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Nobby line of Crush Hats.
Nobby line of Extra Pants.
Full Line Dress Shirts.
Black and Fancy
In Square Cuts.
3 &4Button Cutaways,
Double Breasted Sacks.
And the prettiest line of
PRINCE ALBERTS
Ever Shown to the Public
Also, Elegant Hoe of NECK—WEAR—
LATEST DHSIGN8. and exhibition for
CO* Ail Jost received on
those wishing Suits for Easter Sunday.
J H. WHITE. JR., i CO.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL
BUILDING - AND - LOAN
ASSOCIATION,
fiHIFFIK, GEORGIA, BRANCH.
I am now offering Stock in the 8th, or Feb¬
ruary Series. New is the time to take. Re¬
member the first Series issued to Griffin Stock¬
holders earned two dottais and twenty cent,
per share.
C H. JOHNSON, Agent.
Griffin, Ga. Jan. 34,1890,
Fire tence I v
Call and insure yonr property before it
burns.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL
is still taking risks as well as
Georgia Home. Imperial
-AND-
CENTRAL CITY.
Call at once. Don’t delay.
C. H. JOHNSON. Agent.
For Sale and to Rent.
6 room hone* and 30 acres land .with fish
pond 60 on it and good with orcard. wide in beau¬
tiful vacant lots, streets, Hill in
v4 and oak and kickory grave, depot. on Time street, wil
% mile oi passenger
be given if desired. This property
WILL DOUBLE IN VALUE
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in next throe veers. -
The J. M. llrawner 7 room house and 2
acres land. Also, 4 acres and 18 new double
room houses. Will give a bargain in this
and is a good paying investment.
56 acres inside city, V4in woods. Beantiful
grove—can be cut np into lots and sold inside
of six monthsfor over double present price.
Adam Jones bouse and lu acres land. A
No. 1 orchard and valuable place.
Mrs. Charlton house and 4 acres, Hill St.
Female College houses and lot, 2V4 acres
land. Will be divided if necessary.
Houses and sloe building lots on Hill, Pop¬
lar and other port ions of the city and sever¬
al store honsee FOR SALE.
Persons having lands and houses to sell or
rent win be attended to promptly.
G. A. CUNNINGHAM,
—----- Beal Estate Agent.
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BARE HEROISM.
Magnificent Feat of an Unknown
New Yorker.
Rescued Fifty People from an
Awful Death.
Aa Athlete Used Meat Hooks for a Ladder
sad Succeeded in Warning the Inasatse
of Burning Tenements—The Mire had
Burst Cellar to Hall—His Guide
wm Only Shrieks and Groans.
New York, April 22.—Some time be
watchman discovered Are in the cellar of
the big double tenement at Nos. 63 and
66 Gouvemeur slip and No. 374 Cherry
street. The building was occupied by
fifteen families, and there were fully
fifty sleeping people in it when the fire
broke out.
The watchman was unable to sound an
alarm, hut two passersby did it for him.
Before the department reached the scene,
the whole front of the tenement was en¬
veloped ia flames. At this moment a
young man ran up. The fire had burst
mmi the cellar to the hall, and the stairs
were impassable.
A Gallant Deed.
The young man heat the door with his
parently, heels, hut could failed to open the it. sleepers. Nothing, There ap¬
rouse
was a meat rack in front of the butcher
of shop the on hooks the ground the floor. fellow Catching hold
himself to the top young rail. Planting swung liis
the up rail the
feet on top young man reach¬
ed up and caught the lower balcony of
the lire escape, and in another moment
,va« on the iron bidder. With a mighty
kick he smashed iu the window panes
aud woke the tenants up, and then ran
up to the next story like a cat, and start¬
ed the people there. Very soon the ladder
was alive with men, women and children.
Flame* Met the Tenants.
Thick columns of smoko had chased
the young athlete up the ladders. They
met the fleeing tenants in the hallway,
cutting dows off which escape they there crowded and at the win¬
to in their
dghtclothes, fire straggling engines to get first to
the escapes. The were racing
mwn the streets by this time. The ten-
PSjents round about were waking up and
uring fori!i their the multitudes. Ail the
e ors of a fire in night were afoot,
Halt way down the iron ladders those
who were swarming swallowed down the Cheirry
street front were up in a burst
, >f coal black, smothering smoke that shut
.hem out from the sight of the firemen.
In the dense darkness the latter ran up
the ladder, guided by the shrieks and
groans of t-lic people, and felt their way
up. Flames shot across the sidewalk and
played about the lower end of the ladder.
All Bmpt.
How they all got uown and out—some
half smothered, others hysterical from
fright—no one knew. But they did,
through all the smoke and fire. When
t was all over, the firemen had a short
cut short struggle with the flames. They
hecked them on the second floor in half
an hour.
Not one person who was in the build¬
ing when the alarm was given, had come
lown Who the stairway. • that - climbed
the young man was
he meat hooks and aroused the tenants,
is unknown. His work completed he
went away without waiting to be thank¬
ed. No one knows where he belongs, or
where he went. To the watchman he
luty, and uy, that was the reason lie knette
iow to climb.------------
Locked Up and Uurued to Death.
Columbia, S. C., April 22.—Thomas
iradley and wife, who live about eight
iiiles from this city, locked their two
nildren—a boy of seven and a girl of
t'.iout five years of age—in the house and
went off people to a prayer living meeting. by About
■edtime near saw a very
>rigjit light in the direction of Bradley’s
louse, and soon a crowd was on the
iccne, but the building was nearly con-
•umed, and the horrible discovery was
nade that the two little children had
been roasted alive
A. Little Boy i< all* in a We.L
Atlanta, Harper, Ga., six-year-old April 22.—Little Tom- Mr.
nie the son of
•i. H. Harper who lives at No. 127 East
i lunter street, fell into a well and was
iead when found. He had been playing
ith Ins little sister in a neighbors yard,
,d when the little girl went heme with¬
out d her brother, search He for the found missing in
i was begun. was soon
tie well, ami. tuough dead, an e garni na¬
vi -liuwed that, in some unaccountable
,aimer, the child, in falling, had broke
t a neck. The well is about nineteen
t deep, and has nine feet of water.
J h« Oldest koiuluct ir m (>«orgia.
VU-iUSTa, Ga., Ap r il 22 .— Captain Jas.
’ in-ell, the oldest conductor in Georgia,
•id. He had been connected with
Georgia railroad nearly forty years,
t;ny years ago he was a conductor on
u- South Carolina railroad, and his life
• cuts a long and unbroken record of
liiiful r.ihoad service. He leaves a
l ife and IV ur children. He was about
Yty-tive years old.
Tlie Pan- . Short.
V ashingtov, April 22.—The secretary
ate ha- telegraphed c aptain Bourke,
■large of the special train that was
.n-vuig the Pan-Americans on their
.utiiern tour, to return to Washington
um Richmond. This was done because
few of the dclen es <b>-ired to make
,e_ercur*i
The Compound Lard Bill.
WASH' ,uTu!<, -A.jjfn__ :.—a committee
>f one. Democratic representative from
ach of the cotton states has been select-
-U to decide upon the best method of
.ghling the compound lard bill. They
. ill make a poll of the house to ascertain
iieir exact strength, and if they find
hey have the not members a majority, and will, they indeed, will work
.uiong do
everything possible to d**fsat. the measure.
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I»a«s Uae Steamship Seized,
N*w York, April 22.—The Inman line
consequence the custom house authori¬
ties stopped the work of unloading and
seised the vessel. Notice has been sari
the Inman line officials calling for an
explanation. In default of this oonfieca-
suisr
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNE8DAY MORNING. APRIL 2» 18! 0.
GREAT DESTITUTION
In the Overflowed District—Tlie Report of
General Kobinaon.
W 4SHr,’ i.ton, April 22. — Secretary
Proctor has transmitted to the house the
report in of Quartermaster General Robin¬
son in the regard overflowed to the condition of affairs
district of St. James
and Ascension parishes, Louisiana. The
general he says that in pursuance to orders,
went to White Hall and Convent, St.
James parish. Convent is at the lower
edge Hail, of above the great Nita crevasse. White
it, is further back in the
valley. Below, at Convent, except near
the levees, everything is flooded for
ten miles down. He says the situation is
deplorable, and hundreds thousands of planters of
have lost their crops, while
laborers will be thrown Point, out where of employ¬ there
ment. At Grande
weie the probably sixty to eighty families,
whole people precinct escaped in skiffs, and the
is under water. Opposite
the levee break at Nita, numerous poor
wnites and colored people lost all but
their lives. He recommends instant ac¬
tion tending relief to the sufferers by the
United States. There are in the three
parishes abofff-5,000 destitute persons.
More Leveca Break.
New Orleans, April 22.—The high
tide along the gulf shore, caused from a
southeast gale, produced a rise of six
inches in the river at the head of Canal
street. The gale also carried the gulf
sippi water through lake Burgue and Missis¬
Nashville sound, entirely over the Louisville
asnd railroad track. The levee
gave S. way Wilkinson’s just above the sugar house on
T. Myrtle Grove planta¬
tion, and in twenty minutes; the break
was said to be fifty feet wide, and water
pouring through in an irresistible tor¬
rent. The levee at that point, about
thirty miles-below the city’s right bank,
was quite high, and great damage will
result from the crevasse.
Watchunan linn Over,
Atlanta, Ga., April 22.—A railroad
watchman named Odum, at Whitehall
street crossing, was run over by a train
and badly mashed and bruised. It is
believed he will die from the injuries.
TOISOS IN THE SOUP.
A tt-yaar-eld Girt Charged With Poi¬
soning Her Finlljs
Pittsburg. April z2. —Mary Stewart,
a girl 16 years of age. is under arrest at
McKeesport, Pa,, on a charge of poison¬
ing her mother, two sisters and a 4-
year-old brother James, from the effect
of which the little boy died.
The Stewart fami ly lived in the most
wretched of poverty stricken quarters
in McKeesport.
The doctor on arrival suspected the
family had tak:'u arsenic ana adminis¬
tered the proper remedies. He, in tiie
meantime, instituted an inquirv and
found the family had been taken ill on
partaking daughter Mary, of some which soup prepared by the imj
pregnat'sl with was Mary strongly Stewart,
at acme.
who is in jail, denies having put the
poison in the soup.
WAS IT CRIME OR ACCIDENT?
The Body of a Mao, Fearfully Lacer¬
ated, Found by the Boadalde.
Jamestown, N. Y., April 22,—The
body of William Holiday, of Glade Run,
Pa., was found by the roadside in Pren-
dergast woods, four miles from this
city. ception The body shirt, was nude, with flesh the ex¬
of a and the on the
arms and legs was terribly lacerated
running through the woods. It was at
first thought that murder had been com¬
mitted. but Soliday having ance been
an inmate of the Warren, Pa, insane
asylum and disappearing from home
last i riday morning, it is now thought
he died from exposure. His clothing
was .ound scattered along the road near
where the body was discovered.
Involuntary Baptism.
ufterj'oon Springfield,O.,A immense pril 22.—Yesterday crowd
an were
waiciung the negro baptism by immer¬
sion in Lagonda creeit, when suddenly
a span of the foot passage of the bridge
gave away, precipitating about fifty
iieople thirteen to the water’s seriously level. injured. Twelve Mrs. or
were
Lewis Meyers and her young son, it is
thought, will die. Horace Keifer, son
oi ex-ispeaker J. Warren Keifer, had
nis the arm foot oroken. of tlie abutment Fortunately below a drift at
vented the horror of deaths by drowning. pre¬
Exploit of a High Flyer.
St, Louis, April 23.—Lem Goldman,
aged stock 27, a local bond Napoleon broker, of and finance high
and and a
,ver in financial circles generally, was
arrested Merritt, for defrauding the Phelps big jewelry
firm of Walsh & out of
diaiponds valued atefAMXXL=dti
uuuuonds ostensibly to show his wife,
it is said, bnt failed to return thorn,
the diamonds were Aiund in a of pawn
mop. If he has a wife none his
nends ever knew it.
World's Fair Fluaucm.
Chicago, April the 22.—At world’s a meeting fair of
he directors of' the
,-.uce committee reported in favor of*
ouoe taking stepe to increase the cap-
..... stock to $10,000,(HW. This report
> ,is unanimously adopted and the
.ance committee memuers were con-
uei as a committee to have charge oi
cs matter. This committee is coia-
,i.,sed of Lyman J. Gage, Otto Young,
■j. G. Keith, J. J. P. O’Dell and John
.v. Walsh.
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IrdoB Coo tractors Hold.
Trenton, April 22.—At the hearing
•I the accused state prison brush trio before
, ustice -Bourne the two con¬
tactors, Joua Tonin and John Cook,
•vere held in $-0u bail each to await the
-cuon of the grand jury, on the charge
'atuping violating the statute made regulating Prison the
oi praam goous.
.pe. visor nenry I. flutter, who was
.larged with the same offense, was dis-
merged.
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Light Hours far Brooklyn Plaaterars.
New York, April 32.-The Brooklyn
plasterers the employers have reached the an agreement
with for year begin¬
ning «n May 1. Heretofore they $4, have
worked nine hours daily for but
under the new arrangement the day’s
work will consist of eight tours with
;be tame pay.
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Work of mm Incondtftry.
jutbuildings Bordxntown, N. J., April 3*.—The
of Amos kargerum, a
armor, and were destroyed by perished. fire. Three The
torses two cows
osi is 13,000; partially insured. The
fire is sup p ose d to to the work of an in-
^endiary.
WORK FOinuk/aiSS
Prospects of the World’s Fair Bill
in the Senate.
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SILVER QUE8TI0H THE HOUSE
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The National Baakraptey BUI Will
Probably Ha Mr. Me Mis¬
lay Hants the >» Take Up the
Tens' Bill Darin# the tint Week la
May.
Washington, April 22.—Today the
world’s fair bill comes up In the senate
aa the special order, and Mr. Hawley,
who has the bill in charge, will insist
upon its consideration. There D likely
to be some debate on Us various pro¬
visions as Messrs. Blackburn and Vest
expect to speak.
If the world’s fair bill la finished to¬
day the District of Columbia appropria¬
tion bill, which Mr. Plumb has given
notice he will call up, will be next in
order. This, however, ton bo disposed
of in <me day.
The land forfeiture BUI is on the pro¬
gramme, but may be laid aside to take
up the administrative customs bill upon
which there will be considerable dis¬
cussion, although the bill has already
passed the senate very nearly Democratic in its
present form. Some of the
senators are in a position to make this
bill a peg upon which to hang political
speeches.
There is no particular hurry about
the land forfeiture bill, but from the
efforts made by Mr. Plumb to have it
take chance precedence that he will last Friday, another there effort is a
make
this week and if it gets up it is likely to
be tne subject for Friday ’s debate. Sat¬
urday the senate takes up the oalendar.
Kniioaic of tho Hoaie.
The business of the house during the
week may lie greatly influence s by the
caucu, stiver of question. Republican Shou.d representatives satisfac¬ on
the a
tory bill be agreed upon in the caucus it
will be brought up tor discussion and
pushed .d the week. to a conclusion This the before disposition the end
is at
present. Other will
also brought matters forward of general in interest the house.
be
Today is suspension aay, but it has been
agreed to let the regular order go by the
board and take up the conference report
on the Oklahoma territorial bill. This
is a privileged matter and business. takes prece¬
dence of nearly all other
Tne judiciary committee is anxious
to oring up the national bankruptcy
bill during the week and will probaoly
sue ci ed m domg so after the appropria¬
tion committee gets tlie legislative, ex¬
ecutive the and judicial There appropriation also bill
out of way. is a cnance
that the judiciary committee may call
up No tho copyright bill. has been reached be¬
agreement
tween the leaden of the two aides of the
house concerning the tariff discussion,
but Mr. McKinley wants to have it begin
during plan will the probably first week be carried in slay and his
out. ,
Window on tho Silver Quostioa.
Washington, April 22. — Secretary
Windom has addressed a letter to a
western correspondent in answer to
comments and inquiries the silver about question. the pres¬ The
ent status of
secretary, be,or* discussing the and pending meas¬
ures congress the silver
question generally, says: The bill rec¬
ommended by the treasury was framed
mainly for two purposes. First,to meet
the demand for an increase of circula¬
tion aud second, to enhance the value
of silver by providing for it an addi¬
tional and safe use as money. If ap
proved accomplish by congress both it will, of in these my objects judg¬
ment,
and at the same time afford a fair and
just basis for harmony of action on the
silver question. To the silver interests
it offers every substantial benefit that
can financial be granted without peril to our ad¬
system and far greater
vantages that can be found in free coin¬
age. To those who vemand "more
money” $50,020,000 it offers an annual 660,000,000. increase To of
irom to
those who insist upon a sound currency,
degradation it gives the amplest guarantees dollar. against
of American
ladlaa Mar I'anslaM.
Washington, April 22.—There is lit¬
tle chance for the passage this session
of the bill introduced by Mr. Herr¬
mann, to pension tue survivors of the
uregon Indian wars of 1047-46 and 1856-
00. The members of the pensions com¬ bill
mittee of the house to whom the
was referred have talked it over and de¬
cided that it should not be acted on by
" after other gen eral pension
EnUniave ^ _ toen'"’®ip<5i«ff b*r “Attr-to-
pension the soldiers and sailors of the
Mexican war and the survivors of the
Indian wars that toon place in the south
und southwest Detween 1632 and 1842
are before the house and it is believed
that considerable bill would be opposition manifested to should the
Oregon made call it for dis¬
an attempt be to up
cussion and passage before the other
oil is referred to have toon taken up.
FquMtrlax State* of Gee. Grant.
Washington, April Squire, 22.—The bill in¬
troduced .by Senator of Wash¬
ington, providing for the erection of an
equestrian statue of Gen. U. H. Grant
in this city was passed public upon favorably
and by the committee in the day on Mr. Squire buildings,
later reported
to the senate. There is unanimous
agreement among the members of the
committee that at the earliest practi¬
cable moment the bill shall to taken up
and passed so that it may be sent to the
house and there put upon its passage In
order to have it enacted into law before
the fifth anniversary of the death of the
grea] man whose memory this monu¬
ment I* to commemorate.
Dawtlau from the Army.
received Washington, April department 22.—The reports
at the war for the
nine months beginning and ending with the fiscal
year July show 1, that 1866. there have March 31,
.690, been 1,578
desertions from the regular the army during
that period. For corresponding
months of the previous reduction year there were
1,893 desertions, a this year
over 16 per cent. The desertions for
March were J5 j as compared with 285
iriag March, 1889.
Frsaaafllaf* N»|wa
Washington, April 21.—After tome roatine
the house listened to eulogies on the
Representative S. 8. Cox, of New York,
Meant, (.ttnmww* Hotoaa, Breekea-
and fibers.
QU-i-TTC hbt. ’ . - HDDS.
Vnt'.wi I’.ox 't uler*
a.<l -V.’.-t ... ,> rl.
Little Hock, Art.. April 2a.—The
court derided tlie celebrated
contest of Jones vs. Glide well,
wai submitted in evidence that six
boxha were stolen from the county
office here containing a large
for Jonoa, but it was also es¬
tablished that prior to the genera) elec¬
Jones’ friends had organized secret
and the raemiiers, mostly ne¬
were sworn to vote a certain way
to cast an open ballot.
The supreme court held that the elec¬
tion of the contestant was therefore
void and affirmed the decision of the
lower court, giving the office to Glide-
well. Jones is a Republican and Glide-
well a Democrat. Die decision affects
both parties in this state and is regarded
*s vastly important, as it virtually dis¬
poses of a large number of election con-
tests on similar grounds.
Will Strike far K<ght Hoars.
the Vienna,, April 22.—The workmen in
mines and iron works of the Prague
Industrial company and the Amtro-
the Alpine eight mining hour company day. aud have if the demanded demand
is refused they will strike. This im¬
portant movement indicates that a gen¬
eral strike throughout the empire is
almost certain ana. grave apprenension
prevails in consequence. Tne excite¬
ment among the make laboring it certain population that is
tensive so great as demonstrations to will ex¬
occur on
May L The authorities are unable to
conceal their anxiety. The cabinet will
shortly influence publish a proclamation and intended
to the workingmen lessen
the danger of outbreaks. Requisitions
for troops have been received at Vienna
from various industrial centers.
Bln. Cleveland at Atlantia City.
Atlantic City, April 22.—There was
a great crowd at the Pennsylvania ave¬
nue tion depot of tlie {Saturday arrival night in anticipa¬
of Mrs. Cleveland on
the New York express. Mrs, Cleveland
stepped coaches from one of the Pullman
unattended by any escort other
than two servant girls. She was at¬
tired in a plain cloth walking dress,
blue English walking jacket with, white
broad cloath rever's, a white shirt front
hat and picadiliy white collar, a navy veil. biue She satin
the a depot spotted Lillie was
met at bv .urs. McAllis¬
ter Laughton, both whose guest she will be,
rode at once to the Brighton
It is said that ex-President
is to come down in the early
of the week.
Defaulter Pops Captured.
ST. Louis,' April 22.—William H.
the bauk, embezzling who teller of the City
fl ed with over $80, -
is said to have Ken captured at
a small station eighteen miles
Santa Fe, N. M. rhe fact that
ing teller, Pope, has a brother of in New the default¬ Mexico
a ranen
gives the a great President weight to Leech, me report the «r
capture. National of
bank, has telegraphed a
friend in New Mexico who lives near
Lamy to go if at once to that point aud
him the prisoner was the de¬
cashier.
Moving a Tovrti SH«.
Chamberlain, S. D.. April 22.—Sher¬
the town from which the boomers
ordered to move by troops a day
two ago, is no mure. Some of tlie
alters were in .rfvor of remaining
the land until foruiuly ejected br the
but better counsel prevailed
the work of removing buildings
I'he boomers succeeded in pur¬
white a bom id cad relinquishment vicinity
a man cue and it
to the new tre . out tne town is
moved. Tli. .uug contested mat¬
is now practically etited.
Discipline (or ti o ilou> Students.
CHARLESTON, 8. C., April 22.—The
of Clafiin college have deter¬
to retain PiOi ev,or Da Treville,
the denunciation of
by the Methodist convention which
met at Bo.>;on and the deter¬
of the cor students not to
his class roo r am. The trus¬
also passed discqndie a r ..o inon the declaring rebellious It
to
and warning all that unless
are obeyed expulsion will follow
short order.
Fatal Btabbins Affray.
Little Rock, Ark., April 22.—News
a fatal stabbing affray was received
irom Hempstead Touy county, J, V.
and Cooper, two farm¬
while rebuilding u fence fell out
tiie ownership of some rails and
were death resort.?.! Cooper was
to on die spot and Hil¬
received wounds from which he
not expected to recover.
A Bare llurne- tyncM-
Fayetteville, i’enn., April 22.—
Jacobs, color ni', charged with
city burning, was taken from jail in
at 2 o'ciora ounday morning
a mob of i(J; countrymen and
After firing several shots at
mob and trying to escape with the
of the jail, the sheriff and jailer
caught and forced to unlock the
where Jacobs was confined.
Quarreled Over a Woman.
New Yoke, April 22.—Asa Water¬
a theatrical manager, 83 years of
in Brooklyn shot and instantly
Peter Doran, whose wife lie was
home. The c(Tuple had been
for some time and both had
frequently warned by Waterman
he would kill them if he met her
Doran.
Helped fa Twenty-on* Murder*. — 1 —
Birmingham, Ala., April 23.—-Elacy,
notorio i ne,,-r.. ue^perado hanged
ten a wi.tt"ji lonression, in wiiicb
acknowledged complicity in twenty-
At the time of his {rial
execution it was settled beyond
that five be was guiity of$ the death
at least persona
Escaping Prisoners Killed.
Little R6ce, Ark., April 22.—Three
attempted Palarin, to escape from a
at twenty tniies north
here, and two of them, Dan Sneed
Sam Oxford, both desperate char-
were shot and killed by guards.
third, Willis Walker, escaped.
Death of an Old Fraamasoa.
Gjpjttsbi ko, Pa., April 22.—John
isle mail, the oldest resident, died
aged 90 years. He joined the
in 1812 and was probably
eldest a viator of that order in the
MAY DAUOLIDAY.
London Laborers Determined
to Observe It,
FOE 8H0BTEB HOURS,
an I^i bar Organisation* EaruMt bat
Antagonistic la Tfcalr Eadeavan Car
the Kicbt Hear Work Day—An Inter-
attla# Parliamentary Debate Eipasted,
affair, lu Baa tarn A trice.
London, April 29 .—The eighteen dis¬
meetings convened in London yes¬
terday by th* Federation of labor
Unions to consider the eight hour move¬
ment approved the proposition of the
union to hold a monster meeting in
Hyde park on May I. The hugest
meeting was in Hyde park and was ad¬
by several of the most promi¬
leaders of the short day mo ve¬
ins nt, The chief speaker was John
Williams.
Among other things he said: "The
working men forced now have them four holidays whether
every they year upon those days
want to observe er not.
These benefit holidays of other classes are primarily than the for work¬ the
ing consulted man in and his convenience ail The is not
the matter at one
day that labor has asked for, May 1, is
now dented. W# propose to all taka
our May holiday, however, whether the
employers like it or not,”
Antagonistic Labor Oifaalallau,
There are five separate labor organi¬
zations in London now engaged in
engineering May 1. Rich eight will have hour movements celebra¬ for
its own
tion of the event and all are hostile to
one another, or at least, there ti no mu¬
tual agreement among them. Their
demands differ not only in detail, but
in matters of principle and It looks now
as though such a damaging lack of unanimity
must have a very effect upon
the projected movement for a general
improvement in the position or labor.
The differences among tha various bodies
are believed to be irreconcilable.
To Partttleu a Provisos,
recently Berlin, been April broached 22.— A proposition for the iuu
tioning between Prussia and Belgium parti¬
the little neutral district of Morenset,
better known as Altenburg, lying be-
tivi-en the two countries named This
district has Ken governed by a joint
of Belgian and Prussian
officials, and has paid taxes to both gore
The arrangement has been *
somewhat cumbersome one, especially
in view of the smallness of the district,
the entire population numbering lass
than 5,000 persons. It has therefore
Ken considered advisable to divide the
strip between the two countries. But
the people of the little’territory, it now
appears, are not gfiveruiueuv so neutral aa the
roriu or Uuair ■mur in¬
dicate, and they have petitioned King
Leopold, the of proposed Belgium, not to It counte¬ ti
nance division. evi¬
dent froth the form of the petition that
it they their status is become to to Belgians changed in at ail
want to na¬
tionalities, and language, as they mainly are by race
_
Stanley la Brawls
the Brussels, palace Saturday April 22.—After evening dining at
passed hours in conversation Htaniey
several
with drive King ibrongh Leopold. the Yesterday he took
by officer, of the king's city accompanied staff.
two Last
Burgomaster he was Buis tendered the a banquet kail. by
at town
Sixty covers were laid, the guests ail
being men of distinction. The hall was
with the flags of Belgium,
Great Britain and the Congo Free State.
Stanley responding said - - ■
be foresaw tne
when rielgiaus would start from
Antwerp by steamer and visit their
brethren on the Congo as they now vto-
iled New York and Loudon.
Toda j Stanley dines with M. Lam¬
bert., Baron Rothschild's son-in-law.
whenever Stanley is seen in public he
an ovation, letters, cablegrams
presents pour in upon him by tha
_
■ am.11 and Gladstone to Spank.
London, April Parodfl's 22.—Great interest
in Mr. amendment to
tha-Balfour land purchase bill which
the Irish leader is expected to offer
when debate on thelMlt is resumed to¬
Mr. Gladstone ti expected to
inase amendment, an important speech in support of
and as it will to hie
first appearance since the recess there it
preciative to to a audience. large attendance and an ap¬
the possibility
iii.fi Mr. Parnell will also spank adds to
tha interest. He is heard so rarsly, and
there is so much mystery and singular¬
ity atout him, that "nis set speech** are
as marked events. As for Mr.
he now attracts not alone by
great fame as a statesman and ora¬
out also by the fact which every
realizes that the privilege of hear¬
ing hhii must soon, in the conrse of na¬
ture, be a thing of the past.
Tka Vootmakan’ Strlka.
London, April 22.—The strike of the
bootmakers is not yet settled, though
of the men are expected to re¬
work today. The manager* of
strike claim that the employers
a clever trick in order to de¬
the strikers. They made a
concession and managed to
the statement widely published
the strike was ended. The object
to stop the donations of money
were coming in from all quar¬
in aid of the striking workmen.'
his purpose was very largely success-
and the concession was then repu¬
leaving the workmen in a worse
than ever. The managers claim
be able, however, to maintain or-
inuzation among the men aud bold
it ur together until the situation be¬
generally again understood and contri¬
begin coming in.
Will SI»o*hf« a Few Native*.
Zanzibar. April 22.— Maj. Wtismann
preparing Sharp to fighting occupy and garrison
with the natives
expected when the attempt is made.
Berlin, of justie.i April in the 29,—Dr, Wurtemtmrg Faber, min¬
has resigned ami will ha gov¬
sue
by Dr Kohl tons. .
I«rpi Fiat* at Lisboa. ,
Lisbon, April 22.—Serpa Pinto ban ar¬
here.
BASEBALL
Tha
the Player*’ League. I
and the Atlantic
day with the following i
Havers*' Lai
At New York-New Yerk, 1
12. Attendance, 13,01S.
At Boston— Boston. 3;
anc*. SJBT.
At Buffalo— Buffalo, 2* 1
tmtmrfi 3,128,
National
At Naw York-New York. 0
4 Attendance . 1 * Jt
At Boaton-Btotoa. 1*
tendance. ABB.
At
Attaadaaca, MU.
At PUuUuxg *—— -Ptttebnr*. % ‘
' »*-
At Brookiym-Syracute, Ui--
Attendance, tit
At Philadelphia—Attdetio, *: ‘
Attendance, 2,189.
At Louiarifia- Lotfieville, Sj St. L
^"t^to&lumbe* I2| Toledo, H.
tendance, MKl.
AUaatlc Asaeetattaa.
At Janay Ctty-Jarsey City, fc Newark, 2A
Attendance, SOU.
At Baltimore—Baltimore, th Now Havaa. A
Attendance, MOO. _ = *
1A At Wilmington—Wilrataxtoa, k Worceatar,
Attendance. 2,Wo.
ht Washington—Waohiaetoa, IBs Hartford,
ti. Attendances^
At Colombo*—Colombo*, F, Toledo, A Goa*
protected by Columbus.
At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 9; Syracmo, A Ate
end Ance, ANA
At Nowark—Nowark, A Joreoy City, A
At LontiviUo-LooiaviUs, A BL Louie, A
Game-forfeited.
_
A Kick a*
In the game at Coiumbo* jn
owing rule to adopted. a large attendaaoe, In the f i
was
with two men on bases * ’
umbus, made a three
center, which was clear <
pire second O’Dea, base, however, wail on ..
to aa at <
runners, who had scored, , r
minutes wrangle, Colustbw
the game under protest.
JSSSfkM, here to consider the
i
er? lug the Pittsburg club <
League season
stead same day of two a* the day*
League Chicago club* opening. 11m ti
agree to
it new remain* for tha „
Buffalo club* to give thetir <
ass
at. Louis Forfeits i
-KrrSJ&aira. the stood 6
game scores
LoutiviU# o. A Louisville i
th# hail into the crowd
u—» i— vms. a.
scored. 8t. Louis pr
that bare running wa*
two b««M on a "dead” *-
to continue the game,
said that tha rule
batsman and not to
Tha game wa* given to:
score of 9 to A
Lock Haven, Pa.,
Governor James Pollock <
evening at auarter
toe residence of his
Harvey, held in this city
be to-morrow. !
short funeral service
mi donee in tho
main* will be aft
ton for interment,
Presbyterian hill, pastor of th# Wo
conduct the eervict church,
will be held in the !
immediately from Philadelphia. atm 1_________
train
Pollock’s last hours wore’
ing and he slept away
peacefully.
Baud oil's Vaaaat Seat.
Muliln, Philadelphia, the close April 1 k *
friend of Bamuel J. Randal' a
faoa has bean smb in
vantion for
hold* da tha the key to tha I
the political machine in ti
poeo to put Junes Barit, 1
partner and a bright y sung t
dead leader's soaL All of ti
'squire Beck people is waiting. If i
then wil
abent nominating and i
. ■ ■■
trepbe Bethlehem, P»,, April 33.-
tkat resulted in the in
young lives occurred
thirteen miles frem Br
broke out in th* two story J
William Smith's _
posed, tho farm, of from, i
and less explosion than hotx a
in two
was Young, in ashes. tha Howard, a sou of.
burned to death tenant, and aged 1-ym 6
a
lying that it in cannot its cradle was so 1
recover.
Watson’s Randolph, _
tether withflOO piggery