Evening Gazette

              • ' ' «•: - ■ . : ■ - V • V.- v-_ ■?- "V ".---r. Cbrning JUSfe (Sa^fft ► NUBIBEH 1070 ) VMklr Etlabllthril 1830 [ PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY. MARCH 11, I8S9. I TWUCIW I Ten fnisa H««k GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.! AT HARRISEURG- BLACK DEATH'S RAVAGES.! THE HAYTIAN WAR. DIABOLICAL RED MEN. NOBLE JOHN ERICSSON, OR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. Proposed Legislation for the Soldiers' Orphans Schools—'Work for the W ek Faneral of the Great Engineer at New Horrible Atrocities Committed bj legi- time'* Forces on Vanquished Foemen. Their Frightful Carnival in the York—Dl«tliigul*lied Honors. How the Warlike Rumors from Haerisbubo, Starch 11.—In preparing a bill for the appointment of a commis- j sion to take charge of the children remaining in the soldiers' orphan schools on June 1, 1880, it is proposed to amend the bill before one of the senate committees providing for the election of a superintendent of the schools at a salary of $8,000 a year. This measure was intended to create an office of principal inspector of these institutions, wliich position the appointee was to hold until the discharge of all the inmates on June 1, 1895. It also provides for the continuance of the rates prevailing, with scarcely any change since the establishment of the system—$100 a year for the maintenance of children under 10 years old in schools which have received an appropriation from the state, $115 for that of children under 10 years in schools receiving no appropriation, and $150 for that of children over 10 years in schools receiving no appropriation. This rate is considered inordinately high by the legislature, and is the same as that which prevailed during the period of high prices at the close of the war. The obnoxious provisions will be stricken out of the proposed legislation, and the commission to bo appointed under it will be authorized to contract for the maintenance of the children in the schools at the lowest and best rates that can be secured. Many other provisions not in harmony with those contemplated in the new bill will also be eliminated. The measure looking to the appointment of a superintendent of soldiers' orphans' schools was introduced on Jan. £3 and two days afterwards favorably reported. A short time subsequently Senator Sloan, a member of the legislative committee appointed to inquire into the management of the schools, had it referred to the committee, in whose control it has been kept since, first, to await the action of the annual encampment of the G. A. R. and second, to await the action of the joint committee of the legislature and the G. A. R., which decided on the abolition of the present system at its meeting in Philadelphia. ICftmarkable Epidemic in a Ken- New York, March .11.—Capt Fraaer, of the steamer Co ban, just arrived from Port do Pair, gives an account of a battle between tho force' of Legitime and Hyppolite. New York, March 11.—The remains of John Ericsson, the graat engineer, wero escorted from the old house in which he labored so long, at 32 Beach street, to Trinity church, where the luneral was held at noon. The Dela mater iron works were closed, and nearly all the men turned out to do honor to the friend of the tou .der of the lactory. A large delegation from the Amarynthus Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which Capt Ericsson was a member, took part in the obsequies, and Swedish and other societies to which he belonged were also represented. Samoa Are Received. tucky District. Yellowstone Park. At the Brooklyn Tcbernacle on A MOST HIDEOUS MASSACRE. Sundy. NOTHING POSITIVE OBTAINABLE. CITIZENS FLEE FOR THE. R LIVES. Cant. Fraaer said he found Port de Paix In a wretchedly filthy condition, but no worse than he had often seen Port au Prince. Half nak-.'d soldiers patrolled the streets. Provisions were hlj;h and the people were apparently subsisting chiefly on sugar cans and yams. Pork sold at $35 par barrel, flour brought (18 per barrel and Irish potatoes were not to be had at any prioe. Occasionally a small schooner loud of salt came in and it sold at a good figure. Five Wealthy French Tourists Waylaid SUBJECT: WRONG USES OF MONET. Should the News Be Confirmed an Early A Peculiar Malady That Pus/les the Phy- sicians and Leaves Death and Destruc- by tbs Fiends and Hacked to Death. tion veiling of the Fifty-first Congress Is tlon In Its Wake — Whole Families Story of the Gnlde, Who Escaped Death Vr«.hi*blo—A Cheering Crop Report. Dixon, Ky., March 11.—This little town, tho center of one of the most prosperous agricultural regions of Western Kentucky, is in a state of tei r jr from the ravages of a mysterious and extraordinary fatal epidemic in neighboring localities. So general is the alarm that business has been entirely suspended here, and a mass meeting was held to devise measures of relief. No cases have appeared here as yet, but the terror of the plague has gradually seiz ;d upon alL Many , citizens have left their homes a ready, and ! the first appearance of the epidemic here would depopulate the town, as has happened in the affected localities, aith.u,rh the physisians declare, strange to say, that the epidemic is not contagious. This town is in a state of practical quarantine. Piles of tobacco stems are burned every day on the streets as a disinfectant, prayers are offered daily for the sick and sub»cripti jn lists for . relief of the suffering are in circulation.' A large number of people have already left the town, and others are going daily. I Wiped Out of Existence. by Taking Refuge In a Sleeping Geyser. Soma of the Ruinous Methods Adopted to Htiitlstlcs of the Inauguration. Cheyenxb, Wy. T., March 11.—A halfbreed hunter and trapper, who arrived here from the extreme northwestern quarter of the territory, hrings tidings of the atrocious The pall bearers were twinty-four in number. They were G. H. Robinson, W. H, Wallace, C. S. Bushnell, E. Sprout, W. Delamater, L. A. Bevin, W. C. Cliurob, C. H. Haswell, CoL Ingersoll, V. F. Lassoe, S. W. Taylor (Capt. Ericsson's chief engineer and private secretary), A. Pol.ock, Charles H. Loring, W. W. Duncan, D. Smith, J. P. Kelly, GtaDrge Van Wagener, H. T. Brown, George Pond, T. L. Rowland, J. O. Sargent, Dr. Maroo, Dr. Boulle, Prof. Ogden Doremus and John K. Haskins, of London. Oet Rich—Corrupt Politics—Uribery Be* gins at Uome—Abuses of Trust Funds. It Pays to B« Honest. Washington, March 11.—During the past week there l:as been talk of an early convening of the Fifty-flint congress. It is not unlikely that President Harrison would call rCD gr.tkg together should the reports from •Samoa prove to be oorrect. On March 1, two days before the. Coban sailed for New York, the pilot name on board and told about a big battl i reported to have taken plaoe somewhere on the west ooast Between tfOO and 800 were reported to be killed. Toe people in Port de Paix were greatly excited, but they had no definite information except that the slaughter was supposed to have occurred oo or about Feb. aa. Brooklyn, March 10.—At the Tabernacle this morning six thousand voices, supported by organ and cornot, rolled out the hyinn beginning:massacre of a party of five French touristy in Yellowstone National park. The bearer of the uews heard the story at Canyon City, • new mining town near the park, where Hank Ferry, the guide and sole survivor, reported the slaughter. The executive departments have not yet received anything to change their opinions respecting the reported engagement between the German steamer Olga and the United States steamer Nipsic at Apia, Samoa. The reports from San Francisco did not create much excitement at the capital, as people here who are interested in the mutter are familiar with the fact that, telegraphically speaking, Washington is nearer than Sail Francisco to the Samoan Islands. Editors of all the principal papers directed their correspondents to interview public officers on the situation; bnt there was nothing but negative matter obtainable, anil the situation here cannot change until some official intelligence is received at either the state or navy deportment. It Is known at the latter department that four German ironclads sailed from Genoa, Italy, for Samoa some eight or ten days ago. It is expected that the* vessels Will require at least sixty days to make the voyage.Ne'er think the victory won. Nor ouce at ease sit down; Thine arduous work will not be done Till thou bast got thy crown. Ferry says his charges included M. Lt Claire and wife, J. Vincent and wife, and Paul Gerot, father of Mma. Vincent. He altered the service of the sightseers at Virginia City, Moil, contracting to show them through the park in violation of United Statea statutes. The strangers were very wealthy, and said they had journeyed overland from San Francisco for the express purpose of going through the park during the absence of the horde of summer excursionists. The party enjoyed themselves hugely in the park, affiliating with the poachers, who wers slaughtering game for hides. Their camp iras always the headquarters for professional hunters, whom they supplied with luxuries. A copy of La Patrie, published at Gonalves, dated Feb. 28, gives an account of the battle at Grand Saline, in wnich Gen. Hyppolite's troops were reported to have been victorious. La Patrie, however, asserts that the southern troops were the v ictors, and that after having carried the outposts by assault and taken A large number of prisoners they killed them without mercy. The poor wretches were bavoneted even while crying for quarter. AjSer this slaughter a scene of rapiue followed, the details of which, according to La Patrie, are indescribable. The dead were ruthlessly robbed and the bodies kicked to one side afterward by the de6poilers. By order of Secretary Tracy, ail the officers stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard, both those of departments and those attached to vessels, attended the funeral of John Eivcason in full uniform. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmnge, D. D., preached the sermon. His subject was, "Wrong Uses of Money," and his text, I Timothy vi, 9: "They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition." Result of » Mad Dog's Bite. Mowtooktot, Ala., March XI—A terrible death from hydrophobia is reported from Pickens county, Ala. Eighteen months ago Mrs. Maud St. John, living in the nor. hern part of this county, and a cow belonging to her were bitten by a mad dog. The dog was killed at the time, and nothing was thought of the matter. Last week the cow died of hydrophobia in its worst form. She frothed at the mouth and suffered for three days before dying. The other day Mrs. St. John's actions began to excite suspicion, and the next day she was in a horrible condition. She foamed at the mouth and tried to walk on her hands and knees like a dog. She snarled and snapped like a canine, and performed other like feats. It required several persons to hold her in bed. This su'flferiug she endured for three days, wheu she (lied. That is the Niagara Falls over which rush a multitude of souls, namely the determination to have money any how, right or wrong. Tell me how a man gets his money and what he does with it, and 1 will tell his character, and what will be his destiny in this world and the next. 1 propose to speak this morning about some of the ruinous modes of getting money. The local physicians are not agreed as to j the precise nature of the disease, l'bey unite ; in saying, however, that it is identical with 1 the disease which swept through the New England states a few years ago, killing so many people that it was called "the b.ack death." It appears to be an exceedingly virulent form of cerebrospinal meningitis, and is accompanied with most remarkable characteristics. None of its victims have survived its attacks, though a few, blind and helpless, are still lingering on the edge of the grave. Gen. Piquant, commanding Legitime's force made no effort to stop his men in their fiendish course, and after satisfying their brutal passions to tho utmost the houses were fired and the town laid in ashes. We recently passed through a national •lection in which it has been estimated that thirty million dollars were expended. 1 think about twenty million of it were spent in out and out bribery. Both parties raised all they could for this purpose. But that was only on a large scale what has been done on a smaller Scale for fifty years and in all departments. Politics from being the science of good government has often been bedraggled into the synonym for truculency and turpitude. A monster sin, plausible, potent, pestiferous, has gone forth to do its dreadful work in all ages. Its two hands are rotten with leprosy. It keeps its right band hidden in a deep pocket The left hand is clsnched, and with its ichorous knuckle it taps at the door of the court room, the legislative hall, the oongress and the parliament. The door swings open and the monster enters, and glides through the aisle of the council chamber as Boftly as a slippered page, and then it takes its right juand from its deep pocket and offers it in salutation to Judge or legislator. If that hand be taken, and the palm of the intruder cross the palm .of the ofilciAl, the leprosy crosses from palm to palm in a round blotch, round as a gold eagle, and the virus spreads, and the doom is fixed, and the victim perishes. Let bribery, accursed of Qod and man, stand up for trial. The guide'a story of the murder, which he says was committed by tbe Indians, is a most graphic recital. Just before dawn blood curdling yells and a fusillade of shots were heard and roused Ferry. He realized the situation and, crawling through the brush, took refuge In the mouth of a sleeping geyser. Here be heard the piteous groans and begging of the foreigners, mingled with the yelling of 'iie red skins. The latter proceeded with the murders and killed old Uerot just as the sun was rising. The slaughter was most brutal Wound after wound was inflicted before the death shot was given. No body contained lees than ten bullets, and the remains of Vincent, who made a desperat* struggle for life, were completely riddled. The savagee passed the morning in further mutilating the bodies and pillaging their outfit.Speaking on Samoan affairs, a gentleman familiar with the country and its customs said that if tue commander of the Olga fired ou the Samoan troops from the harbor of Apia it could only be done by firing directly over the neutral territory, where the Americans live and have property; that the commander of the Nipsic would naturally feel justified under these circumstances in protesting and in following the protest, if disregarded, by action; and that his protest would M\y that a shot from the Olga over the neutral territory, endangering t'ae lives and property of the Americans, would be regarded as an act of bosti.ity toward this country. Another roason for making the protest and following it up would btD that he has received news from this country and knew what public sentiment here was. He would also know of the approach of Admiral Kiniberly with reinforcements. The American naval officers at Apia have been subjected to many humiliations and are liko y to welcome the opportunity to rtvenge themselves. They are men of spirit, and the fact that the Oiga was twice as big as the Nipsic would, in the opinion of the gentleman, be rather on argument lor than against the probability of the report. To Tax Schools Which Charge Tuition. Pittsburg, March 1L—A big remonstrance, particularly from the Roman Catholic church, is expected against the decision of the city board of assessors, which sent out notices of the assessment of parochial school property and of ail institutions which are classed as not wholly charitable, but have not hitherto been listed for taxation. Six parochial schools, one Lutheran, the re- , malnder Catholic, the Western Pennsylvania ! university and the three theological seminaries conducted under the auspices of the Pree- j byterians, United Presbyterians and Reform- 1 ed Presbyterians, are included in the provisions of this new order. Convents not j charging a tuition are exempted. One Cath- | olic priest claimed that the action of Fathers j McTighe and Sheedy, of Pittsburg, in atr j tempting to unite the parochial and public schools in their wards, which are strongly i Catholic, had hastened the action of the j board of assessors, who are sustained by a re- i cent ruling of the state supreme court. The epidemic showed itself first in its ' present form on Jan. 6, when thi young son of Harvey Ascher, a farmer living near the town of Free Union, four miles from Dixon, was attacked. He first had a slight chill, followed in a very short time by high fever. This subsided somewhat in about sixteen , hours, when the muscles of the boy's neck be- ! came alarmingly rigid, contracting and draw- j ing back the head into au agonizing position, i An eruption broke out on his body, giviag it j a peculiar mottled appearance. Thirty-six hours after the disease had begun the boy died of collapse and heart failure, his neck drawn backward and the muscles so tense and rigid that it was wuh great difficulty j that the body could be straightened out suffi- ' ciently to be placed in a Coffin. Ithaca, N. Y., March 11.—Joseph Burritt died at the age of 93 years and 6 months. He was a retired jeweler and the survivor of all his business contemporaries in thDs city and vicinity. He came here from Stratford, Conn., in 1816, and started the first Jewelry shop here, in which, during the years following, many of the now prominent jewelers of this part of the state learned their trade. He was noted for the remarkable preservation of his faculties. He never used spectacles, and never had an artificial too;h, and his hearing and mental powers continued unimpaired until the only sickness he had ever had terminated his life. His descendants are many in central New York. Death of Joseph Burrllt. The coming week will be one of great moment to the house of representatives, as the general revenue bill will be considered on second and aljo on third reading, if the latter stage van be reached. The interest in this bill *s very great and a number of membeis have prepared speeches for delivery. The opposition of the manufacturing corporations to the proposed restoration of the tax on their capital stock has materially changed the sentiment with regard to this measure. The women were neatly scalped and their long tresses, matted with blood, dangled from the belt of the chief of tbe Indians. The heads of the men were hacked and their bodies frightfully disfigured. The Indians found a store of liquors carried by the Frenchmen, but the quantity was not sufficient to intoxicate them all, else they would doubtless have fought among themselves. The clothes of the victims were donned by the fiends, who, as they ran from one wagon to the other, would halt an instant to give one of the bodies a kick or a gash with a knife. Finally the marauders wearied of their bloody feast and, packing the effects of the dead people on their ponies, set fire to the wagons and left Many of the members who at first were disposed to favor the imposition of the proposed tax have been converted by the arguments advanced against it, and the amendment of the bill, so as to specifically exempt all manufacturing corporations from the payment of a tax, is highly probable. The judiciary committee of the house will this week consider the bill to prevent aliens from owning property in this state after a certain time and to prohibit aliens from inheriting property. This bill is particularly directed against the Schenley estate in Pittsburg, which is estimated to be worth as high as $20,000,000 and would also, it is said, affect a rich estate in Philadelphia. Mr. Conybeare Creates a Scene. A few hours atterward a little sister was taken ill with the same disease. Her symptoms were almost similar to those of her brother. There was great irritation of the stomach. The spine became extremely rigid and was bent so tar backward as to form a complete bow. In thirty hours the little girl was dead. A day or two later another child also died from the disease. To Fight the lleef Trust. London, March XX.—Mr. Conybeare, M P., attended the annual Cornish dinner at the Holborn restaurant on Saturday, and had an unpleasant experience. A t ia»t was proposed to the Prince and Princess of W'a os as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall All present, with the exception of Mr. Conybear, rose and sang "God Bless the Prince of Wales." Seeing Mr. Conybeare sitting, the diners became lurious and shouted; "Stand up, Conybeare!" "He is disloya," "Turn him out," etc. Mr. Conybeare finally rose. Lima, O., March 10.—An immense meeting was held here by the formers in opposition to Chicago meat. James McBath was made chairman and a committe" composed of one person from each ward and precinct in the county was appoiuted, and resolutions denouncing the Chicago meat were passed; also asking the citizens ot the county and st ite to unite their influence in securing such legislation as will drive away all monopolies and trusts, and result m building up our commercial interests upon a just and equitable basis. A resolution was also adopted ti.»t the legislature be petitioned to that effect. The Bible arraign It again and again. Samuel says of his two sons. who became Judges, "They took bribes and perverted Judgment." David says of some of his pursuers, "Their right hand is full of bribes." Amos says of some men in his day, "They take a bribe and turn aside the poor in the gate." Eiiphaz foretells t he crushing bolts of Clod's indignation, declaring, "Fire «h»it consume the tabernacles of bribery." CQEKRIKO CROP REPORTS. The signal office weekly weather crop bulletin reports the weather conditions for the past weok and season favorable throughout the central valleys and southern states. The season is well advanced and farm work is in progress from Texas to Minnesota and Dakota. Notwithstanding the deficiency of moisture in the winter wheat regions, the reports indicale that the weather in that section lias affected this crop favorably. In the spring wheat section tho ground is reported in fine condition, and sowing is in progress in Dakota and Nebraska, lteports from Tennessee, Arkansas and the gulf states show that the weather has been favorable for farm work, which is well advanced, and crops are in good condition. Ferry, who was nearly dead with fright, emerged from his hiding place when the Indians had departed and at once started for Canyon City, the nearest settlement He avoided the hunters In the park and must have suffered from hungor and exposure, as he was weak, emaciated And seemed slightiy demented when relating the terrible story. The guide was placed in the care of a physician, but he disappeared the second night after his arrival and has not been seen since. It is presumed that he is crazy, as ho started to the scene of the massacre. Officers at Canyon City have organized a posse to secure the bodies of the murdered people, and U possible avenge their deaths- They will proceed with all possible haste, as the place ii isolated and wolves are liable to devour th« remains before the park polioe or the hunteri stumble on them. Ferry Is a tough character, but his story is believed, although some of the miners think that the hide hunters, who an mostly outlaws, may have murdered the tourist! for the purpose of robbery. Mr. Aseher lives near the Crab Orchard Flat*, a body of lowlands lying in Crab Or chard creek. There are 138 families in too ; neighborhood. The following week seventeen cases of the plague developed among them and fourteen soon died. Two of the survivors are stone blind and very ill, and | the third is at the point of death. The pao- j pie grow very much frightened, but alter a | few days the plague somewhat subsided. ! On Fob. 18 one of Tom Baker's children was attacked, and it died in a few hours with the same symptom! Another case *ad another death followed in the tame family, and in a few days there were several cases -cat- , tering along the lowlands on tha orjak, within the radius of a few miles. Deatns occurred daiiy, and then the jamc began and the people Had to Dixon and elsewhere on higher ground. It is no light temptation. The mightiest have fallen under It Sir Francis Bacon, lord chanoellor of England, founder of our modern philosophy, author of "Novum Organ inn" and a whole library of books, the leading thinker of his century, so precocious that when a little child he was asked by Queen "How old are youf he responded, "I am two years younger than your majesty's happy reign;" of whose oratory BenJonsoa wrote, "The fear of every man thtc heard him was lest he should make an end;" having an income which you would suppose would have put him beyond the temptation of bribery—thirty-six thousand dollars a year, and Twickenham oourt a gift, and princely estates in Hertfordshire and Gorhambtiry—yet under this temptation to bribery falling Sat into ruin, and on his confession of taking bribes, giving as excuse that all his predecessors took them, he was fined two hundred thousand dollars, or what corresponds with our two hundred thousand dollars, and impriso jd in London Tower. So, also, Lard Chancellor Macclesfield fell; so, also. Lord Chancellor Water bury perished. The black chapter in English, Irish, French and American politics Is the chapter of bribery. Borne of you remember the Pacific Mail subsidies. Most of you remembet the awful tragedy of the Credit Mobilier. Under the temptation to bribery Benedict Arnold sold the fort in the Highlands for $31,575. For this sin Gorgey betrayed Hungary, Ahithophel forsook David and Judas kissed ChriD,c. When I see so many of the illustrious going down under this temptation it makes me think of the red dragon spoken of in Revelations, with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns, drawing a third part of the stars of heaven down, down -Cfter him. The lobbies of the legislatures of this country control the country. The land is drunk with bribery. Farmers Propone to Fight It Ou? Austin, Tex., March 11.—The defeat of the railroad commission bill in the senate by a vote of 18 to 13 after its passage in the houfe by a two-thirds majority has created considerable discussion among Farmers' Alliance men who have been here in the interest of the bill. President Fields, of the Allianoe, broadly intimated that the defeat of the bill may cause the Alliance to concentrate and two years hence enter the political arena with a full state ticket in opposition to the Democratic party. It seems to be pretty generally agreed among the members that adjournment will occur between the 10th and 15th of May.  Pittsburg, March 11.—Wi.liam Martin, of this city, a trades unionist, who since 1878 has been gen ral secretary of the National Lodge,Amaigamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, will in a few days petition President Harrison for the position of commissioner of iabor, soon to be vacated at Washington. Mr. Martin has received indorsements from a 1 the various labor organizatons in the United States. Among the prom.nent manufacturers who recommend him are Andrew Carnegie and B. F. Jones. A Candidate for the Labor Bureau. Mr. Wanamaker's Sunday Unties. The season is a few days later than usual in the Kouth Atlantic slates, where the weather has been cool and the ground moist. The ground is coverod with snow over the greater portion of New England and New York, while the ci-ops have been exposed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but reports Indicate that wheat in these states has not been materially injured. Philadelphia, March 11. — Postmastel General Wanamaker yesterday presided ovei the Sunday school in the Bethany Presbyterian church, of which he is superintendent There was a larger number of scholars in atr tendance than usual, and the building was crowded to the doors with visitors and mem bers of the superintendent's Bible class. Th« postmaster general had attended church in the morning, and he joined the Sunday school promptly at 2 p. m. When the school was in working order be retired to the main church edifice, and was followed by his regular adult class and a large number of visitors, the entire assemblage including not less than 300 persons. Mr. Wanamaker left for Washington today. Wife Murder and Sulelde at Auburn. Auburn, N. 'Y., March 11.■—Yesterday • terrib.e tragedy occurred on Francis street in this city. Joseph Ressell shot and killed his wife and then killed-himsslf. Ressed had been out of work for about three months and was'' irritable and despondent It appears that the husband was very brutal, and the wife has lived in terror of him for the past two months. It is rumored that the real cause of the crime Was the unjust jealousy of Rassell of a male boarder. The flight has been so precipitate that in many instances live stock has been left behind and numbers hava perished. O.ie man, Jeff Malone, departed hi such a hurry that ho.forgot to take his wife and children. According to calculations just oompleted by the management of the Pennsylvania Railroad company there were 105,000 excursionists, including the public, the organizations •nd the military, de.ivered in Washington between noon of the 1st and 4th of March. For the conveyance of this number of persons it required 210 trains of ten cars each, with an average of fitty persons to each car. All the trains were run in sections and in many cases the number of sections to a given train reached ten. This involved a continuous Mrcam of crowded cars entering the station at intervals of a few minutas, discharging their passengers, and being suit ted out make room tor the incoming current. All the trams were moved promptly and no accident of any character occurred to mar the success of the work. No unavoidable delay jvas experienced, but under the strict rules governing the operators of the block system there were, perhaps, here and there delays, which safety necessitated on a line of track filled to repletion with long trains of crowded cars. THE CROWDS AT THE INAUOUBAL. Fall River, Mass., March 11.—The weavers are still firm in their determination to strike. They uumber about 10,000 men, women, boys and girls. The executive committee has adviseu ai. strikers to keep away from the mills and avoid any gatherings which might lead to disturbance. The weavers at the American, Boruen, Sagamore, Wampanoag, Flint, fcwuconnet, Narragansett, Laurel Lake, Osborn and Weetamore mills are among those wuo voted to strike. Ten Thousand Htriklng Weaver*. CONDENSED NEWS, A great many poor families were unable to get away, and as their members, in many cases, fell victims to the disease they wert soon in a eplorab.e condition. DesperaU efforts are being made by exiled financiers from the "states" to kill the extradition bill introduced by Mr. Welden in the Canadian parliament K. of I- After Political Frauds. There are reports that the disease is spreading and the a:arm is general. Four or five deaths have occurred in twenty-lour hours. Last Wednesday there were 4; Thursday, 6; Friday, 2, and Saturday and Sunday 1 each day. About th rty-flve more cases art known to exist, but reports from the lnterioi say thirty or loriy deaths are occurring daily.  Daniel T. Weed, of Newburg, N. Y., re ceivod a warning note from the  on thrashing." He ferreted out the writei and compelled htm to sue for mercy. Baltimore, March 11.—District Assembly 41, K. of L, is sending to ail labor organisations in the state a circular letter calling attention to alleged fraud and bribery carried on in Maryland elections, and asking that delegates be sent to a convention to be held in this city, at an early day, to consider and find a remedy for the evil. The Australian system wiU be advocated. Copies of the letter will be sent also to the Maryland representatives in both houses in congress and tc the county executives oi the political parties, requesting their views upon tno question of s thorough revision of our election law. Distressing Domestic Tragedy. Samuel Jenkins married Maggie Doran at Monroe, Ga. Be gave the justice who performed the ceremony a rabbit dog as his fee. Fredericksburg, Va., March 11.—A distressing affair occurred in this county, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Thomas Love, who was shot dead by her husband. Mr. Love states that he was replacing the main spring in his revolver, and that h is finger slipped from the hammer. His wife was standing ill front of him and Ihi bullet entered her left breast, killing her instantly. Mrs. Love was 24 years old, and had been married but eight months A Riilcitle. Paterson, N. J., March 11.—Joseph Roemer, a ikmemian sdk weaver, aged 37 years, was found dead at the loot of the so.diers' monument, in Paterson, N. J., having sent a 38-cahbre bullet through the root of his mouth into his brain. He left a note in his pocket, written in Herman, bidding good-by to ail his friends, irom watcH it appears that his suicide had been premeditated. The cause of the suicide is unknown. George Munce assaulted Thomas Logan, city editor of The Philadelphia Press, crushing his skull with a bottle. The wound may be fataL St. Joseph, Mo., March 11.—Since the disappearance of Frank and Jesso James, Dick Little and the Younger brothers from Northwest Missouri, there has not been a robbery so bold us one which occurred Saturday night at Forbes,a little town fourteen miles north ol St Joseph. About 8 o'clock three masked men rode into the town and to the general merchandise store of S. Young, where about twenty men and boys were grouped, talking of an attempt at robbing the safe the night before. While the other two iqoii kept thejr revolvers leveled on the crowd, the spokesman riflod the pockets of the crowd, bat did not secure more than $50. From the money drawer about $10 was taken. On leaving the robbers threatened lo shoot any man who left the house lor ten minutes. Then tliej mounted their horses and escaped. Three Bold Highwaymen. W. H. Walden, a citizen of Roanoke, Va., was fatally shot in a gambling den. Just before death be exhorted his hearers to refrain from gambling and drinking. Boys and Stolen Powder. For and Against Annexation. At a sale of farm stock near Reading, Pa., free transportation and meals were furnished the 5,000 people who attended. A steei weighing 900 pounds, 1,050 chickens, 1,80C pies, 600 loaves of bread and 50 bushels oi potatoes were required to feed the visitors. Akron, O., March 11.—John Greely, John Cobtigan, Will McGinn is and FreJ Schrank stole a can of blasting power and filled their pockets with it. It became ignited and all four of the boys were terribly burned. Groely's right side was fairly cooked and be will die. Schrank's arm was baked aud his right side blistered. His case is doubtful. The otber two were burned on the face, neck and arms, but not fatally. CONGRESSMAN TOWNSHKND'S FUNERAL. Newark, N. J., March It—-TlDe bill re cently introduced in the New Jersey legisla.- ture by Assemblyman E. P. Farrell, of Hudson county, for the consolidation of the city of Harrison and the township of Kearny, has aroused a great deal of feeling in both places. To-night a mooting will be held by those who are opposed to the annexation scheme. The most interest in the affair n centered in the light between the big Clarjf Thread company and Gen. J. Watts Kearny, The Clarks are opposed to tho annexation and Gen. Kearny is in favor of it Anarchist Conspirators Captured. "Oh," says some one, "there's no need of talking against bribery, by promise or by dollars, because every man has his price." I do not believe it Even heathenism and the dark ages have furnished specimens of incorruptibility. A cadi of Smyrna had a case brought before him on trial A man gave Mm five hundred ducats in bribery. The oase came on. The briber had many witnesses. The poof man on the other side had no witnesses. At the close of the case the cadi said, "This poor man has no witnesses; he thinks; I shall produce in his behalf five hundred witnesses against the other side." And then pulling out the bag of ducats from under the ottoman, he dashed it down at the feet of tba briber, saying, "I gjve my decision agairjt you." Epaminondos, offered a bribe, said, "I will do this thing if it be right, and if It iw wrong, all your goods cannot persuade me. * Fabricius, of the Roman senate, was offered % bribe by Pyrrhus of Macedon. Fabricius answered, "What an example this would be to the Roman people; you koep your riches and I will keep my poverty and reputation." EVERY 1IAN OAS NOT BIS PRICK. The arrangements for the funeral of the late Congre sman Townshend, who died &iturday, have not yet been completed, but It is probable that the funeral will take place here to-morrow from St Matthew's church, and the Kev. Choppell will officiate. The interment will be in the Congressional cemetery. London, Marca 11.—F.ve Anarchists have been arretted at Aix Li Chapeiie as tae result of a caret uly couceived and executed plan, devi-ed and carried out by Police Commissioner Moalig. The commissioner spent sovural weeks in Londou and Brussels watching the movements of the men, and tracked them finally to the piace where they wore arr-sted. They will short y b ) tried lor participation in several Anarchist plots against hi0rh government officials. John L. Adams, of Atlanta, Ga., who committed forgeries for sums aggregating $70, 000, is starving himself to death. Even thi pleadings of hit mother do not indnco him ti eat. He is offering his life, he says, as a sac rificc for his sins. It autobar of- persist nominations will be sent to the senate today. Tliefct of names to be sent in is being very carefully guarded at the executive mansion. It is believed that among the nominations will be that of Walker Blaine, to be assistant secretary of slate. important nominations. The Mines Are a Roll. Anna Campbell died Pawnee Station, Kan., and the body was shipped to her fathei at Norwalk, Conn. He had not the money tc pay express charges——and the body ii keid as security. Los Angeles, CaJ., March 11— Reports that the Lower California gold mining boom was started in the interest of land companies are in circulation, and the excitement is somewhat checked. A wholesale firm here has received from its foreman, who has just arrived at San Diego from the mining district, the following telegram: "Tell everybody to investigate. The mines are a sell." Fears fop a Missing Clersrymai). Death by a Boiler Explosion, Henry George in England. Boston, March 11.—Rev. G, H. Smith formerly oi Roche ter, Minn., whD was in! stalled as pastor of the  church, Dorchester, last Wednesday, is missing, and as his hat has been found .on tht bank of the Charles river, it Is feared that ha has committed suicide. His wife is in pool health, and worry over her condition maj have unsettled his mind. Mr. Smith's rela tives do not believe that he has committed suicide, but fear that he has been accidentally drowned. Bf. Louis, March 11.—'flu boilers u th' Victoria flouring m lis at Second and Brooklyn street- cxplodad yesterday morning, killing Pat McMahon, tile fireman, and Pa. Brown, a coal passer. Head Miller Fishbec was badly scalded about th j (ace and arms. Th_' mill, wliich has a capacity of about tSOi barrels a day, was almost totally destroyed, and the debris scattered over the adjacent portions of the city. London, March 11.—Henry George arrived at Southampton yesterday and was met by a large party of friends on board of a tender. When Mr. George appeared on deck he was loudly cheered by his waiting friends, and ai lje was transferred to the tender the passengers on the steamer cheerily bade him ac adieu. In a rat pit »ear Long Island City, N. Y.. John Dodney, known as the "Ferret," killec twenty-five rats in twenty-one minutes. H« performed the feat with his hands tied. bo hind him, using his teeth, and biting oil th. head of the last rodent. THE POOR WILL BENEFIT. By vote of the inaugural executive committee ilB surplus, $!S,UOO, will be invested in real estate security through the District commissioners, and tho interest expended in relieving the poor people in and about the capital city. Death of a Prominent Actress. Extensive preparations are being made tc receive the baseball tourists, who are expected to return to New York from Europe April 5. A banquet at Dei.uonico's will be s feature. Albany, March 11—Mrs. Rosa M. Leland, manageress and proprietress of the Leland Opera house, died after a short illness. She had been an actress of long standing and fine reputation. She was the wife of Charles E. Leland, the noted hotel manager, from whom she was divorced some time ago. Mrs. Leland was known on the stage as Hosa St. Clair. COL. KKED GRANT AND THE CHINESE MISSION. It is generally coSceded that Col. Fred Grant will be minister to China. A delegation headed by George W. Cliilds, A, J. Drexel ami Postmaster General Wanamakcr ««kcd the pi-eeident to make this appointr fivxjit, and he intimated to them that he would do so. Albany, March 11.—The Republican tional Spellbinders' association has bee* in corporaied, with the following trustees: Eugene 8. McDonald, Frederick H. Davis, Cliarles F. Johuson, Alfred W. Liddle anc Onarles F. Winch. Tue princ pal oiliee oi the association is in New York. The Spellbinders Incorporate*}' Canadian Immigration Statistics. The president of tha American congress during the American Revolution, Gen. Reed, was offered 10,000 guineas by foreign commissioners if he would betray this country. He replied: "Gentlemen, I una vsry poor man, but tell your king hs is not rich enough to buy ma" But why go so'far when you and I, if we move in honorable society, know men and women who by all the concentrated force of earth and hell could not be bribed. They would no more be bribed than you would think of tempting an angel of light to exchange heaveK for the pit. To offer a bribe is villainy; but • very poor compliment to the man to wlv. m It is offered. Governor fiill Will Not Wed. Ottawa, Out, March U.—Tne report ol Sir Charles Tupper, high comniis lone.- foi Canada, in JS.iylaud, is out. The inuD.~ration to Canada last year reached 4'J, 1(D against 44,409 iu 18S7. Last year's immigration is composed as toliows: English, 20,789. Scotch, 5,354; Irish, 3,7ttl; foreigners, 14,834. Rev. Joseph Bloom is under arrest at Oneida, N. Y., for stealing a horse and cutD ter. He was fully identified. The arrest causes a sensation. Albany, March 11.—Sovernor Hill wqj seen by a reporter and shown the report pub lished announcing his approaching marriugt to a young iady of Troy. "There is not * word of truth in it," the governor stated in dignautly. Continuing, lie expressed dcej regret at the jiainful position in which till rejxirt had placi-d the youtiglady whose nauif had been mentioned. On his own account cared nothing. Protest Against Sir Bichard Webster, C Mr. Powderly hui refused a liberal offei from the Prohibiten state committee ol Pennsylvania to take the stump. He favort temperance, but not prohibition. London, March 11—Mr. Frederic Harrison has written a letter of protest against the retention of Sir R. E. Webster in the cabinet The Parnell commission being a state trial, he contends, the honor of the government is at stake while Mr. Webster remains in the ministry.  ASSISTANT SECRETARY BATCHELLEB. Gen. George S. Batcheiler, of Saratoga, Republican leader in the assembly and adherent at Warner Miller, has been selected by the Piatt nit-u for assistant secretary of treasury, i'nd l»e will be nominated today. With Whitielaw Reld for minister to England and fred Grant for minister to China, two appointments that are pretty well settled upon, Dew York's share of foreign missions would .be allotted, and should Allen Thorndike Rice get the German mission, as his friends confidently expect, them certainly would be no more good berths abroad for New York men. William Walter Phelps, of Now Jefsey, is .to 1» minister to France, unless thereto* cbaaga til too slate, s Newton, I* L, Mn,\.a 1J.. — Hermann Westlall, a German, 40 years old, pf tliii place, is in a hospital in a dying  from an assault committed on him yesterday morning by three Poles. Two of Westfall's assailants have b -ou aivosiod. The victim was robbed of $54. Assavitel Footpads. Outcome of m Drunken Quarrel. Charleston, 8. C., March 11.—Willian. Munzjnmaier was kilieu by O. Weir, of Augusta, Ga., during a fight in a barroom m the upper part of this city oa Saturday (ii(jl)t, iho taifrcjer was the cuim nation oJ a free bjuveun a party of young mai. who had b.ea driuking and gambling. There is an epidemic of diphtheria a' Galiatsin, Pa., caused by impure water. Th« average of deaths from this cause is *'ve pel week in a population of 2,000, Rochester, -V Y., March 11.— Anna Do uiond c-i nnniited suicide at the Wavel'ij liouto by taking poison. Sho came here frC J-T fccllerille, Oni., with Charles Macliliu, a member of the "Shamus O'Brien"* c imoany, last week. On Saturday the company It'll for and M.icklin toid h«r he wai tired of her and would no lo igei Uj bothered with hCr. Ti-.ii, itii pe .r D, can C 1 :h w- mat to takC her hie. Sue was about .ij years old TD0.sArtiim nijd Dfiitli, T&» Montegunia special reached Washing ton direct from the City of Mexico—a dis: tance of 3,000 miles—without change. An-Old Cliurch Damaged by Fire. Brooklyn, March 11.—Tha Simpson M E. church, at Willoughby and Clermont avanues, was damage.! to the extent ot $10,(HK) by lire. The tire originated in a defeeuye flue. 1 have uot much faith in those people who go about bragging bow much they could get if they would only sell out. Those women who complain that they are very often insulted need to understand that there is something in their carriage to invite insult. There are men at Albany, and at Harrisburg, and. A Victim of Melancholia. NiiW York, March 11 The body of An Eloping Lover Jailed. O'Connor Wants to Bow Searle. Charles H. Chapin, a well known artist was found in the E tst river. Mr. Chapiu disappeared Dec. 31, He had suffered from melancholia. The body will be to Worcester, Mass., tor burial Nice, March 11.—Dr. Sellon, who recently e'.ojed iroiu hero with Miss Ida Wilcox, ha b« u y nieucfd to eight months' imprisonmem iit haviug appropriated a check which tie gii'i took U'oui her mother. Ban Francisco,March 11.—William O'Con  nor, the oarsman, has postponed his trip tc Weather Indications. Australia until the next steamer, and will in For Tuesday, fair to partly cloudy; souths the meantime try to airangi a race with westerly to southerly winds; iight local snow Searle, the Australian ohanipi'on, by cable. " storms, (continued on third paom.)