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              « Stoning ©afctt NUHIEB 1583. I Weekly IMMIMimJ PITT8T0N. PA., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1887. I TWO fctNTi. | Tell Ccnla a Wrek THE DREADED CHOLERA. THE FCBY OF A CTCIONE. A LONC LAWSUIT. INCOMPETENT WITNESSES THE 8PORTIN3 WORLD. A Hint Jrom the Pioneers of Low Prices Whw the news reached the Italian quartei that the AleaU was in port and had Um cholera on board It created great excitement. It is the habit of the Italian* here to send (or their friends to ooma oat, and their coming is always known and expected. So yesterday there was * great Cfowd of them at Castle Garden, and at thi ship nowa offlcs no one seemed able to give them any particulars. They eagerly asked of any one they could get to listen to them the name* of thoss who were dead, and where one name wai given the inquirer would rash out to the rest, nulling out TinrriA until OD6 WAI found who knew the unfortunate. Many Ivnlf Tun of Lltlgnlloa Ends ia Tie- Record of Kventg In tbe Diamond Field GREAT DAMAGE BY WIND AND tory for the Contestant. IN THE TRIAL OF O'BRIEN FOR and on the Tnrf. ARRIVAL OF A 8TEAMER FROM RAIN IN TEXAS TOWNS. Detroit, Sept. 84.—Judge Hooker, of the Calhoun circuit court, yeatorday made o final decree In a will case of peculiar interest, involving over $500,000, and which has been in litigation about twenty years, and it is stated the cost of printing the record for the appeal was $10,000. Joseph Sibley died leaving his entire estate to his son Frank when the latter should reach his majority. The sou died before becoming of ago, but left a widow, formerly Anna E. Montgomery, of Marshall Sibley's partner, Mr. Perrin,was executor of the will, and was proceeding to turn it over to Mr. Sibley's brothers and sisters when he was stopped by Frank Sibley's widow, who was left the estate by Frank's will. SEDITIOUS UTTERANCES. Yesterday's ball games: At Chicago- First gams, Chicago, 0; Boston, 0. Second game—Chicago, 4; Boston, 4 (callod on aocount of darkness). At Detroit—Detroit, 11; New York, 3 At Indianapolis—In lianapDlis, 5; Washington, 4. At Pittsburg—Philadelphia, 5; Pittsburg, 0. At Brooklyn—Athietic, 10; Brooklyn, 6. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 15; Metropolitan, 7. At Syracuse— Syracuse, 18; Rochester, 1. At Toronto, Ont—First gam?, Wilkesbarre,9; Toronto, 8. Second game, Toronto, 11; Wilkcsbarre, 8. At Hamilton, Ont.—Hamilton, 8; Scranton, 4. Clovoland-Louisville game postponed on account of wet grounds. MARSEILLES AND NAPLES COONS 41 ULLHAK'S TRADE PALACE, With the Terrible Scourge on Board. Eight Deaths on tke Trip and Bight Mare Stricken — Precautions by the Authorities—We Cause for Alarm. BattUag with the Elements for Thirty Are Hoars—If any Boases Destroyed and Othon Unroofed—Providing for the A Reporter Who Took Notes of the Accused Editor's Speech from Memory. The Great Interest Manifested In tho Trial—Davltt's American Visit. HEADQUARTERS. Homeless ■ The Damage Incalculable. Rrownbvtllx, Tex., Sept 24.—A cyclone visited this city and Matamoras Wednesday night, carrying destruction in its path. The rain deluged the country for miles, and immense damage was done. At 9 o'clock a.,m. the norther that had been blowing for several days increased in fierceness, with henry gusts of rain, and in a short time a hurricane was on the towns in its full force, the wind reaching in the height of the storm a velocity of eeventy-eight miles an hour. All night long it continued, the bowk ing being mingled now and then with the crash of a tilling house, the rending sound of falling trees, the rattling of fences aa tbey went over, or the~l|Douts of thoee deserting their crumbling residences or imploring aid. Horning dawned on a sceno of deeolation. Water filled the streets, through which the roaring north wind drove the rain like great volleys of small shot The fallen trees, ruins of houses and prostrate fence*, all half submerged in water, rendered passage difficult and at timea dangerous. At 2:30 p. m. the wind lulled and there was almost a dead calm until 4:30 p. m., when the wind came from the south. This showa that the vortex of the hurricane, as in the case of thoee of 1880 and 1880, passed directly over this section. About 6 p. m. the wind again became violent, coming this time from the sooth, and oontinued until yesterday morning, whan the hurricane may have been said to have ceased. London, Sept 24.—The trial of Editor William O'Brien is the all absorbing topic of interest It to the test oase of the new crimes act, and much Impends, both for England and Ireland, upon the result of this case. Irishmen, especially tho leadors and members of the National league, are watchill; every point of the trial intently, for Mr. O'Brien's fate will undoubtedly to theirs, and the government supporters are no less eager to learn the result of their new instrument of questionable legality. The trial Is emphatically a one sided affair, and the government will have it all their own way. No accurate account of the speech for which Mr. O'Brien to arraigned exists, and if the valiant orator to oonvlcted it will be through the testimony of incompetent witnesses. The absolute unfitness of the government reporters to aptly illustrated in this instance. Sergt Foley, one of the officers on whose deposition Mr. O'Brien waa arrested, swore yesterday, at tha trial that he wrote the wards of the speech in his memory. He had forgotten to take his note book with him to the meeting, and henco was obliged to rely on his mental capacity for the speech. And on the testimony of this presumably prejudiced man Mr. O'Brien, if convicted, will have his liberty sworn away. For the past month we have been on the alert, locking bp tho latest styles ar.d best values for our many departments. tfmw Yom, Sept. 34.—Early yesterday morning the startling announcement was made that a steamer had arrived in port with real Asiatic cholera on board. Shortly after 0 o'clook the steamer Alesla, of the Fabre line, from Marseilles and Naplee, steamed up to the lower quarantine and ran up to her foretopmast the ominous yellow flag, displaying the letter Q, which meant that there was sickness on the vessel Health Officer Smith and four assistants went out to the steamer and learned that there were four oases of Asiatic cholera among the passengers; that eight people bad died of the dreadful disease during the voyage, and that eight of the remaining 553 steerage passengers were sick. Of these it was thought last night that three would die before morning, and that the others might last a little longer. The steamer waa at once sent down to the lower bay, and preparations were made to land all the passengers on Swinburne and Hoffman Islands. The strictest quarantine was immediately enforced, and no one waa allowed to go near the passengers. The steamer Alesla is commanded by Capt Valliat She sailed from Marseille! Aug. 80 and from Naples Sept. 8. At the latter port there embarked more than 300 Italians, who, with those already on board, swelled the ttoerage passenger list to 561. There were three passengers in the cabin. The people taken on at Naples were a most indifferent lot, the majority having but a few bundles of personal goods, which they carried on their sbouldors. It was noticed, too, that they were uncommonly dirty. Among them were Franeoeoa Matteo, aged 41 years, and Maria Antonio Scala Veno, aged 69 years. Both were ill, and this waa noticed when they applied for their quarters. The prevalence of tlio plague in southern Europe made the captain suepicloui, and he ordered the two sick passengers to be examined by the doctor. This waa done in a superficial way, and they were aald to be both suffering from a slight attack of bronchitis, and wore allowed to sail. The doctor made a grave mistake, for before the steamer was out of the Mediterranean the captain himself discovered that both of them were stricken with some contagious malady. A* on all vessels of her class, the steerage of the *'*"■'« extends from the aallors' forecastle aft to the main hatch In this place the two sick people, with 550 of their fellow passengers, slept. These steamers devoted to emigrant business are far from clean, as was seen In the Scotia, which went ashore at Fire Island six months ago and which belonged to the same line, and the people themselves, under tho most favorable circumstances, are not over-clean. It was a perfect hotbed for a scourge like the cholera, and before Capt Valliat bad been at sea ten days he knew that ho commanded a pest stricken ship. On the morning of Sept 12 word was sent to the captain from the steerage that one of the passengers, named Luigi Maria, aged 23 years, had boen taken seriously ill very suddenly. The doctor responded at once, and In naif an hour reported to the captain that Maria was dying of cholera. He expired a few hours later and was buried at sea. The outlook waa horrible. Half way across the Atlantic and the ship In which all must be oonftned for tan days at lsast plague ridden. The utmost secrecy was maintained aa to the cause of the first victim's death. Matteo and Veno, who were sick when they nam* on board, and who were suspected of having brought the disease with them, were isolated from the rest of the passengers and every pomible precaution taken. Three days passed and the officers began to hope, but they found that their precautions had been taken too late. On Sept 15 Antonio Baldyana, another steerage passenge, aged 38 years, was taken with an attack of nausea. All the medical aid posaible was given him, but he -died in a few hours. Before he could bo buried Jean Le Nivalin, aged 40 years, one of the sailors, rushed op to the chief officer by the bridge, and in Bgeoixlng tones said he too was stricken. He waa carried to the forecastle and died .at midnight Towards morning the burial service was read over the two victims and they were consigned together to the sea. It was no longer possible now to keep secret the dreadful news that the Reamer had cholera on board. Everybody knew it, and penned as they were on the vessel, with no possible way of getting off, their feelings were terrible. The 18th passed slowly, most of the paaaaugera aitting about with anxioua faces, tone knowing whoee turn would be next On ,be morning «t the 17th Jean Somma, another sailor, aged 30, was taken down and died. A few hours later Serafln De Lea, aged 81 years, was also reported to have the cholera. Medical attendance waa given them both, but it was of no avail. Bomma died on the 19th and De Les died on the morning of the 20th. Just as the offloers of the ship bad finished reading the burial service over De Les they were told that *«»« Veltrioged, who had been stricken down twenty hours before, was dead. Matters had reached a frightful stage. The passengers were panic stricken, and it required the utmost watchfulness on the part of the offlosn te take care of them. No time was lost after a passenger died. The body was wrapped hastily in canvas, with a weight at the feet The burial services were short, but impressive, for all felt the preasnoe of death in its most frightful shape, and tb* body was oonsigned to the sea. On the 9Sd Franceeca Matteo, who, with Veno, is supposed to have brought the dis-- ease on board, died, and on the day following Vena also died. The officers used all of the resources at their command for disinfecting . "ami fumigating. Every effort was made to shorten the passage and reach land. On the evening of the S2d four more of the steerage passengers were reported as having been taken down, and at 9:45 the rattling of the anchor ohains informed the passengers that ' the steamer had reached land. It was too late to cross the bar, too late to sand word to the quarantine authorities, and it was not Until 9 o'clock yesterday morning that tho plague ridden etoamer ran up to quarantine with the yellow flag at the fore. Dr. Smith lost no time in ordering the Steamer away from the Steten bland shora. Word was sent at once to James W. El well Co., No. 81 Broadway, to whom the -.muter was oonsigned, and they were or.,ul to send down boats to transfer the , steoogers to the quarantine This '••crk was promptly attended to. The thirty -ttak-ngers who were reported sick and the our who had been stricken down with the jbolera were taken to the hospital on Swinburne Island and will be kept there in the oioeeet confinement. The remainder of the , passengers were transferred to Hoffman Island, where tbey will be kept for observation. Tho Alssia, deserted and with the yellow flag still at her fore, lies anchored in the lower bay, and will not he allowed to come up to the city until her cargo and everything about her is thoroughly fumigated. wept and some tainted as they learned thai their relatlree ware among the dead. Considerable excitement was felt among the people on Statan Island lest a change, in the wind might carry the terrible soourg) over to the shore, but the authorities say that there is little or no cause for tsar, as every precaution is being taken to stamp out the I-*?®*. Nbw York, Sept. 24.—It was damp, rainy and uncomfortable yesterday at the Brooklyn Jockey club races. The track was heavy and attendance good. First raco, purse $500, six furlongs; Badge first, Stuyvesant second, Umpire third; time, 1:20}{. Second race, handicap sweepstakes, $750 added, mile and a quarter; Swift first, Exile second, Ten Bocker third; time, 2:16D£. Third race, purse $000, selling, six furlongs; Ford ham first, Locust second, Carrie 6. third; time, 1:20X. Fourth race, Ocoan View stakes, $1,000 added, mile and an eighth; Bessie June first, Lady Primrose second, Alario third; time, 2:07#. Fifth raco, handicap sweepstakes, $000 added, six furlongs; Pearl Jennings first, Harry Russell second, Redstone third; time, 1:20. Sixth race, purse $500, mile and a sixteenth; Haggle Mitchell first, Carlasima second, Bonnie S. third; tlmo, 1:56X. The contest then began and went through all the courts. The supreme court declared the will void, and then followed several years spent in obtaining an accounting with the Perrin estate, the executor having died. The lost snarl was unraveled yesterday, and the plucky contestant, who long since put off widow's weeds to become Mrs. Fiske, of Detroit, will come immediately into her property. To-day we are "chuck"full of Bargains, many excellent things in the way of Ladies'and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hosiery, Underwear, Knit Goods, Corsets, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Notions, Table Linens; Lace and Jute Curtains,Upholstery Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, ctc. Health Offloer Smith, In oonrermtion with a. reporter last evening Mid that the sanitary condition of the ihip «u np to the aienn and that the Alesia waa aa clean as any oi the Mediterranean steameis coming into this port with Italian steerage passengers, which at the farthest is saying but little. The disoorsry of these cases, he said, caused a sensation among ths health officials. Boports from ths cholera infected districts oI southern Europe haTS made them more cautious than usual during thj summer season. They had hoped that the worst had passed and that no cases o£,the disssse would reach this port, bnt they wars prepared for the worst THE PRESIDENT IS GRATEFUL To the Man Who Named a Family Gro- IIarrisburg, Pa., Sept 84.—Some time since Mrs. John Hostetter, of Perry counsy, gave birth to triplets—two boys and a girl. The parents decided to call them Grover, Cleveland and Frances respectively. A letter waa written to the president, to which he sent the following reply :— ver, Cleveland and Frances* Oar White Shirts are established for their excellent fit and made of standard material. The same with Percale, Flannel and Working Shirts, which for universal low prices, distance competitors fully 30 per cent. Officials of the health department did not get excited when they ware informed of the presanoe of cholera at quarantine. President Bay las said: "We do not consider that Asiatic cholera to as bad as diphtheria for this city. Cholera to a disease which can be made to yield to sanitary measures. It can be kept out of the city by quarantine regulations. If the disease actually comes to the city the board of health to in a flrstrate position to deal with it effectively. Persons found suffering from the disease would be removed promptly to the quarantine hospitals, or, if Pittsburg, Sept 24.—There was an attendance of about 2,000 at the Gentlemen's Driving park yesterday. Garrett Wilkes won in the 2:84 olass, taking three straight heals, Minnie Shoffer second, Lucy Page third; time, 2:37. In the 2:80 dass Jene H. took the first, third and fifth heats, Sparkle second, Tom D. third; time, 2:88. Mr Dub Sir: Mr. Fry, of Newport, Pa., haa informed me of the birth to you simultaneously of three children, two boys and a girl, and haa also started that you have selected Graver, Cleveland and Frances respectively for their names, In compliment to Mrs. Cleveland and myself. I have quite a number of namesakes whose parents have been good enough to make manifest In this way their friendly feeling, but K is exceptional that the opportunity is presented to show la such a marked degree the confidence and regard your action implies. Thanking you lot your courtesy and expressing the hope that you maybe permitted to see the children grow la years and strength, I am, very truly yours. The majority of the police reporters are illiterate, and are wholly incapable of rendering a verbatim report of anything, much less a speech in which much of the language used was entirely beyond their mental calibre. It is tho opinion, nevertheless, that Mr. O'Brien will be convloted, for the government stands in a peculiar position. If they fail to convict this man they will open the door to a flood of invectives which will be beyond the capacity of their machinery to deal with. It will, on the one band, provoke the fierce taunts of their enemies and their hatred for arresting a man against whom there was not enough evidence to convict, and on the other band will give loose rein to a torrent of speech the government can neither stay or mete out punishment for. The duration of the storm may be safely calculated at thirty-five hours. The wind was from the northeast, veering to northwest at the beginning, and from the southwest during the latter halt The rainfall was very heavy, being 10.40 inches. The average temperature was TO. The velocity of the wind, while it registered greater than that of the hurricane of last year, did not appear to show its force during the sudden gusts. The diameter of the .storm was much greater, and its duration waa longer than either that of 1886 or that of 1880. The fact that the bulk of tha people were better prepared for its coming, and that the weaker buildings had been swept away by the storm of last year, was the only reason for its not being more destructive. Wo carry the most complete line in this city of Ladies', Gents' and Children's Underwear. Cheapest to the best grades represented. Remember we carry no in Underwear. Only first quality ot every description, at Bock Bottom Prices. Clifton, N. J., Sept 24—The winners yesterday were Brier, Ram Lai, Amber, Loonora and Georgie C. • , Detroit, Sept 24.—There was a very light attendance at yesterday's meeting ot the Detroit Driving Club's races. The weather was extremely cold and the track slow, owing to Thursday's heavy rain. First race, 2-year-old stakes; Oil-flue first, Jac quette second, Pilot Maid third; best timo, 2:58. Second race, 2:24 class, pacing, purse •l,t)00; Chimes first, Wayne Wilkes secoad, Dr. West third; best time, Third race, 2:84 class, trotting, purse »1,000; Alcyone first, Senator second, Feetsteps third | best time, 2:24%. In the 8-year-old stake race Eminence had a walk over; time, 2:31)^. enough, North Brother Island could be turned into a cholera station. The present foroe of the department probably would be sufficient to deal with an ordinary cholera epldemfc) but if the board of health waa obliged to proclaim an epidemic we would have an additional $60,000 available right away for getting more help. There to no reason at present to fear that cholera will come to the city." ions there were not ample Oaovxa Cleveland. Dunham Not an Aaeeaaory. In Jane last we contracted for 100 doa. Gents' Woolen Socks. We received this lot Wednesday and will offer them to the trade this week, 2 pairs for 25 cents. This is a lower price than we could buy the goods to-day at wholesale. Lewiston, Me., Sept SI—In August Abner Seariee, of Rangley, was oommitted to Auburn jail charged with attempting to poison a family in Rangley, reports of which have previously been published. He claimed that one Dunham hired him for $3 to do the deed. In an interview yesterday be retracted the story, and said that Loohlin, with whom Dunham's divorced wife lived, hired him to sprinkle parto green, thinking it would be discovered and fixed on Dunbam, who would thus be got out of the way. He did not intend to poison any one. The presence of the troops and poliee at Mitchellstown precluded the possibility of a row, and, beyond a popular outburst of enthusiasm, there was no sign of a disturbance. Mr. O'Brien was the recipient of an abundance of flowers and was treated with loving attention by the people, whose hero he now to. Intense curiosity to exoited among the Tories over the departure to America of Michael Davitt Some accuse him of cowardice in attempting to esoape the consequences of his recent speech at Mallow, while others assert that the Nationalist funds are low and that Mr. Davitt has gone to recruit them. Washington, Sept Si—Dr. Hamilton, surgeon general of the marine hospital service, said last night that the arrival of a single ship at New York Infected with Asiatic cnolera need not give occasion for alarm. In his judgment the health officer at New York will be able to handle the cases at Quarantine without difficulty. The damage in the country, outside of the two cities, to incalculable. Countless head ot cattle and sheep have been lost, and the crops of cotton, earn and sugar cane are completely dostroyed. One ranober on a small place calculates his loss in cotton alone at $20,000, and many other* are equally heavy losers. The total of tha loss as. will be far beyond $1,000,000. In Brownsville the chief sufferers wera among the poor. Between sixty and eighty jacals, or cheaper class of dwellings, have been blown down, and fully 800 have been partially unroofed and rendered uninhabitable. Almost all of the better class of houses leaked. Mr. Raphael's fine residence and costly furniture were badly damaged and many others suffered similarly. Large numbers of fenoes were blown down, and shade trees were scattered in fragments or overturned. A barge and steam launch at the terry landing-were sunk. The boats of the ferry company were saved with great difficulty.Louibviixb, Ky., Sept 24.—Yesterday's events: First race, half a mile; Qolightly first, Ramble second, Flitter third; time, 0:52X- Second race, mile and a sixteenth; Fosteral first Kirkland second, Lewis Clark third; time, 1:52%. Third race, three-quarters of a mile; Valuable first, Poteen second, Catalpa third; time, 1:15. Fourth rooe; Bertha first, Patton second, Kentucky Ban third; time, 1:40. Fifth race, seven-eighths of a mile; Walker first, Hopedale second, Chance third; time, 1:33. We have never shown as complete a Hue of Mens' and Boys' Hats. Soft Hats of every description. Our $1.40 Qent's Black Derby is a beauty. Quality guaranteed and worth $2.00,of any body's money. 50 Dozen Boys' Hats, 25 cents each. Remember we are headquarters for anything in our line. Honorable dealing guaranteed. Having but "Strictly One Price" and all goods marked In plain figures; you need not hesitate to becomo one of our customers- Coosa t Uluux's Trade Palaoe. Orders have been sent by the marine hoepital service to the national quarantine stations at Cape Charles and Delaware Breakwater to detain any vessels coming from Italy, and to report the same to tho bureau. Chicago, Sept 84.—Mr*. A. R Parsons, the wife of the oondemned Anarchist, was arrested yesterday afternoon for circulating her husband's "Appeal to the American People." She waa released from durance vile after a detention of about an hour. Business Manager Bielefeld, of The Aubeiter Zeitung, giving security for her appearance for trial. Mrs. Parsons says she believes that she has a right to do all she can to help her husband when he to condemned to death. Mrs. Parsons Under Arrest. Charleston, 8. C., Sept 24.—Two brick masons, while working in an old well located under the Bank of Charleston, found a large quantity of solid silverware, which had evidently been buried there during the war. Tbe silver to much damaged, and a considerable part has been sent north to be melted up. Burled 8ilverware Found. THE COKE WORKERS. By Fore* of Arms, U Necessary. A Conference Which May Settle Existing New York, Sept 24.—At a meeting of the Progressive Labor party last night it waa resolved to support all measures (or the roleaae of the Chicago Anarchists, and to rescue them by force of arms if necessary. Difficulties. Pittsburg, Sept 24.—The most effective stops yet taken towards a solution of the coke difficulties are now in progress between the representatives of tha general executive board, Knights of Labor, and the coke operators. A. A. Carleton, one of the board, wbo disapproved of the last strike, arrived in this city yesterday afternoon, and immediately prooeeded to John Jarrett's offioe, where, with Hon. John R. Byrne/the situation was thoroughly canvassed. Mr. Carleton next visited the different coke operators, with th# result that a conference was agreed upon to take place in the early part of next week, probably in Philadelphia. The operators are very much pleased, and say that with parties upon whom a pledge to binding no difficulty can be had in reaching a conclusion. The Reading Road to Be Bold. JSfThe Trenton Trunk Works have consigned to us, a fnll assortment of their celebrated Trunks and Satchels. If jou desire to purchase one of the Best made Trunks in the United States, at Factory Price, call on us at once. Celebrating Bismarck's Premiership. The Archbishop of New Orleans Dead. New Orleans, Sept 24.—Most Rev. F. X. Li Ray, archbishop of New Orleans, died in France yeeterday, whither he went three months ago in obedlenoe to orders from tbe pope. He was very ill when he left this city, and had no hope of returning. He was 02 years old, and became archbishop in 1881. Philadelphia, Sept. SI—The Reading reorganisation trustee* met yesterday and it ia understood decided to seA the railroad property under foreclosure of the general mortgage next month. Berlin, Sept 84L—Fredriohsruhe was the scene of much festivity yesterday on tha oooasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Prince Bismarck's accession to the premiership. Princes Frederick Wilhelm and Heinrich, sons of the Crown Prince Friedrlch Wilhelm, and Count Herbert Bismarck attended the celebration. The depot was crowded on their arrival. Tha place was gaily deoorated and there was much enthusiasm shown over tbe event There to great suffering among tha poor, many of whom are without resources. Sheriff Brito has succored many families, but it to still possible to aid only a portion of those in need. Tbe river to very high and overflowing its banks. During the hurricane parties entered the house of Prtocilian Seamora, at tbe end of the town, and stole a trunk containing $400 in Mexican coin and some currency. Death of a Leading Republican. York's Centennial. Sunbuby, Pa., Sept. 24.—Col. Amos B. Knapp, a leading Republican politician, died Thursday night at his residence, about a mile from Northumberland, agad 78 yean. York, Pa., Sept 24.—There were many thousand strangers present yesterday to witness tho centennial celebration of the city. There were parades, reviewed by Governor Beaver, and speeches by prominent visitors. Last night there were brilliant fireworks. To-day the literary exercises take place. COONS & ULLMAN'S. MUSIC HALL. OIT3B WEEK, In Mat&moras the narrow streets during the storm were from ankle to nearly hip deep. Even in the more central parts of the town the streets are all encumbered with debris. In tbe city about a dosen houses of the better olass and fully ISO or 200 jacals wcro prostrated, while from 400 to GOO were unrooted or shattered. Tbe brick bouse on tbe main plaaa, opposite the custom bouse, to a mass of ruins. The De Arieros house to down. The public buildings and stores and the better class of dwellings leaked like sieves and are all afloat They Wank to Be Russians. The opinion of the workmen to that the operators will now concede something bettor than the scale which was rejected so promptly a few days ago. The Amalgamated association seems to be entirely Ignored in the conference. Lebanon, Pa., Sept 24.—When William Showers' confession of the murder of his two grandchildren was being read in court yesterday Showers' housekeeper, Elisabeth Seargeant, who is accused in the confession of having held the light while the murders were committed, rose from her seat in the court room and shouted: "That's a darned liel" She was removed to jail. She claims that she can prove an alibi. Showers pleaded guilty and was remanded. Murderer Showers Pleads Guilty. St. Pztxksburo, Sept 24.—Two thousand Austrian subjects hare applied to the Russian government to be made naturalised Russians, COMMENCING Monday, Sept. 26th 1887. Emigration Statistics. Washington, Sept 84.—The arrival of emigrants to this country during August past were 37,808, against 33,860 in August, '88. Germany furnished the largest number, 7,991; England and Wales sent 7,062; Ireland, 5,169, Sweden and Norway, 5,528; Russia, 2,058; Sootland, 1,802; and Italy, 1,157. Ex-Mftalster Washbnrne's Condition. Chicago, Sept 24—'There is no change in the condition of Hon. E. B. Wosliburne. Very little hope is entertained of his recovery. First appearance In this cl y of the popular young actress. San Francisco, Sept 84.—There was an imposing parade of Chinese reaidants yesterday in honor of a great idol known as "Tan Wong," lately brought from China. Tbe demonstration was confined to the Chinees quarter, but was a magnificent affair, oriental costumes, weapons and banners having been expressly imported for the oocasion. A gang of gong beaters preceded the idol, and behind them were a body of cannoneers, who kept up a fusilad# of firecrackers. "Tan Wong" was borne aloft on the ahoulders of twelve yellow clad devotees. Following these was an artificial dragon 175 feet long, supported by 60 worshipers. The' dragon seemed alive, and its writhings and mouthing! were regarded with admiring awe by tbe crowd. In Honor of "Tan Wong." ULLIE AKERSTROM, New Bkdvobd, Mass., Sept. 24.—The schools will be reopened Monday, diptheriu having become less prevalent The Sehools Reopened. The unfortunate lagopn district south of tbe Plaza del Capilla to inundated. A large portion of the houses have fallen. The water waa from knee to waist deep, from 18 o'clock Tuesday nlgbt to noon Thursday. Troops were ordered out by Brig. Gen. Vela, and many citiaens, prominent among whom were Dr. Barregan, Octaviano Reyna, Mayor Torres and others, engaged in saving tha inhabitants and their effects. Women and girls were crouched on beds in scanty attire. They weVe obliged to euter the dark waters and face tbe driving gusts of wind and rain until conveyed 300 or 400 fartls to a place of safety. The force of tha wind precluded the use of carriages in taking them out Lively Eviction Proceedings. Deatk of Mai' O. G. Sympson. And a good dramatic company und»r the management of fraiTkobarvat. Dublin, Sept 24.— An agent of Col. Bopping attempted tbe eviction of a family from a hovel on tbe oolonel's estate at Donegal yesterday. At the first approach the evictors ware scalded by hot tea thrown by a woman inside tbe house. The polioe made a charge on tbe hut, amid the yelling and groaning of tbe crowd that had gathered. Before the evictors left they leveled to tbe ground several houses in the vicinity. Washington, Sept 24.—Maj. C. C. Sympson, of Illinois, for the past twenty-five or more years a dark in the office of the secretary of the senate, and latterly officiating as the official messenger of that body to tbe house of representatives, died here suddenly yesterday, of apoplexy. Weather Indications. MONDAY Annette the Dancing Olrl -TITTn iTi A «T Dka ritmnl. TWIIKV- ' For Sunday, in tyaw Jersey, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and Now England, iligbtly colder and lair, poasiUy prooeded by froata. .v.Cwa x .t«.iMCM.auubvwi IUD uD«. ttcoah the Oypmr'a Daughter WEDNESDAY .NuuiMab the Indian'* Wife TIIUH8"AY Fauchon the Crickot FHIDAY.... ..Yjoifcthe Btreet Sinner SATURDAY MATINEE rSnchon the Cricket SAT UK DAY MQHT.. -~*.The Pearl of Httvoy Grand Souvenir Matinee Satur- TRADE BULLETIN. Traffic Prevented by Bain. Mew York Money and Produce Market Quotations. day at a p.m. Galveston, Sept 24.—A Laredo special says that a reraarifcibly heavy fall of rain has washed away half a mile of track of the Mexican National railway, between Salido river and Lampasas, and also caused tbe loss of several bridges. Traffic will be suspended for some time. Nbw York, Sept St.— Money closed ats percent.. Uie blgheet rate. The lowest way 4 Kxchange closed steady; posted rate*, ItWKaJ.Si; actual rates, (or sixty days and $4.8444.8414 (or demand. Governments closed steady; currency 0s, HI bid; 4s, coup., 1C4J£ do.,Ci08J4 bid. Kti ry lady and girl holding a reserved seat ticket will recelveahandcome cabinet photographof Miss Akeretrom. New York, Sept 24.—The business failures occurring throughout tbe oountry during the last seven days, as reported to R G. Dun A Co., number for the United States 156, and for Canada 27, or a total of 1$3, as compared with a total of 188 last week, and 174 the week previous to tho last For the ootraspooding week of 1886 there were 187 failures—being M5 in the United States and 88 in Canada. i Business Failures. Poison in the Meat. PRICES, io, 10 and 30 cts. Reserved aflat* on tale at Music Hall Book Store, FrfcUjt Bfi. 28, at 9 a. ro.  Detroit, Sept 84.—Suspicion having gained ground that Edward Spencer, proprietor of tbe Spenoer house, Mich., who died suddenly on Wednesday, had been poisoned, caused Dr. Brodle, the attending physician, to investigate. He procured pieces of the cooked and uncooked meat which Spencer had eaten and brought them to Dr. J. E. Clark, of this city, for chemical analysis. Dr. Clark completed the analysis yeaterday, and reports that he found no poison of any nature in the uncooked meat In tho cooked meat, however, he found large quantities of arsenic. The other members of tha house who were also afflicted are recovering. The public school buildings are full of refugees, and the authorities are doing all in their power for them. Among the merchants goods have been generally damaged by water. Tbe suffering in the town and oountry to generally severe. At the railroad station several sheds were blown down and tbe line was reported inundated at several points. At Arrleroe park considerable damage was done, as well as at the cemeteries. The stock market was moderately active this morning. During the first forty minute* of bus iness prices were firm and advanced % to % per cent., and in a majority of cases the advance was further Increased fractionally before 11 o'clock The market was not so active in the afternoon, dealings were without feature of interest The tone of speculation was weak and prices generally declined to the close, when the bottom figures were current in most cases Chicago t*iul Alton and Adams Express were the weakest stocks. The former declined 4 per cent auu Me latter ft. The decline In the rest of the *t*Dcktf ranged from U tol per cent. There were a few exceptions to the general weakness, the most prominent of which were Manitoba and Long |[ilanH. Commlaaloner Piatt Appeals. TIE NOTICE! Albany, Sept 24.—Quarantine Commissioner Thomas C. Piatt yesterday filed a notice of appeal from the decision of Judge Iugalto refusing to grant the application for a change of venue in the action brought against him by the attorney general. Mb Stlvania, O., Bept 84-—A boy of 14 years, named Godfrdy Anderson, while handling a loaded shotgun accidentally let the hammer fall and exploded tha cartridge. Tbe entire charge took eScct in tbe brain of his 11-year-old sister Maggie, who was playing with her doll, killing her instantly. The boy baa been in oonvuIMona since tbe fatal accident, and to not expected to rooover. Accidentally Killed His Sister. From Poverty to Affluence. I will take five or six more pri- Washington, Sept 81—Merchandise exports from the United States during August past were valued at $05,486,083, against $51,183,706 in August, 1880. Exports of gold and silver coin afcd bullion during August aggregated $2,299,733; of thia sum $2,057,772 was silver and $241,961 gold. Imports of gold and silver coin and bullion aggregated during the month $5,978,776 gold and $1,717,737 silver, or a total of $7,096,513. Excess of imports over exports, $5,396,780. Merchandise imports during August past were valued at $65,736,153, against $58,675, 786 during August, 1886. Exports and Imports. London, Sept 24.—A poor widow named Bowker, residing at Blackburn, Lancastershire, has suddenly been mado rich by inheriting £80,000. Tbe money was left her by her son, who was a chemist and dealer in oil in Philadelphia. vate scholars in Penmanship. H Fifty Families Homeless. Please give me your names at Gravenhukbt, Ont, Sept 84.—There were eighty buildings destroyed by fire Thursday night, fifty of them being placee of business. No lives were lost Fifty famlliaa are homeleas and without food. Slime provisions were received yesterday from surrounding villages, but they have been exhausted and the aituation to deplorable. The loss will amount to $200,000, and the insurance to trifling. General Markets. once. I will make a good writer CONDENSED NEWS. Naw Yoax, Sept. tS.—FLOUR—Clowd steady at unchanged prices; winter wheat extra, (33 4.00; Minnesota da, $3® 4.09; city mlU extra, $4.10Ca4.S0; Ohio extra, $3444.83. Southurii flour dull; common to choioe extra, $3.3U ©4.90. WHEAT—Options were fairly active and prices Irregular, closing at a slight decline. Spot lots steady at yesterday's figures. Spot sales of No. 1 red state at 8tc.; No. D1 do., tsifcic.; No D red winter, 8)a; ungraded red, 70a»Sc.i No. * red winter, Oct., BOauO^c.; do.. Not., SiH®8IJ4c.; do., Dec.. »•■!%©8.1 1510c. CORN—Options were dull and weak, closing about steady at a slight decline. Spot lots closed steady and unchanged. Spot sales of No. » mixed at BlMc.; ungraded, SlQMMc.; No. * mixed, Oct., 41) 15-lt!c.; do.. No*., 50D*o. New York, Bept 81 — The executive board of the United Brass Workers' unions directed all the workman In the chandelier factoriea in New York and Brooklyn to quit work at noon to-day, lit order to enforce the Saturday half holiday, which the chandelier There May be a Lockout. Tbe Anti-Monopoly league of New York state resolved to support the Democratic ticket thia fall of you in ia lessons or I ask for Several cases of smallpox cause alarm among the inhabitants of Stapleton, S. L no pay. Prof. G. W. Milkman, Two Charleeton Homlcldea. manufacturers refuse to allow. This may lead to a lookout of the mau on Monday. They number between 1,000 and 4,000. - «. At McKeeeport, Pa., Thomas McKenna,67 years old, murdered hie wife by striking bar on the head with an ax, after which be plunged a knife in heart Charleston, a43., Sept 84.—George H. McFadden waa (hot and mortally wounded by a policeman yesterday morning. Tbe policeman mistook him for a burglar. Peter Richardson, a negro cart driver, ahot and killed a negro named Charles Rivers in the afternoon. He claims tbe shooting was uniuteutionai.A French Uflilatw Arreeted. Paris, Sept. 24.—Dr. Caitelnau, a prominent radical Extremist member of the chamber of deputies, haa been arrested as an accomplice to Decherer, a German, who has swindled a number of English life insurance companies out of £14,500. Decherer procured a body, which Dr. Caitelnau certified was that of Decherer. Tbe latter'a miatrwaa secured the money from tbe companies decamped to America, accompanied by Decherer. Allen Meyers, a ranchman near Bozeman, M. T., accidentally killed bis 10-year-old daughter while handling a rifle. A younger daughter was seriously injured. PITTSTON, PA. Haverhill, Mass., Sept 84.—J. H. Abbott, a widower about 50 years old, shot and killed bis daughter, Mrs. Mamie Cummlngs, agad 88, laat evening, and then ahot hlmaelf dead. Abbott had bean drinking heavily of late. He lived with hia daughter'a family. Mrs- Cummlngs' husband waa away from homo at the time of the murder. No cause for the tragedy ia known. Harder .aad Suicide. P. O. Box X134. FOR SALE. By a cyclone in Texas Wednesday night hundreds of bouses wero damaged and many totally destroyed. There were no fatalities. OATS—Options dun and irregular, closing at a slight advance. Spot lots closed dull. Spot sales of No. 1 white state at 37®89c.; No. * do., WttOUc.; No, 1 mixed, Nov., iuDtc.; do.. May. 35%c. LARD—Closed quiet, but llrmi cash. $0.7/K; Sept.. $C1.M; Oct., $6.09. BUTTER—Dull, state, l«O«40.; western, 1» Ot4c. CHEESE—Quiet, state, llMOl'kto-; western, »K©lio. Bnoklen'a Arnio. Salve. Pallidona, the Bridgeport (Conn.) murderer, will be banged Oct 5, 1888. The Best Salve tha world for Outs Bruises, Bores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively curea Pilee, or no pay required. It to guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Prioe M oents nor box. For sale by A. B. Woodward. William 8. Throckmorton, of Freehold, B. J., announces that he to not a candidate for state senator. 1 ten ton wagon scale, doodle Loam In perfect order. Arranging for the Baeas. 1 Ames Contractor's B. R. plow. 1 set four abreast connected doubletrees. New York, Sept 24.—A me*ting of the American cap committee nD held yesterday to make final arrangement* (or next week's races. The owasrs of the Volunteer and Thistle ware feewd by as well as other leading yachtsmen. Commodore Gerry, of the New York Yacht dub, assured the reporters that the report of a protest being entered against the Thistle on account of ber length VMuntrn* Washington, S-Dpt. 24.—Cotuul Jernigan, In a report to tbo state dnjjartiuoot, say* that the construction of tlurty-four railroads has been begun in Japan within tho past six months, twenty-one of which involve an expenditure of (48,000,0001 All the roods iu operation and those in contemplation are in the hands of foreigners, none of whom, however, are American*. ItailroKd* In Japan. The defense of Daniel EL Lyons for tbe murder of Athlete Quinn, at New York, wija cloeed, and the case givon to tbe jury to-day. EGOS—Firm; state, lVKOSOe.; western. It «19*c. SUGAR—Raw dull; M test centrifugal, 6-)$p ReBned dull and easy; cut loaf an I crudieC 6Xtt«Kc.; cubes, • 5-l«e.; powdered. , •ftc.; granulated. 0){u.; coufectloueiV A. u l-..c coffee A, standard, S-Jfc.: coffee oft A, 4H* 6.08c,; white extra C, SKo.; extra C, &J4® »Hc.; a,ex«.; j»uo*, Cmso. Railroad wheelbarrows. 1* 41. steel bowl, wheel scrapers, ptcka, shovels, bars, store hammers, levels, etc , etc. Been used but sixty days. Can be seen on works at Plttetoa Water Go's, new reservoir near Hamtown, FiUston, Pa, : jUiqulre of IMC »T CHAPMAN, Bupt, Tbe criminal courts of Philadelphia an unable to keep pace with tbe accumulation of iudictmenta. Catarrh cared, health and sweet breath M. cured, by BhUoh'a Catarrh Remedy. Price 60 centa. Nasal injector bee. Sold by J- K. Fleming. Gen. Pry or and Capt. Black are ooufldeut that a writ ot error will be granted in the Anarchist cfcte.