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              * ; t j Stoning JMjBt t. \ 1WOCBKT1 | Tan -Xili Per Wwk KDHBH 1186. J Weekly UrtUdiM lSftO) PITTSTON, £A., THURSDAY, MARCH 25,186b. KOSCOE'S ELOQUENCE. STKROB OF nULUtt PENCIL PICTViftS. PARTI8AN PENSIONS. RIOT AT ST. LOUIS. 1 THROWING PAPER AT THE QUBBN. m» in the nostrils of every man on Manhattan Island. The third claw j» the owners or the (900,000 of bonds issued by the Cut tU -quadrilateral," whose actlAn Mr. Colliding traaed at some length. "The fourth class is tho Broadway bondholders through whom Mr. Be ward has already gone like dir. Black lteeelves a Stanner te Hit A Crank Arrested for Taking tibartlu The Distinguished Lawyer's Client the CRAWFORD'S WORLD 8KETCH1S OP - THE PAN ELECTRIC COMMITTEE. Charges Against Dudley,. Washington, March S6.—The senate committee on expenditures ef public money continued the examination of Pension Commislioner Black in regard to the charge made in kl. annual report that the pension office had been pu as a political machine by his prefebessOrs. 'flfaile nothing was absolutely prtMren by the records submitted to warrant the Relief that claims had been allowed thronak political influence, the commissioner in genwW terms maintained that they sliovuM feat ollowanoes had been made in dire&violatiou of the custom of the office, and in the two cases which were before the ooimnittee he maintained that proof of this was conclusive to bis mind, while the questions put by members of the committee ihowed that they rtjgarded the commissioner's construction of the records bearing upon the eases as entirely technical and not borne out by the facts. *4he Commissioner requested permission of the committee to withdraw one [ Cases had previously submitted to km the justness of the charge made in (lis jLnnual report, but Mr. Harrison of the oommittee objected. This claim, which had been allowed by Commissioner Dudley, and regarding which there was a great deal of telk in the committee, was finally shown to the surprise of Gen. Black to have been that at a good Democrat The investigation will be continued next week. 'DON'T SHOOT, MEN; BETTER STAND A FEW BRUISES THAN KILL MEN." With Royalty. London, March 25. — Yesterday her majesty left Buckingham palace in a carriage with - Princess«Beatrice, with the intention of drirag through Hyde park. The day was fine, »nd the Constitution hill road, which bordera the palace park on the north and leads to Hyda park, was thronged with promcuaders. As the queen's carriage passed the people {topped and many of them cheered her. Suddenly a shabbily dressed man, with a careworn expression, elbowed his way through the crowd and advanced toward the royal carriage, and before he could be prevented threw something in the direction of the queen. Princess Beatrice seemed to approbate the situation, and immediately leaned forward, shielding the person of her mother with her own. The object thrown by tho man fell into the carriage, and proved to be, not a dynamite cartridge, but simply a piece of paper. The man was quickly seized by' the police and hurried to jail. He was there searched and locked up. The paper turned out to be a petition, written upon a page of foolscap in a plain, round hand and grammatically phrased, praying in respectful language for redress. The writer complained that he had been robbed of a pension by government officials, and besought her majesty to interpose her authority to secure to him his rights.  Great State of New York. JACOB SHARP HAT WELL QUAKE. "FISHER'S HORHMMC." A Oroup of I.awyera Sitting as Inquisitor* Upon lioigm and HU Dlstla- rhe Police and a Few Cooler Heads In conclusion, Mr. Conkling said: There Is » profound sentiment aronsed on the matter rf the stolen millions which may put many iquadroTOC ill the Held, but the cane will be finally tried befot i a tribunal where those millions will have Jess weight than a pebble at the bottom of a beggar's grave. The gov tmor of the state has accosted the legisla ture with a message which must coiinnani tiie approval of all honest men without i« gard to the past. (iilak«4 rurtu»n«—Mnw the Meu Ap- Aiuong the Strikers Prevent What Threatened to be a Bloody Encounter, freight Moved Under Difficulties* Shall tha Charter Obtained by Fraud and Corraptlou be Withdrawn?—An Appeal In Favor of Justice and Purity In Mu- jimr, 4lit? Who They Are. Hew York, March 35.—T. C. Crawford Washington dispatch to The World The investigating committee in charge of the inquiry in tho Pan Electric telephone budness occupies a room in the Capitol building exactly under the ww ooenpied some years ago by the Poland Credit Mobiller committee, rile mom is of exactly the same character and size. It is ill the sub-basement of the Cupitol. is lighted by only one window, and in the case of its being crowded will be very difficult to ventilate. The members of this joniinittee promise tobecoowaufte celebrated through the concentration of Wie public mind upon their work. Tho chairman of tile committee, wlin sits at the bead of the long table, is Ml'. Boyle, of Pennsylvania. He is below medium size olid quite stout. He is so quiet and i*eserved that ho would not ittraet much attention. Yet, when waked up by tho action of work which interests him, he instantly displays the clearness, the vigor »nd the thoroughness of his character. He is a student who Is fond of his books, and to nearly always to be found at his home. He iws a splendid reputation for independence and Integrity in his political cmiree. He mad# bis first reputation in the venal legislature at Harrisburg by beginning the flint light that had ever been made there agaiwst Tom Scott Mr. Boyle is now a man of independent fortune, gnined in his law practice. He is said to be worth about C500,000 St. Louis, March 25.—The strike culminited in this city yesterday in a series of riots, hi which the weakness of the authorities was » apparent that the gov nior ordered a battalion of militia under arms. The Mis- nicipal Finances. Albany, March 25.—Mr. Conkling aro6e amid loud applause, which was repeated several times before he began his speech. He said that only an order of the committee and the importance of the question bad brought him here and would now warrant bim in detaining at this late hour the distinguished audience. souri Pacific yards are Ihree miles long and i half mile wide, and at 10 o'clock 10,000 men were in the yards. Nearly two-thirds )f tho number were congregated in that portion known as the Seventeenth street yards, from which the freight train was to be started. Opposed to this crowd was a police force of 500 men, and about 800 officers and detectives of the company. A switch engine, loaded with police, appeared and began to make up a truin, which it was the intention of the company to send out. The crowd surrounded the engine, and requested the engineer and fireman to j;et off. The request was obeyed, and then some of the more daring attempted to kill the engine. The police, under the command of the chief, charged on the men surrounding the locomotive and forced them back from the tracks. Several hand to band struggles occurred, and in the midst of this trouble a shower of stones came down on thi police from Tayon Avenue bridge, whioh overlooked the scene. A score of the officers drew their revolvers and leveled them at the crowd, but Chief Harrigan cried out: Mr. Conkiiiig concluded at 8:30 o'clock and was given enthusiastic applause. THE LATE MASSACRE. The committee, he held, was vested with plenary power and not restricted merely to evidence by which thieves are sent to jail. President Cleveland Says It la a U%gbt Upon Our Civilization. A THREADBARE PLEA Is always raised against the results of legislative investigation into iniquity whenever there is money to employ counsel. Under the reserve power of appeal, the legislature can repeal a charter without examining witnesses. No intelligent, honest lawyer can dispute this. The testimony of the witnesses, thoee eloquent flashes of silence, those conspicuous absences, present every fact to the legislature necessary to determine the question awaiting its decision. The committee has drafted several bills, one dissolving the Broadway corporation and repealing its franchise. The second provides that franchises shall ba sold for the benefit of the taxpayers, and not for blackmailers, go-betweens, thieves or any other kind of skilled talent Another provides that the preliminaries need not be repeated, but offers that . the coming corporation may avail itself of the preliminaries and the public traffic thus be spared from interruption. "The integrity, honor and good faith of the state, a sorely needed public example, a Washington, March 25.—Ex-Senator B. K. Bruce and o:.-Congressmau John R. Lynch, of Mississippi, called on the president and directed his attention to the massacre of thirteen negroes at Carrollton, Miss., on the 7th inst They represented that they hod recei ved numbers of letters from colored people in that sectionrrequesting that the matter be laid before the president for such action as he may deetn proper to take. Messrs. Bruce and Lynch stated that the colored people were almost paralyzed with fear by the outrage and that a number who had been wounded had (led to the woods, and it was unknown how many were killed and had died of their wounds. The attention of the president was directed to tho fact that the governor of Mississippi had taken no official action in the premises and was represented as having 'intimated that no action could be taken, as it would trench upon the authority of the county in the premises. The president listened with attention to the recitals of Messrs. Bruce and Lynch and expressed himself in decided terms against suoh affaire as atilight to our civilization He expressed himself as surprised that the state authorities bad taken no steps to hove the outrage investigated and ihe guilty parties brought to justice. He intimated that the matter had been called to his attention by the attorney general. The interview lasted upwards of an hour, and Messrs. Lynch and Bruce expressed themselves as much pleaaed at the cordial manner of their reception, the earnestness of the president, ond the interest he took in having the matter rigidly investigated. m PERSONAL LIBERTY INVOLVED. WORK FOR JUDGE LYNCH. Kepreseutatlve O'Neill Find* the Laboa [Matt Dfatardly and Brutal Conduct Too Washington, March 25.— Representative O'Neill, of Missouri, the chairman of the house committee on labor, has just returned from St Louis, where he went to take part in the St. Patrick's day celebration. While there he looked into the railroad strike. The question is such a serious one that he has not been able to settle upon anything yet that he to ready to propose to congress for the adjustment of such differences between employers and employes. Ho has, however, some plans which he to formulating and which he will lay before the president in a day or two, asking for his opinion of them and for some suggestions for the perfection Trouble a Serious Question. Boston, March 25.—William McClure, arrested,for inhuman cruelty to his infant child, has been convicted and sentenced to three years in the house of correction. Evidence Showed that he had often beaten the child with a short knotted rope. When he created k cut in the flesh or a sore he would rub salt if it The child, from some disease had a 0 sore on the top of its head, which he would peilr spirits of turpentine on. To keep it ftrom crying he would crowd a raw potato in A mouth, and when it vomited as a result of ■Is treatment it had been made to eat its own ffemit. MAny other brutal and heartless things were brought out and the child was produced. It was a sickly and puny one. Its : fcoe was all discolored and the flesh on the Lightly Punished. "Don't shoot, men. It is better to stand a few bruises than to kill peoplr." Putting up their revolvers, they again charged on the mob and forced it from the tracks. Five men were arrested. While this was going on some one had disabled the switch engine so that it was of no further use. Another engine was secured, and a freight train of seventeen cars was made up. The mob took possession of the Wabash yards adjoining, but offered no resistance. In the night the frogs and switches were displaced, and the first attempt to pull the train up to the spot where the regular engine was to be attached resulted in throwing two cars off the track. A delay of an hour was caused in which the mob howled and jeered at the police. When the train was again ready four policemen were placed on each car, four on the cab, two on the tender and two in the pilot of the engine. In round numbers eighty men guarded the train. It started, and while going at a lively rate a man jumped on. Swinging between the cars, right under the noses of the police, he attempted to pull a pin. The officers drew revolvers and pointed at the fellow and be quit the train. The mob followed the train to the shops and stopped. An instant later a freight engine, under the escort of a half dozen police, came down the yard and was stopped by the mob. The engineer was ordered Off, and the steam was let out cf the boiler. The officers Were told that the engine .was,going to explode, and they abnmUwmi their posts in terror. The strikers laughed at the success of their ruse, and "killed" the engine on the main track. THE COMMITTEE ALL LAWTER8. There is not a man on the conunittee who is not n lawyer. Gates, of Alabama, who tits next to Boyle on the Democratic side of the table, m a very tall man, w ith a heavy, muscular figure. He has o very clear, fair complexion, and has tbe clear light in his eyes of a man of perfect health. Oates pays the closest of attention, and as he is the only rep resentetive of the south on tbe committee, will doubtless be, next to the chairman, the most observed of the committee membgji,- of mankind," in the word* of Thomas Jefferson, fill demand that, those bilk be enacted and executed. My client is the state of New York. It is a gnat honor to speak for so illustrious a client, marred, however, by on* fact—the counsel who impede these bill* pose as crusaders of the sepulcher of the state* good faith. They say the bills are dishonorable. If what they say is true, my course and the committee's would be almost as odious as traaaon itself. Referring to Mr. Carter's statement that the bills would be declared unconstitutional, he said, in Jacob Sharp and .his syndicate would be combined the /-■. DECENT RESPECT FOB THE OPINION equal to the occ&ion. O'Neill says he thinks the trouble most unfortunate, and he is very uneasy as to its effect When both parties refuse voluntary arbitration it is hard to tell what can bt done. It is a question how far force may b« ussd under this form of government when there is no injustice. The question of personal liberty is here involved. ♦Ide of the mouth was almost putrid. On •e top of its head was a sore as large as two ijver dollars, caused by the father's fiendish Work. After the evidence was all in the jgdge stated that be had- never heard of a o*so before that better deserved the full ■jerita of the law. The child will be placed i* some infant asylum to recuperate, and the 'afother, who is an invalid, will probably be in the House of the Good Samaritan ojitil she recovers. He does not look a day over SO. The record places him at 51. Bden. of Qlinois, who sits next to Gates, is an older man. He is 06. He has more of the granger than the lawyer in bin appearance. Ho is rough-figured and careless in his dress. His head is large and irregular-featured. Hall, of Jowa, who is upon Eden'tf left, to-a tall, boyish-looking man with a nCJt very, refined red, broad lined faoe. A black-brown mustache sweeps down over his smooth shaven jaws. He is an unknown quantity as to ability and force, as he is a new man in congress and national politioe. Hale, of Missouri, looks for all the world like a veteran officer of the army. He carries himself as erect as a drill sergeant, even if he does not aspire to wear as tight fitting clothes. The lower part of hit face' ia covered with a closely trimmed, grayish, ratbrovp* Boston, March 25.—The funeral of  gressman J. S. M. Williams was held at tlx Central Square Baptist church, Cambridgeport, yesterday. Many prominent men attended. In front of the pulpit was printed in large letters, encircled with evergreens, th« following, which Mr. Williams has made hit motto through life: "I expect to pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there bC any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do any fellow human being, let me dC It now; let me not defer nor neglect It, for 1 will not pass this way again." Will Not Pass tills Way Again. THE PENNSYLVANIA'S FUND. Notice that the Company Will Pay the VIRTUES OF PETER PARLEY Philadelphia, March 26.—The change* in the relief plan proposed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company are still under discussion, but the officials who have the matter in charge have not yet concluded action upon all the details. General Manager Pugh has therefore issued the following notice to the employes: j ' "Owing to the limited time available, t#emodified regulations of the relief department "have not been fullf completed, and as same of the members of the fund may not wish to withdraw until they have had an opportunity of becoming entirely familiar with the modifications determined on, the company will contribute to that department the full .imount of the contributions for the month of April, for those members of the relief fund rho have not withdrawn prior to March 25. Under the provisions of this notice no contributions for April will therefore be deducted from the March rolls." Assessments. SUEING THE CUNARD LINE. and Sir Philip Sidney if they spent large :sums of money in employing legal counsel to 'oppose bills that would be null. Perhaps, low ever, Sharp might be educating the legislative in constitutional law at his own expense. The basis of good faith is that every agreement shall be performed in the mum understanding by him who receives it as by him who offers it. He referred to the Dartmouth cam, Judge Storey 's decision in which he anorted and rAAntafneo, that if the state wished to create a revocable charter it must say so specifically, and that the clause of revocation then becom?~ a part of the contract. "The reservation of repeal," in the language of the United States supreme court, is as much a part of the contraot as if it were pid the Oregon Leave Her Proper Traek to Make TlmeT §Yobk, March 25.—Nineteen pa»- by the Oregon have employed Lawyer arrett to take action for recovery of it property, and to sue the Cunard y for damages. Mr. Garrett will omrers to recover such of the property aa reached. He has obtained evidence from a discharged sailor that the Oregon's compartments were defective. He claims also to have evidence that, in order to beat the Fulda, the Oregon deviated from her course, and probably struck the wreck of the Hylton Castle instead of a schooner. Ho will on these grdiinds bring suit In the English admiralty court for his clients. apnt*:be and beaiA»(ji« He has the 'reputation of being a splendid business man and of the most unswerving devotion to principle. Knights After an Kdttor. Stamford, Conn., March —Georg* Baker, editor of The Stamford Herald, a week or two ago published in his paper aa article alleged to be unfavorable to thC Knights of Labor. He received a lettei warning him that he must either allude favorably hereafter to the Knights or else follow the example of other papers and express no opinion at all. The letter threatens to boycott The Herald in case it follows a ooursi opposed to the Knights. The Knights an very strong in numbers in this place. THE LEADING REPUBLICAN MEMBER. This excited them, and the cry, "On to th« shops," was repeated from mouth to mouth and 5,000 men made a rush for the stronghold. In the shops were about twenty-flye locomotives and a dozen men at work. They were guarded by a dozen policemen and five detectives. The mob wanted the men, more particularly the man Haller, who killed Pralle. "Kill the scabs! Hang 'em," they cried as they rushed post the police. Mr. Ranney, the leading Republican member of the committee, has the most picturesque head of any. There is no artist who would not find pleasure in making a study of his very characteristic face. In the first place, it is set off by a luxuriant mass of crinkly hair, of the clearest and cleanest of grays. Then his complexion is a perfect ivory in its student pallor, and yet it has the look of perfect health. A faint touch of color occasionally steals upon the cheeks of this moot noted of Boston lawyers, but it fades rapidly. His eyes are as black as sloes. His uose is classically straight A gray mustache accentuates his firm-lined mouth. He is always dressed with scrupulous care. He has nothing-of the Puritan in his appearance. He is the very opposite of the stiff and ungraceful. He lounges with simulated indolence and with the grace of an Oriental, but nothing escapes his keen, hawk-like vision. He is a little over 60, being as vigorous as most men at 40. WRITTEN ON THE FRONTLET. of every charter. From Maine to Oregon and to the Gulf of Mexico the states hare exercised this power. If all the corporations which have been smitten by executive displeasure could assert that legislatures have no power to do this thing, every member of the committee knowB it would have been affirmed by some court. On the contrary, for thirty times in twenty-five years the New York legislature has exerted this very power now called in question. The United States •. supreme court has held that this exer• ciae of the power of repeal is legislative. not judicial. The reservation .of power is the reservation of the power to exercise it Sovereignty did keep .this sleeping sword of repeal to provide r against all cases not otherwise provided for. Whenever public policy will be promoted by tthe abrogation of a corporation, it is the (honorable duty of the legislature to abrogate aX. A safeguard against the abuse of the paver of repeal is to be found in the legislative respect for public policy, honesty and honor, bat allow that mask—the Broadway surface road, behind which men have masqueraded—to go unpunished, and both the Ogilby Taken to an Asylum. N«w Brunswick, N. J., March 25.—A warrant for the arrest of Arthur O. Ogilby, late treasurer of the Dime Savings bank, for embezzling the funds of the bank, was issued last night Counsel for Ogilby at once applied to the supreme court for an examination as to his sanity. The inquiry was held yesterday morning. Several leading physicians testified that Ogilby Was insane beyond any doubt Members of Oilby's family offered similar testimony. There was no contrary evidence produced, and Judge Scudder thereupon issued an order that Ogilby be committed to the state lunatic asylum at Trenton, and confined there until cured. The order provides that if cured and released ha will be subject to prosecution for his crime, as the insanity occurred after embezzlement Ogilby's defalcation amounted to about $80,000. His friends have raised $68,000 in restitution. . ' Death of 8amnet F. Vilas. "Don't you do it boys," shouted a gray haired striker, "you'll ruin our cause. Leave the shop alone." New York, March 25.—Samuel P. Vilas, an uncle of Postmaster General Vilas, died at the Grand Union hotel yesterday. Mr. Vjfcis started for Washington on a pleasure tfip from his home in Pittaburg in the early part of the winter, but was taken sick in Washington several weeks ago, and went to Jacksonville. He became worse there, efcid he started for home. He arrived at the Grand Union hotel on Monday and had to stop there. Dr. David Lewis, of 62 Park avenue attended him, but the disease, pneumonia, had advanced too far for to be checked. His young daughter who had been his companion during his journey, and throe other relatives, were with him when he died. The body was sent to Plattsburgh at 6:b0 o'clock. Mr. Vilas was TO years of 'age. Philadelphia, March 25.—The Statement of the business of all lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad company east of Pitfaburj and Erie, for February, 1886, as compare with February, 1885, shows an increase in net earnings of $437,115. The two months ol 1886, as compared with the same period oi 1885, show an increase in net earnings oi (398,081. All lines west of Pittsburg find Erie, for the two months of 1886, as compared with- the same period of 1885, show a d« creased deficiency of (16,333. Railroad Business Improved. The mob had by this time reached the doors. The detectives and men working inside bad drawn their revolvers and waited, ready to sell life dearly. "Come back, boys," cried the elder leaders. Then counsel prevailed and the shops were not molested. A telephone message was sent to police headquarters that the mob had sacked the shops, and fifteen minutes later a detail of 150 policemen arrived and drove the crowd from the railroad property. The police who went out on the freight train left it at Laclede, twenty miles west Twenty of the company's detectives and a sheriff's posse then took charge of the train, and at Pacific, Ma, 200 strikers made a demonstration, threw the switches and blocked the track, but the officers drew their revolvers, and, after delay, again started, and'by night all reached Chamois, where the engine was placed on a side track. Mr. Millard, of New York, who is next to Mr. Ranney, is one of the most attentive of the members and promises to ask some very very pointed questions. % is above the medium height and is quitaBlim. He is one of the youngest of the members, but he has borne a good reputation as a lawyer. He is a careful student and puts his questions in the most gentlemanly, yet persistent way. It was he who cross-examined Senator Vest. His head is long and slightly bald. Weather Indications. Washington, March 35.—For Friday- Fair, warmer weather is indicated for thi middle Atlantic states. Land Restored to Publlo Domain. Sunk by a Hidden Obstruction. Washington, March 25.—The secretary of the interior has rendered a decision in the case of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company, that they have no claim to the l«nH along the line from San Bueneventura, on the Pacific ocean, in California, to San Francisco, a distance of 884 miles, and directs the commissioner of the general land office to restore this land to the public domain. The fact that this line has been mortgaged and money raised on its credit is, the secretary adds, the misfortune of the mortgagees, in that they took a mortgage on that to which the mortgagers had no legal claim. This decision restores to the public domain 2,451,000 acres. The construction of the road has not yet been begun. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New Haven, March 85.—Two coal barges belonging to the Empire and New England Transportation company struck a hidden obstruction in the Sound off the Thimble islands and were wrecked. The tug, which drew more water than the barges, passed over the mysterious obstruction in safety, and on this account there is considerable speculation as to its nature. The bargee were valued at $1,500 each and their cargoes were consigned to the New London and Northern railroad. The New York Stock Market Bobs U| and Down. RISING AND THE RISEN The greatest excitement now prevails in the city over the developments of the day. The meeting called by the Knights of Labor for last night, in which they requested tht citizens to confer with them, was postponed by the Knights. New Yobs, March U.—Money 2M per osnt Ex change quiet at ttOTMM-WK tiovernments firm. Currency 6a, 126M bid; 4 coup.. VHH bid; ooup_ lUHMd. generation may tremble at the prospect What has the Broadway Railroad company done that the legislative arrow should be directed at it! It pretended to desire to construct a railroad on Broadway. It never meant to do so. It meant, in opposition to the law and policy of the state, to transfer to other roads the rights it pretended to ask for itself. The corporation never had one legal stockholder. The corporation issued about (1,000,000 stock, worth at least $2,000,000, while the committee know from the evidence that the road did not coat $100,000. The corporation, in violation of the law, then issued $2,500,000 bonds. A more WESTERN REPRESENTATIVES. Hanback, of Kansas, looks more like the type of Hall, of Iowa. He is burly, large in figure and feature, while he does not look like a man given to study or polite society. His large head is as round as a bullet and nearly as bald. His nose is a stout Roman. A heavy brown mustache stands out in bold relief between the light red color of the upper part of his face and the intense blue of his closely shaven jaws. The stock market ha* been Irregular and weak At the opening the tone of speculation was fevirfsh and during the first half hour, on a free selling, tbC prices declined Mto per cent. Fart of this wai recovered by midday, only to be lost later on undei a renewed selling. Did the Moore Sink the Oregon? Bath, Me., March 25.—It is suspected here that the schooner Charles H. Moore, which left Baltimore with coal for Boston March 6, was the vessel that was sunk in collision with the Oregon. The schooner Florence J. Allan sailed in her company from Hampton Mhdx, and left her on the night of the disaster, near where the Oregon went down. The Allen arrived at Boston two days later, but nothing has been heard of the Moore. W. TJ. Telegraph 6394 DeL ft Hudson.... Adsms Express 143 DeL, Lack, ft W... V. & Express «4 Denver  C., U, C. * I, 48« Kite.  New York Central... 100)4 Kansas A Texas... Hew Jersey Central. 47M Lake Shore.  Illinois Central 1S8'C Lake Erie * West. Ohio Central 1M Morris * Essex.... Mlohlgan Central ... MH Northwest......... Northern Paclfio 3BH Do. pwf....,  Da prsf «S Ontario * West... Central Faolflc MM Ohio * Mississippi. Union Paolfle Pacific Mall  Mlssoarl Paolfie 103 Beading.  Texas Pacific UM Rook Island  Metropolitan L. 110 St Paul  Alton 4 f. H_ - Wabash  Canada Southern.... 81H Bur. ft Quinsy  Canada Pacific. 60 Ore. Trana ft NaT. Chicago ft Alton. in Oregon Trans  Ches. ft Ohio. — West Shore.  Prices closed as follows: . wx ist't in . 244| HN Holyokk, Mass., March 25.—Miss Lulu Gray, alias Macy, who committed suicide in New York last week, was the fourth suicide in her family. Her father shot himself, one sister took her life with arsenic, another lister jumped from a bridge in Hartford, Conn. The pjresont victim's maiden name was Lulu Bates. She was buried at South Hadley Falls. No services were held, and only one carriage followed the remains to their last resting place. The Whole Family Suicided. Moffat, of Michigan, the last Republican member, is very quiet, thoughtful and reserved. He studies the case as he would for a client, and will never ask a question without a point first He is of the medium height, and is quite thin. Philadelphia, March 25.—The Public Ledgor celebrate* lta fiftieth anniversary today by itailing a fac simile copy of its first number. It also reviews the change* that have taken place in the half century.' As to labor, it recalls that the day laborer fifty years ago worked from "sun to sun" of the long summer day. Then came a general movement claiming "6 to 6." These figures wore chalked up everywhere, and figured in political campaign* The "6 to 6" was granted, and eventually even shorter hours, yet no interest suffered. The Ledger intimates that still shorter hours might be granted with equal impunity. The Ledger's Birthday. MORE SHAMEFUL FRAUD CANNOT BE FOUND in human annals. Against the law Sharp, Kerr and Foehay issued 500,000 in bfends, the proceeds of which, as everyone knows, were used for no guiltless purpose. Whatever was true of that early morning meeting of the aldermen, be not deceived, was just as true of the meeting a month or two later, when with another pen and on another piece of paper the aldermen wrote over again the grant of the franchise. Concluding, Mr. Conkling declared that all that was worst had been proved—proved overmuch. A franchise of frauds was on the table of the legislature, and it must be dealt with. The legislature cannot deal with the poor men who All of the members of the committee appeal' to be impressed with the unasual importance of their work, and will, I have no doubt, proceed to find the facte, so far as they are able, free from partinship. CONDENSED NEW8. Lieut. Maus, of the army, has made a supplemental report of the killing of Cnpt. Crawford, in which he says that the deed was no less-than cold-blooded assassination by the Mexican troops. . » 13.4 si The Switchmen Gone Back to Work. Kansas City, March 25.—The switchmen'* strike is ended and they are at work as usual. -The terms of settlement as yet are kept secret. The men returned to work by order of Mr. Monaghan, chief of their association, and are themselves ignorant of the prices fixed upon. Thay are known only to the officials and the strikers' committee. Freight trains are rolling in and out of th« yards and they will be crowded to theit fullest capacity for some days. Sunday Sentiment* of Clergymen. General Markets. Philadelphia, March 35.—There was a spirited discussion in the Philadelphia conference over a series of resolutions introduced by Robert J. Carson, which protest against Sunday work, including campmeetings, funerals and unnecessary travel on Sundays, refuse to support Sunday newspapers, and urge upon "our people the duty of refraining from using the columns of such papers as a medium for advertising." The resolutions were unanimously adopted. Two women passed oranges into the jail, at Berlin, Wis., which, upon investigation, were found to be poisoned with arsenic. Sew Yowc, March 24.—FLOUR—Continue! In • very limited demand and price# qloee withoui material change. Superfine, »288«123; Ohio extra, •8.2SOS.2S; St Louie extra, (UHUa Southern flout dull and weak; oommon to choice extra, (9.803.90, WHEAT—Option* were moderately active and Irregular, and oloeed heavy and K to lc. lower. Spol lota cloned steady and unobaaged. Spot ealee or No. 1 red state at #1.01; No. II da at «Kc.; Ma 1 white ■tate at 90c.; ungraded winter redatWOMMc.; Na 3 red winter, and Na 1 red at NMc.; No. 2 red winter, Apr,I, 90X0.; da May, SSHc.; da June, MHc. CORN—Options were fMrly active but Irregulai and closed at about yesterday's prices. Spot lot* closed firm and Ma biff her. Spot sales of ungraded mixed at 44C?4tfc.; Na S at 45H®43*c.s steamer mixed at 45MdUMc.s Na 3 mixed March, tttfc.; da April, 46HC.; do. May, 4?Mo. George Bates, an ex-coBvict, killed his wife, at Hagerstown, Ind., with an ax handle, and narrowly escaped lynching. H« apparently gloats over his deed. Yankton, Dak., March 25.—There is no material change at Elk Point The ioe gorge still holds, and the water covers all the surface of the country around the town. There can be no relief until the ice moves out. It is now asserted that the Big Sioux bridge ii not washed away, but the water covers yie track for twenty miles. All passengers reach Yankton by way of Centreville or Scotland. Many houses and miles of farms are under the Water, and the damage will be large. The Floods In the West. SOLD THEIR VOTES AND THEIR HONOR, nor with the men who bribed and debauched them. The committee has heard perjury piled on perjury, but it cannot punish for it. But 1 do not see how you can make those tagts a reason for giving a badge and pre■ ■ .«.„D■ to bribers. Though they may escape prison, the spoils of their criminality may be from them. Pass this bill, and you teach this government that there is one forum where corporations are not too rich and too powerful to be chastised by outraged law. Refuse to pass It, and you hold out a temptation to the future. The i"esult of repeal would be useful if it put a stop to the game of blind man's buff in speculation. If the object of charters is to enable corporations to reap forever great profits, then the people of this state had better Henry Schreiber, of Lockport, Ilia, becama violently insane from brooding over the late express robbery and murder. Columbus, O., March 25.—The house committee on privileges and elections has just submitted its report in the Harlan-Butterfield contested election case from Hamilton county. Harlan (colored) is given the seat as against Buttorfield, who was returned as elected by 1,800 majority. There will be a fight over the import, but Harlan will probably be seated by the strict Republican vote. Harlan Will be Seated; A bold attempt was made to assassinate Mayor William R. Baker, of Houston, Tex. New York, March 25.—Alderman Jaehne was admitted to ball last evening. Five bondsmen were obtained, who qualified in the necessary amount, $8,000 being in cash and the balance in real estate. When everything had been satisfactorily arranged Jaehne looked very happy, and left the Morton house, where the papers were signed, with his counsel and several friends. Melted Silver Put Up as Ball. Henry Seymour pleaded guilty, at Detroit, to placing ties on the track on the Michigan Central railroad, for the purpose of wrecking a train. OATS—Options were quiet but closed firm and \WAfs. higher. Spot lots closed firm and MOlrfo higher. Spot sales of Na 1 white state as 45c., and. No. 2 do. at 8&ttc.; Na 2 mixed. March, Mtfc. bid; do. April. 8696c. bid. A Chinese laundry was demolished by dynamite, at Portland. Ingalla' Vote on HttUum' Nomination. Washington, March 35.—Senator Ing&lls disappointed the Washington people by voting for the favorable report on the nomination of Matthews, the colored lawyur, /or recorder of deeds. As the otl'ur vote in tht committee iasuredau unf*-. orable report on Matthews, he, perhaps, paid his debt to his liarty and did no harm to the district at one and the same time. -  A. N. Kellogg, the founder of the auxiliary or "patent iiisides" system for country papers, died at Thomasville, Ga. RYE—Dull; western. «2®63«a state. 65«fi6c. BARLEY—Dull and unchanged. PORK—Dull; mess, $11. LARD—Closed quiet but steady; cash, $&S2}£ April. f&aOtt&K; May, $6.81 C3^33. Trot, March 25.—A daughter which was born tosJSffio Ellsler, the actress, a week ago, died yesterday. Her husband, Mr. Frank Weston, was reading a letter to his wife, when, looking up, he discovered that tho baby was dead by its mother's sMk. Kflie EUiler'i Baby Dead. Ex-Justice Ward Hunt, of the supreme court, died at Washington, aged 76 years. SUGAR—Dull; fair to good refining. 4 IS-16®5c. BUTTER—Dull but firm; state, 14Q34c.t western, 12®32c- Twelve Hour* a Day. The now famous "Peachblow" vase, which was sold for $18,000 at the late sale of ths Morgan collection, was originally bought in China l'or $200, and that was a fabulous price for the piece. Annapolis, March 25.—The bill making it compulsory on the part of street car companies in Baltimore to reduce the hours of labor of the conductors and drivers to twelve per day was unanimously passed by the housv yest»rday.  CHEESE—Dull; state, 8M»lla; western, 7W* 10i^UQS—steady ; state, 13Me.; western. IMlS^c. FOLD THEIR TENTS LIKE THE ARABS, •while others quietly steal away. The old stockholders of the Seventh avenue road, instead II having any rigbts here, are really inculpated parties. The second class is the jlew stockholders of that road since May, 1885. The legislature adjourned May 15, and the Oibbe comoaitteo neither flew nor lighted; it havered over tfcis very matter, and everybody listened to hear something drop. For a (amble, man bought and sold thin stock, No Fnnds to Pay With. Washington, March 25.—Secretary Manning rested quietly during the day. There has been no recurrence of vertigo, and his attending physician, Dr. Lincoln, says that a slight improvement is to be noted in bis condition. Member* of the secretary's household and his physician are very reticent, and it is Blie general belief here that the wpretary is a very •tofciMn. Secretary Manning's 8lekneia. Bam Small, protege of Sam Jones, has quit the use of tobacco to please the Lord. Jones, while he bitterly denounce most all kinds ol amusements, is a free user of the "filthy weed." Chicago Live Stock Market. New York, March 25.—Six hundred men have been discharged from the Brooklyn usvy yard for lack of funds from which to pay them.  Chicago, March M.—The Drover*' Journal reports: Cattle—Reoelpta, S.OUO bead; shipment* i.OOO; market •low, weak; .hipping aleer*. gaaOOMOi stockers and feeder*. giSXW.30; oowi. bulla and mixed, «J®AT3 bulk, flWUi pastern shippers doing almost nothing. Hogs—Receipts, 13,500 headi shipments. 7,uu); market strong and io. higher, rough and mixed. (1.10M4.su; packing and shipping. H.8,"x»V50; ilghl weights, IH.at.45i ski PC gi.B0aa.90. fcheep—Receipts, a,OJu head; tfilpments, 900; market stronger natlvea, fi7S0fc79| lTisilir tiT hurt. tmtllTI Massachusetts Poll Tax. . Boston, March 25.—The resolve abolishing the poll tax passed the senate, 10 to 9. It now goes to the next general court for ratiti cation, and, if ratified, goes to the people tot adoption a year from next fall New Orleans, March 25. -Steinitz again defeated Zukertort, which secures him th« the prise in the championship contest. The Cheu Match. Mr. Wateon, of Lyndliiirat, N. J., shot and "winged" an unknown burglar at his window, in the act of breaking in to rob tht houM.