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THE sudden death of Mr.. James Max.
we'll shocks the community, in which he
pissed long, successful and honorable
lls. The free school system, in which he
was deeply and inteiEigentiy interested,
had a no more earnest and valuable friend
thaa James Maxwell. He believed in the
free school and stood by it. In all there.
latiOns Of life he proved himself an up
right man and good citizen.
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Tn. lat.rFund.

NEw YoRx, May 2l.-Rsy. DR.. Atticus
G. Haygood, Of Georgia, general agent Of
the Johu T, Slater irnd for the education
OF The freedmen. submitted q voluminous
report, whereinhe showed the progress Of
the negro In the South, and how his con.
ditiop had been aided through the munili-
cenee Of Mr.. Slater. Upwards Of S25, 900
had been donated during the past year to
various educational institutions from the
tund. Ex.President Hayes will remain al
the Fifth Avenue Hotel until Friday In
attendance on the Board.
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LIT the alarm bells riugl The awful
,,r,o, Is abroad that Secretary Manning
!. getting ready for a summer campaign
.rainst the offensive partissns." When
1f,uniug feels that the hour has struck
Ss won't fool with a confidential circular.
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Pfrrs6rRGn, May 2l.-A strange disease,
battling the skill OF physieians, broke out
in Paris Boads, small. station on the Pam
handle Railroad. rs milesirom Pittsburgh, q
few days ago. In one, family alone there
have been five deaths, and the mother is
insane. Eight persons have died and
eight more are sick. Thelocal physicians
refused to attend the patients, and steu-
benyille, o., physicians are there. %
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xa speech st Baltimore on Wednes-
day night last General Neal Dow said /.
aTbe LIQUOR interests control the National
government. They control, almost entirely
a ssery State except Kansas and Iowa, not
excepting Maine, my own State, and every
div except Portland, where l live." Then
Il cannot be said that Prohibition pro-
hlbits in Maine. There is no escape from
this conclusion.
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Tsruan who wants the Augusta, Maine,
nos,oacs, is believed to be the yandal
sbodslsced the tombstone Of Mr.. Blaine's
MIA, viii the President reward 9 parti-
an 70 r.nkly Ofensiysf We don't be-
Gsys he will dot.
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Norman riasrs in naeIs.

CHATTANoodA, Tenn, May 2l.-The i'm.
prisenmeat Of the Mormon elders,
Christian and Gamer, on the charge oi
preaching polygamy, causes a good deal
ofexcitement at Elizabethton. The elders
had made many converts in that section,
who say they will protect the accused
men. Senator Simmerly's father Ia a con.
vert, hut the Senator Is working up public
sentiment against the missionaries.
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Re-aiiirn the Reduced Scale aud Leave it
b with the Committee.
PrrspuRou, May GA secret meeting
oftheiron manufacturers was held to-day
stthe Association rooms. Fifty mills in
all sections Of the district were represent
ed. The session began at 10 o'clock and
ended at 2. Secretary Weeks stated after
the meeting that the scale question was
thoroughly discussed aud the action Of The
conference committee sustained. It was
agreed.o leave the whole matter with
the committee. Some fault was found be-
cause the committed demands were not
high enough. ..This action, saidlsecreta-
~ Weeks, twas taken in 1882, and what
1t means almost every person knows. The
manufacturers will not ask for another con-
ference
Several officials Of the Amslgamated
Association waited in front OF the Iron
Association rooms for several hours,
anxiously awaiting the result OF the meet
inc TN1lIa III r'is sf7~lIrl m ~
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MR RASDALL has said that II Mr.. cleye.
land goes on as he is going he will be re-
nominated and reelected. This is inter
preted as Mr. Randall's notice to his
friends that he Is not candidate for the
Presidency. He has also said that he il
not candidate for espeakership. What
does Mr. Randall sant2 This is what the
politicians are trying to find out. They
can't bring themselves to believe that he
doesn't want anything. This uncertainty
is very painful.
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Nothipg settied.

LONDON, May 2l.-C Concerning Turkey,
Mr.. Gladstone said the House Of Com.
mons, that England had had communiea.
tons with the Porte in regard to the oc.
eupation Of suakim. but none with other
powers. Nothing Is yet settled, e he said,
Sin regard to arbitration between England
and Russia, nor has 1t been absolutely
settled who shall be the arbitrator.
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70 ,., .sSw Aow !E sas .aoee q , General Leg.P
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ass siI6 .ssaIs tenure SeSsase q paItrS 81 ssIss
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s e z hold S ss Csss si Sads SsSoea ,hsy "a ass Z not
s.la, & / " sts9tIai political irieSps. i Il lie
ssae pasal @ ls ttSph 81 oSs e ssas s ps,i
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psstraetiys Porsst Fires.

NEwpERRY, MlcH., May 2l.@The forest
fires about this place broke out with re.
newed fury yesterday, aud along the south
side Of the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette
railroad they are burningwith great fierce.
ness. Back Of this place the forests are q
perfect mass Of flames and eighty eight
buildings have been burned. The town
OF Dollaryille, Just beyond here, is threat.
ened with entire destruction. A gang Of
men are fighting the flames.
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ltalina : roIn Conn q rl,n,

Quxsxs, May 2l.-TAe Provincial Gov:
eminent has notified the town council Of
Lewis that II its Indebtedness pf between
81, 900 and $4,000 Il not paid at nnpe,
they wili take out Q writ 81 seizure and
place the town under the charge oi The
isAeriE. - 4 "a a y
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RrssrA is going the right way about it.
1f,hs comes into collision with England
lie viii be thrice armed If she is well pro
Td.d with American sewing machines,
II an agent accompanies each machine
Englaud may as we'll give up the struggle
in adYanse. ~. 49,.
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r,.st,TE SENATOR HEsRy B. PERrlSs,
n Warren, millionaire, Republican, is
y, .,;d n look wistfully on the nomination
:, i,,1 governor Of Ohio. We'll, itis'anoptn,
field. isn'tit? l..l.5,1s
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pLucRY PREACHERS
OF Bostos-irrs.ted for Holding Service.
lA--z i nm this Commana.

..17,s -, on the ComH4ons. + ( W + (
BosTos; May 2I.-The Rev. Or. A. ],
Gordon, pastor Of the Clarendon stree,
Baptist Church, Mr. b. L. Hastings, . well
known publisher to religious works, and
about dozen others, were arrested yes.
terday for holding religious service on
the Common on Sunday afternoon last
The police say they violated . city ordi.
nance in making such use Of the Common,
The church people declare that they viii
hold meetings as usual next Sunday and
hereafter, and the police say they will
arrest any man who opens his mouth 70
address Q crowd on the Common on sun'
day.
The evangelists announce that most ol
the prominent clergyi in town will be on
hand 10 speak, and that when one has
begun to speak and been arrested. another
will take his place. sThey win have tc
nent men II they attempt 70 carry oui
their plan, ," said one OF the officers Of the
Y. D. O. a. this evening.
New York Asssmbl1 cengratula.ss logan
ALBANY, n. Y, May aI.-The following
hss been senti
40 General John A. Logan, ChieagOi
The Republican members OF the New
York Assembly, in caucus, send theii
hearty congratulations on the occasion oi
your reelection to the United States Sem
ate, and tender their thanks to the Repub.
licsn Representatives Of Illinois for theil
united and unyleldiag support Of one
whose patriotism and fidelity to public
truAts have won the regard and confidence
,ot the Republicans in all the States.
lsigned II. CpRrrs,
II. A. RsRSp4, :.
Committee.
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more than . year ago Il was not occupied
a. . factory above the second foof, and
hence he could not require D fire escape
attached p the. building. He bad never
been notified oi3the change in the manner
oftheoccupGncy ofthe building and hence
there had been no fire escape ordered.
The sulliyans were quite young print
ers, ibeginninga short time ago with al
most no capital. They hal used economy,
and being well trained in the art they
had increased their business until they
occupied nearly q whole building. ~
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DOES NOT LOOK LIKE PEACE.
The Feeling 90. .ths E1ellansss-A,peeidsdI
.watiiks Appearance.

LONDON, May 81. Stocks and home and
foreign funds are depressed, in eonse.
quenee of the general feeling that Russia
will permit no peaceful settlement Of the
present troubles but that she is bent on
having war. The delaying Of The retnrn
Of the guards from Egypt to England, and
the news that comes from India in regard
to the continued war preparations there
has caused a most uneasy feeling upon
the various exchanges.
Russia Is constructing batteries AZ ali
strategic points along the Gull Of Finland.
larg orders have been issued iorgun car
riages.
The Governor Of the Persian sarakhs
has granted the request Of the Russian
Commander at Mery to allow two battal-
ions 81 Russian troops to. march through
Persian territory on the left bank Of the
Teiend river, the roads on therieht side
being flooded.
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Ma, EyAr7s caught his gubernatorial
,non am bv the throat. He would have none
IT. J;t The Senate for the present is good
enough lOrhim. -. 7 "
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LONDON, Msy el.-The Admiralty has
telegraphed orders to Portsmouth TO pre-.
pare the man.of.war Cotmorant for sea rs
rapidly as possible, and 70 expedite work
on the ironelads Sultan, Rupert, Deyasta.
tation and Polyphemus preparatory to
their ininlne the deet. l.
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stilI ON as,rika.

wiLErssARRE, Pa, May el.-For two
weeks past several attempts have been
made to resume mining operations at
Beaver Meadow and Jeddo mines without
the aid OF striking miners. All efforts,
however. have failed.
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AHEAnfsEsDlss seEsx
Two sisters with BIafants Sentenced 10 the
Penitontlary.

Penitentiary.
MADISON, WIS.,, May 2l.-1n the Munici.
pal Court yesterday Mrs. Rebecca Merra.
Of, Of Bataboo, and Margaret N. Cooley,
Of Mitchell, OAK sisters, pleaded guilty tc
the charge Of perjury. They have pow
each been sentenced 10 two Year, in States
prison. Each woman when sentenced had
On infant In her arms. Kneeling at the
feet Of the Judge they piteousiy pleaded
ior mercy flor their babies! saktg. The
scene was . heartrendlna one, Judge Bra,
ley, with tears in his eyes, said the law
was inexorahle,3 but he would tx the low
est penalty prescribed. The women then
prayed and ..sobbed, and uttered terrible
shriekl as they were finally removed by
the officers.
They said that q man named Kirby had
threatened their lives il they did not
swear as they did, and that they had tor
years lived in mortal terror ofhfm. Both
are fespeotahte women Of good repute.
Their hahies accom- npany them 70 the penj'
tentiary. An effort viii be made to secure
an executive pardon in their case. These
Kirby alias Simmons, a well known
cracksman, who, with o man named Ell.
wards, wasllast November, sentenced 70
States prison in Wisconsin, for I've yests
for burglary In Madison.
At the trial Of Kirby these women swors
that they were in Raraboo at Mrs. Mer,
raot's home the 10th Of July last, the night
OF the burglary, and that Kirby NsS also
there. They also said that that night Airs.
Nerraot gase bftll iilt6iR 4 child. The IL
tempt TO prove IN altbt was unayailins,
however, and Kirby was found guilty after
q most exciting trial. The women were
then arrested tor petiurys In the case. II
was proven that the child was born May
g and that Kirby was not present even st
that time - vs. n ~
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q Aatienal yEoel c9nysntien,

81. Louls, No. May Arrangements
for holding the annual convention Of the
National Wool Growers Association here
next week sse about completed. The
convention viii BE held in the Cotton E1-
.ehapgei which wiz be specially prepared
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ahs gntslIilgsnrfr;.. !.
os535 Yo.. % aad ~ Fourteenth street. j
,,T7lE rain is a very acceptable thing
l.. time, larger ones in proportion.

R,,l an American citizen and q Repub-
,,..r Then he isn't utterly depraved,
,herall, s.as
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Rumored cabinet pi.ssa,Ion.,

LoSpos, May el.-1n the lobbies Of Par.
lament tonight there are renewed ru-
mors ofdisssnsions in the Cabinet, chiefly
in connection with the renewal Of the
Irish Grimes Act and the modification Of
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AT North End Rink Friday evening,
May -, w. r. lfanke, OF Sttubenville,
champion mile skater. will skatr against
Bic Sheppard, Of the Island, mile heats,
best two ont Of three.
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wr. The warm weather the season Of
,ui.ceIl.neous tragedy opens. Suicide and
mnr1sr hold the boards, kt
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TnE rERlnaLs pETAILs

L h. = = ~
OF tho Shocking Di,aster-Liyss That Could
80 st,s Have Been Saved. gf.. 80.
Cincinnati has had lis share Of shocking
disasters, bpt never has one happened
where such piifpl loss Of life has occur:
red IS that of to-day with 50 little occasion,
In less than iiteea minutes alter the fatal
blundet began sixteen or seventeen per
sons persisted. Looking over the spenS
after the event tis plain that every lie
aouli have been easily saved, short as the
time was, There were displays Of thought
ful heroism that saved two lives, but one
Of the heroes lest his HE,
AT half past one O'clock this afternoon
Mr.. J. A. Green, city editor Of the Time
!S.rr, upon going up the stairway TO his
Office be saw dense eionnds of smoke is
suing from tho rear windows of buildings
No. IS and q West eixth gtreet, and Inn
mediately telephoned 70 the Are depart
mant, An alarm brought the ep9ines
almost instantly, and as the hremen could
reach the building tfom the front and
rear Il was not fifteen minutes gntil the
FIRE was. so MUCH under control that the
chief engineer was able TO Fsseh the fith
o6top H0orl but he was too late 10 fescue
the siFI. employed there. and 10 his horror
he fonnd ten lBgd bodies lying with their
hands to their taees aHd their faces black
eneti and destroyeGlin death. ''ft
~ N, .,svv.v's s4opy ~
The Chief SAID IN speaking gift: "The
nous = nes !. .,! putalu a,.,, pss - @ s "
" enIs H. - ss ,; li s. ls
pslisp ~ ~ upOa s.ts De.si.so ~ y,
ao'se Ia sep,' s..a ~ 1850 Wv. ~
oot; tast. etD,ts ~ y y. pt'asa s4e
Ine ssll oa .iee eaeS ~ tssp thes w n,
Hcoralnd. IL was terrible sight the
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ior.t the OCCASION. A very large number Of
delegates are expected to be present, in
Guiding several very prominent gentlemen
from different partso the country. Among
the iatterwiil be Colonel n. J. Coleman,
Commissioner Of Agriculture, who takes 3
deep interest in the wool interests Of the
country. 49, e 81 ~
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NAxwELI --on Thursday, Maya 1855, ats@o
IN, IANrs a4xWEli, Of this city, Ia tho Usth
year of his age.
FnnAFal NO Iee hefeaitRy.
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ekFESTkkS AILLEp AM NAM iN5ukku. Z
Mary Lowery, aged IL, lives in Coying.
ton, killed; John Sullivan, one oithe frm
Of Sullivan aud Cash, printing works, With
offices in the building, killed; Emma
Pinchback, Of No. III Bullock street,
badly injured; Josie liawker, Of 2l Mil
street, severely burnea;.witlia Bishop,
Of Coyington. badly injured Mamie shsp.
herd, of No. 81 Harrison street, fatally In
|iufed Lizzie Meyer, Of Hunt and B.oad-
way, killed; Dolie Meyer jumped from
the top story aud ..was dashed TO pieces
two Panten sisters, Of Newport, both kill.
ed; Mary Bsentri, aged IL, OF Newport,
killed in leaping from the fifth story.
Charles ,Braam lnlde an q etfort To catch her
but the force was too great, and she DASH
ed on the pavement at his feet shapeless
corpse. Fannie, Jones, West End, killsd.
Ii addition % The above list Of those who
were ( lied by.leaptng from the fifth story,
eleven more eorpses were efound inside the
bull ling, and the eea:ch Is now being
prosecuted.
The 9th story was completely burned
out. Tho walls sill stard, aud the other
floors are not much damaged. The build
ing was occupied by Sullivan 4 Cash,
printing works, 0rth, Wissell & Co.'S dye
honse, The Ledger Postal News Company,
parisian: Dyeing and Securing Company,
J. R Rinsley. gold, nickle and silver plat.
ing works, ltwas not long until the fire
was under control. The mass 81 telegraph
and telephone wires prevented the hre.
men from putting up ladders promptly for
the relief of. the inmates. II 81 FtFt i
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a TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
m. Terrible stldairat Work Of !. erased

The Terrible Midnight Work OF q erased
Husband.
PARIS, Tx, May 2l.-This city was the
scene Of dreadful triple tragedy about II
O'Clock Tuesday night. Two Of the victims
are dead, another Is dying, while the muir.
derer Of all Of them has escaped. Samuel
]. Holmes, a farmer, moved TO Paris from
Delta county about eighteen months ago,
bringing his wife and children with him.
Some months ago, for some unknown
cause, the husband and vile separated.
The wife continued to reside in their for
mer dwelling, and took few boarders.
Holmes is man Of 50 years Of sge and Of
violent temper.
He entered his wite's residence last
night unannounced and Immediately be-
gan q murderons attack upon her with .
bowie knife. She was alone in the room
when attacked, but defended herself as
best she could. while screaming Justify for
help. Her sister, Mrs. w. ] I. Tighe and
Prof. ]. w. Youmans, hoalders Of Mrs.
Holmes, hastened TO her assistance. As
IEOltehpI 4bulutuc -Guk6Itu klit FuQLll
Holmes sprang from the PROSTATE body OF
his wife and attacked him, stabbing him
several times, killing him instantly.
The murderer then turned upon, his
sister.in.law, Mrs. Tghe, and stabbed her
in the chest and arms, infiicting horrible
wounds, from which she died this morn
ing without recovering consciousness.
The ontcry raised by the unfortunate
woman aroused The neiehbors, who has
tened TO their assistance, but were ap-
palled on entering the Holmes residence
at the scene before them. Mrs. Holmes
was found lying upon bed bathed in
blood. She was conscious, but crazed with
fear and pain from the terrible wounds.
Upon the lhoor lay Mrs. Tghe and the
body Of Yonmans The room presented.
'tle appearance Of q slang pen. - -
The condition OF Mrs. Holmes hope
less. She is nearly dead from loss Of blood,
and two OF her wounds are pronounced
fatal. None oil the neiehbors saw Holmes
when he escaped from the eihousey "A posse
was Immediately ofgani5 ID and STARTED in
pursuit. OF the murderer. Holmes is d
large, powerful man I and 1T Is expected
that he will made d desperate fght he
will certainly be lynched II captured.
Fully two hundred citizens are occurring
the country for the murderer. Professor
Youmans was Q music teacher and had
been in Paris but q short ttifpe. The ex-
citement oyerIthe ,diabolical crime ID In
tense. II;
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During a quarrel hetween two men,
named Blfington and Keltreau, 1t Newark,
W Va, the latter was tasallycut by the
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There were six who jumped from, tie
windows and were killed. One man; after
saving the lives Of two women by letting
them down rope from the rooi, was him.
self killed by the burning Of the same rope
hefme he could reach the ground This
was Mr.. Sullivan, brother Of the pro.
prietor OF the printing works. ssi
The fire originated by the explosion oi
a gasoline stove on the secondlfioof. The
flames entered the elevator chute, which
is next to the stairway aud all chance Of
escape was thus cut of. The killed are
mostly employees Of the dye works, which
occupied q portion Of the building. The
list now obtainahle Of the victims reads a
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IRON MANur AcruRERs

Re.afirm the Red aesd scale aud Leave
y xvttb ,ha rn,,,,.t,,..
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GirlsImprisoned inthe FifthSt
ofa Burning Building,
From Which Some Leap to The
Pavement and are Crushed,
Willie Others Remain TO Bee ONE ans
Horribly Disfgured Corpses.
A Man, after Rescuing Two, /,
Dashed to Death on the Street.
The eHarrowfngScen at the Place
Of Identifying the Bodies. ,5s

CtXe1xSATI, May 2l.-A fire in a large
printing house here this afternoon caused
the los Of; ;sye lives, owing 70 lnadsaaase
fire escapes and the.rapid progress u the
flames. AT / o'clock syliyan's printing
establishment was discovered in flames,
and when the tiremen gotthere the entire
upper floors OF the fye-atory structure
were cut of. Quite a number Of girls
were employed on the nth floor, and their
agonizing faces were seen at the'windows.
The fremen made gallant efforts 70 reach
them, and when It was evident that the
terror-stricken girls would leap ior, their
lives they attempted to break their fall
Eight girls jumped to the Sidewalk below
and Ave OF them were picked up dead.
The other three were injured badly.
I The fire on Sixth street this afternoon
caused the death Of seventeen persons.,I IL
was at first thought that only five women.
who jumped from the fifth story window,
were all that were killed, but when the
fire was snbdned SO, that the firemen
could enter 1t was found that ten dead
bodies lay in heaps on the fifth floor and
one on the fourth. S,,5,. E5, "a
y u ! =
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a general strike on the Eastern Diyision
Of the Canadian PaciGc Railway has been
liked for Monday, May %, on account Of