Evening Gazette

              jyitfe t. 2TUXBBB 1616 I W.01f *»DMMilH l*fc f PITTSTON FA., FRIDAY. JULY 8, I 87. I TWO CENTS | Ten Cnta Week. THE DECLINATION bu lges atxut oar president, rowdy personal -uul* to the executive head of the republic, . -hey can be imagined as possible, would be i national mortification. THE RIVER TAKING POSSESSION LEFT TO HER FATE 8PORTING MATTERS. ITEMS OF INTEREST. THE GREAT COKE STRIKE l'eoptu Moving Their flonae. to MD • % Way for the Torrent. Mm Record of Baseball Game, and Tord BV THE PRE8IDENT OF THE INVITA- THE FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF MISS MUCHMORE AT ARLINGTON. Yesterday's boll games: At New York- New York, 10; Detroit, 8. At Philadelphia— Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, 3. At Washington—Indianapolis, S; Washington, 3. At Boston—Boston, 17; Pittsburg, U. At Louisville—Brooklyn, 4; Louisville, 9. At Cincinnat—Cincinnati, S; Metropolitan, 1. At Cleveland—Athletic, 7; Cleveland, 0. At Jersey City—Toronto, 4; Jorsoy City, 2. At Nowark, N. J.—Newark, 7; Hamilton, 4. At Utlca—Utica, 12; Scran ton, 3 AtE mira —Elmira, 8; Rochester 2. At Syracuse— Buffalo, 5; Stars, a At New Havon—Danbury, 10; New Haven, 8. Gathered from the ExiliHii|feD. Stray lilt* of Kntertainlnff Kotidlng A REPORT THAT DETECTIVE8 HAVE TION TO VISIT 8T. LOUIS. Y.ilerday afternoon the president received (.tie numbers of Gen. Landea post No. 5, 'J. A. R., of Lyun, Mass. In response to Ion I calls by the veterans for a speech, the pi\*iCieut responded as follows: "I can only say to- you, gentlemen, that I am g ail to meet you hero. I have accorded to you this courtesy us I have latoly with urn 'h | Leisure to other posts of tho G. A. R on ihoir way home from visits to their southern friati.is. 1 want you to understand that [ haw lost no confidence in tlie O. A. II. oa mo organisation, notwithstanding recent oourrenccs, to which it is not necessary to allude. It is incomprehensible to mo that ne:i who have risked their lives to save the government should return home to abate one j it or ciltlo of the respect and support which very good citizen owes to the government 111.I tlio constituted authorities. I greet yon li -n as citizens as well as vetcraus, and I ■ball I o pleased to take you all by the hand." Atciiison, Kan., July 8.—Since Wednesday noon aliout fifty acres of land in E n At 1.1:3011, Mo., have been washed away by t.in river. The schoolhouse, which a month ,'i™i D stood a quarter of a mile from tho river tiDn::, mis moved oast, and the ground on wii.il it stood is now in the river. The b ink lit that point is perpendicular and thirty feet hull. T.ie river lias boen rising steadily for hourj, and tho ili;;h winds drove tho cm-rent against the bank with great vit K'ikv, washing out the bed of quicksand which lies below a stratum of clay, and thul undermined scction after section of earth, aa largo as a block of buildings, breaks loose and is swallowed up by the mighty current All the residents of that portion of the town have boen forced to hastily remove their houses or abandon them to the mercy of the river. The river is steadily and surely cutting its way through the narrow nock of land which affords approach to the oast end of the Atchison bridge, and unless the government authorities take speedy action in the matter the river will cut through, leaving the bridge on dry land. A hospital for animal* will soon Ih: erected in anil at the same lime free dispensaries will be opened, where the horses, donkeys, cats, dogs and birds of the poor can be treated when ill. KILLED FOUR MEN What Is Thought of thf Latter bjr Grand Army Man and Others—A Belief That tha Encampment Will Condemn the Hostile Expressions. An Explosion of Gun Cotton Causes tho Should the Report Be Verified n TTprlilng TTI11 Donbtleu Take FUce—The Coke Operator* Will Adopt an Ag» Brick Walls to Fall Upon Her, and She Is Burned to Death in Sight of Helpless Friends. The Swedes of Chicago are going to erect, in Lincoln park, a $60,000 monument to Linnrons, the famous botanist. The monument will bo the finest in Chicago, and is to be a fac simile of the Linns) 11s stntuo at Stockholm. greslve Coarse. St. Louis, July 8.—The following letter, whfcU was given out for publication yesterday, explains itself. It is addressed to the committee that invited him to St. Louis, Messrs. David R. Francis, mayor; Frank Oaiennu, of the Merchants' Exchange, and John W. Noble, of Frank P. Blair Post No. 1, O. A. R: "Executive Mansion, I ' Washington, July 4, 1884. ) "Gentlemen : While I have hitherto made no formal rexponse to your invitation given in February last to myself and Mrs. Cleveland to attend the national encampment of the Grand Army of tho Republic, to be held in St. Louis from the 27th to tho 90th of September next, I have verbally indicated my purpose to accept it if I should find it possible then to be absent from Washington. "The statement contained in your letter that the organization was never in so flourishing a condition as now nor its membership ao large; that no effort is being spared by the citizens of St. Louis to insure a welcome of unusual warmth at this the first encampment of that body evar held in a southern state, and your suggestion 'that no compliment more fitting could be bestowed upon the valiant defenders of a common country by tho chief executive of a common couutry ami of a restored union, and none would be more highly appreciated than that conferred by hit presence at such a time and place,' enlisted my feeling and sympathy. "More recently indications have been disclosed that, however correctly you expresaed the prevailing sentiment in tho Grand Army, there are members and some posts of that body entertaining different feelings in respect to my acceptance, and tkat my acceptance of your invitation would lead to discord in the organisation as well as an interruption of cordiality at the coming encampment Without entering into a discussion of these opinions and unmoved by any feeling, although I deeply regret the condition, I can tDut regard it my duty to refrain from contribnting by my action to so undeairable a result Nothing can be of greater importance in connection with the encampment than the 1 roe and unrestrained manifeatation by its participants of that patriotic fraternity of feeling suggested by the selection of the place of holding it, and which is at once the proof of the complete sucoess of their arms and tho highest glory of our veteran soldiers. "1 am constrained, therefore, to withhold my proposed acceptance of yonr invitation. In doing so I assure you of my unfeigned hopo and sincere wish that in the agreeable entertainment prepared for them by the hospltablo people of Bt. Louis the veterans of tho Grand Army may enjoy tho most peasant, profitable and useful reunion in their history. Very truly yours, Arlington, N. J., July 8.—An explosion occurred about 11 o'clock yesterday morniii; in the ( o lien it ■ Manufacturing company's works. Tha works where the exploalbn took place are located In the cantor of the town. The nine buildings comprising the manufactory were all of brick, with the exception of two. Tho oxploaion occurred in the drying room, throwing the machinery and debris high in tho air and scattering bricks and mortar for hundreds of feet around. Six of the nine buildings were totally demolished and two others were partially leveled to the ground. Uniopttowit, Pa., July 8.—Six thousand Hungarians, of the 12,000 strikers in the ooke regions, are on the eve of an open revolt Last night 100 Plnkerton men were on guard * at the West Leisenr(ng coke works, and a conflict with the striken is hourly expected. The sheriff was notififed last night that the Pinkerton men had been forced to kill four strikers in order to hold their ground. He had just returned from the scene of contention a few hours before, knowing the imminent danger and expecting trouble. He believed the report true and gave it to the publio. It spread rapidly throughout the entire legion, and before the reporters could reach the works the report had created as much excitement as though it had been true. The Mercantile library of New York city was founded and is entirely managed by clerks. Any one, by paying tho feo, inay become a member; but to hold office, or even to vote, one must be a clerk or working on salary in some mercantile business. New York, July 8.—There was a large attendance at the Monmouth park raoo track yesterday and the betting was exceptionally heavy. The course was in fine condition. First race, a free handicap sweepstakes, seven furlongs; Laggard first, Chiekahomlny •ecoud, Ferona third; time, 1:30. Second raoe, the Hopeful stakes for 2-year-olds, three-quarters of a mile; Woden first. Torchlight second, Magnetizer third; time, 1:17. Third race, tha Long Branch handicap, ono mile and a quarter; Hidalgo first, Dry Monopole second, Stonebuck third; time, 2:13. Fourth race, the Lorillard stakes, mile and a half (two starters); Hanover first, Aliny second; time, 3:40. Fifth raoe, 3-year-olds and upwards, one mile; Chiekahomlny first, Monocrat second. Grenadier third; time, 1:45. Sixth race, handicap steeple chaaa, over short course; KiUarney first, Mammonist iecond, Jim McGowan third; time, 3:00. A New York firm will manufacture watches which cannot be spoiled, as common watches are, by "being magnetized when brought near electric wires or dynamos. They will have a palladium hairspring and a non-magnetic compensation balance. Fire followed immediately after ttie explosion, and spread so rapidly that all that was left to burn was consumed In a very short time. A GENERAL STAGNATION Threatened In the Iron Industries of It is feared the strikers, incensed by the report of the killing, will attempt devilment to-day. The Pinkerton guards expect trouble. Heading, Pa., July 8.—There threatens to no n general stagnation of tho iron industries it this section of the Schuylkill valloy owing to the strike of the omployes of the Reading ,ron works. Following upon tho closing of .ill tho departments of that large establishment comes the announcement that the KeyCtono iron works in this city and the iron works of Gibraltar and Naomi have closed. These concerns together employed 600 men, uid twre dependent on the Reading iron ivorkn. Over 300 employes of the Birdsboro t u.iiiig mill au 1 rail works are also Idle on icccu.it of their refusal to accept a reduction of wages. Tho Blandon iron works will UD sold on the 33d lust., and th« future outlook of the iron tipde in this vicinity Is anything but bright Tho Reading iron works will probably remain closed for at least six months. The employes pay roll averaged MjO.OOO per month. Tho employes have just called a meeting to arrange for weekly payments to eaoh out of the boneflctal fund which started .several years ago. They claim to have a largo amount In the troasury, and ay they can stand a long siege. Heading—Many Already Idle. KNIGHTS OF LABOR The cause of the explosion is att' ibuted to a new hand, a young Swede, named August Hulangrem, who was carelessly handling some gun cotton. This, however, can not positively be known, as Hulangrom's body, after tho explosion, was found in a neighboring field horribly mangled. A Tennessee mountaineer recently found, under a ledge of rocks, the swiJld of a Confederate officer. It proves to have belonged to a captain who was killed in a skirmish, and one of his command hid it that it might not (all into the hands of the Union forces. The coke operators have decided upon an aggressive course, and will evict all strikers from their houses who do not return to work, and bring on new men, either from New York or Chicago. Notices to give up property will be served by the sheriff and deputies at a number of works on Monday. More special nolice will also be employed. 4-t West Leisenring, where the big fight has been made and where the Plnkerton men are stationed, 125 men are at work, but tho strikers are only kept from Interfering by leveled Winchester rifles. Will Look to the Two Great Tattles for a Labor Candidate. Philadelphia, July 8.—A socialistic agitator named Walter Vrooman, who hails from Kansas City, paid a visit to the Broad street headquarters of the Knights of Labor to see Grand Master Workman Powderly In regard to a report that all Socialists wore to be excluded from tho order.- In Mr. Powderly's absence Mr. Carleton, of tho general executive board, told Vrooman that, while no such action had been taken, if Mr; Powderly so decided the executive board would sustain htm. The visitor was also informed that the officers of the Kulghts of Labor would not tolorate a Socialistic or any othor separate party within thoir ranks, and that they intend to look only to the two great parties for a candidate who has the Interest of the laboring classes at heart. Miss Ariana T. Muchmore had been sitting in an armchair in the packing room, nearest the diying building, when the explosion took place. The side of tne building and a mass of bricks wore blown in upon her, burying her nearly to the shoulder*. Superintendent H. S. Barnes seized her arms and tugged desperately to extricate her. Deputy Coroner B. U. Crane, Dr. James A. Exton and others, who had rushed into the grounds when the explosion occurred, joined him. The flames swept toward them and they clambered back through tho ruins. Mr. Barnes remained longest, and the flames blistered his face before be abandoned tho girl, who was still living. Evon after him two other workmen, Frendle and Smith, plunged in and made another effort to drag tho girl out. She moaned as they tuggod at her shoulders, but in an instant the flames drove them back and they were compelled to leave her to her fate. As soon as possible search was made for the remains of the unfortunate girl. All that remained was a charred fragment of the trunk and the bones of the skull, which ware so burned that they crumbled to pieces when picked up. The remains of both victims were taken by Deputy Coroner Crane to Bast Newark. Chicago, July 8.—First race, three-quarters of a mile; Leo H. first, Aristi second, Vattell third; time, 1:17. Second race,' mile and a sixteenth; Rosalind first, Poteen iecond, Lewis Clark third; time,  Third race, tho Washington Park cup, two miles and a quarter; Lucky B. first, Volantn second, Monte Cristo third; tim?, 4:01. Fourth race, mile and an eighth, soiling; St. Valentine first, Comedt second, Bannntl third; time, 1:57V- Fifth race, three-quarter mile heats; Klrklin first, Col. Owens second, Glen Hall, third; time,  Sixth race, three-quarters of a mile, selling; Belle Taw first, Archbishop second, Enchantress third; time, 1:17. The burning of the Paterson iron works is attributed to the English sparrow. The sparrows have been noticed carrying straw and other inflammable stuff and building their nests among the girders, and it is believed that the sparks lodging in these nests caused the fire. A scheme is on foot to establish a home for Scandinavian emigrants in . Boston. This is not to take the form of charity, but to encourage the Scandinavians to cs tablish themselves In this country. It it. estimated that $60,000 will be needed for a building, and a nucleus of $7,OjO or $8,000 is already available. Maxwell Must Huf. Jbtfersoh City, Mo., July 8.—The motion for a rehearing in the case of Maxwell, alias Hugh M. Brooks, for the murder of C. A. Preller at the Southern hotel, was overruled yesterday by the supreme court. The execution is set aside to Aug. 36, to give time for an appeal to the United States supreme court Found Dead In the Woods. A remarkable drinking contest took place in a saloon in Carson, Nov., recently; remarkable because the liquid was water. The wager was $20, and tho man who won it drank eleven large glasses of cold water, and was none the worse for it. The other fellow drank nine glasses and became ill. Albion, N. Y., July The body of Nahum W. Fish was found in the woods near Cunaseroga, Allegany county, yesterday. Mr. Fish was taken to Clifton Springs some timo ago for his health. He escaped recently from the sanitarium, and had not boon seen alive since. A vigorous search was made at the time by hia relatives, and a reward was offered for his apprehension. The body was badly decomposed, and was Identified by papers found in his clothing. Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 8.—Yoster. day's events: First race, ono mile, for all ages; Pink Cottage first, Leonora socond, Alaric third; time, 1:45)£. Second race, mile and an eighth, aelling; Middlesex first, Orlando aecond. Nettle third; time, 1:50. Third raoe, handicap, for S-year-olds, one mile; Hornpipe first, Nil Dosperandum second, Maboney third; time, 1:40%. Fourth race, handicap sweepstakes, mile and seventy yards; Cyclone first, Chardos aecond, Pawnbroker third; time, l:58}f. Fifth race, handicap steeplechase, full steeplechase course; George McCnllough first, Lucy Ligbtfoot second; Valor third; timo, 5:46. Death of a Fugitive Official. APPEALING TO THE COMMISSION, Boston, July 8.—News has beon received hero of the death of Daniel Ermpions in the northern part of California. He was treasurer of Everett, Mass., until seven years ago when he fled, leaving a deficiency of O0,0u0. Nothing had been heard from him until tha announcement of his death. He was 75 years of age.  \ New York State Manufacturer Com- Washington, July 8.—O. W. Sage, of rt )ino, N. Y., a manufacturer of lightlumber :|CccialtieC, writes to the interstate oommerce ■ 'inmtasion that the Mew York Central road ;s charging him from 135 to $W per car for rtuTj ing his products from Rome to Boston, instead of ®!25, the price charged before the thu passage of the interstate law; that the rate now charged is not one-half cent for lOu pounds le s than that charged from Buffalo, which is 200 miles further west, that the ;liange in rates means the ruin of his ru n of [lis businesj, which has been established fltty fears. He asks the commission to do sorau hing to relieve bim "from flnancial destruction," as he is now Ttyears of age and too old to go into any other busineas, and that unlen tliiugs ore changed it is "sure death" to him. plains of Vnjust Charge*. Something new In contests over wilto is reported from a Jersey court. The testator bequeathed all his property to the prospective children of his wm, who is a youth of IS, and who, finding himself without means, han undertaken to brc.»l. the will on the ground that his father waf not entirely of sound mind. James Fay was found unconscious on a coal heap. He had been struck in tho side by some flying missile. By Deputy Coroner Crane'a orders he was taken to St Michael's hospital, Newark, where it was said last night that he would probably die. An Aged Bride and Groom. Philadelphia, July 8.—Dr. George Dean, of Fainnount, aged 80 years, was married at Camden, N. J., Wednesday to Mrs. Ann A Wilson, a widow of his own age. Tho doctor is a cobbler and a veterinary surgeon. The aged couple after the wedding sang, "When you and I were young, Maggie." King nf France. Paris, July 8.—The Oaulois says that the Com to do Paris, in bidding farewell to his friends on the island of Jersey, after advocating silence, said: "You may be sure we shall win before long. Monarchy will come without violent effort and by a gentle transition, for our organisation is in training and everything is ready. The new government will get into immediate working order, and on the eventful day I, helped by all good Freuchmon, shall be king." Boston, July 8.—In the second ami final race for the silver cap offered by Commodore Meer for first class sloops belonging to the Boston Tact club, the Shadow, owned by Mr. John Bryant, was the winner by time allowance and takes the trophy. The Hon. Benjamin Denn's sloop Undine was the only other contestant. The Undine led throughoat the race, and crossed the line 18% minutes ahead of the Shadow, but owing to her superior sixo she was obliged to give a time allowance of 21 minutos, which gave the race to the Shadow. A Frenchman recently rode into Waterville, Me., driving a big Newfoundland dog hitched to a small two wheeled eart, which the animal had hauled inside of three days from a town in Canada, a distance of about 160 miles. The owner said the dog oould outstrip in a day's journey the best of horses. Charles Von Haly was in the mixing room when the fiery blast drove across from the drying rooms. He plunged through tho falling walls just in time to escape from the explosion of the alcohol in his own room. He was badly burned and cat all down one side and about the head, but his injuries are not serious. He left a gold watch and roll of money. Death la a Flooded Mine. "Gbovbb Cleveland." Marquette, Mich., July 8.—Shortly after noon yesterday, in the Sturgeon river mine, at Metropolitan, MicH, a number ot miners had just got a blast reedy when water rushed into the mine S9 fast that many oould not escape. Eight Italians are known to be in the mine, and are surely dead. A great deal of feeling is manifested among citizens of St Louis on account of the action of mom bora of the G. A B. which has resulted in thu president's formal declination of tiio invitation to visit this city this fall. A meeting of the committee which prepared the invitation, and of the delegation which took it to Washington, was held yesterday afternoon at the mayor's office. It was duoukd to call a mass meeting of citisans, «t which an invitation will be extended the president to vUit St. Louis the weak after the encampinont, at the time of the fair festivities. Mayor D. R Francl*, chairman of the delegation which Went to Washington, said yoJtorUay morning: "The letter is the most manly, outspoken and ublo oite I ever read, and was evidently prompted by a doslre to properly guard the diguity of the office. It places the oity in as embarrassing, if not a humiliating position. The G. A. R committee never thought of disclaiming the G. A. R feature of the invitation until the nonsensical talk of Tnttle and suoh inen I beliove at the encampment the G. A. R will formally condemn the expressions of which some members and some _ t puts have been guilty." The general comment on the letter is favorable. Tlu- result of the course of the Tnttle (action causcs much irritation. A special G. A R cominitteo goes to Madison to-day to consult Geu. Falrchlld. An Iowa man has jtist shipped 300,000 young pine trees from Black Rtver Falls, Wis., to Iowa to be transplanted. He has made a shipment nearly every year for the last thirty years, and says his experleivco is that these trees are the most thrifty and hardy and make the best wind brakes of any tree that has yet been tried on the Iowa prairies. A Town Destroyed. Little Rock, July 8.—The trial of Delia Heinby, son of old Sarsa Ohu-Fuer, head ■liief of the Cherokee nation, for the murder jf his sweetheart, a girl of the Choctaw .ribe, in September last, was begun in the United States court Wednesday. The tribes buv« had many fights on account of this murder, and It is estimated that at least 11)0 warriors have been slain. All the leading braves and chiefs of both tribes are in at t-'udonce. The prisoner seem? penitent, and wbeu arraigned he filed a plea of not guilty, but at once broke out into loud lamentations aid began singing his death song, which he kept up until romoved from court. He will probably be hanged. An Iadlan la Court. Pksth, July 8.—The town of Nagy Karolyi, Hungary, nu completely destroyed by a hurricane, accompanied by a great waterspout, which bunt oyer the town on Wednesday night. The site of the town and the district surrounding it for many miles are converted into a vast lake. ▲ large number of men, women and children lost their lives. The survivors say they believed when the storm struck them that the Day of Judgment had come. George Van Emburgh was the wont hart of those who escaped from the collar and cuff building, but his cuts and bruises are not dangerous. The injuries of all the lest consists of cuts, burns and bruises from the flying debris, and none of them are serious. New York, July 8.—The race between the yachts Shamrock and Titania yesterday was a failure on account of lack of wind. The Shamrock led so long as there was any breeze. The Shamrock returned after sailing over part of the course. The Titania wont over the coune and technically won the race, though no time was made. The Shamrock's topmast was broken during the trip. New York, July &—An international handball match tor 1900 ha* been arranged between ex-Alderman Phil Casey, of Brooklyn, and John Lawlor, of Dublin, tho respective champions of the old and the new world. Richard JC. Fox Is stakeholder. Damage Done to Crops. St. Paul, July 8.—The wheat crop in ■outturn Minnesota la badly injured in spots, and while the general crop of the state* will be folly up to the average, individual loss in Mower, Filmore, Rice and Renville couutioa will be heavy. Chinch bugs are destroying the corn in most places. Across the street from the office building the windows were blown out of the machine shop of H. E. Ashcroft, and another large building just being fitted up for a factory bad its roof lifted, its side wrenched and broken, and all its window frames blown out Some of the Buffalo sign painters have hard times with "&c." and "etc." One sign reads, "Groceries, provisions and &c." Another has it "&tc." Still other forms are "and etc.," "&soforth," "et&c," and"and etcetera." One moil, who believes in giving his customers their choice fromsa large stock, haugs out the sign, "Dry Goods, Et Cetera, Etc., &e." A Supposed Murderer Arrested. Brooklyn, July 8.—Five men were seriously, one of them fatally, injured by the falling of the root of the lately erected shed on Pronto' dock, near the Wall Street ferry. The ""»» were at work on the roof when one of the ferryboats struck the pier, the concussion causing the roof of the shed to fall. Several others of the workmen, seeing the roof tottering, oscaped in time to prevent being crushed in the falling debris. The Boot Fell In. On the other side of the railroad, and fully 159 yards from the explosion, the windows of Beckett Sc. McDowell's machine shop were blown in, bricks were torn from the walls, and the slate roof was broken up. A frame annex beyond the machine shop suffored oven more damage, one side being smashed in. Brooklyn, July 8.—A man supposed to be Daniel Lyons, the ex-convict, who so cruelly murdered Joseph F. Quinn, the young Cotton Exchange clerk, Monday evening, in front of No. 301 East Thirty-eighth street, was arrested in Ravenswood, L. 1, at V o clock last night. The Philadelphia Crematory association has decided on plans for its crematory building, which will be 57 by 90 feet in site, 97 feet in height, and consists of a crematory chamber and over that a chapel. The latter will be 82 feet square ami 40 feet high. Brick, Ohio sandstone and iron will bo the principal materials used. Marine IaUUIfanta. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 8.—William H. Clark, a married man, was separated froiy his »ife some Urno ago. Wednesday ho called upon liis wife at her mother's residence, No. ill Lewis avunu ', with whom she has been "topping since the soparation, and asked to km Iter. He was eject/Ml by a gentleman 4t pping at the house. He tried again to sea Ills wife this morning. Ho waited on the opposite side of the street from his mother-inlaw's house for some time, but hi4 wife not ippearing, be drew a 32 caliber revolver and hot himself through the heart, dying inr.luntly. It is lDelieved he contemplated killi'iK his wife and then committing suicide. A Suicide In Brooklyn. New York, July a—Arrived, steamers Rhynland, Antwerp; Brattan, Baraooa; Rotterdam, Rotterdam; Pomona, Port Haria; Sorrento, Hamburg; Kanawha, Newport News; Louis Buchi, Jacksonville; Richmond, Newport News and Norfolk. .Barks Mary Jenness, Rio Janeiro; Isolena, Aracaju: Avenmore, Rotterdam; Honor, Minatltlan; Christine Edela, Konigsberg. Arrived out, steamers Germanic, from New York, at Queenstown; Chicago, from New York, at Hull; Aller, from Now York, at Southampton; Gottardo, from New York, at Gibraltar.  The postofflce, an eighth of a mile from the works, had a large window facing toward them. It went, sash and all At C. Lawrencs's Arlington market, a quarter of a mile away, up a bill, with trees between, the show windows were smashed. Not the "Kid." Cleveland, July 8.—Capt Hoebn, who was sent to T/insing, Mich., to identify the prisoner held there under suspicion of being Harry McMunn, one of the fur robbera, telegraphed to the superintendent of police that the party under arrest is not the noted "Kid." An Octogenarian Celebrate*. Stamford, Conn.,-July 8.— Mr. Nathaniel E. Adams, one of Stamford's oldest rosidonts. celebrated his 80th birthday by an entertainment given to some of his intimato friands last night. Deacon Adams has been a striking figure in Stamford for half a century. He was a trial justice of the peace for over twenty years, and not one of his decisions has ever been reversed by a higher court. Ritveloptd fejr a Blauktt Fish. , The explosion caused a panic in the village, hardly a house or a store having a whole window left. The Greenwood Lake railroad station, which stands about ISO feet from the Cellenite works, was badly wrecked, the doors being blown off and other damage done. The force of the explosion was so great that persons were knocked down in the streets and at their houses. A few evenings since Mr. Jellerson was out bathing in the lake when something suddenly wrapped about him like a wet blanket. He was close to shoro and got there pretty lively. When he climbed up the wharf tfco blanket, as it appeared to be, was all wrapped about him iu a queci way. He rushed into the rear of tbi saloon, where there was a light, and was horrified to discover that the thing which was wrapped around liim was alive. It held on with a terriblo suction, and required several men to get tt off. A scientist who was stopping at the hotel pronounced it an elactys cacyuthlus, or what is vulgarly known as tho blanket fish. It frequents die waters of tho Polar sea, and is only occasionally found in fresh water, except deep, cold lakes, and generally stays near the bottom. It Is sometimes found in the Pacific ocean as low as the thirtyfifth parallel. It wraps around its victim and by impeding tha motions of its limba causes it to drown. . Washington, July 8.—The president's latter declining the invitation to visit St LCuis during the meeting of the Grand Army in that city has created great interest in the political and army circles of Washington. The general opinion seems to be that it is a Strang political letter and will improve Cleveland's chances for re-election. A few psrsOus thought (he president took a narrow ViiSw of the disaffection among the malcontents of the O. A. R., and said he should have gone to St. Louis anyhow, inasmuch as in his letter he stated that bo did nothold the Grand Army, as a body, responsible for the discontented feeling toward him. Melancholia and Suicide. Philadelphia, July a—Mr*. Henry Martens committed suicide with poison and tried to likewise kill her 3-year-old babe. She was in poor fcealth, and feared that she could not properly care for the child. This led to melancholia and suicide. Weather Indication*. For Saturday, in New Jenay, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and in New England, slightly warmer, fair weather, and on Sunday fair and stiU warmer, with southerly winds.  Augusta, Me., July 8.—Tho funeral seriiceC of tlie lute ex-Governor Anson P. Morili occurred at his residence yesterday, and were conducted by Rev. H. S. Whitman, of he Uiiiversalist church, of which he was a uemlDer. Among tho large number who •nme to pay their last tribute of respect was Gtovernor Bodwcll. Tho pall bearers wore tl.ni. J. W. Hradbury, Hon. John L Stovens, II n. Joseph Homan and Judge Samuel Tit•umh. "I Would Not Live Alway," Mr. uorrib's favorite hymn, was rendered by .lie choir. The floral offerings wore profuse. Tho remains were interred in Forest Grove eiuetory.  Ex-Governor Morrill's Funeral. Ijttlh Rock, Ark., July a—Dispatches from Carlisle and Jacksonville, Ark., state that those places were visited by a severe wind and rain storm Wednesday afternoon. The Baptist church at Carlisle was blown down and several other buildings were completely destroyed. It is impossible to estimate the loss uf crops and property. So far as ascertained there has been no loss of life. Bnlned by the Elements. The factory was owned by Philadelphia capitalists, and the principal article* produced were collars, cuffs, umbrella haudles, piano keys, etc., made from celluloid. Lipoksrs Looking for Ljstk. The loss on the factory will reach $50,000, on which there is no insurance. The townspeople will lose several, thousand dollars. There is no flro apparatus in Arlington, but the inhabitants did everything in their power to queuch the flames and look after the safety of the employes. TRADE BULLETIN, Litchfield, Ky., July 8.—W. R. May, a saloon keeper, was shot dead Wednesday by James a young lawyer, who was cowhided by May last Christmas. Parties an searching for Lynch. New York Money and Produce Market Quotations. New You, July 7.—Money closed at 4 per cent., the lowest rate. The highest rate was A per cent Exchange closed quiet; nested rates, 4.8IQ4.85M: actual rate?. for sixty liars and 8% for demand. Governments closed Arm: currency fs, 128 bid; 4S, coup.. bid; 4Msda. 10S« bid. Gen. G. G. Burdott, ex-commander in chicf of (he G. A R, said: "I think the letter is a happy termination for the president and for the Grand Army of a situation which wis rloploreJ as much inside of the latter body us out of it. Tho wholo matter of the controversy was unfortunate, but the surrouudiiift* had liccomo so complicated regarding the president's proposed visit that his withdrawal in tho way lie announces 4t will be gmornlly regarded by Grand Army men as a fortunate occurrence. They will be glad as well that the refusal of the president to visit the encampment is made so honorably to himself, and under no circumstances oould there be imputed to the president the least blame in the matter. The latter Is a strong one politically, and it is a most timely-ending of what proiuisoJ to be a delicate and embarrassing situation." Washington, July 8.—The United States consul at Palermo has telegraphed to the department of state that two deaths, believod to have been caused by cholera, occurred there Wednesday. Cholera at Palermo. Washington, July 8.—A representative of tho Chinoso minister says that no official notification bad been received with reference to (he outrages on Chinese miners encamiied on the Snake river, in Gregon. In the event of complaint being made the information will be first lodged with the Chinese consul at San Francisco and will then be formally laid before tho minister in Washington. The Allowed Chinese Outrage. The Swiss Lake Disaster. Zurich, July 8.—The pecuniary damage resulting from the disaster at Zng on Tuesday night will amount to $'iS0,000. Seventy persons are misting aud 300 rendered homeless. There wore three distinot disappearances of the land, tho last one carrying with it flvo houses. The funds of the municipal treasury have been remove 1 from the town hall to tho post office as a measure of Jirecau tion against further landslides taking place The roof of the Hotel Zurich is still visible &bove the surface of the water. r The market was Irregular and somewhat feverish during the afternoon. PHces fluctuated frequently. but within narrow limits, and although bustne81 wss on a larger scale than during the morning hours, values generally sagged. The closing figures showed Irregular changes As compared with those of last night, some of the list being fractionally lower and others higher to a similar, extent  It is dark brown in color, wltli blccL specks, aud weighs about twenty-live pounds. When stretehed out on tho wharl it was about six feet long by five broad, and not over an inch thick. It was an object of curiosity all day. Mr. Emery, the stage driver, says he saw Jellerson when he came out of tho water, and thought ho was wrapped up in a blanket. This Is tho first ever caught in this section of tbo world.— Cagson Appeal i'itmtllsh Knights of the Switch. Working Under New bm IjOuisvili.k, July 8.—The mob at Eckerly, (ml., known as the Knights of the Switoh, ..bo six weeks ago lynched John Davis for ,n nll«!Co I as-uult upon Ella Flanagan, have jn-l iluu u;i Davis* remains and tried to burn tliein. They fear detection and prosecution, m l nre trying to obliterate all traces of their lead*. It iii said they tortured Davis to death Dy I.eating him and thrusting sharp sticks ■own his throat before they swung him by !.o nock to the sapling wfiere he was found. I'new Bticlta had been driven clear into his luChO*. Tite mob has threatened instant kutli to any who reveal anything about the Philadelphia, July 8.—The new constitution of the Knights of labor was formally promulgated ysstarday, to take effoct noxt Monday. N*w Havbn, July 7.—The trial of Henry B. Chamberlain, who, with James B. Tuylor, is charged with the murder of old Margaret Ernst, in this city, on May 10, was begun today in the superior court before Judge Stoddard. The accused pleadei} not guilty. After a Jury l"D/1 been seciyed the court adjourned to to-day. The grand Jury ha ye not yet reported in the Way murder can?. Mrs. Ernst's Assassin am Trial. General Markets. CONDENSED NEWS. r New You. July 7._FLOUR-CHo»d dull And unchanged; winter wheat extra, Hi5 OS; Minnesota da, $1.13®4.00: Ohio exrta, Hisas; St. Louis e xtra, $3.13®S. Southern flour dosed steady; common to cboioe extra, $3.9093. Tim Anderson (colored), assistant jailer In the prUao at HuntsVllie, Ala., waa killed yesterday morning with an iron bar by RDed Townaend, a oonviot, who it in prison for burglary and araoo. Must Keep m Laval Head. Gordon, Pa., July 8.—Superintendent Lawler, of tho Reading railroad, has issued a notice to all oinjiloyes at the Schuylkill tliviiiou that tliey muit abstain from intoxicants whether on duty or not. Any man reported to him as haviug been seen taking a drink of liquor or beer will be summarily dismissed from the service of the company. Ho says ii his orders that "there is no business th ( needs level headed men more than railroad ing, both for the safety of the omploye* aw ttio traveling public." A twenty-three foot vein of what promises to be a valuable kind of fuel has been discovered at Elsinore, Col., and it is thought that the whole valley is underlaid with it It is described by The News of that place as quite soft-, and easily worked when in the mine, but it gets hard when exposed to the air. It resembles slate somewhat In appearance, although of a somewhat lighter color. It la clcan, leaves no marks or stains on the hand, does not slack or crumble In the air, con be split like mica into very thin fibers, burns freely, and needs only to bs ignited with a match, smells like burning rubber when being consumed, and leaven behind a Jet black ash resembling lampblack in all its properties. It ia said to be worth |I5 per ton for making gas.—New York Sun. A Peculiar Kind of Coal. The Evening Critic (Ind.), commenting on the letter editorially, says that the chief magistrate ol tho United States should be doteiT d from visiting any portion of the country by threats of insult to his high office is something heretofore unknown in our national experience. It is something that never should have bean known. The bare suggcsMJO of such a contingency iD startling uD the conservative sentiment of tba union. In all probability the controversy will widen the breach between the politicians of the (J rami Army and the administration, but it is calculated to produce a still wider breach in the GranJl Army organisation itself, many of tho members of which, it not in sympathy with the president's policy, (till recognize him as the chief officer of the govermn -lit, to whom all classes of the people Owe it least the courteous obeisance of good estiva*, and are unalterably opposed to making him the target, in season and out of season, of continuous partisan assault. Politica.ty spe.iking The Critto is therefore inclined to thiuk that the advantages, if advantages there be, of this new phase of the situation, are with the president, and (bat his letter is a master stroke of policy. WHEAT—Options were dull and Irregular, and without feature of note. In the early dealings the feeling was weak, but the close was firm at an advance of MOHc- Spot .loto closed Ann and MQKc. higher. Spot sales of No. 1 red state at Mo.; No. 1 da, (BMa; No. t red winter, 8t*Ma.; Na 3 da, 8SJ4Cj., ungraded red, 8l®«7o.; Na % red winter, July. SBVta; do., Aug., (MM 81 » 10a; da, Sept., Canadian cholera is mare prevalent at Montreal this season than lor many years past Children are dying from cholera infantum at an alarming rate. \ ncniiig. Hartford, June 8.—John H. Swift shot nd killed bis wits about 6:30 last ovening. i (e appi Ojclicd her on Trumbull street, and ii)KDn Iter refusal to return to live with him :.u ilrD w a revolver. The woman turned and mi, und be fired, the shot taking effect in Wife Murder Id Hartford. Shot His Assailants Dead. Two hone trainers of Lexington, Ky., named CleL Kc Elroyand Alex. Renich, quur. relied, and each determined to take the other's life. They met, and McRlroy kilted Renica with a shotgun. MoSUroy was arrested, 1'aL.BSTiNa, Tex., July 8.— Ben Craig and John Hill were shot and killed yesterday by Green Hill, a brother of John. Craig and John Hill had quarreled with Green Hill over wages claimed to be due them for labor in the lattcr's tie camp. Yesterday they attacked him, und, in defending himself he shot them dead. He then gave himself up. CORN—Options were dull, but Arm, and closed at an advanoe of KQMc. Spot lots closed steady and unchanged. Spot sales of No. g mixed at 49Mc.; ungraded do, 45^c.; No. * mixed, Aug.. «Hc.; do.. Sept. 47®V a-lfc. ' Prinoe Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha waa elected prinoe of Bulgaria by the so- er buck and passing through one of her lU'igs. She died at the hospital at 7:45. iwift Was immediately arrested. The mur- I Drod woman was 24 years old and her mur- A I'our Abused Thief. branje. • The announcement was received with great enthusiasm. If the powers refuse to recognise his election the sobranje intend to abrogate article 3 of th» Berlin treaty and proclaim the independence of the country. New York, July 8.—Henry Long recently wrote Mayor Hewitt a pathetic letter chorg ing tho Knights of Labor with persecuting liim and preventing him from getting a living because ho was not a union man. Tho mayor wrote the papers about it and there was much denunciation of labor organizations. Through tho mayor's influence Lang was appointed janitor of a flat. Wednesday night bo was arrested by detectives for robbing the ocvupants of the flat The police say he has n bad record. OATS—Options were moderately active and ilrui, closing Arm And higher. Spot Ms cloeeJ firm and HUH"- biglier. B|ot sales Dt Na I white state at USMc.: Na * do , .1DD{c.: |a * mixed, Aug.. 8iUC&SDKo : do, (Sept.. Ml Chargee Not Sustained. i.-rrr 2A They wore married in December, INN'l, but Swift was a dissolute fellow, and :.ny had uot lived together since last ApriL N*w York, July 8.—Police Captain Allaire was tried yesterday by the police commissioners on chargcs of discriminating against or ill favor of saloon keepers. The evidence was so weak that the captain was told by the commissioners not to offer any testimony iu defense. It is therefore considered certain that they will dismiss the charges. RYE—Quiet; western, state, (10 At a Chicago hotel table a young lady knocked down with a drinking glass a male neighbor who used indecent language. Jacob Sharp's Ailments. BABLEY—Nominal. Nkw York, July 8.—Tho doctors' report .ii Jacob Sharp's condition defines hia disease x valvular affection of the heart, compU..tcd with hypertrophy and dilation, and aoi.ipunied by kidney troubles. The heart (faction is pronounced incurable. l*OKK—Dull; $H.S0£t3 for old and new I heard such a droll thing about a clover litterateur the other day. This "literary critter" purposed sailing over the seu, and as the billowy deep always resettled his riding over it he endeavored to provide against its usual remonstrances. Science had hitherto failed him in tliic emergency, so he hied him to a faith cure man and gave him $7 good and lawful money of these United States to pray the demon of seasickness out of the way. Tlte traveler is half seas over now—literally, 1 mean. I wonder if he finds his $7 well Invested.—Nsw York Giaphla Faith Cur* of Seasickness. An Illinois court gives to an unmarriei mother her child, whom she intrusted three yean ago to a woman who abandoned it. The lady who adopted it fought hard for its possession. LARD—Closed dull and heavy; cash, $0.8 K Aug . $ 1.80; Sept. $ .93. BUTTER—Io fair r. qiieat and Arm: state. 11 CJsOe.: western, 10C#1»HC.; , Washington, July 8.—The government receipts for the month thus far have been $5,400,000, while the expenditures have been | IS,600,000.  Receipts and Bxpendlturee. The Qaeen'a Catholle Suhjeet*. CIIKEtiE—Dull, but mm: stale, .factory, rff ■ night sLIms, 5D»w»)4e. The third operation performed on the crown prince of Germany's throat is said to have resulted satisfactorily. Loudon, July a—The queen has addreasod to Mr. Henry Matthews, home secretary, who presented her majesty with an «ddiess rroin tho loyal Catholics of tiondon, an autograph letter, hi which she says: havo Always felt full couildonce in tho loyalty of my Catholic subjects, bott in and out of lieland."EUUS—Steady: state. i»Mc w.sten, 14 / 1 He The Star (Ind. Dam.) says editorially: The president has acted with discretion in declining to give even the few uncontrollable agitators a chance to put the Grand Army, the people of St Ixmla awl himself in a falsa and embarrassing position. Whlieno lyYiijitj Wabash, Ind., July 8.—The culmination D■ tlie fear Ail tragedy at Peru was reached at i o'clock yesterday morning when John Christiansen, tho man who tried to kill Dr. North, was taken from the oounty jail by a %ob and hanged. Hanged by a Mob. 8UOAR—Raw dull and nominal. UuIIih ,1 fteady: cut loaf and crushed, OieOlftc.; . ut*s (.Vic.: powdered, 5 I 1044101 ttraiml u n, Mia: mold A, 3 13-I0c : coufectl.Dm r D' 1 i Il-luc.; coffw A, standard, BXc ; coff -o 0.1 A, (46®BUc,; white extra O, tc.; exm U «J4a; C, yellow, 4H««tfc. The French government baa decided to go en with the mobilising experiment. Death of a Newport Pbyslelan. The daughter of the Bight Hon. W. H. Smith, chancellor a£ the Drllrt exchequer, was manfad yesterday to an officer of ttw MtfcfetMT* ... . „ * Newport, R. L, July &—Dr. George E..gs, ane of Newport's ablest physicians, died yea- afternoon of heart disease, aged 46.