Evening Gazette

              % -— 1 — —. —  t. » C'- 11; f J two cum, | Cents Par Walk. NIIMBEH S00 » Weakly *stablisbeu !»#C» | PITTSTON, PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 18^ Ait ae detective WHh die name given by the visitor to the New York Life office was employed by the Mutual Life Insurant* company. Dr. Burr afterward learned thai the deteoi?v« waa the man whom Mr. Bauer threatened to arrest He did not revkit the New York life Ineuranca company** oBee. Dr. Dun added that he believed that Mr*. Bauer died, and that there was no substitute. An investigation vrai made at the time Mr*. Bauer died, and he was satisfied the money should be paid, and it was paid, and Justly, too. At the office of tbe Mutual Trust Fund Life association President C. H. Roberts said that the association bad taken no steps in investigating the case. AMATEUR OARSMEN. SPORTING NEWS. JOGGED IN LONDON. SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMPS. MR& BAUER'S DEATH. Kaelag at Brighton Bea«AD—Lowered the Postmaster General Vila*' Circular mm ANNUAL REGATTA _ OF THE NA, TIONAL ASSOCIATION. Swimming Herord. AN f¥Clti£NT WHICH 8TARTLED Washington, Aug. 18.— Poatmaatar General Vilas bad completed arrangements (or the establishment of the special delivery ot letters authorized by the last congress. at 820 postofflcas, and issued a circular letter of instructions to postmasters tj govern this new feature of the postal service. The new system will go into operation on the 1st of next October. The law authorized its introduction at the discretion of the postmaster in all plaoe« containing mors than 4,000 inhabitants.the Snbjrct to rostmatteim. HER HUSBAND WILL SUE ONE OF THE COMPANIES. N«w York, An?. 18,—The first race at Brighton Bwich waa a consolation pone of three-quarter* of a mile. Granite first, Annie L. second, Mis* Baldwin third. Time, 1:17%. The kutuals paid $85.86. 6TAID BUSINESS MEN. Tbe Head of m Grant Firm rubllcly Whipped 1»7 a Wronged rather—The Shocking Story He Tells—Gold Medals for Americans. ■e Say* Ha wUl Brine Suit for •KO.tMK Damages and Never Compromise the Case.—Some of tbe Companies SMlsfled. Spirited Contests, Fast Time, and Fine Weather Mark the Occasion—Ten Tlumoand People Witness the Kaces and Applaud tbe Victors. The aeoon 1 race was a consolation purs* of thre'-quarters of a toil!). Miller first, Tecumseh II. second, Mary Hamilton third. Time, l:17Jf. The mutal* paid $11.50. The third race was a selling purse of a mile and a furlong. Barney Aaron first, King B. second, Arsenic third. Time, The mutals paid $16.70. London, Aug. 18. — City circles were ■hocked' by tbe public chastisement of a leading business man by the father of a young woman whom the former is said to have betrayed. The incident is described as follows in The Pall Mall Gazette: NiwYokk, Aug. 18.— Mr. Louis Bauer, of HaJedon, N. J., an agent of the Equitable Life Assurance society, whose wife'i body was disinterred in the Lutheran cemetery o» Tuesday last, came to New York yesterday1. Be said he should immediately bogin a suit for $50,000 damages against the Mutual Reserve Insurance company. He sat for an hour in tbe offloe of his counsel, holding in one band a cabinet photograph, which he said was that of the late Mrs. Bauer. Mr. Bauer is of middle age, with dark hair aud eyes, a high, square forehead, full, dark teard and symmetrical features. He talked freely, and apparently »itbout reservation. Boston, Aug. 13.—It is seldom that the conditions of wind, water and weather combine so fa vorably for an aquatic contest as they did for the first-day's races in tne thirteenth annual regatta of the national association of a uateur oarsmen, on the Charles river. Duriug the first of the trial heats Ihe water was somewhat lumpy and a pr.'tty sift breeze was blowing diagonally across the course, but within an hour after the first trit J heat the water became smooth and only a pleasant breeze prevailed. The officers of the day were: Referee, J. O. Snaw. Jr., of Boston; Judge at flniali, W. H. Gibson, Washington, D. C.; timokeeper, J. Poster, .Albany, N. Y. The attendance was very large, there being fully lJ.OOO spectators along the channel wall and on the verandas of the various boathouses. TM start was from'a point below the Crescent boat club house, and the finish at the Union Lo»t club house. When the postmaster general flritdireoted his attention to the matter ho thought it best to introduce the system in only a few of the large citlei, but he anally determined to introduce it in all the places allowed by law. By placing the special ten cent stamp on a letter, in addition to the regular postage, it will be delivered at once by a special carrier, upon its arrival at the offloo of destination, anywhere within the carrier limits of a free delivery office, or within one mia of the postofflce at other than free delivery offices which are designated as special delivery oft res. Drop or local letters, bearing the special delivery stamp, will also be delivered by special carriers. The instructions issued to postmasters authorise the employment of messenger boy* to perform the special delivery service at a salary not to exceed *80 per month. Bob. stitute letter carriers may also be utiliaei as messengers. The circular sent to postmasters embraces a copy of the aot authorizing the establishment of the system and very minute instructions and many suggestions respecting the introduction ot it at each offioe. In concluding his drctflar, Mr, Vilas says: The fourth race was for all ages, over ■even furlongs. Tattler first, Pericles second, Executor third. Time, 1:80. The mutuals paid $8.30. AT GRANT'S TOMB. "A well known gentleman, who wasrocently appointed a member of a royal commission, was met on the staircase of his office in East India avenue and soundly flogged by a Ctie man who publicly accused him of Ing seduced his daughter. The thrashing was preceded by a violent assault, the aagry father shaking the betrayer of his child like a terrier does a rat. The* father then flogged him until the stick broke, when the bystanders interfered." A* Enterprising Kestaurateur Kpowi The fifth race was for maidens of all ages, over one mile. Bruton first, Roysterer second, Viper third. Time, The mutuals paid $97.4(1 When Be Hns a Good Thing. Nbw York, Aug. 13.—Rev. Stephen Merritt, the undertaker, who buried Gen. Grant, was net at his place of business yesterday. He has gone to the Sing Sing camp moating to care for bis flock. The bills incurred for the funeral are still coining fa, and it begins to look as if they would amount to very much more than the first estimates. But little of the mourning drapery that was iplaced on the buildings in this city hap been removed. How long the drapery is to be kjppt displayed is a question which occu- Cts of houses appear unable to answer, I lie majority are of the opinion that it should not be removed until thirty days from the general's death. The sixth race was a handicap hurdle race of a mile and a quarter, over five Jumps. Tallyrand first, Etmador second, Bonairetta third. Time, 2:20%. The mutual* paid $18.85.  "When my wife, Mrs. Havana Bauer, die.1, fce said, "six different insurance oompan'os had insured her life for $58,000. In the New York Life she was insured for $10,- 000. Dr. Burr of that company examined ber, and she turned her name to the paper in his presence: Her signature was a peculiar one, and it could not be easily forged. That insurance company ha* paid the amount on the fac.) of the policy. From the Equitable Life two policial were obtained, one for $10,110) and the other for $5,000, payable In twenty years if both my wife and myself ■urv.ved, and payalle to either If the other die 1. Dr. Lambert of the company examine I Mrs. Bauer. Thst was paid to me without a question. None of the other insurance companies has paid its loss. They are pi. eo-o] erative companies, and their nan.'J- and tbe amounts due me are as follow.-: Mutual Trust oonfpany, $10,000; Mntutl R Mjrve Insurance company, $10,000; MarsfirlJU e'ts Benefit association of Boston, $5,0HD.': Hmelity Mutual Insurance company if Pmliuloipliia, $8,000. It is thought si.ra.igt! that so large an amount of insurant) ihoul l be plaoed on her lif& It is not n largo amount. You will find many people insured for $100,000. It should be remembered that 1 am an enthusiastic belie vjv in insurance, and that I practice what 1 preach. As to my means for carrying a heavy insurance, any one who knows my planner of living and the amount of my income will know what I can pay for. I own several bouses in New York city. But it is objected that the insurance policies were taken out is a lump. My reply is that 1 was about to make a Journey, and so hastened matters. The co-operative insurance companies, especially the president of the Mutual Reserve association, Mr. Harper, Urged me to take out a policy with them. Dr. CUeeseman, of that association, examinsd Mrs. Bauer. It is esteemed as a personal favor from one insurance man to another to do this. I had set $50,000 as my limit, but tbe extra $8,000 was taken because $58,000 insurance will usually net about $50,000. After a good deal of patient investigation your correspondent suooeeded in ascertaining the names of the principals in this disgraceful affair and in securing brief interviews with both. The man who wielded the stick is a Glasgow gentleman namod Francis, and the viotlm of tbe flagellation is Mr. Pearoe, the ohief of tbe graat Glasgow ship building firm of John Elder & Bros., a married man, and a member of Lard Iddesletgh's new royal commission on tbe depression of trade. Baseball. At Boston—Boston, 2; New York, 3. At Providenoe—Philadelphia, 8; Providence, 0. At Buffalo—Buffalo, 10; St Louis, S. At Detroit—Detroit, 7; Chicago, 9. At Philadelphia—Athletic,12; Baltimore,0. At New York—Metropolitans, 4; Brooklyn, 5. At Richmond—Virginia, 5; National, 4. The course wai one mile and a half. The contestants in the first heat of tbe Junior wore Polev Snyder, Mutual Boat club, of Allniny; J. F. Stokes, Middlesex dub, of Boston; John F. Cunning, Crescent club, of Boslou; aud Dan'-sl P. Nowlan, Albany R .Ming club. Snyder took the lead at the firsquarter and led to the finish, winning by live length] in Km. 19s. Canning was iiecond Stokes struck the channel wall half a mile from the finish and capsised. The question as to disposition of these goods is discussed everywhere. Many are in favor of having it all sent to an auctioneer and sold under the hammer as was done after tho funeral of President Lincoln, the proceeds derived from such sale to go to the Grant monument fund. N*w York, Aug. 18.—At tbe annual ■wimming tournament of the Naw York Athletic club H. & Toussalnt won both the 100 yard and half mile races. In tbe former he lowered the American amateur record, swimming the distance in lm. 27 3-5s. Lowered the Swimming Heeord. Mr. Francis told the story of his wrongs to your correspondent as follows: This maa Pearce was onoe my most trusted friend and oar intimacy was of many years' standing. Five years ago, when my daughter was a very beautiful girl if 17, tins villain took advantage of his familiar acquaintance at my house to acoomplish bar ruin. He persuaded ber to secretly leave the school near Glasgow which she was attending, took her to London and established her ib • handsome private lodging. At first he surrounded ber with ev»ry luxury and gave her a regular allowance of $75 per week. All this time I was in ignorance of the fate or biding-place-of my daughter, and after a thorough search, aided by shrewd detectives, I at last gave up all hope of finding her and mourned for her as dead. But the libertine gradually tired of his victim, and her allowances dwindled down from $75 per week to nothing. She managed to live for some time by pawning or selling her Jewelry and wardrobe, but finally she appealed to him In desperation to give ber at least the means to keep herself alive until she could procure employment. Her appeal* became troublesome, and he proceeded to get rid of her in the brutal and outrageous way which the English lunacy laws make only too easy for any rich ruffian. By fraud and force she was removed to a private mad bouse and confined there as an insane woman. It was while she wa in this Bedlam that I learned her fate, and I secured her release. The doctor* admitted to iqe that she was not mad, but had been laboring under terriblA mental excitement, amounting to hysteria, when trought to the asylum. Afterward she bad lapsed into a tftate of listless, despairing apathy, and as the doctor* did not know that she had any friends except the man who had had her confined there, and as her board was regularly paid, they had kept har at the asylum. "To-day," continued Mr. Francis, "I met that man accidentally in London. My wrong rushed upon my mind and almost blinded me with rage. I could have killed him where be stood with no more compunction than I would feel in killing a rat or auy other vermin. But I gave him a chance for his life., I offered tkD meet him in a duel oa the continent He refused. Then I thrashed him until my stick broie In my hand and the crowd rushed between us. when he escaped."Mr. Pearoe, who is a muscular, handsome man of middle age and fully six feet high, was afterward seen. He did not sustain any serious or permanent injury by the assault. He refused to say anything about the origin of the trouble beyond admitting that it was on account of Mr. Francis' daughter, and denying that be had seduced the girl. You are urgently enjoined to give your beet judgment ami diligent attention to this system of special delivery now sought to be established by the government. It la an object of great important:) and general desire that tbe system should prove of Ugh public utility. Although thj ends sought by it are of unquestionable value the system introduced is necessarily an experiment, and it* success depends largely upon the postmaster and its success or failure in any locality will indicate the postmaster's official value. Others take a different view. One gentleman connected with the Fifth Avenue hotel said that the poor of New York needed these goods much more than tbe Grant monument fund. There would undoubtedly be money enough raised for the Grant fund without these goods. He was in favor of giving the drapery to some ladies' charitable association who would undertake to distribute it anions tho«e worthy of it Them is no doubt that the Fiftn Avenue hotel proprietors will dispose of their drapery in this way, and it las been suggested that this example be followed.The contestants in the first heat for senior Kindles wer3 M. F. Monohan, of the Albany Rowing club; Dennis F. Casey, of the Central club, Bonton; Henry M. Kirby, of the NarragansHt club, Providence, and J. E. O'Rourke, City Point club, Boston. The start was very even, Monohan and Kirby getting a small lead over the other two and rowing bow-and-bow for three-quarters of a mile, each meeting spuit for spurt. Ten lengths from the finish line Kirby weakened and caught a crab, and Monohan glided over the line a winner by one length in 9m. tfa. WHY THE BABY WAS STOLEN. It was to be Used to Bring Baek a Hus- Philadelphia, Aug. 18.—Tbe detectives remained at Chester all night and succeeded in establishing beyond doubt the fact that Eden Darien is the abduct re is of the Claxton child. She was married about four years ago to William H Darien, in German t«wn, and an March 97, 1888. her husband, who had found her unfaithful, left her. Since then she has constantly been endeavoring to bring her bnsbaud back to her, or to get him to support har. On one occasion she obtained a photograph of a colored infant, showed it to him and declared that he would be compelled to provide for its support. Her attempt failed, and she then decided to steal a child and force her husband to acknowledge its paternity. On the morning of July 11 she left Wilmington and began a search for a mulatto baby to palm off as ber child. She saw tbe Claxton infant in a coach at Eighth and Catherine streets, this city, and seicing a favorable opportunity took it away. Darien works in Chester, driving a wagon, and when Ellen reached home she at once began to represent the child as ber own. She said she bad been to her mother's house in this city where It had been since Its birth. A few days after reaching home she went before Alderman Allen, of Chester, and made an affidavit that her husband, Darien, was tbe father of the child. To add appearances to ber oath it is alleged that she padded with cotton for many months, but was exposed by the breaking of a tape, which disclosed the trick to others. band. CLOUD BURST AND tORNADO. ,1 A Clyelone la Mew York State Does *«r- In the second heat for junior singles Thomas Hieid, Pioneer club, Brooklyn; John H. Walsh, Vesper club, Lowell, and John H. Kuyle, Excelsior club, Paterson, N. J., competed. Kuyle finished first in 9m. 43Jfs. Hield failed to cross the line, and Walsh came in second, three lengths behind Utica, Aug. 18 —At about 5 o'clock • tornado struck the village of Korwood, Bt. Lawrence county. The streets were soon filled with flying roofs, trees, timbers, etc. rlble Damage. '•What do you intend to do with your drapery J" inquired the reporter of Mr. E S. Stokes, of the Hoffman house. "I've given it away," said Mr. Stokes. "Some ladies who represented a charitable association asked me for it and I gave it to them." Buildings went like feathers. All the church steeples were blown down, and one churoh was demolished. The sohool hous) and the large bridge over the Bacquet river, owned by the Ogdensburg and Lake Cham plain Railroad company, were destroyed. Many private residences were also blown down. Hailstones as large as a man's fist destroyed tbe growing crops. Several persons were killed, including four men working in the school house. Telegraphic oommunloatlon is interrupted. The storm lasted three minutes only. Among the killed are Mrs. David Fitsgibbons, Mrs. Armstrong and John Martin, a prominent miller. the winner. The drapery ot the city hall cost $4,000, and it is understood that at the next meeting of the board of aldermen a resolution will be introduced giving it to the worthy poor. There was no perceptible decrease in the number of visitors to Riverside park. The soldier i were on guard arounl tbe Grant tomb, and, warned that the tomb was being defaced, they kept visitors at least ten feet from the walls. The second beat of the senior singles was contested by local scullers—W. F. Conley, Bhawmut club; John F. Duggan, Somerset*: Daniel J. Murphy, Crescent club, and John D. Ryan, Bradford olub. It was a grand race between Murphy and Ryan, who set so fast a pace that Qonley "winded" and was distanced before the race was half over. Murphy put on a tremendous spurt at the finish and won by two lengths in 9m. 6s. The contestants in the third beat of the junior singles were: W. Lovel, Nautilus club, Hamilton, Ont.; James H. King, Somerset, club, Boston; Matthew Quijrloy, Institute club, Newark, anl Henry F. Corcoran, Central club, Boston. Quigley finished a winner three lengths ahead of Lovel, who was two lengths ahoa.l of Corcoran. The winner's time wa; 9.n. 12%s. "It is said that Mrs. Bauer replied 'No,' when she was asked whether she had policies in other insurance companies. I do net believe she so replied, and it she did, it was an inadvertent blunder. * might, however, have been literally true that she had not taken out any policy. She might have made application only to other companies. 1 deny that she was sick with an incurable disease when she was insured. It was she who was insured, and no one else. 1/ any one will produce my wife alive, or produce a woman or uDan n ho was substitute (or her. 1 will give $30,000. I will put it in cash into a sale deposit company on the offer of any one to proJuce either my wife or a substitute. As an ins.Tir.auoe man, I could have taken ont polic.L-j KI had calculated on defrauding the insurant* companies, by getting this mine amount of money by paying more than f 1,000 a year less in premiums. The asphalt roofing on the vault having become fufflciently hardened, a coursa of Philadelphia brick will be laid on the arched roof over the asphalt, so as to give an artistic flniBh to the top of the tomb. Oil the front and rear " walls of the tomb, a dressed bluestone coping will be placed over the brick to preserve it. This will conclude the work on the tomb proper. Work on the grounds surrounding the vault will be resumed in a few days, and steps taken to arrange the ground so that visitors to the tomb will not walk ankle deep in sand. A photographer visited the tomb at the request of CoL Fred Grant, and a picture of the tomb and the floral gifts was taken. Later reports say that tight parsons were killed, and as many mora fatally injured. Five hundred excursionists from Plattaburgh to Ogdensburg are detained at the latter city on account of the giving way of the Ogdensburg and Lake Chatnplhln railroad bridge. The third heat of tho senior singles was the best contest of the day, and proved to be the fastest milo and a half ever rowed on the Cliailes river course. The contestants wero: J. H. O'Neill, Crescent club, of Boston; Fred Gastrick, of the Modoc club, of St. Louis, and 8. Scholes, of the Don Amateur association, of Toronto, Ont. The men started very evenly, and for half a mile all three rowed bow and bow. Tben Scholes began to increase his stroke from thirty-five to forty-two per minute. Gastrick met this spurt with one equallv as fast, but O'Neill dropped behind. Gastrick and Scholes rowed bow and bow clear to the winning line, the latter maintaining his long sweep of the sculls to meet the terrifflc pace set by Scholes. The excitement at the finish was very groat, and tcth men were enthusiastically applauied. The judges at the finish declared ita daad h at. Time. 8m. 57a. CanaJOharix, Auk. 13.—A sttr.n washed oat a culvert and 100 fast of track on the New York Centra) railroad at Hoffman's Ferry. Trains are several hours late. Soma of the West Shore track opposite here was washed out, and bridges were carried away in Schoharie county. It is said to have bean a cloud borit. The People's Party In New York. Saratoga, Aug. 13.—The representatives of what is to be known as the People's party met here. About forty persons had assembled, among whom were ex-Senator Boyd, Louis F. Post, Dr. F. Segar, and Robert Blissert, of New York. Dr. Segar took the platform and called the meeting to order. He was tben nominated for chairman, and no opposition being made, he accepted. He made an address of some length. A recess was taken. On reassembling, Hon. T. B." Carroll, of Saratoga, was made permanent chairman, and D. M. Fero and Mr. Hoberta secretaries, A long list of declarations were drawn and presented, among them being: A demand that all money shall be issued by the government and made full legal tenders; that taxes be honestly levied proportionately ; denouncing the legislature far the defeat of important measures. Other planks of a like nature were included. The report was adopted, and the committee reported that the state convention would be held in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 0, at 11 o'clock. The convention then adjourned. When Riverside pork was discussed as a burial site {or Gen. Grant the mayor promised .that the Clermrnt mansion, which iD now occupied as a restaurant, should be removed within a year. It now appears that {he enterprising keeper of the establishment, realizing that he has a bonanza in the place, refuses to make the mayor's promise good by getting out nntil afte* the expiration of the five years' lease which he holds to the house. The park commissioners have unsuccessfully tried to itnpress upon the obstinate individual that the so-called lease is a license revocable at their pleasure. He not only refuses to share their views but will if necessary contest his rights. One day this week he endeavored to have the instrument under which he holds the placo put od record, but found that he oould not do so at It had not been acknowledged. The lease was given him by the commissioners scarcely a year ago and is like that of the Mount St. Vincent hotel held by Fire Commisstonei Croker in the name of another. Under it liquors and other refreshments can be sold without license from the excise commissioners, who, the park commissioners havC always insisted, have no Jurisdiction in the parks. The lease, although devoid of the acknowledgement necessary to get it on record, cannot be set aside at pleasure by the lessors. There the matter stands. Tut, N. Y., Aug. 1&-At 5 o'clock a -cloud burst occurred at Hoffman's Ferry, eight miles from Amsterdam. The New York Central railroad's tracks war* washed into the river for a distance of 900 feet, and telegraph poles and fences ware prostrated for miles. Trains east and wast were delayed, the passengers being transferred areund the break. A large gang of laborers are at work repairing the damage. The rain fell in sheets, destroying crops and Inflicting serisu* damage in various way*, The loss is estimated at thousands of dollars. it is said Mrs. Bauer was sick, and that a substitute was examined in her place. I did not know she was sick. No physician «ver said 10 me that the had a cancer. She lUied of peritonitis. The physician who attended her was her own cousin, Dr. J. S. Carradine, of this city.- To think that I would put myself in tlrj power of a substitute is absurd. It is said also that Mrs. Bauer's nose, or the nose of the lady who said she was Mrs. Bauer in the Mutual Reserve nssoclat'on's office when Dr« Cheesman examined her, was retrousse, and that she had a heavy growth of black hair, and that the body of ills. Bauer when exhume! on Tuesday showed that she had au aquiline nose tuid that she had thin brown hair. Look at that picture of her. It was taken on July 'J, is.4. the wears in the picture a patent wave. Utr hair was thin. In the picture she seems to have a heavy growth of hair, and Uiis doubtless deceived Dr. Cheesman. As to tlie nose, it is Grecian. If the body seems to have a Roman nose, it is bacauso of the change wrought by death. It is said that the woman who was dis.nteried was neither as heavy nor as tall as my » ife. That is simply a mistake in judg.ueut. Finally, it is pointeJ out that ilia lunei al was hastily arranged, and Mrs. Bauer was hurried into the grave while onl/ the immediate relatives were tires jnt. She died on a Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock, and the funeral was on the fi llowing Saturday. Present at the tuneral were the officiating clergyman, the Rev. Dr. thaw, of Paterson, my two tfis; ters, two brothers, a sister-in-law and two nieces, and friends from 58 West Nineteenth . street. The tace was exposed in the coffin iand all saw the (ace. The funeral would ihave been deferred until Sunday, but the undertaker adv.sed against it The junior four-oare.l l ace proved to be a The Dirigo club'J four, of Portland!. led almost from tho start to the finish. The Institute club, of Newark, was second. Timo, 8m. 81s. The members of winning crew are W. L. Greeley, bow; W. P. Pinn, No. 3; R. E. Gibbons, No. 8. and W. G. Davis, stroke. In consequence of a remark by Lord Randolph Churchill in his speech at Wimborne Minster that he "cared not a rap for the press,'1 The Standard refrains from pulishing his speech or referring to the fart that he spoke. WHAT F1TZ HUGH LEE SAID. His Omments on Toombs' BhmI later* In addition to the award of gold medals already announced, the following were made by the jndges at the inventions exhibition: Troy Laundry Machinery company, the A. B. C. Fence company, Warner Brothers (corsets), the Ives Prepared Paper company, Bornstein ft Co. (pin hoAks), the Lawrence «nd Baxter Paper Cuthing machines, the Livermore StylograpMo pen, the Eastman Dry-Plate Company's photographs, and the Britannjc Silver company. view were Incorrectly Reported. Washington, Aug. 13.—Gen. Fits Hugh Lea arrived from New York. Ha was asked about his reported remarks relative to Gen. Toombs, and said that ha was surprised at seeing his language so misquoted. Ha had only remarked, when shown the Toombs interview about Mr. Davis and Wast Fohit, that Gen. Toombs had contradicted hlmst.lf in saying that "The south could have succeeded had it not baan throttled by West Point," and following that statement with the assertion that the Confederacy oould have certainly succeeded under Albert Sidney Johnston first or Joseph B. Johnston next, both of whom were West Faint men. Gen. Lee said that his own remarks were that the war developed too many good soldiers ou both sides from Wast Point to ad- Tbe last race of the day was the fourth heat for senior singles, in which the contestants wore John P. Buckley, Cumberland club, of Portland; E. J. Mulcahey, Mutual club, of Albany, and R. A. Woodbury, Pawtucket club, of Pawtucket, R. I. It was a spirited contest, and on* which created much excitement. The race was close and exciting all tho way. The start was perfect and all three men begkn with terrific speed. For half a mile they kept together, then Woodbury drew half a length ahead, and Buckley fell back a little, leaving Mulcahey second, making a tremendous effort to ke»p up with Woodbury. Woodbury's terrific strokes soon wore him out and Mulcahey took the lead. Buckley now spurted magnificently and also passsd Woodbury. The race to the finish was amid great excitement, it being anybody's race. Mulcahey's staying powers, howeter, carried him over the line a winner by one length in 8m. 59%i Buckley was second. Woodbury gave out near the finish and dfd not cross tbe line. Tbe contestants in the final heats to-morrow will be: Junior singles—Snyder, Kuyle and Quigley. Senior singles—Monohan, Murphy, Scholes, Gastrick and Mulcahey. Bostle at John Kaach's Shipyard. New York, Aug. 13.—All is bustle and activity at the shipyard of John Roach ft Son, and tbe probabilities art that affairs will continue in that C*mdition for a weak at least Pursuant to orders issued by Secretary Whitney, Chief Engineer Loring began the work of taking a complete inventory of the contents of the shipyard. A statement will also bo made of all the work commenced upon tho hulls of the Teasels intended for the navy and what progress has been made towards their completion, as well as of all machinery and fittings and of such materials as are now on hand appertaining to their construction. Assisting Chief Engineer Loring in this task are Chief Engineer MoNary, Chief Engineer Morley and Constructor Hoover These gentlemen are at *ork on the inventory. Chief Engineer Loring is of tho opinion that by the latter part of aext week tbe statement will be completed. It will then be filed. Every assistance is being rendered by tbe assignees of Mr. Roach, George H. Weed and George W. Qnintard. Marseilles, Ang. 18. —There were twelve deaths from cholera bare according to tho special report. It is impossible, however, to rely upon tbe official figures, as it is suspected that they are furnished daily from Paris, and indicate merely what the government is willing to admit in regard to the progress of the disease. The contributions to the memorial fund aggregated (1,823.75, including 11,200 donated by the employes of the N ew York postoffice. This makes the total amount received in this city to date $36,943.83. mit of any of that institu- Iu Chicago over $40,000 (the sum originally intended to be raised) has been subscribed, and the fund is still swelling. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13. —Fifty torpedo boats have been sent to the Black sea by the Russian minister of marina. tion, while there were also a great many splendid soldiers oa both sides who were not trained in that school, as, for instance, Gordon, Forrest and many others. He added that in his own command ware numerous accomplished cavalry officers, who bad never seen the gates of Wast Point, but who had learned the military sit in the greatest of all schools, which waa actnal war.  Young Armstrong's Crlma. Pulttb City, Mo., Aug. 18.—Last Sunday night an escaped convict from the Tennessee penitentiary, named Mynott, shot and killed Mrs. William Maggott, of Writ county, who was a relative of his. The deed was done in revenge because Maggott and his wife had given information as tc Mynott's whereabouts, which led to his extradition. He managed to escape his guard while being taken back to Tennessee, and, making his way here, called Mrs. Maggott to her door and shot her dead. The people are aroused and large numbers are in pursuit, with a lynching in prospect The matter has been kept quiet, fearing that its publication would assist Mynott in escaping. A Lynching In I*rnnp«eu Nxw York, Adj. 18.—The pistol with which Thomas J. Armstrong (hot his stepfather, A. J. Herrick, haa been found. Armstrong, In hia confession to the police, told them that after 1 saving the scans of the tragedy he went to the pier of the Jeisey City annex boat, and, seeing no one look ing, dropped the pistol overboard. Prom the minute description of the spot (riven by the young man, the police had no trouble in locating it They engaged a young boy, who, after diving off the pier several times, cams up with the piatol in hia hand. The annual mssting of the national association of amateur oarsmen was held in Wesleyan halL Mr. H. Parkman, of Boeion, presiding, and W. H, Gibson, of Wash- North Carolina Frnlt Orowtrt. N. C.. Ant. 18.—The fourth "The first I heard about this investigation wai thai a ii.au was inquiring in toe neighborhood of uiy residence, in Haledon, to The Amalgamated Association. annual fair of the North Carolina Fruit Orowera' association opened bar* with • * very fine exhibit of fruits, mmillij about 900 varieties Tha attendance la large and thouaanda of people are surging about the streets. Tha fruits are the vary finest specimen* to be obtained. Guilford county baa the finest display, Fbraythe tha second beat and the exhibit* of the other countiaa are about avail. Hon. J. W. Raid, member of congress from thia district, delivered the opeoing addreaa. i learn all he could about my wife and my- Wheeling, Aug. 13.—The amalgamated association adjourned after electing Wm. Wsihe, president; Wm. Martin, secretary; James Fenny, treasurer; and Thomas Johns, of Bri4geport; James 8. Mott, of Youngstown, and P. F. Keeny, of Pittsburg, trustees. Vice presidents were also elected, one for each of the six divisions of the association. The salaries of the paid officers were reduced 10 per cent., and the question of the nailers and feeders read mission was indefinitely postponed. Three conventions—district, scale and annual—were merged into one, to meet 'in Pittsburg on the first Tuesday fn Jane each year. self. lie finally applied to the Haledon undertaker, C. M. Kutaff. His name is Lucky. •ngton, was secretary. After the transaction of routine business President Garfield presented the annual report of the executive committee, which dealt principally with the actions of that committee In regard to the oarsmen against whom charges have been brought—Murphy, O'Brien and Kirby. The cases were spoken of, and the reasons for the committee's a» tion given. In regard to tho Canadians— Enwright, Laing and O'Connor— the report said that white these men had not violated the letter tbey had violated the spirit of the amateur rules, and its such violations soemed to be growing in number it was deeraod time to take some action which *ould p event it. As the committee bad not power to disqualify these men it could only instruct the regatta committee for 1885 to reject their entries until they had removed all reasonable doubt as to their amateur I got an order of arrest from Judge Dono- Iiuj, in this city, and would have arrested CONDENSED NEWS. him, except from motives of mercy. I did not think then that he represented any one but himself. That belief has been change 1 by the events of Tuesday." President Cleveland has reached the Adirondack* after a backboard ride of forty-seven miles from the railway terminoa at Au Sable. Why Treasury Officials Were Ulichirgwl Mr. Bauer said lie intended to sue the Mutual Reserve company for 150,000 damages at ouoe. He declared emphatically that be would never compromise his claim, .and that bo would fight as tang as he had a dollar. Washington, Aug. 13.—The recent action of the treasury department in reducing the force of special inspectors of foreign steam vessels to one-half the present number Ii due to the fact that the inspection service lias diminished in about that ratio since the force was originally organised by Secretary Folder. The number of steam vessels to be inspected is only one-aalf of what it wai when the inspectors were appointed. Thit explanation is made at the treasury depart, meut so that the fact that a number ol officers were dismissed may be properly understood, and not considered as reflecting in any wav upon their ability or integrity. Mr. Bayard has received a telegram from the American consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador, saying that he had positive Injjprmartsa that Ban to* had been liberated. Defalcations of a County Treaaarar. Columbus, Ind., Aug. 13.—County Treaa. nrer Wm. Oelikar, whose term of oiBoe haa jnst expired, proYee to he a defaulter to the extent of over $12,000. Unlucky investments and unauthorised loaning of publio fundi to political frlandi la aaid to have caused tha defalcation. His bondsmen will make up the amount. Dr. Lambert, of the Equitable Life Assurance society, is not in tpwn. Actuary Phillips said that from (he circumstance that the policies were taken out such a short time before Mrs. Bauer's death, the company's officers suspected that some fraud might have been committed. A detective who has never faciei the company was tent to Haledon and Paters n, and he reported that no evidence of fraud could be found, and on that report the face of the policy was paid. Dr. Burr. C f the New York Life, said that not long after Mrs. Bauer died a man entered t.ie office, who said he was a detective in tue eqtploy of the Mutual Life Insurance company, and that some suspicions wow afloat concerning the genuineness of the niiltrtns taken out by Mr. Bauer. Iaqnirir were made at the office of the Mutual Lite Insurance company, whan it was leam«i A Long Will Contest Ended. Over 4,000 boys have been discbartpl from the railleries in the Bchulkill region since Aug. 1 in pursuance of the new law prohibiting the employment of boys at the mines under 14years of age. New York, Aug. 13.—The contest over the will of James Btokes, which has been before the surrogate for the past two years, and which involves the distribution of an estate valued at $8,000,000, was ended by Surrogate Rollins upholding the codicil cutting off Mrs. Dale, Btokes' daughter, with a 1 fe annuity. She had married against tho wishes of her father. Mrs. Dale died during the trial and the case was oootin ued in the interests or her children. Natural gas was struck in Port Col borne, Ont., at a depth of 420 feet, with sufficient force to light up the town. The well was piped, and the gas burned on the public streets on Tuesday night. itindiog. The retiring members of the ex Baltoiobx, Aug. IS.—The ateamship Oranmore arrived at thia port (no Liverpool, having an board nine stowaway*, They are held by the custoin house authorities until the question can bo decided whether or not they cone under the pauper Immigrant act If they do they will ha returned to Nine Stowaways on Board. •H-uuve committee were Messrs. Tucker, of P i .odelphia; Parsons, of Dixon, III., and i',: ersou, of New York. They were re i feted for three years. Gallantly Kescued From Drowning. A petition is being circulated throughout Massachusetts state by Cochltuate parties, appealing to Secretary Bayard to use his influence in behalf of Louis Kiel, who is to be hanged on Sept 18 next, on the ground that he is an American dtiun. Asbdby Park, Aug. 13.—Mr. Frank Carr, of Baltimore, and a lady friend were gal lantly from drowning by Ous Heck ler, James Williams, George Demarest and Frank Paul. Thoy had been carried out by the tide before their danger was noticed. Mr. Heckler was greatly exhausted when hi arrived on shore and was carried on the •boulders of the crowd, who cheerod hia lustily. Lafayette, Ala., Aug. IS.—William AU latison, of Fishabee Falls, was bitten by • large rattlesnake on Sunday. Whisky was the only remedy at hand, but as Allanson bad identified himself pi Mitten tly with the prohibition movement he declined to taks it Ha died in great agony, Death From a Kattlesnake Kite. Chasing Geronimo's Band. Bam Francisco, Aug. IS.—▲ special to The Call from Deintng says: "Fort Bowie advices received hare state that Geronimo is now in the southern part of the Sierra Madres, 900 miles below the border, with two command* following him," Postmaster Osoeral Vilas will leave on Friday for a vacation of three weeks. Ha Will spaad moat «f his time at Us home in Wisconsin * _ , The Fatal Congo Cllaeat*. Lc5dok, Aug. IS.—The climate at tbn Can** region Is proving fatal to mmfti tfco Europe i offices* C4 new Conge stat*, i