New York Times, The (Newspaper) - February 5, 1884, New York, New York VOL NEW-YORK TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5 RESIGNATION OF MR ELMER THE SECOND ASSISTANT RETIRES ilH D THE CHIEF CON- TRACT CLERK NOMINATED TO FILL THE PLANS Feb time to time during the last or more a gentle breeze of rumor wafted into publicity the name of Second Postmaster-General Elmer In connection with the intelligence he was straightway to resign Those who ran to Mr Elmer to this report always found him to elery it and not without gome e because impertinent newspapers were to be too familiar with the of pub Ic Within months the report bus teen more frequently heard than at any time before and Mr Eimer very proudly insisted ti at It v as incorrect He had at one time ad- mitted however It had been his purpose to resign and that that have been carried out much if he had not been mined notto while was being made a get for the shafts of unfriendly critics who took pleasure in cisting their missiles at n lean enough to te not only but so to speak without any skin whatever Recent Iv Mr Elmer has not been much of the inie on duty nnd It has been under- Stood that he was preparing to assume the of a concern In It wus a neck ago that he denied a report that he to yet this morning he sent his t the Mr Arthur d1 ite v upon receipt of Mr Elmer's to be consulted with Postmaster-General tin him and upon his suggestion selected and nominated to the Mr Lyman or Ohio The nomination was sent to the Senate late In the Mi Henry D man Is a candidate selected tin Iv in witli cUil reform He is active intelligent and Lone t every detail of the of he has for many months leen tbc if not responsible He U irom the Nineteenth Ohio District so long represented DV den He entered the service m thout er influence to obtaining after ti I u in the o ti c1 ot Woodward He uncut m the and elc eloped a aptitude lor ing all ree ears of service he prom to a position until Mi D P Parker P H Inspector At Mr I yman received an trora a house In to KO Into business there and ta ly in he to accent it Mr VV who was then working up the the stur route thieves to Mi leaving toon after he Ki cln lor bv James to take tlic of Chief c Clerk made vacant bv the out with Brady of John I In to a second telegram Mr accepted to ington und assistance to the in preparing thu th route aw he has held the he has the dislike of man con- tr i t irs In th in Ice tn consequence ol his ition to compel all to live uu to their c vt ith the It bv Mr of ond intelligent be recommended Mr Lyman for promotion to be Gen He will be confirmed beyond a doubt anil without opposition The ing j the correspondence In the I POST OFFICE OF SECOND f VV D tet 4 J tl In nit vt tlic work bv i uj n n In V 1 huve tho it Surely of I bit to i re tni to 1 dent through ray ret Sinn I it u honor ly Inen i In the ac vo of tbe Purt Jmce ii veers in ti i ur 1 ie inf me tu c you i aupport of my duties I am Sir very A To the Hun Q II POFT DEPARTMENT or W TUN D C 4 ISc sm 1 have j JUT of date fec n lo the ond nl 1 ny Jem wi 1 accept it with 1 ot tho to of my pc-rsonal led my of the witn wn ch TOU linve lie duties ot a n position a li f it cv to i t tn e v un A tupi ort E the time we v iv i h unit so to testily I e j from you wl fjr I am join W Q 0.0 tho Hon A Second U C OF TRANSACTION'S Vim secured the adoption of another of his pertinent resolutions of Inquiry the answer to which will be of interest to the public The resolution calls upon Secretary of tho Interior to inform tho Senate whether or not th Pacific Company has I ued any ntw stock or made any arrangement ui other since J Mr i un le ur ed from experience that the of to by or and hj evidently had thla In lie up tbe of daj s H simply from the Executive and Judicial Expenses act ot Match I liTi the that atter the p i of the uct no should be made I n on from Its th it no new stock should be ur o mudo on the property or the risk of bringing on In the State Convention It is hts belief that it would be a rood plan to elect the delegates to the State Convention by Assembly districts and then arrange them In groups by Congressional dis- when the State Convention assembles By this plan he suggests all confusion about tho limits of Congressional districts would be ed and he is of opinion that the delegates to Chicago selected In thla way would five as free and satisfactory an expression of the wishes of the state as those selected by District Conventions held in a fashion leave of lor of funding and I's then or the there jt and or officer of the doing ot these shou d I e pun by imprisonment fine A mo Mr Wj for the uu which made the acts ot thu since tne provisions In the law It is asserted un i Mr Vim that Ma roll J of s i huye of which went to lor unloaded by him on the Ln on u purchased e rant n order to force into control of Denver nud Klo Grande is Into U hen he found he a not In his 1 c the South Pass upon Pacific In be y road now its central It N When Gould the Misso.in had to tuke its i Ine s and a part of that was tho road railed no to tho FO unloaded It on the Still another which Van lins noted is that tho Oregon Short Line now built substantially out of the bonus teed by hitter a contract are to the Oregon now come to V tj plea that It Is impossible fi r them to given them bv the to build the roud ind S- lias n fb H 1 i c o ot Londs for U v Mr c is to lool vipon tins to m u of the L n on 1 before je lot fie he to much truth in Ci e allegations he has THE Mr Hour stated In the Senate to-day that he had been instructed by Iho Committee ou Pnv to offer a resolution and lor its tl hail recently tn investigate In Virginia and to duct by ml visit places In as they mid have the testimony pi their own use Tho resolution was to MR MORRISON'S TARIFF When the State of Illinois was reached to-day in the House upon the call of the States for the introduction of bills Mr Morrison brought forward his long expected and described tariff The bustle In the House Immediately subsided and the reading of the was listened to with attention by both Democrats and Ite publicans Ita title A to reduce imposed duties and war tariff did not escape notice As promised it was ft short proposing In one act to make a general reduction of a per cent In duties upon articles enumerated in the several scheduler indicated with to cotton and woolen goods and also providing that no duty to be collected shall be lower than that Imposed by the tariff of The comments upon the by Its and Its opponents were not many or re- The wool men aie not pleased are who represent the Iron ore lighting against free lumber Tbe ol nnd Means Committee who are in the minority party are to talk about it until they huve had a chanco to examine its provisions more than they have yet done The Republicans of the Senate manifest no interest In the subject Mr Aldnch said to-day that hu did not expect that a tariff would reach the Senate from the House It his belief also it it possible for a a reduction to pasi the House it could not the Senate in the came shape For his own purt ho did not regard go unscientific a method m a reduction titled to treatment If It was complained the Inbt tariff hud nnt the per cent lie would say thut he had never that It would but that it reduce rates Mr Hewitt that a tariff is before tbe proper committee and that the and Means Committee will now its woik In He hopes he made It plain to everybody that he 13 not ing mun attitude of antagonism to Mr Morrison but is deposed to with in n measure which will not only be n relief but will a law in such a manner as to make it impossible to say that It is a Democratic or a Instead of a ed tor the ot the whole country The rUon Thut on und alter the 1st day of July In lieu of the of duty by on the Importation of the coeds mid merchandise In cho eral schedules of An act to reduce In- ternal revenue unit for purposes proved March 3 und enumerated there to levied collected paid per of the duties and rites of duty now Imposed on onid articles Is to say on all the articles mentioned In I cotton and schedule hemp Jute and goodR other Jute butu K wool and schedule C metal other than ore schedule M Ac schedule 1 wood and wot except tui On till subject to ad rem duty In B ond nn visions is provided schedule N other stones suit coal and lime A products except us no duty or rule nf duty shall nf July be levied collected nr laid In excess of 40 pvr tunt nd valorem or its equivalent on cotton and Co per nd or Its equivalent on and 50 per centum ail valorem on wool und woolen roods vided that In act to reduce the above on any article below the ut said articles were dutiable An art to provide for the ment of Treasury authorize a loan to and fix the duties on and fur oilier approved March 3 tariff on nil cylinder crown and common window class nr cast polished class ai by 00 inches on suit In barrels or other or In bulk and ufter ine 1st dav uf July 1884 the Importation of the articles enumerated und In this shall be exempt from Is to Iron Including is Iron ore the or residuum from burnt pyrites und sulphur ore copper Imported In worm of iires lead ore and lean dross nickel In ore mailer of Iron or chromic ore coal lack or culm blti m nuns or shale timber hown and and Umber used for and in building wi od manufactured not specially ur vided for In this act hay root or un- burned or unprepared acorns and root raw nr prepared and all articles or Intended to be as entice or ns substitutes therefor not specially enumerated or provided for In this Jule lime glycerine crude fish or sponges dextrine pum substitute or of hemlock und bark for ndt enumerated or provided for In this net of and partly refined Lees cement Koman Portland and all others Paris white dry wood tar tnr crude coal tai products of auch ns diaJ oil und pitch all preparations of tar not colors or not or for In this net loewood and other dyewood nnd other decoctions of i chro and ochery ember und umber and i aid all earths and and nnt sj or provided for In this ait all barks benles buds bulbs and bulb lus roots and excrescences such ns dried gumi and gum herbs leaves lichens nuts and spices nut ei of bid weeds woods fir nnd dried any of the of which are not edible but which have leen advanced In value or by or or bv other process of and not specially or provided for In this A SUTT Feb after- noon in tbc United States Circuit Court William a resident of Baltimore County Md Bled a In equity against the Company to restrain them from ther infringement on patents of which ho claims to be the inv enter and patentee and which con- the whole stock in of the company named as embrace all the patents used In manufacturing the air brakes which have made tho wealthy nnd famous statement of the tho improved mode of car brakes now used by tho W Company bet ore the of API II Ine other inventions to which he lays claim are as An improved method of applying steam to ear brakes patented April 19 nn Improvement in und patented Feb Improved pneumatic air brake for cars issued to Charles II dle and nn Improvement in the pipe coupling issued to Thomas both of which lust in- the complainant alleges were to him The suit Involves millions of dollars OFFICIAL'S ACCOUNTS SHORT Penn Feb vras mored in railroad circles this morning that tral Manager of the and ern had discovered a In the accounts of some of the former officials and that It was owing to this shortage that the re- cent delay in paying employes for the month of December was due It was stated too thut ager King has secured tbe services of a couple of experts who were to be placed in charge of Ahe boons to leum the exact amount of the defalcation Mr King was visited th's afternoon lie denied all knowledge of the deficiency This denial was published but It not set the rumor at rest A number of persons who profess to inside claim that there has been a defalcation and that If thp olhe lals do not make tne good within n month their names and the amount will be public ANXIOUS TO BE PRESIDENT PROGRESS OF THE BOOST FOR GEN LOGAN HIS FORCES REPORTED TO BE INFRINGING UPON ARTHUR'S SOUTHERN STORY ABOUT LINCOLN WASHINGTON Feb 4 The Logan which gave Indications of gathering strength at the time the Republican National Committee met here Is In tho estimation of the sturdy Senator's friends becoming a thing of such serious importance as to threaten the chances of the Administration to secure a solid Southern vote in the Chicago Convention The arrival here of the Illinois State Press has given new impetus to Logan's cause This body of Journalists came to the capital on Sunday nnd Mr Logan and his wife were most conspicuous persons In the throng of who greeted them on their arrival A Senator who regards aspirations to tho Presidential nomination with favor after Mr gan has madu his light on tho Fitz John Porter which he docs not expect to be able to de- feat he will go to the country upon his record in that case und endeavor to fire the hearts of the patriotic the North-west and win their favor for his cherished plan to be the Republican candidate It is even asserted upon very good authority that he be supported by Secretary Lincoln who is credited with the intention of resigning from the Cabinet In order to join hla fortunes with those of The soldier papers are oil to be enlisted In Logan's service Tho same is said to be gaining headway rapidly In the South among the Republicans who bad been counted upon as hurc to be In favor of tho ot Arthur Kellogg is reported his influence in Louisiana in behalf of Logan mid Is resenting tho in what lie calls At- nil pursuit of him in the star route Representative of South was before his death mov ing actively the Administration nnd in favor ot his opposition having been by the appointment of bton as Marshal In North Carolina affairs are not moving smoothly toward the tion of a solid Aithur delegation Mr Cannday elected of the through the Influence of Mr Logan and Mr Sherman is understood to favor Logan's nomination and it is as significant that the Committee has re- ported adversely the nomination of Col Kengh for Marshal eiE the Western District when it Ls known thut Mr Keogh was the dent's personal and that Keogh took the office because ho was asked to do FO rather than because he greatly desired or had sought for it In Georgia while District Attorney is for Arthur is drilling with the opponents ol Arthur and there is said to be a strong grav tuition toward Logan THE Some of New-York members of Con- the opinion that it vrill bo lor the Committee Eoon to Like responsibility of de- ciding whi tin to the Con- vention in the districts or In a state Convention In Gon Odin II to-day that unless this m IMIS the party gfL into trouble In the Convention It to him that it would be to ftt up In districts without BRIDGEPORT'S YOUNG BURGLARS THE CHINESE MUST GO OF BRITISH ACTION OF THE OTTAWA Canada Feb British Columbia Government huve forwarded a petition to the asking that tho minion Government bring In a to restrict Chinese immigration Into that province Tho address which was received by Loid Landsdown to-day seta forth the views of the Provincial Government In a very positive Tho glowing evil of Chinese Is referred to which they say can only be stopped by re- legislation The Chinese population of the province is placed at the of whom were over by the Canadian Pacific Hallway contractors in u slate of destitution They arc thrown out of employment nnd become a charge on the revenue of the country Tho influx of this undesirable of immigrants it la ed works seriously the province being population owing to the de- habits and associations of the Chinamen mts beyond sanitary control neglect their sicK and Justice by secret Such is the representation made to Lord La un- do w no of the condition of the Chinese m British Columbia nnd in asking for restrictive tion the Government of the Province also asks that us in the case of tho Provincial and Municipal Council they may be excluded from all employment on public works The Provincial Government has taken the with the view to driving the Chinese out of the country but the power to prevent gration rests alone with the Dominion ment A has been in the Provincial Legislature making It compulsory for every Chinese person er 14 years of aye to take a licence for which will hnv e to be paid failing to do winch it tine ol 540 will tc imposed Any one employing a Chinaman who has not u in his sion will be liable to a line of THE SCHUYLKILL ACCIDENT THE LEADER OF THE GANG STATE'S EVIDENCE BRIDGEPORT Conn Feb young burglars who were arrested here Friday night were given a hearing in the City Court to-day George Williams 10 years old the leader of tho gang turned State's evidence and made the conviction of tho others easy Williams says they broke Into the West Side Bathing Pavilion this Winter and maliciously destroyed the there On another casion they broke Into shoe store and one of the gang cut a dozen or more boots dering them worthless The members of the gang it appears were leading lights in what has been known as the Club Meetings were held nightly in t u the corner store at and Here the Jobi were planned The oldest member Is Smith aged 24 Arnold Fays more ling revelations nrc to come After to-day tour of the young criminals were bound over for In the Court under in each case of burglary nnd ot highway robbery Saturday night another youthful member of the gang was taken into custody This was Allen 17 years of age ami nn employe of factory He is implicated in two or three Williams says thut Chester Russell WHS picked out us one to be d and robbed while on hts way homo His habits watched and tlic young men knew when he left Ills bakery route home and whether or not ho was to have money about him A young mtm named employed nt jewelry was another one selected by the club to be robbed soon it was known ho can led large sums ot money and valuables home with him when he was to have been attacked tot and the division of the plunder Eat h member of the gang had his part assumed to him tor the arrest of the boj ers shop on to be entered In u day or two The safe was to be opened if the ingenious of Williams nnd his associate did not fall Thew same entered the office of a billiard table company in Stamford n few days ngo nnd while the employes were nt dinner removed the Nile combination They brought it to tins city nnd kept it for the studying the Smith hud charge of it mid kept it secreted nt his residence When got through he threw it in the river lies ides and highway robbery Smith and the others hud rone into tlic counterfeiting business nnd molds were mode by the gang but the necessary finish could not be attained The work turned out wiis not smooth enough and the tools thrown Them was more profit in robbing stores nnd people on the street Ono robbery wus to have occurred nt on Mr in is well along in years The plan to call him to the door Inte at night knock him down and rob the fafe The young burglars went about well armed and when discovered in n store in Haven recently carried sol They say now that hud any one molested them before they hnd time to escape would have added murder to the record them iams pleads guilty to six three of them tn this and highway robberies He out an dad case for and John or Jerry Indge asce Young Plumb nnd Fred Smith ho Rays were only concerned in some of the street robberies Among other places robbed in this by bers of the club policy shops from one ot which was seen red bt sides several watches A SERIOUS FLOOD THREATENED DR NEWMAFS OPPONENTS FRAUDULENT USE OF THE MAILS X Y Feb K smith who was arrested for using the mails for fraudulent purposes gave hia real name before as Arthur French Ackroyd ana Joan W Attar of Albany and Joseph of Troy testified to received Goldsmith's circulars Ackroyd had remitted money and all exhibited letters from Goldsmith calculated to deceive and defraud Tne was then adjourned till to-morrow wh'n additional evidence tho prisoner will cc produced French Is about years old ot slight and genteel appearance EXD OF THE COKE POOL Penn Feb Oue of the largest operators In tbo city stated to-day that the coke pool whose formation was noted two weeks ago had fallen through He said the small operators fought shy of the projectors of the pool nnd to be able to see nothing in their but i scheme to monopolize the trade and the Oi small plants For this was found Impossible to procure unity ol action method of advancing prices will be upon tho docs not profess to know says tnat thing Is absolutely necessary N Y Feb ft meeting to-night of all the branches of the Irish National League In this resolutions wero passed de- tho death of JAMES BODY BRAVE JOHN SAYS PHILADELPHIA Penn Feb body of little James Donalan who was drowned last while sledding on the was found at 2 o'clock this morning by the dredgers and taLen to his father's house John who saved eight of the drowning boys and who is m the neighborhood where all ot tho boys have nicknames more or less unique as is a bright-faced modest lad with a countenance that inspires He wjs at his home to-day and when by a TIMES reporter how he lelt I'm not warm yet You see I was so thoroughly chilled lust night I couldn't get it and 1 wus so excited that I slept a wink How did you to save all the eight boys I don't know myself I don't oven Know of my own how many 1 pulled out AH I know Is I suw the boys struggling for and that 1 was prompted lo stive them if 1 could How I did it or how long I was in doing It or how many there wero thut I saved I couldn't tell you for the life of me I don't remember thing about it except that I had a that I was in some responsible for the of those boys and I went in blindly to do what I thought was my duty seconds I lost con- trol of myself then 1 started in to wive the boys but what I did or how I did It 1 cannot recall All 1 can suy Is that when I got I was drenched unel so cold that I thought that I should DISSATISFIED STOCKHOLDERS SYRACUSE N Y Feb meeting of tho stockholders of Iho Davis Company was held to-day For some time tho stockholders have been discussing the management as the concern has paid no dends since It into the about K je'ars ago Local capitalists own about of the stock and it has been openly charged that L A Johnson Secretary and Treasurer aud acting manager has been lating in wheat but It Is not stated that hu the funds of the con- cern as he has money of his own In 1881 the profits wero In m At a meeting day there was a large A spirited dis- cussion took place but no radical changes made Ives was re-elected President and Mr Johnson Secretary and Treasurer George n Phelps and Guorgo H Sherman wero to the list ot Directors Edmund O was dropped ut his own request The assets of the concern arc The indebtedness paid last was und the prudent indebtedness IB In were made A has Just been secured with London parties lor machines per year MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF HIS CHURCH THE DEMAND ANOTHER VOTE TO DECIDE WHETHER PASTORATE SHALL BE CONTINUED While dishes antl rattled and Indies in capacious slicing up tempting cakes In the basement of the Avenue Congregational Church last night a spirited debate was going on in tho Trustees room up stairs It happened In this in- stance that tho regular of the Church Literary and Social Society and the Board of Trustees occurred at the same time The Kcv Dr J P Newman spent the evening pleasantly with the three or four hundred bers of his Mock who filled the well-lighted The Trustees organized their meeting which was private with J II in the chair The others present James H Seymour A J S Knapp F T Hopkins and Christopher Meyer With the exception of Mr Hopkins all of tho gentlemen named arc avowed supporters of Dr Newman Gen Grunt the President of the Board of and J the Vice-President were absent Trustee Hopkins gave hla associate Trustees something to talk about by presenting the lowing Hie Trustees Congregational TUE OHIO RISING MUCH ANXIETY IN CINCINNATI CINCINNATI Ohio Feb There is much anxiety to-night concerning the condition of the Ohio The remembrance of the Hood of lust February with all its tends to make the more apprehensive when n heavy rain occurs with a full river and that is the condition The Is full from to Cairo and Is rising to-night from Cincinnati downward and falling slowly above Cincinnati although it Is rising at head waters With the saturated nnd the Ice and snow not nil gone from the mountains this cannot fall to another rise Here river stood at feet 11 Inches until noon then fell half an inch and then liegan to Between 3 o'clock thu nf l and 9 o'clock to-night it 9 A heavy ruin fell nearly nil tho afternoon growing heavier at night Already till the cellars along the riv or are flooded some manufacturing establishments have been com- to suspend operations A break 100 in length caused by the pressure of the water against the of the street hup occurred in This is the same where u break happened last viar engulfing u number of persons and injuring the No lives were lost this time nor was any erty damaged and the caused only inconvenience to tho Southern received show rain beginning in the West und moving eastward The indications point to u heavy ruin all night all the from here to Pittsburg and unless this la followed bv cold weather there will be a Hood of dangerous proportions MADISON Intl Feb Tho Ohio River und is swelling two inches an hour Tho will probably overflow the mul Will stop work at the worke llu und erty is being secured It la raining steadily TELEGRAPH FACILITIES Feb A decisive wiis taken in this city toward creating a more formidable opposition to the Western Union Telegraph in this State by the recording m Town of a upon nil the lines and property of the Merchants and Telegraph Company This is given to secure a loan of in of the company is about to put upon the market tor the purpose ot lunds to extend and elope its lines The phut of contemplated developments In- cludes the erection ot additional poles and wires across this State and consequently It la sary thut the bond should be recorded In each of the towns through which the extension is to are 42 of these towns In tho route laid out by thV company The agent who left the mortgage at the Town Clerk's said that he started out on his mission lust and expected to complete it next The mortgage Is a pamphlet of of The clerks for putting tho mortgage on record In the K towns will exceed The new wires will be in It is by warm weather Large ol men with teams and vehicles fitted for lodgings now tered ut various points in the htulc nnd arc- en- g aired in rushing the work of up the new lines Much of the has been contracted for The Merchants and Telegraph Company -is now pooled with thu Southern Telegraph Company and the American nnd the combination threatens to become one of the most riv als that ern Union had THEY WILL NOT GO TO THE BALL Penn Feb Saint Aloysius Temperance Society a powerful organization In this city has refused mission to its members to sell tickets of sion to the grand annual ball soon to be hold in thu city This decision has created much talk in business and social circles tlie Catholics and have been on very good trims but bad blood is now anticipated In view ot by the Catholic organization ot the St Aloysius Society claim have been to take this step In of their lady friends who complain that at- balls in the post years the Hebrews made themselves too obnoxious They sought to con- trol everything and us a last their disbarment WHS called for The Hebrews profess to be satisfied with the state of but say the Catholics has o mado a grievous mistake ON TRIAL FOR MURDER ROCHESTER N Y Feb the Court of Oyer and the of John Kelly on tbe charge of murdering an old man Lutz on Sunday morning Oct 21 waa commenced The en tire day was consumed in curing cix Jurors A DOCTOR IX EFFIGY COUNCIL BLUFFS Iowa Feb This city taken by surprise this morning by the of an In the public park For several years Drs Crofs und were an- In a feud growing out of professional rivalry This hostility culminated last in a fatal meeting by the parties on the street near the residence of Ur Cross The hitter shor and Instantly killed McKuue ing were at tho time and Cross placed in under a strong escort of police Un the preliminary examination he was held to bull in After some at the December term Of tho District Court he wus indicted for murder in the first and the cose was continued to the May term of this v ear Atter u bitter tight the Judge admitted him to bull m und bail was promptly given Nothing has since except the appearance of Cross on tho streets to cull public attention to tho case Tills morning an ot found hanging to a limb of u tree in tlie directly opposite Cross's house On the back of the a placard with tho inscription Duty the annihilation of this whom Injustice IKIS thus fur Vigilantes On the tront was another E high-toned murderer the coining event of came here from several years ogo and has wealthy nnd friends m that city lloth parties to tho tragedy occupied u fair physicians TENNESSEE NEW-ORLEANS Feb The British Yucatan Capt from pool via the West Indies arrived In port this morning She reports that on the 2d Inst In latitude longitude 40 off the coast of Yucatan she passed the Tennessee of tbo North Atlantic station The hod let t Colon ou the sMth of ond wits miles from the Passes when spoken A heavy norther visited British Honduras the latter purt of January and destroyed a large number of banana irv The constituting he of the of would be 10 b holden by tlic members of church Wo this request though vou ire doubtless aware ciul I of no the nl time's to hold any with tlie with Iho under- that none but church on II p roll be in win ro me to bo We further Mate objects of the mooting to lie tho election n the indorsement of the Surer of the Mr 04 11 third to obtain nn from the members of tho church to iho e nf tho Her J P man's ministry in fourth to consider the of i hun li to us In present for the of such other business us may come V M O n M a l H S CROO K KJl S The letter was accepted und permitted to be read but Immediately niter reading Mr stigmatized it as offensive and uncalled for and moved that it be laid on the table A long discussion followed Mr took the ground that if the Trustees acted upon the gestions in the letter the would cast a doubt upon the legality of night's ing If that meeting was legal as most of the Trustees believed the matters alluded to in the letter could not properly be considered Mr Hopkins argued that there existed a legal as well 13 i moral right to have a meeting or member or the He had advised lawyers ns well as on that point He assured the that neither the of the letter 1101 their frit nils wished to threaten simply for was right They had no teeling of hardness or v He believed however that If the Trustees refused to call a meeting the Deacons hud a right to do th's es Two oi three of tlie other Trustees interposed that the Deacons had no such right Mr Hopkins Insisted he and criticised the management of the church meeting on night You know he snld to his associate Trustees you hud legal In thut You Know packed the Ing mill hud about WO could only vote by acclamation Trustee Seymour made u spirited speech In support of the action tuken at Thursday's ing Ho said the of the church could only bo maintained by standing by what was done ut that meeting He was opposed to taking nny lurther notice of the letter After remarks by Mr Cooley Mr and Mr oll tlie was laid on the table Trustee J S Cooley a resolution in- tho action the church meeting ou Thursday night Mr warmly the resolution which adopted Trustee kins voting It Mr I led attention to a report that some ol the ushers ot the proposed to re- sign He said that the lor ol the ushers hud not boon altogether satisfactory He heard nf inst mccs where ushers frilled the same In the pews on c Hu had also the ushers together In knots of three or four m the chuich church mutters He believed such conduct was detrimental to tho of the church therefore he moved that the ushers be Mr Hopkins promptly took up the cudgels In the lie claimed they hut a right to be heard before being In bitch a way Ho suggested thai If there was uny cause for the fault finding It might be due to thu fact that ni rules existed lor the eminent of the It would be a good Idea Ue thought to a pet ol rules with accompanying am apply them rigidly to the ushers Trustees Cooley and in this idea and Mr Seymour's resolution was laid over for the pres cut Mr offered a resolution dispensing with the of the sexton K M Senioi Mr what the charges against lor and he was told Unit MJV members of the church did not like the sexton's manner After some discussion the resolution was placed on the tunic in with the one relating t the ushers The regular standing committees were appointed and the meeting adjourned utter a very animated of nearly three hours Trustee Hopkins Deacon and eral other gentlemen in sympathy with the ami Newman movement us at Dr house In East the Truot The Doctor was indoors by the effects of u lall on tho sidewalk early In on the smooth cover of a hole In and some of the ot his left loot It Is likely that he will he to Ins lor None of the gentlemen who were with him last seemed to be disappointed at the action of the Ti Ubiety Mr the Trustee's could not prevent the calling ol a meeting ot the members of the chinch even If they desired to do so The had the power to call such a meeting A large majority of members of the Church are with us In this Kinl Mr and our cause la certain to prevail In the end said Hopkins I bers of the board thut were in the right and were bound to succeed We propose to In order m everything that we do Their action to-night Is what I Dr as he re- on a comfortable couch his shattered ankle Mr Hopkins said he did not believe that the as hla were culled would it for tho meeting of the They will not giant the request contained In the he and t is nothing to be gullied by delay We shall cull a meeting of the members of the church and if need be hire n hall to hold It in Whut we want Is u cil of ministers of the Congregational Church to try and determine whether we aro in the right oi whether the upholders of Dr Newman As Dr Newman is not a ber of the Church he of course cannot sit In coum one of Dr Newman's wild lust night that lie there wus very loi the Dr nnd lug to sell I am mild he llt haj offered for this property and I believe that he would pay more than thut to get HE WANTS THE COMPANY DISSOLVED Feb was Uled day but suppressed for service In which ick S Winston asks foi a dissolution of the sett Pipe and Company Winston holds GO shares of the stock The principal ers were J S Waterman the President M g Chare nnd D H The capital stock was Judgments huve recently the pnnv he fears that may bo upon to pay amount h asks o- the company be up and all portion If this It Is believed the com- pany can meet its obligations PROSPECTING FOR OIL Penn Feb number of aic prospecting for oil at a point on 17 miles from the city They have put down a test well and aro hopeful of getting oil The well Is HCO feet ep and is being cased to shut off salt-water The derrick la not closed but the tools arc In the hole uod hundreds of up and down the have boon leased by the owners of the well The driller stated that the Indications were similar to those met with at Duld This well Is 17 miles out on the sylvania 11 miles of South Uald and 10 miles east of and Harmony Butler A FIGHT FOR A JUDGESHIP HR P CLAIMS TO THE OFFICE WILMINGTON Del Feb earnest contest la on foot in Delaware over tho ment of a successor to Judge Bradford on tho bench of the United States District Court In It he old factional differences within the lines of he Republican Party though they are not drawn so sharply as In some previous affairs The body of political operators of whom Mr Dick Harrington Is the visible head are urging 03 their candidate Mr George P Fisher who now at Dover but who was for years n Washington as a Judge of tho District and then as District Attorney It muv bo remembered was his assistant n tne and tlic several scandals und accompanying its administration huve scarcely faded from the public mind That Fisher should have the courage to ask Mr Ar- thur for the appointment ot to lost for life was something of a shock but ho did do this and u delegation In his interest has visited Washington and seen the President returning It said in good The puny included Mr Harrington Mr Mills of tho Republican Mate Commute and Mr the Postmaster ot this who abundant attention to whatever he may do us to the postal service and one or two What representations they made to Mr and to tho President the facts that Mr once been on bench that he Is re- In fortunes and tnat he a plenum cial manner is rather than definitely known but it is charged that they urged that they control tho choice of the six lie from Delaware to the Chicago Convention and were ready to this ad a temptation to the The whole ot the Bar of this county with but three or four exceptions and a pai t of tho neys In the two other mended to the President the appointment of Mr William C of Wilmington at the head of the Bar company with one or two others and whu has con- sented to take the place if It should be offered A3 to Mr there eun be no doubt and is no denial but It is charged by Mr people that he did not v oto for the candidate for Gov whom they up in and that is not a pood His appointment too would not secuie the Delaware candidates in heir ion The support winch In- IMS 13 very strung and it is not thought here thut the political arguments on the other will prevail r to the re p resin la thut in the first Mr muv not be to control their election even with aid of the Wilmington and thut in the second the announcement to the that the appointment ot Mr to the United States bench had secured would con Mr Arthur many more limn fix In other It is known thut of the United States Circuit Court has spoken a word for Mr and ex- Justice Strong und have given to the appointing power approving such a selection It is further well as that Fisher could not secure a In tho for his In IsTo he tailed to be con firmed as United States Attorney lor Delaware when his bent ill deut A ROW BICYCLISTS IN THE RAILROAD WORLD VIGOROUS WORK UPON THE STEAD PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION PARTIES AT MANY PORTS ALONO THE A ROAD Conn Fob Work on the and New-York Air vigorously morrow u large mul of men and will bo put on the contractors At Orange IV labours go to work 300 in nil is to be begun In with about 100 men nrc about 70 port and K ut and grading Is also un ut rd and G T W Downs for of New-York r Is of money back of tnat tbo will not limit th M of tlic it to out by 20 us u i m 1 not ol 119 corporate r 1 b to be a k lire laid 1 pounds to tlic i nd ilia and oilier par the work to Ix i In tbo most i Although thn r r tj New-York to tl i pn ol tlie road to oti rid ii tj In It Is not decide 1 win tin r ro i i Derby Houd nt or 1 now THE A CINCINNATI Dh 1 IBI it J UPON TUT ITY CINCINNATI Fob 4 J In the but Ht the lime coui nu had Ti that 1 Cincinnati a road Company in a ut stock iif the comp to the h ft of loi tu it the b nt nnd The I by ind the -N oT the i i 10 id ic d tin o favorable thuiL that they nre ibl nnd Issue to-day Ii case aro u le of I v t- f f m h the J n i v l it nt i n cl 1 t i i 13 nre d in 111 1 i the over- was b fl BAD BLOOD ENGENDERED BY ACTION OF THE SPRINGFIELD CLUB Coun Feb Fred Jenkins Secretary of the League of American Wheelmen and editor of Wheel u paper de- voted to the of bicycling WHS referee ut the bicycle In lust Summer For his service he charged Sloo The Club something like b the tournament und bet n Ing up ever Under the instances the club members considered Mr Jenkins's too und refused to pay it Mr for appeared in tlie shape of an In Ills in which the Id lub denounced Soon two members or the and through the medium of the another stigmatized Jenkins us a coward nnd H Imr 1 he Club followed up tlie newspaper the circulation of uu Impeachment of Jenkins signed by CO bicyclists members of the club This manifesto of Impeachment was a der of nnd huss retaliated by sending to all the clubs In the league printed resolutions asking lor the expulsion of ind meeting of the Club held Jun it vuis to support to adopt the resolution that he presented cud the one that the Sm This hist Luent induced of the fuel the Club have not yet receded I to the tournament of Club The clubs who won ul tlie tournament have alto fulled to The members of the dull i they have not scut different been to olT the ol huve in four months in olf of the due MI- and they think will ally off tLe entire debt CARLISLE AND THE SENATE THE ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER BY THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE MOST LIKELY FRANKFORT Ky Feb the caucus to-night Mr was formally withdrawn A motion was made io admit no new candidates after the next ballot and to drop the lowest after each ballot but wua opposed by Mr who suid the caucus should not deprive ol the opportunity ol a mun whom the people wanted nnd who hud never appeared in the Capitol to usk n member for Ills vote The following dispatch vins then read must not he in the il content as It My 1 s In anv for Th If I folt Ii luve r tu nin ut Hirt limn The of not solve iho but In mv opinion Ill Mr Clark to whom the dispatch WHS no man was to be consulted In mattei It the ot the CHUI us to select the man whom people nnd that that mun uus John Others In The motion was adopted nnd the until This rule end the contest to-morrow In the thu vote Hoi d 11 buin 9 and the remainder fnn du cut t i I'll 1 and Nation 1 Huik 1 in the Court This bank obt d i1 i1 from i H if Cook to if it tion d of him in HUM dent of tin railroad n hours Mr c ol to w s a- t uuu s o-l hud In the bunk i i uli 1 tl a in si 10 l t me V ol them ind tl ill I l ll T iti tn 11 L n mini d whether Mi oi k ci iDol r In hiT i ii ai of id the n i ip i i t i 11 Hi n tf oi d t i too tiv it n-t in is no i llN lib 1 til elites i n t it on b fi n VM M t id Miii K lug its i I nvV int i i of tin to trill t c te in o I nn I iL 1 i of l- i- I i- I nil tl i- y lid i tlie r f L oi of ili i x t t i-o null 1 ti il i i i Of 1 nl t i t n and A TRANSIT MTT i h l i tunt ol tin rn i tl tlie U will be t ii J Li i i r i- la court two was pi i amount of f 11 Cu ti m i a fn In- thm ix i v eit I n it i teir it in v it nls I o i Hi n I ui i i UH ii t i Mi 1 he 11 L T Jb a p u i 11 in mil 1 1 1 n v ct iQ I ir e -j I i Vs in- c -t t i 1 l ol n t 1 t Of f Ity fX ST ST Louis Mo season open xl with 11 the cost Including Mmea Valeria and und It mined nil dav long und ut the time of to the ruin helped to count Not more t linn tin f tlic were occupied It L that the was well The audience the generally lav oracle recept on und ut the of the third ait rewarded with lour Mmc also iho favor ot the as did also inann Vuk riu The sale of seats tor to-morrow i large As jet It Is difficult on account of dn s bud weather to make uny of the success of the season THE RESULT OF A VANDALIA 111 Fob A di- vorce case haa Just been in the Circuit Court that of Thomas Jennie In his he alleges thut while plowing In his Weld three men armed with one of a brother of tlie cumc to him und the brother of hN wile hjb pun heart and threatened life If did not and tbe present Mrs The woman was 40 ears old he was but IS He proceeded WIIL to house where a mai riant was performed and the nest morning be a mother alter which she left the and haa never returned RAJ is RT TO Out AIJO Feb 1 iu j J the m n ii i ivi i r to od L o2 v ugi ills d uu to pre- vent i nnd the t ni on t will be il i 11 t e Lli e i to tlie i t h d I Tl am loi u d u- ill ttw morrow OF VAUlur tin veil will be in nl MI Ilo u n 3 In Hi s i iti as 1 1 1 y It it stated th it nv fj L r in air in double thut i t- l- of n tu i Aie North Kiver West tho ic of tne d j ri ti i- III 1 ke of Tu the h 1 U U JM -t Ui it u i i i i i ruad and li 0111 N Y 1 ol II opinion of iin i in i1 iJim du cit i built tin V -t i t i M 1 i lull lu vi to itr t li a thu tue GETTING RID OF A MISSOURI VALLEY lowu Fob Durund of Brown Neb lias long been j suspected of being a and the County concluded to rid of Tiny him into the country nnd banged Mn a tree six miles from O'Neill The however did not to BCC him die and he was able to cut the with which he was bound He has tied the try THE OF A FAMILY FEUD HOT SPRINGS Ark Feb H age 30 shot and Instantly killed bla uncle Philip Mann ape SO at ern Junction to-day Both were farmers The tha outcome of an old family feud says that ened his nv nnd North -i t n ny prineiui i point oi I ell is th u in i u- I1 eui truce c-t hi MIC i U am to the tum tin uli n formed the nt i and 1 C mil tin i ol d it ion Idi J on- d the in vr j i in I I e ai i c th u u aet ul c thi world of of i obi o- OL i Mi 1 -.1 d rs to the 1 us i MOJI ol iho un 1 that tlic trust in r u the of Imv nj on an a HDL lutci In DO 1 the of havi l In r tbc an 1 J ten the building and i ut tl upon tin p u c- t v w cli Is E to the lion t K I Keb 4 the idi IH e Jill held their i i- virj i i ideon L In nok I ot HI duid li rick dim ill crh 1 K 1 Jonas ChirL Ik I W John D i i u in ui I Ii l i1 inn 1-PH1 4 I b i of and 1 li i d i h in anJ i le ted I i i plu c- or c Knej 4 to uu nt an in 11 the b Hi r tho ci nj Ir i hi li v c U i li i v crc i ui t uf 1 1 v t tuy J ti rs c im If i in of Jul 10 1st K i nive Circuit Court u ur 5 eb i oil In to be joined -is the Oi b their t I Thomson's Andrew ami I to lor nn alleged ot thaC rond knife or p No Write for Dr 11
