ftwJaNCTfl4HEtJj,lir3ftfBKfidBSKMH 5fel&6 )mM& :-vit "A5i?i SvS piiwsivmaa ew ijr f " "C '-S iTs- JUAJNli;AJ5XM!lS JLFAIlJX EJNIZEJ 1 i "jar yji 4. , -I R. lA ' - , r - . . If- I .. - irv v lL h 'r u L-.T-SawS Lancaster fiUelligeriret. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3. 1883. The Apportionment The indecency of the Republican de mand at Harrisburg for an unfair ap portionment is se naked that it appeals with marked force te the sense of justice in every intelligent minded man and journal in the state, net blinded by par tisan greed and rancor. The Democrats of the Heuse and Senate, with a majority of the former branch and the power of veto ledged in the hands of the governor, have at no time demanded even their share of congressmen and senators, but have repeatedly agreed te take far less. The regular Republicans from the start have denied this and have offered no bill that was net a one sided gerrymander. Se plain was this that Jehn Stewart recognized it clearly at the regular ses sion, voted against the McCracken bill, which he new supports, and himself drafted a bill which the Democrats showed a willingness te take, and upon which he new turns his back. It is a question whether in thus falling in with the purposes of Quay, Cooper, Magee and the ether bosses the late In dependents are net doing themselves and their pretended cause far mere harm than they can effect geed for the party te which their return is se loudly vaunt ed, by the process of harmonizing it in which they have lately been displaying themselveB. It is very certain that they cannot secure in such design the sympa thy or any real friend of political reform in their own party, for no mere atrocious political villainy was ever perpetrated under the crack of the party lash, than gerrymander schemes te rob the miner ity of their just rights. The IiidependeLt press of the state i3 net slew te receg nize thi3, and soma of the very journals which last fall, and the year before, did mere for Stewart and Wolfe than they could have possibly done for themselves, rebuke the present attitude of the Inde pendent senators in letting themselves be made the catspaw of the Regulars. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph calls upon Stewart te explain his extra ordinary record in new supporting the McCracken congressional gerrymander which during the regular session lie openly and firmly refused te support, and in abandoning his own equitable bill which otherwise would have become the law. The Pittsburgh Dispatch, te which Independent Republicanism ewes mere than te a half dozen Stewarts, is a? pointed and emphatic in its rebuke of him and its concession that the Deme cratic apportionment prepositions are fair. The Philadelphia Times, which ders net treat the Democracy nowadays with mere than about trade dollar fairness, clearly recognizes the justice of their demand for a fair apportionment in this S"4ite, and says that "a fair apportion ment with natural geographical lines, could be made giving the Democrats 12 and the Republicans 1G; or, what would be better, 11 Democratic, 12 Republican and 3 debatable districts; but the fact that Representative Lowrey, of Indiana, was jeered and hissed by his Republican colleagues in the Heuse when he pre posed te concede the Democrats eleven congressman, or two less than their vote fairly entitles them te, is anything but an indication of Republican sincer ity." When it is remembered that this is mere favorable te the Democrats than the bill they have offered te take, it be comes very plain that the Independents miy surrender their own swords, but ciunet carry ever their following te the enemy. With regard te the proposed senatorial apportionment, tee, the Wilkesbarre Recerd, another Independent Republi can paper, points out certain great ine qualities operating against the three Democratic counties of Barks. Luzerne and Schuylkill : Delaware county with a population of 56,101 ; Bradford and Sullivan with G0.G14 ; Susquehanna aud Wyoming with 55,052 ; Tiega, Petter and Camereu with 04,770; McKcan and Warren with 70 54G ; Clinten aud Clearfield with G0.G86; Indiana and Jeffersen with GS.4G2 ; Clar Clar eon, Elk and Ferest with 57,51,'!, are made district, each with a senator, while Berks, with 122.597 ; Luzerne with 133,005 and Schuylkill with 129.074 are made single districts each with one seuater. Each of these latter counties has nearly double the papulatien of all the smaller districts above named. These are the results under the census of 1880. But this is new 1883, and very decided changes in population have occurred in the three years. Fer instance, Luzerne un questionably contains net less than 150,000 peeple, and. it is manifest in justice te disfranchise this large surplus population. There is no doubt at all be fore the next apportionment time arrives Luzerne will have three times the popula tion of Delaware or several of these ether small districts. Schuylkill, tee, is in creasiug very rapidly, aud gainiug fast en Lancaster. The latter, with 139,447 pop ulation, is accorded two senators, though te-day, if the census could be taken, Luzerne would certainly and Schuylkill probably lead her. There are 27 districts formed of siugle counties or their division, with an aggre gate population of 2,474,887 under the 1880 census. The remaining 23 districts are composed of two or mere counties whose aggregate population is 1,807,899, or i'"anging the districts into large and email, one half the number of districts have an aggregate population el 1,710,282, the ether half an aggregate et 2,572,505. In ether words, in one'balf the senatorial districts proposed 68,411 paeple are enti tied te a senator, while iu the ether 25 districts it requires a papulatien of 102, 900 te send a senator te Harrisburg. There is a sensible reaction against the trade dollar craze. In the larger cities some of the leading business houses will continue te take the coin and pay it out, and they may find great advantage in doing it, for many of their customers will accept the trade dollar if they knew they can turn it in again ever the same counter ; and new customers leaded up with trade dollars will naturally have their patronage attracted te places where they can get 100 cents value for it. The banks will, no doubt, receive them en special deposit, and the tradesmen can put them in and draw them out again. Last year the mints of the country coined nearly thirty million pieces of silver of. 112 grains. Most of these lie in the treasury vaults, and while they repose there in idleness they are worth TTgmni rewwi mmm i. . iggggifssgag!?? - no mere te the government than 412i grains of silver in any ether shape.' The preposition te exchange them -piece for piece, for coins containing 1 mere grains of silver, enough te pay for the receinage, is se obviously fair that it must- sooner or later be adopted for the relief of the government from embarrass ment and shame and of the people from the trade dollar imposition. In view, therefore, of the early prospect that the present discredited coin will seen be worth 100 cents the panic ever it must he short lived. The demand for it will quickly advance the price te near or en tirely par, and anybody who can possibly wait for the rise will be prudent te net submit te the shave. Enterprising mer chants who take the chances will de a geed stroke of business in the dull sea son. The dual editorial character of the ut terances of the Intelligencer is a happy means of avoiding responsibility,but Judge Patterson once discovered the trick aud exposed it. Reading News. The Intelligencer neither makes utterances of a "dual character" nor seeks te avoid responsibility for anything it says or any position it takes. On the ether baud it fully assumes that respon sibility and does net propose that it shall l)e shifted upon the social, political, business, or professional relations which its editors may held outside of their connection with this journal. Judge Patterson may have "discovered the trick." Slaymaker's bull tried a trick en the locomotive, tee. The partisan demand ter the defeat of Jehn Iluggard, the faithful presides the beard of peer guardians, ji. I' adelphia, was se far gratified y-. - -i as te result in the electieu ever him ' of iil- Uy of Richard C. McMurtrie, who had voted for Iluggard, aud with characteristic high mindeduess refuspd te take the place. Butthemeauuess which defeats Iluggard, simply because outside of this bjard he is a Democrat, has net been pal liated i'.nd will net be forgotten. It is net he ecrtain that the trade dollar must go. Tiik Yerk Age "trusts in Ged and a Democratic Congress," and will,thorefore, take trade dollars same as auy ether dol del lai.s. Judge Headlky ought te take hepe for his election as govorner of Ohie from Keifer's prediction that he will be a weak candidate. Keifer never hurt anything that he did net help. The reduction in the public debt for June was ever $18,000,000, aud for the 12 months nearly $138,000,000. The reduc tion for last month is the lamest ever made in a siugle month by the ordinary nrothels of business. Over ene hundred of the Philadelphia school niai-ms will nitrry during the pre sent vacation and when school reopens the places that lately knew them will knew them no mure. They drew their pay for vacation before proclaiming the bans. It is geuerally conceded that Edisen knows as much as anybe.ly about elae tricity, but most people are ready te agree with mm that "electricity is a ten-acre let, with a very high, close fence around it. All we knew about it, se far, we have gained by peeping through the cracks iu the beards." Common matches with a penny stamp ou each box sold three for five or two cants fef the matches. Without the stamp they soil at two for three, or IV cent pur box against jj of a cent per box before. Profit for the matchmakers by the new deal 125 per cent. Get out tLe tinder and boycott the monopoly. It is easy enough for the treasury officials te sty the trade dollar " was net intended for circulation iu the United States, but for expert te China." But it bears tbe uame, aud mark and pious motto of ourlgevernmoutal coinage and hence was calculated te deceive. Ne cheap Cbicee tricks en the Great American Peeple. The Philadelphia Evening News present ed its iuitial number yesterday pb a one cent daily with a double sheet issue and a general typographical reuovatien, which greatly ouhauees its appaarauce ; while the first number of the Wilkosbarre Daily Recerd came out yesterdey under the new management of Messrs. Charles B. Sny der, Dr. Frederick C. Jehnsen and Jeseph C. Powell, who have purchased the en treling intcrest in the Recerd. Butler keeps en reastiug the Massa chusetts Logislature. He has vetoed the two million tax bill, because he thinks ene million sufficient aud a million aud a half ample. He declines te adjourn the Legis lature until fall, but declares a willingness te prorogue it anytime until next Jan uary. The peeple are looking at the Mas sachusetts fight very much in the frame of mind in which the old man regarded the conflict of Betsy and the bear. Jehn Wanamakeu came up smiling at Harrisburg yesterday aud it was a cold day for the roosters who have been capturing the award of state supplies. He bid lowest and get the con tract for Heuse and Senate stationery, and for supplies for the departments and Legis lature. With a responsible and reliable hou6e furnishing these goods, and the in telligent and honest scrutiny of Secretry Stenger, the state will for once get the worth of its money. Mr. Charles Francis Adams, jr., has created some sensation by boldly attack, ing the study nf the ancient classics as an essential te a college education in his Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard. The ad dress likely occasions mere comment because it was unexpected from that source, than from any novelty of the ar gument, whieh is the old presentation of ene side of a very old question. Se far as Mr. Adams' onslaught upon Greek gees, the Sun makes a geed point when it says his own confession of utter ignorance of Greek having forgotten even its alphabet disqualifies him te criticise the beauty or utility or that language. As te some of his ether points, the Tribune, in an ex tract which we reprint, seems te very neatly answer mm. j STATE POLITICS. THE HOPES "Or THIS UEXUUR&Cr. Tbe Werk of tbe Administration The tte- ferina uf tbe Heuse Tbe trebable lMaes of the Uemluj; Campaign. Staff Correspondence et tlie I'itlsburgli Did patch. When I came upea W. U. Heusel.cliair man last year and this of the Democratic state committee, en a Pennsylvania rail road train betweeu Philadelphia and Lan caster the ether day, he was reading " Dr. Claudius" instead of studying the map of the state te see hew 15 Democratic con gressional districts could bj carved out without a gerrymander. " What's new in politics?" repcatud the field marshal after me, " don't expect me te kuew. I have been in Harrisburg very little this wiuter, and scarcely ever except when business called me there. The Democratic party elected a governor and a majority of the Heuse te vindicate its pledges of administrative referm, aud I think the politicians of the paity, if I am classed anions them, have been satisfied te let them de their work without much outside intorferenca. After the IIouse had organized aud the governor's chief ap pointments were announced there was a notable absence during the winter from Harrisburg of Democratic politicians, aud no appjarauce of any attempt ou their part te boss the officials whom they had helped te elect. This strikes me as au spicieus. It has left the Democratic state administration aud the IIouse free te pur sue that policy which best serves the gen eral public geed aud, after all, that in tlie end serves their party best." " Te what extent have they suc ceeded ?" " Te a very great extmit. The admin istration has certainly materially strength ened the party by its wise, intelligent aud honest course I am net slew te roce!uizo the fact that the personal rotations of the governor and his small circle of confiden tial counsellers with the party leaders iu the Legislature and the state are Net What They Sbeuld ise, nor de I care te iuquire where the respeii sibility for this lies. I cannot seu that it has tonded in auy degroe te party disor ganization. The administration has shown no disposition te use its patrouage or influence te build up a faction iu tbe party nor te control the organization for its own purposes, and se long as it makes no such effort, it will be judged fairly by its work. Thus far that has certaiuly commended it te the party's favor, as it also has te the approval of the general public. In spite of adverse criticism upon some few of the governor's appointments in which I joined aud which I am still of the opinion they doserved it was ree egnized generally that this was largely a personal matter with him, and that the responsibility for any misfortune occur ring te his administration by reason of an unlucky choice of counsellers would fall most heavily upon himself. Certaiuly the outcome of the executive deliberations thus far has justified his selectieus. Tbe Vetoes Net All Wise. " The distinctive work of the adminis tratieu has been most conspicuously dis played in the gubernatorial vetoes. Twe or three of these, I think, were mistakes ; for example, the disapproval of the asses sors' bill and of the Wolvorten raforee bill, but in the main they were seuud ; they have exbibited a close scrutiny of bills, a keen appreciation of crude aud ill advised legislation, a high regard for the fundamental law, conscientious devotion te the reform pledges of the campaign, and I kuew they have struck the average popular judgment of the party masses very favorably. I receive letters te that effect daily." " Te what extent is this policy due te the governor's advisers ?" " Of course, sir, I have no meaus of knowing that. Ner docs it matter, since he alone is rcspousible for his acts. It is uet likely that he would fail te call into his confidence at least his attorney gen eral, secretary of state and his intimate fricud, Senater Gorden all three men of great ability and posicive character and if he has taken counsel of them, surely it will net be said, even from a partisan stand peiut, that they have led him estray. Iu liis positive recommendations te the Leg islature, the govorner has displayed the same qualities that have marked his vetoes, aud all the reform measures of the session had his sympathy. Besides his official advisers, I understood that Judge Black and Mr. Piollet have bad frequent consultations and always ready audience with him. They are, each iu his own way, ineu of original ideas who stand clesa te the people." A I'arty et Modest Expectations. " lias the Democratic majority in the Heuso disappointed the reform expecta tions of its party." " Certainly net. It left seme things undone, te be sure, aud, like all legislative bodies, wasted some time, for which the people had te pay. But, by universal agreement, it was the best IIouse that has met in Harrisburg for 20 years Se many of its members were new and uutried that the majority suffered a lack of united leadership. But its impulses were all for reform, and no bad legislation stained its record. Come was slovenly and care less, but the governor has weeded that out ; and the Senate, largely compesod of experienced men, must share the respon sibility for that. Net a siugle charge of venality was made against the members of the present Heuse. Ne bosses cut out its work for it ; no lobby passed nor repress ed the measures which engaged its atten tion ; a number of very salutary bills were passed and,as the Philadelphia Committee of One Hundred proclaims, seme of these had been vainly urged for years before Republican Legislatures. Most of the bon ben eficial legislation was adopted in the Sen ate against Stalwart opposition and by the united Democrats with the aid of a few Independents. If these latter new persist in joining their Stalwart associates te deny the Democrats a fair apportionment they will openly shame themselves and give us a new issue ou which te go before the people of the state. Tbe Heuse Supplies a Key-Nete. " The appropriations of the session when fairly tabulated, will show roduetions ever former years. The expenses of the Heuso were reduced, and I regard it. as a strong point te be made that the Democratic majority of this body surrendered patron age belonging te it and refused te fill needless offices created by Republican laws and invariably filled by the opposi tion when in control. On tbe whole, the Democracy can well afford te rest the coming canvass largely en the work of its representatives at Harrisburg this winter, and we will be strengthened rather than otherwise by the refusal of the Republi cans te concede an equitable apportion ment. " The coming state campaign will be fought en state issues. The Democrats insist upon that. The offices te be filled. state treasurer and auditor general, relate exclusively te state affairs, and the past administration of them calls for reform, I expect te see a large and deeply interested convention, declaring with no uncertain sound en the vital issue of administrative reform in state government, and looking for candidates who will, in their name j and by their records, give pledges of this. A number of names are already mentioned, but I doubt if any of these will be the-hnal cheics of the convention." Ne Bandall-Wallace-Casaldy Uleber. " What of the alleged Randall Wallace- Cassidy combination te control the conven tion this year and next in the interest of a scheme te make Randall president and te remove Cassidy from competition with Wallace for the Senate by giving the attorney general tan premise of a cabinet place under Randall?' "It is utter nonsense. They would net if they could, and tbe; could net if they would. Ne each three-legged steel as that will ever be the scat of power in the Democratic party of this statr. A triple beaded combination could be dispatched mero easily than any ether by the uprising et the young men of the party, who would very quickly show themselves equal te the task. But I have abundant reason te kuew that no such alliance was ever contemplated. Each of the Unco geti tlemeu named is big enough aud ambi tious nueugh te stand ou his own feet. I de uet fancy that even two of them could be liukcd in a combination new. At auy rate, they appreciate tkit there is no room nor auy occasion for com binations or factions iu the party in this state uew. It is singularly free from faction, ad will remain se. Among I he scores or active politicians, young aud old, who new share its leadership, ue mau can mnster a corporal's guard en the former Hues of division. Mr Wallace, Mr Cas sidy and Mr. Randall, with 50 ethors, of mero or less influence, I have no doubt will be glad te btand together for mcasuies that will promote party harmony and suc cessat least this year aud next, and until Pennsylvania is an assured Democratic state. There has been tee much 'parting of the raiment' in ad vance iu the past. A geed political recipe is te ' first catch your bare ' " A tioed Let of Thunder en Hand. " What has your state comtnitteo dene siuce its organization iu Jauuary ?" "It has been busily engaged in prepar ing for the state convention, which will meet in Harrisburg en August 1, and for the first time under the new rules will consist et 359 members ; of wheai two thirds are already elected. Almest a dozen counties have already chosen their tickets aud have tkair committees organ ized for next year. Tbe preliminary work of the campaign is well advauced and weeks et labor have been saved by the collection already of material, work usual ly deferred until after the nominations. " I expect, of course, te make head quarters during the campaign iu Philadel phia, but it is doubtful if the parties will get te work much bofero September this year, as the taxes were paid generally last year. Even then popular attention will be largely turued ler the next few weeks te Tlie UMn Campaign." "What of that'.'" " 1 knew nothing except by newspaper report, and that is favorable ie Headley's election. But the Pennsylvania election must net be allowed te depend upon that. We have our own issues aud will in ike our own fight." " Who wiil be the Republican nemiu 008?" " That is net my couceru. The most harmonious program me that has been bug gestcd would be Niles for auditor geacsa1 and Jehn Stewart for state chairman. Se mete it be. If the Independents oae .vtand it we can. I never assumed that the Inde pendent movement was a ' tender' te the Democracy, nor expected it te be. Had Stewart withdrawn last year Pattiseu'b majority would have been larger. As it was, the Pattison vote was uearly all drawn irein the Democrats. Here's my station. I'.UITUKIAL CUMESTS. Tbe Issues Fer tbe Unmpalgu I'ittdbur Dispalcli, Ed. Mr. Hcnsel's uttarauuen mark out tbe pregramme of the Democratic managers iu the next campaign. They will have ue tariff issue in the fight if they can help it The Venango county platform will net be reiterated by the state convention. Ner will they accept the verdict of the paople of Ohie upon the liquor question as con clusive or eveu peteutial in their case in Pennsylvania. The mismanagement of the fiscal affairs of the coiumeu wealth, if thore has been any, the reform record of the Democratic Heuse, if it can be discovered, the negative reform qualities of the regular Republicans in the Senate, if they have been derelict, with the undoubted positive virtues of the Democratic executive and the partisan unfairness of the Republicans in their treatment of tbe apportionment question upeu these the Democracy of Pennsylvania will rest its case. Iu fine, we are te have a state campaign upon state issues. It is well for Mr. Cooper, or Mr. Smith, or Mr. Heyt, or Mr. Stewart, or whoevor is te marshal the battalions en the ether side, te knew this new, that he may prepare te meet it. Concerning Cordial Relations. Philadelphia Press. Chairman Ilenscl laments the fact that the governor's confidential counselors are net the leaders of the Democratic party iu the Legislature and the state. If this peculiar condition of the relations between the sovernor aud theso persons considered by Mr. Ilensel te be the Democratic lead ers accounts for the striking difference bo be bo tween the excellent record made by the administration and the record of the Democratic party in the Legislature, in cluding the failure te fulfill the campaign premises of reform and economy, the cause for the Democratic chairman's regret is somewhat obscure, unless, indecd, it arises from a lack of cordial relations between the governor and the chairman. JDUr,lU3T ISLAM'S WOUND. Mere hcrieusThan at First Supposed Feats Tbat Fyicnila may Set In. Mr. Elam's wound is much mere serious than was at first apprehended. After his removal from the field te the residence of Mr. Lewis a closer examination disclosed that the ball had entered the right thigh near the junction of the upper third and the lower twethird3 of the femur. After striking the bone it ranged backward and upward through tbe peritoneum and ledged in the left groin, whence it was extracted. It passed between the urethra and the rectum, lacerating the tissues but net seriously injuring either organ. There has been no paralysis and no serious in jury te the' large vessels. The patient's spirits are geed. He himself discovered where the ball was ledged. It will be re -membered that en the field he stated that the shot had penetrated both legs. It is apprehended that some fereigu substance has been left in the track of the ball,, such as particles of clothing and splinters of bone. The ball, however, was but little battered. The wound, while net necessarily fatal, is a very serious one. Lieutenant Governer Lewis, at whose heuse W. C. Elam lies wounded, was at Harrisonburg, Va., en Monday. He ic very uneasy about him. Dr. Wheat, his physician says he py;etnia is feared from the clogging of the wound, as no tube has yet been inserted te give flew te the pus. Sloughing is also feared by reason et the proximity of the wound te the femoral artery. R. P. Bairne, with E. Chalkley, ene of his seconds iu the late duel, arrived at Frederiekburg, Va., Monday morning and passed the day in seclusion. Their pres ence gave rise te many rumors. They left en the Southern train. It is the impres sion that Beirne will suirendcr himself te day. Representative Niles will deliver the Fourth of July oration at Trey. Colonel Samuel B. Holabird has been appointed by the president te be quarter master general in place of Gen oral Rufus Ingalls, retired. He also appointed First Lieutenant Charles Ingalls, of the sixth infantry, te be cap tian and assistant quartermaster. The president has appointed William J. Gal braith te be associate justice of the su preme court of Mentana. NEWS IN MIEF. A LITE MlSOEEANKOUS ASSORTMENT. Tbe Varied Happenings TVbteb occurred Yesterday A Prohibition Party's Action In Pbtladelpnia. The Prohibition Heme Protection party of the county and city of Philadelphia, held its convention in assembly building yesterday. There were preeeut. twenty one men and three women. Dr. A. C. Pettit was elected permanent chairman. The nominees for state officers chosen at the Pittsburgh convention. May 30th, wero- endorsed, as fellows : State treasur er, Ira B. Heward, of Venango ; state auditor, J.R. Ferdhatn, of of Lackawauua. Fer the municipal offices te be filled in November next, the conven tion nominated Hiram De Walt for con troller, Dr. Samuel Daggy for coroner, E. M Cayne for clerk of quarter sessions and T. Warren O'Neill for district attor ney. The platform adopted declared that the movement is made te effect a reform that ether parties have proved themselves inadequate te perform, and favored such a referm in public instruction as would indoctrinate the children in the principles of total abstinence and prohibition. The Heme Protection party of Camden yesteiday nominated E. Ambler Arm strong for Assembly iu tbe First distriet, and Rebert Bingham of the Second. Beth nominees are from the Republican party. Enech Pratt Monday afternoon executed a deed of the proeertyof the Pratt frea library, en Mulberry street, Baltimore, te that city, and gave his cheek for $833,333, 33 te be invested in city bauds for the support of the library. The building is nearly finished and the books will be ready for use as seen as the interior is ready te receive thorn. William 11. Vauderbilt has added $100,000 te the endowment fund of the Vanderbilt university at Nashville, tnak ing the total $700,000 The annual inter est of the last donation will be applied te the support of a technical school in con nection with the school of mining and education. Bids for the construction of the new naval cruisers wero opened Monday at the navy department. There were only four bidders for each vessel. The contract wil 1 probably be awarded te Jehn Reach, who is the lowest bidder at the following fig ures : Fer the Chicago, $853.090 ; Bosten, $610,000 ; Atlanta, $G17,U00 ; and the Delphin (the dispatch beat), $315,000. Forty seven bicyclists started Monday morning from Windser, Ontario, en a tour through Canada via St. Themas, Goderich, Stratford, Brantford and Te ronte te Niagara Falls. The party includes wheelmen from Detroit, Chicago, Mil waukee, Louisville and ether American cities. Baseball yesterday : At St. Leuis : St. Leuis 1, Athletic 9 ; Brooklyn : Brooklyn 3, Yale cellege 2 ; Bosten : Bosten G, Providence 1 ; Detroit : Detroit 5, Cleve land 15 ; Cincinnati : Metropolitan 4, Cincinnati 3 (twelve innings) ; Louisvllle: Allegheny 4, Echpse 10 ; Philadelphia : New Yerk 7, Philadelphia l. Articles of association of the " People's Railway Company of America," ware filed Monday with the secretary of state ar. Iudianapelis, aud will, it is said, be filed with tbe secretary of the interior at Washington. The capital of the concern is stated at $175,000,000. Sunday was the lGth anniversary of the confederation of the British North Ameri can provinces. Yesterday was set apart by proclamation as a holiday and observed as Confirmation Day through the De miuien. It is said that the Bethlehem steel mill will be started next Meuday aud only workmen will be employed who will sever their connection with the Amalgamated association. KILLING Ilia OWN S13TEU. ,l :Inrder Odckly Followed by SulclJe An Insane man'd Crime. The peeple of Thegg's neck, in West Chester township, N. Y., are excited ever a murder and suicide. Miss Fanny Sea man, 28 years of age, whose father aud mother are dead, resided with the family of Mr. William L. Ferris, a wealthy Quaker, who is related te the Saamaus. Uer brother, William K. Seamau. 24 years of age, who was a frequent visitor at the house, had, it appears, been engaged te marry a young lady of New Yerk. She, hearing that insanity had developed itself in the sister of her betrothed, breke her engagement with him. 1 en tig Seaman, who was net expected at the Ferris resi deuce until the Fourth, took the train for Thregg's Neck Suuday afternoon. On reaching the station, instead of taking Mr. Ferris' carriage, which was there in wait ing, as usual, he proceeded en feet te the house, which is at some distance from tbe depot. On reaching the heuse it appears that he entered by a window, unseen by any members of the family, and made his way te a sleeping room in which his sister lay in bed. Suddenly the report of a pistol was heard. The household was at ence thrown into a state of terrible consternation and before any ene was cer tain as te whence the repert oarae the sound of another pistol shot rang through the heuse and the heavy fall like that of a human body was heard in Miss Seaman's room. It was new evident that a fearful tragedy was being enacted there. In an instant all the members of the household bad gathered in tbe room. Theresa hor rible sight was presented te their view. On the bed, with the bleed streaming ever the pillow from a wennd in the head, lay the lifeless form of Fanny Seaman and en the fleer lay the body of her brother, with the bleed ruauing from a similar wound. He was in the last agonies of death and near him was a revolver which had done the terrible work. He had evidently, immediately en entering the room, shot his sister, whose death had apparently been instantaneous, and had then meted out a like fate te himself. He died a few minutes after the members of the family entered the room. At the office of the Lackawanna Iren and Ceal company, Ne. 52 Wall street, it was learned tbat 'the name W. K. Seaman is en their rolls as that of an empleye of the company at Scranton. It was said that he had of late been very hard at work with inventions, and it is believed that the strain caused by overwork had, together with ether troubles, brought en mental derangement. WKEuK AND UU1N. Tbe Reign et Violence and Wrung. Violent thunder storms, accompanied by high winds and, in some cases, hail, yesterday afternoon visited many portions of New Yerk and New England. Much damage was done te property at Pert Jer viB, Binghampton and Hancock, in New Yerk ; Hartferd and Waterbury, in Con necticut, and the Williamstown Valley, in Massachusetts. At Williamstown tbe new college gymnasium, in which the alumni dinner was te have been eaten te-morrow was wrecked. An outgoing Kansas City express train ran into a street car at a street crossing in Chicago, en' Sunday night, smashing the vehicle te pieces. The lamps in the cars exploded, setting fire te the wreck. Of thirteen persons in the car, only one escaped injury, and it is feared that two or three of the injured cannot survive. The diiveref the car misunderstood the signal of the mau sta tioned at the crossings. Mrs. Grever was dangerously ii net fatally shot by some boys who were yes terday playing with a toy cannon in an alleyway in the rear of her house in New ark, New Jersey. A minnie ball entered her back below the left shoulder and came out iu front near the breast. Daring tbe fuk:tMfSS. trial of a large easine en the'snmmit of the-Sierra Navada, near Truckee, Califor nia, aienaay, an accident occurred by which the engineer and a number of train men were injured, though none fatally. A negre, named McDowell, who had feloniously assaulted a young woman, was taken from the jail at Bowling Green, Kentucky, Monday merninir. and lvnched by a mob of masked men. Wiley Jehnsen shot Ssvilh Stanley through the heart at Croften, Kentucky, en Sunday. Beth were drunk. Valentine Dockweilcr was killed and Rebert Reed severely injured by the fall of a shed while piling lumber-4 yesterday in I'ottjville. An Accident en the itench. At Atlantic City, N. J., about 3:30 Monday afternoon, a carriage containing six persons, driven by Mr. J. M. Derland, of the Etenimj News, of Philadelphia, ran ever Bertha Bair, a child 9 years of age. The little cirl was standing uear the edge of the surt by a playmate, who was lying iu the seaweed.' The feet of the off horse struck and knocked Bertha dewD.brcaking no bones but inflicting injuries the result of which cannot be determined. In jus tice te Mr. Derland, it is said that the vehicle was being driven at a moderate rate of speed and there was room for the little irl te get easily out of the way. Mr. Derland was bound ever by Justice of the Peace Zeros, in the sum of $500, te answer at the next terra of court the charge of reckleas driving. PERSONAL.. Gee. M. Kline, esq., and family are summering at Rehobeth Beach, Del. Rev. C. F. Knight, D. D., aud family have geno te Saybrook Point, Conn. J W. F. Swift has goue te Leng Branch, N. J. T. Wallace and Richard M. Reilly left this morning en a trip te the Thousand lsles, in the St. Lawrence river. Du Hark, father of Rev. .1. Max Hark, of tbe Moravian church, thin city, is spend ing the summer iu Lancaster. Mr. James P. Boyd, a well-known Philadelphia journalist, formerly of this county, is also spending the heated term in Lancaster. Hannibal Hamlin te "Gath" who wcut te see him up iu Maine : "My Lord ! haven't you get mero sonse thau te coine here just as I am playing with a trout'.'"' Rev. Stephen II. Tyne, an . who is 84 years old, has no recollection of anything occurring iu the past 50 years, but as te events iu 18-J0 aud bofero he is perfectly clear. Capi". Frank Geise, of Yerk, denies that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination of auditor general, but Goe. W. MeElrey announces himself ler dis trict attorney evor there. Mr. C. II. Heckeut, formerly of the Examiner et this city aud new of the Bradford Era, is ou a visit te his relatives aud friends iu this city. Siuce he has been iu tbe "neitheru tier" his avoirdupois has increased from 140 te 187. Jee Jeffersen's hobby new is line cattle. He took a let of valuable Alderueys down te his Louisiana farm in May, aud it ises ti mated that his herd is new worth $75,000 He is paintiug a picture of a lovely heifer, his favorite, which he hab been offered $2,500 for. Adjutant General Guthrie, at H.irrisburg has made the following ap pointments of aides-de -camp te his staff : Liuutenant Colonel Win . Rose Rartsherne, Lieutenant Colonel Fredrick E. Embick, Lieutenant Colonel Tliema3 J. Uudsen,and Lieutenant Colonel Henry B. Plum mcr. Other appointments will be made. Prof. Seidensticker, of the univer sity of Pennsylvania, an accomplished scholar, is visiting this city at present, the guest of E. K. Martin, esq. Te-day he visits the historic community of Ephrata, of whose rumarkable publications he -is the histeriau in a series of papers ruuning through the Pioneer, a German publica catien iu Cincinnati. KA112UAI.L.. Tbe luter-btute Association. At a meeting of the Inter State Baseball association in Philadelphia yesterday a new schedule et games was adopted. Under the old oue, arranged at the begin ning of the season, six gam:s were te be played at home and six abroad, but, according te the new rule, which gees into cUect today, eacli club will bive te play during the next thrce months thirty games at home aud thirty abrea.l, making sixty in the aggregate The following umpires wero appointed en the American association plau, and will travel with the clubs : Jehn Helland, Reading ; E. A. Griffith, Pottsville ; Frank Bent, Camden, N. J., aud Daly, Brooklyn, N. Y. The beard of directors, compesod of Messrs. Fex, Fields, Rodearmol and Waitt, rendered decisions iu four cases of pretest against the judgments of umpires. The first case called was that of the Actives, who appealed against the decision of the umpire iu declaring a game iu favor of the Trenten club. Mr. Fex claimed that ene of the Actives had made a home run, but that the umpire refused te allow it en the ground that the runner had net touched second base. The beard ordered the game te be played ever again. The next case was that of the Harris burg club, who alleged tbat during the last half of the fifth inning iu a game with the Trenten club it commenced te rain, and the umpire gave the game te the latter because the Harrisburg team stepped playing bofero the umpire called time. Mr. Redearmel stated that according te tbe rules of the Americau association, the umpire was compelled te declare it "Ne game," unless five innings had been com pleted ou each side. A postponement of the hearing of the case was refused, tbe decision of the umpire was sustained, and a request for a reconsideration was also refused, but permission was granted te take an appeal from the decision of tbe beard of the. association. The pretest of tlie Brooklyn club against the decision of the umpire in giviugagame te the Actives was dismissed, as was also that of the Harrisburg club against the Wilmington club. Celebrating tbe Relict Vrein btuinp Tux Yesterday afternoon at four o7cleck Dr. Jehn R. Merris, manufacturer of Mishler's herb bitters, celebrated the abolition of the revenue stamp tax by giving a grand set out te his many friends. The collation was spread in the large room of his laboia labeia laboia tery en Miillin street, and around .the beard were gathered about one hundred of the doctor's friends. Ou a large tank at tbe south end of the room was the fol lowing : " Sac ed te the Memery of U. S. R. T. Died July 1, 1883. Gone but net forgotten. Committee en Congratula tions : The Peeple ; Committee en Con dolence : Rollins, Delane, Raum. R. I. P." The affair lasted about three hours, and was highly enjoyed bv all who partici pated in the festivities. Paid His Cocu. The mayor had but one customer this morning, and that was Jimmy Kelly, an old offender. He was found en West King street suffering from a sun and whisky stroke, with a bowl of cracked ice at his head ; he recovered at the station-house, and this morning found two Bland dollars in his pocket, with which he paid his costs and proudly took his departure. A KreakdOwD, Yesterday Knapp's beer wagon, while heavily leaded with beer, broke down en East King street, spilling a geed many kegs of. tbe favorite beverage. A faulty axle was the cause of the trouble. Jki' ALMSHOUSE BUHNER UlaASTKOCS FIBS N1SAB H ABRISBDKQ. An Almsbeuae in Ashes Tbe Uaapbia County Heuso Burned. Lively Cbase After Lunatics. The burniug of the Dauphin county almshouse, and insane department con nected with the institution, Monday, was s. calamity enuiliug a Icsj of ever $100,000, en which there is but au insur insur auce of $24,000. The almshouse, te which is attached about one hundred acres of laud, is en the Reading pike 2 miles east of Harrisburg. About neon, lire was discovered in the bain belonging ta the almshouse, across the toad, iu front of the main building, and in consequence of a scarcity of water and absence of tbe tire apparatus it was seen destroyed, together with oenie of the uewly gathered er.ps, farming imple ments, five head of mules aud two cows. Tbe main almshouse building, built within the last ten years, at a cost of $70,000 was of brick and thiue bt:. lea Liiib, and 50 by 150 feet. The tl line. from the barn set this en fire, and it b-jing evident that nothing could be dene te save it from de structuni, attention was turned te saving the inmates, and fortuuately all were res cued in safety, though four or live were somewhat burned after getting out by their clothing taking the. The insane de partment, which originally was the alms house, was in the rear of the main building, and iu a short time wat also en lire and destroyed. Nothing has been left of either of them but the bare walls. The firemen from Harrisburg tried te save the properly, but the water was tee scarce. The schoel-bouso and laundry buildings were, however, saved, aud may be utilized iu a measure te harbor and care for the paupers, who after the lire were huddled together in the fields aud kept together aud proteetcd by a detaciicieut of police sent by Mayer Wilsen, of Harrisburg, for that purpose. The sight presented by nearly three hundred paupers aud insane, when gathered in the fields, was one of the saddest that could ba imagined. Crippled old men and women, child run and iufants of paupers all dazed aud nearly crazed because of the destruction of the euly home they knew. One of the male itihaue patients escaped from theso having obarge, and with great spt-cd ran towards the etate insane asylum ; he was picked up by a gentleman aud takuu te the mayor' ollice, and for safety the mayor committed him te prison. The itisaiift patients weie during the afternoon vcmuwd te the state iuaue asylum. Theso of the paupera who wre sick wero sent te the city hospital. The tire startu.i in the bain shortly be- fere ene o'clock. Spontaneous cuiibustien of the fresh hay is believed te have been the cause. The only witness of the bioak bieak ing out of the lire, a boy, says that it "burst out all at. one:;, all evor tlu reef of the barn." Tbe main buildiug, about sixteen year:; old, was called, " lit e proof" because it Lad brick walls, aslatu reef aud brick partitions -But the burniug barn being se close and a lively breeze Vewinjj in just the direction te de the me t harm, the beards under the heated slate i"if were seen ablaze. There Wis no oriM'iizitien or any ether pretec ion against liiet-xcrpt water tanks at the top of the building, but there was net einuih hese te play ou the burning reef and the water tauks seen burst and made thu il trues fierce Misiiii:ti-.i.)eii Msvy.-.. Kvents Near aud Artec te County Liner. Oliver C. McClure, a prominent lawyer, and ene of the editors of the Chester Daily Times, has ditd of consumption. David Shuler, agi-d 12 years, a son of Samuel Shuler of I5ernvi!l;, Yerk county, was accidentally drowned while iu bathing ou Saturday evening iu company with Allen Kershncr aud Eddie IJebcr, of about the same age. A family iu Yeik were last, week poi pei poi sened by tbe inhaling of fly poi3en, which they had scattered around tbe beuse. Several of thu family were quite sick ter a while, one or two of them having te take te their beds. West Chester will elijervu the Fourth of July by having au old Btyle firemen's parade, ou which occasion tlie cntire dc partment, composed of three companies, will turn out in gray attire and march te music furnished by energetic brass bands. During a thunderstorm Henry Geerge, living near Ruchville, Lehigh county, who was out iu the hay field with his thrce thrce thrce horse team, had all three of the auimals killed by a stroke of lightning. The two men, oue standing uear the horses and the ether en the wagon, were net hurt. The Blaris family are making prepara tions for the holding of a reunion en Au gust 25, near the village of Morten, Dela ware county, iu honor of tbe two hun dredth annwersary of the lauding iu this county of Geerge Maris, the original set tler of this well known family in Amer ica. At a meeting of the West Chester heard of prison inspectors yesterday, among the things discussed was tbe payment of the reward for the capture of Fraukferd and Dunn. Thrce of the claimants of the re ward were present, but as there was home difficulty betweeu the claimants, the pri son authorities declined paying uutil they ai ranged matters between themselves. Iu the Berks county almshouse thore are only 30 insane inmates and the mana ger of the poei heuse farm being sdiert of hands has turned the whele crowd iute the hay Held, where they de excellent work. It is reported that they seem te enjoy it and their labor appears te improve them in various ways. Some who have been making night hideous with their screams are new able te enjoy a geed night's rest. Isaac Sa8saman, president of tbe Crystal ice company, Readiug, lest two daughters by death iu a somewhat strange manner. About four years age a young man sup posed te be a consumptive paid attentions te the one, and after about a year's court ship it was noticed that she was in the same condition, shortly after which she died. About two years later the young man paid attention te tbe yeunger daugh ter, aud after about a year's courtship she tee contracted the disease, from the effects of which she died last Friday. It is creating considerable talk, since it has been learned that the young mau is at the point of death at Easten. lb is profes sionally believed that the Misses Sassa mau caught the disease from inhalation of the breath of the young man, establishing the belief that consumption is contagious te a certain degree. The disease was never among the kin of the Sasamaus. A iady Knocked Dunn. This morning about 9 o'clock as Mrs. Kauffinau, landlady of the Thrce "Mile tav ern en the Harrisburg turnpike, was cress ing .hast Kmcr street, she was run against and knocked down by a butcher wagon and thrown under another wagon whieh was passing. Sbe was net much hurt.but some packages of groceries she was carry ing were broken and tbe contents lest. m Ne Trade Dollars. Thn rmint.v trnaRiirftr han nnt.ifind the tax collectors in the county that he will receive no trade dollars ier taxes, se they can make their arrangements accordingly with these who pay taxes. There is a great deal or tain about the trade aeuar auu w. nearly every place they are refused unless a reduction is made. At a number of stores they are taken for 100 cent?, provided goods are purchased in mil. Condition of a Wenuded Man. Thn r-nnditiea of M. Y. B. Keller, who bad bis leg cnt off en Sunday, is quite en en ceuraging te-day. He passed a geed night and does net iiave a great deal of pain, lhe prospects are tbat be will get along well new. &&&&&&'&:
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