f :. .. -irwa j". . '"" . I. , '" . mMiam&g -? vaw . v ;r'n : i w i . &. ' 'iS? . . 3CVI-NO. 163. v ,H -'if', ' "("' ' liANc2TEB; VOLUME XXVI-NO. 153. V 1AKCA6TER; PA., TRUBSDAY, FEBRtTAKY 27. 1890. PBIOE TWO CENTS 3 89' I THE SECOND BANQUET. Mflll MH Ml UMEl ASMCUTlffl M1MIBM MEET, They Spend a Pleasant Evenlnc Around A Well Covered Table In DoeraenVs Jlall flood Speeches and MhbIe. On Wednesday evening the members of the Empire Heed and Ladder association, which la composed entirely of member of the old Empire Heek and Ladder com pany of the volunteer Are department, held their annual banquet This association was erganised last February, as the mout meut hers were very anxious te remain togetbor and keep Up the old memories. It was then agreed te held a reunion and barfquet tt. the last Wednesday of each February. Bometlme age postal cards were sent te themembers notify lug thorn that the an nual banquet would be held last evening In the Doersom building en East King street. About forty-flve of thorn re sponded, stating that they would surely be eh hand and sixteen answered that al though their business would net allow them te attend the supper they were anx ious te retalnl their membership te the association. It was nbetit half past eight o'clock when the "boys" begun te gather at the place of meeting and by nine o'clock nearly all were present. The room in which the supper was held In ene of the best In the city for tlie purpose. It ts large and commodious and in the rear Is a fine large kitchen, where roeking of all kinds can be done. Tlie supper was in charge of Charles W. Eckert, who had Jee Lebar and a large corps of assistants. Everything was gotten up In excellent style and everybody was loud In their praise of the splendld set-out. The table was spread the long way of the room and it looked beautiful, as it was decorated with plants of different kinds. The menu in cluded raw, fried and broiled oysters, cold meats of all kinds, chicken salad, fruits, nuts, candles, cigars, etc The following gentlemen sat down te the upper: William C. Arneld, Samuel W. Altlrk, Byren J. Blown, B. Frank Breno Brene man, Jehn II. Baumgardner, Jee A. E. Carpenter, Israel Carpenter, Jehn C. Carter, H. C. Demuth, Ferd II. Demuth, II. C. Demutb, Jr., Al S.Edvards, B. Frank Eshleman, William J. Fordney. William Hendersen, Harry N. Hewoll, Harry II. Hensel, Jacob A. Helllnger, Jacob B. Llchty, J. Charles Martin, Hor.ice J. Martin, Jacob L. Perter, I)u Beis Hekrer, Jehn H. Kldeneur, Harry L. Sbenk, A. I'. Shirk, J. P. Shirk, P. Eck Sloymaker, Wm. M. Slaymaker, B. Frank Shin del, Jehn A. Snyder, B. Frank Sayler, Frank B, Trout, J. Hareld Wlckcrsham, Themas C. Wiley, Rcah Frazer WiUon.ef Yerk, Al P. Fulmer, "Sheriff" Abraham Keller and H. W. Bremer, or Philadelphia. Mr. Fordney, president of the associa tion, occupied the chair at ene end of the table, while Vice President T. C. Wiley, made everything right at the ether end. After everybody had eaten, as though they bad Just roturned from a ftre, the meeting , get down te business. 'Ow ing te the ab sence of Harry Carpenter, the efficient sec retary, the minutes of last year's meeting were read by his brether Israel. These sol forth that at the last meeting the officers of the association had agreed te go te the photograph gallery of B. Frank Sayler, ene of the old members, and have thelr pictures taken. After the luiuutes had been read, Mr. Sayler arose and presented te the association a ptcture of large slze of these gentlemen. They were taken In n group, and the picture is ene of the finest that the company has ever owued. The majority ofthe members were surprised at receiving the picture, but it was a most acoeptible present. A resolution thanking Mr. Bayler, was pissed, and after every body had scrutinized the picture, it was taken te Derruith's store, wliore it will be en exhibition. A. S. Edwards, en behalf of the company, roceived the gift of Mr. Sayler and in a beautiful little speech referred te the pleas ant recollections ofthe geed old days when the boys vvcroactlve firemen. They were a Jelly let of men, wholly unselfish, the best of comrades and warmest friends. He thought that no hotter let of men were ever Joined together in one organization than the members of the Empire, and in conclusion he thanked Mr. Sayler for the hand seme gift. Treasurer Altick m ado a report of the state of finances and they were found te be in the bast of condition. It was unani mously resolved te re-olect all of the old officers, but Mr. Fordney stated that It would be Impossible for Secretary Harry Carpenter te serve longer In that capacity, as it was Impossible for him te give tlie attention te the position that it should "have. Israel Carpenter was therefore chosen te take his place, and the officers as elected are : President, W. J. Ferdney j vice presi dent, Themas C. Wiley; socretary, Israel Carpenter; treasurer, S. W. Altick ; execu tive committee, Harry N. Hewell, Jacob P. Shirk and P. Eck Slayinaker. During the evening Prof. Carl Matz, Lan caster's well known musician, presided at the piano, mid en motion of ene ofthe mem bers of the association he was unanimously chesen an honorary member. The pro fessor inade a little speech of thanks te the boys and said that it gave him pleasure te belong te such a line organization. It was agreed that at the next annual meeting a regular entertainment consisting of music, Ac, shall be glen, and the presi dent will appoint a committce of fivote arrange it. After the usual buslness had been trans acted, President Fordney acted as toast master and called upon the members te speak, sing or de anything In the way of eutortalnment that they could. The boys were uet slew in responding and for sov sev eral hours the room probably had the jolllest crowd that It evor centained. Cel. B. Frank Hsbelmau was the llrst sjioaker, and he told of the pleasant recol lections that the old lire department brought te him. He also told in a humor ous way his experionce at firemen's balls. He congratulated the Empire upon having such a line organization, and thought It was an excellent idea for them te keep to gether. He paid many compliments te the memliers individually and collectively, ami hoped they would meet seen again te ha e as geed a time as last night. Majer 11. Frank Hrouemau, another scarred volunteor llremau niade a speech and eulogized the firemen, who are among the bravest men en earth. He knew from xpcrlouce what It was te rosjiend te the lire !ell at midnight and he believed in giving the firemen the greatest credit. He did net think a better organization existed any wliore than the Empire, which has tal ent of all kinds, and he wished It the great est success. Speeches were also made by Jehn II. Baumgardner, Jehn C. Carter, J. Hareld Wickersbam, PresIdent Fordney and ethers. Jehn Itldoneur an I Israel Carpenter were in geed volce and they sang a mini Jier of pretty ballads. II. J. lirewn outer tallied the boys with humorous songs, A (juartotte consisting of Messrs. Edwnrds, Slaymaker, Carpenter and Perter did splendidly, A. 1'.. shirk mid ethers h1m MOg, aud, with Prof. Matt assisting the vocalists, the Empire never had better music. Late In the evening It wm resolved te procure a large album for the association, in which all the pictures of the members are te be placed, te be kept aa a relic. It was a verylate honrbefere the meet ing adjourned, and from the beginning te the close the fun was Incessant. Every body was leth te leave the banquet hall, aa they had bad such an excellent time. It was an evening long te be remembered by these who participated, and It wlll be a cold day while the Empire boy Jive that they frill allow the association te go under. ' A DAGGER IW MIS HEART. Silk Manufacturer Claude Chaflanjen Kills Illmscir. Werd was sent te the Sixth precinct In Jersey City en Wednesday morning that uiauae unananjen, a sine manufacturer, had died suddenly. Policeman Hepkins went te the house nnd reported that Mr. ChaiTMtlen had been found drowned In the bath tub In his room en the second fleer. He had probably been taking a bath and bad been attacked with heart disease and drowned. In the afternoon one of the workmen in Mr. Cbaffanjen's factory, which is nearly opposite his house in Seuth street, told a neighbor that some let ters that had been found en Mr. Cbaf Cbaf faneon's desk In his house, Indicated that he had committed suicide. The secret was successfully kept until night, when the fact came out that Mr. Chaffanjen had killed himself because he could net pay his debts. He was 53 years old. He came te this country twenty-twe years age from Lyens, and learned the silk maker's trade. He had quite a large sum of money and with what be earned he get possession of the mill. He kept his factory running all through the dull sea son at a less, his sole object being te koep his werkmen employed. The Bilk manufactured In these anil seasons accu mulated, and often had te be sold at a sa crifice, aud finally he had te make au as signment. He resumed business shortly af terward, having taken a partner. Twe years age he had treuble with his partner, and last iniiiniT he went te France and raised meney te pay his debts and start afresh. It was net sufficient, aud when he returned he found bis mill in the hands of his part ner. He succeeded In getting possession of it through the courts, and was running it, it was supposed, at a profit. In stead of that, however, he was running in debt mere rapidly than he had before, and he was disheartened. Tuesday evening he hed n card party at his house, and was ene of the livellesl players at the tables. He did uet appear at the usual time in the morning, and repeated knocking en the deer of his room did net bring any re sponse Finally his nephew broke in. The bed In the room was undisturbed. Mr. Chaffanjen's coat, vest and treusers were lyingen a chair. Tlie bathroom opens into the room. Beugln pushed aslde the curtains that separate the room and saw that the bath tub was two-thirds full of bleed-red water. He could see the out eut eut lines of Mr. Chafianjen's form under the surface. The water entirely covered it. He called te the bousekeopor and they lifted the body up. It was cold. A dagger had becu driven up te the hilt into the body near the left breast, and it remained there, the bone baudle with a stiver plate being all that was visible. The body was lifted out en the fleer nnd the water allowed te run off. In the bottom ofthe tub was a new llve chamber Homing Heming Homing ten revolver, every chamber leaded. The pollce were netilied. On a bureau the dagger sheath was found and beside It a pile of a dozen letters all soaled and ad dressed In Mr. ChatTanJeti's handwriting. All but two of them were addressed te buslness -aeu In New Yerk. Many of thorn were his creditors. Of the two, ene was addressed te Mr. Beugln and the ether te the bookkeeper of the silk mill. They were written in French. In the loiter te the nephew Mr. ChafTanJpn said : " The critical moment has arrived. I am unable te pay my debts, and therefore I must kill myself." The letter was clesely written en four sheets of paper of the bIze of legal cap. It told about the trouble he bad had, and several requests of a personal nature were made. In the letter te the bookkeeper com plaint was made about the manner in which the business at the mill had been attended te. All the letters but theso two wero mailed at once. Shortly after the letters woie found it was dlscoverod that copies of them had been made In the letter books at the mill. The ink en the lotter was fresh, and the sheets In the letter book wero damp. Instead of going te his room te bed when he had bade his nephew geed night, it wasovident that Mr. Chatlaujen had gene te the mill, whero he had written the letters. It must liave token him soveral hours te de this. The condition of tlie rooms and the careful manner in which everything was arranged showed hew deliberate had been his plans. That part of his clothing that was net in ids bed room was hanging from hooks in his bath room. Mr. Chull'anjen had ovl evl ovl deutly filled the tub with water and then knelt In it se that when he stabbed himself he should fall face downward into the water and drown if the dagger thrust did net kill him. The revolver had probably been held in his left baud ready for use If necessary. The dagger hed a blade about 41 Inches long, and it must have been driv en with terriltc ferce te sink te the hilt. DILLMAN at IIAIIt FAIL. KxocutleuH Ihwued Against Them Fer Over Klevon Thousand Dollars. Late en Wodnesday afternoon judgments woie entered against Dillman A. Italr, hard ware merchants of New Helland, for SU,U1.55. The execution creditors are Joel Balrferi)l,7Iu.i3; Joel Balr, 3,2i3i78; Jehn IS. Bair, administrator of Leah Balr, $l,3S0.!0,;aud Irvin 1). flair for -himself and as trustce fer$l,a'il."l. Execution was at ence Issued by A. B. Hassler, attorney for the creditors, end Deputy SheritTStener went te New Helland this morning te serve the writs. Dillman A. Balr have been in business for a number of years at New Helland. They nover did a large business. Thoenly lesers by their failure, if any, will be the Philadelphia and New Yerk parties from whom they purchased their goods. Tlie firm claim that their stock en hand will pay everybody they ewo. Hepert of Tim llellef Department. The advisory committce of the Pennsyl vania railroad relief department is consid ering the establishment of a superannuated and pension list. At the recent meeting the commltteo reported progress. Action en the preposition te nermlt members after leaving the service or the company te con cen con tlnue en the death benefit list, if an applica tion is made within six days, was deferred. Decision was also postponed en the ques tion of whether a member should lcvclve accident or sick benefits when injured, if net at the time engaged in the com pany's business. The difference between tlie accident and sick benefit Is ' per cent. The total operations for the year w ere : lleccipts, Jj.XiU,a71; benefits, .! I.),6W ; bal ance, fi,77.. The membership increased from 10,332 le 21,157. Slueothe reorganiza tion ofthe relief department $1,012,000 has been iwld out for benefits. There is new standing te the credit of the superannuated and pension fund $117,088. Deatli or (i 1,1 1 tlti 2lrl. Edith E. Haub, aged 0 years, daughter of A. K. Haul), of Wilmington, Del., died en Wodnesday niernln;; of bleed poisoning, nftcr suffering some time from diphtheria. She was bem in this city. The family moved te Wilmington iecral years age. She was intelligent for her years, and had many young friends here. The funeral will be held In this city tomurrew. Tlie IkhIv w ill arrive nt 2:10. Arrested for Desertion. l.dwin F. StelVy, new residing at Honey Heney brook, Chester county, deserted bis wife nt New Helland seme weeks age. She went bofero Alderuiau Halhach and en tered n suit for desertion against him. He w ah cd it bearing and gave ball for Ills ap pearance at the next teim ofthe quarter scskieus court. A FAITHLESS MESSENGER. IE 18 mt W WAM PEOPLE IP TIE wiLicT HUE ill's cmurim. Becoming Drank en the Way II Falls te Deliver the Meeaace Anether en the ftame Mission Drowns. Prescott, Arizona, Feb. 27. Twe pre pecters, Moses and Kebert Moere, who have arrived from the Upper Walnut Greve dam, give the following par ticulars of the late disaster : Wd came up te the Hassayampa prospecting, and passed a number of parties en the way who must Inevitably have been lest. On Thursday we arrived at the dam. On Friday morning the water In the dam was rising at the rate of IS Inches an hour with all the slulces opeu. Superin tendent Themas Brown had fifteen men employed all day in blasting out the waste waterway te allow the esuiie of water. Despite the immonse volume which went through this passage the water con tinued te rise until 0 o'clock at night, when it began te pour evor the top of the dam. In the afternoon Superintendent Brown seeing the dam must inevitably go sent a messenger te the lower dam te notify thorn of the danger, but he stepped at n saloon en the read aud, becoming intoxicated, failed te deliver the message. The next meinlng another messenger was sent, but was overtaken and drewned by Iho flood, Just ashoneaied the lewer dam. About midnight we were nwakened by Drewn calling te his fereman: "Get up, Phil ; I think the dam has breken." Soen nftcr there was a tremendous rear which was indescrlbable and we arese and looking out saw the water rushing out of the dam. Inside of two hours It had dis appeared entirely from where It was, from GO te 00 feet deep. Francis M. Parker was ene of the men rescued from A perilous position about day break. Parker and his partners had geno te bed. When he was awakened he heard one ' of his partners exclaim : " My Ged, what was that f He (Parker) never saw them again. He vas caught up by the water and was lifted te the reef of the cabin where he clung le rafters until the cabin, after floatiugareuud, wasdriven against tlie bin IV, where he seized some bushes aud drew himself upon the clitr. One man was seen te start for a place of safety, end seeing escape was lmKsslble, bravely turned his head te the flood, and was swept awuy. An An ethor man was seen going up a steep hill and had reached a point about 50 feet above the level of the river bank, when the mighty volume of water struck and killed him. Outslde towns are supplying all needed necessaries. VICTIMS OK TUB FLOOD. Many 1'erUh In Arizona ItepertH Frem Theso Who Witnessed the Disaster. The uncerkilut3' regarding the disaster of Hassayampa, Arizona, has in part been dispellcd, and the hope snatched from the very inoagienoss of detail seems deemed le be totally extinguished. It is probable that tbe ratastroiiue Is much greater than at first estimated, and In the turgid waters that sweep het ween the grim winter hills a hundred of bruised and disfigured bedies bear ghastly witness te the awful and re re lentless might of the liberated flood giant. Perhaps tbe actual number of unfortu nates overcome and engulfed in that thunderous torrent Mill never be known. Nearly ull of them were peer, rude miners, seme known only by their llrst names, but men withal. Tlie two days that have passed were full of anxiety and dread for many persons In Piesuett, who hail Iriciids and interests up along the fatal valley. Muddy and badly washed reads and swellen streams intervened between Pres Pres cett and the lower Walnut Grove dam, 00 miles distant. Travel by daylight was difficult and tedious, wlille an Inky darkness at night made it entirely out of the question. In many places the reads are coihpletoly washed away and new trails bave te be made. Tbese were tlie ban ters which obstructed tlie couriers and kept guarded among the hilly witnesses of the Hassa yampa tbe news of tlie tragedy enacted thore. But definite intelligence has at last arrived. Twe prosecters searching among the rocky elevations for geld saw tlie disaster. They lay down te rest Friday evening, high up above the upper dam. They sprang te their feet at 1 o'clock In tbn morning as tlie very hills trembled and the sound of thun der iarred the damp nlr. "Great Gedl the dum has burst," ox ex ox clalmed ene, It was true. The huge wall of water, 80 feet in helgbt, was dashing down the narrow, steep cauydsi, bearing death for theso in its jath. Tbe two men stoeu listening anu appancu uiuiiuayngui. Frem tlie seunus mat came irem me iam it was evident that tbe immonse body of water, ene and a half miles wiuare and fie feet decp, was emptied in an hour. When daylight came they saw net a vostlge ofthe big dam. They followed tlie ceurse of the flood and rescued, half dead, a man who was clinging te n trce. The miners also talked with many from tlie smaller dum. 15 miles below, who said that up te Saturday evening 25 bedies had been recovered, but could glve no addi tional nanies. Tbe survivors were In the greatest destitution, having neither provi previ sions nor clothing. Cearse grain sacks were being used in lieu of clothing. The camp of workmen engaged in building a llume has net been heard from at all mid It is foil red that ull are lest. Sheriff O'Neill writes as fellows from Heurark's ranch, iiuder date of February 21: Thofccenoof desolation along the Has sayampa, bolewthositoof tlie dam, beggars description. A tornado could net have inauesucn a complete wrccK. i or iihiph the waters, turned free by the breaking of the dam, bave filled the bed of the creek with dead bodies, enormous boulders, trees, cacti and every ether kind of debris. Thirty-eight bodies have been identified. Scores are missing. Many of tbe bodies reoevored wero found twenty and thirty miles belew the place where the IUhmI overtook thorn. All the remains are mere or less mutilated, as the force of the flood was terrific Many bedies bave deubtless been burial In tbe sand, ethers tern te pieces, mid ethors carried far south. What the im lietiis of the stream of water was when turned loeso ene can hardly appreciate without gelmr evor the ground covered by ft. These wlie saw u say it came uewn in almost a perpendicular w'all 00 or n 100 feet high, nnd apparently crushed down instead of sweeping away everything be fere it. immonse boulders weighing tens were thrown around us a child might toss u ball. Enormous trees wero tern into shreds. iron bars wero twisted out of shape, and ordinary flat iron was carried llve miles and then Imbedded In tbe walls of tlie canyons bO Icct abe e tbe present level of the stream. A large safe, belonging te It. II. Hew, containing f7,000, was s opt away aud no trace of it has been found as yet. Early en tbe evening el the 21st a courier was sent from tlie upper te tlie lower dam te warn the people at the latter elnt. Owing te the storm and darkness, the mes senger, William A. Kark, could net keep ahead ofthe flood, and lest his life In try ing te cress the llHssayumpa w limn wow ei the survivors of the camp he had tried te n ve. Charles Thompson, a courier, Just in from below Wlckenburg, above the lewer dam, reports that nine bedies hav e been discov ered at Wickenbtirg.'and tliree above, in addition te these already mentioned. The historic old Brill ranch has been swept aw ay. The company camp three miles IjoIeiv the lewer dum, centained .iIkhiI 12 jioeplo two weeks age and there were probably that many in it at tbe time of tbe disaster, A courier says he was uwakeutsi about 2 o'clock In the morning by tile' ahrleka of the people. , The wave was 50 feet high when tie first eaw W,'and was sparkling In the darkness vrllhwillllens or phosphores cent eyes, and with terrible rear It almost IneUnMy ewept away tents and building. The canyon, which was full of cotton weed tree, was swept clean. The lower dam, a structure 340 feet .lone and 00 feet above bed rock, with 90 feet above surface, was swept away. A'prospecter who was camping en a bluff four mile below Wlckenberg says the sight from where he Meed wee sublime In the extreme At a narrow Just below them, where the canyon contracts te about one-quarter of lie width between perpen dicular recka several hundred feet high, the waters leaped up a hundred feet high with a fearful crash nnd rear, and rushed through the narrrew gorge like lightning, cleaning out the last vostlge of overythlug movable, leaving the bare bard rock. TUB HAAS BJECTMENT SUIT. The Court Deoldea Against the Heirs of Mrs. A. D. Dlttmar. Judge Livingston te-day tlled his opin ion In the ojectment suit of Andrew Wind et al. vs. Jein G. Haas. This was a suit te ascertain 'be title te the property en East Orange street, en which defendant orected a hnndMme structure, the upper floors of which are oecn pled by the Yeung Men's Democratic- society. By agreement of all the counsel Inter ested the case was tried bofero the court without a Jury. Plaintiffs claimed title te the property through Elleabeth King, who became the wlfoef Gen. A. D. Dlttmar, and the defend ant through a deed of the heirs of Gen. Dlttmar. Mrs. Dlttmar was the possessor of the property when she was married, nnd she died without issue and her heirs clalmed It as next of kin. Tbe testimony taken shewed that prier te her marriage an ante-nuptial contract was oxecuted between horself and Gen. Dittinar, by which the survivor was te possess all the ostate possessod at the time of marriage and all accumulations. Mrs. Dlttmar died first, aud her husband, under that contract, bocaiue the possessor. He left his estate te found nn institution tn prepare young men for such vocations in Ufa for which they were fitted, but the Unlled States district court sol it aslde en the ground of the vaguoness of the bequest, and Ills estate passed te his heirs. The court's opinion deciding the case in favor of Mr. Haas reads: "The plain tiffs in the action have net the stronger and better title te the preperty in dispute, can not recover and are net entitled te Judg ment In this action. Judgment Is there fore ordered in favor of Jehn G, Haas, the dofendant." The plaintiffs may flla exceptions te the verdlct, and if they de, the case will go te the supreme court in May, If. C. Brubaker, J. W. Appel and E. P. Brlnten appeared for plaintiffs ; J. L. Stein m of z, O. I'. Brlcker and Brown it Hensel for Mr. Haas, and Wnlter M. Franklin for tbe Dlttmar helrs, who com eyed the prop prep prep orty te Mr. Haas. I'UHLICLY INSTALLED. The Oincera of lied Heme Ceinninndery Knlithtsorthe Mystic Chain. The recently olectod officers of Hed Hese Commaudery,Ku!ghtsoftho Mystic Chain, were Installed last ovening in the hall of the erder, en North Queen street. The in stallation was public, and there was quite a large audiouce present, Including many ladles. The Installing officers wero : Su preme Commnnder Charles Naylor, Lieut. General J. B. Reberts and Lieut. II. II. Hill, or Philadelphia. The new officers that wero tnstulled were: Sir knight counciller, D. Itottewj S. K. chaplain, F. S. II oak; S. K. captain, Hiram MuEIrey; S. K, first lieutenant, J. D. De Belt; S. K. second lieutenant, Samuel Fex ; S. K. recording scribe, 11. Thatcher; S. K. treasurer, F. S. Henk ; S K. first sergeant, E. Butter; S. K. secend sergeant, J. A. Killlau; S. K. standard bearer, J. llohrer: S. K. Inner guard, G. Thatcher; S. K. assistant guard, D.Brewn. After the business of the ovening had been concluded the members of the com cem com iniiudery, with the visiting strangers, went te Hetel Lancaster, whero they hud a supper and n splendld time until a late hour. Artificial Ice In Texas. Frem tlie l'lttbiirjr Dispute!!. Mr. Charles Dopew, an old-tlme VinpiUeh reporter, Is in Pittsburg en a visit, ufter several years' residence in Texas. Dis cussing tlie vorylprebablo failure ofthe Ice crop hereabouts, Mr. Dopew says that should there be successive failures until people would be forced le depend en tbe artificial product, they would seen learn te relish tlie change, as they would get cleaner ice lust ns cheaply bofero long. Mr, Dopew says that In Galveston artifi cial Ice sells almost as cheaply as the nat ural product does In Pittsburg. Competi tion piilled (low n prlces, ns the making was very profitable, and what was ence a luxury when taken from the North Is new regarded as a necessity even by very oer people. A Forty Horse-l'owor Fnlry. Frem tlie Safety VHlve. Had we read among the fairy tales of our youth that a ponderous mill wheel having bioken down, leaving a hundred or mere peer jtoeplo out of employment In the adja cent mill, and that the following day a friendly magician put a wire through tbe window ofthe mill, which, connected with n curious little machine, at ence set nil the shafting a spinning, we would have set It down as among the absurdities that, though pleasant te re id about, were net te be believed. That was the nnlv roaseliablo way le re gard such n story in theso days, the thing being imiKMslhle. But new, with the ad vent of electricity, such a tele is no longer mythical, Iho performance Is practical and simple. Indeed the like was doue the otherday in Chicago. Instead of n mill it was a prlntlng-house and Instead of a water-wheat breaking it was tlie Ixdler of an cnglne that burst, The printing dopart depart dopart ment of tlie Jehn Merris Printing com pany started up ns usual en Monday mei'iiliig notwithstanding the complete wrecking of the eugine und boiler en Fri day. Had they been obliged te wait until tlie new boilers could be set up and put in readlness and the cnglne overhauled anil repaired, It would bave caused n debiy of fully a month, and the consequent less in falling te fill their contracts en time, and the less te empleyes by being out of work for that time, would have been greater In meney value than the less caused by the wreckage. suyx n llnrher DrugifiMt Him. Emll Graff told a ecullar story In tlie pollce court In St. Leuis en Wednesday morning. On the strength of it a warrant w as sworn eutchargliig Frederick Siimaun with petit larceny. Graff was ariested about I p. m. en last Thursday. Patrolman Alexander found him in the burlier shop of Sumanii.O He had an eii knlfe In his baud and wus raging up and down the room like a wild mail. He said lie had been robbed and wanted Suiiiann te glve him back his pockctlxiek, The patrolman thought the fellow was drunk and anosled him. He swore en Wednesday that he went te Nuniaiiu'.ft bar ber shop te get shaved and was drugged In the. chair and robbed. He alleges that chloroform was put te his uose and he 1 thought It was a new kind of ierfuiiic. Sumaiin was arrested. niirvxjluu for it New 1 La II read. Chief Engineer Crawford, of the Pennsyl vania railroad, and a cerjis el assistants, commenced making a survey en Wednes day feru new railroad te extend from Read ing te lchaiieii. They begun along the Schuylkill opieslto Heading a ml will run the lfiiu nearly parullel with the Lebanon Valley railroad, A LIVELY CHASE. Ml IF Til UST Km IF TIE SEAMN IN SAUSICIV TCWNSI1P. A. Tax Closely Pursued by Henada and Finally Killed - Bernard and the Deg Run Very Cleee at Time. The fox chase of Sbaeffer Worst, at the Spring Garden hotel In Salisbury town ship, en Wednesday, was one of the best el the year. The attendance waa very large, II the noted hunters from the eastern end of the county and many from Chestci county being present. There was quite a crowd down from Lancaster, and In tin. host waa a sprinkling of politicians. The fox was uet dropped until late In the afternoon and the pack of hounds that wero put upon his trail was very large, numbering about ene hundred. The fox when first sUrted ran towards ihe north and then turned suddenly aud went di rectly south. Later he made soveral mere turns and was dually caught aud killed, tn a field near the White Heuse church, by the dogs. A gentleman who wltnossed the end of the chase says that It was the most exciting he has ever seen. Fer about a mlle the dogs wero net mere than twenty yards behind the fox. At times they soemed te be within n feet el htm. They kept snapping at him and le avoid them the fox would frequently make long jumps te the side. The dogs were almost upon Hey hard when they came clese te the gentleman who was driving along the read, and It was thou thought that the little red animal could net last but a few nioments. In the face nl this, howevor, he ran across two Holds afterwards. The pursuit became loe het, howevor, nnd he was finally obllged te glve In. The dogs made short wetk el him, tearing him almost te pieces, aud Jacob Butter, of Gap, who was the first man at the death, secured the brush. BOinsiDKSSUK. Mr. Geda and Keue! nnd Sheriffs Arm strong and Mtoner Invoke the Law, Mrs. Louisa Gedn and her daughter, Mrs. Win. Keget, have gotten themselves Inte treuble by obstructing nn officer in the discharge of his duty. Heme time age Con stable Christ Kline lovled en the furniture of Ell Geda for rout due te Jehn S. Wehr. Geda thou lived en Andrew street, and after the levy was made he removed his furniture te a house en Frclberg street Fer doing se he was prosecuted for lar ceny, and gave bull for trial. On Wodnesday a writ of replevin was Issued by Mr. Wehr for the goods and Deputy ShorifTStenor went te Geda's house te execute II, He was accompanied by Censtable Kllne and Mr. Wehr. There was no ene at home but a young girl and the sheriff did net care te de anything until an adult member of the family could be present. Mrs. Win. Kcgel, a daughter of Mrs. Gedu, seen put in an appearance and when she loarned the nature of tbe sheriffs business she said she would net allow the furniture te be moved.as she hud werked ferit, und rather than it should be taken awuy she would break everything in the house. She called for an axn te carry her threat Inte exocutleu, but the weapen was net furnished te her, A ShorifTStenor then proceeded te remove the furniture, and te koep Mrs. Kegel quiet he was obllged le put her en tbe lounge and held her. She get away from the officer and went for her husband, and upon his arrival he threatened te thrash the sheriff for choking his wife. Mrs. Geda arrived upon tliosceue nt this time, und after the sheriff's writ was read te her she raised a circus. Her tengue ran llke u windmill und her abuse of tlie officer of tbe law was terrible. The sherlff found he could de nothing with tlie parties peace ably and he sent ter Deputy Armstrong. When Deputy Armstrong arrived tlie work of removing the furniture was begun. Before It had proceeded fur Mrs. Gedu again attacked Stener and te get rid of her Deputy Armstrong put her out of the house She struck Armstrong In the face, and te-day the sherlll' bears the mark of tlie blew. She also shied u brick at him, which passed clese te his head, aud, when she found she could no lenger harm the sher iffs, she deliberately broke seme of tbe chairs that hed been put out of the huuse. Mrs. I'lelslimau owns the property in which Geda new lives, nnd fearing that her house would be damaged, she also took a hand, aud seen she and Mrs, Geda bad n row, in which Mrs. Geda came off second be it. When Mrs. Geda's husband heard of her Interference, he went before Alder man Burr and entered a suit for assault and buttery. Tite dofendant gave ball for a bearing. This case will probably be settled before tbe hearing. Deputy Stener succeeded In removing tbe furniture named in tbe writ te a heuse in the neighborhood, and afterwards went before Alderman Bsrr and entered suits against Mrs. Gedu for malicious mischief in breaking tlie furniture lovled iien, and also for obstructing an officer in tbe execu tien of legal process. The last named com plaint was also made against Mrs. Kegel. Censtable Elcheltz arrested the parties and they gave ball for a hearing. 'rilKHIIKIlllTH IMIOSbCUl fcP. Mrs. Geda went before Alderman Spur Spur rler this afternoon aud entered suits for assault and battery against Deputy .Sheriffs Stener and Armstrong. The defendants waived n bearing and gave bail for trial at tlie April court. - A ItASCALLY FF.LI.OW Who IleijH Menoy by Tellluir the Worst Kind or Lies. There is a beat going about the town nt present begging money, and getting it by falsa pretense He is a young man; from the description tlie people glve of him, it is believed that he is the young fellow who until recently drove a buck. Yesterday he went te a mimber of persons mid ce'lected money by telling them that he had u sick child at home. Hocallednt the heuse of J Ien. A. Herr Smith and told the poeplo thore a tate of suffering. Miss Eliza Smith told him that she bad no chunge at the time, but she would send something te the number en Seuth Prluce street that lie gav e as bis home. He said his name was Miller. This morning Miss Smith sent her colored man with a dollar and told him te glve It the man at his home. Wlionhecallodattli.it number he found that no such sir seu lives I thore mid the family knew knew nothing of him. At one place u man answering the description of the ene that was at .Smith's obtained money by btatiug that his mother had died and he wants te bury her. The fel low wsmiis careful le go te persons who de net knew him, mid bu has an unlimited amount of check. A l'eslal Clerk Itesluus. Harry Greider, of Mount Jey, has re signed his position ns postal clerk oil the Pennsylvania rallregd, and will go Inte business for himself In Virginia. Fer almost ten yean Mr. Greider has been In the postal service, and nearly the whole time ran between New Yerk and Pittsburg. At present be Is bead clerk en ene car. Hu possesses u thorough knowlcdge of Iho business, and is considered ene of the host clerks en the Pennsylvania read, ll; bus plenty of frlends lu this city, A IHO ItAILWAY PROJECT. The American Cunferenee Recommends One te Connect AU the Nations. At the meeting of the international American conference In Wellington en Wednesday the following was adopted unanimously t The International American conference la of the opinion t First, That a railroad connecting all or the majority ofthe nations represented In this conreronco will contribute greatly te the devoleptnont of the moral relations and material Interests of the said nations. Secend. That the means beat adapted te begin and carry out Us execution Is the appointment or an International commis sion of engineer te study the posslble routes, determine their true length, esti mate thelr respective coat, and compare their reciprocal advantages. Third. Thnt the said commissioners should be cemiKised of three engineers ap pointed by each nation, with the privilege of dividing Inte sub-commissions audio appoint us many ether englneera aud cm- fileyes as might be considered necessary or the mere rapid execution of the work. Fourth. That each of the governments aoceptlng may appoint, at Its own expense, commissioners or engineers in the capacity of auxiliaries te the sub-commissions charged with the sectional surveys of the railroad. Fifth, That the railroad, In se ter as the common interests will permit, should unite the principal cities lying in the vicinity of its route. Sixth. That If the gonerol direction of the line cannot be altered without great luoon lueon luoen vonlouco for the purposes mentioned In the preceding article, branch Hues should be surveyed te connect theso cities with the main line. Sovenlh. That te the end of diminishing the cost of the work, the existing railways should be utilized us far as 1b posslble and compatible with the route and conditions of the contlnentnt railroad. Eighth. That In case the work of the com mission demonstrate the practicability and advisability of tbe railroad, proe$uls for the construction elther of tlie whole work or sections thereof should be solicited. Ninth. That the construction, manage ment aud operation of tlie line should be at the expense of the concessienaries, or of the persons te whom they sublet the work or hi whom they transfer thelr rights, with all due formalities, the consent of the re spectlve governments llrst being obUlned. Tenlb. That all materials necessary for the construction nnd oeratlon of the rail, rail, read should be oxempt from Impert duties, subject te the measures nocessary te pre vent abuses of this prlvlloge. Eleventh. That all personal nnd real preperty of the railroad used id Its con struction and operation should be exempt from all taxation, elther national, provin cial (state) or municipal. Twelftb. That the execution of a work of such magnitude desorves te be further encouraged by subsidies, cessions of lands, or guarantees or a minimum of Interest. Thirteenth. That the bnlarles of tlie com mission, us well as the expenses Incident te tlie preliminary and ltnal surveys, should be assumed by all the nations ao ae ao eoptlng in proportion te thelr respective populations according te the latest official census, and in default of census by agreo agree agreo nieut between their severul governments. Fourteenth. That the mil read should be declared forevor neutral. ter the purpose of assuring freedem of traffic Fifteenth. That the approval of the sur veys, tbe conditions of ihe proposals, that the protection te tbe concessionaires, the Inspection 6f the work, the legislation for the line, the neutrality of the reed and the free nussage of merchandise In transit should beltn the case forseon in articles) matter for spoclarugreoinont botvveen tbn nations Interested. Sixteenth. That se seen as the govern ment of the Uulted States shall recelve no ne no tlceof the acceptance of theso recommenda tions by the ether governments, it shall In vieo them te appoint n commission of engi neers, rerurred ter in tbe secend urtlcle, in order that It may meet In this city nt the earliest posslble date. The foregoing declaration was prepared and recommended by the commltteo en railroads, consisting of delegates Juan France Velorde, of Bell via ; H. O. Davis, of the United States; E. A, Alexia, of Mexico; Fernande Cruz, of Guatemala : Joreulino Zelayu, of Honduras; Jacinto Custollanes, of Salvader; Andrew Curnegle, of the United Stutes; Carles Martinez Sllva, of Colombia; Jose A ml rude, of Venezuela; J. M. P. Curmane, of Ecuador; F, C. C. Zcgarra, of Peru ; E. C. Vnrls, of Chill ; Manuel Qulntana, of Argontlne; J. G. de Ainural Valonte. or Brazil ; Jese S. Decoud, of Paraguay, and H. Guzman, of Nicaragua. DKLAMATKK'S METHODS. He Is Oirerlmc Petty Omoes te Theso HuppertliiK Illin Fer Governer, The Pittsburg Chrentele Ttltgraph (Hep.) publishes 11 lengthy disiialch from Iudlaua, Pa., which throws some light upon the niotlieds being pursued by Senater Quay's frlends te secure tlie delegation from that county for Stute Senater Dolumater for governor. The dispatch says: " The Republicans or Indiana have dis covered that Chairman Andrews, of the btate committce, acting for Dclainatcr, 1ms cHtiiured tetniierurilv the Indiana Republi can county commltteo, und is trying te seize the Indiana delegation te the state convention us he did that of Cambria. ' Way back in December last Chairman Andrews saw County Clialrmun Langhum. Mr. Langham was ordered te immediately croateuDelamnter boom In Indiana through the county commltteo mombers. Gossip says that he was amply iirovided with funds le pay the expenses of tills campaign. "A Delumuter hustler was set nt work In overv township. Xet only was tills accomplished with as much haste as pos pes pos slbeo, but tbe county press was also served. Within a short time after Chair nn i.nrw-luiiii'M visit te Plttsburs several - - ........ . r , .1 county papers published ouneriaia luuuing Mr. Dolamater. The Iudlaua Memtngcr was offered the same thing, und refused te print It, although the editor wus Informed by ene ofthe Delumuter managers that the ethor inipers hhd made u geed thing out of It. The ileewjtr was for Hastings, und is still Ter him or anybody but Dela Dela Dola maeor. , , 4, "Candidate Dolamater nrrlved en tbe scene early In January. He was taken te harbor shops, stores, ofllces and hotel lob bies, and held cerner consultations Just ns If he were running for censtable Instead of the dignified office of governor. All sorts el petty offices were ollcred for supporting Dolamater te various leaders In tlie town ship." The dispatch closes by saying that the Dolamater scbeme has been dlscoverod, and measures ure being taken te prevent a repetition of Iho Cumbrln fiasco. A Harrisburg iIImjkvUIi te the Philadel phia llccunl says a prominent Republican politician In the confidence r the lcaders said that tbe name of tbe man who will be nominated by the Republicans for gov ernor has net yet been inoutleucd In con nection with the nomination. Doing pressed te explain, he refused te give the name, but said the man te vv horn be rorerrod Is very prominent In stute politics, has been a long time In olllce, and that when tbe convention Is held bis will be the only name presented, and be will be nominated unanimously. It Is bollevod te be Senater M.H.Quay, who Is paving the way for a presidential nomination in 160J. A Lady' Sorleus Vail. Mrs. Ellen Peck, whose home Is nt Ne 115 Eat JiimeM street, waa walking along Walnut street, and ut the lorner or North Queen she was taken with something llke ii fainting Hie!!. She fell evor, striking mi her face. She was picked up and taken Inte st neighboring store. Dr. Ilyus was sent for nud upon examination he found that alie hud breken her uose and cut her face badly. She was removed, te her home afterwards. lltds Fer Wuter Piivlli'ues. The water comuilttee of councils met en Wednesday ovening and epened bids Ter (heuse ofthe city water for street sprink ling purpeses. Enes II. Weaver eilered te ay $sna,rn Ter each two liorse sprlnkler and i?M for ene sprinkler; Daniel Nelu's bid for tw e horse was fc.Wif0 and for en e hort,e $13.50, As two herse sprinklers are the eucs gonerully used the piivllce" was awarded te Mr. Wcav er. l -l . - . . - rr 'vVffJ cuarcee areMcnt aisum waft.MiM Amwiiml X act Menth ftiw' a ,M Minister Attend tk ' ih S Uhamekin, Pa,, Feb. 37.- n.' -!'--'. J "in HOTn Pennaylvanla Evangelical ( opened this mernln by Tim Esher, of Chicago. The roll REFUSES TO YAOATRU - IISIIP EMU' a Til Mill IT fH CMiaMWW m 1)15 ministers present. JTOM.) Bishop Esher opened the cewhrwiee tit maHlnff a nnrllnn nl thnflrrlrilnrn aiJfMi lewed with prayer. flfajL1 Kev. W, A. Leepold was appc4nMa remrj. jfijf , Charges were then preferred Bishop Esher by four elder. The ( were of audi nature that the considered a trial absolutely ne aiarcn iv was me time nxea rer iasneee ; 4, . .... .., .-y. M U. A be held In Salem church, Reading. r?viV - Bishop Esher was then requested wtlht !'' . cate the chair, but he declined te '' ' slating (bat he had been obligated te mm$f, ; the chair and.hla duty would net pewifc.j' him te vacate. k h The charges against Bishop Eeher vm ! , 1 slander nnd evllspeaklng; 3d, MaeheWl '., j .id, creating dissensions by perpetuMaf and intensifying the agitation la . nlmtvtli 1 ill.iliiililnif tinr ruuM-n hir a ev .' vli-ul nt iilil ami nrAvlnuilv adlnated iHM- U1 -13 cultleH and differences. Wif9 s& DEMOCRATS WILL APPEAXh. m:i& me iiigur or ine epwr n uhih m-? UIHII-UI11 ... U3 .LFWIIM. 1 1 tS'r . ..". ..... ... - XT' .' VYAsiiinnTen, ree. ji.-iue nguM day, in the West Virginia centeate eiee-.f tien case of Atkinson versus PedleteV;V decided by a vote el 102 te noteicigto Atkinson. -i The Democrats refrained voting, tk speaker counting a quorum. The Democrats' object In refralalng W' : voting waa te have tbe centeeUMil by lea than a quorum, se that Ute qi of the rluht of the afiMker te a quorum may be taken .before t eerti,; - mi a.i .ii 1 .1 '(tT' A Yeuna: Man Uaaced. . , ! Lkxinoten, Ky Feb. 27. Tfcea' O'Brlen vaa banged at 11:60 o'eieek (Ms morning for the murder of Settle 8km, March .11, last. O'Brien waa 38 yeeM of g. - ";t$? He waa a gambler, although at Urn m conducted a grocery and at eneltmek chargd of a variety show.. lie lndne Bcttle Shea te marry htm clandieHnity and afterward engaged te marry yiHHMf lady of Richmond, Ind. Laat Maireli became tvldent te Settle that Ike was fast approaching when her ,MrriBM must be made public nut O'Brlen te acknowledge her hie hu wiiv but in vain. Her body waa fbuaH room en Anrll let, she baring beea te death with a heavy piece of lead. (VBefM was arrested and the murder , wear ';O0 rluslrely proven te have been hie werkV& A Mine Hnmlnfj V" '. Skamekin, Pa., Feb. H7. The Are wheek) broke out In the Cameren collier atop lR , burning te-day with Increaeed. Uteaattr. ' The steam pipes which lined the, fMtgwtf caused the timber te become dry, eadlk supposition la that a spark from mUw lamp ignited them., The elope la AUl"f smoke and ns. making the work of lkt ' - lug the fire porlleu. ' fWSk 2 General Superintendent Merris WIllkMM ; 'a and Mlne Foreman Brennan were pc ' trated by gas and taken out of the atop unconscious. The two men who were !-$ . nrlaened In the colliery laat nlffht made ' their escape through an etd chamber. 1M) was net In tbe stable, as at first mxppemi.-'ck. Twoutv-three mules were smothered. It. Is Impossible te ascertain yet the exteatef fifti! the damage which wilt be done by nre. -,v;p. . . ' L",' .&? te Advance rricee iea rmr vwavs.if; a Mi-,.. Vnnir VaV. Xt Tt warn laartiaj ul.S'ii ?, Jl I.J..I I.. .Ill .u.mIm .Bma H. m MBAA.A,: lllurilHMVBlj Win wuruiuK m. in, hwh-m' ' 1 m Ll' I. ...- 1..IJ ' lug ui ruuuur gwua uhhurnwh ; the Windser hotel, yesterday, at wktafci'5 representatives of all rubber beet and ekoe., companleN in the United State wire ent. Including the Candee. the two B01 -,..' I 1 . I.. I. .. AAAM tA-. vance the prkea en rubber boeta, sfcee. , and goods 10 per cent. MrTE. 8. COBTW is chairman or tbe committee Mvutg ji ,' charge the perfecting of the rubber trutt,? H was learned that raw runner quoieiiene," nr. nn In tfia AlfrfltlftB. i?iv """ The OhloTtlverFleo. ;?J." this morning the Oble river tad s...l..... A ..( A IM , w.ww. 611 feet and la still rising. While will be much discomfort and oeBetdeuMe )U less tbere Is no apprehension or tnt n ir 11 mx 1 hub tueae 01 lean aaa mew t , ilinii wntar rftnetlMl the halffht of 71 fast, t? AtSoveu Mlle. a smalt stream north f,1 Hamilton, Ohie, one life Is known te have ; been lest and It is reported a whole :maup wus drewned while trying te creea Four- Mile, another small stream nertn or city. . ...I iiurnimm i,inuuiu micvtm. "v iS LONDON', l-OD. XI. niasier nmmmmwm jZM. Lincoln, son of Rebert T. Lincoln, tk v$ A,n.rii-in mliiUtnr. who It was theUakttfe! was dvin last ulirlit. baa rallied. Tk Wh uiuuuiuu frnti, tvhlMi Im In mifTerinir .we a lanced by his physician during the lUiv!3 and much relief wasattbrded te him y 1 the oeratfon. Ills puysicians bum " A3 his vitality is wondernil, inquiry hm icsldouce or Mr. uncein ni e uwwemyj ihiK nfWnnnn elicited the Information that.H the iiatlent at that hour appeared te be ftif- J tner runyiug. 4521 At 1:50 o'clock this afternoon, tneuoetor vi .....A.l .lint tliA nnlv nllltli.n MaatMP yl l I, weli. hai for Ills llfe lies In another ep-iSl ...,11,111 'I'lm nnnratleu. which will b Of 3fvH dosperate character, will be performed I Sm short time. TKLKUItAPJIIC TAPS. Tbe stockholders of the Northern SjS trel railroad liciu meir auntw iumy: Baltimore, liirnlngs, fl,M,350 ft v$ crcase of f 10-Vlel 2W Onkvie w, the 20 acre country place of j ir.,Mniit Cleveland, has bceu purehiW i... r.mi u.ttii uvndicate for 8140.000. IMr.vV Cievcland Is said te bave cleared IOa,ftW)p Robbers Murder. ...HrH Nr.wMViutirr. Out., Feb. 27,-The bedy'V of Rebert A. .Smith, a merchant of tkla-. ..i ..-.. r.,niil tills inernlnir In the cellar Ji) "'.. ..:.''. i.i. i...lll l,nln thremrl. tk.'3 Ol HIS Ilini'U niui "...-- e- f hearU He had evidently been murdered, i .... ,i... .uu.t-niu nf lhn dead man kftd Ullll, lis in" I-" ..--- ----- --- . j been eiuftifl mid seme drawers upstain -m mnsauked. rebbery was iioueuot iaea-(M tlve. Died ofAlieplexy. c-T, Wamiinuten, Feb. '-7. Commedeje - .. it White i-lilnf of the bureau ef yards ami decks, navy deportment, died a rfs bis rosldcnce In this city this mernlftgaf $ apoplexy. . s e-i ' . WEATIIKH FOnKCAUTS. Washi.noten, D. 0., Feb. 27. WM . Eastern Pennsylvania : Celdac, nortlnve-terly wiuds, cwhh, r. w eatuer and nuu, 4 vPS &' && m ifi
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