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              5£toeititt0 JlRk (Kafjeft £. NUMBER 1406 I Weekly Batabliahed 1860. j PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1887. { TWO CENTS Tan Centa Per Weak ORDERED OUT. ihpy intend to withdraw from Dtatriwt 48 aiiil to organize a national trade district u»- ■emhly. They will meet to-morrow night unl take tho preliminary rt®P» nuoeisary in forming a new district. "JEDftE WAX KM" GALLAGHER'S SECRET, M10T BY THE KOAiDbli)K THI8'AFTERNOON'S DISPATCHES Which I* Supposed to Hm Shortened Steamer Wrecked. BREWERS AND STATIONARY ENGI- AND HIS CONSTITUENTS FROM WA7- Chioago, Feb. 1L—There is much speculation as to the nature of the information which W. J. Gallagher gave to the state and which induced Mr. Grronell to consent to a term of only one year in the penitentiary for Mackln's old associate. The common belief among the "fine worker's" friends outside the Jail is that he obtained important evidence regarding the Rock Island train robbery and the murder of Kellogg Nichols. Gallagher occupied the same cell with Schwartz when the latter was incarcerated for bigamy, and it is said Schwartz confessed the crime to him. Thore is a sensational rumor afloat that Schwartz, who is now in jail at Morris, Ills., has made a full confession, implicating fire or six others, all railroad men, in the robbery and murder. Some of these, it is alleged, have already been arrested by Finkerton detectives, and a search for the others is in progrefe. His Bentenee. NEW JERSEY THE SCENE OF ANOTHER 8EN8ATIONAL MURDER. Special to the Oiirrrn. Nti'-R8 TO STOP WORKA At tlio offices of the various ocean and raiW roud companies along the North and East river fronts it was said that the freight waa being handled effectively: also that, the hU'ikors were asking for work. Opposite all the freight depots there wero long linos of tracks loaded with freight. In many in- Htauees the drivers had to wait live hours. BACK FIND A CHAMPION, New Toek, Feb. 11.—The steamer U'otorbury, running between N *w York ana Bridgeport, Conn., was run Into by a schooner iu a log, off Glen Cove, L. I. The steamer was almost hopelessly wrecked. Rat til* indication! Are that the Ord«* Will Not Bo Entirely Obeyed—Tho Knit lit. of'Labor to Flay a Desperate A Spicy Speech by Representative Alien* of Mississippi* on the Hill to Increase Mary Anderson round Unconscious with a Pistol Wound in Her Head—She Ke- tlie Consular Appropriation—Starving fains Consciousness Long Enough to Card. on 919,000 Tear. Tell Who Did the Deed. Exprew Train Runs Through a J'etv York, Feb. 11.—All the beer, ale nr.: i .mer brewery men employed within a in.I U of fifteen miles from this city, and all tlif .;«t oimry engineeni, together with ttrem.'.i Hiid lifljiers, employed in the five neigh- Uriuit ciliiw, have received advice or In- Mri»c Inn to strike to-day. The brewery employe! number about 7,000 iu all. The Hlatiounry engineers and firemen number about 5,000. Philadelphia. Feb. 11.—It is stated by Bomuiioployes of the Beading that despite the recent agreement between the committee of employes and Mr. Corbin there is likely lo lie a general strike all along the line, as the bulk of the men are dissatisfied with the so-called agreement. Washington, Feb. 11.—Representative Allen, of Mississippi, made the s|ieech of the day in the house. While opposing the large increase in the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill Mr. Allen said he had been pi-ovoked into a discussion of this bill by some remarks made by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Cox). That gentleman had tpoken with sneers about some friends of bis, and had made disrespectful remarks about his friend Judge Waxem and his constituents from Wayback. Mr. Cox said he would apologize for those romarka Mount Hollt, N. J., Feb. 11.—Barclay Peak, not quite t!0 years of age, is confined in .the Mount Holly jail chargeil with having shut his cousin, Mary Catharine Anderson, a pretty girl of 16, with whom he was in love, anil who is now dying at her father's home, near Smithville, a fow miles north of Mount Holly. The clrcuinstanccs C " .■ of the girl early on Tuesday morning down an embankment beside the public road leading from Mount Holly to Ayerstown, and the subsequent finding of her lover's pistol 800 yards away, led to suspicion of foul play. The dying girl is the daughter of Nithan Anderson, and has been employed by Stratton Colkett, a 'farmer near New Bold Otrners. Her uncle, Jonah Peak, lives about a quarter of a mile from the place, and her cousin, Barclay Peak, was her acknowledged lover and companion. Ou Monday evening, after refusing supper, she left tbn house for a walk, with a shawl thrown over her head. This was the last seen of her until early on Tuesday morning. Amos Johnson, a neighboring farmer, and his son Fred, driving to the mill at Ayerstown, discovered her prostrate form. He found that the girl was alive, but stiff and cold, and with a bullet in her head. She was taken to Colkett's house and a physician examined "the wound. It was a pistol shot vound on the left side of the head, one inch above the ear. The frontal bone was pierced and the ball had lodged in the br^in. About daylight on Tuesday morning Mrs. Brewer, a neighbor, went to Colkett's house, and as she turned from the road to the lane leading into Colkett's She saw evidences that some one had been sick. Near by was a pistol, one chamber of which had been discharged. This she took to Mr. Colkett's house, and later showed it to a young m«n named Witchcraft, who recognized it as the pistol he had traded to Barclay Peak about a week ago. Bridge. Special to th*D 0*z« tt* Cleveland, 0 , Feb. 11.—The Cleveland & Pittsburg express ran through a bridge about six miles from here last night. The passengers in the smoker m raouloualy eccaped. The tlremau's leg was broken. Loaa to Company will reach about $25,000. BOUND BROOK'S BURGLARS. CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION It is not at nil certain-that the order will te obeyed by either of the organizations concerned. Tiie brewery employee include breweit, mnltMors, drivers, laborers and i-ooixmd. and they are employed in sixtytlnw) lirowerles, situated in New York, Brooklyn, Yonkei-s, Jersey City, Hoboken, Union Hill and Newark. A Sudden Collapse of a Promising Expe- dition. Bound Brook, N. J., Feb. II.—Burglars were discovered in the postofllceearly yesterday morning (wily at work. A posse of roil road men and citizens surrounded the place with t-hofguns and rovofcers. One burglar was shot and endeavored to swim the river, but sank in the attempt One man was captured. . Final Panage of. the Amendment i g the House—'The Vote—Promptly fiigncd by Gov. Beaver. Mr. Allen suggested that it was very easy for a member to disparage a man and then get up and apologize. [Laughter.] But. the gentleman, in speaking of Judge Waxera, had said that he would much prefer to go to the secretary of state for information as to the diplomatic service .than to go to gentlemen on this floor who had been spending tho summer in canvassing among their rural constituents. The scope of the gentleman's remarks was that when a member came to Washington and was in the midst of high teas and receptions, and all the glamor of society and elegance, and Brussels carpets and electric bells, an-.l servants everywhere to brush him down, he would forget what he learned from his constituents. He had paid some attention to the legislation of the country, and he was bound to say that the criticisms made by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Cannon) against the Democratic party were just and appropriate. He remembered that in 1876 a Democratic committee on appropriations had brought in an appropriation bill calling for lftss than $1,0011,000, nnd the Republican party had been arraigned for reckless extravagance. Now a Democratic committee came in with a bill appropriating more than $500,000— more than had been required by a reckless Republican administration. It was time to stop aud consider. Cattle Ken's Interests. Dknvkr, Col., Feb. 11.—In the session of the international range convention a resolution wasaidopted thanking Commissioner of Agriculture Coleman for the endeavors he has made to check the spread of pleuro-pneumonia. The proposition of Mr. McGillan, of Cleveland, for tho pooling'of cattle interests in the range country, and the formation of a stock company with a capital of $100,000, was referred to the board of directors. The reports that the range cattle business was in a bad financial condition was denied in a resolution, which received hearty applause. Ool. R. O. Head, of Colorado, was elected president; J. L. Brush, first vice president; J. C. Leary, secretary, and J. A Cooper, treasurer. Adjourned sine die. Hakbisburg, Feb. 10 —Tua Prohibition amendment to the Constitution was placed upon its lloal passage in the House yfoie-dty afternoon, and after a brief season of speechmaking, was put through on the followiug vote:— The purpose of these additional strikes is to force the strike of the coal handlers to an end. Many breweries have well nigh exhausted their supplies of coal, and it is said that in some of them hundreds of barrels and all the wood at hand has been used to keep up steam. All yesterday was made for 1 be body of tlie burglff who is supposed to bodrowuod. Mr. Jobn 8. Bishop, who is the fish commissioner of Somerset county, took charge of four men who dragged the river with a net for hours without result The search was abandoned at dark, and was resumed at dawn. George Somers, who saw the man in the water, is certain be was [Republicans in Roman, Democrats in Italics, Green-Back Labor in small caps] Yeas—Mestrs. Altman, Apple, P. S Bachman, Baldwin, Barnes, Beacom, Beatty Bulmgsley, Blair, Boyd Brace, Brooks, Brown, Byrne, Calhoun, Oapp, Carpenter, Cbadwick, Chaffee, Cbase, Chriizman, Clark, Collins, Connell, Cox, Craighe«d, Criiwell, Cunningham, 8. T. Davis, Glias Davis, Dfearden. Dickinson, Dougherty, Douglass, Dravo, Edwards, Kijhner, Elkin, Elliott. Embert. N. C. Evans, Lewis H. Evans, William Evans, D. M Evans, John Finley, J. B Finley, Flickiuger, Foote, Fruit, Qraham, Glenn, Glover, Hager, Ball, Hardenbergh, Heckman. Beebner, Helfricb, Hickman, Hothersall, Hughes, Huhck, Isenberg, Johnson, Jones, C. C. Kattffman, Keefer, Key-er, Kidd, Kinney, Kramer, Lonker, Martin, Matten, Maxey, Morrill, Miller, Moore, Morrow, Murray. McConneH, McMullen, Nasoii, Sett, Nichols, Noll, Os'oorn. Owens, Packer, Peoples, Philips, Pugh, Randall, Rnidenbusb, Rhone, Richards, Reibel, Ring, Robertson, John A. Robinson, John B. Robi ison, Rogers, Russell, Sample, Sailor, Scott, Seamans, 8haw, Showalter, Clement N. Smith, Speacer H. Smith, Wiotteld 8. Smith, 8ilas Stevenson, William P. SteveBson, Samuel E, 8tewart, William F. Stewa-t, Taggart, 0. Wesley Thomas, Evan W. Thomas, Thompson, True, Tuton, Vogdes, Walk. Whtry, White, Williams, Worman, Boyer, Speaker— 130. THio lager beer brewery employes, who number 5,003 men, advised to strike this morning. Before putting the order into effect the executive board of the Journeymen Brewers' unions will meet and discuss the subject. They are unwilling, it is said, tnbreiktlie agreement they made with the Ih ikh brewers. The agreement was made lust April, and one of the clauses provided tha" neither the bosses nor men should go on strike without first submitting their grievances In an arbitration committee. drowned. 'flie burglar who was caught gave Justice Somers the name of William Rockett. That this is his name is confirmed by a torn envelope which was picked up on the floor of the railway station after lw wo3 taken to Somervillo and which he had evidently thrown away with the view at first of concealing his identity. When Mie pieces were put together the address read: "William Rockett, i 1 Chrystie street, New York. Care of P. J. Kectiau." Washington Notes. .Washington, Feb. 11.—The bill providing for three months' cloae season for maekere' passed the senate. Upon receiving the order Louis Heerb andt, secretary of the National Journeymen Brewers' union, and Secretary E Kurtzenknabe, of the New York Brewers' union, went to. the headquarters of boss brewers, where Secretary A. E. Seifert. is in charge. Mr. Beifert is as mild mannered a man as ever drank a glass of beer, but when Messrs. Heerbrandt and Kurtzenknabe told him their mission he jumped about four feet. The Eads canal bill vu farther discussed in the senate. Mr. Hoar advocated the bill. The president, it is believed, will veto the dependent pension bill lately passed by both branches of congress. The prisoner was sleeping quietly in his cell in tho Soinerville jail yesterday afternoon, but he roused up and talked freqly. The New York senators gave Frank Hiscock a dinner last night. The president's reception'last night to the army and navy officers n as a brilliant affair. It is estimated that 4,000 people were present "My name is W».lium Rockett," he said. "I um 24 years of age, and I was bom in Magdeburg, Germany. I am a boatman, and I worked last for Mr. Ludlow of Weehawken; that is, I work for hftn in the shad fishing season, I first met the man who was with me about five weeks ago in the Coli«tm lodg.ug house at 87 Bowory. I was liurd up, and haCl nothing to do. I told him «omi Wednesday, and he said: 'Don't you want to make a couple of dollars ?' I said I did, and he told me to come with him. Wc went over to Jersey Gity that night, and got on u freight tram. We got to Bound Young Peak, when Kate was taken to his home, expressed great gurprise, and has spent hours at the side of the girl. When pressed to tell how his revolver had been found in the lane, he stated that on Sunday Kate was at the house, and he and she had practiced at target shooting. When he took her home that night she insisted on having the revolver, and he gave It to her. He was not with her on Monday night. He intended to have gone to see her, but changed his mind. Mr. Belmont inquired if the gentleman knew the amount of increase in this bill over the Bill of last year. He asked them if the strike was to cover breweries which used non-union coal, and the answer was that if the strike occurred at all it would affect all breweries. A Newark brewer who was present said that if his ■ualtaters struck and remained out one day $25,000 worth of his stock would be ruined. The two union men left them saying that the brewers would not be ordered out until their executive board had passed upon the advice from District No. 49. The breweries that may be included in the strike turn out about 400,000 kegs a week. Pittsburg, Feb. 1L—The yardmen on the Pittsburg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny railroad at Dickinson Run and Maysville have struck for an advance of wages. Conductors want an advance from $2.60 to $2.75 a day, brakemen from $1.80 to $1.95, and firemen from $1.50 to $1.75. This demand was made some months ago, ancj the men claim that General Manager Quincy promised to make the wages equal to those of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads, but has not done so. # Want More Wages. Mr. Allen replied that he did. The bill of last year had gone through the house by unanimous consent from the Democratic side, and had appropriated $120,000 more for a Democratic administration than had been given to the preceding Republican administration. When in his campaign he had changed the Republican party with extravagance and wastefulness, h.) believed it, and now his Democratic friends wanted to convince him that he had been pei-petrating a scandal. [Laughter and applause.] Prosecutor of the Pleas Charles E. Hendrickson, Justice Ifaylor and Constable Canwent to the Peak residence and arrested young Barclay Peak, and at once gave him a hearing. The principal witnesses were Andrew Brewer and his wife. Brewer lives at the point where the roads leading to Peak's bouse and Colkett's meet. He testified that he saw young Peak go by his house on Monday night about 7 o'clock. He created a sensation when he stated that about a week previous Miss Anderson, while talking about Peak, said that he had told her that if a girl would refuse him he would take her life. Mrs. Brewer, who found the pistol, corroborated her husband's statement.Nays—Messrs. Daniel Bach fan, Boer, Bamhart. Betta. Bartner, Br inker, Bulger, Bums, Coffrey, Callaghan, Car berry, Church, Conway, Orillv, Dean, Delione, Dicks. Durkan, Eckert, Faunce, Fegley, Fox, fYitz, Gaine, Gentner, Gregory, Hnsse.it, Hindenoch, Boffa, Jordan, If 8. Kaufman, Klly, Kemper, Jmnes H. Lafferty, b. M. Lufferly, ICappe, Lee, Leeds, Lemon. Mackin, 1 Mott, McDonald, McGowan, McLaughlin Patterson, Pautch, Puree 11, Rhey, Rice, Ruper, Roth, ScbLeider, Schwartz, Sharkey, Smiley, Bonder, Spratt, Strine, Taylor, Vanvoi ce, Warner, WiUett, Williamson, Woodward, Wright, Zeigler—66 Brook about 1 o'clock iu the morning. He kneiv the place. I had never men there before. We went to tho .tore where we got caught We got n at the side window. The first we knew we were seen was when we heard peoplo talking outside. Then my friend said: 'They are onto U3; coine down cellar.' Wo went down cellar and I ran to the back part. Then I heard the shot fired, and toward the front. 1 supposed it was somebody rmtside who did it*- Then we* rushed up stairs, and my friend said: 'I am It is not at all certain that the engineers will strike, although it is said that two-thirds of all of the members of the various branches of the Eccentric association had voted in favor of the strike. They are employed in the principal factories, hotels, mills, foundries and buildings in New York and vicinity. A general strike on their part would practically paralyze industry, as all the way from 300, JOOto 500,000 persons are employed in the places for which they provide steam power. Mr. Belmont wished to propound a question, but Mr. Allen declined to yield to anything except applause, with which he was again greeted. Albany, Feb. 11.—Several ladies, including Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake, Mrs. Caroline GHikey Rogers and Mrs. Howell, wife of the state librarian, spoke last night before the committee on the constitutional convention. They urged thct woraon should be allowed to vote for delegates to the convention. The speeches were listened to with interest by a large audience. Women and the Constitution. It was said, continued Mi'. Allen, that the secretary of state was more familiar with the wonts of the diplomatic corps than members of congress were. He (Mr. Allnn) was not for satisfying their wants. He would rather satisfy the wants of the people at home, and if any gentleman sets out to satisfy the wauls of any set of officeholders he would soon demolish the surplus. This bill appropriated $440,000 more than the bill did under which the last Republican administration operated and $743,- 000 more than the Democratic house of representatives in 1876 said was needed to rim Ihe service. He had not been so long away from his constituents as to have forgotten what they wanted and ought to have. He heard soma gentlemen in defending the increase of a minister's salary from $12,000 to $17,000 say that the people of a great, rich republic did not want to see their ministers abroad starve. Where did the riches of the republic come from! Let the geutleman from North Carolina (Mr. Cox) go down to his own constituents anil ask the man who earned his living by picking chiuquapius what he thought about a person who starved upon *12,000 a year. Let him go to the poor woman in Washington or New York who supported herself and half a dozen children lDy seiving for $3 a week and ask her what -ho thought about starving to death on $12,000 a year. These people might be the constituents of Judge Waxem, but they formed a large part of the constituents of evory member on the floor. Absent or Not VotiBg—Mews. Balaley, Clay, Shaffer,. Shoemaker aDd Tahanky . The document* they received concerning the strike authorizes them to strike or not, as they deem Lest A leading member of the orgauizatiou said: £»ing to make a break for it; I dcn't •are if I do get shot.' Then he jumped nut tho front do«r and I surrendered. I lon't know anything about who my friend .vas, except that he said his name was Frank Wilson." . On the Tort On cross examination Mrs. Brewer said that Katie's statement so startled her that she asked her a second time what she meant, and she repeated the remark. The Prohibition RtMlnUoa Mmud New Orleans, Feb. 1L—First race—7% furlongs; Berlin first, Cathcart second, Leroy third. Time, 1:44%. Bets were declared oil, the judges being convinced that Cathcart vras not ridden to win. Harrisbubq, Feb. 10.—The resolution to submit the Prohibition amendment, wh ich passed the House finally D esterday, was sent 10 Governor Beaver at noon to-day, and five minutes after be bad received it the submission resolution was signed. It was not necessary, by the way, thfct the Governor should sign it at all, as the resolution is beyond the control of the Executive and would be affected by neither bis approval nor disapproval. Such resoluions, however have .been signed by other governors, and to avoid all possibility of question Governor Beaver thought it beat to sign ibis. As everyone knows, the resolution must pass another Legislature, before the people can vote upon the proposed amendment."We will not strike, and for this reason: we think, and have thought, that the whole trouble could be settled by arbitration. When we were asked to strike we appointed a committee to visit the coal barons and urge them to arbitrate. Our committee saw Mr. Col-bin. The committee was informed that tho Reading Railroad and Coal company had effected an agreement with its 3,000 employes .in Port Richmond. The agreement, we learned, provided that the company was to jput all of its union men back to work in Elizabethport at wages as high as those paid ilDy. any other oompany. Further, that the ju n were to get '32% cents an hour pending .a settlement with the Lehigh, Susquehanna and Delaware and Hudson companies. If the ra e fixed by those companies was less than cents an hour the Reading road agreed to have its permanent rate fixed by arbitration. We consider that satisfactory and hauca we will no? strike."• From the postofllce a few stamps and a little money were taken. The total loss to tlie store and the .postoffice will not exceed 4 30. One registered letter was torn open iihI ?1 taken from it. The burglars had at- The accused young man was seen in a call in the jail, and he made substantially the same statement that he made to Justice Naylor, adding that hs believed that Katie had attempted suicide on account of her troubles with her family. Late yesterday afternoon Katie regained oonsciousness long enough to say that Peak had attempted to assault her, and that when she resisted be ■hot her. The place where the pistol was found at the end of tile lane shows evidence of a struggle, and it is the general impression of those in the neighborhood that Peak shot his sweetheart. Second race, for beaten horses—5 furlongs; Billy Smith first, Logan second, Probus third. Time, 1:04%. ■iii pled to enter several other stores before uey came to Alpaugh & Rutt's, but they ..nied in every instance, except at Hog&n's, where they stole a few dollars worth of Third rape—7 furlongs; Logan first, Peacock second, Handy Andy third. Time, 1:30. The Government's Railroad. igars. Boston, Feb. 11.—The annual statement of the Uniou Pacific railroad for 1886 shows: Earnings for the year, $26,608,797; expenses, $16,653,109; surplus, $10,050,688; taies, $1,- 050,510; net earnings, $8,(1(9,178. This shows an increase of $929,122 in gross earnings, an increase of $1,469,933 in expenses, a decrease of $540,811 in surplus, an increase of $151,451 in taxes, and a decrease of $692,262 in net earnings as compared with 1885. THE CIVIL SERVICE :»ld to Have KnUetl the Standard ml Washington, Feb. 11.—The hnnse committee on civil service, in routing f.ivor- I'jly Mr. Cox's bill to litcreMs tliu salnr. s of tile civil service commit-luners from &i,000 to $5,000 a year, says: "That the public service lias been and elevated by the •(foils of the civil service commissioners, aided and sustained by the president, cannot bo successfully denied. That tho clerical service is thereby rendered more and more efficient is universally believed to bo true. The civil service law is the great break- Kfflctenejr. Washington, Feb. 11. —Mr. C. W. Bunting, member of parliament of the Dominion of Canada and proprietor of The Toronto Mail, was on tbe floor of the house of representatives as the thb guest of Hon. J. J. Adams, of New York, who introduced him to members on both sides of the chamber. Mr. Bunting was accorded quite an enthusiastic reception. When Representative Reed, of Maine, was presented he expressed himself as delighted to meet Mr. Bunting, and said: "Well, sir, we are trying to get up a war for you." "Oh, no, not for me," replied Mr. Bunting; "I am sure we shall never quarrel." Mr. Bunting says that his visit to Washington at this time is simply for pleasure. A Canadian Visitor. POSTOFFICE E8TIMATE& The Hoin Committee Compliments the Postmaster General. DISTRICT 49 NOT HATISriED. MoOlynn's Friends Active. Washington, Feb. 1L—A report from the committee on postoffices and poet roads, submitted to the house to accompany the postofflce appropriation bill, emphasizes the fact that the committee recommended the amounts estimated by the department, and lays: "This is so unusual that the committee deem It appropriate to say that this conclusion was reached after a most careful review of the reasons submitted by the department for each item in the estimates. An examination of them in detail by the house, it Is believed, will satisfy every member that care was observed to ask no more than was actually needed. This has not been the practice heretofore in submitting estimates. The Idea appears to have obtained that the practioe of congress was to reduce the sums called for whether accurate or excessive, and that it was necessary to make overestimates that in the reduction under that practice some approach to the public necessities might be reached. Tour committee, finding Jie utmost frankness on the part of the postmaster general in discussing what was needed for. the postal service, have, met in like spirit, and have recommended what teems to be actually needed." Tile Knights of Labor who have charge of tbe guest strike declared that if Austin Corbin tnntlo any settlement with liis men at Port Richmond (Philadelphia) that it was not satisfactory to the men on this end of the iiue. Tliey admitted that Knights of Lafior had consulted with H. W. Maxwell, Mr. Corbin's representative, but said that no oue representing bad come to any definite s^tlament concerning the Strike. N«w York, Feb. 11.—In spite of Dr. Mo- Glynn's request that the fund for his benefit be closed, contributions continue to pour in. The doctor has announced that he will consider the (2,000 already collected as a trust fund, to be disposed of in some manner acceptable to the donors, and will use no portion of it for his personal benefit except in the event of dire necessity, which he does not anticipate. wliter of many politicians, who employ it as an excuse for failure to secure positions for friends, and sometimes unjustly attack the taw and those who execute it. As this refoi-m has come to stay it is highly important that the boift talent should be placed at tin command of the president in order to secure the services of Buch men as are willing to till the office for a reasonable compensation, im.l not accept the position merely through the hope of filling it temporarily as a stepping stone to future preferment." Mr. Hill (Tils.) strongly supported the bill, ospecially that portion of it providing for the pigment of salaries to certain consuls In lieu of fees. If the consuls were paid salaries they would be what they should be—seuliiihIs of the treasury, the protectors of American citizens and the protectors of com- When this fact was communicated to Mr. Maxwell he was sin-prised. He said that T. B. Putnam, the representative of District Assembly 49, called on him and said the agreement made with the Reading employes at Port Richmond was satisfactory and that the. Reading Railroad company need not fear that the strike would extend to its emp oyes. uierce. Indianapolis, Feb. 11.—A decree has been entered by the Federal court providing for the public foreclosure and sale after thirty days' notice of the Indiana, Bloomington and Western railway for not less tlian (8,000,000. A committee of bondholders has arranged to buy in the road and consolidate it with the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland, under the name of the Columbus, Indianapolis and Western. Kail road • News. Two Women Shot Down. Mr. Clements (Ga.) also defended the bill, ami Messrs. Stone (Mo.) and McCreary (Ky.) criticized it,'the latter declaring there was no demand for the changes proposed. Nrw York, Feb. 11.—Otto Veith, agod 80, •hot and killed a servant named Louisa Wolf, and then shut and sfriously wounded I lift stepmother, Mis. 1" izn Veith, % nioJji, while mad with dri i. lie hated Jura. Kflth because his father, \Dii died recently, lift all his savings to her. ignoring his childreiiVrho girl was shot becnu.-v shn opnoRed ntrng Veith's entrance to the house, hneiug tliij be was in a dangerous mood. Veith escaped. The police are searching fur him. Mr. Belmont, in closing the debate on the bill, replied to thu various attacks which had lieen made on its provisions, and alluding tc the differences of opinion, he said be did not care whether the gentlemen on the Republican side agreed with the measure or not, as it would be a good many years before they uid any personal interest in the benefits of the measure. W ithout a vote the house adjourned. Long Hranch Gambler* Forfeit Their Rati. The officers of District No. 49 said they had Mn acting in a conservative manner all along iu hopes that it wourd induce the coal combination to adopt u conciliatory policy. Wow that the i-oal magnates had disappointed District No. 49, it intended to begin at once a campaign so vigorous that the business and working elements of this city would force Uioui to arbitrate. * Ijong Branch, Feb. 11.—'The bail bondS of William Lovell and Chrrles McLain, the two bookmakers who were convicted several months ago upon charges of keeping a disorderly house within the fenced inclosure of Monmouth park, where they sold pools and made hooks upon the'races, have been forfeited because of tho non-appeeranco of the two men before the MiJhiuouth county courts at Freehold. . The Walk House Collapsed. San Francisco, Feb. 11.—Fire broke out In the building No. 019 Post street, occupied as a Chinese laundry and Japanese fancy store, and communicated to the residence adjoining on the west The wash house suddenly collapsed, burying a number of firemen. John Wilkinson (fireman) was killed and three others fatally injured. It is supposed that several Chinamen are under the ruins. PittbbWbo, Feb. 11.—A Greenville (Pa.) special says: Tim miner! along the Khenango slid Allegheny railroad in the employ of the Mercer Alining company havo notified the managers that a pinko will be inaugurated next Monday unless the miners are granted a 10 per cent, ml vain This includes several mines, und will alfcct several hundred men. Given Until Monday. News from Honolulu. A Snarl In th« Houh. Tberi is considerable mystery concerning the mariner in which the Corbin arbitration conferences were brought about. A member of the Engineers' association thus explained it; San Francisco, Feb. 11.—The latest advices from Honolulu state that on Jan. 15 the volcano Mauna Loa began emitting fire, smoke and lava, and has continued without ceasing since. The lava is running toward the sea, and unless its course is changed will do no seriouf damage. Rev. J. 1). Paris writes from Kaawola: "For thirty-six hours there has been one contiunous series of efu'tliquakea—tremulous jars, with pretty hard shakes interspersed, running into each other—and our house has seemed like a little craft or a bubble floating on a wave chopped Washington, Blah. 1L—It is very probable that there will be a snarl among members of the house committee on appropriations over consideration of the fortifications bills, of which there are five or six The Republican members say that Chairman Randall is opposed to reporting any kind al bill on the -subject, and that he has failed te call a meeting or make any calculation tar the consideration of coast defenses, and that if a measure is brought before the house at this session it will be "sm6ked oyt" by the Republicans. The Democrats Justify their refusal to act by saying coast defenses form a scheme of the Republicans to take the surplus from the treasury and make tariff reform impossible. London, Feb. 11.—Considerable excitement has been created at Cambridge by the action of a number of Tory students, who dug up and carried away a tree that was planted there last week by Mr. Gladstone. The Liberal students threaten reprisals, and lively times are ejected. Polities at Cambridge. "When it was suggested that we should strike we sent out a committee to confer with the different coal kings and see if they would not agree to settle the strike through a board of arbitration. Our committee caught Austin Corbiu and F. A. Potts together, and were introduced to them by Assemblyman John Martin. When the question of arbitration was broached Mr. Corbiu approved of the idea. lie said his company was losing money by the strike, and that a ! reat deal of money was being lost all around. He expressed a willingness to meet with a committee frc*n District No. 49 ••We sent word to District 49 aud F. B. Putnam was sent to Mr. Corbiu, and when he saw the engineers' committee there he wanted to knot#-why they interfered or 'part in their noses,' as he expressed it. One of our committee said that inasmuch as the engineers had been ordered out, they wanted 10 know if the trouble could not be settled, without any more men being ordered out. Tit nam replied that 49 would settle with Mr. CorUn aud he eould settle for the other Oiupanies. Mr. Corbin then placed the matter in tba hand* of Mr. Maxwell (his partner), giving him full power. We bei.eve t hat he has made a satisfactory settlement with his employes. Until we are conv.tired that Mr. GDrbin has played fulse with tba IT nights oi Labor, to which we belong, we do not Intend to strike." Nxw Havkn, Feb. 11.—Edward B. Boughton, the phenomenal chicken thief, has pleaded guilty in the city court to the six charges against him. He was sentenced to six months in jail and $50 fine and costs in each case. The costs and fines amount to (400. Boughton'a sentence, therefore, will keep him in jail tor four year* and eleven months. Stole Chlekens to BeiL London, Feb. 11.—Sir George Otto Trevelyan has declined to enter into the contest fur the parliamentary seat of Burnley, made vacant by the death of Peter Rylauds, the Liberal-Unionist. Sir Trevelyaii Droll Dee. N*w Havkn, Feb. 11.—Fraoji W. WooKter, postmaster at Having ton, charged with opening letters and stealing contents, had a hearing before Commissioner Piatt He admits the theft of letters, and will be bound over to the United States district court. Wooster was appointed in W77. Head Other People's letters. iia. While I write my table rocks so that it is with difficulty I can keep my. seat and hold my pen. CONDENSED NEWS. A Train Wrecked. Henry Clay Dean, at one time ohaplain of the United States senate, is dead at his home in Putnam county, Mo. Ho was 86 years old. Corry, Pa., Feb. 11.—Train No. 40 on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia railroad was wrecked one mile south of Corry tHKt night Nearly the whole train, consisting of 21 cars, which were loaded with oil, merchandise and lumber, was ditched, took flee and was burned. The engine was in 'lie midst of the fiamei and is a complete -uin. The wreck was caused by the breaking of a journal of the hind truck of the Glider. The engineer, Adelbert Parkhdrst, *:Ds slightly injured. Vienna, Feb, 11.—A body of idle workingmen, numbering 1,000, applied in a body to the municipal authorities for employment in cleaning the Rtreets of snow. About 100 were engaged and the remainder, enraged at their failure 4a obtain work, became riotous. The police were promptly on hand and dispersed the mob with drawn swords. Hungry Men Want Work. She Walked on the Track. Warsaw, lad., Feb. 11.—Joseph Flew, a green country youth of SIS, was arrested near Syracuse on suspicion of being the murderer of the Dunham family. Plew worked for Dunham as a farm hand until two weeks ago, when Dunham discharged him. His disappearance a few days ago and the fact that he had stains upon Us clothing and a considerable sum of money on his person warranted his being taken into custody. He offered no Resistance, but protested his innocence. There is strong talk of lynching him and excitement is running high. Mrs. Dunham is still alivs, but is expected to die. A Orets Country Youth. W one ESTER, Mass., Feb. 1L—Charlotte E. Metcalfe, a dressmaker of this city, about 3S years of age and unmarried, was struck by the 0 o'clock express while walking on the Boston and Albany track near Gardiner street crossing last evening and instantly killed. The refusal of Consul General Porch to resign his office has excited much interest among resident Americans and in government circles in the City of Mexico. Mr. Porch claims that there is no good cause for his resignation. fruitless Conferences. The colored congregation of the Second Baptist cJiurch in Orange, N. J., is engaged in the liveliest kind of faction fight over the calling of a pastor, and one of the deacons has been arrested and bound over to keep the peace. Boston, Feb. 1L—Richard M. Fitzgerald deliberately broke a large pane of glass in a shoe store window, aud then stood still until arrested. He said he could not find work, and took this method of getting himself sent to jail where he could escape starvation. Preferred Jail to Starvation. Boston, Feb. 11.—The street car tie up continue*. There has been no disturbance. No attempt has been madesto run cars on the two roads affected. Several fruitless conferences have been held between the men and the companies. The Kasteru Baseball League. Watirbury, Conn., Feb. 11.—At a meeting of the managers of the Eastern Baseball le.igue, held at Bridgeport, telegrams were read from Newburg, Kingston and Poughkeopsie, N. Y., stating that clubs from those cities would enter the league. The following officers were elected: R. Webber, Bridgeport, president; J. H. Taylo', Dan bury, vioe-preaHont; Thomas Miner, Waterbury, secretary and treasurer. A lady is under arrest in Sofia who admits that she was employed by Russians to cajole the superior officers of the Bulgarian army into attempting to overthrow the regency. A Connecticut Tanner Fleeced. Tassel Mot smelts. Bubi.in, Feb. 1L—It is reported that 8,000 German military officers, who are entitled to be placed in retirement, have requested the government to retain them in active service, Prefer Aetlve Service, Norwich, Feb. 11. — A farmer named Andrew Frink, of Preston City, aged 74 years, was fleeced out of £*,000 her* yesterday by two buuoo men, who thus far have eluded Senator Brown, of Georgia, has grown tired of businaa, and is preparing to sell put his convict leases to a syndicate of capital' vti bow being formed in Atlanta. s N*w York, Feb. 11,—Arrired: Nevada, from Liverpool. Liverpool, Feb. 1L—Sallad: Britannic, for New York. All the first-class engineers holdlngresponiule positions in New York and vicinity and U*ir Creme« are attacked to District 4If.