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EBCNSDURC. PA..
FRIDAY, - - APRIL 3. 10.
Majoij M. A. Urso, ore of the sur
vivora of the Custer massacre, died iu
Waahicjjton, on Sunday.
Patrick Euan, whom resident
Ilairison haa appointed U. S. Minister
to Chill, has only brrn a citizen of this
country for one year.
The House at Harriaburg last week
passed finally ILa bill to form a new
county out of portions of tLe counties of
Lnzerce and Schuylkill.
The State Department has been of
Dcially Informed that Sir Julian I'aun
cefonte, the new liritish Minister to th
Uuited States' will sail for New Yoik
cu the IZ instant.
Benjami.v Hariuon-, as President
of tr United States, received a draft
last Wednesday for being his
salary for thn month of March, minus
the first three days, as Mr. Cleveland
hal received that already.
'REFonM within Ihe party" goes on
apace says the Boston CUhe James Jf.
Tyner, who was appointed the other day
to a Ligh position in the rust-Office
Department, was Assistant Tostmaster
General at the time of the famous Star
Route frauds. His resignation was
demanded by President Arthur, and he
left the public service antler a cloud.
President Cleveland, In l5?r, re
moved Francis E. Warren, a Wyoming
cattle kin?, from (Jovemship of that
Territory becau-ie he was an offender
against the law prohioitir.g the ftncir2
In of public land. President Harrison
has just reappointed Warren. He is
one of the cattle millionaires who were
heavy coutributors to uay's campaign
chest.
Tho sossion of the Senate which has
just terminat d continued for the pre
cise number of days as the session
called for President Cleveland four
years ago. President Harrison made
371 nominations ngaicst 171 made by
l'resident Cleveland four years ago in
the same time, thoso of the former r?
ing more than twica as great as thoge
Of the latter.
President Harrison gave a special
reception at the White House, on Mon
day evening, in honor of Prince and
Princess Take'iaito, of Japan. The
President was assisted in rtctivingby
Mrs. Harrison. Mrs. McKee, and the
ladies of the C'abiaer. The parlors were
profusely decorated with ralms and
evergreens and a grea: variety of early
fpttng tlowers.
Antrew Carnc.ie his been ap
pointed by the President, a de'eiata to
the Washington conference be tween the
United Slate and the Central and S )uth
American States, from lVMiylvanla.
As Carnegie is a resident of New York
city, and as a delegate has also been ap
pointed from the Empire S: te, in reali
ty, New York will have two delegates
In the conf'Tence and Pennsylvania
none.
There is a i reliability that Mjor
George A. Amies, the retired arm
otlicer who assaulted Governor Heaver
in Washington recently, will be courts
mania. ed because of this action. A
few daya ago the matter was investi
gated by direction of Maj r-General
Scholle'.d and Lieutenant CoIouel I-aw-ton,
who had charge of the cuse, has
made a report. Major Arines was giv
en an opportunity to Tile a written state
ment, but he failed to do so. The re
port has not been made public.
At the municipal elections held In
Ohio on Tuesday heavy gains were
made by the Democrats. The Pitts
burg jr r i;,7t, (Uep.), speaking of the
election, says :
"Taken all around, the Democrats
are victors in Tuesday's municipal elec
tions. They made great gains every
where and are in line to make an inter
esting light next fall when a Legisla
ture is to be elected that will choose a
successor to Senator Payne. In Cin
cinnati, Columbus, Akron and Zanes
ville the change of politics was so
sweeping as to appear almost signifi
cant." Tun Senate adjourned on Tuesday
sine die. All the nominations excert a
lew unimportant ones were confirmed,
including the Commissionenj to confer
with representatives of tho Spanish
Anitrlom countries. As sjon as the
crowd leaves tho city it is expected that
the President will take up and dispose
of the d?parm.ntal places for which
Eociir.ations were not made. Those in
clude Commissioners of tho Land Of
fice, Civil Service and Inter-State Com-,
merce, Public Printer, Comptrollers
and Auditors of the Treasury, Minias
ters to China and Germany and a few
ethers.
A Disr.VTi.ii was received at Wash
ington on Saturday by the Navy Pes
partment stating that in a teritlc hurri
csne which swept over the Island of
Samoa, three American and four Ger
man men of war were lost. The
American vessels wrecked were the
Trenton. Vandalia and Nifsic. Of the
American crews, four oificers and 40
men were drowned and of the German I
crews, nine officers and eightysevea I
men lost their livee. The news of tba
disaster created a piofound sensation ,
tt the Navy Department, and great dia.
tress to those who had friends and re
latives on board the ill fated vessels.
The diaster was one of those mysteri
ous and unforseen visitations of Provi
dence which human forethought could
not have averted. The officers Id com
mand of the vessels were competent
mm and had doubtless adopted all '
proper precautions agaiutst disaster, tut
these hurricanes which assumed cy
clonic porpoitious were biiaply irresist
ible, as was proved by tho extent of the
lji3 of vesa'jia.
A Ni'MKEi; of acts I.ave been Intro
duced at the stsjions of the present
Lf j'.ala'.ure for the improvement of
L'ghways, and tha building and repalr
izg if Lridgrs. The principal provis
ions of the bill which seems to meet
with the most favor at Ilarrisburg are
us follows : lleginaiui? with 1S0O tbe
electors of each township are to elect 3
road commissioners for 3, 2 and 1 year
respectively, and after thai for 3 years.
These cf!icers are to determine in April
of each year the amount necessary to
make and repair the roads and bridges
of their townships the amount not to
exceed 10 mills. Including ono day's
work, which every male taxable ever 21
yeais of age shall work or cause to te
worked on the public loads in addition
to the levy made upon his valuation.
The roart commissioners are to give
bonds. They are to lay out the town
ships into road districts and appoint a
road master ia each district. These
road masters are to notify persons of tbe
amount of their tax, collect the same,
and expend it wisely and economically
in repairing roads and bridges. If the
amount is sufficient, and a majority of
taxpayers petition therefor, they can
levy an additional sum not exceeding 3
mills. The property of delinquents Is
to be levied upon for their tax. These
road masters are to keep the roads in
good repair. Each township is to have
its treasurer. The latter is not to get
more than lj per cent, of all monies
paid out by him ; the road commission
ers not more than 51. 50 per day, and the
road masters not more than SI per day.
lload commissioners are to be fined ?20
and masters 510 for neglect or duty.
New roads are to be laid out by viewers,
whose report is to be first acted upon by
the court, and tbe road commissioners
and masters are then to construct the
road. Viewers shall also act on tbe
vacation of unnecessary and useless
roads upon the application of 20 tax
payers. If any community asks for a
public bridge the court shall appoint 3
viewers who shall act on the same. If
in their opinion the cost is too great
for th township to bear, then the mat
ter Fhall be laid before the fraud jury,
and the Irtttor shall decide a3 to wheth
er or not the county commissioners
shall build it. In townships where su
pervisors of roads are overseers of the
poor, the road commissioners shall
hereafter be overseers of the poor.
It is evident, says the New York
WorlJ, that the brief session of the
Senate ends with "strained relations"
between several Itepublican members
of thit body and the President.
The trouble comes iroru a revival of
the old assumption that the ''advice and
consent" of Senators to appointments
should precede rather than follow nomi
nations made by the President. One of
the disgruntled Sentor3 puts the matter
tl us badly :
lie has rejected our nominees, and we
have just as eood a rljht to reject Ms. l'n
(lr the Constitution ttie Senate st! ares the
responsibility of the appointing power wild
tl:e President. We a.lvlse and consent tfrnt
reriain people shall ls appointed to cnie.
I h.".v been up to the Wbtta IIous and
nominated half a ilozen men. anil the Presi
oent rms rejected them all. I don't gee why
he sliouM Ih wad beriuse I simply oppose
the confirmation of ite of hie nominees.
A more grotesquely absurd claim than
this coutiTScarcely be made. The Con
stitution says that f ie President "sha'.l
nominate, and by and with the consent
of the Senate shall appoint," all officials
of the United States whose appoint
ments are not otherwise) provided for.
The initiative the nomination rests
wholly with the l'resident. If he
chooses to ask the advice of Senators
in advance, that is his privilege. But
they have no right to make their con
sent to an appointment antecedent to
the nomination rather than subsequent
to It.
It is right and necessary that this
should be bo. Tho executive officers of
the Government are the President's
subordinates. 1I is responsible for
their conduct. He alone has the rower
of removal. If an official "nominated"'
by a Senator should prove a rascal,
neither that representative nor the
body to which he belongs would have
any power over him. l'resident Harri
son starts in like a man who under
stands his prerogatives and intends to
assert them.
St. Louis gave Harrison some 8,000
majority. Ou Tuesday the Democrats
carried it by 2.000. Chicago gave
Cleveland 7.000; and on Tuesday the
Democrats carried tbe city by 12,000.
A correspondent says of the canvass in
that city preceding the late election :
"It is safe to say that, with the ex
ception of the list presidential election,
the liepnblicau3 have spent three tim?a
as much mouey as ever before. Prom
ises of Federal and municipal patronage
have teen niad without stir.t. In this
way numerous Irish Democrats, infia
ential as ward l.-iders, have been won
over. The Democrats have not been
well organized, aud their campaign has
been poorly conducted, while ti e lle
pu'olicans, anxious for an indorsement
of Harrison's administration, have
strained every nerve." And the result
is 12,X majority for the bead oZ the
Democratic ticket.
The local elec;uu3 this week iu Ohio,
Icdiaua, Hliuois, Misaouri and Iowa
have shown such decided Democratic
gaiu3 they cannot be accounted for by
tLa accidents of municipal contests.
The drift has been one way. Probably
the principal reason is the let-up in the
use if cjouey, incideLt to the exhaus
tive struggle last November. The pro
tected Interests were not called on to
coairioute, and the block of fivd busi
ness was not invoked.
Mr rat Halstead.s nomination for
Minister to Germany was rejcted ty
th L. S. Sr.ate. The vote stood 10
t i 2k Blackfcarn and C3II, Democrats,
voted with Itepubllcans for coi.Crma
tion. Messtrs. Quay, Teller, Ingalls,
Plumb, Evarts. Dawes and Cullum, Ke
public.ns, voted with Democrats for
rejection. ITalstead's savage criticism
of the Ilepublicaa Senators named, save
Quav, in tbe past, is the cause cf their
action. (J lay is believed to have voted
that way to punish the administration
which has disregarded his wishes In the
appointment of a poitmater at Philadelphia.
Determined unice-Scckers.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Timts writing from Washington says :
"There le a little army of office-seekers
at the EbbiU House that have been here
since inauguration day and tbey are go
ing to stick it out if it takes all summer.
Among those who are hungry for office
are a delegation from Indiana. They
haven't been able to get any satisfac
tion as to what they're to get, if any
thing. A big man with a white mous
tache and imperial and a frilled shirt
bosom stood in the corridor of the Eb
bitt House on Saturday, surrounded by
an admiring group. They called him
Major lingle. He talked loud and de
terinined and said he wasn't going
home till be took some definite news
with him. There was a small delegation
from Ohio present, a colored delegation
from Georgia and two or three colored
statesmen from Tennessee.
The colored statesmen were very Im-
port ant and just as determined as Major
Bugle. They sat about the settees hob
nobbing with the white statesman. If
a white statesman got off a good joke
he was slapped on the back by his col
ored brother. The bar was crowded all
day, as it has been ever since the inau
guration. A little man from Kansas, who had
been to the post-Office Depart
ment all the morning, got a group
around him, and after relating his ex
perience, smilingly invitea the crowd
down to tbe bar. A tall, lank man
with iron-gray curly hair, wearing a
slouch hat and a black cape overcoat,
leaned against one of the pillars in the
corridor telling three or four eager
listeners what he saw at the White
House a few hours before. The finale
of every story was a walk to the bar.
Everjbody was addressed as Senator,
Judge, General, Colonel or Major.
It's a queer study to watch these men.
They congregate early in the morning
and hang about till midnight. Many
of the office seekers who came to the
capital with fat pocket-books are strap
ped, and after paying bie hotel bills for
two or three weeks they have been
obliged to go to modest lodgings.
Some of them are dead broke and de
pend on friends for drinks and dinners.
Free lunch bars never were worked so
thoronghlv. A man who came out of
the White Ilousegrounds this afternoon
at 3 o'clock met an old friend at the en
trance and without any ceremony
tackled him for a loan. The man who
bad been at the White House was an
office-seeker. He told his friend plain
ly that he hadn't any money and that
his appointment was "hanging fire."
He wanted ecoujrh to see him ov6r Sun-
day and hopd to hear from home in a
few day9. lie was full sixty years old.
His friend pulled a roll of greenbacks
out of his pocket. The roll was backed
with 520 bills. The friend took them
off and at last pulled off a ?1 bill and
hmdsd It to his friend and bade
him good day and good luck. Many of
the cilice-seekers who came here with
money can't get home. Tbev haven't
a cent. Tbey borrow wherever they
can. There is a man from Denver at
Willard's who has been here since De
cember. He is sure of a 52 000 position.
All that he is waiting for is the ap
pointment. His friends say that h9 will
be appointed within a month. On the
strength of this be treats evervbodv
J who comes along that be knows. At
me uou'i n is ? siimatea mac ne nas
spent nearly a years' salary already and
talks of staving here until his appoint
ment is announced.
An office-seeker wpnt into a promi
nent ?a'oon on Pennsylvania avenue
last Sitnrday night and pawned bis
hnntinfr case gold watch with the cash
ier for So. He did it very quietly and
appeared to be very "touch humiliated.
He promised to redeem tbe watch with
in a few days. The watch is worth
about 5150. Lots of office.seeks have
been forced to go to see their uncles for
loans on watches, rings and diamond
stnds.
There is a general belief among the
cfhee seekers that after the Senate ad
journs things will wake up, and that a
good many appointments will be made.
The Senators who have been tied up
in the Senate will then have more time
to look afer the demands of their dis
tricts." Ballot Reform.
The Wssconsin Legislature has
adopted the "Australian" election law,
with some slight modifications. West
ward the course of ballot reform takes
its way. Somehow or other it has fail
ed to find any ground to stand upon in
Pennsylvania. Senator McFarlaue has
introduced the "Australian" bill in the
Senate, and Representative Baker has
performed the same office in the House,
but since tde introduction of the bill
neither House has heard anything about
Two contested election cases, one in
the Senate, the other in the House, have
occupied tbe valuable time of the mem
bers of the committees appointed to try
them. These cases will coat the people
a large sum os money. Under the
"Australian" election law tbey would
hardly have occurred. The very fact
that Republicans are the contestants in
these cases is an indictment by the Re
publicans of the two Houses of the
Legislature against tbe efficacy of the
present election laws.
The Republican leaders cannot ex
cuse their opposition to the enactment
of the "Australian" ballot reform bill
on the ground that no election frauds
are committed in Pennsylvania and
that tberefoie no necessity for such a
law exists in this State. The election
contests in Philadelphia brought by
their party, in which illegal voting and
false counting have been sho n by both
sides, estop them from putting in any
8nch plea. Without doubt similar con
tests might have been made with simi
lar developments in almost any repre
sentative district in Philadelphia and
tn many districts throughout the Scate.
The election laws of Pennsylvania
are not a protection but a menace to
the legally qualfied voter. The ballot
in this State is not secret, for the
tickets may now be printed In such a
manner that every man's ballot can be
known by its label. Intimidation may
be practiced and is frequently resorted
to. The corrupt voter gets his price
wherever be bids for it. Tbe tickets
are "bunched" in the count and candN
dates are at the mercy of the election
boards. These facts are known to
every intelligent member of the Legis
lature, and yet no voice is heard in
either House in advocacy of the needed
ballot reform. This "model Legislas
ture" seems to have been narcotized so
that it cannot arouse Itself on this
question. Jlarrisburg Patriot.
A Vtnii'i DlM-Tery.
"Anathcr wonderful discovery bu been ma4a
and U-at too by a Udjr In tbli eoanty. Dl.eae
Listened Iu clutctes upon ber and for tcTan yean
the wtthtlocd IU iereret testa, bat her vital or
gf were nnjinctne.1 and death teemed immi
nent. For three moniLj she coughed incessantly
and eonll not leep. She bought cl as a bottle ot
Dr. King's New l:i-orery for consumption and
waeoma?h relieved on taking Erst dose thai
sLe slept all aljrht and with one bottle has been
m:rcaIon.ly cured. Her name Is Mrs. Lather
I.ntx." Thus write W. CI. Hacrlck . Co., of
Sneltiy, v. Oet a free trial bottle at the lrusj
store ol E. James, Kbensbars, and W. W. iio
Alcer. Loretto.
A kedi ctiox ot 5 per cent, in the
wages of unskilled labor and 10 per
cent, in that of ekilled labor went Into
effect at tho Pennsylvania Steel Works
at Ilarriaburg ou Monday. About
2,5.0 men will be affected.
Thomas Jefferson.
The heritage of free institutions en
joyed ty the people of the United States
Las come 10 be such a matter-of course
and Gsual possession that, like tee air
we breathe, lis va'ue is unconsidered.
It ia well enough to look back once in a
while at tbe beginning of our national
growth, in order to more clearly under
stand tbe drift of tbe current on which
we move forward. There ia no better
time for such a retrospect than to-dry,
tbe anniversary of the birth or Thomas
Jefferson.
No man of the Revolutionary era suc
ceeded in impressing his ideas upon tbe
nascent State to like extent with tbe
Father of the Democracy. He was firm
in tbe faith that mn could govern
thetnsevles ; and tbe rigM to vote has
been imbedded in our fundamental laws
so that tbe opportunity of governing
ourselves cannot be wrested from us.
As long as onr Republic was compara
tively weak and poor tbe necessity of
self-defeDse and of husbanding our
slender resources gave a spur to patrio
tic impulse and the desire for tbe public
welfare. Jefferson ian ism made a splen
did st ait. But we are no longer held
together as were the men of the Revo
lution, who were afraid they might
bang apart. As the Nation has become
rich and powerful, aud as the body of
tbe people has been enlarged by accre
tions from foreign shores, citizenship
has been wonderfully cheapened.
It is doubtful what Mr. Jefferson
might think of the Democratic experi
ment if be bad been permitted to bear
a part in the recent Federal election, or
if be could scan with bis philosophical
eyes tbe inner workings of our Con
gresses and Legislatures. Tbe voters
of the country beem to have lost tbeir
hold upon it. Our legislators are not
dominated so such by a desire for tbe
public welfare as by designs for the
promotion of private ends. Capital sits
enthroned in the Senate bouse. The
ballot-box has been grievoasly corrupted.
Upstart political traders undertake to
dictate the policy of Administrations.
Corporations arrogantly trifle with the
rights and seize upon tbe property of
communities they were created to serve.
Taxes are so laid as to pull down one
class ot industries in order to build up
another class of industries. The sov
ereign power reserved in the hands o?
the voters is not used to remedy the Ills
from which they suffer. Oa the ruins
of our Democracy we seem to be trying
to establish a plutocracy.
Would it not be a grand thing for the
voters of the country to resnme busi
ness on Jeffersonian principles ? This
day may be excellently spent in medi
tating upon the advantages of self
government and tbe means of putting
tbe Republic back in the old grooves.
1'Kila. Jiccord.
Sr. Halstead's Rejection.
Tbe rejection of Murat Halstead for
Minister to Berlin involves some public
considerations that are of more moment
than tbe party or personal aspects of tbe
case. Mr. Halstead did not encounter
the hostility of the Senate by reason of
any want of fitness for this position ;
on the contrary, bis political experience,
capacity, and knowledge of the politi
cal relations, public men and language
of the German nation peculiarly fitted
him for the best of Ministers to Berlin.
But Mr. Halstead had the misfortune
to offend the Senate, and the spirit of
the corporation epoke out in this act of
rejection. In the course of his labors
as a journalist be had more than once
taken occasion to discuss the composi
tion and character of tbe Senatorial
body. He had shown that many mem
bers of the Senate owed their seats to
the corrupt use of money and tbe power
of corporations over venal State Legis
latures It is not strange that the Sen
ate should seize such an opportunity to
wreak its vengeance upon the offending
journalist. The offended Senators were
all the more bent on revenge because of
the consciousness that in his attacks upon
their corporation he was defending the
public interests, of which he is one of
the stoutest of champions as long as his
judgment is not obscured by the zeal of
the partisan.
One important lesson tanght anew by
this example is the urgent necessity of
reorganizing the Senate on a basis in
harmony with tha spirit of Republican
institutions. Holding their seats for
periods of six, twtlye and often
eighteen years, not by the suffrages of
the people, bat through the choice of
State Legislatures, which frequently
yield to the most corrupt Influences, it
is impossible that the membership of
the Senate should be in touch with the
rublic interests Yet to a political
corporation so constituted is given con
trol not merely over the legislation of
the country, but in a large degree over
the Executive Department of the Gov
ernment. Instead of representing the
interests of the people the Senate has
become the safe harbor of corporate
power, monopolistic privilege and polit
ical abuse, ir tbe foolish attack ot the
Senate upon the freedom of the press
in tbe person of Murat Halstead shall
arouse the American people to tbe ne
cessity for its thorough purgation his
rejection may serve a far better public
purpose than any that he could accom
plish as Minister to Berlin. Phila. Jle
cord. From Far-Off Alaska.
J. K. Aimsby, of Chicago, who is en
gaged in the salmon business in Alaska
in an interview at Pittsburg, on Monday
said, in speaking ot the resources and
development of the country, that last
yar 400,000 cases of salmon, worth 52,
200.0U0, was packed in that country and
sent East. The supposition that ouly
the Columbia river salmon ia worth
canning is not true. In Alaska, in the
L"kon river, which had been explored
for a distance of 2.S00 miles, the salmon
are the best to be found in the world.
He said that Governor Schweintord
had withdrawn his charge against Gov
ernor Tingle. The charges against the
Government agent and the Alaska Com
mercial Company were of a scandalous
and most revolting description. It was
true that Indian squaws bad been kid
napped by tbe latter company's men,
but in nearly every case the offenders
were found and punished.
Mr. Armsby said that the actual cash
royalties received by the Un'ted States
are more than the territory cost. At
the time it was purchased tbe Govern
ment here gave Russia $7,200,000 for
the country in recognition of tbe valua
ble aid to the North dnr icg the last civil
war. They did not buy it as an invest
ment, but the duties have paid for the
purchase many times.
The WhyoriL
Richmond, Va., April 1. The con
test between rival factions here for the
Richmond postmastersbip has assumed
a singular phase. It is now stated that
President Harrison has tendered tbe of
fice to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. This
lady lived here until a few years since,
when ber daughter was married. She
has been living with her father in North
Carolina during the past six months.
Her father had reached a very advanced
age, for which reason she declined tbe
tender of the postofilce at Lexington,
Va., where the body of ber husband is
buried. Her friends here will, bow
ever, endeavor to induce her to accept
the Richmond postmaatership. which is
stated that the President thinks that
by appointing Mrs. Jackson he will not
have to recognize either of the contend
ing Republican factions here and will
at the same time give the position to a
lady held in high esteem by all.
KEWs AXD OTHU KOTISUS
A flock of wild geese flying over Gon
zales. Texas, on Wednesday, were struck
by JiffbtniD- and 78 of them were killed.
A revivalist at Tama. Ia.. recently asked
all of tbe congregation who paid tbeir debts
to rise. All roae but an editor, who ex
plained lb at be didn't pay bis debts becaas
tbe rest of tbe congregation owed him on
tsuteeriptloLa.
A sporting man In Chicago was so cer
tain that his dog would win a proposed fight
that be mortgaged bis elaar factory and all
bis jewelry, and even persuaded bis sweet
heart to put np all ber loose cash. The
other dog won. and his factory was closed
out and bis gtrl committed suicide.
Tbe lead, coal and gold excitement is
mooing very high at Xowell. Iowa. A. D.
Williamson and J. D. Uregg went oat to
prospect for lead a few days aao and re
turned with quite a chunk of gold ore, and
say they have struck it rich. Joseph Kirk
baa round a four-foot vain ot coal en his
land about one mile from Lowell.
Feter Snick, of Montgomery. Lycoming
county, while riding at a gallop past a place
where some cows were watering, last Fri
day, one of the cows collided with tbe
horse. Both animals and man were thrown
together in a promiscuous heap. Snick
alighting on bis bead, sustaining injuries
from which be died the same evening.
A soldier named Vertjole bas just been
condemned to dth for an extraordinary
performance. lie was being tried by court
martial at Oran for an attempt to desert,
when be suddenly threw the quid of tobac
co comfortably stowed away in tbe recesses
of his cheek In the face ot Colonel Thierry,
wbo presided. Tbe man was at once sen
tenced to death for an assault on a super
ior while on duty.
Betty Shea, a servant girl In the family
of John Woolfolk, Lexington, Ky., was
murdered In ber room. In a wlog of the
Woolfolk mansion, early Monday morning,
by Thomas O'Brien, her lover. The" room
gave evidence of a desperate strapgl and
ber night gowc and undergarments were
torn lo many places. Her skull was crush
ed in with some blunt Instrument and her
bead and body were badly bruised.
About 1,200 of the 2,000 carpenters In
St. Louis. Mo., went on a strike on Mon
day morning. The causes leading up to
this action are a demand of tbe men for an
eight-hour day and 40 cents per boar as
standard wajes. Tbe bosses seem to have
generally conceded the eight-hour day, but
are divided about the wages, many of them
being unwilling to giva more than .TO cents
per day.
A stage from Murphey's to Milton, Cal.,
was held up by a lone highwayman on Mon
day rooming near Angeles. The driver was
ordered to throw out the Wells. Fargo & Co.'s
treasure box and mail bag, which he did.
They were rifled by the robber, but only a
small amount was secured. Another mall
bag supposed to have contained valuable
registered packages was not touched. The
five passengers on the stage were net mo
lested. A Chester woman bought a bottle of
whisky and put It In ber basket, saying she
would pay another time. Tbe barkeeper
deronrTed, and she handed him back a bot
tle of water which she bad provided for the
purpose, and went off In assumedlrage.
Then a man came In for a bottle of whisky
and bought tbe bottled water. Tie was back
in a few minutes roaring mad. and names
were called before the truth came out. The
woman played the same trick at another bar
the same afternoon.
On Saturday of last week as R. C.
Smith, a well-known farmer of Grant coun
ty, W. Va., bis wife, and Annie Hanger,
one of the handsomest and most popular
young ladies .n that section, were crossing
the Potomac Miss Flanger's horse stum
bled ana fell, throwing the girl into tbe
water. Mr. Smith sprang to ber aid, and,
seizing her by both arms, started for shore,
but tba current was ao strong be eoon be
came exhausted, aDd, unable to bold tbe
girl longer, she was swept away and drown
ed. A clear case of an awakened conscience
seems to have occurred In Zanesvllle, Ohio.
A second-hand store was robbed ot a gold
watch valued at (50, and all efforts to catch
the thief were without avail. Ou Saturday
night, however, the watch and a note were
brought to the store by two small boys, who
stated that they were banded to them with
the request that they be left there. The
note stated that the person taking the watch
was thoroughly sorry that he had done so,
and took that method of making reparation .
A bouse belonging to Rev. S.E Hughes,
pastor of tbe Congregational church at
Nanticoke, was entirely destroyed by fire
at an early hour on Tuesday morning.
There bas been considerable trouble In the
church, of which be Is pastor, lately and
scenes have been enacted that approach
near to a riot. One faction of tbe congre
gation bas applied to tbe court for an in
junction restraining Rev. Hughes from par
ticipating in the service. The fire this
morning was of incendinry origin and it Is
believed to be tbe work ot one of bis ene
mies. A reward was offered on Wednes
day for the arrest of tbe guilty party.
Asa W. Kellogg, general agent or tbe
Southern racific Railway at Cincinnati,
committed suicide in tbe Southern Hotel at
St, Louis Saturday night. Ha retired at 2
o'clock and left orders to be called at a late
boor in tbe morning. lie failed to respond
to repeated calls and tbe door of bis room
was forced open. Mr. Kellogg lay dead on
tbe bed and an empty laudanum vial and a
note told the rest ot tbe story. Tbe note
read : "I have fought tbe battle and lost.
Bury me deep and say as little about me as
possible. A fool Is better soon forgotten."
Mr. Kellogg was forty-one years of age and
was widely known among railroad men in
the West. Tbe motive for bis act Is not
known.
A most remarkable feat of railroading
was performed on Monday on the Erie rail
road. A locomotive of American manufac
ture hauled tbe Buffalo day express tbe en
tire distance from Jersey City to Buffalo,
423 miles. This is the greatest run ever
made by one engine. A special Pullman car,
containing several representatives of the
New York press, Invited by tbe Erie railway
and tbe locomotive company to witness this
performance, was attached to tbe train at
Jersey City and brought through to Buffalo.
Tbe train left Jersey City at 9.-25 a. m. and
arrived at Buffalo exactly on time, at 10:30
p. . A speed of oyer a mile a minute was
attained on several occasions. The party
will returned to New York on Tuesday.
A curious cause ot death has recently
been recorded In India. A native who was
fishing In a stream caught a flat, eel-like
fish, about 16 to 18 inches In lengh. Being
desirous of killing It, be promptly, but with
great lack of judgment and questionable
taste, put Into bis moutb In order to bite off
ita bead. Tbe fish, however, scarcely ap
preciating this somewhat clumsy attempt at
decapitation, vigorously essayed to make
other arrangements. In which It was parti
ally successful. Gifted with a slimlness,
which made it difficult to bold. It slipped
through the man's fingers Into his mouth
and conveyed Itself partly down bis gullet.
Tne situation was now bad for tbe fish, but
still worse for tbe man. for owing to the
sharp fins on the back of tbe fish it was not
possible to withdraw It. The man died In
great agony within an hour.
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An Englishman bas invented a bonnet
which can be takes off In the theater, folded
up and used a fan.
A prominent club man of Itliadelphla
quite frequently imbibes too freely, and on
such occasions bis friends tie a handkerchief
to bis St. Bernard's collar, and by the man
holding on to it the dog leads him bnme, and
actually successfully resists hi owner's
efforts to stop In saloons on tbe way.
Seventeen freight cam brok thrnntrh
the bridge over Hart's Run. on the It. A o.
road, near Cameron, W. Va., on last Mon
day. Three tramps hailing from Phlladel-
pnia were locked In one ot tbe cars, and
were carried down with the wreck, a. tho
ears took fire tbe most aurfni unma n
yells proceeded from the Imprisoned men,
wno seemed to be thorough!
the hopelessness of their poeltion. The ef.
rorta of tbe trainmen were turned to the
poor unfortunates, but tbev were Dinned
down by fragments of timber and f relght
uu wnoe ona was rescued the two others
wers roasted to death. Tbe names of the
men could not be learned. The loss te the
Railroad company will reach EGO.000 tof so.-
000.
While excavating Tor the foundation of
a new building on an unused lot In the cen
tral part of Ottawa. III., on Friday morn
ing, the skeletons of two men. buried in one
grave, were unearthed by the laborers. The
ekull of one had been crushed, apparently
by some heavy instrument, and there was a
large bole in the tample of the other, such
as might have been made by a slug shot.
Investigation developed that N. Brunk, a
gunsmith, who kept a shop just below
where the saeleton3 were found and who
died several years ago, confessed on his
deathbed that be bad murdered a man or
men, but would not say where they were
burled. Re bore a shadowed name as a
firebug, haying burned three buildings for
insurance.
Frank C. Evarro eloped with Mrs. Ca
milla Roefa. with whom he boarded in Phil
adelphia on last Sunday afternoon. Be
fore the couple left the house Mrs. Roefa
fried some fish for the evening meal, and
then they went away, taking with them the
woman's two children, a boy 3 years and an
Infant a year old. Saliva tor Rossetti and
Antonio Gallina, two other boarders, ate
the fish and were taken sick Immediately
afterwards. They were taken to the rennn
sylvania hospital where tbe physicians on
Monday night pronounced their condition
very critical. It is supposed that the fish
were'prepared for the husband, and that
the boarders, coming Into the house and
finding the table set. fell into the trap that
had ben prepared for him. Detectives are
looking for the elopers.
A dice-shaking game has been going
on for some time past In a small Southern
town, and a saloonkeeper has been sweep
ing tbe shekels into his pocket, much to the
dismay of the participants In the game. It
came to a sudden close, however, the other
day when a constable came in and exam
ined the table upon which the dice shaking
was going on, an! found that under tbe
cover there was a steel plate which was
connected with an electric battery beneath,
and a current from which cojld be applied
whenever the saloonkeeper wished to sbtae
high by pressing bis knee tgainst a knob.
The dice were loaded and worked very well
without the battery, but when the current
was applied the sixes came out on top every
time. It was quite an Ingenious contri
vance, and paid tbe saloonkeeper well for
bis trouble.
A farmer named S. W. WllkiDS, who
lives near Marshall, Tex., had in his em
ploy for about two years, a man named
Wesley Sutton. Wilkins bad a wife aDd no
children, while Satton was a widower with
two children, aged eight and twe've years.
About two weeks ago Wilkins was called
away from borne, and on bis return faund
that Sutton and bis wife bad decamped.
He started on a search for the fugitives, fin
ally locating them near Texarkaoa. lie
called at tbe bouse, learned that Mrs. Wilk
ins bad returned to Marshall, but that Sat
ton was there. The wronped busband
dashed Into the room braLdlshiDg a hugn
knife witb which he attacked the destroyer
of bis borne and literally cut him to pieces,
slashing bis throat from ear to ear, disem
boweling bim and inflicting six other wounds
any any one of which was fatal. Satton
died on the spot aud Wilkins escaped.
Charles Hutchinson, a packing", bouse
employe, was murdered Tuesday morning
by bis brother-in-law, Fatrick Reynolds.
Tbe latter is married to Hutchinson's sis
ter, and Hutchinson and bis mother lived
in tbe Reynolds bouse. During the night
Hutchinson, wbo is tweuty-two years of
age, rose from bis bed and entering the
room where bis sister aud ber nusband were
sleeping, demanded that they close tbeir
window. Reynolds ordered the young man
out and Hatcbinson struck his brotber-ins
law in the face. Reynolds seized the water
pitcher and struck Hutchinson with it witb
so much force that the handle was detached.
Hutchinson again rushed at Reynolds and
the latter struck blm witb tbe jagged ban
die of tbe pitcher, one of tbe eies of which
severed Hutchinson's jugular vein. He fell
to tbe floor, and as be was bleeding to death
Reynolds and bis wife went back to bed
and fell asleep. Neighbors reported tbe
matter to tbe police and tbe entire family
was locked up. Tbey refused to talk until
this evening, when Mrs. Reynolds made a
full confession.
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Many have gained ono pound
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Scott's Emulsion is not a se
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PALATABLE AS MILK.
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COMPARATIVE WORTH of BAKING POWDERS.
K0 YAL (Absolutely Pure) . E
GBLirS (Alum r-owder)
HUMFORD'S, whenfreah.. C
HAXF0 R D'S, when freah . . . . C
BEDHEAD'S C
CHA-R3I (Alum Powder) ... BSS,
JLSLAZOy (Alum Tow der).. ES2
CLEYELAWS thort wt oi
(San Francisco) .... aSTTT
CZAR...... . .... ...... Ery
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SJT0W FLAI(Grrs)..... ESZ
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ULLK (Powder aold looae).
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REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS
A to Purity and Yholesomeness of the I loyal Halting Powdcf.
"I hara tested a rwkafre ct Royal Bafclnir Towdor, which I purchase J In ttt
CTen market, mai find It composed of pure and wholesome Ingredients. It u a erta
ef tartar powder of a high detrree of merit, and doea not contain cither alum 4
Jiaoephatcs, or other injurious euhetancea. K. Ci. Lova, Ph.D.'
'It ia a eclaaUflc fact that the Boyal Baking Fowder la absolutely porn -'
7 " " u-
' I nare examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased bv myself fa
the market. I find It entirely free from alum, terra alba, or any other lnjurlo'us 60b.
anee- Haaax Mojitok, Ph.D., Frusldent of titeTens lnstltnt of Technology."
fa " I hare analyzed a packaea of Royal Baklnp Powder. The materials of whid
It la composed are pure und wholuaome. S. Uajia LLatxj, fatafce Assayer, !!.'
L 3? TS1 PJS rwder reeeiyei
- y.. r: J "l lu eaienniAi, 1'niiaaelpnia, lavo : at C
American Institute, ew York, and at State Fairs throuphont the country. 4
I ho other article of human food has e-rer receirnd
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Kotb The above Diagram Illustrates the comparative worth of various Bakta?
rowders, as shown by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Schedler.
A pound can of each powder was taken, the total leavening power or volume !a
ach can calculated, the result being aa Indicated. This practical test for worth ty
Frof. Schedler only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Bk:if
Powder knows by practical experience, that, while It costs a few cents per pousi
core than ordinary kinds. It Is far more economical, and, besides, affords the advsct
ge of better work. A single trial of the Boyai Baking Powder will con viae a ty
(air minded person of these facts. -
While the dl&trram shows some of the alum powders to b cf a hlrher Vctm
ot strength than other powders ranked below them. It Is not to N? taken as Indicat
ing that they have any value. All alum powdra M matter ow tick their atrecrik,
are to be avoided aa dangerous. .
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