The News from Paterson, New Jersey • 1

I EVENING NEUS. 1 -J lIi Ofily Corf i i Coats S3 Cents for Thro Days. Vj 77 iv! PRICE 'TWO CIjITI I- rROr.roVERTHFoCEA(i. SOMEPECliLIAR METHODS NEWS -CTHE xJ WEEKE CHEISTLIVEDJ I -g-sK 2' Ai. f' i'1 1 -r a 5, r-j 11 ht Their HMiaig PaM tod Stolen Booty RoSovorid.

numbeor of weeks the people of Ocean Grove in draadof the deprodations Of thieves. 1 Yesterday they vets byChief of Police Tatttnn. Theif ne, while eonfleod pMnclpalfy to noting fetotinds, have for the days been extended to the lower' sebtiotimf the town, where tfL-y have made several large hauls among tKi unoccupied cottages of summer residents, tost night tbe 7i7e3 oausjit In their lair, an unoccupied house, gad maoh of the mlse-ing booty recovered, consisting of silverware, bric-a-brac and rare paintings. The two lehdera of the gang were safely lodged 1 bey nrell dressed and affect tench style i th stolen property 'will ACh QD llltd thnifeendo Kn na reach bp Into the thousands, but safe THE BIG STORE move 1 more easily than ever.1' Less fusion, less error, more transactions We can say all that -honestly aiid sister Uy. It ia yotat hpMef, in it that ihcre.

ises tbe numbeand volume of -the ransactions- iCarpets, Furnithre Holiday Gooda, 1 lockvg6d brothers, 292 294Main street, and S7jCro88 street. Telephone 223. I cf i s'-! AFTER THE BATTLE, 1 CLEAR AWAY THE WRECK :.1 THIS is what we doing today. fTn the liuity and buztli he Christmas Eve trade, our entire stoek 'was badly shaken up, jand some line4 of goods spld out completely. Notwithstanding the Jciy of doll times," t't BUSINESS 'i'.

Vi double tlmt of OUR CHRISTMAS -was showing that the wideawake public appreeiatad the louj prices ing jfor goods. IWe expi-ct by to-mqrtrow to be ready rush. i 1 I REMEM OUR SPECIAL SALE rr WIL BE CONTINUED UNTIL JANUArV JONEjjj 23g Maykist Streetll nearly last year, clearly 1. -v 1 for our usual Saturday qf Wishing You AjI a 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR i TO-OUH PAI'HONS. 'I'alvta rJtis Opportunity HA PPY ind would respectfully invite mejnt of Useful "New yoJ NEW-YE i to see our splenjdid.assort-v Years Gifts, inejudihg 'r fourth Annual Meetinj National Capital IltESlDLNT WALKERS ADDRESS.

i)luies the Extraordinary Growth Toaj-ido of So ionalisnji. too Slftgl and the. Imialgraitlon QnMtlt th Eauer-Snbjectl Ods of Orov Crgency. Washington, bee. 27.

The fojirth annual meeting Of he American Economic ociatiou WHS opened yesterday after-moon. The opening session wa devoted to the retort of the chairman of jtb com-1 nifce on econoi aid theory1; Professor J. U. ark, of Smith college, and' to bapers of technical in teres i by Professor biddings, of llryn Mawr; Ilr. Charles A.

Tuttle, bt Amherst, and Miss Marietta jKies, of Munut Holyoke.) At the evening -session Gen. Francis A. Walker, president if the delivered the address. It was devoted t6 a1 survey of the Imost important economic developments Occurring witLuotho Unit id. States (luring the last twy years.

The Grovth of tatlonallsim. The extraonlii iary growth A pseudo name of nationalism, he attributed ti the fact that tlijc piasses of the people, a I ike) among the tnbreforto-nnhHind he less fortunate cla-jf -sj, hare come to a pp red ate the supreme Importance of indu.sttal relations, butl hive not yet learned hyn careful Stanly 0f history jiqd of tjie material conditions Cf human vtHc-e jt hiii lint narrow limit's exer- loiN tlws melioration of mankind in' i-it'jces-fariljr be comprised. AU these i lairim rs, juowl deflate of established will pr later reeruitjs of th economic: army. hile jit imi itumeiise.gajii (lo have i ne liole nsittcjii.il houl in political econ- olm i Tlie rliiRle Tax lilen.j t-gatdii; hpi'aren. grovfth of the the speaker expressed the ejcononii-Us were Coming to that s-omethinh moro of I the statu lis been ac-coulii antnj'eoil-Jy bo in Oil the other ndy of theay tyject only ore uea tel i op vii loifta praet ical poli-ttfitat I tlie lUesub- i- cojldit ifik i.tl if the prestmt finan-1 1 1 1 of the fast) money iral leidershjp we can i UtlentHe rtlhf the iiii fu atism nl.iy enklilc them jt'i-s, perhAp-j the most their iil history, I I iiiuiifrraiiji li'b! m.i- inif.niirration immi- i 'h Iijiwer ebar- ii.

5' iih of ll iUi -oic ml uiatibn in liuetio, it'" ihcrt is il be i 1 im du -iijig the jear, laid on and between new buil.ling-i greeted. mifr Wants ti tome In. 'S, Dec. 'J7. fllspatch ha.

j- at th- wjut department from k- cori dm the puhllsliei: f-fr to 1 hat fjtst Thunder jead men in tlie hostile cinip in Ljsn is id siguiiiedl tjljcir willing olnu in Tlusi i- regarded as vert cat do L-h at the depart tient. To Succeed Clinton )t risk. Dec. 27 refjdout 2p pointed Dpilip cytlarrett. Ihil.iih lpjbia, to tie a meinbcCof tije board, of (ndianpconimiMoiiers, (tide Clinton Fisk.

dectesLl, and F. Diirwiiu James, of DrooKlvtfi to IvHi to be Of the same board, titpe iniJT. Morgj.ui, resigned Sjal vader New- Minister. 1 V-lil'jliSTOSi 27 Mj. Ienj iin.n Molma the ial-y appointed minister from Salvador.

Was formally presunt-ed to tlie Ipresidefit itsterd.iy' by the sec ret ary of The usual foriuiiltlies were f- Thlio I. Itoiid Gei ai Stay, i Nr.w vfiitK. Dec. 27. An clTbrt was maile yesteidajf to levy oh gin exejuitiou Inch Caroline Livingstone recetjily secured, against tjbe elevated ro id foe damage to Ijer piopierty ninouiititit; toiY l.f 12.

Tim jiidgmenjis are alternate, mid unlecthe companytpoys an injunction follows. The ciompauyi obtaineij a stay from tlie -uprcqne court on tho grqtind that tlie road had kppealed from tlie judgments. Electric War In St. Louts. I Ijoltris, Dec) 27.

The A lams Electric iiixil way company, qf Ht. Louis, will shortly enter suit against the Tbompson-Ilous-' ton, the IBprague, the Short i.nd other oloc-tric railway corti panics whot systems are pow in Successful operation, for- infringement of covering tho fundamental principle of propelling cars with electricity as the motive power. le claim upon Which these proceedings are to be based is the official record of the pateut office department! in Washington, backed by legal opinion from th most cffiiuent patent lawyers jin this country effect that Ithe Adams company holds ihe patent an-der'whicjbj every successful electric railroad system pi the country is nqw being operated. 1 1 .1 fkatrtford's Envelop Thief. HartFIord, Dec.

2T E. E. Fay, whose Weft of stamped envelopes two ears agjo from the govern opeut en velope works h)Mfe was discovered recently, was bound over to the next terra of the United States ijistrict court in thf1 sum otftjOO. Additiojaal thefts by'Fay iliavwbeen dis-, covered hi Akiujlbe numbetr of envelopes he is thks far known to havq taken 16,500., The envelopes not having passed into the. possession of the government th loss will fall on1- the contractors, the Plimpton Manufacturing company, of Hartford, and.

the Mofgan Envelope company, of Spring field. Mass. Unless additional thefts are discovered the total loss wjill not exceed 300. POPULAR PRICES. ALL THE GLOBE DRY GOODS 170 and 172 Main-st, Paterson.

CotonMM Telogmiae Gathorsd at actant tsrtto Bsto Vi JMoi gan, Drsxel St of Philadelphia, have purchased 50,000 acres of coal and timber Unde in Raleigh countyW. Va. Tbe JlaUimori' and Ohio road has purchased 73,009 acres, had kyndiOat ledtby Senate Gorman and Secretary Blaine some! 20,009 acre! Th Farmers', iAlllattce menuf Ka: ate organising for politieal work in municipal election Ed wardCamp bell, a noted safe tmfg northwest, ws arrested in Dulu 1 hatred body of Frank McGov was'foaad in tbe' rains of Bristol block, Boston, which was (mi WjrfnesdaynitfA Will 1km Cams van, a cttlkea of Susquehanna; was thrown from his ratter and kilted at Binghamton, N. Y. Charles Mclntyrs foil frtitn the win the Davidson theatre, Milwaukee, ii 1 L' I A Christmas tree canght fir at the denoe ff Mr.

Pe of, Phlladslpl The housa- was destroy ed, and Mte. Fitx-si mons; mother of Mra. Pentode, perished in the flames. 1 Dijrlng a rifle content at Miffiinton, Pa, Oscar Conrad, Spectator, was killed by the accidental discharge' of rifle. James Walker, Philadelphia burglar, was I killed by Private Watchman Bata Jhilelireaklng into a Philadelphia fruit arsons -1 The comptroller of th currency has authorized tbs First Notional of Tloon-derqga, N.

tO begin business with a capital of 0,009. i 4 War oa tlis Brotherhood, I CHICAGO, Bee. 27. Another order has been loaned by William Kline, superintendent 1 telegraphs of the Lake Shore andj Michigan Southern railways, requesting the members of Ithe Older of railway telegrapksnrin the employ of the company to Withdraw from the order or resign their The reason assigned fori this demand is said to bo the opposition of tbe brotherhood to taking yong men I into their offices as apprentice and teaching them the haziness. This, it is said, tbe superintendent believes detrimental to the iutorestsof tbe company.

The first Order of this kind was issued last August by Superintendent Kline, when be Sent a personal letter to all the telegraphers In the employ of the company asking them to withdraw from the order, and also requesting those who would not do so to answer' the letter and give the reason for not desiring to comply with the request. This letter created quite a stir among tbe men and many of them complied. By a 'Roar End Collision. 3t. THOHAb, Dec.

27. A rear end collision occurred between two freight trains on the Michigan Central near Ioua, resulting in the death of urakemau Hector Grant, of this city, and the serious injury of three other train tntui. The twio cabooses of the Vorward train were Grant waji instantly killed. Conductor Cole Hammond sustained a fracture of the leg, Brukeuian George Benedict Laid a foot crushed and Fireman Thomas Burke bad his head cut. The other trainmen escaped- by jumping, some of them sustaining slight bruibcs.

It is not jet Isuown who was responsible for the accident. Dan Shelby's Appeal. Boston, Dec. 37. The petition of "Dan Sbeiby, the well known dramatic manager, to take-the poor debtor' oath was given a hearing in the civil municipal court yes terday, Mr.

Shelby is defendant iu an ac tion forrfaO.OiX) damage, brought 011 ac cou at alleged injuries to Thoinas A Daly, well known aidor, at the Chicagc Academy of Mu-dc. Mr. SUelby alleges! 1 ipat tibo assault on Air Da'y iu in tbser.ee, and th.it, know hat Daly wa-j nervosa and he had cautioned 1I1U stage employ2 to avoid crossing him. H- claims that he isMokid a pecuniary condij Jon Jo respond to tho suit, saying that hile once well to dfybaving made considerable money-in his profession, lie has of late lost largely aud is now without means! The morning sessiou was spent ih Showing Ifhe financial result of Mr. Shelbys vari-6us dramatic ventures.

The hearing wap continued. I 1 1 A Grief Stricken Futlirr.i i i Johnstown, Ph.a Dec. 27. John Frick Snd hts 7 vear-olil son, of this place, went gunning Christmas mormug, returning a't noon. The -father undertook to; removji tbe loads remaining iu the gun.

The weapon was discharged, the ball jenterin Ithe boys forehead, killing him instantly The father is almost crazed wiili gri and a watch is kept on lum for fear le will harm himself. Scalped by New York, Dec. 27. Mrs. Minnie Wilke, the wife of the manager of a laundry at No.

396 First avenue, accidentally caught her hair in the heltibg of tpc inacbinery in.the place yesterday and had her scalp torn from the bead before the machinery could be stopped. "She will probably die. 1 Perished tn the Flames, WeyauweuK, Vis. Dec. 27.

Yesterday morning fire was discovered in Lawlers aloon builditgat Frcemont, an( before it was under co itrol it destroyed two other buildings occupied by Hildebrand Bros, as saloons. Orrln Ennis, who was carrying jut goods frojin the Lawler building, per shed in tbe oroken op in flames. A dance jfist tbe building. Ennis hadi no His Wife's Gravi. Dec.

27 C. P. Win, a painter cut bis throat with a pocketkhife his wifes grave Thursday night. lie made a bad gash, but tbe jugular was pot Hit and he may recover. His wife died months since, nd he has been jde-ipondent.

Killed by a Falling Bail. St. Johnsvllle, N. Dec. 27.

While John Oolsonjof this place, was engaged unloading rails at tbe'depotin this village st noon yesterday he was struck on the head by a failing rail and instantly killed. He leaves r. widotv. A Guextion. Editor What do you mean by this expression you use, A shapeless iss! Reporter Why fer urn anything that-1! mean, something that a ret why, you know.

Editor Thanks! I only asked fcjr information. Binghamton Leader. Too Mach to Expect Even of Hite So you are looking for an honest man, said a friend of Diogehea to Yes, sir. "How will yon recognize one Yrhen yon see him? 1 Be will return a borrowed lead pete cil. Post.

I I Hard on Poor Wllilc. "Weally, said Willie Wishington, I am not always mildly' conversational. Sonietimes I Spfeak my mind, you know. replied Miss Pepix-rton, "I have fmraently noticed your long silences. Washington Post.

Large lUnnlti. Johnny Cumso Did you yesterday? 1 Freddy Fangle Yep. A Johnny Cumso Wojjfej Catch? Freddy Fanghr Five, fish and a vhip-pin(. Judge, I Pogesys BrOak, I Dirty Dickson Pu ggsys jgittin to be' a rjegler.djade. 1 WearyWatkins Whazhedone? ytirty Dickson He washed hisself this mofnin, West Shore.

iri 11 Tbs Smei Yet Different. 1 Hist Amateur Photographer that ex pert show you how it was done? Second JAmatenr Photographer ea; bnt bo didnt show me how to djo it Life. Gave Him His Choice. Conductor Ticket, please! Dead Beat I travel on my cheek. Conductor Very well; which cheek do you prefer' to travel on? Puck.

Slightly MlxU Can you count far now, Tonrnij I can count ath fat atb Eairr'a Young Poopla kf. MODERN ASPECT OF MANY PLACES IN eiSUS to Tbo DwelUag Fla4 or Herod Probobte Sit of Csjcrasus. Th F(rot Christina Chmreh Tbs titodso Other goeoes. fB Tbe best view of tbe Sea of Galilee ia from Safed, a town several thousand met abqve the teft About' this lit tlo sea, that ia only l7 inilea long and between -and miles wide, were enacted some of the most sacred scenes in the worlds history. There is cow bnt little life along the shores, for wars, pestilence and other causes have tended to bring what was once a rich garden spot to min, bnt there can still be witnessed the daily occurrences told of in Scriptoria.

are fishermen casting their Rets, sheep following good shepherds, lilies in the fields, scattered flock and the seals tossed by sudden storma The eastern coast is possessed by Bedou-r ins, aiid tbe western side, once thick! populated by fterily, 'energetic mount sincere In favor with Christ fe quite desolate, with only a few scattered haul letk At the period of its prosperity, when Christ was living at Nazareth with his parents, the feoaatry was Roman government, being the ruler. A high state of excitement prevailed. Roman yoke was heavy upon the and conflicts were frbquent. Herod living at Tiberias, and the lavish ditnro of money -and labor made th place1 palatial. In addition to this thh extensive hot springs pear drew many rich and influential who were in poor health all combining to make Tibei the center of Romari civilization.

Sea of Galilee was affected by all Vessels of all kinds were numero quays dotted! the shores and activity Alt this time Tiberias is visited by grim 8 who come from all directions end! their days in the holy city and bathe in th springs. South of thei baths on the vrostern shore there is not! ing of interest but the departure of the Jordan from sea. The river c6n-tinqes to the Bouth, running through fertile meadows aiid between the hills which border it. A ford is there. For-incriy there was a bridge, with a lo: extended causeway.

A great sea will kept the turbulent waters under control. Even now the Jordan often plunges and swirls as though maddened by the interruption of tho- lake and drives hastily onward, only to be intercepted again apd brought to a standstill by the Dead Sea. Mounds of the rubbish are at tho southern end of the Sea of Galilee, they being all there is to show where the Roman city of Tarichea once 6tood. Tiberias can be fixed from a distance by the tall minaret of the mosque. The first Christian church there is Baid to have been built in tho Fourth century by Constantine.

It stood on the site of the mosque and was called St, Petejrs At one time Tiberias hail thirteen gogues. The oldest is yet well preserved, although 1 ,000 years pud over have passed sinco it was erected. Its roojf ia Bupiorted by stone arches and columns. In tho center is a great inclos-ure constructed of wood, which is dried ind twisted by centuries of exposure, but yet as sound as when hewed ffom (ho log. This is tbo reading place.

Ascending the steps which lead to the Interior tho rabbi opened tho scroll and liegan to teach tho law. Beyond jthis there is but little to interest. Tho lijiag-nificeuce of the past has euebumbed to present needs. Millstones are cut from the syenite columns or temples, porphyry columns are cut out for public drinking troughs, aud floors for thrashers are paved with frieze chiseled with Greek designs by Herods commands. Tho nearest town to the north ia Mag It must lhwe been important in ite best days.

It' is even now a halting plane on the caravan road from Jerusalem to Damascus, Bagdad and Nineveh. Khan Minyeh, believed by some to bave been the site of ancient Capernaukn, is the next point north. Tell Hum is an hour's journey fforn Khan Minyeh, and has ruins thought to be of tha synagogue built by a Roman mentioned in Luke vii, 5. They claim that it was there Christ spoke on the "Bread of Lifix Many think this point was where Capernahm stood, and is where Zebfedee, James, John, Andrew and Peter lived, and where four disciples were called to be "fishers of men. I Continuing the journey a jppot is reached that is accepted as the place where Jesus sat when "teaching the multitudes who followed him.

JKu-run Hattin the Horns of Hattin tbfi supposed "Mount of the Beatitudes are upon tho mountain ridge followed in journeying from Safed to the Sea of Galilee. Below them is a wide pjlateau where the assembled multitude' coiild have been seated while listening to the Sermon on the Mount when the Isweet-iiess of the Beatitudes was reveajled to them. Tlie two horns of Hattin seem to havo been protected by massive structures. The approach to the higher one is easy from one side, while to the northeast there is a sheer ascent of oYer 7o0 feet. Tbe white limestone hills, tho Iiasaltic cliffs, the modern village of Hattin in the plain below, the orange groves and the fruit gardens, the waving grain, the varied families of flowers and the group of Druse farmers present pictures at every -from the historical mountain top is seen Sared, the city which some scholars believe to be the place alluded to by Jesus when he said, A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

In Jnly, 1187, the plain of Hattin was the gathering place -of the Crusaders the spot where they in by the hosts that Sahulin led against them. The noun tains pU the Hauran on the cast and' the Jaulan on the sooth are visible. When the ai is clear the line of the Jordan may be made out creeping through' the jnngle to the Dead Sea. Palestine Letter. Hard Job.

"Children. said their mother, you must go out of doors if you want to play. "You will disturb your father in the next room. What is lie "He is deeply engaged in literary work, my child, and he needs absolute quiet. "Writin a book? "More difficult than that, my dear, answered the mother, in a hushed tone.

He is trying to read a dialect story in one of the magazines. Chicago Tribune. Country Conifort. Farmer Griffins Aint your face changed some senoe last I dont remember that Ira goatee, i Transient Guest My friend, Fro just Thats an icicle, Judfo, Dublin Newspapers; I Note Anticipate a Compromise. OFf LEADERS.

C0NFEEENCE I i j-- It Will Bo Hold tween Parnell BtndnaU Com: After tho Meeting Booed ODrleo Ro Ixa tl Satelda tn feocape the Horrors et Mberia. Dublin, Dec. 27. Thq newspapers of this city in igenbral con cut In expressing the belief that the Interviews which are expected to take place in 'Paris between Parnell, OBrien and other Irish leaders will not result in any compromise agreement which will allow Parnell to retain the leadership ef tie Irish party. These papers Msk What Archbishop Croke wodld say bn the subject, what Mr, Gladstone opinion would be, and what views Mr.

Morley would take of a compromise agreement. They add that these gentle-' men must be consulted before any term arV decided upon between the Irish leaders as to the continuance of Mr. Parnell in pojwer. i 'The Express of this city accuses Timothy Healy of making untrue statements, to put it mildly, about the Kilkenny election. For Instance, Tho Express says that Mr.

Ilealy statement that 400 Unionists vcjted for Vincent Scully 1 unttu6. pr. ODonnell, bishop of Raphofc, In a Ivptcr to The Irish Catholic, says he regrets that the Irish people did not Immediately Pine the blame upon Mr. Paruell for hi offense against morality instead or "giving him a handle with Which to rain the party 1 and the tountry. Conference of Leaders.

Jp aris, Dec. 27. The STemps announces I that after the meeting between Parnell kp'I OBrien a formal conference of tboj' ell leaders Will be held. Among those Wjho Will take part in the deliberations'WiU be Messrs. McCarthy, Power, Rehmond, CjKelly, Sexton, Kenny aud Arthur OCon-1' npr.

The aim 'of tpe conference will boa reunion of the two sections of the Irish plarty, based on the temporary retirement of Mr. Parnell from the leadership. The Debatis asserts that Mr. Parqell will cpmo to this city without having made a previous arrangement with Mr. OBrien fhr a meeting.

Tho paper further says tat Mr. OBrien does not expect to diseliss the position with Mr. Parnell personally. DEATH GATHER THAN SIBERIA. Tragic Result of a Nihilist Prop, igunda Among Rusiui Students.

St. PSThRSBURO, Dec. 27. Tragi con sequences hay, followed tils discovery by the p'oHcc of a nihilist propaganda among the students Of the 'Veterinary institute at porpat, the Athens of the northern em-j fire. A nun) her of t10 students iuipli-i Cated in the conspiracy were arrestedjitnd doubtless ooon Itc on their way to the prisons of bibena, to spend the remainder of their lives in privation au.d miscH.

Two of t(i blKpehted youths, however, determined to escape this wreteuvd fate by faking their Own lives'. Having learned that the detectives Were on their track; One of them, after- A farewell interview with tlie young lady to whom ho was bet trothed, shot her dead iu his arms and iml medial ely put) another bullet through his owu brain. I is supposed that the coup! bad mutually agreed to die together rathci than endure jn lifelong separation. The young man, tafter exhorting his follow students to rigUain loyal to their oppressed fellow citizen and dividing bis liooks and other effects among them, lyis throat w-ith a razor. I Both the suicides were scions of well to lo and influential The affair has aused a great sensation in I) ippat, where here are hundred of young men from all parts of the etupire studying at the university aud the various schools.

The Times Assail Gen. Booths Scheme. London, Dec. 27. The Times publishes a three column article criticising Gen.

Booths scheme folr the redemption of the It says that Gen. Booth cannot think that he is to be authorized to collect by force the lunatics and irredeemable slaves of vice, crime and drink; yet how can be otherwise bring them under his discipline He Cannot expect us to believe that he can compel men to work who will not work voluntarily. The whole plan is childish, far as its details of graduated work isesneerned, aud the colonization feature is impracticable, or at least must be regarded with profound distrust. 4 0Rrleo Is Reticent. PARIS, Dec.

27. Messrs. OBrien and; Giil are staying at the house of M. Kaffalo-j vitch. Mr.

OlBrien is in excellent health. He refuses to discuss the Irish situation until after hia conference with Mr. Parnell but has denied the statement of The London Times that Patrick Ford is a believer in the gospel of dynamite. Charged with Manslaughter. London, Dec.

27. The coroners jury in the case of Miss Worthington, who was killed in the recent railway accident at Broadstone, has rendered a verdict charging the engineer and fireman of the detached engine with which the express train collided-with manslaughter. Trying to Rod the Strike. Edinburgh, Dec. 27.

A conference has been held between the Edinburgh provosts, the railway directors and a delegation f)m the strikers to discuss a settlement of the dispute. It is thought that some progress has been made in the direclionof an agreement. Another Dastardly Attempt. Glasgow, 27. Another attempt Was made yesterday to throw a train froin the track near Dundee, by moans of an obstruction placed on the rails.

The danger was discovered in time to prevent a disaster. 1 Minister Phelps Christmas. BERLIN, Dec. 27. The Christmas reception at the American legation was numerously attended.

Over 500 cards were left for Minister Phelps. His daughter, Marion, received the guests. The Noted Arclfasologlst Dead. Berlin. Dec.

27. Heinrich Schliemann, the noted archaeologist, discoverer of the supposed site of ancient Troy, is dead, at the age of 68 years. National Committeeman Watterson. Louisville, 27. At a meeting of the Democratic central committee thei Hon.

Henry Vatterson was unanimously elected to succeed the Hon. Henry McHenry as a number of tho national' Democratic committee for the state of Kentucky. Fought a Duel with Bowls Knives. Dec. 27.

Joe Heiden and John Nejutner, two lumbermen, while coming into town from Halls lumber cafnp, foughi it bloody duel will liowle knives near xeyds lake, three miles from this Neurher is badly cut and Will die. Heiden is alko badly cut, having been stabbed by tamer in several places. Hu den is in jail and Neumer is at stabler where iiisi deutdi is expected every moment. hasten ugly wounds oh (ih breast. Neumera home is at Uopperstown.

The Cnsi ins Revenue In Luck. Buffalo, Dec. 27. Buffalo drivers have struck another great gas well iu Canadian territory adjacent to Buffalo. Careful computation, planes the flow at 12000,000 feet in twenty-four hours.

Arrangements have been maue to pipe tbe gas across the river to and the indications now are that fconridorable customs dutiesat 10 cents ad valortefa- will be collected on it. Water in Oloaa. Oi.EAN, N. Pee- 27. The msiri watei line burst in tjbe center1 of fhe.

Aileffhuy river yesterday afternoon, leaving tlie in a bad predicament, os no othyr Watei can be obtained! until the break is repaired! which will require aesefaLdays. Thenewsj paper were compelled to run thoir prtese liv hand and all factories have snspendec1 work I 1 The Hying Kx-Troasaror. jACTBOSYXLtS. Deft Spin ner baa faUediperoeptibly aince WOdnea day. fer cannot slovfljjr, (Oiretold.

Heiaalmplydyinr ii A 200,000 Fire. CrAKUOTOK, S. Ic. 27.Fir lo nlgbtdeitroyod tbe Edlato Phoepbato at woriuh about ibw Ue froi Now the Fraudiflettt tJivdrce Lawyer: Managed I EXPLAINED 1 LAWTEtt I Bo Acknowledge 1 HU Sbaro la tho Crook-! YraasaeiiooL aad Says Ho Dsservo Wnishment Bntner Did the loterrtsW-j lag aad iuhii tho Forglag. 1 New YobkJ Dob.

27. Detective von Ger, ichten, of the district attorneys office, jjreBterday took Lawyer William H. Bntner to the Jeffecsof market imliee eourt, where he chArged with forgery in the isecond degrees. William D. Ilughes, the alleged head of tha fraudulent laW office bh Broadway, accompanied the detective add wanted (jti make a statement against Bntner.

Thjs was not permitted. Butner demanded the fight of being bailed. He Was informed that a complaint wduld be made out Against him, and that if he waived examination he could go of his own accord to the central office and be remanded without formality. After some deliberation Bntner decided to waive examination and go back. 1 At first Bntner pnt on the bold front of injured ionoicence, but last evening he ad-1 mitted himstelf guilty of larceny and said that he ought to be, Sent to prison By his confession Bu'tner threw additional light on the way ihe Isnccessfut bogus divorce mill was ruij, and also implicated -others id the crooked work.

Divorce 'Laws Explained, i Bntner and Hughes entered into copartnership on Jan. 14, 1883, and opened an office at No. 322 Broadway. They advertised extensively that they were able to secure "divorces Without publicity, and were soon overrun with clients. They also circulated a pamphlet entitled an "Abstract of the Latest Dtvorne tows of All the States.

It saysiNew Yorx permits polygamy and polyandry in certain cases. Desertion for fivi years, without knowledge the deserter is living, permits the one descried to marry again, and the second marriage is valid, though the deserter returns. "Tho second marriage may be declared Void, but only from the date of the decree, by a court of competent jurisdiction upon proper petition! but if no such petition is made and parties are satisfied one husband may live lawful wedlock with two or more wives or one wife with two or more husbands. The children Will inherit, nl both wives will bo entitled to dower. In New York nlo residence is required, and the party aggrieved, may commence suit at anjllmt.

In Illinois no residence is required if the offense was comniitted while one of the parties was a resident of the stare or hen bjatTi agree to the separation. Itutner Kept tbe 1 Butnertbld uspector Ilyrnqs yesterday thathe kept tie 'books and that Hughes 1-ook charge of the hand stamp with seal anil the blank divorce decree form. In pome instances, where the client was Ignorant, the; gave, him simply' a typewritten-copy. All their clients they, bled 'from $100 to i 1500 for the bogus divorce papers. lie remembered that Charles E.

Finkel, Cipsari Bogia, Thomas McDonald, Gusau Mulierj and Simon O. Harper, a colored eferg; email of Jersey City, were Mane of lue clients, ex-May6r lVfudletoii. All the' callers at the Broadway office wtre intervieved by Bntner, who also set the price ami udllectcd the money. Hughes j-lihre iu the runnhig of the fraudulent es-1 atiiilimmit Teas to manufacture the bogus dolrrces use the forged court stamp, Uituer renia ue! in the partnership until Dijc. 26, )ss-, when they dissolved, but 'afterward continue 1 to transact t.

1 I'ffi'-e latriek A. Campbell. Uuliliol Tlictc Ciiniitn. riu pi4 'Vnot devote nil tlu-ir time to divorce fnse but also prosecuted civil suits, ana lf deceit and forgery robbed their poor clients. A caj3 hits tome to light in viliichittaep were engaged by two injured laborers to le Clark OBrien for 10,000, wnich illlistiates their duplicity.

The law yers were hajrd pressed for ready money one day and decided to settle tbe suit against Clark OBrien for $800 without the con sjnt of tihci1) poor clients. They arranged njatters 1 satisfactorily with the lawyers lepresenitinf tlie contractors, nhd the labor ers vtho bad begun the suit for damages are still expectibg it to come up in the courts. Jsutner and! Hughes forged the names of their clients to the settlement papers. Says lie Deserves After mt.king his confession Butner said iu the presence of Inspector Byrues: ii realize that I have committed a crime against the laws of New York for which 1 should be punished. I am willing to make hat reparation I can, but do not think that I am (guilty of forgery, but larceny, Sica use I Obtained mouey by false repre-utatiou.

I not desire put the people to trouble, and will go before the grand jury and toll all I know. I am also will vug to my punishment like a man, i)nd hope it will be as light as possible. Butner Is 34 years old and is married, nd resides at No. 260 West Seventeenth ttreet. Hi) followed the sea for years, and fterwardj studied law at office of a Tnited Slates judge of Cook county.

Ills. He afterward went to Chicago, where he Nas arrested for conspiracy with two de-ectives iq the case of an old Norwegian, was under arrest for assaulting a He! escaped conviction, and later on was arrested for assault. In 1887 he came to this city. The stamp which Hughes had hidden was fonnjd yesterday in a trunk in the basementi of the Hotel Mondpoljf, together ith 200 blank bogus decrees. Death Ends tho Honeymoon.

WiLLiMASTic, Dec. 27. While George Hj; Green and his wife and another1 man werh riding down Ripley hill. South Coventry; Thursday night their horse became unmanageable and ran away. In turning a corner Mr.

and Mrs. Green were thrown put. Mr. Green died two hours later of internal hemorrhage. Mrs.

Green has beenj unconscious sine the accident, aud is not expected to The third occupant of the carriage got safely out Of the rear of it while the horses were ascending the hill after the accident, Mr. and Mrs. Green belonged in Tolland, aud bad beeui married only one week, 1 1 1 Wrecked on the Jersey Coast. AsnuRY Park, N. Dec.

27. The hclioone- Yale, of New Haven, ie ashore (it Deal Beach. It is hardly probable that will outlive the storm. The Yale is owue'd by Armstrong Hodgson, of Baltimore, and was bound from Boston to Baltimore for coal. Her crew, consisting of Captj R.

Alexander Simpson and seven men, was taken off the vessel last night by means of the breeches buoy. A large hark isj reported wrecked off Bay Head. The slidre wires are down and no info'rtnat tion cab be obtained. I A Rank Closes Its Doors. HjjssK KKT, S.

Dec. 27. The San born County bank, run by Leon L. Stef vena, closed its doors' yesterday. The cou utyi treasurer had $8,006 of the county 9 luoiiey in -tho bank, aud a number of mer-ebantej are caught.

Stevens has made an assignment to George W. Corking, a former partner. Stevens was city treasurer and closed down on $300 of the city fundsj' There was no run on the-bank, and the reasons given for the suspension are poor business and slow collections. 1 1 fioVernor Beaver Silver Wedding. HARRISBURG, Pa, Deo.

27. At a dinner given last evening by Governor and Mrs. Beaver to the member of the governors cabinet the host and hostess were given an agreeable surprise by the presentation to them of an elegant silver tea service as a token of esteem and as of memorial v0f their 'twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Ex-Sesretary Stone made the presentation speeth. 1 Charged -with Emboxxling 10,000.

AtBANT, N. Deq. 27. DanieiW. Talcott, who baa bee for a long Lime employed as chK bookkeeper for the-firm of Bags was arrested night and jailedjon a charge of embezzlement.

jThe amount of his pecnlations are said to bo (10,006. He ia said to have1 worked in col (gain with Joseph B. Abbott, tho' ir who lately enfitide. ls aTFro tot AU Fight. Cf.

Deo. 27. Thursday Bigbt Furnace dispute arose oyer a free for alj fight ensaeln EdGaHghf VM hot thrbugh tho Jtart tnd John Oliver KUtaAby ft blffreB iff tttehwd with toua, JlfarylBtriii trfti pua ifrioiulf I DEPOSITS, CAPITAL, $300,000. no wtimate tamnow.be made. The Haywood cottagb, Mrs.

Gordons villa and the oott re among the many The 'prisoners glve their names GUbert and Chapman, aboutl the same age. Both claim New York as their homa They were taken to the county Jail at Freehold this morning to a a ait the action of the grand jnry. OF COUNTERFEITERS. 1 weotyfUur Italians and 1,060 la Heme Made Money Captured. PllTSBtfRG, Dec.

27. Setenteen men and two women were arrested Thursday bight and lacked up under the charge of passing counterfeit money. One thousand oUC hundred dollars in silver, perfefct in 0vet7 deUil, the oaly fault being light weighs was also oaptared by the officers who mads the raid at No. 523 Lincoln aveottti, feast hhid. In this building the entire party has beenliVing since thier arrival in the city last Week, Yesterday five other men were arrested on suspicion and additional bogus silver dollarrf capt hired.

The United States- offiewik shy that the moneywaa not made in Pittsburg, but the gang, all of Svhom so far captured are Italians, has its headquarters elsewhere. From one of the prisoners the detectives ascertained that the moqey was giade ih New "i ork, and that similar gangs were sent to other cities tb dlMibute the money The prisoner could notkell what cities were being op rated. The clew that led to the discovery of the gang was picked up in "ii restaurant in- Market -alley, when tm Italians, accompanied by women said tc bo their wives, tendered a light Weigh dollar in payment for refreshments. Mnizzio Mazr.il ltiua ahd.Alia Robisca, th two Italians -at alle; who-e arrest led to the capt ure of the others, weie given a hearing bel State-, Commissioner McCahdj less jesterdny afternoon. Nothing of it port unce was developed at the hearing, and they wet eoD'tn tied to jail in default of each.

Two iuforinjutious were ufad( lefore Comtdissioner 'MeCandless agains loi arl Matence and Michael Hemarluo cliar red ttii liavmg in their possession cout rieit money. They are the men, is ftlcged, who brought the sachel cot taiii the SI. 100 in counterfeit money i tlie bouee in the ist Knd. The men will have a hearing this afternoon. A JGANG CHILDREN.

A Bochcster Mother Wli Perished lb I KlTnrt to Save Them. luitiiiATKH. N. l)ep. 27, la a fire Orchard street early yesterday mornii Mrs.

Ji im Dietrich and 'her three child weije burned It death. The family retii 10 oclock Thursday night, T1 mother and thrpe children wont to sleep a stnall bedroom its the rear part of tl house, and tlie fnther aijd jon 15 years tigej slept together tii tim sittingrooi Vt Atcrday morning at 4 moth nwche and etarted a firOjiu llie kitchi stoie atid then returned to bed In 1 Lilian liour the niotiJci' was awake'nt '-y 1 HpR Life for -moke in hr la-droo it 'htn in flames. at her nud s(Tn, and of 1 Tie ran to tho house dolir arousing Mr. Matteito, i 1 pi to -end in alarms of fire. MrAMatteJn rub ro the corne(r of OrchardWnd Orange sttjectb and gave the alarm.

was but little over five minutes befcirv! bp hremen reached the spot, bujt be die thjit time Mrs. Dietrich and the th'qee cluldren sleeping with her hail perishedpn Xbe flames. After arousing her husband the mother returned to the bedroomlto shve her children, but perished with them. Ujutir the fire was extinguished it was supposed that Mrs. Dietrich and trie children had escajied to some of the neighbors, but after the water had subdued ie flames and the firemen entered the apartment where she hatFslept the remainslof the mother and three children were foujiii on the bed burned beyond recognition.

Redskins (Juletius Down. Pine Ridgk N. I)ey 27. qne battalion of the Seventh cavalry, with IY.O Hotckiss guns and a pack train, Has just left for Wounded Knee, about thirty miles away. The Indian council in Dad Lands has decided in favor of the hlos- tiles returning to tho agency.

They are now all. on their way in. Perhaps fifcjen or twenty may slip away, but the auth tills feel that the tndmn war has been ed. At least they express great satisfaction at the news brought by the court There is still danger of serious troublel in case an attempt is made to disarm the no.s-tiles. Unless thip is done all the Indians writ be at their agencies within thre4 or four days.

Jr Houiekeepnrand Savings Disappeai Scottsdale, Dec. 27. Miss Jofes, alias Frisbein, the housekeeper of Heiry Adaina miner, of Everson, has peared, taking with her over $350 in motley; and $1,600 or in notes. Her diJap-jiearance is said to bedne to the combiped efforts df a couple of married men in Eter sont whose objects in I view were to sedurq a slice of the money. Miss Jones twef weeks-ago caused a sefttsation by asimilaif act, for which she As arrested in Pitts burg.

Tho at that. time was settled with her old lover on condition thaqshe return to his household. The Roof Gave TV AliianY, N. DeC. 27.

The roof oj Central Hudson railroad, overweigj with snow, fell in jyesterday aftert There were eight men buried beneath timbers and snow. Of these only tw.o very much injured. Engineer John hdd his right arm broken and was wise bruised. George Petrie sustain juries about the body.and legs. The -escaped with slight jbruises.

There thirteen engines in the house at the four of them being completely wreck the A Monument to Hravo Sailors. San Francisco, Dec. 27. The stear Australia reached jort yesterday TAdvices from that place that Hon. Henry Carter, minister at iugton, has behu appointed IIawaiiani gate -to the International Monetary which is to be held in the United St Capt.

Foss, of tho German man-oj Speiber, uveiled a monument at Samoa, last month, to thenieaiory men lost on the German warships the hurricane of MtnrCh, a vxlt from Wonld. Be Lyncher BEAVER Falls, Dec. 27. John dine, a railroad laborer, attempted waalti Chris Kearchers 0-year-old dati yesterday. He was arrested and lock A dozen men took him out of th shortly afterward and bad a.

rope at is neck to hang him to the engine tower, wheh the officers rescued the who had faiated with terror. 1 1 Died from Expon a re. Coburg, Ont. Dec. 27.

A pi twenty-two persons broke through tl on Rice lake Christmas morning wh turning hojae from a dance. Ail saj in getting on the i3e again, bat were frostbitten before reaching the and Miss Eifie Joh niton has sine from exposure. ilad- A8- htet I up. jail uhd iouse of ice re- oany bore, died I 4 rgthe tome tbysl- Banker Kelly ill With Pmaaoi New York, Dec. 27.4-Eugene Kelt banker, is ill with pneumonia at bis on West Eighty-fifth' street.

His dans consider him nowont of dang Tlslta Boo them Callfoi 5 Ban Francisco, Dec. 27. King Kal left herd today for a fortnight's sojoi southern California, jlle la accote on th trip by CoL McFarlane am Baker, of his suite; Lieut Blow, Charleston, and ons op two others, his return tho king wilt taks hls kaaa rn to nied CoL the Upn pro fop HoaoJnlu. Heath or a Well Kmws I)M14JV Dec. 5 ST, Nat: JIIawsB, Qj writ known Wt on ffkars4f LU bos ln tU JJiattj pse4 -THE- I Paterson National Will IieinoYe to Its Xrw arters, Market Jan.

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