Evening Gazette

              «w»- PITTSTON, PAm WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1886. )i WO CENTS Tea 'JmM Par Weak MVHBKR 11 38. 1800 [ GEI) JAEHNE. A MUCH MUODLED AFFAIR. THE SUIT FILED. MINISTERS ABSENT. CAPITAL GOSSIP. FIGHTING IN MADAGASCAR. rhc KexUaf Ktllrnl HuafuntBt Mm* Chamberlain and Trevelyaa Mo* at WeeD ftoneh Troop* Attacked ud ltoutcd. House* and Store* Fired. Wm tin Gotham Lawmaker a Higb* Handed Lawbreaker? New Yom, March 84.— Mr. Gowon has issued a ciecular cautioning Reading stock uid bond holders not to pay assessment* or leposit securities with Drexel & Co., or Brown Bros., under the reorganisation plan. He enumerates six classes of perso:is tr whom the syndicate's plan is unjust, and declares that when the London agent of the company reaches England, the company will ■arae a plan of tvWganization including the following paints: First, an issue of $100,000,000 seventy years 4 per cent new consolidated mortgage bonds to retire general mortgage and floating debt; second, an issue Ik cumulative 4 per cent, first preference bonds, secured by mortgage subordinate to the first named mortgage, to retire the income mortgage convertible scrip, and some other securities, and also provide bonus to be given with the first named mortgage bonds; third, an issue of second preference cumulative 4 per cent, income bonds to retire other subordinate liens. The preferred stock is to remain unchanged and to receive past earnod dividends in common shares at par. The common shares ind deferred income bonds are also to remain. TheJNew J ;rsey Central property is to be retained iu friendly alliance. Mr. Uowen figures out a vast financial advantage in this plan as contrasted with that of #ie syndicate. Unanimously Mixed. BELL CHARGED WITH AN# OBSCURITY IN DESCRIPTION. London, March 34.—Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Trevelvan were both absent from the cabinet council. The meeting is said to have been an important one, and to have included, perhaps, the final discussion as to whether, in view of the opposition of the Chamberlain faction, the land purchase bill «h«ll be introduced. The Liberals claim that they are gaining strength. The perfectly confident tone of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Paraell throughout all their recent public utterances inspires confidence in the probability that they see their way clear to a settlement of the Irish question in spite of all alarming rumors. There is said te have been adopted by the Liberals a programme of arousing public sentiment for Gladstone and impressing parliament, by means of -monster mass meetings in all parts of the country, at which resolutions favoring his Irish plans will be adopted, and members of the house urged to support them. The Conservatives ridicule the idea of trying to arouse a public sentiment upon such an unprepossessing theme. Mr. Gladstone's friends are congratulating themselves on the fact that foreign complications are few, leaving all the energies of ttie government free to grapple with domestic problems. The Greek question still threatens, but remains about stationary. Russia and Austria aiem inclined not to precipitate hos.ilities in Greece until the foreign ministry of England is more settled than at present day's Cabinet Meeting. MATTERS OF GENERAL INTSRE8T A8 SEEN BY A WORLD WRITHfi. London, March 34.—An African mall iteamer which has arrived at Plymouth brings news of desperate fighting in Madagascar. The time of its occurrence is variously stated, but it is supposed to have taken place during the latter part of February. The advices state that Gen. Willoughby, the Hovas commander, attacked with a strong force a body of 3,000 French troops, completely routing them and inflicting heavy losses. He pursued the Frenchmen to Tamatave, where the latter took refuge. On the following day the Hovas shelled Tamatave, setting lire to many French houses and stores, which were destroyed. Gen. Willoughby then returned to the capital, The Hovaalosses were comparatively small. A few days after the return of Willoughby to Antananarivo Col. Sherrington's command surprised in a forest a body of Bakalavas numbering 4,000, led by 350 Frenchmen. The Bakalavas were indifferently armed, but the French troops were well equipped, their armament including three machine guns. Sherrington charged the Sakalavas and their allies before they could bring their machine guns into action, scatterterlng them in every direction. The Sokalavas left forty dead and many wounded on the field. The news has created a great WMr tion here, as it is the first intimation Of a fresh rupture between the Hovas and the French.  The Civil Service Commission Satisfied With Itself—Mr. Beach, the Groat Objector—Catching Mackerel—Telephone Bills—Senator Voorboes Bettor. — Ull LBAUitTS MELTING POT. Abstract of Solicitor Goodo's Bill of Particular. Upon Which the Telephone Battle Will Be Fought to a Finish. MM" Jewelry Store" Was a Maeh Fro. ousted Spot by the Notorious Fence j tm Thieves—When Jaehne's Life Is j Mfcie Public People Will Mssa Wm York, March 24.—It has Jast come to mkthat Alderman Jasfena's iniMfeig estab- Mftent was -connected with the dsn of I0mtu i uu. Time after time the fat figure of Mnshold of the "jeweler's store" where.Mr. Jhehne used to hold forth. The melting pot was kept busy, and it is said that the orders were that the fires should never be banked. Mother Mandelbaum's son was also a frequent visitor at the store. To those who know the history and character of Mother Mandelbaum the position of Mi-. Jtttkne— who as vice-president of the board of alder men is only two removes from the office of mayor—can best be understood. . Has Bell a Legal Patent? Coixmbttr, March 34.—The Bill filed by the government states that the suit is brought by "direction of John Goodo, solicitor general of the United States and its acting attorney general, in this case the attorney gqperal of the United States being under disability to prosecute the same," under Article I, section 8 of the constitution and the acts of congress passed thereunder, which relate to patents and copyrights. It is the duty of the applicant for a patent, the bill declares, to make known fully to the proper officers all matters within his knowledge relating to his invention or discovery, and when he fails to do this it is within the power, as well as the duty, of the United States ,to take such action as may be necessary to cause the facts to be brought to a fair . investigation and determination. If the patent is found to be valid, it is to be sustained by the proper judicial judgments; if found in whole or in part invalid, it may' be canceled in whole or in reference to any part which the court may deem to be void. The bill charges that certain letters patent issued to A. G. Bell, on March 7, 1876, were illegally and improperly procured. It is claimed that Professor Bell did not file a full and proper description of the invention for which he received »his first patent, and that, being at the time unable to transmit articulate speech by the method described, he purposely framed his application in ambigu ous and general terms in order to cover both antecedents and future inventions and to deceive and mislead the examiners o{ the patent office and the public. His claim, it Is alleged, was for "improvements In telegraphy," with special reference to the then recent application made by him for a patent for a method of multiple telegraphy. The bill further declares that Professor Bell did not include or mention the capacity of his inventions to transmit speech, and that in this way he failed to meet the requirements of the law and also misled and deceived the examining officers, who consequently neglected to make any Inquiry as to the transmission of articulate speech by electricity. Therefore, the bill declares, the patent being issued upon a delusive and ambiguous appliection, is null and void. Washington, March 24.—The annual report of the civil service commissioners is in the hands of President Cleveland. It Is a printed document of 180 paw. The cnret. missioners, it is said, stand by their guns ima laud themselves and their work. Pages are devoted to the Increased efficiency of the public service. No important changes in the law are recommended. Some modifications of the rules and regulations are suggested. The commissioners, however, admit that the system has not yet had a fair trial, and that with time and experience civil service will prove a benefit to our form of government and a good, public service. Congressman Lewis Beach, of New York, is the chronic objector of the present house. Mr. Weaver, of Nebraska, has indirectly dubbed him a crank. Mr. Beach's "I object" has made him very unpopular with members who wish to force their bills ahead and out of their regular order. A question is raised bb to whether Mr. Beach is always consistent. Mr. Singleton desired unanimous consent to have a day set apart for the consideration of the bill to provide for a building for the congressional library. When Mr. Singleton made his motion Mr. Beach arose and walked out While he was away several other objectors came to the front, and Mr. Singleton was surprised. Mr. Beacli returned to his seat, cocked up his ears and made his customary objection to the reference of bills under the unanimous consent rule. THE GREAT OBJECTOR. Mrs. Mandelbaum was the most extewtve and powerful "fence" in America. For twsnty yean organized crime flourished under her fostering care. Burglars, pickpockets, highway robbers and sneak thieves brought their booty to h?r feet Gold and silver jewelry, diamonds and rubies, formed the most valuable part of this business. Most of the jewelry was of a sort that could not readily be sold without leading to detection. The rule in such cases among "fences" is to pick out nil the precious stones and melt up •the metal. The stones must be either sold separately as gems or be reset. That any man could be engaged in a business of ithis kind without knowing thoroughly all its bearings is very unlikely. Mother Mandelbaum was trapped by one of Pinkerton's detectives, to whom she sold several rolls of stolen silk. On the day before that on which her trial was to take place she fled to Canada and is now living in Hamilton. Her son constantly visits her from this city. It is said that the railway passes for three visits wero. obtained through Mr. Jaehne's visits. When the Mother was on trial the alderman exerted himself in her behalf. Recently she endeavored to make t rrangements for a return to the United States to do business at the old stand, relying upon Mi'. Jaehne's influence with the criminal authorities to secure her from the danger of prosecution COVERED WITH WINCHESTERS. AN ARSENAL FOUND. SOLICITOR GENERAL GOODE. Strikers at Denison Ordered to Stand Virginia Witnesses Testifying as to HU Denison, Tex., March 24.—Aswitch engine was brought out of the Missouri Pacific round house for the purpose of switching freight cars to be unloaded. Several cars of beer, ice and oil were coupled on and were switched to the unloading tracks. Fully 1,000 strikers and citizens had assembled to see what would be done. The Btrikers made a move to disable the engine, but, as if by magic, a force of deputy sheriffs appeared, armed with Winchester rifles. They ordered the strikers to stand back, and stood ready to fire at the first man that inado a break. The strikers made no further attempt to stop the work, but remained standing around. Five of the leading Knights were arrested and taken to jail. Excitement runs very high, and serious trouble is expected. The TTnighto swear no freight trains shall move, and it is evidently the intention of the officers to take freight trains out Business is almost at a standstill. llack Under Penalty of Death. A House Filled With Loaded Gnns and Dynamite. Chicago, March 34.—When Lieuts. Blettnerand Barzall, and Sergt Kennedy, searched a. cottage in search of Christopher Komnes, the supposed shooter of Louis Friedman and Bernard Borowsky, they found a regular Anarchist arsenal. A number of revolvers, of various patterns, most of them of large calibre and ancient make, were found in an old trunk, besides a number of loaded guns, knives, daggers, bombs, hand grenades, some loaded and some empty, a box of fuse, cartridges of different sizes, some dynamite and guncotton, and a book in the German language, but printed in Roman letters, entitled "The Revolutionary Art of War,'1 and giving full description how to manufacture and use nitro-glycerine, dynamite, bombs, guncotton and poisons of various sorts. The book is edited by Herr Most, and prlated by the International Zeitung-Verein, 107 William street, New York. Political Record. Washington, March 24.—The sub-committee of the committee on judiciary of the senate, to whom was referred the nomination of Mr. John Goode for solicitor general, held a meeting and examined live witnesses in relation to the charges that Gen. Goode had held a seat in congress to which he was not entitled, and that he had accepted an improper fee in a bank case. The witnesses were from Virginia and had been subpcenaed at the suggestion of Senator Mahone. The sub-committee will meet again nnd continue the examination of witnesses from Dealers in dry and pickled fish at New York, Philadelphia and BiMon are petitioning congress to pass a law to prevent the catching of mackerel between March 1 and June 1. It is claimed that mackerel appear upon the northeast coast in the spring to spawn, and that if wholesale catching of the fish during March, April and May is not stopped the mackerel will be driven from our shore and the supply exhausted. The mackerel fishermen say that tills is a fight between the venders of dried and fresh mackerel. MACKEREL SEASON. Virginia. These witnesses are all against Gen. Goode, and are giving testimony in support of the allegation that although Mr. Goode was not elected to congress he secured the seat. TELEGRAPH RESPONSIBILITY. TELEPHONE EXPENSES. Judgment Against the Western Union A TRAIN DITCHED. Twenty or thirty officers are out looking (or Komneas, and his capture is assured. He is described as being tall and stout, and wearing chin whiskers. Of his antecedents little is known. First Comptroller Durham has returned to Solicitor General Goode, who is acting as attorney general in the B«ll telephone suit, hills amounting to $3,000 which had been submitted by Eppa Hun ton, Jeff Chandler and Charles 8. Whitman, of special counsel in that case, for (1,000 each ''for services on account" The first comptroller says in a letter to the solicitor general that the bills are somewhat irregular in form In that they do not specify the character of the servioes and because it is not stated that the compensation Is far services already rendered or for servioes only performed in part, and if the latter is the case, the comptroller states he would not be justified is passing the bill, as the law specially prohibits the allowance of suoh advances, fie does not dispute the right of the acting attorney general to fix the amount of compensation of special counsel, but merely reminds him that the accounts should be clear and explicit on their face. New York, March 24.—The Western Union Telegraph company, on July 81,1884, delivered a message addressed "Thomas W. Pearsall" at that gentleman's broker offioe. Mr. Pearsall was out of town, and the message Was unopened until his return. It was an order to buy 1,000 Western Union stock, and the delajr caused Mr. Pearsall considerable loss. He found that the sender of the message had addressed it to "Thoe. W. Pearsall tc Co.," and as the failure to transmit the last two words had caused the delay, he sued the company for $1,757 damages. The company set up as a defense the failure of the sender to pay for repeating the message, Judgment for Mr. Pearsall has been rendered In the supreme court for Mot Delivering a Message. While Mr. Jaehne was making speeches in favor of the Broadway road Mother Mandolbaum was trying to arrange that the dear old melting pot should bubble more busily than ever. Officer* Endeavor to Kun a Freight Train, With Fatal Itrsults. The bill further charges that at the time of filling his application Professor Bell was not the original inventor of all the improvements in telegraphy described and claimed in his application, and that he knew certain of the so-called improvements had been previously used by others. The case of Philip Reis is presented at length, and it is claimed that he invented an apparatus whereby speech could be transmitted. Other inventions are also referred to, and particular stress is laid upon the statement that on Feb. 14, 1876, the day Professor Gray appeared at the patent office, Eiisha Gray filed a caveat, in which he declared that he had invented an instrument for "transmitting vocal sounds and conversation telegraphically through an electric cirpuit." Professor Bell's application, it is stated, was filed later in the dav than Gray's caveat. It is also claimed toat Bell and his attorneys unlawfully obtained knowledge of the contents of Gray's caveat and the hour that it was filed, and that-by collusion with officials of the patent office Gray Was induced to abandon his caveat Thus the art of tutopliT was monopolized by Bell withoot piufa consHmttion of the rights secured by Gimy or the interests of citizens of the United States. ft is also chargyl that on Ifartk 10, ttMMdayi after his first patMt immt to him, Bell obtained tor A* tka Skdalia, Mo., March 24.—At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a freight train was gotten out of the yards under strong police guards, and when the city limits were reached the sheriff and his deputies took charge of it. When about three miles from the city the engine and six cars were ditched, from causes as yet unknown. The engineer and fireman jumped from the engine before the train left the track and escaped unhurt. ■ One deputy sheriff and a citizen of Sedalia, who Wad volunteered to act as a guard, and who were off the top of the train, were caught In the wreck and fatally injured. Three other special officers were seriously hurt. Two thousand people went out to view the the wreck. The engine lies on its side, and the cars and their contents are a total wreck. SECRETARY MANNING ILL. "I tell you," said a well-known lawyer, "when Jaehne's life is made public people will begin to understand what kind of mon have been elected as aldermen. When a receiver of stolen goods acts as vice-president of the common council, how can you wonder that Jacob Sharp found it an easy matter to carry out his plans In defiance of the press and the public? It is time that the city should be purged of bribers and bribe takers. Every man in New York who has to pay taxes or rent should raise his voice until the cry for justice shall be heardvfrom one end of .the state to the other." Attacked With Vertigo and Falls, Re- ceiving a Slight Injury. Washington, March 24.—The following information in regardato the illness of Secretary Manning has just been obtained by the United Press from CoL Lamont, the president's private' secretary: After Mr. Manning returned to his department from the cabinet meeting he was attacked with vertigo and dizziness, which for a time completely prostrated him. He was taken to hu residence and attended by Drs. Lincoln and Hamilton. He soon rallied under their care and no serious remits are apprehended. In falling the secretary sprained his ankle slightly. He will probably be unable to resume his official duties for a number of days." More Hlotlng In Belgium. "Jaehne has for years been a receiver of stolen goods," said a gentleman last night who has had a great deal to do with criminal matters for many years. "'He pretended to be a diamond setter, but that business was simply a blind. His diamond setting principally consisted in resetting stones stolen by pennyweighters. A pennyweighter is a thief who makes a business of visiting jewelry establishments, carrying about with him rings with bogus gems. On the pretense of —a purchase he inspects diamonds, steals as many as he can from the trays and in their place substitutes the dummies of little or no market value. It was with this class that Jaehne had extensive dealings. He disposed of all the jewelry that 'Marnt' Mandelbaum could not handle herself, and his business relations with her are supposed to have been very intimate. There are a good many things that have been known about him for a long time which while the charges could not perhaps all be proven in court, nevertheless were true enough. I : have heard that he melted down the gold and i silver which the notorious 'fence' got hold of, but do not know it of my own knowledge. However, I believe it to be true, for his dealings with Mandelbaum were very extensive. • Jaehne undoubtedly furnished either tickets i or passes to all of her friends who have -trislted her in Canada, and acted as her agent lifine to try to hush up matters. He made (Arts to have everything settled, so she could return to New York, but was not able to do so much in that direction. 'Marm' is very anxious to come back again and quite impatient at the delay. Not long ago Jaehne sent word to her to wait a little longer as he hoped to have everything fixed Now that he is in trouble, and there is a prospect of his being placed in a position where he could not injure them, there are no doubt plenty of thieves who could make some Interesting revelations concerning the alderman."Brussels, March 24.—Rioting has been rammed at Seraing, one person being killed and several others severely hurt. Herr Brekencampand a number of other German Anarchists, who have since the beginning of the disturbances at Liege been conspicuous in inciting the dimatisfted iron workers and miners to violence, were arrested at Seraing. POUGHKEEPSIE DILATORY. For some time a man and wife bad been employed In the treasury deportment They both drew good salaries and lived at one of the first-class hotels. The wife was on the pay rolls of the department as a miss. It was recently found out that she was a married woman and she has lost her position. SHI LOST HER POSITION. Newport Gets a Library by it Contin- gency In a Will. Fattt Hissed from the Stage. Newport, It I., March 24.—In September 1884, Judge Jamfts Ernott, an eminent and wealthy citizen of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., died willing his extensive and valuable library to Poughkeepsie city, provided the municipality should expend 95,000 for books or book accommodations within eighteen months of the probating of the will. £ event of the failure to do this the library was to go to Redwood library, Newport, the birthplace of deceased's mother. The will was probated September SK, 1881, and the eighteen months have expired without Ike necessary action on tba Paris, March 24.—Madame Adelina Pattd has addressed a letter to Figaro in explanation of the demonstration against her at Valencia, where she was hissed from the .stage and followed to|her hotel by a noisy rabble. The cause of the uproar, as stated by Madame Patti, was that the audience demanded that she should sing Arditi's waltz 9ong, "II Bacia." She refused to interrupt the progress of the opera (La Traviata) by interjecting the song, and the audience immediately manifested its hostility by hisses and uncomplimentary remarks. Her indignant retirement from the theatre still further enraged'the audience, and she was compelled to ■eek the protection of the police. 8*. John, N. B., March 24.—The steamer Lansdowne returned after an unsuccessful aearch tor American trespassers on Canadian grounds. She went down as far as Southwest Cove, Grand Marian, without seeing so much aa the shadow of a Yankee fisherman. She will probably return to the pursuit in a few days. No Yankee Fishermen Found. It is expected that Senator Voorheea will speak at some length on the Bdmunds resolutions. Senator Voorheea has been sick, but has recovered sufficiently to warrant him in making the effort. articulate speech by an rinMl speaking telephone. This it is eUnA, was not obtained by any device or method described in the Bell specification or patent, because those we incapable of transmitting speech, bat wis obtained with the liquid Gray* fai LMt, ahaanriedgeaf which Bell derived from the wrongful communication to him of the con teats of that caveat Representative Forney, of Alabama, has been directed by the house committee on militia to report favorably the senate bill increasing the annual appropriation for the mllltl., but the committee has reduced the amount to $400,000 per annum. Several members of the committee, while favoring the report, will, when the bill is reached in the house, endeavor to have the amount restored to (400,000, as provided in the senate bill  Weather Indications. part of the Poughkeepsie city government, hence the gift cornea to this city, and a cow*, mittee has been appointed to receive it. Washington, March 84.— For Thursday- Fair weather is indicated for the districts bordering on the Atlantic with slowly rising temperature. "Carry the Mews to Babe." Concerning the patent of January 80, 1877, it is claimed that, when Bell applied for it he well knew that every nwtsrial part, portion and device and. apparatus sat forth therein were not his invention, and that he so framed his several claims on the face thereof to give him and bis associates the practical monbpoly of the broad art of transmitting speech by electricity. It is also churned that this patent was obtained by a fraud upon Professor Amos E. Dolbear, knowledge of his invention of the magneto telephone (now used as a receiver by the American Telephone company) having been obtained by Bell from Percival D. Richards, .a friend of Dolbear and Bell. MISS BLAKE TURNS THE TABLES. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Buffalo, March 24.—A beer bottle has been fished out of the slip and the following epistle, written in a clear hand in lead pencil, was found in it: "I drank the contents of this bottle and committed suicide, June 9, 1885. The money with which I bought the stuff was the balance of $15,000. After having emptied the bottle I thought I would die happy. Carry the news to baby. Suggesting That Men Be Examined as to Chastity, Coal Shares Were the Prlnolpal Feature N*w York, March 33.—The seventeenth annual convention of the New York State Woman Suffrage association was held in Masonic hall, about 300 delegates being present Miss Lillie Devereaux Blake presided. She praised Commissioner Peck's report about the injustice shown to female workers, and condemned the three assemblymen who changed their votes to defeat the suffrage .bill. She ridiculed the bill for examination of disreputable women, and said men ought to be examined as to their chastity. After listening to several other speeches the delegates adjournod and attended a reception given by Mrs. Dr. Clemence Lozier. Washington, March 34. — Private diepatches received here from California state that Governor Stoneman yesterday afternoon appointed George Hearst, proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner, United States senator to succeed the late Senator Miller. Mr. Hearst has been engaged in mining in California since 1849. He is a man of large fortune consisting of mining property and real estate.  Senator Miller's Successor. To-day. N*w Tout, March 23.—Money per cent Exchange dull at t4.88a4.90. Governments quiet but arm. Currency 6s, bid; 4a ooop., 130H bid; 4(41. coup., myt bid. The stock market opened Irregular. The whole list was weak, except in the case of the coal shares, which advanced l@i}C per cent, on the announcement that a combination of the anthracite companies had bean formed for the purpose of restr cttnjj production, and that the price had been advanced tweuty-flve cents. The best price ■ lor those stocka were touched aoout 10:30. Tne improvement In them was not long maintained. Hard'" had the Improvement been recorded than the bear- beCxn selling them freely. Thay also unloaded the Vanderblluln some round amounts. The result was a break of per oent. by 12 o'olocfc From this extreme decline price» recovered pertly, but the ton ! at the close was feverish. - "John Wilson, Chicago." There is no record of the finding of Wilson's body.  New York, March 84.—Governor Hill, of New York, has solved one branch, at least, of the women's rights question. He decided to assume the responsibility of appointing Mary Seymour and Mary Wilson, of New York; Mary P. Morgan, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Carrie L. Dinsmore, of Orleans county, and Mrs. Ida M. Blake, of Putnam county, as notaries public for their respective counties. This action is regarded as a great victory for the women who have been urging their claims, and it excites considerable interest. Women as Notaries Fnbllo. CONDENSED NEWS. The bill concludes with a renssertion that Bell is not the inventor of the instruments wljifih be now claims to own and operate through the American Bell Telephone company, and it declaros that, the telephone being of great public Importance, the Bell Telephone company, in demanding large sums for the use of telephones, is oppMfesing the people upon invalid grounds. The court is asked to decree that the two patents described "b? in all thing recalled, repealed and decreed absolutely null, and that the record thereof and each of them as the same exists and remains in the patent office of the United States, or in any of the archives of the United States, be in all things expunged, erased and obliterated, etc. If the patents are not to be wholly repealed the court is asked to decide in what part they are void. Yesterday's dispatches contained reports of nearly a dozen homicides. Civilised Indian Session. The British house has appropriated $65,- 000,000 to be expended in ship building this year. Prices dosed as follows: Eufaula, L T., March 34—The delegates from the five civilized tribes of Indians in con vention here have entered into a compact pledging themselves that no nation a party to the contract shall, without the consent of all the other parties, cede or in any manner alienate to the United States their present territory. Provisions are made for the punishment of crime, restoration of stolen property, change of citizenship from one nation to another, and suppression of the sale of ardent spirits. W. U. Telegraph..'... 63J4 DeL ft Hudson.  Adams Express 143 Del., lack & W 1:6 XJ. a Express 64 Denver -- At Lacrosse, Wis., a horse car fell from a bridgo into the water, a distance of twelve feet The horse was killed, the car demolished and five passengers seriously injured. a, a, c. * 1, Philadelphia, March 24.—As an ont■ come of the action looking to the reusing of the salaries of ministers receiving $500 or .last, the Philadelphia conference has adopted this resolution: That a committee of five bo appointed to take the subject of sustentation Jfito consideration, confer with the board of •managers of the home mission and sustentation fund, and report at the next session of tee conference such changes in the present constitution of that fund and the methods of administering it as experience and the necessities of our work may indicate to be desirable. The subject of city missions and the election of conference trustees consumed the balance of the session. Ministerial Sustentation. New York Central... 100M Ksnsas ft Texas .7* New Jersey Central. 48 Lake Shore.  Illinois Central 139 lake Erie ft West.... 9 Ohio Oenu-ai IK Morris ft Essex. r- Mlchlgan Central ... 67 Northwest 100 Northern ?aclflo as Do. pref . .. imt Do. pre. 65 Ontario & West. 18 Central Paolllo 41 Ohio ft Mississippi.... tl Onion Pacific 47M PacifloMall D,....49JC Missouri Pacific .104 Beading.......,.;.:. Texas Paciflo 11X Bock Isladl 1M Metropolitan L. 160 8t,I*nl....:  Alton ft T. H. — Wabash flji A new labor organization is being organized at Boston, called the Knights of Industry, and to comprehend hand' and brain workers in its membership. Col. Poorman's Beport. Cincinnati, March 24.—A special from Columbus, O., to The Times-Star says: Col. Poorman's report on the Cincinnati election frauds was made to-day. It mado several columns, and reviewed all the testimony taken by the committee as to the the claim of Butterfield, that several Republicans will vote to retain him. CoL Poorman says: There is not a Republican in this house who dares vote against my report. If they do, they will never come back again." A mass meeting at Salt Lake, presided over by a member of the Democratic convention, and composed of citizens without regard to party, passed resolutions complimentary to Governor Mmv.y, lately resigned.llev. Patrick F. Law lor Burled. Canada Southern. Canada Psclflc.... Chicago A Alton... Che*. &  . 8814 Bur. 4t Qulncy.... , Mii Ore. Trans * Nav .140 Oregon Trans  . 10 WeM Shore-  ■ 133H 69 . WH New Haven, Conn., March 24.—Three thousand persons crowded St. Mary's Roman Catholic church yesterday morning at the funeral of the late pastor. Rev. Patrick P. Lawler. The interior was heavily shrouded. One hundred guests were present from this state, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. A touching address on the life and work of Father Lawler was delivered by Rev. Michael Tierney, of New Britain. The pallbearers were eight Catholic clergymen. Ex-President Arthur Declines. A recent law in Kentucky on the question of cattle diseases was enforced in the slaughter and burial of 100 head of Jersey cattle affected with pleuro-pneumonia. General Harketi. New York, March 24.— Ex-President Arthur has declined to serve a second term as president of the Grant Monument association. He states that his inability to devote to its duties the time, attention and effort which they demand leads him to insist that they be committed to other, not more willing, but more efficient, hands than his. Niw Your, March 23.—FLOUll—Closed dull and la thf» buy en' favor. Minnesota extra, «3. »«D.«( city mill extra, W.85®4.80 for Wert Indies; Ohio extra, g3.2S®5 Si Southern Hour dull but steady, oommon to choice extra, 63.4505.50. WHEAT—Options were active.y traded in. while prices were Irregular; fluctuations as a ru'S were slight and the market closed steady at an udranee ofMaWc. higher. Spot lots closed steaJy at unchanged Ugures. Spot sale* of Na 1 red state at *1.02; tfa 2 do. at «2«c.; No. 1 white at Mc.; un graded winter red at 8fI«M«c.; No. 2 red w.liter. 93}£x, and ungraded spring at 85c.; No. 2 re a winter, Apr I, HMc.; da Hay. MOMMai do. June, H?. CORN—Options were fairly aollve and prices were Arm during the greater part of the day and closed MOMc. higher. Spot lots elosed firm and H»Ho. higher. Bpot sales of Na 3 mixed at tt!4o ; steamer mixed at C50., and Na 2 mix-d at 45®46J4c.; Na 2 mixed, April, da Hay, 4ia47Ma; du. June, 47K&47MC. OATS—Options were dnll but Arm, closing SX". higher. Spot lots closed Arm and Mettc. higher. Spot sales of No. 2 white state at Mi, and No. l do. •t 43c.; Na 2 mixed, April, 3«Xc.; da May, 3»Cc. Labor Rtot at Dayton. Connecticut Legislature. Thomas D. Hawley, saloon keeper, at Farmington, O., has been arrested, charged with blowing up his own house with dynamite, to create sympathy for himself and to punish temperance people, whom he charged with the deed. Dayton, O., March 24.—The Third Street Car company made }wo attempts to start cars under police protection. After the police had vigorously clubbed the crowd the first car was got over the line, but the second did uot fare so well. Men from the malleable Iron works blockaded the streets, unhitched -the horses and, in Bpite of the police, turned the car upside down across the tracks. In the melee Officer Jesse Moore was severely injured by a stone thrown by a striker. Though there were many bloody heads, no one was ser.ously hurt. tti Hartford, Conn., 24,—A resolution was passed in the senate yesterday, already passed by the house, incorporating the Home Real Estates company, which enables policy holders of the Charter Oak Life Insurance company to purchase its real estates with their policies, thus avoiding a receivership. Fraudulent Pensioners Indicted. Boston, March 24.—James W. Chapman, at one time general in the Union volunteer army, and Mrs. Sarah A. Stlekney, were indicted by the United States grand jury for procuring a pension by fraud. Mrs. Stickuey was made to impersonate Abby M. Dudley, after the latter's decease, so as to draw her $8 per month pension. An Ioe florge In the Missouri. The store of Jones & Fisher, at Philadelphia, was burglarized twice within a week, and $4,000 worth of silks stolen. Yamkto.n", D. T., March 24.—The ioe gorge in the Missouri river, near Elk Point, still continues solid, and the entire district between Sioux City and Elk Point is under water. All the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway tracks are submerged, and in many places the roadbed is entirely washed away. Trains east of Elk Point have been abandoned. A Schooner Ashore. Jay Gould has returned from his southern yacht cruise. The signal corps station at Ocean City, Md., reports the schooner Lizzie Dewey. 355 tons I urden, came ashore near Ocean City, loaded with coal for Key West. The crew was taken off by the life saving crew. The vessel will probably be a total 1C is-j. The New York court of appeals has refused to alter the verdict of death upon Otto, a Buffalo wife murderer. The students of Dartmouth college have subscribed $1,900 to sustain a college baseball club. Judge Churchill Dead. Boston, March 24.—Judge Joseph MoKfean Churchill, of th i central municipal court, died at his home in Miltou yesterday, aged *H. HD3 graduated at Harvard in 1840, and from tjie aw chool in 1843. He served as captain of the Forty-fifth Massachusetts regiment during the war. He was appointed to the bench in December, 1870. He leaves a widov.-. Short In His Accounts. EYE—Dull; western, 82063)40. state, «KSS«u. BARLEY—DuIL PORK—Dull; mess, *9.75«10.23. LARD—Closed firm, but Quiet; oash, t&aoi April «e.32t»(L34; Hay, •5.3404,35. "The Mantling llnli Dover, N. H., March 24.—A shortage of $8,500 has been discovered in the accounts of City Treasurer Franklin Freeman, who died three weeks ago. He was a prominent church member and temperance advocate. New York, March 24.—Over 2,000 cloak makers in this city struck yesterday against the contract system, and to aid them nearly 2,000 members of che Dress and Suit Makers' union quit work. An arbitration committee met lost night. Onu large firm has granted the employes' demands. Cloak Makers Strike. Constable Liebenthal, of Eatontown, N. J., has been arrested for neglecting to protect the victim of the late lynching. New York, March 24.—The publishers of "The Buntling Bali" recently offered a $1,000 prize, to be divided among successful guessers, as to the name of the author. The money, it is announced, will go to those who sent in the name of Edgar Fawcett. ' The anthracite coal pool have raised the price of coal twehty-flve cents and agreed to limit the output to S3,600,000 tons the present SUGAR—Steady i fair to good refining. 418-16® v. BUTTER—Firm; state, i*D33c.; western, IJ03.C. EGOS—Firm; state. lSManXc.; western,  CHEESE—Quiet; state, sjjoilc.; western, Wit BDMo. London, March 24.—A Nordenfeldt gun exploded on 1 hi; British man-of-war Albatross, instantly killing two seamen and fatally wounding two others. A Nitiiloiifuldt Gun Kxplodee. Chicago Live Stock Market A lluyer'a Sniclds. A PoitofUce Kobbfld The Kentucky legislature has passed a bill making gambling a felony. Cnicaoo. March 23.—The Drovers' Journal reports Cattle—Rcoelpts, 4.K0 bead; shipments, i JKk mar.;.. strnnnsr shipping sum. »175«3.M; stockrrs an I feeders. gi7*»i.S0; oows, holla aad mixed, »U5« i, hoik, gl.504M.UX Hogs—Reoelpts, WOO head; ship meats, 4,ooojmarket strong and5#10*. higher, rouKi aad mixed, »4#4.«0i paoktag and shlpptngr»i.«D.tt. a light, tUOOi.0, skipe, gwtrn feesn Eeesli).., L800 head; shlpirotam mrk*t Iteadyi natives, Chicago, March 24.—C. Bridges committed suicide by poisoning himself. He woi taken to the County hospital, where he luu since died. Bridges was a married man, re■cently came hero from New York, and wai . aaaployed as a buyer by a commission house, Hempstead, Tex., March 24.—The postoffice here was robbed yesterday morning of $2,100, of which $700 belongs to the government The thieve* stole three horses and escaped, but are being hunted by armed cltt The Uncertainty of Natural ©as. Pittsburg, March 24—As explosion of natural wreokad two frame houses and dangerously burned William Krokensteln, a German barber.' Thn explosion took place in the barber shop, and was caused by a leak in the cellar pipes. The Pacific Mail has cut the rates from New York to San Francisco from $127 and fTO. 90 to |M0 and $90 for first and secondclass passage. Oregon Mall Portland, Mo. Marsh —Brig Fidelia from Baltimore has arrived, having three mail bags of the steamer Gregon- A Russian peasant bitten by a wolf was treated by Pasteur and died of hydrophobia.