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              I •»M!— ■ - • ■ y —r '-/r . ..  BSMflBMiMiMI MM je. NUMBER A049. ( twklr Balakltohwl 18*0. | PITT8T0N, I'A , TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 13N". V two cuirrs. j/ fen t'cnli ■ Wn k FRAUD IN CONNECTICUT. Ph ZE FIGHT AT MINNEAPOLIS. TEN YEARS FOR HARPER. 'i I1ENEWFRENCH CABINET Only Two Were Saved. Don'l?—If a dealer offers you a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup without wrapper or labels, or in a mutilated condition' don't tr.ueh it—don't buy it at any price, tber* is something wrong—it may bea dangerous or worthless counterfeit Insiat upon getting a (effect, unbroken (enuine package. the Spider nnd Tommy Wwrfn In ■ Philadelphia, Dec. 18. — William H. Oakford, a merchant of thia city, has been advised of the loss of the ship Alfred Watts, upon which his son, A. B. Oakford, had taken passage for Japan. The Watt sailed from this port early in October with a cargo of petroleum for Hiogo, Japan, and it is said that she foundered when but seven days out, and that all but two of those on board were lost. Two persons, said to be seamen, wore picked up by a passing steamer and lauded nt Liverpool The officers and crew numbered twenty-seven. OFFICERS OF THE CONTINENTAL Twenty-Round Mill. SWIFT RETRIBUTION FOLLOWS THE M. TIRARD HAS ACCOMPLISHED LIFE UNDER ARREST. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 18. — About 1,000 people gathered at the Washington rink lest night to witness the twenty round contest between Tommy Warren, of Minneapolis, and Ike Weir, the Spider, of BD ston. More interest has been taken in this contest than in any battle of a similar nature » iintssed in this oity. The betting odds h .ve been slightly in favor of the Spider, th U£b the odds of 6 to 4 bare not gone begxin/ for takers. Weir weighed In the ring ul 1I7X; Warren scaling one pound and onequarter less. At 8:15 the Spider made bis appearance accompanied by his seconds Jimmy Connolly, of Boston, and John Donaldson, of Minneapolis. After considerable limitation Mr. John Barnes, manager of tin 8'. Pndl Baseball club, was selected as ref•me. Eight minuses later Warren followed Weir upon the stage, being seconded by John 1'. Clow and Faddy Norton. Contrary to the usual custom there were no preliminary contests, and after the selection if Friskie Barnett, of New York, a-id Jim ICeenan, of Boston, as time keepers for Wurren and the Spider respectively, time was called at 9:25. BANK WRECKER'S CRIME. THE DIFFICULT TASK, Th* President Supposed to be In Canada. Developments That Will Astonish the Poller Holders—The Assets Have Been Diverted—Some Startling Figures. , Babtvobo, Dec. ia—The arrest of Secretary EobertE. Beecher and Bookkeeper Isaac W. Hakes, of the Continental Life Insurance companjy- yesterday afternoon, caused a sensation in lnstcraaoe and financial circles. There was a rumor that President John 8. Parsons, of the oompany, bad joined the American colony in Canada, and that the company was wrecked beyond hope of repair, but it was hardly expected that the officers would be arrested. Proceedings for the application of a receiver are in court, by order of Insurance Commissioner Tyler, and the reoeiver is to be appointed Dec. 22. Commissioner Tyler had an interview last week with Prosecuting Attorney Parker, of the police court, and as a result warrants for the arrest of Panons, Beecher and Hakes were drawn. The matter was kept very quiet, in the belief that President Parsons, who bad not been seen for Beveral days, would return to Hartford, bat he has not been seen yet, and it was considered expedient to take the others into custody without delay. Capt. Hill and Officer Lyman Smith, served the warrants on Beecher and Hakes, and escorted them through the streets to the police station, where their names were entered on the blotter. The warrant accuses Secretary Beecher with having sworn, in the annual report, that the company then owned among its assets 200 shares of the stock of the New London and Northern road, dated Feb. 87, 1888, which in reality were owned and were then in the possession of the Hartford Fire Insurance company, the par value being 820,000. The statute provides that every person who shaU, upon oath or affirmation, willfully and corruptly makC Calsa reports or testify or affirm falsely to •ny material fact in any matters wherein as *ath or Affirmation is by this act required or authorised, shall be imprisoned in the stats prison not less than one and not mora thai three years. Taken at Once to the Penitentiary—His Anxiety to Know His Future Occupa- The Stntrnman who will Assist In Shaping Jules Ferry Out of Danger—His Assall- the Course of th« French Bepubllfr—M In order to give all * chance lo test it. and thus be convinced of its wonderful curative powers, Dr. King's New Discovery for Cctisumption, Coughs and Olds, will be for a limited time, given away. This offer is not only liberal, but shows unbounded faith in tho merits of this great remedy. All who suffer from Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Astlui a, Bronchitis, or any affection of the Throat, Chest, or Lungs, are especially requested tn cull at A. B. Woodward's Djug Store, and get a Trial Bottla Free, large Bo '-ita $1. A Gift f r All tion—Mrs. Harper Overcome with Grief When She Hears the Sentence. uut ti Lunatic. Fahis, Dec. IS.—President Cornot, nftir many failures, bus at last succei iled in constructing a ministerial machine to run the Cincinnati, Dec. 18.—At 10:07 yesterday morning the Jury in the Harper case took their seats. Harper was slightly pale, but his step and bearing were firm. His fate was soon known. The deputy opened the sealed envelope containing the verdict and read: "We, the jurj". find the defeudanl guilty as charged in the indictment" :it on'j business, thanks to the effort* of -M.. i'irard, who lias been variously deputy of tlie Sei'ie, minister of finance and minister C f aimra.Tce, and who is now a senator and primo minister. It was time for the administration of the new president to get under way, for the ditcontented element, always big in French politics, was beginning to Rtir, and discordant notes marred already the chorus of harmony that was heard all over Franco at the election a few days ago, which meant the defeat of Ferry. Carnot'B idea, intrusted for execution to Tirard, was to form a ministry of conciliation, which should unite in a loving, co-operating body the different factions of the Republican party. After election, when every one was happy, this task seemed simple tn many who overlooked the absurdity of trying to cecure cooperation among such extremes as the socalled Republican party includes, from rampant anarchy to ill-diiguised monarchism. The following list of ministers who have consented to serve in the capacity indicated is published in The Journal Officio! to day: President of the council, minister of posts and telegraphs and minister of finance, M. Tirard; minister of. justice, M. Fallieres; minister of foreign affairs, M. Fiourens; minister of the interior, M. Sarrien; minister of commerce, M. Dautresme; minister of public works, U. Loubet; minister of marine, M. De Alaby; minister of agriculture, il. Vk-1to; minister of public instruction, M. Faye; minister of war, Gen. Logerot. Aubertin, the man who shot M. Frry in the lobby of the chamber of deputies on Saturday, was before a jury yesterday. He showed symptoms of lunaoy, and his examination was postponed. M. Ferry has almost recovered from bis wounds. Hartford, Dec. 13.—Capt Stephen G. Sluyter, who commanded one of the vessels engaged in laying the first Atlantic cable, is dying at his home in this city. He was thrown from bis horse while acting as assistant marshal at the dedication of the New Haven soldiers' monument in June, receiving injuries from which he has not been able to recover. Ho served with distinction in the navy during the war. At the time of the New York draft riots, in 1863, he was selected by Gen. Wool to protect the subtreasury. A Veteran Dying. Mrs. Harper mad? heroic struggles to control her feelings, but when the verdict was read she broke down completely, and burying her face in her handkerchief, sobbed us if her heart were breaking. "Hackmetaok," a lasting and fragrant pei" fume. Price 21 and 56 (eats. For sale by J. E. Fleming Mai. Blackburn mude a motion in arrest of judgment, which the court promptly overruled. MUSIC HALL. '"Mr. Harper, staud up," said the judge, and the prisoner arose. "You have been fouud guilty by a jury of your peers," said the court, "of embezzling, abstracting and misappropriating the funds of the Fidelity bank, and of having caused to be made false entries upon the books of the bank. Yonr guilt has been established beyond all doubt. In view of the gravity ol your offenoe, the court thinks you should receive the highest penalty provided for by the law. It is the sentence of the court that you be imprisoned in the Ohio penitentiary for the term of ten years, and that you be committed to the custody of the marshal to be taken to that institution at once." Kniglits of Labor In Session, Twenty rounds were fought, but neither irnn wns able to knock out bis opponent, mid Referee Barnes declared the fight a i-'aw. Warren seemed to be clearly overnuiiched, Weir's superior height and longer arms telling with fearful effect. Weir has not a scratch upon him while Warren's face is n p rfect mass of bruises and discoloration*. His left eye is in mourning, his mouth badly swollen and his nose badly out ol shape. Confidence in Warren bas received a decided set back. He seemed to be afraid of tlie Spider from the moment time was •nulled and ncted solely on the defensive. It is ln-re than probable that a fight to a finish will be the outcome of last night's meeting, ibouzli the audience seemed to be unanimous iy of the opinion that the Spider is much the better man in every way. Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—The general executive board of the Knights of Labor held an all day session at the North Broad street headquarters yesterday. The meetings will be held monthly hereafter, so that committees haying business with the general officers can confer with them at a flxed time. The board will remain in session for about ten days, and during that time soma important matters will be discussed. After the adjournment of the board Mr. Barry said that little except routine business had been discus* od.  Tuesday, December 13th. LAUGH YOU CAN'T HELP BUT LAU6H. MISS Victoria Temple, Alter the scenes in the court room Harper and his family spent some time ill tlie marshal's office and Harper then went to tlie Jail, where he spent the afternoon in liis room preparing for bis departure. The bedding, his trunk and other property were taken out and sent to his house. Shortly before 4 o'clock a carriage appeared at the Jail, into which Harper and the deputy marshals, Kiersted and Costello, entered and were driven to the central passenger depot, passing on the way his late residence on Fourth street. Halifax, Dec. 13.—News from the Ac&lii Iron mines states that the continuous rain of the past twenty-four hours has caused a grout freshet in the neighboring rivers. Several houses have been badly damaged, and br'ilges have been swept away. Two men while driving in a buggy were caught in the current of the Great Village river, which broke across the road, and were swept down the stream for a mile, when they clutched some bushes and were saved with difficulty. The horse and carriage were tat. Damage tor Heavy Rains. The Prettiest and Brightest Star on the Amen can Huge, in the Funniest of all Funuy I'luys 1HENEW DIED IN A FAITH SANCTUARY. MUGGS' LANDING Sister Jackson Failed to Cure Sarah Smith's Disordered Mind. EVERYTHING NEW. NEW MU8IO. NEW SINGINii. DANO NQ and SPECIAL NEW SCENERY Jersey Citt, Dec. 13.—Sarah Smith, 32 years old, committed suicide yesterday after noon at the Mount Zion Sanctuary, at the foot of Chapel avenue, Greenville, Jersey City, by taking a dose of rat poison. The sanctuary is the recognized headquarters of the faith cure believers, and was established about three years ago by Johp W. Hancox and his co-laborer. Sister Jackson. NEW YORK'S RESIDENTIAL TIMBER. A 8TRANGE CASE OF STARVATION.' Diagram opens Saturday morning. Dee. ICtfc ■tla m. * Boectojr and Hake* were taken before Henry, of the polio court, and bonds wire Axed at 9ft,000 and $9,000 respectively. C. B. Pei kins, of counsel for company, and a relative, gave bonds for Beecher, and Vicepresident A & Winchester, of the Co iti thital Life, for Hakes. A hearing is ass%ied for Dec. 31 In the polio* court. That President Parsons has fled the conntry is well settled. He was seen in New York Tuesday and from there was traced to Bi|Oalo. Parsons is believed to be the chief offender. His management of the company had been questioned, but no one dared to interfere, and the business was run by him without interference, few directors' meetings being held; ao few, in fact, that some Dho are now claimed to be directors did not know they were on the board. The board .as given in this year's directory is as fo!- ilows: John S. Parsons, John S. Welles, 'William M. Hudson, Lyman B. Jewell, A. iS. Winchester, J. G. Martin, Thomas Ramsidell, Robert E. Beecher, Ansel Arnold. Parens is president; Winchester, vice-president; Beaeber, secretary; Hudson, medical exam- At 4 o'clock the crowd of passengers who could pass the gates at the Central Union ■ lepot surged round the parlor car into which the prisoner was taken, hut caught only a short glimpse of Harper through the plate glass windows, for the United States mnrshals allowed him and his wife and her sister to go at once to the stateroom, in which they accompanied him to Columbus. WHAT LIQUOR AND LOVE DO. Valuable Relics Destroyed. BAZAAR \ FESTIVAL A Balloon and Its Unknown Ocmpant An Inorease of Over BO Per Cent, la Crime In Philadelphia. San Francisco, Deo. 13.—Fire destroyed Sr. Mary's chapel and parochial school Sunday evening. St Mary's hospital was saved. Tlie loss on building! will not exceed $15,000, but mauy valuable relics, preserved in the chapel, were destroyed, among them what wus supposed to be the only genuine Gobelin "tapestry In America, n representation of Luke Tiberias shortly aft ir the resurrection. This work of art, which was valued at (3,000, was brought to Boston from Europe and subsequently came into possession of the Rev. Father Hugh Gallagher, of San Francisco, who presented it a short time before bis death tt&tho sister* attached to St. Mary's hospital. Common Pleaa Jurors. Indianapolis, Dec. 18.—On Saturday afternoon the citizens of Owensboro, Ky., ol,s*rved an immense balloon sailing over that city at a great height. It was within view for a long while, but when last seen it appeared to be rapidly descending. Parties went in search of it Sunday, and during the afternoon it was found In a swamp, about ten miles south of Haverville. The searching party also discovered the emaciated remains of a man who had evidently been emptied from the basket several yards from whore the air ship had fallen. Fall to the Earth. Philadelphia, Deo. 18.—The record of iritne in this city during the present year ihows aiD increase of 55 per cent, over that jf tbe previous year. The suicides to date ixceed the whole number in 1886, and the irime of infantcide shows the striking gain of 80 per cent. The following Common Pleas jury panel was drawn yesterday, the jurors to report Jan. 16: For the benefit of the Sister Jackson said to a reporter last night that Miss Smith had not attended any ol the services at the Sanctuary. She had repeatedly said she was tired of life, an I would be glad to lay down her burdens. Yesterday afternoon Miss Smith was suddenly taken ill. Bister Jackson became alarmed, and summoned Dr. Hollister to attend her. The patient finally admitted that she had taken poison. All efforts to save her were futile. Sb* died in agony. Sister Jackson did not know Mr. Smith's address, but she expected him to call at the Sanctuary to-day. She wished it to be understood that Miss Smith was hopelessly in sane, and that her stay at the Sanctuary was intended to be only temporary. She found the poison in an unused closet Wilkes-Barre— 0 M Brandow, lumber merchant; A W Betterly, clerk; 0 G Betterly, agent; Charles Pabst, musician; U W Harris, bookkeeper; John P Evans, merchant; Frank E Beinert, machinist; 8 L Snick, shoemaker.First Ba-otist Church, It fell upon the town like a thunder clap at supper time that EL L Harper had already started for the penitentiary, there to remain for ten years, less the time gained by good conduct Of Pittston, will be held in the lecture room of Coroner Ashbrldge was asked to expUin this surprising increase in crime, and in. reply he said: the churoh on Wilkes-Barre Township—Lee Pinion son, miner; Robert Smith, miner. December 20th, 21st and 22nd. Columbus, Dec. IS.—E. L Harper, the convicted ex-vice-president of the Fidelity bank, arrived at the warden's office in tne Ohio penitentiary at 10:20 last night, in charge of United States Marshal Costello and accompanied by his wife, father-in-law and his wife's sister. He seemed quite dejected. He was anxious to know what work hu would be put to. Warden Coffin asked him if he was a practical bookkeeper. H said be was not. He was then locked in one of the large new cells. He will probably be given some clerical work. Harper is 39 years old to-day. "Liquor and love are the two leading producers of crime, and these two items in the ieath rate of a great city bear a close relation to those causes. Of cours there are other motives—pure viciousness and cupidity in the homicides and despondency from lack of employment and sickness and trouble in the suicides, but nearly all can be traced to one of the two causes. For infantcides the number discovered is so infinitesimal,with the thousands committed every year-that they really form but poor data on which to judge an inorease. But the startling faot that the number of murders, suicides and infantcides has advanced to a striking degree cannot be gainsaid. And a glance over the record will show many curious features in sudden deaths to-day." Pittston—0 R Patterson, superintendent; A C Holden, harnessmaker; Philip Killian, moulder. There will be three supner tables and each table to be decorated in different colors and with waitresses to represent each table. All who desire a good t me and a first olass sapper should come and help the cause. It is the theory of those who found the balloon and body that the aeronaut was already dead before the balloon reached the earth, as no serious bruises were found upon his body. No papers or other evidences have been found to indicate who the unfortunate man was. Tbe only balloon which has ascended and disappeared in this section was one from Vinoennes, Ind., about two months ago, but that one was some time afterward reported found. It is supposed that the aeronaut mnst have lost control of tbe air sliip, and came to his death at a high altitude from cold and starvation. They May Regret Their Action. Plymouth—John Davenport, merchant; Charles Honeywell, agent. Freeland—W D Cowan, plasterer. Hazloton—J R Schatt, moulder; John Krell, brewer. IIamuond, Ind., Dec. 13.—A few days ago an ed.tor here was horsewhipped by three school girls because he published articles about them that they called falsehoods. Now the brother of the editor, ex-Mayor Towle, has discharged the father of one of the girls, and the grand jury is thinking of indicting the girls. They threw red pepper in the editor's eyes at the time of the whipping, and this is a crime punishable by long ■enteuces in this state. Hot Chicken Supper, Oysters in all Styles, Cream and Home-Made Candies, Huntington—Tbomaa D Seward, farmer; Stephen Horn, carpenter. Ice iner. Parsons was elected president in 181L r At the time of the Hubbard & Farmer suspension rumors were circulated that the Continental Life was embarrassed. Insurance Commissioner Tyler began an investigation, which resulted in his Usuing an application to put the company in -the hands of a receiver. An Injunction was issued Nov. SO, forbidding the company from paying out any money or transferring any of its property or putting any liens upon Ik The result of the investigation showed that It Is Impaired beyond 25 per cent The oommlssionea was assisted in his examination by William D. Whiting, of New York. The showing to of the condition of the •coiiipany Dec. 81, 1886, corresponding with ■the data of the last annual return made by the company. On that date the company ■report* its total assets (2,312,544.13. The ■commiationer finds that they were on his estimate of values only 11,335,680.9(1. The liabilities are found to be (2,070,045, with contingent liabilities of (99,320. The company reports its liabilitias ss $2,313,544.13. " EXbe assets and value of the unincumbered real estate are cut down from the oompany'k figures, $245,602.40, to 954,170; loans on bondj and mortgages, from $277,658.6J to $158,- 102.99; bonds and stocks, lrom $736,381.09 to $454,890; bills receivable, from $180,198.18 to I. Among the assets are large ■ blocks of the stock of the Utioa Cement company and Standard Cement company. Famous to treasurer of the Utica company and Hakes is secretary, while John W. Stedniund, formerly insurance commissioner of the state, to president The company's office was at the Continental Life. When the insurance commissioner examined the Continental Life, July, 1887, ha was shown as part of its assets 16,536 shares of Utica Cement company stock. He subsequently learped that 5,000 shares of this stock had been used in robing money for the company, showing that more than the 20,000 shares of capital had been used. His fusplcions were aroused; be made a second visit and asked to see the Utica Cement company stock, and was shown certificates for 4,536 shares, but Was told that *be other 12,000 shares were at Hake's house. 'The conclusion was that old certificates had jiot been Mficel'.e l, but wars held by parties jrbo could say tbey were connected with .either company, and the new certificates bad -— tM»n issued as aollataraL This left a full supply at home to show in case of examination.Religion Drove Him Insane. Pallas Township—W 0 Wood, merchant; W M- Honeywell, farmer. Foster—Peter Timothy, merchant. Warsaw, N. Y., Die. 13.— Sincaareviva meeting held at South Warsiw two years ago Thomas Porter has been a monomaniac on the subject of religion and desirous of be ooming a preacher. About two weeks ago he left here for Jersey City with $150 to pursue a course of study with this end ic view. His parents heard nothing from him till Friday, when his father received a lett*' from Tullytown. Pa., enclosing a letter written at Jersey City by him A Miss Moon wrote from Tullytown, saying that a young fellow had been in that place to sell his trunk and contents at a private sale, and, uot being successful, had disposed of it at a I ublic sale in the street* A description given fitted Porter exactly, and a search is now being made for him. It is believed he has lost his mind. and the Butv will be filled with a variety of finer goods both useful and ornamental. Tickets 35 cents. Without tickets, admission B cents. Salem—E W Hill, farmer. Kingston—C G Roat, clerk. Jenkins—John Black, miner. Hudson, N. Y., Dec. 13.—Detectives and a posse of citizens were watching for incendiaries here last night Sunday morning three buildings, two of them barns, and a coal and woodshed were fired inside of an hour, and two of the buildings, horses, hay and utensils were consumed. It is evident that tbe scoundrels who applied the torches went about their work systematically. A thorough investigation is being made, and steps are being taken which will make it impossible for incendiaries to destroy or place in jeopardy so much property again, as a systematic course of watching by paid employes and by volunteers will be kept up. Hudson, however, has had a great scare. Incendiaries In Hudson, MUSIC HALL. Saturday, December 17th INTRODUCED BY THE PRESIDENT.. Found Dead on tha Track. Shickshiany—W B Poust, cleik. Parsons—John T Grans, miner. Lake—H G Delong, farmer. Miner's—David Dranston, miner. Plymouth Township—Thomas D Jones, miner. The Fishery Commission Adjourned. Washington, Dec. 13. — The Canadian contingent who have been here in connection with the fisheries conference have decided to spend their Christmas holidays with their friends in Canada, and left Inst night. Maj. Gen. Cameron, Bir Charles Tupper's official secretary, whose family is in Bagland, will remain in Washington during the adjournment of the fishery convention. Messrs. Angel and Putnam, of the American side of the convention, will return to th'ir homes in a few days to pass Christmas. Tho books and document* belonging to the Canadian and English arbitrators have h en stored in boxes, and will be carefully punr.ted until the owners return to Washington on Jan. 4. Camden, N. J., Dec. 13.—George Bartholomew, employed in a Philadelphia detective agency and living in Collingwood, on the Camden and Atlantic railroad, while walking along the track early yesterday morning, stumbled over two dead bodies. They ware those of Alfred Stratton, aged IT, and Alonzo Hudson, aged 26, of Camden. ONE OF THE Count Bfitklewlcx and His Recent Chinese Negotiations. BRAVEST Washington, Dec. 13.—Col. T. G. Morrow, proprietor of The Sunday Gazette, of this city, who has known Count Mitkiewicz for a number of years, says that President Cleveland's letter of introduction, which Uitkiewicz used in China, representing him to be "a reputable gentleman," is no forgery, as is intimated in reports published yesterday. The president, Col. Horrow says, wrote this letter, or rather directed that it be written, and then signed it, at his suggestion, by his solicitude and upon his representations that Uitkiewicz was a reputable man. West Pitlston—Willitm Walters, conetable. Naqticoke—Thomas Opliriger, miner. Gdwardaville—Thomas A Edwards mer oeant The Sh«dovs of Live in Kev York City. By E. PRICE, Esq., A Great Sensational Comedy- Drama Produced with a Wealth of Kxports of Breadstuflfe. Hazle—Joseph Shellhammer, carp-nter, Newport—Oswald Sogers, druggist. Washington, Dec. 13.—Breadstuff* exports from the United States during November past aggregated in value 19,503,703, against $l«,5U8,b41 in November, 1886. For the eleven months of the year ending Nov. 30, breadstuff exports reached C148,019,641, against C135,077,674 during the corresponding period of 1886. Mr. Henry Mylandar, a well known Tailor of Baltimore, wi iter:—' I have been suffering for some time with a severe pain in m / back frutn which I was unable to obtain relief. I gave Salvation Oil a trial and less than a bottle entirely cured me. 1 do not hesitate to pionounce it a moet excellent liniment." MAGNIFICENT SCENERY! Introducing the Sterling Young Actor, Mr. Clns. C. McCarthy. Supported bv MR. WM.nRONIN. (Formerly of Hcanlan & Cronln) and an Exceptionally Strong Dramatic '"Vwnpanv 11" Com- junction and Harmony with A Select Fire Causes a Loss of S800,000. Chicago, Dec. 18. — At 8 o'clock last eveniug fire was discovered in the fifth story of the building occupied liy Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, corner of Adams street mid Fifth avenue, und in a few minutes tlu flames ex tended to all parts of the great s:ructure. Th« entire lire department was suinmor.e 1 tc the scone of the conflagration, and for nearly two hours vigorously fought the flames, which at times threatened to extend over the entire block. Tbe firemen at last f ucc ieded in confining the fire to the building in which it originated. The building and contents were a total loss. Phelps, Dodge & Palmer carried a large sleek of boots, shoes and rubtiers. They estimate their loss at $800,000: insurance, $0J0,0d0. The firm of Howard & Hay ward, dealers in tools and shoes, in an adjacent building, suffered a loss of about $10,000.  Rich and Poor Alike Must Die. New York, Dec. 12.—Mrs. John Jacob Astor died last evening at 8:05 o'clock. There were present at the time of her death Hon. W. W. Astor and wife and John Jacob Astor, husband of tbe deceased. Mrs. Astor had been unconscious since midnight of Sunday. At 8 p. m. her pulse seemed to stop beat ing, and Mr. Astor sent for Dr. Barker, who had left shortly before. When the doctor arrived she was dead. Mrs. Astor was about 61 years old. Her father, Thomas S. Glbbs, of 110 Fifth avenue, wns formerly a planter of South Carolina. John Jacob Astor, her husband, is a grandson of the John Jacob Astor who founded the family's fortune. Col. Morrow makes this statement so as to shield the president from any possible future intimation of interest or connection with working up the Chinese banking scheme. He knew Mitkiewicz as a bright man, capable of carrying the negotiations to a successful consummation, and so did not hesitate and did not regret recommending the count as a gentleman deserving of the indorsement of the chief magistrate before embarking on an errand so important to the commercial interests of the country. Watehtown, N. Y., Dec. 13.—In flie circuit court here on Saturday suit was brought by Mrs. Meslbah Rankin for libel against The Carthage Republican for the publication of suspicious circumstances connocted with the burning of her house in Carthage on Jan. 1, 1887. The suit was decided adversely to the plaintiff. In the course of the trial testimony to indicate the guilt of the plaintiff in connection with the fire and of the plaintiff's husband in having two wives was adduced. On an order oC Justice Vann, Rankin has been arrested for bigamy and Mrs. Rankin on a charge of arson. Rankin's father is a wealthy farmer living near Little Falls, N. Y. Accused of Bigamy and Arson. Over 2,000 Letters In Kvidence. Boston, Dec. 13.—The new trial of the famous Codman will oase was begun yester day. Codman left the bulk of his property to a woman named "Violet" Kimball, to the exclusion of his wife and family. Over 2,001 letters between the Kimball woman and Codman was part of the ovidence. Arnewa Her Youth. SPECIALTY : COMBINATION- Mrs Phoebe Chegley, Peterson, Clay Co- Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, the truth of which is vouched for by the resident* of the town. "I am 73 years old, have been troubled willi kidney compl.iut and lamenesfor many years; could not drei-s myself without help. Now I am free from all pain and soreness, and am able to do all my own housework. X owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for having renewed my youth, and removed completely all diseases and pain." Try a bottle, only 50c. at. A B Woodward's Drug Store. The Greatest Fire Scene M. %Vilson to he Whitewashed. Ever Produced on Any Stage THE QRANDE8T, MOW REALISTIC AND London, Dec. 13.—The Times' Parte dispatch says the investigating judges will givttheir decision in the case of M. Wilson to day, dismissing the matter, on the grouud that no offense against tho law has been committed. .  THBiLLING Jerry Hartlgan's Funeral. STEAMBOAT tXPLOSION New York, Dec. 13.—The last rites over the remains of the well-known ward politician, Jerry H&rtigan, were performed this forenoon. The pall bearers at the funeral services were Warden Tboma* P. Walsh, William F. Conran, Timothy D. Sullivan, Nicholas Organ, Peter De Lacey, Patrick Wolfe, John Halnan and Qeorge Sullivan. The members of the County Democracy executive committee of the Second district, and mem- THE OPIUM JOI T! Excelling Anything Ever Before Attempted. SO LAUGHS A IMOTE 60 Usual Prices. Diagram open Thursday, Deo. llS'h, at 9 a m. A Case of Wonderful Vitality. Murdered by an Insane Woman. Sharon, Pa., Dec. 13.—A case that will arrest tbe attention of surgeons everywhere is furnished in Lester Stowe, a middle aged man, whose vitality to almost phenomenal Turee weeks since, Stowe, while trying to subdue an enraged stallion, was knocked down, tramped upon and his skull frightfully crushed. The surgeons here held a consultation and decided that death must inevitably result' in a few bourn Against their advice an operation was performed by another surgeon, and a section of skull nearly four inches long and two inches wide was removed. Stowe rallied at ouce, and yesterday was out on tbe streets. He asserts his determination to resume work this week. Jumped from a Moving Train. UT'CA, N. Y., Dec. 13.—ilrs. Abram Grossman is a Hebrew womau who has been an inmate of the state insane asylum, and has for several ears been nffiicted witl mental delusion. Yesterday morn ng sh seized a 3-yrar-old boy, and threw h.m inu th.- vhuK of a privy, from which he was rescued with difficulty. Going iuto the house, si o UDC k a k 'ttle of hot water, and poured it upon the face and body of her brotber-inaw'»6-mouths-old babe. The skin fell off in great patches, and the child was so terribly scalded that death resulted in a few hours. Mrs. Grossman, after she bud become quieted, appeared to real in the terrible deed which she bad committed and to feel some regret She was placed in custody and committed to the county insane asylum. The Famous HI(Kiiu to Resign. Syracuse, N. Y., Deo. 18.—Frederick G Selwood. a brakeman, jumped from a moving car in the West Shore yard here yesterday, stumbled, fell on the track, and was rtin over, sustaining injuries from which ht died u couple of hours luter. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Washington, Dec. 13. — Appointment Clerk Higgins, of the treasury department, ■aid yesterday that he intended to resign and leave government employ at an early date. His retirement, he says, is voluntary and is brought about by an opportunity t« engage In come desirable private business. Tn« Bbst the world for Cut* Bruises, Sores, Clcers, Salt Rheum, Fevei Soros, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, imd positively euros Piles, or no pay required. Itisguai anteod to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents ner box. Tor sale by A B Woodward. ALL WELCOME She Had Passed Her Centennial. Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 13.—Mrs. Hannah Brun it diod at Churchtown, this county yesterday, in her lOlat year. She leaves Ci numerous progeny.  And no trouble to show goods. Specialties for A Mortgage on The Graphic. New Tom, Dec. 1&—By a documentflled in the register's office yesterday, the American Graphic oompany mortgage all their right*, privilege*, franchises, etc., together with the plant of The Daily Graphic, to the American Loan and Trust company, for $30,000, payable in 1893. H«WI about Town. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED. It is tbe current report about town that Kemp's Baleam for the throat and lungs . is m»klog some remarkable cur with people who are troubled with Coughs, Bronchitis, and Consumption. J. E. Fleming or P. M. Barber will give any person a trial bottle free ol cost. It i« guaranteed to relieve and cure. Piioe 60 cents and $1. HRISTMAS jerry h artisan. bers of the Cleveland olttb and of the County Democracy county committee, who pasnd consolatory resolutions yesterday, assembled at the house where Mr. Hartigas's body lay between 9 and 10 o'clock, and attended t j high mass in St. Andrew's church at 10 o'olook,.and thence Went to Cavalry cemetery with the remains. The seed and oil mills at Driffield, England, have been destroyed by Ore. The loss ii $760,000. New York, Dec. 18.—The Burial Reform association held a meeting at Grace church yesterday. The aim of the society li to abolish the ostentation and expensiveness of funerals. They recommend, among other things, that no cra]De or other signs of mourning be displayed, and that only relatives and close friends accompany the body to the grave. The founder* hope that their position in the church will give the movement sufficient standing to carry out its objects. Bishop Potter was elected president. Rev. W. B. Bourdman, secretary; B. B. Youtig, treasurer. Among the vioa presidents are Dr. Dix, Rev. Thomas Armitage, A 8. Hewitt and J. Pierpout Morgan. To Abolish Oatentatlqn at Funerals. By the last annual statement of the Continental Life the company had 7,544 policies in foroe, of which nearly one-fourth are on the Uvea of people In Connecticut. Lieut Younghusband has arrived in Cashmere. He traveled overland from Pekin across Mongolia, and was well treated throughout the Journey. FINE QUALITY AND LARGE ASSORTMENT The Senate Becoming Progressive. Washington, Dee. 18.—The seuate bat decided to remove the injunction of secrecy from the journals of executive sessions troni 1829 to the end of the Fortieth congress, about twenty yoars. It makes fifteen volumes of printed matter. It is expected thai the senate will this week decide to givn ou; for the information of the public the sucossive steps taken on nomination—that is, re feiencu to committees, report back to the senate and confirmation or rejection—but not any matter connected with the debates, votes, etc. This w ould be a great convenience to those interested, wnnld work no injury to any one, and would save the srnatort much personal responsibility and annoyance from piers represt ntatives and those whose nominations are pending. New London, Conn., Deo. 18.—Peter BlirC ford and Francis Gerard, farmer residents of Groton, were yesterday bound over In the sum bt $10,600 each for trial in the superior court for the county. The indictments found against them were for burglary and theft. The Fanner Bobbers Held. silk umbre; At the proceeding* for appointment of receiver last Saturday, counsel for the company asked for postponement and also for power to employ clerks and counsel to get a* the exact facta at the company's condition, expenses to be paid from the funds on baad. Coatnaal tor tie insurance commissioner said that the commissioner was satisfled that for the last few years the property had been diverted froJB the policy holder* to the benefit of the managers. Since last Jant*ry valuable aaaeats have bean converted into cash and paid other assets attached or l«t up for collateral. Judge Carpenter granted an adjournment to Dec. but declined to modify the injunction to •now oounsel to be paid from the fund* of th company. He *aid; "The funds belong to tbe creditors, and cannot be at present amployed for such a purpose." The duke of Norfolk, who will convey to the pope the congratulations of Queen Victaiia and Lord Salisbury on his Jubilee, has started for Rome. VERY LARGE VARIB1 BEAUTIFUL SILK MUFF] GENTS' FINE HOSE, Foond on the Beach. Catarrh cured, health and sweet breath scoured, by Shiloh'a Catarrh Remedy. Price 60 ceo 18. Nasal it J ec tor free. Hold by J. K Fleming. Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 13.—Patrol- Patrolman Aaron B. Steelman, of the life saving station, discovered a body on the strand yesterday. It is supposed to be that of William Heed, the eccentric and wealthy iron and oil prospector of Pittsburg, who, with his mysterious electrical divining rod. went to Somers Point in search of buried wrecks supposed to contain treasure, and was drowned there from a skiff on Oct. 87. A considerable sum ot money, jewelry and valuable papers were found upon the body. Mr. Reed's family have been telegraphed to. The cable pool* action against the French Cable company has been heard at the tribunal of commerce, and judgment will be given on the 27th Inst. Rev. Mr. Kuehnan, of Rondout, N. J., publicly denounced danelug during Christmas we k. It should, be said, be a sou son of penance. Master Workman Powderljr Stricken. LADIES' AND GENTS' F£NE RUBBER SEAL SK Philadelphia, Deo, 18.—Information waa received yesterday at the Knights of Labor headquarters, in this city, to the effect that Grand Master Workman PowderJy had been stricken with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs at his home in Scranton. Shiloh's Vitaliser is what you Deed for eonstipatioo, loss of appetite, Aizzineas and all symptoos of dyspepsl*. Price 10 and It cents per bottle. Bold ty J. K. Fleming. SILK AND SATIN SUSPENDERS. GENTS' N: A Train In Gowanus Bay. Are yoti made miserable by Indigestion Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite Fellow Skin T Shiloh's Vitahzer is a poeitir cure. For sale bj J. B. Fleming Brooklyn, Doc. 13.—A train, consisting of an engine and six dirt cars, was croS'ing the trestle work over Gowanus bay yesterday, between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets, when the structure gave way, and the train, upon which ware a large number of workmen, was thrown into the water. Four Of the men were quite badly bruised In the wreok, b»t ajl escaped alive. Closed for the Season. Bureau, one of the Montreal police, when before the police magistrate confessed that he had assisted Fahpy and Naeglo in their schemes of robbery. Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 13.—The water has been drawn from the Pennsylvania canal at Colombia, and navigation is closed for the season. A very small number of boats remain at Columbia. HEM STITCHED, FANpY BORDER! HANDKERCK AN ENDLESS VARIETY GENTS' GLOVES, A young woman In West Virginia flred at a retreating negro burglar at killed him Begging to Have Mis (Dlillil Hurled. Pittsburq, Dec. 18.—One of tbe Black Diamond steel works strikers, named Thomas, applied to the poor board yesterd y for means to bury bis still liorn child. He had tiie body of MD0 Infpnt wrapped up in a I'aper, and carried if upd* h|* arm, H* offered to show It to those I \ charge of the Qfflce, but they, gave him a cirii|c«te op Leslie Bi oilier« for a coOn and b#tr*e for tbe tuners 1. Thomas said lit had applied to tbe- uutl'iriti s of one e mriery, bnt bad been rtiused ground for se( uUur* tor lo" tK«" $6, and in desperation he bad gene' tr the poor board. The House Committee on Elections. For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, you have a piloted guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. It never fails to core For sale lDy J. B. Fleming. Washington, Dec. 18.—Upon the request of Speaker Carlisle the'Republicans and Democrats of the house hold cauonses yesterday afternoon and choee the members of the committee on elections. The Democratic member* chosen are; Mr. A If. Crisp (Go.), chairman, and Messrs. Outhwaite (O.), Johnston (N. C.), Perry (Miss.), O'Forrsll (Va.), O'Neill (Ind.), Maish (Pa.), Heard (Mo.), and Moore (Tel.). The following Republicans were chosen: Messrs. Howell (Ilia,), Itymon 0a.), Cooper (OJ, JJjpuk (Tenn.) Johnston (Ind,), and Lodge (Mass.). The conference of Baptist ministers in New York had an animated discussion over resolutions indorsing Anthony Comstook, who addressed thom on "Art and Morals." He laya be receive* a "crael stab.'1 Mew York'* Fostotkce Business. A Vo tunata XMfoovery. KlV Yob*, Dsa J 3.—Pot master Pearson's annual report shows that during the ,w 68,504 registered letter* were delivered and U),103,043 oidlnary—these by carrier. The l OSUii curds nuuilored 2.890,265; newspapers ami circulars, 8,557,816. The letters codect**l t mounted to: !DDcal, 4,029,675; mail, 4481,253; I o.it».icards, ii, 947,180; newspapers, 1.187,244. The total amount of postage on matter was flWl.Sofc The number of (sturt lost was very small. / . I ... f ■ ■ • On Trial for Morderlnj Her Son. A new light is thrown on the subject of Ooosumption ty Dr. Wagner Camp, disco»crer of Camp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that has proved itself to be a remarkable compound. It doea its work thoroughly, stopping a hacking cough instantly SoM by J. EL Fleming, and P, M. Barber, druggists. Price 80 cents and $1. Trial slae free. Get one. GENTS* HA' Burton, Dec. 18.—'The jury was completed yesterday alternoon in tbe case Against Mrs Robinson, cboi-ged with poisoning h* son, Willie J. Robinson. The indictments against giuitb ami Bel ys we; e (juashed. After recess District Attorney Hleven* cpmmeqced his address to -the Jury, which oooupiad nearly all the afternoon, and the court adjourned until to-day. Corporation Cou rsel O'Brien has decided to discontinue the IsroeA ring Cases, and hat notified Mayor Hewitt and Comptroller Loew of his intentions. The Rev. Oea H. Thayer, of Bourbon Ind. laytc "Both myself and wife owe our Uvea tr Shiloh's Consumption Our*." For sale by J. K. Fleming. if I. L. BEVAN. Bz-Speaker of tte New York stats assembly "Etuis" HitcWfiiuD gave himself up a« a vagrant. He la again charged with being Why will you cough wfceo Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10 els., 60 and $1. For sale, by J, B. Fleming. Gents' Fu