Evening Gazette

              r ~ " " ' ' * * * * f ' ' '* " '' mmf: V|| ft ITVmBEB 1616. I Weeklr EtlaUllhcd 1830. | PIXTSTON, PA , WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1887. J TWO CENTS j Ten Vent* m Wwfc KILLED WHILE SLEEPING. MRS. JAME8 BROWN POTTER. THE STORY OF A WRECK, PROBABLY MURDERED AND ROBBED. i:(0PEAN HAPPENINGS. OUR UNWELCOME ITALIAN VISITOR. flcoAnt Valley. The Mysterious Death of Farmer Pearcc, W. H. KiDlner and A. B. Porter, of WyaliiSing, were visitors to this place faiurdsy. Manager Miner Confident That HJw Star will l»e a "Great Go." A3 TOLD BY THE ONLY SURVIVCT OF THE 8TEAMER VERNON. of Mount Holly, N. J. EDITOR O'BRIEN'S IMPRISONMENT RESULT FATALLY? era Patients in Mew York Harbor Uowtlibctoiy Statements Hoarding Cliol- A ST. LOUIS GROCERY WRECKED BY A GAS EXPLOSION. NV.w YoitK, Nov. A—At tlio Fifth Aveiiu? I.t 'H'u Hurry Miner's fnco was beaming t)«Ii smiles yesterday as he looked ot the line of men at the box office waiting to purchase so;11s iu advance. He was surrounded by a number of theatrical managers, among Mount Holly, N. J., Nov. 2.—The death of Jumea D. Pearce, a well known farmer of Mount Holly, under circumstances thut point very strongly to the thecrf that he was robbed and murdered, has excited almost as much interest as the sensational Kite Anderson murder, and bids fair to bafflo the skill of the detectives at work on the case. The home of the dead farmer, whoso funeral took place yesterday, is just on the edge of Mount Holly. New Yohk, Nov. 2.—Judging Irom tho atest developments in the oase ol the cholera jatients at quarantine, it is evident that Health Officer Smith and the commissioners of quarantine are not keeping the public informed of the true state of affairs at the station. Dr. Smith's bulletins come regularly snough, but they are not satisfactory. Monday night Dr. Smith bulletined that all the Alesla's passengers were well, with the exception of two or three who were suffering with intestinal catarrh. The doctor also un■lounced that two children had been removed from the Britannic, both suffering with measles. A reporter was given to understand last night that the reported cases of measles were cholera; that they had died late on Monday night and were buried yesterday morning. An assistant of Dr. Smith at quarantine, when questioned as to the truth of the rumor, said: "Yes, it's true;" and added after a moment's hesitation, "I might as well tell you that we have no casos of measles down here. We have nothing but cholera." Dr. Smith's bulletin for tho day contained no reference to the two patients who had died, bat it did say that live more cases of measles had been removed from the Britannic to the hospital. One woman was reported dead from pneumonia, and Raffaelo Navanani was reported removed the Britannio, suffering from consumption and gastric Irritation. Rev. Mr. Kendall, of Pleasant Mount, occupied the pulpit of the Langcllff Presbyterian Church Sunday morning, and in the Moosi j Church in the evening. I Terrific Galo Throughout England, .D !l!» Kany Reports of Disasters to Shipping—Reported Loss of a Bark, with Five Members or One Family Killed Outright and Two Fatally Injured—The Remarkable Escape of Miss Hattle Bryant from the Knlns. Awakened In the Middle cf the Niirlit by the Cries of the Passenger* itnd Crew—On a Life Baft for Sixty liouvj. Minn Maggie Renniman, of Scramon, r p"i e Sunday with her parents onSoyth Main stun. whom were Jehu Stetson and Augustus I'Kou. "I am convinced that Mrs. Potter will Lie a great go," said .Mr. Miner, "and at the conclusion of the engagement here we will go to Brooklyn for a week, and from there to Boston." Helpless from Hanger and Exposure. ElAhteeu Persons. F. H. Snyder, of this place, has received th-t appointment as special agent for the Koyslori Fratcnal Accidental Association, of Wyalutinp, Pa Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Nov. a—Up to the arrival of the schooner Pomeroy, from Chicago, which passed through thD bay yesterday, it was supposed that not a single survivor was left of the forty or fifty peo|lj on board the propeller Vernon, which \vi nt down off Sheboygan early last Saturday morning. It is now known, however, that at least one man lives to tell the tale of that terrible night on Lake Michigan. Londow, Nov. 3.—Mr. William O'Brien', friends among the English press seem perplexed to account for hi? attempt to escapr from court afier al' lis ' 1 to ' by uefault. '!D explanation { ' is that he meai evade service of warrant, live life of an ou and make fpae as chance off This story, h over, comes fro hostile source. ministerial pi seem to admit Mr. O'Brien tec cally had the rlt to leave the court so long aa the war- ' . „ rant of committal w.ixiam o'brikn. was not made onV The Liberal journal! consider this one more instance of law breaking by the authorities. One paper remarks that Capt Stokes ought himself to be in jaiL. The Freeman's Journal suggests that the government calculate that Mr. O'Brien, being in delicate health, may die in his dungeon during his three months' imprisonment.St. Louis, Nov, 8.—A terrific explosion early yesterday morning startled the residents in the neighborhood of No. 7 South Fourteenth street. The brick grocery store at that number tottered and fell with a crash and a reverberating roar, and eight members of three families living in the upper stories passed from deep slumber into the sleep of death probably without an awakening. Four persons in the building, who finally escaped, suffered frightful experiences In the ruins and were Severely burned and bruised. The grocery was run by Michael Newman. Of bis family of seven persons five were killed outright, including himself. Two of his children were so severely hurt that they cannot live. All this frightful slaughter and wreck is supposed to have been caused by an explosion of gasoline kept in the grocery, although some attri' ute it to leaking gas. On Saturday Inst he left home sayiQg he was going to Philadelphia to collect some money due him from two or three commissions mercbahts to whom he had been consigning his produce during the summer. At liie some time he dispatched his eldest son to Philadelphia with a load of hay} telling him to tako it to Camden, and there await his arrival on the train. The youth did as he was bid, and found his father waiting for him hi "teumben when he reached there in the afternoon. The hay was then sold, and Mr. Pearce told his son he might go home on the train, which he did. r aUowiog . appei j go John T. Mullen, shipping clerk at Central Breaker, was vieitiog friends in Scrantoi ou Sunday. In nu interview yesterday Mrs. Potter expressed deep gratitude for the kindly reception given her on hor first appearance here. Mrs. Potter's favorite play is "Loyal Love," which will be produced shortly, to be followed liy "The Lady of Lyons." Misses Maggie Brennan, Nellie Callahan and Annie Quinn called on Scranton friends Saturday. Mrs. G. 0 Lewis and daughter, of Bradford, are visiting her mother, Mrs. M A. F1 ok. The Pomeroy has on board the only survivor, so far as is now known, of that awful disaster. The name of the man who has thus been rescued from death, after ho had given up all hope of erer again setting foot upon dry land, Is Alfred Stone, of Chicago, one of the Vernob'a crew. He had been in the water sixty hours, exposed to a bitter, piercing wind and without anything to eat. When the Pomeroy discovered him on a raft last night, about eight miles from Sheboygan (it was a clear moonlight night), Stone was so cold as to be almost helpless, and very weak from hunger. Stone was able to make a brief statement of the never to be forgotten night. THOSE CONNECTICUT BURGLARS. James McMillan and William Anderson spent Sunday iu Nanticoke. The Gang StUI Working the Smaller Towns, bat Securing Little Plunder. It is rumored that the Lehijh Co&l and Navigation Co. have leased all the coal under the New York and Pittston Coal Co.'s property. Watkrbory, Conn., Nov. 2.—This part of Connecticut is about onoe a year visited by depot and postofflce burglars. It was supposed when Postmaster Clark, of Birm uzham, broke up a gang that thieving of ilil-t character was ended hereabouts, but recent developments show that there is more work for him or some one else equally capable to do. Recently the store at Union City, which also does service as a p.wtofflce, was robbed in the night List week burglars robbed Ford's store, in Waterville, and would have made a big haul in the postofflce in the store had they been able to lay bands on valuables. It was beii-ve l that the arrest of the gang was then |ica-ible, and developments have been awaited, but evidently the thieves are still unknown, as on Monday night they appeared in Thomaston, noted for its clock manufactories, and broke into the postofflce, but were able only to secure a small amount in postage stamps. They then foroed an entrance to the Naugatuok railroad depot and drilled the safe open, but only secured #5.60. They then left town by means of a horse and wagon, stolen from John Warner's stable, and later found abandoned in this city. The gang are believed to be skilled cracksmen, and every effort is being made to capture them. Mr. Pearoe then collected the moneys due liiin, amounting to about $600, together with the sum received from the sale of the hay, and jumping into his wagon Started his teimi off for home by way of the turnpike leading; through Mercbantvillo and Mooreetown. This was the last seen of him alive, and then he seemed to he in his usual health and conversed good humoredly with some acquaintances. The Spring Brook Water Co. expect to »oon commence lsvlng water pipes over to the west aide of the borough. The Delaware & Huson Company are laying a new sidewalk along their property on Miin street. The list of the dead is as follows: Mm Agnes Beasley, Charles Devere, Mrs. Charles liovere, Michael Newman, 52 years; Mrs. Annie Newman, 40 years; John Newman, 10 years; Eddie Newman, 13 years; Kate Newman, 11 years. The property owners on the west side liavo served an injunction on the lax collector to restrain him from collection water tax. The case will be argued at Wilkea-Barre to day. The commissioners have secured the packet ship Washington for the removal of the Alesia's passengers from the island. It is said that the commissioners were endeavoring to place the expense of hiring the Washington upon the owners of the Alesia, but the latter refused, asserting that under the quarantine laws a. hospital ship should be in attendance at the island. Yesterday afternoon Commissioner Nicholls left for Washington to confer with Secretary Fairchlld as to the disposition of the cholera-infected ships. . "I was awakened in the middle of the light," he says, "by the cries of the passon;ers and crew that the vessel was sinking. I prang out of the window and found myself m a life raft with six other persons. I canlot say now who my companions were. Part Df them were members of the crew and part were passengers. It seemed only a moment before the vessel had gone down, and I believe that all but a few of those on beard went down with her. I do not know just how many people were aboard at the time, but the number could not have been far from fifty. We passed an awful night. I think I never saw such a sea as that which tossed our little raft at its mercy. When daylight came we hoisted a signal of distress, using a coat tied to an oar. Two vessels passed so near us on Saturday that they must have seen our signal, yet for some reason they apparently made no effort to reach us. The storm still raged, and it may be that they had all they could do to save themselvee. One after another, of my companions perished in the cold or were washed off the raft when they became too numb with the cold to bold on any longer. Wo never saw any others from the sunken steamer, and I don't believe that any others survived. The vessel went down so suddenly that the crew hadn't time to man the boats." After leaving Camden all trace of him was lost until his team brought up at Mount Holly, with his dead body in the bottom of tha vehicle. Only a few pennies were found on his person, aud his face was considerably bruised. The wounded are: Miss Hattte Bryant, of Columbus, Ky.; Charles Eifferd, Mamie Newman, 18 years; Nellie Newman, IS years. Wyoming Note* Kfferd's injuries are only slight bruises and scratches. Mamie Newman cannot live, but Nellie may possibly recover. Six other persons who lived in the building were ■lightly bruised. The sewer has been renewed and is now completed as far as Laycock't Hotel. Kiss Fanny Shoemaker is home from her visit at Elmira. London, Nov. 2.—A terrific gale prevailed throughout England yesterday, sub.-id:ng only late In the afternoon. Telegraph wires have been broken, chimneys blown down and trees uprooted. The gale exi ended around the coast of the United Kingdom, and was accompanied by rain. Reports of the stranding of vessels are being constantly received, and on Immense amount of damage has been done. At Falmouth a number of vessels hare been driven ashore Among them is the Danish brig Thusnelde, Capt. Gristrup, from Rio Grande Sept 4, which is submerged. The captain and one seaman are missing. Seven vessels were wrecked at Cardiff, and, many wrecks are reported from other places. A Terrific Gale. THEY REFUSE TO ASK FOR MERCY. Tbs itore was on the corner of the alley running through from Fourteenth to Targe* street, and was the north room of the building covering No*. 7, 0 and 11 South Fourteenth street. The building, a two-story brick, was completed but a short time ago, and only one storeroom was occupied. All of the upstairs portion waa occupied as a tenement. Ur. Newman and his family of seven lived directly over the store. The force of the explosion was terrifio. The entire block of buildings north of and {across the alley from the building in which the explosion took place waa gutted by the blast The Newman block, crushed in, was covered by the roof, which had settled down upon the ruins and formed • barrier through whloh the rentier* had to cut their way. Beams and walls impeded progress, and threatening walls on either side overhung ready to crush the gallant men who pressed to the spot where calls for help directed them. The roof was soon removed, and in the debris were revealed the mangled forms of Llngg, Fischer and Engel Write Open Dr. J. N. Warner and wife, of Wilkes-Barrc, called at the pareDtsl home of the latter, Johu 11. Stark's, yesterday. Chicago, Nov. tl.—Louis Lingg, Adolph Fischer an i George Engel, three of the condemned Anarchism, have written open letters to Governor Oglesby, protesting against a commutation of their sentence and demanding, as Parsons has done, "either liberty or death." Engel says: "I am not aware of having violated any law of this country. In my firm belief in the constitution which the founders of this republic bequeathed to this people, and which remains unaltered, I have exercised the right of free speech, and have criticised the existing condition of society and succored my fellow citizens with ray udvice, which I regard as the right of every honest citiien. The powers that be may murder me, but they cannot legally puuish me." Letter* to Governor Oglesby. The Western Napoleon of Flnaneo. Ira Tripp and wife are making an extendel visit at the old homestead. Dayton, O., Nov. 2.—E. L. Harper, of Fidelity bank fame, who has been confined in jail here all summer In default of 9200,000 bail, was last night taken to Cincinnati to be kept In jail there for more convenient conference with his attorneys until Nov. 29, the day sec for his trial During Harper's confinement here he had his table supplied and a comfortable bedroom furnished as at home. He remunerated the Sheriff for extra expense and trouble, and also for the salary of the deputy sheriff whose duty it was to guard him.  R. S. Myers is moving his stationary article* eta to the apartment in the Hutchins' building, formerly used by Mrs. Richmond, in conducting the millinery business. Rev. Alexander Waddell, of Philadelphia who has been trial minister at the Presbyterian church for some three weeks, it is expected will soon aoceptacallaspermanejtmiaistur of that church. A LOUISIANA CHURCH RIOT. Two Men Killed In m Quarrel Over the New Orleans, Nov. 2.—A fatal affray at a negro church is reported from West Feliciana parish. Following a custom in vogue among plantation negroes in portions of the m uth, two members of the congregation exchanged wives two years ago. The bargain tli.-l not prove satisfactory, and quarrels arose among the members of the much mixed families, which gradually involved nearly the entire congregation. Exchange of Wives. A dock and dam at Arbrossan were washed away, as was also the railway embankment at Holyhead. A score of vessels in the Mersey broke from their moorings and drifted broadside on up the river. There was one serious collision. Charles King received quite serious iujuiru at the Maltby mines last week. D- T. Yost and family, of Hazleton, moved to our town last week. Mr. Yost is Btaiiou agent at the L. V. depot. Pittsburg, Nov. 8.—John R. Glonlger, vice preddent of the City Insurance company, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon at a street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad near his residence at Swissvale. Mr. Qloniger was widely known In insurance circles. Death at a Crossing Linng says he "called upon the oppressed masses to oppose the force of their oppressors with force, in order to attain a dignified and manly existence by securing the full returns of their labor. This, and only this, is the 'crime' proved against me." Procure tickets at the Post Office for tho lecture by M»l. Hilton, of Washington, D. 0.. at Music Hall, Pitttton, on the Tth inst When Stone was picked up there was the corpse of one man on the raft with him, the other four having perished several hours befoie. Stone says this man was one of the crew, whose name he does not know. A hurricane baa been raging at Brest since morning, and vessels have been unable to leave the roadstead. Many fishing smack* and pilot vesaels hare foundered during th« storm. Rev. M. D. Fuller de'ivered an able discourse on the subject of Temperance at tho M. E. church, Sunday evening, under tlio auspices of the Y. W. C. T. TJ. daughters were first removed. Mamie, 18 years of age, was still alive, but, mangled from the timbers and charred by fire, was beyond the hope of recovery. Her sister Nellie, 15 years old, moaned piteously for her sister, and seemed to forget her own desperate injuries in n)ournful inquiries for her sister. For the half hour that these two had been imprisoned their efforts had been to draw near to each other when they saw escape impossible. The rest of the Newman family were dead. Some sat upright and others were doubled in their beds. Life had evidently fled while they were wrapped in slumber. ft family. Two of Newman's It is reported that the British bark Temple Bar, bound (or Rio Janeiro, has foundered in the Bristol channel and that the crew, numbering eighteen persons, were lost It was decided a few days ago by the parties Involved to meet at the church and settle all difficulties by a general fist fight. A large numoer were present at the appointed time, but the conditions upon which the fight was arranged were not observed. As soon as the parties came together knives and pistols were drawn and a bloody riot followed, the result of which was that Edmund Turner and Oibson Clark, the principals, were killed outright, and James Stowbury was severely if not fatally wounded. Fischer says: "I am no murderer, and cannot apologise for an action of which I know I am innocent. And should I ask 'mercy' on account of my principles, which I honestly believe to be truo and noble? Not I am no hypocrite, and hav* therefore no excuses to offer with regard to being an Anarchist, because the experiences of the past eighteen months have only strengthened my convictions." Fischer denies that he is responsible for the death of ;the policemen at the Haymarket, and closes bis letter with a long statement about the "condition of society" and "the intense dissatisfaction among the working people." UNCLE SAM'S MONEY BAGS, Death of » Veteran Railroader.  Baltimore, Nov. 1.—John C. Davis, for thirty odd years master builder and superintendent of bridge construction for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, died yesterday, aged 09 years. The Financial Statement of the Gorern- Bsswa. ment for the Month of October. Destruction of a Russian Town. Death has entered our midst and taken t Cro aged citizens within a few days. Mrs. Philip Harlos, aged 65, died at her homeat Mountain Valley, of paralysis, after an ilkieea of several days. The funeral services were held' in thu Valley Ohurch on Saturday last Interment in Ransom cemetery. Mrs. Sarah, wife of P. A Smith, aged 80 years, died at the home of her sod, N. P. Smith, of consumption, and was buried as Milwaukie on Monday last. The services were conducted by Rev. J. M. Brader, of whose church she was a member. The o 1 residents are passing away one by one. Washington, Not. 2,—The reduction in the public debt during October past amounted to $10,838,695, and for the first four months of the current fiscal year to $40,736,085. The total debt, leas cash in the treasury, is $1,- 238,692,701. The interest bearing debt amounts to $1,011,770,742, and of this amount $732,447,550 of 4 per cents, and $230,544,600 of 4)( per cents, are outstanding. The net cash in the treasury is $56,758,704, or about $11,500,000 more than a month ago. Berlin, Nov. 2.—The town of Kluxin, in the Province of Hinsk, has been destroyed by lire. Three hundred and fifty houses and a number of stores were burned and many lives were lost. Tfeetorday'a Court Proceeding*. Before Hon. Ohas. B. Rice, P. J. Common Pleat.—Edwin Ransom vs. Helen Ransom: Decree in divorce filed. Israel Davis, William Jordan and James Williams are under arrest charged with murder, and warrants are out for other participants In the riot. Jefferson Davis Dying. Robert M. Mott et si. ▼«. Hillside Coal and Iron Co: Court directs rule to take depositions of two aged and infirm witnesses, to be read in evidence at trial. In the ami building, oyer storeroom No. 9, lived Charlea Davere, a traveling salesman, and bis wife. Visiting them was Miss Hattie Bryant, of Columbus, Ky., sister of Mrs. Devere. She was badly injured, bat miraculously escaped death, and was the only person who passed through the horrible ordeal and lives to tell the story of escape. Besides those injured in this building were many persons in the neighborhood more or lees cut and bruised, for the flying splinters and bricks did not alone destroy the Newman store. For several blocks on either side of the street the concussion shattered the windows, and in the immediate vicinity on the opposite side of the way the fronts of buildings were crushed by the terrible force, and scarcely a window or a door remains. W alls cracked, floors gave way, and plaster fell in every house within a radius of 100 yards. Macon, Ga., Nor. 9.—There are considerable doubts as to whether Mr. Jefferson Davis will return to his isolated home at Beau voir, Miss., alive. His condition, to say the least, is extremely precarious. For several yean troubled with a serious affection of the heart, the excitement of last week served only to aggravate his ailment, A man 81 years of age, who has spent a life both full of vicissitudes and tribulations, his enfeebled condition was unable to withstand the vigorous experience he was subjected to by the ultra-enthusiastio Confederate veterans. Since last Saturday be has been confined to his bed and a physicfan has been in daily attendance. He has spoken but little since Saturday and has taken but little nourishment. The end is expected at any moment Trying to S*ve Barclay Peak. Jamestown-, N. Y., Nov. 2.—Yesterday Alpheus Uodges, of the town of Harmony, was arrested on the charge of being a defaulter in the sum of 9461, which, as collector of the town, be failed to turn over to the county treasurer. The arrest was made at the instance of the nine bondsmen of Hodges, and Justice J. 3. Servoss put Over the examination two weeks. In the interim it is believed Hodges will effect a settlement, as he is worth t\fcj or three times the amount taken. The affair creates a decided sensation, as Hodges is a Grand Army man, a prominent political worker and well known throughout the region. He used the funds in his own business. Arrested by His Bondsmen. National bank depositories hold 831,767,478 In government funds, or fully (6,000,000 more than on Oct. L The gold coin and bullion fond balance in the treasury aggregates C303,844,005, with good certificate liabilities outstanding amounting to (99,684,773, thus leaving a gold fund balance of $202,- 860,832, against a balance of (192,717,916 a month ago. Trenton, N. J., Oct. ii.—Ex-Judge J. Frank Fort, of Newark; Robert S. Oaskill and S. K. Robbing argued before the supreme court yesterday a writ of error in the case of Barclay W. Peak, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Mary Catherine Anderson near Mount Holly last February. They argued that many errors had been committed by the trial judges. On behalf of the state, Prosecuting Attorney Charles E. Hendricluon and ex-Judge Ludlow McCartor made elaborate and lengthy replies to these arguments. The decision of the court wiis reserved, and may not be rendered until next February. In re admission of Attorney J. Elliott Ross, esq., of the Lackawanna county bar, was admitted to practice in the Luzerne courts. David Neyhart is confined to the house wiiu rheumatism. ; Matilda Parriah vs. W. J. Parrish: Order of oourt on respondent to appear and answer to contradiction on Saturday, Nov. 5 Libelant permitted to take additional testimony before R. A. Leslie, commissioner. Mrs. Freer, of Wyoming, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Vosburg. Mj-- Mrs. Featherman, who have been spending several we-ks with their daughter', Mrs. Hufford and lira. Follser, have reiurn«yt to their home in Monroe Co. Iff LUt—Wm. Guckavan vs. James Kennedy etal; S. A. Steele, admiaistrator, va John R. Howells Manufacturing Co.; P. P Quslice, et ux vs. E. G. Butler; Jobn Brosnan vs. T. J. Lawall; B. A. Pike vs. Henry Zeigler. The silver coin and bullion fund Is (213,- 897,528, with (160,718,957 in silver certificates outstanding, thus making the silver fund balance (58,183,571, against (63,599,842 on Oct 1. In addition to this silver fund there is the treasury assets, (6,961,036 in trade dollar bullion. P. Metzer and family are occupying part of Mrs. Lake's houDe. Submitted—Wm. 0. Townsend vs. N. Taylo»; City of Wilkes Barre vs. P. J. McQratb; Martin Bchlajrer vs. Nantlcoke borough. Miss Eva Vosburg has a new piano. T. G. Osborne is teaching at Dunning. Mr. aod Mrs. Arthur Hartman, nee Clara Neyhart, returned from their weddiog trip io Philadelphia on Friday evening last, and Saturday left for Pcckville, which is to ba their future home. " Pakby. Government receipts for October were (31,803,172, or about (2,500,000 more than during October, 1886. Customs receipts for tho past month aggregated $18,708,683, internal revenue receipts (10,467,515, and receipts from miscellaneous sources, (2,626,969. Diphtheria's Ravages. A Victim of Lawn Tennis. Argued—Jonathan Parks vs. Thomas Waddel'; City ot Wilkes-Barre vs. Contrsi Poor District; Adam Wagner vs. John I. Wagner. The Woman Sufflragists. Trot, N. Y.. Nov. a.—The diphtheria, which the board of health at Warrensburg thought to couflne to the Darrow family, where it originated, has broken out in other places in the town. The academy and Bath district schools are closed, as is also the Empire Shirt company's mill, some of the operatives being afflicted. A revival meeting just started at the Boptltt church and the public opening of the reading rooms at the parish building of the Holy Cross church have beon indefinitely postponed. New Haven, Nov. 2.—James Howard Bonbright, Yale, DO, died Monday night after a five days' illness. Exoessive indulgence in lawu tennis brought on a chill which resulted in inflammation of the bowels, and in spite of the best medical attendance he died in great agony. Bonbrlght belonged to one of the oldest and most influential families in Philadelphia. There are many theories to. explain the cause of tho explosion, but none is satisfactory. The mob which press around the scene excitedly talk of Anarchists and dynamite, but men of sense discountenance this idle prattle. The general belief is that escaping gas fillei the cellar, and that Ur. Newman Philadelphia, Nov. a—Yesterday afternoon's session of the American Woman Suffrage association was opened with prayer and mosic. The committee on & plan of work submitted a report, upon which there was a lengthy discussion. This was followed by addresses by Dr. Mary F. Thomas, of Indiana; Mr*. Retiscca H. Hazzard, of Mis souri, and others. In the evening there were addresses by Miss Mary K." Haggert, of Indiana; Col. T. Wentworth Higglnson, of Massachusetts, and Senator A. D. Harlan, of Pennsylvania. The executive committee's annual report was submitted to-day. Otmiutueel— Luzerne county va. John Mc- Neish; Culvey vs Bacon; W. P. Kirkendall vs H W. Williams etal; H. W. Luedervs. Mary and Louisa A. Lazarur; Richard li Evans vs. Elizabeth Evans; J. Morris Burns et al. vs. Mrs. Jane Nobel; F. 0. Mosier vs. David Owens; J. 0. Stookey vs. 8. T. Wagner et al; same vs same; same vs. same; L. B. Barringer vs. John H. Thomas et al; P. H. Lavan vs. P. I* Barrett; Conrad Lee vs. J. L Tiansue; same vs. same; Jobn R. Lee vs. Conrad Lee and J. I. Transue. "Mamma," said a little three yea.* old, "pap* says you wern't pretty last week, but you aro beautiful to-day." "Ail my.ohild, last week I had nruralgia, this week I have Salvation Oil." - ■ " Expenditures during October aggregated (20,332,832, or (3,000,000 less than during October, 1886. Receipts and expenditures for the first four months of the current year, compared with the corresponding period of the last flsoal year, are as follows: Receipts, 1887, (188,096,965; expenditures, (102,978,877. Receipts, 1886, (124,484,090; expenditures, (100,200,185.  ept a quantity of kerosene oil and gasoline in the cellar near where the explosion evidently took plaoe. The rapid fire and the fumes while it burned indicate this. The vessels and the oil, if there were any, have been destroyed, and the only m«n that knows is dead. The escaping gas theory, is supported, however, by the store boy, Joe Bienvenue, who says that he was annoyed during the afternoon yesterday by a strong smell of gas, and before shutting up the store for the night at 7:80 o'clock he went through the building looking for the open burner. He did not visit the cellar. Men Blown Three Hundred Feet. Th Prettiest Lady tn 'Plttntoa Needles, CaL, Nov. 2.—Three men were killed here Monday night by the explosion of a locomotive boiler. The loud report which followed the explosion startled the few pea* pie residing in tho neighborhood, and when they hurried toward the wreck found the bodies of Engineer Suliroeder, Fireman Long and liiakenjan Trapp fully 800 fisettrom the track. Remarked to a friend the other day that alio knew Samp's Balaam for the Throat nod Lung, was a superior remedy, as it stopped !l?r cough inalaDtlj when othera had no effect whatever. Bo to prove thia Mr. J. Fleming or P. Barber will guarantee it to. all. Prici SO centa and $1. Trhl sine free. Death of an Indiana Statesman. Peculiar Accident to • Fireman, Elkhart, Ind., Nov. a—■George Reidfleld died at his home near here Monday night, ng«*l 91. In 1841 he was elected to the Michigan legislature and served three year* In Oii he wa| appointed state treasurer, and in 1850 wtp elected secretary of state. Besides theee offices he has also held many other places of importance In his time. He came to this state in 1834, and at one time owned 10,000 acres of land in Case county, Michigan. He was very rich at the time of his death. Quarter Sections—Io re liikaPetrosus, nonanswering witnest: Witness having been brought in on an attachment process, is sentenced to pay the costs of attachment tad stand committed until sentence is complied with. Buffalo, Nov. 2.—The losses by fire at Haines' lumber yard yesterday afternoon were as follows: Webster & Co., ice house, (12,000; fully covered by insurance; Haines & Co., lumber, (15,000; also fully insured; D. W. Hodge, (800. Frank P. Fales, a fireman, while descending from a lumber pile, was struck in the face by a stream in full head. The force of the stream tore his right eye from its socket Several other firemen and spectators were scalded by steam from a bursted steam pipe, but no one was fatally hurt  Plain field, N. J., Nov. 2.—When the wife of Jackson, the Plainfield firebug, who pleaded guilty to three indictments for arson b. fore Judgo McCormack last week, wv wanted as a witness for the state against the Vamiestbrotherc, Horace and Lewis, a constublo with a subpoena failed to find her, and it wus reported that she had been spirited away. She suddenly turned up yesterday, armed with a certificate from a physician, stating that owing to her delicate condition she would be unable to attend court for some time. This will postpone the trial of the Vannest brothers for a month at least. Their Trial Postponed. Killed His Little Sister. In r« private road in Beauuiont township: B. H. Holmes, Hamlin Culver and Jamea Crockett appoint*! viewers. The Rev. Geo- H. Thayer, of Bourbon "tnd. says- "Both myself and wife owe our lives Shiloh's Consumption Cure." For sale by J. K Fleming. The financial loss by the explosion will •mount to about (20,000, divided in small amounts among the property owners in the neighborhood. The principal loss falls on William Renshaw, who owns the demolished building, Noa. 7 to 18 South Fourteenth street He recently purchased the building for (10,000. The losses are fully oovered by insurance. bert, aged 8 year*, living at Borden town, Iackawanna county, was playing with bis T-year-old sister during the absence of their parents. The lad picked up an old gun behind a bureau, took aim at the girl and fired, Pa., Nor. 2.—Willie Her- Adjourned. jtfnewa Her Youth. Are you made miserable by Indigostioa Constipation, Diuinesa, Loss ol Appetlta Yellow Skin 1 Shilob's Vitalieor is a positive cure. For sale by J. B. Fleming. Nkw Havbn, Not. 3.—The New York Wife and Wire Spring company assigned in the probate court yesterday, and Gen. Merwin was named for trustee. The business was carried on at the mill of the New Uavti'' Wire company, !* Fair Haven. The Assignment was mode to dissolve certain attachments 'The capithl stock of the concern was 125,000. It was cloaely ailed to & a Wheeler & Co., and the failure if another result of tint failures of that firm. An Kcho of the Wheeler Failure. Mrs Phoebe Ohesley, Peterson, Clay Co- Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, tbe truth of which is vouched for by the residents of tbe town. "I am 73 years old,; have been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness for many yearn; oould not dress myself without help. Now I am free from all pain and soreness, aid am able to do all my own housework. I owe my-thanks to Eleolrlo Bitters for having renewed my youth, and removed completely all diseases and pain." Tit 4 bottle, only 6O0. at. A B Woodward's Drug Store. Tj •. kil.ing her instantly, tier head and shot the face away. The charge entered Long Branch, Nov. 2.—Clifton W. Tayleure,60 year* old, editor of The Lone Branch News, wai severely beaten at the News office, Monday afternoon, by Dr. John P. Pembertan, of Long Branch. Dr. Hunt, the attending phyiician, says that Tayleure is terlouily Injured. His face is terribly swollen, his nose treble its natural siee, and one sye nearly closed; he may lose the use of it. He is badly bruised about the body, and has lost considerable blood. There has been bad blood between the parties for some time. Assaulted by a Physician. Tbe tortoring painful disease, neuralgia, ia instantly relieved and rapidly cured bf Salvation Oil. At all druggists. Price 26 cents. Hiss Hattio Bryant awoke to find herself buried beneath heavy timbers somewhere against a walL Bhe is unable to tell where she was thrown, but her eyes opened she beheld a terrible scend. On one side a wall of fire reached apparently to the sky, while the crashing timbers and the clatter of iron caused a storm of dangerous missiles to fly about ber head. The screams of those in the adjoining buildings rang in her ears, and as she zeaUted ber situation she almost fainted, but, nerved to a last desperate struggle by the groans of the dying, she tried to escape, but found her efforts baffled. She was fairly pinned by a beam across her thigh and pn iron rod over one side. As she twisted and struggled lb* fire was blown toward her until her long black trraws were soorched and the odor of burning flesh had ( penetrated ber lungs and almost suffocated her. Relief appeared hopeless, but just as she sank back in despair the ruins settled down and the overhanging timbers were raised from the limbs which wers fettered it the deadly embrace. No time was to be'lost, as the fire pressed close around her. With an extraordinary effort Miss Bryant, staggering, falling and rolling, made her, way through the ruins without knowing where she was going, or possessing power to see or feel a way to «af»ty2 Again and again she fell and, as she says, her Btrength was completely exhausted and sho stumbled forward, falling beadiapK into an opto spaoe, -where she lay unconscious for a few minutes. She was restored by a cool Lreese, and she again rose to her feet only to find herself in the comparative safety of a small rear yard. Thence she ran to a neighbor's house and, climbing through a balcony, sank downJn a swoon. ▲ neighborhood nwitiMM-e Md carried ber into the house, where she was givon a pi OH clothing. -TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDEI (ED. In sympathy with the Anarchists. Buffalo Bill has refused an offer of £80,000 for his Wild West show, demanding £130,000. The Thistle has arrived at Greenock. J.'ourtlandt H. Bliven, the Brooklyn broker wJkD procured an abortion on Mies Frttnkie Bell, was sentenoed to Sing Sing for three and a haL yes^ Jersey City, N. J„ Nov. a—The Anarchists and Socialists of Hudson county will hold a great mass meeting to-night Handbills have been distributed inviting all sympathisers to be present. Editor Shevitch, oi the New York Socialists, will be one of the speakers. Sympathy with the Chicago Anarchists will be the principal theme for discussion. Shiloh's Cure will immediately relieve Croup Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis. For sale *. by J. B. Fleming. IJ )..!■ D J'H. I-J An Aged Poisoner. Shitoh's Catarrh Remedy—a positive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria and Canker Mouth For sale by J. B. Fleming. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 'A—Mrs. Parker, aged 60, Baa been arrested, charged with poisoning her daughter's family with arsenic in pie. The daughter, Mrs. Cedillate, her brother, Joseph Parker, and her son,  aged 14, were taken sick Monday. Mr.;. Cedillate's husband died of poisoning last Christmas. ,The old lady has been talking about poison lately, and was retarded at (lightly demented. The family will recover. Schuyler, the Otsego county (N. Y.) murderer, who was to have been hanged Nov. 10, has been respited until Jan. HQ,. 1888. The town of Lamonte, Mo., waa nearly destroyed by fire. A Dreadful Disease. BM, ponder and profit thereby. Kemp's Balaam for the Throat and Lunge is conceded by all whs have used it to excel any prepare lion in tbe market aa a complete Throat and Lung Healer. All persons afflicted Crith that dreadful ileee'ss—Consumption—will find speedy relief and ia a majority of eaaee a permanent cure. The proprietor baa authoris ed Mr. Fleming or Mr. Barber to refund tbe m'uwyb Miypattvwbo baa taken three-fourths of a bottle without relief. Price 50 cents and $1 DYSPEPSIA, r The Constitutional Convention Defeated. A TLA ntio City, N. J., Nov. a—The northeast wind has driven in a very heavy tide, and much damage has been done along the beach front Many bath houses have been washed away, the meadows all overflowed and tome portions of the city inundated. The street fare cannot reach the inlet, where much damage was also done. Many boats are adrift on the meadows. The Rising Waters. Wilmington, DeL, Nov. a.—The special election in Delaware yesterday on the question of a constitutional oonvention polled over 14,000 votes, whioh is about 1,600 short ■■at. the required number, and the convention is lost The saloons, the judiciary, the county officers and Senators Gray and Salisbury opposed the convention. Ike Weir has accepted Warren's challenge to a fifteen round fight, and the battle will !ake place within four weeks T S that mUery experienced when we Budd'niy 1 become aware that we poeeena diabolical arrangement called a stomach. Toe etomaohl* the reservoir from which every fibre and tUuun mult be nourished, and any trouble wltUllii ■oon felt throughout the whole system. It will' correct Acidity of tbo k Stomut, Expel foul Ktwvu Allay Irritation, iMltl Dlrnlloi), aud, 'at the earn i Governor Hill has issued his Thanksgiving day proclamation, urging a general obeervar.getIplllgjpjl Norfolk, Va., Nov. 2.—The storm whlc. visited this section Sunday and Monday ha proved most disastrous. Although telegrapllines along the coast are all down, yet fron IE eagre reports received here it Is estimate that at least fifty vessels are ashore. Ham of them are total wrecks. As yet no livi,. havo been reported loet A steamship is t*. ported ashore at Oeeata View, fifteen in.V ' Murine Disaster*. Herman Feltys and bis son Horace, makers ot farmers' implements, were beaten to in seusibility and robbed of $1,875 by highwaymen uear Valley Farms, Pa. i."„ a Tale vs. Harvard. Newport Loses a Good Cltlsen, A aw for AU. New Haven, Nov. a—Yale's freshmen last night decided to challenge the Harvard to a two-mile straightaway eight oorqd race at New Londpn next summer. As Harvard seems to favor dro'pping the Columbia raoee, it is mora .than probable that Yale's challenge will be aeoepted. Newport, R. L, Nov. a—Newport mourns the death of one of ber leading citizens, Setb Bateman, who died yesterday at his resideude near lirenton'a Point Ho «ra% about 86 years of age. He was i very charitable man. His wife died a few months ago. lie was a Quaker, and for many year* had been the president of the Merchants' bank. He was at.one time a member of the legislature. The corpse of a handsome young girl was discovered yesterday in a box at the Chicago, Burliugton and Quincy railroad depot in Des Moines, la. It proved to be the body of Katie Dunn, 10 years of ago, who died in & Joseph, Ma, a few day* ago. Dr. Gilis, of Bast Des Moinfc, has been BHetteu charged with desecrating the grave. Id order to give all a chance to test it, and thus be convinced of its wonderful curative power*, Dr. King's New Discovery for Con: sumption, and Odd', will be for a limited time, (riven away: This offer is not only liberal, but sbows unbounded faith m the meats of this greet remedy. Ah who suffer from Coughs, Colds, Coneumpliorf, Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affection of the Throw, Cheat, or Lungr, an especially reqBeetrd tD call at &. B. Woodward's Ding Store, and get a Trial Battle Free, Large Be am $1 Ume Start the Liver to working, mhtn ail other troubles soon disappear.Died tor Her Babe. D » Miner Kilted. Shenandoah, IV, Nov. a—Several of thf night miners at {he Chamberlain colliery were ascending in "the elevator yesterday morning when some part of the machinery broke, dropping the oar to the bottom. Moms Thornton was instantly killed and another man badly injured. "C Camdkn, N: J.; Nov. a—Mrs. Henry L i low, of Haddonfleld, was pitshing her bnly .around in its carriage, when tht vet c. overturned and upset an oil stove. T'tburfiingoO set fir* to the baby'iolofchi » and while she was extinguishing the Aim Mrs. own garments caught tfr She aamd the ohiktft lite, bat was bersel Telegraph rata* from Kansas City, Mo., have been adranped sinoe Western Unii.i purchased Baltimore and OhiOl m Mo Coal to Work With. "My wife was a coo Arnold dyspeptic Sow i three yum ago TDy the advice of Dr. Blelro.-, ni August she waj laduoed to try Hliamons Jjyr • Bejiulitor. I ff«t gra'eful for »D•* relief !• Ti»t Bil?" *"d my »)» wbvi re*dVD'» an.i «r, afflicted In anv wAy, whether chronic orolher % bealTlwxVVW*. X, Knu. Fort Valtoy Qa. ' Coatesville, Pa., Nov. a—The large ro.l-ing mills of Pennock 8c Sons have been com pelled to shut down, as they cannot got coal lor tha furuaoe#, because of the btrilce of tile 'miners. The Viaduct paddle nulls her*'are also shut down for the same reason. The oil producers have oombiqed to cartaD production and forOe up prices. Governor HiU made a speech at the gr»C Democratic ratification meeting in th. Brooklyn of Music last nlgfeti "Uackmetack," a lasting nnd franrai.t |*r fume. Price 25 50 cents, for salo by JD E Fleming.