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Tl WILKE8HURRE 111 MAY I
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DESTRUCTION
Of ST, CHARLES
The Famous New Orleans Hostlery Is Burned
J to the Ground.
ONCE THE HOME OF CONFEDERATES
The Hotel Celebrated a3 the Round
ing Up Place of Secessionists Over
Thirty Years Ago, Is Food for the
Fire Fiend One Hundred Guests
Am Pnnic StrirLpn Tivipir Dunth
of John Riley Many Hair Breadth
Escapes List of the Missing.
N::v Om. t:xs, April 29.
'HE Imposing frout of tbe St.
Chnrles hotel with Its ipgotOUl
parlors mounted by a dome of
mjjeetio dimensions and nlaaaic
Itcbltaotart In the center of the block
tn nil that in left of the rooms of the
most fastidious hostelry in tbe I'nitol
States within wboee walls .lelferson
Davis. Jndnh P. Benjamin Mid the
other leading Bgnrra of the Confeder
acy formed lb first plans for the es
tablishment of the new republic before
they stsrte-d for Richmond, where no
lees than six cont!rcsioniil committer
Imve nut, trying to solve wnat beoauia
known as the Louisiana (juration after
tbe war, where countless political, rail
road, commercial and social meeting
of national importance have been held.
Tin tire that raged betweeu these
wall from 11 o'clock Ian night was
one of the fiercest this city hat ever ex
perienced. Storting In the kitchens,
which front on a small court in the
very heart of the square, the flamea
ate their way alou woolwork with
BgMglng rapidity an 1 owing to the
iuabiiity of firemen to get it them it at
once became in mlfest that their efforts,
would prove futile.
l!ie hundred or more Knts bad
font retired, and Night Clerk Mason
gent messengers to every room occu
pied and thus there was no possibility
of any of them bnving ban cut oil
from escape as the titiuesdid not resell
tbe main portion of the structure for
full half an hour after the tire was dis
covered. I'auic seized them bowever,
and they rushed aboat frantically,
mot of them in their night clothes,
men, women and children, and ai
though there was ample opportunity to
get down the broad stairways, it took
all the tTorta of the cooler ho.nU to
prevent the most impetuous, from
throwing themselves from the second
windows.
Tbe onlv man who did jump from a
window was an unknown, wlo. jumped
from a third story window to a ah- 1,
but was not injured, as be got np and
Walked off
UNAVAILING STRl (idt.E FOU Uf
John Kilry. employed as a baker in
tbe hotel, occupied a room on the
fourth story of the rear portion of the
building, A number of persons bad
stepped into the opiii court yard in the
rear of the rotunda and Were watching
the progress of the (1 sines. A great
flame of fire suddenly burst from one
of the rooms when a scream was heard
and from the door next to tue one from
which the tl tines were seen to escape,
a man whs discerned through the glare
iiu made a rush for tile bead of trie
stairway. As he passed the flame
again tl tubed from the door. The full
force of the fire did not trik the man
and be made bil way in tue ball to the
stairway hut he tumbled and fell.
Rolling several times over he finally
rolled partly otT the stairway and re
mained holding to the broken banis
ters. He attempted to regain bi foot
bold but it seemed that he was blinded
by the heat and was unable to puil
bimself up
At be hung tbm several gentlemen
went in earcli or a ladder, but while
ftp y were gone the unfortunate m in
fell 10 that he was holding with hi
bands to a banister suspended fully fifty
feet in the air. At last, after making
several efforts to throw himself on the
tairway, he fell with a crash upon the
tone jiavemeut beneath. Ilia body
icaraely moved after it hit the pave
ment. He wis lixty year old and
leaves a wife and four children.
TEHSONS MISSING.
Bridget Mulligan, a chambermaid i
Mrs. Hons, a domestic, and John fin
lay, an assistant barkeeper, are the
only ones now missing. The hotel
. i i 1 1 .
n.n - mn m. '. .... u i '' s
are accounted lor. X tie other hotel
keepers immediately opened their doors
to tbe unfortunate and all were ao
corataodatod.
From the center nf the square the
nmcl Hto t heir wav in n ilm-rtinns
touelnug the rear or the row or oltice
building on Carondolet tdreet and
burning clear through to the street
on Common nnd Gravier and leaving
nuLiiinu; out too imposing iront on m,
Charles street. Before tho Are bad
attained any ereat progress, a Mr. Me
Dermott would have savod the life of
the man who fell from the spiral stair
way had not Patrolman Fitzgerald not
pulled him away in order to prevent a
double sacrifice. As it was, McDormott
was burned badly.
But a few moments after this Fitz
gerald climbed to the second story of
tbe hotel on Gravier strset and
reached fourteen women who were em
ploye in the building and who had
their only avenue of escape cut off by
the flames. These wc.iiien slept in tbe
hotel and were not, it seems, awakened
in time to got down the stairway. At
one time it was feared that the Na
tional hank was doomed, as the sparks
r ii J . 1. 1 l 1. T , 1
but for the protecting wall, tbii build
ing would have been destroyed.
Chief O Connor took two women off
Gravier street side and the members of
Hook aud Ladder company No. 1 suc
ceeded in saving a number of laundry
women.
The Western Union offioe i sitnated
on tbe corner of Gravier and St. Charles
street and the employes stuck to their
positions until ordered ont by the fire
men. The heat had become intense
and there was imminent danger of tbe
west wall of the hotel toppling over at
any moment. All tbe instruments were
token to a place of safety and at 2
o'clock the wall fell with a terrible
crash, prostrating all the wires on the
street.
The total loss on the fire will reach
$500, 000 and may go over that amount.
The hotel property, exclusive of the
ground, was worth $100,000 and was
idsured for $918,000 iu foreign com
panies. BLAZE AT WINCHESTER.
One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire
Wines Out the Business Centers.
WlKCHtSTKB, YV, April 9. Win
chester had a $100,000 firo this morning
of incendiary origin. This is the second
within the month. The fire started on
Main street opposite the historic Taylor
hotel and burned tbe best business
block in town.
The principal loiers are Solenbereer
& Stonft'er, stoves and hardware, $12.
000; John Vilwig, furniture, $3,000:
Adams Fxpress. $1,0011; G W. Hensell,
dry good. $15,000; William Hardy,
addler. $5,000; Horsey A Atwell,
clothers, $15,000, and a number of sta
bles and small buildings. Loss on
buildings, $10,000 All partly insured.
A reward of $1 000 has been olTered
for the arrest una cjuviction of the in
cendiary. LOTS TRAMPS ARRIVE,
The Advance Guard Enters the Dis
trict of Columbia Without
Molestation.
Wasiiimit 's, Anril ,"i Jacob Cot
ey's ragged and fo d-sorn army of the
Commonweal marohed into the Dis
trict of Columbia tod ly without mo
lestation from the authorities and are
QOOmped tonight on federal territory
within a few miles of tbe capilol.
Citlien Coxey sleeps at tbe National
hotel where he j lined his wife and
chil i this afternoon. The rank and
file of the army lie on the damp ground
in Urightwood Driving park, where
thousands of peopl gtihered today to
inspect the queer contingent.
Th.-re was no incident in tbe march
from ltockville until the advanct
guard arrived at the junction of the
lirookville pike, where about ISO bicy
clist, including Spoonrr, of Cnicsgo,
the amateur long; distance rhamnion,
were drawn up in lrae The wn-eiiii'ii
mad- a "free ad" demand on behalf of
the cyclists for a good r .s d speech, and
Coxey, from his comfortable carnage,
compiled.
Mountebank Smith, the "unknown."
with his meager contingent f desert -ers
from the com m il weal army, hud
marafeed hi men fr.ni Rockrflla in
advance of their former comrades, and
they estahlisned a temporary camp at
Silver Springs, a station on the Haiti
more and ( Miio railroad where the track
crosses the Kookviile piae a short dis
tance from the district line. Here alio
wa established a nilad of (. oievite
under Mr. t treenail, wuo bad )een sent
on ah-ad to apprehend any comm in
wealers who might attempt to enter
Washington iu advance of the main
force. A squad of a d IN cavalrymen
of tbe regniar service from Fort Myer
who said tbey were merely giving their
horses an airing, likewise bivouced at
Silver Bptingi and waited there until
ih- army came along
Two bundrsd pei p'e were gathered
at Silver Spring station when the
army appeared Brown rode at the
head on Coxey 'a horse. Coxey himself,
dress d in a stylish gray suit, rode iu a
low phaeton, drivto by one of Ins
henchmen.
Then came toe army, marching by
twos, each commune divided from an
other tiy a big STagon 1 here are Nf
of them by actual count, including the
advanca guard and the Jones contin
gent from Philadelphia. Christopher
Columbus Jones, the leader of the
1'iuladelphia commune, riding Coxey s
II tmbletonlen,' invaleer, looked like an
itinerant preacher in bis silk hat and
black clothes.
it wai II N when the District line
was reached. Only three police officers
were in evidence when the common -w-alers
drew near the driving park at
1 p in. Coxey. when questioned us to
his next movements, said:
"We shall lose no time at this camp
Tuesday morning we shall march down
Twenty first street to the etatne of
Washington, and along Pennsylvania
avenue, pass the white house and
tbe treasury, reaching the steps of the
capitol at noon. 'J here we shall hold
a meeting and impres upon ronarross
the advisability of agreeing to tbe meas
ures of the commonweal, the good
roads and the non-interest bearing
bond hill "
"What if they stop yon?" was ask-rl
"They can't atop os. The constitu
tion does not permit them There'll be
no interference. We shall not trans
gress any law that is constitutional.
There will laVno disorder in onr parade
or meeting. We have a perfect right
to gather on tho steps of the capitol aud
we'll da so. "
SOME CAPITAL CHIT CHAT.
Tho agriroltnrnl appropriation bill has
been completed. It carries 2,4.Mi,OU0.
The production of silver in this country
in 1SH3 Is estimated at (0,000,000 ouncas.
Snocial Agent Weeks reports a steady
decline in the consumption of natural gas
for domestic use.
Senator Morgan has hastily returned to
Washington, owing to the serious illness
of bt ft, Morgan.
'1 he nomination of James ). Voumans,
of Iowa, to be Interstate Commerce com
missioner has buuu coufirmed.
General it A. btt moot, inspector general
of the steamboat inspection service, will
soon retire for a youuger man.
Mr. ( laparede, the Swiss minister, hav
ing been transferred to Viennn, preseutod
hisletturof recall to the president.
The reports from New York of g.ild ship
ments of L900,OOQ did not cause any uu
easinesa nt the treasury department.
The new B per cent, bonds are still be
ing deposited with the coinptrolldr of the
currency as security for national bank note
circulation.
Senator Peffer's bill authorizing the sale
of the Union Pacific railroad for debt duo
the government, also provides that, should
the bid be below the sum of the debt, tbe
government shall buy tho road and oper
ate it.
Congressman Patterson, of Tennessee,
desires to repeal the acts admitting south
ern states to the Union on the ground that
tbey wero never out of the Union, and
that unconstitutional restrictions wore im
posed iu the acts of readmission.
FIFTH WEEK
OF DEBATE
The Maxillary Contest in the Senate lo Be
Continued.
TARIFF TALK WITH NO END IN VIEW
Another Season of Conversation Will
Be Inaugurated Duly on Lead to
Be Increased -Sugar Men, Who
Want Free Trade on Everything
Else, Arc Hopeful of an Increase of
Duty Upon Their Products Ap
propriation Bills on tbe Horizon
Indian and Agricultural Bills.
Washington. April 20.
THK fifth week of the tariff debate
in thes 'iiate c iramenres tomor
row. If rumor be true some
very ma'.ei i il changes Iu the lull
have been made in the way of conces
sions, and the industries of the states
represented by the so-called "conserva
tive" seuators will get more proteotioo
than was believed possible early last
week. In many cases, It is eaid, specific
rates will be restored and senate reduc
tions of rate imposed by the house
bill have been abandoned. No changes
have been made mi the free list so far
as can be ascertained. Csal, iron ore,
and 1-ad or will, it is said, remain as
the senate reported them, although
great pressure was brought to tear to
have the duties on these raw materials
increased.
In this connection an interesting
story wis afloat todav While lead or
remains unchanged it Is given out that
tn dntia on lead products have been
increased. Of Itjes. of course, white
lend is chief. Under the present
law whit- lead bad a duty of 8
cents a poind The house committee
reduced it to cents, snd it was per
mitted to stan i by the senate commit
tee. It is now said that this rat- will
be increased to 2 cent The authority
fr tins statem-nt Is a senator win
I'tubt to know what I going on In
committee.
axtiAR (IRowh BUPgfUL
It 1 also said to be practically
settled that tbe one tenth of a cent
discrimination duty on relined sugar
-vie,! against countries paving a
bounty on refined sugar exported,
will be given beyond any question.
The sugar grower, represented by
Senator Caffrey and lllaucnard, still
believe tbey will be able to gel (B per
cent ad valorem on raw augsr iustetd
of the 40 per cent, the commute haa
offered them
TIIF. PSOOftAJOII 1st AKIKP
No variation from tb programme
followed by those. u( the past months is
promised by the managers for this
week. "I can see nothing ahead of us
In thn near future" said Spaak-r
Crisp." but the consideration of ap
propriation hills They are making it
slow work for us, but until these meas
ure are all out nf the way. no other
legislation of a general character will
be entered upon
The sugar and lead schedule, which
have caused a Vast amount of the
trouble, being iu nearly agreed upon,
and tbe income tax modified n a to
ensure the support of the malcontents,
and certain other duties iff eating the
manufacturing alates of New York.
New Jersey and Maryland having been
increased, it appears a if the time wa.
near at hind when tbe D-uiocrat
would be iu a position .- force the
lighting with a solid party behind the
managers of the bill. Although the
bill wa taseu up by paragraphs
Wednesday last, not a line has yet
beu change.!, nor has the tint para
g: tp!i been Voted no :
Tue pending busiaest is the army ap
propriation bill, consideration of which
was begun Saturday Probably most
of the week will be exhausted in die
posing of it. When it baa been rat to
the senate the harbor and river bill
will be taken up, After that will come
tbe Indian aud agricultural bills, tbe
legislative, executive and ittdiaial snd
the general delicieocy Tue probabil
ities are that June 1 w ill see one or two
of them still undisposed of.
'
DEATH IN A LIME KILN.
Two Intoxicated Man Sleep tn the Tit,
and One Is Buff 'cated.
Asm. ami, Pa., April '.". The dead
body of James Garngan and the un
conscious form of ids brother Tboma
were found this morning lyiug in a
lime kiln near Mahanoy City. Tbe
men were seen to enter the kiln last
uight in an intoxicated oondltlOB, it i
said, and it is supposed that tbey lay
down to sleep and were overcome by
the fumes of tho burning lime.
I p to this evening TbOUUM Gtrrigan
hod not recovered conscionsuess, and it
is probable that he will die.
BACKED BY OPERATORS.
Militia Will Be Called for the Ooal Creek
Region.
Knoxvii.i.r, Tenn., April 29. Posi
tive information comes from ' oal
Creek that tb miners there must walk
out or take what the Jellico miner
give them. The latter have asked that
the Coal Creek miners strike Muy 1,
even if the contracts do not expire for
several months.
The Coal Creek miners are backed by
their operators, and nothing less than
state troops will provent a conflict.
NO PLAY ON MAY DAY.
European Authorities Taking Measures
to Cheapen the Celebration.
Komk, April 20 The prompt and
decisive action of the government to
represss all disorder on May Day has
Hquelcbad much of the preparation In
favor of unlawful demonstration. The
prospect is that no determined effort
will be made to hold open air meetings
or parades in the larger oities. The
anarchists, however, will take pains to
abstain from observing the day as they
wish to emphasize the difference be
tween their programme and that of the
Socialists.
Premier Crispi ha telegraphed to
the governors in the provinces to take
severest measures to anticipate all at
tempts at disorder or sedition. In
several provinces the most conspicuous
anarchists have be in arrested, al
though they had not threatened nor
prepared to break the pence. A social
ist manifesto was distributed in Naples
early this morning. The distributors
wero arrested and their lealbts were
seized.
1
CHURCH DEDICATION.
Caid'nal Olbhrns Officiates at the Opsn
Ing of St. John's Edifice
Washington, April 29, Cardinal
Gibbons dedicated St. John's Catholic
chnrch at Forest Glen, Montgomery
county, Md , today In the presence of
several thousand people, and Bishop
ICeane, rector of tbe Catholic nniver
sity, afterwards proaciied an eh quant
sermon.
The sito of the present chnrch is his
toric ground, the original sbapel hav
ing lien erected by Aichbiliop Carrol
in 1772.
-DISASTER
ON THE RAIL.
Freight Train Dashes ate a Wreck of
N netaen Care.
Lani'asti ii, April 80 -An east bonnd
freight on the Pennsylvania railroad
was wrecked near Downangton last
night and a w-stern train ran Into the
wreck, nineteen car in nil being
wrecked.
Samuel BnncV, of Bareville, thli
connty. who was stealin.' a ride, wa
lntnntly killed, and J II. Stsuir-r, of
llarrlahurg. a lltguian. aeriously hurt
THE BRECKINRIDGE CASE.
Judge Bradley Denies the Defendant
a New Trial Characteristic
Chicago Enterprise.
WAaHUHiTUM, April N -Jodga Braf
ley today overruled tne motion of
counsel for Representative Breckin
ridge for a new trial of the celebrated!
Breckinridge-Pull ird breach of prom
ise suit. Bond was Bzed at fl'0 for an
appeal which llrec-ui.r.dge counsel
gave notice would be to tbe court of
apeals of the District of Columbia.
No argument were mde, and in
OVemllng tb- motion Judge BraJley
aid that the qflMtlOOJ of law Involved
had been so ihor uglily coiisid-reJ as
i hey arose during the progress of the
esse that it was nee Hess to discuss
them, while he did not feel disposed to
Interfere with tbe derision of the jury
on the qneati ma of fact
Colouel P.r-ckinn lge's attornev pre
ferred a req ist f r an ext-nai n of
thirty days' titn to IIU their bill of ex -ceptloc.
Judge Bradley was willing
10 do this, but doubted bis right lo do
so under tbe rules of the c itrr Th
qaaatloa wa solve ! whan thai lalsttlnTi
attorney agreed to offer no ot jectlou
to the grant of thirty days.
The decision of the c urt was ft
pec ted by both parties to the suit. In
tbe ordinary course nf app-tl t ie rase
cannot reh the higher court until
next autumn when It meets after the
otnmer recess, as the cases already in
the docket will occupy the reineiulng
time of the spriug term.
Whether the story of the Breckin
ridge Poller 1 trial as published by a
Chicago Arm is t tn- allotvel to pii
thro igh the malla will d-pend entirely
n tne action of tbe posuneater at Cni
csgo, w.iere the books'sre mailed. A
rnatoiuary in like Qiaaa, the POCtoflics
department will ignore the request for
ah offlolal opinion on the question
whether sending throngh the mails
will ooustltute violation of tbe postal
laws, and no action will taken unless
Postmaster H-seing makes complaint
of obscenity.
GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE.
Prssldsat Hill Has N F-ar of tbe
Knihts rf lather.
St PAW, Minn , April 20. -Th tel. -gram
from ( nicago stating that Grand
Mister Workman Sovereign would tall
nut the Knights of Labor along tb
Great Northern line was ah wn Presi
dent Hill last evening. He sunlsd aid
sal 1
"According to the statements if
American Railway union representa
tives, all of the employes In the nper
ting department of the Great N rtl
afB are out on strike If this Is strictly
true the people now being called out
must be mythical men. The company
has nothing to fear from this nw com
plication. It wiil proceed to operate
its road with all possible ipaafl, The
engineers and firemen will return to
their places at once, and the telegraph
operators have alio been ordered luck.
After the next ten days tne Great
Northern will have no Dead, of the niu
who have voluugitrily surreniered their
places. "
NOTED IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
r.x-Mayor J. O. (laakell is wanted in
Argentine, Kan., for embezzling fr-M, 718 of
city funds.
Indianapolis l'opuliste will strictly avoid
the use of railroads in attending the state
couvention.
The Thiugvalla line of steamships will
carrv no more passengers at cut rates from
New York to Hamburg.
A Staten Island scientist lays that the
17-yesr loousts will lie due late iu May ur
esny iu June iu this locality.
In a Minnesota prairie llre.wluch be was
fighting, 1'. N. Lund, a prominent citizen
of l'ainnout, was burned to death.
Seven ludictments for accepting illegal
l-ii - fees have been found against
Thomas C. Uouder, at St. do-eph, Mo.
With a shortage of 4,ooo in Ills accounts
Ageut A. H. Hill, of tb-Keid Psjoking oom
uany, has disappeared from St. Joseph,
Mo.
Iloyd McLean, the Yale sophomore from
New Jersey, who robbed college gyiiasiiim
lockera. has ferfeited his (7(H) ball boud
and lied.
A train tossed William (larrity into a
ditch beside the railroad, near Lnckport,
N. Y., and the injured man was drowned
in n foot of water.
John D. Kockefeller has pnrchased for
tfiUO.OnO nearly the entire balance of the
minority Interest in the consolidated raiuea
of the Mesaba range. .
A young theological student, Lee S.
lllackmsn, was Killed bv a fall from a
quarry derrick while out with his class
hunting fur specimens, near Lockport.N. Y.
(leorge Fairbanks, said to tie from Col
umbus, ()., committed suicide yestorday
at the Hotel do Louisiana, New Orleans,
where he had beeu stayiugu Bhort time
with his wife and children.
I T JftC
VIEWED IT Pill
What the People of Media See and Know
Abcut Candidate Robinson.
EVER FULL OF POSH AND PLUCK
Some Points In the Biography of a
Man Who May Be Pennsylvania's
Next Lieutenant Governor -Eleven
Years a Jack Tar, Touching at
Every Prominent Port in the World.
His Work as a Practitioner of Law
and in Pennsylvania Politics Cheer
ful Home Life.
MEDIA, Ps., April 29.
IflNLBSS all the prediction of his
I friends fail. "Fighting Jack''
! Robinaon, Delaware county'
vy militant congressman and pre
eminent hustler, will be the m-xt lieu
tenant governor of Pennsylvania Per
haps they overstate the case. Waiter
Lyon stand ready to maintain that
they do. Hut their confidence is nat
ural. They know Mr. ElobioaOO better
lhau they know Mr. Lyon. Aud they
h IVC a touching faith in his anilities to
win whatever honors be choose to pur
sue. Inasmuch as their prediction may
yet prove true, it may not be a waste of
time to study, for a moment, the career
of John J. Rohluson, whose amazing
pertinacity, pluck aud push ha
within the past few week
lieen the political surprises of the
season NI r l: il ii -on was horn
about ror- year ago In Allegheny city,
rsV, and U one of tbe uoal wldeJ known
men throtxgboul the --nt.. today. Ha is
President of the Itepublicau lcairue of
Clubs uf Pennsylvania ami Member of
Congress front tin- Sixth district Mr.
Robinson was educated al tbe Western
University, Plttaburg, and al Amherst
College, In Ivli he wits in ('amp H ove,
aw Plttaburg, although a hoy, la 'ap
laln Riddle'e Company, Fifteenth Pam
lylvanla Emergency rtegtmeed In 114
he regularly snlistad, imt throogh the b
luetic of hi graodfather, General Rob"
bison, of Allegheny City, Pa., was ills
charged. Two older brothers, one of
whom Was killed in the Wilderness, were
then with (irimt's army. He was ne
pointed at this tune a midshipman at the
I'niied Stat.-. Naval Academy by Hon.
Thomas William, then Member of Oov
gress fpini the Al' -.h. n ,i-tnct, anil
wa graduated In IN) Mr RobittsOU n
ahead lathe felted Butes .n throogh
all grades of promo:!.,:; .. ... .... h.ui. ..1
til Hit, when he icalgiml
He -Hi. Med law In Philadelphia In the
ofth of that iistingniahad advocate, John
(l Johanna, and entered tbe bar there in
lw Dnrtng eleven years of earvios lo
the I'nttcd Stnt-s Vn . Mr RobhsSOO is
Ited every country lo the a.rld. WaathnC
tiflie in rrTye, ntvnnuuurtgattng nae
giou- m the tWahip Colorado, which bora
the pennant of the itte Admiral John
Rodgera, He In Japan during the
tanaae) Coecan expedition, In which Lieu
, tenant .skim-ami a n ,in'-r o marine
and sailor-, lost Lht r Uvea 111 an CtteU k on
the Ctiman forts When in China in I T I
ha ssnttcj aha hydiugiaphk aarvey of the
delta of the Yaiiii te Kiang. In the - MM
roar, aa Mvigatiag oflleer of the United
States Stoop Idaho, he jmssimI through the
tarribla typhoon al Yokohama barlsir, In
which man rcase Is were wrecked, and
the Idaho nearly foundered at her neeir-
lugs. With Commander Watson mid
other United M ite, ,:ii,ers. Mr Robinaon
was DM of the nnd party nf European
to have an Inter vies with the Mikado nf
Japan In 1871 he m Vud OB the 1 nitisl
StaN Steamship Nf. hlgan, to the north
ern lakes, and. iii the f ill of same e r. 1 :i
board the SI. sip liiniata. was , nt under
PMeinutoiy ordatc to defAand the nrran
dcr of American cfttxene seised oti the
Vlrglnlus by Spa nish authorities.
In lvTs ,(r RoMaaoa tk up his resi
dence in Delaware count), tnis admlttisl
to practice law then', als.i in the Bn-
pramc Ooujrt of the state. Hi most noted
professional work was hi oonnaettoo, a
senior counsel, with the defense of the
colored man. Samuel Johnson, the allowed
murderer of farmer John Sharpie. This
cae, from the ability displayed by the
CQUnaal and the tenacity with which It
was fought before the higher tribunals
and the Hoard of Pardons, r. suited In eat
lug the life of the ami-d, and it i now
a cause osjahra la the state.
In is-i Mr Robinson waa elected to the
Assembly of Pennsylvania bythaBcpub
Uoana of Dalaware county, and re-elected
In Ihhii. al which time he wa prominently
mentioned Inconnecllon with the Speaker-
ship. lalMtjliaa memorable campaign
which crenttsl a revoliilion in the politics
of Delaware count,. Mr. Robinson waa
chosen Stale Smnitor to succeed Hon
Thomas v Cooper, appointed' Collector o(
Customs at Philadelphia. In is;) the l!i--
nnblloana of the Bixtti district elected Mr.
Robinaon as their representative in Con
gress, and in Is'.U he had his remarkable
fight for the Presidency of the Stale
League at the Scrauton convention, in
which he was successful. This victory
over a brilliant opponent, Hon. John
Dalzell, of Plttlburg, and other active
and able politicians, gained Mr Robinaon
gloat celebrity throughout the state, and
won him the title of "Jack of Chilis. "
In lMr.' he w as re elected to Congress and
also re-chosen as the President of the State
Iicaguc. In I89;i, at the Heading conven
tion, the mosl successful one In the hi. lory
of the la-ague, he w as unanimously elected
a third time aa 1'i esideiit of this organ
isation, Mr. Hohlnson is a member of it number
of fraternal societies Odd Fellows,
Knixbts of Pythias, liolden Bagles, Red
Men and is Passed Commander of Post,
Bradbury, No. Mil, tirand Army of the
BanubUoi he also held siibordinate offices
of honor and trust In nuinerous other so
cieties. He comes of Scotch-Irish ances
try, early aud creditably kuow nt the
forks of the Ohio, and inherits nil the
traits of this ancestry. Ho is a keen, vig
orous, able and ngfllinalro fighter, nnd, nt
the same time fair and generous toward
his enemies, but. true ami steadfast, to his
friends. Aside from his political nnd pro
fessional services, Mr. Robinson for many
years has been an active contributor to
leading public journals, country editor
and apnea writer. .
In IKM-'i he edited the1 Delaware County
Gazette ut Chester, Pa. He was for a long
time contributor to the llttsburg Cofti
nicrcial Gazette, Philadelphia and several
New York journals. At present he v the
proprietor, and a frequent editorial writer,
in the Media Ledger, publisbed at his
home.
In 18N Mr. Robinson married the grand
niece of ex-Mayor Chariot Gilpin, nf Philiv
delphia. His wife is a descendant of the
earliest Settlers of the Friends' Society in
Delaware (then Chester) county, as early
as lli'Hi. He has a family of live children,
four uirls and one Imy, the latter born last
August, nt n summer resort on the sum
mit of I he Appalachians, the Hotel Rosiest,
Highland Lake, Lycoming county, Pa.
-4
WARRING WARDENS.
Officials Irdalgs in a Digracsful Kill In
Presence of Prisoners
Columbus, o, April qo Dnpnty
Warden Playford , of the state prison,
who retires tomorrow, the warden
having refused to reappoint him, nt
tempted to ssy a few words of fare
well to the priionan at chapel exer
cises today. Warden James seized him
and tried to nuke him sit down, but
he would not do so Assistant Deputy
Warden Stack lionse came to the war
den's aid, but Playford knocked him
1 If the platform down among the
prisoners.
Later Playford and Stackhouee
clinched and rolled off of the platform.
Guard then ejected Playford. This
all took plsc in the presence of the
1.000 prisoners and e-veral hundred
citizen visitors in the chapel.
Strike Situation at Charleston -The
Majority of Miners Anx
ious for Work.
CRAnXIgTOM, W. Ya.. April J. The
strike situation in this region is as has
!-eu N trouble has occurred and
cone is feared. It is said that the
greater pert of the miners will be to
work by the middle of tho week in
both tli- K uiawitii and New Kivt dis
tricts, ns tbe operators have about de
termined that tne strike waa got op by
the mm and Pennsylvania tvwil opera
tors in order to injure tho interests of
the np-rators in this territory.
The miners in tbe Kanawha and New
River regions are 111 extremely bad
snaps for a strike, and ther are aaxions
io work and will have but little to do
with the union. Tnis week will see ail
at work. The miners in the Pocshon
tas, McDowell and Wyoming territory
ur at work, but a cut 00 the pnqe of
coal will be made by the Norfolk and
Western railroad. whioU buys all of
c, al.
'1 be railroad 1 filcia's say that the op
erators shall not cyt prices of mining
If tin y do. MM road trill refuse to haul
coal, This goes into afl ct Hay L
sS -
sf'BRIO' II SANGUINE.
Oocfidsnt That th Orsat Coal Strike
Will Be a Unerase
COUTXBUS, 11. April ft. The air
here is full of rum -rs of an srrsnge
ment for a national conference of
tinners and operator for a tettlemsnt
1 the grant coal strike, tut nothing
definite is known, an 1 the national of
ficers deny that any proposition for a
conference has come from any person
I ' ;' I I e r-c gV.Zo 1 .y ti.em.
President Mcl.ridc says the second
week of tbe strike begins suspicion sir
fat the miners. But of thn IT. "on men
mi ! v t in mining coal In the coke
regions f Pennsylvania 18,000 sre uow
00t In bis j rev, im ettmiat he
counted only 10,000 miners out in this
district.
Altogether of the 100,000 men era
ployed in the United Mate mining
1 numinous coal for all j -ir p ,, ,', ihi
are now out participating In the strik
ordered by the nstionsl convention.
11
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.
The fire which has been burning in the
in-de workings of the fladelphia aud
Heading ( oal and Iron company s Free ton
N eoUtarp, Ashland, wa. extinguished
yesterday.
The deeds of the dead patriot, Iiuls
Kossuth, were told iii song and story yes
terdsy at Musical Fund ball. Philadelphia,
acre s pablla aarvira wa held under the
snspices of the Auatro-ilnngarlitu so
ciety. The robliery of the Lancaster and DoWtt
:i (ton railroad station at Uetal Lane, for
which Aha Bvaaard and Denial Weiuboid
u. rc captured a few days ai; . h is re--nlled
in the arrest of David Xb.ilfer and
Ms sou Charles, aud William Keese, all of
Bob rata,
Buffalo, Elmlra and Bingham tod detec
tive last neit arrest,.., at Hustiiiehanna.
Sight burglar-, a part ot the gang that has
systematically bean robbing ,-rs of tbe
New York, Lake Erie and Western rad
ical! st various points between New York
and HtitTalo.
a
FRESH ARRIVA.S BV CABLE
The Kaiser will, on .luuo 23, sail for Nor
way. l' rty thousand DCfl from the building
trades will strike nt Vienna.
Pugilist Prank Blavtn rank 10.600 ta bad
In VMUnoUta In Loudon saloons.
Hamburg-South American steamers will
skip Lisbon pons until the cholera abates.
I'lieberstein, Herman minister of foreign
affairs, insists that Germany shall uot
abandon her interests m Samoa.
Two Prussian Huzzar officers hastened
on horseback from Westnhalia to Coburg.
tOO mllee, Within tWO davs to congratulate
the Caarawltch on his betrothal.
SUNDAY BALL GAMES.
At Lonisvllle
Louisville, 0 01070000 8
Chloagi 0 101001008
Hits-Louisville, 11 Chiosgo, 10. Er
rors Louisville, 'i Chicago, H, Datteries
Heiinning nnd Glim; LTaiissen, McUill.
Cniup and Sclirivor. Umpire Swurtwoud.
At St. Louis
St, Louis 0 1000000 1 I
Cleveland 0 1004000 s 5
Hits St. Louis,.; Cleveland, 10. Errors
St. Louis, B Cleveland, 1. Batteries
Clsrkson and Buckley; Cuppy and O'Con
nor. Umpin UcQuaid:
WEATHER FORECAST.
Wasiiivhton, April 20. Fortt-
mm for MomUty: lor Kaittm
I MntyiVantOi fair, warmer; eo.vr
snnda, for llesem cati.vi-
laeuuv, tol-
lOHed Dg runt of utynf; southeast unnifs;
warmer.
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