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LANCASTER, PA., TLIUIISDAY, MAY 28, 1885.
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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.
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