Evening Gazette

              PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29. 18*5. 3DMAnU t TWO CENTS. I Tm (Mil Per Weak, ELECTIONS 'AY. TO TEST RIEl.* SANITY. ri n HfAHi) FOOT) jftPII/TY, THE EX-FfNANClER CAN NOW JOIN FISH IN PRI80N. * ML8T HE DIE IN JAIL t DEATH OF LITTLE MA€. A t»»nkrn|»t wkn has My Mt Net en Years A CAREFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE Several People Tknvs In the River. 1 " Many Missing. Kat Saginaw, Oct. "59. —At 0:48 p. in. fiM was discovered an the tug C. C1. Mc- Donald lying at her dock* near the Genesee avenue bridge, on the Sagfattw river. A large number of people congregated on the bridge. About fifty feet of the foot walk and railing an the bridge, on which were sixty to seventy-five people, all men. gave way, precipitating them in the swift our rent below. The night was cloudy and dark, and a scene of terror ensued. Cries for help filled the air, and the excited people on tin dock threw platks to the struggling mass of peopls below, a number being struck on the head by the'heavy timbers. A majority, however, were •aved, but a large number were badly bruised. The river is now beipg dragged tor bodies. So'far only one, that of Sidney Fallon, aged 8, has been brought up. It it thought that several perished. Twelve or thirteen are missing, among tbqm Qeorgo Burnett, Chaster it. Moores, Architect John Bharpe, John Bush and Jaronje Mtirphr. James T. Woitei, aged #5, «*s injured internally. Herman Rothonbirg waa injured about the legs. H. D. Cow lei, managing editor of The Haginaw Courier, want down. He could not swim, but drifted •own the river and clung to a pits of spiles 1 OanmlHlou of Mmm to be Appointed to KuwIh Him. N*w Yon*, Oct. 29. —Judge O Gorman, in the superior oourt, .heard a motion bD the interest of AugustitDe R. Macdonald, an Engl si aubjict, who hai been naf.tiUi in Lndlow Street jail (even year* for debt Mr. Maodonald, through his ooansel, desires to know whether he is to be confined all his llf?. Mr. Macdonald accumulated a fortune in the south, and ;wben the war broka out he waa worth $8,000,000, which waa invested in cotton. His cotton was destroyed. In MM he filed a petition in bankruptcy at Cincinnati. One of his a»- sets was a claim against the government for the lost cotton. This claim waa considered wduelem, and was bll la by Maoden aid for #». In 1871, However, Maodonald was awarde 1 1397,000 by the government He refused to pay liii lawyers and they obtained an order of court commanding Ma to pay them $5),003. Macdonald was arrested, chargeJ with converting his lawyen1 mqney to his own use. Ha waa locked up in Iadtow Street jail, and has bien there ever sinca. His oounsel argued that lie had been sufficiently punished for his neglect of the court"s order, whioh amoimted only to lacbei, and shoull be released and allowed to defead himself in the original proceeding* brought against him by his lawyers. la FrUou WanU Liberty. CANVASS MADE. HE PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY THI8 MORNING. Montreal, Oct. S». — The'oablnet decide! lb grant the petition for a commission to tzamine into Louis Bel's sanity. Upon the •eceipt of affidavits showing h» insanity at different periods when M was confined n the imana asylum here and at Q jeteo ie commis ioa will be appointed. It will le composed of one Bagliab physician from ilis city, presumably Dr. J. Biker Edwards; one French physician, not yet llttdsj upon, from Quebec, and one from the Unite J 8 ntji, who is believed to be one it the le-' din ; experts for the defease in ;be Gulteun mo. In cae* they report that Rlel was mentally unaound at thD tim) of (he rebeJ.o 1 or now, he will bD perloneJ for treaso i and oonflned as a dangerous lunutic in an asylum. Sir John Uaodonald soi J that be would not have the blood ot L mil R.el upou his heai if ho was notsan-. 'TaDrD "»'*» doubt," continued the premier, "that ii sane be deserves leath. but it iumuj ni frovera mailt would ianc t)ii his ewcj Ion.'' ■p* the filnn Reived the Vordlet isslssw Postponed Catll Saturday. CloeUg Argmssats by CsssstL 1 " Jad*e Barrett's Charge. The Id be rail Likely to be l» the Majority, Hat a ComMnstlss Between Conservative* sal Nationalists Would Overpower These. Heart Disease the Oanse of Death—Sketch of the Extended Military Uaureeref the Mexican Veteran and Here of Antietaas. Jfrw York, Oct. St.—The features in the Ward trial ware the opening for the defence by Boorke Cookran and the appearance on the witness stand of W ill lam 8. Warner, the alleged "m/aterious" partner In Ward's transactions Hitherto Warnoi has kept bis month closely shut aC to all *&rsu; sion. His arraignment of ex-Pmsident Fish's testimony was particularly marked. Warner preserved well his raoently-ao ou red reputation for silence Dani mystery, ffea important part of Us testimony was his sending his 171,800 check to the bank for certification. He caused no lit lie amusement whan telling of his apparently childliko faith in the Grant & Ward "government contraot*." The con*t room, as usual, was crowded. The white, corpse lika face of the convicted bank president •ns seen in the throo* part of the time, but he was not again called to the stwL rf(rnee rfttafirm of Grant & Ward, said as receiver he found about $700 in the office and the bank ac*Dunta overdrawn. Mt* the twees* William C. Smith, the stock exchange member of the firm of Or ant & Ward, tys called and told the value of or tain bonds held by Grant m War* On May 5 Grant & Ward had from (6 000,000 to 48,000,CKK) in securities. Ihe testimony was finished at 4:40 p. in. Mr. Tracy then said: "Ins evidence now being closei, I renew my motion to compel the counsel to select «MA of the eounk toe case wiU go to the Lemon, Oct 20.—The remarkable awl exhaustive canvass of thi UniCel kingdom which was maDttaoed in tbeae dlapatcfrai on tho 17th ins*. hai now b»a completed, end ita result* have beia pot In tabnlai form. The canvass was made with a vlaw of forecasting the general elections by tbe Central News of London, which mada a similar canna durine the exciting campaign of 1883, a id with snoh succeai that its preiictions were confirmed almost to tbe letter. The canvas i was began weeks ago by sending to correspondent! throughout Great Britain ami Ireland a series of questing, to which the? were instgiotti to obtain briaf an J positive answers. Hundreds of correspondents were thus employed, and everr constituency hi the British Island* has bee a visited at Wast once by practise I and impartial  The oollation of tha mass of replies shows that tbe Liberal? are sore of a plurality tit ana Bar uel lite i together whesi combined in oppositiw. Ths internal divisioas of the Liberal party are ahowa to hare undergone -* ' " * Whigs * - 1- Orange, N. J., Oct 39.—Major-General Geo. B. UcCleUau died suddenly, at two o'clock this morning, of heart disease, at his bone at Orange Mountains, N. J. He waa in the 59th year of hia age. [George Brinton McCielian was born in Philadelphia Deo. X, 1821. Be atndled at the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1842 entered the TJ. a Military Academy at Went -Point, graduating in 1M6. He waa assigned to doty aa brevet second lieutenant la the Bngtaeer corpe. but waa soon called to active service in the Mexican War, -where heroee to ibe rank oC Captain. In I8t4 lio -waa appointed a member of the government Military Oomrtlsalon to vi.it the seat of war In (Mum. At the outbreak of the Civil War he waa President of the Bt. Louis and Cincinnati R. R., having resigned his army commission fa 1857. President T inooin promptly commissioned him aa Major General of Ohio volunteers, and he waa made a Major General in the regular araiy on May 14, 1861. Bia movements in West Virginia soon oleared Cbat section of rebels. After the battle of Bull Ruu be waa placed In command of the Army of the Potomac, and upon Gen. Soott'a retirement, Nov. 1,186i, he became genera 1-ln-ohlef of the Federal armies. His subsequent aervice, from the time be took the field in March, 1»U2, and entered upon the disaatrous Peninsular campaign, until he waa superseded by Buruslde, on Nov. 7 th. 190, utter the battle of Antietam, has been the subject of much bitter and conflicting discussion. In 18*4 he waa the Democratic oaadidate for President He received oaly the votes of Kentucky, Delaware and New Jersey. He resigned his army commission Nov. S, IsM, Immediately after his PsmtdeaiWAefeat, and has since bean engaged in engineering. He has published several military works, including a "Report on the Organisation and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac."] The minifait liisid br the B el defense sommittee of this province alleges that Blel onrht to be saved not baeausj ha If a fool, bat becanse th» country ia respantib'e to a great decree for that which hi did ia' i cause which be had reason to bell' ?e justy. WtU Nwued. He wai braise 1 and cat •boat the legs. A number of costs ami hats war* found, which have Hoi yet been Counsel am the other side argued that Maadfcnald, hari lg refund to take advantage of the "poor debtor s" Jaw, and ac qnleseed m the decision of the court heretofore, could not now be released except in purging himself of contempt by paying over the money. Jnlge O Gorman reserved bto decision. It is claimed in behalf of Maodonald that whan ha swore in the mly became valuable after the mpprtn* tiont'of the southern claims commission in THE SAME OLD GAME. A Prominent M. LonUlM CnnHiliMrtl Oat of •1,900. SPORTING NEWS. Br. Louis, Oct £ft—Aloi* Helmbooher, senior proprietor of tha HelmI nchar rolltag mill, has arrived home from New York1 and tolls how be was A weed out of $1,300 there by a confident!) i|ian, wh» iitroducsd himsel f to htm in front of the Filth Avenue hotel ai a son of 11 A Lacilaixi, president of t be Boatman' 1 bank of 8 . Louis, representing also tha, he was on his wedding tour. Upon his iavftatioa Mr. Helmbaoher accompanied his new acqunintinoe to the hotel parlor, where bfc nut the alleged bride, aiiandsomeyoong woman Mr. Helmbacher was very happy t? m Cet them both, and when Mr. LacxlabHI remarked that "the old man was stow about sending that check," Mr. Heimbachsjr immediately Tolunteercd to relieve them of any embarrass meat wiitekthe delay might cause them. The offer was most gratefully accepted, and Mr. Helmbachef** cheek for *1,900 banded over to the bridal oouple. He didn't know of his mistake until be reached home and called on R. J. Lackland. The New York Lackland ia bogus. He or somebody else played the same triok 01 another St Louisian about a year ago, using R J, Lackland* s name. »■«!■« SUU Kept Dy a Brighton »* *•!»* Hi »■■■ i great change. In the past tin nave timely outnumbered the IU may U disrupted by the dteeolntloo C former taction. In the laac KfW Tomc, dot. aa—The fint no* at Brighton Beich w a tolling f«ne at a ■ail* Bahama flrtt, Bruanwic}. second, Buiert third. Time, 1:50. Ifuloali paid P°a- His seoond race wa« a selling pone of ■ma tnrlmgi. Joe 8. first, Kin tt Arthur aaeond, Keokuk third. Time, l':89V- M»- taals paid HO. 50. The third raoe was a handicap for all itti, one mlie and a half. Uttle Dan M, Taxgatberer seoond, Jennings third. Ttrta, a-.gr. Mutuals paid $14.05. JtPDl 1877 BOSTON'S MYSTEW. JUDGE VINCENT IN WASHINGTON. 1 fee Blrad*'Conspirator * 0*um1 Ibka ing and oooserrativj Wnigs would go to thn Tories, and the rest would amalgamate w.fch the Raiicak Oi the Tosg,candidates thai far nomi natal. 368 ai*partiaan» of Lord Salisbury, the regular head of the party, and only seventy-two are ready toJToUow the tmpeha- Radical, who is supposed to hare secured reversionary rights to Mr. ais0«toM?s mantle. Borrow, Oct 89.—John & Hebron was appointed sole counsel for Mrs. A. A. Cooltdge, under arrest for coil«Dirin? 'to solicit to murder, and visited, her at Charles street Jail. On hi) return he related a brief account of the interview. "Mrs. CooUdge to in a most dangerous state of mini," began the counsel. "She appears very nmoh worn bjr the events of the last few days, which have completely overpowered her. Her face to thin and harrowed, bat beneath all there lurks an appearance of mental disability. Her eye, on»a clear and firm, a wild and unnatural expression, which, to a professional mini, at oooe shows the Teal condition of the prisoner. There to aot the shadow of a doubt in my owa mind that she is deranged. I think it may be truly said she k insane. Not violently, but the germ of reason has been killed. Jk Statwrnt. Dry c n." JlilS* Bnrrattadd that ha would requira tba proaecnttan to ohoaee ths countj. Dis T»t Attorney Martina than choaa tba second and tha fourth. Mr. IVac/ asked that they fa* required to aalact tha second or fourth, and addai that there waa vsry* little difference betw**a them. Ona of them charged falsa pretencai and the other the presentation of the oheek. Und*r tha Indictments, ha continued. Ward was guilty of nothing. There was no evidence yertKJoa.'SttSfcS"' After oonaiderabla argument Judge Barratt diamiaaed the motion. Geo. Tracy than moved an acquittal cat aeooont of TaltoMi between tha oountaand the evlJenee, and beoauae Ward did not Ha Says Ha ia Wot a Fool, bat Daellaaa to Talk Farther. from the chief justiceship of tha supreme court of Mew Mexico, ha* arrived in Wash- The fourth raoe was a selling puree of a mile and a quarter. Waukeih flirt, Ernest second, Diamond third. Time, 2:12*. Mutual* paid $30,08. ington. Tha Judge firmly but plaaawntly declined todlfcusj hiftcaae with Reporters or to make any statements conoeroin; his rwsoval, or the (Mlliaa bepropceei to ndfce, giviag as a reaaou for Bis reticenoe that he considered it diareapectful to say anything about tha matter before he has ■eon the attorney general. Judge Vincent will remain in Washington several days, and expects to sea this jsnruBas# ss cant for the poaitioj in the flrsc place, Dot waa puahed by his friends while he was When his attention was called to tha published statement to the effect that prtor to bis appointment he promised to protect The fifth raoe was at waiter weights; three-quarters of a mile. Leman firek, 8anta Glaus seoond, Navarro third. Time, 1:1T. Mutuale paid $18.9» The Tory candid at ss everywhere will receive the soliJ party rote, but internal dissansiosM endanger the sneoess of the Lib«aislBsM*4*0 fcwAiiha and divWons which they would other wiee carry beyond doubt. ThMii st rsist Brwm. PhttDaIDiii-phi 8®. —Point Breese Two-twenty-four class—Dick Qresn, 11 1 1; Col Wood, 10 3 2; William O, (IK 8; Kitty Wood, 4 4 4 4. Tims, 8136. 2:96*, j Two-thirty-three class—Karo, 15 8 11, Minnie Pjachblow, 8 8 4*; Champion Wilfce*, 8 8 5 8 8; Mar v McKlnney, 8 4 4 0 4; Alice M 8 8 8. dJ.; Jessie, .?»i£ Time, *81 *88. 2; 30*. *88*. SHOT TWO MMN. A Discharged Km ploy* Takes a Deadly Hsvmge—Itsisp—laail Madsth they wiii be sufficiently powerful to turn the soals. All wiU rote for the Turf candidates in furtherance of Mr. Pamell's ix-" In Ireland seventy Matloualists will be eieoted either without opposition or with large their opponent*. oonoeded to the Liberals and anly fire seats in Ireland are oosialdered doubtful. Chicago, Oct 39.—At • p. m. Asper J. Burras shot and perhaps fatally wounded Miss 111 ion Walton and Mrs. Bay Qoode. The two women were employed as typewriters by R G. Don A Co.'* mercantile agency. Burras was discharged by Dun St Co. fpr making derogatory remarks about the yoypg ladies, and at the dosing hour of business stationed himself ha lro.it of the estabUshmapl Mi is Walters. received a bullet over the right ear, and Mrs. Qoode was shot immediately over tha right tomato Both wacetalnff W hospital. No hopes are entertained far thefr reoovery. Burras was an-sated, bat win (ire no explanation of the affair. It to said that the shooting is the result of an old quarrel. "The case is just this: Mm. Caolidge has besa tearfully victimised, and by the statements which have bean made aftout |Der in the newspapers sbe .has received public conlemnatlou now, while in tbe course of time sha will be known, I trust, as the honorable woman she undoubtedly is. It is, nevertheless, for the public good that it he said that in a Cbry few days the mystery will be cleared away." Baltimore, Oct. 39. — Landlord A. P. Mellen's protestations of innooenoe will avail little, as tbe Boston officers can positively prove that he was at the Re- Tere house In Boston and put up tha $1,000 which was in the package signel for by John BulL The St James hotel was watched by officers, and tha 4:03 o'olook train from Philadelphia failed to bear the much looked for hotel keeper and his wife. His son has disappeared and oould not be found, and inquiry at the St James fails to elicit hto whereabouts. The opinion to now expressed by the officers that he knows more a# this conspiracy than he to willing to telL He has probably gone to Join hto pareate wherever they may bt Intense excitement prevails among the employes of the St James hotel, which is greatly augmented by the aon- appearance of the pro nrietar and the iafarenoes whiah naturally Bllow his long absence under existing circumstances. While In Boston, Mr. and Mrs. MeIIen stopped with relative) in Cambridge While doing tbe work of putting up tbe 91,000 (or Bull at the Revere house, he registered, it is said, under tbe name of Joass. This is a point which tells greatly against any assumption of innocence on hto part There are several conflicting statements n—Is by yoang Melton. He says that his Mother did aot know of his marriage until the child was born, and yet it ia positively asserted that his marriage with the Somerset woman was the result of her direct appeal to bis mother far reparation aeoondjODMt — Gin. Tracy than summsd up for the defense, urging the jury not Irfky upon tha .testlnuaty of a oonvlcc smarting Jot vengy Canoa CoL Fellows followed for the proa*, culion and pointed out that no witness had t*en brought forward by the defensa to don trad ic I Fifhfa statements offsets. At 6;80 p. m. Judge Barrett began Ma •charge to th* Jury. In th* oourae ot It sail: "I charge yon that the certification C* a oheek ia an agreement on part of the banc to pay that oheck. If the bank (ail this 171.800 without regard to the representation that there was $78,000 in the t N National hank, than it iC noi larceny. The quaatian is, did Ward make mtarepresaitnoM on the strength of whfeh th* «*rtldCcatian was mad*. If there is doubt *i your mind as to this, you muit give de- Jeidant the benefit of that doubt If on would ha a vary serious aafor to let this man go unpuniehad.' *At H-.46 a. m. the jury rethrne I a verdict ot guilty on the second oount (the one aeieotai by Judge Barrett for their aoaatdetation.) ■, ;DJ[ 1 Ward's counsel moved for a new trial, and Julg* Barrett deterred eeatenoe until Wbeq the foreman annonnoed the verdict of guilty ta a low tone, hut in the great aMHusSa whic i prevailed In tha court room It was heard by everybody and by none quicker than Ward, who sat alone as hie .counsel stood crowded near the bench. IA ■alight clenching of the hands and a pcsD- gulp at the throat, vary characteristic ot the man, waa the only sign that ha «W*tjUl affected. WeW may reoeivea sentence of from In *o ten years.  WHO 8HALL PAY f even if I had been appointed for such a purpose, I certainly would not have been foolish enough to avow J*," . As* Naval Omoers to KatertaU. Pnblte Thllsn at Nss Public Kxpei isar » Washington, Oct 88. —The m-counting officers of the treasury departm »t have ooneented to delay charging in his person si salary the aaouat expended by Admiral Janets in entertaining vititors to the Tennessee at the Hew Or Leant exposition, aceoritiag te tbs decision of the modal comptroller, until the matter haa bsfcn brought to the attention of oongrees. TVs amount in goaetfon is only 8400, but ft ft 1 leeired to have amae definite action taken w)iich mar serve ea a precedent In the fafetire. The secretary of the navy now haa tfe a ma ter in charge, and through bfcn ft will be brought to the attention of congra is. Admiral Jouett, when mtosd about it ■aid he knew nothing an the snbject, as it was in the handi of the secretary, but he was satisfied that oongrees would have something to say about it this winter. He added: ' I have yet to find the nsm in the United States who is not oyyanud to the position in which naval officers at e placed by this ruling when brought into relations with naval representatives of foreign countries" . '  ilANS 01 Ihqr Don't Llk* the U JL VJ lent's Otto Cutting Off Iat*rviews. Washinqtok, Oct an —The order issued stating that the president will receive bo oAee-esekliic Timor* during the month of November haa already had a pronounced effect, The halla and waiting room* ot the The office seekers*the «ity an evidsAiy bent upon securing the laat chanoe of aa interview. The order goes Into effort Nov. 1, si sprats antjsz meets so as to admit congressmen, bat the intention of the president is to withdraw politicians assemble, ana the opinion generally expressed was U»t it was all right for **» president to seclude himself daring the Umi ibat Is nooes.ary far him toprepMt The probable totals for each party are at follows: MaMlnaHaft, 7# in Ireland and 1 in England; Tories, 18 in Ireland and 188 In Oreat Britain; Liberals, 4in Ireland and Tor.es it will make their united strength equal to that of the Liberal a The cpturns of this canvass have been shows*tp the officials at both the Liberal and Tory headquarters, and the oput.on in both camps is that the figures are entirely Another Mh«M CWU tapto Com* mlntonm WiKHiwOTOli, Oct aa— It ta said that Judge Mavnard, tbe present second comptroller of the treasury. is 'o be Mr. Eaton's successor o» the eiTil sersirt ■tjmmlsston. The appointment, it 1* believed, waa offered to Augustas ScboonmakerWfco declined it, Ml be expec a tote J«dge WestkrooVs successor on the supreme bench of lfe'w York ■tate in cake of Hitt** election aa governor. Mr. Coo* wilt probably te tte Republican member of tte iMtrd. The finMt*-. lUtrn Crip. Lo.tdok, Oct 3M. _* is bMv« that the Qauaita's trip, tweatir Itu and too boar*, beats the record. The trip wag rather a stormy :«•«. 1D9 MD was moatly from ~ T"-a—- - The ceptttta'wai 'Oompellel to heava to on two occaaioas under itrw of weather one of her jam and the lug aail. The mate had Ms afcftlh broken by the tUer, but aside from this nothing happenedof moment The log «b»ws that Uw Lest runs were made on the 12th, 13th and 14th insts., when the ontter sailed 988 toJej, MM titles and 900 miles reapactiver. lit crawsptfak in high praiie of their and ara enthusiastic in their utterances regarding the conduct of the Americans g jnerally. Charged Witt Pelsewla* HfW Hoebantf. Lixihqton. Oct SHl —lie body of James Lancaster, who died recently—at tte time report ei froaa pain tar*1 Cx#o—was exburned and tte stomach rpjnoyed for aaafysia. Hit wife ia under unkt, charged with poiaoning hiCn with ara*»la procured from a a dru* store by a girl ujoed Howard for tte ostensible purpMff of Ikilling mice. Aota» charged wU* insimacy with Mrs. Lancaster is said to hare been coocurned ia the matter. A warrant is out for hi* arreet. » Cwcikhati, Oct. 38.—In accord moj with the order of tha circuit court, the relators in tha electioo mandamus prooeed Ings came before Judges Cam, Swing anl Smith, with thair petition mad3 more definite. and certain. They had gat ten a paep at thspool booh* anl tally sheet* and makt ibelr allegations specific and ciear. ft th» amended petition eaah Republican senitor. who U the relator avers: "That ift.- fendants have failed to oiwvast and abstract tha returns of said election according to law, anl are still failing to do so. { They have oaorHijd and abstracted a large number Of votes which do n6t appear npon the legal returns of said elsstion returned to sail clerk, and creiited 'the same to tha Democratic candidates." The Okie H.H.S Fraud*. would be trouble. CuvclabD, Oct. ML—Ofte of tba saddest cms that has come before tha oriminal court fdr some tluie wai decided bare, I1. W. Schramm being foond guilty of forgery and senteaoad*o one year in the pfel tentiary. Schramm #.dt of tha mnrt talented and accomplished violinists and musicians in this country. He is a German, about 80 years of age, and is well known to the musical profession of Cincinnati and New York. He came to Cleveland a few years ago from Cincinnati. He helpad to organise the tojumann quartet, now the foremost of its kind in th-s city. He began to drink, and, losing bis selfrespect at well as pupils, wa* deserted by bis friends. A tew da/a ago be forged a check and was arrestei and convicted. He la now In Jail suiting transportation to the peoiteaMary. An effort is now made tor his pardon on the ground that ha was intoxicated when tbft forgery was committed. Jolaed tlse OsssJIasiflelaar. Em Va., Oct 28. —At the hearing of Humboldt bank official*, President Jareoki CtmUUst J. J** HI m§•'■D. for niflgal banking, the latter failed to pat in an appearance, and the last learned of him waa that ha waa in Canada, and hi* bondsman w*i called upon at oooe to wttle. It wa* shown in the investigation of the bank'* attain that Sturgeon had been  .to the extent of $15,003 *o Car a* known. Experts are examining the book*. in marriage. ' ■ When A. L. Mellon took the Stockton hotel at Cape May la*t summer young Xelleo and Us wife w«t tbere. While there she wa* taken Tory 111, and remained so several weeks. Young Mellen explain* tbls by stating that she had a miscarriage. A very significant point In connection with this siokneas is that Mrs. Coolidge was at the Stockton when the woman wa* taken ill, and that the miscarriage may have been the result of administering poison to :her. Bmtox, Oat. Hi—At the opening of tha Taker divorce cane Mr. Taber cloeed his testimony. Nothing of importance was alia-ted. Mrs. Tatar was then oalled for the delans* She waa perfectly self-po* esessd and delivered bar teetbnony clearly Mad almwt defiantly. She detailed tha story of bar married Ilia, denying that her to tan mips «Qi But* ttsd ever been of an improper nature, aoousing bar husband iif m5sDL»MH jealousy and of habitual Bl-treatment of her, even to. tha point of blows. At the time i*iaa the detectivea broke into her room she was sitting upon the bed beside Mr. Downs eating an apple. Tb* gas had been turned down and bar visitor bad removed Us ooat bsoanse of tha heat of the room. The door sans not locked. The cloth over the keyhole bad been plan ad tbsre before Mr. Downs arrived, while aha w*a nhanglng bar dree*. She had told bar laftdladv when aha naked if Mr. Downs witter brother that be was her brother in • oertain sense. Dm Taker Oiveree Case. Tksfesw'i lteported Aseasslaatloa. Lo*don, Oct. 28 —Dispatches re parting the ajsauination'of King Thebaw hare been receive!. Thi Burmese capital is divided into two hostile cam pa, beaded by the ministers favorable respectively to Great Britain and France. The foreign office has been unible up to the hour o: cabling to obtain trustworthy particulars either denying or oou firming tho int*U%enoa Sir Frederick Roberto, the newly appointed co.ninanJer-ij-chief of her majesty's I or cm in India, who is now in England on leava, has suddenly received orders from the government to return immediately to India and take up his command. (Sir Frederick Ijsvn London to-morrow. Baltimore Goes Democratic. Baltimore, Oct 88. —The election decided that Baltimore would ccsitii.ae to ha rulel by the Democratic party. The reform movement was thoroughly o rganised, and tha fusion with the Republican* led nmny to believe that the "regulatrs" were doom*!. The result however; was the tie at ion of tha Democratic candidate for mayor, thirteen D*mqprat3 ami seven Fvdonists to the first branch a*d seven Democrats and two Fusion Is ts to the second branch of the dtjs council. The vote for mayor was ai follows: Hodges (l)am.D. *J,- Til; Brown (Fusion), 96, SV5; Hodgea majority, 9,136. Hie streets in the vicinity of the newspaper offlros ware crowded with people, and the Democrats are manifesting joy over their victory in varioos way*. Buffalo, Oct 90.—A contention of balie vers in divine heeling and cures by faith and prayer began here. Among the speaker* were Bay. A ft JMpipecw, of New York, and John Carrie, th* noted Scotch evangelist Several parsons related their experiences of tha cure of dlssasS by faitfe. Tue convention will continue until to-morrow evening. Believer* la Faith Cares. Counterfeiters Sentenced. PrrrsBOBO, Oct 88.—A very large crowd tiiroi«sd tha United State* court mom* to bear aentenoe passed upon the Clarion county counterfeiters. The prisoner* were called up and sentenced upon one indictment only, a* follows: Boston Buck, to th* Western penitentiary for seven years at hard labor; El ward Harne to fouryears) John J*. Parr to three years; Lewie P. Whitman to two years; Samuel Sacrist two year* and six months; Andrew Qroner to two years, and George Buck one year. WUHe Becrist, the boy, for whom mercy was naked, was allowed to go with imtsnes napsaded tor tha time. Tilde* oi Governor HIIL N*w Tokx, Oct Ml—A correspondent of The Albany Argaa oalled anon Mr. Hamual i. Tilden at Orgy etooe-and inquired concerning the part Governor Hill took in regard to the reform measure! of Governor IrFjen'e administration. - Resigned on Aeeaaat at Wnsds Washington, Oct 88.—Louis C. Bartlett, of Indiana, second rfefuti com mission er of pensions, and who wa* appointed by President Cleveland, has raaigned because of ill health. Mr. Barllstt was bad y wounded during the war, and hi* wounis have recently broken out afresh. Alarm Over the Spread of Hydrophobia. London, Oct 88.—All the pa pan herd com Hunt with great later ait upo i apparent proofs telegraphed irom Pari* that Pasteur hag succeeded In oaring a boy in the advanced stagd of hydrophobia. Ibis disease has increased alarmingly in England lately. There hare bean nineteen fatal casei among human being* ti Loo Jon alone this year. The Metropolitan board at works bsh ball a special meeting, to consider the whole subject A leading vaterinary surgeon slyi hi has a mad dog brought to him every weak. Therefore some official action in with The tltssMse Grave la Balaarla. London, Oct. *— The sltaatiori in Bulgaria audi Beryia . to most grave. King Milan and Prince Alexander are alike throatoned by the party of action in eao%\ coon try. The military clique in ServM resolved in forcing the king Into  no matter what the conference may deckle, short ot yiilding the territory 8ervia darn .ui to. Bulgaria will oonaant to nothing whatever undoing the union. The ratmfcl- Uociary ooiumittee insists on maintaining farts accompli*, and are eager fcr w* with Herra.  Mr. Tllden frankly uimrad that Mr. Hill «m a cordial and moat efficient advocate and «upport»r of all those reform *••'««* *• rat—. . WAJsamOTOii, Oct WL—Third Asaistant Tostmauer General Haaeo has issaad supplemental instructions to poataaasters in regard to Che speelal delivery service.' Thaaa instruct ions are tha remit of obasrvatioae of the practical operation of the system, instructions, postal card* and sealed packuaan are included la matter that may ha »« as first oUas Miter; Sunday la eleluded from tha special dsltawrdays; port- SaSSirtssESKS oitaofb aMUta torc^**1**1 IT *nji.. . jll _ JM ; lUMttMf If 11 Bitlll»fc N«w Yqwt, Oct. ».-Tammany Hall hatd a mass dieting to rarffr the Demooouuty and local Hutatl yJBa la ana peeked to overflowing, and fully 8,001 ■■sans assembled oatJh. KMutions kdoniai tbe alii) and county tlrirtti *Ta«toptod. Sir wth Made by the chair man, Boarke Coekaaa, aad others. On etaMI ttaMed oatsid* m eme BMda br Oouneeilor ftali jjfjj SSLSSwv gSESi^ UlAMtroui Work of a Bailor. Mr. Tilden expressed himself S«rMifiy in' favor of tha sfascina of Governor Hill, aa a matter of great importance to the sound administration of tbe stategovernment, to the Democratic party and to the adinJaistratua of President Cleveland. Cincinnati, Oct. SO. —Ay 5:90 a. m. the mud drum ot the boiler in the Cifaoinnati Cooperate company's works, at Riverside, blew out with terrible fort*. Oeorge Stanley, aged 28, the engineer, was badly burne-i about the face and boly ; William Coleman, aged iM, colored, received similar injuries, uai will probably (Me, an J Anderson Bash, agjd 10, colorei, was badly but less severely injured than the othar*. They were all taken to their homes at Tedam;- rille. Stanley ani Bush wi.i probably re* cover. The causa ot the azpliaion is unknown, as Stanle/ is unable to give any account of the affair Boattw * Cfc'i Behedalee. Nkw Tom, Oct 20.—"He ached ule« in tbe assignment of Soottar * Ca, brokers, bays been filed. They show liabilities $1,713,28158, of which |08fi,r7S.ei an accrued and $758,477.01 PNCWi Tha assets are nominally $1,840,073.78, and actually $178,919.50.  CONDENSED NEWS. There is nanewed activity amcOf tlx Oklahoma boomer*. » The Emprees at Brazil has fallen down a staircase and broken her arm. Several women who applied for registry as voters in Ithaoa, N. Y., have b»e» refused by the inspectors. cutting timber far nai—iiil purposes from unsurveyed government land, now proposes to Map the road from cutting from its 0-anted timber lands until tha grant is settled. An order will ba lsraad at wt farbtddlng thD oompany to oat timber on its lands asoMf what thsre is a clear necessity for road building purposes, antil patent* aavd been issued for the lands In question. Six disguised men rode Op to tbe residence of Qeorge Templeton, colored, la Bempjtead oounty. Ark., and shot him dead. Gen. Legaa to Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Oct. Ml—A committee representing the association lea thij c'ty for Wilmington, where they met Uea. John A Logan, and aaowtfanied him to tbe Broad street station. Haaddressed a Ripublican mass meeting at Horticultural balL ' Jams* Churchill. (impacted of murdar, wai lodged in an old building used as a jail la Pike county, Ark. A mob set Are to tbe Jail and burnetf Churchill to death. A woman in rfuwin 0000(7, Tex., gave birth to five boys, to whom tha has given tbe name) of Cleveland, Head rick i, Bayard, Manning and Cbenowlth, respectively. W4M IrSKi W&8M, .gaunt during the corre•pociitng period of 1884. Humors AImUii the Stock Market. Now Yoax, Oct. 2ft.—Tbe stock market sold down on rumors of forged certificate) of stock of somti corporation no* stated and bearing tha name of Rossell Sage. Brayton Ives refused to afflrm or deny the rum Dr and simply «*id: "I lave nothing to say."  P—um?o£ »^^ww4J of m«r York, tba telagrapb magnate, arriTad at ttaa Riuasll hnuaa. ■!DD*■ ha bad acoo—1- I » h. J^ZZ&si&srz. tha W«M UU» Mr. Mm b cm a* KunMaa faootier. * ituwar oarrrta* HSES&S?^ Robert J. Cook, treasurer of The Philadelphia Press, was murderously aasaultad by a negro, the janitor of th3 building, whom he had reproved for allowing the gas to escape. Cook's skull Is fraotared and it is feared he will die. A Historic Flond rUm+ Aragn. N. y., OtUgL-11 ths ob««- qati of C'jl. W. H. thrjNBttr, astroag person il friani of W. H. Saward, among ths focal designs na a oroaa and anchor which was Mil at BnMImt (mrfi t» HraL Charged with DAwUst *70,000. Boston, Oct. 29.—William J. Best was arraigned charged with embessHog $70,(WO trust funds belonging to the estate of Francis Carruth. He pleaded not guilty, and la default of $H,000 was committed for trial. B' a collision betweea tha ferryboat Hacksnsack and tbe Cunarder Ssrvia, in Hew York harbor, a deokhan4 wai drowned. There was a will panic on th« far ry boat. Xhe collision was eausad by tb« fog.