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THE DAILY bvrnrNG TELEGRAPH PHILA DELPH1A, FRIDAY, HAY 2G, 1871.
CITY IltTELLlUKPICi:.
MURDER!
The Proprietor of a Beer Saloon Shot Yes
terday Afternoon A Dispute About Rent
the Cun of the Shooting The Ante
Mortem Statement of the Dead Man.
The crack of a rifle and the screams of a
woman yesterday afternoon were heard to pro
ceed from the lager beer saloon of John Conrad,
No. 2026 North Seventh street. People gath
ered quickly, entered the saloon, and there
found lying on the floor Christian Schaeffer, the
proprietor of a saloon next door. He was
covered with blood, and it was found that he
had been shot through the left breast by a rifle
in the hands of Conrad. Dr. S. K. Morris, liv
ing at No. 2029 Germantown road, was quickly
summoned, and in the meantime the wounded
man was carried insensible into his duelling.
The Doctor arrived shortly, and on inspection
pronounced the wound fatal. Every restorative
was applied, but Mr. 8chaeffer rapidly sank,
and at eleven o'clock be expired. The ball had
passed through the left lung, just grazing the
heart, up and out through the left shoulder
blade. It then broke through the window, and
buried itself in a sign-post on the sidewalk.
The perpetrator of the deed, Conrad, was the
tenant of the dead man. For somo time past
enmity has existed between him and his land
ord, arising outjof non payment of rent. Mr.
Bcbneffer has, on several occasions, been com
pelled to have recourse to the law for the re
covery of his just claim: but In every instance
his tenant obtained a stay of execution by giving
security for the payment of the rent, which
became due monthly.
Early in the present week Mr. Schaeffer again
instituted legal proceedings, and on Wednesday
Constable James S. Wright affixed to the doorof
the house occupied as a lager-beer saloon by
John Conrad a notice that the furniture and
goods of the tenant would be sold for debt. Mrs.
Schaeffer, being engaged yesterday afternoon In
washing the pavement in front of her own resi
dence, observed that Conrad was not only re
moving the bill thus affixed, but was cutting and
defacing, at the same time, the panel of the
door upon which it had been pasted.
To this fact she at once called the attention of
her husband, who came out upon the sidewalk
and remonstrated with his tenant.
Conrad is said to . have replied, "If you will
come into the house I will show you something
more."
Suspecting nothing worse than the exhibition
of some other portion of his property, and never
dreaming that it was his own person that was
menaced with danger, and perhaps with death,
Mr. Schaeffer entered the house, when Mrs.
Conrad made her appearance armed with a rille, 1
.1 li I- J 1 1 1 1 I I
uuu, 11 is Biuieu, uuuieeu uer uusuuuu piuyus
ing to shoot Mr. Schaeffer.
He is represented as having replied to her,
"No, I will shoot him;" whereupon he took the
weapon from her hands, and deliberately shot
Mr. Schaeffer. The deceased received the at
tentions alluded to above, and when, In the
latter part of the evening, he foftod his condi
tion hopeless, ho sent for Alderman Ileins, before
jvhoni be made the following statements
City of Philadelphia, ss: Before me, the sub
scriber, one of the alderman in and fur the said
city, personally appeared Christian Schaeffer, who,
being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and
say that he resides at No. 2024 N. Seventh street;
that on the afternoon of May 25, 1871, John Conrad,
who resides in a house next above, commenced to
cut part of the panel of his door, on which had been
pasted a constable's bUl advertising the sale of his
(Conrad's) goods for arrears of rent due deponent:
that deponent told him to desist, whereupon his
(Conrad's) wife went up stairs and procured a gun,
which she handed to her husband ; that the said
John Conrad took the gun from the hands of ins
wife and deliberately pointing it at deponent dis
charged It, thereby Inflicting the injuries from which
deponent is now suffering; and that deponent
makes this statement in the full consciousness that
he Is in a dangerous condition, the result of the in
juries inflicted by the said John Conrad.
Hts
Christian X Schaeffer.
mark
The age of the deceased was about forty-two
years, and his family consisted of a wife and
three children, the youngest being a mere infant.
THE GREAT LEASE.
THE INDIANS.
Those Who Favor It and Those Who Do
Not.
All that is wanting now to complete the con
tract which places the nnited railroad companies
of New Jersey nnder the control of the Pennsyl
vania Railrond is the ratification of the transfer
by the stockholders of the nnited companies.
Copies of the lease were signed yesterday by
quite a large nuniberof gentlemen owning stock,
among whom we discovered:
Silas Aldrich,
Joshua 11. Cousty,
David Roberts.
ThomaR W. Webb,
Oeorge F. Emmons,
Louis A. Oodev,
Lawrence Lewis, trustee,
Edmund D. Lewis,
1. F. Hntchlns,
Thomas Diddle Co.,
Thomas A. Blddle, In trust
for sons,
A. Middle.
G. F. Fisher,
A. Diddle, as trustee for
Julia W. Blddle,
O. F. Gales,
Samuel L. Bowlby,
George V. Page, admin-
Istratnr,
J. M. Collin,
William K. Abbey,
Emily Kiselta,
S. C. Besson,
Thomas M. Cleeman,
James N. Si.one,
Edward Troth,
K. V. Massey.
Their Arrival In the City Their Habits
and Custom.
The delegation from several Indian tribes
which has been in Washington for a week or so
past on business relating to Indian matters, ar
rived in this city last evening about six and a
half o'clock. This visit to this locality had been
agreed upon before they left their homes, and it
is peculiarly appropriate, arriving as they do on
a peaceful Government mission, and when it is
considered that this city, or the village which
was its nucleus, was tne first to offer peaceful
measures to the original possessors of the soil,
and grew up under the direct protection of the
Indian tribes.
The present delegation is composed of six
pure-blooded Indians, by name Little Raven,
Powder Face. Bird Chief, Little Robe, Stone
Leaf, and Buffalo Good. These are all chiefs,
and represent the Cheyenne, Arrapahoe, and
Wichita tribes. They represent a population of
about four thousand, living mostly in the Indian
Territory. They have with them three inter
preters, John Smith, Philip McCusker, and
Edward Gnerie. Mr. Mahlon Stutibs, the Indian
Agent, has charge of and travels with the party.
On their arrival they were taken to the Bing
ham House, and being very tired, went to their
rooms about 9 o'clock.
This morning they were up bright and early,
and on paying them a visit one of the party was
found in the act of putting on a boiled shirt
which was to form a part of his half-civilized
and half-barbarous costume. Some of the party
dress entirely in their aboriginal costume, but
the most of them have adopted some article of
modern dress in connection with it. Little
Raven is arrayed in a black dress suit, but one
of the other chiefs has adopted only a black
coat, under which is displayed the yellow leather
leggings which form a part of the fashionable
Chesnut street costume of the Indian country.
When attending the President's reception In
Washington, some were In their full war dress
and had their faces heavily painted, they not
considering it etiquette to appear in any other
way. In this latter they show themselves apt
scholars of the highest school of civilization, at
least so far as the President's or anybody else's
receptions are concerned.
The party will to-day visit various places of
public interest around the city. They will re
main for a day or two. A public receptlou to
the red men by the Pbiladelphians is talked of,
but we should think that it would be anything
but agreeable to them. They are very reticent,
and when surprised by the numerous novel
eights which they everywhere see, they do not
express it by any sign to the looker-on, but
doubtless they talk it over afterwards among
themselves.
The forty-fourth anniversary of the Sabbath-school
of the South Street Presbyterian
Church (Kev. 8. Miller Hageman's) took place
last evening. The church was beautifully adorned
with flowers and evergreens, prominent among
which was an arch over the pulpit bearlne the
words "Our Anniversary." The music was
well rendered, and reflects great credit on Miss
M. J. Jackson, who had charge of this part of
the programme. Rev. Drs. Newton, J. Wheaton
Smith, Attwood, nice, ana the pastor made
ehort addresses, Ihe attair passed off very
pleasantly, and the children and their friends
who were present wui not soon xorgei u.
Tni Missing Man Patrick Gartland, who
went out with a fishing party and did not return
and about whom there was a report of "foul
play," was found drowned this morning on the
New Jersey bank of the Delaware, above Cam
den. The Coroner has not yet examined the
tody. m
A QriCK Run. The Philadelphia and South
cri Mail Steamship Company's steamer J uniita,
Captain lloxie, made the run from this port to
New Orleans in nine days, having stopped forty
hours at UaYiaa la receiving and duckarlog
cargo.
So far as we are aide to learn, the following
were the names signed to the lease this morn
ing: Charles Stokes. Margaret Lewis, John R.
Shearer, Ambrose Smith, David Van Diel, and
Prosley Blackiston.
That this proposed transfer does not meet
with entire unanimity on the part of the tock
holders of the United Companies is not only
apparent from the fact that the United Directors
accepted the lease by a majority of but two, but
also from several public statements by "Many
Stockholders," in which they do not hesitate to
proclaim that their interests will be sacrificed
by its adoption. The most recent statement of
this character contains these reasons for their
sturdy opposition to the contract:
First, The proposed lease, as wo are adrised by counsel,
is in no way or manner authorized by the statute law of
either New Jersey or Pennsylvania. It is also, if a single
stockholder objects, in contravention of the Constitution
of the United Slates, and of the States of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania respectively. It is therefore invalid, and
cm vest no lrttr.il or equitable rieht or claim to lent or
guaranteed dividends in the lessors, and no valid possess
ory title in the lessee.
Second. The r'ntor dividend of ten per cent, per annum
stipulated for is an wholly inadeoukte return or compos
sation ior a transfer of the alusMe and highly rnmanera
five works and franchises of the lessors to t he lessee. The
averaee nt protU of lessors for the decade from lKlKthe
hint year of operation) to 1812, both inolusiva, was 7 tij-loU
per cent, per annum.
The average of net profits for the decade from 1843 to
1M, both years inclusive, was 12 2u per cent, per annum.
ThcavorsKe of the net prutits for the decade trim Mil
to 18t2, both years inclusive, was 15 80 per cent, per
annum.
The average of net profits from 1862 to 1867 (four jears)
was 1625 per cent, per annum.
The average of net profits for thirty-eight yeirs, from
1832 to 1870, inclusive (the whole period of the existence of
the companies), was 12 08 per oon. per annum.
Then they declare that there can be no rea
sonable doubt that henceforth the United Com
panies will be able to earn a net profit per
annum of at least 14 38 per cent, on the stock.
and, further, that "The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company now seeks, by means of the proposed
lease, to shift its objective seabjard points and
its eastern terminus to wew York, to the Injury
and the blighting of every interest of Philadel-
nia." ineyeay:
"Furthermore, the Prnnoided lease assigns and transfers
to the lessee the absolute possession, control, and disposal
(subject only to a lejral accountability, in the event of a
re-entry, for condition broken, by the lessors), of about
thirteen millions of salable real and personal property of
the lessors, which the lessee will have it in its power (sub
ject to legal accountability) to use and apply, according to
is numerous ana vanea necessities, and at itsown option,
i'o enforce such Moiral' accountability, t.hn lessnra Ho.
Drived of all liecuninrv means or resources, bava t he miner.
able pittance of $ I0A)iK) per annum allowed to keep feebly
alive four corporations (now doing a direct business in
cross receipts of botween nine and ten millions of dollars
per annum, and owning a property worth at least sixty
millions of dollars), will be nearly, if not wholly, power
less. They will bo to.- Donrfor anvtodo thnm rnverAnen.1
especially when, by previouslv bestowing on thoir debtor
(tho lessee) a bonus of two millions and a quarter of their
stock, they shall have admitted 'a strong man armed ,'
with a host of retainers, within thoir own dwelling, and
given him a foothold within their own mronirhnlcl anffi.
cient to t hwart, paralyeo, or subject their lawful right and
reineuy.
With these views they conclude their appeal
thus:
Messrs. Wm H. Gatzmer. President nf fha flimHon
and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Oomoauy: Ash
bel Welch, President of the United Companies; Albert
W. Markley, Benjamin Fish, Charles Macalester, K. 8.
Conover, 1. 8. Gregory, N. Perry, and Martin A. Howell,
who voted against tho proposed lease in tlie United
heard, together with the iJiraoior. of the Philadelphia
and Trenton Railroad Company, who agree in sentiment
with their colleagues, five of the aforementioned gentle
men, represent the views or the majority of the Board of
uinHTiumui iwo ui iue companies v lessors; namea in me
proposed lease, and may, therefore, with perfect legal
and social propriety, protect their respective constituen
cies, and indirectly those of the other associated and af
filiated companies (joined together as lessors in said pro
posed lease) whenever their tespective Hoards of Direc
tors can he convened according to their respective char
ters, irrespectively of the unauthorized action of the
United Board (who possess no corporate seal, and are not
parties to the said lease) in unseemly and illegally
recommending and urging and adoption of said lease by
the respective stockholders nf the aforementioned several
and distinct corporations. Wa propose hereafter to give
you further and apposite information. We earnestly re
quest you not to agree to ine proposen lensn."
MA.pi x H l'UUaUULUKKS."
RUFFIANISM.
A Lawyer Assaulted In Ills Office by Two
lloughi-A Lively Fight.
As Mr. Theodore Oelschlager, attorney-at-law.
was sitting in his office yesterday afternoon, two
flashily dressed men entered and inquired for
Colonel Lechler, the Secretary of the Point
Breeze rarK Association, and who occupies a
part of the same ollice. They were informed
by the lawyer that Colonel Lechler had gone to
the races. One of the fellows, it appears,
wanted to have some stock transferred, when
Mr. Oelschlager informed him again that it
could not be done, as all the ollicers of the
association had left.
Without any more ado the fellow then ap
proached the lawyer for the purpose of striking
nim, when the latter raised a chair to protect
himeelf. A ecullle ensued, and finally the law
yer threw his man to the floor. The villain
then endeavored to gouge Mr. Oelschlager's
eyes out, but was unsuccessful. Seeing that
his friend was being worsted, stranger So. 2
went to his assistance, and both parties left the
office. Mr. Oelschlager followed in order to
have them arrested, but they succeeded in escap
ing. The cause of the assault is to Mr. Oel
schlager unknown. When we visited the oiuce
yesterday we found the lawyer bathing one of
his eyes, a gash having been inllicted under
neath it, and the furniture of the room in the
greatest confusion.
r. 0. S. OF A.
The Coinmaiidery Convention Tlielr De
liberations lesieraay ana me l ro
grainme for To-day.
In af1itlsn in mnllapa rt Hiiotnnaa ranArto r
yesterday's Telegraph, the commandery has
innilO-lirAto1 IntHatnrff Btona t Viona lha Hrflor
fully represented in the Centennial celebration
in this city in 1876. It is claimed that this or-
tram ' T 1 Tin & M fttl I H a nrwn nA.A a ntmnnn rrait All
UH.VM uvruaU tUUlCUCU (ft yi ULDI pWDIKlWU
In the line, on account of its patriotic deeda and
Applications for new charters for comman
Prla tr a rrafaA o A lt.t n..m As4 If., l.i
burg, were recommended and referred to the
i-Actmi d vumiiJiuca lur iiiLiirn union.
The convention concluded its business last
evpn.nrr nnrt Hila mnrninrr tVi A o1mn too wmpm
taken in ch arire by the PlillfLdAinhin (Vuiim tin
dery and escorted to the State Ifnnannnd I'nlted
States Mint. At o'clock carriages were
taken and the party proceeded to Falrmounl
- , uujiviiu iucid tucv micua io mane
visit to the Wlssahickon. They will return
way of Germantown and broad street. This
afternoon a hanuuet will La snr.d In ih I'r.inn
lloure, Arch street, and in the evening the
lucmucio wui auena me amnt street iheatre
Boarding House Thirw im Von y.nt
the proprietress of a boarding-house at No. 4018
""ow iouuc, v im ner uoaraa a
giving the name of Ileywood applied for board
u air. ureeu wood s room
Ibis momlnsr about fnnr r.v.i.ir .i. 1 ...... .
tlemau discovered that his room-mate was not
about, and he made another discovery, also, to
the effect that his suit of clothes and a gold
watch and chain had been carried off by the
thlevlnsr Ilevwood. Th thif i h...ui... .
about forty-five years of age, five feet eight
'uvuv" tt . ' . ua auom 133 pounds in
weight. He has a black moustache, high cheek
l . . .1 1, U TtilUA t . . I . , V 1 I..,.. 1,1 .
uuuBo, wcui, uose, ana ms areas con
sists of a blue coat, black pants, and a low'
cronuvu vuw irw
is
A t20(10 Firr Tnts MORNINO This morn
ing at 11 o'clock a fire broke out in a carpenter
shop No. 1023 Salmon street, and communicated
to a stable, No. 1625, owned by John O'Brian,
and the frame dwellings Nob. lf29 and 1R31
Salmon street, owned by Jos. Gamble. Tne
total loss Is $2000. Daring this con (Iteration
Mrs. Munson, residing in No. 1029, was badly
burned about the face and arm.
A wat from Ho.mb. One of Lieutenant
Thomas' force yesterday was applied to by a
widow, aeed twenty-two years, named Eliza
Eaeer, who stated that she Is a resident of
iDclianapolls. She camo to this city some time
neo to obtain employment, In which effort sbe
failed. Her funds were short, and she had no
friends to whom the could apply for relief. She
has been sent to her native city.
An Adventurous Mctr. One of the Re
serve oflicers picked up on the streets yesterday
a mnte, aged thirteen years, named Alfred Van
AVlck. The boy recently arrived In this city,
having rnn away from the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum at Stevenson. Van Rensselaer connty,
isew lork. ihe J ad Has been scut to the Alma-
houf-e.
Runaway Accident. About 1140 this morn
ing a horse attached to a milk waiton ran away
at Charlotte street and Girard avenue, and col
lided with a cart, throwing out the driver, a
man named Brown, and a ooy three j-ears of
age. Uoth were slightly injured.
Died from her Injuries. Mary Harris, a
middle-aged colored woman, who was yesterday
burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp, died
this morning at her home, No. 3 Fagen court,
Eighth street, below Lombard.
Park Guard Boat. The Park Guard have
now a boat stationed on the 8chuylklll to ply
between the dam and tho Wlssahickon for po
lice purposes, and also for the arrest of bathers
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,
Reported by La Haven & Bro., No. 40 8. Third street.
SECOND BOARD.
IfiOOOPonna 6s 94
firm wnm a nit is 4
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S8 Bh Cam A Am. ..laim
1000 do 130 V
fioo Bh Read U..b60.H-6;:looo sh Sen Nv.
000 do s30. ns 100 sUN Cent
100sh2d & 3d St.. 61
ioo Hh venna R....
2S ah Leh Nav St.
110 do
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Charge of Conspiracy.
Court cf Quarter SexHionx Judge Finletttr.
The case before the Court to-day was that of Ed
ward Lyons and Charles C. Rhodes, who were
charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud. The
allegation was that Mrs. J. Wanner Jermon, with
cc.r own money, purcnased in ner individual rignt a
property at the southeast corner of Broad and Ox
ford streets, subject to a first mortgage of f BOOO, held
by the Reliance Mutual Insurance Company. Her
nusnann was lnueotea to trie aerenaants in fii.ouo.
for which they obtained judgment, but he had no
property by which they could make their money.
'I'hey then purchased this first mortgage from the
Insurance company, and then Instituted proceedings
of foreclosure against Mrs. lermon's house In order
to realize their claim against Mr. Jerraon, and al
though the amount of the mortgage, with Interest
and costs, was frequently tendered them, they con
stantly refused to accept, but conttnned their pro
ceedings until they succeeded in having the pro
perty sold and purchasing it in.
Tne case is yet on inai.
SYCOSIS.
A Contagious and Peculiarly Troublesome
uigcane.
John Jamicson, if. D., to Toronto Leader.
The extract published in your paper, caution
ing the public against the prevalesce of conta
gious sycosis, or barber s itch, was not given a
moment too soon. Few but physicians are
aware how common this form of cutaneous
disease already is in this and surrounding coun
tries, it exists, oi course, more or less in all
great cities, but it seems to me noteworthy that
while passing down a single street mn street
to-day, I noticed no fewer than five distinctly
marked cases, two ot them being particularly
bad. In one case the whitened scale and
diseased skin extended from the chin upward
by the verge of the whisker to the left eye,
threatening to extend to the eye
brow and lashes. ihe fact that
the active principle of the eruption is
cryptagamous is the reason of its rapid and but
little understood spread. Once in the system
its cure is not perhaps dillicult, but in most
cases demands much attention and care. The
introduction of the smallest particle or follicle
from a razor to the healthiest chin will commu
nicate the disease, because while the pellicle is
irritated the hair is never and never can be cut,
microscopically speaking, sufficiently loose to
prevent a lodgment, l diner irom tne opinion
expressed in the article you copy in one point
where hot water will not properly cleanse a
razor. The water should be boiling and the
razor dipped for at least one minute, and then
carefully wiped with a 6oft towel.
1 be best and most effective plan is, oi course,
to keep a private razor and all other necessaries
lor shaving, ine tact, however, is that this is
but rarely done, and our barbers' shops are,
therefore, a very hot-bed of a painful and dis
Eurtine cutaneous disease. I might add that.
in its worst form, the barber's itch spreads to
the arm-pits, and then becomes almost into
lerable.
N. V. MONEY MARKET YESTERDAY
From the. N. T. UeraUL
"Money was easy at three per cent, ai the
general rate for cull loans, irrespective of the
collaterals submitted, with exceptions at two
per cent, on Governments. Towards 3 o'clock
there was more Inquiry from the stock houses,
and four ner cent, was paid in such Instances.
Prime commercial paper passes at an average of
about live per cent, discount.
"Foreign exchange was dull, but firm, on the
basis of 110ill0;i for prime bankers sixty
dav sterling and 110(5)110 for sight bills.
"The bullion account of the Bank of England,
submitted at the weekly meeting of the directors
this morning, showed a gain of 471,000. The
discount rate remains unaltered.
"For the Government gold offered for sale
to-day there were twenty bids for a total of
$0,818,500. at prices ranging from 110-1)0 to
111-65. The two millions was awarded at 111-60
to 111-65 one leading firm paying 111-05 for a
million.
"Before the Government sale gold was feverish
between inland 111, the lower figure being
made In anticipation of an extra sale, ihe com
petition among bidders had the effect of sub
sequently strengthening the market at 111
THE NEW LOAN.
"It transpired to-day that Messrs. Jay Cooke
& Co. have, on the part oi themselves ana i
combination of home and foreign brankers, ten
dered a bill to Mr. Bontwell for the balance of
1200,000.000 of new five per cent, bonds, which
will remain unsold on the first of June next
The conditions of the application are such as
to hold Mr. Boutwell to a policy of selling
the remainder of the nve per cents only in com
binatlon with the four and a half and four
per cents. It is represented that the Sec
retary of the Treasury is deliberating over the
proposal, but will probably accept it, as it
makes an immediate market for about $130,000,-
000 more of the new loan. 'His hesitation is
due to the fact that he apprehends a charge of
unfairness irom tne puniic snouia be give this
nowerful combination a monopoly of so large
an amount of the favorite class of the bonds,
especially as the disposal of the other five per
rents would be more difficult in view of the
compulsory subscription to equal allotments of
the four ana a nan ana iour per cents.
"The Government list was steady, but
shared the intense dulness prevailing through
out Wall 6treet.
r,lnno1 H f! Porter, of Cleveland, and
Orrln J. Porter, of Hudson, Ohio, brothers, who
had always been much attached to each other,
died suddenly at the same hour a few days
ago. Their symyathy and temperament must
have been something like rablau and Louis
L' V. 1
During bis European trip the Rev. Robert
Oliver wtn. it is saia, visit ms oia come in
YnrtahirA tn nropnre materials for a fresh lec
I . ,.wr .1 L1 1 .
y lure, enuuea view mswuu.
THIRD EDITION
WESTERN RAILWAY OPENING.
Destructive Fires.
Later Irom Europe,
The Communists Hemmed In.
Fresh Outrages Reported.
Etc.
Etc.. Etc., Etc. - Etc., Ete.
FROM EUROPE.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Exclusivity to The Evening Telegraph.
Paris, May 26.
The Louvre Collection.
The collections in the Louvre are all saved
except the library, in which a great many valu
able books were destroyed. The National Li
brary and Grand Livreo are safe.
The PoHltlou Held by the Rebels.
The insurgents still bold liercy, the Place de
la Bastile, Belleville, and Menllmontant. The
Government troops have captured the Mazas
Prison and the Lyons and Orleans Railroad sta
tions.
The Hostages
held by the insurgents in Mazas had been trans
ferred to the prison of La Roquette.
Fort rt'lssy Bfowu Up. 1
The insurgents have evacuated and blown up
Fort dTssy. The Government forces are now
attacking the Place Bastile.
At noon to-day
A Furious Battle Is In Progress
nearPantin.
The Entry Into Berlin.
JJerlin, May 26. The Opener Gazette an
nounces that the triumphal entry of the German
army Into Berlin will take place on the 10th of
June, and the 18th will be observed by thanks
giving throughout the empire.
English Parliament.
London, May 26. In the House of Commons
last night an amendment offered by the Oppo
sition to the Army Regulation bill, and intended
to kill the bill, was reiected by 16 majority.
Mr. Gladstone announced that Parliament
would adjourn for the Whitsuntide recess to-day
(Friday).
Epsom Races.
London, May 26. The great race for the
Oaks stakes for fillies came off at Epsom to-day,
with the following result: Baron Rothschild's
Hannah flr6t, Mr. Naylor's Noblesse second, and
Mr. Briggs' Hopvine third. Nine horses ran
The betting before the race was three to two
against the winner.
Manchester, May 253 P. M. Yarns and
fabrics are dull.
Ship News.
Steamship Columbia, from New York, touched at
Movliie to-uay.
To-day's Q,uotatlous.
London, May 868 P. M. consols, 9393g'
for both. American secuiltit-s unchauged.
Liverpool, May 28 2 P. M. Wheat, 10s. 10d.a
lis. Id., lor imw red Western spring; lis. 5d. for red
wuuer. iteceiptB oi w neut for three days, eo.uui)
quarters ; American, S5,ouO. Corn, 83s. 3d. lor new.
Lard, 498.
Afternoon Cable Quotations.
London, May 2 4-30 P. M. Consols for money
93, and for account mxwm. uonds or isoa,
90?.' : Of 16ti&. old. 90 X ; Of 1SC7. 92 V: 10-408, 69.
London, May 264-30 P. M. Tallow, 43s. 6d.
43s. 9d. ; Sugar, 30s. (2 30s. 6d. on the spot.
Liverpool, May 26430 P. M. Cotton quiet;
uplands, 7&d. ; Orleans, I.?,d. Sales to-day 12,000
bales, including 3,000 for export and speculation.
IStockof cotton afloat, 480,000; American, 2fo,oeo.
Sales of cotton at sea, nearly due from Savannah or
unarieston, at t li-ioo. ior middlings. Kenneu re
troleum, 11 A.
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Foster Sentenced to be Hanged.
New York, May 26. The Court of Oyer and
Terminer was crowded to its ntmost this morn
lng to witness the closing eceno In the Foster
trial. The prisoner and his counsel held a long
consultation before the formal opening of the
court. Mrs. Foster, wife of the prisoner, was
not present. District Attorney Garvin moved
that the court pass the sentence of the law on
the prisoner.
Judge Steuart said he would not submit the
motion for an arrest of judgment, but after
judgment he would sue out a writ of error. Mr,
Vanderpool, clerk, asked Foster what he had to
eay why sentence of death should not be passed
upon him.
Foster, deeply affected, only Bald he did not
intend the murder of Putnam.
Judge Cardozo said he didn't wish to say any
thing to hurt the prisoner's feelings; he had had
patient trial by an Intelligent jury, most of his
own selection, but the case was too clear
to come to any other conclusion than the one
arrived at. They recommended him to mercy,
but that recommendation was for a higher tri
bunal to consider. He could hold out no hope
whatever to him of a commutation of. the sen
tence, and he should be prepared to meet his
awful doom. The sentence of court was that he
should be taken to the place from which he
came, and on the 14th of July next there be
hanged by the neck until dead. The prisoner
was given into the custody of the sheriff, and
the court adjourned.
Prlie-Flgbters Committed.
New York, May 28 Edwards and Collins,
prize-fighters, were committed by Justice Dow-
ling, in default of 15000 bail, at the Tombs
Police Court this morning, to answer at the
Court of Special Sessions.
FROM WASnjjYQXOjy.
Washington, May 26. The delegation of
- . n. . . 1 l , , t
ucioq lempiars, wmcu nave ueeu in session in
Baltimore, reached this city to-day, and paid
their respects to the President, Secretary Bout
well, the Attorney-General, and other prominent
VU1V1UD.
FROM JfEW ENGLAND.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Exelutively to The Evening Telegraph.
Fire In Boston.
Boston, May 26. A fire this morning in
Highland district destroyed the fish-curing
establishment of John Curtis and partly con
sumed R. Train's oakum factory. Loss, 1 10,
000; mostly insured.
Obtaining Goods Fraudulently.
Boston, May 26. The jury In the case of
Frederick Lockwood, tried for fraudulently
obtaining some 10,000 worth of cotton held by
the Boylston Bank, rendered a verdict of guilty.
At the previous trial the jury disagreed,
FOURTH EDITION
AFFAIRS IN THE DOMINION.
Great Fiies in the Woods.
The Fishery Question.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
Health of the Tice-Presidcnt.
The Treaty Investigation.
International Money Orders.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
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Great Fires Raging.
Ottawa, May 26. The country around Ot
tawa is threatened with a repetition of the ter
rible fire of liiBt year. The whole country side
around Pembroke, Chelsea, Buckingham, and
Gatineall Point is filled with dense clouds of
smoke, and the fire is spreading rapidly.
Professor Bernard,
of the High Commission, is in town, a guest of
Sir John McDonald.
The Bermuda Fleet.
IIalifax, May 26. The flagship Royal Alfred,
from Bermuda, with Admiral Fanshaw, has
arrived. The rest of the fleet is expected soon;
also, the British flying squadron.
The Fishery Quest ion.
The opposition journals are urging the Gov
ernment to convene the Legislature in order
that the treaty of Washington as bearing upon
the fisheries may be discussed.
Ship Hew.
The German bark Courier and the English
bark Merrington arrived last evening, forty-six
days from Liverpool. They left together, and
parted company soon; met again eight days ago,
and Kept in sight until they reached this port
Editors Drowned.
Montreal, May 26. George Spalght and A
Lodge, the former sub-editor and the latter night-
editor of the Gazette were drowned yesterday,
while boating.
FROM WASHINGTON.
I BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Eeclwively to The Evening Telegraph.
Vice-Prektdcnt Colfax.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, May 26. Mr. Colfax Is 6lowly
improving. He was mre comfortable last
night.
The Weather
Is intensely. warm.
The Senate discussed the resolution to
Discharge White and Ramsdell,
bnt It was not acted on, when the Senate went
into executive session. The business will be
finished to-day. The testimony of twenty wit
nesses before the investigating committee was
ordered to be printed.
International Money Orders.
Special Commissioner McDonald.appointed by
the Postmaster-General, has gone to London
and Berlin to negotiate for an international
money order system between these countries.
Naval Orders.
Washington, May 26 Lieutenant Com
mander William T. Sampson, detached from the
Naval Academy and ordered to torpedo duty at
Newport, K. I.; MaBter William 8. Cowles is
detached from the Naval Observatory and
ordered to the same duty; Second Lieutenant
William S. Johnson, 24th Infantry, incapaci
tated for active service by reason of a gunshot
wound received in action at Fayetteville, Ar
kansas, April 18, 1863, is retired with the full
rank of captain, mounted.
Government Weather Report.
War Department, Office of the Chirp Signal
Officer, Washington, May 2610-30 A. M. Synop
sis for the past twenty-four hours: The barometer
has continued to fall slowly on the Pacino ooast, and
has begun to fall at the Hocky Mountain Station.
The area of .lowest pressure is now to the north of
Maine. The highest pressure la in North and Soma
Carolina. The temperature has risen from Lake
Erie to Maine. Threatening weather, with 11? at
rains, has prevailed from New Hampshire to Lake
Krie and Michigan and Northern Illinois. Clear
weather continues from Georgia to New Jersey.
Probabilities. The weather will probably continue
cloudy and threatening in New England, and clear
and warm from the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic
coast.
FROM NEjFrORK.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph.
Fight with River Thieves.
New York, May 26. A gang of eight river
thieves made their appearance near the New
Jersey Central Railroad depot this morning, and
were just about to begin operations when a
private watchman detected them and badly
wounded one of the thieves with a revolver. The
rogues escaped.
Journalist Recovering.
A. P. Munson, a journalist, who had a severe
stroke of paralysis a few days ago, Is now slowly
recovering.
New York, May 20.
The National Insurance Convention
to-day resolved that no portion of the taxes levied
npon premiums in one State should be charged
to or imposed npon the policy-holders residing
in another State.
FROM THE WEST.
bt associated press.
Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph,
Railway Opening.
St. Louis, May 26 The Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad was completed yesterday to Grand
river, Indian Territory, and an excursion party
has been over It. The grading has progressed
twenty miles beyond Grand river, and the lay
ing Is pushed vigorously.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
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Exclusively to The Evening TeUgraph.
Obituary.
Springfield, Mass., May 26 Captain Fran
cis W.'Parker, of Detroit, recently of the edito
rial staff of the Detroit Tribune, died at Monroe
yesterday, aged S&
New York Produce Market.
New York, May 88. Cotton quiet; middling up
lands, ls',0. Flour dull; Mate, r-60(t6t0; Ohio.
liiitfA.46-00; Western, 5-60MB; and Southern, f!'74
(HX Wheat easier. Corn dull: mixed Western, 64
(aide. tis dull; Western, 65(s!o. Heel quiet.
I'wiBttuj. Lard, seiK. Wnuuy, lie.
IROM THE SOU Til.
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Exclusivity to The Evening Telegr$pK
Virginia Election.
Richmond, Va., May 20. The ballots In th!
city were counted this morning, and show that
the Conservatives have carried the city by 170
majority and elected 26 out of 30 Councilman.
Two of the Conservative Councilmen were alio
voted for by Republicans.
In Lynchburg the Conservatives carried tht
city. Petersburg is not counted yet.
In Norfolk the Conservatives carried the
Council. Twenty townships heard from show
no material political changes.
Alexandria, Va., May 26. The Conserva
tives carried three of the four wards of the city.
The Conservative majority In the city is 46.
FROM THE STATE.
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Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph.
The Miners Returned to Work.
Pittston, Pa., May 26. The men in employ
of the Pittston and Elmlra Company, Damar
Bawkley and Butler coal companies have
resolved to resume work at the same terms
given by the Pennsylvania company to their
men, as soon as the operators will permit them
to enter the mines. The only shaft remaining
idle In this place is that of Alva Tompkins, and
resumption will probably take place on or before
Monday nexL .
THE WEATHER.
The Detailed Meteorological Report for
To-day.
The following Is the meteorological report of the
Signal Bureau of the War Department lor this
murning, all the olwervations belDg taken at 7-43
A. M.. 1'hlladalphla time. The barometrical reports
are corrected ior temperature and elevation. The
velocity of the wind Is gtven In miles ner hour,
snd the force is an approximate reduction to the
Beanfort scale:
l4
Place of Observation,
Albany. N. Y
AuguHia, Ga 30-24
Baltimore 80 18
Boston 29-06
Buffalo 180 03
Hurllncton. VL..
Cape May 30-16
Cairo
Charleston, S. C. 80-So
Cheyenne iS9-7l
Chicago 1 80 13
7S
7T
72
60
Vi
69
74
43
64
75
66
f2
66
65
65
68
Cincinnati j80-2a
Cleveland 80-19
Corlune, Uiah... 'W21
Davenport 80-or
Detroit 30-07
rt,,iii, Qn.no
UIUU......... .. o" ""I
..sramaDo, luicn. z vv
Fort Benton, fid T
tialveston
(Ir'd llaven.Mlch 301i!
Indianapolis..... 30-15
Jackson, Miss
Key West, Fla.. 30 08
Knoxville, 38-81
Lake City, Fla... 80-22
Leavenworth, K. 29 96
iouisvuie, Jiy...i
Lynchburg 8028
Marquette.Mich. 29 97
Memphis 80-18
Milwaukee sum
Mobile 1 80-21
Mongomery, Ala.
Mt. Washington. '80-01
Nashville 3080
New London..... 30 01
New Orleans .... 80 13
New York 30-io
Norfolk 30-27
Omaha 80 07
Oswego 29
Philadelphia 30-10
Pittsburg....
Portland Me 29 83
Portland, Oregon . . I
Rochester 30 06 67
San Diego. Cal.. .. ..
San Francisco. .. 29-82
BantaFe, N.M.. ..
Savannah.. 30-27
St. Louis 8013
St. Paul 30 03
Toledo. 30-14
Washington 3019
Wilmington, N.C 30-85
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8. W.
N.W.
N.
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76
81
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78
64
75
67
77
66
74
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74
70
77
69
73
60
66
78
63
54
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7 Gentle.
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8 u.mtle.
6 Gentle.
5 Gentle.
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5 Gentle.
6 .Gentle.
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Clear
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Cloud
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1. rain.
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Clear
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Fair
V. gent.' Fair
V. gent. I
3 V. cent. I Cloud
Calm. Cloud
24 IV. brisk
8 Gentle
2 IV. genu
0 ueutie.
69 Gale.
6 Gentle.
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4 'Gentle.
4! Gentle.
16 Brisk.
Calm.
W. I 6, Gentle.
Gentle.
Gentle.
S. W.
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S.
N. E.
S. W.
s.
V. gent.
8
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2 V. gent.
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Clear
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Fair
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Fair
Fair
Clear
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Cloud
Clear
Cloud
1. rain
Cloud
Clear
Fair
Clear
Cloud
Fair
Clear
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