The Democrat. PKIDAY. JUNEB. 19m). THE nomination of Mr. Delamater upon the Republican , ticket for Governor may be regarded as equivalent to a fixed fact. Quay once wiote to General Beaver, then a candidate for Governor: " Dear Beaver, don't talk." Matthew 8. seems to be taking that adviae to himself just an*. There was a time, thirty or forty years ago, when mesmerism, so called, was de nounced by scientific men as mere char latanism and unworthy of serious attention. Of late, however, under the new name of hypnotism, it is again attracting much attention, and is receiving the careful in vestigation of the men of science, Poui hundred medical men recently attended an exhibition of this kind in Londou. The remarkable influence of one mind over another, it is believed, will be a great aid to medicine, and especially surgery, supplanting the use of amesthetics. The McKinley tariff bill was passed by the House of Representatives recently by a vote of 162 to 142. It was very nearly a strict party vote, but the Demo sratic side made no special effort to get out their full vote. The general nature of this bill is well known, but so many changes were made in it by amendment that its final form will be a matter of un certainty until the full text is printed. What course the bill will take in the Senate is still a subject of conjecture only, but it is believed that the details of the bill will be so greatly changed that its own framers will hardly recognize it. 8o scant time was allowed in the House for discussion and amendment of the bill in detail—scores of amendments pi oposed being not even voted on—that there will be a great pressure on the part of those whose business inteiests are affected for a hearing iu the Stnate in committe or through senatorial representatives. The rules of the Senate will allow a full and candid consideration of the bill, clause by clause, and this it will no doubt receive. BASK BALL'S DECLINE. Philadelphia Nortl American. What's the matter with base ball this year? That's the question which people who have a professional or financial inler. e3t in the subject are anxiously asking each other, and to which they seem unable to give a satisfactory answer. Something's wrong. The puolic is not crushing to see the game as it did for two or three seasons past, and with more clu's in the field to divide the profits, there are ■fewer profits to divide, anil lot auy bright prospect for improvement in the near future. What's the cause of this? Vari ous explanations have been offered, among which the most plausible is the suggestion that the multiplication of clubs has fatally diluted the interest in the result of the play. No doubt that does dargely account for the prevailing indiffer ence ; but another important element, and perhaps the most important, is the mobil ty of the public taste. All kinds of entertainments have their periods cf pop ularity, and of all in turns the people in time grow tired. It is so very notably with literature and the stage. The kind of book which every one was reading ten years ago is as much out of date as yes terday's newspaper, and rests neglected on the shelves. The play which used to crowd the theatre will be acted to-day to empty benches. The opera which was once received with rapture is presently voted a bore. So it goes. Everything has its turn and nothing lasts a great while, and if base ball, like the rest, should have its inning and then lapse into the melancholy condition of a back num ber, why need we he surprised? ONE YEAH AGO, To-day is the first anniversary of the great flood. The day will be observed by our people in a quiet way. It brings up many sad memories to thousands of peo ple even outside of the Conemaugh Val ley. To those of us who were in the terrible disaster and shared in the trying times that followed, the feelings on the anniversary, like those after the flood, are overwhelming. We can find no ex pression for them. The many incidents that have occurred since that fearful calamity we have chron icled from day to day; the building up of the waste places, and the general progress that has been made to restore Johnstown have been noted. The remains of our former citizens are still being found and are carefully being taken to places of rest. Time, that great est healer of our sorrows, is giving to our people their old time look and energy, and our city is recovering from the great dis aster. Our people have confidence and courage, and Johnstown will be built up better and greater than it was before the fatal day one year ago when our loved ones were swept away. Gould they have been spared th town might have been swept away and still the catastrophe would l ave been beyond comprehension. But the four thousand of our people— the veteran soldier, the wife, the mother, the son, the daughter, the babe, no condi tion or age being spared—have left a vacant place that in the lifetime of the survivors will never be filled. Though the city should become greater and stronger than it ever was—and no doubt it will—it will, to those who knew it be fore, never he the Johnstown it used to be. But with hope and good cheer our people are at work again, and, so far as the ma'erial part of the city is concerned, all visible traces of the flood will be oblit. erated before many anniversaries go by. THE JURY VISITS JOHNSTOWN. The Juror* In the Case of Tarbell Vs. the PennsylTiniß Company Come to luapect the Scene ol the Disaster. The case of Farney 8. Tarbell against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was put on trial before Judge White in the Pittsburgh Court of Common Pleas No. 2 yesterday morning. 'llie plaintiff lost bis wife and three childreu in the Johnstown flood. They were passengers in the ill-starred Day Ex_ press, aud Mr. Tarbell, who claims that the Company was warned several times of the approach of the flood, but neverthe less negligently allowed the train to stand in a perilous position, as 1150,000 dam ages. By agreement of Marshall & Imbrie, counsel for tne plaintfff, and Hampton, Scott & Goidon, counsel lor the railroad company, the jurors were brought to Johnstown yesterday afternoon on a spe cial train. The case will last over a week, each side will probably have at least one hundred witnesses, and it is thought that after a personal inspection of the scene of the disaster the jurors would be enabled to get a much clearer comprehension of the testimony. They were cautioned by Judge White agaiust speaking of the case to any person whatever during the trip. They left Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon on a special train over the Penn sylvania Road, and returned in the even ing. They were in charge of Court Crier Soffel, ind were accompanied by members of the counsel for both sides, in addition to the Clerk of Jthe Court, Harry Arm strong. The members of the party were Andrew Fisher, foteman; James N. Clapcy, James Foley, Jonas Key, A. O. Lauffman, Charles Mehan, James Pick ersgill, James F. Smith, Fred Sbultis> W.J. Soyder, John Trimble, and James Wood. The case is a test our, and upon its conclusion are hanging numerous actions of a like nature. Gen. Fremont's Old Age. Philadelphia Telegraph's Washington Letter. I called on Gen. John C. Fremont the other evening and had a pleasant talk of half an hour or more. When I entered the drawing-room I saw a white haired man seated in au easy chair in the recess of the window. In the twilight, he looked like a man advanced in years and leeble_ At the announcement of a visitor he arose, and as he advanced to the middle of the room lie might have passed for a man of forty-five. Of rather slender build, above medium height, his white hair parted high and combed back from his forehead and temples, whiskers just parted at the chin and not of heavy growth, with a complexion not blotched with the finger prints of time, he is a remarkably hand some man, and his gentle manners and musical voice suggests the courtier, wlii)c there is an expression on his face which shows a stronger character. In spite of his snow-white hair and whiskers the General still has a youthful freshness of complexion, a clear bright eye. and the easy grace of manner and movement that is usual only in youth and full vigor of manhood. He looks ten or fifteen years younger than he is. Peculiar Suicide. John Gciger, aged thirty five years, hanged himself on Saturday night in the orchard of his employer, Alphonse Roll inger, about two miles from the Allegheny City line. Geiger was a farm hand and gardener. He lias been harmlessly insane on the subject of religion for severa' years, and those who knew him well were accustomed to hear him saying he could hear the angels calling him. Mi. Rollinger arose about 5 o'clock Sunday morning and found that Geiger bad not occupied bis bed. Geigcr's coat, bat, and vest were lying in a wagon, and upon going out to the orchard he saw Geiger appar. ently leaning against an apple tree. When lie got closer Mr. Rollinger was horrified to see that Geiger was dead. He had taken a leather belt which he wore about his waist and passed, it around tlie trunk of the tree, about five feet from the ground, and around his neck at the same time. Then he had drawn the strap tight and buckled it, after which he simply bent his knees, throwing his whole, weight on the strap at his throat, and strangled himself. Kissei* by .Hail Detroit Free press. The young postmaster of an eastern village was hard at work in iiis office when a gentle tap was heard upon the door and in stepped a blushing maiden of sixteen with a money order which she do -1 sired cashed. She handed it, with a bashful smile, to the official, who, after closely examining it, gave her the money it called for. At the same time he asked her if she had read what was written on the margin of the order. '•No, I have not," sjic replied, "fori cannot make it out. Will you please read it for me ? " The young postmaster read as follows : " I send you $3 and a dozen kisses." Glancing at the bashful girl he said: " Now, I have paid you the money aud I suppose you want the kisses?" " Yes," she said, "if he has sent me any kisses I want them, too." •Still on Beck. The report originated thiough one of the Ebensburg papers that Col. John 8. Miller, proprietor of the Blair House, had sold out. Now Col. Miller comes out in the Neu w and says it isn't true and that the patrons of that house will find him in charge as usual and ready to make them comfortable. Steady employment, on salary, is offered in another column, by E. C. Peirson & Co., Waterloo, N. Y. '4t FELL DOWN STAIR*. Dentil of n Man In the Ninth Ward Sun_ (lay from {that C'auie—Souse Form Of I'aralyMs Probably Led to It. A sad accident took place on Devlin street, in the Ninth ward, yesterday about noon, resulting in the iealh of Mr. John Nather. The particulirs are about as follows: About 11 o'clock in the forenoon Mr. Nather went up-stairs for the purpose of taking a rest upon his ted. At noon Mrs. Nather, having dinnet prepared, called him to come down. A few minutes later she opened the stair ibor to see whether he was coming. She saw him at the head of the stairs acting in a very pecu liar manner, evidently making great eifort to keep on his feet. Before she could move he fell and lanced by her at the foot of the stairs. She tried to assist him up, hut found that life was extinct. All efforts at resuscitat on were in vain. Mr. Nather was a rative of Austria, having been born in that country, near the Prussian border, June 17, 1827. He was therefore almost sixty-tiree years of age. He came to this country, bringing with him his family in October, 1880. He haß lived in Johnstown ever since. He was first employed at the blast furnace, later at the wire mill. The list three years he worked at the Gautier Works. Many years ago, before coming to this country, he had something like & paralytic stroke, from which he was some time in recover ing. It is thought he was seized by a econd attack yesterday. The deceased is survived by his wife and four children—cne son aud three daughters. The children arc all mar ried. The funeral will take place to morrow morning. A requiem mass will be cele brated in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, after which the remains will be interred in Sandy vale. At the Wrong House. Chicago Tribune. "1 beg your pardon," he Slid, "as a woman came to the door in answer to his knock. "I am lookiDg for a man with n harelip and a wooden leg named John son—" "Is it his wooden leg that is named Johnson, or are his harelip and wooden leg both named Johnson ? " she demand ed. " I didn't mean, of course, that his wooden leg was named Johnson, I—" •' Then what did you say so for?" " Permit me to explain, madam. I was only—" " I haven't asked you for any explana tion, have I ? " " Certainly not. My object in trying to find out—" " Have I asked you to state why you are trying to find out anything ?" "Of course not, madam, but being a stranger in the neighborhood—" " Do you mean that I am a stranger?" "No, certainly not. I—l -good morn ing, madam." He paused a moment when safely out side the front gate to mop the perspira tion from his face, and then started on down the street. "H I ever tackle a red-headed woman with a boil on her nose for infor mation again," he said to himself, " may I be e-sentially dog-goncd." A POLICEMAN HELD On a CliHrf-e ut Aggravated Assault anil Mattery. PITTSBURGH, June 2.— Police Oflicer John Adley was arrested this morning on a warrant issued from Alderman McMas ter's office. The charge against him is aggravated assault and battery, preferred by an old gentleman named George W. Mashey. In his information Mashey alleges that on May 28th the a"cused beat, choked, and struck him and placed him under arrest without cause. Officer Adley was held for a hearing Wednesday at 3 P. M. starvation Canes In London. LONDON, June 2.—The frequent in stances of starvation in London have at length compelled the slow attention of the Government and an official inquiry is being made for the benefit of Parliament into 90tne cases of recent occurrence. One of these was that of Agnes Nicholls a young married woman with a child, who was arraigned for the theft of a table ! cloth, a blanket and two towels from a 1 furnished room in which she lived with her husband. It appeared that she had ! been without food for four days at the j time of the theft and she pawned the goods for three shillings to get food for herself and babe. The magistrate found her guilty, and discharged her on her ] promise to appear again if called upon. I Tilt- "Carrolltmvn News" Changes Hands i Editor Crecry, of theCarrolltown Nem, ! lias sold that paper, and in last week's | issue prints his valedictory. Tne paper ! lias been purchased by Mr, T. W. Letts, j formerly proprietor of the Saturday Sen ! tihtl, l'enfield, Pa., who will assume I charge at once. - Narrow Encape*. j WIST NKWTON, Pa., June 2.— An excit | ing runaway occurred here Saturday even | ing. James Secrist, his son Willie, and a j young son of Rev. Ashee Pere were in ago | cart out Church street, when their horse became frightened and dashed down ] the street at a terrible speed. Mr. Secrist • was thrown out of the cart backwards, re ceiving several 9)iglit injuries; but the boys held to the cart until the horse was stopped in front of Dick's bank. How they kept in the cart is remarkable. Every spoke of one wheel was broken close to the hub, and the cart was other wise broken by being dashed against buildings, lamp-posts, etc. Subscribe for the DRMOF.AT. OXE YEAR AFTER. HOW JOHNSTOWN KEMKM It EKED THE VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD. The Observance* by the Various Churches and Other Organizations—The Solemn Scene in Grand View—Evidences of Mourning. Saturday morning found many of the buildings in Johnstown draped in mourn ing. No one here needed to be told why. Everybody was thinking of the day a year bfefore. Among the buildings most con spicuously displaying the emblems of n ourning were Swank Hardware Com pauy's building, Eiutraclit Hall, Fritz House, John Emmerling's House, James Bros.' Hotel, Louis Wehn's building, Young's jewelry store, Mrs. Emil Young's new building, and perhaps a few others. At St. John's. St. Joseph's and St. Columba's Catholic Churches, large num bers of the members were present at the services in the morning. A high mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's this morning, at St. Mary's Church Father Trautwein will celebrate mass this morn ing and the congregation will go to the cemeteiy were there will be further eere monies. At Hansman's Hall on Bedford street, now used as Ihe German Lutheran Church a large congregation assembled at 10:30 on Saturday to participate in the memorial exercises. The pastor, Rev. Paul Glas gow, officiated. Soon after noon hundreds of people be gan to wend their way to Grand View. The stream continued until 3 o'clock. Carriages aid buggies almost without number lined the way up the long as cent. When once there the scene was solemn and impressive. The flower-bedecked graves, besides marking the resting places of Hood victims, told the tale of the kind hands and warm hearts that had cared for them. Though gone, the dead were not forgotten. On some green plots were "Father," "Mother." or both, with per haps several fresh mounds between them. Near by you might see " Husband," "Wife," "Mary." or some other name, telling the story of the disaster a year ago. The afternoon was delightful. The May sun streaming through the straggling clouds and over the mounds strewn with flowers and the great plot of the " un known," set with the eight hundred white headmarks, together with the vast assem blage of people, produced au effect of wh'ch no adequate description could be given. The world certainly has never be fore witnessed the like. At 3 o'clock the procession, beaded by the Mineral City Band, arrived in the cemetery and marched to the south side of the "unknown" plot. The Seventh Ward Band brought up the rear and inarched to the north side of the plot. Both rentleie' 1 appropriate music. The exercises were begun by a prayer by Rev. W. 11. Batis, of the Reformed Church. Dr. Beale tt en delivered his address in sharp, clear tones that could be heard to a grei I distance in the im mense thru tig. He refern <1 biiilly to Ihe flood, but spoke mote at length on the great work done after the disaster and ot the work yet to In; done, lie ntged the people to have hope ami tirni resolution. The subject of the number <>f the lost was discussed, the Doctor putting the number at about 3,000. Dr. Chapman then spoke. 11 is remarks touched briefly on the flo id, the various scenes that followed, a- d of the world's great charity that came to our relief, as well as the chanty of the various church and other organizations that gave the helping band to their members. Rev. Father Talianey was the last speaker. lie spoke briefly of how so many had such narrow escapes anil of how the people were dazed. lie refeired to his meeting Mr. A. J. Moxham on Adam street the next morning when the latter suggested the organization which afterward did so much good woik. He concluded with a prayer, reciting the Lord's Prayer and prrtnouncing the bene dictioD. Dr. Beale then suggested that as the very moment at which they had been speaking was the hour, a year ago, when their friends were struggling in the tor rent, those present give themselves a few moments, to silent prayer. With a tew remarks the ceremonies were over. The great crowd then begau to make its way city-ward. It is thought that be tween 3,000 and 4,000 people were in the cemetery during the afternoon. On Saturday evening appropriate me. morial exercises were held by the Mystic Chain in the Luther Church, Rev. Con nors, of the Christian Chuacli officiating. estcrday forenoon at 10:30 the Knights of Pythias attended in a body the First M. E. Church, where to them and the large audience Dr. Chapman delivered an appropriate sermon. At the evening services yesterday Rev. M. L. Weaver, of the Trinity Evangelical Church, delivered a Memorial sermon to a large congregation. The Memorial services of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Ladies' Auxiliary, were held, as an nounced, in the First Lutheran Church, Franklin street, yesterday afternoon at 8:40 o'clock. Twelve hundred people Were present, while many were turned away for want of seating room. Some of the other churches also held Memorial services, and yesterday to the minus of many of the people, were re curring the recollections of the scenes a year ago. And thus, with our people, ended the fir9t and begun the second year after the great Johnstown flood. DECIDED CP IN MAINE. Supreme Court Unanimous on Original Packages. A LO I' STA, ME., June I.—The justices of the Supreme Court rendered a decision yesterday in the Burns original package case. In the Court below the ruling at the trial was against Burns and his ex. ceptions to the rulings are sustained. The decision is in accordance with the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States Court, the cases here and the cases in lowa being precisely alike. The Court says it is boimd by the decisions of the United States ourt on such constitu tional questions. The opinion, drawn by Chief Justice Peters and concurred in by all the other judges sitting, says : " The undisputed evidence in this case shows that the liquors which the State claims to confiscate as being in the pos session of the respondent Burns for un. lawful sale were imported by him, were Lis property, were iu the original and un broken packages and in the same condi tion as when impoited, and at the date of the seizure he had them in his possession with the intent to sell the same only in such original and unbroken packi.gcs and in the same condition as when imported, anil had established himself in business in Augusta for that purpose. But the case oi Gus Leisy et al. vs. Hardin, just decided by the Snpreme Court of the United States, on full consideration seems to settle the question and to require us, as we are bound on such questions bylaw as determined by that court, to reverse the rulings below and sustain the law according to the respondent's contention. "The opinion of a minority of the judges sitting in the case appears to be very elaborate and exhaustive of the question involved and may commend itself to many as con'aining the better conclusion. Our obedience is due, how ever, to the judgment which prevails, not that our statute is unconstitutional, for it prohibits only the 'unlawful sale' of intox icating liquors, but that its interpretations must be constitutional." Veterans ol' the Civil War. As a part of the census of the people to be taken during the month of June special provisions has been made by Congress for ascertaining the names of surviving sol diers, sailors and marines who were mustered into the service of the United States during the war of the rebellion, and of the widows of soldiers, sailors and marines who have died. Iu connection with this special census of veterans the organization or vessel in which they served, the term of service in each case, and present residence will be taken by the census enumeartors. In the case of wid ows, information regarding the service of their deceased hut-baud is also required. The importance of accurate statements concerning the military record of eacli putticipunt ill the late war should not be underestimated. It should I e the duty, moreover, of evi ry veteran soldier or suilor to *ce that the enumerator is placed in possession of the necessary in. foimation conci ri.iug his own service- It lie en iol he al home when the enu merator calls In- should leave a pioper memorandum in He h nils of his wife or in In r member of the hoii-ehoH, so ihat the woil. i i the iciisiis may not he The Board Organized Lait Niht—Mr# P. Connelly, of the Fourteenth Ward * Elected President, and Mr. David J. JoncN, of the Flmt Ward, Elected Secre tary. The Board of School Controllers of the City of Johnstown was organized last evening in the room on Franklin street, occupied for a number of years as the office of the Superintendent of the Schools of Johnstown. Following are the names of the Controllers: Wds. Ofiiiinrni*. Wits. RrpubUcaiui. 111. 1,. 1). Woodruff. l. J). .1. Jones. VII. Jolin Von Alt, 11. T. E. Morgan. IX. John Carroll. IV. John Penary. X. Michael Murray, V. Fred Krebs. XI. Karl stahl. vi. Geo. Melllnger. XII. David Barry. VIII. H. F. Horner. XIV. p. Connelly. XIII. James Thomas. XV. fb 11. Bridges, xvt. phll. McKernan. Democrats, 'J. Kepubllcans, r. In the Third ward a contest was raised. L. D. Woodruff presented a certificate of election, signed by the election officers of that ward, and Dr. J. J. Frouheiser pr