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a I Lebanon Daily A CHANCE FOR PEACE. RII8SIA WANTS TIME TO CONSIDER ENGLAND'S PROPOSAL. Gladstone's War Credit to be Opposod. WI11 Rossiane, In Cane of War, Cnt the Telegraph Takes Hand. LEBANON, in LONDON, May 4.

-The cabinet council on 20 Saturday bad under consideration dis from Sir Edward Thornton, British minister to Russia, stating that M. do Giors, Russian minister of foreign affairs, asked time in which to discuss and Interpret agreement of March 17 a before deciding to an whether arbitration WAR required the pending difficulties, As result of cabinet discussion, Granville intimated his willingnoss to the laying of the dispute beforo a third for settlement, provided M. de Gierx admitted tho principlo of arbitration. A further communication from Sir Edward Thornton war received at the foreign ofice, la reported that the English minister paya this dispatch that Russia accopta the prinof arbitration. A cabluet council has summoned.

LONDON, May Improved Radical wing prospect of peace has emboldened the Liberal party, and they have now determined to oppose the $55,000,000 war erodit of the house goes into committeo of supon its dual passage. The ball will to oponed by Mr. Henry Labouchere, who tho Raul- such member for Northampton, ly ardent lover of peace that he is ready to for It at any time. lIe proposes to offer amendment to the effect that BO large a credit is noodloss and prodigal fu view of the immense deficit which it will admittedly cause. government, however, will strain every nerve to have the whole amount eapecially in view the fact that voted, one-balt of the $55,000,000 has nirondy spent in advance of tho request for the Tho Cable Nown correspondent at St.

Pe tersburg tolegraphs Vannovekl, Russian minister of war, has completed mobilization of the artillery of the army Turkestan. Many Cossacka will bo sont Central Asia, and the railway companica have boon ordered to provide trausportation facilities tor immonso quantitios of ammunition, mitrallleuse guns and other war Medi- supplios. It is reported that the Russian terranean squadron has beon ordered to retart to the Baltic sea and to auchor off Revel, on the south side of the Gull of Finland, A letter from St. Petorsburg, dated April describes the enthusiasm with which the czar was greeted when he traversed the streets in an opan carriago and nouo of tho extraordinary precautions with which the people had bocome familiar. It has has been bad such a warm and popular reception in St.

many yearn since the czar of Russia Petersburg, and it bas never bafore occurred during the reign of tho present monarch. The nearest rocont approach to tho domonstration of last Tuesday was the pageant at czar's coronation, but, that was at Moscow, Ita noarest bistorical paraliel was furnished in April, 1877, just before tha TureoRussian war, when the present czar's father WAS enthusiastically acclatinod nt St. Petersand Moscow. BA lie roviowed and cdburg dressed the troops who were about to fight for Holy LONDON, May is now learned that Russia. Russian cruisers have been stationed for some timo past at convenient points in the Pacino Ocean in readiness, in the case of war, to cut the ocean cables connecting Engwith China, India and Australia.

John Pender, M. P. for Wick, Eastern and Extension chairman Tele- ol the Enstern and graph companies, has cablos implored of the those govorn- cornment to protect, the panies, which have a monopoly and to of repair the them cable business with the Orient, in case of damage caused by acts of war. government has replied that it will do The its beat to protect tho property of the cable companies, as of all Englishmen. The general question of kooping open communications in the evout of war 18 cable absorbing subject of discussion in telean graphic circles just now.

It from 1s hoped cable that Russia will abstain cutting, uh, owing to the fros trado telegraphy, Russia has An equal right with system which prevails in international England to the use of all the cables. Thero being intelligible to her enemies, as the key is, moreover, no danger of Russiu's of the Russian cipher, which la a mysterious combination of letters and figures In groups of fives, has never beed discovered. England would, of course, be as eager as the companice themselves to keep the cables inviolate, for the obstruction of her lines of communication with her eastern colonies would 50- riously cripple her It believed that at all events Russia will respect tho Western Union and Mackay-Bennett lines of cable on nocount of their purely American ownership. Despite the prospect of peace, the admiralty office is abating none its its vigor in' list pre- of of paring for war, and added the to long France, chartered merchantmen steamer of the National line. VIENNA, May 4.

-It la reported hero that the Italian consul has been instructed to sume the protection of all British subjects in in the event of war between Russia and England. LONDON, May 4. -A dispatch from Tientsin states that the Chinese government has proby the British feet as a violation of the tasted against the occupation of Port Hamilton integrity of Cores, ST. PETERSBURG, commandant at Vladivostock has been ordered -to send away all tomala residents of that place. Queen Victoria's Bealth.

LONDON, May 4-There is a notable hunprovement in the health of Queen Victoria ince her return from Air-leo-Bains and Darmatadt, Extraordinary precautions for her safety, similar to those taken on the night of March 80, when she slept on board tho royal yacht Victoria and Albert in the middle of Portsmouth harbor, were adopted before ber' arrival at Sheerness, Several hours before the royal yacht was expected all the vessels in the harbor and river were diligently patrolled by polico and the route from the lauding to the railway tons was lined by a strong military guard and many metropolitan detectives. Ads Cavendish Married. LONDON, May Miss Ada Cavendish, the actress, was married to Mr. Frank A. Marshall, the dramatist," author of as Hatter," E.

"Falso "Cora," "Biorn," "Family known Hon01-3 and other plays, which are both sides of the Atlantia The Sharon Divorce Case Again. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. Sarah Althea once more missing, and Judge porder requiring the produotion of her, precious doofor examination by an expert cannot be served. There is a rumor about town that compromise has been effected of the sud unsay that publio will bear no more Another story persona to MONDAY EVENING. TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.I Holler of A Hotel Bursts and Kills Font Persons, GALvESTON, May 1:89 D'eluck one the boilers tho engIne-rom of the Trement house in this city exploded with terrific force, totally, demoralising the enn brick structure adjoining and in the rear of the hotel.

Immediately to the south of tho engine-room was a tivo-story hotel frame were building which the help of the cilod. A tuction of the espioling holler, feet long and weighing several was forced entirely throngl thin pounda, building, thence pawing Twentyfourth streot, and finally mottling upon and crushing a small frame building block. situated in The scene WAS a terriblo one, the mangled alley midway of the next romaina of many persons strewing the path- of the dreadful missile. A crowd wAy quickly collected and the work the of ruins rescue of began. searching among the boiler house the dend.

of Thomas Cross, the engineer, Lawrence Carr, the fireman, were found. Anderson Jones, 8 colored walter, was found devi in the frame building ho WAS CInra Miller, the unfortunnte woman living in the frame shanty in the alley, was crushod by the fall of the detached part of the boiler, And lied while boing conveyel 1a the hos with pital. her, was 8O serlously injured that he Sullivan, nowabor who boarded will probably die. This completes tho list searching killed 80 far among 89 the ruins nuLy result in the known, furthor Anding of sevural servaul who are now missing. M.

Sullivan, Frauk Axuell, a Miss Burns, all servanta, wero sei jouly benised and scalded, and Jose Aquilla, pastry conk, and R. Walton, an employo, severely bruisal. The canse of thy explosion in not na yet clearly established. TWO PEDESTRIANS ARRESTED. Sensational Developments In a Day Match nt Atlanta.

ATLANTA, May three-day walkwatch which closed In thin c.ty. at mid. ing night was followed by sensational dovelopmonta and the arrest of two participants. Among the contestants was a from Now York named Burns, Ho was 01- pocted to win. tho race.

John Thompson, Burns, fearing his favorite WAR not who had nearly $1,000 put up on his beat, went to Brooks, Burts trainer, and gavo him 8150 in cash to band doing Burns as 011 incentivo to pull up: Burns to took the money, and lator acceptod a bribe of 6950 from a combination to loge the race, Burns, During the while quite afternoon fresh; was lngging behind. 16 Was observed that; Then It wax that Mr. Thompson grew 8114- picious, and sot on foot an Inquiry which When the walk was over, between 12 brought out tho truth. and 1 o'clock this morning, Burns and Brooks wore both arreated and token to the calabooso, still in their walking skin-light stita, Friends of arrested mon protested. that the men would die if kept in such placo aftor threo days' then walking, thoir and a rooms.

guard was detailed watch at More for the Northwest. OTTAWA, May 4. -It la understood that the More for the Northwest. OTTAWA, May 4. -It la understood that the government bave received dispatches from Col.

Otter asking that a furthor cupply of officers to the north wast at. once. The supposition is that Col. Otter intends to divide his foreo into small companles for scouting The numbor of officer aaked for has not boeur learned, but tho goueral opinion sooms to be that A good many will be ordered out. MONTREAL, May weokly journal peared Eaturday called Te Motis, an It organof the population of the northwest, a robel shoot covortly anoering ut the troops, One articlo purports to be a report of Gau.

Dumont, of the his rebel battle leader, with Gen. Middleton, an 40 in and givos count which he assorts that he had only 50 men with whom ho placed condition 00 of the government soldiers out of to fight, papor Cartier and sounds the tocain of the recent compares Riel with the late Hir George robellious invetiaga which gavo the first notes of the sympathy with the rebels. Protesting Agulust a Sham Battle, May tho monthly meeting of the connissioners of. Fairmount park President Welsh Announced Peace union that committee of the Universal was to protest against turning over the this summer to the military for a sham present battle. The commissionors decidod to park graut Che committee an audience.

were four of them, headed by Alfrod H. Love, prestof the uninn, who read an address redent ferring to the "disgraceful -conduct of the militia at Gettysburg last summer, when the residents in that vicinity woro subjected to the most diabolical outrages;" and urging the commissioners to proveut a recurrenue of "those desecrations in tho park," Mr. Love also impressed the commission the dangerous moral effects which a sham battle would upon rising generation. Being luformod that; no wham battle would bo allowed Mr. Love and his volleagues William justice of the peace of Jaokson township, at the recent Spring election, WAR in town this morning and had his bond approved by Judge Light.

M. Groh, Exto, of Swatara township, appeared this morning, qualified, and had his bond approved. Samuel licker, of Bethel township, had his bond approved and Jias boon qualified, They assumed office Grand Central Blak. The managers have provided for their patrons au elegant eutertainment at the rink for this and to-morrow evenings, having eugagod the famous Mason's Aggregation ut Biogole and Shatorial Artists. This combination le aoknowledged to be the fluest organization traveland during the reason they have ing, given exhibitious in twenty Ave States and two Territories, traveling pearly miles.

Tue great expepse that tho 40,000 pavagers bave goua to dis cogaging this com should receive the bearty pauy of our community. The full Ann. port ville corset band will farpiab the musio to- night, in place of the Keystone orpheatra. String lust are pot loud for an exhibition of this kind. enough 387 tickets were sold fur the May party on Saturday night.

Let the prowded to-night. Reunion of The revuion of the Ninth Veteran Volunteer survivors: at Carlisle, will from be bold Lancaster pear to leaxe in a body. June The survivors Excursion tickets can Do from railroads la this vicinity Bonds Approved. 11. Kline, Zag, elected 8 MAY 4, 1885.

LOCAL AFFAIRS. Station Monso Items, There were four prisoners confined in the station hintise on Saturday night, two of which, As Squire Thomas would bare it, were trying to paint the town red, but Omeer Feary's mace put the redness on a different place and the two roughs with some dificulty were put behind the bars, At the hearing yesterday morning ench of them were Aned one dollar and the sino amount of costs imposed. One of them having enough stamps, paid his tax nud left with instructiona from the squire to settle up another difficulty, which he bad got himself into, carly yesterday morning, or he would again be arrested to day. Tho other, for want of funds, wAs sent up to Sheriff Bocshore, with the hint thnt A warrant would be in readiness for bim which might keep him from going to Barnum's show. An Irishman also had to, for want of friends to pay his fine and costs, pany this one to the mansion.

The fourth one bad plenty of friends and his fino was promptly paid. Officer Henry was assisted by a citizen fu taking the prisoner, who was sont to jall, to the station house. Tho latter re ceived as thanks for bie aselstanco a ter-: title blow from this rough, which knocked, him down, and the rowdy attempted to. cacape at the corner of Ninth street and! railrond, but was quickly caught by Officer Loedom, who arrived promptly the placo. Through the whole of Batur.

day these two rowdies, in company with third, were drinking and carousing through town and la the evening got out to the North Lebanon House, whero drinks wore retuaod them, when they. became abusive and wore put outsida: when one of them threw a stone through tho window, almost bittiug a man inside. The officer was culled and the two above, arrested. The one who threw the atone! ran away, but will ba arrested on Arst sight by tho officers, as be is a woll known. character.

This Evening. Tho Central Club's drat annual dress will bo hold in Fisher's Hall this, ovening. The P'ersoveranco band and; Grand Central brass orchestra will be In attendance, Gentlemen who are not desirous of dancing will be admitted, to gallery for 25 conte. All respectablo! ladles welcome, The grand march takes) placo at 8:80 o'clock, tlie band rendering musta for tho same. The brass orchestra furnished the music for the May party rink 011 Saturday ovoning, and quitted itself' In highly soliafactory Golden Wedding, Mr.

Edward Gebhard and wife, residing' Chestnut street, to-day celebrated their golden wedding, It being fifty years they first were joined in the holy bondsof matrimony. All their childron and grand children, as well as nenr relatives, wore present and the occasion wha one that will soon be forgotten. Mr. Gebhard many years past was engaged in- the butchering business, and by frugality and close uitention to business succeoded making a handsome fortune, but retired few years ago, giving the business to 80n8. Maved to Lebanon.

Rov. E. P. Greider, a retired minister the Moravian church, last week moved from Bethaula, North Carolina, to Lebanon with his family. Mr.

Greider has purchased a house on North Tenth street will mako Lebanon his future home. the father of Mr, Al. Greider, the genial bend clerk in the dry goods store of J. Rauch Son, corner Tenth and Cumber. land streets, Blate Post from Artosian Well, Mr, Churles Shiner on Saturday Jog left at the oflice of the News a of elate boring, six inches in diameter, taken out of the artesian well now put down in the meadow.

south of North Lebunon furnacca, near the end West Lebman street. Mr. Shiper please, accept our thanks for remembrance. Supreme Court. Lebanon will be well represonted week at the State Supreme Court, delphia.

This morning the following them a 90 condition members of our bar left for the city: Grant Weldman, Josiah Punck, A. Frank Seltzer, J. P. 8. Gobin, Frank E.

Melly, W. M. Derr, Howard O. Shirk and ler Boyer, Keys, No Exouraion. The excursion to Gettysburg of Sedg.

wick Camp, No. Bous of of this place, over the Colebrook. Valley road, did not take place. Over the Lebu non Valley road probably a half dozen this place. The train due here at 8:24: left had two additional cars attuched, which were well Alled.

Caught Fire. The old debris and dried grass op thy. abandoned Zion's Lutheran cemetery, corner Tenth and Boull street, yesterday Bro from sparks emitted from a caught passing engine. Board of Trustees. The old Board of Trustees of Palatinate College, Myerstown, meets to-dey in the college to make arrangements for, mencement day exercises, Eye Operatiop, Dr.

Paul Waldman, of Reading, has performed a successful operation pa Mr. L. Swope, of this place, for Counoll meeting this evening. Now repair the. Some of NO.

202 VOL. XIII. ANOTHER FATAL FIRE. EIGHT OF DWELLERS IN TENEMENT 'HOUSE DEAD. Perish Lito' Rate la Garret.

Seven Identifying the Dead--Had the Firemen Not Been Late nit Might Have Been Saved. When the first hook and ladder truck came from Sixty-soventh street 15 minutes bad came Hook and Ladder No. 3 from East from the time of tho alarm. With elapsed it Thirteenth street, and Hook and Laddor No. 4 from Forty-eiglith street and Eighth By that time, many of those in the avenue.

house wore dead. Eight people who had. despaired of the tardy aid had the leaped smoke- from the windows, and. others lay in chargod. room gasping their last, Lieut.

Donahue, with the second section of Engine No, 16, was the first to arrive at the Hire, While his then were drugging in the hose ran to the signal box and sent out the third alarm, which brought the district hook And ladder companies. The two trucks due Are were at that time at work on the Are in Hunting-" ton's house at No, 65. Park, When the long prayed for hook aud ladder did come there was no time lost. Life belte were. slung by, the life saving corps bad been and in erected three.

minutes A chain of ladders 031 the south sido of the building by Hook. and Ladder No. 3. On the north side Hook Ladder. -No.

4 Tun up a chain, whlle Propen independent Nugout life and: saving Campbell journey. started It up was op; a race to rescue the people who were still seen appealing for aid at the fourth' and 'Arth story -Coroner Martia bas an taken charge of the cuss 'commence investigation early in tho week. Gen, Grant's Condition, NEW YOUR, May Douglas, Shrady and Sands met: in consultation at the house of Gou, afternoon. As Drs. Shridy and Douglas were and said leaving that tho house they were Saturday night, with one exception, recovery was the bei best with the general since the all The gan, cancerous lump at the base of the tongue at The general slept well wight.

present was not progressing, The ulcerated portions of throat, though the not by general any meaus physical hualed, condition were: improved. The glandular clean and swelling that Shad increased. on Saturday by afternoon reasop of had roat. When pressed to say it almost disappeared by Sunday the cancerous lump had improved, the dootors declined to say further than above, Tho general passed another quiet night and day," said Col. Fred Grant, "and still progresses.

tomarde recovery so that Of it course paseos our most sanguine expectations. we cannot: tell may 'ocour at any moment, but we'are. all hoping for the bout. The swelling in the throat is still there, but bus decreased somewhat, I suppose owing to the rest of to day. It he gets five or six more good days I believe ho will be able to entirely finish his book, I canpot give you anything more detinite than that which the doctors stated We feel an 6 general of success, yet is on a perpetual strain for engaging, in'a battle, who, though confident fear of the many contingencies that may at Any moment turn up.

Wo keep him 48 quiet an is possible, for of We talking too much, Trylugato' Capture Preston. Galveston, May Prestan, the rebel leader who arrested several Ameri: cans because the United States consul refused to deliver to him arms from the seen Pactflo since Mail he steamship Colon, has not. been reduced, the city to ashes. about He has miles now, from been to the woods three Blaty of his followers still oling to Col. Brun started at daybreak capture the NEW YORK, May over the city, especially on the east side, there was A feel- of ing of gloom and sorrow over the news the tenement house horror on First avenue beings perished and 13 others were taken ta yesterday morning, in which eight hospitals maugled and almost dead At Bellevne hospital and at the morgue sad scenes were enacted throughout the day 89 relatives care and saw the doad, the dying and tho wounded in cases so mangiod as to recognition.

Around the wall sbield- from defy ing the tha curious gathered a throng of and its dreadful sights tho gazo of over 600 people, many of whom were woall morbidly auxions tu penetrate man, Within the Interdicted precincts of the city's A number of boys clamcharnel louse. bered upon the but wnll a to police get a officer glimpse on of duty the ghastly sight, drove them from their perch. ho: pital gato the officers were beAt the by applicants for admission where sieged the bodies were. the "Are any of your then and often anfriends missing?" was query the affirmative. "Who did you know in the house?" the offleer would quory, this generally proved the stumbling block.

Nevertheless, tow did manage to take their way only w'bo checked Chore by Keeper morgue, On the siabs, behind the glass partition of Fogarty. whero. unidentifled bodios are ex-. i room posed' to the publio gaze, rested the remains suven of the victims. Joseph Humpbrey and" his months old son Henry roposed on 0110 slab.

The fathor's eyes were closed, aud his face wore 0.0 infant's pression lips of wore pain drawn and together with a alarm. The pouting oxpression, and his face wore Krotzschmar a calm and poaceful look. Mrs. Mina and her 10-your-old son Richard, with all but their facos hidden under tho rubbor shrouds, lay on tho adjoining slabs, and next to them were the of Christina Koorner: and Paulino Koerner: In the further corner was the body, of tho Humphreys' servaut, a woman of about. 40, and only known as "Mory." In Bellevue hospital 12 victims were lying, and in the Presbyterian hospital moro, one of whom was rellored of his sufforing by death before noon.

Of the victunx of the fire eight wero dead yesterday evening- and 18 were hospitals. Thousands of people gathored around the linuso at No. 709 First avonue, which was under the scone of the horror. A squad of police Capt. vented Ryan them kopt from outoring.

Nothing but tho crowd in check and prothe broken and smoked windows gavo any fudication from the stroot of the fire. charred As BOOl as the ball door was opened the and burnt' stairs gavo testimony to the fury of flamica which raged within. The wooden stairs were black 'and charrod, and tho walls. looked like slabs of: charcoal. The track of the fro from Humphroy's kitchen could bo easily followed by the black and burnt wood work.

The Are had gained firm. foothold and was fanned by the -open door lending to the yard, It went up the staircase as though through' 8 flue, burning through the halls and into the rooms through fourth the ball bedroom windows, At the the fire was checked, but the smoke floor and explosive gases generated by the flames, "bad blown in the coilings of the fifth Boor. Had the fromen been on have haud 10 minutes saved, earlier probably all would beon The Finding of. the Orons, Yesterday was the fourth Sunday after but It is also the Feast of the Invention or Finding of the Holy Cross. related that after the famous victory Emperor Constantine gained over Maxentlus in A.

D. 312, Helen, the mother Constantine, was warned in a dream subsequently went to Jerusalem and discovered the 0058 upon which our was cruelded. The service, howis that of the Bunday. For the Epistle, St. James 1, 17-81, is read, and Gospel selection is St.

John xvl, 0-14. l'arty, The Grand Central rink, North Eighth on Saturday evening presented a and testive appearance, with the floor spotted with old and young enjoying exhilarating sport of skating. At 0 o'clock this amusement ceased and the march for the dance was struck ny an enjoyable timo was had by those delight in tripping non the light fantastic to the dulcet strains of a Auc orchcatra. Cow in a Ditch. On North Tenth streot, betwoon Scull Church, a tranch has been dug for tho of putting down water pipe.

Late purpose Saturday night cow coming along walked into the ditch, and unable 10 ox. tricato heraolf, commenced to bellow, which attracted the attention of passerswho threw earth into tho ditch, 50 she was enabled to walk out of tho pluco sho had got into, Mite Boointy 'Mootings. Tho mite society of Salem Lutheran: church meets on Wodnosday evening at realdence of Mr. Carroll Ovos, on East Lehman street. Tho Reformed Milo society meets on Wednesday evoning at tho residonco of George Shay, North Tenth strcot.

Blowly Improving. Mr. William Spahn, residing on Eust Walnut strout, who was 80 frightfully burned abont ten days ago by being proalpitated head foremost Into a kettle of bolling lye, in slowly Improving, but confined to his bed. Let us express hope that his recovery will be speedy permauent, Real Estate Change. Through the real estate agency of E.

Keller Nonh Boyer last week sold his farm of 04 acres, with improvesituated in North Lebanon townments, ship, to E. K. Kehlor for others, Adjourned Court. An adjourned court will be, bold morrow moruing.in the court room, tho purpose of transacting such business 08 may be' brought up tor disposal. Some license applicatlone will bo conalderod.

Organ Out of Repair. At tho service last evening in Bu. John's Ruformed church some of the koys of organ 'dropped, so that the organist was unuble to uccompany the choir in closing sorvicca. In Service, The Union steamer, which was tempo: rarily out of service during the laying down of a new floor in the engine house, has again been put in service, Air, Will Richey, who has been vialting Lebanon, this morning left for Philadelphis, lev. A.

O. Wodekind, of New York, arrived in Lebanon this morning. Mr. Artemus Wilhelm and family, Wilmington, on Saturday evening arrived in Lobanon. Mr.

Wilhelm 6011 in-law of Mr. Edward Gebbard, ing Ex ou Prottionotary Frederick A. Chestnut street. was la town to day. Recorder Wallaco paid a.

visit to Oourt House to day. Mr. Al, B. Cummings, the well known horseman, to morrow will take charge the Harriaburg driving park. Mr, George Wolf, Jeweler, left morning for Philadelphia.

The wife of Rev. Dr. Augustus Wedekind, New York, is visiting frienda Lebanon. CONDENSED UITY NEWS. The atmosphere is still raw and cold, Barnum's show on Friduy, Poter Hauer will place a Mansard root on Cumberland street proporty.

Building improvementa promise to be brisk in Lebanon summor. school rooms of Trially U. B. The church are undergoing extensive Improvements, which, when completed, will beautify Samuel W. Boyer has been appointed them considerably.

Jaultor at St. John's Reformed church, succeeding Mrs. John Penn, who Alled that position for twenty years. A game of buse ball was played on Beturday afternoon on the old show grouada between the Alert clubapd a picked pine. which resulted do a score.

of 24 tel 9 in favor of the Alerts. Baseball Record, The League record to date shows the eight clubs occupying the following relative posttione in the pennant race: Won, CLUE Lost. Won Lost. EASTERN CLUBS. Chicago Now Boston St.

Louis 2. Philadelphia Totals: Follovting la tho 5 record of the American CLUBS KARTER I CLING WESTEUX Won Lost. Pittsburg Lows Dangerous Timber Sawing. THE TRUNK MYSTERY. Slater of the Fieflin Folly identides the Remains--A Murder for Money.

viewed the remains of the Italian whose PITTSBURO, May of Italians body was found in a trunk at the Union depot. About 11 o'clock a well-dressed nadertak- Italian about 25 genrs entered the ing the lid. The fell upon the rooms and approacking tho coffin lifted taco of the dead men cry of recognition escupod his lips, He said that had bia known name WAR the Antonio Subleni, and that he dead man well' He was called Philippo Coroso. Ho and Babieni had been employed Coas laborers on a railrond in Chicago. roso, nature.

He saved his earnings, and Sabient sald Sableni, was not of a quarrelsome advanced the opinion that ho had teen murdered for his money. Mrs. Bonastalli, the wife Smithfield street confectioner, WAR inSubsequently of a terriowed, and she said that Coroso was ber brothor, who at one time kept a He peanut stand in Fourth avenue, this city. re moved to Chicago seteral years ago and married there. He bad a wife and two children at No.

148 Canal street, Chicago, Mrs. Bonastalli has telegraphed to his wife for information. A suspicious porson was noticed following the trunk as it was being to the baggage room at the Union depot. He did, not say a word, but after taken gazing around for a few minutes walked The police have been furnished with away. a description him, which answers somewhat to thnt of the man who recolved the baggage check at Chicago.

RESCUED FROM THE ICE. Iferolo Work of 8 Life Saving CrewNight of Snifering, ERIE, May. Capt. Thomas Maher and crew of nine men wore rescued alter prolonged forts from being ombeddod crushed 1n the ice with their stoam tug, the Mattison. The tug went out to.

reconnoitre for the fishing floet, and was mot by tho folds of drifting ico which closed around her and soon hold her firmly lockod, Signals of distross brought out the life saving crew, but It was impossible to reach the Mattison with the rocket-line or the Lylo gun dovice. Night came on and the cold grow intense. There was no bedding or clothes about the tug to protect the crew, and the anxious crowds ashore believed they must be frozun to death. The ice continued to pile up around the tug, causing such tearful pressuro that all night tho benumbed. men expected the sidos to bo forced in and their lives crushed out, Fires were, burned on the cliffs all night and the effort to rescue were renowed.

By blasting the ice a passage was forced and the Mattison was towed into port by the tugs Edith and Boekman. The crow are all: safo, but have suffered fearfully from the cold. aged Mexican, who, was one of the sottlers in Now Mexico, and was a frequentor of these parts during the ho oxcitement of 1840, RAys that is in' the possession of facts which go to prove that over.100 Americans wore murdered and robbed in the town of Algodones during tho summer of 1849, He says there existed at that time an' organized band of Mexican robbers, who lay in wait for American miners traversing from the states to the gold-mining regions. Perrea says that he can point to a dozen. houses and log cabins yet in existenco beneath tho floors of which many skeletons can ba found.

He says the houses thus named each contain the remains of half a dozen Americans. There la talk of soarching the cellars of the houses to which Perroa refora for the purpose of refuting or corroborating his statement, Claims Over 100 Americana Were Murdered. ALGODONES, May 4. -Francisco been received here of a singular quarrel be-4 tween factions of negro: church on the islands near Beaufort. Ono point in controversy was the use a cortain estahlished place of baptism.

March Seabrook, on whose land it denied the "Independent Baptists" permission to come to his shore, aud they, led by the Rev, Mr. woll, got up a baptismal service to test tho question. The minister, a negro girl who was the candidate, and two other persons were in a wagon in the Independent procession' which invaded Seabrook's premisos, and were violantly thrown to the ground by the upsetting the wagon in a ineleo which other en-: sued. Iloes, axes, bottles, sticks and weapons were used, and the standard bearer of the procession used his staff vigoronaly, Sixteen persons wore arrested in consequence for inciting a riot and disturbing worship, and seven were bound over for trial. 4 A Lightning Schedule for Matrimony; Das MOINES, Nay A sensation has been.

grouted in this town by. the sudden wedding of F. Bishop, a young baker, avid, Mary pretty and misto be in the former's shop, buying rolls, chievous young miss. The latter happened when he playfully made some expression of porsonal admiration and epid that he had a notion to go right off and get married to her. MI never refuse' a dare," was her rosponse.

Bishop offered to go immediately And get a license, but gave her a chance to recede from the proposition. She did not recede, however, but went; with him as BOOD as he could put his coat on. The license was procured and before' sunsot they were married. Fishing with Dynamite, May 4, -The destruction of fish, by tiring dynamite cartridges under water, is being practised estensively in the Muskingum river this year. The concussion stuns if it does not kill the flab, and they come to the surface, where they can be easily coptured by the fishermen.

Only a small proportion are large enough for the market; the rest are thrown back into the river. Great indignation is felt over their wholesale slaughter, and ay the law does not prohibit it, there la talk of hiring detectives by popular subscription, and making the 'guilty persons uncomfortable. Wife Beaters Not to be Whipped; May 4. -The attempt to establish the whippipg post by law in this made state has failed. The bill before the house it punishable by whipping for a man "will.

fully to beat, brui so or mutilate his after wife, the or any other female' person." Even latter clause was dropped, and the court given discretionary power was to impose dit- The forent ponalty, the bill favorable defeated, to a whipping septiment post in law, applicable to petit larceny Kentyoky, other minor crimes, is strong and steadand fly growing. Foyer-Strioken Plymouth. has been a number of new cases of lever at WILKEBBARRE, May 4. -While there Plytuouth within the last few days, at they Ares are of a less virulent type than those the the ateges of the epidemic. As a rule Since par dents show of improvement.

the last report there have been four deaths There were ate funerals esterday, From pronounced typhoid that some. supply of the believe the water alone A with fever made Fighting Over a Flace. for Baptisnt. CHARLESTON, 8.0., May 4. -Accounts have The of Mr.

for logs of tembor of are and nonr bor been ning iron fow rained the in grape loving bullota, to planks. about of of bed, and cattle stalls the straw fire barn la tho by day been the 10 tho ed Cornelius Bmith has the contract sawing Into lumber a largo number of out. from troca atanding on the Heidi Antietam at the time of the battle; Seps 17, 1802, Ho says that alt sorts missiles, from cannon balls to buckshot almost daily met with in tho timber, that It la really dangerous to stand tho saws in his mill when such la being cut, a number of saws having snapped into fragments when runs at a high rate of speed. by atriking shot imbedded in the logs. A large, fragment of a aholl was struck by a days agoand a perfoct shower ofsparka about the mill from the contact of metals, the saw boing finally snapped several ploces.

In another instance shot war out through by. a a bright pollahed surface on each hemisphoro of tho missile. Many leaden wiloh offer little or no resistance tho saw, are Hovered In boards: and patch the for the settle Earl defer powor It in oiplo bcou of the when ply an fight an still the and att ac-! for in his and He B. evenplece being the of. will kind this Pulla-: tofor: the' of al the' of this O.

in Barn Destroyed by Fire. On Friday morning of last week, 1 o'olonk, the barn on the preminde Mr. Lyon Lemberger, East Hanover townehip, was discovered to be on drei Blokocas oxiating in the family called the members of the household from bite who instantly discovered the awoke the family. -The hordes and wero promptly freed thele saved, as were also mady at farming imploments, bait 456 bay, and cereals were wan the work of an Incendiary, was an old Sweltzer, and was the Binking Spring company. Badge Recovered, The chief engineer badge bolongion to Lobanon- fire department, and which unhooked and was, lost ml the Are el Gloninger's springs nearly.

two, Ohlef Harbeson, wan found on by a lad named Samuel Hockerk, roturned to him, The badge: beare danco of exposure to the weather and sent to Irland's for re-plating. Cora Yosterday being a Bus quite large number of ladies and gentlemen visited Oorn wall Illla and Wit 1 o'clook train we noticed a goptlemen or more going out to Obestnut stroet They returned with the evening train. It most pleasant pointe in this pars of tho state to visit. Local Necrolei. 'The funeral of Mias aunt of Mia.

Michael til OH PRE nut street, took place thin mornin wan well attended. The deceased the ripe age of 84 years and and respeoted by all who knew, vloos were beld Jo the Obescant eburol; on Lebanon demetery. Graduation 1 Hon. Henry Heuok, Deppty de perintendent of Common Schooler present to morrow evening, at she ation. exerdiaes of the High county, Ho nounced as one of.

the spankere Appointed to Hon: John I. ol prominent Democratla politician, been appointed Iodian: Inspector Oberly la a native of a ship, this county. Engine Wheels 'The Weimer Machine Works comport are at present turning of the dairies whools of engine No. 8 of the Lebanon railroad, Enormously Large Ex On. next Friday P.

T. BArRa present the ideal of the with its three distinot. arenan, its cent display of horses, ita. tio force, Its great Roman chariot and superb combination of eques feats, with the most enturtalning jesters. This will prove good the numberless families who prefer to any other is style of indoor Barnum an old and experienced a gor, and it was his abrew energy which place in Arst the gave annals the of prominent ments, Ho WAS also the originator majority of the attraotions thrilling of.

the a show, of which the races constitute the popular features. Yeti elan acrobats and other of old days, are not altogether Although Barnum, Balley are thorough, go-abend reformer originators, there la no inolination on that of tho pant sawdust ofrole, and to these the part to entirely ignore the traditions have added the hippodrome, the feats the performing elephants, and: the cently purchased Baored White Elephan In every of the numerous depart ments caravansary, the constitute picked of whitob this tenor world quality of tho employed; triple programme to be and in terpreted, the its general publio feel excellence 60 satiated there great advance tents, of they are, will adequate to. and suburbs accommodate who the manifested oity their eagerness to particip lat the initial exhibition, to wonder at the colossal the antica Jumbo, of come elephant, parade will take futerested in the morning at 8 o'olook. The steps leading Into then of the new bank placed in It looks deserted Court.

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