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              r * MMKfMM* : *•" . ' £ -iff itf Jf.41£  f, jl 8 i V I v- *D«* C H -Jb -H, fc*1 1 fl&hi fi&I ' HTJMBHB 14U ) W««kUr Kttabiiahed 186a J pittstqn, pa.. E80AY, MARCH 2. 1887, V, J m *wo cam I i-• fr ■ wmm *D "ft jr- 9 * Jf fJb in -v a m THE WARD SHOOTING, A STEAMBOAT. BURNED CARDINAL GIBBONS SPECIAL DISVAt^^ IN CONGRESS. WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONS. The Forty-ninth Congress Has Mot Been' And ■ Number of People Parish wM. It. Moanji, March 8.—The steamboat, W. H Gardner was burned last night near Gaines vHle-while plyldpbn the Tombigbee. Twenty persons perished. The dead are as follows as far as reported: " 8. C. Blackman. Jule Rambert and two children. Mrs. W. r. Rambert and three children. Theodore L. Graham, G. Rutos. The following were oolored persons: John Bryant, steward. Green Jenkins. Henry Ford. Keyword Hudson. T. Lindsay. Jones. Pleads Guilty tt CHurd«D. SE BU8V RUSHING THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS. Wabhinotow, March 2.—The second session of the Forty-ninth congress allowed Itself to get into a tangle of work at the beginning of thia week. But commendable progress has been made daring the last two day*, and there Is every reason to believe that by Friday noon congress will be read/ to adjourn, leaving behind it a comparatively worthy record in the way of accomplished legislation. It makes a much better record in this respect than some recent congresses. Among the commendable measures that can be placed to its credit, are these: The much needed presidential succession law; a law in the interest of the merchant marine; a law providing for a new national library building; the bill reducing money order fees; ameasure forfeiting some millions of aores of unearned land grants and restoring them to the public domain, and a generous appropriation to rehabilitate the navy. These can all be credited to the first session of this congroiK. Tlio present session has enacted an important law allotting lands in severalty to Indians; a measure extending the free delivery system; an act to redeem tiade dollars; the interstate commerce commission law and the labor arbitration law. Compared with the accomplishments of previous congresses in the way of legislation affecting general interests, for the past dozen or more years, this is a falr^-eoord. Barren of Hesults. FRIENDS OF THE RECTOR'S WIFE SAY IT WAS WILFUL. TELLS THE VATICAN ABOUT THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR., N*w Tort, March 2—Ohtora Ciguaralo, who murdered her husband, October 20th, pifed guilty to murder in second the degree ifato morning. kt Apart-ts Pay M«*l'enn IM- A Mew Phase Given to the atasatlonal Attach of Hector Ward Upon His Wife and Child—The Wounded Wife Removed to New York. Be Advises That It Woald be Bad Poller tor the Church t» Sot Dnra on tho- Order of Knights of Labor la America. »-.• - The Klfei and f I arte or Hill rta*lly A freed tn—The legislative Ap- THE 8TATE LEI IRE. propriation Bill Causes Lively llebatr. la B*th Pltiaton Hospital—Ca WjisJUNOTOH, March 2.—In the house sen- Sls sfc I litII to the diplomatic and oon- Mlar appropriation bill were non-concurred in. The bill for the payment of Mexican pensions was token up and passed; $2,300,000 is appropriated for the remainder of the cui'- rout ftscal year and $4,000,000 for the uext Tlie conference report on the bill restaict- Ijig fci American citizens the ownership of Mai estatg-ia the territories was submitted and agreed to. ' The conference report on the river and bkfber appropriation bill was read and agreed to Yeis, 177: nays, 89. (The re- Boit sets forth that the senate increased aseoe.to tho house bill $3,130,000; the conference reduced the sum to $1,58,580.) The sonata added twenty-uine new items aitiountlng to $1,013,500, which the conference reduced to $850,800. The total of the touutabili was $7,459,250; the total of the jMifci tiil) was fl0,8gu,350, and as H comes iWe -the total is $0,000,000. TOKliMn the Universal Peace nnlon against appropriations for fortifications and WW vessel* W*» presented and referred. TIM conference report on the Indian appropriation was submitted and agreed to Mr burns (Mo.) moved to suspend the rttbtt »Qd pes* the deficiency appropriation Nkw York, March 2.-The wife of tha Rev. Charles W. Ward, the rector of Bt Paul's Episcopal church at Edfclewood, N. J., who was shot through the Jaw by her husband, who also shot himself in the head on Tuesday morning, Jfeb. 22, at the rectory in Euglowood, was removed yesterday to the home of her brOther-in-law, Mr. Aaron J. Vanderpoel, Mew lark.. Mrs. WsfiTwas carried from the rectpry to a carriage, and, accompanied by a sister wbo came Jrom Chicago immediately after the shooting, and by Dr. Daniel M. Stimson. - Rome, March 8.—The correspondent here is Tauthorized to state that the Amtokan bishops take a favorable vie* of the organisation known in'the United States as the Knights of Labor. Cardinal Gibbons has placed before the Vatican a formal statement as to the nature of the organization and the attitude the church should adopt toward it. The cardinal says in this that he considers that any condemnation of the Knights would be not only luelen but highly inopportune and that It might alienate the sympathy Of the American laboring classes from the churoh, and might hamper the mission of the church to the laboring poor. In addition to the above positions recommended a«« Bill. : Harhisboko, March 1—Action upon tto bill asking for tho erection of a general hospital at or near Pitteton was postponod for-the present bjr appropriation committee at the Amos Harris and three unknown. Mrs. Rambert is the wife of the clerk and part owner of the boat, and, with her three children, lived In Demopolis, Ala., which is W. F. Rambert's home and also the home ol Jule Rambert. House. Repreaentatira Oaffrey fireaented a large number of petitions |rom the Knigb* of Xabor la Lnieroe county prayi-g fortha passage ot his Dockage bill. The removal took place very quietly and without any scene. Mr. Ward was told later that his wife had left the rectory. She was carried to the room she had occupied in Mr. Vanderpool's house for many years before she met Mr. Ward, and was quite comfortable last night. Dr. Stimson called in the evening, but she is now practically out of danger. On Monday she sat np nearly all day. The following-authoritative statement in behalf of Mrs. Ward was made to a reporter last night : W. F. Rambert lives here meet of his time. Betore making the last trip be wrote bis wife to join him with his three ohildren at Demopolis and make * the trip up to the highest landing and return. It is supposed that he invited also his cousin Jule Rembert and his two children, and it was intended to be a pleasure trip for the party. The remaining whites were passengers living in the upper Tombigbee district No details of the cause and progress of the fire have been received.by the statement of Cardinal Gibbons the primate treats the alarmist theories respecting the Knights of Labor as puerile, and (ays that nearly one half of the men belonging to the organisation are Roman Catholics. Respecting the charge that the association is a secret order, the cardinal says. it is not a secret society in the sense condemned by the church, and is consequently exempt tram canonical oensure. Senator Newmjer read a bill in 'place, to promote order aritTgafety io places where pienio« are befog held, by the restricting of * all intoxicating drinks. . In (he House to-day the bill to regulate the employment of labor and prevent blacklisting was passed by a veto of 15 J yeas to 26 nay* The bill establishing a State signal senrtA passed finally by a vote of 33 to 11 MUTILATED CURRENCY. Now that Mrs. Ward bat bean removed from Mr. Ward's house where no possible harm can come to her through further violence from her husband, it must be truthfully stated that Mr. Ward wilfully shot hi* wife. It was the crowning act in a long period of brutal violence to her. Mrs. Ward is a slight woman, weighing in the neighborhood of 100 pounds, while her husband is massive and strong and weighs about 200 pounds. It seems almost incredible, but that powerful man has treated that frail woman like a dog. His moments of anger were frequent and bitter, While his wife is a sweet tempered and lovable woman. There was not the slightest cause for the shooting. He simply became angry at her and shot her. Perhaps he had been drinking. Let us hope for his sake that he bad. It has been stated that Mr. Ward was subject to fits of insanity. All tye insanity be was afflicted with was an ungovernable temper. It has also been said that Mr. Ward has been irrational almost allof the time since the shooting. That is quite incorrect. Mr. Ward has been conscious from a few hours after he shot himself. He was not insane when he shot his wife. Whan he regained consciousness on the day of the .shooting he inquired: "Do" you think Mrs. Ward's relatives wiU prosecute met" The negroes who lost their llvos are deckhands from Mobile, and most of them leave families. In Canada the case is different. Cardinal Oiiibons further says he considers the organisation of the Knights of fcabor in the United States net only harmless, but that It will possibly be beneficial in assisting in the eventual settlement of the great question of the proper relations between labor and oapitaLBow lDcft Fingers Detect the Valae of Washington, March 2.—Remarkable eases of the redemption of bank notes, Mutilated apparently beyond identification, are continually occuring at the treasury department Yesterday a ball of almost colorless pulp, about two or three inches in diameter was received from Oakland, Cat. It was supposed to be money which had been sewed in the owner's night shirt and had been with It to the wash where it received a thorough boiling, scrubbing and bleaching. The deft fingers of the female employes who are engaged in manipulating mutilated notes soon separated with great care the recognizable remnants of money and showed the greater portions of a (20 note and three 910 notes,' and they will be redeemed «u full. There were also received yesterday a $100 note, a $50 dollar' note and at5 note which had been mutilated by a Chinaman, who had become insane on a railroad train. The $100 at)U the $5 notes will be redeemed in full, but only of the $50 note will be al-. lowed. The Chinaman subsequently hung himself in a hospital. Pulp. The Gardner was built five years ago for the Tombigbee trade. She was owned by t. S. Stone, Sid C. Coleman and W. F. Rembert, and was valued at 980,000. She was fully taBured. The cotton was insured in local sompanies for C25,000. Hm Hifh License Bill* H4.BSI8BUBQ, UaroU 1 —The Brooks high licence bill, m amended by the sub-committee of Ibe ways and means committee, baa beMi adopted br the way a and means committee and will be reported to the Houae tomorrow morning. of the measure Mr. QUtnota criticised the committee. In the uSfe-ha concurred in the resolutions, but it «K3nspicuou»iCor wttat wa» not in it. It eSaMed an appropriation of $8,000,000 for services rendered by the Pacific railroads. The kupreme court had held that that sum Was due and payable. The committee's repprt stated that in the suit upon which the judgment was rendered the equities were not presented. The committee had also failed feMSoropriate $3,800,000 to pay a judgment it.'Jfie court of claims in favor of the Choctaw*. i He Burns , (Ma), contended that while tfce Central Pacific owed the government $6,000,000, tbe government had a right to told the $2,008,000 judgment to the credit H tbe committee until settlement day came. had beeo committed by the company find it was easy tp torn to facta, that before a jury would convict every member of that, iueSpwatloa who had been in Ha management for the last ten years, of condnctjfot would jnafcs him better fitted for for chamber*' ■ . Under suspension of the rules the bill waa pas«ad with an amendment appropriating "$87(000 for printing and fnrnieUng sUvei ?eriiflcates and legal tenders of $1 and $2. TWO BIQAMIST8 In August last Cardinal Taschereau Issued a pastoral letter, addressed to the bishops and clergy of Canada, condemning the association known as the Knights of Labor, and giving the following extract of a letter, dated July, 13, 1886, from Cardinal Simeoni, the prefect of the propaganda Ada "Considering the principles, organization and rules of the society of the Knighdf of Labor as they are set forth, this society must be classed among thoee which have been condemned according to the instructions of the supreine congregation on the lQthcC May, 1884; that the bishops be enjoined to proceed as well against this society as against others of the same kind, and to employ the remedies orderfed or advised in the said  Acting on this letter, the order was condemned throughout Canada by the clergy there. . . Leave Jthe City ot Churches for Other Apartments. Brooklyn, March 2.—Two much married men were sentenced to imprisoniyfcit in the penitentiary yesterday by Judge Moore, of Brooklyn. They were Billick S. Schofleld, the handsome bookkeeper, and John L Lockwood, a consumptive, who does not look as if he would live out his sentence. MOUE FAVORABLY TO ABBETT. Dh« XM taMT GontMt Ikoaiht to iff KmbIjt Over. Tkintoi, Mnii, 2.—The Democrats hopeful of Abyw id the. Republic** for tbe various Democratic candidates, Ik tin virtual withdrawal of Seweljamt «# "urther complications to the ifltuatlon. B la SchoMd was tried recently and oonvlcted of bigamy in marrying Frances 8. McColb and Susie Bennet while his legal wife was •live. He told the Judge, coolly, that he hadn't anything to say when arraigned for sentence. 8a.'d the Judge: "You deserted your first wife and bar children, ntarried a second and than a third, and there is reason to believe that you have got still another. It seems to me your conduct was particularly heartless. You"appeal to me on behalf of your children. You ought to have thought of them before. You knew you were violating the law in an infamous and atrOohnu manner. •D Your sentence is five years in the penitentiary." ' j Lock wood. forsook his wife and married Abigial E. Reed, ■ The Judge told him he was old enough to know bettor than violate the law as he had. His sentence was one year in the penitentiary. "If I live to see my time out FU come back and . shake hands with you," said Ufa prisoner. , In the United States, however, with th# exception of One or two bishops who  ered-themselves authorised to act on the in(tractions contained in Cardinal Slmeont's letter, the fllercr took no action in the matter and maintained, a passive attitude, awaiting direct instructions on the subject 'from the vttlcaa. ' * Railroad Interest*. Hartford, March a.—Philadelphia capitalists have completed negotiations for the control of the Hartford and Connecticut Western railroad by the purchase of $1,200,- 000 of its stock. The deal will be closed Frilay. Tbe same parties are interested in the' Poughkeepsie bridge. They will, it is under-*, stood, build a link between tbe bridge and tbe terminus of the road at Rhinecliff and' also a spur from Hartford into Massachusetts. Thomas Cornell, of Randout, who owned $800,000 of the stock, sold all but $100,000 of his holding. The next largest sellers were Gilbert & RAy, of Winsted, (200,000. The rest waa disposed of by various holders. The price paid is given at $60 per qhare. The road earns now from 8 to 6. per cent, on its stock. conceded that the next Motor will ba-fc Democrat, and as the %ht on election  was made between Sewell and Abbett as representatives of their parties the Abbett fldttftjls believe that their leader ia the man. The Abbett forces seem to'have taken "a new lease of life, and it ia - given out that - they, vithfn a few days, possibly to-day, will elect b - -najorlf- of 9.' To ao the bohttg He also asked how Mr. and Mrs. Vanderpoel felt toward him. Only on last Sunday did he learn that the newspapers had published the story of theD shooting. i'-He seemed distressed, but he was' relieved when he was told that tha newspapers had spoken kindly of him. He has all along hoped that the truth would not come out, but the time has gone by for shielding him any longer. It is due to Mr«. Ward and her relatives that this statement should be made, Some of Mrs, Ward's relatives live in the west, where wives are not shot down without knowing the reason why. Mrs. Ward's relatives, on visiting the rectory at Englewood, learned that the marshals of the Englewood Protective association had been ashed to leave the rectory and had complied with the request Mrs. Ward's relatives insisted that they return to the rectory and they did so. They did not leave until die was safely away. ■, Mr. Holman moved to suspend the rule* and put on its passage the legislative appropriation bill as amended by the committee of tie-Whole and with certain amendments— fr-fr*1*** port of the bill not considered, jdepferw to the appropriation bill of last Wit Cannon and Milliken briefly critletaed tho Democrats for havlnz been obtjmvi to ask the house to pass the measure ajArl* aunension of the rules, and Mr. * |WRt*%f Ma'ne, delivered a caustic speech in A BREAK IN INDIANA. OM Onr to «• *.jmb- V Democrats Labor "¥*" IxvtAKAPDiM, None of the member! of the ji Roberts, an old time Dsfsucrat and Intimate will attempt to forecast theactiou personal and poHttoalTniAd dtCifcyiljlPy session. However, It is an » ' Holman, introduced u the~be«fe • nNtatt* that an election is likaly to expressing that it was the will of tfca pBop » —»~i—j— ls imoortant as it it that Lieutenant Governor Robertson shoo I be seated as-preshtng officer of' the «sa"ltD, wimD of llin nslii fiauss Dwn in • position that belongs to him, bjr virtue hut night bat their dotiMi urn of the office to which the people elected' him. known. • - The Democrats were not surprised,'for Bob- . — erts has been outspoken in Maviawa concern- CANADA V v ing the controversy and the position Us , ;—■— int assemb\y on of  admitted fact occur,' and' this "" * first of -«*. The Fixing flwidmj Lavi, Boston, March 'The house judiciary committee hat repot ted a bill to regulate the observance of the Lord's day, which allows the manufacture of gas, distribution of water, the use of the telegraph and telephone, the retail sale of drugs and medicines, the letting of teams, running' horse cars, publication and sale of newspapers, sale and delivering of milk before 10 a. tn., keeping Bntu Uw of the majority. After reviewing tiie ehange Of rale* order which the approfrMfci bills were distributed in order to " nbUltMe business and drawing a picture of Um present backward condition of tbeae ■Mwiiipm, he submitted that this condition of *■** SMWttewe, . that in some way the Mtt CUght to show that it does not Intend tir Wt,dfT* at the session shall be spent rtftetering the edicts of a few ownMlMwjs PiPffraK of the country which the const!- , Mm Mid good sense of the people demand. u 'Wr. ttfttaanraqoeeted that a vote be taken ;Jmi juOtton. He said: "The gentleman yvy well, but I can And fish women Ktl&'»*s#,whocan beat him at that game." V jpfc'fteed—1the gentleman from Indiana, Mi l tales his word for it, says he knows in town who can make better fiHjsiwl. I admit his acquaintance ou fgfctsak]** and I congratulate him on hit f-yStwB W'« then suspended and the 141 |*»ed»-988 to 44. Mr. Harrison culled rip-the conference re tot* on the fractional gallon bill, but th yens, 101; nays, 142—refused to cor 1 - Ifr. Belmont (N. T.) presented the oonfe "Don" WlUon Hu Money. & #tfw Peovidkncb, March 2.—Doc Wilson lias very lick with heart trouble at Hotel Dorrence. He was suddenly taken ill while on the street He occupies two rooms, splendidly furnished, in the hotel, and has two doctors and two nurses in attendance. A barber comes in to shave him every day, for which he receives |1. Doc has plenty of and always produces a roll of bills wbm called upon to settle. It is a mystery to all where he gets It Providence people do not hesitate to say that they guess that" Moen may be settling again, at any rate, Doc Wilson is the same Aladdin as of old. He is visited by his children three times a week, and dways sends a carriage to bring them to and fro. lHH •arty has assumed. They fought the reeolnkm bard and long, and before it wasoffored ried every argument and appeal en Ifrr ioberts to restraifl him. In this matter he s slow .thoroughly with the Republicans. The resolution was adopted, supported by all he Republicans, Its author a ad another Democrat, Repreeentati ve Bertram. The Republicans held a mats meeting last night, attended by 4,000 people. Short (peeches ware delivered by several of the leading men of the state. It showed that the Republicans of the senate are in earnest in pursuing the non-iii teroourse policy with the senate until the lieutenant governor it recognised. The general assembly will sdjourn Monday next, and the deadlock will remain to the end. Kan Snow Thajk Feople It ra stated at Englewood last night that by the advitie of the district attorney the marshals of the Englewood Protective association are keeping Mr. Ward in quasi custody. Mr. Ward, it was said, does not Icnow this, and his physicians refuse to allow him to be told that he is under surveillance 3t any sort. There was no material change to his condition. There are no signs yet of the inflammation of his wound or of blood poiseniife from it, and if be goes through this week without the appearance of these lungers his physicians say the chances will be. strongly in favor of his recovery. It was said that if Mr. Ward gets well he will be compelled to face criminal proceedings tor ibooting his wife. One of his children by a ;'ormer wife is now with relatives in this city. The other remains at the rectory. He had no children by the wife he shot. * '• "* Whist to D» -With. A, v-. . Ottawa, March 2.—Railway men state that the recent snow storm waa  dented fa the histpry of railroading :iu Canada. Trains in every Cjuarter have teen nowed up far three days, and relieving parties, to keep the impsisoned pssssBghi's from starving, h ave to • be sent out on mow shoes with pro virions. Severalorf the mini# tan of the crown on their way-lien  tend an important meeting otthe. aahtasl-ln connection with the fisheries dispute ara ■nowed up, and cannot reach the «lty. Lumbermen report that there ore txpm twelve to twenty feet of enow in the woods, open the barber (bops before 10 a. m. and the bualneas of baker* within certain hour*; the trains to baD authorised by the railroad of »urse« last night to the PenruyiTanii German Dining club, composed of the Demo ratio members of the Penmylrania delega ttaWBUim-ORX, March 8.—There is an old superstition among sailors that it is uniucky to name a vessel for a woman. While in the shipbuilding, business, Messrs. Atkinson & Fillmore, of this city, boilt ten barks and two ships. Of those, three only were named for women. One,.the ship Susan Gilmore, was wrecked at Newcastle, N. 8. W., another, the bark Barah E. Kingsbury, was horned at Gape Town, and now the third, .the bark Abbia Carver, has bean given up as lost Of the remaining nine, ranging in'age from 10 to 20 years all, so far as heard from, are afloat. Sailor's Snperatittoo. and that it is Impossible to do anything i«. getting out log*. - The - luipber trade will sustain great loo, and there is oeriain to ba a great dearth of logs in the spring. It is also feared -that, owing .to the eownona depth of snow in the woods, there' will i be tremendous floods and freshets when spring tton. At the dinner w«re _ Commissioner ct. Patents Montgomery, Representatives Cartin, Randall, Bwope, Ermentrout, Boyle, Starln, Bowden and Scott, of the Pennsylvania delegation. The dinner was also, la part, complimentary to Governor Curttn, who with the expiration of this congress retires from public life. At the .close of the dinner Mr. Curtin made a farewell address to his Democratic colleagues, to which Mr. Randall replied, characterising the old war governor as the grandest man who ever moved npon Pennsylvania soil. Nxw Orleans, March The Volunteer Southrons, commanded -by Capt. C. J. Sear lee, of Vicksburg, is probably the best drilled company of militia in Mississippi, and hae accepted an invitation to attend the interstate drill at Washington. It Is probably' the only company from the southwest that will got. The famous Battery B, Washington artillery, and Battery B, Louisiana Held artillery, who carried off 9* honors at the Philadelphia drill, never received a dollar oi the prise money they won, and are rather soee on the subject, The Vicksburg Southrons have decided to go, however, and Capt. Baarles, the commander, was instructed to proosed at once to Beauvoir and extend the invitation of the oomflany to Jeff Davis to accompany them to Washington as their honored and special guest. An Invitation to Jeff Davis. THEY THOUGHT IT WHISKY, But It Proved to be Aconite Instead. M»w OrlMai KaeM.. -j New Obixahs, March a.—Weather and track good. First race—Six furlongs, Revoke, first; Elsie B., second; Editor, third. ,. Time. Xm. 17}{m. tiulnare lost her rider at the start but was in front for three furlongs. 9- Seoood race—One and one-sixteenth mllea. Logan, first; The Bourbon, second; Wedjting preeentea  report on the fisheries retaliatory bil announcing a disagreement He said it ws s tuM(ir of public notoriety that the senat %-J «a«Vt$MS bad-said that the differences be tween the house and senate conferees on thi Ml| ware irreconcilable. The majority . conferees did not say that the 4MNHsoa3 were irreconcilable. The senate wished the retaliation to be confined to fish Aloo* The house wanted it to embrace abjbttlMl Mia intercourse. That was the dilTer- Met between them. Kau Claim, Wis., March 2.—A most distressing and fatal event occurred last Bunlay at one of the Northwestern company's ibandoned camps on Coon Fork, thirty-three -niles east of here. Two sons of M J. Ward, iged 12 and 14, together with a cousin named Bigelow, went to one of the shanties to get tome logging apparatus. When inside the hanty they disoovered two bottlee on the window, one of which contained oil and the -Dther a liquid which they was whisky. Ail three drank of the contents uid started for home. When within half a mile of home the younger Ward dropped, Another became exhausted and could go no farther, and Bigelow went to give the alarm. Reaching Ward's home be too become helpless. Both of the two surviving boys at last Accounts are in a critical condition and not axpected to recover. The liquid drank of was a verulent poison containing a quantity ot aconite. A Deadly Poison. A Very Old Charelt. Boston. March ii—Tha 150th anni versa v Of Wast church, Independent Congregational, and the 50th anniversary of Rev. Cyrus H. Bartol, ID. D., to Its pastorate, were observed at the church yesterday afternoon. The church was organised In January, 1787, with seventeen members. The present edifice dates from 1806. Dr. Bartol waa ordained March 1,1837. Among those present at the anniversary were Hon. James Russell Lowell, Mohini, the Bohemian scholar, now visiting this the Rev. Phillips Brooks, Governor Amen and ex-Governor Rice. Pnir.tn«r.raiA, March a—Tha Press says the new. Gotten Oil Trast oompany will be organised in this city this week. Henry C. Butcher will be president. The capital stock will be 110,000,000. Besides the Philadelphia man in it the company will include P. D. Armour, Messrs. Webstar and Cudahy, of Ft*—■ City, and Oliver Brothers, of Charlotte, N. C. There ie a great demand for stock, and subscriptions have to be "scaled down. The oompany claims to control patents that will revolutionlas cotton ssed Oil Cotton Seed la Tlsassai Day, third. Time, lm. Kb. 1 Third race—Three furlongs. Badge, first; Pirate, seoood; Klrmesee, third. Time, - Marine Intelligence. "XR. WEAKER." A Haea Traek loaovatlon. New York, March a—Arrived; Steamer Rotterdam, Rotterdam' fourteen days, with merchandise and • passengers. Steamer El Dorado, New. Orleans-; Feb.' 19, with • merchandise. Steamer-Regulator, Wilmington, N.C., three days, with merchandise. Steamer Beltio, Liverpool IFeb. merchandise and passengers. ■ Steamer Pieter 4a Ooniek, Antwerp Feb. 6, with merchandise. Maajr MMtan On Their Feet at Baeh Louisville, March a.—The meeting of th» conference committee of the American Racing association, which w«p to have been held In this city, hu been postponed until March 15. The -postponement is due to tbe absence of CoL Charles Greenes of the St. Louis Jockey club, who is a member of the committee. The object of the meeting is the diaeussion of the proposed scheme to have a regular list of Judges appointed for all the important race tracks in the country. CoL Clarke, who is tit* originator of the idea, said that it woald badmpossible to tell what the conuoittee woald do, but he seemed to think tta the plan woald be favorably acted upon, the committee, after fully considering the matter, wilt report to the association, which will take final action. " ' Washikqton, March j.— »•• timjie of the hou* expiring Msi before f of paper are flou,. are eager am^ to be'abroad in t white occasionally one member ir Sr-^ oalra voice [mtlinj Opening:. Tin Star last "lvid picture during the Dn. It says: nor# diaaphe house— . that during *De able to Ret by one the nothing. It see the eagervand in their r the speaker le house the C1 thataccu- Richmond, March a—South Boston, a thriving town on the Richmond and Danville railroad, was almost destroyed by fire yesterday. The lost is estimated at C200,000. The Halifax Reqprd newspaper office, the Booth Boston warehouse, one of the largest tobacoo warehouses in the state, and many valuable buildings were consumed. The insoraooe does nocfeegin to cover the loss. The fire ta thought to have bean the work of an iacenUaly. *  A Virginia Tillage Burial. Albakt, March a—After the Introduction of a half ilnisn btlis the senate took up the 1800,000 measure for oanal improvement, and after much debate it was ordered to a third reading. In- the assembly Judge Greene tried his hand on the bill taxing stocks and bonds, doubling the present imposition and got it to a third reading. The woman's municipal suffrage bill, coming u$ on thfrd reading, was agrtad to be laid over. Mr. ErWin championed the women aavocaUa, who smiled sweetly on him. MllUoaa Car Caaala. Kail road Monopoly. Oner Bnltt'i TaU. Haxtimokx, March 4—The Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington Railroad company Announced that tickets over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would no longer be *Jd.at the stations of the former company; nor would their passenger conductors honor tickets sold by the Baltimore and Ohio for transportation over the Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington road. This action givea the Pennsylvania railroad aa exclusive connection with the Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington railroad. The Baltimore and Ohio Express company announce that it has extended its connection over the lines of tbe Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad. Njdw York, March 2.—The board of aldermen has, by aD vote of'17 to 8,'paaad over Mayor Hewitt's Veto the ordinance permitting Mrs. Lamadrid, a benevolent woman, to erect booths in the streets' for tin purpose of furnishing meals to the poor at the rite of one cent for each article of food. . rished in th* ' anxiously speaker1! Je houg*, nore eager The BlVer IHw the HwteD Hartford, March a—The supreme court In the case .of _ WellaD«. Oailey, decided that land added to the property of Wetti by reason of a change In the eourse.of the Connecticut river belongs to Walls, and that Bailey, whose boundaries were made smaller by the change in the no reduces. Pakid, March &—Further reports from 8t Etiennestate that at the time of the elplosion 104 men at work in the mine. Of these 43 bars been taken out, 87 alive and 10 deed. A large force of men is now togaged in efforts to rtQOTer the remaining 01, some of whom, it is thought, may be alive. A HUm Disaster. * .. ... .. -. _ Th« TrtMory Tfeancy. . • " Baaator-Eleet ItifU'e O^e. WiSHWOTOif, March a—The action of the senate committee on privileges and elections in reporting back the credentials of David WASHBKftoN, March I—An authoritative statement is given out from the White House that no secretary of the treasury is to he nominated during the next two days. This probably means that the president will' not make the appointment before Congress adjourns. Those nearest to him now say ha %Ul defer the appointment until the day of Mr. Mafe&jMV actual, retirement, April 1, and will tiMl apptint Mr. Fairohlld. Treaaurer Jordan will leave Washington on Friday aod twflj sail next day for London to. inake'eohnectMns for his,new bank. -ft too noon. Hpe&kerll 'Mr, "teady volte he hands 10 proceeds if  OMmben Caaneetlent Kaiiroad Coasmissioaer. Turpie, have no significance, aa it was taken in accordance with a continuous line of precedents. It is understood that whan Mr. Turpie, at the next session, istssnts "■—■I' to be sworn in a protest will be -entered, and that tbe contest will t&en begin. from Indiana, is sail to Habtvobd, March a—Governor Launsbury has sent to the senate the nomination of William O. Seymour, of Ridgefleld, to be railroad* commissioner, to succeed J. W. T» Vote M WStitis'MMiki PaovnoKHCB, March ' .resolution to sabfnit to the electors of ttie C state the pro. posed woman m ffrage" "atoendment to the ooitltution, was taken'up andDdl«*us»ed in loaned *il sluluu Imiin In *11 .had bean aecared In. the trial o* sx-AlXrtnan Chary. » A IbntMh Strang* Act. KUMU,*.  Waverly, rtan"j» tenloy. No oaoie (or th« xutekU is kwm. Mr. Watraat had bean In good h«atth and apparent good spirits. shaker's T*» Mr. band and -faoed, digBaton, of Danbofy, whose term expires this year. Mr. Seymour was for nine years chief engineer of the New York and New Haven road. "  WasHxiiOTOH, March L—The public debt statement shows that the reduction of tbe public debt during February amounted to ♦M8tl.782.57; total cash in tbe treasury, $661,878,21*. 06. Tbe total public debt now aggregates $1,710,088,978.07. Tbe totaj receipts of the government for February wen $20,773,877.58; total expenditures, MS,485,v 121.88. Figure* Item the Treasury- ranmbwn, . Jtton to ML the quesudTana movtw bCwr.' The Mr. Holan appro•atch the Irish Bishop* Disapprove. ' .CONDENSED NEWS. An Epidemic la a Prison. Ron, March a—Several Irish biahopa linve written to tbe pope expressing tboir disapproval of the -attitude of Archbishops Crake and Walsh in tlto matter of the National league's plan of campaign. . A Chinese vessel it" reported to bstVebeen wrecked tvea* Siam, and near 600 people irtiwned. .' The president has nominated William H.' Krauts to be poetnikster at Honesdafe, Pa., it . on the "river The'bill now ' The democrats wefodtbair candidates for mayor at Utica and Blmlmand tW RepuhU- AugMaa' MWraalt W 3(*j!,f, ,'r " - ' " if-* j c ... .. C»t«. . • . - .  PlTTOBUBG, M«rch a—An epidemic has broken oat In tbe of the penitentiary. Some twenty of the convicts are more or lead lU with mumps, and mere eaaes are looked for. The epidemic first appeared about a week ago. (Wlftf*. O.B. T IJltfllll (Agt Huiflntad Horses Bnraed. Taarge. III. ! v. t w. hlvuli Contract! a loaa. URi, March 2,—The £aigari*u tovera■aot Jmm contracted to Kogland«Io»|i tt mvsviuj, Ky, March a—A fire broke out lb Mosss Daulton & Bros, livery .and sale stable, consuming the entire building, ' filly baggies and twenty-time horses, Inciudjog cat animal valued at 94,000. SnuKOriKLD, Mast.. March 2—The Mil lUfto iiuftan company of lJtlds, tankers o' vegetable ivory buttotft has decided to via up its sflCBin. 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