UPu BAYARD AGREES
TO rillNCK IllSMAUCIfd i.e.
QUkST.
Samoan Negotiation Removed lo
rtcrliii.
8T.nni:f) to tiik hkaiit.
Secretary Bayard has accepted the Oormin
proposition for a conferonc to be held al
Berlin to renew the consideration of the Ba
moan qii'stlon.
The President will tend to Congress a mes
sage Inclosing the pro)oition ,f the Im
perial Government ruhmittid by Count Vou
Arco Valley, an I the reply nm le by Mr.
Baynrd.
The nige,tlon that the renewnl o( th
onforoncj l at Borlin wis not regard'! n
nnreisonnhlo nnd in sonic re ots It suit
thecondi'ioii of nfT.ilrs. One conference w.is
hold at Washington, mi I In that instance the
German nnd Knglish Governments li-tomd
to and ace pti d Mr. Bayard's reqimttli.it
the treaty owors tnoi't here. It U logir led
as only fair tlmt in this Instance the United
KUt.s should consult tho convenience of
Gcrinnny.
Anotl t r lea n Istl.nt OVo-it Britain wilt de
sire to lie rrprcS'iitod. Thero is not now a
Britnln Minister at thii capital, and there
may not lie for several months. It U Just
posaiblo tlmt Irl Salisbury may mil an hiJ
re-cntment at tho dimlvd of Ixrd B ole
vilie so long as lo neglect b fill t!i plaonf
tlmt uufortiimitn person In timo to a low t"
successor to sit in CioconfiTOw-e hero. There
would be no dilliouity in sen tin ' a spCJla!
representative to Merlin, in cnn it wn dt
ire 1 not to devolve upon tho Brit I .Ii Mir-.
t"f at that eapitd tlie nd litio ml duties of A
conference on the Naino.ii! question.
The following statement was die'atod hy
rVcretary Biynr l for publication: "Willi
the resuinp ion at B tIIii of til 'iinronlilocon.
fer-tio in ec "rd mc w ith tho proposal of
Priiio B;m licit, nnd whc'i Is uoo. pi iMe to I
thU government, there si-oiih little gi omul to
douht that a pea.-ealil.- and p -nil .Mont s.'tth
m tit of all tli" questions of native rUhts in
H.imos, ni well hi tho rights of tho three,
treaty power, ill bo oltalno I. Ilu', fur
ther than to jotnment in term of general
approval on ttogonlt nipor shown by Count
Bi-mnrck in relation lo the Unite, I States,
and the re-olvo to keep nil tl.o qm stions In
volved In tli'i ntinospher.i of diplomatic set
tleinent, it in Hi' no r specif ul to Congress that
Mr. B iynrd's c ointnu'dontiotis slnml 1 bo Hist
laid Is-foro thorn and in tlmt way bu make
public"
A MAsSAflti: IN 1IAYTI.
A Catholic Priest Killed by a Yonng
Maniac at Memphis.
A torriblo tra;edy m cna'.'tel at Mem
phis, Tenn., vhlch n suited In the killing of
Father Ahfldd, a Catholic priest connected
with HL Itor' Callie tral.
It arxini thnt i veral month ago A.
Reeren, a young nun well known about
lown, wm confined in jail on account of men
lal troub'e. I'ather Anhflo'd vlitel him la
Jill, a-id wci liiKtrutn -ntal in hiving him re
len-w t after a xhort confinement, A itrong
frien.lslilp grew up I ctwoen them, and
Reeves wa a f r. qii"nt c-all-r at the priest's
liouw, whieh uilj ins tho C'athoJral on
Ad ini street.
lliin morning, nt 0 o'clock, n"evo rans
tho bell of tho h-uiw, and w in II the door
was opene I ho pu-hod tl o p rt r aside and
went dlieet to Kash r Adifl d'n r mill. Tho
Kir!er tliouglit him drunk, nnd ran to the
station linti'tn, wh eh I only a uprire distnnt,
for n p il;c ni er. When the two returnwl
they found 11 '. ve iiittlii on thn fl r ca
rescue tho l.o id of the it.cs?. who wan d'n I.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
OLKANKD FHOSI AUi SOCllCEa
The Main Fact Itelated Without Vn
ncccmutry Word,
Dre id of a vWtfrom White Cips baa drir.
en AiiKUt Hiiydecke, of near Allentown,
r,, crnry. When placed in jill ai a restraint
ie trial t cut hi throat and batter his
brains out against thi wall.
Tho bill authorising th offer of 15,000 for
the apprehension of any notorious recent
criminals, nnd which is designed to cover th
Dayton murder, has pmsed the Arkanmi
LKislntnio nnd has been signed by Governor
Ivtgle, wli i will offi-r that sum for the ar
rest of John M. Clayton.
In ruMing an rpiu-n joint in Phlllipsburfr,
Mon., tho C'himso occupants mule rcslslaiiM
Willi knives, ai d the rflleers responded witb
pistols, killing one Chinaman and wcundlng
two otlier.
At SU Stephons, Wis., 0-Krgo S?histet, o
lloheiiiiin, ng-d J't, fntnl y shot I la I'oltt, a
It wa.evident that lV'eves had st'ibbid him I 7 j,, wfti,rf. f hu.l, andthen blew
w;,i!eu..;..n. the led was c ver0 w ,tl, Qwn mi( XllP n,.t WIUI comrait
blood. Tht e j h -mm Is a I lint over tho he il t
were f .und, any ono of which would Imvo ,
Ummi fa'nl. Tl.o woaj m us d was au ordis
nary iooket.knifo. i
When nske l wl y h commit to I the do -d, '
II. eve n piUsl: ' (1 si told me to do it." Al i
thostatiatl In lie, heaid: "1I w is my I e-d
fr.a nl, nnd ns 1 was "' I wiinte l ;
him to J 'In mo '' The priest w s nlemt fifty !
years ol 1 and camo to .Memphis two Joins j
Jllppolytc SiirprNcH and Slays 300 of
I .cult lino's Men.
Oeneral Hippilyto has just gained n victory
over I gitimo at Grand H. line, a'out 2"'ni!es
from KU Mnrc. Four days ao Onioral
llontpoint, Hippolytu's Secretary of War,
who is in c nun ind nt 5t. Marc, heard soun ls
of a bombardment at (irnnd Seline, nnd with
800 moo, nmrcho 1 to tho relief. Next morn
ing ho arrival in a forest behind the own
and was j lino I by - mon from tiounivm
and 200 m ire from t :e Interior.
Meantiino LglMme's fie 't hid laid tho town
In ruins, killing or wouu ling all of thi in
habiUnta who bad "ni taken t ) the woods,
had landed Sr it. i ' then
ateamesl away.af intpoint ai, U lied his force
In conceal mo it ai O'.n I .he lo.vn, wuito 1 uu
til tbo Lcgltinikta felt thon s dves in secure
pottiession, and tlion clossl in on them.
Kvery man was killo I, nnd on tho sito of thi
towu are now nothin;; but smmldoring ruins
nd heaps cf dead nnd dying.
Tho legitimist til l Lomliardcd Gonnivoi
cn tho -Otli, killing two men mid mortally
wounding ail'tn worn :i and children. Tho
Toumint 1' Onverturo fired u few sli. lls Into
BU Marc oi tho 7t!i, I ut Fort D.n nant ro
tunio I her Ilro nnd sh droiv i IT.
An engagement to k pi ico on tl.o J t li nt
Ilis lio, in tin interior, i'i w!i cli aisiut 8 M)
men took part. Hippolylo was vietori ,u.i and
cipturel 1" p.-isoaeri, lo of whom woro iihot
tloid mid three wero tortured t extort infor
mation us t I,';oinie' ti:ovi Hunt . They
Will af.oi wjr is b.) nil it.
CHl.Mi:H AMI CASl'AI.TIK'J,
Thn poitofll nnd s oi o la whieh It is o
i nto I at Ain.ty, At ia'isn, was rohbnl of
7,0 ..
In n niinvl nt Mt. Vennn, Illinois, Crite
Patters m was oil', in tho stonueh an I ilisoin
li uvele 1 I'V Til ni H II iwkins.
K-A1 1 Tin in Arthur J. !eQ it l, of Knur
Voik, who) application for a ciiango of
VeniM was grantil, will be tried at Hirfttogs,
Tom Wo il foil;, convietol nt Marion, (Ji.,
f tho mur lor f his father, stepmother and
ix brothers nnd sister i, hus been grn-ited a
new trial on the groun I of error iu the ad
mission of ln nsny testimony.
At Sf. Paul, Minn., Fri Iny night, Trof. D.
l!"iir. l, who ree Ive I threo " Whito Cup'' no
lle s, v. nrning him t) mr-ud his ways, was at
tacked on Hi i street by threo iniisUo 1 men,
three tfeth knoi-kel down his throat, his not
tiok-?n and ntherwiio In lured.
Tho I loudly Cigarette.
A. R Croll, business ninraer of the
Mtirninij Call, of ll'irrisburg, del at
his homo in Carlisle from exc-sivo cigaretto
saioking. Ho was twenty-five year old and
iinnnrricd Ho was renin kuMy bright
In business, and his li iliils otherwise
wero cjompliiry. II Mifferol
untold agony, nnd his f ic , once b in Isonio,
was drawn und twistel beyond recognition.
His right eyo wni drawn entirely n way from
Its prop.r pine, and his mouth had twitsl
nrouud to tho right sido of his neck. Hohnd
almost entirely list, his eyetight, and was
unablo to cat. Jto bad smoked cigarettes
sine) bis early boyhojd, u-id whdo wsking he
whs never without one between bis IIjh,
WIllTi: CAP- Tl.IlN HVNDITS.
Ilooilcd IIorH 'men It 1 it il and Hob
an Ohio I'limicr.
A band of men disg iissl a -Whito dips,
broke into th) resi lemsi of Wesley Osm in, a
wealthy farmer, m nr Lima, Ohio, and, after
OVerpoweringth cooup nils, r.ibbl tho hoii o
of about fl,')) in cish and notin to tho valuo
of about f " The rolit.ery was ii 'tmnlo
putilio until the next day, 0-.m:i i, his wife
ami son not sue -ceding I i freeing them-elvos
until alioul .' o'cl.K'k. A company was form
ed and the Burn .mi ling country snrchJ, but
UO tru -o of th rut lie-si was found.
Annexation lo tlin I'ront.
Oreut chnages am p. idiui? in Cam ln
chiingcs wh cli wiil m iter. ally nll'. ot tho
future f thi country nnd in ly seriously n!s
tor tho relations U tweuu tho Liiitcd S nU-s
and Canada.
It Is rep rtol on tluil est of authority that,
at tho conclii-iou of the present so-edonof t ie
Fed ral Iicsisiaturn, t io (J ivuruin 'lit. wid
epioilt) tho L' lun'.ry on th nuti-x ition
quontion. Sir John Mac loa il I, Premier, and
tho leader of the Government, will reliio from
public lifo uu 1 Sir Charles Tuppor, pros nt
Cuii'iiluin Coinuns.iou. r i'i Kng n id, will m
sume Uie loa lership of the Cons vativc p ! ly,
Tnu annex tlion itl y. Ij.k excite Inn
si lerable d scjMiion in Cinili iluri ig tie
put twolvo m intht, espeoiitily in tbirtots
tra orton of lliel'r iviucouf Uatsri . Thoru
is an element iulhi oou itry ut largo full ot
activity in favor of a union butwoeu the
United SUtcS and tho L 'ininioiu This Gov
ernment has Ijeun sproidiug during tho pa t
year ai.d it is genorally uudnrtood th it dur
ing ti e resent seHsion tho Liberal party in
the Fidorul parlamuut will openly esKiasa
the issue of a cjrumorc.al union with the
Unitwi bUtos.
Another JYquor Ilcclslon.
The State Supreme Court of Iowa, decided
the original pickage liquor oiw app-all
from the Keokuk Sup re ue Court. Tht deo'a
ion is that interstati shlpmenta to psrtiet
not authoriod to sell cannot be prohibited,
bat Judge Kwd ssys: "It by no mwtns fol
lows that the owuerhasa right, after tht
property has been d-livored to bim to tb
State, to uke or dUp ose of it In a man ".er difs
furwit from that prcaoribe l by tbeliwiol
the Buta."
Horrlblo Fnto of an Aged Woman.
Julia Mat a-, llfty-six years old, died in a
miserable hovel in Wcb.tcr, It. I., of pnraly
il. TLj caso is ai t cuiarly horrible, as her
husband hd given the woman no euro nfter
ho hud Ik o lino incnp iblo of d ling tho work.
Tho neighbors my sho wis left ulo'.e, and
r its inn the hovol nr.d gnnweil any nt tho
worn m's ox! remit iei lid sh 1 ,y yet nlive,
but unable to drive them nny. Tho llesh
was badly int. hi, an I even the f.ioj had b.H.ei
at'ackul.
Tin polio I .mi d of tho m itter and in
due s tho iieigii'iors to wa c'l with tli.i wo
ii.iii w hile life rem iitnd. J)eutli cimo to her
relief Mm lay in r ni :i ;.
Cruslioil liy ii Meant Homo.
At Wellsviilo, t., a fatal nccidont re-niltrd
from tho attempv to shift the pn-ition of a
locomo'.ive b iiler ut ilu Ciev -In id it I'ittss
I urgh sh ips. Tin applifinco by which lbs
boiler was lifto t wusnot aecuroly fastenod,
nnd whilo Wrick-Mater C. W, P. isley and
Laliorer A. P. MrGooli in wero pu-lii ig uiMin
tho boil t it turm d and the Hon in d nuo can
down upon tl.oir hen Is, stretching them
senseless. Paisley die I from his I" juries.
.VcG sdinii will recover. Paisley was form
erly Muyor of Wellsviilo.
I'all of a Lirgo Mole i
A largo mo'.oor foil on n farm in tho town
of Highland, O.-.uigo ni ity, X. Y., on the
"th lust. It isd"Ncribe I as very In'ilii nit no I
in c lor yellow, ting 1 1 with groj i. It brok
into m iny small piecji mil t!i stow covers
i.ig alsiut nu ncro was fount po-oii-aM I ni
wi ll grave! stones. Snow 11 is kIhim filleti,
civerin th'traci-s. In", nu invu.tig ition ii ti
be 111 ida U'Ihii it dis'ip,io
An linril iii ilu (nisei n I'liule.
News comM from Sill Jacinto, n little
iiiouattiin town in the ex'rtiuo uortherii pirt
of Snu lliego i' mill y, Cut., tl ut uueii th
'I'.i iko sins.' ( a lew d iys a;f i wni ho uvero
there that a dine in a bir;o hull wm broken
up and thotwo hii'i !r.d po"ple pro-out sought
a'ety by J imping thioiigli wind iws. Many
were trmpied under foot, others wero cut
by Li i k -ii glass, but no ono was futully hur, ,
A Iti oal I ulluro.
The U'nio & Weiteru Cial Company has
assigne I. According to the comimny's an
nul! report of Jsnusry 10, liutiilitius were
I.IIOO.OO.), of which '.',4 Kt.OOO was bonded
debt. ThouHsoUoii5lHt.il of 7,000 acres of
c al land, valuml at flOO to VXt r acre;
about 300 nous -s, I'X) railroad cart, 4 miles
of track,.i fully i ijuipp J mins, 4 lurnacos,
3 stores and some miace laneous projierty.
Guilty in the First Degree.
At Wilkesbarre, Ta., after hairing the ar
lumeotsand the Julgs's ehsrga In the eas
of "Bd?a,, Mlks, who Is charged with th,
tilling of Paymaster McCIura and Flanagan,
lbs Jury retired at noon Monday, After oon
Hilttog aa hour, thsy returned a verdioti of
guilty of murdsr In the first degree, Tb
prisoner heard thi verdlot uqworsd, aud will
ka sa.iUr'.Ra'l oast Ralurdav. S'
liiinirdlit 'ly after sho refu d Schissol's offer
of m irria;o.
Jam' s Itrws, colored, was hanged at Brnns
dei. bur, Ky , for the tnurd-r of Detiedict
till odes, an age I farmer.
A c mil attempt has I e-n ma te to blow
up with ilyiinmito the premisni of Dr. Tlionu
i.s M. Iliick, of St, L u s, t ie first having
1 1 en liiude in June a y nr ago.
'J ho M isnchuet!s L'glsl iture having
pnssol thrnugli Uith tirntiches a pr hi 'ltloa
Hinend'iient, dy a two-thirdi rote, the quss
lion will roto the roiih.
A freight triln on the C. & T. road Jump
rdthe track at Iron I lie, Ohio, yoitordiy
morning and was bally wro-keil. Firomin
Ask 'wand Hi nkomaii Timbers were badiy
b Jur.sl. The engine ran against tho wall of
ahou-e ino yards from tuc track, billy fright
ening the i 1 1 til ites.
Ths l gnl wife of ".-lugger" SulliTin, who
reside at Artie, R. I., bus beon converted
through the ell ii ts of Caj'tain Howlimd, ot
tho Salvation Army, an 1 was to have fp'iken
at a meeting of tho nr.ny l ist Sunday night,
I ut her conversion nroiis. il the J'lilomyof
Mary McLine, an old swoet heart of the Can
t tin's, who, with her friends, pro vented a
incoting of tho army.
1 bo Ohio HoiiM) bill provi ling for town
Fhip supervision of tho public sch'tol was
defeated in the S Hin'e. The Kenuto bill nu
tliorizing a reli o) of tho Cincinnati Southern
II ulio id for 40 ye irs was postponeJ in tha
House, and It is not boll ved that It can pass.
Tho dogs of Westmoreland county, Pa., de
stroyed, during the year l"sS, f 1,700 worth
of sheep. The owners psld I,000 tax. Dif
fereiico paid sheep owners out of county
treahury $ i,700. Net toss to county o,7iK).
Thirty-five White caps visited Mt- Oreb,
O., early Tuesit ly morning, In search of a
nogro nomod Jackson, whom thiy intends I
to hmg, but ho could not b) found. Jiok
n is a witness in tho suit a;aiut thorn by
Adam Bsrkea, whom thoy whipped.
Tlie Ameer of Afghanistan ha missed 30,
000 troops on tho Kuwl in frontier, with the
intention of pursuing Istmk K hn. Russia
has notiilol Engl indthst lb would bo t' VP
IntiTost of both powers to prevent the Ameer
from tjking any precipitate uteps.
The Indianapolis Qrund Jury hn in licted
John K. Sullivan for forg-ry and eniliezx'.e
nicnt, and it i thott,;ht that Moore, tho insur
ant e a ;ent, Ins also len indicted, as a great
dial of evideuco in Ids enso I as I e hi tal.en.
As yet tho AVest Virginia I-(tislature has
not chosen a United States Senatoraud there
is no in iteriiil ch iiio In the situ ition.
J.tic have been piste 1 in every blast
fui in co throughout the Mahoning valley tint
a ie luctlon of 10 er cent, in wagoi will t.iko
liT.-ct M ireli 1. Tho red icti-m will pines
sug s on tlx same basis they wore prior to
the a lva.c last November.
I i tl.o north tii part of Wyoming lerrttoty
lbs b slies of eight dieid Mexicms, wh i wero
nt Cheyenne bi-t f ill mid T the lea lership of
Mi.-uet M utin z, buvc been foiimt in an
nb n bin d mil o. They weie i I si arch of a
1 ist gold mi;io th it bud been located two
ce itunes iN'fore. n id it is thought tho M"Xl
catis were killed in oidT lo obtni t the s.-cret
of tho lost, treasure.
Hon. K Iwsrd J. Piielp-, x Unite 1 St'tes
Mil i-tor to F.nglaiid, and family arr.vo! at
Now York S.turl.ay.
A largo civwd witnes-o 1 the i u'ol c whip
ping of seven whito and four li'a -li convictj
Ht New Custlo, Uolawiiro.
"lb d Noso Miko,"' onoof t e iiundeio s of
rnynusl.r Mc'Jlur, tes'illolnt Wilkos
bine, Saturd iv, tinit ho only 11 red at tho
groun I a id i i air. li s uoc implies Uov
enno and Vtlloli l ave b.-o:i capture i In
! Italy.
ThoP'-ooU Iron Compmy, of It-rdsborn,
Pa , h iv.' announo si n r ducuou In pu Mb r'
j wag h of '' wni.- from V' i't to t ii per ton.
I The Governor of Miss-m-i Ins gr uitol a
1 rrsoit of C i days to Win. Wulk?r iin l J ihu
1 Matthews, th Odd K io'iIkti under s ii
; tence to hang on tlio l'uli itist.
I Toif.'.rais in Oerks county, Pn., emlirao
! Ingnmrly 1,"0J no:vs, wero sold tiy the
Sheriff. During t o present winter seas m
") ntM r 1 irgn f arms l.nvo boen s oM, liesido
I hr t c' of o'.lier f inn-i s v!i ii id failol.
' 51. I to Lesseps nniiounciM In a cii cu! ar that
! tho new Puniiina Canal Conipti iy isa fuilure,
as '.ho luw i ipiii ing n deHiitof ono fourth
i of tho sharo c ipit il previous to thoissuoot
tho securities bu not ho u complied v. illu
A bill has been introduced in tho Kuusut
l-gUluturo app opriuting romey for drillluK
four doep holes ill tbo ground "to fcoe what
can be fouud."
H 'porters for the Chic igo 7'iiites have dls
covered that James Cunningham, j uiitor ol
the station command xi by C iptn n Scbuak,
luis been conducting a fence. Cuuningh mi
had a partner, an employee of the Pullman
Palace Car Company, and they had b.eu rob
bing that company.
The New York ttrest-car strike lasted but
eight day, yet it cost the company a quarter
of a million dollars, and the strikers oue huu
drod thousaud.
Dleckiuann, the St, Iul defaulter for
frX),000, uow a resident of Windsor, Can
ada, says be operate I in stocks in Chicago
and Ht, Louis, but got on the wrong side of
the market most of the time and lost the
trust fu ids.
Charles Arbuckle still refuse to pay Misa
Clara Campbell the 4o,000 adjudged to her
In oompanaitlon for her wounded a (Too lions,
and hat carried the esse np from tha Supreme
Court to tha Court of Appeals.
A natural gas well of splendid pressure hss
Just beeti struck within twenty-five milos of
Detroit, and a company formed to pip gas
from Ohio are now wondering what th'y
halt do about it.
A famine and epl lorn lo of typhus feror pre
vail in Doboka, Hungary, aud 10 porsona
hare died.
Count William Bismarck, a son of thi
Chancellor, has been appolutel President of
tha province of Hsnover.
Susan Vaum, aged 01 yeirs, was killed by
a passing train on tho Pennsylvania Railroad
at Mom Side, Fa
it Is feared that riots by unemployed works
men are Imminent In Roma, Tha Bwiallst
propagandt Is very active.
A Jury was secure I at WllkcsSarre, Ta.,
for tha trial of Mich i-l Riz&de for tho mur
dor of Paymaster McClure.
Tho insurouts In Flist Afrlci off.-r to px
change throj mini mnries for three Arab
sliivo-dniliTs, capture 1 by lbs Gorman, and
7,000 riio a
Tlie Indi inn lion.) of Ue;ireentatlres un
snato I John (Itep.) on tho groun I of bribery
and Intimidation, by a rote of 60 to 47.
An imp-irtant ncc unit of Pio battle at Si
moa, written by Hiram Knnm n il, a nntivo
H iwaiian, hn boen rrcolvol nt SsnFr in
cise?. A'.-c irding to It the Germ ins flreiltbi
first sh t. V. irly In the morning Gorman
py glasses disc vero I soven nn'ivos around
afire. A shell was Urol at the-group and
tbo ae von were killed. Tho loes are pu
as follows: Germany, 21 kiiled, 4:1 wouii lol;
Mntnnfa's si lo, 14 killed, 31 wounded.
A bill has been introdiicml in tho Illinois
Legislature which probihits prairie chickens,
qu ill, rufll" 1 grouse and wild turkeys fr in
being killed for flvo years.
Woulil-le train wreckers p' ico I 10 sticVs
of dynnmit.'on tho track of tho New York
and NiW Hiveu Railroad, ut Williams
Bridge, N. Y. A passenger train rxplo le.1
them and all tbo windows wero broken and
several pa-ongor slightly Injure 1.
In tho Indiana House of Roj r.-aentativea a
bill whs i rderod engrossed rep 'nllng tho sta
tuto which makoi it a criminal offjiise to Ins
timidste men from w irkin j or to interfere
with the running of tinins.
Windows along tho routo of pr cossioti at
Washington during tho inauguration of Har
rison are sold at from 15 to $75, and rool
s-ntsatll njiiece. A few clniico spaces on
telegruph and electric-light polosstill romsiu
unrosiTvod, though. Now is tho time tc
order.
DKCAPITATI.l) TIIK FORCK.
A GREAT CONFLAGRATION.
Police Inspector Ilonflclil, of Clils
rugo, Sui-peiid.eil.
Inspector Donfteld and Captain Schssck
have bcii indllnitely siispondo I from offloo.
Bonfield and Schsnck uro th oftloials wh om
the Chicsgo Times lu.s bfon charging
with corruption in ofllce, the specifications
being that the J ar were virtually in league
with gamblers, snloonke pors, thieves and
the d'-ml momlo. The first result of the char
ges woa the Immediate filing of libel ta'ta
against the Times, and these suits were addod
to daily until the total amount of damages
asked from tho nowsmpr by the officers aud
othTS'is nea-ly 11,000,000.
Su-pnndoiln compsny with tho inspector
and captain is Detective Ijowo ist ilu, the
offlcvr who, after a torriblo bund -to-hau I
Struggle, succeeded in nri'esiing Annrc'.iist
Louis Ling. Tho sti-p 'nslon order Is slgno I
by Mayor Roche, who wnu nomiinto I by the
Republicans in the excitement following the
Hnyinniket alfiir unit e ccVul on an anti-R sl
F.ag pint for ni. Tho Muyor bo ,;ins his order
with a lecitnl thnt thoclurges ngainst the
accused nro "m d) by u newsp.iier hero
toforo r. c lgni. 'd as nn organ of
a political a: ly." Ho diK.'laims any Inten
tion of determining by bisection hs to w heth
er tho iiocuwili' nsaroliuoor not. Tliegrouud
for the lu-p -iisioii is statist to bo pr . ciution
ary, or in tl.o miyi r'l own liingii igo, "that
the I'lhV.enoy of tho police system bo not ini
paiiisl." Ttio cmrts, tho mayor states, have
dt olinusl to expedite tho trial of the c ise)
whlcii would prove or disprove tho clini'ges.
Su-H-ndou is or ler. d "until nmplo t iu i li is
given for a ju iicial dotel munition of tho mut
ter or tho charg s b ivo bwa d.sprovo I."
CIiIiicmo Fury Aroused.
In n riot nt Ching-Kiang-Foo, China, res
ceiitly, the British Coi.su nto and seven
houss I el onging lo foivlgiiers wero wiocked
by th) rioters. The British man-of-war
Mutine was diipatched to Clnng-KianifsFoo
to protect tho lives and pr perty of British
SUlljtS.'tH.
Later advices from 8hang.hal s'ate thit
tho American Cm-ulatoatChlng-lC:ang-Koo
has been lon:o.l. and that all tho foroign resi
dent of the town are uVoliig for '.heir livea
It Wipes Ont $000,000 In lMilladel
ptila and Hacrlfloca a Life,
The most destructive Bra which ha rlsIN
ad Pnllado'phla for a long time broke out
hcrtly before noon Sunday In the basement
of the large building No. 1413 an I 1414 Wa'.
nut street, and the whole place was destroy
ed, nothing but the front and rear wnlls bt&
ing left standing. Wh le th firemen wore
at work a portion of tha front wall fetl In
ward, killing ono man and seriously inj iring
two others.
The following ar the names of the killed
and Injured: George Showers, 80 years old,
of Nineteenth and Filbert streota, b'isoman
of Kng tne Omipai.y No. 4, Instantly killed
and bis body burned 1 oneith the dobrK
Abrahsin Iacy, 40 ye irs, hoseman of En
gine Coniaiiy N i. 13, badly bruise 1 a'out
the body an I limbs. William Bursird, of
Engine Conipiny No. 4, b idly bruised about
tho side an I leg.
Tin fire broke out undor the
F. H. Mrran, 1 cate.1 on tho (Ira flo irot
Wnliiut street front, and In n ri-ry short time
had burned through t' e roof. 1 ht fitst fl or
and bisouiont were oiciipiol by F. B. Mor
gon, as n retail driiT store, and tho rem dndor
of tho I uildb ghy Wve'h & Bros, a a Inbra-
tory, for tuo initiuf.icture of drug and 1
chemicals.
Near the front of tho bull ting, next thn I
XUE CONDITION OP LCsprr
"Wo,
commnditi, .
r-of, was a lnre water tank, weighing over
i ti.
i ions, i in came uowu wi n n or -su wueu i
tho I esm burned through. As the titik fell, !
a portion of tbo top of the front wall was;
torn looso and fell Inwardly with o crash. I
Tho f all wns no sudden and uncxpete that
the six men iui!e could not bo warned of
their I'anger,
Ijiory wa found plnrcl down to the floor j
by hi avy timbers and a inn- of I rick. A j
ft ream of water was tunic I on to the men as I
Axworthy llcilimf n Kcil 1'ntiito,
ThoinuH Axworthv. tin City Triasurorol
Clevo'nud, O., who decamped fro;n thero lost
fall after appropriating hull' a million dob
lars, h is bought a I irgo block of real estate at
Ssult Ste. Marie, t it. A friend of his Miyi
Axworthy leave Tor into in a fow days.
- -
Hur lied to Dentil.
The lions) of Josi p!i Greener, of Tarport, a
suburb of Bradford, Pa., was destroyed by
fire at night and two children, twins, aged 3,
were burned to deitti.
A wooden collin has been discovcroj
In the crypt of tho j arish church of Li
nares in Siiuia bearini; tho following
strange inscription: 'lleioin lies tho pro.
tended coip-c of Francisco I'i.nrro.' It
wa fouud to contain a corppe which had
been carefully 'mummied,' and which
was clothed in n garment of violet cloth
Tha countenance is suid to be rtinuika
bly like the (onraits of i'izurro, and it
has a pointed beatd like his One of the.
bauds was detached, ami 'ay near me
body, while tlie other hand rcpoied up
on the breast.
Tbo Kmponir oi ituia uxhib'tod at
Copenhagen an immonui dinner service
of Proiden china which was manufact
ured for him a fow yuan aero at a cost of
toO.000. There ii a diileicnt scene of
Uusslsu life on evcrv pioce, sod every
variety of KmuUn uniform and oMume
it rcprei.nleJ.
Commodities Oolng L'p Sper,
niaracia aiixed.
R. O. Dunn & Co. 's weekly review
ssysi
Tha average prloa of
,!.-.. - . I in .
Minvii m mill UIISIIU, 1 UV BU Vannj, i ,
about 1 per cent. A change for the
this respect Is usually a favorable ln,(
for the future, but In this Instance lb""
porary in Influence of a change of
must he remembered. t
Tha speculative markets are mixed
weaker and others stroii-)r. Pork h
liT1J
Uon and hogs 15 onU per luo pott,,
j these movements ere In record with sdl
ot half a cent In corn and a cent jj
I wheat his risen 2 1-4 cents, with rn.
tronger feeling from the West,
The iron trade Is thought by sotn to I
touched bo: torn. Tho Thomas IrouCjo,
has named 1 1.1 HO u lla ml
dn.3 sb-.re of j whch P'
a no .rot the K11(hnrn trn c...!: r
"'" ss.'iKr, .
withdrawn from tho market, an I, tXrrt ,
Hessemcr pig, no furthor depression
appear, but of that grade cnnMderabv'!'
are reported at $15 by m:iuuf.intlrw,
had taken larger stocks than they or,
use with profit. No change app. art in hi
Coal is phenomenally dull a i lm,
llerles are stopping. J he mines nt I'ltuis,,
I h ive resume I an. 1 the d.ke sinks huk
ao inaoneu. in minor ui 'iats tae-s
... ......... ... K.ci iaersn,j..
change, but the syndicate's 1'ock nf f .f
coppi r Increvcd 4,y(X) bins in J.inua'y
The note worthy foaturo in repm, fro
b-rior towns is th it all record sum ooa,
pbiint as to colbctioiis; one city rrp,
'ruther poor' and other miuwh.it Juj B
iltcidediy slow.
The stock mat ket ha tie a stro ij-r, w;j
A It Mil VHiiiWI tt Mli.,tlf. S1 n.,f tltn-.. k
th y worke.1, to pave tUm from tne Intenso c,.ol,K, ,,, tom! ,1B,0 ,mrt ,oMll0 .i,,,,,,
hrar. nml. after ftevrr.l in mite' I.-irov w-is ..... . .
released and carri' d to tho ste ot. Shower's
lio.ly wa coveiel by n in unit iln of bricks,
mortnrand beivy timbers, nnd tho seircli
for it had to bs abu.d mod. l! v.-ns rccovoiwl
at 5 o'clock. A subscription for Showers'
fam ly was instantly started, and soon rojeh
ed a hands una mna
The guilts in the Hotel R'raford, on the
same block, all got rialy to escape lncs.se
th flames should prea I.
Tho total loss from tho llr' I ntinm'ed at
fully tOW.O'W, of which Wyeth & Bro. loo
over . X),t ,(X. Tho fire is supp wo 1 to l.nvo
been cause 1 by sulphur iguititig in the cellar.
SKVF.N1Y THOUSAND STOLKN.
Caaliicr Gookcn, of tlio Manhattan
Klvatcd Hoail, Joins tho
Defaulters.
A. 8. Gooken, cashier of the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad Company, In New York,
dererted bis post on Monday or Tuesday, and
it is thought that be has sought a quiet home
in Canada. The company lottos a' out $70,.
000 by Mr. Gookou'sdeparture, it is said; but
the i ffleliili all profess ignorance of poiltlve
knowledge on this pilot, Tueslay last
Gooken did not eppesr at his dosk, and an
examination of his books male at once show
ed him to bo a defaulter f r an amount in
excess of 150,00a Gookln kept four differ
ent pay rolls and the mothod he employe! t)
swindle the firm wm crediting sums ot
money to names of fictitious porsons repre
sented ou the books as employes. The great
est reticence is observed by all the ofllcials
of the ma la concerning tho peculation, but
many sp'uk well of G.Mikin. The length of
time during which he was engaged in the
systematic swindle is a mntterof c nij 'ctu-n,
1 ut it is thought that it did not over a very
long period.
-1 ... i i, . i . . . . . .
Ul f uoge i rnirmorrso 10 u,e l"lrii
romls is of coiim q'iem nit only to thm fa
t) othni-s nhii'h bnvo hojsi I th it :1. pfiKJ,
pies of bis earlier decision w. ul 1 hi: J tha
ugnlnst Mate en icment.
Business fodures d iring tho lit srv
days niimtiei', Tor tlie unlte'l St ites -T3, Co.
ml i 30, total li 3; as ci.mp.'ired with 3.'3 Ua
week, n lid i-lt for tho Correspon liu,.
lust .vear.
Ktnrvcil to Dmiili.
T .1. TT . .
wouu it lypniyiT, nu om i neii -lor ni rn
siding hps-W npakn 'ctte, Oiito, , .! u,j,
mysteriou circumst inc.-s. tlii neig.t,.li(
not luiving sien or lie ird f hun f- r live or
ix d iya, ts-gnn an luvubtigntiuu nn.l ( 0
him 'lying In his h)U... thoiuivi.
of tho p'emlj-s revealed th f.i 't tut h,),
of kt-it vat ion, as n 'thing but a diy .f
bread could be found. Ho lu.iv.s ue.irly fi.
OOJ.
Fonndcrcit Uurlng tbo Morm.
The lirlg Florence, which left N.iar TtI
for Galveston with Iron last Nor. m'r, bs
bsen given up aa tost, bavin?, it l M,ti,
foun lorel during the st nn of X nm'm
')th. She was commandoil byCiptiinl.
kins, of Mlltou, Dji., aui carrioJacrtscf
light men.
GENERAL MARKETS.
WliDDliU IN
J.V1U
by a Girl to
llic Devotion Shown
Her Lover.
A wo Ming t'sk place, in tho county jnil nt
Wayneiburg, Pj., the contracting parties
lining Marion Syplisr and J isop'niuo L
master. Tho ceremony wns p-rforuiol in
the presciid of tho shorilT and th i prisoner!.
Tho hitter, il i i mini o:wronint intereitv
vp-H'tntor, and word profusj in thoir con
grutulitious b) tin young aid handsome
couple.
The bridogoom Is awaiting ttlal for th lars
ceny of f 1 1 in gold from a m in n im si Hul
I cr.y at Iieep Vulloy, Gninio c.iun y. The
brido is held as n witn si intlitc is... She,
However, ut tho hearing b 'foro tho Justice of
th pence, swore Ml it her f.ilho:', who I al9
awaiting trial, stoie tlu money und shiol lot
her lover, now hor hmb in I, from any guilt
in the m itter. Tho father, on tho other hand,
plemli iunoojacj an 1 i liimi thut Sy pheis la
the thiof.
rtTTsBURon.
BUTTER Creamery t
Couulry roll
CHEESE Ohio full cream
New York
EGGS
FRUITS Apples, bbl
PCKJLTRY Cliickens, p'r.
Turkeys It).
POTATOES-Insh,
Bwevta,
SEEDS Clover, country, .
Timothy , .
Bluo grass , .
Millet
WIIEAT No. 1 red
It tt 41
CORN No. 2 yellow ear,
Mixe. car.
Kindled inlx.il,
OATS Now No. a white.
HYrNiMv No. 'i OhioHii 1 Pa. M
PLUCK Fiincv winter nats. 0 ' )
Fancy spring uU,
tileir winU'r
Rye Flour,
HAY New Timothy,
Ixtso, from wagona
MIDDLINGS While,
Hran.
Chop Food,
1IALT1JJOKE.
Wioat No. 3 red, t
Rye
Oirn
O its Western
Buttor
Egcs
liny Western
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TIII.Y DKMOLISIIliD IT.
and
Fifty Women llnld a fSaloon
Gumblinj; Houao.
At Pros er, Admns county, Nebraska, a
band of 50 prominent Iadios of that county
made a crusado on a saloon and gambling
b mso, demolishing the entire asta'dislimont.
Tha ladies attacked the building whoii it was
crowded, with their iprons full of lumps of
coil, breaking every window glass, and
cleaning out tbo establishment. Tho inmates
scattered in every direction, some of
tho loungers doing husbands of the womon.
Whisky and beer flowed freely into the gut
U r. The place has had a hard rep u tut ion
for tilling liauor withou'. a lioense.
Short l.'ifty J liousand.
A senautlon lias boen c run to 1 in St. Louis
by tbo announcement that Hurry DUckmun,
a member of tho Merchants Exoliuiige, has
kipped to Canada, leaving a shortage ot
150,000. His sudden flight was brought about
by the institution ot a suit for $d0,000
brought against Dieckman by bis molhor-in-'aw,
Mra Wilhelmlna Meyer, for whom ha
las been acting as I rusUe. Mra at oyer at
aobe.1 111,000 stock in the Moiitoll-Borgea
Uilling Company, of which Dieokman wa
luting President. The fugitive is about 30
fe irs old, is ot commanding figure, and was
lonsidered the boldest soilier on the fi or.
Urs, Meyer will lose the bulk of the 5J,000
Dieckiuaa Is short
Storm la liuropo.
Railway trafflo I Interrupted and the tola
graph wires are prostrate I throughout Kugs
land, France and Germany by terriflo snow
storms, accompanied by high winds,
CINCINNATI.
Whoat No. 3 red, $
Rye
Corn
Oats
1 Eggs
I Pork
Butter
pnn.ADEi.rniA.
Flour Fnmilv f '
I Whout No. 2, Rod
i Com No. ii. Mixed
j Outs Ungiudol White
, Rv.- Na a
I Butter Crenmerv Extra
tha. so N. Y. Full Cream
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i.ivi: stocic
lnviminii ami I'rloes at Ihsf
tral Drovo Yards, lOuai Mbeni'
The supply of cattle tin h-onlilsf''
tl o mm ket slow nnd lower on all grail'i
cept lieut, fat 1,001 to l.'-tHJ
aild at alKiut lant week's ricei. r
.... .uM.i..M .. - ...it.... ivime l.M
l.B O It. M !i'i to 4 50; goo I, 1,'JOJ 1
llM a:t 1 t,i 4 lift: ariMkl. t.OOJ to l."r
I'i 51 to4N rough fit, 1.100 to 1,8 WI1.
to 8 00; common to fair, 000 to 1.
J7ft to 3 li; bulla amlf.t iiw.
Ire.h cows aud sjirinpors, $'J0 u 40 p"8
u. (IB.
Tlie receipts of bogs Monday weC
end the nni kot rule I slow with sevorsii
of heivy unsold. YeHrday the ulf',
light, liut there was no Improvement i fV
To day the supply was very bK1'1 ' ,
maraeisuuwou a ini '""" r
?md light, heavy uncha ipeiL "S ir
'hilsdelplia $4 SO to 3 00; Yointr)
3 15 to 0 ); roughs, !t 75 to 4 50i
The receipt of slieep and ,mJJ'V
and Tueu iy re eavy Tin i.Ttn
miened UP Jow at a .bKhne of 10 U. AH
lis S prns " , i .!
llt-l -ml i he market o mtinued " -J
. " . . t MimtMt.llllll
nrmirr si ids iuhui"h m"",, ,jrt
O.ilo and I disna wethers, weighl"
4 hO to 5 00; good """""r-t
to I JU II a , M oo wi a ,pl
10) 11,- . 4 50 to 4 HO; fair to K'1 i
. . uo ii- ti is in 4 U): common to ' .
tin ii 2n on is tt 4H- in-line Unit
III-., W ww , , til8" I
lb., 5 60 to 0 35: fair ti g.. . wJ,j,iJ
tikr. miNli vnl c&lvas. II1' w I
0 35 to 700.