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Stm! HS? fl 10 Pages iftTir-aoicerfBi i ti VOL. XLINO. 12,619. HEARN SO, 26, aad 30 West Feerteeeth St. The Hutchinson Sale.

AN OTHER STORE BOUGHT OUT the roods HALF PRICE. The oetaU of John W. Hutchinson's three Sixth Avenue mm and two fflxt th foTUt rtnry bnUdlaca. a after -tN sudupl.goodawleg--tatow nor within dsya HALF PRICE Crowds Six Day' Sale in One. rtM Hutchinson Bale tbe sensation et tts day.

Upholstery. Tin waH Mil tl Hutchinson" stock. BIATT CURTAINS. Chenille Tetoar. and Turcoman plain or dado ul mp frlngoe including extra width for alcoves end asable door.

Ilk AT. price Oar. 6lh At. prtoe. Oars.

S2.3S $1.29 $11.00 85.88 6 50 2.03 7.98 7.00 8.97 19.00 ftOO .98 26.00 14.98 8.98 48.00 S9.98 I LACE CUKTAINS. Protasis. Irish Point. Tambour Anttnua, Scotch, and Nottingham 8 to 4 yards lone. th AT.

price Oars. 6 lb At. prto. Oars. L3 7c 07.60 M-98 1 60 97ol 10.00 98 t60 SL49 18.00 a8 .4 00 1.99 23.00 11.98 COO 8.98 19.98 ILK AND MADRAS CURTAINS In exquisite coloring sod effects At Half Sixth A Teas Prices.

SCRIMS AND DRAPERIES. tinea. Cotton. Madras, Lace, and Bilk white. Bream, and oolore fta At.

Price. Ours. 6th At. Price. Oars.

8a Tso 87c 19c 12a 6Va 40a. 24c 9c 60a 39c 22c. USa 66a 89o 80a 16a tl.OO 9a Cretonnes and Cettea Plashes, 6ta AT. Price Ours. 6th AT.

Pries. lie. 6o. 16a 20c lHns. 20o.

SOa 14HQ. S2c SOe 19a 60a Ours. 8Vl 13a 174C 99c 87a 29a 0a Ptashee and Damasks, Including some of the most elegant Imported Breoa- kU 1th At. price Our. 6tk At.

priea Ours. At. prfa L7 WS. snf.ro SI. 4 .7 1.69 7.89 L97 10.00 -8 Si AW 4.BS B.8S SMYRNA RUGS also Ingrain Sheepskin Pur and Turkish Art Square sad Hall Runners 6th At.

prices', 80 eta to $80.00 Thus VU een the Hate Biases Flannels. 8th AT. nrtce Oura 4Sc S. 13ea 95a 19a 26c 19. soa Bostt Denets Beavy Cutoit Walt Sbsker Kxtr wide Shakers learlM Medicated BesTy Bc-arlst Ssvy Twill.

IiM Flannels 11a 80a 46s, soa $1.60 HALF A MILLION HALF FR1CEI la the Hutchinson Sale. ITe sea more than five hundred thousand dollar worth of Tsrions kind of Ooods st HALF VALUE. Ws regret to state that the Hutchinson Stock ln-staaa in only Dry Ooods, Cloaks, Millinery, and a fcaerai Stock such a Is ususllT found in large de-partmsat stores, hut also meaj arUoles such as we as set accustomed to keep, WE WILL SELL the regular good at half prio less, and mark the taer stocks st what would under ether cironm-Msaots he eoasidered ABSCRD PRICES. Fans. Amu.

Lsoe, SatlB, 811k, Feather, and I Tory srrM, hand-painted, spang-led, and plain Usta; were 60 $8.98: were $8.00 49 eta were 98 6.98; were 12.00 aSetai were $2.00 7.98; were 16.00 IIM; were 2.60 8.98; ware 18.00 88; were 6.00 9 93; ware 20.00 At 911.98 Tens that were $36 to $60- ineladve magnlSceat Heal Laos BOTelUea wiu ahU and mother of pearl t1o thaa which am tasr are Imported. It you want DRESS GOODS OR SILKS the Hatchlasoa Sal sflers opportunities excepUoaaL If you want L1XENS OR MCSLIN9 tad ta this Hutchinsoa Balr prioaa lower than ths lowest. If you want CHINA OR COOKING UTENSILS this Hutchinson- Sale Jsuwillnnd esuar ay mors than two Would ordinarily. Myouwant SUXKETS OR COMFORTABLES tfiat anil. roa want OR SATEENS with Hutehtaesa 6 took, at pries tar bslew os elsewhere asked.

you want LAD IKS' CLOAKS OR WRAPS you can bar la this "Butchlnsou" Sale BttT topeeatbuie. e- We aerw carry stock from year te year Tea win find "1sagarnTOU a charts Tela. If you want BOSIKRT OK GLOTES CiU4 tok Og at the nuee of the -Hatchiaeea SsiT If yea waat CES OR EMBROIDERIES. Chlftoa. Bihheas.

or Handkershlefs, "'V Bay bow. thejSale Salsa illre, you want OR LEATHER GOODS atllai- PWt-a goes, long toe oasiomers. t'T' jwt- ra want TTa0 15 DRT GOODS alau NTS. I Sal the BITlM mt tw. LOOKING A FTERPATROMGE A SKW-YORK DELEGATION DESCENDS OX WJSHISQTOX.

PATTERSON, ENAPP. AND OTHERS TO EE MR. HARRISON AMD SECRET ABT FOSTKK OPINIONS AS TO THEIR MISSION. Feb. 3.

There was an addition to the New-York delegstloa of Kepublicans at the Arlington to-day In the person of ex-Uuitod fitates Marshal Louis F. Fayn. He reached the city on a late train last night, and this morning appeared in a high silk hat and a black salt, whloh caused certain unfeeling person to remark that he was in mourning for the Grand Old Party which was lost in the quick an as of Kew-York State last November. Mr. Paya and those other follower of Thomas Piatt who arrived yesterday, Mossrs.

Knapp and Patterson, held several cod fere noes during the day and In the Intervals called upon. the President and Secretary Foster. They are credited with a wild deaire for more Federal patronage The removal of Appraiser Cooper Is one of the object or their visit, it la said. The President I reported a being opposed to their view and to have told them that If the proapeet In New-York State Republican sue-oe thl year Is as bright a they ssy It is, the Republican backbone does not require stiffening by patronage at this stage of the game On the late train from New-York to-night came Collector Pranois Hendricks, Bernard Bla-lln. Oeorge Lyon, Purveyor of the Port; Johnny" Rimpeon.

William M. ItIbs, and a number of Republican leader of New-York, among them Ooode and anamaker. Messrs. Hendrleks, Blglln. Lyon, aud I Tins went to the Arlington and.

after being assigned rooms, appeared in the lobblea It waa. amusing to note the affected air of surprise with which the lamlly that had been holding the fort since yesterday greeted them. Mr. Hendrioks sooc disappeared In the direction of Senator Hlsoock's apartments, where he remained In close consultation with his polltloal mate until after midnight. Kaon of the gentlemen said his presence In Washington had nothing to do with that of the otbera.

It is only a colneldenoe." said Gen. Knapp. I know what I am here for. and that my business Is about eonoluded." The Ueueral said later that he would probably reuiaiu several day longer. Evji(ve answers were plentlfnl when the object of this erusade of Republicans on Washington was inquired.

Mr. blglin let fall a few-remarks conoernlnc the lemoorta still In ohice in New-York, which added strength to the statement that patronage was at the bottom of the pilgrimage. I will tell yon ald one man who appeared to know what he waa talking about: This delegation 1s here for the purpose of getting something whloh Beoretary of the Treasury Foster controls. That all that I oau say at present" The presence of William M. Ivins In this crowd of Republican caused considerable talk among those In the hotel lobby whose knowledge of New-York politics extends back home time.

A gentleman who talked with the New-Yorker an hour or more said to Thk Ti.mh correspondent at midnight: There is a double purpose in this visit. The President, encouraged by the reports of Ltoinocraiio dlsseusloua in New-York State, wants to know Just what the prospects of Republicanism are at the present time The Kepubllusn leaders of the city hare, In my opinion, embraced the opportunity to assure him that the Republican are getting ready for a hot campaign and that now Is the time to turn all the bemorratle 'hold-overs out of office, as a tlrst-elass preparatory step. There are some plums whloh the Repuulleaus have long had their eyes upon, and they think the time has arrived to pluck them. It looks to me as if something would drop ia a few daya Mr. Harrison still elasses Piatt a the Republican boss of New-York blate and look to him to advance hi Interests.

It does not seem likely, therefore, that the present movement of Piatt and hi man. will be unproductive" The trip of the Collector and Surveyor 1 connected with matter relating to patronage at the Cuatom House, and before their return they are expected to settle a number of matter of great Interest to employe in the Custom Service. There la a good deal of talk of coming changes. William Brookfleld and T. Piatt have made pilgrimage to Waablntrton recently, and altogether there la believed to be promise of something of a ahake-np at the Custom House "SAU'L OF POSES" 12f COVBT.

ACTOR CURTIS OX TRIAL FOR THE KILLING OF POLICEMAN GRANT. Bax Frjlncioo, Feb. 3. The trial of Maurice B. Curtis, known on the theatrical stage as Bam'l of Poen," for the murder of Police Officer Alexander Grant began before Superior Judge Troutt to-day.

The courtroom was erowded with spectator. District Attorney Barnes opened up the ease by tatlngthefaeta which he proposed to prove During the address of Barnes Curtis sat unmoved, and apparently paid little attention to what Wss being said. But hi wife, who at near him. turned somewhat paler. Officer Jayne testified to seeing Grant' dead body on Folsom Street shortly after the tragedy.

The next witness waa Augusttu Marcoval, au Italian Tender of banana. He testified as follows: I saw Offlcr Grant on Sixth Street at 12:10 on the morning of Sept. 11. Grant was coming along with a man. The two were going along side by side.

Otlioer Oram waa on the outside A they passed me they wr talking They wer not quarreling. After they turned the corner I lost sight of them and thought no more of it. There was on other man on the street corner." Marcoval admitted he had signed a paper at the request of the police but he was confused a to hi knowledge of lu contents. Dr. R.

Williams, the Police Surgeon, testified that he held an autopsy on Grant's body, and described the character of the gnnshot wound which caused Grant's death. Curtis, when shown the pistol with which the killing waa done denied that It was hie Curtis denied all knowledge of the shooting, and aald he had not been drinking. He said he had some trouble with toughs on Fourth Street, FRENCH GOVERNMENT ATTACKED. A PRIEST CALLS IT A PaBTT OF EXECC-TIONERS AND SECTARIANS. Bordeaux, Feb.

3. The ecclesiastical agitation again it the Government was revived today In Baza by Father Barbe who. In a sermon In the cathedral before a large congregation, which Included many notable and republican official, described the Government a a party et executioners and sectarians, who dragged. Archbishop before their tribunals. -France, he added, oould be saved only by the restoration of royalty.

The preacher's remark caused a sensation In the congregation, and a number of angry protests were raised. of those present Immediately left the church. A magisterial inquiry into the affair ha been opened. FOCR LIVES WERE LOST. NgWAKK, Feb.

3. The number of the dead, as the result of the explosion of the alcoholic con-denaerln Rummer hat factory last evening, waa Increased to four by the discovery of the body of William Duffy in the ruin thl morning. It was thought that all tb hands employed tn the factory had escaped. Duffy, who was a hat-maker In one of the departments, failed to re-tarn to his home last night, and at mldnU'ht his anxious wife asked the police to search for him. Hook and Ladder Company "a 1 went te the een of th accident and between 4 and 3 o'clock thl morning found Duffy' body.

The head and arms had been burned away and the trunk bad been badly scorched. Duffy was a etaran of the war. elxty years of aire, and bad. Wen at one time a member of the Police Department- Mr. Kumtael ia at a loss to account for the explosion.

He tainse however, that one of the plumber engaged repairing the eon-denser may have Ignited the alcohol with hi gasoline stove SENATOR rOrrSBTS ILLNESS. A nT.PT MnTfllt. Fab. 3. Senator Power Mon- ratnnlnr to Ala room at Wernsley' Hotel last night, having been called down stsdrs to see a gentleman, fell in the passageway at the head of lb atalrs, where he wss found by the hotel clerk.

Be was earned to room ana inMutlatal inmnaBal. who pronounced It a ease of hemerrhage of the tetn- aen. and Is es tins' ris nil simrr i expeetea tnes a -wm iaw HUMM COTTON BROKERS GONE. THE JONES BROTHERS OF MEMPHIS BCPPOSED TO BE IN MEXICO. Mxarm.

Feb. 8. The firm of Jone Brothjera A Ce Is no longer a factor on the Mem-phi j'otton Exchange Their office la closed, and tie Jone Brothers, Walter J. and Richard ari supposed to be In Mexleo with $100,000 of oilier people's money la their possession. ThejV left the city Thursday night, but it was not until last night that their departure was generklly known.

The firm until recently was divided Into two department Jones Brother A Co.1 who bought cotton for Eastern spinner, and Jbnes Brothers fc Fleet, who bought tor foreign account. Ther had branches in New-Orleani. Tupelo, MUs.Jand Newport. Ark. Ten day ago Sidney J.

Mejet withdrew from the latter Urui and remove, to New-York, Jones Brothers Co. suo-eeediig to the whole business. Last Saturday 4O0 bales of cotton belonging to them was attached by Hlrsoh Brothere cotton factor of thl city, to secure overdrafts amoubting to 94.OOO on shipments made to them by Jones Brothers from Newport. Ark. That gave rise to rumors affecting the firm's tlnandlal condition, which were realized In their fllghtjfrom the city.

It Is known that about the 1st of January they chartered three sailing ships at New Orleans and idaded them with 15,000 bales or cotton for their leorrespon dents at Havre and Bremen. They I got the money for the cotton by drawing bills of exchange against the bill of lading, on tb baaia of the price of middlings. It 1 now believed that the 00 1 ton was of an Inferior grade such as the firm had been buying this season, and that they cleared by the fraud from $75,000 to $150,000. Ther boasted on their return to this cltv that they had made SfjO.OOO by a deal In They have also claimed of late to have oleardd $100,000 In future transaction the sreneral ODinlon monir cotton man that their departure waa hastened bv expected reclamatlone from their Bremen and Havre correspondents on the btg shipments by the departed veaaela. So rar as known, their Eastern eorresnond- ents ate not affected by any similar operations.

They iwe notaiBg or any account here, their having been placed ou the other side credit! A LIVELY MINE OWXERS' MEETING. THE PATROL WAGON SUMMONED WITH POLICE TO PRESERVE ORDER. CLE ELAxn, Ohio, Feb. 3. For several months a blttdr war has been waged here in the Magna Silver Mining Company, a big corpora- Chart! tion ojwning what Is aald to be very valuable property in Colorado.

Mr. E. J. Fanner of this city 14, been Its General Manager for years, and sole charge of the extensive tunneling has 1 hid toe saury to open the ledges, as well as the putting In of expensive machinery. Thus far it has bt4en all outlay and no dividends, and many of the stockholders have become impatient.

Dr. vtnson visiteu toe mine, and on nis reported that Farmer had bought and return! was hbldiui; in his own ime a lnrce number of claim that would be opened by the company's tunnel ana made charge seriously reflecting general management or the company's A wordy war followed, culminating In row In the annual stockholders' meeting on tb aflalri a greox to-da r.arn taction ueid a preliminary meet-decided on a temporary orsanlxallon ing, aid before tney met in tne companr a omees on Avenue When ther had sat he red in the Lurli office each refused to recognize the authority of the otoer. ana escn nairman attempted to secure orcor ana transact linslness, shouting, and bitterly denounoine esch other. veil link The kllKorder became so great that the son Of Manager Farmer. In fear of a resoru to blows, rushed to the street and turned In a call for a patrol wagon.

Serrl Reean and Phtrol man Sumner soon anneared unon the sceac and remained until seml-tranqullllty was restored. Lac faction finally took a room, elected the five Directors to be chosen, and a dual ors-anlza- tton the result. The Farmer faction has the books, and Its set of Directors was sworn in. Each aide made speeches before the meetlns- broke bp. Farmer claiming that he had been misrepresented.

and that the mine would aoon berln to pay dividends, and Wilson declaring that tie stockholders he ranreaentd had defrauded, and demanding an Inspection of ths books and business of the company. Lone- liti gation! is likely to follow. TJIE RICE TRUST FORMED. A CCfM BINE OF NEW-ORLEANS COTTON PRESSES BRING ARRANGED. Xew -Orleans, Feb.

V. Dougla, th gentle nan who has been engineering- the 00m-binatli of the rice mills, left to-night for New-York. His mission has been successful, and he has tlons, properly and legally drawn up, upon the fourteen rice mill In New-Orleans. 60 far is can be learned. 10 per cent of the purchase rtce has been paid over, and the rest of the m( ney will have to be forthcoming by the 1st of I uly or the 10 per cent will be forfeited.

Mr. Jouglas Is going to New-York with a view of am nglng the financial part of the deaL It Is said that only four of tbs mills will be operated next season, the New-Orleans mill snd those twned by the Uocala. Ernst, and Buhler lnterente It Is proposed to keep prices up by decreeing the supply, but should the demand prove treat enough other mills ran easily be put tn work. Some of the millers will be engaged to manage the concerns to be operated, while leveral others will be employed as buyers of the uneleaned rice from the planters, so that a majc rlty of the millers will find employment under the new arrangement In addition to the profit rom the sale of their businese Another combination, the success of which is claim ad, is that of the eotton preasea. Th Idea haa been afloat for Rnvural ni it that NJew-York and foreign capitalists have options dn fifteen of the seventeen cotton presses.

The orily two presses holding out are the fr- inu vresoeni city, ana it is thought that ibine win be formed without them. Ow- -omitLltlnn with nthfr tiArt, tk. jrdly be raised, but the profit Is expected from th, in A.nnUA consolidation of management. SIIGT DOWN BY BER LOVER. MAOCBE WEI5SMULLER INSTANTLY KILLED BY FREDERICK ZELLER.

At a pate hour last night Maggie Weissmnller, twenti years old. a servant employed by Mre it 24 East One Hundred and Twentv- Rhue. sixth ptreet, was shot and Instantly killed by FredeAck euer, a young man of about her own age Zcllet- had been attentive to the young woman for a umber of months. Last night he called for her and took her out for a walk Thv quarrel ed, and Zeller became quite abusive. ibe punt woniau ran away aud left him.

went back to the house where ahe waa Zellvr emplu ed. expecting she would soon be there. v. hlli wamug lor Maggie's return Zeller wrote and when It was rlniaWi nut it 1,. a letter.

his ptlc ket and left the house. As ho wss out he met in the ar going He arm ent up to hrr. thmw lua u.ft artn und uer shoulders, placed a revolver ber forehead, aud pulled tha ngaiusl The iman fell dead, and Zelier ran away. It is ball suirirt i-jr mn puncr torn ue nas committed iiniTKu mey cave no evidence to sup-is theory. port The describe Zelier as rive fet inches height.

He wore dark clothing and an OTerucht JOVXS BOPKIXS W0.Y ITS SUIT. Baltimore, Feb. a The damage ease on trial for tw weeks between the Baltimore Belt Railroad and the Trustee of th Johns Hopkins Cnivenslty wa ended to-day by a settlement Just as the case waa about to be given to Judge Duffy for decision. The Belt Railroad took about fifteen acre of the John Uopkina prop erty, and a )ury nf condemnation awarded S4.jOt Un mace. Mbe Hopkins Trustee ap- peaieui A ho terms uaucr wuu-u me conjpro-nits was effected are private, but it Is under stood that the Belt Road agreea to pay a earn nearly awioe aa large as tne.

original amount. SUICIDE OF LVCT ItELOTTT. n. feu. 3.

-Lucy BelotU, daughter of Co'- George B. Belotti. committed aieida this' morning. St Cred four bullets into her head and one Into her breast tier body wa found It noon by her brother, and waa lying on a bedJ No cause is cnown ior tn aoi. iua 1 niaeloen year old.

She was mak- girl log arrangcuient to attend tne theatre this evening. uer fatner 1 weu anon a in me urana Army it the Bepublla rOBTVOAVS F1SAXCIAL DISTRESS. Usb ix, Feb. 3. Tha Cortea to-day refuted to Aiaeuai Senhor Almeida's proposal to acll the CoIobIm to relieve lb couatxy'i RBAaiuaatowa XEW-YOBg, THURSDAY.

FEBRUARY BE A FT FAILURE IN JAPAN. COLGATE BAKER ECINID BT TRTJSTINw TO THE PASSAGE OF THE SILVER BILL. Tokohama, Japan, via Ban Francleo. Feb. 3., Colgate Baker, a wealthy American, for year heavily engaged in the tea trade In Kobe and Yokohama la the firm of Colgate Baker A I finanolally embarrassed.

HI property ha been Mixed by hi banker, and Baker himself baa fled to America, The firm of Colgate Baker Ac Co. was one of the largen In the tea trade, and wa the heavie.t shipper of Japan product to America and Europe The announcement of the failure of this leading firm created a great sensation In Yokohama and Hongkong banking and financial circle. Rumor have been in elreulation In Kohe of the insolvency of the firm. Both the native paper of Kohe the Tushin Xippo and the Hippo, publish long acoounU of the failure, the former giving a vcrion which Baker-a" DaVt'V. refersnces to 'It n4 to success as a oia of Smith.

Throng lLlZ? "bMquent H)se America, ana hi later U'cessful efforts to re-r. t5. thoroughly Orm basis here. The Koho Htraid, of the failure. CRUJ In great measure due we are heavy rrwara td, UPK "Potation of the pass-ihi ViT; bllL BWs intense Interest in WM known to many of fnl P'-obly Imagined that tna perilously affected Sit in that great iympathy ihi tn VrUf upon whom the weight of the disclosure presses most heav-irthi eJUf ht the enUre property f'tt'a of Coleate Raker A at So.

49 In J.h "leuient at Kobe ha. been the Exohangr Bank, and riISr Bank of Hongkon. to'est Baker Is on of the foreigner who Te.rT arlT- fter making a fort-UM 3t.h" rm-of Baker 4 Co.be re i "In- where be lnvetd bis money lu ellver mlns. and lost It alL Returning to v.1?' wted life anew as a tea broker, bis wife assisting him by engaging as ter. Being clever man In llJ.

Ber trusted by Otto Relmers k-e, a Oerman house of Kohe. and a contract wa made between them that the tea trade ahonld be given to the entire charge of Baker. For two years be followed this arrangement. After another visit to America in aeart-u of capital, he returned again to Kobe, and, renting offlcea in Conoeaston Mreet, In the Ens-llsh settlement, be began buying manufactured tee He succeeded beyond his expectations, and a year later became proprietor or the great tea house at 49 Concession street Ha made all arrangements to extend the business on a larger scale, but his capital being somewhat limited he handled only about 1 ,000.000 chests of tea that year. Enlarging his traffic gradually be waa soon handling 55.000,000 chests annually." It Is said that before the seizure of bis Baker bad secretly sold largely or his stock in band and disposed of his other property before the creditors could get possession of It The loss, consequently, will fall heavily upon the merchants and tradesmen of kohe and Yokohama Baker is missing, and It Is now known that he took passage lncomito on the steamer Empress of Japan, which sailed a few days ago for ancoover.

His grown up daughter and young on were left behind in Kohe CLEVELAND'S IIOUEWARD TRIP. HIS NEXT JOURNEY WILL BE FROM NEW-TORK TO DETROIT. Washington. Feb. 3.

Ex President Cleveland passed through the city this morning on his way home to New-York from his Southern shooting and fishing expedition. Mr. Cleveland' next trip from New-York will be his visit to Michigan. It ha been known for some time that he 1 to deliver th address at th University of Michigan on Washington' Birthday. It can be authoritatively stated that Wr.

Cleveland will accept the Invitation whloh haa been tendered him by the people of Detroit for the night of the 23d. He will leave Nw-York for Detroit ou Saturday night, Feb. 'JO, by private car tendered for hi use by tne Michigan Central Railroad. He may be accompanied by Senator Vilas of Wisconsin, ex-Secretary Bayard, and Daniel 8. LamonL Ex-Gov.

Campbell of Ohio msy Join the ex-President at Detroit. Mr. Cleveland will be met at Buffalo by x-Potmaster Gensral Don M. Dickinson. Cmaklotte, X.

Feb. Grover Cleveland passed through Charlotte on the vestibule traiu at 9 o'clock last night, on the return horn from hi hunt In Louisiana There was a party of twelve Texas merchant on board, and they gave a supper in the dining car complimentary to Mr. Cleveland. The buffet waa drawn upon for lta best. The party was at supper when the train reached hers, and was still at the table when the train left Salisbury.

Mr. Frank, a New-Yorker, presided at the head of the table There were several toasts, one of which was responded to briefly by the ex-President Mr. Cleveland deolined to talk of polities, but of his trip South he spoke freely aud eloquently-H aald that brief as waa hi trip it was one of the most enjoyable of his life He was decidedly well pleased with his reception at the hand of the eouthern people As to what luok he bad had with his gun he would not commit himself. MARYLAND'S ANNUAL BANQUET. THE LEGISLATURE ENTERTAINED BT ITS POLITICAL BENEFICIASIBS.

Annapolis, Feb, 3. In accordance with nsage, aud In due and ancient form, the member of the Legislature and friend to the number of nearly 300 assembled to-night in the Maryland Hotel, the guests of United States Senators Gorman and Gibson and of the Btate officer chosen by the present General Assembly. It is a custom In Annapolis, the origin of which is lost In tradition, that the members of the Senate and House of. Delegates, with their friends, shall given a banquet by the gentle-meu who have won from them the prize of office No one Invited remained away. The two United Btate Senators, the State Treasurer, the Secretary of State and Police Commissioner ecbrlver formed the group of hosts to-night for the Democratic guests, lb Senator and Representatives came from Washington early.

As soon as th preaenee of Senator Uonnan waa made known, the State House wa deserted by the callers upon Governor Brown, and the Governor waa given a chance to get lunch. Senator Gorman was then forced to hold a sort of Informal reception in his hotel. No one was missing from roll call at the banquet. Every one entitled to be there was present iu person or by proxy. There was no spoechmaking by the two Senatore CATHOLIC XSXEYuLEXT ASSOCIATIOX.

BcrrAio. Feb. a At the Hotel liroiel tonight was held a Joint session of the Board or Trustee of the fcnpreme Council of the Catbolio Mutual Beuevolcnt Association and the Board of Trustees of the New-York State Grand CouuciU M. B. for the purpose of adopting measures for the passage of an act by the Legislature authorizing the two Couuoils to hold a larger suiount of property than Is at prvaont permlUed.

Now the supreme Council msy hold property to the value of aud the Grand Council to the vulu of 125,000. After a brief disousslou. it waa voted to procure legislation empowering the Supreme Council to hold property to the value of aud the Grand Council of the State to held property to the value oflvl.U00.000. SPOOXEK Wul'LD ACCEPT. Milw Ai'KKE.

Wie. Feb. 3. If the Republicans of the 8tate want ex-Senator Epooner aa their candidate for Governor thl year, he will accept. Thl Is on the authority of Henry C.

Payne, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, one ef Mr. Spooner' most intimate frlenda Mr. Payne announce that on account of his Inereased business affair requiring all of hi time he will not aorept a re-electton as Chairman of the ritat Central Committee. II does not know who will succeed him. but think it may be A.

J. Turner of Portage SLATE SAID IX DAHOHET. Pabis, Feb. a The 7mj has a dispatch from Senegal saying: "Native of Dahomey have ravaged the country around Popo and have captured 3.000 alaroa Th Inhabitants have ought shelter In German territory. Trade la at a standstill." Th Ksw-Tork Central aflord th fastest and moat emplete through trsla servlo et any rsUreed la -w 4, 1892.

SEVEN MALL BAGS STOLEN MTSTESIOUS ROBBERY ON A MO-BOXES FERRY BO AZ SIXTEEN THOUSAND LETTERS XISSDCO THE DOORS OF TWO TAKS WERE OPENED BT FALSE KETS NO CLCE TO THE PERPETRATORS. A bold mail robbery Is puuliag the Post Offleo people Seven pouches, containing something like 1 6.000 letter, most of them destined for points en the Delaware. Lackawanna and astern between New-York and Buffalo, were abstracted from two man wagon on Tuesday evening while en route to Hobekea from this city. The Post Office people tried to keep the faeu quiet, but new of the robbery leaked out yesterday. The missing pouehe were stolen from two wagons.

No. 55. In charge of Driver John Walker, and No. 36. In eharge of Driver J.

J. O'Keef No. 30 wa loaded with three pouches for the Hoboken Pot Office, for local delivery there, and No. 55 carried twenty-seven pouches, which were to go out on the 7:45 evening train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Waitern. The wagon were dispatched from the Post Office together at 7:10, and proceeded down Barclay Street to the Hoboken ferryboat Orange Arrived on the boat, the driver.

In violation of th rule made by the department, left their wagon in the driveway and went Into the men' eabln. where they remained until a landing waa made on the Jersey Bide at 7 :25. The robbery wa undoubtedly committed tn the interim, and the Poet Office Inspector are looking for a mysterious express wagon that was standing behind the mall wagon on the way over. It 1 supposed that the stolen pouche were abstracted while the drivers were lu the cabin and loaded Into the express wagon in question. When Hoboken was reached the two drivers mounted to their eata and proceeded to their deatinatione The swinging doors In the rear of the wagon were closed usual, and there was nothing to Indicate that anything had been taken from the vehicles.

There ia nothing strange Id tbia. All the wagons are locked with the aame pattern of key, and. aa everv driver tn the service carries one of these keys, it Is a comparatively easy task to obtain a duplicate The first intimation of trouble that the two drivers had was when they began to unload. O'eeere found two of hi pouches, containing newspapers, all right, but the third, wbloh held between 2.OO0 and 3.O00 lettere was missing. Walker backed his wagon up to the 7:45 train at the Delaware.

Lackawanna and Western station and began to unload the pouches. When ha had thrown the last poach off. Train Agent Thatcher, who was in oharge of tb mall car, Kttld at once that there wa a shortage, but, a the train was lust about to pull out. it wns impossible to obeck the mall bags off In the driver's presence Later, however, Thatcher made a comparison on board his car, the result of which was that be telegraphed from Dover that the following lots were gone: The pouch containing mall for points between Buffalo and Kinporluui, the Mount Morns pouch, th aUmira pouch, the Waverly pouch, the Boranton pouch, and what la known as the "New-York State pouch." whloh carries the letter for various small point east of Buffalo. The first that was known at New-York of the robbery was when Walker and O'Keef returned.

They reported the facts aa far aa they knew them to Night superintendent Hall of the newspaper department, and tbe latter at once notified Inspectors Shopp and Morris. The latter went post haste to Hoboken. and worked on the rase until 'i o'clock In tbe morning without, however, obtaining tbe slightest clue exoept aa to the presence of the expreaa wagon mentioned before It waa only recently, on Dee 22. that a similar mall robbery occurred on a ferryboat, and la thl a in Tuesday' affair an express wsgon Is known to have stood Immediately behind the mail wagon that wa robbed. Thl fact lead the Post Office InVpeetor to think that It was tbe same people who operated tn both eases, In tbe December robbery not even a olue was discovered, except that the mall bag that had contained the letters, alt of which were registered, wa found not long afterward on Governor's Island cnt all to pieces.

It had been washed ashore by the wavea THE SWAN BRIDGE SCBEME. CONGRESS WILL PROBABLY SMOTHER IT ANOTHER PROTEST. WASHrsaTos, Feb. 3. To-morrow, the Senate Committee on Commerce will hold Its regular meeting, and the two New-York Bridge bill will probably be considered.

Bo far a tbe Green-Swan bridge scheme is eoneerned the general Impression is that It will be Indefinitely postponed. The ventilation thl bill got yesterday did It no good. This morning Senator Frye Chairman of the committee received this dispatch from J. Sergeant Cram, President of the Department of Dock of New-York City: Xxw-TOBk, Feb. 2.

Tht If on. IT. P. fry. Chairman I respectfully protest sgalnst your eommlttee authorizing any obstruction or obstruction placed on the Hudson River or in any waters of New.

York Harbor. I believe that tbe proposed bridge would seriously obstruet tbe river snd greatly Interfere with tbe commercial nse of both the New-York and New-Jersey sboree Tb preservation of New. York Harbor, in vlw of the eommere done here which la contributed by every part of tbe Union, ia a matter of ths utmost national Importance. Reapecif rnly, j. sikqeanx cbaSc.

A WIGWAM FOR THE CONVENTION. PREPARING FOR THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES IN CHICAGO. Cuicaoo. Feb. 3.

The local eommlttee of Democrat to provide for the coming National Convention has at last abandoned all hope of ecurlng th Inter-State Exposition Building In which to hold the convention. Chairman Hes-lng of the committee haa been Informed by the architects that the nse of tbe Exposition Building would delay the construction of the new Art Institute Building, which must be built on the Exposition Building site before the World' Fair opena Thl Information ha had the effect of putting a stop to all talk of the Exposition Building, and tb eommlttee hss decided to build a wigwam eapable of seating 15.000 persona A committee consisting of H. L. Wllinson, Charles Kern. Walter Bogle and J.

W. Richards was appointed to seleot a site It 1 probable that that portion of the lake front to the north of Battery may be decided upon. The wigwam will oost at least $27,000, MOXET FOR THAYER ACADEMY. Deuhax. Feb.

3. The will of the late Mre Sarah W. Glover of Braintr waa filed in tb Norfolk Probate Court thl morning. She leave an estate of aa approximate value of 100,000. of whloh $250,000 roes to the Trustees of the Thayer Academy In Bralatree for the erection of a gymnasium building, and the establishment of a fund tor lta permanent upport, to be called tha White Gymnasium, in memory of tbe brother of the testatrix, N.

L. White; also to erect a laboratory and fully equip the same and establish a permanent uud. the income of which stisll be used for Instruction therein, the same to be called the Glover Laboratory. DVLVTII TOTES DEMOCRATIC. Dulcth.

Feb, 3. Duluth haa gone Democratic Charles Auatrement, a young Democratic attorney, was elected Mayor yesterday over M. J. Davie, who tried to inoeeed himself on the People's ticket. Charles A.

Long, who ran on the Republican ticket, and Joseph Mann-helm. Independent. The vote waa: Autrement, Davis. 2.096: Lone. 716: Mannheim.

4i'J. The total vote for Mayor was 5.433. The Council atand eight Je publican and four THE COST OF THS OHIO. Washington. Feb.

3. The Secretary of the Navy has made an arrangement with th own-era of th steamship Ohio whereby that vessel will be restored. March 6, to It owner at Philadelphia She was. chartered for ninety day at S50O a day. frh will have been In the possession or the Government forty daya at cost of .000.

-i An order wa loaned to-djy for the Ohio to sail from Boston at one for Philadelphia. COL. OUXEXE COMMISSIOXED. i Albany, Feb. 3.

Francl Yin tea Greene wa eommlaaloaed to-day" Coloael of too Beveaty-ftrtKerlmnt. jr. a s. JL I- of Yark City. COL.

ITITBERS'S SUICIDE. THE SAW AXTOXIO BAXUft KILLED HIMSELF BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH. 8a Axtowio, Taxae. Feb. fcCW.

Joh Wither, cashier ef the Baa Aarteato Kaa1aal Bank. hot and instantly kUlad hlmaair thi forenoon In an upper room of the naaaelv bank bunding on Commerce Street Mr. Ferdinand Herff. assistant cashier. toted that CoL wither eame down to the bank tola morning a the usual hoar, and began, hi work.

About 10:30 o'eloek bo left hi desk and went up atalrs. whsr there la a large vBoaat room with only a worn lounge and an old table la la. Shortly afterward a heard optol shot and ran up, only to End tbooorpao of CoL Wither stretched on the lonngo with blood 00 sing out of a wound la the right sideef tbe head, lust above and back ef the right ear. Desth was Instantaneous. A Smith aad Wee-on sa-calibre pistol waa still grasped In his hBaOa too window ledge wa the box which had contained the plstoL Ia It ware ome cartridge aad direction hew to use tb plstoL A lenstay sealed letter wa found en hi desk, addressed to hi wife "The baadwrtdag wa partloularly linn.

Th aulclde wa da to in health, extending over a period of three montha Hi fortune le estimated at $500,000. and the estate doe not owe a dollar In th world. Th dead man wa bora In Lexington. and wa elxty-nve year old. He wa a Wst Pointer, aad graduated In 1S49 with the rank ef Lieutenant.

He served la the army aad rose rank of Captain. He earn to Texas la 1857. hen 1 th, war broke out he ranked a Assistant Adjutant GnraL II resigned and east hie fortune with the Southern eauae, and waa appointed Adjutant General ef tbe Southern arm lee and wa on the ten ef President Jefferson Davie wa a elmat of Ulysse 8. Grant, and was at one time etatlonea with him on Van Couver Island. had bean eaahier ef th San Antonio National Bank for- twenty-two yeare aad wa identified with many publlo enterprises.

Be leave a wife and four sons and two daaghtera One ef the daughter Is married te tbe celebrated scout Capt J. Bulll of tb regular army. CoL George T. Breokenridge, President of tbe bank, la la New-York. WESTERN FARM MORTGAGES.

ROCHESTER CAPITALISTS HOLD A CONFERENCE OF INVESTIGATION. Rochester, B. Feb. a Several time during the past year conferences of business man have been held in thl eity la regard to large investments In the Western Farm Mortgage and Trust la which are largely latere a ted some of the shrewdest and beat known business men of RoeheaUr. It ia aald that fully two-third of the stock of this company is held la Rochester, Syracuse Utlca, and Albany, no lea than of stock being held In thi eity.

The companr one of long standing, and for a while paid big dividends. M. V. B. Bull of Albany 1 th Vie President of the company, and he represent it In a conference or stockholders now going on.

He ssys the company 1 caught with all It investments out, but is perfectly solvent All that Is necessary is for th stockholders to put up a little more money. From all Indications the stockholders are not very likely to do this. Among tbe Rochester Investor Interested are th following: Wilson Boule B. Woodwortb, Sul Jhl, fc Mope7. Jooob Poet.

Isaac Willi. H. Dewey, A J. Johnson, Braekett H. Clark, estate of F.

Carter, and Lather Pratt THE TORNER-PARTON FEUD. GEORGE SHARP, ONE OF THE TURNER GANG. SHOT AND KILLED. PiNkviLLR, Feb. 3.

The Turner and Parton faction over In Booth America have had another clash, and this time one of th Turner gang wss killed. Tb man killed was George Sharp, a son of old Kirk Sharp, at whose bouse Turner and his gang bad been making haadqnartere The encounter occurred Sunday night, but no news waa received her until to-day. 811a Parton, a cousin to Manuel Parton, who was killed, and who waa with him at the time, brought tbe new here 1 The Partone who had kept a close watch on Turner, thought they saw aa opportunity to catch th outlaw when hi men were away from the house So four of th Parton crowd made a sudden iwoop on tbe rendeiTon. Tbey caught Tamer and Sharp alone in th cabin, aa they had anticipated, and made them priaonere Turner, however, made an eatery, wbleh brought to bis rescue a number of hi men, who were In a cabin a short distanoe away. Tbe Parton.

seeing they were outnumbered, fled. A number of shots were exchanged and George Sharp was kilUd. No further steps have been taken to organize a posse of officers here to capture Berry Turner, sinoe It ha been learned the seat of the trouble In Tennessee and not la Kentucky. MISS GRISWOLD TO BE MARRIED. THE FIRST FASHIONABLE ETENT OF THE TEAR ANNOUNCED IN NEWPORT.

Newpobt, B. Feb. 3. At John X. A.

Grfa-wold'a cottage to-night It was stated that the marriage of Mia GrUwold to Surgeon Robert Cross of the famous British Grenadier Guard would take plaee In Newport early In April next No definite day haa been fixed, as the bridegroom-elect haa lately lost his mother, and the tenn of his leave have not yst been, settled. The marriage ceremony will eertainlv ha in church, most probably at old Trinity, and both jsianops rotter or New-York and Clarke of Rhode Island will participate The breakfast and reception will take plaee at tbe Griswold eottage corner of Old Beach Road and Bollevue Avenue aad undoubtedly will bring on thanv weir piece and remain for the Summer. It will be tha ui iMtiwu.uio event tuia year, ana will be a thing for Newport, where tbe bride' anilly are so wall known and respected. Miss Griswold 1 a charming brunette, and the match 1 a pure love affair. NO RUSSIAN JEWS WANTED.

AUSTRIA WILL STOP ALL PAUPER IMMIGRANTS ON HSR BORDERS. Vienna, Fen. a In tha lower boas of tbe Rsichsrsth to-day Count Edward Taaffe, Minister of the Interior and President of tb Austrian Council of Minister, stated that tbe frontier offlelal bad been instructed to atop all moneyless Russian Jaws seeking to eater Austria or Hangary. No Immigrant, be aald. would bo allowed to enter Austria or Hungary exoept thoa who intended to pas through on their way to America, KAXSAS SEEDS XO SELF.

ToraxA. Feb. 3. Word has beea reoalved that ther are persons soliciting aid te Western Nw-Yerk. representing that tby bar beea authorized to do by lufferlag famUle in Kansas, The particular field they elalai to contain the offering famllie la ia th xtrm northwestern part of tb State Aa ther la acta county la Kansss that did not last year rata oaongb food to amply meet all home demand, thee alienors have been act do wa a fraud The Stat la well able to ear for lu owa Individual destitute eaeee and ha den Tb geaerou people cf New-York have always liberally responded when there was real used, aad thy heuld net now bo called apea to cappert palpable fraud.

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS. inpnc mni 4osepa 1 reluctant te sin th death warrant of frees and Resali Bib aid at thl aerrant-f tri mardarer. who may the oap with The new Imperial and Prasstau loans, wklah ta. gether smooat to S40.0O0.0O0 av ka, wUl as taaaaT a Bertie ditoa saye ca Feb. 97aS hi BtarfcaTtM Emperor Fraaei Joseph relnataat sii pisaatsa rTT Mim BaawiiB.

a Xoita frees Kew-Terk. was moot dames-ed by starms aad one nsms waa washed erarkuerd daring th voyage dtToroh bea granted ta Leadea to Cel. Gaiaere. whoehargei hi wo with i-n wiihGeergeFIUgeralo. llae Aaenatae heir The threao ef Sexeay.

ta bride iealsd by UaemnloTed werkaMta ta llaana TlfTTl 1 aa asm her et fcaaaMa ysatarday. Several fiaeai war a- In (taenia la laereaalag fas Berlin oad Tieaae. PRICE THREE GENTS. CHILDREN OF THE STAGE MANAGERS TLX AD THEIR CA USM IN ALBANY. HEARING OIT THEV STSIX BILL" TO ALLOW CHILDREN U9DER SIXTEEN TEARS OF AGE TO APPEAR THEATRICAL EKTKRTAIXMBXTS.

-Axbakt, Fab, 3. Th Assembly Code Com xnlttee thl afternoon gave a largely attended bearing oa ate. Stein' bill permitting the' appearance of children under sixteen year of ago in repatabl theatrical perform suoc dan cerou to health or limb. .1 Tb first speaker la favor of the bill waa Frank W. Sanger, manager of the Broadway Theatre.

New-Tork. who aald he wa en of a committee aent to roproaeat th maaagera of Xew-York thoa tree Mr. Bangor atatca that ar and other managers asked merely for protootloa again. ae arbitrary use of power by th Society for the PreTeation of Cruelty to ChUdrea. In hi own case ho would any that Elbridg T.

Gerry bad aevcr Interfered with the employ-Baent of children oa hi stag, bat om zBonthi ago, when "La Cigala" wa prod need at tht Garden Theatre, the society bad stepped la and forbidden the appearance ot children la too opera. Then Mr. Gerry had come to aim and aald that bo could not discriminate, and at though ho had no fault to flad wlU tb tre menl of the children at the Broadway Tbeatro, bo must demand that they be withdrawn. -It Mr. Gerry acknowledged that ne harm wa In hi (Sangere ease, bo weald ask the aae tion cf law for the employment of ehihlrea.

Tbe manager did not waat te do anything 1 Tlolatloa of law. If they were permitted by sufferance to emplcy children la 001 lain raa. why not giro them the legal right aaa 1 To -abow how arbitrarily the society axarclaed ft power. It would permit children to apeak on the stags and act through a plaee bat It they ng one note or danecd oaestep they won topped. Waa It anymore Injurious for your child to ting or danoe for ten or flfteeambt' la an entire evening than to act ooaataatly for two hour and a half oat of three boare a -la Little Load Kauntleror." forlnataaxw 1 Mr.

Sanger then instanced a ease that bad come under tbe knowledge of the Actor Fund, -A German actor bad beea atriokea with para yala and but wife wa In delicate health. He had two children, who could have earned a Uvlnt for the entire family as sketch artiste bnt ths society bad stepped in and fort) kids thorn t4 appear. Consequently the family had to be aap-ported by charity. Elbridge T. Gerry opposed the bin.

He aald be thought that the patting inoperatlotvof aueb a measure would open wide th door to manifold evlle. He traced tbe history of the corruption that had lad to the enactment or too prcc ntlaw. Girls ot tender, year were inveigled Into Joining operatic companies whloh would travel through the country until the manager absconded with the fnnde Then -the girl would be left friendless and alone la strange oJttes. and would find their way tat disreputable houses. But aside from thl ovU.

tb stage wee a dangerous place forehildree They were frequently in a semi-nude eoadltioa, and the constant draught aad change of temperature were likely to wreck their health. Beside all this, children on the stage were deprived of fitting education for their after Uvea Working at night aa they did. they eoold not attend school In th morning. Most ot th children were engaged for spectacular prod actions, and when the were over there waa no market for their gifts. Nothing was toft for them then but to drift Into ong and A nT, where there was no front rank.

As to the claim of partiality oa the part ot the society, the law waa striet In prohibiting any appearance of children on the atago, but th society used iu judgment aa to prose eution. He looked on plays known aa legitimate drama aa educating children who took part for the profession of acting. Therefore in these eases he seldom Interfered, Ho cited the case of Josei Jjafmann, tha musical prodigy, a an Instance of harm done by public performaaoea The society bad foand that wa In the incipient stage of general pareeie He bad been taken off the stage and waa now oa -the fair road to recovery. Judge A. J.

Dittenhoefer. who represented leading maaagera of New-York and Brooklyn, claimed that they asked nothing unreasons la Thy respected Mr. Gerry and appreciated the excellent work he had done Children could engage la various occupation without hindrance, bat lawmaker had put a baa upon tha theatre sod declared they ihoold not seek employment there Why was this! In thl enlightened age people no longer believed that theatres were breeding placee of crime Mr. Gerry had said that there was no future for those who ang or danced on the stage But among those who bad begun as children In this way wer Fanny Davenport, Francis Wilson, Joseph Era-met. Joe Murphy.

Lotto, and the peerless PattL Mr. Gerry had said th children etrained and cracked their voloee But Paul' voice bad never cracked. It was ridiculous to claim that It would harm ehildren more to danoe and elng than to act Now. what compromise had beea made in the ease of tbe Garden Theatre Simply that children could go on the stage If they -would walk through their part instead ot dancing. Wasn't this ridiculous I Robert Wilkin of th Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children said that It waa Impossible to transport parenU with traveling- eompsnies.

and bene the children employed would be herded together without proper car or guardianship. Mr. WUklna begged the committee not to enact a law that would affect tbe whole State at th request ot a fewmaaagare The committee decided to lay the bill over until next week. Among the other manager present In favor of the measure were Mess re T. Henry French.

Marcus Mayer, A. H. Canby. and William M. Dunlevy of New-York.

8. M. Hlckey of Troy, and U. P. Soulier ot Albany.

THE NEXT PARLIAMENT. SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH SPEAKS FOB' A WORKING SESSION. Loxno, Fen. 3. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach President of the Board of Trade, delivered a speech at Bristol this vnlng.

II auted tbt to Government meant to bav a working -aloa of Parliament It would pnule the Oppo- ttlon, aald. to giv any real reason why, la tb best lnteresU of th oountry. ther ought not to bo a working asloa. Bom cried for lnv mediaU dissolution; but for what reason The result of th Boaaeadal election waa a serious defeat for th Government, bat It Aid sot necessarily lm ply defeat In the general elee-tiona, He trusted to address hi hearer again about the eame tint next year, aad atlll aa a member of tbe Ministry. FOR MVXDMRIXO BIS BROTRER-IX-LA W.

WiLMixoTOK. DeL. Feb. 8. The trial cf Walter Blackburn, a young married man, ca the eharge of murdering hi brother-in-law, Ed- ward H.

Gardiner, aged eight yeare, begaa thU morning. On Ootid last th boy Gardiner wee missed wbea night eame on. Tbe next day Blaekbnra narrated to several persona au Alleged dream. He said that ho dreamed that his little brolaer-lB-law was lying dead la a freight ear which stood on a siding at the' foot of Fifth Street Blackburn told this tory to hi wit, among there nnd then headed a eearohin party. They went to acme empty found the boy.

dead, with his aeek ruk.ee "100 Tamil waa not natiaflri uui rest fallowed. FMXMXD IV A XVUX1X0 PCXCBSOX. PnoniA. UL, Feb. A serious accident occurred at tb Union Brewery last night John 1 Kaeh aad Anton Blebor, two of employes, want into a big puncheon for th purpose of varnishing It with saallaa They wore still at work when the Taper of the aboUae, passing nt of th small bole, caught fir.

The insula of tb panes eon wa seen la a fieree biaxe, aad the two men were peaned up la the flemee Other workmen dragged them oat, lasers ting their flesh and brack lag their boace la eo doing. -Koch, who was dragged oat nrst may live but -bis companion waa burned eo badly that aia-aoab dropped off whoa reasaeA A-OB71T CAKCLIjTa HMFVaLin wo Raleigh, S. Feb. 3. The Republican state Committal met hero to-day and- called a.

State Convention to meet tn this eity an April 1A to faar J.U'nb, NetlOBat Convention. It was decided not to 1 vaiaaw stapuouaaa uesos at tats coavan- ftrowod fian Mai, ui I n-i. Bupfol Brewg Oe'e Msahsliss Bess. BJ iiitL.