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              ffl V H j H . 'Mr /V Jflv JMf floiihitiiMiBC* ' """?W V iwttnfMfca*:* HOT & PITTSTON, manl tat {D«(! ojBKTft Ten far W«k POWDfiRtFS APPEAL A SENTINEL 8HOT K*f. fj," The riN Rrtarnad, bat Nobody Hit Tfcu TlitMi * OPEN THE DOOfiS-vS 8fTOW««. HORATIO SEYMOUR'S WILL. jnS tx D OBPHANS ABUSED. SENATOR LOGAN OPPOSED TO STAR LUtr fcum Mrall t*w IM a* «fca ior Dltidw His but* Amoif Relatives. A CALL UPON KNIQHTS OF LABOR 1-. FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. East St. Loom, April 14—An exciting incident occurred here yesterday. James Wat ter, of company F, of Greenville, Ills.,was do. ing duty in the Vandalia yards, when the report of a pistol rang out and a ballet went whining by the militiaman's head. He brought his gun to his shoulder in quick time and fired in the direction from which the report seemed to hare come. Just as he fired he perceived a man spring up from behind one of the wagon* in the transfer yard and start to run. Walters fired again at the flee ing unknown, who returned the firo. At the second report of Walter's gun another man, who was also concealed, sprang out from behind a wagon and ran as fast as he could. The shots were fired in quick succession, and the reports aroused and alarmed all the sleeping residents of the island, who imagined that a conflict between the military and the strikers had surely occurred. The troops in the freight house took hold of their guns in a hurry, and a thorough search of the island was made for the two men, but without succesa Gen. Reece, when informed of the attempt on Walker's life, thought it a very cowardly piece of business. Hie said the militia bore no ill-will toward the strikers, and were only doing their duty. Tlrs roadmaster and several switchmen of the Pittsburg road made a discovery while going over the road, which no doubt prevented the ditching of the Belleville accommodation and the probable loss of a numbor of lives. At a place about a quarter of a mile out of West Belleville they found that the spikes which held down two rails had been drawn and the connecting bolt unfastened during the night. Had the discovery not been made before the passenger train came along the engineer could not have seen the condition of the rails, and the train would  have beim thrown over the enbankment. Committeeman Bailey, of the general execu tive board, has returned from Desoto, Mo,, where he reports everything quiet, and the strikers determined to stay out us long at necessary. Chairman Martin Irons, of the joint executive committee, has also arrived, Mr. Irons said that from thi strikers' standpoint the situation of affairs in the west is very encourging, but futher than that he declined to disausB the subject, and is more reticent even than be was previous to leaving on his last trip. CHAMBER METHODS. Bio Lake, Stan., April 16.—Drs Higbes and Dalliw, of MtnnsapnHn, have arrived from St Cloud. Thsy told areperterthat new bodies w»r» being nconwd hourly from the debris, and were being brought in from the country In the traok of the tornado. Twelve injured people were brought in, several of whom will die. GOVERNOR PATTMON TAKES THE Niw York, April Ifl—The will of the late Governor Horatio Seymour has teen admitted to probate in TJtica. Ow—or rtD ymour first excepts from the provisions of liis will the amount of C10,000 for tbe payment to his sister, Mrs. Helen Clariaai Lincklaen. of the balance of her share in the estate of her father. The balance of his real anl personal property is bequeathed in trust to Augustus ti. Smith, of Appleton, Wis., with directions that the real estate which he may die possessed of be sold and converted into cash. The net proceeds of the sale of liis lands are to be divided into fourteen equal shares. To his sisters, Mrs. Shouuard, Mrs. Lincklaen and Mrs. Julia Colliding, and his brother, John V. Seymour, he bequeathes two huores; to his nieces, daughters of bis sister, Mrs. Miller—namely, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Jewett, Mrs. Ward, Missos Blandina Millar, Helen Miller and Margaret Miller, each one share. • MATTER IN HAND. Money Needed to Carry on the Crusade Against Gould—Labor Fighting For Recognition By tha King Monopolist. A Candid Statement of His Season For "Wanting Open Doors—Blddleber«e* Tells How Secrets Get Into the Papers. A State of Ineredible Barbarity Revealed In the Management of Soldiers' Orphans—The Guilty Parties Asked te Resign—Amenable to Criminal Isw. A Long Crusade Expected. Phihtwlphia, April 1ft—The following appeal, prepared by Grand Master Workman Powderly, is furnished to the press by Grand Secretary Turner. Copies of the document were mailed last night from the general-effice of the Knights of Labor in this aity to every assembly ot the ortljr in the United States and Canada. The 1'rlvate Secretary Does It. Druggist Scuabart's remains have beeu found. He had only been in the city two weeks. Four persons died of wounds during yesterday. Washikotok, April 16.—In the senate, Mr. Miller presented a memorial .of the Saratoga Monument association, reciting that the monument has been completed and a public dedication is desired to take place in the fall, and asking an appropriation for that purpose. Referred. Philadelphia, April 16.—Governor Pattison has completed and promulgated, in the forjji of a series of letters, the remit of his Investigation of the (irjilians' schools of this state. The iL. t' il these lottery is addressed to the attorney genera!, and gives a summary of the abuses that have been perpetrated by the managers of the schools. After giving the roaso*# that influenced the governor to make the investigation, and the means employed to get at the facts, the letter prooeeds as follows: At a church east of Rice's station thirteen members of a wedding party were killed, including the officiating minister. Mr. Logan then took the floor in support of the movement for open executive sessions of the sonate. He favored his own proposition, because it was broadly for open sessions in all matters of nominations and confirmations.At Sauk Rapids thirty-one are "already dead. The list will be swelled to forty. To the prder wherever found—Greeting: You have all read of the great strike on the Gould lines of railway in the southwest. Its history is being written day by day. It makes bat little difference now whether the men of the southwest acted wisely or not. Let us pass that part of the affair over, for it, toe, has passed into history. The general executive board of the order attempted to settle the trouble and restore harmony; agreements were made with them by Jay Gould, Esq , but when the board reached St Louis, Mr. Hoxie wonld not treat with them« not that alone, but he positively refused to employ Knights of Labor, whether they had been active in the strike or not. It how becomes the part of every man and woman in the order to take up the fight of the men of the southwest and assist them to the full extent of their means. They have been idle for nearly two months. They have had« most trying ordeal to go tarough, and are in need of funds. It requires no eloquence or rhetoric to plead the cause of these suffering people. They require aid, and it becomes oar duty to extend that aid as quickly as it is possible for us to da Send every dollar you can spare to the general secretary and treasurer, who will at once forward it to the men at St. Louis for distribution. ftypiember, the men out there do not ask for charity. They do not ask at all. It is your executive board that makes the appeal in their behalf. He who gives quickly gives doubly. Act at onoe. Another appeal may be sent you, and we ask of you to prepare for it now. We must be judged by our actions in this matter. Do not pass resolutions condemning capital, for we are not lighting capital. Do not antagonise the thousands of men who have wealth by denouncing capital. Let us concentrate every effort to the winning of the contest we have before us. Let us make a friend of everyman who has suffered through monopoly, litis battle against the man who represents monopoly must be fought oat manfully. Watch his actions everywhere. Keep an eye OO the doings cf congress. Urge the committee that have been appointed to do ttpir duty fearlessly; strengthen their hands; give them every aid. In oonclusion let us again ask that you send, at once, every dollar you can at present raise to uphold the men who are now oat •long the lines of the Southwest system of ■Gould railways. Do not delay, and at the flame time make ready to bring the whole power.Of the order to bear upon the man who wrecks railroads, homes, fortunes and lives in his greed for gold. Let us determine to have it go into history that the men of 1886 struck as grand a blow for liberty as the men of 1776. The men of 1778 broke the power of monopoly and Dr. Ames, of Minneapolis, who is on duty at Ht Cloud, told Dr. Dalliver that at least thirty deaths must result from the visitation there. Drs. Denslow and RitoAs w«mt\cro«s from Bt. Cloud to Sauk Rapids to render what assistance they could; twenty-three dead bodies had then been found, and the doctors from Minneapolis were busy caring for the injured. The first one -they saw was Kly Halbert, formerly a state senator in the New York legislature, but now northwestern agent of the New York life Insurance company for Minnesota. He was receiving every attention possible. It is thought his skull is fractured at the base, and both arms and one leg are broken. He Is desperately injured. The chances are all against his recovery. Every house left standing was used as a temporary hospital for the injured. The center of the town is wiped out, leaving otily a fringe of houses on the outskirts. Many people are missing, and it is helieved their bodies will be found far distant from their former homes. Mr. Logan asserted that there was never a necessity for secret sessions, itoading from Story's commentaries on the constitution that secrecy was not in accord with the spirit of the constitution. Mr. Logan hoped to hear from senators who favored secret sessions. The talking should not all be on one side. TMse who favored secret sessions should openly state their grounds for that belief. Let the doors be opened, and let "senatorial courtesy," said Mr. Logan, (five place to fair and open consideration. Tile traducers of character and the condoners of bad records would both go down before the open considtion of nominations. The treacherous stiletto would give place to open and manly warfare. The man who, with a crooked record, wanted public office, would then have to seek other channels than the senate. In a people's government why should not the people know the reasons for the senate's consent—which meant the people's respect—to a nomination. Secret sessions, Mr. Logan insisted, were demoralising. The secrots of executive sessions were let out In some way—he would not say correctly. Was there ever, asked Mr. Logan, an executive session to consider an important matter from which something had not leaked out! He acquitted the officers of the senate of any fault in this matter; still the newspapers were full at statements said to have been made in executive sessions. They did not make correct statements; they professed to do so, and if tbe senate did not open its doors would it not be encouraging deception on the part of the newspapers? Would it not be better to have the country know exactly what the senate was doing! The newspaper men did the best they could under the circumstances. They The testimony shows a most pitiful, cruel and inhuman neglect of the childn .1; a want of the commonest necessaries of decent living, Insufficient moral and religious training, as well as suggestions of depravity and immoral practices in some of the schools that are too vile for enumeration. If the evtde»oe was not so overwhelming and undoubted, in most instances confirmed by personal observation, it would be difficult to believe that in this age, and in our own commonwealth, such practices were possible. In some schools, during the entire winter, the children were not supplied with winter clothing, but were compelled to endure the rigors of the season with summer or, at least, fall garments. Children--some sick, many frail, and most of tender years—lived through the Winter without any undergarments of any kind upon their persons, and, in palliation of this neglsct, the school managers declared that thsy had not provided them because the department regulations did not specify undergarments in the lilt of articles to be furnished each child. In case Mrs. Shounard or Mrs. Conkling should die before the testator, their respective shares in the proceeds of his estate are bequeathed to their children or grandchildren, and similarly in case of his third sister and his brother. To his wife, Governor Seymour leaves all of his household furniture, horses and carriages, and such of his books aa (he may desire. The balance of his library and his letters and papers go to his nephew, Horatio Seymour, Jr. In caM any surplus remain it Is to be divided between Governor Seymour's brother, sisters and neicee. John F. Seymour, his brother, and John G. Crocker, are made executors ot the will, which is witnessed by William Kernan and Richard W. Mclncrow, ot tJtlca. A HUSBAND'S CRIME. A WARM RECEPTION. Beastly Means of Taking the Ufa at Boston, April 18.—On the ot April 4 Mrs. John Greer was found dead in bed. Her husband reported that she awoke him, having been intoxicated all night, threw her arms around his neck and exclaimed: "John, I'm going to die," and expired immediately. Greer was arrested, and after a lengthy hearing is held without bail for murder. Evidence showed that Greer was a drunkard, treated his wife shamefully, frequently demanded motley at bar, and anas caught her by the throat and threw her to the floor, because she refused money, causing blood to spurt from her nose and mouth. On being expostulated with, he shouted: "D—d her I m swing for her yet" Evidence showed that Mrs. Greer had some money which she had dra-»n from the bank; that on Aprils Greer had tried to get some of it, and that after tor death he d»- nled all knowledge of the money, but that a portion of it was subsequently found hidden in the ice chest. Physicans testified that Mrs. Greer's death was caused by asphyxia from suffocation by a band being placed over her mouth while the thumb and forefinger closed the nostrils, Sirs. Greer. Cowhtded for Riding With Three Toon* Women. The building! are entirely unfitted for the purposes for which they are used. There was an absence of the most ordinary conveniences of a home. Not a chair, not a peg, not a piece of furniture other than a bed was to be found in bedrooms. Reading, April 18.—A medium-siaed women, well dressed, was seen walking up and down Plum street last night Ten minutes later a two-seated carriage drors into Plum street and stopped in front of • house several doors from Cherry street In it a man and three young women ware seated. The man allighted and was about assisting his companions ont when the strange woman, who had evidently been waiting for them, rushed up and either draw a rawhide from under her cloak or grabbed the carriage whip, which she laid thick and fast upon the nup's shoulders. The young woman jumped out of the carriage screaming, and ran toward the house. The infuriated woman made several sharp cuts at tho retreating girls, and caught one by her waterfall and completely wrecked it They quickly got into the house, and the man pushed the woman who had attacked hhn aside, jumped into the carriage and drove up Cherry street, followed by the woman on foot Owing to the darkne s the neighbors could not distinguish the Matures of the party. The opinion is that the woman was the man's wife. While m«ving the investigation at one school, ham, almost raw and entirely unfit for human food, was taken from the dinner table where the children were eating. Without further specification of defective food, it is .sufficient to state that figures were presented by the principal of one school showing that the average cost of a meal per child was 3% cents. A careful estimate also shows that some breakfasts cost 1}( cents per head and some suppers 1 % cents per head. A sadder or more shameful story of deliberate hums' cruelty could not be exhibited. M«Hng allowance for some overstatement or inaccuracy in witnesses, and giving due consideration to the possibility of errors of judgment or abuse of confidence reposed, yet the weight of the facts is such as to leave no doubt that the bounty of the state has been wasted and misappropriated, that the commonwealth has been defrauded by dishonest and crafty speculators, and that many of the unfortunrte orphans have bean in a worse' condition than if they had been left to the uncertain charity of the world. LABOR TROUBLES. New York Boyeotters Before the Courts Niw York, April 16.—Mrs. Gray, whose bakery in Hudson street is "boycotted" by the Bakers' union because she employs nonunion workmen, went before the grand jury and testified to a conspiracy to injure her business. Such conspiracy is a misdemeanor under the'penal code, and it is expected that several indictments will be found. Mrs. Gray's business continues to be unusually large, on account of the sympathy of the general public. She pays her men full onion prices. Four of the men employed by the union to distribute boycotting circulars in front of her store have been arrested. They were fined small amounts by the police justice. for Conspiracy. obtained the secrets somehow or from somebody—probably from the spittoons or the desks of the senate chamber—of course not from any senator. He maintained that if the doors were opened the speeches over confirmations would be shorter, the proceedings more orderly and the debates of a better and mora elevated character. As to publicity of votes, Mr. Logan was willing that his constituents and everybody else should know hiiw he voted in executive session, and if h« dared to he would tell every day how hs voted. The power of public opinion, said the senator, was rising on this subject Tha people felt thev must know what senator! were doing. Let senators have done with childishness and put on the garb ot men. It seemed to bring great joy to some senators to see the galleries cleared ; and the people turned out, as if some great mysterious thing like turning sticks into snakes was to be done in executive session. The whole thing was an absolute farce, and there was nothing dono in executive sessions that could not with propriety be done in open session. Secret sessions, however, afforded some senators an opportunity to talk one way in secret and another way in open sessions. Mr. Hoar inquired whether Mr. Lyon's logic would not require the proceedings of committees to be thrown open to the people. Ur. Logan said not at all. but asked why committee meetings should not be open if anybody wanted them to be. Continuing, he said the people now were demanding open doors for all proceedings of the senate, and he added: "The doors will be opened. Mark what I tell you, and it will not be long, either. You, gentlemen, may revel in darkness for awhile over nominations." Governor Hill's Veto. New York, April 16.—An Albany dispatch states that Governor Hill has vetoed the state capitol appropriation Mil on the ground that it was pawed with provisions that placed it in the hands of partisan management for political sods. It is likely to develop a conflict between the governor and the legislature. SERVICE PENSIONS. Seven members of the Tailors' Union, who have been carrying placards, requesting th« public not to patronise a tailor Arm in Twenty-third street which employed nonunion men, were arrested and charged with conspiracy. Police Justice £fc|ffy held two of the men on that charge, saying that he would make these test cases, and let the higher courts define what "conspiracy"' is. Bail was furnished by the union. An Organised Effort to Seeore Pensions I therefore deem it my duty to refer the testimony taken at the investigation to you for official action. My own powers in the premises, either to correct the evils or to punfth the offenders are, unhappily, very limited. Such as they are, however, I shall exercise them. I have removed the two Inspectors. The superintendent of public instruction is-not subject to summary removal by me, but I have this day requested his resignation in order that a reorganisation of the schools may be accomplished. The general assembly not being in session, no legislation can now be had. There is nothing, therefore, that I can now do beyond what I have stated, except to request you to exhaust all the power of your department to punish those who have made themselves amenable to the criminal law, to enforce the rights of the state against those who have defrauded her, and to recover some of the ill-gotten gains, if possible, from those who have grown rich by dishonest dealings with the state. for Veterans. New York, April 16.—'The Indorsement by the late State G. A R oncampmenta of Massachusetts, Maine and Indiana of the service pension measure, which seeks to place every Union veteran on the pension roll at $8 per month, has awakened wide-spread interest in the subject and local organizations are springing up throughout the country. The latest developments are the formation of a national service pension committee, of which Gen Bennett, department commander of the G. A R of Indiana and mayor of the city of Richmond, of that state, is president, and the establishment in New York city of an official organ called The Service Pension Advocate, edited by E. B. Loring. Ttu power which they wrested from the hands of s king was not so great as that which is now heldby one man, who, through the corrupt use of money, has brought manufacture* and workmen to ruin. The power of thd king has passed away. The power of wealth is passing awty, and it must now be detei mined whether men shall rule or whether illigitimate wealth shall rule. DKBBOmCD THE KINO. 7  Light* On the Oregon. Wasainoton, April 15.—The light house board has stationed lightship No. 20 to the eastward and about600 yardafrpm the wreck of the steamer Oregon, to mark the place and to warn passing vessels of danger. Seven of the girls on strike at Lyall's jute mills were also brought before Justice Duffy and charged with conspiracy in dissuading other girls from applying for work. One of them was fined, and the] were warned to desist from their "conspiracy." A Houm Collapsed. T. V. POWDERLY, G. M. W. London, April 16.—A hou*. , occupied by several families collapsed at Ajaccio, Corsica, killing nine persons and- injuring many others. The building was completely wrecked. POSING AS A MARTYR. CYRUS W. FIELD FAILS Wily Ja;y Will Mot be Honored That Way. In a Well Intended Effort to Make Peace. The Hawaiian Treaty* New Tore, April 16.—A representative of the United Press called on General Master Workman Powderly at Scran ton, and asked ihim wliat he thought of Mr. Gould's reply to liii manifesto New York, April 16.—There was a secret meeting held last Sunday in the parlor of Cyrus W. Field's residence, No. 81 Gramercy, at which Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Mr. Field and a representative of General Master Workman Powderly, of the Knights of Labor, were present The meeting had been arranged by Mr. Field for the purpose of making a last effort to end the strike on the Missouri PaciQc road. Presidents of several railroad companies had asked him to do this, and bad brought what pressure they could to bear upon Mr. Gould to have the strike terminated.New York, April 16.—The games yesterday resulted as follows: The Dlamoiyl Field. Washington, April 16.—The house committee on ways and means has agreed ti report a bill i|i favor of the abrogation of the Hiwaiian treaty. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 10; Columbia College, 4. At New York—New York, 14; Jaspers, 4. At Newark—Newark,'8; Utlca, 1. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 1; Boston, 2. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 8; Athlete lc, 9. At Pittsburg—Allegheny, 1; Detroit, 8. At Hartford—Hartford, 2; Metropolis tan, 1. At Hampton, Va — Rochester, 18; Nationals, 2.  A letter addressed to Dr. Highbee, superintendent of the schools, says: "I have not had much time to think of it," •aid the labor chief, "for this har been an unusually busy day with me. I don't think, however, that Mr. Gould has answered my letter. His reply is a quibble and an evasion, and he fairly slops over on some pointB. All there is in his communication has been said before. He evidently wants to pose before the country in the light of a martyr, but the Knights of Labor don't propose to honor him with martyrdom. We have invited him to caiTy his threats of prosecution Into the courts, and we are ready to meet him there. He announced some time ago his Intention to commence a series of prosecutions against the Knights, and we want him to proceed at once. We shall not be swayed from our course by anything he may say or do Just as soon as possible we shall appoint a committee of the order to investigate the southwestern trouble from root to branch all along the line from St Louis to the Mexican border. The result of this investigation will be published to the world, and if the Knights of Labor who ■truck are at fault they will not be screened. We are anxious, however, to have a congressional committee investigate the strike first; ascertain the causes leading to it and make them public without delay. Mr. Gould acts, or rather talks, like a man who fears he will lie Injured. If he should be punished legally for unlawful acts of his, that would not be unjustly injuring him. It would merely be upholding the law. If any of our men are amenable let them also suffer the punishment due their acts and let the law be upheld." Weather Indications. Mr. Riddleberger withdrew his substitute for the open executive session resolution, saying that when he offered it he supposed it would require a two-thirds vote to pass the pending resolution, but finding it required only a majority vote to pass it he withdrew the substitute. He thought he could guess how executive session secrets got out. "For instance, I have a private secretary, and I consider him particularly private. I walk down the avenue with him, and he asks me a question or two, and being smarter than I am he knows more in five minutes than I will learn in a week. Then he gives it to somebody else, and the whole newspaper fraternity get it" The newspaper fraternity, he added, like religious bodies had some bad men among them, who sometimes misrepresented senators. He instanced a recent case where one paper had taken facts as other papers had them and then reversed the statement of facts, putting Mr. Riddleberger's name where the name of another properly belonged. That newspaper would never have dared do this in reporting what transpired in open session. In open sessions, said Mr. Riddleberger, ■enators addressed themselves to the country and not to the "smoking congregation" of this body. In view of the recent disclosures of abuses, mismanagement, and neglect in the depart- Washington, April 10.—For the middle Atlantic states, warmer weather, with local rains, winds generally southeasterly. ment of soldiers' orphans' schools which have taken place during your incumbency as superintendent, I deem It for the best interest of the state and the schools that there should be a change In the official direction of that department. The circumstances appear to me to demand your resignation as superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' schools, and I therefore request that you will give me an opportunity to appoint to the head of that department some one who will assist me in the reorganization of the schools and their superintendence in a way more in accord with my views of duty and the requirements of the law, as to which we evidently so radically differ and as to which harmonious views and action are of such great Importance tor the well being of the department. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. A IDnll and Fluctuating Market—Prices Mr. Fields' plan was to induce Mr. Gould to appoint one of the directors of the Missouri Pacific railroad to go west and organize a committee, whose duty it would be to investigate all grievances and arrange a plan of settlement Gould refused to enter into any such plan, and another chance to end the strike was lost N*w York, April 15.—Money ea«y at per cent. Exchange firm at Governments Arm. Currency 6a, 127H bid; 4s, LtfK bid; 4fcfS| ooup., 112H bid. •  The stock markot opened qulot and about yesterday's closing *guren, but immediately after thfropening a selling of Western Union, said to be tor tbe account of a large broker, was begun and continued quite steadly. throughout the mornlug. Lexington, April 16.—Among the numerous private sales of trotting stock recently made here, the most important two were: The 5-year-old bay stallion Bedford (record 2:30 In fourth heat), sired by Strathmore, dam by Mambrino Patchen, was purchased by Mr. A C. Beckwith, of Wyoming Territory, from R G. Stoner, of Paris, Ky., for $5,000. The bay stallion "Wilkes Sprague, 4 years old, by Governor Sprague, dam by George Wilkes, was sold by J. B. Payne, of this city, to B. H. Neale, of Richmond, Ky., for «2,000. - Valuable Trotters Bold. The selling of this stock weakened the whole list, and at the close prices were down K to 4 per cent. W. IT. Telegraph 64% DeL ft Hudson lOO^J Adams Express 14S Del.; Lack. & W 12Q4 U. B. fix press « Denver — C,C..C.kI... 49* Erie 25*, New York Central...103** Kansas ft Texas...... 27% Hew Jersey CenUaL. 51H Lake Shore Bm Illinois Central WH Lake Erie ft West.... 11J* Ohio Central IH Morris ft Essex 140 Michigan Central.... 66 Northwest .....106*6 Northern Pacific..... 96 Do. pref UW "St. Louis, April 18.—J. J. McGarry, the judge advocate of District assembly 101 and one of the most prominent figures in the local strike, has been acquitted of the several charges preferred against him by the railway company in connection with the matter of persuading men to desert their engines during the strike.  A Striker Acquitted. Otnar letters are addressed to the Rev. J. W. Bayers and Mrs. E. E. Hutter, inspectors, dismissing them from the' service, and the last is addressed to Gen. Louis Wagner, of Philadelphia, appointing him inspector in place of the deposed officials. Still Another Failure. Do. pref  Central Pacific.. Union Pacific... Missouri Pacific. Texas Pacific... Metropolitan L.. Alton ft T. H.... .. 5754; Ontario ct West. ..41H Ohio ft Miss , .. 13* Pacific Mall  ,.10396 Reading  .. 10K Hock Island  ..116 St. Paul  .. - Wabash  .. S9H Bor.ftQnincy... ..140 Oregon Trans.... .. 66H Ore. B*y ft Nhr.. .. 10Ji West Shore..'..., St. Louis, April 1ft.—The prospects of an adjustment of the strike difficulties by the process of arbitration, outlined by the citizens' mass meeting, at the court house, on Tuesday night, appear extremely gloomy. By some Inexplicable oversight the managers of the mealing failed to serve the proper official notice of the proceedings on the parties most interested, and their interference in the affair has, so far, only added another muddle to the strike. •« - / » D ; Pales tithe, Tex., April 15.—The Knights of Labor have expelled from the order all the men who have returned to work in the jhopa. Expelled From the Order. To Move Its Rejection. London, April 18.—It is the Intention of Mr. Henry R Brand, Liberal member for Gloucestershire, to move the rejection of Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill when that measure comes tip In the houses of commons for a second reading. Canada Southern. Chicago ft Alton.. Canada PMtAc.... Chea. ft Ohio  SENATOR PAYNE'8 CASE, Philadelphia, April 16.—The convention of local iron workers of the Knights of Labor, now in session in this city, has adopted a resolution to send $1,000 to the strikers in the southwest. Resolutions were also adopted condemning the recent massacre in East St. Louis, holding the railroad officials responsible for the same, and commending the action of Grand Master Workman Powderly in issuing the open challenge to Jay Gould for a legal decision in the controversy. Money Freely Toted. The Committee** Report Heady for General Markets. Transmission. CONDEN8ED NEWS. New Toms, April 11—FLOUR—Dull and closed without Important change. Mlnneeota|extr&, $&150 AO 1KAX. a* TAHI. »w«i. M C" Mr. Powderly was called to Chicago last night on business connected with the Knights ■of Labor. Columbus, April 18.—The committee appointed by the Ohio house of representatives to investigate charges made by S. K Donovin against Senator Payne, as to bribery in connection with the election of the latter, has made its report The committee has found considerable evidence tending to throw suspicion upon some members of the legislature, but nothing strong enough to convict any of them. The report concludes by saying that while no evidence inculpating any one has been produced, the committee thlnlm the circumstances surrounding the election of Senator Payne are such as to warrant the transmission to the United States senate o! an authenticated copy of the report, with all the evidence it contains, for their information. A minority report claims that the meagreness of the testimony demands the exoneration of the uVus-d. , A Festive Parnon. (US; Ohio extra. $3.1896; St. Louie extra, $3. iSfe&ll Southern Hoar dull; common to oboloe extra, $a.Sufe m, ' .. • Concord, N. a, April 10.—Rev. William A Hammond, pastor of the Free Will Baptist church, recently arrested in Boston for stealing several thousand dollars from his wife, has disappeared, taking two trunks full of his wife's clothing and silver. He bought a ticket for Montreal. Before going he spent $350, and tried by threats to get ♦250 more.  Frank W. Tracy, worth $3,000,000, died at Buffalo. WHEAT—Options were in good demand, while the tone was heavy. Prices oloeed about steady at yes terday's figures. Spot lots closed dull and unchanged. Spot sales of No. red state at 99c.; No. 2 do. at 91a; Na 1 white at Mo.; ungraded winter red at MHO.; No. 2 red winter at 90}Ce91Ma, and ungraded spring at 90c.; No. 2 red winter, May, 9l)tfe 91 7-16c.; da. June, da, July, 91Hd91McC It is claimed by The New York Commercial that Attorney General Garland's resignation would please the president THE SITUATION Roads Doing Business Under Great Mrs. L L Foster, a California beauty, is in the hands of the police at Washington for swindling operations. ST. Louis, April 18.—There is very little change in the strike situation bore or at East St Louts at far as the resumption of traffic is concerned. The chief difficulty is best expressed in the following remark made by on Ohio and Mississippi employer: "We have plenty of men to do our work and there would be altogether too many if they understood their business. They are inexperienced, And have to be oontinually watched for fear of their making some bad blunders. Of course, tills is a drawback and a source of vexation to those in charge, but we have to put up with it, as good experienced men are not ;to be had-" The Indianapolis and St. Louis .people claim that they now have a full force ■of platform men. tyie of the cler]»~, when asked where they got most of them, said he supposed most, of them came from St Louis, as they hurried across the bridge as soon as work was over. When asked whether be thought they would remain if the militia •were w.'thdrawn, he said he hardly thought they wou id. Mo t of them are men who have .gone lo work for the time being to earn a few -dollars, and some of them who bad been at work only two days drew their pay and .{ailed to put in an appearance. Difficulties. A Sunday School Teacher. CORN—Options were slightly deal in, while prloes were firm and closed at yesterday's quotations Spot lots closed steady hat dull and without material change. Spot sales of ungraded mixed at4l@ 48fcc.; rejected at Me.; steamer mixed at4fia. and Na 2 mixed at 4j£(c.; Na 2 mixed, April, 4S)fc.; da, May, Hu bid; da. Jane, 48Mo. bid. Red Bank, April 18.—C. H. Davis, the Parkerton Sunday school teacher accused of assaulting his cousin, Florence, has been found in New York by New Jersey officers. He waived requisition and was brought here and locked up. It was thought best not to take him to Parkerton, where the popular feeling against him If very bitter. His wife has reuounced lim and gone to live with her Philadelphia will muster 1,800 new Knights of Labor this week. Tbe PresJ "*nt's Engagement. Troy, April 18.—juts. Wellington, wife of United States Assistant District Attorney Wellington, who has been quoted as having stated that she bad reoeived a letter from Miss Folsom announcing the latter's engagement to President Cleveland, said that she has never received such a letter, and knows nothing about this affair further than what she has read in the newspapers. The Erench chamber has introduced, a bill granting $40,000 for Pasteur's institute. Hoxie reported 373 freight trains with 4,- 347 loaded cars handled yesterday by the Missouri Pacific lines. OATS—Options were dull and oloeed without decided change. Spot lota were quiet and weak, but not quotably lower. Spot sales of Na 1 white state at 48c* and No. 2do, at 42c.; Na S mixed. May, 88c.; da. June, «9ic. A man named Hughes undertook to shoot Dr. Baasett at Hearne, Tex., when Mrs. Bases tt shot Hughes fatally. RYE—Dull; western, flOOttftc.; state, 65«66c. BARLKY—Nominal. PORK—Closed dull and heavy; old mesa, #0.90010; new mesa, $1U80S10i7& LARD—Cloeed after a fair dav's bustafi* Arm at a Mlffbtadvance; cash, #117*; May. June. mm SUGAR—Firm bat doll; fair to food rertnln#, 5 8-Ko BUTTER—Oloeed doll and weak; western, IWtet Mate. 18938°. parents. Condition of Shaekamaxon Bank. The Insurance Must Be Paid. A herd of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle were sold- at Columbus, Ohio, at an average price of $1X7. Philadelphia, April 16. —The expert accountant having in charge the affairs of the broken Shaekamaxon bank has reported that the amount due depositors is C595,000; capital stock of the bank, (120,000; surplus fund, #30,000; due banks, $81,000; total. $776,000. The assots amount to exactly $346,921.83, leaving a deficiency of $480,078.17. Of this anviunt the firm of William Bumm & Sons ure cred I ted with an overdraft of $45,000. New York, April 16.—The jury at Newburg in the trial of the suit of the daughter of the late Senator Madden against the Travelers' Insurance company, of Hartford, Conn., to recover $10,000 lusuranoe on her father's life, has rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. A Paper Sued for UbeL New Haven, April 16.—The New Haven Union has been attached in a suit for libel by Edward L Kimberly, of West Havsn. The damages are plaoed at |10,000c_ The libel was contained in an article speaking of Kimberly's connection with the West Haven Land Improvement company. The opening of two new welli Dear Tltusville has created a local excitement • The Alabama Medical society had wise on the MB of fare at a banquet The clergymen of the state petitioned them to strike off the wine. They refused to do so. stat*. UMb.; waitarn, 121*0. CHEESE—Dull u4 weak; «l»te, weitern, ' New York, April lti—Miss Rose Cleveland is visiting her friend Miss Nelson, in this city. She declined to be Interviewed on the subject of her brother s matrimonial intentions. Miss Nelson said that Miss Clevw land had come here to get a few days' rest, and would return to Washington shortly. Hone Won't (»C▼• It Away. It Is reported that Secretary Lamar will be married to Mrs. Holt, a Macon lady. The couple were lovers years ago, and-have been both married since. Chicago. April ig— Cattle—Receljw, MGO heads shipments, 2,900; market active, shade lower: ship ping steers, 9j0«I,90J lbs., tiHti-A; atooken and feeder-, ti.79A4.90; oows, bulls an t mixed, (1191: bulk. «3.90«& Hogs—Receipts, 10,000 head: sh.pment'. 7.UU0; market slow, 10e. lower; rough and Mixed, (4« I a,; packing and shipping, fi.-MM.4Ui llxht.ga.43® L»l; skips, »190»S.79l Sheep—Receipts, 4,000 heaft ' Iproents, 1,000: market steadj; natives, 92.9091. Lit* Stock Market. Suicide by Banging. Steamer Arrivals. Poug HKEXPsiK, April 16.—Philip H. Asher, of Rhine beck, a respected citizen of tbs town, hanged himself in his barn. He had been ill all winter became despondent He leaves a widow and several children. New York, April 16. —Arrived: Steamer Noordland, from Antwerp; steamer Elba, from Bremen; steamer Acapulco, Aspinwall. Senator Cullen, of the New-- York senate, gtruok Mr. Van Allen in the lace, when friends interfered and prevented further trouble.