sr- mwT j$l &&!? fs$ W . t SOje &m&t: .'.,. ; i - ' V. Wv ESUQ Vrf Si? .. ffinnssH .H.4 w aterl tj7 v' Y V r -- volume xxm-Ne. ENGINE HOUSE IN FLAMES. a atr.ra-aieta tint Tatar bmebm our in no. s mviLitmy, Twe of the City flte- la Ik Balldlsg Ma amok Rm Been latalag rrens the Upper WlaSews Passages Tbst Will root 800. Tbe ntemeii of Truck A ami angina com pany Ne :i bed work vary handy te borne lat evening whan tlialr engine house en Kaat King atreal u altnnat de atrnyed by Urn. il wu about half-past 0 o'clock when Councilman Frank N. Everts, who resides en Middle street, riaarly opiealta tha angina beuse, saw stneke Issuing from the windows of tba building. Ha quickly alarmed Benjamin lllebt, tlllerman of tba truck, and Zab Wiae,fori.uan,whe wara tba only men at tha beuse, tba ethers having gene te supper. Tbe wait warn en tha tint fleer of tba beuse. Tee tire waa feuud te be in tba bay Ien ever tba back building. Tha engine, cart, truck auil horses were Ukeu Ireui tba building and au alarm was struck from box 14 at Nblppen end Kaat King afreet. Toe remainder el tba lira depsrtiuenl responded, altbeugb net vary preuiptly. with tba atoaptleu el engine Ne. 1, wblcb ler some teaseu did net put In au appearance. Tba tire at llrat wa confined entirely te tba rear and et tba building, wbera the great beJy et water waa tbrearu en, but It gradually forced It way te the front Altar tba llreuieu bad been weralng ler an hour Haines were seeu Issuing from tba I root windows. Tba truck laddera wara than placed up and atraaiua were turned en through tlila part el the building. Tba Ore was very atubberu, and It waa net extin guished until nine o'clock and than alter boles bad been uul In tha reef and ether parte of tba building. unw Din it ebiuIWATkT Hew the tlra originated no ena seems te knew. It loeka very much aa though It wae Incendiary, and If ae tba work waa uene ey ecrue one who stele Inte tba building. An ether theory la that tba tlra aUrted In atraw wblcb wu put Inte tba building In a damp condition some daya ego. Tba atraw wae In tba eastern aide el the left and It la certain . that tha lira started there. Il spread vary rapidly and tba ventilator, leading from the atablea underneath, waa aoen burned off which gave the tire a draft. It crept along the tnatde of the reef te tha Irontef tha building, where the latter laef two sterlsa with a left Tbls left la ehut oil from the aecend fleer by a plastering, and between the re-f and thin plastering the tire burned fiercely. It m vary difficult for tha tlretuen te reach If. Jehn Hah warn, a beaematu of engine com pany Ne. 3, waa almost overcome by ameke and be bad te be carried Irem the building te Zlegler'a hetal, next deer, where be lay fur aeme time before recovering. A DAtll.V DAMAGED UUII.Dt.NU. Tha building la very badly damaged. The entire Inalda of the root It either burned through or badly charred. Considerable el tba weed work In the rear part U entlrelj consumed. Tne building la thoroughly water aeakiHl and It la altogether In a dread ful oendltlon. In tha left, where tba tire atarted, there waa about 2,500 peunda of Iecs bay bealdea anma in balm and about a lead of atraw. Considerable of this was saved, but It waa badly water-enaked. Tne striking apparatus of the big alarm twit Is se badly damaged that It cannot be used. Tba companies remained lu service at the Ore until after nine o'clock, which we mere than two hours after the rumen bad bean dis covered, and one remained te threw en water until eleven o'clock. There was a great deal of complaint by many who wilnva d tha tlra against Unlet Knglnear Yonder, smith. They aay that hi management e! It waa very blundertug, as It should have been extinguished very much uiere quickly. Twe much work was done In the rearel the build, lug and the tire waa pushed te lb front. On a,e ether band, tba chlet thinks he did well, and ha says that the Ore v.n ery dllli cult te locus aud wax bard te fight, owing te tba great quantity of ameka NO INSUIIANCK. 1 he city will boa big Iwter by this Ure,a they have net a cent of Insurance ou tha burned property. Tbla building was erected In 1S84, and It ta tbe Iwst one In the city for Its purposes. Itexteuds lu depth HO feet, and the front U two stories high with left; while tba rear ta of one-story with left. The beuse waa first occupied by the llreuieu In Febru ary 1M5. Fer a time tha city had Insurance en It, but when II explred tba Ora committee did net aee Ot te renew It They give ai their reason Hut the Insurance companies wanted te charge them rates whleh Ibey considered tee high. Msnyef the members of council seemed te thluk that there was ue need for tba city te have Insurance ou a building in whleh two companies are stationed, whose whole duty It I te extinguish tires, Tha oeulract price for tba erection of the building waa 15,8.12 3il, but this amount was lucre-wed by extras. The damage will be huaty, ap proximating t2,500. Inquiry among the members of tba Ore cemmlttea abewa that none or the euglne houses lu tba city are new Insured. The one Just damaged 1 fire wu the euly eue Insured aluee thenty has owned them. The hotel of I. .'eglr, which isuext deer te the engine beust, waa Oiled with ameke at times while the Ore was lu progress. 1 ha ref of the hotel building Is or shingles, covered with stata Tba shiuglea were en Ore several times, but tba Oremeu extinguished the flame. a.rleus Areld.ul tu a Fireman. After the members of Ne. 3 neiujiauy bad finished their work at tba Ore aeveral of them took three of the horse te the atatilea el CI ine'a Kaatern market bowl, nearly opposite the b fine house, te put them awsy for the night. V.eb Wis went up.te the bay mew te threw down soma hay when by accident he stepped Inte a bole through which bay la thrown te tha stable below. He fell te tba ground right bablnd Uie horses and atruek ou hta bead. Ha was picked up unconscious and taken te bis borne en Kaat (Irani street and Dr. Uaerga A. King waa seal for te attend him. tie was then supposed te be dying, but waa found te ba ufferlng from concussion or the brain and he remalued unconscious until 4 o'clock this morning. Twe Angara of one or bla bands were dislocated and his right arm and left hip are se badly bruised that ha la unable te walk. The place where Wise rail la rather dangerous and a few daya age a countryman waa badly hurt by railing through It , A UeasMsrata Husband. A young aaan appeared In a Brooklyn court tha ether day and asked tba Judge te nave him arrested. Bla honor demanded an explanation, and tha visitor stated that he ted been guilty of cruelty te hla wila. When creased ler pirtlealara ba aald that, while ha had net beaten bis wife or neglected her for tba Sewing bowl, he had bean cruel te bar fr6m ftaanclal standpoint lu ether words, ha sad net given her money enough te properly aappert Mr. Further questioning developed tha faet that hla wile bad preferred no caargaa asyslast him. Altar thinking tba Batter ever tba judge bagged tba young mas te ae heeaeaad give blmsaU another trial. Iba advkw waa aaea-HacLand tba culprit laft tbacoartreoaa. Will a-aahatb te BaalaassU VUglnla. Jacob Qreab, who for aaaay yaara waa a alaaraanla Fabaaateak'a dry goods store, lawlU.hUlaUytbUaJta,eiteLyneh- MaowtMentyWatwa, 137. rAmmBua m vBHrmartem. Th.y are Advlssd lu Jein the Kalghta at lAbar, TuaBaMasUra Ksealved WHk Vfaa- dsr aad fMaaapraval. Tha National Agrleultural and Dairy aa eoelatlou mat In eighth annual convention Tuesday at tha Uraud Central betal, Maw Yerk. Jeseph II. Heal I, et New Yerk, praal dent el tha asaoelatlon, waa In tba ebatr. and il dalagataa rapraaanUng Naw Yerk, New Jersey, Delaware, Dakota, atlnnaaeta, Penn sylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, Ohie, Maine, California, and Canada wara present After the routine business had been dispos ed or tha president read hla annual add rasa. He congratulated tba aaaoclatlen upon what It bad done. Ha said It bad destroyed tha antagonism between the farmers and tba railroads, had lilted the embargo Irem many American pnslucla In Kurepe, and had secured national recognition In tee passage of the oleeinargarlnn bill by Congress. Thus fartheaddraMi had been well received, but the audience began te leek at ena another in a rather startled way when the speaker assur ed them tbattbelrcoudltien.nolwltbstandlng all that bad been done, waa particularly bad. Their beuses were being taken Irem tbam by money changers aud the mertgagee en their farms would seen put all tha land Inte tba bands el a few monopolist Than tba tarmere were told soma curious things. "The werklugmen," ssld tba president, "your brothers are resUtlng tba capitalists heroically, led by that pure minded honest unselfish and wIm man, T. V. 1'ewderiy. I bsva studied the nature and principles of tha Knights of Laber, and they are truth. Tha men who swindle you are the man with whom the Knlghta oeutend. Wa condemn inarchy and Socialism ; se de the Knights of Laber. We demand flr pay and Iraa markets ; se de the Knlgbla. Together wa may save the country from impending ruin. Itonlyreuisles for us te act together and achieve results which will within this year astonish the world. C(ttl la selfish, dis honest and Ignorant ll seeka tha Ufa bleed or the claaa upon which It dermis for austen ance. It Is without nrlncliile and merer. The only thlega II deea net conquer are right and truth, and the only evidence et a divine principle Is the fact that these great rectors are bulwarks sksIiisI which all tba fury or avarice tails. Monopoly, the child el capital, Is spreading Its devlilsh tentacles all ever this bread country, and you, farmers of America, are responsible for It leu bava the power te correct thwte conditions and you de net use It; you de net drive out tha sal Osb, dlsbeuest, unprincipled politicians who, for money, represent capital and monopoly." This unexpected outburst was received with an ominous silence, which ehnwed that 1U sugg'stlen that the tHrmnra should ally themselves with the Knight of Laber did net meet with approval. Tha adoption of the ail dress was promptly moved, but, with jreaier premptnefN, an sinenumeni was car ried and a cemmlttea of three waa appointed te consider the aildrws and report upon II at a later eetwlen. Dr. II. A. Foeler, or New Yerk, said be could net agree with all the reerl contained. Carelul study bad convlueed him that underconsumptien was the great evll from wblcb the farmer suf ten. Tba werklngmen have for years been earning watcea which with proper manage ment would have kept themselves and fam ilies lu a much lieuer condition than Ibey have ever enjoyed and bava left soma aav Inga ever, instead or spending the money tbey ought ler feed, te the benefit et them selves aud tba country, they have spent It for whisky. That and net capital, was tba real enslaver of the wnrklngmau. Hbertaddreapcs en agricultural and dairy teplca were made by Charles K. Marvin, of Minnesota ; J. U Willi, et Delaware ; W. P. Klahardsen and Jehn Osrdlner, of New Yerk ; Dvld T. lUlnet, of New Jersey ; ex ex (iev. Hyde, or Connecticut, and Jeseph Weld, el CAuada. Attbe evening aemien a discussion was had amenv the New Yerk deleiratea en the subject of the war against oleomargarine In this state and the necessity of placing a larger appropriation in the hanls el inn dstry com missioner this year. Awistaul Dairy Com missioner Van Valkenburgb made a state ment showing that oleonnrgsriue waa used In this Mtate mera or lest In from 1,000 te .1,000 creameries, In 20 000 grocery stores, In 2,000 hotels and In 10,1100 restaurants. Itceat about flOOtopreseciitoacasoauoceaslully, and the commissioner's work had been unieri cramped for want of limits It u unanimously resolved that au appropriation of 1 100,000 should be made. Rema t laws en Laber, President Jehn itascem, et the Wiscon sin Hute Cnlversity, In an address delivered this week, maintained that labor combina tions were erllcacleus, but that trade unions, owing te the fact that machinery bad re duced tha need et skilled labor, were less eOlcacleua newthau lermerly. He Instanced locomotive eugiueera as being an exception. He aald the K fig lit of Lsbur recognize the tact that the social problem cannot be wrought out by Imilvldual or class, bnt only by a combination of all workmen. He held that labor combination weulu remain as long as we are a progressive people, and that they glva the workmen a firmer footing In the economic world, greater Intelli gence and mobility, mero power te resist than as Individuals, aud promote patience. He declared positively that strikes, en tha whole, bad wrought mere geed than mis chief, ami that as long as the temper el tba world Is for wsr, for a settlement of dllUcul, ties, It illy became publicists te criticise workmen ler quietly striking, i.sber com hi nations produce in the workman a forecast et economy aud self-respect, teseh Intrinsic Justice toward all, broaden the mind, secure social gain, cause peleut recognition In politics, and, therefore, promote a sense et responsibility, and make cooperation be. tween capital and labor easy. He aald com binations would make mistakes, but se did all humanity ; that they would often be under demagogical and bad leadership, but se often were men In politics; that they weutd sustain a pecuniary less, but no move ment forward bad coat ae much as submis sion, and tbat they would reduce the Indi vidual liberty, but inereasa personal power. Ha ebaracterixed Henry Geerge's views aa revolutionary, but Insisted no real danger of anarchy existed lu America. ll Iteaads With Bare KuurhlM, At daybreak Wednesday merulug, In the drying-room or a tobacco factory at Belle ville, N. J., one of the utet savage aud longest prlia-UghU or Utter daya waa wit nessed. The principals were two mill banda Ned Hawkins, Zi veara old, weighing 141 pounds, aud Billy McMaben, aged lib year and weighing 1-li peunda. The purse of 7 00 for whtebtbev lengbt was subscribed by 10 well-known New Yerk m-n of a sporting turn. There were 112 bare-knuckle rounds, fought according te the ijonilen prize-ring rulea,and the tight lasted 2 heure and 02 minutes. MoManen was mueh the best man at wrest ling and floored Hawkins twenty-two times, but was deOeient Insolence, Hawkins scor ing eighteen clear knockdowns. Beth men wara terribly used up, but showed gsraeness and an appetite for punishment throughout At the and of 112 rounds MoMshen waa una ble te stand up. and llawklna waa declared tba winner and awarded tha purse. In re cognition or MoMsben's pluck tha spectators made up au additional purse or f85 and pre anted It te him. Leve Urs Her te suictds.' Klla C, Peppey, a domestic In a family living near Paell, ou tha Pennsylvania rail road, destroyed heraeil Wednesday night by taking a heavy dose of strycbnlue. At the in quest evidence waa addnead wblcb proved abe had committed the act because har lever bad married another girt She waa quite young. Her parents reside In tha neighbor hood. Ballsrss ike Unead Bag a raise rrepbat, tram tha Mount Jer Star. Mlebael Bbaarer, of Wast Denegal town ablp, bad tramp te work for blm. Ona night tba tramp took Freneb laava and wiin nun several I overcoats and a let of ether clothing. Mcretary Maaalag'a New Haak. Tha Western National bank, el Naw Yerk, .was en uaaa weanesaay py ui election y Manning as president, United d Secret B tales' BBdF. rarer tieraaa aa viae prasMawt, manhera aa easnler. Mr. Blank. saxhorn at prataat alstaat eaafclar fifth TUK.Nl LANCASTER, TWO BUSY COURTS. tmmvMB oenohVBBB skb vn rmisi. 11710 tUB rfJ4 BOVM1. An later eettag BaH ta Wklck a Ohsatsr Oeaa ly Issaraaaa Oaaapaay Is Osfaaaaal, New Ua Trial Hstara Jadga Mvlagslaa. Vatdtstt Itawaarad bf Osassal. Tba Jury In tba suit of Wscbter vs. Wechter before Judge Livingston, rendarad a verdict In favor rr tba plalntltl for lioe. Thaauit of Benjamin F, Asten, of Mattings, vs. Wabatar L. Uersbey, waa next attached for trlaL Tha tacU In tha case aa detailed by plaintiff's witnesses were a follews: In the summer of I884 Asten farmed tobacco en tba shares for Wabatar L. Uerahey. Tha arrange ment waa, Uerahey te furnish Uie land Asten tba labor, and tba money received for the tobacco te ba equally divided. When the tobacco waa ready ler market Uerahey told Asten tbat ba bad a purchaser at 1 1 cenu per pound rer wrappers, tbeasoendaand flllera te ba thrown in. Aaton told Uerahey te becareful bow ba made tha contract aa ba did net want te ba decked. Uerahey brought tha tobacco te Lancaster and Friedman, who bought It, after examining it declined te take It at the price, saylag that It was damaged, Friedman told Uersbey te take It toether warehouses and try te sell It and II be could net get rid el It ba would buy it at 0 and 2. Uersbey sold tba tobacco at these figures aud aettled with A. a Kreider, Asten's agent, at theaa flgurea. Asten, however, repudiated tbat settlement and claimed tbat he waa entitled te one-half el the crop 8,440 peunda at II eanta. Tha dsfsnse was that llershey did net aee tha tobacco prepared for market, and did net knew that It waa damaged, and when he sold It for 1 1 cents he believed It te be sound tobacco. When be was shown the tobacco In tba warehouse and aaw it waa damsged be sold It In geed laltb for tha beat price that could ba obtained. Ula counsel. argued that as ba waa an equal loser with Asten be should net ba compelled te pay Asten the difference between II cents and what It waa old for. Tba Jury rendered a verdict In favor or plaintiff for 1203 63. Tba suit or Jeseph H. Townsend te the use el J, P. Ambler and Jeseph H. Townsend vs. tha Mutual Fire Insurance company, or Cheater oeunty, waa next called for trial. The defendant, through his counsel, with drew hla plea and filed a demurrer te the declaration. This easa was continued and the demurrer will be argued at the March term of court Anether suit between the same parties was attached ler trial thla morning. Tbls is an aotlen te recover en a policy or Insurance. On August II, 1384 tha company Usued a policy of Insurance te Marab A Hmedley, for t2,U0 en their creamery at Geshen, Fulton township. An additional Insurance or f262 visa subsequently added. This policy or In surance was transferred te different parties with tha company's consent several times. On October 1,1335 there u a partial deatruc lien of tba property Insured by lire, and in November or tba same year tl.ure was a aecend fire by which the creamery and con tents were totally destreyed. Proofs of less were made and the less adjusted, but the Insurance company refuted te pay the amount of the less aud tbla ault was ibtn brought The defenae offered no testimony aud the Jury under tba Instructions of the court this afternoon found In favor of plain tiffs for f2,S07 02. In the suit of Clara lleury, executrix et Geerge Henry, for damagea by land being taken In the opening of Jehn street, a verdict byceuseutwas outerod In fat or of plaintiff ferilST.MJ. In tba suit el Geerge It. Neesenlg vs. Wm. 8. Shirk, administrator el David Klllleger, deceased, Judgment by consent waa entered In faer or plalntltl ler f 1,273. Before Judgs Patterson. In the mechanic's lien mil of Geerge Yels- ley vs. lleury Bundell, the Jury morning rendered a erdlct lu favei or plaintiff for 1320.92, The"sult el William C. Heed, administra tor et Jehn B. Aumenl va. Daniel Aument waa attached for trial this morning. Before any witnesses were examined the defendant Oled a demurrer. It set forth thatJehuB. Aument made an assignment fur the benefit el creditors In 1S74, tbat the bend for wblcb suit Is new brought by the administrator waa (art el his assets and should have been trans, ferred te hla assignee and as the assigned es tate baa net yet been adjudicated the admin lstrater baa no standing In court The court withdrew a Jurerand the case was ceutlnued at the coat or defendant Tba suit of Lewis W. Irwin va. Geerge Oilman was next attached ler trial. This waa an action or trespass te recover damagea for Oatinen'a going en Irwin's premises te build a beuse. At the conclusion or plaintiff's tes timony, counsel for defendant moved ler a nen-ault en the ground that the pUlntlll bad net shown tbat the title te tbe properly In dispute was lu him. The ceuit granted the uiolleu. VKATU AT A OtiHIV. A tallsut Overcome by Gnloiaterui Wblcb Was Administered le Him. Stanley Karl, thirty years of age, and one or Ferapaugb'a men, who was employed In tbe capacity of a Hen tamer and keeper, died at the clinic of the Med loe Chlrurglcil col lege In PniisJelphla en Wednesday, from tbe effects or obleroforiu which wa admin istered te blm. Karl, while In the performance of hl d utlfi, had one el bla lingers injured, and alter mtlor mtler ing with It for aeme time, he went te tbe enllege te have It properly attended ta When the pbyslelaus examined the Injury it waa found that tba operation would be a very pelnrul one and that It waa decided te use chloroform. Prof. William U. Pancoast, el Uie college faculty, administered the drug lu tha usual manner, but It was anon seen tbat It waa net operating aa It should and thai there waa something wrong with tba patient Hasty examination by tbe various physicians In attendance seen convinced them that tbe man would die en tba spot It be was net relieved at once. Kvery effort known te medical science waa promptly adopted but without avail and in a few mluutee Karl waa dead. Full amuitheala bad net yet been produced, and tba pbyslelana were entirely unable te determine why tbe chloroform bad bad a ratal effect Tba coroner waa Informed at onea and took charge or tba body, when a pest-mortem examination was made by Dr. Formed. Thla disclosed the laei that the man's kidneys and liver were diseased kind that ba was suffering from ratty degeneration of tbe heart These diseased conditions, tbe Pbyalelana atata, fully account ter tba pecu liar and abnormal aotlen el the asieitbetlc. Defending tha federal Capital Frem tbe Philadelphia Ledger. Washington oily la tbe subject of many Ptty aiage upon tbe part of "fresh" news paper serlbea ; but It la a beautiful elty, a da da da llgbttalplaowerwtaUrraaldanea,and It has (quite different from tba Ill-mannered people who tbiuat tbeaaaalvea upon nubile notice) Sba1jWKMrain'd M "' A Herat Military atadsai OeaaatHs aulclda: NT. PrrBMBune, Fab. 10.-H la rumored that a prince, a cadet In tbe military school IntblaeMy, oeinltted suicide yesterday in oensequaaoa of tba discovery tbat ba waa im plicated km a N latitat plot agalaat tba govern ment Other sUdeate la tbaaeboel, laadara et UaoeMflney aad aavaral mtiI otteara ItgTtswMtWTMalaV PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1887. VlKTBtAhB LBtTtK OB BMHBBT. A Mgeincaat Declaration tm Ihe flabjsct of Ksllglaas Liberty. The tenth annhersary or the Philadelphia Catholic club was celebrated Tuesday night by a banquet at Iba Hetel Bellevue. Stephen Family, tba president or the club, presided. President Cleveland, replying lean Invita tion sent bits, when thnlntontlen was te glva thebanqaetaapscialiyii, honor el Cardinal (Jlbbeaa, wrote : The tbeughtfulneas which prompted this Invitation legrataluiiy appreciated and 1 re ret that my ptiblln duties here will prevent Its acceptance. 1 should ba glad le I Tin the contain plated I aa tirewlnn or respect te be ten dered te tbe distinguished head or tbe Catho lic church In the' United Mates, whose per sonal acquaintance I very much enjoy and m a.. S a au. llasa.stis.a a. . iiuHw.iiiiiir viiiiiiuu 10 me esteem or all bis ffttlnw-cltiz'tis. I thank you for ilia admirable letter which eoeompanlod my invitation, in whleb you announce as one of the doctrines of your club 'that a geed and exemplary Catholic must, ex nteeutiale rri, be a geed and ex. emplary citizen and that -the teachings of both human and divine law thus merging In tha ena word, duty, form tba only union or church end state tint K civil and religious unsiMHssss-nl ain Mjhi4i,I guv tll-a-v-ite v-wea -(lll.n. " I knew you will permit me, as a Protes tant, te supplement this noble sentiment by tbe expression et toy conviction that the esrue Influence and riHiilt fellow a slneere and consistent devotion te the teachings or every religious creed which Is baaed upon divine sanction. A wholesome religious fslth thus InsiirtN te the ierpatulty,the safety and prosperity of our republic, by exac.lng the due observance el civil law, tbeperaerva lien eT publie order and a proper regard for the rights or all ; and thus are Its adherents better fitted for geed citizenship and con firmed in a sure and steadfast patriotism. It seems te me, tee, that the conception of duty te tbe state, which U derived from religious precept. Involves a mime of personal re sponsibility which is of the greatest value lu the operation or the government by tbe people. It will lie a fortunate day for our country wheneer cltleu IkjIs that he has an ever present duty te parfenn te tbe state which he can net ecum from or nea-iM without being false te bis religious as well as bis civil allegiance. " Wishing for your club tbe utmost uo ue cess In Its effort te bring about thla re sult, I am " Yen t sincerely, " GKO ER Ul.KVBI.AVIl." TUB -KJ.VJJ Jf ' MAD. Thay Klact and Install ll.psrlinrut Ortier. Fur lb ka.nlijg lar. Late Wednesday afternoon the encamp ment of tbe Q. A. K or Pennsylvania lu liar. rtsbnrg adjourned, arter announcing the fol lowing ofUeera for the ensuing yeir aa the result or tbe btlletlnir, which consumed nearly all el the daj'a iesslnn : Depart ment commander, Majer Lemuel Har per, Pest 155, or Piiiitmru ; senior vice oemmander, J. Kdvin Oilt-s, et flaztetoe ; Junier vice commander, William J. Fergu Fergu eon, Pest 400; medical director, W. B. Kreeasen, M. D , of Allegheny oeunty ; alternate deleeste at-Iarge te the national encampment, Frank J. llurrewn. or WU llainspert; chaplain, Kev. Jehn W. Hayrea, or Reading. The new ntllcers were in stalled thla afternoon. Department Cem mander Harper has retained en bis stair Assistant Adjutant General Hastings and Asahttant Quarlcrmteter William. A uumber or resolutions werendnptel by tbe encampment, among them the following ; Asking the legislature te pass :. bill prohibit prehibit iDganybut meinhtrsnt the G. A. it. fieru wearing the badge et the organisatien under penalty of One and iiiijirletinient; suggest Ing te tbe next natteu-d encampment an amendment te Ihe rules and regulations making tbe basis of representation In pests 100 Instead of titty , rfiiietlng ihe Pennsyl vania representatives In Congress te urge the passage of aud le ete ler the recommenda recemmenda ttnna of theG. A. It national ponsleu com mittee. Justice ilemsnds tbe repeal of the limitation contained in the arrears act or 1S7P, me tbat all invalid soldiers shall share alike and their penslyis tmgin with tun data of dis ability or discharge aud net with the date of tbe application. The Weiuen'a Itelhil Cerps, an auxiliary or the O. A. R , held Ih Hiitiual meeting aud elected Mrs Abbie l.jnch, of Pittsburg, president Tbe corps has Rained 2,785 mem bers during the past J ear, aud is in a flour ishing condition. A special meeting et tlieG a R. encamp ment recommends the continuance of the In vestigation Inte the seMlerh' etphaua' schools seanual, te the end that the guilty, It there be any, may In punished aiid the Innocent vin dicated. Rev. 8. W. .Sy re, tbe deposed In spector, is upheld lu his cemae by the report, wblcb waa adopted. Daniel M. Moere, of l,l X, and MsJ A C. Relneshl, of 81, thN city, have been elf-cted delegates le tha uatlennl enctnip ueut at St Leuis the survivors cit the I'-innHjUutila r(tervt-s matin the merulug at the headquarters of Pest Ne. 58, G.A. H , tetmnsact business rela tive te the next annualgathertngef the organ ization at Lancaster, en June 11. A large attendance at ttie reunion te beheld in Lancaster was urgfd, se tbat the senti ment et tbe reaervr8 regarding tbe erection of memorial tablets at Gettyaburg may be ob tained. H the pending bill giving each command f 1,000 te mark its position en tbat field passes the legislature It Is proposed by leading members of the reserve, te bunch the $15,000 tbat would oeme te tbe rt-seres and build a me morial bsll In the uclnl'.y or Devil's Den, which ground Isewned hy General Crawford, who commanded the reserves at tbe great battle, and who la witling te donate tbe spot ter tbat purpose. Tuts preposition waa fully discussed, and In the event of the passage or the bill, will be finally determined at tbe Lan caster reuuleu. A Kady Hark. I fur His Uud.M.var. rrem tbe New Verlc Tribune. A dry gods merchant el thla city rn-ently bought a pleeu of land at PitUten, Pa , en which te build au underwear factory. The deed waaaent te him jnsterday for hisnlgna lure, and its stipulations he citet hs an exam ple of the grasping nature et corporations. It was provided that the Labigh Valley coal cempauy, Irem which the property wai pur chased, should retain the right te mine for cost under tbe laud unl that the owner or the underwear mill should make ue claim ler damag a lu ease et a care-In. The buyer affixed bis signature tnthedaed and enclosed witb il a letter te his I'ilWteu agent iu which he said : It strikes me tbat we are buying a pretty tblu crust of mother earth. Hew ever, we have the satlsfsclien of knot lug that II the erust glvta 'way underuetn ua and our mill is precipitated Inte the lower regleua we will be tbe Drat lu tbe held and can turn our uiaobleery te making guz4 underwear, which 1 believe would meet with ready sale down there. -a I'MKMATOur IU lOI AtHIKI.BX. It Will ba Hnlit Duller Ihe Supsrvisleu el Ur LeMefne'a llaugnisr. Mere than 10 years Iiiiva pawed away slnes Dr. Francis J. LeMeyne erected hlscrematery onOallewM bill (since renamed Crematory bill), Just south et Washington, Pa. The first tnolueratlen took place en tha 0th of December, 1876, since which time probably aa many aa 30 bodies hate been reduced te ashes. By tha teruia of Die doctor's will the crematory waa closed Mine years age te all persona exeapt these who were residents of Washington county, and as they have never taken kindly te this way of disposing of the dead, no Are has beau lit in tbe furnace for years east Mrs. Jehn A, Wills, s daughter of Dr. Le Moyne, Is new a resident or Les Angelea, Cat, aud through her effort, principally, a society baa been organized In tbat place, and Mr. Jehn L Dye, of Washington, who built tue doctor's crematory, has been awarded tbe contract for tba erection of one for tba society In Lea Angelea The malarial have beau purebseea m Pittsburg and vicinity and nipped, and next week Mr. Dye will fellow tbam te tba golden atata. "Beaaters" at Banquet. "Tbe Senate," a soelal organization or Heading, bald Itaannual banquet Wednesday veelug at tba Mansion houie. Among tba Invited guests waa Postmaster Slaymaker, wke responded te tba Hast "Our neighboring CttyetUiwsKar." THE CATTLE INDUSTRY. VBUOMBBIMBB OB A BIB aOKTBHtlOB IB VBMtBB, tlULOBABO. talk af Opposing Mraopellss by Organizing aa Immense Corporation teMarkat aarl Beicber ail ihe araca Katssd In the Catted nialss. DkNVRR, CeLi Feb. 10 At tbe In tarna tarna teon si Range convention yesterday aeveral papers en tbe cattle Industry and tba best methods of conducting It were presented. A resolution was adopted demanding re trenchment el expensea In dresalng and ship ping beer cattle. The resolution Provides for the appointment or a committee or three te confer with Kaatern commission houses with i view te obtaining a uniform rata of 25 cents per bead for tba sale or range cattle. A. paper from tha Retail But chera' Protective association el Brooklyn was read denying tbat thay were responsible for tbe blgb price el beet and declaring that their association deatrea te act In harmony with the Range association. Mr. J. J. Mc O Ulan, of Cleveland, read a abort address en monopolies among stcck yard concerns and middlemen lu which ba laid the trouble of cattle growers In net re ceiving Juat prices for thilr cattle at the doers or the middlemen, tils plan for meeting these monopolies was the organiza tion el an Immense corporation with a capital or one hundred millions te be participated In by the sleck raisers or tbe United Htatea, which aheuld market and butcher all the stock raised lu the United States and conduct theselllngofallbeefdlrectteoonsumets. The explanation et thla scheme waa listened te with marked attention and when Mr. McOll Ian concluded be was warmly applauded, buvm mkh nvmnmn tu dbatb. A Livery Htablr Destroy! and a Detra Oanght t'ndsr a Fallen Wail Les 160,000. Nt. Leuis, Feb. 9 Fire waa discovered at II o'clock te night In tbe large livery atabla or Jeasa Arnet, at Ninth and Cheatnut streets. The flames spread se rapidly tbat It waa with difficulty any of the horses could be removed. About forty animals were finslly gotten out, but eighty were burned te death. Mr. Arnet la tbe eldest and wealthiest liveryman In St Leuis, his stables having been established In 1849. About hair an hour after the fire broke out the west wall fell out, letting tbe upper floors down. Several men were caught and burled. Four plpemen of Ne 0 engine com pany were among tbe number; one of them, Jehn Finnerty, is atill under tbe rulna, or supposed te be, aa be cannot ba found, and a pipeman standing beside blm when the crash came Is sure he was caught In the worst part. Jack McOrath, plpeman of tbe aame com pany, was taken out seriously bruised and burned. The ether firemen escaped with alight Injuria. About a dozen men In all were caught, the ethera being empleyes and volunteers who were helping te carry out property. Charley Manscb, a blacksmith, waa taken out neatly dead, and Is new at the city hospital. Wm. IL Coonley, son or tbe senior member el tbe Coeniey wagon works, was badly Injured, but will recover, as is tbe case also with Weslty Emersen, an empleye. Twe stran gers, whose names could net be learned, were dangerously Injured and were taken te the hospital. Tbey were pulling out a buggy when caught by the crash. The Are burned rapidly, but tbe horses were for the meat part suffocated before It reached them. St. Leuin, Feb. 10 At 1 o'clock this morning two bodies were taken Irem tbe rulna. One waa an empleye, who had net worked at tbe stable very long, and whose name cannot be learned te-night Tha etber was Capt Jeseph Schlmper, tba foreman or Ne. e engine company. He waa a married man about 40 yeara old, and had been In tbe department about fifteen yeara. Plpeman Finnerty was taken out alive and will prob ably recover. Tbe third body taken rrem tbe rulna at 2 o'clock ibis morning 1 supposed te be Mor Mer ris Lludermsn, bead usher or I'epe'a tbeatra Anether body, tbe fourth, has Just been re covered. It proved te be that el Jehn Gun suslua, a paiuter by trade, but recently em ployed as a atreet car conductor, living en Walnut street, near Urand avenue. Almest the entire stable, a building one hundred feat wide and running north and south from Chtstuut te Market street, and three alerlea blgb, la uew In ruins, only portions of tbe two rrenta balng aaved. Tha less la new es timated at fully (150,000. Found In tbe Belus el Br Heme. Dunkkitii, Dakota, Feb. 10 Tuesday eve ning a fire was discovered at tbe residence of Mrs. Webb, two and one half miles south of town, and at once a number of townsmen started for tbe scene or disaster. Upen ar riving upnn the spot a search was begun for Mrs. Webb, who hsd left town but two hours previous for her borne, where she re slded alene, her hust-and being employed in the Minnesota pineries. After Inquiry about tbe neighborhood, it wsa btlieved that abe had perished lu tbe tUmea. Nearcb was re newed and yesterday the remains of tha un fortunate woman were found burned te a erlsp In the ruins el her home. Mr Canidsn'e Cbauce for S.uater. Charleston, W. Va , Feb. 10 Yester day'a vote In tbe Joint assembly resulted in ue uew developments in the United States senatorial deadlock. The State Tribune, tbe Republican organ here, will, en Saturday, adtoeate Mr. Camden's (Dent) election by Republicans. Tbe Vribune waa urged te this course by Republicans who rear In de feating Mr. Camden they will aaddle ou tbe state a mueh mere objectionable man. The Republican caucus en Friday night, will, It la thought, threw down the bars and allow membera te vote aa they wish. This will probably elect Mr. Camden en Saturday. He will probably get several mere than Just enough te put blm through. Staamsr Heek by a Collision. New Yehk, Feb. 10 The tramp steamer Wells City waa run down In tba North river tbla meruing by tbe Lene Star, el tba Mor gan line. Tbe Well's City waa anchored off pier 44 ready te sail for Bristel when tbe Lene Star, coming up tba river at 4 a. nx, ran Inte her and ateve a hole in ber hull. She filled rapidly and aank In her berth. Tba Lene Star, much damaged, made ber nay te tha landing at pier 37, aud was laid up there. The otlieera and erew or tbe sinking Wells City were rescued and taken ashore. Aa tar aa known, no Uvea were lest Wlfeand Senaaeklnc Hatband and Father. WntTK Hivkr Junction. Yt, Feb. 10 Anether of tha charred remains taken Irem tba wrack waa probably Identified last night Tbe remains are thought te be these el Peter Cadleux, et Reckvllle, Conn., whose son Charles Is here and who has recognized a pocket knife found upon the body as similar te the one carried by bis lather. Tbe young man lutenda te have bla mother come here te make tbe Identification sure. Aa OBsaecessfnl Assassin. Nkwark, Ohie, Fab. 10. Andrew MoMul MeMul len, a prominent citizen or McKeau town ship In the northern part of tha county, waa fired upon recently from ambutb by aeme unknown person who bad concealed blmaall In a lonely place near tba highway, Tba Intended victim's coat was out through. Tba dastard made bla aaeapa. Aa effort ta te ba te tmeda te dlaaeTaf Um WMl4.bw4aar, BTMPATBT BOB MIBiKBMM. At a Meetleg In Bosten MM la Collected Msw Yerk's Idle Army pccns aa tha Queetlen. Bosten, Feb. la The mass masting last night called te extend moral and financial support te tha striking enal handlers and 'longshoremen In New Yerk, waa very largely attended. M. J. Bishop waa elected enairman. Master workman Jamea Qulnn and Victer Drury, of 40, made long speeches. Mr. Qulnn was very severe In bis denuncia tion of tba press, declaring that It waa la tba grasp or capitalists. The report bulletined by a Bosten paper, that the work en the wharves at New Yerk was being dena, he said, was raise. The wbarvea are piled up high with goods. It it Is necennry the strike will be extended te the whole country. Ne matter hew the demand or 2jt cent inerease by the coal heavers at Klirtbeibpert may and, It will net end the war against the .earers, neverst oilier speeches were made, calling upon the government te assume tbe control or the uilue. During the proceed ings 1000 were collected ter the strikers. Tha salens SheemaketetStnae. Wercmtkr, Mass. Feb. la There la no change In tbls city as regards tbe beet and shoe strike. The rectories are all open but are doing hardly anything. Farminoten, N. H, Feb. 10 The Knlghta el Laber threaten te strike in J. F. Uleudman's shoe factory bere unless Mr. Cloudman reinstates a cutter who waa re cently discharged bscause be was net needed. The shop empleyes are well paid workmen. Street Oar Striken Still Idle. Bosten, Feb. 10. Prospects el a apeedy aettlemant or the Seuth Bosten and the Cam. bridge horse railroad strCteaseem leas promis premis ing than yesterday. Tbe proposed conference between committees of tbe Seuth Bosten directors and tbe striken did net take place. Beth partlea were ready and each awaited everturea Irem tbe ether. The company baa fitted up a kitchen, a dining room and a dormitory containing fifty beds In Its Broad way stable. The officials say tbat they shall make no further cor-ecealona te consider tbe subject of grievances, but when tbey have completed their arrangements will start up and if necessary protect tbe cars with militia Early thla morning a reporter visited tbe various stables of the Seuth Bosten bone railroad, and obtained from tba strikers the names or tbe men remaining wltb theoem pany. Tbe list Includes stable bosses and etber officials, and gives 33 men, el whom about ten can be depended en as conductors and driven. WHAT MB HmW IN (WfBHMtg. Public Hellaing mils Protesting Against gra gra neor Turpi.' Election. Washikotem, Feb. 10, Heuse The Senate bill Increasing tbe limit of cost of the publie building at Denver, CeL, te 575,000 was passed ; also Senate bill appropriating 150,000 for a publie building at Lafayette, Ind ; also Senate bill ler the erection of a public building at Lynn, Mass., at an ulti mate coat or 1100,000; also the bill granting right or way te tbe Salt Lake A Fert Deuglaea railway company, across the military reser vation in Utah. (Senate) Resolutions were presented from the Indiana legislature protesting against the validity of David Turple'a elec tion aa United States senator. Relerred te elections committee. Tbe Heuse substitute ler the Chinese In demnlty bill was agreed te. The Heuse amendments te the bills for public bulldlngsatUuntaville, Ala,, Augusta, Oa., and Housten, Texas, were presented and concurred in. The Senate, at 1:30, resumed consideration, of tbe bill relating te tbe Importing and land ing of mackerel caught during the spawning season. Mr. Miller resumed his attack en the measure. aiufarar hi ohm m'btamh. An Atteudant at Paul's Performance Iijured hy an Internal Mschln. San Francisce, Feb. 10, During a per formance at the Grandjepera house last night, while Mine. Pattl was en the stage, a tremen dous explosion waa beard aud ameke seen In tbe top gallery. A panle was only prevented by tbe coolness and self-possession el these en tbe stage. The police arrested a man whom tbey found In the gallery with badly burned face and banda and tbe remalna or an internal machine in his vicinity. The prte prte euer claimed tbat he found the package under bis seat, which exploded as be picked It up. He gave his name as Dr. James Uedgea, Persons who were Healed near blm stata tbat he made aignlflcant remarks during tha evening, one being te tbe effect that Patti would never alng again. Ue maintains hla Innocence, but the police regard blm as a crauk. HtBH WATBBt. aieram In Naw Yerk That Present a Very Swollen uoueitlon, Gkneske, W. Y., Feb. 10. Tbe river was yesterday higher than it has been for years. The rise was very suddeu. A large less or animals Is reported. Aven, N. Y., Feb. 10. Tbe Hats here are flooded and impassable. The flowing water la ever a mile wide. Honeeve Falls, N. Y., Feb. 10 The water has been rising ler 24 hours. It la higher new than it has been for several years. Much damage baa been dena The new bridge near Burtons baa been carried away. One at Sibley vllle baa gene down. At Rich mend Mills a large bridge was recovered and and tbe Ice waa plied up lu Tewnaend'a mill yard. Rusu, N. Y., Feb. 10. Tbe Genesee river baa overflewn its hanks here and Is a mile wide. The water la much blgber than last bight Ciiicaoe, Feb. 10 Tbe floods In tbe south western part et tbe city are ever and pretty nearly all tbe danger is past Ssnk W lib Despairing Cry. Bound Broek, N. J,, Feb. 10. Thieves entered tbe poatefflce bere last night. Tbey were discovered by the railroad agent and ba at onea opened lire en them. Oue thief waa shot, but be managed te get te tbe Rarltan river, where he Jumped In, hoping te escape by swimming te tbe ether side. Tba less of bleed weakened him greatly and the ley water numbed him. When but a iw feet from shore, he aank wltb a despairing ery and drowned. Tbe pal of tba drowned man made a desperate struggle for freedom but was overpowered and taken into custody. Beyond doubt, the robbers were membera) of the aame gang who entered tba Jersey City postefllce a few days age, bound tba watch man and Janitor and tried te rob tbe aafe. Shet The Man Te "are Ills Wife. Marquette, Mich., Feb. 10. Tuesday night, at Rapid City, twenty miles north or Escanaba, a man named (Hamilton beard tbe piercing screams or a woman In an ad jacent abauty. Seizing a rlfle be rushed te the aeene. There be discovered Jebn Pat terson In the act of taking aim at bla wlta witb a shotgun. Tbe woman was screaming murder, and a 13-year-old daughter of Ham Ham llten'a waa clinging te ber skirts. Hamilton abet blm dead and gave himself up te Ua officers. Patterson bad many times threat ened biawUValUe. Five Mera Haraaaaa at Uberty. Salt Lake Citv, Fab. 10. Yestaftay five moreer tba " oebabltaUon nttarama'' wara releeeed from tha paaUaaUary os taking tba oath as fayMsrt af Maf --! PRICE TWO MR. BLACK REMEMI Fer A' .i. .-7 . ". ' EM tlviWB.r I rtWUJ WOaitiriii'fl In U IPi h L m "if m TBB BMIt ATOBM BBBBBHT BIM u Mount e.vr aix,r.a a. m Cooper Makes Iks Presentation tbe Ks-Ltsaunaat Gereraa Kept.--The Qovaraer Wgaa rroaiMtiea Bseelallea. tAl . .. jm uahbijuuhu, ten, iu in UMI day bills were negatively reported ing me reeuing or live animals te l etber serpents; allowing election r-..u rer tna first 200 votes and ! every additional 50 votes, and te l aauiieraiien or candy. H Dill .. .... .. S A "" were inuoaueea ey fiawau, I Ing tba establishment et mutual aaw accident Insurance oempenlea. Heag tax corporations ter moneys reaasaaa proposing tbat they nary three mllla ass et interest, tba aame aa udlYMMkb" requiring tha eupreme oeurt publish a digest of hla npertjr elhls term. Wolverton. aDerem te pay Morrison Fester, aa aalarv. i mlleagaand postage, and ft 200 for I peeeee. Tba claim of Fester la rnaa faetthat tba courts deelded that ha. Utled te tba aeat occupied by MettrnWi i ne neneie took a recess ler tbe) I presenting a magntfieent silvan Lieutenant Governer Black. Ce tba presentation speech and tha 1 pended In feeling term. Bllla i ported ler extending meobanlea' 'l leasehold eatatea and providing let l tuiien or proceedings in equity by IVIOIAU WMIHJBlSLia ie me governor naa aignea UM joint resolution. ,rk Tbe governor baa appointed Jeawjfcj tenon, nepueucan, neaitn omear..M adalpbla In place of Majer VeaMs "?.... ... VJ in uie neuae aoeni a oecen appfa bills were reported favorably. Ait reported negatively requiring reraat 4 te ea taugnt in tba schools. E have adjourned until Monday av A bill waa passed aecend reedlafti store eraera ten per cent, ana penalty ef2S par cant Beth het a concurrent resolution preasatmg 1 uevern or Paulsen, ex-Lieutenaau ex-Secretary Btenger, ex-SeerataiT- ex Stata Treasurer Llvasy, and eevi General Nllea, tbe etalrs used by I mark of theetemln wblehtbarl held. '$?. CONDITIO The Late atetnrleg el " waned ine i Washington, Feb. 10. 'S tbe cotton crop or 18S0 show! or closing, tbe picking aaaaen tba l or tbe crop marketed en tbe flrater 1 the quality or tbe staple, tbe priest ana the esumatea preauet oeaac that of 1885. The close of picking ai tba aama aa last year in tha ua Texas, one day earlier In Ma daya later In Georgia and four In Tennessee and tweak Arkansas ; tbe datea are North Ca camber 2; Seuth Carolina, Nev. 30;,, Deal; Flerida, Nev. 27; Alabama, I Mississippi, Dec 7; Louisiana, Dee. 1st 1 Dec. 3; Arkansa, Dec ; Tena 15. Tha lata maturing of tba crop tbe season slightly in a few atata' Arkansas waa tha season lengthens 1 ability te pick tbe heavy harvest i Tbe returns of proportion market at j the average te February L 86 I part that data about 6,550,000 uaias i tba plantatlena. Thla would or about 0,460,000 bales, a ma tha November ladlceUene efraest - vr a Reporter Arrestee) roe Hieux City, Iowa, Fab. 10. 1 special correspondent el a Ol who bat been bars for tba paetti supplying nawa regarding tM case and saloon proeecaUea; rested last nlgbt en larceny. Be waa locked up, bsali released en bail. The proaaeatiam all prompted by spite, because taTaawl tbat Haasler baa given tba reputable places, and It H m will be any appearance agalaat 1 Terrible Disaster ta I jAMsaviLUC, Wis. Fab. M. A partyef twenty- five el Jameavtlla's ineaa men wnue oeasting oewn hill laat nlgbt collided wlw large sled waa overturned and Injured. Charles Ferrant, , a grocer, bad bis right arm an abeulder bones badly eruebed. Injured Internally and may 41 Roenev waa badly in J urea Jebn O'Nell Buffered Internal. I several oiewn w.ius m,j -- t ... uklU L3- Twe PaauKyiseads) n . .. UVk IS Sfc1 i sent lb tha Senate te-day, the talk W Aan4JUw.., ww. aw w Inatlonaef postmasters la -,... W rttflww tltnlitwfwi , UM ntWM1!""""! . wf?. right, Lawiapurg. , .,.--h A rieee as- Tisslan.VpJ Londen, Feb. 10.-91r Oaatpa " LlbenlUnleniat has i vacant aeat of Burnley, Tanr-aahUayi Rylands, AOstegaa-a Lewell, Mam. Fab. Ht Bit , well-known a-eaahMtttraravt elty, died last night of 49 yeara el age. 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