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              JL Editing , JaUlk jfaggtt t Nl'IOBEH 2103 I Orrhl) Etiabllklied 1830. | PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1889. ' TH O CENr8 I Ten c«*nu a \Vc«-k Ja !•" to extradite him, will probably be the cum— of a suit. It is claimed that this money belougs to the government, and suit will havC to lie entered to recover it. THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION CHICAGO WAS JUBILANT MR. REED'S COMMITTEES LAWYER FORREST TALKS THE DEAD EX-CONFEDERATE, VERY LATEST pOYA P J &akiM Several Changes Recommended by the New York Presbytery Thousands View the Remains—Seeretarj Red Held Proctor Praised. Congressman McKinley Chairman of Ways and Means. He Vigorously Attacks the New Yomc, Dec. 10.—The New York Presbytery met and adopted the report of the committeo on revision of the Westminster confession. The report opposes any general revision or alters ion of the confession, but recommends some changes, viz.: First—That the three chapters after the first section be so recast as to includo these things only: The sovereignty of God in election; the general love of God for all mankind; the salvation in Christ Jesus provided for all ond to ba preached in every nation. Second—That the tenth chapter be so revised as to appear to discriminate concerning "infants dying in infancy," or so as to omit all reference to them, and so as to preclude that explanation of section four which makes it teach tho damnation of all heathens, or makes it deny that there are any elect heathens who are regenerated and saved by Christ through the spirit, and who endeavor to walk in penitenco and humility according to the measure of light which God has been pleased to grant them. The President and Songstress New Oiileans, Dec. 10.—The numlier oi people pressing into the city hall to view th« body of Jefferson Davis was not dimiuishei by the rainy weather. At least 100,000 peo pie have thus far looked upon the remains The city officials say that under the peculiui circumstances of the case Secretary Proc tor's reply to Mayor Shakespeare's announce ment of Mr. Davis' death was very graceful and gave evidence of a kindly spirit. ThD Picayune siys: "We aro strongly le.l to thC conclusion that the secretary of war, so fai from intending wrong, has adopted what bC believed, and what we believe, was a wis* and conservative course in the premises." Washington, Dec. 10.—In the senate Mr. Morgan offered a resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the committee on foreign relations to inquire as to the best method of increasing trade and commerce between the United States and the free state of Congo, and what impediments, if any, stand in the way of such trade and commerce.In the Senate, State's Witnesses. Patti were Both There Special Telegrams to 4 P. M. LOOKING INTO SILCOTT'S STEAL. THEY WERE PEKJUREUS, HE SAYS, THE (JURAT AlDITORILM^ENEl) To-Morrow'i Indication*. J/ain. Slight)y warmer. Eaiterly winds The Contjiessmen l»o Not Tlilnk Tliey And Not Very Well Trained Perjurers, President Harrison Congratulated—The Should Lose Their Salaries—SHcott's Indictment Proposed by Mr. Leedom. Either—Clan-na-Gael Men Were Divided Into Opposite Factions and Were Bit- Western Metropolis In Cordial Terms, ASSAULTED AND KILLED. Other News from the Nation's Capital. A resolution offered last week by Mr. Aldrich (was amended and agreed to instructing the committee on rules to prepare a ccde of joint rules on business between the two houses. terly Fighting Over Cronin's Murder. and Diva Pattl Exercised Her Yocu! Chords with " Home, Sweet Home.' A iuttft Shopkeeper Murdered In Hli Washington, Dec. 10.—Speaker Reod has announced the following committees in the house: Chicago, Dec. 10.—Attorney Forrest in his address in the Cronin trial discussed the different methods of treatfng circumstantial evidence, as used by the defense and the state. "Those who are opposed to us on this question have a very pretty axiom which reads thus: 'Witnesses may lie, but facts nevor.' This sounds very nicely, but it is not true. There is nothing in the world that tells so many lies as what are called facts and circumstances. Facts can be made to prove anything." A Gay Day Own Store by four Tramp*. Albany, Djc. 10.—Yesterday afternoon four burglar*, with rillanous looking countenances and clothes, entered the store of Fred. Bechtol, a dealer id boot* aud shoes in 8coua, opposite Schenectady. On the sidewalk Bechtol had (toed some display shoes, aDd rereral of these boxes he noticed were missiDg. The four men also carried something in their arms as they entered. Bechtol suspiciously inquired what they were carrying. He was told that it was none of his business. Words ensued and the four started towards Bechtol with threatening remarks. The latter drew a revolver and fired. The fire was returned and a bullet lodged in Bechtol's neck, killing him almcst inetactly. Thereupon the men fled. Mr. Manderson offered a preamble and resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the committeo on agriculture to report on the subject of the production of beet sugar, abroad and in the United States, and what legislation, if any, is necessary to promote and accelerate the beet sugar industry. Chicago, Dec. 10.—Nearly seven thousand people witnessed tbo ceremonies of dedication at the Auditorium last evening. A number of stinguislied visitors, including Presidont Harrison, Vice President Mortou, Secretary Halford, Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson, Governor Merriam and Governor Hoard, had come to Chicago to be present at the opening. Governor Fifer, Mayor Creiger aud prominent Chieagoaus occupied honorary Jboxes with the visiting guests. The interior of the big building was tastefully decorated, and the toilets of the ladies were magnilicent. All th« Confederate veterans are verj muoh pleased with the fraternal spirit whict characterized the remarks of Capt. Jacot Gray, of the Grand Army of the Republic, made before tho executive committee. Capt. Gray stated that he would be proud as e soldier of the Unitod States to honor th« memory of the illustrious patriot, to'diei and statesman of the south. He could not forget that Jefferson Davis had been also a soldier of the United States who had rendered distinguished service, or fail to recognize that he was a great and pure man. Jefferson Davis should as a gallant soldior be accorded a soldier's burial, with every show of the profoundest respect and love ot the people. POWDER Ways and Means—McKinley, chairman; Burrows, Bayne, Dingley, McKenna, Payne, La Follette, Gear, Carlisle, Mills, McMillan, Breckenridge of Arkansas, and Flower. Absolutely Pure On Appropriations—Cannon, chairman; Butterworth, McComas, Hendersor of Iowa, Peters, Coggswell, Belden, Morrow, Brewer, of Michigan, Randall, Forney, Sayres Breckenridge of Kentucky, and Dockery. Thi* powder never varies. A marvel of purity strength and wholesomeness. More economica than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low tear, short weight, alum or phos ate powders. Sold only m cans. Royal Baking Powdbr Co., 106 Wal St., N.Y. The senate, in secret session, received the reports of tho committee on public lands of the three nominations referred to it last week, and referred to the appropriate committees the nominations received since the last secret session. The report continues: "While there are other points which tho presbytery would be glad to see modified or changed—as, conspicuously, chapter 24, verse 3, and chapter 25, verse 0—nevertheless we prefer to confine our suggestions for revision to tho third and tenth chapters as indicated." On Manufactures—Kelly, Burrows, E. B. Taylor of Ohio, Arnold, Morse, Sauford, Wilson of West Virginia, Bynum, Williams of Illinois, Grimes and Fowler. The speakor then referred to tho tariff question, and said that Republicans and Democrats agroed upon the same facts and drew diametrically opposite conclusions. Mr. Forrest read from a law book a number of instances of circumstantial evidence in which the circumstances pointed almost without possibility of contradiction to a cartain conclusion, and yet t'.iis conclusion was WMeit On Elections—Rowell, Houk, Cooper, Hanger, Sherman, Dalzell, Bergen, Greenhalg, Comstock, Crisp, O'Ferrall, Outhwaite, Maish, Moore of Texas, and Wike of Illinois.Washington, Dec. 10.—The clerk of the bouse has appointed Harry Smith, of Michigan, journal clerk in place of J. 8. Robinson, of Indiana, and Richard Theophilus, of Pennsylvania, assistant disbursing clerk, vice Gumble. The clerk has promoted William H. Smith, of the District of Columbia, to be librarian ofj the house, vice Butler. Mr. Smith is a colored man, and has been assistant librarian for some years. Appointments in the House. The report also 'recommends that the presbytery overture the general assembly to invite the co-oparation of the Presbyterian and Reformed churches of America and Great Britain to formulate a short and simple creed, couched so far as may be in Scripture language, and containing all the essential necessary articles 'of the Westminster confession, which creed shall be submitted for adoption as the common creed of the Presbyterian and Reformed churches of the world, not as a substitute for the confession, but to summarize and supplement it for the work of the church. Opening of the Kxercises. Mr. Clarence Eddy opened the exercises with a grand organ fantasie, composed by Dubois for this occasion, and the rendition clearly showed his mastery of the colossal "If it is agreed," continued Capt. Gray, "that tho body of the dead chieftain shall be borne into the cemetery upon the-shoulderc of the old veteraus, I, as a representative of the Grand Army of the Republic, shall certainly demaud to have the right to assist in •the performance of that sad, honorable duty." To-day, however, despatches were sect to every chief-of-police ia the Sute describing the tramp aud asking their arrekt upon eight. This forenoon as Officer Davis waa petroling his usual beat near the railroad tracka in West Albany he saw four suapickui telbws trying to beat their way oo a freight car. He ordered them to dismount, and upon their refusing, shot at them. John Griffiths waa shot in the leg and surrendered. The other* tried to escape but were soon captured. They fit the descriptions of Bechtol's murderers, but deny any knowledge of the crime. On Mileage—Lind, Townsend of Pennsylvania, Wallace of Massachusetts, Clunie, Pennington. false. The evidence tending to prove that a conspiracy existed in Camp 20, the attorney said he had agreed not to touch. However, it did not matter. It was not necessary. Attorney Foster had oxhausted that part of the case. There was nothing in it. By it the jury would be compel led to acquit Beggs, and the case against the other prisoners, so far as the Camp 20 conspiracy went, must be dropped. The credibility of witnesses was then discussed, and Mr. Forrest made a very plausible argument. Every witness discovered since the coroner's jury was a suspicious one, said the attorney; the state's witnesses had an interest in giving damaging testimony against the defendants. For instance, it was worth $100 a week to Dinan to have it generally believod that his white horse was the one that took Dr. Cronin away, that being the amount Dinan received from the dime museum. The Prisoners Must Be Acquitted. Mr. Davis' Death Referred To. It is learned that all the army officers, while they cannot take any official action iD rogartl tw the death of Mr. Davis, have great respect for him as a soldier and a statesman, and will attend the funeral. In his prayer the chaplain referred to the death of Jefferson Davis saying: "Millions sit cold in the atmosphere of death, mourning the departure from earth of a man dear po their hearts, who had reached the term of four score years." Florida Oranges. Washington, Dec. 10.—The report placed in circulation that the condition of Representative Randall had become dangerous was emphatically denied at Mr. Randall's house. Mrs. Randall told a reporter that Mr. Randall was very much better. Randall Is Much Iletter. Almeria White Grapes. BETWEEN FIRE AND WIRES. The Relief Fund. Charles H. Turner, member elect from the Bixth district of New York, appeared at the bar of the house and was sworn in. The tatter Prevented the Firemen from Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 10.—The work of raising a fund for the relief of the family oi Mr. Davis has begun. Subscriptions are coming in from everybody, veteran union soldiers as well as Confederate contrib uting The total now roaches about $3,500. Harrison'* Mother-in-Lav Dead, Catawba Grapes. ONE MORE VICTIM. Saving Johnson's Life. Washington, Dec. 10—Mrs. Scott Lord, mother of Mrs. Carrie Harrison, died here at 8 o'clock this morniug. The President who was in Chicago waa hastily summoned and hurried back on the first train. The dead woman was upwards of seventy-six years of age, and had become of national reputation through her relationship with the President. Cape Cod Cranberries. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, from the committee on rules, reported a resolution authorizing the speaker to appoint the committees and specifying the jurisdiction of each committee. Mr. Cannon explained that the resolution provided simply for the same committees which existed in the fiftieth congresa and exteuded the same jurisdiction. The resolution was adopted and the committees announced as above. Detroit, Dec. 10.—Fire broke out in the second story of the Finney hotel about 5 a. m. and spread rapidly to the upper floors. The house was full of guests, who were rudely awakened and made hasty exits from the burning building. B. R. Johnson, clerk in a jewelry store, found escape by the elevator impossible, and ho climbed out the window, the smoke and flames playing around his head as he hung by the finger tips. Another Lineman Killed in Mid Air by THK CHICAGO AUDITORIUM. New Figs and Dates. New York, Dec. 10.—Another death by contact with electric light wires has just occurred, strongly resembling in its details the horrible killing of Lineman Feeks some weeks ago. Peter Clausen, a young Dane, employed as a lineman by the Northern New York Electric Lighting company, climbed a pole at Third avenue apd One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street to do some repairing. A few moments later a little girl playing on the sidewalk beard a hissing noise above her, and looking up she saw Clausen lying across two wires, with a bluish light shooting from his right hand. Her cries quickly brought a crowd to the scene, and several policemen soon arrived and set about the task of extricating Clausen's body from the wires. Live Wires. Auditorium organ. The address of welcome was delivered by Mayor Creiger. Ferd. W. Peck was loudly called for and made a few appropriate remarks, after which he introduced President Harrison to the vast assemblage. The president was received with great applause, and spoke as follows: THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Fresh News from tlie Wires Carefully Saratoga Chips. Culled. The Erie Athletic club, of Buffalo, N. Y., has completed tho preliminary arrangements looking to a glove fight between John L. Sullivan aud Peter Jackson for $30,000. Stone Will Be Stone Dead. Sweet Potatoes. Profiting by the Sllcott Steal. Albany, Doc. 10—The Court of Appeals has affirmed the sentence of Jockey Stone, for the murder of Uiller, on Coney Island. Mr. jPayne, of New York, introduced a bill defining tb# duties of the sergeant-at-arms of the house. The bill, in addition to the present duties of that officer, creates him a disbursing officer, and makes him responsible for moneys coming into his hands for the salaries and mileage of members. The bill was referred to the special committee, with leave to report at any time. As for the Carlsons, they were poor people, and wore now using their cottage as a museum and charging admission to curiosity seekers. The interest had by the Irish witnesses was very plain to Attorney Forrest. There was a split in the Clun;na-Gael society. Ono side charged the other with sending innocent men to England on dangerous business and delivering them over to the English government. The Clan Is at War "Hold ou two minutes, aud we'll save youl" cried a fireman, and attempts were made to throw a ladder to the suspended man. He held on with a death grip for eighty seconds, then with a stifled cry ho let go and dropped forty feet to the sidewalk. His bruised and broken body was taken to the hospital, but the unfortunate man died. "Ladies aud Gentlemen — Some of my newspaper friends have been wondering why I left Washington to be present hero tonight. I do not think I need to say, in order, the motives which ha-ve impelled my presence. Surely no loyal citizen of Chicago, who sits here tonight under tlie witching, magnificent scene, will ask for any other reason than that which is here presented. I do most heartily cpngratulate you upon the completion and inauguration of this magnificent building, without an equal in this country, and, so far as 1 know, without an equal in the world. The President's Speeeli 1889 Nuts, all kinds. Jane Dobson, colored, died at Providenco, R. I., at the reputed age of 113 years. Fancy Candies & Bon-bons. The following officers of the New York players' baseball club have been elected: President, Cornelius Van Cott; vice president, Edward B. Talcott; secretary and treasurer, W. P. Robinson. Military Keeping Away Lynchers. Florkncb, Ala., Dec. 10.—The military surround the jail here to prevent the lynching of the murderers of Cad. Brown and Qriffin Jones. R. & R. Plum Pudding George Corbett was also driven from his room by the flames, and after hanging several seconds dropped. He succeeded in catching the ledge of the window balow him, aud hung suspended there until assistance reached him. All tho other guests escaped in safety. Johnson could have been saved only for the presence of tho live electric light wires, which prevented the handling of tho ladders. The loss to the building will not exceed $o,000. Recent deaths are those of chief Williamson, of the English detective force, and Hon. Patrick D. Dwyer, of Lee, Mass. Queen Olives. A World's Fair Committee Proposed. Judge Monell Dying. Washington, Dec. 10.—Judge Monell is On motion of Mr. Funston, of Kansas, a joint resolution was passed appropriating $200,000 for printing 400,000 copies of the agricultural report for 1889. A number of resolutions providing for appointment of various committees were referred, including one by Mr. Hall, of Minnesota, for a World's fair committee, to consist of nine members. A rope was thrown around Clausen's body, but so strong .vas the grip which held him to the wires that it could not be loosened. While pulling on the rope Thomas Smith touched the body and received a shock which knocked him senseless. He was taken to a drug store, and by the use of stimulents revived. Finally an officer cut one of the wires with an axe, and the body was then easily removed. A sickening smell of burning flesh pervaded the air. A physician examined the body and pronounced life extinct. The right hand and arm up to the elbow was a mass of charred flesh, and there was a deep burn under (he chin. The side making the accusation was on the witness stand for the state, the side accused was in the prisoner's chair. Revenge was wanted by the former. Opportunity to wreak it was in their grasp and they ui&d it. In like manner Mr. Forrest handled and discussed the other witnesses. All either had interest in testifying as they did or else their feats of memory were so remarkable—to Attorney Forrest—as to be simply ridiculous. John Daley who shot and killed constnli. W. M. Abbott in West Springfield, M.iss., Aug. 31, while resisting arrest was sentenced to State prison for life with hard labor. Imported Olive Oil. dying. What is a cold in the head? Medical auhorities say it is duo to uneven clothing of the body, rapid cooling when in a perspiration, etc. The important point is, that a cold in the head is an inflammation of the lining membrane of the nose, which, when unchecked, is certain to produce a catarrhal condition —for catarrh is essentially a "cold" which nature is no longur able to resolve or throw off. Ely's Cream Balm has proved its superiority, and sufferers should resort to it before that common ailment becomes seated and tnds in obstinate catarrh. Salad Dressing. An Education and an Inspiration. William F. Allen, professor of history in the university of Wisconsin, is dead, aged 60. "Wo have here about us tonight in this grand architecture, in this tasteful decoration, that which is an eduoation and inspiration. It might well attract those whose surroundings were altogether pleasant to make a longer journey than I have made to stand for an hour here. And if that be true, surely there is reason enough why tho president may turn aside for a little while from public duty to mingle with bis fellow citizens in celebrating an event so high and so worthy as this. No speech—certainly not the careless words of extempore speech—can fitly interpret this great occasion. Only the voice of the immortal singer can bi ing from these arches those echoes which will tell us the true purpose of their construction. Fuchs & Krans, manufacturers and dealers in cigars at Seventy-first street and avenue A, New York, have made an assign ment to Nicholas J. O'Connor, giving preferences for $28,48#. Full line Pickles. William D. Kelley Deelines. California & French Prunes. William D. Kelley, the oldest member of the ways au4 nieans committee, was prominently for the chairmanship of the present committee, but wrote Speaker Heed a letter desiring Ut be relieved from further service on the committee, as advancing years and increasing infirmities, in his judgment, had unfitted him for the per» formance of the exaotiug duties. Mr. lieed replied as follows: Champion Searle Dead. Running through his argument was apparently a desire to show that all the witnesses for the state were perjurers. The urging which the state had to use in court on Nieman to induce him to identify Coughlin and Kunze was handled very skilfully. The expert testimony he combated with the expert testimony of the defense, his deduction being in effect that the expert witnesses for the state should go through college They Were All Perjurers. London, Doc. 10.—A dispatch from Adelaide reports that Henry Soarle, the champion single sculler, is dead. Searle was taken sick shortly after he defeated William O'Connor, the Canadian oarsman, on the Thames last summer. When he reaci*?d home ho was taken with typhoid fever. He was twentythree years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, and weighed 172 pounds. His chest and shoulders showed tremendous development. The oarsman was born at Grafton, on the Clarence river, New South Wales, and won more victories than any man of his age in the history of aquatics. His first knowledge of the art of boat pulling was acquired when he attonded school, being compelled to row to and from tho school, a distance of seven miles, every morning and night. In his early days he defeated Fischer, M. Wallace, M. Driscoll, O. Baker, A. Baker, G. Bush, L. Pringle, G. Reed, S. Davis, D. McDonald, R. J. Brown, Chris Neilson and W. Hearn, and in later years Neil Mnsterson, James Stan*- bury, J. Wolf, W. Ilugheg, Peter Kemp, William Beach and William O'Connor. Lyon Brook Cheese. The remains found in the burned Ames building at Boston have been identified as those of D. F. Buckley, one of the missing firemen. Edam Cheese. THE REPORT CONFIRMED. Con'MBUS, Ot, Dec. 10.—The movement locking to a consolidation of tho National Progressive union and N. D. A. 135, K. of L., the rival organizations of miners, has taken definite shape. The Progressive union has opened the way through the following letter from Patrick M;Bride addressed to the officers of N. D.'A. 135: "Since our meeting at Pittsburg I have laid the suggestion of M. W. Rae to (unite the mining forces by having one set of national officers and one national fund' before Patrick McBride. He is thoroughly in accord with the opinions expressed. As instructed by him, I tender M. W. Rae and yourself a cordial invitation to attend the convention to be held at Indianapolis Dec. 18. If it would be convenient for Mr. Rae, President McBride would like to meet him at Columbus on or about the 13th, that they might interchange views on the subject and draft some method of unification to submit to the convention, an d from it to the miners of the country. An early answer would oblige." Referring to the subject of a uuion of forces, in which all K. of L. and Progressive union men are alike interested. President McBride says: 44I# those who bake an active part in both organizations will lay asido personal feelings and prejudices and carefully look at the condition of the miners of this competitive district and from them that of the miners of the entire country, they will certainly give any honest movement to solidify the forces their hearty co-operation." Miners' Unions to Consolidate. New Currants and Raisins. "Hod. William D. Kelley Explorer Peters and Ills Party Were Massacred in Africa. Zanzibar, Dec. 10.—On Nov. 7 the startling news reached here that Dr. Peters, the eminent German explorer and his entire "ty had been assacrml by the natis. The news Cis contradicted er, but reports a just been re.ved here from D interior coupling beyond •usstion the death Peters and his ire party. In • dead of the 1,300 So matis »ept down upon the camp of tha sleeping explorer. The Peters party were taken by surprise ind were ruthlessly butchered to a man. The massacre was instigated by the Arabs, t is said. Perfectly Fiendish. "}DBAB Bin—Your letter has been received by me, »« it will be by the whole country, with profound regret for the circumstances which cause your retirement from the committee of ways and means. During almost all your long and conspicuous career, which has beeu no inconsiderable part of the history of a great epoch in our national life, your name haa been inseparably associated with the greatest committee and almost the first created of the house of representatives In which you have already rendered the longest service of oil the living and of the dead. Your declination to serve on that committee is an event in the history of the country as well as your own life. I am sure I do not transgress the bounds of either propriety or truth when«I assure you of the regard of all the members of the house and their wish and hope that returning health and strength may enable you to aid us with your presence and connsel for many years. To be assaulted by the three imp#, dyspepsia, constipation and liver complaint—a trio of sataoio birth—is perfectly fiendish. This often happens. The hateful three, however, soon whisk away to the nether inferno when hloatetter's St mach Bitten is employed to evict them. As a stomach alternative of disordered conditio! s of the bowels and liver, it is speaking within bounds to s*y that there is not in exisienoe any medicine so widely known as this, and few indeed which have received such positive and authoritative saaction from the medical fraternity. The fact that it promptly relieves, then extirpates, the three maladies of moat common occurrence, ought and does make it the most popular of family medicines. But, in addition to that, it haa achieved the foremost reputation as a preventive of and remedy for chilla and fever, rbeumatiaa, nervous and kidney trnublrg. Elegant Canned Vegetables. again. The CauMc of Cronlii'a IDeatli. Finest MoC?ha& Java Coffees. Mr. Forrest then went into the cause of death, arguing that from the testimony given it was not known. The evidence of Mrs. Hoertel, he declared, was hideous in its absurdity. Take for instance the wounds found on the head of the dead man. Not one of the wounds caused a scratch on the skull, and yet Mrs. Hoertel swore that when she passed the cottage that night she heard the sound of blows. Patti Sings "Home, Sweet Ilouie.*' "You will permit me then to. thank you, to thank the mayor of Chicago, to thank all those good citizens with whom I have today been brought in personal contact, for the dullness and respect with which they haye •eceive4 me; and you will permit me to — thank you, my llow citizens, for m cordiality which you hare witnessed here toght. I wish that lis great building nay continue to oe, to all your population, that vhich it should be, Dening its doors Dm night to ight, calling your people here away 'rorn the cares of winess to those joyments o u d New Crop Rosey Teas. Best Mirce Meat. Pillsbury's Best Flour. "Blows she heard through the door from her place on the sidewalk, and yet no scratch on the skull," shouted the attorney. Not Blurdered in Carlson's Cottage. Mr. Forrest next took up the trunk and the course taken by the wagon on the night of May 4, and supposed to have carried the trunk. With the aid of a map he traced the course alleged to have been taken by tho men, and argued that the wagon did not contain the trunk having the body inside, or, having it, the doctor was not murdered in tho Carlson cottage. His reason for this theory was the roundabout route taken by the wagon, supposing the cottage to be the starting point, a route that went through a thickly settled part of tho city—a very unlikely one for murderers. Mr. Forrest devoted some time to an attack on the identity of the trunk, after which court adjourned for the day. Jolm H. Inman Sued for 9'*,500,000. DR. PETERS. New York, Dec. 10.—Tho Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company has begun proceedings to recover from John H. Inman $2,500,000. This sum, it is alleged, was made by Inman and his associates while in control of the company by the purchase of the Pratt Coal and Iron company, in which they were interested. It is alleged that they bought the Pratt property for $2,500,000 less than the price at whic h they turned it over to the Tennessee company. Huflbut & Co. Yours truly, T. B. Heed." Tho house then adjourned until Wednesday. Jlmuermrnto. Looking; for Sileott in Canada. Juntas H. llatlibone Dead. MUSIC HALL, FANCY GROCERIES, Washington, Doc. 10.—The office of the •ergeant-at-arms of the house was besieged all day by notaries with notes given by members which had been allowed to go to protest. \s the fee in each protest case is about $1.50, the notaries did a thriving business. Mr. Leedom, the ex-sergeant-atarms, has detectives at Montreal and Quebec looking out for Cashier Hilcott. Mr. Leedom does not believe the story from Montreal that Sileott and his mistress are at a prominent hotel there. He thinks that if the story is true his detective at Montreal would have reported the fact. Lima, O., Dec. 10.—Justus H. Kathbone, founder of the order of the Knights of Pythias, died at the Lima house yesterday afternoon from the effects of an immense carbunkle on his back. Three weeks ago last Saturday he was taken ill. Medical attendance was called and the wound operated upon, but he grew worse, and for three days prior to his death he suffered intensely. His body will be taken to Syracuse, N. Y., and be buried beside that of his wife, whom he married in 1803, but who died about two pursuits and enter- ONE NIGHT ONLY Fire and Death in a Ballroom. t&inments which develop the souls of men; which will have power to inspire those whose lives are heavy with daily toil, and in this magnificent and enchanted presence lift them for a time out of these dull things into those higher things where men should live." After the applause which followed the president's remarks, Mme. Patti came forward and delighted the audience with her wonderful singing. She had chosen the 1 ami lias song, "Home, Sweet. Home," and when she finished the applause was deafening. She was obliged to bow hor acknowledgements several times amid the roar of clapping hands. ADELINE PATTI. 34 Luzerne Avenue West Pittston. London, Dec. 10.—At Grafrath, Prussian Silesia, a large chandelier holding petroleum lamps fell in a crowded ballroom during the progress of a dauce. The lamps exploded and the clothing of a number of men and women was set on fire. In most cases the flames were extinguished, but two ladies who were directly beneath the chandelier when it fell were prostrated and burned to death. Several of the injured ones were seriously burned and scarred for life. Tuesday, Dec. lO, '89 BEVAN Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 10.—Yesterday in the law office of Laland Jordan, Frank B. Selph, a young attorney, shot and instantly killed Mr. Edwin F. Fletcher. The difficulty grew out of an article in the Free Press. Mr. Fletcher, accompanied by his stepbrother, Mr. Morgan Perkins, went to the office of Selph and demanded an apology or a retraction of the article. Belph refused and was knocked down. He was being severely punished, when he drew his pistol and, firing, struck Fletcher under his left jaw, the ball coming out near the left temple. The Editor Shot Him Dead. Chicago, Dec. 10.—The grand jury investigated the Fredericksen land mortgage frauds and returned an indictment against Niels C. Frcdericksen, Walter Bidgood, his cashier, and others unknown, for conspiracy to defraud John A. Rice, of Hartland, Wis. A capias was issued for the arrest of Bidgood, who is out on $5,000 bail pending his examination before a magistrate on a complaint made by Rice. The whereabouts of Fredericksen are still unknown. Swindler Fredericksen Indicted, THE EMINENT ACTOK. ROBERT MANTELL — THE  years ago. Investigating the Hteai. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 10.—John Arnold shot his faithless wife, Carrie Arnold, Inflicting probably fatal wounds, sent two bullets juto John Poe, his wife's companion, and then shot himself. Poe was not fatally injured. Arnold will recover. The affair culminated with the refusal of the woman to live with her husband, and because she was about to sue for a divorce. Arnold is in jail and Mrs. Arnold is dying. Arnold'* Triple Crime. TAILOR The investigating committee was ready for work shortly after 10 o'clock, with Mr. Adams, of Illinois, in the chair. Several congressmen were before the committee to suggest plans for the distribution of the money for salaries of members still remaining in the sergeantrat-arm*' otflce. Mr. Mills, of Texas, held that as the loss had occurred in November it should be born*) by all those members who had receipted for their November pay. The remaining money, be thought, should be distributed among all the members who had receipted for the months from March to November, and whose money Silcott had taken. Under the management of Augustus Pitou In D'Knaery's Famous Romantic Drams, A Hanker Fails, Whitney's Point, N. Y., Dec. 10. —E. B. Hemingway, banker, has made an assignment to W. D. Edininster. Hemingway also conducts a grocery and drug store and operates a steam sawmill. He was supposed to l»e worth about Sl'O.OOO clear. The amount of his liabilities is not known, but will range from $.'D0,000 to $.50,000. His New York correspondents are the Chemical and United States Natioi al banks. No preferences are made. Mr. Eddy gave a scholarly interpretation of a fantasie by De la Tombelle, composed expressly for the dedication of the big organ, and after the Apollo club had given a selection from Haydn's creation, "The Heavens Are Telling," the address of dedication was delivered by Governor Fifer. is the best authority for Gentlemen's wearing apparel. His assortment of goods for Fall and Winter wear fras never been so complete. A Liquor Crazed Policeman's Crime. Dom Pedro's Doubts. Marshall, Mo., Dec. 10.—A colored deputy policeman named Vinegar, while under the influence of liquor, in Higginsville, fired his revolver into a crowd of white people. One young man was shot through the head and mortally wounded, and others were more or less injured. Vinegar escaped and has not yet been captured, although a posse of men is scouring the country in search of him. Lisbon, Dec. 10.—Dom Pedro visited the pyrotechnic school last evening and listened to various lectures with close attention. In conversation he expressed doubts that the new government of Brazil will add to the prosperity of the country, but declined to make any reference to the possibility of his formal abdication of his imperial rights. The Comte d'Eu and his wife, Princess Isabel, will pay a visit to the Ouo do Montpensier at Madrid, after wh'ch they will return to Lisbon. Wliat England Lout in the Ronton Fire. Gounod's opera "Romeo and Juliet" will open the grand opera season tonight with Mme, Patti as Juliet. Presented by a Superior Dramatic Company and all the Rich C stmes and Properties that characterised its former success » in this city. London, Dec. 10.—A careful inquiry among the English Insurance companies respecting their aggregate losses by the recent Are in Boston discloses the fact that the total loss to them is upward of £160,000. It is also ascertained that most of the insurance placed by the English companies on the property destroyed will be renewed when the burned buildings are repaired. IT WILL PAY An Epidemic of Measles. PRICE8 35, 50, 75 & $1 TO  Mr. Catching®, of Mississippi, held that the sorgeant-atrarms was the authorized disbursing officer of the house, and consequently the individual members should not be made to Uar the losses. If the government would pay to members their salary for November, which, he held, have never been lawfully paid, the whole trouble would b« ended, because the theft was entirely out of the money for their salaries for that month. A member of the committee admitted Mr. Cachings' views had impressed the com Easton, Pa., Dec. 10.—Mrs. Margaret Dilliard, recently convicted with her paramour, William H. Bartholomew, of the murder of her husband on the night of Sept. 0 at Biersville, has been sentenced to be hanged. An effort will be made to have her sentence commuted to imprisonment for life on account of the promises made at the time of Bartholomew's trial for her testimony against him. Mrs. Dilliiird's Severe Sentence. Newark, N. J., Dec. 10.—The lowest grade class of the Sumuer Avenue school is badly demoralized by the prevalence of measles. Out of a class of sixty-eight pupils, thirty* seven have been stricken with the disease. Besides this diphtheria is prevalent in parts of Newark, and there promises to be a serious check to the work of the public schools. Beats od sale at Ruggles' Book Store, Saturday Dec, 7, at u a m. Call, Examine & Porcliase. The Dock Administration Condemned. Proposals. Mm. Cope Can Care for HerAdf. New York, Dec. 10.—Mayor Grant has received from the commissioners of accounts the testimony taken at the recent dock investigation. The commissioners strongly condemn the administration of the department of docks, and urge an early consideration of the testimony. A Drug; Firm Burned Out. Sealed proposals will be received by the 8chool Board of the Borough of W?st Pitt*ton, Luzerne Co., Pa, until Friday, Dec. 20, 1880, for the erection of an eiffht room brick school building on the school lot, fronting on Linden 8t, in said bor oiurh. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Mr. W. W. Neuer, WiUes-Banv, Pa., and at the residence of the undersigned, No. 11 York Ave. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Proposals to be to CHA8. H. FOSTER, 8ec'y. West Plttston School Board. Nov. 29, l880.-10t-eod. Philadelphia, Dec. 10.—Judge Hare has refused the application for a commission of lunacy in the Cope case, declaring that able physicians say that Mrs. Cope is able to care for herself. The lunacy proceedings brought by Porter F. Cope and his aunt, Mrs. Coolidge, are therefore dismissed. New York, DeC 10.—Fire last night iD the upper stories oi the large wholesale drug house of McKesson & Bobbins, 91 and Pulton street, caused damage variously estimated at from $M,000 to $70,000. Owing to the peculiar character of the stock, consisting largely of chemicals in various stages of manufacture, the exaot loss cannot be immediately determined. GEO. H. WARNER, Carpenter and Builder The Minister Won His Suit. mi tee. Whit tier's Eighty-second Year. East Orange, N. J., Dec. 10.—In the suit for slander brought by Rev. John A. Harris (colored), pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist church, against Deacon William Johnson, the verdict was for $200 damages for the pastor. Johnson said that Harris was responsible for the separation of Mr. and Mrs. George Heaner. Shop on Butler St., Fittston. Residence, 408 Montgomery St., West Pittston. Mr. Leedom has written the district attorney placing the Silcott case in his hands, and requesting to have an indictment brought against the absent cashier. Mr. Leedom1! legal adviser thinks that the indi- j vidual members of congress should not lose their salaries on account of the embezzlement, t To Indict the Embezzler. Ohio's llallot Box Trouble. Boston, Dec. 10.—The eighty-second anniversary of the birth of the poet Whittle! is near at hand. Owing to the delicate condition of Mrs. Whit tier's health it has beou deemed advisable to request his friends tc allow the occasion to pass as quietly ae possible. The aged poet is not able to receive callers nor to answer many letters, much as he would liko to do so. Organ Grinders Can Now Play. Cincinnati, Dec. 10.—'The caso of Wood, ballot box forger, has been continued until Dec. 23 at the request of the defense. Judge Ermston said that the case must not be postponed further than that date, but that all concerned must be ready for the trial to be heard then, New Yokk, Dec. 10.—The mayor has sigued the ordinance recently passed by the board of aldermen permitting the orgrtn grinders to play in the streets of the city. The act prohibits street bands from playing. Callaghan Tries Afsn. Notice. Plans and Specifications Drepared, and est! mates given on all work in his lioe. Bcottdale, Pa. Deo. 10.—Ex-Representative Callaghan has again sworn out warrants charging T. V, Powderly and two local members of the Knights of Labor with conspiring to defeat him at the recent election. Whereas my wife, Uurcie Carey, hu left my b -d and board without juit cause or provocation, I therefore forbid *11 persona to harbor or trust »er on my sooount. as I will not be responsible tor any debt] contracted by her after this date. SOLOMON CARKY. dio-at Sam Small to Renounce Methodism. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 10l—The application of the He v. Sam Small for ordination in the Protestant Episcopal church is being oonsid- g F. McATKK, Jobbing a Specialty. Mr. Leedom, he states, is willing to turn over the f'JO.OOO that he possesses should it be decided that ha is responsible for the loss, without the formality of a civil suit. The $14,000 which Silcott paid into the National Metropolitan bank, in order to take up the forced uotes wjiich wou!4 b® sufficient avi- yCniin Pacha Improving, Zanzibar, Dec. 10.—Dr. Parker, Stanley's Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 10.—A mar. who says he is James Fell, the prize fight jr, has been sentenced to five years in auburn prison for attempting to pass a ft rged check for $30 on th* Chemung Canal t auk. Five Years for Fighter Fell. Two Counts Fight a Duel. Lackawanna, Dee 10, I88». ATTORNEY-AND-COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW. Bagainoyo, pronouncing Emin's condition , much Improved, and his chancee of ultimate recov »ry brighter. physician, has just issued a bulletin at Pesth, Dec. 10.—Count Karolyiand Count Lazar fought a duel with swords yesterday. Count Lazar was severely wouuded. The trouble arose over a Quarrel in the diot. ered by a committee of ministers, and doubt- That Hacking Cough can be so qoickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it. Sold by all druggists* WANTED—Reliable local and traveller sale* men. Poeitlons permanent, bpe IaI nduoe menu bow; faatarllln* npeclaltiee. Don't oelay 8«lar; from start. BROWN BROS., Nurserymen Booheeter, N. Y. M-im-eod. (Late of the Chester Co. Bar.) leas will be favorably reoeived. Mr. Small j beeu a minister of the Methodist church, J)Vt his family are Episcopalians. Office second floor, corner Main and Broad Std., PITTbTON, PA. Conveyancing and Cwllectliie. M#