BOSTON'S GREAT FIRE About Twelve Acres of' Te rritory Burned Over. BOSTON*, May 18.—Some small Roxbury 1 boys set themselves up as rivals to Mrs. j O'Leary's cow on the Boston baseball grounds yesterday afternoon and a result ; the city was visited by the biggest fire since Thanksgiving Day 1892, and a contlagra- ' tion covering a greater area than any since the memorable one of 1872. While the j financial loss is not a circumstance to tb' t of either of the above mentioned tires, ywt in less than three hours some twelve acres of territory were burned over. The base ball grand stand and bleachers, a large school house, and engine house, 164 wooden buildings and 13 brick buildings were burned and some 1.000 families rendered homeless. The loss is conservatively e.sti- ' mated at from $300,000 to *500,000, although j one authority puts it at $1,000,000. Indications are that the fire was caused by carelessness and mischief and became j beyond control through stupidity. There could not have been a better place | to begin a blaze. The seats in the centre i field had been torn down since last season and the only 25 cent seats left were those j occupying a triangular position in the ex treme right field. When these seats were | completed there were left a great many I shavings and loose pieces of wood. As it < had not rained for some days, this spot fur- , nislied excellent ammunition for a lire. The boys set the fire and getting scared ran away, and thus the flames got a good start. An officer was told about the blaze and tried to pull away some boards, but those , gave the flame the start it needed to make ; a conflagration. Then it took a long time to ring in the alarm and to turn on the water, so that it seemed all of 20 minutes between the first appearunce of smoke and applying the first stream of water. The second series of games between the Bostons and Baitlmores had begun before 5,500 spectators. But two and a half in nings hud been played and the Baltimore.-* were to take their turn at the hat in the last part of the third inning, when the con- j test was interrupted by flames, which could be seen rising from the right-fieid bleachers. The occupants of the bleachers feeling! the warmth under them jumped from their j seats iii wild amazement and tried to ex- j tiuguish the flumes by tearing the rubbish and scattering it as lest they could, but the blaze refused to be extinguished and gathered headway with a persistency I which surprised thom, and in a few mo- \ nients was exciting more interest than the nutionul game. After five or ten minutes of unavailing work someone suggested culling the fire department. The first alarm was rung in at 4:17 P. M. l'his was followed by a second, third and a fourth at 4:45. The department was slow in getting to work, and before anyone seemed to realize •.he dunger the flames were beyond control, (t fact, it was at first considered a joke. The spectators began to get impatient .hut such a little 'flame should stop play, iinl impatieutly cried: "Play ball, play anil." With the rapidity of a prairie fire the dames rushed along. The ball players ran out toward the scene, DUt it was not long before they were forced aack. The flames had gained terrific head way and the spectacle, though awful, was nost beautiful. After having thoroughly found its way nto the 25 cent seats the flames attacked .he house outside the grounds on the east iide and crawled along the fence. All this ;iine there was nothing done to protect the iue grand stand. Not a line of hose was leen, not a drop of water to avert the . threatened danger. Everybody was indig nant that nothing was done to protect the tpleiidid structure. The heat was so intense that the specta ors who had been driven into the left field corner began to make their way out of the grounds through a hole in the center field fence. Those who managed to get a view jutside of the fence saw a magnificent sight is t lie massive towers tottered and fell. Fifteeen minutes after the lire was dis covered the houses in the rear of the ball grounds were attacked, and within an hour the whole fence on the right-field side, all the seats on the bleuohcrs, the grand stuiul and the ticket office, with all wooden structures contiguous, had been destroyed. The fire had also burned through to Tremont street and then pro ceeding southerly had taken all the wooden dwellings on Burke, Coventry and Berlin streets within its grasp. Having practically consumed everything on the right hand side of Tremont street it leaped across to the other side of that < thoroughfare and then proceeded with a swoop in the direction of Koxbury cross ing. The northerly boundary of the fire was Benton street ami its lateral bound aries were Cabot street on one side and the Providence railroad buyoml the ball grounds on the other. At 6 o'clock it had reached as far as Wulpolo and Stirling streets, and was burning as if not a drop of water had been put on it. The district was full of wooden houses and the indications then wero that but few of those this side of Haggles street would le left standing. The sparks from the fire were flying all over the uorthly part of Koxbury, setting lire in many different localities adding to the terror and confusion which had been al ready engineered by the blaze from thecen- , tral fire. At least fifty houses in the im- i mediate vicinity of Walpole and Tremont I streets had blazing roofs. The occupants climbed from the skylights with buckets of water to the roofs, but no sooner had they subdued a fire on one part than they discovered one in some other locality, and finally seeing that their efforts wero fruit less they gave up and left their home tt the fate of the oncoming flames. When the houses on Berlin street back of tho ball grounds began to go before the flames the scenes here beggared descrip tion. Children were crying for their moth ers and mothers wailing for their offspring, and it was greatly feared that some of the youngsters were lost in the flames. A number of women fell on the street from sheer exhaustion and had to be car ried into the various houses in the vicinity and physicians summoned. The streets were full of carts carrying off furniture and confusion reigned Mipreine. The work of the department was com plicated by the fact that half a dozen fire alarms were rung in from different parts of tho city while the ball grounds fire was raging. Before 0 o'clock help had been summoned from all cities and towns within u radius of 10 miles of Boston and at 6:15 the first out-of-town apparatus arrived. Boon afterwards control oi the Art I secured and the call was rescinded. | A few minutes past 6 o'clock a woman i was seen coming from a house on Cabot street with hor clothes all on fire. She made a frantic rush from the st reet toward the ropes when patrolmen caught her in their arms, rolled her in the street and thereby saved her life. A number of persons were more or less Injured while the Are raged and there were j numerous narrow escapes. Several firemen i were removed to hospitals suffering from injuries more or less severe. At a special meeting of the board of al i dermen, called by the mayor, it was voted to request the trustees of the Johnstown j i flood fund tb expend, through the over- I seers of the poor, the balance remaining in I ! \ their hands for the relief of the sufferers by , 5 ! the conflagration. Naturally questions WHS rife as to where the Bostons will go for the present. The i only ball ground accessible is that on Con gross street occupied by the Players' League and Association clubs in 1890 and 1891. The j grounds need retouching, but the grand j stand is in fairly good condition. The game will bo played there to-day. IGNORANCE IN THE NAVY. How a Stupid Officer Seriously In* Jured the Monterey. WASHINGTON, May 16.—Among the seri ous charges that Secretary Herbert is in vestigating on the coast defence ship Mon terey at San Francisco is one relating tothe virtual ruining of the hydraulic turrets which contain the big 12-inch rifles of that ship's battery. It is understood that on the recent sea cruise of the ship during the j practice firing of the guns, it was thought by the officer in charge that the hydraulic mechanism for taking up the recoil needed modification. This apparatus consists oi a perforated plunger working in a heavy cylinder through which water is forced. 1 The machinists of the ship were ordered to take out the plungers and reduce their di ameter "between a quarter and a half inch." i This sweeping instruction was followed, a quarter of an inch being removed, and the plungers were replaced. When the guns were fired again the water naturally rushed past the plungers with very little resistance, and every pipe and joint con nected with the apparatus burst, flooding the turrets and necessitating repairs which will consume several weeks. It was con- I sidered remarkable that the turret and gun mounting was not totally demolished by the recoil of the monster weapon. Ord nance officers in Washington declare that the apparatus was probably all right at the j outset and not more than one-thirty-second of an inch should have been removed in any event. TROUBLE AVERTED. No Danger of a Renewal of flic Great Northern Strike. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 16. —The Great Northern trouble which threatened to lead to another Htrike all along the line was set tled without the intervention of the execu tive committee of the American Railway union which was scheduled to meet here. The trouble consisted of a difference be tween the men and President Hill over the construction of some of the terms of the decision of the board of arbitration which settled the great strike a few days ago. Be ing called upon for an interpretation of its decision, the arbitrators announced a con st ruction which practically gives the men all they contend for. It is that all the men who were out shall be taken back into the company's employ; that the men under ar ; rest shall be kept at work until proven ; guilty of having destroyed property of the i company and that no new men shall be em ployed by the company so long as there are old employes to take the places. Further more, Engineer Best, over whose discharge the difficulty arose, is to be taken back. As President llill it is ln-lieved cannot con sistently refuse to abide by the decision of the Arbitrators to whom he referred the matter, it seems certain that the entire trouble is now at, an end. Lilliun'w Last Disappointment. NEW YOIIK, May 16. —The Herald announ ces, on the authority of Miss Lillian Rus sell, the actress, that her marriage to Signor Perugini, her leading man, has proved a failure, and that they are now living apart. There has been an estrange- , ment, it is said, almost since their wed- j ding day, some four months ugo, owing to j incompatibility of temperament, and a number of quarrels have occurred. Last the company was playing in Phlla delphio, nud a falling-out of more than ! usual violence took place, which resulted in the separation. Miss Russell is now living at their home in this city, while Perugini has taken apartments at a hotel. They are still playing together nightly in Brooklyn, but are not on speaking terms off the stage. It is said Miss Russell will begin divorce proceedings soon. Emphutic Denials. NEW YORK, May 16. Ex-Secretary I William C. Whitney was asked if there was any foundation for the story that the sugar trust made a contribution of $500,000 to the democratic national campaign fund in 1893. "There is no truth in the story," said Whitney, "Neither from the sugar trust nor from any individual representing or acting for the sugar trust did the national democratic committee or the democratic campaign fund receive Any con tribution whatever—not one cent." H. O. Havemeyer when called upon for a state ment regarding the story, dismissed the subject emphatically. "It Is a pure fabri cation from beginning to end," he said. Carnot To Set an Example. PARIS, May 10. —The Matin prints an in terview with an intimate friend of Presi dent Carnot, whose name for obvious rea sons is not given, in which the gentleman interviewed is quoted us saying that he is authorized to state that M. Carnot will positively not seek re-election. The presi dent. the gentleman says, regards it us his duty to set an example of avoiding uiulig j nified intrigue for a renewal of power. ArcMjights Dangerous. 7J HARTFORD, Conn., May 10.—The Hart- 1 ford Board of Fire Underwriters has voted j I that., from and after Junel, 1894, in all es tablishments where arc lights are used an i additional rate of 50 centson every thousand ! dollars shall be collected on all new and ex 1 isting policies for the non-use of spark ar resters satisfactory to the board. Miss Willttrcl Rides a Wheel. LONDON, May 16. —Miss Frances Willard, president of the Women's Christian Tem perance union in the United States, is the guest of Lady Somerset at her country house. Mies Willard practices bicycling daily, and has become greatly benefited physically thereby. C'ebron Awarded tho Race. DENVER, May 16.—-In the race between Uncle Jack and C'ebron at Overland for SS,(XX) a side the race was awarded to Cebrou, Uncle Jack uot running. A row over the stakes caused the trouble. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. MONTPELIER, Vt., May 12.—The demo cratic state committee voted to hold the j state convention in Burlington on June 28 BATON ROUGE, La.. May 16.—The gen eral assembly elected Senator Don t affery for the long term as I'nited States senator, j beginning March 5, 189.). ! HI-KFALO, May 14. —Lieutenant Governoi Slieehan was shown the despatch from A1 bany stating that he intended retiring from politics and asked if it was true. Mr Sheehan admitted that the despatch wa> correct. AMSTERDAM, N. Y., May 10.—Alfred Peck, a well known republican politician, of Mohawk Valley, is dead at Minaville. He was 60 years of age. lie was prominent in Masonic circles. BALTIMORE, May 11. —Ex-State Treas , urer Stevenson Archer has just been par < doned out of the state penitentiary. He ! had been confined there since July, 1890, under a five-year sentence for robbing the j state treasury of $133,000. PARIS, May 11. —The announcement is ; made that M. Ernest I'arnot. son of Presi dent Carnot, has been betrothed to Mile. Marguerite Chiris, daughter of M. Chiris, member of the French senate for the de partment of the Maritime Alps. CHICAGO, May 16.—The board of niana gers of the Union League club voted to ex pel Col. Breckinridge from the roll of lion- j orary membership of the club. There were > eight members present at the meeting and no member voted against dropping the 1 Kentucky politician from the honorary roll. ALBANY, May 15.—Gov. Flower ha*! vetoed Senator Person's bill repealing the j provision of the law passed last year which I gives the state superintendent of public works authority to allow corporations tc j operate electrical conductors along the ; lines of the state canals for the propulsion of canal boats. BERLIN, May 11.—Nine editors have just been sentenced for having libelled the i police in commenting on their conduct l at the Friedrichshaiu brewery Jan 18. j Most of the offending editors are social | democrats. Three were sent to prison foi several months each and the rest were fined 150 to 300 marks each. WASHINGTON, May 14.—The secretary oi j the navy will make no more appointments , of naval cadets who reside outside the dis tricts to which they were credited. That was the sense of an amendment to the naval apropriation bill, which received a 1 majority of the votes cast upon it, after a debate t hat lasted several hours, j NEW YORK, May 11.—Mr. Richard Croker tendered his resignation as chair man of the finance committee of Tam ' many Hall, which position takes with it that of leader, to the meet lug of the ex ecutive committee yesterday afternoon. ' The resignation was accepted by a vote of 1 51 to 1. The negative vote being .lolm J. ! Scannell. WASHINGTON, May 16. The state de partment received a telegram from Minis ter Baker announcing that the Nicaragua!) government had given satisfactory assur j unccH of prompt compliance with the per i emptory demands of the United States in i relation to the punishment of the murderer of Mr. Wilson, the American who was killed at Puma, in March. NEW YORK, May 14.—Justice Barrett of the supreme court signed the order ad ; judging actor Henry E. Dixie guilty of 1 contempt of court, and directing his com i 111 it inent to jail because of his refusal to I pay his wife the alimony that was awarded her by the court several years ago in her suit for divorce from him. She says there is now alimony due her to the amount of $950. NEW YORK, May 14.—Papers were re ceived in the district attorney's office and sent on by order of Governor McKinley, of Ohio, and signed by Governor Flower, of 1 New York, for the arrest of Dr. Meyer on a charge of poisoning a servant girl in Toledo, Ohio. In the event of Meyer's ac quittal here for the murder of Brandt, ho will be sent to Ohio to be tried on the other charge. QuiNCY, 111., May 11.—Alderman Thad. Rogers, proprietor of the St. James hotel, has extended the hospitalities of his house i to General Kelly, and sent him an order j for 1,000 loaves of bread and 1,000 pounds lof meat when they reach Quincy. Kelly's j real name is McDennis. His mother lived ' here, and when she married Kelly, a sec ! ond hushancl, the son took the new name. I He was formerly a Quiucy printer. BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 14.—For the third time in the history of the Brooklyn Taber nacle it has been destroyed by lire. Shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday, while Dr. Tal mage was shaking hands with a few of his congregation, smoke was seen issuing from the organ and soon afterward the whole edifice was in flames. The taberna was totally destroyed together with the Hotel Regent. Loss, about $1,200,000. TRENTON, N. J.. May 10.—Gov. Werts lias nominated Wilson H. Jenkins for prosecutor of Camden county. Lawrence T. Fell was renominated for inspector of factories and workshops and Joseph 11. Gaskill was nominated for law judge of Burlington county court. The governor has vetoed the repealer of the act under which the census of the school children of the state is now taken. WASHINGTON, May 15. John Y. McKane, the Gavesend, L. 1., politican, now in Sing Sing under sentence of the New York courts, has been baffled in his efforts to secure release on a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Harlan, in the supreme court of the United States, announced the unani mously decision of that court affirming the judgment of Judge Laconibe, in refusing t<> issue a writ against Warden Durston, of Sing Sing. NEW YORK, May 15.—A policeman sta tioned at Van Cortland park shortly before noon Sunday found the dead body of a man swinging to one of the topmost branches of a huge oak tree. It proved to be the body of a well dressed, fine featured man, apparently about 60 years of age. From papers found in bis pockets it is believed to have been the remains of Prof. Anton Staini, one of the editorial compilers of the Encyclopedia Britannica. No motive is assigned for the act. WASHINGTON, May 12.—Among the rep resentatives of foreign governments iu Washington none are more interested in the proposed amendments to the tarill hill laid before the senate by Mr. Jones than the German ambassador. That official early sent a special messenger to the ea|- ltol for a copy of the amendments and it is quite certain that before night the Ger man foreign office was familiar with the text of the sugur schedule. It is said at the senate that the German ambassador looks upon this provision as a direct slap at Germany, for Germany exports to this country more refined sugar than all other countries combined. The discriminating iut.y of 1-10 of a cent a pound on her re fined sugar, it Is thought by senators who have investigated the matter, will lead to retaliation ugaiust our products by Ger- BREVITIES. WASHINGTON', May 11.—Official state ments of Chinese registration under the extended Geary law places the figures at 105,300. WASHINGTON, May 12.—The final oi deep-sea trial of the first-class cruisei Columbia, the fastest vessel in the Ameri can navy, will take place on May 17 and the following day. CHICAGO, May 11.—The striking painter? of this city have organized a bicycle com pany of 30 wheels, to use in searchiug ou* , non-union painters. The "walking" dele gates will hereafter ride. WASHINGTON, May 10. —Secretary Car lisle has awarded a gold medal to Captain j Alfred Soreusen, of Sommerville, Mass., for rescuing a man tram drowning on Aug. 21, 1892, who fell from an excursion steamer in Boston bay. WASHINGTON, May 12.—The president sent to the senate the following nomina tions: ClmrloM I). Walcott of New Yore ti be director of the geological survey, vice | John W. Powell, resigned; John Holland, , to be postmaster at Monongahela, Pa. WASHINGTON, May 12.— 4 'General" Coxey has been served with a notice to comply with the health regulations in regard to his ' camp within 48 hours, otherwise he will lc prosecuted under u statute which impose? u line of from $5 to $25 for each offence. ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 12.—The jury in tlie case of W. Bowen Moore, the Buffalo | pension attorney, charged with collect ing illegal fees, came into court with a verdict of not guilty. The case lias created a great deal of interest in this sec tion. ROME, May 11.—The corner stone of the new Methodist Episcopal church and col lege was laid yesterday afternoon, with imposing ceremonies, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of clinch digni taries, diplomuts, public officials and others. SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 10.—Attorney Gen eral Moloney, on being asked if it were true that lie had ordered the sugar trust to keep its goods out of Illinois, replied with em phasis that it was not and there was abso lutely no foundation for any such state ment. LONDON, May 11.—Right Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith, secretary of state for home affairs, was married in St. George's church, Hanover square, to Miss Margot Tennaut, daughter of Sir Charles Temiant of Glas gow. The ceremony was a most brilliant affair. WASHINGTON, May 12.—Counterfeiting world's fair diplomas and medals of awards for advertising purposes will be put a stop to if the treasury department can do it. Chief Hasten, of the secret service, now has three cases on his hands, one a root beer firm, one uu organ firm and one un infant food firm. CLEVELAND, ()., May 11.—The riots of last week had their effect on some of the unemployed foreigners. Thirty-five people took passage for the old country to remain. Others are leaving for their homes in Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, and Italy. They say conditions are better in the old country than here. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 15. Advices from Tallahassee state that Hon. George P. Kaney, chief justice of the supreme court of Florida, has tendered bis resigna tion to the governor, to take effect June 1. He has been ou the supreme bench nearly twelve years. His second term would have expired in a few months. CHICAGO, May 11.—It is currently re ported that the noted corporation law firm [ of Moran, Kraus & Mayer has leen ro -1 tained by the sugar trust, and t his is taken : as indicating that despite the denials of I Attorney General Moloney the trust has | information or belief that quo warranto proceedings are to be instituted against them. TISHOMINGO, I. T., May 15.—The Chicka saw national treasury is empty and the schools and academies will have to suspend, for there are no funds to pay the teachers and tuition. Court jurors and witnesses will have to take national scrip for pay. The district judge, attorney-general and governor are under indictment for malfeas ance in oflice and embezzlement. PITTSBURG, May 14. —The Slavish, Polish and Bohemian residents of the United States will see that an efTorfc is made to secure justice for the men of their nation ality who are now involved in the trouble in the Connellsville coke region. Money will lie raised all over the United States to assist in the defense of those men of these nationalities now charged with crime, and to secure justice for those who have l>eeii abused without cause. RICHMOND, Va., May 15.—The faculty of the university of Virginia has decided to admit women to the academic school of that institution. This is the first time iu the history of the south that a state uni versity has granted such a concession. The light for the admission of women to the higher colleges has been going on in Virginia for the past two years and at the lust session of the legislature a bill was introduced with this object in view. TRENTON, N. .J., May 11.—In the house Mr. Watson, of Camden, introduced a bill making it unlawful to will property above the value of $1,000,000, and providing that ull property of a decedent in excess of that sum shall revert to the state. The attor ney general is required to see that the state gets its proper share of such estates, and the treasurer is authorized to distrib ute such funds among the several counties to be used for public purposes. Heavy penalties are provided for violation of tbe act. WASHINGTON, May 10.—It is said that there is some complaint from certain democratic members of the senate finance committee about the informal way in which the amendments offered by Mr. Jones were laid before tbe senate, and tbe course of that gentleman in declining to move to refer them to tbe senate for action. Penator McPherson is quoted as being one of t he members who have been making the criticisms. He is especially displeased with the sugar schedule, and it is said that when the proper tiine comes he will vote to put sugar on the free list. This, of course, is the policy of the republicans, and they are counting upon sufficient democratic votes to do this very thing. PITTSBURG, May 14.— The exciting and somewhat sensational manner which churactertized the close of the coal opera tors, conference in Pittsburg is the chief topic discussed in industrial circles. The situation in the Pittsburg district is now much more complicated, and the division of the operators will only serve to thwart the efforts to settle the contest. One of the leaders of the peace contingent said those favoring a settlement would uudout edly go to Cleveland and participate iu the deliberations. The committo appointed by the convention operators will also go. Much of the blame for the failure to secure unanimous agreement at the recent meet ing is charged to the river operators, all of them, with the exception of 1. N. Bunion of Joseph Walton & Company and S. S. Crump, favoring tbe proposition to con tinue the strike. FOSTERAHEfID $70,000 Owner of the Winner of the Brooklyn Handicap. NEW YORK, May 10.—Fred Foster, the owner of Dr. liice, the winner o the Brooklyn Handicap of 1894, at Grawsend, IN a happy man to-day, for the achievement of his plucky little horse yesterday after noon has enriched him to the tune of some thing near $70,000. Foster backed the horse heavily on the winter books and his win nings aggregate $50,000; then he will re ceive SIB,OOO of the $25,000 stakes. A number of persons backed the horse on book. When they went to cash ' in they found an empty box. Snedeker I had decamped. The saddest individual of ' the lot was a man who held a ticket which read 4 *58,500 to SSOO, Dr. Rice." Snedeker made a future book on the race and owes several thousand dollars. Outisde of the arrest of President Dwyei and other officers of the racing association, tit the instance of disgruntled pool-room men in an effort to "get even" and enforce the lottery law, the event was all that could be expected. S Over 40.(KM) persons saw the race. It was an ideal day for the race. The track was in perfect condition and tlier ? was every prospect of the record of 2:07 flat, made by ; Dry Monopole, getting lowered. The en j closure was uncomfortable crowded. All > the transportation facilities were overtaxed anil the work of getting to and from the ; track was an arduous t ask The betting ring was so crowded that it. was as much as a person's life was worth to attempt to make a wager. It needed tho | services of a rusher from a football team to place a bet. It was a typical American crowd because i it was so thoroughly good natured. The big event, the fourth race on the card, was scheduled to take place at 4o'clock but it was nearly 5:48 when the flag fell. The start looked to be a fair one for all buDLowlander. Martin, however, did not think it was a start and Clifford was left standing still. Thompson also began to i pull up Sport just as they got the flag. McDermott made no effort to join the field with Lowlaniler. He simply cantered back | to the paddock. Clifford and Sport went : after the others but guve up the unequal struggle very soon. Copyright was the pace maker to the first turn. He set a clinking pace. Bergen made an effort to draw away from his field as they neared the far turn but failed signally to do so. Henry of Navarre, who had been his near est attendant all the way, moved up to him. The instant he was collared Copy right was beaten. Henry of Navarre pi loted the field into the home stretch. Dr. Rice and Sir Walter who had been in easy positions and well up, as if with one accord, closed on Henry of Navarre as soon as t hey were headed for home. A ding-dong finis'.! then began. Taral rode Dr. Rice with the strength and energy that have made him famous. He urged him to the utmost limit I of endurauce. The game fellow responded to whip and spur to the last gasp, and finally won a superb race by a scant length. Time, 2:07 1-4. Henry of Navarre strug gled gamely to the last. He lasted long enough to beat Sir Walter half a length j for place. Sir Walter was really not up to a bruising race. The pace and distance i told on hi in. i It is said that over sixty warrants have been issued and wholesale arrests will fol low. Itis the ultimate intention of Do ! I.acey and bis cohorts to seize the race horses as gambling paraphernalia. The race track people make light of the afl'an ' and say that it will allenilin smoke. They ; insist that so long as the Ives pool bi 1 l*s conditions are complied with no law is vio I lated. AllMOlt I'IiATK litAl'DS. Resolution Offered in lit- House for an Investigating Committee, I WASHINGTON, M.iy 16.—Mr. Dunphy j (dem., N. Y.) Intro meed in the house a I resolution authorizing the appointment i of a congressional committee to investi gate t lie condition and character of all ar mor plate, bolts and other appurtenances delivered to the government by the Car negie Steel company during the time of the contract between the company and the • government. The committee is to consist ! of three members and two senators and is I to h vo, power to send for persons and j go where they deem necessary. To Rebuild the Tabernacle. NKW YORK, May 16. —The trustees of the Brooklyn tabernacle deeided to rebuild, at> a meeting held in the cilice of Leonard Moody, president of the board, at No. i 0 Court siioet, Brooklyn. Russell Sage, i who has a mortgage of on the old building, will make uuoitier loan l<> tl.e trustees and the remainder of the 42.so.tHM.' Uicessaay to erect a new church will be raised by popular subscription. The new , building will stand on the old site at j Greene, Clinton and Waverly avenues, ; and tii • trustees propose to use in its con ' struction portions of the walls of the ruined I structure which are still intact. Queen Victoria's Birthday at Boston. BOSTON*. May .6. It Is expected tint tho 75th anniversary of the birth of.Queen Vic toria will he celebrated in Boa!<>11 t his year in an unuHually elaborate niaaner on ac count of the presence here on that day of the fla. lip Blake and H. M. S. Tartar, of the Brush North Americ :n fleet, which leave tin* Bermudas for Boston about May 19. The main event will be a dinner give.! oil board the fl igship by the admiral on too 24. To this will b - Invited the govcruoi and a few of his staff, Collector Warren, the mayor, Commodore Fylfe of the navy yard and suite, the British consul, aud others. Cough lin Will Sell Cum. CHICAGO, May 10.— Dan Ooughlin, re cently acquitted of conspiracy to murder Dr. Cronin, lias bought a saloon, paying $15,000 for it. The ox-detective declared that he would never take a drink, not even behind his own bar. It is said a west side coal dealer is Coughlin's backer. Andy Foy, whose wife was one of the leading witnesses against Coughlin in his second trial, will be Coughlin's bartender. Foy and his wife have made up and are living together again, Coughlin being the peace maker. Grasshoppers in Canada. BARRIK, Out., May 16.--A grasshopper plague is tlin atened in this section, l i .ch in excess of that of last year when the damage to crops was enormous. Eggs wen deposited in the ground last toll ind are now hatching millions upon millions of young hoppers about the size of black flies being turned out by the plough, es pecially in sundy soil. JOS. jSTETJBTTRGER'S. PRICES STILL ON THE DECLINE! For this week we have many special bargains, which will prove of big interest to you. NOTIONS: Three-yard ecru taped lace curtains, one dollar value, price for this week, 65c per pair. Good bleached towels, 5c each. Ladies' fast black hose, twelve and one-half cent value, this week 3 pair for 25c. FURNISHINGS: Men's silk embroidered fancy night shirts, 4!) c; a seventy live cent value. Men's negligee percale shirts, with laundered collars and cuffs. 45c; regularly sold at 75c. Ladies' muslin underwear in endless varieties of the most perfect lit ting and best makes. CLOTHING: Roys' twenty live cent knee pants, 15c per pair. Boys' two dollar knee pants suits, sl. Men's three seventy-five all wool custom-made trousers, $2.25 per pair. Men's line all wool custom-made bound cheviot suits, twelve dollar value, at SB. DRY GOODS, SHOES, LADIES' CAPES AND JACKETS at prices on which we defy competition. A visit of inspection is requested of you. JOS. NEUBURGER, In the P. O. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa. tl, <3* BUM!®* 5 lb tub butter $1 oo : 11 lbs lurd SIOO :> lb blue l-nisius 25 j Lard, per pound 10 111 lb No. 1 mackerel 1 00 Shoulder 10 5 lbs jelly 25 $ cans pie peaches. 25 5 lbs soda biscuits 25 2 cans table peaches 25 2 cans salmon 25 FHBSH TRUCK SEMI-WEELKY. BABY CARRIAGES, $4 TO S2O. EIGHTY-FIVE ROLLS OF CARPET TO SELECT FROM. IFTTZRISriT-CriRE. Every and anything to beautify your homes. Wall Paper and Stationery Very Cheap. Dry Coods, Notions and Fancy Goods. Hats, Caps and Straw Hats, Boots and Shoes. COME AND SEE OUR 19c COUNTER. Ladies' and misses' blazer coats, 19 cents. Thousands of other valuable articles. My store is the largest in town; the whole building full from cellar to attic with novelties at the lowest possible market price. J". O. BEBNEE, Corner South and Washington Streets, - - Freeland. CITIZENS' BANK CF FREELAND, CAPITAL, - 550.000. •OFFICERS. Joseph Blrkbeck, President. 11. Koons, Vice President. 11. It. L>ttv is. Cashier. Charles Dusheck, Secretary. DIRECTORS.—Jos. Blrkbeck, li. C. Koons. Thos. Birkbeek, A. Kudewick, John Warner, Chus. Dusheck, Johu Burton, Michuel Zeuiany. i |W Three per cent, interest paid on saving deposits. Open il dly from 0 •. m. Pi 3p. TTI. Saturdays close ut 12 noon. Open Wednesday evenings j from 0 to 8. GEORGE FISHER, dealer In FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAIf MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Call at No. 0 Walnut street, Frceland, or wait for the delivery wagons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. RAILROAD. 5 Anthracite coal usod oxclu 'l insuring cleanliness and ARRANGEMENT or PASAENGKU TRAINS. FEU. 11, 18i>4. LEAVE FREELAND. 0 05, 8 25, 033. 10 41 a m, 1 36, 2 27, 8 45, 4 66, • 60, 0 58, 7 12, 8 47 10 40 p m, for Drifton, Jeddo. Lumber Yard, Stockton and Ilazleton. (105, 8 26, 933 a in, 1 35, 3 45. 466 p in. for Maueh Chunk, Allentowu, Bethlehem, Phila., East on ami New York. 0 05, 9 -3, 1U II am, 2 27, 4 66. 658 p ra, for 2 ' ,au / , y < 'O3 Shenandoah and Pottavllle. T> 1 I?w WW. PM. (via Highland Branch)forW lute Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes- Barre, Pittaton and 1.. and B. Junction. SUNDAY TRAINS. 11 40 ara and 3 45p in for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber ) ard and Ilazleton. 346 pm for Delano. Mahanoy City, Shenan doah. New 5 ork and Philadelphia. ARRIVE AT FREELAND. R. 50. 7 18, 7 20, 9 19, 10 66, 11 59 a m, 12 6tf, 2 13, 4 ,54, 0 ;)8, 8 37, 10 32 pin, from Huzleton, Stock ton. i umber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 7 20, 9 19, 10 50 a 111, 2 13, 4 34, 658 10 32 D M. from Delano, Mahanoy City uud Shenandoah (via New Boston Branch). 12 58, 6 40, 8 37,10 :s; p from New York, Eas ton, Philadelphia. Bethlehem, Allentowu and Maueh Chunk. 9 19, 10 50 a m, 12 58, 5 10, 6 58. 8 37, 10 32 p in, from Kaston, Phila-, Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk. 9 33, 10 41 am, 2 27,6 58 p m from White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes-Barre, Pitteton and L. and B. Junction (via Highland Branch). SUNDAY TRAINS. 11 31 a m and 331 p ra, from Hazleton, Lum ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 11 31 a ra from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia ami Last>n. , „ . 3 31 p m from Delano and Mahanoy region. For luitlier information Inquire of Ticket CHAS. S. LLE, Gcn'l Pass. Agent, H. H. WILBUK, Oen. Supt, East. Div.," U *' 1 A. W. NuNN EMACHEK, Ass't G. P. A., South llethlehem. Pa. HARNESS! HARNESS! HARNESS! Light carriage harness, $5.50, $7.00, $9.00 and $10.50. Heavy express harness, $10.50, $19.00, $20.00 and $22.00. Heavy team harness, double, $25.00, $28.00 and $30.00. GEO. WISE,. Jeddo and Freeland, Pa. Also a large stock of summer goods of all kinds to keep the horse cool and comfortable. THE DELAWARE, SCBQUKHAKKA AKD SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Tlmo table In effeot September 8,1886. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan and Hazleton Junction at 6 00,6 10 am, 12 10, 4 (J9 p in, dally except Sunday, and 7 U8 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhlckeu and Deringer at 6 00 a m, 12 10 p m, dally except Sunday; and 7 U3 a in, 2 8p m, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction., Iloiwood ltoad, II uiuholdt Road, Oneida and oneppton nt 610 a in. 1210, 409 p in, daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a m, 2 38 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 637 a in, 1 49 p in, daily except Sunduy; and 8 47 a m, 4 18 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, liurwood Road, Humboldt Road, < Mieidu and Sheppton at 6 47, 9 10 a ill, 12 40, 4 31) p in, daily except Sunday; und 7 40 a in, 308 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Deringer for Tomliicken, Cran berry, liurwood, Ha/.leton Junction, Roan, Beaver Meadow Road. Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 2 40, 607 p in, dally except Sunday; and 9 87 a m, 607 p m. Sunday. Trains leave Rheppton for Oueldo, Humboldt Road, Hnrwood ltoad. Oneida Junction, Haile ton Junction a d Kuan at 7 La, Id lu a in, 115, f. li. 18, dally except Sunday; and 8 14 a lu. 344 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Slieppton for Bearer Meadow Road, Stockton. Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and priitou at 10 16 a m, 5 25 p in, duily, except buiiday; and 8 14 n in, 3 45 p m, Sunday. Brains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow ltoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 10 38 a in. 3 11, 5 47, 6 38 p in, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08u in, 5 38 p m, I Sunday. All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with electric cars lor 11 axieton, Jcanrsvlllo, Auden ried ami other points on Lehigh Traction Co's. It. it. Trains leaving Drilton at 6 10 a in, Hazleton Junction at 9 lu a m, and Sheppton at 7 62 a m, 1 15 p in, connect at Oneida .I unction with L. V, R. R. truins east and west. Train leaving Drifton nt 6 00 a m. makes con nection at Deringer with P. R. It. train for Wilken-Burre, Suubury, Harrisburg, etc. XL B. OOXE, DANIEL COXH, President. Superintendent*
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