The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.

Amsterdam, N. L., ana vicinity.
A LARGE mass meeting to protest against the
imprisonment of American citizens in Ireland
has been held in the Cooper Institute, New
York. Mayor Grace presided, and speeches
were made by Congressman S. ]. Randall, S. s.
Cox, Godlove s. Orth, ]. A. Scranton, and
Lord, of Michigan, United Senator Jones, of
Florida, General Roger a. Pryor, Samuel +.
Gary, of Ohio, Mrs. Parnell, mother of the
Irish land league leader, and others. Letters
of regret at not having able to be present we're
received from United States Senators Miller,
Lapham, Vest Frye, Beck, Sewell, Cockrell
Pendleton, Fair and Jonas, Speaker Keifer,
Samuel ]. Tilden, Roscoe Conkling, Governor
Foster, of Ohio, and Long, of Massachusetts,
about dozen Congressman and other prominent
men. A long series of resolutions was read and
adopted, which began alter number ofpream-
bles, by declaring that 1--WE, the citizens Of
New York, irrespective of creed, race, extrac-
ton or political affiliaton, desire to express
our earnest sympathy for those imprisoned
citizens lin British dungeonsl and our deep
displeasure at the official neglect or evasion Of
duty which has abandoned them to the mercies Of
their INSCRIPTIONS jailers." "The sycophantic
bearing of James Russell Lowell, our minister at
the court of st. James, joined with his super
cilious replies to the appeals of our unlawfully
Imprisoned fellow-citizens," it was next de-
clared, 'has been viewed by us with mingled
feelings of disgust and indignation" The
resolutions then denounced ''the hunkeyism
which airs itself in Anglcized circles in this
country" and declared that "notwithstand-
ing the profound sympathy which true Amer
leans feel for eand and her cause,
since that cause is kin to that of the spirit
of f'76, the issues now in volved constitute not an
Irish question, nor an English question, but
simply an American question" The chairman
and secretary of the meeting were requested
to send a copy of the resolutions to the Presi-
dent and Vice-Presideut, to every cabinet
officer and to every Senator and Representa-
tive in Congress.
The Garfield club of New York, sent to
Was ington petition over a mile long and
containing the names of more than $50, 900
persons who ask the President to pardon Ser
geant Mason for shooting at Guiteau.
ADELlNA PATTI, the opera singer, sailed
from New York for Europe.
The will of Henry w. Longfellow, after
naming several small sums given to relatives
leaves the balance Of his property to his chill
dren.
FIRE at Hopkinton, Mass, destroyed the
town hall, large boot factory and other busi-
nese houses, causing an estimated total loss of
s950O0O. The boot factory was the mainstay
of the town, employing about 600 hands.
THREE thousand barrels of petroleum, 10 900
empty barrels 200 pounds of glue, with
other property of the Standard Oil company
were consumed by the flames at Pittsburg Pa,
involving loss of about s125,OOO.
The Connecticut house OF representatives
passed a resolution Indorsing President
Arthur's action IN vetolng the anti Chinese
bill.
Is the Rhode Island State election the Re-
publican ticket was successful by majority OF
1853. The senate stands twenty-eight Repub-
Hcans TO eight Democrats, and the house about
sixty Republicans to ten Democrats.
AT picture sale in New York ninety-five
paintings were cold for 1892 900, or an average
of s1,3SS for each picture. The highest price
brought by a single picture was $1,000, paid
30 STRIKES are increasing among the different
trades in New York and other parts ofthe East
ern and Middle States.
THEODORE GEpHAnD, a New York brush
maker, drank twelve pints of beer, and upon
his wfe's refusal to permit his nine -year-oId
stepson to get any more he crushed in the boys
skull with hammer and then cut his own
throat. Both were taken to the hospital in a
dying condition.
THE schooners Victor and Northerner, which
sailed from Gloucester, Mass, for Georges
Bank nearly two months ago for Goldfish and
halibut, have been given up for lost, with their
crews of twenty-five mon. The usual time OF
the voyage is three weeks.
JAMES FITZGERALD, one Of the "banco'
swindlers who alured Hon. Charles Francis
Adams into den in Boston and induce him to
sign check amounting to Sl9,350, was arr est
ed The swindlers, who took advantage of Nj
Adams' mental weakness and then had tic
effrontery to present the checks fr payment,
to blaclmail rather than have a plb!i, expo
sure, found themselves grievously mistaken and
thoreupon left for parts unknown.
'JUMBo,' the largest captive elephant in the
world weighing about six tons, arrived in Nea
York few days ago on an ocean steamship
direct from the London Geological gardens.
AN astonishing case OF fatality is reported
from Philadelphia, where three sisteis-Mrs
Sarah Watson, widow fity-two years old
Mrs. Cynthia Winsmore fifty-eight years old,
and Mrs. Z izabeth Smith-died within ten
minutes of each other in the same room. Mr.
Watson was taken suddenly sick and while he
two sisters were at her bedside she died tn,
two remaining sisters were so overcome tina
they both died in few minutes from ne.vou
prostration.
An idea of the present tremendous rush of
emigration to America may be gathered from
the fact that in the first week of April the ar
rivals at Castle Garden, New York, numbered
15,0lG, being 5,72l more than in the CORE
spending week of last year.
BY a vote of 400 to 2 the Pacific mill weavers
of Lawrence, Mass, decided not to accept the
offer ofthe corporation to allow them to return
to work on the corporations schedule with the
promise that their wages should be as high as
are paid by any other mill.
South and West.
ST. JOSEPH (Mo) dispatch says that great