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1 ?ht Wircling flg JuMlijmrrr. ESTABLISHED AUUUST 24,1852. WHBM.lWft V.??.. wmwiwut .mm.mr .W 'muni li;:Tlll hum nil ... ' mnn nmnrmmT nmnn ?i?ji ~ I . i i : ? m mum ww ' -'-V'(! >. St. Clair Had the Grippejand the Hearing'Postponed IN THE FOURTH W. VA.CflSE. Statu MaIIui'HUI WahhliiKton?Democrat in tho Kou.su Show Their : \ *1 llnmlK'-FMIburtteritiK Taut lea. The Speaker HtiNininod. fytclal Ditpalch lathe JnltlUi)<nctr. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 7.?The Fourth Weet^lrglptft district case came up (or argument before the Election Committee thin morning. 0. 0. Cole T.. .1-- '' T \r - ? uuu u uug? yin, >v?ison appeared lor Captain Smith, and Judge Harris and ' Col. J. W. St. Clair for Judge JackBon. Mr. Colo announced that his side waa ready to proceed, but Col. St. Clair, who ; only arHved -tp^lay, salil he was Buffer* irig fron^the gri^po and asked fora post^ ponement. Alter Borne discussion it V^'yru allowed, and Thursday next fixed aa the date for hearing. Senator Faulkner to-day Introduced his bill providing for the location of the Woirld'a Fair in ^Washington. Mr. WilBon will introduced in tho?Hduse.%^s.V:'; Captain Joseph L. Burns, Seventeenth Infantry,-ah old-Brooke county boy; haa been ordered * to Columbus, 0., as inspector of the Ohio Nutional Guarda. Colonel A. S. Fuller, of Lewisburg, Major McGinnia' couuael, arrived to-day. TJIK KIUKT SKIRMISH. The first real skirmish of the session occurred in tlio House to-day a? the re-sult ol McComaa' motion calling up the District of Columbia appropriation bill with the result ol a pretty bad fall for the Democrats. The debate was lively eyery one of the leaders on both sidefa taking a band. The consideration of the bill iwas objected to owing to the fact that two of tho Democratic members of the committee wereabsont, although no objection had been raised to exactly a similar condition of alliiira at the fast session. In addition, McCoinas an uuuubvu bijuvit uiu uuooiuul'h uiemseivcs had asked for ft postponement ho would yield. The"Democrats then shifted to point of order which was promptly overruled by the Speaker. The. Speaker's decision was appealed from, but he was sustained and the bill waa taken up. The Democrats have thus given fair intimation: of* their plan of campaign. This waa the earliest consideration of a general appropriation ? bill ever If nown at a, long session and ^bere was no disagreement whatever concerning it in . committee, but there appeared an opportunity for filibustering and tlio Democrats seized it to their subsequent disjjiibt, but they will try the same plan over and over again no matter what the result may be on public business. -xJ- 'u-v i. THK DAY IN CONGRESS. A rnrtUan right oii'u Ouontion of Utile* in the Houho?Actlonx iu tlio Senate. Washington, Jan. 7.?There was an unusuelly small number of members present when the House was called to order at noon, and the prayer of tho Chap^ lain for divine protection of sick Representatives* (,was listened to with un-, wonted iiiterest. ' - - >-*??? TIib Speaker stated, to, the House-that in accordance with the authority vested in him yesterday ha had administered the oath of office to Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania. - : Mr. McCoinas, ofMaryland, offered a resolution that the House resolve itself] into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation hill, the committee to be governed bythe rules of the last Congress. Mr. Bnckenridge raised thQ question of consideration against the I resolution.. The Speaker ruled that the question of consideration could not be raised againet the resolution, because the resolution was in the nature of a motion regulating tho business of the , House. Mr. Breckenridge called atten-1 tion to the fact that the resolution went further than that, and provided for the, adoption of a code of rules, but the Speaker maintained -his position. Mr. w^Breckenridge.app^^troi^he^lecittion i ?nd yielded the floor to. Mr, Carliale, of Kentucky, who vir^ooily attacked the , Speaker VtfcGon. He. ajpfeed'that no question of consideration could be raised against a motion to go into the Committee of the Whole, but the pending resolution w'unt far Kyond that and provided. fmnnnrilrilir it oma frtin t/\r a im/lo of ruiea. lie thought the time . had come .wheu the House, if it wua to be /' governed.by rules, . should have: those rules. [Applause ou j.tho Democratic : aide.] All gentlemen enrboth aides,' of the House had the right to know precisely what their rights were here as representatives of their constituents. It was'now the, 7th day , of January. The House has been in session,. except: for the recess,"siucekthe first Monday in DecemberJaud yet all that had: been done towards the adoption of the' rules was to agree from-time to time that the House would be governed by. a part of the rules of the last House, Ho hail no special objection to the consideration of the appropriation bill at this time, but if the House established this precedent the minority had lio assurance that' the House was not to k? on without any rules. Mr. Bland, of [Missouri, was opposed to adopting the rules in the last House niece-meal, - but Mr. Ropura. of Arkansas, and Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, urgued against tho position taken l)y the speaker. Mr. McKinley, of.,Ohio, said, that the Coinmitteo on itulea would report a code ot rules within a reasonable time. The country was inUuitely more concerned in what the House diu than in the rules under which it did it. '[Applause on tho ltepuhhcau side:]' Mr. McMillan, ol Tennesseo, contended that a question of consideration could be raised, even if there was not another measure pending in the House, lie urjjed the importance of thespeedy adtoption of a code of rules.' Mr. Henderson,' of Iowa, said that as lie understood the matter; 'gentlemen on tho other aide were opposed to doing anything .withoutFrulea, landjwanted rules adopted under which nothing could be done. [Laughter and applause on the Keuubliean side.l Air. Butterworth, of Ohio; contended that the.decision of the chair waa sustained by n voto of yeas, 135; nays, 12-t? a party vote." " i , . , Mr. McComas then demanded . the Srevious question on the adoption ol ia resolution and it was ordered?yeas, 131; nays, 122. < IN TUKSKXATK. Bcnntor Morgan on the Negro Problem?H? Suggest* a Solution of It. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 7.?Anions the bills presonted and referred was ont by Mr. Faulkner to provide for a world'* exposition at tho National Capital it 1869, ; .v; / $;) i Mr. Vorheea offered a preamble anc resolution declaring the newspaper re port thut Mr. Chambers, United State* Attorney at Indianapolis, had interferec in his otlicial capacity to prevent the ar feat of W. W. Dudley on a charge o feloniously violating tho election laws o ' AuuiAun ?i. iuo mat rrefliaonum eiecuo: and directing tho Attorney General i report what instructionsthe Departmei of Justice had Issued to Ohainbera on tl subject, and to furnish copies of the co resptfndeuce. He asked that the resoli tlon go ovor until to-moirow, when 1 would submit some remarks upon it. Mr. Edmunds?That in right; I am 1 favor of the substance of it. The reeolution>entover. Mr. Morgan proceeded to address tl 8enate on the objoct J the bill hereU fore Introduced by Mr. Butler to provlt! for the emigration of persons of col< from the Bouthern States. He said tin when Mr. Windom waa a member < the Sen|te he advocated a propositio for voluntary emigration of the colore 'people. He [Mr. Morgan] was then i favor of that policy and was still in favc of any plan that could bedevlBed to ine< tho evil...The return of the negrtft AMca waa the final andonly solution \ the problem.^ ^ ^ It was undeniable that the aversio between the two races had i*reatl increased Bince slavery waa abolished and it would increase so long aa a lar# portion of the population was of, th African race. Experience would nc permit the statement Uiut such ,, feelin of aversion existed only in the Kontl It whs not so intense iu the South as ) waa in the North. In Africa, (which wa prepared for the negro as certainly-a the Garden of Eden was prepared fo Adam and Eve), the negro could gro\ up to the full measure oT his destiny. li tile Congo, basin, were found the ,be8 types' of the African* race; and"th Aiuuncuu iiegru wouui uaii in.*/uu>Ti? Ii for hit) eU'orts. There were grand poahl bilities there for the American negroej if they were so kind to their brethren ii Africa as the people of this country ha< been to them;* 'v-Vf >? A t . : t Slavery, Mr. Morgan said, would b abolished in Central Africa. If tho worl was loft to the whites it would bea?lo\ process: but tho Ainericau negro wonli accomplish it if he dwelt among thos people. ;0U ~ In Bumming up his speech Mr. Morgai pointed to the fact that negroes had 11 chance to rise in tbis country. Ther were no negro bank presidents; n< negro railroad presidents; no negr presidents.of"jmanufacturing, coinniei dal, mining or navigation companies no negro directors, cashier?,'or tellers ii banks; no negro engineers or conduc tors on railways; no negro State or Fed eral Judges; no negro in any northeri legislature; no negro representative ii either House of Congress from/an; Northern State. The negro's entir' field of endeavor,was limited to politico exploits. This field was occupied will littlo benefit to himself and with grea injury to others. 1 SENATE CUMimk Sherman'* Antl-Tru?t lIlllrP?nsloii LegU latlou Itecomincmled. ' .*>7,-.;:-*}^ Wabuinoton, Jan. 7.?The Fiuano Committee of tlie Senate to-day had nn der consideration Senator Sherman' anti-trust bill and diBcussed it for som time. The lawyers on tlio commiito expressed doubts of tbeconsiituliohalit; of the measure, although they were-fs vorabiy disposed towards thn principi of the bill. The committee adiournMf without reaching a vote.^ . j: 1 The Committee.oni;PeiiBioD8 ordered ; favorable report upon thy following bill To repeal so much; of Htctiou 4G(J3, Re vised Statutes, as provides that no claiu of a State iniliti.itnan for punsioii on ac count of disability from wounds or in juries received in battle with Rebels o: Indians,;''while temporarily xenderinj service, shall be valid] unless proaecu ted to a 'successful issue prior to Jul' 4, 1884^^ The compilation of a dependent pen sion bill from the half dozen or, mon ^repositions-received by the committer has been entrusted to a sub-corn inittei consisting of Chairman; Davisand Sena tors Moody and Faulkner. They wil report the drift of a bill to the full com mittee for consideration .at th e uex meeting. if ' . THK TOBACCO IXTEHESI'S Before tlio Wnyrt ami 31 nun* Comiulttei A Repeal of tlio Tax Anked for. Washington, Jan. 7.?There weru bu four members of the Committee on Way and Means present this tnorniun wheii ? A. Schroeder, of New York,"began to ad drefes the committee outobaccoJ 'lie mi vocated a uniform rate of duty on leti tobacco of 35 cents a pound? exactly what it was prior. tdi\1883r. when twi specific rates of duty were adopted. H opposed the proposition to increase tin duty on wrapper'and filler tobacco.; I the diltv.Vm wrannHP li'nf wi?r? the American manufacturer would rt duce the ^quality and cost of tho fllle and the'wages of the cigar makers wouli 'be reduced; ivv^y James Ertheiler, representing the Nci York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, sai that the board:wanted the internal ta: removed. The'system should be com pletely wiped out. " r ' V" \ Mr. H; L. Feuderich, of the Baltimor Board of Trade, said, those herepreseut ed wanted the internal reyeuuo laws re pealed. They did not want the tax re diiced." . ' T* / v,:;- ' Robert Stewart, Secretary of the Bait! more Tobacco Board of Trade, urged tin total abolition ofAthe internal reveuui system;'),y.r^yAdjourned. The WorlU'?Vulr In the IIoiiho. Washington, D. "^5., Jan. 7;?Th House Committee on . Foreign Affair held its first meeting to-day, and afte some discussion upon the question c jurisdiction^ decided that it liatl authoi tty underi.the rules to .consider tb World's Fair bill already introduced b Representative Adams. Accordingl Chairman Hitt was authorized to aj point, a sub-committee of five membei to consider and< report upon the bil This sub-committee has not yet bee appointed. The Adams bill is a ver long, comprehensive measure?aiuUeavt blank where the fair is to be held.; Th committee will call upon Suereiar Blaine to-morrow. ": Fateuts to West' Virglulan*. Special DUjMtch to the InUUigaiccr. Washington, D. C., Jan., 7.?Wej Virginia Patents were granted to-day? follows: To* John B. Funk and J. ] Zeither, Clifton, for a low water alari for boilers; to Thomas Medford, Hun ingtou, for a fly paper holder forwii dows; to-Alex Parks, jr., of Martin burg, for a liquid Separator. ,.. . :. ..l Fotmlonit Granted. 'Sfrectal JHtpdtch to the InleUigaiccr. 'i;> WAiiUNQTON,'Jan. 7.?West Virginl : pensions granted to-day were: Origini invalid-^John Spencer, King wood; Bei jamih N. 8atterfield, Thornton. Increai ?Milton Kemp, Clifton Mills; Josep Holley, Uurrirane: Samuel 0. liurnp] rey, Wheeling^ Ke-iasue ? Williai 1 Wynes, Sissonville. ; Tho Fresldeut'ft First State Dinner. ) Wabiiinqton, Jan. 7.?The Preside] j and Mrs, Harrison gave their first sta i dinner to-night in honor of Vice Prei dent and Mrs. Morton and the memh* I of the Cabinet and their wives. Tt floral decorationa were unpaually elabo i ote and beautiful. Tbo Marine Ban I underltbe direction of Prof. Souea, wi eUtionod in the jnajn corridor, and du f ing tbo pro#reaa of the dinner render I feverul choice 6clecUon*.^M^fe^5 S Tp OlfflOilN; . ,0 ? No Important Developments in le the Senatorial Fight. 1 n ; j I THE BR1CE MEN CONFIDENT S ' . ? 1, u * It' - -j [1 > Ali(l Prccllul Thai Thry C?li Klcct . 10 < J . v i <v> 8 )r Their Mun on Any Itollot They u It Choouo After ciie Flrnt^.Tho 5 ^ Others llitvo Sol ltot roatcd. ,[ u d * d . Columbus, 0., Jan. 7.?Tho contest for 'f (he lunate huH shown no material n o chango to-day except in tho wayofun- g 0 supported claims in behalf of the respective and leading candidates, Measrsi t, J flrfce,\ Thomaa andMcMahon. Tho Bl . managers for Mr. Brico chum they have n e BUtllcient strength to Bocure the uomi- ai ? nation on almost any ballot they deaire, j, ? the second being, moat frequently meni. iioned.' Mr. McMahon , does not y t coucede tho claims of strength for .)( 8 Brico and is still hopeful. There is a n J general surface impression among those v who have watched the contest that Mr. i? a Brice will be the nomiueo of the caucus vi t to be held Thursday/evening. J F. L.' w e New, who was here 'ami* returned home, ci ll has co'me back to deny that he had aban- el doned Mr.iThomaa. , i tl i,' Thore is apparently a well founded at a remor which comes through reliable hi 1 channels, iudicating trouble over.the cc ? question .of a caucus.! 'There is a differ- tl e ence of opinion on the point, and the at Ic gontlemen who do not waut to show oi v their hand,5 while they do not object to si il an open ettutitw, inatet on n aecreV ballot, es e Others iusiat on an open caucus and vote aj by roll call so that every man may be re- ni a corded. So earnest, ia the demand.for u tutu, uiui uuouc twenty me moors claim u e to have reached u quiet'understanding tr d and resolved that they will not go into a> 0 the caucus unless the ballot la made pub- si: - lie and the members go ou record aa to di ; their, Senatorial preferences. A a An effort is being rnado to get a decla- fit !- ration, but one of those in the move- er ment said this afternoon thai he intend- St a ed to stand for an open ballot, despite cc a the.desire of borne to make a blofl with 01 y open doora and u secret ballot. . A b' 'v".~T:'' ' ? . . m 1 FOR TUBMO AND. SOCIAL I'UIUTY. | Tim Church Member* ofSteiil>envlll?? 1'roMj '' ' ecutlng the Work. gjl Dispatch to the IntcUluciiccr. c0 Stbuuknvillk, 0., Jan. 7.?At the ^ week of prayer meetiug iu the Congre- to ; national Church to-night great earnest- tli q nesa was manifested over local and - national government and social purity. a A committee was appointed to interview 0 the City Council and ascertain ita G u position upon the rumored possible re- vi peal of: the ordinance under which the ot y Ladies Social Purity Society lately took to > action against several theatrical com- of b panics. w 1 isi A FAMOUS SUIT DECIDED. \ The Cniio of tho Dupont Powder Co. '. J. l\ Joy Decided at Chicago. p] * Chicago, Jan. 7.? judge Blodgett ej . yemuruay uecmeu me case 01 Jtienry 0? Dupont and others,<composing the Dur pont. Powder Company, of New York, co [ vb. J. F. Joy, of Detroit. George L. vc I Dtinlap, E.D.Taylor, the estafo of W. B. Ogden, and Perry H. Smith were ea parlies to the suit. The complainants vc \ are , creditors . of the Northern Vi: ? Illinois Coal and Iron Com- tii i pany, which failed in .1876, ar and at that time the claim amounted to lie I $195,000. In 1SG0 Samuel'J. Tilden, of au v. New York, W. B.'Ogdbn, of Chicago, t aud James F. Joy, of Detroit, held stock tli $ amounting to $50,000,' which they pur- pc olmsed from^C?louer,rTttylpr,jfho was pt President !of the Coal Company. The bill was tiled for the purpose of holding the defendants liable for the compauy'a I debt ahd|disnii8ded for want of tquitv". m f Simitm 11 A Mail Currier in California Lont in tlin Zt Snow. . . C8 " Nevada, Cal., Jau. 7.?Malcoim Mc- jj .f Leod, a mail-carrier, was frozen to death ai ^ yesterday. He and a companion started e on snow shoes to carry mail and express w 8 to Washington, eight miles "distant,' ex- ^ f pecting to get there by dark. Two miles ui '? from Washington, McLeq'd began to fail, ot ^ 'Ilia companion carried.arul dragged him oi J*' to'Uvithin.,haif a mile of the toWii and oi went for relief. A party of citizens has- sj tened to the relief of McLeod and found w v himstill breathing. All ellbrta at resus- tr J citation, however, were unavailing and di s he died .in a Bhort time. The carriers p* had become bewildered and traveled in re a circle many hours.' Vy > -i fn e * ?????n, ' TheKnuHtiH Blizzard Abating. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 7.?Advices p, " from Kansas and Missouri state that the rc blizzard which lias been in progress r ? throughout those States the past; thirtyi' six hours has abated! The velocity of 8 tl.ii'WSn.l Una .Inn...??...! I" .. jretierally;higher temperature prevail#. tl The storm was not severe enough to de- ti lay travel on tho railroads. 7 'J- ; , , . ; ,V-vei e , Effect of Snow ami Itnin.- : T s St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 7.?Tho.c8udden B r advent of rain, anow and sleet has trans- J if formed the business section of St. Louis tl r- into a veritable grotto of] scintillating ot e icicles, Swinging to and fro on the"tele- jj y phone, telegraph and electric light wires, y emitting flashes of varied colored lights h at frequent intervals.'* .{> ^ ; I. C1TI liDIIiDIXU BUIUNM). 'c n ?r~'-' 'V-" I A Itig 1'lro ut LeudHtoiie, Maine?The 1'oaU m ,a . Destroyed.-V e Lewiston, Me., Jan. 7.?Tho Lead- ^ y stono City building caught fire in the g, elevator shaft about 5:30 o'clock to- w night and was totally burned. It was a brick structure 200 by 60 feet with an L containing the various city offices, a 31 Bplendid hall, etc., while in the L waa tl is located the postofHce. The building waa Cl \ erected ten years ago at a coat of $250,- tf 000 and in totally ruined. There waa no x. t. inaurance on it. p 1- Four storf* Burned. B" St. Louis, Jan. 7.?A fire in Springfield, Mo., last night, destroyed four stores and $15,000 worth of property; t well insured. : ; ; g a Railroad WnnUottU. ' al Edwardsvillk, III., Jan. 7.?The re- { cent heavv raina are nlavinv hnvnn with * 1 - ? r.-.-rf D ?i>. ,0 some of the weaker railroad lines. No h trains have passed going west on the i- Toledo,- St. Louis & Kansas City road ? since yesterday morning, the dump over a former bridge near Sorrento, which I had recently been filled, ^having given ? way and causing five freight cars i\nd a ti it caboose to slide to the foot of an em? 1 te baakment The Wabash on the t! , Edwardsville branch is also washed out d at Indian Creek and trayel suspended n for to-day. ; % ie -? ?1 If. Judge Kelly'* Condition. t d, "Washington, Jap. 7?Judge Kelly has fi as had a very bad day. He is restless,"very i: r- weak and delirious at times and hope is 1 id entertained by those near" him for any li BuVaUntiul change for the hotter. 1 GOV. MM, ON ELECTION REFORM. leSnjmltU Needed lliidljr, In Oppoae Mia AiiNtrullHu Hjratetn, and Fays AH Lion to the Cleveland Faction. ' * Almsy, N. Y., Jiiti, 7.?The f fork Legislature met to-day. {Governor Hill, in his annual mesa o the Legislature, urgeB the tlealrabl ( aome changes in the laws relating lections, lie reviews the present e ion laws and says:1 i-1' ' > * "Yet in spite o( these excellent pre lone our laws do not reach the I reat evils which attend our election oUuildation and corruption. Tb ourlah unchecked, bringing sha pou our Slate, reuderlng our electii iiiSitrryrand threatening even the sgrltv and existeuce o[ our political tllutiona. No public service can lore patriotic than'tlint which seeks uard suffrage from such abuses. tmi i-ii- ? Abio uuuirtuuu uy guuuciuzeaa eve rhere. I tbinlc, that all legislation aniletl to * Improve '. our/ election k jould have for its muiu purpose thee jetiou of these two evila?corrupti uil intimidation. All other, obje >uglit to be attained are o[ Bubordin; uportance. 1 %), J?.r 'qivosud to t1ik australian hyhtku "Many well meaning ;citiEenB* a litical HHHociatiouB impressed by t ecesaity for somevrentedial legialati re just now urging the adoption of wl known as the Australiau system jting, aud apparently believe that ill furnish a panacea for ull the per oub practices which now surround c ectiona. If this belief is well fouudi tere ought to be no prejudice agait lopting the system merely because us been successfully) tried in. forei luntries. - It doea' not follow, howev tat because the Australian syat< uitno tr, ha .....II ?" ?l.? ? IVUiM vu uu nun nuuprau lu vliO ((UVI3I ents of Australia and England and iperior to the systems which previoui listed there, it can.be appropriate >plied to our 'institutions .j without aterial modification.'^ S1 vt 'r "? "It should not he'forgotten alsotl oiversal suffrage does not exist in At alia au<l Great Britain, but thoelectl stems there are bused upon a restrict liTrage. That this difference of, cc lions is recognized by the frieuds ustralian system in this-country iowu by the fact that the system in jtirSty, has' not. been adopted by a ate in the Union. ' SeveraLStatea wi institutious^noru friendly-to it tb ir own have enacted what is called t lib trail an * system, but only afl aterial alterations." . a kkq18tuation law. , ' The Governor recommends the pai ;e of a law which will provide forBeci impartments for the voter and claii at this provisional one would 'domu< preveut corruption, and would secu e chief beuetira of true electoral i rm., Iu his opinion; a general, reg ation of electors throughout the who ate should We a part ot the system. On the subject of unofficial ballots t! overnor .says: Irecommeud that pi siou be made for both official and u ticialf ballots. Grave objections ex; an exclusively official ballot. Secre Voting can be compelled justas w< ithout itaud no sufficient reason e ts why it should be insisted upon. . UNCONSTITUTIONAL. These objects can bo as well accoi ished by official ballots, which are n xlusive, as they can by exclusive licial ballots.; \ > i : * The Govenor holds that it is u ustitutional to require au elector ite for the candidate of his choice 1 arktng upon exclusively'official bi t a cross -opposite the .name of sui ndidate, and prohibiting him fro >ling in any other manner. .T.his pi sion coucededly disfranchises- one e ex class of electors, to-wit: Those wl e uuable to read and write. It esta ihes an educational qualification n ithorized.' ( I .y " /. The, Governor oays his respects ,ose who have assailed him au an o meut to ballot reform in the followii iBsage: DOES HE REFER TO CLEVELAND? "The cause of true reform is not pi oted ,by loud declarations or bvu emly protestations of attachment*! ie part of its professed friends. Ovc alouaneas becomes Buspicious in au mea and invites the conclusion tb irtisan advantage or cheap reputatii the object sought .rather than siuce ixiety for the public weal. "There is, unfortunately, more orle ItiahneBS, intolerance, fanaticism, i trance and hypocrisy which atta iemselve8to every reform moveme id electoral reform has not been wit it barnnelea of these kinda.i^Couspiti is among such apparent advocates, b jstructiouista, are men who have 'tnpathy with universal Suffrage ai ho would restrict it if they could; d( inairea who, though never passed iv at the polls, believe themselves < ible'of framing a law which will c< ct.aU abuses and who obstinately : ;se to accept suggestions from men raetutal experience,nuddemagues wl ivinii felt the popular pulse, seek t jblicear at every opportunity and p: it-like' repeat! the cryj! for "bal iform." , Tim "War. Growing noC^T.1 Chicago, Jan. 7.?'The war betwe ie State and the city on the question ie prevention'.of the slaughter of d iseil cattle in this city, is growing h cvday Mr. McClu-Bney. of the Sli oard of Live Stock Comthisslone rote an open letter to Health Couiiu oner ' Wickersham,' in which he sii lat it has been only through the ellb [ the State;Board that the Chicago mi els have been kept from diseased men More lSoodllui; Unearthed. St. Louis, Jan. ; 7,-jThe,FptiiDisp^ ?-night contains another expose Doodling"', inj the city governm'e: bis time the claim is made that '$4,( aa paid for passing the TJnionfMarl rcado bill through the: House'of De ites.- The Grand Jury uow in seEai ill investigate the charges of boodlii h--.'' Ella Wlilto EwiipM.'}f I Elmiba, N. Y., Jan. 7.?Ella Whi le noted female forger, who was inlly arrested,in Chicago, andbrotif > tlii? city, escaped from the county j ere to-day.' She swindled Elmira pi le out of $00,000. Y'J;:A Steel Contract, .u vrC;*> Washington, D. 0., Jan. 7.?A ci act was to-day awarded to the Line teel Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., lrniahing 881itons of protective de lilting for the new battle ship Texae 0 cents a pound, thus amounting 102.165. -* S?v?r? Wreck. Bklvidbrb, N. J., Jan. 7.?A I reck occurred on' the Pennsylva lailroad near here this morning, anstruction train collided with an 'rai^Engineer8 Walton, Haggerty i 'ennacliff were seriously injured t he road was badly blocked and all tra elayed. OMtnrdljf'/Deed, Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 7.?An smpt was made last night to wrecl reight train oh the Iron Mountain r< d the deep - cut one mile south-ofh< 'he engineer Baw a negro throw a v irge chain across the raib, The eng ras Uadly damaged. ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE WIRE. A to A Lineman Get* ? Terrible Shock From ' Lr 11- \Thleh lie YJU1 Die, 8f. Louis, Jan. 7.?Frauk Mahon, a lew lineman, la another victim of the mur- ' derous wires. He Is employed by the llfy Missouri] Electric Light Company, and 'to was sent to the" engine . house on , lec- Eleventh street yesterday to repair a ' , line that waa out o( order. He wont to the top ol the house and soon alter the I tlremen heard a BhOut and a scream ol * agony. Looking up thoy saw Mahon In the wires. Ho had been severely shock: ed but still was able to struggle hard to (rue himself Irom the deadly wires. Then bis whole body shook lor a mo. ' inent and was hurled off the roof to the yard beneath. He alighted on a mass ol ? bricks and rubbish. The flremen Dlcked hitu up and took him'to the diBpe'nBary. ,7" Ilia injuriw are fatal. in- j Wti Another Wire Accident, ur" St. Louia, Jau. 7.?Thia morning at 7 JJJJ o'clock, as a Btreet car on the aoutti * ,t? wai going >t a rapid rata ot speed, tlia 1 two horses ran agalnBt a broken electric w light wire whlcb hung like a loop acrosa ' , the street. The shock killed botuhoraea tl "" instantly nud stunned tho driver. aI on . .. TIIKKE MEN Kll, 1,1)1) jj By like >*nll of u Wall ?r ti Long IilonJ u 'Y*< ^ ^Mftthlnc Shop; ' i . QJ* Los a Thland City, L. I., Jan. 7.?The lUr north wall of the old machine shops in m id, the.yard of the Long Island railroad dopot in this city fell with a loud crash Ui 1 about 9 o'clock this morning, burying P' BP( three men under several tons of brick. w jm The men were dead, wheu taken out, pt n- every bone in their bodies having been is brokeu. The first body recovered from ily the ruins was that)of Charles Romau* ;ly thai. The other men are kuown ouly as je wo uijrno 11 u'i ocuoueiu. uotn are naia to y< reside in Williamsbunr. ?? lat " is- ADMITTED TO JUIL Kour NclgroeM Inipllcnted til the Murder That started the ltecuut Slaughter. at of 'Columbia',' S. 0., Jan. 7.?The tuurder ci is of J. S. Brown, a white planter, near ^ Midwrfyj Barnwell county, on December 19, was alleged to have been one prime in an cause of the recent butchery of eight ne- of he groiis confined in the Barnwell jail. .er To-day four negroes, charged'with be- W( ing implicated in the murder of Brown, Pc were brought before .the Supreme Court j on habeas corpus proceedings for admis- *** sion to bail. Two were admitted to bail . 'et in ?500, and the others were required to WI, ns furnish $1,000 bond each. ^ re JUSTIFIAlSllu' HOMICIDE. ,e" A Young Man Kill* Ilia Brother in Self De'?* V feme. ilM . Tehama., Gal., Ja'u; 7.?A. J. Claikp, p. lie Jr., shot and killed bis brother, Johno? ston Clarke, this morning an the result ,a* of a family quarrel. Johnston seized a jfy razor and attempted to kill his brother ill when the latter drew a revolver and wi x- fired, the[ ball ontering the forehead. iB The parties were the sons of the late or Judge Clarke. Young Clarke-surren- an dered to the authorities after the shoot- or ing, and the coroner's iutjuest was held ot this afternoon, resulting m a verdict of of ly justifiable homicide:-'/' l -?:?* ? ' '. iat n- STARVING TO DEATH. t0 A llonpltnl Patient Who Weigh* 300 l'onndn Dying From Hunger. ^ CnicAoo, Jan. 7.?There is a patient th m in Waid 3 iirCook County-hospital, whcf oti Or weighs over, 300 pounds/ and who at the n- time of his admission to tliat institution, io was almost starved to deojth, not , haying br tasted food for 5 days.v He is a German ot 59 years of age and his name is Veramen Vennau. Yennau was admitted to nc to the hospital Sunday last and has been in th r ?? oviumtuao uuuuiuuil Biuce. I1IB Ueaill R( ag within the next 48 hours is certain. bo TUB WAliltAXT WASN'T SERVED. 0* Mr. Powtlerljr Too 111 for it to be Served )"! n{ ' . Upon ilkn. on Sciianton, I?a., Jan. 7.?A. properly sr- drawn warrant for the arrest of Grand cj, ^ Master Workman Powderly, sworn out mi Jn by Edward Gallaghan, before Justice re Keener, of - Scottdale, was received in this city to-day. When the conBtable gB went to Mr. Powderly's house he found . . him Bick in bed, suffering from quinsy, ^ sore throat and "ia grfppe," and did not nt make the arrest. ' m AltliESTEl) FOl't UUItULAKt. ") ut. An IuHtitnto 1'rofuHHor StunlH (i MlHslonnry q Collection. CQ ' ..Cleveland, 0., Jau. 7. ? Hamilton C(j [a Carter, one of the professors in the New t|, m- Lyme, Ohio, Institute, has been arrested CI jr- on the charge of burglary and hias made ap re- a confession. He broke into a drug store tli ,i Vn...T..?.n 1"-?? *--* * * vi ov uuu owuiu u uiiBHionary coi- id 10, lection taken ud in the Presbyterian ot he Sunday School at Warren, Ohio. tli ir- * iH lot # A VICTIM OF TO CAMPAIGN. ui George It. who Went Insane Dies In "< :1 r\':--V the Abylun?. r ' en Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 7.?Geo. R.Topp, of late member of the Board of Public Tl |a. Affairs, who resigned during.the camnt paig'n last fall, anu who was sent to the v* Lougview Insane Asylum a few days lo rs 8K?? ut place at'32:30 to-day." cc '8* Seven llnn|>lu|;it In One Month, - ? Raleigh, N. 0., J?n. 7.?Governor P( ar. Fowle yesterday fixed February 27 as * ,ts. the date for the-hanging of four meu now under.death sentence in this State, t two for murder and two for''burglary. Ich UrilesH.executive' clemency intervenes of the execution "Of! J: 0. Parrish, now in { nt jail'.under ^ death sentence, ^rill take , place here on Friday.; ,There will probably. be as many as seveilhangings withL?t ^ the next month. . * lO:, ? ?> a( on 'CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. ig. ; y) i ' Princess Bismarck is improved of $) health. tt te> Footer, Canada's Finance Minister, is d' re- in retirement withinfluenza. . jht Adelaide Detchon, the American ' ail singer, has cut all engagements. Grip. jr so- In New York State* last year 49,950 Q meu were convicted of crime and.5,334 women. lc Philadelnhia nrintura hnvn fWMml r |m" not to Btnke, though their demands h I?0 have not'been'met . for x woman telegraph operator erred in ck copying ;a dispatcher's train order at v; 'at Keene, N.' H., and a "dead engineer and n $9. fireman are the.reaaIla.i;:"-;Tjyv^ " h Mary Marlin, 16, years old, a New ii Hampshire shopgirl, being excused yea- j iad terday because oi grip, dropped dead in the street on her way home. ^ ^ Klein, a Franco-fruBfiiau veteran'Bougtrt ind *"8 wi'e'B Krave a Long Island cemetery and blew hia-head off with a gun. jna William Moore died of the grip in Plainfleld, N. J., Sunday. To-day while j? the mourners were returning from his j( funeral his wife died of the Bame malady. ? at- Moore had $300,000. c a The increased death, rate in New >ad York by reason of the grip has "been ' jreV chiefly made "{ ,up by^'deathB of persons e ery over 25 years of age. Out of 440 increase d ine in a given time, 87 deaths were of persons under 25, f] 1ST MM BOOM. \nother Naw Railroad to Tap Our Mineral Deposits.IOTA MYTH BY ANY MEANS. tWIll ltun front Pittsburgh Through the Heart or this $tato to Lexlnjr* ton, Va,?nijf Capital Hacking It?To Uo Built nt Onco. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 7.?It is only 'Ithin recent years that capitaUsta, and ipecially iron manufacturers,have Riven ay attention to. the immenso iron ore epoahain West Virginia. The mountains of that little common* ealth are full of iron ore of every grade, om the most inferior to a grade which ill rival the Lake Superior product. It is easy of access, where tranBportaon facilities are within easy distance, id tue coflt ol mining the ore ia much leaper than In other part# of tliu coiiiiy It is &1bo nearer the sea board, nearer ' Pittsburgh and nearer ihu furnaces of Id Virginia than the ores which are }ned in the Lake Superior region. About tbe only railroad route which le mine owners care for shipping.their oduct to the Pittsburgh furnaces is up e Shenandoah branch of tbe B. & o., bich runs down tbe valley from Harm's Ferry to Lexington. i. new I10AD PUOMlHItD. A new road has recently been procted, and will bo built within the next ;ar. It will connect the oro beds of 'cut Virginia with Pittahllruh mill mill 5 kuowu as the Pittsburgh & West irginia Railroad. ! It will be in opposition to the B. & ()., ul will form a very direct route to this ty. A meeting of the stockholders of the opoaed road was aeld iu Lexingtou, a., January;4, when ex?Governor Fitzigh Leo was elected President. A force contractors and laborers will be put work within the next three orjfiur seks and the road liuiuhed as soon as issible. The route of the new road will i from Pittsburgh to Couuellsville, en to Uniontovyn, and from there to )wlesburg'ori the B. & 0., where it ill cross that road. Then proceeding South it will pass rough Thomas, Buckbaunon, Web- < jr, U.H., Huntersvilleand Ronceverte, I .. VaM and N. Lexington, Va. ONK OK THOSE INTERESTED. A. prominent iron manufacturer of ttsburgh said yesterday:. ; This branch of the road will bo be- ; een 250 and 300 miles long, and will ' ien up some of the best ore deposits in e State. It will bring the ore mines . thin easy reach of Pittsburgh. There a large quantity of the finest grade of ^ e in the tJuited States in that .region, d of course there is a large amount of e of a very poor grade. . . This road will be entirely independent J the B. & 0. and all other roads. < Ihere are a lot of New York capital- j s backing it who have plenty of money. . me opening up of this road will be "a . Bat-benefit not only to Pittsburgh, but 1 West Virginia aa well. It will pene- < ite the heart oi the.State, and besides 1 e iron ore there are vast depoBita of 1 ber minerals, I understand, which can 1 easily developed. ..;i io; < A COHESIVE PLAN. j The road is not a myth by any meana. , hen it is completed t^Lexington it is ; improbable that it may be run down 1 e east Bide of the mountains, through ' jcky Mount Stuart/.Dunbury, Wilkes- , ro, Lenoir; and Shelby into the Caro- , las and Georgia. Several B. & 0. officials were interswed .yesterday, and did not seem to ; Ice kindly to the proposed road. They y there is no business for a new road < d that almost insurmountable obsta- ; is will; have to be overcome by the I en who intend building the new, line, j ItOUXCLN'G LIQUOR DEALERS. ; id Mnsonlo lodges of Nebranka Expell- , - Inc Tliein From tho Order. - , Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.?At a recent seting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of ,, is State a rule was adopted "which j utuuiu) u naiuuu-Kcuper irom oecomiug Mason or reuiaitxing in the order if he ntinueBthe business. It has just leak- , i out that a Lincoln lodge has begun e work of purging in that business, mrges were preferred about six weeka ;o againat three prominent members of 1 e order in this city who,were engaged liquor eelling, and at a recent meeting the lodge, after an all night sessiou, icy were,expelled from the order. Thia the first case under' the rule. It is ideretood that like prosecutions will be gun all over the State". ; ' . V GOT A SET BACK. 10 Petition .of tho striking Miners Ilefuweri by tlio Court. P u n xsutawney, Pa., Jan. 7.?The eked out miners in this region got very ild comfort from Judge Wilson at rookville to-day. They presented a itition asking for a rule to show cause hy the evictions ordered by the Buffalo, ochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company , Walston and Adrian, should not be ayed. The court replied that there aa no lawheknewof to justify an innction; that the Supreme Court had iveral timea pronounced the ten day ases valid. 8trik?. at Stauheuvlllt. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 7.?-The boys the Summer Glass works at Steubenlle, 0., struck to-day for an advance of . per week. The firm refused to grant le advance and the works have shut )wn. . I1''"*- ?'t, A'.InPJVa*f,,l? I'.1 I?WIU Clinton, Iowa, Jan. 7.?La grippe still icreasea the number of sick people, ver sixty of the trainmen of this divism of the Chicago & Northwestern are owu and-probably one-third of the inabitants of the city. f ; ." * Oiir-Thlr<l of Lincoln Down .Willi It. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.?La grippe is cry prevalent iu Lincoln. It is estimted that nearly one-third of the inabitants are affected, some of them beig very ill. Au Official:a Victim:I Washington, D. b., Jan. 7.?Dr. harlot McMillan, Medical Referee of in Pension Bureau, died this morning i pneumonia. Fought to a Draw.' " Boston, Jan. 7.?At the Cribb Club ist night Chappie Meredith, of Ebgind, and Cal Jordan, of this city, fought fteeh'rouD"daito"aMraw'^^^ift@tVja 8UBm?blp>?wi.>->'>'x New York, Jan. 7.?Arrived, Steamre Italy, from Liverpool; La Normanie, Havre, Bohemia, from Hamburg. HAiiouEa. Jan. 7.-Arrived, Geller. rom New York, 'l ^ ' ' ' v.. DIED IX HER PRISON* CEI^vi; Mr?. llminnli Southworth, Who Shut r?t lu?, Kiplrea In thaTouba, New Your, Jan. 7.?Mrs. Hannah B Southworth,who shotand killed 8tephei Pettuson FultoUBtreet early on the morn ing of November 22, died In her cell ai the Tomhs at G:15 o'clock this morning Iier mother, Mrs. Ellen T. Martin, and her brothers, George and William Mar tin, were at her bedside when she exEired. The csroner has been notified ol er death. - r';?! Dr. Chetwood, who granted the death certificate, places the time ol death at 2:30 o'clock and gives as the cause of death primary heart failure and general debility. The death ol Mrs. Southworth Is described as having been peaceful. The grief of the dead Woman's mother was painful to witness. The body ol Mrs. Southworth was wasted almost to a skeleton. Coroner Schuilie granted an order permitting the removal of the body to Brooklyn, where it will remain at the residence of her brother until Thursday. Then It will bo removed to Greenwood cemetery and placed in a re ueiviuk vuuu temporarily, as euon Iia Mm. Martiu In prepared to leave (or her Southern home she will arrange lor the removal ot the body t? Louisville, Ky., for nnal interment in the family plot there. -; . aiimuAAiitii ci,ah,in dead. Ono of th? llent Known Merchmita In the Country Gone. Nkw York, Jan. 7.?Auron Olaflln, the well-known merchant of this city, died-at bis home in Brooklyu this morning. Ho was a, resident of Brooklyn, and conducted buslnyss in New York City for forty-eight years. He owned one of the largest boot and shoe factories in the country, located at Milford, Mass., where he wiih linrn. Mr. Claflin also owned a model farm of 700 acres at Milford, which ho viuited once a month. He returned here from one of these visits two weeks ago, and was taken sick for the first time in his life. He leaves four sons and four daughters and an estate of * $1,000,000. He was a brother of U. B. Clatlin. A NEWSl'AMi MAN GONE. Georjjo Martin, of tlio l'lttirtiurj:hjrime% Suddenly Diet In WnMldngton. Washington, Jan. 7.?George Martin, formerly correspondent of the New York Press, and recently correspondent of the Pittsburgh Times, died at 1L o'clock tonight, of paralysis. He was at work;at thecapitol until late this afternoon, and wasnot8trickeii until 7o'clock. Mr.Martin was a son-in-law of ex-Congressman James, of New York. Ilia remains will be taken to Pittsburg for burial. Former French General Dend. Chknoa, III., Jan. 7.?Generar LouiB Laduc died of heart diaeaBo yesterday at his farm, northwest of this city. He has resided here over twenty years. He was born in France aud was highly educated. ' . : EMBEZZLER AKltESTED, ine i?ooKKB?per 01 n WlioleimloDrug FirmShort Fifteen JTliouaund Dollar*. Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 7.?Edward 0. Cowree, Clerk of the Board of Education jf Glendale, Ohio, was yesterday arrested at the instance of Allen &v,Coi, Iruggista of this city, on a charge.of tiaving embezzled $15,000 of their.raoney hiring four years ending in 1888, when ue was their bookkeeper/1: During the time of his employment , and.for some time afterward .there was no. suspicion jf any wrong doing, but recently au examination of an old account brought to light irregularities and the books were .ben examined with the above result, [t is said Lowree admitted irregularities, but said that the amount was small, un3er promise of freedom of arrest. ^For some reason: the firm, decided to make, the-arrest. Mr. Lowree holds a high place in the estimation of all his acquaintances. DECIDED AGAIft'STTUH STANDARD. George Rice WiiiH Ills Certificate Case In the New York Court. New York, Jan. ,7.?Judge O'Brien to-day gave judgment.in favor of George Rice, in his fight with the Standard Oil Trust; Some mouths ago Mr. Rice purchased in open market live Standard Oil Trust certificates. He also received an additional share as a stock divide on his tive shares. Tlie , certificates remained in the name of the person from whom Mr. Rice _purchased, them and notwithstanding repeated .efforts to have them transferred to his name on the books, the Trust refused to comply with his demands. Then he began suit in the Supreme Court against John S. Rockefeller and other trustees of the Trust to compel them to trauBfer the certificates to him on their books and also to pay the dividend to him and accord him all legal rights as a certificate holder. Judge O'Brien in giving judgment in favor of Mr. Rice, says he had established his rielit to become a transfee under the TruBt agreement. A WBAI.T11V IIKIKKSS JIAUKIKD. a aimer or minn nam urexcl MnrriVM n Plilliuleljililn. Lnwyur. Philadelphia, Jun. 7.?Miss Elizabeth Drexel, eldest of;tbo, daughters of the late Francis A. Drexel, was united in marriage this morning to William George Smith, a luwyerof this cfty. She is a Bister of Mies Kale Drexel, who recently, entered the "convent ; at Pittsburgh. : The bride is one of the wealthiest ladies in her own right in America. SOUTH DA KOTA fli EG IS liATDK B.' f. Very Little Preliminary Exclleiuent-The j, Governor'* Menage. vi;':V;VvV: Pierhb, S. D., Jan, 7.-?The Legislature' of South Dakota convened this afternoon at 2 p. m., 100 of the 109 members being prest nt., As the organization was perfected last fall there is little nreliminarv excitement outaide of diligent canvassing for the minor offices which have not yet been filled. Governor Mellette baa postponed the delivery of hiB message until to-morrow. Economy in all its phases will be the strong .point of the meaaage. The prohibitionists ^avtT a strong lobby preaent aud will do their utmost to secure an iron-clad prohibitory law. . TUB MONTANA SKNATOKSHIF. The Democrat* Cant Their UullotM, but the ~ Certificate! Won't he Authuuticutud. Helena, Mont., Jan.7.?Thirty-seven Senate and Houae Democrata assembled in joint aesaion at upon' and caat their votea for Clark and MaGinnia, Democratic caucus candidates for Senators; Governor Toole, it iB said, signed the certificates for their election, but that Secretary of State Botwilt will refuse official authentication with the State seal. Illuckbum Ite-eloctcd. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 7.?Senator Blackburn was to-day re-elected Senator by the Kentucky Legislature in joint session. Do Yocbave dyspectic troubles? Take I Hood's Saraaparilla, which has relieved I thousands and will cure you. Sold by - EMPRESS ADGDSTA. DEAD. 11111 1 " 1 i The Consort of the Late Kaiser ' Wilhelm of Germany. i fl VICTIM OF INFLUENZA. ; She Passes Away Surrounded by tho Royal Family?The Sorrow of the ' / People In llorlln-Othor Interesting European 'No\vs.^.,V! . ; x Bkelin, Jan. 7.?The Dowager EmnfPHfl' A HBMDfw Unm i.??? ?1?*_- " r..? ?.Bug?| nuu IIM UCOU OUUUUUg from influenza, died at 4:30jlij8_after-nooo. Early th'is morning alio had a relapse and she grow rapidly worse. At: 2 p. m. the Emperor aud Empress and their two eldst eons, Crown Prince William aud Prlnco Fredorick and tho Grand Duko and Grand Duchess of Baden, son-in-law and daughter reppectively of the Dowager Empress, were called to her bedside. Count Von Moltke left her palace at noon. He was much affected at her alarming con* dltlon. ,i- , A large crowd has assembled in Unter Den Linden before tho palace, and much sympathy is shown for the family. J ? v The Dowager Empress Augusta, whoa# full name and title before her marriage to the late Emperor William was Augusta. Princess of Saxouy-Weimar Eisenbacn aud Duchess of Saxony, | was born September 30,1811. She was chief of the Fourth Guard Grenadiers IRegiment. . ;' . V' j HOW TUB XJJD CAMK. I The death of the Empress Augusta | was announced to tho people by the lowerintr of thelmnnrlal ntiitwl. fmm ! ?. | place over the palaces. The Empress passed away peacefully surrounded by all her near relatives and her much atI fetched attendants.' An the end came the mourners knelt around the bed and the Court Chaulain offered a prayer and then blessed the remains. The Emperor William and the Empress* soon after,,' ... left the'chamber. . As early as 3 in the morning the doctors had perceived there was no hope of saving the Empress life.. She had Buffered from the influenza for three days and bore the malady so well that on Monday night her recovery was looked upon as certain. But in the course of that night pneumonia. was developed / > ; and presented a crisis too great for her remaining strength. ': v ' ' The streets are already draped with mourning. The EnglUli^PortucueHU llackot. Lisbon, Jan. 7.?Senor Gomez will : answer the Marquis of Salisbury's latest note at the end of tbo week. Salisbury's . note was of a menacing, peremptory character, requiring Portugal to act at once, as if thp recluue of England's position in thtrca^e was beyond all doubt. It is believed that Portugal cannot concede bo much, but that the Foreign Minister will intimate the willingness of the Portuguese Government to order the maintenance of the Btatu auo in.Africa. : pending negotiations, if England will dothesamo. % . Meeting of Mine Owners. : : Brussels, Jan. 7.?A. meeting of tho ' mine owners of the Charleroi district was. held,to-day-to consider the com- ; Promise proposed by the striking miners. ' t was decided not to accept the compromise and this rejection of the overtures made by the men has caused much indignation among the miners. Tho strike continues to spread. A HIg Fire In llruiinelf*. Brobskls, Jan. 7.?Tho theatre and bourse here were destroyed by tire this morning. Only the bare walls of tho , ' buildings remain.- For a time it was j . . . thought that the fire would destroy the block in which the theatre and bourse,; . r, were located, but the firemen saved they Hotel Central and other!adjacent buildings and rescued the gueata of the hotel. Not a Complete Victory.. Berlin, Jan. 7.?The Tageblatl states' . i that the victory of Major ."Wissmann over the insurgeanta near -.Saadanier reported yesterday was incomplete. The paper says that the Arabs after being driven Irom their fortified position returned and assumed the ofiensive. 3 ?; > ' Hundredsof People Drowned. ' ; rI Shanghai, Jan. 7.?A water spout is reported at Nanking. Hundreds of people were drowned") Nume>ou8 boats ' were destroyed and great damage was done. ' ItM Film! lte?Uii? l'luce. a .. Lisbon, Jan. 7.?The body of the late A/jx Empress of Brazil was to-day consigned i\ r to itfl final resting place in the Pantheon ij.<V ; here. . . > . C';;-. The Nmv Ohio County Fair Annotation. , ?' The Ohio County Fair Association, the organization formed as successor to the one which for a number of years past has held what has been kuown eb '. the Potomac'Pair, gives promise of being a very excellent and successful venture. The amount of stock necessary to U make. the association a go has bem 1 nearly all taken. A board of nine directors lias been elected and they have organized by electing Mr.' Jauies Orr, of 'Ohio county, President; Dr.-Irwin, of, I West Alexander,, Vice ;President;. Mr. : I Waltz, of \Vest Alexander, Secretary, and Mr. H. F. Whitham, Treasurer. The lioard proposes to make the fairs to | be given by the1 Association regularfar|mers' fairs. The-new grounds are - j located near to tbe line'of' the Baltimore,,-*jj & Ohio rbadi fn'the vicinity of West ' Alexander; and being easv of access, it is expected that the Washington county, L'a.,' Btocknven will join with those from this county in their efforts to'make the; . , fairsSuccesses, a1 A feature in connection with the fairs will be the opportunity to; Bell and trade.fine'stock. ; ?, Turtle Soup nml Lunch at the Central. There was received yesterday at'VVm. - ; ! Conard's new and popular Central; restaurant, on Market street, a few doors below the McLure tloude, four hundred pounds of hard shell snapping turtles/ which will' be served up to patrons to-day:in the shape of soup and steaks. Mr. Conard has a cook whom he is will ing to backagainstany other cook in the^^g^; city as! an accomplished man in1 his lino," '- " ana,the turtles will'1 be prepared by" him1 in a most appetizing manner. - Those who like something good to eat sllould j&'&j not forget to call at the Central to-day . and sample the turtle. V v V Chouse of Pastorate. . Madison/ Wis., Jan. 7.?O.H, Richards yesterday formally tendered bis resignation as pastor of the local Congregational church, over which be presided lor: twenty-two: years. W.B. :.Wanamaker,7 a brother and^associate of the PoBtmaBter General, was here yesterday ; \ and formallytendered him: the 'unanimous call of the Central Congregational Church of Philadelphia, which was aa formally accepted. Old Man Klokeil to Dentil, . Niw York, Jan. 7.?Within the very shadow ol the 'Sixth Precinct Station House Isaac Schilanski; an aged Hebrew, , ' f was beaten and kicked . to - death'tbiBJ r '; afternoon by a crowd of Italians. His body now Uea at the station house.