ny# 4 i«., hrowre, 1st National Bank Uullding, i-crau on. Brow u • Building, Master, and *1 South FiHnlilii, ctreet, \\ ilkes-Barre, Pa. Benjamin Buck, aged 69, a farmer, living near Adrian, lest several hundred dollars a week or so ago by an tinlucky speculation. Monday he placed the muzzle of a rifle under his chin and pushed the trigger with his foot. His head was entirely blown away. Qt'Ebec, May 18.—The steamer Corea fron f/ondon, which arrived here on Friday brought 1,800 boxes containing 1,000,(HD rounds of ball cartridges. Man. June. July. Ann DO* 92# !C% 93jg safe 811 81U MH, StJ4 8:i.D4 01;$ 93% *'H «7J4 C7U 47H *4i C8 47& 48 **% 46« «-h «« m *» 34D4 34U MU sg 4 9 3 84M "M 84 2»4 11 05 11 OSK 11 18fcf 11 22)4 11 OS 11 05 11 IS 11 25 11 05 11 00 11 10 U 20 C*"heat— Opening. Highest . Lowes*  Closing....  THE PRESIDENT ON TEMPERANCE Hi* Itpply to an Address from a District 0«M—Opt nine. Highest . Lowett  Closir.g  Simon Youngs, a farmer of Springfield, Pa., some weeks ago become despondent over the loss of a favorite horse. On Tuesday ho fired tho contonts of both barrels of a shotgun into his stomach, and lived two hours. of Columbia Organization. The firemen were afraid to run up * ladder leut Whiiinj might try to avoid them by climbing to another window and miss his footing. Fireman Monaghan climbed up kh0 fire escape to the roof with a lasso, and George C'usick, Chief Fisher and Fire- Lmen Grady went up stairs to try and grab from within. 'Tni going to jump,"' iaid Whiting, when C'h of Fi.C:ber pokod his head out of the wind iw next him. STRANGLED WITH A TOWEL. Washington, May 18.—Sovferal days npc a delegation of Good Templars of the District of Columbia called cn the president and left with him a written address urging him to make diligent inquiry the persona! imbits and associations ol the persons hC sh'cuid appoint to offices in the district, anil to sec to it that the statute enacted for the government of the district; especially those relating to the regulation of the liquor traffic and the suppression of intemperance, are properly enforced. Oats—Opening. Highest....... . Lowest  Closing  Potut—Opening. Highest  Lowest  Closing . I ard—Opening. Highest  Lowest  Closing  ■uom. " 'Why, general, breakfast has been ready some time,' said Rawlinps.- An Old Woman Kimies Her Children ami Then Commits Suicide. " 'Well,' replied Gen. Grant, with perfect seriousness, 'a sentry was guarding my door all night, and I supposed I was under arrest. Now, what have I done to bo plat e l under arrest in this way?' William Shipman, aged 18, had been working for Farmer Enoa Evilanjl, near Canasaraga, for some time. lie was paying his attentions to a young girl in the vicinity, and it is said that they had a quarrol a few days ago. On Tuesday he was building a fence on the farm. He did not come to the house for supper, and a man was sent to call him. He was nowhere to be seen. Later on Mr. Eviland went to tho barn and found the young man hanging dead by his neck from • halter strap which wes tied to a beam. New York, May 18.—Christina Richter, aged 45 years, a married woman, living at No. 173 Mulberry street, committed suicide last evening by strangling herself with a towel. She had been separated from Le ■ husband about five years, and was being supported by her son John, aged 18 years, who is employed by the Bankers and Merchants' Telegraph company. 11 oe 11 OS 11 iaj$ 11 2J 6 72W s 78 11, 8 72H 8 78 6 86 « to 8 TO 6 72)4 8 8BU 8 *0 6 70 6 75 S 84? « #0 "Of course Gen. Rawlings appreciated the joke, and when they came down together he pretended to be as serious as the genera!, who with dry humor sail: 'Gentlemeu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. But n sentry has been pacing before my door all night, and as I thought I was under arrest.I couldn't come down till releassd.' For on instant there was a queer, puzzled look on every face; and then we all burst out laughing. Ho didn't share our fears, but let us haveOur way. Every night while at Culpepper an armed sentry pacod before Gen. Grant's door, guarding him while he slept." Tho president hns communicated his reply to Dr. Worrall, chairman of the delegation, and this reply was reported a mass moetinr of Good Templars here. In reply to the address, the president said: PETROLEUM. "That won't do any good," said Fisher. "You oan't kill yourself that way. You'll o:ily fall in the basket and break your leg or s m thing. No fun in that." • Thoy tried to open his window to grab him, but Whiting put his foot on tho lower frame of tho. sash and held the upper one yritii his hands. It was a miracle he did not fai:. and if they had forced the sath they wonl I have upset him. On. City, May 17. Highest....  Lowest. .. Closing  Opening. During the past week she has manifested signs of aberration of the mind, and Saturday and Sunday had brief fainting spells. Last evening she took supper with her children—two sons, John and James, aged nine years—and at 6 o'clock the elder went out for a walk, returning about 10 o'clock, when his mother w s dead. After John had gone out the mother told his brother to be a good boy, and go to see the Fallons, neighbors living across tbe ball. A few minutes later Mrs. Richter entered Fallon'a apartment*, kissed a baby of some visitor*, and kits ng her son James, told him to be good till she called him. John Keenan, aged 60, a resident of Erie county, was visiting friends in Buffalo. He became despondent for some reason unknown, and cne day last week he attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat with a razor. He was discovered, and the attempt failed. On Monday night he was found hanging dead from a rope in a woodshed. He had placed a ladder against a beam in the shed, climbed up, tied the rope around the beam, and then jumped from the ladder. "I read your address frith great interest. It is something tangible, and If all men would come to me as you have my labor would bo gVeatlv loi3?nol. The temperance people are good peopl? and friends of law and order. Before leaving New York I determined to give the district a eood government, but there are ,;o many conflicting claims that I am sometimes at a loss to know what to do, 1 Dnt you come with clear statements, of which I will take further notice." j  Bow to Buy or Rent Seal Batata- See (J. B. Thompson, -yho has a large assortment of houses, lots, stores, farms, 4c, 10. Tell hita what you waut. Then if he canno- Mupply your wants as well or oetter than any■ody else, try somebody eipa. r Fireman Monaghan dropped his slipnooso over the oaves and let it down over Whitlug's head. It was just being tightened when Xf niting grabbed tho rope. Tho Proposed Catholic College In Oxford Great Lumber Yards Burned. "No, you don't catch me," he said. "I don't want to go back to Morris town." London, May 18.—The long discussion of the project to establish a Catholic college within the university of Oxford is revivod by a pastoral letter from Cardinal Manning, which was read in all the Catholic churches of London. The senior cardinal objects *o tho proposal, and regards it as a menace of danger to the rising generation. He opposes the joining of any Protestant university by Catholic youth, even though the individual collego be under Catholic government, and believes that parents should rather strengthen Catholic institutions by sending their sons to tham. Cardinal Newman, on tho other hand, favors the erection of the proposed college, believing thai Catholic youth should have an equal right with others to win an Oxford degree, if they have such an ambition, and that the letting down of tho bars will be more apt to leaven the Protestant colleges than to contaminate the proposed Catholic institution. University Detroit, May 18.—At 2 o'clock a Are was discovered in T. F. Thompson & Co.'s mill In Oscoda. Mich.- The fire was on the lumber docks, in close proximity to the steam barge Oscoda and tow,•which we:o load!ng at the time. The fl-imes spread rapidly, and at 5 o'clock the flre had been checked, but not until 5,003,006 feet of lumber had teen destrcyjd. The loss on these docks will be between $50,000 and $60,000 and falls on eight different owners. By the time the fire on the Thompson dock had been got under control a fire broke out in the immense docks of the Ansable Lumber company, one-quarter of a mile distant. On these docks wore about 16,000,000 feet of lumber, and at 7 o'clock there was apparently no chance to favoany of the lumber or the mill. The mill is valued at $100,009. The lighthouse was then burning. Ouly a short distance across the bayou the docks of the.J. E. Potts Salt and Lumber compnry, containing about 12.000,000 more feet of-lumber, wen in peril. The river was linad nifcli lumber from its month to the mr in portion cf Sable, and there were graveapnr'.'br-'nsions as to the safety of the vllloge. To arid to the trouble a fire broke out in a tenement house in the centre of the village nt the ranio time the flre was discovered at tlio d'eks, which kept the fire company omployod ati hour. Good Times Kust be doming. Ho put the noose oil his neck and held on to it with one hand. Monaghan made the i C lie fast to a chimney and came down stairs t ) . he fifth floor. He leaned out of tho wind jw next to Whiting's and tried to reach hi ii, but Whiting reccded to the other side ol h s window ledge. For some years David Howard, a farmer, aged 60 years, had lived with his son-in-law at Dry Brook. Last month his health failed and he was confined to his bed. On Tuesday his daughter was peeling potatoes, sitting by his bedside. Having occasion to leave tha room, she placed the knife she was using on a stand at the head of the bed. She was absents few minutes. Whan she returned she found her father hanging over the edge of tho bed with his throat cut from ear to ear. Half an hour later the Fallons sent Jimmie to fetch his mother. He knocked and called at the door, which was locked, but gqt no answer. Then he tried to get into the kit chen from the fire escape in the rear, but the shutters were all fastened on tbe inside. Fearing that the woman was lying in a faint, Mr. Fallon forced open one of the shuttors, and Jimmie went in, lighted the gas, and found his mother lying on the floor beside the bed in her room, with a towel twisted tight about her neck, her hands still clutching the ends of the fabric. ltaseb.ill, Judging from the amount of business Goods A Oilman are doing in tbeir carpet department, pood times must be comiDg. They report the largeat trade tliey have ever had in that line. Their large stock and low prices must be the cause of it. At Cincinnati Cincinnati Baltimore .2 0000020 1—5 0 0801003 0— C At Louisville: Louisville 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0— 8 Brooklyn,.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0— A Following is the record of the League clubs to date: l'.y this time the crow4 had swelled until it b cc!;ed the street. Drivers stopped their ci m awhile to gratify the curiosity of themselves and their passengers. ▲ CARD.-To all who are suffering from errors and Indiscretions of youth, nervous weaknew early decay, loss of blood, Ac., I will send a rectpt that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This. [Treat remedy was discovered by a missionary In South America. Bend self-addressed envelope to Rev, Joseph T lnman, Htatfon D. New York Won. Lost. KASTBRIV CLUBS. Won. Lost. 0 2 6 4 3 8 7 6 Chief Fisher had «his plan, and while the f.1 nren were talking to distract Whiting's r. t ntion, be had the casing of Whiting's ndow taken out and the pulley cord of the ses cut, so that the sashes would come out avoir. Hun. at a signal, tho window was mDe!essly taken out, and three firemen p abbed Whiting by the legs and yanked Uiin in. A tremendous yell rose from the Street at his disappeared. Ruby Cross, a maie n lady, of Fox's Crossing, a small village in the Pottor lumber regions, who had beon a grant sufferer with rheumatism for years, drank a large quantity of laudanum on Monday night, and was found dead in her bed on Tuesday morning. A brother and a cousin of hers were suicides, both killing themselves by hanging. Chlcatro.. JVtrolt.. Buffalo.. St. Louis. 4 Now York..., 7 Providence. . 8 LCDb ton  4 Philadelphia She had previously adjusted a thin rope and noo-e lrom the transom betwesn the bedroom and kitchen, and had evidently intendod to hang herself, but the nooae became knotted and would not work, whan she accomplished her purpose with a towel. The coroner was notified, but at midnight the body still lay where it fell. Totals l4 ?! Totals.........Ti 19 Following i3 the record of the American a&jociation clubs to dnte: \V I6TKQN CLUBS. H ASTERN Won. I.ost. .1* r» Baltimore.,., .12 9 Brook'yn  .14 ? Athletic  .11 9 Metropolitan. Joseph Male, an Englishman, who had been in this country but a few months, worked in this place but a short time, and then started to go west. He was robbed of all his money by sharpers on a train on the New York and Pennsylvania railroad, noar Meadville. He mado his way to the oil regions, and an acquaintance of his has received word that he drowned himself in Thorn Ci'eek one day last week. St. r,on!«.., Pittsburg . Lovi iv'ile . Won. Lost ...I. 9 f "Don't hurt me," said Whiting plaintively to his captors. "Fll go with you." A Lonlnlana Duel with Shotguns. He was token to the Thirty-fifth street station house. Everybody wondered how he h: d managed to ka»p his balance on the w ndow sill. The firemen who got out on i ho side windows hnd to be held by others inside, but Whiting balanced and turned pj rl walked unconsciously and easily on the v.-ia;low sill, which was not wide enough for 1 -in to put his shoe3 side bv side on. New Orleans, May 18.—A special to Tbe Picayune from Vicksburg gives an account of a duel at Rolling Fork, in which P. F. Shelton was killed by W. K. McLauren The duel was fought on the railroad track, near the depot. There was no one present except the principals, and only one gun was flrod, although each man had a double-barreled shotgun. After killing Shelton, Mo Lauren returned and gave himself up. The city marshal wont to the place where the men had met and found Shel ton's dead body. Besides £lie corpse was a shotgun with the hammer ccCked, but its contents had not b ;.:n discharged. It is said that the trouble between the men grew out of a heated political canvass two years ago. Shelton was 34 years of age. He v.as a son of the late Judge William Shelton, of Brandon, and was a prominent merchant at Boiling Fork. McLauren is a well-known lawyer of the same place.  London, May 18.—A suggestion of further difficult, with Russia is furnished by a report which is current to the effect that thj Russian government has demanded and obtained from Persia the release of Ayoub Khan. This veteran intriguer and former ameer of Afghanistan was arrested early last month by the shah at the solicitation of the British consul at Teheran, who had information that Ayoub was about to be employed by Russia to foment a rising against Ameer Abdurrahman with a view ofAvoub's ultimately occupying tho throne as a Russian tool. Ayoub has been detainrd as a semi-prisoner at Teheran since April 1J notwithstanding one or two wild protests by Russia. Reports indicate that Russia has got tired of protesting, and that, being satisfied that England's complaisance will stretch to any limit, she has altered her tone to one of command. If it be true that the shah has released Ayoub upon Russia's demand, it is a significant fact as proving that British prestige among the Asiatics is already crumbling. KnsBla Having Her Own Way. Tot »ls. X 30 Totals. 03 4' M"nrhiC»H Baok from the Intlunnn. KiWTork, Mfit-18. - Tho steamship Colon arrived fi oui Aspiftwall with 537 pnsjongera. ihem wero 15 marine officers, 800 mnrinw, 14 naval officers and 117 sailors. TD; y T7p:'3 ttovred away in evory available corner of the shir), Tho tuir C'atolpa took the i off O.-vo trior's Island and landed tliom «;i!n Mvyr.rJ, Ti c sailors wore put cc the Y«$ficat a:jd the marines were returned to Iho barraek*, aprarenrlv as much pleaded to g jt bsek as fbey wero to leave a month About 200 of tho marinas are from Eos'o i rmcI Plymouth. These were the men ci-in:r,n-,dCy» by Commander McCallsr and hi ■ staiThe rest of thoje sent out will return on the next steamer. Just before the war John Doolan, of West Bloomfleld, went to California, and by lucky mining operations acquired a fortune of $200,000. He lost all his wealth in other speculation and bscame insane. He was placed in an insane asylum. He was discharged ten years ago, and returned to West Bloomfleld, where ha went to work as a farm laborer. Three weeks ago he had some trouble with his family, and for two weeks he refused to eat or drink anything. Last week his troubles seemed to have ceased, and he went to work and lived as usual. On Wednesday he had eaten his dinner, and a neighbor for whom he had a dislike came in. Doolan went down cellar. When the neighbor went away Mrs. Doolan went down cellar to tell her husband. She found him lying on his face on the floor. She turned him over, and saw that his throat was cut and his right arm no irly severed at tbe elbow. A razor lay At 8 o'clock (he wind, wti.h hnJ l blowing a gale frcm the south, v-' vj-Lto the west and g-eatl-/ lessened the drjigr. Two million feit of lumber wer.- thrown into the river from the Ausablo company's docks, and as it passed the burning piles ir caught fire and was carried info f be loke, which is now covered for miles wi h scattered spots of flame. This Itoniiaj, burnjig mass, as it was carried north by the wind, for a time greatly endungered the docks iu Oscoda, but the change in the wind stopred all danger in this direction. At 11 o'clock about 7,000,000 feet of lumber ead been burned on the Ausable company's docks. The fire had not yst beea put oat. So far as knswn, there was no insurance on tho lumber destroyed, and none reported on the Ansable company's docks. The portable machinery has all beon removed from the Ausable Suit and Lumber company mills. At tlio station hoiuo his brother, WiBi&m Whiting; foreman "f lli ■ straw factory, said tliat Hem y lived at 787 Pacific street, Brooklyn. and that ho is married and has three c ildron. He was in Morristown insane i,D .'luin 18 months, but the doctors disci.. rged him a fow months ago as cured. At tlie station house he was rational. He said li did not know why he had gone out on the Window sill. POWDER Killed in » f'ollirtion, I ort Jervis, N. T., May 18.—A mile below this p.ace the states of New York, New J -rsey and Pennsylvania join their boundi.r.'o;. On V rock in the Delaware river a pel-son may place one finger in Oranae county, N. Y., another in Sussex county, N. J., and a third In Piko county, Pa., at the same lima. There are several houses in the Viciu'ty wbiob are located in New York end partly in New Jersey. One of these is a tavern. The barroom of this house has always been in Orange county, but this spriiu the proprietor's application for a license was refused. He obtained a license fro.u Sussex county, and, moving his bar from one room to another, carries on business at the old stand the same as before. O i more than one occasion court oflloers, | iconstab.es and sheriffs, with summonses, i si! ] cb ,cs or write have been kept at bay for I v. i eks by persons upon whom they sought to serve them, although the person might be within 10 feet of them, in full sight, and enjoying the discomfiture of the officers. A Convenient Locality to Lire in. TVii.tESBARRK, Pa., Hay 18.—A collision fo placo on the Philadelphia and Reading ri! - ri, near Salomon's Gap. A local fro'.At train, on its way to -the top of the mouniai:!, met an empty engine coming in fch oppo5ite direction. They ran into each othoi'. Poth engines were wrecked. Philip Street, one of the oldest engineers on the roai, wr.s thrown from liia engine and instantly killed. William Shank, fireman on th- freight engine, was killed at his  Hi: •atn H ssnrd and Edward Cole, also enpin and on the train at the time of the accident, were seriously injured. Chicago, May 18.—Justice Meech held Charles Primrose, a Tribune pressman, in 81,000 bail for a further hearing. The plaintiff in tin case was an angry father, and the principal witness his beautiful ltS- A Villain's IMaholloul Scheme. Absolutely Pure. Tfcm powder sever varios. A Lnarvel of purify ■iretiKtn »mi wholesomeiiess. Mora economic ihan the ordinary kinus, and cannot be sold In i ompetitlon with the nmr.it ude of low test, abort v-eight, ahiro or phosphate powders. Sola 0«l» ir cans. Beyal Baking Powder Co., lMWsl) "Ireot, K. V". The President as a Wit, A special from Muskegon says: At 10 A. M. a fire broke out in George E. Wood's lumber yard at Lakeside, A high west wind prevailed and the fire lurned savagelv, but tho saw mill was tavei. Abcut 5,000,000 feet of lumber wore burned, involving a loss of tbout $70,000; fully insured in Chicago agonciee. At 8 P. M. the fire was subdued. 8 Cme of the lumbar was thrown into the lake and savod. The fire was caused by sparks from a brush pile. near him. Adna K. Jefferson had lived for 42 years iif tho village of Darien, where he had made a fortune by farming. On Wednesday his housekeeper, Mrs. Gayn, went to the bam and found Jefferson hanging dead by a rope from a beam. No reason can be assigned for the suicide. New York, May 18,—A writer in The Tribune gives the following! The president is gsuning reputation u a wit. Two ladies called on him ono day last we Ck. One was the wife of a distinguished naval officer. '•Where is your husband, madarrei" asked the president. "With his ship in tho Pacific squadron," was the reply. "In the Pacific?1' was the president's querying rejoinder. "Why, I thought the entire navy was down tlierc in Whitney's war." year-old daughtqj-. I hay are highly respected residents of Calumet avenue. The father charged Primrose with having personally presented his daughter with a booi of the vilest description, which, however, he secured before the paper in which it was wrapped had beou broken. The daughter testified that her acquaintance with Primrose began several months ago at a skating rink, and had continued up to a few evanings ago, when, being together at the rink, he asked permission to loan a vary interesting book. Detectives are keeping a close watch on-a number of young men, frequenters of skating rinks, whom they suspect of perpetrating the same offense. OH! MY BACK Kai is b' ii» Tlie Result of •» ITnrin* Joke. AX, N. is., May 18.—A court martial Denver, May 18.—Several Denver and Rio Grande railroad strikers, charged with contempt of court in intimidating and interfering with other employes of the road, it being in the hands of the United States court, were tried before tho United States circuit court. Judge Brewer held that a request to quit work, even if couched in peaceful and polite language, if backed by a formidable crowd of excited and armed nr n, constituted a threat. No acts of violence have been charged against the strikers. All were found guilty, "and sentenced to imprisonment for term ranging from four months down. A large number of the strikers have returned to work, and new men are taking the places of those still out. The strike is practically at an end. Strikers Sent to Prison. U1 hero oil the liouten&nt of her majesty's ship Garnet who was in charge of ti o boat that captured Capt Boyton and o.l'crj in New York harbor after the captain had n.'nced a dummy torpedo st the Garnet's k :el. Th3 charge is for permitting the paitic* to go after capturing them, instead of taking them as prisoners on board the ship. Th * statement is mado that "If the sentinel 0:1 the deck of the Garnet had not been the stup. lost man on the boat Boyton would ha.e been shot as sooiips discovered." Ky ry straia or oold attacks that ttaak back ud nearly prostrates joa. It is also related that when Mr. Justice Field called at the White House the other day to argue at length the desirability of enlarging the supreme court, the president, acceding courteously to all his argument, said: "Yes, but Mr. Justice, if the supreme court is enlarged what becomes of tny cabinetrThat Honmrltable 8haron Divorce Case. mgrn §1 I BlTTif^ |glB M BEST TONIC a Ban Francisco, May 18.—It is a pool week which does not bring Gcorga W. Tylor, Sarah Althea's chief counsel, into unenviable notoriety. He has had more fig'atp in court rooms than any other lawyer on ths coast, and ill the Sharon case has been four times fined by tha judge for contempt of court. Last week-be met Frank M. Riley, editor of The Argonaut, and after an exchange of the lie direct the two began spar* ring, which ended in Tyler bit twice on the nose. He retired to a neighboring drug store for repairs, but v. ill probably be on tho warpath again in a few days. Is the Dolphin a Failure? New Yobk, May 18.—The World say*: The Dolphin may not be accepted at all by Sec retary Whitney. It is possible the vessel will be rejected outright and suit brought •gainst Roach to recover payments already maUe. There is going to be a serious quarrel to locate the responsibility for the failure of the Dolphin, for it is now conceded that she ij a failure. Roach's friends are already go' ing rfody to attack tho advisory board, planning Iliac no ves-el could be a succesf if bul l according to their plans. London, May 18.—There is considerable comment upon the action of the queen in conferring the order of tl.0 garter on her prospective son-in-law, Prince Henry of Batteaberg, and raising him to the rank of royal highness. It is said that the queen has been for a long time contemplating some means by which she could elevate the rank of Princess Beatrice's affianced buiband, and that she decided upon tho step taken after a protracted discussion with her daughter. It is also hinted that she has instructed Mr. Gladstona that a fat office under government patronage, with little or no wort: attached thereto, would be very acceptable to the young pr.'noe. Nice for Victoria's Son-ln-Law. Wilminoton, May 18.—Seven convicts, five colored and two white, werjB whipped at Newcastle. The lash was lightly applied, except in the case of Harrison Rothwrll, alias "Sugar Awful," who, though still a mere boy, is a notorious thief, and who Las visited the whipping pest before. Ho received a good tanning. His two whites, John Adams and John Brown, one a Philadelphia professional and IWi oilier a New York bunco steerer, were canjjht at the railroad station here plying ti.eir profession on a train. They were triad on two charges of larceny, being acquitted cn the first, but convicted of stealing a watch from a passenger. For this they received 30 lashes each. The Whipping Post In Delaware. G«n. Grant's Health. New York, May 18,--Dra. Shrady, Doug- Las aid Sail J j held the usual Sunday consultation on Gen. Grant's condition yesterday. Dr. Shrady afterward mads the following report: CONDENSED NEWS. . "We found the jj?nJral's local condition neither better nor worse. In fact, (here has beea no change duriur the last three days. The patient's general condition is pretty fair, considering the local condition, but ha ii no batter. He passed a good night." To Dine with the Sultan. I Mr. Pendleton, the .American Minister to Germany, has arrived at Berlin. Commander Evans, one of those who recently examined the Dolphin, says she is Constantinople, May 18.— Gen. Lew Wallace, ex-United States minister to Turkey, had an interview of several hours' length with the sultan, during which Gen. Wallace was asked his opinion in regard to leading topics of tho day. Tho sultan offered him a high position in the Turkish service, but he declined. Gen. Wallace postponed his departure for home until tomorrow in order to accept au invitation to dine with the sultan end the imperial princes.  Mra. Ira Hodgdon, of Bath, Me., aged 71 years, who was shot on the 6th inst, by hot drunken son, lias died. Strengthens the Muaeles, Steadies the Ifervea, Enrirhcs the Blood, Olves Sew Vlftr* Db. J. L.'Mntrs Fnirfleld. Iwa,sM«: "Brown's liun BittCm h the beat Iron msdMas I have known in ml J'1 ywara' practice, I have found it special]/ beneficial in nervous or physical exhauation. anil 111 all dohilifratin* ailment* that berr an heavily on the s.\stDim.Utfe it freely In my own family" mot even a good yacht, and that he does not think she would be safe to go out to sea in rough weather. When the final trip is pjaile and the report of the examining committee subletted, Mr. WJiiinay will reier the whole question to the attorney ge.u r I to decide what should be done. The English government will send a medical mission to Spain to test the results of the system of inoculation with cholera microbes.Six Years for Stealing 9ti.*,000, Darlington-, Md., May 18.— A satchel was found on the towpath of the Susquehanna canal containing a pair of trousers and a note, as follows: J'l am t.red of lue, and am goiny to drown myself. Whoever find* this will let my sister know. Her address is, Mrs. C. A. Walfcy, Warren, Warren county, Pa. Alvia'Dobeck." Nobody has yet been A Very Thoughtful Suicide, Ga., May 18.—Tho case of Geo. T. Jackson, president of tha E'ltr rpri.. D Mannfactttring ecmpany, charged v. it'll embezr.liug funds of tho company, wcs ended by a verdict cf guilty, and sentence of th3 prisi n r to six years at bard labor in tho penitentiary. A low years ago, carried cwny bv the s,vrit ot speculation, he ussrl £115,1)00 ot tli; F London, May 18.—Mr. 6'. George Mathews, manager of the Water ford (Ireland) branch of the National bank, has been killed by a bicycle accident. He wa» riding ftt high cpcod in the suburbs of Water ford, when his wheel came into collision with A dog, and Mr, Mathews was thrown over tha bar upon his head, (ailing with such force as to break his neck. Fatal Bicycle Accident. The steamer Corean, from London, which arrived at Halifax on Friday, brought 1,80(1 box«p containing 1,000,000 rounds of ball cartridges.Genuine bu trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Tnko no other. Made only by BKOU N fiiMMiClL COh BA I.TIMORK, MR. The Champion Keller Skater. Kew York, May 18.—The six-day's rcl IjADikh' Hand Book—aaefnl and attractive, containing lint of prizes far zeoipea infurmatton aboet eoinn, i-to., (riven away by all dealers in medicine, uc mailed to auy addxeos on raoeint of 2o. stamn. Ltiii-5f contest closed on Saturday rDi The bark Linden, just arrived at New York from Amsterdam, saw two barks, apjxtrently Norwegian, fast in the ice off the nth llie iollowing record: Snowdu, 1,1(X1 Biles 1 lap; Boj-ft, l,tli5 i;;l!e.. 3 Inpa; M;.d-locks, l.WB miles 1 lctjD{: fe'ehock, 1,080 milts; iVancis, "BiO miles 7 laps; Iiarjimnu, t#'X) Praying: for Peace. found. WM. GRIFFITH, company's mo Calcutta, May 18.—A large number of priests and pundits as c-robled at Dcogurh, ono ot the (even lioly j-hiines in India. A grand prpeo-isjou was formed, v. liich, after visiting the var'ous holy places, marched to tho temples of t iva, where ceremonies of great splC?iid r dofc p'ap.?. Prayers for the establishment of permanent jieace with Russia weiu oSVTeJ U]D and blaffeiugs upon Queen Victoria invoked. Krtnriiing From the Sourinn. CIVIL BNGINEEK„ tui'o Joseph Jirioee, a cigar maker, of 1,U;5 North Third avenue, New York, was nill' d by a Hudson River railroad lccomcfc vo ci High Bridge yesterday afternoon. T.ondon, Hav .18.—A large forco of returning royal marines from the Soudan arrived at Chatham. As they dfceiiitwrked they were greeted by sheet's from the large crowds that lined the doD.lcs and dotted the harbor with hubII busts. The marin/i were aftenvaniivyioycd by Gen. Williams, who fcpplaudud their bravery in trying times. '*•. SURVEYOR PlltEtiD. PJ. ilei 5 laps; O'Mslia, 568 miles 5 la n; 'alton, 48tD iniles 2 laD s. , II jo boll.vod tiai London, May 18,—The Daily Telegr*pb rditoria 11/ lauds Mr. Pottit, the American court 'funs player, and characterizes his periori-iaijie? as "the fine,-' show ever witu savi -.1 F 'giapd. 'Ill:* Successful Tennis Player. Broad S e expenses wd oxoeed the rocoipli by ,000, a:ui although Snowdon wius tho siir b?lt he will have no money to reccmix-• him for his w ork ttobellhiK Against the Fulie I'rophel, Cairo, May 18,—An official dicp itC h from Dongo!a slates that the Bobxoirs trib V v revolted against El Mahdi, and thr.; prophet is hard pressed on all sides. For Sale or R«i»t- The effort to prevent Sunday baseball playing in Cleveland under the municipal law having failed, three players we.-.- arrested yesterday under the state law. Fiv« ("welllii fB on Loaerne avenue, bayond tHe L. /£ B. Railroad. Apply to W. E. Why w, on , Wyoming St., or of Frank Snyder at Ford's office. mtt-tt