Evening Gazette

              "... J C'■ 4 r V ' N ' Jr * 1 4 V'3' I-. " i •i ▼ A 1*1 ***C• * 1 nnHMim ( •*»!» btMlKhrd ISM. ( * PHTSTON, PA , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1888. V" ■ . .D . v .. ■. . . . A .tr D « . \ two CEQ (I run OmMs m ». M ST. LOUIS IS THE PLACE, THE VETERANS ADJOURN. AMONG ORANGE GROVES. ARRE8TED IN MISSOURI. A. Mad Bolleved to b« the Mwv dortr of Millionaire SnelL THE RISING OF THE RIVERS N«l K. M. Onrtlu Elected Commander rh« Fisheries Treaty •• Viewed br tka CANADA'S PARLIAMENT. ot the Kqipln State's O. A. B. THE VISIT TO THE SUB-TROPICAL Chicago, Feb. 21-—Information wai received at police headquarters yesterday afternoon from Sheriff Eh:era, of Franklin county, Misnouri, that b« bad arrested at Lebanon, a village near Kansas City, a man supposed to be W. B. Tasoott, the murderer of Amos J. SnelL The man (aw the name of Walter B. Lumm, and claimed that ha was traveling from Hillsboro, Ills., to his home in southern Kansas. The attention of Shsriff Bhlers was flrst at icted by Lamm'* team of spotted ponies as he drove through the village of Union last Friday afternoon, and after an examination of the facts and circumstances pertaining to the stranger's visit to the place, he became convinced that be bad found the Snell murderer. ICE QORGE8 IN THE 8U8QUEHANNA AND JUNE 5 THE PAY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Stracubb, N. T., Neb. 24.—The annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic flnfiihCwf tor oflloeri late ye®- terday afternoon. Bight hundred ballot* were cast, an unpreoedentedly large number. The following officers were elected: N. M. Curtiss, of Ogdensburg, department commander; C. H. Freeman, Corning, senior vice commander; Robert Wilson, Newburg, junior vice commander,; Charles A. Hanlan, Brooklyn, medical director; Rev. J. R. B. Smith, Hudson, chaplain. Council of administration—Theodore Poole, Post 181; Alfred Lyth, Post 9; Alex R. Penfleld, Post 86; Dennis Sullivan, Poet 380, and Thomas B. Odell, Post 188. There was a great deal of hard fighting done on behalf of the various candidates before a ticket was elected. EXPOSITION. AND DELAWARE Governor QnmU. Ottawa, Feb. 34.— Parliament opened yesterday with imposing owwnony. The attend - ance waa large. In hia speech from th« throne Lord Lansdowne said regarding the fisheries treaty: C • ' Admiring the Beaatlas of Nature la Sunny . Florida—Mrs. Glevented Presented with a Fawn—The Arrival at Quaint Old St. Augustine. The Tlul Tote oa the Momentoos QuesDlea Chicago Kea St nek to the. Last, ud tkH Jolaed Is a Unanimous Tote. Jnbllaat St. Lmia. Causing Alarm la Feaasjrlvaala Cities and Towns—The Water Tweaty-ona Feat Above law Water Mark at Wllkes- "The negotiations between her majeeb 'a government and that of the United States for' the adjustment of what is known as the fl» .- eries question have, I am pleased to iptorn you, resulted in a treaty which will, I venr .-•» to hope, be considered by you a* honors » and satisfactory to both nations. The treaty'. with the papers and corresponded cm relatM; thereto, will be laid before you, and you v.. i be invited to adopt a measure to give eCec. t its provisions." No business of importance was transact"*. It was decided before adjournment that t :« speech of the governor general should ho taken into consideration to-day. The aeasiou promisee to be a lively one. There will he debates on the question of closer trade run- Hons with the United States, the fisheiis* treaty and other matters. Only two divon-e cases will come up before the senate this nssion. During the past twenty years the Canadian senate has granted only twenty-tar divorces. barra—Damage to a Railroad Bridge. Fl*., Feb. 24.—Ye«terd»y Lancaster, Pa., Fab. 24.—The ice on the Susquehanna at Columbia broke shortly after 11 o'clock Wednesday night The water oommenoed rising and the ice went down the river at the rate of tweuty-flre miles an hour. The ioe kept running until about 1 o'clock, when it began to Jam in the vicinity of Turkey H11L The river then began to rise rapidly, and in a short time it was fourteen feet above low water mark. The ice has caused some damage to the railroad bridge at this place. Pier No. S has been shoved eighteen inches out of llnef and the railroad tracks are fifteen inches out of line. The stringers, under spans Noa. 38, 24 and 25 have been badly strained, and some of the weather boarding has been torn off the west side. The water has caused considerable damage* to property at Columbia. The River tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad west of B. N. Smith's mill are completely submerged, preventing work by the shifting crews. The ice is very badly gorged, and it will take an immense body of water to carry it over the dam. The water slowly receded yesterday. Word has been received that there is a big gorge at or near Steelton, one near Conewago, and another at Marietta. When these break trouble may be expected here again. Wabjuwgton, IWx 3i.—It was 1 p. m. yesterday when the new* that 8t Louis had oocae og best to the triangular contest came otttofWntard-s hall. Tbe eastern men led the break from San Francisco, under the action of Senator Gorman, and the' territories were quite as quick to change their votes. The last ballot recorded stood as follows: uorning, according to previous arrangement, the president and party took breakfast in the private dining room which had been assigned to them, and at 9:90 entered a carriage and were driven to the exposition. Great crowds of people had congregated along the route to see the party paffl, and wfcen they arrived at the exposition building "the crowd was so dense that they were only kept back from the carriage by lines of policemen. After entering the exposition, and before the tour of inspection was made, the entire party, consisting of the presidedt and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary and Mrn. Whitney, CoL Lar mont and lady, and several of the senatorial party, were introduced to the officers and commissioners. The public were excluded from the building for several hours, so that the inspection could be made without inconvenience.Ehlers at once oommunloeled the facte to the Chicago police, and, in reply, received instructions to arrest the man at all hazards. By that time Lumm had proceeded quite a long distance, and was not overtaken until he reaohed Lebanon yssierday, when he waa arrested without any trouble. His description is pronounced by tbe Mianuri officers to exactly tally with that given out aa Tascott'a He has marks of gunshot wounds on the right hip and scars on- his knee, thigh and both elbows, and around his ankles are marks of shackles. Lumm has with him a young woman whom he claims as his wife. The polioe authorities here are confident that the arrested man is Taacott, and officers who know him have been sent to the Missouri village to identify him. St. Loals—Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, (Morula, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi. Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Dakota, District of Columbia, Montana snil Washington—28. The newly elected department commander, Gen. Newton Martin Curtfas, was born in St. IiBwrenoe county, in May, 1888. He entered the Union army April 14, 1861, and was rapidly promoted. He was breveftted major general and thanked by the state legislature tar his services at the capture of Fort Fisher. He served with McDowell's army in 1881; Army of the Potomac, 1861 and 1862: Dix's army. Army of the Potomac and department of the south, 1863; Army of the James and Potomac, 1864. He has been five times elected to the state assembly. For Chicago—Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Malae, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming—It. For San Francisco—C ArUoca and S. Fornla, Kansas, Oregon, Foe New Tor*—New York and Nevada—2. The stute dinner last evening at Government house, given by Lord LeAisdowne at t!w expense of the country, was Cr brilliant affair. Over 300 guests were present. The decorations were magnificent, and were purchated in New York. For Clncli St Louis had within one of a majority, and the changes came so fast that the stenographer ccmld not catch them. P. H. Kelley, of Minnesota, was the first, and by the time the row of bricks was all down the choice was made Unanimous. Senator Gorman snid positively, just after the meeting had adjourned, that It waa purely a matter of judgment with the delegates. Everybody had expressed the feeling that there was only one course for the nomination to take, but that there was a difference of opinion as to where the convention would better be held. TKb encampment adjourned after the election of officers. There are no debts, and there is $3,624.86 in the treasury. The Woman's Relief corps, G. A. R.,. department of New York state, have elected Mrs. Sarah C. Mink, of Syracuse, commander, and Mr*. Ann B. Cleary, of Rochester, senior vice commander. Mrs. Cleveland wore a checked silk dress, with velvet trimmings and natural flowers. Six indictments against William B. Tascott were returned yesterday in Judge Clifford's court One charges him with the murder of Amos J. Snell. The other five are (or burglary ■  Henry George Resigned. New York, Feb. 24.—Henry George imys In to-day'a Standard that be will not dispute Dr. McGlynn's management of the Anti- Poverty society, nor start a new one. Lik» the real mother before Solomon, he Will yield up the child rather than see it dismembered by strife. He hopes the society will continue to do good work. W1LDC8BAHRK, Pa., Feb. 81—The ice in the Susquehanna river began moving hi front of the city Wednesday night It stopped for a short time, but then the rapidly rising Hood caught it up again at midnight, and it went bounding down stream with a mighty roar. Before morning the huge cakes, two and three feet thick and very solid, formed a gorge two miles below this city in a bend of the river, and at once the water began backing up until it covered the Kingston flats to the depth of five feet for miles. The great farms between this city and Kingston are all submerged, and the tide is rising steadily. All communication by street cars and wagons between this city and Kingston has been cut off. The Susquehanna presents a picture of artistic grandeur. The broad surface, as far as the eye can reach, is glittering with the sharp peaks of massive cakes standing on edge. Last night the water was nearly even with the banks, and twenty-one feet above low water mark. The encampment was brilliantly wound up last night by a reception given by the ladies to the soldiers in the Empire House hall. ARIZONA TRAIN ROBBER8. I TO INVESTIGATE VENEZUELA. They Attack a Traill in the Usual Style and Bob the Express Car. The tacit understanding that the choice of the place should determine the time was put into effect. Mr. Scott move?) to reconsider the rote fixing the date of July 8, and after some debate, in which Senator Gorman adhered to his opposition to an early convention, the motion was carried by a vote of 26 to 19, two members (from Texas and Missouri) not voting. Ex-Senator McDonald moved to substitute June 6, and that was adopted by a vote of 29 to 17, Col. J. G. Pratzner, of Missouri, being excused from voting. Our Government Will Take a Hand in Tucson, A. T., Feb. 24.—The west bound (rain on the Southern Pacific railroad was boarded by two masked men at Stein's Pass station Wednesday evening. After the train had started the men crawled over the water tank, covered the engineer and firemen with rifles, and when a mile and a half from the station the engineer was compelled to stop the train. One of the robbers uncoupled the mail and express car with the engine from the other part of the train. The engineer was compelled to move on a mile and a half further, when the robbers again ordered him to stop, and then forced the Wells, Forgo & Co.'s express messengers to open the car, which they rifled of valuables, but without disturbing the mails. England'a Lateat Grab. Tbenton, Feb. 24.—The senate yesterday passecf the county option high license bill. The proceedings were conducted with exactitude and regularity. The measure is now before the governor for consideration, and there are three oourses for him to adopt: He may sign it, whereupon it will become a law; he mayveto it, whereupon it will be passed over the veto by the'same vote that passed it originally In the two houses; or, he may file it without his signature. Local Option tor New Jersey. Washington, Feb. 24.— In the house yesterday Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, offered the following preamble and resolution, which wen referred to the committee on foreign affairs: Whereas, It is stated that the British government has made claim to a considerable portion of valuable territory now and hitherto in the possession of the republic of Venezuela, and is, through its agents at Demerara, in British Guinea, proceeding without legal or equitable right, and in defiance of the protests of Venezuela, to exercise dominion over the same, and has refused to arbitrate the question of disputed boundaries: and MAIN EXPOSITION BUILDING. She was much Interested in the horticultural and fruit display, and was the recipient of a number of bouquets of rare and tropical flowers. In the rustic building, on adjunct to the exposition, she plucked her first pineapple and also picked her first Granger from a fruit-bearing tree. She tossed the orange to the president, who was standing by, but'he failing to catch it, i( struck him on the breast and rolled to the floor. Mrs. Cleveland laughingly remarked, "You are no good on the catch." A sub-committee of seven was directed to be appointed to make arrangements in 8t Louis for the convention. The call employed in 1884 was adopted as it stood. It Axes the representation of each state at double the number of senators and representative!!, and concludes as follows: An Irish Landlord's Surrender. Dublin, Feb. 24.— Sir Henry Burke liaa granted his tenants at Woodford a 25 per cent, reduction on their rents, and has forgiven them the legal costs involved. He will reinstate the tenants who were evicted and pay the cost of their maintenance white evicted. Commoner Michael McCarten baa granted his tenants a reduction of SO per cent in their rent. Whereas, the United States has, by its settled policy and practice, defended existence and independence of all American countries against European domination mul control, and is particularly interested in maintaining republican government and rights in both Ameiricas; The engineer was next ordered to go back and take up the other part of the train, and the robbers left the railroad and started in a southern direction. The train arrived here on time. The express robbery is reported heavy. A special train was placed at the disposal ot Marshal Wade, and several officers, with two Indian trailers and horses, left for the scene of the robbery. # . Port Jkrvis, N. Y., Feb. 24.—The Delaware river is gorged at this place for a distance of four miles, the ice being piled to a height of twenty (pet The river is slowly rising. Cellars and a number of inhabited basements are flooded in the village near the Barret suspension bridge. The wooden breakwater in front of the abutments of tne bridge has been destroyed by the ioe, which reaches to the-top of the piers. Apprehensions are entertained that the gorge may have a disastrous result in this village. All democratic conservative citizens of the United States, irrespective of past political associations and differences, who can unite with us in the effort for pure, economical and constitutional government, are cordially Invited to Join in sending delegates to the convention. The inspection occupied over an hour, and at 11:15 the party again entered carriages and were driven to the depot at South Jacksonville, where the private car Alcazar was in waiting, and a few minutes after the train pulled out for St Augustine. The day was beautiful, a bright sun shining with full Florida fervor. The president seemed to be greatly delighted with the attention shown ilm here. At the Sub-Tropical exposition he took particular interest in the fruit display, ind asked a great many questions regarding orange culture. The Ban Francisco people admit their disappointment, but on all sides they are congratulated on their plucky fight It was regarded aa somewhat fortunate that territories, minus their electoral votes as they were, did not definitely control the selection in the end. There is some little internal friction in the San Francisco delegation. CoL J. P. Irish, who was displaced as spokesman by CoL Tarpey for Gen. King, venting his displeasure freely. The San Francisco case was managed best from the start, but the St Louis men were able to play a little more politics than their far west rivals. The Chicago men stuck to the last There was not a break in the line. Their rivals Were able to combine, but the drift was not their way. They made the most of their strength, and frota first to last it never wavered. Resolved, That the president be requested to send to the house, if not Incompatible with the public interests, all documents and correspondence between this government and the governments of Great Britain and Venezuela, or either of them, relating to the question of the disputed boundaries between said British colonies and Venezuela. Want to Collect Baek Taxes. Oot the Boodle and Freedom Too. New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 24.—Node* was given yesterday, by order of the oommon council, that tbe application to the circuit court to place New Brunswick under tbe terms of the Martin act to enforce the collection of book taxes will be made before Judge Scudder March 9, when the three commissioners will be appointed. St. Louis, Feb. 24.—A nolle prosequi was entered in the case of Dan Moriarity, indicted with Fred Witt rock, George Weaver and M W. Haight, for the robbery of the Adams Express car on the Frisco railway Oct 25, 1886, and he is now free. "WIttrock, alias Jim Cummings, took Moriarity into his confidence while planning the raid. After the robbery $1,500 was sent from Dallas, Tex., to Moriarity to keep him still. Be agreed to give evidence for the state when be was located by a reporter named Galvin, and it has been known from the first that he would not be prosecuted. Wholesale Opium Frauds. Nxw York, Feb. 24.—In the oourse of his investigation as to opium smuggling at this port Collector Magone has discovered that while 150,000 pounds of opium were withdrawn from bonded warehouses here, ostensibly for export to Havana, during the past three years, only 20,000 pounds have been imported into Havana from this city. The collector has not yet found out where the other 130,000' pounds went He has discovered opium frauds to the amount of (1,300,000. BROUGHT BACK FROM THE GRAVE. While at the "Rustic," which is the euphonious name given to tho fairy like looking structure containing the exhibits of the couh- The Remarkable Story Told by a Yenng Han of Toledo, O. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 24.—Benjamin Witmer, a wealthy farmer and tobacco dealer, committed suicide about noon yesterday by .hanging Himself in his barn, near Winner's Station, Bast Lampeter township. He was a highly respected citizen, about 56 years old, and a member of the Mennonite church. He leaves a widow and several children. Hanged Himself In His Barn. Toledo, O., Feb. 24.—Charles Martindale, a young man, was stricken with apoplexy flvi years ftgo and to all appearances died. He was buried, according to the statement of his family and neighbors, but yesterday surprised his father and mother by walking into thfe-house. Seeking Burial in Conseerated Ground. Mayor Francis, of St Louis, has sent the following telegram to Preaadent Cleveland: I Congratulations to you and the Democratic party—on time and location or convention at 8t Louis. It mean* the light will be made squarely on the principles so clearly, forcibly, and courageously enunciated in your message. Washington, Feb. 24.—After a series of very disorderly meetings In the Industrial Reform party—forty-five men and four women —a presidential ticket has been agreed upon, as follows: A. E. Redstone, of California, for president; J. A. Colvin, of Kansas, for vie* president This is not the same party that nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for the presidency in 1884, but It is its legitimate political heir and suooeacr, and Mrs. Lockwood is numbered among its originators and founders, although she is not participating in the present convention. The Fourth Party in the Field. Nxw York, Feb. 84.—The family of John Maguire, who died at an Anti-Poverty meeting, applied to the supreme coifrt yesterday for a mandamus to compel the Calvery cemetery authorities to permit burial in Maguire's lot The cemetery people, who are backed by Vicar General Preston, rely on the decision in the case of John Byrne, upholding them in refusing burial because Byrne waa a member of a secret society. The young man says that he was not dead, nt knew when he was being laid out and when he was buried. He could not, however, let those about him know that he was alive. Against Female 8uirrage. Boston, Feb. 31—The adverse report of the woman suffrage committee on the question of license suffrage tor women wan adopted in the senate yesterday. A bill offered as a substitute tor the report, and favoring such suffrage, was rejected, 19 to 18. Tb« president of the senate cast the deciding vote. On the .night following the burial his grave was opened by medical students, who took him out, dressed him up in a suit of black, took him to the office of a college professoi and bolstered him up, intending to frighten the doctor and then dissect the body. D. R. Francis. Jubilant St. Louis. St. Louis, Feb. 24.—The good news from Washington was received with enthusiasm hem The afternoon papers issued extras, and bulletins announcing the result of the thirteenth ballot were posted up at the morning offices, hotels, telegraph offices and other places. Even Republicans took an active part in the rejoicing, throwing up their hate aS high at the most enthusiastic Democrats. ThaSL Louis delegation to Washington will be given a rousing reception upon their return, preparations for the event being now wall under way. The time selected, too, could not hare been better, for the weather of the first half of June is almost certain to be pleasant, following as it will the spring rains and preosding the summer heat The convention will be held In the Exposition building, though not in the regular Music halL The latter •eats only between 7,000 and 8,000, while the east nave of the building can be fitted up so as to seat between 10,000 and 11,000. The horrible situation had the effect to bring young Martindaie out of his trance, as he calls it As he was deeply in debt and his father had refused to help him he left the town and went west, leaving his parents to suppose him still in the grave. The Case of Gould and Sage. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 84.—'The total number injured by Wednesday's explosion, includin { those slightly injured, was thirty-tour. Four are now dead. The coroner's inquaat is no t in progress, but a verdict is not probable until this evening. Daluth's Dynamite Explosion. New York, Feb. 24.—The Gould-Sage matter came up yesterday before the grand Jury for consideration. District Attorney Fellows and his assistant Mr. Semple, submitted the affidavits and other documents in the case. They were closeted with the jury over an hoar, and then a witness, said to be Sydney Dillon, was called. Witnesses are being examined by the grand jury to-day. '• toono. Killed While "Bobbing." ties of Hernando, Citru and Pasco, Mrs. Cleveland was presented with a four months' old fawn by Mr. Cash Thomas. Amsterdam, N. Y., Feb. 84.—About 10:80 o'clock Wednesday night, while bobbing on the Market street hill, the bob Reindeer became unmanageable when near the bottom of the slide, and ran into a street lamppost Harlem Plants, aged 18, who was sitting near the rear end of the bob, was thrown to the ground, the bob and its entire load landing on top of him. He was hurt internally, and died yesterday mqrning. William Reid, aged IT, who sat next in front of Plants, had a leg broken; The other occupants of the bob were more or leas injured. Wanted In New York. Montreal, Feb. 24.—An Italian named GFarcenna Torelli entered Notre Dame church Wednesday night, pssBed through the center aisle to the railing of the sanctuary, and, alternately kneeling and standing, struck his breast with his hands, accusing himself of murder. Dr. Brennan, of Notre Dame hospital, was called, and declared the man insane. Dr. Bouchard yesterday made an official examination, with the same result Meanwhile Detectite Carpenter telegraphed Inspector Byrnes, of New York, and received a reply stating that Torelli was wanted in New York for a murder committed l&st year, and asking that he bo held until an officer arrived to take him in charge. St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 24.—An immense crowd had congregated at the depot here hours before the arrival of tho train with the president and party on' board. At 18:45 the train rolled into the depot, and as the party alighted the cheers that arose were ieaiening. Mayor Greno welcomed the visitors and extended to them the freedom of the ancient city. The president and Mrs. Cleveand were escorted by Mr. H. H. Flagler to an elegant landau drawg by three pairs of ipirited bays. Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, and Col. and Mrs. Lamont were escorted to carriages, and the party, accompanied by the city aldermen, also in carriages, were driven through the principal streets. The quaint thoroughfares were lined with crowds of people, and the windows were filled with eager sightseers. The city was beautifully decorated with green palmettos, holly, magnolias, Spanish moss, flags and gay bunting. Mrs. Cleveland was greatly attracted by the old Spanish houses, with their narrow windows, whitewashed sides and peculiar roofs, while the narrow streets-Afforded her endless amusementM. St. Paul, a Paris physician, has offered, the French Academy the sum of $6 000 o found a price for the discovery of a cure for diphtheria.. He has evidently not beard of D -. Driven Out in the CoW.' Dublin, Feb. 24.—Several evictions were made yesterday on the Potuonby estates, and the cottagers were driven out of thedr houses, despite the fact that the weather waa extremely cold. Much suffering will ensue. Bulla Cough Syrup, which has cured bm.- dreds of cases of this awfuljdiseaee. The Providence Firebug Still at Work. Provtdbncx, Feb. 34.—An attempt to burn the Sprague mowing machine building waa made yesterday. This is the largest wooden building in the state, and is occupied by a number of firms and about 800 employes. The fire was discovered in a charcoal bin, and was put out before much damage was done. The door of the bin was kept locked, and the fire had evidently been set by some one through a drop door near the floor.. This occurrence renews the excitement caused by the frequency of incendiary fires of late. Mrs. Oarfleld and Mollle Coming Borne. London, Feb. 84.— It is stated that Mrs. Garfield arid her daughter, Miss Mollie, will return to America on .the steamship Trave, sailing from Bremen. Mt. Vernon, Ills., Feb. 24.—Carloads upon carloads of provisions are coming in every hour, bat they are all needed. The money relief la not prompt enough, and unless the peopW contribute at once there will be much suffering. The various relief committeess have been thorougly organized, and are doing a noble work. There is some talk of erecting larger barracks in the center of the town, where the homeless may live until they can obtain better accommodations. Hundreds of workingmen are arriving with every train, and more are needed. There will be steady employment for at least 5,000 laborers for the next month or two. The weather remains mild, but a storm would cause untold suffering. Large money contributions are needed at one*.  Money Heeded at Mt. Vernon. Prohibition In Connecticut. CONDENSED NEWS. Hartford, Fob. 24.—The Rev. 8. B. Forbes, of Rockville, the Prohibition candidate for governor in the state Wvo years ago, states that the Prohibitionists will run a full state ticket in November. The Republicans, he added, cannot nominate a ticket that wiL receive support from the Prohibitionists. Even Governor Lounsbury, with his web known temperance principles, would not be acceptable and could not count on the help oi a Prohibitionist in Connecticut Mr. Forbet received 4,009 votes in the gubernatorial race two years ago. He claims that the party if stronger numerically now than it was in the canvass of 1880. Tho department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, in twenty-second annual encampment at Syracuse unanimously adopted the per diem rated service pension bill, and requested its senators and representatives in congress to vote for the measure. „ Fifty-eight Tears of Ministerial Work. Patebson, N. J., Feb. 24.—The Rev. John Berdan has retired from active ministerial duty, after nearly fifty-eight years of service, he having officiated as pastor of the True Reformed Dutch (Seceder) church at Paaaaio since April, 1880, his first and only charge. Until recently Mr. Berdan could give the text and selections of scripture used at any of hit services during that period. In his ninety-one years of life he has never used liquor or tobacco. He is still remarkably erect and vigorous.  The national house committee on public buildings and grounds reported bills for publio buildings at Yonkers, N. Y., Paterson, N. J., and Allegheny City, Pa. At 1 :S0 the party were driven to the Ponce de Leon, and as they alighted, the band played choice selections, and hundreds of school girls, dressed in white, scattered flowers in front oi the visitors, and sang a glee song as they entered the hotel. Over the main entrance was the word "Cleveland" in letters of electric light, fining brightly. The distinguished guests were conducted to their apartments, and shortly afterwards a lunch was served. The palatial Ponce de Leon was magnificently decorated with flags and banners, flying fro*4 its towers, while bunting and evergreens almost covered the structure. Other hotels and buildings were also decorated in the most lavish style. Electric lights of all sizes and colors added to the general effect, and at night the city seemed to be one blaze of HCjht. *AKlM6 POWDER The house committee on pensions has agreed to the senate bill increasing to (SO per month the pension for total deafness. A Family Tragedy. In Massachusetts sixty-nine savings banks have 1,727 deposits which have been unclaimed twenty years, amounting to (619,965. Ottawa, O., Feb. 24.—On Wednesday William Lindley, aged 28, and John Tibbitts, aged 17, who were brothers-in-law, and living near bere, got into a quarrel, Lindley wanting bit wife, who bad been living with her mother, Hn. Tibbitts, to return to him. She refused, and her mother and brother also encouraged her. Lindley swore he would have her or kill them all. Returning to his mother's house, be secured a shotgun and came back. The doers were locked against him, but be broke tbem in and shot young Tibbitta, the charge effect in Tibbitts' forehead, inflWJng a wound from which he can hardly recover. Tibbitta then grabbed a shotgun, and leveling tt at Lindley, pat the entire charge into his Ml ling hiqi instantly. Pocohkeepsib, N. Y., Feb. 24.—At New Hamburg yesterday afternoon three children of William Babcock, the drawbridge tender at that place, aged, respectively, 7, 5 and i, years, were playing on the ice. The eldest. Charlie, was pushing the two others on a sled near the edge of the channel, when the ict .gave way and all three went into the water. Charlie was rescued by his mother, but the two others got beyond her reach and were drowned. Late last night one of the bodies was recovered. Two Children Drowned. Ben Johnson, a Morgan county, Tenn., desperado, was shot and instantly killed in an affray Wednesday night at Glenmary, Tenn. Cornelius Walters, who fatally stabbed his friend William H. Hart, In Philadelphia, last November, pleaded guilty to a charge of murd«r in the second degree and was sentenced to Ave yean* imprisonment. Washington, Feb. 81—Among the petitions and memorials presented and referred in the senate yesterday were the following: For removal of duty on salt; to abolish the tax on alooholic liquors; to reduce postage on seeds, plants and bulbs; to admit books printed In foreign languages free of duty; for the abrogation of all treaties with China, so far as they permit Chinese immigration. Mr. Manderson introduced a bill to provide for aid to state homes for disabled sofitiers and sailors.  In the National Senate. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marrel of parity strength and wholesome nets. More aoonomlca an the ordinary and cannot be aoM I • miietltion wltb tba multitude of low teat,  weltrbt alum o phosphate powiiers. Sold onlt in cans lathe hearing at Boston in the Andover seminary oase Judge Allen authorized the firing of testimony on behalf of Profeasor Sraythe, in order to Amend the record to be presented to the supreme court The Teacher Will Mow Prosecute. Brooklyn, Feb. 21—The autopsy in the case of the boy Powers shows that death resulted from heart disease. Miss Moore, the school teacher who was arrested on the charge tr the boy's parents that she caused his death by striking him on the bead, will sue her accusers for malicious prosecution and false arrest. BotaL Baiino Powder Co., 100 Wall St., N. V. Defective Brakes Canse Two Deaths. Bradford, Pa., Feb. 34.—A lumber train, consisting of a locomotive and seven cars, ou the West Branch railroad, was derailed while coming down a steep grade at Belknap't. lumber camp, eight miles west of thi» city, ai 5 o'clock last evening. Tony Whit ford, a brakeman, aged 24, and John Ha'pin, aged IT, were instantly killed. Four others were more or less injured. The brakes failing to hold the train caused the accident Sleepers in Monmouth, Ills., and neighboring towns were startled Wednesday night by a loud roar and a Jar which shook walls and rattled windows. It is belived it was caused by the explosion of a meteor. IT NEVER FAILS t » as ?4 j5.®* D?*& Identifying • Murderer. Hade a Target of Himself. for all-d ijeascs-'flhi D Philadelphia, Ceb. 24.—Several hundred people viewed the bodies of the man and woman who were principals in the tragedy in Camden Wednesday night. None war-, ibk to identify them until a livery stable man of this city named McCauley partly solved the mystery yesterday by idenifying the man as Michael Finnegan, aged SO years, of No 713 South Third street, Philadelphia. Mr. McCauley was unable to identify the woman, but reoognicad the features as those of a n o mm who called at his stable with Finnegan McCcnley said: "There is a mystery «ur rounding this tragedy that 1 cannot under utalwl I know Finnegan well, and he is tbC last person I would think of committing suet New York, Feb. 24.—Daniel Oakey, aged SO years, went into a shooting gallery on Bleecker street yesterday and began practising with a revolver. After firing a number of shots, and while the proprietor's head was turned, Oakey put his head into the firing tunnel, stuck the muzzle of the revolver into his mouth, and pulled the trigger. Death was instantaneous. The suicide bad been at one time insane. No motive is assigned At Blowing Springs, Ga., on Wednesday, Mrs. John Wilhoite, being attacked by apoplexy, fell upon a fire in an open grate, and was burned tp death. BUll Another Priest Sentenced. Dublin, Feb. 24,—Father Kennedy, who was arrested sometime ago, was sentenced yesterday, together with eight farniers, to two months' imprisonment for attending meetings of suppressed branches of the National league, which wore held at Newmarket und Cork. Ben Magill, the student at the Chattanooga (Tenn.) university who killed his comrade, James C. Johnson, with a baseball bat on Wednesday, »as held in «500 bail to appear. '•t Hang for a Heinous Crime. St.. Paul, Feb. 24.—Governor McOill yesterday sentenced Nels Olsen Holong to be banged on April 13 for the murder of Mist Idly Field, committed last May near Fergus Falls, this state. After killing his victin. Holong fed her body to the hogs. Since hit conviction efforts have been made to seonre his pardon on the ground of insanity, but he was pronounced sane. • Killed by a Hidden Assassin. The mate of the ship Tillie Starbuck, from Philadelphia for Hiogo, was stabbod, probably fatally, by one of the crew off Fort Delaware.Chattanooga, Tom., Feb. 24.—Pat E. Hamii, a 19-year-old boy, was ahot at a house In Gadadan, Ala., by an unknown party Wednesday night The ball entered the left , temple and tars the top of his head off. The murderer of pfl _ Ruined by Over Indvlfenee. Bbookltn, Feb. 91—Thomaa Denham, formerly a wealthy Ice cream manufacturer and well-known cttixon, shot himself dead yesterday. Diadpated habits had ruined him, ml hi wgi in § despoodeot condition. ' • A Chinaman who arrived at Baton fron- Llverpool claimed to have been In this country before, but his pawport wan defective and te w M allowed tofrpd. . •«ld by Bimrclata ta Pittarton. i. ■■ i ■ ■ /