The Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts · 1

treats, To H(, Ete., Special Hat Sept. 1, 1 lives 3tnaes25c. . VOLUME 1. PITTSFIEIX), MASS.,j MONDAY. MAY 9. 1892. NUMBER 1. BY' TELEGRAPH. ci.i v ATTEMPT TO BUR STATE HOUSE I THE D. S. VESSELS BOUND FOR - - BEHRING SEA. DEEMING TO BE HUNG THIS , MONTH. ' MRS. J. COLEMAN DRAYTON IN NEW YORK., Hawaian Annexation S AN EDITOR SUED for $ ;beme. 0000. KEPrBLlClXS COFERRI.. 1.1 WISBlXGTOJf Special Dispatches to The Eagle. . THE STATE HOUSE IN DANGER. la Attempt Made to Horn the BulMing TiM morulnic. Boston. May"! A told attempt, was made early thjs mornlDg at to )urn the Btate house. : A quantity of ashes and charred chips .and paper, the remnants of material used were discovered in the front portal of the building this morning, and furnished a decided sensation to the ser geant-at-arms and other state house officers. There is not the slightest question hiit that the fire was incendiary. ! It was started among shavings and other inflammable sub- . stances which had been put Into a box which was placed directly j between the -storm doors. William Johnson, messenger .discovered - i the j charred remains of the box and Other; materials early during the forenoon, and at once notified the Sergeant at arms. ; No motive is ascribed other than robbery and that itself is on the theory that the fire was started in the front portion of the building in order to direct the attention ,of the watchmen long enough to allow the entering and rifling of ' the treasury department. The doors were fcharred but. the actual damage done will be covered, by a few dollars. The watchman failed to notice the blaze and in this way unquestionably, blocked the scheme of the Incendiary. OFF FOR. BEHRING SEA. Keveuue Cutter, nii.l Men of War After Seal 1'oaclier. ' Port Townsexd, .Wash., May 9 The United States man of war, Adams, sailed for Behring sea yesterday, and the revenue cutter Hush will leave today. The cruiser York town is expected to sail by Thursday, and the fish steamer Albatross which is a very swift vessel, a few days later. The rendezvous of all these vessels will be Ounalaeka.' There they will receive final instructions in regard to watching for seal poachers, and will not return until the seal ing season in Behring Sea Is over. The revenue cutter Corwin with agent Williams on board is now due here. lie Is expected to be loaded with facts gathered n Behring Sea on the slaughter of seals. Confederation Of Women Clerk.. BostoxJ May, 9. Representative daughters of Massachusetts, left Boston by special train this morning for Chicago, where they go to attend the biennial meet ing of the general corifederatioruof womens club on Wednesday? ' Mrs. Kate TanLatt Woods of Salem, is at the head of the1 party, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was another member. ' The New England Women's Presi association wa3 represented by its vice-president. Miss Alice Stone Black welL The Springfield Women's club was represented by its president, Miss Maria L. Owen. Among other reprg sentatlves to the1 federation meeting were Mrs. Abby L. Stone, president, and Mi. M. F; Pratt of the Worcester Womr&j club, ; - A 810,000 Libel Suit. i Lvxx, May 9, The case of J. J. Mc-Andrews against H. II. Hastings was begun today. The defendant is proprietor of the Lynn Dully Item and the suit is to recover $10,000 damages for an alleged" libellous publication in which the plaintlf was accused of having been guilty of a" criminal offence. : Weather Probabilities. ' f I Boston;' May SL-r-For New England, until Tuesday, night, fair, slightly warmer, variable winds. sessions, this morning. The principal wit ness against the prisoner is the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst ): i '-. Deeming Tu Be Hanged May, 83. j Melbourne, May, 9. It waa announc ed this morning, that Deeming the wife murderer would be hanged on May, 23. ' He was Informed of his fate and appeared to take the news very much to heart. Five Mfner. Killed. Bki'shels, May, 9. 1 Adespatch from Gilly this morning states that five miners were killed by the falling of a cage in a colliery. A dozen were badly injured, several fatally. A 'defective tackle was responsible for the disaster. Smallpox on the City Pakin. : Saj Fkascisco, Col., May 9. I The Steamer City of Pekln arrived yesterday from! China with a yellow flag flying. ; Small pox was discovered among 1000 Chinese on board, just as the vessel was leaving Yokohoma. One sick1 China rnan was found and promptly -conveyed to the shore. Eight hundred -, of the Chinese were destined for Honolulu but were brought here direct Dr. Parkhurst Again a Witness. j Nkw York, May 9. -The trial of Marie Andrea, the keeper of a dive In West 4th street, was begun in part 1 of the genei al Biff Strike la Now York New York, May 9. A general strike of 1500 members of the Paving Stone Cutters national union'was ordered this morning by the Executive Committee of the Union National conference. At 10 o'clock 1500 men cast their tools aside and quit work, j The men strike out of sympathy for the striking quarry men j of New England. Work is blocked on a number v of streets lint this city in consequence of the strike. Daalh of Thomas W. Kels. Thomas W. Eels a well known resident died Saturday at his home on Elm street at the age of 70 years. Mr. Eels has resided in PitUfield for 40 years, and was a long time member of the South church. Rev. I. C. Smart will officiate at the. funeral to morrow!. i Flash. REPORTOR1AL GENIUS. of 11 amor and I)ahe. of Pie- torinl Strength In Ordinary New., Did V :u ever thitik alxnit. the vast quantity of genius annually wasted ou tha oewswttrs by merely local reporters who are not., ipaid for originality or style, but merely to "write it up?"- Probably, not, but I 'have. and I tell you there is enough of it if saved iu book form to make literary fame for a hundred iuen. And let me tel." you another thing, there are uien of liter ary fame who steal a good deal of it aiic 1.01 it for money ua their own. When a trieud shows me a bit of good R-ork. either in prose or poetry, and tells nie that he just "threw it off" lat liijjbt 1 praise hiiu .openly to his f:jc; while secretly I doubt lii's-wuf J, and if the .composition is extremely tr-xal 1 suspect (that it is due to tbe oil and the toil (( ma-Hf lights and the thought of many day si. But when there w-ouly oue eveuiny between the deed and the printed "story of it theft I know that the writer of the stoiy "threw it off last niyht," aiid 1 give him credit 'accordingly; as, for instance, the account of yesterday's election which 1 Cnd in this morning's paper, and wi.ivh 1 thank the reporter for prewntiug to tue in a well fitting dresa, with flowers of humor and fancy in the btitioniiole and embroidery of rhetoric, where 'such adorn men t ouhl to be. Like a dash of Worcestershire saqce on a tender steak, is the sarcasm, pungent. and refined which excites my appetite. when "1 read that the voters of a certain ward, "objected to' Cooper .because htt wore a silk hat and went into nood society." What further description of that waal is necessary? I Bee its ; alley and tourts and saloons as iu a photograph, ujid I know without looking at the returns what became of Cooper. . j ttothereis equal pictorial strength and saving of words, too, mind you, for which economy, 1 am told, the reporter get no pay, in the description of a winning candidate, who, "proud and victorious, tramp-l down Ashland avenue, with his bi ujd face divided by a triumphant smileJ" There is high art in that, for I know without looking .that the victorious candidate is a saloon keeper, and 1 see' him laughing clear across lus face frojri ear to.ear. "II iace uivuieti oy ;a smile" is . humorous poetrjl worthy of -;Butltr, and I maintai there is no more expressive line in liudi-bra-. "Peaceful as a, tramp in a hay stack j" said of the Twenty-third ward, a picturesque dtiscri.ption that siives a mul titude of words. I cannot imagine anj thing more sleepy, quiet and careless tha a tramp in a Unystack, and the comparison is piietical too. Of a certain candidate notorious for his expansive liberality on election days learn that "alout o'clock he went to his house ou Twentieth street and laid iu a new. stock of campaign arguments in small denominations." No coarse and uglvdead wall statement there, but a dejicute and genteel euphemism which tell it all in a vivid and effective way. It is the brigKt rapier instead of the dull club. The munificence of that candidate is made visible iu the same artisiic style, so delightful to read and so easy to understand, thus: "Then he went to the saloon of Jan Novak And put up for a new frrshet of beer, which soon iiad the neighborhood iu a sloppy condition." ' -j Not kegs of beer,.nor barrels of beer as a commonplace reporter would have had it, but a "freshet" of Ik-it, and the poetical exaggeration is ingeniously corroborated by the further testimony that the neighborhood was made "sloppy'' with beer, and by this evidence the fact of the freshet proved. - 1 have read,' in another" paper, another account of that same election. It contains just as much information as the one I have spoken pf in these comments; but there is no yeast of witty imagination in it to "raise" it and make it light and easy of digestion. It is doll, soggy, inelastic dough, and altogether too much of it.' M. M. Trumbull in Open Court. A liarbnron. Symbol Next time you drop in on your barber to have a suave or your hair cut ask him why he has a pole wit h white and red stripes on it at his door. The chances are that he will tell you it is to let people know there is a barber shop in the vicinity. Ask him why such, a pole represents a barber shop and tell him not to talk politics or the weather to you until he has answered and you will have a quiet time of it. Of course you know, but in case you don't want tc bother telling him just clip this item and induce him to paste it in his hat. In olden times blood letting was believed in and the ancient barber was the man who made a specialty of it as, also, some of them do today. The pole has nothing tc do with hair cutting or shaving; it represents the blood letting end of the profes-siyh. The red stripes indicate the ' flow of blood, the white stripes the linen bandages used after the operation. If you succeed in cornering your barber on this question, ask him not to talk so much until he acquires some information worth imparting. ' Detroit Free Press. The World. Peanut Center. Norfolk has a crop which is worth millions of dollars annually peanuts. Norfolk supplies the civilized world with peanuts. The1 street corner Italian who empties a pint in your overcoat pocket, and the Parisian fruit merchant who weighs you out a quarter of a kilogram ol the homely nuts, Ret them from here, fot this is the only peanut market in the world. Smyrna has its figs, Barbary iu dates, Bordeaux Its grapes and Norfolk it. peanuts. What would life be without pea . nuts? One can scarcely picture an existence which would be tolerable under such circumstances. Baltimore Sun. -The Order. ; "Give me a plate of hot beans," said the man at the lunch counter. "Pork with it?" asked the waiter. "Yes." , Then he turned to the hole in the wall and sung out: "Boston and Chicago limited i" and beans with pork for one came back. Detroit Free Press. . AN ATTACK ON REftDIHG. Gov. Abbett's Fight Against the - Coal Combine. . THESE AEE LAWS ENOUGH, HE SAYS. Consequently No Extra Session f the Legislator Will Be Called, bat Port Beading's Leas to the Jersey Central Will B. Set A.lde If Possible. Tbihtoh, N. J., May 9. Governor Abbett is determined to prevent the consummation of the Reading deal. He will not call an extra session of the legislature, as was his first intention, because prohibitory legislation is not necessary. There is a law sufficient to break the combine, he says, and it will be invoked at once. Attorney General Stockton has been directed to appeal to the court of chancery to havo declared invalid the lease of the New Jersey Central to the Port Reading Railroad company. If' the court grants such a decree the combine will be broken, as control of the New Jersey Central is necessary to the success of President McLeod's big schemei The Port Reading is owned by magnates of the Philadelphia and Reading and ; the Lackawanna and the Jersey Central were leased to it a few years ago, as it now turns out, for the especial purpose of this deal. The New Jersey Central could not be leased "directly to the Philadelphia and Reading because the leasing of home corjorations to foreign corporations is not permitted by the Jaw of New Jersey. A Corporation on Paper Only. The attorney general to sever the tie between the New Jersey Central and the Port Reading will allege that the latter is a corporation on paper only and- has no existence in fact but only ill name. In support of the allegation he will show that the Port Reading has never made any return to the state board of assessors for the purpose of taxation. The law requires all railroad companies to return valuations annually. The failure of .the Port Reading to comply with the law, accord ing to the authorities hem, proves its insignificance and its insignificance as a corporation will be relied upon for proof to sho that the leasing of it to the New Jersey Central is an evasion and fraud on the law forbidding leasing to foreign corporations of nonresident owners. Attorney General Stockton is getting the papers reaifr and a bitter fight ' will un doubtedly ensue. The Port Reading will go into the fight backed by the owners ot all the roads in the combine. - METHODISTS AND EDUCATION. Miner. Are Mtirmariag. Wt'XKSarrk, Pa, May 9. Murmuring of discontent among th miners of .the Wyoming valley rf"t:.t? the consummation of the Reading deal are iarrea-ung, and an or ganized effort is teing made by" t!;e"m it re sist it. John S. Hadrack, one of the most' prominent labor leaders in the anthracite, region, said last night that the spirit of un-: rest was-universal. among the workiugmen. "They have waited patiently," he said, "for some bona fide action by the state government looking to the enforcement of the constitution against the combine, but have become disgusted at the evident insincerity of those in a position to bring the combine to terms. Now they propose to take the matter into their own hands. The men say that in order to pay the guarantee given by the Reading one df two things must be done. i "The price of coal must be advanced forty cents a ton or the wages of . the miners reduced 7J-f to. 10 per cent. They cannot see how it is possible to advance the price of coal in the market, and they conclude that the only other alternate is left a reduction of their wages to the starvation point. "Jf is the universal opinion that the policy of retrenchment alreadyinaugurated by the Reading will bear heavily ujion the miners, and for the sake of their homes the men are determined that the constitution shall be olteycil or serious trouble will follow." Chinese Threatening Foreigners. San Frascisco, May 'J. Advices from' China show that villainous autiforejgn placards have again apjeared on the walls ol Kahding. Some were displayed and torn down at Shanghai, whereupon a largei numbt-r was put up. The Christians havt been warned that they are to be driven out. : . . Sallle McClellanil in Great Form. . Lexington, Ky., May . Byron McCTel land's stable will start for the east Tuesday. Bermuda's right foreleg il so badly injured that he will not start iu any of the big -handicaps. Sallie McClellaud has almost recovored her old form, and her .owner believes she will again be a winner. ' A Horse Thief with Three Wltefc' Malden, Mass., May 9. The Maiden police are looking for Clifford Savory on; a charge of horse stealing. Savory also haa three wives, one living at V2 Green street, one in Melrose and one in the Maplewood district, where he has been living under the name of John E. Holmes. ' The Hiss Cost Him Five Dollars. Wobirn, Mass.j May 9. James Torrey, a Winchester farmer, was fined live dollars for kissiug Mrs. Mary Stuart. The plaintiff said she did not mind the kiss at the time, but had been annoyed by neighbors making fun of her about it, ' Suicide in a Furnace. I;- San FRASC'rsco, May 9. Charles Tanetin, a stevedore, plunged into the furnace of thi tug Governor; Irwin and roasted, himself tc death. No cause for the suicide is known except that he was drunk and despondent. - Gas Leaked and She Died. Jersey City, May 9. Mary Meyer, eighteen, domestitj in the employ of I. C. Brown at 138 Mercef street, was found dead in het bed asphyxiated by gas, which had poured from a losely connected fixture. More Police for Trance. Paris, May 9. Among the bills to be submitted to the chamber is one providing fot an addition of 1,100 men to the force of police, on account of the inability of the police to deal with the dynamiters. Miss Emma AlleVton Dead, PocOHKEEPstE, N. . Y, j May 9. Miss Emma E. Allerton, for twenty-four years vice president of the Poughkeepsie High school, died suddenly in this city Sunday. The Barn.br "Will Csm.J Providence, May 9. By consent of counsel the Barnabv Will case, on tha annrema icon uocxei ior inursuay; next, has been postponed till October. The Ion Vh SI 50.000. I Lcdinoton, Mich., ! May; 9. The Butler ft Peters Salt and Lumber company', mills were destroyed by fire. Loss, $130,000. Investigating Young'. Cue, Washikotow, May 8. Tbe Washington correspondents have begun an investigation into the dismissal undercharges by the senate of Executive Clerk Young. ; Many Delegate. Think a Great College I. Neceary. Omaha, May 9.-rThe, meeting of the Methodists at Exposition hall in the inter est of American university and Christian education was well attended. Bishop Hurst presided. The first speaker was Bishop Newman, of Omaha, who took as his sub ject "The Genesis of the American Uni versity." "The American - University and the Institution, of . the Church" was Dr. Payne's subject and he spoke in a. feeling manner of the necessity of chnrch education. Bishop Fowler spoke on "The University the Defender. of Our Faith," contending that the sneer of the infidel or the gibes of the deist can only be oom hat ted by men educated in all sciences. "The University in Relation to the Mission Field" was Dr. C. C. MeCabe's theme. He contended that education was absolutely necessary to proper work in the missions in order to acquire tongues of the heathen. Dr. Frank M. Bristol took for his text "The Preacher and Higher Education." His chief point was that educated people would not tolerate an uneducated pulpit. "Providential Aspects of the American University' was discussed by J. W. PaRhford, D. D., of the Ohio Wesleyan. He believed the establishment of an American college at the national capital, under control of the Methodists, would add much to the dignity of the church and of iu ministers. "The American University Why the Methodists Stionld Build It" was ably handled by John E. Searles, Jr. A college equal to Yale and Oxford was badly needed by the Methodists, he argued. "The American University, a Water Mark of Our Twenty-first Quadren-nium," was Dr. Moorej subject. He believed the time had come to build a great college, and that by so ordering this conference would leave a mark that would rebound to its eredit in ages to come. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. MRS. J. COLEMAN DRAYTON ARRIVES. Home Again at New - York with Hex Father. Hady. New York, May 9. The steamship La Bonrgone, from Havre, arrived at her pier Sunday having on. board the body of William Astor. Accompanying the remains were Mis. Astor and her daughter, Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton. They were met at the pier by John Jacob Astor, Phillip Kissman and J. Roosevelt Roosevelt and the whole party proceeded to the Astor residence on Fifth avenue, while the remains of Mr. Astor were placed in a hearse and driven to the Trinity chajiel. Later the body was taken to the Astor residence. The funeral will take place next Thursday. The services will be of a simple character, and the interment will occur in Trinity cemetery When the' steamer reached her pier J. Coleman Drayton was among the first of the crowd on the wharf when the gang plank was hoisted. After nearly all of the other passengers bad departed Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Drayton, both in deep mourning and heavily veiled, walked towards the gang plank. Mrs. Astor was leaning on the nil of. Mr. Roosevelt. John Jacob .Astor was escohinr-r-Mrs, P-rayt.:fi..- -JtKt as the gang plank was reached Mr. Astor stepped aside and Mr. Drayton, without speaking one word or saluting the party in any way, stepped forward aud took his place. Mrs. Drayton neither looked at nor spoke to her husband but gently 1M her b.tnd npnn his arm and with hit" followed her mother to the carriage. There, were few people on deck at the time, aud the meeting between Mr. and Mis. Draytou attracted little attention. Sunday School I'uinn'. Anniversary.. Washington. May '.. The sixty-eighth anniversary of the American Sunday School union was held in the New York Aveuue Presbyterian church last evening. Hon. William Strong, president of the society, presided. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. Harriett, Rev. J. C. McCullagh and W. L. De Groff. During the jast sixty-eight years this society has organized 1-0,400 Sunday schools and gathered in 4,15,.'jti0 scholars and teachers. It has also nr. lated e,5i kj.Oi.po worth of religious literature. i Senator Stanford Will Kesign. San Francisco, May 0. The Examiner says Senator Stanford will resign early next year should a Republican legislature be elected this fall, in California. Incipient apoplexy threatens Siauford and his physicians have warned him that absolute rest and ireedwui from excitement are imperative iu his present condition. ! Ills Neck AVas Itroken. Altoona, Pa., May 9. Pinkey Marks, a tough, went into an Italian tenement house on Ninth avenue and te?-iu a tight. He defended himself with aiTW ond the Italians used bricks. Joe Paile.Wle o the Italians, was trying to effect a settlement when his neck was broken by a flying brick, death ensuing in a few minutes. Negroes Looking Toward Africa. Birmingham, Ala., May . About 1.00C negroes attended a mass meeting here, organized an emigration society to plant colonies iu Africa, passed resolutions indorsing Senator Iiutlto-'s bill, that whites aud blacks cannot exist together, atld itsked the press to urge congress to pass the law. Derailed by a Cow. Bradford, Pa., May !. -Freight train No. 82 ou the Erie ' railroad strtiek a cow one mile east of Carrollton, N. Y. The engine, and seven cars were derailed and ditched.) Brakeman C. E. Brown had a leg broken; and Fireman S. A. Cobb is seriously cut and bruised. ! Captain llogardu. lteaten. ; St. 'Louis, May 9. Captain Bogardus, at one time champion wing shot of the world, and W. T. Rexroat, of Illinois, shot a live bird match here. Each man shot at seventy-five pigeons, aud Rexroat succeeded in stopping sixty-five, Bogardus scoring but sixty four. Denounced by Dr. McOlynn. New York, May 9. Dr. McGlynn lectured in Cooper Union on the school que tion, denouncing the- parochial schools as out of sympathy with the progress of the republic Plnkham Still In Jail. New York, May 9. Ex -President Charles H. Pinkham, of the Bank of Harlem, passed Sunday in the city prison. He does not know whether or not he will be able to get bad. Bitten by a Mad Dog. Jamesbvrg, N. J., May 9. Charles Elers, son of Frederick Elers, of Jamesburg, was terribly bitten in the face by a mad dog. The boy's wounds were cauterized. i , ' Four Walter. Perl.h. Loxdoh, May 9. Scott's famous Haymar-ket restaurant was burned to the ground and four waiters perished. I The Actor. Get SISO.OOO. New York, May 9. The of the Actors' Fund fair will be at W ijO,000. Count Taverna Resigns. Rome, May 9. In consequence of the cabinet crisis Count Taverna, appointed embassador to Berlin is di Launay's place, has resigned. Colonel Ralph K. Paige was sentenced by Judge Hamilton, at Paineeville, O. , to ten years in the penitentiary for forgery. Louis Domphier, proprietor of the Buffalo theater, was shot twice by his Wife and is in a critical condition. The creditors of the First National bank of Corry, Pa., have been paid fti.75 per cent, on all claims proved, amounting to 1174,-130.45. - By the breaking of a dike near Pekin, Ills., several lives were lost and immense damage done to property. Rev. Reriah L. Whitman has been elected president of Colby university, Waterrille Me. Daniel B. Cummins, president of the Gir-ard National bank, died at Philadelphia. The People's party will hold a state convention at Franklin, Pa., on Jnne 22, when a state ticket will be nominated. The agreement in relation to Behring sea has been ratified by Lord Salisbury and Minister Lincoln, in behalf of the British and American governments. At the games of the, Columbia College Athletic union the college record for the 100 yards hurdle race was lowered one-fifth of a second by Mr. Harding. At Burlington, N. J., Horace L. Aaron-son, a promising young man, haa been ar rested on a charge ot forgery. It is understood that a conciliation will soon, take place between Emperor William and Bismarck. - The fifteen miles foot race between Everett McClelland, pf Pittsburg, and Gevrge Connors, of Chicago, was won by McClelland in one hour and twenty-nine minutes. At Norwalk, Conn., the union carpenters, who have been on strike to compel the bosses to concede nine hours as a day's work with ten hours' pay, have won. THE BASEBALL WORLD. At St. Louis R. B. E. St. Louis 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 S I 8 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 010 8 4 Batteries: Moran and Hruiten.tein, O'Connor and Cujipy . At Ciuc-mnati a. H. E. Cincinnati..... 0 I 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 v Uaitimure U 3 y 1 u 0 0 U 2 5 i Batteries: Murphy, ilctiill and Duryea; Robinson and Mi-ilaUun. At Louisville a. H. E. Louisville 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 8 11 4 Washington 5 tl 1 0 II 0 0 l 0 3 10 ", Batteries: tJrira and Meekim; Mcliuire, Mil-ligan, KUroy aud Dolau. Club. The League Kerortl. B.ton li Brooklyn.. ..It Louisville. ..I- Iiuslmrg....ll V. L. PC. Clllh. Cincinnati. ..M 10 .So .s-i Philad'tp'a.. l ieveland... .twc New York... 7 I'hirajfo..... 7 W. L. P C. VValiint'n. V Iritis. ... 5 ,5 t.aliiiuure... 3 16 5iO Six) ,4.5s .ilSV .at.3 .lit LIKE PRESIDENT MARSH'S CASE. Ex-President Hunter, of the Phosnlville (Pa.) National Hank, I'nder Arrest. PmuntHHiA, May 9. Theodore F. Hllnter. ex-itrVi'lent of the Phoenixnlle National bank, was left S:?i at his bomf-fr Phcenixville by United StaU-so'Sicerjl a warrant issued by United States Commissioner Bell, charging bjtn with making falst entries in his report to the comptroller ol of the currency. He was brought to tb.it city and held in tlO.ttaD bail for a hearing by Commissioner Bell. The report in which the false entries are alleged to have beec made was dated May Pi, lss-y. The information npon which the warrant was issued charges Hunter with making false entries with intent to deceive the comptroller oi the curreucy and the directors of the bank. The ciise is said to be similar in its character to' that of President Marsh, of the Keystone bank. It is hot known exactly in what condition tbe hank's affairs are. Hunter was unable to obtain bail and was locked up. . , Irish Catholic. Do Not Demand It. Rome, May 9. The Vatican is preparing a reply to the etitions of Roman Catholics in Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium and the L nited states, praying that distinct hierarchical systems .be granted to each nationality. The reply will be negative, pointing out that the Irish Roman Catholic, of the United States who are very numerous, have made no demand for a separate hierarchy. Close Call for Six Yale Men. , New Haven, May 9. Six Yale men spent Saturday night in a struggle for life in a leaking boat on Long Island sound. ThotK on board were Frederick Torrel Persona, Harry Westlirook Dunning, Everett Gleaeoc Hill, Henry Shore Noon, Raymond Lloyd and Giles Goodenough. They were only saved from sinking by a tomato can, which they used to bail out the boat. I. Pender a Pinkerton Man f Newbi-ru, N. Y May 9. Saloon Keepers Michael Morton, Thomas Gillooly and Joht J. , Pender have been arrested here on i chfcrge of defrauding the West Shore Rad road company in conspiring with passengei conductors to resell tickets. It is believed that Pender is a Pinkerton detective, wht succeeded in getting into the confidence oi Kortou and GiUooly. Lincoln'. Old Servant Dead. Chicaoo, May 9. Mrs. Epsy Smith, at f4ged colored woman, who, half a century ao, iocaeu WJ bleep liooen looa Jincoln the present minister to the Court of St James, is dead here. She was a servant ii the Lincoln household long before Abraham Lincoln ever dreamed of being the presi dent. America'. Wealthiest Maid 111. New York, May 9. Miss Mary Gwendolen Caldwell, who is reputed to be th wealthiest unmarried woman in America, is very ill. in this city with typhoid fever Miss Caldwell's fortune is estimated to b about $10,000,000. ' Wife and Hired Mo;A rres ted. Virginia, Bis., May 9. Mrs. William Healy'and Robert Woodson were arrested charged with the murder of the woman" husband. Mr.- Healy was a prosperous farm er of Chandlerville and Woodson was bit hired man. : Absconder Jaeger la Greece. Berlin. May 9. Advices from Cairo art to the effect that Jaeger, the abwvmdins cashier of the Rothschilds' Frankfurt house arrived there a week ago, but he is believed to be in Greece. Detectives are after him. Killed a Practical Joker. New York, May 9. John Gilmartin, a longshoreman, was stabbed and almost instantly killed by an nnknown negro in re taxation for a practical joke in a Pell street lodging house. New York saloon. Open. ' New York, May 9. Excise arrest showed a decrease from preceding Sundays and an unusual number of saloons were open. i. ror an American Monte Carlo. New York, May 6. M. P. Phillips, whs was (t to France by a syndicate of capitalists to stndy the workings of the gaming rooms at Monte Carlo, arrived m T Rrm. gogne. 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