Evening Gazette

              , •» . ■ . ' ' • • - * ' • ' ' Etoening Jggl§£ (KaftU t. NUMBER '896. ) Weekly Established 1850. j PITT8TON, PA., SATURDAY,. MAY 23, 188^. I two cram. | Tea Canto P« Wwk. COMING NEASEA HOME. CINCINNATI'S AWFUL FIRE. A CANARD SPOILED. POET, /.UTHOfi, SEN ATOB fga can always tell that be is comng by the way the senators, who ►ncnmbar the arena in front of Mio tribune, step bock to let him pass. It is ns if the usher eried: 'Make way for the ting.' The poet-gemator marches through tho midst of his oollaaguM-ln a most stately manner, deigning a bo W tofthis one, a snake of the hand to that one, andr perhaps a word to another. When he reaohes hifr «WriL which is the very last on the second row di tho extreme Left, he learn back, folds his arms over his breast and appears lost in a brown study. This habit of folding the arms when seated is a favorite one with Victor Hugo. Ho assumes this same pose when driving in the Bois, and is often recognised in this way by those) who see him pass. "Another characteristic of Victor Hugo worth tho noting is the way in which he dresses. Ho doesn't at all believe that .'style makes the man.' He la almost invariably attired, summer and winter, morning and evening, in the same heavy, dark brown sackcoat. On very grand occasions ho will sometimes depart from the rule and put on a 'swallow-tail;' but this occurs very seldom. He will never, however, consent to don the regulation uniform of the French academy, with its green palm leaves embroidered on the collar.v Last year, when 11. Pailleron was received into the immortal company,' he asked Victor Hugo to act as his introducer on that ceremonious occasion. Tbe aged poet accepted the honor cn condition that he should not be expected to appear in uniform. 'You will quite understand,' he added, 'that a man doesn't order a new suit at 83.' 'And yet you would woar it out,' was M. Failleron's happy reply. "It is hard to believe that this robust octogenarian was once a sickly, puny Infant, iime. Victor Hugo has stated that she often lieurd his mother toll how he appeared whe.i he came into the world. 'She said,' writes M;no. Hugo, 'that he was no longer than a knife. When he had been swathed the nurse laid him on an easy choir, where he took up so little room that there would have been place for a half dozen more like him. His brothers were called to sea him. Hff was so weakly and resembled so little a human being that Eugene, his brother, who was only 18 month] old, and who just beginning to talk, exclaimed at the sight: 'What a funijy thing!'" FOR RIEL'S DEFENSE. THE LEGISLATURE. CLUVERIU8 AND MISS . MADISON * TRACED TO THE RESERVOIR. Ho One Responsible for the Absence of Proper Fire Precautions. Belief that He Will be Acquitted on Che DEATH OF FRANCE'8 GREATEST CON- Cincinnati, May 23.—Mamie Sheppard, who was injured at the SixtU'street Are, has linee died, making the 15th victim. IViliam Sullivan, another relative of the proprietor who wasdnjured, is resting easily at lis home, at Walnut Him MISS CLEVELAND RETURNS TO THf HOUSE, «, Plea of Insanity. CONGRATULATING GEN. LOGAN ON TEMPORARY DRAMATIST. Moktbkal, May 23 —It has been definitely settled that Kiel will be defended by Hon. Frank X. Lojoaieux, M. P., and Charles Fitapatrick, the well-known criminal lawyers of Quebec, who w ill be assisted by Hon. Honore Mercior, M. P., of thin city, leader of the Liberal party in the Quobec legislative, with whom will be asociated one of the best criminal lawyers of Winnipeg, not yet named. A fund amonnting to over $4,000 has been raised, and it is Raid that at least 110,000 will be forthcoming. This amount and the influence of the church will be used in clearing him. it is generally understood that the trial will bo a force and that Riel will bo acquitted. One plea will ,. anity, and under this the outlaw's escape is expected. His trial will take place in Prince Albert early in tho.fall. HI8 ELECTION. [hey Were Seen on Their Wmj There by Several Witnesses on the Fatal Night. An Incident vrhioh Frightened the Accused. V.'liich Disposes of the that She has Quarreled with Her Brother. Accihlent on the* Way Aram the Depot. , The Governor Approves the BUI ProhlUOlif the Itlanatactue mi Oleomariarbie—Nnmenmt Appropriation Bills Passed. Victor Hugo Passes Over to tb| Silent Majority—Preparations for an Imposing Funeral—Interesting Sketch*of HI* Life. The responsibility for flhe lack bf Are escapes on the building TObiOh burned may bo hard to place. The state inspector is said to have examined the building months ago and to have ordered a Are escape to be put up. rhe statute plainly says that the oscapc should bo put up by the owner, but instead of being governed by its ordinary meaning, the court played with the word and said, contrary to common sense, that the law meant "tenant." In the confusion as to responsibility ail have evaded the law, and it iou'.d not be enforced. Washtnqtoit, May 2£.-«gie president was notified early in the morning that his sister would return to-day to the White House, and consequently he expedited business in order to receive her properly. Albert, the coachman, was instructed to take out the new team and landau purchased  Cleveland's absence, and when she alitrbt.-f' from tho limited express the seal Lrji- - Richmond, May 88.— In the, Jauverius murder trial, Alfred R. James twtifled to having seen the prisoner three, times- on Uarch 18. He came to witness' office to solicit business. He saw the priaoQgr on tho some morning near the American hotel with Mr. Pollard, "at present one of the prisoner's counsel." He saw him again on the some day near the same place with a lady. A photograph of Miss Madison, taken in 1888, was then shown witness. He said ho thought there was a resemblance between the photograph and the lady he had seen. He had never seen the lady before, but was positive it was Cluverlus who was with her. When he saw them they were on Main street, near the Ameijcan hotel. He was not certain about the prisoner having a mustache. He could not tell tho hour at which he had saen the couple. Paris, May'83. —The evening newspapers appear in mourning for Victor Hugo. It la believed that Hugo's funeral will lie the grandest seen in France tor a century. The celebrated painter, Bonnat, made a ■ketch of Hugo a3 ho lay on his death bed, and will paint a portrait from the sketch. In the senate M. Le Royer, the venerable stat sm an, pronounced a eulogy on the dead poet. M. Brisson, the prime minister, also eulogized ths deceased, and moved that the funeral be conducted by the state. The motion was unanimously adopted. The senate and chamber of deputies, after listening to addrossc*, adjourned ana mark of respect to DL Hugo. I. is proposed to inter t'w limit's body iu thy Panthoon. The day of thi funeral w 11 be observed all over Frauce a* o 10 of m rnrniug. All the government oflices, the schools and the theatres will be close 1. The scate will defray all the expenses at the funeral. It is atited that M. lingo suffered terribly for several hours b-ifore his death. Habbisbubo, May 28.—A resolution tendering congratulations to 6eaeral Lagan, aad the people of Illinois, was passed id' the Flosse, for the peaceful tsrminatisn of the Senatorial struggle, and exp esBing unbounded faith that hDi future course in the Se&ate v pi- be as devoted to the interests of the ,s wl.ole country as his services in the past ha.-e keen 'oyal ard patriot;c. Tbe sper'.er signed Mr. Faunce's bill for the protection of children, preventing baby fanr-'ig ard panishing the enticing of ytuag rirls into csncert halls. It now goes to the loveraor for his approval. On motion of Mr. Milter a resolution was idop.ed g.vnting tie use of.the house to the Voluat »r Fire Association to hold their otnrentien in Da amber. The statement of John Meyers, who brought tha benzine which caused the fire, is as follows: were the flrSt objects that met her eyee. Aiiss CI veland was accompanied by her friend, Miss J. G-. Nelson, of New York, with whom she stopped during her recent visit to the metropolis, and three large Saratoga trunks were in an express wagon, which followed the landau. When near the oorner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-. nue one of the horses attached to the oquipagd containing Jlias Cleveland, Mrs. Lamont and Hiss Nelson slipped upon the. concrete roadway and fell upon his aide. No sooner had one of the hones assumed au upright position than the other one fell on the sidewalk, which wgs wet and slippory. Both horses plunged and floundered about on the concrete for several minutes. A crowd quickly gathered, and many odors ol assistance-ware made. Miss Cleveland aqd her companions remained quietly in  seats and merely drew down the curtains of the landau to screen themselves from obervation. This incident todk place when the departments were just pouring a surging multitude put upon the avenue, and it was at first feoiixl that somo serious accident had overtaken the president's family. Nearly every one in the crowd recognized tfe familiar features of Coachman Hawkins, and finally willing hauds lifted tho thoroughly frightened and struggling animals upon their feet. It was then seen that aiw of tho horses had cast a shoe during the excitement, and a young lady employed In the bureau of engraving and printing who found it bore it away in triumph as a curiosity. Tho White Houso was reached without further trouble, ajjd Miss Cleveland expressed herself as being| be home again, especially when the piesident met her and escorted her to the red parlor for a few minutes. Winning, May 38.—The teamsters sent by Poundmaker to negotiate for surrender say that SI women and children from Brelors settlement are h *ld by him as hostages. They say they were well treated by the halfbreeds, wbo protected them from the Indians who were going to kill thorn. They were obliged to work, and at night were guarded by a party of Indiana. Poundmaker frequently had great difficulty in saving their lives. The Indian camp numbers over 1,500 aouls—860 mounted men, and 700 in all capable of bearing arms. Bremner, one of the half-breeds, says their loss at Cut Knife was 50 killed and It wounded. Big Bear was not at the fight, but his son participated. It jt also claimed that only half the number ol the Indians were in the engagement with Col. Otter's force. The body of Osgood was buried by the half-breeds. Messengers sent daily to Big Bear by Poundmaker never returned. At last intelligence he was between Pitt and Frog«lake. The Indians say be was ill-treating the prisoners. - I was sent to get some benzine in a can; about 1:30 I got th 3 benzine in dyeing establishment, on the first floor of the same building; as I came down stairs and j;ot to the lusr. press, the passpgeway being very narrow and dark, I stumbled, fell and struck the cau of benzine against the press and broke the glass jar in the can. The Lenziue ran over my clothes and set fire to me. I got so excited, I ran to the stairs. Mr. Hudsoi toid me to stop. He put the lire out. A gas Jot was burning at thCi last proa,. Although quite severely burned about tin arms, uanus and feet, Meyers will recovor in a few days. . A number o . bi"* passed second reading, includ'ng one Ixiag the fees of Sheriffs in ountiee of over 800,000 inhabitants. Adjourned.W. F. Dellard, ntgbt clerk ttt the Ameri an hotel, was sworn. Ho was at the hotel in the night of March 13. He thought Cluverius on that night called at the hotel desk aad asked If the lady in No. 21 was in her room. Witness was given a card by Cluverius which was sent to No. 31. He wore o light mustacha and wore a gray overcoat Witness did not see him when he left th jKtrlor. In the Senr.io the Senate kill providing for ihe appointment of two Jury Commissioners, tt $6,000 a jc a each, to draw jarert in Philadelphia, *aa favorably reported. Tba President pro tern, signed the $3,00#,000 Philadelphia Water Supply bill, the Congressional and Legislative Apportionment  ind the bills for the incorporation of natural «aa oompanies. A messa{, 3 from the Governor was reoeived nanovrcing that he had approved the bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of imitation butter. The House bill appropriating $6,000 for the establ!shmer. of a temporary nospital at Plymouth was passed on second reading- - House bill appropriating $.100, *00 for the establishment of a home for disabled and indigent soldiers and sailors waa passed finally, as were the following Senate WIMP' limiting a school month to SO days, and requiring all schools to be closed on Saturdays and legal holidays. limiting the number of member* . of Common Council to two in each ward of nny city of the third class. To prevent the gathering ami manufacturing ef cigar stumps er offal tobacco into cigars. Tlie scenes in Paris following the death of Victor Hugo remind the observer forcibly of tU) uncht of Dec. 81, 1883, when Leon Gamb .ica. had just died. The streets and cafes ere filled with groups discussing the sal cv.D it, and many persons are wearing the little mourning hedges with a photograpliie pt.r.rait of the dead poet in the centre which aae already for sale by the thousand. The lO' oral will probably take place on Sunday an 1 will undoubtedly be one of the most impre-sive pageants seen in Paris for many yeara.  Kannio Sheppard was ono of the girls who jumpol lrom the third story window on to a tarpaulin and received internal injuries. Thomas Williams, a driver on the Main street line, testified that he did not know that he could exactly identify the prisoner. He looked like the man who spoke M hire on the night of March 13 after getting oil hU car at Reservoir street and who asked hire where Reservoir street was. Witnegs poSited the street 01A to him. Whan the prisonei got off the car he helped the lady out. They both went down Reservoir street. They vtere the only persons on the car when it stopped. Reservoir street is at the end ol the car route. The man had on a light over coat and a slouch hat. The lady had no outside wrap on, neither did she have a bundle. A man and woman got on the car near Fifteenth street, and'he thought some other passengers got on near the post office. Whec ho heard the next morning that a lady's body had been found in the reservoir he wondered if she was the same lady who got off his cat at Reservoir street the night before. Tne physician iu attendance thought there was no immediate danger, but she contin uoJ to sink. Sho retained consciousness to the last. Tho remains,will be taken to Chillicotbo, O., her mother's home. Kate tieivry, one of tho victims, was the affianced wife of J', tin faullivau, who lost his life by the breaking of a ropo. It is said that Sullivan waited until tao last moment to giva her a chunce to escapj. Father Cochin lias left for Foundmaker's with a letter from CoL Otter, stating that he would negotiate with Uen Middle ton, but that hostilities must in the meantime cease. 8Mah of the Great Man'i life. Victor Hugo was born February 26, 1892, at Besaaoon, whore his father was t hen com mandapt of the garrison. His mother wat a native of La Vendee and a romantic royaL irt in sentiment, while his father was a devoted follower of the emperor. This differenoo led to their separation in 1812. Victor Hugo began his classical studies in 1800 in conjunction with his brother Eugene, and a li-tle girl, whom ho afterward married. When his father assumed the exclusive direction of his education young Hugo was prepared to enter the Polytechnic school, but the boy's brilliant poetic talent proucreJ the paternal'assent to his adoption of literature As a vocation. Washington, May 88.—The secretary of the treasury instigated an inquiry into the ownership of the bottles of Jewels, the Jeweled snuffbox, etc., recently found in a treasury vault. The investigation proved that these articles were presented to officers of the tJnitod States from time to time by foreign powers, but as their acceptance was unauthorized they ware placed in the patent office museum. From this collection they were twice stolen, and when recovered the second time were turned over to the treasury for safe keeping. Who the Jewels Belong To. BRITISH GOLD TELLS. The first volume of Hugo's "Odes and Ballad" appeared in 1822, and his tales, "Hans, of Iceland," and "Bur-Jargal," were writtor about this time. In 1826 ho published t, second volume of "Odes and Ballads," which exhibited a change in his political and literary opinions, and in 1827 he composed his drama, "Cromwell." In 1829 he published his "Last Days of a Condemned Criminal." He prepared a further attack on the still and unnatural style of French dramatic literature in "Hernani" and it caused a scene of riotous confusion. The academy went so for as to lay a complaint against his attempted innovation at the foot of the throne. Charles X replied that in matters of art he was no more than a private person. Commerce to Do What Wolseley and London, May 28. —Musurus Pasha has had a long interview with Lord Granville. It is believed that the Turkish ambassador intimatod the acquiescence by the Porte in the permanent occupation of buakiin by Great Britain upon certain conditions, including the payment of an annual subsidy to Turkey in recognition of her rights as the suzerain of Egypt. In the meantime the agents of the proposed Soudan trading company are industriously urging their project upon the government. They want the government to g.ve them the so-called Suakim and Beibjr railway, which only extends to Oiao, 20 miles west of Suakim and 250 miles from Berber, and a small annual subsidy. On their part they undertake to complete the railway, to pacify the country, to develop its agricultural and commercial resources, and eventually to establish an African counterpart of the British empire in India. Itullets Failed to Accomplish. He delayed his ride in order to be at home when his sister arrived, and the newly arrived guest was also the recipient of a cordial wolcorao. There was a kindly smile on Miss Cleveland's face as the servants of the White House crowded around her to welcome her back. She rewarded each wellwisher with a shake of the hand and a pleasant word or two of recognition. It is understood that the president has not yet definitely settled whether he will go out to the soldiors' home or not. Col. Lainont ;aid it would depend a great deal upon the weather as to the president leaving the White House at all this summer. His experience had been very pleasant thus far, and the White House was not only oool and comfortable, but very convenient for him to have his friends visit him. These considera tions might influence him to remain in his present quarters. Thewnishapon the avenue was related to the president, but no blame was attached to Albert, as it was demonstrated clearly that the slippery pavement was the sole cause of the accident Dr. Thomas E. Stratton testified that he was in Richmond on the night of March 13; was on Reservoir street that night between 9 and 10 o'clock; overtook a lady .and gentleman on Reservoir street; walked behind them some little distanco; when he got neai tbem the gentleman turned round abruptly and asked him the time; told him it wa 9:15; he thanked him and the two went on: heard him remark, "I know that fellow, but he don't know me;" the pcjponoi looks in figure like that man, whe had on a dark slouch hat; he had a small mustache; . was muffled up so that witness could not see his face well: the lady seemed to have no wrap about her; did not notice her clothing partioularly: she had a bundle of some sort in her hand oi partly under her arm: the man- turned sc suddenly when he asked witness the time oi night that witness' impression was that the man thought he was being followed; he turned so abruptly that witness was somewhat alarmed; the overcoat was dark; witness could not see what the color of the man's hair was; the lady seemed to be rather thinly clad for such a night; she looked like a working girl. How to Bar Good for Tobacco Growers. See G. B. Thompson, who has a large assortment of houses, lota, stores, terms, At, JM Tell him what you want Than if he eanno"siipply your wants aa wall or better than anybody else, try sossebody else. A volume of "Odes and Ballads," published in 1822, produced a sensation, his reputation being still further advanced by two novels which appeared in 1825. Before he wit; SO he had gained a European reputation, and odes, ballads, novels, dramas, eta. Cowed from Ids prolific pon in quick succession. He was the champion of the romantic school as against the classical, was elected to the French academy in 1811 and created a pear of France, with the title of vicomte in 1845. Dla»vnxB,Va., May 23.—For the first time since winter copious rains are now falling in this section ana the tobaooo, which has been too dry to market, can now be handled to advantage. Danville will sell perhaps 40,- 000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco during the present tobacco year, and pflces are good with active demand for the raw article. "Le Roi s' Amuse" was performed in the Theatre Francais in January, 1832, and the day after the production was interdicted by the government. His .satire, "Napoleon le Petit," appeared at Brussels in 1852. Plants for Sale. Cabbage, lettuce, egg, tomato, Sweet potato, pepper, and oelery plants, for sale by J. B. Carpenter, Pitta ton, Pa. Orders for large quantities solicited. Price list swt on application. tf He gained great fame by his "Notre Dame do Paris." His semi-historical and social romanC5b, "Los Miserable®," translated into nine languages, was issued in Paris. Brussels, London, New York, Madrid, Berlin, St. Petersburg and Turin the same day, April 8, His last novel, "L'Hommequi Bit," appeared in 1869. Erik, Pa., May 88.— After a trial lasting two'weeks in the case of Louis Rosens wig \ s. the Lake Shore railroad, the jury awarded plaintiff (48,750 damages. The plaintiff, who is a prominent lawyer, waa put off of a limited express in Cleveland for not having a ticket, although ho offered money. While walking to the depot he fell and -i?ns seriously injured. •40,000 Damages. Chosen to the constituent assembly in 1848, his opposition to the prince president lad to his proscription in 1852, when he retired to Jersey and afterward to Guernsey. popularity continued to grow, and a great number of his works have appeared in all the European languages. Work for Stanley. Paris, May 23.—Tipu Taib, a powerful Arab chief ot the Lake Tanganyika region, •has led a large army into the Upper Congo country with the intention of conquering the tribes, driving out Europeans and proclaiming the sovereignty of the sultan of Zanzibar over the entire Congo basin. It is said that 3,000 of his men are armed with moderA.rifles. The incentive to Tipu Taib's action is the desire to take advantage of the trade with the rich ivory fields of the interior. The Zanzibarians were not aware of the value of that country until one of Stanley's expeditions, with a large quantity of ivory, passed eastward through Tipu Taib's dominions. He then determined upon a raid, and to further his purpose, he has preached a religious crusade against the foreigners, his people being fanatical Mohammedan s. His army is advancing with pillage and massacre. Orawina station has been sacked anil destroyed. The negroes fly in terror before the victorious Mohammedans. It is feared that the Mohammedan faces throughout the entire equatorial belt will bo inducod to join in the fanatical movement which promises wealth and power for them, ■ 7. 1D Patterson dk Oo Axe making very One (tamed glus window*, aa good as you can get in the cities; also keep a loll line of builders' hardware, and have an hand all kinds of common and fancy wood* When you cannot find what yon want at any other place m Pittston. go that*. ( dec-11 Early in 1871 he hastened to Paris and was elected to the national assembly at Bordeaux, but eoon resigned his seat in disgust. The Belgian government expelled him from Brussels for his communistic sympathies, and his elloi t-i at Faris in behalf of the insurgents provod eq-ially unavailing. But his writings have g!*oa him a hold on the popular heart whic'i i'. e'cntricitioa of character or opinion could disturb. His most recant works are "La Legende des Sieclos," 1877-88; "Histoire d'un Crime," 1877-78, boing an account of Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat; "La Pape," a poem, 1879; "Religions et Religion," 1880, a poem which, beginning, like the "Chatiments," in a tone of comedy and irony, reviews creeds and passes from Catholicism to Nihilism, and concludes by an affirmation of Theism without "catechism, korans and grammar;" "Les Quatre Venta de l'Esprit," 1881, poems, and "Torquemada," a dramatic poem in 1883.  Washington, May 23.—Hon. a a Cox, recently appointed United States minister to Turkey, has qualified at the department of state. He wifi leave New York for hi* new post of duty about June IT. Minister Cos Qnallflea. Forgers Will be Punished* • Montreal, May 88.—One of Pinkerton's men arrived here and identified Hall, charged with attempting to pass forged circular notes, as E. R Marshal alias C. Wilson, one of the notorious Valentine Gleason gang of forgors. He served three years in Sing Sing for forgery, and is now wanted in Chicago for a similar offense. Fox, the other man under arrest, is believed to be Sweeney, a member of the same gang. The Union bank of Scotland has cabled Its Intention of prosecuting them for forgery, and will expend any sum of money mcessary to bring the parties to justice. Notloe. Herman Joll, a jeweller, an Austrian by birth, said he had been in this country four years. He had worked in King William county, but now lives in. Richmond. He had seen the prisoner before. To the beet of his recollection, he had repaired a watch key for him. A key was here shown to witness, and he said it was very muoh like the key he had repaired. He had done something to the pipe. Witness saw the prisoner in January last He had delivered a watch belonging to tome one else to him on an order bn the Sth or 6th of January. He usually kept an aooount of watches left with him for repairs, and witness thought he had the name of the prisoner in that book, but when he got $Be book from King William, where he had left it, some pages had been torn from it To the best pf his recollection, however, the prisoner was the man for whom he had fixed the key.  All persons holding order* or bill* contracted with the present School Beard an requested to present then on or before Jaae 1st, 188S. By order of (he Board. • Jacob W. Kvass, Sec'y. May 15 th, 1885. Steod A year Victor Hugo celebrated his 84th birthday amid great rejoicing and pomp, Each year, as the anniversary rollod around, tiie friends and admirers-of the great poet enioavored to honor worthily the occasion, u itil it became a veritable national fete day. It js an astonishing fact, but nevertheless true, that CkJoqs 4 Oilman are selling- six pairs of men's 1 hose for 36c, three pairs of imported Lisle regular made t hose for 50c, and arc offering many other bargain* in hosery. An Astonishing Paot. Italy's Tribute. Ron, Hay 28.—The chamber of deputies has adopted a series of resolutions eulogizing Victor Hugo and condoling with his relatives. General Chace, of Rhode Island, aays: "X - always Icrep Hunt's Remedy in |my house, It prevents headache and Kidrey troubles. D D The following article was published at the time fe a description of th^bccadon: "Victor Hugo's home is a little hotel, remarkable only for its furniture and its garden. The latter offers the poet a green sward even In winter, and during the summer months towering trees throw a shade over his while the rustling of the leaves mingles with the twitter of the birds. What H congenial retreat for a city-bound poet I The dpcoretious of the interior of the house fvro rich tapestries, Japanese wares and furiiitit're in the style pf Louis XIV. "Victor Hugo gets up he wakes up. He allpwi nature to govern his sleeping and his rising, He first reads the newspapers, beginning with The Rappel, which may be considered his organ. He used to write for jtg nplumns, afld still takes a warm interest in lis prosperity because of its editor-in-chief. It. August® Vaoquerie, brother of Charlee Vaifjuoi-ie, who iswiod Victor Hugo's daughter, ao(| wfco was drowned with hie young wife before the yery eyes of the poet, in tho Seine, pot itf from Hayro. One brother oM W 66 and another at4J6; his son (paries Jell a victim of oongestion of the brain In fStt, and his second sod, {rrancois, followed the brother to the grave tyro years later, while the faithful wife succumbed in 1668, Georges and Jeanne—mado immortal in his var#e—children of his son ChtffW*. «re only near relatives left to ptteer the last days of the aged grandfather. But bow well this boy and girl—for Georges and Jeanne are eniy half way through their t.oun—understand their role. It was a touch(ng'Hgbt to see young Georges, at the grand banquet given i$ hpnor of the pofit, waiting so tenderly upon toe hoary-headed grandpa, »r.[/porting him when he walked, running frr his hat and helping him on with his greatcoat. "No wonder Victor Hugo loves children so dear;-/. He is continually made to feel their watchful care. This adoration for the young hoe become prf? of the poet'sruiius passions. Jules Clare tie, the novelists-relates: 'One daybo'sald to «ne: "Do you Unow how I define Paradise) A place whore parents will always be young and children always little." One of his greatest joys—he admits it himself, 1 be is right—whs when he had a number of staid political frieiicla in liM iurlor or1* woilr to finish, to come In wfeh 'a flalf hahgtag out of hta coat-tail pocket and about mth Georges and Jeanne trotting behind n im, their eyep riveted on the ld«ytt!n£ until fkovly and softly they reload grandpapa of hi? burden. At the ghfidrents bidl opera I notioed Victor Hugo in a 69X encircled wjjh morry boys add girls In fancy Acss who had pone to see the great man of wbom they had heard their .mofewsOTd fi»tbe« apgqk so often •tpnt #e left ffeftn ft«go reeding Th« Altef his breakfast he goes put {01 ( etfoll, either along the bruad #Y«nue whieh b»w» bis name and on which stand* hie btmee. or among the winding paths ol the Bots de Boulogne, hard by. He returns home abo«t noon for his seoond breakfast, wVflfe h? W* » bearty appetite and in the beat of spirits. In the afternoon hC sometimes goes to the senate, of whioh he it a member, or to tbe academy when a caudi date is up for election. I have seen him t.a-tar the senate ahsmbw ftore than once. A DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS. Hall is the man who successfully passed' a OUmbor of spurious Bank of England notes In Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax last winter. Ho then went to England and succeeded in passing forged drafts there, drawn on several Canadian banks. v- The Republicans In the Mew York legis- lature Arraigned. Albany, May 28.—The Democratic members of the legislature have issued an address to the people of the state, in which they Justify their own course, defend the public acts of Gov. HU1. especially in dealing with the cenaia question, and arraign the Republican majority in the legislature for having forced through grossly unjust and partisan measures, and obstinately refusing to pess wise and just laws, which are demanded by the people, and would be beneficial to public interests.Important to rostmasters. Washington, May 23.—A. G. Sharp, chief post office inspector, has directed his assistants that in future where it is discovered by an inspector that any postmaster or other enlploye of the postal deportment has violated the law, the facts must at onoe be com(npnicatod to the United States district attorney for the district in which the offense may be committed with a view to the immediate prosecution of the offender, and ttyat in all cases the inspector shall be guided by the advice of the district attorney. The chief inspector, ii» a circular letter on the subject, adds: Postmasters and others intrusted with the money of the department know (or if they do not they are unfit to liold any position) that to use tiio department funds for private purposes is, under any oircipnstanoes, tobe guilty of a criminal qffense. SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. Boston, May 83,—The trial of Julian A Pennimon, charged with setting fire to the Hoffman House on five different occasions, was finished. Pennknan testified in his own behalf, stating his whereabouts when the different fires broke out. Other witnesses testified to the good character of the accused. At the opening of the afternoon session the assistant district attorney said that, in view of the evidence submitted, he had decided not to prosecute the case further. Ha court commended this coursi, saying that nothing had shown against the prisoner except Abbott's testimony, which was im trustwprthy, and ordered Pennlinan's discharge. Th« QolTman House Fire. John Sherman's Candidacy. Mansfield, O., Miy 83.—Intimate friends of Mr. Sherman, and who are in position to know, say: "If Mr. Sherman is elected to the senate he will accept the honor end serve the people of Ohio as he has served them in' that capacity for more than a score of years. The story going the rounds of the press to the effect that he seeks a re-election only for the presidential prestige that it will give him, and that it is part of his programme to resign shortly after his election is devoid of troth. " Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable."—Prof. Mott, Government Chemist. The address opens by a claim that the Democracy is the minority party of Nejv York, but that mal-districting of the counties has made it impossible for that party to control the legislature without a popular verdict of the magnitude of a revolution at the polls. "In a strict sense of the word Mr. Sherman does not seek a re-election. We are confident that he will not lift his hand to gain a re-election. It the people (jf Qhio, fii the event of the ne*t general assembly being Republican, demand that he be returned to the senate there is no doubt whatever but that he will accept the trot in as good faith as it is tendered him. And there need bo np anxiety as to the course Mr. Sherman will pursue in the pending campaign," The fact that Royal Baking Powder is, in all respects, the best baking, powder offered to the public, has been established beyond question. The address says: "Capping a record of manifold forme erf wrong to the people, and of neglect of their rights and interests, is the action of the Republicans of the legislature upon the subject of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the state, ' They have sought to substituo for obedienoe to the constitutional command of au enumeration HitiDsviLLR, N. C., May 23.—At Stony Creek, Caswell county, John Pinna* knocked his two dittle children, a boy and a girl, on the head with an axe, then ran to the creek and ilrowned himself. The boy is dead and the girl was thought to be"dying as the mes. senger for this point left there. Pinna* showed no signsof- insanity while living here, but his health had been giving away, and it is thought that Embarrassment made him craay. ' " *; A IrMj father's Horrible Dtad, l'oor Odium's Funeral, Washington, May 33,-wTho funeral of Prof, Robert Etnjnet Odium, who was killed Oil by jumping from the Brooklyn bridge, took placo hero and was largely attended by his friends and associates. The casket was covered with floral tributes. Rev. Fattier Ahem, of St. Matthews church, officiated. In his sermon he said: "We hold a mtw responsible simply on the ground of intention. Ho had confidence that he would perform this feat from other similar feats which he had performed,'though not as startling as this."' 'i'he interment took place at' Mount Olivet cemetery. His friends here all the expenses of the funeraL Prof H. A. Mott, when employed by the U. S. Government to analyze the various baking powders of -the market to determine which was the best and most economical, after an extended investigation, reported in favor of the Royal, and it .was adopted for government use. . , Prof. Mott has oontinued his examinations of baking powders sold at the present day, and now affirms it as his deliberate judgment, arrived at after most thorough research and a careful examination of the principal brands of the market, that the Royal is undoubtedly the purest sad most reliable baking powder offered to the public: measures not contemplated by the constitution and adverse to its simple order and intendment. With a bill which could ru* wit# fraudulent pretension, and be a mine of jobbery to their partisans, and of extravagance and injustioe to the peiople, they would have been content with tho alternative—the prevention of any enumeration whatever— they are content." Gen. Grant'* Book About Done. New York, May 23.—Dr. Douglas pronounced Gen. Grant much better yesterday. The doctor attributed the increased irritation in the throat night before last to the result of exposure to the air of the park during his drive that, day. Yesterday afternoon the pe«oraT was 'refreshing his memory of the Vioksburg campaign Jroin pamphlets (furnished from tho war department. His work on his book henoeforth will be in revision and to supplement the prepared matter with incidents and anecdotes as these may recur to his min i. The book was practically finished Wednesday last, Dr. Douglas was first called to attchd Gen. Grant «dvob months ago. Precautions for the Queen's Safety. London, May 83.—Queen Victoria, Princess Boatrics and Princess Louise have w* rived safely at Balmoral, the uawtl preoautions of pilot engines (naptiart stations and Bhunted traffic paying been observed throughout the jjourney from Windsor to Scotland, The address then reviews the recommendations of Gov. Hill on the subject of the census, and the contemptuous treatment'which they received at the hands of the majority; approves the veto of the census bill of tbe regular session; and censures severely tbe Republican perversity in passing at the extra session what the address character ire* as "a measure akin to thq one before disapproved of for cause, and, in some reapticty, even more atrociously objectionable than it was. They have setth« seal Cjf deliberation on the purpose to make an enumeration finpossible, in the one way and for the object prescribed in the constitution. They have signified their contempt lor ti(e constitution by assuming to legislate into the measure piovisious other than thoee to which the constitution limits them, in tha circumstances of an extra session." Ha Stole *125,000. Jolikt, I1L, May 23.—Charles Angell will bo released from ohe Illinois penitentiary on Mny 28. Jla entered it in 1878 on a ten-year sentence for embezzling $125,000 while secretary of the Pullman Palace Oar oompqny, lie had bean captured in Lisbqo, after traveling in many and 184,000 of the was recovered. Angell's personal qfcoliues made Jm hosts of friends, and stale of his admirers do not seem to have loot their faith in him, as he had a  of oilers of positions with prominent bust-. n£33 houses in Chicago He has acted in the caducity ef 40 assistant to the keeper of the prison, and is very popular. . CONDENSED NEWS. A desperate plot was discovered to blow open the doors of the parish prison and liberate the prisoners. There is great excitement in Syracuse over what is believed to be the abduction of the two young nephews of tha Rev. Thomas OTlaherty, Office Dr. H. A. Mott, Consulting Chemist, ) 61 Broadway, New York, Feb. 12, 1886. S Gladstone's Shiftless Diplomacy. London, May 28.—It js stated that Mr, Glodftops has paciflad' Italy by deciding to retain a very small British garrison at Sua-1dm instead of turning the place over to Turkish troops, and by carrying out the rest of the eld agreement for joint Anglo-Italian occupation of tho Red seq ports. The ravages of fever- ampng the Italian troops, huwever, has caused a revulsion of public feeling in Italy, and the Italiau government is being urged to recall the expedit ou. It baa just bean learned that glanders is alarmingly prevalent in Montreal. One man has died from the disease communicated to him by a horse. * * * The Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, for I have so found it in many tests made both for them and the U. S. Government. ' G. V. N. Lothrop, the newly appointed minister to Russia, has written an open letter to The Detroit Free Press explaining that the recent attack of The Mew York Tribune on him is unwarranted. The address then proceeds to arraign the Republican majority in the legislature fpr refusing to pass rdUeviqg tne yrorlHngmon from competition vith prison labor) for failure tp enaot an equitable excise law; tp provide for separating local from statu and national elections; to secure freedom of worship ; to remove the burdens unjustly Jgid on naturalized citizens j fpr subserviency to venal uud oppressive monopolies, and for recklessly increasing the taxation of the people. * ' Mount Vernon's Defend Quarreling. I will go still state that, because of the facilities that company have for obtaining perfectly pure cream of tartar, and for other reasons dependent upon the proper proportion of the same, and the method of its preparation, THE ROYAL BAKING POWDER IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE PUREST AND MOST RELIABLE BAKING POWDER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. Boston, May 38.—A Washington special to Tho Record says: "TllO lady regents of Mount Vernon are in session there this wuek, but they refuse to make known the result of their deliberations. The ladies ore not agreed as to the best way of carrying out their trust and have practically divided into two factions, one of which is for liberalizing the board by choosing new regents by a vote, while the other insists that each regent shall be allowed to name her hujv' censor. There are three yacanuies now. thoy wijl' not be ftlled untU tha beard can agree on * tnMbofV Frank BoHbert, a young Bohemian tailor, only recently arrived in this country, shot and instantly killed Lizzie Lippech, aged 4 years, in Pittsburg, and then killed hiciself. There was apparently no motive fa tho murder and suicide. Boston, May 38.—Colleotor Won hington was questioned concerning tho statement published that the president intended to make extensive changes in the Boston custom house at an early day. The collector ss d '-hat he had received no intimation that such * as tho president's im -ution, and that be did lot .-redlt the story. The ftgetou Custom House. Steps have been taken by the of the Amalgamated association to secure another conference with the iron manufacturers to revise the wages' scale. It Is fe&rej that will be a» fruitless in result* as former «m The address is signed by Senators Jacobs. Titus and Murphy, and Assembly men Johnson, Church, Greene, Cantor and EiJ*. HENRY A. MOTT, PhJD., etc.