JAY GOULD'S INSTATE.
THE MILLIONAIRE DIVIDED IT BE
TWEEN HIS SIX CHILDREN*.
If Any of the Children Marry "Without
the Consent of a Majority of the Other**
the Offending Child Mast hose Half of
llis or Her Estate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The following ab
stract of the will and codicils of the late Jay
Gould was given out by Judge Dillon, the
counsel for the executors, who stated that
it was full and complete, and also that it
had not yet beeu determined when or where
the will would be presented for probate:
First—The specific legacies. There is
given to his sister, Mrs. Northrop, and her
daughters the three lots of ground in Cam
den, N. J., on which his sister lives. There
is also a specific bequest to Mrs. Northrop
of $25,000, and the furl her sum of $2,000 to
be paid to her annually during her life in
equal quarterly payments. To his sisters,
Mrs. Anna G. Hough and Mrs. Elizabeth
Palen, and to his brother, Abraham Gould,
there is given the sum of $25,000 each, and
also the further sum of $2,000 annually dur
ing their lives, payable in quarterly pay
ments.
To his daughter Helen M. Gould he
gives in fee simple absolute the house in
which he lived, 570 Fifth avenue, and all of
the furniture, hooks, paintings, statuary,
silverplate and household contents therein.
To his son Edwin he gives in fee simple
absolute the house 1 East Forty-seventh
street, with all the furniture and house
hold contents therein. To bis daughter
Helen he made a specific bequest of his por
trait painted by Harkomer.
He also gives to his daughter Helen, until
his youngest child shall arrive at age, the
use of his residence at Irvington, common
ly called Lyndhurst (free of taxes), and of
all of the furniture, hooks, paintings and
household contents therein, and also the
sum of |O,(KM) per month, stating that t hi
was done in the expectation that his minor
children, Anna and Frank J., as well as his
Bon Howard, will, during the period above
provided for, make their home with his
daughter Helen.
Young Jay Gould's 8500,000. j
To his namesake and grandson, Jay j
Gould, pon of George J. Gould, he gives the
sum of 1500,000, to be held in trust for the j
said grandson by George J. Gould, with
authority to apply the same to the support j
and education of said grandson, and to pay
one-fourth of the same to him at the age of
twenty-five, one-fourth at the age of thirty
and the remaining half at thirty-five, with
power to pay the same at earlier periods in
the discretion of his father. To his son
George J. Gould he makes a bequest sub- j
stantially in the following words:
My beloved son, George J. Gould, having de
veloped a remarkable business ability and h.i -
ing for twelve years devoted himself entir
to my business, and during the past live ye i
taken entire charge of all my difficult inter oats,
I hereby tlx the value of his services at 95,tMJfi,-
000, payable as follows: Five hundred thousand
dollars in cash, less the amount advanced by
mo for the purchase of a house for him <n Fifth
avenue, New York city; $500,OOi) in Missouri ;
Pacific 0 per cent, mortgage bonds; 8500,000 in ]
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Kail- I
way company consolidated 5 per cent, bonds:
$600,000 in Missouri Pacific railway trust 6 per
cent, bonds; 10,000 shares of Manhattan railway
stock; 10,000 shares of Western Union stock and
10,(XX) shares of Missouri Pacific stock—-all to be
taken and treated as worth par.
He appoints as executors and trustees of
his will his sons George J. Gould, Edwin
Gould and Howard Gould, and his daugh
ter Helen M. Gould.
Devised in Trust.
All the rest of his estate is devised and
bequeathed to the said executors and trus- j
tees in trust—first to divide the same into
six equivalent parts or shares, and to hold j
and invest one of such shares lor each of '
his said children—George J. Gould, Edwin
Gould, Howard Gould, Frank .1. Gould,
Helen M. Gould and Anna Gould—with
authority to collect and receive, pay and
apply the income thereof to each child for
life, with power to each to dispose of the j
same by will in favor of issue, and in case
of death without issue the share of the !
one so dying to go to the surviving brothers
and sisters and to the issue of any deceased
child, share and share alike, per stirpes und
not per capita.
He directs that these trusts shall be kept
separate aud distinct and that the ac
counts thereof shall be separately kept;
that no deductions shall be made by rea
son of any gifts or advancements hereto
fore made to or for any one of his children.
In the codicil of Nov. 21, 181)2, lie says:
Tho bettor to protect and conserve the values
of my properties, it is my desire, and I so direct
and provide, that the shares of any railway or
othor incorporated companies at any time held
by my executors and trustees or my said trus
tecs shall always lie voted by thorn or by their
proxies at all corporato meetings as an unit,
aud in case my said executors anil trustees or
my said trustees do not concur as to how such
stock shall bo voted, then, in view of the fact
that my son George J. Gould has for years
bad the management of my said properties and
is familiar with them and with other like prop- 1
erties, I direct aud provide that in such event j
his judgment shall control, and ho is hereby au
thorized and empowered to vote the said shares
in person or by proxy in such manner as his
judgment shall dictate.
There is the usual provision in the will
that the property of his daughters is for j
their sole and separate use, free froui any >
estate or control of their husbands, ami
prohibiting all dispositions or charges by |
any of the legatees byway of anticipation
or otherwise. There is a provision that if
any of his children shall marry without
the consent of a majority of the executors
and trustees, then the share allotted to
such child shall be reduced one-half, and
the other half of such share shall be trans
ferred to such persons as under the laws of
the state of New York would take the same
if the testator had died intestate.
Gould Left 87^,000,000.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.— The will of the late
Jay Gould was filed for probate in Surro
gate Hansom's court. The value of the es
tate was stated by Judge Dillon to be in |
round figures $72,000,000. As the great, 1
bulk of it passes directly to his children it
will be subject to an inheritance tax of only
1 per cent., but even at this rate the city
will net $720,000 of probate duty.
George Gould for President.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.— George Gould has
oeen elected president of the Manhattan
"L" road to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Jay Gould.
Exhaustion and Exposure Killed ller.
HARTFORD, Dec. 14.— Coroner Taintor
decided that Florence Smith, who was found
dead in the meadows at East Hartford, was
killed by exhaustion and exposure.
••Fat Jack" In Dead.
AMSTERDAM, N. Y., Dec. 14.— John Sel
by, better known as "Fat Jack" Selby, is
dead. lie weighed 305 pounds.
AID FOR HOMESTEAD'S STRIKERS.
The Federation of Labor Will Furnish
SI,OOO Toward Their Defense.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.—At the conven
| tion of the Federation of Labor the report
l of a committee recommending that sl,noi)
! be appropriated from the funds of the
i federation for the defense of the accused
employees of the Carnegie works now
awaiting trial came up. Several delegates
opposed the appropriation on the ground
that the amount could he used to the bet
ter advantage of Homestead people if con
tributed for some other purposes, but the
; report was adopted.
Ex-President Wei he, of the Amalga
mated Association of Iron and Steel Work
ers, said that the association would make
every effort in defense of its accused mem
bers.
A proposition to contribute • > addi
i tional for the nonunion men who struck in
1 sympathy with the Home t< ad members of
j the Amalgamated association roused a
lively tight. Several sp< nk< rs said the first
duty of the Amalgamated association was
; to these supporters and that every cent for
their relief should he contributed through
j the hands of the Amalgamated officials.
A motion to postpone was defeated by a
vote of I,ONu to IM(, ami the SSOO appropria
tion passed. Another appropriation of $5<K)
was granted for the defense of the Co ur
d'Alene miners, and • .VN> more to the Ten
| nessee miners' defense, despite protests t hat
the treasury could not stand these repeal'-1
j demands. PresidentGompers and oil> i
! contended that a wrong course had been
| pursued in undertaking to make donations
for which there was no financial provision.
| WORLD'S FAIR GOSSIP.
Fro|iOH-(I Internal fount itimt liacc Be
tween Grrut College Crews.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—One of the most in
teresting possibilities of the World's fair
year is a boat race for the championship of
the world between the winning crew of the
Oxford-Cambridge boat race and the win
i ning crew of the Harvard-Yale race. It i
proposed that this race take place in Chi
! cago or near it, and already the two great
j American colleges have had considerable
correspondence with the English universi
ties. The matter has been brought to the
attention of Chicago men in the way of an
I inquiry as to what sort of a course may be
had in Chicago.
A. G. Spalding says, "The event would,
in my opinion, prove to be the greatest
| athletic event ever held anywhere in the
j world."
New York Militia at the Fair.
! ALBANY, Dec. 14.—Adjutant General
J Porter denies that he will request the legis
! lature to furnish $500,000 for the transpoi
j tntion of the national guard to Chicago
during the World's fair. Governor Flower,
when asked if he was in favor of spending
$500,000 for sending the guard to Chicago,
said that he had not heard of the matter.
Considering Sunday Opening.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The World's fair
committee of tlie house is considering
Chairman Durburow's resolution provid
ing for the opening of the World's fair on
Sunday. Mr. Durburow says the resolu
| tion has been approved almost in its en
j tirety by the World's fair management.
j To Continue the Fair Another Year.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—World's fair directors
i and others contemplate continuing the fail
for another year after November next. Six
! months is rather a short time for the life
of the splendid palaces that have been
erected at Jackson park, they think.
Another Frenrh Crisis.
PARIS, Dec. 14. —France is again wildly
excited and another cabinet crisis Juts been
j precipitated. President Carnofc lias ac
j cepted the resignation of M. Rouvier, min
i ister of finance, and appointed M. Tirard,
the monetary commissioner, to succeed
him. The exposure of the connection of M.
Rouvier, minister of linance, with the Pan
ama scandal will render necessary a re
construction of the v-ihinet. M. Constant*
i is, it is said, also implicated.
Ballot Box Stufli-i-H Examined.
TRENTON, Dec. 14.—A committee of the
court of pardons met at the state prison and
j examined the thirty-two ballot box st utters
confined there. It was found that only one
had been previously convicted of any crime,
i The court will meet next Tuesday and will
I then name a day when the cases will be
disposed of.
(lodilaul Whip** Mahor.
NEW YORK, Dec. u.—-It only took Joe
Goddard, the Australian pugilist, about
ten minutes to knock out Pi i er Maker, the
so called Irish champion, at the Coney I
land Athletic club. A stiff punch in the
third round ended Mailer's participation in
the contest. There was very little betting.
Trainmen Charged with Manslaughter.
WATERUITRY, Conn., Dec. 14. —Engineer
Thompson and Conductor Ellison, whose
i disobedience of train orders caused tlie
| wreck at Southbury, in which Engineer
Beebe and Fireman Curry were killed, were
bound over to the superior court in bomL
of SI,OOO for manslaughter.
Slier ill' Phillips Dead.
JERSEY CITY. Dec. 14.—Sheriff John J.
Phillips, of Hudson county, died here of
blood poisoning. His death may he taken
advantage of by Lawyer Pcshall to obtain
a, stay for the condemned murderer Hal
linger, who is sentenced to be hanged on
j the 22d.
Captain Jennie Elopes.
ELIZABETH, N. J., Dec. 14.- Mrs. Anson
Berger, formerly Captain Jennie Wilson,
the Salvation Army girl, is reported t--
have eloped with Rufus Shatter, a good
looking hoarder in her house at 210 Divi
sion street.
The Coo ley Gang May C!o Free.
UNIONTOW v . Pa., Dec. 14.- The cases
against Lute Coolev and his family for re
ceiving stolen goods were taken up here.
As there are flaws in i he seven indictments
it is expected that the cases will all he
quashed.
Timber Thieves at Work.
I ALBANY, Dec. 14.—The Evening Journal
i attacks the state forest commission for not
j providing men conversant with the forests
i to protect the Adlrondacks and says 500
thieves are stealing timber.
Yale Will Knee Harvard.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 14 —Word has been
sent to the Boston Athletic club that Yale
will enter four men for a team race with
Harvard at the club's games Feb. 11.
A K d Hut for Archbishop Corrlgan.
1 HOME, Dec. 14.- Another consistory will
' be held in March, when, it is said,the pope
will given red hat to ArchbishopCorrigan,
of New York.
Strong Tor Chief Justice.
OTTAWA, Dec. 14 -Mr. Justice Strong
lias been appointed chief justice of the su
preme court of the Dominion.
I STRUGGLE FOR A CHILI).
HUSBAND AND WIFE GO TO LAW
OVER A BABY.
A Young Couple "Who Were Married In
llaste Two Years Ago After a Two
Weeks' Courtship Are Now Separated
liotli Well-known in Freehold.
! Two years and seven months ago, |
| says the lla/.letoli Stanihm! , George j
i l'etitt, of Highland, ami Miss Ellen
Paul, daughter of Charles Paul, of West
llazleton, were united in marriage at
Freeland after a courtship of only two
weeks. This marriage has resulted just
as similar ones have where the contract- 1
ing parties have hardly time enough to ;
learn each other's name, and now they j
are separated, and as far as can be learn
ed the fault lies with the husband.
Mrs. Petitt who is stopping at the resi
dence of her aunt, Mrs. Fetter, 14(>
South Church street, llazleton, related j
the following story to a N t<indard report- j
er on Monday evening.
"We were married just two yeas and
seven months ago at Freeland. We
went to housekeeping at Sandy Run,
where my husband was employed. Af
ter being married seven months we de
cided to adopt a little girl named Sadie
MeGill, who was then at the Laurytown
almshouse, and did so on the L'Oth of
June, 1$ ( J1. We
Lived Together Happily
for about one year. Then trouble began,
my husband became abusive and many
times I was afraid of my life. After
leading this kind of a life my husband
decided to go Wis', 1 to accompany him.
We decided to leave the child with my
sister, Mrs. Hugo, and did so for a few
days, when I made up my mind not to
accompany him and I again took the
child, caring for her during his absence.
"Thinking that his trip would change
liis manner of action toward me, but such
was not the case. When he returned
he seemed worse than ever."
The reporter then asked whether he
had any cause for such treatment. She
staled he had not; she had done
All That Laid in Her Power
to make Idm happy, being attentive to ,
household duties and attending to his
wants as well as any true women knew
how.
"I stood this sort of abuse until Mon
day I >ecember 5," she continued, "when
finding that we could no longer agree,
1 made up my mind to leave him, and
did so, taking with me my adopted
daughter, and came to this city where 1
found shelter with my aunt, Mrs. Fet
ter, with whom lam now stopping."
"What about Mr. Petitt taking away
the child," the reporter asked. "Well,"
says she, "On Saturday evening between
the hours of eight and nine o'clock Mr.
Petitt came to the house and asked my
aunt for the child. I had just stepped
out of the house to see Mrs. Brill, a
neighbor. My aunt remonsrated with
h m, stating that
Tho Girl Was Being Well Fared for
and always would, lie finally consent
ed to let her remain and left the house.
I had come hack in the mean time and
hardly entered the house when he
again made his appearance and demand
ed the child. 1 positively refused to
give her up, w hen he grabbed me by the
throat, choked me and threw me upon
the lloor jumping on me with both knees
and holding me there until my sister
.Mary picked up the child, who was in her
night cloths, and carried her out and
placed her in a carriage that was in wait
ing. As soon as he released his hold, I
| quickly jumped up and made for the
noor and wrested the child from my
sister and brought her back to the
house.
"This settled the matter until Sunday
morning when my other sister, Mrs.
1 Lugo, put in an appearance and
I)c in milled tlie Child.
| Mrs. Fetter refused and began to
! straighten up some things in the room,
w hen Mrs. Hugo grabbed the child and
ran off with her. She stated that she
was going to take the child to Lawyer j
Kline's office, but instead took it to
Highland."
Mrs. Fetter immediately repaired to,
Squire Laubach's office and secured a
warrant charging Mrs. Hugo with kid-,
napping. The warrant was placed in |
tin- hands of Constable Duser.
In the meantime, George Petitt was
arrested charged with assault and bat
tery committed upon his wife. He was I
given a hearing before Squire Laubach.
rim wile stated, that providing he would
leave her alone and pay cost of suit
She Would Not l'rOhCeute II im
further. This ho declined to saying he
would sooner leave it go to court. He
made an effort to secure bail, but upon I
finding that he could not secure any,
paid the costs.
Poor I )irector Monroe stated that in all
probability the poor directors would i
take the child hack to the poor house, j
unless the some settlement could he ar- j
rived at by which Mrs. Petitt could keep
the child, if she desired to do so.
Mrs. Petitt staled to Mr. Monroe that
the child had become attached to her
and she loved it and was perfectly will-•
ing to take and raise her as she agreed '
to do.
Nothing has since been heard of the
child, and it is stated that Mrs. Pettit
will commence suit for divorce in a short
time.
SlilnjrtcM Coming Around Cupe Horn.
An experiment of interest to the shin
g-( manufacturers will shortly he made
wis -A Crane, of Seattle. An ex
-1" nni< nt;il cargo of shingles is to he
h'l i • l by \ >-t 1 around Cape Horn to
Philadelphia, there to bo distributed to
dealers in the New England states.
\\ hile the cargo will be almost wholly
composed of r. d cedar shingles, some of
tlie best grades of lir, spruce and cedar
lumber will be sent. Messrs. Lewis &
Crane stated that if the shipment proved
successful other cargoes would bo sent
around the Horn to New York and
Philadelphia, making those cities tho
Atlantic coast distributing points for
Washington lumber and shingles.
There is a difference of opinion among
lumbermen as to whether a venture of
this kind will pay. Many believe that
freights, insurance and handling will
eat up the profits, others say tlie experi
ment, will pay handsomely. It' nothing
else is done than to establish a distribut
ing center in the far east for Washing
ton shingles, the benefit to be derived
from an eastern outlet will in time more
than make up for any loss.—Paget Sound
Lumberman.
FATHER CORRIGAN'S TRIAL.
The Quarrel with lllfthop Wigger Comes
to a Head at Newark.
NEWARK, X. J., Dec. i3.—The ecclesias
tical trial of Father I'at rick A. Corrigan,
who is charged by Dishop Wigger, of New
ark, with circulating false reports concern
ing himself and the German-American
Catholic congress which met recently in
that city, began in Mgr. Donne's residence.
This trial has at
/dPfer TTN tract ed great at
tit A tent ion on account
/ pan's determined
/ stand against Cu-
V*\ henslyism. The
py proceedings were
I/ x §* !> in fiecret - Vicar
\yr\ jy General Jolin J.
\ / O'Connor is the
i- w /V judge of the court;
;T the He v. I)r. Se
'•W hastian S. Smith,
jffl1 procurator of the
''{' diocese, is the pros
ecutor, and the
FATHER OOBBIOAN. Kev . Dr. Burtsell,
of Rondout, who defended Dr. McGlynn,
represents I)r. Corrigan.
Dr. Burtsell objected to the judge, saying
he was biased against the accused. l)r.
Smith asked Dr. Burtsell what he proposed
to do then. Dr. Burtsell replied: "You
know the law. We must select two per
sons who will act as referees in this ques
tion and decide whether or not Dr. O'Con
nor is to be the judge."
Dr. Burtsell selected Rev. Patrick F.
McSweoney, of St. Bridget's church, and
Dr. Smith chose Mgr. Doane. These two
will meet on Thursday and hear the argu
ment against Dr. O'Connor and then re
port to Bishop Wigger. If the two referees
cannot agree they may choose another
and then make a majority report.
To obviate all dillicully Dr. Smith sug
gested that the matter be tried before Mgr.
Sntolli. lie said Bishop Wigger was will
ing that this step be taken. Father Corri
gan said lie had requested this at first, but
Bishop Wigger would not consent. Now he
would not accept the bishop's suggestion.
PRESIDENT ANDERSON APOLOGIZES.
He Says That No Insult to Speaker Crisp
Was Intended.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—E. Ellery Ander
son, president of the Reform club, sent a
letter to Speaker Crisp explaining or apolo
gizing for the alleged insult to the speaker
at the Reform club dinner when he was
not asked to speak after he had prepared
an address and made it public. Mr.'An
derson said it was a personal letter, but
Mr. Crisp was at liberty to make it public
if he wanted to. Mr. Anderson admitted
that he had been informed on Saturday
afternoon by an irresponsible party that
Mr. Crisp had prepared a speech. "But,"
he added, "I paid no attention to it fur
ther than to ask Congressman Warner if
he had extended a verbal invitation to Mr.
Crisp to make a speech at the dinner. Ho
said he had not, and then I did not feel that
the club was responsible if Speaker Crisp
had gone ahead and prepared a spefech."
Mr. Anderson said that the Reform club
was trying to win men over to its views on
the tariff. lie had since read the speech of
Mr. Crisp and was glad to learn that the
latter's views were in accordance with
those entertained by the club. Mr. Ander
son declared that, if he had received any in
timation that Mr. Crisp wanted to speak
he would certainly have culled upon him.
Little Hope for Mrs. Maybrick.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—The British govern
mailt lias informed the United States lega
tion that no ground can be found for the
belief that Mrs.* May brick's condition is
critical or threatens to become so. In case
she becomes worse the government will
inform the legation immediately. There
is little hope of her release.
Boston Re-elects Mayor .Matthews.
BOSTON, Dec. 14.—This city declared foi
license by 1,300 majority. The Democrats
re-elected their mayor, Nathan Matthews,
•Jr., by between 13,000 to 14,000 majority
and secured a majority in each branch of
the city government.
Jenkins* Conduct Denounced.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—A committee of the
Chamber of Commerce denounces Health
Officer Jenkins' conduct during the cholera
scare and recommends federal control of
the office.
Two Miners Iturned.
GREENSBURO, Pa., Dec. 14. — William
Hunt and George Ralph, miners in the
Westmoreland mines, were terribly burned
by an explosion of gas.
Princeton Received 019,000.
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 14. —Princeton
received $12,000 from the Thanksgiving day
game, this being £2,000 less than was re
ceived last year.
Fasted Sixty-four Days.
JAMESBI RG, N. J., Dec. 14.—James Still,
fourteen years old, an inmate in the James*
burg reformatory, has fasted for sixty-four
days.
General Markets.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-COTTON-Spot lots
s toady; middling uplands, 9%(\ Futures steady;
December, 9.44; January, 9.40; February, 9.G0;
March, 0.71: April, 9.81: May, 9.91.
FLOUR—Fine, $1,70® 1.90; superfine, sl.Bo®
$2; city mill extras, $4.1%4.25 for West
Indies.
WHEAT—Opened weak, at per cent, de
cline, but subsequently recovered the decline
and at noon was 46<*- higher; receipts, 153,45(1
bushels; shipments, 49,053 bushels: No. U rod
winter. 7746®~9c. cash: December. 7746 c.; Janu
ary, 779£ c.; March,Bo44c.
CORN—Opened tiriu at %r. advanced and
continued firm at the advance until noon;
receipts, 40,000 bushels; ■ shipments, 00,50(1
bushels: No. 2 mixed. 58c, cash; Decombor,
Dlbjc.; January. 51% c.; May, 53c.
OATS—Opened dull, but firm, at 46c. advance |
At noon the market was steady at the im- j
provement: receipts, 31,500 bushels; shipments,
437; No. 2 mixed, 3(W4c. cash; December, 8696 c.;
January, 8796 c.; May. 39% c.
RYE Dull but unchanged; western, 54(&58c.
BARLEY- Dull at previous prices.
MOLASSES—In fair demand at 88®35c.
SUGAR Refined modoratoly active; cut loaf
and crushed, 5.31®5.3646c.; granulated, extra
fine. 4.81K4.85C.; cubes, 4.81®4.H5c.; mold A,
4.94K4.5T5c.
COFFEE Spot lots steady with prices eaiser;
No. 7 Rio, 1046 c.
RICE In fair demand, and steady, domestic
Japan, 446—5.
LARD- Quiet and easier; December, $0.00;
January. §9.95: March, $0.50.
BUTTER Weak, with an excessive supply;
creamery state, tubs, fall made, best, 27®28c.;
western separator extras, 80®3U46c.
CHEESE -Firm, with more demand; state,
factory, full cream, fall made, fancy white,
ITOUIc.
EGGS—DuII and easy; state, fresh gathered,
choice: 20c.; western, northerly fresh selec
tions, 88c.
TURPENTINES—DuII, but steady, at 31®
3146 c.
ROSlN—Quiet; straiued to good, §1.2746®
1.3146-
PETROLEUM Dull, with prices steady.
TALLOW—Firm, but dull; prime city quotod
At 6c.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE
WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The Development* of Knelt Day During
the Week Caught Fresh from the llusy
Wires ami Carefully Edited and Con
densed for Our Keuders.
Thursday, Dec. 8.
The Masonic home trustees have elected
Past Grand Master Jesse B. Anthony, of
Troy, N. Y., superintendent of the home
and school at Utica, N. Y.
Wilson G. Hunt, the wealthy capitalist,
died at New York.
Fred Leslie, the English comedian, is
dead.
When the steamship City of New York
returns from her trip to England, she will
fly the stars and stripes.
Gail Hamilton has received a telegram
from Mrs. Maybrick's mother saying that
her daughter is dangerously ill in Wok
ing prison, England.
Charles Rogers Moulton, of Seattle,
Wash., killed Mrs. M. S. Story because she
refused to marry him and then committed
suicide.
Mrs. Adam Spies, a prominent society
woman of Wellsburg, 0., is accused of
murdering her nine-year-old adopted
daughter, Lena.
William Mount, a groceryman, of West
Red Bunk, N. J., died there from the effects
of an overdose of laudanum.
Friday, Dec. 9.
"Dr." Hale, a quack doctor from Phila
delphia, was sentenced to eighteen mouths'
imprisonment in London for obtaining
money from patients under false pretenses.
It is said Archbishop Walsh will bo made
a cardinal.
Workmen are drilling for gas at Penn
Yann, N. Y.
Henry B. White, of Kansas City, Kan.,
ha*S bought 1,000 acres near that town, on
which he proposes to colonize the negroes
of the city.
T. F. Lyons, the recanting Romish priest,
who was on trial at Cheyenne, Wy., for
murdering a policeman iu a riot, was ac
quitted.
Robert Warfleld and Lige Allen, both
colored, fought a duel with bowie knives on
horseback near Navasota, Tex., and both
will probably die.
Volney B. Cushing, of Bangor, Me., Pro
hibitionist candidate for governor in 1888,
has been missing since Tuesday. He was
last seen at Clark's tavern, Boston.
The lawyers who secured Mrs. Florence
Blythe-Hiuckley an inheritance of $4,000,-
000 will divide $1,000,000.
Saturday, Deo. 10.
Count Paul von Langen, who is impli
cated in the Ahlwardt case, attempted to
commit suicide by throwing himself into
the Spree canal. He was rescued.
Dennis McCarty, Stephen Hite, Grant
Thomas and Nelson Lewis, murderers,
were hanged in Louisville, Ky.
It is claimed that a diamond field has
been discovered on the south bank of Snake
river, east of Walter's Ferry, Ida.
Mr. and Mrs. Philander Trowbridge, who
were married by Grover Cleveland's father,
celebrated their golden wedding in Decatur,
Mich.
A brave girl with a lantern saved a South
ern Pacific train from plunging forty-five
feet to the bottom of a rocky canyon at
Grant's Pass. Or.
■ Major General Drosgowsky, chief judge
| of a military court at Tashkend inquiring
I into irregularities committed by Russian
officials in Asiatic Russia, bus been mys
teriously murdered.
New Mexico cattlemen are suffering in
tensely from drought.
Monday, Dor. 12.
Rev. William Pitman Corbit, aged sev
enty-four, died in Brooklyn. He had been
in the ministry over fifty-three years.
The board of directors of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad decided
to increase the capital stock $15,000,(MX),
which will be used for the completion of
four tracks between New York and New
Haven on the New York division.
Jack McAuliffe and Billy Myer boxed
six rounds at the Second regiment armory,
Chicago. McAuliffe showed his superi
ority in every round and had his antago
nist at his mercy.
Josephine Mallison, the murderess or
John Hobbs, was sentenced at Philadelphia
to twelve years in the Eastern penitentiary.
Mrs. Frank White and Mr. Foxhall
Keene were married in Grace church, New
York.
Brakeman Frank Gorcman, who caused
the wreck on the New York and New Eng
land road near Providence, has been let
off with a dismissal. Gorman's excuse was
that he was sleepy from overwork.
Tu *day, Dec. 13.
' The store of John I). Boyle & Sons at
Dunmore, Pa., was destroyed by fire, and
John Maxwell was burned to death.
James Geromo and Angelo Dominicallo,
Italians, of Northampton, Conn., were
horribly slashed by knives in a free fight
yesterday.
Pueblo, Colo., is in arms expecting an at
tack on the town by Buck McGouegal and
his gang of outlaws.
Mrs. Maybrick is gaining strength.
Count Julius Audrassy has been ap
pointed minister of the interior in Hun
gary.
The body of a woman, mutilated like the
Whitechapel victims, has been found at
Goerlitz.
The story that Martin Burke, the Cro
nin suspect, is not dead, but alive and out
of prison, is denied in Chicago.
Pat McGarry, secretary of the Cronin as
sociation, says the instigator of l)r. Cronin's
murder and one who helped take the body
to the lake shore are walking the streets of
Chicago.
The Pittsburg wholesale liquor dealers
have combined against the Whisky trust
and will probably sturt a new distillery.
We (In end ay, Dee. 14.
The London county council has declined
to accept Mr. Elwell's /the American
sculptor) statue of Charles Dickens on the
ground that the novelist had expressed a
desire to have no such monument erected
to him.
A fire originating in the office of Senator
elect Terhune at Matawan, N. J., spread
to other buildings, causing s2s,ooodamage.
Peter Barleson, an aged hermit, who had
saved about SSOO by fishing near his hut at
Dias creek, near Camden, was robbed of it
a few nights ago.
Frank Luppa, of Bingliamton, is said to
have given money to his wife to aid her in
eloping with Adam Blatz.
The United States Pipe line has gained
its point in its controversy with the New
York, Lake Erie and Western railroad re
garding the crossing of its tracks at
Mitchell's creek, New York.
The Ropes gold mine, of Ishpeming,
Mich., has closed down. Over $400,000 in
assessments has been sunk in it.
Jos. Neuhurger's
BARGAIN EMPORIUM
Is the leading place in the
region. Here you can secure
the greatest value for your
money. We are offering during
this month some of the greatest
bargains ever heretofore heard
of. We have now
AN EXTRA LARGE ASSORTMENT 6F
CAMBRIC, UNION, LINEN AND SILK '
HandkeroiiiefS
In plain-bordered, hand
stiched and embroidered edges,
for the holiday trade. An un
usual large stock of
TXrm.'brella.s,
Clxenile Covers,
Cvr-u.filers and
ITsuricsr Slippers,
As well as many other fancy
articles too numerous to men- . -V
tion. all of which make very
pretty ar.d desirable Christmas
presents, If you have not yet
dressed yourself for the winter
we can tit you up in
Anything You May Desire
In the Clothing Line,
Whether it be a nobby pair
of trousers, a line suit or an
overcoat We can show you
the largest assortment in town
and can quote you prices oh
wliice we defy competition.
OUR DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT IS OVERLOADED
And by calling early you '
will have the opportunity of
securing some big bargains.
Our ladies', misses' and chil
dren's cloak stock must be sold
and.therefore we are giving big
valiies for the money we realize
on them. If you want any
SHOES, BOOTS OR RUBBER GOODS
Of any description we have
a very large variety of them and
our prices are very low, which
we will convince you of if you
give us a call; at the cheapest
store in the region, which is
JOS. IsTEUBUBG-ER'S, ,
in the
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa.
Ift Aft
FOR
> f 1
or m c
And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot ho suipasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Guns, Ammunition and
Sporting Goods.
B\RKBECK'S, ♦
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, I