,; :'i&WwwW$m " fc.t ft " f 38) miJtKkf " , jTjS'in p J !., Xfc fatf J 1 VVVV m m&mm I.VUJjULU xxlli no. jue. JX. . . . ,- - LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, JA3TCJAHY 21, 1887. PRICE TWO CENTS. ? """Tl'l! ' V .r-t, llmteuxa "v UK LKON FOUND GUILTY. tin .inr ubt rimer. m.iiin j.v .4 vii' ruiiK ritiaus. (Inly Oun Vtllur.a Tr.tUtr let Hm lltlrnie. Mr.. Itimr. Wat l(ldtiied Tim UI'U lug 1'rncefdlnt.s of ll Hmi.AttmiHl Itl.l In t tmk a " Professer " Jelin Da L'en wm found guilty euThurslsy, In tliu court of general sessions, New Yerk, el kidnapping Mrs. Harsh Hewes out of the state, 't'lie maximum penally In Alteen jeurs' Iiiiptl.eiiiiieut. The proceedings of tliu ixcehd il.y of the tilal woreosjnod bofero Judge Olldersloeio nml n Jury by Assistant District Atlernny I'll? gerald calling Mr- ' UL Redor, n young mm, as ttiu llrst wltne.s llssald I Imve Ik'I'U Im Panama several turns. The Issl lline t wm there h ilurliiK January nmt March, Jsmi nmra sUjcd In Panama tuer night tuil etic( 1 knew a wrMn i-f tliu unmoor Mr. Ivy. Nhe lived nine tliu l'lsziHauti Amu I bad known her by another name. I vnsnther linuse In Panama In the early pat of March, im I win ncc iinpauled by h trleiid who lutl never U'iii lii Panama h-jfore. A Her break la.t we took n earrbgu drlvoareutid tlie city, and It wm Miggtn'.M hy Hm eirrisge driver that we should go round te Mrs. Ivy " 'WImiUIiI yousee lien you went thorn'" naked Mr. I'llznrald. The counsel ler the defendant objected te tlie wllne answering thnt question. Tlie court sustained tliu objection en tlie ground thnt Mr. De Men It ml net been "Mil. t'leiitly Identified tuiMiniBvt In r Itll n "Mm, Ivy" In Panama. ANenimt tki.i. tai.i: i.i:rri.u. Henry W. J. Ilullsy wnslhe next witness eilhd. Hesald: "1 hiii superintendent of Hie Paeltle Mall Steamship cempiuy In New Yerk. I rem"mber tlie I.tUy of Septomber and that en that day the t'lty el Para willed. I saw the defendant, Jehn Da Inn, en tint lUy nt tlie company's elllre nt tlie de.-k, llu omne thore iitmut Imtr past ten In tlie morn ing. I delivered te Iitin n ticket KlvllK n pvgHgelrnm New Yerk teAplnwall. Ninety imhta nore pint ter tlie tleket. I rert'Uud tlffi inent'V lunxiiiipaoleJ lv it lolter of ail- Toe Mlter wi pr'luoed anil wai mail. It wai im f'il(i (B.1 ll.irti lrintui""! C"L(1. A. 17 l(l t Af.amiAij) Ce'iijiativ. Am Yerk Sin 1 take tlie liberty te wml you, by Mr. KiKKxIey, of tlie lily of I'.ira, SISil, ijelil, tlie pnee fjr two naiiei) Kern en tee nuxt trip el tti'j City of I'ara, UeiMi liure te Anpinwnl!, ntt cUi piHiiiin. Mr. Nt. l.oeti. of Nik m K.nt Kuiirtli Htrect, Nw Yerk, will ceme tin A ll en tlie il.iy of mIIIuk, lu the mernlni;, nml utvu you the iminei of the two laillvn ter which tlie mi' mreh are paid. If ImdeM net ceme ler tlie xalllni; of the I'lty et I'ra he will cerlalnly couie for tliiiiiejtt KttMiner, which will prob preb alily be the Colen. In etury ae you will lnve the iiinnny fur tliore pinne,. lu no cie plcue ili'llvur auyttiliiK than the ticket.", and UiHl w hen you are mire tint the x)rini In fiiteillnu nre m.iIIIuk- I mean te s.iy that tbcre will lj tlmote uellver the two tloketi te Mr Hu liSeu en the day of hhIIIiii;, hi othcrwle by smne HWlil'int lu dt'iiverln the tlckcta earllnr I lnl(;lit net be sum that the pvrsei n would Hall, and leso my uieuuy. I Aeuld be Miry tliniiklul te you, Mr, If you will kindly kIve rdara tint the rcjueat 1 wind by the prt-ent H fill itll'-'d. The ticket Killed en tluiday of hi'IIuk by the City of I'.irli or Colen, and, If net, the inenry kept fermy illKwltleu. Mr. St, Loen will tdentlfy himself by pruntiiii; hit curd. I rcmiiu, dear lr, rmjinctrullr, Mill M. U UuHlbx. " De I.oen, cintluuiHl the wltntm, "gave lin hit card. That wai the Ntlpulatlen lu the lotierel advlca." Till cleieU tlie ev ilrnce twr the prosecu tion, Mr. Huydam a'tkinl the ivjurt bid I root mi RCqulttat en the reiiuil that ttmre wai net uiUflcnt oVldence te show tint tlm dnfond dnfend dnfond set had " eull 'e.t or lUM'U'.ud Mix. ilewct Ireni the atate. " Jild;e Ulidcrslcnvn ilenteil the iiiotlen, Mr. SuydHUi and Mr. ItarlltiKur hid a roll rell roll ultatIeu which latfd Huveml inlnulci, at the oleno et which trio l..rincr atuieiiucml that the drfriMO would ou!,i m.I ene lnca and thiu nut thidrcMC " net A ' I im, " MWa Anna Jehnwin was than eillixl. hhn ild " 1 rvalue at Ne. Ill F.lglitli streflt. I a -librarian of ihe U'erKliiRincn'M Library. I uave bfeu cnumed ttiiire ler the lait four ten niQiitha, I knew the newspipur repjr. lur who Iw. tftiuiled. He luiredui'eil him tell te me an llarrv I.eluh. I midohUnc midehUnc pialntiiK'O en the 3d til J tuuary. llociiue te the library and xalil te me that he hail ro re ro cehed Iriforuimien that I w nt ene tlmea victim or Di Lain, lla tri d te ilniw me out ab'iut till'.. I telil him that I wan uc n.iiaiiiled with Im I.miii. I had been lutio lutie lutio itured te 111 lit tiy Dr. Clarke. " Mr. Suydain Ii it true thnt I) ) L'-en tried te Induce you te ku te 1'auauiu' WltnfwH ( itl :;ret iiuiphain) Ne, Mr. Mr t'uzerald aid th it Harry l.elh had neier haHI that tlie "doctor" Ind trled te lu ll ll Ce tier te K te l'an a m i and objectuJ te th.t JIiia of rreii oxaudtiatieii. Mlaa Johuen thou rete Ireni ber chair and waved a uewapapcr in the lace et Mr. Id. Kurald, and lu oxclted tones H.ilJ, "Im did Kay se. It Ik here." Counsel en both sldis kliarud the oxeltemont of the vltne, nml the lalter In hcrauxiuiy te get in a denial of the newapaper story about hersiilf htoed up and put the paper bofern the lacoer JiiOke Cllldor Clllder Cllldor ntytevo and declared In evited teuci that It wu "a lie." " Yeu cannot nnt your vindication," Bald JudRoGtldernluovo, "my dear madauie, In thin cise. Your romedy must be lu an action lu another court agalnat the nuwspaper." Mini Johntien thou weut en te say that Mho had w rilten u book nu aitroleny that had been published In New Joeoy, and that Harry Lelh siiRgcaled te her that If ahe be came a wltneHS HKalnat De I.mii thunewH paper would gve her a froe advertisement of her book. In cren oxamluatlen by Mr. Fltrgeralil she ald that hIie had written a hook en astrology, but had never practiced the profession pt iW.rolei;l4t In thW city or anywhere elae. She rwiwucqiialntel with l)r. II. M. Child, or I'lilladelplua. "I have iniewu De I.oen about three yearH. I beaime nc'itininUxl with him at l.u llice lu Keurth MrciL I was Introduced te liuu by r. Clark. I liave visited De Loen twice at the Tembj." Alter the Jury hid been uddreaied by Mr. Kujdain ler the delemlaut and AstNtaut DIatrlct Attorney Fitzgerald for the prescvu Hen JudKe UildHrnleoiedollvoredhlicharKO, In the raiirje of which he mid that the prisoner was Indicted under boctlen ill I et the penal cede, nml that under the Indict' mom It wai net noceisary that the Jury Hheuld be satlelled of the purpose for which air Iiewcn was Heni out. me Indlot Indlet merit did charge that he untlced or In lelitled the complaint out of the atate with out authority el law. If thejury were satli lied en that point they must urlrg In a ver dict of K,ll"y- Tin: vunuit'i. The Jury retlred, taking the two letters that bad been admitted in evidence with them. On arriving at tbelr room a ballet was taken, and they st.'Kxl 11 te 1 for conviction. In ntK'Ut ball an hour they returned te the court room and rendered u verdict of pullty. The pruener wai roiuanded te the Tomb prima and will be brought up lur Henlence en Mciiilav week. An KlertrlcUglit Lineman Ix)e III. Idle. A nre breUnuut Thuraduy alternoen in the engine room el the store ul Ne. I'J Yeiuy utreet, New Yerk, oecuplod by the Continen tal AinericauTea company. TIieuuIMIiik wat completely KutbKl. ThoIeaiH estlmated at about 37,000. Vlllle the tire was in progress liiivJiuau Fred. HIiheiih, of the electrle ilfilit eijuipauy, cllmbml a pole te cut the cloctrle 'wires leailiiiK into the mera In the act he received a shock which paralyzed him. He Ibll te the ereund, utrlkliur en hla head and 1H04I in ten inliiiilei. a number et fe'lrU VN'ifkiiigen an upier lloer lu u foathornliii feathornliii foathernliii ter factory were paulc-atrlckeu by the umoke. Haveral laltited. All were breucht out aafely. The tire li Biinpestd te bave been iiauned by thu electric light wlreiln theeu-Kluo-reoxn. HIM Ml IMH.KIt UKAl.ril, "Ilun" Wilten'. lUdil Tmii.M Frnm Anlunin YrJlm Uoeiily Jll Siirreii'lrtril li III. Vileli(l.inan amlMnml ter Ultimo, The curtain nppe.r te Iki almul le fall upon thotiielodratimtla career of "Due" Levi Wilten. The ornlwhlle nabob la lu Iho narrow cenllncn of a prlenn tell, In 1'rovl 1'revl 1'rovl dence, H. I., (leneitrjil by all his frlenda. Illswlle turned airalnst him nml Is appeal liiK te tlie court te urant her a legal Mcparn Hen. The man who hut a row ypara age ur ur ur roumled hlin.elf with nil theollileticeanf tlin wealth of a Monte Orlsle II he were i;lven to morrow that most precious been liberty would boa wanderer nml u beggar upon the facoel the earth. Wllaeu'a Rtent nttempt en the l.tofDo l.tefDo l.tofDe coluber la.t te make people believe hiia tin) heii of Philip i Mimiii, the wealthy wire manufacturer el Worcester, from whom he had received larue minis of mr.ney, was the last diMernln move of a de.piliiiiK man. A claimant will alwaja llnd lelhiAera, but it wetued ns If Wllseu'it claim was at; oxcoji excoji oxceji tlou te tlie rule. 'I he miller was less than n nlnedaj'n womler, and alter the lacla were all brmi;lit te llglit a 111 111 wlmoipren-eil be lle! lu the tale could with dllllculty be found. This was billowed by the el back Irem the court In Iliwteu In refilling te In dict Mr. Moen for jinrjilry and the throwing ecr of the adventurer by ills ceuiifel, OoerHOj. W111L Ameiiit several 0'iarK's laid at his deer was th it of Christopher Ihinlnavy.ef llrldne, who nccunnd him of ltra)liif; his datiithter, Margaret Duuleavy. In the Biitiiinii el I te I Duuleavy Instituted legHl proceoilliiRS against the rich mill. A writ was Lined en De cember?, ISM, lu the suit of Mr. Duuleavy for 1 10,000 damage, the writ belli it returnable en the fourth Monday of Marcli, lMs Caleb l'arnum, Wllaeu's lather In-law, became his bondsmen In the aum of flO.OOO- Tlie case was put iimn the dix'ket of the court, where It remains le this day. Klnce the llasce of last December, Wilsen has been IIvIiik tuletly, lu marked contrast tehls lermer ostentatious display. He was a familiar figure en Iho atreel and lu the tlieatren, and ll was jtnnerally understood that whaleier money he had came from his father-Iu-law. Tueiday matters underwent a cbamce. Kather-tu law I'aruum ferbade Wilsen's presence In the lietf.0 and caie a p inur of attorney te Deputy Hlierill J. Abom Uardner, euthnrlrim; him te deliver up the resamdent lu the lltileavy suit. It was understood that Wilsen had planned te leave the state. The Farnum family hive evidently cauie te a well uudorMeoi conrlusleu reardlnK Wilsen. As seen as the olllce of the clerk of the supreme court was open for business Thursday tnemlui; a tttlen for divorce was entered en lielmllel Mrs. Levi Wilsen. Hhu allege-i nun cupirt and cruelty as can km. A citation was Issued In this case. Deputy fiherlllllirdner pocketed It with the power of attorney and ssllled forth alter Wilsen. He Was found at half pant one o'clock In the olllce of Warren It. 1'eic-, who has MioeMxlod Counseller Wnst as his lej;I adviser. Under the name reef lu the bit; llutler exchange bulldlin; Is the olllceof Mr. I'aruum, ami there Wilsen was llrst taken. Later he was taken out te the county Jail in a slelgh. ' Wlls in was greatly chagrined and broken up by the 01 mils. Un the way te the Jail he admitted te the committing otHcer that all hn had In the world was Ulteu cents. Wilsen was seen lu the county Jail. An at tack of rheumatism had nelzed him and he had asked ler warmer quirters than n cell. He was accordingly placed lu a keepsr's room 011 the fourth deer. Completely broken lu aplrlts, he said he was nt a less te account for It all. .suf.M:s or Ti'.unuii us rue we. Six Humlrrtl ritlirrmrii Caught en ttis llreaen Hurlactf uf I.sae Krlc. The greitest excltemeut prcvalleJ In tlul tlul tlul faloen Thurslay en account of an Ice above at this end of Like Hrle. The weather until Wodiieaday night was down te zero and the Ice was from iwelve te elghtoen Inches thick. On Thurmley merulus It was warm and a wind of the velocity el lllty miles an hour blew from the south, nml the sheve must havostarted fully one lnindred miles up the Uke. At ene o'clock the oej Or mire flshermen who went up the main read en the lake found the Ice was fist breaklm: up. Before they could n't iMf, aud when thev were six miles up the lake, they were cut oil by channels of wa'er. The principal cake was nearly amtle Hijuarc, but In lialfan hour It began toep.irate and nt the end of an hour each llh0uuu was working for hlmelf aloue lu his oTerts te reach shore, lly threo o'clock the unfor tunates reached the mouth of the Niagara rlier, where the current Is eight m'les an hour, and lu no lime the cakes were bieken up into piece-), many of which were net evor live or ten lent rqiure. Uvery tlme thore was a Jam the tlshermen clamtiered toward the shorn, but scores of them were te lie aeen K"h'K down Iho stream. The dogs used te draw beiiin llsh were b.irklug and Iho men were calliup; for help. The llle sivltiK crew put ou' with lli;lit aklirs anil nt the ceverniuent breakwater l.elpd many te pi -.is el eafe y Jehn Civauagh v. lib his skill roscueu even or eight, and tinny ethers en both sides of the river worked bravely until nfter darkness set In. Tho're was the greatest consternation en tbe Island, and the wives of the tlshermen rui about wringing their hands. Captain Williams, of the life waving aervice, does net think any Ilvis were lest, but wime of the men who worn eoen in the. evening worn (earful that ce'taln et their comrades e-mie down the rtvernfter nightfall and were drowned. A large number landed nbove Kteny i'elnt, aud othera at the Sand Caleb. iue man, named Haley, was aoen struggling lu the water, and It Is fearad he wns net able te get out Nnnue knows where he live", me It Is ttuposslhle te invcstlgate. Kdward Hlland, of the lite Having crew, came near losing his lite In rescuing ethers. Nearly .ill the inhonnen let their ilegs nmt slcdRta, ir.vmtA 1 r. Titii'LKxmujtiH. Tiiu Jtuliber. MliDut a Wtilte I'lalus Man ami lliry Arn Killed lly a I'ellreinan, William K. Mead, uged twonty-sevon yearsi son et Ueorge II. Mead, wns murdered in cold bleed Weduesday ovenlng, beliiR shot through the head while standing ou the tttoep or his father'H store, in the village of While l'l.iln, Winchester county, N. Y. After tbe sheeting the two men Jutnped into it sleigh and drove away, but having mis taken their reul ret 11 med te the vlllnge and were tired at by Chief et I'ollce Koe and both of ttiem klllixl. The murdered man was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and was net known te have an enemy. He leaves a wife and child. On the bodies of the two dead murderers were found two new sheath daggers with ten Inch blades, ene new mask, four heavy re volvers and tlme tables of llarlem and New Yerk Central railways. Ueth men are HtrnugerH, and nre about tnouty-tne and tweuty-nlue years of age, respoctively. Ne doubt tbelr motlve was rebbery, as when thry entered the store they carried their re volvers cocked, and whan Mead came out of the back room nud dreve them out et the btore they turned nml shot him. Mead cried "Murder!" and lell dead. Kdward Kolilr Kelilr Kolilr mer, 11 protnlneut merchant, steed about 0110 hundred fret away and beard the cry of "murder," nud naw the men run away. Ureal excitement prerntls In the vilUge ever the tragedy. Muttering "la Heming Hlerni. I 10111 the Examiner (ion, lieaver Hoema te thluk that majority counties nre lutetiiled lemnke victories niid minority countles te enjey the spoils. This is au illustration of the familiar adage that tbe willing herse Is alwayH whlpjied. Krem the New Kra. '1 he appointment et Mr, IClrkpatrlck was thoreforo a surprise, for nobody who knows him will pretend that he Is the ldeat lawyer that Ooneral Heaver professed te be looking for. As b lawyer he was net known beyend hla loeat bar nud has no reputation as a con cen con btltutleual lawyer. We could name a deen inonibers of the Lancaster bar who are his periii, and he does net rank In ability with viihur el ihegeutlemeu uaoied as cauuUUtvs by thvlr friends lu this ceuuty, JAMES 11. JACOBS IN COUKT. LAHim ti nmt 11 th s gmrum aivU' UlffflULKr. i ku it u uvruAnunru lie Is I'enii.llr Arrlii.U ami lliruugli III. Cuun.nl rirmu Met Clnllty III. Trial Flint ter ttia Vk llfgluiilng Men ilsy,iMarili7- III Actions In Ceml, Thtirtelay Afltrnoen. Upen the re-as-Minbltiig of court the trial of 1'eter IX Heis and Kdward Aiken ler the larceny of tobacco from the Gap warehouse, and Hess and Levl Kokert for the larceny el turkeys Irem n ear, was resumed. The commonwealth called a number of witnesses te sustain their allegation that the accused was guilty of IhenireiiHei uhargeil. ler the ilefenie It was clalinsd that iless and Aiken knew nothing el the larceny or thotebaocu. They admitted that they were at the (lap en the day of the lareuny hut net at the tlme the tebiixn was stelen. Hesi and Kckert admitted te being en the freight train upon which tbe turkeys wero stolen, but denled knowing anything of the larceny of the turkeys. The only turkey IndentlQed as nun of these stolen, It was c!almed,was the preperty or Levl Hjkert for evor n year aud had bcen running around his premise 1 all thnt time. A number of wltnosse", com panions of the H'-cused, testllled tu their whereabouts when the ab'Jie ellenses were committed. Jury out. 1'rtiil A. Hussell, of Yerk, euloredn ple.i of guilty te being the ftthnr el the illegitimate child of Maggie Siillwell, or Kplir.ita town tewn shli. The usual sentence was Imposed. Jehn Andersen, Jr., a very black coon from Marietta, was IndtcteJ ou ODtiiplalut of Mnry K. Washington, n dusky belle from Columbia, with carrying e wealed deadly weapens. Mary testllled that sae went te Marietta en the night of January 10th, and met Andersen. After eouie words he drew a blnckja'k and struck her with II, and he nlu drew from his hoot the coon's favorite weapon, 11 razor, with which he threatened te cut her. Mho went te Andersen's lather and complalned te him about bis conduct nud he told her te go nud silo him, that he had n great deal of treuble with him and had te knock him down ence a week te keep him straight. The defendant admitted that he had a razor In ills pocket but denied that he had assaulted Mary, it was shown that Mary was drunk en the night el January 10. iamks 11. TAi-etis in mini. It was whispered around town that Jacobs would be taken from Jail le the court house late en Thursday aftorceou, and lu cense censo conse faience there was a large assomblage In the court room at the alternoen session of court. Iletw eon live and H o'clock the tall form of Jacobs was secn In the court room. He had been brought from prison by the HherilIaud was taken up tbe private stairway and given a scat nt the slierlirs desk. S. II. Heynelds and J. Hay Itrown.el his counsel, had a short conversation with him. Jacobs was called before the court and Mr. Ileynelds mevtd ler a contlnuauce. The court directed Jacobs te be nrratgued, which was formally doue. Deputy Clerk Kaby read the Indict ment charging him with the murder, with malice aforethought, of Ellswerth Qulgley. At the conclusion of the reading the usual nueslleu "Hew Ny you, guilty or net guilty'" was put. Jacobs ro re malned mute. He steed lu front of thojudge with his ees resting 011 the lloerand did net raise them ence during the reading of the lengthy document. Mr. Itoyuelds answered, 'ii-'euusel for the prlsoner plead net guilty." That plea was entered und Mr. Reynolds then moved for a contlnuauce of the ca?e te the adjourned term beginning March 7. The district attorney nml K. K. Martin, who ap pear el as special ceun-nl for the common wealth, did net resist tlie application for a continuance aud the cise was marked con tinued te that week as soeu as tbe nicos nices sary entries were made Jacobs wbh removed from the court room by the sherlll. He had an allectlug Intel 1 low with some of hla rela tives In one et the rrar court rooms, nfter which he wns taken back te Jail. As Jacobs went nut of the rear court doers there was a general stampede of the audience, all of whom wanted te get a gllmpsoef the man who will soeu be tried for the highest otlenee Known te the law. Frvlay iternmy. Court met nt i o'clock and the Jury lu Iho larceny cases aaalust 1'eter Hens and Kdward Aiken and I'oter Ilea and Levl Kckert rendered a verdict of guilty. Sonteuco was delerred until te-morrow. Thejury In the case uf Jehn Andersen, carry lug concealed deadly weapons, acquitted the defendant nnd divided the costs equally between the parties. Llncelu Yelletts, a colored mini whose home is at I'lerlu, was put ou trial for the larceny of several parts el harness. The Muleti articles beleugiug te Ueorge Ilachmau nud were uils.eil'cii November 15th. They were found i-oine days allerwards In the po'ession of Benjamin Jacksen who said he had received them Irem Lincoln Yollet, the defendant. The defense was I hat I.lucelu Yellcts ro re ro celvod the lines from his brother Frank, and Frank testllled that the lines he gave tehls brother, he was given by Harve Raymond, nnd Raymond testllled that n couple of years age he had given 11 pair of lines te Fraulc Yellels, but he could net identity the Hues claimed by Mr. lltchmanns the ones he hud given te Yellets. Thejury reudered n verdict et guilty nnd souteuce was delerred. Hiester Kulp, of ML Jey, was put en trial for larceny as bailee. Charles F. Blessing, ei 1 lerln, appeared as the prosecutor ami he (entitled that ou December 10 he mule n con tract te cell the deleudant u sleigh ler ?18. Subsequently Kulp tent for the sleigh aud he gnve it te tlie boy who was sent for lt( stating that he would lean it te the defend ant, but wanted it back. Kulp kept the sleigh, did net pay ler it, rulued te give It up nud he then brought this suit. Ills doreuse was that ICulp bought tlie sleigh from Blessing for fly and nothing was said about cash being paid for 1L lu pursu pursu pursu aucoel the bargain Kulp bent for the sleigh nnd it wns given te him. Heme tlme utter this Blessing asked ler the 5 IS nnd he was handed lrt cash and Kulp'a prom prem prom mlssery nole endersed te Blessing-. Thli nole Blessing refused te take lu payment and brought this suit. Counsel nrgued that It was n case for the cliil courts and that messing should have brought an notion of re plevin te recover the sleigh. Jacob Tobias, who wns convicted of rob bing tlie stere et Rebert Turner, at Marietta, was sentenced te u ml or go nu Imprisonment or thirteen mouths. Fred Stein entered a pics el guilty te steal lug some el the articles Irem tlie Bame store. He was sentenred te undergo mi Imprison Imprisen Imprison ineut el threo months. UII.VMI .inn null UN. 7Vie llilU Frank Abel, malicious tres pass ; Alphensn Duval uml L. K. Duval, tramps j Wm. II. Levergood, perjury. A I'uur Sj.leiu. 1 rem th 1 I'lilladelphla Kecerd, That Is a peer syatem el economy which the Reading railroad management Is attempt ing te en for co. It recently saved a few thous and dellarH by reducing the number of bands, and is reported te uave lest ?b0,0e0 In llve wrecks. .V Ills Orange. Mr. Themas llrewn, of Lakovlew, Flerida, raises some splendid ornegos, a large type of which wUeius the editorial table, Frankllu anil M.i.tiall Ceulsnul.l. The Joint oeminltteo ler the purpese of ar ranging for the celebration or (he conleunlal of Franklin and Marshall college, appointed a Bubcominltlea consisting of Dr. T. (I. Apple, I)r. J. 8. HUhr aud Mr. Jehn C. llager te carry out the plans for the celebra tion. Theso gentlemen hae reported at length In n circular which will be Issued shortly giving deUlled plans of the cere monies. The general committee decided, no lar as buildings nre cetirerneil, te eecure funds for the erection and cqulpment el a HcientlDci building that shall contain a chemi cal laboratory and apparatus for Illustration and oxperlmcut In tlie K-lence of physics, which may cost Irem 515 000 te 1:20,000, ac cording as the contributions for this ebject allow. The second biilbllng is te be a lire-proof inomerlnl building for thu binaries, museum, cabinets, etc, at nu eatluisled cost of 23,000. It Is also proponed te endew the presidency el the college in memory el the late Dr. J. W. Nevln, ami ihe comimttr-e suggest that Trinity Hunday, June 6th, be specially set npart ler "a thanksgiving and memorial ser vice lu our churches, ler the laver aud bloss bless bloss lugef Ued upon our eldest college, and In allcctlouate roniembranco of the llfe and nor ner nor vlceaot tills venernUsi nnd br loved fatbsr In the church." I'ubll.ll th. HI. In I.s?l. Krem the Lcwlsburg CUrenirle Thore la net ene cltUonseutol eiery lirty In l'etiniylvanla who Is acq minted with the tltloef thelawa passed by our legislatures, letalone the full text of the r.-u, and con sequently such unknown law 9 go for nothing at all. It Is popularly known that Ignorance of law does net oxcuse n man for a breach of it ; but when n man Is brought Iki Tere a Jus Jus tlce for such n breach nnd pleads Ignorance he Is most gonerally excussd. Law a by the gross are enacted by our legMature, pub lished In tlie legislative II'- rd, and then dumped lute pamphlet form. The media reach a few prominent poepleln each county, (men who bave no occasion or desire te violate laws or any kind,) and who destrey them, or stew them away among ether rub bish, and never leek nt them , whllothe par ties which should be reached novemeea copy. Neighbor 8, D. Hates, the ether day, hauded us a supplementary ceny of the Ver Ver meut Jburnnf, us n samploef the way the Ureen Mountain state laws are distributed te the is-ople. This supplement was evi dently printed at the state printing elDce, tbe local heading supplied, undoubtedly, te all tbe papers In thu state nt a low price, and sent te all the subscribers of all the papers of the state. The text of evcry law euspted Is plainly prluted. This Is a sensible, loaslble aud ceuiratlvely cbeap plan for all te be be be ceme acquainted with the laws that concern them. Our legislature ceuid de nothing wiser than te lollew the example. lien t.Ojn Kept Faith Willi (.rant. Chicago Ul.patch te the New Verk Tribune The statement Is undo here, and vguched for as authentic, that Jehn A Legan "re "re "ro fused the crown" at the national conventlon held in Chicago, in 15i0, befure Uarlleld was nominated. Weary with wonting for Grant and worn out with excitement, Legan lay down lu his room at the Palmer heuse dur ing the rocess en. the last day of the convon cenvon conven tlon te rest and recuperate for the renewal of the struggle In the afternoon. Thore was a knock ou thodeor. Mrs. Ligan answered It. Senators Fryennd nale steed outside. They requested au lutorvlew with Legau. They were udmltted and without uunocessary words nunounced their uil3i'en, stating that Mr. lllalne could net be nominated, and that they had oeuio te oller their support te Legan, winding up thelr remark by abort ing that he oeuld be nemlna'.wl immediately alter the recess. Legan said "Clentleiuf u, you are ex ex ex tromely kind, hut 1 cannot acept your pro posal, I have been for General i.rant, I am ler him uew, and he will niways have ene yote from Illinois In that convention se long ns I am In It and Ills name is before It. Grant's name ctuuet be withdrawn with my consent and he will be ited ter te the last." Messrs. Hale and lrrye, tin ling him lnllex -Ible, lett him. Unrca. Seclrlv Ceutrlbulluu. The Ladles Culen Dorcas society gratefully HCkuewledgu the following d nations received Blnce Jau. i : Frem ft frlem', ti , Mrs. A. C. Keplor, n large let of clothing , Mrs William Soner, fS ; a frleud, through Mrs. M. O. Kline, seat 13 te nld the I'sverter family , Mrs. Roseumlllor, fl ; Mr. Hlward Edgerly, (2; Mw.8. II Miller, (t; Mr. II. V. Miller, Jl; Mrs. Jue. llager, clothing, Mls LUlle rranlz, shoes; Messrs. Williamson A Fester, 5.71, Mrs. J. It. Foster, 51i , Mrs. William son, e; Mru. Drewn, 1 ; Mr. C. Widmyer, fl; a friend, fS; Miss S. C. I-rs7T, 51: Mrs. Sarah Hubley, f I ; a friend, f J je It has been doemod advlsa'i.e te njilu ro re mlnd theso who coutrlbute towards the work carrled ou by the Union Dun is society that only " the sick and old" are helped by them, except lu extrome cases. Tne Martluelz family, in whom the dally pa, sirs ha e lately endeavored te Interest the p itn '. have been ropeatodly nsslsted by them ter the last six or eight yearn, and they hope tuat theso w hr sogenerously glve te thli e 'w7 will net think they noglect any who are suilarliig while they linve a dollar te gne them. The Ceck I'IKhttr. The erk Aj publishes the side of Lau caster cock lighters ns it appeared In the 1 ruM.iai.NCKH en Tu6J-iv, Bud adds. " The sialemeut is nearly c irre t. A repre sentative of tbe Lancaster l.u ken landers wns lu Yerk, ready and wlbu g t arrange a 111 llu aud depe'lta lerlclt, I ut 1.0 agreetueut could be madobecauso the 11 kers Insisted en the main being fought in Hiliimere. The Laneaster pcople were willing the nuila should 001110 oil either lu Yerk or Lmraster oeuntio", but the Y'orkers, 1 r mnie re.vsen ornuethor, would notagreo 1 1 '1 " KreiiiTliiirs.laj'a Age The Yerk chicken Ian m new fay that tliey nre ready te arrange uh the Lan caster men te light 11 main mi) iote. Lan caster is new te be heard frc u Diatlislti tliu vmiiil; Kioto ihe Mauhelm Sentinel Mrt. Koeb, rollcteftho la'e I'red. Kech, lermerly proprietor of the I anuer's llope hotel, en the Mandelin and Lebanon read neir Mount llope furnace, d.i-d at an early hour Thursday merulng. Miss Mary Dllliiiiin, aged , d"d at Farm Farm Farm ornvllle last Friday, and wns ii-incd ou Mon Men day. Daniel Hharp, who died at SeL'i'necknn Wednesday, was highly te-pected by all who knew him. A Lanca.ter Kiiglnefr Alireail. 'ihe Amerlcan society el civil engineers celebrated thelr thirty.tlfth snnlversary in New Yerk en Thursday by a lunch and a visit te the statue of Liberty. I). MeN. 8tautlor,er the Engineer' AV, ene of Lancaster's most brilliant mental products, accemapnled the party. urt'tu Wanhlnjjteii. Uoergo Steinman, efthla city, hasgune te Washington te be the guest el Represent tlvu Hiestand, who Is also entertaining B. Frank Hrouemau. The visit i will atteml Mra. Cleveland's roceptlou m uiorrevs. A raterlla llatn I'silut. Krem the Altceua Tribune An old favorite with Alteena patrons of Urn gamu has been signed by the mauagemeut of the home club. The player is William .eclier, who as n short atop was at the head of the State Association short steps last seasen. Delicately Ainieuncml. i 10111 the Memphis Avalanch A Poplar street subscriber of the Ami lanche was preseuted with a pair of un dreswd kids by his wlfe cu New Year's day, LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. A lUVmtlBH UP lllLt.H ItePUHTBV FAruHAin.r 7i r run iiuvhb. Theie lliat Were Inlrednc.U Mr. tl.Tlf, of Tin. tllttrlct, Fall. In III. Attempt te t'laee the rtevenue ami Constitutional Am.nil- infill lltll. ou Hp.rl.l Calendar., IlAliiusm no, Jan. 21. Bills were ro re ro perlod favorably in the Heuso requiring seats te be furnished fornale empleyes In manufacturing, mechanical and merchanlcal establlshuientfi ; for the abolition et black listing ompleyes .creating an additional law judge In Montgomery county ; allowing married women te tnake contracts nut et their separate earnings ; for punishment et persons Injuring the property e! ltvery stable keepers depriving defendants of the benefit of the exemption laws In cases where a Judg ment for wages amounting te f 100 or less has been obtained ; for the better government el the cities of the Ith class. A bill wan negatlved prohibiting the soliciting of votes within ene hundred feet or leasef the polls. Itllli were introduced as fellows ; Hather nail . Te punish drunken eloctlen elucers nnd drunken assessors of poll taxes, nil llngsby 1 Te llx a uniform standard of time lu the state. Davis : Adding another clerk te these already in aervlce In the secretary of Internal sllalrs department; increasing salary of deputy attorney general from f l,fe00 te $2,500. Davis, et Lancaster, made an un successful ellbrt te have the goneral rovenue aud constitutional amendment bills, notably that for abolition of the liquor tralllc, placed ou special calendars te advance thelr consid eration. A resolution was adopted enabling the majority te extend the sessions en Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday te an ludennlte time. Tbe Democrats opposed tbe resolu tion en the ground that It contemplates gag law. Adjourned until Monday evening at 9 o'clock. Clinrgiil With ItnlnlDg Yeung atria. Mi.v.nkafems, Jan. 21. Mrs. Fin Dillen, a sister of Leu Felter, keeper of a notorious house, was arrested Wednesday, charged with luring young girls te a llfe of prestltu tleu. It Is alleged that Mrs. Dillen decoyed the 11-year-old daughter of Mrs. Lerey te her house, and with the assistance of a well, dressed elderly man known as "Dec" at tempted te accomplish her ruin, and that Mrs. Dillen detalned her sereral days en the premises where she was found by the police. Itese Geedman, a 10-year-old girl, tells a similar story. Mrs. Dillen denies the charge ISetb girls claim that they have net been rulned, but their mothers are anxious te bave their case prosecuted. An Investigation will be made by the police, and the business man who figured lu the aflalr will probably be known. I'lfi Shet. Fired by rear Men Cni(.Aae, Jan. 21. A lively fusllade frightened the sleeping citizens at 10th and State streets about three o'clock this morn ing. Officers Styx and Barrett wero patroll ing their beat in that vicinity when they came upon four uTen. Without a word or any attempt by the police te In terfere with them, the quartet ordered the officers te stand back, and, drawing re volvers, opened flte. This was returned by the police, and two of the party were hit. A teamster named Williamson, who witnessed the battle from his bedroom window, pays that he saw one of the men drop his pistol arm and run OU and beard another groan and held hit band te bis side as he made oil All escaped. The ofUcers were net wounded though their clothes and caps were out by tbe bullets, Thore were from forty te fifty shots tired. Terrible Accident te Cenner.. Bosten, Jan. 2L Shortly alter 9 o'clock last night eight persons coasting en a double runner, en Ashment street, Derebester, ran into a four-herso barge sleigh containing a sleighlng party from Hyde Park. The double runner was reduced te kindling weed and nil of the coasters were serleiiBly Injured. Themas W. Halliday, aged 11, living at Granite Bridge, eustalned n fracture of both bones of his lett leg, a fracture of both bones of his lett arm and a bone of his right arm, also lacerating his right hand. Uenry Stew art, living en Adams street, Cedar Greve, was Injur ed en his head and chest, and Jehn O'llrleu, of Milten street, was cut en the head. The Death el Yeung Heg.u. N cw Yeuk, Jan. 21. The four I'lnkerten men arrested for sheeting the boy Hegan, en Thursday, In Jersey City, had a hearing in Jersey City, this morning. James Stewart, witness for tbe prosecution, pointed out Fat feheeby, one of the accused, aa the slayer. All were remanded. The dead boy was a spectator te a row between some youths aud te l'inkorteniuen. Still I'ur.u lug Iho Tenant. Dini.iN, Jan. 21. The sherills, armed with writs of ovictlen secured agalnsta tenants In the remote parts of Sir Rowland Winn's (states, at Glenbelgh, started out early this morning te exo exe exo cute them. They were accompanied by a ferce of police and followed by Messrs. Dil Dil eon and Harrington, Nationalist members of l'arllament. l,l AND DOWN THK STATK. Dr. A. J. Uarman, ene of I arlUle's leading physician's is dead. Jeseph Kees, who is wanted at Chambers. burg for murder, was captured lu Fredericks burg, Lebanon county. Mrs. Jonas Rudder was soverely Bcalded by boiling water in Y'erk last evening. At the old postelllco slte lu Philadelphia the Drexel Brethers propeso erecting a ton ten story structure with threo fronts. A frightful coasting accident occurred in Kasten ou Wednesday. The following were hurt ' Jacob Schleugh, left arm broken and lace lacerated In n frightful manner ; Mary Schlegel, nese brekeu and bad cut ever the eye ; Theodere Ollver, jr., face badly cut and unconscious for some time ; Paul Ilader,badly bruised nnd out about the lace And otherwise Injured. Democratic I'rlmarles. The meuthers of the Democratic city oxocu exocu oxecu tlvo oemmltteo and the city members of the county committee bave been notified te meet this evening at the olllce of Jehn V. Malone, te llx a time for the holding el the primary eloctlen for city eillcere. Ilefore the Majer. Nine ledgers wero inmates of the station heuse en Thursday evening. Four wero col cel col erod witnesses from Columbia, who had no plnce te step. Eight of the nitie wero dis charged, and ene, a professional bum, was sent te the work-heuso for 30 days. filtered, 1111. Ames Ilolllngswertb, charged by Jehn Thompson with malicious trespass aud larceny, was arrested at Steelvllle, Ches ter county, en Thursday, by ConsUble Dern Tbe accused outered ball ler a bearing en Thursday next at the office of Alderman llarr. Coming Heme. Kd. Frailey, who has been traveling with Jehn A. StevenB' company, has been in Chi cago sick for a week or mere. II 0 Is also siillerlug from a felon en his hand aud )i telegraphs that he will come home. AtrACKlNO JAMKH MMAHBli Councilman Msleney, of I'lillartnlphli, (Urn lllm Warm tlen.llug. In I'hlladelpbla councils en Thursday lu the Joint session, James McManes, lleury R. Hhultz and Kdward A. Gasklll, who wero recently named by the Republican caucus, wero dueled directors of the Philadelphia it llrle railroad. On motion belng made that the nomina tions close Mr. Mnleuey, of the First; ward, said he was net propared te consent te the closing of the nominations. Uesald that is a Republican In tbe caucus he hud loll It te be tits duty toepposo James McMancs. " In whatever position he represented tbe city his ropresontatlon was always te the hurt of the city. He was the dominant pewer In the gas trust, and all the management In that body during hla membership wns laid at his deer primarily. Threo hundred thousand tens or coal wero bought In a year by tbe Trust at 15,93 per ten, while In the same year the Ilou.eot Correction, although buy ing only 2,000 tens, get It for 3 79 or ten. That was a less of between four and llve bun bun dred thousand dollars te the city, and In four or llve years the less amounted te uiore than one and a half million dollars." Mr. Maleney further sild : "Whlle e'unclls are called upon te elect this man he la the defendant In au equity proceeding In which the city Is trying te recover from him ler malndmlnstratlen In tlie Gas Tiust. He standi, befere tiie poeplo accused et having mismanaged the sUatrs of the Trust, se that 7,000 a day was lest. The only argu ment used In favor et thu nale of the gas works was that they would be taken out el politics out of the domination of this ene man. If corruption exists te day this man is responsible for It, for he is In absolute cou ceu cou tret. If this thing can go en thore will boa greater revolution In politics than was wit wit nes ed n low years back. The people w HI net stand It much longer. The material ngalnst him Is se great In quantity that it Is only a question of which te take up." Cel. I. r-. lln.h'fi Western Itiltrnail rrem the ewYe Herald. It Is given out at St. Leuis, en what Is al leged te be high authority, that Jay Gould stands behind the projectod Kansa", Nebraska it Dakota read, or what is better known as Cel. Hush's Great North and Seuth line, which Is designed te connect the coal fields et Dakota with New Orleans, and that he new owns tbe controlling Interest in tbe enter prise and intends te tnake it the biggest pro ject of his llle. One hundred miles of the read nre new in actual operation, and tbe greater part of the right of way has been provlded;for. The re cent purcbase by Gould of the Little Reck, Fert Smith it Mississippi read, In Alkansas, Is cald te have been for tbe purpese of mak ing it a link In tbe great line and tbe present plan is te Btrike Natchez, Miss., but this tchome may Ixs changed after Mr. Gould's present tour et Inspectieu. What Is known as the New Orleans, Natcher &, Fert Scott is a part of the alleged plan, and the Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota would be extended south te Fert Smith and thus mnke the continuous line. g.le el Tllilen'. Cattle The horses and cattle of the late Samuel J. Tllden, at Graysteue, were sold In New Yerk en Tuesday. Twenty Jersoy cattle were sold first for about 3,000. Most of them were bred hy Mr. Tllden hlmself at G raj stone. The Queen of the North, 17,073, a cow tin- forted, seventeen years old, from Trinity, sland of Jersey, brought the highest price, 225. Adella of Graysteue, 11,553. ene of her calve?, one year old, brought 205. lielllna of Oraystenc, second, 80,351, a cow three years old, of Coemassio-Garenno bleed, was sold for 200 ; se was Marie Celeste of Gray stone, 11.6SG, a cow nlne vearseld, bred at St. bavler's, Inland of Jersey. Marie of Graystone, 3C.3S2, a cow three years old, brought flOO. The highest prlce paid for a bull Patience Rieter, 13,310, two years eld was f 139. A Guerusey bull, JAiuuiaka.'SIu, 1 2&i, three years old, brought only f 10. IJ! INDIANA ItCADhUVK. TUellepnulIcan. Decide, te Net rtecognUe Tur Tur ple II llel. Elected Senater. Indianapolis, Jan. 2L Members have taken lunch te the capltel tc-day, and the Indications are that protracted bai'etlng will result. Thore are soma Indications of a chauee In tbe result, and thu Knights claim I they will gain two votes. Senater Housten, I cuaiiujnu ui iuu itcpuuiiiiu eiaiu iiiuai committee, says If Turple Is elected the Ro Re publicaus will net reccgulze his election, bo be bo eanss Ilrabaman, who was tented In tbe Sen ate ever McDonald, Republican, was uet en titled te thet-eat, as McDonald's Ineligibility does uet ceufer the right upon llraunman. The speaker fays he will uet sign the certlQ cate el any senator elected by Branamau's vote. L.VTnn. At neon tbe Mnteeuvi niten as sembled without auy chauge from yestor yester day's procedeut. All the mom tiers et tbe Heuso aud Senate were present. There was a heavy gallery attendance and the lobbies were crowded. The llrst ballet In the Senate resulted without chauge: Turple 32, Harrison 13. The call of the Heuse de veloped that Cate", Glever, Mackey and Robinson were still voting for Allen, thus continuing thu dead-lock. Au effort te ad Journ was lneiTcctual. The second ballet was taken without change. Adjourned. What the Mint Director Wauls. Washington, Jan. 2L The director of tbe mint has transmitted through the secre tary of the treasury, te the Heuso el Representatives, u recommendatleu for a modification of the law relatlug te tbe refining aud parting of bullion at the mint, se as te explicitly provlde ler the application of proceods or the neld rellnerlts of the mints und assay elllces of the United States te the reduction of the expenses of the operationsof said ucld refineries. The socretary of the treasury also sent te the Heuse te-day estimates; ei detlcleucles lu the approprla appreprla approprla liens for salaries and expenses, of the national beard of health during the present liscal year amounting te 7,00U. In the letter accompanying the estimates the EOcretary of the beard earnestly urges tbe Imporlance of making the appropriations re quested but Fayslncae It Is deemed un desirable te conllne the work which has for Its ebect the preservation aud Improvement of the health of tbe pe pie, the laws devolv ing Biicb duties in the beards should be re pealed. CAUGHT FHOU THU HlltlH, The lasters at A. D. Cummins it Ce'a. lu Worcester, Mass , have struck. Strikes have been inaugurated ou Louisi ana sugar plantations against a roductteu of wages. Dennis Uealey, Geerge Murray und Austin Melten were horribly Bcalded In aseapgrease factory at Lincoln, III., en Thursday. A cablegram from Londen this morning states that Jehn Patten it Ce., managers of tbe Monarch steamship line, ship owners, eta, have failed. Charley Morehoad, aged 31, married and wltu two children, night wntchmau en the Scioto Valley railroad, was found tbia morn lug at tlve o'clock f ur miles nertli of Clrcio Clrcie Clrcio vllle, Ohie, iylng eight feet from the track with his skull crushed. Murder 11 evldent. The French government's agent in Mada gascar telegraphs that his relations with the Hovas governmont lsexcelleut, nud that an amlcable settlement of alt disputes between Madagascar and France Is Imminent. Jehn Duuiiagaii, u miner, was shot aud killed at Tracy City, Tenn., this morning, by Deck Oabalee, prison guard at tbe house of Mrs. McGeveru. Duunagau refused te leave the heuse when ordered te de se by the guard, who llred his revolver with lata! el feet. Gabalee escaped. It was a one of Jealousy. The Heles Were Het. This aftomeon when Seashore Kxpteas ar rived In this citv there were lour het boxes en ene car. This is something unusual, but I the car was new and had net been run a great -.- v -- - INTER-STATE COMMERCE. Tun netan rer re Anerr Vtiy tEaHMVH BKl'IIHT. tmm Twe I'eun.yli.nlM,. Among tb. VerlyOa Member. Who Oppet lt-nn Tet. feTirat-lage-Th Mruer. Mew tUMt ler Ap proval or Rejection by the rrtttd.d Washington, Jan. 21. The vote eftb Heuse en concurring In the oenferene re port en the Inter-itate commerce bill wm yeas 213, nays 41. The Inter-itate oemmerc bill wilt new go te the president for hit ap proval. After the read leg et the Journal the Heul adepted the conferonoe report of the later state comtnerce bill yeas 210, nay It The negatlve rotors were as fellow! : Allen (Mi's), Aldersen (Ohie), Ullse, Beutellc, Beyle, Bragg, Urumm, Campbell (Ohie), Caswell, Dibble, Kly, Evans, Felten, Find lay, Fredericks, Gay, OllUII.n, Orosvener, Hayden, Hill, Jehnsen (N. Y,), Kelly, Ketcbam, Llbbey, Leng, Markham, Martin, McKenna, Miller, Merrow, Oaten, O'Neill (Pa.), O'Neill (Me.), Ranney, Reed (Me), Rice, Seymour, Wadsworth, Walt, Wearer (la), White (Pa.)-1L The bill, after being enrolled, will new go te the president for his approval. A Startling 1'elltlen. A communication from the president with a lotter from Samuel C. Reed, was presented ellerlng the nation the sword of hla father, Captain Reed, who commanded the priva teer " Geueral Armstrong" nt the battle et Fayal ; orderod printed and laid en the table. Mr. Colquitt presented a petition from the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbia. He said that be assumed no responsibility for the startling facts revealed In the petition ; but he did an swer forthepuro motives and high charac ter of theso who laid It berore the Senate. The petition, which was read at length, as serts that the commissioners have for months past permitted and protected peel and bil liard rooms and boozing dens and dena of prostitution In direct violation of law; charges that the agent of tbe Louisiana state lottery occupies a heuse ewned by one of the commissioners ; that tLe president et the Liquor Dcalera' association Is a commie cemmie commie slenor's bondsman, etc, and prays ter an In vestigation of the facts and asks ler the en forcement of law aud proteetion of tbe borne or the district. Mr. Hawley said that tbe petition was a tremendous Indictment and Is a shocking ' rovelatlon. Mr. Colquitt said that he did net doubt bnt that the com te It tee would suggeit proper measures for redrcss ler theso heinous of fenses. Mr. Ingalls, chairman et the district com mittee, said that the charges presented have engaged the attention of the cemmttee ter some tlme past, and that there was no doubt there was a very great violation of law and moral and social order, and that If the Heuae had been as diligent as the Senate ene of the causes for the complaint set forth in the peti tion (the regulation of the sale of liquors) would bave been removed, The bill pasaqd by the Senate requiring a 1300 liquor license In the District of Colum bia, was read In explanation of Mr. Ingall'a statement. The petition was referred te the District committee. A resolution was adopted requesting the president te furnish tbe Senate with copies of tbe correspondence with tbe Mexican government relative te the seizure and sale of the American schooner "Rebecca" In the pert et Tamplce ; also copies of the correa cerrea correa peudence betwoen the state department with the late Minister Jacksen, Including Mr. .Tacttsnti'M lettnr en Ihn Miihlfwt of hla resigna tien. The resolution forfeiting certain lands uj Flerida railroads was taken up, and aftsr some remarks by Mr. Call advocating It It went ever without action. Mr. Edmunds gave notice that he would tak the Senate te consider the bill, whieh he bad reported the ether day, relattve te In? pre TO- tectien te Amerlean ushermen, immediate alter tbe completion of morning business morrow. The Senate agreed, however, te adjourn ever until Monday, and a motion te recon sider thlB Intention was defeated by a vote of 23 te 21 At 2:15 en motion cf Morgan tha Senate went into secret session. The Strike Situation. New Yentc, Jan. 21. The condition of the coal strike in this city ts far as the coal companies are concerned is unchanged. It is the general opinion that the sheeting last evening In Jersey City by Plokerton's detectlves, will net hasten a settlement of the strike. A gen tleman connected with the Pennsylvania coal company said le a reporter that he had little doubt but that an In crease et two and a half cents per ten would be granted if the men came and asked for It. The great treuble which the coal com panies ure new chiefly appreheuBive et la a goneral strike et railroad hands en the differ ent reads. What Jay Oenld S). Dallas, Tex., Jan. 21 Jay Gould passed through here yesterday afternoon and wa Interviewed by a reporter, te whom he said, concerning the inter state commerce bill : ' 1 de net knew what the effect of tbe bill will be, and iudeed It is bard te tell, but I mil satisfied that;thore are some sections eltbe country remete from markets that will be Injuriously ulfected by it. There are some clauses In the bill which I de net be be be llove a Philadelphia lawyer could construe, but se tar as we are concerned we propose te glve the measure a fair trial." llccetters for Iho Schuylkill Navigation Cem pany. PittLAUELPniA, Jan. 2h A bill In equity asking for the appointment of receivers for the Schuylkill Navigation company, one of the Reading Railroad company's leased properties, was Hied In the United Statea circuit court te day. The request was granted and Frederick Fraley, president of the com pany, and William Tllgbman was appointed receivers. Snre Ileliber. liet Several Hundred Dellar Littlb Reck, Ark., Jan. 2L Newa re ceived here yesterday from Beebe, Ark., says that Wednesday night a daring safe robbery was successfully accomplished at that place. Several hundred dollars were taken. A telegram asking that pack of bloodhounds be sent immediately, aa a clue te the robbers bad been found, was received by the chief of police of this place yester day. Van Wyek Deleated. WAhUt.MiTON,Jan. 21 Private dispatches from Lincoln, Neb., state that ex-Sonater A. S. Paddock was nominated for United Statea senator te succeed Senater Van Wyck en Iho 10th ballet this morning. The Earl el Cbt.t.rfl.ld Dead. Londen, Jan. 21 Geerge Philly Stanhope, earl of Chesterfield Is dead, lis was bem em the 20th of November, 1821. tfHATUMH tHVlVATXUBB. n,.....un.KH t f. T It VAs &? & Kastern Pennsylvania. 1 Westerly . . .. . . -.'.. -t. - -1. . vifi I gngUtiy colder. lug te teutneny winup, ii. --.,, - lt VM .a m $ V, C I ItH -IS T ! . 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