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W0RKMEN BURNED ALIVE
A GREAT FIRE At BOSTON WITH
THE LOSS OF MANY LIVES.

Struggling Men Behind wire Netting
Several Go Down In the Crash oI
waiis-Narrow Escspss In Fight with
Death.
BosroN, June 22.-The greatest disaster
Of tts kind which Boston has suffered was
the loss OF life attending tho destruction OF
the New England Institute building on
Huntington avenue yesterday afternoon.
A terrific are, probably OF incendiary
origin, swept through the great structure
like whirlwind and left nothing but few
dismantled brick walls and . heap Of ruins,
in which are mingled the ashes Of an un-
known number Of human beings. Heavy
iron screens over the windows prevented
the escape of several imprisoned workmen
The building was used by the Metropolitan
Horse Railroad company for storage and
repairs. OF the 100 or more employees who
escaped, many had thrilling experiences,
others were so pressed by the flames that
they barely got out alive, and few were
most gallantly rescued from threatened
death. Seven bodies have thus far been
recovered, but there are probably more in
the ruins. The pecuniary loss is between
$S00,00O and $S50,OOO, and the insurance
about 100000
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SUICIDE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL,

Dolliver, of Revere, Mass, Shoots Him.
self Because Matte Wouldn't Have
Him.
BosToN, June 21.-Frank Dolliver, of
Revere, an inspector for the Waltham
Watch company, shot himself yesterday
afternoon. He was infatuated with a
Revere young woman who finally refused
his attentions. Walking into a Sunday
school where his father was teaching
class, young Dolliver put out his hand to
him and said:
'Good-by, father, I am going; Matte
won't have me-"
Without another word young Dolliver
drew revolver and holding it close to his
breast pulled the trigger. Swaying for
m oment in the air, DOLLY er dropped. Dol
liver is dead.
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CANADA'S BACK WEAkENs.


The Contention Narrowed Down to the
Question Of the Thrse.Mlle Linit.
4oNfREAL, June 18.-The Dominion gov
ernment has changed Its policy In regard a
the fisheries dispute II has issued instruc.
tions to captains Of cruisers and collectors
OF customs, cancelling former instructions
regarding seizure Of American vessels for
contravention Of treaty. No mention u
made in this last circular to the pu, chase Of
bait, transshipment Of cargo, or shipping
OF men, a. contravening the treaty.
The circular instructs Canadian officials
that all American vessels visiting Canadian
ports are to be supplied with copy Of tho
official warning, and II at the expiration Of
twenty-four hours they are still found inside
the three-mile line fishing or preparing to
fish, an officer Is to be placed on board and
the facts telegraphed to the minister of
fisheries. The new arrangements are said
to have been made in difference to the
wishes Of the imperial government
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TIE senate passed the q bills

TIE senate passed the bills
house bill making allowances for clerl
hire for postmasters at first and second clas.
postoffices to cover clerical work in the
money order business.
A bill authorizing free transmission OF
weather reports through the mails.
A bill to increase the efficiency Of the
army. This is Mr. Logan's amended bill
1t omits the clause providing for the increase
of the army which recently caused the
defeat of his original bill
The senate by two-thirds vote passed
the joint resolution introduced by Mr.
ingalls,, providing for the submission to the
several states, of constitutional amend
ment extending the period of the presidents
term and the session of the Fiftieth con-
gress, until the 3Oth of April, 1889, and sub
stituting the 30th Of April for the 4th of
March as the commencement in future of
the presidential and congressional terms
The measure now goes to the house of repre-
sentatives fol- concurrence. ID
Mr.. Vance's bill to repeal the civil service
law was, on motion of Mr.. Hawley, in
definitely postponed-yeas 33; nays g.
The Frye bill for the encouragement of
the American merchant marine was passed.
THE HOUSE.
The naval appropriation bill was taken up.
The house went over about half the bill
before recess.
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CHASED BY BOYS AND WOMEN.

Charles w. Colby ss1Ills His wife at East
Templeton and Fires into Pursuing
Crowd.
GARDNER, Mass. June 21.-Chas W. Colby,
60, who has been separated from his wife
for about year, went Saturday night to
East Templeton to the house of a Mr. Hill,
for whom she has been acting as house
keeper, and fired at his wife, the bullet enter
ing her left shoulder Nevertheless she
slipped away from him and re-entered the
kitchen. Before he could be intercepted, he
was again close to her and fired another
shot, which took effect in about the same
part as the previous one. Still managing
to keep on her feet, she rushed out of doors
and had started down the road, when she
received a third and fatal shot, and dropped
by the roadside, about ten rods from the
house.
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Saturday. June 10.

The French senate committee has re-
jected, by vote of to 8, all proposals for
the expulsion of th- princes.
Bernard Feehan, 10 years old, living at 50
Gold street, South Bos, on, while bathing in
the South bay, was drowned.
Oliver & Sons furniture factory at
Ottawa, Ont, was burned Loss about
$50, ,OOO, 25 per cent Of which is covered by
insurance
Two construction trains of the Old Colony
railroad collided near Braintree, Mass
The "buggies' and three cars of each train
were badly broken up, but no one was i'll
jured.
The Excelsior block at Charlotte. Mich,
was damaged by fire to the extent of S5l.-
OO0 Frank Silverman and Clement Highly
were fatally injured by falling from the
building
Thomas Coffey, a resid mt of South Hing
ham, Mass, while blasting OH the Old
Colony, was struck in the head with hoard
thrown from blast and sustained injuries
from which ese died. ~ s4as ---4 r. -
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KNEe-peeP IN MELTED LARD.
Firsmen Have Hard Task ut New
Haven-o2BO, 900 Damage.

Firsmen Have . Hard Task at New
Haven-osB0, 900 Damage.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, June l7-Sperry &
Barnes's large provision and pork packing
houses on Long wharf have been burned
The are started in building used for storing
empty tubs, and owing to the innammable
nature Of the materials in the building,
hams, shoulders, bacon and lard, spread
rapidly.
The entire fire department was present,
but the water supply was inadequate. The
fire burned fiercely for many hours The
firemen worked herocaly, often wading
knee-deep in hot cunning lard. Hundreds
Of barrels Of hams and pork and tierces of
lard were burst open and burning, their oily
contents forming fuel for the fire, almost
impossible to extinguish One hundred bar
rels of the lard were exploded, one after
another, making it dangerous for the fire.
men, and causing the walls of the building
to tremble. The damage is from 5000, 900 to
$3.50, 900; insured. .t ~
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Ex-PResIDeNT ARTHUR

Feeling the Effect Of the Hot Weather.
His Health No Better.
New YoRK, June l7.-Ex- President Ar
thur is weaker, and is somewhat troubled
with sleeplessnesS The warm weather had
a facilitating effect upon him, and he again
spoke OF getting out of the city as soon as
possible. He yearns for the invigorating
air of the seashore, and believes that the
cool nights would reduce his attacks of ill-
somnia to minimum. His appetite, it is
thought, will be improved if he can get
away from the city. There is no time fixed
for him to go, as it all d pends upon his
being strong enough to endure the journey.
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The NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, June ~.

The shoe shop of J. 8. Turner at Rock
land, Mass, which employed 200 hands, ha,
shut down, owing to trouble between th,
union lasters and the firm.
Gen. Schoaeld notified the park commits
sioners at New York that tho United States
troops guarding the tomb Of Gen. Grant al
The workmen employed by the Bridge
water, Mass, Iron company, asked general
advance In all departments Of 80 per cent.
and, receiving no reply, were ordered oat
by the Knights Of Labor. sF,
Carll's Opera house at {tlaven,
passed out Of the possession Of Afshall P.
r. Carll and became the property 6f DR.. A.
E. Winchell, Of that city, by foreelosure Of q
mortgage which called for only 5000
payment
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DEFEATED AT TROY.

The Strikers Surrender Internationally
to the Manufacturers' Requirement.
Troy, N. Y, June 23-The unexampled
depression in trade caused by the collar
manufacturers lockout has caused the
knights of Labor to assent to the manu-
facturers' terms Internationally. The manu-
acturers have all along demanded that the
employees go to work and then, if dissatisfied
with the new schedule made by them three
weeks ago, they might present their griev-
ance, have it discussed and settled. The
strike at Ide's, said Mr. Hayes of the national
executive board of the knights, was ILL.,
advised in the first place and ought never
to have occurred.
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Milltown's Marrow Escape,

CALAIS, Me-, July 19.-Milltown, Me-,
has narrowly escaped disastrous fire. A
spark, probably from a locomotive, ignited
large bed of shingle and planning machine
shavings along the bank of the river, a
short distance above the mills, and only
the combined efforts of the fire de-
partment of four towns, assisted
by millmen and citizens, prevented the
flames from spreading into the town. One
house, valued at $500, owned by Charles
Kelley, was burned. Grand Lake Stream
reports forest fires short distance above
there on No. 43 and Mercer blocks Men
have been sent to investigate
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ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE,

The Tang Of woman's Tongue Drives
An AGED Man to . Double Crime At
BOKtWn.
BosToK, June 2l.-Lorenzo Lopez, of East
Boston, aged 10, stabbed his stepdaughter,
Mrs, Alvarez, in the stomach with q case
knife, because she kept up TRADE about
his not saving her son from sentence to
the house of correction. Mrs. Alvarez
snatched the knife from his hands, threw it
into the back yard and sank exhausted.
Lopez Went into another room and gashed
his throat with razor. He will probably
die. Mrs. Alvarez will doubtless recover.
No cause y assigned for the desperate acts,
except that Of temporary insanity brought
on by these family troubles Lopez is a
cigar maker by trade
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Surprise at An helst.

AMHERST, Masa, June 23.-To the
general surprise the trustees took advnn-
tage of the power granted them by the
legislature at its recent session, and elected
a new president of the college to
ucceed President Greenough. There
has be some trouble b tween
the president and the TRUSTEES for
a long tina, but their action in appointing
successor at this time wcs almost wholly
unexpected The gentleman VITO will sue
coed President Greenough is Henry Hill
Goods d, for nineteen years professor of
sAodsrn langua , 1 ! college,
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MURDER AT PORTLAND.

A Row In the Streets and q Splash In
the Bay.
PoRTLAND, June a. George A. Freeman,
a colored man bslonging in Yarniouthville,
who had recently been at work for the
Portland Water company, was found dead
in the Back Bay Sunday morning. The
coroner's examination showed that the skull
had been crushed in and that death was not
caused by drowning. An investigation yes
terday Indicated that Freeman was engaged
in quarrel with two persons unknown
Saturday night on the street and Mrs.
knights soon after saw two boats, contain
ing three men, rowed out upon the bay.
There was splash and the boats returned
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AN IMPORTANT NEW DEAL.

New England and Consolidated Erie
Make . Bargain.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, June 17-An impor-
tant new deal between the New York & New
England road and the Consolidated Erie
fast freight lines has gone into effect
Under it the consolidated lines reach all
points on the road and get Boston rates
The new business promised for the road is
in grain and iron chiefly, and is expected to
amount to from 800 to 400 cars of western
freight per day.
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Too Much Arsenic.

BEVERLY, N. j., June 2l.-Mrs. Mabel
Loninger died few days ago in great
agony, several weeks after child birth, and
it is believed that her nurse gave her
Fowler's solution of arsenic in unwarranted
quantity. The nurse, Mrs McDermott, has
been arrested at Williamsport, Penn
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Next Years Revenue.

WASHINGTON, June 19.-Acting Secretary
Faircbild, in letter to Representative
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, in regard to the
estimated receipts and expenditures for the
next fiscal year, says that the receipts for
the next fiscal year, although given as es-
timated at S3l5,OOO,OOO, will probably
amount to sS33, 100000, according to the
ratio of increase during the present fiscal
wear
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Revelations Expected.

LONDON, June 22.-Mr Gladstone has
again written to Mr.. Cain on the subject of
the hour, and concludes his letter as follows:
GAS to the intention of the government,
refer you to the speeches am about to
make. Perhaps you will ascertain whether
it is Mr.. Chamberlain's intention to prose-
cute or abandon his plan of last February
for the purchase of Irish lands"
The above has caused great deal of
comment, and it is expected that some
peculiar political revelations may be made
by the premier during the campaign.
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Ten-Hour Law Re,ectei.

BosToN, June l7.-The house rejected the
bill providing that minors and women sha l
not work in mercantile establishments more
than ten hours in anv one day 1t had been
made practically worthless by senate
amendment providing that woman II
years of age or more could contract out Of
it. There is already law providing that
minors under Is years of age shall not work
more than sixty hours a week in such estab-
lishmentS
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The Cape Cod Canal.

SANDWICH, Mass, June lS-A party of
wealthy English capitalists, with an eminent
London engineer of wellknown reputation
in connection with canal construction, hav
just returned here after an exhaustive ex
animation Of tue Cape Cod Ship canal, and
propose closing an important contract at an
early day for supplying funds to insure its
comp elton
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Orrnsbee for Governor,

MONTPELIER, VT, June 1.-THE fol-
lowing was the result of the first ballot
for governor. Whole number of votes, 6OS
E. J. Ormsbee, $40; ]. X. Batchelder 195;
L. P. Poland 43; w. G. Veasey, ID; scatter
ing, IL; and Mr.. Ormsbee was declared the
nominee of the convention. On motion of
J. V. Carney, of Bennington, the vote was
made unanimous
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A Severe storm I'm Texas.

ST. LOUIS, No., June PA severe wind
and rain storm did 100000 damage in
Porter county, Tex, while other portions of
the state suffered heavy losses. In Weather
ford and Waco dwellings and other build
ings we're blown down and several persons
were hurt
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Installation at Rutland.

RUTLAND, Vt, June 1s.-Rev George M.
Phillips, of Worcester, was installed pastor
OF the Congregational church last night, in
the presence of large audience The SER
mon was by Rev. Lewellyn Pratt, Of Hart
ford, Conn, the installing prayer by Rev.
E. Cutler, of Worcester The charge to the
pastor was by Rev. Michael Burnham, of
Springfield, Mass
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TROY, N. Y, Ju..e 23.-Judge Knott an
nounced in the Albany county court that he
had been approach d by Superintendent
McEwan of the Albany penitentiary with
an offer of $50 apiece for each long term
prisoner sent to that institution. This at
tempt at bribery has created a profound
sensation at Albany, no suspicion of it hav-
ing reached the public Until it WIS given out
bv the Judge himself
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A TEXAN CYCLONE.

Several Lives LOst-Immense Damage to
Crops.
FORT WORTH, Tex. June ia cyclone
occurred in Cook and Denton counties.
Sallie Prigmore was fatally injured at
Stoney, Denton county, and several lives
are known to have betn lost Further west
immense damage was done to crops and
ta.'n buildings
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MIR. B.echer,s Pigeon Repor,..

New YORK, June 22-Messages to sew.
eral personal friends have been received
from Mr.. Beecher by means of carrier
pigeons The birds were liberated from the
Etruria over 100 miles from Sandy Hook
They are from the loft of A. P. Bald
win, at Newark.
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Friday June 10.

E. P. Whipple, the distinguished essayist,
is dead.
The veterans Of the New York Second
regiment have 6 to Hartford on visit.
1t is stated that George Fred Williams
will be the Fourth of July orator in Boston.
The Massachusit It's home missionary society
have hosen Rev. Dr. Julius H. Seelye presi-
20 t, Rev. Joshua Colt secretary, and Rev.
+. b. Palmer treasurer.
A dynamite bomb was thrown into the
carriage-way of the house of ex-Mayor
Secor Of Racine, Wis, but he drove by it
before it exploded. When it went off it
hurt severely Bohemian, who is believed
to have been ''hoist with his own petard"
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THE NEW LONDON RACES.

Four Contests Agreed On by the College
Oarsmen.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, June 2l.-Arrange-
ments have been completed which insure a
four-mile race at New London between the
Yale University crew and an eight from the
University of Pennsylvania. AS now ar
ranged there will be four races at New Lon
don, as follows June 25, Yale v. Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania; June 26 Harvard v.
Columbia; July /, Yale, Harvard and
Columbia Freshmen; July 2, Yale v. Har-
ward,
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New York, June 22-J w. Mackey. of
San Francisco, New York and Paris, has
Joined the board of directors of the Ameri.
can exhibition, London, 1887, and has been
appointed its vice president for the far west.
ern states.
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All the Marshes at Montapue.

MONTAGUE, June 23.-The Marsh Family
association, including all persons by the
name of Marsh, or who have descended
from any by that name, and their families,
are invited to attend the third family gath
ering and basket picnic at Lake Pleasant,
Montague, July 10, 81 and % President
Dwight NJ. Marsh, of Amherst, has solicited
information on the family genealogy.
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Wednesday, June 23.

Treasurer Ficket, of Chelsea, Mass, resigns
James Galloway, of Boston, was struck
by falling staging at the Adams house,
receiving very serious injuries of the head.
On wound was six inches long, exposing the
bone.
Mr.. McDuffee, carpenter residing in
Melrose, Mass. while at work upon build
ing in an adjoining town, fell from the
roof upon pile of stones He was very
seriously injured internally Paralysis OF
the lower limbs ensued, and he is not ex-
pected to survive.
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Canadians Win at the British Game

BosToN, June 22-At Longwood yester-
day, in perfect cricketing weather, the visit
ing team from Ottawa opened the series of
Boston matches with a contest against u
picked eleven composed of representatives
of the Longwood, Boston, Albion, Zingari
and Quincy clubs, and the visitors scored
victory by IS to a. To-day, at Cambridge
port, the Ottawas play an all-day game
with the Boston club
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Knocked SenSelesS il

Knocked SenselesS In Eighty Seconds.
NEW YORK. June 22-There was a lar. re-
crowd at the Germania assembly rooms to
witness the fight between the two heavy
weights, Frank Hearld, of Philadelphia, and
Mike Conley, of Ithaca. The men faced
each other at 10 O'Clock and fought cne
minute and twenty seconds, Hearld winning
the fight by knocking Conley senseless by q
right hand blow on the nose Hearld did
all the fighting.
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DAVID DAVIS lying.
M Prospect Of Ksco, s,y for the Fx
Vice PresidsNE

BLOOMINGTON, June 22.-The family and
physician Of ex.Vice President David Davis
have concluded that his end is approaching,
at least that he has but very little chance Of
recovery. When Mr.. Davis was attacked
by the carbuncle on the shoulder. about May
], he ives already reduced by diabetes. No
sooner did the carbunele Improve, ahovt
two weeks ago, than malignant 'srysipeas Is
set IL, % that he Is now suffering fro,iv q
I tomplicatton OF disorders. He Il very weak,
and canrot read the newspapers Visitors
are not allowed to see him. DR.. johnson,
the committing physician, called from Chi
cago, says that Mr.. Davis Is lying on bis
death bed, and cannot possibly recover.
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Charged With Forrerv.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 19.-William
F. Smith, for three years an agent for the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company of
New York in this city, was arrested for
forgery, on a warrant sworn out by General
Agent Charles E. Roberts. The charge
made is that in March, 1885, be forget the
names of Fannie Thompson and Agent J..
Avery, both now dead, to a renewal of a
life policy
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The blair Educational Subsidy.

WASHINGTON, June la-The house COM
mittee on education met and adjourned till
the end of the session. This action of the
committee di>poses of the Blair education
bill SO far as the committee is concerned.
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The Edmunds Issue,

BosToN, June 23.-Vermont Republicans
at the Windham and Essex county conven-
tions adopted resolutions indorsing Senator
Edmunds There was a lively debate on
the question at the Caledonia county gather
ing at ST. Johnsbury, without action
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Showing e. W. tieId the Door.

BosToN, June 19-The senate has con.
CURED with the house IN giving Cyrus W.
Field leave to withdraw his claim against
the state for damages in connection with the
sale of the states New York & New Eng.
land bonds
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BELFAST, June 22.-Five men have been
sentenced to terms OF Imprisonment varying
from four to six months, for Joining the 400
rioters who knocked down, stoned, and
kicked twenty-five Catholic factory women
during the recent riots.