Evening Gazette

              Mtoming NinBEH 8003 I Heeklv bMblkhcd 1850 | PITTSTON, PA. SAT RDAY. APRIL 20. 188! i TWIlOE f Tarn O »'• » GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK THE OKLAHOMA PILGRIMS. NEWS OF THE CAPITAL HENRY G. PEARSON DEAD. THE CZAR AGAIN IN PERIL PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Good Progress Being: Made on the Journey* The Postmaster at New York Passes Away The Appropriation Kills Occupy the A^ s Desperadoes Waiting for Thrlr Prey. Helping Oklahoma Settlers to Make Homestead Entries. After a Lingering IUnesC*. Discovery of Another Plot at Hahiiisiuhig, April i'0.—The bou e, after completing'tle c\ lundar of local hills, took up the appropriation bills on second reading. Thore »a; sen) djl ate over the bill for an appropr:atiou of «5,000 for Ihe Philadelphia Maternity hospital. An amendment was made so a.C to pre vide that the money should be for maintenance and not for buildings. Among other bills acted on were thoie for the House of St. Michael's and All Angels in Philadelphia, and the Women's hospital, to purcha.-e 1,000 copies of "Carson's History of the Constitutional Centennial" for the George B. McClell ind Memorial association. The house alio passed on third reading the following lip, yopriation bdls; $13,000 for expenses of state board of health; Benate bill for $27,300 for purchase of Penn farm in Bucks county; $30,000 for the maintenance of the nautical school thip at Philadelphia. Mr. Neff reported from the committee on appropriation a bill to pay the expenses of the National Guard for their trip to New York. This bill will have its third reading next Tuesday evening. tention of the House. Six Blocks Along the North Arkansas Citt, Kan., April 20.—A de tauhment of troopers from Fort Reno arrived yesterday morning, and will join Capt. Hayes at the Ponca reservation this afternoon. The sergeant In charge says that a gang of. desperadoes from No Man's Land, armed to the teeth, is camped in the Arapahoe and Cheyenne reservation, near the western bor der of Oklahoma. It is believed they will rovo through the territory and plunder settlers who are beyond the protection of United States marshals. N tw York, April 20.— Postmaster Pcarsou died last night at Highwood, N. J., of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Pearson had been in poor health for some months, and a week or so ago he went to High wood In the hopj tha I • change of air and scene would recuperate liis health. Mr. Pearson was born In New York. When a boy he became a messengt in the postofllce and by his atten tion to duty and ir teiligent services 1 rose gradual through the ran) of the departmcL from the foot to the head. ' From messenger he wt. promoted to a cle: of the poetofllce, ♦hen to registry BKNRy D,K*Il80Nclerk, then head clerk in the registry depart ment, then chief clerk of the railway depart ment, superintendent of mails and assistant postmaster, succeeding Judge Morgan. He was appointed postmaster in 1881 by Garfield, succeeding Thomas L. James, appointed postmaster general. He was reappointed by Cleveland in 1885. Mr. Pearson married a daughter of Gen, James, He was about 45 years of age. St. Petersburg. River Front Burned, ACTION OF THE LAND OFFICE. TO BE KILLED AT A FUNERAL. THE LOSS NOT LESS THAN $2,000,000 Both of the New York Central Railroad Sharp Trick* of Unscrupulous Attorneys. Explosion of Dynamite Behind tin; Altar Company'* Grain Elevators, the Rosslter I«ast Session of the National Academy of a Cliurclt In Spain—Eng ami's Un- Stores and Other Large Buildings De- of Sciences—An Exceptional Visitor at popular Sugar Bill—A Vienna Paper on stroyed—One Man Killed. The rival factions of gamblers at Purcell came together Thursday night and exchanged several shots, but without doing any injury. The Indian police threatened to empty their Winchesters right and left without regard to consequences, and the fighting soon ceased and the crowd dispersed. A courier rider, who came in from the Cherokee strip last evening, reported that the boomers were making excellent progress. Thursday night they camped on the north bank of Willow Springs and last night they pitched their rents near the south line of the Ponca reservation. Some time today they wiil be in sight of the land for which they have endured so many hardships. Every train arriving here leaves hundreds of men who are all bound for the Promised Land. They are camping on the prairies, living in tents or any place they can find for rest and shelter. The hotels cannot accommodate onetenth of them. I he White House. the Snraoan Trouble. New York, April 20.—The most disastrous fire that has visited this city for years completely swept the east bank of the North riler from Fifth-ninth to Sixty-fifth streets yesterday evening. It destroyed more than a million and a half dollars' worth of property belonging to the New York Central Railroad company and at least half a million dollars' worth belonging to N. K. Fairbanks, of Chicago, the Rossiter stores and others. Washington, April 30.—-The general land office is doing everything in its power to facilitate the settlers in making homestead entries in Oklahoma. All the necessary blanks and forms for the settlers to sign are now on the ground. While it is not. usual to locate two land offices in so small a territory as Oklahoma two have been established. The land officers are now on the ground and ready to business on Monday next. These officers are necessarily inexperienced and in order to afford every facility for the speedy dispatch of business General Land Commissioner Stockslager has detailed four of the oldest and most experienced clerks in his office to assist the registers and receivers at Guthrie and Kingfisher Station. Two will go to each offica In order to reach Oklahoma in time the four clerks left Washington last night. They will remain in the territory until the great rush which is anticipated for homestead entries is over. St. Pstebsburo, April 80.—A Nihilist plot to kill the czar has been discovered. It was planned to assassinate him with a dynamite bomb while he was attending the funeral of Gen. Pa lcker, the late minister of roads. A number of persons have been arrested. Dynamite Explosion in a Church. Madrid, April 30,—An explosion of dynamite occurred behiud the high altar of a church at Valencia during the sole mn services of Good Friday. The altar was considerably damaged, as were also the surrounding fixtures of the church, but fortunately nobody was injured. The fire started on the ground floor of the Fairbanks Jard refinery (formerly belonging to the W. J. Wilcox lard company), a building 200 fe t square, stretching from Fiftyninth to Sixtieth street, and facing the North river. It seems to have originated at a spot where some workmen were putting in a new lard cooling apparatus, but the exact cause cannot be learned. The building was old and soaked with grease, and the flames quickly enveloped the whole structure. WORK AT TRENTON, The Democrats Agree to Oppose the Rall- road Depot Land Bill. The Unpopular English Sugar Bill, Trenton, April 20.—The house Democrats held a caucus before the opening of the session and decided to beat the railroad depot land bill. On the motion of Mr. Naughright the congressional redisricting bill was taken up on final passage, and was laid over temporarily.M. Rioul Frary, the noted French economist, writes to La France that in the event of the passage of the English sugar bill an energetic effort will be made in the French chamber of doputieg to pass a bill closing the ports of France against the entrance of English cotton, coal and iron ware. The writer advocates the adoption of his theories, and a rigid observance thereof, and the avidity with which the article has been absorbed into the economic maw of his readers indicate! that there is flowing in France a strong tide in favor of protection of products not now nurtured in that already greatly protected country. Meanwhile the feeling in favor ot protection iu England increases, and the proceedings of Che nest session of parliament will doubtl ss give substantial evidence of the deference of that body to popular olaroor. Wellington, Kan., April 30.—This mornng two Oklahoma boomers attempted to take their outfits across State Creek at Foraker's Ford, two miles south of here. The ford was greatly swollen. The first horses to enter were drowned, while the wagon was carried down stream and its occupants were saved with much difficulty. The boomers, abandoning the submerged wagon and contents, left the other outfit in charge of a neighboring farmer and mouuting horses galloped to the nearest railway station to take the train for Oklahoma. They say they had traveled 200 miles and were determined to reach Oklahoma.ON THE DIAMOND. The 150 employes found escape by the stairway cut off and most of them had to jump from windows. Many were injured, and one, Henry Benning, was killed outright. The unfortunate men were hurried away to hospitals as rapidly as ambulances could be procured. The police cordon kept back a crowd of women, many of whom had relatives in the building. The building, which contained also the Rossiter stores, was soon beyond saving. The blaze was a most imposing spectacle, and attracted the attention of people in Jersey City and all along the Jersey shore, and of thousands of passengers on ferry boats crossing the river for miles up and down. The six story structure was soon destroyed. One Han Killed and Many Injured. It having come the knowledge of the commissioner of the general land office that attorneys were arranging with soldiers for them to make the dec'atory filing in Oklahoma and then to relinquish the same for the ben fit of the attorneys, the commissioner of the general land office has taken such action in the premises as will prevent th# consummation of the alleged fraud. He will permit no entries of such character followed by a relinquishment unless upon oath of the attorney that he receives no benefit from the relinquishment. Scores of Mix Came* Played In Various Part* ol the Country Yesterday. At Baltimore, flrst game— Baltimore 3 6 1 8 1 0 0 4 1—18 OolumbusI 0 $ I) 0 X 0 0 0—5 Batteries; Cunningham andCantz; Widuerand BUgh, Umpire; Holland. AC Baltimore, second game— The senate passed the bill creating the new county of Hamilton; also giving mayors of Newark and Jersey City no less than $3,600 per year salary, and granting the riparian right to land under water fronting the Stevens' Institute park to Hoboken, and the act allowing excise boards to transfer licenses for unexpired terms. The senate In a conference receded from its amendments to the house joint resolution No. 3, relating to the pensioning of pensioners of the late war. Lady: "Your recommendation is certainly a good one. I i especially glad to know you do not use 'washing powders.' 1 last laundress I had, I discharged, because she would use theih, o trary to my instructions, and completely ruined the house linen s the clothes of the entire family." Laundress: "I never use any kind of 'washing powder' ' soap powder.' I always use Ivory Soap, for it is as easy to wa with as anything I ever saw, and it does not burn my hands n make them sore." Baltimore Oolumbus 0 6 1 P 3 0 0 8 0-11 ooooooooo— o Batteries; Foreman and Quiiin; Qasttfght and Peeples. Umpire; Holland, —— At Louisville— LAWMAKING AT ALBANY, The English Cutter Valkyrie. Louisville.,. Kansas city ,J 0 0 0 0£2 0 9 0— 5 10)00111% *— T Boston, April 20.—The Herald publishes a sheer profile of the English cutter Valkyrie, taken "on the spot" by an artist specially engaged for the occasion. The dimensions are given as follows: Length over all 85 feet; length on load water line, intended for 70 feet; beam, 19.3 feet; draught, 18.6 feet. Commenting upon the subject The Herald says: By the sketch it will be seen that the lead is well stretched, and that the heel of the rudder post sets on the lead. Watson, judged by the sketch, has given the Valkyrie more forefoot than the Thistle, and less rake to the stern post and not much rocker to the keel. She will have light quarters and an overhanging bow, the Valkyrie is of composite build, wooden skin and steel frames and oak keel, with lead ballast attached. Appointments. Batteries; Ewing and Yaughq; Sullivan and Hoover. Umpire; PouieK The Proposed Enlargement of the City of New York. mr*i Washington, April 20.—The President has made the following appointments: Solon W. Stocking, of Onondaga, N. Y., examiner-inchief in the patent office; Ralph W. Wheeloek receiver of public moneys at Mitchell, Dak.; Harrison Kelley receiver of public moneys at Drewsey, Ore.; James R Payden receiver of public moneys at Seattle, W. T.; Laban J. Miles, of Iowa, Indian agent, Osage agency, L T.; James O. Hatchitt, of Frankfort, Ky., special agent to make allotments of land in severalty to Indians; Morris D. Wickorsham, United States attorney for the southern district of Atabrma. At Cincinnati— Vienna, April 20.—The Freie Presse prints a long leader on the Samoan question in which the paper expresses its belief that President Harrison and Mr. Blaine desire the voice of America to be heard in a council of nations, and think that the Samoa matter is a suitable protest for bringing {heir country to the front, Still, The Freie Presse thinks the Samoa difficulty is seined upon in a haughty and high handed way in the full knowledge that Frinoe Bismarck w 11 not declare war for the sake of possessing the small and corapara'ively useless territory involved. "Our opinion Is," says The Freie Pre6se, "that the conference will separate without reaching any definite result.* ~ The &amoan Affair. Albany, April 20.— Mr. Crosby's bill to create a commission to examine into the expediency of enlarging the area of the city of New York came up on flnal passage In tbe assembly. The BiDaklyu members made a tfigornufi flght against the bill, but it passed by a vote of 0T to 28. _■}« There are many whiu soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the '(von they ARE NOT, but tike all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qual of the genuine. Ask for " Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it. A WORD OF WARNING. The Grain Elevators Go. St. Louis. Cincinnati 10000200 0— 8 .0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 X— 4 Meanwhile the efforts of the firemen to aave the two grain elevators opposite the factory, belonging to the New York Central Railroad company, had been fruitless, and the great structures were soon ablaze. All the fire engines between Fourteenth street and Harlem were on the spot, but the elevators were so situated as to be difficult of access by the firemen. Twenty-seven sunken trades of the New York Central railroad and a line of stock yard enclosures intervened between the burning factory and the elevators, and the only way to roach the buildings was along Sixtieth street, whore the beat was too great for the firemen to live In it. Batteries; Vlau and Baldwin; King and Boyle. Umpire: Gafluey. At Philadelphia— Brooklyn Athletics 0 0 0 4 0 8 1 1 x— 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0— 8 The senate was in session until a late hour, but very littlj was accomplished of general interest. The following bills were passed: For relief of the Utioa Belt Line railway; making the age for appointment to New York polioe, 21 to 85 years; relative to trial juries in New York city; relative to reorganisation of railroads sold under foreclosure; relative to Twenty-third regiment armory ; legalizing certain acts of the Buffalo common council; revising (he charter of Btiffalo relative t« tb« ftre department; the Round P*mp meeting association bill; Hie Utica state armory bilT; Mr. Pierce's bill to incorporate the New York and Brooklyn tunnel company; relative to moneys paid by the Knights of Labor for the purchase of th« Troy armory. Copyright 1886, by Procter A Gamble. flatteries; SewariJ and Rubjusun; Loygtt Veisnpr. Umpirej Ferguson, At Philadelphia— Philadelphia ,0 3 2 1 1 1 0 1-0 Stolen, Stolen! Yale ,018 0 1 0 0 0—4 Batteries; Casey and Decker; Travers and McLeod. Umpire; McQuade. National Academy of Sciences. Pittsburg At Pittsburg— .0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0—5 Washington, April 20.—The National Academy of Sciences held its final business sessian yesterday and disposed of the many papers remaining unread. The first paper taken up was one by A. A- Ifickelspn and E. F. Morley on "The FgasabUity of the Establishment of a Light Wave as tli» Ultimate Standard of Length." Professor Romyn Hitchcock, of the National museum, read a paper on "Spectrum Photograph in the Ultra Violet." Other papers were presented by G. C. Chandler, C. H F. Peters, J. Q. Newberry, Cleveland Abbe, W. K Brooks, C. D. Walcott and D. P. Todd. The Academy adjourned yesterday afternoon. A meeting will be held Nov. }? at the University of Pennsylvania. Syracuse. Batteries: Staley and Fields; Murphy and Walker. Umpire: O'Brien. At Jersey City— .0 02000100-8 They Say 1 hey are Stolen, arid we i A company of the firemen, however, got past and into the railroad yard, but there was only a six-inch water pipe there, aud with the engines so far away th--y could do little effective work. The fire boats, working from the river side, aided by a number of tugs belonging to the New York Central, were able to do more, but not to save the buildings. The employes in the elevators kept the hose in the building playing as long as they could remain, but at last they had to abandon their posts. Elevator A was the first to go, and its flames communicated to elevator B. The sheds of they stock yards next fed the flames, and the conflagration spread rapidly northward.Boston, April 20.—A meeting of the descendants of revolutionary patriots of Massachusetts was held at Tremont hall for the purpose of forming an organization, particularly with reference to the coming celebration of the inauguration of Washington. About 200 gentlemen and some ladies attended. Secretary Ward read greetings from the organizations of the Sons of the Revolution in Connecticut, New York and elsewhere. He then called upon those present whose fathers fought in the revolution to rise, and nineteen men responded. The venerable group was heartily applauded. A constitution was adopted limiting the membership to the descendants of those who had done military service in the revolutionary war. Descendants of Revolutionary Patriots. Jersey City 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0-1 London, April 20.—As an earnest of the esteem in which tbe late Earl of Beaconsfleld is held, the queen sent a wrftnth of primroses to be placed over hjs grave at Uugbenden, accompanied by an autograph letter and a parchment inscription showing that tbe offering was a mark of grateful remembrance of his eminent services to the country. The literal Inscription of the card, which lent especial importance to the offering was; "A mark of the grateful remembrance of Victoria. " The Queen Ilemembers Beaconsfleld, Petrolt. Batteries: Landman and Burk; Anderson and Wells. Umpire: Clinton. At fceWfc-- .0 2002000 0-4 44 NO t" Newark Boston. ,,...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 x—4 • i Djr i i" Batteries: Miller and Sullivan; Madden and Ganzel. At Indianapolis— Hanged for Murdering Bis Sweetheart. But the people that have visited the National A tion Bargain Company's Store and examined the pr: that the goods are sold at, assert that they must be sto as no one can name prices anywhere near theirs, we say that we do not steal our goods, but get themeit through the Auction House or from bankrupt conce: regardless of cost of production, and that our system selling (n a small, but regular percentage of profit, matter whether the goods cost usone«tenthor three-foui of their market value, is responsible lor the unheard of pi of some of our goods. Consequently the buyer can c scientiously buy our goods, even if he gets them for aln nothing, as they are bought in a legitimate way, howe new the feature may be. Do as others are doing—da buy your goods of us, and save your money. Rcmem the place! Indianapolis. Toledo  .0014 1—IS 2 1 1 1 1—6 April 90.—Sylvester Grubb \f/&a handed at Vincennes at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. On the scaffold he said that he had plenty to say, but wouldn't say It because there were so many reporterg present. He met his fate indifferently. On the afternoon of Sept, 18 last Grubb, In full view of several thousand persons, murdered Miss Gertrude Downey, his sweetheart, at the Gibson county fair at Princeton. They were walking together and had quarreled. The girl said she didn't wish to keep company with Grubb and he shot her. As she ran away screaming Grubb fired two more shots, both taking effect. The girl died next day. ' After shooting Miss Downey Grubb tried to kill himkelf, but his revolver missed fire. A few weeks after his conylctlon and sentence Grubb broke out of jail, and made his way to Illinois, where he was recaptured. Batteries: Shreve and Daly; Wehrle and Sage. Umpire: Brennan. Game called at end of fifth iBtlSgj At Hartford (First game)— Hartford ,0 80000800-8 Brussels, April 20. —The Belgian govern, ment has decided to serve upon Gen. Boulanger a second notice that he will not be allowed to avail himself of the refuge be has taken in Belgium to conspire against the government of Fiance, a friendly country. Cable Flashes. Washington, April 20.—Ex-Senator John B. Henderson had a long talk with the president yesterday. He went iu to stay for a couple of minutes and remained nearly an hour. The ex-senator is at the head of the United States delegation to the All American congress. He was asked by a reporter if they had commenced to organize. A Visitor Who Didn't Want an Office. New York. ,0 0 0 0 8 1 1 8 0—0 When the walls of the factory fell an immense quantity of goods that had been packed in the Rossiter stores fell outward into .Sixtieth street, blocking the thoroughfare and preventing the firemen from doing further work through that channel. There never was a fire in this city before at which the work of the fire department counted for so little. It was impossible to make headway against such odds. The streams thrown both from land and river seemed ridiculous. The Firemen Almost Useless. Batteries: Winkleman and Derby; Welch and Evvlng. Hartford At Hartford (Second game)— ,10180400 1—# Pittsburg, Pa., April 20—A letter received by The Leader from Richmond, Va., says: Reliable information has been received here to the effect that within the past two weeks there have been at least two deaths from yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla., also several from the same dread disease at Fernandina, all being accompanied by the black vomit. Physicians are close mouthed and the business men are aiding them to keep the news of the renewal of the plague from spreading. There is much suppressed excitement. Florida is jgst recovering from last year's outbreak, and the publication cf the reappeara ce of "Yellow Jack" may cause great financial logs, A Had Iteport from Florida. New York 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 Batteries: O'Connell and Moolic; George and Murphy.  Constantinople, April 20.— Hapiz Behram, formerly chief of the eunuchs at the court of the sultan and in 1888 exile 1 to Yemen, Arabia, has died suddenly. It is suspected that he was poisoned. New Haven's New Water Works. "No; haven't done anything about it," he fHtsyrered. "I didn't say a word to the president about It today." New Haven, April 20.—The first in a series of water works which the New Haven Water company is to build on West river has just been begun. When finished this city will have a storage reservoir in Woodbridge that will cover sixty-three acres and will contain 300,000,000 gallons of water. The reservoir will stand si* miles from New Haven Green. The new dam is to be 800 feet long. Pour or five dams wdl be built above that at Woodbridge in years to come in order to insure New Haven an Infallible water supply. The new reservoir will be for distribution as well as storage. The reservoir will not be completed until next year. Por the improvements necessary half a million dollars will have to be expended. "Trying to provide a few Missourians with offices?" Spreckels Can't Corner Sugar. New York, April 20.—At the office of the Havemeyer Sugar Refining company very little stock was taken in the San Francisco dispatch published in a morning paper to the effect that Claus Bpreekels had cornered this year's crop of sugar. One of the members of the firm said to a reporter: "The talk of a corner is absurd. We don't know how much sugar Mr. Sprockets has, of course, nor does he know how much the other refiners have. The visible supply in New York is only 14,000 tons—much 1 ss than it has been for years— but this represents only what is actually for sale on the market Mi'. Spreckels has not got a corner and can't have a corner on sugar. He would have a white elephant on his hands." After the fire had swept along the sheds to Sixty-sixth street it stopped for want of further material to feed upon. The fire lasted from about 3 o'clock until 9 and was witnessed by a vast throng. The police estimated that the crowd contained over 300,000 people. The sight was a magnificent one, and there was nothing for blocks around to obstruct the view. After dark the sky was brightly lighted up all over the city, miles away from the fire. A Grand Spectacle. "Didn't say a word about offices," replied Mr. Henderson. "Must have had a very pleasant timer' A Child's Frightful Fall. "Very," said the Missourian. "The president said I was the only man who had talked to him for throe weeks—four weeks—yes, six weeks, who didn't want an office.n Colcmbus, O., April ap.— The little niece of Clerk B. M. Hall, of tne Ohio state senate, named Mary R telle Saltzman, of Salineville, O., fell from the exterior of the state house dome yesterday morning. It is a distance of 200 feet from the dome to the ground below. In falling the girl struck on a stone coping, wherj the body rested, but the skull was fatally crushed. The little girl's mother and unci ) wero Vf/h her, and ifee latter In the excitement jumped to the coping beside the body of the child, The ledge is narrow and that the man should have been able to jump and land upon It is considered almost miraculous. A missing pane of glass in a dome window caused the little girl to fall. Mr. Hart May 1m Disappointed. THE NATIONAL AUCTION BARGAIN CO., No. 77 South Main St., Pittston, ] P. S.—We deal in all kinds of goods, and haue great bt Departments. Large lot of bargains iust received in all depi Brooklyn, April 20.—Mrs. Kate O'Brien, aged 155, of 410 Prospect avenue, arose in her usual health yesterday morning, cared for her 5-monthg-old infant and prepared the breakfast for her husband. A lew hours after her 5-year-old boy called in Mrs. Wagner, a neighbor. On entering Mrs. O'Brien's apartments Mrs. Wagner was horrified to find Mrs. O'Brien lying dead oa the floor with the dead body of her infant lying underneath. It is believed that Mrs. O'Brien was attacked with heart disease and fell dead while carrying her infant, the latter being crushed to death under its mother's weight. Mother and Child hand. Washington, April 20.—The Ohio delegation is growing nervous about the distribution of offices. One buckeye is somewhat anifious and perhaps a little indignant It is Alplionse Bart, who va« offered the place of solicitor of internal revenue by Attorney General Miller and who accepted. Mr. Hart has arrived and i« ready to take possession of his office, but be has been informed that the matter is still under consideration. The delay is due to Senator Quay, who thinks Pennsylvania ought to have the place. The piers and pier sheds connected with the elevator system were, of course, badly damaged and rendered temporarily useless, and some freight which they contained was destroyed.The Strike In Minneapolis. Minneapolis, April 20.—There has yet been no attempt to run cars on any but the three lines first started, and these are running with but little interruption. A number of railroad torpedoes were placed on the tracks but resulted only in frightening the horses. There was a meeting of women in North Minneapolis largely attended and of respectable character. The speakers manifested earnest sympathy with the strikers and the meeting resolved to boycott the cars. Mrs. Harriet W, Sewall Killed. MUSIC HALL. fl RUS The elevators were each about 325 feot by 125 feet broad and had a capacity of over 1,000,000 bushels apiece, but they wore almost empty. Elevator A contained only about 200,000 bushels of oats and elevator B a smaller amount of barley, making the total value of the contents not over $100,000. The buildings cost respectively, $750,000 and $000,000 when built, thirteen years ago, a large part of the cost being for the foundations, which are probably not totally ruined. The New York Central Railroad company also owned the factory building in which the tire originated. They leased it to Fairbanks. It was worth about $100,000. The losses on contents are not accurately known, but Fairbanks' loss is estimated at $300,000 and that of Rossiter & Co. 's customers, comprising a large number of merchants, at $250,000. The owners of the goods are probably fully insured, and Rossiter & Co. themselves lose but little. Fairbanks is also said to be fully insured, and the railroad company kept its property well covered. Ksttinates of the Losses. Boston, April 20.—Mrs. Harriet W. Sewall, the widpw of the Hon. Samuel & Bewail, of Boston, was run over and killed by a train on the Bostou and Albany railroad at Wellesley Hall yesterday. Mrs. Bewail was 00 years old. She was identified with a number of charities and was an indefatigable worker for the advancement of her sex. She succeeded her husband as treasurer of the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage association and was an officer of the Woman's club. Wednesday, April 24th. Thoroughbreds Coming Eiut. Pittaton'a Greatest Tragic Event. National Capital Notes. San Francisco, April 20.—One of the largest shipments of thoroughbreds ever made from Senator Stanford's Palo Alto farm has started cast. Between eighty and ninety head of young horses have been taken to New York city, to be sold at auct on May 8 and 9. This is the first lot of stock that has gone east for over two years. All the animals are members of Electioneer's family, There are ten fillies and six colts from two to five years years old, the direct get qf Electioneer. Nearly all the other colts and Allies are yearlings.FOR  Washington, April 20.—While the appointment of Robert Small, the colored exrepresentative in congress, as collector of customs at Beaufort, S. C., has been practically decided upon, the president has not yet signed his commission. It is understood that South Carolina Republicans are opposing the appointment.AMERICA'S GREAT TRAQIDIAN, Good Goods at low at  Monument to a Mason. ROBT. DOWNING Baltimore, April 20.—Lorraine cemetery presented an animated appearance yesterday, the occasion being the unveiling of the monument erected to the memory of Georgp W. Scbeive, grand lecturer of the grand lodge of Masons, who died in tlrs city about two years ago. The monument was erected by the grand lodge of Maryland, of which the deceased was a prominent member. Grand Master Thomas J. Shryock unveiled the monument, assisted by the grand officers of the state. The oration was delivered by Rev. Henry Branch, grand chaplain. CONDENSED NEWS. SEWSBL'S "Rock Bottom! The will of the late W. J. Syms, the New York millionaire speculator and contractor, bequeaths (3)0,000 to Roosevelt hospital, of New York. Under the Management of Fort Smith, Ark., April 20.—Malachi Allen, a one armed negro, and James Mills, half Indian and half negro, were hanged here yesterday. Neither had anything to say except Allen, who protested his innocence. Allen was convicted of murdering Shad rack Peters and Silas lore in the (Jhickaaaw Nation lost July and Mills killed John Windom, an negro, near Wewokee, in the Seminole reservation, on the night of Dec. 18, 1887. Two Murderers Hanged In Arkansas. MR. JOS. H. MACK, Maj. A. H. Rogers, of Mansfield, O., a one armed Boldier, has been appointed chief of a division in the third auditor's office of the treasury. All the chiefs in the bureau have been requested to baud in their resignations and have done so. la the Grandest Production Ever Given of Ladies' Furnii ing Goods, Hosiery, Ruchinga, &o., &o. Charles W. Waldron, the banker of Hillsdale, Mich., who ran away some months ago with $100,000 of his partner's money an4 Mr. Bidwejl's wife, and subsequently went to Europe, has been brought bqck by an officer, having beon arrested on h(s arrival in New York Monday. Ha is in Jail, ohar&ed with adultery. Forrest and McCullough's Greatest Sugceaa, SPflf*TflGUS To Improve the Iload. OUR FANCY Q00D8 DEPARTMEl Two marine officers will be detailed for instructions at the Newport torpedo station. The course begins May 1 aud closes July 31. Elizabeth, N. J., April 30.—The Union County Board of Freeholders have decided to raise 1150,000 for the improvement of the principal roads in the county, and authorized the finance committee to issue bonds for this amount, bearing 4% per cent, interest and to be known as county road bonds. The roads which the board designated should be improved are the road»-from Railway to Westfleld, one from Elizabeth to Plainfield, one from El zabeth to New Providence, and one from Elizabeth to Rfihway? a'tracts the attention of all, Stan) ped Linens,Felts, Plushes and Satins in endlesa variety. Kid Gloves Very Cheap. No. 6 Water Street (THE GLADIATOR) The Downs and Finch Failure. The Dolphin has arrived at Singapore, and will sail today for Bombay, stopping at Colombo. All well on board. The trustees of the whiskey trust just before adjourning their meeting at Peoria, Ills., made a cut of 1 cent a gallon all round. This makes highwines at Cincinnati, which is the basis, #1.02 per gallon. The trustees have also issued a manifesto to the effect that they will buy no more distilleries and will cut prices as much as they deem to be necessary. Which will be presented here Many estimates place the loss far above $2,000,000, and some as high as $4,000,000. The police estimate is $3,500,000. The only officials of the railroad in a position to know what the loss to the company is are President Dejiew and Secretary Worcester. Mr. Depew is out of town and Mr. Worcester says he cannot tell until he sees the papers in his safe today. The property of the Union Stock yards was not seriously damaged, owing to the direction of the wind being favorable. Nk w York, April 30. are current in the shirt trade that D. H. Downs, senior partner of the firm Downs & Finch, which failed recently for $500,00J, has gone to Canada. He has not been seen since the day after the failure, but his wife says he is at Ocean Grove. The expert who is examining the books of the firm is said to have found that Mr. Downs drew out $175,000 between October and April 1, most of which he gave to his wife. On the other hand it is Claimed that Mrs. Downs is a bona fide creditor for a large amount Philadelphia, April 20.— The Atlantic Transport line steamer Missouri, Capt. Merrill, from London to this port, is eight days overdue. She is a new vessol and has never been in this port. ' Her non-arrival is now attributed in shipping circles to the belief that she has picked up the 700 passengers and crew of the abandoned steamer Danqiork, and has tiken %.-m to the nearest port, the Azore Islands, Has She the DanmarU's Passengers? IN ALL ITS MAGNITUDE Opposition to the Whisky Trust. As seen during the Memorable Engage Chicago, April 30.—George W. Kidd, a New York wholesale liquor dealer, whose wealth is estimated at from $0,000,000 to $10,000,000, and other eastern parties have decided to erect a distillery at La Salle in opposition to the whisky trust, and Mr. Kidd went before Commissioner Hoyne and filed a $1,000 bond required by the government when a distillery is started. A whisky trust man derides the scheme and says it will prove a failure. The opinion is expressed by others, however, that the trust fears the competition, notwithstanding its boast to the contrary. ments at the STAR THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY, F1R8T CLA88 OOODS. FIRST 0LA83 Fit Excise Commissioner John Cunningham, who has been known as "Honest John" for the reason that he always turned his face against anything savoring of corruption, di d at his residence in Brooklyn, N. V., from a cancer of the thr at similar to that which caustd the death of ex-President Grant. He neither smoked, chewed tobacco nor drank liquor. He was 54 years old and a Democrat a.- i the Grand Opera. House, the Boston Theatre, Boston, and the principal legitimate theatres or this country. A CARLOAD OF MAGNIFICENT SCENERY Gorgeous Costumes, Historical Armor Proppertiea and Implements of War, and the Host Poi. rfol Supporting Co. Id America Prices f 1 00, 75o and 50c No extra for reserved Mats. Hale open* Monday, April 22. A llullet In His Brain. And Satisfaction Guaranteed at Duni'gvK, la., April 30.— A year ago, while crazed with drink, George Lucas fired a bullet into his brain from a 83-calibre revolver. He recovered from the wound sufficiently to attend to his business. Thursday he visited his physician and complained that he felt something in his head. The wound was probed and the doctor succeeded in extracting the bullet. It had penetrated the front lobe of the brain over an inch. The doctor says there is no doubt of Lucas's complete recovery. |W. p. Gilroy' While looking at the fire from a window of the house 547 West Fifty-seventh street, Mary Murray, an aged woman, lost her balance and (ell to the pavement twenty feet below, and her skull was frac.'ired. She was taken to the Roosevelt hospital. Gold In Minnesota. Crookston, Minn., April 20. — Residents of this county arCi much excited over the discovery of go d in the town of Tilden. The find was made in an old river bed. Old miners who examine! the earth and sand taken from the diggings yesterday say they contain gold in paying quantities. Samples have been seut to Ch cago fo assay, b'everal hundred C. o kston citizens went out to make tests yesterday. The Merchant Tailor, 85 Main St., Pittston. The Coriinan Will Cue Settled. Boston, April 30.—The celebrated John Amory Codmau will case has been amicably settled, Mrs. Kimball, whose relations with Mr. Codman were alleged by Mrs. Codman to have given her undue influence over ths testator, accepting $15,000 instead of the bulk of the estate as provided in the will, and the widow and children retaining most of the property, valued at $400,000. Miss Maggie Dunne, a re ideut of the town of Lake, near Chicago, while laboring uuder an hallucination stood in the rain iu front of the Columbia theatre as the audience was gathering and declaimei against the iniquity of theatres and theatre goers. To show that she was in earnest the girl scattered money broadcast among the crowd of three hundred or more that gathered to listen to her remarks, IVhen arrested and taken to (he armory sho had (75 left. An examination as to her sanity will be instituted. THE WORLD RENOWNED NOBBY SUIT8, The Chew Tournament. Found Dead 111 the Woods- KNABE Nbw York, April 30.—In the chess congress yesterday McLeod beat J. W. Baird, Weiss beat Burn, Goesip beat Burille, D. G. Baird beat Judd, Lipschutz beat Martinez, Blackburn beat Pollock, Gunsberg drew with Hanaham, Mason beat Showalter, Delmor beat Bird. Patkrson, N. J., April 20.—John Van Blarcom, of Mountain V ew, Passaic county, went to Little Falls on Jan. ID, became intoxicated, and on the way liC9me with a companion fell into the Morr.s canal several times. His iriend pulled bim out and then left him. Yesterday morning his body was found in the woods near Mountain View. He evidently wandered into the woods, where he 1ras overcome by cold and exposure. AND  SPRING QVERCOA Large Shipment of Grain for Kngland. A thousand and one style i. Suit* to a urea ow for Sit, wo, $5(6, MO and upwards. clusUtera nosale. The best good, (or the mcwey. Trousers made to order Im (8 some nobby patterns. An endit m array of G Furnishing foods. This i s the place for I'arocliinl Schools |q BffMDacli|i»etts. Toledo, 0.,®April 20.—Reynolds Brothers, of this city, shipped eleven ' argoes of corn, aggregating halt a million bushels, to Liverpool, England, U goes by lake and canal to Kingston, Canada, thence by rail to New York. The entire fleet left together. This is one of the largest shipments of grain ever made from this port, Piano used by Death of a Distinguished Clergyman. BpaiON, April DO.—.As an outcome of the pending hearing before the educational committee upon the relations between the state and parochial schools, the house judiciary committee has reported on order to obtain' the opinion of the supreme oourt on the question as to how far the present law coverti the oase of parochial schools with regard to attendance, standard of education and inspection.I)r. Hans von Bnlow Illness of Minister Ku«uider. Boston, April 30.—Rev. Dr. Bradford Pierce, D. D., the noted Methodist minister, professor, editor and author, died yesterday at Newto D, 77 years. He was a trustoi of Boston university and of Wellesley college and president of the Wesleyan Orphan home, and had always been prominent in the worl! of industrial and religious education. In his ooncerts In this country. BRIGGS PIANOS, SCHUBERT PIANOS, CARPENTER ORGANS. PERRY & SONS, Sole Agents, U rt Main St., Wilkes-Baire, Pa. Cbicaoo, April 30.—J. A Enander, recently appointed United States minister to Denmark, is ill. Last Saturday he had an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs, and since then has boon low. Some years ago Mr. KnanCWrr suffered severely from the same JVJ. p. OILING Indianapolis, April 30.— State Senator Carpenter, who was accused of bribery in connection with the late election, has been uiquitted. State Senator Carpenter Acquitted. Irritable Old Uentlemau (in cheap restau rant)—Waiter, here, Instead of the vegetables I ordered, you have brought me a bowl of wno. Now, where are the vegetables! Waiter—In the soup.—Philadelphia Press. MERCHANT TAILOR, fiouth Main Street, fit stoa. Weather Indications. Fair; warmer; southerly winds