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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.96
FOR JEWS TO KEEP.
The Executive Mansion to Be
* Saved from Populists.
THE GUARDS ACCOSTED.
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Strange Freak of a Crank Who
Wanted to Take Charge of
the White House-
Washington, Marcn 0. —A intaaie
_ aged man of respectable appearance
presented himself at the White House
and notified the guards that he was
Abraham Julius Kisler, of Baltimore,
and had come in obedience to a divine
revelation to take charge of the building.
He called attention to the Populist
movement to secure control of the other
branches of the government and its ulti
mate success and declared positively
that he had been employed to save the
executive mansion and turn it over to
the Jews for the safety of its contents
both material an immaterial.
He was not embarrassed when his
credentials were demanded, but begun
issuing orders and acting in such a
threatening way that he was arrested
and sent to the nearest police station.
ANOTHER PUT OFF.
The Tariff Will Not Reach the Senate
-. Before Two Weeks.
Washington, March s.—The Demo
cratic members of the senate finance
committee have begun their fifth week's
consideration of the tariff. It is not
thought that it will be submitted to the
senate before Monday the 19 th inst.
As soon as debate is begun a majority
will insist that daily sessions of the sen
ate be held from 12 to 6 and that no
other business shall he permitted to in
-terfere with the discussion of the bill.
There was an unusual attendance at
the United States supreme court room
. at the opening of the spring t-. rm, as it
[ was expected by some that Senator
; White, of Louisiana, would be selected
as a member of the court. It has not be. n
definitely settled when ha will take his
seat on the beach.
The morning hour of the senate was
taken up with routine business of local
interest to various sections of the coun
try.
Mr. Bland’s silver seignorage bill was
received from the house, and was refer
red the committee on finance.
Senator Allen presented an amend
ment to the rules, providing that it shall
be the duty of the committee to which
the bill, resolution or other measure is
xeferred to report it back within 30 days,
and if the committee shall fail to report
in that time, the senator presenting it
ehall have the right to call for the report
under certain restrictions. The pro
posed amendment to be referred to the
commit.ee or rules.
The house nonconcurred in nearly all
the senate amendments to the urgency
deficiency bill.and then wen: into com
mittee of the whole on the pension ap
propriation bill.
Against the Hatch Bill.
J, Labrouisse, president New Orleans
cotton exchange; J. O. Bloss, president
New York cotton exchange, and other
members of these exchanges appeared
before the house committee of agricul
ture in opposition to the Hatch anti
optional.
CLEVELAND’S CRUISE.
Nobody Seems to Know When the Party
Will Return to Washington.
Norfolk, Va., March s.—The presi
dential party, after spending several
days most pleasantly on a trip through
the North Carolina sounds, returned to
the lighthouse supply station at Long
Point, North Carolina, which is on the
....Albemarle and Chesapeake canal, tied
in the vicinity of the famous Currituck
gunning marshes.
When the party was going south a
stop was made at Long Point and a lit
tle sport indulged in; the distinguished
gentlemen bagging three swan and two
geese. Whether or not this game fell
under the presidential fire is not stated.
It is reported that the party is now gun
ning on the marshes, and that they will
pass here in the afternoon on their way
to Washington.
Another report is that they will not
pass here till Wednesday. The captain
'’of the Violet in reply to a question said
that he did not known when the start
home from Long Point would be made.
I PEACE IN HONDURAS.
BThe Secretary of the Navy Gets the Latest
News from the Seat of War.
Washington, March 5.—A dispatch
from Commander Longnecker dated
March 3 says: “The three commission
ers who were on board the Ranger,
agreed upon the following treaty of
peace: The unconditional guarantee of
Villela's force and to all non-combat
ants; his civil and military acts legal
ized, recognize existing government, and
he will muster forces out tomorrow,
Bonilla’s army will enter Amapola to
moi-uw.”
This is understood at the navy depart
ment to show that the conquerors in the
revolution against Villela have been
very lenient, and that under such terms
of peace the affairs of the country will
probably be tranquil for some time.
VETERANS TO MEET.
rhe Fourth Anna J Reunion to Take
Place in Birmingham.
New Orleans, March s.—The general
commanding announces that the fourth
iay.nual meeting and reunion of the
Confederate veterans will be
’ held as stated in General Order No. 115,
current series, from these headuuarters.
tn tlie city or riirniiugnain, Ala., on
Wednesday and Thursday. April 25 and
26. All Confederate organizationsand
Confederate soldiers and sailors of all
arms, grades and departments are cor
dially invited,to attend the reunion •of
their comrades.
Ex Confederate soldiers and sailors
everywhere are urged to form themselves
into local associations where this has
not already been done, and other bodies
are earnestly requested to send in appli
cations to these headquarters without
delay in time to participate in this great
reunion and thus unite with their com
rades in carrying out the laudable and
philantropic objects of the United Con
federate veteran organization.
The general commanding respectfully
requests the press, both daily and weekly,
jf the whole country to aid the patriotic
md benevolent objects of the United
Confederate veterans by publication of
these general orders with editorial no
tices of the organization.
The general commanding respectfully
requests and trusts that railroad officials
will also aid the veterans by giving such
reduced rates of transportation as will
mable them to attend. Officers of the
general staff are directed to assist de
partment division commanders and oth
ers in organizing their respective states
and generally to assist in the complete
federation of all Confederate survivors
in one organization under the constitu
tion of the United Confederate veterans.
A PREACHER’S AIM.
He Kills Two Men and Wounds a Third.
Politic* Cause It.
Kosciusko, Miss., March 5. —During
a personal encounter at the courthouse
between the Rev. W. P. Ratcliff and P.
A. Jackson, Jackson and Sam Russell
were instantly killed, and William San
ders was probably fatally wounded.
Ratcliff is a Populist, and Jackson
was a Democrat, and both were num
bers of the Mississippi leglaturo. Rus
sell and Sanders were unoffending by
standers. and were struck by stray’ bul
lets, presumably from Ratcliff’s re
volver.
There had been bad feeling between
Ratcliff and Jackson on account of a
publication made by Ratcliff in his pa
per. The Vindicator, reflecting upon
Jackson’s vote in the senatorial contest,
and Jackson’s suls ’quent denunciation
of Ratcliff as a liar. They met at the
courthouse for the first time since these
publications. A bankrupt sale was in
progress, and few noticed t’reir meeting.
No one appears to know what passed
between them up to the time they were
seen struggling together. Friends pulled
them apart, and immediately both drew
pistols. Some one dragged Ratcliff out
of the door, but as he went out he fi r _d
two shots, one of which struck the door
and the other entered young Sanders’s
groin.
At this juncture Jackson broke loose
from those who had been holding hitn
and ran out at another door to get at
Ratcliff. Then the deadly fusilage was
resumed. Jackson was struck twice,
once in the arm and once in the fore
head. Russell also was hit in the fore
head. Both he and Joekson expired in
stantly. Sanders is painfully if not
fatally shot in the groin.
A DOCTOR ACQUITTED.
lie Was Accused of a Felonious Assault
on a Nwcdt* Girl.
Grand Rapids, March s.—Dr. Lewis
Barth, accused of feloniously assaulting
Amanda Swanson, was acquitted in the
superior court and a wild scene follow
ed, his wife going into hysterics, his sis
ter and other relatives weeping and the
crowd applauding.
Dr. Barth is a young physician and
had a very large practice. The com
plaining witness—a good looking Swede
girl employed as a domestic in the fam
ily of Assistant Attorney Ward—went
to his oilice for treatment. She alleged
tnat he took her into his private office
and there committed the assault.
In his defense, Dr. Barth showed that
if the assault had been made, persons in
adjoining rooms could easily have heard
any outcry. In the courtroom when the
verdict was rendered were a number of
Swedes, including the girl’s affianced,
and respondent. He avoided trouble by
speedily leaving.
A Sa. jon Opposite a Church.
New York, March 5.—A determined
fight is being made by the pastor and
members of the Calvary M. E. church,
on the northwest corner of One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth street and Seventh
avenue, against the opening of a saloon
on the southeast corner of One Hundred
and Thirtieth street and Seventh avenue.
Funeral of George W. Olney.
Worcester, Mass., March s.—The
funeral of George W. Olney, woollen
manufacturer, took place at St. Thomas’
Episcopal church, in Cherry Valley.
The attendance was large and there was
a general suspension of business. His
brother, Attorney General Olney, and
members of his family were present.
She Will Wed the French 'Ambassador.
Washington, March s.—The engage
ment of Miss Elverson, only daughter of
Mr. James Elverson, of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, to M. Patenotre, French am
bassador to the United States, is an
nounced. The wedding will take place
Easter week, and Cardinal Gibbons will
perform the ceremony.
’rne ma ion wasa .nan.
Copenhagen, March 5. -- A person
known as Wilhelmine Moeller, who oc
cupied the position of matron of a child
ren’s asylum at Kana, has been con
demned to death for murdering a boy
14 years of age. During the trial it was
shown that the murderer was a man.
Electing a Postmaster in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, March fi.—An elec
tion for postmaster was held here. Sev
en hundred votes were cast, of which J.
Flattery received 217 and was elected.
Ttiere were six candidates.
ROME. UA„ TUESDAY MOrtNlNd, MAhCIIS. ibv4.
QUEEN’S SPEECH.
Prepared for the Proroguing of
the Present Parliament.
THANKFUL FOR FAVORS.
Members and Visitors Crowd
the House of Commons Long
Before the Set Hour.
London, March s.—The queen ac
companied by Empress Frederick and
Princess Beatrice have arrived at Buck
ingham palace. The royal speech pro
roguing parliament is unusually brief.
It expresses, formally, regret at the
shortness of the recess releasing mem
bers from their labors and thanks par
liament for the various enactments;
among them the parish bills and the bill
limiting the working hours of railway
employes.
The house of commons was crowded
with members and visitors long before
the hour for calling the house to order.
Sir William Harcourt was one of the
latest arrivals, and was loudly cheered
as he entered the lobby. The chancellor
of the exchequer met Mr. Marjoribanks,
now Lord Tweedmouth, in the lobby
and chatted with him a few minutes on
the subject of the latter’s succession to
the peerage. .
GLAD GLADSTONE’S OUT.
The German’* Express Delight at the Eng
lish Premier’s Retirement.
Berlin, March s.—Although no diplo
matic questions have arisen between
England and Germany during the last
administration of Mr. Gladstone, the
news of the veteran Liberal leader’s re
tirement causes a feeling of unfeigned
satisfaction here.
The German people have never got
over the resentment occasioned during
the Franco-Prussian war by the un
founded allegation that Mr. Gladstone
encouraged the sale of arms and ammu
nition to France. Besides, Mr. Glad
stone was generally regardedin German
official circles as an enemy of the Drei
bund, and responsible for England’s iso
lation in European politics.
Didn’t Even Get a Found.
London, March s.—ln the high court
of justice the legal points arising from
the jury’s answers in the case of Mrs.
John Biddulph Martin (Victoria Wood
hull) against the trustees of the British
Museum, the court set aside the verdict
of 20 shillings damages awarded to the
plaintiff by the jury and gave judgment
for the defendants.
Conferred With Gladstone.
London, March s.—Justin McCarthy,
the leader of the Irish parliamentary
party, held a conference with Gladstone
as to the future polity of the McCarthy
ites.
SENSATION IN COURT.
The North A luh una Olli'dnls Charged Willi
Wholesale Fraud and Forgeries.
Birmingham, Ala., Marell s.—Special
Examiners-Chahners and Cloovert have
sprung a sensation in federal court cir
cles by their report to Attorney General
Olney just made. They charge North
Alabama commissioners and deputy
marshals with employing professional
witnesses and forging bogus witnesses’
names to prosecutions, thus coining
thousands oi unearned dollars by fraud.
Already one witness has been convict
ed of perjury and sentenced to two
years, and a half dozen others have been
indicted for fraud. The federal court
has just met and the examiners have a
variety of prosecutions to institute be
fore the grand jury. The government
has been defrauded of nearly a quarter of
a million dollars.
THREE BANKS SWINDLED.
Sharp Work of a Plain Looking Man Who
Bought Exchange.
Jackson, Miss., March s.—The Capi
tol, State and Jackson banks of this city
have been swindled out of SI,BOO each
by a forgery. A plain looking man.
giving his name as Kendrick, bought
New Orleans drafts for $lB, which he
raised by adding two ciphers, and after
endorsing the cashier s name on the
back, cashed them in New Orleans. It
is understood that the forger received
$3,000 in this way.
Lusk in More Trouble.
San Frau cisco, March s.—The firm of
A. Lusk & Co., the well known aanned
goofc and dried fruit dealers, has been
attached for over $4,000 at the instance
of the Pacific Can company, and othe*
attachments will he levied at'the instance
of several eastern creditors. In Decem
ber, 1891, the firm failed for over $500,*
000, and the busines has since been car
ried on by trustees on behalf of ths
creditors under a compromise arrange
ment.
Was Not Madaline Pollard.
Cincinnati, March s.—Sister Agnes
Regina, of the Norwood Foundling asy
lum, was examined by the attorneys in
the Pollard-Breckinridge case. Her tes
timony was that the supposed Mias
Pollard who was in the asylum from
January to May, 1884, was not Miss
Pollard, but altogether a different per
son, whose family Sister Agnes kiieti
perfectly well.
Ex-Governor McKinney
Petersburg, Va., March s.—Ex-Gov
ernor P W. McKinney may boa candi
date for congress in the Fourth district.
He has said that he would accept the
nomination if it were offered.
GIRLS QUARREL.
The WoFk of Mrs.
Reid Comes to Naught
A DEMORALIZING WORK.
An Institution Set Up in Paris
to Aid American Girls in
Pursuits of Learning,
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Paris, March s.—The American col
ony is in dismay over the impending
breakup of the Girl’s club, organized,
with an endowment for a library, by
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. A long series of
quarrels and intrigues ended last week in
the ,disappearance of the matron, Mrs.
Irvine.
The purpose of this home is to safe
guard American girls in the art schools.
It is controlled by a board of managers,
consisting or well known women of the
coloney, headed by Mrs. Monroe.
The board deputed the widow of the
late Rev. Mir. Newell as a sort of moni
tor in the; establishment. Incessant
bickering and heartburning followed.
Mrs. Newell demoralized the servants
and prejudiced the creditors, leaving the
matron powerless.
Some Weeks ago. when affairs were
threatening to collapse, Mrs. Newell
withdrew t<| Plainfield, N. J.,, sending
her son, a youth of 20, to represent her
here. He made a claim upon a share of
the club furiiiture belonging, he alleged,
to tris mother. Creditors also began to
press for money due, and servants for
their wages;
Mrs. Ir vine, who has all her fortune
in the enterprise, called in a lawyer, but
as he did nor know French law, he gave
her no aid. Then, terrified by the
clamor of creditors, the matron fled.
An investigation shows that a sum
amounting to about $590 is due, while
the managers bold three times that
amount belonging to Mm. Irvine.
Following *o closely upon the outbreak
in the Lafayette Home, also devoted to
girls, the scandal excites lively discus
sion.
Lafayett ? Home was founded by Mrs.
Walden Pell, aided by the Duchess of
Rochefoucauld, formerly Mattio Mitch
ell, and other eminent women. Two
factions were formed, one headed by
the dentist, Evans. The dissensions
have been aired in the press for weel <.
Dr. Evans is quoted as bearing t\o
associate managers in such terms ns
“fishwives,” “washerwomen,” and the
like.
The collapse of these homes will bring
grave hardships upon scores of hard
working artists who have expended con
siderable surs in furnishing their own
rooms. The institutions are in no sense
charitable. The inmates pay an average
of 5 francs a day.
UNDER SERIOUS CHARGES.
A Wealthy Farmer’* Treatment of Three
Girls am! Their Father.
Atlantic City, March s.—Herman
Schroeder, a wealthy farmer, residing
nt Hammonton, in this county, has been
arrested and held in heavy bail, charged
with assaulting Frank Neugebauer, one
of his tenants. It is reported that Schroe
der at various times feloniously as
saulted the three daughters of Neuge
bauer, aged respectively 11, i 4 and 16
years, and frightened the children into
keeping the knowledge of the dastardly
deed from their father. One of the
girls, however, informed her parent,
and when he went to see Schroeder
about the matter he alleges that Schroe
der set upon hitn and assaulted him with
intent to kill. Neugebauer had Schroe
der arrested with the above result, and
the case will probably come up for trial
at the April term of court.
<Cannot Convict Gamblers.
Topeka, March s.—Attorney General
Little has announced that he would not
make any further attempt to enforce
the law against the policy shopsand
gambling dens of Kansas City, Kansas.
The reason assigned is that the law is
inadequate, and that it is impossible to
convict any one arrested for these of
fences. He says that a gambler or poli
cy shopkeeper can sue out a writ of ha
beas corpus before any court of compe
tent jurisdiction and go free, and that
the present law is so loosely constructed
that this practice cannot be stopped.
Jake Is Still on Foot.
Baltimore, March 5.—A report re
cently circulated that Jake Kilrain is
dying is untrue. The man who fought
75 rounds with John L. Sullivan at
Richburg, Mass., in 1889, is moving
about his hotel in fairly good physical
condition. He has suffered from a com
plication of diseases for some months,
but is not considered to be in anything
like a critical state. Kilrain never again
expects to enter the ring as a contestant,
nor does he expect to die at an early
date.
EDITOR STEAD’S BOOK.
It WIIIJ Stir the Windy City from Center
to Circumference.
Chicago, March 5. —Editor W. T.
Stead’s new book, the first edition of
which is soon* to appear unless it is
bought up or suppressed by parties in
terested, promises to betray some of the
secrets of this city and supply informa
tion of the most sensational kind.
The book is now in the hands of the
publishers, Laird & Lee, No. 263 Wa
bash avenue, and will be placed on sale
some time this week. Chicago million
aires come in for a large notice in the
new volume, and are handled by Mr.
Stead without gloves. This fact is not
a secret to many of them. Several
would pay handsomely to have the work
suppressed.
The feature of the book that will cre-
ate most excitement among vmcagoa
“best” society is a colored map that Mr.
Stead has accurateely drawn. It is a
correct plan of certain sections of Chi
cago, with black, green, red, and yellow
blotches sprinkling it here and there.
The black marks indicate dives aud
houses of ill repute; the red, low saloons
and groggeries; the green, gambling
houses; the yellow, resorts of even worse
description than the foregoing. Mr.
Stead has carefully discovered whoowna
this “colored” property.
In a majority of cases it is the Chicago
millionaires who pose as philanthropists
and pass for men of exalted and pious
aims in their sets. Many of them are
deacons and officials in certain aristo
cratic religious congregations, while
renting their property for the vilest of
uses.
An important feature of the work in
the exposure of the assessment frauds.
One curious coincidence published by
him is that the owner and assessor, where
the greatest discrepancy exists, belong
to the same church.
LOCHREN’S HANDS TIED.
An Important Decision Which Commis
sioner Lochren Criticise*.
Washington, March s.—Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Reynolds has sent
to congress in response to a resolution,
an opinion of Attorney General Olney,
which holds that the recent act of con
gress requiring 30 days’ notice to be
given before a pension can be suspended,
applies to every pension granted, and
makes it a mandatory duty of the com
missionea to give 30 days’ notice even
in cases where fraud is admitted.
The opinion was given at the request
of Secretary Smith, Commissioner Loch
ren recently having asked for instruc
tions as to the interpretation to be given
to the act. Until the 30 days notice is
given the money, it is held, must con
tinue to be paid, although the party
guilty of crime in fraudulent cases may
be serving his sentence. It is held that
the act practically abolishes the right to
suspend payments of pensions pending
litigation.
Accompanying the attorney general's
opinion is a letter from Pension Com
missioner Lochren criticising the use in
the congressional resolution of the word
“vested right” as applied to pensions. A
“vested right,” he says, cannot be taken
away even by congress except by the ex
ercise of power of eminent domain wi'h
full compensation. The commissioner
holds that a pension is a bounty contin
uing only at the will of the donor.
CHARITABLE CONVICTS.
Maryland’* Prisoners Raise Funds for the
Relief cf the Poor.
Baltimore, March s.—As the result
of a purely voluntary arrangement
among the convicts in the penitentiary,
a contribution of $435 for the poor of the
city was handed to Police Marshal Frey
by Warden Weyler. Tho warden says
that each day last week two or three of
theprisoners approached him and stated
that they ha 1 noticed through the papers
that much distress prevail *d among the
poor of Baltimore, and they asked his
permission an 1 assiriauce to raison fund
among the prisoners for the needy out
side. Tite warden said that he com
mended spirit and the interest the
men took in the matter and readily gave
his consent.
The sums contributed ranged from 25
cenlstoss. There was one donation of $lO
and a few of 10 cents each. One of the men
gave $25, but the warden did not think
it proper that he should contribute so
large an amount and reduced it to $5.
The donations of some others which
were larger than the warden thought
the men should give in proportion to the
sums to theii credit were also reduced.
The money contributed by the men was
earned by overwork. Some earn $3, $5
and $lO per month, while a small per
centage of skilled workers earn by labor
during overtime as much as $25 and S3O
a month.
The money is not given to tho prison
ers, but is held by the warden to their
credit. There are 601 convicts in the
penitentiary, exclusive of 44 women who
did not contribute.
TALMAGE REMAINS.
He Will Not Resign the Pastorate of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Brooklyn, March s.—The Rev. Do
Witt Talmage has again changed his
mind in regard to resigning the pastor
ate of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. A few
minutes before Dr. Talmage began his
sermon at the morning service, Sunday,
he told the congregation that he had a
few words to say to them.
He then read a letter, which was in
reply to one he had received from the
board of trustees, in which he announced
his purpose of withdrawing his resigna
tion and remaining with his old charge.
After Dr. Talmage had finished read
ing the letter, he was loudly applauded
for several minutes.
Like the Florida Wrangle.
Des Moines, March s.—Governor
Jackson is determined to stop a prize
fight advertised to take place at Creston,
March 10. He has written the sheriff to
use every means at his command to stop
the fight which is to he between James
Ryan, of Seattle, and Harry Meyer, of
Burlington. The Athletic club says that
it will pull off the battle and that the
governor cannot interfere.
X Son doner Has Returned.
Wilmington, N. C., March s.—The
American schooner Seth M. Todd, Cap
tain Johnson, loaded with lumber from
Wilmington to the West Indies, has re
turned to Southport harbor. She re
ports her sails blown away, bowsprit
sprung and the vessel leaking.
Nave* Will Recover.
Toccoa, Ga., March 5.—R. A. Naves,
who was shot here by Albert Bailey,
will recover. Bailey’s bond was fixed
at $2,000, but he was unable to g—e it
5.7.4 wM.iuMa’iftd to fail at Clarks»•><.»,
PH ICE MVE ChNTb.
TWO MEETINGS.
The Final Rallies of the Dusky
Politicians
FOR SEAY AND MOORE.
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Negroes About Equally Divided
—A Mixed Crcwd at the
Court House.
The negro voter was in his glory last
night and he enjoyed it. The final
rallies of the Seay negroes and the
Moore'negroes and were held at the city
hall and at the court house. There was
a nearly equal attendance of colored
voters at the two places. If anything
those at the city hall were the more
numerous. A careful estimate would
make 175 to 200 at the city hall and
nearly as many at the court house. The
principal speech was made jby M. C.
Parker the school teacher and politi
cian. He had a great deal to say a about
the street overseer and the chaingang
and the recorders’ court.
The negroes at the city hall were ad
dressed by a number, including Rev. C.
McCurdy, who stated that he had lived
here eleven years, had kept his eyes
open and read the newspapers, and Cap
tain Seay’s name was on everything that
was for the public interest. Mose Bailey
made a spetch in which he paid is re
spects to Mr. Jake Moore. He said he
knew all about the methods of the Floyd
county ring as he had been with them.
This time he fell on the right side. He
pictured Mr. Moore as trying to run
county, city, state and national politics
all at once.
The Moore men had a very large crowd
very mixed. The white men constituted
the great majority of those present, and
many even of the white men were from
outside the city. It did not take a prac
tised eye many seconds to discover that
there were less than two hundred ne
groes in the room. Os the white men
present a number were friends of Cap
tain Seay, who were drawn in by curi
osity.
Kight Thousand Men Get a Rest.
Chicago, March s.—For the first time
in tlw history of trunk lines in this coun
try an order has been issued by the Erie
road to hold all common freight trains
in the yards from 12 o'clock Saturday
night to 12 o’clock Sunday night every
week in the year. Nearly all the men
handling freight on tho New York, Laka
Erie and Western, the New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio and the Chicago Eria
railroad will have a day. The passen. si
service will be cut down, so that the
station agents and telegraph operators
may get extra rest on Sunday. The or
der affects nearly 8,000 men.
How They Doctor an Flpliant.
Rockford, 111., March s.—The novel
sight of an elephant suffering with a
severe attack of the grip can be seen at
the winter quarters of a circus in this
city. Queen Jumbo, the largest ele
phant now ; n captivity, and valued a’.
$13,000 is in most intense agony. Hall
a dozen times the beast has been over
come with spasms, and it is questiona
ble whether the heroic treatment admin
istered will save her life. During tha
day the animal consumed 10 gallons of
whiskey, and a half a barrel of mustard
was applied externally.
A Silver Souvenir of Mr. Child*.
New York, March s.—Mrs. Georga
W. Childs is to be presented by the New
York Press club with an enduring me
morial of her deceased husband. It is
solid silver plaque 13 inches high and 11
inches wide, and is heart shaped to sig
nify the “heartfelt sympathy” of tha
members of tha club. An inscription
engraved on the upper surface of tho
plaque contains the resolution on tha
death of Mr. Childs passed i y the Press
club, of which he was an honorary
member.
Miners Agree to Return to Work.
Baltimore, March 5.—A special to
The News from Wheeling, West Vir-‘
ginia, says: All the miners in Ohio in
Bub-district No. 6, over 7,000 in number,
have agreed to return to work, pending
a settlement of the wage question. Com
mittees of miners and operators will
meet Wednesday to appoint arbitrators.
The miners are holding out for a 50-cent
scale.
More Than Twice His Bride’s Age.
New York, March s.—Lawyer David
Jacques, of this city, married Miss Bes
eie Hartshorn at the country home of
her father, George Hartshorn, near Rah
way, N. J. The marriage was by ths
quaker rites. Mayor Daly, of Rahway,
officiated. The bridegroom is 73 years
old, and the bride 35.
Lewiston, Me., March 5. —There was
almost a riot at the office of the regis
trars of voters Saturday. The Republi
can official steered Republicans through
another while the Democrats were clam
oring at the regular door. Police Officer
Mell horn and Deputy Marshal Bolieu
engaged in a fight with bare knuckles
and the crowd broke down the door and
surged into the office. The officials re
treated into an inner room and barri
cade the entrance. Then, it is said, Judge
Knowlton looked on Jwhile the other
officials deliberately crossed off the names
of scores of Democratic voters. It was
the most barefaced fraud ever attempted
in the state.
Strong Man Kennedy Injured.
Syracuse. March s.—James W. Ken
nedy, the strong man, the first man who
lifted Richard K. Fox’s 1,200 pound
dumbbell, while waiting for a train at
Watertown, fell through a trapdoor in
the floor of the railroad station.