Evening Gazette

              NU1CBKB 1567 WMkly — i issa | PITTSTON PA., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1887. j Twooaxn A $1,000,000 FAILURE. AN IMPOSING PARADE. OPPOSE I; TO THE KNIGHTS. LOST ON AN ICY COAST. THE 8PORTINQ WORLD. An Bud to Boa* So raping. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. rka Paper of IS. 8. Wheeler * Co. I» fuaed at a Now Haven Bank. Nkw Havin, Conn.,' Sept. ft,—B. & Wheeler & Co., o( thia oity, heavy importer* of bar iron, iteel, tin, eta, with branehes in Liverpool, New York, and Chicago, have sunpeoded paymeofc, together with the New Bared Wire dompany, of which B. S. Wheeler la president The suspension caused a sensation when it became known by business men late yesterday after-' noon. Their liabilities are about $1/100,000. The news of the Ann's condition cams oat in a curious way. H. M. Welch, the president of the First Rational ' ' tbs iather-in- /re Will Hear More About This la the Record of BVeiit* In the Diamond Field Edward. Shepherd, s4 H arrisbiirj, HI, Buys •Having received to much bennt from Electric Bitten,' I feel it my duty to let differing humanity ktoew it Hate had * running gore on my leg for eight years: my doctor* told me I would have to hare the bone (crept d or leg amputated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric and seven boxes Bucklen'n TWENTY TH6U8AND MEN IN LINE IN NEW YORK. Km tatu% SUFFERING OF A WRECKED CREW yesterday'* ball games: At New York-- New York, 0; Washington, 8. At BC ston— Boston, IS; Philadelphia, 11. At Detroit— Chicago, 11; Detroit, 7. At Baltimore— Baltimore, 11; Cleveland, 8. At Pfttslit-rg - Pittsburg, 5; Indianapolis, 4. At P.iil ulellDhi—Ciucinnati, 8; Athletic, 3. At New fork—Metropolitan, 0; Bt Louis, 5. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 14; Louisville, 4. At tocheater—Toronto, 11; Rochester, 5 (exhibition game). At Buffalo—Buffalo, 13; Scran ton, a At Newark—Syracuse, 8; Newu-k, 1. At Jersey City—Jersey City, 18; Wilkesbarre, 4. ud.m th. Tart FIRE IN AN ENOLIfH THEATRE • Chicago, 8«pt. fl.—The members of th. German Central CathoLto onion, who are in •ession in thia city, net at St Michael* ehttrch school hall yesterday morning. After reports from various committees and routine work Rev. Father Taggert, of Covington, Ky., addressed the siirtlento He congratulated them upon the prosperous condition of the union, and stated that a message had been sent to his holiness the pope informing him of the meeting and requesting his blessing upon their efforts to centralias and uphold the Catholic church in this country. An Important point In the proceedings was this resolution, submitted by George Hitech, of St. Paul; ON FALKLAND ISLANDS. CAUSE8 A STAMPEDE. » n The Audience Become Panic Stricken •id Trample Kwh Other to Death. Defective Exit* Increase the BlHfhteh Over IS* People Killed. The New Holiday Almost Universally Waly Two Seamea Survive th. Fearful Experience—A Boatload of Sailors Gay ■lied Seven Times—Thrilling Account Observed In the (It) — llie Ked Flag .Conspicuous by Itfi Absence—I be Day Arnica Slave, and my leg is row sound and well." Electric Bitters art Bold at fifty cC nta a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 26c. per box by. A. B. Woodward. In Other Cities. of the Disaster by One of the Crew. New York, Sept. 6.—Und r bright skies and with a gentle breeze tempering the heat of the September sun the cohorts of labor " ' ' the streets of -Dre or leu applying to beep Lon DOR, Sept. 8.—Every vessel that arrives from New York brings news of unusual gales and extremely bad weather. Owing to a gale and high sea prevailing along the Irish ooast, the Inmau xteamer City of Richmond, which arrived off Queenstown from Nsw York yesterday, was com polled to enter the inner harbor, in order to transfer to a tender such passengers as wished to disembark. The Lord Clive, from Philadelphia, also had to seek shelter. Londox, Sept A—During the performance of "The Romany Rye" in the theatre at Exeter latt evening, the building wai discovered to be oo fire. The audianoe became panic stricken and made a frantic rush for the exits, in spite of the heroic efforts of the attaches to reassure them and induce them to go out quietly. The oocnpants of the pit engaged in an awful struggle for egress in the narrow aisles. Men and women were deliberately knocked down and trampled upon by those behind thf m, and hundreds of persons were almost entirely denuded in their horrible fight for life. The pit was finally cleared, but a large number of the occupants of that portion of the house were seriously injured and presented a horrible spectacle as * they reached the streets. __ %..v it marched yesterday through Wheeler, the head ot the this bearing banners m with other local bank*, the propriately inscribed, and 1 teen receiving Wheeler A step to tfce muaio of numerou along, bat yeeterday different tunes simultaneous Joh declined to aoon* "f" ae Arm's shaky condition Labor day, bat not » day to a law only, and It labor was dome. Fully 20,00 , President Welch, who The atreela through Whicl would bridge his aon-to- "•» *o pass ware filled with "de* but Mm refusal of hi* an f*rly hour in the morning, mora of Wheeler ft Oat* crowd* of man, wotr « at this kind at re* waited for the coning or wnka are also creditors passing of the many men of 7_TA - - - A — ...k-n—* * ▲ Dreadful Disease. law of Mr. & Bk firm. IkowM First National ha. Cowls paper right afternoon Kr. W» any mora of H. Th» had bow known to waa wpyaeed that A V a millionaire, wouk law over the trouble, bv - bank to aeeept any more • paptraat all notion* v Sevwal New York banka  of Wbaelsr & Co. to a oonafcierable extent although it is impoesible tB obtain any fact aa to the amount. The general opbtfa among business men to that the llabiliti*. will not ezoead «1,000,000, although than are tboee who plao* the figure* much higher. The reaaon aadgned fer the failure i* that the Wheeler* bare been doing too much busineee ; that they have undertaken to oorer too much ground. Mr. Wheelar, who to oonaidared one of the ableet and keendrt. busline* man in town, to at the head of several large ooooern*, the principal ones being the.New Haven Wire company and the New Haven Rolling Mill company. Wheelar ft Co. own the wire mill in Fair Haven, a concern which doe* an immense business, employing hundred* of men and making shipments all over the Bead, ponder and profit thereby. Kemp's Balaam for the Throat and Lunge is conceded by all who have used it to exoet any prepara; tton in the market as a oomplete Throat and Lung Healer. All persons afflicted with that dreadful disease—Oonsamptioo—will find speedy relief and in a majority of oasea a permanent cure. The proprietor has authorized Mr. Fleming or Mr. Barber to refund the money to any party who has taken three-fourths of a bottle without relief. Prtoe 60 cents and $1 oands playing / in front and atlona, It "»• on which much were in line, che procenion sightseers from ■uid for hours a and children stood during the ••»A _a- Rochester, N. Y., Sept 8.—Parsons, the .eft hand pitcher of the Rochester Baseball club, was flnod $50 and released yesterday— the result of an altercation with Director Roberts. Parsons says he will sign with a National league club, but declines to say which one. It is thought, however, that the Washington club has secured him. Whereas, The so-Called Knights of labor agitato with empty phi-use, day by day, to assure the worldngmaa his rights in an unlawful manner, to trample upon law and order, and to undermine the Christian faith; therefore, be it One of the crew of the Belfast bark Star of Scotia has arrived at Liverpool and has given some very thrilling details of the wreck of that vessel on the Falkland Islands and the loss of eight lives. Of the men crowned one was the mate of the vernal and of the othefc the bodies of two were found on the beach, with nearly all the flesh eaten off by wild and voracious birds. Resolved, That we request all Catholic worklngmen to renounce the,organization named and abstain from It, for-according to our experience such associations are not advisable for Catholic worklngmen. Where Anarchists, Socialists and Prohibitionists gather together to discuss ths welfare of humanity, there no German Catholic should be found. To preserve the good name of nil German Catholic societies the latter should be requested not to accept any Knights of Labor, and to induce such members as now belong to that organisation to sever their connection with this order. N«w York, Sept. &—Manager O. P. Caylor, of the Metropolitan club, was asked at yesterday's special meeting of the American Baseball association to promise that he would not make the proceedings public in his capacity as a newspaper man. He refused to bind himself and he was requested to withdraw. He then resigned his honorary membership, He says Manager Byrnee writes for Sporting Life and Manager Williams for Cleveland papers, but they agreed to keep still. Mr. Caylor would aot belong to an organisation that feared publicity. m j . many trades, narshalled under the banners of their respective nailing*. Long before the hour appointed for the marching of the head of the oolumn the musio of the band*, the squeaking of fltea and the roiling at dm (are token that the Afferent societies were marching from their piaoee of rendeivout to take their appointed positions in the cross streets on either side of Broadway from Thirteenth to Fourth streets. Beautiful banners, some of rich silk decorated with gold and stiver cords, were borne aloft mingling with the notional colors, whioh were displayed at, frequent intervals in the long line awaiting the order to march. When the order came the line of march up with promptness, and the column moved from Thirteenth street down Broadway to South street, to Fifth avenue, to Fourteenth street, around the east side of Union square to Seventeenth street, past the reviewing stand on the plaza at Union square, where Henry George and leading men of the Labor movement were gathered together to witness the parade, and then to and through Fifth avenue to Forty-second street, where the march ended. Buoklen's Arnica Salve- Tin occupants of the gallery did toot fare so well There wu only on* very narrow exit from the upper tier, Involving the descent of a rather long flight of stairs, and here an almost indescribable scene of terror and slaughter ensued. The rush for the stairs was terrific, and in a moment the entire passageway was blocked, thoee persons who kept their feet being supported by a solid mass of prostrate humanity. The shrieks, groans and cursos of the bn- Thb BestSalvs the world for Cuts Bruise*, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar an teed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 26 cents per box. Tor sale by A. Bw Woodward. According to the aocount of the seaman who bat arrived at Liverpool, and whose name is Martin Olsen, It appears that the Star of Scotia was boond from San Francisco to Queqnstown and had on board a cargo of wheat. She w|i manned by a crew of twenty-two and got ashore on the rocks at Bull Point, about a hundred miles from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. It was about 11:80 at night when the vessel struck, and the crew remained on board until daylight. Heavy surf was breaking on the islanrt. The captain, with a majority of the crew, got away in one boat, and the second lioat was in charge of Fraur, the mate. The captain told the men not to bring their effects, but to save their live* and then go off to the ship again for thtflr clothes. New York, Sept fl.—Then was a large attendance at Sheepshead Bay yesterday. The weather was pleasant and the track wm fast. First raoe, sweepstakes, $600 added, three-quarters of a mile; Cyclops first, Mamie Hunt second-, Swift third; time, 1:14. Second raoe, sweepstakes, $700 added, threequarters of a mile; Raoeland first, Leo H. second, Mattie Loo ram third; time,  Third race, Dolphin stakes, $50 each, $1,000 added, mile and an eighth; Kingston first, Belvidere second, Gofiah third; time, 1MX. Fourth raoe, sweepstakes $90 each, $1,250 added, mile and a quarter; Joe Cotton first, Favor seoond, Miss Ford third; tim* 2:Cn%. Fifth raoe, purse $800, entrance $15, mile After Mr. Mi tech had spoken in support of the resolution a motion to lay on the table was voted down, and it was referred to the committee on labor statistics. Th Prettiest Lady In Plttaton prisoned and the trampled, the wounded and Remarked to a friend the other day that she knew Kemp's Balaam for the Throat and Lung, was a superior remedy, aa it stopped her cough instantly when others had no effect whatever. So to prove this Mr. J. Fleming or P. Barber will guarantee it to alt. Price 50 cents and $1. Triil size free. the dying were perfectly heartrending, but » then was bo relief, and in a moment scores of men and women were either suffocated to THE GLEN8 FALLS THIEF death or killed by being trodden upon. A Are escape was at last brought to one of the u gallery windows and through this medium the pressure was relieved and a great many persous were lowered to the street. t , As soon as the house had been cleared of the living the work of removing the dead was begun, and sixty bodies were taken out by means of the fire escape. Ths wounded survivors were conveyed to the hospital and world. Captured by the Superintendent of the Company He Had Bobbed. A director In the Tale National bank was aeeo by a reporter last evening In regard to the failure. The Yale bonk hold* Wheeler & Oo.'m paper, but the director would not say how much. He said that he thought Wheeler & Co.1* liabilities would amount to C1,000,000 at least, but he did not think they would exceed that amount, and that he believed the assets would realize more than was generally anticipated.Ate late how last nighfclfe. E. & Wheeler said that the failure was due to the tightness of the money market and his inability to get SUES**® Raleiub, N. C„ Sept On Aug. 80 last the National bank at Glens Falls, JI. Y., deposited with the National Express company at that place $6,000 in currency in a package addressed to the Gallatin National bank of New York city. J. E. Merwin was the express agent at Glenns Falls. The next day he was missing, and he carried away with him the package of money. He was traced to Saratoga, and there he bought a ticket for Weldon, N. C. He came Oa to Weldon, and from there he went to the town of Henderson, N. C., where be stopped. Along with him was a very handsome woman, whom be passed for his wife. He was paying $10 a day for board in Henderson for himself anl wife, and they were known as Mi\* H. E ReW and wife. On Friday last the superintendent of the express oompany called upon Reid, who was at once reoognized by hta, and admitted than that his name was Mefwtn and tha$ |hf..wedan with him was not his wife, but was Mm Mamie Montgomery, of Glens Falls. Are you made miserable by Indigestion Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite Yellow Skin ? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive cure. For sale by J■ B. Fleming. The captain's boat was the first to reach shore, but the toate*s boat was cast on the beach by the heavy surf, and in it wore the unoonscious forms of Davis and Drummond, seamen, and the body of the mate, who had just hreathed his last Davis and Drummond recovered and gave an account of their sufferings during the short time that had elapsed since tbey abandoned their vessel. their number cannot at this time be definitely seoond, Bedstone third; time, Sixth race, sweepstakes for 3-year-olds, $30 each, $500 added, three-quarters of a mile, on turf; Santa Rita first, Pat Dtwar seoond, Maggie Mitchell third; time, WA Niagara Falls, N.Y.. Sept. 8.—The winners of yesterday's races were Rody Prlngle, Pink Cottage, Grey Cloud, Alario and Valour. iths; Lelax first, Windsail For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. It never fails to cure For sale by J. K Fleming ascertained, but it Is very large. The lira started in the flies during the fourth act of the |Dlay. When the flames ' wire discovered a drop scene was lowered to prevent the current of air from increasing Tie'procession was a large one, and the celebration of the day was not marred by any disorder. In sympathy with the occasion flags were displayed from the publie biddings, hotels and many stores and dwellings. The courts and the municipal offices were closed, and even at the custom house the day1 WAS observed rff i holiday. **■ -1* While making tfceir way to shore the boat was oapsized and all the occupants were thrown Into the water. Some of the melt managed to cling to the upturned craft, vAich afterwards righted. Some of the poor fellows never reached her again, but were drowned. the blase. After this wee done the actors and stage hands threw open Make, their esoape when the draft caiiied the flames The Re*. Gee H. Thayer, of Bonrtxm Ind. says: "Both myself and wife owe our lives te Shiloh's Consumption Cure." For sale by . K. Fleming. Tula to burst through the drop scene and ignite the woodwork of the gallery. Tlw flames overtook the hiadmaM of the unfortittate people who were wedged in the corridor and stairway and literally roasted them alive. failing to oome to hand, had caused him te The uptown stores, as a general rule, were not closed, and It was a dfty of profit to the shopkeepers, ,Jor tkt ctb/i -was full at strangers, many of whom were drygooda buyers who had come tram a distance for the express purpose of making their fall purchases, * New York; Sept W. Byrd the athlete, arrived from Europe yesterday on the Servia. ' He went' at once to Staten Island to participate In the gaaes of the Staten Island Athletic club. issue paper. The wire mill, he said, wefe Involved, but the rolling talll- would not be seriously affected. Wheeler St Co. will make an assignment to-day. Mr. Wheeler admitted that his liabilities were something -mvwt. *1,000,000, hstt he hopes he oan settle and go on. While making onoe more for the shore the boat was again capsized, and this happened bo less than seven times, until there were only three left, vis., the mate, Drummond and Davis. Some of the men had oluug to the capsised boat, but their strength had failod them, £*d becoming exhausted they had to loosen their hold and perish. To add to the men's suffering It was intensely cold, and it was only owing to their robust constitutions that Davis and Drummond were saved. They saw their comrades drowning, but oonld not afford them the slightest aid. When the shipwrecked men landed the island the island was covered with snow and the air was bitterly cold. They, however, found shelter in the hut of some herdsmen and were kindly treated. The herdsmen also rode 100 miles to inform the Athorities of the disaster. Why will you cough when Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Prioe 10 cts., CO and $1. For sal* bv J. K. Fleming. After the parade those whotook part In it and the many who in consequence of it bad taken a general holiday spent the afternoon and evening in such recreation* as were to their liking and withjo their rmoh. The theatres, some of which gave Labor day matinees, were well patronised, while boats and cars carried many to plaoas where outdoor sports of various kinds took pl&oe. It was altogether a successful occa4on, and one that will long be rembered by the hcete of toilers who took part in the observance of the day. Chicago, Sept 6.—The Chicago labor unions turned outover20,000*nen yesterday. They formed one of the largest processions ever seen here. A feature of the parade waa the abeence of red flag*, the committee wisely prohibiting their exhibition. Boston, Sept. ft—Labor day as a legal holiday was celebrated for the first time yes terday with gnat enthusiasm. For several weeks the many labor organisation* have been making preparations for the day's parade, and the hosts which .assembled in Copley square and Columbus avenue told bow successful had been the efforts of thoee who had the affair in charge. Murder or Bait CutMngT Shiloh's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis. For sale by J. & Fleming. mass of human beings in front The firemen reached the upper windows and took out all of the people they oould find, but moat of them were dead, and many others died soon after they were taken out The surgeons in the hospital revived a few persons who were thought to be dead from suffocation, but at 4 o'clock in the morning nearly 100 oorpaee laid in rows on the floor, and these did not comprise the total number of the dead, as a great many bodies were burned to ashes in the theatre. Some et the dead were simply suffocated and not at all mutilated or burned. The occupants of tha drflfes circles eaaaped without injury, the inquired hnd dean being confined to tha nit and the upper circles. fb« Balcony was destroyed. *- Later—Up to the present time 180 bodice St. John, N. B., Sept 8.—A sailboat wu stolen from Bald1* Point what* Sunday night, and was found afterward on the beads near the breakwater with her thwarts, gunwale and sail sprinkled witfi blood. An open knife was lylfig in the boat's bottom with spot* of blood upon it It is feared that a murder was committed. THE 8TRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. Msrwin at fird agreed to go back without a requisition, but ha reconsidered this determihatioif and sued ottt A' writ of habeas oorpos, which was heard hare yesterday by Judge Merrinion, of the supreme court. The papers wefe all m order, and the requisition issued by Governor Hill, of New York, was honored by Governor Soalea. . Judge Merrlmon remanded the prisoners and ordered, that they be delivered to the agent at Ifew York, and* they are now on thai* way- to Glens Falls. Merwin had spent $3,600 of the moaay. . When our Competitors talk about ue not betng trifle to sell A Prominent Englishman Thinks Reeie- Londow, Sept 6.—The heavy rain which prevailed yesterday oaused the great libera] demonstration of sympathy with Ireland and protest against the proclamation of the league, held at the Alexandra Falaoe, to be much smallur than it Otherwise would have been. Still the attendance was large, and whatever may have been tacking to the euocess of the meeting in numbers was most certainly supplied in enthusiasm. Resolutions of purport similar to thoee adopted at Ennis Sunday were passed by vociferous acclamation, and the speeches were earnestly and loudly applauded. tanee Advisable. Pledging Their Aulatanee. Loudon, Sept 6.—The Liberal league, at the great meeting at Alexandra palace yesterday, pawed resolutions pledging the organisation to establish branches of its own league In place* In Ireland where lodge* of the Irish National league might be suppressed. THE BEST MEIN6 Boyosttlac ike Uk« WoN BmL THE PRESIDENT'S REW.Y bay* be*n raoovarad. They are almost unreoagnixabia. Thirty injured survivors hare beM telMito konriteh ' i%m Are burned throughout the glght. The , eearoh foe bodies prooeeda slowly. In many eases every shrsd C4 clothing is honied off, and the bodies look blaofc and raw. Then are various reports as to the origin ;-.M Mm Are, It i« only certain that the flames , broke out in the scene shifters' department foe Are brigade arrived Ave minutes after tkt breaking oat of the flames, but the shorts of the firemen were without effect. There ware several thrilling rescues. The majority of the victims were men and boys. About thirty women were burned. A lata dispatch from Exeter says that the Ore is under oontrol. Only the walls df the atriidtufe are standing. ' People distracted with anxiety are wandering about the streets in tha neighborhood of the theatre in search of friends who attended last night's performance. ; | To the Invitation of the Hibernian 80- Chicaqo, Bop*. &—The twitching crew* of two Chicago, Burlington and Quincy engine* at the stockyards qoit work yesterday rather than pall Oat * train «f ears belonging to the Lain Shore road. This U th* beginning of the movement the switchmen long bad In ootitssmplaMon. and It is thought there will be serious trouble at the yards before long, especially If the switchmen of other roads follow the nxsmpfr of the Burlington crews. ▲ Mm! Beer Boycott. IN THE LATEST STYLES, Letters of regret were resA from Mr. Gladstone, Sir Oeorge 0. Treyelyan, Lord Ripon and other*, qach of whom, while explaining his unavoidable abeoaoe, erpce—ari Ifce deepeat nympethy with the objeota of the meeting and condemnation of the gOTernmenfa action. aiety, ef Philadelphia. PBiUDnrEU, Sept 8.—The Si bars lao society, of this CXty, bat received the following letter from President Cleveland: WfSHMBTOir, Sept 8, 1891. Thomas D. Ferguson, secretary: Dub 8m—I have delayed responding to the invitation of the Hibernian society to attend their dinner, to be givsc on the afternoon of the 17th instant, for the reason that I have just learned definitely what my engagements will be or that day In connection with the constitutional centennial celebration. I am only able now to say that it will give me great pleasure to be present for a time at titt dinner. I am not prepared to fix the exact hoar of my arrival, and beg to be permitted to come without delay or interruption of the proceedings at such time M my other positive engagements will permit New Hxtm, Oonn., Sept 8.—At Philip Freeenius' brewery, eleven brewers were re* (used permission to lay off yesterday to celebrate Labor Day, bat they laid off, with the understanding that U they did so th*y could not go back to work. A silent boycott against Freeenius' beer is already In progress. At our incredibly LOW PRICES we feel like shouting Mr. Maud, tat* the searetacy of the Liberal Unionist organization, bat recently returned to the Liberal party, expressed unreaervedly hia conviction that the withdrawal Of the Irish assemblage from Ballyooree Hill Sunday, at the bidding of CoL Turner, was wholly unsAisfaotor? to the English radicals, who had hoped for a serious collision between the people and the military In order that the question whether the right of free speech in Ireland is denied by the government might be settled Immediately. Hs admitted that the tatties employed by the leaden of the meeting were both wise and hpmftna, but could not  otherwise than that their action bad merely deferred the worst possibilities without securing any oompenaating advantage. A collison between the people and the authorities, growing out of the unprovoked Interference of the latter with the dearest of human rights, was sure to ooour sooner or later, and in his judgment the sooner It came the better. Mr. Maud's utterances were heartily applauded and unquestionably expressed ths sense of the meeting. Buffalo. Sept. 6.—Labor day was not very generally observed In "the shops here, although many of them were cloned. The otwervanoe, however, was better **"" In . oriner year*. The parade waa very fine, and vm« participated in by about 8,000 workings men. Congressman Farquhar acted as chief iuarnhaL The peraders prooeeded to Geruiania park early in the afternoon, where I bay held a picnic and listened to addrerses from Rev. Dr. McGlysn and several local orators. To Sell tke Oyster Beds. Kicked KM Wife ta IDeath. North Ada**, Mass., Sept S.—William O'Brien, a mill hand, murdered his wife last night at Grey look in a most brutal manner, knocking her down and kicking and stamping upon her. He w observed in the act and captured. The murder occurred in a Hold, where O'Brien had taken the woman for a walk, expecting te be unseen. He had long abused her, and wmntadto get rid of her. He narrowly escaped ljrnohing. New York, Sept 8.—The state Qsh commissioners yesterday voted to sell at auction the 000,000 aaree of state oyster lands. The Oyster Dealers' association and the representative* of the small oyster growers rigorously but vainly protested against this as an unjust policy. "CHESTNUTS!" New York, Sept &—George McManus, alias Wright, only six months eat of the state prison, and John Corrigan, alias King, who has served two terms In the penitentiary, were captured in this city yesterday with a large quantity of stolen dry goods. They are noted burglars. Professional Cracksmen Cap tared. | We know just what we oan do, and aodoourouatomera. If they did not we ahould not haue so many on our Hat. Rochester, N. Y., Sept 6.—The trades uuipna and Knight* of Labor paraded yesterday morning and held a monster picnic at Maple Grove in the afternoon and evening. The banks were closed, but there waa no general observance of Labor day. With many thanks to the society for the courtesy of their invitation, I am, The hospitals an besieged by anxious inquirers for friends. Twenty badly burned persons, who were admitted to hospitals, died a few minutes after they, were received. Tours very tfuly, OBOVU Cletbl*HD. A Family Killed by Cars* Ha i. eh, Mat*,, Sfept A Newbury pert •rain, while crossing a street in North Beverly yesterday, ftruok a buggy containing Odillon Menard, his wife and an 8-jrearold glrL Menard and the child were killed, and Mrs. Menard received Internal and •plnal injuries, and her leg was broken. She will probably die, Bach was 93 year* old. Veteran Ureases ta Danger. -DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL. Trot, N. Y., Sept. 8.— Although all the mills and big manufacturing establishments closed yesterday, the business houses were open as usual. In the afternoon a monster picnic waa held at Rensselaer park, under the'auspices of District assembly No. 08, Knights of Labor, NxwBtrao, Sept a—When the train with the veteran fireman of New York reached this city on the West Shore railroad yesterday afternoon, it had a very narrow escape from collision with a switch engine that bore down on it on the same track. The engineer of the excursion train did not head the shoots of the large crowd thA had gathered at the station to sea the firemen until the engines almost met, when a red flag saved a terrible collision. When the train finally stopped the two engines wen not three feet from eaoh other. The firemen knew nothing of their impending danger. North Adams, Mass., Sept 0.—By a collision while ■ witching in the yard at Williamstown yesterday Engineer Ed. Hullaney and Brakeman Thomas Dempsey were fatally injured. Engineer Jamee Varney was seriously and Fireman Spear slightly injured. Twa Has Fatally Injured. A Plaa tor Tariff Bodaetloa Which Has TALK IS CHEAP tin President's Approval. Washington, Sept 6.—Secretary FWirehild returned to Washington yesterday afternoon and will remain here a few days. When he left Washington recently it was his purpose to take, a month's vacation at least, but it is uwiei'stood his sudden and unexpected return is at the request of the president, who wishes to confer with him about the treatment of the tariff and financial questions in the president's forthcoming annual message to congress. Secretary FaircfaOd will not, probably, resume the active charge of the treasury deportment just now, and it is hit plan to aooompany the president to Philadelphia, and to then finish out his month of recreation. Straws*, N. ST., Sept &—There wens 1,000 men in the labor parade here yesterday. In the afternoon there was a picnic at Pleasant BC aeh. roatmaster Killed by Indians. Fatally Assaulted with a Billy. Baltimore, Sept Mr. J. E. Herty, a commercial traveler for a Baltimore drug house, wa* assaulted in the dining room of the Eutaw house yesterday afternoon, and probably fatally injured by a negro waiter named Pen Madden. Mr. Herty was at dinner and was In the act of talcing some fruit from a fruit dish, when Madden came up and impetuously snatched the fruit away. Enraged, Herty threw a sauce bottle at the negro. Madden then went to the waiters' wardrobe end procured a billy. Doming np behind Mr. Herty he dealt him a terrific blow on the bead, falling him to the floor. Mr. Herty lost consciousness immediately, and is now in that condition. Two doctors are attending, but they have no hope of his recovery. Madden1 escaped. Washington, Sept 0.—The postoffice department received a letter yesterday wfaj|ph ttCitCed that James Perwani, postmaster at Chapman, Colo., was killed by Truii.n. Aug. 'iX  An American BbJp Abandoned at Sea. London, Sept A.—The State line steamer State of Indiana, Capt Ritchie, which arrived at Qlasgow yesterday from New York, brought the crew of the American siiip Trl umphant, Capt Lawranoe, from Liverpool for New York; which was abandoned at sea. Bat if you will only make up your minds, to give any of our immense line of goods a trial you will be Boon running round town calling out Cincinnati, O., Sept 0. —Fifteen thousand .nen were in line in the Labor Day parade yesterday afternoon. Business was practically suspended among the manufacturing astabliiitimeuts during the entire day. Many houses over tue line of the march were decorated with United States flags, K of L emblems and mottoes. At Garfield place stands for speaking had been erected, and hers the Hannah Powderly Assembly of Shoe Fitters, consisting of 1,500 young lady members, reviewed the procession. CONDENSED NEWS, The Freuch mobilisation scheme is reported it belli* a complete failure. Maxloau* Ignoring the Postal Treaty. A Dishonest Way of Acquiring Wealth Washington, Sept. 6. —Superintendent Bell, of tlM foreign mail office, has received numerous complaints of the stoppage at Paso del Norte of merchandise, packages sent from this country under the provisions of the new postal treaty which went into effect July 1. As tie has information that all the requirement! of the law were ownpiled with qn this side of the line, Superintendent Bail will ofcll the attention of the Mexican government to than lnrgularitiss and ask that the packages be forwarded to their destination promptly, as the treaty provides. ■ American securities were active and in good demand on the banion Royal ExchaLge.Paris, Sept. ft—The safe In the office of the Credit Mobilier was robbed lost night of $3S,00Mn money. The robber, a bank clork, was arrested at the Northern railway station as he waa about to take his departure from the city. SO IS QUALITY! The Star last evening, In oommentlng upon Secretary Fairohlld's and Speaker Car- IWa's preeenoe in Washington, says: Tba day before Mr. Carlisle went to visit the president at Oak View, Mr. Falrchlld was tblegraped to come on at once to consult with the president and the speaker on Hhe thriff matte J*. Before going to Oak View Mr. Carlisle consulted with several tariff reformers, and it is well understood by the leading reformers what is going to be done. The general meeting of the American Souial Science association is in progress at Saratoga. Philadelphia, Sept. A—Although not a .egal holiday in this state, Labor day was jUerved generally by the different labor organisations. There was no general parade, tat two monster picnics ware held at Rising Sun aud Pastime parks, where thousands of toi.eri engaged in all sorts of sports and The ninth International Medical •ongraa fu opened at Washington. They Are Beyond Redemption. A remarkable cpse of faith core ia reported from Chattanooga. Washington, Sept. ft—The period fixed by law for the redemption of the trade dol lar baa expired, and of $88,000,000 that wen coined less than $&000,000 were presented for redemption. Most of them went to China.  One of the Chesapeake bay (teamen mi burned to the water'* edge in Wicomioo Tiver. A Canadian sealing vessel eluded our aruiaers in Behrlng sea and reached Victoria, a C., with over 3,000 sealskins. Columbvb, O., Sept 6.—William Farmer (colored) murdered a young oolored woman nuned Agnes Jones last night by cutting her throat from ear to ear In a fit of jealousy. The Jones woman, who is about 38 yean of age, is married and her husband resides in Pittsburg, where he is * coal miner. Fanner had beta a paramour of hers from whom she had been unable to off. She came here a day or tyro ago for tiie pur pose of telling him that they must quit, am meeting him las* night on Scioto street tofr him so. f&e had no more than done so when he threw her to the ground and commenced to slash her with a rfasr, almost completely severing tha head from the body. Farmer it still at large. The Wage* of Sin Is Death, But there is only one place to get the combination of When the conference between the president, Mr. Carlisle and Secretary Falrchlld is concluded, thsre will have been a plan for the tariff reduction prepared which will be preened upon the Democrats in the next honee The Society of the Bed Cross. 1b the Baud* of Kaoalnn. lfgc. Peraleo'a Report om Ireland. Paris, Sept. ft—Hie Rome correspondent of The Monde says that lip. Peraico, in his report on the Irish mission, dwells upon the neoMsity for the interests of Ireland of a permanent agent ofthe Vatican at London. New You, Sept. 8.—Clara Barton, pimident of the American National Association if the Red Cross, and Dr. J. B. Hubbell. general field agent of the same association, -ailed to-day OO the steamer Arizona to «t--en*i the fourth International conference of the Rod Cross; to 1* held at Carlsnibe, Germany, during the last, week of the present mi nib. Mire Eaiton and Dr. Huhboll will attvud tie conference as government delegates, having been appointed by the presileut, by authority of an act of congress pi. Seed at its last session. They pre sccom, allied by Dr. Lacy M. Hall, who goes as a lolegate from the society of the Red Cross. Haw You, Sept. &—The ■—'-m at DmM Yuengltog, Jr., the well known brewer, ha* passed to to the hands of two reoeivers. Ronton that the house had '•f are without foundation, aad the assets of the house are known to be much larger than the liabilities. Bu* William Bekten, the special partner of Mr.Yuenjfltoi to the business, is dissatisfied with the manner to whioh affairs have been conducted, and has brought a suit against Mr. Yuengling for an aooounting. A steamer which was wrecked to the Missouri river near Bismarck, D. T., is provtog a serious obstruction to the channel. GOOD G00P8 A gang of boys not yet to their teens robbed the house of the superintendent ot police at Troy. Conflagration la Hungary. Vienna, Sept. ft—A terrible conflagration to I aging lu the town of Vessprim, Hungary. Two hundred bouses have already been burned and the destruction of the entire town 1s threatened. How Russia Treats Foreigners. Moscow, Sept. Jhe Russian mintstsr ef finance is in receipt of an address from the A boy desperado escaped and rescued all the other prisoners in jail at Bratoerd, Minn. AT merchants of Novgorod, expressing wBtaCaotton with the government's protective me*- sure and asking that such stringent edicts be issued as win render foreign competition powerless and subject foreigners to special f taxation. The minister, in reply to tha adi dreus, expressed himself as favorable to the deas set forth, and said that the csar had dictated the present line of taxation. Judge Moore was assassinated from ambu-b in Crass county, Ark. LOW PRICES, Many Burglaries at Boeheeter. Argument WM beard before Judge {ngalls en the motion to remove the case of the state v». Thomas C. Piatt from Tioga oounty to New York oounty for trial. Boounn, N. Y., Sept. 4—1Thirteen dwellings wen entered by burglars to the eastern part of the city during Sunday and yesterday morning. No large amounts of plunder wen secured, but an absolute reign of terror exists in that portion at the city. Several houses and stores were entered on the night previous. ■  Philadelphia, Sept. ft—W. H. Parker, tt Loag Sc Parker, printers, is under arrest, charged with obtaining $3,062 from the National Bank of the Republic on seven forged notes. Charged with Totger;. The Coke Workers. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 6.—The coke syndicate met in this city yesterday. It was decided in a very positive manner not to pay the advance in wagee granted by the H. C. Frick Coke company. They, however, agreed on a sliding wage scnl*, equalising wagee throughout the region, but In no inrtanoe providing for an advance. A conference with the workmen's committee is being held in Soottdals to-day. The production Of IJokfc ft now farltf excess of the demand. AH the yards are heavily stocked, and tiie production will be restricted in the Mar future. Taking Bis I'hyslciaas'lAdvlca. Oue hundred and six veteran fire laddies started on a trip across the continent to Ban Francisco. and that ?s at the Bbrlik, Sept ft—The Emperor William uis caused letters to bo sent to the governors Df oust and west Prussia explaining the nt•Do of Ills absence from the Konigsberg a meu vers. He had long dosirod to vis.t Iioee faithful provinces, and his advanced would not bavo stood in the way of his ul'uiing his duty as commander in chief of lie army, but an accident cfAipelled htm at .he last moment to give compliance te lite earnest reoomnieiidattoos of big. physicians snd abandon the visit WiLxaaaaMB, Pa., Sept ft—There was a bloody affray at Haselton Sunday between Irish und Italians. It grew out of a fight be{rtmwaaiFwKSsknives were uxed. The Kalians were finally routed. Atout,twenty41 ve men war* quite badly hurt, bat jJtrn Cannon, tfa* md who started ths row, is haUersd to to Uw WlyOM likely to die. Z .. 7 Irish and Italians at War. An earthquake shock has been felt at Bonn, Prussia. No damage was done. Unpopular American Tourists. The emperor and empress of Brazil expect to meet Emperor William 'at Baden at the end of the month. Berlin, Bojt ft—Every trace of the Colorado beetle bas been destroyed in Germany by tl»e timely use of disinfectants and tilling of the fields in which tha past appeared. Henry Cohen JLou Isvtlle wad. Nashville Brakeuen Strike Bibxikoham, Ala., Sept 6.—The brakemen on the Louisville and Nashville railroad went out on a strike hen yesterday. They dotnanded eytra pay for delays caused by wreck", accidents, Otd. The officials refused the demand and the men's plaoes h#enoorli all been filled. A meeting of the Hamburg-American Navigation company Will fee hold on Oct. 6, to diactMi a proposal to increase the capital from 16,000,000 to 80,000,000 mark* for the purpose of constructing a swifter steamer fee *»«♦» York imf  For Wednesday, In Naw Jersey, aaataru New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and in New England, slightly warmef andgenaiv ally fair, followed by partial cloodlneaa. Weather ladleations. CLOTHING H0USF. Maw Mo. 65 North Main