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Fannie Backman in the fourteenth year Of his sgs.
at the residence Of his parents. No 162A v stEsSg
Funeral sunday. at 2 O'Clock p m. from Firth Ban.
us, Church; vsInons avenue SoT.hys.L Set"esn
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attend
CUNNINGHAM. In San Francisco. Cal. March
Cunningham, U. b Navy. .
FRIEDRICH On March 20. 1885. At o . m. q
Ladoiph Friedrich In the thirty year Of hes
Relatives land friends are respectfully invited TO
attend the funeral from her late residence on Biz
densburg road. Monday. March 22d. 1t three pm. .
JULIA HUcK. aged rs years, months ana daya
"a s9 renrt VIII take PLACE from her sons rssdsnns
at o'clock p M Friends and relatives are invitsd
LEWIS On Friday March 10. 1885, at s,45 an.
aged sixty EIGHT years rscI Of the iH,S
Funeral from her late residence. III n street
sSasness on sunday 2ls e aspsst two O'CLOCK
O'Clock his residence 1854 Fifh street north.
east, JOHN LoRING, beloved husband Of Annie Lor.
Funeral Will take place from St Aloysus church,
relatives are respectfully Invited 70 attend. 80
MEDiNG; on End, Friday, March 10 lsss At 10 pm.
age, of gastritis (acute) vile of John j. MeiinS
s. ssssay ss
MUTH At Martinsburg, W. Va, March 18TH
tSS6. JOHN l. MUTH. In the thirty-fourth year q
InieTment on Saturday. March 10th. At Martins
RUETH. March 10. 1885, at $50 pm, J. HENRY
RUEIH, beloved husband OF Teresa A kueIh. sgsa
twenty three years and four months
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Alleged Confidence Men,

ISAAC Walls AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARRESTED.
Isaac, alias like" Walls, said by the police au-
thorities here to be known as the liking OF the
confidence men in this country" was taken in
custody this morning by Detectives Raft and
Block and escorted to police headquarters.
where he admitted to the officers that he was a
confidence man, but says he was not given
time enough to work his game here. He az
rived here yesterday morning, and regis
tered at the National hotel under the name
OF Ciayto He is a rather gOod-lOoking man,
ana we'll dressed. This morning. while cross
ing the Avenue, near 9Th street, Detective Raft
followed closely behind him, and suddenly
called to him, ike" He turned around, but
feeling assured he was called by an officer he
walked rapidly OF, when he was arrested. His
VIII be sent out OF town this evening.
Officers Quinlan and Lamb this morning ar
rested two alleged confidence men, who gave
their names as James Mack and John Hoffman.
who were also taken to headquarters. There
nave been several confidence games attempted
at the Baltimore and Ohio depot during the
past few days. and yesterday one of these men
were seen acting suspiciousiy, and this morn
Ing the officers followed them from the Balti-
more and OHIO depot to the Baltimore and
Potomac depot and then to the Center market,
where they were taken into custody.
Lawrence y Brien another alleged confidence
man, was picked up by Detectives Raft and
Edelin,. He promised to leave the CITY, and
after showing him up to the officers, he was re-
leased.
Walls was photographed and sent off on the
two o'clock train.
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Terrible Explosion OF Natural Cas-
BUILDINGS BURNED AND SEVERAL PERSONS
PAINFULLY BURNED.
At 4:3o o'clock yesterday afternoon q new
gas well, known as the Mcwilliams we'll, be-
longing TO the CHARTERS Valley Gas company.
at Murraysville, Pa, was being turned into the
company's main line at that point, when the
connection suddenly broke and the gas escaped
IN such volumes that IL almost instantly nlled
the adjoining houses. The gas ignited In the
mouse of VIM. Taylor, and a terrific explosion
foilowed. The house was shattered and was
soon wrapped In flames The inmates Of the
Guiding, seven In number, were quickly taken
out, and carried into neighboring houses. The
nre communicated to four other buildings. in
Guiding the post Office and q store, and all were
totally destroyed. The fire ran back along the
pipe TO the well, burning the derrick and every
thing surrounding IL. The villagers were wild
with fright, and IL was feared at one time that
the entire town would be consumed. The
names were, however, confined TO the nve
oullolngs. The victims OF the explosion are
Mm. Taylor. his wife and two children; Mrs
harry Taylor and her three children and Sallie
Lacock. One OF the Taylor children and Miss
Lacock are so fearfully burned that they can
not live more than u few hours. All the others
are dangerously burned, except VIM. Taylor,
VINO Will recover. The loss on the building and
to the gas company will amount to about
$4,000.
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q AT A r r Ri

The great Baisamic Distiflation OF wfnch-Hassa,
American Pine. Canada Fir. Marigold, Clover Bios
SONS. etc, called SANFORD's RADICAL CURE, foe
the immediate relief and permanent cure Of every
form Of Catarrh, from simple Cold In the Head %
Loss Of Smell, Taste and Hearing. Cough and o.
tarrhal Consumption. Complete treatment. CONSIST
Ing Of bottle Radical Cure, box Catarrhal Sol
vent. and one Improved Inhaler, In one package.
may now be bad Of all Druggists for eL0Q Ask ~
SANFoRDs RADICAL CURE
COMPLETE TREATMENT. WITH NHALERCL
'The only absoluts specific We know o1"-NRt
NSsa THE best we have found In . lifetime OF suf
fering"-Rsv. Or. Wso0sa, Boston, "Ater long strue
gle with Catarrh the RADICAL CU1E has conquered
-Reu. 4 w. As1sroe, LesDssbSr0A Pa. 81 have MOI
found that IL did not relieve 81 onc&"-AsAsu
Lee, 4oNokesea, AasG
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL 90,
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Praise for the SmithsOnian.
THE WORK OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNoLoGY
COMMENDED By AN ENGLISH JOURNAL

Praise for the SmithsOnian.
THE WORK OF THE BUREAU OF ETHSoLoGY
COMMENDED By AN ENGLIsH JOURNAL
From the London TimeA
English ethnologists must envy the pro-
vision made for the pursuit of the study in the
United States. Among the departments OF the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington is q
bureau Of ethnology, which devotes itself par
ticularly to researches into the physiology and
customs Of the Indian subjects of the Union
The third annual report of its director is before
us, and ii comprises a vast quantity OF Informal
ton. Tribal peculiarities OF the American abo-
rigtnese are dying out faster than themselves
II the race be not doomed TO extinction il will
gradually grady. be absorbed in the millions Of It's
%he live s features perish W
equally be effaced. To the Smithsonian
bureau OF ethnology Is due an assurance that
most painstaking zeal OF chronicIers and
draughtsmen is safe. The Smithsonian collec-
lions and reports will enable posterity to imag-
inc with all possible accuracy and completeness
the strange type OF humanity once sovereign
over q continent, and now fading irretrievaby
away. No work could be more profita-
BILE and Instructive than that which the Smith.
sonian bureau of ethnOlogy is performing. The
Smithsonian Institution accomplishes its gen.
eral object the increase mere, IS and diffusion OF
ably. On its bureau of ethnology ii spent ia the
year covered by the present report $4,000, and
i5 900 could not have been laid out to better
effect special obligation, doubtless, has
fallen upon the people of the United States to
store up recollectiOns OF the previous lords of
the sol, of whose extirpation they have been for
the most part the innocent cause. If they do
not undertake the charge, none else effectually
can. But as clear duty might be shown TO lie
upon Englishmen, and it is to be feared that
they would be unable to make out that they are
discharging it as adequately. All the arguments
which could be urged for the maintenance OF
the Smithsonian bureau OF ethnology apply to
the establishment of a similar bureau for the
British empire In British India the state
from time to time undertakes fragments of the
task. Elsewhere it Is being effected OCCASION
ally and piecemeal. The want is Of body
which should carry on the enterprise as q whole
and in o manner to borrow light from
one quarter to elucidate the rest Types
of tribal. social and national existence are van
ishing on every side. They are changing, or
giving place to new: Some had always the
germs Of incurable decay in them. British
civilization is treading out others British
dominion, whether directly answerable or not
for the mortality, is in the position Of admins
TRAITOR and is bound to keep account of the es-
tate OF ancient and curious memories. Being
where and what 1t Is, IL ought to be executing
on scale yet ampler the work the Smithson-
ian Institution Ia doing diligently from and at
Washington.
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CaDttOl TOOicS

CONGRESSIONAL EXCURSION TO HAVANA.
Ateleven o'clock this morning q party con-
sisting of Senator Salisbury and niece, Sena-
tor Ransom, Senator Palmer and iwife, Mrs
Senator Jackson, Mrs. Senator Malone, Repre-
sentative Ermentrout and wife, Representative
Caldwell, Mr.. II. l.. Bryan, OF State department.,
and wife, and others left in the special car ST.
John, for Jacksonville and Tampa, Florida
They went via the Atlantic coast fine route
The party will visit Havana, remaining there
several days. They will be absent about ten
days.
To REPEAL THE PRE-EMPr1oN Law.
The House committee on public lands to-day
reconsidered the bill previously agreed upon to
repeal the TIMBER culture, presumption and
desert land laws. A motion was carried to
report favorably a bill to repeal the pre-emp-
ton law.
NOTES.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
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Baltimore Marx etc.

BALTIMORE Md. March 2O.-Virginia past due
coupons. 63: new threes, 63f. bid to-day
BALTIMORE. MD. March 2O.-Cotton quiet and
steady-middiing. 9ls. Flour steady and quiet.
W heat-southern easier and quiet; western lower
CLOSING dull: southern red. 93a95 southern amber
Soa3s: No Maryland "a ,a9,5; No. 2 winter
red, spot, 9Ol4a92 March. 9Vs, bid; May 92l.at2as
Corn-sorthern easter; western about steady and
active, closing dull southern white 44a4I; do
yellow, 44aI6: western mixed spot, 452s; April
4oisai5's May, 4oi2a4o4a; steamer, 43lla4Ias
Oats steady and quiet-Southern, 3Sa42 PenIlsyly;-
ma, :Ssaa2; western White 39a4l western mixed
steady Sugar-copper refined duh, lO1salOl Whisky
steady. ll9al.2O Other articles unchanged Freights
10 Liverpool per steamer Steady-cOtton. sgd
flour. Is: grain 34a3lad. Receipts-hour, 1907
barrels wheat. 5000 bushels corn, Jos 900 bushels
oats. 1000 bushels. Shipments-hour. 54S barrels
corn, 20? 600 bushels aales-wheat $4,000 bushels
corn, 1Zl .lNlO bushels
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RoBBERIEs REPoRTED.-Dr. James R. Reilly
No. 221 41e street. reports stolen from his stable
yesterday morning set of harness, valued at
street, reports that his wallet, containing $40,
was stolen from under his pillow yesterday
morning: Hattie Smith, Nc; 322 Pennsylvania
stolen from her on the 18th instant. George
Holmes, 500 Pennsylvania avenue, reports
from $3.50 to $500 in money and three gold
watches.
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A Knights of Labor Colony.
| COOPERATIVE FARM ESTABLISHED IN MIN

CHICAGO, March 2O-The Erening Journals
Minneapolis, Mimi, special says: The Mime
sofa Knights of Labor have purchased 600
acres OF land in Crow Wing county and will es-
tablish thereon Il cooperative colony. Three
families go out at once and others will follow
rapidly. The land is TO be held in common
forever, but the profits are to be divided yearly
among the workers. In this latter feature the
community will be wholly unique. The object
Is 10 organize agriculture and furnish refuge.
When members OF the order forced out of
employment in the cities they can be sup
ported without expense to the order. The
plan includes one cooperative store, one dairy,
one stable, and in general a Capitalization and
unification of each branch of agricultural in
dustry. A village will be planted and each
cOlonist allowed to hold one lot in fee simple.
All the land is inalienable. The Northern
Pacific railroad company, from whom the land
was bought, have agreed to hold entire
township in reserve tor the order for q reason
able time.
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How He was Whipped.

LIE BLANCHE DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCE IN
HIS FIGHT WITH DEMPSEY.
LIE Blanche, the "Marine," says of his recent
prize fight with Dempsey, that he was fairly
and squarely beaten. dempsey is good
hearted fellow" he says, "but his tactics and
,generalship are what beat me. He has Won
derful head and is great general. forced the
fight from the start and opened hard my
man, who was lightning-like Oh his feet and in
getting away. He kept away from me as long
he could and when that was impossible he
Rugged and clinched and so avoided punish
ment in both ways. Dempsey was so nimble
that he frequently got in Lis cracks with his
wonderful left. His blows were not what you
call Knockout blows, so far as force is con-
cerned. He struck sharp and quick and Just
hard enough to cut 1t don't take much of q
blow to do that; nevertheless, l thought had
fair share of the battle up to the time he struck
me foul. This was when Dempsey hit me when
we were breaking away on the order of the
referee. When Dempsey clinched to avoid pun
ishment had him just where could do him.
hands by my side, never dreaming that Demp-
sey would take any advantage of me, but
before | realized what had happened he hit
with his left under the lett jaw. He knocked
me clean OFT my legs did not claim the foul,
but my second, Sheppard, did. don't think
Dempsey meant to hit me foul deliberately.
l still strong, and Dempsey very
shaky. 1t is not true that he Knocked out any
OF my teeth, or that was blinded, but bled
terribly Up to the last l pushed the battle,
and began quite strong in the last round, but
suddenly Dempsey got in heavy crack with
his left, taking me plump on the left jaw, close
to the ear. Ii was just such a chance blow as
is likely to happen in any fight; but how he
managed to get it in don't know, and probably
will never know. Perhaps Dempsey doesn't
know himself how he got it. This blow is what
did me up for felt daZed, and didn't know any
thing more until / came to enough TO find that
xuaS hnutn
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CAPTURED AFTER A LONG CAUSE.-THE man
who has been hunted through Chesterfield
county, Va for three days as the burglar who,
last Wednesday morning, entered q grocery
the safe, and who the same morning shot Police
Sergeant Brooks at the depot and escaped, was
captured yesterday afternoon. It appears that
in his effort to get south through Chesterfield
county, and at the same time elude his pur.
suers, he lost his way in the woods and gave up
hope in that direction, and turned back to
mond yesterday afternoon on the Belle Isle
bridge, but as soon as he landed he was discov-
cred and pursued by workmen In the Tredegar
works, and jumped into q boat and attempted
to recross the river. The pursuers followed and
captured him in mid-river. The prisoner gives
the name OF ChaS. Shaw.
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Detrolt Special to the New York World, March 10.
On Wednesday Miss Oracle Whitcomb, OF
Jackson, Michigan, niece OF Postmaster General
Villas, and daughter of wealthy parents, accom-
panied friends to the depot in that city and un-
accountably disappeared. The police at once
made a thorough search, but without satisfao-
tory result Miss Whitcomb did not leave on
the cars, and to-day the river was dragged, but
no trace OF her was found. All Jackson has
Joined In the search, and the greatest interest
Is shown throughout southern Michigan, Miss
Whitcomb being widely known and highly re-
spected. She had suffered greatly from spinal
troubles, which at times produced great mental
depression. The last attack, however, was about
ten months ago. Recently she had been suffer-
ing from severe pains in the head, and it Is
limited that she was somewhat deranged from
the effects of illness. Some OF her friends think
she has met with foul play.
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RYAN KNOCKS HIS MAN OUT.-A Troy. N.
Y, special March 10th, says: paddy RYAN
made his first appearance this evening in nj. j.
Rand's Opera House. He was received with en-
thusiasm. He is introduced in the second act,
and rough and tumble fight occurs between
cast In the play. In the fourth act, represent-
Ing Donnybrook fair, there is a ring tight,
this exhibition Of boxing Ryan knocks his man
out
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Leonard Growers Divorce Suit.

From the New York Herald to-day.
A motion was made yesterday before Judge
Lawrence, in supreme court chambers, to pun
ish Leonard Grover, the actor and theatrical
manager, for contempt of court for neglecting
to obey an order which required him to pay his
wife, Ida May Grover, alimony and
counsel fees. The arrears now amount TO
$50 in her suit for limited divorce from
him upon the ground of abandonment and
failure to provide for her support. j. K. Fur
long and Otto HowitZ appeared in support of
the motion, which was opposed by William
ii. Clark. Mr.. Grover separated from his wife
in July last. She obtained an order requiring
him to pay her alimOny at the rate of 1880
per week and counsel fee of 800. For six
months prior to the date of the order Of the
court, Mrs. Grover says her husband refused
to support her, and even the mandate of the
court had no effect upon him, for he has dis
obeyed it, so that now the alimony has &C.
cumulated to upward of $40.
Some time ago Mrs. Grover met her husband
on Broadway, near oath street, and asked him
why he did not support her. He declared that
he would never pay her dollar that he was
too smart for either herself or her lawyers
Judge Lawrence granted an adjournment until
to-day in order that Mr.. Clark may see his
client, and, il possible, make some definite ar
rangement about the controversy.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

PORT JERvIs, n. Y, March 2O-A passenger
train on the Erie and Wyoming Valley rail-
road left the track last night near Hoadiey, Pa.
The accid ent was probably caused by broken
rail. The engine, tender and baggage car We're
turned upside down and the passenger car was
thrown on its side. Fireman Fred. Smith, of
Hawley, was killed and several other persons
were injured, but not seriously
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News Briefs.

The Paterson n. j.. board of aldermen yester-
day, by a vote of IL to d, found Alderman
BraInhall guilty of corruption In collecting
commissions on bills for provisions furnished
the almshouse.
The English house of lords has adopted a
motion in favor of the opening of museums and
libraries on Sunday.
The city hail at Fall River Mass, was de-
stroyed by fire last night. The loss is S2fOOOO
The city records and seals were destroyed.
During a severe thunderstorm in the neigh.
borhOod OF Wilkesbarre, Pa, yesterday after
noon, George L. Pringie, an old and prominent
resident of Kingston. was struck by lightning
on the roadway and killed.
The master builders in Baltimore offer hours
as compromise on which to unite all the
trades.
Il. Jordan, a cattleman, committed suicide
by jumping into the sea from the steamer
Roman, on voyage from Liverpool to Boston,
John W. davenport, salesman, committed
suicide in Baltimore boarding house yester-
day. His love for drink led to the act
There was a large number Of labor meetings
in Baltimore last night.
The Liquor Dealers Protective association of
Richmond, Va, last night agreed to petition
the court TO order special election to try the
local option issue in April.
A dispatch from Petersburg, Va, says O num-
Der OF the leading cOlOred men of the state have
organized the Virginia Industrial and Agri-
cultural association, which will hold state fair
here next October.
1t is semi-officially announced that Russia is
rabia.
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Death OF a Noted Sea Captain.

BOARD THE CREOLE IN 1S4l.
Capt. T. c. Clifford, commander of the steamer
Ariel. of the James River line, died suddenly
In Richmond, Va, yesterday. He was rs years
OLD, ana mad been a seafaring man for sixty
years. He commanded the w. Allison, the
boat used for exchange of prisoners on the
James during the war; but he was especially
noiabie as having been the sole survivor
Oh Oh wnat was known as the Creole massacre
trouble between England and America.
me creole was bound from Richmond to New
Orieans with 135 negro slaves for the New
sea the negroes mutined, and the next day elf
lord, Who was the only survivor OF the crew
lound himself lying on the quarter deck,
nee:s at first decided to kill him, but on consid-
GRAFTON demanded that he should pilot the ship
t to dAbna , where, they said: they had been
get their freedom. He fooled them by
steering for Nassau. On reaching that
eonsu he THE latter to ca shs
miral Cockburn, of the British navy and the
admiral, despite Gifford's protest, decided to
claimed protection as British subjects, and
were at once declared subjects OF Great Britain
OXFORD was arrested and put under 81 900
prisonment if he attempted to take one of them
from the island He therefore abandoned that
idea, but protested against such proceedings
Tyler was President of the United States them
and the case was managed by President
Tyler and Daniel Webster. They made q
demand upon the British government to
pay for the slaves, and after fourteen years
that government did pay for them, principal
ana compound interest. Lord Ashburton came
over here from England to treat for them, and
IL was known as the Ashburton treaty. Five
OF the negroes, however, decided to remain on
she ship and go to their masters in New Or
leans, and with this crew Clifford succeeded i'm
reaching that port Capt. Gifford's son, who
was an officer in the confederate army, was
taken Ill with yellow fever at the Bahama
islands, and was nursed by one of the negroes
who was with the fnutineers
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The Questions Before the House.
NOT MUCH PROSPECT OF INFORMANT LEGIsLA

AAC SSuCStAOuS before the mousse
NoT MUCH PROSPECT OF IMPORTANT LEGISLA-
TON THIS SESSION.
Inc outlook for legislation of importance in
the House this session is not bright. The dis
cussion OF the silver question, which dragged
on to-day, has in it no promise Of action, and
the speeches on either side have ceased to pro-
woke any bitterness. The question was talked
out before the official and authorized' debate
began. There Is a growing impression that
there will be no tariff legislation. The oppo-
nents OF the Morrison bill are resting confident
IN thelr strength, and many of the democrats
who have been reckoned as protectionists are
half-breeds or indifferent. This condition of
afalrs Is a matter of much uneasiness among
leading democrats, who fear a loss of strength
In the House. In addition 10 this trouble the
BLAIR bill is sort of two-edged sword, which
Is found to cut, whether passed or defeated.
deepest cut.