O'x. b F JWP W x: :VS1- sfcW -V$C -f,'' CW4 ' .V v?l 'f arcfia$te .r: ' -v ?,? .T.p". T ii- . - k" VOLUME XXI NO. 223. LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1885. PRICE TWO CENTS. Af V,l 9k 1 I'v I AT 'niGA0!, Seme Pictures of Life Behind the Prison Walls. THE STORY OP CHARLES GIBSON. I'alhetlc l:terl)'ii of )l ,in Henry Are he llmeinit Hying In Captivity 7-lli. Iliiz. zaril'iiCtiiiveriiltiii .liihmiy t'rutv lit Werk anil Happi I.lttle Jiiku ti.uiptnay ''cRKl"B Awuy IIie hlery et Nelcil Crliiilu.il Wlin lirukn .lull lliren Tl mi's. The J udas trees In tlie fieut yard el tlie Lancaster all are nil abloom ; mid lrem tlie sidewalk thore stretches nil te tlie south n magnificent v low et hill mill dale, mid of patches or tlie w hiding Cotiestog.i, glistening llke u polished miner In tlie ultorneou hum. On the blue hills of tlie Mlne rldge thore is a glorious h.ie Unit softens tlie eutline or tlie dim porsiectiv e and tlie wliole l.indseaie Is ii lalrer vision than that which old Moses .iw from l'isgah'shelght, whonlie was permitted te leek ii)eii hiitnotteonlor Inte tlie Prom Prem ised Ua ml, Within the Jail wall ouclesuro alew uin VicXs me lounging In their striped dollies, lazily cutting iiw.iy tlie long grass ainund thoedgool'thogardun heds with sickle and lawn mower. Down thoie in tlie shade el the wall, sits old Jim llenry, them.m who went te jail Ter the Iongest term that any piisonerovorh.td hehind whom tint black iron deer clanged, shutting Ireodein out. It has been nearly fourteen years hIiiue the pco pce pco ple el Cliettmit Level and vicinity wote uakem.il te Indignation ene morning with thunewsth.tl somebody had stolen Temmy Clark's horhe ,ind burned his barn te hide the lesser crime. In the Iresh mud limy lol lel lol lewed the tracks easily and cune uixm the herse thiel led-hauded w illi his booty. They nearly lynched him; and when cooler coun cils prevailed and he was brought te court and raihouled thieugh for arson and herse thelt, Juslice Mould net be satislied Willi less than twenty j ears. Ami he get it. Me has beh.iv oil hluiseir well, and the worst bleaches or discipline that are laid te his charge con sisted In baking a Tew cakes and " slipping them te the women," when he was in the prison bike house. lie has a kind heart, and a stitfleg Ireiu iheuinatisni. Me walks wlthacaue and minds the chickens down there this nUeruoen. Ter years his family did net knew where he was ami he al ways bade his daughter, ler whom he had much loudness, dim this letters te him "m caroerCapL J. P. Woise," his employer, lint us he wouldn't go tosee her, she ciuiu mi horeonoil.iy, and let the Unit time learned tlie wliole Kid slery. She was loyal, however, te her llliil loe mill duty; but lately her letteis lue i eased mid iieIhnIv knows what is the last phaseal this athetfe and lern uitie story. There are stories or lile behind and ontside thejiil walls as vivid as any the muclists oer invented. Jim Henry necr denied taking the horse. I IkiIIevu they coin i ted him el stealing the halter, tee, te pile up the sentence. Hut he alwiiys main tained hisinmM'eiiioertlioarsoii, mid he does te this day, mid these who knew him belloe him. Commutation will seen bring his twenty j ear term te a close. Did it ever occur te jeu hew many people cheroareiujall who ought net te lx thure ? Net se many perh ips as or lliose whoaie out or jail and ought te be in. Thore comes n German ceuiit with a red Manuel cloth tied around his threat and death riding astride his shoulders. Me has a hit et toast and a liltle kcttloel tea, and mournfully s iys te Keeper Iiurklielder that nothing will stay en his stomach. Me hasn't long te live. Most people think hels Innocent. Me was eotilctcd,withauethei ti.imp named Sliebht, el nipe en a girl out around Lltitz. Them are peculiar circumstances attending tlie cise and seme developments following, which go far te establish their guiltlessness. Fer Iwo years, J hear, they line had 5100 Invested hi a professional engagement togcttliomp.it tegcttliomp.it togcttliemp.it iloneil. Fmm what 1 learn, tlicieisu vcty stieng probability that lliose men am sullot sullet Ing net fin thegullt of cthers, but ler a crime that w.is never committed. II se, there isa leatlul icspeiiKlhility soiuewhoio. Lent, the limn who leeks as it he was lining by inches, h is respectable t ounei'tiens in Germany w he have only recently been allowed te knew his situation. Theso rajHi utses ought te Ih v ery t ileum ileum spectly censldeied. There was great honor hi Celerain seme months age ev or the slery told by a young girl who was round Hed In a cow stall and w he related the atrocious tie.it inent she had liceivcd lieni a masked as sailant. 1 am bound te say that eniilar opinion has settled down te tlie belle! that her story was altogether imaginary, it it was net deliberately Invented. Thesix men whom Judge Patterson sen tenced te tlireej ears at sep irate and seliUny cenllnemeut and hard labor, mu among the host men In the jail, but one of them is out el his head and is tormented with im.iiriuaiy lears tiiat are din ing him lean cr.iy. Three j ears m jail for being without home, ami work and iriends ! Ami this In the li.uue el justice! . Theie is a man el geed lace, a mech ink et extraordinary skill, with asousitive, nervous temperament, slowly raking oil tlie grass. Me has been lieie sixty days and he don't knew hew much longer he must stay, be cause judgment was lecovered against him en mi action "in tort," and he hasn't the money te pay It ! The coin id's suit does net tit hiiuatidhe would notneedtopittit en un less he wanted te ceme out mid Inhale the lresh air and leek at the blue sky, te heir tlie remns in tlie cnerry nee and te watcli tlie vegetables shouting up through the clods. All or theso things are lroe, te rich and peer alike, but he sloeH behind Iren belts lit cause he hasn't fctufl te pay the judgment ng-ilnst him, though he could have Gained It In the dajs that he has bieu locked up. It Is no wonder Keeper llurkhulder U re luctant te glv e i en a sight into " Hummers' Mall," and keeps behind the deer while you stare through the gratings at the aw till sxe sxe sxe taole thoie. He honestly admits that it isa burning shame, mid frankly asks whit can he de. lTnder the orders of the directors he keeps In that pen new seme thirty or rerty men the total sometimes runs up te eighty, then down te fifteen of all ages and all con ditions el squalor and vice. It is a bleak, bare room without a stltck of tuniltuie ex cept a water ettwet, three beunls and a wash line. Dickens never drewa picture of mere terrible degradation than that which the Christian men and women of this city and county have at their very deer in this prison ven. There are hardened criminals with hoielossisago, mid little bios who will be apt pupils no doubt hi this school of v u e mid sink of bh une. A well-known young mm or this city, ioer, weak iluvll, given te ililtik, uuets veu with his com plaint : " A pretty place te put a eltl.en, isn't it? 1 haeleen heiesixteeiul lys and h.n e feu i teen mere U serv tv, Neai ly all et these jicople are lousy. We get n ieuiid of bread ev cry day and seuii twice u week, sleep en this deer, without !cd or cover, and are herded in hem all together, tramps ami tralu-rlders, vagrants and drunkards." The keeper corroborates nil that heKiymuid tells you far vvone, whlle u half scere of threaten ing llgurcs mid scowling faoes gathe In n btiiut-cia'le behind the grating and cull iew n tierce imprecations tiixiii a maimglment which siiBUilnsHiicliu puee. I Huspytj: there are a few nluudoueil wretches in tiiat lle chamber fur whom it is net tee bad! but 1 ! cannot bollevoUmt euy citizen of Laftcustur, even nn habitual drunkard, or th it homeless vagrants or wayward IsiyH who have net yet learned the rudiments of crime, should lMJNuhccted te the horrible, brutalizing mid hcstlnliring associations or this place. It cannot be that any soul cm come out of them unsearril, mid I doubt II any ene can onter tills place se vicious ami degraded that he w ill net be made werse by twenty-lour hours slay. lCvery cltl.en who has the stomach te endure it should go and see Hummers' Mall mid read the moral of IL K It steed In Centre Kqiiare, in full vlew of popular contemplation, public indig nation would r.mi it te the ground with in a week. What I can't understand is hew the Judges, Iho grand jury mid the prison lusMicters line cud u led It se long. l''er Hed's sake quit talking about the uursu or iMil.ygamy away tint thore en the horizon or I'Lih ; quit pi caching about the conversion or the heathen en All ic's coral strand (There are tin heathen anymore amid (ireenlaml's ley mountains; they are aHeoiiverlod up thore mid have no bummers' halls) quit praying for China and sending missionaries te Japan; point your Christian artillery at Hummers Mall. Don't seiid the public: money en a training school for crime. Don't piop.tgate tliu seeds of sin, and call it prison discipline ami the administration et justice, ir you keep en vvitli that jiolley, you will need a new Jail every ttu years. daily tripping down the GUI is comes Johnny Ctew, en his way te work. Me wa"ii'l sentenced lc hard lalsir, but he asked ler something te de tlie llrst day he get in and is getting I it in the warp room. 1 think Ills nieustai he Is lading. Tluee scarlet wjimen Hewers, Auiwake and Keltz are silting up stairs, in ene cell, culling carpet rags ami llke Iho Chicago man, wondering if any of the ten cumin tuduiculs escaped from the Old Testament revisers. Ike liuz.ird has net .vet heard th it In Iho new version, 1'rev, xlll. Jit, lias been chmged Treiii "the way el tr.insgiessers Is Innl" le "the way of the treacherous Is ragged" ; but that makes no dlllerence te him. Me is a changed mid ((inverted mm, and savs he has found ieaca Ne class-leader was ever moredevout in his prolessjens than he, mid though he sutlers lrem killing health, his wings have (eased te beat Impatlciillyng dust the prison hais mid he hopes ler Alie's re turn, only that he in ly experience a louver leuver louver sieu el heart. The j dl is well Idled. Theie am an average el lull under the keeper's charge, but none of them, he siys, is, se te sjieak, " desperate." The great lick is want or pieper room ami accommodations for work ; the limits am damp cells, ill ariaugcmeut, insecure walls, ixxir ventilation and that stinking, lousy Mummers' Mall. Ne prisoner has get mm the wall since lUlrkholder raised it mid put the loot en. I don't think his breed el chickens as gissl as was Jack Wolse's. It Is tee bid te letthem gr.ie right in sight et the inmates el Hiiiumeis' Mall, who would very seen line spring chicken ler lunch it Ihey could tempt a pullet within reach. liiltlu Jake (iaugaway,slmple beul, brought up hi the llnvkueck weed i, who Is charged Willi causing a wieek that killed somcliedy en the Reading A Celuiubii railroad, leeks uiij thing lint a meunter, as hesitsiu IIiosIhhi IIiesIhhi maker simp pegging a ay en a Ne. II ler the keeper himsuir, vvlm is coming down with him te the i unit house w hen he gels the sen tence whiih has been withheld new ter a year. Don't, dear judge, semi him te the Heuse el" Itiruge. Iiurklielder tells me the twiisl he hits en hand are graduates Ireiu thai mIhxiI. Mike tiuiuph is handling tlie awl mid kipstoue, tee, and asks alsiut (Milltlcs in the 1'iiiirth ward. He wants te h.ne a card showing the location or the liie alarm Isixcs; lie is he i euuts tlie strokes as he lies in bed, ami (heugh he has quit running te Ores he likes te knew w here they are. viuiii.r.s aniiexn .ttrioiiietui.ii'iiv. 'I he 'I me Mmy el III l.ir anil Ailvnntiiii'it an Tnli! Iiy lllmicir ami Ceiiltrincil liy ClnuiiiKl.iiKeK. All tlie while, in making lliose ass1ng observations, I have been getting towards the cell of Chalks (iibsen, leuvktcd or herse stealing, who Is solving out a term which has been interrupted by three escapes, nml was only i ecently resumed when he was m capluicd with Jee droll en the Welsh inoiin ineiin tiln. I'm ene el the escapes he was scutem ed te eighteen mouths, additional te the eight ears et his original sentence, and by these various complications he is unable, mid he says the prison clerk is thus far pu.led te ligure out just hew mill h time he hits te serve yet. He had his story all written out ler the Ini i;i,i.in:M'i;it, but m.ide some verbd corrections, explanations mid addi tions, until It steed substantl illy as fellows, some el the tacts stated lining been given In answer te direct questions : Clmrli'8 (iUiMinit linn Murj, 1 am a n illve of Allegheny, :i7yo.irsel age, and my family are icspectable people. I have wealthy mid iiitlueiiti.il connections, mid el eleven brothers and sisters, el whom nil but three survive, 1 am the only ene who ever git into trouble. My mother died 10 cently ef.cUhm.i. She was a long sutlorer, and the deslru te see her was one of the causes that impelled me te frequent jail breaks. She died while I was out the last time, and myself mid three brothers were her rill-bearers. When a mere lad 1 was implicated in a burgl.uy and sent le tlie Western penlten timy where I lust met Jehn Kiankferd, in October 1NS8. Subsequently, m company with lteddy Jacobs, became le our house in I'ittsbuig, alter he had lieen en a visit te a step biether in Akren, O., (where he Is re potted te have died.) Hut he did net die. Huisulive and well; and I knew where. Me told me gicat stories el what a line place Lancaster was, and I came en hore te him in tlie Cuiilenni.il year, Just nine ye.us age te tlie day. On July 7, lb'il, while en anproe I married his daughter, though 1 have really never lived with her ami idler a row days noversaw her again. I went te Maryland and there tccelv oil and disjiosed el herses stolen by Frankfort!. I would ceme up te whom w'ehid ah.uT-way house, te which lie would i oiue with the plunder, ltoulien Hier's herse was brought down that way; and 1 was todisiiesoot It. Krankrerd, w lien in jail tried le get a pir pir den, and hi elder le de se, put thu lespousi lespeusi blllty el his crime and punishment upon me. That was ahke raise, treu.-lioreusand migrate ink Me enticed me riem my home, llowase'l mid I was 'JO when we met. Who is likely te have been the seducer ? When we worn in lialthuoreouoor the ether had te take the chances el disposing el the herse in public. I took his place because he had a wile mid children j and he imilerloeW if I get into double tii get me an able lawyer. When the detecllv es hauiled the auctioneer a telegram about the herse being stolen Frankfenl (euld h no get me out el the scrape by help ing te prove that I bought the horse, as we had arranged, but he get away and lea me stick. I kept a close mouth and nev er gav e him away; and perhaps I was a feel lord, mid doservo te sutler. I'hllip Haker brought me te Lam-aster ; I was tried anil my do de do lense was botched ; in Noveiuber 187tl, I was sentenced te eight years impiisenincnt. (iiiise.N e.v i;scavi:s. It does net take much skill te break out of jail w hen evciytltlng is provided ler Ik I nev or had such a " pudding" as the convicts who broke out of the cigar shop, or thasa who played the "bird c-age" lilck. The het!K)is wote tee geed then ler tholrewn geed, iriuft te lilinselfaiid Ills own rosetircos Fraukreril would still lie here. I was put in cell Ne. -i ; l'hares Annstiud was in til. u c-M!aieil July til, lt7& lent down te tlie U 1 iriiuil we had ciinnectleu between our cells. I took AriiifcUutl along. We feuiiil the back tellar deer open anil wontever the wall. We walked as far as Mlddletewii barefoot ; thore took a freight te Httsburg and followed Nejes' chcus leSt. IiOiils, and Uick te ritts buig. There I was given away by "Jack iSheppard," whom I rcgarded as my best tileiid. Me was mi ex-convict of eloven years, and had been- put en my track by warilen II Ii. Wright, or the "Westeni ponltentlary, te whom he tlollverod me up mid who handed me ev or te AL Hmitli. 1 would never lmve tried te escajie, but for tlie vicious treatment 1 rocelvod. Weko auU Hmitli I Kit li had a splle ut me. They took even the strings en tot my cell ; they gave me iniiggelty lue.it ) threatened te Iren me nml hobiitemo te the lloer; they and Hen Trout treated me liken deg, l'.vcn when Welse shot Frank ford he thought it was I whom he was lltlngut. It was their cruel treatment made inti break Jail, ami w hen I get back nml found It rccuted and them still in charge I resolved te go its seen as I could again. ii ih hi.cenii issuAri:. My tie.xt clmucu came July 'Si, 1S71), when Ilnmbrtghl anil Cli.ts. (Joetlm.iu mid I get out through the Hue. We cut the Iren-clad walls of Ne. 11 ; and, In ertler luuase up their side, Wolseand his rrlends tried te make itappear that the Iren was veryselt; though It was a-leurlh of mi Inch thick and In sheets 7 by I. I went te I'hiladelphi.i with Ham bright and lest him In New Yerk ; came back te Philadelphia, mid In a spirit el nils chlcl, (Mine le Uini-aster ; seme heys out at I'euU's brickyard, near Dlllervllle, repented me, and the iiolice came out hulditl net knew me. They thought llmnbright and I vvfare together, ami asked me if I had seen a man with a high hat and another with him travel ing as an umbrella mender. I told litem In which direction they hud goue, nml when they drove up the Inue I mounted the dirt rreightiiiid went le Pittsburg; thonce toNow teNow toNew lMirt, Ky., where I worked ut my trade ns Heater in the rolling mill, nml made as high as rrem fS te ?7 per day. I have also the trades or cigirmaker and saddler te keep me when Inn el ing. I went le Wheeling, mid dually came back this way. On May 'I, IHSII, 1 was picked up at Columbia as a train lider ami sent te Jail ler ten da.s. Nene or the keepers rei oguled me, and 'by seme ei rer ! was discharged in live days. When I llrst came in Frankfenl and llaiulirlulit re(eir- niz-ed mu from their cell gratings, ami I kissed my hand te Frauklerd. I went back te Pittsburg and beat an ac quaintance named Hilly Caldwell outel his best girl. That beat inc. He was jealous ami wanted me away. He heard I was a luglttve. 1 was arrested en suspli ion of but gl.try at (rceiisliurg mid acquitted; but Caldwell who haiKome te con it en a lawsuit saw me mid I was again given up helore I could gel out of the court house. him riilitn LSI Vl'l.. They ii.xed up cell Ne. ,12, with (hilled iron, mid it is light III trout el where the kccicrs.it byd ly and Iho watcli man at night Meantime thc tried us ler jail-breaking ami M.iiubriglitget two years mid three months ler thai, and I get eighteen mouths. 1 undo up my mind te get out again, right in trout et thelrees; and I did. 1 cut oil the rivet heads, worked down under the ( ell deer, get into the cellar, tunneled nuclei thu deer, get into tlie Irike house, iH'iit the poker into a hook and from a tree made my way ever the wall. This was en New Year, lvii 1 left Willi Weise. HKTII.nil IIOWN "1(1 llfhlNI.SS. I tired three months en the II. A O. read Irem Ceuneltsville, Pa, le Cumberland, Md., ami then went Intending bar en Pemi avenue, Pittsburg. After a year of this I opened a saloon with a pirtner. I went by my own niine; the detectives knew me and that 1 was wanted. I w as never molested mid was le Is) let alone as long as I staid away rrem Umcaster county. I was in iking money and doing well. Oneday In I'ebrutry, Jee (liell, who had been cigar making in Pittsburg, came in ami we renewed acquaintance. I began te get letters, signed Abe liuzaid, asking me te ceme te tlie Welsh mountain, that he w ished te sce me en particular business. .Se we talked it ever and concluded te come. We get here early in tlie morning. I w cut te see Frank lord's in irned d uightei and then we went out the New Helland turnpiie until the skige came along. It was nearly dark when we get (low n there, and te threw the peeple oil their gu.uil inquired about Ike McCarthy at Vogmsville, and pretended we were going there. Jee albs ted te mistake tlie Kplirala hills for the Welsh mountains; we played deles lives in search et lluz.ird nml soma of the farmers rather reluctantly ilirccUsl us te l.ousctewn, where we seen leiind Mart ; we staid en the hilt nil night; there isn'tahouse there lit te sleep in; they me all lousy ; Alie won't stay In them ler that reason, as well as because he is afraid of being trapiicd. Mart brought A Ihi te usiiext d ly ; he was surprised te see us mid we seen found out he hail net written the letters. I believe Mart did it, and that he and Hew man trapped us. I m-all new that the hand writing was like Mart's, as 1 remember it onto when I went through his vest pockets In jdl mid leiiuil a letter them te the district atter uey Irem him tillering te squeal. Abe directed us to'the bam we slept in, mid 1 guess he told Mart, but net intending that he should give us away. I Iiel lev e Mart is steal ing chickens uveiy night ; and Alie savs Hiiwmaii stands in with iiim ; that he would llke Abe te steal horses and take them te the mountain where Hen man could recover them and get the reward. They say Abe h ts kit the mountain. I don't belies e It. Me is saler there, he knows, than any where else. The only name I ever assumed was Jehn Wilsen; en that I was committed here as u tramp the time uoliedy recoguled me. (iibsen lsa geed-looking young fellow, of much natural intelligence and easy, phasant address. Me npcars te Indulge in his (H (H capules mere hi a spirit et devilment than ler inore desiorate purioses. He s.ns he sutlers some rheumatism in his damp cell, which he keeps scrupulously clean. Molsvery bitter against Weise and .Smith, but sajs Iiurk Iiurk leolder is humane ami giv es them clean feed. Me declares that he knows two distinct mid practicable incslesel" escape, but will net try tlieiu; he has resolved te stay his time out, but he hasn't get teligien. I gtve veu the tale as 'twas told te me. Hiniiiiaii. ritntiirrvi. rmvurti. What 1'niiikliii Count) Is r.ijlni; In Keep ViiKraiiti nml CrlinliiiilH. Kkiiii tliu liiiiilicrsliuiK Valk'i Bplrlt Frem the 1st d ly or Nev. te the 1st day or May, a ioiled el six mouths, tliu cost te Franklin county el keeping lliose lay va grants reached the enormous mid unparal leled sum et f II, 000, of wlili h amount thu shciltl rcicivcd, solely ler loeil supplied, ever $10,000, Iho icmaiudcr, less that S1,000, going te tlie police, constables mid justices ler their laliers. Ill addition te this outlay the shcrill has received in the S.UU0 time nearly f-,000 ler bearding what are known as court prisoners, that is criminals sentenced by the court te lodgment in the county! til, making a grand total el cash paid Intelifs hands el' ever SI'A (Mhl, eran aveiage et $,(KKl nor month since November 1, last, for supplying feed nlone te vagrants mid criminals. In this sum, it must lie remembered, no account is taken of any ether jail expenses than Iho I nod supply. ilignsthesuiii is it would nut seem much outel the way hail our county almshouse been closed during that isiried and had no untortunnte uuiers been fed mid sustained there. Hut whlle the sherill was running tills costly hotel for tramps the doeis or the almshouse were wlde open and in tlie six mouths Indicate the sum el f 10,000 was re quired te meet its needs. Taking tills sum with that expended at the jail we tlnd that In the six months just past Franklin county has given for tlie suppoitet tramps, criminals and paupers the am.tzing amount of nearly -1,000, equal te a semi-annual contribiiUitlen ul llfty cents from each man, woman mid child in the county. llailly Hurt liy lllR htene. Thursday aftoriieon about -ISM) o'clock, Patrick Devlua, efPruvIileuce, 11. J., one of the empleyes et the contractor w he is lectin hlriicling the biidge ever Liltle Chiques, near Mt. Jey, was very severely injured. It appears that whlle running a gondola ctr en a sltllug, the ear struck a large stone, weigli ing about ljjtiiu, which tluew' it overen Devlua, bred; ing both hones of the left leg atxive tiionukle ; he Is se severely hurt that the leg w ill probably have te he amputated. A IlruUil I'ullcemiiu. James McFnrlautl was nearly clubbed te death by rel Iceman Fernavvalt, in Lebanon. McFarlund was dragged seme distance, placed in a whoelbarrow and takontetho shttlen heusa Tlie ofllcer will be arrasled. The inatter will be thoroughly invostlgated. Fernavvalt says McFurlaud vvus drunk mid reslstecl arrebt. AN APPALLING THA6BDY. . , .i Ay J.v.v.i.vi; IIW.V.1.Y iim.s a tuny axj j. lir.imv.iA- nuitsi.ii. Tlie llrmiiUiil llitil el Mm. I'.llralpitli .Martin, of lVqura Tuuiilil SIlieu Cat lie, Tnu CiiIIm, nml III" Valuable Ciiiilciiln of it Uirge Hani Tiilally ChiimiiiiciI. An iipialllng tragedy was enacted lie tweeu iiiiiu and ten o'clock en Thursday uvenliig In l'equca township, about ene mile ljulevv Willow Stieet, by wliidi Mrs. Fllrabeth Martin, wile of Albeit Martin, wns burned bevenil leeeg. tiitluu, mid a large nml valuable barn, lic lic leliglng te VM K, Mylln, containing many cattle, live sleck, hay, straw, farm imple ments, wagons, etc., was totally consumed. The rumor of the disaster reached Ijinc.isler eaily this iiiernlng and the iNrni.MOKNOnit promptly dispatched lcpresontatlves te the scene el' Iho calamity. The full p.ullcul.irs in (therewith given : In nue of tliu most fertile mid beautiful parts or the Peipiea valley, en the Pert !)o !)e !)o peslt mad, net mere than a uille below the thriving village el WiUew Htrect, is an un un pictentleus (arm beuMi that would net at trai t the notice or tlie p:iH.ser-by, hut for the coiiiiikmIIeiis bank barn that long steed about 100 lect north of the dwelling. Leeking out fiem the percli of the house te the west one may sce the railroad a short distance nway winding Its course along the valley te Quar ry v ille, The farm house is placed back from Die read about twenty feet ami has a window en either side of the main entrance, which is III the middle of tlie building. i in: ei ct'i'ANTs or i in; rvitM net si:. In Iho coy home, with breui cultivated Holds stretching away en either sIde,live two lamllles, whose heads am Jehn Mylin, son nflhe owner or the farm, mid A 1 licit M.utln, who for the past three or four years has been the tenant fanner of the phue. The south slde of the house was occupied by Jehn Mylin and wife, who moved thither en April I. The northern halt or the dwelling was used by Albert Martin, his wile Klizabcth, mid his three children, two boys and a girl, thu latter being only live months old. .Sirs. Martin ler many vears had been in bad mental health, hut this was net siilllcieul te unlit her rer household werK anil recently she had shown signs of great improvement. Frequently did she make threats that she would hike her lile ittid a strlt t gu inl was nlwavs kept en her hi the fe.tr that she might carry out her design. Itecently, howevor, she had lieen tu ting in such a cheerful man ner that It was loudly believed that her mental malady was passing nway. Incuts afterwards proved that it was but the calm th it prci eded tlie storm. nn: viniiT iinieui: i m. tii vei.nv. Lust night Mrs. Martin was in particularly gay humor, as Jehn Myllnsaid, "sheiA'cmed mere herself limn he had ever bolore scen her." The farm house Inmates, w he had been anxious itbeiit her because lour weeks age she had set llre te the cut tain ether bed, be gan new te Icel th.it there was no cause Ter alarm alsiul her. On the occudeii mentioned she had en sisjmg the bl.iing curtain called te thu hired girl te extinguish the ll.tme. 'I hls,i tw. is believed, showed tiiat the act was a mere freak ami net the result of a long medi tated plan of destruction. Therofero it was that win u 0 o'clock came leuiidwith Mrs. Martin's high spirits still unabated, Inith families retired in thu belter that iier complete mental restoration was close at hand. In the northern half of thu hoife en the llrst lloer was the sleeping apartment el Mr. mid Mrs. Martin. 'I his contained two beds w libit wure used ro re siectively by tlie hu ilrmii ami wife. It had long been Mr. Martin's custom le lock Iho deer leading from his room te the trout lm Ii ami te Like the key te lied Willi him, in the fear that his w'ite would de some harm. Her rational conduct ler some time lust had disarmed his lears, and last night the key v as left hi the lock. nil. m vrru ni vr rnu.ii nn. iiakn. Anether of Mr. Martin's piee.uiliens was the placing out of his wile's real h all the matches en the premises. Hut a few were left in the match box at a lime, these siillkient ler one day's consumption. U-ist night there wcre three in tlie box. Mr. Martin used two In obtaining n light, and the thhd was kit. 't'liis morning it was net there, audit isceulidently hclievcd lh.it with this tliu uiilertuuate woman tired the kirn mid Iter own funeral pyie. Te mi l.N h.i.i.kii.nc Kit rcHirter thestiltk cu husband told the following sad story : "Wowentte bed as usual about o'clock last night, I'.liubeth being in very chierful mood. I was very tired and seen lei I asleep. I noticed that she nursed bur btbyte sleep without disrobing. After tiiat 1 can recall nothing until alsiut 10SJ0 o'clock, when I was awakened by the alarm raiseil by Mr. Mylin who llrst discovered tlie llamcs bursting Irem the east em! of thu turn. I rushed out as quickly us possible hi my night clethes te de what I could tu save tiny or thu property, hut leund that nil ellerts weie useless, us the whole structure was wrapiicd in lire. 1 relumed le my room and leiiuil te my hoi rer that my wife was net there mid that her hed was undisturbed. Hurrying te the match li, 1 saw the single match was missing. Then tlie drcadlul truth burst upon me that my wile was the author of the lite anil was in all probability at that very time in the burning building. The thought imtieivud me, but I did what I could te check the llamcs te prevent their spread te the house which was only 100 feet uwny. Forttmately a brisk east wind was blowing, and our house, which lies te the south, escaped de struction." I III! III'IINKI) IlVltN. The bain was a large ftame sliuclure 107b reel resting en a stene foundation that pro jected four or llve lect fiem the ground. It steed en the Pert Depesit re.ul n little north of the house. Allne p.itrofhciileswas eiectetl between the heuse and Irani. When the llamcs wcre llrst discovered the root had lallen In mid it was tee late te attempt te s.ne anything. The neighbors rallied te the rescue, but all that could lie doue wtisthe saving of the fences mid tlie directing of ellerts te keep the lire from taking the ilitce ilitce lien In which the heuse lay. The contuutsef the barn wero owned entirely by Mr. Mylln. Inthoupiier uut woretfl cases of '81 toliacce, 100 bushels el wheat, 1!00 bush els or corn, 15 tens or hay and a large quantity or straw; all wure consumed, unwe wagons, soniter. two wind mills and power, noth ing was loll but thu lien. Ten head el' hit steeis, four stock steers, two cows and two valuable colts were roasted in the stable. Strange te say, one steer which had been lied with a weak chain, bioke loeso mid oscaiied lrem the ulaiile, tiller tlie nre iiekhii. this morning he was Iciitnd salu mid sound ut Mr. Mylln's otlier larni, semu distance away. The burned cattle looked llke huge pieces of roast beet this morning. The large pair of scales, used ler weighing cattle, hay, Ac, which wero utmost new, hail tlie weed work burned away completely, and they are mined. A large wagon which steed outside, but near the lurn, was burned te the tires. Tlie contents of the barn, Including the stock, was Insured for f 1,000 In the Farmer's Mutual Insurance company of Lancaster county. Mr. Mylln estimates his less en these at nbetit $.1,000. The ham was insured ler $l,ti00 in the s.11110 company, but It cost ?i,100 when It wns built nine ears age. I'lNlUNll THU VVOMAN'iS ItllMAI.NiS. Tlie barn hud n stout partition i mining cist and w est through lis ccntre, en which wero mortised upright pests at bhert intervals. These wero Hoarded te the height or llve or six reel, thus separating Hie two rows el skills, the cittle standing tail te Ull. Tite pests i -l.l 1 it. n .Im1 iittj M-tf flhrt liltlllllltf OXlOUllUU lO MIU Klxllul u '"" """"IHfti though only bearded, us mentioned, about live feet up. The bones of a female, pre sumably theso or Mrs. Martin, wero found hi tlie ceutre of the kirn at that point of the partition vvhore u pest had onto steed. On the north slde of the partition was found the charred remains of a skull, hip bone and teeth us well ns n hair pin mid a glass button of the ehomise worn by Mrs. Martin. On the beuth slde lay portions of thobenosof the low or limbs. Some of the bon03kadiuasic.seruoah btickitig le them, whlle ethers wero os brittle as pipe stems. iSn intense and long-continued was (he heat that buta small (sirtieu of the remains weie tliere te tell the ghastly slery. Dr. Miller, of Uitiipcter, pronounced the remains theso of a woman. two Tiineiiir.s or 1 1 ii riuunDV. Frem the position or the roinalns,twe thoo theo thoe rlos te account for the trngedy are advanced. ItlsposslblelhutBho Jinnged liorself te the ixist near where she was leund, her charred body distributing itself en both Hides of the Partition when the pest tell. This theory Is held by theso who insist that the physical lialn el the lire would Juive drlven hernwny If she had net lieen In seme vvny ixiwerlcss. They point te the additional fact that she was leund alougslile of the carcass et her litis, band's cow for which she had manifested great nlloctlen, te ex plain that she did net go Inte the secend story or the building. The ether theery Is that she was In the second lloer w hen It gave way, mid that this would account for the distribu tion or her remains en both sides or the parti tion. Thu circumstantial evidence that might build up cither theory is missing, iMjcattse or the absolute and complete d&struelleii wrought by the llre. The dead woman wasalsiul.!()ye.ini or age and was the (laughter or Jehn lliell, who resides en the ether slde of the valley. She Is said le Inherit her mental unsoundness Itemlhu in ilernal slde of her house. Ten years age she was married le Chris. Leumati, who died iiIkiuI two years tiller. She was married teMr. Marliunbotitllvejcarsago and her domestic relations were as happy as wcre ossihle for a woman laboring under her mental misfortune. The tragle event has cist n drop gloom ever the w hole Kotith Ketith Kotith ern end of the county. tin: roiteNim's imjijimi. Coiuuer Heiialii in v isited thu scene et the coiillagiatieu lids morning and Impanelled a Jury te held mi inquest en what u malnecl of the burned woman. The Jurers worell. F. Howe, II. L. Tmut, Christ, li.ist, Dr. n. W. Miller, ltuiiben I). Ilerr and Jehn I less. They leund tli.it the woman i.une te her death by being burned in a Hie, slatted by herself whlle insane. l,AM!ASTi:it IS. iiu:sies. 'I Im IIihiki Tciiii Sun cclii Iho l.uliiu V ittvrclay. Tim Tn nteus niailu their first appearance in this city jesterilty, when they met the I-tucat(jr club at McOrauu's park. The aucllciK.e was small; the game verygoed. The v Islters did net keep their reputation of being sluggers, as they had but six singles oil Yot7ek The Uinea-slerdid liltle better with Herner, but wcre lucky hi bunching their hits in the early part or the game, whlle theso or the Trentms weie bcatteied. Hetli pitchers were inclined te be a little w lid, but the holding or the teams was about equal, tnd very line. Ohllield.mil Parker carried oil thu honors of the home team by their Due work with diltlcult llles in the eut-1'uhl. The score tells the wliole Lile, and hem It is: LANCASTMI. I- V K ci; a, e l i ii l u ii e II e 1 1 i ; e ; il i l ii i - " I'nrkur, 1 Olilflclil, r llvlimil, i. VPllllll'j, ill lleirnnl, c Hen ilcl.H Mack, l '1 iillllley, s. Hi lCl, p slivtzlhif, .1 nuclei", i lCII7'l. in tflMMllll 111,1 AIIOI t, H Harnei, ( llerni r, i llltlllllllllK, J Told 'let 111 i, :n'i INM.M1D. ..0 1 3 I) (I 0 Liurastui 'I rviilun 1 0 0 0 U U 0 I SUMHAIIV K.ilneil inure LiuiciiHtcr, .'. la It en baxi'v '1 ii liten.c; ; IjincastiT, 1. Ilniitili lit ijs slicl line unci l.eiHlinan, 'I einncy unci MaiK. htlncK Ollt lllMltllll, I. I.IOIC-.Lstl l,.1 II.U.VN en Killx 'I ri-nlen, 3 . Liiiiiiutter, .' lilt by l!.ill Illl.iiul ami llollenl. l'a-cl bills llollenl, I ; Hainci, Warner. 1 Wild iillitiu- lliirucr, I Time el irmie (me hour ami lerly iiiliiuti-s. Unmiti Cinry. H.tse ball vesterdav: At Philadelphia: Phll.uleliiliia 0, SU Leuis :i; l'rovldence: Chicago 10, Providence 0; New Yerk: Htillalu I, New Yerk :i ; Husten: Hosteu I, Detroit 'J ; Pittsburg : Pittsburg 8, Athletic :i ; Cincinnati: Haltimere 11, Cincinnati 10 ; St. Iiuis: ht, Leuis II, Metsl); Wilmiugteu : National e, WiliniiiKteii 5; Jersey City: New.trk I J, Jersey City 7. Dl.llllllllll Illllri. 'Iho Philadelphia hit Marry Holle's pitch ing very hard yesterday. Tlie rain or te-day prevented the second game et the I.mcasler am! Trenten clubs. They vi 111 play te-morrow. The Wilmington club will be here en Monday next. Owing te great dissatisfaction in thoNerfolk chili with Mr. Andy Swan, their manager, th it gentleman has resigned, nml Powell, late el the Viigiuii, has assumed charge. Mr. Swan will remain with the club as a plavcr. i.v i in; ui-J'j:it xxn. himi Neles I retu the I.lliU, ljplnata and M.in lielm I'apet-H. Litilz hslge, Na 25J K. or P., en Wednes day evening celebrated its fifteenth anniver sary. The Oeriiiau ikipllst loveieast at Mehlor's, near LphraLt, vas nover liofero si largely attended as en Tuesday evening. The Itev. Coe. Hucher, of Luliitpeii ; Jaieb Aldlnger, of Yerk ; Jehn Ilerr, of Myerstewn ; Oeo. Smith, of Schuylkill county ; Jno. S. New ( emur, et Meuntvillu; Samuel .ug, of Chiekies and Illmm Uibhle of White Oak, wureainiitig tliu mluistets piesent. Hetty Hosteller, living near Millport, was lehbed MeniUiv night et ever hlly pounds of smoked meal, only sevcial pieces being im loin hud. (loe. f!. Herman, , empleye et the Fph r.it.i planing mill, s Idle epeniting the planer had the broedies tern lrem his loll leg by being caught hi that machine. David Hostetter, a well-known tanner, re siding near Manlieim borough, en the Litil. read, tiled en Wednesday aged about "0 years. As workmen were digging tlie ti ouches for Iho water-pipes in Irent el Frank Miller's tin-shop, in Manlieim en Thursday morning, they discovered about three-and-a-half feet bolevv thosurlacea corduroy re.ul running a distance et in or 10 leet, the logserwhlch are all In a geed state of preservation. Old inhabitants de net romembur of them being placed thore, but suppose that they weie put in in H.ireu Ktiegel s time, overa hundred years age. Atthos.une place wero also leund two sllver Spanish ilullars, bearing dates respectively 1771 and 17b I, ami a United States cent or 1707. Terrible Kiiu.iuay Aitlilrnt. Fiem tliu l.llltr. ltecetil. On Ttiesday ev enlngeii his way home lieni love-least, near Fphratal'haddeus Hiubaker, living near Laudis Valley, met with a seri ous liiuaw.iy accident. When noarOiegon, the spindle et the front right wheel et his buggy bieke, throwing the forepart el' Iho conveyance forward. This se Irightencd the herse that he began running and kicking, threw ing young Hrubaker out, but net In juring him. The herse kept up his wild chase until he cut the tendens and liesli el ene feet se badly that the hoof was turned clear around, leaving the herse te run en thu bone connecting the hoot mid he was se badly injured that the owner was obliged te kill him at once. The forepart of Iho buggy was nil bespattered w ilh bleed, showing that the animal must have made u desporate ellert. Me was Mtltied ut ?Jea Arrcsleil, Iilrntlticit anil CuimuitUil. CousUible SUihl, of Marietta, arrested Lev i Heyor in Lebaunu en Thursday. Heyor is the colored man who assaulted n woak weak woak miiided girl about the llrst of May In Marietta. ltoyer, alias Weed, was taken te Iho olllce or Justice J. W. Kelly, at Marietta last eve ning ami glv en a heating en tlie charge of us saiilt with intent tocemmita rape. Angelina ltlyiulionpiearo(l as the presecutrix, niaile a case out against the uccused mid hi 'default et ball he was committed fur trial at the August sessions. llrlilca llepair. County Commlsslenors Jbtttinan and (lingrlch inspected the brldge at Hrua's mill, ever the 1'eque.i yesterday te ascertain whother the brldge at that ixiitit should be repatrcd nt the county oxpenso. They found that the repairs needed wero such us would have te he dene by the township and they se notified the supervisors. it ii r a k (i ii 1 I ii I .' 1 ii ti 1 I t, '2 II I '.' I II II, 10 12 1 (I I (I I 0, I (I S I I1 0 1 I . 1, (I 0 II i 1 "'"; ir'ri "c I TIlfcNTllS Tleiniiii. r it n a I 0 l 1 ii i 1 ii l ii 1 e (I ii n 0 ITT ISHUl.Tiya TUB VJtESIDV.yT. A rreuli Yeuiie Stan AWm Wanted In Anahrn Mr. Cleveland with Umrehnine , VA8HiNaTON, D. 0., Mny2i Lleulenaiit Ouy, who has been investigating the firing e! the Legan saltite, which oeciined in the Whlle heuse grounds en Wednesday morn ing between two and thrce o'clock, has sworn out warrnnls for the nrrest of Alfred 1'. Cunningham nnd William Lee. An officer was sent toserve the warrant, but was unable te find Mr. Ciinnliigh.ini. The li3t te-day, B.iya "Cunningham has been heard le Bay since the cannonading that he fired the salute elose le the White Heuso en purpese le areuse the prosldent mid let hhn knew that'Legan's olectlen meant n He piihllcan hiicccss in 18SS." The policeman en the beat says that he went up te the group aietiud the cannon and nsked the icasen for the firing. "We aie doing (his under orders," was Cunning ham's reply, nnd Lioutenaut Ouy says that the olllcer did net ask for the exhibition el any permit. The Investigation Is still in progress. V limine; Odltim l!einaln. Wasiiimme.v, D. C, May Ki The ro re ro malnser Proresser Odium, the dead athlete, have been v lowed by hundreds of frlendstii: (loceasefTsince liielr arrival here They arc well preserved and the features mu very life like. Theliiueral services, width will take place fiem the msideucu el Mrs. Hsdicn hreiinei, mi lsth street, whom Odium formerly loomed, will lie cendiielisl by Father Ahern, elSL Patrick's church, .it I p. in. te-day. 1 be interment w ill be made at Mount elivd (cinetery. All the arrange iiu'iils h iv e been i empleted by Messrs, C. S. itlisiie, W m. Dicksen mid Frank K. Ward, rriends el (IchmscmI. The rollewlng named gentlemen will ait as lull-bearers: Win. Dlikseu, F. K. Ward, Washington Nay ler, Jehn A. Kudd, K. M. N.iiiueman and L. 1). Wilghu Siiiimi 'aiill.il Nunc. Wvsiiimhen, 1). ('., May Ji 'I he secre tary el the navy has ordered Captain Hulkuap te thu siiierinteiidcney or the n ival observa tory at Washington alter June 1st. NextThmsday has been determined upon as Iho day for another trial trip or the Dol Del phin. Seciclary H ivanl loll horn te-day le attend tlie luiicr.il or the late Secretary I teliug husen. The president te day appointed the fol fel low ing named gentlemen le bocellociots-l' internal revenue : Win. U. Ihshep, FirstdN trict of Ohie; Asa Kills, First district of Cdiliirnia. Pestmtstci (icneril Vilas has directed that whenever any H)stiii.istcr el the fourth class bIi ill have leni lined hi olllce for llve years lrem the date el tlie taking cllect of his latest ellki tl IkjiiiI, he shall execute a new Ixincl. i in: .iv.vja or vniMi:. A IKlmi llmlnr Cb UKiil Willi All rilli.itur.il OIU-lIM!. Hesie, May Ji Fred. J. (.'arbct.fyijears old, a phisii mu who claims te be a graduale fiem Lomleii, L'ugl.iiid I'niversity, and who has anolliie.it Ne. trct Trimeiit street, Hos Hes Hos eou, was ariesteil at C.imhiidgu last night en a warrant issued uhhi inloriiialieu futnished by his l.Vvc-ai-eld daughter. She sutes th ii her r.ilher's criinhiallty with her began ene mouth alter the death el Jm mother, which eccurmil four mouths age. Sl.lllleil s,,t Vl'alt.i l.ilth, l.iingrr, Pilli.vm.i riliv, May Si Tlie writ el habeas (erpus in the case el Daniel 1 Stan Stan eon, ( barged with thu minder nt Frederu k P. Nash, whidi was te have lccn beard this morning, was withdiawii. It was taken out te have the question et bail determined, but as the district attorney mid counsel ler the rohtter ( euld net agrte, the district attorney ih dining te assent te any bail, it was deemed advisable net te go into tlie hearing el the evidence at this time. Vlilrilcr In tlie llr-t llr-iic. Piiii.vin.i.i'iiiA, May 'Ji Atimu K. cut ler (colored) who en Monday hist pleaded ginlly le the charge el murder hi sheeting her lever, Willi mi II. Knight, was brought iK'tore Judge Mitchell this morning, and he adjudged her guilty el murder in thu llrst degree. Tlie Jfcn erk 'Wire Sti-inKlcr. Nnvv Yeuu, Mav 2i Leuis Franceis, tbe Frenchman accused of strangling his wile Tuesday night, was iermally arraigned at Jellersen Marknt imlice court today. He pleaded net guilty te the di trge of murilei, and the magistnite committed him for dial, bail helm, refused. iiAi-AG j:.s or riu: n4A3im. A Mentana City hullers a bovero Vitll.tlltiii ni 1 Ire. Mll.i.s Citv, Ment., May 22. Fire des troyed about 00,000 v. erth el business prop erty hore last night, taking a block en Main street between Xertli Filth nnd Sixth streets. The .Stock Glower's National bank was slightly damaged. 'Iho bunied buildings are : Mechanlcs' hotel, Cosmopolitan hotel, Judge Ilrewn's building, Jehn Carter's restaumut, King it Ward's saloon, Wright Ilrothers' olllce, Dr. Lobechcr's olllce, It. C. Kichmend, Jowelcry ; Duukee it Wilsen's saloon, Sherburne's store, First National li.iuk, A. K. Savage, drugs. Damaged : Stockbroker's National bulk, stoics of J as. Celeman and C.tpU Jehn .Smith, Jes. Lclgh Lclgh teu's house, ILlietluiseli's t-.uldleiy, A. W. Sleopet's building. A llretikljit 111. ue. Huoeici.v.v, N. Y., May ii A lite this morning in the engine and boiler heuse el Ferdinand Hoseh, furriur, at Ne. 7t0 Flush ing avenues damaged the building and a three story frame house adjoining, owned by the s.iuie man, le the extent el $.1,000. The less en stock mid michttiury Is estimated at ?i',l00. Thu Aiill-fioe IMm Hill Killi-il. The Senate has killed Mr. Lee's auti-ftre piss bill. Lee urged that no senator could allertl le vete against n bill that merely enacted a part of Iho constitution which till wero sworn te ebey. Htdilis, of Pike, claimed that ovety senator had a right te interpret thoceustitulion us his mason gtiided him. The vete fellows : v i:as. Aguuw, F.mery, Gebin, lluuuiuger, lliimcs, Mess, Kennedy, Lee, Lengenei kcr, Mere dith, Thompson, Wallace, Walling. Total 1.1. X VV. s. lllddis, Heggs, Hrtiucr, Coepor, (Jrady, Harlan, Kecler, King, My Mu, lUiyburn, Hess, el Yerk, Sclheimei, Steele, Stuhuiau, U U permau, Yandergrilt, Wagner, Williams. Total IS. A '1'ialii liiinpt'iJn Tees Cruelieil, This meniitig a young man named lleiuy Kiler, nged 18 years, w he says he icsidcs nt Ne. i,lii North Second street, I'hiladelphi.i, had the loes of his lelt feet badly eiusheil, w hile getting oil n freight train at Dillen lile. lleauil two companions, Joint Kemper and Themas Tayler, wero stalling a rlde from Philadelphia te Iliirilsburg, whoretliuy say they wero going hi seaich ofwerk. At Dll Dll Dll lorville they Jiimped lrem the train while it was in motion and Kiler get his Iecs under the wheel. Me was brought hack te Lincas lernud his wounds were dreased by Dr. Wei ehans, when at Ids own request he was bout back le Philadelphia lllir Opra lliisliiuan. nisi evening tlie Corinue opera company had another large audience te hear "Chillies of Normandy." Tlie star et the tioupe was net In the cast but apioared in Iho lair scene when she gave her spw laities, Including a song mid dance, and Iter song entitled " Net Muclu" The eixsrtvw us fairly piesenteil, but the company did net sec in te appear te the advantage that they have for ethor pieces. Te-night they will glve "Olivette," They Will IllncuM Cremation. The annual meeting of the German Free thinkers will take place en the 31st of the present mouth. A paper en cremation will be reed. ANGLO-JIUSSIAN RELATIONS. .... - Sluttcrlncc In l.iiiiilnii anil ItcMMiiirHnrra Frem SI. I'rlcmburK, liy Way or lenna Thu Treiibln Thai Ittmla Illtl. Knlrta Unto (lit Iter Ilnnili). Lo.niie.v, May il The Times Bays: "It Is IiiimmsIMe le deny that the provnlent fool feel ing of nnxlely and uncertainty Is still grow ing. Frem the scanty Information given by Iho ministers, It Is evident that we nre no nearer te n satisfactory settlemenl than we were nt the beginning of tlie month. Thore nre no signs nrntt advance in the negotiations lint en the centmry there nre ominous evi dences era stand still." Tene of tlie Kinwiiiii Pre. Viiinna, May 'Ji SU I'etcrsbiirg tcle giams alllrui that there Is no hltcli in the negotiations, nnd that the delay Is only caused by dllliciilties w hlch are Inscparable from the iHitindary (iicstleu. The reasons why the ilussl.ui ia.ers continue le dwell en Kng lauil!alhigtal preparations for war nre sup sup Iesisl le be explained liy the fact that hints have lieen given them by the government te keep alive the public ardor lorevor whlle new taxes are licing imposed tocevorlluwla's own oxkiises. A Lumlicig journal, hi rereri ing te theso articles, Ironically observes thnl Knglnntl might de well te surrender te Russia every thing lh.it she wants, with the result that Kugkind would boable te leek quietly en In quelling a rebellion which would seen spread lieni Turkestan te the Caucasus, areuse Peisia, and end in the expliisien of the llusslans lrem all recentlj-annexed lerrltery; whlle the cv-u's forces, en returning te Kussia, would llnd plenty of work te de In suppressing the Nihilists. rei;i:nix j.v ti'.t.iaev.xce. .cnpi IVeiu Otlier Cunntriu Flanbeil .Illicitly by Cubic. Hither '1 Im Whlle star steamship Celtic sailed th: ailorneoii at LI o'clock for New Yerk, frei VUI-C'IISIUH 11. 'Iho health el Hen. Hugh C. Childei chancellor el the Knglish oxchequor, is mucl impaired Daniel .Sheiikek tlie fameies German th legi.ui, isde.ul. He was 72 v ears old, i lio?"1vwnuiittceof tliehucv canal cei mission has cles, ; Us season in Paris. TAe (liioslleu or im ruatleiu CQUtrrJiiar1U (I'll. The Mah.iraJ.iu t Nepaul recelved.20.QOO Gmirka troops v v enlay t Khatmaiidu. nod ollercd them r hnmedlatn, sorvlce te Ui viceroy el India The inen'y resent n line ipPciRinre .mil seemed anxious fei"Beryleq. It is reilnrtnil lli.f Vltrr Tlinm k,. qucithed his inn uscripW te France, and that i he left te the rel iblle b wMeet a. Inirisl nlem , -I.V IXVJtVAHIMI AM) rvKLiMi or lUSTltVST. tic nn.ni yM ler his remains mil te decide as te the form Vk! of his liiiieral. h io.j:h.ei: i-atijuea'js AVX'iierAij Te mi Al. nut, I loiikiiiutiemtl ami AlteiretlMr. Inlieiltiiu. (aliilk ZA HvuitisiiLiK . MayJi lntlvfWie'vxivv&l day the prcsnleu' pre loin. slgnti'4!?J& irres,sIenal mid lCfrislHtivd atnortietiiii?mak jL lulls ami the I II for Ow hieirroratlenrS7 A message fit i the governor wal recelveil$'3 announcing that ne had approved the.lrill te ,? pmhibil the ma ul jclure auu sate 'ei iuui- - lien butter. Heuso bill epieprialiiig f5,00O for the estalilishment f a tempevrary hospital gV i lyiiiuiuii, jivsmi sucuiui xx'uuiii , iluu'CrS,t . mu apprejuiai ng ti"e,i"j ter uie usututisn- jft .,,t(,f .it .1 lir.a .. r.i. llu,l,l.ul n.,.1 lntminlsii.''i i, ,,w w, . iiui -' ivi uinmi till,. tuitviak.r soldiers was pi sed finally: tv worn the tel-"? lowing Senate I If. mttlierizlng cities of lhlr.-f third class toiiei i seirale toacliers institulOs .??Jl limiting a w h ml month le 20 days and re ?' quiring all h. hi nls te be closed oil Saturday and legal helul us ; limiting the number of $$$ members of con ineti council te two in eacli ff warclel cities et ,ue ihlril class ; te prevent.,. thu g:ilhuriiig and maiiufactiiriiig or cigar stumps or ell.il tobacco into cigars, etc, Coiigrntiil'ilerv ICixiliitleiii lt lllark Jack lu the Heuse the billowing resolution was ollercd by Hruvvu, of Krie, and adopted by a party vele: Ueselnit, lb it we tender te Jehn A. Lo Le gan our must hearty congratulations en his election le the United States Senate, and express our unbounded faith that Ins future course in the Senale will be devoted te the interests of the wliole country, as his services hi the past have been loyal and patriotic. JlrieU'cit, 'lh.it the speaker of Iho I leuse be autheii7cd te transmit te General Legan a copy of theso i csolutlens as expresslv e of the sentiments el the peeple of Pennsylvania en the most forttmate result or the long centest hi our sister state or Illinois. The governor has signed a bill te permit defendants te testily in all criminal cases. Itnitit'd Apprehensions (limiuillenii. Ni.w Yii UK, May 2i Thore was seme un usual irritation lit General Grant's threat last night, attended by frequent attempts te clear tlie surl.tce el' mucus. These ellerts further in lUtcd thu parts nnd the general's nppro nppre nppro hnusieu et n wakeful night suggested that Dr. Douglas uiieuld remain until morning, which he did. When Iho doctor left the house te day, he said the treneial's npprohen- siens had pi e veil groundless, fef he slept-' lrem 11-10 until t a. m., and atter that ut in tervals until 8:30 this morning. The patient awoke with little or no pain. The physicians thought the east w hid and raw chilly weather of last night and te-day wasnlloctlugthe gen cial unlavembly ler the tlme being. iu:atui:ii j'jieiiaiiilitms. Tlie Condition ut tbe llarenteter nmt Ther mometer unci Indications for the Merrow, Washington, I). C, May ii. Fer tlie Middle Atlantic states, cloudy weather and occasional rains, variable winds, generally fteni the cast, lower barometer, stationary temperature. Haiti lias fallen in the Lewor Lake region, the Ohie valley and Tenncsiioe, tlie Mlddle Atlantic, Seuth All intleaud Gullstates. The teiiipcrutuiu has lenialued about stationary In ull districts. The winds en the Atlantic coast me easterly; southerly In the Lewer like region and Missouri valley; elsovvhero they are variable Fer Saturday Partly cloudy weatner anu light local rains are indicated ler dlstrlcU en the Atlantic: coast, with nearly stationary j tomperatuie. Abduction or Tim lleyi. Sviiacusk, N. Y., May HZ Tlie oxclte exclte oxclte meiit increases ever the alleged abduction of the two nephews et llev. Father O'Flaherty early en Tuesday morning from his country rosideneo, near Skauc.dles lake. It is said Hint lli.i Itinluti.ii iinriumti 1,1 lefl tl It llftln heteat 10 a. in. en Ttiesday with u stranger. Tu Ne trace can new be olilalneu et uiein. jj, Father O'Flaheity U almost trantle and in jt uiiilnr llm liinn rwsten (lilt Ixilll bnvO beeil murdoied. The iiolice are weiklng en the ttise. I'utlier U'Malieriy eners a rewajxi ei 1 feet) ler any Inhumation leading te thore "gi coyeryol thu boys or at rest of the abductors. ...... IL..I H....IUI ..ttii.i nil. tiii.riru 7 u A Yuiiiii; V uinun'it bubble In u llelel. Ni:w Yeuic, May 'Ji A young woman . , signing horself "Miss J. Jenes, city," wj W. leimil dead in bed In Iho Grand Union hotel k this morning, with a pistol snot weunii m 7, .1... ...it, l.- ...t .H.n. tl, ., rt link linnrt filiA K .- IllUlUlb lCU.Wl. lltlUtllJ UIVI , .X.M. VMW .,i havliigcomnilttedfltilcido soiuethiio during j llm niiriit. 'I'lie li.uiiu suu w rete (III II1U (UXW ter is ev ideutly nn ussuined one, as it was leund en examination that she had carefully cut lier name from the cerner of her hand hand hand koahlef. The body was taken te the morgue. iThe Itcvlced Venleu. "What la an ojilstle?" naked a Sunday school teacher or her class. "The wlfe of ail apestle," roplled the young hopeful. "A jM M 1 '1 1 f & A iM & J fcSvic ??i I -tv ii
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