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New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
LOSSES IN VARIOUS PLACES.

CoRRY Penn, Feb. II Especial. 1.-Two hres
here last night in which two dwelling houses were ues
troyed Loss 81 900. No insurance II was causeu ny
a defective lue.
CHICAGO Feb. 12.-The Inter Oceans Des Moines' IOWA.
dispatch says The Aulman Engine Works were dam
aged to the extent Of $4,000 by fire this morning III
surance, $500.
PRINCETON, NO.. Feb. ia fire broke on. III 'lo
store of the White Grocery Company and destroyed inc
west side of the Public Square, including ak Drick ana
i've frame buildings The loss is about $ooooi hsu
ance, S37 500.
ST LOUIS Feb. 1.-THE Missouri Pacific Rallway
bridge at St Auber 100 miles west Of herewas Durheu
last night. ,
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Feb. 12.-The Touring inns Oh
Darran Brothers at Big Rapids was burned this norn-
ing The loss IL $35, 600 insurance. Slo,ooo.
MIDLAND Mich, Feb. 12.-The Gladstone House ana
the Post Office burned. The loss Is about @loooo'
(txcIxyATI Feb ia fire this morning In Huss
Brothers barfxure factory damaged the stock 10 the
extent OF S26 900 insurance SleOOO Inc loss Oh INC
building is So, 900, fully insured.
TRURO n. s., Feb. l2.-The Truro Furniture FACTORY
was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss Sloooo
ATLANTA Ga Feb I2-Thc Crew street Public school
RudinC was destroyed by irc last night Ihe loss IL
$4,000 six hundred children are deprived ol schooi
accomm modatons.
ATLANTIC CITY n. j., Feb. 12-The paper mills be-
Longing TO Charles X. Colwcl, at Weymouth, about
twent y.ave miles from this city, were destroyed Dy hIc
this morning. The loss is about $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
WORK or 7Hr PRINCETON TRUSTEES

PRINCETON, Feb. II (SpecidD. The Board OF
Trustees held their regular winter meeting here to-day
Presdent McCosh read his report, IN which he stated
that the change OF year with reference 10 the college
curriculum was working well; that the new plan of
ranking that Of dividing the class into hYe groups was
satisfactory but could be improved slightly that the
salaries OF the professors ought 20 be increased ana Tor
this purpose fund Of $4,000 was necessary lie stated
that S23 900 lad just been subscribed for museum TOT
the art school The directors Of this school met few
days ago and appointed Dr. W. C. Prime H. o. Mar
anand and General q. u. Mcclellan rs committee TO
select site FOR building the college campus and 10
engage an architect 10 make the requisite plans. There
great crisis Ia the higher education the report says
whether prayers and religious instruction In colleges
should cease or not and whether the elective system
should extend to all branches in the college a." II n
needless TO state" ADDED Dr McCOsh. that Princeton
Will take the negative side OF this question -
The Board discussed the question of requiring all the
se nors to speak ON the chapel stage and tile general
opinion that all should bc required 10 do So
except those having physical disability.
A committee OF the Board was appointed to come 20
an arrangement with the faculty the subject OF attn
letcs. The Board appointed II. B Fine. VINO is now
studying In Lepsc, assistant professor of mathematics
% Dr. Duilcld
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
PROBABLY A FATAL BRAWL

A MAN INJURED on MONDAY LIKELY TO DIE
COMMENTS BY THE CORONER.
Coroner Kennedy went to the One-hundredth
at. police station yesterday to make an invesusA-
ton in the case of Michael Fem. cooper of NO sah
Eeyenth-ave who has been lying In the Nnty -ninth-ss
Uosrital with fractured skull since Monday might
DR. Weldon, OF the hospital, who has had chaise VI
the patient had for the Coroner because fenn
was not in a condition TO make statement, but tho
poce had made several arrests and they wanted some
for holding prisoners, because Fem was ex-
to die Fem and eyeral other men were drinking
on Monday night In Nicholas Graphs beer shop AZ
Eleventh ave- aud sixty y-ninth-st, where there WAS
free Iunch known Germans as metZel suPpc., -,
drunken brawl among the men led 10 a hight In wnien
beer glasses and Bottles were used as Weapons
Baker heard an ouery ana sw Inv 'front.' OF the place
he found Fem in half.dazed condition. oeeiSs iy ,
an ugly cut on the head Inc onn sap5 sbat thew
did not know WHO had injured the cooper Baker nel1
Fem TO the elevated station ~ Se,sn hefarc tae
Coroner yesterday, Baker declared that Dr. Weldon es
dressing the wound going 10 let the paen. 20
saving that the wound was not dangerous Dr. "saos.
howeYer says he Knew Monday night that Fenh's
skull fracture he would not have persa hS ,hS
morning. and has remained in that condition Since
Detective Wagner has arrested Crpp the PROF rieor
of the beer shop; John Hdebrand velier; john
Coolehan pedier aud Henry MundhunS laborer, VINO
were present when Fem injured The prisoners n
be held until the result or the injury Is Known ", ~,
Weldon Thought last evening that there was no nope os
Fenns recovery After Coroner Kennedy naa his
what testimony the police had to ofer he eIpresseo
aispIeasure with Dr. Weldon about the following '"n
guage: thu mint thu, want 10 raise is this that
afther man ts III on the skull and it's crackea u sa
exactly so painful don't hurt HIN, so oa % . n ur,s
worse As long as the doctor was arac'ure ~"
had right to send the Coroner ,, c,,o,er yht
% ~ h ' piled t. the hospital by the physcians on
Tuesday aud one officers reinH 'n. & v' ,,h ,hs an
mates Zoo many mistakes seemed TO meet Win the ap
aArhl
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
HoW RoCKWEaLS HANDS GOT SCR4 TCHED
HIS EXAMINATION CoNCLUDED-THE TRIAL NEAR
ING AN END.

Toms RIVER, n. j., Feb. 12.-Rockwel re-
sumed witness stand to-day in the Wainwright case
and his crOss-examinaon was continued He TESTIFIED
that the scratches which found on his hands ew
days after the murder and which the state claims were
made when he hid the body In the creek at BaInbcr,
were caused by his falling in some briers'
when chasing his dog for killing chickens
IN reference to his taking legal advice with regard TO
having his horses fitted to the tracks In the WOOD
near where body moved he said that he Thought
they could make almost shoe ht In those tracks III
the sandy soil where tracks had spread Counsellor
Lndabury then asked him TO state anything he did at
Baber day after the killing that they could find any
marks OF He replied that hidnt know Of anything
The State claims that it this trip TO Bamber that
Rockwell conveyed the body to Cedar Creek
The witness became rather confused when
asked to explain why he took 80 much feed
for his uorseo Baber and two or three different
reasons thai he expected TO PICK cranberres That he
expected to burn timber, and then that he didn't Know
up the Manchester road the morning OF the murder
at the time that Mary Branson said that she saw him
ciuied The testimony of Rockwell He had been on the
stand exactly day Various opinions are expressed
as the OF his testimony. the prevailing IDEA
being that he has done his case no good ,,
Lucian Gravatt testified that he drove to Metedeconk
Neck with Rockwell two years ago. They started
at a. m This testimony was introduced to show that
Rockwell drove about the country at all hours OF the
Albert C. Martin. one Of Rockwers lawyers, took the
stand and I'D mt ecss a o. s e Defence cam
were cut down in the Luker field by Thomas f. Bryant,
q week before the murder.
Eson X. Rockwell recalled for further cross
examination by the State.
Mr.. Rockwell did you have your horse reshod the
Saturday before the murder the first question.
No, Sir" replied the Witness Benjamin Waites and
Jesse Irons asked me on the Saturday after
the murder for the old shoes OF my horse
/ told them tho shoes at the
shop In nail keg. asked Irons take my mares shoes
off. but counternanded the order after my law
| yers."
The owner OF the field where Rockwell gathered pine
needles was recalled and testified at length regarding
MED the statements Of Bryant, who claimed that he
drove through the Lukcr field the week previous To the
shooting.
Andrew ]. Hurley called and natly contradicted
Bryant's evidence number OF other witnesses were
examined but nothing new ELECTED.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
THE USE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
nvy,u,Tr SHELLS HARDLY PRACrICABLE-NEED
OF COMMON ACTION AMONG NATIONS.

nyy,urTr SHELLS HARDLY PRACrICABLE-NEED
OF COMMON ACTION AMONG NATIONS.
General Abbot, of the Engineer Corps OF
the Army. commandant at willets Point, read paper
before the Military Service Institution. at Governors
island Yesterday on Recent progress high explosives
and their uses In war" After giving the composition or
b0b explosives and their division into classes General
Abbot sad hard to realize that these explosives
have all be.u introduced since the Civil War doubt
tho praccabity of using dynamite In shells From ex
.,,,.,,s mazda i'm Denmark It Is evident that large
,,,es would be necessary penetrate the armor or
,,. oroa iron of-war afoat. The experiments
ID NV Iieutenant Zalinsk at Fort Hamilton seem to
h.or out the formula evolved from the Danish expert
nnorts The sxteen-,nch 100-ton guns could nre
wantv-dye pounds OF dynamitethat IL, IL IL Is prae
ticabe fire dynamite shells from m ni.rca tho
wsuld take 1900 pounds OF dynamite 10 pierce sno
aror of the xibe, which Is twenty lour ihchcs
thick The trouble with all the high explosives Is thaI
nuera Abbot the use of dynamite bombs
nv soldiers combating with mob In the streets III Ia
regard re- to laws against the use OF oo.yyss ayna,
IN hIa.tiug operations Is common that the law eau
hardly prevent Socialists and other evi-usposcu
from getting hold Of 1t, and an Ignorant msi ca v.s IN %
sacture a destructive dynamite bomb Inc N,w nas sly
M ,aed to prevent the OF concealed weapons,
and think IL must fail to prevent the hanahg oI
mite by persons who wisn 70 r ePo :hnuS ID a"rse in
pali~v the unlawful use OF dynamite crime against
humanity as they have done In the case OF piracy
these misguided people should DC aSe @ o har Una,
aided by tie telegraph, railway and the steamship
them think the danger would DO obviated."
General Rodenbough, Colonel John Hamilton. Major
Randolph Major Mckee, Leutenants Zainskt, Sanford
Hale sibert aud Allen, Colonel Rodney e. Ward. MWoi
schermerhorn and many other officers OF the Army anu
National Guard General Frye presided In the absence
OF Ceneral Hancock.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
DEMOCRATIC METHODS IN TIE SOUTH.
IN A STATE srNAToR--A SHAMELESS IN
JUSTICE.


JUSTICE.
my TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE
RALEIGH, y. c., Feb. 12.-Bertie and North
hampton counties compose the Third Senatorial District
and contain l. 800 Republican majority AT the election
In November James W. Newsom was the Repuhican anu
Thomas W. Mason the Democratic candidate NOtwith-
standing Newsom received 500 votes more than Mason
the latter was declared elected by the Senatorial can
vas.ing board, and Is serving as Senator Newsom con-
tested the election basng his claim the fact that at
the precincts voting places In Northampton COUNTY
called "Jackson'sp Hardings Store" " "seaboard,'
Rich Square," and western Roanoke" seVcrai nun
dred ballots were not counted by the judges OF election
hecanse they contained the words House OF Repre-
sentatives and Immediately below these words In
separate line the further words northampton County
The iudges OF election regarded these last words as
device" These ballots cast for the contestant,
and II counted would have given him majority ot the
votes
The Committee on Privileges and Elections, TO whom
the whole matter was referred reported thaa device IA
ANYTHING which enables ignorant voters 10 distinguish
ballot by mere sight without reading, ana when was
intended so 10 enable them ana that NeWsom was ~
entitled TO the seat. j. W. Todd Deinocratand All
| Tavlor made minority report that the Woins
IIonse Of Representatives, Northampton county, 90
constitute device suoh as u cOhtehateu uy lHN
| Third District James W. Newsohl FOR House Oh iepbe
| sentatives, Northampton County, james Parker pc
cause the words " Northampton CouhV Weis an tne
tickets the canvassng boards or the Senatorial district
adIudged that they were device ana gave the
of election to Mason. To-day after fun discussion by
vote Of 81 TO 10 Mason was confirmed IN MS seat
more outrageous decision upon purely technical gronhns
was never made by political BODY, ana III point OI iact
there not the slightest for this wiiul suppess
ing OF the voice OF people because the Senate woud
contan without OF the 30 Senators
Three Democrats voted TO give the seat TO Newsom.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
CRITICIsING THE PENNSYLVANIA.

CRITICISING IHE fENNSlb' h1NAN'
HOW THAT ROAD HAS EsTRANeED NE"'io""
STEAMSHIP IMMIGRANT TRAFFIC.
The reductions made III the working forces
maintained at Castle Garden by the Erie ana tne NC"
yor Central railroads gave rise to the rumor yesteray
.h., the comnanies proposed to withdraw from the
Garden This is officially denied. The companies nv
not carving any Immigrant business while the
yana maintains its rate OF 81, and consequence n
Temporarily laid aside most OF the men WI nave D'
handling the traffic There Is no Intention however
their part to abandon their offices at Castle "aruo "
withdraw from the immigrant pool. ,,
An officer interested in the steamship business sa'u
Yesterday: "The attitude of the Pennsylvania toward
the immigrant pool is utterly unjustidable the com
pany tried hard to get large sharein tho imisrahs
business and failed and its attempt to get an
pool percentage likewise came TO nought IL theh tur,
around and cndeavored to make the trac % SDt
10 the lines which were carrying most or IT, lhe iu.
lies entirely with the Pennsyvana's policy In worklms
for many years not only against the steamsnR hncs
me give Won few instances When the Mennonite I'M
migration began in 1872 committee OF them ssore @ The
rate from the and the lnInan Steamship line Inc
committee went to Philadelphia and were ohcren re-
ducon Of 80 II the party would come 10 ma
The Erie and the 1nman Line met the reducion' anu
then the Pennsylvania sent on here and offered if
thcr of $6. The result was that While tne n
yana did not secure the business the Erie and lts
connection wei compelled to take 1t at Sl2 cut UNDER
the first rate Again since the oeg I'm
the church has brought its disciples over mere ~ te
Guon line, the rail route selected being the Penn
syvania. When that road starred 1t, AmGrT iaduee
tbs church to transfer its patronage from the Guon 70
the line. The MorInoEs stuck TO Tue %
these oinstarces are sample. however, has alienate
all the NewYork steamship lines from the m
and the atters 81 immigrant rate VIII not Oeneni is
standing with them when the pools are reorganiEed or
when the question OF percentages Is taken up ior "p
ralion The other trunk lines are simply letting tne
Pennsyvana carry all the immigrant travel at less than
cost The Pennsyl lvana shares in the New dork poo
Philadelphia It's policy Is that Of dog In the mahsef
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
CRIMES IND DCASUAL1TES- TELEGRAPH
A RAILROAD CONDUCTOR KILLED.

RAILROAD CONDUCTOR KILLED.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 12.By the breaking OF rail- on
the Washington, Ohio ana Western Railroad, between
(uford and Farmwe stations this morning. four freight
cars were thrown from the track and the caboose was
upset Clarence Washington, the conductor, was killed
ACQUITTED OF A CHARGE OF MURDER.
NKw-HAvEN, Feb. 12-lhe jury In the case Of John o.
Whippcr charged with the murder of Edrdge Johnson
I'm December 1883. after being out hour this after
noon returned with verdict OF Z" not guilty." IL was
entirely n case OF circumstantal evidence based on
threats that Whipper had'made against Johnston.
JOHN swEENEY's MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l2.--John Sweeney, who was
found unconscious at his home Tuesday, and who was
said to have beaten by his wife, died this morning
One the at the hospital says that Sweeney
died from q stroke OF apopexy.
RAILROAD COLLISION NEAR CHICAGO:
CHICAGO. Feb, ia suburban train on the Illinois
Central Railroad ran Into train OF empty passenger
OF the Baltimore and Ohio road late last night and
caused about $4,000 damages.
AN ITALIAN MURDERED AND ROBBED.
SYRACUSE, Feb 12-An Italian, one Antonio Gaycom'
was found murdered tho railroad track at Badwns-
vile this morning. The body had been robbed
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
FIGHTING ON THE WAY TO LANGSoN.

PARIS, Feb. IA dispatch from Tonquln
states that the French column which is advancing TO-
ward Iangson under the command OF General Briere
de rIse has had three days hard ghtng IN tho dees
OF the mountains The French Losses are heavy but the
troops making steady despite the obstinate
ressance OF the Chinese General Brere dc Ise tele'
graphs to-day TO the Government rs follows on Monday
we drove ok the Chinlse upon Thaunoi, killing two
and wounding We continued our advance on tues
day.
he Government has sent orders 10 Admiral Courbett TO
watcn for the arrival in China OF the steamers Az
lanta from Hamburg. February o. aud Metapedar from
Liverpool February 10. both for Shanghai Win guns
and munitions of war on board. The steamers VIII be
warned when passing through the Sucz Canal against
going to any Chinese port.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
yRUCE ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER.

LAREDO, Tex, Feb. IL (SpeciaD.-On Feb
ruary 10, Captain Lee Hall and Sheriff Mckinney OF
Lasalle County. representing the Americans and Dr.
pope and two Mexican officials, representing the
Mexicaps met on the island In the Rio Grande
River and held consultation relative to the re-
cent troubles 1t was agreed on the part OF the
Americans to turn loose four Of the five Mexican
prisoners now in Jail in Carrizo and on the part OF the
Mexicans to cease all hostties and endeavour 70 cap
ture surrender thieves TO the Americans Inc
Of the river were lined on both sides Of
the island by Americans and MeIicans, but none
were permitted on the island except the prtnsipals
Both sides were armed At time 1t seemed as II an
ucut The issue however. peaceful, and the parties
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
HORROR OEA LYING BURIAL.

RoMNEY, w. Va, Feb. II (SpeciaD.-A
Okonoko, east OF this place the Little Capon River
some days ago o Miss Cox became ILL., physician adj
minstered dose Of morphine, leaving another to DO
taken day later BY mistake IL given In an hour or
two The girl apparently died and prepared for
burial. One protested, but not needed. The
night after the young woman was buried dogs In the
vicinity visited the graveyard and made much noise
that the grave was opened sickenlng spectacle was
revealed The gr had died In the coin She had torn
her clothes from her body aud ripped them TO shreds
The flesh hung IN strips from her lip nearly
bitten of and nearly all the hair had been pulled fron
the head.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
I'VE MEN DIE IN A oHICA 90 SEWER

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE main sewer III Mn
zlegt five feet In diameter, became cogsed few days
ago and to-day eleven sent 10 clean IL. Nine
them went into the sewer with scraPer. while the
other two remained above ground TO draw up the mud
and dirt Near Halsead-st the foreman heard cry for
aid aud going down into the found some OF the
men near the opening gaspng for breath. and others
lying there dead. -Four were dead when taken out
of the sewer and another died soon aferward The
names OF the dead are Michael Lsk Joseph GILL; James
Grady Daniel Curtis and Mathew Mason All mar
red except Gill Is not known whether the gas III te
sewer was an accumulation of ordinary sewer sas, IL
Illuminating gas from leaking pipe, or fire damp
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
FRAGMENTS OF CABLE NEWS.

CoxsrAYrISoPLE Feb. 12.-The quarantine at Turkish
ports on the Mediterranean and the Black seas mas peeh
abolished.
M,pRrp Feb l2.-slight shocks of earthquake were
felt to-day at Albania
MADRID Feb. 12.-The Republicans yesterday had
banques in several Of the larger cities ot he ksao
I'm no case was the attendance large senor Lori eie
cr,n ed congratulations to the different assenDlages
,yhiph managed their festivities without disorder
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
FIAMEs IN WARREN-ST.

Charles Fisher, truckman, saw the rooms on
the fourth floor Of No. 76 warren-st lighted up shortly
after O'Clock last night He sent an alarm OF nrc anu
hf. the epOnes arrived the flames had burst through
tho roof and threatened the entire building stream
from the water tower extingushed them. Fisher
4 Co.. occupying three upper floors, Gh loss
was 81 900 NJ Cavenae Co.. shoe manufacturers ..
the second floor and Hilarbrand g. Dyke on the nIet
aoor Commission dealers in butter and eggs, each sus
tanned loss of 81 600 damaged by waters All o
Insurance The building is owned Dy W. ii. S"""@N
and the damage to it was placed at $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
MARRIAGE OF MISS MACKAY.
-, E.h 10 Nisa Eva MociSgV was

PARIS, Feb. 12.-Miss Eva Mackay was mar
red to-day to Don Ferdinand Julien Coonna Prince OF
Galatro Tho ceremony was private, and was per-
formed. with pontiacal high mass. by Monsignor lie
Rendc the Papa Nunco, in the Nuncos chapel IN this
city There wercs only forty persons present.
Th nrt,,t benodiction was administered
nv Morslgnor dc Rende, who also de.
Iiyeret'the marriage address. The civil ceremony Oh
which il required by the French law, was per-
formed Yesterday. The witnesses to this were Prince
CoIonna Dora Prince Coonna. United states Minister
Nnrtnn and Duke Decazes After the celebration Of the
reugions rite to-day, Mrs. Mackay, the mother Oh the
bride, gave reception.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13

THINKING THE AsTOR HOUSE WAS BURNING.
An awning on the building at Park Row ana
Annst caught fire at $50 last evening and was purheu
up Engines coming to the fire in answer to an aiai
which had been sent out rolled volumes OF dense
smoke against the Astor House. and people In the street
hegan tn orv The Astor House is fre" People In
the Astor House. hearing the cry, came out INTO !ne
street and looked up at the building, expectas
that il was only awning across the street they .h
back and told those in the hotel who ad no. hsaio '
alarm of the narrOM escape that they had hau.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
THE CONTEST IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

LONDON, Feb. 12.-A telegram received TO-
day the Australian newspaper Office, in Lon
don, from Wellington, New-Zeaand says that intense
excitement prevails in NewZeaand owing to the state
ment just published that Germany has annexed the
Island OF Samoa This action taken by the German
squadron in tho face Of protests by the English ana
American consuls. The situation is serious
The British and German commissioners appointed ior
the purpose will soon meet In London TO discuss MODES
OF adjustment OF the disputes between England and Ger
many concerning their respective rights In the oouth
sea Islands New-Gulnea aud the FIJI Islands.