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              f KtTHBBB 1404 I Weekly Established 1860. | PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1887. I TWOOKHT8 | IwOtiHtaWNk ANGRY * CONGRESSMAN NOT SETTLED. A CHARMED Liru. GUN. LOGAN'S COMRADES I SILK DYERS STOP. THI8 AFTERNOON'8 DISPATCHES Wot Born to b« MilI«d-»A Banker** Pa; Tribute to His Memory In Extravi* ARBITRATION PROPOSALS MEET Whit* River Junction, Vt., Feb. 10.— Charles C. Dommett, of the Maverick National bank of Boston, one of the survivors who escaped from the White river wreck with a few scratches, seems to lDear a charmed life. He was on the Boston sleeper and was saved, when a lady just in front poi'ished. He said: "It ilou't seem as if I was born to be killed. When a boy I fell tnto'a mill pond and w«a dragged ont unconscious by a dog jus in time to save my life. A few years ago, while at Hull yachting, I fell into the water with heavy rubber boats and a thick pea jacket oil, which dragged me down and prevented me from catching the wharf, only a few feet away. I was rescued, however, In an insensible condition. Tbay worked over me some Umq and I was about to be given up for dead, when I came to. Not long ago I was walking on the street when a heavy wiudow shutter, which seine workmen were putting up in the n indow of a high building, fell and struck the lie.J of my rubber shoe and cut it off as CDan as if by a knife-. My life was saved by n difference of only a- few inches. I have Ijtvu exposed to smallpox and all kinds of contagious diseases, but never caught them. I think I am about as lucky a man as you can And. The only injuries I have ever rewived have boen while nt play. I received a kick on my spine once when plitying football, which laid me up some time, and I have had a broken nose and fingers from playing ball. I think that if I should fall put of a balloon I would comedown all right My life is well insured, aiid, perhaps, that is rhe reason I don't get killed," ho concluded with a laugh. MlAliapN. INVITE EACH OTHER TO ( OME OUTSIDE jyE HOUSE. gant Praia*. Washington, Feb. 10.—Eyery available seal wax occupied In the senate galleries yesterday when President (pro tem.) Sherman opened the session. The occasion for the large gathering was the fact that the senate had set apart the day far tha delivery of eulogies upon the life and memory of the lata John A. Logan. THAT INDUSTRY LIKELY TO COME Poaitoflice Robbed. WITH BUT LITTLE FAVOR. * TO A STANDSTILL Special to the Qasitte. A Fight Narrowly Avorted Between Two On Account of a Disagreement Betwees Bound Brook, N. J, Feb. Id—Xuieveaentered the poetoffice here lnet night. They worn rtbcovered and Bred upon by a railroad went. Ooe of the thieves who waa shot ran C to th« Raritan river, jumped iu and waa drowned. The other was overpowered aDd taken to jail. The two belonged to the same pang that eutered the Jersey City poetoffice last week. Austin CorMn'a Alleged Settlement With the Reading Man is Denied and Affirmed—The Situation In and Araua'd New forfc Harbor. Members of the Houses And Probably the Men and the Manufacturers on the Knd of the Quarrel Is Not Yet— the Subject of Wages and Honrs of Spicy Debates. Labor. N*w Yohk, Feb. 10.—There is a hitch in the arrangements tor arbitration and tha strike is not settled. The executive board of District Assembly Mo. 49 and the representatives of the various bodies of men on strike met last night and remained in session until midnight. A member of the board made the following statement for publication: "We received numberless protests from Philadelphia in regard to the report, published on Mr. Corbiu's authority, to the effect that the trouble on tbo Reading railroad was permanently settled. The protests come from the Reading road employes, who assure 114 that they did not authorize any onra to arbitrate (or them. "Wo have not declared the strike off and we , *111 require better assurances than we have received before (he strikers resume work. The Reading employes at Philadelphia and Port Rifhmoni say they are waiting for orders or art vie* from us. 'Hey will strike if we sav that a general strike ou the Heading roail is necessary. We have not decidod that question yet. We are awaiting certain events Iwfore taking [any new decisive stei«. 1 he strike is not Anally settled, although we entertain lioies that it will be by Saturday." T. B. Putnam, the representative of the striking cool handlers, called at Austin Curbtn's CDfTlc« and had a conference with Washington, Feb. 10.—There came near being a pei-sonal encounter iu the house tweeu Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, rind Mr. Gibson, of West Virginia, during the discussion of a bill to change the compensation of United States attorneys, marshals and commissioners from fees to salaries, which had been reported by the committee of whioh Mr. Gibson is chairman. Mi'. Rogers cast serious reflections upon the competency of tho committee to deal with the subject, alleging in quite positive language that the cluiirman of the committed who reported tho bill was not possessed of the necessary legal training and education to properly perform the duties assigned him by the speaker. Both men are hot blooded, and on a previous occasion in the last congress had a similar controversy. Gibson stood the criticisms from Rogers for some time, but finally yielded to his passion and replied in language equally revere and cutting. It finally cu.minated in nil allusion to eacli other's veracity, which became mora personal than anything which lias happened so far upon tho floor during this congress. Mrs. Logan, her two sons, Manning and John A. Logan, her daughter, Mrs. Tucker, and her son-in-law, Maj. Tucker, occupied reserved seats. Patkhson, N. J., Feb. 10.—Sixteen hundred dyers, representing nil the skilled, well paid men employed iu all the silk dyeing works in Paterson, except one, struck yesterday. The exception referred to is in the Pioneer mill, where an unsuccessful strike lias just ended, and where no li ■ :i men an; employed. The demands of the strikers may bo summed up as follows: That the men should be employed only fifty-five hours, instead of fifty-seven hours and a half per week, so that they might have a half holiday on Saturday; that there should be an advance in wages about equivalent to II a week all around, and that none but Knights of Labor be employed in any of the dye •bops. The demand for the sole Employment of union men was particularly obnoxious to the employers. It was agreed that each side, the dyers and the manufacturers, should mutually select a committee of thirteen, and then each side was alternately to strike off one until there was only one man left. This man was then to sit as a judge over another committee of twelve, six to be selected by each side. They could not, however, agree oh the first thirteen. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, was the first speaker. He read a long and carefully prepared address. Special to the Gas tts Collltnon Between Steamers. Nkw Yokk, Feb. 10—A. colliaion occurred on North river this morning at half-past three o'clock between the steamer "Lone Star," of the Michigan Line, and Kngli h steamer "Wells City." The latter was sunk. The crew escaped but the cargo was destroyed. Mr. Morgan spoke of the deceased as a bold, pronounced, firm, generous and true man. Mr. Edmunds referred to the dead senator as having had among his characteristics the Anglo-Saxon persistence in upholding an opinion once formed that had made our British ancestors and the American people the strongest forces for civilization of which there was any account in the history of the world. A Serious Fire. Special to the Gasetts. St. Loots, Feb. 10.—Fire broke out shortly before midnight In the livery stible of Jesse Carnot. Eighty horses were burned to death. The bodies of four men have been taken from the ruins, and two men were faulty injured by a falling wall. Mr. Manderson re vie wad Gen. Logan's military career. Mr. Hampton said that as a Democrat and as a Confederate soldier he was glad of on opportunity to speak of Logan as a Republi can and a northern man, and none were more willing than he to pay tribute to Gen. Logan's memory, whose fame was as widespread as it was fairly achieved. Committed Suicide. Special to the Qasbtu. St. Pktkbsburq, Feb. 10.—A pricce cadet in a military school, who had been implicated in a Nihilist plot, command suicide oa disco veiy. Mr. Rogers intimated that tha fiery West Virginian could not be so free in his expressions outside of the house, coupling his remarks with an invitation to go outeide. Gibson replied, that he was willing and ready to go at any lime, and would be found equal to any emergency. The scene grew very exciting, f nd irieuds gathered around them to prevent any personal encounter. Some indiscreet member started the report that Gibson had a pistol in bis hip pdbket. It was not long until the friends of Mr. Rogers circulated the report and for n while a general light was imminent. Fortunately the hour expired, and the two men were taken to the cloak rooms, where they lieliI excited consultations with their friends. Their friends hope a reconciliation can bo brought ahout, though it is feared by those who know the-n beet that the end is not yet. Mr. Allison said that Gen. Logan bad linked his name iniperlshably with the military achievements that resulted in the restoration of the Union, and but few bad a more illustrious career. They dyene opposed certain business men on the ground that they would naturally side with the manufacturers, while the manufacturers objected to members of the Knights of Labor who did not belong to the dyers' trade who had been chosen by the dyen on account of their ability. For two weeks or so they wrestled in vain with the attempt to agree. Finally, on Tuesday night the dyers held a secret meeting and decided to strike. The dyers comprise soas* of,the most skillful men in the silk industry. NAVAL CADETS H-.n v W. Maxwell, one of Mr. Cor bin's A FAMILY BUTCHERED. Mr. Hawley Raid Gen. Logan scorned double dealing, cowardice and meanness. pari; era, Mr. Maxwell told biin that Mr. Ctorl*u bad Mxetl up things in Philadelphia ■andtheieby averted a strike on the Reading Mr: Putnam left the office shortly afterwan) wtth a document which was the basis of on said to hav* been effected. Be potdtively declined to tell the terras until he had conferred with his colleagues. After he left Mr. Maxwell said: "Tim. trim bio. so far as our company is ooueerned, is settled, or at least it was (etUt*d in Philadelphia, and Mr. Corbin has wired me to that effect. We do not intend to hold any mure conferences, because they are unnecessary. The settlement covers our company only, and of course we do not speak for other companies. We never claimed the right or proposed the idea that we should settle tbe differences of other companies."Who Failed to DD»«• the Requisite K*. amlnatloo. Not One Left to Tell the Manner in Which It Hspptyied. W ars aw, Ind., Feb. 10.—A torrible' I ragedy, which occurred about ten miles Mr. Spoonerspokeof Gen. Logan's'magnetism and daring that he was by common consent the ideal soldier of the war. Washington, Feb. 10.—The secretary of the navy has received the report of the Annapolis Naval academy recommending thirty - eight cadets to be dropped for deficiency in studies. After approval of the report the cadets will be either dropped or allowed to resign. Some of them are T. M. O'Halloran, Pennsylvania; J. N. Alexander, Missouri; W. H. Gould, Ohio; C.|H. Kinnear, Virginia; W. D. Kocherspergtr, Pennsylvania; E. P. Mellor, Missouri; J. R. Morris, Illinois; L I, Murphy, New York; W. McD. Rowan, West Virginia; G. B. Belfridge, J. B. Beeley, New York; G. H. Ament, Iowa; R. W. Beel, West Virginia; W. W. Beck, Maryland; E. J. Berkley, Virginia; P. Chander, Missouri; R. N. Chappelle, Indiana; M. Qemorest, New York;C. J. Erden, Illinois;T. McDowey, Washington Territory; H, T. Groen, Kansas; A F. Horn, Pennsylvania; T. L. Jenkins, North Carolina; D. H. Kremer, Missouri; W. L. Lancaster, Alabama; T. J. Mason, New Mexico; J. D. Smullen, Pennsylvania; G. H. Paul, Jr., Wisconsin;C. F. Regan, New. York: Z. W. Reynolds, Pennsylvania; J\ Bheehan, Jr., New York; F. Shellaberger, Illinois; G. D. Smith, New York; H. W. Willian*, Connecticut; J. G. Willis, Illinois; J. W. Clinton, New York, and G, B. Fife, at largo. northeast of this place, has come to light. A jijirty of hunters oil their return to their iiomes happened to pass the farm residenco of Henry Dunham in Tippecanoe township, C\ lie i they came upon his mutilated remains in the lane near his residence. They instantly started to alarm tbe neighbors. They did not enter the house until after the neighbors arrived. On opening the door thoy discovered the little 2-year-old girl with her throat cut from ear to ear and Mrs. Dunham near by alive, hut so badly cut slid Injured about tbe head as to render her insensible. Mr. Dunham's body was so liadly u.t-11 by hogi as to make it impossible to ascertain how he was killed. It is tbe opinion that Mrs. Dunham will recover and throw light upon the tragedy. At present it is thought that Mr. Dunham in a temporary fit of insanity committed the deed and then put an end to his own life. Mr. Frye said that the senators had brought garlands to decorate the dead soldier's grave. He would offer but a single flower—Loga n was an honest man. If the strike continues for two weeks there will be at least 10,000 more operatives thrown out of work, for If there is no silk dyed there can be none put through the finishing processes. Indeed, it is expected that it least 1,000 more will lose their places this week, for there will be no warps given out after the weavers have finished what is on their looms. Should the strike continue longer, say for a month, there will be still more thrown out, and in six weeks there would be from 15,000 to 18,000 idle operatives. The silk operatives are as a class very provident, and they have many thousands at dollars in the savings banks. Mr. Plumb said that Gen. Logan's fidelity to friendship was almost phenomenal, his loyalty to truth and duty undoubted. Mr. Evarts said they had not the power to enhance the fame of Gen. Logan. The busy fingers of the fates were ever weaving, as in a tapestry, the threads which make out men's lives, and few would be found of a brighter color or of a nobler pattern than that of Gen. Logan. Mr. Rogers is one of the young members of the house und iti said to be as courageous as be is oxcitable. Gibson is also a man of unquestioned courage, and is said to be anxious for a fight before he retires from cotieress, which he will do at the close of this session. Mr. Sabin and Mr. Palmer spoke, and then lbs proceedings having extended beyond the hour expected, Mr. Ransom gave way to Mr. Far well, who moved the adoption of a set of resolutions expressing admiration for Gon. Logan and sympathy for his family. Tins was done and the senate adjourned. In the house the speaker presented the senate bilt to encourage the manufacture of steel for modern naval ordnance and other Jiaval purposes, and to provide heavy ordnance adapted to modern naval warfare and that ]Droviding for the manufacture of ordinance and coast defenses. Mr. Reed, (.VIe„ I asked unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill. Mr. Holmaii Cind.) objected. Mr. Reed then asked UTaC it bo made a special order for Monday next, but encountered an objection from Mr. Eden (Ills.) Both were referred to the committee on -appropriations, and they may be reported at any time. The company employs 2,00(1 men at its Port Richmond (Philadelphia) coal yard. Reoently the company raised the price oftoal t n cents a ton, and notified its coal handlers that their wagos would be reduced from 22Df cents an hour to 20 cents. The company's •replay ee at Elizabeth port and in this city were getting,20 cent* an hour. Mr. Corblu wanted to make SW cents the general rate all over. It is understood that the striken will receive $1 a dav from the Knights of Labor during the strike. The manufacturers say the dyers have made a mistake in putting the* skilled and unskilled men in the same category. A large proportion of the dyers are Germans, Frenchmen and Swiss, and many of them are of a codfmunistic tendency. It seems to be the general impression in Paterson that it would be one of the greatest strikes that ever took place in the ,city. In the Interest of the community there of some of the business men getting together to see If they cannot get the Two sides to agree on some plan of action. A Bible Claaa "Lockout." FIXING SUNDAY LAWS. Boston, Feb. 10.—About two years age '250 members of the Bible class of the First Baptist church. Central square, Cambridgeport, left the church because they were not allowed to hold an entertainment. Since that time they have steadily remained aloof from all intercourse in a religious way with the church members. This angered the pastor, Rev. James McWhinney, to such an extent that he has used harsh language in sj caking of the members of the Bible class. This occasioned some trouble, so that to ifTectually settle the matter u meeting of the church members was held. Resolutions were [ussed supporting the pastor and stating explicitly that the members of the Bible c.ass wi.uld never be allowed to return to the told t»f the church. What makes the resolution interesting is the fact that llfty-three of the Bible' class members are mombers of ihe church. A Bill Presented that Baa a Few Kx- captions. ■ Ab soon as tbe coal handlers were notified •boat the proposed reduction they met and JIMfApd to retaliate by demanding an ad- HSaiet to twenty-five cents an hour all armjiul—In Port Richmond, Port Johnson, GUttbelhport, Jersey City and New York. John A. Kelly, of the Ocean association, said he *a» present at the conference with Mr, Corbin in Philadelphia, but took no part He said he did not consider the trouble permanently settled. Boston, Feb. 10.—The joint judiciary committee gave a I earing at the state house to-day to all parties interested in the petitions, amending the Sanday laws. Counsel was present in the interest of the milk dealers, barbers, druggists and newspapers, and the claims of all were argued at length. W. P. Cherrington and Mr. Maul ton, for the Central Trades union, appeared to oppose the change in the law asked for. The following bill drawn by Mr. Kent, of the committee, was placed in the bands of the gentlemen presont for their consideration: THE IRISH CAMPAIGN. Debate Upon Mr. Paraeirt Amendment Mr. O'Neill (Mo.) made an attempt to call up the letter carrier oight hour bill, but was unsuccessful, and tha house went into commit, tee of the whole on the diplomatic and consular bill Mr. Lore (Del.) could seu no necessity for the increase of salary made in the bill, and expressed his suprise that tho measure was not a hugo joke, but was brougli t in in sober earnest. It could hardly huve the approbation of the secretary of statu. In its Inst communication to the house the state department had committed itsoif against changes. Ho imagined that deiiartuient was not now advocating those changes and asking that marvelous additions be made to the salaries of consuls. A little over two years ago, from Maine to Florida, tho echo had been borne upon the wings of a triumphant Democracy, "Turn the rascals out," Some of those in high places had been turned out, but now congress was told that it was ine*po dient to make any changes in subordinate oftlces because those who held them had beccme experienced. He admitted that the gentlemen who were in the state department now had become pure and were no longer rascals. There has been a conversion in that department, and now they were pure und spotless, and men to be relied upon.; and their exjiorietico demanded that there should be uo change in the department. So that the state department) was decidedly against change, and he could not conceive that it was asking for the swooping and radical changes propesed by the bill In some of the Paterson shops devoted to tho iron business the foremen bars received orders to discharge all Knights of Labor as fast as possible and to hire no mora union men. London, Feb. 10.—In the house of commons the debate on Mr. ParnOll's amendment to the address in reply to the queen's speech was resumed. to the Qaeea's Speoeh. Mr. McLaren (Giadstonian) said that the plan of campaign, though technically illegal, in fact aided the government in preserving peace in Ireland. He though they should assist instead of crushing it BOSTON'S TIE UP. It is said that 100 union men employed at the Ward line plow, Nos. 10 and 17 East river, had renamed work. The officials refute to admit reporters to the piers or to tell anything about the terms under which the men maimed work. At the strikers' headquarters it Was said that the only men who weni buck ware thirty non-unionists who wei-e induced to strike on Monday. , It was saidthat the National line officials had D secretly induced fifty of the strikers to resume work. A clerk on the dock said the report Was true, but James Hurley, of the Ocrwn association, said it was not true. According to the steamship agents' figure* 7,500 'longshoremen struck in this city. They that they had hired 5,350 lion-union men to fill the places vacated by the strikers. The same authorities claimed that 1,500 freight handlers struck and that 1,300 nonunion iats were working in place of them. The st rikers said the figures were incorrect in every particular. UNION MEN REPORTED AT WORK. Section 1. Whoever is present at a game, sport or play, or any dancing or public diversion except a concert of sacred music, upon the Lord's day, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding {5 for Aach offense. The Men Bemaln Idle and Pronto* to Keep Sober. Mr. E. Clarke, Conservative member for Plymouth, said that lawyers of repute had acknowledged that the plan of campaign was an illegal conspiracy. He beiieved the court's action in the case of Mr. John Dillon was constitutional and just. The stories of cruelties at evictions, he said, were false, and were mainly the inventions of the Nationalists. In closing, Mr. Clarke accused the Liberal leaders of supporting Mr. Farnell's amendment, not because they approved of the plan of campaign, but because they desired to defeat the government's efforts to restore order in Ireland. Boston, Feb. 10.—No cars were run ye»- terday on either, the Cambridge or South Bpston horse railroads aud few, if any, new men have applied for work. The men are quiet and orderly and few of them, except the pickets, are to be seen in the streets. Every man has pledged himself to abstain, during the strike, from the use of liquor* and from frequenting the saloons. At the West Somerville stable several strikers aid in feeding the hones. In the South Boston tie up there are no important developments. One of the strikers' officials Intimated to a reporter that if the company does not give in all tho street railroad in Boston will be ordered out. The South Boston railroad offered to pay off itB striking employes up to Sunday night, but the men, thinking this tvas an attempt to prejudice them before the public by making it appear that they were in need of money, refused to receive their wages. The men sent a communication to their brethren of the tied up Cambridge road offering sympathy and financial aid. Section 2. Who ever on the Lord's day keeps open his shop, warehouse or workshop, or does any manner of labor, business or work, except works of necessity or oharity, or takes part in any game or play, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $50; provided, that nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the manufacture and distribution of illuminating gas or other artificial light, nor. the distribution of water for domestic purposes, nor the making or selling by bakers of bread or other food before 9 o'clock in the mornipg, nor the carrying and selling of milk before the same hour, nor the keeping open of barber shops and doing the ordinary work of the samo before 10 o'clock in the morning, nor the retail sale of drugs or medicines, nor the letting of horses and carriages, nor the running of street railway cars, nor the printing and publishing of newspapers, nor the sale and delivery of the same before 10 o'clock in the morning, nor the use of the telegraph and telephone. miners Cannot Acres. CflUjMBTO, O., Feb. 10.—The operators, parties to the interstate convention, uro at loggerheads among and u eo.n-initteu from the different states luu lDee!i endeavoring to reach an agreement. Pennsylvania wanted a reduction in the price of mining from 71 to 68 cents, while the other states will not agree to the proposition. At thj joint convention a resolution waS introduced by John McBride and was udi.j.ted providing for the submission of questions of difference arising during the year to a committee of two mln«rs and two operators, who, if unable to agree, are to call in another party and his decision is to be final. Little progress is being made in the adoption of a scale of prices. A joint committee has been engaged on this without reaching an agreement so far. On motion of Mr. Redmond the debate was adjourned. The Masiben Increased. Whit* Rivir Junction, Vt, Feb. 10.— The number of persons on the wrecked train who remain unaccounted for has increased by six, and that number may probably be added to the category of killed. The testimony taken by the railroad commission shows that ninety-one instead of eighty-five persons were on the train. The previous error was in the statement that thirty persons were brought over the Connecticut River road and transferred to the Vermont Central, instead of thirty-six, as now appears. The latter number is verified by the ticket reports. The surgeon's estimate of the charred bodies admits the probability that the six additional persons are among the dead. ■HOIHKKR8 WILL ROT OO OUT. An officer of the Scoentric Association of Engineers when asked about the strike of the engineers made the following statement about the sit nation: From Politics to Banking. New York, Feb. 10.—The Western National bunk, authorized capital $8,000,000, is formally organized. The officers are Daniol .Manning, president; Conrad N. Jordan, vice president; Ferdinand Blankenhorn, cashier. Mr. Blankenhorn is at present assistant cashier of tba Third National bank of tii..-, city. The bank will be locaU.il on tlia llr f floor of the Equitable building, 1:1) Broadway. Henry B. Hyde, ] resident jt the Equitable Life Assurance society, is a large stockholder in the bank. Among other piiucipaf stockholders ure Sidney Dillon, ci- Mivyor Grace, John J. McCook, Congre.isin'tn W. L Scott of Pennsylvania, Washington McLean and John It. McLean of Ciucinna.i, and Assistant United States Treasurer Cauda of this city. Mr. Cannon (Ills.) did not know whether the increases made in the bill were wise or nut, and expressed u doubt as to whether the committee on foreign affairs knew. But if I buy wore wise to-day they were wise ten Veins ago, and yet since the Forty-fourth congress the Democratic party had been hammering at tho diplomatic service and culting down'salaries, so as to be able, witli false pretenses and misstatements, to mislead '.ho country. Pending further debate the committee rose. Section 3. Sections 1, 2 and 3 of chapter 08 of the public statutes are hereby repealed. CONDENSED NEWS. "Our.ocgauuatlon has members in every factory, m il and establishment of any consequence in New York and vicinity. It was expected that we would strike. If we did it would throw probably 800,000 men and women out of work. We decided not to strike tocanhe we concluded that a strike of our umii would not help the men already on atrike. If the success of the strike depended ui on us we certainly would have struck." The farmers constituting the National Agricultural and Dairy association n?et in convention and were adMsed by their president to join the Knights of Labor, that together they might save the country from Impending ruin. The suggestion wa« received with wonder and disappr oval. BOSTON'S EX-CLERK AMlMd of Being Short In His Caah Ac- counts. Boston, Feb. 10.— The Herald statas that City Auditor Dodge has denied making the statement attributed to him that ex-clerk of court Leighton's accounts were probably $200,000 short. The Journal says that at the time of his resignation Mr. Leight on admitted to the judges that his accounts were short, but said the shortage was due to unintentional errors, and that he was ready to make good the deficiency when its amount was ascertained. According to the import of the sanitary superintendent of New York city the Tombs police court, the spe.nl sessions court and the old Tombs prison ure disease breeding death traps. Baltimoiw and Ohio Equipment. "NO COAL" STOPS AQVXDUCT WORK. Bai.tiHORX, Feb. 10L—A mortgage has been placed on record from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the Mercantile Trust and Deposit company to cover the issue of $2,500,000 worth of car trust bonds for the purpose of getting additional rolling stock. The mortgage covers only such cars and equipments as shall be purchased with the loan. The money will be expended in the purchase of 5 baggage cars, 500 hopper gondolas, 11,856 box cars, 10 parlor cars, 15 buffet sleepers, 10 sleeping cars, 30 passen-j ger cars, 55 Mogul engines and 20 passenger: engines.  (n consequence of the coal strike all proceedings at shafts Nos. 5 and 6 of the new arqueduci have been suspended. Is no coal for the engines and work cannot be continued. Coal is getting short all along the line, and it the supply is not brought about in a few days work will have tostop at every shaft ami 10,000 men remain idle. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Mr. Michael Davitt told the people of E .lnburg that under the existing condition ol affairs In Ireland it was better to have a plan of campaign than a plan of blunderbuss and revolver. Heavy Appropriations for Canal Improve lueu ; *C. tummunded. Albany, Fe .0.—The senate finance committee will report favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Low appropriating $2,000 to extend dairy knowledge; also the HenDlrick8 bill appropriating $15,000 for the idiot asylum at Syracuse. Settling With the Injured, The Journal adds the statement in a morning paper that Mr. Leigh ton's defalcation will amount to $300,000 or upwards cannot, at this stage at least, be borne out by the facts, as there is not the least evidence as yet upon which a cim plaint could be maintained that should charge him with even the embezzlement of $10,000. It also states that Mr. Leighton has long been one of the heaviest mortgage operators in Boston, and that he ft now interested in back bay estates in an amount aggregating nearly $200,000. It says, moreover, that he was an exceedingly economical man, and those familiar with his habits believed that he saved much of his salary, invested it judicially, and by its accumulations became a prosperous man. A mutiny in a convict camp at Asheville, IT. C., was quelled by the guards liberally peppering the mutineers with bird shot. Higgln* & Co. ( carpet works, In which 8,SOU man and women are employed, are iitiil closed on account of the strike of the engineers and firemen, who refused to use non-union coal. Hartford, Vt., Feb. 10.—The Central Vermont road is trying to settle with those injured at tile lowest possible price. George Lowe, who was so teverely injured and will probably lose the sight of one eye, bas accepted (100 and signed a release. Annie Murphy, who received injuries to her back and bead and had both cheeks cut open terribly, was offered (SO in settlement, being told that Kittie Uabill had accepted that sum, but she refused to do so. Footpads in New Jersey have adopted the ■ohemo of disguising themselves as women. A prominent physician of Helvidere narrowly escaped robbery by three of these gentry a few nights since. BROOKLYN STRIKERS GROW WEARY. The canals committee of the senate have increased the appropriation in the canal bill to $650,000. The leading items are: Erie canal reduced to $.195,000; thirteen locks to lie enlarged, instead of fourteen; additional appropriations, $10,000 for the Liverpool level of the Oswego canal, $60,000 for Oswego canal locks, $15,000 for Oswego canal machinery and $15,000 for Cayuga and Beneca canals. Eighty HortM Burned. The union 'longshoremen wbo had been out on strike in Brooklyn evidently expected yesterday to receive some order from the New York headquarters to return to work, and when It did not come they were disappointed. All the indications are that the majority of the men are tired of doing nothing and heartily wish that the trouble ended. St. LoniB, Feb. 10.—Firs broke out at 11:80 last evening in the livary stable of Jesse Aroot, corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. The stable was totally destroyed, together with eighty horns. Low, $50,000; fully insured. During the progress of the Are a wall fell on two firemen and four bystanders. One of the latter received fatal Injuries. It is stated from Detroit that the brain of the late Professor Edward Olney, of the Miohigan university, weighed sixty-one ounces. The average normal weight of the human brain is forty-nine ounces, while the majority of intellectual men go a little above that figure. Goseheu Elected at Last. London, Feb. 10.—The election of a member of parliament for St. George's, Hanover square, to fill the vacancy caused by the reD tirement of Lord Algernon Percy in favor of 111". Uo3chen, was held yesterday and resulted in Mr. Goschen's return by 5,703 votes to 1,545 for Mr. Haysman (Gladstonian). The district has always beeu strongly Con sorvattve, and for this reason it was selected as the most certain to return Mr. GuSchen utter his defeat at Liverpool The assembly fcommitteo on canals will report favorably the Gallagher bill appropriating $560,000 for the canals. The treasury of Indian* Is empty and the state will have no revenue available until the new taxes ooma in, which will not be until May. The stevedores who have returned to work know t\e disposition of the 'longshoremen, The assembly railroad commit tee will make favorable report ou the Graham bill regulating hours df labor for horse railroid employes in New York and Brooklyu; also the Sojeboom bill concerning the opening of the Harlem drawbridge. Miners' Strike. Connecticut Wants Defense. and sru»ht earnestly to persuade them to Mlnke a break, but strong as was the temptar tion they were groof against it. AtONO THE NEW JERSEY SBORE. Marquette, Mich., Feb. 10.—Five hundred miners employed in the Champion mine at Champion, 40 miles from bare, demanded yesterday the discharge of John Sampson, captain of the mine, and one of his foremen because they are personally obnoxious to the men. The demand was refused and the men struck. Sheriff Adams and a body of detectives have gone to Champion. H AMVOHD,Ct.| Feb. 10.—Tbe senate unanimously passed the resolution offered by Senator Sumner, of Hartford, calling on oongreas to protect the sea coast and lake board states by same means of defensive (ortiti cation. The legislator* of Pennsylvania is wrestling with a resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution abolishing the poll tax. All along the piers on the Hudson and in the railroad yards on the Jersey shore quiet reign* Five striking freight handlers returned to work at the Red Star dock. . The others remained on Hudson street and watched them earn their daily bread. All v*l#eH«d a desire to return to work, but said .''•ley would not until |he strike was Arguments were heard in opposition to the Crosby high liceuse bill before the oxcise The Meononite Brethren in Christ, a religious assembly in Pennsylvania, have decreed that the ministers of their sect be prohibited from riding on railroads on Sundays, Weather Indication*. Ft. John, N. B, Feb. 10.—The fish exporters in this city bave been considerably exercised over the fact that the collector of customs at Bastport had decided that froaeu bei ring imported from the provinces were ilu;ialile. Application was made to the Washington authorities for an opiniou on the subject, and a reply was received stating that frozen fish inteuded for immediate consumption were free of duty. Prosen Fish free of Duty, a committee of the assembly. Among those present were Secretary Gibbons, of the Stale Liquor Dealers' association; Secretary Stearns, of the National Tero|Derance society; Xlis. Mary A. Wood bridge, of Ohio, ropro.lOiiring the Women's Christian TemiDertince uuiou; Mrs. Jump, o{ Albany, president of that union; Secretary Church, of the State Temperance society, and a number of representatives of the liquor interest. The bill Washington, Feb. 10.—For New England epd middle Atlantic states, local rains or Miow, followed by colder weather. An App4ttU for Kels. The Oneida Historical society has taken preliminary stops toward suitably marking 'tho graves of soldiers and civilians of the revolutionary period in Forest Hill cemetery, Utica, and elsewhere in Oneida ooi*ity. Dover, _N. H., Feb. 10.,—On a wager George H. Weeks ate forty-two eels, each measuring from 13 to 19 inches in length, in thii ty minutes, as fast as they were cooked, sating nothing but salt with them. He thinks he con eat fifty of the same sise in half an hour. unutrud over. Ph lloh's Vital iser is wbat you aced for constipation, lots of appetite, dizziness, and all symptoms of dyrpepeia. Price 10 and 7IS oents per For sale • y J. K. Fleming Two row boat loads of men went to the Monarch Steamship line pier and from their Louisville, Ky., has a divorce case in which the plaintiff's wife is 62 years of age, and the would be separated couple have been married nearly thirty years. Property to the amount of $70,000 is involved in the litigation.luDat» endeavored to persuade the non-union men to quit work. The police, without dif' Acuity, drove them oil. Their errand waa unless.  .talUdelslts Suspension. Njcw Bedford, Mass., Feb. 10. —Peiroe ft the largest firms of frame in iuufucturers in New Kngland, announce ill In iofinito suspension of payments. The /motor? wilt probably not aloes a* (ft. was opposed by both the liquor and the antiliquor representatives. ID. Church and State. A Shooting Match With Canada. J'aris, Feb. 10.—The committee of the chamber of deputies to which the subject Tt*i3 referred have by a vote of 11 to 0 appro ied the abrogation of the concordat and kfflrmed the prinoiple of separation ot church aud state. Fishermen Active. Montreal, Feb. 10.—It is proposed to have an international shooting match between the &un clubs of Canada and the United States during the coming season, at which tho beat shots in the United States shall be invited to compete against Canadian*.Hear Admiral Joaett, president of the naval board of inspection and survey, is quoted as declaring that the United States is sure to have a war within ten years, and that is but a short time to prepare for iti To all who are suffering from the error* anil indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, ko., I will send a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF OBABOS. This great remedy was dlscorered by a missionary In South America. Send a sel ( addressed envelope to the Bby. JoaxPH T. In MAX, AtsMsa D, t/mm T*rk Cux- Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 10.—The indications of brighter prospects in the fisheries are evident from the fact that GUhicssVu" fishing owners are having built at, Cresent - fifteen new vessels 1b this aity and* Jwex.