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NEWS BY THE CABLE.
HUNGARIAN GIRL MURDER CASE.
The Bottom saidto b, DropplaE out Of ii. Prose.
-POrty.Plrs Persons Lost IN the pura.
iss Of a Thsatrs-KIlksnny Fight be-
-.g- tween Irish nIlltIamsn-Notss.

LoxpoS, June 25.- Developments Of
further scandals at the trials at Nyreghaza,
Hungary, OF Jews charged with numbering
a Christian girl, have given rise to the be-
lief that the prosecution will be abandon
ed. Several Jewish witnesses for the de-
tense claimed they had either been threat
ened at the preliminary inquiry or that
statements, which they had never made
would be used in their depositions. Itis.
ELECTED that the girl said to have been
murdered had quarrened with her mistress
shortly before she disappeared, and that
the friends Of the girl when they missed.
her, had an idea she might have committed
suicide. The employer Of q sister Of the
dead girl testified he met Estheran hour
after the alleged murder. a..EG. .-y5
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In 1854 rs ssen Thrqugh Mr. wiIlian,
s7s ~ sMahone's sptetacIes.

|
WASHINGTON, June 25.-Senator Mahene,
who is here, said tonight: "The Presi.
Dental election may turn upon three coun.
ties in Virginia. It will not do for the
Republicans to count as certain thing
the Electoral votes OF New. York, New
Jersey, Indiana or California; and without
them, they can not hope to have more
than one hundred and eighty. Where can
they look for the remainder Only to
Virginia and North Carolina, and the
Electoral vote OF Virginia, ! tell you, may
depend upon the yotsoithree counties.n
General Malone then went on to say
that the iReadjusters 1inthe fall elections
are already certain Of the House. They
would also be certain Of the Senate III q
whole Senate was to be elected. But hslf
the Senate holds over, and In the half are
the doubtful Readjusters, who constitute
the big four. The contest In the senate
will be close, and Il may turn upon the vote
Of three counties. two Senatorial districts.
II the Readjusters secure the Senate, 1t is
Mr.. Mahone's opinion that next year the
contest in Virginia between the Bourbons
end the Readjusters will be confined to the
Electoral ticket alone, as the Readjusters
Legislature will see TO- ~, by suitable
methods OF Congressional districting, that
there shall be no fightsNin Congressional
districts. Mr., Malone. Il, very, confident
that the Readjusters will secure the control
Of the Senate.
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HORRIBLY BURNED.
THE FATAL KEROSENE CAN AGAIN
Ms. JOhn Baker,. Horrible FAts-rhs Result Of
An Attempt TO Harry Up a slOH Burning
Fire With Carbon oil-ln IlIustrAtIOaOf
ths Danger Of Being In Hurry.

Again the press OF this city Is called on
to record a horrible and probably fatal
case OF burning, in which the oil can takes
prominent part. The victim Is Mrs.
John Baker, woman thirty-six years old,
the wife Of a well-to-do teamster in the city,
living near the corner OF Coal and Third
Streets in the North End It wouldseem after
the numerous fatal accidents that have re.
suited from using an oil can to hurry up a
fire in q cook stove In this city and else
where, that their use would be abandoned,
but judging from their continued reckless
use. the accidents have had no effect.
Yesterday mornings affair was an awful
and sickening one. Mrs. Baker was pre-
pairing breakfast, and in order to makethe
fire burn fast poured in the stove part Of
the contents Of can OF carbon oil.
Hardly had the stream touched the stove
until the woman was enveloped In flames.
The burning oil flew all over her. Utter
ing ear piercing screams, she rushed
out into the yard, where she was
followed by her husband and several
neighbors, who with blankets endeayored
to exhnguish the blaze. This they finally
did, but not until every stitch OF clothing
except the yoke OF an urdsrgarment had
been burned of. The victim had ceased
her screams and yells and could now only
moan, as she was carried into the house.
The sight was said 10 be a terrible
one, while the fire was In progress, as abe
screamed and writhed in an agony equal
to that OF the damned, but afterwards the
sight was even worse. The blackened body
laid out in lower room OF the neat little =
house bore but little resemblance to thatof
a human being, and the stencil OF the
burned fesh:only added to the horror. The
lower limbs and lower part Of the trunk
and the breast were literally roasted, while
the head and upper part OF the arms were
80 scorched, blistered and pulled up that
one almost sickened as he looked on the
quivering mass. The lower part OF the
arms and the hands, which she had used
to beat down the flames as they shot up
ward, were also terribly burned, some
Of Ithe nails being entirely gone,
and others fell of, and when the ISTRLLI-
GEScKR man visited the place lay on a
piece OF paper. DR.. George Garrison was
first called and did all in his power, and
afterwards DR.. George Baird was sum-
moned. They both gave 1t as their opin-
ion that the sufferer could not survive, 60
severely was she burned, although she did
not inhale much OF the blaze. At midnight
she was still alive, but half an hour later
word was received at this Office that
she was dead. The unfortunate af-
fair caused much excitement in the North
End. Mrs. Baker was generally liked by
her neighbors and Mr.. Baker has the
sympathy Of the entire community. The
accident occurred at an early hour, as she
was preparing his breakfast.
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spRAGUE's DIFFICULTIES.
The Validity OF lheTrust d red sustainet
I'm the C0urts.


Providence, R. T., June 25,-It now
looks as though the spragues had got their
quietns and that the long pending law
suits which have been so disastrous to the
ex-millionaires, as well as to their creditors,
would soon cease to occupy the attention
Of the courts. The trust deed, rather the
validity of that celebrated instrument, was
tested to-day and the spragues got fair
and square knock-down. The matter came
up in u suit Of ejeCtment brought in the
Special Court of Common Plea, the Union
Company being the plaintiffs, and Amasa
Sprugue and two Of his helpers being the
defendants. The Union Company have
bought up about all OF the trust estate for
almost to nothing, and on May % bought
the homestead estate at Cranston at auction
for $500, the property being worth, as
some claim, close on to Sl00, 900. General
Pryor showed that the names OF the
three original grantees in the deed had
been erased, that the dates had been alter.
ed, that the ename OF William Sprague, one
OF the grantoE, had been stricken out,
and that the notary had not reacknowl-
edged the deed after Chafee's name had
been substituted In the instrument. The
court ruled that II these changes were made
before the deed was delivered 1t would not
inyalidateit. Trustee Cbafee testified that
the deed was delivered to him in its present
shape. Affidavits Of the Spragues used in
other suits and hearings to the effect that
they executed the deed in favor Of Chaiee
for the hanafit nf their cradit0rs were mt
in. The Court declared the deed TO be
valid and ordered verdict to be rendered
in favor Of the Union Company, This is
the first time that the Spragues have made
a real fight on the validity Of the deed,
and they are greatly chagrined at the re.
suit OF the trial.
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BURNED IN 4 THEATRE.
An Audience Thai keruscd TO BE stamp.
cd by the Cry OF Fire. N-tls

LONDON, June 25.-1ntelligence Of a
irlghiul catastrophe at a place. Of amuse-
ment in Dervic, on the shore Of Lake Co
mo, has just been received. While the
performance was in progress at the puppet
theater, the structure took fire and was en-
tirely destroyed. Forty.seven people lost
their lives and twelve others were injured.
The show was in large hall ever q tay-
ern. There were ninety persons in the
hall. Bengal light was used to represent
fire and the sparks from this set fire to a
quantity Of straw and firewood in an ad-
jacent room. In perceiving the flames o
Snowman shouted Fire." but the specta-
tors thought the cry was merely realistic
detail Of the show and remained seated.
Cries OF "fire" were soon raised outside the
hall, and the audience thought the affray
had arisen in the street. The door lead.
ing from the hall was barred with a heavy
table. They did not discover their mis-.
take until the flames burst into the room.
After the FIRE was extinguished forty y.seyen
charred corpses were found near the table,
including the body OF Snowman, and
his wife .EnH- * NIX ~.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

|, The lower house Of the German Diet
finally passed the Governments church
bill, 220 to l07.
The Medical Chief at Damietta reports
that the epidemic broken out there Is lever
Of virulent type, and not cholera.
At meeting Of 1rishmen at Paris the
execution Of the PhGuix Park murderers
at Dublin was denounced as q massacre.
Boland who was extradicted to Brussels
from France on the charge Of obtaining
100000 francs from banker by false pre-
tences has been acquitted.
= Lynch, alias Norman, the iniormer, who
testified against the dynamite conspirators,
has been released from custody because Of
service to the Government.
j The Duke Of Connaught yesterday open.
ed the Irish lace exhibition at the Mansion
House. He expressed the hope the exhi-
.bition would lead to an extension Of the
lace industry and the prosperity Of Ireland.
It is believed the Chilians are gradually
evacuating the north OF Peru, under q
treaty made with Iglesias, and that he will
first esta blish his government commencing
In Inijillo and other leading towns before
lie goes TO Lima. aI-te
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AFUNNY REPLY
To the Department by an Assistant Post.
master Who Wanted Stamps.

10 tne department py an Assistant fott-
master Who Wanted stamps.
WASHINGTON, D. O June 25.-Sometimes
clerksin the'D Departments do not read let.
ters exactly as they are written. This oc-
Cured not dong since in the Office Of the
Third Assistant Postmaster General. The
Assistant Postmaster at very considerable
Office sent In q requisition for stamps, pos
tai cards, &C., and signed 1t in his official
capacity, as Assistant Postmaster. He was
answered by an overworked clerk, that
supplies could not be furnished him as
Acting Postmaster, unless the Postmaster
was actually dead, DO. To this he replied:
Your communication received, in which
you state that supplies can not be furnish
ed upon my signature, unless the Post
master is dead, and am acting on the au.
thority OF the sureties OF the deceased
Postmaster. This starts up circus. What
are veto do? This is q two.horse affair,
and we are out Of stamps, and in the fix
must have 'em. 1 have purchased stamps
Of my neighboring offices with my person.
al funds, but they vanish like fresh butter
set before y hungry pack OF hounds. Our
Postmaster is not dead, but alive and
kicking, in jail, charged with prevaricating
on the stand, in favor Of a young dude, who
was sued for breach OF promise to marry
one OF our fiirts. The citizens sympathizs
with him and "willeth not his demise"
unless the department demands II, and
then, like obedient servants, we can get
him on a SHUTTER ". ID Hr4
We anxiously await your reply, whether
we shall kill him here, orsend him secure
ly sacked to Washington to be slaughtered.
The stamps we ought 10 and must have.
Please wire your choice, or answer by let
ter at yonr convenience. ID -
[Signedl ASSISTANT POSTMASTER,
By authority Of the sureties.
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.IonRse,, nI,.nti,iled.

WASHINGTON; June 25.-Hon. John G.
Thompson, who arrived here this evening,
talked freely with his friends about the
result at Columbus. One Of them reports
him as representing Senator Thurman very
sore over the shape things took. MIR,
Thompson regretted, that after taking
such q prominent part, the "old man.
should have been defeated, since it looked
too much like flooring him. As to Hoadly's
reported withdrawing, Mr.. Thompson
Thompson thought he ought to, since he
had been left without a single friend in the
Executive Committee. Mr.. Hoadly tele-
graphs to his Eastern friends that he has
not decided to withdraw; that he will stick,
that nothing has occurred to disgust him,
and that he really hopes to win. 4 -r E,
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Yellow Fe,er ID Worn Cruz.

GALVESTON, Tx, June 25.-It now trans,
pires that the private adyices Of terrible
mortality at Very Cruz from yellow fever
were received in Galveston by cable.
The best information, which was cleaned
from an entirely reliable party in constant
telegraphic communion with Vera Cruz.
Is to the effect that the first and worst re-
ports Of Saturday are correct Further
communication from the Galveston quar-
antine station show that the ship Hayden,
recently from Vera Cruz, had no communi-
cation withany vessels in that port, besides
lighters. This takes away the foundation
from reports contradicting the plague. The
Haytien's officers, for quarantine reasons;
1t Is said, would be directly interested in
suppressing news Of such an alarming ma
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That Pursued . nan-Ludicrous Discov.
cry ofthe Cause. - 81 ti

Innt fufbueuh uhn-LuuicrOus DiscON.
cry ofthe Cause. .'- 81 lsA
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-The Times has
the following by special dispatch from
Hunters, Pa: John Gandenberger, q
lumber man attempted suicide this morn
ing. Forsome times past he has been tor
mented by a terrible smell, which followed
him everywhere, and caused him to grow
moody, and resulted in the alienation OF
his family. He took up quarters imam old
hovel, and rarely spoke toany one. His
hair had grown gray from continually
brooding over bis troubles,and from 1870
pounds be had fallen to 12S pounds. This
morning he went out to the woods, with
the intention Of hanging himself, and alter
throwing Off his coat, he said his prayers
and went to pine tree short distance
away and began to make preparations for
his own destruction.
After q few moments he found the
smell had ceased. He could scarcely be-
lieve his senses, and on his going back TO
the spot where he had left his coat, his
nostrils were again infected with the per-
nicious odor. It then occurred tolhim that
the smell emanated from his coat, and cut
ting itopen, he found the decayed body OF
q large mouse. He at once changed his
mind and returned home. The family Is
again reunited. He had worn the same
coat during the entire period OF his persc-
cution, and as Is common in the lumber
regions, had slept in 1t while camping out.
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panpER 1MMIGRANTs.
Tho Kind Of Persons Sent TO This coun
try From Ireland.


la try From Ireland.
New YoRK, June 25.-The Emigration
Commissioners held a special meeting to
consider measures to prevent pauper i'm
migration from Great Britain. This action
is called for In view Of the large arrivals Of
pauper immigrants yesterday. Commits.
aioier Stephenson said he had procured
affidayits showing they had been inmates
OF several poor houses in Ireland and had
been induced to come to this country by
work house masters, from whom they had
received passage tickets and small sums Of
money, The Commissioner considered
that The landing Of the paupers was largely
due 10 laxity Of the management at Castle
Garden. II was recommended thatan In
spector be appointed who would not be
afraid to do his duty.
Z Alter further discussion 1t was resolved
to instruct the Secretary oil the Board to
detain all immigrants proven TO be sent
here by funds furnished by the British
government, and 10 appoint Committee
Of the Board to wait upon the Collector OF
the Port and present allidavits taken in
regard to such cases, and ask that the
steamship companies which brought such
immigrants here be compelled 10 return
them to the port from whence they came,
at their own expense.
while the meeting was In progress the
Commissioner were informed that the
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BEECnER's BIRTnDAY.
A Highly Complimentary Testimonial
10 the PIYmOnth PuIplt Orator.

10 the Plymouth Pulpit Orator.
NEW YoRK, June S5.-Every seat and
every foot Of standing room in the Brook.
lyn Academy Of Music was filed this
evening by friends and admirers Of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, assembled to cele.
brate the anniversay Of hisseventieth birth.
day. The Academy was tastetully deco:
rated with flags and streamers; hang.
ing baskets, flowers and vines circled
the lower gallery and line Of living plants
took the. place Of the loot lights on the
stage and rose in the centre 10 bank OF
flowers. On the platform were large
number OF the most prominent citiEsns,
together with alarge number ofrepresenta-
lives from other cities. Among those pres,
ent were Mayor Low, Of Brooklyn,
Rev. Dm. Robert Collyer, Thomas
Armitage, Edward P. 1ngersoll, Justin D.
FELTON,, @. i. Wells, L. W. Bancroft, Ed.
ward Beecher and Il. ]. Conantl Andrew
Mclean, managing editor Of the Brooklyn
Eagle, and John Ford, editor OF the Brook
lyn Union, were also on the stage. In one
Of the boxes was seated Mrs. Beecher,
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and
other members OF Beecher's family.
The entrance OF Mr.. Beecher himself on
the stage was greeted with the wartiest
enthusiasm, the audience rising and ladies
waving their handkerchieis while the men
loudly cheered. Prof. Chas. Z. West said
they had come to "honor q popular poor
man, friend and lover OF nature, Of tiow-
ers and little children, to honor
one who In the coming centuries will
stand like Mount Blanc, alone in his fame.
Chief Judge Nelson proposed Bey. DR..
Charles il. Hall as presiding officer. DIR.
Hall on taking the chair said Mr.. Beecher
although he had been the best abused man
in Brooklyn and In the country was never
known TO utter an unkind or severe word
q any man because be differed from him
in belief, aud that he had meyer seen q
man whom he believed loved God and hia
fellow men 90 deeply. He then introduced
Rey. DR.. o. Peck, whp ofereda prayer.
Rev. DR.. Ingersoll read number Of tele-
grams and letters Of regret at inability TO be
present from OK President Hayes,
Hon. A. s. Hewitt, Prof. James
D. Dana, OF Yale College, ]. G.,
Governor s Nelson Dingle, Of Maine, Presi.
dent Andrew White, Of Cornell Uniyersity,
Col. W. A. Roebling, Senator Dawes, Gov.
ernor Cleveland, ex-governor Cornell
Gen. W. T. Sherman, iWhitelaw Reid, DR.
oliver Wendell Holmes, Fredrick K. Doug.
lass. Wendell Phillips,- Mark Twain, r. 4
Barnum, General Hancock and Others.
Resolutions expressive Of respect esteem
and affection together with eongratula
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BRIEF TELEoRAMs.

Rev. B. T. and @. E. Jenkins have been
held for trial for the murder Of Rev. j.
Lane Borden, near New Orleans. N
John II. Alexander, colored applicant
for admission to West Point Academy,
passed an excellent examination and was
admitted. ID N N4n" pa hlHf
A cyclone passed over Elberton, Ga,
last evening, killing colored man and
blowing down six buildings, including
three churches. ~
Four frame buildings at Milford, Mass,
burned down last night. Loss, $4,000.
Captain William P. Burke's dead body was
taken from burning dwelling. l[g2J
"A boarding house keeper at Elizabeth,
Pa, had eight young ladies' arrested as a
nuisance because .'their talking and laugh
ing annoyed himself and boarders." ;iSl
Edward Hanlan, the champion oarsman,
has declared his intention to become resi-
dent Of Chicago. Heexpresses the hope Of
beating all records this summer and then
stop rowing. .. " ''0t17E, 5@g .s-.
Joseph Broom, (white), OF Huntington,
Ala, expostulated with q negroes for
insulting his wife, when the negress stab.
bed him with butcher knife, Broom Is
supposed to be fatally wounded. H'j''i"
Great distress Is reported among the
fishing families along the Labrador coast,
owing to the detention Of the spring sup
plies by the Jam Of gulf ice along their
shores. tits feared that some deaths from
starvation have already occurred. ...5G
Two colorad deck hands, named George
Dudley and Chas. Jones, on the steamer
Thomas Sherlock, had quarrel over cot.
ton hook at Cairo, yesterday, resulting in
Jones being probably fatally cut. Dudley
jumped overheard and Is supposed TO be
drowned. sg.t
Colonel B. X. Farinholt, Of Essex coun.
", Va, was killed Saturday by the village
Blacksmith. They had previously quar-
relied and the blacksmith making threats
the Colonel visited his shop armed with 9
| five pound weight and had his own skull
crushed with . sledge hammer. The
Colonel was o wealthy farmer. insinuNJ
The union compositions on. the daily
papers OF Chicago, have voted by bare
majority to exact IS cents per thousand
"ems' ior type setting on the morning and
40 cents on afternoon papers after July "a
They are now paid 40 and 81 cents respect.
lively. The publishers Of the Tribune. Inter
Ooedn, Ddilv. Atips and Journal decline tc
accede TO the demand but propose to oaei
tho abandoned situations 70 new men.
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MCDONALD On THE TARIFF.
Indlsua's Democratic Candidate for the
Presidency Opposed 20 Protection.

lndtRuhh DempCFhttC tAuuiuAtt AoF khe
Presidency opposed TO Protection.
IHptaNApoIis, June 25-Ex.senator Nc
Donald being asked for bis views on tariff
by reporter, replied: -ay5l
VI have no objection to stating my
opinion aaid he, "but I can see no special
reason for my obtruding myself upon the
public. With reference to the tariff ques-
tion ! reieryou to the last public utterance
made by, me eiupon the subject. It was an
address delivered to the Democratic editors
Of Indiana, in which took q very decided
ground against the present system. Here
Is copy OF the address," and suiting
the action to the word, the Senator select
I'd a pamphlet from among bundle OF
similar documents, carefully labelled.
"You are at liberty to make such selections
from this as you choose
As the speech In question was long ope,
the Senator was asked II he could not indi.
cate paragraph or two which embodied
the drift Of his opinion, to which that gen=
tleman replied by marking with bis pencil
the followingi-
lam opposed to aprotective tariff Rupon
TWO grounus'
]. Such tariff is in no sense tax, and
to the extent that 1t excludes foreign mer.
chandise from our markets it Is no tax at
all. II isa bounty, and the constitution
does not authorize Congress to impose a
burden Of that kind upon one class OF our
people for the benefit Of another.
2. II IL unjust and unnecessary, even
considered from the standpoint Of the pro-
tectionist, The claim for protection, as
have already said, rests upon the assump-
ton that manufacturers OF this country
cannot compete with the cheap Ia.
Dor Of Europe, or to use iayorite term
with the advocates Of protection, "the
pauper labor Of Europe"
II Is not true that the manufacturing in.
tereats OF this country at this time are in
need OF protection beyond that which q
revenue tariff would necessarily give. On
the contrary, It Is susceptible OF the clear.
est demonstration that the lowest reveaue
tafiti which can be laid consistent with the
want the government is ample protec-
tion for any branch Of our home indus
tries. 3g. a.
What" said he, ''is what thought then,
and I have not altered my opinions
siuce."