Evening Gazette

              %mnin$ £M&c C5aDjetl t. NUMBER MB. ) Weekly EMablllhetf 1850. j PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY. MAY 22, 1885. I two CENTS. I Ten Cent* Par Week. IN A TRAP OF FIRE. oC the employes of the jftfattng office, to identify them before a Datrol wagon arrived. 'This one 1 don't know," said Dennis when the covering had been removed from a faoe that bore traces of excruciating agony at the,moment when life passed from tha toody. The mouth v. ai open and - twisted 0Hfc of shape, disclosing a complete sot of good teeth with tbo exception oL one misting. Then he said: "There were a couple of girls who had only been with us a couple Of days and I don't know their names. TliiS is Mary Ivagan or Nannie Shepard," ho continuod, but leforo all the facei could bo examined in the dim light of the storo the officers removed the bodies to the wagon that had arrived. The bodies were taken to Hobig's undertaking establishment on Sixth street market space. UNLUCKY GLADSTONE. MANY SPORTING EVENT8. THE LINES TIGHTENING THE REVI8ED BIBLE. THE LEGISLATURE. HI8 TROUBLES COME AND FA8T UPON HIM. Ballivim iintl Murk" to Spar—Turf and Dliiiiiond. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE IN THE MAOI' Considerable Activity Am on (j tlie Laift New Yolk tinD*CD*. HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER IN A CIN- CINNATI FACTORY. Bat.timo kf, May 22.—First race—TbreD quarters of a mile. Eva K. first, Miss Go'ilrich eocond, King Fan third. Time, SON MURDER CASE. New York, May 88.—A large sulo of tbr revised Old Testament on the day of its first delivery was not anticipated by the importing firm Harper & Brothers rjd Thomiu- Ne'sou & Bonn. The distribut e;! was not even so large as had beeh anticipated. From the firm of Nelson & Sons efiortjy aftoi Wednesday midnight truck loads set out for the large retail houses in the city and t towering truck load was hurried to the Grand Central depot to fill orders from firms in Canada. It is certain, writes representatives of the Canadian firms to th( Now York importers, that copies of the rovisod edition can te received in Montreal am' Quebec by way of Now York before the} can bo received in tho regular course of THE GOVERNOR PUTS IN ANOTHER VETO. Fifteen People Darned and Suffocated. Heroism of a Man—Horrible i . Scenes Orer the Bodies of the Victims. Hooted and Jeered at In the House—The Peace Outlook still rery Uncertain—-Bartholdl's Liberty fete Sailed. Second race—One -and a quarter miles. Thoma -on first, Rc«ette second, Lulu third Time, 2:16»f. Clover Ins' Clamlestlne Meeting* with tlic Unfortunate Girl—Tho Two Positively ltecognlzed by Various Wit uessct* In Several Places. The I.lcenne BUI—ConffreMlomal and Other Apportionments—Appropriation Hi)In Railroad PauM and Other BUI*. Third ism—Oao and ono-oiglith miles. Telio Doe first, F.irewell second, Lizm third. Time, 1.57. I i- Cincinnati, May 28. — Holocausts in crowded factories are occurring at alarmingly thort intervals in this city. One iu Deer Creek a few years ago horrified the world. The Nurre fire, on Bycamcre street, a year or two later came next to swell the list of cremations of the living, and only a year ago a Boro or more of girls were roasted alive in the Dreman raghouse fire, on Walnut street, near Sixth, and were buried by the falling wails of the building and roasted throe or four days before the debris cooled to that the firemen could exhume their charred bodies. London, May 33.—Nearly a week, ago the ministerial Daily News expressed the fear "that the cabinet may be beaten on the Irish crimes act by a coalition of Radicals, Parnellites and those of the ConseflTOtives who follow the lead of lord Randolph Churchill." ■■ Tipt this fear was justified was amply demonstrated la the house of commons. Hie three elements mentioned arrayed themselves, informally but enthusiastically, on the side of opposition, and the friends and foes of coercion in Ireland had their' first opportunity of measuring forces. Fourth raco—Oni and a quarter miles. Col. Spr.gua first, Pink Cottage socond, Referee third. Time, 2:13J^. Richmond, Va., May 22.—The first witness in tho Cluvcrius murder trial was D. V. Morton, paying teller at tho Planters' National tank. He testified that the prisoner presented a check at his bank on the 13th of March. He was casually acquainted with the prisoner and was under the impression that he had a slight mustache. Harrisburo, May 21.—The Governor this morning transmitted UD the House a veto message o» the bill explaining and fixing the salar es of county officers in counties containing between 100,000 and 160,000 inhabitants. Tlie veto is based on the ground that the bill, instead of being explanatory, is amendatory, and is obnoxious to the Constitution. Fifth race—One mile. Ballot second. No time. Emerson first, There great crowds thronged the streets, ruwl there, too, the relative# of the dead or missing wore recognizable by their look* of dejection and their outbursts of grief. The Ivxlies wero arranged decently ana washed, and friends were admitted to try to recognize them. Here, too, were scenes that Louisville, May 23.—First race—Purse for 2-year-old i, five furlongs. Pixey prat, O'Fallon second, Frolie Louise third. Time, 1:04. KhcIiije at LonlsTlllo, William P. Kidd, an employ '* J" Isle, was sworn. Ho said he saw lxm . • 1o with the mother country. rirst to rccoivo ecpies nt the Bleeker stree' house were members of the republishing flnr of Funk & Wagiialls. Tka copies were rip ped to pieces, aud compositors wero immedi ntely sot to. work on the first pages of a chonj edition. The distribution by Nelson & Son wss ontirolv to trade centers. Mr. Houston, the business manager, said: The bill to restrain and regulate the sale ef intoxicating liquors came ujD in regular order, but its consideration elicited little interest. on tho island on the 13th of March, but U:d not notice the lady particularly. He went to the jail after the prisoner's arrest and identified him among a number of other prisoners. The man he saw on Belle isle hail a mustache. Second race—Louisvillo hotel purse, for all ages, telling conditions, mile beats. R Monoo first. Bella B. second, Gold Dollar third. Time, 1:45, 1:50. The bill ordered transcribed for a third rC adiag by a vote of yeas 101, nays Tl. The Senatorial and Representative) bill was refer ted from Conference Committee, and was to. Adjourned. would jnelt tho heart of a stoic. Mother** aud fathers and sisters and brothers and friends crowded forward against tho cordon of police, wringing their hands and moaning piteously: "Oil, God I my darl in;!" "My own little girl!" As the bodio3 lay in the morgue the three littlo girls who jumped from the windows oC tho blazing building to their death orhibited no appearance of being soorohed, but 1 hey wero badly scratohed, bruised and bl'Kxly. From both oars of one streams of bio.id trickled and rnude a pool under her shoulder*; bright red foa*i also welled from her nostrils and month. As to tho burned bodies, the skin had peeled off from the facja, necks, forearms, hands and fingers anil hung in ghastly shreds and tatters. Their clothes Were not burned off, and their feet, legs, arms and trunks were unharmed. The hands of some of them were clinched in tho agony of tleath. Ifhe mouths ot others were wide •opon, and their faces showed unlnisia'cablo signs of the agony which attended them in d. ath. Willi n a st. ne's throw of the srem of tho Dreman lire another sacrifice of 15 lives has been mado which might haye been averted had the owner of the building been compe.lod to provi le flre-e3cape3. Tho building was No. ID West Sixth street, on the south Bide of the street, between Main and Walnut atroets. It was five stories high. Near the center cf it was an elevator, and around the elevator wound the steep, narrow Btairway. This building was occupied from tho second story up by Sullivan & Co. Steam Printing. company. At 1:80 o'clock George Hendricks, the office boy, brought up a gallon of benzine to clean type. When near the olevator in the second story this benzine took fire. This is nil that can be told of the start of the Amies. What ignited the benzine no one has been able to explain. The fire rushed up the elevator to the third, fourth and filth floors with the rapidity of a flame from a gunpowder oxplosion. Iu the building woro 50 people, 80 of whom escaped unhurt or only slightly injured; ten lost their lives, and five were either mortally or daqgwously injured. The building was the property of W. B. Smith, known as "Policy Bill Smith," and it was unprovided w ith a fire escape and poorly supplied with stairs, as was t$c C030 with all tho factories in Cincinnati that have heretorore proved to be ovens for roasting human beings. Before the fire bells rang out people on Sixth stroet saw smoke suddenly emerge from the Sullivan building, and they rushed toward the. scene. Iu less ttan two minutes after tho benzine can exploded a woman, who had been standing on the sill of a fifth-story window, sprang into the oif and came down on tin sidewalk into the arms of a stalwart man, who risked Mb life in an effort to save hers. He was dashed to the ground and she was instantly kill C1. Pour other women and two men wero standing on window sills, tjio women alternately praying, begging for help and The great crowd below were ehou ing: "Stav where you are," "Don't ?ump," "for God's sake, hold out a little onger," and similar expressions. By this time firemen had arrived. One woman, impatient or distracted or bereft of her senses, let go and fell outward, and turning over once or twice in the descent, crashed down on the sidowalk a corps ?. In this case again a daring young man tried to save the woman by catching her in bis arms, but he wu thrown down with dangerous violence. Two men and three women werg standing outside on the window sills. Ona of the men was hanging to tho window sill by the tips of his fingers bis body swinging down against tho wall. In the window next to him was standing a solitary woman, who could hold out but a littlo longer. The crowd shouted to her to hold on till the man was caught in tho tarpaulin w Inch tho firemen had stretched below. Tho iran dropped into tho tarpaulin. His body ttruck t'ue sidewal': with a heavy thud, and if: was fouiid_ that ho was snriou.sly injured py the fall, i)ut tlie: e are hopes that lie will Jive, haying made so brave a struggle for life, Tho firemen hod not beld tho tarpaul.n high enough when the man jumped. '"Hold it higher," shouted the crowd. "Hold it rVulder high for the woman." They held It shoulder high. "Now jump," shouted the iiro chief. The woman jumped. Her body struck the sidewalk, tut not so heavily us that of tho' man. She was hurt, but will probably recover. The scene in the house was a memorable one. The movement was started by Mr. John Morley, the scholarly leader of the Radicals, who gave formal notice that he would oppose tho renewal of the crimes act. This announcement was greet*! with cheers from the Parnellites. This was a matter of course, but it instantly became evident that the volume of cheers was too great to oome entirely from the Home Rulers, notwithstanding their famous lung power. A glance around the house showed that every Radical present was swelling the applause, and a ringing round of cheers came from a compact body of Tories, lustily led by Lord Randolph Churchill. The Whigs wore for the moment paralyzed into silence. The Tories who were not cheering looked on with amusement at the enthusiasm of the young fellows and the quandary of the cabinet. The effect on Mr. Gladstone was very notioeable. Ho was on his feet in a moment, looking both angry and chagrined. He tried to speak, and the Whigs continued their silence in a courteous effort to hear him, so that the cheering for Bome time was one-sided. It was enough, however, to drown the premler'3 voice, and he could only glare at tho Opposition benchos. Then the Whigs began with counter cheers, at every pausj for breath made by tho coalition. The cheering and counter cheering became general, but the Parnellites had got their second wind and they fairly yelled with delight at the unexpected numbers of their new allies. As between the coalition and tho Wbigs an anemometer would have given the victory to the former, hands down. The demonstration was sufficient to mako it quito sure that immediately after the Whitsuntide holiday, which begins to-day and lasts two weeks, the Gladstone government will have on its hands as bitter, desperate and prolonged a fight as has ever boen encountered even In its always stormy career. Third race—The merchants' stake, for all ages, one anl onooighfch miles. Fiivor first, Modesty second, Loftin third. Time, 1:58. Joseph Perkins, a nailer in the Belle Isle works, saw th? visitors on tho 18th of Macch. They cama to ku machine, and the lady watched him working for two or threo minute!. The man was further off. He noticed the woman's apparently pregnant condition, and told a fellow workman that she had better be at hoin.e instead of roaming arpund the works as these persoas were doing. He had subsequently identified the prisoner at the city jad as the man who was with the woman on Belle Isle. He had picked him out from among a number of prisoners. The witness' impression when he first saw the couple was that they were country people. The lady did hot look much like city ladies. At the afternoon session of the House the conference re pert on the Congressional Apportionment bill was considered and agreed to. The conference report on the Natural Gas bill was also agreed to. Appropriation bills passed finally as follows: $60,000 for tho Eastern Penitentiary; $70,000 for Ml*- riis of the Western Penitentiary; $650,000 to carry out the provisions of the act of 18S3, relating to the treatment of indigent insane. At the night session, the House passed finally the following appropriation bills: $26,000 for the prateeoop jtad propagation ol fish ; $138,500 for the iNoiMstown Hoepi al; $10,000 for Normal Schools; $31,000 fer the Harrisburg Lunatic Hospital; $90,- 000 for the Hospital in the anthracite region; $42,000 for the Geological Survey; $400,- 000 for the care of indigent Insane. Fourth race—The Ruunymede stake, for 2-',var-olds, thrco-quartgri of a mile. Blue Wing first, Endurer seqgyid, Primero third. Timo, J:17J£ ----r . "AVe are not ready to tell the public the number of copies of the Old Testament we sent out. It la not good business policy U do so. Orders from cities in the interior con tinoo to come in, and they will continue for some timo. The demand for the book is not eager." At lSelmont- Park. Philadelphia. May 32.—Third day's races at Belmont park: First race—2:40 oiasr, purse $.riU0. Frank Ellis won in three straight heats, Happy Princess second, Harry S. third. Time, 2:29%. Randolph sold about 300 copies of the revised edition, which is probably more than any other retail bookseller sold. At Harper & Brothers employes were up all night roceiving and ransacking Old Ttu laments in casoC. Cartmen swarmol aboul tbo doors in the rear of the Franklin square house at early dawn, and scattered in all directions. Iletail booksellers had agreed to open thoir doors an hour earlier than usual to receive the case". The city order of the pica edition sold by Harper & Brothers is large. Half a score of truckalso turned down streets leading to railroad express routes, and the packages were sent to inland cities. It was estimated at tht counting room of Harper & Brothers thai in the city about 100,000 copies in all were distributed to retail stores. Second raco—2:89 class, purso $500. Viotory Clay won in three straight heats; Brown Billy second, Harry Roberts third. Time, 8:2(1#. Third race—Dacing'contest, 2:24 class, purse $500. Gossip Junior won; Pronto second and Uncle Ned third. Timo, 2:25%. The prosecution here introduced a letter written by T. J. Cluverius to Lillian Madison In September last, in which he addresses her in kind terms, giving hor general news and chiding her for delay in writing to him. The letter concludes by urging her to marry "that fellow," as ho (Cluverius) thought it the boat thing she could do. The poem lound in Lillian's trunk was also offered in evidence, but owing to its vulgar and vile character it Was agreed by court and counsel not to have it read in open court, but that the jury should read It to themselves. The paper was given to the jOry, and the reading of it by twos was begun, but the defense objected. Snlllvan and llnrke to Spar. PBOCBB1HNOS IN,THE fiZNATB. Ta the Senate the appropriations passed by the House for the Board of Public Charities, ilie Soldiers' Orphaaa' Schools, the Norristown Hospital and a temporary hospital at PI) month, were reported favorably without an endment Boston, May 23.—John L. Sullivan and Patsey Shepherd have signed articles for a four-round glove fight between Sullivan and Jack Burks, Marquis of Queensberry rules, scientific points to count, winner to take 65 per cent, and loser 35 per cent, of the receipts. The article s have been sent to Burke, from whom they emanated, and, if agreed to, the contest will come off at the Chicago driving park. Sullivan has begun active training to-day under Shepherd's direction. SEC. WHITNEY'S CAUSTIC LETTER. He Charges Gross Wastefulness at the Washington, May 22.—Secretary Whitney has convened a board of five naval officers to meet at the Mare Island navy yard and inquire into the expensivo manwjr in which repairs to vessels have been made at "that yard. In his letter to.Commodore Bussell, commandant of the yard, Informing him of this action, the secretary says: "In the line of the suggestions contaiued in my letter to you April 15 1 havo made such Investigations as my limited time would permit of the expenditures made at the Mara Island navy yard of late years, for the purpose of satisfying mysulf as to its condition as a place, for the efficient performance oi public work. Taking certain lines of inquiry as tests, I am compelled to express the greatest astonishment at the results indicated. The steamship Mohican was taken out of commission in 1872. Since that time she has remained in the Mare Island yard undergoing reconstruction, including the substitution of new machinery for the old. She is now substantially ready for sea, and within the next CO days will re-enter the service. -"H;irp Island Navy Yard. The Senatorial and Representative Appertain men i was reported from and patsed by a unanimous vote. The Democrats, except McAteer and King, who voted yes, declined to vote. ALABAMA CLAIMS. Many of Them Which win be Unmdjndl- Mr. Meredith then offered the torn note found at the American hotel, addressed to the prisoner, on the 13th of March. He said that it was a part of the res gestae of the case and was also evidenoe in showing who occupied room 21 at the hotel on the day named and was addressed to the prisoner, although he never received it It also showed that "Miss F. L. Merton," as registered at the hotel, was Miss Fannie Lillian Madison. eated by the Court. Bills were passed proposing a Constitutional nniendment to reduce the number of Judges by increasing the size of a -Judicial district trom 40,000 to 60,000 inhabitants; regulating the boarding and maintaining of iafant children for hire; making it a misdemeanor for a number of a partnership to keep fraudulent accounts. Washington, May 33.—The court of commissioners of Alabama claims has concluded a peremptory call of all ths cases remaining for trial on its docket. The call was made tinder an order issued Feb. 30 last, reciting that, by reason of the near approach of the time when the powers of the court would terminate by limitation of law, it was absolutely necessary that all cases not disposed of by May 30 should be called in the order of their docket numbers, "and each and every one of such cases shall be then reported ready for trial, and shall be tried and submitted as soon thereafter as the same can be reached In regular course, under pain of immediate and Anal dismissal." San Fkancisco, May 22.—Edward Han- Ian has arrive! hero. He looks well. He made $33,000 in Australia, but lost $10,000 on tfre race with Beach. Ho says Beach is invincible. The Australians will back him against the world. Hanlan Arrives In San l*'r»i,cIsco. In the Senate this evening the bill prohibiting the granting of free railroad passes and making it a penal offenoe to reoeive aa well as grant a pass, was defeated on second reading. Bills authorizing proviaioa to be made by cities far disabled firemen and polcemao, »ad providing for a uniform road law were «mong those ordered to third reading. At Providenca: Chicago 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 x—10 Providence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 At Boston: Baseball. The defense opposed the introduction oi this paper, and Judge Atkins reserved his decison. Victor Huso's Early Hecollectlons. Paris, May 22.—The conversation of Victor Hugo, as he lies on his death bed, refers almost entirely to the scenes of his childhood, which seem to revive in his mind as more recent impressions fade. When he talks during periods pf delirium, he invariably speaks in Spanish, and bis recollections seem to be of the early boyhood days which he spent in Spain, and which formed a particularly romantic and delightful part of his life. When his mind is clear he surprises the friends who surround him by the clearness of his mental vision and the calmness with which he speakB of his ap■proachingend. After rocess, and before any one outside of the jury, counsel and judge was admitted, the poem was read, after which the usual admittance was accorded. Boston 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0— 4 Detroit 0 *0 0 1 10000—3 At Cincinnati: Mrs. Mary Curtis said that she lived with Mrs. Goes, who keeps a cigar store on- Fifteenth street; bad seen the prisoner frequently; saw him at a houso kopt by Lizzie Banks; saw him at Mrs. Goes' on March 13; he came alone and soon after a young lady came; didn't see the lady's face; conversed with the prisoner; the couple occupied a room in the rear of Mrs. Goss' store; they wore there between 12 and 2 o'clock on March 13; they left separately; didn't remember how the lady was dressed; she wore a red shawl and was closely veiled; had seen the prisoner probably six times, but didn't remember the lapse of timo between his visits; the last time witness saw him was on March 13; ho then had on a grayish looking overcoat and slouch hat; thought the overcoat was reversible; tho lady wore a bluo basque; had on a hat; but witness couldn't see the boo tho color of her hair, as she was heavily Under tho provisions of this rule 74 oases of class one, for direct damages sustained by rebel cruisers involving a total amount of nearly $480,000, being found incomplete a to proof, were dismissed; and 100 cases of class two for premiums paid against risk of destruction by rebel cruisers, involving a total amount of over C360,000, were also dismissed for like reason. This still leaves 1,973 cqses, many of them very intricate in character, on tlie trial docket of the court, whose term expires by limitation on Dec. 81, next. In order to comply with tho law as to the certification of all the judgments rendered to tho secretary of state to be by him certified to tho secretary of the treasury for payment, the court will have to discontinue the hearing of cases at least 30 days before its final adjournment. There is consequently at prosont overv indication that nearly 1,000 cases will remain unadjudicated when the court expires. Cincinnati 0 7 0 0 0 110 1—10 Baltimore 0 10 0 2 4 8 0 1—11 At Philadelphia: Financial and OomeroiaL NEW YOEK STOCK [As n ported by Judd, Nye k Oo., Broker*, Scran ton, Pitta ton and Wilkea-BaiTe, over thtir private wire, enabliiig them to execute orders instantly. ] Nxw Tout, May 21.-Stocks sold Mttr a* the New York stock exchange as folio##:" Stocks Open- Ctot'g Stock* Op**- Ctot'g 0. AH. O.. mt 7T* Nor. Wert.. % D. L. & W.. 104U 1G4W Nor West nf Its 1M J.Central SIM lflM »•« W. Union . 69t2 5«H Mich. Oen.. 41 48 8tPaul.com 69U 89ji Phlla&Red. 15 15 O.'O, C.4I. I(U 30U NI Os.W 11U UU trie lojj lUjJ Canada 8... 27*3 17* Luke Shore. 53 58M M. Y. On., mi MM fex. IPsdfic 10?$ 1C$, D. A B. Q. 5 Z SW Union Pac .. 6W MM In St Nash. Ss£ N..Pao..com 15& ni K. Island... 114 iu({ N. Pac. prof D DM HI. Central. 1M 1M On...Pacific 81U 81« Chic. & O. 11W *1U JF 5* Web. Pacific KK StPMAM. si M W Pacific pf 6 & NY.C & at L 7S 78 Or.({..Trans. 14)4 14 W.AlJds.. MM MM Krie tad... 49 SUM Pac.JUall... 5s£ MH CHI0AG0 GRAIN AND PR0VI8I0N& As reoeired over private wire by Judd, Nye M Co., Brokers, 1st National Bank Building, Scran* toa, Brown's Building, Plttaton. and T South Franklin Street, Wllkes-Barre, Pa. May. June. July. Aug 8»u ma »yi 94 «M2 MD tt *4 sS S& 88 SB 49U 48 48 ' 48 4tH 48 48 48U M $ 84 MM MM » 34 34J« S4U » 84 84 jf, aafcj » 84 D4M » 11 15 11 10 11 SO 11 40 11 16 11 10 11 N U 41W 11 IS 11 15 11 15 11 37 W 11 15 11 15 11 K 11 (7)2 0 78M « 77J4 • 87U 4 91 « 72W 8 8.1 C 87V? « 96 S 7144 6 75 # 8k 5 IIU « 7*tt 0 75 « 85 8  PETROLEUM. Oil Citt, May 21,—Opening. 7 Highest 81U Lowest. 7Ma Closing 80K-% "Prom the accounts of th'i department it appears that there has been spent on her in the Mare Island yard $345,000, which with further amounts hereafter likely to come in, will raiso the total expenditures to about $900,000; and this upon a wooden vessel of about 1,900 ions displacement. More than two-thirds of this has toon spent within the last three years. For tho tact that she is of a class now obsolete as an effective weapon of war and substantially worthless, the yard cannot bo held responsible. But that the expense of this reconstruction- in the Mare Island yard has cost the government at least three times what a new ship of the sRine character and class could have been built for does certainly in \cate the most extraordinary mismanagement and wastefulness. Similar indications appear to me in the case of partial repairs and replacement •made on other vessels, not necessary to comment upon in detail. It may be said that the economy, or lack of it, with which repairs are conducted is in general a thing difficult to prove. But circumstances like those exhibited in the case of the Mohican are entirely incapable of explanation except on the ground that either through a fault of fystem or somo other reason the public money spent in the Mare Island yard is in the main thrown away." Philadelphia... St. Louis  At St. Louis .0 20002050—9 .0 0000200 1—8 St. Louis  Metropolitan. 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 0-11 .7 1100000—9 Gamo callod end of eighth inning on account of darkness. At Pittsburg Gladstone will Probably Ketlre. Allegheny Athlotic.. At Louisville; .0 00170000-8 ..0 10100010—# London, May 22.—The report that Mr. Gladstone has decided to retire from public life is made more creditable than thj* often revived rrimor would otherwise be, by circumstances and by the conduct of the prime minister's friends. The Liberal leaders have already chosen a candidate for the Midlothian distriot. This would indicate either they know that Mr. Gladstone has determined to retire before the fall election, or that they are arranging to have him stand for some other constituency. The latter is most improbable. ■■ Three innings only—rain. Brooklyns, 3; Louisville, 1. At New York: New York, 3; Buffalo, 4. Young Stanton'M Mysterious Murder. Njtw Loxdon, Ct., May 33.—Philadelphia detectives have been in Mystic looking up tho antecedents of Danial E. Stanton, the allegocl murderer of Nash, and endeavoring to find a motive for th3 murder. Many erronooua reports have been published, and this investigation will correct them. Stanton's fathor died some years ago, but loft him no money. An uncle diod two. yofm ago and left him $4,000. This money, together with some he had previously earned, ho spent freely. Stanton's parents separated when he was an Infant, and bo seldom saw his mother. She married again, and is now living in Upper Mystic. Mrs. Wheeler, of Upper Mystic, Stanton's aunt, has engaged Judge Wheeler to assist in the defense. Miss M. W. Gather, a youn-? German lady, was onco engaged to Stanton, but he broke the engagement. She would willingly do all she could to savo Stanton. No one in Mystic believes that Nash would attempt to rob anybody. Stanton's story of foreign travels is not believed. veiled. Clara Anderson testified that she was at Mrs. Goss's bouse cn the 18th of March; saw there a lady and a gentleman; did not soe the gentleman so us to recognise him; botli left at the same time; saw the lady in /miliary; both timos she lmd on a dork dross aud a red shawl; thtiy were toth at the house in January; saw tho woman's face in January and got a glimpse of it on the 13th of March. An Unusual Scene In a PoNee Court. "Boston, May 23.—An unusual scene wan enacted in the municipal criminal court room. Arraigned at the bar were the Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D, pastor of tho Clarendon Street Baptist church; Rov. M. R Doming, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A,; Rev. W. F. Davi i, H. L. Hastings, a publisher; William Dean, Lizz'e Lothian, the latter two being members of the Salvation Army, and others, all of whom were charged with violating l«t Sunday a city ordinance prohibiting preaching on Boston common without a permit. Testimony was taker as to tho facts. As it was dosired to make this a test case as to the constitutionality of the law no defense was made, and a fine of 110 was imposed in every case. Appeals were taken, and accused were severally held In $100 for appearance in tho superior court. London, May 3a.—Tie Jfoniing Post claims to have learned that the 'stoppage of the Guards at Alexandria on their homeward passage from Suakim was not due to a hitch in the negotiations with Russia, but to the discovery by Sir Eveiyn goring that there was to be an outbreak of the natives in Cairo, fomented by French political agents with the object of affording a pretext for landing French troops from transports now cruising along the coast. The article creates a decided sensation. Why the Guard* Were Stopped. btill three were leXi staudiag on the window alls. On" was a man whoso name doroi ve.i to go down to history in the lis. of the •roiildls H Wfis Juhi) guliivap, (i , (Mgin of the proprietors. So was standing unripht. speaking words of encouragement to (.wo girls who steed in the next window. A rupo had been let down from the roof by the employes of Mr. Kinsey, who occupied tba next, building. The ropo was old and black, and full of kinks, but it reached to tho ground. There was no other moans of escape. Young Sullivan had it in his band, but he gavo it to the girl next to him, U)id s)je descended safely. He encouraged the other ono to take bold, and he readied the' ropo to her. She Went down fcafely. He «Wuhg oat on the rope hime, and* the crowd, who were waitto hear him IB triumph on their shoulders, shouted their plaudits, but the shouts ifoti out gboct by erica of horror when tho pope woke and the man who had won the admiration of thousands by (lis bravery was gashed into eternity in a thrice. There were {oars of real grief all through that great ffio'wd:" there w$re auiiifjlo sobs, and there ?vej-e momenta of' terrible silence such a* occur in the presence of awful calnm- Charles Madison, fathor of Lillian, was recalled and testified that the prisonor had been visiting his house for about two years, the last time iu July last; Lillian left King William county on the 10th of October; she was at homo a few days before she left for the last time; did not visit the Walker family while Lillian we# staying there, from July to October last year; did not know that any young man visited Lillian while sljfl was there. Concerning the letters, sent by the well digger Biggs to his daughter, witness said that Lillian burned them and that he scolded her for doing so, ai he had been advised to get them and keep them; Lillian then left the house and went to her grandfather's; there was nothing criminal in the letters. Witness said he never made the statement in church heforo tl»Q congregation that his daughter had left homo to attend school and not for improper purposes; he never had any troublo with his daughter til she became intimate with tho prisonor; had looked npon ".hem as lovera about 18 months or two years. Wh*at— Opening. Highest  Lowest  Cloning  0 Crk—Opening.... Highest  Lowest  Closing  Oats—Opening.. Highest  Lowest  Closing  Pou—Opening.. Highest  Lowest  Closing  Seeretary Whitney has also directed the officers responsible for repairs to the Omaha to explain why so large a sum as |S00,00U was expended in repairs to that vessel in the Portsmouth, N. H., yard. A Strike of Considerable Mngnltmle. May 32.—The employes of the worKST mills of Stanley Lees and Horace Jones, at Conshohocken, d is satis fled with tho wages paid, have quit work. The strikers number nearly 800 male and female operatives. Soma of the girls wore' willing to ccvtinue work, were forced to folic w the strikers. The strike has assumed larger proportions than any previous movement of the kind in ConsKohocken. London, May 33.—Tho government's persistent refusal to announoe the Btate of tho peace negotiations with Russia tends to confirm the now universal belief that the hitch is of the utmost gravity. The guarded admission of the secretary for war that it is still thought advisable to concentrate the British troops now in the Soudan for possible service elswhere also strengthens this impression. Is War Impossible T Mwckln and Gallagher's Case. Chicago, May 22. —In the United States court Judges Harlan and Gresham announced that in the Mackfn-Gallagher ease the court -Mils a tie on the point as to whether, under the law, a proceeding on an information was proper or not. Judge Harlan held that it was, and Judge Gresham was of tho opposite opinion. As a'result of the tie the case goes to the United States supreme court, the defendants giving bail In $5,000 each. Judge Harlan anaounoed that a decision would be given in October. Highest.  A Statue of Senator Utair Unveiled. £Dt. Louis, May 23.—The magnificent bronze status of Frank P. Blair was unveiled. The flag which veiled the face of Jlissouri's great l-kmatar was lifted by Mrs. Christina Graham, his daughter, in the prosonce of 15,000 parsons. Among those present wero Gov. Marmadu'te, of Miswwi; ex Cov. Kcerner, of Illinois; Mayor Francis and several state ouloials. The principal sppoeh in commemoration of the event was made by Hon. P. L. Foy, president of the Blair monument association; Mayor Francis, Gov. Marmaduke, Col. Gantt and Maj. R. A Atkins, U. S. A., also speke, all referring to Blair aa they had known him in life. After tli« speechei a regular military salute was fired by a dotail of United States mil. itary.  Lowest C.oslng. ■lank Officers Foriu ail Association RoffKN, May 22.—The war steamer Xsere, with Bartholdi's statue of liberty, sailed yesterday for New York. The departure was made the occasion for a demonstration, all the civic and military authorities of tho city being present on the pier to witness the embarkation. The Isere is not a fast vessel, and the statue will probably not reach New York until June 1. Bartholdi's Wberty has Sailed. Boston, May 23. —Tho Bank Officers association of Boston, representing 47 national and nine savings banks, have completed its organization. Of tho 500 persons employed in banks of (l)is cjty 2tj3 have either tained the association or signified their intention erf so doing. Arthur F. Locke, of the National Bank of North America, was chosen presipown, The court then adjourned. The prosecution stated before the adjournment that it expoctod to conclude its side of the testimony by to-morrow evening and the defense was Instructed to summon its witnesses for next Monday morning. Brewer* Want Reliefs Nrw York, May 22.—The United 8'ates Brewers' association at, Us third day's session passed a resolution asking the commissioner of internal revenue to rescind the order recently issued holding wholosale dealers responsible (or internal revenue taxes until tha liquor is actually paid for by the retailer. The order, the resolution says, is "an exceedingly severe and unoai ilea for blow to the bottle beer and the trmfe'ln general, as w«U as an nnneoessar} molestation to tta revenue taxpayer." Maritime flm#n had boen bwy try. (qg to ge' ft ltkudur up against the building through n perplexing cluster of telegraph wires, They made short work of extinguishtog the fire. The injury it caused to property was rery trifling. ChATTa noog a, May 83.— The imprisonment of the Mormon elders, Christian and Gainer, on the charge of preaching polygamy, causes a good deal of excitement at Elizabethtown. Tho elders had many converts in that section, who say they will protect the accusud men. Senator Siminorly'a father is a convert, hut senator 1$ - -oikiug up public sentiment against the missionaries. Mormon Eldnri Imprlioned, London, May 22.—Both the queen and the Prince of Wales have written autograph letters to the Archbishop of Canterbury, eulogizing the revised version of the Old Testament. The eulogium, however, is not gonerally indorsed by the public, and the sale of tJw new Bible is comparatively Ian? guid now that the deinqnsk pf curiosity has been supplied,  Not Intended In the Hevlaed Ver»lon, Washington, May 22,—The president has appointed D. V, postmaster at Albany, N. Y., Tioe "W, H, Craig, commission expired,  A New PnatmaMter for Albany The next work was the search for the bodies. The whole square in front of the building was thronged with people. Strong !nes of police kept rhe crowd back from the jumense lront yf tbS "fedilding, whiljj -they [dniittcd the friends pS tSeaea.1 and tho liv- Who liart lDecfl outplayed there. The Itcene was heftrtrefl ling, EjudoniotUms of •tjouy aud sobs of joy mingled, relative* finding sotuu cher-ehed ouo dead hero, and perfca, s cnollier saved there. Tho firemen the work of bringing thj dead out 01 a.e building. Lew Wisby, chief of Um lire d partineut] •" When i was able to get into the fourth gtify I Lai no sosjiWfoft of ivhat' I slibuld End there. Tho house M not burnoi out; in [act, the lire vas cliieily in the 'fifth and the Jijjniing ol th: (purt)»*5s pot coasiderablo, so J jjid not expect to Mich a sjglit as } tayfi "lu the spjz* t jvai still {lliod lue fi|th Jipojr, I count *t ten girls lying on benches, tttWos, irothor ihiugs, or .Aretched upon ".he floor, with uot chair jingod, I dou't worker lit H, howevo;', an, CjKWpting-" hatchway,! woa unab.e to find any way up or down fun (hat floor, all hough, I suppose, there must be a stairway, it was a terrlblo sight, the worst I ever saw in my experience. 1 hey 1,-, f, to all concoivablo positions, where they i'.ji.l Wtp1 down oir l»iai fallen while wildly atfoiit in Aesp&ir. "There should have Ijeijft jpire-tscape qj tfie house. It would Ltfe savxi all uhose JiynSj" Keorgniiizlng the Postal Telegrapb. New York, May 22.—A schftpae fdr(be reorganization of the' Postal Telpgrapb company ha? been submitted to the holders of its defaulted bopds, The plan provides for the exchange of $3,500 new stock for each $10,000 of such bonds to be surrendered to the company and cancelled; also, for the issue of two and a half shares of new stock in exchange for each 100 shares of old. It is understood that if these terms are acvcspted, Mr. Mackay will tl\(i additional capital required to enable the company to carry out Its proposed extensions. CONDENSED NEWS. The Confederate Soldiers' home near Richmond, Va., has been opened. A peculiar and fatal disease has broken out at Long-worthy, Jones county, Ja. ft baffles the physicians. Forest Fires In Michigan. The Ameer ha« HJ» Eyes Open. Newberry, Mich., May 22.—The forest fires above this place have broken oat with renewed fury, and along the south side of the Detroit, Mackinaw and Marquinette railroad they are burning with great fierceness. Back of this place the forests are a perfect! mass of flames, and eight buildings have already been destroyed. The town of Dollarville, just beyond bare, is threatened with entire destruction. A gang- of men are fighting the flaOMA *akim6 POWDER Louisville, May 22,—Warren Green, recently appointed United States consul to Kanagawa, Japan, was arrested here for debt. Dr. A P. Morgan Vance, a well known physician, is the complainant on a bill for $578 for attendance upoq Mr. Green's wife, now deceased. Mr. Gfireeij. • who just ready to Mart fdr Japan, gave ball A Newly Appointed C»nsal Arrested. Fishawvb, May 82.—The ameer of Afghanistan is raising sovoral new regiments and is otherwise adding to the strength of his army. Canada is intensely excited oyer the new franchise bill introduced by the government. The Liberals are opposing it with great determination, !%i Nrw Yosk, Maj 22.—Gen. Grants drive did not improve, him. He spent a vary rastlees, painful afternoon. His throat fait so bod that he dncootinued dictating. Dr. Douglas used an application of cuvainct, wljjcfi hf)4 a effect, The general is ueryouB and restieu, and not at all as well aa for the last few days. Gen. Grant Somewhat Worse, It is claimed that Riel is an American oitiaan, and in 1882 or 1888 took an active part in the Montana territorial elections, where he was naturalized. Tho Holtteau House fffc Boston, May 22.-rTbe ease ef Julian Penniman, charged with causing the Hoffman house lire, was again continued. Samuel C. Abbott, the hotel fireman, who is under tier,, tecco of ten years imprisonment, upon Us own confession of complicity in the orimea clunfed. testified to soeing Fenniman an four di(FrDrent occ asions boro holes in the floors of the hotel, fill them with oil and set it on fire. Penniman's only mptive seemed to be to injure the proprietor, whom he (iislikecf. Cross-examination fajletj Shako the wtyness. ' : ■ ■ " • " -*'■ ■■ it* s* i i 915,ooo for Yale. Senator Vest, upon being approached by\ St LquU reporter, said he did not care to say anything to newspaper men, and, with considerable profanity, remarked he hqi\ no, use for newspaper men. New Haven, May 28.—The execijtprs of the late Pelatfah of Sfew Havqn, who died' in 1S84, haye paid OTer a bequest of $15,000, which has just became payable and which is devote 1 to endowment of a profe persbip ip the Yple academical department. V he corporation has applied the gift to -I- "iicowmoat to tho professorship of p. .." ' and social sclencs. Iondon, May 38.—Cunningham and Burton, dressed in civilian garb and esoorted by nine armed wardens, were convejed from Newgate to St. Mary's prison at Chatham. Burton seemed very despondent, but Cunningham was smiling and talkative. Both were heavily manacled. They were unshaven and showed the egeots nf prison lift Behind Stone Walls. Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes. A marvel of purity strenaih and wholeaomeaess. More ecoasrala thaa the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold la competition with the multitude of low test, short v «i#ht, alum or phosphate powders. Sold oalv la cans. Royal Baking Powder. Oo., los WaU Secretary Whitney Means nuslneu. An article on Spiritually in The Cincinnati Evening Poet roused the tre of Frank Fostor, who called to see tbo editor." He saw several of him, and retired in a worse condition than when he came in. NiWfOWi May 22.—Tho United States steamer Omaha has been unexpectedly or* dnrod to proceed at once to New York. OfHo -s were looking forward to a visit here w h much pleasure. Secretary Whitney will at once order an investigate into the grounding of Omaha off Provlncetown harbor. Franoois, the New York Frenchman who was detected by a policeman with '.be body of his wife in a sack, emphaticai!/ »ppeatfa is former assertion that his wife killed her,?olf, and that he did not murder h^, A Mysterious Murder. A Dnsmrdlj Attempt Failed. An 014 Woman Rang* llemlt WM. GRIFFITH, Pes Mojfqjs, la, May 0. Colo mt»n, of Pouca, Neb., a heivy cattle dealer sugpasod to bs»-e started from Ponca wit! two loads of cattle on Saturday, was foua-j-dead jn a car to the yftrtj there, with a bullet hole to his breast and a revolver in his right hand. As there was no reason for suicide, murder is suspected. Toledo, May 2a—A dastardly attempt was made to wreck tbe Uraitod express on tho Lake BhoM road at this place by ob strutting tho track with ties a short dir tanco east of the tunnel Fortunately, t** ties were discoverod ami removed about U minutes before the arrival of the iii|»— train.' :-.£9 ' • Watehtowx, Mass., Xay 2SC.—About midnight N inn Finnegan, aged C I, who tor two year. ha3 boon an inmate of tho almshouse, hanged herself in a sited ep the premises. Her body was fotftix) at C A. M. suspended from a rafter, She was partially insane, and, twice before had attempted to take her life. She leaves a son who lives in Gas*. bridg& cxviL snn-o-xotssxi. Broad St, SURVEYOR Mob, Pl An Important Appointment at Yale. Pinkertoa's C*»tectiy«, in Chicage have notified tho polfcg in the larger cities that a gang of forgers are extensively working American and Canadian banks. The gchg is believed to have cleared $900,000 by ltf operations. ' ifbW PAVBjf, May W2.— Herbert E. t'trith, (if this city, hai been appointed professor. Benjamin Siiliman, successor in the chair cf chemistry in the medical department of Yale college. For Rent. '/Vp (!_*.! were taken into an ad joining build l g, whars Dennis Sullivan of bjrvttu d mtsde an effort with tho assistant Two dwellings on Lsgrange and Oak Sts.; four rooms each Apply to mSi'tf MR8. MARGARET DA.via