Evening Gazette

              AJ-5 TilI ttfeninfl Jgiife CSu?ett« vD ♦ -Cy? D9Tv rV PfTTSTOtf . PA.. THURSDAY. uKCEMBER 4, 1884. 1 TWO OMI TS. ) Tan Ointi Par VmL fw) THE GRi! 'ENSIGN. ENOUNO AND FM»cfc A Ii$B'S SAD STOEY. A VESSEL SEIZED *T BALTIMORE I TERKIRLE SUFFERING. A FIEND'S WORK PENNSYLVANIA GRAND UODQE. (kt Relations Between Them MM Kapeatad Attempts Made to Poison an F. & A. M. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUSEO Strained. IjO&ixjn, Doc. idea of thfrfrieud'y office* "M England being employed t* mediation botweeo frranoe' aiiD China lias now been abandoned. A new caut* of coujnowi between the English and French governments. The present compilation la oyer the English for the readjustsfeasas&aag *ssw Northbrook'i scheme bad been rejpoted by the English cabinet a plan was formulated by Mf. Gladstone anil EoriT Granville, with the MHistanco of the Higlit Hon. George J. Ooechen. formerly / jJntlsh commissioner »t Constantiuo(H» A apte ata bodying this pfan was «eH* by Lorti Qrfcvill* to, the powers on the 25th nit., and Mr. Goscfean was seat as a special envoy to Paris, Berlin and Vi«tina to urge it«  anw. At the same Tima Mr. Gladstone explained to the house ot commentiua speech in which ho said tfcat u||intention of. calling a seconl loufttajice 4 settle the Egyptian debtjquostion, but that all the !**C*■ must rocogtiip* |he of making proportional aacrlfices in view of the couditiou of pocl»«tt»»ct«l-by-fce ventf of thX Pari! papet/as aTetifW'lal tHE UNFORTUNATE ENDING OF A ONCE BRILLIANT WOMAN. An -English Captain Runs Foul of the United Stataa laws. AWFUL DESTITUTION AMONG THE Entire Fainllv An Impurrant Resolution Pi* Mil OStcars for th* Bmulnr Vfir. BY THE SUGGESTION, Dec. 4.—The Iron steamship Oran I.rook, Capt. Harvey, in ballast from Shields. England, to Balttmore, had no sooner Iropped anchor in the harbor off Canton at 5 o'clock last evening than the tug of the United States Customs authorities steamed alongside, and the commanding officer, H. E. Brooks, climbed over the rail. Acting under instructions from the surveyor of tho port be formally seised Capt Harvey was indignant and protested against such action, but to no purpose. Mr. Brooks informed Harvey that he had laid bilnaelf liable to extreme penalties by a violattin of the United State* laws on import dlfflhs in dumping into the Chesapeake boy, opposite Annapolis, 400 tons of cpal which he had brought over as ballast, and upon which the United Slates government lrf 1 an import ijuty of 75 cents per ton. .Ti-o authorities Were informed of tbe action of tfcpt. Har-, yev by the officer! of a aehoonsr plying in Ihe bay. Harvey does not deny theioffense, ttut states that Pilot Bartai Milled him to get rid of the coal before he got to the port .of Jle thought the poeltlon he chose off Annapolis was favorable, and there he anchored indP for two days dumped tho cijal into tl»e liay. Capt. Harvey, his officers and Filot'Bidcft will have k hearing before Do-, puty Surveyor Wilson. • IU HOCKING VALLEY MINERS. GREEN I P.IKR, White RCLfHOR Pprixos, W. Va., Dec. 4.— The community in the vicinity of For: Spring is'terrildy exercised over a desperate aud devilish attempt to poison the family of Matthew M.um, a respectabl • merchant living at Port Springs. The horrible affair Is utterly iuexplicabie and the community, while aghast at the persistent eirorta and the narrow escaiw of tbe family, is dumbfounded by the devilish inganuliy of the scheme. About a week ago the family, consisting of eight persons, wiih several others working on the p ace. «trn - ' jM11 "■ Work Done InftTe ftenato and Houm—Hw "s ■ Her Knrly Years RJMnt in Gayety and ! Phii.adKlpbia, Dec. 4—The annual meeting lor tbe election of officers fit the Grand Lodge of Masons CA P« tinsylvarrtk, waa held io Ilia Masonic Temple yesterday. Purine tha meeting nn important jcaoluliou was passed, to the effi-ct that after the annual meeting in 1886, no Paxt Ussier shall be elurible to membership in the Grand), Lodge unless he shall have served irfo' consecutive years as W. M.t hut tfiie ngUfitioo: la aot to apply to present Pint Mwtura uej those who may become such by service the Coining year. This action will ki-pp the npM»uuiina in the Grand Lodge from ircreasing so test, af'er 1885, as formerly, lodges faring heretofore refrained from re-C lectin? their presiding offioets. in order to augateut tlie number tl their representatives in Orand Lodge. The. following officers were elected t« terve during the euauing yenr;/It  Master, R. Oppee Mitchell; R. W.. Deputy Grand Master, JoeefDb Etch unto', ot Pittsburg; R. W. Senior Wwde4, CUffd P. Macealla; R W. Junior Grand VaMrc, J. Simpson Africa; R. W. Gfand" Tfflburer, Thomas R. Patiou ; R. W. Grand Secretary, Michael Neabet; Trustee o( the Grand ILod *a uhairily fund, Jaoob I audermlagor, Daniel Brittain, Kdward Strickland, SatDuet RjAucIc, Alphonae 0. In-Uud. Trustees of tie Grand Banquet—Samuel 0. Perkins, t?hsrfN If. Prevost, Alexander H. Morgan, A serial] W. Hoops. John L. Thomaa. The session did not adjourn until nearly midnight. Society and H«r Later Wrecked by Drink—The D«Totlon of » Women and (hlhlran Fr««lii| from tba Cold while Coal 1s all Arwuhl Tliena. "S The Operators Determined Not J to Yield. Navy's Needs Provided For—Inter- Interstate Commerce in the Hou*e. A Bankruptcy BUL i AW «.—Tbe tragic death amoug strangers in D«rby, Ct, of Mies Lydia E. Rushhy, a former society belle of 'New York, hu brongb$ Jipdtt her family the deepest Msrrow. Her de«*b i* the denoue- Lpienlof a touching roimuee. Tin mystery was partially expUinotWby the advancement of the theory that it was at least indirectly due to an attack of uelirium tremens. The ■StorD of haMife, years, is very touching and romantic. The Rushby family srefe peCpla of much wealth and bifch aocial standi nj, and kept wp • magaij ' estfblisliment. Beautiful, brilliant and accomplished, and possessing a VAy flntf voice. Rushby. was much admired. There t ere numerous suitors Hand. jAaih imomsTher trhiu of «4- 'inteiy ;ji&eraf "■iaa. a genltolMuiWdibi became her accepted lover, and they were betrothed. Jast 4by CLll eitkBgenieitt was broken it not known, though it was generally K"'itlf J* hk\# 1Mb .therv.ct of liar lover % VS her flirting. Her pride made a reconciliation Impossible. _ This unfortunate endihjTonier first romance seemed to deeply affect her life and she novor married. After the death of her father, and whon tlie family had met with reverses, she finally ytoldicd to the importunities of musical directors and became a member,of several church choirs-. Her reputation as a singer Increased, and her rich contralto voice, that had not hitherto 1 oen heard out' (ilia of the parlor, except on rare occasions r whfca aba consented to sing at private entortdlpmentf, caused her to be more general ly adtnJred. v, . D The adfuhytlotKaad yralau bestowed on her transforrtioitar iiftq ofcl self. While a member of tfta choir ofjlio Church of the Mortiah, under the pastorate of Dr. Osgood, se ns) ten fOT twelve ago, she unconsciously a new conquest, which de. veloped into the romance alluded to. In the ooau-egation was a gentleman of largo forftey great lover of music, who, first charTwLfijr Miss Rushby's voice, Ijccame afterward infatuated with her person. For a long time he admired her from afar, but obtained an introduction through a mutual friend. He wag the most devoted of lovers. Hu rought her hand iii marriage, but the memory of the Old love had not beon effaced and Ilk suit was notfSuccessful. But Miss was verging oil 30, found that liei po?**t-i of fascination were waning and tl» troop of suitors was thinning ou'. The conataiitattention she eraved was alone lavMiel by tills on.) suitor, who, drspite the fact that he was not giv«ia»y"aiicouTugement, wnt so infatuaMf 4Mt hrf'vfrns content to wait. WasHinojow, Doc. 4.—Thare has been c4bf d rable discussion among senators and nu-mlu-rs of tjongreas concerning the recommendation of 1'regHrtit Arthur that a p«ii sion hoohl l« provided -for Geik Grant, Home of Gen. Grant's friends insist, however, that provision should be made for him on tho retired list as general of the army, but it ia conceded that such a bill would not meet the approval of the president even if passed lDy congress, because of his position taken on the bill to reinstate Gen. Averili in the army and place him on the retired list The hill did not receive his appi otal, bfeauso its terms iuturferod with tbepo* el" of Appointment conferred ou the president by the constitution. Bom J meml«rs object to providing a pension for Gou. Urant, upon the ground that poverty aud dependence have alwuys been recognized as tl.e undorlving principles - of the pension, and tbat-tmlcss it'can be shown that he is CoLDliaus, Dec. 4—The long strike in the Hocking Valley coal fields is no nearer an end theIV it wee in Mr, when tbe Pinksrton 'Mien Irom Chicago Were seut kb the valley to guard the property of the coal operators, belit?, paid $5 a day for tlieip servioes. Now that the Winter has set in, the situation there i* ii^lu1. Miners Mt V their wiv ea and clhfdreu aro starving,  for, although ooul i» all around thnm, they are not allowed to use any except slac!; . and bone coal, and tbb. supply D* About exhausted. Tile owners of tlieinihes seoitt df tcrmined to starve the men out, hirt to fri eae tfitWi mr Ml. Newspaper men who have visiteCl the valley in the last few d4ys reporl the suffering thei'j as great, Families Here lound trho bad nothing in their hotsies. except a few common chairs, one or tiwo b»ds an), a dilspalatadjrooking stoyoi the hrn» ImL ml CrraKC and cryluK for something to Tlfhole families are down with typhoid fevor, and hav? no physicians to Attend them, as the/ cannot nfford to hire tbem or buy medicine. Unlets* roniprctniaa is between the operators nnCl their old ban la akDu, sMrvatlon, sioknous and death »!■ have Jp "in plished what tho owners of the "ininesliave faihtd to dfD, viz., rid D the wiley aI tbe aiinars' presence. '4 v-*j mmle deathly sick by something they had eat',i. Prompt remedies saveCl their lives, jliuv the poisoned article could not be located. Ou Mondav e inessenger came breathless to Fort M] r:n r* v, ith t D» information that tUD' entire M urn tr.mily and a Ittmlly naimd Carr, living on their place, had lieen poison d 1 y drugged nii.k. A physician went hurriedly in the Mann piece aud found (18 permiw iu violent spiuius and undergoing all the Lhroes of poisoning. He at onco went tb work on fhein with antidotes an I may i savi ilionk, but at tbe last accounts they were all in a cr.ticai condition. An examination of the milk disclosed the fact that it contained both 'arsenic aud strychnine. The most vigorous efforts'are being made to discover the fieni. and mCnacln& /, ,. Mr. Guschen's report of his receptioil by tba French premier, has now been recejysd atthe Brittfij, fHiriM M. Ferrymanner was absolutely frigid. Hum »a*aixige il aaadialtyi ami the There j* attOya disposition to hold kiat somewhtn responsible for the failure of Wool, upon the ground 4hat he wi'lingly contributed the influeuce of his name to securo credit based upon alleged in absolute need it ought not to be given. A World's Fair In 18D«. 4, Capuchin Monk's Mission. Br. t -ntiia Dae. 4.—The International Association of Fairs and Expositions convened at the S uthern hotel, with Julius Walsh in the chair and F. J. Wade secretary. Representatives were present from state fuir associations of Illinois, Ohio, ludiada, Missouri, Kansas and Wisconsin. Montreal and Quebec were also represented? Tho chairman made an nd lress, in which he gave a history of fairs and the irfiuence they have had upon the world, especially upon the development of this country. Tbe object of the body U to promote a uniform system oi fair management. A report Was read from the C mnittee on managciuaat of a world's fair in 1M*J, to be held ia St Loins to commemorate the discovery tff America. A charter was recommended and a .cotn* mittee appointed to obtain recognition at»d assistance Irom congress. Dokuola. Dec. 4.—The Capuchin monk, Father Viucentiul, has started for tho Matt'li1* fa nip to solicit the relousMtf several moukauui nuns. Hu bears u dispatch from the Auitriau consul general at Cairo, address.d to his highness, the Malidi," expressing tbe solicUude of the emperor of Austria lor tiie release of the captives, aud offering to larg dy reimburse the exjxns attendant up(m their release. F-ilhic : to release ths monks aud nuns, the Ifaihdi is requ»steDl to give Father VinC»n-tiui safe couducJ thrDMigh' his lines an J to allow other emissaries to go to and fro lor the comfort of tho oiptives. Tbe dispatch prinnisas that the emissaries will concern, themselves neither iu politics nor the war. special envoy was barely treated with official courtesy. reply to Mr. Go«chnn'» "CCTtjc" of a jplShijy discission of the terms df tba . proposed plcfb, M. Ferry stated that ha Aad neither tbe time nor the inclination to discuis them-. He added that Mr. Gladstone would pi soon )aarn the views of France regarding England's obligations and tlie way they had been fulfilled, throue'i M. Wa«idington, the FrdOch minister at 1 Ion.  Tills cavalinr treatment propi sal aud envoy ha* given great rflbase in liondou. Lord been lC* nDany days busily engaged Waddington anC| the Marqais Tseng, thft ministar. Seeking to etyct a reeonrillatio*-between their respective govjrrnmetrth Theso negotiations, which gave every of lieinx successful on ternu that wmikl have fft-, vorabla & France, haye abruptly ended, and it ia jnot probable that '(bey e vef' will be resumed. government contracts which he knew did not exist The fact that be enjoys the in- Hoiiw of the-Goorge Jonqs fund of 42S0.000, is cited as disproving his poverty, and evrn if a bill to pension htm be passed it will provoke acrimonious debate. fWK( A few of tbe strikers—about a dosen la ait —went to work on tbe 1st last, and have nut l«en IntertcrotLwith. The miners, disclaim irt? intention of destroying property, and D«y that the firing of tbe hoppers was the "work of Plnkorton s men, Mwtr object being to hold,a fat job. Tha governor has not been culM On lately to furnish troops, and nnuv'mces that he will not order out the stalp iaiitfa (fukaa called C4 by tli  His^-advices are that there it no Md of troops, as the civil authorities are able to preserve tlie peace. Senate and House. 36 Washington, Dec. 4.—In the senate Mr. Vest's resolution to iuvestigato the leases mad j by Indian tribes of land~in the Indian territory waa agreed to. Senator McFharsou introduced a bill to suspend tho oOiaage of silver dollars, and to prohibit the searatary of lb* tre-isury from issuiug any bM uoies of a smaller denomination than Ave dollars and for him to cancel all such oats' anding notes. . , In the house tho committee of the whole passed the bill making temporary provision ior the navy without debate. For the current fiscal yAor $15,C£0,160 are appropriated, a reduction of tU58,208 from last year. After sDmo discussion of the Interstate comm. ree bil 1 the house adjourned. The. Bnssarrts as Mln aa'Kver. Lancakter, Fa., Dea Mev ral bur glarias were oomiuitte I Tuesday night in eastern part of the county ttiat are credited to the Weigh mountain gang. Tbe residence oCf Mrs. C.irisii Dh Resii, of th. "Bird iu Huu l," 'was entered from the r. ar, aad all the provision* stolen. A trunk containing books was c rrled half a mile an brokeu open, but the books were left on lue ground. Tue rest lence o* John Shroiuar. ono mile ea«t of tho "Bird Iu Hart.l," Mas sal"risl, I ul thi bnrglars were frightened off before tuey securwl anything. A carriage loa l' d with men en I iner. hnudise wuseen hear the suouj oi v.u l early tn tbe morning. Liabilities •BO.OOO, Assets U. Mr. C. L. Foston, omoI the lending members of the Coal Exchange, informed a correspondent that the Exchange bad kept their nil lie* opon for the employment of home minor*, an thny preferred to omploy them, Thoy would do ee MiLl, for » while at Jeaat. Siiould the miners |Dersigt in their refusul to worlc at reduced wages they, too, would certainly employ minera from elsewhere. "Tha time for eompfo mine baa paaaed. Our fl.;ht?le now to Wia with our terms or suffer defeat Should the minora accept our terms wo will offer nothing leu then 50 cent*, and promiae good work to all who accept oy conditio intend to' ' use our hatnral advantages an. I obtain • mew extensive market f.i* Our coM. We »W ffitalt other mining districts to their legitimate trade and £33SaE«£ itATM would b.t BtMrUni, which will employ a largo number o# OA foreign element r.ow Lokboh, lCec. 4.—Proceedings in bankruptcy have been begun against Mr, Fitxgeorge, formerly the New York agent of the wholesale provision house of BeynoMs, Hons & Co., ef London. An iiMjflfty was lia i in' the Loridnn Beakroptcy court, and it was shown that Mr. Fitzgeorgo's liabilities ainovnte I to $49,835. end his a." sets to $3. lie admitted that Messrs. Reynolds, Sons & Co. paid him a salary of M.000 a yoar,'-bcsidei bis excuses, nnl n'.eo advtniewl ♦10,000 as a working capital for the York H?eo«y. In explanation of his niliu-o, he said that hi- son bad made sotae unfor imate speculations in Loudon and had lost £3,000, which he, the father, hid paid. Ho had also sent his .iau j iter to Paris to »iiipjqte her ed location, uii.1 had found that -'xtv rtsive. At this ftofnt 4he inquiry was id j urn kI. * Half a Loaf HsU— Shan Mo Bresd. Pittkbubo, Dec. 4—Tbe workmen employed in tho Ameriaan Iron woib of Jones tc Laughllas, numbering between 800 and 1,000, who-reaatvad notice of a ton per cen . reduction in their wages, to take effect next Monday, have decided to accept it • The 'aborers at the Crescent Steel works, who were reduced from tl.liu to fl per day, l)avy also accepted. — Tlie InvestlKatioa MUL Wakhikotok, Die. 4.—Oh&irmau Springer ■aiCl to a United Pies* reporter that 110 steps would be taken tonurd tbe invest!,'utien of tin ii|D|ioiiitiiioot «Df ty Unit d Slate* tunnii.ai* during the Outolur election iu »' matter wn» referred to his coini*atee by $w Follrtt resolution, until it yrosaeteriuined whether tlie invwtigation nhm4Cl aljoi eorer, similar tliai-gifbt irrngu'Arlty In" Virginia. Tlio com m it ton will designate a sub-comraltto ) totake charge or lite work as soon •( tbe Virginia resolution is acted upon. POWDER Absolutely Pure. than the ordinary Uno&Md «|aM,.|a aold In competition with the multitude of low toot abort weight, alum or phaaphale powders. Bold oalv it cans. Reyal Baklnc Powder Co., las Wal Y. II r Unless trade imprarvs in Che next fortnight a Jjlirtslon will probably Ikordered' by Cw iiigte Bros. at Co. in  nuiuorous ml' 4 and duarriad Thii would thrW 4,000 men oirt or b 111 ploy Tncnt. Philadelphia, Dec. 4.—A or prominent iron men are In the city Tor tinpurpose of conferring regarding the bqst methods of protecting the iron industrk* •"#*•*»*C? beiip held, it ii expected, wll| be attended with iieweiwUrrwiiieL iD tianj . D artoi: „ Tr*ln« Collide. Pout Depobit, Ml., Doc. 4. —PuH-vnjj'w train Nn. 8 j»ltr; *w-nt C n the. t* ij]nd 'Ii»l 1c •nd Baltitnor • C*»(' ml r iilro.i(l coi.idod with fraigl.t (mill Mo. II Ca*C, at OjconL TUo eti£iueC with terrilic fo. ci conijieuly i inolisbing the pUota and Trout en Uof lKDilii'u|tinmCt and crickingau Adau* BDlDrau car. ' Howard Tuv or, t aC»gaz« man, waa (ikeu out o( the tr .in m a* unt-on-tcioui con but is not rata!)y lnj U'tfL Conductor W. B. Taylor in btklly lujma 1. Several passengers woro thrown from tlielr seati and ware bruised.:aa.l received minor taD lliss Rushby plunged into a round ol pleas pas, and cb% w*h #-very w lu r« waleomeit dt hht Ci6sioii wjt an I tajent After a time her health was affected by.the excitement apd strain qt such a life, and she suffered frrttn Mkaaiiki I One night, as slie subsequently confessed to her relatives, was necessary for her to partake of it regi* Urt* Sfl « medicine it was only a stop to an. indulgence, until she 1bedafne an fcKWtual drfhknr. This state of affairs had existed for several years before it UwwUlftwn *»•*"« thev realized what a strong bold tbe habit bad on her, they tixe I their Ingenuity to devise plans for curing her. Of Kseb Interest to Ijlewspapers. Boston, Dec. 4.—A question of much Internal to ajl newspapers here has grown Out' of a r*ftiD publication of TV Globe hpon the new developments hi the L»na murder "ousd. The subjetrt matter or the story was a grand Jury secret, and the court officers ar» deeply concerned in pacOrtainiag just low it leaked out. Mr. James f  Daniel J: Saunders, of The Ins fore the grand jury an 1 declined to divulge ; the "ot+'aj of t'aeir ip formation  journalists wore brought up to a dfcargre of contompt of court. Aysunii'nts were beard and the matter was t/Avn under consideration by the judges, wh/i will probably dicids whether to send tl»t g.ntluinsn to jail or to dismiss them. D Washixctok, Dec. 4.—A number of loading trades unionists and Knights of La bo/ wore ubout tbe senate chamber, pro:eating sgkmu. tlio .xnadrmatlonof Pehrenbacb as cotuniisiiioner of lgbor should his name anr p ur I efore tbat body. They assert' iMt if it is honestly iutend-d to recognise labor and Its interests mine such man as Powderfy5 should be selected. Representatives Roeecrans tui(t JToraii Were particularly active in BaD:Diing the gentlemen In their efforts. Q i This medicine, combining Iron wiUt pore vegetable tonic*, quickly and completely Cares Dyspepsia. MlnsliM, WwD»m I spore Blsodt and Verers* * It unfiTfnr remedy tor Diseases KMaeja and liver. , It li invaluable for Diseases peouHar io Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. It does not Injure the*eeth, canse benaaefc*,«r produce constipation—othtr Iri.n medicina do. It enriches and purifies the hlood, «tinmlnu « the appetlte alds the MdinilsUon ofJbodjrelievos Heartburn and Belching, aad »trenf liens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitude, UKol Energy, Ac., It has no equal. 89- The genuine has above bade nlarir and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. noncmsu uumA* The miners do not yet take this roey of the situation. They fear a*»»alry among miners of the districts affected by an soresnpllslied liM.IRla in wages here. The terms of the contract, which  from exercising their legal "gnls to assoD ciate for their, own protection, constitute the greatest objection, and the low prlae oi 50 cents the next. ..n* Ballot* wm*0 Uv#r m Ever.; Nkw York, Deo. 1—There is no almte- WklMhMttire giv»n' a customer at on* office, carried to "tfcer, HmcMf Ogliuider. ami then to a third, finally winding up at t|ie ..IIICJ ut tfie W«ftJSi«re mi, Where it war' pleasantly rD mnrked: ''No offev refused." Ticket# to of tlio West Shore and Erie roads were soil «t $8 50. The Hew York Central-end Delaware, Lackawanna and Western roads nsk #11160 to MM. lime point' To Detroit tie Erio road askod $7, and to Cincinnati lift90. Piiickney tc Doffcrty quoted -fho D prices by all roads except the Pennsylvania roads: Chicago, #8.50; Cincinnati, Sty®; Cleveland, $6; Detroit, #5: .New Oltehns, $28: round trip, $43. to Buffalo, (4 65/ A Koauance In Three Chapters. Fall Rivkr. Mnsmj Dw. 4.—Forty yosrt ago John A.i Aiananl nuDl Ida rah H011r.lv worth, residents of this city, wir«  to be lua-ru I. Jn a lover's quarrel tmy WW R|'*rt, and ' MarlanJ In t to*u" Each marrie.ii «n»it!iD-ry timi both lived happily with respective iuat.n until re- th: latter by d.-ath. Left . tci tf woo, lli.irliiiij return «l to the home of lib youth, (mil renevWd his e with -his early love. After tli&e iaDD tin court sl.ip ho prop Dsei and was accepted. They huve just l*!D mirried. "Ouldm" fays She fcna Been IM Aboat. Tariff or no Tariff Legislation. Two, ye«iw Ago Mrs Sarah "Spencer, ner widowed sisW, removed to e liau.lsoine house, West One Hundred and Twenty-flfth street, with her son and ' daughter, takinjf Miss Rushby With him. St. Louis,-Der. 4.—B. 11. Yost, managing editor at lha Chronicle, bu racvlrtri au allograph latter from "Oulda," the novelist, which clotes as follow*: "I fear you ha|vt DOen little that 4a tine regarding toe -in the ncwD)«. ert The Boston Herald aomo three or four'years ago tad a long tissue of falsehoods about iuD, and described my hsasakeeper as myself." WA8IUNOTOK, Dec. 4.—The house committiw un ways niul moans will detorpiine uli"llnjr miy action shall be attempted on t riff nutl internal revenue matters at this i »ann, tiud if so what it shall be. It is understood that Messrs. Morrison and Hurd of ti-e committee favor some kind of action, but that others eommittee oppoee it The Chicago Klectlon FnlMn Fur a. time itappeared as. (bough the entreaties of her relatives, which haCl previously been of fib avail, wofe likely to influence Miu Rushby for the better. A few months only elapsed, however, before the habit became eve* stronger . than before. HD r debauches were frequent, and, it is unitl, tlio IroulfchoM, as the truth grad*"Wt in 0)6 neighborhood -llietVlie My wto.wA reported to be subject to "spells" was the victim of an overpowering passion for drink. So frequent were theso "sp«lls" and so violently was she affected that it is claimed she was compelled to resort t# fctqtunt nnd .large dotes of cMaral to qitiet her nerves and assist in Iter recovery from their effect Mrs. Spencer's devotion to her sistpr developed into a species Cl{ martyrdom. Hits gave up everyHUu ; In the attempt to reform her. Her efforts in this direction said, to have told greatly on her health, and she' aged rapidly in the three years of trial apparently withoat any reward, for Miss Rushby grew from bad to Chicago, Doc. 4.—There are nCD deve!opmcnts of importance In tin Brand- L-iman election fraud c ise. Thci grand jury hoard the testimony of Wm. H. Wright, the printer, who set up the ticket'. Hi»- testimony was merely confirmatory of that already takcu. The citisons hold an adjourned meeting, an 1. imagines went taken mi»1 a coimntttoe upp0hi|ej to miss funds fur tha prnorcullon- of tiro irtilhors W tlie fraud. The general opinion soems to he that it will l;a difficult to obtain evi I jnce o a character to secure conviction under the state laws. . , Cutting Down C'nstom« Kxpenaea. Jail a Very Corafortobla Flsta. Chicaooi 1Dw. 4 W. Du-iii1, o' th'i city, ui.-i 1'. 11. iw LLy, of hr. X'uu , s)«nl iii£ eVviiTux with P esiiloiit-eleci Clevuliunl. Hv- was Ly Ih.-ni 10 arcopl the hi« It.i.lUc** of Chicago. To this 0 Dv. Cieveiau 1 r-1 .lii'l thai as ho had 11 *vel viilt-'.l tuc wesl h) would lDe tlal to d j so. Cleveland Wilt Visit Chicago. Washington, Dec. 4.— Judge Holman says Ilia t the house committee on approprir. nti ns expects to act uptnl the suggestion of Bi cretary MiCulloch and reduce the number of custom districts, and that tlfe ejtpvnlitiires in tiat direction will be cut down about a million dollars. New York, Dec. 4.—While Mr*. Connek', wif«vflf Ca.pt. Conner, proprietor of the James hotel, was a*-, dinnsr laaf Thursday, her roonn were entered and about (6,090' Cfl -jewelry stolen.. Detectives Wo called In as soon as the facts wero knowji, but no clue has yet been obtaine 1, as tar is can be learned. Descriptive lists of the «toien articles were sent to various pawnshop* is this and otUxr cities, and other detective agencies notified. Cant., ConneJ-, who waa abaAit in Ctiietonnti, was telpand hi returne 1 Monday  Within the past few weeks an unusualfa large number of English thieves, of tile swell order, has been noticed in the city, and It i« tiiovgbt D» effli 4rrl", that this guug did the work. f » A Very Bold Diamond ltobbcry. Montkial, Dee. 4.—Alexander liuntin, the millionaire found guHty of dishonorable banking pructiecs, is enjoying his ten days forced s"e«i»4uiiOtf- in (he dytfict girfb to the beat ot his at ility. * ltd. vimpW IP suit of tl ree rooms belonging to the governor of the prison. His money secures bim luxuries and his friends are admitted to see him. He intim ttcd that he would accept the 111- ufUv iiia inauguration 1.1 'yyfrfc- ...  Prfaate Igr-T—*• a l ye. ufcptLjir, D c. § IheiRH.chstasi tlj*) 111. Son of Op tUntie lea • . H.D r tomrfaft the la*™ punjnih t Apurioas lot a Portfolio. Tlie «taCl 4D. Telegraph Company Ke- Gmtis's gNJUlMl Almost Finished. W ashikotoV.1 Bee. 4.—Thd capstone pf the Washington niauuiaeat will bo put In place on Baturdiiy Afternoon. ' The exterior of the monument may «ien lte"«aJd to lie completed. The top of the capstone will be iiOleet above the loandatfcm. -n Washington, Dec. 4.—Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, Ts here working to get up a boom for himColf in tlx* way of an appoints ment in Cleveland's The Missouri.. delation, it is understood, will back him, an 1 they hope to have |fcf~.%Ukof other weiu ru delegations To Pass a llankruptegr ML . Washington, Dec. 4.—An atteihpt .wiU bohiaio early in January to TOspeml the in the l.ousi and pass the bill he ported , by tl(« Judiciary committer last winter pro-* Tiling Tor a new bau|Dup*Cy law. Th» Interstate CMuinerce BUI. fused Quotations. Chicago, Dec. 4.—The Baltimore and Ulrtu Telogi aph company base Unas'keoeiviug the quotations from tiio board of trade wUiiontjuUrraption, but Tuesday they were refused them a id have lieeu unable to aetata .them sinoe. Mr. Clark, the assistant superintendent, was so u by a reporter artd for a statement of thediftlooJty betwMn his company of the board,' iaitt: "The market committee of. the boankare the proper ones to see about it I MHlif ratiwr not sey anything fH»" No nawC arrangement lias been made. To Expedite Train * fle^SUl Malls. London, Dec. tyA strong aressure I,a. already been hronnt to bear apiin the mw postmaster general, roe Right Hon. Ueorge J. Shaw Le evre, to reorganise tha outward mail service between Eagland and America. There is a general demand, especially from London merchants, for the abrogation of the contracts said to bo controlled by a steamship ring, under which American bound malls are often kept waiting for alow vessels when fast vessels are on the point of sailing. 11 r (ajD for rxerclaing clerical f uuctloni wi'thoot their appointment having been sail - tlonad by the go*«rniii;nr», »i»«rt"ri*l by a vote of #(7 to l& Tit is is a nut ke I defei t for Frlrice-iliiUiarrK, who strongly c.p. oCe. .ti» motion. •' ' » ' music :;h^i FRIDAY, DECEIlWfH Ml. ' To Wrestle for BlfBtahes. J d*. Lop is, Dec, 4 —Articles of  have been dr**n "ui 'by which TrCtt. tSM. and abnegation ot-all KeW fully equalled by that of the unfortunate woman's oM admirer, who had been true to her during the do»Dn years of their acquaintance After long waiting his fondest hopes seemed likely to be realized and Miss Rushby lecame his betrothed. The date of the marriage had been fixed for the present month,~^vben?during the luniiur/M Jover jacoi lentnlly discovered the secret of her life. Tue unearthing of this "skeleton 'In (be eloset" did not , weaken hia love and at his urgent request he was admlttwl into the family councils for oonsideriag plan* preformation. The eiv gagement was virtually broken but the marriage only postponed until such time as she TO emancipated from the habit On his recommendation, and acting under the advice of the family physician. Miss Ruslibv was taken to a private institutionandplaced under treatment. She felt as though she was being disgraced ai»d-wws isi such dppressed spirits after a short confinement in the asylum thot her entreaties that she might enjoy greater liberty were ac- Tremont her daughter. Miss Rushby has since sp3nt a portion of her tiwrto this alty lad tbe r»t in Tremont The gentlenAn whose fife has beeij wrecked, (ly tragip outing of his romance is spo'ten o( Uy,req|4euts In West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street as a imisrs . yuan old.-but a few year* older thau the woman for whom ho had waited sojonz and •o patiently, fustat b«jw»uM. call at the hiust.VndTl* Rusliby during her intervals of sobriety, they would ta Ce lone and (over-like walks A Canada Custom s QiHcer'i ( " Montrial, Deft i — itqlaiil Kate, ja Uuadiancj-touu qflio -r of Mii* city, liaa, turough Ofceul General Btoarns, made a claim oti (he United State* governmojit for ♦60,000, alleging that through' information supplied by him to the American authorities large seirures of jewelry and diamonds were rjcenUy Made.In N»w York, amounting to some fcou.ooo. •* He nbw claims the infornier'i share of the se~fsun\ The frauds wore j-n petrated byriniporting the diamonds into Canada, where there is no duty on them, and then smuggling; them from Montreal into the United States, where they were subsequently seized by T. P. Howell, n special agent of the treasury. Dying, Her Managed tC* III. Asaatiliit. ilAUTsvrw*." Mo., Do-,'4.—Charlei Stevens, licttericiiiiivn as D'Uinaha C iar.ey," a tou{h character, shot an 1 k.ll d lljrbcit Keinwr .u n saloon row. Keimer ha 1 mitt!- ci-nt vhality lefore lie illcvl toin a Hteve 5 uu 1 dash him t D I he floor, pounlia*; lis lie. d M jMverely that he ii not exj ec.ed to ricovor. Both wefe young men. Greatest Attrition of the Seasoi. iavABjstriiw vi wornNwu on Dec. UL-in this city. Wabash, In J., Dec. 4 —John McBvaiaa* trust**, ft Jackson township, disappeared ■Idde'nty da last lionday. An investigation of his Accounts shows bim to be£t.000 short. His downfall is attributed to speculation* in Chicago wheat THE PUBLIC KNQeoaS IBJ.' Washington, Dec. i—The prospects now lire that Mr. Reagan's interstate commerce bill, whioh is under discussion hi the lioftse. Will be JjaAed, , v \ , " ul 1 ' L_ ' X MORRIS k BOCKS A V«pj Interesting Divorce Case. 1/ rdon, Dec. 4.—The sensational divorce case of H'irrisoii versus Harrison and Page was continued to-day in the London divorce Court, "t he proceedings are watched with eager attention, especially by physicians, on account of the cross suit for libel brought by the co-respondent, Dr. Page, aguiust the rirh aif 1 need plaintiff. The petition for divorce is based upon a ateinent made by Mrs. Harrison, who is joung and pretty, to the effect that Dr. -'age had had improper relations with Iter while she was under the inflnenc* or drugs. Dr. Page Indignantly denies this charge and fays that Mrs. Harrison has become so enslaved by chloral as not tokuow either what she is doing or saying whilo under its influent*. He mod Mr. Harrison for libel, basing hi* aotion upon the ■ use Mr. Harrison made of his wl(e!s allegation, and obtained damages, but the case was appealed lind' has now been postponed to await tho the divorce proceedings. Soma pf th4 Evidence in the dfyoroe case bns'Wn yery comical, and the crowded court room t»fti to-day kept ip a roar pf laughter by ths naive admissions of the plaintiff. Thecounsel for the defence protested against the New and powerful drnina In Ave acta ud seven Tableaux Queue. Deft 4 — Durintr ■ recent stern: tfau'little I .!•« aux Louis Marie, in the Ht. LaDvreucj river, wu subiueig d, «o 1 buiid iiijC*. crops aul domestic anioili urn swept A fami y named Bretnn, wl o of-cupie I the Mian I, pukaod a night of peril, but iu the uhm hIuk were rescue! by boaU f row the tnaiu »hore. Am Entire Ialaud Submerged. The Pover of Honey. A D«a fmmr \ MODKT STXRUKQ, &■} Pec. A—D»ve Aud.noD and Ue aWlU had • misunderstanding, met in ■ public road and fought In a duet, shotgun* being the weapons uaad. Both man were mortally wounded. Another "Forty-niner" A NEW PLAY. • Kkw Yo**, Dec. 4.—Henry ParSons Farnam, a retired merchant 81 years of ags, died suddenly last evening of heart disease in a drug store corner of Madison avenue and Fifty-third street Mr. FenutuJerrlib tvsiik-iicj 'in Sixty-'fifth street* ysiteMaf morning apparently in his usual health ant attend*.I to soase t'llliiwmiisiiin 4owa town. Us was born in Connections and was an old "Forty-niner." His fattae was once mnyor of Boston. The demised was  mated to be worth over a Million dollars. He »us a stockholder in The Tribune and Journal of Commerce. - - A Horrible Death. —3 Pittsburg, Deo. 4.— George Hart, aged 65, an employe of the Keys tons Bridge works, while engaged at his duties was caught and drawn into some rapidly revolving » heels. Every effort was mode to save him, but before the machinery could he stopped hath hisaruis and bead were sobered ; rem hit body. He leavef a family. Cairo, Dae,' 4.—,The report (4 O Mahal's deatit has apt been con 0jQ|Md, Splendid Mbchanihm! Novsl Eppicta! Maqnitk- W'asBimuton, Dec. (h—TUe pan office depart ni ■ nt is hi oito *| ttxkt Carset Rsiar, postmaster a** Chartn, ban been murdered by liD jjtc aiwi, his office pijia£ • I, an I «;l t'ie ilta:ii;uC mil mupey taken. Mr. Baaaar was only appoint*) ou the U.h u.t, A Postaaaster Murdered, CEirr tiCKNKHV ! AN it Fi*s ComD**r! THE GREAT INUNDATION SCENE! Wt;ipEN9eff HW* giuffVw. son of the late aecre. t*i y of the treasury, (a wiously ill at Alexandria, Va. ' The h(MtC e|»C-VDral wUege* ta tfca atatea Wa'i yesterday tai*C4 w«m4 through the pro•arHu'd formal*, The French Market, New' Orleans: Mi««la4p|Dl River, by Nlfht; The Bagiaaarfs Hal: "TWa geanoe Is Tldae, O Ood." Tbe Burn In* Train oa tbe Band; Oaoar Grotto, Manatotk 0»w*, *y.; The Celebrated HorseahoC* Bend; AUsjrfcany Mountains, etc., eto Marvelso»Mas* MnAaa Ism. Model of Scenic Beauty. Dan O'Leary Wants to Tramp Afsis. Cincinnati, pec. t-.-l'v* O'Leary, the noted pedestrian, has just returned from an extend* d tour of Colorado. He vjnlted all the principal towns in the stater and walked In four matches, winning- thein all Hi is here iu the iutere»t of his profession, and desires m&kiug a match for stakes of any slid. fa ristit the Telephone Monopoly. D*sw Yotut, Ilea ♦ — Taviapitalists interested la tbe Drawbaugii teleoh •»« pa en n have aimuliiioqst/ agreed to app.'a. fr'tn tbe rccont decision of Judge Wallace in faror o( tbo B il 'l'elaphoa t co.np.tuy to tile Unite I Hta.es aupreini court. jury indicted 23 residents of Illinois, princ:4 usliy.af Chicago, (or perjury in taking out final fAiwrs'atfhoinestoad and pre-emption claims near Valentine, Neb, The names of the iudictwl purlins are kept secret by order Of .tbf eoiirt atn'tl warrants eoji be ««rved. Register Parker, of the United State* lan.l office at B.atricv, Neb.; N. K. Griggs Capti KHCM *»' alj of uago county, Neb., havo aiso Leen iiw itictetl for Imu lt iu coiiuectlon with tiic sal4 ££,: mTVmmai (H Whlteaburg. Kv„ is In the possession of anned mobs, The friend* of a murd-rer, who la being tried, tba friaodi of the murdered mail, and the friends of ' law and ord i" are oat in force, and ft collision - la IihiiIiwiDi • D * A Cv COMEDY, Phjm AW 8ENMTKW Oemblne to make this tbe Successful Drssaa of the Dajr. -V One of New York's Dark Crimes. ~ lf^vvYaai, Dec. fyXhe body of thi Wtwn» tjftaid i 4 the qo Ihi-of the Carletou hubs# Tuts Bben 1!ratified" by I her clothes by her brother as Johauua Smith, of No. 27$ StmUm slraot, _ Khe  Jane, 18BJ *** 1 ho New York World says President Arthur wilt r.*auiue the practice of law iu that oity at th4 expiration of his term. He will not cunduct canoe iuxvurt, as being tnoonskkteui with his digailj» aa. an ex.pi esldeut, but will confine himself to office cases. Vreflil Howard has triads* terrible charge in Omaha*- For having ietariwtion »f a «iattfi| John f'homi soil The Ta** t( -Akft tMM ULOACUIIT announced, except Nevada, at the reoeut presidential election waa, 1WV 068; Blaine. 4J*LHf£ , John, IV, 134; Cutler, IW.flfia TTevelsndS plurality, «,• HOB. In lMf tlif total Chvenback vote waa 30B,578, and Om Probtb|Uon v..tu 10.3&V The 0watat Trial. iy Not*.—The public are  every scene will be presented as advertised. laughter, arguing that it interfered with the : cuiftui ssr™"1 toi WasHlNOTOK, Dec. 4.—The Swnlm court daToiad Lb-ciniia d iy to t«kifcf the evidence of J. Stanley Brow iv nu*t of which 'had , rwciwl6*1. Dec. 4—At tlio request cut the Court Gov-11 oadly reprieved M llaiteiMl lbs .Wife ma)«ats», to ha banged to 1)1. Thj court deKirwi ti,ue to look Mo tbo JtM. rKIESAH USUAL . , ; -iir ,-j • . niinran opeus Wednesday. Dee. Sd. at» *, m L c£sxrs.^.rrjs;„,. reached this city tbat the hou«D of Gilbert Hurley, aitnated in tbsrBiMridowg-district, cj[m Minted to tka ground and tliat Hurley was consumed in the flames. His bead mar found on the opposite side of the room from * the Lody and- the neck appeaiwl as if. the bead had been cut off with a sharp instrument. There is little doubt that Hurley was flrst mujdwrf bun.a.1 to oonoeal the crime. Hurley lived nl .no in the house, which was located some dixtancs from Km ftsigfi boring bouses. itatoflT West of (Alcago ltestored. Chicago, Dec. 4. —Tlie general managers of, A**nri rifvr *#»» aaoptea on i:gnement to restore all rates beginning thin morning. The contract Is to taesJor two years, 11m prlriluf• belnj «W totted any rW» mbhdrait' fV«ni the agreement by giving notice prior tri' Dumber HI, 1885. Francis Chandler, general wmvtsjssstM ut $12.50. and Crom Chicago to St. )Coaty and St Louis to Kansas city, (■7.50. ftlaasackuaatts* SUhe Prison. MOW.,'1 sitlO ' To8*on, Dec. *. —The ( Id state prison iu Cliarlestown is again (u be occupied as a jai., auU an fuivaiicv guar.I ot iU cuuvi*:t* !Cuk. 'arrived tiiera from the Concord {Jria iu ,Th» ilKopliraent watmidfl up of i&«u ukcM ail the snfest for the of putting xha Until* ,« CBte-XiT Uvf Inception of i »(U. 400 otters QcnqfturinttUi month,when tlie Cliatlistowu buildings wi.I bo rrocltiimoil As  xtate JjTisort an 1 ilVi Conc..rU VlftilJin1; &s tlj' nyw l»;orululury form l»D | .lis DnerC. A bfaHi and fawn oolored baa ad ihtn»het a rear and a half old, waa stolen tn.nL ma oa tha llttkof Noveatow. A suitaofta iwkrt Wl be bald for h a return or infonnalioa that willlead, to Ma recovery. ,-U (d MM T _ B,D. IJLCOK West Piflaton, Nov. M, 1*4. : C1 The Ronton and Lowell KaUrond Coiij^ayi Boston, Dec.' 4—Tlie annual statement of tho Boston and Lowell Railroad conpany 293. From this it appear* tl at lite road bnj euruod tho |H»r coat. dividou U ikelaiod, and a small surplus bctsidai. H»sSSal MHreMoa Vend, H«w(YdKCc. Jtar/i-riJUtcafe Moulto*. '*W ifWf unttWty uljjf)CD V-« B •ochcrnitpq VrinlV* W» Wfc'ual trlenl, lied in «ft»* ymWrtiv *rau1ng, *D uul \ numtlia ■H7! n TTT~TT*W* Qsosaa b min, ATTOENKT AT-LAW fanw r«N 3* ,