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              {betting Cairtt t. -J * NUMBER 1734 J •wklr bMUiM ISM. I PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY. MAY 1, 1888. !two cents. r« Dow ■ W«k at the Dooglas monument. Mr. Fuller baa a bouse full of children. They are all girls, and be has eijrht ot them. Mr. Fuller is a most forcible speaker. He has occasionally taken part in political campaign, but not prominently. His voice is somewhat shrill and high pitched when addressing large assemblages, but he is a wonderfully effective speaker when addressing a court or jury. He stands easily, leaning a little to one side, and in a slow, conversational with an easy and graoeful gesture, be reasons with the joif. Diss Debars OwirStory Mr. How* produced the Salomon family Bible in court, showing the reoord of Aan O'Delia Salomon's birth, and the witness turned very pale and very red by turns as the inspected the chlrography of tile entry. She failed to recognise the handwriting as that of Professor Salomon. She also declined to recognise the penmanship of several letters signed "Anna" as her own, and said it appeared to be the fyuidwritlng of Augusta Salomon. THE ALDM BAKING POWDERS • TheNew ChiefMice. "he Tariff Discussion. THE WORLD OF SPORT. Event! on the Race Track and News from the Dlamoiifl. Nashvilijs, Tenn., May 1.—Weather fine »nd track fast First race, three-quarter* of k mile; Rivet first, Full Ball second, Buckeye third; time, 1:15%. Second race, seven furlongs; Lelex first, Benedict second, Kirmesse third; time, 1:21D%. Third race, mile and seventy yards; Asceola first, Mollie McCarthy's Last second, Lottie Wall third; time, 1:47%. Irish Pat finished first, but was disqualified. Fourth race, West Side stakes, for '4-year-olds, five furlongs; Proctor Knott first, Fan King second, Liberty third; time, 1:03%. Fifth race, three-quarters of a mile; Belle Broeck first, Tudor second, Dudley Oaks third; time, 1:16%. - . 8TATE BOARD OF HEALTH ACTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS Ihs Daughter of King Ludwig and Lola " Melville ¥. Fuller, of Chicago, Named by the President Monte*. The Debate on the Kills Bill Goes Mer- The Names at Ike A Inn lirnnda Pale Hailed—'The Method* by which Ibejr are SsM-Nrnmsitr tor a National Pure Food Law. rily On. WHAT BIO MEN SAT OF HIM. TITLES ABE HEBS BY BIGHT. A LIYELY DAT IN THE HOUSE. When asked if she had been married to any one sinoe 1878, she said she declined to answer. The Massachusetts Stat? B jard of Health, like the State Food Commission of Ohio, publishes the name* of (he slum powders fcund oo sale within its jurisdiction as ihi most effective way to. prohibit the sale of what it classes as a detrimental article of food. A Grandson of Chief Jnstlee Weston. ■all to bo Oae of the Best Lawyers la ' the North weet—A Brief Sketch of His His methods are the reverse of bullyragging. He is always quiet and gentlemanly, whatever the provocation to be otherwise. He is noted for his anoompromising integrity, as well as for his devotion to the interests of his olieniB, and is generally believed to be one who would have nothing to do with a dishonest or suspicious case. He is painstaking and industrious. His income from his profession has of late years averaged over $80,000. He is credited with having saved President Cleveland from many pitfalls in the West. The "General" Acknowledge Having a Wife ljvlag—The Medium and Her Allowed Husband Hold to Await the AeUon of the Grand Jury. "Had you a husband living in 18781" asked Mr. How*. Mr. Groevenor, of Ohio, Doesn't Like the Bill, and teys So—Mr. Boyner Cannot Agree with Htm—Two Other Opposition Speakers. "No, sir," replied the witness. "Who was Mr. Meynale," asked the lawyer. "Joseph H Diss Debar," was the reply. She explained that she had represented Mr. Diss Debar to George Salomon aa Mr. Meynale for purposes of her own. Life. I Nrw York, May 1.—The protracted examination into the chargee against Mme. Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, her hustjand, "Gen." Diss Debar, B. M Lawrence and Franklin Lawrence, his son, of having conspired by means of alleged spiritualistic manifestations to defraud Luther R. Marsh, was concluded ywterday in the special sessions court room ofthetombe before Justice Kilbroth. The result is that the Lawrences, father and son, are discharged from custody, and that Mme. and "Gen." Diss Debar are held to await the action of the grand jury under $5,000 bail cmrh The report names twenty-seven brands of alum baking powders detected, many of which will be recognized by housekeepers who have bren using them under the representation that they were pure and wholesome cream of tartar baking powders. W ASHIlfOTON, May 1.—The president hai nominated Melville W. Fuller, of Chicago, to be chief justice of the United States. Ha is a personal friend of the president, and is wall known in this city from his frequent visits Ipre on business before the supreme court He was not an applicant, and D»«« not been in Washington since the death of Chief Justice Waite. Washington, May L—The bouse went Into oommittee of the whole on the tariff bill, and Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, took the floor in opposition to the bill. He said that tbe internal revenue system ought to have been the first to have disappeared after the .close of the war, and he claimed that the Morrill protection tariff bill was a political measure, and was passed in 1860, made by the Southern senators, whoss absence from the senate in 1860 made it possible for the senate to pass the bill in that year, and it was signed, by President James Buchanan and Vioe-Fresident John C. Breckenridge, and It was the irony of fate that the gifted son of the latter was one of the men who to-day denounced it in most eloquent language. Mr. Grosvenor said that the representatives of the samaotates that opposed the passage of the Morrill tariff bill in 1860 were those who a few days ago stood In the way of and defeated a just measure for the adjudication of the financial question whloh followed the war. Mr. Grosvenor had no fear or anxiety in regard to the surplus. If the government would to-day pay its honest debts there would not be a dollar of surplus. x Wabhwqtok, May 1.—There was a big crowd present at the Ivy City races, beautiful weather and fast track. First race, threequarters of a mile, purse t&OO; Vance first, Young Quite second, Valiant third; time, 1:15%. Second race, one mile, congressional handicap; Telle Doe first, Favor second, Panama third; time, 1:43. Third race, mile and an eighth, Willard's Hotel stakes; Defaulter first, Specialty second, Belle D'Or third; time, 1:57. Fourth race, seven-eighths of a mile, purse $500; Sam Harper first, Golden Reel second, Thomas third; time, 1:30. Fifth raoe, one mile, selling race; St Valentine first, Sam Brown second, Thriftless third; time, 1:43%. IVY crrV RACER Mr. Townsend asked for. time to sum up, but Justioe Kilbreth said that too much time had already been given to tbe case. Mr. Townsend protested that this was unjust, but the oourt was inexorable, and the pidge took the papers. Hfc decision was given instantly, as related, and the prisoners were taken back to the Tombs. • Being cheaply made these goods nre sold to the retail dealer at a price that affords him a large profit, and the retail dealer probably unaware of their nature, is induced to push their sale in pure powders upon which the profits are smaller. In this way they are being placed in considerable quantities into the hands of consumers who hare not a suspicion of their real character. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, said the appointment of Mr. Fuller was the very bost one that the president could have made. Mr. Fuller is pre-eminent in his profession, is of unimpeachable integrity, and his private character is exemplary in every respect. He la about 64 years of age, is in good health, and gives premise of a long and brilliant career on the benoh. Senator Cullom said: "I have known Mr. Fuller for twenty-five years or more. He is • scholar and Is possessed of more than ordinary literary attainments. I regard him as an excellent lawyer, and I am sure he will make an excellent chief Justioe." DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES. Terrible Work of Western Floods—High Water In Mew England. DISASTROUS FOREST FIRES. Eau Claire, Wis., May 1.—The flood has driven fully ISO families from their homes the past twenty-four hours. The approaches of three bridges are oovered with four to six feet of water, and are impassably Porterville, a village below here, is flooded and deserted. The inhabitants are camped in iheds and ware houses. The street* on each ride of the Chippewa river in this city are flooded. The greatest loes thus far is to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railroad, and to partly submerged sawmills and business houses. Four inches of melting snow have fallen. It is still snowing bard. It is hoped the worst is over, but there is great anxiety. _ "Gen." Joseph H. Diss Debar, wearing a neat suit of black, his curly gray hair and beard neatly combed, testified that he was born near Strasburg, that his age is 68 years, and that he is a surveyor and land agent. At the request of Mr. Tojrnsend, his oounsel, he told the story of his life down to a recent date. Whole Mountains Ablase From Base to Renovo, Pa., May L—The mountains surrounding thjp town have been burning for three or four days, and now, with the wind blowing twenty miles an hour, the fire on the neighboring mountains is being scattered to every part. The sight presented is grand beyond description, but thousands of dollars worth of timber is being destroyed. Peak—Thousands of Acres Burned. Alum baking powders have bean legally declared adulterated articles of food in the State of New York, and several parties have been convicted of violating the Foo4 adulteration laws in selling them, At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 3; Washington, 1. At Philadelphia—Athletic, 3, Brooklyn, 7. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 8; Cleveland, 6. At Kansas City, too cold to play. At Louisville—Louisville, 5; Cincinnati, 6. At New York—New York, 8; Boston, 1 At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 8; Chicago, 2. At Indianapolis—Indianapolis, 1; Detroit, 18. At Rochester—Rochester, 6; London (Can*, dian), a  MONDAY'S BASEBALL DAMES. The prevalent method of dispoeiog of these goods where it is not prohibited by lair, 1* by accompanying each package with a gift or lottery ticket In several States acts have been passed making this a misdemeanor. la such localities manufacturers of alum bakiag powders who regard the law have been compelled to reduce the price from 30 or 40 to 20 cents per pound, at which rate they are now generally sold without a gift. As an illustration of the low value of the alum baking powders, the fact is stated that one of them, no worse than the others, is sold at 5 cents a pond. The extent to whioh the poorer classes, who are their chief users, are imposed upon yrhen they are charged from 20 to 40 cents for a similar article la quite apparent He said be was a married man; that his wife was in Philadelphia; that he had had four children by her, and that they were all married; that he had one child by Mme. Diss Debar, a girl, now nearly 7 years old; and that he bad lived with Mme. Diss Debar nine years. The mountains in thia neighborhood are over 800 feet high, and ax the Are extends from the base to the top, the whole .country is illuminated. There is no present danger of the flames reaching the town, but all of the neighboring lumber yards are being carefully watched. At Kane the flames from the mountains reached three oil tanks, and they with their contents were destroyed. Unless a heavy rainstorm intervenes, it is thought that the fires' will reach more valuable timber lands farther back. It is stated that Senators Cullom and Farwell have assured the president that they will vote for the confirmation of Mr. Fuller. Mr. Townsbend, of Illinois, a warm friend of Mr. Fuller, and who urged bis appointment, says that Mr. Fuller is one of the ablest lawyers and most accomplishet gentlemen in tbe United States. He is popular with all who know him. His private and public life Then the witness said that he had paid every obligation due to his legal wife, and that be regarded Mm Diss Debar as his true wife in the eye of God and man. In rp-ily to a remark from Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Liiojvenor said that if the Internal revenue system was abolished the present tariff would not produce more revenue than the government needed. The proposition of the Republicans to remove internal taxes was not in the interest of free whisky or free tobacoo, but was to remit to the states the power of taxation, and to permit the states to take the place of the general government. Bellows Falls, Vt., May 1—The manufacturing interests here are at owing to tbe backwater. A number of small frame store houses have been washed away, and the brick walls of an unfinished pulp mill were knocked down by the rush of water. Back of the mills tbe wate( is at least twenty feet above the low water mark. The meadows and highways are submei-ged, so that the /illage is almost entirely cut off from tbe surrounding country, except by the railroads, which as yet are not disturbed, and trains are reported to be on time, but the next twenty-four hours will show a great change. The water is slowly rising. Weeding Oat Philadelphia Saloon*. Philadelphia, May 1.—Decisions have been handed down by the liquor license court upon the applications from the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first wards. In these wards, where there are now tolerated 1,066 saloons, there will be but 197 after June 1. Out of 633 applications 197 were granted, 389 refused, 43 withdrawn and 5 held open. The witness declared that be knew nothing about th» deed to Mr. Marsh's property until after it was executed, and even then he objected to its acceptanoe. Ho was not an artist, he said, but, in his profession, he had' learned to draw and paint topographical objects, such as mountains and mines—nothing else. He bad nothing to do with painting pictures for Mme. Diss Debar to present to Mr. Marsh as spirit prpductiona. Lancahtkr, Pa., May 1.—A spark from a locomotive on the Wayneeburg branch of the Pennsylvania railroad set fire to the timber on the Weloh mountain, between Beartown and Cedar Lane, this county. The flames burned furiously Saturday night, all day Sunday and Sunday night, and the light could be seen for many mils* The flames were Anally subdued by building a cross fire, but only after more than 1,000 acres of timber had been destroyed. In concluding his argument, Mr. Grosvenor insisted that under the administration of »he Republican party the country had grown in wealth and prosperity in a ratio never witnessed in this or fly other country, while under Democratic administrations the country had stood still or retrograded. The following are the names of the alum baking powders as given by the reports of the Massachusetts State Board of Health: They Sold Liquor on Sunday. ALUM BAKING POWDERS: A. t P. State. Silver King, Welcome, Old Colony, Crystal, Centennial, Gem, Windsor, Sovereign, Daisev, Geo. Washington, Fteur de Lis, The cross-eTaminatlo of "Gen." Diss Debar by Mr. Howe was severe, and under it the nervousness of the witness perceptibly increased. He admitted that with a material brush and material paint he had restored Jhe Lavenbers pictures, but maintained that' he had never touched a brush to the spirit paintings.Cincinnati, My 1.—Quite a number of saloon keeper* appeared at police headquarters and surrendered without waiting (or the warrants to be served on tbem for violating the Sunday closing law. The bond in each case of those arrested was fixed at (100, and all will appear in the police court Those who were arrested Sunday had- their cases continued until to-day. Davis's, Henkile, Silver 8tar, Ne Plus Ultra, Enterprise, Can't Be Beat, Eureka, International, Puritan, Albany Favorite, Golden Sheaf, Burnett's Perfect, Forest Ctty, Newport, N. H., May 1.—The new pulp mill, barn and penstock erected last season by it H. Hubbard at an expense of 110,000, at Croydon Flat, were entirely swept away by the high water, carrying away the Excelsior shop and dam of Stephen W. l'ilsbury below, and 300 cords of poplar pulp wood; also a blacksmith shop and other buildings, and a bridge over a branch of Sugar river. The damage cannot be leas than #00,000, and is a total loss to tbe ownera Mr. Rayner, of Maryland, in supporting the bill said the Democratic party has issued tariff reform notes to the people, and tht question was whether it would pay or repudiate. The people wanted the government to stop robbing them. The government did not require the surplus to pay its debts. The oontest was one between protected monopoly and capital on one hand and unprotected people and taxpayers on the other, and he itood with the unprotected people for revenue reform. — Summit Station, Pa., May 1.—Several large fires are raging in the mountains. One dwelling has been destroyed and other buildings are in danger. "As early as 1868," Mr. Howe asked, "did you not paint portraits?" Rxadiho, Pa., May 1.—Forest fires north and south of the city have combined with nature and sent the thermometer up to 93 degs. in the shade. The Blue mountain is a sheet of flame for several miles, and a powder mill narrowly escaped destruction. Furious Gale at Queenstown. Is free from any stain whatever. He has besn a lifelong Democrat. Mr. Townshend thinks that the president has made as good ■election as the country affords, and that Mr. Fuller will not disappoint the expectations of any of h's friends. • MELVILLE W. FULLER. The witness admitted writing from Onset Bay to Augusta Salomon in Louisville, Ky., in 1886, asking for the loan of $26, and saying, among other things: "Should you prefer ■ome work of mine instead of a return of the money I will paint you a portrait in oil from any photograph you may send. I have had some success in that line for two summers past." There was a murmur from all parts of the room when Mme. Diss Debar was called. She was pale, but firm. She wore a black silk gown, black lace mantilla, and a bronse colored poke bonnet In reply to Justice Kilbreth she said that her name was Editha Lolita Montes, that she was born "presumably in Italyand that she is S9 years old. She gave her occupation as that of a spiritual medium, and her present residence "the Tombs." She was the daughter of King Ludwlg I. of Bavaria and Lola Montex, she said, and would adhere to that claim in spite of all that the press had said. By right, she poelessed the titles of Editha Lolita, Baroness of Rosenthal and Countess of Landsfeldt She could remember as far back as 1850, when ■he was taken by Mr Lavenbers to live in the family of Prof. C. F. R. Salomon, whoee residence was then in Washington. Through Mr. Lavenberz, the Salomons were paid $35 monthly for her board. She was treated very cruelly by Mrs. Salomon and her daughter, Augusta. The former shut her up in a bath tub, where she would have drowned had she not been rescued. She was also compelled to wear a dress made out of a bed spread, while the Salomon girls were always well dressed on the money paid for her support. While the Salomons were living in Baltimore Mrs. Salomon stabbed ber in the wrist and thigh with a pair of shears for some childish offense. In Brqpklyn she was treated very badly by every one but Alice Salomon. Augusta at that time was a saleswoman, and brought home goods that she stole in the store where she was employed. This testimony waa excluded as immaterial, and Mme. Diss Debar turned to Judge Kilbretb, saying scornfully: "Then I'm the only one to be blackened 1 Thank you, judge." Queknstown, May 1.—A furious gale prevails here. The wind blows with such severity that the Inman line steamer pity of Chicago, which has arrived here from New York, has been compelled to seek shelter in the inner harbor and transfer her malls and passengers. Several ships are lying wind bound in the harbor. Feather Weight. Galveston, Tex., May 1.—Reports from all parts of Texas tell of an extraordinary rainfall throughout the state during the past three days, doing much damage to railroads and farm property along the streams. All the small tributaries of the Red river are overflowing their banks, submerging thousands of acres of grain and cotton. The Rio Urande is rising rapidly, overflowing ita banks for a couple of hundred miles above Brownsville. While many of tbe alum baking powders named are only" known locally, others are found in almost all sections of the country. Those of largest sale are made in New York and Ohio. An avoidance of the brands named by the Ohio and Massachusetts State authorities, will not insure against the use of the objectionable articles altogether, for the manu» faclurers when the fact it published that ft particular brand contain* alum, will aimply change the name, and the tale goes on as bofore. Large quartliiee of these goods are also sold in bulk, by weight, while there are hundreds of different brand put. up by small dealers in different parts of tbe oountry where the public analyst is not yet known. Official examinations like those by tbe Massachusetts and Ohio authorities, which give reliable information as to the real qualities of articles of food and furnish a glifde by which consumers can determine tbe pure and wholesome from tbe impure and dangerous without chance of mistake, are of grea'' public benefit. Easton, Pa., May 1.—Forest fires are raging on the Blue mountains between Wind Gap and Water Gap, and at various places in the Delaware and Lehigh valleys. Tramp* in some instances started the flres. Mr. Rayner criticised severely the trusts of the country, especially the Standard Oil, which he pronounced one of fraud, corruption and oppression. Judge Cooley, chairman of tbe interstate commerce commission, said tho appointment was a most excellent one. He telegraphed Mr. Fuller his congratulations. Mr. Cameron, of Illinois, asked Mr. Rayner If he did not know that the president had appointed one of the principal representatives of the Standard Oil—a representative by relation if not otherwise—secretary of the navy, and another representative of that trust was the senator of his party from Ohio. A Prominent Jersey City Man Dead. JKB8KY City, May 1.—Peter Bently, one of the beet known men in thin city, oounsel for the Lehigh Valley railroad, died yesterday at his home in Bently avenue, of rheumatism of the heart, fie was 45 years of age, and worth over C2,000,000. Melville Weston Fuller is a slim, wiry looking man, rather below the middle height Hs has silver gray hair and a drooping gray mustache. He dromes well, and is considered exceptionally good looking. His face is fresh and unwrinkled, his 56 years notwithstanding. He is a popular club man, and goss a good deal into society. He is one of tbe best known lawyers in the northwest As a politician he commanded the respect of both parties. Cincinnati, May 1.—The coopers having refused to withdraw their resolution to abstain from drinking pool beer, as demanded by the Boss Coopers' association, a lockout was declared against them by eleven firms, employing about ISO men. A movement has been inaugurated by 100 saloon keepers tCi purchase a controlling interest in one of the laiyest breweries in the city, to be run on strictly union principles. Eight hours will constitute a day's work, and three sets of bands will be employed. The establishment will be opened night and day, and will give work to nearly all the locked out brewers. Brewers' Fight In Cincinnati. IGNORANT MR. ROCKEFELLER. Hs Would be Glad to Enlighten the Trust Mr. Raynor replied that the fact of a man's being the son-in-law of somebody connected with the trust did not mix him up with the fraud. Investigators, But Csnlt. Rockvillk, Conn., May 1.—The trial of John Hodel, who, while drunk, shot and killed his wife and smothered his two children, last November, was begun. The day was occupied in obtaining a jury. On Trial for a Terrible Crime. Washington, May L—In the continuation of the investigation of trusts by tbe manufacturers' committee of the house, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, president of the Standard Oil trust, was examined. He seemed to know very little about the facts sought to be discovered by Counsel Go wen, but agreed- to furnish the information when he returned to Hew York. The questions asked were the □umber of barrels of oil refined by the Standard Oil company in 1887; the capacity of the refineries merged in the trust since the beginning of 1888, and the character of the natural gas interests of the company in Indiana. He said the only oil product that competed with American petroleum was the Russian; that his company had no agents abroad; that It had never tried to secure an interest in the Russian oil fields or products. He denied that tbe Standard trust was interested in any other forms of business, save pertaining to that of oil industry. Concluding, Mr. Rayner denied that any man could be a Democrat and remain in favor of the protective system. If the party broke its promise now to the people they would never again believe it If the pressure of local interest was regarded now, the party was doomed(*tnd doomed it deserved to be, for the party did not deserve to live that had not the moral courage of convictions. His father was Frederick A. Fuller, of Augusta, Me., in which city Melville was born on Feb. 11,1833. His mother was a daughter of Chief Justice Nathan Weston. He attended school at Augusta, and graduated at Bowdoin in tbe clan of 1853. One of his classmates was E. J. Phelps, the United Slates minister to England. After leaving college he studied law in the office of his uncle, George M. Weston, at Bangor. He also attended lectures in the law department St Harvard university. Killed His Wife. Rockland, Me., May 1.—Bethel Daniels, epileptic, killed and mutilated bis wife with an axe at Liberty village. The Tunael Ha* Not Collapsed. T.MOm, W. T., May 1.—Assistant General Manager J. M. Buckley, of the Northern Pacific company, says that the story emanating from Helena, M. T., that the Mullan tunnel, in the Rooky mountains, had caved in and was a complete wreck is absolutely untrue. The snow shed, be says, the west end of the tunnel was burned and the entrance for a while blocked. In the meantime trains are running over the overhead line until the debris is cleared away. The damage will amount to a few thousand dollars only. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, opposed the bill. The Democrats, he said, snapped and snarled at the tariff laws, and none of them had a kind word to say a taut the revenue policy which had taken a bankrupt treasury and impoverished country out of the hands of the Democratic party, and made the country the imperial, incomparably happy and prosperous country of the earth. He critioised the bill as crippling where it should support, and tearing down where it should build up. Weather Indications. The Massachusetts analysts bare also tested the various cream of tarl*r and phoephatic baking powders sold id the State, and their report that the Royal baking powder is superior to all others in purity and wholeaomeness, and contains nearly 20 per cent? more strength than any other, is quite as important to consumers as the iclormation relating to the alum powders. The exact determination as to strength of the several brands waa as follows, the figures represent'rg the number of cubic inches of leavening gas from one ounce of powder: Royal 126.15; Cleveland's, 101.7; Congress, 81.2; Hartsford'u «6.1. C«D ■ For Wednesday, in eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and in New England, slightly colder, fair weather, and light northwesterly winds, followed by a ■light rise of temperature. In I860 he was admitted to the bar, and at onoe began tbe practice of his profession In his native city. He was elected to the city oounoil, and also for a time filled the office of City attorney. These were the only offices he held up to the present time. While filling ri he also edited a paper called The Age. shopped only two or three years in Augusta. The wonderful growth of Chicago was than being noised abroad with much vehemence, and Mr. Fuller decided to move to. that city. Trick of • Burmese Contractor. The aid of the women of the country was called into requisition by a sharp Burmese contractor during the annexation of Upper Burmah. This man held the contract for supplying the troops with certain articles of food procurable in the country during the advance and occupation. Among the articles to be supplied daily by him was milk for the men's breakfasts. On serveral occasious the lacteal fluid was observed to have a very peculiar appearance, being of a bluish tint and much thinner than it ought to be, although the taste of it was very sweet. A board of officers was therefore appointed to investigate the matter and report to the commanding officer. Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, in opposing the bill, said that the pending struggle was one between England and America, and Mr. Smith—Are you conducted with the ron business) They Want to Back the Boston Boy. Mr. Rockefeller, (with a smile)—No. Mr. Smith—Are you in the soap business? Mr. Rockefeller—No. Boston, May 1.—The Herald yesterday received from two wealthy gentlemen separate offers to back Sullivan for 15,000 against Kilrain. Both offers were made without consultation with either Sullivan or Phillips, his manager. One of the gentlemen announced that as Sullivan declines to recognize Kilrain's tttl« to the championship, or the value of the Richard K. Fox belt as a token thereof, he would be backed against Kilrain for any amount from $5,000 to (10,000 for a fight to decide the relative merits of the men. the bill as a wicked assault A very earnest effort is being made to secure the passage by Congress of a law that shall foster the trade In pure food. The proposed law provides for the examination of manufactured articles of food, drink, and drags, and for the publication, in the manoaf already adopted in Ohio and Massachusetts, of the Lames of those brands found adulterated or injurious to health. A law of this character, that shall impose suitable penalties upon importers and manufacturers of such commodities, will be of vital importance to the -whole country. upon the industries of New England. It should, he said, be entiled a bill "to reduce New England to the a dependency of Great Britain." Hit talents were speedily recognised, and In a verjr abort time he was known as one at the foremost men at the Chicago bar. He took some active interest in politics, identifying himself with the Democratic party, but always holding the respect of both sidesi In 1861 he Was elected a member of the state constitutional convention. In 1803 his popularity wills demonstrated by the fact that be was elected to the legislature from a strongly Republican district. Mr. Smith—Ur. Rockefeller, the Standard oil witnesses that this committee has tried to have shown a marvelous shortness of memory about their own business, and (excitedly) we all know that you are engaged in an immense business, and noniof you seem to know anything about it. Mr. Gallinger preferred the protective to the destructive policy, and so, he said, would the south when it came to know the benefits of protection. As to raw material—so much talked about—what was it? It was not pig iron or even the water we brought into our houses. Each and all represented labor. He knew of no raw material except the Democratic statesman. Coming to the surplus question, he said the surplus was large, not because of the tariff laws, but because of the niggardliness of the Democratic party. The Republican party desired the house to pass a general pension bill, to provide for fortifications and armaments, and for extending encouragement to the American merchant marine; but the Democratic party shouted "•No I" with an unanimity which was at once suggestive and startling. When the family came to New York, she continued, she left them and entered the Rutgers Female institute. Here her education improved rapidly, most of it being "Inspirar tionaL" She became convinced that she should join the Catholic ohuroh, and enters I the convent of St Francis 1n Jersey City. The Salomon family pursued her there, trying to get her back, and she went to escape them to a convent in Cincinnati; but &eorge Salomon pursued her even there, and she was sent to an institution in All la ChappeUe. In 1867 she went to the Ursilineconrentin Louisville, Ky., and, later went again to Europe, entering another convent, where she was treated badly. From the latter place she escaped by the aid of Paul Noel Meesant, with whom. In 1868, she came to America in the same steamer. Ur. Rockefeller—I would be glad, Mr. Smith, to tell you anything that I know about my business. The contractor was called before them, bqt of course would not testify anything that would implicate himself, merely xt&t ing that his contract called for pure fresh milk to be delivered every morning to the commissariat department, in certain quantities, and that be had faithfully performed his part of the contract. A member of the board then suggested that as cows' milk was not specifically mentioqed in the. written contract, probably that of other mammals had been procured and all mixed together, thus producing the peculiar appearance complained of. On further inquiry this proved to be the case. The contractor, unable to furnish all the quantity necessary from oows, buffaloes and goats, pressed the highest order of mammals into the service—i. e., the mothers of the infant generation of Burmese.—Charles Aubrey in Ban Fraifcisco Chronicle. In answer to questions by Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Rockefeller said the trust has been termed since January, 1882; he had never seen its books; trustees meet once a quarter in New York; the record of money received from the various refineries and paid to the trustees is kept by Secretary Flagler; these records are now at No. 26 Broadway, New York. Chaska and Wlft to Pose as Freaks. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1864, 1872, 1876 and 1880. He would have been again elected in 1884 but for the machinations of the notorious Joe Mackin, who got hlmsel* Chosen instead, in order, as he said, "to make the reformers sick." Very soon thereafter Mackin got five years in the penitentiary for perjury relating to ballot %ox stuffing, and he is there yet Abbrdkkn, D. T., May 1.—C. H. McKee, a St. Paul traveling m in, left here for Gettysburg Saturday morning bound for Swift Bird's camp, in the Sioux reservation. McKee is commissioned by the proprietors of a St. Paul dime museum to offer Mr. and Mrs. Chaska-Campbell (5,000 for an engagement of ten weeks. A telegram from the interpreter stated that the arrangement can be made, and the Indian and his bride are expected to pass through Aberdeen Monday en route to St. Paul. LIFTING A CHURCH DEBT. Bow Murk Twain Once Worked this "Confidential Subscription" Plan. "Did you hear how Mark Twain lifted a church debt?" In conclusion, Mr. Rockefeller agreed, at the request of Counsel Qowen, to furnish the amount of trust certificates issued against the stock of the merged refinery companies. "No; I didn't know that that was in,his line. When and how did he do it!" Mr. Filler'* name is identified with many celebrated cases. One peculiar trait of hit charaotor is the width and acope of his knowledge. There seems to be do subject that oan by any chance arise in a law oourt on which 1Ir. Filler is not thoroughly posted. A striking illustration of this occurred during the trial of Bishop Cheney, of the Reformed Episcopal church About fifteen years ago the Rev. Charles E. Cheney, then rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal church in Chicago, was arraigned before Bishop Whitehouse on charges of heresy. "It was at the time the Rev. T. K. Beecher was building his large church at Elraira, where Mark was living at the time. Ue wrote up the plan on which Beecher was doing it. A church in a town on the Hudson river had a debt of 118,000, and a treasurer happened to come across the account of Mark's. At the next meeting of the church board he told the brethren of it. He said there was no telling whether it was told for a fact or as a joke, for he always thought Mark was joking when he was telling the truth, and serious when he was joking. At any rate he thought it was worth trying. Bo t he sent out letters to every member of. the church to send *»C■" by a certain date wfiat he or she thought was his or her portion of the 1 debt, giving as the Lord had prospered them, no matter how much or how little.' They were asked to give" not according as others might give, but to leave the matter entirely with their own conscience and with God. They were not to communicate the ainount they gave to anybody, except the pastor. "The result was astonishing. Persons that nevei had given anything to the church responded promptly, and generously. Parties that had.always given grudgingly and meagerly gave astonlshly large sums. When the date fixed for arrived, the whole amount asked for was in the haqds of the treasurer, and no one, except the treasurer, pastor and donor knew what anybody tadgfven. The plan called the 'confidential subscription' plan was based on the true law of giving and was a gratifying snoossa. Bat it is not known to tKis day whether Mark Twain was In earnest or joking when he wrote about the debt rattag."—Kew York Ttem. An Kmrtliqujhlre *1 Olenl Fall*. Howards Mr Good Tariff Articles. Mm& Diss Debar related her connection with Wood hull and Claflin in 1870, and rather non plused Mr. Howe by charging that when she was arrested at that time she retained him as her lawyer, and that he deserted her after receiving her fee. She related the well known story of her Illness aud entry into Hahnemann hospital in 1870. In January, 1871, she was sent to Blackwell's Island as an insane woman by a trick of George Salomon, who said to her when she was arrested: "Old lady, I've Axed you now." She remained on the island one month, and was discharged as an improper subject.- She married Meaant on Feb. 6, 1871, and her husband died on Jan. 26, 1873. Their child, "Dodp," was born on Feb. 5,1873, ten days after her father's death, and not on Feb. 5, 1874, as George Salomon had testified. In regard to her relations with Mr. Marsh, Mme. Diss Debar testified that that gentleman gave her the deed of hit house Voluntarily and made the mortgage voluntarily. She bad never received a dollar from him beyond the $8,000 paid out of tHe mortgage on the judgments against her. She paid all of the bills for the maintenance of the household after she went to live at 166 Madison avenue. She denied the story gf Randolph, and averted that the story of George Salomon as well as that of Inspector Byrnes, to the effect that sbs had admitted Salomon to be her brother, was false. She maintained that her powers as a medium were spiritual, and that the Marsh pictures were produosd by spirit hands. Oa crass examination Mme. Diss Debar admitted having triad to rales a mortgage of 917,800 on Mr. March's house Uyoogh Arijold. Rich * Woodford, but asserted thai Mr.Marsh knew of M. Ha Hh Stolen In Many Place*. Tboy, N. T., May 1. —An earthquake shock was felt at Glens Falls yesterday. The shock was slight and no damage is reported. The recent hot weather has malted the snow in the Adirondack region so rapidly that a freshet ha§ resulted. The water has risen more four feet since Sunday morning, and is now above many of the docks in the city. The » ater is still rising. New York, May 1.—The Reform club offers a 1250 prize for the beet practical paper on "Our Local Interest in Tariff Reform,4' printed in a newspaper anywhere in the United States before Sept. 1; also a further award of $100 to the newspaper printing said best article; the prize to be awarded by three judges appointed by the club. The articles must treat of the actual workings of the preeent tariff in the neighborhood of the writer. The club supports President Cleveland's tariff policy, but the articles are to judged according to their correctness of exposition without referenqy to the side they take. Provimkci, May t—F. J. Wright, alias Adelbert Brewster, alias C. H. Gladding, the boarding house and sneak thief, who was arrested for working several places in this city, proves to be an important capture. 'The police are in receipt of telegrams from all the principal New England cities Baying that be is wanted for various offenses. He has been identified as the man who recently stole a $300 sealskin saoque from Springer Brothers, Boston. Ex-Cannlbals of the Congo. The best known of the cannibal tribes on the Upper Congo are the Bangala, who yelled "meat" very loudly when they chased Stanley down the river, but who have conceived the idea that their recent intercourse with the whites has given considerable polish and lifted them several points higher in the social scale than the neighboring tribes. For two years past they have been utilized as Congo state soldiers, steamboat hands and station laborers. They dress in Manchester cottons, carry guns and have acquired a smattering of the French language. They used to make war for cannibal purpoees'upon the people of Ngombe, and nowadays when a steamboat draws up at NgOmbe with a lot of Bangala on board the people flock down to the river and heap abuse upon the ancient enemy with all the epithets at their command. To this torrent of Congo billingsgate the Bangala have only one response They collect at th« prow of the boat and shout " Savages 1 savages 1" at the top of their lungs. Travelers say it is on interesting spectacle to see these reformed cannibals thus vaunting their superior civilisation.—New York Sun. The prosecution was conducted by 8. Corning Judd, then and still the chancellor of the diooees. Mr. Judd, like Mr. Fuller, was one of the ablest men at the bar. He is also, by the way, an appointee of President Cleveland, being now postmaster of Chicago. Mr. Cheney was defended by Mr. Fuller, and during the course of that remarkable ecclesiastical trial Mr. Fuller showed a knowledge of ancient and modern ecclesiastical law and precedent that was a wonder to the church and legal the profession. „ Mr. Chsoey was found guilty, but his congregation held to him notwithstanding, and he le bead of the same church still—now known as Christ Reformed Episcopal—and holds the rank at bishop in tbs new denomination.They Didn't Have to Strike For It. Woonsockit, R. L, May 1.—J. P. & J. G. Ray and Ray, Rathbun Se Co. have voluntarily adopted in their five cotftm mills the system of weekly payment! and Saturday half holidays. Killed In a Saloon Brawl. Cincinnati, May 1.—Frank Hart, aged 28, a mechanic fighting drunk, went into Pat Mitchell's saloon at No. 211 Rast Front street, and locked the door after him. He then declared his Intention to whip the whole crowd. Mitchell orderyd him out, but Hart beoaml so belligerent that Mitchell drew his revolver and fired twioe with fatal effect The wounded man expired while being taken to the hospital Mitchell was arrested. Heavy Sentences. Des Moines, la., May 1.—Fire has destroyed The Leader building, causing a loss of 145,000; insurance, one-half. The Leader was published this morning from The Register office.  A Des Muiue* Newspaper Burned Out. New York, May 1.—The heaviest senten cee for burglary pronounced in several years were passed by Judge Martine upon two comparatively young men, Miohael#se ban, aged and Hiohael O'Doonell, aged Ml O'Donnell wsa oonvloted and Feehan •leaded guilty. They were each sdfKenoed so hard labor at EMog Sing lev thirty yean. CONDENSED NEWS. Chicago, May 1.—Thirteen Salvation Army soldiers, who were arrested yesterday for parading and singing on the North side, were fined #36 each in Justioe Kersteen' court Capt Trotter, the leader of the Salvationists, appealed, but histwalve followers, six men and six women, were taken to the Bridewell Thirteen Salvation Soldiers in Trouble.J Mrs. of DanLury, Conn., celebrated her '.M. birthday, having walked two miles tD cb m h the day before. The general Kwference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zlon church has began Its sessions at Newborn, N. C. Three hundred delegates are present An Incident with a Moral. Mr. Flilai sas a warm and hamate friend of Stephen A. Douglas, and in 1880 was chosen by the citizens of Chicago to deliver the address of welooae on the oocasion of the great Douglas reception in that elty. Thai address lives in history as a peculiarly brill tent and scholarly production. Mr. Nlar Was married twice, each Wane ♦a a lady of mill—Ha wmMk and standlag. His firs* wife wee Calista O Reynold* Careless workmen left a long ladder leadlag against the rear of the house they were , repairing. The enterprising burglar came along that night, climbed the ladder to the reof, opened the scuttle, helped himself to jewels and C500 in cash, and, being very considerate of their comfort, did not disturb any member of the family. The burglar found the ladder a great convenience in making his retreat. The moral of this incident is: See that workmen do not leave ladders leaning up to the window* or roof of your house.— Chicago Herald. The New York state canol#will be officially opened May 10. Repairs on the damaged Schoharie aqueduct and work on the lengthened locks will be "finished by Saturday night Frosen to Death. Ahdxs, Chill, May 1.—Travelers who arrived here Sunday report that two or three three laborers wbo had been working on the Trsju-Aadine railway have been frosen to feafeattfcetetrt tfce Cordilleras. It has feSJBSBfeCtoil!** tor* W. G. Duttenhoffer, tax collector of Columbia, Pa,, taring defaulted to the amount of W,0d0, now turns out t6 ba a forger as well, his boads having no genuine signatures upon tlMU. - - Tbs vanilla bean is the costliest bean «C earth. It flourishes in Mexico, chiefly in Papantla and Mlsantla. It grows wild, and Is gathered and marketed by the uativsa, A new invention of great value in th* D nursery to a feeding bottle flttsd with a j mometor imbedded in the glass. .j