Evening Gazette

              t Nl'nBEK 3186 f Weekly E.labl Ished lfflOL | TWO CENTS J Ten Cento ft Work PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1889. OPENING OF CONGRESS. speakership of the house was decided late Saturday afternoon. Gen. Henderson, of Ill'nois, presided, and roll call revealed the fa.t that 165 out of 109 Republican representatives were on hand. A MINNEAPOLIS HORROR. lie did not take her down in the elevator, and be is sure she could not have gone down the stairway. OUR NAVY AN0 ITS NEEDS THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Wttk DR. TALMAGE IN J3PPA. VERY LITEST Fronh Tips from the Wire* Carefully Pulled. A Forecast of What Will Be Fire's Fatal Work in the Trib- Smith also says t hat a tall young man with a black mustache shot himself on the seventh floor nea' the composing room door. Smith was up on his last trip and called to the young man to come Into the elevator, but he seemed dazed by the heat and 6moke and deliberately drew a revolver and fired into his own heal, falling as Smith supposes, quite dead. Secretary Tracy Says Uncle Sam Has Only Begun. Insurance men say that the great flres in Boston aud Lynn will cause an advance in Insurance rates, which, it is olaimed, have been unprofltably low for several years. Eloquent Sermon at the Birthplace of Sewing Societiea. Oone by That Body. The first ballot resulted as follows: Reed, 7?j McKinley, 39; Cannon, 23; Burrows, 10; Henderson, 10. une Building. Special Telegrams to 4 P. M. MR. REED WAS CHOSEN SPEAKER The absentees on the first ballot were Morrow, Wilber, Hermann and Taylor, of Tennessee. Mr. Hermann and Mr. Taylor came in time for the-second vote. SEVEN HUMAN LIVES WERE LOST. HE THINKS IT IS A POOR NAVY YET The work'of reinterring the dead of Johnstown has beon finished, and altogether 734 known and unknown bodies were taken to Grandview cemetery. DORCAS THE BENEFACTRESS. To- Morrow's Indications. Fair. Warmer, Southwesterly wtmls. The Gentleman From Maine Securcs the The final vote was Reed, 85; McKinley, 37; Cannon, 19; Henderson, 15, and Burrows, 10, and Mr. Reed was declared the caucus nominee for speaker of the house. Printers and Newspaper Men Hemmed Just before he fired the shot he exclaimed, "My God! My wife and"  Fast Merchantmen That Could Be Bead- Howard Post, of Phillipsburg, N. J., aged 14, died D'rom the effect of a kick received while ploying football. The Wonderful Lwop That May Be IDeduced from tha Life, Death and Resurrection of Doreae—A Oadly Model for Position by a Vote of 85 to McKinley*. In lly the Crnel Flames—Dashed to Death Ily Utilized as Cruisers Are Becomend- ed—What the Navy Should Consist Of. CLAIMED BY THE SEA 37 — A Republican Senate, House and on the Pavement Below—Two Despair* ing Sufferers Shoot Themselves. Secretary Noble Files His Bepert The ex-Emperor Dom Pedro and his party have arrived at St. Vincent. All the members of the party are well. All Womaaklnd to Copy.. The Good Ship Cheseborough Founders Off the Japanese Coast, and out of a President at the Capital. The first ballot for clerk resulted as follows: McPherson, 110; Carson, 50. Mr. Mc- Pherson was declared to be the nominee. Minneapolis, Dec. 3.—Seven human lives and (500,000 worth of property ware sacrificed Saturday night by a fire that originated in the rooms of the Union league, on the third floor of the Minneapolis Tribune building. The fire was discovered shortly after It o'clock by a distriot messenger, and almoct before an alarm could be turned in ever; door and window of the Immense seven storj building was belching Are and smoka. Then were upward of eighty men, including the editorial staff and a force of compositors, at work on the seventh floor, and these wen penned in like sheep by the sheets of Oami that separated them from the elevator and stairway. Then began a frenzied stamped! for the windows and roof. Meanwhile tht fire department had raised a ladder to the sixth floor, and from there thirty or fortj men were taken out of the building and landed on terra flrma. Those who were oi the roof dared not descend, and severa) jumped to adjoining roofs and escaped wltl a few bruises. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 3.—At 5:15 p. m. Sunday fire broke out in the carpenter shop of Thomas Jackson, Jr., situated in the lum- A 850,000 Flro at Syracuse. Washington, Dec. 3.—The report of the secretary of the navy shows that the effective force of the United States navy, when all the Bhips now authorized are completed, will oomprise eleven armored vessels, of which only three are designed for fighting at sea, and thirty-one unarmored vessels, making a total of forty-two. Mr. Tracy gives a table showing the number of war vessels on the effective list of the principal foreign powers, which shows that even when the present building programme is completed the United States cannot take rank as a naval power. The purpose for which the United States maintains a navy is not for conquest, but defense, says the secretary, adding that if the country is to have a navy at all it should have one that is sufficient for the commerce and ample protection of its coast in time of war. Joppa, Deo. 1.—Today U memorable in the •acred history of Joppa, the Rer. T. De Witt Tklmage, D. D., preaching her* to • company of Christian people of Various denomination* on "The Birthplace of Sewing Societiea." Be took tor his text Acta ix, 88; "And all the widows stood by him feeping, and showing th» coats aad fcarmena which Dorcas made while she Was with them." The preacher said: Washington, Dec. 2.—The congress which assembled at noon today meet under very peculiar conditions. A Republican senate and a Republican house meets to transact business which will be submitted to a Republican president for approval. It would seem that where such perfect political harmony exists, harmony of ideas and interests should be found also. But whether this harmony will be present at the deliberations of the two houses of congress or not remains to be seen. There are many questions to be considered by this congress which cannot be settled on party lines. The principal topics to come before this congress for discussion are the tariff, the silver question. Federal control of national elections, a proposition to repeal the civil service law, and the appropriation of money for rivers and harbors and other local objects and enterprises.The New York iceman, Charles H. Turner, was elected to congress from the Sixth district by a olurality of 5,568, and a majority of over 5,000. Crew of Twenty-Three but Four Arc Saved—The Others Swept Into the Fatal Depths—A Terrible Tale of Ocean The clerkship disposed of, voting for sergeant at arms began. There were two candidates. Ex-Congressman A. J. Holmes, ol Iowa, and Charles Reed, of Minnesota. Holmes was nominated on the first ballot, receiving 143 votes against 13 for Reed. ber yard of C. H. Baker & Co., and in less than half an hour $30,000 worth of lumber was burning. The loss on lumber will probably reach the full value, $30,000, on which there is an insurance of $33,000. Klein's restaurant, which fronted on James street, and was surrounded by the lumber, was also destroyed. Kleiu's loss is about $20,000, insured for $10,000. Judge Anderson denied the application for citizenship made by Mormons who had taken the Endowment house oath. He holds that the church is a treasonable organisation in Its teachings and hostile to the government in its practices, disobeying the laws and seeking the overthrow of the government.Sajj Francisco, Dec. 2.—The steamer Gaelic arrived here yesterday from Yokohama. It brings intelligence of a terrible wreck, in which o( a crew of twenty-three only four wers saved. The survivors are Henri Wilson, »n American; Wm, Regan, an Englishman ; Moses Peepea, a Finn, and Victor Broeck, an American, aged 18 Tears. Jt is the latter who •bpplies the story of the disaster, Sue of the worst In the annals of the Japanese coast. Perils, Storm and Watery Death, Washington, Dec. 3.—It is announced that the president and Mrs. Harrison will leave Washington on Friday or Saturday of this week for Chicago to attend tht opening of the Chicago Auditorium next Monday nigh'j. It is understood that Vict President Morton and Mrs. Morton, Assistant Postmaster General Ciarkson and Mrs. Clarkson, Attorney General Miller and Mrs. Miller and one or twp other members of thf cabinet with their ladies will make up the party that will accompany the president oe the western trip. The President Going; West Christians of Joppa 1 Impressed as I am With yonr mosque, the first I ever saw, and stirred as I am with the fact that yonr harbor once floated tha great rafts of Lebanon cedar from which the temples at Jerusalem were bullded, Solomon's oxen drawing the logs through this very town oa the way to Jerusalem, nothing can make ma forget that this Joppa was the birthplace of tha sewing society that has blessed the poor of all succeeding ages In all lands. Tha disasters to yonr town whso Judas Maccabeeoa set It on Are, and Napoleon had five hundred prisoners massacred In your neighborhood, cannot make me forget that one of tha most magnificent charities of the centuries was started in this sen port by Dorcas, a woman with ber needle embroidering her name ineOaceably into the beneficence of tha world. I see her sitting in yonder home. In tha doorway and around about the building, and in the room where she sits, are the pale faces of the poor. She listens to their plaint, she pities their woe, she makes garments for them, she adjusts the manufactured articles to suit the beat form of this invalid woman, and to the cripple that comes crawling on his hands and knees. She gives a coat to this one, she gives sandals to that one. With the gifts she mingles prayers and tears and Christian encouragement. Then she goes out to be greeted on tha street corners by those whom she has blessed, and all through the street the cry Is heard: "Dorcas is coming I" The sick look up gratefully into her face as she puts her band on the burning brow, and the lost and tbe abandoned start up with hope as they hear her gentle voice, as though an angel had addressed them; and as rite goes out the lane, eyes half put out with sin think tbey see a halo of light about ber brow and a trail of glory in her pathway. That night a half paid shipwright climbs the biU and reaches home, and sees his little boy well clad, and says: "Where did these clothes come from!" And they tell him, "Dorcas has been here." In another place a woman is trimming a lamp; Dorcas brought the oLL In another place, a family that had not been at table for many a week are gathered now, for Dorcas has brought bread. .. PLEADING FOR COUGHLIN Fire in the Delavan Gas works, Leonard & Sons' paper manufactory and Case's warehouse for undertakers' supplies caused a loss of $75,000 at Albany, N. Y. Judge Wing Addresses the Crnnin Jury. Chicago, Dec. 2.—Immediately upon tho conclusion of Judge Longenecker's address to the Cronin jury Judge Wing, Coughlin's counsel, began his address. "With what is client, Dan Coughlin, charged?' he said. "It is that he made an agreement with the men sitting at his sideband others unknown to kill Dr. Cronin, but what proof have wo that he did it? With the exception that Dr. Cronin was killed, everything is purely circumstantial evidence." The Clan's Noble Cause. A MANIAC RUNS AMUCK The Cheseborough, the wrecked vessel, h tiled last April for Kobe from Philadelphia. Her eargo was petroleum. Oo ber way out she encountered a destructive typhoon, but pMMd in safety and unloaded. From Kobe aha went to Hakadate, where she loaded with sulphur. Oo Ooiober 28 ahe set sail far New Tork. Two days later a severe gale sprung up. The Oheseborougb was driven to shore, dbe struck tbe rocks broadside. Tbe waves ■wept tbe deck. Cam. Erickson ordered out the longboat. Tbe sea was eo heavy it could not be used. The crew had but one hope of safety. That was to climb into the rigging and wait for rescue. This tbey did. The cook, an old man named Fee, of Providence, B. I., was too wtak to hold to to the ropes. He fell back and was diowned, bis body being washed away under tbe very eyes of the clioging crew. Then the masts «ave way Ail were precipitated into tae raging sea. Benumbed with ihe cold and sud'ien drencbinr, the most expert swimmers were unable to save themselves Copt Erickson was tbe first to go down. One by oue tbe rest followed, until only f Dur remained. Tbese clung to wreckage f r several hours, how long none can tell A squad of Japanese flsheimen found them. Alt r being eared for and restored to health they were put io charge of tbe U. S. Consul at H*kad».te, Gen. Greathouse, who furnipbed them with transportation and sent them to Yokohama, whence tbey shipped for this city He Decapitates Ills Son with a Knife The New Cruisers. Gallatin, Mo., Dec. 2.—With one sweep of a large, sharp butcher knife John Bright almost decapitated his boy, Albert, at their home in this city. He then made an attack on his wife, who escaped and locked herself in a room. With maniacal rage the murderer rushed from the house and attempted to kill John Brink, a farm hand, who saved his life by flight. Bright then started to towu, saying there were several of his enemies there and he would get even with them. The alarm was given and he was stopped by the marshal, but instead of giving himself up, he made au attack on the officer with his knife and cut him badly in the arm. and Attacks Others. The Tariff Question's Itlvul. Trouble Reported in Lisbon. Tho new cruisers and their speed are compared with the vessels of foreign powers. Most of our new vessels—namely, the Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, Dolphin and Yorktown—have in later service beaten their own record on the contract trial. The net results of the department's operations for the last seven years are more than satisfactory. The secretary says the country must not deoeive itself by supposing that it has an effective navy. The necessities of our vulnerable position, he says, demand the immediate creation of two fleets of battle ships, of which eight should be assigned to the Pacific and twelve to the Atlantic and Gulf. TUo tariff question was the chief issue iu the last congresa It will divide interest this term with the silver question. The question of sliver coinage has been much agitated of late months, and the secretary of the treasury, it is confidently expected, will make such Tecommendations to congress in his annual report that will be transmitted to the house and senate on Wednesday next as will bring the question into still greater prominence. The effect of the deliberations of the silver convention recently held in St. Louis will undoubtedly be felt, and the course taken by Mr. Keed, the speaker, in constituting the new committee on coinage, weights and measures will be watched with much interest. -Among the ideas which will be laid before the coming session of congress is the proposition to increase the coinage to $4,000,000 a month, a proposition for the froe coinage of silver, and a proposition to authorize the issue of paper money based on silver bullion held on deposit by tho_government. Washington, Deo. 2.—A private dispute!; received in this city from Paris announced that trouble had broken out in Lisbon, pro sumably stirred up by the recent events in Brazil. Careful inquiry those mos( likely to be informed of any outbreak in Portugal has failed to confirm the report that there has been a revolution in Lisbon, but it is believed that there may have been some republican demonstration there which caused a disturbance. Olsen'A Frightful Fall. Continuing, tho advocate devoted himself to a prolonged disquisition on tho aptness ol circumstantial ovidence to err, and cited instances, among them that of the Hull case ol New York, in which the husband was supposed to be the murderer until Cox, a colored man, was ruu to earth by a newspaper reporter and confessed the deed. Dr. Olsen, president of the University ol Dakota, at Vermillion, was among those or the roof, and seeing all means of escape cut off, he essayed to jump to an adjoining building. He slipped and fell to the ledge of tht window on the sixth story, and from there to the ground. He fell head foremost and was instantly killed, every bone in bis body being broken. "Suspicion is one thing and often a strong one," said the speaker, after drawing his illustration. "Remember that this same public prosecutor, in his opening addx-ess, declared, with all the emphasis that characterized his last effort, that the doctor's clothes had been sent abroad in the tin box, soldered for Burke by Klare, and proof would have been introduced to substantiate it had not the clothes been found. The public prosecutor doubtless sincerely believed his statement true, and yet we see that he was mistaken." A STRANGE DEATH J. F. Igoe, night operator for the Associated Press, stuck to his post till it was toe late to escape. He was frightfully burned on the head, and in his agony be, too, jumped from the burning building and waf killed. The Kleetric Executioner Claims Anothel He then made a dash through the streets and chased everybody that came in sight As It was impossible for any one get near him, be was shot as he was chasing a lot of children aud so badly wounded that be was captured. Bright was released f rom an insane asylum recently as cured. New York, Dec. 3.—The death of Henry Harris from an electric shock, which occurred late Saturday night in front of Bernard Callan's dry goods store, No. 675 Eighth avenue, was one of the strangest in the long list of fatalities from that source which have occurred in this city. Harris, ivith another clerk, Lawrence Hughes, went to the sidewalk in front of the main entrance for the purpose of carrying in a showcase. The two men each grasped a handle on the lower part of the case. Below Harris' feet was an iron grating. Above their heads was one of the Brush company's arc lights. Tbey lifted the case sevoral inches from the ground and were about to carry it inside, when suddenly Harris droppod his end, uttered a piercing shriek and lell dead. Victim In New York. In addition to the battle ships the situation of the country requires at least twenty vessels for coast and harbor defense. The one problem, says Mr. Tracy, in the matter of a naval policy, is to get these forty vessels built at the earliest possible moment. It is recommended that the construction of eight armored vessels be authorized at the coming session and that they be of the type of battle ships rather than coast defense ships, the former being more generally serviceable and there being only three of them now in process of construction against eight of the latter. What We Need. Agent Miles, of the Associated Press, whose home is in Detroit, Mich., attempted to follow Igoe, but fell back into the cratei of flame and was burned to a crisp. To Jlaiinemora for Life. Milton A. Pickett, a reporter for The Pioneer Press, whose office was in The Tribune building, was caught, with a companion named Pierce on the stairway, and there they were roasted to death and subsequently crushed to a pulp by falling timbers. While the fire was at its height, J. McCutcheon appeared in the windows of the composing room and jumped into a net held by the firemen below. The weight of his body carried the net to the stone pavement, and he died in a few moments after being picked up. A Reporter Roasted and Crashed. Judge Wing sought to remove public prejudice against the Clan-na-Gael society by pointing to tho nobility of the cause of its formation—the betterment of Ireland. Glen Falls, N. Y., Dec. a—The trial of Harvey Hodge at Sandy Hill for the murder of his wife at Cambridge, Washington county, on the morning of Oct. 16, was concluded. The defense was insanity and a number of medical experts were summoned to testify with regard to the sanity of the prisoner. The jury were out only thirty minutes and returned a verdict of murder in the second degree. Hodge was sentenced to Dannemora state prison for life. Republicans Favor Allison's Tariff Hill. An effort will be made to amend tho tariff laws and a strong influence will be brought to bear to have the internal revenue laws repealed. It is generally understood that the Republican majority in the house and senate will make an effort to have a bill on the line of the Allison tariff bill of last year put through both houses and sent to the president. Mr. Mills, of Texas, has been quoted recently as saying that the Democrats in the house would personally flllibuster to prevent the passage of any tariff bill at this session, but the Republican majority has iittlo fear of this. Senator Farwell, of Illinois, will introduce a bill to abolish the civil service examination. He denounces the law as a menace to good government. Representative Candler, of Georgia, will also introduce a bill to repeal the civil service law. Representative Hitt, of Illinois, thinks the civil law will be amended, but not repealed, and this seems to ba the view of a great many of the older members of the house. Mr. Hitt also believes that the interstate commerce law will be amended. Tbe names of tbe Americans dro-vned, so far ss can be learned, are the Captiii, Erickson, the first mate. J. B. Bxiley of Baib, Mo., second mate Power', of New York, Steward McNultv, of Philadelphia and Wm Willard, of the same p'nee, an old and txperienctd sea deg. The others drowned were uaiive sailors. STANLEY COMING HOME. In reference to fast cruisers, all modern experience goes to show, says the report, that they are essential adjuncts of an armored fleet, and tho proportion of three cruisers to one battleship is believed to be sound and reasonable. This would make the future navy consist of twenty battle ships, twenty coast defense ships and sixty cruisers, or 100 vessels in all, whioh Is believed to be a moderate estimate of the proper strength of the fleet. Of the sixty cruisers required, thirty-one are now built or authorized. He Will Reach Zanzibar on Thursday. London, Dec. 2.—The Herald's Zanzibar special says: "Stanley, writing from Wikessi, Nov. 26, state that all the party are well and enjoying Capt. Wissmann's luxuries. He complains that his mail has been lost or stolen. In a postscript dated the 27th, he announces that he has received the English consul's letters and expects to arrive at Bagamoyo on Wednesday, Dec. 4, and at Zanzibar Thursday." Capt. Casatl's Adventures. The palm of his left hand was scorchod and blackened where he bad held the brass framework of the showcase. In lifting it from the ground the brass ball on the top had como- in contact with the lower end of the carbon of the electric light. The deadly current passed down the tubing, through Harris' body and was grounded by the iron grating on which he was standing. Hughes, on tho other side of the case, stood upon stone flagging and consequently felt no shock. Harris was 32 years old and leaves a wife and two children. Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—Miss Kate Drexel, now known as Sister Katharine, has decided upon her course after she shall have passed through her novitiate. She will build a convent near Torresdale, of which she will be the head. Its purpose will be to educate and train a sisterhood to work among the colored and Indian races. Negotiations for the purchase of a desirable property of sixty acres at Andalusia have been in progress for some time. Miss Drtul'i Plans. "DORCAS IS DUD." Congress Convenes, He Blew His Ilratns Out. But tLara li a sudden pause in that woman's ministry. They say: "Where U Dorcat? Why, we haven't Man her for many a day. Where is Dorcas!" And one of these poor people goes np and knocks at the door and finds the mystery tolred. All through the haunts of wretchedness the news comes, "Dorcas is sick 1" No bulletin flashing from the palace gate, telling the stages of a king's disease, is more anxiously awaited for than the news from this sick benefactress. Alas for Joppa! there is walling, wailing. That voice which has uttered so many cheerful words is hushed; that hand which had made so many garments for the poor is cold and still; the star which had poured light into the midnight of wretchedness is dimmed by the blinding mists that go up from the river of death. In every God forsaken place in this town; wherever there is a sick child and no balm; wherever there is hunger and no bread; wherever there is guilt, and no commiseration; wherever there is a broken heart and no comfort, there are despairing looks, aud streaming eyes, and frantic gesticulations as they cry: "Dorcis is dead!" They, send for the apostle Peter, who happens to be ill the suburbs of this place, stopping wtthf tanuer by the name of Simon. Peter urges hie way through the crowd around the door, and Stands in the presence ef the dead. What expostulation and grief all about him I Here stand some of the poor people, who show the garments which this poor woman had made for them. Their grief cannot be appeased. The apostle Peter wants to perform a miracle. He will not do it amidst the excited crowd, so he kindly orders that the whole room be cleared. The door is shut against the populace. The apoetie stands now with the dead. Ob, it is a serious moment, you know, when you are alone with a lifeless body I The apostle gets down on bis knees and prays, and then he comes to the lifeless form of this one all ready for the sepulchsr, and, in the strength of him who is the resurrection, beexolaims: "Tabithe,arise!" There is a stir in the fountains of lifs; the heart flutters; the nerves thrill; ths cheek flushes; the eye opens; she sits i:pt We see in this subject Bsstai ths disciple, Dorcas the benefactress, Dorcas the lamented, Dorcas the resurrected. Washihgton, Die. 2—Both Houses ol the List Congress convened to-day, Iu the sonate after prayer by the former Chaplain the Senate was called to order by Vice Presideot Morton. The only business done was the reception and acceptance of the credentials ef the new Senators. Those from Washington and the Dakotas, wrre sworn in. Senators Cseey and Pieroe were absent. A few minutes after he had jumped, another of the printers appeared at a window on the opposite side of the rooms. He was told to wait a moment and a ladder would be sent up to him. He appeared crazed by fright, however, and instead of waiting, pulled a revolver, and, placing the muzzle to his head, fired. The report was heard in the street, and tho man was seen to drop to the floor. His name could not be learned. It was rumored that another man had also shot himself, but this report could not ba verified. There are doubtless several peopl* in the ruins, but just how many will not be known until the debris is removed. A Reserve Fleet Recommended. The Rome Riforina publishes a letter from Capt. Casati, Einin's recent companion, dated Tuhguru, March 25, 1888, describing his arrest in January by order of KiDg Kabrega. He was cruelly bound and driven from village to village toward the country of Chief Kakora, who had orders to kill him. After eight days suffering and fasting he was rescued by Emin, but he lost all his effects. It is a matter for serious consideration, Mr. Tracy says, whether steps may not bs taken towards the creation of a fleet of specially adapted steamers, owned by American merchants, and capable under well defined conditions of temporary incorporation in the American navy. The advantages of such an arrangement, which enlarges the merchant marine and makes it self protect- A Father's Awful Crime. A Big Mortgage Filed. In the House a tremendous crowd assembled. Every gallery was thronged to its utmost capacity, even the press gallery being not exempt from the general crush. On the floor a number ot ex-members circulated, chatted, smoked and watched proceedings with a melancholy interest After p'ayer the Clerk arose and called the roll. Mr Reed was formally elected speaker. An adjournment was then taken. Celina, O., Dec. 2.—About a mile south of here several men found John Tugar lying by the remains of a blazing fire and shot through the body. When questioned about a boy peen with him the night before, Tugar replied that he was in the fire, pointing out where parts of the boy were still roasting in the log heap. The men dragged the ashes and found buttons, buckles, bones and pieces of roasted flesh, all the remains of a 15-yearold lad. Tugar, whose bullet wound will not prove fatal, stated at the inquest held over the boy's remains that the lad was his son John. They had been tramping, and Friday night he drove the lad out to beg. The little fellow returned late without anything. This incensod Tugar, who set the boy at work gathC ring a large quantity of wood, with which an immense bonfire was built. Late at night they quarreled, and he struck the boy, crushing his skull. Alarmed at what he had done, and thinking to destroy the evidence of his crime, he flung the body in the fire and spent the balance of the time until daylight poking the body with sticks to destroy it fully. In the the morning, &!;Drm«d at discovery, he turned his pistol, which contained but one load, against his breast and fired. Chicago, Dec. 2.—A Times special from Topeka, Kan., says: A mortgage for $150,- 000,000, payable in 100 years at 5 per cent, interest, has been filed here by the Union Trust company of New York on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Krailroad company and auxiliary lines. The limit is $5,000 a mile on track, including all real estate, shops, engines, cars, eke., owned by the railroad. The plan of re-organization is also filed in conjunction with the mortgage. Our Relations with Canada. The question of the relations between the United States and Canada and of the effect of competition of the Canadian Pacific railroad and its connections with the railroads of this country will come up for discussion in the senate under reports to be presented by special committees. The committee on Pacific railroads will make some recommendation to the senate as to the forfeiture of the lands granted to the Pacific railroads. Searching for Missing Firemen, g, aro overwhelmingly great. It is difficult to imagine a more effective commerce destroyer than the steamship City of Paris, armed with a battery of rapid firing guns. She can steam over 21 knots an hour and can average 19.9 knots from land to land across the Atlantic. No man-of-war could overtake her; no merchantman could escape her. A fleet of such cruisers would sweep an enemy's commerce from the ocean. Mr. Blethen, proprietor of The Tribune, says that his loss is about $250,000; insurance, 1125,000. The paper was issued at usual Sunday, The St. Paul Qlobe giving the use of its presses. The adjoining building) were saved by the exertions of the firemen. The Tribune building is a smoldering man of ruins. The Tribnne loses its entire files. Hitchcock, the court stenographer, loses the evidence in all the cases taken for a number of years in the district court. The Tribune Job Printing company is among the heaviect sufferers. Its loss can be roughly estimated at about $55,000; insurance, (10,000. Hart & Brewer and Cross & Carleton lose valuable law libraries. Booth, the legal blank man, loses between 110,000 and (15,000; covered by insurance. The total loss is about (300,- 000; insurance, (150,000. Losses and Insurance. Boston, Dec. 2.—The removal of dangerous walls is being carried on under the direction of the inspectors of buildings. It will be several days before Bedford street can be reopened to public travel. A large detail of firemen was employed all day in overlooking the ruins at points where the bodies of the dead firemen are thought to be, but so far no trace of the missing men has been discovered. The Herald has started a fund for the relief of the families of the four firemen, and heads the list with a subscription of $500. Mayor Hart will probably send a communication to the board of aldormen to-day asking that immediate steps bo taken to lessen the danger of fires from electric wires. Vessel Burned at Sen. He T, aped ISO Feet to His Death. Fortress. Monroe, Dec. 2—The steamship Old Dominion reports a vessel burning 8 milts away. There was an audible explosion and then a bright light wbioh soon disappeared. The Dominion cruised through the wreckage. It evidently belonged to a sailing vers 1, but ihere were no signs ol life. There is little doubt that a river and harbor bill will be passed by this congress. The local demands for it are of such a character that they cannot be ignored, particularly as congress at its last session made no appropriation for the improvement of rivers and harbors. The subject of coast defenses will be debated in the house and senate, with what result it would be hard to determine jiow. A number of amendments have been prepared to be offered to the existing contract labor laws. Some applications have been made to the secretary of the treasury for the admission of skilled laborers to establish industries of which American workmen have no knowledge. Congress will be asked at an early day to provide a form of government for Oklahoma. The secretary recommends the construction of five torpedo boats of the first and second classes. He says the efficiency of the navy is greatly weakened by the large purportioa of foreigners who man our war vessels, and he thinks the plain remedy lies in a statutory extension of the term of enlistment to twenty-four years of age, and recommends that the number of apprentiocs be increased from 750, as now allowed by law, to 1,500, making the total enlisted force 9,000. He further recommends the establishment of a naval militia. In conclusion he says: Suspension Bridge, Dec. 2.—Late Saturday night, while sufforin? from attack of delirium tremens, "jurg» Seitz left his home with the remark that, "rather than be shot in bis bedroom, he would Jump over the bank." Friends followed him, but he eluded pursuit. At 7 a. in. his dead body was found on the debris slope of the river bank, a short distance above the rapids. Ho had made a leap of 150 feet to his death. Five Burned to Deutli. Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—Fire in the bakery of Oustsve Gross, discovered early this morning totally destroyed the building and its con • tents. A woman and tour children were burned to death. Three other were serioudy injured, though it is thought they will recover.Gainesville, Tex., Dec. 2.—The deputy United States marshals who have been running down the Santa Fe train robbers raided Oklahoma city and captured Bob Donnelly, C. W. Lee and Geo. Farmer, the "Kid with the Iron Gall." They think .they have almost all the gang now. One of the prisoners,Wesley Morris, has lived in Gainesville several years and was considered a good citizen until recently. Some of the others were also people well known here. Ten men and two women are under arrest. They will have a hearing at Purcell, I. T. Alleged Train Kobbrers Bagged, Minister Douglass Snubbed. The following is a complete lilt of the dead and injured so far as can be learned: A List of the Dead. New York, Dec. 2.—The World's Washington correspondent says that Fred Doug lass, at present minister to Hayti, has been snubbed by the Haytian government. Gen. Hippolyte, the new president of Hayti, has refused to treat with Donglass, and Secretary Blaine is at a loss what to do about the matter. It is said Haytians are opposed to Mr. Douglass on account of his color. "The force actually available at the present time comprises eight modern vessels of no great fighting power because of their weakness for defense. The main force has yet to be authorized. Until the United States has a fleet of twenty battle ships, with coast defenders, cruisers and torpedo boats in suitable proportion for efficient defense, and an establishment in such working order as to administrative machinery, officers, men, reserves and vessels that it can be brought without delay into effective action, the country cannot consider that it possesses a navy, and a navy it can never afford to be without." Milton Pickett, assistant city editor of The Pioneer-Press. Another Knjclisli Syndicate at Work, Edward Olsen, president of the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. Jerry Jenkinson, a printer. J. McCutcheon, a printer. W. H. Millman, commercial editor of The Tribune. The Jury Disagreed. O. A. R. Pension Bills. Ashland, Wis., Dec. 2.—Within the last few weeks a gigantic English syndicate has been quietly and systematically buying up all the acreage property in Ashland county and the entire northern portion of the state that its agents can get options on. Everything has been done with the greatest secrecy and not a single deed has yet been filed in Ashland county. Register Fennelly said he had been informed that a large number of the deeds were in a New York bank, and that when the syndicate had accomplished all the purchases the deeds would bo recorded in a bunch. Baltimore, Dec. 2.—The jury in the iDavassa case hss returned a verdict holding Key guilty, Williams innocent and the remaining sixteen participatorsesjape because of a disagreement.The national pension committee of the GralhdArmyof the Republic has formulated a number of pension bills, which will be offered for consideration. Principal among these are the per diem allowance pension bill and the total disability pension bill. Walter E. Miles, operator and agert of the Associated Press. St. Paul, Dec. 2.—The Washington hotel, a two story stone building opposite the Union depot, was burned shortly after 8 a. m Two men perished from suffocation. One was Lorenzo Lenardi, an Italian, aged 35 years, and the other Cristofaro Pult, a Swede, aged 18 years, employed aa porter for tbe hotel. Two Men Suffocated. The Injured Men, A Forlorn Caucus, One of the early questions to be considered by congress is the location of the World's fair of 1892. The claims of New York, Washington, St. Louis and Chicago will bo warmly pressed from the beginning of the session, and the question will not likely be disposed of until January or February. The question of the preservation of American forests will be brought strongly beforo congress. Among the general subjects which will come up for cou sideratiou are the fol lowing: The World's Fair Question, William Lawn, a printer; burned on hands and face. E. C. Andrews, printer; burned on hands and face. Washington, Dec. 2.—Frank MacArthur, a young lawyer of New York city, the son of Judge Arthur MacArthur, of this city, committed suicide last evening by jumping from the limited express on the Pennsylvania road between Baltimore and Washington while the train was at full speed. Judge MacArthur was traveling with his son, who had been somewhat dissipated lately.  Lawyer Mai Arthur's Suicide. Washington, Dec. 2.—The Democratic caucus im hi Id to-day. Er-Spcaker Carlisle sod all the old offlc* rs wpre rennminat'd A MODEL FOR ALL WOMEN SECRETARY NOBLE'S REPORT, If I had not KM that word dlaciple in my text I would hare known this woman waa a Christian. Such music as that never came from a heart which is not chorded and strung by divine grace. Before I show you the needlework of this woman I want to show you lur regenerated heart, the source of a pure 11tv and of all Christian charities. I wish that the wives and mothers and daughters and sitters of all the earth would Imitate Dorcas in her dlscipleehip. Before you crow the threshold of the hospital, before you enter upon the temptations and trials of to-morrow, I charge you, in the name of God ana by the turmoil and tumult of the judgment day, O womeul that you attend to the first, last and greatest duty of your life—the seeking for God and being at peace with him. When the trumpet shall sound there will be an uproar and a wreck of mountain and continent, and no human arm can help you. Amidst the rising of the dead, and amidst the boiling of yonder sea, and amidst the lira, leaping thunders of the flying haavena, calm and placid will be every woman's heart who hath put her trust In Christ; calm, notwithstanding all the tumult, as though the Are in the heavens were only the gilding* of an autumnal sunset, as though the peal of the trumpet were only the harmony of an orchestra, as though the awful voicee of the sky ware but a group of friends bursting through a gateway at sventlme with laughter,aod shouting: "Dorcas, the disciple" Would God that every Mary and every Martha would this day sit down at the fast of Musi Frank Gerber, a deaf mute printer; hands and face burned. Jltntiorwriito. Adam Weishiem, printer; hnrt about hips. Bis Pension Recommendations—The Elev- enth Census—Indian Lands. Ashing a Change of Venue. Chambersburo, Fa., Dec. 2.—Rov. John J. Pomeroy, D. D., pastor of tho Central Presbyterian church, died at his residence here Sunday, after two weeks sickness from erysipelas. He was 55 years of a«re and was a trustee of LafayWtte college at Easton and of the Nelson Female college of this place. When tho Loyal Legion of the United States was organized in 1886 Dr. Ponieroy was elected chaplain. ltev. John Pomeroy Dead, Charles A. Williams, managing editor of The Tribune; badly burned about the head and face. Washington, Dec. a—The annual report of John W. Noble, secretary of the Interior, calls attention to the want of territorial government in Oklahoma and urges speedy action by Congress. The secretary suggests an early presidential proclamation opening to settlement the Sioux Indian reservation recently acquired by treaty. He favors the redemption of the 7,000,000 acre* between Oklahoma and Kansas, known as the Cherokee outlet and now leased to a cattle syndicate.Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. &— An application was made before Justice Kennedy for a change of venue from Oneida to Albany county in the action brought by the attorney general against John Snaith, Timothy J. Sullivan and Charles B. Andrews, of assembly ceiling notoriety. Decision was reserved.MUSIC HALL W. H. Williams, foreman of the c.Nnposing room; badly burned about the tc be and hands. A Little Girl Drowned, ONE NIGHT ONLY. Original Subjects That Will Come Up. Augusta, Me., Dac. 2.—Margaret, the 11- year-old daughter of Maj. O. E. Michaelis, of the United States arsenal, was drowned Sunday in a pond on the arsenal grounds, having broken through the ice while skating. Her brother Francis, aged 13, was saved by Maj. Michaelis, who nearly lost his own life in his efforts to save the children. He is in a precarious condition. Friday Eve'g., Dec. 0. The abolition or regulation of trusts; the establishment of postal savings lDanks; the organization of postoftlces aboard trans, atlantic steamships; an increase of the number of judicial circuits so as to relieve the pressure of unfinished business on the supreme court; the abolition of lotteries as far as congress can accomplish that object; the payment of Indian depredation claims of western pioneers and the organization of a special tribunal to adjudicate those claims; the granting of subsidies to the American merchant marine; the Blair educational bill; an investigation of the affairs of the pension office and the civil service commis sion; the settlement of the dispute over the seal fisheries; the total exclusion of the Chinese and other objectionable immigrants, and possibly a proposition to settle the race question in the sou oh by limiting the representation in congress to a proportion warranted by the white population of the different sta' » alone. 8. H. Jones, Pioneer-Press reporter; hands and face slightly burned. Frank Hoover, printer; burned about the neck. He Fled to America. GRAND PRODUCTION OF New York, Dec. 2.—The World claims that Charles Hammond, alias Bulton, alias Hink, citizen of Uravesend, England, and custodian of the secrete of the unsavory London scandal, has been in hiding in New York, and is now in Philadelphia. Twenty-Five Were Killed The printers held a meeting and appointed a committee of five to meet various local unions and take some action. There is intense indignation felt at the owners of the buildings. Some there years ago the printers claimed the dire possibilities that might arise in case of fire, and demanded that an additional fire escape be placed on the building. The request was not granted by the owners of the building, and an appeal was taken to the city, but there was no legal way of compelling tho owners to place an additional escape on the structure. Denounced by Indignant Printers. The Kleventh Census. San Francisco, Dec. 2.—Chinese advices state that tho most violent typhoon known in years devastated the Island of Nado on Oct. 21, destroying fifty houses and as*many boats. Fire at Kauldamanchi on Oct. 2tf destroyed 18tt houses. Three children were burned to death. The Misemona at Sennichimae collapsed on Nov. 4. Twenty-five people were killed and thirty injured. The eleventh census will include two additional and important features—an inquiry in relation to the recorded indebtedness of private corporations and individuals, and a list of the names, organizations and length of service of surviving soldiers, sailors and marines and their widows. It is recommended that the ceasus office be made a permanent bureau. The secretary recommends that the strip of land west of the Indiana Territory, known as "No Man's Land," and having a population of 15,000, be surveyed and thrown open to settlement. Passion's Slave Boston, Dec. 2.—De Luca, arrested for the murder of Millionaire Cunningham at Milton, has made a full confession. He says he fired the shot to attract the attention of his two comrades and bring them to his assistance, but the bullet entered Cunningham's body. G. Coccheara and S. Amato, the companions of De Luca, are also under arrest. De X.ncu Killed Cunningham. Toronto, Dec. 2.—The schooner Vienna, coal laden, from Fair Haven for Whitby, was out on the lake during Wednesday's gale. She has not yet arrived at Whitby, and it is feared that she has foundered with all hands. The vessel and cargo are insured. Probably Lost, With All on Board. SPECIAL SCENERY, ELEGANT COSTUME*, STARTLING SITUATIONS. Pittsburg, Dec. 2.—The famous conspiracy suit of Edward Callaghan against T. V. Powderly, J. R. Byrne and Peter Wise came up for trial liofore Justice Merritt at Scottdale Saturday. The justice decided that there was not sufficient evidence presented to hold the defendants for court and dismissed the case. Callaichan'H Suit Dlsmiftneri. The Elevator Man's Good Worh. Shot in a Gambling Ouarrel, Oqden, Utah, Dec. 2.—C. 8. King, editor of The Daily Union, was shot on the street by ex-De{Duty United States Marshal Exum on account of the publication of an article reflecting upon the character of Kxum's wife. King is seriously wounded but may recover. An Kdltor Shot. GRAND CAST. Charles A. Smith, the elevator man on the night service,did very creditable work. After the fire started he made five trips, the last when tbe shaft was actually on fire, and saved a n imber of people. Smith says ha smelled fire for three-quarters of an hour before he could find its location. After looking on all the flbors he finally felt the heat on the third floor, and was about to break in the door of the fateful room when the transom burst and the flamen sprang up. Smith is certain that more people were burned than have been reported. He says that about five minutes before the fire was discovered he carried a heavy, dark complexioned lady to the sixth floor. She asked for the editorial rooms of The Piwetr-Frcm Hkppner, Ore., Dec. 2.—During a gambling quarrel between Hiram Harper and Andrew and Newton Jones the Jones brothers brutally beat Harper, who afterward shot Newton Jonss dead. Bystanders prevented lilin from alio killing Andrew. On the subject of pensions the report says: "The estimates for pensions made for the fiscal year beginning July I, 1889, were inadequate, and the secretary reooiumends an increase in the appropriation tor pensions, so that a liberal and legal payment may be made to all the deser ving pensioners of the republic. This sum will reach $97,210,252. It is recommended that a pension be granted to every soldier and sailor who did substantial service during the war in the army or navy and was honorably discharged therefrom, and who, being dependent on his daily labor for his support, is now or may hereafter be disabled from procuring subsistence by such labor." His Pension Recommendations. OTEW MEDLEYS, NEW DANCES, NEW 80NQ8. The house will have to take uuder almost immediate consideration the rules which are to govern its deliberations. An effort will be made to curb the power which the rules of the last house gave to the minority, but this will meet with vigorous opposition from the Democrats. The house has also to consider seventeen contested election cases. A caucus of Republican senators will be hold in the near future to consider a proposed change in the officers of tho senate. ■W-The Grandest Dramatic Representation of modern time*. Usual price*. Reserved seats on sale at Rug glea', Wendeeday. Ueo. 4th, at a a. in. A Cailroad Fireman Killed, Jefferson Davis' Condition. Further, we see ItoreM Cbe benefactre**. History baa told the story tDJ the crown; the epic poet hae ions of the a word; the pastoral poet, witb bis t erase full at the redolenoe of clover top* and a-rustla with the silk of the corn, ha* song the praiaa* of the plow. I t«U w »ba the needle From the flc DORCAS TMX KlKFi.CTBXBa. Providence, R 2., Dec. 2.—Herbert A. Langley, fireman of the switch engine which was run into lost night by the Old Colony steamboat train, died Sunday of his injuries. of Virginia, is one enormr.u* quagmire of decayed vegetation, a region of gloom and desolation; but tint03' re ho than the human syslem when blocked up bp decaved animial matter, which poi«ons thi blood and brings gloom to an otherwise happy h usehold. Dr- Pierce's Pleasan Purgative Pilleta remove all wast" matter, and give nature a chance to build up. Tlie Great Dismal Swamp, bw New Orleans, Dec. 2.—The physicians attending Jt-llerson Davis regard his condition as somewhat better, but he is still very weak.  Jacob Sherrer. Wculd respectfully announ"u to his friends that he ha* opened a green market at No. 133 North Halo street, where vegetables and fruit a can be had at reaaonable prices. Also fl-h and Oyatera la aeaaon. dive Mm a call. Ills place of bualnaaa la oppoalte the Ferry Bridge. u lU-tt Killnin Culled Back. That Hacking Cough can be so quickly cured by Cure. We guarantee it. Sold by all druggist*. Mr. Heed the Lucky Man. Washington, Dec. 2.—Tie contest for the Baltimore, Dec. Kilrain left today for Mississippi to stand trial for his fight with Sullivan last July. [C0HT1MVID OS S'iQOSD PAQE.] PEERLESS DYES fcunDiwiai*