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THE IvAWRENCE. ^ i s m O L ^ Y T O N iisrr)E !F»E isriD E :]srT . WlLFlCED B. PHILLIPS, EDITOR AND PEOPRIKTOR. SEVENTH YEAR Devoted to the Diffosion of Kewg from One of NaT.urP*g Most Favored Spots. CLAYTON. JEFFERSON COUNTY, N. Y. FRIDAY. rANUAR^T89oT T e rm s :—$1.25 P er Y e a r , S trictly in A d v a n c i . NUMBER 28 FROM WASHINGTON. THE WEEK’S CONGRESSIONAL PRO CEEDINGS CONDENSED, Mr. Toorhees Arraigns the Administra tion for Allo-vrins TV. TV. Dudley, of BIG BLOW IN BUFFALO. The Attains Velocity of Ninety Mll«e an Hoar. B uffalo , Jan. lA— niDety-mile-an-hoiir breeze whistled throvigh Buffalo a t 9 o’clock yesterday morning. It only lasted a minute and quickly went down to eighty miles and ___ __ then to seventy. At 10 o’clock it was blow- Block, of m r e \ F .m ., to *k^.iK, tag a t seventy mil®, irith Uttlo prospect of a iet up. ^ Considerable damage -was done in and around Buffalo. A new frame house was be ing built on Cleveland avenue, near Elm wood, Cleveland avenue is not thickly set tled and the wind was a t liberty to blow as it pleased. The gale struck the house and lev eled it to the ground instantly. It was being shingled and the carpenters had just got off the roof when the house was blown down. A portion of the cellar wall went also. Fort unately no one was injured. AX OIiD LAKE CAPTAIN INJURED. Samuel G. Eldridge, an old lake captain and long a prominent figure in local marine circles, was knocked do%vn by the wind at East Eagle and Main streets. His shoulder was badly injured, the wind throwing him violently to the pavement. He was walking in the middle of the street for safety’s sake when hurt. An ambulance took him to his A CHURCH PINNACLE TUMBLES. A crowd collected around St. John’s church at noon, A few minutes before that hour one of the minarets on the church toppled over to the ground below, filling the street with stones and frightening the people walk ing by. A rope was stretched across the street, the police fearing that the rest of the steeple would fall over. ST. LOUIS CHUPvCH DAMAOED. At 9 a. m. one of the minarets of St. Louis’ new church blew do-vvn and damaged the roof. Two others afterward fell, one piling up the masonry on the sidewalk, but fortu nately injuring no one. FREIGHT HOUSE UNROOFED. About fifty feet of the roof of the Brie freight house on Ohio street blew off yester day afternoon. Nobody was injured. A portion of the arch over the Central freight house on Ohio sfreet, blew down shortly be fore 3 in the afternoon. Funislim e n t—Answers from Mr. Ed- munds and Attorney General Miller. The senate after some routine business Wednesday took up Mr. Voorhees’ reso lution in regard to the failure of Unite«i States District Attorney Chambers of In dianapolis to arrest and prosecute W. W. Dudley, and Mr. Voorhees addressed the senate on the subject. After commenting on the charges against Col. Dudley of violation of the election laws in the last presidential election, be spoke of the crime ns infiicring an indelible stain on that memorable election and impeached the integrity of the pwlitical result that followed. “The crime was openly admitted, yet the ■beneficiary of a polluted ballot box, now in high place, had felt compelletl to shield the corrupt instrument of his success.” Mr. Voorhees had tha celebz'ated “blocksof five” letter read at the clerk’s desk. He spoke of Mr. Dudley as the immediate personal (representative in the naiional committee of Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Edmunds took the floor to reply to Mr. Voorhees. He offered a substitute for the Voorhees resolution, cutting out the pre amble and charges nnd calling for an inves tigation, I t was agreed to—31 to 24. The senate then went into secret session, <T! and at 3:05 p. ra. adjourned. There was nothing of importance accom plished by the house. An adjournment was taken untii Friday. The senate on Thursday heard Atty. Gen. Miller’s reply to the inquiry regai’ding instructions given the di.'.trict attorney of ■ Indiana in relation to Col. Dudley’s case. Several local or unimportant bills werq. -brought up and discussed, but nothing of general interest took place. There were no sessions of either house on on Friday or Saturday, both having ad journed out of respect to the memory of Hon. ■William D. Kelley. Li the senate Monday Mr. Tui'^S' gave no tice that he would on Wednesday address the ’senate on the Morgan resolution relative to the recognition of the republic of Brazil. A petition Avas presented by the wives of a number of distinguished officials and citizens ■ of Washington asking for the appointment of women on the boai'd of managers of the Vforld’s fair. The marshal of the supreme court was authorized to loan the portraits of the chief justices to the New York State Bar association for exhibition at the judiciary * centennaiy, to be held on Feb. 4, 1-S90. A bill was passed authorizing the constiaic- tion of a raih’oad bridge across the Missouri In the house yesterday the Silcott investi gating conunittea presented a report, accom panied by a bill aymropriating ^75,000 to cover the deficiency caused by Silcott’s de falcation. A number of bills were introduced and re- fered. Mr. Cummings of Ke'vv York intro duced a joint resolution for the erection of a statue to the memory of the late Samuel J. Tildeu. The resolution caused considerable debate, W ashington , Jan. 1.5.—^In the senate yes terday the. e was an acrimonious debate be tween Messrs. Call and Plumb on the misap propriation of government lands granted to the state of Florida. Ko action iras taken. In the house argiments were made by the majority and minority members of the Silcott investigaiing committee. A number of bills were infroduced. A STRIKE THREATENED. JiTew Yorlk Central I5u\;inGers and Firemen tVant More Pay. A lbany , Jan. VS ,— A big strike on the Ce.n- tral road between Kew York and Syracuse is imminent and that very soon. In November last the engineers, firemen, brakemen and conductors informed the Central road author ities that they w’onld not work over tw’^elve hours per day unless paid for the overtime at a special rate. The switchmen were partic ularly bitter, and vhe.n no attention was paid to the request they struck. For fivq hours Jbhere was not a switchman on duty Between Albany and Hudson and the signal was about •to be given f oi' the whole line to go out when word was .received from Chauncey M. Depew that their terras had been accepted and that 18 cents per hour overtime W’ould be paid. A F ierce W ind Storm a t O swego. O swego , N. Y., Jan. 14.-—Shortly before noon yesterday a fierce wind stonn prevailed here and considerable damage was done. The velocity of the gale during the four hours it preva-iled reached seventy miles an hour. Many trees were blown down and the streets were strewn with branches. The steeple of the Church of the Evangelist, 110 feet from the ground, was toppled over by the high whid and fell to the pavement with a re sounding crash. At the same tuna the roof of a near-by dw’elling was lifted by the gale and landed in the street. Part of the roof of the State Normal school w’as blowm off and the building suffered con siderable damage. Chimneys were blowm down, lumber piles were overturned, and many windows were bi'oken. The break water, is damaged but to what extent cannot be estimated as jmt. While the gale wms a t its height an alarm of fire was sounded f i*oni the western p art of the city. Four dwellings and four barns were burned, causing a loss of 810,000. A confla gration was narrowly averted. There damage from the gale will be about 810,000. The is no telegi’aphic communication to points west of here. B u r ied Under a F a llin g W a ll. STRACrsE, Jan. 14.—A terrible wind stoimi ye.sterday afternoon about 3 o’clock blew duwu the we.st wall bf the Rome, V7atertowm and Ogden.sbarg Railroad company's new bx’icli freight house here, w’hich was being put on. TTiiliam H. lYiliis, a carpenter, ■< buried under the wull and was taken out dead. A dozen people or more, mostly car penters, w'ere injured more or jess seriously. The wind blew off all the tin roof of the north whig of the Onondaga penitentiary, wrecked the cement roof of the machine shop, and blew into kindling wood fifty feet of the outer fence around the building. A NARROW ESCAPE, T h r illing In c id e n t o f 3Ionday’s Cyclone. F lyin g Tim b ers. S t . L ouis , Jan. 15.—Passengers of the Fer guson, Mo., accommodation train had a nar row escape diiring the cyclone Sunday even ing, and congratulate theanselves that a dozen or more did not have their heads cut off. How they Avere saved from death or iu- jui-y is a miracle. Col. Thomas Tliorough- man tells the story of the passengers’ fright- I ful experience. LX. xxv.xxx V.VCX vvuuiu ue ptuil. He says the train had leftthe s tationat Vine When the switchmen were satisfied the en- proceeded as far northAvard gineei^ and firemen asked for more pay and the river front as Knapp, Stout & Co.’s a committee from this city visited HeAv York ' Limber 5 mrds, Avhen the Avater poured down in It is alleged by the engineers and firemeii! quantities that no one could see outside that the Central road .authorities agreed t o ' *“0 coaches. Slowly the train proceeded and ,givetheni33J.f cents per hour for engineers . '^'Len CA’erything loolted dark and dismal and 25 cents for conductors .and IG cents for ^Le fury of the storm there was a Lirakemeu; 17 cents were to be ixlioAved fire-‘ smashing of glass that rose above the din, men. i planks came shooting into the coach win- Mondav wjis pay day on the road, and ' ®LIe and went out at the other as if when the paymaster made the men’s pay up Lad been fired from a cannon, he put the overtime in the envelopes of the * passengers in the coaches crouched * brakemen and conductors, but not any in ^^°se to the floor and the lumber went xthose of the engineers and firemen. Division over their heads. The storm of planks 46 of the Brotherhood of Engineers imme- and Avood Avas SO herwy it crashed every pane diately called a mecLing and the men re- Slass in the rear coach and the AVmd sponded in large numbers. Mtioh indi<ma- jammed it in piles OR the track .betAveen the tion was oxnressed, and some of the sneakers stopping the train. There the c.ars •alleged that Mr. Deperv had made a contract until the storm had somewhat abated, •with the brotherhood to pay the extra, and *La train crew got out and cleared the -that noAV a t the end of the month he ’ had yoadway, after an hour’s work in the di’ench- failed to keep the agi'coment. and no reason _ _________________ could be obtained from anybody in charge. | ' - - ^ . , 0 ifamiltMi Divorce Case. to V , Jan. 15.-A large number frAm TL.t* .vb-ir ih'e p v b k T ’\ ^ iritnesses were examined before Referee E. .v.TYii- 1 ^. T 'e eemreb-ee left ^ C. Van Duzen in the divorce case of Robert coima.. Tne oommutee left ! m i n i ^ t and Hamilton against his wife, Eva. The •their r e t o y anxiously yva.ted The men tesBmony was taien behind closed doors, but ti !? v c S T b y S ™ ‘ -n it has b J n learned that the drift of the testi- ^ l a o j stnsG. they cisnn that they will mony was to the e^ect that while here and be badiea up oy every employe on the road, in tMs vicinity Eva was known as Mrs. Mann and that a general tie-up m il result. The uved with “Dotty\ as his wife. Testi- m tr^nced that, duringher that they have no explanation to make about the uppiirent breach o f faith. A Car Conpler Iitd.or3<«d. B oston , Jan. 15.— At' th e special session of thegrtTud council of tlie Steam Railroad Men’s Protective union yesterday the com mittee’s report on draAiv-bars was adopted. The Safford coupler, known as the “frog- mouth” among railroad menj is the coupler recommended. The committee was composed oC practical men expert in coupling freight cars, and made its report after several months penonal in.spection and usa. . stay here, where she says her baby 'was born, no eAddence of her alleged condition was noted by her acquaintances. A Victory for th« Strikers.- B irdsboro , Pa., Jan. 15.— The strike in the nail factory of the Brooke Iron company has resulted in a victory for the ♦rork'nen. The firm has agreed to restore the 10 percent ta k ^ from the wages of tha men four monfhr ago.\ Tlie firm has ailso voluntarily increased the wages of the pudeUers to $S..75>per ton. NEW YORK STATE NEWS. SOME BRIEF PARAGRAPHS FOR EMPIRE STATE READERS. Various Current Items of General Interest from All Counties and Parts of the State, Boiled D o w n and : Arranged Conveniently for the World of Busy People. AI-B.A.NT, N. Y., Jan. 13.—A special to 'The Press and Knickei*bocker from Tribes Hill, N. Y., says: This village is in a perfect fer ment of excitement over the attempt of Thomas Link, proprietor of the Central hotel, on the life of his wife, which -will probably be successful, and his subsequent suicide on Saturday night. It appears thht Link, who was a drinking man, came home about 10 o’clock Saturday night, and going to his ■srife’s room, suggested that they both take a drink, saying that it Avould he the last they would ever take together. She, seeing the condition in which ho was, was afraid to re fuse and acceded to his demand, drinking wine while ho swalloAved a large quantity of whisky. TMs seemed to mollify him, but they had scarcely been in bed for half an hour, when he suddenly grabbed her, and producing a razor, from some uuluioAvn hid ing place, presumably beneath the pillow, opened the blade and drew it across her throat before she had time to resist. She jumped from the befL and fled to her father’s room, which was on the same floor, but Link followed in hot pursuit, flourishing the razor, and uttering demoniacal shouts. Her father sprang from his bed just in time to prevent Link from inflicting further in juries on his Avife, but the infuriated man struggled and attempted to take the life of his father-in-laAv. The latter being the ■ stronger, soon overcame Link, Avho suddenly broke away and dashed back to his own room. Air. Kilmartiu (the fathei-in-laAv) turned to attend to his injured daughter, and then gave the alarm. Upon returning to Linlfis room, hoAvever, he found that the would-be-murderer had cut his own throat from ear to ear. Link died in a fcAv min utes. There are very slight chances for Mrs. Linli's recovery. A r rested for -Alurder. G owanda , N. Y.. Jan. 11.—A sensation was created in this village and vicinity when it.became known that tliree arrests had been made for the supposed murder of Sarie. Sill- man, who died very suddenly last Septem ber. District Attorney Janies H. Waring of Clean has been working ou ihe case for some time. Sillman’s body was taken up last Aveek and examined, and some marks AA-ere found about his head and neck that gave color to the suspicion that he died a A'iolent death. When Silnnan died it was claimed that he took an overdose of oiiium, which he was in the habit of using. He was a laborer work ing in the south part of the toAvn of Persia, about four miles from here, and boarded in the same house vjith William Burdick, John Hobacker and William' Lacy, also iaborers. These three are the ones Avho have been arrested. All are young men. There is a dash of romance as Avell as of tragedy in the mysterious affair. It is known that Sillinan and the or her three quarreled over a young girl. She has since been mar ried to Burdick. ________ ] S e tt lin g AVith H is Creditors. R ochester , N. Y., Jan. 11.—For some time negotiations have been in progress be tween Thomas Moulson and his creditors for the settlement of the notes held against him by the latter, to which, it is alleged, be forged the indorsements. Attorney Bull, Avho was retained by Samuel Moul-son and CornAvell to defend the suits brought against them on the notes which they allege to be forgeries has been acting at their request as attorney for Thomas Aloulson. He stated that as far as Moulson’s creditors are concerned, the case Avas settled Thursday by the payment of all notes alleged to have been forged by Moulson. Another gentleman who has been connected •'nu'th the case stated that the amount paid in settlement was about $14,000. Argrmncnte in tlie S n a illi Ca.ss. A l b a n y , Jan. 15.-^The case o f the People vs. John Snaith, the assembly ceiling con tractor, was up in the supreme court before Judge Fursman yesterday, and arguments were heard as to whether or not. the stay of proceedings granted on Saturday should be vacated. Attorney General Tabor aj>peared for the people and Messrs. Hale and Froth- ingham for Mr. Snaith. Mr. Hale insisted that the appeal was- taken simply for the purpose of delay and to prejudice Mr. Snaith’s claim noAV pending before the board of claims for the balance of the rnoney due on the contract. The attorney general de nied that such was the case »nd Judge Furs man decided to continue the stay. The de cision thi-ows the trial over until next fall. ' T h e Opei*ator’s F a u lt . G lean , N. Y., Jan. 13 .—A head end col lision occurred on the Rochester division of the YY'e.stern New York, and Pennsylvania railroad, bstAveen Hmsdale and Cuba, the colliding trains being the . northward bound local freight 2.51, and the second section of through freight 2SS. Both engines were com pletely Avrecked and many cars demolished. Brakeman E. S. YYallcer was instantly killed, and*another brakeman injm’ed. It is stated that Night Operator B. F, Frobes of Hins dale had orders for the local freight which he failed to deliver. Frobes resigned Ms position after the accident, and has disappeared. Bnekus Appeulii to tlie Courts. A lb a n y , Jan. 1.5.—State Treasurer Dan- forth has been served Avith the notice, or writ, compelling the re-instatement of Clerk Philo T. Backus, or making it incumbent to show cause Avhj’- he should not. Mr. Backus is a Grand Army veteran, and has taken to the courts to compel Ms retention. ' The writ isretuimable in thfrty days before Judge Learned in this city. The state treasurer hopes to prove the plaintilTc^tinfitness for the office, but the latter’s friends say that he will be unhble to do so. The Grand Arm y m e n . in this section are awaiting the result vrith interest. * _____ ‘ A'Fatal Wreck. S bamokin , Pa., Jan, 15.—^Two freight trains on the Reading i^ilroad colhded at. Snydei’town. A locomotive and tern cars •were wi-ecked. Conductor i>ie£enderCer\wa»- kiUedand seve:^ b rakw n ^ injorad: REPRESENTATIVE KELLEY DEAD. th o “ Father of the House” Succumbs to Cancm’~Skctch of Hi^ Life. W ashington , Jan. 13, — Hon. 'William Darragh Kelley, the “Father of the house of representatives,” died at fi o’clock Thurs day evening of cancer. Mr. Kelley was born in Philadelphia April 1,1814. His father died when he was young, so that he was compelled to leave school when HON. william darragh KELLEY. 11 years old and strive to help support his mother and three children besides himself that she had to cave for. He commenced work as ati errand boy and afterward apprenticed himself to a jeweler, mastering the trade at 20. Ill 1835 he worked as a journeyman in Boston. Later he retunied to Philadel phia, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1S41, and finally rose to the office of prose cutor in the court of common pleas in Phila delphia. In 1837 Governor Shnrk appointed him a judge, u hich office he held ten years. In I860 be Avas elected to congress and has since been continuously re-elected. He was considered the greatest advocate of protec tion in the nai ion’s councils. The members of the Pennsylvania delega tion in the house met immediately after tiio adjournment on Fi iday to take action on the death of Judge Kelley. Mr. O’Neill presided and Mr. Reilly acted 5 secretary. Mr. O’Neill explained the ob ject of the meeting, and Mr. Dalzell then NEWS OF THE WEEK. BRIEF NOTES CHRONICLING ALL EVENTS OF INTEREST. Happezdngs of the Last Seven Bays Put In Small Space and Arransed With Special Regard for the Convenience of the Reader ITho Has Little Time A Clear Lake, la., dispatch says: Two more oases of an unknown fatal disease have occurred here, making eight deaths from the malady within a short time. A post-mor tem on the body of the latest victim, David Carleton, shows the same conditions as in the previous cases, numerous plugs of pale yel low fibrine filling the cavities of the heart. The doctors are a t a loss to classify or cure the disease. The Peter’s pence for 1889 yielded to the 3opo $30,000 less than in 1888. The legacies .leqneathed to the pope during the year amounted to $800,000, An official decree just promulgated in Brazil proclaims the separation of church and state, guarantees religious liberty and equality, and continues the life stipends granted under the monarcliy. The czar, having learned of the shooting of the Russian exiles in Siberia, has, it is said, ordered the culprits to be tried. It is under stood he acts upon suggestions from Berlin. It is expected the vice governor of Yakoutsk, Ostashine, whose oi-der for the exiles to march without supplies caused the trouble, and ihe police official, Olessoff, who ordered the massacre, will be severely punishedj^^ ^ It IS reported the Queen of 'JingiaiiU'-will spend a month a t Homberg in the spring, ' Herman Long, the noted Kansas City ^hort stop, has signed a five years’ contract With the Boston League club. A dispatch from the curator of the museum of Egyptian Antiquities at Bouiak,announces that the tomb in which Cleopatra was buried 'has been discovered. Ira L. Otis, manager of the State Industrial school at. Rochester, has forwarded to Gov ernor Hill his resignation of that office, Mr. Oiis hasjheid his present position for several years. Senator Hiscook introduced the bill pre- sion and relief Relief corps, G. iresentative in the ;ual service of over yeai's, unbroken in continuity, with faltl \ 'ness • ■ - offered the following resolution with some ajipropriate remarks: Resolved, That the state of Pennsylvania h as lost, by the d eath of our distinguished colle: Hon. William D. Ke.lcv, a full sense of r’liat term; an ;y-r.ine years, unbroken in con nitt n g faith fu l of every duty, h as m ade thi- nam e of our deceased colleague known from one end of ihe land to the other, and we feel that the citizens of the- United States are sorrowing Avith us upon tiiis sad occasion. Resolved, Tiiat in testimony of our esteem to the memory of the Fath r of the House fae mem bers of the' Pennsylvania delegatioh attend the funeral services in a bodJ^ Resolved, That a copj^’of these resolutions be transm itted to the family of our deceased col league. Mr. Reilly seconded the yesolutions, and on moiion of Mr. Osborne the delegation re solved to attend the funeral as a liody. Mr. Kelley’s funeral took place on Monday at Philadelp’aia, from the residence of Ms daughtor, Mrs. Hartsman, at TMrty'- niath and Chestnut streets. The re mains, clad in a full black suit, reposed in a black cloth covered casket, hav ing silA-er handles and mountings. Among the floral tributes on the casket AVas a. pillow of flowers sent by Fresidapt Harrison. At 11 ;30 the casket was taken to the hearse and the procession moved to the Unitarian church. The congressional committee acted as pall bearers and occupied cairiages ahead of the heaz’se. Rev. Dr. William H. Furness, pastor emeritus, Avas the officiating clergyman, as sisted by the Rev. Joseph H. May. Ai^pro- jiriate portions o the scripture were read by Pastor May, including St. Paul’s description of immoiiiality and the Psalm, “The Lord is My Shepherd.” Miss Paddock followed with a very impressively sung contralto solo, “Come Uxito Me and I Avill Give You Rest.” At the conclusion of Dr. Turness’ eloquent address the funeral proc^^sion took up ite journey to North Laurel i cemetery, where the interment took p.Iace Avithout display, being witnessed only by the visiting congress men and relatives of the deceased. ’'\PORTUGAL' BACKS dov ; n . She W ill W ithdraw A ll \Her T roops from th e D isputed Country. L isbo n , Jan. 13. —The British minister, Mr. Petre, waited npon Baron Gomez, minis ter of foreign affairs, Saturday and imparted to him Great Britain’s ultimatum in regard to the African territorial dispute; namely, that the Portuguese forces of every kind be recalled from the banks of the SMre beyond its confluence with the Ruo, and south of Zambesi and Mashonoland, Failing to rc- cefre a reply within twenty-four hours, the British legation would go on board the ad miralty yacht Enchantress and await the re ply there. The king a t once summoned a council of the ministers, and a reply was agreed npon to the effect that Portugal, being txxi weak to oppo.se a sti’ong first-class power, would order the Avithdia-Aval of the troops from the Shire and Mashonoland distriets, reselling the rights of the crown in the abandoned terri tory. It is reported that the opposition in the cortes will attack the government for its course in yielding to England’s ultimatum. It is stated that the government apprehend ed demonstrations at Quillimane, Delagoa Bay and elsewhere in case the ultimatum was refused. __________________ Coptracta AAvard'eil. A lbany , Jan. 15.—Superintendent Hannan has awarded these contracts: 570 feet of Glens Falls feeder to Flood .& Sherrill of Sandy Hill for $7,130.50 ; 360 feet of same to same contractor for $5,7^.50; repairing waste weir of same, $3,637, to same c o n tract onC The work of improAring the canal &i Oneida was awarded to P. J. Brummelkamp of Syracuse for $8,050. Bro'nm’s Application Rejected, N e w Y ork , Jan. 15.-— The applications made to the rapreihe court by Harold P. Browif and othen for a mandamus to compel thebpardof lieal^to do away with certain electnc light wires iis“ nuisanceaL re- . jeetad b j pared by the national pei committee of the Woman’s A. R., giving all nurses in the late war who are unable to support themselves a pension of $12 a month. It is very difficult to obtain news from Emin Pasha. It is I'eported he is able to _A. S. Dodd, fu'u'n.'ifcF\ expiW, died in New York of brain fever. Di\ Skinner of Syracuse, N. Y., has been appointed deputy health officer at quaran tine, ill place of'Deputy Sanborn, resigned. By a natural gas explosion at Carnegie’s Lucy furnace at Sbarpsburg, Pa.. Thomas Welch, a Avorkman, was killed and five others were s.eriously hurt. The building was set cn fire. It is reported that the czar’s doctors have obserA'ed in him symptoms of cutaneous pois oning after Avearing his German uniform. - Three more bodies were recovered at Johns- toAvn tc-daj—victiins of the flood-two men and one woman. One was identified as that of a German named Yoeghtley. The other two AA'cre too badly decomposed to be identi- fiezl. A Washington dispatch says: The resigna tion of Mr. Trotter, the colored recorder of deeds for the district, has been received a t the White House upon a request made by the president.' I t is supposed that a new appoint ment Avill be made shortly. Jen inquiry made by Senator Ingalls has developed the fact that the office has paid .$40,000 in fees during Mr. Trotter’s incumbency of two years and ten months. A bill is pending in. congress to make the iDosition a salaried one. The tiiio of “Father of the House,” which the late Judge Kelley has borne, for many years, has, by Ms death, descended to another Philadelphia member, Mr. Randall. Still another Philadelphian, Mr. O’Neill, entered congress a t the same time' that Mr. Randall did, but failed of re-election one term. It was a matter of comment that the three oldest members in continuous serAdee were from the same city. The Rev^, Dr, Beale of the First Presbyte rian church, JoMistoAAm, Pa., charged wdth ncglecthig his hock, has been given the alfccr- natfre of resigning or answering the charges befoi’e the Presbytery. He has decided to resign. The affair is likely to cause trouble in the congregation. Dr. Beale received $5,000 from Elliott P, Shepard of the New York Mail and Express for his work among the Johnstown flood sufferera. •-fc-day was 'Foimaers d'ay'at'’’ Cornell uni versity. . The ceremonies were quite interest ing. Mr, Chauncey M. Depew presented New York’s claims to the site for the quadro-cen- tennial world’s fair before the senate special committee a t Washington to-day. The thermometer registered three degrees below zero a t Watertown, N. Y., to-dayr An ice gorge formed in the Black river about four miles below the city, causing the Avater -to overflow the flumes and stop the wheels of pfiper mills and factories. The king of Spain is now pronounced out of danger. The Duche.ss of Monpensier is suffering from influenza, A dispatch from London says: Attorney General Webster and Dr, Barnardo are pres- trated Avith mfluenza. A British expedition has started from Aden to punish the tribes vi^hich have committed (mtrages a t Bulhai on the Somali coast. The entire garrison of ' G’ba, IniSa, 500 Btrong, has been ordered to embai*k for Mozambique f orthAvith. The pope ordered a special mass in the Spanish church. a t llonserrato for the re- •covery of King Alfonzo. His holiness sent a personal message of inquiry to Queen Christina. The creAv of a French steamer a t Marseilles maltreated a . German sailor who had been » n t ashore to tighten the haWser of his steamer Because of a coming storm. Com plaints about the affair made to the Fi’ench officers proved futile, and the German con- svl has complained to the authorities at. l^rlin. Secretacry Tracy and Walker Blaine were attacked with ,the-gr£ppe today. Dr. W. L.^C5Bndee died a t Mfiwaiakee, a|ged years. Ho the faisfly phyapian of Da W itt C)Unt<m and iquxm ' A special from Rutherford, N. J., says tiiat George I, Post of Fair Haven, N. T ,, djed at Rutherford, aged 74. Mr. Post was very prominent as a railroad man and tJs» as a laAvyer, having served three terms in the assembly from this district. Mr. Post leaves five children, three daughters and two Philip Dflion, president of the Brass MocQd- ers Union of the United States and a pronS- nent inventor, died suddenly at Savannah, Ga., last night in a physician’s office of hearii disease. The First National bank of Delta, R l , capital $50,000, and the Bi^er City National bank of Oregon, capital $75,000, have been authorized to begin business. Wesley ifikins, aged 12, who a week aga murdered his father and stepmother in E13r Township, Iowa, and made a confession, pleade<l guilty to murder in the first degree and w£is sentenced to imprkomuent for life. EUdns manifested no feeling. He is yoimgtst life criminal ever sentenced in that Stanley reached Suez to-day. Admiral Fisquet of the French navy is It is stated that the pope and eight of tho cardinals of his household are suffering frons influenza,. The mine OAvners in the Charleroi district have conceded the demands made by the striking miners and the men have resumed The Spanish' cabinet has decided to re inforce the garrisons of all posts on the Por tuguese frontier and to insti'uct authoritae* to be prepared for eventualities. The Ohio Republican legislative caucus to night nominated ex-Governor Foster for United States senator. Mrs. Mary Brevoort, wife of Judge Cush- ney of Fonda and a granddaughter of Col James Livingston of revolutionary famn, died Sunday a t Utica. She was a sister-in- law of Judge Daniel Cady and a first cousin of Gerritt Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stan- Profe£.*)r Henry Noble Day, who died a t Nev/ Haven Saturday night of pleurisy a t the age of 81 years, was at one time p r o f ^ sor of sacred rhetoric in the Western Re serve college and later president of the Ohio Female- college. An attacA of influenza brougb t on his fatal illness. A band of- deputy sheriffs brought into Birmingham, Ala., Sunday night, and jailed, Dempsey Amos, a notorious criminal, Amos killed a man named Rfrers in that county last year and escaped to the Mils of Western Alabama, where he joined the Barrows gang. Sunday night a jpassenger train on the Kan^ sas City, MempMs and Birmingham raili'oad , was held up near Berry Station by a party Amos’ friends armed Avith Winchesters, whi^i Avere bent on rescuing him. Late in thn night a freight Avas inspected in the samo way. Amos was, hoAveAm', safe in th» county jail a t the time. He is only 20 yean* of age and is aac ^II connected. The German reichstag has atlopted the’ inilr itaiy estimates. The high school building at Colorado Springs, Colo., burned. Loss $30,000. A package containing $11,000 has been stolen from the Wells, Fargo express office a i Dallas, Tex. Gen. De Fonseca, the Brazilian premier, has been elected grand master of all the Brazilian lodges of Free Masons. Peter’s pence for ISSO received in Rome was as follows: From North America, $37,000; from South America, $02,000. Mr. Balfour has the influenza in London. The diseuse is spreading into all pai-ts of Ire land. The family of the Earl of Zetland is down Avith it. A Berlin correspondent says German- American and Dutch banlrers intend to lay a cable from San Francisco to Tutille, Samoa. Madrid dispatches say that King Alfonso’s condition continues to improve and his res^ toration to perfect health is considered cer tain. Noisy crowds Avandered through the .streels of Oporto cheering for the independen.je and integrity of Portugal and shouting “dOAvn. with Englaad.” A crovvd attacked and stoned the British consulate. The authori ties have placed a guard a t the consulate. The striking Italian coal miners at Wals- ston. Pa., caught two of their countrymen who had returned to work and threatened to lynch them. The timely appearance of tha miners’ agents prevented the strikers from carrying them threats into execution. Thera AA'ere no eAuctions on Satmday or Monday on account of the illness of the sheriff with tha grip. __ ____ T H E BRAZILIAN O'DTBREAK. P a r ticu lars o f th e Ricfc iu IT liicli ICO-Mea W ere K illed . N ew Y ork , Jan. 15.—One of the corre spondents of Mr. C. R. Flint Avrites fi-oin Rio ‘Janeiro under date of Dec. 33,1380: “The outlook here is not reassuring. 'Last evening parts of two regiments of cavalry, infantry and artillery mAitinied, They tore up the repulffiean flag and hoist-e-dthe old im perial flag and it requii-ed all the other regi- mente and artillery to subdue them. ’They fought a t the Sas Christovas artillery quar ter till after 12 o’clock last night and 100 of the rebels were killed and wounded before the rest surrendered. Twnnty-one of the ringleaders were shot. None of the commis sioned officers AA'ere in the mutiny but ail of the noix-cornmissioned officers Avere. “The cause of the mutiny was dissatisfac tion of the men with their pay. The poiic© are paid two mfireis a day and the soldiers claim they Vvere pi-omised the same, b ut i t was raised to not quite that amount. It is said that a number of the. cider Conservatives and Liberals have beed tampering with- the soldiers and were a t the bottom, of Mst night’s row. This morning, early, Silverra Mattins, . Asas Martins, Baro de Legoc, D r.' Lima Durate, Dr, Ferreira Vianna, late minister of justice in the last Conservative ministry, and Conmeadador Braga, one of the merchants of Rio, were arrested.” Kbard. of CluiirsK Eersi-iugw, A lbajst , Janr. 15.—The board of d iiW held a session yesterday afternoon apd lM ii^ . several claims. Tbe aAvards wejG as Aseneth Smith, for permanent approprUi/tUk of lan3, ISO; Zina Bell, for ^nae MiraBrayman, same, $55' '^aylaaid A, l e t ter. $55; Seneca Pike, $59; EckrM4 Bh Lhirpee, $75, and $30 for loss of ^ land by leak in canaL All the clainoatito wqr* iroin Fort Edttard, on the line of the canaJ^ ■ /