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sENsAr1oNAl ELopMENr.
rho wife of q Msxlsau General Flies wi
Her Nephew,

rho wife OF q Mexican General Flies with
Her Nephew.
MATAuoRAs, MEXICO, March 1S.-Mili-
tary and upper circles Of society in this
city are in a perfect turmoil Of excitement
over the most sensational event that has
ever been made public within its exclu.
sivs precincts. One OF the most beautiful
Castilian ladies In the city, the veiitable
leader Of society, Sonora Luz Gomez, the
vile ot Brig. Gen. Gomez, commander oil
the Mexican troops, located in this por.
ton Of Tamaulipas, secretly left the Gen
erals residence about dusk last evening
and crossed over TO Brownsville in com.
pany, with her nephew, senor Manue
ZAragoza.
The clipping couple spent the night al
steamer /. O. Harris this morning fol
New Orleans. It ,sesms that the lady &C
timed her departure that the General dit
not discover her absence Until this morn
ing. She took $1,000 belonging 10 hel
distinguished husband and all her valua.
Sle jeHelry, carrying them in small
shopping bag. The wayward wife has
been locally celebrated Tor her striking
beauty Of features and manners. She L
about 80 years old and comes from an old
and proud CAStillan family, whose esCutch.
con In times past II were certain death Ia
sully by word or deed.
The young Don Juan who ensnared the
beautiful lady Is q handsome fellow Of %,
for the past year or two clefking In the
leading drug store Of the city, but, being
a member oi her family, he had many op.
potunities Of secretly pressing hisighoble
suit Gen. Gomez, on discovering bis
wiie's perhdy, WAS 90 overcome with hu.
initiation and rage that bis friends were
powerless 10 quiet him for several hours.
He Is some years the senior Of his wife,
but was sincerely attached 10 her. They
have no children, II is believed the flee.
ing couple intend to reside In the City Of
Mexico alter the storm blows over. The
General has already taken steps 70 divorce
bis vile, but will also make the attempt
10 have the guilty couple arrested d Gal.
weston or New Orleans on the charge Of
theft and returned 10 Matam0tas. For
Young ZAtagoza TO return even In custody
Of officers would be certain death.
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LOUISVILLE, KY, March 1s.-The noted
case OF the Supreme Lodge Of knights Of
Honor OF Missouri against Mrs. Rebecca
Morgan, went to trial to-day before the
United States Court. Robert Morgan, q
COurier.Journal printer, died about q year
ago, leaving a 81, 900 lodge insurance 10 bis
wife RebeCca. Just after the lodge paid
the insurance 10 the widow, Mrs. Louise
Morgan, Of Philadelphia, announced that
she was Morgan's original wife, from
whom he had no divorce, and claimed the
insurance. The lodge now sues 10 recover
the money paid to Mrs. Morgan No. q
The decision will not besreaohed for sew.
aral lRYa.
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wnoLrsALE poIsoNtNa.
The Occupants Of a Tenement House SUMO.
Gated by Gas,

Aho occupants OA Tohenent House SuTU.
Gated by Gas.
NEw YORK, March lS.-At No. AIS East
Eleventh streetthere lisa fourstory double
brick tenement house, owned by man
named Levy. 1t Is an old rookory, and
greatly in need Of repair, while the filth
in the cellar and basement is something
appalling. Last evening a family consist.
Ing OF three persons and LOGGER, were
found in their apartments on the ground
floor Unconscious from inhaling gas, The
head OF the family, Thomas jackson, was
dead, and his wife and child were In The
last throes Of death, while the lodger, Mar.
tin O'Shaughnessy, was breathing heavily,
The smell Of gas attracted the attention
oi dodgers in the building to the Jackson
room, and when the door was broken
down a horrible sCena was presented, A
bed stood against the wall behind the
door, on which lay the jackson family.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, the mother, aged 81
years, lay in front, With her limbs dang.
ling towards tue floor, as II she had strug.
gled TO get up, but fell back. She was
scarcely breathing and her face was die.
colored. Next 10 the mother lay their
son. Thomas, aged II years, who, like his
mother, was breathing family and barely
showed bigns OF life. AZ the back Of the
bed, against the wall, with his face turned
up and bis mouth open, lay the father,
dead. His body was still warm. The ali
In the room was foul with escaping gas,
which 1t was afterwards found CANE. from
the service pipe In the cellar.
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WEST yIRaINIA MINERS.
A Quist Day at the ninss-RumOted Strike
at DRViS,

At DAViS,
PIEDMONT, W. Va, March lS,-.To.day
has been the quistest Of any inthe Georges
Greek region since the strike begau, The
miners are hopeful Of settlement within
week, It'll stated that the Consolidated
Coal Company and tho sWanton Com.
psny are holding out against an advance,
while q majority OF the Georges Creek
companies are willing to pay the advance.
The Consolidated Coal Company refused
to give Kitchens Brothers, Of Frosthur2,
cars for Miller mine, whsro thsy were 10
work for tilty cents. 1t Is rumOred that
the Baltimore & Ohio will reduce ireights
ten cents per ton to Locust Point.
Everything Is quiet in this region, The
striking miners are very orderly, but are
ready, in case OF an attempt OF the West
Virginia Central Conpany's miners to 60
70 work, to Illustrate such an attempt, II
is a subject Of much remark why these few
miners are 30 persistent IN wishing to 90
to work, but the general aupposition is
that they wish TO curry favor with the
company, and by this means be benefited
alter the strike is settled, 1t is reported
that all the miners will be paid in full on
Thursday next,
1t Is rlmored that the few miners en-.
gagged In the mines at Davis, w. Va, and
Thomas, w. Va, are about to strike, thus
stopping all shipments from this part Of
the country. The empty cars left stand
ing In the switch at Elk Garden mine
have been taken to Piedmont, showing
that they will make no more attempts to
60 to work.
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EAsroN, March 1s-on March LIST tht
schooner wordsn 4 Evans was reported
as wSter.loggod and abandoned OIL Cape
Hatteras. The family Of the captain u.
j. Galloway, who resides in 81. MtChael'P,
this county, have as yet received no
tidings from him or bis crew, and as sui.
llcient time has elapsed to enable Captain
Galloway to communicate with them from
any part Of the country, it is feared that he
and his crew have all persisted. Some
nope remains that he was picked up by
some outward bound vessel and conveyed
10 some foreign port. The vessel was the
property Of Mrs, Galloway and her
brother, Mr.. George Caulk, and was
valued at about $4,000.
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c1EYELANn,s- COUSIN

Applying fOs.qn Ab'oldto Divorce In the
courts OF Jsrssy UIty.
NEw YoRE, March ls-Anong the
other utripplingB who responded to his
Country's call to arms when tho rebellion
broke out was Benjamin franklin Clsve.
land, q cousin Of The President. lie en-.
listed as a private and served in the 5lst
New York Volunteers. He was soon
made sergeant, and on the second
day Of the battle OF the Wilderness
was wounded, and went home on O
lurlOugh: He spent part Of the time al
his sisters house In East New York, aud
while there meta Miss Elizabeth Redheld
whom he shortly afterward married.
From all accounts their married life has
not been a happy one, for the wife Ia fond
Of amusenents and gsyety, whlle Mr..
Cleveland is Of more settled mind.
During the latter pa,t Of 1879 Mr.. Csve.
land became acquainted with somo law
students, among them young man
named William McDermOtt, and he In.
yited them to his home. MCDefmo.t's q
visits after that we're too frequent TO suit
Mr.. Clevsland's ideas, although they
seem 10 have met with arqulesCenCe on
tho part Of Mrs Cleveland. He spoke TO
her about II, bnt she declined 10 drop
MCDermott's acquaintance, and the couple
separated few months aiterWard,
To-day Mr.. Cleveland applied for an ab.
solute divorce In the Jersey City Courts,
and for the custody Of his three children
lie intends TO marry again as soon as the
decree is granted, DeCislon In the case
has been reserved until Monday
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rAN.,i.Er ...ll.ll;lll I.ILlo tNoUtnY.
A little Tit In the CommitteO-switSh ShlnE
on the Line.

-
A little fit in the Committeo-sWltChlnE
on the Line.
WAsuiSoroS, March 1S.--When the
Telephonic investigating Committee re-
,umed labors at noon to-day, DR.. Rogers
vas further examined. Recurring to the
conversation held with Young in his room
about the Government suit, witness told
him that the other parties-the National
Improved Company--had ColleCteds75,OOO
worth Of testimony In Europa and they
we're desirous Of combination In the suit
an "A 10 nut that testimony against come
little influence that they lthe Pan.
ElpGtrio poople) might have. That was
sbont iva weeks before the inslitu.
tion Of the Government suit II was
stated that the suit would be brought In
the name Of that company but witness
jld know the reason. Witness had been
a pNrty 10 the National Secret Telephone
COMPANY organized two years before the
Psu.Ele6triC by MeVsts. Hine, Hume,
Dean and General Thomas Ewing, Of
Ohio, The capital stock was FIVE million
dollars, based on his sons inventions,
The company had leased 10 the Pltts.
buFeh and New Orleans companies. Van
Benthuysen had been the Organiser Of
the New Orleans company--the National
| improved Telephone Company. Witness
mad sold out his stock In the Secret Tele'
phone Company,
Obitcllon was made 10 the line Of in.
onIsv "a not being gefmane 10 the subjeO.
undefinyesLigatlon and Mi. Oates wished
ihs coiDmlltee 10 decide At this point
WhetheF II would be proper TO 90 outside
n are Sublect.mattef ol the resolutions
directing de inyestgatlonand maintained
ibS eotimlttee should not 80 into the
Stiestions moi pertinent 10 the Inquiry.
M, RAnhey said II would seem that al
Of these companies we're more Of lees close
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ly connected, and the committee should
not attempt 10 shield anybody,
Mr., Oates replied that no man was more
ready than himself to go to the bottom o.
this matter, but he objected to an inquiry
about outside parties, either WhlteWashinG
or blaoksning,
Mr.. Ranney said the committee was on
voyage Of discovery; no one could tell in
the dark who man was.
Mr.. Oates reiolned that he did not pro-
pose to embark on that kind oil a craft he
wished to stick to the only matters proper
ly before the committee.
Mr.. Ranney said that for some reason
or other the suit had been shifted from
the Pan.EleClric Company to the Van
Benthusen people, There was question
in his mind in that respect.
Alter some further discussion the OBJ
lection was sustained by the chairman.
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GALVESTON, TEXAS, March lS.-Aspecia
dispatch from Greenville to the Msws says;
The Knights Of Labor have organized q
lodge here, but only one railroad man
joined tho organization. The citizens and and
railroad employees seem to endorse The
action Of the railroad officials. The busI.
aess men Joined in telegram TO Vice,
President Hoxte yesterday Commendinp
his firm stand against what they term
organized wrong, dictation and anarchy y
They say: "Wo believe the time las
come when the Legislature should be
called In extra session, and such legisla.
:ion had as will make 1t q felony to inter.
Iere with or block the Transportation Of
commerce." Nothing but through pas
senger trains are arriving on the Missouri
Pacific road here. The merchants, how,
eyer, are in very good shape and can sup.
ply their customers for a month yet.
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says lie !. 1Onoosnt.

BoSroS, March iS.-Goorge Showers, the
alleged murderer Of Agnes Long, Is said to
have been in Boston last night, his beard
shaven and his gold.bowed BbectScles re.
placed with q less conspicuous paif. lie
isreported TO have visited the saloon Of a
friend and to have written the following
letter. =
"DEAR MoTHER: ! am going away for a
70 avoid being arrested, but / am innocent
Of the crime with which charged. DO
not worry about me, as 1 will come out all
right Your alTeCtlonAts son,
eignedl 20. Il. growERs."
The police have secured the city with.
out finding him, The dspots and roads
leading out Of town are being closely
watched, and bis capture may occur At
any moment.
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LOW CORsAOEs.
NITS Cleveland Tnkus WOmGnly View o
the society hIonStFOslty,

the society hionStTOssty,
WASHINGTON, D, O., March 1S.-Misl
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, in reply to 9
lady friend in Boston who wrote to ask
her view OF the low neCked dress OF Wash
lngton society, said;
IshOuld hardly i4el true interest or true
respect ler a person whom believe to be
doing what the neTupaper slip represents
me TO be doing, l. .. using the brief pro-
mineuce Of my position to encouTge habits
in dress Rnd manners which are subver-
sive ot'whatsOeYGr things are pure, lovely,
honest, and Of good report Such l be,
lieye the immodest dress Of some few
society women to be, and against such
immodesty have made that silent protes'
which it is every wOman's right and duty
TO make by having my own dress waists
cut in style which, SO far as modesty is
concerned, | should be quite willing
to have aH women to whom this
style OF dress 10 becoming and comfortable
follow. approve OF evening dress which
shows the neck and arms. do not ap-
prove Of any dress which shows the bust
busNVuu tllu AGVA anu ulht tl6Ib 10 n llHe
always to be drawn, and it is 40 clear to
the most frivolous society woman As to thu
auatomist. This line nOed never be passed,
and a fashionable waman's low.neCked
evening dress need never be immodest. Ii
It is so, II Is because she prefers 1t to be so.
1t is wholly false, 70 far as | have OBJ
seryed, that q shocking scarcity Of waists
and sleeves markg tao gowns Of society
women This is sadly and painfully trut
u a few society Women,' and it Is in
deed shocking, nauseatlng, revolving,
and deserving Of the utmost denuncaLioD
on the score OF morality, beauty, health,
and every other consideration which GooO
men and women should Conspre to pre-.
serve and exact. There is need OF very
lew words on this subject, and no argu
ment. Any American woman can weal
the waist oil her evening dress up to the
lobes Of her ears, il she likes-thefe Is no
queen to command her appearance In loS
Corsage. She can also, alas, 10 ContIivt
ner dress, that by the exposure Of her per-
son oil true social ethics, aud aesthetics az
well, are revOlted. Between the two there
there is an appropriate and beautiful and
modest mean which all can, itthey will,
follow"
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TssRgara West Virginia Democrats who
-, not so frank as the Point Pleasant
g,,,,,t. bu. that this utterance Of thai
r5lopt watchman fairly reprefenA it
a,,ty there is no reason to doubt:
T5s Civil Service bO d--d! Turn the
,,'riis ont OF office and till their place.
si,b Democrala. Whist is a victory worth
IN W he democracy II Republicans are 60
iScto hold on to the offices under Dem
oeatlc Administrations
The trouble with our Democratic friends
htba! alter twenty.iour yeAra Of waiting
,beir President was elected for them by {
sny contingent OF renegade Republicans
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GREAT DISTRESS
IN rHE nRIrlsu DoMINIoN,
Bat Gladstone Refuses to Ask the oassa to
Set Apart hay for HumIllAtIon and
PraI@-FRnus COpfOsSss Her lsumIty
toasFnSHy- -GsnOTal Foreign News.

LoSDoS, March lS,-Mr. Gladstone in
the House ci Commons this afternoon, ro.
Plyiag to Mr., William Johnston, Conser.
vatiye member for Belfast, declined to
recommend to the Queen the appointment
Of day for national humiliation and
prayer Of tho distress prevalent among the
poor aud unemployed Of the Kingdom,
The Premier said that those who had the
distress did not justify tho action proposed,
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PfrrsBvRaH, Pa, March 1s.-The work.
ingmen Of this city are arranging Tor q
series Of mass meetings 10 be held 10 pro.
teS. against any change In the tariff. The
plan 10 10 hold large tariff rallies ia each
Of the larger cities Of the country by the
middle Of April. The ilht meeting
will beheld AZ Pittsburgh. II will he 4
mass meeting and a monsler p,fad6,
Then meellngs will be held Al the follow.
Log cities In the order named. philAdel.
phla, Albany Or Buffalo, N. Y, Boston,
Portland Washington, Baltimore, Rich.
mondi wheeling, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago, Milwaukee, 81. Louis, Challa,
! nooga and BItmlnghan.
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Tag Washington correspondent Of the
I,g York Commercial Buiislia, a nsws-
.,,., ., which layors tariff reform, says Of
,ts N Morrison bill that although devoid
" ,,'y o,IpeipIe, Ignoring consistency and de-
t,.og logical analysis or explanation it was
,,s T,s1lt Of much thought" A measure
a. gblca this may be truthiully said Is
ri,us!y proposed to the Congress Of the
r..ted s!a.es as the best that can be done
Nv a great political party now in control
vi Iii, House Of Representatives and ol
g,scptiye branch Of the Government
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A MoMANls nAn rrMrrn.
How Miss Mayo QaArrslOd With the Rector
Of Her Church,

How Miss Mayo QuaffslOd with the Rector
Of Her Church,
NHw York, March 1s.-The religious
portion Of the community in Elizabeth IL
gteatly sRitated over a personal alteration,
which occurred a few evenings since at
Christ Church between Rev. II. II. Obetly,
the rector, and Miss Mayo, a prominent
member ol his congregation, dufingwhiCh,
II is asserted, the lady loat her temper
aud slapped the ministers face. The
trouble, II ls reported, originated about
tho baptlsmal font. Miss Mayo wanted
the pastor 10 wait until che had the font
arranged before he would administer the
eactament Mr., 0befly, annoyed at Miss
MAyo's interference, objected. The lady'a
temper could not brook such a fepfool,
and she struck the clergyman fesound.
Ing blow on the cheek,
II was a dramatic tableau that shocked
those present and idEnl9hed food Tor Ros.
Blpihg tongues, Mis- Mayo, Il IA stated
turned on her heel after the episode and
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Fraudulent Ontlls Importu,louu.

WAsuISoToS, D. O., March l8.-The
Treasury Department has received re.
port from Special Agent Jerome in regard
to the alleaged fraudulent importation OF
cattle from Mexico. He says that cattle
are taken in large numbers from Texas
into Mexico where they are kept for sew
eral years and then returned as before.
In this way, ne says, great frauds are per.
petrated which eau only bs prevented by
extra viEilen ce on the part pl the customs
officers on the border,
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Forrn.an hr Hsr Lorar.

HAssRsrowS, March 1S.-1nformation
has been received here that on Monday
last Miss Mury, aged about twenty years,
who resides with the family Of Mr.. John
3. Prather, near CIearspring, this county,
has taken poiBon-ratsbane-with suicidal
intent. When pressed for Q reason for
this rash act, Rhe stated that she wanted
to die, because young man who has re.
Gently showed her marked attention was
going West to live, and that she thought
ne intended to forsake her. Two physi.
clans were called In, but she is still In a
very critical condition. The young man
has since departed for the West.
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OREGON DISASTER.
JudEo Dtummoud, of Chicago, Says 1t was
Caused by CarelessuSss,

Judgo Dtummoud, of Chicago, Says 1t was
Caused BY CarolsSsnSSS.
CuIoAeo, March ls.-Judge Drummond
aud Mr.. ]. v. Farwell who were passen.
gers on the Oregon, arrived in Chicago
last night. Judge Drummond, who began
his career aa common sailor before the
mast, gives a thrilling narrative OF the
disaster, and as to its cause said ut Is
manifest that the steamer was more or
less at fault, and 1t was the result OF care.
lessness. At least fifteen passengers who
we're on deck at the time told me they
could distinctly see the vessel as she Rp.
preached, and what Is more, they could
see Long Island, seven miles distant. The
weather was clear and the wind was blow.
ing only q fair sailing breeze. It ls my
opinion thatthe vessel was headed athwaft
our course. According to tho rules Of the
road at sea she had the right Of way and
II was the business otthe steamer to either
fall of, and let her pass 10 lesward or
check up and let her cross our bows. In.
stead OF this the Oregon forged ahead az q
full rate Of speed and the schooner struck
her on the side, steam on.n ~
Mr., FarWell said that Ia his opinion the
signals we're inadequate 10 the needs, as
the cannon could probably not be heard
twenty rods distant, and the sky rockets
did not ascend higher than the masts.
Both gentlemen speak In the wafmest
terms Of the prompt and courageous be.
havior Of the Captain.
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RISING WATERS
In tho west Cause nuon Destruction to
Property.

In tho West Cause muon Destruction to
Property.
OMAHA, NER, March lS.-The Ice gorged
at tho Union Pacific bridge over the Loup
river yesterday, causing the bottom pOr.
tlon to bs overaowed for miles, and also a
portion OF the town Of Columbus, Hun.
dreds Of people were obliged to leave their
houses and seek safety elsewhere, The
latest report says that the water Is still
rising and much damsgs is feared, espe-
Cially to railroad travel. The Platte river
into which the Loup empties near Colum'
Gus, 10 very high and overlooking the
country. II Is reported that the Burllng,
ION & Missouri Railway bridge over the
Platte near that point, has been partially
carried away, several spans having been
moved out. People in the low lands vert
warned by couriers OF the impending dan
ger, and as ye! no lives have been lost.
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1oupvtLLs, Kt., March iS.-wm. Med.
calf went to the hopls o. Mis- Lydia cal.
ford, at Elizabeth skaE Harden county,
last night, and UPON her refusal to eiopV
with him threatened 10 Ill her. She IN.
formed her family and Bwbte out a war.
rant, on which MedCAli WAs arrested. Il
was developed Hat MedCall has three
wives living In diiesent pats Of the State
II 10 also suspected that he killed mar
named O'Bhen In 1881 and murdered an
other man seven years AsoHn Taylor coun
", The charges agalnst him will be In
Vestgated,