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ENDICVTT On CIVIL SERYlCE REFORM.
The Ex-ssCretary Utters Some Very sensI
BILE Views on n Popular Subject.

The Ex-ssCretary Utters Some Very seusI.
BILE Views on a Popular Subject.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April Sex.
Secretary Endicott, in company with
his successor, Secretary Proctor, called
on the President this afternoon for q
few minutes. He afterwards talked
quite freely witha Star reporter. He said
he felt relieved at being once more
q private citizen, and added, / feel
as any hard working man would naturally
feel when his load had been lifted or his
task taken away from him. The President
does not seem to be looking very we'll;
he evidently needs rest. ] had not seen
him since the morning Of the 4th oI
March, and he has the appearance Of q
man who Is thoroughly tired; he neces.
sarily must be 80. The American peo.
pie put too much strain on their
Presidents. The work ought to be dele.
gated, and the time is near at hand
hand when 1t will have TO be. Our
great need 10 Q more extended civil ser.
Vice. This Is the only Government
where there Is scramble for office-un.
digni6ed, unpatriotic-and until the
tenure Is made SECURE and the
places are filled with good men
the President will 30 overburdened.
Look at England. That Is free govern.
nent, and there the men who desire 10
enter the employ Of the government arc
tested thoroughly, and 4 found oompo.
.ent are offered every inducement Ia
stay in the service. Within the lifetime
OF the generation now being born
there will be In this country an army
OF officials three hundred thousand
strong. Then the civil service will he q
necessity, and then the President will
have to 10 relieved OF this drudgery Of
appointments by heads Of Department.
and bureaus, because no one man will bt
able 70 do the work. The work OF reform
would not commence too soon II II were
put In operation at once"
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DIuappol6tsd IIaso IIall lsnlhuslu,ls.

NEw YoRE, April GA large crowd
oi base hall enthusiasts aud others sailed
down the bay this afternoon to meet
the AdriAtlC, having on board the con.
lInental base ball players. Joseph ].
O'DonohuV,headed the delegation who 70.
turned 10 the city this evening disap.
pointed. The party will make another
trlp 10 quarantine tomorrow morning.
The HleamCr had not been sighted,
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THE LUCKY MEN.

The GsRCral OrloOs Fairly ApportIOnsd BY
tho lIrn who wGrU Given the Control by
ComAun Consent.
Ss.d Diipl'th 10 he iatelliOeHeer.
WAsatSGroS, D. Q. April 5.-For
ruitcd States District Attorney, George
C,S!urgiss, Of Morgantown.
For Assistant United States District
Attorney S. G. Burictte, of Charleston.
For United States District Marshal,
us, White, Of Bolton.
For Collector Of Internal Revenue, ].
D, Nenager, Of Point Pleasant, or A. B.
Whit, or G, B. Gibbons, Of Parkersburg.
The selection will 10 made from one OF
these three.
Thisis the slate that was finally agreed
upon by Messrs. Golf, Atkinson, Nc.
Canis, Smith and Scott, after almost
tvO days cOntultation, and the appoint
aentS Of SturEiss and White will DO for
9aly announced tomorrow by Presi-
dent Harrison.
10 the beginning yesterday 1t was as
HIIalhcu lliat MIR. AtKinsons preference
aey, and White for Marshal. These
were tic only candidates that the Wheel
'uEEptesent9llVe presented;
SalTt lii NiGul'inis IN presSHteI i w nsLlel
TTiigling lor district H'atshalsnip ana
Smith nyoed tGc scleCtion oiMr Hutch.
inson for district Attorney, aud White
b''aC Nlarshalship; General Golf lndi-
asu S ~ 0ls M preferences he py naming Vo%' ON,
E6i,s ios s|J Marshal, 'I, Int % i" biouobt @ for.
Vam MIR, lIuIinp and pressed lis Claims
bthe Canlerence.
Senator Scott began by urging the
claims Of Cowden for Attorney. After
Considerable discussion and several bal.
bison these two positions, an agree
ri,r ,Ga IT" MA "' tm'I ,in e.SIo W
oM, To the First District was awarded
he MaBhaIship; 10 the Second District
Ge AllOrnUyShip; to tho Third the
Assistant District Attorneyship, and To
Tie Fourth the Collector Of Internal
Revenue. This agreement having been
arrived M Il became a comparativoly
easy natter to compromise on tho mona
nations, and shortly before o'clock the
tl,e nj NM announced SSnve was mani.
'' OS'eeu t9'
III HARMONIOUS SETTLEMENT
n..,S -" IutlOS Yesterdays consultation .,
1' 'O1'cEVeS each stuck 10 their canu''
Ie' OUT To-day, when they re'1Ssell'
eed,tt WS with a determination thai
they would come to n harmonious ant
unanimous understandable, INC pro,
tttdinv Was SomOlhing similar 10 Tia
thA juW room pronnSiiIon Siter prop
@tcn waS offered StiI dIscuSsed, AiteI
which the ronierccG would take abal
NJ and again realm" chair conSulla
tons.
twill bo secn ,bat tho most difficult
Attorney Snd NM MosshsISI,in mo Col
INtOBIIp oucsiinM waS EnL leHnitsl,
s,Ued 80 far "A actually naming the ii
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A BIG SHIRT FAILURE.
Assignment of the Leading Manufacturer,
ln tho United States.

-sS~N'sA
ln the United States.
Nav YoRE, April GA complete sur.
prise was occasionod among the mer.
chants engaged in the shirt trade this
afternoon by the announcement Of the
failure Of Downs & Finch, shirt manu-,
facturers at Nos. 4S and 45 Leonard
street, having three large factories al
Jamesburg, Bordentown and Heights
town, n. j. The firm was regarded az
the leading one In tho manufacture d
fancy shirts in the United States. The
general partners made u general assign.
ment without preference, 10 Theodore
Miller, lawyer, at No. 22O Broadway,
Mr.. Downs said that the liabilities
were between S400, 900 and 100000, and
that the assets, JudiCiously handled
would exceed the liabilities.
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Baus.ElS, April 5.--GoaOral BouIan-
ger held conference to-day in tbls % IL, :,
Elta E.aau,, 2 nrIInberoi humber his supporters In The
french il, Chamber oi Deputies, InStS"p @
manifesto y Will shortly DO iSSuod 'IVn bv tSo
Ssnetal, treating OF the VOID n tho *"
Snamoer sIoer yesterday BanctIoninS M biS
IOsIeCution WI \. y and appealing TO the t,eonie
a,ps Wy the government and Chamier.
Sia NY french Government Ia urging HSi.
R'um 70 O&pel General Boulanper,
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1SpIASApoLIs, ISp., April 6,--James
+, Whitney, tho pitcher, who was OK.
changed by Washington for HOaly, to-
day signed with tho indianapolis club at
the classification fixed by President
Young. II was understood the Base
Ball brotherhood would make aght on
this case, but WhitneY's ACTION to-day
will iotGp tlAt CfEahls lsallonto look else
where ior q eatlN MlR,
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The Chosen.
YHE -FOUR GENERAL OFFICES
In this State to be Filled by Tried
and True Republicans.
The Places Fairly AppOrtlOned
Among the Four Congress
slOnal Districts.
GENERAL WATTS SUCCESSOR
Mill be George G, Sturglss..H.
IS. White will be United
States Marshal.
The Assistant AttorneyshIp and COlIeC'
lonIIp To the Third aud Fourth
Districts Respectively Grace.
Ml ArqalescCnCe OF Those
Who We're cleft"

The Republicans of West Virginia
and many who are not of that household
Of ai., will applaud the action of the
President as announced in the Wash
iu,ton dispatches. 1t will put fresh
courage into the fighting Republicans oil
Nh, State to kRe%that the President sc
we'll understands the situation in West
Virginia, which from tho moment he
took his seat, has called for prompt,
heroic action. The President has moved
pouickIy as could be expected, and he
has moved wisely.
ltls no disparagement OF the asp!-
rants who have failed Of appointment to
ay that the selections are arstclass.
Nj, Stnrsiss isa strong lawyer and will
make an excellent District Attorney.
He comes from q county which never
hleB in its Rcpublicanism, and his
own party fealty is Of the same constant
character. In 1850 he was his party's
noniace for Governor in which canvas
he displayed marked ability in the dis
cusion Of the questions Of the day,
Nj. White is another appointeo from
,munty which with reason prides itself
on ipspIcnlid Republican majorities, to
Sbich, as often us the campaign comes
roupl, Mr. White is one Of the chief
contributors. No man in West Virginia
shelter fitted to perform the duties Of
United States Marshal; and the Repub-
Hcan party in West Virginia has not a
politician OF more industry and practical
political sagacity. He has richly earned
hspgad.
The President will make no mistake
tuselecl Collector OF Internal Revenue
som the three good men agreed upon
by the cOnierees.
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New YoRE, April B,-ThO funeral oI
tho latS Alexander MpouO, pz'IudgC
aud Cx.sub.TreaSurOr Of tho United
States al this city, took place In Brook,
lyn to-day, ','Ss iss ssrylCes were at 81
Peters X, o, Church, and were attenGrG
ny representative ilien Ia every walk o.
NE, One Of tho pall.bpafers was qghet
9 Benjamin +, Tracy, Secretary Of thI
United States Navy, Mass was col.
epfatei ny ReY. Fransioll, and assist
ant priests, The intprmcnt was 1t
Greenwood CemOLefy.
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Chief CLERK Of lie potSnt onloo,

wAsnISaTOS, April d,-sOhuyler Du.
rye, who was to-day appointed Chief
Clerk OF tho Patent Office, Is AZ years
Of nge, aud was born In New Jersey,
He was engaged In mercantile pursuits
In New York City until 1871, when he
accepted q position in the War depart.
ment which ho resigned In 1881, 10 ac.
Cept the appointment Of chief Of Tho al.
giSnmont dByisIoh ID the'Eatbnt ohtCe,S
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SANS Hg WILL sHOP IN.
Governor Wilson Denies That He vi
Kicked Out Of q stoFe-He Don't LII

Governor wilson Denies That He WA
Kicked Out Of q store-He Don't IIk'
Partisan Abuse,
Special DipGtch 10 he EEisligeaesE.
CHARLESTON, W, Va. April 5,-Goy'
ernor Wilson was seen to-day in regard
to the episode between himself and
Editor Reber, an account of which was
sent from this city a few evenings ago.
He denies having been elected from the
store as reported and says that, while
he does not object to a proper criticism
OF his official actions, he proposes To put
. stop to the personal abuse that has
been directed toward him by the Repub,
lean press of the State, notably by the
Sats Tribune, He says further that
Reber denied being the author Of the ar,
ticle to which he objected and promised
that no personal attacks upon him
should appear In the Tribune hereafter,
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DISAPPEARED FROM HOME.

A Young Lady of ToFoutO Whose Friends
AnxIOuSly Look For Her.
ToRoNTo, O., April 5.-Katie Kelly,
daughter of ]. G, Kelly, a leading mer.
chant, disappeared from homo tonight
at Z o'clock while in a condition OF men.
tai alteration. No traces Of her can be
found. A note left stated that she was
going where she could serve God, as she
could not do so and stay at home. She
Is 22 years old and very small Of figure.
Information OF her Whereabouts Is
anXiously awaited,
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NEw YoRE, April 5.-The American
Bible Society has granted funds to the
amount Of sd9,6a4 81, including appro.
priatlons to the American Board for
work In Spain and in Ceylon, to the
Missionary Society Of the N. L. Church
for work In Germany, and 10 the La
Plata, tho Brazil, tho Venezuela, the
Cuba and the China agoncIes Of ths
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sleclN Dl'paIeN 70 lhe INitIl1tRcer, !
HUNTINGTON, W. VAp April 6,-Ths
municipal election here yesterday re,
suited in tho election of the entire Dem,
oCratic ticket, Hogan was elected oyeI
0'Bierne by about 100 majority, Very
little scratching was done, aud therefor
the majorities were uniform. Z
Mrs, Catherine Mackey, one Of the
Oldest residents Of the city, died last
Friday, and was buried from the NJ. i,
church Sunday. Those who have been
at all acquainted in Huntington will re.
member her as a remarkable woman.
Hon. Joseph s, Miller, ex.Commis-
sloner OF ReyeAue, is In the city.
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wAsnlSorON, D. o. April O.--ThO
Major General commanding tho Army
has decided 10 recommend TO the seOrS'
taty OiwI that Major George A. Arms',
retired, DO tried by court martial on
charges based on Ills conduct on lnaug'
lraLion day and his assault upon Cover
nor Beaver,
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NEw CASTLE, Pa, April 5.-owinr 10
very poor business tho William Nc.
oFeady "Black Elas" company Straticd
hero to-day. The company numbers
about twenty petsons.' All the ree9lbt,
o. thG door were taken 10 pay hotel biils
Another performance was adyertiso6 IN,
to-day in order to raise funds to geI ouI
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Will Fiuht ,bs s,llL g.,

PiTTsorRan, IA. April 5.-0yo1 ono
hundred dealers in Pittsburgh and kllo.
gheny met tonight and organized 10
fight the milk produCOB' trust, formed a
lGw daysslncg. They agreed moi toSuf.
chase any milk from tie trust, AID M. ar
pointed Q committee 10 buy milk tiSpp, ~,
where, The feeling Is very bitter dnI 4
MILK tamlne ls promised next MontS ~ ~
q result Of Tonight. "
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Tho Prssidvnrs Arrangement

New YoRE, pril5.-Accordlng to the
arrangements completed by the Centen.
nial Committee to-day, President Har.
rlson will come to Elizabeth direct from
Washington. Hewillarriveat Elizabeth
about 8 a. M. Monday, April 81. This
plan, OF course, does away with the pro.
posed receptions at Philadelphia and
Trenton. The President will'breakfast
with Governor Green, Of New Jersey, at
Elizabeth. At II a. M, he will be at
Elizabethport where the New York
committee will receive him. Other
Washington officials will arriYe shortly
after the President. After the literary
exercises at the sub.treasury, the PresI-
dent will be driven rapidly to the re-
viewing stand opposite the Fifth avenue
hotel.
The army committee find they will
have to provide sustenance for 5000
Pennsylvania troops while here, the
Legislature Of that State having failed to
nuke an appropriation for the purpose.
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up TO the White House and arranged fol
IN audience with the President for him,
sell and colleagues, He was gone but q
lew minutes when he returned, and
entering the elevator assembled to his
room, without being noticed by the 76
or 100 West Vlrginians who were wait
ing In the general lobby OF the hotel TO
hear the result OF their deliberations,
Almost Immediately, tho Ave gentle.
men came down stairs and proceeded
through the ladies' entrance TO the street
and then TO the Executive Mansion.
where they were readily admitted 10 the
Presidents office, and the slate agreed
upon was presented.
The call at the White House was not
more than ten minutes duration and the
leaders had almost gotten back TO the
hotel before the numerous applicants,
whose chances hung on the decision
ot the caucusers, were aware that they
had been out OF the building,
THE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE,
Even then 1t was not made known to
the waiting parties what had been done.
Messrs, Maginnis and Smith left Gofi,
Atkinson and Scott at the entrance OF
the, Ebbitt House and the three latter
again wentinto executive session, "but
torWhat purpose was unknown, Shortly,
however, the trio came down aud the
information was made public, The CON
ference also agreed upon the names OF
several applicants for positions outside
OF West Virginia, whose claims they in.
tend 10 urge, but decline to particular
ize as 10 who and for what position
these persons will be presented,
There was some criticism among the
Second District people because General
Flick, who was here yesterday, was not
invited into the conference and because
there was no Second District man pres.
ent. II Is said that General Golf repre-.
sented tho Second District, and during
the entire session stuck maniully to the
Second District candidates. II is also
stated that General Flick did not want
to participate, because he himself was
an applicant for the District Attorney
ship,
Not a word In regard to the Wheeling
postotiice was uttered, nor Is II probable
that this question will be considered be-
fore next week,
Mh Atkinson to-day filed about forty
recommendations for the appointment
OF fourth.Class postmasters Ia the First
District, which were ordered made by
Colonel Clarkson, and which will be
Tomorrow or Monday.
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THE PRAIRIE FIRES.
More calamitous rhan First Reported
Much Loss OF Life.

More CaIAmltous Thnn First Reported. /.
Much Loss OF Llfe.
HIouNoRE. DAKp April 5.-The prairie
fire in this vicinity was more destructive
and calamitous than at first supposed.
Arevised list Of deaths is as follows:
Miss Annie sweeny, Mrs, Thomas Tibbs
and boy Of a years, Mrs. Jessup, Mrs.
Rubb and two boys, names not known.
Several others are severely burned. Fif-
teen families arc left homeless and PEN
niless and over 500 have suffered severe
losses. Several persons arc missing and
It Is feared they nro burned.
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PlrrsDuRau, April 6.-.All uncertaiht,
in the coke region in reference to tht
threatened reduction in wages has Sub
sided and everything Is quiet. Tho H
O, Frlck Coke Company has redtioot
wages about 6l per cent. A reduction a
B per cent has also been made at soyera
oi the stp0ller works, :"
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West virginia roulth. Cla.. ro,tma.ler.,

Special U4Dlleh 70 ne IHleHl1tNctT'
WASHINGTON, D. C,, April 5.-In the
grlst Of iourth.class postmastcrs ground
out to-day, West Virginia got but four
as follows: Bunker Hill, Berkeley
county, Mrs. E. R. Henson, yico Ida A.
Lockhart, removed; Laurel Iron Works,
Monongalia county, I. II. Lyon, vice
William Kusard, resigned; Warrington,
Marion county, j. NJ. MILAN, vice Mrs
Lizzie Clayton, removed; Webster,
Taylor county, Mrs. Anna Hunter, vice
I. b. FOrhYCe. removed.
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TIE OKLAHOMA COMPLICATION.
Trouble Ahead for the settlers-An Edo
rnlo for Land LnWyers.


RADIO for Land Lawyers.
ToPRKA, KANSAS, April 6.-Tho mem
bers OF the State Board OF Railroad AS
SCISSORS, Just returned from trip through
Oklahoma, report army officers assaying
that thousands OF boomers arc still con
cealcd in the brush and that II the whole
United States army was there it could
not drive them out. Names are taken,
but nine out Of ten are fictitious,
Capt. Woodson and Lieutenant Carson
arc In receipt Of telegrams daily to hire
horses, have them saddled and bridled,
and be in waiting on the arrival oil
trains ut Oklahoma City April 90 at
noon. The object is to mount at once
and by fleet steeds distance rival boom
ers on foot and capture choice claims.
A party OF four hoosiers with q balloon
arc camped near Antelope Hills. They
make an ascension In the morning drift
in mid air till night and descend hours
In advance Of teams and speedy horses.
State officials anticipate trouble, and
coy tuG SOuuIl1 Will W Au 41luOLuuO lOl
good land Office lawyers. The excite
lnent is increasing daily, and all South.
ern Kansas is ablaze. The assessors
think that Oklahoma Is not what it has
been painted. The soil Ia red and the
land is good chiefly for hay and cotton.
Oklahoma was surveyed some years ago,
but the corners are nearly all obliterated
now.
Settlers taking claims will find it diff.
cult 10 describe the same when they 60
to the land offices to make a filing, and
this will give rise 10 innumerable con-
tests. More will grow out Of the filings
by the boomers who stayed in the coun:
try against the Presidents orders, and
will come out Of the timber April %, and
file anyway. Contests settled at first by
WinChesters will afterwards have to be
settled again in the courts. The outlook
for the country and the boomers is not
Acadian by any means.
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Do you suffer with habltuOl constlpa.
!!oG OK bIlt6ubneSS2 Il %, tty the plG1s.
ant tiult laGAtlYe, Elixir Of paleb. Il
will cute YOU. Bold In 10 cent hotllel
bY 3, X, QoStse, W, W, Irwin, W. T.
Williams, John LAughlln. Logan DruI
Company and Goodwin ( Co., Wholesale
agents,
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wASnISdToN, D. O., April O.--socrO.
tary Window received a telegram thll
afternoon from Mr.. Ellis II. Roberts, nc,
CDptlng the appointment Of AsslStanI
Treasurer 81 New York. II is expected
that hU will perfect his bond and ouRli,
iy sometime next week.
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We.t YirgInIa PersonaIs.

Special Dhpdteh 10 he Inielligelcer.
WASHINGTON, D, O., April 5.-Major
H. @, Flesher, Of Jackson @, H., accom-.
panied by his son, is in the city. Major
Flesher Is said to be a candidate for a
judicial position in ono OF the western
territories.
Mr. ]. P. Maxwell, OF Wheeling, is
one OF tho mysterious visitors in Wash
ington. He left Wheeling with the
other olllce.seekers night before last.
Mr.. Maxwell is an applicant for the
place now held by Professor John NJ.
Birch, rs United States Consul at Ma
gasaki, Japan. Tho compensation at.
tached to this position is $500 per year.
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p,,,ldsn, M ,Iis +, M. n,.A,

PlrsnuRaH, pAo April 6.--presldcnt
William Gallery, Of the l'lttsburgh 4
Western Railroad Company, died sud.
denly AZ bis home on lllland ayonuc,
EG5i Endi az SJaG O'clock tGis morning,
The deceased was AboutO3 years Of age,
and quite wealthy,