Evening Gazette

              \ - I »" /"•-Hi***' NUMBER 1409 I Weekly Batabllahed I860, j PITTSTON, PA., EDNE; AY. F BRUARY 16. 1887. j TWO CENTS 1 Ten Centa Per Week the books and records a great many iln|D«ndenti cannot obtain pensions oilier wise. Congress should pass It over the veto. NOT A GREAT SUCCESS. WILKE8 ' BOOTH'S SLAYER ABOUT THAT VETO. ABBETT AND SEWELL THISTAFTEKNOON'S DISPATCHES 'LONGSHOREMEN AND FREIGHT HANDLERS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT. Become* Insane and Captures the Kansas Leglllatarf. Topkka, Kan., Feb. 16.—Boston Corbett, the man who gained a reputation as the slayer of John Wilkes Booth, has added somewhat to his notoriety by terrorizing and capturing for a time the Kansas house of representatives. Corbott is a confirmed crank, and he has made himself somewhat notorious in various ways. He was at the commencement of the legislature appointed assistant doorkeeper. There have been few signs of insanity until now. He strapped on two revolvers arC1 a box of cartridges, and with a drawn weapofi drove a negro attendant from the representative hall. Bergeantat-Arms Norton attempted to expostulate, when Corbett cocked htt revolver and pointing it direct at the officer told him to travel. He went The maddened man then searched for Speakpr Smith, and meeting a member who somewhat resembled the speaker, was about to Are when the member threw up his hands ancj said he was not .the speaker. The member ywas permitted to move on. Corbett then of the speaker's gallery, and in front of the doors held it during the entire forenoon session, refusing to allow any one to come near. Sliow MliedN CollupM; WHAT GRAND ARMY OFFICER6 SAV Urand Island, Feb. 15.—Congress should pnta the bill over the president's veto. Orahd Army men unanimously denounce the veto mid comment unfavorably on the Kama, comparing it with his recent approval of the Mexican pension bill. No soldier should end bis days in the poorhouse while the nation lie helped save has a dollar in the treasury. • J. O. Weht. Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 15.—Oil soli tiers here think the president's voto unjust The dependent soldier who lost his health and limbs, now under the cumbersome proof of the pension office, ought to be taken care of under said bill. Congress ought to pass the fame, the Veto notwithstanding. P. O'Riley BOTH WILLING TO SERVE THEIR Special to the OUzetek. ABOUT THE MATTER. STATE AT WASHINGTON "Virginia City, JJbv, Feb l(j—The snow sheds at Bluo Canon on the Ceutral Pacific collapsed and four mea are miming. The snow plow and Mven engines are ditched. • Opinions Gathered from Many Points Indicate a Wide Diversity of Views. Muuy of the Kallroad Companies ami Others Kefttse to Take Back the Old Ken—Jersey Resort to Drink Political Wire Workers Bus; Manipulating the Forces—Kinney's Absenee Gives Klse to Sensational Charges of Emphatic Affirmatives and Equally Tbe PIlUnddpbla KliKlioii. Special to the Uaiktti. Posltlvo Negatives. and Violence. Sharp Practice. Philadelphia, Feb. 10—Complete returns from twenty-four wards and estimates of the remaining two districts give Filler, Republican, for ma,yor, nearly 28,000 majority; Clay, Republican candidate for receiver of taxes, 1,000, and Warwick for city solioiior probably 35,000 majority. New York, Feb. 10.—The World to-day prints the following: Yesterday the newspapers printed a circular received by telegraph from Gen. Lucius Fairchild, commanJeHn-ehief of the Grand Army of the Republic, asking the various posts of the order throughout the country to "immediately inform members of congress, who are entitled to aud will gladly roceive these expressions of opinion, of their approval or disapproval of the principles involved in the dependent pension bill, recently vetoed by the president." It will be remembered that this bill grants a pension of $12 per month to all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served for three ,mouths in the late civil war, upon the ground of present disability nlone—if not the result of their vicious habits—and without regard as to whether the disability was due to injuries received during their service. It was passed in the house by a vote of 180 yeas to TtD nays, in the senate without a division and was vetoed by the president last Friday. The least estimate of the yoarly cost under the bill is $£0,000,600. The yearly appropriation for pensions is now about $85,000,000. N«w York, Feb. 18.—The strike is over for the present. District Assembly 49 yesterday reiterated its declaration to that effect About half the men who were on strike are now devoting their attention to the task of getting back into the places which they left Boveral weeks ago. TRKifTOW, Feb. 18.—The senatorial battle was waged all day in its partisan fury, and the looses and gains remain a matter of conjecture. The excitement of the contest is unparalleled. Ex-Governor Abbett tays be will be the next senator from Jersey, and his friends more than hint that Republican votes will help elect him. The Republican leaders cannot disguise their fears of treason in their ranks. Gen. Sewell says he is still in the fight, but the Democrats laugh and say that is the privilege of any citizen as long as he can get a single vote. The senate took a ballot for United Statos senator late in the afternoon. Gen. Bewell received the full strength of his party, 19 votes. . Of the 9 Democratic votes Abbett received & Ex- Governor George C. Ludlow received the vcte of Senator Chase, while ex-Governor Joseph D. Bedle received the vote of Senator Chattle. Baker was the absentee, but he is an Abbett man. There was a strike on a small scale yesterday on the Morgan line pier, where fifty of the Italian 'longshoremen who had been working for 33 cents an hour (truck for SO. While Ihe great strike was in progress an Italian organizer of the Knights of Labor went among his Mlow C untrymen and organized 3,000 of them, woo had hitherto been non-union men. Among those organized were the Italians who took the places of the Morgan lino strikers. Yesterday they demanded 80 cents an hour and they walked off the pier when told that they could not get it ALLEGED ELECTION OUTRAGES. Emporia, Kan.. Feb. 15.—I think it tbe duty of congress to pass the bill over the president'3 voto. The -bill is a just recognition of what is due to men who risked their lives and lost their health for their country. Grand Army men here, without regard- to parly, denounce the veto in unmeasured Henry Kcpokton. Texan* Tell How a Ballot Box Was Cap- tured. Washikoton, Feh, lfl.—The investigation by the sub-committee of the senate committee on privileges and elections of the alleged political outrages in Washington county, Tex., has begun. Makato, Minn., Fob. 15.—Replying to your telegram of this date, I would say that Grand Army men are sadly disappointed with tho veto by the president, and believe a great wrong has been done moat worthy an4 needy men. There is only one sentiment here—that the bill should be enacted into a terms. J. W. Fkighan. Marshal Booker, a farmer, testified that while conveying the ballot box from Lott's precint on Nov. 8 last, in company with CoL C. P. Spann, one of the judges of election, to Brenliam, they were stopped by three armed and masked men who demanded the box. Spann refused to give it up, whereupon the leader commanded his Companions to keep their arras at the occupants of the wagon while he approached and took the ballot box and tally sheets. Witnoss and Spann drove to Brenham and reported the circumstances.Three city policemen were called, but they would not venturo into the dark corridor, and the slayer of Booth held his position. At 12 o'clock he sent word down to the house to adjourn or he would come down and adjourn it himself. They went home and left the company with no help but a few colored men. The consequence was another of the blockades of loaded trucks which haqe repeatedly closed up North Moore street during the progress of the strike. The excitement of the day is centered In the assembly. The continued absence of Kinney, the Sussex farmer, alarmed the Democrats. They decided not to meet when the ftouse was called to order. If they did they would be in a minority, thereby giving the Republicans a temporary majority and a chance to unseat Democrats Walter and Turley and making the joint assembly Republican. No quorum being present adjournment was taken. It was their programme to let die an obscure death the rump joint assembly and make the fight for Abbett in the joint assembly which meets today, and which the Republicans claim is the only meeting by which a senator ccoujd legally elected. To have d?no this required that the house fjkould ballot for senator in the afternoon. At 1 o'clock Kinney was still missing, «nH Democratic action without D■'"» would, as stated, haw bpen suicidal. Kinney returned to the capital, however, just before tt» time for the meeting of the house. His condition was commented The Democrats claim that be was lured away by a detective in the employ of the Republicans. The game is said to have been one of the smartest ever played in Jersey politics. Kinney explained his absence on the plea of a business appointment, and said he could not understand the sensation his absence caused. Kidney will hereafter be closely watched by the Democrats. When the house met fof the afternoon session none of the Democrat* were present, and the Republicans and thai* allies lacked q. quorum. Ex-Speaker Armstrong, Gen. ' Rewell's fight hand man, sug- ft ballot for senator be taken comply with tho law. Member Corbin ridiculed the proposition from the fact that there was not a quorum present. Be said that to proceed to any such action would b$ a farce, and suggested that the members present sign a protest against the vrill$4 bsence of tho members yf the house and have the same entered on the minutes. He |nade a motion to that effect, which was carried, and members present signed the protest. The minority then adjourned the house until this morning. Just as the speaker's gavel foil the Democrats rushed into the chamber and asked the olerk to record them as being present The Republicans protested, claiming t%at thC house was adjourned. Mr. Hudspeth claimed that the minority could not adjourn the house, Good authority says thaabsenoe of the Democrats TRiU aqt affect their cause, even if they are not recorded. In the Democratic rump 88 votes were cast for Abbett and 1 for Bed I#. These rump meetings have been misunderstood by the press of the country. They were only held, said a prominent Democrat, to prevent the possibility of a contest in the United States senate in the event of Abbott's election. It was not intended at to elect Abbett in the ruaqD meeting, and Governor Abbett wgyld not accept an election by that means, High legal authority of both sides oontends the senate is a contiguous body, and that the organization Of the alleged rump w«s in keeping with that interpretation of the statutes. W. W. P. MCConnklu Davenport, In., Feb. 15.—Grand Ariqy men hero have ceased to discuss all pension matters. relating to the late war, knowing tlie uselessnoss of so doing 90 Jong us 0rovpp Cleveland holds the veto power. The bouse adjourned. Congress must act upon the veto within the present stiwion, which expires twq week* from next Friday, With a view of getting at n representative opinion of Grand Army men in the various states The World addressed dispntciie3 to the general officers of the organization; to all the members of tho council of administration, being one for ppch state of the Union: to all the department officers In Few York state, asking answer to these two questions; It was reported that the officials of the Uorgan line wonld take baclf all the strikers at a rate which would enable the men to earn nbout»|9 a week. The si r&ers declined to accept the terms, A man employed oo the pier said that tho company had been informed by their New Orleans agent that the men Employ odat tho New Orleans end of the line would strike if the New York men were not taken back At once, Corbett was afterward captured In the lower corridor, disarmed and taken to tho police station, where he is now confined. He will be taken before the probate judge, adjudged insane and confined in an asylum. CoL C. P. Spann was sworn. Is a Democrat; was clerk of elections at Lott's store; 189 votes were cast, 166 of which were Republican and 33 for the People's ticket. The 33 votes wero cast by white meu. The colored men voted solidly the Republican ticket. The witness corroborated Booker's testimony in respect to the robbery of the ballot box by the armed and masked men, and added that in the afternoon when he heard of the murder of Bolton in a neighboring precinot he started at once to transfer the ballot box, which he did not intend to do until the following .Saturday. He said that there were negro candidates on either ticket, but that there was not a straight Democratic ticket in the field. Witness had no knowledge as to which party was responsible for tho capture of the ballot box. Washington county had a colored  though the Qermans held the balance of' power. He had never known the straight Democratic tickotto be elected during the past ten years, exoept two years ago, when the Republicans split up. T. M. Jones, colored, clerk of the election* testified that while the court was in progress »t night man in disguise entered the house,, presented pistols and captured the ballot, box. Just before this Judge Kirk had entered the room-and made a note of the vote on certain candidates. Ho then called. Robinson, judge of the eleotion, out of tho room, and the armed men entered J. B. Morqasl WrrcriELt., Dak., Feb. 15.-, A natton that paid over four billions to preserve its lifo can well afford to be generous to its herqio defenders. Congress would act wisely to pass the bill ovor the veto. Give the old boys In blue a pension. To thousand jt woulf) be 4 tardy recognition—to all simple Justice, GEO. A. BILSBT, President Soldiers' and {Sailors' association, CANADA'S EXPORT TRADE. The Report for the Fast Tear Freuta An officer of the Old Dominion lino said that President McCreedy's position had not been fairly stated. He was willing to take bacft his old men at the rates whioh they demanded when they were lobbed out on Jan. I, He Would Insist)'however, on their agreeing, first, not to join any labbr organization; second, not to leave work without giving the company a week's notice, and third, to forfeit a week's salary if they go on strike. Five out of 250 of the old hands have re- Ottawa, Feb. 16.—The minister of customs has ordered an investigation into the •testing of an advance copy of the trade and navigation returns for the year ended June 80, 1888, not yet presented to parliament, a synopsis of which (a minted here. If the culprit who pwltnined the volume is discovered the department of justice has received instructions to prosecute htm The folding facta are frop\ th« synopsis:. turely Published* "What, in your opinion, should congress do in tho matter of the president's veto of '(be dependent pension biUt "What (}o ejfcisoldiers of IJje Federal army in your neighborhood think of the measure itself?" WHAT IT CQSTS TQ ANSWER Some of the Qutitlani Propounded by The following replies have been received! General O(Beers O. A, 8, ' Richmond, Feb. 15.—Congress voices the sentiments of the people, from whom it derives its representative funqtion, The de» pendent pension bill only redeems jn port the pledges of the loyal north when those to be benefited by the bill left their homes at their country's call to save its unity and pro* * tect its flag. Knowing this, I think the bin should pass, the president's Veto to tlie con - l?#ry notwithstanding. Edgar Allen, Junior Vice-Gommander:!n:fctifef, G. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. la.—I have no sympathy whatevor with the vetoed pension fajfe Congress should let Jt rest in the {(ray6 p which the president has so properly contigned jt. T. C. W aRner, Chaplain-in-Chief, G. A. H. Denver, Feb. 15.—While the phraseology of some parts of the bili is objectionable, yet in the main the measure is just. Because a few tleod beats and frauds may abuse the measure is no reason that disabled, destitute, aged and honest soldiers should be deprived "of its benefits. There are many disabled; destitute, aged and honest soldiers, who, through an mntiKi pride, have'put off apply, ing for a pension until they can no longer attain the proofs required by the pension department. Shall these in their destitution and old age go without sufficient provision for the actual necessaries Of life J Congress should, w}tbout hesitation, pips the bill at jiftce over the president's Veto. ' •' S. Everett, (Surgeon-General Q, A, B, Washington, Feb, 10.—Ma J. J. W. Powell, director of the geological survey, in response to a resolution of tlie house adopted Feb. 1 calling for the names of all persons who have heretofore been and are now employed in any manner or for any purpose by or in the office of the geological survey, distinguishing lietween* those' appointed under the civil service rules and these vyt\o were not, together with liate of appointment, nature of work, compensation, etc. , has re-' ported that thi labor necessary to' prepare this information is«f great that the facts called for' inyqlvo a statement of the disbursement of' $2,500,000 in' itomB averaging less than $5 each; affecting more than '.{00,000 vouchers £nd Sub-VQnchar*, Jp addition to thW, he says, several thousand men have been employed during the time embraced in the resolution, and it would be necessary to examine the history of the survey. The director asks an appropriation of $1,80.1 for the compensation of a chief accountant and $18,400 for eleven accountant clerks at $1,200 each per annum, in all $15,- 0J0, lo be expended in preparing a feply to the i ( solution of Ui«j house. ' Congress, sumed work. It is said that one of the 'longshoreman's unioris Intends to put Up a job on Mf, i'e- Ct-eedy. The intension, it is said. Is tC» allow A union to secure a situation front Mr. M6Creedy on the terms above Btated and then to have him proceeded against for Intimidation.A representing District Assembly 4H called on Surveyor Be»t«e at the custom house tq complain of the manner in which the government weighers' laborers had been treated, It was claimed that when hp reeent strike of the laborers ended twenty of them were frozen out It was claimed, too, that United States Weigher O'Brien displayed great favoritism in giving opt work. Mr. Seattle rqferrpd the committee to Col lector Magone, Who lrt ttti n.tefefTiSa them to Weigher O'Brien. • ' The which in 1878 were tip,000.- 000 gradually increased to 1102,000,00a ig 1882. Sinpe that year there a steady falling offv until in 1884'the export* were *85,000,000, The imports show the tame Changes, and for 1880 were $104,000,000. The Qyerage Wno«nt of customs duties paid per head of population last year was 9148. The average percentage of duties levied upon dutiable goods imparted was 87 per cent. The value of free goods imported was »28,- 000,000. v Trains BtoAadtd Saw Frahcisoo, Feh, lA—The overland train which left here Monday is detailed at Colfax, and tbe west bound mU train is held at Cisco owing to a heavy snow blockade 9« tV« Central Paoiflc between Colfax and Cisco, It has required groat effort for several days to keep the track dear of snow, and finally the drifting has become so bad that a complete stoppage of traffic has resulted. An engine to off the track and imbedded in the snow. The  are down, and it is difficult to get accurate news of the state, of The steamer Mariposa, which should have sailed hence for Australia Saturday, will be held UUtU the arrival of the blockaded train, which carries tho English m»H, Witness saw no colored men armed. Dewess Bolton, son of the candidate, was killed hk the melee. The freight handlers have not bean very successful in getting hack their old places. General Freight Agent Geer, of the Pennsylvania rood, has Instructed his subordinates not to take back any striker. Agent Tilden, of the Erie road, who has charge of the stand at the foot of Chambers strwb hay stated that he will not take back om- of his old men, and it is said that ThC7- Sew York Central railroad will not' take back any of its old men unless President Depew objects to such a line of policy. At the h(H(uc(uarter8 of District Assembly 40 it was reported that all the ooal handlers employed by the Beading oompany at Port Elisabeth, Perth Amboy and Port Richmond had resumed work at the advanced rate, 22% cents an hour. It was said, top, that the Sumner steamship line bad reinstated all their union men. The 'ibngshortme'n's unions have decided not to, udmit any now further ONE CENT BOOTHS Do Hot Meet with Mayor Hewitt's Ap- proval. Niw Yobk, JVj. IA—The first official act of Mayor Hewitt to attract general attention is his veto of an ordinance permitting Mrs. Clementine Lamadrid to erect booths at certain street corners, from which to supply the poor with food at a cost of one cent per article. RAPID OCEAN TRAVEL. A Line of Flyers Proposed for the At- liuitlo Trade. ■ Washington, Feb. lC.r»The Arrow Steamship and Shipbuilding company of New York city has purchased the Agnew shipyard at Alexandria, Va., and will Immediately begin Kl\ipLyildii|jj[ operations there on n large spala Tito first vessel to be built will bp called the Pocahontas. This will be one of the largest and most olegantlv fitted ocean passenger vessels in the world, aud the design of tho company is to have her able to run across the ocean at an average speed of t\vonty-thr?P i)autioal niilttt an hour, no matter what may be" the condition of wind or spa. ' She is to be completed  ready for sea before Nov.' 1 Tfce'np are to be twe]ye vpssels of class buitt, the unit one (o be called tho Powhattau, and the others will ajso bear historic Indian names, The fleet will be engaged in the English trade, running from New York to Liverpool, touching at Queenstown, as the other lines do now. Mr. Hewitt declares that in his opinion tho tendency of the proposed plan for furnishing cheap meals would be to demoralize the poor. Though he is informed that .there are about 15,000 persons in the city who have no regular homes and who depend upon chance for their daily bread, public policy requires that the number of such persons should, if possible, be diminished, and not increased. Such agencies as free soup - kitchens and cheap food booths would, in his opinion, increase idleness and poverty. He is also fnformod that the charitable organisations of the city are sufficient to cope with the existing distress Ohio's Finances. Cincinnati, Feb. 18.—County Auditor Raine, in consultation with State's Attorney General Kohler and 8,tat* Auditor Kiesewettev )[eW va~u to tie placed on "Big Four" and Fart Wayne railroad stocks, both subject to back taxes since 1881, held that the tax rate should be on Big Four about 69 and on Fort Wayne 100, whioh would be SO per cent below market quotations. Penalties will be knocked off. On this basis the Reuben Springer estate must pay fully C150,000 on 4,000 shares of Big Four and 7,000 shares of Fort VffjTm held since 1881 untaxod. Qther. large holders' will contribute their thousands to swell the aggregate, tix Collector Morgenthalergeta 85 per cent for collecting book ta^ea, Department of Mew York. Utica, Feb. 13.—The dependent pension bill would relieve a poor and needy class of soldiers who cannot be relieved by any present law- Congress «hon!4 ps« the bijj flyer tMpveta. Jf. I tjAYijes, - Department Commander, 6. A. R gtifPALO, Feb.'15.—Think the bill should become q law notwithstanding a few objectionable feature*. ft A. Obb, The striking freight handlers who were employed at the Erie Kailroad company's yards in Jersey oity made an attempt yesterday to be reinstated, but were informed by Superintendent Barrett that there was. no work for them. TURBPLEKT N*W JWUWY STRIKERS. r A Kan OwstnMt Gel*.' (Senior Vice Department Commanded N. Y-, Feb. IS,—I think the "dependent pension bill a just measure, and congress should pass it over tho president's Philadelphia, Feb. 18.—The mint officials have just secured a counterfeit $3.50 gold piece of 1852, for which they have been looking for years. The piece is so good a counterfeit that a Philadelphia bank pronounced it genuine, and an acid test subsequently made failed to show anything wrong. The mint officials say it oontainn only twenty-seven cents worth ot gold, yet its weight is that of the real article to a hair, its size is exactly the same and it has the ring of the pure metaL In the middle, however, the counterfeit is not as thin as th» genuine coin, a,nd the style head of Liberty is somewhat different. The counterfeit will be placed in the mint's collection. Beailna Near the Stove. veto. F. Z. Joints, • Department Inspoctor, G. A R The strikers who haY° thus boo$ unsuccessful have filled up witty Whisky, and yesterday at least a dozen non-union men  assaulted and more or less injured, Detroit, Feb. 1(1—About 4 o'clock last evening Edward Hoffner, a furniture dealer in the western limits of the cit|y, was at work at a bench in the room behind his •tore and his three children. BHza, aged 5; Henry, aged 3; and Eddie, aged 2, were playing about bint 4 small stove was near by and near was a two gallon can of benzine. TJhei children overturned the stove and set fir* to shavings, which in turn ignited the benaine. There was an explosion of tfio lat ter and some of it was thrown on Hoffner's clothing, setting it on fire, whiU the children who were nearer by, were covered with the burning fluid and horribly They were taken into a nqWiUptiug store and suffered great agony until they died. Hoffner may but is in a critical condition. The mother, who was away at the time, is in almost a maniacal condition. WA§HINQTQN NOTE8. IfaW Tow, Feb. 10,—John Boyd, one of ex-Alderman Daffy's bondsmen, has snio rendered Duffy to the district attorney. Boyd said he was tired of being responsible for the boodler. Only C6,000 of Duffy's C25,000 bail was surrendered, and this was done because of a business quarrel bptjh Duffy and the bqod»m#a being intereated to awoupt in a tmildiog contract Dairy w »llii.wM tq go home on promising to give another bond of C6,000 to mspa up the required C34,000, A Hondtmapt* Dnrnia Utica, N. Y., Feb. 15.—The bill should be mssec} so high ever the presidontla veto that hi) wemit remcmbsr miether he vetoed it- or (jot. Tho measure is lust pud proper, .flftoug other results it vfilj help to settle the ijUBStion of surplus i» the treasury, oyer which the combined statesmanship of the nation has been making itself round sh'ouldyed for the past two years. Give the SMVpluB 10 boys who made even a treasury Sfribto. The house passed a bill appropriating (15(1,009 to erect a public budding at J3inghaintpn, N. Y: PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS, Tho president has accepted Secretary Manning's resignation, to take effect April L Philadelphia, Feb. 10.—The cities of this state yesterday held municipal elections. The Republicans elected the major of this city by over 30,000. Pittsburg and; Allegheny City elected Ro|Dut£lcait mayors. Reading elected a Republican mayor ana Democratic treasurer" tyid controller. Fottsville elected Democrat and &night of Labor chief burgess. The Democrats carried York and AUentown, and the Republicans carried Lanoaster, Chester and Williamsport. Lieut. A. W. Greoly has been appointed by the president to be.Gen. Hazen's successor as chief signal officer, with rank of brigadier general. On the Turf. * O. F, Clark, Asst. Adj. Gen., G. A. R Dtica, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Havo not read the hilt Read "the prtsiobjections and th(it some ot his reasons for vetoing the bill are sound, Am in favor of a pension to all honorably discharged unio.i veterans. Work Hufiuoil thf Qld Me*. JJiw Orleans, Feb. Id—The racing was conducted on a heavy, sloppy track. Sodth Ambov, Feb. 1Q.—:Trouble is again brewing WO'Mt 'be ooal beavers here, Yesterday morning abomt fifty of the old strikers applied to Superintendent Bannard, of tho Pennsylvania Coal company, for work. They were told there was no work for them and none would be given them. If at any lime he wsntatj any £Dore helPi he said, ho i»end for it auti d}4 not in futni-e wn»Dt to be trouhled wjtb any of the men applying for employment who refused to perform it when it was offered them. Several of tho men who returned to work Uonday left yesterday because the oompany would not discharge some of the new hands. Havxrhill, Mass., Feb. 16.—Three gentlemen and four ladies were overturned 011 the toboggan chute at Dustlq Tfie gentlemen escape*! harm. MissAlice Hall was aeyeraly cut "to the faee and fare&ead. Miss Edith Tuttle, of Lynn, had her ankle sprained and a blood vessel ruptured, Miss Nellie Webster was badly bruised, and Mrs. Edith Whitoomb was bruised on the head. No bones were broken. Dangerous Sport. First race, seven and a half fatlongs— Wedding Day first, Kensington second, Berlin thtrd. Time, But Three Unidentified. Second race, three-quarters of a mile—Vitello first. Handy Andy second, Twilight third. Time, 1:20. A. G. Spkncbr, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. White River Junction, Vt, Feb. 1CV— Two more bodies, thosp pf IkirsL William Deniuq, Jr., of Winooeki, yt., and MUl.Armine Guirard, of Upton, Que,, have been identified, and takon home. This leaves but three uuidepUfied dead. The total number of ninety-two persons on the train are all accounted for upon the basis of thirty-four deaths, but tho morgue records fall short three from this number. PaUe'y O'toarj'i Challenge, The Council of Administration. Louis VILLI, Feb. 1&—Patsay O'Lpary has deposited (100 forfeit with The Commercial to support a, otydlpngo to %hit Tommy War- o» "Spider" Weir, of Boston, to a finish, Spr from ISOO to $1,000 a side, at 118 pounds, the fight to take place near Louis- YUle. Wed Morrill, Warren's ex-trainer, says that Warren's offer to fight Weir, or any one else at 11$ pounds, is a. practical backdown, as Warren could not get down to that weight He said it was not easy to bring him to 118 pounds to fight Barnes a year ago, and almost impossible to get htm to that weight four months W« *xbien he fought O'Leary. ■ Third raoe, four and a half furlongs—Governor Roberts first. Rebel Friend second, Hindoo Rose third. Time, 59% seconds. Taptpo, Q., fob. 16.-rl hope congress will , courage tp stand tiy the depmdent pension bill and will pas? it over the president's veto, This if the unqualified sentiment of Graud Army men hers. It is a measure of Justice to the dependent soldier and his family, already too long delayed. An «a*^eCV kOHflOii, Vet. 18.—In the housaof commons Dr. Cameron, member'tor the St, Rolli* division of GUttjgQw, n#Wed fin inquiry into the harsh and unjust administration of the law in the crofter districts. Mr, J. H. A. McDonald, lord advocate, denied that the charges upon Which Or, Cameron's motion was based had any foundation in fact, and said the government, having once investigated and disproved the charges, refused to make further inquiry. ' Washington, Feb. 16.—For Hew Englaud and middle Atlantic states, fair weather, slightly cooler, variable winds becoming southerly. The Weather. D. R. Austin. Denver, Colo., Feb. 15.—The unanimous sentiment of the department of Colorado, grand Army of the Republic, is'that the douemlent'pemion 1)111 should be passed' over fhp president's yet0- We do not' believe tfcp wm, in and cents, ever repay |i)p disabled or fhosf whpse health impaired in actual service. Fhank Huntjib. Thrntun, Feb. 15.—I think oongress should sustain the president's veto of the jepeiuWut pension bill, believing its passage wouid eptn the doors to gross frauds and would w.:'it'Usly interfere with the procurement of !D"Disiopa by soldiers who were iVfmndcd ov contracted disease in the  put wl:o are not totally disabled.' J have in- Jervi. w e.i many old soldiers to-day and nearly nil ngree with !Wt Y«t. » meeting of Post nuioteeq voted In favor of tl»e bifl end sistfon against, Bishop W. Mains, Wii juinoton, Feb. 15.—My opinion is that COUCH'S, should have nothing to do with the bill, grand Army men hero think that the pre*KU*»U wan *borigbt, especially tye men will! did the fighting. They nevisr jjiU'sd tor ir..' Only pension agents and coffqe filers expect pay for something that cqst Others their Wood, GpojW* «• JEW- Dublin, *eb. 1&—The trial of Messrs. Dillon, Sheeny, Crilly, O'Brien and others for their connection with the "phm of campaign," delivering tyoendiary speeches, etc., has begun. The defendants pleaded not guilty. The Qfown then proceeded with the completion end swearing of the Jury. Several Catholics were rejected and ordered from the jury box, in spite of the protests of the defense, the justice refusing to interfere with what lie held to be the crown's privilego of jieremptory challenge. The composition of the jury uortenda a ia|hn«tp .*#*} a virdiq» I tnvngh' d'sivgrqemcot. »■ a Hippodrome. Utica, Feb. Id,—The six days gQ-09-youplcase race, twelve hOftrs per day, which commenced in this cjty last Wednesday, ended at -10:80 p, m. yesterday. Of the eight starters but two remained. Day won with a score of £64 miles, Burns taking second place with a score of 2Bd miles. Hart dropped out early in the evening.- The affair was generally regarded as a hippodrome, and created but little interest, CONDENSED NEWS. The Pennsylvania Railroad company proposes to make its road from Philadelphia to N*w York a four track line. Te*. ?eb. 10.—4 Laredo special says that Maj. J. 8. fenn, proprietor of The has been adjudged violently insane, His misfortune is due to the lingering effects of an attack of Rio Grande fever two years ago, aggravated by the excitement of a contest for a seat in the legislature. He is a brother-in-law of ex-Governor Ireland, ____________ Mi It is believed by the political wiaeacres of Kansas that the enfranchisement of women will beoome an issue in that state at an early day. Mohehkau, £y., 16.—Dr. Henry Logan, Coon Logon Logan have been arreted, oharged with oonspiring together (or the umrdcr of B, T, Young, Judge A. B, Colo awl Alfred Young. This is the sequel to the arrest of Moore, the d*Dperado, as told in these dispatches last week. There is intense excitement and another bloody outbreak is feared. £ent(iel|jr Pfsperudo?*. Tnliuage's Marbled, A California woman owna and runs the factory which makes nine-tenths of tbe orwge boxes for the Pacific coast. She invented the box while trying to make a cradle lor her baby. ItnooKLVIi, Ffh. in,—Brooidyn's Tabernacle, tho churuh of fir. T. DeWitt TaJlimge, presented an exceedingly festal scene last liight, It was the occasion of the marriage cf Miss Edith Talmage, daughter of tin' pastor, to Mr. Allan E Dounan, of Richmond, Vn. Long before 8 o'clock, the hoqr. of the wuddUuf, she street about the chtfrofc} was Wied with crowds of people  for entrance, while the Church itaelf vm» ikroticed, Fu"y 4,Mi pepple *prj present. Dr. Tataiags, assisted fcy his brother, Rov, George Talmage, solemnised the marriage. . PoU Ta, and the Ma^ot. Boaxoa, Feb. lft.—The senate adopted, 23 to 6, tile resolution abolishing the poll tax os a prerequisite tor voting. The order for on investigation of certain charges against the Boston city government was taken from the table, amended by striking out that part which referred to charges recently made by the mayor of said city and was tfcen adopted—17 to 14, The number of desertions from the German army has rapidly increased since war rumor* have been in circulation and numerous German patrols have been stationed along the frontier for purpose of arresting those who take this means of shirking tbsir military responsibilities 6 POWDER $qt«ate CerCV*i«C London, feb. ift—Negotiations are in progress between ttftly, QtnRony and Austria witl» a view tu a removal of the existing entente cordiale between the three powers, whioh will shortly expire by limitation. Itais isdesirious of extending the scope of the agreement to include the Balkan an4 Mediterranean questions. The manufacturing tailors of weatwrn cities are about to organize a national escbange for mutual protection apt) the advancement of business. iNpiANAfOi-lfl, Fob. 15.—Pass it over the — veto| i jis soldiery here are of one mind, and of the Democratic faith are much disD heartcthd by the president's action, fearing it wii! piece Indiana permanently in the Repubi can column, C. E Whitsett. LitchtikU), Ky,, Feb. 15.—G. A. R. men in t*i»C part of the state approved the bill'a* passed, and they consider the veto a black eye for «U old soldiers. From the pAtoie of Thunder a Hirltj, Philadelphia, Feb. 10.—The fifth semiannual convention of the National Sieotrlc Light association has begun bare with a large attendance. Aftef leading of the reports, papal* were read by C. C- Hoskins, of Chicago, on "High Insulation," and E. R Weeks, of Kansse City, on the "Popular PrejttiUee Against Wectria Ugkt Wirw-" U(bl Convention. A resolution prohibiting the mauufoctui e and s»lao{ intoxicating liquors in the stato of Iwiuiwii haa passed on its third reading in the geperal aaaembly. //; t asadoa, CaL, Feb. 10.—A two days' .heavy fall of rain has ended in an extraordinary occurrence—a thnnder stonn. RaiJroad coiuMuHteatitm is Cut Off n6rth of Lea Angeles. :Tfce Sign*»y8' ors washed oat i» many places, and bridge* have been damaged.foanactteatD Sujkreuae B«nota. IIaktfcVhd, F'eb. 10, —Governor Lounsuury yesterday appointed Judge Beardsley, Of Bridgeport, 'to fill the place on the supreme court benoh caused by the reaianatioo of J«dg« Granger, wjtjch tato effect Marek 1, Absolutely Pure. Tbla powder never varies. A marvel of puntD •—«»rth Mom economic* «..n the ordinary kinds, and cannot be aold In oonpetition with the multitude of low teat, gbort «a Tbt atete quarrymen in Pa., have goae out on a itrike for more wanes, and the employers ore suffering aevere loss