psPsp :;vs!rrr. ..-v '.. ',-. . ffSSfW , Ali 4' t?Vr j&;'l ,& segngnW v v MM iV hnW. .. .nvsnv f". aiiHlHEK. iV Wm h.t. 'M V -ssn, . Itasp - 71. " -dlB j V i ZiAj . - li;iHBHViafl Vi: a: a- Z v v' I .' . fl Bgf "V TVV iV iTTIT HEail T; i?l 'V tfY i1 i4i' i , msk ' tnr srxni - -' m KBn-Kirii'i, ir1!. toy - snvn bjt tv - .' w rOLUME XXVI-NO. 7QREER PLEADS GUILTY. Vv . in in imm i wirnt silt ? tii iiui mmw ffhs Charge of Ben Net Proved, Bat Mm Negro la Seat te the Poalten tfary for Three Years. Tuesday Afternoon. Court re-sssembled AM o'clock snd the Jury in thslereeny se Monleus entry eases against unarm usheug , Chsrlss Wolf, Frederick Overly Hsnry Ktiiien, for the larceny or lead pe from Hardwleke,rncUred verdlet of guilty. . atmllar verdict wu entered in the Ur- iy and felonieua entry caae aaalnat Lawia Drewn, en oempUint of Kitch A Smith. Theee verdicts were unexpected te the dlatrki attorney, and he asked perralaaien e wunaraw tne plea or guilty entered by nea Yackiev. who waa also indicted for these offenses. "He did net think Yaek- encht te suffer punishment while his ilty companions escaped. The court 'directed the pis te be withdrawn and the latrlct attorney new asked that verdlcta jfef net guilty be entered, and that Waa also 'ordered by the court. ft auv uinric mwurumy mbuiu iiih iev evi" idenca of two of the above named defendants, xaeaiey and Brown, would prevent a con cen con Tietion of Jehn Faegley, charged with re ceiving the goods stolen from Kitch A Smith, knowing the same te have bean stolen. The court said Faeulev eusht te be tried land Mr. taman, his counsel, said he waa ready te go en, and as the commonwealth had all the testimony it could get, it waa also ready, and the defendant was entitled te his trial at this time. Mr. Brown referred te the practice of Mr. Faegley furnishing the boys Just ac quitted with money, by purchasing from them Stelen iroeds. This desire for mensv (ion their part was the result of reading 'jdime nevela and a mania te aee cheap s shows, and when complaint waa made against them they were found In the gallery of the opera house. The court dlrected thecasea te be con tinued jte the next term of court and in the meantime some additional testimony may be secured. Mr." JLeaman, for Faegley, protested ataengjfy against a continuance, but the court would net recede from the position they Had taken. 1 prea waa entered en alt the indict- charging Thoe. Loehmver with vle- fttie liquor law, upon the pay or ceata by defendant. He rep- ted a Baltimore brewing com pany land was guilty of a technical viola- tlenrtf law by delivering beer te parties in ir ftnmrilAlnant nnd M Twhmver hul sold beer te twenty-three different parties, there were that many complaints returned te court. There were only eight indictments framed and these were disposed of as above stated. Samuel Oreen, a Welsh meuutain coon, very block in color, waa charged with rape and enticing from home a female under the age of 18 yeara. The district attorney atated the rape case could net be made out, and en that a verdict of net guilty waa en tered. Oreen entered a plea of guilty aa te the ether offense. Tue girl enticed was Cera Bllla, a white girl, also a resident of the mountain. The court sentenced him te pay a flue of $500, costs of prosocutien, and undergo an imprisonment of three years. Mary Alice Wanatnaker, of Rophe town tewn ablp, was tried for adultery and concealing the death e'f an Illegitimate child. The testimony showed that she was married In 1888, but did net live with her husband. During last year she became en intlmate terms with Frank Lisa and the result was the birth of an illegitimate child, which it waa alleged she concealed. The testimony failed te substantiate that charge and a verdict of net guilty was entered. She then entered a plea of guilty of adultery and was sontenced te pay a flne of 950 and undergo au imprisonment of one year in the county jail. Wfdncsilay Morning. Court met at 9 o'clock and the case against Charles Warn baugb, larceny, was called for trial. This defendant waa charged with stealing lettera from the postefflce addressed te his em ployer, L. li. Herr. He saved the county an expense of the trial by pleading guilty. Bentenre was postponed until Saturday when testimony will be heard as te pre vious geed character in mitigation of pun ishment. Nera Rcldenbach was put en trial for larceny. The commonwealth proved that en tbe20th of January the defendant accom panied Mrs. Rlppei te the dressmaking establishment of Maggie Kitch, at Ne. 524 Seuth Duke street. While Mrs. Rlppei waa having a dresa fitted up stairs Nera remained down stairs. After Nera and her remeineaaewnsiairs. iwr nan ,nu uer . haf breugnt Bbeat the lnqu,ry by companienleltthohouse,Mrs.KltchmlssedTyieheaUhdeparfment The "doctor" say a a table cloth and four towels, she ran after the parties and charged Nera with the theft. Nera dented navtng tauen any or tnese ar ticles. Later In the day Nera admitted te Mrs. Rlppei that abe bad stolen the arti cles, and they were found at the house of Mrs. Rippel's father, where Nera bad se creted them. The accused denied liming taken the goods charged and said It was a put up job en her by Mrs. Rlppel, because she would net give her five cents te buy snuff te chew. The Jury rendered a verdict of guilty. The court sentenced her te undergo an Imprisonment of three months lu the county jail. Henry Geed and Jehn Wagner were nest called for trial. The charges against Geed are larceny, carrying concealed deadly weapons and pointing a pistol, and against Wagner the cbarge is larceny. The commonwealth proved that en a Friday night In November thieves were caught stealing iron from ths blacksmith shop of Harry Sayler, en' the Willow Street turnpike. When Mr. Sayler saw the thieves at work he called te his wife for a lantern, and while abe went te the house for it one of the thieves pointed a pistol at Sayler. Upen Mrs. Bayler's return she stepped between the pistol and the thief. The thief did net aay a word all thla time, but kept Mr. and Mrs. Sayler covered with the revolver, while another thief placed iron en the wagon. When the wagon was leaded the thieves drove off. The night was tee dark for Mr. or Mrs. Sayler te identify the thieve. Mrs. Kale Sanders waa the material wit ness called for tbe commonwealth. Ac cording te her testimony Wagner bearded with her for several years. When she read the account of the robbery In the papers she charged Wagner with being one of the parties. He colored up and finally admitted that he, Geed and Lechner were the parties, and that Geed waa the man who pointed the pistol at the Baylers. The defense was a denial by the accused and an alibi. Geed's wife and mother-In- . law testified that he was at home all of tl evening of Bayler's robbery, and several companions of Wagner testified that they , 'fera with him all of that evening. U.V V, .J.. j..n.v g,. w wua- ting an assault ana nsuery en Usury r. u tumvunj oecurrsu s ta I pssyssf f aasj pWsIsaswaBiBB, ens . - - - . - M , m i i ' i - " 158. Am of II Maa asks waa taaaeaM. A ofaet galUy wa eatered laaeaMofearry' laaeaMefearry' lag eeneealed deadly weapon aajaiaat the Verdicts of net guilty were taken la all the UeUaaWa riot eases growing out of the atrike a year age, except hew against Fred Myers, Hugh Me Call, Jacob Waiter and Kdward Celr Una. AU the dafeadaai. who war ae ae ealttsdiaMthaeestaaadtaa eassaagalast the fear parties above nested an held apt beeaase they refused te pay taeir share af tte costs, although they ware rlaglsadsra la the riots. If theee parties de net pay the cost in their eases they wUt be tried at the April session. fl CUaftKHT atrsutaws. Martin L. Miller, of Ooaey, was ap pointed guardian of the miner children of Martha Zimmerman, deceased, lata of Ceney. TABIST UtreKM. A Letter Prem x-Prealdent Cleveland Read at a Coaveattea. The Indiana Stats Tariff Reform Leagus met in Maaonle hall, Indianapolis, en Tuesday night, with 800 delegates present. Judge v. P. Baldwin, of Gogenipert, a leading RepubUcan, presided. Speeches were made by J. Boyd Winchester, of Ken tucky; Themas G. Shearman, of New Yerk; C. 8. Darrow, of Chicago, and ethers. The following letter from ex President Cleveland waa read : New Yerk, Feb. IB. 1890. Edgar A. Brown, esq., president, ete. My Dear Sir: Though my lettera te Dsmocratle and Tariff Reform aassmblagea have lately been very frequent, I cannot deny your request te say a word of encouragement te the tariff reformers who will meet at the first annual convention of the Indiana Tariff Reform League, en the 4th of March. I am very much pleased with the plan upon which your leagus seems te be or ganized. Itoenveysaauggeatlonofpraotlcal work in the field of Information andenllghu enment. This, if persistently carried out. cannot fall of success. Of course, we de net approach the American people, assuming that they are ignorant or unpatriotic. But we knew that they are busy people and apt te neglect the study of publle questions. In the engrossment of their daily SYocaUena they are tee ready te rely upon thai Judgment and avowed principles of the party with which they have affiliated, as guides te their political actions. In this way they have become slew te examine for themaelvea the questions of tariff reform. If, In the light or reasonable and simple ar guments and of such object lessens aa 'are being constantly placed before them, our people can be induced te Investigate the subjects, there need be no fear aa te their conclusion. The Democratic party, aa the party of the people, opposed te selfish schemes which ignore the public geed, and pledged te the intereats or all their ceuntrymenTlnstsad of tbe furtherance of the Interests of tbs few who seek te pervert government powers for their enrichment, was never nearer te Its fundamental principles than waa It In Its contests for tariff reform. It certainly adds te the aatlafaotien with which we labor In thla cause te be assured thst In our efforts we net only serve our party, but all the people of the land. Yours, very truly, UROVKB CtaVRLAMD. TIIKY WE HE ENTERTAINED. Nelsen's World Combination Have a Geed Time With Lancaster Elks. The Nelsen World combination appeared for the second time In the opera house last evening, when the audience waa again large. Everyone who hasaeenthe ahew Is greatly pleased with it and no better one has been here this year. The act of the Nelsons Is the one that creates the most en thusiasm, and It la wonderful. Te-night the company appears for the last time. Rebert Nelsen, proprietor of the show, and the majority of the members of his company, belong te the order of Elks. After, the show last evening Lancaster Ledge Ne. 134, of that vorder, took the strangers In charge and entertalned thorn in splendid style. They assembled at Jehn B. Blsslnger's Maner hotel where the Lancaster Elks had pre pared a supper, which was partaken of. Exalted Ruler C. O. Duttenheffer made the speech of. welcome, which was responded te by Mr. Mackay, of the World treupe. There were also speeches by Messrs. Nel Nel eon, Campbell and ethers. The Bisen City quartette also sang a number of selec tions that pleased. It was a late hour until the festU itles were ever, and everybody bad a geed time. Rebert Nelsen, the head of the famous family of acrobats, is a popular gentleman, full of fun and makes many friends, lie was a fellow passenger with Jehn A. Ceyle, esq., en the steamship from Europe the past summer, and they met en Monday evening for tbe first time since. r- Chronicle Stomach. The health department Is te Investigate the delnga of " Dr." Kennard, who claims that he lias been "called" te establish a "Christ's Institute" te cure people "by the help of Ged." Heuses,hesay8,'home-eiorWooagtockwa!lti1Rthlsnoino was Blr H, .LM?wh,:?J'2SfJ"- T chell, and that Somerset was his father-. the bulk of his patients are colored, yet h e has a koeu sprinkling or white patrons. Only one of his patients, he claims, died. Her ailment waa "chronicle-stomach." Her taking oft la his treatment varies "as I sm directed by the voice of Oed." He la net-disturbed by the investigation wnicn is te lane place. "Myself and my treatment are In the bancs of Ged." The health department can de nothing, It is thought, unless a charge of fatal mal practice Is brought against Kennard, as there Is no law In the state requiring any doctor te liave a diploma, A bill Is new pending before the Legislature te require a fhyslclan, before being licensed te practice n Maryland, te peas an examlnatieu be fore a state medical commission. Anether New Ledge. A new council of the order of A. O. K. of M. C. was organized last night, at Fred Hhread'a ball, by the election or the following efficers: Chaplain, U. Kudy; sir knight counciller, J. D. Will; sir knight captain, L. Leng ; first lieuten ant, L. Kellenberger ; second lieutenant, J. Kirk ; recording scribe, M. Evana ; treas urer, C. J. Schulmyer; trustees, W. D. Will, M. Gerda, J. A. Overdeer; inner guard, F. Acrea ; outer guard, E. Welgand. The membership new numbers 27 with six neV applicants. Ilefbru Alderman Spurrier, Henry Lenulnger and Geerge Beck, who were charged with malicious mischief, were heard before Alderman Spurrier last evening and discharged for want of evi dence. The case of William Richardson, who is sold te have made threats te de Jehn Shertf harm, was returned te court last evening. The accused furnished bail. a Received aa Appointment. Edward Barr, son of of Alderman Bair, this morning received notice of hla appoint ment te a clerical position in the Bread street station of the Pennsylvania railroad, Mr. Barr was examined some time age and passed a first class examination. He went te Philadelphia en the Seashore Express t report for duty. Grants 1 a Soldier's Lleente, Aniei Breneman, of Raphe township, was granted a soldier's license te peddle gods In the county of Lancaster. a Want te be Supervisor , Aaren B. Landts, of 'East Hempfield township, la sn applicant for ths position of supervisor asads vasaat by the dsata of Uriah qdasa. LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MABOH S 1890. AFTURLONGrSpFFERINO. in THM AMlllI UHCIU Mil Mf UMl mmm itmrn. The Sea of the TJaltsd fBatsa Minister te HaalasMIll fMasajHevesabsr With a Carhwaele trader ls Left Arm. f-in.M- i, , Lotteov, Feb. 6. Master Abraham Ltn eela, soaef Mr. Rebert T. Lincoln, United States minister, who hat been suffering for a lent Urns from bleed poisoning arising from malignant carbuncle la ths left aids below the arm pit, died at seven minutes after eleven ocleck this morning. During the morning the lad was In a comatose condition and unsbls te retain nourishment. ' " The doctors stated definitely that hla death waa merely a question of a few hours. Hs suffered no pain. Mr. Lincoln and his family were at the bedside of ths dying boy from early in the morning until he died. He passed sway qnletly. Upen being Informed of the death of Master Lincoln, the queen immediately sent a message of sympathy te Mr. Lincoln. The body wllfbe embalmed and aent home for Interment Abraham Lincoln was IS years of age, and the only son of the American minister te England. Hen. Rebert T. Lincoln mar ried In 1800 Mtaa Mary Harlan, daughter of ex-Senater Harlan, of Iowa, whom President Lincoln appointed hla secretary of tbs i interior, although hs did net take office until President Jehnsen's sdmlnhvi tratlen: The fruits of thla union are three children: a handaome girl, the eldest child, new budding Inte womanheod: Abraham, the dead boy, and a second daughter, still younger. Yeung Abraham was bem In Chicago, where hla father waa practicing law. Soen after Minister Lincoln removed te Lon Len Lon eon the boy's health became Impaired, and he waa aent te the Seuth of France in the hope that he would be benefited by the climate. The treatment of the French physicians, however, proved disastrous te the little Invalid, and his condition became much worse. He wss taken te Versailles, where an operation waa performed for an abscess. Then he rallied, and was removed te hla father's home in Londen. Becoming worse, however, another operation waa performed last week for ths removal of the abscess, which had formed again, and it was hoped that the lad then had a fair ehance of recovery. He Buffered since November. LURED TO DEATH t A Begus British Lord Held Fer the Mys terious Murder of F. C. Benwell. A Weman In the Plot. The following dispatch te the Philadel phia Recerd from Niagara Falls gives some startling developments In connection with the murder of the young Englishman, Frederick Benwell, whose body waa found lnaawampnearWoedstock,OnL; the whole affair seems te point te an organized gang In Londen, of which Burchell was the chief factor, the object of which was te lure the sons of wealthy English people te Canada, presumably te take an Interest in sn extensive horse-raising farm at Niagara Falls: Quiet Ontario county, lust ever the bor der from Niagara Falls, has been startled from Its accustomed serenity by a mnrder foul and mysterious. If the authorities succeed in following te the end the clue which they are new chasing they will un earth a crime which, for cold-blooded pur pose and villainous design, has only a par allel In the l'roller-Maxwell tragedy In St. Leuis. The local Interest In the tragedy, whleh was first aroused by the discovery of a dead body in the lonely weeds In Prince ton en February 21, arid the Identification after the exhuming of the remains en Sat urday, rose te a fever height when Regi nald Blrchell was arrested inJNlagara Falls en Monday. This morning Dominion Detective Mur ray placed Mrs. Blrchell under arrest, and the couple are prisoners in the Cliften jail, held for the cruel murder of Frederick Benwell. Douglas Pelly, the ether mem ber of the party which set sail from Liver pool Just a month age te-morrow, Is under the surveillance of the Canadian pollce. The story of BIrchell'a career in the Dominion, and the dark tragedy which 1 new coupled with hla name, Is one that Emile Gaboriau would love te handle. It Is this : In the fall of 1888 a young English man, with his wife, came te Woodstock. He came with the avowed purpose of learn ing 'arming, but he did net take te tbe .plow, and in May lest decamped with his spouse, leaving several creditors behind. He claimed sometimes te be Lord Somerset, at ether limes te be the son of Lord Somer set, of England. Hla champagne bills were enormous; be spent money freely. His wife looked like a lady of culture, and lived as would a lady of the world. He disappeared as mysteriously as he came. In May of 1F89, and has net been heard from until new. The impression that be made en the susceptible community title. His letters were addressed It. Blr cbell, care Somerset t Ce. In 188!) Blr chell waa adjudged bankrupt In England. He la an exaulslte. and If tbe instep and bands are the true Insignia of blue bleed BIrchell'a bleed must be the bluett. His finger nails are carefully kept, brilliant as sea shells. Ills little farming that they heve seen, for the tlesh upon them, ap parently is as soft as a girl's. His hair Is aa dark aa a raven's wing, his forehead is bread and low, and his Up la covered with a light mustache. The nose la as delicate as a cameo, and from above it gleam a pair of steel-blue eyes. As for Reginald Blrchell's wife, she is a fair-bHlred, blue-eyed little creature, with an air of refinement from the top of her pretty bead te the tips of her dainty shoe, and the soft voice and charming manner of speech characteristic of the English well bred woman. New. what connection have these two mysterious personages with the dark tragedy of the Princeton Pines T Listen te the story that Douglass Pelly told te-day for the first time: He and Benwell ainie tegtther for the first time, and each bad a slight acquaintance with the Blrch ells. According te Pelly's slerv Blrchell tried te iuduce him te go with him te America. Pelly bad been connected with some stock-raising scheme In New Zealand. When Blrchell learned this his ardor became almost Importuning; he wooed Pelly as a lever would a girl, and pictured in terms of geld the Elderado that awaited him. He glowed In his description of the nerfected stock farm he owned in Weed- stork, Out.; told of the pleasant pasture lands, the stock that was waxing fat upon them, and then be capped his tale by say ing that all bis stables wers lighted by electricity. Ne castle In Spain waa ever mere filmy than were BIrchell'a holdings, for be never owned a feet of land in Ontario. Yet Pelly was Inoculated by the charm of the thing. He gave Blrchell 800, and Blrchell in re turn was te pay his paasage across and then hand ever tebim a general percentage of the stock farm's yield, Did similar wiles magnetize Benwell? He, tee. bad raised stork in New Zealand se he told Pelly. His father, he explained te bis companion, was a colonel in the English service. When the party arrived in New Yerk, en February li, they put up at the Metropolitan hotel. On Saturday Felly railed ou some friends of his the Ferrests who live en Fifth avenue, and Benwell presented a loiter of Introduction le aomeueay in uie iuquiuuie tuiuaing, whose name Pelly bat forgotten. The four left Jersey City by tbe 8:55 train that night for Buffalo, Here they put up at the Stafferd house. Benwell and Pelly had rooms near each ether en the second fleer, the Blrchells had a room en the fleer above. Blrchell all tbe time was talking about bis farm the destination of the party. But Blrchell explained tliat It would bs better, perhaps, if be went ahead in ordered te put Us pUcs te rights, and it waa arrsngad that Pally sad Mrs. BircheU slldreaSnbshted. , J & Blreaell Invited Beawell te go with him. Bsnwell accepted, and sarlv en ttssern- s sines Benwell MsA taratflbrd kenss In tbs gray dswn of that Monday morning no one ean be found who ever saw bint satin The train left Buffalo at :a8 a. as. TnUe svsnlng. shortly before tfeloek, Btrekell returned skm. When hs was asksd when Benwell was he snawerad that be bad taken , him up te Woodstock, and that h had net liked tbs bm7m1 could never Uvs there, 'andns bad sent BsnwsU further up Inte tbs senntry. . . Blrchell, la building Ma esstls la tbs air for ths delight of Pally, also peopled H with a list of retainers, snteng whom wu Manager MaoDenald. MneDeaakl sxlats, but he Is the local agent of, tbs Londen Colenisation association, and was nsvsr In BIrehsll's employ. . MaeDenald yssisr. day te his face sailed Blrchell a fraud and a deadbeat. Blrchell only smiled In bis Cheaterfleldlsn way. - Whsn Blrchell returned he told his wife snd Felly that ths farm would net be In a habitable condition for two or three wssks te come snd suggested thst they all stay In town. It Is rumored that If assets up s defense and that Is very nieiisary tt will be that hs could net possibly havs gene up te Princeton, where the dead body of Ben well waa discovered, and return te Buffalo again by 9 o'clock. But tbs running or tbs trains was such that bs would ha v bad either' Ave or seven hours In this lonely spot. Princeton Is less than a hundred miles from Buffalo, and they would havs arrived there about 0 o'clock, while a half hour's walk would have brought them te tbs snot where the body was found. Paris, another station, could be reached by an hour's walk, and tt la hers where Blrchell proba bly took the train back for Buffalo about 4 p. m. These twelve hours while Blrchell was away are the only ones since the party left Liverpool that have net been mlnutel y accounted for up te the finding of the body. r J And new aa te the motive for the crime : Waa It a deftly played game en BIrchell'a part te get possession of Benwell's geld, or Is the prisoner in the Cliften Jail the victim of as remarkable a chain of elrcumstantial evidence aa was ever forged about a human being? The three arrived at Suspension bridge en Tuesday night and want te Cliften. Fer a week or se the Blrchells snd Pally re mained about Cliften and ths falls. Blrchell kept putting off the visit te his farm, and the funds of both were spparently very low. Last Tuesday as they wers walking along the rlver, Blrchell asked Pelly If he would net like te go down ths bank. Rickety steps led down the embankment. As they were going down Blrchell called Pelly'a attention te aeme overhanging Icicles. Pelly said he became suspicious and went back. A few nights later. while crossing sus pension bridge in s heavy blew, Birchell told Pelly te get qn the ether aide of him, but Pelly refused. Frem thla out he dis trusted his friend and went armed. Pelly became anxious about Benwell, and Blrchell told him Benwell had gene te New Yerk. When the story of the mur der was printed Pelly was sent te New Yerk. He could net find his friend, snd returning te Cliften, found Blrchell under arrest. td:e tidal wave of pensions. The Country is New Paying 9IOO.OOO, OOO a Year, and the Amount Increase. Washington Dispatch te New Yerk Ben. 1 The pension appropriation bill which la te be passed by the Heuse within a few daya calls for 198,427,401. This sum Is sn increase of 110.068,701 ever last year's ap propriation, yet net a dollar of It can ulti mately be evaded. On the contrary, it will fall te meet the expenditures of ths coming year, which will go above 1100,000,000. The proof of this assertion Is te be found, first, In the urgent deficiency bill, reported a few days age, where a pension Item of $21,508,834 appears. Add that te the appro priation of the lut session and the amount resulting is 1103,367,534. Secretary Wlndem, it Is true, says that about f8,000,000 or thla' deficiency belongs further back, and that "the amount actually required for pen sions for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1889, waa f05024,779," while "the amount appropriated and estimated for the year ending June 30, 1800, Is $97,768, 700." But. en the ether band, expendi tures which are net in the annual esti mates rontlnne te go en and te appear only in deficiency bills. The high water mark in expenditures la net vet reached. There are new mere than half a million pension ers en the rolls. The number there July 1, 1880, was 489,725, and although 10,607 names had been dropped during the 12 months preceding, from death and ethor causes, a net increase of 37,108 had been made. This increase still gees en, although It la new a quarter of a century after the end or the civil war, aided by the vigorous exer tions or Corporal Tanner and hla successor, and by an unprecedented combination of the clerks of Secretary Procter and Sec retary Neblo. Bosides, the average an nual value of each ponslen at the end or the last, fiscal year waa $131.18, which .was an increase or $5.78 dur ing the twelve months, due te tbe legislation or Congress for increases in value ; and tbe present Congress has been busy at the same business during this winter. There were allowed no fewer than 123,000 claims for Increase during the last fiscal year alone, besides 51,021 claims for original pensions. At a recent count there were still 400,510 pending claims in tbe pension office, including original applica tions and these for Increase, ''he tide is net high yet. Anether point te note is that all these appropriations, routine and deficiency, are based en pest legislation of Cpngress. Whatever the Flftv-tlrst Congress may de in granting Individual penslenr, Increasing single pensions and classes of pensions, and passing new general laws, la net provided for in the pending appropriation. Yet measures passed at thla session will take effect during the coming fiscal year, and the result will appear In another de ficiency bill next year. , The Fifty-first Congress will be called en, alto, te pass at least one sweeping pension measure, whose ultlmate expenditure must be reckoned In hunureds of millions. Mr. Cleveland's administra tion set an example In this respect which Mr. Harrison feels bound te surpass. wny is u mat me iremenueus increase ei mere than $30,000,000 a year was added te our pension burdens during the former administration, the expenditures of $01, 972.818 for the year 1885 having been swelled te these of $95,621,779 for the year 1889 ? It is enough te answer that one bill signed by President Cloveland gave nensiens te sol diers and sailors of tbe Mexlcan war for service only, without wounds or disability; another added 50 per cent, te the long established rate of payment en mere than a hundred thousand pensions. Hew is the Harrison administration te surpass this record, adding net only $W, -000,000 but $50,000,000 or $100,000,000 te our firesent expenses? Perhaps it will repeal he arrears limit, which might cost from $100,000,000 te $500,000,000 In a round sum. Or It might pass a service ponslen bill for all Union veterans, which would cost per haps from $100,000,000 te $150,000,000 mere a year. But It Is likely te content itself at the present session with the dependent pension bill, which may cost from $35,000, 900 te $40,000,000 a year, and has tbe ex press sanction of Mr, Harrison's secretary of the Interior. The people of the United States have already expended $1,000,090,000 In pensions slnce the beginning of the civil war. They will nave te expend li.uou.uue.uuu mere before the end of the year' 1900, and It this additional amount does net reach $2,000, 000,000 they will be fortunate. Remitted Part of the enatty, Assistant Secretary Tlchcner has or dered the discontinuance of the suits in St. Leuis against Henry A. Schmidt, for the recovery of $12,000 for Importing, under contract, from Germany, 12 journeymen tailors. In violation of the alien contract labor law, en condition that Schmidt pay te the United States the sum of $2,000 and costs of the suits. This action Is taken In respense te numerous appeals for a mitiga tion or a remission or the penalties. Execution Issued. Reed, McGrsnn &. Ce., te-day Issued an execution against Hiram Hertlug, or Man hslm township, te f,0' AN OLD PHYSICIAN. V h. mom i, irjuu mh at ih hm, Wltm sTATIM. Ma Bsttrsa Tant Tsars An, After Prae ttetafj Thirty Tsars-A Fremlasat Mesabs at MeasMalt Cbarefe. Dr. Jsoeb H. Maaasr died en Tuesday aWraeen at IriahesM near WRaaer Station. H bad.bssa in Ul-bsalthrbr soma tints past sad disdrem a general breaking up of .tbs system. Sema years age bs bad a ssrieua attack or congestion of ths brain, snd sines thst tims his health was net as goedsebefore. Tbs dsessssd wss s son of Dr. Martin Muaaer, Hs was born In ths neighborhood whers hs died, and nsvsr lived out of It, At the tint of bis death hs wss In tbs 73d year of his age. Fer about thirty ysars hs practiced medicine, and had a great num ber of patients. Ten years or mers age hs gsvs np his practlcs and had been living In retirement sines, Tbs dsessssd was well known, his circle of acquaintances being very large. Hs was a prominent member of the Monnenlte church. Ths deceased leaves ths following child ren: Willis B. Muaser, of the Arm of Bewman A Musser, wholesale Jewelers of this city ; Omsr Muaser, proprietor of a drag store at Nineteenth and Arch streets, Philadelphia; Mrs, Lustta Mussleuian, wife or Christian Muaaleman, of Wltmer Station, and Mrs. Anna Bewman, wlfs or Ezra Bewman, this city. Anether son was Dr. Frank Musser, or Lancaster, who died some years age. Dr. Musser was highly esteemed In his neighborhood snd wss en many oecastona called upon te administer upon the estates of his neighbors snd he wss st all times faithful te the trusts reposed in him. It is said that he settled mers estates than any one man In the county. Ths funeral will take place from Long Leng necker's meeting house en Saturday after noon at half-past two o'clock. DBATn OF WM. F. BRADY. The WellOCnewa Edge Teel Manufac turer Diss en Tuesday. William F. Brady, a well-known Lan caster manufacturer,-dled at the residence of hla son, W. Scott Brady, Ne. 127 East Walnut street, late en Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Brady had been a sufferer from la grippe, which attacked him some time age, and bis death was the result of a gen eral breaking up of the system caused by It. The decessed waa a son or David Brady and was born In this city July 25, 1815. His father was sn axe maker and carried en the bnalneas lu this city. With blm William' learned the trade and they became engaged In the business together later, Upen the death of hla brother, William took the business, no finally moved te Mount Jey snd thence te Franklin county, In 1848 he returned te Lancaster county snd resumed business In Mount Jey. He had a large foundry and manu factured edge tools of all kinds, which hs shipped all eyer the country. In 1872 the works of Mr, Brady In Mount Jey were entirely destroyed by flre,and he seen after wards cams te Lancaster. He opened sim ilar works at Walnut street and Cherry alley. He took bis sons into psrtner ahlp and they carried en an extensive busi ness up te the time of hla death. Their axes, hatchets snd ether edge tools hsvs become famous net only In this but In ether states, and their work was of the best, Mr. Brady was married in Virginia, in 18t0 ae Miss Anna Jehnsen, who died aavMal years age. Since that time Mr. Brady made blahome with his son Scott His family numbered twelve children, but only the following aurvive: Henry A, Brady, Mrs. O. Jane Hubbard, wife of U. H. Hubbard, or Lancaster, Mrs. A. T, Carter, or Wheeling, West Virginia, and W.Scett Brady. The only brotbers or Mr. Brady are Geerge, the baker, who has a store st Charlette and Orance streets, this city, and David, a confectioner, of Chicago. Mr. Brady bad been a member or the Church or Ged for s number or years. The funeral takes place en Friday. After aer aer vlcea st the beuse, where Mr. Brady lived, by Rev. J. H. Esterllne, the body will be taken te Mt, Jey en ths 9:31 train for in terment, m A Sudden Death. Jehn Pickle, a well known citizen of iBart township, died very suddenly at hla home, near Georgetown, en Tuesday eve ning. Mr. Picket hed gene out te the weed pile te get some weed and after cutting a few pieces waa aeen te rail down. He waa carried into ths house In sn Insen sible condition and Dr. nelm was sent for, but he died In a very short time. His death was the result of a stroke or apo plexy, Mr. Pickle was about fifty years of age. He was a farmer and an Indus trious man. He leaves a wife and alx children, three of whom are married. She Shet the Burglar Dead. A negre burglar and desperado was killed In Samson county, North Carolina, early Tuesday morning by Miss Alice Klnney, n hanuseine young woman of 19. Miss Kinney lives en a farm with her inother, and the two are the only ones who sleep In the big farm house. A bout 3 o'clock Tues day morning Miss Kinney was awakened by a noise of somobedy moving about the adjoining room. She guessed at once that there was a burglar In the house, and for a moment did net knew what te de, but she quickly collected horself and drew from under her pillow a big self-actlng revelver and hid it under the bed cov ering. Then she heard footsteps approach her room, and she closed her eyes and pretended te be asleep. The deer opened, and in walked a man hold ing In one hand a shaded light and In the ether a revolver. His face whs heavily masked. Approaching the bed he gazed at the girl, and, apparently euro that abe was asleep, turned toward tbe bureau, which steed directly In front or the bed. Miss Kinney arose In bed quietly, and aiming carefully at tbe burglar's head fired, but missed him. He turned toward her with his revolver raised, and she fired again. This time tbe bullet stnirk him in the breast and passed through his heart, killing blm almost instantly. His name waa Sam Kerns. KnVcU of the Recent Weather, The Farmer' Jleilew of Chicago says: Tbe reports of our correspondents Indicate iusi uie recent unzzaru uamageu winter wheat In many counties In Central Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Michigan from 15 te 30 per cent. Wisconsin and a portion of the counties iu Northern Illinois are protected at present by a blanket or anew. Very few reports of damage by win ter killing nave been received from Ohie, and none from Kentucky. In the Ohie val ley, embracing portlenaofObio.Indlana and Southern Illinois, excessive rain has swelled the streams and Heeded the bottom lands, greatly damaging wheat fields en low ground. With tbe exception of a few counties in Kansas and Central Illinois there are no complaints of damage from Hessian fly. The best all around report comes from Kentucky, and no damage from any cause, Tbe most discouraging report comes from Michigan. Owing te fail dreuth many fields began tbe winter In peer condition. While u few counties are cevered with anew, many are bare, and wheat has suffered greatly from the altomate fretting snd thawing experienced dnrtUaMt eth, uTtkx POX A Peer Hunt at Msebanlesbnt en Wed nssdayA Mala AeeMsnt. A fox ebsse of tbs "fake" kind was held en Tuesday afternoon st Zeek's hotel In Mscbantesburg. There was s geed sited erewd In attendance and tbe fox waa dropped about tbe usual time. Heaetsd Uks a pst and did net get mers than a mils away from the hotel until bs was captured altvs by "Wss" Miliar, of .Oregon, who took blm borne. There wars quits a number of queer look ing berstmen in tbe ebsss and sea of them noted like cowboys, yelling and screaming at the top of their voices. Even with ail this neiss tbe tax could net bs induesd te run. Emit Destor, a bootblack of this city, wu at tbs ebsss mounted en a horse. Hs imagines atttmeathathelaasceutand be was glv 'ing exhibitions or wild Western Ufa. Walls hs wss riding at s break-neck pace his bone suddenly turnsd from tbe xmaln read into a tans. Deeter was thrown with great force te the ground but was only slightly bruised. His voice was net heard se loudly during ths remainder of tbe afternoon. This afternoon a great number of Lan caster hunters went out te the reaWsncsef William W. Gress, at NeffsviUe, te or ganlss the Lancaster Kennel club and bars a private chase, i Ths Yeung Man's Dsmocratle Society. Ths Yeung Men's Demoeratlo society Is one of tbe most flourishing organisatiens in this city at present, and new members sr constantly being added. The regular monthly meeting was held last evening snd there wss a very large attendance. Ths following gentlemen wers sleeted se tlve members i Matthew Derley, Frank Suydam, Edgar Martin, Michael Hegert, Harry Efflngsr, Frank Leman, Milten T. Robinson and L. O. Rtesner. Twenty sp sp pltcstiena of persons who wish te beeeme active members wers laid ever until next meeting. The i eclety Is new making srrangsmerts te bring Nellie Bly, tbe famous traveler, te this city for a lecture in which she will de scribe her lightning trip around the world. She will bs at Pulton opera aeuss en Thursday evening, March 18. Secretary Barr, of tbs Yeung Men's Democratic society, has been corresponding for sems tims with ths manager of Mla Bly snd resolved te get her here If it wss possible. Tbe members of the club'con club'cen slder themselves very fortunate, as Miss Bly will only spnesr In the following cities of this state: Philadelphia. Harrlsburg, Lancaster and Plttaburg. In the last named city abe will appear under the auspices of the Press club. ' ' A Tall Druak. Jamea Lennen, a big tramp, who Is ever two yards long, was very drunk when be mads his sppearance en East King 'street en Tuesday afternoon. He went stum bling around from gutter te house en the pavement and ladles bad considerable trouble in getting out of hla way. Be stepped in the offices of several lawyers who were unable te gt blm out, for a time. A crowd f little boys followed snd guyed him and bs told them in s vry confidential way that he was trying te find ths office or Luther 8. Kauffman. Hs seems te havs chsnged his mind, however, ss he went te Alderman Bart's ofBee. He ssked the magistrate te send him te jail for five days. Constable Graeff was in tbe office st the time snd he escorted James te the station house. This morning be re re celved the sentence be ssked for. A Letter of Thanks. Tbe following- letter baa been sent by1 Mayer-Elect Clark te Mayer Edgerley. It will explain ltself: Lancastkr, March 5th, 1890. Hen. Edwaud Esekrlky, Mayer. Dear Sirt I beg te acknowledge your courteeue letter or Feb. 27, 1890, tendering te me your valuable assistance In becoming acquainted with tbs duties of the mayor's office. I am tee well aware that my Inex perience Increases tbe responsibility which these duties will seen entail upon me. I must depend net only upon the forbearance of my fellew-cltlcens, but upon tbe experience snd counsel of my prede cessors. Under your administration the duties of tbe chief magistracy havs been enlarged snd the concerns or the city, which require the serious attsntien or ths msyer, have gradually Increased. Yeu have faithfully met and discharged them ; snd your generous tender of assistance te me Is meat gratefully received. I will no doubt find frequent occasion te avail my self of It. With renewed thanka, I am, Very truly yours, Rebert Clark. m ' A Sceundrelly "Praettcsl Joked Considerable excitement was caused in Wesneravtlle, Berka county, Tuesdsy morning, when tbe people began te stir about. Wesnersvllle is a small village, and when several strangers passed through the place Tuesday merulng they stepped the first person lliev met and inaulred aa te whether a terrible calamity hid befallen the people, investigation acewea mat aeme parties had visited Wesnersvllledurlng the night and painted the front doers of about a dozen residences a coal block. The weed work had been thoroughly gene ever snd net a square inch left untouched. There waa much indignation among the people whose hitherto beautifully panelled and brilliantly painted doers had been thua despe led, and the county detective has ueen given ueiu ei mecise. Tuesday morn ings force of men and women were aeen at work scraping andrubblngeff tbe paint. Twe Rivers Much Swollen. The Ohie river Is new evor fifty miles wlde at Caire, Ills. It extends from the Caire level, which holds it banked up forty feet above the lower water mark In Ken tucky till it strikes the hills there, forming one solid sheet of water, except for tbe narrow strips of rockbound earth upon which the Mobile t Ohie and Illinois Cen tral railroad run south. A inlle below Caire It Joins the Mississippi, which In turn extend Inte Missouri another fifty miles, making tbe combined Width or tbe two rivers ever 100 miles. The current la terrific and brings great quantities ofheavy drift, making navigation perilous. The ferry beat Three States made two trips te East Caire, Ky., yesterday, and one up the Mississippi te Missouri, rescuing people camped out en ground which they supposed waa beyond the reach of the flood, but which waa being rapidly submerged. At Paducah. Kv.. fifty miles un the Ohie. there Is much uneasiness, as tbe city Is net protected by levees. A Turnpike te be Used by a Railway. Jeslah Funk and Dr. II. H. Roedel, of Lebanon; W. G. Moere, of Womelsdorf, and Jeseph H. Kneder, the committee ap pointed by tbe stockholders of the Berks t Dauphin Turnplke company, met in Lebauen en Tuesday. Hen. Jehu J. Patterson, of Mlflllntewn, v he represented the Lebanon Electric railway, agreed upon a contract for the use or tbe turnpike for railway purposes from Annville through Lebanon te Norrlstewn, a dlstauce or ten miles? City Properties Withdrawn. Joel L. Haines, auctioneer, offered for sale the fellow ing propdrties at the Leejurd hotel, en Tuesday evenlng: Ne, 1, tbe two story brick houfe Ne. 418 East Orauge street, was withdrawn at fl,&00. Ne, 2, the two story brick beuse Ne. 39 Sherman street, was withdrawn at $725. Robbed a Hetel. A thief robbed several rooms at the Park hotel, Uarrlsburg, en Tuesday. The thief, who obtained a room at the hotel, gave his name as Heward. He left behind him in bit room a card with tbe name en it of Dr. Ira Hltetand, dentist, MulsraviU. ICHAStNS pbiob'tweobnS' -.,; NAMED A STATE.TICm nth f- ilrmniiiiiin m i Z7ik: Tksy Deelars P 1 is a: Other asrs -- -""ssn ,r W.DavteN '-"' r Tst iiTsi nan rffl r .I... rr, t " J . a. Pnovrexsoa; . Li Ma4-A' Demeeratte ttate convsnMenaasa morning, "Honest" Jebn.WfiMnv Pawtueket, waa nemluasad r srner; w. p. c. WsrdWslLef teb, for ltatenar OTsrBMtvwitl rest or the vm Uekets.1 were adopted dealsrlng sdhoiset'vt wnoieseme rsferans lannnsg te ei elections, seonesayin aaV and abolition of Onnrssstva condemning tbe latest form of I tbe trust under wbleb -at a of capital continue strangts snterprtss and te snpnresi ; -osspsuuea. xuey anna dsi princlplssertarir rofernt su"i by sx-Piesident Osvslaad la k-i attsraneM, and dentand sboUttesl sjp cuswhus hi en raw maitntis. ,OtsT -iu-. IWWW-, ta-y-aawsi ------- UV "- toegsr no oempsusflutoi the opprsssteo of a war ,tsV te overflowing treasury,, and'; cuptdlty ofunssramUens : Democratic nMnbeNj?VsnAl Heuss of ReprsssntsHvss sre' for their stand sgslast 'Mpum duet of Ih. speaker." W ' TH KIPUBLICAXCUnsaV A Letter Frent Bead Sssbra tbe OassTsstsbsn. NAOsmtxa, Teun;, Msr.8,twssTl li o'cteoK wnen PrtnSMnt TImrsse I tue nauenai eenvsntten or .mm i Leagus te order te-day.; sfeil tbe delssates wert In their i matador kept ttfaggUng in sttt i proeesaings wert .epinsn ttltb Bav.Mr.Dorriek,ofYorU Ubigrsras snd let ters wert isntl I dent Jiarrlson.ciurmMiesn T. C. Piatt, of New Yerk,ssH President Hsrriseni aear saft receipter Prestdsnt Thnratesfaj te attend UMeonvsntlenaaoli ability te aeeept tbe saoae, sapst "i cannot tremun ftesm Interest In tbe soeesse eT meeting and la'psrawneoe and i tivity or te eiues wniefc twin sented. Sacbot-aalsstlenssroi and deslrable,;nt. only; fro mi rrem a puwic.stsiidpeint.! young men In nabUe, aaWrs and erganise th interest taw i controlling nointsUfel te wbleb youbslenffbaa' by an IntoUlgent dlsonasten of or llo!lttelps,and I : ohjnwUattea Mrll! ' 1 courageous snd wU I wherever, lbs ttatt ei 4 4 , The invitations tinasrsn te i erTnnssss swt wummm lsU4uratofttteon!MMjsM wiu waaasesHi.i.aspnsv tended te tbeLssaaOf i tlea at tbe slat) been at soda, acoseted "end5l unUiso'efeekf&tbJol bars thereupon fcrntsd tt 1 ey wc KvansviiM Mass l tbs espMei, wbsr tber eeived by the sblef oxsenUvo and tb joint henss Of tbe i ThsBIa'sswa!sT SXAXOKt, Ps., Mareb 1.-411 leg's session of tbe tansnUaal, i tbe presiding elders submitted Esher names for s oemalttnsjef en resolutions... The make the sppelntmints i conference then took tbe i bands and adopted a tbs selection of tbs esmsattatn at) I by tbe presiding stdets." v;;.;; wrnsr stress enursa,' selected as tbe pUee tbe conference en tbe but Tsmrsdajrj sry, isvi. issreBonetoj; .) treasurer or coulerenee, , ana adopted. 'J&ra&v. Appointments ter tue ewsni probably be sanouneed ibis t , TKLMBAPXIC TAPS. Taulbee. tbs shot sxi little bsttsr. " ' t At Petersburg, Vai, Thesssn veteran of ttsMsxtssa'wawiaHat la under arrest, ebanjad wtsb bW of his win wblls druekVC &t Tuerrussisn minister or, beeu ordered te draft bilk -Jee mom or ws isner qussuen. 'is- roueeman -nesmsasr, eri shot snd fatally weundsd br.; whom hs found la a store last nigM. D-imvwr nww uiuigm pi rs two Immense packages of signed by 108,377 citlssae asnatanr 1 uuien upon ins suejses of reugwn.:; sinking sux weavers at N. J., plscsd pickets te prevent i rrem going te work, and swaabsd lery windows with briekbsaa. Qeldner with a feres of depntlta.lKMiJ ts the factory. The strikers are I The kidnapping of two stu lents of Kalamazoo college, i the closing or that Institution, i one atudenta were brecght faculty. .The boys assart thst If an' i expelled ait win leave, - , fJ-- By tbe premature explosion of a sjsft sse. i nreaser ei mis riymewa vkss.1 psny, near Wllkesesrrs, Ja and Themas Owens were fatally 1 The remains of ex-Mlnlster Ps wlllbetakonte ClncinasUto-BaecrOOM the Pennsylvania railroad. t A ahoe factory at Wetaenfels. - was destroyed by Are te-day, and empleyes lest their lives, VIg' At rutseurg two men mas. se : several sticks of dynamlts. The has several limbs broken snd Is te die. V " '''Sr, Xe IIope for the KntosabesT WiLKtB4RRB, March 6. It te send auether rescuing party, tat burning tunnel at Seuth WUkssbatte this morning. After severs! search for yse eight missing inlsHMf party returned w tee en 11 o'clock snd reported that. find no trace of thejntn. Ofaetats all hope or finding them new, is The work of flooding tbe tunnel slowly, but huge volumes ofsesekoi out of tbe sir shaft shows that tbe, J still burning. ' i-Jh, WKATHXH jrOUCAeTsVt Pi WAsmMOTe-. D. C Masts! Eastern Pennsylvaalaj Mask fulr westhsr, northerly wlndn. EvaiuraUeal atatlStlasVV At the Tuesday evening ssssian tat E angelical conference la atatf atiral renert for the PSSl mail. l)ur lii? that year 9t thnMnfarentfadlad. Tbs total ship or the conference is U,ts)tl ehnnl mnmbarahln. 96.4B8: nsr ' church edifices, 2; vslue0S -Ucee, S06.WO t sslarlen js a, . IBB. ' -J?" ;; X I MlV i f.V. V t-f .
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