PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
A,
I FRITZ,
IS DARLING IN CANADA?
ATTOIlVEV-AT-I,AW,
OFrics Front Room, over Postoffioe,
BLOOMSBURO. FA.
"h. MAIZE,
J
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
INSURANCE AND HEAL ESTATE AO TOT,
Office Room No. a, Columiiah BsUdlnj,
nr.ooMsnuuo, pa.
JyT U. FUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Tnt'j Building, near Court Home,
Ilt.OOMSnURG, PA.
J
OHN M. CLARK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Office over Mover Bro's. Drug Stort,
BLOOMSBURO, PA.
c
W. MILLER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Brawer'i building, 2d fleor, room No u
BLOOMSBURO, FA.
B
FRANK ZARR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office cor. Centre & Main Sts.,Clark'i buUiing,
BLOOMSBURO, PA.
WCao be comulted In German.
qeoTe. elwell,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, Second floor, Columbian .Buildlag,
BLOOM"SBURG, PA.
H,
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Wirt's Building, 2nd floor, Main St
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
s. wintersteen,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in First National Banlc Building, 2d floer,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
3T Pension! and bountiei collected.
p P. BILLMEYER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY,)
Office over Dentler1! Shoe stere, Front roam,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
ROBERT R. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, CoLUMllAtcBuilding,i6or,front
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
RANT HERRING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Officii Vjk RawUnga' Meat Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
H. RHAWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, corner of Third and Main Streets,
CATAWISSA, FA.
J
B. McKELVY, M. D.,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
Office, North lid Main Street, beltw Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
D
R. J. C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office, North Market Street,
BLOOMSBURR. PA.
D
R. WM. M. REBER,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
Office, corner of Rock and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
H
ONORA A. ROBBINS, M. D.
Ofllco Wwt First St
Special attention uivi-n to the eye unci
ar anil the tuting or cucwi.
J
J. BROWN, M. D.,
Office and Residence, Third Street, West
of Market, near M. .. Church,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
TOrfice hours every afternoon and evening.
Special attention given to the eye and the fitting
if glasses. Telephone connection.
D
R. J. R. EVANS,
Tkeatukbt or Cintosic Diseasis made a
SrlCIALTY,
Office ad Residence, Third St., below Market,
BLOOMSBURG, TA. .
M.
J. HESS, D. D. S.,
(Graduate of the Philadelphia Dental C.llefe,
leaving opened a dental office in Locxaxd!
(Building, corner ct Main and Centre streets,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.,
tU prepared (o receive all patients rcqnlrisg pre
feaalonal services.
Eleoikio Viiumtor Used.
Ethxx, Gas, and Local Anastiutics,
AdnlnUtcred for the painless extraction of teeth
free of charge wha artificial teeth are Inserted.
All Woijc Gvajumtuo aj Ruuuwno.
YAINWRIGHT & CQ.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
TTeas, Svrvts, Corrtu, Suoar, Moiamu,
Riot, Sfjcis, Bicarb Soda, Etc., Etc.
N. E. Comer Second and Arch St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WOiders will receive prompt attention.
M
C. SLOAN Sc BRO.,
Manufacturers of
Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Sleighs, Platform
" ' Wagons, ic
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
first-class wevk always on hand. Repairing
neatly done.
XTTrlccs reduced to luii the times.
w,
H. HOUSE,
SURGEON DENTIST,
OiCce, Barton's Building, Main St., bel, Mirkat,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
AH styles of work done In.a superior manner,
and all work warranted as represented.
Teeth Extracted Without Paw,
jy the use of Gas, and free of charge when
artificial teeth art Inserted.
S3- To be open all hours daring the day,
j,.asf-'ax, "" .a...'.".'''--
G.E. ELWELL, 1-
B1TTEUEE1JEEE, J "Trl-lon-
Finest Line
of
GOLD and
SILVER
WATCHES
IN THE COUNTY
AT
. I WILLS' JEWELRY STORE.
Acur l'!illiiirltiln.
Krlitml Open. ."M-pr. IMlh.
Yi-urlr t..i-ii.r, S.VIO.
l our I'll) Ml ill., SlUS.
Artmita nd cla.cl1.ea yine mr-r, and tioyl at any timet Ata ihem tot nuilnew, any Co)W. Polrtechntc School for Wert
!" '."."'..ii"?;!" V V'?.c,u""ir.t:lM.- Oiwofth. bnlequlr, and beat naaanoTKik CSd libS. A 11 SLKJJJ
Imatd
ronms Lvety roam haa In It a ateam ,aliatur am
1 . i 'lyv?!1:. lt,'l?" " men J ftaduatCT
ainieiici, cic. uymnaaiun:
'l'ana i5T2ui 0',""""ili, ''" P
Lnel.Kri. con. , rhU,l and Cha-U-afUboraw,;.
MoieYuUraupfiUed will, apMntua lhan any Ur Collefe.nttlnir achool Media Acidemy'air,U lint
lun. ine lett tnucatlon.aml the teat training. Maed ffirea cover e.ery eitienie. No ciaminatlona for admission. New
"VrtSem.tfSifPL " SWIT'"N C- 6"OKTLlrB.A.B.,A.M.(ll.r,a,d C,adl.j WniltS
Ipdla, ln., nenr Plilln.
hchool Oprns Mepr. 123th.
Yf itrlr Hxpenne. 83(10.
..... a,.n, v.ov. F0R GRls AND YOUNG LADIES. Miss Es.tm.n's C.lebrsted Schowl.
li?.!"!?"' F?"?" ' J-,". Science. Mathematlca. Muale. Mdern tjnroeea. TweU. aecomril
v.ilrf ..rlT."!. School l,a, an own a.l ele.e. '.. fri.ate riloXflo;
SVliniINC SHORTr.lDfiR, A M (Harvard Graduate, l .
.IKS. BWITII1N f. SUOKrilUOE. Prl.clDala. Media. fl
B.
F. HARTMAN
airnsiNTs tkk vou.owino
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
NortK American, of Philadelphia,
Franklin, ' "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, of Pei.nsylvania,
Hansver, ol New York,
Queens, of London,
North British, of London.
Orncs; on Market Street, abore Main, No. 5.
ELOOMSnURC:, PA.
TVT P. LUTZ,
(Successor to Fieas Brown,)
AGENT AND ISHOKER,
Bloomshurg Fire & Lue Ins. Aocncv,
(KuaMished in 1865.)
COMPANIES REPRESENTED i
Assets.
Etna Fire Ins. Co. of Harlfoid, S9,5R,388.g7
llattford, of Hartford 5,288.609.97
Pbtnix. of llaitford 4,778,469.1 j
Sprmsfielil, r.f SpiingfieM 3,099,903.98
Fire Ass. 1 ianon. Philadelphia,... 4,512, 7S3. 39
Ciuatdian of lm-lon 20, 103.323. 7 1
I'hcenix, of l.on.loi 6,924,563.48
Lancashire of l'.ng.,(U.S. Branch) 1,642.195.0c
Royal ol Fnolaml " " 4. S53 564.00
Mut. Iteiu l.f. In.Co.Neark,N J 41,379,228.33
Losses I'rcrii ll adjuiUd unci paid at this office,
U1.UOMS1IURG, PA.
J
H. -MAIZE,
TIRE INSUi: .VCE AGENT,
Office, Second Floor, C'Ux'mcias liuilding,
BLUOMSIl'-'UG. PA.
Liverpool. London, and (ilole. largest in the
World, and peifectly reliable.
Assets.
Imperial, of London $9,658,479op
Continental of New York 5.239.981.28
American of Philadelphia. 2,401,956, 1 1
Niagara, of New York, 2,260,479.86
J7XCIIANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBUS, PROPRIETOR,
Opposite Coukt House.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
5-arg? and convenient sample rooms. Bath
room., hot and cold w.Ucr ; and all modern
conveniences.
Exchange Hotel,
HKNTON, PA.
Tho untleretffncd has leased thN well-known
houw. and is propared to accommfd -te the publK
-vlih all the coaveojencea of a first- Jlaaa hotel
LEMDKL DHAKE, Proprtfttor.
D
R. I. C. HRiavCE,
HiySIClAN & SUHGEON.
it-ir Office over Moycr llros. Drug Store.
Kesiclence West Main Street.
12-20-iy.
J.
S. GAHRISON M. 1).
IIOMKOI-ATIIIO I-tlVPICHK AND BGlWEOS
I5f Olllce over I. W. Harlmtn & Pnn
store, rcldence N. E. corner Centre wi'l
Fourth .streiits.
HRISTIAN F. KNAPP.
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG.
Home ol N. Y. 1 Merchants', f Newark, N.
I. ) Clinton, N. Y. I Peoplts" N. Y. j Reading,
Fa. j German American Ins. Co., New York.
Greenwich Insurance Cc, New York Jersey
City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, N. J.
These old corporations are well seasoned by
ge and riis tkitid and have never yet had a
lost settled by any court of law. Their assets
art all invested in solid iicvaUTHi, are HabU
to the hazard of Fill only.
Losses ixomitly and HONESTLY adjusted
and paid as soon as determined, by CHRIST
IAN F. KNAPP. SHCIAL AOINT AND AD.
justii, Blooussuxo, Pa.
She people of Columbia county should pat.
ronlte the agency where losses, if any, are Ki
tted ana paia oy one or incir uwu kuuclm.
K
I PI' it I'ODMOKE.
AUCIII I ECT8,
OsTKRHOUT UuitoiNO, lVllltel) irrc,
Dranch Ofilce. I'loointliiirg, P., wllli
Jno. M. Clahk-, Alt'y. & Coun8fller.
lS'.ly.
MEK ONLY!
IV... roMTn. VATUNfl 1
l.ltniral .nil NERVOUS 1
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"r.rt.. una, nuiriiiiVlDiK4..i-iiiior tour.
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Utu CRIC MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO, H. V.
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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1890.
mmk ACADEMY
or ttiKln, Coll-nn. Pine titilMlniat amrle or dmbla
l
i
tilaia to .Unite tapldlv. fn.aie tutorine and arWclal drill
Pi.tt'kS 5u5n UwnSnt..a
BROOKE HALL,
Ti r-lnifi inn unit a, n s a . . .
Oatarrh
IS n blood disease Until tno poison is
expelled from the system, there can
bo 110 cure for tills loathsome and
ilanRcrnus malady. Therefore, the only
effective treatment is a thorough course
of Ayer's Sursitparllla tho best of all
blood purifiers. The sooner you begin
the better ; delay n dangerous.
" I was troubled with catarrh (or over
two years. I trjed arinus remedies,
and was treated by a number of physi
cians, buf received no benefit until I
begun to tike. Ayer's Sarsaparllla. A
few bottles qt this medicine cured me of
tldi trotibloomc complaint and com
piettdy restored my health." Jesse 31.
itnggs, Ilulmau's Mills, N. C.
'MYhen Ayer's Sarsaparllla was rec
oiimiendod to me for catarrh, I was in
clined to dqubt its efticacy. Having
tried so many remedies, with little ben
efit, I had no faith that anything would
cure me. I becamo emaciated from loss
of appetite am) impaired digestion. I
bad nearly Lost the sense of smell, and
my system was badly deranged. I was
about discouraged, 11 lion a friend urged
mo to try, Ayer Sarsaparllla, and re
ferred me to persons whom It hail cured
of catarrh. After taking half a dozen
bottles of this medicine, I am convinced
that tho only sure way of treating this
obstinate disease is through the blood."
Cliarlet II. Malouey, 111) ltivcr at.,
Lowell, Mass.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
ritErAncD nr
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
PrUc $1; six l-Qtllee, S5. Worth 5 a bottle.
Bases Pain Instantly.
Strengthens IVea.r Parts.
Quiets Herousness.
Hop pfostev.
A New final md Hcmoid lierucdr.
CTnttrIr popular beuiue ol real roedicln&l
merit. Fur lue countleu puios and aches, eoren- n or
vreakQMtiei. no mitter how. caustxl ur huw borerw.
whicU atUuc the human boil;. romody in tlio world
Is so prompt and thorough In rclierinff, curlug and r
fctoring aa tho Hop I'laiter.
Cnatfllrlted Tratlmoitr uf IhuuinmU of people.
And the iuCw.ntlT jncieatinj Kale of thcea I'laatera,
Id ample praut ot the truth of tbid OG&ertion.
CT HOP I'LASTKIilt never hum r IrrlUfv
IT ju suffer apply one dowj you'll ftl happier to
morrow. 1 W good the moment put ou.
BUT SEE HERE, Hup I'latter are iwld bj
all uedlciua dealers. Don't te uniudlod into tatfnjc
a b.Ut tut a or imitation, hlfinnture of the proprietor
will be found on the genuino guoda,
MOP PLASTER CO.,pBOPniCTORS.DOSTON.
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PHELAN WANTS TO FIGHT
He Requests Satisfaction of
Editor John W. Fleming.
A GONmi:SSMAN'S CIIAMjKNUK
A Newspaper Controversy Which Sttrreil
Up Had ntonil In Tennes.ee The Kdltor
Hefuses to Fleht land Vigorously Scores
III. Woulil-be Opponent In Ills Paper.
Nashville, Tenn., April . Col. John M.
Fleming, editor of The Knoxvllle Dally Ben
tlnel, has received n chnllengo from Jnmes
I'helnn, owner ol Tho Memphis Dally Ava
lanche, and representative in congress from
the Tenth district of Tennessee. Editor
Fleming has refusod to accept the challenge,
and eznetly what further steps, If any, Con
gressman Phelau may take are nUitiiiowu.
Editor Fleming instead of sending his ac
knowledgment of the receipt of the commu
nication by wire, by which agency It was
transmitted to htm, published It In The Sen
tinel, and It la the principal theme of con
versation. Mr. Phelan's challenge came by
telegraph from Washington last Sunday,
and was as follows:
The Challenge.
WasniKOTON, April ,
To John M. Fleming, Knoxvllle, Tenu.:
When I wrote you from Aiken I had not Been
your letter to The Memphis Commercial. You
are a liar, a coward and a scoundrel. I will await
your message here and conie to Knoxvllle to ar
range preliminaries. Jades 1'uiun.J
l'dltor IrIentlnca lleply.
Editor Fleming wrote his reply, which ap
peared In The Sentlnellast evening. Ilensks
Congressman Phelan to consider in what a
grotesque position be has placed himself,
and then says:
"You bold a seat in congress from a dis
trict of Tennessee. You have assumed to
become a teacher of the children of the state,
as a historian in the public schools. You
ought to know, and are presumed to know,
the constitutional andlegul pcnaltlesagnlnst
giving and sending or accepting a challenge
to fight a duel. You ought know that In
almost every possible aspect of the business
It Is a felony, punishable by Imprisonment
In tho penitentiary.
"Your telegram to me, If It means any
thing more than mad raving, Is a challenge
by construction and in contemplation. The
Interpretation most charitable to you Is that
the message you would await from me would
be agreement on my part to join you In ar
rangement In the 'preliminaries,' otherwise
why should you have contemplated coming
to Knoxvllle to arrange preliminaries!''
Nut Wortliy of llelag Challenged.
Assuring Congressman I'helau that there
Is no evasion desired in the matter, Editor
Fleming says In the course of his reply: "I
would Insist that you had better 'explain'
yourself. You begin with coarse denuncia
tions, which, if true, and you are .topped
from denying them, would exclude me from
recognition by a gentleman, and therefore
not worthy, by your own charges, of being
challenged. Furthermore, my observation
has usually been that the denunciation fol
lows the refusal to accept a challenge. In
asmuch as I had proven you guilty of what
In retaliation you charge upon me, I am in
clined to think the authorities In the duello
would tell you it was your duty to have de
manded the satisfaction usual among gentle
men. I merely call your attention to those
points to show how ridiculous you have made
yourself even aa a pretended duelist.
Ul. Opinion of the Duel.
"Hut I take no advantage of even this.
In times past the men who have especially
commanded my admiration wera those who
had the courage to treat with contempt th
demand ejpthe duelist, while recognizing
and insisting upon the right of self defense.
I would have been surprised recently to
find that you had lived with so little learn
ing as not to have known that the barbar
ous role In which you have seen fit to dis
play yourself no longer nerves to give re
spectability among even that weaker class
that once thought it 'chivalrous' to make
even a bloodless exhibition of meek courage
on the so called field of honor.
A Spoiled Hoy.
"J have treated your warlike message as se
riously at its ludicrous character permitted,
Indeed, I em pretty well persuaded that
you have been a spoiled boy flattered Into
delusive assumption of some sort of personal
superiority, a misfortune which oftentimes
follows too little spanklug and too much
petting. It requires sometimes a rude back
set or two to take the starch out of nelf-con-celt.
Wo have no preliminaries to arrange,
Mr. Phelan. Joun M. Flkuino."
Tile Congressman's Story.
Congressman Phelan Is one of the young
est members of the house, and a popular
gentleman. Editor Fleming Is about twenty
years the senior of Congressman Phelau, and
has long been engaged In Journalism lje
is well known, and was at one time state
superintendent of public Instruction. The
congressman's side of the story is as follows:
About three years ago M. Phelan pub
lished, through Houghton, Mlfllln & Co., a
school history of Tennessee, having before
that published a history of the state In the
"Commonwealth" series. For this work Mr.
Phelau expended years of labor and several
thousand dollars in the collection of dnta.
While the first work was in press Phelan
received a letter from Fleming nsklug for
advanced sheets of the book, in which he
professed to feel great interest, and compli
menting Phelan on the work. Mr. Phelan
replied, stating that he had no advance
sheets. When the book appeared Fleming
reviewed it savagely in his poper, and, not
content with criticising the book, personally
attacked its author. The newspaper quarre)
which ensued' caus.nl the issuance of th
challenge.
Divulged by a Dying Man.
WiLKEfiBAiuiE, Pa., April 0. John Oreg
ory, a miner living a few miles from here,
Is on his death bed. While delirious be
told the story of a terrible murder commit
ted twenty years ago. A miner by the
name of Keating mysteriously disappeared
at the tlmii referred to and no traoe of him
could be found. The story now told by
the dying man is that Keating was met on
hi way home and was murdered and hi.
body thrown luto a well ou Gregory', lot
and the well filled with sand. Uregory Im
plicates a man who still lives near here
The well was visited and was found to be
full of sand A further investigation wll
w made
i.
Hiey. Joined the United Millers.
TynoNK, Fii., April . Three thousand
miners in the lloutz.laledistrlct have agreed
to join the Uuited Miners' association in a
body. They assessed themselves two cents
per ton pe- month a man for the purpose ol
creating a national defense fund, maintain
ing one national organisation. At l'billlps
IJUrgS.tiOO mer met in mass maetiug uud
took the same notion, The per capita tai
collected fron- th miners will amount to
)l'.'5,(KK annually Th. first action of tb
nan orgauizotjen will be tho introduction
of a iniform wage seal, for dead work,
which, if adopted, means o material Increase
In the lost of real to man. operators.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGHESS.
Couden.d Ileport of l'roceedlr. la the
Cellule aqd Ifou.e. ,)
Washinutox, April t The house after
transacting the usual amount of routine
morning business resumed consideration of
the Idaho admission bill.
The bill was passed yeas, 129; nays,
1, the Democrats refraining from voting,
and the speaker counted a quorum.
Tho Democrats say that they Intend to
make this a test case aqd to have the courts
pass upon the constitutionality of tho rules
allowing the speaker to couut a quorum. It
bad been intended to make one of tbo con
tested election cases a test case; but aa this
could bj done only by a suit for salary
brought In the court of claims this course was
abandoned and the present action decided
upooi
Washinqtox, April J. In the house Ur,
Morrill (Kan.) moved to suspend the rules
and pass (with a substitute) the senate bill
granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who
are incapacitated from the performance of
labor and providing for pensions to widows,
minor children and dependent parents. Mr,
Springer (Ills.) demanded a second, and the
motion wiis secpnded i'M to 67. Mr, Mor
flll brie a v exnlained that the substitute
provided n service pension of IS a month to
soldiers who have renched the age of O'i
years or who arc dependent. It was esti
mated that the scnato bill would require an
annual expenditure of 1-10,000,000 and the
house substitute would require $39,000,000.
Mr. Springer offered tho objection that
the soldiers were not asking for this moas
nro. They wanted a service pension bllL If
this bill passed congress would have no
opportunity to pass a service pension bill.
Mr. Tarsniy (Mo.) snld the soldiers were
tired of Indiscriminate legislation which
placed the skulking coward on a level with
tho brave man. Mr. Martin (Imk) suggested
that the bill was called up today In order to
prevent the offering of amendments In be
half of the soldiers. He would vote for the
motion reluctantly, becauso ho believed
that tt was a breaking of the promises made
to the soldiers of the country. Mr. Yoder
(O.) said on Friday ho had sent a rrquest to
tho speaker asking for recognition Monday
In order to put ou Its passage, nfter four
hours, the service pension bill He had a
response to that request in the present star
chamber proceeding. Tho Republicans
might gag the house but they could not gag
the soldiers of tho country.
WABiilKOTOff, April 7. In the senate the
house amendment to the joint resolution for
the removal of the naval magazine from
Ellis Island, N, Y was concurred In. Mr.
Evarts presented resolutions of the New
York Chamber of Commerce protesting
against tho pending bill for a census enum
eration of the Chinese. A memorial on the
same subject from the American Missionary
association was presented by Mr. Dawes.
Discussion of the MoutaiKfelection contest
was then resumed, and Mr, Vance spoke in
favor of tho minority report declaring Clark
and Magluness, the Democratic claimants,
entitled to the seats.
Washixoto.v, April 8. In the senate
the anti-trust bill was taken up.
Mr. Sherman said that while the bill was
not all that he wanted he believed that it
was the best that could bo got, and he would
vote for it as it stood. Tho bill passed as It
came from the committee. The senate then
adjourned.
Washington, April 8. In the house Mr.
McAdoo (N. J.), from the committee on
naval affairs, cnlled up the bill to prevent
the enlistment of aliens in tho nuvy of the
United States. The bill was then passed.
Mr. Adams (Ills.) called up the motion to
reconsider tho vote by which the house de
feated the bill making appropriation to
supply the deficiency caused by the SUcott
defalcation. In support of the motion, Mr.
Faysoii reviewed the decision lu the Crain
case in the court of claims. The secretary
of the treasury had authorized him to say
that his department would not appeal from
tho decision. A motion of Mr. Holman
(Iud.) to tablo the motion of Mr. Adams
was lost, and the voto was reconsidered and
the bill passed.
Teller and Securities Missing.
Worokbteu, Mass., April 9. It was dis
covered last evening that Frederick Kim
ball, teller of the People's Savings bank of
this city, who went away on Wednesday
last on a short vacation for his health, took
away with him about (50,000 in first class
securities belonging to the bank. It Is not
yet known whether Kimball is nlso a de
faulter, as the bank examiner only arrived
In the city last evening. A letter has just
been received by Mrs. Kimball from Mon
treal, which had been sent by Kimball to
the postmaster at Montreal to be remalled
by him to Worcester. The postmaster In
dorsed this fact on the envelope, thus spoil
ing Kimball's scheme to obtain a good start
on the oincers, who are on his track. Kim
ball is a popular young man, an athlete and
dog fancier, his St Uersard dogs taking
prizes at all dog shows. He leaves behind
him a wife and young children.
The IlnfTaln Counterfeiters Held.
Buffalo, April 9. The examination of
Charles McCran, Edward Sylvester and
Henry L .ne, the three counterfeiters who
were run down by Reporter Newton last
week, was held before United States Com
missioner Hlrshbeck. After a brief hear
ing, in which some damaging testimony
was given, Commissioner Hlrshbeck held
McCran, Sylvester, his wife, and Lane In
$3,000 ball to appear for trial at, Rochester
and committed the three men to jail in de
fault of ball. He allowed Mrs. Sylvester to
go on her own recognizance.
Secretary Wlndom's Appointment..
Wasiiinqton, April 9. Secretary Win
dom has made the following appointmenra:
Deputy collectors of customs, at Sodu9
Point, Charles II. Hill: at Fair Haven.
James Dyer; at Port Ontario, R. D. Elile;
at Oswego, N. Y E. A. Waugh and D. J.
Wilson. Inspectors of customs at Oswego,
N. Y., John Loots, M. II. DInnan, A. T.
Campbell, Frank Wlnchell. Oeorge Glynn
and John II. Summerville. Navigation in
spectors at Oswego, N. Y., Joseph 11. Wrr
den, Dry6on P. Schiets and W. H. Chancey.
Gone and SJ30,000 Short.
Philadelphia, April 9. A special to Tle
Ledger fron) Doylestown, Fa., says James
Monroe Khelleuberger, one of the best knowj)
men In Rucks county, has disappeared and
that he is about (30,000 short in bis accounts
with various estates of which he bad charge
He was last heard of at Atlautlo City oi)
Sunday. Mr. Hhellenberger was a member
of the stale board of charities and chairman
of the county Democratic standing com
mittee. Mayor Cleveland Ite.Klected.
Jersey Citt, April 9. The municipal
olectiou, like the campaign that preceded it,
was marked by great excitement The vote
is close. According to the best estimates
Mayor Orestes Cleveland (Dem.) bus been
ru-electod by over 2,000 ma iorlty over Ueorgo
F. Perkins (Rep.). Tb Republicans gain
three aldermen, with a chance of two more.
gen. crook's syccESsgn,
Ilrlg. Gen. Nelson A. Miles the Man.
Other Appointment..
Washington, April 7. The president has
nominated Brig. Oeu. Nelson A. Miles to lie
major general. Col. Heujamlu tl. CJrier
tou, Tenth cavalry, was nominated to be
brigadier general. Nelson A. Miles was
born at Wnchusottsville, Mass., Aug. 8,
183U. He enlisted as captain of thu Twenty.
second Massachusetts Volunteer infantry III
October, 1S0I, His first act of distinction
was in the battle of Fair Oaks, where 1)8
was ordered to take oommand of the Eighty
first Pennsylvania volunteers, the colonel
of that regiment having been killed. He
acquitted himself so well that he was made
lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-first New
York volunteers on May 31, IWX He was
appointed colonel In 1 802 and commanded
the regiment at Fredericksburg. Io was
teverly wounded at Cbancellorsvllle. He
was made brigadier general on May 13,
1BOI, ami distinguished himself in the Rich
mond campaign. He was made a colonel
In the regular army in 1800, and lu 1803 was
transferred to the command of the Fifth
infantry, While colonel of the latter regi
ment he conductod a successful campaign
against tho Cheyennes and Comanche, in
Wi.
After Custer's defeat la Montana he was
ordered to tho scene of action at bis own
request. After four years he subdued the
Sioux and captured the Nez Perces. For
this he was made brigadier general in 1S80
and assigned to the department of Colum
bia. He was. assigned to the department of
the Missouri In 1885 and later to the depart
ment of Arizona to succeed Oeu. Crook,
His rarupalgu ended I" the capture qt llerO:
ulmo, the crafty and cruel Apache chief,
The general Is related by marriage to O.ul
and Senator Sherman, and to Senator Don
Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
Uen. Lewis A. (irant, of Minnesota, has
been nominated to be assistant secretary of
war, Gen. Grant Is a resident of Minne
apolis. He was born at Wlnball, Vt, Jan.
17, 1829. He entered the service In 1801 as
major and. was ;ucpesstvey rnada lieiitcqatit
colonel, brigadier geueral and was finally
brevittud major general for "gallant and
meritorious servloe" before Richmond.
Secretary l"roctor was major In tbo regi
ment of which Orant was colonel, and the
neu were friends before the war and com
rades during It.
Robert Mills, of New York, has been ap
pointed surveyor of customs for the port of
Vatchogue, N. Y. r
The presldeut has also appointed the fal
lowing pot masters i New Jersey William
R. Singleton, Toms River. Nw York-O.
UWaldron, Hamilton; L. IL Quackenbush,
Warwick; II. U Bun-ill, Weedsport, Penn
ylvauia Miss Kate M. Scott, Ilrookvllle;
A. & Bonbrake, Wayne. borough.
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS.
Items Which Are of Particular
Interest to Pcnnsylvanlans.
IN THIS AND NKAIU1V COUNTIES.
Brief Mention ot Matters Which Every
body Should Know About A Week's
Accidents mid Ct lines Arcnrately mid
Cvnel.ely Chronicled
PlTTsnuno, April 2. The Pittsburg Na- :
tlonal League club Monday nlgbt .offered ;
First llasoman Jake Ueckley, the captain of
the team, a salary of (4,300 a year for three
years and (5,0u0 cash to play with the club.
Ueckley refused the offer.
Itlown to rieees.
Philadelphia, April & An explosion oc
curred this morning at the Metnlllo Cap
works at Uethayres, on the Round Brook
railroad. One man was killed, his body bo
tng blown to pieces. Houses were shaken
and glass broken In windows at Homertou,
lour mues uisiani irom tne scene ol tue ex
plosion. Fatal Mine Kxplo.lon.
WlKESBAnnx, Pa., April 8. By an exolo-
slonof gas In No. slope of the Susquehanna
woai company at nanucok. three men were
Instantly killed, four seriously Injured and
two slightly injured. The killed are Jamei
Adams, William A. James and Anthony
Roseman. The seriously Injured are Mor
gan Prior, John Marshall, John J. Griffith
and Joseph D. Lanskey, and tho slightly In
jured are Joseph Noforskl and George Elmy.
a naaeu lamp is supposed to nave Ignited
the gas. The mine was not damaged.
Lewi. 8. Cox Wanted.
Philadelphia. April 3. A wan-ant has
been Issued for the arrest of Lewis S. Cox,
the Chestnut street merchant who failed
some time ago. The warrant is sworn out
by . M. Blngerlv. who holds Cox's notes
to the amount of (93,000. Cox has left the
jurisdiction of the Philadelphia courts, and
is believed to be in New York.
Ills Heir. Must tad Godly Uvea.
PllTt.AnizT.tltI.. Anrll .1 The will nf ,V.A
late Jeremfah Loot has just been probated.
It Is a peculiar document. Eighty thousand
rtnlliira ( Inff. In trtt.f fr t.l. f.ll
vlded they shall lead godly lives, avoid the
ue ui luiucw aau liquor in any lorui, in
cluding cider.
The Heading Fight Knded.
Philadelphia, Aprils. The flghtagalnst
Presidont Corbln, of the Reading railroad,
has been amicably ended. Mr. Corbin con
seiittd to tho request of the discontented
shareholders for a representation In the
board of managers. Messrs. Thomas Dolan
and Henry C Gibson were proposed as the
new members, and Mr. Corbln promised
that they should bo elected at the meeting
next Wednesday it is thought that Messrs.
Cockran and Antelo will retire to make
room for Messrs. Dolan and Gibson. Trus
tee Walsh says the settlement was made be
cause the contest had injured the credit of
the company, and it was deemed good policy
to make all Interests Identical. A repre
sentative of the party which has been ar
rayed against Mr. Corbln said that more
had been achieved by the settlement than
the people engaged In the struggle had ever
hoped to accomplish. The policy will be
changed at once, and hereafter the entire
property will be managed solely In the In
terests ot the company,
The I'ennsylvaulu Colliery to Resume.
Mt. Caiuiel, Ph., April 3. Orders for the
resumption of work at the Pennsylvania
colliery have been Issued. The 1,000 miners
who have been idle sinoe Jan. 1 are rejoiced
a( the good news,
Kx-Governor Polloek III.
Lock Haven, Pa., April 3. Ex-Governor
James Pollock is ill at the home of his son-in-law,
H. T. Harney, In this city, and on
account of his age much solicitude is felt.
A Shoplifter's Odd geheme.
Philadelphia, April i A woman giv
ing the name of Rebeooa Shipley and her
residence as Staunton, Va., has been arrest
ed here for shoplifting. She claimed that
she had takeu the goods merely to see if she
could do bo without being detected. Bhe had
read in the papers many romantic stories
concerning shoplifters, and she thought she
would try her own band at it. She said she
had been stealing from numerous stores for
a week or so, and had all .of the goods In
her room with the price marks undisturbed.
Her intention was to .give a supper at her
hotel, to whlcu she would invite the super
intendents and head ladies ot the different
stores from which she had pilfered, and
would roturn to them the stolen property.
The woman was committed to the county
prison pending an Investigation as to hef
sanity,
UnTortunate Farmers.
Lancaster, Pa., April i. Benjamin L.
Qamber, a farmer, of Manor township, has
failed; liabilities (39,000. Two other farm
ers, Jacob H. Hostetter, of Manor, and
Daniel K. Fetter, of Kast HempUeld, have
also failed) liabilities (13,000 and (13,000
respectively.
The rilgrltu'a Sister Launched.
Chester, Pa., April . The palatial side
wheel steamer Plymouth, built for the Old
Colony Steamship company, has been suc
cessfully launched from Roach's shipyard.
The ve,sel h said to bo fully equal, If not
superior, to her sister ships, the Puritan and
Pilgrim.
Mine Workers' Meet.
PiTTSiiuna, April 4. The executive board
of the United Mine workers' of America
met hero for the purjiose of deciding on tho
policy of the new organization. The session
lasted all the afternoon and was secret.
One of the principal mutters discussed was
the relations to be held by the new organi
zation towards other labor organizations.
It was decided to work for a reduction of
the hours of labor lu lines laid down by
other organizations.
Killed by a llruuken Negro.
FiTTSBtmo, April 7. John O'Hara, aged
18 years, was shot dead at 11 o'clock Satur
day night by a colored man yet unknown,
and Martin Fuhey was shot In the shoulder
by the same man. A crowd of five colored
men, Intoxicated, were walking ou Fifth
avenue pushing people off the sidewalk as
they went along. One of the men pushed a
lady In the gutter, when a gentleman inter
fered with tho colored men. During the
conversation which followed young O'Hura
stepped out, when the L'gro hit him in the
forehead, knocking blm down, and then
pulled out a revolver and snot htm through
(he heart. He then fired two more shots,
one of which struck Fuhey, another on
looker, In the shoulder. The live colored
men then etc iwd. The police are search
ing for the men, but have thus far failed to
make an arrest.
An Alleged Mall Bobber Arrested.
lUnniBBunu, Pa., April 8. United States
Detective John O'llrlen has arrived hers
and lo.lged lu jail one Jogge Thomas, a
young man oharged with breaking luto the
postorllcw at Nicholson, Fa., and rifling cer
talu letters. The orllcer will proceed with
bis prlsouer to Allegheny.
Qeueral Markets.
Nnr Voas, April , FLOUR Strong, but not
tuotably chaugedi elly mill extras, (1 83&4,
for West Indies; superfine, (S.lOQ'i.M- line, (l.U
O? &; Minnesota ratra,
WHliAT-Opeued steady at )(o. decline, but re
covered la th. flr.t hour uJ advanced ia; from
this there was another reaction of HUMci re
ceipt", 1,) bushel.; shipments, l,il1 bushels; No.
.red winter, WHO., cash; do., May, rv5,c.; do.,
June, EcUjo.; do., July, (rijlc.
COHN-Opeued steady at ),0. decline and fell
lie. more before noon, wheu the market was dull
and Heavy; receipts, u,M0 bushels: skloineats.
10,807 bushels; No. it inlieJ, 391.0., rash; do.,
April.ao. do., May, Jj.; do., June, SsWc.
OATS-Dull; receipts, Itt.too bushels; ship
ments, 8,075 bushels; No. 1 mixed, l!Qo., cash;
au., April, on , nay, cg4C.
rOKK-Dull; mess, (ll.76fflW.3S for new.
LAUD Quiet; April, (9 is; May, (9.47; June,
(M. '
MOLASSES Quiet at 31o. for W teat.
TUhTENTlNK-Strongat 1QI),0.
ItOSlN-yirni; strained to good, ll.WUtil.M.
PETHOhKUM-Nomlnal.
FltEKIIITS null and unctaann.d.
ilUTTKIt-WeaV j , ..tern creamery,! ancy, 80c
CHEKbU-Mod.rately active) Ohio tUt, la
loMc.
JCUaa-MoJerat.ly active and easier; state,
airw, aua-iu., western, ireao, io.
lUCB-NoinlaaL
BUJAK- ll.riQwd uady srushed and cut loaf ,
To.; xrauuUled, 6 I-IOo, i mold A, 0 M6o.
, TaUAW - Finn and fairly tvcUve; prime Uy,
5 I
VOL. 25. NO 15.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The World'B News Gleaned,
Sifted and Condensed.
PUKSII TIPS FJIOM Till', lVIKKS.
What la fining on of Interest Tlint I.
Worlli Heading Tim Wlirnt or the
World's News Wliinoweil from u Whole
Week's Thrashing.
A bill was reported favorably to the hotio
of representatives to re-examine and pay
Pennsylvania's claims for inonoy spent In
1801 for militia called Into service under
the president's proclamation.
At Ilrookvllle, near Lambcrtvllle, N. J.,
a 0-yonr-old daughter of Robert Lockerly,
who was carrying her S-ycnr-old sister,
stumbled and felt Into tho canal and both
wcro drowned.
Marcus C. Steams, Ihe old resident of
Chicago who nttempted sulcldo Saturday
morning by shooting hlmsslf, is dead.
Jnnes H. Ixmnslierry, aged fcO years.'ono
of the oldest corpit dealers in New York
state, died at Hondout, N. Y April 8. He
was for sixteen years In charge of tbo carpet
department of Stewart's wholesale house in
New York city.
Th annual meeting of the Connecticut
Republican league was held at Hartford,
April 8. About thirty members were pres
ent. Edward L. Lindsley, of New Haven,
was elected president
Seigneur Quintal, a heretofore highly re
spected Montreal man, is said to havo eloped
with another man's wife, taking with blm a
large sum of money which, It Is said, did not
belong to him.
The Impression prevails that the great
Chicago carpenters' strike will be compro
mised this week, as the loss on account of it
amounts to many thousands of dollars a day
to bosses, workmen and owners.
In tbo argument before the general term
of the supreme court for a Btay of execution
for ex-Sheriff Flack and his son. their coun
sel assailed the chargo Judge Barrett mado
to the jury. 1 he case was taken under ad
visement and may not bo decided tor a
weeK.
Hon. James U. Manning was elected mnvor
of Albany, N. Y by a majority of 7,4.5,
bis opponent, H. N. Fuller, the Hepub lean
candidate, polling but 6,423 votes. The
Democrats elect seventeen aldermen, the
lie publicans two. Tho Democrats elect six
teen out of seventeen supervisors In the city.
At the election in Locknort. N. Y.. James
U. Liddle (Dom.) was elected mayor by 145
majority. The town elected Republican
supervisors.
The barbarous murder of Helena Mon
tana, a disreputable woman, at Heberstbal,
near Alx-la-Chapelle, has created great ex
citement. The woman was killed in some
mysterious manner in the open street, under
the eyes of the passersby. The body was
disemboweled and otherwise mutilated In
the fashion ot Jack the Ripper.
Antonio do Navarro has announced his
engagement to Miss Mary Anderson.
The Cnyuga Woolen comnmv. of Auburn.
N. Y has failed. Liabilities. (120.000;
nominal assets, (irj.OOO, valued at (30,000.
The lata Mrs. Mary Rogers, of Ravens
wood, L. I., bequeathed (152,500 to charity.
The New York conference of the Meth d-
fst Episcopal churoh unanimously adonted
the following: "In tho present state of tho
controversy wo hold It to bo the duty of
Christian citizens of acommonwealth Chris
tian In its history and in the character of Its
laws to deny that the Bible Is a sectarian
book, and claim for it a place wherover the
state attempts to educate youth for the du
ties of citizeushlp."
Tho assignee of John F. Plummer & Co.
says he anticipates serious complications
when he progresses, in his investigation of
the, accounts of the old firm of Partner
Darling. The latter is still missing.
Ebeuezer Nicholson, the well known min
strel, and variety performer, died of acute
asthma In the New; York hospital April 7.
Nicholson was known upon the stage as
Little Mac.
A jury after examining Miss Harriet
Coflin, tho eccentrlo admirer of Kyrle Uel
lew, pronounced her insane, and she was
returned to the Amity ville insane asylum,
Brooklyn.
The Amateur Athletlo union has rojected
tho entry of Malcolm W, Ford for the
standing broad jump, and T. IL Bailey, of
Providence, for the 000 yard dash.
Rev. John Dougherty Wood, Methodist
minister at Port Allegheny, Pa., has been
arrested upou a charge of bigamy, pre
ferred by Mrs. Alice Wood, of Phillips burg,
Gen. Boulangor has resolved to return to
Paris at once.
John L. Sullivan has offered to fight J. M.
Corbett, of San Francisco, four rounds for
(1,000, with the proviso that he will not ac
cept a cent unless be puts Corbett to sleep
In that time.
Tho Iowa legislaturo has voted to con
tinue prohibition In Iowa for two years
more.
The house at Washington has passed the
sonata joint resolution for the removal of
tha powder magazine from Ellis Island,
N. Y., and for location of an emigrant
station at that point.
The Olympic football team, of Fall River,
on Saturday defeated the Kearney Rovers,
of Ncwurk, N. J., in a game for the Amer
ican championship cup (I, to 8) atPawtucket.
Count di Montercole was again arrested
at Philadelphia for distributing scurrilous
and Incoherent circulars. He was II. led
fjOand held In (403 ball.
Murderer Kemmler, now in solitary con
fluimeut in Auburn prison, claims to bo
converted, as tho result of a miraculous
visitation. 1 1 Imnaimer has greatly changed.
Dom Pedro is seriously ill.
James II. Keilineir and Max Schultz were
killed by a dyuamlto explosion at Bay.
Chester, N. Y.
Cable diapntches from London and St
Peterthurg Indicate the existence of very
serious troublo in Russia and confirm the
rppprts of the czar's illness.
"La Fas' n," n mystic poem in six parts,
by Eduioiiu Haraucourt, was read at the
Cirque d'HIvir in Paris, by Sarah Bern
hardt, Phlllippe (Jaruier and M. Bremout
Bernhardt represented the Virgin Maryaud
Gamier and Bremont, CbrUt and Judas
Iscnrlot. retpectively, The audience cheered
and hissed, tbo hlssers being finally ejected
from the theatre.
The police of Gatschlna, Russia, havo ills
covered explosives on the grounds of the
Imperial palace. The czar bus in conte
queuce renounced the idea of going there to
finish Lent
Senator Bock, of Kentucky, says the ru
mor that he Intends to resign is unfounded.
The Republicans of Bridgeport, Conn.,
have nominated ex-Mayor Joues for mayor;
John Curr, for citj clerk; Frederick Rom
mons, for colloctor, and Charles Wilinot
for town clerk. The election takes place
April 7.
C. W. Itogardus, the well known photog
raplair, died at Nyack, N. Y April 3
Twelve cinuer afidii,
Jeiu,ey City, April 7. Twelve of the
Jersey City election olllcers havo been ar
retted. Forty-eight more will lw takeu iuto
pustody, as sixty warrants were signed by
Judge Llppincolt. The dozen were not de
prived of their freedom long, as bondsmen
were at hand to furnish balk Of the re
maining forty-eight all who are to serve nt
the ballot boxes next Tuesday will lie
arraigned today to prevent an arrest while
on duty Tuesday, as that would cause them
to looso their place lu the election board.
It Is said that none will go to the couuty
jail In default ot ball. The complaint was
made by J, T, AlU-mus, of tha Single Tax
League ami Ballot Reform association.
He Mia. a High I.Uer,
Mr. Darling Is not without defeuders. Ills
friends profess to believe that he will return
and explain everything, Mr. Darling Is
about if) years old, and is what would be
called a high liver. He hts a wife aud two
ohildren. lie formerly lived at N.thcrwojd,
N, J., where he aud Johu F, l'luuim.T were
Jointly interested in a large summer hotel.
Mr. Darling was quite active in politics and
la said to have swut money freely
In the matrimonial martct it doesn't make
so much diircrcii' C at .out a girl's complexion if
her income U only fair.
, Strange Disappearance of John
F. Plummcr's Partner.
A MILLION or IIOLLAHS IS (10NK.
Darling Was Financial SI Mm cor of the
l'lrm of l'lummer tt Co., and Alone
Knows Why tin, Crn.li Came Ho Hits
lleen M Using Nearly n lart.ilf..t
New Yoiik, April 7, Partner W. 8.
Darling, of John F. Plummer & Co., did not
come to town yesterday, nnd the creditors
of tho Arm would now bo very much sur
prised to seohlm In Now York. Tho news
th.it Mr. Darling has been missing for over
a week furnishes the key to the mystery ot
this remarkable failure. Furthermore, It
relieves Mr. Plummer of some of tho Impu
tations which had beeu made against him.
Hut tho question, "Where has tho money
gonef" has not been answered jet All
that Is definitely known is that n big houso,
doing n prolltablo business, with a supposed
surplus of at least (500,000, has suddenly
collapsed, and that the (bC0,0j0 Is on tho
other sldo ot the ledger. A million has dis
appeared, and the only man who can tell
where It has gone, has gone, too.
How the I'nrtners Worked.
This situation was made possible by a very
peculiar arrangement in the management of
tho nlTalrs of John F. Plummer & Co. There
was an nrhltrary division of duties among
tho partners. John F. Plummer and his
brother attended solely to what may bo
termed the outside end of the business. Mr.
Pluminer gave his special nttention to de
signing aud selecting deslgus for goods to
be mnde at tho mills, ilr. Darling bad
charge ot the books and of the whole finan
cial department as absolutely as it be bad
been tho sole member of tbo firm. There
was not even an auditing ot his account.
He gave his partners to understand that
they were doing a most profitable business,
with earnings at the rate of about (150,000 a
year.
The volume ot the business fully war
ranted this statement, and for that matter
it hasn't yet been shown to bo untrue. The
partners did not draw nil their profit. It is
said that the senior partner drew enough to
enable him to llvo nt the rate of about (40,
000 annually.
Mr. l'lummer Was Amazed
Tho crash camo when some of the mills de
manded security or payment toward the
great advances they had mado tho firm. In
the caso of one mill the amount was (100,
000. This brought to llyht the real state of
affairs, and no ono was more amazed thau
Mr. Plummer hirusolf. The mills asked for
preference on their claims. Mr. Plummer
consulted counsel and Mr. Choate's advice
was: "It you can't meet your liabilities
fail llko a man, without partiality to any
creditor." Thou Mr. Plummer made an as
signment and began to iuspect tho ruins.
A week before he supposed himself to be
a comparatively wealthy man, butlt needed
only a brief Investigation to show that be
couldu't pay 60 cent ou tbo (1 of his liabili
ties. Before tho situation had been fully
disclosed Partner Dnrling had disappeared.
Is Uarlltig In CaiiniluT
"We haven't heard a word from Mr.
Darling," said Mr. W. L. Strong yesterday,
"but I haven't much doubt tunt ho is In
Canada. The exrtmiuutiou of tho books has
not been finished yi nnd wo hnve no clew
to what bus been tioue with tho money. I
hope tho books will show, but they may not
There aro all sorts of minors, but none of
them hns been verified. Yes, this develop
ment reliovo3Mr. Plummer of ull suspicions
reflecting on his integrity, but it does not
treo him from responsibility in tbo eyes of
business men. It was a duty ho owed his
creditors, if not to hiuiaolf, to know mora
about his business than ho did. So bis busi
ness reputation will sutler in tho light of
these latest facts."
l'olltlcs 1)1.1 Hot Interfere.
"Did his interest in politics contribute to
this ignorance of his financial allairsi '
"I think not His duties under tho ar
rangement amoug the partners were fully
attended to. He had plenty of leisure. Ho
had designs all made uud orders given
ahead to the mills to tho amount of fully
i,uuu,i"ju, ana cnougu to keep tuom busv
until next September. Still Mr. Plummer
had good reason for placing conlidence iu
Mr. Darling. Yeaisago Mr. Plummer was
in Mr. Darling's employ, and he had beeu
associated with him for nearly twenty-flvo
years. Mr. Darling was Mr. Plummer'a
senior, and bad apparently led an exemplary
ma,"
"Will thero be legal proceedings against
Darling thrs weeki"
'I don't know. What would be the use!
The bird has llown."
What John P. l'lummer Says.
John F. Plummer 6old to a renortor vr.
terday thatrho hud heard nothiug from his
partner, and had no information of bis
whereabouts. "1 trusted everything to Mr.
Darling," said Mr. Piummer. "I had been
associated with him for ueurly twenty years,
and it that is too soon to trust a muii when
should coulldeiico begin) Ho was the finan
cial inau of tha firm ot Stoney & Darling as
well as of our firm, aud Mr. Stoney can tell
you nothing more about the real situation
than I can. The examination of the books
will be finished lu a few days, aud then per
haps we shall know more about It For my
part, I haven't the slightest idea where the
money has gone."
At Mr. Darling's apartments at tho Greno
ble it was said yesterday that he had not
returned, and that nothing had been heard
from him.
Where Did the Money Go?
There are vnrious rumors about the (1,000,
000 which apparently has disappeared from
the assets of tho firm. First, it is said that
Mr. Darling has speculated In stocks. A
man who ought to know says that Darling
lost something less than (50,000 some time
ago iu Wall street, but that the big defici
ency has riot gone there. Another report is
that he bus lost heavily on real estate held
In his wlfo's name in tho upper part of tha
city. The fact about this is that three years
ago Mr. Darling bought forty-three lots on
Ono Hundred and Eighty-fifth street, which
stand iu his wife's name, nnd which cost
(31,000. Today they aro worth fully (70,
01). The creditors do not know yet whether
this property can be added to the assets ot
the firm.
Mr. Darling, it was said by ono of his
friends yesterday, owns ouo-slxth of a valu
able Arizona mine, which may possibly
figure among the usseta of tbo failed firm
before u settlement ia finally reached.
JERSEY BALLOT REFORM.
Tile Hill Uoe. to It. hi-roml Heading lu
he Asat-mbly.
Thento.v, N. J., April 8. Tho ballot re
form bill was called up in tho house last
night by Mr. Marsh, the Democratic leader,
who wanted it pu.hed at once to a second
rending. Tills was objected to by Mr. Putts.
Ho said there wire a number of important
amendments to uWed, end he hoik d the
measure would be Hindu n nn-clal order for
Wednesday morning. This motion was lost
and the bill went to second reading
A number of ninendnieuts of a trivial nnd
technical character were otrered. The most
important wns offend by Mr. Voorhees, tho
Republican lender. It provides that ull tho
ollk-ial ballots printed by tho state shall bo
inclosed bythevolers before lwlngpnuented
at the polls in oftlcial envelopes printed by
th u statu nud containing on the Iwck thefao
simile of tho signature of thu county clerk.
Each voter Is to seal his envelope before de
positing It In tho box. When thopollsclose
and tha count begins Hie envelopes pro to bo
cut open. When an envelope Is found to
contain two or moro ballots tho unvelopoand
Its entire contents are to lio rejected.
Assemblyman Potts, of Jersey City, oflYreil
a substitute for tho mtlre ballot reform bill.
The substitute embodied the registration
featurmof the original, nnd utter (but it
provided for tho regular Australian system
In use iu Mussichuaetts and Rhode Island.
The substitute was voted down.
Milk 1'rmllieels llotrott Crealiierlea.
NEWiiuno, N. Y., April a Tho milk pro
ducers have at last determined to make a
stand, and a boyoott of all the creameries
In this vicinity has been declared. The
cause ot the trouble is the determination of
the farmers to sell milk nt living prices.
Last month the pro.lm-.-rs' union Ilxl tho
prlcoof milk for the summer at 3f cents.
Mr, Beakrs, a leading member of the Milk
Exchange, refuses to recognize theproduoeiV
uulou at ull, while Pierson will ouly con
tract for ilfteeu days at uulou rutos. Tho
milk producers met her and passed resolu
tion,, recommending that all the sections
withhold the milk instead of wudlng to tho
creameries. In addition to the ; el ley of
holding Iwck milk, the secretaries of the
sections are authorised tnoall meetings for
the purK)se of selecting au agent who is to
lie located in New York city to ropreswiit
the producers there.
The "Corrupt riartltv" Art feigned.
Albany, April 5. Govsrnor Hill has
slgued the -'corrupt practice" act Ho also
approved an u.t to renin th charter ot
the city
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