The Democrat.
FRIDAY, MAY 28. 1800.
HONEBTY is tLe best policy, but there
are very few policy shops where it can be
found.
STATISTICS placed before the State Sani
tary Convention in session at Norristown
allowed that 858,000 Pennsylvanians were
victims of the grip.
SEVERAL idiots have lately been burned
to death in insane asylun s, but the man
who didn't know it was loaded is still
übiquitous.
81-CBNTBNNIALS are not plentiful, but a
Jiaptist Church at Budgeton, N. J., cele
brated its two hundredth birthday on
Wednesday.
STATISTICS show that the ','nited States
uses 100 pounds of soap to eighty Ave
for England, eighty-five for France and
eighty-three for Germsny. It is nit
strange, comments the Cincinnati Kn
fuirtr, to hear that Italy uses only thirty
seven.
THE Republican party was never the
party of the people. All its legislation
shows that to be true. It has legislated
for the classes and not for the masses.
It has legislated for Wall street, for syn
dicates and for trusts. It did this to such
an extent that many of its ablest men
were compelled to abandon it—men who
thought more of their country than of
their party.
SINCE Congress assembled in December
three bills against trusts have been intro
duced in the ScLtte and fi tjen in the
House. The most important of these is
the bill of Senator Sherman. The Sena
tor was quoted some time ago as saying
that the tariff protection should be with
drawn in cases where trusts or combiua
tions are formed to limit production, but
his bill does rot embrace that very w'se
feature. Why does he not hit the trusts
at their most vital spot '<
SOMERSET county has another Congress
ional candidal.: in the person of Daniel J.
Horner, Esq., present Prothonotary. It
will thus he seen that Hon. Edward
Scull, present member, will not have the
walk over that some of the Pittsburgh
Republican papers bave been claiming for
him. With a candidate ia Blair county,
one in Bedford county, two in Somerset
county, and possibly one in Cambria
county, our friends, the enemy, are likely
to have a monkey and parrot time be'ore
they succeed in nominating their Congress
ional candidate for this district.
IT IS complained of in some parts of the
State that examination ot pupils in the
public schools for advance to higher grade
is made in a special effort of the taachei s
to have thein meet the tests to which they
will be th< n subjected. It is urged by an
exchange that the children in each school
ahould be examined as to what they actu
ally learned during their study in a cer
tain grade, without being specially pre
pared for such an examination. To train
a pupil for a special test is no evidence of
his or her acquirement, as such a process
renders their answers to questions of a
parrot character, only that and nothing
more, the education in it being wortnless.
The subject is certainly full of interest
and deseives more official and public at
tention than it has ever received in con
ncction'with free school education.
MANY of the great industrial concerns
of France an'' Germany are operated on
the profit sharing plan. A number of
them include an insurance feature which
provides for the old age of the artisßn. A
win king people's lusuranee fund is likely
to become an institution of the govern
ment of the Dominion of Canada. It
somewhat resembles the British annuity
system. The Canadian plan ia that per
sons desiring to take advantage of it shall
pay such a sum as they please annually to
the government up to any age between fifty
and sixty-five. At the expiration of the
period agreed upon payments cease and
the payer begins to draw his profits.
These may consist of the interest on the
sum paid, in which case the principal
goes to the payer's heirs on his death; or
the annuity may be based on both princi
pal and interest, nothing remaining for
the heirs, the payers' portion being larger
than on the former basis. The maximum
to be drawn is put at §3OO a year.
♦- .
SENATOR WILSON, of;iown, on Wednes
day, from the Committee ou the Judiciary,
reported, with a mcudments, the bill sub
jecting imported liquors to the provisions
of the laws of the several States. The
amendment is practically a new bill, and
provides that no Stale shall be held to be
limited or restrained in its power to pro
hibit, regulate, control or tax the sale or
the transports ion (to be delivcred.within
its own limits) of any distilled, fermented,
or other intoxicating liquors, by.reason of
the fact that the liquors have been im
ported into any State from beyond its
limits, whether there shall or shall not
bave been paid thereon any tax, duty or
import to the United States. Mr. Wilson
submitted a report oil the bill in which it
was stated that the purpose of it, is to
grant the permission of Congress to the
several States to execute their laws to
protect society and promote its best in
terests. This bill, the report says, is
clearly within the suggestions of the de
cision recently rendered by the United
States Supreme Court in the original
package case, and, therefore, the com
mittee recommends the passage of the
bill.
THE ANCIENT TURNPIKE.
Tli Pittsburgh Dispatch's " Road Expe
, ditlon Describes It.
The country road expedition, under the
auspices of the Pittsburgh Ditpateh, which
has been traversing the country roads for
some time, baa written to (hat paper from
Hollidaysburg concerning the old turn
pike in this and Blair counties as follows :
" After leaving Cresson, your exploring
party pursued its way eastward over the
old Philadelphia pike. About a mile back
of Cresson we reached the summit of the
Allegheny mountains, and Beaver and
Bucephalus, rested their weary legs at an
altitude of over 2,700 feet above tide
water. The view from this point was
magnificent. We looked over an area of
mountain peaks and valleys thirty-five
miles in extent. With the naked eye were
seen the towns of Ebensburg and Loretto,
while a glass brought Carrolltown and Al
toona's spires within the range of vision.
Here wo stood almost in the center of the
800 acres of foicst which Andrew Carne
gie bought some years ago as a park for a
castle which he then contemplated build
ing for a summer residence.
A SIGHTLY EMINENCE.
From the western extremity of this
woodland may also be seen the city of
Johnstown and the windings of the Ireacli
erous Conemaugh for miles and miles.
Carnegie still holds the land, and if his
castle is ever built it wi'l become cele
brated as the lofliest dwelling place in
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. William Linton, . who keeps a
summer hotel on the summit, brought out
to the wagon a pair of field glasses, which
enhauced the beauty of the landscape be
fore us. She says the glasses were car
ried by General McClellan through bis
earlier campaigns in the Rebellion ; that
the General gave them to General Hardy,
and that officer presented them to her
brother. William Meyers. The glasses
are weather-beaten enough to confirm the
statement.
Wc now began the descent of the east
ern slope of the Alleghenics. Noon found
us in the very heait of tbe mountains—at
a wild romantic spot called "Tbe Holy
Fount." Gushing from tbe rocks by the
roadside is a gurgiing pool of water. It is
wreathed in everlasting sbade by output
tings of dripping rocks, the interstices
matted thickly with pine, laurel and wild
grapevines.
GALL.TTZIN'S HOLY SPRING.
" Two massive table rocks, one on
either side of tbe entrance to the pool, lay
as though planted there by nature for
resting places.
"The tradition is that the Catholic
pioneer of the Allegheny Mountains,
Prince G illitzin, was in the winter of 181G
walking through the gorge of the
mountains here, and being pursued by
two panthers he showed them this spring,
where they slaked their thirst and went
away leaving him unbanned. He there
upon blessed the spring, and it has since
been held in reverence by devout moun
taineers. References to this spring in
biographies f Gallitzin leave little doubt
that be really did bless it, but as to the
panther attachment, that is probably all
myth.
The lountaiii Inn " has connected
this holy spring by pipe line with a
fountain in the yard surrounding that
house a couple ot hundred yards below.
We drank the water at lunch that day."
Speaking of the old Portage Railroad
tbe article continue :
" lhe Allegheny mountains contain no
more interesting relic than this grand old
ruin. It will be remembered that the east
ern division of the canal was 172 miles
long from Columbia to Hollidaysburg.
The Portage from He llidaysburg to Johns
town was thirty-six miles long. It con
sisted of ten inclines and eleveu planes.
Ihe western division fiom Johnstown to
Pittsburg was 104 miles long, making a
total of 394 miles. This stupendous work
cost the young State more than $14,000,-
000, and later was transferred to the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company for $9,0 0,000.
" We found tbe timbers of some ot the
inclines still in place, but all are rotting
with age. The rails of the levels were not
laid on ties, but were fastened to stone
blocks, evidently by means of fish plates-
All the iron is gone, but there you may
still follow the long lines of stone blocks
deeply embedded in tbe ground, and tbe
holes where the plates and rails had been
fasteued in you may readily clean out
with your pencil. The stone foundations
of tbe stationary engine bouse are all
overgrown with ivy and laurel. Yet they
arc all staunch and enduring.
MOSS-GROWN AND OLD.
" The old walls of the masonry along
mountain sides to keep the inclines from
sliding are moss-covered now. the trees
bave shaded the whole tbirty-six miles
into a sylvan promenade, but many of the
massive stone viaducts arc crumbling and
cracking with age."
HUMOR OF THE OA V.
The wind often turns an umbrella, but
a borrower rarely returns it.
A man who fools his time away—The
circus clown.
The man who never smiles is a centre
of gravity.
Arbitration can settle a good many
things, but it won't work on muddy
coffee.
No matter how great a burden it is to
him, the doctor can easily endure life if
he has patients.
Gladstone's axes are in great demand.
This is because he is such a good feller.
Time will tell; but Jthe ordinary man
with an important tecret won't give time
a chance.
A song-writer says be prefers to turn
out lullabies because there is luck in nod
numbei s.
A POEM.
BY MRS. HARRIET (ORH) STYOH.
(Kethanklng Mrs. Horrell tor a beautiful arti
ficial bouquet presented to the Ladles' Keller
Corps on February a?, 1890.)
A handsome, symmetrical, lovely bouquet
To the corps a dear sister presented one day
Through Mrs. M. T.; and the thanks of the corps
Were heartily given the donor—but more
The corps sisters voted, I'd make them a rhyme
And read It In corps at the meeting next time;
Ke-thanks, with a poem. Its beauties to tell
Those (lowers of art and constructed so well.
And 1 very foolishly answered, I will.
Not knowing how hard It would be to fulfill
My duty In giving due praise for the gift;
And shonld I fall short let your Judgment be
swift,
And speak of my folly, In thinking that I
Could make a poem worthy, the gift In reply
For talents and learning are requisite, quite,
To treat of a bouquet, so pleasing to sight.
But as I have taken upon me the task.
I will your forbearance and leniency ask,
And state that the Boyuet should ever be round
A very fit symbol to rally around.
Its general beauty comeß strikingly first,
And quite as refreshing* as water In thirst;
Green spots In a desert, or shade from the sun,
And other rich comforts bestowed upon one.
Next then in Its purity; oh, to be pure
In words, and In actions, like It, l am sure,
We will not regret It when neaiing the tomb.
When sooner or later we enter Its gloom.
Let each of us, therefore, pure living demand.
Like the Boquet so beautifu', placed on the
stand.
An emblem of pureness, within and without,
A type we can follow, with effort, no doubt.
But what of its scent, you might call me to
speak,
Well—lts Scent Is not strong, neither yet Is It
weak;
A symbol again—let no odor arise
To cause bitter feelings—but let us be wise.
And follow this symbol—have beauty of form,
sufficient to banish attempts of a storm,
Be courteous and mild In our actions and ways,
Which are truly;heart-melting like the Sun's
heating rays.
And what of Its colors, there are many Indeed.
Should they be a symbol, whereby we take
heed;
Most certainly, c Mors give contrast,—ln line.
Each one In tnelr own chosen beauty to shine,
Beboldlngthe rainbow, wlthjdlirerent hues,
Showing the various work; we can choose
Or gaze at the stars In the Heavens, and see
They seemingly differ, in the main they agree.
Metaphorically speaking, this corps Is a vase
Where we like the boquet, are given a place
To work In the sphere, which to us Is assigned,
Some this and some that, with the by-lam en
twined
To hold us compactly—while we from the stein
Branch out In magnificent grandeur—ahem,
And show those about us the work which we do.
In seeking the needy ones, helping them too.
The widow's and orphan's have on us a claim
Which we must remember—Then be thlsour aim
To succor and comfort them when In distress.
Invoking High-Heaven, our labors to bless,
And others will also come under our care,
With whom we should mingle, to lift from
despair
And help them while struggling to stand on
their feet.
Then here, or beyond, our reward will be sweet.
Place people, as tlowers In groups, side by side.
Where one has their fallings, the others will
nide.
Thus onward, and upward, our workings will
tend,
And tlowers of different colors win blend
In sweetest of harmony, gathered from earth
And placed In that kingdom, where all wilt have
birth
Who wish, and are bound about firmly with love,
As Boquet, to bloom In that garden above.
*The;Boquet given In winter, when all was
black and dreary.
Crazy on One Point Only.
DETROIT, MICH., May 19.— The examin
ation into the sanity of ex-Senator Charles
W. Jones, of Florida, oceured this morn
ing, before Probate Durfee. Senator
Jones appeared with a petition to the
United States Circuit Court, praying for
the removal of his crse to the Federal
Court, he being a citizen of Florida. The
petition was disregarded by the State
Court, and an order for his commitment
issued. He left the Court before the
order was prepared, and a posse of dep
uty sheriffs are now looking for him in
the street. He will be conlined in St.
Joseph's Retreat of the Sisters ol Charity,
at Dearborn, nine milt s from Detroit, and
an effort will be subsqutntly made to have
him transferred to the Government insane
asylum at Washington. The ex-Senator
says he will carry the case to the United
States Supreme Court before he gets
through with it, and as he is clear on
every legal point, and unsound only as
to his monomania as to his marrying an
heiress, he promises some work for the
lawyers.
Mr. Gp.orge It. McClelland on a Prospecting
Tonr Through the West.
Mr George B. McClelland, who for
more than ten years past has been em
ployed as a tinner by Mr. Jacob Lever
good, departed Monday for Denver,
Colorado. He will visit several cities in
that section, and afterward continue his
journey to ' California, and if he finds a
suitable place, may locate permanently
and go into business for himself. Mr.
McClelland is a young man who by in
dustry and careful habits, has won for
himself an enviable reputation, and is
highly respected wherever he is known,
and while wishing him success elsewhere,
wc are sorry to loose him, as a citizen of
Johnstown.
The HeiitleyttviUe Tragedy.
MONONGAHBLA CITT, May 19.—The ex
citement still keeps up over the Crouch
murders. This moining chief of Police
McCleary made an information for mur
der against the negro West before Mayo.
Houston. A hearing will be had at 1 p
M., on Monduy. This morning the detec
tives went to Bcntleysville to summon
more witnesses. They also took West's
shoes aloDg to try them in the footprints
found near the house. A Mrs. Jones at
Bentleysville says she saw a negro re
sembling West going in the direction of
the house on the day of the murder.
Dwelling Uoutie Burned.
GHEENSBCRG, May 19 —The dwelling
house of Saul onyder in Mt. Pleasant
township, vogether with most of the con
tents, was entirely destroyed by fire this
morning : cause, a defective flew, Loss,
$2,000 ; insured for $1,200.
KIKE BKICK FOK PAVING STREETS.
The Cit.v Engineer unit rbe Mayor Speak on
the Subject.
On Friday evening an important mat
ter, was brought to the attention of the
Common Council, which owing to the
crowded condition of our columns, was
omitted from our report, it having been
merely read and ret' rrcd to the proper
committee without an\ action being taken
upon it.
The matter was introduced by the
Clerk's reading this message from the
Mayor.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, • lty of Johnstowu.i
May 18. 1890.!
To the Councils of lice City of Johnstown.
In response to your resolution relative to the
price of paving brick for street pat ,ng, I have
to reply that the cost or brick win be about
eighteen dollars per thousand, i believe the
bilck can he had In time for paving this summer
I am informed that It will take sixty brick to
the yard. I enclose herew Ith the calculation of
the City Engineer or the number of square yards
la the distance to be paved on the proposed route
of the street railway now being laid.
W. HORACE KOSK.
The communicatiou referred to from
the City Engineer, which explains itself is
as follows.
OFFICS OF THE CITY ENOINEKK. I
JOHNSTOWN. May 18, 1890 (
W. //. Hose, Mayor of Johnslotcn.
DEAR SIR : in accordance with resolution of
Council, I have measured and calculated cer
tain street areas between curb line and street
crossings, between curbs, and Inside of step
ping stones, and alley crossings from curb to
property Unes, beginning on Morris street, ten
feet south of the line of the upper side of the
Poplar Htreet bridge, thence along Morris street
to the Franklin stret bridge, thence along Frank
llnstreet from the bridge to Main street, thence
along Main street to Walnut street, thence
along Walnut street to Lincoln bridge, thence
along Iron street, from the Lincoln bridge, to
the south side of the second arch (east end), ot
the P. R. R. c'o.'s stone bridge, thence along
Broad street from the Brood street bridge to
thee. I. Co.'s railroad crossing, near the city
line, as follows:
SQUARE VARUS.
; CITY. STREET
CAR CO.
street Alley
croßs-cross Grand
street lngs. tngs. Total. Total.
I.orris St.—. 3,884 188 511] 4,393 4,885 9,178
Franklin st. 1,889 no n l.tuo l.is# 3 CTM
Main St 3,091 83 -,-i 3,849 8.869 6,518
Walnut St... 911 46 31 1.181 1,173 8 193
Iron 5t..... 1,669 46 113 1.788 3,081 4,759
Broad 5t.. —.14,088 860 .... 14,880 7.801 88,687
Totals.. 85,736 683 758 87,117 80,896 47,413
If the conemaugu Ktver and Iron street would
be widened and changed as per the proposed
plan, the area of street from Lincoln bridge to
the stone bridge would be ror the city 3,549
square yards, and for the Street Railway com
pany 8.998 square yards, changing the whole
total 1,786 square yards. Respectfully sub
mitted. JOHN DOWNEY, city Engineer.
It will be seen ibat ihe streets mention
ed in the engineer's paper are those oyer
which the street railway is to be laid; and
as the street ear company Js obliged to
pave and keep in repair the space between
its tracks and eighteen inches outside of
the rails, it is important that the material
be decided upon at once.
The amount of brick required, accord
ing to the above estimate is 2,844 780,
which at the priec staled—slß per thous
and—would cost $67,200.04. Ot this the
city's share would cost $29,286.36, and
the street car company's share $21,919.68.
This, however, does not include the cost
of laying the brick.
■A ♦ ♦
DEATH (IF COM It ACTDK II . A. WINTER
Sudden and Unexpected End ola Use lit I
Eife.
On Wednesday evening, at 10:20 o'clock,
Mr M. A. Wuster, of this cily, died after
a brief illness at Berlin, Somerset county,
where he had gone on Friday last to put a
slate roof on the Lutheran Church in tnat
place.
Mr. Wuster was born and brought up in
Allentown, this State. He was a slater by
occupation, and contracted extensively in
that business. Many > ears ago lie came
to Johnstown, and at the rebuilding of
the Cambria Iron Works, after the fire of
1873, Mr. Wuster had the contiact for
slating the new roofs. He continued to
be employed about Johnstown until 1876,
when he went to Baltimore. After that
he speut time in Cuba and in the Southern
States. About two years ago he located
in Blairsville and remtiitu d there until the
■Johnstown fiood, after which lie nettled
here, following the sluiiug business.
On Friday last, as stated above, he went
to Berlin. On Saturday lie was taken ill
with a congestive chill and grew steadily
worse until dealli resulted. He lay at
Sbaffet's hotel during his illness. >lr.
Jas. J. Milligau, of this eitv, who was
summoned by telegraph, arrived too late
to find his frieud alive. The son of the
deceased also arrived after his father's
death. The remains were brought to this
city over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
on the afternoon train yesterday, accom
panied by the sou, and were forwarded to
Allentown on the Philadelphia Express
last evening, where interment will be
made by the side of the wife of the de
ceased. The deceased is survived by one
child, James B. Wuster, who follows his
fatucr's business in Baltimore.
Mr. Wuster was a Mason, and was very
far up in the order, haying taken the
thirty-second degree. He belonged to the
Ninth Commandery of Baltimore. He
bore a conspicuous part at the dedication
of the Masonic Temple at Philadelphia in
1876. He vas also a member in good
standing of the Odd Fellows of Dayton,
Ohio. The funeral will be in accordance
with the Masonic rites at Allentown.
Ordination and t-'onfirmation at St. Murk's
on Friday, May 30th.
Bishop Whitehead, of the Episcopal
Church, will visit St. Mark's on Friday,
the 30th inst. instead of Sunday the 18lh,
as heretofore announced. On that day
Mr. Chas. Suavely will be ordained to the
ministry and confirmation will be admin
istered.
In America every man has a right to his
own opinion, but nobody who has an
opinion seems to recognize that right ex
cept as to himself.
WEDDED IN WASHINGTON.
Ml** Margaret Blaine'* Marriage to Mr.
llumroich-The Ceremony Performed
In a Bower ot Flowers—A Trip to Ger
many Soon.
WASHINGTON, May 17.— Mr. Walter
Damrosch and Miss Margaret Isabella
Blaine were married yesterday in the his.
torical mansion on Lafayette Square now
occupied by Secretary of State Blaine, the
bride's father. The whole house pre
sented a gala appearance. Every window
was thrown open to admit the air and
funst Ine. Every chair, couch, and divan
in the parlors had been covered with
white dimity, flowered in broad stripes
of rosea, while everywhere there was a
profusion of flowers.
The long parlor extending across the
entire front of the second floor, where
the ceremony was performed, looked like
a veritable bower. The mantel at the
north end, where the Iride and groom
stood, was transformed into a wall of
waving green, as the maideu's hair ferns
were massed from the floor to the ceiling.
Above the mantel, which was laden with
a profusion of old fashioned gold color
Scotch roses, the oval mirror set in the
wall WES wreathed in marguerites. At
each side were tall v isesof pink and gold
Dresden china filled with long stemmed
American Beauty roses, which extended
high above the beads of the guests. At
the opposite end of the apartment the
mantel was also banked with ferns and
Baroness Rothschild roses, while every
where were vases of gladioli, pick and
white peonies, syringa, snowballs, bridal
wreaths, and clusters of columbine.
The smaller parlor was decorated with
cut flowers and potted plants on the man
tel and in the corners. The teception
room on the first floor, where the guests
were shown before ascending to the par
lor above, was decorated with palms of
all descriptions.
The guests were received by Mrs.
Blaiue, who wore a handsome gown of
heliotrope satin, striped in black. The
square neck of the bodice was filled in
with illusion. Mrs. Hale assisted the
hostess. At 1 o'clock the Rev. Dr. Doug,
lass, of St. John's Church, in which the
bride was confirmed a few weeks ago, en
tered the parlor, ami Mendelsshou's Wed
ding March sounded from the piano,
placed in an alcove at the south end of the
room.
A moment later ami the bride descended
from ber room, leaning on the arm of her
father. The groom, attended by Ins best
man, Mr. Frank Roosevelt, of New Vork,
met ber and led ber at once to where Dr.
Douglass stood waiting. The space re
served for the wedding party was marked
off by a broad white ribbon stretched from
the library doorway to the opposite side of
the room. Within this inclosurc stood
President and Mrs. Harrison, Vice Presi
dent and Mrs. Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Kee, Senator and Mrs. Hale, Gen. Sher
man, Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie, Mrs. and the
Misses Damrosch, Secretary and Mrs.
Hlaine, Mr. and Mrs. Einmons Blaine, Miss
Hattic Blaiue, James G. Blaine. Jr., and
the two little Coppiuger boys.
The bride's gown, which was made in
New Voi k, was of white moussseline de
soie, cut slightly V-shapc in front and
edged with broad double ruffles of the
same. The front . f the skirt fell in soft
folds, bordered at Hie bottom with ap
plique embroidery of the same in deep
points. At the back the draperies formed
a long train, over which fell the wedding
veil of tulle, which was fastened with an
aigretta of diamonds. The groom's gift,
a necklace of solitaries, was not worn
A bouquet ot li'lies ot the valley was car
ried, the groom and his best man wearing
favors of the same Mowers.
After the ceremony the white ribbon
was removed and Ibe guests pressed for
ward to offer their congratulations, after
which they descended to the dining room
where the wedding breaafast was set,
with the bride's cake surrounded with
roses and lilies of the valley, as a center
piece. The bridi went Hirough the cus
tomury ceremony . t cutting the cake, :uid
the s ice containing the ring (ell to o„e of
her most intimate trieuds, Miss Macomb,
lees were served in the form of frmts and
flowers and birds. Small tables were set
ia the receD'ion room across the hall.
Champagne and punch were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Damrosch left here on the
afternoon train for Baltimore, where they
will remain until Thursday in the house
loaned them by Mr. and Mrs. Emmons
Blaine. Oil tbut day ti ey will sail for
Germany, and will remain abroad until
September. When the bride descended
the stairway in a haudsome gray travel
ing dress she was followed to the carriage
with a shower of rice, a multitude of last
messages, and much fluttering of hand
kerchief
Two Young Fiend*.
MANCHESTER, N. 11., May 19. Ludie
Dauielson, aged 12, and Alex. Anderson,
aged 17, were arrested last night on com
plaint of the mother of Charles B. Howe,
a delicate 10-year-old lad, charging them
with acts rivaling those perpetrated by
Jesse Pomeroy.
It is alleged that the boys took Howe
into an outhouse, stuck pins into nearly
every part of his anatomy, poured boil
ing water upon him, burned his face
with powder, and, after vainly endeavor
ing to push him into the vault, left him
insensible, and be was afterward found
unconscious.
Fatally Injured by the Cars.
GKEBNSBUKG, PA., May 19.— Yesterday
while Leonard Firic, car inspector at
Derry, was at bis work of inspection be
was struck by a passing freight train and
fatally injured. His skull was crushed
He is a middle aged man and married.
BIG HANDS AT DRAW POKER
seuator FartToU'ii Four Acea Rumen by Seu
a,or Cameron 1 * .Straight Diamond Fluah
WASHINGTON, May 18.—A quiet little
game of poker was played in this city
Friday night by six distinguished gentle
men, each of whom is well known as au
expert- The result of the game adds an
interesting incident to the history of poker
playing, and was a subject of much gos
sip in the Senate cloak room and other
genteel resorts today. There was nothi
ing particularly remarkable about this
game except the fact that two of the play
ers were pitted against each other, and
each bell one of the strongest hands ever
turned up in poker.
The party met in one of the well-known
up-town hotels, and the players were Sen
ators Quay and Cameron, of Pennsylvi.nia,
Fat well, of Illinois, the Hon. Dave Littler!
of Springfield, ex-Pacific Kailroad Com.
missioner, and ex-Senator Sewall, of New
Jersey. It was a ten-dollar limit game,
and there had been three raises before the
draw, when all the players went out ex
cept Senators Cameron and Farwell. Mr.
Cameron stood pat, and Mr. Farwell drew
two catds. Then the fun began.
The gentlemen WHO had withdiawn saw
that there was a fight ahead, and eagerly
scanned the faces of the two rivals. The
sympathy of the party was largely with
Mr. Cameron, for the reason that Mr. Far
well is reputed to be one of the best poker
players in the United States, and the very
best in Washington. During the past few
months he has come off victorious in a
majority of the games he has played. His
victims iuc'uded several of the gentlemen
in Fiiday night's party, and they were
rather anxious to see Mr. Cameron get
satisfaction. They were not disappointed.
When Mr. Farwell saw Mr. Cameron
stand pat he at once concluded that he
was bluffing, and he sturted in to catch
him. It was Mr. Cameron's bet, and he
went to the limit. Mr. Farwell saw him
aDd Don bet him again. Each saw that
the other meant business then, and they
settled down to work in earnest. Mr.
Cameron continued to bet, and Mr. Far
well continued to raise him until the pro
cess had been repeated by each of them
ten times. Then Mr. Farwell became
compassionate, and dropping his cants,
said :
Bee here, Don, I don't want to carry
this thing any further. I have a hand
here that is simply invincible, and it's
foolish for you to buck against it. I
dou t want to bet further on a sure thing.
Remember, I drew two cards."
Then the players all looked eagerly to
Mr. Cameron to see what he would do.
Don has great nerve and told Mr. Farwell
to go ahead and play his hand for all it
was worth, but Mr. Farwell would dot
take advantage of his colleague, and with
the remark that he did not like to rob a
man. he said, 11 1 call you," and carelessly
threw on the lable four aces.
The gentlemen of the party who had
been in.suspcnse all this time drew a sigh
of relief, and turned sympalhiving'.y to
Mr. Cameron. Don did not need their
sympathy, however, for he quietly spread
out before the astonished "gaze of Mr.
Farwell a straight diamond fiush, seven
spot high. Mr. Farwidl's only remark
was: " Well, I'll be damned! " and Mr.
Cameron drew in the pot, which con
tained a little inore than three hundred
dollars. Every gentleman present ex
pressed the utmost surprise when they
witnessed these two remarkable hands,
and each of them said that in his long ex
perience as a poker player he had never
seen two such hands pitted against each
other. Ihe same opinion was expressed
by all of the Washington poker placers
who gossiped about th's noted game
during the day.
THIUTV-FOCR KILI.FI>
By a I'owilt-r Explosion in the City of
Havana. Cuba—Over One II umlreil Per
sons Injured.
HAVANA, May 19. —At 11 o'clock Satur
day night a liic brtke out in Ysasis' hard
ware store. In a short Dime the Unmet
reached a barrel of powder in the building
and a terrific explosion followed. The
whole structure was blown to pieces and
twenty-two persons were killed. Among
the dead are Secures Musset Zensoviecb,
Oscar Conill, Francesco Ordonez, and the
Venezuelan consul, Senor Francesco
Silvo, who happened to be in front of the
building at the time of the explosion. In
addition to tin' killed, over one hundred
persons are injured.
The explosion caused the wildest ex
citement throughout tlie city, and thou
sands flocked to the scene of the disaster.
The Governor Genera!, the Civil Gov
ernor, and all the principal authorities of
the city were promptly on the ground and
did everything in their power to aid
injured and calm tne grief-stricken
tives of the victims. Several houses .{l'd-*
jacent to the wrecked building were dam
aged bp tha explosion.
Ysasi, the proprietor of the wrecked
hardware store, has been arrested. It is
feared there are several more victims in
the ruins. Over the theaters and the
chamber of commerce and many other
buildings flags are hanging at half mast.
Everything are signs of mourning. Up
to the present time the number of dead is
thirty-four.
The Time Extended for l'uying the Special
Licenne Tax.
Thursday last was the day upon which
the time for paying the special license tax
expired by the terms of the ordinance, but
one week more will be given owing to the
shortness of the time after the enactment
of the ordinance. The time will, there
fore, terminate on Thursday next, the
22d, after which anyone not having his
license paid, whose business comes,
within the terms of the ordinance,"will
be liable to a fine.