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I il* ^4^4. >ik_M ^ i ttttfc V^XLV?._\?. 1-1,310. NEW-YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY li), 186a PRICE THREE CENTH. TOKY PLANS FOR IRELAND. PREPARING THE SPEECH OF THE QUEEN. .AitriAI. BBBEWAL OK TIIK OOBBOIAB BILL?M1X UrntBB TBBBATBBI I>? THK J.oYAL OTOO*. London, JBB, ls.?The royal Hpeeili wnn drafted at tho meeting of tho Cabinet to-day. I/ord Kau dolph I"limehill overcame tho demand td arerilon.fi the Cabinet Unit tho whole Cointon Act be renewed. Thc Government will rely ujum a division of tbe Liberals to secure support of ita Irish proposals. It is staled that the Governnieut will at the earliest liionient Introduce a bill In Parliament making boycotting a felnnr.enlari.inj. magistrates' powers of suininary Juris? diction, and otherwise strengthening tho criminal law. Ti.e introduction of this measure is said to hure beeu de? rided upon at tbo Cabinet council to day. The QnBlB sent lier private secretary. Slr II. F. Pom snnhy, to Mr. Gladstone with a letter on thc I ri sh altua tlon. Ihr St. Junes'* oairttc says: "Tho Queen's speech to l>e delivered to Parliament ou Thursday will denounce the National 1-esguo aa an unlawful organization and ask rarii;ui'.ei:t 1t support a bill either for regulating the League or suppressing it." The members nf tho pre.ent aud la .t Ministries havo received letters threatening retaliallon with dyuatuito jf the ii eivioii policy lu Ireland ia adopted, ur if homo rule for tliat country 1* refused. This afternoon'* Poll Mal! Cosette, gays there is no foundation whatever for tho rumors current that tbe Government will resign Immediately ou the retisseuibliug of Parliament. lli.Li'AM. Jun. 18.?A groat meeting under the aus? pices ol tho Loyal and Patriotic Union waa held here to? day. A resolution was adopted protesting against the p_MM_d by Parliament of any measure granting liome rule to lrelaii 1. M,my delegates from the Non li of Ire? land wen- prceaaL a raaolauon was adopted dm lartag unwiTMii-: loyalty lo tba throne; denouncing the * on ninon ??! Ireland from the Union ; leftisms: to raaogaiaa hu Irish I'ariiameut if one should be csttihl'.shed ; sol? emnly protesting atvuust the " pernicious and unmoral pi..cti es nf tba so-called National I-eatcne "; summoning tue lioverniin'iit to enforce Ihe laws and to suppress UU Joyallv iiinl teliellioii and to protect Ibe lives and lilicr ties of Ihe peaceable and ludtistrious aubjeets at the O.i.ieu. I'nKK, Jan. in.?A meeting of the tenantry of the Earl Of Kingston'* Batata Baa been held at Mitchellstown. It w?? res 'Ive t to present a BK Sort al to ibo Church Ceia* missioner* who ala lue MWHai_MH af the estate to com? pel Hie landlonla to concede a reduction of SW per Cent in ri nt. In the iLcantiuie the tatiania will prevent fox li ti ii t in t.- un the ctatato, rrrnse to jiay tlieir rents and ap? peal to llirlr iriends in America Ior money to prosecute the campaign against the landlords. --? BISMAKCK'S GUATITl'Di: TO THI. POPE. London, ,l;in. is.?A sensation han beea treated by the publication of the letter from Prince 1>i" BHWtk to the Pope, acknowledging the receipt of tlio decoration of tha Order of Christ recently conteired ou tho German Chancellor by His Holmes*. Tho lotter lukins by, audre*.*.ng tho Poi?e us ?? Sire" and Fays: " Your kind letter and (to Bacall oe have greatly gratified myself and Hie Cuipcror William." lt then goes on to alate thal thc l'op.<'9 words that tho papacy means to firactsie the works of peace first suggrsted to Prince lisn.a.'cg, the idea of seeking the mediuiion at Iii" Hollins.* in thc Carolluaa queation, aud hi dafareaea to his lailli inui uuwe.iUene.l confidence in iho Poor's ele vuteil views ..nd impartial,ty, lie selected tbe Pope ,. tbo arbiter or tbe ?ii_>pute. Germ.my and Spain bave nu callee to eon,plain of the terms of the protocol and the ef? fect of the mt diaimn will belaatlOC Prince Iii*iii:irck will not necleoi chance, to ntte*t his lively gratitude, lithest devotion am] deep, st r."-peet for Bia lin.in s* 111 the future, i lit-letter is signed " Your very buuibiu servniit. Lloma lek." ,-?. 0HCCB3X BDSBBAIBTV OTKB BUBBAH. LONDON, Jan. lH.?Loni BbUB-IU. liastMU oenied V rec j.,'.i./.j l.il-i.i a* no:niual su/.er.ilii over p, n nu.ib on tba condition that Ul I Pekin Government aii'iiilon its claim ta tr bute from Iiurmili ant open tue Catboat fraud r to Hntiob traded at 5 por cei.t ad vu l-iieiii dir.ita, except on niiiuin. NEWS VOTE! PBOB LONDON. LO> DON, Jon. 18. Mi /./ii I i OH l? OO*.? lue police autboritl.-s have in dend nat ali dogs bo uiiut.rd for a lui th i tel in o'. nxiy daffi RBBBAB1 nir.'iM rni-'iN -Mr. Stead, Editor of TE* Cull Mall Oaatttt, whu tu Ratatnmat waa aeai-taeed to brea in i, i t.H* iiiiin iso n mon l for iii . con_.ee; io ii vin li tbe I. ii ia A: matron^ abdueliou CBBB, was taleaaai noni prison to? day. ALl.tc ii !' 'i.ni?' vt. Lmr.L.? The trial of tbe case of a laborer. Kenny, waa ls charged with libelling Mr. II"\veil, Liberal Member of Parliament for ti.e Nottb west Dirleton nt bethnal oreen, was began lu-uaj. Kfiiiiy a lette ;. thal Mr, Howi ll had appropriated money lu ."libing to tau ga* stoker.' (BBd to bis personal use. '-? COSFl.P.I.NCE OF METHODISM IB MIJXI'O. M; ai." i, Jaa. 18. via (i.livest un. ? Tlic teeOBd annual co.ifereuce of tim .Methodist Episcopal Church, wl.ich has been lu*rs-i,;i for several days lu thia city, a.jour.ic.l to-day. Three presl ling elders of district* weie app.iimed. lhere were no cbanire* lu the rest dene a vf Uta Ai.u ricii'i BBtaatoBartoa, bul uroral of tba iiaiivr pi ???<?? ?:* .vero ebaacel. Biabop Coater will Hail for Now-York to-inorruw ny way ol \ era Ci ur. ?ud llavau i. _ _ JAY UOUUfffl YAClir. NAMAU, H. I'., Jan. 12.?Jay Could'-; yacht Atalanta arri red bera lo dar with Ci'- owner and party on Sjoaid. BIM alu hoi eil just lu l'lo ti.e liar. ? -o INCIDENTS IN TBE DOMIXIOB MusriMAi, J.;u. ls Sin-i-ff).- The Wahl- ill lin- imi- eoiiliiiiieil to rioa steadily until about noon to? ri.iy, wlien :t i, iii lund stationary, and at 4 p. m. lt be. gui to ratal d?. Tli" un ts lu low-lflBB <U-t r.t-ta are B'-Min iBBdBdi un' Ul some of the Bl BIM the wa'ci ll u fe.e menes ,,linv, the Iii*! floor. Several public in-l;tti tion* \Miieb wara np b for tba Bret itaa jri Karda; bara again i>e.a closed, owing to furnace* halag overflowed. The ll bc .ult of Ton.saint Antoine IL I.:.flainine, ex Mn.>iei ut Jnatlaa aod Attorney-Genera), agalaet Tke Taranto Mall waa couclnded to lay, lue Jury a ward I ok tho pi;ii ,t.;i $10,000damaava, t'.e fall an*aan| 3heM'il charged Mr, Lalliinme with liav.u_: tampared * lill tho i BlIot-lMX. Halifax. Jaa. 18 lEpiatai). \ dlapatch ttam Cast lattatBW, P. c. l., says that t!,e OovBraaiesI has ap ] i I'.' i: i Sullivan a-i'l 1'rovili iii-reietaiy Iit gu.son a ilele^*tijn to urge the tapalla] authorities to ?oui]K'! the DooMataa Pararaaiam io fulfil t_a terms of the conreile.'.ii'.i.ii by piWTltUaf fm Pi li.ee Kd ward Island (laiiv nisii mid paaaeBiat eamBBBloatioa iu winier. Tktalbvoivoi iii.- pioiiu-m of ihe aarlgatloa of Um Ku,ills oi Ni,i li ini'ien uni when blocked with ice, which the liomiiiioii l.oMliiineiit lina so far foiiii J to Le BB I IB ffaaalMlitjr. WiMii.-i... h. (int., Jan. 18.-Keoently a Mi?a Collins died and wa? our,ed herc. A I .y or two aga tho body was taken up prior to its rem iv.il to another buriKl IiIhco, when the <h?eovery was made that tho roana woman had lu cn buried alive. OaUMBYILLB, OWL, Jail. 18.-A dynamite e?rtil'l/e juaced ut ihe door of the Ba use of Paitoa Ka_totrM? Moor ye .ler.lay exploied, causing great limBBB lo tho biiiliiiiiif. Nntio.ty u.is hint. Mr. Boara Baa maa*) in? flict mir flues tor breaches of the Beau Tanporaaea Act. OTTaw.., Ont., Jan. lt.?TBa stateiuent of IBa chat? tel el h.itika of tho IJouiininn sbiws ass. ts of tSS7j*A*SM!7, and liabilities Bf fll7.ilO.T51. an l?. 8aaaaaadfl2.076.03S la assets nnd at f 12.065JI15 fa liiuiiitles as c.pared with tho statement for th" mouth of Ucaaaabar. i*xi, .? ~a nUOMBBia OffOABLBBBWBi OintAl.TAK. Jan. IB.?^Balara hos alBMBt entirely ill*. appeureii ti inn the vicinity of (ilbr.ilur. The town lt scii is healthy. OBBBfABTBMTUL JBB, If, ffrtlBB Alexiunler, of Uni g:ir;a.ha> tale_rapbad lo tbe Perte declaring that If Kin* M ian iii*i?i*on Bacbarral i.i mu ahaeoa ?* the piara ?r BegotiaUou for uaaee ha (tha Prloe*) win a, htioniriv Insist lhat hophia should he selected. Pali*, jan. ltf 0metal AaOaaiwy.the ffiwaahraaa, maud, r in A nain, baa been recalled, lils pl.ae will be taken by lieuerai W.irnet. OltBO, Jin. 1-..-A party of Bedouins BttB-kad the flHaarraat Lakkahta,fourtaaa miles from thi., ny a foi e.- of rebels u advancing agalusl tbe Indian jjurriauu at MaaaawaB, Paiu*. Jan. 1*. Tne eomialtt-e. of the Chamber of I>e| utbs has uppr..n<l aire.ityof commerce with the llttiisv.ial ou the u.<i*t favmeii uattou baals. lill HliiliKliV CASI'S IN OHIO. Com ..nu k, Jan. lu (Sprcitilj.-A'tif s|i<-iial House coiumateo appointed to iuvostlguto into the ?barges of lu,b, ry against four meiulfers of the present House of P.epr. seiitatlres, who were also meinbors of LWIth (.curial Assembly at which time Henry B. P-<yne was rle. t.,1 to the Senate of tho DaltBf Mate*, will meat lo -morrow evening for orgnulzutlon. Colonel B. K. l>ou*v)n u expected here BB Weducsday la re ****** to ? .ni,, ? M Sint to hlm by xiiomaa A. Cowglll, Abaiin.iin ol ii,,, committee. Ii is probable that Colonel uiu,i\'t,)l'.ui',Ut>t'>ir 0"B?aaatl Da_M?aL who him in fcc ni i tl "' '""*? k""Wledge on the subject, will tifi.X . ,*l0r<' >'"? ?"U mutee. Colonel Woolly wss fra.- ,.!?. "1V,t1t",|M" ?? XE* meihoilsof thebemo 2iii^!?i?,*r**__!__??*,?' hi*1 f''". ??|(1 ? ?v Hm, , ??..'." Who have ni the pant profes*e.V to Li a xi 1\ _^r_S"? *n"'*in' "f Inforinatiou '?? thia sub C. tol^1y___,_i_5 ^ ,*""* u* li ?commiuee.whlch *? vasen a u .k ut no small proporlloiis. ABliLSTKD FOB BU ll LIZ LIN (I UAllGTNB ^bw-JUvkn, Jan. 18 (SpeeUtD.-Vrsok E. "??a.?t?bebac_at.,hoi>l?telT ran br ffiskeend Kel logg here, was arrested to-day for ombe/.r.Hng.the money which BathOatteadea had put up with him to buy thirty .shares of Pock Island stock. When Crnttenden enw a profit he told Flake to sell. Fiske pocketed the proceed*. He was amalad In P.aflord today, ami upmi being brought here he settled up bv paying back tlio rotir poiut murdin which Crutteudeu had put up and thu costs. * BLOWN OUT OF SIGHT. THE PILOT OF A TOOBOAT DI-AII'KAlts IV AN F.X PLOBIOV?SKVKIJAI. MKS IIPUT. PlTTSBUBO, Jan. 18.?The Blinni tug Moline was lying in the Allegheny P-lver thi* morning prepar? ing to take out an empty barge, captain Keans and Fireman Higgins were tying the rubles on the barge, Pilot Davy was at the wheel, and engineer Kvans was in the ougliie-room. A deck-hand hauled on the ropes amt when everything was ready the Captain gave tho com? mand to swing the barge out Into tbe channel The pilot bad given bis wheel a few turns when suddenly there was un explosion-.a sharp, loud report?that shook the houses along tim river bank. The body of a man was seen flying through the air surrounded by a thousand pieces of tug? boat. The fireman was seen to fall, struck down by a (lying piece of the pilot house. The air was full of riving splinters. They covered all the barges in tho neighborhood. Pieces of tbe bo:ler fell far out on land. Flying bricks dropped lu the yurds of the houses back from tiie river bank and went crashing through a door panel 3<K> yards away. Tho s ifety valve was found li lng in a yard 1.000 feet from the boat; A frightened man. iho eng!Beer, was seen Issuing from the cloud of steam and smoke and s! niggling through it to Ihe deck of the steamer. 'Hie iiremau was lying ont on a barge writli lng in agony, lils back had been broken. Captain Braal was bleeding from cut* ou the head and tue pilot was lyi.g di ad In the pilot-lions.?. In le. s limn a minute ti'o boat sank iu the river leav? ing not, In. visible but min ii recked corner of the pllot hi.use and the high stern uyoi. which the name of the built stood mil above the v,aler. CaptalB Brana was able to walk and hts sun, the engineer, was scar, ev in? jured. Tbadeek-baadaeeraped with a few scratches. Pilot Davy's body must have been frlghtftilly mangled ; with hi* hand ou tl:e pllel Wheel at the tluie, there could hare been noeeeapa 'Hie wheel had bren blown in numberless pieces. An eye m iiuess vi ho was standing un tbe balik al tim time saul that Ilo saw thc body ot a man hlg'.i in lha air. bin where lt went he did not know ll? either fell back Into the Willer near tho barge* and drifted mulei- thens, or his body wa* thrown out Into tho cliannel, where tha swift water boie it down the stream. Til- exp'osiiii la supposed to hara baan canard br ice in the feed pipes. The hollers were lu goo i cm,Inion. SUSPENDED POE KISSING, uv. MBAKT mi harm, uti mr: PBBTTT PIBl WAA TOO Si HOM. A 1 IMP. AI ION. PlTTSBUBO. Jun. 18 {Special).- A little kiss? ing his got tWB members of the Climb. I laud Pr? byteriau Church of McKee*port into trouble. Tho mem? bers arc a Mr. KodHrmour, a trustee Bad alee Iii ancm! secretary of the chun li, and Miss Woolley, who slugs In the choir. Mr. Podntmoor's worldly occupation is that of sewing machine agent ano Miss \\ i elsey waa hi* eni pince, l.odarniour has a wife and a llllcen-yeiir old daughter. Ile was caught kissing nnd i uibnicing Miss Wonlsey. Loth mnde public ccnlcssions and were sus pended iiidetlnltely. If they reform they will be re'n stated. Pastor Willingham s .id : " My last twa predecessors ware coeiil/aiit nf unpleas ant rason eeueeralaa Mr Bagawa at amt Mice Waal Bay, The relations continued for about four years, lim yoong woman had been en.plnj i d in iio.lai molli's ortlce for abont a year and a half. Acting ou my advice, she has left Koilarniour'a employ." I lie lat tar la a handsome mau of tblr! v-tivc, with blue eyes anti a blonde mus? tache. Ile .-a,d tnal hu wife vi a* tillich Wanted over the atl.ilr. Four years ago they Joined UM church. MUs Woolsey -.v.is then in Ihe choir. His wif.- becoming BB Invalid, Miss Wo.dsey lr iiueuiiy viMi.d Bar. Mie and Badartaaat beeani fast Maadi and frequently took walks togethir, but desisted upon hearing 11110:1.j,li iiieiilary ivn.jiks made ly friends and neighbors, lie admitted lhat he could tot withstand the tanpiston af ki?slng a pretty girl. This und the act or Baale Ung her to put ou hei i vi rahoaa, s.iid Mr. Badanaaar, tam** -tba present ti millie ? Ti:VI.st: TIMES A! SKA. K sc hoon: ra Di ? h- l .,:: i-.--? i'.i; r nOCBfl D.tDKfl HAIKU IV A III Illili ASK, Cbablbstob, s.e.. Jan. 19 S*fe*titil).?Tbe (choooai Fm..... L. rolltngham, Captain somers, after a most perilous pas.iage. ni rived I ere fr.un New-Vork, on taadny nitiit. ( aatala loan i - re; oi ts tiiat he toft >*-.oy Hook nu .lunnary 0. Ou tho night of the -in, when in iall iuds.ii . ii, north, longu mle 35 , (O'Weat, he em omi tercd a gale from thc eeathweel whit b ihlfted lathi Braal aad Itu r iat_ed m force aatll ll bec une a 1,11:1!. aaa, lt wai accouip .med willi hall and sim 1. BB I Intro sc en:,;. Tiie barometer fell to 29.0L The Wind ipili ?i no or UM sails of the schooner a.id athen wer- blown away. Tho bulwark, were stovo m. The cargo of Baal iBIItad, giving the v."?*el a ho.ivy list to part and for forty-eight non* har daahl wan under water and everything ?arabia was washed away. Blngbolu and laablaga wen Marted, ai 1 o'clock aa the BMratag ef tbe 9th la tha height at ilia barrteaae ?ad wbea Ihe oflleen aad Iboenw ie,-ie ?? n nigh worn out BBd chilled tliro.lgll ulta col I, tin- forward hn...r caught Hie, Il was no easy natter to e I tlngili-li it. In the afternoon tii? wind nodal atad bat UM *'?;, r. male ??'? high ami the vessel labored lieavily. BE8CUED ffBOM I Bl I in<. illlP. Captain liicheaei gad twelve of the ship w nekad e.e ,t nf the iii nish ?_> 111 j ? .'. -ii^i ere arrlred ye, ledca) on Ihe Havan 1 BteaSMI Kai port. The k ihgTOTe Ballad from Port Olaaguw aa Oatohei 31, fat nt Joha, N. li., nilli 000 lon* of sand ballan! Oa liccembei 19 sll" Wa* eau gil, lu a t.-lnp ral Od 'ape Hat tc rn-, wiien the sand shifted nnd the vessel was thrown ,.n ber starboard baan eada, a,ul logan to le.ik A ri iee! waa lighted the following il iy and arraagenents weir m..do to abandon the wreck, when the reeeel wblcb they hoped woald n cue them wrnl off ig.ini. (in i iccin ?? 1 Tl. In latitude 30?, longitude BU , the ero*, sereiiteen In all, were taken oil by tba Ausi.i.iu burk Poi.en, noni Philadelphia 1 1 Ihe Mediterranean. On Jabuary 2 thej wen tia,-ni mi io tim Uerwafl ataataai Caatlna, and lauded ut ii_i\ ,11,,iun January 12. INOCIHI.su isl" TER VIRCIRRAT1 FRAUDS Colubbob, Jaa. 18 {Bpgsuttt.--Tbe Honae Cotnmltlee on Privileges uni Flections will on Wednes? day begin au lu . e-tigatlon on the fraadaef the lalo rice Hon at Cincinnati. This Investigation is made on thu ground of a contest l?et ween Hubert Harlan (Pep.) and a. p. Batterleld iHoim. in (bli cur all of the laetUaaay has bern reterreil to the above coininll tee, ami Hie J>.-iu Berate or DaaiUtaaOaaatj da not teen to ba ?ag.r for au Investigation. In order to gel out of nu inve ,'igittlon many lea ling Da_laerats havo advised Mr. liutterlleld to rei,.gu his seat In the House of ICejire*enlatives, It he .lois ;e.-un ii win um prereut the it ipablleaai from showing up tim tuelics of the Hemocrats. Ci">( inkati, Ohio. Jan. IS,?AB BBBIBBl proceeding oc eiirred to-day before Jedga Bu rh Walter, of lue Court af < .min,on Ficus, tn the hearing al h<* ena toa tad election In which Boetlger la endear ort ng to gal Um oilier, of ('ninty Treasurer from Katiermaii, who has tho Mild cate of i-leciloli. Atiallidavll nu* ll,en nutt wi ek by p.maiman, nib gmg tim* Judge Buahwaltor was nafll to try tba eaeo and .1.kin., a change ed ronna The lodge ref need the motion. Whaa tha eaea was cullen to nay. Rat term au's ai lorne) showed a ireaeerlpi from the cieik or Puller County, that the c,i*e was docketed there and eat for trial, lt waa atated that ob saturday night, on BB iitlid.tvli by Ka lermaii tliat no judge In Hil* county waa flt ta try the sase. Clark naltoa rerUfled tha aaoa la tbr pinier Conni] (curt. Judge Bachwaller dleeon* linnell the hearing and said he would appear In the lint lei County ('uuu v. in u thu case caine lo Oe beard. MUBDEBEE BPPS LYNCHED At LAST. Vivjfxsks Ind., Jun. IH.- Holly Kppa, tin murderer of Farmer Hobson, baa expiated his crime. About midnight lust night a cruwd of masked men, cany):.g sledg' hammers and other implements, marched down Mxth-sL toward tho Jail. Their masks ware nothing morn than bandanna handkerchief*, but each face was so carelully covered that ldcntillcutlou was Impossible. They met two policemen, who ware Iiercinptertly ordered to go homo. Tho policemen dis appeared as If by ii aglc. Hefused admission to the Jail by tho sheriff, they smashed lo aplin ter* the pine door and entered thc ballway. The ivie bing party struck a light, Turned Into tho parlor, grabbed HhenlT Heddie _BBffBI and pushed him into au adjoining room,slammed tbe door lu his fnce.and gruffly in dei r.I him to keep quiet mid nay lu his room. They then battered down the huge Irau cell doors and soon got Into BBMrl cell, and uiieeronioulausly Jerked bim froBi lils bed. Fops yelled and howled like a maniac at the sight of tbe strong men who bad come to take bis lire, bul a blow In tbe mouth silenced him. It was the work of a moment ii, drug him outside, and he was soon banging from the limb of a tree lu tho yard. ?-?* EHWAHD TAYLOR'S liol SHH K Killi AND WIFE. Wilijmantic, Conn., Jan. 18 (Special).?Ed? ward Taylor employed aa lils housekeeper for many years Mrs. ('lara Itrowu. Shortly before bis death last, fall be deeded a large share of bis property to ber and tben secretly married her. He bad been tailing tn bodily and mental health for a long time. Kiuluent professional opinion pronounced him unfit to make a property trans? fer or niaiilage oontraat, so both acta wore coniested. The case attracted much attention because the family was well known, and me general belief waa tbat Tay? lor's children bad been made the rle ti ms of a scheming woman. A settlement was effected to-day on a compro? mise b,i*t*. Thr Tarim- calala pay* Mrs. IJrowu Sl.^OO :u consideration of which she conroys thr property deeded to her and rellaqnlabei all claims on the estate. BA I ERO A II IS TEEEB TS. ANOTHER PTAB AT THK TRUNK PINES. PfllLADELFBIA, Jaa. 18 (Special).?A uiei-t liiK between leading olliclals of the Pennsylvania Hall road Company and prom'.neut shippers of coko railed for In Pittsburg on Wednesday next will be the most Im porlont that these iBtolBBBI nave over held. Tbe policy of the Ballimore and Ohio Railroad Company, lt ls threatened, will extend to tbe coke trudie and thus mako another stab at not only the Pennsylvania Rallro: d Co npaiiy. but at the Vanderbilt trunk Illira through the Pittsburg and I_uk* Erle and the NfeKoesjiort and Youghl ogheny Railroads which are owned lu tue majority of the stock by the Vanderbilt interests. The situation in the mke regions at this time, when higher wages a e no? rn indrd and strikes have occurred, ls such lhat tho Baltimore amt Ohio by lower rates nf freight wi.I enable the coke shippers to grant tbe demand for luureasotl wages snd Hud a market for their product at the rx pensr of the ihlppon over the other lines. For several years Hie three lines mentioned have been lu a pool sinning an equal psrcstitiiga of the traffic. lt has been hoped that tbs Baltimore and Ohio would be content to re lu jin a member of the coke pool and in lhat way ob? tain ns co-operation lu the soft coal pool, but recent de? velopments trad to show that tho Ballimore and Ohio ls not illip.d to eater Into a i omi,in tt ion of any kind with trunk lino*. Pun mi i.cnn, Jan. ll (Special).?Passenger Agent J. R. Wood, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, s.ihl tins after? noon | ?? What the Baltimore and ohio is trying to ret at is to work dissatisfaction among other linea because we will not permit it to bulbi up a business over our lines nine:, lt would lr msfer tn Ms own line aa soon as lt ls eenptotad. Thia jrar .laen aeCaaxnal te aaythlaa ex pret aa aa ezaaaa for tha hean to Bannar tba market, and those i si linnie* made at the transfer station at lt.il llnan ladiaaia that Um Hallinan and Ohio la i.ot car? rying mom lh_ni ten passengers a dav out of New-York :i;nl Philadelphia through Baltimore for Hie \Se?i." ? THC THUNK LIBBI BAVS NUT MPT Till. CUT. Thc Trunk LtflBB BB yat lian- taki'ii no nti-ps to meet thr lover through passenger rales to the Wm ?BtaMlaBed bf the Baltimore and ohio, and tbe time for holding a Hireling of tHo Passenger OanntttBB is *tl!l lu deflalte. TBa general cxpei-iaii.ui ls that tho pool roads will try to make a solution of the dlfltoalttea by reducing secnnd-cls>s r.ites. These raws hy the dittcreniial fare routes aro on the tiasi* of J17la Chicago, tho flr?t-<-l?sa fare basl* lui: g -si | .Vi. Hollers ol second-class tickets aro not entitled to Hie privilege of *li.rplng car accntn nodatlaaa, area ir tbay ire wining to poy for them, but they go on the same trains as Ilisl-rUss passenger* do. a good buainees i* sun bein.- secured by tbs Baltimore and ' Ihio rn.nl, and it reported Mile* of abonl ISO tickets on Petunia)' and over inn vcslerdav. Oeneral Passenger a gem Lord, who wae expected tobe I.ere to-day ls not llkel) to come, aa be la busy wltb arranging ta care far tte western and toathwnten travel Hom Ballin., rr. Tho large laereaae Ib th., number of paaeeaaew has eic,ile,! a good dena nd for rai*. .Mr. Poid telegraphed to Oeaeral Baateru p.i---n, n- Agent Craig heie thst ho was to push baataeea as mneh wa possible, ns the Hain more and Ohio wa., determined to carry the "war luto \fnca." if necessary Io force triuiK line rei oglilllon. - ? MR. CORBIN HAS Al.I. TIIK POAD IIP WANT!.. Chm ai.o, jun. 18.?Adigpalohfrooi In.lian apolls Mya I Austin Corbin, president of the Indiana, Bloomington snd Beaten Railroad, ts In the city, having com.- West to Imped his railroad properly. BpaaalBg of the ianet thal tba reported purchase of a aaatwUlag Interest In Hm stock cf the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dallon Kai P> ol was for his company, be sall : " If the Indiana, Bl wnlagtoa aad Baatara Company, or the Corbin ayndlealo, aaa bungil the t laclunati, Hamilton aad Hayioii Ballroad I don't know lt Tim M I Indiana. Plooinliigtoii and Beaten lias road ?n_.j_rh uuul its preeenl poaeeeslene aie nut into hi . ss* Baaaelal aug pbyaieai condition, in tu that ts dane I don't want any more road, good or bad." ? a TUE KIllK RECUR!). DVISO TO "XVI HI*- (iP.ANI)CHII.n. BaBOOB, Mi., J.iii. 18.?Ob Saturday niclit tit,: n :i? dlsaai Ted in lbs home nt Beii|ainlli Cookson at Orrenbu*b, tlft.-r'i miles from this city. Tbo flames spread rapidly, .ind < oik,nu, lu endeavoring to rescue his son's wife an I two children who were aloeplng up stairs, was oaaghl in the ruins br lbs falling of the roof last al he nad pasoed thi leeead child out, and was barned t<>deata. li- wa* eeraatr-Bre years old. The woman aol ehlldna wai irued, bul will ru lo-.e:. _h baaaa Was valued nt BjiMI. SIX rim.nin:;. BOTO DBATfl Pun' Boca, \rk.jui i- fha beaae af ffannail Jobaaoa In Colanbta Cooaty, waa daatrajrea by tire ou 1 rld,,y Bight, aud six children were barned to death. ? DABAOB iv A BBOOBLYB OABBIAOB ffACTOBT. Fire eauaed a lo i ol (10,000 in tba eoi i i .,_?< . "I'Houlg.iu A .Neilson, al I nlrd-ave. and I m ti? ti .'..itlist.. Prooklyii, last evening. ? LOBBBB iv ffABIOOB PLA! BB uil:i*..i lc.I !., III.. Jan. 11 1 ba I plBfopol church wis danagad by tire yesterday to the extern ot gd.000) fuily l&eured. .-ai i >i. m.is... .1 ,n. i *. Theaeweebaelhooee in Tra mont it, Paabady, waa gaited hy aa laaaadlary Bnlhla norning, Looa, $6,000; laaaraaaa, 05,000; equally divided In the National nf liurtford. and ffnnoul of Newark, Tbe foralture waa Lnaur. ifei ? AMi'iHli, y.jt- , Jan. l?. A Minbun.r o-.i r.e.l I,jr Mr.. Bliraheth Ooldanlth, at Wonara, "las*., to .w ? ffredarlrB Ok ffarhar, waa baned laal Bight P. et, -.;.-n.I. w i.i u.i in, Coan., Jan 18. Uearga W. Bltehalffa ta vanbaaoa, in Boatb Britain, waa baned tl,is mo. mag. i.>ss nu stock,.?:.. on bullala*, r >,0OQ. Bai i i n,.mp ii.. Jin. i*. Tun Brenn lileah, aaa tain lng the Opera Bouee, keeead National Hank, po, t till: ,r*,: a.ney er Ai Pd wards'* clothing ntorr ami a n .rn liri ..f ol!,, e,. na* destroyed by Hie last night. Nm liing ired. Tba laal li planed at fran 160,000 io KX with aa laaaraaaa ol abonl eaa-foartb thal anona t, (i-iin.M, J.iii ls P.ru was discovered in Ihe east end ni Hui ni'* clothing storr in the new Columbia Hall Block, I ir?t--t.. Inst Bight Tim llrst floor was orcuplril by Jacob luviii. atothlag, BltohelTa injuor st.ne ami lle.t_.rrly'* storeroom. The building was gutted, lol lowing are Hm lesses: Haili), clothier, fii.iMiii, Insur usce, 03,000; Mliahall, 01,000, nearaaaa, 10,800 Heacerty, 9700, m.main e. ifl.ooh; hiiiney Sheppard, nw uer of the ic in *, v. i, lum. in inraooe, 116,000, .-borny afler ll o'clock, while Col nm bia Hall was Iii ii mu-/, a, i ol lier i, I ar lu SU til moued thr l.n- Pro* rt mr nt le tba boneo of city Attorney coonara in Ka*t ihird ii., v, Hlt-!< waa enveloped tu Annes, lt wes Inpoaalbll io aero the balbuna, l'u>< house was insured fur f_!,000 ili'i Ibu hutmill.* for *i,..'in. six ikes OEILDRRR ash BIS ei kui wuk. Inn inn, Jan. Im {Bp*tasl\.?Tmt Hov. li. P. Baa bia, af Taaeela, UL, waa eaiirii upon by an elderly min au I a comely woman two days ugo, and at thru rs laaal bc nerrted then. The bridegroom is liowsrd 'lore, of Pai ko county, Ind. Ills age is sixty seven, le has bulled Hine wives, and about eighteen months igo old.ilne.l a divorce from No. A. One of the condl lons upon which Judge Joshua Jump, of Parke County, named lbs divorce was that ho should not wed another vomsii for two years at least. The man ls the father or itiren chlidiru. oiily flvr af whom are living. Tho inda ls Mrs. BUBB A. Burford, age lllly-threo. BIMXS /" t ii au i a uki; is.sim i toss. CBICAOOi Jan. 18.?Tho will of Danial \. .lon.!,, one of Hie ex presidents of the Board of Trade, ibo died a few days aro, was probated tbi. morning. It isposi s oj over Hil .'J.Mi.tMM). The Old Peoploa' Home re elves the income BfB2SO,000 ; the Board nf Home ills lons of the Presbyter!..n < burch gets if HI.iM.il ; the .nani of loreign Mission* *10,ia?>. and the Presbyterian luiplt.il of Chicago thr Ramo anio.int. -o ll LEG KA EH IC NOTES. UV. UAH NOT PAID TIIF. LfCBBSB. I'iiii.UMLPHM, Jan. I" (Special). William II. Plat an, proprietor of the People's I acaire, in vine st., was ndlrted by tbe Hraiid Jury for primming a theatrical leiformaiice without haling paid tho Htate liceuse. KILLED IN AN PXPI.iiMlDN. CHU' ino, Jan. IH.- lite lhti'yiS, w, ?-, ('rat on, lows, dls atoli says : Hliort A Cooley's laid rendering rstahllsh n-iil bern blew up this moriilng, killing Nelson I ono and Iltcbell Hercre, scalding " Pd " Hhert ami " Tom" 'lark, braahlttf Joha Bayer's arm. ant fatally fractur ,g the skull ef Pngltieer William P. Tlskma. IMtOMIfKl) TO TABB IN BIBSIOB. pun tDBi i in t. Jan, i* (Btoenaf).?Alexander Boadrea rsa charged by the County Medical Moclelv with prc? ising me iicinn and rargagy wlthaatBarfagbeea grad ?led Iii either. The prisoner triad piteously hntl pnnii ird lo Like lu bis sign If pcnullted to go, and ho was laekargod. NoTHPK op THF. 0BBW Off l IIP MART 0. PAOL A-niuv Paiik, Jan 18. ABotBci body wns waehed up n the bi adi uear Key Past yealerdi.y. lt is sui.pus. d > be that of one of the crew of tbe wrathed schooner lary O. Pair, which foundeied al ."pring Pake a week gu. MOOKI MASI H>LP BY A CA VP IN. AMII sm-, Penn., Jun. 1*-.- A cave tn oi curred al the 'nundi Colliery lo-day, completely closing ths fan w.-y. ,s the miners bad not entered tbe mine at the lime ne ne was injured. Il will lake four months to lapel! the amage. Over uno man are thrown out of employment. THKY HAY THKKE 1.1 NO OAMBPINO IHPKE. Ciiicaho, Jan. IM iSpecial).?lo r-pite oi tlM set tbat tbe gambling rooina lu this city are all sup o?ed to be closed, the papers here publish tha details of faro game al No. lill Randolph st., a resort kept by Pi.l">b_n?dy where "Kirk" Huiin, a local gambler, isl gi 1,300 iaal night, after ulaylng fur _in_ai? lin co euro. A LAWYER'S TROUBLE EN DEI PREFERRING DEATH TO TIIE JAIL. BUNDING A nPII.F.T Tt) HIS IlEAItT?THK CL'LMINA TION OF A BBBIBB OF MISFOKTUJfKB. OkaridB II. Hort rand, a lawyer, who BBB boer in vol vi d in a considerable amount uf Situation in tin Brooklyn courts as a defendant, ended bis troubles b< suicide yesterday afternoon, when about to be taken ti the Pamond Street Jail as a prisoner. Ile was lifty-tlvi years of agc, a Prouchmau by birth, and of late bad bat no Axed home, having been recently a patient in St Catharine's Hospital. In Mav of last year ho was ar restod al the Instance of a man nnmed Maurer, of Ess New-York, who chanted bim with stealing $114. Thi case was sent to the Kings County Court of Sessions am he was released lu $2,000 ball, wbleh was famished bj Mrs. catharine W. Zeiss, ot No. 32 Kossuth Plaoe, Brooklyn. 8h? ls tho divorced, wife of Chariea flnaft who had several cases against Bertrand In the courts One of these was for perjury in swearing that ho owne. property when in fart ho owned none. Bertrand de clared that he sworn to the statement at the reqiibstoi Ilanft. A liual hearing was to have been given on Satur day. Bertrand had boon ll vin* at the house of Mra Zeiss. Mie noticed hst week that hn acted strangely and fearci that he in landed to leora tim Spite. lu order toeceun herself from loss she determined to surrender the bondi which she had given. Bertrand keerd that a bondi war runt was to he secured, aud ou Sunday bo Induced I friend, Albert ll ilise, of No. r>*<0 Sixtb-ave., formerly one of hts clients, to intercede for him with Mrs. /els* ?ind induce her to chance her purpose. Bubse wns not ?areaeafal, ami Bertmad stayed at his houso nil night. He appeared melancholy and said ho would ratln-r dis than go to Jail. Yesterday morning a deputy sherltl went to Bahaa'l ho.iso with a warrant for tbo arrest ol Bertrand, but iiuh?? told him that Bertrand had gone away earlier. After the officer of the law Iiml ernie, taking a street car In Piftli-iiTc,, Bertrand and Bnhse started down town. coin_r by a Soventh-ave. ear. The can take the eenie inch, for a distance after raachlag KUtbnsli and Kif; li aves., and Bubse saw tbo deputy sherill lu thu ear uni to Hie oue they were in. lo throw him oil Ute mob liiihse left tho car, baring arraagad with Bertmud ia Baal bim nt Prom mid Adams sis. When Bertrand readied thst point ba met Mr*. Ze lee, to his surprise, anti st irt.'d to rnn away. She had bim urrr.tr,; mid sent to tho district Attorney's ottlce. lin was then taken before Jtutge Moon and remanded to ihe Jail. Deputy Mierlit Ubatllgan took him lu charge and Ber trainl asked tn .et some th nie lo eat. Pliattlgan took blul to the baer-ohop ol Prcderlck Otteii, at Be, 840 In Ito-, it Alter nalluc a sau-iwieh Bertrand walked Into a ?m*ll loom adjoining. 1,'hr.ttlgan sent Ina few intuiites .ter tn Me if his prisoner was all rlirlit, and Pertrnnd bogged him to a?k Mrs. /.elsa to glre ball for hun awain. This the oilier promised to do. Ho loni tm more than closed the door when lie beard the sound nf u pie tat Ho opened Hm door hastily and found lhat Bet Hand had shot bliusalf and had fallen down dmd. Tba biiilet entered lils heart. Ouly one of Hie five ili?in hers of his revolver was empty. In bl* pocket* Wtt* thirty six couts and somo papers. His body was taken to the Morgue. Bertrand aral regarded es a pottifoc (.inic lawyer and ne.?r had any Important ca-o*. Ile waa a man of unod presence, and lt ls not known that h? had any family. One ot the cases vhleb be lou In the pi, oki. ii city Court waa a suit brought by Bnbee Bffalaai Henry Blain ke to recover damanes ior de ]?.t ,,{ ;hn services of his daughter, whom Klancke i"'r?)?,i nader pnnlse of mnrnagn. 'ihe tact nt the iietrayai wss proven, but a verdlnt was elven for Hie de f?i C. mu Bertrand was counsel for Mr*. Katoa, who, slier the drain of her Urst Imihanil, married Haall: when aha secured a divorce fruin him she resumed ber Brat huxham i's name. In all Hm sulla actatnsl Bertrand s.ie ind (lr eu bu.ids for him amounting In tbe aggr-gale to ri l.noO. A CHILD VIES PBOM HYDROPHOBIA. TOBTDSBD HY Ti'.l.Rll.l.K CONVULSION <. iiitim; BIBBBLV, ha it ki nt, am> ritoniiNfi at Tfir. Moiin-rwo BBB NBBO-B TO BULB HIM. Rhode Hall i* ? miall dooatry hamlrt Bevon nuilee neath of New Brunswick. Near lt lives -.linnet hpftafBBBj a waM Beda fanner, with a wife and three .hiluren, among whom was a son, Samuel, uue sl# On Daanahat VII, early lu ihe afternoon, the children were i laving lu the pah?a nad, wbea a laraabNwa Boaal 'anio toward them, trotting BleBj by the fence, with Its Kuuur llanelli.- out. A.* It ca.no noar. ono of the children flouted at ii to scare lt away, when lt made a nub at Brm, ami blt laflBBBl on tbe face near the bridge ot tue io- ? Mt tin a as the I fhl nt tha wooad, a hb-h was small, and he family belle-, ed thal Iho cnlld had rfcolred tbe icratch worn hg wm. kaoehad oxer bf the do,:. The vu,m.i heeled ami tba matter bad aaafly paaaad oat of nin.l. win n lan Thanda]. mst laeaij one aajra aper im bm bitten, th,- ? '.('.?',. v h.;i it i.:,-: to take a drink ol aator, ? - iii a epaaat Bra Ap* ? li', ate, bBBMBlai alni ined, sr'it for In r husband, who ?alleii Iii Hr. Van Zuiidt, of Jame sbirg. Tl... IpaHM Mwtiaaed, un re ..lng In aiuabai and rfoleeea, until In re wa * no loilgef il dolli t lu tl i- do. tor'.* mind that a diiy dei. loped r.i-e ol BfdnphoMa WBB bafMB him [?? applied all lha rai.lie* elthlahla kaawled ??-. bal Im i BUd som be.:au to froth al tin mouth and bink IBM i do.-, ."im.- into aeran eodralatoei at the sight of vaiei, altlioiiK'h In Ida man lirid iiiomeiits he cried only or -..aler. Imi nu; tin- coin ul .mus tho child blt Illtueeff loniblt three or foo* un_ee,and aa QJMhlr that bis iioVein. nt.. . .m.d ii"! b- pi.'Vi'liii'.l. Wheu aldo to ipaab m. bo) pried ool thal Iba room wa* full efdofti that ran try Ina la Mai imn to pteoea, end whan lae coar ni? tons sel/...| him i re 141 red lv.o Strong men t . In id hur. La erina and euutortione were roarliri. lim chilli's n (Teringi cm linn d from Pbui - lay antill, inda/ tnorn lli.. When lie Atti. Tn* dog a blob can rd Iba abihl'a daatb, lt la believe.), aeeed bacb ol Sea Itrnnawlek and w.?* kilbst near lound Brook, Wltb tn the laal an we.k* fnily a dooen if alleged bv. li ..|li. ibl.i have beea reported iii the ame iieUl.lijiUonJ. WAS UKI l.K liAXsl - MUBDEBBDt MTBTRBIOUB M Ult I il A I rUZSLBB A OOBOXBB. I lie ileulh ni Pele: Hun en, ut Fort ilami'.ton, L. I., linell wa* report** yeitardaj to hara beea aauaad bj nicide, wa* regarded ii|inn Untilor iaveatifallon to ave enlim iii\*!crinii* Icat.ips. Ilaii-in inst yahl i,nrled lio.e 1,'uiii*.'.-, mhose ,mother k,']>t a notorious i-eoit t-lose In I nit llnuiilton, 'Jin- liou*n waa iimcrH k. pt bj " Ped " Peary, nnd by his wtffl when e aaa iu Hu- Mau Pi iron. Voung Han-en tell in love lib the older daaghtoc <>i Um keaae, bet altar Be nilled bat sin- pnierred living at her mothbP*. laaaaa eaagnatlj diapleaawl with her conduct. Ile ne Hened mi Sal un! a) ni;lil to kill himself. When B '.-ul hoon- he lound -evem! uuii ut the houso aud a ? \ el in pragma. Hi Baked bia wife te ga oat aad ; i uk willi him, hilt sin- refused to do so. As lie went oi. ii stairs a shut wa* bad, uml he wus found with a ullct iu hil In ad. AJl tBB indications pointed to thc theory of suicide, xcept thal when the CaieiMf took charge ol tho BBBB o pintol could lo- lound. So the theory thut ll.tn*. ii ad been nninUreil wa* started. ( omiier Aleiiuiiigrr rdereii nu BBto!BJ". On the I ody was a brown alln r pistol ca*.- ami mi unopened box ot' furtiidt.es. i one ol tho tuner roe Let* was ii love le.Hr written i Mr*. Uaaaaa bi u bugler at the Kort, full oteadiar lg phrase* and relerrlng to '* sounding Ike bugle," hn tor.Iff -aid Inst niitbl thut he wae inclined to iluk that the mau was min dei id. 1 he course of tho ? ii in.nik it appear prebable tkal ike aket waa not ?ll-i.llli.d. Pet,-elive Looney, ol tho Hrookiyil dice tm it, said that tho result ol his investigation!) il him to think that il wa- a BBBI of silicide. Mis. Iliiiisen said last night : "When Petero.imohomo i acted .Manuel v. Ha I ny down on u sola iii the irlor, nnd win-iil went up lo htin I felt something nd in Ins poiket which I now think was a i isl.d. flo tuted me to go in the hall .'iud 1 wouldn't. Soon ter he went out wo heard a shot, sud I run into the ill ami mail) tell o.or hil hotly." SUICIDE OP A XBTIBBD UK Hf HAST. D. \v. Lea, a walMraowamideat ot Smith rang*. N. J., ("mihi.Ute.I suicide al noon ye?tenlay at a house, by sim ding himself lu the bead. Mr. Lee id lieen a sufferer from liver and kidney troubles, and id periods of despondency. About two mont lia ago s bouse was robbed of money and Jnwelry worth be .ii -r.'.iMK) and *;<.'"?<. Included among tho Jewelry '?rc -onie souvenirs which he highly pilled. Tho rol> rv annoyed him excessively, au 1 bo bas never gut rer Ibo souse of bis lo.**. Yesterday moriilnr be appeared In eood spirits and BTBMfld cheerfully willi Ids wife about domestic mal? ia. As bc had rattled from morcantllo baal?BM lu is city ioiiio yeara ugo, his time wai prluclp illy spent home. Shortly before noon l.l* wife left the beal I lo i to tha viii'_te uml got tBe amil and make ami o pur ?aaa, .Mr. late bieeed b?r -oo. i,j ,, and weat ta bia om. v, nen Mra, Lee returned and entered the boase e beheld In r bnsbeud'S lifeless body (ring Bl Ihe door his library, willi blood ou his face ami head amt a ta* llrar baeldelt Sue utteied a ely and ii servant, with ?Ubeno! ihe f.iiullv of Hr. 1 iiiiers, liii..tcued te the ot. It a as found ihut Mr. Pen wm dca.! win ii Dr. MBdtor aallada few moments afterward, death ap ireully liailug boru lusiaiilaiieous. Bu nins.- coul'i bo signed for the suicide except mental aberration, io IlluK from slekuees and despondency. ?lr. l_eo had j I'lllldrell. ,-^. UOYCOIIlNtl A DBMOCBAXIC POSTHASTE ll. Aiimjoiity al th?, ..t-7-.iih ol tim villii_o of MatWeaB, 1- P. are P?|.uhile?.is, ond they ere not cased because Ibu Ke^ubiliau tmstmaster baa beeu siiporscded hy a Democratic appointed of Postmaster General Vilas. As ihey cannot change the order of things, they have deemed to boycott tbe new postmas? ter, amt now all H. publican letters are malled on the trains at the depot, stamps being bought at Central Islip or other adjoining vlllairea. MYSTERIOUS OSCAR MEYER. nv BOBIMUUU) ins fuikni. and does not fear the Gallows?who can hr be! Boston, Jan. 18 (Special).?Oscar Meyer, convicted at Bl. .linus. Vermont, ot tbe murder of Krause a friend, on Pake Champlain, regards bia situation coolly. He admits that be shot Krause on tbe Ice in Pakr Cuaraplaln and sunk bis body In tbo water. He shot him twioe and tbe shooting was on account of a girl In Uu.-Iington. Ho says that he does not vant a new trial aud baa no doubt that If one wera granted tbe result would be the same. " I am sentenced," be aald, " I can? not Do execute.1 for two years, and the doctors say I bare heart disease, and kuow that I shall not Ure no long aa that. Hut I.' I should Ure and be hanged, lt Is nothing, lt ls only that the sheriff puts his foot ou tbe spring, aud lu oue second lt ls all over and that ls tbo ond. In my own country, Pavarla, tliev would do it ipili-ker. I would be tried, and, if found guilty, handed, perhaps, lu a few days. I would rather be banged anyway thau to be kept In prison all my lifo." Meyer mai n tal tm his stoical attitude. From many chance remarks aud intimations, tho officials are dis? posed to believe that he I* B Orman atheist, and they aro 'illly satisfied that ills real name ls not, and pot ably wilt not bu km,,vu. Ho is evidently much bolter edu? cated than lils apparent station in lite would ludicato, lias remarkable shrewdness and ipilokness of apprehen? sion, and a decided taste for reading of a high order, snee he bas been confined at Windsor bo has devoted much ot hts leisure to wood carving, and has produced some fine work, si>oc1nicns of whleb he exhibits wltb evi? dent pride. Miice his attempt ut sui.Ide, immediately after his convict lon, by swallowing a large number of morphine pills aud the amalgam which he scraped from _M back of a small looking irluss, his behavior has been exemplary. The man ls a mystery and has puzzled everybody who has come in contact with b'.ui. Til KO UGH NEW-YORK STATE. HAD OUTLOOK FOI. THE ICE CP.OP. ALBABT, Jilli. IH (Special).--The rough and dirty surface of the Hudson this winter presents any ti.ln,: but an attractive appearance to Icemen. They have been prospering all along the river for tbe past week,but bl ive only found small spots hore and there from which Io gather tho season's harvest. At present lt looks a* though tho iee would have to bc cut from some of thc lukes north of hero, and sent overland to tho nrar ? lt houses, which would rnako the prfco at least double what it was last year. Notwithstanding the large crop of last year, the amount of Ice carried over baa been comparatively -mall. In twenty-three houses In the vicinity ef Castletou, whoso capacity ls 617,000 tons, there are uow :_!..,ono tons of old lee. lu all of tuls ter? ritory oulv throe or Tour houses have good ice enough to till up with. 11,.-Inirve-tiiij: of the Ice crop will give employment tn over ln.u'Hi men and boys and about '.'..".OD horse*. The pay for a man or boy amounts to In cents tn fl 75 u dar. Kim;*tos, Jan, 19 (Special).? There ls war between the Knickerbocker Ice Company aud tbo owuer of a nrlckyard lu reference to the right to gather Ice from Hie Hudson Liver fronting their property. The Wash loxton Point Ice house of that corr.pauy adjoins tbe brickyard property of Charles Schultz. For yearn the respective rights of each have not been well defined. I be Ire company liss nut ita canal fm thor ia toward tbe brickyard than ever before, and Mr. Schultz ls ready for Ute attack. Batten were uptally on tbe leo here to-day, and lt I* feared violence may result. QOTBBBOB ni LL TOI_0GGANI.NO. Ai.HA.NV, Jun. 18 : Special).?Tint Ri-UrefieM toboggan slide was formally opeced here Ibis evcuiug iu the presence of a large number of the most prominent Albany society people. Just aa the sport began, Covernor Hill, with bis private secretary. Mr. Cole, Klee and Mr. Muller, Lia confi? dential political adviser, drove to tbe Weaada They were greeted with cheers and tho (bittering of ban.iken lilcf* aa they alighted, and the Uovenor proceeded to perch himself astride the tobo;. gan of Albert Judson, brother of one m bia ttsR etHoers. Ibo Ouyen or then carefully laid aside lila tall hat. secured a tandy " toque." and aa tbo word " Oo" was given, waved lt in recognition of the shouts of tliocrovd. In 17 seconds he was I.in led H50 feet away at the bottom of the slide, out of breath hut exhilarated bv bis Voyage, He did not repeat thc experiment. ??- ? lill* DBI ENPMY PIT BIM OUT OP THE WAY I Nkw ni m.. .inn. l^ | special .?'Hip disappear* UM of William Pe.ike*. owner of tho Cornwall Hrivlug I 'irk. ind n prominent mau of tint town, was the talk of this city to-day. It ls said that he baa not beeu seeu iu nearly two wi oks. Ilo went to Sui],ran County on busl Beea ead wea leal etea at a lallned wreak uu bis way back. He bal had nu unknown enemy for years and lt li.it co?f him m.my dollars. Tho enemy has burned bis baree taloa, tba tir?t Bro resulting la a lea* of $10,00, and the oeooud 93,000. At another time he found a j valuable noll drat In one of lils Balda,!! barta* been shot through Hie h< mi. inner hennaing tbluga of less lin pm t\ii.e kara been dealt out io him, but why. no one c.in tell. - "OVEB TUP BBIDGB TO CANADA." 1.1 i I.in, Jan. 1* 'Sp,ciall.?\V. C. IWown, B well-known bucket -imp niau today, went over the bridge ta Caeeda, wltk B4?00d betoaglaf le J.e. Allaa. Brown wa* ia partaanhlp arith Aleert Fredericks, who w.i* ni iiited thia efteraooa. ai,eu gave the tirm oiden, to e.i 300akens ef stock ead 30,000 bushels of grata leal week, Thaf laid la Chicago and made 14,0001 Thc draft came this morning. Brown bad lt cashell at the Third National Raak and disappeared. Allen says that be andentaada that they eloaed oat aaatkaff deal wuh outordere for 10,000 barnie of all and l.'io shares of stick He feats that lirovvn hal-.ut med the money on thal ord.-r also. FATPD WOT 1" P-'APE. ScilP.NP.cTAHY, Jilli. IS.?Till- b.miS of Fai? ner liouck, lu Qlearille, this county, iran set on lire by a discharged employe on Saturday iilciit, and, together with their contents,' were destroyed. Tho Incendiary was discovered, and on heirn, pursue 1. ran to tho Mohawk Uiver, which lu. fi;tempted to cross on Hie ice. When Bael the middle of Hie stream, Ira ran iuto au io" ii.i.?' in Hu- ice .imi wus drowned. KEPEASPD Bl DEATH. Al in kn, Jan. IS.?Matthew Hickey, n lifo aearlet,floaa Monroe County, dlod In Auburn prlsou this min liing- ile iiad aervod four years for murder. A I AC HT VOXABR IR WINTER. Hos ion, Jan. IS (Special).?Willi Am F. Weld's schooner yacht Oltana started to dav for a voy? age to tho West Indies and Florida. The vcsael baa been for nome Hine lu the bauds of tbo ship carpenter for al? teration and bas received an additional l.uigth of six feet. In the place of the Umg racing masts which tbe carried In the summer, sbe has shorter and stronger spars, aud her fore topmast ls on dook, where lt will re? main until required lu lighter brce/.e* than those which blow aloug the New-Etiiduud coast et this season of the year. Ppon her deck were three boats and a handsome steam launch securely lashed bottom up, which will be Bead Ifl lae various harbors rlaited by tue yacht ou her cruise. Captain Edwara Sherlock, who acts aa sailing master and navigator, has under his command m crew of fifteen ali tobi, liieliidiug the steward and his assist? ant.*. Mr. Weld's tiiesiN are W. K Mercar, of Philadel? phia, ami Messrs. I phaiu, Sprugue uud Longfellow, of this city. ? ? THE SB EH UP 10 SELL IT A THIRD TI AI E. HiMiMiHoN, IVnu., Jun. 18 (Special).?Exe cii!;i>n- wera Issued to-day on several of the Jinlirinents against John W. Mumper and lila Interest In valuable c*int?s lu this county will be sold by the sheriff on Feb? ruary l 'i. The property consists of eight thousand aoree of land ou wblcb are a ru mace, forge, flour mill, mansion house, storeroom, nillces, dwellings for employes, large tract* of li tiber, one of the best mines of Hematite ore in the State, with new and expensive maehluery for opeiftt'inr it, and a dam raliway. This projierty was bought by tbe father of the defendant In 1873 for ri , 'i.i"in md has sim e bron much Improved, which ls lim piiueip.il cause of tho prcaeut embarrassment of tbo owner, ll bas twice been sold at sheriff's sale aud tbe ?ales set aside In bulli lustaucel on aocoiiut of couire rerslee betwaaa aredltener thefailuroof tbe purchasers lo comply wUh the terms of sale, TRIAL OP A CHINESE ASSASSIN. Sr. Lolls*, Jan. IH iSpeciaD.?Chyo t'hiock. a No v.-Y< ik lliiu.iinaii and leador of thc band of seven aa HlllB1 who pto il ind Co nisclvesio murder " lam " John *ou, the Chinese detective, for givlug iuforiuailon to tho pi.lieu that resulted in breaking up tbe Chinese gambling houses here, wns placed on trial lu the Criminal Court rn .lay. Wornt chm Foo, cx-editor, of New-York, waa ?wen In us ollb isl Interpreter. Tbo day wat spent lu .-..-Isi i'ng lin- lui v aud 1,-alluuuiy will be submitted to? morrow. I ho t 'ini.e e wliuessea will be iwiiru In Celes? tri f.isidoii liy Un. 1,u: nag ol Joss sill ks aud Ihe sever lug of noa len heads. WOE HI' CROVER CLEVELAND. Kph Hank, N. J.. Jun. 18,-The boata of the Mirowsbury Iee Yacht Club nailed a fifteen-nilla race for Hie Commodore's pennant Ibis morning. The Ice wea \u numil, but a fair breeze was blowing. The race waa won by ibe drover Cleveland lu tbiru-seven Minutes, with tbe i'ieaduaughl second. i J IB YIELDING TO CIGAKMAKKKS. A LARf.E FIRM TIRED OF THE STRUGGLE. MANY MKETINGS HKLD TO Pltt.PAI.__ FOB TUB LOCKOUT? DISCKAROINO WOKKHXt, The Cigarmakcrs' Intel national Union hus won the flret point tn the atrugg'.e between tbe Mannfao turora' Association and the employe), by the announce? ment tnat Kerbs _ Spic*, one of the largest firm* In the City, and up to a month ago among thu moat active sad Influential members ot tho nasociatlou, ba l rn ide their shop a strict uulorTshop. In ths agitation Initiated br tho unions for a uniform scale of waxes Kerba A- Splee were enthusiastic in favor of lt and dil all lhat they oould to bring lt about. When Hie Manufacturers Asso? ciation formulated the seals which causes all tho trouble. Mr. Kerba objected to it on the same ground that lha men do; that lt was on the basts of the lowest prices ant thors was no roason for a rediietlou. and sent lc his resignation as a member of the association. About two weeks uko be reuuo..tod the 9fllcer? o' Hie International Union to send a committee to him. Ba told tu ? com? mittee tuat be was tl rea of this cut throat eutnpriJihM, which onlv rn, ant taking au unfair advantage ol tba workmen for tba heuelll of the u.ldiloinou. to tito it In o.' tbo truno, ile wi.ned to be friemlly wah ms workmen and thought that lt was to bis business advantage to be on koo! i.-rms willi organized labor. Ho naked on what terms he would bs t ermined to use tho union Ja vi Several conferences wera held aud tin: tollu vim. terms ot agreement were reached: All of Kerbs A Spica's employes were tu become mem? bers ot the International inion The timi was to s.uj the luaiiui.tcture of toueiuoiit hou>? clears alt jollier. They have six houses, aud Hey are said to bo the beat ia the city. Their seale of prices was to bo revised so as to conform to the union scale. Tula makes au ..'trance of from 'JO cents to ifl UO a thousand on some grade* ot gool... The firm was to set apart oue door In their est ab - lisl.n .-ut for the manufacture of a second rabi of ri.-ar,, to tilka the pl ice of those tn iniifaotureil lu tenement house*. Tue number of workmen ou thu floor is to be lin,Pe 1 and in casa there aro BBJ hind* di-.inn Ked oe the other floors on account of dopr. salon ni Irnsinm pro portlonato disfh..i /es must he imwic from the lower Brade floor. The hours of labor shall not h.- moro thaa eight a day. Whenever a new brand ot elgar* ls intro? duced lu the shoe tbe price to bc paid shall bo decided by a cninmlttee of the men ami the employers. _ Mr. Kerbs agreed to all this and will Ih, furnished wita tho unitm label. There arc about SOO men in bis shop, and. as tf<e abolition, of tenement boase work will de cre.-i-o tbo capacity of the firm about one-third thorn will be employment for a numher moro men a* soon ue arrangement* for their accommodation can oe made. Thc uclou men are jubilant over tho isctiou ot Kerbs a Hples and claim that it shows that lliev are r ghi in tli'lr opposition to tbe scale, inasmuch as there can bo no e? cuse for a ralucliou if Kerba .V Spic.*, who paid the high? est prices of all the association I,,,*?-.. < an aiivauco wages. At the shoo mooting of tbe employe* of Kerbs A Sp ie* wbioh was held yesterday to approve the arrange? ment some of the numbers of tho cigar-makers Progroa _tve Pnioi: (rle.) t.> create a BtBSBthaaaa but wete un? successful. A shop meeting of tbe employe* of s. oit?uberg& Brother was held yesterday. It wa* attcndel by fha lillian workmen who will not be locked ont. Tiny say ibat they will leave tbo simp a* soon as the lockout occurs, aud will remain nut while the tllitlctilty lasts. Hhop meetitnrs of nearly all tho. association eNijis wen brid last night but only routluc tm -lu. v was transacted. Tin- Lockout Committee of the Progressive Union U_*l_t t session at No. 414 Pifth-st. Preparations were mada ror tbo trenance of strike car ls for their members ana sre lockod out so as to soe who is entitled io toe strike '?eneiit. At the meeting of the Htrike Commlt'co of tba International Union a resolution was adopted askiag tba I'rogrcsiv-e Palon to appotut a ooniinittee al Baa to co? if einto with the Internationals so that Jinfonuity at set Inn can bo secured. In most Ol tile shops where the lockout is to occur tho bunch-makers were discharged rCtcrJuy. -. B orrosi.D TO THE " LPMPINO SYsTEM." A large meenup: of the blacksmith., and painters employed in tbe wagon-maklmr tindo was held u Hose Hill Hall, in Hecoud-ave., near Twenty-fourth it., List night. Tbe purpose of tbe meeting was to make arrangements for a tight against the " lamping " systesa ld giving out work to sub-contractor-. BpeaaBBI we?a made in English and Herman. A number of men signed ibo roll and lt is pt-ohible ibat lhere will be a strike iruinst the system shortly. BOYCOTTING OBOBBJED IN BTRAOOBK Svracpsk, Jan. IS (Special).?Lulun' cnclea ire much Interested Pi the present troubles between tba ilgar manufacturers and the cigar makers. At a n.eet ng of the union to-day, ll was Bat! led to boycott ail the (ooda of Beaker! \ Banar, J. W. CBaghti* a- son, _. h. Hart.ui, aud Richards Brothers. Before taking tt.ln icu.m. the Knights of Lab_?r were consulted aod tba ? roi^iMiioii mot their sandton. Tho accessions te the tulon iu tbe hist week have Increased the memberakip 0 nearly five hundred. The boycott nit only applies te he cigars wade by these Bruis and sold hore, but uortaea ire to be sent to ail the lodges of Knight* of Labor aad .'igurii.ukeis' Unions lu cities both o.i-i and west Where bey have large sales of cigars. Too situation at Heubert 1 Warner's is a peculiar one for tbe reason that as tho natter stands the union cannot order their lneiiihen mt nf this sin p. which wool 1 rtriually be the in?lita lon nf a strike. Those men are nov* aklleed to snsuta he union and at thc same time boy. ot.'lie goods tbu.y in manufacturing. If they ,-o out under tho present lreiiu,stain i's they receive no In nitlt from Vie un, oe. Hie only a ll si native left to I bom ls to re in iiu until tkef >re locked out by the manu fact ai ci j. TllOUHLE IN TilP COKE REGION. Prtsbbboi Jaa. 18 iN<>< <?/.;.).?Tho ritaatiaa n the Coruollsville coke regiou. v. here a majority of caa .1,1,00 eoal-mitiers ami e.'ke-i_ra-.,-<-r. are on a sirike for n iucn-a>e of wages. :a growing->eilou*. Tiie nun at our mmes, *>J.'i In all, Joined the strike to-day. bbcaiB tewart. of V. estuiorelaud County, arrived at WU loeieet, bringing with him a s.irkrnl f bundill..*. The M ore wood aud -tan lard liners are heavily giiordcd. The sbenC ccomnanled by twenty-live deputies, went to Moe__> rood to arrest a Hungarian who bad Ihreateue.l to tlntok man who wanted to work. The oifendor, with a larra odv of bl* ctuintrvmen and women, took refuge lo a ..use. The men were armed with clubs sud the women ?ith knives. Thev iteiio.1 theeiBcen aad the8ban_Pd_h bled lo retreat. The telegram *eut by Saturday's eou? eniion. demanding un laenan et waaea. beaBaaa _g? otod by tho syud,cate and ihe Producers' Association. WAULS IN LIPiT. QOTBSBOB JONi>S SIMP. Hinch \mton, Jan. 18 (Sp -dal'.?('.iii>iilent. ile interest ls felt hore at this time ind considerable n.'loslty 011 tho part of the public to know tho truth ot story afloat concerning un allege 1 cut in wa res In UM vile manufactory of Llciiteiiaiii-Covernor P. F. Jase*. I was stated sonni time ago tluit a cut hid been ordered f from 10 to-0 per cont. Thc bookkeeper promptly .???'ar ,i that thera had beeu no rediietluii and that noaa ns BMdltatad The Elmira Tiding* repeated Hie 'balga mt a reduction had been ordered, and alluded ne leasautly to Oeneral Jones's war retard and to bia .tnputga for the ottlce lie now hoi ls. It ti said that ha nw pm p ises la sm- for libel. Meanwhile the employee I tho m. *io works are reticent BtHIBBBa IBOOBLBB Roston, Jan. IS.?Phillips Bros., donlrrs ia othlng aud furnishing goods, at No. \JRSS Treuiont-aL id N'o. 2,201 Washlngton-st.. have failed and aro under i attachment. Tuen- llablllt: -s are about *P">,o00. Bi ki a l.o, Jan. is. A schedule of assets and IlabiiiUea Jacob E. Merghold, hatter aud furrier, who failed Wat eek, waa filed this morning, giving tbe nominal asaeta .*t'iS,*-\ 'Ai: aetual value, $14,45'_! tM, aud total lia .m ? at fMJBfl tn. OOB innaii. Jan. 18.-J. R. Mills J_ Co.. prlntena>i4 ationers,at No. \'2t Walnut-it, made an ass_gnn_?*nl -day to Thomas A. Logan. As?ets estimated al .j.000 to $i_:o,000 ; liabilities *_..'>.OO0 to ?10.000. WxlMRBD THAT HEW WBSEARD HAS OTHER nu ks. Chicaco, Jan. 17.?MfBB Swain, arrested r bigamy, was lak -n listfore Justice White this mom g. Ocorgianna Tesl, a young woman about twenty arsofuge. said that sho met Swain on Thanksgiving iy and was married to him on January ll. 8be hod eu living with bim at her mother's hons-, Nc. x-M istin ave., and suspected uothlng until Saturday, when roman called and asked forhlm oayiug that she bad a usage from his wife. Upon Inquiry, witness learned nt the wife was living at No. 470 Washington Uo .la? rd, uud going there found tho statement to be true H accordingly bad Swain arrested. The prisonrr'a .1 wife theu came forward and testified tkat sbe waa irrle.1 to him over two years ago bul left U.i__ an ac jni of 111 treatment. Tbe prlsouer ls about tweutr ?ht years old. He wss bound over to the Cuni.al url In bonds of I'J.OOO. lt ls understood that he bee a te lu Wiscousin._ DTINO OF TR1CB1SOSTH. ' St. Lous, Jan. IB (Special).-Uivorgo Difeft J bis family, living In North i*t. Louis, are down with ehtnosts. He became suddenly tick last Thursday, o day following hie wife wae taken with the seme ii ploma, and twelve hours later bu three children. 2a?SBu,s?at.'aft_fi.K iriMiLK.-, Jam 18.-Fire members of tbe Hausmeyer uily at Tarentum. hare died of trlehluoalo. The flftb. _. .k,... ,)?.,) to-dar. The livpa of tha three aASKaWi&f ara dnpaind ot. _-a LEO ACT FOE TRE BIBLE SOCIETY. Cleveland, Ohio, JaB. 18 (Special).-la his d iii AprUW. 18*7. Pater B. Weddell, a ml.llon e'of this city, left a legacy of *1,000 to the American .Society. The ooclety learned nothing about IM ?,?BS_S_3^ia__SB il. N