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' . WHEELING, W. VA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1890. XO. 2n<i. \ ( H *• - * • __- - - - 'in Steeps Away Valuable Prop erty in an Illinois Town. ,;NY HOUSES BLOW! DOWI. iFttr lu Storm Having in the North west. HUNDREDS OF Li\ ES LOST u -:iJ laic Seriously Impeded in jfcmhem lowa-A Disagreeable of *»lie Elements in Chicago. - ( V1B... !i.i Man 1. S7.-A tornado ' 11 5 o’clock this j . , damage to proper v ... were blown down. is n*i*ortcd. Mill j • , Mobile and Ohio, ... v,. ,i lif the storm and js reported. Wires < ,.. . ami no fuller account srv uown . in,. ,1 to-lilglll. I , t. . v. III., give details ' . ... bv the >t»rm. The 1 _-s, fettees, etc., will ! ! . -.iion. Among the build- j w r>- the public sehtwl, v . r It. It. Ilopkinson’s Barney l*tiillips' livery j . ..f Hon. Wtu. Bower, mil l*r. Samuel Me . ■ -tack of the electric was blown down and the, ... .. i.. d t** gather rcn. ws-.l struck the house of i„ Ham w was completely de- ’ [ ;.m:. y -ought safety in i mhurt. The ad . . .... . . I»r. Marshall and II \j .. ... r idly damaged. The „M Math* - near by was ..... its foundations r .-li, *! ' 'trying the fatui- ‘ i, tin *..:, s. AH escaped | r\ .a\. Mr». Mathew, who _ .. , ..udition. Many . . ... » r. »id. rably damag ,.,l a , ow s:.d a > alf w. rc taken bv; •x w.-.d I i arri'-.j or a quarter of x at .’.**, being Jr*-! [,*■*/ in a held unin t* i g*.f John Bourrell | i t a ves- j r s trents ho* '• itad*s at.* apj**-iranct*. being filled w ■ 1 br - lUNUlittisOI VV.ol'Lt I'KKlsIt. \ Tcrrtt.tr sturm at Mrlr„y.,|is, Illinois. i t, v- M.*r \ ate special ' out 38 miles • • ’y tit*' storm, s w.-re killed and Ill/cti Wail* to Kumiu. iv in~ v- • Man-li 57.—A storm of * - it j< prevailed tlirotnrh .1 Ka si» southwestern Missouri -iay. >: -v ;s reported from some ■ - ■! IV -tern Kansas, hut the fall ha- cut hecti heavy, ami no In* ■ i v • to the winter w heat i- rf .- 'jr occurred by reason ■ Ti.- -• notable features of the - i la- li.-n the low water ami the . w ,- The barometer varied in f - ft ■ »m 33 at WltchitU At t - p- nit it was ‘.*s, the low i - r< ;->rt- fur tears. 1 . ' the wiud was extraor - u.ii continued storm, j br.l KUamril of the v#m>b. Mu sum March 37.—The first irduf!!.! sea-on is raging here to - 1 l»»t as the weather is compare* > » , - . Iterimr entailed Is Slow is falling heav .. ii. \i r : il the wind blowing ri"u- .. 1:. -iitn. place- snow has dr !t'..- i, an extent that street ear trail lia in In -u-pcmled. U<>ii*t‘ruii« II.til Morin. i VBic, In, March .*7.—A wind and I.. i--. il ..\er Cairo at t p. m. H i - - *■ mini:/ over three ounce* Si « i* dime here. Con ■ ■ '■* Ui! -r ;s>rted from l.irds ’ Mi n . • i» report struck k ■> , -. veral houses. ’ - i ity are down, I her inform z country. ♦ ( hn agu |M»rw Nor ICm t|H». k; Mar. -Th storm which r>a ' d here ,i ■ to-day has been «. -t. 8M - at . lie o’clock and •i! iiti.il .r an Iuctr. then turned into ' t a panted by w ind. ' - aiiles an hour. The '•kr' I-r r.i •. .1 in all directions. - • did;. • t0 -. . lire information I ilfr rn IVnuatt* Killrtl. VoMtu-xvMarch 37,—The M -..u and Indianapolis ' i iarhere. An uutrace ' - ’ |H rioiis have been '••in V'li is I'l KXTV. ' in sight fruiu Knglish Factories. 'i:i : Mai it 77. — James A. • ' window cla" manufac* .'• \«• i ;.c. >|M*akimr ' si a ash Mr. Chaiu " i • n -• ulemeutof the •'r - : won't be long until • nt> »f ash in the couu * 1 r* .* • is that our foreign • it off. The s,«la aslt \teiisi\p|y in th, flint and •'r■■ *. and they have been ’ile by the scarcity. In tit*1 window class soda sul , - d. so that this trade ' I lunch except in a few nhlr I Vs i rwlioB at t.ouisville. • March '.*7 .' x. u.—A rc ivetl here, says: The chief f llie Western l it ion at arrived at Jeffcrson • a. across the river ■*'i . He reports terrible 'hire, almost the entire 1 of Louisville being in 1 “n to J.'.uo persons supposed This information Is said to • "v.-r a railroad win* between and IudianatHtlis. raining at midnight w York city to ' 1 tv. The Signal Service 1 rv at midnight said that the ; n!ral over Springfield. 111.. ■ * > moving eastward. High r’ l-revailing over Lake Mich* ■ • M< mphis. and Nashville. iiuiuurml Kailnutd Drill. ' ' m.. Y \., March S7.-U is business circles here that '■r Mahon*'. Senator Ihm t am* - * -\* ra! other capitalists have *h stock in the Norfolk and irii Km'road to give th**m full cou ' ■*• I'ntir** management. Notli "'w*>rtt,y ran be ascertained as r the purchase has n'ally becu '••*n. Mahout* was for many ^f'-sident of the Atlantic. Missis* • si.d Ohio Railroad, which is now • 'ffolk and Western. • AKt'MFK'S MNklMi FIND IIONDS. No One »t AnnnpolU s«ni« «o Know the Full Extant of Ills l>tmeuUie». Baltimore, Mi*., March 27.—The (hypothecation of the sinking fund ' bonds by Stale Treasurer Archer, is the one theme of conversation to-day. From what is 'aid on all sides, Mr. Archer seems to be the very last man who would l*e suspected of wrong-doing. The Mechanics' Bank, of this city, which it was said in Annapolis dis patches. last night, was the holder of considerable Archer paper, refuses to I talk further than to say that it is amply protected by the deposit of coupon bonds for all loans to Stan* Treasurer Archer. M r. Archer was first elected Treasurer in isi'U. In is$7 be succeeded Senator Arthur 1*. Gorman, who resigned as Chairman of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee, and In each political campaign since that year he has taken a prominent part. His salary as State Treasurer was $2,500 a year. Mr. Areher is also an ex-Congressman, having been tir't elected in 1846. He served four terms consecutively. A tolerably well authenticated stat** tnent has been circulated that Mr. Ar cher recently told close friends of his trouble' and that they were so serious llial the needed help eould not be given. No one at Annapolis seems to know just yet of the extent of State Treas urer Archer’s difficulties. Every one, however, is willing to believe the amount involved is small, ami say that it was insane impulse which forced Mr. Areher to reject aid. inti mate friends of Archer have known of hi' trouble since Monday, and any amount needed to make good his short age was offered. One man tendered $25,000 in cash, if necessary.and without security. He rejected all offers of aid, saying that he himself alone eould set tle tie affair. When last in Annapolis. Mr. Areher '.lid it would be the last time !o would ever visit the place. Another bank in Baltimore, other than tiie Mechanics' Bank, is said here, to hold a considerable amount of the Archer paper. Eight thousand dollars of State se ciiritP ' have been found so far as to have N eii pledged by Treasurer Areher for his private account. There should be In hi' po.'sessiou, to the credit of the State, over six hundred thousand dol lars of securities. These are to be '•■arched out and their whcrcaliouts as certained. A Joint Committee of tin- i Senate and House of Delegates: have been appointed to in vestigate Archer’s accounts The | matter is at a standstill until thi' committee begins its invest!* , gallon. The amount is suppose! to he | large. There is great regret here over j the revelations. No one is Allowed to '• e Archer other than his wife and daughter and the attending physician. The la*! named 'ays that Mr. Archer Is threatened with congestion of the brain, the result of protracted overwork and worry, but that a fatal termination may be alerted by rest and seclusion. NEW' » KOSI COM Mill *. The Canal Project ami School Tm Matter*. Effort to Remote Murderer Shudler. Sprtitil Trl'ijrarr* to the ft^fistc r. Com sibcs. March 27.—The House to »lav resumed consideration of the Canal system tu connection with the General Appropriation bill. Arguments for and against increasing and decreasing ap ' prupriations f<>r several canals became so long and heated that the ({uestiou as sumed the phase as to whether or DOt the State should longer maintain and ! encourage canals which arc not self sustaining. A number of sums appro priated to the different canal systems w. re knocked out. liresbach. of Stark county, is leader of the canal opposi | tion. The pa-sage of Yoho's hill in the Sen ate to-day author!ics Clarington. Mon roe county, to levy an additional tax for school purposes. Senator Van Cleaf to-day introduced a bill to |>ay Lieutenant Governor Marquis <s.uoo a* expenses of his contest for of fice with Lainpsoii. An effort is lx ing made by Represent ative S[H*ncer to have Wen*er Shudler. a prisoner in the Ohio prison for life, for the murder of his wife at Ironton in 1*77. removed to the Soldiers Home at Sandusky, lie is 77 years old, and served in the German army, and in the Mexican and Civil Wars in this coun try. In the Mexican War. Shudler was a member of Governor Brough’s regi-j incut. His extreme age and war record i* the ground for action, if done, there will be -pedal legislation for him. He cannot live much longer. Among the incorporations to-day was the Bridgeport Electric Light and Pow er Company, Bridgeport. Capital stock *20.000. A bill to legislate statistician Fassett out of office was defeated in the Senate this morning. Sutton and Brown. Democrats, voting against [it, but the hill was reconsidered and passed this afternoon. It is now a law. It creates an office in place of the position of Labor Statistician, and John McBride, of Canton, will be j appointed to the place. By a lucky incident to-day a plan by w hit' ll James Craw ford, a burglar from Lawrence county intended to escape to ' night was discovered and frustrated. 11 raw f.>rd e-capcd iii January last, but was recaptured. ■ Vtnll. legislating Railroad Coinmis Tnier Cappeller out of office, pa-sed the Senate this evening and will, no doubt, soon pass the House also. If substitutes a commission of three members, and ' put* the work of appraising the proper ty of railroads for taxation in their bauds. __ Three Men Killed. Sr'oi KiiAXN \. Pa.. March 2. Train ; No It "n tin- Erie railroad killed three men at Red Hock, a '...all hamlet seven j mj|v, west of here, early this morning. The melt are as yet uiiideutlti.-d. and were all well dressed. About 10:4.. ,,-,'|,M-k last night, the safe In Parkers ,.,,al office, at Bliighampton. N- V. was I blown open by men who were evidently accustomed to the business. The melt killed at Red R.«ek are supposed to be by whom the burglary was {i umuiitted. The Three Victims. Him.II VMTOV. N. Y.. Mar. h 2.. lhe men killed by the Erie train 14. at Red Rock, last night, wen- not the men by whom the safe in this city was blown „,H U a short time previous. 1 h«* ' c timswere three brothers named Ibid* ri, k. John and Henry ltakeslee. all of New York. The two latter were em ployed by Henry Egbert .t Cf-. w^'e sale grin ers. corner Ibiane and t.re. n wich streets. The bodies w.-n- all hor ribly mangled and death in each case was instantaneous. The men had in their I.a u.rs and sufHeient photographs to HU a . iicar bo\. , , * _ Henry ltakeslee disappeared on the loth of last December, suddenly, after ; having la't been s,«en In a sahmn at the corner of South Fifth aw-nne a d Itleeeker street. The police and de tectives in New York. J«W j »> • J*®* boken. and Brooklyn searched for hta without success. DeWrtrk and John then threw up their positions and devot isl all their time to an endeavor to dis ,-,.v, r th. ir brother. They found him lu the West, and the three were return ing to New York when they w.-rc struck by the passenger train and hurled , -ain't a freight train which was pas ins- and which prevented them from hearing the approach of the * \pr«- . one of the fastest on the road. For bums, scalds Zd other wounds gd vation Oil has proven itodtftobe be t reme.lv ever used. All druggists sen h 125 cents a bottle. REWARDS OF WAR. PENSIONS BILLS OF INTEREST TO CITIZENS OF WEST VIRGINIA. A BUI Introduced for the Recognition of State Troops—The Bill Originally Opened by General Goff Re-Entered by Rep resentative Atkinson. ''ptcitil Ttlegntm to tlu Remitter. Washington, l>. C., March 27.—Rep | resoniative Atkinson to-day Introduced i several bills of importance to West Vir | ginia. The list was as follows: I A bill granting a pension of $100 a month to General J. A. J. Lightburn, of Lewis county. General Lightburn served iu two wars aud was one of West Vir- j giuia's most distinguished generals in | the late war. A bill grunting a similar pension to : General R. S. Northeutt, of Harrison j county, a soldier iu the war of the re bellion. A bill to reimburse Captain William | Dillon, of Wheeling, for the use of his steamboat, “Morning Light," which was j taken from him by the Government dur- j iug the war. Senator Faulkner lias in troduced a similar bill in the Senate. A bill granting a pension to Richard Crutcher, of Tylev County, a soldier iu the Mexican war. A bill granting a penslou to Reuben Martin, of Tyler County. A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth ! A. Jefferson, of Wheeling, a depend- j ent stepmother of a deceased soldier of the late war. A bill granting a pension to Mrs. J. 1’. Thatcher, of Moundsville. She is the widow of the late Rev. J. 1*. Thatcher, who was murdered by William John- | son some two years ago. A bill granting a pension to George Waddle, a soldier in the war of the re-! bell ion. A bill granting a pension to Jerry S. j Fish, a soldier of the rebellion. A bill granting a pension to Martha I A. Barnes, of Tyler county. Mrs. Barnes i> the widow of the late James A. Barnes, editor of the Tyler county Star A bill granting a pension to W. M. ltiggs, of Doddridge county, who served upwards of four years in the late war. i A bill granting a pension to John K. Bing, a soldier of the rebellion. A bill granting a pension to Hariett Murphy, of Marshall county, a depend- i ent mother of a deceased Union soldier of the late war. A bill granting a pension to James A. • Cummings. | A bill for the relief of West Virginia ; troops, acting under the authority of the Governor of the State during the ! late war. There were a great many of the West Virginia State troops who ren- j dered faithful service during the late war. many of whom were wounded, and ; others contracted diseases that disabled > I them for life, and yet under existing laws there is no possibility of any of , ! them ever getting a pension. This bill | I was introduced in the XLIXtli Con-j j gross. by General Goff, and Represcnta j tive Atkinson has re-entered It. in order tiiat the West Virginia State troops who served the Government in the war may obtain pensions. LA BO K KBS COMBINE. Another Long l>l»ou»»l<»n Yesterday «*> the ; Anti-Trust Bill. Washington, March 27.—The nnti trust hill was again taken up to-day and j the amendments to it as n'i>ortcd from the Committee of the Whole were : brought before the Senate. ; The first amendment that gave rise to 1 discussion was the provision excepting i from the prohibitions of the law the combinations of workmen and farmers. Mr. Edmunds declared himself in ! favor of doing everything that the Con stitution permitted Congress to do iu suppressing and breaking up trusts and j monopolies, because iu the long run ^ (however they might reduce cost for the ; time being) all human experience proved them to be destructive to the public welfare. People eould not shut their eyes to the fact that if capital combined, ! if" great industrial ESTABLISHMENTS COMBINE!* to regulate wages the workmen were compelled also to combine to defend i themselves. And so this country and ] other countries had been for the last ! forty years turned into great camps of | enemies, while there ought to bo only one camp of co-operative friends, t.xen j in the eitv of Washington, when- Con gress hud exclusive jurisdiction. masons, i carpenters, bakers, tailors, printers and I all trades had their combination, which were armed camps making aggressive warfare against the rest of mankind. He had learned of a case which occurred ( here onlv a few months ago, where a ; skilled printer, a citizen of the United ; States, a man of good character and 1 I with little money (such things some ! times went together, even in the Senate , ,.f the United States.) applied to the j public printer for employment; and al- , ! though he was just the man who was; wanted to till a vacancy, the public ; printer was not permitted to employ h im, because, he was told, if he did, nine* tenths of the printers employed iu the : ofllcc would cease work, ami the ! country WOULD GO TO IiKsTKUCTtOX (localise it could not read to-day what liatl iteen said in Congress yesterday. And this was because the man did not ! belong to a particular combination. If that was not tyranny. Mr. Edmunds did | not know what tyranny was. ' The tyranny of a thousand men was ! infinitely worse than the tyranny of one man. just as the tyranny of the corn mum- in France was worse than that inf the monarch who had been over thrown. Taking the iron industry as an i illustration. Mr. Edmunds went on to argue that if labor combinations put up j the price of wages rat per cent., the people w ho owned the mines and the furnaces and the forges had the right to I combine to protect themselves so as to get such prices as would make up jor j the increased cost of production. He was willing to go as far as Congress bad ! |tower to go in the way of breaking up the great monopolies that existed to the .country. So far as the constitutional question wont, h«* believed tbntthe safe tv of the nation depended more largely i 'on the preservation of what were called . ill,, rights of the States than on any | other thing. He. therefore, should be i slow ABOUT VOTING for any act of Congress, which h« thought went ever the boundary which | I the constitution prescribed. ! Mr. Platt made an earnest attack up- j on the bill as a bill that was aimed at j every business in the United States. j Mr. Walthall moved to refer the bill • and amendments to the Judiciary tom- • mittee. with instructions to report hack ; within twenty days. The motion was , agreed to: yeas 31. nays 28. The Republicans who voted in the affirmative were Cameron. Higgins, P,,tt Stanford. Stockbridge. Teller and Welcott. The Democrats who voted in the negative wore Harry. Cock rcll. Pugh. Turple, Vance and 'oor h.s-s. • Negotiation* Raptured. Livkkinh.u Mareh 37.-A delegation : „f the striking dock laborers called upon the employers t.vday and demand ed the discharge of the men who ha\< been brought to Livnrpwt to places ef the strikers. The employers declined to accede to the demand, and the negotiation for a settlement of the strike, based upon Mr. Davit! s recorn ! mendation, have been ruptured. WYOMING ADMITTED. lUpubllcuii* Salting Their N est fur the Next Caiui>ai|fu. Washington, March 27.—The House met at 11 o’clock in continuation of Wednesday’s session and the Wyoming admission bill was again taken up for consideration. Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, opposed the bill, basing his opposition upon the in sufficiency of population in the proposed State. Mr. Huckalew, of Pennsylvania, also antagonized the measure, declaring that it was a bribe held out to Congress by the local office-seeking element in the Territory. It was intended to pack the United States Senate—a Senate already having eight new Republican scats, six fairly held and two stolen. Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, said that the Constitution of Wyoming, if not the worst constitution ever adopted, was abreast of the worst. There was in that constitution everything bad in politics, morals and economies. The only good thing in it was the clause which allowed it to be amended. It held out to the European syndicates an advertisement that Wyoming was the mecca to which they should hasten their steps in order to gobble up the public lands. Sir. Springsr, of Illinois, commented upon the small attendance of members when a bill of this importance was lie fore the House. The position which he had taken in regard to the territories was an advanced one. In the last Con gress he had favored the admission of the four new States. At this session he hud introduced an omnibus bill, be cause he thought all the territories should be treated fairly and equally. The Wyoming bill gave women the right of suffrage. The Idaho bill deprived the Mormon men and women of Mormons voted the Republican ticket, while in Idaho it was suspected that they voted the Democratic ticket. Mor mouism was no objection to the admis sion of a State, except when the |>eop!e having that belief were suspected of having a desire to vote the Democratic ticket, lie believed that if the Mor mons of Utah would vote with the Republicans the settlement on the other side would railroad a bill through the House, for the admission of that territory as a State. It was said by the majority as an excuse for the small vote which hud been cast for the consti tution, that there was a driving snow storm and a tremendous gale, which had kept the people from the polls, lie created much merriment and applause on the other side by quoting from the meteorological returns, to show that the tremendous gale which had kept the people from the polls had been a gentle breeze of one mile an hour, ami tin* driving snow storm hail dwindled down to a small flurry. Mr. (irovener of Ohio said that the Democratic party since the fall of slavery, and since it had ceased to ad mit States in order to keep up the policy of slavery, had always opposed the ad mission of States. A hostility, either o|»eu and declared as now, or covert or insinuated as in the Fiftieth Congress, had always Ween the policy of the Dem ocratic party. At otic o'clock the previous question was ordered. Mr. Springer, on behalf of minority of the committee, offered an amendment providing for another con vention, called under authority of an act of Congress. Lost; yeas 131, naVs 138. Mr. Springer then offered his last amendment, which strikes out the clause of the Wyoming constitution pro viding for female suffrage. Defeated. Yeas 132, nays 138. Mr. Ureckenridge, of Kentucky, moved to recommit the hill. Lost. Yeas 139, nays 144. The bill was then passed. Yeas 13<*, nays 137. This was a strict party vote, except that Mr. Dun nell, of Minnesota, voted with the Dem ocrats. The House then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Allen, of Michigan, in tie- chair, on the army appropriation bill. The bill was read at length, and without action the committee rose and the House adjourned. reunion* Awarded. Special Telegram to the Jleejieter. Washington, March 27.—Pensions— Original invalid. Elmer II. Swigcrt. of Malta; John Keplinger. of Maysville: John Higginbottom. of Huch Hill; Ed ward Terry, of Wyoma; Salem Grimm, of Little's Mills: George W. Watkins, of llallock. Increase, Win. G. Hyckle. of Jackson, C. H.: Henry Stump of Os borne Mills: Elisha Harbour, of Dick son: Isaac Hill, of Kansoob; John W. Grim, of Hellcville. Original widows. Experience A. widow of Isaac McKown. of Cottagevillo. _ More Nomination*. Washington', March 27.—The Presi dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol lowing nominations: Postmasters —Ohio—Robert I). Dale, Rryon; Morris Hums. Zalioti; Major Anson Mills. Co. K. 10th cavalry, to be Lieutenant Colonel lltli cavalry, Captain Stevens T. Nowell, loth cavalry, to be Major. TilK KIVKlt AT CINCINNATI. Tlu* Steamer Keystone State IUde* Her Highest Flood. Cincinnati. March 27.—At 9 o'clock to-night the river was 57 feet, having fallen 2 fed and 2 inches. The steamer Keystone State left for Pittsburg, this evening, riding the highest flood an Ohio river packet ever rode. It has been drizzling all day here with an occasional brisk shower until to-night, when at 7 o'clock a thunder storm with heavy rainfall set In. It has grown more severe, until at 9 o'clock the heavens were luminous with incessant flashes of lightning and the streets are deluged with the rain fall. At half past 9 it slacked up. but the whole heavens continued to look threatening. The telegraph office here works its wires to St. Louis with great difficulty, but south and southwest through Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois, and Western Ten nessee, it had no wire communica tion of half past 9 to-night and had not had any for an hour and a half. A wire at that hour began to work badly to Lexington, Ky. No re |M>rts from the lower Ohio valley have been received here. Meagre news from the upper Ohio valley report rain fall everywhere. AFFAIRS IN GKRMANY. Huron Rletorntein Succeeds Count llcrliert Bismarck Hkih.in, March 27.—The Humltuiycr Snrhrirhtcn says that Emperor William will endeavor to establish a personal entente with the leaders of the various parties in the RelchsUg. The Emperor has conferred the collar of the Order of Hohenzollern upon Count Herbert ltlsmarek. The Conservatives in the lower House of tin* Prussian Diet will present a con gratulatory address to Prince Bismarck on his 75th birthday, which occurs on April 1. The committee of the Hestian National Liberals and the leaders of other pasties in Hesse will join in an address of tribute to Bismarck on the same occasion. Chancellor Von Caprivi has Ucrlim-d the services of detectives for his protec tion. Prince Bismarck always had a body guard of detectives following him wherever he went. Baron Bielerstein, a minister of Ba den. has been nominated to succeed Count Herbert Bismarck. "What, you coughing yet, my friend!" ••Of course! my cold is no better.” "Well, don't stand on "the order of going, but go , to the druggist and get a bottleof Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup, quicK." He went, and was straightway made happy. DESPERATE DIVE. A DETECTIVE'S LIVELY CHASE AFTER A THIEF ON TOP OF A ROOF. He Then Jumps From a Housetop. Bui Grasps a Lightning Rod and Saves His Life. The Thief Surrenders and is Manacled. Nkw Yoiik, March 27.—Chased by Detective Nugent yesterday afternoon, Highway Robber dames Dobbin darted into the doorway of No. 383 Water street. The detective followed. The man's feet sealing the stairway in bounds could be heard above. Nugent followed four steps at a time to the top landing. There all was blank and still, lie beat upon a door. A young woman came and said, witli a great show of in dignation, that no man was there. She slammed the door shut, but Nugent kicked it open, lie sRw the trap to the roof closed from the outside.1 Without a moment's hesitation lie climbed the rickety ladder and pushed the trap. It was held down from above. Drawing his pistol ■it: PIItKD through the thin lid, crying out, “Take care of yourselves out there!” He then easily knocked the trap out of the way and leaped to the roof. There, stretched away for a block on cither hand, were a succession of roofs, each flush with the other and separated only by low lire walls. Several houses distant the rob ber was running. Upon this race course the contest of speed was resumed. The thief ran to tiie last roof of the block, tlie officer in pursuit. Nugent was climbing the next lire wall but one, and chuckling to himself at the narrowing chase. The thief jump ed to tlie coping. looked back a moment, threw his arms wildly about, and shot headforemost over the edge and out of sight, Nugent had never heard of so desperate a method to avoid arrest and hud not anticipated it. lie paused, with the cold perspiration streaming from his brow. He turned to descend to the street, where he might at least AltKKST TIIK SC ItAPS of the robber, when lie bethought him of looking down the abyss into which the thief liail fallen. He walked to the edge, and profound was his astonish ment. There was no bloody corpse in tlie street, hut hanging to the coping of the roof, with his arm around a liiiht ning rod, and bis lees twining a chim ney, was a man. lie surrendered and was manacled. l'Ll'CKY ORttKATOK’S KSCAI’K. Tramps Try to I'lmxler a Kuilroa<l Oltlre al ltalnbridge—A Thrilling Kuperlenrr. ItAiMtiuiH.K, <>., March 27.—Charley Boyd, aged 24 years, night operator at tli<’ Ohio Southern Railway depot, was attacked by two men last night. One jumped through tlie ticket window with a railroad pin in his hand and tlie other robber broke in the back door with a revolver in his hand. They tussled with the operator. Boyd. Boyd did shoot at the one who came through the ticket window, but thinks ho missed him. The robber with the revolver put his gun to Boyd's left breast and tired, but by a sudden turn of Boyd's body the ball missed him. The powder burned his left breast. Also the skin was marked by the hall. The ball was ex tracted out of tlie office partition and is thirty-eight caliber. Boyd’s cries frightened his assailants away. He then notified the night engineer, Michael Mayhau, and also Marshal Arch Cork. Boyd says the robbers were about thir ty or thirty-five, years old. Both were shabbily dressed with beards ol two or three weeks’ growth, slouch hats and looked like tough characters. The larger one would weigh about 170 pounds and the smaller one would weigh 120 pounds. They came in about six p. m. at night. ESTATE OF GKNKKAL CKOOK. The Widow of the Dead Chieftain to Ke wide Permanently at Oakland. Chicago, March 27.—Tim estate of the late Major General George Crook was brought into the l’rohate Court this morning by a |ietition filed by Lieut. Lyman M. V. Kennon. an aide-de-camp on Gen. Crook's staff. Tor letters au thorizing him to administer It. Lieut. Kennon said that lie was a friend of (Sen. Crook, and that it became necessa ry to take out letters. Tim petition siiows that the General left personal property consisting mainly of war pu llers worth only $1,000 and no real es tate. The petition of Lieut. Kennon states that the Imirs at law of (ion. ('rook are his widow, Mrs. Mary I). Crook, and Walter and Charles Crook, brothers, and one sister. He left no children. Mrs. Crook, who is completely pros trated since the death of her husband. Gen. George Crook, is quietly residing at the "Glades Hotel,” in Qakland, Md. She has determined to make her perma nent residence in Oakland. Great Joy In Wyoming. Ciikykxxk, Wyo., March 27.—Never in its history has there been such re joicing in Cheyenne as there was to-day over the news that the House had pass'd the Wyoming admission bill. The Associated Press brought the first news to town and it spread with the rapidity of wild fire. In an almost inconceivable short -pace of time the entire business por tion of the city was lavishly deco rated with Hags and streamers. Tim fire bells and church ladls wen ringing and roaring cannon added jot otis tliundcr to the celebration. lhi> evening there are bonfires and speeches in the public squares, and the citizens, many of whom have not voted fora Pres ident for 24 years, are wild with Joy. Kill roiltl Trufllr Impelled. Minxkapolis, Men., March 27.— Telegraphic reports from points in .Min nesota. Dakota ami Iowa show that a general snow storm ba> prevailed throughout those States during the day. The storm has been most severe In Northern Iowa, where railway traffic is imbedded ami stock will suffer to some extent. In Dakota the snow is regarded as a great benefit to the crops now being seeded. The snow is very light here and no trains in or out of Minneapolis have suf fered detention. Policy of Restriction Continued. Nkvv York. March 27.—At a meeting of the sales agents of six great coal pro ducing companies to-day it was decided to continue tin* policy of restriction and the production for the mouth of April was fixed at 2,000,000 tons. The esti mated production from January 1 to May 1 is 3,200.000 tons. Ueuies the Report. Albany; N. Y., March 2".—Dudley Farlin, principal owner of the Lima Oil Company’s stock, denies telegraphed p‘|>orts that the Standard Oil Company has purchased the Lima Company says there must be some mistake. Conspiracy to Murder the Ciar. London. March 27.—The Dnilu Tele i/ni/iti'n St. Petersburg correspondent re ports that the authorities have discover ed a fresh miiitary conspiracy to murder the Czar. “CULLED” BRETHREN IN A STEW. A Hrligiutn, Difltculty in the Baptist Church ut Washington. Special Telegram to the Remitter. Washington, Pa., March 27.—Some trouble lias arisen in the colored llai> tist church here. For weeks the trou ble has been brewing and on Wednesday night after the usual prayer meeting two of the elders, who are and have been for some time enemies of the pastor, Rev. R. Hatchet, found that the rever end gentleman left the church open when he was the last to go out. The elders took advantage of the chance and locked the doors, put ting the keys in their pockets and de claring that "that damned nigger should not preach there any more.” Hatchett declared to-day that if any “nigger” tried to interfere with him that there would be a light. Rev. Hatchett was arrested recently, it will be remember ed. charged with illegal liquor selling, but afterwards released. Excitement runs high in the colored section of town known as “Hayti.” A MISSING HUSBAND. Erlemlii of Mr*. De Cong Anxious to Find Him. Hamii.ton, O.. March 27.—Mrs. Rob ert Whitehill left her husband’s home, in Oxford township, one day last week, [ and upon search being made, was found | at Darrtown. where William llilleman, who had been boarding with the White- [ hills, met her, and is said to have taken her to his mother’s house in Miamitown. Last Saturday Mr. Whitehill sent one of his children to a neighbor’s, Mrs. He Long, to say that he was sick, and re questing Mrs. He Long to come to his house, as he was unable to do anything. Whitehill and one of his children had boon very sick, and this woman and her family had done all they could for them. Mrs. He Long responded to the call and went to Whitehill’* house, where, it is said. Whitehill grossly insulted her. Taking a horse and buggy. Whitehill took his children and came to this city, lint has not been heard of since his ar rival. Search lias been made for him. but it has proved fruitless. Mrs. He Long's friends will endeavor to capture Whitehill, and it is very probable the matter will be more fully ventilated in the courts. For Fussing Counterfeit Coin. RcffaIjO, N. Y., March 27.—The po lice here have arrested William Slattery and wife and Edward Spaulding, form jerlyof Akron, Ohio, on a charge of making and passing counterfeit coin. They have been flooding the city with bogus ten cent pieces, large numbers of which, newly made, were found in their possession, also moulds, ladles, etc., used in the work. The counterfeits are very good. Dcutroyeil by IIIk*1 Water. SjM'dal Telegram to the Ile<ji*t<r. CiiAiii.KsTox, March 27.—The large and costly iron bridge which spanned the Little Sandy river some little dis tance alxfve this city, was destroyed by high water. Notwithstanding the structure was quite expensive, it has not been considered safe. Scarlet Fever Epidemic. Special Tile’.train to the Rn.iUltr. (’llAiti.KSTON, March 27.—A number of cases of scarlet fever have been re ported in this city. It is feared that there will lie an epidemic of that dis ease. The city authorities are doing all they can to prevent the spread of; tie* malady. Ilnying I'p Paper riant*. Watertown, X. y.. March ‘.’7.—Rep resentatives of the great English paper mill svmlieateare in Watertown making j investigation of the plant and business of the Remington Paper Company, which has an extensive paper and pulp mill in this city, A big ileal seems about to be consummated. .Inint Through Kate*. I)k* Moines. Iowa. March -*7.—The House this morning without opposition the bill to compel all railroads in the State to make joint through rates with their connections. The act also pro vides against discrimination in favor of cities. ^ HEI.I.AIRE DEMOCRATS Unlit a Municipal Convention unit Names Strong Ticket. The Democrats of Ihdlalre held their I primary convention last night, and put a strong ticket in the field. Tin-con vention was harmonious and enthusias tic from the start. Mr. James It. Dar rnh was made chairman, and R. C. My ers and William Warnock secretaries. There were four candidates for Mayor, Marion Hoffman, l>. W. Cooper, Patrick Meliranigan and James Packet. On the tirst ballot Hoffman received two votes. Cooper five, Meliranigan two, | and.Paeket six. On the third ballot Hoff man fell out and Cooper and Mctirani gan got >i\ vote* upiocc. and Parked three. On the fourth ballot, the three Packet votes went to Metiranigan and lie was nominated. Charles Johnson was nominated for Marshal on the first ballot, receiving nine votes, to three for lieorge Diefell hatigli, and three for Joseph lfurdoff. Frank Williams was nominated for Treasurer, lieorge M. Woodbrldgc fur City Solicitor, John Madden for Street Commissioner, A. <•. Mellot for Water works Trustee, and Frank Smith and John Harvey for members of the Hoard of Education. All of these gentlemen were nominated by acclamation. THE REAI. ESTATE MARKET. The Transfer* Left fur Record, Yes terday. The following transfers of real estate were recorded by Clerk Hook yesterday: ... made March 17. 1890, by Hor tense It. Edwards and T. O. Edwards, her husband, and others, to Robert It. Criswell, for the “Greenlee Farm." in Ritchie district, containing 112 acres. 2 roods and 34 poles Consideration, 812,- j (KM). j Deed made January 13. 1 st*o. by Rob ert 11. Woods and others to Mrs. Syd ney 1*. Laughlin. for a piece of ground on' the Wheeling. West Liberty and Bethany pike, containing 1.20'.) acre. Consideration. S3.172.50. Deed made February 3. ISIS), by Jacob 1 llydinger and S. E. Hydingcr. his wife, of Hamburg, Fremont county. Iowa, to Adolph Iloch. for the south 33 feet of lot No. 14. in square No. 2, in Ilyding ( rs' addition. Consideration. 8400. VISIT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Popular Excursion* tin the I'rruwylcwnl* > Line*. On Thursdays. April 3rd and 24th, ! excursion tickets will is* sold from Wheeling to Washington, I). C.. at rate of 810.00. g’(H*i returning within ten days from date of sale, and for stop-off at Baltimore In either direction. For further information apply to Jno. (j. Tomlinson, or Jno. Bailie, agents I'., C. A St. L. Ry., Wheeling, W. Va. An Arm Broken* At an early hour yesterday morning. J Wm. Jones, an employe of the Wheel ing steel plant, while walking home on the railroad track got one of his feet caught iu a frog in the track and he) fell to the ground, striking his arm with such force as to break it at a point between the wrist and elbow. He was | carried to his home, and Dr. t onl rc duced the fracture. There were fourteen cases in Police Court yesterday morning, and the fine* and costs footed up 8143.40. Of this amount 89-50 came from the flue and costs assessed against James Williams, and the remainder from the houses^ of ill-fame kept by Georgia Frank and Nan Norrisou. CRIES OF HELP. THE HAVOC OF SPONTANEOUS CuNBUSTlON IN A SUGAR REFINERY. Pieces cf the Building and Machines Hurled in Every Direction—Workmen Panic-Stricken. A Score of Bruised and Bleeding Victims Taken From the Ruins. Chic ago, March 27.—A disastrous ex plosion occurred tills evening in the Chicago Sugar Refining Company's plant at the corner of Taylor and Beech streets. One man was fatally hurt and twenty others severely burned. The explosion occurred in the starch drying room. Spontaneous com bustion is supposed to be the cause. The building iu which the explosion took place Is a two story brick structure separated from the tall main building. Twenty-seven men were at work iu the starch tower, and General Manager Arnold Behr had Just entered the building, when tin*re came a tremendous clap, followed by flushes of tire and the rumbling of failing tim bcr. Shattered portions of tIn* building and machinery were hurled In every direction, and the men in an instant found themselves beneath a mass of debris which was soon ablaze. Two hundred men arc employed in the main building. When they heard the reportof the explosion and saw the glare of the flames t hey were panic stricken. Cries for help sounding above the roar of the lire brought the main building men to their senses and with the aid of eighteen lire engines the refinery was barely ( saved, and by lively work when once started a score of bruised and bleeding victims were soon being deposited on improvised couches in the laboratory. The explosion resulted in the loss of at least three lives, and the wounding of sixteen others: The dead are: Labor ers Franz Graf, of South Union street: one Ticdcman. of 1!*4 l>e Kovon street, and an unknown. Louis Xeltshorst and Frank Baptist!*, both laborers, are badly burned and mangled and will probably die. Three others. Albert Hess, Frank Holiish anil Michael Hauer arc missing. General Manager Behr ami Foreman llboldt received fearful burns about tin* face and hands. The others I injured arc Hausen Tarpc. John Gilli gan. Win. Kiser, Oscar Shultz, Fred Kraft, IVtcr Gcrhardt, Martin Siark. Anton Hnlloek. Win. Ilalloek, Joseph Hoswold, George Dvorak aigl six others whose names an* unknown. The loss on the building, stock and machinery is about SlO.ooo. .JAC K GLASSCOCK IIKICK. lie Denies u statement Attrtbutril to Him. Unite Hull Notes. Jack (Ilasscock, the king of short stops. and Jesse Burkett. who Is togoto New York with Jack, and who nodoubt will make a line record for himself this season, arrived in the city Wednesday night from Iudianapolis. and will leave for New York on Monday. I Ilasscock, in conversation with a Kkoistkii re porter, said, yesterday, that the state ment telegraphed over the country to the effect that lie had said that lie would as leave play in hell as in Pittsburg, is without foun dation. He positively never made such statement, and would not have done so even ha<l he thought that way. “I have made a business of playing ball," said Jack, “and I get paid for that. It would not be business for me to make such a statement as that. Anyway, I can make no money out of talk, es pecially such talk as some one has cred ited me with. I will play ball wherever I happen to be. if I get my price. That is what I (day ball for." I (it hi* Hall Not**#. It is understood that Jesse Burkett gets about S800 more with New York than he was to have received from In dianapolis. Messrs. O’Brien, (ilenavin, Lytle, Ar mitage, Pickering and Ireland, mem bers of the Wheeling club, arrived in the city yesterday and all the boys were over on the ground practicing in the afternoon. Jack Glasscock, who saw the boys at work, speaks well of them, and lie thinks Wheeling will have a strong club this season. The Wheeling team will practice tills : afternoon if the weather is any way do-1 cent and a game will be played to-mor-, row afternoon. The public is invited over to the grounds to look at the Imivs. Wheeling will have two baseball ex-| changes this year. Milt. West has been appointed umpire in the Western Association. Another good man the Tri-State League should have got. McKeesport must lie a little excited because they are in the Tri-State league. It is reported that they Intend raising the capital stock of tholrelubtoSin.noo. Trlliiite of Rewpect. At tli** regular meeting of tlie mem bers of Mayer's Itaml, Monday March 24. 1890, tile following resolutions were adopted; Whkkkak, The Almighty Father, in His wisdom, lias taken from our midst, one of our most esteemed and worthy co-w<>rkers and-trusted officers. A. I Van Horn. President <>f this Hand, it seems titling that we bear testimony to our sorrow and loss; therefor*', itcuo/rol. That our friend was worthy of the high regard in which we held him, being In life kind, courteous and obliging in all his Intercourse with us. with a high sense of integrity, honor and justice, and we feel that In his death we. with the commun ity. have sustained a loss greater than mere words can tell. Though calh-d in the twinkling of an eye, yet he he wa- ready, not found sleeping when the bridegroom came. He so lived that when the summons came he could wrap the drapery of his couch about him and lb- down to pleasant dreams. May he re>t ill |H-aee. To the grieving wife and relations, left to mourn their loss, we sincerely tender our warmest sympathies lu this greatest of earthly trials. May the (Ireat Comforter minister kindly to them. /itWivrl, That this action be spread 114*111 the minutes of this Hand and a copy Is* furnished to the bereaved fam ily. also a copy furnished the city dally papers, with a request to publish them. .1. Y.wix, Secretary. Wu. Maykbs. Leader of Hand. Kxrrclses at Kitrhle School Annex. Public exercises were held ill the Ritchie School Annex building yester day, and there was a large audience composed of the parents and other friends of the school present. Miss Boasberg, the accomplished teacher of music, was present, and all were de lighted with her drill of the different classes, and the parents went away feel ing that in lisle in our public schools i‘ a success In every sense of the word. Many of the parents have opposed music being Introduced into the school* ami have even refused to pur chase necessary books, hut now it is hoped this opposition will cease. Pule lie exercises to-day in the main build ing. None a* Hood. Wasiii.votox, I'a., March 12. ytamn. S. lUunr’t Son*: _ Gixtuxm:—Inclosed find I an Handle Coffee tickets. Picas*' send m* oil painting So. 4o. I like Pan-Handle Coffe** very much and think I can get none as good. Please send oil painting iu care of John A. lb st. Washington. Pa Respectfully. E. F. Haockbty. Cl T HIS THROAT. [Continual from Fourth Piift] taken there by a well-known citizen of Wheeling. He had been keeping 1, .p at Mollie Boyd’s house, but lie thought she was not being treated well there, and he got another place for her. She said her parents knew she was in Wheeling, but did not know she w as leading such a life. HTII.I. AXOTBKK VRRSIOX. A young man, who was in Sadie Tracy’s house yesterday, gives a third version of the endeavor to get the girl Lulu Cress Into the house. He says he was there when Dickey entered and told Miss Tracy the girl w as outside. She insisted on his bringing her in, and that after Dickey went out Williams came in. Miss Tracy asked him if that was not the girl lie had agreed to bring her from Uhrichsvllle, and W illlams an swered that it was. and in«|ired what had become of her. Miss Tracy said she had been there, and had gone away with Dickey. Williams then left. This story shows that both men were at Miss Tracy's on Wednesday and con firms the claim that there was a regular understanding lietwcon all the parties, about bringing girls to the house. TIIKKATX AOAIXST OKl’K KIt SHOUTS. It is positively known that Williams made threats against Officer Shorts yes torday morning, lb* told one citizen that Shorts had done him an injury which In* would resent, and that the morning papers would have something slurtllng. lie said In* Intended to kill the officer, and did not care what be came of him afterwards. It i*supposed he drew tin* knife, on the way to the jail, hoping lie would see Shorts, but turned the blade against himself through a sudden impulse. WHO WIIXIAMS Is. Williams' real name seems tn be James Williams. That is the name attachi-d to the affidavit, and is probably correct, lie has been al«mt the city for about four years, ami during all that time h< has lioen Intimate with Dickey. The two men had a room in the second story of the Mirahen block, on Market street, north of Tenth, and kept their I stuff then*. They took orders for en larging pictures, made picture frames, got subscriptions for papers, eanvassed for books, Vie. \\ llliams seems to have been the tilianeier of the concern, as he always bad money. Where Williams came from Is uncertain, but lie is believed to hall from either Howling tlreeu or Danville. Ivy. He has been In Pittsburg several times, and Is believed to* be well ac quainted there. He was not searched , yesterday, after his arrest, owing to Ids precarious condition, and it i» probable lie may have papers which will throw more light upon Ids career. Officers went to the rooms in the Mircben block, yesterday, in search of Dickey, but lie was not found. Wednesday afternoon, after the girl Dulu Cress had been taken away from him, Williams went to the starting place of the Ml. Pleasant hack, at the market house, and then went to the bridge toll house, lie had a letter In his hand addressed to * * I.il III t'l'ess.' He asked if the hack had passed, saying something about papers in connection with It. A man who knows him Inti mately, Mr. Porter, of Tenth street, said he had tried repeatedly to get the name of Williams' home from him, hut the fellow always evaded the question. There Is a surmise that Williams has been in some more si-rioiis trouble than anything at present known, and It may he that Ids sudden determination to lake Ids life arose from a fear on his part that the police had Ids record down fine. hicki:i's rAUKf.it. Dickey has Ijcen arrested several times, and at present there are two old State warrants sgainst him. one for re sisting an officer, and the other for di orderly conduct. They were obtained by the late Constable St. Myers, but Diekev kept out of llie way until Mr. St. Myers died, lie was last arrested by the police alsiut February '-"id. and was lined S.'i for disorderly conduct. Once he attempted to kill Ids mother with a knife, at their home on Vermont street, Island, an<l was arrested by Officers I,likens and Mi Nichols, after a good deal of trouble, lie was also examined as to Ids lunacy, but was discharged. He t«s>k a ring from an Island girl, a short time ago, and refused to give it up. The girl lives in Monroe county. <I. Wit.MAMS as A I.AHtK.s' MAX. Williams seems to have had a mania for the society of women, and In addi tion to Ids escapades with females of a questionable charaeter.be was a regu lar caller tt|sin several young ladles of good families. He wa« rather frequently seen at flic opera House w llll w hite girls, and as be was a very clever talker be bad little trouble in making acquaintances. His canvassing busi ness also tended to keep him well ac quainted with girls, and afforded him opportunities for conquest. nil k t v AitiiKsri K. John Dickey was arrested hy Oflleer Jacob Watson, in the market house re tauraut. nliout half-past twelve o'cliN-k this morning, lie having ju«i armed from t’larington. where he had l>eeu during the day. He was taken to the City Hall, and locked up in a eell. lie had a small leather xatehel. eoiitaiuing his order IxMiks. nte., with him. and had also a two ounce bottle of laudanum, from which lie w as seen to lake a drink, after Ills arrest. This bottle was taken from i I'"- * At tin-City Hall Diekey admitted tak ing the girl. Lulu Cres*. out to Sadie Tracy's hut said lie was simply doing her a favor, as she was desfriotisof find ing Williams, nud lie told her lie would lie apt to Is- there. lie had quite a jaunty air. and said when the officers were searching him and found a knife: ■■Oil. yon needn't In' afraid that f will do a- Williams did. lie ha- Ih-cu threat ening that for some time." Tin- warrants upon which tin two men are arre-ted allege that they: • Did commit a felony, in this, that he did feloniously take and detain against her will, for the purpose of causing her to is defiled, tbc person and Isslv of one Lulu Cn-- a female over the age of twelve years, to wit, fifteen years " Ki-rammlMlnnrr Miller Improving. Sptruil T’t'jnun to tht Itxjutrr, Ckiikihi, II. \ A., March lie latest re|sirts from ej-Commlsslotier Miller are that he Is Improving. tiik doctor* ark hkbk. Klr«t tour Month, Free of C'h»r|». The four eminent English die-tor tu»w permanently lo.at.-d at tie- Mer man House. Bridgeport, Ohio. have - v P ud.il the time to April M. « ,,r<i"r aeeonyiKslate many that caln-d •" ,ll‘‘' to see the do. tors tx-cau- of tin- Urge number nn-s. nl. All who now % i-it the d.x-tor. before April 1st will n-' elu- ser viees for the first four months fni of charge. The only favor d-slrnl i* a recommendation from those whom they ' During the pa-t three weeks 1.763 In-, valid* visited the doctors. and out of this number 4*7 were rejected as incura ^Th.-y treat every variety of disease and deformity, but will in no Instance accept ail iucurnble case. If your mal ady is beyond all bop.;, they will frank ly tell you so; also caution you against spemliug more money for useless treat ment. Remember dates and go early, as th.-ir offices are crowded from morning till night. Office hours, 9 a. m. to 7:3d p. m Sundays, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. j». s.—This Government Staff of PUYSK IANS AND SCBOEONS I* Incorpor ated by an act of lb*- Legislature. COMES TO A FOCI'S. SOME OF THE PROPOSED BENEFITS OF THE PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. Looking For Complete Reciprocity Between the Two ^ Americas - The Adoption of the Plat to Bring About Free Trade in Every Article of Commerce. Ni w Your, Manh S7. a w i g ton special to the /*.»r -av-; The i«.‘ siblllty of getting great benefit froiu the I an-Amcrican Congress has r.un. t.i a focus. All Intimation was received a few days ago by Mr. Charles Flint the representative of thta county froui v .. York—frean rrpmnUtivet of the Mouth American countries that their eonntri. - might lie Willing to give complete rc. ip roelty In everything, pm .led th - try would do tho *uuilt*. Mr. Flint waa in conaultatloa with Sei r. tary Maine u|niu th.' matter and “inn the expr.—Ion of hi- (Flint -. .1. sire that Mr. Jefferson Cool Ida. of Massachusetts, might lie join. ■! with him in tin* negotiations, these two rep resentative* of the Clilted State- wer. made a sub-committee to * nXIU i I lilt M..01I VTIoN to put the matter In shape for further representation to Collgre—. The whole situation wa* talked over with Mr. Maine and the outcome of it was that the rep resentatives of tills I'oiiutrv w.-re author Iztd in ilie nanie of the Se. retain of Slat, and with In- approval the s.'lielile to make a pro|N>si|i.,|| of absolute re.ipr.sity between the I iiited Slates and tin- Southern Anieriean e..until. - The r.'.ipr.H ity proposed Is without e\ teuslou and the adoption of the plan would bring a*».iit absolute free trad.- in every article of colli III. Tec between the I lilted States and the South American . . n tries. There Is also Involved in the plan as an essential part of It the adop t ion of turn i.y' nr \i.ni i m \ r for arbitration In ca*r* «.f international disputes. This agreement would apply to H American countries in Hieir relations with eaeli oilier, as well as tlndr rela tions with the I lilted Stall's. The scheme In its two |>arts Is regard od as of iliillieiise eoriM'llienee In all the eotllitries concerned. It Was oil Ss.1t III day, March S3, tbu proposition » milted by Mes*r«. Him and t .s.lelk’. South Ainerlean representatives. AMI sKMtATs. "Tin- tila.ltator.** Mr. Robert Downing again pn 1 lie "tiladiaUH t" a fail -I/• i preeiative Ullilleiiee at tin- Opera lb last night. The tragedy n» pp *. nt. .1 by Mr. Downing's excellent . mu r... truly magnificent and worthy of am praise that ran l>e given ii Mr How., Ing, Mi ■ lt.it.« and Ml** lllalr t i frequent curtain rails, and w«». with other members „t tin eom|»any, liberally applauded. Mra. I M Ha I ■ a, . - t ■ ■ Km press, display .si exceptionally tine abilities In tbe part, and deserve* »|„ elal mention. Mi** Olga Write .1 1. , t if til young lady.aptMared a* "II. rnn.i " and although the part gives her f< w op purtuilitlcs, she commanded III. alien tion and admiration of ..tit I r. .. eliee. She w ill lx- reiueliilu pd i» Its . illg lx*e|| seen hep. Ix'fore a* "Kin. ; in Kdwiu Mayo * "Hoy 1 rwk>.n The rampnny leave to-day for KPubt where they appear to-night ilctu AburrtUrmrnte. Atlantic Tea Co., Tea Importers aod Coffee Roasters. Our •*ti<>rni4>u»lv increasing trade ha* i. . tat«nl more r<Mini. W» »r..,jua| to i|#« »«i i» and have tecured the I*-:*of the litrnt, huild Ing. corner Mark**! and Twenty third and Nlr* .»U> workmen ;.re engaged n t lug and At ting up for <ur oceupaucy April i»t | Here we will have »teaiu power delator. |arv>* I 'afen root,, w »f* le*u*e. I|»r»*e »|tirn-« .yi-r C Ml | feet floor *|aiv, the Urg' d retail le»u** Id lie Mate. With our iiHT'aMil faeittlle* «• • . . I handle a greater variety of giM«|». and II u rioter margin* We are preparing a n« w j.» . ll»t. which will include e\er> tiling III the T'-* ery line, at price* le r. r. tilth* • r■ I of We have flow I lie f !*•*! I It l« » f.*r hrmdling g«»>d* |- • *MW*d hy ho other liollte Ifi the Male. . ,,f determination I* that our* * hi II u th* Lrg* t cheapest alid tt»o*t reliable T«i rile I t#f.-.rv llou*e in the State TEAS. Our Tea* are all N« w Crop. Natural I.* .f -• ^ leeted by couipeteut ten ta»ter* You wil! r.i.d our rnediuiii goiaj* *u|m rh»r to tho*e *..i<j » t* t l»y your local gr-fr COFFEE. i I i>tute W e u*e no *>»n*»u* mutuf* * to „• ..* / and cover de feet I Ve grain* and fid t<» ml/li! Spices Fresh Ground Daily. Standard A Sugar, !V| f** for fl <»ranutated sugar. 14*t f * f*»r I <•» Light lirowii Sugar, h'j f * for I <i> Table peaehe*. hea%> »yrup pef «*au IV |(e»t Apricot* per Cali Je t 'boicc i 'aimed Pea*. A1*** I can* for tf** !!!•<• kIe-rrle*. flt^c. 4 can* fur '* String llcan*. 6y, 4 can* for */• Canned Salmon. |»*rc«n 1^’ XXX Sugar C* Hi. V % can* for b linker'* Corn Xcan* for Z* lloroiny !»• per qt 7 qi* f* r Navy IP an*, V j**r qt 31* qt* for T* Itird 8e**d 41lucking* • f *r *** Corn St a fell. tM^'* 4 !• f* r Large Lump March. Jy. * ?-• for Knifed Oat*. it. 6 f>* for T-* Tapioca. V. 34 t-. for *•' G«m«4 Carolina Klee V..'»t>» for Hutter * richer*. A»4c, 4 t- for JV (jing*T Snap* V j- r I* 1ft» for *• N’ew Turkish Prune*. •»•. 4 f.• f«*r -* Ite»t California Prune*. ji» r |M»und !■ n* Kive cant liar Soap. 7 l*«r» for Z» Thfer-cent bar aoap. 10 bar* for Z*' ATLANTIC TEA CO., 1109 MARKET ST., 2261 MARKET ST. ISOS. Fourth St.. strubrn*lllr. Ohio. Cor. Market ft Fifth Ma.. Fa.1 Urerpool, O. 179 Front street. Marietta. Ohio. 99 Haltlmorr street, t uioherland. Md. 4M Market Mrret. I'arkerahiir*. H.t». SEND FOR CLUB ORDER CIRCULARS. We I .rad. l-et Those Who Ian Ftdlon. mrO« » rna-t *