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Wtatliitg jSj j | imamjs^apgtotg^lg^. _TOEELmg. west Va.. wednesday mullnmu. ! an i, a ?v on ? - VOLUME XXXH.-NUMKfiit i ar;r^;| fifo MAIqtmxi *-'7 ?'?"rH'cmh>Hrwl. Mb. llfni>H voicu ia btlll for wool?free *00). , Thk successor to Treasurer New should w a man of as much uncertainty aaMr. Sdw-& man,(n short, who will come up sa fully to the requirement of the doll uomu I k&sod in Washington. No colleu*u? was willing to announce in the J/juse the death of tho late Congressman Mackey, of South Carolina. The colhsffUfB are all Democrats and Mackey was a Republican?1"a whtto negro," as one 0/ them put it. There are resentments which J even the pd) does not cover. Iris but common justice 10 admit that ' cur esteemed neighbor, the JUgittcr, keeps ' a very straight face while it takes its special dispatches from tho New York World and 1 calld them lUytier "specials" on the man- j ! woman case, It requires, a good deal of ; | nerve to do thto day afier day, = i Mr. Eva urn argues, with much force, ' tint the uiuu who will bo most likely to 1 cirryNew York hr tho Republican ticket ] will be a man from some other State. Mr. 1 Evarta baa before his oyes Cleveland's I I onnwnmm majority. Uut ho tliinka the!1 ! tJlato can bo carried, and ho auggeata Ed- ! I inunds as a '"an who can do ^ The counI Ijy lina gr^-nt couliJenco in Judge Edniunda' long head and sturdy integrity. itafJIK K.STATtVK Kl HlNcON, of Ohio, If ' Leia torrcctly quoted, regards railrcad property as bearing no higher or nearer re* , laticu to the public than a man's house or j farm bears. If this is title, discriminaticn i however destructive is the right of a rail- 1 road company, and the law cannot inter- 1 foro with it. iiut it is not true, and we are , notfiirfrcnintime when railroadcornpa- i nits will bo held to their responsibility aa public servant*. j The people ot itiu United Steles con* ! Bumc two hndred pounds of meat each in ! a year. Tho average consumption in England is one-half E9 much* la this country wa raiao tliirty-ono pounds per capita more : than we use, and England is. just that 1 much short per capitk on ller domestic ' production. An Englishman trantierreci to this country will soon coneuino his two ' hundred pounds of meat a year. Ho Ja worth to the stock raiser twice as much ; here as ho is at home. One way to get ' him here ia to imprees him with the advantage of setting up hia workship on this Etdeof the Atlantic. Ex Govuunok Pieutont contributes another article on tho land question as it confronts ua in this Suite, ilia extract from tho letter of a citizen of Webster county, evidently a mini of intelligent observation, brings out very prominently a condition of tiTtira which is blocking the progress of , West Virginia. The eituation is not comforiiog to our State pride, but it is a matter to be met, not dodged. In our effort to build up a great Stato it will pay ua to atop and clear away whatever impedes progress. Thia with respect to the stranger whom wo nra inviting to come and make his home with us. And to those sturdy men who have already made their homes here or are etriving to earn them we owe tho debt of fair play. * Tiik Dp.inner*th in fh? .Nenutft mnst h? given credit for very shrewd behavior yea* j terday when Senator Sherman's resolution , came up. The outrages against human 1 rights and personal liberty in the South 1 are indefensible; and the Democratic Sen- j ators did not attempt to defend them, j Such tact baa not jieen shown on the 1 Democratic side this Eession. It is too 1 much to hope that the Democrats, particu- ( larlv thorn who owe their seats to fraud or j violence, or both, will exert themselves to i forward.the investigation; but if this question of tho rights of voters could be consid- j ered apart from partisan bias it would go . far toward curing the malignant disorder, Tho ^publican party would perhaps Iobo 1 Bomething in tho way of political capital, , but the country might stand that for a | greater gain 1 The report ot tn? Omo commission appointed to inquire into the 8}stem of j Bcrecning coal reviews tho question and makes the following suggestions of general , interest to miners: That tho legal screen shall to constructed < of 11 tt or round-topped bars, not lees than 1 i inch wide, ol steel or irou. I Taut tiiu bpaces between the bars shall I not exceed one and one-lourth (1 J) inches, i aud that they shall be of uniform width. < That tho sereeuitg suriace shall not ex- I ceed severny-two tquare feot, outside s measure. i auanuo aureena a?a;i do iroo iruw BJi gates or devices that toud in any way to i i educe tho 8izj of the coal. 1 Tho commission would have recommend- j ed acteoQB of ouo and u half inches be* , twoan the bars, but it was not willing to | opou up questions ol mining ratea now I aattled. ___________ ! Wk are discovered! Tue outside world \ is Hading out that wo have a live and j flowing Republican party in West Virginia. Behold this evidence of recognition I irora tho Qlevelaud Leader: 1 If tho Republican campain is well man- j a*ed West Virginia will be an interesting ] State in this year's presidential contest A Democratic candidate to the fancy of Car- j liale, Morrison & Uo., running on a tariff- , for-revenuo-ouly platform, could bo easily | deprived of tho electoral vote of this hero- j tolure Bolidly Bjurbon State. ' t Such a candidato as tho Leader suggests would make the job lighter, but let tho nomineo bo whom ho may he will Bland lor a party which is not for protection, and 1 with intelligent work and plenty of it we ! can take this State from him. The causes which make Pennsylvania protectionist i operate with double force in West Virginia. Wo have like resources, but they await development, and we start a long way in the rear. Besides this bread and hutter ifisuo wo ^avo a question of State taxation which is gall and wormwood to the Bourhon party. It represents a grand iniquity, an unparalleled usurpation by the executivo authority, and that fights on the side of tho opposition. Oar frionds I elsewhere will be glad to know that in | West Virginia the mortality exceeds the birth rate. The Republican party grows by naturallacrease and by immigration, CAPITAL SOCIETY. SOCIAL IVENT5 OF THIB WIKK. The UrtMd Chartff BelJ-The Pr?ilde?t aid Vuj 0 hit Promlital People There?The Brlttih MUUWr Ulfie ? Bftll-k. Bi?j TTetk Tor the People of F?ehto?. Prom Our Special Qinttvondcnt, Washington, January 20,?Tho Boclal world is very busy this week. Yesterday afternoon tho attractions were Capitol Hill and Its open doors, last evening it was the charity ball, this afternoon It is the recep* lions of the wives ol the Supreme Court Justices, this evening the grand ball at the British legation and the "at home" of the Chief Justice and Mre. Walte, to-morrow the receptions of tho Cabinet ladies ind that evening the first dinner of the season at the White House, Thursday the weekly reception of the Secretary of State lud a number of other events of interest in the social world, Friday th? reception of .he Russian Minister and Madame de Struve, and on Saturday again Mre. McKlroy's reception at the white House, B> ndtfl these there are numbers of events o! less prominence, such as q-iiet dinner partits, theatre parties, leap year parties, calls, receptions and so on ad infinitum. -The beginning of the season's sjclal pleasures it the White House has added Zist to tho pursuits of social enjoyments elsewhere, md the week is to be the busiest one ol the season, providing the clerk of the Breather is propitious. TIIB CHARITY HALL. The Charity Ball at tho National Rifles' \rmory last evening was the moet interesting event of tho week thus far, it not in* aoku ui iua uiuuiu. ii was a moat oniuant. 3ne. The attendance was very large, and included large numbers o( people in public life, Irom the President down, Cabinet officers, members ol the House and Senate, loreign ministers and tbeir ladies, army ind navy officers and families, and prominent oiliciais of the Departments. Tne ireepsing and the dancing were superb, ind the results for charity very handsome. To day everybody is busy with calls, this being the day* accorded to the wives tho Justices of the Supreme Court, and by common consent to other ladies whose homes are in that section of the city where most of the Justices reside. The wives ol Congressmen residing at the Arlington and Hamilton and other hotels in that vicinity also receive to-day, and the consequence is a vtry busy afternoon in the ttciion of the city bounded by Tenth, Seventeenth, G and 11 streets, northwtnL Tins evening tho moat interesting event cf. the season lo the diplomatic world-takes place, in the ball at the British Minister's residence. These events are looked forward to with great pleasure by all who are so fortunate as to participate in them. Tne Legation building is only thrown open to the social world three or lour tinier in a year, sometimes not bo aften as that, and the occasions are so much the more enjoyed when they do occur. The attendance will include, cf course, all the diplomatic people, the State department cllicials, army aud nnvy otlicials and tbeir lainilies, and member?.of Congress. OTHER SOCIETY EVENTS. " Besides ibis there will be the usual weekly ?"at home" of Guief Justice and Mrs Waite, which are always popular and largely attended, a party at the residence jt Hod. John B. Alley, of Massachusetts, lormerly a member of CoDgreua. and now Dne of the wealihiest men of Washington, i reception by the German Minister and Madame Von E Bendecker,and another by Mr. jvtid Mrs. Anthony Pollok. To-muirow will be the usual Cabinet receptions, and in the eveuing the President's first ^dinner at the White Houbo. It will bfgiven o the Cabinet officers and .heir ladies find Mr. and Mra. Car]idle. How jdd itBeema that (he leader of the opposition should be the first to bo invited to tbe aome and table of the President. Yet it is bo ordered by the rules of eocial and state etiquette, and it is well enough, too, .hat there should be an occasional armaitice of this sort. The dinner is to be the usual Btate event, with the Marine Band iurnisbing music, the Wnito House brilliantly 1-gbtedand fragrant with choice lowers, and the ladies and gentlemen in lull evening toilets. To-morrow evening the usual weekly re* :eption of of the Secretary of State, a dinner by Postmaster General Grestiam to some gentlemen friends, Justice and Mrs. Woods'. Vat home," and eeveral otner minor events fill up the evening. Oa Friiay evening.the reception of the Russian Minister is the chief event; Satui day.Mrs. McElroy gives her second reception. That of last Siturdav. at the SVbite House, was vtry largely attended, i and thawed the kindly regard in which both the President and hiu sister are held ; Uero. TUB WHITS UOUSk. The very email number of social gatherings at the White House since President irthnr came to that position occasions some comment. President Hayes waa severely criticised for hia alleged paraimoniiUBuesa in the White House, yet the numaernnd character of the entertainments here during his term were in striking conrast with those of Frctident Arthur. There ire, under President Arthur, only a half icz':n at the most of dinners during the rear, and to these the fame persona are to i considerable extent, at least, invited and . einvited, eo much eothat the Senators' wives are a little inclined to complain that io few of them are honored in this manner. Otheia, whose standing is unquestioned. eay4they have neverso much : is had a glusa of water at the White House since President Arthur came there. On tho other hand President Hayes used to jive bountiful Buppera at his card receptions, serving them in both dining rooms, while at the diplomatic reception of 1881 jome three or four thousand persons were, it iB said, fed at a cost of not lees than five thousand dollars. iSociety has been slightly diaturbod cf late by that complaint common to people ol all circles, measles. It has been very :ommon amon? tho littJo folks and has iept the mammas at home in the more ae? rious caaea, while some of the mothers and jrown daughters have themselves enjoyed lis visits in a personal way. Mrs. Hde, ihe wife of tbo Sonator from Maine, has bten quite ill with this disease, and so have ueveral other ladiea who are often ietn in the social world. Darlnic lift) light Kubliory. PirKumtoii, .January 120?The jewelry s'.ore was entered at hair past 10 o'clock thiB morning and robbed of about SI,500 worth of watches and j jwelry. Mr. Levein wont out for a short tiw, living his wife tn the store. She went into aback room for a few mlnnto?, and coming back diecovered o mulatto at the door of the safe, working at the lack. She flcn-anud and tho negro sprAng up. ihruat a revolver in her face, nod ordered bur to keep qiiet. Sho continued to scream, wlirn' the thief ran past h(-r, out the tront door, and escaped. The show c-isea wko in confueion and many;art3js m a-im; ;?iu?>ng them three gold waujl^s.VnnV'riiiy'h ?nl-l wh ch, one diamond stud, one d'su/ond ring, three silver watches, and several trays of sold gold and plated rings^Mrs. Levein describes him as about twenty years old, light complexion,- smooth face, and wear* ing a yellow brown coat and a dark, stiff hit. s ! . ' ' ' ' A FIKBOB ATTACK. Ei>1p?h?r H?lfer Uetw In Uli Work on .tieuernl lioyutoa. Washington, January 20.?In the House the following bills among others were in* troduced: By Mr, Wood?To teduco tho tariff ratee on different kinds and qualities oi sugar*; also, reducing the duty on woolen goods, flannels, blankets, woolen and children's dreas goods and ready-made clothing. By Mr, Bennett?To prevent tho intermarriage ot the white and negro races in the District ol Colombia. - ) By Mr. Warner, of Ohio?A bill to bettei aecure tho stability of the paper cur* re 3 cy, Mr. Hopkins Introduced a resolution reciting that ex-Speaker Keller had charged H. V. Bjynion, correspondent ol the Cincinnati Commercial Oatttte, with approaching him during the lam Uongrtsa with a corrupt proposition in regard to the McGarraban claim, and providing lor a committee of live members to investigate the charge. Tho Speaker ruled that the resolution was in order. . Mr. Ktifer. amid urpaf mmWomonf to speak on the resolution, uud Bent to the C.erk'd desk a copy of a letter which lie had aent to Boynton. Ue said he had received a letter from Boynton, demaudicg that he (Keifer) should move aa investigation ot the cnarge againBt Boynton, and to this demand Mr. Keifer made a vigorous reply, lie starts out by saying that Boynton has placed nimwlf outside the pale of a gentleman, and his reputation as a liar and defamer of character is such that it has become unnecessary to deuy anything he eays. Ue saye he will not move an investigation "because I do not believe it Jib the business of the House to investigate your corrupt deeds!" He further says: "if, when you told me, near the close of the last Congress, that I was a fool for not making money while Speaker, as Blaine and Colfax had done, and that there was Btill plenty to be made if (he McGarrahan bill could be gotten through, I had thrown you, aa you deserved, from my room,I Buppoae it would have been wiser for me." He then recitee Boynton's tffjrts to influence him on the MiGarratian claim, and Bjyp, "I leave it for the public to decide whether a lobbyist who works for big jobs at the close of a session of Congress does it for pay or for aentiment." At the conclusion of the reading Mr. Keifer again took the fl jor and said that in conversation with some members he had used tne unfortunate expression that there was a "clique" of newspaper lobbyists. That might have been true or it might not. It seemed to have beeu repeated to General Boynton that he had used the expression. He immediately rushed into tho papers and commenced denying that he was guilty of any connection with the McGarranan claim iuthe last Congress. Certainly tie (Keifer) had not mentioned it up to that time. Mr. Keifer also sent up to be read Mr. Boynton's letter to him as Speaker, asking him to recognize Mr. Bunnell to prtsa the MiGarrahan bill to a vote, and related a conversation in which Boynton told him there was money to be made if the bill Bhould pas3. The resolution was ameucled so as to include all occupants of the press gallery, and was passed. Mr. Boynton denies in toto the charges made by Mr. Keifer. SUEBBAN'M. BLNOLITIOS To Investigate Numberu Oa tinge* Pas** eU bj.tlieNeuntc. , r>Washington, January 39.?In the Senate to-day Mr. Sherman's resolution for an investigation into the Danville, Va., and Copiah, Miss., outrages was taken up. Mr, Sherman led off with a prepared speech in supportol the investigation, in which he held that it was time lor a fall and impartial inquiry into the Danville and Copiah outrages. It the statements published were true, it would be a cowardly shirking of public duty to allow Buch eventa to paes unnoticed, since they would subvert the powers of Republican government and make the elections organized crimes. "No man," he exclaimed, "should be allowed to hold a seat in either House of Congress whose election was obtained by such mean 8." Mr. Mahone followed Mr. Sherman in a carefully prepared and temperate speech. "It behooves me," he said at the outset, "in the name of Virginia to express regret that there should be found in the conduct ol any portion of her constituency occasion for such inquiry as that on which the resolution is in part predicated. J.protest that the real majority of her people are in no wise responsible for the violent overthrow of the civil law and the unprovoked brutal murder of unarmed citizens painfully conBpicuoua at Danville." The resolution was passed by a vote of 33 yeas to 29 nays. Mr. Voorhees offered the following, which was agreed to: "Resolved, That the Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads be instructed .to inquire as to the propriety and expediency of admitting alt newspapers, periodicals and other printed matter to the ma.ls free of postage and report by bill or otherwise." The Senate resolved to attend the funeral ceremonies of Kepresentative Mackey in the hall of the Houbo to-morrow afternoon. The House biUsnukingan appropriation of $3,750,000 for a rebate on the tax on tq^ bacco and $21,905 for the expenses of th? legislature ot New Mexico was oaBsad. Ad journed. The BnnUlugNyaieiu tu bo Prenervfd. Washington, January 20.?At a meeting of the House Committee on Banking and Currency to-day, the resolution of Representative Hunt, introduced last Tuefday, waa diaciieSod, and-with an amendment offered by Representative Wiikine, waa adopted by a vote of 0 to 4. The resolution aa amended declares that the public welfare demands that the benefits of the National banking system be substantially preserved and continued for the time being; provided that this resolution is not tofcbe construed to be a declaration in favor of the perpetuation of the public debt. Konator Stallone Paralysed. Washington, D 0., January 29.?Senator Mahone remained at the Capitol building until 2 a. m. He and two or three other Senators remained in the building for the purpose of putting the finishing touch on his speech to be delivered on Sherman's resolution, but owing to a sodden attack nf Dr>m?fhinc? IiIra a naralvtlf otrntn 0 o'clock bo was unablo to do so. Pflatora-, lives were applied and he rallied sufficient-1 ly to nearly complete his speech and went home about 2 o'clock thia morning. CAPITAL CHIPS, Col. Morrison has completed a tariff bill making a horizontal reduction of 20 percent. It will be considered by the Ways and Means Committee. J. A. Robins, of West Virginia, and daughter, are at the National; John G. Meyers and wife, of "Wheeling, and Albert K. Humphrey, of West Virginia, are at the St. James. Senator McMillan has had John Ringold appointed as clerk of his committee, vice his son. The Senator has nothing to say regarding the reports that his son lias been at college while drawing a salary as a committee clerk* TARIFF TALK. A FRU TRADE M6MBIRHURD FROM. fi] There will iii aTirlff Bill?It will Radie* DitUa. ii The wool Tariff Unit Rot bi InereMfd-Ur. ti Carlisle Don Hoi Kaow wh?| will be j] l)Qne?Aid Br. Uaidall Ii Firm. C I from Our Spfdal CorrerpondcU, 8 Wasuinqtos, January 29.?Mr. Hurd, ol \ Ohio, who ia a member of the WayB and J MeanB Committee, and who haa pronounc- o ed ideaa about free trade, ia of opinion that )j the tariff jig la by no meana up with the j House yet, aa many would have it believed, J but that on the contrary there ia to be a n tariff bill that will provo quite satisfactory. f< "I can't Bay very d? finitely," he eaid, ii "what we shall do in the committee, for we Jj haven't had a general consultation on the a subject yet, nol even a general consultation t( of the majority of the committee. We have talked the matter over among ourselves, 18 one man with another, until we know ; pretty well the standing of each. I know, v for instance, iuat about the viewa and standing of every member of the commit* tee, anu I presume that ia the case til . round. We shall have a meeting of the w committee pretty soon to diBcuBS the mat- P ter, and prepare to frame a bill." a Do you think then that the committee will be able to agreed upon a measure ?." "I have no doubt of it. Just what that rc measure will bo I do not know, nor does ti a?.,UI? 1 ... T I .1-1- 1 ...ijuuu; Auun. i UO *UUW IUJIJ, IlOWOVflr, (fl that whatever the remainder of the coin- p( mitteecan agree upon in tho way of a re- tt (taction 1 shall be content to accept. Of e; course iny position is well understqpd, aa 0i that of an absolute free trader, but Iiflo noi th ? xpect to attain to that yet for som j time; h, but whatever advances 1 eee in that direc* ra tion 1 welcome. 1 am in favor of a bill on n, which the other members of the comnlittee can agree, So long aa it is a reduction )y from the present iniquitous rate I will accept it if it seems to bo the best that can w be had." SENTIMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE. . tv "And do you think that the same sort of spirit animates the other members of the w; committee, Mr. Hurd ?" "I think the other members of the com- gr mittee are like myself, willing to get aa near to their own individual views aslcon- ^ sistent with the general sentiment of tho committee and the country, and let the De matter rest there." J "Do you think that the bill which will be framed will be in the shapo ofahorizontal reduction nr a oonornl i?iwio/?m- -f the prcBent tariff law, article by article?" Btj "That I cannot anawer. except to eay that I should not be in favor of a horizontal reduction. I can only speak for in)self in that regard, though." . M Then the report that Mr. Morrison iB preparing a bill making a redaction of this sort is probably incorrect, is it ?" J of "1 uo not know as to tbat. If he is preparing a bill of tnat kind it ia at hia own p BUggeation. He naa not had any inBtruclion from the committee on the Eubject." pi "How much of a reduction do yuu ex- GC pect to get in a bill that the committee would be likely to adopt?" "That is impossible to anBwer with any- co thing like accuracy. I want to see a re- to duction of one-third in the rates at once, in quite a numbtr of articles placed on the 11 tree list that are not there now, and a gen- ht eral revision of tbe tariff rates. "I don't ill know that we eball gtt bo much aa that, T< but I should be glad to see it." pa "And would a reduction of thirty per- cr cent in the tariff mean a reduction of the \*i revenue in tbe same ratio?'' co "On no. It would not reduce the rev- t* enue bo much; perhaps twenty percent, 2^ perhaps not that much. Nobody can tell ec about that without the trial. Tne revision er of tbe tariff a year a<o made very little re- T< duction in the revenue." iji TUEBUBJECr CF WOOL. bl "How about wool?" "Oh tiiat ought to bo reduced along with pr the other articles." "Then you don't join with Mr. Converse and tho other Ohio Democrats who think T* the wool tariff ought to be increased to its original rate before the tariff of last year?" "No indeed, I am in favor of putting ily wool on the free list. I dont expect to see m) that done this seeaiun, but I think it ought to bp, all the Bame." ou "Mr. Converse thinks that the^ill in- co creasing the wool tariff to the old rite will an paBa the House." . - da "I think he is mistaken in that It may ro' be that there will be no reduction, but bo there will, I think, surely be no increase " wi "What will be the fate of a general tariff Li: | reduction bill when it reaches the Senate?'' re< | "That I don't know, and I don't think di< I that I care very much. I want our own ch party to make a record on the tariff, and I th< I thin* it will. I believe that the Ways and coi Meat's Committee will frame a bill upon of which we can unite, each makiDg some pa concisions perhaps, and patia it through the House, and go to the country next fall upon that record." ( "And win?" , air "Undoubtedly," "While Mr. Hurd is sanguine it is learn- ? ed that others of as great prominence and Jjy political foresight aa he are still determined d?l a3 to the future movements in regard to ,o-;?r Mr !n w?s..:?i .1.11". ?V??. vuxiotu la 1111^9 llUUl* v"' Oera of letters from all paria of the country an asking him what iB to be done in regard to I the tariff. To all of these he replies that e" he cannot yet give any dtfiaite /nforma- Sr( I tion upon iho subject, but bepeB to be able I to do bo at a very early day. He is evi- , 1 dently not yet fully determined in his , xiinil what will be the decision of the Com- cat I mittee or the House on the subj ecu go I .. ' ItASDALL IS BEADY FOR WAR."'- , jj' jjk Regarding - Mr.' Randall's posit ion, itris jjj | stated here that ho has recently expressed e(j himself as determined not to take any steps tin I backward. Ho proposes ta retain a state I of "armed neutrality" until some overt act i is committed on the other Bide, and then ho will marshal hia forces for a war. He inl declares that he stands now juBt where he c]fi stood in the Speakership fi^ht, and oxpects \ja to remain there. That, he saya, was a con* jnj teotof principle, and he is Batiffledthat pa the stand then taken by himBelf and fol- d? lowers was the true one and one which the country detires to Bee followed by the party in power, whatever that party may be. He eaya that the developments of the . past mania boow inai me people deBiretho 1DI tariff to be let alone, and be proposes to do all be can to proyent an agitation of or a At change in the rate. ne ItUOWK. Ilt?* CO. ? be The Jtecelvcr Ordrrwl 10 Knke a Detail* M e<l Ninieiucut. Li Youngstow.v, January 29 ?In the hearing to-day before Judge Spear of the appli- In cation for the dfsjolution of the corpora- de tion of Brown, Bonnell Jc Co., the anawer Bi: of the defendant lately entered waa withdrawn and they were ordored by the court Wl to tile on or before February 25;h a detail- 9r ed etatemont cf the liabilities and assets of 10 the corporation at this time. Meesru. Jones and Murrav and Mr. Henry Crawford, of w Chicago, who represent the defendant in the aciion, state that this order of theconrt dt will be difficult to comply wiib, from the gr fact that for the past year Receiver Fayette Brown baa had exclusive control of all the R company's matter and finances. The ap- th pllcants were represented to-day by Mr. A. m Sr. John Newberry, Judgo Ranney and th Mr. J. N. Tyler, of Cleveland, and Messrs. st Jounson & Clarke, of Youn^town, to TUB UKLLKU OKB. . Nbarp Legal Prediction aj (o ib? KmuKi peclol Diipateh to tM InttUtytnccr. 1'aiiki!iuiiuvq, January 20.?The defense i the Bcioto Lomas cue a'o putting the Mtluiouy In rapidly. The following witrates were examined today: John B. Ijok, Moecs McCann and Mr. McNally, ol Iroolce county, and Mrs. Burt, Mrs. E. I', mith, Mr. Ewlng, and B. W. Peterson, ol Wheeling. All the wltnessta except Mr. 'eterson were passeogers on one or the tber ol the boata at the time ol the col ion. Homo ol tho testimony waa very fleeting, as a number ol the witnesses had ?t relatione in the disaster. Mr. Peteron's testimony wne as a euryeyor, as be lada a surrey ol the scene and vicinity ir the defense. Judge Ferguson's examlatlon ol Mr. Peterson was close and irutlnlxing. J udge Ferguson and Capt lovener have had several passages at rmB, much to the edification ol the speclairs. K?cry point in the trial is being oeely contested by counsel and no idea i entertained as to the linal verdict. atituisuiuws. irtj Acrea of Pennsylvania Town CarltiK la. \VlLKBsniKna. Pa., January 29?An ox insive cave-in occurred on Friday night at reasant Valley, a mining town, a few dies from here, on the Lehigh & Smqueftn na branch of the Penneylvania Kail* iad, Over fifty acrcB of etirface were rected, the ground sinking in some places ,*er two feet with- a terrible crash. The aople were panic stricken, and fled from teir houBi'B into the streets aod open lace to avoid being crushed by the rains buildings which seemed abont to fall on letp. Funuuately, although many of the )U8ea and other buildings were terribJy eked, none fell, beiDg built of wood, and ) one waa* injured. The t fleets of the tiling, however, were disastrous. Scarcea; building in that part of the town has caped. injury and many are totally recked. Odd Fellows Hall and McMullen's store, rojof the largest buildings, wero badly recked, the former beieg Bplit from top bottom. The main street is seamed it? gaping fl buret, tome of them'six or tht :inchts wide. The houses; on the ound.atfVcteil by the pave ill are unto a-' lie and tha^.inhabitants * are m ?vjpg fay. It is expected that other settlements [Intake plactf./T.v ; The cave-in wab not altogether unexcted, for the ground has shown eigna of ttliog /or some time. Abont one. fanned and fifty feet below are Bome abanined workings of the Pennsylvania Coal >mpany, fifteen or tveuty years old, and 11 lurihwr sealing ia expected. THE JlUKkf liKTrfcR. ore Trouble In More for Mr. Hewitt nu?l Otlirrn. ii&ir xuifjw, uduuuty zu.?xae iioei auit Josh Hart, publisher of Truth, newaiper, againet George Alfred Townaend, tiich came to trial to day, promisee to ovoke a family quairel among the Demratic leaders. The gait was broaghtbeuse of Townaend's criticiema od the nductof Truth in publishing the norious Morey letter. Daring Hart'a examalien to day he opened his batteries on ewitt, Barnum ami Kandall, all of whom, i claimed, had tricked and Bold him out the matter. Hart wants $20,000 from iwnaend, in which amount no says hia iper Buffered on account of TowuBend'e iticism. Townsend 6ays the .criticism 13 not published until every paper in the untry imd comm-nted on the Morey letr, and that hia offense was in alluding to ruth aa a paper of no force or-.ii.fluce. Hart at that time threatened genii combustion, but Uually singled out iwnaend aa a Eaerifice. Towneend aaya a counsel has made repeated tlTjrts Jo ingthecasa to trial, but until now aliya met with delaya on the other aide. a tbinka Hart waited in hope of a comomiaa. AUiLrmoici; hokum. ics Tnlco to I'uihiiu her Koiber and ttic Family. Baltimore, Md, January 29.?The fam' of Mrs. William Hall, coneiating of )tber mid iivo children, were again poised to-day and now lie in an unconscious ndition. On Wednesday last Mrs. Hall d her entire' family, excepting oiie lighter, J/zzie, were poisoned and narffly cscaped death. To-day the neighrs found all of them again unconscious, th every evidence of arsenic poison, zzie again escaped.' Suspicion was disled to her and her arrest foilowed. Sbo 1 not deny the charge. Sheis a will/ol ild and bears a bad character. It is suglit she is in a delicate condition and aimitted the terrible crime to rid herself her mother, and that tli3 children also rtookof the food containing the poison. A Cil*e<;f lljdroptioblf*. ^iuttanoocu, Tknn., January 29 ?J. B. npson, a seven year-old eon of a leading izsn of Red Olay, Gi., died to-day of drophobia. He was bitten by a rabid % a month since, but the wouud soon aled and it was thought he had escaped j dar.g?r. vLaBt week his arm swelled to enormous b\z \ and he grew wild and uld bark like a dog and make frantic I'rtH to bite his attendants. He died in >at agony. Victims of? Drnukoa Clerk, ' wLkvblani), 0., January 20.?An intoxied drug clerk at tho small town of Min, on being applied to for cream of tartar, ?bed out arsenic, with which a family mfid'Kulea made biscuit. Tho father, )iher, and several children were poieon, and it waa only by prompt measures it any of them were saved. A Blow to Stuck Umnbllnc, Aluany, n. y, January 21).?A bill wsb ,reduced in the Assembly to-day dicing void "all contract/?, written or verI, for the sale or transfer of any share or treat in a stock company, unless tho rty contracting to sell or transter shall in actual possession of auch stock," etc. UKtHP TKLEURAMSi Edward Hull was family shot at Boom{ton, Ind., yesterday by John Browning. a. coroner's jury is investigating the nelift Olsen murder in Chicago. No w developments?. A wrestling match at Detroit last night tween JainesDufur/of Boston, and J.H. cLaughlin, of Detioit, was won by MclUgbhn. Frank Bennett, in jiil at Fort Wayne, d., lor assault, has conftBaed to the martfrig of PoflSer, in Muskegon, Wisconsin, c months ago. Ten members of the Salvation Army ire fined $3 apiece in Paterson, N. J., for eating a disturbance on the streets, and iir were fined in Bridgeport, Conn. Judge Barrett, yesterday, decided that ider the new code of Nbw York there is ) such crime as assault and battery. The ifinition is now assault in the third deee. At Hunter'a Point, L. L, Charles A.! ugg, who is confined in jail, charged with i ,e assault of Belah Sprague, on Friday orning, has confused that he committed e crime. A large numbfcr of deputy lerifis and constables have been detailed i prevent the lynching of Ra^g. 1 LAND TENURE. EX'QOV. PiKRPONT'S SUGGESTIONS. BrUf lllatory of VTeit Vlrilata Laadi-Sui n ji and p*t?li-an ObllKfd to Pay Two or Thrco Tims tor Tbtlr Liad-Tka Htata of Affilra In fTibiltr Counlj. zt> Iht EUUor of the MtUlvtnccr. Sib:?'The history of the land sytem oj Virginia la familiar to most of your readers. At.the end of the Revolutionary war West AuguHta extended all over West Virginia. In the course of years it wis divided and subdivided into counties, but there were no small political divisions or maps to show where lands were located. The principal rivers and their tributaries had names, and the large surveys were represented as situated on some of theso rivers or their tributaries. This general description, with tomahawk marks on a few tree?, was all that was left to tell where the land lay in a vast wildernets. Theso large surveys were located through a period of two generations. Many s clions of the State were covered three patents deep. In tfle course ol time, as the country became settled on the Ohio and adjacent counties, there became a demand for land. Without knovrledeo of the location of these large surveys, additional patents were obtained for land located within their bound. aries. Men seeding homes settled on email tracts under patents or by purchase. Tney improved their lands by clearing, baildinx and fences. But by the time they became comfortably situated, the owner of a large , Burvey served on them a writ of rj- ctment, claiming his land. Tbe large survey was established; tbe poor man - had to leave or repurchase the home and farm his own hands had made valuable. He repurchased, 1 and scarcely had it paid for a second time until another older large survey was eatab- ' lisbed, aud by the judgment of the court he had to leave, or purcbas* ag^in. Some , men have ma'ie the second and third purchase? olheis, like situated as to title, but the davs of whose manhood wero gone, i had to leave and dio in poverty, broken- ' heartsd. TX1ESS nAIWHDll'J STILL EXIST. This article mayxome to the attention of s)me gentleman in-the State who can give individual instances, with names of persons who have suffered these hardships. I The history will make interesting reading for a portion of the State. But these hardships are now occurring every-year in the central and southwestern patt of the State. Within the laafye&r, I think, I was in the Federal Court at, Clarksburg. Asuitwua being tried to establish a largo survey of 175,000 or 100,000 acres in UpBhur couaty? : perhaps it ran into IUudolph. There were eome thirty or forty defendants and a number of them were present. Thu largs surI vey was established. Many of these poor men had passed the day for hard labor. I Their faceB indicated that the iron had ' passed into their souls. They had to leave 1 | tbv fields of bard toil or pay for tho labor | they bad done in good fiitb, believing tUat they were worsting for tuemselvtB, but thoy i were working for another. 1 I here insert extracts from a letter from Webster county. From the Btyle o 1 the 5 I letter it ia from a highly intelligent man. I It ia published in th? ItVst Virginian of ldBt 1 week. He eays: . . "The lertile mountains htra are covered t with immense forests of moBt valuable * | timber, nine; "waVnut cherry, ash and 1 | poplar. I do not hesitate to siy that there { is more fine poplar in this county than in . county in the Stato. The soil is very fertile in mountain and valley. Buried uuder are I 'extensive beds of coal and iron ore. ] j Some of the latter are Baid.to be twenty 1 leet thick. Tne Little Kanawha aud \ Giuley rivers skirt this coumy resptctirely \ on the north and south, whil* thodajaing Elk traverses it from east to west. Naturally > ibis is one of the richest counties in West ' Virginia, yet wo 6hudder when wo think ' of the condition it is in now. Hero and there ' ia a cabin; here and there a poor ' wretch trying to make an honest living, ? trying to improve the land that be pur- ? chaaed, hoping that when old ago comes ( he may live at oaae. O.d awejmia, tue e faim ib improved. Tue land shark Bays, i Tnat land ib mine, I must have it.' A suit 1 ensues, the farm ia gone, the old man is left to dio in poverty'a embrace. You will J ask why the country ia bo sparsely po u- * lated ? Why the turning out of house and * home of the old farmer, robbing him t thereby of all his hard earned living? Fjr v onoirflp T jtiH ulmnlv rufar tnn *n ?hn lint 8 of delinquent landa returned for last year, 8 which foots up to nearly 1,403,000 acres, t: while the whole acreage of trie county is 1 only 280,000 acres. Can you wonder that c emigration id slow?" '' I b TJIB BT0KY CONXiBMED.. jj Hero the Blory is told by a citizan of the jj county. The county is covered three deep e by patents issued by the commonwealth of Virginia. On reading this letter I turned to the Auditor's report from which the BtatementB in my last were taken. That table shows Webster county, in 1881, returned for assessment 750,748 acres, iu 1882 P 1,224,809 acres, valued at 53 cents p?r acre, ti But it seems the Sheriff, who liyes in Nicholas county, relumed 1,400,000 acres. The value of all the buildings in the county f is set down at $17,829 00. ii Are not thrBe (letaila sickening to a mm c who deaires the welfare of the State ? Yet B these land pirates want a commission of . emigration organized to get unsuspecting L strangers to buy these lands, acquired for Ja small pittance, for which they have no 1 valid title. The honest, intelligent men of 0 the S:ate owo it to themselves, and to these S poor deserving men to whom I referred in my laet, to shorten the statute of limitation 0 and give the settler the land called /or in 0 hia patent or deed?and tax every aero of V these wild landa to its full value, that value F to be ascertained by the value of the seated : lands. I hope the press of the State will 5 ( xprees opinions on this subject and de? ^ manu acuon. i nave mora 10 any. , F: u. Pikhpont. 1 Fairmont, January 28,18S4. ? fflHCOiicnadou tm t'nfcbfn?, P "Washington, D. C., January 29 ?Fred ? IbugW recent marriage haa called atten- ,, tion to another race mix'.ure that haa juat come to light in thia city. John Tinaley, a colored blacksmith, last Thursday took out a marriage licenbe to wed Mattie A. Baker, a a white woman. Thia is Tin&ley'a second _ white wife. Hia first marriage involved a a prosecution under Virginia lawa for misce- \ g?-nation. On Thursday evening the mar. Q riflge ceremony waa performed at the rr house of the bridegroom, and the couple j. settled down to housekeeping. Tinaley is a about forty-five years old and ia very dark i( skinned. His wife,ia from a respectable Delaware family, and 1b about thirty-two. j, J'moiJcnl Jit-fniJaiJon, | Greensboro, Pa., January 29.?Last night twenty-Beven American citizana assembled here for the purpoBO of organizing ? brotherhood, to be known aa the e Great American Protective Brotherhood. 1 The work of organizing lodges throughout c the United States is to be pushed forward, c The members pledge themselves not to 1 Surchase any article of French merohan- c ise, and not to deal with any merchant i who sells or aidB in the selling of articles ; manufactured or prodaced within the i bouudary lines of the French Republic. 1 The oath and pledgee are to hold g wd until < the French Government restored the rights i and privileges formerly enjoyed by the I American beg in France. ( I TUB It. A O. TCLIIUBAPU. 11b Becent A(c??lini-Tli? CoupRDj'i riatm. The announcement was ra&de In the telegraphic columns of yesterday's Int*lh?in. can that the B. A. 0. Company bad secured control o( the National Telegraph Hue. The National Telegraph Company fu organoid about three months ago by some of the direotora of tho New York, West Shore & Buffalo and (he Nickel Plate Railroad Companies, to purchase aud capitalist the telegraph lines along tho two reads, from Naw York to Oalcago. The property, corelMlng of four wires, wrs capitalized forSLOOnoOO O.je-hulf of the stock was held by the North Klver Construction Company, whloh built the West Shore road and owns a m Jorlty of the stoct, aul the other one-halt by the Nickel Plate interesta. The holding of both were Bold to the 11 <1:0. tor $900,000. A special d s.mt iti from Now York to the Pittsburgh Ditfutch of yebterday, g vea th* following poll in from a conversation with Vice-President Oarrett, of the B. & 0. Com- 1 pany: Tho Nitlonal Telegraph Company had four wires between New York and Chicago. Orders hare been issued tor the > ringing ?f twelve additional wlrea. The purcha^ of this telegraph Hue gives the Baltimore & 0 do Telegraph Company a connection with , the Canada telfgraph 6yBtem, which wa? . reached at Datrolt aud Buffalo. We have made coutrac.a f.?r a huge amount of tele- ! grapfi uaterial to ha used in building a numberof new Hues. JustaBBCOnaathefrcstcomes out of the g'ound so that po.es can be 1 set we shall brgin the construction of a line < from New Yoi k t ? Boston and we shall have I another line through the Pennsylvania nil * regions. A contract wan awarded last Saturday for linen from Chicago to Milwaukee, Sr. Paul, Minneapolis and other paints aa far north aa Winning, and as f*r west as Bit- i mirck. We also saall build lines south from St Louis to New Orleans ai d Galve-ton. We snail e8tablish district telegraphs In New i York, Uhlcaga and other oittea forgenera* messenger service, an well as the delivery of t messfgep. The call boxes will have a return e jgual attachment, so that the person Using one will know that hia call baa been received I md is being attended to. e We st ail larg?ly increaie *>ur offices in . New York city when the telephone morapoly is broken by the courts, es I believe it ; will be. Ttero will be an opposition tele- L phone buBinesy, with which the Baltimore A 8 Ohio Telegraph C^mpncy will have largely t to do." 6 Mr. G&rrelt paid (hat although the Haiti* t more & Ohio Telegraph Company is a die- i tinct corporation, iu is controlled by the r Baltimore A Chio Rtilroa-i, which ad-ances j it, the uetgssa^y capital. The pplicy of the . sompany would .a?I^ towns and oiths where, commercial business' lu to be secured. ' Telegraphic competition will not be confined to land business," Mr ' Jarrett aalil; "I nm advised that the cable 2 j eamahip FaradEy will start for this side to i jommence the laying of the new Atlantio : cable by the latter part of February, and the \ jable will be latd and ready for busiueES by ? the firatot August." - It is stated that the c Jt-rn-'y Centre I Hailroad has given notice to the Wes'ern Union tlat at the termination jf the existing contract, which will s^on expire. it will work its own wire.-. It is und?*rjtood that the Jersey Central line will be t operated in connection with the Baltimore & e FJMrt ouofcrM civn.nr.nvui. J I Ilcport* from tun <' nimlHtlou Adx1uii*Iy Awnti??!, j Washington, January 29.?Represent- c iive Mutchler, chaii man of the llousa corn- 1 nitteeon reform in the civil service, talking on the subject, eaii!: "I have been 1 ryiog to get a report from tho Civil Ser- ^ rice Commission for some time. About ,nreo weeks Ago it was promised on 'the ,j .'0;b,' which was on Sunday. Whether i hat waa a joke or not 1 cannot eay, but at 1 ill events the report has not yet put in an ippearance. The country will soon begin { ,o think that the commission have done j nothing worth reporting. If so, tho sooner c ive find that out the belter. The commit- 1, :ee of which 1 am chairman can do noth- [ ng until we hear from the commission. Wo will give them alittle more time and if , lothing iB done perhaps a resolution of the \ Souse maysrtr them up. There are quite ? i number of bills beforo the committee ? iwaiting action and I for one would not J avor their consideration uotil we can ? iBcertain wlmt this commission has to J ihow for the expenditure of the large sums * >{ public mouey in salaries and travelioiz ixpenses ana interference with the work of lerhaps nearly two hundred of the highest :las* clerk*. I "fhe billsalready^ubmitted take ap the [uestion in all its phases. Representatives Jlay, of Kentucky, and Shaw, of Illinois, lave introduced bills to absolutely repeal be act creating the present commission, v vithout eubstitutiug another scheme in its & :ead. There are a'so several plans BDg- a :ested which, their inventors claim, would ostless mon^-y and provo moro tffi rient -j] ban that at-present in existence. But I : ielieve in fair play and the commissioners {' hould have a chance to present the r tide ;( if the case. Gongrw and the people can hen judge for themselves whether the jj rescue experiment has been a success or S l0t" t A. Ml hTnH KtNitf.VH. h ilnuitard OH L? Hcii Km Giiu on iho I'uipir. New York, January 29.?Excitement irevails in the Washington Avenue Bap- . iBt Ohurcb, of Brooklyn, over the resigna- Q ion of Rev. Emory Uaynes. It is unique, j s it introduces the Standard Oil Company n nto* religion. A wealthy member of the I oncreeation is CJhnrlpa Pr??f- * n tockholder in the Standard Oil monopoly. " lis ground of complaint against the a ireacher was that ho devoted too much at- tl ention to eccalar subjects in his sermons nd failed to give tbe mithful a sufficient luantity of orthodox, hard-shell Biptist .octrioe. In his a<ldree9es he has touched tpon social topic?, and at times preached " n political subjcctn, including several v minted tirades in condemnation of mo- w lopoly and centralrzition of power in the ri lands of great corporation*. These re- 21 narks were construed as rcfl aliens upon w ilr. Standard Oil Pratt Furthermore, S he clergyman wrote h novel ontitled '"The w direst in Three," in which the chief ji haracter, ft grasping owner of railroad and * il Btockp, is mado highly offensive as a erspcalor of .his /ellowmen. Mr. Pratt gain recognir.id the picture and renewed loetilitiea with such vigor that the clergy- n nan's surroundings became unbearable. flj Short ill Slid Accounts,& Cincinnati, 0, January 29 ?The trpnr. n rer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton ^ allroad,F.'H; Short, admitted to-night to ^ iVVuy Journal reporter J hat Mr. Sim 5 Iedary, who lately resigned aa payimster i that road, wna phort in hia uccounls. .'be amount of \bi dcfilcation ia not ;no\vn, but there are hints that it will mount to from $25,000 to $50 000, rnottly P oetatfAro. Negotiations are pending be- v ween the company and Medary, which'it 0 3 hoped will result iu reducing the amount a 0 a very small sum, if not in wiping it en- t> irely out. a * B One CentNlliIo Verdict. Fottsvjm.e, . I'a., January 29?Aboct sighteen montha ago Jonathan Meek left fremont under circumstances that oc- 2 :asloned soma talk, and the Mintri Journal * >f this place, noticing the fact, mentioned * lis neglect of hia creditors and the coin- } rtdeut disippiarance of n murrled woman I *rlth whom hia n*nvvbad been Associated. * Meek returned from the West after some * nonthB' absBnc and sued the Journal tor libel, claiming $5,000 dainngee. The case was tried last wevic, and a verdict rendeied , :o-day after twelve hours' deliberation by [he jory in favor of the plaintiff for one ; cent damages and coats, *|, RDSiSIAN PLOi'S. THE NIHILIOrS' GREAT ACTIVITY! Uatuj Lira ttt Hud that Wrati a Crowt-A Plot to Potaoa the llaialau Imperial Paally DU* coTtrtd ? A Pollefaaaa Amulaat?d by JlMtUU ?Troopi ITaati4. London, January 20.?A panic baa txen coated in all departments of the Kioitou Government by the unusual activity of the Nihilists the paBt fetr days. A NihllUtlc plot to poison the imperial fami'jr wfcs discovered thto morning. Since the murder of Colonel So\4 kin the fo6d which is supplied /or use at the imperial table is carefully examined by experts before being sent to the table. This morning the experts, in their u^ual examination, dfecloeed the fact that the bread which was intended for ubo At the Imperial breakfast table . van thoroughly impregnated with strychnine and a hinall quantity of the bread eaten by \ person would produce death. Almost immediately on the head oi this (llapqyery telegrams were received,' one announcing that a. policeman named SobielofI had been murdered by Nihilists at Kharkoff ?arly this morning, acd another saklng ;hat troops be sent at ohco to quell the In* mrrection. TUB LiMU <>r THE NP1IIHX. , . V B - ??....... ? ? ? w. ?' ?' nntUKCa OI ?1 Obrfd. o London, January 20.?A refugee Jrom SI Obeid, who has arrived at Khartoum, eporta that he Baw Major Von Seokendorf tabbed to death while on a bed in a hOB>ital. Edmund O'Djnovan, the coiTepondent of the Daily Newt, was. killed lear General Hick*. The reat of the Euroleans belonging to the army he b iw lying lead. After the bittle htteaya El Mahal old large quantities of watch?H, rin^a and he like. The Shiekh of K Obeid haa umtnoned Khartoum to surrendered avoid iloodBhed. The town iaqulot, .but' the soltiers are clamoring for pay. The arrival if General Gordon ia anxiou>ly:awaited., lB8aein Paeha is cffaring obairactlpn to very meaeure.. h- -. Kntlonnl Lvngue i Dublin, January 29.?The proclaimed National L-ague meeting at CaitUfWellan v lasbeen held despite the preaence'of 1,000 roopa and a large iorce of police.. -Mr. Small, the well known Nationalist, was the irator of the day. - t: : CABLE^PLASHBa. Permission to erect a monument (o Luherat Riga haa been refused by the Rosian authorities. The Spanish Government has resolved o carry out the treaties of commerce with England and the United States. It ia rumored that the British fleet in the Mediterranean will be ordered to Alexantria in view of the unsettled condition of Egyptian cum re. The circulation ia forbidden in France of ho book containing articles from the S'ouvclle Rivue, bo grossly libelous'of the ?erman Imperial family. . A duel with pistota was fought at Paris fsterday, between Viette, of ihe Chamber f Deputies, and Graa, editor of a provincial lewspaper. . Nobody::i The funnral of the murdered detective, J'.ock, at Vienna, yesterday, was attended >y an immense throng of people, Wreaths n groat numbers were placed u^on'tjie offin. The murderer has shown.such vioBnce that at timca it is necessary "to place lim in irons. k'.' r . ? The Times, in 8 leading nrticle, says the act that Biron Rothschild has lent the ?h<uUve nearly a million pounds, implies , onilcienco among financiers since England laatqken E^ypt .in hand* and will see her afety through her troubles. England can iot retire now without exposing E^ypt to a ?orso condition, of anarchy thanr that rhich prevailed under Arabi PaBha. IJJ .T11K CI.A.H-* WOIlKKISV. teller That nti Aijri*mcnt linn Bc?o Readied at Pi(CkburKb.,<> :i v ~ Pitteuueqii, January 29 ?The confernoa onuimldoM iYtn w!ni?A?? rorkers and manu'acturers, appointed, to ettle the wage8 difficulty," mado another* ttempt to-day to effect a.EettlemenL The ommittees were ias-'Baiou from 2 o'clock tiia afternoon until lhlJOto night.. When tie meeting adjourned t lie mem bers refueed a talk, but from outfido sources, believed o be reliable, it waa learned that an agreeaent bed been zeiclud, ei.bj^t to a ratifiation meeting to b^ held uext Saturday, 'ho baBiH of BtiUlemeht could not .he aacerained, bnt great .'concefsidDB are said to. ave been made on both aidee. -; -4 * rive M[vn Ullltil b/ l>jrnniult?, . St Paul, miss, January ?9.?a Globe pecial from Winnipeg sayj that newa baa ast beon received ol a terrible explosion ntha Canadian Pacifi: railway east of, 'jrt Arthur. The explosion occurred on >ie 22ad, at Fay ?fc Mclennon'a contract. t waa caused' by dynamite cartridges left earaBtove. Five men wera killed .Sjd-ey|Fay, Jrs. E McGilivriy, John - A. IcDougal, John BurbaukFay and Magnus IcUluro. The lint twoliv'e.t ihree hours, iie others were IcilMm-itamly. ,,, . i NorlonH Ki>11 ronil Aec'dcnf. Chattanooga, Ts.vn., January 29 ?The est bound passenger train on the Naahille, Chattanooga /St..Louie railroad,. i;.j hich loft -here at A a.- m to-day,'ran Into a' ' '-] ack which bad fallen on the track, a; out 3 miles from here, and a serious wivt k ai the conspqnence. Engineer Dick nrrel was killed','-add fireman Flan?gan as fatally, and a brakernsn B*riou%ly:inlred. The conductor and five traiu bat.da ere badly hurt. . v?Y^<v In ?rnulB?TCU eBecepln. . . Washington, Januciy 28,?I he" state* lent of receiptscf internal revenue for the ix raonum enajng January i-^QwaifW,30.000, BjwinBt $73,000,000 for tho same eriod IflBt yenr. Th1a ratn \rtuld cause a i'Hdk off for 'ho entire year r! $?G lKiO,UOO. if thia total for th? Rixmon'bB $>8,000,000 ras from epirlts, $0!2c0,000 from bet?acd13,250,000 from tobfvco.' > ' ^*T' r'' Al'ofttoUlco KobtiMl, Chicago, January 28,?Tt?: B&fejintfce OBtoflice at Blue Ida ad, one of the.Bonlh eatern euburba olthisj cit^'^aa*'tflowh pen laBt night, and-in addition to B'ampa ud money ol tho -'po&iJGcp,. aomeof'tne Dwushij) funds, stored in thes eafe, were lso carried off. The value of the plunder ecured by the tli'eve is placed at $2,000. A Hank itnMkoeff. , *V' ; Cincinnati,', OJanuary 21) ?The Citi?na' National Bank of thia city haa been mnkoed to the amount of Sd890. oa a aiped check, which, waa Bold by a. nico roungman on December. 27-1),. in. favor oi dre Gfor?a West, of New York, but caah>d by the Chemical Natiotwl Dunk of the tamo city.' ; - ; ; The Femoda tVtf lljiiablo,'&*}]hv..'Oy?f?r?, be floiBt ny-n-raJn the.flo?}^ al per janrt, ?t Ha'fi:ed & HantflanV, o-jruar Oaapiae and JixUjuqVi Si? *clsd raUa tQ iKtradv . y*,.' I-'; ;:'.w .. iv.-.