Evening Gazette

              » ' - 'V EtDjming RVMBEH t!W» I «Hklv Kklablt»liD C1 I«Cl ( PlTTSTOX.rPA-. THURSDAY APRIL 4 DSSC) BOUt ANGER IN BRUSSEL8. HAVOC BY THE FLAMES. TRAINMEN'i REVENGE. WHITE HOUSE VISITORS. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. THE LATEST FROM RHODE ISLAND. • —* EDWIN BOOTH STRICKEN. Tliey Try Dynamite oil it Man Who Greased Debate on the Direct Tax Bill—Newark** If Ho Remains He 'Will Be Expelled from llal|]u Territory. Great Losses in Dakota by the KuilrCMiCl Vrackn. Some of the Prominent Callers Water Ho»rd Bill Paaaaa. The Democrat* Greatly Elated Om t K A Sensational Scene in a Roch- ester Theatre. Brussels, April 4 —Oen. Boulanger is here aft the HuteJ Menged.?, where he u  under the name of Bruno. H i conlerred with M. Rochel'ortrat Mans auil returned to Brussels. At both MonH and Brussels the general wan received with demonstrations by the )«opl D. '1 he Independence Beige warns Boulanger that expu s on will be tlie result i f hU intrigues i.i Prance. Paris, April 4.—It la rumored here that the government will'issue a decree of banishment against Gen. Boulanger. London, April 4. —M. Harry, the principal editor of The Independence Beige, who is at pre lent in London, expressed himso.f freely pn the subject of Geu. Boulanger's taking refuge In Belgium. The Belgian government, he said, wdl certainly expol Boulanger without delay if ho doesn't forestall,such action by voluntarily taking his departure. M. Harry cal ed attention to the iact that Belgium had heretofore expelled all prominent p Jit.cal refugees, including Victor Hugo, and declared that the policy of the government with lefuieuce to thatclaaaof persons had undergone no ohange. Boulanger was hooted by the pci.ple on his arrival at Brussels and the only cheers he received were given by a tew cabmen ut tlie railway station. PORTI.AKD, Or*., April 4.—In building its branch frim Willow* to Hcpi ner tlie Oregon Railway and Nuvigai Ion con.gr nv was unable to tigree with u s lDt]iD.' nii'U 'l Lvwn for the rigV t of way, and ho I. is 1» u I- host! e to tlio company oror since. Mom.i i Iium since he tool; 10 greasing iho t.'iicc, I'Htui rx i;rjat annoyance! to the tru n bauds. lU'tvntiy ho laid In n big sui p.y of :ut and (iwncd the track (Jr about a mi e. Whin the train hands were laborious y KhnveHn,; :41ml on the :-ails Larson came t ut unDitC'augliud at them, and the boys mode dii e threat-; 01 vo gjanco. on the President. Tbewtos, April 4.—The boose In OCX omit tee of the whole considered the direct t«j bill. After considerable discussion Mr. Vor hees moved that the committee rise and report progress pending the submlaion of i substitute proposition from the Democrats. This was carried, and the bouse decided k sit again aa a committee of the whole when the bill will probably be withdrawn oi killed. "■•If Victory. ] Prairie Fires. Special to the Evehixq Giirrri, I ' TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED. DELEGATIONS FROM THE SOUTH. Pbovidbbo», April 4, 2 p. it.-The Rhode N'snd election is aa uocertsin as erer. Davis npmoeratie candidate tor Governor, hae a plurality 0f43*8, but lacks 548 of a m.joritjr sod consequently under the State Constitution *lec»ion is thrown into the Legislature. Tlw great Democratic gain ts due to the tr* cher7 o' the Republican leaders on the proliblUon question. THE PERFORMANCE STOPPED. He Wax l'luylng Ia;o anCl Succumbed at Narrow E»c:ipo of Manjr People from Be- Disposition of Nominations by the SenaU th* Kntl of til* Second Acl—Mr. Barrett Ins Burned to Dealh—Houiei, Cattle During the Kxtra Session—Bid* for th« HafceM n Alarm.it# Statement to the And |trop* Destrojed—A Sand Blluard at 0|W. HcotiJaNI), Dak., April 4. — A terrible prairie fire swept over the country south of Scotland Tuesday afternoon, and its path it marked by the smouldering embers of many homes. A very high wind prevailed all day, and with the grass as dry as tinder the tury of the Are was beyond description. At i o'clock word was brought to town that tht prairie was afire north West Town, and Immediately a hundred nun started in teanu towards the approaching fire, armed witt brooms and sac Its. New Coastei —Senator Stanford's Trip Tlio Jersey City-Newark charter bill wai report d yesterday morning and aooo there after taken up on second reading. The bill authorizing Newark to icnte bondt for a water supply caine up la the saute. After a long debate the bill was pa-teed by i votedf 16 to 3. OYSTEi IN Audience. to Alaska. Rochester. N. Y., April 4.—The vast Midietic' which assembled at the Lyceum theatre Inst night to see Booth and Barrett la "Othe.lo" exiwricnced a sensation and bitter disappointment. Booth tyent on in the first act as logo and spokj his lines without apparent dilBculty, and the audienoe did not suspcct anything wrong. Next day, when tl o truiu cam ■ nlo.ig, one of the gang of laborers tlnvw a - i .nt pjwder cartridge, » h ioh expii do. I near Lai* n, completely addling his bran. H r-n oil and did not show up for two woi.-k», wlien hi caused the an»y-t of tliC- who o train crew, lut, failing to fasten the charge of attempted murder on any C f them, thpy Were dismissed. Washington, April 4.—The olmjst oeaeeess tramp of feet sounded on the stairs of die White House yesterday. Ex-Senator niddleberger was among those that called. CoL George W. P. Vernon, Commodore W. 8. Schley, of the navy, and five others representing the Union Veteran association invited the president and the cabinet to attend the annual banquet of the organisation at Baltimore on April 9. The president replied that owing to the indisposition of lire. Harrison and the illness of his little grandchild, "Baby" McKee, he would be unable to make any definite engagement for this month except to attend the Washington inaugural centennial ceremonies at New York on thC SQtW inst T*o Louisiana delegations cams to preas candidates for public office hi theli state. One of these was composed of Republican mem born of the Louisiana legislature. Nearly all of them wero colored men. Senator Blackburn introduced a Kentucky delegation.The Republicans claim a majority In the Leg stature on joint ballot, Insuring the elscti°" of a Republican successor toOhaoe in the U P Senate A decided majority la favorable to i e-submltting constitutional prohibiUon The bill creating the county of Hamilton out of sections of Hudson- county waa put through without debate. : "Great Soott! what are you doing with that watch of jouri ?" A debate occurred on the act to make Th« Labor Standard of Faterwn an official new* r-a-er of that city. Speaker Hudspeth O'Noii and Key advooaU-d the U.i, and ii was passed by a vote uf 38 to 11 At the 01,d of the second act, when it was time for hiui to go-on agaiu, a slight dizziness, with which he had been troubled for two or three days, began lo be serious, and a physician was called in who examined the actor and pronouueed his iline&s too serious to permit him to attempt to go on with the performance The doctor expressed fear he had sustained a shock of partial ponUjrsis, which so alarmed Mr. Barrett that be determined to dismiss the audience. Mr. Barrett was greatly overcome by what he considerai the dangerous illness of his colleague, and when he steppe.! before the curtain it was evident!, that he was deeply excited. Mr. Barrett spoke as follows, his utterance being frequently choked by his •motion: A MOONSHINER KILLED. I^EJWOVflli. He Wmuulrt Thi-et- and In Shot Thirteen limt-a Ke.'ore tie Fa 1*. Oysterman: "0, I open with my watoh, right ale bought it of Jarok, and it's enough to stand anything." Alfred Brown's farm, two miles north, all Als barns, dairies and cattle shed* wen found tD be alilaei, and the oflorts of tht farmers wero directed to saving his resident* and beating the fire out Iu a short time il would have swept down upon the town. Brown's residence whs saved, but all hit household goods wore burned. One miU north of Brown's the lire burned Henry Ha, gelfry out of every possession. His house, barns and stock were consumed, and he bare' ly escaped with his family. Across fron Hagelfry lived D. K. Touit ns n, a prosperous farmer, and everything about his place with the exception of hit house was ewe t away. Pi re houses and several head of live stock were among his losses. His wlf. was alone at home when the fin broke out and could do nothing to save tht property. By evening the (Ire in tho wesi had been extinguished, but it is still raging in the sout hoist. The town of Olivet, tht county Meat of Hutchinson county, eight miles north, is reported to be more than hall dostroyed. The bridges on the railroad west of the t iwn were burned. The loss for tht last two days will bo fully (50,000. Bjenfibui, W. Va., April 4 — Detective W. G. Bald jv in, oi' the Eureka agency, Charleston, W. Va,, aad two assistants, Eugeno Bobiupou and Joe Wallace, shot and killed William Moran, a moonsldn.-r, on Tug river, near the coupty lines of McDowell and yoono. They had been alter him for two weekK The officeiv tlr-*d flfttH" shots bofgi'd Uoraii fell, thirteen of them talc ng effwt in his body, ltobinson was shot in the honD , Baldwin received a ba 1 in the wrist, and Wallace was shot in the chin. Wallace ii said to be senous-y injure. I. Moran'b wifs assisted him shooting lit the offioors, She was handcuffed and Sunt to 'h-J county Jail, PENNSYLVANIA'S LAWMAKERS. Important ImnrraM Bill Daflsatad—Semi- monthly Payment of Wage Burners. T. & J. Hoi brook beg to inform the pnblio that they have removed to No. 16 South Main St., and that they hare an. entirely new stock of Harrisbobq, April 4.—The house defeated on final passage the bill to regulate the extent of liabilities under policies of insurance on buildings, otherwise known as the valued insurance bill, by a vote of 10U to 51. Tho Fight lor Joha Bright'* Seat. Groceries, London, April 4.—The Birmingham Conservatives are lurious over the actiou of Mr. Chamberlain in the matter of selecting candidates for the seat inadj vacant by the death of John Bright and accuse him of upsetting their plana They refuse to meet the Unionists for tho purpose of entering into furthei arrangements and threaten to withdraw from the cauvu.-s in event of the Unionists further persisting in running a candidate. Should the Tories carry out these threats of leaving the Unionists to fight the battle alone, the olection of a Uladstonian for tho central division is assured, as the Unionists have tic chance of success in any event The act to provide for the semi-monthly payment of wage workers was passed by * vote of 103 to 9, The bill providing far an appropriation of $900,000 for payment for the Islands to be removed ill tUe Delaware river to Improve Um haibor wps reported with amendments providing for $200,000, and that a free belt tin* railroad shall be provided for on Delaware avenue, BOOTS AND SHOES and are now ready with Rook Bottom prices. Style, quality and durability not to be excelled.Provisions, The executive clerk of the senate yesterday issued the following official statement; During the senate just adjourned there wer« seut to the senate '-iW messages containing nominations aggregating about 990 names. Of this number two werq rejected, namely: Murat Halstead, who was nominated mCi i» ter to Germany, and Mr, Isidore I4 jr«nthal. the postmaster of Modesta, C«L Tho fallowing failed of final aotlon; William H, Whileman, justice supreme court of New Mexico, Edwin J. Kurslieodt, marshal for the district of Louisiana. Postmaslersi C, Walders, Minot, Dak.; Samuel C. Moore, Findlay, O.; Bobert F. Bebout, Rushville, Xnd.; Carl O. Crippln, Eusttt, Fla.; Burt C. Drake, Gainesville, Fla,, and de-irge E. Nicholson, Ness City, Kan. TUB HKN4.TS AND THS WWIKATION*. "Ladies and Gentlemen—I am called npon to perform the most painful duty of my Jlfe. My colleague has shown symptoms of breaking down for three or four days past And his condition tonight.is 10 sirious that it is impossible for him to act. We had hoped that he would rally from this attack and that he would bo ablit to play his part tonight, but one of your physicians, Dr.'Sumner, says that it would bo perilous for him to attempt it "Mr. Booth has sustained a partial stroke at paralysis and we fear that this Is the beginning of the end. I cannot express to you the deep sorrow with which I make this sad announcement The world has probably heard for the last time the greatest actor who speaks the English language. "We shall, of course, i-anhel all engagements, and I hope that we shnll be able to remove Mr. Booth to bL home. It pains me to speak these words. I am soi ry 10 disappoint this great audience, but the play cannot go on. It would be presumptuous for mo to undertake to fill the place 01 this great wan, whom you have come to seo und hear, and it would be worse than useless to attempt to proceed further. I know y. u will be indulgent and that you will fully appreciate the sad plight in which we are placed. The 8PORTING EVENTS, Choice goods, fair prloea, and hi The Now York»iiarvarJ Canio Postponed. 8oCireN of Oilier (rouici. Nay York, April 4, —'l'lie New York. Harvard baseball game auuouuoed fur yesterday was po tponoCl on aooount of the wet condition of the ground*. Brooklyn, April 4,—Brooklyn, 88 j Metropolitan, L Philadelphia, April t — Athletic, 4i Princeton, 0. Cincinnati,April 4.—Cincinnati,0; Spring- The houae passed Anally bills to prohibit mining and manufacturing corporations from engaging in the business of carrying on company stores or requiring their employes U trade at any particular store or stores. In the senate a bill was introduced author iiing the Falrmouut park commissioners tC lay out a drive where horses may be speeded. Senator Sho waiter also Introduced a bill empowering county commissioners to fxonerab and relieve county treasurers from tho payment of Interest on money lost by the failnrt of savings banks. They also desire to thank their patrons for the liberal trade hitherto accorded them and solicit a continuance ol the same. weights and measures the matter. 8hort outp don't seem to diminish our We keep our stook right u; aJI the delioaeies and subatt of the season. Oranges direct from Florida Bananas from Central Amei Dried, evaporated and pre frnits of bes' quality. Ferris and Ross Ham, Bacon Beef. Death of King John. Rom:, April 4.—Advices have been received from Massowah to the effect that King John, of Abyssinia, was defeated and slain in a recent battle, and that the whole country is in a state of ailurchy. The Italian cabinet will deride today whether or not to altei It»l)'s present course toward Abyssin a. Il is said the king's death was due to woundt received )n a battle with the forces led by tb' dervish Mettoma. .. Note the address. Sioux Fall, Dak., April 4.—It is reported that the entire population of Heaver Creek, Minn., thirty miles east, is fight!'ig prairta fires, also that extensive fires prevail U various parts of southwestern Minnesota. Wires are down aud rumors cannot be verified, but the prairies arc excee lingly dry and grave fears arb felt of a widespread calamity. field, 1. R 80DTH HlfllK ST. The Western Baseball Season. Four years ago President Cleveland sen! 148 messages to the speoial sessions; eighteen nominations failed of action and on9 was rejected.Des Moines, la., April 4.—The Western Baseball association has completed its labors. The season opens April 20 with Des Moines at Denver, Milwaukee at St. Joseph, Minneapolis at Omaha and St Paul at Sioux City. Milwaukee plays three games at Des Moines In May, and the Sioux City games of June J3, IS And }§ are transferred to Des Moines.' LEGISLATION AT ALBANY. P»bl» Flashes. Th« Excise Commission BID Passes Um "Is Marriage War*AW, April 4.—The police have discovered and seized u large establishment de voted to the pr.uting and dissemination pi Nihilistic literature, aud made numerous ftr rests in connection therewith. Bids for the construction of the armored coast defense ve sel provided for by congress, has beon opened at the navy department Cramp & Sons, of Phi.adelphia, bid $1,614,- 000; the Union iron works, San Francisco, $1,028,950; N. F. Palmer. & Co.. New Yofk. $1,690,000. The vessel is to be £56 feet long, 4f) feet broad, 4,400 tons displacement ShC will be protected by a belt of steel armoi sixteen Inches thick over the engines, boileri and magazines, and eight inches thick forward and aft The engines are to have 5,40C horse power. BIDS FOR THE ARMORED COAST VESSEL. Assembly—Other Bulnaaa. A Failure"! Batter of all grades, up to oh creamery. Flour—fancy patent and new ] cess. Rapid City, Dak., Apr.l 4.—A prairie fin started one mile northeast at noon Tuesday. And wqs driven b fore a sixty-five mile gale. Three bouses trope bupnei}, One of ttjerq waj occupied by Mrs. Ch J?. Bailey, 4 girl aged 17 years named Eloise Madison, and a Ulreij man named Aston. The three left the houat and ran through the flames, Mrs. Bailsy and Aston escaped with some severe burns. Miss Madison fell, and the fire catching hei clothing burned It oompletely from her body. She was taken to a neighbor's and lies at tin paint of death. The house and household goods are a total loss. Albany, April 4.—The excise commission bill was passed by the Assembly by a vote of 89 to 53. London, April 4.—The privy council re versed ilie deel ion of the Canadian court which d clared that metals discovered on thu coa tot British Columbia belonged .0 Canada. The newspaper libel UM, introduced bj Judge Saston, has bean mada a speoial ordei for next Wednesday. Well, we guess not, but it depend* to a ▼ery met extent u to whether 7011 make your HOMES miserable by buying HIGH PR10KD goods of old fashioned—"Some old style" credit stores, (a good customer has got to pay tor what a poor one don't pay for.) Or, make them comfortable and peaceful by buying the really good and low priced goods, sold for 0A8H by us. Don't you think eo ? Finest Olives and Olive Oil. Saratoga Chips. ' — sV« - NlW YORK, April 4.—Jn tho chess congress LipsohuU boat 0, Q. Bain}, Judd beat J, W. Baird, Biaokburn beat Bbo waiter, Burn beat Pollock, Ounsberg beat Gossip, Ilanaham beat Taubenhiua, Mason beat Mac- Leod, Del mar beat Martines, Bird drew with BuriUe, Tschigorin drew with Weiss. Four men are now tied for first pla oe—Lipschulz, Gunslerg,JWeiss and Blackburn—each with The Chess Tournament. Among tho b lis introduced in the  bly was one by Mr. Youngman appropriating $1,428,993 for continuing the work on thC capitol under the direction of a commissioner of the new capitol and supervising commissioners.Crackerg and Cakea of every afcyk and grade. English and Ameriean Piokles. Nuts and Candies of every name and kind. Oat Meal and Oat Flakes. Wheatlet Southern White Corn Meal, Gold Dost Corn Meal. Copp- r closed «t £41 10s. cash, and £40 15s. for tluve months' delivery. will make such ai raugeinenti aa may seem best for vour money." Paws, April 4.—Comptoir d'Escompte it quoted at 125 francs .and Rio Tinto at CSW francs. The condition of Mr. Booth d;d not fully justify this speech. There huu been no attack of paralysis and the actor was suffering no pain. He walked from the theatre to bis carriage, and was driven to his hotel, when he walked without apparent difficulty'from the carriage to the elevator and to his room. Reporters were not allowed to see Mr. Booth, and Mr. Barrett refused to talk; but Mr. Bromley, business manager of the oempany, said that Mr. Booth's ilinees was not serious enough to justify alarm. He said that the company's engagements for the rest of this awek and probably next would bo cancelled, but be hoped to go on as usual alter Mr. Booth bad been given a brief rost The Assembly judiciary oomnslttee Will r* port favorably Mr. biU making it a misdemeanor to usa any substitute fot barley malt in the manufacture of ale or beer. MR. BLAINE AND A MEXICAN CLAIM. FIXJUB—Patent Process—"Superlative". ... per bbL $7.00 Patent Proosaa "Morgan's Beat". ..per bbl $7.00 Birmingham, Ala., April 4.—Some of th« doctors of this city are puzzled over the recovery of a negro from what seemed to be a well developed case of hydrophobia. J. E. Brown, a oolored man employed on a farm about five miles from the city, had a smail dog to which be was much attached. A few weeks ago the dog was attacked by a strange cur, and, in defending his pet, the negro was bitten slightly iu several places. Last week Brown's dog showed signs of hydrophobia aud was killed. On Monday Brown himsell became violently IU, and soon developed symptoms of hydrophobia. He grew worst rapidly, and on Monday night it required six men to tie him on his bed. He was frothing at the mouth and biting at everything within reach. The doctors applied the usual remedies to relieve the man's sufferings, and they were surprised when he appeared to be growing belter. Lest night the cords were re proved from Brown's liujbs, and be seems tc have entirely reeoverod- Recovered from Hydrophobia. Oaky, Dak., April 4.—A sand blizzard be gan about 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Th« wind blew with great force and the air wai filled with sand and dust to such an extent at to render it quite dark. The mercury fell 1( (legs, in two hours. Crops already sown were thought to be much injured. At Aberde -n a hurricane raged for hours. Roofs wero blown off the Park Place hotel, the mill and the Ex celslor block, and many other buildings wen otherwise damaged, To t lie iterm in several places wero added the terrors of fire. Volin, a statton on the Northwestern road ten miles east of here, was burned Monday night The buddings destroyed were the station agent's house, the depot, twe dwelling houses and a large flouring mill A thousand tons of hay aud all the barns wen burned. The fire invaded a large cattle cor ral and forty or tifty cattle were badlj burned, the rest breaking through the in closure and escaping. The loss is more that «J£D,00tt" pi SMkt, Dak., April 4.—A prairie fin yigtoiday destroyed property valued al 910,000. games won and lost In the case of E. F. Dunne against John D. Shannon et al for an injunction to restrain the payment of installments of award on 4 Mexican claim and the appointment of q ceiver to take charge of the f\md Pop. j, G, Blaine has, by Assistant Attorney General May, filed answer and a motion to dissolve the'ipjunction. He sets forth the establishment of the Mexican claims commission; denies that he has refused to pay over the proportionate amounts of the installments at they were received. He says that as an officer of tho government be is not subject to b« restrained, and that the bill in this case igD- nores grave principles of law upon which  claims upon the award become subject to th« government, and he, being the agent of tlx president under the treaty, oannot be compelled in bis action. Rms Defeats Dufur. Patent Proeeie—"Superb"... .$7.00 Beet family—Winter Wheat Pa tact The grandest flavored, Teas in America. Lawrence, April 4.—Ross defeated Dufui' two out of three bouts, mixed stylo, last night The joint railroads committee yesterday heard arguments oo Mr. Bauer's bill to exempt Rochester from the Cantor act, whict makes franchises saleable at auction. per bbl $6.36 ?KBD—Chop, corn, com meal, cracked corn Coffee, after the drinking one forgets all hia woes. In fact, onr stock is so la varied that we cannot enum* a fraction of it Onr prices, considered, we will allow no beat. The senate cities committee will report favorably the bill for providing polios matrons in cities of 80,000 inhabitants. Mid middling* par 100 It* 98c WlMat Bran per 100 lb* 96c Oata per buahel 45c Hay—Long per 100 lbs 96c Cut Hay per 100 lbs $1.00 BUG A R—Standard Granulated-... .8c per Wt A Sugar lie per lb 0 6*o per lb KxtraC. 7c per lb t OFFK y—Old Government Java, 18 to 33c ib Moraccibo S8o lb Aitken, Minn., April 4,—A peculiar phenomenon occurred hero Tuesday. At 4:45 o'clock it became to dark that lights were necessary in business houses and the air was fi led wiih snow lliat was as black and dirty as though it had been trampled into the earth. Six ounces of snow and onefourth ounce of dirt and sand were (ouud iu the bottom of a dish. The dirt is very fino, something like eiliery, add contains parlicios that have a metallic luster. This dirty snow fell to the depth of half an inoh, The atmotphere at the time presented a peculiar greenish tinge. There was a little wind blowing at the time from the northwest, theugh there seemed to be considerable wind higher in the air. Solid chunks of ice and sand are reported to have been picked up in various places. Fall of Blaclf Snow- A caucus was held ty the Republican senators immediately after the adjournment of the senate yesterday. They decided tc paas at once the bill appropriating $100, OOt for "bottoming out" canals and restoring tha legal depth of seven feet, the expenditure oi the money to be entrusted to State Engineei Bogart and Superintendent of Public Worki Shanahan, as it wae not believed that tin work oould be performed properly by contract.The company arrived In this city yesterday morning and Mr. Booth passed the day lying down in bis room, but did not seem to be suffering, except from the weariness of travel. Messrs. Booth and Barrett left for New York at 10:110 o'clock this morning, and Mr. Booth will be placed at once in charge of bis own physician. The Lyceum theatre management loses 13,000. which will ha ye to be made good by the sompany. The sale of peats amouutpd to oyer $5,000, and wqs the largest sale the company has had this season. Bio, Yery good 2010 22c lb Golden Rio 26c Although (he coffee market baa taken a JUMP UP, we are going to give you the benefit of the low price* a* long aa our atook laata. v W1Q8—Strictly freah 16c per dot Prieea on egga aabject to market changea. k ATS—Hams 12c per lb, Shouldera SJc, Baoou 81c, Laru 9c per lb  BUTTKR—Extra fine Daily in tube, per ltD 23c By the pound 26c Wayne Co. and Bradford Oo, freah rolla per lb 25c  0HKK8K—Burdtck, full onam... 12 to 14o lb Nice full cream cheeee a little NOTES. We are now prepared to furntah all in need in large and email qoantili atook baa been aelected with great e quality, all of the growth of 1888. C have ateadlly increased ainco we CO handling bulk aeede. We now e among our ouatomara all the larjr gvrdenproprietoraofthia Ticinity. If; bat half an ounce of aeed we out ■ demand. Oar prieea are low for aalec Mr. Terrill, of Texas, the new minister to Belgium, took the oath of office to-day. Senator and Mrs Stanford have left for their home in San Francisco. They will remain in San Francisco for four weeks and then start for Alaska. This will occupy weeks. Justice and Mrs. Field will accompany them to Alaska. Tha remainder of the Vacation will be occupied in furthering the building of the university that is now near lng completion. A TIE UP |N ROCHESTER. The Car Orlvers Strike and the Company Atlanta, April*.—A pine straw industry, backed by southern capital, ia the onswei which will be blade to the jute trust (hit year. The pine' bagging patents are owned by live men, wlw purpose to have ready foi the fall cotton prop ijr" factories that will make 10,000,000 yards of bagging. IF take* alout 55,000,000 pf bagging to W1 7,000,000 bales pf cottpn. fhat mean* twenty-eight fijctories, which at present estimates would coat $5,600,000, or about eighty cents « hale, permanently invested in factories. The Ave factories they will undertake to build thD* season will put things in decidedly better shape than they were last year. The formers are not out of the woods yet, but they can see the light breaking through the piije trees, A Heflr Southern Industry. Rochester, N. Y., April 4.—The street car drivers employed by the Rochester City and Brighton Street Railroad o mpanj struck yesterday. There ware over 800 excited men and as many curious sightseers is the vicinity of the State street barns. At 1 o'clock oar 8B8 of the Lake avenue routt was started out, manned by two of tha new men from New York. There was no interference with tha progress of tha car, but as it passed along the street tlx mob hooted and jeered at the men. Up to 1 o'clock no cars were pu led in at the North avenue barns. All the ears wort oft the Park avenue route, and the driven have come down to the central part of th« city. Superintendent Brower announced hit intention to continue sending out oars ak fast as possible, He said to a reporter: "Wo are going to keep sending out oars as fast as th« strikers bring them in. We will stand no foolishness." Say Thay Will Fight It Oat. Ptrnsuno, April Pittsburg and vicinity is tufferiuY tit's week from an epidemic of suicide-. There have been eight attempts Within a tow days. Two unsuccessful selfaaeailauts are now prisoners in the Central Police station. Mrs. Herman Flecbsig, the young wife of an Allegheny business amo, committed suicide by hunting from t))e rafters of a porch at tbeir residence on Webster Street. Ou her person was found a letter addre*ei to her husband showing that she had been worrying over the idea that she was afflicted with cancer. Last evening she read and conversed about the suicide of a young woman in this city that occurred Tuesday. Up to the hour for retiring she was lively and talked over plans for arranging their new home into which they had Just moved. A Suicidal Kpfdemic. Blunt, Dak., April 4.—The whole countrj around Blunt is b-ing devastated by prairit Ores. Several buildings in the suburbs havt been tyirned, but the city is as yet safe. J. I. fUchardson last 500 sheep, cattle And hogs. Many farmers are homeless. A strong wind urogo b?fqi°o the Are, doing considerable dam W Tha NC w Cruiser Charleston. San Francisco, April 4.—Tho crulsor Charleston is almost ready for sea. Membcn of the exam ning board are on the giouuds making preliminary examination. The propeller blades afp in position and the keel Is painted. All the larger piacM'tet'T is in place, and only minor details are to be attended to before she will he ready for sea. It is expected that stoma *1)1 bo up in the main engines and boilers by Monday next, and the trial trip-be made within the next two weeks. She will he taken for trial to gtanta Barbara channel, and they will proceed to the navy yard at' Mare It land. The postmaster-general Is advised that a new l|ne of steamers, to ply semi.weekly bo tween Port of Spain, Trinidad, off tho ooast of Venezuela, South America, and Now York, has been put on by an agreement between the government of Trinidad and TurnbuU, Stewart & Co. The government pays the contractors £3,000 per year for seven years. The steamers began their run on April 1. ■harp 8 to lOo per lb TRA—A regular 60c tea 38c lb, 4 lba for $1. SYRUPS— 40, 60, 60o per gallon IIOLA8SB8—26, 30, 40, 60o Beat N. O. Ifolaaeea 60c per gallon Huflbat & TIlo Massachusetts Fruhll)ttloHists UpafoN, April 4-—A state convention at tho call of tho prohibiting constitutional amendment campaign committee was held yesterday in Trpmont Temple, al»oot 100 dele gates attending, Col fi. H, Haskell presided. In his opening address be predicted k handsome majority for the amendment Rev, Mr, Sanderson, of Worcester county, spoke encouragingly of the outlook there, and said hard work was. being done, He could assurC the convention that Senator Hoar was thoroughly in favor of tho amendment. Remark! ot a hopeful character followed from otbei do egatee. CA1R1 BLOCK, WEST PITTS T "POLLY WANTS A CRACKER," The secretary of state has receivod telegraphic information from Consul Alien at Kingston, Jamaica, of tho sale to an American syndicate of the entire Jamaica railroad system of that island. and POLLY wanu Hitchner'a XXX Oream Oraokara that we are aelling for.... To per lb 1QBACCO—Clark A Bnover 86c per lb Treahmnth 34o par lb Amanoan Navy 18o per lb "Hard to Beat'1—Chewing 28c lb SOAPS—8-3 lb bare "Kitchen"... .for $1.00 6-3 lb ban Challenge ....... 1.00 6-3 lb bara Acme 1.00 B« ttnwiobiaU* Tiwrt no plsMUka hoau." TIB TH* AJtBITIOH onraniat AKP fka A Cyclone In Mew Jersey, Attempted Assassination. The Aliased Ktectloa Bribery In Boston. Boston, April 4.—The committee *of the common council appointed to investigate the charges of bribery In connection with the electiou of Kdward U. Curtis to the office of city clerk, met yesterday. Councilman Fraxier wtoo offered tho resolution to make the investigation had no charges to make; no oue had attempted to brib" him. He had expected that Councilman Rosnosky, who claims to have been approached with a bribe, would attend the hearing and try to substantiate the charges. Counsel for Mr. Curtis ■tid that if any charges were to be preferred they should be submitted in writing and Curtis notified in order that he might be prepared (o meet them. The committee then adjourne(| |ubject to the call of the chairman. Bridoston, N. J,, April 4,—A cyclone moving from the southeast struck Che southern portion of this city at about 6 o'olock last evening, doing considerable damage. Anew house just finished at Riverside was leveled to the ground. The roof of the Eastlake woolen mills was blown off, a packing house at Fairtown was completely destroyed, and several large windmills on farms in this vicinity were blown down. Meager reports from Long Beach, on the Morris river, state that considerable damage was done to oystoi boats lying in the harbor, and that chimneyi and fences were blown down and other damage dona  Hanging Rock, O., April 4.—An attempt was mads i n Monday nigi.t to assassinate John Kiocaiil. tho marshal. He had been re-el-ctod on Monday and was sitting with his family at home when a shot was fired at him through a window, the ball cutting off a lock of his hair. Charles Lo slier has been arrested on suspicion. New Bedford, Mass., April 4.—The barken tine. Moaes B. Tower, which arrived here yesterday, brought the first and third officers af the whaling bark Mary Fracier, of Bigoto wn, Mass., which was seized at Fayal some months ago for alleged violation of the Portuguese customs laws in smuggling tobacco at the islands. At tho time the Tower left Fayal the Frazier was still held. Moat of the crew had deserted. The captain and two men regained aboard, waiting orders from the owners.  gelsure of an American Whaler. AHT, RICH AJTO POP* TO OWN A HOME ■Mitar ton. THE GREAT PRO,. of mourtns to l»b*r the reward of ladnatn •olred by 8.8. Thompson, - Master Woffcuafl Warner said yesterday morning, after the reports of the men having had been brought to him; "If we st ike, It will be because we are forced to. I knew thai a strike will ba a.sotuxe of lnoonvenianej to the public. 8o far we have acted wiih calmness, and even now will do nothing hasty." 35 bara Floating 1.00 It bars White Bruaaela 1.00 Governor Wilfon In a Bow. Charleston, W. Va., April 4.—As Editor Reber, of The State Tribune, was standing in a grocery store he was accosted by Governoi Wilson, who shook his fist und. r his nose and threaUued him with personal vioiono* for criticisms made in the |Daper of the governor'* official actions. The grocery keeper, not being an admirer ot the governor, ordered him out of the store, and as he failed to gc summarily ejected him, using considerable force. This is the second attack made on Rebei' by Wilson during the past four weeks, friends interposing each time. 22 ban White Mountain 1.00 Oxknid Goods—61b can beat Apple Butler 35c 161b " « Jelly 36c IT but White XaraeiUee 1.00 CONDENSED NEW8. tiRUUrOBn, Pa., April 4.—A sensation nil created in railroad circles yesterday by the removal Of all tbe passenger rouducUrs on the Buffalo, Roche ter and Pittsburg division of the Buffalo, Rooheater and Pittsburg railroad. Tbe sweep, it is said, was a thorough one. The conductors received polite letter* asking them to resign and yesterday their resignations came in. Freight conductors, it Is said, wJl be promoted to passenger trains Cleau Sweep mt Con dee tors. 31b " " '• 26c 21b " " •• 18c Armour'i 2 lb can corned Bee/ 19c 12 cana beat Peaa... .$1.00 12 « " Core.1.00 12 " » Tomatoea. 1.00 8-3 lb can Peaohea for 1.00 2 cana Cendenaed Milk 26 The mounted skin of Jumbo, the big elephant, presented to the museum of natural history at Tuft's collegg by R T.  has arrived and been in position. The flagship of the British Pacific squadron, the Swiitsure, with Bear Admiral Henoage on board, has arrived at San Francisco from South American ports. After remaining ten days she wilt proceed to Ilsquimnult, ftay. Kdyyarit Seriously Injured. Brooklyn, April 4,—Rev. Dr. Edward ftcechor, aged 85 years, a brother of the late Henry Ward Beeeher, fell beneath a train last night and his left leg was run over and crushed. Dr. Beeoher w*» returning from Farkville, where he is pastor of a church. Be alighted at the Twentieth Street station before the train stopped, and made a misstep. He was taken to the Seney hospital. Owing to his advanced age the injury may have serious consequences. "eU1*totaof D*D?a!i!5a,oB Detroit, April 4.—The steamer Atlantic got through the ice on fhe St Clair river and has left for Port Huron. The ice in th« river from Marten's Island down to Lake St. Clair almost reaches tip the bottom of thC river, which perfiaps explains the low water in Lako fit. Ciaif. Tl)p flora will not leave until next Tuesday, TJjg City of Alpena haD left for upper lake ports, Navigation on the Lakes. Prospect Hill or Seneca Pteld, Pittston. For 1340 to $280, or W to C8.00 per month for 100 months. Try it yoorarif. Thp Sfoux BUI. 4 cana 8wdlnaa  Dak., April 4.—John Duck, Phasing Crapo, J'onea and puck  Sioux from White riVW 0» tue reservation, pre in the city on their way to attend the United States oourt at Yauktou. Thoy stftteCJ (hat they believed the Bioux bill to be a good and just measure, and that they were strongly lb favor of the ratification C f the bill by their people. These Indians are prominent and influential people among ttteir tribe and con do much good for the Sioux bill Nkwark, N. J., April 4—Two girls, Henrietta and Emma. Day, who were arrested in Summit charged with ai son, were arraigned yesterday, The younger, Henrietta, first pleaded guilty, but hearing her sister plead not guilty, sho ohanged her plea. Both wer« taken iu a carriage to jail, Henrietta fighting the constables so fiercely that her arms had to be pinioned. The girls' guilt became known through a oonstable who was on intimate terms with one of them. Two Girls Charged with Arson. Jitnones, Haustedt & Co., the New York representatives of Hippolyte, say they have information that Hippolyte is satisfied with terms proposed to him by Legitime, and that peace will probably bo restored in Hayti soon. A Mew Belief Association. We gnamnM thaae canned good* first quality or money refunded. MINKR8' SCOOPS—No. 3 Bern log ton... .80c h SQUIBS—2 boxea for 26c or 9 New Brunswick, N. J., April 4.—A relief association is being organised in the Consolidated fruit Jar works, in this city, which at least 300 of the employes will Join. They pledge themselves to pay assessments for the benefit of sick members and oa their death. The membership ti entirely voluntary, and the experiment a a new one in tbe factories of tfefc city.  boxes for. ••••%.. .$1.00 WRINGERS—Universal $2.25 each Eureka 3.10 each . ..6 1 be for 25c East Tow as, Mich,, April 4.—.Th? propeller Dean Richmond, the first boat ou tfu lake of the season, is sheltered here t\ (mi t heavy northeaster and now storm. FIRST CLASS Q00D8. The trunk line passenger agents have decided tb ask the interstate commerc C commission if "convention" rates are illegal under the recent ruling in regard to "party" rates. They expect a nogutivo decision, as an affirmative one would make tho law very unpopular. Killed By a lllow. OATMRAL  FIRST CLA88 FIT8. And Batiafaotlon OgmatNd at New York, April 4.— Cornelius O'Keefe, who was serving a term at the penitentiary on Hart's island for engaging in a price fight, and George Shafer, a prisoner for larceny, qua relied over a game of cards Monday and O'Keefe knocked Shafer down. Shafer's head was injured by the blow and he died to in afterword. O'Keefe was taken to the Westchester county Jail, charged with mur iter. RAISINS  CURRANTS... , 3 lb* lor 35o .4 Iba for 25o Mr. Cleveland Lands a Tarpon. PKA8—green... 3 qta for 15c |W. p. Gilpoy's Jacksonville, Flo., April * Mr. Cleveland and party spent Tuewlay fishing for tarpon at Jupiter inlet Many bites, but no fish was firmly hooked until Mrs. H B. Plant secured one game monster. She played him until she was exhausted and then called ou Mr. Cleveland for assistance. After forty minutes' play the tarpon was landed. II weighed ninety-four pounds and was a magnificent specimen of the silver king, the ouly one secured during their stay; At 1:30 p. m the party started on the trip north. She Swallowed Her hlM Teeth. PEAS—aplit  BRANS  .. 3 qta for 25o ... .3 qta for 36c Montreal, April 4. — The southwestern portion of Clark's sausage factory on the canal bank. Point St Charles, fell In yesterday. The building comprised three fiats, the southern walls of which were driven out into tbs yard by the precipitation of the heavy roof. Elixa Marling and Katie Byrnes, two young women who were employed in the fluid beef department and who were working on the second flat when the accident occurred, were seriously Injured. Fall of a Factory Building. Attempt to Wreck a Trail*. The representatives of the ooal carrying roads after a meeting iu New York reduoed tolls ten cents per ton to tide water and twenty-five to Buffalo on Lehigh coal, fifteen cents on Wyoming to tide water and twenty sonte on Buckwbeat-to tide water. The sales agents meet oa Tuesday to consider the matter of changing the schedules. DxruJtcc, O., April 4.—Mr*, a Aschbacher, living near here, last Sunday evening, in some unaccountable manner, swallowed her false teeth. They lodged about nine inches below the palate and all efforts to dislodge them have so far failed. Toledo physicians have been sent for, but it is thought her death is inevitable. RICK  SPICKS—Pura Gingers  " Allapioe «... . .4 lba for 36c The Merchant Tailor, 85 South Main St., Pittaton. NOBBY SUITS, Pittsburg, April 4.—Shortly before tht time for the arrival of th* limited exprssi' train, No. 5, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayns and Chloago railroad at Louisville, O., ■ track walker discovered several splice ban wedged into a frog near that place in such a manner that a disastrous wreck would hays resulted. The obstruction was removed, and the railroad officials are on the hunt for th« perpetrators. 26o lb 26c lb ffiaaiir; (Ml" Pap par 25c lb u n... — C• MiMtwrd... ...25c lb u Cinnamon.... .36o lb AMD  Pri nceton, N. J.*, April 4.—Dr. McCosh's condition is greatly improved. He rested very well and has gained enough strength to enable him to sit in an easy chair for1 a. short time. His relatives summoned from Now York have returned to their homes, and his physician thinks that tp wil| soon recover. Dr. HcCosta Better. APPLES—Evaporated 4 lbs for 86o Frbmob Mubtabd—i of the largest bottles (or 8PRINQ 0VERC0AT8. A thousand and one stylea. Bnita to meaaclass fit# ot no sale. The beet roods for the taut money. Trousers made lo order from IS up. 26c CAKES— Hitchner's Aaaorted, the beat, »o lb Professor WDUiam Gaiimiell, LL.D., president of the Rhode Island Historical society, at Providence, is dead m.. r " long illness, at the age of 77 years He was born in Medfleld, Mass., was graduated fr m Brown university in 1881, was professor of Euglish literature at that college from 1838 to 1851, and of po itical economy until 1864. He has since written for the prow and periodicals, aud was at one tiuie an editor of The Christian Review. He received his honorary tVgree of IX. D. from Rochester university. Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio. WaWWWO*. April 4.—An accident ee purged on the Baltimore and Ohio road at Knowles, eleven miles from Washington. A iMissHimm train and a freight train collided. The engines and oan were seriously damaged. As far as could b« learned no lives we lost,  All good* delivered tree of charge. Send Id your order* by mail. They will receire our careful attention, and sent OASH ON DELI VEST. Forwarding the Mall to Samoa. An Outlaw Surrounded. San Francisco, April 4.—The navy pay office in this cit J has been ordered by the Washington authorities to forward to Samoa by the steamer ilealendla all mail addressed to the naval offlccis at Samoa. This order leads to the belief Admiral Kimberly and all ofllcors except thoee who came here in charge of men will remain at Apia. lnsuraaoe Agent Blnney's Statement. jjipmiAL, April 4.—The expedition (of Pure of Moniaoo, who murdered ex- Htatss Marshal Warren on take o, has surrounded him and (lis capr ertain. Several of his friends wsps and brought in for Mai for harbost Boston, April 4.—George H. Binncy, the Insurance agent. No. OS Kilby street, haa prepared a statement of hW affairs. HU liabilities exclusive of ninety-three claim*, of which he says he cannot tell the amount, ar« ♦181,353, of which |97,OOQ is secured. The value of hi« asset* is not stated. Shot by on Escaping Convlet. Tour* for Oaah Only, JVI. p. GIli^OY, Knqxviljjc, Tenn., April 4.—John Wolfsoborger, an escaped convict, shot and killed Sheriff Green be, of Rutledge county, He also wounded three other members of a i escu.*g party, JOHN U MORGAN. Weather Indications. Rain, followed by fair, ooider; northwesterly winds. MERCHANT TAILOR, Mwn Street, PiUatoo. South Main St. PiUatoo, Pa , April lit, 1889.