Evening Gazette

              -D i ' OR&NQE-CATHOUC FEUD. * -.fc* & . 1^3 ** _ i '. '* 2'WW r IL ;Y 4» lvS4 TWO OUTT8. "" Tsn Q»f pee W—k. 87 { Ml 1850 ( m *** PIT THE BIDDEFORD MY8T€RY. FRANK B. SHERWIN'S SENTENCE. UNDERJTHE OCEAN' A HEAVY FORGERY. RAILROAD DISASTERS. Alleged Agreemeat to Let HUB W Mtonkatolis, ifoHans Ifattton, recently United States oonsul to Cileatta, who wnuml thn management of the Maxwell grant in He v Mexico, succeeding Frank R. Sherwin, giraa aome inaide {acts ooneerning Bberwin'a retirement from that oomconvicted and sentenced. Aftout three week* ago, when bewma in the ehst, an understanding waa arrived at between himself, Sherwin and the district attorney, by which it waa agreed that the caaaa should be postponed to the January term of court, and that on BherwiVs refunding to the state the mim- he would-be let"oir with a fine. The money for this purpose was due to Sherwin from the company. UtimlUf Accounts of lk« TroahlM Aroand Conception Bay. St. JolOH, N. »., Jan. 4.—Late dispatch* last night tram Harbor Grao , Bay Roberta, Carbonear andrlCUligren* contain several ilarmlng acooafcts ef tM maddened Mate of public fetliag ll around Conception Bay. A w« reported at Bay . Roberta on Saturdaf evening afiB oonflrmed on Sonlay night that a number, of armed men from: up the bay bad formed Cn squads, «d wars aboat to proctal o Harbor Oraee to' liberate thefc- Roman Satholie friends nwilnal tn the Harbor . _ . 1,000 Orangion a vantage Bay Roberts, resist any sucb roed by con-' 'aid Bay and •rat was indeand fro all tent out recon- Otod the Or- Jkd nt borne. baro be-' popular feelpeaoe can- Ln appalling he slightest rfce Toronto Ho! ton ta Extraordinary Kiuaeat «f ■ Pliyst* J*f#fi£8Sape"* American Fenians, to Send • B. H. Kobbe Defrauds Sparry & B&rjpes of Over $100,000. ' • * " C t '• t - ■ ' % f TonoirfO, Ont, Jan. 4.—The fatalities reml tin*, from the Humbolt mHldna now MAher twe.ity-six, and mora of the viotims will lie. Some yet Hvinjj have their Uahs turned to the bones. Sinoe the aoddent five Mt of nineteen who were at the hospital lied, and it id thought that the remainder will not live. Death in a few aasM where the body was not at all injured resulted romthe inhaling of steam from the boiler by several viotims who were fastened in tbo wreck, while the eecapiug steanf hissed in their faces. The general theory is that' the oonduotor of the freight wanted to make good time and get to bed early, and so tried to get in before the ' 'dummy," which he is said to have done before. Virginia. clan's Deputation to Borne. Biddeford. Me., Jan. 1.— Remarkabla rtevdopnNMs hare "occurred lh ths murder mystery. Dr. Frank'Orattan, a French physician, makes a statement to the officers to the effect that be was called up at 19 o'clock, Saturday night,"_by two men who wanted him to perform a surgical operation, promising to par 5Dtm well, and .stipulating that be should consent to be blind-folded. He took Us case of surgical instruments an.l accompanied them. At the foot Of his office stairs, one of the men placed a bandage over his eyes and led him toward the west part of the city, he thinks. The doctor eays he was walked about for nearly an hour, then passed through a gateway and ascending three steps entered a house. He passed through two rooms, into a third, where the bandage was restored. The floor was uucarpeted ar.d there was but litttie furniture iu the room. In a bed in one corner was a woman, apparently about twenty years of age. Extending from the right ear to the wind pipe was a deep cut, from wbioh the blood was freely flowing. There were other cuts on the face, Dr. Grattan describee toe womai as being very handsome, a blonde, and iiyt *fe.D would weigh about 125 pounds. While dressing the wounds-be heard an alternation in the adjoining room, and a man's voice srfy: " I'll have their blood before two weeks.." The woman's , pulse was as low as Are, and he feared site might die before he left the house. In an adjoiniug room he found aC man stretched out on C bed, Ucedlng from a cut extending from the riijht eye to the corner of the mouth. Oi:e of the man's teeth was knocked in. This man was about medium build, with dark oomplextion and small dark mustache. After dressing the wound, the doctor was again blindfolded and conducted to his office and left after being paid (5. Re says be would know one of tho parties if he should see him again. One of them was tali and wore a black moustache and slight side whiskers, and the oth*r was short and thick set. The officers bare searched several house, iu the vicinity of Birch street, but round no rooms to correspond with Dr. Qrattan's description. They are still conducting the search. Inws Vk|sMaaiD Opinion*—Oontln. attsa »r the Pruuu Ia«*lrrwmffC.....oeption at the White bouse on Tnaaday then has heeo oonsidarable gossip on the oondi- Manof thepresident. Friends who had not sm him for some time were very much sur- Thar will BfMM a HMrtnc-Hur i An4«ra*BDa — Tkt Sew Book— Egypt. ■D 'JiMi.J A M —rT7 ». -' C - TtmcA to CUun Where H(I la Caocht-He Tla'uC dp *45,000— ii How He bad the Homey Rome, Jan. 4.—A letter was received by Monsignor Boocali, private secrettry to Pope Lea XIO, purporting to come from a Fenian organisation {a America. Abe writer ptates that if Ws holiness continues to instruct the cXTiOUllje*gy io Great Britain to discourare the aggressive policy of the National League, and otherwise indirectly aid and oountenance England in oppressing tlio Irish people, the priests of America will promptly and emphatically signify their disapproval. The letter says that .the priests in America an determined to sustain the cause of Ireland C4Cain*t the tynnny of England, and if the pope renders further support to the enemies of Ireland, will send a deputation to Rome who will, if necqpsaj-y, demand that """rim). . vr NfW Yom, Jaa. 4.—The story of a series of systeinauo and •*ecK*aful forgerien has just been mode public. The forger is E. H. Hobbe, of No. 1,884 Third avenue, exchange olerk ° for Sperry A Barnes, of. Whitehall street, the New York agents for the large Liverpool commission house of Bamford Brothers, and the amount involved is over 9100,000. 8perry & Barnes have another agency at New Haven. Oraoe jaiL .Thereupon oral men, all IxMriDi arms, met ground at • the rirer head of with to attempt. They were re-enft tingents from Bare need, Span Port Mlilp ■»» The exciteir •cribable. Tkey marc lied to night, but tiD» enemy had t iioiterhig narwpe wbo^exagji At t|M hdsjQf .he bay nia quiet, bnt ths tfSind eruptive tha from Kiiligraws, which arrived a night, intelligence was recei ■ays: "Mr. Arthur is far MMI well..I lOMuxV at him carefully when I shook hands with him, aa I had heard reports as to his poor health# His color it bad. There is an un- M) | flush abPf *3 cheeks. ' He rO * Igpifrd *for all the world to bic C ftfponwn ■/»?C"** from btart . It would not suiTJKiie me gfeatfy U ha did not lire out bis term, or even beyond the present year. I know nothing of the •». in Ms trip up the Yellowstone last summer. It was too long and too hard a trip for a peri v i nhttWKfii© &xra have been Just the reverse." ■This physician's statements are corroborated by otlMs who saw the president. One doctor had the teihcrlty to gorcrBen- Many of the workmen hilled were excellent artisa ip, and some were brought from the United States when the bolt works were opened. CoL Mattson said that Bherwiq played a sharp game with the Maxwell people when he severed his connection, witii the company, and pteoed tliem under heaVy obligations to bint. 'Hie had got tilings pretty muoli in 'his own hands, controlling the vat* interests of the concern, and he had so aggravated the interested parties by his course that) the directors were determined to oust btaj at any - coat. Be took advantage of this, and made outrageous demands as the condition of his giving up the management. The Company was to assume all h.y debts, which Were not tew nor sinall; give h.ithe 0-e cf the Maxwell house, a palatini residence at'.CIiliarron, free of rent as lemg as 4» desired, and pay Htm a larga sum at aUifcy.1 When be was prosecuted on the indictment for embezzlement in New York, be paid half of the amount*-says t Col. Mattson, and thon made Uie arrangement to have the case postponed until he should be able to refund the remainder and pay the fide. Col. Mattson ■vifi he has beta expecting every day to receive word from the officers of the company in Europg.giving hiro authority to meet this obligation to !$Dern|£n, nnll ho was fptbe poidt of starting for EKirppe to arrange the matter and carry out the agreement. The news of Sherwi.i's sentence upsets all their plans. Sherwin owijed 8,000 shares in the Maxwell claim, and his demands on retiring amounted to about $500,000. \ In regafd to the allseed anbHtlclrneot of funds at the Maxwell company, CoL Mattson declined to speak in det ail, simplylaying that'matter had ail beon straightened out and had nothing to do with the case. He considers Sherwin a singularly ufciltiaot tad etevermnn. One of his great faults is extravagance, He is prlucoly in ajl liis ideas. If he had only tl in th« wi.r-ii and that' dollar for cab to take him to t|w restaurant, and then goindebtfor a sumptuous dinner. He would never think of tkklng a stxet't car, as that would be too plebeian. fc Just abut Christmas Kobbe, who was in the full, confidence of the failed to Mak« hit customary appearance at the Office. The next day he was «CUl missing, and the usual investigations of his aooouota followed. It was found that he had converted at least 9100,000 of' exchange to his own aocount. It fe method was simple one. II* «as recognized by business firms with whoa Sperry So Barnes dealt Cas their ' exchange clerk. So when he forged bills ' of Melange oa Bamford Brothers, made puyaUe to himself, they were readily , disposed of lib letup, Paton & Co. With' the exchange payable to his own personal order M opened a private account with a down town bank, collected the amounts on Jtxmp, Baton & Co.'s checks, and after keeping the mousy in bank a short time to avoid suspicion, he invested nearly the entire amount In government bonds, reserving, only a few thousand" dollars for traveling aud amusement expanses. Then he absconded.Charles Bpohr, one 'of the dead, belonged to Cleveland. The track is being cleared as test as possible.Action w&l be brought against the Grand Trunk railway in every case, and it is estimated that it will requiro 93,000,000 to satisfy the claims. Emperor William's Memorial. Holyrood and The corrected list of the dead is as fallows: David Caruthers, Joseph Keofer, John Donahue, William Turriff, Richard Mntllgon, George Prescott, Joliu Keinoughan, Charles Stanley, John McKAsie, H. D. Kermau, George and A. D. Snail, John Aggett, Fred Bothroyd, James Kelley,» James W hite, Thomas Walls, John Rowiett, John Lynch, Charles Spohr, James McDonald, Samuel Bayley, Hugh Cunningham, Bddie Robinson, Matthew Walker, and Charles McDon aid. 1 Berlin, Jan 4.—A memorial church to commemorate the providential escape of the Emperor WttKam from the: murderous attacks of Hodel and Nqbiling, May 13- and June 8, 1878, has been dedicated with elaborate oeremony. The emperor, Crown Prince Frederick William and Count Von Moltke were present together with a large congregation of cabinet ministers, military officials and titled peisonages. C3t. Job is last . ..mm received of outburst of the OTpnn-Cajmlfe fjver jflfj tboee pbuies. The OranfcdWfe at TCill grCWrs discovered, through soiAe tptes, that tbe Catholics at Hofyrood were arming aud preparing to make a descent on them and destiny Orauge hail Xaey at ynoe made preparation* to rebeivo tbe •aemjf, and collected All possible machinery for fortlfleatims, and secured all tbe available firearms. Tuly next aent" special ine&eugers down to Topsail 4iid Bellevue, souudiQg the not* of warning) and all' day ' artn&l Orangemen might be seen hastening up in the dli'ecclon. of KiUigrvws to assist their brethren. It is difficult to anticipate tbe development of this new disturbance, sy . f w » ator Edmunds and advise him to hold on to his positiCm as president pas tsm. of the senate, as" be might bfe catted' upon to act of president before the end of the year. There badly Geo. Arthur looked." That so many should notice it indicates that some change • must have taken plaoa.'tn the - president's appearance of an unfavorable nature. England In Egypt. Petkbbbcbo, Va., Jan. 4.—A oollisiou oocurred near Sutherland's station, on the Norfolk and Western railroad, between an east and west bound freight train. The locomotives of both trains were badly damaged and four freight oar* ware wrecked. No one was injured. Cairo, Jan. 4.—Pursui g the policy of retrenchment reoommended by ttpe kbedive the English officials in E ?ypt have signified their Willingness to surrender a proportion of thsir salaries corresponding with the reduction suggested by t|ie kbedive in the incomes of Egyptian offi cials. As soon as the forgery was known 8perry & Barnes notified tho Plnkertons, and in on* week Mr. Kobbe was traced to Chicago. There he was enjoying himself in company with an acquaintance, John R. Van Arsdaie. They were spending money very freely. While the ease was being worked hp Van Arsdaie returned to this city, where he was arrested last Friday. Kobbe was arrested secretly in a house with cue of the inmates, of whom be had become enamored and with whom he was on tbe point of starting for Mexico. The sum of 9400 in money was found in his possession, and 91,3000 worth of furs and silks which he had lavished on the woman ware EaiC, Pa., Jan. 4.—A frightful accident has occurred on the Brie and Pittsburg railroad, at N«w Castle, Pa, The mail train from Erie, running very swiftly, came into coll Won wRh a freight train. The engineer, J. Dougherty, of Erie, was fatally crushed, and the expressman, ii Moser, of Pittsburg, was also seriously hurt. Several passengers were badly injured, nana killed. Tbe government of Newfoundland has received a dispatch from Lord Derby, secretary of state for the colonies, offering the asristance of imperial troope and war ships to suppress the disturbance fit ConoepUon Bay, which now threaten* to Sssnrne formidable proportions. Mary (lie Favorite. M 9 J«n. the Msaion of tM WfsC tbard, Mr. W. J. Norman, who yf | 4|s both ti|£ Brothers and the ifeptune, A examined concerning the minor details of another expedition to court' of inquiry, counaol for Lieut. Partington continued hit argu- Chief Signal Officer Hazen alao read a defence of hi* come against the charges made, that the arrangements for the Expedition and orders to its commanders were defective *««. explained in his testimony before Wtfnmw, Jan. 1—rhe attorney general has rendered D decision in whtoh he •*- amount for clerk hire. If elsrioal assistance London, Jan. The Times, in reviewing the theatrical events of the post year, says that Mary Anderson's psrsontl charms and not her talents have made her attractive, and characterises the peri'orma ioae of Lotta ind Minnie Palmer as buffoonery. The tension LIM. A PANIC AT MONTREAi- N«w Yomx, Jan. 1.—The Post has a special from Washington which says: When congress ordered that a list of pensioners on " the rolls should ha printed, it was ■ said that the result would be a discovery of many frauds, and a consequent saving of thousands of dollars annually. The list was printed at a coat of about $63,000, and the local rolls have been reprinted by newspapers in different places. It is now several months sinco that publication, and tha result can be seen pretty clearly. Commissioner Dudley, when 1 asked today how tha publication affected business in his office, said that to data upward of 10,000 applications for increase bad baMa received, and about 300 letters .are on file from people, who claim that other peoploare on the rolls who iought not to be there." Of the 300 complaints, any one has resulted in % discovery Df fraud; that was tha case of a woman who has been drawing one pension in Ohio as a widow and another In Keotnoky, as a dependent mother. Both have been stopped, and when sufficient time have expired for her withheld pension to reimbores the overpayment, she will be. again allowed to draw Dne pension of C8 a month. Mfct of the 'ouiplaints allege that persons whose names . ire cited have been dead for some time. In 1 no use has a pension been pktd to any of theee named since their death. This list was huri-iedly prepared with no time, to revise, hence the names ot some who are dead *PP*ar. t Irlak JleeSnrt. Ttae Streets Flooded by Water ud Akhapous, Jan. 4.—The train due hen at 8 r. M. from Baltimore, whan three miiea north of this city and running at the rate ot thirty-live miles an boor, struck four oxen and the entire train was derailed, the angina turning over on its aide. Mr. Deale. superintendent of the road, who waa on the engine, was caught in the wreak and badly injured The fireman, John Gable, was also hurl The damaga to the engine and coachss will reach $18,000. None of the passengers were injured. Cattle ea the Track. Dublin, Jan. 4.—It is reported that th# Nationalists intend holding two large meetings next week at places not yet announced. The Orangemen are already arranging for counter meetings, and government proclamation of both it-probable. " "tD Montreal, Jan. 4.—'There is great consternation, in this city over the rapid rise In the St. Lanrenoe river. The Water has risen twenty-eight inches today, and show* no tdgn of reoediug. If it rises nine inches more the principal thoroughfare in the city Will be floodea: Big 111 of tbe largest manufactories have been comiwlled to shut down, ■hrfaeihfc 600 men out-of work. The cellars of nearly a third of the city are inundated, and tbe total loss of the winter provisions which they contained will cause muah suf-. fering amons the pear. » In son* of the outlaying distrtots asareet to the harbor the street? are already noder water, and residents are imprisoned in their Some of them an witbout fuel or fire, aud their suffering is intense. Nearry flittesa water. This morning Jama* Ryan, a porter in tbe St. James bote). descended into the cellar. He struck a match and a terrible explosion followed. He was thrown is to fire feet of WaU»randtM*8y injured. The windows of the hotel were shattered aud a large store overturned. There is great suffering among the poorer classes. \..w The river has risen another inch and the people are becoming panic strlrhwi Unless the tide talis, one half tbe streets will be under watef, and thousands at people will be thrown out of employmedfr Buelnes* Suspended. Also Mind. The Pinkertons say Kobbe confessed that his gains were fully *100,000. He waa taken to New X«rh the same day he was arrested. Last Sunday he took the detectivee to Harlem, where they reoovered from a dry cisttm, encased iu an hermetically sealed drain pip*, and wrapped in oiled silk, government bonds to the amount of 930,000. Going thence to Brooklyn, another pleoe of drain pip* yielded 925,000: It is not known whether any more of th* mon*y ha* been recovered. A Royal Author. AFFAIRS IN MASSACHUSETTS. London, Jan. 4.—TifO quee.i has published another volume of leaves -from her- diarr kept during her sojourn in the Highlands covering the period from JSCS to 1884 Recommendations Contained tn Gov. Robinson's message. Bostot, Dec. 4.—The first messago of Gov. Robineoa is a rather long document and is confined entirely to affairs of the sfaat -. He shows that the deaeieOPy in Hoouac fun 1 nel loan sinking fund is $4,584,996, and says: ''It must be apparent tha» 110 prottebla increase of net earnings will meet.  fWency, and therefore I submit to .you whether it is not wise to enter upon the ac cumulation of the sinking fund, ol" In some other practicable way to provide to meet the whole debt at its maturity, avoiding, however, a sacrifice of the state's and holding secure all benefits to the cufnnouwealth and its inhabitants, guaranteed by .he great investments already made. The present fund, with its accumulations; will beg sufficient to pay the installments of debt ina curing,mD to and including April 1, 1891, aud there wul be 1837,508.47 toward tun installment due July 1, 1891. If an annual appropriation be mad# till the average due date (1881], it will require each year (068,291.48 above the prewut sinking fund aud its accumulations."Religion and Politic*. Fuuiunui Jan. 4.—Another attempt waa anaile to wreck a train a* the West Jsrsey railroad, near Stooktoa. A lot of stones were wedged into the frog and between tLe rails so that thai 1140 train when it arrived than would be thrown from the track. It was noticed, the engineer in kme to save tha train. This is tha third time a similar attempt has been made. A Watchful Engineer. Bomk, Jan. 4.—At a meeting of cardinals the question was dtlsnssert whether Catholics should engage i* municipal or other polioai elections tn Italy. ~ Kobbe is well connected and on** occupied a responsible position with the Inmaa line, and his brother is now ahiaf dark in that offioa. . . . , .Xfrite'PopeaadUie Iriah CIer*y. - -Roe*, Jml 4D—Air. Ei-rinftton, tb» English representative at the Vatican, has submitted to the pope additional proposals foi severing the Irish clergy from participation in political affaire. COTTON ABLAZE. of the Mgasis Pirenaen Auovbta, Qa, Jan. 4.—Baintey tc Co.'s cotton warehouse took fire and the high wind and the freezing weather impaired tbe service of the fir* department at the beginning of the Ire, which got well under way before it oould be reached. The warehouse •ontained 3,000 bales of ootton which is still burning. The loss on the cotton is 9UO.OOO and on the warehouse 990,000. The entire *W Om Warehouse*. U required tbe postmaster must do It or pay (or it-himself, and in the numerous cases in prrts of the oou try where postmasters have n 1 ,"*C•* Otherwise thC* past office department V i : tan collect from the postmasters the amounts / j #4*1 The postmaster at a town in Maine U U. L*c#vd *0 h»ve pHW out $17,000 thus, and by so doing brought about the examination of the law which resulted in this decision. t D K». i'»!'' ' j£CKX~ ;y. lf«w HgiAl Station* WimnfW, Jan. 4.— By order of the d*M signal officer signals will hereafter be ordered tar Baltimore whenever a storm is expected Mtweta Cape May, N. J., and Gape Hsory, Va. Raslthiai Mj Sutchera. Chicago, Jan. 4.—Three desperate ghoul* wars arrested bsre by (be sheriff and deteottvss from DsKalb county. Their Harass ars Ton Coffee, alias Jim Black, and Anpt strong and Holl, all professional body snatchers. They were not captured without a bard Sgbt. In a sleigh which was in their possession were found axes and meat books for the purpose of opening gravss and. taking the bodies from them. They Were all armed with heavy calibre revolvers afad are known as dctptfadoMt The immediate cause of ths arrest was tbe desecration of ths grave of Mrs. Hoyt, an aged lady at Sycamore, Ilia, her body being transported to this city and found in tbe dissecting room of the College of Physioiaus and Surgeons. It is knowi that tbe business of grave robbery is practissd M an alarmi g extent in Chicago; that gravss in all tbe cemeteries are opened uightly, and the bodies stolen can after be traced to the dissecting root. • of the medical colleges.  Berlin, Jan. 4—The UUramautanee announce their expectation that the governmsnt will at anearly'day introduce measures 'ooking to tbe abolition of the Kultur The Knltarfcampf. insurance is C161,000. The warehouse of Wheeleaa St Co., containing 800 bales of cotton, was ignited by sparks from thinixy's warehouse. Tha eetimated Ins on the cotton is 130,000; insurance, $10,600. Tha ioes oq the warehouse is 16,000, covered by insurance in Baltimore, where the owner lives, Mrs. Rebecca O'Bear. The weather was so intensely cold t at wafer from the engines frost, a* it full. No further danger is apprehended.' The noble exertions of the firemen wire* the entire cotton warehouse on Reynolds street and the river front Dram destruction. K1 Jlahdl'l Vanguard. The Year's Fallare*. CajHo, Jan. 4.—It is reported that El Sfahdi's brother in command of a portion of die forces of the False Prophet has reached i point within thirty miles of Khartoum. The 911 sal og Drnmneor. New Yomc,~ Jan. 4—Ho tidings have yet been reoaived by the firm of Goldsmith St Kubn, diamond dealers, of 3» John street, of their missing drummer, Leon Oranson. Mr. Kuhn has started for the west to j find out how niany of the goods •ronson sold and bow much ®onev he collected. Until this Hi ascertained they einnot tell what their loss is "Mr. Goldsmith feared tha  would reach fully $SB,OOOk N»w Tow, Jan. 1.—According'to Dun A Ce.'s mercantile report (he number of Jailarts in the United States during 18S3 numbered 9,184. The failures of 1883 numbered li.738, so that this ysaf an increase is shown uf nearly 3,800 or 30 per ceut. As compared with 1S30, in which year the faffUreD Were only 1,373s ths increase in 1883 to 0,108 shows * difference of over 100 per cent In 1330 the failures reached the lowsst point,')ind in 1S7S they reached ths highest* the number attaining 10.478. The liabilities of the past He favors a constitutional amendment providing for biennial elections and biennial sessions of the legislature. He disetuwts briefly «% nee# of the stata civil service, and says: "The UMe has oome when tfca patronage ol ths stats and the and the expenditure of the public money shall not be employed to accomplish or preserve party supremacy,and when fitness, not favor, shall determine appointment tj and continuance in the service of tbe state or the city. The question is well understood. Public sentiment is intelligent and pronounced. You have only to agree upon a-practicablo and efficient act to remedy these evils and my approval will speedily eoaMk" He favors weekly payments of laborers in private or corporate employ instead of payments at longer intervals. He alludes to the attrition called to the state charitable Institutions last' year, and sayi the report of the Jnvestigatiug committee caa be awaited before any defluito recommendation is made, but he saggavts that there may be a tendency to an unnecessarily large force of clerks, agents, assistants, superintendents and employees appointed by the board under statute authority. Fweii Beady to Meet Bios. Cairo, Jau. 4.— Camilla Barrcre, French ronsul general, bos assured the khedivi that France is willing to act against Hi MahiM it Kngland decides not to do so. A Royal Oueet A c.rcuiar has been seat everywhere In America, Mexico, Cuba, Canada and Europe asking the arrest for larceny of-Leon Oroneon, a Polish Jew, twenty-eight or twentynine years old, five feet eight or nine inches, about MO or 160 pounds, light enriy hair, dose cut, and very thin bald spot* on top, lightish eyes, which he squints ou first looking at anything and when reading, sandy, medium thick and long moustache, cloee cut sandy side whiskers, faoe long and inolined to be thin, cheeks much sunken in, high cheek bones and forehead. He has a careworn expression. ~T 4k A fire broke out in th* lubricating machinery building of the Republic Oil refinery at Cleveland. The material, consisting of over 000 barrels of oil, being of tha most inflammable nature, the firemen had the utmost difficulty in confining the flames to the one building for half an hour, when they communicated with the cooper shop adjoining, finally spreading to a couple of loaded oil cars on the New York, P. and O. track. All were destroyed. Loss about (10,000. Nd insurance. year amount to |l?3, as against 8101,- JOO.OCW in 1832, showing that the increase in failures has been greater in nuihber than in amount of indebtedness. Compared with 1830, when tbe liabilities were only (65,000,- CW0, this showed a very great advance. But ~ KxrlMlea taap In a Colliery—Ftnr Ben Seriously Burt. 8CRANTON CITY 8HAKEN. V iexna, Jan. 4—It is now certain that the Emperor Francis Joseph will shortly visit ttome as the guest of King Humbert. Ttlden'e Ghost la Indiana, •cwtHTiM, Jan. 4—An explosion of fire damp occurred in the Oxford 'colliery, almost in the heart of the city, by which three JlMfe wereserioqsly, and one fatally injured. . Tip shock of eiblosion was like that of fug eartJtjuake, and people r*hed from ifr hogis in a state of alarm to see wfeat hn| caHl it They soon nv that the sly In WW which the Oxford mine is v«ptilaBd hf l»n freaked, and then they IjastsAd tf tte month of the pit Fourteen men were in the mine, and it was thought that they could not piQMtbly survive suoh an explosion. A relief gang promptly descended NEARLY A JAIL DELIVERY. Indianapolis, Jan. 4.—At the annual meeting of tbe democratic editors of Inlia ia an Interesting incident was the introduction and subsequent withdrawal of a resolution indorsing Joseph K. McDonald as the choice of tbe state democracy for president. Although it is believed tbht three fourths of those present were McDonald men. 'and several speakers conceded that McDonald was the choice of the party, the adherents of the old Tilden-Hendricks* ticket was strong enough to scare McDonald's friends into a withdrawal of the resolution. This is considsred a serious blow at ths ex-eenator's aspirations. Desperate Attempt to Release Four they are far less than in 1878 when ths indebtedness of the 17,000 parties amounted to *S4,000,W0. * f 0 Burglars at Camden. Camden, N. J., Jan. 4.-4 daring attempt at jail delivery was made on Tuesday, night * hich was cleverly thwarted by Jailer Joutery. Among the inmates are "Sheeny" Levi, "Tools" Biley, "Jonas" Walsh and "Skinny" Murray, notorious burglars, and iu view of recent escapee their attempted release has been anticipated. Naw Tom, Jan. 1.—Ouiseppe Panfsao, the Italian who was arrested upon a charge at having robbed and blackmailed Vincenao Dragons, a fellow Italian, who is employed as a musician at the Casino, was brought before Judge Lawrence, in this supreme court chambers, upon a writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Benjamin Bteinbardt, who appeared for the e£c«kS6d, asked that tbe prisoner should be released upon giving a reasonable amount of bail Assistant Dinti i st Attorney Vincent •aid that the Case was a most extraordinary one, it tbe facts presented to the grand Jury were true, and consequently be asked that the amount of bail should be fixed at $5,000, as the highest penalty for the offense was twenty yean' imprisonment. The Judge took the papers and teasrvod his decision. VIM Allege* Bandit. The sbove£works of N. B. Sherman St Co., at Middle boro, havo been burned. Tbe fire originated in the drying room. Loss $25; insuranc«*$ia,fKK). 1 , A Minister's lUchl to be a Senator. Annofolm, Jah. 4.—The special committee of the senate to which the question of theadmtatqng)!Mr. Hodson,republican senator-elect from Somerset county, was referred, unanimously reported in favor of seating Mr. Hodson, and he was sworn in and The objection to Rating Mr. Hodson was that'he was at the time of his eleotion a minister or preacher of the gospel, and as such was ineligible to the aenSta or house of delegates under the specific provisions pf tbe state constitution. Mf- Hodso i admitted that be had been a licensed local preacher, but he was never ordained as minister and preacher, and hs contended, thai only tbe, latter were debarred by the constitutional provision; furthermore, that be had surrendered his beeuso as local preacher before his election. A brief dispatch hon Hickman, Ky., says that a .furniture factory, with a $100,006 stock, and a hotel, were burned. About 10:80 o'clock on Tuesday night Jailer Joutery heard a noise in the corridor of the first floor of the Jail, and taking oil his shoes he quietly ascended a narrow Itairfrq* oiijy used by offldars of tbe Jail. The diii* light which h4 harf-teft burning was entirely out The Jailer remained on the top of the stairs for a few minutes,, and presently the t&fti of a dark lantern flashed on him. In a moment he was in darkness again.' Joutery 'Ramped into the corridor with his reveler cocked, and two men made their way out As they did so the jailer fired. , the black (baft, and in a shyrt time returned with the fourteen men, who and bkyliig, with Asir clothing hanging. In about thajn. John' waa. so ' haw injtfndf thflghis death ie expected, and Mti%el %gbes, John Jond| and WillSm Morgan ar* suffering from painful cute and Butler's Blblo. N*W York, Jan. A—Mr. Charles B. Meyer, a German mechanic of "217 East Seventy-fifth street, New York, called at tbe Long Island City Morgue and identified the body found in the esund, near the lighthouse on North Brothers bland, as that of his wife, Matilda Meyer, aged forty years. Mr. Meyer said that his wife left tha houta yesterday morning to fat some grooeries for the breakfast and did. not return. Bar absence lid hot disturb him any, as she frequently stayed awaj from borne. She had been suffering Up some time from an abscoss in her neck, and was subject to fits of melancholy. He thinks she committed suicide while temporarily insane. There were no marks of violence oa tha body, and there was no cut on tin bond- A Blver Mystery Solvod. The BtHm Hardier. NiwHatu, Ct,, J«.n. 4.—The pfadieoa murder myitery is (till unearthed. The of flcUk of the town •»' " detective tod coral.. will institute « TifCwoU» brothers and lister have Offered ma add. for information teudinj the murderer. Bobtojj, Jan. 4.—At the begiuping of the administration of Gov. Butler, it wap found mat there was not a copy of the Holy Scriptures about the executive department and a friend presented the governor with a beaailful copy of tbe Bible. Gov, Butler leaves it in the executive chamber *ith the following indorsement: / that a* (pen ■■ the * drop tfes they iua eutadnetU J. Tue it tka Bittniv |d man tonal reward D( MHO *0 the coari Uoa .pt , ..." •WCkMpW 4.— George .Roll nuller, Otk Figaro, w*a trreetftUcitxa libel p» ierred uutaagertrf tL Thalia hat the defends « pubdee because tie oobx vertiae in The Figaro. $2,500 1 ' #eleCL ( 'V., Deb. 4,—Ai grand lie Sheatd, thekpnekor torriendeauduibbgri«rtj. SpeeoM were l /«ha Vroainu, Hon. Crumby and. Thome i Tt*w Tout, Jan. t—Geo. Grant is still oonhid to his room and suffers from the of njs mm and from him reoeired a flat denial of the published story "January 1, 1884. Wbeji X caioe into the exacativt chamber a yea* could uot find a copy Of the Holy I suppolkAacilgo'wbosUik his away with him, and frieud gave me this. I leave it as a needed transmit-teodum to my successor in office, to Ijy bits and his successors Au investigation revealed the fact that the main dooi1 of the corridor had been opened with keys. The look of the door leading-from the corridor to the cag-e had been taken off entirely. In a few minuses more the reecuers could havs made their way to the apartment of their friends, and thesawiug of »-few iron ban would have b.en the work of a few minutes only. MalMon* NiwYohi, Jan. editor of The New Yo« ed oa a charge of malic by Gu«ta*e Amberg. theater, w)to alleged w lished defamatory article* plainant would not ad~ BotlimuHar furnished Ma Tklmka S&e WU1 14re t* Hue It fMt. Morris Lefterii) H«w York San.] ▲baftta rooath ago a man giving his name fiKdwin Klnrlmarlc,, amnmpantod by hit wife, a handsome yoting woman, canw to OMMMt Morrta Ktadaark waa a photographer. Ha bought? eat a gallery in this A taw 4ajs dnoa Roland Smith, aged 3*. «* OaUtaiar, Hick., pat In an appearance. Ha cialmad Kindmark's alleged wife aa ki* wife, betaey Smith. Early last month, he said, he bad *i vfei hi* wife (500 to buy none articles rite wanted. Ha hadn't seen her since until be found her with Klndmark in IfcoMMatria. C••••' ' . ' CJnder Falling Earth. Earn, Pa., Jwl 4. - William Hood and Thomas MoGraib, while excavating for a fewer, war* buried under a mas* of  which oared in on them from both aides or the exuavation. J. D. Burgen, a fallow workman, went to their reecue, and, with the aid of a uliovel, won looeangjbthe earih around Hood and dragged himoufc Surgut then turned his attention to McGfoath, and had almost ancouecled in neootug him ales when the earth, gave war tor aferikond feme and both were buried. Hood than went to their rescue, and by hard work soon extricated McUrath and Burgen. HoOrath waa taken out in an unconscious condition, remaining inaanaible for an hour afterward. . erer my father goes to Washington," said joung OftatL "be calls on the president, and ingtoo dispatofc asserts. It he has made any such utterance# about the presidential nomination as are credited to him in the dispatches recently published, no member of the family has hsard of it." .T3QUL N«w Yomr, Jan. 4—Mr. D. H. Bates, one of the ablest telegraph man in the country, and prominently ideatifi* with Ck,n. Eokert andMr. Ooold in &• AtlanticAnd' Pacific, American Union and Western Union Tele- has severed Ids connection matrimonial Troubles. i IiWh 1 m«'" Vrem imtrella. Nxw York, Ju, A—Ifojariy a yuar ago Canfield t. BarloW began a suit against his vritt, Bmma J. Barlow, .for thtf annulment of bis marriage, on the ground that at the time it was celebrated the defendant was the wife of Thomar W. Cottrell, who is still alive. A motion was recently made before Judge Van Hoeeen to vacate the order of arrett and allow Mr. Barlow once more to enjoy hi* liberty. A decision ban been banded down denying the application, as the judge is not persuaded that the prisoner is not in a position to discharge his legal indebtedness.Cbargs4 wltfc Hnfdar. NxiC*VomX, Jan. 4.—A special dispatch to The Star says: "William Redmond, M. P., ; ui his brother John, the Irish league organiser*, have arrived here from Australia. Ikqr wi)l remain in America for a month, tad will lector* in all the principal cities. Lakeville, Mass., Jan. 4.— Euou W. Carver, Mary M. Carver, bis w'ife, and Cbariae R. htaplus were arraigned before Judjn Voqgban, of the fourth district oourt at Miduleboro, charged with the murder of. Patrick Cartlin by some means unknown. Cartlin died at Carver's house Sunday night and an autopsy showed that his neck was broken. They alfkpleaded not guilty and were committed to Plymouth jail for an uamination on J*n* 18. Carver has tbrea fines before b«en! arrested, twice for oomitdng assaults and once tor obtaining a letter from the mails undrfr false pretences. Mrs. Carver was arrested, about two years ago for breaking and entering a dwelling hoass and stealing therefrom. Staples is a geueral bard character and is wasted at Taafctoir for laroaay. •fcefti-4 Lrm-i Fall*, N» reception to Hat. Acgt elect, waa gi*«nby Mr here, regardleee of p then made by the Hdu. A. M. Kill*! George F Dasey. money," aid the Michigan husband to hi* wife on meeting her, "aad that ends that All X came on km far waa to tea whether thia mam oonld gire you a good living, and if be oeaMIifaifcmdad to take yea away Aran him After looking hiai over, I mm that he'U have pretty hard scratching to cat yon enough to eat and wee*, and to ril leave yon with him, baeaoae it will awre yoo right." i i.vj CONDENSED NEWS. A "liner's oonvantioo will b* b*ld at Co- Iambus, O., on Jan. 81 - Anv*H-'r«iTt ■rf M-'y-unlTl-tlta: is reported and. the ghouls art. in custody. The acquitted defendants in the Emma ngjVriM h»re scattered to the acuch and Butler, of Wsaeenhusettq, has presented hie sunqptnr with the built he used during his term. Meeatr Aefcare. OLOOCKSOK, Hun., Jan. 4.—The eahooner Royal Oak, from New Found land for this port, with aalt herring, is ashore at Louiaburg, Cape Breton, and will prove a total loea She ie owned by D C & H. Babeon, of -this city, and valued at $4,0001 NolUM to Resign. II Tbbkton, M. ArjrTba Tranton Times says: "The Banding: railroad has notiQed all at its employes balding public positions, to rWgp their offloe, or leave the company's m|fey. Among the employes affected by this order are two members of ths incoming legislature. REven those employes who held of school trustee have been forced Jame* B. Far man, grocer, Grand Rapid*, has assigned. Liabilities, I14.U00, half ot which ia ewed te eaetara hs—a And with theee stoical remarks the old gen tleman took the next train qn his way back to Michigan. Built ia a wealthy Ku*lisb =»•*• V-* A Hleatag Hlaa. There ia a Dto|Twral at the Jonea * Shipper boo» ska*, Milterd, Ma*, reganling wages, mod forty of tfca laatara htfa atruek for mora pa/. Tha arm haa discharged oar third of ita working foroe ia eanaaqoaaca. " Aaron Weeeella, a pioneer merchant of SI Louit, Mich., owning real r * countiea, baa aoigTmd LiabiL D. F. Wadaworth & Co., Iar have mada An assignment PirrsBUne, Fa., Jan. 4.—Clara J. Poaqr, 14 yean old, an adopted daughter of Mr. Pneey, left home for sebool, but not having been there her friend* think ihe hae bean abducted. •m Xrtsl 9mm feakuiMaunt. HONOL Ind., Jan.The trial of Austin CX •m—rt «nb«nlement of a (10,000 Maqr fackage from the United On January 18th Cardinal XoClmkejr will (are U«f 6&J )wn» prink Tha event is Martin and drmrm, the Mew Jersey mup- TiTDlft* D«PXRTMBKT," Wa»hin(ttn»i P. 0. I n analons to introduce Dr. Bull'* Cnu?h Syrup among ipy Indians, lisvina u«od it _ . , nrrgelf for several mAnthn. and think It one of of ®*TD Watofc. the finest remedies T #*er. found. T assure Bostoh, Jan. 1 Rev. Lawrence Wa]*b, im*u, Ct Is the nrilr l'iin? rvC»r rD|inr«Cl ir#» formerly treasurer of the American Land ro'r.rft-/ Oi ? » I ,•/)■' • League, died at the Commonvrealth hotal, of !|jiCD i money for military Acstolta, YVasbihotox, Jan. 1 — Representative Townsend, of Illinois, at the request of Chairman Bandall, has prepared the military academy appropriation bill, which will be submitted to the sub committee appointed immediately. The bill aggregates $£0j,0uu. which is *28,000 lea*, than that of last ywD ntate in four wentbanyriln jail A Kx-AMorney flsatnd Hussell. MfW Tew, Jan. VrHon. Lestfe W. Russet, taM uil (b^depu(y, this cityw CTkey Intemfe opsn a law efflc« placed at 111*),000. Tl* Autly (ufficimt to cover th» *iiDii