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An examination of the accounts of the
late United States Marshal Hall, OF
Western Pennsylvania, discovered a
shortage of about $4,000. The bust
ness of his office was transacted in a
very loose way, and a dishonest deputy
discovering a shortage, attempted to
blackmail him. Marshal Hall defed
him and refused to be bled, whereupon
the deputy reported him to the Depart
ment. The Examiner said Hall was
very much affected by the discoveries
and was apparently more astonished
than anybody else The matter SC
worked upon him that it was feared he
might commit suicide. and a watch was
set upon him to prevent any such unfor.
tunate occurrence.
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The Sluggers In San Francisco.

~
Fifty policemen were detailed this norm
ing to preserve order on Sullivan'S ARRIVAL
His reception was a tremendous ovation
Six thousand admirers greeted the great
slugger. Fully 1000 men and boys foi-
lowed the carriages up the street trying to
keep pace with the horses, cheering all the
way. The Palace Hotel was b-sle5ed with
a crowd DESTROYS OF paying respst 20 the
muscular Bostonian. The attend tnce this
evening was spoiled by TICKET sptcdia.lon-
OnIy 1908 were present. Tue combinations
sparring was a disappoinrm mt Thy
leave Wednesday TO- Ore ON ga Tie re
turn they play at the Grand Op.ra-aous
q week.
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The Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Public Lands recently told a cor
respondent that the report of the COM
mittee in regard to grant of lands to
railroads would contain ''some mighty
interesting reading" and that in the
''next three months twenty million acres
of railroad lands will certainly be de-
clared forfeited to the Government and
open to public entry"
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ChICAGO, Jan. "a.
-Four weeks ago Herman Koerstein, re-
siding here, was arrested for embezzle-
ment in Bromberg, Prussia. An officer
bearing extradition papers from the Ger
man Government arrived in Chicago this
morning. This afternoons Deputy Sheriff
went to Koerssein's cell for the PURPOSE Of
bringing him out for transfer. As the
prisoner was about to leave the cell he
drank what appeared to be a glass of wafer.
Accompanying the deputy to the Office the
prisoner staggered and dropped int a
chair. shaking violently. He whispered,
II am sick" and expired in twenty min
utes. kOers. cir lad drank "A .eIilv solu.
ton OF cyani e % potassium
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Frozen to Death in Sight Of Home.

DALLAS, TEX, Jan. a.
Yesterday morning the dead body Of Mr..
W. r. Douglass, a farmer, who resided If:
teen miles northwest of Dallas, on Grape
vine Prairie, was found frozen stiff within
three hundred yards of his house. He
started out the evening before with his
team to go to the Trinity bottom after .
load Of wood. The weather being SO bitter
cold, he had started on his return home and
was overcome and frozen to death One OF
the horses was so badly frozen that it soon
died. The deceased came to this city in
1871 from Gallatin, Tennessee. He leaves
q wife and three children. Wednesday
night was one o. tie coolest n gbts this
winter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

PARIS is said to contain a quarter of s
million of destitute people. Mechanics
are reported as having pawned theil
tools to procure food. They have nc
work if they had tools, and no tools ii
they had work.
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HORRIBLE NINE ACCIDENT.

11fty-SevenM Men Imprisoned in n Colorado
Mine by an Explosion of Fire Damp
No Possibility of Escape from Death
Full List OF the Victims.
GUNNIsON, COL, jar "a.
A fearful explosion occurred at eight
O'Clock this morning in the Colorado Coal
and Iron Company's mine at Crested
Buttes. 1t was n of the most appalling
that ever occurred in q coal mine in thi.
country. Crested Buttes, near which the
mine is located, is q coal mining town thir
ty miles north Of Gunnison City, on the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The
cause of the explosion is not definitely
known, but it is supposed to be from fire
damp. The explosion occurred either in
chamber one Or two, just half an hour af.
ter the day force Of sixty-seven men lac
gone to work.
There were ten men at work in chamber
four. These escaped unhurt except one
man, John Angus, who was in the passage
way just outside the chamber. He is badly
burned but will ecover.
Fifty-seven men were at work in cham
bsrs one and two. These are thought to
have persisted. The explosion was of such
force as to completely barricade the main
entrance, and the appliances for supplying
air located near were badly wrecked, and
the roof of the tramway blown off. The
men at work on the anthracite mesa are the
night force of the C.. c. & 1. company's
mines. Citizens were generally working
hard all day to rescue the men. although
it is thought none can possibly escape alive.
The Town Hall has been prepared for the
reception of the dead.
As soon as possible the fan was repaired,
put to work pumping air into the mine, and
men set to work to remove the Instructions
so as to reach the chambers and get the
bodies out tonight if possible.
Following are the names OF ffty-five of
the u~nfortunates; the other two are not OBJ
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Many of these are married men and leave
families, many living here. At this hour
everything is in such confusion hat it is
impossible to give details. A special train
left Gunnison at two O'Clock this afternoon
with surgeons and a large number of citi.
Gems to render all the aid possible. The
town of Crested ButteS is in mourning, and
crowds of women cluster about the entrance
to the mine praying n wringing their
lands and crying piteously, presenting q
scene most heartrending.
1t is said at the time of the explosion
there were ten kegs of black powder in
chambers one and two, where the men were
working, and where the explosion is sup.
posed to nave taken place. Tn mine has
three miles of drifting and so it is impossi.
BILE to definitely locate The accident until
rescuing parties can gain a~dmittance.
At eleven o'clock tonight no bodies had
been recovered.
DENVER, COL, Jan. "a.
Crested Buttes mine, where the great dis
aster OF this morning occurred, has long
been considered dangerous by those ac-
quainted with it. While one of the best
producing mines in the country, its opera
ton has always been attended with more
or less apprehension and real danger.
at is a fire damp mine," said Superin-
tendent Cameron, now in Denver, land
seems to constantly generate the most
aeadly gases. Ihey seem 10 generate ID
the coal OF under it, and pour out of the
seams in the walls of the tunnels and
shafts; yet the mines are the most perfect.
ly ventilated in the world. Air is forced
in along the shaft by machinery. No less
than $1,000 cubic feet of fresh air is forced
into the mine every minute. This is quite
sufficient to fully supply the wants of the
miners and keep the air perfectly pure IN
less some accident happens to cut off or in
terfere with the supply. This is a greater
amount of fresh air than is furnished to
any other mine in the country. We send
q mine reviewer through every chamber
every morning before any of the men are
allowed to go in. He must have returned
this morning before the workmen started
in, and everything must have been all right
when he passed through the workings"
job Mcneil, State Mine Inspector, left
for the scene of the disaster this evening.
He says he has no donbt that every man in
the mine at the time of the explosion was
instantly killed. He said Be visited this
mine five weeks ago and then found it in
good condition. He considered it a Ian
gerous mine unless properly worked, be-
cause there was more or less gas constant
ly exuding from the mine. He said he
found every appliance for ventilating the
workings and considered that the manag-
ers understood how to run the mine, and
were fully aware of the danger attending
if the mine was not properly ventilated.
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DELL ASHCROFT recently confessed,
at Chardon, o., that he, Ira Bidlake
and wife, thireen years ago, murdered
and robbed Mrs. Robinson, aged eighty
years, in her own house at Mungen,
where she lived with her imbecile son.
The murder had been a mystery since
ifS Occurronca
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Two young Brazilian dudes, of New
York. recently arranged to go to Canads
and fight a duel. but a young lady in
formed the police and they were de-
barred the pleasure of enrichins
Canadian soil with their precious blood.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

The police of St. Petersburg are said
to be occupied exploring cellars. exam
lining easements, dragging alleys and
peering behind every box or other OBJ.
ject that might shelter or hide a Nihilist
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MISCELLANEOUS,


THE House Committee on Indian Affair.
has agreed to favorably report on the Wei
born bill, granting a right of way through
the Indian Territory to the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe Railroad.
LEWIS BoEDICKER and wife, living on 6
farm near Fenton, No., twenty miles from
st. Louis, were recently murdered in theil
house by unknown parties.
The notorious Joel A. Fowler, who in
November murdered James E. Cole, was
recently taken from the officers by a moi
at Socorro, N. NJ, and hanged.
Over one thousand tobacco factory EN-
ployes at Petersburg, Va, recently struck
against a reduction Of wages. The strikers
subsequently held a meeting and appointed
a committee to solicit aid to enable them to
hold out until employers consented to pay
the former wages.
BUsHRoD A. MAHON, a wealthy broker,
vas murdered at Mount Carmel, ILL.,, at six
O'Clock the other night within a few feet OF
his own gate, OF the most public thorough.
fare of the town. No clew to the murder.
ers.
HENRIETTA CHADWICK, wife of Frank
Chadwick, a travelling man, recently com
mitted suicide at Chicago.
The falling Of a portion of the roof of q
school-horse on East Broadway, N. Y, the
other day, created a panic among the chill.
dren, which resulted in the injury of q
number-none serious.
AT eight O'Clock on the morning Of the
24th a fearful explosion took place in the
Uo1o~nl1 Coo n Y.ou Co-----l. -s.> -
Crested Butte, thirty miles north of Gum
nison, Colo, in which there was reported
to bea great loss Of life, as fifty-seven men
were imprisoned in the mine, and it was
thought persisted from sufYocation. They
were mostly men Of families.
The bill prepared by the late Cattle
BREEDERS Convention, far the extirpatien
of diseases among domestic animals, was
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GENERAL SHERMAN is reported as
having recently said that he would
'.sooner 60 to the ~Penitentiary than to
the White House."
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

IT was reported that a massacre OF
Christians had occurred at khartOum.
1t was also said that King John offered
a refuge in Abyssinia for the officials
and foreign Consuls at Khartoum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

The House Committee on POst-Oflices
and Post-roads, recently agreed to re.
port favorably the bill fixing the rate OF
postage at one cent for three ounces on
newspapers and periodicals sent by
others than the publishers or news
QUentS-
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

HENRY JOHNSON, of Iron County.
Mo-, aged thirty. was recently married
to Charlotte Cooper, aged n hundred
and three. The brides descendants to
the fourth generation attended the we'd
ding, and there were great-grandchil.
dren present older than the groom.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be in good
health, with the exception that she is
unable to stand upon her feet longer
than a few minutes at a time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

SENATOR ALLISON was recently re-
elected by the Legislature of Iowa, re-
ceiving the unanimous vote of the
Republicans of both branches of the
Legislature. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

IT is estimated that during the past
year fully one thousand Cinnamon have
crossed wei from British Columbia into
the United States.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

The Waltham. (Mass.) watch fac
tory recently made another reduction OF
wages, creating great dissatisfaction
among employees.
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ADDITIONAL

| HE MOrN1oH press anu CuuICn are JUDI
liant over a special dispatch sent from
Washington by Elder Caine, Mormon Dele.
gate from Utah, announcing the discovery
of charges against Governor Murray.
Every effort is being made by the Mormons
to get the Governor out of the way. The
Governor telegraphed to Washington that
he was ready to meet and refute all
charges.
EARLY on the morning of January &c a
water, Mimi, and in spite of all efforts the
buildings were destroyed. All the prison
ers, including the notorious Younger
brothers, were taken out and placed under
a strong guard in the yard. The loss was
probably $4,000.
IT was recently reported that orders had
been sent out from New York to reduce ex-
penses on all Gould railroads in Texas fifty
per cent. The train and track men had not
been disturbed, but a large number of sta
ton and yard men were discharged.
The other night while John Massey and
William Jones were walking on the rail
road track near Coal Valley, w. Va,
Massey, who was drunk, called to a negro
woman to stop. She refused and Jones
fired at her, the ball striking the heel of
her shoe. Four negroes emerged from a
cabin, near by, fired on Massey and Jones
and fatally wounded Massey, who died the
next morning.
TYSON, who it was reported was asked to
resign as stenographer of the House on the
last day Of the last session by Speaker
Keifer, in order to make room for Keifer's
nephew, was before the House committee
again the other day, and reasserted his
former testimony to the effect that he was
compelled to resign by the ex-Speaker.
He supported his testimony by letters al
legged to have been written by Keifer.
A NAN who gave his name as NJ. F. Lay
ton, of Iowa, recently shot himself on the
train from st. Louis to Pittsburgh. FROM
his actions and expressions the passengers
were convinced that he was insane and was
probably the murderer of tire Bodiker fam
lily, who were found slaughtered in a farm
house neal st. Louis q few days previous.
THE Senate was not in session the 10Th.
The House was in Committee of the Whole
debating the Fitz John Porter bill, but
reached no final action.
SINCE the Senate adopted q resolution
giving each Senator not Chairman OF q
standing committee a clerk, q disposition
is manifested by members of the House to
enjoy the same privilege.
II is understood in Washington that the
Office of Assistant Surgeon General OF the
army will be abolished. The Secretary Of
War, in speaking on the subject recently,
stated that while he did not know who
proposed the bill to that effect, still such
met his entire appreciation.
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James Driscoll.
James Coughlin.
Henry stew art.
ID Hebron.
l.. p. Hebron.
W. l.. Jones.
John Donnelly.
Carl ROdenwald.
Chas. sterling.
ThCs. Roberts.
Jim McCOurt.
Fred Becht.
Iber King.
Joseph M~eisenberg.
ii. DOnegan.
Joseph kraust.
James +. Stewart, Jr.
William Meath.
Morgan Meath.
Thomas Clancy.
John Rutherford.
Wm. McCowitt.
A. NJ. Godfred.
Dan Mel Onald.
VIM. Aubrey.
Ben Jeffries.
Thomas Stewart.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

SAMUEL T. GLOVER, a well-known attor-
ney and prominent citizen of st. Louis,
died recently, aged seventy-one.
JOHN FRAZER, a Liverpool lumber mer-
chant, lately arrived in New York, was
found the other morning sitting on a
stoop, frozen to death.
The Legislature of Kentucky continued
at a deadlock on the election of a United
States Senator. Senator Williams was in
the lead, with Blackburn close to him.
A RESOLUTION asking Senator Malone to
resign recently passed the Virginia Senate
ty a vote of % to 10.
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tainable:

Henry Anderson.
John Williams.
w. L. Stewart.
John Marin.
Thomas rogers.
James O'Neili.
Jacob Lam.
JnO. Anderson.
James Walsh.
Peter Baker.
William Day d on.
Richard James.
David Hughes.
p. McMsnIs.
w. 4. King,
Jno. Creelnan,
John Hular.
ThOs. Williams.
John Shune.
Patrick Barrett.
John McGregOr.
John Myers
+. W. Smith.
G. Ii. McHalson.
Vim. MarOney.
Nick PrObst.
Thomas Laffey.
1nhn prinaa
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ANOTHER LONG ISLAND TRAGEDY.

A Farmer Murderously Assaulted and Left
for Dead by a Negro, who then Attack
ed the Farmers Wife and Robbed this
House-The william Captured.
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duced in the Illinois Legislature Of
1858 the law making it q misdemsan-
or for any negro or mulatto, bond or
free" to enter the State and remain ten
days, with the intention Of permanent
ly residing there, and which provided
also that the negro or mnlatto con-
victed of that crime might be sold at
auction to the highest bidder. We
make no charge Of venality against
Gen. Logan because Of the change his
opinions appear to have undergone,
but we say it is a suspicious circum-
stance that he should have abased and
abused the negro when the negro was
without o vote and dsfenceless and
should be lauding him to the skies at
time when his race is power in the
land, with near q million of votes be-
hind it, and the General is candi-
date for public Office.
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CHANGED HIS iuss,[it is anus

CHANGED HIS IuNE.,[ft is anus
ing to contrast the present utteiances
Of Gen. Logan on the subject of the
impurities Of slavery with those on the
same subject Illuminated by him be-
fore the war. He now loves the Ne
gro, or claims to do 80, and hates and
dsspises the alleged oppressors of the
emancipated slaYe. Before the war,
he says in his letter accepting the
Chicago nomination, ours was, Tin
strictness only government Of "a por-
ton Of the people, excluding from all
participation certain other portion
held in condition of absolute, des-
potic and hopeless servituds, the par
Allel of which, fortunately, does not
now exist in any modern Christian
nation" He speaks Of the mission of
The Republican party as Crusade
against the Democratic institutions of
slavery and polygamy." Slavery was
an iniqnity." The colored people
"have recently emerged from the bon
dago Of their present political oppres-
sors, etc., etc. These are the present
opinions Of Gen. Logan. now that the
Negro is free and can vote and the
General needs his support. There
was q time. however. when his tunes
were set to very different music. Not
satisfied with denouncing the "mar-
tyr, John Brown, az miscreant and
cut-throat, when in Congress in SO
and when the slave power was in its
full glory, he offered bis services as
slave catcher in these words:
"You call It the dirty work Of the
Democratic party to catch fugitive
slaves for the Southern people. We
are willing to perform the dirty work.
| DO not consider it disgraceful to per-
form any work, dirty or not, which ID
IN accordance with the laws Of the
land"
Nor Is this all nor the worst. II
was the present vehement lover Of the
black race who originated and intro.
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the government exhibit at Philidel-
phia, that the work is progressing
splendidly. and that while the displays
at Louisville and Cincinnati wifi be
very fine, that made at New Orleans
will eclipse all previous efforts. Con-
gress ought to have given half mil
lion dollars for this display, but it
did not and so the Board will do its
best with the means at its disposal,
and that will be something surprising.
The Department of the Interior,
represented by Hon. Benjamin But
terworth, Commissioner Of Patents,
will be fully represented. It touches
through its many bureaus every great
industrial interest, and is powerful
agency for the settlement Of the coun-
try, and the development ofits varied
natural sources Of wealth. Having
within its control the land and patent
offices, the geological survey, the care
of the Indians, and the educational
interests of the nation, there is scarce
ly anything in our national life that
is not benefited by lis operations. 1t
was fortunate for the Department and
for the country that Secretary Teller
wisely nominated Gen. Butterworth
to represent his great Department.
That gentleman has put all his great
energy into the work, and will have
every bureau magni6ceptly displayed.
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Drum RIoHMoNps.-The Nation0

oTHER RIcHMoEDs.-Th National
Convention of the Prohibition party
which met in Pittsburg, on Tuesday,
the oath inst.,' nominated John P. st.
John, Ex-Gov. Of Kansas, for Prssi-
dent and William Daniel, of Mary
land, for Vice President. The news
papers report both gentlemen as
former republicans. The DEMOCRATS
seem very well satisfied with their
party ticket and few of them will
throw away their votes upon Ex- Gov.
st. John. His main support must
come from prohibitionists and repub-
licans and he is sincerely welcome to
all the votes he can get from the lat
ter party.
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The PoLrTIoAL OUTLOOK. gen.
tleman of this county, just returned
from Baltimore, during bis stay in the
city, had an interview with an intel
ligent resident of Brooklyn. N. Y,
who informed him that the present
lsses Of betting among the Clancy"
=, - mat State wesa even wagera that
{ Ad would carry II BY 10000
majority and two to one that he would
carry it by 10000. It is we'll to bear
in mind, however, that betting odds
like these is not always an unfAiling
indication Of the true result, even
when INDUCED in by such we'll in
formed gentry as make their living
by cards and election betting. Be-
sides, it may not follow, if Cleveland
does carry New York, that he will
therefore be elected President. The
votes of New York and the solid
South will not be- sufficient of them
selves to name the President. and,
altogether, we think the best policy
for a democrat to pursue is. to get up
kbad scare in the party and work
ana vote just as il Clsveland's election
depeni, a upon his personal exertions
and aupp0f,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Orphans Court of st. Mary's County, Set:
July %, lss4.
ORDERED by the Court, that 10 r.
~ Morgan, and F. Oscar Morgan, Execu-
tors Of
GEORGE W. MORGAN,
late ofSt. Mary's CO., Nd, deceased, give the
notice required by law TO the deceased's cred
itors to exhibit their claims and that the same
be published once week for six successive
weeks in the st. Aary's BEACON.
Test: JOHN B. ABELL,
Register of Wills tor st. Mary county.
NOTICE.
In pursuance OF the above order, We hereby
give notice that we have obtained from the Or
phans' Court Of st. Mary's county, Maryland.
letters testamentary on the personal estate
of George w. Morgan, late ofsaid county,
deceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased are hereby notified TO ex-
hibit the same with the proper vouchers at
tached thereto to the subscribers, on or before
the Gath day OF JAM, 1885, they will other
wise by law be excluded from the benefits Of
the said estate. All persons indebted to the
deceased are requested TO make immediate
payment to the subscribers.
10 r. MORGAN,
F. OSCAR MORGAN,
Executors.
July "a, lSs4-6w.
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NAr1onAL Connrrrrr.--Thur.da,

NATIONAL CoNxTTTEE.-Thursday
last, the newly appointed members Of
the Democratic National COMMITTEES
met in New York, reelected Hon. W.
II. Barnum, Of Connecticut as Chair
man and Frederick o. Price. OF Mass
achusetts, Secretary. The committee
headquarters will be in Washington.
Very encouraging reports from every
portion Of the country were given by
the members and a firm belief in the
success Of the ticket was expressed.