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              t. NU.HBEK 3074 I Wmklr EelahlUlicd 1830. f I'lTI s'I't DN. PA- WEDNESDAY, JULY 17.18S9. X I TWO CE1TI f Tea Onu a Waefc. teres in*. Mr. Jones said that he bad performs! miny experiments, which established the variation of redsUnee of human beings. On June 14 experiments were tried on a number of persons of different ages, weights and temperature. The resistance varied from 15,000 to 40,030 ohms. Mr. Jones, when asked what number of volts he would deem necessary to kill, said that It all depended on the man's resistance. He would not my that there was an electric current that would surely kilL  JACK THE RIPPER AGAIN. PARNELL WITHDRAWS. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REFEREE FITZPATRICK'8 ADVICE. 18 ELECTRICITY CrtU£L7 TELEGRAPHIC WtEVITIES. pip Specialties. xwComplains of the Needless Delay At* tending His He examination* All the Sports Had Bettor Surrender, ae Governor lowry Is la Barnest. More Evidence in the Kemmler / '«»• *ataa at UtaM Owhlly D» A Fresh Victim Discovered at London, July 17.—Upon the opening of the Parnell commission Sir Charles Rub ell, counsel for Mr. Parnell, ar *D, an 1, addressing the court, statel that after lull consideration of the situation Mr. Parnell haj instructed him and Mr. Ajquith, also of counsel, to no longer represent him before th« comui lssion. An Addition to the White House Nxw Orleans, Juiy 17.—Referee Fitapatrick has telegraphed Stakeholder Cridge, at Hew York, to pay over the money to the Sullivan party. Mr. Fitspatrick says Gov ernor Lowry treated him very pleasantly in their Interview, but expressed his intention to make a thorough test of the law. Mr. Fitzpatrlck advises all oonnected with the fight to surrender themselves to the authorties as he did and avoid unnecessary trouble, as the governor will be sure to reach them any way. Investigation. Ukhul Bolak has bean hanged at Bat' vidara, N. J for tha murder of Mtohaal Bo Ulna hire. His naok waa broken and daath ™ Inatantaiiaom. Bolak poandad hla victim'* haad to a Jelly and flrad two ahota into tha inanimate body. Tha motive of tha crime waa robbery. Whitechapel. Recommended. "THIS MEANS MOST BARBAROUS" GINGER ALE_ SARSAPARILLi DRINKING SYR RASPBERRY VIF LIME JUICE. LEMON JUICE. ROOT BEER EXTRACT. ONE MORE DISSOLUTE WOMAN MORE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS. Found Horribly Mutilated la Castle Allay, A Private Residence for Ike President la Whit Commissioner Gibbons Calls THEIR ANNUAL 8UMMER GAMES. a Sliort Dlntanee from Where the Other 11 reply to Sir Charles' statement, whicl virtually was a notification that Mr. Parnell declined to make any further presentation ol his caw before tlie commission, Presiding Justice Uaunen snid: "Mr. Parneil will, ol course, remain subject to the jurisdiction ol the cjurt" Might Be Bollt OB til* Site of the Oreon Capital Punishment by Electricity—In- Asabel If. Cote, of WeUsrille, N. Y., the alleged founder of the first Bepubllcan newspaper, The Qeneeee Valley Free Prmm, is d-ad at the age of 08 year*. Murders Wen Committed—The Exelte- Honse—Other Matter* of Interest Ma teresting Testimony la the Beforenea TM Winner! la the Toi Cap* May AtbUtle Club. Cxea Mat, N. J., July 16.—The third annua] summer games of the Cape May City Athletic club took place. The winner* are: One hundred yarda dash—Peter Vredenburgh, Prinoeton collie, 10 1-fla. Ruoning high jump—K. £. Barnes, New Jersey Athletic club, 5ft 7m. Biz hundred yarda—W. C. Dohm, New York Athletic o'ub, 1m. 18 3 fis. Putting tijteeo pound A Queckenbeckar, Btaten Island A'hlotlc plub, 37ft. Oin. It *f the went Is at Fever Heat* Washington. Before Referee Baker. The oontmot for the exterior walls of the congraerional library building at Washington has been awarded to (be New England granite works, of Hartford. It b for *1,281,- 000 72. The material will be white ConoorxJ granite. London, July 17.—One more murder has been added to the long list credited to "Jack the Kipper" in Whitechapel. The body of a wonun, evideptly one of the disreputable freqnonters of the district, was found in Casile alley, on'y a short distance from where the ot:.er murders were committed. Washington, July 17.—Lieut CoL John M. Wilson, engineer corps, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, has submitted bis annual report to th* chief of engineers. The executive mansion has been kept in good repair. BaltuobI, July 17.—Jake Kilrain has returned to Baltimore. He left New York at 11 a. m. and came directly bom* with Jolmny Murphy, his faithful bottleholder. He iC stopping at Beaob's restaurant on North Howard street The manhal of police says that Kilratn will not be molested, as he has had no request from Governor Lowry or any official of Mississippi for Kltraln's apprehension.Kilrain Beaohes Home. N*w York, July 16.—Referee Baker, appointed by the court to examine into the merits or demerits of the new mode of capita] punishment by electricity, resumed his investigation, and listened to some interesting evidence. ipollinarh - ai d Vichj Water, Mes j-i. Reid and Lock wood, counsel foi other members of parliament against whon charges were made by The Times, then alst withdrew from the case. Griffith Williams and family at eight, all surrirors of the Johnstown (Pa.) catastrophe, have left 8c ran ton for Wales. Among the children Is a boy who waa born in the attic of a house that was being carried along by the flood. Be has been christened Moeee. Mr. Parnell made a personal application t» tte court, asking that if there was any de sign to further examine him such examination be proceeded with without delay. HC complained of Attorney General Webster'i action D in postponing for three months hii re-elimination on the subject of the checki drawn by him. The court, Mr. Parnell de clared, ongjit to appoint a day for his re-examination or else discharge him from furthei attendance. righting for a Ufa. Potted—Ham, Tongue Chicken, and Turkey. - Lunch—Tongue, Ham, Turkey and Chicken. WHOLE TONGUE IN CAN. Undoubtedly the Sams Fiend's Work. The erection of an addition as a private residence for the president is recommended, and it is suggested that it might be built on the site of the green house,opposite the state, war and navy building, while on the other side of the White House, towards the treasury, a picture gallery might be built, opening out of the Blast room, and thenoe into a handsome conservatory and winter garden, worthy the home of the chief executive. Bourke Cock ran stated, before the reference began, that he wished it to be distinctly understood that he was fighting hard—aye, rery hard—to save the gondemned murderer, Kemmler, from an awful fate, wh|oh would surely be the case were he to be put to death by electricity, even though it be aooording to law. The body was horribly mutilated and bears undoubted evidence of the fiend whose atrocities in Whitechapel have terrorized the whole district repeatedly. The police are as far as ever from a clow to the Identity of the murderer and see n perfectly paralyzed. IN THE BASEBALL WORLD. One mile run—H D, Hew York ▲thletio dub, 4m, MK Throwing sixteen pound hgmmer—C, J. Queckenbjcker, 112ft O.n. Two hundred and twenty yards run—W, M. Perrett, goho kill Navy Athletic dub, S3 1-fis, This buqdearath has postponed the international labor congress at Bern* till next spring. At Washington— Washington 4 0 0 0 0 0 D I 4—10 Ekuburg 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1—4 Vatteries: Ferson and Daly, Staley and Killer. League. Charles G. Bterns, a large lumber dealer of Bangor, Ma, la dead. He learee a widow and three children. New Catch Steak Salmon. Tlie excitement throughout Whitechapel, whure the news of the discovery of a fresh ricl im of the mysterious ripper has spread wit« lightoning rapidity, is at fever heat Hxeltement at Fever Heat. At New York- New York  Electrocution Strongly Denounced. Half mile ran-H. W, gleehter, Bchnylkill Nary Athletlo club, j)m. 0 1-JJs. Two mils bicycle raoe—F, 0. Brown, N*w York Athletlo dub. Four hundred and forty yards run—A. W. & Cochrane, Now York Athletic club, Ma. Running broad jump— K. S. Barnes, New York AthleWo otnb, 88ft 9%ln, The traok was (low because of the rata. At the Wimbledon shooting contort, Private Reld, of the First Lanark regiment, won the queen'* prist an a score of ML Pickeled Lambs Tongues. Paris, July 17.—The trial of Gen. Boulan ger has beeu definitely fixed for Aug. 10, anc MM. Rochefort and Dillon, as well as Bou longer, have been summoned to appear U placd themselves under the jurisdiction ol the court within ten days. In the event ol £heir failure to do so within twenty days, they are warned that they will be outlawed and all their property in France will be summarily confiscated, and will remain so unti they surrender themselves to be dealt with as the law directs. The charge upon whioh Ben. Boulanger is to be tried hyp been formulated, and is that of instigating municipalities against the government. Unlesi Boulanger presents himself for trial on th» date fixed and makes a defense, judgment will be given against him at once, and from this judgment there will be no appeal. Tbe Hate Fixed for Boolaogar'a Trial. Since the opening of the Washington monument 181,871 people havw ascended it .0 0 8 0 1 ( 1 0 0-10 Commissioner Gibbons, when called upon to testify, was strong in his denunciation of tha use of electricity for capital punishment "I hare not tha sflgbteit heeitanoy in saying that this means of killing a man is most barbarous," lie remarked, "and I trait that it never will be enforced." Chicago 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 X—18 Batteries Crane and Swing, Hutchinson and Farrell. At Boston— Q. P. Ramadell, bead of the exteoaire wholesale boot and shoe and rubber flita of 0. P. Ramedell, Boa ft Co., of Buffalo, is dead. MUSHROOMS and FRENCH PUS. The Viand Is Living. Ex-Senator Sabin'* Plana. A no: her account says: A low part of Whitechapel, eal'ei Old Castle street, was the scene oC mother atrocious murder of the too well kntwn WhitechapsI type. A large mass of clotted blood and traces of a desperate Btrnggle bear testimony that Jack the Ripper has again resumed his deadly work of cutting up the bodies of unfortunate women who hare taken to the streets for a living. Washikgton, * July 17. — Ex-Senator Dwight M. Sabin ha* left for hit home at Still water, Minn., with his two adopted daughters, the two little Chambers girls, who have been at schoql hare. They will remain at Senator Sarin's home until the fall, when he will again place them in some eastern school. Boston S 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-4 Indianapolis..... 9 0 $ 0-1 0 0 0 0—• Butte io»: Clarkson and Bennatt, Qetwinand Daily. At Philadelphia- FENDS' BE, HflPI QID 80601. , A waterspout has destroyed the town of Chilapo, state of Guerrero, Mexitxx Electrician John W. Noble was tha next to tall what be knew of the aril effects of electricity, and be cited for example tbe experiments oonduoted by a former witness, Harold P. Brown, on dogs, at Bdison's works. Tbe witness went on to derpribe tbe fearful sufferings of tbe oaninea, which kicked and eq-iinned like eels out of water when the elcotrioity was applied to their bodies. In fact Mr. Brown declared the dogs were not killed outright, but suffered a lingering death. The Pittsburg committee for the relief of. Johnstown sufferers has voted (400,000 of the funds on hand to the state commission for distribution by the latter. The Pittsburg committee has decided to wind up its affairs and lea-re the stats oommlsslon in charge. Philadelphia Cleveland  .0 o o o a i o o o—« .0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-* Eloper* Arrested. Batteries: Buffluton and Clements, Beatin and Sutoliffo. PKIIAOXLTHIA, July Id,—Robert Bmuthwaite, aged 82, and Anna Stevens, aged M, of Bteubenville, Q., have been arrested here an • telegram from tbe mayor of that place. The couple, it ia alleged, stole WO from tbe girl's father and oams to Philadelphia When saarobed over MOO of the money was (bund Oft them. The girl ooc (eased taking the money from her father, and AM they ware on tbe way to Trenton, If. where Smutfewaite proposed to work in the pottery, They will be held to await tbe antral of Steuben- Ttlle officers. Senator Sabin has arranged for tbe removal of Mrs. Sabin fiom the asylum at Flushing, L. L, where she is now confined. She will be taken to the mountains of northern Maine, where she will remain with some family friends for some time. Association. OLIVES, OLIVE OIL Four months ago the extra force of policemen and detectives who had been on duty specially for the purpose of trapping the assassin were withdrawn, as it was thought that there would be no more such terrible outrages committed. But it seems that the cruel hearted, unnatural baast is still living. The scene of the crime is in the stuns restricted area, and once again the murderer is able to shield himself from discovery so as to leave no trace. At Louisville— Louisville... .0 8*80100000 0-8 Columbus.....1 91 SOOttOOO l—0 Batteries: Swing and Cook, Mays and O'Connor.The nailers of the Brooke Iron company, at Birds boro, Pa., hare voted not to accept the reduction proposed by the company two weeks ago, The nail mill and short mill belonging to the company are both shut down. AND  ImDorted Sardines. At Cincinnati- Cincinnati. .1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 x—4 Expert McAddle'* Testimony. WAflHiNGTON, July 17.—Cap t, Casey, in charge of river and harbor improvements in New Jersey and southern Mew York, has made hit. report to tbe chief of engineers. He makes the following estimates! Sheep*- head bay, $8,200 to oomplete; Caoarsie bay, (45,000 to oomplete and $10,000 for fiscal year ending June 80, 1891; Sumpswanus inlet, $16,115 to complete and $10,000 for year; channel between Staten Island anil New Jersey, $76,000 to complete and $80,000 for year; Arthur Kill) New York and Ifew Jersey, $16,500 for year and to oomplete; Passaic river above Newark, $3,10O{ Passaic river below Newark, $1*1,375 to complete and $103,000 for year; Elizabeth river, $10,160 for year and to complete: Rah way river, for year and to oomplete; Raritan river, $100,000 tor year and $1,573,413 to complete; South river, $30,000 for year and $128,605 to complete: Keyport harbor, $10,- 000 for year ond to complete; Shrewsbury river, $40,063 for year and to oomplete. liWer and Harbor Reports. Brooklyn Batteries: Lovitt and Reynolds, Vlau and Eirle. At St. Louis— .0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-» "Now, Mr. UoAddie, tell tbe referee what yon know about tbe power of aleotricity and bow it sometimes acts," said Bouske Cockran, as tbe witneas took his seat The Thomson-Houston European Eleotrio Welding oompany has been organised at Boston. Among the directors are Oliver Ames, & Bndicott Pea body, Chariton T. Lewis, B F. Spinner, ft A Van Hoffman, a D. Baboock, Henry D. Hyde, J. W, Smith and W. 4. Boland. Mr. Ames was chosen president and Mr. Boland treasurer. The capital stook it |1,500,000. Sea Foam Wafers, Macroons Fkovidenci, July 17.—The legislature met in adjourned special session to enact a license law. A btH was reported in the joint special session. The bill provides for thi wholesale license fees to bo from $500 tc $1,000, determined by ihe license commissioners, and retail fees $400 in Providence, running down to $250 in the towns according to population. There are no sub-classes oi licence provided for in the bill and everybody wlio wants to handle liquor of any kind must pay either the wholesalers' or retailers' fee. Certain provisions in the bill tending to party advantage are likely to cause a hoi contest and a prolonged session when the bill comes up.  llhorie Island's New License Law. St. Louis .0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1—4 and other Kansas City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-9 Batteries: Chamberlain and MilUgan, Conway anU Donahue. 1 lie Discovery of the Crime. Mr. McAddis deacribes himself as an expert on "atmospherical electricity." For ■4ven years, he stated, he bad made a thorough study of the-matter. He deecribed tbe effect ft electricity on a human being as a "current charge." Tbe first effect produced Vfas unconsciousness, the second a paralysis pf the nerves and muscles, and the third a suspension pf respiration and circulation. Be doflbtad U the machine proposed to be used by the state would kfll a man, aa the structure of human beings differed so radically.Nxw Brunswick, N. J., July ML—John Bennett, a son qf a wealthy farmer of Janaaburg, N. J., and a married man, recently became infatuated with an Irish girl named Hull Ash, and Is alleged to have paid hie wife to leave him. He continued his improper relations with tha girl and gave bar deeda of mfrnrtr worth $12,000. Tbe girl then left Mm mid married her cousin, * man named fobbs. Bepnett is fall) to be losing bis mind. ■a Paid His Wife to Leave Bias. Fancy Crackers. At 1:30 a. m a constable was walking leisurely down his beat when he noticed the form of a womm lying in the shadow of a doorway. He was about to rouse the woman when be was horrified to discover that she was dead and that there was a-gaping wound in her throat The body was lying in a pool of blood, which had run in streams from a terrible gash la the stomach, evidently inflicted by a sharp knife or razor. An alarm was raised and a crowd of detectives were instantly on the spot The murdered woman seemed to be about 40 years of ago and belonged to the most dd)Draved class of Whitechapel unfortunates. No arrests have been made as yet At Wllkeebarre— Wilkes bar re  Mew Haven ?.... Other Games. 1 0) 9 9 9 0 9—17 . ...» 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-4 Batteries: Jacobs and Hlnps,' Doran and O'Rourke. Game called. At Jersey City- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company bM mad® application In regular form to the Seaboard Trunk Line association for the privilege ot making a rate of two cant* a mile for partlea of ten or more traveling together on one tioket Thia la the rate which the Baltimore and Ohio announced on June 12 and withdrew on July & % Also we make Specialties in Choice Jersey CltT Lowell -.9 0 0 0 J 0 9 9 *-* Batteries: Williams and Burke, Burns and Murphy. At Newark— .9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-4 TEAS AMD COFFEES. Newark. .1 0100090 x-4 1 00010000-9 Worcester. Two poutta in fa.t were involved, he said. First, that of tbe resistance of the man, and seoond that of tbe course of the current. The witness believed tb#t one half of a man might be paralysed and tbe other half retain all its natural (unctions, Then, again, seienoe bad not aa yet demonstrated tbe fact that a current can, with any oertainty, be driven through tbe vital part of a man's anatomy. Continuing, Mr. MoAddie said that aasum* ing tbe condemned criminal was not killed outright the effect of the shook would be a slow carbonising of his body. Balmtqk, Ji Y-, July IT.—The morning sqfslon of tbe McQuade trial was taken up in reading extracts from the work ot tbe aldermanic board of 1884. In the afternoon Thomas H, McLean, secretary and superintendent of the Twenty, third street and director in the Broadway road, swore that he never in all the meetings of the director* and officers of the Broadway road heard anything but square, upright dealings spoken of, and had no thought that anything questionable was being done by the Qpcnpany. The people's case oloesd. today. Hearing the MM III HeQaMe's Trial. Our confections are very popular and we aim to please. Its Hud York To Phtse Smokers, Hlppolyte Honors Americans. Batteries; Pooms and Sullivan, Burkett and Wilson. At London- Th« SohnylkiU paper mill tt Manyunk, Pa., owned by Frank HoDanald, mi burned. Low, $80,000; Insurance, $85,000. New York, July 17.—Minister Preston has announced that the Haytian insurgent, Gen. Hippolyte, had commissioned W P. Clyde, head of the Clyde line of steamers, a general of division in Hippolyte's army. Mr. Camerou, of th s same line, was made a brigadier general, and J. Haustedt was mad« Hippolyte's minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary from Hayti to the United States. The army commissions are awarded for political assistance. No puy is attached to the commissions, but Mr. Clyde and Mr. Cameron are entitled to wear general's uniform, with spurs, and sign checks with thC honor attached, "General of division, Army de Hayti" London. .9 9 9 1 1 1 99 0-17 Hamilton 0 0 1 0 0 t 0 0 1-10 Batteries: Colo and Murray, Petty and Spier. At Toledo- Toledo Cawy, lately of the Lowell baseball team, and formerly with Newark, baa been rignad with Hartford. On Sept 9 last news of the murder and horrible mutilation of a dissolute woman in the Whitechapel distr.ct of London was cabled all over the world. Three weeks later came the news fliat two other womgn of similar character had been mysteriously murdered and mutilated in the same manner. This was on Sept 30, and the next day all Christendom was shocked with the announcement or two more such livei sacrificed to some unknown demon in human form. The death of the eighth victim was flashel over the wires on Oct 3, and that of tbe ninth and last in 1888, on Nov. 10. Ona more victim fell early this year, and only a few weeks ago fragments of a woman's body were fished out of the Thames, whioh may or may not have been the eleventh. Jack the Ripper's Crimes. Col. G. L. Gillespie, of tfte army engineer corps, has made his annual report on the work done during the flscal year just ended on rivers and harbors in New York state. CjI Gillefp'e says that New York city can grow in only one direction, and that is Into Westchester county on the north, sinoe on all other sides it Is surrounded by water, and the development of the water fronts along the Hudson and the East rivers must, therefore, be oerttin and rapid. He predicts that within the next fifty years every foot of shore line on both sides of the East river within fifteen miles of Harlem and Hell Sate will be occupied with wharves filled with shipping, engaged not only in the ooasting and transatlantic trade, but in the oommeroe of the world CoL Gillespie urgently recommended the removal of the many rocks and other obstructions to navigation in the East river. The following estimates for improvements are made; New York City's Future Growth. Syracuse. OOOOlSOOfr-* .0 » * 1 1 0 0 0 0-« The well known lumber firm of M. A. lillibridge & Co., ot Fort Allegany, Fa., has failed. Judgments have been entered and executions issued against the Arm (or more than 980,000. Batteries: Cuahmao and Sage, Murphy and Walker. At Detroit— but we think we have hit the mark. I 0 1 0 0 1 1 » 0-« Rochester. Detroit. .0 0080000 1-4 Batteries: Smith and Wells, Barr and Mc- Keough. At Toronto— Henry C. Bowen, who vu recently sererely hurt by being thrown from his carriage, is atill coil fined to hia bad, but is slowly improving. You can get most anything in the Grocery and Provision line by calling at 84 Luzerne Ave., Weat PitUton, The witness then described a cue of lightning striking a woman, throwing bar some three feet, where (he was left unoonsetous, with no pulse and no peroeptible aotton of the heart She turned purple in the face, but after.a lapse of some hours was reeusci. tated and finally reoovered. When the witnees was asked if the electrodes in the death dealing machine would have a tendency to burn the skin he replied that it was a hard matter to determine. The wet sponges applied to the elect rods oould be well dampened with water, but the witness said he wouldn't be surprised if the electricity burned op the sponges. The Effect Upon Human Beings. The Railroads Will Be Allied. Toronto .00141110 0-10 FnuraIHU, July 17.—The Ledger says that President Roberta and Vioe Preeident Thomson, of the Pennsylvania, and Preeident Oar bin And Vice President McLxxl, of the Beading, hare bean in oonsoltation, and it is understood that harmonious relations are assured between the two great railway syetsma. Bach company, it is understood, will still maintain and protect its own business, but there will bj no hostile rivalry, and, on the contrary, they will be allies for mutual benefit Buffalo C * 7 0 0 1 0 0 0—1# Batteries: Vickery and McQulre, Whitney and Deuly.  The comptroller of the currency baa authorised the First National bank of Cedar - town, Ga., and the First Rational bank of McGregor, Tax., to begin business with capitals of 180,000. To Complete the Panama CanaL New York, July 17.—Contractor Slavin, who did a great deal of tbe dredging for the Panama Canal company, says be belieyei the American Contracting and Dredging company, of which he is president, will soon complete arrangements to finish the canaL His company is backed by enormous capital, and lj favorably regarded by the French people. Mr. Slavin sails for Paris at once to take part in the final conference on the subject. Ho says the chnal can be completed by his company in four yean. Junior Order of American Meehanlea. Habbisburq, Pa., July 17.—State Councillor Weed ley presided at a meeting of the state council. Junior Order of American Mechanics, In the bouse of representatives. Governor Beaver made a speech of welcome, and Past State Councillor Deily responded. Secretary Deetner, of Philadelphia, made a report in which he stated that the membership in Pennsylvania at preesnt is 40,000; eighty councils were chartered during the year, and there are 878 oonnoils in the skate. Almoet 13,000 members were initiated during the year. The money received by sdBSrdinate councJs was $248,117 54; paid by subordinate councils for benefits or relief, 173,859.08; money in treasuries of subordinate councils. $309,533.07. Other interesting statistics were given showing the order to be in a most flourishing condition. A parade of the order wa* held, 4,000 men being in line Huflbut & Co. The acting sseratary at the treasury has appointed Collector Thomas ▼. Cooper custodian of the Philadelphia custom house. Chalked upon a board surface near same of the murdered women were notices signed "Jack the R pper," announcing that a specified nam er had been slain, and that when the fifteenth had died the murderer wou'd announce his identity and surrender to the authorities. The throat of each was cut and slashes forming a cross upjii the abdomen were made in each case. () le of t'l ; organs, too, bad been removed in each case. Several arrests were made, but tbe perpatrator of this most astounding series of murders on record has not yet boen apprehended. Huddieeton,of the Massachusetts rifle team, visiting England, is reported seriously ilL T.&J.Holbrook, Dr. C. C Mason, the grand oommander of the Knights Templar of California, died Monday. Bobbed of jMM. When asked by Mr. Cockran if the witness ha I ever known of cues of people being ■truck by lightning and thought to be dead, he Mid that he had. "No instrument that I know of is certain to kill," said the witness. "I £now that people are killed by electricity, but how, I have not been able to ascertain." N»w York, July IT.—Don Behraa, Jenej City, tu robbed of a aaohel oontaioing $400 in money on a Third •▼ante car. Tha monay repraaeuted tha aavingeof bar lif* She ia about to be married, and Md drawn tha money out of the Bowery Baring* bank and pat it in her eacheL She remembered that a young man had followed heirfrom tha bank to the car and took a aaat beaide her. When •be got up to leave the oar both tha aaohel and the man had disappeared « Judge Hortoo, of Chioago, has denied the application to admit John F. Beggs, the Cronin miinnit; to btfll. Hudson river, $390,000 for fiscal year ending June SO, 1SD1, and $295,000 to complete the project; Sangertie's harbor, $20,000 for tbe year and to complete; Kondout harbor, $85,000 fC.» the year and to complete; Harlem river, $1,000,000 for tbe year and $2,230,. 000 to complete; removing obstructions in East river and Hell Gate, $400,000 for the year and $1,238,840 to complete; Newtown creek, $110,000 for the year and $148,000 to complete; Go wan us bay, $100,000 for tbe year and $540,000 to qomplete; New York harbor, $160,000 for the year and to complete; Raritan bay, N. J., $100,000 for the year «nd $175,875 to complete. Estimates for Improvements. 16 South Main St., Broker Trowbridge Discharged. Ed Paul, cashier of the Faoiflo Ezprees company at Wichita, Kan., is missing. His aooounts are short over $10,000. beg to inform the pnblice that thej have an entirely new stock cf Nkw York, July 17.—In supreme oourl chambers Justice O'Brien formally discharged from custody Francis B. Trowbridge, in ao cordance with an order made by Presiding Justice Van Brunt. Mr. Trowbridge was a broker, and has been imprisoned a number o! months for alleged conversion of personal property in connection with his failure. In his petition for release Mr. Trowbridge stated his property to be worth, nominally, $895, 272; actually, $12,553. His indebtedness waD $266,174. The Dog Duk'a Kiyriww. Berlin broke the suicide record last month. parsons attempted to sod their lives, and thirty-eight of them snooeeded. BOOTS AND SHOES and are now readj to terre custom* era at the lowest pricbs. They make a specialty of JOHN MUNDELL'S SOLAR tlP SHOES for ohildren. Custom Work at the Lowest Possible Prices. Soling and heeling while you wait. 1 lie K. of L. Executive Hoard Meets. Charles Topper, a restaurant keeper, of No. 28ft Eighth avenue, took tho stand after recrsa. He told how bis dog Dash bad -stepped upon a "live" wire 1b the street on July 2, and remained unconscious for ten hours, and thought to be dead. Mr. Topper bad bis dog with him to prove his assertions, and when the animal was examined he was found to have sustained several soars from contact with the electrioal current. Chicago, Ju'y 17.—About noon the executive lioar I of the Knights of Labor went into exec utive session, whic'.i was continued throughout the diy and evening until a late hour. The first business of the board was the seleeti m of the time and place of the next general assembly. It was dccided that it should be held at Atlanta, Ga., on the second Tuesday of next November. In an interview Mr. Powderly says the present meeting of the board is a quarterly meeting, called in Chicago for tbe convenience of northwo:tern assemblies, to save them the time and expense of a journey to Philadelphia. The statement that this is an exceptional meeting Mr. Powderly claims to be untrue, and says: "Every one knows we have met wherever convenience and as a matter of fact we met here in Chicago two years ago." The board will continue in session several days. Mr. Benson, the English turf plunger, has written a hook entitled "How I Lost £250,- 000 in Two Years." Advance copiw are in great demand. Sixteen Bailors Lost at Sea. ■la* Slag's Dynamo Anise* — SiXQ SiNtt, IT. Y., July electric dynamo to be used at Sing Sing prison for the execution of criminals has arrived at the prison. The instrument is like the one put up at Auburn prison for the execution of Kemmler, the Buffalo wife murderer. It will not he pat in pldne for execution far some time yet, and when plaoed in poeltion will most likely oocupy a space in the superintendent1! room. Boston, July IT.—The Ashing sohoouer Edith Emery, Capt Sullivan, has arrived with only three of her crew of nineteen man, the other sixteen having been lost from the vessel in a fog while out in dories Sunday, seventy miles off Highland Light The captain hopss the men may have be--\ picked up by some passing vessel, or go* ashore somewhere, as the weather was favorable. He cruised around after them until Monday afternoon, keeping the foghorn blowing, but ouuld get no trace of them. All but two of the missing men are married and have large families. ▲ brother of Frank G. Hoy t, the defaulting Hoboken bank caahlsr, paid to the bank an amount sufficient, together with Hoyt's bad osrtillcatse, to make $9,000. The $10,000 balance will have to be made good Hoyt's bonriim—i Reunion of Elks. Pittsburg, July 17.—The third annual reunion of the B. P. O. of Elks convened in this city at 2 p. m. W. W. McClelland, chairman of tbe executive committee, called tbe convention to order. One hundred and twenty-eight lodges send delegates. Dr. J. P. McCord delivered the Introductory address, Clarence Burleigh the address of welcome, tc which Dr. H E Laech, of Washington, responded. Four thousand members are present. Washington, July 17.—The president has arrived in Washington from Deer Park. Private Secretary Halford says that the president has no definite plans concerning his future movements. He is to decide at once how the rest of the summer will be spent, Whether cabinet meetings are to be held in this city or at Deer Park is a question yet to be determined, bat it is probable that the president will spend the greater part of the summer at the latter place, and he may have the re$t of his official family with him. The President Returns. N«W York, July IT.—In Dr. Frederick Peterson's testimony before Referee Baker regarding electrical executions, the witness said he bad mide dissections of four or Ave dogs and from his experience in this direction found thit in vivisection the dogs were able to stand mora than human beings. He did not know the force of an electrioal current, but was positive that one could be produced that would cause death without pain in every instance. If the current was appl ed like in the machine of it would be diffused throughout the entire system. The alternating current he considered more danferous than the continuous on". He said he dissected the dogs only a few minutes after they had b»a taken from the electrical circuit He knew t£ey were dead, because they did not breathe. In some oases when he cut the animal open, the heart beat for thirty-six minutes. This, he said, was no indication of life. In the house of commons the Scotch local government bill has paused the oommittee Remember the number, Covrtleg a Dasky Prlaeeee. The Union Pacific railroad's gross earnings for May ware $3,041,131; its expanses, $1,819,542. Compared with May, 1888, there b an increase of $389,851 in the surplus. 16 sum UN SHEET. Paris. July 17.—Prinoe Eugene of Sweden passed through London Monday on bis way home from Paris, where he has been studying art for two yeara Besides art be baa beea devoting himself to her ebony skinned royal highnDss Prinoees Kalakau of Hawaii, and his visit home is srid to be to urge hie father, King Oscar, to sanction bis marriage with the dusky princess. Ship Leaking and Captain Drunk. The annual meet of the Psquot Canoe c'.ub will be bald at Kimball Island, beginning July 81 and lasting ten days. After abort cruises there will be a final cruise to Bag Harbor and back. YOUR M0NEVS WORTH Campbell's Air Ship Goes Up. Damarisootta, Me., July 17.—Capt Blaisdell. of the schooner Tarbox, has arrived at New Harbor with the mate and* a boy from the schooner Billow, Boston, for Mill bridge, and reports that he sighted the schooner Sunday evening flying signals of distress, but on offering assistance it was refused by the Billow's captain, who was drank. The Billow had been ashore and was leaking badly. The captain refused to leave her, but allowed the mate and boy to do so. Hotel Men In 8e»slon. Brooklyn, July 17.—Campbell's air ship or navigable balloon, was sent up about noon, and went off over the bay. Mr. Hogan, who was aboard, seemed to direct the air ship's movement to som D extent at least, and Mr. Campbell, wh D was watching the experiment, expressed himself as satisfied with the test Up to midnight it was not known at Mr. Campbell's house whether the air ship had come to earth again or not. In referring to the Blaine resignation, the president said that the attempt to create a sensation was necessarily a failure, because there wu not the slightest foundation for the report.  will be received by purchasing good* at Seager'a Buffalo, N. Y., July 17.—About 200 delegates, representing the New York State Hotel Men's association, have assembled in convention at Mus e hall in this city. Besides the New York state hotel keepers, a considerable number from other states in the same line of business are present, with the int ntion of organizing a national association. A meeting for that purpose will be held immediately aft r adjournment of the State association. "» The first of the three fumigating ■ttum, the Look Pasteur, for tha use of the Marine hospital eervlce, to enable them to enforce man strictly the quarantine laws, hai been completed and launched from the yards at Wilmington. ROCK BOTTOM STORE. Pittsburg, July 17.—A malignant eaae of smallpox has bsen discovered In this city. The victim is an oil driller named Owen Mo- Mahon, who was seat from Canons burg, Washington dbunty, to Mercy hospital on Monday. Every possible precaution has been taken to prevent the sprsad of the die- Smallpox at Mttskar*. Bilk Ifitfa, Gloves, Fans, Belts, Sash and Fancy Ribbons, Ruchings, Collars, Cuffs, Hosiery and Farniahing Goods. Washington, July 17.—For lack of any more interesting matter to work up a Washington piper dips into the presidential possibilities for 1893, the dip taking the form of interviews with Secretary Rusk, of the department ofagriculture. The secretary does not hesitate to declare that Gen. Harrison will be again the candidate of the Republican party and that he will be re elected. Mr. Rusk can find in hid own mind no lingering doubt as to i Cither of these things taking the form of accomplished facts when the time comes. Rusk Says Harrison Again. The director* of the Indianapolis c'ub hare accepted Bancroft's resignation and appointed Flayer Olassoock manager of the team, to take charge when the club reaches New York. Topeka, Kan., July 17.—The government cfflceis in this city received information yesterday of the killing of Robert Dal ton. a deputy United States marshal in Oklahoma. Dalton was iiD the act of arresting Lee West, a notorious desperado. West drew a revolver and shofr Dalton fatally, but before he expired the latter shot West, killing him instantly.  Killed His Man Before He Died. Baltimore, Md., July IT.—The gunboat Petrel hiu arrived In port Bhe experienced • heavy na beyond the oopee and behaved admirably in it. Bhe made a complete circle in 5 minute* 83 seconds. Under natural draught the Petrel showed a speed of 18% knots an hour. Bhe xlevelopod 1,»50 hone power and then broke a secondary link strap, which ended the test Another test of her power will be made. The Petrel's Trial Trip. QBE CELEBRATED COSSETS Quebec, July 17.-—The ship The Premier, from Stanton, which is supposed to have yellow fever among its crew, has arrived at Saguenay. The captain is dead and two of the sailors are down with the disease. She is consigned to Price Bros. & Co. to load deals, but will be ordered to Grosse LI to undergo quarantine. Yellow Fever at Saguenay The Number of Volts to Caase Death. Bcrahtoh, July 17.—Fifty employee ia the boiler itorki of the Dickson Manufacturing oompany have struck against a reduction of 10 per oent In their wages. Tbs motor mea and conductors of the suburban railway lines have also streck oa account of a reduction of fllten cents f*s day in theiz Strikes at leraataa. Hum, Mod., July 1?.—In the constitutional coo Tent Ion a memorial against any Sabbath observance law, and declaring that no claw. of people hare a right- to dictate how others shall obssrre Sunday, was referred. The committee on legislative departmsnts reported adversely the roeolutloo to restrict appropriations by the legislature. The suffrage oommittee reported adversely the resolution for equal suffrage. A motion to reduce the clerical force of the oouveution with a view to •oooouiy was last, 41 to 14. Montana's Csenstlss. When asked what number of volts he deemed neceamry to oeiue oertain death Dr. Peterson answered in the neighborhood of 1,800 volts. The doctor said he knew that one of the dogs axp rUnented upon exhibited a reelstenoe of 800,000 ohm*. For aught he knew there might be in existence a human being with even greater resla anoa If the skin of a human being is thoroughly wet he was positive that the resistance ooutd never go over *D,000 ohms. ~ A heavy head of hair would increase thj resistance. take the lead. Complete line of Felts, Plnahea, Satins, Stamped Linena and Fanoy Goods. Prlvate Cc rporatlons Need Mot Apply. Indianapolis, July 17.—News has been received here of the death of Charles H. Bellman, of the national fish commission, in the swamps of Georgia, where he Was engaged in scientific work for the government He was a recent graduate of the Indiana State university, and had acquired a national reputation as a naturalist. He UleiMo the Hwatnpa of Georgia. Washing fON, July J7.—Attorney General Miller haul a conference with Secretary Noblo on the matter of leases in the Cherokee strip. It was stated in the press dispatcher* recently that a private corporation had made as offer to lease a portion of the strip. At the i-onclusion of the conference Secretary Noble refused to make any statement concerning the attitude of the department further than to say that private corporations would not be permitted to interfere with the rights of the government The War la Egypt. ALL NEW GOODS. Corbin'a New Steamship Line, Philadelphia, July 17.— Corbin, of the Reading road and of the Rapid Transit Steamship company, has bought 8,800 acres of land and water front at Montauk, L. L, for a landing place for his pew proposed steamship line. The steamships will be eight in number and will be built here. Cairo, July 17.—Geo. Grenfell has taken command of the troops. The Egyptians ooeupy a position two milss long near Bellana. The ai-tillery Is in the center and the oavalry is placed up the river In order to watch the dervishes. The latter, numbering 8,800, oocupy a strong position near Khoor. They are steadily being re enforced. The "Angelas" Will Cease to America. Paris, July 17.—1L Proust, the French minietsr of line aria, has written a tetter announcing the withdrawal of the credit upon which he depended for the purohass of Millet's "Angelus." The picture now becomes the property of the American Art aaociatten. 8. G. SEAGER, No. 6 Watkb St Expert Noble's Accident. J. H. Noble, an expert connected with the Westlnghouse B.ectric oompany, related his experience with a dynamo generating a force of ljQBO volts, the same as that In the state execution machine. One day while tending the mayhlne he accidentally fail, and his hands came in contact with the two polaa The reeult was that be rcoe.ved a severe shock. His hands were burned, an 1 the skin came off, leaving them sore for weeks. The only physical effect experienced was extreme nervousness for several hours after. He did not know of any electrical current that oould be considered absolutely fatal. An Inorease of voltage was as liable to burn oat the machine as an iuoreaaj of the currant Aimamt, N.T., July IT.—The examiners of the state insurance department, ae a result of Conditio* mt the Kqnltable ■seuive fssd. | WIIIES-BflfiBE HUE. A Hl| Brewery Burned. On a drooping bough of a large elm, does by a hotel. In Thtnderland, Mass., two Cnglish robins have made a nsst Strong winds canscd so mu£h swaying as to endanger the eggs ia the neet The birds have been equal to the emergency. They have ssoured soma twine and fsstsned one end undsr the neet and the cither and to a larger brands below, thus avoiding the danger of too much oscillation. The instinct exhibited by tbses birds ha* attracted considerable attention. tion of the Equitable Beeerre Fond Life association of New York city, reoommsnd that ■sate eieasnrss be taken at oaoe to secure the rsesrrs fund for the benefit of thoee entitled to it ~ of the affairs oondi- The Improvements contemplated In Barnes' Hotel, on the east side of the Square, next door to Exchange, bavs been completed, adding ssneh to lis a-treotltsness sad the comfort of Ms cueete. It bssbesn tbortugbly renovated, refurnished end fitted up with tbtau new bar flxtnres- The foot that Mr. Banes Is having a goodly amount of patronage, notwithstanding the dt.U times, indicates that be posssssee ths qualifications eeerntlsl ton surrsesfal hotel man Rooms IO let by the week or month. Board per day $1 BS. Don't forget the plaetk lit east side of Square, next door to Exchange Hotel. wp2 Ii jured by a Falling Derrick. Fort Wayne, lud., July 17.—The French brewery owned by C. I* Qentliver & JLn was totaliy destroyed by fire at 10 p. m. The loss will reach $359,0X1, with only $30,000 insurance. 1 hJ ammonia tank of the ice machine exploded, seriously injuring Alexander Dwings, Charles Noil and Charles Yonkers. Antonio, Colo., July 17.—Joes Abram Cortes, a Mexican, who brutally murdered a miner named O E. LeDuc, last March, while the latter was asleep, was hanged here On the soaffold Cortes acknowledged the crime end asked forgiveness of all present - A Murderer Executed. New London, Conn. .July 17.—Three worktivn were seriously and fifteen slightly injured by the falling of a derrick at the railroad bridge, three miles from here, on the Grot on tide pf the river. Henry Dignan, John poran, and an Italian whose name was pot learned, are the (post severely hurt lUi road Commissioner Taylor Arrives. Washington, July 17.—R. a A. Taylor, the new commissioner of railroads, who suc- Gen. Johnston, has arrived from his home in Wisconsin and assumed the duties jf the office,  Bsv. Coreoran Dead* PwiaMMm, July 17.—Very Bar. James A. Corcoran, H.T.O., ooe of the most learned Catholic divines in this country, and a voluminous contributor to church literature, died at 01 Charles Bcrromeo seminary. Over brook, Pa., aged 10 year* Ccnvbb, Cola, July 17.—The funeral services of Bishop Machebeuf were held at St. Mary's cathedral at 10 a. in. The funeral discourse was delivered by Father McGoveney, of the Jesuit college. The attendance was very large, and many bishops and priests from all over the Union were present Funeral of Biiihop Maohebauf. Killed by a Sulky Shaft. The Dlecaarteoaa Dervishes. rtrm Man Killed. Philadelphia, July Bridgetoa, N. J., during a trotting rice, one of the horse* swerved Uito a orowjJ. Ojo of the sulky shafts struok Elmer'Hey Wood, ageJ 12, in the head, crashing C£«ar through his skull. The boy died almost Instantly. C'Aino, July 11 —TWs massngss sent by Gen. Grenfell to Oa Dervish camp with a proclamation summoning thsm to surrender, were reooived with eoa»t courtesy by the ohief, Nad-el-Jumi, who immediately Upon their arrival set upon them and beat them. CiTf or Mexico, July 17.—At Puerto del Agua, state oit Nuevo Leon, a fight took place between a party of thirty smugglers and a force of cqstom house guards, in which tiro guards and three smugglers wero killed. The Klkels Vary la Different People. Of all the actions of a man's life his marriagedoes least coooern other people yet at aU actions of our life tis moot meddled with Iqrother people-Balden. The examination of Francis W. Jones, chief electrtoian and general manager of the Postal Telegraph oompany, proved very in- The weather p unit— to to warmer and gtsrslly fate. SSSTCS? IIAO 11311334