Evening Gazette

              Stiiuing JJBr ©afelt e* MGMBEM 1108. i ffwkl; tatabllDb«l |M0[ P1TTSTON, PA„ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1886. iTWO CENTS Tea Outs Far Waak AFFLICTED BOSTON. est, a number of cesspools epet, and (lit poisonous mutter floating: through a number of occupied bouses. ThC fain lies were removed. Tbe acting superintendent of streets has had over BOO complaints of defective streets and sidewalk*. it Is estlmate 1 that it will cost the city $W.0W to repair the damages to creets occasioned by the fljodi. WHAT THE BLIND SEE. GLADSTONE AND IRELAND THE OHIO PLAN. Writing Letter* to Leading Men of All MORRISOFS TARIFF BEL WORK Of RELIEF MADE NECESSARY BY THE FLOODS. A YOUNG LADY STRICKEN BLIND Classes For Information. Developments In the r»yne Senatorial Investigation. CREATES A SENSATION. LOKBOK, Fe '. 16.—For the last few weeks Mr. Gladstone has been sending letterC of Inquiry to representative Irishmen of all classes and shades of pollt cs, presumably 'nftluding the Parn-llitei. with a view to obtaining the fullest possible information in SYNOPSIS OF THE PROPOSED TARIFF LIST AS REVICED. NlW Tost Feb. 16—A Columbus speoial to The Star iiays: lhe Payne Investigating committee has been at work, for savei «' weeks, but vary little la known of the nature of testimony that the com rittee haC (alien. One thing it certain, however— hat nothing of a sensational nature was developed Uiiiil within the last few (lays. Yonr correspondent ha: just had a talk with ex-Represent&tlre Kehie, who unbosomed hintsdf to the committee ihe lat'er part of laDt we k. He -airt that he teCtifl d to having beea off red 85.000 by ex-Senator Rtm*y to vote for Mr. Payne. He said thai he asked ex-Senator Rmioy where ths ni-ioy wus to co ne Irom, and he replied that it was PaTne's. Boating Through the Streets to Feed the Uuagry and Clothe the Naked—Women and Children, Unclad, Huddled To- Seeing by Her Mind's Eye, as It Were. Kemnrkable Visions of Tlilnga In Fu A Heavy Reduction In the Kevenua Cou- A SILVER BILL ture and at -a Distance, Which Hav torn pi»ted—Many. Articles Added to gether»-DlSease and Death. L'osto.t, Feb. IS. — Boston!ins breathe easier, for the waters have bejun to subside. There baa been a fall of auout twe.T# inches in the floo led district, and it is thought the bulk or the water will run off within fortv-eight hours. Tbe wors: features of (Ije flo-id are revealed b • the subsiding waters in the sunken si lewa bs, l ulled foundations and torn up streets In many instances the current has forced a hole tan feet through the p venent and foundations of dw#'lings into tbe cellars, UndlnT an ou let by some door or window. Tlie tooid of guardians have all the? can tend to supplying food, fuel atid o her nei-e-slies to the distressed, but they consider themselves equal to tbe task, and have declined a-wistanoe from the a sociaied charities. There was food enough at the headquarters 'o feed 8 000 people By a system established by the overseers of the poor, all , the families needing ass.stance were promptly supplied with whatever i hey requiredfood, foal, clothing, etc. This was done bv means of some twenty boa-a, manned by the police and longshoreme n There were thousands confined to their houses, and they appear*! very grateful for the assistance rendered. Lr. Dixwel has offered hi services to the board of guardians, and is pilotqA around in one of the relief boats, at enamg the sick. The effiei of the universal dampness is beginning to tell upon the health of the people, and where there was ooe order for medicine Saturday there were twenty Monday. Rheumatism is showing itself rmong the older occupants cf the houses vsry rafilly. In many cases the rush of water came so suddenly upon tbe occupant* that they had to flse to the upper (tories with no clothing but their nigh'' gaimenta Since Saturday night they have been huddling in the upper stories with no clothing or Are, save rugs or blankets whioh other occupants could furni»h them. In ons case • family was found, consisting of a woman and three children, tbe latter all very yoaag. The mother had no clothing exoept • chemise. The little ones had on garments which belong to some old,-r person. In the same building the Olenaan family were found in a similar condition. They had done their washing Friday, and the water invaded tbe premises Fridav night and carried their wardrobe •off. Scores of similar cases were found. In m half-submerged house a iamlly named lxjuovan were found sadly In want of food and fuel, a I the children were ill from the dampness of the house, one, a baby, having d.pithsria A 8 Simmons street a family ranted Cochrane, were all made ill by the water, and o ie child was dangerously 111 wDih er,-ipelaa At No. 62 Hsmpshire hi.vet the P ier family were given blankets, food and medicines tor two children, ill with pneumonia, contracted by the dampness. On Dosming street three families are all ill Witj pneumonia. (Several families living in tlie lower stories who were driven by the -water up stairs had their stoves aubmcrjnd ■"Hey were giv.jrsmill iron stoves an l coaL Ko little difficulty was experienced In getitiiigtthe stores to the suffering people, and a number of harrow escapes were made by the .relief boat Several times the boat lost Its •cargo ct wood by ship pin? such volumes of -water that tbe lighter portion of the load ifloated away. Many families were found who had had no food for three days. A great portion of ibe distress was found in the rear of Ruggles street where the water is eight to ten fe-t deep There are two ©a»es of fatal consumption there. They mighthare rocover.-d but th« shock of tbj flood brought tDn in each case a relapse. A large numuer of cases of sickness among women are reported. All were made ill by wenturii g into the water trying to res- OU' heir prope-ty. One poor woman was out of her head by the Shock of an un expected plunge into the water. On Belmont street two boy C named Ofluc, aged 10 and 12, who havtf been aick with pneumonia several dav«, were removed In boats to the of trlen ls. Proved to be Trne. n • ect to the condition of the country and th'- people, their needs and the be-t trean-. of relieving ihem, the ext nt of the d stress m the. farming districts, and other details going to make up the sum total of Irish grievances. O i Fen. 12 the premier wrote to Viscount. D ' Vesci, a Liberal Irish pe r, as follows: the Free I.ltt anil tbe Duty on Others Agreed Upon In Committee — To be Brought Before the House. Four Oaks, N. J., Feb. lfi.—Whi'e ta'tinjr mrt In a concert at the Methodist church Miss Lizzie Carden, on intelligent girl of 10 vears, fainted. Upon retaining consciousrie-s It was discovered that the young lady w is totally b ind. Ti Is was three weeks ago. She complained of fee mt ill and was tnken home and put to bed. M nv pro ni n -nt physicians of the section a id Dr. Woo 1- ford, of Philadelphia, met In cousul'a ion and decided that the girl s blindness was not Simula ed. They coul 1, however, account for her loss of sight in only one way—that it was caused by a paralysis of the optic Keduced. WaSiixotow. Feb. 16.—The following is the text in brief of the siA-er bill that will come from the commi tee of weights and measures. The bill Is in three short sect'ons entitled "A bill for a free coinage of silver an 1 other purpose'," an I provides as fo!. lows: That fr.im and after the passage of this act, nil hoi lers of sliver bullion of the value of $51 or mo e.„ stindard fairies D. «hall be entitled to have the sam* coin-d into standard silver - !ol ars of 41'3.11 grains, troy, of standird silver to the dollar, unon like terms and conditions as sold iC now coined for private holders. That the stand ird silver do lars heretofore coined and herein pro vide l for shall be the unit of account an I value, in like manner as now provided for the gold dollar, and shall be a legal tender for all dents,- public an I private, exe 'Ot where oth-rwise stlpu'ae.l; tha so mr!i of the provisions of the act of Feb 28 1878. entitled. "An act to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar anl restore its 1 •rai tender character," a provided for issuing certificates on the depo it of silver dollars shall be applicable to 'he coin herein named and so much of said aot ot Feb 28. 1878 as provides for the purchase of silver bullion to be coined monthly Into standard silver dollars, be and the same is hereby reneal Dd. The secretary of the treasury is he-eby authorized to adopt such rule* and regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this act. WASIIINGTON, Feb. lft— Mr. Morrison's tariff bi.l. which was introduced in the house yesterday, it ises imated wil mne an aggregate re luctio i of $2),00 T. j ou the basis tD" la-tyear's mportations. theaggrege'o redaction to the free list is a'soT Vi'-MOuO In the metals, pig i oa is radu -ed ti om $tD. 72 to C5 00 t er toir There is a slight reduction en bar an 1 10 led iron. Heavy a* -el and iroi rai s are reduced from $17 to $12 50 per ton. t-mall rails weighing less than 25 pounds per yard, are reduced from $20 80 per to* to $13. There is also some reductions in lead and copper. The only alterations on wools Is In the third class, or coarser wools, for which there ar • at present two rates— cea s per pound on those which cos 12 cents or under, and 5 cents per pound above 12 cents The two classes are amalgamated at a common duty of 2 8-10 cents per-pound. tn flax and liuen go ids ther-- iC a slight general reduction. Th' p esent rates of 40. ili, etc, per ceafc -are p ao.-d generally live nouns lo ver. making an average reduction of about 15 i er cent. Sugar is reduced 2J ier cent., which will eave the duty on sugar still about 60 per cent, ad valorem. This reduction is not to apply to sugar from Cuba and other countries where aa expert du y is put on it. because a reduction la these cases, it is thought, might be met by increases of expo- duty, there is a similar provis.on us to the in nber. wh ch is put on the free list Canada, the prin ipal source oi supply, will no - be allowed to pocket the dutv. "You were kind enough a short time ago to s nd met some intere ting facls rew-ihg to rents and the number of est ues in sreland. The Conservatives were then in o - flee, and I thought it most desirable to leave them the whole fldd of Iri h legislation. I now invite a free communication of views from the variouC clashes and sections most iike.y lo supply full and authentic know eige of the wans and wishes of he Irish people—meaning all classes of the Iri h people—whether be ong- Ing to the mijoritv or to the minority, whether connected with lanl industry or property in general I am at present unequal to the strain of rece ving depu al.ons tor oral discus-ion, but will high.y value a 1 ind cations, rspecia.ly if they go to the iiea t of tbe question before us, which will aid m colleagues and myself in the difficult task o! determining how best at this juncture to i ischarge our duties to Ireland and to the etrpire."  Ex-be iiaior McLyman. of Toledo O , admi.let to the committee ihat he was the recipient of a flue tro t:n* hor e from Payne, but claimed iha. it Wat in thj nature Of a present and not a bribe. nerves. Mr. Tim Donovin has teen before the oommittee and will be called ag tiu. What be testified to no one bevond the commit en and himself knows. Donovin absolut 1/ r.v fjiOj to say anyth.nj beyo.td thj (act that he has given the committee the names of person to call who wll. suostanuate all biC n atemen s T ie testimony thus far has been -o newh-.it of a damagiug character to P iyn?, but thero is a certain ex-re re sent itive vhi wi i shortly be call.-d before the co limit e . who 1.1, should hi-C s atemeuts gain pubi c ty, an h.C says he is bouni tha" they sha I, pro-1 uce on * of the most profound ten atlo-is in political circle* that has teen created tor many a day. He has in hii possession a letter that wi.l implicate one of the most piominent gentlemen 111 it President Cleveland has af pDiute~i to any position. Toe gentleman in question wax one of the most prominent perso sges wen p irticipa.ed in the senatorial contest—in f ct, a leader When this gen leaiau is called before the committee, he intend to publish this letter, and then o her uearis beside those of Payne and bis iriends will ache. His name cannot be given unt.il he is called to testily. Singular to relate, the girl becama po=- -essed of a second s ght, and the ti lings of her mystic powers have set the entire section almost wild. One day, whi e lying in a room, she exclaime 1 sulden.y: 'Oh rn -ther, I can see once more!" She then -aid that she saw her brother's house In A--' ord, eight mlies distant He and his wife were standing, the girl declared, bv a bed •i le, weeping. Upon the bed lay John Cardeu's little 4-yeer-old boy. He w is dvlng. "Tuere goes Joshua Simmon into Uudertaker Morris, while liominie Blake is knocking at my brother s door." Then the girl suddenly sank back in a deep sleep Lizzie's mother looked at the c oek in the kitchen. The hands pointed to 10. She was mvstifled and al rmed by her daughter's detailed account of her vision, aud feared lest she w as insane. THE EDUCATIONAL BILL. Mr. Morgan Vigorously Opposes the Bribe for th* South. Washington. Feb. 18 —Mr. Morgan took the floor and resumed his argument aga nst the constitutiona lly of th* pending bill. So far Xs the state of Al ibama was concerned. he denied that it was the laud of d irkness and tbe lazaretto of iznorance to ba inferred from the report of t he committee on education and labor. Mr. Morgan said he had often heard it remarked that the people of the south were a hoodwinked lot of slaves, who had oeen forced into rebellion and secession by the leaders. This he emphatically denied, and asserted that on the contrary, the leaders had been lorced into secession by the people, and that many a cowardly heart among the leaders would have failed and fainted but for the fact that hose leaders knsw they did not dare io so in the p.esence of the faith ot an enligh oned and splendid peonle. He characterized the bill under debate as a brije for the south, but for his part he never grew blind or shut his eyes in the presence of any bri ie, no matter how significant The bill would prove a Findora box and would lead to what hud, not inappropriately, b en termed a condition of "'organized hell' betw en the states and the general government He prophesied that under its baneful influence we would see the people of the north and south again frenzied with excitement.Mr. B and stated to a United Press reporter that hD was confident his bill would be a J on ted, and that he ilid not consi Ier the fact that it would go to the house indorsed by only the minority of the committee as any disadvantage. Mrs. Carden was startled at noon to see her son John driving slowly up the lane. He alighted from his wagon, aud told hu mother that his chi d was lead. The duties on rice starch and marble are reduced; added o the free fist are wood and lumber, hemp, jute and other fibres,- coal, •alt, iron, lead and copper ores. Besides, there are many articles of less consequenoe to the revenue, such as potatoes, hay, corn, bristles, beeswax, dye woods, unmanufactured earths, and undressed s one for bui cling purposes. Tuei eis a reluctionon window glass of all de.orlptions. and on some descriptions o! plate glais, upon which the duty was exceptionally high The duties an china, porcelsin, earthen and stone ware, decorated, are reduced I rom 6) to 50, and and from 55 io 45 per cent ad valorem. "He died at 10 o clock," exclaimed the son. with tears in bis eyes. "I know it," interrupted Mrs. Carden. "Lizzie saw it all." Then with a shrill cry, the mother fainted in her sou's arms. THE COTTON YIELD. Upon regaining her senses Mrs. Carden ascertained tha Joshua oimmons had sum - moued Undertaker Morris, and that the pastor of the Methodist Protestant church had called at the house where the little gin lay dead. THE GOVERNMENT'S LOS& The Reported Yield of the Great South- The Floods Dini|t the Fleet In the WaBhinoton Feb. 16.—The special cotton returns of the department of agriculture estimate the cotton remaining on plantation i at the 1st of Februarv, the proportion of lint to seed, the quail y, overage date of close of picking and the price of cotton seed. The average date of closing varies from Nov. 9o to Dec. 11, but averages for the cotton belt about nine davs later than last year. Flori da, Nov. 25; Alabama. 2S; South Carolina. 80; North Carolina. Dei 2; Georg a and Texas, 3; Arkansas. 4; Mississippi. 8; Louisiana and Tennessee, 10. Tbe quality is poorer than last year, on the Atlantic coast, wth much discolored and brushy fiber. The staple is shorter than usu il. except in favored locations west of the Mississippi, and the yield of lint, which should average at least 82 rer cent. Is only about 81 per cent, from Virginia to Alaba:na and Tennessee. It Is 82 in Mississippi and a bent 82 to 32% in states west of tbe Mississippi. The quantity on the plantations on Feb. 1 is apparently about one-sixth of the crop, five-sixth having gone lorward, appearing at tbe porta about Feb. 5. The percentage or the crop marke ed is as follows: Virginia, 82; North Carolina, 82; South Carolina, 84; Georgia, 85; Florida, 87; Alabama, 84; Mississippi. Louisiana. 83%; Texas. 88; Arkansas, 83: Tennessee. 82; general average nearly 83. The Indications thus point to a ero:D approximating the November estimate: of yield per ac e which looked to a product of about 6.500,000 bales. ern Staple. Mississippi. St. Louis, Feb. 18.— In addition to the damages sustained by the shipping interest* •t that point from the break up of the ice gorge it tas just been learned that the government fl ec which was anchored behind Carroll's Island ha- been injured perhaps to a serious extent 1 he 11 mi is an ext.-ns ve ose, consisting of three steamers, forty bargee and about twentv pi e drivers, and was rau i at a Lout 1200.000. The great force of the floating ice cause ! all the boats to break from their moorings and Hot down the river. Seveu of the barges have been recovered at Che ter. llU.. all in good condition. Two of the steam -ra were under full pressure of steam when the float broke away and it is thought they will su-tain no damage of a serious nature. The tires of the third steamer, however, had been allowed to go out, as it was expected all danger had paseed. 8be may be neriouly .injured before being recovered. No estimate of the total damage can ba made, as only a few jf the whole number of ve eel* have been heard No ser ous damsgv in this harbor has resulted in addition to that inflio' «1 yesterday. The next day Miss Carden had another vision. She declared that she saw James R. Jones, ju-tice of the peace, lying in bed at bis residence, nearly a mile distant Upon inquiry it was learned that Mr. Jones was enjoying his usual health. Three days afterward to the astonishment: of Mrs. Carden, 'Squire Jones waC prostrated with paralysis. The very day of his afflrct.on tLe olind girl declared that she saw crape hanging from the door of the J Dn s residence. This was before L zzie knew that 'Sq iire Jones had been paralyzed. One week from that day the justice of the peace breathed hia last MATRIMONIALLY INCLINED. A. Salvationist Flees From Angry Corning. N. Y., Felx 16.—MaJ. Fegley, a Salvation Army leader, has arrived here having been driven out of Wellsvilie, Allegheny county after narrowly escaping with h s life. He was the husba id of a woman whom he had "converted* on Hog island, at Bradford, Pa, until last Frld Dy. when no cla ms to have secured a divorce. He uas since married Misi Belle Piaine, one of his WelUvlile converts, a little girl less than 14 years of age, of slim figure and a dolllike f ice. Villagers. By this time the girl's strange power of second sight became generally kuo mt It i • now the talk of the neighborhood. With astonishing minuteness of detail the blind girl has since had several visions, only one of which has not proved true. One day she declared that she saw her father s coasting schooner, the Virginia M. Scully, in a storm at. sea. She described the bearing of the vessel and the movements of her father aud the crew. A JOURNALIST'S WILL. His Aahes Fat Where They Would Do New York, Feb. 16.—Charles Cohn was a journalist on the German press in this ci;y for over twenty ye-.rs. His will was filed in the surrogate's office, it is dated Oct 21, 18S4, and makes Sigismund Kaufman sole executor. the Moat Good. When the report was circulated that the burly salvatlonl-t had induced the child to narry htm, a large crowd ot men provided " hemselves with ropes, tar and lea .hers and w ent in search of the salvation preacher. Fegiey was on the a ert, however, aud with Uls baby bride covered his retreat through a back window of the barracks thence goinz to tbe Erie depot where he found a western bound train, which he boarded and went to He mont The Ueneral GLmore, one of the steamers, has gone a-round at ih.* foot of Cai roll's Island, with «.x barges. The Gilmoie is a staunoh craft, a iU it is though she will escape with but slight damage. 'i ho st amei A. A Humphreys is still floating down the river without as vet haviiiT b'en injured. Two of the pits drivers have beeu caught, and river men have succeeded in moorlug t«o more of the e-cap'd btrges at Chejley island in good condition. "Her maintops all has been carried away and the topm ist looks as though it was split." the girl ejaculated. Yes erday'a papers corroborated hor statement '1 h*y stated that the schooner Scn ly h id put into Hsmpton roads, with .op uast carrie i away. As to his remains, Mr. Cohn expresses his wish in this style: I want my body cremated without cere monies, and in the simp est and least expensive way. The ashes I wi h either to be prinkled around a tree or on a garden snot, where th? rains-may mix my remains with ,.he soil or the win is disperse them otherwise.The couple here secured a seat in tbe Boston sleeper on the Erie train as far as Corning, passing through Wellsvdle without bein-; found, though the crowd searched all the coaches of the train, except the sleeper. 1 he couple were very much frightened, b it Fegl-y shpived a revolver which he said he vo dd have u-ed if he had been over aken. He lef on the Fall Bi-ook train for Seneca Palls, where ha fo meriy lived. Meanwhile Miss Carden's condition r » mains the same. She lies nearly all the time in a sort of trance but seems cognizant of all that goes on about her. Local phrsicians are sadly puzzle 1 by the case. The girl's appetite is poor and stimulants are n cess-try al times to keep her from iin»i •% in i o a stupor which the doctors fear may end in death. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC MEETING. An Effort to Secnre Employment on Having always followed the advice, "pay as you go," I have no debts, except those services which wil. be done in my last da - aud after ra- death. All other claims against my e»iat ■ ma? be construed as prima facie evidence of frau i. Pnhlle Works. London. Fe D. 16.—Tue London chamber of C mmerce has inv.te l a onicroneo of commercial represematives upDn he silver que-tion. Twenty- ho of the provincial ciium era of commerce have ly sigui* lied the.r inte tion to seid nele^^tei. Silver Conference Called. I/OKDON, Fob. IB.—The Social Democratic federa ion of wbi-h Mr. Hear/ H/ndmv.i is pre id 'nt. haC 1 -su D 1 a call (or a mam m eting at Hyde p irk next Sj'iday. The onje t of the meeting, as se; for li in the circular, is to insist that ihe g irernment shall at o ice order the beg tin ng of wor t U|jo:i Dece nary public improvements, and tint he idle worxiugmen of Lon loa shall be emvoye;} th re 1:1 at a rate of comoensat on sufficient to ensure them maans of substautiai and h»nl ht'ul Dub isienco. Ihe circular turt.ier aopeals to thj workingman to as-ist the authori ies iu maiuta ning order, explain. the o jo'ts of the federation. and coneiud-s as foilowc A consultation of medical experts will be held on Wednes lav. when an att.-mpt wdi be made to diagnose the voting g.ri's case. There was a pbotograpn of Mr. Cohn in he envelope in which .h) will was found, aid on its back was written the cynical Found Floating In the Klver. "ibis case puzz os me.'1 -'ad Dr. P-iine s Wulte-, the Cardej's fam ly phyaio.au. ".t is phenomenal in its many paaies. iheie been several casei of second igh through i lness in the 011 roumry, bus thiy have spee lily ended in deatn." WILKKS3AR&K, Pa., Feb. 1ft.—The deal bodies of two men were founi floa ins down t ;e Su qnehanna with the ica nsar this city* Jne was finely dressed, and had a wntrh oh lin, but the watc i was missing. Ther? we e lu ui es mid cu s on the body. Letters ald:es«J to John D. Yarrington were in the t lockets of the clothing. The ot'ier body was poorly clad /in 1 has nothing by which 1; can be ideatifie I. My congratulations to my heirs. ii'gend Philadelphia Feb ltt. —Tha soft coil pool was n'»ived upo i on a bt is of 1 atS5.C D0C tons to iho Pcnu*y.v;uiia, 1,C.80 0 0 tj i he Baltimore n I O.uo an 1 9 O.UOO « uh to tl:« Norfolx and Western and thj Chesap.-ake and Ohia Tile Soft Coal Pool. In tbe middle of the storm Friday night Mr . Marv Leahy, an old widow, who una Jived ■*} Belmont street for several years, died of a chronic dliease Her friends, tbC«g tk« water was four feet de»p in front of l*r dCkDr. pren Dre 1 her body for burial. "TJivlerfaker Cheney furnished a modest ■ casket, jand all was ready fur the funer iL •Oning to tbe large crowd! that filled the . t.reets the Interment was postpone !. Ear y :n ihe morning 2u0 or 800 we it down the Btr. et until stopped by the ropes, while a jfew men took a rudely constructed raft and paddled away to the crape-marked door. Tie t es were uroujht out and placed on tho p'.ie'ks, "nd then four stalwart men carried the coffl i carefully thr u?h the narrow dooiway, wa.k-d mincing!/ along the planks and p.acrd their burden on the black trest es, causing it to settle until the «aver cirae up over the boards and reached lie Drlv to the coffl l The raftsman took up his ole from i he soft mud, the raft shot ahead, leaving little ripples in its wake, aud the tour beirers knelt in the waer, holding on to tbe cask.'t so it would not drop of. All along the street on both sides the windows were a ive with faces of tho water boun prisoners, while black line* filled tbe side-.»al is from the water's edge clear up o Vernm street As the raft coi-teg- floated away shoreward the big bell In St. Francis de Sales church began to toll slowly and solemnly for toe memory of her who heeded not the manner of her burial To a spectator tbe scene was an impressive •ne. On either hand 400 or 500 people stood with bowed, uncovered heads; in front was the watery waste and back on the hill the groat brick church tolling and telling all who were with.u hearing that death has no . regard for i arthly disturbances, and— NORRISTOWN CRITICISED, •What is the girl's physical condition' the doctor was asked Tlia People Accused of Indifference to Norristown. Pa.. Fob. 16.—The local arrangements of the Hair ock funeral are b ing sharply cri'.icised. Ta D visitors were ■u j c ed to great iuconvenience. Tn» nuddy roads were not improved, and a large coach containing Wen. Bingham, Congressman Snowden, «nd o.h9r di tinuifhcd gentlem-n. was upset in th3 mire it was necessary to tear rai s from a fence a id place them around the mausoleum to ].re vent the funeral party Irom being swamped, 1 he eutertaium nt lurnishd the guests was provided out of the personal funds of two citizens. Tlielr Guests. "H r pulse is abnormally mild an 1 feeble. She is feverish, and seeths to Ue laboring uude • a severe mental strain. 1 thinK her ca e will end in brain fevar an I death." Washington Feb. lfl-Fo" Wcdnesd ty— Fa r coid weatuer is indict e . for tuo mi i« dlc Atlantic states, wuh oc l no s fcnuird nigh fa.l and -do Uv rising icmpera u o. Weather Indication*. Le; the governing cla seC face the inevit h e downfall of a decaying civiiizitlon wi hou. the hvp?criCy of biigm; a panic upon the country U on them rests the re-pon ibi ity, and it is for thain to decide whe her there shall be a peacea Dle or a forc.ble issue of ihe last great struggle of our times.  Money for Mrs. Hancock. New York. Fjb. 10.—A 5 o'clock ve terdav Dhe fund for Mrs. Hancock hid reached 25 17J. The otal received yesterday wa* {6 4V5. Treasurer Morgan confidently ex rDec 8 that the fund will soon reach *100, uQJ. L tters anil telegrams have been received ;rom prcmine it citizens at various point.-, expressing a des re to contribute. Washington, Feb. 1(1.—Mr. ihoms ( lis.) introduced a resolution in the house reciting tuat it is alleged that quite a number ot offic-rs on the retired list of ihe navy were placed there on account of tueir own immoral conduct and viciou h ibit3. and for reasons other than hiv.ni: arrive! at the age of 62 years, or on account of wounds, injuries or d.sabilit.es receive I in the .iue of their legitimate official d:iti_Ds. and ca.l-ing upon the secretary of the navy for a complete list of the officer C now on thj retired list of the navy, and the specific reasons or grounds on which th_*y were placed on the retired 11 t. Why Are They On the List? FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Stocks Open Firm anil Close With a Marked Ileclltie. Niw Yoa*. Feb. 15 —Mon»v IK per c int. Exchange Arm at 4.3 at.yj. government* linn. Currency s*. 1kid; coupon 4a, I 5JC bid: coupon l 3 bid. LULU HURST AT SCHOOL The fftoolc market openeCl srong. ant during tho flist thirty mluutet, un er the lead of tho crau ; r*. prices advanced fractl.Dna;lr. A ter 1 : othe tnar'tt t became lrreju ar. The c al «t«»o :* nd Van.er 1 U w re* th * wea t u-ature* and soDd down b mii.av M to IH Per eetlt. The uransrer*. however, con tnuod itrong and advanced J4 to l p r tfnu by 1 u' I «•C. Befor* closing the whole I.a we*k, and prloes under a sel.ia? of he ooalers decliued o iho bottom tlrure' al armnd. Prices dosed as fol.owc: 1 «— W. U. Telegraph ;*M Del*HadCoa I».M Adams LxpresC 144 Del.. Lack ot vCe«..lJo)s W. & Express «4 Denver — Cm a, C. * 1 MM Erie !7M A Seeker After Knowledge Now and ihe general's tomb is guarded by men specially employed for the purpoip. Stepare being taken to semra funds for a su.t-able burial site and monutnaut. Washington. F.-b. 16.—Acting Comp troller of Cu rency Snydar has decl ared a general dlviden 1 of 7 4*100 ner cant, in favor of th» ci edi ors of the Scandinavian national bank, of Cuicago, mak ng in all 57 46-103 per cent, paid to the creditors of the bank A Light Dividend. Rome, Oi., Fen. 10.—Mi;-* Lulu Hurst, the electric girl, who made such a sensation nor.b anl west over a yoar ago. is now a student in Shorter Female college here. Miss Lulu was a poor country girl, who discovered by accident that she could tumble a man out of a chair by merely touching it. Her father, who is a hard, unsentimental man, at once put her on the road aud retired in a year with $100 000. ThU week he enered his lamous daughter m the college here. An attempt to interview the yuuug lady was thwarted by Dr. Gwaltney, the president, who said: Not Notoriety, Cannon's Troubles. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 16.—It is now gold that George Q. Cannon, tue Mormon leader, who wan arrested at Humboldt, Nev., was on his way to the Saud*lch islands or Honduras. Hi) bail has be-n fixed at $10,000, and his release was ordered by telegraph. It is thought that he H still under arrest, however, charges of treason, polygamy, bribery and conspiracy having been made against him. Mrs Julia D. Grant. Belleville. Ills, Fen. 10—Mrs. Mary WiekeroOn, of Lenz s.ati Du, near this city, dsap]»-'ared from home aud was foand dead at the bot.om of a well in her yard. It is probably a case of suicl lo from remorse ana f,ar It was generally believed that she was the murderess of Eugineer Massey, who was Dhot in the back atliartsid-. Coal mines a few weeks ago Massey had boarded with her a long time bu left a few days previous to the murder, and the woman had beeu h.-ard to say: "He shall never be ano.her woman's."  Found Dead In a WelL Washington Feb. 16.—Mr. Conger reported favorably from the commit ee on postofflcei, and the senate passed a bill granting the franking privilege to Mrs. Juiia D. Grant N. Y. Central  N. J. Central  Illinois Central.... Ohio Central  Michigan Central. Northern PictJo . .10614 Kama* A Texas 3 M . 54H Lake Shore  ,IMM Lake Erie ft oest— IS . 194 Morris A KC*ex — . 75H .Northwest Ill . 27 Da pr»»f. I* "Miss Hurt: is a seeker after knowledge now, and not notoriety; as she is under my charge, she sbail be protected from the gaze of a curious pub. ic." CONDENSED NEWS. Do. pref Central Paolrta. Un on Pacific... 99H Ontario * Western.. 41 Oh o ft Mississippi. . SIM Peel fie Mall 57*4 A Famous Fighter Dead. Keeper Laverty, of the New Jersey st-ite prison, will be investigated, it Is said, by the legisliture. There seems to be deflc.ency in the discipline ran -where. Missouri UOH Beading. Camden, N. J., Feb. 16 —A disp itch from Vineland says: Commander Roderick Sheridan McCook, U. S. N. (retired), died here from injuries caused by being thrown from a wagou. He was one of the famous "lighting' McCook family, of Sieubeuville, O., which furnished tDo many eminent soldier* and sailors| during the war. His broth r, Anson, is secretary of the United bta.es senate. Texas Pacific. Metropolitan L. i.»H Ho k island. UC St. Paul Wab ah Editor Watterson's Condition. A falling wall at Tompkinsville, S. I., injure 1 M. Bonner, of Stapleton, fatally and seriously wounded five Italians. ▲iron ft Terre Haute.. 40 Canada outhern..... *4|{ Bur. ft Qulncv isafc Canada D aclitc 9 H Oreg-m at Na* 08^ ihlcago ft Alton 140** Or. joa ft Trans iifc Chea. ft Ohio II West Shor, — Louisville, Feb 16 —At 6 o'clock last the physicians p; onounced Mr WaD tersons symptoms more favorable. His pulse was 114 and hH temparature 102, against 132 and 102% yesterday. Harvey VVattor-on and lilt lriend. O. O. Stealy, arr.ved fiom V.'ashinKton res:erday afternoon, and the patient recojuiced them both Drs. Yandeil and Rdberti now say it will take three days before they c in tell whe her or not he will recover, The physicians have decided that there is every indication of sublcute meningitis, but whe.her this is tne sole troub e has not vet been de.ermined. H s stupor has not been so greac, and h« -ook more notice of thiugs a -out him. "The dead went i pward w.th the flood, Cotton Mills Shot Down. The Knights of Labor have espoused the cauCe of the boycottsrs of the Mai ory line and Stetson's hat manufacturers at Ban Antonio, Te*. General Markets. As though she s!ep., and sweetly smiled." There was the flood and the draped cai-fcet, and there, too, was the raftsman, still .and solemn And she did not seem as de d, but lay Manchester. N. H, Feb. 16 —Work in the Ainositeag mills is suspended, an 1 5,5U0 operatives are suspended. A.i the works but two weaving rooms were started up. The weavers demmd 20 per cent, increase in wages. On being refused they a. ruck aud, Visiting other mills, drove out the operatives. The agent shut down the works, and the police drove the s.rikers from the yard. There has been no serious violence.  New Yoax. Feb. IC-FLOURr-Dull ana pr'oes without change of moment. Minnesota extra, gib isa\50; cltr mil), natra, g4.90®4»5 f r West ludles; O.wo, extra, gllS# .23. South rn flour dull and unonang ; i; oomnon to choice to xtra, $1 Vi C.«!■ WHZAi'—Options were moderately active end un settled, closing after frequent sllrht fluctuation* weak and ftf to l}f cents lower under a hear y § l |i| which set In a. th • does. Spot lota closed dull and without change. Spot sales of No. t red -tat-' a Ma; No. 2 da at 81a; No. l white stat \ at tie.; ungraded white at 90«82a; ungraded red at Wgfy-., and No. 2 red winter at MeMMat Na 2 red winter, March, do. April, t2W93a; da May. •4 7-1 to- John Perry, a miner, at Re 1 Cliff, Colo , was taken from jail and hung by an unmasked mob. He had killed a fellow miner by the name of Mike Gleason last wejk. Landing »t last. the ca-ket was carried to ■iint hearse in waltin r, and thence to the church, where servioea were held. 'As the dumb old servitor." Newcastle, Pa., Feb. 16.—Eaily Sunday morning three young men endeavored to force an entrance into a fashionable house here, and one of .them, named Mirtin Malia, was fatally shot in the left lung. The affair has been kept quiet. Fatally Shot at Newcastle. 1'rominen gentleman met at the mayor's office and 'di cusse.l the situation, and decided to organise a relief committee, estab- U-h hesdquartas in the floolel district, and call for a popular subscription. Thsy think $25,u00 will Le necessary to replace household effects destroy C-d. When the subscriptions were opened $2,600 was raised in an hour. Samuel Fielden addre aed the Soc alists at Chicago, openly proposing that workingmen sack Michigan avenue. The meeting indorsed the action of th_- London rioters. Asking Aid for Flood Sufferers. Towns and cities in New Jers-y are anxious to secure the soldi rs' home, which is proposed to be erected in that state. CO KN—Options were In limited d-mand, and the fluctuations were sllgh'. The close was steady. aud February showed an adranoeof Spot oU closed #Dt ady at about yesterday's figures Spot rales of ungraded mixed at MtNo; teje ted at 45a; Na a mixed at 47«i7)Co.; ungraded white, «Ka; Na 2 mixed March, Mia; da May. 4ifca OATS—Options were dull an I a tr fle lower, closing about steady. Spot lots cloeed wsa c a id Mc to H-v lower. Spot sales of Na I white steta 44c.; Na 2 do., 890.; Na 2 m xed. Feb. 8T)#aD da March, 87)4% 87T*c.; da May, 87|fS87fca RYE—Dull* state, 64C*J«Ca PARLEY—Quiet nod unchanged. lORJC—JDuli; mea,MS0».i. I ARD-Ooeed dull sad h avyat  April. #1.41 BUTTER-—F rm: Unto. 1—IHh; we4»rn. ttlgln creamer/, tfa sUUAR—Dull; Heir to good reflnlng. 5H33*ia UOCS-Steadyj statu, 23c.; w. stern «Dic\ wesum flat, state, 2th Port Deposit, Md., Feb. 16.—The ice continues to come down, and is p is-ing quietly out into the Chesapeake bay. Tile quantity Ds diminishing, and the wa er is subsiding s.owly. There is litile or no oppreh nsio i i-utertained of further trouble from ihe ice. Assistance has been solicited from the mayors of Philadelphia and Baltimore to ■ e.ieve the many sufferers. Buffalo, Feb. 16 —Gustave P. Meister, who is alleged to have embezzled $40,000 from Brewer F. H. Kslten-acu while employed as a collector, was arraigned on ten indictments charging him with grand larceny. He pleaded not guilty. An Alleged Defaulter. Postmasters Confirmed, Timothy Whelan, aged 37 killed his father, aged M. with an ax in San Francisco. s Washington, Feb. Jtt. — A:nonj the postmasters confirmed oy the senate are the following in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: New Jersey—A. & Clark. Westfleli; F G. WlDe. Bordentoan. Pennsylvania—J. ii. Moore, Monougahela City; James MciCitmey, Su-queh inn i; 8. P. Kindt, tehenanJoah; J. B. Hutchi ison. W. F. Logan, •v i liamCpor:; G. F. Herman Bethlehem; James Drury. BrU.nl; J. K, Ro bins, BC1 efonte; F. H. Pint, Tunlthiniioek; A eran ler »V'ep«, Mecuanl sburg: F. P Crotzn aniicoke; Thomas Chali:int. Dia.ilj; i). R Tamaqua; & B. Bennett, Pituto ■» A large tenement boose In the rear of Vernon street has oared in. It was four storisa high and was occupied by twelve families. A pernio ensued The police got New York polio* Save arrested Johnny O Dver, alias WiUiama, a pickpocket, and Thomas Summers, a good "all round' thief, lorthe robbery of sundry clothing s ores n New Jersey. Several caaes of s.olen clothing have been recovered ard identified. John B. Gough Stricken Down. Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—John B Gough had a strokes of apoplexy while lecturing there last night, and is in a serious condition the people out lately, several of the oluer Inmates being unable to walk from fright. The Work of Three Thieves. They war* boepitablv received by the neighbors. Five other bouses in the raw •f Vernon street have been condemned and the familiea ordered out The health authoritiee found in the rear of Vernon .atreet, where th* current had been stroag- Allentown, Pa, Feb. 16 —Three thievts tu jail here have conlassed to robbing and kniiug a man near Newark, N. J„ and placing the bo-.y on a railroad track, where it was run over, and a coroner s verdict of accidental death afterward rendered. Juhn Taylor, a saiior, wis found dead in the lorecas.le of ih) (hip Wilna, lving at dock in Brooklyn, it is claimed thu ueath resulted trora in ufficent and unwholesome food while on the voyage from Chins. The eaee will b- 'm vestige tsd. Ireland's Musi®. New To**, Feb. 16.—Gilmore's coneeri for the Lenefit cf the Parcel 1 parliamentary fund netted $0,000. I'Hc,