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GENeNAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Thurlow Needs condition has chanped
for the worse, AM! his demise is but a
question Of time. ,=f;.' ~, :, J"
Aiaguic Finch, Of freeman, H., com.
nitted suicide yesterday by taking NOR.
phine. She had been ruined BY tic ,un
Of Baptist minister S ~ ! !
John Roach, tho iron ship builder OF
Chester, Oh the Delaware river, Inns ius,
closea contract for building four steam.
ships for tho new American line 10 Brazil
two for Mallory's 1.-Two to Southern norris
two schooncr.rieGed Steamships for liz
New Aorlt and Havana Steamship Com.
pany, and.a steam yacht for james Is.
Ward, Of New York all 10 be ready in the
spring. Tho cost OF constructing these
vessel: viii amount to over 5000, ,GoA ,
Yesterday afternoon, mt Some.villc, Tenn
James Hurlon and Nv. i. Tharpe, brother,
iu:law, engaged in y quarrel over soma
mlnilY matters, WHICH ended by burton
threatening 10 Kill! Tharpe. Last night
about I o'clock, while l:ur,ou was IN n
saloon playihsa game Of billiards, I'hatpo
entered with shotgun and .rel MIN KIN
barrels ut Barton, killing hic, insian,l". nil.
The dccessSseii vas hptil recently n memher
q the firm oi Fulmer, Thornton 4 60 n
THIS city: Tharpe, who did the kiliinr il
Professor ot'he Female College at solner.
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INiI'I;lsl'ISl;NTE.
President Arthur Highly sndis,,nEt al
tie Actions Of II crrirt< tu, Bliss.


WAsIJS6roS, November ol.-The prose.
cution in the Star Route cases are in good
deal Of tribulation over their failure to Sc.
cure the attendance OF ex-senator Spencer
as A.wLness at the trial. Spencer is one Of
tie Pacific Railroad Commissioners and
lately Bliss and Merrick got it into their
heads that the President ought to take
some radical steps to secure the ut.
tendance Of Spencer, ignoring the
legal processes which would easily bring
him here il they were only applied
Clinging to this idea Bliss and Mcr.
rick lately addressed q letter to the presi.
dent, and he said that he considered the
addressing Of this communication 10 him
as one Of the most impertinent things lie
had eyer experienced. lis whole tone
seemed to imply TINT he WIS directly re.
spons'ble for sReRcers noira,,endancc
here, and desirous that he should STAY
away. lie said that he .shonld take no
steps whatever in the direction indicated,
us the prosecution in the case knew
how to secure Spcncer's attendance,
and should take such steps as were nee.
essary. Removing IL man ior failure 10
attend rs Il witness was II new PROCESS. he
thought, and he was indignant That he
should have been asked to tuke such step,
RS 1t is EVIDENCE Of the lack of. resuousi.
hilty which peryades the Department Of
Justice In star route matters. MIR. brew
ster's reply to n newspaper man, who
uSl; eI him n fnW Invs sincc 10 ba l,,o,,, of
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Is RESPONSE 10 the request Of the 1Sr

Is response 10 the request of the 1SrEllI.
GrScEn Mr.. James NJ. Swank, Secretary Of
.i,e Iron and Steel Association, aud, in his
speciality, perhaps the best informed man
in The country, furnishes by telegraph his
view OF the condition and prospects OF the
i,on and steel market. The interest which
Nr. SWank represents has been accused Of
tryiag 10 psasipltate something in the na.
inre o, ~ panic III the hope Of impressing
Congress.> This suspicion is not borne out
ll.eby Mr.. SSnck'scalm, reass.lsiag view, d
situation. lIeis tiee to state thut the peril
has been ioyerlrawn, end sees no cause for
alarm now or. in the Nnoari, future. The
iron aud steel industries pre- not
always on the best basis when prices arc
highest, rs experience has Clearly shown.
Thee will probably. be some enrt0ilment
M prot, action, but that is always bciinr
Than kelir,on prices, or. uu oversiocked
market With i loose bottom i'll It. The iron
End steel Industry tnnst expect what hap.
pens to every other S;aisrest-farmcrs arc
no, exemp. from iC17seasshs yhen there
~ili be ic,,a demand and smaller profits Or.
no profits at all. A good general average
an any business Is al that can be hoped for
and this applies alike Ls capital and labor.
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WASHINGTON, November PA WASH
ipg.on lawyer named Chapman claims 10
have unearthed m old Maryland law
which will cause Il liuiter III the politics OF
that State, should it be determined that the
law is yet operative. The passage Of the
law dates back wcII.niyh into century.
Under its provisions, Mr.. Chapman claims
that all adult males who havc resided The
legal length Of time i'll the District Of Co.
lumba are entitled to vote ut the nearest
Maryland or Virginia polling place. The
effect of this law, should it be proven TINT
it is still in force or can be enforced, viii
be to give the counties contiguous to Ills
city decided Congressional increase md
thousands Of voters. This law was re.
ierrel to several years ugo by lawyers Of
this city, who discovered i:s exis.encc, hut
no action was taken. It begins to look
now as though, If there is anything tanei-
ble in the old statute, that it will he brought
TO the attention Of the authorities ..unI
hoy they can avoid declaring it operative"
said n well known lawyer to-day, lis mys.
terry to me. They viii, either 'haye to Re.
peal ii or give. us vote"
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The position will soon become rather
seri0ns. On the other hnnd Il nnnnnrs 10

the position will soon become rather
serious. On the other hand, It appears to
be thennanimons opinion TINT stocks nre
not increasing appreclably, 10 that tho cur.
consumption. lie Tie poiut I s loTse determined pie ed,
therefore, ~ whether The falling oil In de.
m0nG for crude and ilniahGd iron II due
to similar falling oil in the demand for
manufactured articles or simply to an ex.
pcctation OF lower prices III tho near fu.
inrc. The fact that steel rails have dc.
cIined 20 to 30 per cent within
II year should not now be regarded
rs IN indication Of tile condition oi
the iron trade throughout. Capacity Tor
tic production Of steel rails has more than
doubled within the past two or three
years, besides which very heavy imports
were made in 1850, 1881 md 1852. A con.
siderable increase Of capacity has been
made in other directions. hut In no such
proportion as in steel rails; neither Is there
any reason to suppose that there will be
my decline In prices. Fl. iron quotations
are nhonta as they were year ago, and al.
thong h snch thing may occur, there are
very few who have thorough knowledge
OF ttetradu who predict with any degree
Of confidence even Il dollarpe Ton decline.
Finished iron, unfortunately, Is about 10
per cent lower than It was Il year ago; but,
on the other hand, II is 10 per cent above
what It wasa year and II half ago.
la view OF all the facts It Is not Mt all
nnlikely.hat the scarcely of demand Is the
natural result Of disparity in prices, which
VIII pass away lis soon aS values are
brought into harmonious proportions. In
OF her wordspig iron must be fowcro or ltnish-
ed iron mus. be dcarel; possibly botl, may
20 lower before buyers take hold freely, but
the principle holds good nll the same, and
lis iron must give way in proportion 10
tho recent decline in finished iron. The
Iact that il yields so little and
so slowly is convincing evidence
OF the general soundncss of the
position. The unremuneralivenes Of
business to consumers will soon deter
inino one Of three things, namely, n de-
clirc in crude iron, II curtailment OF its
consumption, or better prices ior its pro-
duets; but which Of these influences will
predominutc time only can show.
The total transactions within the past sixty
days exceed the large sum OF $4,000 900.
The decline in prices should therefore be
attributed, not SO much 10 falling or in
demand, rs to the extraordinary competi.
ton for business, necessary to employ the
vast Increase in productive capacity,
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Ecco,n,ncn.,s New bureaus.

WAsHlSGToy, November Alt vas re.
ported Yesterday that Secretary ChaadIer
in his forthcoming annual report will rec.
ommend that the Lille Saving, Revenue,
Marine and Coast Survey, three important
bureaus Of the Treasury Department, be
irsnsierreA to the control OF the Navy De.
partment. tits tho'ight here lh9t ghoald
Chandler make the attempt Hnd succeed,
that he will follow itup next year by askint
for a transier to the Marine ifospitai Ser,
vice, another brancl, Of the Treasury.
Chandler when asked about the matter TO-.
DAY, Tj,t,s nat contmdicting the. truth Of
the story, declined e qssi1aa This pr spy
OF tic rctomMclidationy Hkely to DO lnGoSff.
poraied IL his for!hcomins report. Iii.
e; iicaas Is confirm. ihp' ferreetness
Of the report, so lar, at Ieast, as refers to the
Revenue Marine Bureau. r - :.
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A W9InRn'S neA.}ernf{aff.

New ionK, November 2l.-Kate Ander
son, alias katc sauderson, aged 81 years,
was found dying, caused by swallowing
Paris green, last night in her room, 81
West Tenth street. She in.ialling on the
iloor attracted attention, and on strangers
entering her room she was found writhjnn
III agony. She issnpposed 10 have suffered
horrible torture, MS in her death agony she
had seized q pitcher OF water and poured Il
over her breast as Il to allay tho fiery sensa.
lion caused by the poison. a letter MAS
found in the room stnting tbat hcyhnsbanJ
l'ad deserted herand taken upwith another
woman and glle had determined to take her
l;ta No. F. o. '...-.- - = ~ s''NS hSl
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FOOD FOR THE,FLAMES
COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FIRE
Worln,tn Psnnrl In by the Fiery Elsmfni-Traslc
Death Of Three ptrSans-Others Seriously
TrJurtd by the iInrhing OF u Building
U3 at Fr8yIaeaes, a. h-Scenes, Etc.

PGowDEScE, H. l., November 9l-A
fire occurred this morning III the Calender
buildings brick structure situated be.
tween Saben and Cove streets, which re-
suttedin serious loss OF life. The build
Ing Is over four stories high and occupied
mostly by jewelry shops The fire origi.
mated in the workshop OF Charles T. Mel.
vim, dyer, in the middle Of the building on
the third floor, aud was caused by the isni.
tiou OF II ten gallon can Of naptha. The
room was filled with light, inllammable
cloth and the wood work was as dry rs
tinder, The room was next the stairway,
and before word OF warning could
be given escape by the siair-
way was cut of by the flames. On
the fourth floor Is the workshop
Of William Robinson 4 Co., gold chain
makers. Tho firm employed 800 oper-
atiyes, equally divided rs 10 sex. When
the flames swept up through the floor the
employees made u rush for the windows.
There WIS no fire escape on tho building.
\ lMnic cnsued. Just across IN alley.way,
about fifteen feet wide ut the end OF lie
Calender building, was Il two story wooden
structure. The help rushed for the end Of
the building fronting OH this alley. Then
the lmuic cnsued. The roof of the wooden
building was about twenty feet below the
window sills; where excited girls were con-
grcsated. The persons in the rear crowded
and pushed those in tic act OF jumpingand
many oflhem fell short; others were mi jured
by being, jumped upon alter they had
reached the roof, The dead arc: Emma
Gassett, aged %, and Bessie Cobb. 10th
these girls struck the ground between the
two buildings, and died in few minutes.
The injurednrc Mary McSariey; shejunlped
from window and fell on picket fence.
She was asterribly injured and cannot survive;
Mary liarty, Della Gasseli, Emma Mathew
sou, Mrs. johnson aud Mrs. Cuddy. All these
aru young women, and are all probably
fatally injured. Some were carried to their
homes and others we're taken to the Rhode
Island Hospital in ambulances. Thomas
Mann fell short OF the two.story building
and bounded against it and fell 10 the
ground. Ills injuries ars one arm and one
leg broken. 4 man named Smith fell to the
ground and was hurt. Mary Davis jumped
from The roof and bad her leg broken,
George Grant ,ofthe firm OF Joseph Grant &
Co, jewellers, jumped from Il fourth floor
window to the roof OF the wooden build.
ins and had his ley broken. George
Clark, employed by Joseph Grant & Co.,
saw the fire and tried in vain to extinsuisll
the flames, and finally had 10 run for his
Isle. One man, lnume nnknownl IN en-.
ploye OF Grant 4 Co. hung from the tele.
phone wire until the fire department ar.
rived. The ladder raised under him
proved 10 be five feet too short. A fireman
mounted 10 the top and caught the work,
man in hiG arm. Loss on building and
stock SION 0nO
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'rllEIleOS SITUATION.
4 Review OF the Mnrkct-ri= Iron Must

A Review OF tho Mnrkct-Pi= Iron Must
II Take n Drop. !. 81. X, .
PnILApELruIA, November 2l-The Pres
prints tue following: The condition and
prospects OF the iron trade have command.
ell a somewhat unusual share OF attention
during the past few, days. Nearly i'll the
leading papers hare had something 10 say,
allitoria!lyo in tho shape Of interviews
with prominent firms, The net result Of
what has been said eannot'be considered
satisfactory from whatever standpoint it
may he viewed. Some have discussed tic
apea.ion Of = reduction OF wages as though
sucll event ~as Immediately pending. 9th
ers have considered :he question Of foreign
co,ay4tiljon which, for tho stime being is
equally impossible s.fis sa.
"a q matter Of TACT there is nothing in
the4 position which need casss slnrm.
There is no general suspension Of work,
and MS regards eoasti'nj4ioa, i aaay be
If there is any falling OF nt all.
i5cn.n is unqueslionably much smaller
jjaa I Ras s.een, andi it doesnot improve
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TOM OCIIII.TREE,
The Champion l.inr.COngrcSsiMnn-l
Tom Icffx II or Hft,,sefI

AHc SuNuiDlOh l.inr.COnErcSsiMNN-N
Tom Icffs II or ffi,sefI
WASHINGTON, November 2l.-''Did YOU
say Tom Ochilree is elccted?n asked one
Democrat OF another. "ics."
"l'oes he say so? Doubtless. Well,
then, that gives us one additional majority
in the next House." "But Tom'sa Repub.
lican?'
"Does Tom say SOP Certainly, why
he's the man who used TO boss the Boss
He was Grants paragon Marshal."
"Thought so, and hence repeat, that gives
us one more.h
"llow do you make that OUT" "My un-
sophisticated friend, it's evident You don't
know Tom and his brilliant reputation for
vcracity."
"ls he addicted to romancc?" "Wcll,
somewhat. That way inclined, as r story
that he told on himself Just after the war
would indicate" Lets lave it."
"Well, 1t WIS Just after Shiloh, according
TO Tom, and my new cont was perforated
like sieve by the bullets OF tic ID
sllarpshooters Of the Ninety.ninth Ohio,
who had tried to induce me 10 drop the
flag which Bcaury told me to take up and
carry to the front after seventeen poor fcl.
lows who Ind borne it before had u quick
succession bitten the dust, and wus in
rather II dilapidatcd condition. Well, Tou.
tant sent Tor me and handed me telegram
from jeff directing me 10 proceed to Texas
and hurry up lot more Of our fellows.
Whilst riding one day about sundown
through the Arkansas bottoms j sought
and Obtained accommodation at q nriHceIy
mansion, occupied by mother and daurh.
ter. soon saw they were in deep alllic-
ton. Have you lost relative in the
warp ! asked OF the young lady,
MS her mother left The ROOM. ALAS ves,
she replied, AN onl Y brother at Shiloh.
! May be so bold ito ask his name, Young
lady Upon her informing me remark.
ed that il was fortunate accident that had
thrown under their roof, 'Why, my dear
young friend, ,lia, young mau and myself
were messma.cs and bosom friends, and
when he fell by my side with his dying
breath he requested Inc to cut OF lock OF
| his hair anu take it to his widowed mother.
Would You believe me? had scarcely
done so when agrape shot carried away
the packet containing it, Indeed, sir
shereplied, and may | ask tic name OF nv
brothers hcnciactor?' 'Ochsetree, Miss, at
your service" what! Not the celcbra.
ted Major Thomas Ociletlec, OF IexasY
The same And you saw him lie% Il
did oh, y,joy, Joy she cried in i'm.
rassloned tones oh, mother, mother,
rejoice, rejoice! Ny brother still lives !.
She mad heard OF Thomas.
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ABOUT IR0NAND STEEL
SECRETARY sWANk,s OPINION
On The leon and Steel Ttaae-A dissertation on
the Msnufarlure or Steel far the rarposs OF
Making Nais-Siiiron a Trouhisson,o .
Farior - Pittsburgh DpIpiuns.

Special Dispatch to the ln,cllIgcnccr.
PHILADELPHIA, November el.-The do
preston in the iron and steel industries OF
this country has been greatly exaggerated.
The steel rail industry il in very de.
pressed condition and the demand for
other iron and steel products is not equal
to The expectations Of IT few months ago.
But there il no occasion for any excitement
or alarm. Prices have been gradually de.
cilning since last spring. There has been
no sudden decline not even In steel rails.
| do not believe that either the present
Congress, or the Congress which las Just
been elected will be 80 u,lwise Us to greatly
reduce the duties OH iron and steel. and
hence feel entirely hopeful OF the future
OF the industries. Low prices are not
necessarily III evil. AS. NJ. SwASK,
D" Secretary Of Iron and Steel Association.
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KANSAS SENArOkylllp.
FA"hib I'n$ no ~alknWny-Cntssc or the
OpbOSft Inn II, II Inn. a.t-


,8. Opposition to Him. IN
WICHITA, kAs, November 2l.-Who is
to be the next United States Senator from
Kansas 10 fill the seat now occupied by
Preston j. Plumb? is now Il leading po-
litlcal question III Kansas. We're it not
ior the fact that the forty Senators compos.
ing the Kansas State Senate hold over,
having been elected two years ago, some
other man than Preston i. Plumb would
assist John ]. ingalls, TO represent Kansas
in the United States Senate. As it is
Plumb has no walkaway. A careful count
o. noses in the Lower House OF the next
Kansas Legislature discloscs about sixty
members out OF the l25 membership op-
posed to Plumb. Were ii not for the
gigantic railway influence Of tho Stale ex.
erted upon the State Senate, composed us
i is Of from ten to fifteen railway lawyers,
Plumb would be surely beaten. Plumb
tell Into the st. John vortex, went over tie
State lccturing on prohibition, and the
same avalance which overlook St. John
may overwhchlm Plumb and sweep him
from his seat in the United Sta tes Senate.
The people oil Kansas are extremists, but
they despiss shalns. Mr.. Plumb has no
WAlkaWay. "f ~
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VAL0R REWARDED.
THE QUEENS sFEEcH TO AER raoof 8
Who Figured Ia the Esypttun C.upaIsn-A
. Financial SetMtlon In rarl.-faIlure Of a
Large Banking lIou.s-Arabi Pashr.
U TrfAt-The Grounds Of Defense,

LoSpoS, November 2l.-Ihe Queen con.
ierrins decorations at Windsor, said: l
nave called you here to-day 70 express my
best thanks for the gallanlry and devotion
you displayed in the short, but dc.
csiye campai gn in Egypt, aud to say how
proud am Of my soldiers and sailo,s who
nave added fresh laurels to those already
Obtained IN previous campaigns and Of
their devotion 10 their queen md country.
AZ 'he close OF the Queens address, which
%as delivered with beautiful emphasis,
three lines OF men retired leaving Tho
queen facing the commander Of the expr.
u,tion and naval brigade. The comforting
oil decorations then begun, oG -
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AKAtsl'a TRIAL.
rug ottoman Code stumbling Block TO
Convieti0M-rhc Rchel's lIcn.

ihc Ott0aiinn Code u stumbling RlOcL IN
Comviction-Thc Rebels plcn.
LONDON, November ol.--The formal
charges against Arabi rasha cite articles Of
Ottoman penal and military codes. broad.
ley and Napier counsel for Arbi, in a
public letter contend that 10 be convicted
in those codes the rebels must have waeed
war against the Sultan. This letter al. o
declares the prisoners will prove the por,e
approved Of their action from the first 10
tho last, and TINT the khel;ye
also long before the commence.
meht Of tho war wayerel between
4 retryograt'e party and the nationalisly,
put That after the arrival OF Deryisch
iasha in Egypt he acquicscd in the easy
resistance; Broadlcy and Napier chiefly
rely Tor the success OF the case OH The
proofs that Arab Pasha's was really IL
national movement and supported by
nearly the whole Of Egypt. They viii
prove they say that the recent war wus the
most humanitarian known in the Ii story OF
TINT Nation, and that tho efforts of The
leaders were uniformly directed to secure
safety OF person and property,
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VIII kCC H'N,, I.Htars

RICHMOND, Va, November 2l.-The Vir.
s'nla funding act OF 1871, under which the
bondholders released the State from one.
third Of her old debt and agreed to look 10
West Virginia for that third, contains pro-
vision than annually after the year 1850
there Shall be collected, the same as other
taxes, tax OF two cents Oh the dollar of
the. assessed valuation OF nll properly in
tho State for tha sinking fund to INV oir
the principal Of bonds. Counsel for III"
Lonaon bondholders to-day applied for II
mandamus to compel the St,te officers 10
collect the tag. 100, ( ..55,~sI - ~.
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Purchase OF Four Per Crnfv.

WAElIiSGToS, D. c., November 2l--Sec-
retary Folser has decided not to purchase
any Of the lons4 per cents in open market
ut present, rs he thinks it would be DIFF
!'cuit to explain to the people the
wisdom OF paying high premiums. He
does not yet see his way clear in the law 10
accept the otftrof S2,006,000 currency 0s on
a basis Of 3per cents, but he will ask Con-
gress Tor perm ission TO do So. The surplus
revenue he will still continue TO invest in
the extended js. lie does not favor taking
OIL all the tax from whisky and tobacco,
although he thinks there should be large
reduction in internal revenue. He will
also recommend considerable modification
OF the tariff. Il .sq, ,g N ". -,
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+ Manufacturing Industries,

\ \ WAAAseIH(NQT0SI y M November asa special
fensus bulletin Just issHed pfesenEs lhe
statistical data respec,ing the
various Misunderstanding inApslties Of the
country. The Wholesale alaucl!erinp and
mcat-packing industry comprises So eslab.
lishments, with Il capacity Of III, ,4l0, ,ol3
pounds, and employs o7,ooO7 hanas. The
annual expenditures for wages amount to
81 $3.50. The cost Of raw material Of ali
kinds aggregates 'S2,7777s,90a aud Tho value