w::tw ,t . Lid IKti. -: " Daitftx' vlHvi fri"; n x" VOLUME XXI-NO. 22S. LANCASTER, PA., TLIUIISDAY, MAY 28, 1885. ,,, - "Ti: w JL'JUIAJJIJ twu ujawrs. rii sflSR.. 3f . . L .II . gPgM; aiTYTiiY HHriMf fifi Mk- ?S? H H H H H H H H 'MHKmH5iv ywrv f ElGItTY-EIGllT TO-DAY. Ti OhUMOtT I.trjNU JtA YtClt IN LAN CAHTEll COUNTY. Ilnrrlnler, l'elltli Inn imil lliuikiir Se me Iteiul. ilMeneesel llie Kilciuli-d mill llimy Llie of Cel. Rtmiied Mlierttftln llie Service of llie la'Ktul.itiire Fitly Years Age. When llie query was propounded .it llie Koldler's orphans' school examination In Mount Jey tliu ethor dny, who wero tlie old eld est physician, the eldest hivvyer and llie old , est clergyman in tlie county, nene of tlie pupils e.ssayed te answer; ami it is ileubtlul If among tlie large niidience oreltlor persons, any ene would xvllh coulhleiico hnve en lured upon an absolutely correct answer. Tlicre has lately been prosentod In theso columns 11 skete-h of ene of llie most eiiiinen't of llie medical faculty In tlie United Status, xvhose ontire pro pre pro lesslonal career hat dceu spent in lliN city of Ids blilh, ami lliey are few If any practitioners of longer oxperloneo In tlie ohtlre eeuutiy than Dr. Jehn I A Ilea Who is tlie eldest clergyman in tlie country Is a conundrum that may he 1 evolved under tlie thinking caps of our ro.ulern until n sketch of him appeal in a future issue of the Iniim, ii(ii:.N(:i:t, It may occasion hoiiie surprise te mako.the announcement that tlie eldest lawyer in tlie county Is net a resident of tlie cimntjvicit and noer was admitted te the Lancaster h.ir. This Is Cel. Samuel Shech's hhtliday ; and as tlie heard of directors of tlie Columbia iVatienal lynh, with illicit he has heen eon een eon iljected forty-six years, gathered te their regu. lar weekly iiieetiug te-day, ami extended tlielr congratulations te their honored chief, eulmlng rounded out elglit-eiglit jearsef life, they found him at his jkisI, alie lolls responsibilities and with all tlie mental and physical igornceded te a lit discharge el tliem. "Yes," he said te a ropresenlatl-e el llie 1mi:ii.hii:nci:ii, who called te pay his com cem plimeuts, " 1 sUirletl hi life its a lawyer, and although known here, In Lancaster county, chlelly hy my connection with this kuilc I- siuce my residence liere, I was a in. m in mid dle llie liefere I cimu te Celumhia ami hefore 1' engageil in liscal pursuits." And then he proceeded In a cheery, interesting way te re ro Inte man' reminiscences of his vat cur j Irem which and from some oilier sources of infor mation less reticent than Cel. Slim h el his geed deeds and creditable achievements, has li'eii gleaned this sketch of ene of Lancaster county's foromest and most highly honored qtiens. his mnitoen AND YOUTH. Tlie Sliecli lamily were of th.it hardy immigration from tlie Palatinate whicli scat tered ecr Kastem l'cnimylnn!.i nud h.is contributed se much te tlie w olfare of the commonwealth ; settling In Uermaiitew n, tlie father of thosuhjectef this sketcli was iKirn thore, and rcmeNcd te llarrishurg in liiri. Like' many el his family he was a landlord ; though, after tlie laudable custom of that day, he was educated te a trade, tee, and his handicraft was that of tlie shoemaker. His son, Samuel Shech, was born in Ilarris hnrg, M,ay lis, J7U7. He was educated in tlie ordinary'seheols of tlie day, and when n lad of only liltceu was earning money hy record ing patents in tlie ollice of Jelin Ceehmii, who in 1812 was secretary of tlie Inii'iulllce anil rocerdor of sures In the oillce or Suroyer Cioneral Andrew Perter, under the administration of Simen .Snyder, te whose memory a monument lias just been erected utiSollnsgrevo. With tlie earnings of his talents and early Industry, young hliecli educated himself in iHtt. classics and oilier branches of tlie higher i ; lcariungal Mugraw's old academy, Netting ham, Md., then a (anions school of a ckiss which h.iie, alas! become tixi rare and have been supplanted hy mero dllluse nud less thorough .systems of scholastic training. Vigorous of Isxly and abounding in higli spirits, he depended mero en iiiiktich.s el poiceptien ami a lentontUe memory than en profound study for his acqiiiiemenls ; audit was no uncommon tiling for him te study and master the lossens of tlie day as he took Ids journey en horseback Irem his bearding heuse te tlie academy, a trip of two miles. MAltCIII.S TO Till! WARS. The mat eli of 1M2 excited the patriotic and martial spirit of tlie community. Many of the heroes of the KoNelutlonary struggle w ere still alie, ami their spirit aiiiuutodthe rising generation. Wlien the news of tlie burning el tlie federal capitol in Washing ton reached llarrishurg, public excitement rese te high water m irk. Francis It. Sliunk fated te afterwards reach great elitiud distinction was a laud olllie clerk. He gathered together a drum, lite ami Hag and inarched his 10 cruitiug hand oer tlie town, i:erybedy seemed te iall in, ami among the four com panies whicli marched out from llarrishurg, ene had enrolled in its membership Hheeh ami Sliunk; et all its long roll there Is no Biirier te-day except Cel. Kheclt. Max w oil Kennedy was colonel of the regiment; Jehn Fester was Its brigadier general, ami Ames Kllmakei was his aid; Fester had been a Federalist ; but his prompt lospensu and gallant aid le the omuse et anus at this time se pleased his constituents tli.it the Dauphin district, then Democratic Kopuhli Kepuhli can, i hese him le llie Senate ; and the Sheclis, who had been anti-Federalists, for admiration of Fester, went e or te his xllti Val camp. The llarrishurg troops served tlnee months, ami having ended the war, mulched back te lecelve the gratitude of their Icllew-clticns and the pensions of an apprtclatUe gev eminent, l'mate Shech get UiO aerosol public land, and with gie.it pride he legularly draws 21 ouarteily, In iiiuaid of llie iMtrietism he exhibited when a lad et 17. He leughl In the artillery. ins Hiiinir.s reu Tin; r.vw. , His recollection el (iev. Snyder is Unit he was a man of no extmerdlnaiy genius; but of stuidy common sense and great honesty. Tlie leglsl.ituie had passed an omnibus act tharterlnga great iiumher of hanks ; upon t he suggestion ofJelm lliiius, of Philadel phia, Snyder etoed the bill. Jiuttlioie were then, liven as new, demagogues in tlie assem bly, and they yielded te the peiuilar claiius of "mero banks, mero money,'' and passed the bill ever the veto. The banks blowup and fiev. Snyder get creilltlergie.it sagacity. IIe vvas tlrmly entrenched in the conlldcnce of the people ; and his political strength be '.nun impregnable and lasting. Ames KUiuaker, lather or Nathaniel Fll maker, escj., the well-known and highly resiei ted counseller of Lam-aster, was fera time attorney genenil under Snyder ; he was ro-nppelntcd hy Snj der's biici esser, Onv, Fiudlay, ami had another lei m in the ollice under llev. Sliulte. Fiiidlay'siiiipeiutmeiit of Themas Sergeant te be secretary of the commonwealth was highly unpopular with nil parties, mid it Ixx'ame a jKilitleal neccssltv te get him out of that particular ollice. lle was cpilte rcidy te go If he get a lietter one ; and Mr. Llliiiakoracceiumouated his chlef by resigning te let Sergeant be made iittorney generiil. lint Fllniuker was net pleasecl at being used thus,und sulisccpiently, when the l'lilkulelphlans wanted te impeach Fiiidlay,he could net get l'.llinaker te defend htm and had te send te Oeorge M, Dallas, of Philadelphia, for that sorvlce. On tlie very day that Nathaniel Fllmaker was born Alny 1, UI7, Samuel Shech enter ed his lather's ollice in Harilshurgas a law student, and about Match, 1S20, he was ad mitted te tlie llarrishurg bar. Then as new", he was, like Jeilersen and liibseu, devoted te the violin, ami he was went In tne son moonlight, when tlie ior ier ior fuiueottho lioiie.vsuckle and the breath of the Jessamine were hi theulr, te scronade Ills fair lrleuds with the llddhi. He lias never " played second llddle," hew ever, ti any body. He had a successful mill lucrative practice ; engaged in prolltable land speculations mid ether business en terprises, with Mirylng prellts ; was iidinlttiHl te the supreme court ut Lancaster, and hU name llguras in the re ports of sixty years nge. He early iictpilred and strongtlienod in his opposition te Frce Masonry, following tlie lend ami helping te held up tlie hands of Tlmddetm Hteveus in hia crusade at;alnst that vonerable iubtltu iubtltu tieu. He Unit met Btoveua nt tlie bar in Carlisle, and was much lniprossed wltlihls lowering ability. As early as 1S28 lie wrote n pamphlet uiglng the iiiitl-Maseniu jielltlcal issue; ami he was nulle nctlve in the eliert te inipeacli Judge FnitikH, of the Lobanon Lebanon Lobanen D.iupiiiu district, in lS'iTi, wlildi the anti anti Masens always clalmnd failed by reason of the Masonic votes rallying le Franks. The Judge Hve years subsequently loslgned te ovoid tlie results of a renew ed attack by tlie llerce iconoclasts whom he had ellehded. Frem his youth up, Cel. Shecli has been nn easy wrlter of remarknbly vigorous prose nud graceful leellcal composition. He was a leading contributor te Thoe. Fenn's paper, and oilier publications or ills ivirty at tlie stnte eaplUu ; and supplied Imiiimerahle rcsolutleiiH, toasts, nrguments nud siieoches te the gre.it demands of that day. He became aUsorheil In ikiUUim, te the neglect of his business; nud llnaiicinl ndvanUige ; nud in IKB iie hcciime the caudidate or his party forclerk eT the Pennsylvania llouse of Jlov Jlev Jlov lesentativoK. Ills prominence, courage, por per por Histcney mid pugnacity gae him iiepularlty nud power in his party. Tliose were days when such eualltles were appreciated ; and young Shech lest nothing by the disunion he showed le luck his opinions, If needs be, y nil nu oxiimiuen el pliysicni cournge. In his contest for clerk he was pitted against Francis 11. Sliunk, who had held the place ler 17 years, but the Whig nud antl antl Mnseiilu combination was complete and Sliunk was beaten. Slevens was thou the "JiiiUer tunttni" of the Heuse. He was In tlie full viirer et his Intellect, and it was then that he made his famous speech against the reiKMl of the c otnmeii school law, In ills icgarcl ami dellance el the Instruction of his Adams county constituents. "Ner." Mid Mid Mid dlosweilh was speaker el the Heuse ; Pen Pen Pen nopacker, of West Chosler, was llie null null Masen le leader, and I led lack, of Luorue, wascapUihi or llie Democrats. Hen. Hcnryd. Leng and tleorge Mayer, of this city, ami Cel. Maxwell Kennedy, of Salisbury, were In tlie legislature. II was at that memorable session that Henry W. Cenrad, of Schuyl kill, charged that nrlbery had inlltieuced the Heuso In Its action iikiii the U. H. bank. His chiirge was investigated, declared gieimdlessatid himself oxielleil ; he went hack te his constituents and sought vindica tion hy candidacy ler ro-eloctlou, but they hammered him with Oee. Hammer. Memlers then served for fB per dlein and thought it goeci pay. Cel Shech has n vivid rocelloctloii or the visit of tlie notorious Ann Ueyiill U llarris hurg. tlen. Ogle, of Somerset, paid her much attention mid hoiiie el the waggish members, under the lead of "Ham." Alrlcks, get up n serenade for her and her gallant escort from Somerset. in Tin; const n in ienai. convention. When the occasion came ler tlie organ I .i Hen of the lolerm convention el 1ST?, te rovlse the constitution of the stale, .igiln Shech and Sliunk were pilled against eai'h for the clerkship of that lxly. There was n close div isieu el parties, and Jehn Sergeant, the Whig and mitl-Masenie candidate for president of it, was read v te vete for himself If necessary te organie llie body In the In terest of his party. Put Thus. Hastings, the member from Jollerseu, did net gel there in time for the organl.itlen. Sergeant was elected, and Shech was cliosen secretary hy the votes et 07 Whigs mid nnli-Masens, te M Democrats for Sliunk. This strict lurtisau spirit was displayed throughout the convention, ami ruled nearlv overy question except the propesiti"" te cli.mge the system el cheesing Jmlges from the appointive te elective i-iau. Stolens op posed the elective plan ; Us champion was Charles Ingersoll, who was accused of cultivatii)f popular sentiment with n view te his own election as governor. James Dun 1P, Of Chaiulrarsbiirg, ene day poked this at him with much bitterness, and ridiculed his chances or ever attaining tlie place he coveted. Cel. Shecli does net think the changed plan of cheesing the judiciary has worked well. ijutth rirui.ie ei'i'ici: roil hankinu. After the convention adjourned Cel. Shech found that his abandoned law practice mid leiKikcii clientage hud hocemo iloiueralUod. He camole this city te consult alsiut his fut ure with the Inte Hen. Ihniuuel C. Ileigartaud Hen. II. (!. Leng, whose friendship he had made when they were mombers of thoceii voli tion. The cashier of tlie Celumhia bank and bridge company had Just resigned his posi tion, and Air. lleigart advised him te pro ceed te Celumhia mid apply for the iKisitfen. Dr. It. L. Cochran miother memher or tlie convention who resided in Columbia, leek a warm Interest in his Isihair. le was tip glinted cashier in 1K!', and has remained with tlie institution, as cashier and president si n co then. The history of this Institution of whicli, during his connection with it, he might well say llke old ..Lucas, of the scenes at Trey, "all of which 1 saw, anil mrt of which I was" and of his citizenship in Columbia, are fresh In the minds of most of his fellovv fellevv cltiensmid tlie rc.idorsef the iNriir.f.uir.N ci:ii. It will be remqmlKired that when the Columbia bridge was first built in lSlli, there was f 100,1)00 el stock suliscrlbed niul paid in, nud only $M,(XH) spent en the bildge. With the balance a banking business was iKigiiii without a charter, niter the fiee and easy maiiuerefth.it day. The banking cempiny's .icts wero only libido legal by the ch.uler or ISM which established tlie "Columbia llrldge Ceuiiany." subse quently ehanged te "the Columbia Dank and Dridge Company," thou te " the Colum bia bank" and Dually te "the Columbia Na tional kink"; with an iuorcjse of capital irem time te time le fi'iO.tHW, f.'tl.MH), and llnally fTieO,tHXt. When Mr. Shech hocime its cashier there wero only two banks in Lancaster nud one in Celiimbi u New there are seventeen National banks alone in the county. At the time he took held of Us direc lien tlie bank was in a bad wny. In lKk! the Heed had svv opt away its In idge ; it cost tf l.r7,:HK) te ichtlild It, ami all dividends en tlie stock being thusciit oil it depreciated fiem f 100 le f.S.". CeutideiiLO lieing restored It picked up mid in 181.! dividends wero re sumed. The new bridge) was burned hy inllltiiy orders hi 1N5 and subsequently the abutments were sold te the P. 11. 11. for fo7,ane. Te un or llie less of the bank by this destruction et private property by the lederal government, Mr. Slevens introduced it hill te pay Hie hank M),0O0. It get te secend reading in tlie Heuse, and nene of his successors have ever doue se well by Cel. Sheeh's moasure. After tliirty-iiine ye.us as cashier, he Im c.uiie president of the institution In Decern, ber 1S78, and devv n te the present day he continues in almost absolute ch.irge el its dl dl lectien ; and in constant and xigUaut tittou titteu tittou Hen te its business. IScsldes this interest, hew ev or, he is president of the Columbia pis and water companies, and has held m my ethor positions et corporate resjwiisibhUy. He has served the public as president el the Columbia school beaid ler leu jears ; direc tor of the peer mid county auditor for two terms: memlicr of the llepubllcin state com mitten ami u delegate te the Lincoln con volition of lHiO. in t'ltiVAii; r.ii'iu Cel. Shech, whose inilltiry lltle comes by appointment as an nhl te (iev. Wm. F. John John Jehn eon in 181S, h.is been twice married, first in 1SI2 te Mrs. Hannah Kvans, (mother et .Samuel Kvans, esq.,) daughter or Ames Sl.iymaker. Five years nrtorher death he married Miss Annie K. daughter or lloliert Harber, esq., efun old Columbia family. Ne chlhlien hlossed olther union; but many young men h.ive been the subject of his goner gener goner eus putronage and liberal aid. He has lieen u Sunday school teacher, superintendeiit mid natren : themrh born into the Lutheran lalth, lie is Presbyterian by adoption and the o.xcluslve founder nud provider et the "Sa "Sa eome" chattel, nmcuinilal te ills motherj as he established the public library In Colum bia, known by ids name, the basis of which was tlie splendid private library collected by the late Jacob SelU, of llohrerstovv n, who died whlle a student of Franklin and Mar shall college. Frem the night sclioel which he established in ib.)i,wonteuunaiiy siiiueiiis well equipped for geed lllo-werlc With the Blunting ra oMlfe'H Hiinscteit him, mid looking back ever mi oveulful caroer that llnds him new prosperous, happy, and in geed health, lie says lie lias generally made himself comfortable, ami kept himself wen ny neoeniinociauon le cireumsiaucus. As when iie made his Huropean tour in lbli2, lie s.iys lie took a llttle whisky punch with the Irish, beer with tlie llavarians mid xvine wltli the Italians, se lie lias tiled te adept himself te overy ehange or circum stances and te keep step te the liuisie or the times. He saw souie ery geed foatures in the old state luiiking sybtem, but le bollevos ardently iu the superiority cf thoNtttleualbauks, whoae notes are ar overwhero mid whose holders hiive unquestioned security. He deprecates the Increase of the smaller banks. Ieiig age lie advocated tlie Issue efa 3 per csjnt bend by the government; nud he ImjIIoveh this generation lias nlre uly paid mero than Us share or llie national debt II:H10.NS TIIH l'linSIIIKNOV. On Tuesdny Cel. Shech tendered his toslg teslg toslg natien as president el the bank. This was net made known until this morning nud great wnsthe populiirsurprise thereat The beard of directors held a special meeting this morning, mid after examining the accounts of the bank, accepted Mr. Hheeh's resigna tion, which will go Inte oil ect June llth, 18S. His successor was chosen at this morning's meeting, mid hi Mr. James A. Meyers, pre. prloter or Meyors' drug slore, the stock holders Imve the new president or the Col umbia National hank. May he prove as satisfactory as Cel. Shecli has been I The vacancy In tlie lM.ird of directors hy thedeath crC. F. lllnkle, has Ihjcii tilled by the election of W. D. fliven, esq. VltEHATlUN Or J AM US if. MILLS. A Subject Frem Klmlm. Nmr Yerk III Inr hknlrli or tlie llermwcl. TholMHlyer.Ias. II. Mills, Hlmlra, N. Y., ar rived hi this city at 0:10 this morning mid vvas tiken te the crcin iterluni where it was ere. mated. The Itcsly vvas accompanied by Mr. Jehn Stohe, a friend of the deceased, mid by Undertakers, II. Hubhell, of Hliillr.i. TJju Isidy was placed hi llie the rolei tat 7 o'clock; tlie cremation was ceinpleled within mi hour, hut the ashes have net yet been removed from the retort The cremation was strictly private, even the members of the pi ess being excluded from the building. The exclusion et the local Journalists was el "no consequence," as they nave had frequent opM)rtunille,s of witnessing donations; but the exclusion or Mr. H. C. Coergo, cityeditorerilio Llmlra U'tizeltr, unit 'rec VrcAi, who had ceme nil the way rreni Llmlra te witness the ceremony, mid Mr. Jehn Moere, who Joined the pirty nt Harris burg, was scarcely justlliahle e.i the pirter these having the allalr hi charge. These who laver cremation as tlie best mode tr disclosing or the remains of the dead will retird the cause by objecting te n decent publicity being given te the ceremony ; ami thore Is no channel through which publicity can Im) given se conveniently us llie news news pajier. SVe learn that Mr. Mills was a man about 40 years of age a natlve of Lliuira ; that he ilhsl en Monday last, and that he leaves n wire mid ene child three years of nge. Ills lamily is highly rospectahle, his mother who siiivIvch him Is'Ingu woman of considerable wealth. Mr. Mills was a Spiritualist and a member of Kev. T. K. Ueecher's congrega tional church at Llmlru, und th it eminent divine, a brother or Kev. Henry Ward iieocner, prcocneu ins luneral sormeii yester day. Mr. Mills was a clerk in the meat market at ninilra, et whicli Mr. Jehn Sadler Is pro pre pro niletor. lie was a member or tlie North Klmlra ledge, F. and A. M., mid liad.hhillfe insured in the Maseul"""' lurrer'nisurance' ceuiaiiics f- SIO,l)00. It is s.ild that he hn'i souie pecuniary troubles which c'iH0el him u geed deal of nerv ous excitement, le allay which he took an overdose of laudanum, and this was net discovered hy his physician, Dr. Henry Floed, who Is also mayor of Llmlra, until It was te late le save him. Mr. Mills was an advocate or cremation as the proper niodeof clisjioshigertho dead, and it was at ills own request that his body was disposed of in that w ay. TIIOUOIITTO HAVIMIKKN A UASlJOf Hl'IC'Illi: The Llmlra Gazette and Free. J'rcin stites that Mr. Mills had been mulcted with neu ralgic hr.ulaclie all daySiiiulay,sulIerIiig In tense puln. IIe retired iu the evenlngbut was umiblu te sleep, tensing restlassly te and fro for souie time. At last, le o.ise the kiIu he rese and leek a limited quantity of laud anum. The pain did net cease and several limes during the night he rotcaled the dose. The last amount was taken ut 3 o'clock Mon day morning. He than sank into a stiier from which he never aroused. His condition was discovered and the ilex-ters mentioned uIkive were summoned hut their skill could uetnvall. The theory or the family Is thai net finding that the first dose ceased the ihi he took the successive doses without giving the prev Ions ones tlme te act The saine iiaper undertakes te account for the alleged suicide el the deceased in u manner that was no doubt ollcuslve te Ids lamily; hence, likely, the exclusion of its ropresentitivo rrem the cremation. l'HAllltK HUILTY. Tliu Jury Convict lllm for Awillhi Mr. Klrkluinl In n Italltuiciru Hetel. Ill splle of a well told story, James lirah.un Pearre was convicted In Haiti mero en Wed nesday era.ss.mlt upon Mis. II M. Kirkland, at the Albien hotel. The jury was out hut a few moments, and had ically made up their minds before they lclt tlie box. The line of tlie delonse, conducted hy ox-Scn.iter Whyte, was that Mrs. Kirkland had given Pearre reason te bcliove tint she would net dislike having him come te her room. Pearre, cm tlie witness stind, tostilled that when he came Irem the opera he tried the deer leading into Mrs. Kiiklaiid's room and, finding it locked, get out of the w iudevv and w cut along the eornlte until he reached the window' of her room. He proceeded te her bed-chamber, vvhoreMrs. Kirkland was fast asleep. Sitting down upon the edge of the bed, he gently laid his hand en tlie bhle of her head, when she sprang opieid exclaimed: ' Who Is that?" " It's I, Pearre," he replied. "Whatnre you doing here?" she nskesl iu n toue by no means excited. "Yeu knew," he replied. Then she talked about his lecklessness hi such a daihig adventure, mid after she hail repulsed him Iio asked her le open the deer and tot him out, as he didn't want te break his neck by returning by the perilous route hn had come. He remarked that her htisliaud would llke te knew what he knew of her. A ppaieutly skulled at this remark shesprnugup anil exclaimed: "My Cled I Yeu don't knew that I" She then rushed te the deer, witness thinking vhe was going te ejHJii it ler him, but she went out, and the next thing he knew she was knocking at Miss Cushmau's deer. The jury, evidently, could net bcliove his steiy ami retiirued a vcruici miner winch me young lawyer may be scut te the po.tlteullary for Irem Hve te eighteen years. fli'ilitleu iti'.erifcl. Mary Oable, thoadeplcd daughter of Jacob liable, of Providenco township, vvas hefore Judges Livingston and Patterson, en Wed nesday afternoon, en a charge of being iucor iucer rigibleaud boy e nil the control of her parents, with u vlovvef sendlng her te the Heuso or Uoruge. A number of witnesses were ex amined mid lestllled that Mary is between Hand II years of age; that she Isdisohedlent, dishonest ami has run away from home sov sev end times. Itnppears that the girl Is hi leve with a young man named lteese, living near her home, and she has been harbored hy the llecse family en n iiumher of occasions when she ran nvvay fiem home. The Itoesos em ployed counsel te defend tlie girl, but the court ruled that as he ropresontod the Hecses, w he xv ero net rolatlves of the girl, he had no standing in this case. At the conclusion of the testimony, decision was reserved und the girl was remanded le tlie county pilsen. Inquest Ilelil. Corener Heniuuau went te Washington borough yesterday mid held un Inquest en the body or Fredorick Myers, who was killed in a well, the particulars et which have been published. Tlie Jurers were S. fl. Gray, Ik lv". ShulUx, Kehert O. Wert, Jehn Shultz, Henry WerUiind A. D. Sliull. The verdict orthe jury was that dentil resulted from the well caving iu mid HUiTecntiug him. Cue DUnesetl Of. Harry MoAleor mid Jehn Doaver wero be bo be fere Alderman llarr last evening en charges of druukenness nud disorderly conduct and assault und battery, jirorerrml by Jacob Sliaiib, xvlie was ass.iulted last Saturday night nt tlie corner et Hest King and LIme streets. The testimony falled te cennect MoAleor with tlie otlciise charged. The charges as te Deaxcr w ero made out but nfter the hearing Slmtib ngroed te sottle the cases, tlie prosecu tions wero withdrawn and tlie deleudanU paid the costs. WHY UK SHOT. rVht, 1'AHTWUI.AHH VF TIIK MAVICAV. JfAMUItlN jumutrhrr. A I'nlU'il Stud's CeiikiiI Itnfimes te lie lllatk- iiiiiIIchI Iijt it llnirlll.in Killler Ilifculllni; Wenicil mid Trying t" Ievjr JllacU- nmtl 'en Tlielr 1'rolvUer. Full Infoimallen has rcaclicd the state do de Iartiiient, and has also arrived in private let ters, hi regard te the sheeting of it Ilnillliin editor named D 'Amer hi by Heck ford Mack ay, United States consul at Kie Orande De Sul, IJriiU. Mr. Mackay is a Seiith Caro linian, son el Hen. T. J. Mackay, the well known attorney. He Is a young gentleman el excellent character and habits, much given te his studies, and while popular In wHety ut his lest, jaid hut llttle attention le It The editor involved has long been attacking the consuls of the various tuitiens stationed where he prints his iiipeA-, anil levying blackmail en lliein as the prjce or Ills silence. Seuie or lliein luid hliji ami ethers persistently relused, among tholatler eung Mackay. He has, therefore, been at tacked for Heme time, but lal(l no ntteiilieu le tlie matter. Finally, n short tlme since he resolved q hill el this newspaper fet.uijfar, wlih a niite Irem the editor Kiylng that ii Mackay would iiy for the irijier fera year, the price 'being fin, he should lint he al tickcel. He paid no attention le the nole excepts te rehise te subscribe, l (r.m:.itAM'i: ci;vsi:s te hi: a viiitik. TtieutUicks en Mackay ejwued with new vigor, and just before the late dillletilty the article which caused It apjteared. It was a gross alt-v'k en Mr. Meckay's mother, a lady of the highest respec tibillty and scicial stand ing, new resident in Washington, mid who has never lieen with her seu ahreul. Twe most roputahle ladles of Kie (iraiide De Sul, Mends of Mr. Mackay, were assailed attliOH.une time, nud their names connect (si with his iu a most disgraceful maimer. Yeung Mackay had refrained rrem person al action mi long as the) utticks woie directed at himself alone, hut ujKitl seeing ills aged mother and tliose lady friends assailed iu public, he at en no teught the editor. Meeting him in the theater he Im mediately began te cum) hint in the imdil aisle hi the sight of the audience D'Aluerh drew a pistol, wheroupeii ZiHeUnY drew e revolver mid shot him lw.. the oditei' Tell, nud it was supjiescfl he wen killed. M.ickay, oscerleil hy the CJflrnum c-euiul, went te tlie pelice slatlemiiml gavn hlihMlf up. He vvas seen nltujed I'j the editor, who had rallied nud galhcrecr-a crowd or roughs te try mid kill him. lie was pre., lec'teel mid placed hi charge of the militiry, but held subject te civ 11 trial. HIS ACTION i:.MIOItSl.ll. 'J he next day all the foreign consuls called en him te congratulate him as did sev end hundred citizens. His dealing with the edi torial clesporaele wns commended en ull shies. Minister Osberne and the vice consul have both written details, and IjeIIi warmly dcleiid Mackay. The stite dcturtmtnt has cabled the minister that se far as ml vised the department upholds Mwkny, mid do de siros tlie minister te ghe him all needed as sistance His parents have dispatched a small Ikix of presents te the son. The mother, is n very devout weman,scuta Bible, mid the father, Judge Mackay, who Is practi cal, if net devout, fcirwurdecl a pair et liu liu prev ed Celt's rovelv crs with cartridges. Itiie Hall IlrlcN. It, ise I iall vesterdiy At Philadelphia: I'lilladeliilila I, St liuls 3 ; ut New Yerk : New Yerk ".I, Itutrale 0; At Ilo-,ten : De. treltd, liosteu I; at Providence ; Chicago fl, Prev idem ci 1 ; at Cincinnati : Athletic 10,' Cincinnati 0 ; ut St Leuis : St Ixiuis 7, llroeklyn'J; lit Pittsburg : Pittsburg (i, Haiti Haiti mere 2 ; at Newark : Newark 10, Norfolk '2 ; at Jersey City : Jersey City 0, Virginia 8 ; nt Trenten : Nationals 5, Trenten .1. L uicaster Is new fifth hi the L.istern League race. (luhiten caught a great g-inie for the Athletic csterday in Cincinnati. The Philadelphia club has released Fester and the Athletics may try him, as Levell Is nut eligible until Juue.'tcl. The Athletic i lub will arrive In Philadel phia te-day. The club has wen thie.e ami lest thirteen games en Its first Western trlii. The hlghly.pralscil National club, of Wash Wash ingleii, xv 111 he here te-morrow, and they may net 1k nhle te ele as they pliiise wllh tlie Iincaster. The Imcister club has secured n left handed pitcher named Fields from Philadel phia, lie arrived here this afternoon and will probably play te-day. Hilly fieer, ball player, vhe was released by the Louisville, sex oral days age, h.is Ikmmi engaged hy the Virginias and appears with them ler the first tlme en Friday. (ieorge Sch.ifer, of the St Leuis League, was heard te say as he left the grounds after jesterdav's gaine xvith tlie Philadelphia: "Well 1 If we can't beat lids hum nhie I'll cit iny bat-bag." Cull had his nose broken In yesterday's game at Jersey City, by colliding wltli Taile, of the Virginias. During the game Ort-on-weoel, of the visitors, was lined hy Umpire Qulim, for having loe much lip. On Tuesdi-y the Dauntless club el Mount Jey were defeated in Allentevvu by (I te a. Smith, the home pitcher, struck out eighteen men. Thoclubswere te play again yesteul.iy, hut vv lien the game was te tyegin thore was net a solitary lndivlilu.il en the grounds and the match was declared of). The Masonic conclave alisorlied nil lnteiestuud s'Opledld net deem it worth whlle te misii tlie gi eat at traction te witness u game of base balk llxliaiinlleii llrenelit On liy Uvcrtiiily, Kieni tlie l'lill.iclcliiliia I.oilgei. Wli.it a travesty en education is a system that induces or permits a pupil toever-o.xort mid exhaust himself by study, as Lieut. Scheck did at the lleyal Naval cellege 1 The xv hole aim mid purpose of education is or ought te be healthful exerclse, training unci dovelopmcut of nil the foeulties. It should put the student in the xery host or mental mid physical health net break down his inlml or body. Hut true education Is nu arti cle net always found inside et school or col cel col lego walls. The faverite suhstitule Ter it is "cramming," which, being carried tee far, actually rotirilslrue meutil growth, Ifltdecs net lesult hi ins.mity erlmpaiicd health. The results may be seen In such suicides as that of Lieut behech, or, mero generally, In the failure of the distinguished graduates or cel leges te held their own iu thepraitic.il work of life us cempaicd olther xvith the school dullards or wllh men who iinve uu uu iertuuately had scarcely any education. Tlu fault is net xvith education, but with tlie Imitation that gees by its name mere memorizing. Ruiierlntuiuluiit Hiimvilen Iti'9JKn. Frem tliu l'litluililplilii ttecenl. When the prlvate hcciehiry of President Cleveland opens the mail of his excellency in Waslilngien tills morning he will fliul" iniicir lxvsiiiiiirkeci l'liuuucii) nia 'llie uecu iiientxviii be from Colonel A. Louden Snovv Snevv deu, the suporliitendeut of the mint, and it will Inform llie president of his resignation from that position, te tike cllect en the !0th day of June. Mr. Snow den will also sfate in ids message te the piosident that he names that date becaute it eiuls his ilscal year In the ollice, and te uauie any ethor would interfeie with the functions of the position. Mr. Snow den has been connected with the mint in xarieus capacities for twenty-eight years. Cluirueil Willi Kule l'roteute. 0. 11. Wilfong xvas prosecuted yosterday bofero Aldennan Ferdney, for false prctoiibe by Wllseu llrubaker, Jr. Tlie piosocutorid piesocutorid piosecutorid lcges that Wilfong purchased hoiiie articles ut a sole a year nge mid gave a nole, witli his lather as security, in payiiioiitthorolor,ropro payiiieiitthorolor,ropro payiiioiittherolor,ropro sonting that his lather was a property-owner. Tlie nete liecmne due and net having been paid, suit was ontered against the father as endorser, and at the hearing the fatlisr tosti testi tosti leod that he xvas net tlie ewner of any irej erty, the doed being iu Ids w ife's name. The above suit for false pretense la the result. The aocued guve ball for a hearing. 1'JiKSn VTKHIAN ASH EM 111, Y, Tlie ItoferniCMt l'reslijrterjr of l'lillailnliililn Ailnilttml. In the general nssemhly, Clnclniiall, en Friday, tliu application for admission te tlie I'roshterJaii church of the Reformed 1'res bylery of Plilladelplila wits rerbrred le a hik cl.d coiuinltlee, xvhlch roM)rled in favor of granting llie application, and the assembly by a rising mid uiiainlneiis vete adopted the rejHirt llev. Dr. Williamson, delegale from the Keformed Churcli of America, nud Kev. Dr. Leutscli, from the Free Hvangelical churcli of France, wero introduced. The coinmltlce en foreign inlsslens, through Dr. Hartlelt, or Washington, D. C, presented their reiiert The rocelits for tlie year wero feVjlKI, the oxpendltilres includ ing a debt off 10,000, wero f7ri7,ftl'i, leavlngu doliterto7,rfc1'i Since the treasurer's rojiert was lnade f7,0XKI h.ive lioen raised. The cost of tlie administration oHhe leard, including printing or reiKirts or the "homeamirorolgn" recxirel mill el tlie "forelgn missionary," is a rnictleu ever I tier cent or tlie recelpts. Dr. Milehell, the new socretary of the liairel, HjKike of its great work, and et the necessity of increased ellerts le csirry it forward. Atthouricriieon sessien or the Proshyto Preshyto Proshyte rlan assemhly the reixirt en the foreign mission IsKirel was discussed, mid tliolmport tlielmport tliolmpert iiuco of raising the debt or MAone was em Iiliasinid. At the conclusion et the discus discus discus sion.the rolliiili.g.jiaelutloii xvasnlei)tcd; lteselved, That iu xievr of the nlxjve stito stite incut (referring te the debt) your committee urges upon the churches the early liquida tion of the debt hy such ellerts as shall in one h case seem best te the sessions of (he churches. The rojmrtertho lieird en publication xvas next rendered, fiem which ilappcnii'd lh it thocatilngiie or the heard contains .noe works, 10,000 er whiili are volumes. The aggregate hiuiiIst of publications, liu lulling tracts ami juries I leads, is llV-V),0iiil. Tlie losses en fZSI,0fXI in three years xvas less than one-lenth or ene percent. The roert spoke In the strongest lormserthoeillclciit manage ment of the business department ami it was s.ilel that Tew houses In Philadelphia could have steed such n thorough examination as vv as made or the nihil rs or this beard und hav e ceme out se well. The xverk orthe mission missien nry ilorirlmeiil was also liighly commended. It employs K7 celiMirteiirs, who have visited 1.10,000 lamllli'M, lieid I7,0JO religious meet ings, nud organized ITTO Sabbath schools. Over J75JKlOls asked for the coming year. The beard was recommended le publish CiietapcreclltieiiH of llfl lioeks. esjiccmiy el lUOSO lOr 110,111 is.idd.iui scuoeis. Tlie I.tllliennreciiciral pfyncet. TJie general synod or th Luthemii church at Ilarripliurg began hiislnc w by the election of llev. Di. ji. Ilbodes, or Ht Jyiuls, as prost dent ller. J. H, DwtvvHei, wsweUirj-, nud llev. A. WebbarL treasurer. The .owning ilLscourse was dell veitxl byltev. Dr. Merrltc, or Halllmore, who warned his colaierors against the cnereachiiiflnts or ethor denomi nations en the Lutheran structure, and coun seled u mero xigoreus extonsteu or home missions. He wauled mero help te build chinches mid round educational institutions. Kev. Dr. Allxirt, of(Jerinautewii, truisuier orthe KLsters' fund, reiKirted an oxemlitiiro el ?i,l(j hi the past two years, anil u balance of ?l-en iiaud. He stiteel that souie or the synods that ask the most help rrem the fund contribute tlie least At the e cuing fu'ssien llev. Dr. (letwahl, or Yerk, addressed the synod en "The Duty et Our Church te Her Institutions or 1 earn ing," in which he advised mero liberal sup sup peitand encouragement VNri:iIAMl TllU 31UN1HUSNT ICrectcl tc tlie jvtrinery or Governer Hliiien Koyeler ut hoUiiK;revi'. Fully 0,000 strangers witnessed thoecro theecro thoecre iiiony el tniiisferring te the custody of the people the ineuuiiiciil erected, te the memory orex-Oovernor Snyder by the stite In Sellus Sellus Sellus greve, Vodnesday. A large niimlier or the descendants orthe governor were present, hi addition te (Joienior Paulsen, the heads or the stite departments, the meiiilsjrs or the Senate nud Heuso or Koprescntitlves, (icnenil Siineii Cameren, ox-Oevornors An drew (i. Curtin mid Jehn F. 1 1 art ran ft, Judge Fiuley, Hen. Hugh M. North, ami Majer Llllett, new In liis'.Nith year, who held a commission under tlovcrner Snyder, A public) parade was made, after which Kev. Max Hark, el Lancaster, ollereel up prayer and read Irem a church record concerning Governer Snyder's history. Miss Lillian May Snyder, great-granddaughter orthe governor, then unveiled the monument, and Governer P.ittlsen in brief remarks transferred the testimonial te the custody of the cltlcns of Sellnsgrev e and the county. A. W. Petter received the charge. L'x-Governor Curtin was thou called upon, and made n Tew remarks. Hen. Simen Cameren vvas introduced, and briefly spoke of Governer Snyder, after which the sermon preached at Governer Snyder's funeral, sixty-six years age, vvas read iu Lnglish mid German. Alifolike bust nt the governor, inndoer hronre, forms the he.ul or the granite monu ment, whilst en thrce sides are medallions representing him as a tumor, a fanner ami a statesman. On the fourth side is tlie follow ing incriptlen : " Lrected by llie Common wealth of Pennsylvania te the memory el Govorner Simen Snyder." TlXKtiKAMh IN HltlKl-. Stnte Senater ISruce. or Ohie, thinks Tliur niau will Is) the next Democratic candidate for governor of tlie stite. The general assembly of the United Pres byterian churcli or North America, assembled iu Topeha, Kansas, this morning. Prank Weed, who shot and killed Frank llvau in Fehiuary last, hi ltiithde, N. Y., wassenlenccil lids morning te ten years at hard l.ilsir in the stite prison at Auburn. A dispatch from llattlolerd, N. W. T., savH the Indians who murdered L.T. Smart have lieen captured, ami are imprisoned there. The race iu Louden for the Manchester cup, xal lied at 1!,000 sovereigns, added ten handicap sweepstake of -r sovereigns each xvas run te-day and xven by ISeriien. Daniel Kecne, selectman unci postmaster or ilieiueu, Me., has disapioared, owing, it is said, rrem f J,000 te f.r),O00 te the town und nearly as much mero te x'urieus persons. The Paris pelice nnd military elllci.ils ure tikinireverv nrecautieu te mevent en out break during the progress et the luneral or the late Victer Huge, which takes place en Monday. The Jersev Cltv coroner te-day decldeel that no inquest was necessary in the cise or tlie porsensw he lest their llves by the rail et the building en Celgate street The municiiul election hi Lynchburg, Va, te-day is progressing quietly. The ellerts el the Mahene party le put a ticket iu the Held ler city council Is a complete failure, and most of the nogrees ure voting the Doniccratle ticket J, lines N. Day, tlie ex-clerk of Martin fc Kunyeu, bankers, at 100, llreadvv.iy, New Yerk, licensed of robbing Ills employers of nearly f80,000 during tlie last three years, and xvhe xvas arrested in Nevvurk, N. J., last night, ngrecd te accompany llie New Yerk detectives te-dav and xvas accordingly brought te New Yerk. He will piebably be indicted by tlie grand Jury te-day. Tlie Pretestant Lplscejial convention orthe Maryland dloceso was opeuod in llaltlinore Willi prayer mis morning uy iiisuep iaiui. Tlie important question or tlie day is tlie pro pre position made yosterday by llev. J. S. 11. Hedges, calling for dellnlte action en tlie part of the conveiition in rofereiico te mission xv erk among colored poeplo. llev. Dr. I'erry strongly ndxoentcd a inoveuiont or this kind. A l)lupieliited Levur Found Dead. - Wn.KKsnAiuii:, l'a., M'ay lis Adam llrumin, the young farmer or Hanover town ship, xvhe quarreled xvltli his sweetheart, Miss Kate llehn, nnd aflorwardsattempted te sheet her bocause she would net marry him, was found this morning in la strip of weeds ulongslde or the Susquehanna river, with a bullet hole In his head and done). A friend of llruium'B succeeded m whining llie allec allec tiens or tlie sweetheart and he xvas iinable te stand tliodls-ippelntmont. Died In Jail. TitENTON, N. J., May 23. Ex-Audlter Fredorick A. I'aluier, of Newark, N, J., dled in the stnte prison at Trenten, te-day. Iio xvas serving out a term of twalve yours for embezzlliig (200,000 or the city's meney. IIe had servcii about threo years ut the tlme et his death 1HO UAMItt.tNll. Heme IlC'Mirli Aiiieiig the Uhlcnge I'ralfrnlly That nre Credited. OillCAeie, May 28. A reiwt rrem New Yerk that Pat Shccdy had nrrlved lliore "broke" uner losing tl)0,000ln Chicago, mid that Geergo Ilanklns and Mike McDonald liael imlel f.'Ul.OOO U)ii rich Wyoming cnttle king In a game of draw iwiker, islliosul islliesul islliosul Ject of conslderahlo inorrlment among HiKirlhig iiien. Geergo HaiikhiH stated last evcnlng that It was iitterly without foundation ; that no sucli game had heen played in Chicago and no such amount or money had been xven or lest liore. He added that lie had net becii l'nt Shoedyto stMk h him rer some tlme and could net understiud hew the repert origl erigl nalcd. Anether twrsen lonnectcd with a well known resort said It could net be true. "A man le lese ?!K),000," romarked nn old cam paigner, "must llrst have f0O,(J00 te lese, l'nt Slieeely never had hail It is Ids We. He never could have lest that nmeunt Iiera" Continuing, he remarked that thore had been no big w innings iu Chicago lately. "I don't belloveany man has beat the bank out or fiOO this month." Anether "rciert" pl.iceel the rumorena ar xvith tlie story that Pat Shcedy had hist winter distributed a bushel or diamonds uineng rojiertors hi New Yerk. Men who tike stock iu the story ure given the laugh as characters, vv he listen with credulity te the whlsiierser r.mcy. A XVAH HISTWHKN NKlUlltlUHS. Twe KkIIeii or it Ki'iilmky County Kiikiike In it C.mij. ilu or Kileriiiliiutleii. Catlkmhiiuuii, Ky., Slay 28. A gciillo gciille manw he arrived here list night brings the iiewm of a neighborhood war en the head waters or Heaver Creek, Knett county. The leaders In the trouble are T.ilt Hall en one slde, nnd Clalx) Jenes em tlie ether, liu-h had rrem 20 le 30 ilosjicrute followers. Tlie origin el the trouble Issild te have been llie killing of. i man named S.dyer hoiiie time last March, in Floyd county, when Jenes charged Hall with being responsible ler the murder. This caused Hall, who has killed twoerthieo men in his time, te go en the war-path for Jenes. Tholatler, apprised or his danger, rallied Ids friends and Hull was pul en the defensive A Tew days nge the Hall party were driven Inte n house by Jenes nnd his inen, and since Ihen tlie war has Uen waged hi earnest Hall and his crowd are still fertilicel In the house, wlilcliisstirrouiiel wlilcliisstirreuiiel exl by Jenes ami his followers. On sever.il occasions the Hall faction hav e inaelea sortie, but wero driven Icicle nnd up le lasl aeeunts, Hve inen had been killed and ieveral wound ed. Ne person Ih allowed te pass through the neighborhood and tlie poeplo living in the vjcjinty are flecingr for baTety. The greatest excitement prevnlls. Jlall and his mcji euinet get any :tn;dht.'Uu;e irenr thelr rrienils, xrhlle Jenes' rxirly are being rein forced daily, and It Is only a question et tiine, and a short period, tee, wlien Ifall mid hts adherents will lx) exterminated. AT THIS NATIONAL VAVITOI luttinial llotenue Collertern nnd ri)llnatrM ApiKilnted fiome rrneii.tl etri. Wasiunoten, I). C.,May 28. Tlie rresi rresi dent te-elay made llie following npiiolnt npiielnt npiiolnt meiits: Te Ik) collectom of Internal rovenue: Owen A. Wills, Third district of Wisconsin ; Jehn H. JIaleny, First district of Miehlg-m. Pestmasters: Jo-ephiisP. DcJarnetle, Cho Che Cho tejKi, Kansas; AdolbertH.Crampten, Delphi, Inel.; Curtis P.eecl, Menesha, Wis.; James I). Wataen, Maylleld, Ky.; Rebert II Austin, Tama City, Iowa; Geerge S. Witters, Ida Grove, Iowa; Chas. G. Kress, Lewisten, Idaho lorrltery. The beard appointed te repert upon the no ne no cessary coast defenses will held its llrst meeting at tlie xvar deptrtment, ItiueSd, by erder or Secretary Ludicett The president and Secrctirms Ludiuilt, Whitney, Lumar and Vilas, will leave for New Yerk at lOo'cieck te-morrow evening. Tim UiiKwArgliuii Situation. Lo.mien, May 2S. Prof. Armiiiius Vain Vain bery, In an interview Wednesday, states that he IkjIIoves an Angle-Kussi m war xvlll be Inovitable but he thinks Lngl.iud will net be ready for a year or two, when the Indian railways and military reads will have been completed. IIe has perfect faith in Hug land's ability te ropel an nttick and predicts that tlie w hele of Central Asia w ill ev entually come Inte the possession of ihigl.ind. A Vieniia paper ridicules Hussl I'soxpressod intention te publish an Afghan hlue book, and remarks that in a country where thore is neither u Parliament nor u frce press such books oscape criticism, and are thorefero x-alueless. The Vienna TuyhlitU says that even if tlie Kussiaii version of the dispute dillered fiem the Kuglish it would unhesita tingly ImjIIuxe the Lnglish account Chinese letters stite that the Ihiglisii sepiad sepiad ren iu Chinese xv.iters is oxtreinely active In watching the movements of the Uussl.ui ironclads, particularly near Pert Hamilton. TIYJSNTY-THO rtflt.SONS lniOWNJ'.l). 'llie Sti'iuiihlilii "City ef Heme" Kmiri Over it FreiiLh Itarlc With l'alal KtiitcilU. NnvvYeitiv, May 28. Tlie S. S "City or Heme," of the Ancher line, from Liverjioel, when ell' tlie banks or Newfound land en the 2Tilli iust ran ever tlie French bark "Gee. Jehns," xvhlch sank immediately. She had 21 persons en beard, of whom only two vvoresavod. The passen gers of llie City of Heme signed a testimonial praising llie captain of the steamship and elllcers for prompt ness hi putting out two life belts nnd doing evcrythiug possible in saving lira A dense leg prevailed at the time. The look out could net soe the bark, xvhlch was at anchor. All had sunk except live w lien tlie beats wero get out, and tluoe sauk bofero the beats get le thorn. The lt.lpllsls und Stanley. Londen, May 2S. A dinner xvas glven te Mr. Henry M. Stanley te-day by prominent llaptlsts xvhe are In Londen attending the May 'meetings. Iu referring te tlie eflmts of the ilaptist's missionaries In Atrlci, Mr. Stanley speke Iu eulogistic tonus or thoelll theelll thoelll clenoy xvith which the xverk or spreading Christianity was performed, and el the excel lent results achieved by all the Baptist mis sions In the Conge basin. The reply te Mr. Stanley'H address was cempllmcntaiy, and contained the assertion that te him xvas due the credit of making mission xverk pessible in Central Africa. Tlie l'lre Keturtl, JintMKV Oitv, N. J., May 23. Allro breke out at 11:15 a. m. this morning, in tlie store house of the Jersey Centrul railroad nt Com Cem iuuniiiaw, N. J., nnd is still burning. The ilames ure uutler control, howevor. The building was uaed for storing car furniture The total less xvas ?5,000. IJAi.TiMOiiu, Md., May 28. Flre early this morning in the lurnlture factory of Henry Koessor it Sen, en Portland street, caused a less or fO, GOO. A Iteinitrknble Yerk County Accident. Hur.Aiit, Md., May 28. Ycsterilny lnernhig Mr. Jehn Parry, Jr., or Delta, Yerk county, l'a, get dp, leaving his wite asleep Iu bed, as he supposed. Ue turning te vvake her lie found her dead. Her fnlse teeth had boceiiio dlspLaced mid wero loelged in her tltrait, se as te completely clese the wiueipipe. Attend te Year Nole. Tiie banks will be closed en Saturday (Dee-oration Day), and these having business utlmnken that day xvlll save trouble by at tending te the mailer te-morrow. TIIK INDIAN OUTBREAK I'OUTIOSN Ol' NKW SIKXIVO TEli IXl.lt IIY T11K JtEUSIilNS, Tlie ITKlit ut licvlli. 1'itrk Iu Which '.m ttfyt iceiiniM or .xiiiimiiiiiieii mm nine i'c nice ,; Wirn Taken rrem the IndlAti Orjp ' liliiB for a Held Dcroiue. Kiiiit Uayaui), N. M., Mny 28. ,TC Indians are le.iiimr thelr reservation idle Tlie numlier or Indians doing tlie k tfngf 0$ during the last 10 days is said by the nili 'Vry WM auuieruies w oe only Ul, ill uucks, mu-W. grown boys mid IB sipiaws. Outside n Inillcjite many mere Nevvsfnmi the .iyn that sevcral inen wero klllci the lllack llnuge county, and 1 outbreaks are feared from the calcre agency. Cant Smith, of the lihty Er! c.nairy, who loiieweci llie iimiaus irem ueir " reservation, passed through Silver Cit yps"- m5 fnrtl.iv Cctr- 1.V.W llivtiril Tn llin CI. i.t ..4 l, y ' . ..t ... .... .. .. i - .--- r fl j Devil's Park, ene Indlmi xvas killed, t xl'iusl'' f& me soldler, and ene Indian scout wen ded "'fvtej .'apt. Smith was bathing when nttackce wldj g ed llie ch.irge in hLs underclothes, re lllile'jr .it the Indians, cipturing 2,000 rounds e ter- eminent ammunition and nlue p tilWj. I eirty-llvenrnied nicii left here at I e lei protect f.imiles new surrounded en Jlenr jfjj crick. A reiKirt from Jutiliier Sprin s. 10 , . vi3 miles from here, s.iys that 30 Indiai, in-- eluding squaws mid chlldren, are ci ped, thcre nnd ene much has been taken i A. iu in Just iu fiem a ranch near Negro e Wkw lour miles from here, reperts lighting .dre. and tli.it oue man and a child wero k 'M. and one man wounded. The latter h ttfc upt r '.UP- t rived hi town. Parties are organizing out Arms are scarce. A courier rrem N.uldeu's command Is in, wllh a roque supplies. He reports Uncling two mom -di red prospectors and het trail. Meui:iiiAN se iti:i'eiiTi:i ku.i.i I)i:minci, N. M., May 28. The India nre scattered in small hands iu differed p. Vt of , New Mexico, mostly near the black I ng& More than 30 citlens are reported kllle- apU4' many of them mangled lioyend roeegu Inuy f Last night the Indians were ropertod (lJie- near Cook's jieak, lh miles nerthvvert ttl Dcmlng. The greatest oxcitement pivrin hi the settlement en the Gila Nelnliatisl have been killed or captured since the jui-hre-.ik. Genenil Creek isen hisxvayh reU) relieve Gen. P.iadley, and is oxiiected ' xhtr dny morning. Miners and ranclnne ara coming hi from ull diroctieiis. Mud dm dm salisr.ictieu is expressed concernlnx tl ' ac tion or the troops. 1'cperts from 'jke alley are tli.it a baud of about 10 Iii'tlnns came Jn sight et the scttloment The cili-. zcusnrined themselves and xvent out tc held the redskins ia check. The Indians 'hen went toward Cooks's canon. JrtliiM of tlie ApitcliQ Oitttireak. Hir.x-:KCl7",N.JM.. May 2S. The total number el imrsenVMJlcu by tiie Aiiacueyia the Mogollon meuutalififmel It'Jtgi rl vcr ceiin-i try fs reliably esliinAted atTfbm Uveal BV? te thirty. James Montgomery, Rebert l-tef ten, Nat Luz, Peter Andersen, lloliert Sinlih, two Lutter brothers, Calvin Orwlg Vl, Lyens and Mr. Ilxxtcr xvore mneiif, tin killed. All wero prospectors and ranchmen. The names of the rest hav e net been lc imed. Indian trails are fresh and numerous m tlie country north and west of here, aiid nexvs; of a light ure looked for. Captains Madden aud Overton, of llie (th cavalry, are inclese pur suit Many el' the trails lead te tlie south, and the Indians are reported te have iipeu seen heading that way. Colonel Fersvlh is guarding the frontier, ami Mexican troops hav e been ordered te the Mexican frontier. Indian scouts ure reported te be desert ig fci llie hostiles from seme of llie troops it llie Held. irenic of the z.Eaisr.ATUiti A lllyh IJcdisii Hill Amendment Adopted A Xcte Siintalned. llAitnisuuitei, May 28. An ainenilijieut of Drewn te his high liconse 1)111 Wft adopted hyn xoteorOayoas te C2 nnj-s iiu pesmg the rollewlug rates In addltunte tliose new iald, the increased amount go into county trc-astirles : Cities or the llrst and second class, $250 ; third class, CJX) ; feutth class, 81.10 ; fifth class, f 100 ; boroughs containing less thin 10,000 inhabitants and mero than 500, ?7e ; all ether places, fw The bill passed second leading as amended. Senatu bill w as unanimously j issecl finally providing ler the revision nnd elnte elnte elnte moet el illegal assessments by the Iioiriler rovenue I'omiiilssiencrs. Amondmeut-wero added te the general rovenue bill, inijirig en browers a tix of ene cent a barrel ou hexir sold, instead el ene ier cent en annual -Jles, and ?200 en skating link proprietors. The general rovenue bill passed s(iid reading. The message or the governor vf.to vf.te ing the hill e reatingan additional law uulgO In Northuinbeilaiid county xvas sustained In the Senate the legislatli e salary in t was1 amended se as te allow members $i,&wv for sixty days' actual xverk. The salary et Uie clilet clerk, xvhlch is fJ,r00 pcraimuil, li years during xvhlch thore is a session vVJ ilxcd at 51,000 ; a legisliitlve term s Iwo years. The llual passage of the bill is elouM eleuM i nt 'I'lie lreiikn liill w.is easseiil nn.illv. erv- x idiiigth.it all moneys iccoived from Intnir- h'1 ance en stile norm it school uiuiiiiugs us niu vw t.t. rut. tl'-u 'Clie mi.ti.ile liill ii iltcliln lllCll J9 shins Inte classes vvas defeated. . ' p. i:nilierer XMIII nu' Condition. ,, AiSj Hi:ni,iN,JIay28-ItwaselllciallyaiinrtitieiJ-.iS.R? Ibis innriilMi. Hint the l.miiorer dliaur . Vli siKjnt a bad night lie was xery r'fitlti'VStl nnd slept only at Intervals. His phywciana , repert ills conditeii te-day as much worse) tuid iv ll.it llin internal oeiiinllc.itlons flOlU" e.K xvhlch he is siillering have hecome u)erj"L'. 1J alarming in their syniptems. The in itiil- family arriveel rrem Potsdam last ugiit." ManviMiint te the fact or their sudde eid unexpected return us an Indication that tlie, emperor's condition is critical. An elllci.il bulletln this ariorneon itatas that the condition or the emperor has -einu-w hat Impreved. u Tlie Matu or tlie V. H. Treasury. Wasuinoten, D. C, May 28. Tr Mitry irolances te-day : Geld coin ami billion, fjll.721.48:i:sllvordellaninnd bullion Sirrfi,. 872,(U0; rrnctleiinl silver coins, tJl,ll,12f nt5 United States notes, MO, 130, 030 ; iiitlynnl ? t banknotes, 2,252,201; deX)sibi with ng'.IennJ. St, b,inl itoiHJslteries, e,ru,uu , muieiiai uautv-yy nntn. In tinirwH of rcdeilintiOIl. 819.U!!I.S'. -V. ii'..e.,i r,i7 r.eir curt. . sV J """'I .i,...,- .... .iVXnerjj f'...(iii...iiw niitsiaiicuni' : ueui. mjuw.isv 110: sUver. f 105.150,070; eurreiiey, f35 oea , ,."l'j Internal rovenue roceipw, MD.i,ej,ic , flejj5 tetus. F013.058. ilMSI lYEATltElt l'JlOHAllILlTIEt, Tlie Condition et tlie llnremcter nud Tfcrjf P VI inomclernndliidlcatleii. for the Mone. .vJ J WASitiNcneN, D. C, May 28. l or Wi'jj MlddloAtlantlebtatos, cleuay xveauur, mm ocwvslenal rains, xvlmls gehcriUy lerni nerUj 0.1st le southeast, stationary lemrwraU JZ The toinperaiuro nas i.iueii sugiuiy in uiu Middle Atlantlo;states,nudtheIiko regions, olsevvhero tlie tompeniture lias reuialned btatien.iry. Ven FniDAY Lecal r.iiusare indicated for tlie Ui)K)r Mississippi valleys, nnd the Lake . . - . V?- . 1 he Mnlidl VViinu rence. Doneola, May 28. News has ro.iched liore te the oll'ect, Uiat the Mnhdl Is preixirlng te dispatch un envoy te tlie kliodie ler the purpese of ebtuiniug tonus, upon xvhlch a iicaee may be restored lu llie Soudan. "m ':'fr iiiev "WCWl , jU'i, d J K?rm vr ? m ?, At .rJ il f -4 rs"f
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