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              PRIL Nt'MBCK 1146 I Weekly KiUMUbM lSAO j PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, A 6,186b. j i « « C3EMTS J Tea •'«•D(■ far Week 'HE BIG ST yNDERVALUATIONS. BtJTLEK TO CARLISLE. HUDSON RIVER BAU. PLAY I G00DE TESTIFIES. COST OP PUBUC BUILOtNQo. A UMl League mil Malm It lirrtj GENERAL BOARD OF THE KNIGHT8 TURN THE CASE OVER. rile Senkta Committee Hal Bll« te New York. THE BOSTON STATESMAN EXPLAIN# Daring the Summer. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND WA8 NOT CONSULTED IN THE CASE. What Has Bean Expanded by the Gov- •romnt Washing tow, April & — The sub-committee of the senate looking into the nutter of undervaluations returned from New York. Most of their time Friday and Saturday woa spent in examining the chiefs of the ton divisions of the - appraisers' department. "The committee has not come to any definite conclusions yet," said Senator Beck, "but I guess we agrea pretty well on the main points. For my part I do not believe we pay the men ill our customs setilce enough We want the highest grada of talent jn experts and we pay about ha f what these 'men could make in private establishments. I believe in paying good salaries and getting the beet men. HI8 FINANCIAL DOINGS. Nbwbubo, N. Y., April 8.—The Hudson River league of Professional Baseball clubs held its second session here yesterday. Representatives from Kingston, Saratoga, Albany, Troy, Poughkeepste and Newburg attended. The season will open about May 10 and be closed Sept 25, and a schedule of forty games to be played by each club on its own grounds was completed. Application has been made by Secretary Jackson to the arbitration committee for protection under tho national agreement Permanent officers were elected as follows: President, Henry B. Lawson, of Nowburg; treasurer, Kerrin J. Lawler, of Poughkeepsio; secretary, Henry E. McLenzie, of Kingston; board of directors, Wiliis 8. Arnold, of Saratoga; James Jackson, of Troy; Michael F. Lawler, of Albany; William M. Ketcham, of Poughkeepsie; Myron S. Allan, of Kingston, and Robert S. Strong, -of Newburg. It was decided to adopt the ball used by the American association. and tho constitution of that organisation was also adopted with modifications. The annual meeting of the league will be held on the first Wednesday after the second Tuesday in December. Washington, April 6.—Mr. Mahone, from the committee an public buildings aud grounds, to-day submitted a report in rea] rD:un to a senate resolution calling for information relating to government expenditures far public building*. . JJoarda to Use Discretionary Powers anal the General Kxeoutlve Will Indorse Tbelr Action—Engineer* Refuse He Contradicts Every Statement sf tk. Committee Which Investigated His Accounts With the National Soldiers' Home. The Solicitor Assumes Amy Blame That May Attach to the Department of Justice In the Conduct of the Case—Some High Priced Attorneys Employed. Since March 4, 1879, there has been built 839 public buildings at a cost, including sites, furniture and enlargments, of 804,460,014. The amount proposed to be expended on account of public buildings during the.present session is (4,515,000. The Forty-sixth congress appropriated (4,196,000 for this purpose; the Forty-seventh (8,115,000, and the Fortyeighth (4,683.500. Outside of the city of W willing ton lie government now pays (!'"':,- 000 annually for rental of buildings used for public purposes. This ram at the government rate of interest, the report says, would Justify a further expenditure for public buildjegpef (83,000,000, less the amount which may he appropriated during this session of congress. The committee think* that the aggregate proposed expenditures are neither extraordinarym nor excessive. While extravagance should be forbidden it is parsimony resulting in waste to appropriate less than a sufficiency to furnish that which is necessary to fill in such measure, the public need. The committee favors the erection of public buildings with surplus revenues until the public service shall be performed in public structures owned by the government and suited to its purpose. to Carry Heavy Trains. St. Louis, April 6.—The engineers of the Missouri Pacific tmve lodged a general protest against the decidedly bad condition of the roadbed between this city and Chamois, 100 miles put Before this strike it was customary to send out freight trains on the Missouri Pacific consisting of as high as seventy cars. Lately, owing to the condition of the track, freight engineers have refused to haul more than seventeen cars. But the severest Mow came when the engineers of the two incoming passenger trains reported the track so bad that they would not take out hereafter over four coaches each, and that between here and Chamois they will not run at a speed of over twelve miles an hour. All engineers, from this time forward, will refuse to run trains after nightfall. The track at a number of points is said to be spreading, and a train, unless run very (lowly, is liable to be derailed at any moment. The late snows have rendered all culverts unsafe, and at many points the roadbed, which is mostly made of clay, has been badly washed out. Secretary Turner, of the general executive board, when asked what further action the board intended to take, said: "We have turned this matter over to the district assemblies, and they can take any action they see fit. Mr. Hoxie broke the agreement made at the conference held in New York, and not only has he refused to re-employ the strikers, but he has discharged all the men whom we h«H not asked to come out—yard masters, their assistants and others, whom we thought best should stay in their positions—simply because they were Knights." "It is now not improbable,'1 added Mr. Turner, "that the strike among the southwestern Knights will become general." ' Yes," said Mr. Hays, another member of the board, "we have done all we could, and the district assemblies may call out all the men in their various districts and do all they can to gain their ends; and we will countenance and indorse anything they do so long as no violence is used toward persons or property."  WAbHiNGTON, April 6.—Gen. Benjamin F. Butler yesterday wrote and delivered to Speaker Carlisle the following letter: Washington, April 5. Hon. John G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House Washington, April 6.—Solicitor General Goode, of the department of justice, testified before the Pan Electric telephone committee yesterday. He went over the applications made to him for a suit to am":! tlio (intents of the Bell company, which i.uitement did hot materially differ from statements mauo on the subject by other witnesses. When he received the application from United States District Attorney McCorry, of Memphis, he gave studious attention to the papers, considering whether the department had power to order suit and wheWr the papers presented made a prima facie case. He did not give the application special precedence and no one requested him to do so. The order for the suit authorized Mr. Mc- Cory to associate with him Messra. Gantt, Young, Beck with and Wright, with the understanding that the district attorney was to have absolute control of the suit which was to be under the direction of the department of justice; also, that no obligation was to be incurred for the fees of the associate counsel The witness did not know that these gentlemen were counsel or attorneys for a telephone company. He did not know of the existence of the Pan Electric company, and very little of any of the telephone companies. The practices of the department were followed in ordering the suit The order to discontinue the suit, directed for Memphis, was issued last October. Witness first heard of Attorney .General Garland's connection with the Pan Electric company after the suit at Memphis was ordered, and without going to Mr. Garland he went direct to the president and told him what the newspapers were saying about the suit which had been ordered, and the connection of the attorney general with the Pan Electric company. Witness told the president that if any mistake had been made in ordering the suit or in any move made by the department of justice he (witness) was to blame as he alone was responsible; that the attorney general had not taken any part in the matter and had made no directions about it of Representatives. Snt: May I hope that public duties will permit you to lay the following communication before the house, and have it referred to the committee on military affairs? In the second session of the Forty-eighth congress the committee on military affairs of he house, having been directed by resolution **to investigate the management of the Nv Uonal Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," after spending some ten months in that investigation, turned their attention in tJte early part of February, before the expiration of their term of service, on March 4, to the accounts of the acting treasurer of the National Home. "We had some talk about the matter of damage allowance. That is a hard subject to treat. I am inclined to think that this damage allowance ought to be abolished. It varies so, and while its abolishment might seem to work an injustice, I think the importer ought to be made to depend on insurance for his relief. We found that silk importers were very anxious to have the duty on silks changed from ad valorem to specific. "They showed us over there, however, two silk veils, one costing $2,000 in Paris, paying a duty of $1,000 and weighing only twelve ounces. The other weighed twelve or fourteen ounces and was worth $10, paying a duty of $5. It would be hardly fair now to make each of those pay only $5, and I don't see how they are going to get around it. We had prep&ved for us a revision of the tariff by the silk manufacturers at home and abroad by the importer, and they were so widely different it seems almost impossible to reconcile them In some cases the home manufacturers wanted the duty put up to 10CJ per cent., which, with the raw material admitted free, would make the duty practically 260 per cent. Then the importer wanted it put down as low as 55 per cent." THE MOROCCO TROUBLE. On Feb. 10, the chairman informed me, at Boston, "that the accounts current of the treaMuy/ the board were found in the annual repot » made to congress, with the exception of the years 1871 and 1872, for which no accounts were rendered." This statement was simply untrue. There were reports of the treasurer to congress for 1871- 72 and 1878 in which "accounts current" for those years were duly rendered in the same manner as t-.ov had been for every other year, save in 1870, when the accounts were examined by the military committee of the house and found correct. Now, without giving tiie treasurer the opportunity to appear before the committee with his books and vouchers, the committee called upon him by letter and telegraph for statements as to isolated parts of his accounts. Wilmington Manufacturers Are Not Al* Wilmington, Del., April 6.—The Wilmington Morocco Manufacturers' exchange, it ii reported on excellent authority, has expelled Charles Mullin, of this city, on account of hit action during the present labor troubles. Mullin, who is backed by a firm in New York, was the only one of the morocco manufacturers to yield to the Knights of Labor. It is also claimed that by the readjustment ol the wage schedule, which is to be operative for three months from yesterday, the sewers really get less pay than before the trouble. The families of several of the striking men are in needy circumstances. There are no signs of any of the manufacturers yielding to the demands upon them. All skins are out of danger, and one or two employers declare that they are willing to remain closed for six months. Others Baythey are going to secure new men as rapidly as possible. together Happy. NOT PARSIMONIOUS. Three Sources of Testing the Charity o! the People. New Yobk, April ft,—It cannot be said that the people of the United States are parsimonious in their giftp. The Grant monument, the Hancock and the Parnell funds, with their headquarters in this city, have now reached an aggregate 0f $287,868.97. This sum is divided among the throe organisations which direct their collection as follows:TEN PIPES OF OPIUM Causes the Death of Pretty Mrs. Woods at Chicago. The Grant monument fund is now $130,- 236.97. For the past few days nothing has been added to it The new association it nearly organized and expects to begin work with renewed vigor as soon as the details of the organization are completed. Chicago, April 8.—A cab drove up to No. 365 West Madison street yesterday, and a man assisted bis companion, a handsome young woman who appeared to be deathly sick, into the building. Dn Adams was called and was told that the woman liad smoked ten pipes of opium. When the doctor arrived the woman was dead. A cursory examination led Or. Adams to think that the woman died (rem the effects of opium poison. The woman's name was Mrs. Jennie Woods, age ltt. She was the wife of a traveling man at present in New Y ork. The coroner took possession of the dead woman's property, consisting of a wedding ring with the initials "T. A. R," a diamond bangle ring and one small diamond earring. Her clothing consisted of an elegantly made costume of brown cloth. The woman had been occupying rooms with Uer husband at No. 85 Dearborn avenue, which were found to be handsomely furnished. Nothing is known of her companion beyond the fact that she went out with him and that they visited an opium den, where she smoked pipe after pipe of the deadly drag, with the result as stated. It is the first nstance brought to the attention of the police of a death so resulting. Her companion has disappeared. The committee thereupon reported, among other incorrect statements, "that during the nine years preceding the close of the year I87ts, the amount of United States bonds revived by the treasurer made a total of $2,- 182,438.67, That the total amount accounted for by the treasurer from the sale of said bonds was $1,871,413.10, leaving a deficiency co be accounted for of $211,023.07." HARTFORD ELECTION The total amount of the Hancock fund has reached $42,482. The people of Boston have subscribed $8,000 to it Money Is also expected from Philadelphia. The amount to be received from that city is not known here. The Republican Mayor Beat the Demo- crat and Labor Candidate. \ Of course, if this report were true but one inference was possible, and that was an unlawful abstraction anil non-accounting by the treasurer of this large sum of public money. Hartford, April 6.—The city election resulted in a victory for Mayor Morgan G. Bulkeley, Republican, over Col. Edward M Graves, Democratic candidate, who had been indorsed by the Labor League. The Knights of Labor were solid for Col. Graves, but many Democrats either cut the head of the ticket or refused to vote. The nomination was a surprise to the old leaders of the party and was received with calm indifference, but it was thought, with the labor element backing it, it would be suooessful. Mayor Bulkeley's majority is 831 on a light vote. Both boards of the common council are Republican. In the Hlghth ward the Republicans ran a negro for councilman, but he was defeated. The Knights of Labor feel somewhat disheartened over the result, as they Bay that with proper Democratic backing CoL Graues could have been elected. The present city clerk and collector, (Dem.), and treasurer, (Rep.), have been re-elected. The reason Columbus, 0., Was selected as the place for bringing the suit against the Bell company wA that no decision haS ever been made in a telephone suit by that court while nearly all the other courts had rendered decision in telephone matters. At Columbus it was believed a fair and impartial trial and unprejudiced jury could be secured. The counsel employed by the department of justice are Mr. Whitten, who is retained for all services, at $3,000; Hun ton and Chandler, who will receive 95,000 for all services: Judge Thurman, at a retainer of $1,000, and reasonable compeasation for whatever services he may render, to be calculated at the close of the uit; and Mr. Lowery, the electrician and patent lawyer, who is to receive a retainer of $1,000 and a per diem of $70 while in New York taking testimony, and $100 a day elsewhere. The reason the apparent high salaries were fixed was to secure good legal talent, at the BeH company had employed such eminent counsel as Hon. Roscoe Cookling, Joseph E. McDonald, of Indiana, and others, including .well- known electricians to defend the suit, and the government, witness thought, oufcht to have able la fryers to prosecute.' GOULD MAKES A STATEMENT, The Parnell fund has reached $75,000. Money is constantly coming in. At a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Fund association, on Saturday, the question of making it a permanent organization was discussed. The plan is regarded very favorably. It will probably be adopted. In Which He Denies that His Agree- ment Was Broken, New Tome, April 0.—The private wire between Mr. Gould's office and the offices of the Missouri Pacific Railway company, in 8t Louis, worked; badly yesterday on account of the western storm. After 2 p. m. communication with General Manager Hoxle was entirely cut off. Mr. Gould dictated the following statement for publication: While engaged at home in examining my aocountsin an endeavor to ascertain the errors of the committee, which was a work of much rime and labor — the items covering come .ourteen years of time and over $14,000,000 in iccounta—I found this wrongful and hurtful statement, claiming to be taken from the records of the committee, published in the newspapers on the 1st day of March. The report of the committee was made on the 3d day orMarcb, but was not fekaa printed, and an official copy did not rtttrh me until the beginning of thi& session of congress, although I tried to obtain one. Fire at Buffalo. Buffalo, April&—Afire broke oat last evening about 6 o'clock In the four-story brick building, near the corner of Mechanic and Terrace streets, occupied by the Volkec and Felthouse Manufacturing company, Kendall Manufacturing company, Buffalo Plating company and Stow laundry. . Twenty girls who were employed by the Star Laundry company had to take'to the fire escape, ■ two of them being slightly injured in jumping from the bottom of the escape. Hie lost is about $404)00; insurance, $30,000. "The stenographer s notes of the New York conference between Mr. Powderly and his associates and myself show that there was no agreement, direct or implied, that the company 'would take all men back, with some comparatively few exceptions,' as sot forth by Mr. Turner, of the KnightB of Labor, in an interview published. On the contrary, they show that not one of the committee expected tile oompany to take back any men not needed, or any who had had anything to do with damaging the property of the company or obstructing the running of its trains. A GOVERNOR WITH SPIRIT, After fall examination I And that every material part of the account as stated in the report of the committee to be untrue and unjust, besides being hurtful and defamatory, and these statements are the results of the grossest errors in the report of the committee. In my reports to congress every bond is accounted for to the last dollar; every dollar is accounted for and vouched to the last cent. SAM JONES WOULD OBJECT. He Does Not Approve of Begging Alms of Congress. Above ths Danger Unit. Montgomery, Ala., April 6w—The board of revenue of this' county, in a communication to Governor O'Neill, stated that -large numbers of people would have to be maintained for an indefinite period, and at public expense; and suggested that be memorialize congress for such relief as may be needed. The governor has replied that he thought the local relief would meet the issue, and did not believe the state of Alabama should ask alms of the government. If he thought the emergency sufficiently great to require it he would convene the legislature and let the south succor its needy citizens; but he does not believe such necessity exists. ■ ■  The Uberal Views of a Presbyterian Clergyman. Washington, April ft—The . tivfcp* ata above the danger lino about nine feet at Cincinnati, five feet at Louisville anil Qalro, four feet at Nashville and fourteen feet a* Chattanooga. The Missiaiippi river north ot Cario will remain nearly stationary. South of that city it will rise decidedly, tubmerging the lowland districts. "Mr. Powderly said that if the company would supply him with the names of these lawbreakers they would be expelled from the order. The whole committee was very positive that its orders would be generally obeyed, and asserted most positively that those'who refuse to obey would be put out ■of the order and, to use the exact words of one of the committee, 'kept out of it tor•ver.'"Louisville, April 0.—The Louisville Ministerial association discussed " Worldly Amusements." Rev. Charles Hemphill, oi the Second Presbyterian church, expressed very liberal views. He came here recently from a professorship in the Theological school at Columbia, 8. C. He said the church, from neglect of oommoa sense principles, holds an indefensible position regarding amusements. The sentiment requiring self-denial of certain pleasures for fear of being misunderstood has grown morbid. He would not deny his church square dances or the true theatre. Both are harmless, and the latter a high type of pleasure. "No man may take away my personal right to play tenpins or billiards, to see a game of baseball or drink a glass of wine. These are matters for each man's conscience. When men go to manufacturing sins they neglect the great truths." The fact appears printed therein that I charge myself with United States bonds amounting to $2,109,386.80, instead of $2,082,- 480.67, as the committee say, and I account as received from the sale thereof for $2,150,- 880.80 instead of 91,871,418.60, as the committee say, showing a blunder in the committee's statement against me of $279,466.70. I repeat, all this appears in the printed reports to congress of the treasurer of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. A BUI That Won't Pass. Washington, April & — Representative Henderson, of North Carolina, has introduced a bill to ameliorate some of the features of the internal revenue system. The bill provides that criminal intent must be set out in the indictment in cases of alleged violations of internal revenue laws and must be proved as an independent fact Oases arising under the internal revenue laws shall be prosecuted only by indictment, and warrants shall issue only upon the oath of a reputable person that the facts are within his own knowledge. Twelve Hears a Day's Toll. A message from Mr. Hoxie was read to the committee, iu which he said th&t only a portion of the men formerly employed would be required by the cqmpany on account of a reduction in business caused by the strike, and because a large number of men had been employed to take the place of the strikers, and tliat these men would not be discharged. Nbw York, April ft—Senator Murphy's bin, making twele hours a day's work on the surface and elevated railway* in the eitlei of New York and Brooklyn, passed the assembly and now goes to the governor. These terrible calumnies have gone into the official records of the house, as well as to the public press; gross libels which I an powerless to fully meet, unless through your instrumentality. Mr. Speaker, the matter can be referred by this house to its committee on military affairs, to investigate the correctness of these public accounts, so that the refutation shall stand on the records of the house side by side with the misstatement, as I humbly pray may be done. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Bknj. F. Butler. Weather Indications. Lynn, Mdss., April 6.—Keene Bros., surrendered to the Knights of Labor yesterday by signing an agreement to reinstate the discharged Skowhegan employee; to adopt arbitration in future differences; to furnish their employes With work; to abstain from discriminating against Knights in the future, and to abide by the decision of the Knights as to which of the firm's Maine employes shall be discharged. Surrendered to the Knight*. Washington, April ft—For the middle Atlantic states, cloudy weather, with raini, followed by clearing weather; slight change* In temperature, except, in the extreme southeastern portion, colder weather. Yesterday morning Mr. Hoxie reported to Mr. Gould that 6,376 loaded cars had been moved since Saturday morning. The Missouri Pacific agent at Parsons, Kan., repotted that the situation of affairs there was steadily improving. Later he wired: Buffalo, April 6.—In the court of oyer and terminer, Judge Childs sentenced Peter Louis Otto, the wife murderer, ta be hanged May 21.  Otto Senteneed to Hang. Washington, April 6.—On motion of Mr. Eldridge, the house passed the Mexican pension bill by 168 to 68. It directs the secretary of the interior to place the names of all the surviving officers, soldiers and sailors who enlisted and served in the war with Mexico for any period during the years 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848, and were honorably discharged, and their surviving widows, on the pension roll at tho rate of $8 per month from and after the passage of this act during their lives. Persons under political disabilities are not included. Pensions for Mexican Soldiers. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL "The best men of our old force are applying for work. We have re-employed forty of XOur master mechanic has a surplus lications from new men, but is giving the old hands tb* preference. The adjutant general has recommended the citizens to organize in order that he may withdraw the militia." CONDENSED NEWS- The Balls and. Bear* Have a Quiet Seventy-flve people at Union Village, North Manchester, Conn., are under rigid quarantine for smallpox. Two Canadian Frenchmen attended a dance and exposed the entire company to the disease. N*w YORK, April 3.—Money ea«y nt per cent. Exchange dull at Uovorirn ut firm. Currency fls, 127*4 Md; 4)*#, coup.. 1 ;D\i bid; is, coup.. 128J4 bid. Day. Stabbed at an Election. Comptroller Trenholm Confirmed. Wabash, Ind., April «.—Tee people of Denver, a small village eighteen miles northwest of Wabash, where an election was held yesterday, are much excited over an affray which occurred there, Fred Tites, a Republican, provoked a quarrel with a young man named Lawrence, and stabbed him in the 6ide with a pocket knife. Lawrence cannot survive. Tites is still at liberty, but will be captured.  Washington, April 6.—The senate executive session has confirmed W. L Trenholm, comptroller of the currency, with small opposition. The report from the financial committee was unanimously favorable. The confirmation was made on the solicitation of Treasurer Jordan. He assured the committee that the nomination was made by the president of his own motion after a consultation with him (Jordan). He urged that confirmation to be made aj speed as passible, as Depu% Comptroller Snyder's presence was needed elsewhere, and it was necessary to have some one in charge. On this presentation of facts the silver men withdrew their opposition, and Trenholm's nomination was reported favorably by Mr. Morrill and confirmed. The stock market opened dull and wen*, with some pressure to sell, and prices drcl ned J* :o 'j per eeat. on the first few sales. Alter the arst caU. however, there was a firmer feei ng resutlng from reports to the effect that at to-day'* meeiJng of tha presidents of the eoal roads percentages wool he satisfactorily arranged. Prices advanced on gome baying of those properties, and at midday were up MtoSM per cent The market cloeed firm at the beet prices of the daj. ttfe last dispatch received from Mr. Hoxie from Fort Worth before the wire stopped working ran as follows: Isadora Seidenbaum, aged 18 years, a guest of a family named Roeenstein at Milwaukee, during Sunday night entered the sleeping apartment of four young girls and shot Annie Roeenstein dead and then killed himself. "Everything quiet. Two trains have gone south this morning well guarded. No interference. Some one crippled engine No. 27 on trairi No. 154, last night, at Waco, when trainmen were eating supper. About 11:30 this morning a box of dynamite was found in an outhpuse near the Union depot, where it had been secreted. Governor Ireland is nyw in this city. All saloons and drinking places are closed by order of Mayor Smith, and a large patrol force guard the city by night. More freight trains will move south to-day." Reconsidered tbe Vote. Two hundred Aid fifty trotters have been entered for the season at the New York State Breeders' and Trotters' association for the events of the summer circuit Prices closed as follow*: Washington, April 6.—Hie house committee on on territories reconsidered the vote on the bill to organise the territory of Oklahoma out of the public land sorip, etc., in the Indian territory, and voted to report it adversely. Mr. Hewitt has asked for time n which to grite his report on the administrative portion of the tariff bill, and it is probable that the measure will not be presented in the house for two or three days. Adam* Express .146 W. U. Telegraph. Del. h Hudson. Del, Lack. * W. ,100fi ■ l.« New York, April 6.—About thirty new members were admitted to Tammany hall at the regular meeting last night. Among them were Congressman Maybury, Ezra C. Carleton and Timothy E Farnsney, of Michigan; John H. Rogers, of Arkansas; William Dickson, chairman of the Democratic central committee of Washington, and Samuel Donelson, doorkeeper of the house of representatives. ' Admitted to Tammany Hall. 0. a Express M Denver — a. a, C. ft I - Erie.  New York Central... — Fen— ft. Texas 27** New Jersey Central.. 48M' Lake Shore ... 8Uftg Illinois Central — Lake Erie ft West.... li Ohio Central. lfcf Morris ft Essex......'.I3H Michigan Oentml.... 66 Northwest iOttV Northern Pacillo .... 2&H Do. pref - -a Hnital- " - John Minks, of Jersey City, took two drinks of whisky aniTdied. It is sfiid that as soon as lake navigation opens 6,(DJ0,000 bushels of grain will be sent from Chicago for New York via Erie canal from Buffalo. Central Paoiflo.. Union PacUo... HUsouri Pacific. Da prif. 4W4 Ohio 4t Miss. . 46H Pacific Mail. 108H Reading  06]'i Ontario A West.. 5# FIGHTING FOR HIS ENGINE. Bow At a PrUe Fight. The death of Judge Baxter will not delay the trial of %he telephone patent suit at Columbus, O,, as a successor will hp designated at once to take charge of the case. ' Reported Attempt to Take a Fireman From His Train. Si. Louis, April 6.—A switch engine returning to the Missouri Pacific yards from Cheltenham switch, a few miles out with a train of cars, was flagged by a party of fifteen men at the grand avenue crossing, just within the city limits. The engine w»s stopped and the men immediately boarded the engine and seizing Bert Culver, the fireman, who had come in from Springfield, Ma, since the strike and taken a job, began to haul him about. Engineer O'Neil drew a re vol er when the men jumped from the ensogine.WATKihs, N. Y., April 6.— A large crowd witnessed the glove fight between Harry Umlah, of New York city, and McGill, of this place. They were to box lix rounds, according to Queensberry rules, for the gate receipts. Umla.li whipped McGill in two rounds, and then an indescribable aoene was enacted. The spectators took sides, and a general rough-and-tumble row took place. Individuals were set upon by gangs, and black eyes and bleeding noses resulted. For several minutes the fight in the crowd progressed, and then a cry of "police" caused a general scramble and a cessation of hostilities. Woonsockjet, R L, April ft—The movement in favor of constitutional prohibition has obtained unprecedented strength. The town council has ordered all saloons closed on election day for the first time local history. That body, which is Republican, has been favorable to liquor interests. Bev. H. R Preesly presented a mammoth petition for the closing, and for an hour and a quarter poured forth a scathing arraignment of their course. Prohibition In Bhode Island. Metropolitan L Texas Paolflc. UM ilook Island. St. Paul ....136 Washington, April 6.—Bills were passed by the house to erect government buildings at Duluth, Minn., and Fort Wayne, Ind. Also for the erection of a congressional library °n the site east of the Capitol, and #500,000 was appropriated to begin the construction. A further appropriation, not to exceed $550,000, was made to purchase the land. Government Buildings. A cremation society has been organised at Newark, N. J., with 100 members. Alton ft T. a. Canada Southern. Chicago ft Alton.. Canada Paolflc.... Ches. ftOhla  . 38M Bur. ft Qulncy 138)4 .MO OraaonTtmna ... ifM «K On. R'y ft NaT 96* . 10M Wert Short) .... — The office of The Monitor, a temperance paper, at Woodstown, N. J., was bespattered with bad eggs. New Yoh*. April a.—FLOUR—Dull and Wlliiri material change. Fine, $i.20C»2.l0c superfine, t3.80a •fohto extra, southern flour cloeed doll. Common to oholoe extra, $3.90^5.43. General Market. The Lake Shore foundry at Cleveland was burned. Loss, 125,000. It is now almost officially announced that Mr. Wanning will retire from the cabinet pending convalescence. WHE AT—Options were Tory. active, whUe prtyee were unsettled, closing heavy and H to U oent lower. Spot lota oloaed weak, at a slight decline. ' Spot sales of Na 1 red stata at •1.01; No. 3 do. at 93c.; No. 1 wMte do. at Mo.: ungraded winter red at 80«mCe.! ungraded spring at 90a, and No. 3 rod winter at MM ®9 «a No. * red winter, April, Mb.; da May, 93H0 9attc.;da June, 939Cc. Boston, April 0.—A Washington special says: A project is on foot to establish a new administration daily paper, to be issued at 18 and 4 o'clock each day. The money is said to come from Philadelphia. The order has been given for the press, and the paper will be started as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. Cleveland to Have an Organ. A SUver The viceroy of the Kiangsi province in China denies that he has threatened retaliation for outrages upon Chinamen in this oountry. »■ • Obstructions to Navigation. Nkw York, April 6.—A Washington dispatch to The Mail and Express asserts that "the silver men in ooagress are getting up a compaigu document, which has already been indorsed by about 100 Democrats, reiterating the position of the representatives of silver, and denouncing the aC$ion of the administration as evidencing collusion with capitalistic interests. This address will be put forth about the oloeo of the session, in tint* to influence the coming congressional campaigns." Culver was partially pulled off by some one, but clung to the steps, and while in this position drew a revolver and fired three shots at the man, who still hung to the other arm; the man released his hold and fell. By this time Engineer O'Neil got the engine going, and succeeded in escaping. The man shot fell, and was hurriedly carried away by his companions. Whether or not be is badly hurt cannot be told. No arrests have yet been made, and no names of the attacking party are known. Boston, April 0.—The pilot chart of the north Atlantic for April, which has just been issued by the hydrographic office, reports no less than forty-five floating and dangerous wrecks, a large proportion of which are in the gulf stream of the American coast and directly in the path of commerce. The numerous reports that have obtained currency that the wreck of the Hylton Castle had changed its position are denied, recent examinations having shown that the vessel lies where she foundered, eight miles southeast of Fire island.CORN—Options were moderately active) prices were weak and Irregular, and oloaed H to H cent lower. Spot, lots closed easy, and M eent lower Spot sales of ungraded mixed at Cnal'l«n; steamer mixed at 44JCa, and Na I at 49»a Na J mixed; April. 45J*c.; da Hay. 4«Mo.i da June, 4DMa Md. OATS—Options were heaVy weak, closing X to H cent lower. Spot lets closed emu: mixed Is a trifle lower. Spot Dales of Na 1 white siite at 49a. and Na 3 da at 400. No. 3 mixed. May,». taasjfo. • RYE—Nominal. Western, e3®63)So.; stato, «®6t. BARLEY—Nominal. * PORK—Dull; mess, (9.9O01O for Old; new 110.00® 10.75. The house committee on elections has decided in favor of Weaver in the Campbell- Weaver case from Iowa. It is said that the New York Central Bailroad company will establish a settlement somewhat on the Pullman plan, at Buffalo, where extensive works are established for car construction. Pension 8tatlstles. Washington, April 0.—During the year ending March 31, the pension bureau issued 86,847 pension certificates, representing new pensions granted and increase in the amount of pensions, an increase over any previous year of 8,411. A Tailors* Farad*. Bom Jrnes and Sam Small, the eccentric revivalists, have closed their meetings at Chicago. Bootob, April 6.—The 100 journeymen tailors who struck against the lirms that refused to accede to the union demand, together with all working members of. the order who could get leave of absence, paraded the streets with music, an& banners oearing appropriate inscriptions. The' sidewalks throughout the line of inarch were crowded with spectators, who applauded the LA KD—Closed quiet; cash, *M7Ms April, H9s««.Dfc ■ay, KUMA The Pay Car on the Hoad. The Erie railroad has forbidden its employes to act as milk agents. SUGAR—Dull, bat Otmi fair to good refining, 4M& So. i Kansas City, April 6.—The Missouri Pacific pay oar came in yesterday, and it was reported that the men, for some unexplained reason, would refuse the pay coming to them. The men changed theii minds, however, and called for their checks. Any number of garnisheemsots for board and other bills were served. Presidential Appointments. Romk, N. Y., April tt—Judge Kennedy sentenced Fong Ah Yu, the Chinese murderer, to Auburn state prison for lite. In hits remarks to the prisoner, the court made it clear to all who heard him that the prisoner, on the evidence, should have been convicted of murder in the first degree. Fong Goes Up for life. Lewis Taylor, at Indlaifepolis, was walking home from church with the wife of Jack M unroe, when the latter met him and engaged In a quarrel, during which Taylor shot ,'Iunroe, the baH first cutting the face of the woman and lodging in the head of the husband. BUTTER—Dull, but firm; state, MHa; westsrn. matim Washington, April 8.—The president has rent the following nominations to the senate: Job H. Lippincott, of Jersey City, to be United States attorney for the district of New Jersey. Crfleb W. West, of Kentucky, to be governor of Utah territory. EGOS—steady; state. 13MC.; western. W«a CHEESE—Firm and moderately active; state, Bui llMa; western. ttSUlio. J Chicago Live Stock Market. ii\. t Cnotoo. April &—The Drover.' tans) leyate Cattle—Receipt*. 5,800 head; ahlptnaBBCQoOt matkH •*.39. Hogs—Receipt. M.9M mil. 536?»tia8 % S2» 4.38; ui^wa^aa^Mp-iUcsipts.TifeTBI Mi'pfoniWI inr*5** DUOK nittvM ftMiMfllil vtwr»» Umn  cablegram reports oittle Ufa. hlfftMi klUMM steers, pat Ik .... ■ All engineers and firemen have been warned that any failure to comply with ths ■ company's order to take out a train will r» nMla instant dismissal if they are influenced by from strikers. There is soma appeefcenOaothat this may precipitate a con .ttefc&MMtoB the Brotherhood of Engineer! wJM&MplVMfc, and trouble is feared. Mrs. Coolidge Gets Three Tears. Albanv Carpenters Quit Work. Nxw Yowt, April 8.—An Albanv says: The Carpenters' union of this city, embracing over 000 journeymen, are on a strike. It is thought that Unless the boss builder* comply with the demands of the that all the working union man w3l be ordered out. Es-Aldeanap Wait*, of New York, hat written a letter to Senator James F. Pierce, in which be denies the alleged criticism of tl» senator in his interview with a city paper. N*w Haven, Conn,, April U.—Arrangements havo been consummated for the consolidation of The Palladium (Republican) and Morning Nows (Mugwump), next weak. It is said the consolidated paper will be eight pages. Newspapers Consolidated. Boston, AprilIn the supreme criminal oourt yesterday, Mrs. Emma A. Coolidge, who recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder young Mrs. Mellen, was sentenced to three years in the woman's prison at fjherburn.W. a Btrtl, of Buffalo, Cleveland's former lawpartajer, has returned treat Florida, and sayt tittOBfpn crop has been badly damaged by the late fold weather