v""- M "T msm r-Uj fntelligenM '. VOLUME XXIV- NO. 173. LANCASTER. PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 23, 1888. PRICE TWO CENTS, iv-i wfi(ii1wm9e'- ark V JpBBBPBBtm&UlZfiBBBWj?!- " ,'ti DEATH COMES SUDDENLY. ciiieir jcstick waite dibs or accte INECMONIATUII MOtUUNU. Ne On at Hli Bedside Whin Ha Breathes Hit La.t-Hra. Walla en Yiall t a California. - fekttca at Ilia Ilaad el tba United States Supreme Court, WASniNOTOH, Mareh 23. Morrlaen H. Watte, chief Justice of the supreme court of the Untied .State', died very suddenly at 0 o'elook' tbUlmernlng from acuta pneu monia. He dled without a memeni'a warning la the presence only of a prefes. atonal nurse. On Saturday night the chief Juitlee walked te the borne of Senater Hearst because of the Illness of bla coach man. He also walked home. .Next morn ing be complalned of feeling unwell and a physician was summoned, who an nounced that be was sullerlng from a alight cold. He renialned In the heuae during Sunday and when Monday came, conferred with two of the associate Judges and bla physician and determlned te go te court because of the decision te be delivered In the telephone case, deciding however that be would net read the decision, but would, transfer the duty te Justice Blatchford. The exposure consequent ou this Journey accentuated the cold aud en Tuesday he was advised te go te bed, Nothing se rious was expected, but en Wednes day Mies Walle decided te telegraph for her brother, Mr. O. C. Waite, cf Cincin nati, who arrived bore yesterday afternoon. Surgeon Ruth, U. H. N., the physician In attendance and a friend or the family, ad vised Mr. Waite en hta arrival that It would be advisable te call in another phy sician In consultation. Dr. Gardner was summoned, and the result was that last night at midnight the patient and family wan assured that there was no danger. At 5.30 this morning the nurse heard the chief justice mean, and en going te the bed bed elde was informed that he felt pretty well. The nuiaa retired and a half hour later bearing a gasp ran te the bedside and found a corpse. Mr. Walte aud Miss Mary Walts were Immediately brought Inte the room, but tee late ; the father was dead. Mrs. Waite will arrive In Les Angeles to day from another part of California whither aho.Jeurneyed a fortnight age. The sad news will 'reach her this forenoon. It Is already announced that the remains will be taken te Tolode, Ohie, for burial, but nene of the funeral details will be determined until Mrs. Waite is heard from. Se llttle was a fatal termination ex rected that Miss Waite called last ovening en friends living en the same block with ber and remained an hour or mere gaily chitting. BKKTOII or HIS CAREER. Morrison Kemicb Waite was the seventh ehlel Justice or the United States and was born in Lymp. Conn., Nev. SO, 1810. He graduated at Yale college in 1637, studied law and began te practice in Mauuiee City, Ohie. In 1819 he was a member el the legis lature, Hud In 1830 he remeved te Tolode. Jie declined repea'ed nominations te Congress and also a arat en the surrema bench et the atate. In 1S71-2 be was one of the counsel of the United States befere ttie tribunal et arbitration at Geneva. In 1873 he pre'lded ever the centlttillniial convention of Onte. Oa January 21, ISTlhe became chin! Justice of the United States and since that time has resided In Washington Morrison K Watte cauie of a long ances try of lawyers. The Weltes tettled in Con necticut mere thau two centuries age, and even then there were men anion e them eminent in the legal profession. Hern In the old town el Lymp, he was edu cated at "Vale college, and wbeu Just of age was graduated in the same class with William M. Evarts, Ed wards Pierrepont, Benjamin SUllman and ether?, who have flnce been distinguished in statesmanship, 8cler.e, and literature. After studying law inula father ' (lllee, be went westward, and alter completing his ntudtes, began te j notice In Maumes City, Ohie. He was a successful lawyer that was all that could lie said of bim for the next thirty years. He seemed te bave no political ambition, nnd held but one public cfllce belere be was made chief Justice that of representative In the Ohie legislature In 1810 te which be was nomi nated against bin earnest pretest. A re.ent aketch of the chief Justice notes that he 'came te the supreme eencn in the maturity of his powers he was fifty-seven years et age aud se vigorous in his censtl tutloe, phyMeally and mentally, that although be has new passed bis seventieth birthday, be Blums bh yet no Indications et the approaching feebleness et agn. As he walks along Pennsylvania avenue In Washington, where be may be sesn almost - any fine day en his way between his hem9 and the supreme court room at the capltel, bla step Is as light and as springy as that of a boy; and when he reads a caretnlly pro pre pared opinion In a complicated case, It bears evidence in every line, net only of the meat patient research and close analysis, but also of growing rather than et waning pov.e a. I n pxrsenal arpearaace Chlof Justice Waite Is net imposing a man vhe Is only et medium height rarely is but there is a substantial solidity about bis figure that mBk.es mm lar rretu tne reverse, -mere is no steep te hla bread shoulders, and be carries erect bli large, well-formed bead, covered as it is with hair that Is new iron gray. His face li reflective and genial, with well marked features and keen, pierc ing eyes. He luiprii-sesaatrangera being a clean cut, positive, determined man. His charming simplicity et manner and quiet, unassuming douieaner make a deeper im pression of his greatness than any conscious assumption of dignity could de. There is something that i-atlsQea our Ideas of the highest propriety In the man ner In which the chief justice Uvea In Wasblag en. His house is a comfortable, large, brick editice in an eminently respee table but net ultra-fa'hlonable quarter rf the national capital. Hla nearest neighbors are Jehn W. rosier, once unr.ea niaiea minister te Mexico and subsequently te Spain; Jehn W. Thonipen, a banker; aud ex Secretary William E. Chandler; the new Mexican legation residence will be en the adjoining let. The interior is that of the retdijcnce of a man of culture and ample means (net great wealth, as the world gees te-day ) ; with spacious rooms about whose furnixhlng and ornamenta tion tie e U an air et homelike repose. J idge Waltit'a den," aa he calls bis W irashep, is In the second story evei tne dining room, welMItbted, ven tilated, Bud taMblully carpettd nnd papered. A brlubt lire lu the grale cuts a warm glow throughout the apart ment, when the scascn requires it, end a rich reg In front of it lLV.ies the visitor te bhIaiU In nne of Urn (treat eay cbalrr. Put la net a place for ldlenesi, as the iUcb cf ifgal-luiilwing papers that rise from tba iletk and necnoutlretn tbe drawers testlt v. anil the law books arranged In rows in lLe bookcases en the sides attest, The Bpaeea of the walls aie occupied by engraved pertralta et chief justices, hla predeces sors, nnd large pbetgraptis et Webster, Clay, Grant, H.jt aud ether public men. A large atutldd owl, that emblem of wis dom, Jeeks down at If It was the guardian spirit of the pace. Hera the chief Justice Opes bis work, Rising early, a cup of cetlee Is brought te bis study, and with that mild stimulant Sipne, be applies him self closely until bis breakfast hour, ten nVlrrk : and. returning, does net ceneraliy leave bis dek until it id tjlpe te go te the capltel, te be preseut at the opening of the supreme court," Aerries cv the bcrr.nun justices. Wabhimjten, March S3. The Justices of the supreme court wl e were summenid f) the tesldenoe cf Chief Justice Waite tern after bis deeth, piesv-ded etrly In the day te the consultation room at the capltel in which the e her Justices were aummenel. At 11 a meeting was convened at which Jnstlce Miller J reaMed, and t which a brief net', flcatlen te the president et the United Butts and the presiding Officers el both houses el Congress ware adopted. The marshal e the supreme court, immediately upon receipt of the news, draped lb seat et the chief Justice with crape- At 13 o'clock the supreme court chamber had become crowded. With In the bar were At torney General Garland, Solicitor General Jenka and ethers. A the Justices entered the marshal slgnl slgnl fleantly announced the entrance of the as sociate Justices nf the supreme court Im mediately upon taking their seats Juitlee Miller, hla voice broken by emotion, and speaking with the deepest feeling, said that It was bis patnfnl duty te announce that the honorable chief Jostlee el the supreme oeurt of the United States had departed tbla lite at bis residence In this oily at G;30 this morning. This was net the occasion for any extended netlse of the sad event. He would merely an nounce that the cenrt would stand ad journed until one week from Monday next. WIthent another word the marshal an neunced the adjournment el the oeurt and the Justleas filed out of the roeir. BESOLUTIOHS OF SEXATB AMD HOUSB. At the same time that this brief formal ity had taken placr, the president, pre tempore, or the Senate bad called that body te order, and after the reading et the Journal, handed te the clerk, who read te the Senate the note signed by Justice Miller, announcing the sudden death of the chief Justice. Senater Edmunds Im mediately rose In bis place and In a manner Indicative of his deep feeling, and the shook eaused by the sad announcement,' stating that In January 1874, fourteen years age, the Hen. Morrlaen H. Waite assumed the duties et chief Justice or the supreme court of the United States. During the Inter vening period be had administered the duties of that high tribunal In a manner which had made a deep Impression upon tbejurlsprudenceet the United States and et the whole world He bad done bis duty thoroughly and writ, through tlmes of trial and trouble. His eareer was ended for this lire. Daring that period et four teen years there had been no stain or re preach ; nor fault or falling ; no error, no shortcoming In his personal or official life. He had proved himself an upright and an able Judge,even minded and learned. His career bad been crowned with great honor te himself and bad been of great service te his oeuntry. Senater E Jmunds said that he would move the appointment el a commit tee of five senators te represent that body at the funeral, and If that motion was adopted, be would meve that the Senate as a further mark of respect, stand adjourned until Monday next Bjth resolutions were adopted, and the Senate Immediately adjourned. Nearly all the members of the Senata were in their places. The news had reaebed most of thorn only a short time be fore the hour of convening, and they hsd battened te the chamber te lartlclpate in whatever mark of respect was te be shown. Every face gave evidence of grief, and the brief proceedings were carried through wltb a solemnity betokening a prevailing sadness rarely Boen In the Senate chamber. In the Heuae, after the reading et the Journal, the announcement, communicated by Justice Vllllar, was real from the desk, and Representative Tayler, of Ohie, sup plemented It by a brief reference te the able and honorable career of the late chief Jut Jut ttee, and presented resolutions of respect and sorrow, and for the appointment et a oemmlttao te attend the funeral. Resolu tions were adopted and the Heuse ad journed as a mark cf respect until to morrow. President Pre Tempore Ingalls has ap pointed Senators Sherman, Hear, Wilsen, (lqwa)lugh and Geerge as thecemmlttee te represent the Senate at the funeral of Chief Justice Waite. Sonater Edmunds was se lected as the first member of thecommlt thecemmlt tee, but was excused en recount of 111 111 bealtb. THE ntESIDENT'S ORDER. Wasuinotek, Mareh23. The following ofllelal notleo of the death of Chief Justice Waite baa J net been issued by the depart ment of state : Te thi Fteple of th ViMid State: The painful duty (devolves upon the president te announce tbe death at an early hour this mernlnc at bla residence in this cityel Morrison It. Walte, chief Justice of tbe United States, wbieh exalted rfflce be had rilled since March 4th, 1874, with honor te himself and high usefulness te his country. "lu testimony of respect of the memory et the honored dead It la ordered that the executive offlees In Washington be closed en the day of the funeral and te draped In mourning for thirty days and that the na tional flig be displayed at half mast en the public buildings and en all national vessels en the cay et the funeral, "Jtv the President. (S'gned) T. P. Bayard, Secretary of Hute. WAsniNOTON, D. C, March 23, 1883 AN OYSTER FAMINlS. Tje Ultzaudeu the Otiesapeake Uiy 31 ikes the Ulrelrea Scarcer Than U.u.l. An oyster famine, which may last for a couple of vteek,lB new threatened, and the bivalves are becoming very ecares. Tbe dealers are complaining, but thore has been no lncrease in prices or the luscious fish as yet. Tbe reason for the acarelty la that during the terrible bllzzird of last week the Chosapeake bay aud rivers emptying Inte it, In which e j stern are caught, was In a rough condition. Large numbers or beats that were engaged In tithing for oysters v, ere blown te pieces, or ethei wise damiged These beats are new being repaired, Ever since the blizzard the weather has been rough and there baa been little or no fishing. The supply of oysters lu the handaef dealers Is gradually becoming ex hausted, and very few cau ba obtained. People living In an Inland city like this knew llttle et the difficulties and daugers onceuutered by the oyster fishers, and if they did they would probably be satisfied te eat ether fish for a low weeks. CLtlUSAUAINSrTUKl'EXN UUIIMI The Commonwealth Asks for Arrears et Tax en ift K.rulas Amuanilaar 308,000, A heariug was held before Auditor Nor Ner rlf, In Harrlsburg, In the matter of the commonwealth for crreara of tax en net earnings due by the Penn Mutual Life In surance company, amounting, with pen alties, te about t-!03,000. Thb lnsoracce company paid taxes en Its net earnings from the paasage of the act Imposing the tax In 1864 up te and Inclusive or tbe year 1872, when It ceased paying such tax, and the amount ReuKbt te be recovered is for taxes and penalties for the non payment et the same trem that date te the present time. It Is understood that the defense will rest upon the contention that the tax upon gross premiums paid by the company Is virtually a tax upon gross receipts, and, aa the com panies paying the latter tax are exempted lremtbetax upon net earnings by the act of 1873, that the company la net liable te a tax upon nri earnings. It will also be contended that, as the pro fits of the company are divided among the policy holders at the end or each year, the company has In fact no net earnings upon wblcb the tax could be assessed. , m y. It at Alumni Dinner. The annual meellnganddlnnoref Frank lin and Marshall Alumni association of Pnlladelphlaand vicinity will be held en April 5, at 0 p. m., at Hetel Bellevue, northweit corner of Brcal and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. A large attendance li expected. As Lancaster city and county are embraced In the vlalnlty, a goodly number of tbe alumni from IbU section I will be present, A HAUL BY BURGLARS. ffWO MEN TARat ate ihex tub home or CJEOKGE rOLMER. Llghtner rnimcr, Who KnUrs Bis Ileme While tba Burglars at la It, Is SUnek With a Bll'y and Severely Injured. Geld tba Ilebbsis Did Net Qr. A burglary and robbery was oemmltted last night at the residence et Geerge Ful mar, Ne. 333 North Mulberry street, la which the berglara succeeded la getting away with 1100, and Mr. Wghtner Fnlmer, a aen el Geerge Palmer, narrowly escaped being murdered. The circumstances attending the affair were as fellows : Mr. Geerge Fulmer bsa been In the habit of spending many of his evenings at the groesry store of his neigh bor, 8. W. Tayler, 339 North Mnlberry street He did se last evening, locking the back deer and placing the key In a plaee where bis son could get It In case he re turned home before bla lather. Llghtner returned home, while bis father was still at the store. He unlocked the back deer and entered the house. Tne light was tamed down, but In the darkness he saw two men standing before blm one of them being a large and the ether a small man. Belore be had time te take in the situation he was struck en the head and face with a blackjack and knocked down. He was badly stunned, but heard the burglars departing through the back yard. Mr. Fulmer called loudly for help, and some et the neighbors hurried te his assistance. He was found te be suf fering from three blackjack wounds,two en the back of his head aud one en the lore bead. An examination of Ibe premises showed that the burg I an bad gained access te the house by forelng open a back window shut ter. They had ransacked the house from top te bottom In aeareh of money, and bad succeeded In finding Mr.Fntmer's little pile, whleh oenslstod of 1100 In notes and f 100 In geld. They were evidently In the act of dividing the boodle, when they were Inter rupted by I.ightner Fulmer'a return, and in the scufile whleh ensued they dropped the geld, whleh was In (20 pieces loosely wrspped In a bag. In their hurry te get away In the darkness they did net recover them. The geld was leund scattered en the fleer el the room In whleh Mr. Llghtner was knocked down. The burglars were evidently well ac quainted with the premises and with the fact that Mr. Fulmer kept meney In the beuse. Tbls Is proved by the thoroughness with whleh they ransacked It Llghtner Fulmer says he cannot Identify the bur glars further than te say that one of the men was small and ether large. Dr. Miles tu Davis was sent for and dressed Mr, Ful mer's wounds, which consist of an Indeed wound en the forehead and two contused wounds en the back of the head. Mr. Fulmer, who Is a laboring man, and has been living with his son, since the death of his wire, bad secreted bis money in a little closet under a stairway leading 1 em the front room en the first fleer te the second story. Te gel into the pert of the o'.eset where the money wis secreted the burglar had te crawl into a narrow passage the full length of his body. Besides the money stolen tbe tbleves poi a pair of geld cull" buttons and a scarfpin. They had also packed up two baskets full of bed clothes, sheetings and underclothes which they failed te get away with. Llghtner Fulmer says that In his ecu Die with the burglars a little table en which was a gasollne lamp was upset, and the lamp was put nut but did net explode. He thinks the burglars bad the geld en this table at the time and when it was over turned, they did net have an opportunity or gathering It up. The police bave been notified or the affair, but as yet they have no clue te the robbers. &I.Y DEAD AND WOUNDED. Trrantjr-Elfht Freight Cats f Had Dp and a Bitfual Tower Demulltbad. Thursday attemoen the east-bound freight train when directly opposite Ilarre station, a short distance east of Altoens, broke an axle, and twenty-eight cars were piled In disorder ever the deuble track of the Pennsylvania railroad. The telegraph tower opposite, which was totally demolished, was occupied by Opera tors A. A. Lenard and J. J. Stemsen, both et whom werecompletely covered with the debris, bat received no Injuries. Their escape was miraculous. The station bond bend ing also came In for a share et the fright ful wreck, and was in a manner much de moralized. The station master, C. K. Miller, bad an exceedingly narrow es cape from death, although net In tbe least hurt. One man, supposed te be a tramp, was killed instantly, and tour injured se rieusly. The name or the dead man could net be ascertained, as nothing about bis clothing revealed his identity. The lnjured were laboring men, and their namex are as fellows : James Mo Me Mo Denongb, Hyde Park, Pa, leg and head cut, net dantrereus ; Themas Murray, brakeman, Hszleten, O,, badly injured ; Themas Madden, Wllkeabarre, Pa, badly lejured, chances allra ; J. F. Newtnn, brakeman, Alteena, 1' , leg crushed, will recover. The dead and wounded were brought te Alteena, where the hospital au thorities took charge of the wounded. Themas Murray dled at 8:12 o'clock. The Oporto lloletamt. The bodies of slxtj-slx vletlms of (be theatre fire, at Oporto, Portugal, were ex posed for Identification ou Thursday. Many heartrending acenca were witnessed. Besides tbe bodies there are also fifty-three heaps of unrecogmzable remains. Several projects have been organized for the relief of tue families of the poorer vletlmr. It Is reported that huuie Amorleans and Koejlshuien were burned. Electric lights have been provided te onable the seatchers te work without Interruption. Verdict Against In.aiaoe.Compan'a. On the third trial of the case at Topeka, Kan., Mr. Hallle Ulllman has obtained a verdict for (37,050 against the Mutual In surance company, of New Yerk ; tbe New Yerk Llle and the Connecticut Mntual Life lnaurauce oempany ter policies Ifsuert en the life of her husband, Jehn W. Ulllman, who died eight years aite. Tbe defenae charged censplrauy te defraud, that Fred erick Adeltib Waters was attempted te be palmed oil ler Ulllman. The trial lasted nineteen days. Iu the Lkw' Cluict.e. William O. Oarrlsen, et Sed us, N, Y , was arrested yesterday at Baltlmore en tbe charge of abducting Mary Dubois, eged 10 years, from ber borne, at Hed us. The girl's lather found ber at a hotel, where she was living with Garrison as bis wife. Gsr Gsr rlsen, who is a married man, was fined (10 for adultery and sent te Jail in default or nyment, and will be beld for the New Yerk authorities. Three l'u.tinsattrs, Postmasters were en Thursday appointed as fellows : Jehn J. Zlnn, Martini! ale ; N, W, McAllister, Wblte Oak, and U. U. Wright, Wrightsdalr. 10,000 Cor Teny Hart A cenefit performance at tbe New Yerk Academy et Musle Thursday afternoon ler tbe popular but unfortunate oemedlau, Tuny Hart, realized about f 10,000. A Cigar Dler rails Tbeodero Blerbaum, a cigar dealer et New Yerk, aaalgned Thursday te Gerhard Qeilngar, giving preferences amounting te 122,260, TI1K WINNER AT TI1E rAItt. Ttiete Who War Lnckjr Enough te Sccar Article- riraaant Pany, Mount Jet, March 23. Oa Wednesday evening a number of tbe members and Irlenda of tbe M. E. church met at the resi dence of Mr. E. M. Trepler, en Msrletta street, and proceeded te the homeet Mr. A. H. Cemp and surprised him. Alter having asocial chat all repaired te tbe dining room, where a table groaning under the weight et geed things awattcd them. Here It was that Wm. C. F. Reed, In a neat and let lot let lot tens speeeb, presented te Mr. Cemp a fine plush album as a token el regurd which bis friends have for blm. Mr. Cemp will en or about the first et April move te Lancas ter. Mr. Cemp and wife responded te Mr. Heed la a neat and kind manner. After enjoying themselves till a late hour all re turned te thelr homes delighted with the affair. Tbe fair nnder tbe ausploes of nermlt Cattle, Nc. CO, 1C. O. E , closed ou Tuesday evening, after being kept up two weeks. A neat sum of money was netted. Following Is a list of the articles chanced off and voted for, with the names of the parties receiving the samet Pair pillow shams, Mrs. Jno, J, Newpher; catch all, Jno. Ptslfer; pen wlper, Jue. U. Stell ; hand -painted plush pillow, Mrs. Jae. B. Hippie; pair toilet bottle", Harry O. Brunner; se, Mrc Potts; cold handle lap Irons, Miss Annie Boyce ; catch all, Mrs. M. M. Lslb; lamp, Jno. L. Brenneman; plush worked pin cushion, Mlas Emly Lmb; cresent painted In oil oelors, Mlas Mary Seeinau; plush pin cushleu, Mlas BBrtleL. Manning! toilet set, cushion and bottles, Chris Buehl; belting cloth tidy, Oliver Greenawalt; small dell, Wesley K. Martin; pen wiper, Miss Ella Daugherty ; plush tidy, Gee. A. Sbeeley; counterpane, Dr. J as. P. Zlegler; crayon pictures, H. C. Scheck; dell named Bridget, Miss Mamie Kuhui; satin banner worked In silk, it. a, Mrs. W. B. Men der; lamp, ' Geerge Sillers; glsy kettle, Carrie Manning; pair towels, Jennie Hergelroth ; ehlld's set, U. S. G. Rbeads ; pair towels, W. M, Brubaker ; lady's geld watch, Mary Rube, 270 vetes, Bessie Garber, 113 2 6 votes ; gent's geld watch, U. S. O. Rbeads 20 votes, Letn Yeung 02 votes ; pair towels, BeeJ. E, Ulestand; set or fruit knives, Rena Haines; pair towels, Emma Haines ; sawing basket, Lizzie Bepp ; glass wster Bar, C. If. Zsller ; set deylies, Emma Haines ) pair towels, Mary Bepp ; hand painted banner, Miss Mlnula Frank ; ash bedroom suit, Miss Alice Splckler sow sew ing tcaehine, Gee. U. Browne set dlabcs, H. B. Lutz J barrel et Heur, Mlas Alice Kayler ; clock, Moses Gantz ; hang ing lamp, Frank S. Ucgendebler. The oernmltteoof arrangements, H. O. Saheck, Dr. J. J. Newpher and Jehn 11. Stell, with the assistance of many ladles, deserve praise for conducting the fair In se success ful a manner. An oyster supper will be beld In I. O. O, F. ball by L O, O. F. ledge, Ne. 277, en next Tuesday evening. Members of Re bekab degree will take part. Lewla Sclman bad tbe llttle finger of his left hand mashed at Reut's plow works tbls wee. Dr. J. J. Newpher dressed the wound. A Deuble-raced Tiller. After a sensational trial et thrce days In tbe Berks oeunty oeurt, tbe Jury iu the caes against Rebert W. Tayler and James O. Beate, indicted for burglary en three separate charges, rendered a verdlet Thurs day morning finding Tayler guilty en two el tbe charges and acquitting his brother-in-law, Beatr. Tayler in one case was aos aes aos teneed te three year' aud iu the ether te two years' Imprisonment. Tayler was prominent In tbe Sunday auhoel aud In the Yeung Men's OhrWtUn association. He was regarded as a moral young man, and bla arrest upon the charges pre furred sgainst him was a great shecK te the community. The interest lu the trial was unprecedented aud the court bouse was crowded. Easter Monday te ire Lively. Monday, April ', premise te be ene of tbe busiest days Lancaster has known for many years. A tremendous amount of business iu the way el aunual settlements will be transacted, and hundreds of busi ness men from all parts of the county will be In town. This will be tbe last big day before tbe Republican primaries, and the politicians will all be en hand te " see " people and complete their set-u pp. The new city government will go into cflect upon this day and saloons will begin te sell under their new licenser. Frem present Indications it will be lively all around. Offlcrr. Etc sled. At the regular stated conclave et Lancas ter Cemmandery Ne, 13, K. T., bold at their asylum In Masonic ball en Thursday evening, March 22 J, the following sir knights were elected officers for tbe ensu ing Templsr year oemmsnolng en May 1 i Eminent commander, Geerge U, Rotner Retner mel ; gonerallsalme, Geerge A. Marshall ; captain geueral, David F. Leng ; treasurer, Charles A. Helnltsh ; recorder, Hugh S. Uara; trustees, Christian Wldmyer, Jere miah Rohrer, William O. Marshall. MeTuwany Gei. te Itantas Oily James MuTamany, the well known and popular centre fielder with tbe Brooklyn club the paBt two seasons, has been trans ferred te Kansas City, which baa the baby American Association team this season, ii Mae " pasaed through this city jemter day, en bis way te tbe land el grasshoppers, and at the station be wastakeu by the hand by many old friends. He oxpuetod te be Joined at Pittsburg by meuabera of tbe cow team, who live lu that city. r.lietnTtieajSBd rtrtoea lletneltis Advices bona Rangoon say that the town of My In fry an, an Important military pest In Upper Buruiab, has been dotreyod by llre. It Is believed tbe tire was started by lnoon lneon lnoen dlarler. Fifteen thousand pxraecs are lelt without homea, and an Immei.sa quantity or grain, hides and ether pre.isrty was de stroyed. , Te liltpUe Uoeprr. A dispatch from Uarrlsuurg siya thorn Is an organized movementen loot te depose Chairman Cooper, cl the Republican atate committee, and elect In bis place William H. Andrews, of Tltuavlllr, Crawfeid county, who was a leader In the tight for the oil sterage bill. He wan one el tue secretaries el tbe central commlltee during the lait campalKU, and U aald te be lureughly Vdrsed In state politic. An Englee OR tbe Track. 'Ihlsmcrulug asllkht accident occurred at tbe western end of the stock sldiugef the Pennsylvania railroad, near the Hblppen street brtdgr. Engine Ne. SOI, which l cf tbe " beg " variety, was shlMeg cars when It lelt tbe trask, owing te the broaklngera rail. It was an hour or mero before It was replaced, SjIiI Ily tue.sii.iirr. Sherlfl Burkhe'der sold the poitetial preperly el It H. Heller en Tnursday, About (1,000 was realised from the salii. Ill.lrrui vtl'.iilB Oier, Jehn C. Eneand wile, whearaln Ottawa, Oat., will, It Is said, return te New Yerk, Ene having htttled wltb bla creditors. The Clly Llgli'a. The high wind of last night extinguished twenty-.tbrep city llgbur, of which trrenty were gasoline, TflE GOOSE BONE PROPHET itKU'ONjiBtK von Tnrscorue weather Mr fketailiae. A Fepalar Impression That the Oreanrt-hcg lias Something te De With ItlsaMU- take-8,ring ti Soen Fellow the rreisat Celd Wave. A geed many people who are Imper fectly acquainted with the principles of tbe grouud-beg philosophy of meteorology, are centering the ground-hog for the con cen con tlnnanee of the eeld weather after the ex piration et bit six weeks hiberna tion. This Is very nnjnst te tbe great weather prophet Hla observation be gins en tbe seoend et February, and his prophecy covers only the six weejes tbst fellow. He Is net responsible for the condition of the weather either be fore or after tbe six weeks namer. Fer Its condition tbe Ineulrtr mutt seek ether sources of Information. Perhaps the most reliable Is the goeao-bono, All w oil Informed people kuDw that the breast bone et a goeta gives an accurate eutllaa el what tbe weather will be front the 1st of Droember te the 1st of April. A bone sent te na about Christmas by our friend Harry L Eekert, of Gnrdenvllle, shows the condition of tbe winter very com pletely. Tbe eutlre front el the bone Is white, showing mild weather In tbe early part of the winter, and that Is what we had, as everybody knows. Tbe middle part of the bone Is much discolored, showing very ejld weather. Then there is another part et the bone, very brown, showing the cold snap we are new having. Evidently It Is tbe geese bone and net the ground-hog that Is reponslele for this lsst blustering outburst of expiring winter. The cold wave will net last long, though It was very severe last night and te-day tbe mercury marking from 13 te IS abeve aere, and tbe wind howling viciously and causing great dlsoem fort te these having te be outdoors. DEATH Or AN AOED WOUXN. Iddia S. Mliui'r Dlrs el I'aralytlt-A Native tt Olie.ter Ceuuly, Miss Lydla S. Minster, sitter of Mrs. Jehn J. Evans, or Weat Lampeter township, a short dlstauce south of tbls city, died tbls morning of paralysis, after a short Illness, In the 8.M year of her age. Miss Minster has been a member of Mr. Evans family for forty years or mere. She was a woman et mero than ordinary Intelligence and was possessed of the highest soelsl qualities, and loved by all who knew ber. Shs was a native of Chester county, but during Ibe greater part el ber life lived In Lancaster county. She wasamemborel S James' Episcopal church. Her brother, who was a merchant In Philadelphia, dled aeveial years age. Her only surviving slater, who Is single, resides In H'. Leuis. Sbe has been notified el MIssMlnster'a death and will probably reaeh bere te-morrow, The tlme or the funeral, which will be private, has net been fixed. ritlE IN DILI.BUTII.T-E, A Inrc-jteiy III Uk Imrlllrg Dcalrejcd Tbla Atlernoen, This afternoon a two-story brick dwell ing house in tbe village of Dlllervllle, wblch Is about a half tquare sonthef tbe railroad telegraph tower, waa almost totally destroyed by fire. Tbe bulldlug belonged teMrr. Michael Sbrelner, who owns con siderable ether prnparty In the village, and It lsoccjpled by Jesjph Hu tv, wh? attends the aab pita el the rallreid com pany. The flre originated from a defective flue, and, as the wind has been very high all usy, It spread very rapidly. About 2 JO o'clock the loef foil .lu and thore was no hope for the building. Nearly all tbe fur niture and ether household goods were ssved. The fire did net cause any alarm In this city. 111. Knights of rjthla.Dl.pate. The suspension et tbe Grand Ledgo or the Knights el Pythias of Pennsylvania by Supreme Chanceller Heward Douglas, el Cincinnati, because the grand chancellor of Pennsylvania refused te deelarenull and void certatn sections of the constitution of the grand ledge of Pennsylvania, has create! a heated controversy In the order. Recently the Melita Ledge of Mecbanlcsburg, aent notices tn various subordinate ledges in Pennsylvania reqnesllng them te appoint delegates te a meeting te be held In Harrls burg, having for Its enject the organisatien of the grand ledge In harjieny with tbe supreme ohanceller. But seven replies were received, and when prominent mem mem bera of the suspended grand ledge arrived in Harrlsburg en Thursday te watch tbe movement they could net find any sign of the supreme chancellor or any et bit supporters. The meeting seems te have been tu entire fizale. Dreve Inte a Quaginlre. rrem the Ltilis lleoerd. Dr. J. B. Lincoln met with a singular ace'dent en Monday down near JSuch's mill. He was driving slowly along In a phoeton, wben his horse halted, as If there wim something befere him be dreaded. The doctor then undertook te restart, when down went tbe earth all around and the horse in a hele te bis neck. It proved te be the bglnnlug of a big kink bole. The conveyance steed en the edg't nf the bole and tbe doctor unhitched, and by hard work extrlcatnl ibe animal f re u bis predicament without much injury, Largett Teuilau Krer I'aaaed. The Interior department officials dlvpnsed of n psnslen claim en Thursday of Cypbert P, atlletle, et What Cheer, Keokuk county, lows, for teul blludneei'. It had been pending since 1873, and be bait been re peatedly rejected by dllftirent pension coin cein coin Uilsaleuera. It finally came up en appeal Ixtlore Assistant Hreretary Uawklnr, who decided In Glilette'a favor. The amount vrhlnh Mr. Gillette will receive is about (10,000 In arrears, aa well as a monthly p-ns Ien lu future el (72. This Is said te be largest sum ever paid te a private soldier at a pension. A r.ancaiter County Gradual. Among the graduates et the Philadelphia College otPbarmacr,en Tuesday, was O.lter F. Lenhardt, of Coneatega Centre. This young gentleman was In the store of A. A, llubley for ayear and a half and went Ireiu there te Philadelphia, He will locate per manently In Burlington, N. J. Taken tu I lill.d.lphia rer lleilal. This morning the body of Jehn L. Kvy, the man who died from a deae of laudanum, was tttken te Philadelphia for burial en Pant Line. The expenses of the funeral were borne by Jehn J. Cochran, proprietor el tbe Enterprlae braaa works, and the fel low empleyes of the deceased. ringers Creaked. Henry Scatter, a marhle polUher, who 'a emplrieil at Charles Flick's marble works en Nevfrtr atreet, met wltb a paluful aool aeol aoel dent yesterday afternoon. He was band ling a heavy piece of marble wblch fell upon one of bis bandt,crushlng all of bis flngerr. Dr. Welcbatis attended blm and be was taken te bis home en Church street, m Centlctsd of Stealing Frem Cars William Smith, Jehn Bryan, Jr., and Myren Arndt, of Mlddletewn, were con victed In tbe Dauphin court en Thursday of breaking open and stealing from cars of the Pennsylvania railroad at Cellins lUUec TflE MAIN DID NOT COMB err. Laarastar snrt Marietta Nperts Fall tn Agree eutheRlad of metis fir a Cerk Fight. Seme time age a cocking main was ar ranged between chicken fanciers of this city and these of Marietta. It was te have taken place en Wednesday el last week, but owing te the big blltztrd It was postponed until Thnrsday. Chleken disputes In this section are usually settle! In Yerk county, and the land et buekwheat was-sgaln agreed upon for the battle ground. The plaee selected was net far trem tbe Susquehanna river. Karly Thursday morning a large number of cockers and ether sports left Lancaster, and afteragreat deal of trouble reached tbe fighting grenndr. Tbe chickens were seen weighed and eight pairs were matched. Every thing waa reai'y ter the main when a new and very serious trouble arose. The Matletta people Insisted upon fighting with what la called drop socket" steels ler whleh the fighters el that town seem te hsve a great fond ness. If there la anything that Laneister sports de net like, It Is this kind et "galf ," and they would net agree te fight against them. This led te considerable wrangling. The Marietta men used their persuasive powers te hsve the main fought en their condltlens.but It wsiof.ne avail, and It waa declared off. The Lancastrians finally did agree te give tbe Marietta people a light Tbla was followed by three ethers, but there was no main, Tbe result of the fight ing was that Lancaster and Marietta each wen two battles. The best chicken that the folks trem the long borough had with them waa knoekod silly by a Lanoatter cock. On this fight there was ever (200, and our boys secured something for their trouble. The fighting waa oenoluded amid a great deal el klckleg, and the Lanoaater people turned their faces hemeward very much disgusted with the result et the day. While the snorts were etiRsited llzhtlnr i the chickens, Old Boreas waa getting his work In en the Susquehanna, which the party had crossed In the morning te reach the fighting ground. When It waa time te stsrt borne the water waa found te be very high and reugb. Seme of Ibe ptrtles were brave enough te take the beat, but ethers oenoluded te walk te Wrlghtavlllr. It was a long and weary tramp, and while aerae readied Columbia In tlme tot the Otte train, ethers were left behind, and did net reaeh Lancaster until tbla morning. Te day all the pedestrians are atlfy, sere and disgusted. The Lanoaater boys oemplaln that they wero badly treated all around yeslerdsy. Tbe boalmen beat some of tbem In their cbarge for crossing the rlver, by making thorn pay for a return tlcket In tbe morning whleh they refused te take In the afternoon, The principal artlcle et feed at the fighting ground was soup, whleh la said te have been made of very queer-material. Fifty cents a dlh was charged for this, and sour kreut was as high as lebiter salad In Lancaster. I1LUNT UNMASKS 1IALVOUU, Ue Dlacleaet the Latter nrranf.il rian te Stifle Reme Hale In Irelaedi Londen, Mareh 23 Wilfrid Blunt tat wrltten a letter whleh la published te-day In whleh he gives the exact date, even te tbe hour that he bad the conversation wltb Ohie! Irish Becretary Balfour wheu the latter declared It his Intention te Im prison some of the feobleat Parnelliies whom be thought would net be able te aurvlve tbe confinement. ( In bis letter Mr. Blunt details tbe words of tbe conversation wblah were published when he wai Imprisons 1 In Tallamere Jail aud wbieli wero at that tlmedonled by Mr, Bal Bal eon r. He writes that Mr, Balfour Mated te blm that Heme Rule was aupperted entirely by a half dczen men whom he named. The etuae would oel lapse, be said, If these men fled the oeuntry when tbe crimes act was passed ler fear of Imprisonment. This, he said, be expected they would de, as be bad net much opinion of thelr bravery, that some et them who were net In geed health or strong would succumb te the treatmenr, thus leaving .the Heme Rule oause without Its msln supporterv. The secretary said be was sorry ter Mr. Dillen, as be bad seme geed tn blm. He would probably get a six months' santence with hard labor, aud as we has In 11! health, It would kill blm, Mr. Blunt understood the words as a warning te him self and through blm te the Parnelllter. He oenoludos his letter by saying that If Mr. Balfour denies these statements he will produce testimony that will corroborate all that be haa charged him with. A city Without a Mayer, Burmnoten, low, March 23 Tbe an nouncement was made last evening that Mayer Dunean mysteriously disappeared. Inquiry developed tbe fact that Mr, Dun can bat en several occasions recently spoken of making a trip te Australia, and also that be bad made Inquiries regarding excursion rates te San Francisce. He has net been seen slnee Thursday night. The cause ler his sudden and mysterious de parture la net known. lleth Highly Connected. RlcilMOMD, Ky Msreh 23. Ballard Bronaen, a son of United States Revenue Collector T. S. Bronaen, et the Eighth Keutucky district, shot and Instantly killed Gilbert Dudley, an ex-deputy tberilf, yer terday, In a quarrel about Bronsen's wile. The parties are highly connected and the atlalr baa created the greatest excitement. Mutt Held a Nw lll.cttlli. Waterloo, Iowa, Mareh 23. A new feature In Iowa elections was devolved at tbe annual school election at Iowa Fallv, where it was found that the ballet box con tained eleven ballets mero than thore were names en tbe poll list. A new election baa been ordered. Net gatuned, Nkwayoe, Mich , Mareh 23. Oregon Hamilton, couvteted of whlpplughis little child te dea'b, waa yeaterday sentene'd te tbe penitentiary for life, He will arreal the case. DlKrmigtd aHieju.l Time. Alderman Furdney rendered bis deci sion In tbe Uarnlsh robbery case en Thurs day afternoeu. He dismissed tbe case and Oeorge Metzger, Abraham Melzger, Cbas, Wolf and Solemon Sellers walked frcin the alderman's office free men. Thia la tbe seoend time that these men were ar. rested and heard for the same otfeuso. A rernierl,anraler Hull. Wedded, Mr, Harry A. Robinson, el Lebanon, and Mist Mamle Everts, daughter of Garrett H. Everts, or Reading, formerly el Lancaster, were married Wednesday evening at the bride's retldenee. After tbe weddiug trip te Washington they will live In Lebanon, Man aud Wile Lest, A bridge at Millerd, P., was carried away by au loe gorge m tbe Delaware rlrcr Thursday evening. The telUate keeper wa en one side el the brldge and hla wite waa en the ether when It went out Abuud 111. Landlord. Weslpy Stapleford went en a spree en Thursday and abused his landlord ler net making repairs te his beuse. He was ar rested by Officer Beaobler and held for a hewing bctere Alderman A. F. Dennelly, ' - Ai'l EXPRESS TRAINS STRIKE. W i THET COLLIDE WHILE RCKKraantsTU4 ' MtLEt AN nOBK, , ;&,! AT One Man Killed and Several Fatally ItJaretL V garnet ei ine victims or tne tntasTtn. v Tee Acctdrnt Alleged tens Da te a Trainman's Carttttsnera PiTTflnune, Msreh 23. Fast Express trains Nes, 1 and 0, running 80 iuui, uuiiiueu en a sdbtd curve near nnaar -c. Point station about 8 o'clock tbla merarftjf .O J A mistake of tbe train dispatcher is aaaaa iTf Ins: tbe rnaalnsr celnt is said in here teeat '.kX the cause, ' virrus x. wrav. DavirairsmasuH' eh na. i. ,... llllUl lhn,llv mttm ft... wa- b. .a- k r- 9 - --"v-.-j .,v. uv nm-w n 1KBI . wreck. Geerge Orr, engineer et Hul,; "i""1 imwj injured, win. Dummmr, iz engineer of Nc. 0, It badly but net lataMjr. hurt Themas Breugn, fireman el Na 8, M"?"1 hadlvhurf. Jnhn PnnnU. .-. '' 1, is seriously Injured ; Martin HaittrntaVlfi'J passenger, leg broken j Fred Graee, fs. "WM euger, g uruisee, neaacut j James Uest- s$ j neuy, coneuotor jne. l, bruised and etst l ,; ' James Benner, conductor Ha 0. ahnnte w --1 .-j : .... . .... i . . J? uieiucaunj, arm eui ; Aieeri weinbart, eyt news airent. hark InlnrAil. . ---, - j w j A number el patieegers were brnlaal ?. and cut, none ttrlently. All of the Juredwere taken te Beaver Falls. H-aS trains will be able te pus the scene of the) $?. wreck befere evening. Baggageman Gray AM lea .abb aa smLIhim ,-: A n llte . Su ulnni r Orr llvee In Hit. nits, anrf k.. . n.-''' " - . --- ---"l W ,,-, and uaughter. a A Fatal Wreck; TenTLAMD, Ogu Mareh 23. A nerths ' bound mixed freight and passenger trata uu iu. luiu.uuu r uiaiueiiH vauey rati -ftf mail wax ila. Iln1 fntt,,a.H Hu uHlk a. J?! this city yesterday afternoon. CoBdeetor'v" rtalllllvn .. Ihm n imm. k.I am IIk W M L xsu.uu.u tt- uiiu-uiuinaiii uu un ens, ' r a facturlng his skull and will probably die. C xen passengera were injured ;inela4sBg ,,f. r5 inree jauie. netuing mere tenens broken bone?. Twe ear leads et were killed. . 5? Rprcrkels Net In the lugar Tree. Wa ant kotew. Marnh M. flkas' ' rv Hpreckels.ths well-known California Magta?, refiner, testified before tbe Heuae eeaamjt-,; tee en manufactures tbls morning rsgattl Inff Bllflrer trn.te etiit lhn rffjutft IhM, lui u non tbe marker, ltn waa tint In atraaL It-.g ' 1 Sprockets said the trnat bulled miM nprecaeis aata aue trust Duiisei wmm,:ii cornered the sugar market bat aUV hyir nnnlil lem frnm KTv Hala .Sism ----- ' V what benefit te a refiner was te be feed fcj1 onterlng a trust he said that " whenyoauV whenyeauV are in tbe trust you are In the trutf." Ut.'tyi Spreekela favors a tariff or bounty pretea ,;. tlnn tn thn Ainarlnan anee- Inrln.trv. ! said the United State- cenld, Intlaae, fa.'?' uueti sugar vuuuga ier ins weriu. A'fiju Committee Werk. Z-Ji- 4 n'lutrivnrnw Marnh 09 Tn ka Dam. & . 1 i, ... ..-, v- . m ana-aa, ,' committees te-day, posteflloee aad pestv resds agreed te an adverse report npeti UM hill In nmvlds that no 'nankara -a4athlea merethan eight reunda shall be ccYayelE, he mall. . &T bv mall "' - - . - i It i A war claims sgreed te report favorably bill te extend the time ler ii!lng claims ler compensation for terses fs1 ether property, lest In the military ti of the United States. The Heuse committee en raliwayt '. canaie has adopted Mr. Plumb's tf 1 I mlttee report In favor et the Illinois Mlehlgan ship canal. xne commutes en commerce nas Mvana . . .... .. ' re ably recommended the bill te prevent (MAtl deposit of gsrbage la tbe New YerttC harbor and tbe bill dividing the wa'ers O.' Hampton Reads and Axing new beBajdavpLf ' rles for that custom district '.vil Tbe aub committee et tbe shipping .?&' ... .- ...-.. ..... . .:. - - ?Ef W rerred. bas aa-reed uoen an advaraarenaft. &"' Tbe bill was te grant a bounty ettfeirtvR cents per ten for eaeh thousand bbI1s':' tailed by vessels in (he foreign trade. V-S MTHWiiinMB. Minn.. Marnh Verifr? Governer Jehn S. Pllltbury made apebUe j-j' . u . . nwiw SSI. ttSlitt. Jr , laieuiBiit la repiy 10 iun Meeiuuns OI eNM Fanner.' Alliance that the state university , diverted a fund et 1600,000 from Ha yntaat, ute. He says the regents noted BtHtsf i-;, nnlhnrliw Af lakV nni Itawata AhsiWasarf thai akaaaV iP ' or Cengreat creating the fund by farnktkri 5 lnr an azrlculturil deDartnent in tltaS . university quite as geed as a separate oei-iy" lege. , V- " Vi A Terrible Accident, J Detroit, Mleb., March23 Aspeotaltevvi ? uieiYcut irem uuium, Dainn.,aayat Wataw, Mrs. A. Leglln waa carrying a budVs) It " clothing down a atalrway In ber heeat Httlr, ' morning a can et kerosene waa evertwMsV-'; , ii-j j .1 ,. , ,, ff. aau ruuvu uuwu uie etmire, uuuuuug eieistw a stove in the kitchen, in an Instant UsS"i room and atalrway were In flames, and anVfe1" J a abort time tbe beute waa destroyed.. 'A-'M i four-year old daughter was fatally bnravttl-ffi-and another child badly Injured. ;f ,v The Tralnincn Ucspenilble. ' QnAVENiicnsT, Ont. March 3& Tbm fS Anpniiitrl. Itire In lhn nilMe lf IhM enAlHauaS al ."i tbe line of the Northwestern railroad neat. bere yesterday, toeK testimony untu 4WA n'plm-k- Ihlemnrnlnir. Tha tnrv iiiiiilsieal i a vepillnl hnlillne rtnnflnnlnr llUubml ejaal IS 1-..Ib...im tn ( f .K mnrta !.. . .t tht which caused the collision, responsible term. thn fieaihs nf the nve men who ware Ji-- kllled in the accident ' & 80 Trart ler the Italian Artist, Nkw Yenir., Marcn a3. uuiasppe iitst. Jmm gebardl, who was yesterday found gulHy ' A or mansiaugnier in tue umuegree, rer tswM Killing or jenu uirreu, waa le-uty eeti- - teaced te twenty years' hard labor ta Strg f N nv. n A&m VUHalr the Wlnntr. M LivEKroeL, March 23. The grand na- t tienai steeplechase was run nere te-dsy sjfwia; wen by Mr. E. W. Bark's Plsyfstr. Mr;?te ma m . .. . a a -i'jki Mayer a rrigaie was asoena an aaur. q-ft. NlckaU'a Ballet Bex third. . The llrotherbeod Keraas. Dubuque, Iowa, Marei 23 seven nun- v. drud ears bearing O. B. A Q. eeaU are side fl tracked en the unioage, et. a-aui a. Kansas, .-m City bb'.wcen Dubuque and St. Paul. Ta ij i...n..H fll.lmj 4l.au nAn-lMnnl.ln fl ST. Var u-,i,liniiy va.u,B uvjr uu u,,v vum - -, T j uu ireisui, nut uig nruuniauw ...up, - , haul them. UuMble te Atrree. 'j(' CeLUMnus. Oale, Mar. 23 Judge Piaffe bri dUcbarubd the tali v sheet Jary itcearabd the tally abett Jary at neon a wj tbe trial la ended altera two meninrssm ? slen. The Jury reported that It waa lam- ,? possible te agree. . ..uu &. ...... rj parsvai-vja I'uivaribwa, ij , PW-suiNOTOte.D. 0Mareh23.-rwt ,-,; Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jar- sey i Brisk northwesterly baekleag te fresh ueuth westerly winds, colder, tea- innsui h aiiahiiv rniar lair weatbar. ? --'-- ...-j ,,4, , ja AIBIUIW1 avu... f Tbe oeurt is still bearing argument tat y. cases In the orphan court list -, In one tult of Blr vs. Balr, noted yeeter-v; day in wblch Judgment was entered , favor of plain tM, the amount waa ecntUeeV; It wm entered ter 10,703.67. , V!" - w Ji : -Ii -Ar.)1 r-,.. ' "iy-j w-S n V A! fc't.al - Mf