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The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
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BALTIMORE, Nov. 20.-The annual meet
ing Of the Stockholders Of the Baltimore &
Ohio WAS held to-day. The following d.
rectors were elected 10 represent the stock
holders In the Board. William F. Burns,
Robert Garrett, John Spear Nicholas, John
Gregg, William W. Taylor, James Carey
Coale, G. Won Lingen, Decatur H. Miller,
Joshua G.. Harvey, George w. Dobbin,
Henry @. Smith and Aubrey Pearre. The
president and directors submitted tho 56th
annual report Of the affairs Of the company
for the fiscal year ended September 80, 1882,
which shows that the aggregate earn
inge, working expenses and net results
of the main stem and all branches
for the fiscal year were as follows: Earnings,
SIS, ,3S3. .S75.72; expenses, 0,02o, 81 .65;
net earnings, 81, 454, ,U62.01. There is com.
parative decrease this year in the net profits
of $273, ,262.24 The peymepts made and tho
increments IN sinking funds during the
year for account of the respective debts
amount TO S017,711.50. The aggregate OF
payments made on account OF the principal
and investments for sinking funds on &C
count of debts are stated to be 81, ,49l ,063. 80.
The profit Ard loss account shows an In
crease for the past year Of 81 ,64s, ,07s.23. II
will be seen by this account that the surplus
fund which represents invested capital dc.
rived from the earnings and which 10 not
represented by either stock or bonds nov
amounts to SIS, ,a0i ,65s. 81.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
MILLIONS OF LOfis.
The Close of "a Must Prosperous EsfiHG
Season In Michigan.


EAST SAGINAW, Nov. 20.-The laet log Of
the season Of 1882 was RATED by the Tittaba-
wassee Boom Company yesterday. The
season has been unusually favorable for
handling logs and the results are the largest
on record. The Tattabawassee Company
has handled shout 61D, goo, 900 feet. At the
there were 800, 900, 0CO feet Of old logs in the
streams /; now there Is not TO exceed 80 ,000,-
900 feet back.
The Rifle Boom Company has rated out
of Rife River and tributaries the present
season 100, ,00u, 600 feet oi logs, aud there
were back last spring IL, SOC, 900 feet.
The Saginaw River saw mills are all in
operation, and will not shut down until
December 1. The product of the year is
/ 900 ,0O0, 900 feet, ,ts.,.
The price Of lafa6eF N steady ana -nfm
for good stock. Sales are light, and made
to hold on dock until next season. Good
lumber is In demand, but there IN not much
call for coarse stock. In the neighborhood
of 300, 100000 feet will be held on dock
until next season. The year has been q
prosperous one to manufacturers, as lumber
has sold readily at good prices, and In con-
sequence lumbermen are in good humor
aud carry fat purses. A full stock of logs
will be put In for next years cut OF the
mills. The lumber shipments for the sea-
son by water alone will be considerably In
excess Of 900,000,000 feet. Shingle mills
are shutting down. The season opened
with prices firm aud active and q good
demand. During the last sixty days there
has been decline In prices, the demand has
fallen off, and the mills are holding large
stocks over. The seasons product will Sg-
gregate about 325 600 goo feet.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
The Norris,ovn Poisoning Case.

NoRRIsTowN, Pa, Nov. 20.-The inquest
in the CARRIER poisoning case was continued
here to-day. Albanus ROileaV was re-
called, but could not rscollect having pur-
chased any arsenic on Noy 90, 1882; II he
6id, IL was by direction of bis father. DIR.
Elwood NJ. Corson stated that the cause of
Charles Garher's death was poisoning by
arsenic. Martha Hyde, who has been the
housekeeper for the Boileaus since January
last, was then examined. She had neither
heard John nor Albanus Boileau make threatA
against the CARRIER family; she knew
nothing OF the cause of the sickness of the
CARRIERS she was not aware that Albanue
used arsenic to kill rats she was positive
that Albanus was at home all the time dur
ing the three days preceding November 2 !;
he was never permitted 10 20 out alone on
account of his feeble health. 1t was de-
sired that Mrs. CARRIER should be present, as
the jury wished to ask her few questions.
G. w. Rogers, her counsel, appeared and
said that she was unwelI and had been ad-
vlsed by her physician to remain in the
house. After lively tilt between the lawyers
1t was decided to adjourn until Thursday
afternoon, at 2 O'Clock. JuEor5amison took
occasion to remark during the afternoon
that the duty Of the jury was to find out the
cause Of Mr.. Garber's death and not to ssy
who was the guilty party. The District
Attorney thought that the jury should en-
dcavor to find out whether the poison had
been introduced into the food with evil In.
tent, and by whom, or whether II had found
It's way there accidentally. Old John
Boileau says that he remembers that
Albanus put the arsenic 10 the rat holes on
May 90, as soon as il WAS bought that fact
was impressed on his mind by having seen a
paper bearing the word poison" Ia one OF
the rat holes some timo aiterward.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
THE DOINGS OF A DAY.
ACQUISITION FOR JOEL
WooWARD'S ROBBERS.
GENERAL NEWS In THE orTY.
The Three-Card Monte Man Who II 10 be
Brought Here and His Pal Who Had o
"0szstto" In His Poolst.

Chief Of Police Hawkins went to Dover
yesterday after q requisitiou for Edward
Rodgers, who waa arrested In Philadelphia
some days ago OF suspicion of being party
to the robbery Of Joel Woodward, the
farmer living near Newark, In o trout
street cigar store on October "a. Joseph
Lloyd ahas Boyd, who was also arrested,
will not be brought to Wilmington right
away as he 10 wanted In Philadelphia for
robbing Poole, the man from Michigan, and
yesterday he and his accomplice In that
affair, were held for court.
Boyd, however, Is doubtless the man who
assisted Rodgers to rob old man Woodward
and what tends TO establish the susplcian Is
that he had In his pocket when arrested .
copy Of The GAZETTE Of October 25, giving
an account of the three-card monte game IN
the cigar store.
A Philadelphia paper Of to-day thus
speaks al the hearing Of the robbers who
neeced the Michigan man "Joseph LLOYD,
alias Boyd; William Miller, alias Baker,
alias English Biil," and Edward Rodgers,
the confidence operators, were yesterday
given further hearing at the Central
station. Matthew Poole, Of Hillsdsle,
Michigan, who was swindled out of Sl21 In
gold sovereigns in this city on Friday last,
recognized Lloyd and Miller as the men who
IouUcu nIm' l4Oub DVit, OF zoo NOTth
Ninth street, testified that Miller came into
his place on Friday evening and there met
Lloyd, and both had adrink Miller rendering
In payment a sovereign, OF which he had
several. George Steele, bartender at No.
500 Vine street, stated that Miller offered
gold coin for liquor at that place. Detee-
tive Peter Miller stated that the prisoner
Miller admitted having stolen twenty
sovereigns from Poole aud offered TO return
ten of the pieces. Special Officer Dunbar
OF the Pennsylvania railroad testified to
having seen all three defendants around the
Broad street si alton. On November ? Miller
swindled John w. Sawyer of Wells county,
Indiana, out OF S25 November Z he at
tempted TO gain the confidence of A. Austin
of Lancaster, Pa; November IL he en-
deavored to fleece A. j. Allen of Mont
gomery, Ohio /; he also made an effort to
gain the confidence OF a Baltimorean and .
German, Rodgers taking hand IN the latter
case. When asked II he had anything to
cay, Lloyd remarked, az am innocent" He
admitted that he had been out Of prison but
two weeks. Lloyd and Miller were held In
81 500 bail each, and Rodgers was COM
mitted to await requisition from Whining
ton, Del, where be Is wanted for swindliug
q citizen out of $500.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
Tho standard OH Company Sustained.

The litigation between the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the Standard Oil Com
pany was terminated yesterday by the
Supreme Court reversing the Judgment Oh
taincd against the latter for corporations
taxes and penalties. The suit was begun
over year ago at the instance, of the State
Treasurer and the Auditor General claiming
80, ,1+5, ,54l .6i to be due. The Oil Company
appealed from the assessment to the Com
mon Pleas OF Dauphin county, where the
caee was agreed before Judges Simontoh
and Mcpherson, The Government there
abandoned its original claim, but main
tanned that the State was entitled 10
$796, 1920. The Judges, after considering
the argument rendered decision in favor
of the Government for taxes due amounting
to SSl SOL. This sum was swclled by inter-
est; penalties aud attorney-general's COM
missions TO $33, ,277.50. From the decision
of the lower court giving judgment for this
sum, both the Commonwealth and the oil
company appealed to the Supreme Court.
The former, upon the ground that all their
amended claim was due; and the latter,
upon the claim that they were not liable for
interest on penalties. no sufficient demand
having been made upon them. The opinion
of the Supreme Court was written by JUS
tice Paxson aud favors the Standard Oil
COMPANY upon both appeals.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
Credit to whom Credit is Due.

To THK EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE Tho
Ec,cs, of this morning, In an editorial speak
ing Of the health Of the city at this time
says II is " wholly due to natural causes as
nothing has been done for the better pro-
lection Of the public health" The vast
amount of work done by the Board OF
Health since last May In draining cellars,
lots and other sink holes, and the large
number of alleys graded and paved which
had been used as receptacles Of dirt and
Nth, and the prompt means used in having
the night soil and garbage removed and all
slaughter houses inspected weekly. The
markets inspected twice week, and filth
removed from cutters, all count for nothing
in the estimation OF the Ners. Verify wis
dom took wings when the editor Of the Ne,Os
lett New York. This wisdom is not appre-
ciated in Delaware. HEALTH.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
rms MoaNINa's ArAi,lNos.
TRE WATER WITCH PAlR.
The Opening To-Night--A Presentation
nn WadnandaN Exaninn

Aho Opcuin3 lU-NtBut--A frotontnttun
ON Wednesday Evening.
The fair Of the Water Witch Fire Com
pany will open in Institute Hall this even
ing, and to-day the tables and room are
being put IN shape and decorated. The hall
tonight will present very handsome spec
tacle.
The Fair Ne,ss, the daily which will be
published during the fair, made its. first sp-
pearance last evening and was given wide
circulation. 1t is Q very pretty little sheet,
printed by James & Webb, and has much
interesting reading matter and full ad.
vertising columns. 7. Ellwcod Singley is
the editor. The business management Is in
the hands Of competent men whose names
have been published.
Wednesday evening will be an interesting
one at the fair. This Is shown by the fol
lowing dispatch which was received by the
GAZETTE to-day from Frederick, Md "As
q reciprocntion for the courtesy shown the
United Steam Fire Engine, No. 8, Of this
city by the Water Witch Steam Fire Engine
Company, Of Wilmington, the former COM
pany last night resolved to present the latter
with handsome piece Of silver ware, the
presentation to take place In Wilmington
at the Water Witch fair on Wednesday eve
ming"
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
MINNIE atAppERS TONIGHT.
" Foggs Ferry at tho Opera House
aSnmu of Posen - Last Night.

tOREe f6Tfy bb tHo Oporh hUusos-
.ssnmI of Posen Last Night.
The Minnie Maddern troupe will appear at
the Opera House in the western melo- o-drama,
"Fogs's Ferry" Miss Maddern, the star
OF the company has already won great praise
from the press and the public In this city
Tor her personation of CHIP IL" Uncle Danl. +"
Wherever she has gone this season she
has won the highest enconiums. Tho play
is IN every respect AN interesting one. The
plet Is well laid, the character parts are we'll
worked out, and the leading part, that
taken by Miss Maddcrn, is lone Of the
finest In the modern melo-drama. The per.
formance will no doubt have a large audi
encc. It certainly deserves liberal patron
age on the part OF tho theatre going people
of Wilmington.
"Saml of Posen" last night had much
smaller house than was expected. The part
of the Poscn Jow was filed by Mr..
Curtis with his usual ability, and II
Is one ofthe finest and most original char
acters on the American stage. The support
was very poor, and If Mr.. Curtis had not
been in the troupe the affair would have
fallen fiat.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
Larra neat,, Cnrtiioate.

Yesterday the body of Alexander Good
man arrived from Halfway Retreat, Virginia
On the lid of the box In which the body was
received was glued the certificate of DR.. j.
N. Painter, setting forth the cause of death.
Undertaken Mitchell desiring burial per-
nit aud boing unable to relnoye tho eertih-
cate from the lid shouldered the hoard and
carried II to Registrar Frazer, who took a
copy OF the document and issued the permit.
was feet long, u inches wide, y inch
thick aud weighed about 20 pounds, being
of green oak. IL was undoubtedly the
largest document OF the kind ever fled with
q public officer. The deceased was 48 years
of age and married.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
WILMINGTorI, DEL, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER II.
DULL TIMES IN CHICAGO.
Speculation Practically bead and III
Money Market 5tringent--The Causes.

Money Market 5tFingent--The Causes.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-Skeculstion on the
Chicago Board OF Trade Is practically dead.
"Settling committees" ard o remarkably
stringent money market have done 1t. The
report Of the committee appointed 10 fix the
everybody mad. The market value OF Sep
tember wheat on the Both Of that month
was Sl.0T. On the same day October sold
for "a cents. The shorts, of course, de-
manded that the settling, price be fxed at
the latter figure. The longs wanted the
"market value" for their goods. To please
both sides the committee split the difference
at Sl.O2, and the result is that disgust "a
general and widespread.
There will be no more settling committees
In Chicago. A yearer two ago, when J. D.
Lyon and others were corneriug the market
every month, there wac O great outcry from
members of the Board Of Trade aud many
outsiders against the practfre. In Difference
to this rule was passed prohibiting corners,
aud providing for the adjustment Of prices
by aettling conimiisees. The rule partly
cured one disease, but IL brought on another
which was much worse. Defaulting
became the rule. To live up 10
contract was unfaShionable, be-
cause one did not have TO. SO scandslous
have matters grown under the operation Of
not venture their capital 10 Rn institution
whose rules afford them no guarantee that
they will not be robbed II. The last set-
tling committee has settled this plan Of
doing business very etTectunliy. There wlll
be an open meeting OF the Board tomorrow
and the auti-corner rules will DO repealed.
The man who then defaults will have to 20.
In relation 10 tho mnuey market the old
est inhabitants cannot recall time Of
greater s;ringency than nov. Money 10
firm at and per cent. The fall trade has
been very unsa tlnfactory TO merchants, and
collections are simply out Of the question,
Farmers who saw wheat selling In Chicago
when the 1889 crop was growing at $t.25 to
$l.50 per bushel, are not disposed to sell ct
the prices now quoted. Tne crop Of G,0G0,-
900 bushels forced prices down to 02 cents,
bnt at that figure the agriculturist has none
TO sell. Receipts here run from 100 10 20J
cars per day when they should at this sea
son reach 800 cars.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
BASE BALL.
Tho Hincs of Wilmington and Reading
Points About tho Actives.

The EinCk OF wilmington ana hsuunB-
Points About the Actives.
The GAZETTE announced yesterday that
Pvle and Albert of Reading had formally
signed with the Quicksteps of this city to
play next season. The club will probably
be composed as follows: David Miller OF the
Cincinnati, aud Charles Kennedy, catehers;
PYLE of Reading and Gus Shallar OF Cinein-
natl, pitchers; Gus Albert Of Reading, short
stop; Fields OF Reading, first base; Smiley
Of baltimore, second base; Barber OF the
Mcrritts of Camden. third base; &C. Waite,
left field, Doris, centre field, ard one oil the
catchers right field.
The Activcs of Reading will have an un-
usually strong nine this year, and the
PLAYERS are very heavy batters. The club
will probably be composed as follows
Corcoran, late of tho Philadelphia club, and
Hines of tho Atlantic City, catehen; Doc
Landes and Dad Reynolds of the baltimore,
pitchers Deasley, short stop Boyle, nrst
base Moore, second base ioovir, third
base Larkins, left field; Heifer, centre
field, and the change catcher right field.
Harry Myers of last years Baltimore club
"a organizing CLUB at Harrisburg. lie
says he will be able to defeat any associa-
tion team nine games out of ten, with the
exception of the Actives.
1t is stated that ShetZlinc wanted $i2o q
month to play In Reading next year, but the
management thought they could do better.
The Reading Activee salary list Tor nex'
v.ar amounts TO oyel 81 600.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
ITALIAN DEsPgRADoEs.
- u % IL
A BULLDozINa SCREENS.
Wsasern stesl-RaI Makers ThreaseRing 20
4 Close Their Works to Prevent Tariff

~Ma4AerM Btook-1fsAA ,AA4kBrH InfeokEtatnG 10
I Close Their works to irsveut Tarift
Reform.
CHICAGO, Nov. e0--The story sent to the
East about the closing of the steel and iron
mills here are to certain extent sensational.
There is no break between the iron men and
the laborers. II has been undoubtedly
affirmed that, In view Of tho election to the
next Congress of a majority supposed to be
hostile to the existing tariff on steel rails,
the manufacturers might think 1t good
policy TO close their mills, though there are
no reasons In the present condition and pros
poets of the trade for such actions. The
manufacturers claim that at present prices
any reduction in the tariff rate would make 1t
Impossible for them to continue business pro-
Rtably. Whatthey mean "proftably" "isnot
so clear-that is, 1t is not SO clear as it might
be whether they mean enormous profits or
living profits. This is n point to be care
fully looked into and ascertained. 1t is re-
ported here to-day that the threatened cloR-
ing of the mills may be aimed also at the
woFkmen who aro now comforting as TO
reduction of wages. 1t is said the workmtn
are willing to stand a reduction of 15 per
cent. on their wages, but the mill-owners
want TO make ii rs per cent. This subject
] think, will be settled peaceably between
this time and the FIRST of January. There
appears to be no reason known to the public
why work should be stopped, az it is prob
able that there will be large demadd for
rails next year.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
- - -@~-e -
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Regular Meeting Last Nlght-C@sar
A. Rodncy's Diary.


The Regular Meeting Last NiGht-C@sar
A. Rodncy's Diary.
The regular meeting of the Historical
Society was held last night, with Judge
Wales lu the chair and a number OF men,
bers IN attendance. 1t was gdecided tohold
tho annual meeting on the first Friday In
December. DR.. L. P, Bush, Cesar A.
Rodney and DR.. r. p johnson being appointed
to make arrangements for that event
At the request OF the Society C9sar A..
Rodney read some interesting extracts from
the diary of his great graEdfather, Thomas
Rodney, of journey from Dover, Delaware,
to New York Ia the year Of 1870, describing
the incidents during his passage through
Smyrna, Wilmington, Trenton, Washington,
N. j., Germantown and ether places. Mr..
Walter read paper on the "Hesd of Peri
cles," explaining why, on account Of the
peculiar formation of hts head, Pericles 10
usually represented In bron1es AID images
with helmet on.
Donations were reported, as follows:
Journals of the House and Senate Of the
Fory-Gfth and Forty-sixth Congress, 10
vols, Hon. T. +. Bayard; New Jersey
Archives, first series, vol z, from the New
Jersey Historical Society Massachusetts
Historical Collections, VOL, VIII fifth series,
from Massachusetts, Historical Society
History of the English settlement 10
Edwards county, from the Chicago Histori-
cal Society Articles of tho Reliance Fire
Company, bearing date of March IL, 1874,
from Clarkson Ogden; twenty-five vols
United States Patent office Reports; num-
ber of pamphlets from L. P. Bush; Mem.
orial Address of the life and character o.
Halkhsm and Carpenter, Hon. 7. r.
Bsyard Remains Of William Penn, the plan
for their removal to Pennsylvania, from the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania New
England Historical and Genealogical Regis
ter. October 1882. from Northeastern His
| torical Society American Antiquarian and
Oriental Journal, from the Rev. s. D. Peet
The daily gazette., 1882-11-21
MURDERS CORY HAND.
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY sffg
NORTH CAROLINA.
A YOUTHFUL SLAYER SENTENCED.
Republican Manufacturers Trying to
Work up Capital for the Next Campaigns
"a Recital Of Horrors.

RALrIeH, n. c., Noy. 20.--Mr. Ambrose
Byrd, yeryprominent citizen Of Mitchell
county, n. c., was murdered on Saturday;
under peculiar circumstances near Bakers
Vile. He was engaged extensively In busia
ness with three brothers, Charles, Edward
and Marion Whitson. They came 10 the
store and demanded that Byrd should sur
render his property and leaye.. All we're
armed TO the teeth aud made threntss
TO XIII him If he did not instantly
depart. Byrd left the store, but as he re-
turned all three shot him, riddiing his
body with buckshot. He died as be fell.
At the moment a party of Byrd's friends
camo up aud battle began between these
and tho Whitsons, in which several were
wounded, but all the brothers escaped aud
took to the mountains. Two hundred
mountaineers are in pursuit. They are
guarding every road leading into Tennessee
and swear instant vengeance on the miir-
derers, who will be lynched the moment
they are captured. The Governor, the
county and the citizens have offered heavy
rewards for their capture, and such an ex
eitement has not been known In that part
OF the State for years.
BOT MCRpBRER SENTENCED.
sF. LouIs, Mo-, Nov. 20.--Guy Smith,
the youthful psrricide of St. Louis county,
was this morning sentenced TO imprisonment
IN the county JAIL Tor the term OF one year.
By arrangement between the Prosecuting
Attorney and the prisoners counsel his plea
of not guilty was withdrawn and an plea OF
guilty Of murder In the second degree en-
tered. The boy who 10 not yet thirteen years.
old, was of q most uuruly and passionate
nature. One morning about eight months
ago he vse severely chastised by his grand
father. After receiving the castigation he
cried awhile, then washed his face and .
hands and went into an adjoining room.
The grandfather was standing In the door
looking out when the lad returned with ,irfs
shotgun and slipping up behind the old geiiss
tlelnan placed the Duzzle OF the gun behind
HE ear, fired and blew one side of his head
OF. The boy was tried and convicted OF
murder In the first degree, after which an
order for new trial was granted.
ITALIAN DEsPHRADoEs.
AMSTERDAM, n. Y, Nov. 20-Six Italians
INDUCED In bloody fight last night with
revclvers. knives and stones Two Of the
number named Franko Leauritno and
Paulo Meggiano, were terribly cut with
knives and dangerously injured. Meggiaho,-
after being chased for a mile and a half,
tried TO escape by swimming across the
Mohawk river, but was struck ON the head
with stone Rnd nearly drowned. His con-
dition Is considered critical.