Evening Gazette

              w v. * ,* / ' -£ ' "»" '* D'* A I . E? ■# r*t 7 a fur. ft NUMBER 10*4. I Weakly bIMIhAe* UN, I 1'ITTSTON, l'A . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1888. J two owrn. ( fM Uetata m Vm* THE WHIRLWIND'S VICTIMS and partially tumbled down, and in tha supreme ooort yard lie the tin and timber and roofs of adjacent buildings. All day yesterday the funeral tramp was heard through the town, and every little while a body of men passed down the street carrying the remains to the home of a friend to aWait burial. As yet no arrangements bin been made for a general funeral- Soma of the bodies hare been taken to other towns and some into the country. Following is a revised list of the dead: FUGS OF THE REBELLION. SQUIRE AND FLYNN.I INDUSTRIOUS WORKERS. n»« Ugtl Battla to ton Tkw from INVESTIGATING THE 8UQAR TRUST. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CALAM- Trial Be*on. THE LATE 8TRIKfeRS GLADLY RE- Mr. Himqir and l»wj«r Parson* Tall How XJttla The; Know About It. N»w Tame, F«b. 81.—The committaa of seven state senators, appointed to investigate trait* and similar combinations, mat yesterday at the court home. Qen. Roger A. Pryor and George Bliss appeared aa legal advisers for the committee. The sugar trust was first taken op Henry Haremeyer was the first witness called. John E. Bsrsoos, coonael for the trvt, latn-passd with aa Inquiry whether wltneeess were td'teetify under com pulsion. Benator Arnold add they -ware,, and furthermore, they ooold not be represented by oounsel. Jf they wished taooirert their testimony upon consulting counsel after the hearing was finished they oould do so, Mr. Havemeyer, being examined by Mr. Bliss, testified that he was a member of Havemeyers & Elder, twenty-five years in the sugar trade, and at the De Castro & Donner Sugar company, a comparatively new firm. When the so-called trust was formed, each stockholder surrendered his interest in his own concern to the trust, and received in return stock or certificatee in the trust. Mr. Havemeyer refused to give the names of the concerns interested outside of New York. He said,the agreement or plan of action was not in writing. Witness, after long sparring, was forced to admit that one refinery in St. Louis, two in Louisiana, one in Boston, two in Philadelphia and two in San Francisco had been "indoQed" to jcto the pool, which now oontrols 82,000 barrels a day capacity. The production of sugar since December, when the trust was formed, has decreased about VD per osnt, and the price has gone up. Tha stock of the combined companlee for which certificates have been lamed Is $46,000,000. The boapd ha* decided to does more refineries, including those in Boston. Tha ownera of the closed refineries will draw their share of the profits the same as if running. Mr. Havemeyer refused to produce a copy of any agreement. Mr. John E. Parsons was next called. He declined to produce the pool agreement, claiming a lawyer'* privilege, THE SECRETARY OF WAR REPLIE8 Nkw York, Feb. at.—The argument on the demurrer to tha Indictment of Rollin M Squire and ~ renoa in tLe SUMINQ OPERATIONS. ITY AT MT. VERNON. TO THE RESOLUTION. Maurice B. Plynn, charged with , wu heard , before Judge Law• oourt of oyer and terminer ya»- xn. SquiiVi plea of not giUlty £x- 1*1 ■mm Filled with Doad aad Wounded. The Court House Converted Into a Morgue—An Appalling Seen* of Devas- Hblor; of Tkaw 8ou**nlr» of tit* bt* OItII War—No Confederate Banner* Rate Pawed Oat ot th* Cm tody ot Seoretary Endloott. Comparatively Few Objeat to Obeying Matter Workman Lewie' Circular Declaring the Strike Off—Charge* of Die- terday afternoon wu withdl*' with the tation* on David Yearwood, Mr* I* Waters and baby, J. C. Murray, Mrs. Russell Dewey, Mary Westbrook, Henry Waters, Jamee Pierson, Charles Cummings, Mrs. Calvin Cooper, George Persons and son (colored), Mr*. William Jones and ohild, Mrs. Elvina Martin (colored), John Yearwood, Samuel Yearwood and wife, Frank Clightman, Ada Harper (colored), Miss Joaie Sutton, John Dodfcon, Jr., Josie Shew, Mrs. John S. Helton, Mrs. Charles Hutchinson, Mis Irwin, Nettie Shields, Amanda Bierdon, an unknown man, Mrs. L. E. Legge, and George Jones' youngest child. that in caM crimination Agalnet Some of tbo Men. Ko&irr Vbhkoh, Ilk, Feb. 81.—While the death rate from Sunday1* cyclone is not so large as at first reported, thl horrors of the wreck have not been exaggerated. The search for the victims was prosecuted all Sunday night, and when morning came thirtytwo bodies had been recovered. Nearly all the fatalities were in the east end, when bouses were mowed down in swaths. Scarcely a stick of timber remains standing in the path of the tornado, and in some places the foundation stones of buildings are broken and scattered for 200 yards around. Sturdy sfiade trees were Uprooted and ground to fragments, picket fences were broken as though they had Men sticks of maccaroni, and small outhouses were swept out of sight, leaving scarcely a splinter to mark the {dace where they stood. resterday returned to the house his answer to ,he Boutelle resolution calling for informaion as to whether the flags captured by the United States hare been removed from the jlaoe where they are displayed and concealed, ind, if so, by what authority and' for what lurpoee, and further, as to what propositions lave been made by government officials for he surrender of these flags, and whether it s true that a portion of than were actually iu rrendered to persons having no right, to heir possession. As a preliminary the secre- Bry gives a brif history of the flags. Of the vhole number captured and deposited with he department 836 were United States flags iriginally captured by Confederates and resaptured from them, and 544 were Confederite flags taken by the United States troops, naking a total of 780 in the custody of the lepartment. When received they were de•oeited in a vacant attic room of a building n Seventeenth street, occupied by the clerics if the adjutant general's. In 1807 the superntendent of the buildings, without intruction, so far as can be ascertained, bad hem removed to his office, where a few rere placed upon the walls and the remainter upon shelves or in pigeon holes. At this ime an inventory of these flags was entered n a book, in which was also entered a desription and brief history of the capture of hoee that could be identified as belonging to articular organizations. They remained lere until the latter part of 1874. The report tates that while some of the Confederate lags have since been given to the companies Dr, regiments capturing them, none have passed out of the custody of the department ;hatwere in, such custody when Secretary Endicott assumed charge of the department The order to return the flags and the order revoking it are given, and the statement is node that no flags were actually returned -tnder the first order. As to the law requiring the public exhibition of captured flags and trophies, it is assumed that a construction put upon it by former secretaries of the %rmy and navy that the law applied to trophies taken from a foreign enemy, and not to those taken during domestic hostilities. Consideration of the report was deferred until after It is printed. r, Feb. 81.—Becratary Endloott murrer ia the defendant Potts villi, Pa., Feb. 31.—While the acquiescence in Master Workman Lewis' circular declaring the miners' strike off is marked by some halting and hesitation, it may be claimed upon the whole llu.it it luw been effectual. Without the railroaders' trouble as a factor it is probable that every colliery in working condition wduld have started up with the ordinary force. The collieries "north of the mountain," almost without exception, started up, while the employee of most of those "south of the mountain" appear to be only letting themselves down gently by holding back until they receive official notice of. the abandonment of the strike. At Shenandoah all the Reading collieries started, except plead anew. judge Huntington opened for With a denia what the ment chargea gtituted a meanor. Coonwl addressee in support Fatally Injured—Mrs. Jacob Allbright; Lizzie Bunnell, limb broken and head crushed; Mrs. Gabe Geries, Corinne Hambrick; child, of William Hogan, both legs broken; Mrs. Lillicraft, Mrs. Emory Mallox, Mrs. Henry Waters. Squire demurrer. solum k. bquirk. I He contended that the conspiracy charged against Squire and Flynn was a lawful conspiracy, and one frequently entered into. "The acts of Squire and Flynn were not prohibited by the statute," said Mr. Howe, '-and if their acts were not prohibited by the statute we have no right to indict them. There maj Knickerbocker and Indian Ridge, where repairs are being made, and these will resume to-morrow or Thursday. Id the light of the conflagration, started by the collapee of the big buildings on the square, the east end looked like a city riven by shot and shell. Faces that were crushed, and arms and bands that were white and rigid, lay exposed In the plain of wreckage, while the air was burdened with the groans of the wounded, and the cries of women whose relatives were buried somewhere in the widespread ruin. Surgeons and policemen did noble work amid these terrible surroundings, bat to the firemen is due the greater honor At Turkey Run and Shenandoah City collieries four engineers, who had been discharged several weeks ago for refusing to hoist coal for Bhipment, were refused their places. They claim that this action is in violation of the agreement that no man were to be discriminated against, and the miners threaten to go out again unless the discharged engineers are taken back. At Ashland all Reading collieries ars at work except Tunnel Ridge, where repairs are being made. At Mahanoy City all are at work except Mahanoy City colliery, where repairs are in progress. At Mount Carmel the Reading men refused to resume on the newspaper publication of the Lewis circular. All the Hecksherville Valley collieries employes refused to reoogntae the Lewis order, but upon learning of the action elsewhere arranged for a meeting to decide. Frackville and Mahanoy Plane report everything moving and more railroaders applying for work than can be taken on. THE MUSICAL PRODIGY. leged attempt can be His Withdrawal from ProfeMlonal Life Leaclit to Legal Complications. New York, Feb. 31.—Henry E. Abbey has obtained an attachment against the property in this state of Caslmir Hoffman, father of the boy pianist, Josef Hoffman. It was issued in a suit by Mr. Abbey to recover $57,- 500 from Mr. Hoffman for alleged breach of contract The alleged breach consists in the notification of Mr. Abbey by Mr. Hoffman on Saturday evening that, because of Josefs poor health, the contract with Mr. Abbey have been a consent, but no conspiracy. Political agreements are not against the law." Ex-Judge Davit read the proviskwu of the code relating to conspiracy, and contended that there can be no crime unless the alproved and an act committed which the code forbids. When the cloud had passed from sight innumerable tongues of flame sprang from the wreckage. The upsetting of stoves started fires in the remnants of nearly every home, and for hours it looked as though a frightful fate awaited those pinioned to the ground. But the heroism of the firemen, it is believed, ■pared every victim from the flames. When morning came it found the searchers still toiling among the ruins. Smoke was rising above the blackened ruins of several buildings, but men stood ready to extinguish the flames whenever they should appear. The dismantled court house, with its massive pillars and girders strewn about as though it had been shaken by an earthquake, was now a morgue. A dozen bodies, swathed in white sheets, lay in one of the rooms of the great building. Some of the victims were relatives of prominent citizens whose homes had been demolished. District Attorney Fellows held that the points raised by the oounsel on the other side were not applicable to the case. "When men get together publicly or privately to nominate a man for public office," said CoL Fellows, "they do not commit a crime. But if the candidate makes of himself a mere tool or a creature to the men that nominated him and places the power and patronage of the office in their hands, and to bind the contract also places his resignation in their hands in the event of his not keeping the contract, he commits an act that is a manifest perversion and an obstruction of the law, and it is, thereforeman indictable offense." The investigation wu Adjourned until to-day, when Mr. Haremeyer and Lawyer Parsons will have another chanoe to enlighten the committee. Pwn.Anni.PHXA, Feb. 81. —Master Workman W. T. Lewis, of Miners' D. A. 185, came to this city yesterday from Pottsville with the expectation of receiving replies from the Lehigh coal corporations ia answer to propositions submitted to them similar to those submitted last week to President Carbin. He did not receive any replies -from the Lehigh region, but was astounded last night at receiving telegrams from Robert Maggs and Thomson, respective secretary and master workman of division 13 at Mahanoy City .and Middleport, in the Schuylkill region, to the effect that many of the miners had been victimized. Some had been discharged outright and others suspended. Thinks It Was • Cawd. Orasgk, N. J., Feb. 21.—James D. Moriarty, of this city, who was reported to bars been mixed up in a mysterious midnight shooting affair at Willard's hotel in Wasfaingington, denies that any such tiling oocuirsd there so far as he knows. He says he cannot account for the report, and thinks it was a canard. Grouped about the bodies were many mon and women, whose sobbing sounded peculiarly distressing in the shattered corridors of the big ruin. A policeman stood guard at the door, while undertakers flitted in and out of the room. The homes in the west side are filled with dead and wounded. The wounded, it is said, number over 100. Streams of crape flutter from the doora of twelve houses in the district spared by the cloud. Ex-Judge Davis, who was last to speak, bod not gone far into his argument on behalf of Flynn when the hour for adjournment was reached FAVORING PROTECTION Montreal, Feb. 21.—Professor Swift, profeasor of languages in Plateau «fie demy heir, was committed yesterday to the Longue Points asylum for the insane. ProftKsor Swift is master of twelve languages, and is said to be the finest Shakespearian scholar In Canada. A Learned Professor Insane. MASTER JOSEF HOFFMAN. was cancelled. Mr. Abbey claims that his contract calls for eighty performances, at $1,250 a week, and that twenty-eight performances remain to bo given. He says in his complaint that the boy's health cannot have suffered much since he was examined at the mayor's office recently and pronounced remarkably healthy. Mr. Hoffman said he would take Josef back to Europe. Mr. Hoffmaq's trunks have been levied en. A Vote In the National Senate on a Small Tariff Ihbup. THE DYING PHILANTHROPIST. ■Washington, Feb. 81.—On an amendment to the district railroad bill, the tariff question came up indirectly and was voted upon. The. amendment required the rails to be of American manufacture, a requirement which Mr. Edmunds, for the purpose of having a record, demanded the yeas and nays. The amendment was agreed to, 25 to IT. The vote was as follows: Master Workman Lewis declared that if this were found to be so, and if the Beading officials were proved to be guilty of treachery in violating Corbin's agreement, he would call out the miners, together with the engineers, pumpmen and firemen. Such an order, he added, would be promptly obeyed, and the great fight would be renewed in bitter earnest. Mr. W. W. Corcoran Gradually Hearing the End of Life. New features and incidents of tjhe calamity are reported every hour. John Maxey's misfortune is overwhelming. The cloud tore his house into fragments, and from the pile of timbers and bricks scattered in his door yard the rescuers dragged his Beven children, all of whom were covered with blood and dirt. Even Maxey himself did not escape. For an hour he lay pinioned in the ruins, while all about him arose the cries of his children, whom he could not aid in any way. When the man was finally released from his prison ha was unconscious. His legs are one mass of bruises from the hips to the ankles, and his face is badly cut. All the children, it is thought, will recover. WASHirfbTON, Feb. 31.—Dr. Garnett, Mr. Corcoran's physician, has for some time been alarmed at his condition. He says he took a heavy cold six weeks ago, and it has resulted in senile bronchitis. It frequently attacks persons of advanced age. The serious phase of this disease is the relaxation of the muscles in the membranes of the throat, which has the effect of filling the bronchial tubes with secretions. In cases of persons of advanced age they are unable to throw this phlegm off, and, as in the case of very young children with croup, death is liable to ensue from suffocation. This is a danger which threatens Mr. Corcoran. Inauguration Day, March 4. Washington, Feb. 21.—The bouse baa refused, by a vote of 129 to 188 (not the oeoeasary two-thirds in the affirmative), to pace the Hoar joint resolution changing the data of Inauguration day, and extending until April SO, 1689, the term of the Fiftieth coi»» F«m.  Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry declines to say whether the offer of some unknown person through him to Mr. Hoffman to settle $50,000 on Josef if the father would withdraw him from professional life has been accepted. It is thought by some that it has, and that this accounts for the broken contract The boy tells reporters that he feels overworked and wants a rest. This is the only explanation offered by the Hoffman family. Yeas—Messrs. Blair, Bo won, Brown, Chose, Chandler, Davis, Dawes, Edmunds, Farwell, Frye, Gorman, Hiscock, Hoar, Manderson, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Palmer, Piatt, Plumb, Riddleberger, Spooner, Stanford, Stewart and Stockbridge—35. Norristown, Pa., Feb. 81.—Jacob R Hunsicker, a member of the Montgomery county bar, was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the county prison and to pay a fine of $500, having been convicted last December of forging the name of John J. Carson to a note of 1300. D Hunsicker and his counsel both appealed to the court for clemency. After sentence had been pronounced the board of censors of the bar mMa application for a rule to have Hunsicker's name stricken from the list of attorneys. The rule was granted. Hunsicker broke down when on his way to prison. The sheriff stopped at the residence of his prisoner and allowed him to say good-by to his family. A Lawyer's Downfall. Washington, Feb. 21.—A bill was introduced in the senate yesterday by both of the New York senators providing for the payment of (2,600,000 to the stats of New York, for principal and Interest paid by that state in aid of the suppression of the rebellion. New York's War Claim. Nays—Messrs. Bate, Blackburn, Call, Coke, Daniel, Eustis, George, Gibson, Hampton, Harris, Hearst, Pugh, Reagan, Vance, Vest, Walthall and Wilson, of Maryland—17. Mr*. Albright and her daughter were readtog-in their parlor when the roar of the approaching cloud alarmed them. The girl ifprang to her mother. Before either could ■peak the building collapsed, and mother and daughter were driven before the cloud in a shower of timbers and brick. Neither was bio wo from the other in their wild flight, and both wet* found in each other's arms 100 yards from the spot where they sat when the storm overwhelmed them. The daughter is still unconscious and may die. The mother will recover. Mrs. Hoffman would only say that her son was overworked, and must rest He would not be allowed to play for several years to oomfl. Theatrical managers say that Mr. Abbey is badly out of luck, as he has spent considerable money in arranging for Hoffman's western tour, and there is a question whether a contract with a father for the aristic services of a young child can be enforced, or whether damages will be allowed by a court Professional men are about unanimous in believing that Josef is as well as he ever was, but that the ISO,000 gift to the parents has led them to withdraw him. Among the pairs announced were the following: Cullom with Gray, Evarts with Morgan and Hale with Beck. The bill (which was about half completed) was laid aside informally. Owing to his great age and his general debility he has not the strength to resist He is able at times to clear his throat, but should he grow weaker this would no longer be possible. His death may be looked for at any moment. Kmbossler Be ess Sentenoed. Philadelphia, Fein 31.—Renry R. Reese, the embezzling cashier of the Continental hotel. was brought into court for trial yesterday. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two years and three months in the Eastern penitentiary. He sleeps most of the time, but when any one ha knows comes into the room and speaks to him be rouses up and recognizes them. He is conscious, but seems to have lost the power of continuous thought His granddaughter, on arriving yesterday, went at once to Mr. Corooranl bedside and spoke to him. He knew her and greeted her pleasantly. He then said that he wanted to talk with her about certain matters. Then, after a pause, he began to talk on an entirely different subject. His mind wandered a little, and he imagined that he was dead. He said to one of his friends with whom he was conversing, "Why, hire am I talking about my own funeral."Discrimination Against Seaboard Cities. New York, Feb. 21.—A committee appointed to consider alleged discriminations by the trunk lines against New York and other seaboard cities, and in favor of Chicago and other western cities, have reported to the Produce Exchange that such discrimination exists, but the interstate commerce commission refuse to interfere without a formal complaint It will cost $5,000 to employ counsel and push the complaint The exchange yesterday appropriated the $5,000, directed the committee to continue its work, and adopted resolutions that the discrimination in through foreign rates would ruin seaboard commerce Probable Harder la Camden. Caxdkit, N. J., Feb. 21.—Police officials at this city entertain no doubt that Miss Mary Peterson, an aged colored lady, has been murdered. The neighbors at the woman reported at police headquarters last evening that she was missing, and the door was broken in by the officers, who found har prostrate body lying on the floor of her musty room in the midst of a heap of rubbish. The neck appeared as though the woman had been choked to death. There is no clew to the probable murderers, but suspicion rests on two women, who have served terms in prison for various offenses. Poisoned by Wolf Bait. Pesth, Feb. 21.—A family of nine persona at Bakouguana hare been poisoned by eating portions of a poisoned sheep, which haG been placed by the burgomaster of the Tillage as bait for wolves. The escape of a passenger train bound for St Louis was merely due to the eccentricities of the cloud. The train lay almost squarely to the path of the destroyer, and would have been hurled from the tracks had not the cloud lifted just as it reached the rails. The passenger* were in a panic. They clung to one another, but all were too scared to scream. The olond smashed a building on one side of the train, and then, jrising above the roofs at the coaches, dipped again and demolished another building on the other side of the terrified travelers. Train and cloud then moved in their respective directions. In the National House* Washington, Feb. 21.—In the houso yesterday, under the call of states, the following, among others, were introduced and referred: Relating to the duties and compensation of United States marshals and attorneys; regulating the classification and compensation of postmasters; increasing the compensation of third class postmasters; for the improvement of navigation in the Harlem river; for the construction of an appraiser's warehouse at Brooklyn, N. Y.; for the apportionment (on the basis of illiteracy) of |6S,000,000 for educational purposes; a resolution requesting the committee on ways and mea* to report back a bill repealing internal revenue taxes; directing the committee on education to report back the Blair educational bill before March 30; to amend the homestead law, so that only eighty acres can be entered instead of 160, and jo permit only American citizens to enter homesteads; joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term to eight years. A Receiver Appointed. Washington, Feb. 21.—The comptroller of the currency has appointed JudgeM. Edwin Day, of Moravia-. N. Y., at receiver of the Fir&i National hank of Albany. and cripple all the material interests of the seaboard cities if not checked, and instructing the committee to bring formal complaint before the interstate commission and test the law, and if the law is found powerless to prevent such discrimination, than to take steps for further legislation. National Service Pension Convention. N*w York, Feb. 21.—The executive committee of the Rated Service Pension association has engaged Irving hall for the sessions of the National Service Pension convention, to be heKl in this city on March 1. The servioe pension headquarters during the convention will be at the Grand Central hotel, where members of the convention and representatives of veteran organizations will be entertained at reduced rates. Delegates and others intending to be present at the convention should send their names at once to Col. Charles A. Wells, president of the association, room No. 108, Tribune building. The m?nterious origin of man hu been partially disclosed by the Iniiaaspnlis Gjiizen, who found an iatant in a tin-pail at the top of a tree. It is to be remembered there is nothing mysterious about Dr. Bull's Oough Syrup: a few doses will cure your onugh and oold. New Yobk, Feb 21.—The twelfth annual dog show, which opened to-day at Madison Square Garden, promises to be the largqpt ever held in this country. Over 1,200 entries, inJ eluding the most noted dogs in the world, have been recorded. The noted English judges, L. P. C. Astley and W. R. Taunton, will act in that capacity. The Canine Exhibition. The city officials are doing all in their power to relieve the sufferers, but it is feared the burden is too great There are at least 1,000 persons to the city who are without homes, and many are in pressing need of food and clothing. Appeals for aid have been sent to the outride world, and it is hoped there will be a generous response. Albany, Feb. 21.—The architects who were appointed to investigate the condition of the capitol building will be ready to report when the legislature meets on Monday next A most appalling state of affairs will be shown to exist, and it is asserted by them that the least dangerous portion was the assembly ceiling. From the foundation up the building is a complete botch, and all the rules of architecture and strength have been transgressed. The two staircases are both deficient, and the only clearly good piepe of work is the senate chamber. The report is destined to create a veritable sensation, and will be looked for with interest A Mammoth Botoli. MUSIC HALL. Monday, February 27th. The committee of relief is to communication with the large cities of the country, and a systematic appeal will be made to all persons to assist the city in its affliction, which is indeed beyond a parallel among the tornado disasters of this country. Those of western Missouri, Jamestown and Washington Court House did not equal the loss of this place. A Self Confessed Incendiary. CHAS. T. ELLIS Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—John Mclaughlin, charged with arson in setting Ore to his dwelling and grocery store in Germantown recently, with intent to defraud insurance companies, pleaded guilty yesterday, and waa sentenced to four years and six months in the Eastern penitentiary. Bostoit, Feb. 21.—The autopsy made yesterday on the body of the child found on Sunday in Fisher avenue, Roxbury, reveals that the infant was not strangled, but came to its death from a fracture on the back of the skull. Medical Examiner Draper says that the murderer probably grasped the child by the legs and dashed its head upon a stone. No clew has thus far been found to the murderer. yC A Horrible Infanticide. Urging their Claims. The Great German Dialm* O median, in the lata Win. Carleton's Comedy-Drama, Washington, Feb. 21,—Delegations from Chicago, Cincinnati, Neto York, San Francisco and St Louis arrived hero yesterday, bent upon capturing the national Democratic convention. The Chicago and St Louis delegations have opened bureaus at Willard's and the Cincinnati and San Francisco committees are at the Riggs house. There is active canvassing among the members of the national committee, which is to meet here on Wednesday. Speaker Carlisle, it is understood, will present the claims of Cincinnati for the convention, while Gen. R. J. Smith, of Chicago, and Mayor Francis, of St Louis, will act as chief spokesmen for those cities before the national committee. Other delegations from Saratoga, N. Y., and Cleve .and and Toledo, O., are expected here today, and there is every prospect of an exciting canvass for the coveted prize. The CalV fornians are claiming twenty-three pledges for San Francisco. Twenty-four votes are necessary for a choice. Alighting at the Louisville and Nashville depot, the visitor's attention is first directed to the supreme court building, a few yards from the depot, without dome or roof, but shreds of tin banging from its side, marking a pivot around which the storm seemed to swing. All else to this direction is untouched. A few steps eastward along the railroad discloses to the southwest an appalling sight of devastation. It is in this direction that the laboring classes have built their little one story cottages, among the timber, and here it was that the cloud first dropped down and to whirling fury twisted immense oaks from the ground and mashed the homes flat; then, gathering the clinging pieces, strewed them all along the path, tearing down the fences and wiping out landmarks. Scarcely can the direction of the streets be traced, for to this poorer quarter grading had not been attempted. How many houses were here destroyed is not known, for nothing is left to many places to mark the lota Fifteen foundations still remain. In six acres formerly well built up but three houses are ij, the path of the (term, and these are wrecked. On the right and left of the path the debris plunged like catapults. Casper» Yodler Heal Dow for Mayor of Portland. On the Trail of a Murderer. Portland, Me.. Feb. 21.—The Democratic mayoralty convention last night nominated Neal Dow lor mayor. Mr. Dpw is also the Prohibition candidate. Chicago, Feb. 31.—The Mail prints a story to the effect that Tascott, the murderer of Amos J. Snell, was seen at Leaf River, a small station on the Milwaukee and St Paul road, ninety-seven miles from tills city, on Saturday afternoon, and was recognized by an old schoolmate. Two' Chicago detectives reached Leaf Kiver Sunday night, and they were under instructions to at once secure a conveyance and follow after Tascott without stopping for rest Telegrams were sent to every station between here and Omaha. Consequently the entire country is on the alert and will keep a close lookout for the fugitive. Coder the management of F. F. PROCTOB, InD tetpieted by a An Embezzler Pleads Guilty. 8TR0N8 8UPP0RTIN8 COMPANY. Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—Joseph J. Knight, a clerk in the Manufacturers' National bank, indicted about two months ago for embezzling over $90,000 of the funds of the bank, and released on $35,000 bail, was brought into the United States district court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the charge and it w«s agreed he could have until Tuesday next to settle up nme business before receiving sentence. Washington, Feb. 21.—Although reported ill yesterday, Speaker Carlisle was in the chair, apparently in perfect health. Speaker Carlisle In Good Health. Produced with Special Scenery, AND INTERSPERSED BT CHARMING MUSIC. Mr. Kill* U pcooounoed by all to be CONDENSED NEWS. THE 8WIBTI9T SINCE t At Saratoga, N. Y., James Green, the Ballston bank burglar, was sentenced to Dan nemora for ten years. In the Dramatic Profession. Butt n-hole Boqnets for the ladles, Preeents foe the Children atevery performance. Fighting the Sugar Trust. After a shot down of over two months for repairs, the Western Steel works, at St Louis, resumed operations with a fore* of 2,000 men. WPrl »*1l, to and U cte. Diagram open Friday, at # a- m. San Fbancmoo, Feb. 21.—Claus Spreckela laid to-day that he would soon leave for the aast, and would probably establish one or more sugar refineries in Baltimore and other points. His California refinery, he said, had offers of ample assistance from New York parties in fighthig the trust* He was convinced that the trust was harking up the American refinery in its fight on him. MUSIC H ALL. Washington, Feb. 21.—In the United States supreme court, Justice Matthews rendered a decision in the case involving an ejectment by the city government of Hoboken, N. J., of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, on the ground of citizenship or alienage. There were six actions of ejectment and they Verdict for the Railroad. Statu and Cromwell on Trial. The building No. 648 and 860 West Twentythird street, New York, occupied by the Fowler Bed company and the Cylindrograph company, was burned last night Lon about $246,000. Tuesday Ev'g. Feb. ante THE CANTATA OF  Bangor, Me., Feb. 21.—The trial of Stain »nd Cromwell (or the murder of John Wilson Barron, treasurer of the Dexter Barings bank, began yesterday in the supreme judicial tourt room in this city. Chief Justice John A. Peters presided. He iD the same judge who presided when Jimmy Hope was tried and acquitted for the same offense, ten years fego. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. After the empanelling of the jury County Attorney Frederick H. Appleton made the opening argument for the government. When he had finished the court adjourned until to-day. Mr. Harris Phelps, of New York, won a suit in chancery in Loadon, brought by his wife to obtain pawitssion of her S-yearold child DANIEL Looking northeast across the railroad, the rain appears more terrible, because the buildings RfliB larger, heavier and more compact The wave made for 800 yards a clean swath, tearing down fences and 'trees, piled up the debris on either side, and leaving naked fence posts and foundation walls to mark the spots at residences. There still remain on either side of the path dismantled outhouses, half buried with other roofs. To the southeast stand the ruins of the three story brick flour milt, the walls stripped down and the machinery exposed, and on the north, partially surrounded by uninjured houses, ve the onahed Baptist church and the large brick Commercial hotel, unroofed and partly torn down. Six hundred yards further on is the patoita corner, and in front stands the shattered court house, with den* .irowa #»w» otw Urn wrtrwm, the wall* c nM were in the lower court, where Arrested Car Arson. the verdict wm for tile defendants. The supreme court affirms the decision of the lower court, holding that the grants from the state of New Jersey, under which defendants claim, respectively, are a complete bar to the recovery sought against them in these suits. New York, Feb. 21.—Emil Klein, a cigar manufacturer at 128 Cannon street, was arraigned yesterday for arson. There was a fire in his apartments Saturday night Klein was well insured, and had judgment* pending' against him. There were twenty families in the tenement, whose lives were endangered. If Klein is convicted his punishment will be life imprisonment The Theatre Comiqne, * Hoboken, was burned. One person perished and another is 4ying. Or, Captlotty and Restoration. Will be preernted.br an oraanlsatln* of Mtteto I IBM, under the leadership ot WM. M. JONBS, with a The Baptist ministers of New York, who had invited Dr. McGlynn to address them on "The Pope in Politics," on his declining to ■peak on that subject, refused to invite him to discuss labor matters. Josle Holmes and Wtlshtra are Safe. CHORUS OF 35 VOICIS Threatened with Blindness. Cincinnati, Feb. 21.—The district attorney in the United States court yesterday moved a nolle at the indictment against J. W. Wilshire, charged with violation of the United Stetes banking law in connection with B. L. Harper, of the Fidelity National bank, on the ground of inability to prove the charge. The court allowed the motion, and Mr. Wilshire and his bondsmen are released. Judge Sage said rimiiiif action be with the indictment acainst Jasia Holmes, and At-1- — • a _. _ . 1 AND ORCHESTRA. New York, Fab. 21.—The Commercial Advertiser says: The friends of Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, of The World, will learn with regret that be is threatened with total blindness. The malady isa failure of the nervous orgauitatton of the ocular systarh. He is under treatment at Santa Barbara, Cat, but has not improved. His physicians now advise a Ma voyage, and prolonged travel and rest, tot d« not fuaraatee a owa. The body of Stephen J. Meany, the Irish patriot, has been taken to Ireland for intermefitWales Visits Frederick William. SAS Rmo, Feb. 81.—A bulletin issued at midnight say* that yesterday was the best day the crown prince has passed since the jperation was performed. The ooogh and npeetoratkn have abated, and the patient is in good spirits. The Prince of Wales arrived lure yesterday, and dined with the crown AUiLaws Ticket*, (to. and Uc. Diagram at Muaic II«■ Boak Store. The insurance men of Providence are greatly alarmed over tb* great number of Incendiary Are. in that city. Juan J. Michelena, Venezuelan couneel at, Philadelphia, aava hi* countrymen will fc** by Eny For Mo mD Bent. . After April let. A amall farm now oocupfn I by Morris Weeks. InFzeler, aboat three mil'a from West Plttaton Two thirds o' ren can be paid by work done on the place. For partumlai* addre-- HocvZ&fsr**. '&s&t '