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              Hnln§ NUMBER Kill ( Wiekly BataftUshed i860, f PITTSTON, PA., SATURUAY. MARCH ft. 1887. ' ilWU CENTS Ten Oente P-r Weak INVESTIGATION. Deputy County Clerk Barnard was the first witness to take the stand in the stand In the absence of County Clerk Banken, who arrived later. It was past 10:30 o'clock when Mr. Barnard was. called. FOOLS AFTER FORTUNES WITHOUT A DAY. , BATTLE WITH MEXICANS. AFTERNOON SPECIAL DISPATCHES. Another Disturbance Which May Lead to San Francisco, March 5.—A Nogales, A. T., special to The Bulletin says: "Thursday night Deputy Sheriff Jamas Speed saw Lieut. Guittrcz, with four armed soldiers, crossing a bridge, over a small, dry creek, into the United States. Ho immediately called on Henry Littlepage and Dr. Purdy to go with him and see why the armed party should enter the United States. On arriving in front of the American custom house the lieutenant of the Mexican troops stop ed in front of Littlepage, and covering him with a revolver, demanded the release of a Mexican named Rincan, whom they supposed the United States authorities were holding as a prisoner. Littlepage said, 'I have no prisoners,' and immediately snatched the six shooter out of the lieutenant's hand and placed him under arrest. Tho Americans then started for the main street of tho town. Tho lieutenant called on some other Mexican soldiers concoaleA in tl» dry bed of tho creek to release him. They confronted tho Americans, and one of them covpred Littlepage with his rifle and demanded tho relea-o of the lieutenant. Complications. A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE PRYING INTO BROOKLYN SECRETS. FILL THE COFFERS OF A BOQU6 CLAIM AGENCY. Attempt to Burn Ferry Hoaita. New York, March 5—A third attempt to burn the ferry house* and depot oftttt Kant* sylvania Railroad Company was diacorsr A ihia morning. Thomas Hennessey was Arranged (or the cwme but protests his inuocente of iw The Forty-Ninth Congress 4 Chairman Bacon oponed the proceedings by saying: "This committee has met pursuant to instructions from the legislature of the state of Now York to investigate the manner of conducting certain public offices Tii the city of Brooklyn." Thing of the Past, Bow the County Officer. Conduct Their Pedigrees Mad* to Order and Fnrnlahed on Application for feu Paid la Advance—Many Happy Dream* of "Next - BnalneH, and the Fat Fees Accruing— Sketch of tile Solons Who Are on the SOME BILLS WHICH PASSED, Committee—The Work Begun. „ County Clerk Banken was called, bnt was not present. His assistant, George G. Barnard, was the first witness. The developments showed that Clerk Banken's profits aggregated over (23.000 in eleven months. of Kin" Kuthleatly Broken. Chaafe In iha BrliUb Cabinet. A Partial List of Principal MeasD Brooklyn, March &—The Bacon investigating committee began its work yesterday. It was five minutes to 10 o'clock when Sergeant-at-Arms Scott arrived in charge of the investigating committee, consisting of Col. Alexander Bacon, of Brooklyn, chairman; Frank B. Arnold, of Otsego; Fremont Cole, of Schuyler; George \V. Greene, of Orange, and Edward W. Cutlor, of Schenectady. Nkw York, March S.—George F. Parker, president and general manager of the British American Claim agency, whose offices hare been in the Stewart building, Broadway and Chambers street; Edwin a Witherell, secretary and treasurer, and George W. Gibbons, counselor, have Been arrested on bench warrants issued by Recorder Smyth on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. The prisoners have been for several months carrying on an extensive business by claiming to investigate cases where taoney has been left to next of kin in Europe. The firm employed between twenty and thirty clerks, and It is alleged that their receipts often amounted to {800 per day. The polico say that it was one of the most colossal swindles ever started in this country, thousands of persons having been victimized. London, March 5—Sir Michael Ilicki Betcb, Chit f Secretary for Irelatd, resigned acd Right Honorable Arthur N. Balfour m appointed to succeed. urcs Enacted. The committee pumped some interesting information from witnesses on the workings of the fee system and the manner of conducting the affairs of the office. The investigation will likely extend for two weeks. file Totals as Agreed to for NataI Cob* utructlon—The Legislative Appropriation Hill Gets Through In the Nick GEN. 8HAL€R'S REMOVAL. Governor Hill Approve* the Mayor'! of Time—The ltlver ami Harbor Bill When tho preliminary arrangements were made Col. Bacon took his seat as chairman in tho center of the row of chairs which are usually occupied by aldermen of the various committees. WASHINGTON NOTES. Albany, March 5.—Governor Hill yesterday approved the order of the mayor of New York removing Gen. Alexander Shaler from the presidency of the board of health of New York city. Action In tlie Matter. Fall* to llecoino a Law—Not a Bad The senate confirmed Lieut. Greely and Mr. Trotter before adjournment The vote on the Trotter case (the Boston colored man fo™ recorder of deeds at Washington) was 30 to 11, three Bepublicails voting to reject. Kecord After All, Washington, March 5.—After an all night session both houses of congress adjourned without day. The naval appropriation bill, as agreed to, appropriate?, in addition to the running expenses of the department, between $11,000,000 and $12,- 000,000 for the increase of the navy. It provides $2,000,000 for floating batteries and harbor $2,000,000 for work on vessels already begun. $200,000 tor work on tho monitors and $4,000,000 for armor plate. Col. Bacon is a man of about 40 years of aga. He has brown hair, a brown mustache and very faint brown whiskers. He has a figure which is spare, but not exactly lean, is of medium height, sinewy, erect and active looking. His face is not by any means a handsome one, but it looks like tho face of a man of character. Taking Col. Bacon on the whole, he looks like a worker. There is no fun in his expression, but plenty of assurance, courage and The governor says: "The order of approval speaks for itself. Two points only need to lie stated by way of explanation and justification. Tho treasury department has issued regulations under wkioh the redemption of the trade dollar will proceed at New York and Sau Francisco. Sheriff Hpeed commanded Littlepagu to fire upon the soldier, and immediately fired himself at the soldier who had Litt epage covered. The soldier fired at Littlepage, but the Litter knocked his gun aside, and at the so me time drawing' his revojver, fired at the Mexican. The concern, which advertised extensively, purported to be incorporated under the lawi of this state for the purpose off connecting heirs in America with money that was lying waiting for them in England and other countries of the Old World. This money, an enticing prospectus set forth, amounted to the snug sum of about S480,000,*00, and as it belonged to only 50,000 heirs, the share of each heir was not to be sneezed at. The names of the 50,000 heirs were obtained, the prospectus saidkfrom the advertisements for missing property owners dating back to 1650. Only the last names were given in the prospectus, and a fee of $3 was required before the first name was furnished. An additional charge of (5 was made for a copy of the alleged advertisement, and double that for setting on foot an inquiry. A second, and sometimes a third, fee of 910 was obtained for pursuing the inquiry. The claim agency sometimes forwarded from its "London office" what purported to. be the pedigree neceCssaqf to connect the heir or heirs with the millions, but this was all that was got for the outlay of fees. The British American Clai«i agency, it is scarcely necessary to say, was an out and out swindling machine. Its "president," George Frederick Parker, is an ex-convict, who was sent to the state prison for larceny in 1878, fcnd was subsequently sent up again for forgery. His picture is in the rogues' gallery. It represents a big, portly man with prematurely whitened hair and black mustache. He is just the sort of a chap to run a British American claim agency. The claim agency had. no London office, as it pretended to have. James A. Hale of 112 Chancery lane, London, was paid a salary to write letters concerning the affairs of dupes who became pressing. His salary probably was not much, and the only other expenses of the claim agency was for office rent and postage stamps. "First, as to the delay. The decision of these charge* has been delayed because of tbe pendency of a criminal prosecution against Gen. Sh&ler based upon the samo facts upon which his removal is sought. Tinpropriety of such cause was clear, especially where the criminal proceedings had not been unreasonably delayed. The mayor, for a time at least, recognized the appropriateness of non-action pending, such criminal proceedings, because he delayed his own action in the matter for a period of nearly seven months; to wit, from Nov. 8U, 18S5, to June 25. 188ft St. Albans, Vt, March 5.—The butter tub manufacturers of Vermont and northern New York held a meeting here and organized for mutual protection. There are forty-five establishments of that sort in Vermontalone, beside a number in northern New York, producing hundreds of thousands of tubs yearly. The name choeen is the Spruce Butter Tub Manufacturers' association. Officers were elected, with 8. L Clark, of Pariahville, N. Y., president Most of the manufacturers of this state have signified a willingness to Join the association, with a view of stopping ruinous competition. A scale of prices will be agreed on at a meeting to-day. Batter Tub Maker*. The sonate receded from its South American mail nuluidy amendments to the postoffice appropriation bill and it was passed. The general deficiency bill win imssed, but it failed In the house for lack of time to engross it. Firing then became general between the three officers and the Mexican soldiers, tlie Mexicans retreating across the international line into Mexico, the American officers following and shooting until their weapons were empty. By this time the American population was aroused, and every man who could procure a weapon armed liimseif, expecting an attack every momout from the Mexican soldiers, who had been ordered cut by CoL Arvizu, their commander, and stationed on the railroad platform in front of the Mexican custom house. News was brought that one of the Mexican soldiers was mortally wounded. It is stated that the cause of armed men being Font into the United States was to compel a Mexican woman, with whom Col. Arvizu had been living and who had refused to remain any longer, to return, and that upon being discovered by the officers the Mexicans made n bold bluff to cover up their intentions. Acting United States consul W. B. Uroseloso has tni'.en the matter in hand, and this morning made a demand upon the Mexican authorities Cor Lieut. Guicterez. Moro trouble is looked for to-night, as it is expected that Col. Arvizu will seek revenge. Coventor Jones has been advised of thesituation and will probably arrive here to-morrow morning. Gen. Mdes has been requested by the United States attorney at Tucson to send troops hero immediately. The captain of the home guard at Crittenden has been requested to forward all available arms and 1,00.) pounds of ammunition far tjie arming of the citizens. Tiie fortifications bill was kept as the basis of a running and aimless debate, subject to interruptions whenever a conference committee was heard from or an engrossed bill presented for signature. "I do not propose in this decision to discuss • the merits of the case. Whether Shaler call be properly removed from one office for offenses committed in another office, or in another official capacity, or whether the provisions of sections 57 anJ 59 of the consolidation act can be applied to his case so that he can be deemed to have violated thcs9 mo-' tions, jand thereby subjected himself to removal without first having been convicted by a jury, are legal questions which are not free from difficulty. But Shaler's usefulness as a public official having been greatly inD jurea, and he having interposed no evident* in his own behalf in opposition to the charges found against him, but having relied solely upon technical questions of jurisdiction, and two juries -having failed to agree as to his guilt or innocence, and the criminal charges being no longer pending to be affected or influenced by arty act of mine, I have I concluded to give to the proceedings for his removal the benefit of every doubt, and* have therefore approved the order of the mayor of New York removing him from the office of president of the health department of New York city. In the house the only important work Was the agreement oil the legislative appropriation bill. The house lucked down oil the eenate Amendments. energy. * Frank B. Arnold, of Ot3ef?o, who sat on Chairman Bacon's left hand, is the finest losing man of the committee. He has a fine black beard, whiskers and mustache, slightly sprinkled with gray. His face is ruddy and healthy looking, his head slightly bald, extending an excellent dome shaped forehead back over the top of his bead. His face on the whole is that of a man of refinement, education and intelligence. His figure is well knit, erect and active looking. CHAIRMAN BACON. A Costly Speealatloa. Mr. Forney reported a continued disagreement on the part of the conference committee o»D the fortifications appropriation bill. Wakefield, Mass., March 5.—Henry J. Thomas and. Eugene L Saunders, who plea led guilty to conspiracy to defraud an accident association out of $5,000, were sentenced to two years and six months each in the hou3e of correction. Charles L Frost and Mary A. Leonard, who were found guilty of being co-conspirators, were sentenced—Frost to the Massachusetts reformatory for an indefinite period, and Mrs. Leonard to the Womans' prison at Sherborn for two years. The case against Walter  Bray was nolle proeseA Sir. Knrdall said that the senate bill in% .-hCd en expenditure of ovei $*10, The hou-'a conferrecs were willing to approriate *17,003,0J0. The conference report on the general de-. flciency bill was presento;l and agreed to. The hands of the clock were turned back ton minutes to enable the deficiency to reach the president. Judge Oreene, of Orange, is the oldest man on the committee, but his hair has very littje gray in it. I"" ation The committee appointed to wait upon tho president announced that ho had no further communication to make to congress. brown and tei ales in little, like curls, Speaker. Carlisle then thanked the housj for kindness showii him and declared til1 final adjournment. show nn ami to reach down Cincinnati, March 5.—The steamer Fleetwood, of the United States Mail Line company, en route from Louisville to Cincinnati, buret her steampipe with a tremendous report while between Lawrenoeburg and North Bend, fifteen miles below this city. Three roustabouts, Morris Johnson, John Sherman and one whose name was not learned, were so badly scalded that they will die. Engineer Frank Good was fatally scalded. She had a fair list of passeagers and a good load of freight. She was put to shore and is now lying tied up below North Bend. A Steamboat Explosion. nestle upoir The president faded to sign the Hver and harbor appropriation bill prior to adjournment, and it consequently dies. . shoulder?, aftei manner of the of the convent During the session 11,2)9 bills and 203 Joint resolutions wero introduced in the house, and 3,3o7 bills and 110 joint resolutions in the senate. Of the house bills 4,173 were reporlod back from the committees, but a majority of them were killed. poet Ilis fai as clean shaved "(Signed) David B. Hill." Philadelphia, March 5.—The anniversary of Robert Emmett's birtli was celebrated last night by two monster entertainments under the auspices of the Clan-na-Gael of this city. Addresses were ra.-.de at each hall by Cupt. E. O'Meagher Condon, the man who planned the rescue of the Manchester patriots, Hon. Michael J. Hyan and James A. Wright, of the executive board K. of L., and others. The celebration ended with the singing of "God Save Ireland." Koberl Eminett ltemeunberod. innocent of They Had Observed Lent. as the counteu of the revoli While its disbursements were thus comparatively trifling, the agency has taken in for several months past hundreds of dollar* a day. Every mail brought in score* of letters, nearly all of which sontained money. Its dupes forwarded their subscription* from all parts of the cuuntry, and Parker and Wet her ell sometimes counted at the end of a week between $3,000 and $3,000clear profit Inspector Byrnes was advised from London that the British American Claim agency was a fraud, but be could not for a long time get proof that would warrant arrests. One of his men pretended to be a customer and spent $35 in the purchase of a fictitious pedigree, but got no legal proof for his outlay Finally two of the dupes, who live out of town, sere communicated with and induced to give evidence. Postofflce Inspector Adslt was associated with Inspector Byrnes in the case, so that the prisoners could be prosecuted for making use of the United States mails, if In no other way. This precaution apparently proved not to be necessary, for District Attorney Martine got the grand jury to indict Parker and Wetherell rn Thursday, and Inspector Byrnes also got out a search warrant to enable him to seize what was in their office. \ 8ft. Louis, March 5.—The sickness among the pupils at St Joseph's convent in South St. Louis was but the result of overeating. Wednesday of last week was the first day of Lent, and the children had abstained from eating meat from that time until Sunday. Then they indulged their appetites too freely and made themselves sick. ary fathers, ™JUDGK GREENE. Much can be said ill criticism of this, as of •very other congress; but, after all, it must be conceded, in fairness, that tho record of the Forty-ninth is congress iipto tho average. It has left undone a good many things that it ought to have done, and has done some things that it ought not to have done; but it has also done an unusually largo number oi good things. Here is a list of the important measures that it has passod. Merely routino matters, like the appropriation bills, are not mentibucd: there is a plumpness and rotundity of form and a rosiness which contradict the suspicion of sternness suggested by the tonsorial sacrifice. Yet in spite of his plumpness and the rosy hue of his cheek, Judge Greene lias sharp blue eyes which can glance very keenly at a witness over the top of eyeglasses probably worn more for ornament than anything else. His mouth, too, is that of a man who has plenty of backbone. A Town Treasurer Arrested. Greenfield, Mass., March S.—The select men who have been overhauling the book* of Frank W. Foster, town clerk and treasurer, report that there is a deficit of $14,000. The books were not falsified, and no endeavor was made to oovor up the defalcation. Foster was arrested and admitted his guilt. The money has been lost in stock speculation, it is believed. In addition to this defalcation, it is understood Faster has $5,000 worth of paper indorsed by hi* father. Foster was released in $10,000 for a later hearing.  Nnw York, March 6.—The anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmfct was celebrated by tho united Cian-na-Gael of New York and Brooklyn at tho Academy of Music last uight. Orations were delivered by Geii. Roger A. Pryor and Loon Abbett of Now Jersey. " God Save Ireland" ifos sung by the entire audience standing. London, March 5.—The Belgian (Red Star) steamship Waesland, from New York, Feb. 19, for Antwerp, went ashore yesterday on Goodwin Sands, in the strait of Dover. A dense fog prevailed at the time. Her signals of distress were answered by steam togs, which took off the passengers and crew and landed them at Deal A Belgian Steamer A Shore. • Fremont Colo, of Schuyler, bos very dark brown hair, beard and mustache. The beard is short and Mm face w h i ch it frames has more of energy than of intellect in it The forehead is low, the brows overhanging, the eyes deep blue, the features firm but small. It ' is the face of a man who is mentally well poised and slow bnt pretty sure in judgment, and not by any The presidential succession bill, dovolving the office of president upon tho members of tho cabinet in case of death, resignation, etc., of tho president and vice-president; the bill for regulating the manner of counting tlui el' ctoral votes; the oleomargarine tax bill; the bill of last Fewi'on for the increase of the navy; tho bill restoring Fitz John Porter to the army; the Dingley bill for the relief of th'e shipping interest; the bill to increase the pensions of widows nnd dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors; the bill directing tho commission of labor to investigate the subject of convict labor; the provision fur the issue of $1, $2 and to silver certificates:""the bill authorizing the construction of a building for the national library In this city; the legalization of trades unions corporations; the hill prescribing the (Tu.fy in schools, under federal control, of the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics; the bill permitting nationnl banks to increase their capital stock and change their names and locations under specified turcumstanees; the Mexican veterans' pension thill; tlio trade dollar redemption bill; the Atlantic and Pacific laud grant forfeiture, restoring 24,- 000,1)00 acres to the public domain, and several other minor forfeiture bills; the bill extending the provisions of the money order the bill extending tho free delivery system to towns of 10,01)0 inhabitants; the bill extending the special delivery system to all clashes of mail matter; the interstate commerce bill; tho Dawes Indian saveralty bill; the bill inn-easing the annual appropriation for tho militia to (400,000; tho bill amending tho act relating to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods; the Jomoa bill, prohibiting government officers from contracting out the labor of United Sta.es prisoners or convicts; the bill to prohibit tho importation of aliens under contract to labor iu the United States; the bill establishing agricultural experiment stations; the bill to lax fractional parts of a gallon of spirits; the anti-polyg. amy bill; the bill to indemnify the Chinese victims of the Rock Springs outrage; fisheries and retaliation again,1 Canada; relating to arrears of taxes iu tho District of Columbia; 'appropriating $350,000 fjjr the purchase of a sito for the postoffice building at San Francisco; repealing the tenure of office act; prohibiting the catching of mackerel during the sptrwning reason; providing for a Union soldiers' horns west of tho Rocky mountain*; relating to the procedure in con. tseted elections; confining to American citizens the right to possess real estate in the territories; providing for an investigation of the books and accounts of tho Pacific roads; providing for bringing suite against the United States; for construction of a bridge tercel the East river between New York apd Long Island. Among the bill* that failed to become law* the m st important were the goneral deficiency, fortifications and river and harbor appropriation biii^ The Pope's Anniversary. The German Kelehstag. Rome, March 5.—The pope, iu the course of nn address to the sacred college, in reply to its congratulations upon the ninth anniversary of his coronation, said that without Rome and without temporal power the pope woufd never be free and independent. A dispatch was handed to the pope from Emperor William expressing cordial thanks for tho support of the pope in the German elections.In the Hand* of Providence. Berlin, March 5.—Complete retains of Wednesday's supplementary elections. show the reichstag to be constituted as follows: Conservatives, 81; Imperialists, 39; National Liberals, 100; Centrists, 97; New German Liberals, 34;Poles, 15; Socialists, ll;Guelphs, 4 and 1 Dane. Total, 397. Boston, March 5.—Lieut. Charles L Mitchell, of Boston, has received a letter from Lieut. James M. Trotter, recorder of deeds, Washington, in which he writes: "God bless you all for being true to the race in this great crisis. I care not tor myself, except to do my duty. An unseen, but mighty providence, is using me for some good purpose. Please ask the Boston papers to express my thanks generally for all the kindness of friends." Climbed a Tree for Safety. Berlin, March 5.—Tho leaders of the Center Darly in tho reichatag have intimated to the Vatican their desiro to accede to tho pope's wishes iu the coining discussion ou the ecclesiastical bill. FRANK B. ARNOLD. The books contained the names of thousands of dupes in every state who have been contributing to the gains of Parker & Co. flie letters from the swindled would fill several bushel baskets. The letters found in the office had already been opened and the e closures extracted, but those which came in the morning's mail contain od • lot of money. Letters that come hereafter will be stopped at the post office and returned to the *enders. Inspector Byrnes declares that two men namet] Wilkinson and R de»ut,.who he Rays, are English fugitives from justice, are backers of the agency, but he apparently has not much proof against them and does not arrest them. Putnam, Conn., March 6. —Oliver Vanasse, who was supposed to have committed suicide by drowning, has returned home. He had been in the woods and was brought out of a delirium by falling from a tree into which be had climbed to get out of reach of imaginary pursuers. means emotional. Edward D. Cutler, of Schenectady, is the youngest looking man of the committee. He lias brown hair, high forehead, square face, a straight mouth, regular 1 fat urea and very ■brief and faint brown whiskers. His figure is square and full, and he wears eyeglasses. All the members of the committee are lawyers. They look, on the whole, like a square body of men and, one which can be trusted to be radical. "Jlin" Camming* Cannot Testify. St. Louis, March 5.—The state supreme court has decided that a convict cannot be taken from the penitentiary to testify in a court, but that his testimony may be taken in the form of a deposition. This will prevent the attorney! of Messenger- Fotheringham from bringing Jim Cummlngs, alias Fred Wittrock, to St. Louis to testify personally in his behalf. An UnnAtural Turcot. South Ajiboy, H. J.r March 5.—The school house was not tho ouly place the drunken deputy sheriffs amused themselves shooting at, as Mi's. J. B. Roberts picked up a largo bullet on lier bedroom floor which some one had shot through the window during lier absence. The bullet had struck the chimney and glancing off had fallen to the floor. Cicero Lewis, spucial deputy shoriff, was last evening arrpsted at Cranberry ou a charge mado by tho school trustees. This is one of the men who shot at tho school girls. He was held in $5J0 bonds. Insurgents Killed. SoriA, March 5.—111 the final engagement between the insurgents and infantry at Rustchuk 100 persons were killed and wounded on both sides, the insurgents sustaining fully three-fourths of the casualties. Immediately in front of the 6eats of the committee sat the coi * ~ — — inseL John E. Parsons, who is a Democrat, Calling (or the Constitutional Convention. was the central fig- ure there. He is a Albany, March 5.—Resolution* of New York and Brooklyn Republican, Democratic and non-partisan clubs were presented in the senate, objecting to the delay in passing the constitutional convention bill. The display of partisanship and the deferring the yote on the convention's work until 1888 were deprecated. The clubs urge a general ticket for New York and Brooklyn. Tbe letters from the dupes are Instructive reading. They show how lopsid ed the minds of people become who are scheming to get something for nothing. They are from overy part of tbe country. O.ie of them, picked out at random, is from a chap bythe n-une of Dunbar, up in Connecticut. He incloses a circular entitled, ''Last speech and Clying words of Mo-es Dunbar, who was exe•uted at Hartford on March '.9, 1777, for lugh treason against the state of Connecticut," his offence being that he sided with the British.  Sam Francisco, March 8.—The omnibuses run by the striken in opposition to the cable lines on which the strike began some time ago, are discontinued. The strike will be declared off Monday. The Golden Gate Strike Ended. tall,erect man, with a straight mouth. strong nose and chin, sharp eyes Reading, Pa., March 5.—The merchants of this city are preparing to forward to the assistant treasurer of tho United States at New York the trade dollars they took in in the course of business. Ono man has $~0,0J0 on hand and others fro.M $oJ0 to $o0,U00. The banks of this city carry $00,000 in trade dollars as special deposits, and itis estimated that the holding in this city amounts to $Uo0,0:j0.  Holders of Trade Dollarr. and an abuudance of short gray hair. The Jurj Not Complete. He wears forma New York, March 6.—The jury in the trial of Alderman Cleary for bribery is still incomplete. Eleven»men have been accepted after a tedious March. The trial will proceed Monday. looking mutton- chop whiskers and his accent has once The 14DDK Lost Is Found. in u while an Eng- lisli brendth on the Manchester, N. H., March 3.—Thirtynine years ago James H. McDonald left his home in Sydney, near Cape Breton, and was not again heard of by his relatives until the latter learned from a newspaper that in the last election he had been chosen lieutenant governor of Michigan. He has bean written to and has replied, promising to visit his brother Alexander, in this city, after the adjournment of the Michigan leg.slature. vowel A, stretch ng A Colored Mm Wanted to Kat. Cleveland, March S.—John Cut, an ex- American exprese agent, haa- shot- himself through the hAart in a aaloon. The cause at the niicide to unknown.-  An Eiprm Hemnttr'i Suicide. it into ''aw." His methods of cxam- EDWAItD D. CUTTER. Cincinnati, Maroh 5.—Two novel suit* are brought in Squire Bright'* court by John W. Hargo, a young colored attorney of Wilmington, O., against two restauranteurs of this oity. Hargo sues each defendant for 1100 tor refusing nini dinner. The action is brought under a statute of 1884 which provides equal right* for white* and blacks in all theatre*, restaurants, etc., in Ohio. The case will be tried next Tussday and . will be of considerable public intereat at this time, when partition walla between the whites and black* Aave been completely broken down in thisstate by the repeal of the "Black Laws." Hargo'* suit is said to be the flrst of it* kind ever brought in this city. Janitor Titus Loki llope. ination are exactly opposite to those of Conkling when conducting the investigation in New York. Conkling had a habit of sitting in front of a witness chewing gum and looking innocently up at the ceiling or at a passing' fly or anywhere except at the witness. Ho stretched out lasily with bis feet on some elevation. Peace and good will to all men beamod from his fara, his smile was mo. e blaml than any similar article in the state of New York, his eye was as innocent and guiloless as that of a Kentucky seuator who holds four sovereigns in a poker convention. But whoa, after asking a great number of apparently purposeless questions, which were models of Chesterfleldian courtesy, he felt that he had the witness on the hip, Conkling would suddenly straighten up. Hi; face would All with eager query, bis eyes would flash, and, like bnllets from a Catling gun, he would fire crucial questions and ply sarcasm and irony as he developed the maze of difficulty and contradiction in which the unfortunate witness was involved. Parsons, on the other hand, is constantly at high pi es-, sura. He stands, leans forward, looks hard into the witness' eyes and makes his questions sharp, short and clear cut. Belvidere, N. J., :*arch 5.—The action of the New Jersey court of pardons in postponing its decision on the application of Janitor Titus has had a »ery depressing effect on the condemned man. His mental suffering is apparent, and he sleeps but little. The sheri'ff wdl proceed with ihe preparations for'the execution, as it is believed that f ho court of pardons will leave him to his Roia, March S.—Very Rev. Peter Beckx, superior general of the Jesuit order throughout the world, died here yesterday. He has been quite ill for some time, so much *o that he has been only nominal head of the order for several year*, hi* duties having been performed by Father Anderlidy, his coadjutor. Superior Otsersl of the Jesuits. ™ . |HC doom. Boston, March &—Representatives of the var.oi»s rowing clubs in New England propose to form a New England as ociation. It is decided to call the club the New England Amateur Rowing association, and a commitee was appointed to draw a constitution and by laws, and report at a meeting to be held March 31, whon permanent officers will be elected. Mew Kngland Amateurs. Pkoiua, His., March 5.—It is claimed that when his case comas up in the court the lawyers of J. Finley Hoke, the extradited bank forger, will plead that the United State* revised statutes del!"® the alteration of checks or drafts of a national bank to be a misdemeanor, and therefore the defendaut must be released, because he was extradited far forgery, which is a crime and not a misdemeanor. Holm's Latest Move. CONDENSED NEWS. Public announcement is made of the marriage of Margaret Mather, the actress, to Bmil Haberkorn, musical conductor of the Union Square theatre. St Louis papers assert that the Knights of Labor representatives in the Missouri legislative vote aa the Gould lobby dictate*. *ak POWDER Hartford, March 9.—Qpvernor Lounabury has noininuted Samuel N. Hotchkiss, of Hartford, as labor commissioner, to succeed Arthur T. Hadley, of New Haven; also Henry R Wooster, of Say brook, as bank commissioner, to succeed Thomas N. Williams, of Now London. Connecticut Appointments* Burled and Keacued Alive. lojfl, March 5.—One person was encavajhlive yesterday from the ruins at Dravo rteno, and a whole family was rescued nak cellar in Taggia. They had all been And since the first shocks occurred. The d&ers report that only a few houses are ftu Oneglia, and it will bo necessary to The British ship Thomas N. Hart, which left this port for Shanghai in May last, is believed lost, with all on board. ik3£! Unfounded Charges. Edward M. Shepard, ex-chairman of the Young Men's Democratic club, isjone of the associate counsel. His face is full of dignity. Ho has a good name as a lawyer in New York, though be is not often seen in Brooklyn court rooms. Erie, Pa., March 8.—The investigation of the charges of cruelty and mismanagement at the Soldiers and Sailors' Home is concluded. Every charge, including the cruelty to inmates, bad provisions, aud jobbing on the part of the management, fell flat under the evidence of the men to sustain the allegations. There are 641 liquor dealers in New York city whoee licenses are invalid and whom the excise board, asks the police commissioners to prosecute. Vicar General of Albany Diocese. It is said in Coditecticut that March is going to be a dry month tor Governor Loansberry's staff officer*. buts for the accommodation of the 7,000 pawn* rendered homeless by the earthquake. Albany, March 5.—McNeirny, right reverend bishop, has appointed Rav. T. M A. Burke, of St. Joseph'* church, vicar goneral of the Albany diocese. Mr. W. W. Goodrich is the only republican member of the. counsel He is a small, well dressed man, with black curly hair, fringing a large, central bald space on the back of his heud, He wears a full beard and mustache, liberally sprinkled with gray. Absolutely Pur* •'sA* . ■ y ■  FMUined In a Snow Slide. Msktrxa{* March ;S.—Word has b«en rp ceiveA here that on Tuesday iast a larg» gang of men, together with two engipeiimJ a snow plow, was caught in a snow slide at Halkirk. Six of the men wen* fthered b» fere (Mild be go« cut. South Carolina is again feeling slight J anise jfaokin, a railroad contractor, an*, formerly member of the Mew York state senate, died at St. Augustine, Fin. Bhenaartoah, fit., has an epUsmlo «f ,— waj Gored fcy Neptune, Senator IIe»r«V» I'aper. Syracuse, March 4—Andrew Grummon was gored to death at the lakeside farm, near this city, yesterday by the famous Holstein bull Neplune, while assisting in captor- the anunal to place hiss in »pss^ ■ ill III almn or afcoaphato pov (Jen Sold 0»D M tm SotalSLtuio Powom Co., IM wj ■».*.* .»■D San Fbanciboo, March 5.— Senator George Ue&rst, has transferred to fcjs son, William R. Hearst, the proprietorship of The Exam- Mr. Shepard and Mr. Goodrich consulted and made notes and suggestions to Mr. Parens, who asked the questions. iner,