Evening Gazette

              ■ ' . MM—■! »1 — e. PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1889 I TWOCEKTS f TrniCenma d crk NtTMEBR11930 i Weekly EnlablUIit'tl 1830 j EIGHT LIVES LOST. SAVED FROM CREMATION. A CRY FOR HELP. THE SUGAR SCHEMERS. KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE JMtable Condition of Settlers. OR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. TTie Watflr In the Boiler Was Too I«oW A Steamer on the Mississippi River Strike* a Fatal Snag. The Fearful Peril of a Mother Without Food or Clothing;. Friend, the Inventor, Died ol Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 7.—News ha. been received of a terrible accident whicl occurred at New Hope, Mercer county Seven farmers of the neighborhood had congregated at William Carter'* steam grill mill to obtain their usual supply of flour About 1 o'clock William Jerome, Thomai Carter, Joseph E. French, Wade Shuffle barger, John Wimmer, Levi Shields ant Eil Shields were sitting in the mill talking when a terrible explosion oocurred. Tht boiler had burst. The mill was totallj wrecked. ' 'V.-' Five Lives I .out. The Vote Will Be Counted Bayou Sara, La., Jan. 7.—The steamboat Pari* C. Brown struck a snag at Hermitage Landing, and sank to the bottom. It is said five of the cabin passengers, two firemen and one deck passenger are missing. Hermitage is anly twenty-five miles above Baton Rouge, but owing to want of communication with that point nothing definite was learned as to the loss of life and property. Two roustabouts who passed down on the Oliver Bierne say that six of the crew and ooe passenger were lost, but they oould giva no names. A large part of the cargo will be a total loss. and Her Babe. Fa.MO, D. T., Jan. 7.—A most pitiable rtory ctJtned from Watts county, in thenorthern part of the territory. Two men sent with provisions to distribute among Norwegian settlers in that region report having distributed the goods as fairly as they could among fifteen families, but said they knew of between forty and fifty families that were equally as destitute. In these are an average of five or sis little ones to the family, without trousers, coats, dresses, stockings, shoes, caps, mittens, or anything but a few oid rags. They had been in hope of getting a good crop and then buying clothes when the crop was sold. When frost oame and spoiled their crops they had absolutely nothing on which to live. At the Brooklyn Tabernacle on Alcoholism. Under a New Law. Sunday. MADE INSANE BY HER FEARS. IS MRS. FRIEND IN CANADA I THE WEEK IN SENATE AND HOUSE She Would Have Remained to be Burned SUBJECT, "DOES RELIGION PAT J" How the Gay Quintet Feasted on tht Proceeds of Their Main tooth Swindle. Another Siege of Tariff Discussion In the te Death, but Was Forcibly Removed. Upper House—Mr. Morton Granted the Chlldrsn Lying Asleep In the Midst ol He Has a Word to Say as to Whether lUglitcousnesa Is Profitable—Godliness Is Blooded Horses by the Score and Ma- Privileges of the Floor—The Deadlqck Flames. steal Instruments by the Dozen. In the House. Washington, Jan. 7.—The electoral vote* for president and vice president this year will be counted in a new way and under a new law. On Feb. 8 last year President Cleveland approved the bill providing foi the change of method. Under the new law the presidential electors will meet in their respective states next Monday for the purpose of electing the president and vim president. But the result of that meeting will not be officially declared until the second Wednesday In February, when there will be a joint convention of the senate and house to receive the votes of the presidential electors, cauvasx them, and officially declare the names of the new president and vice president. Certificates of the result of the November election have been received by the secretary of the state from only a portion of the governors. From day to day, as they continue to reach the state department, Secretary Bayard will promptly trannmit copies of them to congress. The law also directs him to have a oopy of each of the certificates published in some newspaper. The certificate* which have been received up to the present time have been published in one of the Washington newspapers. Some of them are brief, compact and do not take up much space. The certificate bearing the signature of Governor David B. Hill, of New York, occupies nearly three pages of the newspaper in which the publication vat made. Philadelphia, Jan. 7.—The residences of Robert McWade, city editor of The Public Ledger, and J. H. Tighe, on Lancaster avenue, at Wayne station, were entirely destroyed by fire. The total loss is about $80,000. Nine small children narrowly escaped being burned in their beds. Mrs. Jones, a sister-in-law of Mr. Tighe, was driven crasy by the exoitement and had to be taken out of the house by force. When the fire broke out McWade had just finished supper and was sitting in the parlor with his wife and several nearly grown children. The little ones had been put to bed. His first thought was of his children, and he darted upstairs and sooceeded in getting them all out of doors safely. Then he and several neighbors formed a bucket brigade, but the flames gained steadily on them, fanned by a northwest wind. Good for the Intellect—It Is Also Hoalthy, New York, Jan. 7.—Thus far the only assets which the English shareholders in the Electric Refining company can seize on art an old man named Jerry, a copper pall and a saddened memory of the interesting Mr. Friend. Three men drove up in a covered carriage to Jefferson Market court yesterday morning and had a lengthy private interview with the police jnstioe. They carefully concealed their identity, but It soon became at open secret that they were small investor! who bad read that Mr. Friend's reported death was, like his life, a sham, and the? wanted a warrant for his arrest Even thii little consolation, however, was not vouch safed them, for Mr. Friend is 'n the better land. The following named men were killed out right: Joseph E French, Thomas Carter. Levi Shields and John Wimmer. Eli Shieldi was horribly scalded and died yesterday Wade Shufflebarger was badly burned abou' the face and body. Jerome Carter was In jured on the head and face and had bis collai bone broken. William Carter was seriously burned and injured internally. The ax plosion was of terrific force. The beami were broken Into splinters, and pieces of tht boiler weighing 200 pounds were blown ovei 300 yards. It is thought that Engineei Shufflebarger allowed the water in the boilei to get too low. New Orleans, Jan. 7.—The Paris C. Brown left this port Friday night with 800 tons of freight, to which was added 160 tons on the way up. Her cargo consisted of 170 tons of oar wheels and the remainder of sugar, molsssns, old iron and sundrieSL She was registered at 1,400 tons and owned by Capta A M Halliday and C. G. Young. She was valued at $24,000, and insured through Gforge W. Near's agency at Cincinnati for $14,000. Nothing is knowft her* as to the insurance on carga She was commanded by Capt. C. G. Young, a native of Cincinnati. She had on board ten oabio passengers and a few deck passengers. Bbooklyn. Jan. 6.—At the Tabernacle today the Rev. T. De Witt Talmnge, D. D., preached a discourse on the subject: "Does Religion Pay?" The opening hymn was: They are mainly Lutherans. As they did not oompiain their real condition was long unknown. Most of them have been living on a kind of porridge, made by cooking up theii frozen, green wheat and oats. Oue family had not seen any flour for six weeks. Nearly all were entirely out of flour, or nearly so. Some have enough to last three or four days yet, but no potatoes or turnips. The people have been dividing with each other while their provisions lasted. One womau had on nothing but a thin calico drees, and was barefooted. When given a few clothes she first laughed, then cried and blessed her benefactors. Rev. C. M. Riches, of Park River, Walsh oounty, will distribute any goods sent sufferers. My days are gliding swiftly by. And I. a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as they fly, Theee hours of toil and danger. The text was: "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come."—I Timothy Iv, 8. Dr. Talmage said: There is a gloomy and passive'way of waiting for the events of the opening year to come upon us, and there is a heroic way of going out to meet them, strong in God and fearing nothing. When the body of Catiline was found in the battlefield it was found far in advance of ail his troops, and among tho enemy; and the best way is not for us td lie down and lot the events of life trample over us, but to go forth in a Christian spirit determined to conquer. A happy New Year to one and all! AN EXPENSIVE STFJJKE. FROM EUROPEAN LANDS. All that remains of his mortality is in e handsome coffin up in the mortuary at On( Hundred and Fifty-fifth street and Tenth avenue, in this city. Still, it may be somi little matter of interest to the mourners tC know that their money was used freely ir killing him He drank himself to death. A Statement Showing the Low to tht C., B. and Q. to be Fully Three Million. Sir R. D. Morler Charged with Forgery by The house* of Mr. MoWade and Mr. Tighe adjoin. The flames soon spread to the property next door. There is but one flr* company at Wayne. It owns no engine, but has • line of hose. The company responded, but they could do nothing to save the buildings. When the flames were at their height some one shouted that there was a woman at one of the windows of Mr. Tighe's house. of Dollars. Berlin Newspapers—Bovlanger's Candl- GETTING READY FOR THE FIGHT. Chicaoo, Jan. 7.—A statement of the cosi of the strike to the Chicago, Burlington anc Quincy Railroad company during its tot months' fight with the Brotherhood is inter eeting. A pretty close estimate can be madt by taking the decrease in net earnings thii year as compared with last, and then matin j due allowance for what the decrease fron natural causes would have been had then been no strike. dacy—Other Foreign Motes. But the Big Pugtllata May G«t ThamsalvM Dr. John B. Crosby, who attended hiir during his-last gprej, said yesterday: Berlin. Jan. 7.—The Post practically accuses Sir R D. Morier of forgery. It says; "The wonderful jargon of the Bazaine letter, bristling with anglicisms and solecisms, cannot possibly have been written by a Frenchman. Its language startled the Parisians, but as they desired to exonerate Morier at any cost they overcame the difficulty in a highly characteristic fashion. To effect theii object they simply committed forgery." Behind the Bars. Toronto, Jan. 7.—W. E. Harding and "Parson" Daviea got here last evening from Buffalo. Hiirain'a representatives learned immediately upon their arrival that they wen running a risk of being arrested for attempting to arrange the preliminaries for the proposed big fight, as the police are prepared to descend upon the party at the proper moment. Harding, who is a Canadian, knows that the laws in this country are severe, and it did not take him long to make up his mind that his mission must be cautiously undertaken. To newspaper men he said he was in Toronto on private business, and refused to talk about the prospective match. gave it out on all sides that he was merely an "onlooker." The papers were made out, and some of you havo just entered into businessjpartnorehips, and others of you take higher positions In the commercial establishment where you were engaged, and others have entered upon new enterprises, and there were last week in these cities ten thousand business changes. You were expecting prosperity, and I am determined, so far as I have anything to do with it, that you shall not be disappointed, and therefore I propose, as God may help me this morning, to project upon your attention a new element of success. You will have in the business firm, frugality, patience, industry, perseverance, economy—a very strong business firm, but there needs to bo ono member added, mightier than them ull, and not a silent partner either—the one introduced by (ay text: "Godliness which is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come." "Friend U certainly in the bosom of Abraham, and if it is permitted him to talk ir that plaoe I have little doubt that he hat poor Abraham's brain swimming with wild schemes this very afternoon. I attended him frequently in a professional way and he was a perfect marvel, stoclcily built and im pulsive, and ever ready and competent tc talk on any subject. It is nonsense for anybody to suppose that he Is living. He died from alcoholism. You may be astonished at what I will tell you, but it is a positive fact that that drank every day that I knew him one gallon of the best brandy that hi could get "It was simply idle to try to stop him. HC was accustomed to having his own will gratified and could not be broken from it. He could talk entertainingly on any subject, bul when that talk would drift toward chemistry be was positively charming." "Did he ever with you drift toward hi great sugar schemer' Mr. McWade ran upstairs through flame aud imoke, and found lira. Jones, with a babe in her arms, standing in the oentre of a third story room. He told her to go down stairs, but ska refused to go. Then he tried to persuade her, but she said she would not move. She was perfectly calm. Her mind had given war. Mr. McWade seised her by the arms and dragged her out of the room by forces He managed, but with great difficulty. to get her down the stairs, and she and the baby were taken out safely. When this was done Mr. McWade heard screams in Mr. Tighe's house. He ran in again, and in a second story room found two little children lying in bed, with the flames darting all around them. The decrease in net earnings from Jan. 1 1388, to the beginning of the strike amountec to about $2,000,000. As there was no per ceptible improvement in business or rates uj to the end of August, it is fair to presumi that the additional decrease in the earning) of the company would have been about $1,500,000, making a total decrease of $3,500, 000 bad there been no strike. The Eolnische Zeitung, which first published the original charges against Morier, intimates that the letter conveys the impression that it was written by an Englishman, and i hat only the signature is Basaine'a The VoeBische Zeitung says; "This new accusation against Morier is one of such exceeding - enormity that it can only fill German readers with a feeling of profound shame. Unless proof of its justness is immediately tendered the charge can hardly fail to have an almost infuriating effect upon ' foreigners," The Weser Zeitung deplores the "palpable animosity" displayedfein the publication of the charge, and says: "Such an odious accusation should only have been brought after a careful examination had furnished irrefragable proofs, or at least substantial grounds for suspicion. Was this broken man, Baxaine, a witness whose statements, ranging as they did, beyond all probability, should have been believed without further ado) It is much to be regretted that, the foreign office having declined to speak, the settlement of the dispute is left to the press. At any rate the impression appears to prevail that The Kolniache Zeitung was enabled to utilise and did utilise semi-official sources of information.The same law which requires the governor to send this certificate to the secretary of state also requires him to present three copies of it to each of the candidates elected to the electoral college. These three copies he may deliver any time up to the day on which the presidential electors meet, the second Monday in January. Section 4 of the new law sets forth in detail the manner in which the electoral voU shall be finally counted. Congress shall be in session on the second Wednesday in February succeeding every meeting of the electors. The senate and house of representatives shall meet in the house of representatives at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, and the president of the senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the senata and two on the part of tbe house of representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they art opened by the president of the senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented and acted upon In the alphabetical order of the states, beginning with the letter A; and said teller*, having then read tbe same in the presence and hearing of the two houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner And according to the rules in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the president of the senate, who shall thereupon annouuee the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected president and vice president of the United States, and together with a list of the votes be entered upon the journals of the two houses. THE SENATE AND THE TARIFF. The records of the company show that fron Jan. 1, 1888, to Oct. 1, 1888, the decrease ii net earnings was about six aud one-half mill ions. Therefore, deducting tbe $3,500,001 whioh, it is estimated, the company wouk have lost had there been, no strike from thi above amount, there remains a loss of abou $3,000,000. This can be attributed directl] to the strike. The company's officials eeti mate their loss on account of the strike a about $2,000,000, but this is no doubt a mistaki as the loss during the first month of thestriki alone exceeded $1,700,000, and the losses foi the succeding three mouths averaged aboul $700,000 each. Therefore, tbe estimate thai the strike cost the company about $3,000,001 is not to high. This money is not irretrieva bly lost, as would have been the case had thi strikers carried their point. The saving fron decreased salaries will amount to aboul $50,000 a month, or $600,000 a year. Boston, Jan. 7.—John L. Sullivan left for Toronto yesterday afternoon to meet Kilrain and arrange for their proposed fight, A large crowd of Sullivan's admirers gathered at the depot to see him off, and he was loudly cheered. He is accompanied on bis trip by Jack Barnett and Dan Murphy. He will reac h Toronto this afternoon. He picked them up, and with an infant tucked under each arm sprung downstairs and barely managed to reach the door through the clouds of thick smoke. The flames burned pntil 10 o'clack, and when they were finally extinguished nothing but a pile of charred wood, ashes and bricks were left of two of the finest mansions at Wayhei Mr. McWade loses about (16,000. He had a library worth fully $15,000, and none of it was saved. He had no insurance on the house or its contents. Mr. Tighe's loss is $3,GOO. The house did not belong to him. His effects were partly insured in the New Eugland Mutual company. TOO MUCH LEVITY IN LATTER DAY RELIGION. I suppose you are all willing to admit that Godliness is important In its eternal relations; but perhaps somo of you say: "All I want is an opportunity to say a prayer before I' die, and all will be well." There are a great many people who suppose that if they can finally got safely out of this woj-ld into a better world, they will havo exhausted the entdfe advantage of our holy religion. They talk ns though religion were a mere nod of recognition which we aro to give to the Lord Jesus on our way up to a heavenly mansion; as though it were an admission ticket of no use except to give in at the door of heaven. And there are thousands of people who have great admiration for a religion of the shroud, and a religion of the coffin, and a religion of the hearse, and a religion of the cemetery, who have no appreciation of a religion for the bank, for tho farm, for the factory, for the warehouse, for the jeweler's shop, for tho broker's office. Now, while X would not throw any slur on a post-mortem religion, I want this morning, and on the first Sabbath of the new year, to eulogize an ante-mortem religion. A religion 'that is of no use to you while you live, will be of no uso to you when you die. "Godlinoss is profitable unto all things, having tho promise of tho life that now is as well as of that which is to come." And I have always noticed that when the grace is very low in a man's heart he talks a great deal in prayer meetings about deaths, and about coffins, and about graves, and about churchyards. I have noticed that the healthy Christian, tho man who is living near to God, and is on the straight road to heaven, is full of jubilant satisfaction, and talks about the duties of this life, understanding well that if God helps him to live right bo will help him to dio right. "Oh, yes," laughed the doctor, "many t time he did, but there were a good man; things I didn't understand about it, and 1 steered dear. If his machinery was only thC sice of a copper pail and worked practicall] of itself, I never oould see the necessity o: having this man Howard and two otheri mixed up with him. I thought the affair a sham, I told Bome of the stockholders so Beaidaa, you know," added the doctor, whC Is still a bachelor, "I was aware that Mrs. Friend declared she knew the secret, and thai made me exceedingly suspicious. I concludec that there was no secret about it to divulgi or she would have divulged it. She wusn'i the sort of a lady to sit down and make hei life weary with the weight of a secrel upon it." Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 7.—It is learned that Pinkerton'8 detectives recovered only $800 out of the $12,900 stolen from Paymaster McClure by his murderers. The remainder is supposed to be in possession of "Red Nosed Mike's" accomplices, who have fled to Italy, and are being pursued there by Pinkerton men. The murderers divided the money among themselves at Philadelphia a few days after the crimei Got Away with Over SI 8,000. Mr. Mc Wade's little children, who were taken from their beds, were almost nude. They were tenderly carried through the terrible rain storm to the houses of the neighbors, where they were cared for. The ladies had no time to save their clothing. They were scantily dressed and were cared for by their friends who live close by. The flames are supposed to have originated from a defective flue in Mr. McWado's house. Chief Engineer P. II. Arthur, of thi Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, ar rived in the city, and immediately went intC consultation with Chairmau Cavner anc other members of the special committee The agreement drafted Friday by the joinl session of the committees representing thi company aud the engineers was produced and submitted to Chief Arthur, who read il carefully. It was evidently satisfactory and the head of tbe brotherhood affixed bii signature to the agreement. Mr. Arthui left for San Francisco during the afternoon The Scheme Didn't Work. Skirmishing at Suakim, Boston, Jan. 7.—A cleverly contrived scheme to rob several houses on Beacon street, and to "put the inmates out of the way" if they made any trouble, has been frustrated. The conspirators wore John W, Webb, an old servant in one of the houses, and a newspaper reporter, the latter working in the cause of justice. The servant was not prosecuted and has escaped. Suakim, Jan. 7.—A party of Soudanese who had been sent out to clear the bush had a skirmish with the rebels. While the men were at work about sixty rebel horsemen and a few camelmen and footmen approached within 400 yards and opened fire. "apt. Kelly, commanding the guard, ordered hii men to fire. This they did, and then fall back, allowing the Soudanese to fire. After a short engagement the enemy retired with four wounded. It was a queer family tbe Friends had a' their home in Bast Sixtieth street in thi: city while they were manipulating the mon eyed men of the two continents. Friend himself had a great love for music, and, ir. .addition to a piano, he had handsome music boxes, one of which cost $1,500, placed ir ■•very room. When he would become mellow with brandy he would order each of thesC boxes wound up and set tbe whole agony in motion. To intensify the matter he would insist that Mrs. Friend, who didn't know one note of music from another, should play a gavotte upon the grand piano. Howard, the mutual friend, was a facetious fellow. Or Sunday! he would preach from the city hal steps, but every evening found him aud the mysterious "Ous" and tbe other pal playing •tud poker in Friend's back parlor. Mr. McWade was greatly affected by hie loss. "I am homeless now," he said, "and •very thing that I own In this world has been burned. It has taken me years to get my library together, and I had many things that I valued mora than money In ray house. I shall have to start life again." The time of tbe senate during the coming week will be devoted almost exclusively to the consideration of the tariff measure. In fact, no other business likely to provoke discussion will be brought before that body until tbe vote on the tariff bill is taken, Jan. 31. It is well understood that no amendment to tbe bill will be adopted without the sanction of the finance committee and that no amendment will be proposed by that committee unless it is known to be satisfactory to all of the Republican majority. SPECIAL HONORS TO MR. MORTON. Mr. Morton In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 7.—Vice Presidentelect Levi P. Morton and wife, accompanied by the Rev. Br. Henry M. Fields, arrived in this city Saturday evening. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Morton and Dr. Field attended the ceremonies of the dedication of Disston hall, connected with the Beaoon Presbyterian church at Cumberland and Cedar streets. Escaped, but Recaptured. To Oppose Boulanger. Sing Sino, N. Y., Jan. 7.—James Mont gomery, a burglar, Bentenoed March 25, 1887 by Judge Gildersleeve, of New York, to fivC years' imprisonment in Sing Sing, made • desperate attempt to escape from that institution Saturday. He was working on tlx roof with other convicts, when he threw i rope ladder which he had concealed undei his coat over the wall and slid down to ■ point opposite Warden Brush's window This he opened and walked through tbe hal to the entrance and out of the institution Near Sparta he was pursued into the woodi by George and Michael Gisler. Findinj escape impossible, he drew a knife and facec his would-be captors. Then Keeper Robin son and Michael Clisler, a nephew of th« other two, joined in the chase, and the lattei prevailed ypon the burglar to surrender ai the point of a revolver, after which he wai taken back to the prison. Paris, Jul 7.—At the Republican congress, at which ML Clemenceau was present, 234 of the 870 persons attending the meeting voted (or M. Jacques, the president of tlx Council of the Seine, as candidate for tlx vacant Paris seat in the chamber of deputies. U. Jacques waa than proclaimed, amid applause, the sols candidate against Gen. Bou- Mr. McWade's residence was a new and handsome three story house built of brick and ornamental stone, containing all the modern improvements, and was elegantly furnished throughout Mr. Tighe's residence was of similar construction. On the Annexation Issne. Drnver, Cola, Jan. 7.—E. J. Wetherell, Emma Abbott's husband, s wealthy real estate owner here and at Loe Angeles, died hare of pneumonia, after an Illness of only three days.  Emma Abbott a Widow* An amendment to the senate rules wai adopted on Friday last giving to the president-elect and Uie vice president-elect the privileges of the floor. It is learned now that tbe reason for changing the rules was to give the vice president-elect an opportunity to study the rules of procedure of the senate so that he may be familiar with them when he is called upon to take the chair of the presiding officer. A member of tbe senate went to Mr. Ingalls last week and asked if Mr. Morton would be admitted to the floor of the senate in event he came to Washington during this session of congress. Mr. Ingalls re plied that, under the rules he woulc not; that Gen. Harrison would not be admitted tc tbe floor but for the fact that he had been a senator and thus came under a dist.net rule. Mr. lngails said that the only way to obtaii: admittance to the floor for Mr. Morton would be to change tbe rules; and in accordance with his suggestion the committee on rulet reported the proposed change to the senate, which thereupon adopted it. So when Mr. Morton comes to Washington in February, he will find no obstacle to a careful study ol the seuate rules of procedure. THD HOUSE DEADLOCK. Ottawa, Jan. 7.—There Is much interest felt all over the Dominion in the result of the mayoralty contest in Windsor, Ont, which will be known to-night, from the fact that it is the first instance in which a Canadian har come out boldly seeking election on a platform whose main plank Is annexation with the United States. Mr. Sol White, ex-member of parliament, has always contended that a political union with the United States would be preferable to a continuance of Canada's connection with Great Britain, and resolved to test public sentiment In hii county. If Mr. White is elected It will oonD pletely revolutionize Canadian politics. Life was a riot with tbe gay quintet. In their home they lived on the choicest, anc whan outside they rode only ou rich cushion) in gay dogcarts, behind blooded horses Twenty-seven of the latter assisted them tc enjoy life, Of course, they sometimes went to the factory on Hamilton avenue, Brook lyn, but only when the notion suited them. Jerry, the mysterious man, kept guard oi the premises in Brooklyn. When Secretary Robertson or President Cotterill strayec .anxiously over to it, Jerry would peep al them through the little porthole in the door, and would summsrily drive them oil with a threat that he would blow them into next week if their exit was not both rapid and immediate. Jerry is still iu the building, and three employes ol tbe company who have taken possession of it have been trying to get the secret from the ■old servant, but Jerry's only answer is s very prolonged and significant whistle. Last evening he was asked to tsVe uiem to thC machinery that Friend ran in the building. With great gravity the old fellow led them to a sort of cupboard, in which he pointed out a large tin pail Damace by Flood. IxwDOir, Jan. 7,—A violent storm has occurred in Pyreness-Orientalea The riven have overflowed their banks, and the street* of Perpignan and the country round about are flooded. Communication has been stopped, an enormous amount of damage hat been done and much distressed caused. It li feared that the storm also wrecked vessels. Now, tn the first placo, I remark that godliness is good for a man's physical health. I do not mean to say that it will restore a brokon down constitution or drive rheumatism from the limbs, or nouralgia from the temples, or pleurisy from tho side; but I do mean to say that it gives one such habits and puts one in such condition us Is most favorable for physical health. That I believo and that I avow. Everybody knows that buoyancy of spirit Is good physical advantage. Gloom, unrest, dejection are at war with overy pulsation of tho heart and with every respiration of the lungs. It lowers the vitality, it Blackens tho circulation, while exhilaration of spirit pours tho very balm of heaven through all the currents of life. The sense of insecurity which sometimes hovers ovor an unrogenerate man, or pounces upon him with tho blast of ten thousand trumpets of terror, is most depleting and most exhausting, while the feeling that all things aro working together for my good now, and for my everlasting welfaro, is conducive to physical health. Weather Indications. For Wednesday, partly cloudy to fair, with slight thermal changes. CONDEN8ED NEWS. Governor Hill has commuted to imprisonment for life the death sentenoe of Adolpb Reich, the New York wife murderer. Victorious Houlan^iits. Murder and Suicide. Paris, Jan. 7.—In the department ot Sorame Gen. Montaudon (Boulangist) waa elected a member of the chamber of deputief by a majority of 7,539. In the department of Charente Inferieure M. Duport (Boulangist) was elected by a majority of 0,44'J ovei the Republican candidate. The German steamer Main collided with the British steamer Montana in the Patapsoo river, Md. Y. M. Young, chief engineer of the Montana, was killed by a falling beam. New York, Jan. 7.—William Mann, aged 42, shot and killed his housekeeper, Carrie Jones, aged 82, and then Bhot himself dead, in their apartments at No. 342 Bast Fifty fourth street. Mann was an artist. ThC woman was his niece. Thay had lived at man and wife for some years. She hac separated from her husband, Stephen Jones a carpenter. She left him twelve years ago on account of his drunkenness and cruelty. She earned her living as a milliner for s time, and afterward was employed by hei uncle as housekeeper. Tbe couple quarrelec frequently about Mrs. Jones' 14 year old son Maun wanted to drive him away, but thC mother insisted on keeping him with her. It was one of their quarrels on this point that resulted in the tragedy. The boy in formed the police several hours after thC shooting occurred. Irrepressible Lscj Parsons. Chicago, Jan. 7.—Mrs. Parsons, the Anarchist, made another violent speech, and this time she was unnpolested by the police. Mrs. Parsons said: "I am a revolutionist, and I believe all means are justifiable to gel rid of the present industrial slavery. A revolution by force must come, and th« sooner it eomes the quicker your emancipation will arrive. Behind the ballot must tx a Winchester rifle." Concluding, she deD clared: "For one I am going to follow trutt if it take* me behind prison bars, and if ] The Massachusetts supreme court has set aside the will made by J. Amory Codraau in 1880, which was contested by his wife. Brutal Dob flfkt. Mnaaon Huntzman is indicted by the grand jury at Belvidere, N. J., for "personating our Saviour Jesus Christ." Corrt, Pa., Jan. 7.—One of the moet brutal dog fights ever witnessed took plact in this city Friday night. The fight was foi $5,000, and lasted one hour and fifty minutes. During the day fifteen or eighteen men ar rived from Pittsburg, bringing with them * large brindle bull terrier. On the evening train a party of about the same number came from Buffalo, bringing with them s white dog. Alter fighting fltty minutes thC Buffalo dog got hold of the Pittsburg dog'i foreleg, crunching the bones. But the Pitta burg dog showed wonderful staying qualitiea Hobbling on three lega he kept working at Mie sides of the white aog, tearing out pari of his lungs and completely chewing him tc pieces. At the end of the hour and fifty minutes the Buffalo dog was dead. A site has been selected for the Washington monument in Fairmount park, Philadelphia. The monument is to cost $250,000. "What do you call that?" asked one ol them. Jake Kilrain, signing himself "champion of the world," issue* another manifesto to Sullivan to "come to the scratoh and arrange a match for $30,000 and the world's championship. " You will observe that godliness induces industry, which is the foundation of good health. There is no law of hygiene that will keep a lazy man well. Pleurisy will stab him, erysipelas will burn him, jaundice will discolor him, gout will cripple him, and tho intelligent physician will not prescribe (uitiseptic or febrifuge or anodyno, but saws and hammers and yard: and crowbars' and pickaxes. There U no such thing as good physical condition without positivo work of some kind, although you should sleep on down of swan or ride in carriage of softest upholstery or havo on your table all tho luxuries that were poured from the wine vats of Ispahan and Shiraz. Our religion says: "Away to the bank! uw%y to the field I away to tho shop! away to the factory! Do something that will enlist all the energies of your body, mind and souL" "Diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lordwhile upon the bare back of the idler and tho drone comes down tho sharp lash of the apo6tle as he says: "If any man will not work, neither shall ho cat." "I dunno what the boss called it. I call it a 'growler,'" was the reply of Jerry, and he sighed as he thought of the trips it had made from the factory to Higgins' barroom •crow the street. A secret conference of many of the leading stockholders was held late on Saturday even ing, but no action was resolved upon. Pending advioes from President Cotterill, whc has not yet got home from Michigan, whtrC he is pursuing the remnants of the band o) impoeters, it is not likely that-anything definite will be done. Mr. Friend's attor neys, however, have evinced a disposition U ■how fight in the matter. They insist that the original contract between Friend and the company called for a process of clarifying 01 of improving refined sugars and not of refining sugar from the raw material. They hinl that Mrs. Friend has another secret in thi shape of how sugar may be made fron grapes, but she does not propose to part with it without a couple of millions of dollan more. The deadlock in the bouse is likely to oon tinue during the week unless bourn compromise is effected. Mr. Heed will call up his resolution abolishing the call of states and territories on suspension Mondays, the pending motion being a demand for the previous question on the passage of the resolution. Both sides seemed equally determined. Mr. Reed says no business ot any kind shall be transacted until the resolution is passed. The opponents of the resolution say it cannot pass this Congress. They seem to be gaining strength. The fact that Mr. Randall and Mr. Mills voted In committee against the resolution and that it wa» only adopted by Speaker Car Hale voting with Messrs. Reed and Cannon is having much weight as the tight progresses in determining the action of the Democrats who have heretofore been inclined to vote for th« resolution. It has also leaked out that &lr. Carlisle voted for the resolution conditionally. It was the understanding in committee, so Mr. Randall says, that if the resolution when offered in the house should be met by determine ! obstructive tactics Mr. Reed would withdraw it. It is intimated in high Democratic circles that it was upon this conj dition that Speaker Carlisle voted for it. The Electric Light Trust. C Mr. Reed has not as yet shown any dis- New York, Jan. 7.—The Tribune pub ' position to withdraw it, and there is no lishes the fli-st definite stntement concerning reason to believe he will. The matter 11 the new electric light coiij -a .ution, as fol- likely to block legislation this week. have to die for it." Fought Nineteen Bounds. Toledo, O., Jan. 7.—A tight to a flnist took place In a barn on tha outskirts of thii city between Mike Coburn, of England ana Jimmy Kinnard, of Toledo, both clevei lightweight*. Two ounoe gloves were used. Both men were in good condition ana weighed about the same. Nineteen hard ronnds were fought, when Coburn, who had the beet of it from the start, succeeded ir putting his antagonist to sleep. There wen only a few spectators present, but oonsldera ble money changed hands on tha result. Thomas Ready, aged 26, of North Adams, Mass., committed suicide by poison rather than face a charge of bigamy. A Heavy Wind Storm, Five cases of smallpox are reported among prisoners in the Onandaga (N. Y.) county penitentiary. Sarah ARhea Hill brings suit against United States Marshal Franks for $50,000 for alleged injuries sustained while being removed to jaii for contempt of court. Jersey City, Jan. 7.—The severest shon I storm of the season visited the Jersey coast ! on Saturday night. It rained in torrents { .and the wind blew from sixty-five to seventy i three miles an hour. The Arnold house anc j other buildings at Point Pleasant wen flooded. Surfman Harvey at Barehead sta tion discovered a steamer heading for thi I beach. Warning lights were burned, anc she went off shore at 6 a. m. Patrolmen'i lights could not be kept burning, and thej I were forced to feel their way, arriving at j the stations totally exhausted. The see I broke over many bulkheads along the coast An unknown schooner struck off Point Hoot , in the height of the gale. Tugs towed hei ; off in a wild sea, thus saving tho vessel anc protecting the lives of all ou board Muct damage was done to summer cottages along i the coast. He Couldn't Stand Disgrace. Joplim, Mo., Jan. 7.—John M. Lingle postmaster of Webb City, committed suicidt by shooting himself through the brain with s revolver. During the day J. J. Nelson, post office inspector, had examined the account* of tlie offlce and found a shortage of $'£10. E. L. Webb, a banker, and one of Lingle's bondsmen, agreed to advance the money to makt good the shortage. Lingle, Webb and tht inspector, were in the postoftice, talking tu« matter over. Lingle left the room ostensibly to get a bucket of coal. A shot was heard t moment later, and Lingle was found lyiiDj dead on the floor of the coal house. Tin deceased was 42 years of age and leaves • widow and family. Chicago's grand jury recommends that the names of the boodlers be erased from the public institutions and the word "boodler" be substituted. A Presiding Klder Dying. Pocghkeepsib, N. Y., Jan. 7.—The Rev George 8. Hare, D. D.. presiding elder of thC Poughkeepaie district New York conferenot of the Methodist Episcopal church, is dying at his residence in this city of spinal paralysis His illness is said to have been caused by un usual labors in the performance of his official duties. The Rev. Mr. Hare is widely known having officiated at Boston, New York Newark, Newburg and other places. Professor Geffcken, of Berlin, chafged with responsibility for the publication of Emperor Frederick's diary, is released. In southern Hungary a railroad train was blown from the track. Three passengers were killed and many injured. Hon. P. A. Collins has beon elected chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic state committee. The losses will be mainly on the othei side of the water. A very considerable por tion of the stock held In this country and in Canada was purchased cheaply, and in man} instances enough of it resold at a premiuu sufficient almost to recoup theiu for theii original investments Ann Arbor, Jan. 7.—Mrs. Friend executed a mortgage to William D. Harrimau Friday for $4,000, on all her real estate. Mrs. Howard executed another mortgage od the same dav of $4,000 on everything they had. Mrs. Friend and George II a 1st "ad took the train east Fridav, she stating tLat she was going to New York. Holstead returned the next morning. Several trunks were taken from Mrs. Friend's house Saturday, and it is said she has skipped to Canada. i Oh, how important in this day, whon bo much is said about anatomy and physiology and therapeutics, and some new style of medicine is ever and anon springing upon the world, that you should understand that the highest school of medicine is the school cf Christ, which declares that, "Gcdliuora is profitable unto all things, having tlto promise of the lifo that now is cs well as of that which is to come." Bo if ycu start out two men in tho world with equal physical health, and then one of them shall get the religion of tho Lord Jesus Christ, in his heart, and tho other shall not get it, the one who becomes a sou of tho Lord Almighty v.-ill livo the longer. '•With long lifo will X satisfy thee, and show theo my salvation." • BOW RELIGION* IS GOOD FOR TOE HEALTH. Sir John A. Macdonald is disturbed over the growing annexation spirit in Canada, and will adopt vigorous measures to suppress it. Philadelphia, Jan. 7.—Lawyers Heverii and Shakespeare, attorneys for Col. W. F. Cody and Nate Salsbury, proprietors oi They Claim the "Wild West." Macon, Ga., Jan. 7.—Dr. Tub Murray anc Mits Ollie Ed wards, daughter ot Dr. Edwards, of Tazewell, Ga., wer? Varriod at the resi dence of the Rev. Mr. Tidweil In EUaville by Mr. Tidweil. After the ceremony the couplC went to the residence it Capt. Robert Patten where they spent the iay. After supper, anc and while the household and their guestt were sitting in the parlor having a sociabU chat, Dr. Edwards walked into the roorc with a large knife in his hand, saying; "Gentleman, hands off !" and taking his daughtei by the arm carried her tack honie. Dr. Mur ray married the girl in opposition to hei father's wishes, and as she is too young tc marry, ho will have to wait until the fathei yields. Went Home with Her Father. Buffalo Bill's Wild West," have enterec si it against Adam the veterar showman, for $100,00) damages. In theii bill of particulars Messrs. Cody and Salsbury claim that they have the exclusive right tC the title "Wild West," and that Forepangt used it without right or authorisation. Within three days there were four incendiary fires at DaC ien, Conn., and tho people are greatly alarmed. lows: . The company is called the Edisoi General Electric company. Its capital ij | Senator Frye, in referring to the Samoan $12,000,000. Articles of incorporation wert trouble, said that he thought it was now too filed Friday at New York. It consolidate* lato lor the United States to interfere. He all the companies working under the Edison believed that Germany would soon proceed patents, namely, the Edison Lamp company to massanre all the inhabitants of the islands, of East Newark, the Edison machine work* and that England would passively look on, of Schenectady, the Elison Electric Light  company of New York and Birgmanu & StlH Another Candidate. Co. of New York. The new company wil. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 7.—Judge Samuel deal directly with consumers, and there will F. Rice, of Montgomery, will be recombe no sub companiea The incorporators art mended to Gen. Harrison ns a representative E. H.Johnson, Greenwich, Conn.: Samue southern man to go into the cabinet. He has InsulJ, Scheuectady; F. R. TJpton, Orange justice of Uie Alabama supr«mr r;r#lor'New Yorlf- A- °. Tate, Waet Orange. »he must prominent lawyer la A la bam v rat SAMOAN CONTROVERSY. William Clark, William Farn and Samuel Shearer fell 500 feet down a mine shaft near Uniontowu, l'a., and were killed. Tue rope or* tile etge'broke. Fainted In the Pulpit. Mrs. Friend's country house at Milan would grace New York. It is fitted up in o sumptlious manner. She was quite an admirer of horseflesh and owns a spanking team of flyer* Last year she bought grounds and laid out a race track in Milan fcihe spent money lavishly for fine furniture jewelry and dresses, and lately ordered lr ibis city an elegant carriage and cutter. PouonKKEpaiE, Jan. 7.—The Rev. Dt Hanneburgh, pastor of the Hedding Metho dist Episcopal churoh in this city, was seized with a fainting fit in the pulpit at service He fell backward, the pulpit going over witl him.. The scene caused some excitement. HC was carried to hx r-uidenca. The illneea wa, brought on by overwork. Do not trifle with small ailmenia. A O0112I1 to-day may be Consumption in a week. Are you «ick ? Do you waut to be cured ? If ro try Husson'a Syrup of Tar. All Lucg DiC- easea speedily conquered by it when other remedies fail. Price, 25 cents. 60 cents and $1 per bottle," For said by G. C. Glick. Sensible Mra Again I remrk that godliness is good for tho intellect. I know somo have supjiosed that just as soon as a man enters into the »»ir infflllort ' (TOM Info a bo- (continued fkom fibst pack)