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THE TIMES-riULADELPIIIA, SATURDAY MOKNTXG, NOVEMBER 4. 1893. Last Night WHAT I SUFFERED Convention of 177 Mr, Hheppard's nam ap-ptmrrd um a candidal for nomination to th Iht-n vnNiit position in tii Mimrenis Court. There were nine candidal In all, but ontb (bird lullotMil th candidate were dropped hut Mr. "tid John 1 run key, of Venango, eKVirl other ballots Wtfre taken, Ihf itir riinnlhir ocularly elme, ttt eon-teat bitiut last decided in favor of Truukt by the vote oi the chairman.

Mr. MH'ppartf whm once mora ft candidate fir Jii'U the HuprtiniA tuurt In 17, bul hia chant'eM were sacrificed by entagouium In thH Philadelphia delegation. In Jnntiary, )khi, mu uiiHntutouMy nominated ty the Jtemocratir convention a a candidate fur Ctly Kollcitor, his timiia beltif Indomcd by the Cltiri'im' Committee ot One Hundred. Mr. Mieppard wan noted aa a attident of language aud literature, and was the author of the "Count ittiilonul Text numerous other writings on legal queaHon.

He WM a tnmtee of JelTeraon Medical Col. leire, a meriilx-r of the Phlloaophlcitl Hoclety and an inspector of th Kaalarn Stale Peo-lltmtlary. SALE OF COU M1UAN STAMPS, DAILY GIFT TO THE POOR Phil J. Wmlmb'm Kmtmte Giving Awmy Wagon- Loud. 0 JTovfaioaa.

Tboae padcatrian. whom bualneaa or pleaa-ura guides their way past the Phil J. Walsh White Palace, en Herond street. Just below Market, have noticed for the paat few mornings the Impressive sight of a large wagon being loaded with provision, for distribution among the poor. The executor, of the estate of Phil J.

Walsh, who, with Pbil J. Walah. carry on the busiucsa, have taken this practical meana of relieving the present aulferlng. Tbelr dally gift consist, of meat, broad, potatoes and other article, of food, and each day the two wagon, receive their load, consisting of 100 pounds of meat, 00 Inavca of bread. 10 bushels of po-tatoi'.

and cahbngca, which are token each day to a ditt'erent locality and distributed tbrouuh the medjumaof the varioua relief organizations. This morning delivery will continue for many days to come, A distribution of pmviaiono and clothing waa made by the Christian Relief Aaxoriation from the DeWitt Moore Mission on Thursday Inst. Home three hundred and aerenty-flve famillca were assisted. The Christian Relief Association desire to publicly cunreM their thanks to theemnloyea A KEW DEAL ON FOOT It Include Jnmey Central, KearffnJ anil Bridge. A deal ia now on foot for th making of a Joint tr.ttle contract between tb.

Central Kallroad Company of New Jeraey and th. Philadelphia and Reading Kallroad Company on one aide and th. Philadelphia, Heading and New England Railroad Company on th. other. Thla deal waa practically agreed upon a week ago, but owing to the Reading and the old I'oughkuepaio Hridgo Compaule.

being In the handa of rccelvera th. work waa ncooa-aarlly alow. Although the officer, of the rompanlra In-tereated arc not inclined to talk it waa learned that an arrangement ia to ho made between the Philadelphia and Reading and New Jeraey Central Kallroad Companica for the doing of a Joint freight and paasenger buaiueaa over the Poughkeepnie Kach reed it to auurne a fair proportion of tbe rentale. and It ia niideratood that for a limited period the net earning, derived by the Poughkoepaie Bridge ayatem will Iw put into the property for itettermente, and that th. rental, to be paid will bo on.

an aaeending scale. Whilo the New York and New England Railroad Company la not mentioned in the preaent deal, it ia understood that It will make an agreement with th. Poughkeep-aie Road for the taking of all bual-neaa from that road, and that it will SAVED FROM SUICIDE Mr. Nelbealr Cmught mm aha Wu About to Make the lunge. Mm Mary Kellx'Ulr.

of Fortieth street, bo-low (llnircl evimuo. was last evening by Pollnmau Johnson on the charge of attempting to commit sulctile. About o'elork the woman anil berhaa-hnnd ppiwbcd Oimrd Ti nue bridge from the wet Tbry hid King ihurp word, with eerh other, Hud when thry arrived at tbo weatern approai to the bridge matter! had about rtarlird a ritlinlnntlng imint. I will go drown aaid lira. Nel-bralr to bur hu.imnd, io drown youmelf," waa the atolid reply.

Mra. N'cilu'Uir went to tbe watchman at the briiige and rc-pratcd her wonla. That indi-Tidiul did not Ix-lii-re her, and only amilcd when he heard her threat. Hlio did not atop to parley, however, but wnlked atraigbt ahead. Ily thla time the wnb-lnnan wnaelnrtnrd and call4 the atti-n.

tmn of rolhvman Jcihnaon to the woman. The hitter ran her aa ah waa near-iuir tbe centre or the bridge. When noticed that ahe waa being followed quickened her pace. The policeman alan quickened hia rnnning. Seeing that ahe would aoon bo overtaken abe amldcnly bulled, and with one hand on the railing waa about to awinit bemelf over into the dark wnbra.

A heavy retraining hand waa laid on her ahonlder juat at that instant and Policeman Johnwn had her irom death. She tirofeaKcd greataorrow that ahe bad not aci-nnipiiKhed her destruction, aa her life haa been one of coii.tHtH itrile and diaenrd. The hushHfiil aei'med auhlimuly indifferent in regard to the ittiiiir. wo marked down all our broken lota of Boys' Two-Piece 5uits W. can at th 6, 0, 7, 8 and B-year-olda, but all larger aizo.

In the, lota have been $5 Suits, $2.50 $6 Suits, $10 Suits, $5.00 All are dealrable beglna to-day. Gala 910-912 Chestnut Warren A. Reed. THEY RESISTED ARREST Fatal Fifiht nt Dance in an Illinois Town. Ruhiivillk, November 8.

A battle oc- curred last nlifht at the home of William K. I rouse, near here. Officers B. H. Ingle and Charles Louden, of this city went there to arrest Charles KoberlNon.

In tbe flght wbtch followed th most seriously Injured were: Helb Ilnineld, shot through the chest and head, may die; H. II. Ingles, stubbed in the back and face aod severely beaten; Charles Congdon, severely beaten and cut Orocr Rittenhense, shot In the side; Alexauder Robertson, shot In the bead. A dance wns at Its height when the Constable appeared. Tbe man wanted was called to one tilde of the room and llntened quietly to the reading oi the warrant.

Ah the otticer fvlded up the warrant and put his band on and wltn a crv to Ills friends to attack the oirloera, pushed It In l.ouden'a race and pulled lnWTwl.e.7;iaS.""b bUt I Alexander RoberiKon, hrother of the prls-1 oner, and half a dnre-n of his friend aprang for the officers with knives and chairs. A detiperate struggle ensued, the result belng the casualties recorded above. CAUGHT IN A JRAP Train Robbers Shot and Captured by an Armed Crew. Knoxvilt.b, November 8. An attempt was made to rob the through night express train leaving here at 6.10 P.

for Louisville, over' tbe Knoxvllle and Oblo Railroad. Tbe train stopped at tbe water-tank near Coal Creek, thirty mites north of here, and two men boarded the express car. They had no sooner entered the car than several men opened tire on them. Oneof them, who has since been Identified as James Smith, of thtHclty, was shot through the body and rnr.rtally wounded. The other, whote name has not been learned, was captured without injury.

There was less than a bunared dollars In the express cur safe. The Southern Expresn, Company has ben cognizant of tbe conspiracy to bold up the train for several days and from tour to ten urmea men nave been sec car or three nights past. STRUCK BY HIS HELPER A Plumber Knocked Unconscious at the Hotel Metropole. At the Hotel Metropole, Broad street, below Locust, yeBterdav morning, John Cotrell, a plumber, of 1820 Lee street, was struek on tbe bead with a monkey wrench by Michael Mullen, his helper, ol Eighteenth and Bain bridge streets. Tbey got Into a dispute about the man net1 In which Mullen did his work, and wben Cotrell objected to It his helper knocked blm to the floor.

Cotrell was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital In an unconscious condition, hav- ing suBtatned a severe concussion of the brain. About 5 o'clock he regntoed consciousness and left the ho pi til, despite the efforts oi ine pnystcians to oetatn mm. Muuen nea, but be was captured durtna tbe afternoon by Special Policeman Krlpps, of the Nineteenth district, and locked up to await tbe result of Cotrell's injuries. WHIPPED THE TURKS Macedonian Rebels Capture and Occupy a Town. Belgrade, Novemberl).

Tbe Macedonian rebel, Arnaut, with his band, attacked and captured Prlzrend, In Albania, on Wednesday. The Turkish garrison was forced to retreat Into tbe citadel, where tbe military governor awaits reinforcements. Arnaut called upon tbe Governor to surrender and evacuate the fortress, but the Governor re nsed to negotiate wltb him. Tbe rebels then looted all the shops aud the houses of wealthy retildents. Turkish troops have been sent from Ipek to succor the Prlzrend garrison and quell the rebellion.

Arnaut demands that Prlzrend and tbe PashHllk be made independent of Turkish control, and says tf this be refused he will fight until he shall win it with the Bword. WORSE THAN REPORTED The Transport Rammed by the Republics, Carried Down Soldiers. Londos, November 8. The Morning Leader has the following special from Lisbon A private telegram from Buenos Ayres says that the insurgent warship Repubilca ran into and sank tbe transport Rio de Janeiro, which was on her way from Rio Grande do Bul to Rio de Janeiro, with troops for President Pelxoto. Thirteen hundred of the troops were drowned.

A dispatch to tbe 2me from Rio Janeiro, received on November 1, contained the information that the Republics had rammed the Rio de Janeiro, and 500 out of 1,100 troops on board were drowned. ASSAULTEDJN THE STREET A Woman Kicked in the Face and Robbed of Her Parse, About 11 o'clock last night Laura Russell, SO years old, ot 829 Mint place, was brutally assaulted and robbed by an unknown man at Seventh and Jayne streets. A stranger In the neighborhood who had been In Eck's saloon came out and went down Jayne street and crouched in a door- wav nntu tne woman came along, when he threw a rope around her neck and dragged her into the doorway. her down and kicked her in the face and snatched her pocket-book and disappeared. Repeated Attempts at Arson.

The npholstery Btore of Alfred Green. 1326 Columbia avenue, was discovered by Policeman Lawrence, of the Twelfth district, to be on fire yesterday morning shortly after 2 o'clock. Tbe flames were extinguished after slight damage was done. It was afterwards found tbat an attempt bad been made to destroy tbe place by fire. Three times during tbe past few months flames were discovered In the place, but were extinguished before thev had made much progress.

Yesterday morning It was found that tbe fire started in two places In the cellar. Fire Marshal Thompson will make an investigation. Ordered) to Coin Silver Dollars. Rait Francisco, November Superintendent Doggett, of tbe United States branch Miut in tbis city, received Instructions from Washington to-day to resume tbe coinage of silver dollars, coupled with the order tbat this coinage must not Interfere with the coinage of gold. Tbe work of coinage ot the standard sliver dollar will be resumed early next week.

I BUT NOW ALL MY SUFFERING GONE. THANKS TO THE SKILL 13 "OF DOCTORS McCOY AND WILDMAS "And I Olaalr Kec.wa.ea4 All ttaflforers to He ta Them Get re, as I DM. Thai Are the. Wards sf Miss tfarah J. of This ltr.

MIm Parah J. McVlcboll llv'S at 344S Ksmtila stnwt, FbiitMjvflphla. In so Interview sh saitli When 1 bt-Kftii treatment with (xxtor McCoy and Wild an was very much troobiwd with my hed and nuac and throat. My noa waa entirely stopprd up on both aides. I spit and ouugbfd all tbe tttua.

1 bad a dlttasreeabla taata In my rooutb, and my food did not un good. Homeiimes my stomach ftlt dtstrewed, and 1 bHcbed fan. oougbad marly all tba tltnt, day and night, and often I oould not Jeep on account of th cough, and bad to get up and alt up. At on Urn I was unable to stoop for three consecutive nlshts. tbe oougb was so bad.

HISS BAB AH J. M'NICHOLL was very nervnus and felt miserable and tired, snd could not walk three squares without being tired out and being obliged to return bome and rene. My eye were watery and red. After the first week's treatment I felt much better and I Improved continually for two months, until now I feel like a different woman. Mynocels perfectly free and clear.

I can breathe throiAb my nose perfectly. My cough ha gone. My head la entirely well and feel like living now. "No one knows but myself what I suffered, but now all my suffering is gone, thanks to tbe skill of Doctors McCoy and Wild man. and I g'artly recommend all sufferers to go to tbem aud get cured as I did." sccrwvsrrL trfatmknt bv matu Thousands of cases of catarrh are successfully trented by mail by Doctors stcCoy and Wild man.

Write to them for a avmiitnm blank if you are suffering with catanh and you'll be Kind you did. Tbey treat hundreds of patients all over Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware and lo many other State. A TREK TI-ST TO A IX WHO APPLY. Doctor McCoy announces that all who app'y In person will be examined, prescribed for and treated upon their first vittlt free of all charge.

In addition to this thorough consultation and advice will be (riven to all who apply, without a penny to pay. This is a test which the patient can make urn of without risk inn a single nt for examination, the first treatmeut, consultation, advice or medicine. DOCTORS McCOY AND W1LD1YIAN Formerly of Rellevue Hospital, New York city. Offices, IKIM Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Established in Philadelphia for five yearn.

Jfyou live at a distance write for a Symptom Blank. Consultation at Office or by Mail Free. Office Hours 9 to II A. M. i to 4 P.

M. to 9 P. daily. Sundays, 10 A. M.

to 3 P. M. STABBED A COMPANION. A Boy Fugitive Returns and Gives Himself Vp. A 15-year-old boy who tried to kill a companion was yesterday held under bail by Magistrate Roney.

His name is Hugh Murphy and until recently he lived with bis parents, at 4161 Main street, Munayunk. On Thursday afternoon Murphy, during a quarrel with Frank Kalltsty, of East street, two years his senior, pulled a penknife and stabbed him in the arm- The wounded boy was taken to St. Timothy's Hospital and Miirohy ran away. He boarded a freight train and left he city, but yesterday morning returned and gave himself up. Wi Debtor ti the Order.

It Is now alleged tbat Charles J. Murphy, whocommitted sulcido recently by hanging himself at Penrose Ferry Bridge, instead of being, as he claimed, a creditor of the Order of Knights of Friendship, of which he was at onetime Grand Recording Secretary, was a debtor to tbe order to the extent of about $200. When Murphy was ousted from his position Thomas E. Johnston succeeded blm, but all attempts to secure an accounting from tbe outgoing official were futile. Without any authority whatever he engaged an office nt 927 SunHoni street, and since his death the order has paid the bill for rent These and other shortcomings rebulted in his dismissal from tbe order.

Snlls for Bourse Subscriptions. A large number of suits were begun yesterday by tbe Philadelphia Bourse against firms and individuals to recover subscriptions alleged to be promised by tbe defendants toward tbe Bourse, but left unpaid. Tbe defendants are thirty In number. The suits were oexun yesterday afternoon by tbe filing of applications for writs. The statements of claim have not yet been filed, but one of counsel stated yesterday afternoon tbat the act ions were brought for the recovery ol tbe subscriptions.

Vord Wauls a New Trial. In tbe United States Circuit Court yesterday Judge Butler beard argument and reserved a decision upon a motion for a new trial In the suit of Receiver Yardley, of the Keystone National Bank, against Henry H. Yard, in which a verdict lor jffl0.955.87 was re-! cently rendered against Yard. Tbe action was based on notes, aggregating 857.K0L72. The jury at me unit) oi renuering iub veruiet made certain allowances claimed by Yard, but rejected some others.

Denies tbe Cruelty Stories. Baltimore, November g. Manager Haskell, of tbe Navassa Phosphate Company, characterizes as a tissue of falsehoods tbe statements made by the contract employes of the company In their return to New York. He says he htis a number of sworn statements tbat they were properly treated and well fed while on tbe Island. LOSS OF POWER and vital force follow loss of flesh, or emaciation.

These coma from impoverished blood. Dr. Fieroo's Golden Medical Discovery enriches the blood, stops the waste of strength and tissue, and builds up healthy flesh. Nasty Cod Liver Oils add fat. but not wholesome flesh.

Thin, pale, puny and scrof ulous children are made plump, rosy and ro- bust bv the 1 Discovery." They like it, too. in recovering irom Grippe," or in conva lescence from pneumonia, fevers, or other wasting diseases, it speedily and surely invigorates and builds up tne whole system. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, it sets at work all the processes of digestion and nutrition, rouses every organ into natural action, and brings back health and strength. If it doesn't benefit or cure, ia every case, 70a have your money back. It has currd others of Catarrh thonands of them.

Why not you Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy nt so positive, its makers offer $500 reward tor an incurable case. fURMAN 6HEPPAR0. FURHAHSHEPPARDDEAD THE DISTINGUISHED LAWYER SUCCUMBS AFTER A SHOUT ILLNESS. A FAITHFUL PUBLIC OFFICIAL Glowing Tributes Paid Ills Memory by Member of lbs Peut-b and Buf-IIU Rcrvlcra to tho City lu the capacity of District Attorney A Well-Spent Life.

Furman Sheppard, the brilliant and well-known lawyer, died shortly after 3 o'clmk yesterday morning at his residence, 109 North Nineteenth street, after an illness of several weeks. Ever sinre August Inst Mr. Sheppard had been ailing. Karly in that mouth he wan compelled to'pive up work and (to to Atlantic City, where he was temporarily benefited by the sea bretvs lie returned to (own on September 4 and was at his office for a few days, taking tip his residence at his Chestnut Hill borne. Ho grew worse again, however, and win the family moved into their town house shortly alterward he was confined to his room.

He suffered from two carbuncles on his neck. They were operated upon 1 Prs. Da Costa and Brinton, and for a time the patient was relieved of his pain. No serious termination to his illness was anticipated, and it was not until a lew days ago that he was considered dangerously ill. The constant suppuration, however, sapped continually at his vital forces, and death came early yesterday morning.

TKIBt'TES FROM BENCH AND BAB. In the two Common Pleas Courts which were In session yesterday appropriate announcements were made of the death of Mr. Sheppard. In Court No. 1 the announcement was made by Charles B.

who, in a brief address, referred to the oeaa lawyer as one oi me urifrmeiM. Huorii- i nicntsof the Philadelphia bar and said that! in that very room Mr. Sheppard had acted for years as the prosecuting officer for the Commonwealth. In conclusion, Mr. Mo Michael paid tribute to the many lo'ty at- i tain men is ot the aistineuisnea jurist ana remarked upon the extreme modesty and gentleness with which they were associated.

He suggested that a minute of these proceedings be made upon the records of the court. Judge Biddle. in response to Mr. Mc-Michael's address, said that he agreed with all that had been said by the speaker, and added that Mr. Sheppard's arguments in court had been, from a scholarly point of view, the greatest he had ever listened to.

They were models of legal arguments. He directed that the proceedings be recorded on the minutes. In Court No. 8. Edwin S.

Dixon announced Mr. Sheppard's death to Judges Finletter and 'Gordon, and asked that a minute be made. In reply. Judge Finletter said: "We have learned with great regret of the death of Mr. Sheppard.

He was without question at the head of our bar, and. perhaps, bad no superior as an advocate in this country and, so far as we are able to judge, in any other country. His arguments before the Court and the jury were models of learning and legal knowledge, and were presented with a force and eloquence that were rarely ineffective. No time was wasted in repetitions, and the argument went on uniform, connected, logical and convincing." Judge Finletter then directed that a suitable minute be placed upon the records of the court THE DEAD LAWYER'S CAREER His Eminent Services in Many Public Capacities. Furman Hheppard was 70 year of age, having been born November 21, 1B23, In Bridge-ton, Cumberland county, N.

J. Being graduated with distinction from Princeton College in 1843, he devoted bis time at first to tbe teaching of tbe classics and mathematics In scboola and private families. Becoming Interested in taw, be studied under Judge Garrlck Mallery and was admitted to tbe Philadelphia bar September 7, 1848. For several years following Mr. Sheppard remained with Judge Mallery, participating 1n tbe active business of tbe office and developing that professional ability which eventually led to his taking bis place among the shining lights of the legal world, bis ability being conceded by the and frequently commented upon by the bench.

The range oi Mr. Sheppard's practice after leaving Judge Mallery's office embraced many cases of Importance In both the Federal and state courts, and of recent years hia attention has been devoted almost exclusively to cases involving tbe Interests of great corporations. Nominated In 1868 as tbe Democratic candidate for tbe District Attorneyship of Philadelphia, he was elected to that office In October of the same year, after a hotly contested campaign. Tbe result of this election was questioned by the Republican party, who carried the matter before the courts. The Democrats claimed to have elected their entire ticket, but a decision was rendered affirming the election of Daniel M.

Fox, tbe Democratic candidate for Mayor, but annulling that of the Democratic candidate for District Attorney. Churl ee Gibbons, the Republican candidate for District Attorney, was given possession of the office and occupied it for six months. GIBBONS OUSTED NEXT. During that period Mr. Sheppard bad obtained a rehearing of bis case and proved that tbe decision against him had been given as the result of an arithmetical error of the Conrt, and he waa restored to tbe office as its rightful possessor.

An appeal was taken from this last decision, but the Supreme Court sustained the Judgment of the lower court and Mr. Sheppard resumed the duties oi District xie was reoominatea in ini, out by means of a local and special election law newly enacted was defeated by a small ma- lorltv. In 1874 be was again nominated by the democratic convention, indorsed oy toe citizens' Municipal Reform Association, and elected for a term which expired on January 1,1878. Municipal affairs were 1n a sorry state In 1874, and the campaign of that year aroused more man iocui interest, oeing notewortny for Its almost unexampled activity and earnestness, and resulting in the election of Mr. Hneppara ny a vote oi nearly six thousand above tbe average of tbe Democratic State ticket, and a reduction In the vote of bts opponent of over eight thousand below tbe other Republican candidates.

Mr. Sheppard's administration of the Dis trict Attorneyship was marked by energy and a high sense of responsibility, and during the Centennial summer he set himself to work to break up the preparations made by the criminal classes for preying upon the visitors to the exhibition. "SHEPPARD'S BA1XBOAD." A Magistrate's Court established upon the grounds provided for the Immediate bearing of criminal charges, and offenders were arrested, tried and committed within a few Hours after tbelr offense. The scheme re ceived tbe hearty co-operation of Mavor bios ley ana provea entirety success in oeing designated in popular parlance as "Sheppard's Railroad." Mr. Sheppard had so thoroughly proved bis fitness for office that tbe announcement in 1877 of bis determination to decline re-nomlnation and return to private practice was received with reluctant acquiescence and a reconsideration urged, which, however, was declined.

At Uie meetlnsj of the Democratic State The ICipectatlons of Postmaster General Wanauiaker Not Brallard. Wasiiinotow. November 8. Tba annual report of Third Assistant Postmaster n-eral Craigo shows that the total raveuuca of the department from all sources during the last fiscal year were and the expenditures 9S1.074.104, which leave deficiency for the year of $5,177,171. The reply postal card has not come tip to expectations, but they will continue to be used.

The Columbian postage stamps have also proven unsatisfactory so far as the revenue from their sale Is concerned. The issue of them at first was very large, but as soon as the novelty nf the stump hail worn away the demaud rapidly fell otf, the public evidently preferring the smaller skimp. The estimate of Post-master (ieneral Wat in maker, when lie made the contract tor their issue, that would Ik; ued, is shown to have been lully ltKl per cent, iu excess of the real demand, and in order to reduce the loss to the minimum Postmaster General HKsell has effected a modilicHtion of the original contract reducing the nunibur to be called for to If.OOO.OuO,- 000. The estimate is made that not more than worth of these stamp were sold to collectors. The reduction of the registry fee from tin to eight cents is commented upon, and the opinion is expressed that this reduction is almost certain to result in an increasing loss of revenue evory year as long aa ItiHfttS, The actual difference on the amount of business done, between the 10 per cent, and tbe 8 per cent, rate during the six months from January 1 to Juno 30, 1898, was $129,440, thus showing that the reduction in rate did not bring to the registry system any real increase of business, on the contrary, it is stated as a curious fact that the reduction was followed in some of the large Western cities by an actual decrease of business.

Ueneral Craige therefore recommends that the old rate of ten cents be restored. The special delivery feature of the postal service is proving a success, there having been a steady in crease in its use from the beginning. DESOLATION REIGXS The World's Fair Grounds But a Mem-ory of What They Were, World's Fair Grounds, November 3. Confusion holds sway at he Fair grounds now. Dust is free to whirl around the cor ners and be buffet ted through the peristyles I to rest in Lake Michigan.

Wagons laden with heavy machinery keep up a horrible roar as they head for the gates. Thousands of men at work with hammers and sledges add to the din. The heretofore spotless interiors of the palatial buildings are duet-beg rimmed, ihe Midway is being torn down. In a few more days it will be a mass of debris. In a couple of weeks there will bo nothing remaining to remind one of its existence.

Within the same period those exhibits thut 'are not reserved for the Columbian Museum will be gone. Desolation reigns immediately outside the gates. The fakirB, cheap restarauteurs and keepers of improvised hotels have moved on and left their tents unfolded. The permanent structures that were used for hotels during the Exposition are being turned into apartment houses and flats, though some of the better houses are yet running on the old system, with a cheaper bill of fare aud their price of lodging divided by four. Only about a half dozen gate-keepers are employed, and visitors at the pay gate are so scarce that the gate-keeper is surprised each time a paid ticket is handed him.

The Columbian Guards are the only employes of the Exposition that need not worry about the immediate future. There are 1,587 of them, and they are all to be retained until December 1, and the ma jority of them will hold on until spring. when the Exposition Company relinquishes the grounds. The committee on demolition is not disposed to to be in a hurry. It is prohable that moat of the buildings will stand until spring.

A Keystone Bank Salt. The old suit brought by Receiver Yardley, of tbe Keystone National Bunk, against George Philler, President of tbe First National Bank, chairman, and oiber members of the Clearing House Association, to recover $70,005.46 and a block of Baltimore Traction Company's bonds was argued before Judge Dallas In the United States Circuit Court yesterday. Several legal questions were raised, the principal one being to the effect that the Clearing House committee, who were the parties only sued, were simply agents acting lor a number of banks which compose tbe association, and consequently could not be held acoun table personally. The Court reserved Its decision. COURT NOTES.

Judge Bregy yesterday fixed ball at fAOODin tbe case of Jobn Cosgrove, who is charged with causing tbedeatbof William Warren, wbom be struck with bis fist during a quarrel in Munyunk. Judge Reed, of Common Pleas Court, No. 8, yesterday made an order allowing the filing of the charter of "Tbe Joseph Mu la testa Republican Club of Philadelphia" without reference to a master to test the legality of the proposed corporation. Divorces were yesterday decreed by Common Pleas Court, No. ii, as follows: Mary Rabb from Joseph Rabb, Elizabeth Sloan from Francis S.

Sloan, Sara D. Armbruster from Jacob Henry Armbruster, and Anna M. Marquart from Andrew B. MarquarL Judge Butler, In the United States District Court, yesterday appointed Curtis Til ton commissioner to appraise the value of the tug Battler, against which tbe owners of tbe barges Tonowanaa and Wallace have actions pending for tbe sinking and loss of the barges and their cargoes. A sentenceof eighteen months lntbe County Prison was yesterday imposed by Judge Arnold on Kate Hart, who was convicted last month of aggravated assault and battery on Frank W.

Btschoff, on whom she threw the contents ot a bottle of vitriol, destroying the sight of one of his eyes. Joseph 8. Hagan yesterday made an assignment tor the benefit of creditors to tbe Industrial Trust, Title and Savings Company. A large amount of real estate situated at Second and Ontario streets, Hancock and Ontario, Second and Indiana avenue, and Ontario and Paletnorp streets, Is conveyed in the deed. In the case of Elizabeth McCarron, tbe yonng woman who was recently convicted of concealing the birth of her new-born babe and murder in the second degree in causing the deth of the child by strangling It immediately after birth.

Judge Arnold yesterday Imposed a sentence of three years In the County Prison. Frederick W. Peoples, who pleaded guilty recently to the larceny of gold, platinum, false teeth plates and other articles valued at 83,700 from the dental establishment of Gideon- Hibtey, where he bad heen employed, was sentenced by Judge Biddle yesterday to two years In tbe Eastern Penitentiary. His thefts extended over a period of four years. Thomas Heen an brought suitresterday In tbe Common Pleas UQurt against tbe Phila-1 delph: Traction Company, William Wharton, A and tbe Warren-Ehret company to recover damages for personal injuries received.

On October 20, 1892, the defendants were paving and repairing certain streets In this city, and nsed In tbe work a wagon load of pitch. Under tbe wagon was a large fire to keep the plu-h in a liquid state, and It is alleged that through the carelessneas ot the defendant some of the pitch flowed Into the fire and an explosion followed. Hee-Dan. who was Stan dine near bv. was hadlv burned.

of Marka Brothera for their kind donation of I'-fX). the same being part of the proceeds from the concert given by them at Liberty Hail. At a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Citiacna' Relief Association yiaterdBy, the siio-eornmuiee 01 nve appoinieo ny me ooara to district the city recommended an appro- priation of iWK) to the Nineteenth ward and the same amount to the Siiteenth and 8ev- enteenth wants, the latter forming one dis- triet. Representatives of the Orkney Htreet lief Association and the Koschill Relief Association, of the Thirty-third ward, each reported that they had a large number of fsmilica to provide for and a tbey had exhausted their funds appealed for aid. DEFENDED HER COLORS.

A Princeton Ctrl Help Arrest the Boy That Tried to Steml Them. In consequence of an attempt to snatch a bow composed of orange and black ribbone ttnm K'rl at Tenth and Cheatnut atreeta, C. R. Wood, of Thirteenth and Race itreeta, waa Station on charge of larceny. Tbe young lady refused to lightly yield the emblem of the college to which she had pinned her faith and held on to Wood until a policeman arrived.

William Collington. of 1177 South Thirteenth street, aud George Biddle. of 1307 Morris, youths gaily bedecked with college colors, also aroused the ire of the police and spent several hours at the Central Station with the charge "breach of the peace" marked after their names on thts slate. DAN DAWSON'S FUNERAL Employes of the Gray's Ferry Foundry Adopt Resolutions. The employes of the Gray's Ferry Foundry and Boiler Company held a meeting yesterday afternoon and passed the following resolution regarding the death of their former employer, Daniel L.

DaVson Uesolvkd, That In the death of Daniel L. Dawson the workmen have lost a true friend and a kind employer, well known for bis many act or mourn funeral In a body. The funeral of Mr. Dawson will be held this morning at 8.30 o'clock, from his late residence, 911 Walnut etreot. There will be Solemn Requiem Mass at St.

John's Church at 10 o'clock, interment following at the Cathedral Cemetery. WITHOUT A LAWYER So One Wants to Undertake Prender-gast's Defense. Chicago, November 8. Judge Dunne will preside in the Criminal Court at the November term, heginningnext Monday. Plunder I 5ast.

tbe assassin of Mayor Harrison, will be arraigned before him for trial. Prendergast has not secured an attorney yet. He has no money and no lawyer appears anxious to accept the case for the notoriety and doubtful advertising to result from it. It is considered likely that Judge Dunne will be called upon to appoint an attorney to defend him when the case is called. A special detail of police detectives guards the vault which contains Mayor Harrison's remains day and night to provide against any act of desecration that might be attempted.

OUT OF EMPLOYMENT JlaXf the Working People of Pennsylvania Without Work. Hahrisburg, November 8 After a tour of the western part of the State Kactory Inspector Watcborn says at least 50 per cent. of the workingmen and women of Pennsylvania are out of employment. He complains or the evasion of tbe law regarding the employment of women and children, and will endeavor to have the Inspection law further amended at the next session of the Legislature, Committed for Contrmpt of Conrt. Trjcfloie, Arizona, November 8.

Thetrlal of John O. Dud bar and James McCHntock, editors and publishers of the Phoenix OoteUe for alleged libel against Attorney General Heney, Acting Governor Bruce, Marshal Meade and Governor Hughes, has developed a sensation. Tbe defendants petitioned for a change of venue ana presented an amaavii mat tne presiding JuUge, Richard E. Sloan, had been closeted for hours with Rochester Ford, the law purtner of Attorney General Heney. Judge Sloan and Ford declared tbe charge absolutely false, and it developed that Ex-Judge William H.

Barnes bad prepared the affidavit. Judge Sloan committed Editor Dunbar and Ex-Judge Barnes to the County Jail for ten days for contempt. Refused to Move the Polling Booth. Attorney Henry C. Lougblin, representing the Democratic city committee, yesterday presented a petition to Judge Arnold, in the Quarter Sessions, asking the Court to ransfer the polling booth of the First division of the Niueteenlh ward from Front and Oxford streets tn Mascher and Putnam streets under tbe act of 18.W, making It within tbe power of tbe Judges of the Com moo Pleas Court.

Judge Arnold aald he would not make the change now, as he thought It inadvisable so near election day. The Court altio decided thut vacancies occurring in election boards should be filled, under the act of 1839, by majority Inspectors, acting as judges, and Judges appointing majority inspectors. Temporary Commissions lasned. Washington, November Congress flailed to act on several Treasury nominations before It adjourned, and late this afternoon temporary commissions were lssned to the following: Robert El Preston, Director of tbe Mint; Walter H. Bunn, Appraiser Merchandise, New York George S.

Weed, Collector Customs, Plattsburg, N. Peter C. Doyle, Collector Customs, Buffalo, N. John J. Kennedy, Appraiser, Buffalo, N.

Valentine Fleckensteln, Collector Internal Revenue, Buffalo, N. and J. W. A. Strickland, Assistant Appraiser, Kew York.

A Gas Jet and a Lae Cm fain. The parlor in the dwelling of Thomas H. Carroll, 1648 Park avenue, was damaged to the extent of $125 last night, by a fire tbat originated from a gas jet that was placed too near a lace curtain. Policeman Lawrence extinguished the flames. MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMERS.

Arrived at New York Lucanla, from Liverpool; Hungarian, from Hamburg. Veendann Rotterdam for New York, passed Setliy Werra, from Genoa, passed Gibraltar. Sailed for Philadelphia Minnesota, from Swansea; Rossblra, from Aitona; Alma, from Lettb. Hailed for New York Taurfo, from Liverpool Fnerst Bismarck, from Hamburg; Exeter City, from Swansea. Arrived out from New York Obdsm, at Rotterdam; Tbingvalla, at Swlnemunde; Zaandam, at Amsterdam Nomadie, at Liverpool Suevia, at Hamburg.

give the Poughkcepaie Bridge Company all thehualncaa for point went of tho Hudson river and aouth of New York. By theae con- ncctiona a through tine will lie had for the carrying of anthracite coal into Is ew England. M'RINti GAKUKN BANK DEBTS. Receiver Fisher Ordered to Pay Sums to the Ienn Trust Company, When the Spring Garden Rank failed and went into the hands of Receiver Benjamin F. Fisher the Punn Safe Deposit and Trust Com pany, doing business in connection with the bank and under its same management, went down with it and was placed in the hands of Receiver Joseph R.

Adams. The assets of the Trust Company had been drained by the bank, which had passed to it a large amount of paper bearing tbe name of Lvans aud the Kennedys, who had caused the financial wreck, and the paper ot other per sons. Receiver Adams, of the Trust Company, brought suit against Roeeiver Fisher, of the bank, to recover tbe indebtedness duo. Considerable litigation followed, and argu ments from time to time have been heard be fore Judge Butler iu the United States Circuit Court. The Judge yesterday decreed that Jofllah R.

Adams, as receiver of the Penn Safe Deposit and Trust Comnanv. Is a creditor of the Spring Garden N'atiouat in the sum of and ordered that tbe plaintiff deliver to the defendant, B. F. Fisher, as re ceiver of the Spring Garden national Bank, the ahove set forth obligation, together with a lot of collateral securities. It is further ordered that J.

R. Adams, as receiver, is entitled to participate in a pro rata distribution of the assets of the Spring Garden Bank. THAT 40 PER CENT. REBATE. Claytoa JM Site hat? 1 Sends Attorney Oen ral flensel a Check for 6,736.36.

Fpeclal Telegram to Thk Tim ten. Harrisburo, November 3. Attorney General Hcnsel to-day received a check from Clayton McMichael, publisher of the North American, of Philadelphia, for f8.736.36. the balance duo from him to the State according to a judgment obtained against the Pre ou account of 40 per cent rebate given by it to agents of John Bardslcy for securing the publication of the Mercantile Appraisers' lists. The suit apainst the PreM was a test case which applied to all the papers that printed these lists.

The total claim against the North American was $10,828.56. The Pre and the North American are the only papers of the seven involved in the suit of the Attorney General that have settled with the Commonwealth, but all will be obliged to face the music, as the Supremo Court affirmed the action of the Dauphin County Court in holding them liable for tho payment of the State's claim. Shot the Baby' Hand Off. Willi ahspobt, November a The 7-year-old son of David Ferguson tbis afternoon shot the right band off his 2-year-old baby brother, who was lying in a cradle. There was a shotgan In tbe room and, during the mother's absence, the child pulled tbe gun down and be tran nlavtne with it.

oolntlns' It at the baby. Finally be laid tbe barrel across the toot of the cradle and poked tbe muzzle ho clone that the baby grasped it. The boy played wltb the trigger until the contents were discharged. Struggling for Wife and Children A Sunstroke Followed by Nervous Prostration Hood's Restored Health. Mr.

Edward SoolUn "Philadelphia, April 7, 1891 a I. Hood Lowell, GentlemenOn Aug. 10 I was taken to Bt, Joseph's Hospital unconscious from the heat my temperature was 106 degrees. I remained in tbe hospital two weeks; I was unable to work for four weeks after that, but then felt compelled to turn In as I have a wife and five children. I soon began to feel as though undergoing continuous shocks from an electric battery.

Everv Nerve end Fibre of ray body seemed in a constant state of quivering agitation and treroulousnens. Heat flashed from the calves of my legs up through my thighs and body; my left arm and band felt as though on fire, and my head ached as It it would split when I stooped down. I had great pains in my back around the base ot tbe spine. I con-tinned through alt this to stick to my work, reeling that tf I must again go down I would do so Struggling for My Family. I have always been athletic, but I bad lost all appetite, and my strength failed me; I was on the point of giving up.

I had read much about Hood's Santa parllla, and concluded to give It a trial. Before I had taken half a bottle my appetite became so voracious tbat 1 would be compelled to eat between meais. Hood'sCures Hood's Sana parllla has now rally restored my strength and general health. That terrible nervousness Is entirely gone. I feel aa hearty and vlgoroos as ever.

Tbe pains In ray back have greatly decreased." Ed-wabd Scolliw, 1532 Ogden Street. Heed's Pills cure all Liver Ilia, Blllons-neas, Jauudioe, Indigestion, Sick Headache. LTWORTII IN CONVENTION An Gatber'n of Northwest District Delegates. Tbe of Hie, Order Ihown by EniournKlnu It ports Prom the lioriiluate Cbaptera, The second day of the Northwest District Convention of the Kpworth League In German town brought fluttering into Haines Street Church several score of white badges with delegates attached to them. The morning session was dedicated strictly to convention business, and, In company with the white badges, fluttered Innumerable rustling sheets of paper, which were to show In cold figures the work which Kpworth, through the Northwest district, bad accomplished in tbe half year past.

Devotional exercises, led by Rev. George 11. Brondbent, of Conshobocken, were followed by the annual address of the retiring president. Rev. William H.

Pickop, who reviewed the wonderful growth in tbe League since It first organized with fourteen chapters, three years ago, until now when It 1b represented py fl fly-two chapters. Reports were read by tbe corresponding secretary, Mrs. V. E. Rorer, and tbe treasurer.

Miss M. Gertrude Landls, the latter showing a balance on band of 74.22. One-mluute verbal reports from tbe chapters were next in order, tbe convention resembling a grown-up spelling match, where everyone "knew his word," from tbe regularity with which each delegate would promptly pop up In his tnrn, run off the statistics of membership, of his League and then disappear from view. VISIT TO THE T. M.

C. A. Adjournment was followed by a visit made by tbe convention In a body to the beautiful new Y. M. C.

A. building, of Germ an town, where the hospitality of the Association was Qlspensed by tne general secretary, W. A. Sm alley. The guests were especially delighted with the gymnasium, which Is one of the most complete In the country, and an outsider dropping in at noontime might have heen amused to Bee a wblte-rlbboned crowd of grown-up boys overlooking the dignity that doth hedge a delegate, making free and merry with the balls, clubs, swings and other gym nastlo apparatus.

Returning to tbe cburcb, tbe most hospitable of hospitable committees, in thewbltestof wblte aprons, served tbem a bountiful luncb, and at 2 o'clock tbe bus In ess of tbe session was re sumed with a prayer by Rev. M. Graves, of Cheltenham. The following officers for the coming year were elected President, T. S.

Leacb vice presidents, Rev. Henry Frank lane, H. G. Ely, Miss Z. E.

Same; recording secretary, Will-lam G. Patton; corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. Latstraw; treasurer, Miss M. Gertrude Landls; executive committee, Rev.

William H. Pickop, Rev. George H. Broad-bent, Rev. J.

J. Tfmanus. A lively discussion was provoked by tbe proposition to divide the leagues of tbe Northwest district Into ten Buh-distrlctB with a visiting Inspector or organizer for each, and the motion was finally carried. JUNIOR WORK DISCUSSED. A symposuim on "Tbe Junior League" brought out interesting papers on "How to Organize Tbem," written by Mrs.

M. K. McDowell and read by Mrs. V. E.

Rorer; and "How to Conduct Children's Meetings," by Rev. J. W. Rudolph. Rev.

Thomas R. Crooks followed with a consideration of "The League a Training School for Church Workers." The Bess ion closed In time for a visit to tbe old Mennonlte Church and tbe grounds of the historic Chew mansion, the scene of tbe battle of Germantown, where many reverent finger tips touched tbe ancient family conch which oncehad been George Washington's. An "Epworth League love-feast" commenced the services of the evening, which was chiefly taken up by sacred music and by tbe reading of two papers, "The Finance Department," by Howard G. Ely, and What Can a Young Christian Do For Christ and His Church?" by Panl G. Adamson.

This session closed tbe convention, which adjourned for the next six months. A MURDEROUS LUNATIC He Fires a Farm House and Attacks the Inmates. Topkka, November 3. A lunatic named George McNoun, who escaped from the insane asylum in this city about two weeks ago and who has since heen wandering about the country, this morning at 3 o'clock set fire to the farm house of Elijah White, and when the inmates were fleeing from the burning building opened fire on thern with a Winchester rifle. He discharged seven shots, one of them taking effect in the fleshy part of White's leg.

The house was entirely destroyed. McNoun then' went to the farm of his brother, where he arrived about 6 o'clock. He attacked bis brother in the barn, bitting him over the head with a club, knocking him senseless. As he was about to repeat the blow his nephew came rnnning from the house with a doable-barreled shot-gun, which he fired as he ran. The madman was hit on the head, his hat being Bhot to pieces.

He then ran away, being tracked for a long distance by the blood which flowed from tbe wounds. A large posse has been In search of him all day, but without success. ATTACKED BY RIFFIANS Two Spaniards Killed and Thirteen Wounded year Melilla, Madrid, November 3. The Eiffians to-day attacked the Spanish infantry which had been sent out from Mefllla to protect several wagon-loads of provisions and ammunition for the forts between the citadel andthe enemy's trenches. Two Spaniards were hilled and thirteen others were wounded.

The troops from the citadel succeeded In victualing the forts despite the stubborn opposition of the Biffians. The losses of the Spaniards are believed to be somewhat heavier than was reported at first. More than fifty Riffians are said to have been killed or wounded. The impression prevails that Spain is likely to have a long campaign in Morocco. The government has decided to mobilize all the three-year reserves, so that they shall be ready to go to tbe front in case the war should assume larger proportions.

Down oa His Bonds me a. Bpeclal Telegram to Thk Timks. Wilmington, November 4. Sheriff Gould thts morning closed the business places of the sureties of Ex-Tax Collector John J. Domrberty, who, tne count claims.

Is short 1H.0UO in taxes. Mr. Dougherty's hotel, the Delaware House, was closed by tbe Sheriff. Suit has been Instituted against tne bondsmen tn the Superior Court..