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BROWN AN» BURROWS SPEAK Both Favor tho Seating of Col onel du Pont. MR. GRAY'S PERTINENT QUERIES Tho Right of Gov. Watson to Vote for Senator. pile «In Pont. Pan« Cmairinreil for 'Ihren Hour» In (lie Senat» Y«i»t«r<i»y Iturr» > of Utah Argu» or Gray 1» of Mich lun und Itro for th« Pliilmant — : »Unit (JimstlonH. From Our Wnnlilngton Corresponde Washington, April 14. -The Senate devoted three hours of yesterday'« to tho consideration of the résolu tion to seat Col. H. A. du Pont. Mr. Chandler had giv would discuss the notieo that he :ase, but gave way to Mr. Burrows of Michigan, who oo ifld the lloor for followed by Mr. Brown of Utah. It will bo remembered that Mr. Brown took notes during tho speech of Mr. Goor_ two-hour speech was not in the nature of a surprise. Mr. Chandler guve notice yesterday that he would call up the renoiuti to-day and present his views. Senator Gray will probably follow with a short tho Democrats a hour. Ho w f Mississippi, and - hi argument, ions to bring tho debate to is not know end. It whether any other Bena tho ease. Mr. Platt of Connecticut, stated a few weeks ago that ho would make but has made tor will dise arks, " i effort In that diron possibility ''few r tion since. The in also xnlaln his posi tne case has been and over again, and is little use of prolonging the de bate, unless for tho purpose of leaving the c«»ctest undecided at the end of this session. If the Republican leaders •lion they express them selves as being anxious to bring the matter to a close, a vote may be taken at an early date. Tho speeches legal nature, line repetition of former theories and argu ments. The monotony was occasionally broken by interruptions by Mr. Chandler ami Mr. ('ray. The Senator fr« Delaware was, as uhiiiiI, an attenti listener to the sneakers, and lost no op portunity to show tho absurdity of many of tho contentious by the suppor ters of Col. du Pont. Mr, Burrows, in opening, said that the facts and legal propositi« had been so dearly presented by tho Benators on both sides who bud preceded him, that ho toit groat embarrassment in speaking at this time, especially it was woll known that the judgment of the Senate is already made up. lie said that being a member of tho com mittee on privileges und elections, and a supporter of the mujority report, ho felt impelled to stato the reasons which compel him to support the resolution, lie stated all of tho points, which he said were conceded by both sides, and which, therofore, there was no need of reviewing. He contended that there was but one simple question for tho Benato to consider, and that w whether on May 0th, 1805, William T. Watson had a legal and constitutional right to vote for the election of a United States Senator in tho joint of tho Btato of Delaware, that right,Mr. du Pont If ho hud not thut right, then Mr. du Pont was elected and should be seated. He called Senate to th other contestant,and that if Mr. duPont was not elected, main issun, he said, which confronts the Konnte, is whether became Governor, the majority, « the Senate, ity. Ho said the Sonate • »lut ion differed fror who prepared tho original argument,on this point, and in support of ids asser tion r««ud from tho counsel's brief where said that tho proposition thut tho Speaker became Governor was not tested. The Senator devoted considerable in defining tho alleged incompa tibility between tho legislati ocutivo offices under tho common law. IIo thon read section 14, article 2, claiming that the Speaker hoc thut Mr. Hoar may tion. Every phase of discussed the aiocei yesterday were of 1 to a great extent involved mbly If ho had not elected. pocial attention of tho fact that there was no was. Tho I and not Mr. Wat contended by r remained Speaker of :ontomlod by the minor opposing tho tho counsel it tl and Gov , and that tho section Himply des ignated tho person who was eligible for the gubernatorial office. IIo laid groat Btre thut it referred to a further vacancy in the office of Governor and not Speaker ship. lie quoted at length from decis ions rendered by certain justices of the BUprome court of Maine, which he serted had much bearing tion involved in tho present ease. Senator Gray pointed out sovoral very material differences, tho principal being that there w d'* further, ''contending the tho quo.s provis in tho Maino Constitution which suspended tho senatorial office, while tbo Speaker was acting us Governor. He asked Mr. Burrows to explain cer tain clauses in the document, but re ceived evasive replies to his questions. Henator Burrows asserted that tbo doctrine laid down by the minority that tm» United States Benato was estopped from i cations of Senate, wu would expose tho Senate t«» many gross impositions by disreputable partisans. Ho said ho would not discuss tho ques tion, saying, that if the Benators be lieve that Mr. Watson had cast hi Strained by any such theory. IIo called attention to tho hardship being imposed upon tho expre iniring into the qualifi bers of the Delaware invitation to fraud and right to vote, th«»y would not bo which citizens of Delaware by depriving them . of their just representation in the Ken nte. Ho paid a high compliment to Senator Gray, saying, that his (Mr. Gray's) faithful and eflicwmt porfor maneo of the duties dovolvnd him, hud reduced th«» injury to . But he said it was restore to the Stato her rightful repre sentation by giviqg Henry 7 A; du Pont the seat to which ho claimed to bo elected. Tho Sonator spoke for just hour. ni »essary to Mr. Brown of Utah w then recog nized. The Henator evidently did not feel the embarrassment spoken of by Mr. Burrows, for ho entered at into a detailed account of the facts, without making any explanation as to why ho felt called upon to spoak. Ho stated, using his own language and de ductions, tho argument advancer! by the minority. Tho contentions, as ho understood them were: 1 That tho record of tho joint BHinbly shows that 30 votes wero cast, and that that record cannot bo disputed by the United States Senate. 2 - That Watson did not become Gov ernor, but only held tho office by of being Speaker of the Senate. 3—That if Mr. Watson hold tho office aft* r tho expiration of his senatorial office, lie did so as a person upon whom the office had devolved. 4 • That Mr. Watson remained ( Speaker and Sonator uf tor he took thu reason office o( Governor, and had a êxeoiae the offices of logialutivo and ocutive. (V— That tbo ant of Mr. Wataon in ing into the State Senate right to B0 ,, , , . . . >d taking tho Speaker's chair, and afterwards inarching with the Senate to the House, without objection by the members of that body, was an adjudication of his right to his senatorial seat. 0 - That tho adjudication is binding, its face tho judgment was renderodjorroneously. That tho Senuto's action was final. The Senator thon entered into a long and dry legal argument patibiity under the common law, and tho application of the so-called Ameri can system to the present case. Ho fol lowed the argument, embodied in the majority report, and presented features.* Ho argued,, or rather assorted, that it made no difference whether the office of Speaker became absolutely vacant, suspended, c said it made even if to in com held in abeyance. Ho difference, would lead to the same conclusion thut is, that Mr. du Punt to a seat, ho said, ''and any entitled " Wo may not select one, " rest tho ease; but we know that tho right is among them. If tho office became vacant, suspended held in abeyance it would bo the same result, so it must be eutiroly indiffer ent which one is correct." Tho Henator then said that he hud discovered that in tho wording of sec tion 14, Article 2, the implication that tho Bpouker became Governor, lie said thut there was.no need of the third clause, which was merely a repetition of the statement mado in the first part of the soutien. He said it was probably added further form of providing for the pro tection of the people. The Benutor at tempted to break down the force of the precedent established by Gov. Johnson of Pennsylvania, in resigning his office of Bpuukor, by arguing that Mr. John son might not have been a much weight or legHl ability. Ho said the fact that ho was Governor did not give a guarantee of ability. Mr. Gray jocularly remarked that it w of "T W SI 1:11 of very Much Johnson." When the laugh which Mr. Gray's remark had caused subsided, Mr. Chandler called Mr. Brown's attention to tlie Constitution Mississippi, adopted i a direct of the Btato of 1800, in which •ognition of the common iuw rule of incompatibility. Mr. Chandler said the framers of that Constitution and Mr. George <»f Mis sissippi, was a delegate totbeconv tion- hud mado provisions in thoir document to prevent the blending of the legislativ« and executive offices. Mr. Gray said that thin was an inter esting discovery, and that in ail proba bility the Constitutional Convention meet in Delaware, would we the wisdom cf doing tho samo thing; but he suid the present, Consti tution must be construed, and insisted that it required an oxprese provision to mako tho doctrine binding. Mr. Chandlor replied that ho differed, ''as we frequently do on great constitutional questions. " Mr. Brown insisted that tho record «»f the joint assembly, or of the proceed ings of the Senate did not sh adjudication of Mr. Watson's right to vote against Mr. du l'ont Ho tended that thore was in the record express adjudication that Mr. Watson not a Senator hut was Governor, and tho vote wus illegal, and therefore Mr. du Pont should be seated. the CIIAMDI.KR FAVORS Jill l'ONT. Washington, April It.—Mr. lor, R., of Now Hampshire, add the Senate to-day in advocacy of Mr. du Font's right to the vacant seat in the Senate fr«»m the Stato of Delaware. That State, he said, hn< country to a novel sight. It was the first cas«» in the history of tho country in which tho Governor «»f a State had voted for a United States Senator, ami the question whs whether, in this case, Guv. Watson could do thut. thing while ho was Governor. Like "the old of tho boh, " Wutsnn wus the incubus, tho nightmare, tho usurper, the terror which paralyzed the Legislature and prevented the declaration of an election which had actually taken place nine Watson such declaration. Mr. Hill, D., of New York, usksd Mr. Chandlor whether Watson had been asked to declare du Pont elected each of those nine occasions. Mr. Chandler did not know ;but there had been, as the balloting went on, a protest against the Governor's right to vote. Could the Vice-President, ho asked, become President, pening of otfico as President, perfo at tho Executive Mansion, keep watch of tho proceedings of the Senate, ami, finding that an unpo: to be defeated by Chami treated th«» times the same day, but, presided, the tho hap :ancy, take the oath of his duties «irtant llouso bill a tie vote, leave tho Executive Mansion, crowded into tho Senate, oust tho President pro tomporo of tho Senate, secure by hi vote the passage of the bill, and then return to tho Executive Mansion, sign tho bill and mako it a law. H willing, he said, to hav "yea or nay" to that proposition, of which ho had written out three «»r four copies—enough for his auditors (hand ing them around amid laughter) udIchs he should happen to have morn audi tors than the Sonator from Mississippi (Mr. Oe«>rgo) hail when ho addressed tho Senate on tho same subject. AIhI StniHlnt President Chambers of the Street and Sew«*r Department informed a reporter Tuesday that tho littlo of The Gazette department will do very new »r work until after the courts have settled the «|uestion of the validity of the Bower Lien law. The court of er nd appeals, before which tho suit of English vs. the Mayor aud Council will tie tried, will convono in special at Dov until the result in km Department will not formulate on April 27th, and tho Street and Plans. any eliiiB ' inn rk at"Berno Carponto side," tho former residence of Sharp less A. Walter, overlooking tho Brnndy abovo Lenape, and are fitting it for a suminor boarding h«»use. It will bo surrounded by piazzas and will be repainted aud repaired throughout. The property, which belongs to tho Wilmington & Northern Railroad Co., is now »'»copied by Charles, son of Caleb Chambers,ami the former tonant, Mr. William 11. Shuster, in l'onnsbury. ut tho farm of 'aschall, i AI. l'jrln. Miss Vesta M. Pyle, daughter of Joseph L. Pyle, formerly of this city, died Tuesday at tho residence of her father in West. Chester, aged 1H years. She had many friends in thiH city. In terment will bo made at Riverview cemetery this afternoon.Services will bo hold iu West Chester in tho morning. >r ■ ot Known Here. «Ihr John Didaski, the Polo who Pittsburg, and who re coutly hurt i claimed to be a resident of thin city, is ndt known by Officer Sarkoski. who is familiar with tho names of all the Polish residents of Wilmington; BAHN H A hl* iHylviini» InsIIlßlbl«« win Wilmington. The University of Pennsylvania Inel ligihles, composed of men who huvo professionally und allowed to enter the inter col legiate games this season, defeated the Wilmington team at the Union street grounds Tuesday by the score of 7 to 4. The home team suffered defeat be cause of the Inability of the players to hit Ritchie safely. The visitors hit for three homo rims in the first inning, all going ov They w University of Pc I ployed more wore the short right field fence, all most perfect in team work and played together like chine. Kops for the locals pitched good ball at times, striking out 7 men in four innings, but when he was hit, very hard snd Just when hits wore needod Packard, who relieved Nops iu the fifth iuning, showed great speed. There is, how tho''rooters" to feel discouraged the several dofoats which tho home team has suffered. It must be remem bered that the conditions have been very much against thorn. Tho grounds rough und the weather very un certain und only in two games huvo they had a trying out. On tho oth hand all of the visiting teams huvo hud rôral weeks of steady practice, having played in tho South. Manager Long's assurance that tho team "will he In tho game" after a littlo more pruutice is well placed. The euere: it I Pnivcranry of I\4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 x— 7 11 a .t o o o ii a o o 0- 4 « :j Batteries—-Ritchie and Running; J. Nops and Welsh and Packard and Wise. Umpires—Allen, Mintzer and J. Nops. Wil ining 'HKDtJI.K. ATLANTIC 1.1 I tilt! A revised schedule of the Atlantic Lenuge, the change being mado nee nary by the removal «ff the Metropolitan club fro Jersey City to Now York, billows ; Wilmington at home, with Newark - May 11, 12, 13; J 7, 8; August 17, 1H, 10. With Metro politan, May 25, 2(5, 27; J is 8. 0, 10; July fi, 11, 12, 13; July 23, 24, 25; August 13, 14, 15. With Paterson, April 28, 20, 30; Juno 4, 5, fi; July 4, 30, and 31; September 7, 8. With Hartford, May 4, 5, 0. 28, 20; J uly 14.16 ;A ugunt 31 ; September 1,2, II, 12. With New Haven, May 7, 8, 0; June 1, 2,3; July 18, 17, 18 ; September 3, 4, 5. Newark at homo with Wilmington May I I, 10, 17 and 31; Juno III, 17, 28 und 30; July L and 20; August 21 and 23. Metropolitan at home, with Wilming ton -May 1 and 2; Juno 18, 19, 20; July 2,10, 11, 27, 28 and 20 ; A ugust 10 und 12. Patterson at homo, with Wilmington —April 23, 25, 28; May 30; June 14, July 12; August 1, 0. 10» 22; Septem ber (». Hartford at home, with Wilmington • May 21, 22. 23; Juno 22, 23, 24 ; August 0, 7, H, 24, 25, 2(5. Now Haven ut home, with Wilmington -May 18, 10, 20; June 25, 20, 27; Au gust 3, 4, 5, 27, 28. 20. MISS FOR DKLAWAItrc COI.LKOE. The following schedule for the Dola •e College team has been announced by Manager Coopert April 18, U. of Pa. Law, at Newark; April 25, Villa Nova, ut Newark; May J, Washington College, at Chestertown ; May 2, Con ference Academy, at Dover; May 0, Pennsylvania Military Col lego, at tor; May 1(5, Villa Nova, at Villa J une ti, Conference Academy, ut Newark. Chns Nova ; Hi« Feilnral UuiIiIIiik H|«l«w»»R. wondering what is lie «lone about the narrow Hide Ninth street along the side of Föderal Building. Before the purement was put down the Street uud Sewer Department hud tho curb sot in, as tbo building tance from the street anil thinking thut tho pavement would extend all tho way from tho curb to tho building, aud the »inhere of the department prised when they to bo grass plots next tho building and that u narrow oidewulk would bo tho result. They have coping he removed ami thut the puvo int be oxtomlod from tho curb to tho building, but should Uncle Sam doom it necessary to maintain tbo grass plots it is likely that tho curb will tie sot back to the old lino, which will make tho bed of tho street considerably nar rower, while it was tho original inten tion of the department to make it wulor. Tho action of tho Federal authorities is ited. Many people going to walk tho considerable dis that there wore asked that the now Norlonbly III. Tho Rev. Miles J. M«'Manus, assist ant pastor of St. »Mary's Church, is in St. Agnos Hospital, Philadelphia, suffering with pneumonia. He was taken ill while preach ing at St. Mary's Church on Good Friday, and until last Monday was treated at tho parochial residence connected with the church. , however, and on Mon ivns removed t«» the Phil It is thought ho Tho It«»v. . .1. Molli il» gr «lay nfternor adelphia hospital, will recover. He is quite a young mun and cumo to this city fr sh«»rt time ago, anil W. J. Bermingbnin at St. Mary's Church. »needed tho Rev. Dr. J. Forris Belt's fox terrier Vixen, carried off a second prize at the Phila delphia bench show Tuesday, Dr. Beit's Lucy v class «»f 11, Dr. Belt's Wuwaset Actor was very highly commended. In another class his Wawaset Trick was highly commended. Earnest B. MacNair's puppy Bunco wus highly commended in a class of 13. The Eastman Kodak offered by Dr. Belt was won by a bitch of Mr. MacNair's breeding, which is owned by B. S. Horn of Pittsburg. third prize. In a United In 13 ff«. The Wilmington Bicycle Club will in all probability unite with the Wilming ton Opera Club in muking the opera "Patience" a success. The bicycle club will endeavor to socuro the attend ance of soveral of tho clubs in Philadel phia, and special be includod iu t bicycle features will tho performanc«». Sev eral members of the bicycle club also belong to tho opera club. Snare ity of Wr n Cuba has, according to a local cigar maker, caused a scarcity of Havana wrappers, und it is probable the supply may become exhausted in tho next six months. This may eventu ally c prices, ai though been mado. Tho advuuco in the retail advance has yet c«> Maj. Ray mom! of Philadelphia has awarded to the Lramlywine Granite Go. tho contract for 15,000 tons of stone to bo used Finn's Point jetty, has also been for Belgian blocks which will bo shipped to their destination by barges. »nt works at The Granite Co. a largo contract the gover Postmaster Moore has had anew box erected at tho F., W. A B. ad station. It is different from others in the city and can be unlocked by the railway mail men as well as the local letter car Fish Coniminei« Mulligan have distributed 2,000,000 yollow porch eggs at Ml.'ord and also Smalley's dam. Late next month shad eggs will be distributed. iii Khortlidgo and PENNSY'S GOLDEN JUBILEE. tel. »»rut of its Biuil'CantaDuiii in l*iilli»«l«l|>lilin Philadelphia, April 13.—Tho 50Ui un til v«»rHary of the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co, brated city to day. "The gulden jubilee," an it iHculled, began formally at noon, when Proai dent George 15. Roberts and the direu "tora of the company held a reception in the assembly room on the fifth floor of the big office building of the company at Jlroud and Market street,». Here the officer* of the groat corporation from all over the country paid their respects to the head of the road and the men who direct its puliuy. This ceremony was followed ut 1 p. m. by a reception in the president's room and the board room, to which about 800 men distinguished In finance, rullrpad, noli tics and the learned professions had been invited. At this function an elaborate luncheon was speech-making of an informal character was indulged In. Tbo entire building was decorated. At 3 o'clock tbo big event of the day took ulnae. This was the nu ing ut the Academy of Mi auditorium had been in possession of the decorators for 24 hours and the sight whloh greeted the eyes of the guests was dazzling iu. tbo extreme. The opening address was by President Robert n. He was followed by Gov, Hastings, Mayor Warwick of this city and District Attorney Clarence Bur leigh of Pittsburg, who represented the mayor of that city. Tbo orator of the day was Joseph H. Choate of New York. » »ml Ay .•ole in an oluborato manner in this irvwd und iblic moot* usic, The Among those from this city in attend ance were the following : Superintendent W. N, Bannurd, Train Dispatcher Frank Carlisle, Chief Engineer B. C. Long, Directors Poston Lea, 15. Tutnul! Warner und William T. Porter. MNK-UANH NUPTIAL9. 'ratty W««1<lb»K in Hit- Oerumo H»l»iUt TiioMit»«)' KvaoIiik. The German Baptist Church ut Fifth and Wulnut streets was the scone of a pretty wedding Tuesday evening, when Miss Alice May Link and Adam Gaea united in marriago by tho Rev. A. 1'. Mihru. William Reoso of Wash ington. D. O., was the groomsman and Mis« Maine Link, a Mieter «ff the bride, bridesmaid. Tho UMlierH were Harry Link, Merritt Hurley, Charles McKuig and Edward 11 onze. The bride brocaded silk, with veil, and tho bridesmaid wore taffeta silk. A recep tion was hold at the residence of tho hr Ido's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Link, No. 510 East Fifth street, where a large number of friends extended their greetings to the happv couple. A lining the guests were Mr. aud Mr«. Georg«» Arold, Miss Josephine Amid and Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Hnyilor of Philadelphia, Mr, aud Mrs. U. B. Turner of Wharton, Md., Mr. und Mrs. Erhardt «»f Baiem, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nout/.o of Watertown, N. Y.. Mr. and Mrs. George Guss, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Btowart, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kirn, A. P, Fothergill, tho Misses Boyer, Miss Clara Todd, Mr. und M T. E. Curpentor, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Waltbor, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Snyder, Miss Emma E. Butz, Miss Belie Craw ford, Mr. ami Mrs. Hugh II. Alexan der, Horace Ü. Harrison. J. T. Mont gomery, l. Perk ina Groom, F. C. Snyder, J. A. Oliver, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Appleby, Mr. and Mrs. Walter 0. King. Mr. and Mrs. Gass wont on a trip to Washington. They will mako their borne at No. 413 East Tenth street, this city. « h. P. c. A. *. V, C. AN Ich Held on Monthly Me 'l'iiMH«luy Afternoon* The monthly meetings of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil dren und Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were held Tuesday afternoon. Special Agent Stout's follows: ports we For the H. P. C. 0. ---During March plaints, in which 38 involved. Those follows: Placed in tho ; sent to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Protec tory at Norristown, Pa., St. Joseph's Homo for Colored Boys, one: left with fathers, seven; loft with mothers, 12; aud placed with friends, * worn 24 th children u disposed of Forris Industrial School, « ; placed i For tho S. P. C. A.—Fifteen c plaints wen» received, 2; I two horses relievo their sufferings. •ninga killed to giv and Sower Mill ter.-«. •ting of the Street and Department Tuesday petitions lamp at Cedar aud Col« At the Sew for »man ; light at Twenty d Market streets, woro ro streets, an fourth ceivod. Thoy may bo considered luter. Thore is a lamp ut Twenty-fourth and Market stri'i'ts. Bids for supplies for the ensuing year. The bidders and the George H. McCall Co. for coal, sand and cement; tho George W. Bush & Sons Co. ami Joseph JI. Gooding for coal: John Jacoby and the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. for catch-buckets; Michael Donahoo, Ja John Maxwell's Sons for gutters and crossings; Burndywino Granite Co. for the same supplies; Davis Bro., Sim mons & Bro. and J. T. Simmons for setting gutter anil crossing-stones; Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. and tho Diamond State I ings. Tho directors bids at received tho Charles Warner Co. Scott ! Co. f. iron cast ill consider the mooting to bo hekl to-night. „ Nnrah A. VVlill«» Ho»»».-. Tho Sarah A. White Homo for Aged to be routly t is intended. Tho house is at No. 308 East Fourteenth streot, and it is iu charge of a corpora tion of which Mrs. Amelia Layton is president. A report that the home has 680,000 was positively denied this afternoon. It la suit! rathor to bo in need of funds. Donations have been Mrs. Hilles, Mrs. Job II. Colored People is shortly » those for whom ÎI ;oi to received fr«* Jackson and Mrs. A. D. Warner. As dy thore will us tho house i he throe or four peiaons to go in. A matron has not been secured as yet. »'res Joseph Martin of Philadelphia has presented to Lower Brandywine Church a full pulpit outfit, which will bo* valu able addition to tho church property, aud will bo in Uooj decorated interior of th«-> building. Mr. Martins gift îb in memory of his de ceased sister, highly appreciated by tho members of tho church. r ith thu newly The gift i Tho spring concert of the Columbian Gleo Club, which was to have been next Thurs day evening, has been postponed uutil Monday evening, May 11th. given at the Auditor] Ilrennun-lsieglnH W«*<1<llnB. Maria. Brennan married Tuesday after Poter's Pro-Cathedral. trip to Mi «1 James Biggi They afterwards wont Washington. I APJUH otf TUB PH ft IX HMts A. Klkton, April H.—Fire destroyed the creamery and grist mill belonging to Alfred A. Kirk, situated ut Mechanics' Valley, together with the contents. The destroyed property was about 100 foot from the dwelling of Mr. Kirk, but fortunately a strong wind was blowing from the northwest, which alone saved the house. A barn situated close by was sot afire by the flaming shingles, which were curried by the wind, blit the lire was guishod before much damage vv The loss is estimated at 62,000, mice $700, in the Farmers and extin done, losur Mechanics' Fire Insurance Co. of Cucil county. JumoH R. Campbell, professi Institute, Port Deposit, bus resigned his position owing to ill health. Norris Levis, son of J. K. Levis, of Bing Bing, was married this evening in tho First liuptist Cburch in 1 cola, Flu., to Miss Mary Whitoiook Kessler, formerly «f this county. William U Bratton, editor < Cucil News, who was nominated Mon day night at tho oil Dons' meeting for president of the City Council, bus de clined to allow his name to stand. W. II. Cole, drawn bis name. Hon. Marriott Broslus, member of from Punnsyivuniu, has ac >r at tho James Tc of the commissioner, has with Oongr copied an invitation from Wingate Post, Grand Army of tho Republic, Northeast, to bo tho orator on Memoria» Day. The Republicans will hold their primaries April 18tb and a contest is expected iu eaoh district of the county. William J. Bmith of the House of Delegates wants to be a delegate to th(> uationul c •on tion. Centreville April 12. -Michael J. Keating chairman of the Republican Btato central committee for Queen Anne's county died yesterday morning from un attack of apoplexy while the street opposite his homo. .He was 51 years of ago and louves a wife and two children. He served as post muster of Centreville during Harris«»»'« ad ministration and recently had receive«» from Gov. Lowndes an appointment as magistrate. Momboisnf th«« Prohibitionist mot in Centreville yesterday looted tho following delegates to the State convention : Bpeneer Walls, James T. Beott, Edwin Knox, T. M. Charles W. Bmith, W. V. Bryai T, Anthony, W. P. Montagu* Nichols and Dr. W. W. Chairs. The delegation was instructed to us« its in fluence to seciirs the nomination of Joshua Levering fop tho presidency. Denton, April 12. -Thomas Arnett Who had been confined in jail for two weeks because ho was violently insane died Friday night in his cell. A jury of inquest rendered a vordiot that lie was supposed to have died from heart trouble. Ho had been ordere«! by the court to the Maryland Hospital for treatment for softening of the bruin. convicted of violating tbo local option law was sentenced to-day to 00 du>s in tho House of Correction und fined $50. _ Pocomoko City, April 12. Milbourn, aged 50 yean morning after u lingering illness from pneumonia. Tho Poeomoke Navigation Co. having built fur the steamer Bertie E. Tull a 40 horse power gasolene engine. Tull's marine railway has just e— ploted a modern style sloop for John T. Btant of Virginia, at a • 6700. Tull's shipyard has also «• stunted foi Cupt. J. A. Cholton of Bul timoro, a large bugeye, which will be released from tho ways in a few days. Chartas W. Crockett is building for the Rev. A. II. Hubboll of Philadel phia, a Inrgo sail yacht, which will cost $1,600 or $2,000. Th planing Clogg, which was destroyed by fire in March, will be replaced by a mill of the same capacity. parly , Jumna , A. W. J«»hn Boy —Mrs. Irene •a, died this Capt. cost of and ill belonging to James S. Klkton, April 14.-—A fatal occurred at Warwick. jcidont Willard, tho 12 of William Vineyard, a well-known farmer, was playing straw stack at tho farm of Edward Mnnlovo, when ho slipped and foil to the ground, a distance of 15 foot, received internal injuries, from which he died The Rev. Charles S. Davidson pastor of the Church of tho Good Shepherd at Chesapeake City, was ordained afternoon by Bishop W. F. Adams. -old ye ' 1 later. Centreville, April 14—The Republican n mot to-day in Con ti elected \V. B. Rood, Sr., The regulars claimed that delegates returned from county convoutio trovill chairman, tho Mullali tho First and Seventh districts not entitled to seats, and that they bad been elected at snap conventions with out tho proper authority of the central committee. Tho committee on creden tials reported that both tbo lists in those districts bo accepted and each delegate bo entitled to one-half vote. This would have given the regulars a strong majority. Mr. Mallalieu then withdiow with his supporters ami ganized in another which bo assorts wero entitled to IS»/, votes, a majority of one. Both con ventions chose delegates. Any considerable dissension in the Republican ranks in this county is a novelty and this split is interesting. Dissatisfaction nroso over tho distribu tion of offices and has been increased by the anxioty of both factions to have control, as it is honed by them that a Republican President will be elected and the more powerful wing would expect recognition in tho ap pointments. •entio Denton, April 14.—The barn and stables of Mrp. Martha Everngam, who reside last night by-firo. The origin of the tiro is unknown and father mysterious, it started in the loft of tho stables in tho fodder, where no Besides tho buildings about •o burned. Tho tho tiro Concord, w destroyed had been •ently. 150 bushels of grai horses falling $7(X), partly covered by insurance. Samuel Ewing, keeper of Denton bridge, in trying to stop a runaway yestoruay was hurled to tho round ami the vehiclo went over, lie ud ouo leg broken and was otherwise injured. Dr. George rendered medical assistance. romoved them. Tho loss is about h«»r Cambridge, April 14. -The Kepubli •ounty convention which met here of the stormiest that hei* I here for a long time. the coimnit nedentials and nermanent submitting »ntiou. The in the hamis of the L. Golilsborough, and vote of 35 to 22, which represented the strength of the respective factions During the debate fraud and gag law woro charged by the opposition and considerable aroused. Tho homo farm of .lames II. Williams sold to-day, was bid **ff for Mr. Wil liams by W. J. Johnson at $3,755. The homo farm of thu lute Judge to-day w has bee tentio Tho cm tee ganization insisting nominations to the c committee w friends of P. arrieil their point by ill-feeling w; Turpin wua purchased by hie widow for $0,030.07. _ Ohoatortovvii, April 14. —A town elec tion will b«» held April 27th to elect a iCOBBor to Bonutor Charles T. West cott, who has for a number of yoars boon president of tbo commissioners' board. Senator Westeott tlnda himself btill confronted by the police boat cap taincy nightmare. Cupt. Stevens of the Anna II. Smith, bun been notified that Ills olllchtl days are numbered to May 1st, ami the contending factions in Republican ranks are again on tbo war path. .John liurlock, a prominent farmer of *s Creek, is dead. Mrs. Aon Strong, one of the oldest ladies of the county, is dead. Her ago is not definitely known, but «he was extremely old and remembered with distinctness as far buck as 1810. Postmaster Joseph N. Wheatley has luted his Bister as deputy in the Thera were several applicants for the place and strongest possible politi cal Influences were brought to hear upon the post mas 1er. X. Tompliimt. Bethlehem, Pu., April 13. -- Mrs. Augusta Root Tompkins, agedOfiyears, wife of Gon, Charles M. Tompkins, U. W. N., died to-day of pneumonia, after a brief illness. Hhe was the mother of Cupt. Tompkins of Fort Reilly and Lieut. Tompkins of Fort Bheridan ; also the duughterof tho late Hon. Bilim Reeve Hobble and granddaughter of tho late lieu. Erast us Root. IN OKNICnAJU. f Mi n. A UKu»t» It Congressman »Strode has been renomi nated by the Republicans «ff the First Nebraska district. Lewis JSrndo, aged 77 y ted suioido in llugerstowu. MU,, Tuesday, by hanging. (Jen. J «il in D. Kennedy, ex-United States consul-general to Shanghai, died at Camden, H. C., Tuesday. I)r. John J. Duly, who w his fifth term as mayor of Rahway, N. J., died Tuesday night, aged 44 years. Joseph G. Cannon was renominated for CongrosaTuesday by the Republi cans of the Twelfth Illinois district. killed und two fatally injured at Bedford, hid., Monday by engine aud a fiat car going through a 1res th«. Josef Zlamet, tho murderer of Teresa Kamera, was killed in the electric chair in Clinton prison, at Dannemora, N. Y., Tuesday. James, 5 years old, und John, aged 3, sons of Daniel Lynch, wore drowned iu the Suncnuk river, ut Bunoouk, N. 4L, Tuesday, Louis Reneiger, the retired memhor of tho New York firm of Bensigor Brothers, b.iok publishers und church furnishers, is deuil. • it in« Five During his stay in Venice Emperor discuKscd with King Humbert tho ituli Willi tho subject of reform of army with a viow of economies in tho service. Richard and John Gaughan, brothers, ployed as miner und laborer at tho Pino Brook shaft, Scranton, were in stantly killed by a fall of rock while at work in the mine Tuesday after noon. cm A Dubuque, la., dispatch eayn that the Very Rev. Roger Ryan, vicar-gen eral and pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, has been appointed domestic prolate to tho Pope, with the rank of Monsignor. Tho Vatican has been notified by Minister Kudiui that the ox oquaturf hitherto accorded to Italian bishops will bo withhold unless the '•»no permits Catholics to take part in public elections. A dispatch from St. Johns, N. F., Monday says there has boon a iiiete change in tho is moving off the coast. i'. ther and tbo ice Three shore men are knowu to have perished while pursuing seals Postmaster-General Wilson, on Mon day, declared that the United States Ex Slave Owners' Registration Bureau of Washington, D. C., is in violation of the tiostal regulations and not titled to tho privileges of the mails. At Canal Dover, O., Tuesday, about 1,000 employés of tbo Reeves Iron Co., and the American Tin Plato Manufac turing Co. struck because of the dis charge of two rollers in tho tin plate department for alleged incompotoncy. A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch says that Haytiuna who become refugees during the presidency «»f Hippolyte uro an ep ing the amnesty offered by the m w president, T. Simon Ham, and making preparations to return to Hayti. 0 Bpontane«»us combustion among tho oils and paints in tho basement of Wal ton Brothers' gonorul merchandise store in Fairbury, II!., Tuesday, caused a -or 6250,000. Several people were injured, Sydney Swark fatally, from inha'ing smoke. "Count" Max Shinburn, who is in the jail at Albany, N. Y., awaiting trial for being implicated i (llehurgh bank burglary, bee Sunday and w tho ice. a ' a a • muting to loss by fire i tho Mid mutin not subdued until a watchman shot aud wounded him in the leg. John Hoofs and his wife, Mathilda, found «load in beil iu Milwaukee discovered Sunday. Tho bodie by their oulv child, a girl of 0 years. A post-mortem examination showed that both had died from tho effects of arsenic. The executive committee of tho Na tional Association of Democratic Clubs mot i Louis, Mo., anil September 00th as tho time f«»r holding tüo annual convention of th«» »dation. Washingtc St acted the place Aolci, tho Japanose who is charged with tho murder of Mrs. Minnio Miller anti her nephew, Willie Truesdoil, Denver, was cap Homer's Ranch, tured at Pueblo. Sunday, and taken t«» Denver. Ho claims that ho acted in solf defence. Tho Pittsburg, Marion & Chicago railroad was sold at sheriff's sal Monday to A. S. Comstock of New York and C. W. Bray, K. E. Battinger, James W. Clark and D. B. Billingsloy of Lisbon, O. The road was appraised for $12(5,000 and sold for $84,000. It became known in New York Mon Friday last day that t<» a Wall stroet bank aud a loan of $0,000 and ottei lateral bonds of tho city of Y which part of tho proceeds of tho Manhattan Bank burglary in lixïH. During a quarrel at his home in St. Louis Monday night J. Milton Turner, ex Minister to Liberia, the hem! with daughter, Mrs. sustained Turner says her husband w and attucked Mrs. Mason will Mary Linnott shot ami killed Elizabeth Trowbridge and then Elgin, HI.. Monday Mit jjpliod col kers, •ore afterwards identified as •as struck <• . pitcher by his step William Mason, and fracturo of the skull. Mrs. lrunk knife. antly killed herself, i Thu double traj in the street. The former patient at tho i d was discharged as cu her. Miss Trowbridge w.i- her attend nut anil Miss Linnott had cuucuivod a passionate affection for her. nirroii »Ding. d. any lu I tic 11 : it Pin HON pa m j nr. Vial lying the Contents i -Struck » M«mbei •un tli« lleuil With :i Club, hvIiuUI Hi er UiicoiiHoiuuH. Eugene, Ora, April 14.—Oral Poin dexter, 12 years old, was arrested at hia home, four miles north of Coburg, this morning, on the charge of attempting to kill tho family of Mrs. Hiram Smith, a widow who lives on a farm adjoining that of tho Poindexters. For some time tho Smith family had felt that they were victims of persocu roùoated attempts had been mado to poison tho entire family by scattering poison aüout the dishes and eatables. S. O. Garrison, a neighbor, was ap pointed Special officer to ferret the matter, lie obtained his first cluo last Baturduy. Mrs. Bmith was away from of the little girls was loft to keep watch. Hhe saw tho boy come with a vial ami pour something into the pump. Tho next day she was working about the chicken h» was struck over the baca of tho head with a club by the same hoy and was left unconscious. Other evidence was secured against tho boy until Bullioient was obtained to warrant hiß arrest. It is supposed that Poindexter's act is tbo result of some old feud between tho families. »£»• lion, homo, but an I Al I HH I ON A It I US TO KKMA1N. I(»|i. ill uf the Null I rad« Providing; fi»r Their Expulsion. Constantinople, April 14. — The thorough ventilation which tho action of the Bultan towards the Protestant and Catholic missionaries in Asia Minor has received through tho Associated Press has had a decidedly beneficial effect. The United States Charge d' Affairs. Mr. John W. Riddle, has re reived a written assurance from the Turkish government that the Rev. George P. Knapp, the American mis sionary recently expelled from Bitlis, will be delivered t.; tho United Btutoa Consul at Alexomirntta. It Is further stated that the Hultan's trade, providing for tho expulsion of the other missionaries from Asia Minor, has been repealed ami for tho present, at least, the missionaries need not an ticipate unv further trouble. It is derstond that In both those oases the Bultan has acted upon the advice of tho Russian Ambassador. Street and Bower Director Chambers stated on Tuesday that it had been definitely decided to pave tho following streets «luring tho c Ing sum King from Eleventh to Sixteenth, Market from the Brandy win«» bridge to Elliott avenue, Delaware avenue from du Pont to Union, Second from King to French, with granite blocks; Van Buren and Harri Ninth, Van B to Park Place, Ninth from Shipley to Madison, with firo brick. Tho Boule vard will probably bo macadamized. Those huvo been definitely decided upon and work will commence about the first of next month. Sovoral other streets will probably bo paved later iu the season. from Seventh to from Delaware avenue ItMtlitir Fight Tlmn Lain Culm. London, April 14.—A dispatch from Madrid to tho Pall Mall Gazette, pub lished this afternoon».J _1_ del Castillo, tbo Spanish premier, is ill and cannot bo interviewed. Ilia rotatives, however,confirm tho existence of a coinmuninue from President Cleve land ; but,in the present etateof publia feeling, it will bo impossible for tho government to uccopt his offer. Mat ters government will do power to avoid United States it rather than lose Cuba through foreign pressure. The coming cortos will grant Cuba every reasonable franchise) to be joyed under tbo Spanish flag. : SenorCano pheuted aud while tho jverythlng in its uarrel with the piefor to fight very c Vffi «>B ol fl rangers. Concord Grange held a mooting in the town of Concord, Fa., Alt»« Monday igbt, ut which the following mein :wf,U Wler and of West Brandywine U this State were in attendance: Talley and wife, Willi wife, El wood Husbands and two daughters, Charles W. Day aud wife, William Derricks and wife, Walter Perkins and sister, E. D. Talley and sinter, Benjamin Mills and wife, Charles Hothouse, Hubert Booty and Bailie A. Cloud. A Al y a Denver, Col., April 11.—When Mana ivr C. Miller of the Warner lib's east of Denver, arrived tho city at 1 o'clock this rime. gor A lex a ranch, 12 home fr«» morning ho found his stepson, aged 12 years, dead and hi and blooding to death. The boy bud been stabbed through the heart and tbo had numerous wounds, of the crime is a mystery, was Miller's Becoucl wife. ifo unconscious Tbo Tbo II is account ifo obtained a divoru first of his intimacy with tho latter. -Util. Ciawfordaville, Ind., April 14.—Mrs. John Lofiand was frightened to «loath ug. Sho heard a noise iii tho Street and reached tho door in time to see a runaway team pass by. The ilriv er's coat had fallen aud wound about the hub till it resembled a human form 1 tho supposition is that Mrs. Lofiami thought it. was tho body of her grand son. who hud boon playing iu tho road. With a cry of distress she dropped to the iioor and died. Frighten«'«! t«> last ev A Freight Train VV St. Louis, Mo., April 14.—A West bound freight train on the Missouri railroad :!<«*<! precipitated Pacific iildle Hpun of the briilg nade riv through the across the G o'clock this morning. Several c at tho bottom of tho ri destroyed ut 1.30 lie also . The main lin«»s, »k, may bo •. Fi rural c consequence of the blocked several days, portod being lost. Spartanburg, S. O., April 14.—Ex Mavor W. W. Giiroatb of Greenville, in tho as found dead in his office A pistol, with found by It is supposed to be a ease Suu-Kte of ai one* of tho most prominent State, early this morning, which ho had been shot, his side, of suicide. .»lull f Penn et ut Allentown, Fa., 3d. This is the old Tho Lutheran Ministeri .ill syl 28th to J Mi est Lutheran body in this country. Tho Rov. Frederic A. Doerr of St. Stephen Church, (his city, lay delegate fr named. One - this city is yet to be att«»nd. lteal E Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., has sold o dwellings Nos. 1014, 1010 and 1020 root to Samuel II. Ridgwav bought Be *tt Mr. Carpenter i en the dwelling N for $4,800. from John K. O Ills B street, for $1,300. «> III« s, It i.i report«»«! at London, April 13. Aldershot Camp that tho Ninth Lancers hav«» been ordered to prepare to start Egypt and tako part In the Soudau campaign. f.