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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-23


~ Heesns usrv~eesIs.sse enss-e'es@
anA Travel Every Thosg TIED up-
tn - sn.vsa r. nnd Ferry beats rrns-
tlcsllv l<ite-
NEW York. X arch lA-Not train left
the Grand Central depot ye,terday. and
but one came IN. The waiting rooms were
crowded with travellers anxious % Do
part. and persons waiting 20 hear from
friends who were IN route % the city. To
neither could tho officials give the slight
est satisfaction. The only train that got
through on the New Haven road was ono
which started bsfore tho storm began.
The night express from Boston, due ~ $50
4. M. rolled into the depot i've hours late.
The train encountered she storm few
minutes after leaving New Haven.
and from that time ~ prog
ress was slow aud broken by
frequent stoppages. The wind decreased
the heat in tho cars and the passengers
began 20 don their wraps Those that
had sleepers piled their overcoats ON 20
their blankets and sworc ~ the porter.
Sleep was imposS bile, and the trip Wa .
miserable one. This was the last and only
train TO reach the depot. The downtown
business streets had larger dspopulnt ion
last night than In years before.
The railroads At ths Jersey City side OF
North river ferries had gone out Of bust
moss, and thousands Of suburban residents
were refused admittancs TO the over
crowded hotels
The Weehawken ferries ceased 70 run Al
ILLS after several tusseIs with the biiz-
xard.
The Erie ferries ran on half-hour time
until four o'c ock. when notice was
posted that the road was closed on &C
count Of the terrible storm.
The Lackawanna road notified their
| ferry men at Barclay street at noon q
stop the sale OF tickets and notify theiI
| patrons that the road Was closed until The
| storm ceased.
AZ the Courtlandt Street ferry the same
| story was told.
| No trains were running over the Penn
/ sylvania road. At noon the Chicago linn
! tied and the Florida special were stalled
| IN i've feet OF snow In The Meadows and
1 can not be released until the storm
! abates.
| "All trains abandoned until furthe'
/ notice." was the sign on the walls Of the
\ ferry house Of the Jersey Central, At the
| foot OF Liberty street. Boats were run
4 every luI6t-Quutt4E " III AN4fs -,
I travel on the whitehall, Wall street and
/ Fulton ferries was the Iightest known fo'
4 years.
1 The railroads centering in New Yorl
| were utterly demorallzed. President De
/ pew II the New York Central said
1T IL terrible. Cd men on TN
road say there has not been sucl
an experience since 1854 There arr
now eighteen trains stalled between
here and Yonksr< The snow has
drifted into the cuts and settled down in
to solid icy banks six and eight fee
deep. have been directing all my en-
deavors to getting food TO the people
who may have remained in the cars"
The West Shore road was more fortu
nate. there being but ono passenger trair
stalled In the snow. but no attempt wa
made TO send one out.
The Long Island road il at . stand
still, AMI its president, Mr.. Corbin. i
passenger On q snow.bound train from
Sag Harbor.
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WASHINGTON. March 1.-The President
yesterday received from the Secretary Of
the Interior fr transmission to Congress
the report Of J. B. McNamee, relative 20
the land grant wagon roads In Oregon,
and his recomm endations as 10 the same.
the result Of personal observation made
under direction OF Secretary Lamar last
summer. A huge mass Of tes-
timony was then taken. and
accompanies the letter Of trans
mission. The roads Investigated.
aud the amount Of land granted 20 aid in
their construction. are as follows: The
Willamette Val ~ 4 Cascade Mountain
military road. s76,is) acres; the Oregon
Central military road. $40 400 acres; the
Dallas military road. 6sa.ii acres. All
this land was certified 10 the roads. ~
various Governors, though the roads In
question were not constructed
Accompanying the btter = . draft OF :
bill to be introduced in Congress, forfeit
ing all the lands claimed under the grant
ing acts OF these roads. except such -
may have been sold to innocent pur.
chasers. The Attorney General u re-
quested to institute suit 20 canoe oil pat
ents. with the above exceptions.
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~ senate ~. nos N session On % ~. \.
N he House ne amendment % ne War
Claim Dill spprcprias'ns $40 3 for me reiic
AZ ne Protestant Episcopal Thcoios'c4
SEMINARY ana High school Of Virginia
va passed Tue remainder of the a.,
was consumed ~ The consideration Of private
bi.is A night session Vas held. ~ vhici
sh,rsy-icur private pension balls we're r-ss,a
including one increasing the pension % ~
w.cow Of General Robert Anderson, the hero o
Fort sumter 70 tloc mouth.
Tina senate Was not m session on the ION.
In the House the Dependent Pension bill
uas !, ccivcd fron the Senate and referred 70
The committee on invalid pensions. bills were
passed extending for two years the time
Of payment bS settlers for lands On the
Omaha Indian Reservation IN Nebraska and 70
restore 70 the public domain part Of the Uinsah
indian Reservation in Utah. and prescribing
penalty OF flne and imprisonment for The I'M
lawful cutting Of ssmber on Indian rcseFva'
tions
Is che senate on the isIh Mr. polph re.ntro
cuccd his bill 20 appropriate $4,000. % for
coast dcfcnsss Several senators gave notice
Of intention 70 introduce bills or %
make speeches on days named. and the
senate went into secret session.
II The House bill was passed
appropriatinE tl2oooo for the enlargement Of
the public building ~ Atlanta. Ga Mr.. Oates
offered = resolution restricting the rights 81
aliens In regard 20 naturalization and owner
shin OF lands which. amer long debate. was 70
fcrrcd 70 the committee on rules. Consicera
ton Of District Of Columbia measures then oc'
cupicd the House until adjournment
In The Senate on the 18th the resolution Of
fercd b. Mr.. Hale last December for the APP
po,ntment OF a special committee 20 examine
into the present condition OF the civil service
in All branches OF the Government was called
ND and adopted Messrs> Beck and sherman
discussed the bill 70 provide for the retirement
Of United States legal tender and National
bank notes OF small denomin atoms and the is
sue OF coin certificates in lieu OF gold certin-
Gates 49,. In the House the Grosvenor resolu-
ton was reported and adopted directing the
military affairs committee 70 inquire whether
any uno1hcial matter has been Incorporated In
the rebellion records
* the Senate. on the 18th. Mr.. Brown called
up his resolution, declaring II the imperative
duty OF Congress 70 repeal the acknowledgements
laws at the earliest day practicable. and pro-
cecded 10 address the Senate In advocacy OF II
reading his speech from manuscript The un-
deryaluafion bill was then considered briefly.
and laid over. The bill 20 regulate telegraph
service Vas referred 20 the Commit
In the House. Speaker Carlisle
took his seat for the nr<t me for two weeks.
The District Militia bill was discussed and laid
over. Senate bill. liking the charge for pass.
ports at one dollar. was called up and passed.
A private bill referring 70 the Court Of Cia Ms
the clam OF Hannah J. Jones. occasioned con-
siderable discussion. In the midst Of which,
pending . motion 10 lay over. the House ID
t-,x<r<.af
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LArE NEWS ITEMS.


IN the senate on the i'tn, n
ton was ordered into me eia,m n1e ~
various pension agents tnat tney sen
mote and secure pension iegisiat ton.
resolution was introduced ceiinK UPON
the President Tor Journal % tne Proessu-
Ngs OF the Fisnefies conference -.
expiration Of the morning hour M Teller
secured the Moor and delivered . speech
criticising the frcsidenrs tarin messas M,
Consideration o. the underva'ustson ~
was resumed. but resulted ~ no acton
The Senate then adopted resolutions
OF sympathy, and as marx q re.pes.
90 the memory o. the late Setn - MOI 49,.
or Michigan, ct 4:0 p. m adJournea...-in
the House . resolution was introduces
and referred. calling upon the POST
master General for infos nation a. 20
whether the fost-ofiice Department. nad
issued an order designed 20 Prevsn'
American dealers in seeds from using the
Canadian mails on the same terms .
their rival Canadian dealers and for ms
authority in the premises
lVE Ice in the Upper Missouri - rapidiy
breaking up, and . food i already IN
progress.
| A COMPLIMENTARY receDtlon was ten
dered 20 Henry Irving BY the Goethe So
ciesy Of New York on The 18th.
| FGiNcE OSCAR Of Sweden was married
| to his mothers maid Of honor, Miss Ella
| Mnnck, on the 18TH
| The Belgian expedition sent 70 restore
| order at STANLEY Falls in the Congo Free
| 4. ate, aud watch Tipoo lib has been re-
| called.
/ A GREAT snow storm ragged In Scotland
| on the 18th. Nearly all the railways were
d. orked with snow and traffic was 1t q
/ standstiIl.
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ytt1 "r.*H1"- against one rosa ., mH'"..."
,"- we icy o. non''ntsreou>e- 1917
not % SAID on TINS question, - tn' 'e-.s $3.50
mas wisely re~einnea ms INSTRUCTIONS .n'en
useI''n'na'eo aka'n~. snc pr.',.ne'. ~. -.
NJ purpose OF desire 70 ocny 70 .nc peu''o"e'
any o. - local usht>
Annousn tne pet1uoner nas sceomp, s 20.
- emeI purpose ~ invoking NJ 80 y sne
eo.r', - ursra ~ ~ counsel n't $1,000
rsionk'hk y nc nrosnernnoo "' Aoson'o-'se
rhk'nctt~, anu fspcciaiiS - - Attnuf' ~no
y we cn'ef oucer OF mat ORGANIZATION nave
,n.s,i ~ .nh 'ne rceeivsr ~. n, sn
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WmKrsBARRE. PA, March H-Wilkes.
barre and al the Wyoming Valley was
visited by violent snow storm which
set in Saturday night, continuing on IN
til late Monday afternoon. The snow
was accompanied BY violent winds, bank
ing the snow six feet deep in MANI
places. The Delaware. Lackawanna 4
Western road will not sell tickets further
than Scranton. A train which left New
York Sunday night II still dus In Tren
ton. No trains from New York and Phil
adelphia arrived over the Lehigh Valley
Railroad since Sunday night. The mail
Il forty-eight hours over due. Bushes
men and others ara put TO seri Gus
Inconvenience. Already there Il :
rise In price for provisions
and produce. A wild blizzard Il now rag.
ing on the Wiikesbarre mountain which
defies description All the working trains
or the Lehigh Valley 4 Jersey Central
Railroad arc on the mountain manned
With large crews. Il 10 impossible 20 keeT
the snow back.
A passenger train has been abandon
somewhere in the wilderness Six freight
trains are also showed under on ths
mountain. Six locomotives tried 20 push
4 snow pIow through the drift but failed
II Il not known whether the passengers
on the snow-bound train have provision
Or not. No such embargo on tart ha'
been known In this section for man,
years.
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Nrw York, March IA compliment, u
re mi IN 20 Henry Irving, tenders "
80 Goethe Society, wa held at the 49,
SON square yesterday. Parke go
president or the society, presided ~,
among the distinguished guests, ps-'...
~. Irving. were Ellen Terry, &C.,.
Wil,;am Curtis. Mayor Hewitt, cx- w.,
ter BigrIow. David Dudley Fields v,,,.d
Sickics. X q. Ingersoli, Henry nm
w. II. Grace. Thomas 4 Jones' 80 80 Nm
sell Young, VIM. Henry smith, 49, "a
err. with their ladies' the tne.. NJ
tsrnity were largely rcpresen,es he
Goodwin. Mr.. Irving and Others 30 40
topic being tho relation % ''sera-
science % the stage
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--
tes t~rr'nss He~nls> y tho nscsat STERN
ss~r ~:~s n~~ x.vs" csmtn< % th~ sar-
49,. - ~ ""n.r.s'"n are R~-
s,'.-'. ~..... ~. N e~m ss@~ Not
NEW TORI Aarcn is.-the SIN has
isr.'eh from New haven, received BY
.ne Steamer 1'" S'S, containing the fol.
loving Information: MOI un'n = mov-
"k on any rahroaa "a Sonncsticat. and
Geographic communication between New
rave" ana th' outside world was cut on
~ an early stage OF the storm and has
NOT been restored. Reports are received
q tsfr oIe sun,'inx 70 the towns and
v".ses tnsouSnou' tns otase especially
On we coast. Inc greatest loss ~ liz
w*s " ~ probability along the shore a
Long island sound. IN New Haven, upto
Ten O'Clock "Wednesday morning. seven
arasns from exposure mad peen rel otst
.ns victims being working p~ r.
inree g'ris employed IN the Inndrr X D.
Der Compnny's works lost sheir lives 10
'nrge dfift On -. Jonn street. They let
tner work during tne heaviest part 81 ne
storm ana periSneu - tneir nttcmIi u
rescn sner homes. Misna.' haSsery,M
rennaNrns anu Sonh Nett'esoh' az
WORKER were also troz'n 70 u~atn. Iho>
cooks aSea eisnteens employed by tts
New raven var company became 'ntos-
'cnted MONDAY night ana iroze 70 dfah
on MS "av home' three .cnooi teachers
are reported missinx' ana " = feaied
snes shey nave 1881 sneir ives There are
~ least twenty dea'ns from exposurere
ported from surrounding Towns.
Al some places tne scnoo'nouSes are
SIN occupied uy tehcns!s anu chiiifen.
VINO are sunering kreeuy from lack Of
FOOD. heior ? nom ~ aS.ror'' Nor"aik,
Danpnrys nocksnie anu waterbury are
All 70 the same erect ana the oiockade 90
railroads ana highways - complete 10
avery uree'"n-
IhftLLiN' EXPERIENCE.
ine passengers on noarn thr steamer
New Raven. wn'cn 'ett new iork AZ three
och k Monday morning. hau most
thrilling experience. there were twenty
nve passengers on BOARD TWO 81 whom
we're women - tne steamer lro-
ceeded down the narbor the storm
grew furious ana those on bcari Became
terribly frightened. The gale incF ased
"a violence. anu when Ten niles on lon
the sound Captain Post lot 90 his an
chorA Huge waves swept over ths
steamer washing every thing movable
from the decks, and demolishing the
cabin furn'tnre. Ihs anchors were keft
sut until four o'clock Monday Afternoon.
when the strain on the steamer became
50 great that the captain decided ma
the only hops for safety was TO heacl
her. She was headed for the shore and
struck II about seven o'clock. The boats
were manned and al hands ordered 70
make for the shore. which was
still about three hundred yards
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Ssxrp Or~shaun Sees Ne pses~at Heasso
~ Orsn lnx M csslslon - IRE uerllnG-
ooa nload. Hut Directs that 10 fre1eton
nenain o. fSse 1or fnt~re Acttoas
nhoslA Ocessiea tseQ~sr~-
CHICAGO, March lA--Afer . formal
statement o. the case. Judge Gresham
delivered the following opinion IN the
Wabash case:
Although thc property % the wabash Com
pany Is IN the custody 81 che court ~ "r.r
atoi by tho RECEIVER ~ q common carrier. HE
rights and dutlcs arc those o. aearrier lie u
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PHILADELPHIA, March Is nm CAPTAIN
Handy Holt Of the steam-tug Geors'e @
Simpson arrived here from Deiarare
break water yesterday. His boat was
sunk In the storm on Sunday night. and -
had been reported that the captain. hrs
wife and the crew had lost their lives
Captain Holt last night gave an account
Of his terrible experience. When ~.
storm first made IL appearance several
turs took refuge alongside the steamtoa'
pier OF tho breakwater- lhe gaze 49, ~
violent, however, that the ooa'- 49,
driven with terrible force aHa"ss
the heavy piles which . 49,
ported the pier Finally
piles gave way and the entire l's'
demolished. The tugs were dashe' 49, ~.
bv the waves like 20 many corks' r., 80
anchors which were lowered NM ~
eject whatever. All the tugs except ~
Ssmpson succeeded In reaching tne uracu'
where they cap*ixed and the crews 81
caped 70 the shore. The Simpson uec',.-
unmanageaIle and was being raP'n's
driven toward the stone breakwa,s''
where she would certainly be dashea I.
p;ecss. The tug Protector was lying =
anchor near the sea wall. AT great rl.~
"a the safety Of his own vesse' w
captain OF the Protector threw inc y
the Simpson and hauled the two poa,'
together. The simpson. however, ~,
only be held long enough for the captain
Mr.. Holt, the engineer and IRE man !
lean 20 the Protector. Mrs. Hot w.
c.nrht N the arms Of Captain H'l'iora
mt Captain Holt foil TO the deck ana "
/ head was baiiy cut A fewminutes 's's'
the Simpsons deck houses were wasns.
away and she sank. Captain Hot ",
ports that three bodies have been ~asne,
1 lahore 1t fewes. Two schooners are sun
Ana twenty one other vessels are asno''
/ on the beach,
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NEW York, March 1a-No mails have
been received at the post-ofIice sincs
II :s5 r. m. yesterday. Tho North river
Il SLED with ice broken away by the
norfhcriy gale and driffed down 20 choke
the lower stream. Communication by
ferry il almost at . standstiII, the few
boats that arc running only making :
landing with great a fiiculty. The East
river II almost entirely blocked with
ice. A huge noe formed Z
natural bridge early In the afternoon
and thousands ~ people crossed from
shore 10 shore. Not train has como into
New York over any road since last night
The railroads are impossible, and hun
drsds % trains ars blocked.
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bound 20 AFFORD % At railway
companies whose lines con-
meet win hs<. equal facilities
for inc exchange OF sraizic. u
Is his duty 70 receive from
and deliver 70 connecting
roads both loaded and empty
cars He cannot discriminate
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FESTIVALS In honor OF the silver we'd
ding OF the Princess Of Wales were held
in an European capitals on the 12h.
Members OF tho royal families generally
called NJ the British embassies and offered
their congratulations
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yox JoHxsoS. AGED ifty. Of Savannah,
Ca. eioprd recently with buxom girl Of
twenty -two. whom be had brought over
from Ireland and passed on for his cousin.
He left his wife and suit for aiimony BE-
hind
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PHILADELPHIA. March 16-Latest 80
patches from Delaware breakwn.er ~, VA
arm early reports . 20 loss o ~ ~
damage 70 shipping. Il = statsa -,
twenty-five persons have been drown
or frozen. c.,,~sr.
The steamers Lord Give and sw''1s.,
land. two OF three days overdue PASS
New Castle, Del. yesterday mcrn'ns-
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A STATE convention Of the United
Labor party. advocating . tax on land
values. was hell az Columbus, o.. on the
l3tn. Steps are being taken toward the
nomination or State ticket. Presidential
electors and National committeeman
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IT Il said that Mr.. Depew has promised
20 assist the Burlington strikers q the
New York Central engineers viii not
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DrrrrArIoxs from all the German regi-
ments gathered around the monument g
Frederick the Great on the 18th, and took
the oath Of allegiancs 70 the new EN-
pe~or. The Crown Prince took the oetn
with the Second regiment Of the Guards,
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Mr. SxKLLrSo. the English delegate 70
the Anti-Coercion Conferences. who was
arrested for advocating the plan Of cam
main at Limerick, was sentenced TO ten
weeks Imprisonment under the Crimes
act. on the 18TH
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the rsri6 and Internal Revenue Blil.
WAsms0rox. March H-Sothing bus
routine work wns accomplished by the
House committee onways and means ~ the
meeting this morning. The tariff and In
ternal revenue bills were read through by
he ,'esk a. formaIity required BY tho
rulsz. which consumed over an hour 81
time. and thcn the committee adjourned
until to morrow morning, when the bills
viii b. taken up Tor consideration BY
sections. The Republicans Of the cone
miftee intend 10 make many propositions
81 amend the mea srrss, mud the pros
poets arc that they will not soon be re-
ported. There - disposition shown q
create considerable friction. both sides
being determined in their corr =
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THxRE Is serious danger OF an uprising
among the Indians OF Manitoba owing
to the neglect OF the government in for
warding supplies. The mounted police
admit the danger. hut claim 20 be able 20
put down any revolt that may arise
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The sss1.' Road In Another Hot Box ~
Reason 81 Action Sus ge~t~d ~ 10 Ike-
cent Ca~e Araiast the wabash - esting
more Freight sh~n u Can Handle.
CmcAoo, March Il. "A novel PROPOSE
ton was made At the strikers headquar-
tors. namely, 20 induce the engineers on
al other roads TO cheerfully handle al
the freight that may be consigned 70 tho
Burlington as fast a. Il can be legiti-
matelv attended %. Nv this process u Is
claimed the yards and tracks OF the Bur-
Iington will be completely b'ockaded and
the road viii find II impossible 60 get rid
81 the accumulated freight with the linz
tied number OF men 1t its command. The
Wisconsin Central road pursued these
tactics and Transferred to the BurIin gton
wards three trains, consisting OF
seventy eight cars Of lumber.
which were billed 20 the Burlington.
The road succeeded in getting but one
train Of twsnty-eght cars, out refused
10 receive the other two trains. ~ they
could not be handled By the road. These
trains were then backed ont on the Wis
consin Central tracks. General Mana yer
Mellan at once notified the Burlington
officials that trackage would Be charged
60 the road q long a. these trains re-
NAMED there. and that the bills for the
freight. amounting 60 several thousand
dollars, were 10 be Immediately present Cd
for payment. The men claim that oil the
other roads can pursue : similar course.
and U the Burlington can not take care
Of the freight they can be char red track
age, and be required to pay all bills upon
the tender OF the freight.
Il was reported that the Burlington
road had locked is switches connecting
with the Western Indiana and Belt Line
| and refused to receive any more freighs,
Is Il could not Be taken care Of. The
| Western Indiana had train destined
| Tor the Burlington road. and the swisch-
| men, finding the switches locked. DELHI
| erately broke the locks, turned the
switches and Transferred tho freight q
| the Burlington tracks. This plan viii r.
| ceive further confederation ~ n mect.
/ ings Of the strikers and engineers On ths
| other roads.
| Another paper says that the engineers
| on the lines competing with the burning
| ton are very uneasy. They are - rule
1 IL Il stated. dissatisfied with the diia tory
action OF tho various grievances com
mitsees. and nearly I'll Of them assert
| that should the grievance committees 40
| eide 20 allow the handling o. ~ cars
thew Is individuals would refuse q
| do 50 even II they have to quit work
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The New York Herald published on the
l1th an advance chapter OF Rev. Henry
Ward Bsecher's autobiography. in which
ths writer makes out . case OF pure
blackmail AGAINST Tilton and Aouiton IN
the famous scandal matter.
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IT Il rumored in business circles IN
Montreal, Can. that the Dominion Gov
eminent intends TO publish black list
containing the names Of all American
firms which are in the habit Of entering
dutiab'e goods under false pretexts and
thus escaping taxes.
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HENRY G. PARKER, aged thirty five, .
provision broker. and an unknown man,
aged about twenty 1--WE years, were found
dead in Parker's room az No 55s state
street. Brooklyn, N. r., on the 81. Par
ker had come home with his companion
late at night, both being intoxicated, and
on going 70 bed the men had left the
gas turned on and unlit. They were
suffocated.