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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
EARTHQUAKE IN HEW-HAMPSHIRE.

CoNToocooK, n. H., Jan. lS.-A sharp and
violent earthquake shock occurred here about O'Clock
THE morning Many people were awakened ana things
were shaken up generally. The shock felt through
out this region.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
THE CHALMERS MANNING CASE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-The chairman of the
House Committee Elections was Instructed to-day to
report TO the Monday the result oi the consid
erstion Of the gta acie evidence OF the Chalmers Man
On The p,iaa Jaeie right The will be considered on
It's merits next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
STEEL WORKS DESTROYED.

The hammer shop connected with the steel
works of Benjamin Atha e. Co., in Chapelst, Newark,
was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The loss
building and machinery Is about $4,000 covered by in
suranoes i'll English, German and American companies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
WORK OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Secreta1es Lincoln
md Chandler appeared before the House Committee ON
Appropriatons again to-day In behalf OF Greedy relief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19

expedition The recommendations Of the President sent
% the House yesterday having failed to reach me Com
mittee consideration Of the subject was postponed mil
Monday The question OF rebate on tobacco tax was
taken up hut owing to lack OF time fna consideration
WAS postponed 1t estimated that appropriation OF
s3,7sOOOO will be required to settle the rebates.
Messrs Thomas and Morse appointed by the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs draft bill providing for the
sale OF the Naval Hospitals Chelsea, Mass Brooklyn
Phsdelphia and Mare leland and for the erection OF
General Hospital at Norfolk.
Mr. Benton McMiln. chairman OF the Honse Comnltiee
on Claims to-day distributed 500 bills TO subcommttees
These bills are from TO 100 years old, and invo'e
claims for from 500 to nearly 81 100000 The claim OF
the captain Of the vessel Meteor for $4,000 was ed
yersey acted upon by committee In 1853 the lnde-
pendent a vessel owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, was
wrecked In the Bay Of Magdalne and several hundred
Messengers were cast adrt the Island OF Margarra
OF the coast Of California The Meteor took the passeh
gers 10 the port OF Francisco and the clam Is aoe
against the Government for the care OF the passengers
The committed agreed TO recommend 10 the House that
the claim Of the owners and officers Of the brig owe
Frances of Machiasport, Me- for damages sustained
nv collision with United states gunboat Maosm IN
IS66 be referred the Court OF Claims TOT auuCaton
the House Committee private lnDd claims To-Day
unanimously agreed to report fayoraoy the OBI on rep
resentave Robinson o ne nroycs o for the issue Of
patents to Mrs Gaines for 3s,45I acres OF laI1 On ao
count grants made by Spain to John Lynn ana
The subcommittee Of the House Committee on Agricul-
tue having under consideration the diseases OF domestic
animals today further discussed the subject OF peuo
pneumonia No report will be made to the ful commit
Tee until after the Commissioner OF Agriculture report
D" The lne HoDse Committee ON Military Affairs to-day
Instructed Mr. Lyman To prepare and report TO the com
mittee hill providing for the fetened OF III f T move
| than thirty years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
THE DAMAGE IN EXCHANGE COURT.

A meeting of the fire insurance companies in.
terested in the Exchange Court fire held yesterday
The total insurance the building $4,000. dis
tributed as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
S4O.OlN,

The Losses and assurances the offices In the building
were slight Insurance estimate that the will DO
about or 10 per cent OF the amount OF insurance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
JORDAN SUCCEEDED BY HIS ASSISTANT.

In the organization of the new board Of the
Ontario and Western Railway Company, the former FL
reelected with the exception Of Conrad N Jor
dan treasurer His place filed by the election Of j.
l. Nisbet who has been his assistant Mr. Jordan com
planned at the stockholders meeting that he had been
superseded In effect, By OF bis subordinate officers
He attempted to thrashr Nsbetnto obedience when his
changed the combination the panys safe
Jordan defeated dsastrousy at the stockholders
meeting He not reelected "a director, and In the
selection OF officers he replaced by his assistant IL
Is understood that he has prepared an address TO the
stockholders i'm which he demands thorough investga
Thomas Clarke has resigned his position as director.
and william d. Long OF Adams moarg has has been en-
caused merely by business engagements
The hearing Of argument before Judge Wallace In the
was not had yesterday The counsel had agreed to
adjournment Judge Wallace said that he was willing,
commodae the counsel. John r. Dos Passes, appearing
for Richard Ii. Chapman & Co. and Conrad n. Jordan in
dent that the appointment Of receiver must be made
but he willing to wait day or two to give the
other side opportunity to see what could be done
SETTLEMENT OF PASSENGER DISPUTES.
Notice was received by Assistant Commits
soner Person yesterday from the Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific and the Chicago and Alton Railroads that
they fully assented to his crcularetter OF December
10 last basis for agreement with the trunk lines for
the control of passenger rates The roads also expressed
their willingness TO the trunk lines at early date
complete any necessary details There clause in
crcularetter regarding tourists agencies to which
the Rock Island could assent because OF contract
now existing between IL and OF the agencies. 1t Is
said however that nothing In the nature OF the contract
ment will be subject to future negotiations The other
Iowa lines that have been working with tue pool roaqs
have sgned their assent to the basis OF agreement In
consequence Of this the Commissioner Yesterday instruct
ed tho trunk lines to resume the sale OF the Rock Island
aud Alton ticket issues taken off account OF cutting
of rates and to schedule rates on next Monday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19

"Thc ballet il described rs being as old as
the World The ballet girl Il noted for her l0ne evlty
but had idea that a. amounted 20 much this.
Boston Transcript
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
COMBINATIONS BY THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, JAM 1S.-The Senate in execu-
tive session to-day confirmed the following nom nations
Isaao NJ Boardman he Collector of Customs for the
district of Belfast Me- Thomas Ireland OF Maryland to
be Collector Customs for the district Of AnnaIohs
Richard Lambert, of California, TO be Consul at san
Reuben A. Allen Of OHIO to be Indian agent at Black
ComInod9fes Robert W shufeldt, Alexander c. Rhnd
and Thomas Pattison 10 he rear adlnlras , $1,000, -
Assistan Engineer S. Isaac NJ Reeves TO be passed as
sistant engineer. =, cu.,. -, A.,
Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy Department
Captains Thomas S. Fllebrown and John H. husseh 10
70 Commanders Byron Wilson. F. NJ Bunce and Frederick
IJeutena Commanders Dennis W. Mullan, George 7.
Davis George d. b Gudden, n. Mayo Dyer and Francis
iSeutenants William II Webb, Zera L. Tanner, William
WEIGH, Samuel Bden, Eugene W. Watson ana John o.
Merry to be lieutenant commanders ro,ts and Samuel
Iientenants Junior Cirade) william Babcock Henry
Charles A. Foster uiam Z. Sewell Henry McCrea and
Edward z. Qualtrough. to be ieuenants ,,.u. 1,o.o
NJ stoney, Frederick W Coffin. Harry NJ Hodges, William
b. Caperton james T. Smith, Ridgley Hunt and Robert
M DOYLE TO be Observation-Disclosures Grade.
Ensigns Junior Grsdel. Prton B. Bibh; John E. MELON
nell George r. Clark George H. stafford William O. can
field Allen G. Rogers and Harry Kimmel to be ensigns
seven graduates OF the Naval Academy to be ensgns OF
the Junior Grade aud three 10 be assaan engineers IN
Also several postmasters.
Chief Engineer Charles II Loring, United States Navy
who was confirmed Chief Of the Bureau OF Steam En-
gneering yesterday promoted 30 the rank of commo
dore the highest rank atanable by staff officers under
the present law. Commodore Lorng succeeds Commo-
dore William H. Shock has been placed on the retired
list on account of age. Commodore Loring Will he sue
ceeded w. Chief OF the Engineering Bureau ut the New
York Navy Yard by Chief Engineer George sewel.
Engineerin- Chief Lorlng appointed az Third As
sistant Engineer Massachusetts,, in February 1851;
was promoted Second Assistant MAY 81 1898; First
Assistant ia 1881 and Chief Engineer March -, 1861.
He was acting Chief Of Bureau IN during the absence
In Europe Commodore King aud from May l. 1871 to
January ~ 1880 he ect engineer OF the North At
lautc Squadron. From March 81 1861, until 1868 he
the chief engineer OF the Minnesota flagship Of the
North Atlantic Squadron and AT the capture OF Forts
Intteras and Clarke During the latter part or the war
he special duty in Cincinnati and since then has
been actively employ ed aOat and shore. He has been
at the New York Navy Yard since February 90 1880.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-06-19

Tho disposition VI some men 10 look
on the bright sile of everything was II,
Illustrated ,na far Western road An
old gentleman hat been an attentive
listener to the somewhat remarkable ex,
perlenees III his fellow.travelers, break,
ing into the ealminatioa If each anec.
ao,o with rSoas ejaculation Of praise
for some nsleemng incident in tho sub,
lect under discussion, Finally they
50, H. setting matters up Oh tho man,
aud telling stories in which |, was hard
for him to find anything to he grateful
for Rat he managed 10 get there zach
trsl. until tho hoys were nearly al thci,
Wits end, "Eat one of tho worst lever
heard of, cemmencca one, winking al
his companions 10 look for a smasher,
"rallv the worst, was on the Savannah
and Pensacola Read, in lSta, We ran
into coal train, aud not soul cs,
eapca. No, not soul' Every one
WAS Killed" There was moments
pause. and every one looked nj tho old
man ~ see how he would take IL
"Thank heasen,s he exclaimed fcrvcnt,
~, ",haak Aeayen," what for" do,
Manael tho relator III the story. "wha,
arr yaa thanking heaven for nows"
10 think yea were killed hy that
tram elaealatel the old gentleman,
rolling up his eyes elf YOU had been
spared, what 4 liar you would have
heen by the time yoa reached your
present age, Thank heaven Tor tina,
lisaS,cr~ And, after that, the boys
lot him aloNe> ~~stsrrMaato,cA I'cte.
9rapk,
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cations. lie states II m his helief that ont
star~route contractor had To pay large sum,
Of money to tho Hiss brewster crowd" ia
protect him In case whore he was henestls
entitled to protection,
The House and Senate conforrces ON
the fast-utiicc Appropriation TN were I'M
able to agree as To tho compensation to 10
paid letter-earrlers, also NJ 10 tho amounts
To he paid railroad companies tor carrying
tho mills, TN all other points they aereed,
Tho record Of tho Swain Court vi
Inquiry, which was laid before tho President,
sets forth that tho evidence discloscs ~
series of transactions aiscreditnhle To any
officer Ut the army" Tho President has do,
cided To order n eaur,-martlal far the trial Of
nriradIer-t;eneral Swain.
Herr Won Eiscndecker. tho German
Minister to tho United States. has presented
his letters OF recall to tho President
Tho remains Of Noah Swaync. an
cN-tusii,e OF the tnitea states Supreme
Court, were Inferred AT uak TIN Cemetery,
Maj. Jared A, Smith. of tho United
States Corps ot Engineers, has hecn ordered
Ia report for duty rs Engineer of the nth
and Sixth Lighthouse Districts, vice ten,
q. Il. nahcock, Deceased.
Ex-senator Spencer, Of Alabama, in
letter TO tho Springer Investigating tom.
hittee, denies the truth Of =. W, norses's
statement that he tsneu,erl had implied to
Dorsey that by pasmen. al $4,000 he would
he graz ted immunity from prosecution ior
star~rOutc Irregularities
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financial turs In New York sis,0oo,0u0 have
heen already cancelled,
FOREIGN.

John O'lears, ono VI tho fenian
leaders aud ~ ane time chief rli,nr VI the
fenlan organ, the Irish Nnr'r, proposes III
visit ireland NEAT year, Ito condemns the
use of dynamite, and says more Venerable
Means mus, he resorted 10 10 save ireland,
Tho rarnellites rejoice over tho
election Of san Ut Justin Mccarthy In
| Athlune,
Tho Indian Government has decided
To procure hotms machinery, ewing to the
| discovery OF oil,hsasins strata Ia sihi, and
| IL develop The resources VI. aha, restan,
Tawhia, tho Maori King, AMI his ton
attendant chiefs we're taken to tho nsl,ish
House OF rommons whore one VI them IN.
dol9ed IN ia.einn oaths because hc could not
use his pire,
Woramen employed near tho savoy
froa,icr attacked family aud Killed. the
methes tn,hen AMI his brother
The French Minister of tho Interior
has issued n deewc iorhn,aMs bull nah,s.
nsausting SCENES III cruelty have roeentl.
hecn Witnessed ut halhnshts IN various parts
Of france,
Tho city ef Paris II to have great
Universal Exposition ut Industry and Art IN
tss}, tho oecaslon hsina the commen,ara,taa
ct tho entcnnial NJ tho French Revolution
III l.sA,
Tho project 10 erect monument IL
Victor Emmanuel, IN the Pantheon, II, Reme.
has heon ahandaaed,
Raphael 4 Sons, London money
brokers, circulated reports Injurious IL the
firm Of Morton, Rose 4 IN, and were .em.
rclied to maize suitable APOLOGY. Raphael,
who Il the heat at the arm, was hissrt on
entering the London stock ENchanau.
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II Is announced that Archbishop
Ryan, Of 81, Louis, Is TO take charge OF the
archdiocese Of Philadelphia, As successor 10
the late Archbishop Weed,
Henry Il. Vennor, the Canada
weather prophet, died al Montreal sSea "A,
A Swiss doctor at Monaco. who had
been financially ruined by gambling, was the
shir,y~seeond suicide Of the season,
Upon application III tho United
States Trust Company, Judge Horace rus
sell and Theodore Houston were. a, New
York. appointed receivers Of the West Shore
Road. These appointments were made on
proceedings to foreelose mortgage. made in
issl, 10 secure the issue Of Saaeoa.eeo ) per
cent, bonds.
Joseph Thompson and George Low
der were hanged for murder al Pietoa, n. =
The schooner SIX Brothers is reported
TO have been wrecked OF the cos, OF New
foaadisnd, The captain and ,hsr,eca men
were drowned. The seal,ashins br,S Con.
fcderate has also been wrecked north OF the
island. forty.aye of the crew were saved
and twenty-nine persisted
Thomas w. Ricknell, of Massachu.
sets, WAS elected presiden, Of the National
Sunday.Sehool Convention at Louisville. The
report Of the Statistical Secretary shows tina,
there are ius, aio Sunaas-sehools. with l.nsa,
- teachers and i ose, 30 pupils i'm the United
States.
Isaac A. Stanley, paying teller Of the
National Bank Ut Commerce a, Cleveland.
has been lodged in jail for emhea4iing sloa,-
and turned over his personal property.
DIR. Cosse. of Chicago. who wen, TO
Canada 10 secure reward Tor sxtassax
dynamiters, quarrcled with aud killed man
named William Hamilton in aisrepu,ahie
house III oriila.
Since the commencement Of the year
no less than fifteen railroads have passed In.
10 the hands of receivers.
Marrero, Secretary of the Cuban rev.
olutionary committee at hey West. was AR,
rested by the United States Marshal for has.
Ing explosive material In his possession and
eonoealing scaled letters TO prominent reyo,
lu,ionists.
Business failures in the United States
Tor the week numbered Isl. against Is lass
week.
The Dupont Company gives the yul-
can Powder Manufacturing Compsny Sss.-
Uvo TO suspend operations for a year.
o. clearinghouse certificates aggre-
eating ssi.oeo,ooo Issued during the recent
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us Mr. RseANille mss asked man,
entering an e,tee and addressing \ lazy.
looking fellow,
"Nas
~llas he heen in ,a.,tays~
Mo- hasn't sSsmc around,
when 10 YOU think he will comes"
"nave ~ idea>s
The man went away and ahoa. two
hours later assasa enter,si the etlice
~nas Mr. kaeks,lle c,smc sets~
"Nos hassne scen him.
My business with him Il very imeor.
tant and shaala no ceme before return
wish You'd tell him tina, Con. Malcy has
Called
"AM right
Several hours aftcrward the General
called again,
"nas he hecn hercy"
NO, sir
~Well. don't sec what's Keeping him
away, He WRITE mo that he would b.
i'm his Office by y O'clock
"rerha,,s he's there"
"What, isn't this his oiiieeg"
"No. sir
"Why in thunder didn't You tell mo ?"
"Why in lightning didn't you ask.
"lou arr \ Tool.
"lsm all right loa are fool
BLAMED ii don't believe you are
right Let's 80 over here and take
something, ~--iTksasaN Traeeler.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-06-19

1t was rs good AS a circus, said
Sergt, Malholland, Il was walking
along Rrosawas when l saw black.
and.tan cab coming furiousls up Murray
street, The driver seemed TO be doing
his best 10 stop the animal. but il was
unmaaayeahle. A tall, well.hailt man,
who did not see the runaway. was cross
ing the street. Everybody cried out to
him. Int the horse was close upon him
before he saw il, Quick as thought hs
put out his right hand, seized the horse
hy the nostrils, gave sudden twist.
aud the runaway was lying flat on his
side on the crossing. The cab-siriyer
was too much assonished to say a word.
and the stranger picked up his hat and
walked of a coolly as though nothing
had happened. l learned that he was
MIR. Lemuel II. Sturges, the owner of q
cattle-raneh in Texas. He knew trick
the cowboys have of throwing steer
by giving its head a little twist. He
practicei il on broadway. and that run
away horse got lesson that he won't
forget If he las any sense. Netc York
MIA
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SOUTHERN.

Gen. Abe Buford, of Kentucky,
killed himself with revolver at the resi-.
dencc OF nephew In nanville, Ind, because
Of financial misfortuncs and the insanity Of
his brother.
b. j. Vests Sons, hardware dealers,
New Orleans, have failed for Sso,. ooo.
Gen. Augur has created tho military
district Of Oklahoma. and assigned Col Ell
ward Hatch 10 the command. lie viii arrest
all persons nnlawfully soioarning ON Indian
soil. and will not hesitate to cut tho wire
fences surrounding the cattle ranches.
Mrs. Ellen Withers, with her six
children. was TO sail from Baltimore Tor
Liverpool, hut on getting aboard the steam.
ship she discovered that two OF her family
were missing. Rushing from the vessel, she
searched the crowded wharf for her little
ones, but in the meantime the steamer pro-
ceeded TO sea, carrying the remaining -four
children. Then the woman fell unconscious.
The two missing children were found later,
and the steamship agents will do all In their
power to bring about speedy reunion Of the
family.
BY tho death Of an uncle in Austria.
liza, an estate valued at Ss,ooo,ooo reverts to
John and Charles Kennedy. laborers in Louis.
vile.
The Court of Alabama Claims has
decided to receive no claims after July /.
Some persons arc urging legislation In Con.
gress to enable new claims to be pushed. The
court Is opposed TO this.
A hazing affair is reported to have
occurred recently at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. The "piebs," or juniors. were
the victims. The seniors have been punished
for the oIcnse by being sent OF to sea.
The receiver Of the Hot Springs Ma
tional Bank reports deficit of $4,000. IL.
NJ. Rector, one of the directors. makes erlmi.
nal charges against President Rruor.
A shooting affray occurred in New
Albany, Miss, between J. II. Reeves, Mayor
OF that town and editor of local newspaper,
and Lloyd Ford, who II described In the dis.
patches as "a rood-for-nothlnx desperado. -
The dispute arose about politics. Each fired
I'VE shots. Ford was fatally wounded, Reeves
escaped unhurt, but his father received a
nesh-wound.
The State Bank Of West Virginia,
with liabilities OF slla,eoo, has closed Its
doors. The State Is a creditor to the amount,
OF $4,000.
Recia, Cuban, was hanged in the
jail-yard at Key West, Fla, for the murder
OF companion.
A sale Of shorthorns, which ranks
third In point Of excellence to any In the
United States heretofore, WAS held a, Licking
ton, Ky, last week. One hanared and eigh,
animals were sold, the total amount realized
being ss..t5o; average, ssio per head.
Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore.
has issued pastoral letter TO the priests of
his diocese, impressing upon them the neccs.
sity OF observing great care and prudence In
the management OF church rieaics. and de-
creeing that no Intoxicating liquor shall hc
sold at any OF them.
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Two children in Milwaukee, in on.
dcavoring TO hide from their playma,os,
sprang into chest with spring lock. 10.
fore their place of coneealment was discov-
cred one had died, and the other was saved
only by the greatest eNertion.
Cloud-bursts in the Thunderbolt
range in Nevada have deluged the country
and washed out miles OF the Central Pacific
track.
The Rev. DR.. George Worthington,
OF Detroit, declined the position of bishop of
Nebraska, which was recently rendered him
by the Episcopal convention.
Two men persisted the other night in
burning barn in Chicago.
The loss by fire at the railroad depot
at St. Paul, Minn.. IL estimated al SOC, 600,
fully covered by insurance.
An express train on the Cincinnati,
Washington and baltimore Road was wrecked
near Loveland, Ohio. the engineer and IRE.
man being seriously burned aud bruised. II
was found that the spikes had been drawn
from sixteen ties, and that ono rail was
taken ur. A negro named William Scott,
who was suspected of the crime, narrowly
escaped lynching.
Calhoun Benham, tho California
lawyer who acted as Judge David Terry's
second in the celebrated Frederick. Terry
duel. died in San Francisco, recently.
Judge Edgcrton, Of Dakota, has
granted the motion made To qaash the In,
dictment against Gov. orway, of that Terrs,
tory, on the ground that the grand jury had
no jurisdiction over the official acts of the
Governor.
Three Deputy Sherifls at Salt Lake,
armed with Winchester rides, executed Fred
Hoyt, who had been three times tried for
murder. He sat upon his coffin. hlindfolded,
and the officers fired from point ten PAGES
distant.