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True Heroes.
Up in the little mining town of Ply-
mouth, Pa , a band of heroes—whose
names will never be known outmde of
the community in which they dwell—
have toiled for more than six days and
nights in continuous effort to rescue
thirteen of their fellow—miners who by
the collapse of a vast quantity of coal
and rock are prisoners in the Gaylord
mine. The work is perilous in the ex-
treme and there have been several nar-
now escapes for the would-be rescuers,
but enthusiasm has suffered no diminu-
tion nor is there the slightest difficulty
in securing the services of volunteers
who have the muscle and nerve needed
for such work. It may be that when
the incarcerated men are reached there
will be no life left in their bodies, but
there is hope in thousands of hearts,
and it is possible that some, if not all,
of the unfortunates may come back
from the grave. In at least one notable
instance miners have been rescued who
were entom‘oed for more than ten days.
Millions of Americans are praying that
the heroism of those who, at the risk
of their own lives, are laboring to save
the apparently lost, may not be in vain.
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Violence vs. Law.
Governor Thomas G. Jones of Alaba-
ma has an opportunity to do his state a
real service. An aged white woman,
who resided not far from Birmingham
——which is supposed to be a conspicuous
feature in what has ’poetically been
termed “The New South”—was the vic-
tim of an outrageous assault and was
then murdered by her assailant, pre—
sumably to cover up his tracks. The
unfortunate woman —— who was alive
when found by neighbors—could not
' testify and did not really know whether
the villain was white or black, but the
customary mob decided that no other
than a negro would have been guilty
of such a. henious offense, and with that
conclusion as a base preceded to inves-
tigate. Two negroes were arrested and
questioned, and it was decided by the
investigators that one or the other must
be the murderer. Each denied all
knowledge of the a'ffair,and no one had
proof that affected either of the prison-
ers. Only one of them could possibly
have been concerned in the crime—that
was the only point that was clearly cs-
tablished—yet the mob hung the~ two
suspects and riddled their swinging
bodies with bullets. The lynchers’ crime
was utterly without excuse and horri-
ble beyond description. Even suppos-
ing that one of the two executed ones
was guilty, what can be said to defend
the taking off of the other ? Civilized
sentiment has always held it to be bet-
ter that a hundred guilty men escape,
than one innocent man perish, but the
Alabama lynchers evidently disagreed
with the popular and humane idea. Of
course it will be declared aloud that
Alabama is not responsible for the aw-
ful deed, but the stain lies on the state,
unless the state authorities best-it them-
selves and use every means within their
control to capture and punish the mur-
derers who dared usurp the judicial of-
fice.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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MB. EDITOR :—Evidently the editor
of the News has not read the GAZETTE,
Sentinel, Hour, or the press of the
state, else he would not speak of the
green goods article published in that
paper on Wednesday as exclusive.
Had he read the GAZETTE of Monday
he would have found an item referring
to_ the receipt of such circulars in town.
Like certain plants the output is per-
ennial, so to speak. The intentions of
the News were no doubt with the best
of motives, but the boasting of the
News being ”exclusive” in the publica-
tion to the extent of a column or more
of the mo‘dus operaudi of the thieves,
has a tendency to make one weary.
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USE DANA’S SARS'APARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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Amusements.
NORVVALK OPERA HOUSE.
Peck’s Bad Boy will appear at the
Opera House next Tuesday evening.
The'company presenting this play is
particularly. strong this season, each
member being selected for his individ-
ual ability to portray properly the role
aseugned to him. The music, which is
a bright, particular feature of this excel-
lent entertainment, is all new, melodi-
ousand “catchy.” A constellation of
artists of well-known ability will pre-
sent a pleasing dwertz’ssemcnt by the
presentation of specialities of refined
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N ORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23. l 894.
EDITORIAL LETTER.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 23, 1894.
DEAR GAZETTizz—The past week has
been one of exceptional interest at the
Nation’s capital. What with the strug-
gle to maintain a quorum in the House,
the Tariff, Hawaii and the Hill-Cleve-
land slugging match in the Senate,
Congress has been unwontedly wrought
up and upon. There has been aquo-
rum of Democratic members of the
House in the city, yet they have played
school-boy “hockey” so exasperation:-
ly that Congressman Bland had a party
caucus called at which it was resolved
to force the attendance of Democratic
members. So the extreme measure of
arrest and bringing absentees before
the bar of the House was resorted to
with vigor, but even this last resort
failed of its purpose and tw1ce the
House was forced to adjourn because
of “no quorum present.” Of course
ex—Speaker Reed has Mal no end of fun
and amusement at the expense of his
sorely perplexed Dem ocratic brethren,
while important and urgent legislation
languishes.
' A JUSTICE AT LAST.
The President treated the country to
an extraordinary surprise in the nomi-
nation of Senator White of Louisiana,
to fill the place on the Supreme Court
Bench, made vacant by the death of
Justice Blatchford of New York. As
this appointment is also to fill the sec-
ond circu1t, comprising the states of
New York, Connecticut and Vermont,
it was iLfluentially hoped that either
Judge Phelps of Vermont or Judge
Simeon E. Baldwin Of Connecticut.
would be named in the event the Presi-
dent should resolve to make no further
nomination from his own state. New
Yorkers also feel keenly the slight, as
they deem it, to their state, because
some one of the Empire state’s eminent
jurists, not related to either the Hill or
Cleveland factions, was not selected.
In their chagrin some of the New York
Democratic Congressmen have been
heard to say, that Hill having downed
the President twice in his Mitchell-
Corbett fray, Mr. Cleveland was that
mad he would have gone to the further—
est banks of the Rio Grande, could he
have found a man there who had ever
seen a OOpy of Blackstone, in his efi'ort
to pick up a candidate as far removed
from his own state as possible.
It is undoubtedly true that the Presi-
dent felt deeply hurt by the second re-
jection of his New York selection by
the Senate. Yet a better familiarity
with the unwritten law, the custom and
usage and “Senatorial courtesy” which
invariably governs in that body, would
have shown the President that the two
New York Senators had every advan-
tage over him in an executive session
of the Senate. Many Senators like
Teller of Colorado, felt it to be a hu-
miliating spectacle for the President to
engage in a. virulent strife with Senator
Hill and a judge of the highest legal
tribunal in the land as the shuttlecock.
The personal efforts of his cabinet min-
isters to Win votes for confirmation,
openly made, also weakened the Presi-
dent’s cause.
Every one seemed to concede tne le-
gal ability of candidate Peckham and
SenatorPlatt voted for his confirmation,
while Senator Hawley voted with Hill.
It is a fact of local interest, perhaps,
though of the past, that Mr. Peckham
was the attorney most active in the
prosecution of the Tweed robberies in
New York and who secured the release
and immunity from arrest of Mr. E. A.
Woodward of Norwalk for his supposed
relations to the Tweed frauds.
In justification of the President’s
last selection it is urged that Senator
White is a lawyer of ability and not a
legal dolt, as was the case of Lamar,
placed on the Supreme Culll't bench by
Mr. Cleveland during his first term.
Justice White’s commission was signed
by the President Tuesday evening and
now the Governor of Louisiana will be
called on to appoint his successor to
the Senate. The few Democrats in the
Senate fighting the Wilson tariff bill
accuse the President of selecting Mr.
White because he stood out in open
hostility to that measure and threat-
ened to join the opposition for its defeat
unless the sugar interests of his state
were protected by a tax on the chief
saccharine product of Louisiana ,and the
President is opposed to a sugar tax and
all more protective features, in a Dem-
ocratic tariff bill. Be these accusations
worth what they may, the country will
be glad to know that the President has
selected a capable and worthy man to
sit on the Supreme Court Bench. Of
course it is a sore disappointment to
New York, a state so rich and pre-emi-
nent in judicial talent, to be deprived
of an honor it was normally and by
precedent entitled to, yet the President
is heartily commended by others for
abandoning further hostile efforts in
perpetuating a partisan state feud, with
which the country at large has already
become impatient and selecting an ap-
pointment wholly outside of the at-
mosphere of a personal quarrel even.
though the selection of a. judge of the
Supreme Court from Louisiana, signi-
fies, in the estimation of many people,
a striking reversal of Presidential con-
ditions in 1896.
ALL HAIL, GALUSHA GROW.
Republicans here are jubilant over
the election as Congressman-at-large,
in Pennsylvania, of grand old ex-
Speaker Galusha Grow, by the phe-
nomenal plurality of nearly two hun-
dred thousand. Democrats explain it
by saying that his is 9. Protection state
and that the President and his free
trade heresies are very unpopular in
Pennsylvania and for that reason Grow
scooped the Democratic as well as Re-
publican vote. It is more than twenty
years since he was such a conspicuous
personality and power in Congress.
a LIARE,S NEST —PROBABLY.
The Washington Post of Monday cop-
ies from the Chicago Record, a four
column article over the signature of
William E. Curtis, a well known Wash-
ington correspondent,in which charges
of the gravest character are made
against Ex-Asst. Sec. of State Josiah
Quincy of Boston, and Patent Commis-
‘the hearty encores received.
sioner Seymour, for malfeasance in the
bestowal of the contract for Litho-
graphic work done on the Patent Office
Gazette. These various acts of Mr.
Quincy are the foundation for the be-
lief that he is financially interested In
this contract. It has been known about
Congress for weeks that this matter
was to be exposed in the newspapers.
A similar array of charges was sent to
the Sun, but upon the personal appeal
of Secretary Dan. Lamont, the report
states, Mr. Dana was induced to sup-
press the article.
In answer to all these loose accusa-
tions,Commissioner Seymour says there
is not one scintilla of fact going to show
any malfeasance on his part nor does he
believe any fact can be proven to the
damage of Mr. Josiah Quincy.
Senator Hale, considered the charges
of sufficient gravity, however, to war-
rant the introduction of a resolution,
which passed the Senate, ordering the
Committee on Printing to investigate
the matter. Mr. Seymour expresses
his gratification at the opportunity this
\sill give to silence the unfounded ru-
mors to his or Mr. Quincy’s discredit,
which have been flying about the Capi—
tol and the country for months past and
which have now grown to be a public
scandal.
WOMENS’ SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
The annual convention of the Nation.
a1 American Women Suffrage Associa-
tion, has been in session here the past
week, with dear Old and well preserved
Susan B. Anthony handlingvthe gavel.
The women have voted to hold their
next year’s conv'ention at Atlanta, Ga.
THE TARIFF.
The Democratic members of Senate
Finance Committee are still wrestling
with the Wilson Tariff bill.
OFFICE ASSESSMENT IN CONN.
Mr. Rosevelt, chief of the civil ser-
vice commission, has heard all about
the stupid assessment circular sent to
each Connecticut democratic office
holder, by their state committee, and
says he shall make a thorough investi-
gation of the matter, and if he finds
anyone holding a federal office, impli-
cated in the asanine folly, it shall go
hard with him.
BEVIVALS.
Moody and Sanky are holding daily
and nightly meetings at Convention
Hall with a seating capacity of 10,000
and yet thousands are unable to gain
entrance. One, and frequently two,
overflow meetings are held nightly in
adjoinipg churches, so great is the re-
ligious awakening and interest in these
gospel evangelists.
PERSONALS.
Wm. F. Rockwell of Meriden, A. E.
Tweedy of Danbury, Err-Congressman
John R. Buck of Hartford, Mrs. R. O.
Cheney'and daughter of Manchester,
have been guests at the Arlington with-
in a few days past. Patent Cora-mis-
sioner Seymour left here yesterday for
a brief visit home. As ever, B.
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TERSE TALES (it THE TIMES.
The National Provident Union will
meet to-night. _
——Samples of Hale’s Lung Balsam
free. 774-tf
Eugene L. Markey of Battle Creek,
Mich, was in town this morning.
. The'executive committee of the Re-
lief associotion Will meet to-night.
—Until further notice I shall sell
shoes at cost. Jarvis Kellogg. TSG-tf
The Fisk University singers will war-
ble in the Opera House, Sunday night.
The Baptist church bazar and supper
tfiikfis place to-night, at Lockwood’s
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A delegation from the Pelican club of
Stamford was in town Thursday night.
They are all jolly good fellows.
—The Jerome May Banjo club, will
give a concert at the City Hotel, South.
Nor walk, to-morrow night.
_ The Golden Rule Circle, K. D., are
in sessiion at the Congregational church
lecture room, this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buscoe deeply
mourn the death of their infant son
Alma. The little one died early Thurs-
day morning.
Sherman commandery, U. 0. G. C.
will celebrate the third anniversary of
the organization of the local command-
ery to-night.
—-A large invoice of “Old Taylor”
whiskey just received at James M.
Creagh’s on Main street. None better
for medicinal use. ~
Mamie O’Sullivan, daughter of John
O’Sullivan, proprietor of the Dorlon
House of South Norwalk, is visiting
Thomas Bowler of 8 Cherry street.—~
Danbury Dispatch.
Sheriff" Toner was hustling around
this morning with subpoenas for the
entire reportorial force of the GAZETTE.
They were wanted as witnesses in sev-
eral important cases at Bridgeport to-
day.
Mrs. Cyrus Weller, nee Annie Barber
of this city, and who was terribly burn-
ed some weeks ago at her home in
Bridgeport has been discharged from
the hospital in that city. She expects
to visit Norwalk next week.
The entertainment given in the lee-
ture room of the Methodist church.
Wednesday evening was well worthy of
the patronage accorded. A programme
of unusual excellence was presented
and those having the matter in charge
are to be congratulated. So well pleased
were all present an effort will be made
to have a repetition of the programme.
All did well and were fully deserving of
sence of Senators Reynolds and
Awhist party will be held at the
Norwalk.hotel this evening. .
——Handy to have in the house, Hale’s
Lung Balsam. 774-tf
,:.,William A. Kellogg celebrated Wash-
ington’s birthday in Waterbury.
An interesting Washington letter
from the Editor of the GAZETTE will.
be found in another colume.
A $125,000 fire occurred in Water-
bury early Thursday morning. ,Con-
lon Bros. dry goods store was totally
destroyed.
—-Wanted—-A young lady having
knowledge of book-keeping and stenc-
graphy. Apply at this office.
iBridgeport papas and mammas are
-"‘kicking” because their children are
,taughtto kick in the public schools of
.chat city.
Danny Keefe knocked out Tummy
Higgins in three rounds at Greenwich
Wednesday night. A number of Nor-
waik sports were present at the mill.
Charles E. Squire has been awarded
the contract for erecting a stone library
building in Salisbury, and will proba-
bly fommence work on the same next
wee '.
A certain Norwalk tenor singer is
credited with having celebrated Wash-
ington’s birthday in Bridgeport by
eating two-dozen fried eggs and a two
pound beefsteak.
Washington’s birthday was more
generally observed in town this year
than usual. Nearly all of the stores
were closed and there was a liberal dis-
play of the stars and stripes.
To~day will be a busy one at the big
county court house. Three courts will
be in session. Judge Torrance will
dispose of the criminals. In the Com-
mon Pleas Court there are 18 cases on
the docket. Twenty cases are on the
docket in the Civil Superior Court,
short calendar.
In the Superior Court this week
Isaac Bedient was sentenced to 30 days
in jail for using a horse belonging to
deputy sheriff Toner without leave;
Charles Smith (colored) pleaded guilty
to robbery at Finney' Sc Benedict’s
store, and was sentenced to 31 days in
jail. A number of Nor walk cases were
assigned for trial today, but were not
reached, the time being taken up in the
Clark case of Stamford.
The new shields for the police force
have arrived and are of a very neat de-
sign. The shields of the chief and cap-
tain are of gold bronze and those of the
patrolemen nickel. The two former are
surmounted by an eagle holding in its
talons the word “chief” or “captain.”
The center of the shield bears the state
coat of arms and the word Connecticut.
At the top and bottom of the shield are
the words N orwalk police. The patrol-
men’s shields bear the words ~Norwalk
Police and are numbered from 1 to 8.
USE DAN A’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THATCURES ”
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\‘l’omlchoppers’ Terrible rate.
VERDI, Feb. :22. -— Five woodchoppers
were caught in a snowslide in the moun-
tains. Nothing was known of it untila
man heard groans and on investigation
found Ed Ede pinioned in the snow, Where
he had lain over 24 hours in a terrific storm.
His head was caught between two timbers
and pierced by a. protruding nail. He was
conscious when taken out, and hopes are
entertained of his recovery. The names of
the other iinfortunates are Tom Thrasher,
M. S. \Yheeler, Michael W'arner and Leon-
ard Nelson, all of Reno, Nev. They are
supposed to be dead.
Omladina Members Sentenced.
PRAGUE, Feb. 2‘3.—T ie judgment of the
court before which the members of ‘the
Oniladina secret society have been on trial
is as follows: Ziegloser is sentenced to
eight years’ imprisonment; VVaigert, Sticha
and Hradetz, five years; TVenzel and Cizek,
six years; Hein, 18 months, and Holzbach
18 months. Two of the accused were ac~
quittcd.
Trouble \Vith Boston Prisoners.
BOSTON, Feb. 2)3.—Thcre was another out-
break among the prisoners at the house of
correction which for a time threatened
serious results. Extra guards were order-
ed on, and the officials still fear trouble.
The ringleaders have been placed in soli-
tary confinement. -
aismarck Not Going to Berlin.
BERLIN, Feb. 22.—The Hamburger N ach-
richten says that while waiting at the rail-
way station for the arrival of the emperor
Prince Bismarck, in reply to a question
Whether he was going to Berlin soon, said:
“At any rate not at present. I have noth-
ing to do in Berlin now.” -
France’s Duty on Wheat.
PARIS, Feb. ‘22.——The commission of the
chamber of deputies charged with discuss-
ing the question of an increased duty on
corn has announced that it has accepted
the government proposals, by which the
duty on wheat will be fixed at 7 instead of
at 8 francs.
The Peacemaker Died.
HACKENSACK, N. J ., Feb. 22. —— Emil
Schmidt of \Voodbridge died in the hos-
pital from the wounds he received at the
hands of John Boetchcr when a few weeks
ago Schmidt tried to stop a fight between
John Boetclxer and his (Boetclier’s) brother.
Au lufr-“f 7?; ”s of Smallpox.
CHICAGO, Fen. ;.;.—An incoming immi-
grant ti-giiu on the Panhandle road brought
to the Union station tetlayillic dead body
of an infant. Dc'itn resulted from small-
pox, and the city health department was
notified and took charge of the train.
Greater New York Bill Postponed.
ALBANY, Feb. Sal—The greater New
York bill, which was to have been dis-
cussed iu the senate today, has been laid
over until Tuesday next because of the ab-
Cantor.
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It is now Bishop Tierney.
Bishop Michael Tierney was conse-
crated Thursday at St. Joseph’s cathe-
dral, Hartford, in the presence of
many distinguished prelates of the
Roman Catholic church. There were
present over three hundred prominent
clergymen from this state and from all
over the country. There was some dis—
appomtment that Monsignor Satolli,
the papal delegate, was unable to be
present, as he at first intended to be,
but there was no lack of interest in the
exercises.
Archbishop Williams of Boston acted
as consecrator, assisted by Bishop Bea.
ven of Springfield and Bishop Harkins
of Providence. -
The master of ceremonies was : First,
Rev. J. B. Lougherty of Mystic; sec-
ond, Rev. M. May of New Britain;
third, Rev. M. Sullivan of New Bri-
tain. The assistant priest was Rev. P.
Edwards of New York; the deacon,
Rev. J. Duggan of Waterbury; the
sub deacon, Rev. William Slocum of
Norwalk, and the notary, Rev. F. D.
Bruycker of Willimantic. The assist-
ant chaplains to the bishop-elect were
Rev. J. A. Mulcahy of Waterbury and
Rev. T. Boderick of Hartford. The
other officers of the mass were : Rev.
R. Carroll of Bridgeport; mite bear-
er, Rev. C. McCann of Bridgeport;
candle bearer, Rev. '1‘. Stanley of New
Haven; book bearer, Rev. E. O’Con-
nell of New London ; gremial bearer,
Rev. J. Curtin of New Haven; censer
bearer, Rev. T. Keena of Stamford:
acolvtes, Rev. J. Broderick of Meri-
den, and Rev. B. McGivnev of Mid-
dletown. '
The Psalms were chanted by a cho-
ms of 30 priests. The sermon by
Bishop Bradley of New Haven was the
effort of a master of oratory and the-
ology.
Bishop_Tierney celebrated vespers in
theevcning. A banquet followed at
which the new bishop was presented
With a purse containing $52 ,850 by the
priests of the diocese.
USE DANA'S siESXiiihiInu, IT’S
“run KIND rear- ovens."
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In Memoriam.
- SHERMAN 1‘. FITCH.
The Rector, Wardens, and Vestry of
St. Matthew’s church \Vilton, Conn.,
being duly convened, desire to give ex-
pression to their deep sense of loss in
the departure from earth of their hon-
ored, affectionate, and valued friend.
For many years he had been closely
identified with the church and with the
parish. He was the devout and con-
stant communicant, the efficient vestry-
man, and clerk; the faithful organist,
and zealous worker in the Sunday
school for a long period of time. His
“good deeds for the house of God, and
for the offices thereof” were never fail-
ing. They were to him a delight and
honor. The especial object of his in-
terest and care was, however, the music
of the church. This he dearly loved,
and to it he rendered a measure of de-
votion rarely equaled. And in accord
with his Christian profession was his
daily life,—a walk with God. Though
it was “suddenly at an instant” that
the Master drew near and called him,
he was ready. Hearing, he obeyed.
“He was not, for God took him.” It
is for him the better portion, the rest
of Paradise, the nearer presence of his
Lord, and he is in peace.
May the gracious Father accord to
such as especially mourn, the fullness
of consolation, and enable them to go
on from day to day, in trusting faith,
till the dawn of that morning which
shall give back what "they have loved
long since and lost awhile.”
WILLIAM E. HOOKER, Rector.
NATHAN M. BELDEN, Sec. pro tem.
Sons of Revolution.
’lhe Sons of Revolution held their
annual meeting in Bridgeport on Thurs-
day. President Jonathan Trumbull
presided at the business meeting. Pres-
ident Trumbull’s great-great-grand-
father was a governor of the Connecti-
cut colony when the war of independ-
ence was declared, and the only coloni-
al governor to cast off the British yoke
to be the Republican governor of an
independent state. The banquet at the
Atlantic Hotel was a brilliant affair.
Rev. T. K. Noble answered to the toast
“Patriot Mothers” in a patriotic and
pleasing manner.
Twelve Anarchists Arrested.
PARIS, Feb. 22.——The police arrested 12
anarchists at the lodgings of a. leader
named Duprat. Among them was the an-
archist Bastard, who is supposed to be the
author of yesterday’s outrages. Mme. Ca-
labresi, who was So dangerously wounded
by the explosion of the bomb, and the
other people are progressing favorably.
Nicaragua Stockholders Acquiesce.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22,—A majority of
California shareholders in the Nicaragua
Canal company has decided that no con- ‘
certed action should be taken for or against
the plan of reorganization. After the
meeting, however, a. number of the heavi-
est stockholders telegraphed to New York
their acquiescence in the plan.
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McKane Hit Again.
SYRACUSE, Feb. Bil—The case of Irvin
Van Wie against John Y. McKane, the
Gravesend boss, has been derided by Ref-
hree Charles E. Ide of this city .or the plain-
tiff, and a. judgment of about $8,800 and
costs rendered. The suit arose from. the
nonpayment for some pumps.
I.i.~i‘:on Hears Grave lumors.
LONDON, Feb. 22. —— A dispatch from
Montevideo by the way of Lisbon says that
all the vessels of the fleet of the Brazilian
government, with the exception Of the
dynamite cruiser Nictheroy, have joined
the squadron of the insurgents and sailed
away from the harbor of Rio.
r
M. do Giors 111.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. eta—M. de Giers,
Russian minister of foreign affairs, is crit-
ically ill. M. de Giers has been suffering
for some time past from asthma, and his
sickness has now assumed a dangerous as-
pect. '
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PRICE TWO CENTS.
ANOTHER tumor A'l.‘ CORONA.
The \Vhito Cops Put Up a. Figure to Rop-
'. resent Mrs. Speyerer.
CORONA, N. Y., Feb. Bil—Another efligyl
dangled from a line stretched across Grand
avenue, this Village, near the railway sta-
tion, today.
This one was an impersonation of a wo-
man, and it hung at. the side of theone
which was discovered there yesterday
morning as a warning from the White
Caps for Louis Speyerer to leave the town
immediately. .
The new effigy was clad in a brown wrap
per and yellow waist. 0n the back was a
placard bearing the inscription: “Louis
and I, Guido 25 years, Mrs. Speyerer, your
own words.”
It is supposed to represent Mrs. Speyerer
and to convey a warning from the VVhiie
Caps. ,
About a. month ago Mrs. Spcycrer had
her husband, Guido Speyerer, arrested on
the charge of cruelty. At the trial helm"?
J usticc Mbntcrverde Mr. Speyerer sniil Iii -
wife and nephew, Louis Speyerer, had oun-
spired against him. .
However, the judge imposed a line of
$15. Guido has always appeared to have
the sympathy of the villagers in his trou-
ble with his wife. .
About two Weeks ago he was rearresteil
on a similar charge and sentenced to 15
days’ imprisonment.
At the trial his Wife said he should have
got 25 years. This is the interpretation of
the wording on the card pinned to the
efiigy.
165,000 PLURALI'ZY FOR GROIV.
Solid Democratic Counties Slump Over to
the Republicans.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Sit—Later county
returns received today indicate that com-
plete returns will increase the plurality of
Grow for congressman at large to at least
165,000. This is the largest plurality ever
given by the state for any candidate.
The Democrats were completely routed.
Berks county, which has been the banner
Democratic county, with majorities rang-
ing from 7,500 to 10,000, gives Hancock,
Democrat, only 2,500. York county, anoth-
er solid Democratic stronghold which could
always be relied upon for a majority of
3,000 to 4,000 for the Democratic candidate,
entirely slipped her moorings yesterday
and shows a plurality of 300 for (How, He-
publican.
The three principal anthracite coal coun-
ties, Luzerne, Lackawunnu and Schuyl-
kill, all slip over to the l'publicau column.‘i
Among other couuti ‘
.s which drop from-
the Democratic column are Northumber-j
land, Center, Cumin-in. and Fayette, with?
several close counties to b.- iienrd from,i
complete figures from which will probably’
place them in the l‘i'Jl'lllbllcall column.
These are Adams, Bucks, Clearficld and.
Clinton.
Philadelphia. county gives Grow58,S-)40=
plurality, and Allegheny county (in which;
Pittsburg is located) comes in with 30,000.:
For city councils in Philadelphia the Re-
publican candidates made a clean sweep.
IS IT A GAS TRUST?
Evidence to Show That New York Capital-
ists Are After a \Vestern Monopoly.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 22.——Evidence tend—
ing to show that a. wealthy New York syn-
dicate intends to secure control of the nat-
ural gas product of Indiana is accumulat-
ing. Three years ago Baron Gernanoski,
C. F. Detric‘n and A. B. Proal of New
York came. here and purchased outright
the gas company and the Indianapolis Ar-
tificial Gus company.
Nine months ago the same men bought
the natural and artificial gas plants at
Frankfort, Lebanon and Crawfordsville,
paying for the property about $750,000.
It- is announced that Messrs. German:
OWski, Detrich and Proal have purchased
the natural and artificial gas plants at La-‘
fayette, paying for the same about $1,000,:
000. It is also announced that the syndi-
cate is negotiating for the purchase of the
natural and artificial gas plants at other
cities and towns, intending to supply man—
ufactured gas as fuel whenever the supply
of natural gas shall fail. ' '
.i TiiTr—dmclieu.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 22.~—Informa—
tion was l‘t’CZ‘th‘ll here of the lynching of
Lewis Hendricks, the third negro suppose
to have been implicated in the assault on
and murder of Mrs. Josie Rucker. ch~
dricks was rundown in a swamp.
L'
Two Boys Drowned.
ATTLEBORO, Muss, Feb. 22,—‘Villie Sul-
livan and Arthur Desoi-cy, aged 10 and 1::
respectively, were drowned in the Dodge-
ville pond. Vv'ith three companions the:
went to the pond to watch men fishing.
'sVell Known Manufacturer Dead.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 22.——Charles M.
Patch, president of the. Colfax Manufac-
turing company, died today after a pro-
tracted illness. He was widely known, es
pecially in eastern insurance circles.
Universal Suffrage In Austria. ,
VIENNA, Feb. 23.——In this city 21 meet-g
ings of workingmen were held to demand
universal suffrage. Thirty meetings were
held in lower Austria, 10inMoravia and 15.
in Bob emia. ‘
Strike Episodes In Kentucky.
MIDDLESBOROUGH, Ky., Feb. 22.—Strik~
ers at Mingo mines fired upon the non-
union men and wounded one man. A train
load of coal was also ditched. Both sides.
are firm, and the end is not in sight.
The Buffalo Bills Signed.
ALBANY, Feb. 22.—Governor Flower has
signed the three Buffalo bills.
_ The Weather.
Fair; colder; northerly winds.
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