ruA - il- A W -J a lr-- ;itc -"? - f - It . V I f-.A. LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCES THUESDAY MAY 17 lssn. li !-- r- && ! Lancaster .Intelligencer. THUE80AY FVKNING, MAY 17, 1883, nil ttirrlaee and Taxation. The free pipe bill has been amended in the Heuse se as te provide that the pipe lines organized under it shall terminate n fchfi state. This, we consider, a very wise prevision, as it will tend te secure the refining within the state of the oil they carry ; which is a very proper thing for the Legislature te endeavor te secure te the state, and it is a very reasonable restriction that is put upon the pipe lines te this end. It needs, however, additional legislation te properly secure the object ; since there are pipe lines chartered which extend beyond the state ; and ethers may, we suppose, under the gen eral law be built te take the oil out of the state that is carried te its borders bv these which bring it there under Hie protection of the state'sgrant of eminent domain, contained in the proposed iree pipe "bill. The benefit which the Leg islature seeks for the state in the refin ing within its border of the pe treleum produced there should net be allowed te be defeated through loop holes left in legislation. It occurs te us that the proposed object may be secured in the bill new being considered for taxing crude petroleum by laying the tax en the franchises only of such pipe line companies as are net organized under the free pipe bill. Mr. Ammerman proposes te amend the tax bill by laying a tax of one cent a gallon en the franchises of all companies cany ing petroleum. The desire of the Leg islature, as we understand it, is te put this burthen en the pipe lines new existing which carry the oil of the Standard company. There is no partic ular object in taxing that carried by railroads. The latter are at a natural disadvantage in competing with pipe transportation and may fairly be exempt from tax for their carriage of oil. The constitution requires taxation te be uni form upon the same class of subjects. The class of subjects te be taxed in this case would be the franchises of pii.e lines net operated under the free pipe bill ; which would seem te be a suffi ciently special class te meet the censti tutienal requirement for the uniform taxation of classes. Kentucky Law. A Kentucky jury has acquitted Con gressman Thompson of murder, and Kentucky sentiment is said te concur in the verdict ; though the fact is undeuia ble that under the letter and spirit of the law the killing was a case of murder in the first deeree. The victim was slain deliberately ; he was shot while he wjis trying te escape. There had been no previous quarrel even. Thompson be lieved that Davis had debauched his wife, and shot him for it when he met him. Probably he was even mistaken in his opinion, but there is no doubt that he entertained it. Kentucky sentiment, therefore, is that a man who kills an other whom he sincerely believes te have seduced his wife is guilty of no crime. Of course that is net the letter of Kentucky law ; but it is established te be its spirit. It is unnecessary te say that with such a construction of laws they are very peer protec tion te society against the individ ual judgment and action of its members. The very least that might be expected even from Kentucky civilization would be that its sentiment would held its p93ple te a strict responsibility for the accuracy of their conclusions as te the guilt of these whom they accuse when they undertake te take law into their own hands and avenge their fan cied wrongs with their pistols upon their fleeing victims. If Congressman Thomp son is held te be justifiable in killing the man who seduced his wife Congressman Thompson should at least have been re quired te prove that he was correct in his accusation against him. Procter Knett thus far leads in tLe contest for governor in the Kentucky state convention, though se closely pi ess ed by ether prominent candidates as te make the issue uncertain. He is by far the most widely known man in the let, aud his nomination would be received with much favor throughout the coun try. Though he achieved his greatest fame as a humorist from his matchless Duluth speech, it is that reputation which he courts least, as he knows, as well as they who knew him best, that it often causes the withholding from him of the proper meed of praise for his high intellectual qualities. As a scholar and lawyer he has few superiors in public life, and with professional knowledge he combines practical talents that would make him adorn the gubernatorial chair of Kentucky. But like many geed men he has enemies and small rivals at home who unite te pull him down, and may combine teUefeat him in the stale con ventien. There will be peace and harmony in the next Republican state convention if the Philadelphia politicians can effect it. The lien and the lamb will lie down together, albeit the lamb may be inside. The delegation of statesmen elected yesterday has many names en its roll which have an ancient and a fish like smell. Mr. Quay marshals the band and that .his nomination was peaceful and harmonious, is shown by the fact that as a candidate for delegate he get 49 votes te 3 for his opponent, who is a member of the Committee of One Hun dred. The next Republican state con vention will be stalwart in its character and subject te the will of Lieut. Quay, left in command in the absence of Com Com eodore Cameren. The Independents will get just what he finds it expedient te concede te them. One of the Senators who went out en that Virginia excursion pretests that we did the senatorial part of the band injustice in condemning them for aban doning their seats when they should have been in them, inasmuch as the Senate steed adjourned during all the time of their absence. He thinks they were net silly, but wise, te use their vacation in a jaunt ever the historic battle grounds, and in the contemplation of their ver jutl verdqre j te say nothing of the profit had from the enchanting coo vernatien of Cameren and Mahone. Net by any means are the senators dead, he thinks ; and we agree that if they did net ad journ for the purpose of their jaunt there is net much for us te complain of. And perhaps they did net. Mk. Charles S. Wolfe, who has been se bitterly complaining that he and his fellows, who, it is claimed, " first set the reform movement in state poli tics en feet," have net been duly con suited by the Democratic state adminis tratien, may or may net contemplate with satisfaction and approval the atti tude of his associate Independents in the state Senate who vote for a congressional apportionment intended te give the Re publicans from this state twenty con gressmen te eight for the Democrats. But if that is their kind of independence and political honesty it is very difficult te determine whether their pet or the Stalwart kettle is the blacker. Philadelphia's city tieasury had a wind fall yesterday in the discovery that it was entitled te stock dividends from tbe N. C. railroad company, declared in 1872, '73 aud '74, new worth $300,000. The proposal te erect a $50,000 monu ment te Longfellow en Massachusetts soil has get as far as $21,000 subscriptions and the projectors of it have come upon New Yerk soil for further help. Nothing is that wasn't. Down iu Central America somebody has found documents that make Masonry several thousand years elder than it is credited te be, and from the accounts a Tatmage lived in these days, tee. Heukew beggars are as rare as Rebrew criminals. The Israelites de net de things by halves. The cornerstone of the new Hobrew orphan asylum in New Yerk was laid yesterday. The structure will cost $600,000. The Kansas farmers who aie holding some 5,000,000 bushels of old wheat and 37,000,000 bushels of old coin in store will de well te take notiee that the crop indi cations everywhere are geed. Pcoplewho keep last year's grain en hand will likely sell it at a reduced rate. Our experts of domestic breadstuff: during the first four months el the present year amounted in valtie te $01,915,707, against $43,475,812 during the first four months of 1882. During the ten months which ended en April 30, 1883, the value of such experts was $179,738,313, against $157019,727 during the corresponding period of the previous year. Uneasy lests tbe head about te den a crown. Iu the immediate vicinity of the Czar, when he is crowned at Moscow, there will be 430 detectives, while a special iuucrcircle of ten secret pelice agents, comprising one Russian, three Italians, one Belgian, one Daue, one Englishman, one Fienchman, ene German aud one Swiss, who are te keep a lookout for Ni hilists. In the Senate yesterday the McCrackcn congressional gerrymander passed second reading, the Democrats protesting against the iniquity,the Republicans voting solidly for it, though the se called Independents made no open defence of its outrageous character. In the Heuse the free pipe line bill passed second readiug by mere than a majority vote, with an am2tidment that the lines must have their termini iu this state. The bills repealing the pre sent limitations en railroad capitalization also passed second reading without ma terial opposition, after making the limit $230,000 per mile. The agitation of the tax en oil continues and while petroleum occupies se much attention at Harrisburg the price of oil keeps bobbing up and down and the total sales make a big asgregate. New and then Mr. Henry Bergh, he or t'ae tender heart for buffering and an tiquated animals, is reminded that his fellow beings hava need of his solicitous watchfulness. He is much exercised ever the Sullivan-Mitchell fight and declares that it should net have been permitted. Probably Mr. Bergh recognizes the two champions as icmnants of tbe pugnacious Britons and Celts of early times, who need further ameliorating influences of civiliza tion te temper their barbaric instincts. But Mr. Bergh should take heart When Mr. Sullivan retires te the classic shades of Bosten te wrestle mentally with pa thoguemy te discover hew his native fierceness may be subdued, and Mr. Mit chell lies en his laurels a3 champion of England, the seething remembrance that a great journalistic light and a whilem bright political star beamed upon their late encounter may eliminate their glaring ferocity and make them quiet and worthy citizens. The production of petroleum in Russia, although it is of rather large quantity, has never secured extended market from its inferior quality. The business of refining it is still very imperfect, and theso en caged in the marketing of it find a power ful impediment in the American oil ox ex ported there. Censul General Heap, from the United States te Russia, gives some interesting information about the pe troleum of both countries. He says the refinery, which is about the principal ene in Russia, in the Bakow region, along the Caspian sea. is still in its infancy, although the employment of scientific means te improve the process is securing a measurable perfection. But American petroleum leads in the markets of Asia Miner, notwithstanding the native produc tion is sold cheapar. Te counteract this advantage, Russiau merchants collect the empty cans and cases which have con tained American oil and whose marks are thereon, fill them with the inferior Russian oil and send them te the interior. Our oil still commands the Mediterranean mar kets and Censul Heap thinks will continue te de se if " our refineries will keep up and even improve the standard of their oil.'- The number of cases and barrels of petroleum imported at Constantinople for the years 1880, 1881 and 1882 was 1,136, 524, and the total value amounted te $1,702,362.08 i i" Henry Russell, the composer of " A Life en the Ocean Wave," is still living in England hale and hearty. He is proud of the growing fame of his son, W. Clark Russell, the novelist. PKESONAL. . Cel. Jehn R. Fellows, assistant dis trict attorney of New Yerk, and a promi nent Tilden man, has get into trouble by taking a $500 retainer te get a pardon for a convict. Taber, the cphemeral senator of night shirt renown, buried his father-in-law in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, today, in a $500 casket, and a burial rebe of rich satin em broidered with needlework. Reformers Quay, Lane, Dave Martin, Harry Hunter, Jehn McCulIeugh, Ahem, Bumm, Tittermary and Souder, charac terize the Philadelphia delegation elect te the next Republican state convention. Jehn Bach McMaster, the new histor ian, who is an instructor at Princeton, is small in stature and his head is very Jarge in comparison with his body. He is an indefatigable worker. Rev. PniLLirs Brooks, Bosten's favor ite Episcopalian minister, writing home lreni the Himalayas, says he has seen nothing as high as these mountains since he last visited a certain ultra ritualistic church in Bosten. Rev. E. T. Jeffers. president of the new Wilmington college, Lawrence county has been elected professor of theology, te fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. . R. Bewer, D. D., at Lincoln university, Chester county. Rev. Dr. RenniNs. pastor of the Bread and Oxford street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, has been asked by his church te withdraw his resignation and accept at their hands a vacation of fifteen months and remain as pastor. Jehn Sherman aud L. B. Harris, of Ohie, and Geerge B. Roberts, of Philadel phia, were yesterday elected directors of the Pittsburgh, Fert Wayne and Chicago railroad. The gross earnings of the read in 1882 were repertedat $10,894,900; the expenses at $6,273,385. Jee Dien, the veteran billiard player, te the period of whose first public game the mind of man scarcely runneth back, has met with an inglorious defeat at New Yerk with Tem Wallace, the youngest of tbe cushion carom experts. Dien beat the Frenchman, Viguaux, the ether day and was hieh en his laurels, but this yeuthrul knight of the cue sent him te the back ground with a very meagre score. Jehn A. CocKERiLL,whe has been editor of the Pest-Dispatch, of St. Leuis has been chosen te edit the New Yerk World. The greatest eflert of Mr. Ueckerill's life in St. Leuis was the carrying of a personal controversy te such extremes that he thought it necessary te sheet his man. Such innovations in New Yerk journalism would compel the Times te notice the change en the cditeral staff of its esteemed contemporary. Samuel B. McLeneean, of Beleir, Wis., who steed second in a class of thirty two examined bofero the beard of chief en gineers appointed by Secretary Felgor, te examine candidates for promotion and commission iu the U. S. revenue marine service, has been ordered te held himself in readiness for orders, and will receive his commission forthwith. He recently held a position en the U. S. steamer Jehnsen, stationed at Milwaukee, and will new join the government ship Cerwin, at San Fran Fran ciseo, with which he will go te Alaska and tbe Arctic seas for a two years' cruise. Mr. McLcuegan is the second son of Henry II. McLenegan and Sarah F. Reigart, formerly of this city, win removed te Wisconsin years age. He paid a visit te his relatives in this city last March. AN IHSAMK AIUKUKKfelt. Killing His Friend ard Neighbor Before tbe Gutter's who jiuu cnenas. Charles R. Whyte, a wealthy farmer, of Heward county, near Ilchester, Md., and who is a distant relative of ex Con gressman William Pinckney White, was killed without provocation en Wednesday by Edward Hansen, who shot his victim three times as he lay en the ground, ten yards from a carriage containing Mrs. Whyte and auother lady. Beth gentlemen are prominent iu the county aud as there was no cause (or a quarrel Mr. Hansen is believed te be insane Mr. Whyte, ac companied by the two ladies referred te, drove ever te the home of Hamen te ne gotiate Ter seme corn which he wished te buy. Hansen had geno out te ene of his fields te see after his laborers aud a messenger was dispatched for him, Mr. Whyte meanwhile alighting and step ping upon the front perch. Hansen came home in response to'the summons and en teriug the back deer asked his daughter who was the visitor aud was informed that Mr Whyte was waiting. Hansen wenc up s.taiis and, as it was afterwards discovered armed himself with a heavy Celt's revol ver. He then went into the kitchen, picked up a large carving knife and walked has tily out en the perch, where Whyte was waiting. He advanced until he was with in thrce feet of Whyte, when he raised his pistol and fired, the ball taking effect in the leg. Whyte started te run when Han Han eon fired twice in rapid succession, both balls entering the head of the victim who fell dead en the lawn, in plain view of the ladies and of the entire Hansen family. The murderer rushed te the corpse and with the carving knife cut the threat from ear te ear. Mrs. Whyte screamed eut: "Ob, Mr. Hansen, what are you doing ?" when he replied, with gieat excitement : " It is tbe Lord's will. I premised my mother en my death bed that I would revenge my sister." There is absolutely no meaning in this, as the bister of Hansen had been dead for many years. Immediately after cutting Mr. Whyte's threat Hansen went into tbe kitchen, washed tbe bleed from his knife and re turned it te the place where he found it. Assistance was summoned from a neigh bor's and Hansen at once gave himself up and is new ledged in jail. While locked up in jail Hansen repeated that his act had been committed in response te the dying request of his mother, who had told him Whyte had murdered his (Hansen's) Bister. The facts are that Hansen did net see his mother die and could net have received such instructions, and moreover Miss Hansen died of consump tion. Except while talking of the murder Hansen shows no evidence of insanity. He is thirty-four years of age, and " Bell, ment," his county seat, is one of the finest in the state. Every summer for four years past his mansion has been filled with society people from that city. The affair has caused great excitement en this acceuut and also because of Whyte's re latienship te Mayer Whyte. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Whyte was killed by Hansen while insane. Mr. Whyte was sixty years old and a man of pleasant disposition. There is known te have been insanity in both branches of the Hansen family. THE ANNALS OF UBIQIK. The Weary Way or the Wicked World. At Ashland, Me., while a man named Hull was quarreling with his wife about whipping one of their children, a lady neighbor interfered in the interest of peace, which se exasperated Hull that he struck her en the head with a brick, kill ing her instantly. The murderer fled. At Vicksburg, Miss., Jeseph T. Hazlett was shot and instantly killed by E. G. Cook in cold bleed. The trial of Philip B. Thnmnunn pntiirrengman nt TTonrle burg, Kentucky, for the murder of Walter ix. Jjavis, resulted yesterday in his ac quittal. The jury were out an hour. A general melee-eccurred at Melwood, III , in which the station agent, A. W. Miller, fatally shot Charles Baker. The latter had assaulted and beaten Miller terriblv about-the head inflicting, it is believed, I wnu injuries, an out gruage was tbe cause of the trouble. LABOE'S DEMANDS. THE COAX MINERS' CONVENTION. Eighty Delegates Freaent Sympathy With the Striken a Declaration of Principles. The Inter-State convention of coal miners which met in Pittsburgh en Tues day continued in session yesterday, with Jehn McBride, of Massillon, Ohie, in the chair. The cemmittee en credentials re ported that 80 delegates were present from Ohie, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Illinois. After a long debate en the question whether the organization should be open or secret, a majority favoring the former, the matter was referred te a committee. A resolution expressing sympathy with the striking miners of the Pittsburgh dis trict was passed after considerable opposi tion. In the afternoon session tbe committee 'en organization re ported a plan, which was adopted, for the formation of the "Amalgatcd as sociatien of miners of the United States" the objects of which are : First, te bring within its folds everv miner and laborer in and about the mines in the United States, te secure uniformity of action in matters pertaining te the interests of its members ; second, adopting whenever and wherever practicable the principles of ar bitration ; third, te shorten the hours of labor as far as practicable) ; fourth, the restriction of the product when deemed practicable. The officers are te consist of anexccutive beard, "te be composed of the presidents of the different states. Said beard te select their secretaries and te meet at least once in six months, or as often as necessary te discuss the condition of affairs in the different localities ; and whenever it is deemed necessary te take actions en questions regarding the ad vancement of the whole, it shall be sub mitted te the constituents for the purpose of deciding whether such action should be taken or net." After the appointment of a committee en constitution the conven tion adjourned until this morning. The shoe manufacturers of Cincinnati met yesterday and adopted resolutions declaring that the lockout was forced upon them by the action of the union men ; that in the present situation of affairs it is impossible te submit the mat ter te arbitration unless the men who have quitted work resumed the positions they held ; and that the shops are open te any workmen net directly shut out under tbe operation of the terms of the arbitration agreement. This resolution means that all non-union as well as union men net mem bers of assemblies that baleng te the arbi tration beard can work in the shops. The master masons and builders of Chicago have agreed te a preposition for the submission of their differences with the bricklayers te a beard of arbitration. The bricklayers will consider the propesi tien te-morrow. A few of the miners of the Diamond mine at Wilkesbarre have returned te work en the company's terms, and it was thought yesterday that all would resume. The demands of the striking American boatmen at Ottawa have been conceded They will receive $4 per thousand feet. VETERANS' KKUNION. The Society el the Potomac Army. The reunion of the society of i he Army of tne rotemac began yesterday in Washing ton. In the morning there was a parade of the members of tbe seciety, Grand Army pests and military organizations of the District of Columbia, which marched past the White Hou.se and was reviewed by the president aud his cabinet. In the afternoon the general business mceting of me society was hem m tue .National theatre, and General Jehn Newton was elected president for the ensuiusr vear. he receiving 155 votes te 117 for Geueral Grant and 7 scattering. It was stated that Gen eral Grant did net dosire the position, and there was also a question as te his eligi bility. The vete for General Newton was made unanimous. The election of vice presidents of the different corps was then announced, Colonel CJayteu McMichael being the cheice of the Third corps and General James L. Selfiidgc of the Twelfth. General M. T. McMahon was unanimously reelected treasurer ; General HoratieKing secretary, and General H. Sbarpe, cerres pending secreta:y. Brooklyn was selected as the place for the next annual reunion. At the exercises in the evening, Hen. Martin Maginnis, of Montreal, delivered the oration, and addresses were made by Judge Edmunds, commissioner of tbe District of Columbia ; Gen. Sherman, Gen. Slocum, Gen. Webb, Gen. Beaver and ex-Speaker Kcifer. The society of the Fifth army corps of the Army of the Potomac, at a largely at tended meeting in the afternoon, unani mously adopted a resolution thanking the president, the Senate of the United States, General Grant, Senators Sawell and Mc -Phercen, of New Jersey, and ethers " for their efforts te seenre justice for General Fitz Jehn Perter.'' The Garfield monument committee of the Army of the Cumberland met yester day in Cincinnati and selected J. Q. A. Ward, of New Yerk, as the aitist te do de sign and cemplete th8 monument. A cemmittee was appointed te visit Wash ington with Mr. Ward te select the site. The naval review at Fortress Menree took place yesterday morning. Four steam launches and twenty-two barges landed 500 "blue jackets," 100 marines and 4 pieces of ordinance. Commander Bridgman formed the battalion, which marched te the fort and was reviewed by Admiral Cooper aud General Getty, after which it returned te the vessel. HOW GKANl' WAS 1SE&TEN. The ''Old Commander" Had Snnbbed the Society. In the society of the Potomac when Gen. Newton's name was first presented for president, there was great applause and cries for a vete at once. At this point Majer Jeseph Steiner, who occupied a seat upon the stage, advanced te the front and shouted at tbe top of his voice the nomination by the Fifth corps of Gen. U. S. Grant. Cheers and cries of 'Grant !" "Grant !" " Vete !" "Newton!" "Grant !" for some minutes made it im possible for any ene of the scere of men who were en their feet te be heard. Then followed a running discussion as te Gen. Grant's eligibility. Seme ene from the stage declared that he was as an honorary member. A voice from the audience replied : "He hasn't paid his dues." Anether called out : "Fer fourteen years he declined te become a member of our society. Why burden him with this honor new? " Finally General Ilumnhries pained at tentien and naively suggested : " If I remember rightly General Grant at one time was intimately associated with tbe Army of the Potomac, near the clese of the war. I think he is clearly eligible if you cheese te elect him." This was received with shouts of laugh ter and applause from all quarters, and it was moved te proceed te ballet. General Mann then arose aud stated that after con sultation with several of his associates of me eixin ceips, as mere sccmedtobea general desire te elect General Grant, he would withdraw the name of General Newton. This was the signal for re newed commotion, accompanied by cries of ' Geed I" and ' Don't withdraw," which was heightened when General Bar num, of Connecticut, in ringing tones announced that he would withdraw the name of General Grant. A voice : " What right have you te withdraw bim?" General Barnum : " As the presiding officer of the Fifth corps at their meeting yesterday' and because I knew personally that General Grant, though he wss thought net unworthy te command us at Appomattox, does net desire the onerous duty in these piping times of peace and would net permit his name te be the sub ject of controversy. If there is a sincrle 1 objection, I withdraw his uarae." ihe president being utterly unable te make himself heard, General King, the secretary, essayed te straighten out mat ters. He auneunced the names of tbe tellers, and said that by the constitution the voting must be by ballet. A veice: "Mr. Secretary, as both can didates have been withdrawn, will you be kind enough te inform this deliberative body for whom they are te vote ?" General King : "It would puzzle a Phil adelphia lawyer, and I confess I de net knew." Cries of " Ge ahead !" " Begin all ever again 1" ' Bring up the artillery !" were heard and all seemed te enjoy the momen tary muddle. One gentleman jumped en a seat and, wildly waving both hands, shouted : " Gentlemen, will you be quiet one minute ? ' "Yes," was the quick retert: "sit down and set the example." Finally the nominations of Generals Grant and Newton were renewed and the balloting proceeded. Pending the collec tion of the ballets a resolution was pre sented and read that Majer Maginne3, the orator of the day, and Geerge Alfred Townsend, the poet, he elected honorary members of the society. Majer Maginnes raised a laugh upon tha author of the res olution by announcing from the Btage that he had been a member since the first bat tle of Bull Run. The resolution as te Mr. Townsend was adopted. A voice from the audience : " Dees that make Geerge Alfred eligible for presi dent ?" The result of the ballettiug for presi. dent was announced as fellows : General Newton, 155 ; General Grant, 117 ; scat tering, 7. General Newton's election was made unanimous. OB1MK AND CALAMITY. Some Kecent HetaDle Disasters. During a popular fete and firework dis play in Portugal, a bomb filled with dyna mite exploded, killing 4 persons and wounding 20 Moosic, a town below Scranton, was shaken from centre te cir cumference last night by an explosion of powder in a magazine at a coal breaker. Twe men were killed. A tornado near Butte, Mentaua, en Tuesday, lev elled fences and dwelliugs, and blew down five hundred feet of flume, severely injuring six men, ene of whom died. A fire in Hamburg, Iowa, destroyed W. H. Weeds' block and the buildings of the Hamburg marble works, causing a les3 of $22.000. The business portion of the little town of Alte, en Breuf river. La , was destroyed en Wednesday by an incen diary fire. Less, $20,000. Jeseph Reese, superintendent, and Edward Cummings, empleye, have beeu convicted in Schuyl kill county of criminal carelessness in neglect te provide against disastrous and fatal accidents iu their coalmines. Henry Hicks, aged 25, was run ever by a coal train at Ninth and Master streets, Phila delphia, and killed. lletuge In Suicide. R. L Andersen, 20 years of age, being in want of money, committed suicide at Baltimere yesterday by jumping from a ferry beat. Munlerd G. Bcesen, a mem ber of the Indiana Legislature, committed suicide in Richmond yesterday morning by cutting his threat with a pocket knife. In Warren, O., Mrs. Cliften Mikesell, wife of the county infirmary director, committed suicide by hanging. She had been in ill health for sometime and that is undoubtedly the cause that led te her taking her own life. In Uniontown, Pa., Jehn Brady, in jail for sheeting Mrs. Whyte, took a large quantity of " rough en rats," aud is new lying at the point of death. Ifascb.tU Yesterday. At New Yerk : Allegheny, 3 ; Metro politan, 2. St. Leuis : St. Leuis, 9 ; Cincinnati, 5. Chicago : Chicago, G ; New Yerk, 2. Detroit ; Detroit, 11 ; Philadelphia, 10 (11 innings). Cleveland: Cleveland, G ; Bosten, 2. Buffalo : Providence, 9 ; Buffalo, 4. Louisville : Eclipse, 8 ; Columbus, 7 (10 innings). Harrisburg : H'nrisburg, 14 ; Trenten, 0. Readiug : (Exhibition game) Anthracite. 12 ; Active, G Philadelphia : Athletic, 10 ; Baltimere, 4. $$5,000 FOH TIIK WfcTTISO. Damages Keuevered by Traveler Ejecte.l from a Car Iu u Storm. In Judge Biddle's court, Philadelphia, yesterday, Frank Spicker, a traveling salesman, obtained a verdict for $5,000 in a suit against the Pennsylvania railroad company te recover damage for ejection from a car. Spicker, in November, 1881, while riding from Philadelphia te Williams Williams pert, presented te the conductor the return slip of an excursion ticket from Williams Williams pert te Philadelphia. The ticket was accepted. A new conductor was taken en at Harrisburg. He declined te accept the slip and ejected tbe plaintiff in the open country about a mile west of Dauphin and during a heavy rain. The exposure te the weather brought en an attack of bronchitis. The defense pleaded that the plaintiff hav ing been ejected en the Northern Central read, the Pennsylvania railroad company could net he held liable. It was further urged that the ticket offered by Spicker was two years old, and the company had, by extensive adveitisiug, endeavored te call in all such tickets. The plaintiff showed in answer that the two reads were practically under the same management, and that tbe empleyes were the same kind of uniform. Judge Biddle declined te enter a non suit and charged that the only question for the jury was te the lia bility of the Pennsylvania railroad com cem pany. The jury agreed upon their verdict of $5,000 within an hour. 1 i trttANKFOKD'fS CASE. A Hearing en a Writ Before Judge Fathey. Last evening, before Judge Futhey, in West Chester jail, a hearing was had in the case of Jehn Frankford, charged with horse stealing, en a writ of habeas corpus. Prison Keeper Burkhelder and H. H. Hensel, of the Intelligencer, were the only persons present from this county, which was represented by H.T. Fairlamb. Tbe district attorney appeared for Chester county and the only ether persons present at the hearing were the newspaper reporters and several county officials. Mr. Fairlamb stated tbvi object of the hearing and asked that seme kind of a decision be made in regard te i 'he is entitled te the custody of the priseni r ; Mr. Burkhelder did net coreo te lemaud the prisoner, but he wantc 1 te .le his duty in the matter and make crc.y proper effort te secure him in order te satisfy the Lancaster county peo ple The records of Frankford's cenvic tien and sentence te 10 years imprisement were presented and Messrs. Burkhelder and Hensel were called for the purpose of identification, ihe lermer tcstihed that he is keeper of the prison in Lancaster county ; he knew the prisoner te be Jehn Frankford, as he had been under his charge from the time he (Burkhelder) went te the prison, in January 1882, up te May 24tb, wheu he made his escape. Mr. BurRhelder then gave an account of his interview with Frankford in his cell last week when both men recognized each ether H. H. Hensel testified that he was court reporter for the Intelligencer when Frankford was convicted and sen tenced, and recognized the prisoner te he the man. After his capture witness spent some time iu his cell and had a talk with him ; he recognized him at once. Ne ether testimony was heard and Judge Futhey stated that he would net give any decision as yet ; he would hear argument of coun sel in the case at some future time and would then make a decision. AMONG THE OLD FILES. LOCAL BISTOKY IN NKWSfAPJBKS. Advertising In the lest Century Seme Re miniscences et Lancaster In 'Te olden Time." I It is very common for persons iu the possession of copies of old newspapers te brics them te the attention of tha press of te day and have their quaint contents noted as interesting specimens of the art preservative of ether days, or of tbe con trasts of journalistic methods, or as reflec tions of the changes in social life or valu able records ei local history. Such a re view of tbe contents of these earlier pub lications is generally of interest, at least in the community iu which they were published. It is net generally known that in the Intelligencer office are care fully preserved, in geed condition, ene of the eldest and most in tercsting and valuable files of news papers in the state, the columns of which are consulted almost daily by antiquarians, historians and ethers engaged in going up the river of time. The old newspapers differed very widely from the correspond ing publications of te-day, in that they allotted little space te local or editorial writing, it being taken for granted appa rently that people knew what was going en about thorn and formed their own opinions ; te foreign events, state and federal politics and te advertisements the greater part of their limited space was given up. It is in the examination of the advertising columns that most of the facts bearing en the social life and local events of the earlier days can be found. It is proposed as an illumination of our local history te present from these files in the Intelligencer office a series of fragmentary and sketchy viewb, taken almost at random and without much con tinuity, but of sufficient uumber and diverse quality te afford its readers, at a distance of three-quarters of a century and mere, an insight net only of journal ism in that day, but of the current life of the community. Net Hash, Yet Net Fearful. In the issue for June 17, 1795, of the Lancaster Journal, which a few years later was consolidated with the Intelli gencer, the editor flies at his masthead the motto " Net tee Rash Yet net Fear Fear fel Open te all Parties, but net influ enced lij Any." It was printed by Willcecks & Hamilton, at Euclid's Head, in King street, at fifteen shillings per annum, and "advertisements, essays and articles of intelligence" were "thankfully received," while at the same place all manner of printing was performed with "fidelity, accuracy, elegance and expedition." Mlftetlc "Ads." The weekly Journal, less than half the size of the present daily Intelligencer, with three wide columns en each page, was set iu bold type, leaded ; and its firbt page was given up entirely te advertise ments, most of them with a single display line. According te the announcements of these, it seems that at that date, Wm. P. Atlcehad just succeeded Rebert Reed, deceased, as coppersmith, next deer te Samuel Hume.-;, chairraaker ; $8 reward is offered for a leather purse and $50 in geld and bank notes, lest by a passenger in Doersch's stage between Philadelphia and Lancaster ; and precisely the same amount for a servant lad named Jeseph Kennard, who rati away from his master, Wm. Burten, in Leacock township, aDd is suspected of stealing five geed sheets from a near neighbor en the same night ; Jacob Lahn, secretary of the Republican society, summons a special meeting of it at 2 p. m. at Jehn Bausman's house ; the school hooks advertised are Scott's selections, Webster's speller and Dill worth's assistants ; Parson Osgood's (political) ccrmen is also en the counter ; $10 reward is bid for a negre wench runa way from Frtdoricktewn, Md.; and $60 for a likejy six-feet refugee from the Cecil county jail, who smokes segars, wears a false queue and has " uariew and brown fere teeth ;" $:0 is offered for the return of an apprcntice, 24 years old with a face red dened by fire at Jaceha Spring forge ; $G for a herse stolen in Maner township and $G mero for the thief. A marble mortar north of tbe court house was the siuu of a drug fatcre ; a mill saw, ' uext deer te wheic Sheriff Miller used te live," fixed the location of Philip Schaeffer's hardware store and nail factory, while' Jehn Meder well had opened his store in the name neighborhood for general merchandise. Ncivs el the Day. The Legislature had just passed a fee bill, te which is given a page of the paper ; commotions are reported from Helland and France ; the empire of Prussia and the republic of France have made peace ; aud the tardy returns from New Yorkin Yerkin Yorkin dicate the election of Mr. Jay for gov ernor. Art and iitcralure were net neglected in theso days. Several piano fortes are ad vertised for sale ; Mr. Perter had opened a school in the yellow heuse in Queen street, where be offered te instruct a few young ladies in writing en an improved method and te admit a few mero arithme ticians ; David Deyle also advertised te instruct the youth in English and classical studies in the house adjoining the south end of the Calvinist church yard. An ad journed civil court was te be held en July In a late issue, among the foreign news, is the statement that a cempauy of French dragoons in passing ever the ice upon the Zuyder Zee, lode alongside a Dutch man of war, bearded and made a prize of her. A correspondent issues proposals for a new mode of swearing, suggested such impro impre impro catiens as " Jack in a lanthern," "Hintel Tintel's high priest," and " honnorficabil hennorficabil honnerficabil itudinity," as pub.stitutes for the profane and expletive monosyllables then and new in common use. In three or four numbers the only local item is that the Masens of ledge 43, en St. Jehn's festival day, June 24, met at their ledgo room, at Leenard Eicholtz's, at 10 a. m. ; dispatched their business. banqueted at 2 p. in. ; and after a hilarious and harmonious evening " all retired in perfect decorum" the invariable practice of their successors. Freedom Natal Day. Wheu the fourth of July came around the Lancaster troop assembled in uniform te celebrate it. At Garvar's Spring (where an original song was sung) and iu the town there were celebrations and the exactly like number of toasts, fifteen, were chunk and responded te at each placn " The toasts from Columbia came at hand tee latt for this publication," but next week they were given, tegethnr with these from the Strasburgere, who met at a cool spring en the Pequea. Fifteen was tbe iuvariable number of toasts and speeches. The Day, the United States, Washington, Pennsylvania and its Gover Gover eor (then Mifilin), the French Republic and Layfayctte, Gen. Wavne and the Army, Free Poland and Kosciusko, were standard topics for the orator's flights of eloquence, but ihe pregramme was varied somewhat by such neble and novel senti ments as these, from the pregramme of the patriotic Strasburg people : " May age mollify and entirely destroy the peccant quality of whiskey." " May the light of Hymen's torch dispel the clouds of discouragement, even from the forlorn hope of his votaries." The Peet's Cerner. The column allotted te poesy was occu pied for two weeks with the first and second parts of a pathetic ballad, " Henry and Anne," by " Trophenius," which re lat d, in the old style, hew Henry left her en their bridal morn te ride twenty miles en business; returning, he was caushtin the storm and, impatient te- clasp his T" bride te his arms, he tuhed through the blustering tide of the s jrellen Concstega. With surging sweep, tils dasbliiK w.ivcs O'erwhelmed the t araing herne. And hapless Henry drove en shore A breathless, llteles? cerse. The hapless and bereft Anne called along the banks in vain for her swain and then plunged her beauteous frame into tha dark flood and joined him. Original contributions of poetry were very frequent then as new, but when Trophenius ventures into Anacreentic verse and sings the praises of wine the editor in printing his songs warns him that productions in a mero moral sphere will be mere acceptable te the public. Signs el the 1 lutes. Ames Brumfield offers for sale iu the issue of Aug 2G, "county made vices, equal te any imported." The list of letters remaining in the posteffice num bered six times as many as new. Henry Wilcecks was deputy postmaster, and the letter carrier was entitled te two cents for each letter delivered. Elisha Rigg, rector of St. James', announces the open ing, Sept. 1,-1795, of the female academy, en its original plan, and asks for a music teacher and church clerk. The Republi can society calls en the voters te turn out and elect delegates te nominate a county ticket and net let the few set it up. Thore was te be a hor?e nice en the New Hol Hel land ceurse for $C0 $3 te enter two miles and repeat ; a $30 purse for three-year-olds next day. and the day after a sweep Btake race, free te all. ATKUKlULt: ACCIDENT. ainster SI ecu an I c Main Killed In a Railroad Wreck. Yesterday afternoon a frightful wreck cccuncd en tbe Reading & Columbia railroad a short distance south of Ephrata. The tram that was injured was a local freight drawn by the engine "Raleigh," which runs from Reading te Columbia every afternoon, and at the point where the wreck occurred tterc are a curve and cut. The train was running toward Col umbia at a high rate of speed, and just as it dashed around the curve the engineer saw there was a heavy plank lying across the track a short distance ahead of the engine. He blew his whistle and did all in his power te step the train. He was unsuccessful, however, and as seen as the engine struck the plank it waa thrown from tbe track, together with twenty freight cars, twelve of which were leaded with grain and the ethers with coal, iron pipes, &c. The engine went crashing down the embankment and was broken te pieces, and the cars were piled in a space the length of five cars Besides the engineer aud fireman, Mr. Geerge W. Hain, master mechanic of the read, was in the cab of tbe engine. He was the only man injured, being en the side of the eugine which landed en the embankment when it was overturned. It was an hour or mere before Mr. Haiti could be extricated from his perilous posi tion. During this time he suffered terribly. He died shortly after he had been get out from under the engine. The engineer bravely remained at his pest and went ever with the engine, but, strange te say, escaped with but few slight bruises. The fireman saved bis life by jumping, and tbe conductor and a brake man, who were at different points of tbe the train, escaped injuries iu the same manner. Heavy .Less. Since the accident a large force of men have been busily engaged at dealing the wreck, but traius have net yet passed it. Trains are run from Columbia and this city te the depot where passengers, &c, are transferred. The train due here at 8:20 last evening did net arrrive until almost 10 o'clock, and all trains are Iato te day. It will be seme time before the whole wreck is cleared. The less te the company is heavy as the engine and cars are almost entirely destroyed, while a great deal of tbe cargo is either lest or damaged. The Victim. Mr. Hain formerly resided iu Reading, and was the son of Samuel Hain and a brother of Wm. T. Hain, dealer in stoves, etc., at Ne. 827 I'enn stroet, that city. He learned his trade iu the P. &R. shops and had been employed in the Baldwin loco motive works, Philadelphia, prier te as suming the duties of master mechanic for the Reading & Columbia railroad com pany. The deceased was about 37 years of age and leaves a widow Mrs. Emma Hain ( nee Weand ) and two children Frank, aged 10 years and Edna aged 4. ne was in Readiug yesterday en business, and in order te reach his home before the time of the passenger train, took passage en the freight, lie was prominently con nccted with St. Jehn's Lutheran church and was a member of St. Alban's com cem mandery of Knights Templar of Philadel phia. He will be buried in Reading ou Saturday, the Kuights Templar conduct ing the funeral exercises. The wreck was caused by the plank, supposed te have been placed across the track by seme scoundrel, for the purpose of making a wreck. There is no due ay yet te the guilty parties. TllK ALLKOKU MALPRACTICE. Dr. Jehn Siller Held te Answer at Court. As stated in'yesterday's Intelligencer Corener Shiffer, District Attorney Davis and Dr. Fitzpatrick went te Mount Jey yesterday afternoon te investigate an al leged case of malpractice en the body of Mrs. Annie Rede, wife of Andrew Rode. Frem information received, the coroner made complaint before 'Squire McFaddiui against Dr. Siller, and he was taken into custody by Constable Patterson. Dr. F. M. Harry was called as a wituens and related the circumstances attending Mrs. Rede's confinement. She was attended te by Dr. Siller, a German physician, and from the condition in which she was found after Dr. Harry was called in consultation induced that gentle man te believe that she was the victim of malpractice. Her death, he said, was caused by puerperal peritonitis, and ic sulted eleven days after her child (which is still living) was born. The biith wa.-; premature, having been brought en by ever-exertion of the mother. Dr. Siller ii his own defense stated that the babe wan born before his arrival, and that owing te the dangerous condition of the woman, caused cither by her own or her husband's i-v)rance. he had called in Dr. Harry. 'Squire McFadden would net take bail for Dr. Siller, who was much prostrated by the charge made against him, and he was kept under surveillance at hiu own home by Constable Patterson until this morning, when he was brought te Lancaster and taken before Judge Living sten, who admitted him te bail in the sum of $2,000. Allegations of ether cases of malpractice are made against Dr. Siller, and he is charged with being a quack, but he declares that be graduated at a German medic.il college thirty-five years age. A Fearful rail. Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, Annie Lefevre, a domestic in the family of Adelph Albert, North Lime street above Orange, while engaged in washing a second story window, climbed outside the window and steed upon the sill. Lesing her balance she fell te the ground below, injuring herself severely, but breaking no bones. Dr. Atlee was sent for and at tended her, and it is thought she will be about again in a few days. She had been cautioned net te get outside the window, but thinking she could de her work better in that position, she elimbed out with the result stated. vn., ,t- . j
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