Evening Gazette

              - V1 -i NUMBER IH59 I PITTSTON, PA.. SATUKDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1887. VMklr EDtamithtil 1830. I RAILROAD MEN ON STRIKE HIS LA8T WILL AND TESTAMENT. DEAD BY HIS WIFE'S SIDE. BUILDING PIANOS. AMERICANS TO POPE LEO. DIED IN THE STATION HOUSE. SACO'S BANK ROBBER CAUGHT. The Baronea* ; oelvod a bequest c James R. Ranc land," la about i llvei THEY WILL SUBSIST Oft SNOW fM Charitable Bequests of Eccentric William Heed. the Sad End of a Once Prominent Citlien of Itrooltiyn. THE DISCOVERY OF AN OLD MAN'S Frank McNeally, the Young Thief, Ar- rested in Halifax. ro- • RATHER THAN VIEL3. PiTTBBUHQ, Deo. 24.—William Reed, of LETTER FROM THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY OF THE UNITED STATES. Brooklyn, Dec. 24.—John B. A. Rogers, i well-known oitixen of Brooklyn, and formerly the owner of a considerable amount of valuable property, died in a cell at the Adams street police station under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Mr. Rogers met with business reverses several months a"o, »nd took to drink. He left bis home at 3raveeend Thursday afternoon for this oity, uid said he would be home early. The next ieard of him was at U:80 the same night, »hen he boarded a Court street car going in ;he direction of tin oity hall. When the car -eachrd the junotion of Fulton and Court streets it stopped, and Officer McDonough saw the conductor call a driver from a passing car and carry a man from his car to t he sidewalk. They deposited their helpless burden in a doorway, jumped on their respective cars and went on their trips. Tiie policeman walked to the doorway, where he saw the prostrate body of Mr. Rogers lying at full length on the iron step. He called a patrol wagon and removed him to the station house. The police captain said: "Mr. Rogers was intoxicated, beyond doubt, but 1 lid not think he was in danger of death. I didn't think it was anything more than a 'drunk,' so I ordered him put In a cell and watched. He died before morning." A post mortem examination will be held to determine the exact cause of death. ROMANCE. Halifax, Dec. 24.—Frank McNeally, the young man who robbed the Saoo, Me., bank, was arrested here yesterday. He arrived from Liverpool on the Polynesian on Sunday night. He registered at the Halifax hotel under the name of A. E. Stuyvesant, Washington, D. C. McNeally shook like an aspen leaf as be went from the hotel. SOME CURIOUS FACTS REGARDING THEIR MANUFACTURE AND 8ALE. 1 is city, the eccentrio locator of oil wel s uid mineral deposits by a divining rod of p culiar properties which he owned, by means of which he made a fortune of nearly {250,000, and who was drowned last summer aff the New Jersey ooastwhila endeavoring to locate a sunk an treasure ship with his rod, left a curious will, which has been admitted to probate. He leave! to his widow (20,000 and an income of (1,200 a year as long as she remains his widow. After two or three (mall bequests to relatives the will dir cts that the entire residue of his estate is to be invested in real estate, and the interest divided into three equal parte for thirty years. One-third of the income is to aid young men who are studying for the ministry, onethird is to be loaned to struggling churches for the parpoee of building places of worship, and one-third is to go to the board of Missions of the United Presbyterian church of North America for the benefit of young men who become foreign missionaries. At the end of thirty years the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian church is given power to extend the investment of this fund for twenty years longer, provided none of its income has been used in paying ministers' salaries or in aiding any one in obtaining a secular education, or for the benefit of any college. At the end of fifty years the entire fund is to be used in aiding theological students in all seminaries of the United Presbyterian chijrcb. Reed's divining rod is to be sold to the highest bidder. All Reading Employee, Except Those In the Passenger Service, Slay be Ordered Oat To-day—Refusing to Work with Presented to His Holiness at the Vatican Yesterday—Congratulating the Sovereign Pontiff Upon the Completion of His Fiftieth Tear In the Priesthood. i'a'thful Unto His Imbecile Mate—Their History Unknown—Too Feeble-Minded ComiDnr»Mvoly Few Piano Factor!©* Cau Lord Hartingl has ordered a C Grand Rapids, 1 Queen Victorl Justly Claim to Make Their Own In' at ■ j to Give an Alarm. She Lay and Starved Reside Her Stricken Nurse. KtruuK-nts—Fanciful Names—Borrowing: a floml Scale—Various Successful Tricks. Non-Union Men. Hit room was close to the suite occupied occupied by Consul General Phelan and his family. Notwithstanding the fact that the press dispatches reported some days ago that McNeally was believed to have arrived on the Polynesian and was then in Halifax, his presence was not suspected. L Philadelphia, Deo. 24.—The Reading men from Port Richmond to West Falls went out on strike yesterday aft rnoon. The men who have gone out on this side of the Delaware embrace all the freight handlers, engiseers and switenmen to the number of 1,800. It is confidently stated that by to-night there will not be a wheel moving between here and Pottsvilie. London, Dec. 24.—The following is a liberal translation from the Latin of the letter from the Catholic hierarchy of America to Pope LeO, congratulating him upon the attainment of the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. The letter was delivered to his holiness yesterday: New York, Dec. 24.—James Miller, a real "S at) agent, 70 years old, who has for two veais lived on the first floor of 357 We«t sixteenth street, was found dead yesterday jn the floor of the kitchen of his apartment, D .th bis wife, Fanny, dying bes.de him. l'bty had lived alona. The wife was de•nonted, and be had been her tender nurse. On tliia account t.lie old couple were not very oc able, ami l-e neighbors knew very little Pianofortes are no longer manufactured, but are built. Only two or three of the hundreds of piano factories in this country can justly claim to make their instruments from beginning to finish. Large establishments devoted to the manufacture of some particular portions of the instrument have sprung up of late, and havo so revolutionized the art of piano making that in some shops not a single part of the completed instrument is made in the factory. self travel*. Its u writing desk. vato J., is Mrs. Mary McMa building a house, ai she is doing all the architect, carpenb laborer. She la 70 ; Most Holt Father—As the devotion of a Christian people, the dignity of your Bee and importanoe of the deeds done by you certainly demand, the whole world now congratulates you on the fiftieth Joyful and glorious anniversary of that day whereon you received the Christian priesthood. Just half a century has elasped Bince you dedicated yourself wholly to God, and solemnly pledged yourself to serve in performing the sacred rites of his temple and furthering divine worship. Nor have you ever been found wanting in the fulfillment of your duty or your promises. All are aware that scarcely were you admitted to the service of the altar when you became a model for your fellow citizens in every virtue. Then, when you were honored with the bishop's miter, nothing was nearer your heart than the upholding and extending of the honor and authority of G.C1 and his holv church by upright laws and regulations. But when the provident mind of you1- predecessor appointed ynu to aid in carrying on the public business of the church, it can scarcely be told with w hat prudence, what wisdom and what happy success yu acquitted yourself of your charge. And when at length you were ele vate 1 to tl- it exalted position to which your virtu-", your divinely conferred genius ami the other endowments of your mind have bidden you, you assuredly proved not only that the cardinals who elected you, but that God himself in his mercy, looked to the good of the church in these evil days. For, mindful of what has been done by your predecessors and walking in the footsteps of the s? who, under the same name which you bear, have with so great honor occupied the chair of St. Peter, you have left nothing unartempte.i to bring back to the pathway of r ctitude both those of your own flock Ht.d those without the fold who have McNeally was armed with a heavy caliber revolver. Though at first he denied that he was the man, he subsequently confessed to Consul-Geni ral Phelan that he was Mc- Neally. Big tears rolled down his cheeks as he owned up. His effects were subsequently searched by Detective Power. He was furnished with an outfit that the Prinoe of Wales might envy. The first trouble began Thursday evening, when five shifting crews of the Reading railroad were discharged at Port Richmond by Superintendent Sweigard. The news of their discharge soon spread among other employes of the company in the Port Richmond yard. It was learned that the crews were members of the Knights of Labor, and had refused to shift flour to the elevators because several non-union men were employed there to unload the cars. When this information reached the ears of the union men employed in the elevators a general strike among them ensued. Elder Evans,i is a man of est visiting an art! he was invited to do so if hi* hi brown bread an wanted for sup) u out them, but they had the reputation of o mg well to do. On Thursday forenoon Letter Carrier Linn s M. Fair brought a letter from Mr. lj.ler to the house, but got no response when he rapped at the door, and blew hia whistle. He had no better Buccess in the att moon, and again at 8:20 yesterday mornng failed to get any one to taKe the letter, ilu therefore walked through the ball to the yard in the rear, and looked into the kitchen through a partly open window. The first There are probably a dozen plaoes in New York and vicinity devotod exclusively to the making of cases. A like number make the beautiful and delicate piece of mechanism known as the action, and as many foundries cast the heavy iron plates which sustain the enormous strain of the strings. There are also manufacturers of sounding boards, and of wrest planks, into which the tuning pins are set; carvers of legs, lyres and trusses; Importers of felt* and cloths,winders of wrapped strings for the lower notes, and drawers of thinner wires for the upper notes. ' Charged with Murdering His Mistress. Charles Dickens, the y come by the grandeur of : said, as he gazed upon tha this is something awful. 'American Notes,' speaks place of peace and rest I could have been thinking rest! Why, to me it is onC Mrs. Gertrude Gadden, i a blooming little woman i has been twice a widow anc She was married whan she 18 was the mother of.It nil At 20 she was a widow, j again, and on the same i then 16 years old, man later the mother became widow, and a few weeks mother. Jersey City, Dec. 24.—James Golden, an ex-saloonkeeper of this place, was arrested yesterday on a charge of murdering Mary Burke, a woman who had lived for some months with him as hia wife. It is said he assaulted the woman with a broken bottle on Nov. 26, and inflicted injuries from whioh aha died on the ISth Inst Word was soon communicated to the other Knights at work for the company, and by 6 o'clock more than 500 men were lounging about the corners of Lehigh avenue, Somerset and Williams streets. The nows of this large force of men quitting work was telegraphed to the main office in this city, and Superintendent Sweipard was soon upon the scene of the strike. He positively refused to retnstate the shifting crews, and ordered the striking employes to return to their work. This they likewise refused to do, and last evening the men were still out. ;iance showed the o.d couple lying on the il ior apparently dead, and the room in con- NINA'3 OPINION OF HER MOTHER i usion. Policeman MnUo:tey was summoned. He got into tne L.lchdu and opened the door. Apiiearances justified the supposition that uie old people had been murdered and the hou«e ransacked, and further help was summoned.Several large houses make a specialty of pianoforte hardware, and a hnlf dozen cutters of ivory supply complete keyboards with black keys of ebony and white keys of a medium quality of ivory. Other establishments make keys of various compositions, principally of celluloid, and even the stencil plates for the name are often furnished by the varnish dealer. Thus, nothing remains to be made at the factory but the name, and that is somotimes of the most adroit workmanship.Perhaps August Spies Was Lucky in Get- ting Himself Hanged. Hudson, Wis., Dec. 24.— A telegram was received from New Richmond, St. Croix county, Wis., yesterday asking for assistance from the fire department, as the oity was being destroyed by fire. New Richmond is a city of 1,800 people on the Omaha road, eighteen miles from Hudson. A City on Fire. FROM POVERTY TO AFFLUENCE. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Miss Nina Van Zandt is quoted as bitterly regretting that she did not carry out an alleged plan to blow up the jail and release August Spies. In regard to til'? execution she is further quoted as follows: "The murder of Parsons was the most diabolical of nlL Think of it, a man believing himself innocent gives himself up to the authorities, and is murdered by them I Parsons should h ive been saved and could have *De n if his ease had been properly managed. It was different with my husband. Nothing C"U d have saved him but one thing, an 1 I was a fool not to do as I intended and should have done—that was, to blow up the jail I" A Recent Almshouse Inmate Falls Heir to 9300,000. Palmyra, N. Y., Dec. 24.—Herman Eastman, a bard working young (arm laborer in Walworth, tins fallen heir to a fortune of at least (300,000. He is the sjn of a poor German who died years ago, and for years h was an inmate of the county alms-iouio and orpin.n bsylum. Then he was bound out to work upon a farm. Ue has nover been to school, but can read and write a little. Four yeers ago it was learned that his father's brother Cyrus, who ran away from homo thirty years ago and was thought to be dead, bail become a wealthy bachelor sugar merchant at Honolulu. Cyrus died suddenly at Albuqu rque, New Uezic D, in Heptember, and le« no will. His only heir is Herman, w ho has been informed by reliable attorneys at Hun Antonio that ho inherits interests in Colorado silver mines, California orange groves and 3,000 acres of Oregon timber lands. He is dazed at his great inheritance, and as yet cau scarcely believe the good news. He has never had more than JSU at one time in his life. The old man lay on his back, with his head slightly raise l from the Hoof and his hands beside him. T..j lids were off the stove and the stovepipe lav in the corner, as if it bad been knocksd theie. A further examination showed that the wife was still alive, and sho was lifted from the floor to a lied in an a joining room. She was but thinly clad, and the room was very cold. An ambulance was summoned from the New York hospital, and Deputy Coroner Scholer whs sent for. Mrs. Bailey, wife of the Observer, is one of the fen invented anything of an She has recently devised a rangement to beattachec by means of whichapatieo and lower himself without A large force of police was kept at Port Richmond Thursday night, and yesterday non-union men were put to work on the engines, but while not interfered with by the strikers they could do but little toward lifting the blockade. The reason for the strike Is stated by one of the leaders as follows: New York, Dec. 24.—The steamship State of Georgia, of the State line, arrived here yesterday from Glasgow, after having been in a hurricane on the 18th Inst. In the storm several sailors were Injured, two boats were smashed, and considerable damage was done about the decks. She Encountered a Hurricane. One of tho largest buildings on the west side of this city, with a capacity of turning out tho enormous number of sixty to seventylive completed instrument* a week, makes no part of the piano but the name, and quite frequently even that is furnished to them by the dealer who buys largely enough to justify having his own name put on as the maker. Sometimes a name is manufactured having so close a resemblance to that of some one of the best known makers aa to mislead the unwary. "This strike lias been brewing for a long time. It first began about wages, but has been brought to an iaaue from the fact that a short time ago a lot of 'scabs' were sent up here to take our places. What we demand Is (13 per week for steady work, or thirty oents an hour when extra help is required. We consider our demands reasonable, and when it is taken into consideration that we are compelled to carry bags of grain weighins 280 pounds up several flights of stairs we ought to receive fair wages. Dr. Scholer made a careful examination of the body of Mr. Miller. He found that death had resulted from natural oauses incident to oid age. nursei The quaint Brooklyn hum and poetry, Si Slocum, is an ol knows the life of Jack tar l castle to the topmast, occasion to breast the storm pilot boat. He has no other Slocum. Itt looks he is not ui Lincoln's favorite humorist, Nasby, though he is a younger "Hush I what are you talking aboutl" said Mrs. Van Z indt, who was present. More Record Breaking. "Mother, you talk like a jabbering idiot," said Nma, at which the mother subsided. Bobton, Deo. 34.—W. W. Bennett, brother of F. E. Bennett, yesterday (cored 914 point* in 100 (bote with a 44-caliber revolver, fifty yards range, thai beating Mr. Pains'* score of 904 points Wednesday. Bennett made 92 bull's eyes, thai equaling Paine's record in that respect Only the kitchen was disordered. The parlor was neal and clean. In a bureau drawer was a lady's gold watch and papers that showed tbat the house belonged to Mrs. W. H. Cudlipp, of 641 Jersey avenue, Jersey City, and that Miller was acting as her agent while she was in Europe. He also collected rente for Frederick Schroerter, Richard Fuller, of the Vale cemete.y, Schenectady; Hugh Catsidy and Henry Dubois. The rent account book was careluliy posted. For Murdering a PrlsonQKeeper. New York, Dec. 34.—Moses Speight, Fred Wesley, Henry Barnard and George M. Smith, inmates of the House of Refuge, who killed Keeper Cole last July, were arraigned ior sentence y ester lav. Speight was seni nr d to fifteen years in state prison, having pl' idi d guilt/ to manslaughter. He killed Colo with a baseball bat. Wesley, who admitt d being in the conspiracy to escape, w.is sent nee I to eight years'imprisonment. Tne evidence against Barnard and Smith was insufficient; They were sent to the House of Refuge. UNDER FANCIFUL NAMES. s rayed from Christian truth. Often iniee I have you recalled to their DiiiiiC !s and held strongly before them in Hcl mn terms the eternal law of God, without the support of which n ither t e fainiiy, nor human society, nor even civil government itself can sutaiat. Which luw (thou b it is clearer than -untight, since it was revealed by God, and by the aid of tlio reus in it is made more manifest and betUr established) philosophers, wrongly so called, have now for three centuries striven to remove from their own minds and from the minds of all nations. This they do with such insistence that there are some, even among Catholics, who seem to bo entrapped by these fallacies, and to be hurried headlong to ruin by the onset of this growing error. Besides these, dozens of names, purely fanciful, are used by makers whose reputation will not justify demanding a high price foF-pianos bearing their own name. It is not, however, to be inferred that all instruments built and put together like blocks in a puzzle are necessarily inferior. Elevated Railroad Earnings. John D. and Wilt millionaires, favor ■ for themselves and tho more regular j offloo. He arrives ti morning, except Sat before 8 o'clock In tl "For the past year we have been compelled to work for fO a week, or fifteen cents nn hour. Before we will return to work at this latter tea le of wages we will eat snow. If this strike is not settled to-day the entire Reading road from here to Fottaville will be blocked." New York, Dec: 21—The annual report of the Manhattan Elevated Railway company, filed at Albany yesterday, shows net earnings amounting to over 6 per cent on 930,000,000 stock. As 118,000,000 of the stock is water, the earnings amount to over 13 per oent Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Copt. Walton, of tho schooner C. G. Cranmer, at. this port from Norfolk, said yesterday that last Hutiday uiorning, fifty miles east-southeast of Cape Henlopen, he fell in with the abandoned and water logged schooner D. and E. Kelly. The mate and two seamen of the Cranmer boarded the vessel, and wore horrified atsoeing the body of Capt Taylor, her muster, laying under the lauret, with finger marks on his throat, and several deep and ugly gashes on his head, which immediately satisfied them that a terrible tragedy bad taken place. The captain's pockets bad been ransacked, turned inside out and torn, and nothing but an old tow bill was found in them. His pistol was lying ou the quarDer decK with one chamber empty. VTas the Captain Murdered? No one had ever Seen any one call on the old people, and no one could tell whether they had any relatives or not. Four letters to Mr. Miller from Wayne, Pa., were found. They are apparently from a relative. Under date Deo. 10, she says: The quality of a pianoforte depends upon two essentials—the scale, and the care with which it is constructed and finished. The scale is a matter of scientific accuracy in form, balance and proportions of the iron frame over which the strings are stretched, and its adjustment to the sounding board. This is generally most readily arrived at by borrowing from some leading maker. A first class piano is secured and taken to pieces, the frame or scale is copied, often by making a casting from the original plate, and the new manufacture is equipped with a successful scale, without experiencing any of the delay and disappointment incident to experiments in search of the new and the beautiful. Saturday is always a seldom appears before 10 be found in his offloe aft the snap of his finger for At the meetings held last night by the striking men, who control the Knights of Lalior, desperate measures were taken. Or ders were issued, after it was found that the Heading company would not give in, that all the employes of the road from Philadelphia to Williamiport be ordered out. • To Reduce the Surplus* Birmingham, Ala., Deo. 24.—George Williams, colored, was hanged yesterday for the murder of a fellow convict last May. When asked if he had anything to say be answered: "I'm ready. Let 'er go." The execution took plaoe in the jail yard, and was private. How Ha Met His Doom. Chicago, Dec. 34.—Congressman Isaac Stevenson, of Wisconsin, who is bound for home from Wash ngton for the holiday a, said to a reporter here: "The postmaster .'em ral, Mr. Vilas, told Senator Sawyer and myself day before yesterday that he would recommend the erection of a government building in all towns where the postal receipts were $3,000, and good fireproof brick buildings, costing $8,000 each, in towns of 6,000 inhabitants." Wat**, Dec. 16, 1887. Eugene Pottier, tho i inunist who recently dt funeral was the oocasio stration at Pare la CI years a resident of Nei he fled after the fall of His domicile was la tl story of a tenement in I was the author of sevi tion, and while here he garten school, which d successful. He alsotri his pen, bat he found it years of pinched circa to Paris under the ama he was a gaunt and ( upon 60, but his wl piquant Parisienne, wh kept his quarters full been known in Park a the Commune." My Love, Darling Love: 1 received your Dear lovely letter on thuraday morning. I was glad to hear from One I love. I am so sorry you are ;ao sad you have enough to make you sad. So long, 8 years, to be sick is tiresome for any one and you are too good to be tied down to one that don't know anything that you can do. I wish I was with you. if it was not for Millie I would come and help you some, 1 would to come and stay httal while with one I so love. 1 know that Lady would love you too, you are so kind to Fanny. This only excepts the mon in the passenger service, and they claim that if a satisfactory arrangement is not reached to-da) this service will also go out. The indica tions are that it will equal the great strike of 1877. Dieply in truth were we rejoiced, most holy father, when lately, with such wisdom and success, you asserted the heaven-born majesty of your see by reconciling discordant rulers and peoples of Eu ope. It seemed to us that those happy times had almost returned in which the Roman pontiff was looked upon as the father of all princes and of all nations who glory in the Christian name. la carrying through these transactions Such prudence was manifested by you, such lienignity, such sincere love of peaoe and concord that far distant posterity will wonder how out of powerful enemies you made friends and almost sons. Pentecost's Christmas Present. Newark, N. J., Dec. 24.—A number of members of the Her. Hugh 0. Pentecost's Belleville avenue Congregational church called at his residence and presented htm with a gold watch and chain as a testimonial of their regard for him as a pastor. Fatnl Railroad Accident. The eaaemaker is next visited, and it is found that a moderate price will buy a case suitable for a high class instrument, and on* less elaborate, made of lighter material, can be had for a surprisingly small sum. While the case, which is made of white wood and ash, veneered with something more expensive, is getting its first coat of the stain which is to turn it into rosewood, ebony or cherry, the skilled workmen are putting the frame and sounding board together. The stringing is then done, the pins being driven into place with a hammer instead of being carefully screwed in as in the old fashioned days of conscientious work and high prices. While this is in hand the oase is glued together, having received its several coats of varnish. Ashland, Wis., Due. 24.—As the train tnat left Asblan.1 at 7:30 last night for Milwaukee approached Coolidge, a small station, a broken rail was encountered, which threw the sleeping car and the first and secotad class coaches from the track, the baggate car and engine remaining on the ralis. The cars were fi led witti passengers, and but few escaped without Injuries of more or le&n importance. An old man named Manter was killed. Conductor Greenfield received internal injuries that will probably prove fatal, and A. M. Barker, of Bancroft, also sustained bruises which necessitated the amputation of three fingers. Many otherswere less seriously injured. The cars werC not greatly damaged. New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 24.—A quarrel among the people of Highland Park has compelled the school children to go about the place with baskets begging coal, in order to keep the school open. The school building is also used as a Sunday school, and the day school trustees refuse to buy coal because the Sunday school people use it, and the Sunday people will not buy coal for all ihe week, while using it on only one day. The Children Mnst Suffer. My love, I wish I could be with you. It would be the best pleasure of my life. I have not had much plea.-ure only what I had In your company setting by that window with my ion. It is all I want in this worl i to be with you my love. The Lord he knows all of our hearts. Try and not be sad, my love. It won't do any good to you, my love, my pet darling love. Sharon, Pa., Deo, 24.—James Caldwell, a li'dulesex farmer, ij in all probability the most unhappy man in western Pennsylvania. A few days ago the vulcanized rubber plate which held his false teeth in position broke while he was eating, and a piece of the plate over two inches long and containing several teeth tossed down his gullet and into his stomach, where it lodged. Shortly after he wofl seized with violent pains approaching convulsions, and since that time has been unable to remain in any one position for more than a few minutes, owing to his sufferings. He summoned physicians, and the only consolation they could afford him was that life might be prolonged a short time, yet fatal results must inevitably ensua. lie Swallowed His Teetli. Closed to Navigation. Biddeford, Me., Deo. 23.—The Saco river is closed to navigation. It remained open longer than any season for many years, but a large crop of ice will be harvested this winter. With much love, your Louise. My kiss for thee. But, when we remember the many benefits with which you have enriched the American church, we are moved to render you thanks with our whole soul, and would that we were able fully to do so. The one thing granted us to perform that we do, and to-day most willingly we join with our brethren spread throughout the entire world, and on this anniversary of your elevation to the priesthood we offer you our most heartfelt congratulations. We beg for you from Almighty Ood all happiness and prosperity, and especially that he may preserve you as long as possible for the good of the Christian commonwealth. The last heard of the old couple alive was on Tuesday, when a neighbor passed through the hull and heard them laughing togeth r. Springfield, Mass., Deo. 24.—Wilmot L. Warren, for over twenty years editorially connected with The Republican, died last evening, aged 40 years. Death of a Veteran Editor. For the "Greatest Show on Earth." Frederick Schroeder, assistant secretary of the Mutual Insurance company, said thut he kuew Miller to be a very industrious, sober and thoroughly trustworthy old gentlemen. Mr. Schroder had but a few days ago r ceived a letter from Miller enclosing a note from the tenant of the house n Thirty-eighth street requesting the delay c4 a few Cluys' collection ot the rent. This was the first time that Miller had not appeared at his office promptly with the monthly rent of these premises. Mr. Schroeder was just going to write to him ubout it when he heard of his death. Tou are feeling depressed, 701 poor, you are bothered with H are fldgetty, nervous, and gent sorts, and want to brace up. Bi not with stimulant*, spring mec tore, which have for their basis bad whisky, and which stimuli hour, and then leave yon in wb than before. What yon want fa that will purify your blood, start tion of liver and Kidneys, reMon ty, and give renewed health an Such a medicine yeu will find in ters, and only 50 cents a hot Woodward Drug Store. London, Dec. 24.—The steamship Ludgate Hill left for New York yesterday, having in board a complete menagerie cousigned to Messrs. Barnum & Bailey for their show, which opens its season at Madison Square garden. New York, on March X. The animals, which are splendid specimens, were purchased from Charles Jamrach and others by Starr, the London agent of Barnum. Over • Century of Life. Bridgeport, Cona, Dec. 21—Mrs. Triphenia Bevens died at Danbury, aged ltife years. Her husband served in the war of 1812, and she was a pensioner. More rosewood pianos are made than of all the other sorts combined; yet few are really veneered with rosewood nowadays. This is because it is seldom that varnish will not soon show small chinks and cracks on this voneer, and, as a very close Imitation can be produced by staining, it is usual to veneer the eases with mahogany or baywood or sometimes with cherry, and then transform it into rosewood or ebony as preferred. No real ebony is ever used for similar reasons, and also because large pieces of ebony veneer cannot be had. Does Connecticut Recognize Gambling? Camden, N. J., Dec. 24.—In the district court yesterday David Conroy, a saloon keeper of Rockhill, Conn., brought suit against George Purnell, a mill band, tftio recently removed to Camden from Rockhill, for fiX. IS, being a bill contracted at Con_rov]s.sa!CXAi nriuo istter part of 1884. Part of the bill is for drinks and part tor money loaned at the gaming table. The New Jersey law does not recognize the validity of gambling debts, and so the Judge would have dismissed the case. Conroy claimed, bowever, that Connecticut recognizad the valid ity of such debts, and so the court put off the case to allow Conroy to prove the case. Two Childred lturned to Deatli. Rrielnllon of Condolence Khakon, Pa., Dec. 24.—Last night, while JViWura M. Eakln, a merchant of Brookfield and his family were seated around a table, a banging lamp overhead fell and exploded. The burning oil was thrown on the two children, a girl of 3 and a boy of 2 years, setting fire to their clothing. The boy was so terribly burned that he died soon afterward. Tho girl ran screaming, with her clothing iiflame, through two rooms. She was finally caught and her clothes torn eff, but not before she had received fatal burns. A third child, whose burns were at first considered slight, is now thought to be in a dying condition. Mrs. Eakin was also burned seriously. Eikin, in his efforts to save the family, received bad burns. Whebeas, The hand of Divine Providence has seen 111 to" remove from our Castle by death our brother Lewis Learch, and in view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our brother, and the greater loss austaiued by those nearest aiDd dearest to him, therefore be it Prostrate at the feet of your holiness we earnestly beseech the Apostolic benediction. New York, Dec. 34.— In a freight car which arrived at Jersey City over the Erie railway from St. Louis, were found two dress skirts, covered wii h blood stains ami witli a substance resembling human brains. A slung shot, also blood stained, was found beside the skirts. The articles were found at the bottom of a load of bales of cotton. The St. Louis police have been notified. Mysterious Freight. The letter is signed by Cardinal Gibbons, all the archbishops and bishops in the United States. Another Veteran Gone* A Dreadful Disease. Seed, ponder and profit thereby. I Balsam for the Throat and Lung* Is oot by all wb j have used it to excel any pt tion in the market as a complete Throe' Lung Healer. All persons afflicted Dvitl dreadful disease—-Consumption-nUlf speedy relief snd in • majority oi m permanent cure. The proprietor has aul ed Mr. Fleming or Mr. Barber to refai money to any partvwho has taken three-1 of a bottle without relief. Prioe 80 cents! Honerdalk, Pa., Dec. 24.— Eldad Atwater, who oerved in i company of volunteeis from Guildford, Conn., during the war of 1812, died in Mount Pleasant, Wayne couuty, Penn.,on Wednesday, aged 94years. Rome, Da . 24.—President Ctevelaud has notified the pope of his intention to present to him an i.ffering on the occasion of his jubilee. An American prelate will be deputed to ban . him a faithful-reproduction of the American constitution and a letter of congratulation It is quite possib.e that L-'o XIII may make the reception of the gift a pretext for declaring that the holy see docs not identify himself with any special form of government. President Cleveland and the Pope. Rtaolvtd, That Pittstoa Castle No. 17, K. G. K.. has loat a good brother, ths berrarei wife a good husband, and the community in which he lived a good citiien; and while we bow in humble submission to Hiss who doeth all thines well, we do none the less mourn for our brother who haa been taken fr Dm ua. THE FINISHING TOUCHES. After the Btain comes the varnishing. This is frequently done by contract, the varnish foreman receiving a stated price for each instrument finished, hiring his own assistant* and buying the varnish himself. After the case has joined company with the iron frame and sounding board, the action is placed in position and the wires get the first rough tuning. If the piano is to have any soul, the tone regulator now proceeds to develop it by his skill. But if the price at which it is to be sold docs not justify such luxuries as a pure, round and even tone, and a crisp, responsive touch, the soul maker's responsibilities are not exacting. Fly finishing is done last. This includes putting on lock and hinges, and the instrument is then ready for sale. Halifax, Djc. 24.—An explosion of dynamite at a limestone quarry near Brookflld, Colchester county, yesterday, killed four men, one of tbem being Alexander McDonald, proprietor of the quarry. They were warming dynamite previous to using it for a blast when it exploded, A man and a woman wbo were present escaped with slight injuries, i'he building wi s destroyed. Four Hen Killed. Halifax, Die. 24.—The schooner Mamie L, wiiicu sailed from Yarmouth for Bermuda, has been given up as lost, with her crew of six Yarmouth men. Given Dp as Lost. St. Louis, Dec. 24.—The latest advic t from Tablequah say that Special Agent Anderson gave the two contending faction to understand that he would give them fifty eight hours to settle their difficulties and that if at the end of that time the troublwas not adjusted the government woull settle it lor th-m. In view of this tbD Nationals are said to have agreed to coma in. furnish a quorum in the senate, count the ,TQte and dec/are the election of a priucipu and assistant chief of the nation. The Latest from Tahlequ&h. ifeaolverfThat we tenderly meurn with the family of our deoeaaed brotheiin their hour of trial and affliction, and devoutly commend them te the keeping of Him wbo looke with pitying eyes on all who are morning ever lovsd-onea Twenty-six Lives Lost. Philadelphia, Dec. 34.—Information has been received at the Maritime Exchange here that the ship Alfred Watts, which left this port on Oct. 8 for Hiogo, Japan, has been lost with all hands but two. She carried a crew of twenty-eight men. On Dec. 12 a dispatch was received from Cuba announcing the loss of the Ship, but it was meager and in no way substantiated. Nobody placed any credence in the report; neither did William U. Oakford, of 914 Chestnut street, whose only son was a passenger on board. The information received Thursday came in a letter from United States Consul Reed, at Barbadoes. The letter is dated Dec. 15, and tells of the rescue of two of the crew of the ship. Washington, D. c, 24.—During November past 31,1*70 Imm igrants arr.vad in this couniry, against 31,029 In November, 1886. Imported Cltlsens* Bookies'* Amloa I The Best Salvm the 1 Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hai Corns, and all Skin Kruptiona, cures Pile*, or no pay requ! aiiteed to give perfect satisfi Tho Rochester Disaster. Resolved, That while we sympathise with those who are bound to our departed brother by the nearest and deareet ties, we ahare with them the hope of a re-union in that world where there is no parting and where the eyes are never dimmed by tears. Resolved, That our Charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, and;'- ;^ese"resolutions be printed in the Gazette and Press, and a copy be pnKated to the bereaved family. Rochester, N. V., Deo. 24.—The second sessioii of the coroner's inqutst in the cases of those killed by the naphtha explosion was held last evoning. Employes of the Vacuum Oil works were examined. It was si,own that a man sent from the oil works to the gas works to which the naptha wus being pumped had remained at the works thr«e hours, although no oil was coming into the tanks. Much evidence was taken iu regard to the location of the pipe line and sewers. Able lawytrs have been retained by those interested, and it is expected that the investigation will be a long one. Hon. John Van Voorhis is conducting the examination of Witnesses in behalf of the coroner. An Infernal Machine for Lieut. May. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED. New York, D.c, 24.—Lieut. Percy P. Alay roceived a puree! by messenger yesterday uituruouu. He cut opeu the supposed Christmas present aud louud its contents to be u string atucued to a match, some powder, gun cotton, muriatic acid and loose pins. There was a sliding cover, the pulling of which would have ignited the match. The polioa have the box. Sjlvan YVahlrab, the Hungarian miller who made money so rapidly in his speculalions in grain at the Milwaukee chamber of commerce, and who had accumulated a fonu ie during his three years' sojourn In Milwaukee, estimated at $300,000 up to one year ago, has "succumbed to the inevitable." Arguments in the Codman will case at Soeton ended yesterday, Connfeerolal Union Hen Defeated. It it popularly believed that no plain piano, however One, can be made to cost the manufacturer more than $200, and the fact that some of the cheapest are wholesaled at less than $150 seems to justify that impression. It is thus a matter of comment that in nearly all catalogues tho old extravagant prices are quotod, although it is well known that in almost every case the list price is utterly disregarded in making a sale. refunded. Price 15 oenta w by A. B Woodward. Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 24.—In the bye«1ectiou (or representative Id parliament aC Northumberland, .Df. Gallery, Liberal and Camaoercial Unionist, was defeated by Ur. Cochrane, Conservative, by a majority o( fourteen. This was the first real test of thC commercial anion question at the polls. Although defeated, the Commercial Union men are elated, aa but a few years ago ii would have been considered almost treason to have advocated suoh a measure. For Sale or John B. Linteun ) _ Frank Carter j Commitlee- House and Lot gitnated oa New 1 West PittatM, Ac. Two famillM can oecu( be *old otMp for cub or on I arty giving good Mcurlty. HOUSE AND LOT OS MO WtaT — After the Superintendent's Place. The Western Pennsylvania and New York railroad shops at Oil City, Pa., were burned. S:'Ven locomotives were partly destroyed. Loss, «100,000. ■•ardlug mad Sal* Stables. House Ways and Means Committee. Long Branch, Dec. 81— Lieut. Shoemaker, of the treasury department, has been assigned by Secretary Falrchild to investigate the charges preferred against Superintendent Havens, of the New Jersey life saving station. The superintendent says his accuser* will be unable to prove anything to his discredit, The Wiener stables, on alley between Luzerne Ave., and Exeter St., have been secured by John W. Hoover and are kept as a boarding and sale stable. Floating, cleaning and clipping horses a specialty. Only one bouse of any repute has had the courage to do away with the long price system, and to face the inference that reduction indicates a cheapening of quality. One great establishment vigorously holds to the high list throughout, giving only a moderate discount even at wholesale, but its patrons seem willing to pay the price*, and a reduction or modification would probably result in a loss of caste. Washington, Dec. 24.—It is stutod that Speaker Carlisle has decided upon the membership of the nays and means commiltoe. The Democratic members will be: Mills (Tex.), chairman; Cox (N. Y), McMillan (i'enn ), Breckinridge (Ky.), Breekeni Wxe (Ark.), Turner (GK) aud Byninu (Ind.) Republicans: Kelicy (Pa.), Brown (Ind.), R--ed (Me.),McKmlev (O.) and Fuller (la.) Fuller was one of the R 'publicans who vol d in the last congress for the consideration ut the Morrison bill. As the committee stands there is not a protectionist am 11;; tno majority, while ' oue free trader has buer assigned to the miuority. To Jots His Father for Ufa. Burglars In Freehold. Th« grind jury at New York was dismissed without having found an indictment •jrainst Ives or Stayner. I ronton, O., Dec. 31—The jury in the Pearson McCoy case, after being out twenty hours, brought in a verdict yesterday of murder in the second degree. This is the aame aa that given his father, Alfred Ma- Coy, convicted at Portsmouth last July. Both are charged with murdering Dr. William T. Northrup at Haverhill last April. Alfred is now serving his life sentence, and Pearson will join him soon. The verdict meets with general approval. Freehold, N. J., Dec, $4.—Yesterday morning the residents of this town awoke to find that a gang of burglars had paid a visit here Thursday night. Dr. A. D. Cinover, Jose|.li L ;ird, president of the First National bank, Ewing Patterson, deputy county cl. rk, and J Clarence Conover, live in the four largest bouses on Mam street These residents discovered everything in their bouBes in disorder. Dr. Couover's house had been entered through the kitchen window. The burglars came 1 off a gold headed cane, an overcoat, an umbrella, a child's coat and gome table linen. The glass in the front window of lawyer Couover's place waa ■mashed, and overooata and wearing apparel stolon. Adjoining those of 0«o. flymlmrton i Ford. Kzoolleat loMtioa. Apply to 1.1. Herrlmu or W. T. 1 i'he Canadian Pacific is having troubled limes in its mountain division with land slides and wushouts, which have carried iway Beveral bridges and piled up obstructions on the tracks. A Receiver Appointed. Their Business Booming. Hartford, Dec. 24.—Judge Carpenter yesterday appointed ex-Liet Dant-Governor L. H. Cooke, of Rirerton, and the Hon. John R Buck, of Hartford, receivers of the Continental Life Insurance company, and granted a decree of receivership. Policy holders'claims must be sent In by July 1, 1888. Probably no one thing has caused such a revival of trade at A. B. Woodward's Drug Store , s their giving away to their customers of so maoy free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Their trade is simply enormous in the very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Golds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat and lung diseases quickiy cured. You oan teat it before buying. Heir Schott, the German tenor, has devoted the money be earned during his engagements in America to the erection of a Lutheran church at Abenberg, Germany. All the piano makers, however, do not grow rich. Long credits and enormous bills, money borrowed, and notes discounted at ruinous rates work havoc among these as with other classes of business men. And without copious advertising a piano maker might as well close his doors. A piano cannot bo sold at a (air price unless it Is already favorably known. It requires a long head cs well as a deep pocket to make a good piano, and to sell it after it is made.—New York Sun. ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AWP in OREGON, pmwrow I on long time and small paynMBU beyond a doubt the flne.«t sltuan ftMatoo. View and atasosphi These lots are worth looking at want to build a h me or bny for they will be worth moramoMP first fifty of these lots we offer i dollars apiece. Alter those ars will be two hundred and fifty t dollars. These are bargains. T Apply to f. W. Merrlman. W. 1 O. B. Thompson.  Eartl qiinke shocks were reported yesterdiy from New Bedford, Mosh., Newport, R I., and other points in that region, London, Dec. 34.—A dispatch from Sydney, N. S. W., says tho date fixed for the match rowing race between Haolan and Triokett is May 3. Hanlan has decided to challenge Buboar to two matches to be rowed in England in September, for $500 a side each. Hanlan to Row Trtekett, Exports and Imports. Dempsoy If Willing. Washington, Dec. 34.—Exports of iner chandise ft-om the United Suites during November lust aggre-jate l in vulu-) *75,7)8,573. against $72,691,855 in Nove.nber, liu ports to the United Sfcrtts l ist Nov.luiii i were vained at $59,028 457, against *54,091, •175 in November, 1880. F ir the tw»iv« months ended November 30. 1887, i xp it' aggregated in value $727,40 i.fl'lj, a.;,tins $70'2,-01,413 during the twe.vc I'lecartlli( mortiiR, and imports for tho twelve irontbi ended November 30, 18S7, «713,- te0,918, ng :iust $050,302,007 for Itie C"Pteb|.o.idiiig iwulyo moi.Uu Liid-d Nivimt.- 18t6. Nsw Yo«e, Dep. 24.—Jack Dempsey, In regard to Domin(ck McCaffrey's reported desire to arrange a fight, says that he is will* ing to meet McCaffrey it there is any money in it. He don't see what a 190 pound fighter wants to fight a middle weight for, but he Is williug if guaranteed something. David Horlacher, son of John Horlacher, of Frankfort, Ind., accidentally shot h e brother Levi, aged 18 years, while experimenting with a new gun yesterday afternoon.Distress After Eating. Convicted of Murder. This result of indigestion will no longer be experienced if Salmons Liver Regulator is taken after each meal. It is such a good digester, and so mild and pleasant in ita effect that it ia used by many, after a hearty meal, ta insure good digestion. The Regulator doea not nauseate or irritate toe stomach, but corrects acidity, dispels foul gases, allays irritation, and assists the stomach in ita digestion. Zanesville, o., Dec. 24.—The trial of Wiuiam George for tho murder of Jamea Scott last July culminated yesterday in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The doomed m u '»t crouched in his pUnir during this trying ordeal, and seemod us stolid and indifferent m if. he were only a spectator. Tnu is the Ui st conviction for murder in tho fiml decree iu forty-four yoars, and thi ir the history of Mus- Wf/,  W. G. Steator, who eecsped from tho national prlsou at Tahlequab, L T., while nnder sentence of death, has fortified Vmoelf in a cave in the Illinois district with four other men and defies arrest The Csar*s Face. UDWABD M. STROUD DOCTOR OF DKMTAL IBM Huqaehaoma ii*«. abov* Im Pimtoa. fj&A Hli Body Cut In Two. Tbe face of the czar is neither hard nor mean, yet there is a firmness always visible behind the handsnman— and the lndiffer-01)00 which would be called a line of cruelty by liia enemies, but an honest determination to rule or die by those who know him best I like his face, and, in spite of my republican principles, admire the man.—Copenhagen Cor. Courier-Journal, Reading, Pa., Dee. 24.—William J. Powsn, a conductor on the Reading railroad freight linn, stepped off a car wliile In motion last evening aud slipped or the ice, bis fcody falling across the tracks. He was cut In two. The accident oorarretf at the watef atation. An Educational Union. oracsHoi Boston, Dec. 84.—Miss Alice Freeman, late president of Wellesbury college, was married yesterday to Professor G. H. Palmer, of Harvard college, at ex-Governor Cloflin's raaidince. A Urge number of Irlends war* An eccentric man, named James Raffter, wns found dead in his bed at St. Paul, Minn. A gold watch aud certificates of deposit for 410,5*), with cash amounting to tfioo, wen found in bis bed. ' Shiloh's Cough and Oooeumption Cure Is sold by J. B. Flaming, on a guarantee. It curw wMuvption. - JfiSSEX 5.^1*B