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WILL SAVE HIS MOTHER.
Young Norman VIII Not Testify Against
His Poisoner.

Young Norman VIII Not Testify Agains,
His Poisoner.
MOUNT HOLLY On. J.) April 19th.-Mrs
Carrie Vandegrift, who is accused of trying
to kill her son, Frank c. Norman, by slow
poison, remains in the County Jail. A
sensation was caused by report that youne
Norman had gone 10 Philadelphia with
John Kinsley Mrs. Vandegrifts brother, tc
avoid testifying against his mother. Prose
cutor Budd has officers looking for the
youth. and proposes 10 have him arrested
and held as a witness. 1t is the general
belief that young Norman will prove a
weak witness for the prosecution when his
mother is brought to trial.
Since his mothers arrest he has been
very reticent. although he talked very freely
that his mother had attempted to poison
him. To one of the doctors he made a
statement that he came home to Burling-
ton on March 10th, after having spent some
weeks in Philadelphia. After his return
home his mother at various times gave him
soup, hash, ice-cream and other things
which tasted queerly. After eating them
he vomited violently and had severe pain
in his stomach.
Friday last his mother gave him a thin
piece of bread which was thickly spread
with butter, and after eating this he also
vomited. His throat burned him, and his
mother said that this was caused by eating
lemons. His mother also told him that
he had been made sick by medicine which
DR.. Hall had given him.
Emory Davis, a lawyer of Burlington,
who some time ago went to Philadelphia
to investigate Mrs. Vandegrift's history,
says that while he was in that city he saw
the sisters of Mrs. Vandegrift's deceased
husband, who told him that they did not
believe that Frank G. Norman was their
brothers child. They told him that on
one occasion Mrs. Vandegrift disappeared
for three days, and returned home
with an infant, now Frank G. Norman.
There were no reasons to believe that Mrs.
Vandegrift was the mother of the child.
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Close of the Long Session of the Pan
American Congress.

Close of the Long Session of the Pam
American Congress.
WASHINGTON, April19sh. noon to-day
the Pan-American Congress adjourned sine
die, after the transaction of some routine
business and the adoption of resolutions
pledging the sympathetic association of the
members of the Congress with the quadro-
centennial celebration of the discovery of
America, and expressing their gratitude for
the inequalities.
The motion to adjourn sine die was made
and put to vote. Blaine, rising to an.
nounce the result said: Gentlemen,
withhold for moment the words of final
adjournment, in order that may express to
you the profound satisfaction with which
the Government OF the United States re-
CARDS the work accomplished by the inter-
national conference. The extent and value
of all that has been worthily achieved by
your conference cannot be measured to.
day. We stand too near it. Time will de-
fine and highten the estimation Of your
work. Experience will confirm our pres
ent faith. This final result will be YOUR
vindication and your triumph if, in this
closing hour, the Conference had but one
deed to celebrate, we should dare to call
the worlds attention to the deliberate, con-
fident and solemn dedication of two great
continents topeace, and to prosperity which
has peace for its foundation. We hold up
this new magma charta, which abolishes
war and substitutes arbitration between
American Republics, as the first and great
fruit of the International American Confer
ence."
The delivery of the address was charac-
terized by Blaine's customary deliberate
emphasis and alsu by the evidences of deep
feeling on his part. The members of the
Conference then took carriages to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion to pay their respects to
the President.
The delegates were received by the Pres
ident in the East Room shortly after noon.
The President spoke as follows: Il find
in this parting call of the delegates of the
Conference of American States, both pain
and pleasure. l participate in the regret
which the delegates from the United States
feel who are to part with those from other
countries. l take pleasure in the knowl-
edge of the fact that your labors have been
brought to happy conclusion. / remark
with pleasure that proposition which
will be productive of peace among the
American States has been presented to the
Conference, and it will be without excuse
if one of them shall lift hostile hand
against the other.
1--WE gave you the other day review of
a small detachment of the American army,
not to show you that we have an army, but
that we have none; that our securities are
lodged with our people and that they are
safe. In conclusion, l find much to ap-
prove in the friendly purposes of the Con-
ference toward this Government, and will
bid each of you heartfelt good bye"
Applause
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porters had not proved that it came from
the wrecks of those vessels.
M Mora s Fire. Watar

porters had not proved that it came from
the wrecks of those vessels.
No More " Fire-water."
WASHINGTON, April 10TH The Vice.
President laid before the Senate to-day
letter from Secretary Blaine with a note
from the British Minister, asking if this
Government is inclined to pass law pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor by United States
citizens to Canadian Indians.
A report from the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs is also inclosed, favoring such
legislation and making it applicable to
sales of liquor to all Indians, in the United
States or Canada.
Uncle Sans Guests.
WASHINGTON. April 19th.-The delegates
to the Psn-American Conference left Wash
ington at IL o'clock tonight for trip
through the Southern States, which will
occupy three weeks. As on the trip North
and West last fall. the tour is rendered by
the United States Government through the
Secretary OF State, and the party will travel
in train of Pullman coaches under per-
sonally conducted tourist system of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Money Allotment Approved.
WASHINGTON, April 18th. = Secretary
Proctor to-day approved the recommended
| ton of the Army Ordnance Board allotting
! the sum of $50, 600 10 the Haskell Multi
charge Ordnance for the purpose of con-
structing one of their high-power eight.
inch dynamite mulucharge guns for ex-
perimental purposes. The first allotment
made was for s3S, 200, but this was in
| creased to the above figure at the sollcita-
| ton of the company.
New Postottice.
WASHINGTON. April 19th.-A new Post
! office has been established at Suttletown,
Tuolumne county, CAL, with Teresa Gross
| as Postmaster.
The Office at Amos, Humboldt county,
| New, has been discontinued.
Judge sawyer.
| WASHINGTON, April 19ih.-Judge Saw.
yer, of San Francisco, arrived last night,
and this morning called upon President
! Harrison, in company with congressman
Morrow and Mckenna.
San Francisco Bidders.
WASHINGTON, April 18th. = Secretary
| Tracy has been advised that the Risdon
Iron Works. of San Francisco, will offer
| bids for cruisers and 6 for the navy, to be
| opened June 10th.
| Another Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, April l9th-W. T. Dickey
has been appointed Postmaster at Niles,
Alameda county, vice W. Snyder, re-
| moved.
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ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

A piece of ice unloaded from the rail-
road cars in Westchester, Pa, weighed 900
pounds.
The only daughter of Victor Hugo is
now an old woman, confined in lunatic
asylum.
A collection of postage stamps belonging
to one of the Rothschilds was recently sold
for 100000.
Just fifty years ago, or in 1910, William
F. Andrews, Master Mason, of Provi-
dence, r. T., stamped his initials on a cop
per cent and put it in circulation. Re
Gently, in taking some change, he found
his coin. After fifty years of wandering
it had returned, and he would not take
hundreds of dollars for it.
One of the finest collections of pipes in
the world is to be found in the English
residence of Captain Bragge. He has clay
pipes from the sixteenth century, when Sir
Walter Raleigh introduced the weed in
Europe, and curious and antique speci-
mems of smoking paraphernalia from every
country in the world.
The substitute of steam for compressed
air in gun intended to throw shells con-
tanning dynamite or other high explosives
is proposed in France, the advantage
claimed being the furnishing of power d.
rect from the boiler without the use of air
COMPRISING machinery. The pressures
usually carried in steam boilers would not
be sufficient for this purpose, but boilers
are promised of special type which will
supply steam at a pressure, at from six
hundred to eight hundred pounds and
which will at the same time be safe and
easily handled.
Possibly to show how fertile the French
soldier is in the way of resource, NJ Ed
mond de Goncourt relates the following
sensational incident in the fourth volume
of his journal recently printed; During
the Franco-German war the wheel of
gun got out of order, and an artillery Off
Ger directed that it should be creased. Be
ing unable to find any grease, one of the
gunners went up to a 'slovenly, unhand-
some corpse split the skull with his ak,
took out the brains and clapped them all
hot on the Wheels
At the Dogs Grotto, one of the curiosi-
ties maintained near Rojo, Italy, there is a
cave, the lower part of which is said to be
filled with deadly gas, so that while man
can walk about unframed dog breathing
the lower air is asphyxiated. To prove
it they have dog called Columbia
that is taken into the cave whenever
a visitor appears, and that, after
short time, seems overcome by
the alleged gas and has to be carried out
and resuscitated in the fresh air. The dog
is so well trained that whenever she sees
stranger approaching she gets up and trots
off to the cave to get her asphyxiation.
This happens many times a day, but the
dog seems none the worse for it.
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INJUNCTION DISMISSED.
The Houston and Texas Central Railro
Suit Decided.


New YORK, April 19th.-A decision has
been rendered by the Supreme Court at the
general term by Justices Barrett and Whit
ing on an appeal from the order made at
the special term limiting the Injunction
and continuing it as limited, in the suit of
Michael Gernsheim and others against +.
P. Olcott, Coils p. Huntington and others.
This suit was begun for the purpose of OBJ.
tanning judgment, adjudging that the de-
cree of the United States Circuit Court in
Texas was fraudulent, collusive, illegal
and void" Theprayer for relief asks that
in the event of the Court refusing decree
of invalidity the plaintiffs have reasona-
BILE time to intervene in the Texas suit or
apply thereby the original bill to set aside
the decree of foreclosure and sale of the
Houston and Texas Central Railway Com
pany under the company and all subse-
quent proceedings.
The plaintiffs ask for an injunction re-
strainipg the defendants from issuing
shares of stock or bonds under the scheme
for the reorganization of the Houston and
Texas Central Railway Company, the de-
tails Of which have already been published.
As to the averment in the complaint that
the assessment was made unnecessarily
high and in bad faith by Huntington and
his associates" upon the stockholders of
the Houston and Texas Central Railway
Company to bar out the present stockhold-
ers, and to enable, under the said plan of
reorganization. the Southern Pacific Com
psDy to acquire the entire stock on the
payment simply Of the amount required to
be paid to the first mortgage bondholders
for the interest and expenses of the reor-
ganization, Justice Barrett holds that such
an allegation will not answer.
In his opinion, he says there is no evil
dence showing that the Trust Company
acted arbitrarily. He decides that before
the Court can interfere, it must be made
to appear that the claims were Just or ex-
cessive, and should have been included in
It's estimate. AS the case stands, the COM
plant would have to be dismissed, unless
the Court should proceed with a general
inquiry into the nature and justice of the
floating debt This function, he thinks, is
more analogous to an investigating COM
mittee than a Court. He therefore re-
verses the order appealed from, and dis
solves the injunction without prejudice.
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BALFoURs BILL.
Charles Stewart Parnelrs Reasons for
Being Opposed to the Scheme,


LONDON, April 19th-In an interview
yesterday an intimate friend of Charles
Stewart Parnell gave that gentleman's rea-
sons for opposing Balfour's land purchase
bill. He said that Parnell considered it
bad bill from almost every point of view.
mot only bad" he continued, "but to
large extent ridiculous. Considering the
matter from the point of view of the Irish
tenants, it may be said at once that the
proposal is one to rob tenant who is fool
ish enough to buy the use of his own prop
erty in his holdings. This object is at
tanned in the first place by taking into &C
count in calculating the amount of pur-
chase money which ought to be advanced
in each case the whole value of the holding,
that is to say, the tenants interest as well
as that of the landlord, and the rank in
justice of the provision will readily be seen
when it is remembered that BY the admis-
sions not only of every royal commission
that has ever inquired into the question,
but even of the Ministers themselves, the
interest of the tenant now in many cases
exceeds that of the landlord himself.
"a second device for attaining the object
in view-namely, the connscation of the
tenants Improvements and the putting of
the landlords interests that of taking
no account of the fact that rents continue
10 De assessed, anu SO long as Inc dealy
clause remains unamended will continue
to be assessed. on tenants Improvements.
with the Healy clause amended, and
rents ceasing on tenants improvements, no
device that could be invented would have
availed to give a fictitious value to an Irish
landlords property. With the Healy
clause unamended, and the land Courts
continuing to assess rent on tenants i'm
provements, it was easy to propose meas
ure that would have benefited unduly the
Irish landlord without seeming, at first
sight at least, to outrage the principles of
justice. If there were nothing else than
this attempt to initiate the value of the
landlords interests at the expense of the
rights of tenants to stimulate the Irish
party to oppose the bill, cause enough
would be found to bring about that result.
IF money is to be lent to Ireland for the
purpose of buying out Irish landlords, and
if the British taxpayer is to be safe. the
only real guaranty is that of an Irish Par
lament governing the Irish people with
their consent, and then we come by still
another road to the conclusion that Glad
stones scheme of 1886 is the only one that
means safety to Great Britain, as well as
peace to Ireland"
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THE CITY OF PARIS.
The Machinery Utterly Collapsed, and
Everything Went to Pieces.

LONDON, April 19th.-Naval men and
practical engineers have never yet been
satisfied of the real cause of the collapse Of
the engines of the City of Paris. The ex.
PLANTATION offered by the company was alto.
gether insufficient to men familiar with
the working of ships. Some days ago q
practical engineer, who saw the City Of
Paris few hours after she was dry docked,
| said You may depend upon il that the
reasons already given for the accident to
the engines are not the true ones. The
facts are the machinery utterly collapsed.
The cast-iron platform for the engines
gave way altogether and everything went
to pieces. The engine platform was de-
fective in construction, and its sustaining
power was much weakened by the arrange
ment of pipes underneath it."
The Engineer, published to-day, contains
an illustrated article by an expert who was
permitted to inspect the vessel, which bears
out this view. The writer says: I'VE ex-
amined the engine room carefully before
ANYTHING had been removed. The result
of the examination was to show that
everything that could be broken had
been broken, and what could not be
broken was bent, twisted or distorted.
Nothing so complete in the way of a
break down has before been seen. The
explosion OF great smell might Work
such havoc in an ironclad. Descending to
the crank platform, crawling under and
climbing over heap of fragments, we find
some curious things. The top cylinder
cover seems to be at the bottom Of every
thing. The A panels have apparently dis
appeared bodily. The connecting rod is
still coupled to the crank-pin, the biz end
being intact, but the rod, about fourteen
inches in diameter in the middle, is bent.
The piston rod and crosshead are still
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HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
He is Given a Grand Ovation in the City
of Brussels.

of Brussels.
PARIS, April l9th.-Stanley left for Brus.
sells this morning. Prior to his departure
he said that he did not trouble himself
about the articles in the French press nor
the hostility shown him by the members of
the French Geographical Society. He was
glad that he had been spared a reception in
Paris, as he should receive plenty of them
elsewhere.
BRUSSELS, April 19th.-Stanley reached
this city this afternoon. The great crowd
gathered at the station gave Stanley an
ovation. The city was decorated in honor
of Stanley. The flags of Belgium, the
United States and the Congo Free States
were lavishly used. A detachment of the
civic guard and body of troops were
drawn up at the station as a guard OF
honor. AS Stanley appeared the troops
presented arms and band played the Bel.
gian and American national anthems.
| Count Oultrement received Stanley, who
entered the court carriage and was driven
to the royal palace.
DINING WITH THE KING.
BRUSSELS, April 19th.-Stanley is accom-
panied by his Secretary, Wilson, and Lieu
tenants Harke, Nelson and Jephson. To-
night the explorer is dining with the
King at the royal palace.
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A Dwarf Race That Traces Its Lineag.

A Dwarf Race That Traces Its Lineage
for Fifty Centuries.
LONDON, April 1ath.-Stanley's book is
completed The work abounds in graphic
illustrations of the character of the inhab-
itants of the Dark Continent, and contains
curious details concerning the race OF
dwarfs to whom his letters referred, and OF
whom the interest of the civilized world is
aroused. In his description OF the dwarfs
Stanley states that they possess many good
qualitles, which are wholly unsupported
by all except those who have come INTO i'm.
mediaie relations with them and who have
cultivated their friendship.
The race is markedly intelligent and
| possesses a decidedly higher grade OF
| morality than does the negro. ii is the
only homogeneous race in Africa and
| stands quiJe alone in regard for the sacred.
ness of the marital relations. The dwaris
are skilled workers in iron, and betray
more ready adaptability TO civilization than
| any other people Of that region. The
| dwarf Queen became a great friend OF
| Stanley and DIR. Parke, and accompanied
| them on the expedition for a considerable
| part OF their road. Unfortunately she died
| Parke publishes an exhaustive and inter-
| esting account of his medical experiences
| in Africa. He describes an extraordinary
| disease rife among the natives in the
| neighborhood Of the lakes. 1t is produced
by the Larvae of worms, which enter the
body through the feet and extend their
progress upward as far as the hip. Their
presence causes severe swellings and ulcers
and finally death.
Stanley applies his facts to the theories
| relating To the ultimate rise of the negroes
in the scale of civilization. II places them
more on an equality with the whites than
most of the explorers are willing to admit.
This seems due to his better knowledge of
| them, consequent upon his Christian SYM
pathy with their natures and his invariable
efforts to cultivate their goodwill and
respectful intimacy.
At the Anti slavery Conference in Nav.
Stanley will dwell on the horrors of the
practices resorted to By Arab ivory hunters
in getting their goods, which are worse
| than the practices of the slave hunters,
since the latter have interest in the lives OF
their slaves, while the former kill and
burn all before them.
Stanley says the forest dwarfs have the
Oldest history in the world tracing their
lineage back tiftV centuries
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EASTERN RACES.
A Jockey Badly Injured-No Fast Time
Made.

A Jockey Badly Injured-No Fast Time
Made.
MEMPHIS, April 19th.-The weather was
delightful o-day and the track fair. Two
year-old maidens, five iurlongs, Burr
Cooper won, Caldwell second, Bonnie third.
Time, 1:06t.
Three-quarter mile heats. First heat
Jack Cocks won, Skobeloff second, Bertha
third. Time, 1:1s4.
Second heat-Jack Cocks won, Bertha
second, Birthday third. Time, 1:1S!.
Three-year-olds, mile and sixteenth,
Barney won, Virgo D. Orr second, Jesse
Armstrong third. Time, 1:53i.
Mile dash, Jacobin won, Mary H. second,
Bosz third. Time, LAG
Three-quarters of mile, Eight to Seven
won, WINNIE second, Bonnie Annie third.
Time, 1:1Si.
Handicap hurdle mile and an eighth,
Catalina won, Winslow second, Elphin
third. Time, 2:07.
Heidelsheim Tell at the last furlong and
rolled over his jockey, ipjuring him badly.
IN NEW JERSEY.
ELIZABETH IN. J.), April 19th.-The
weather was perfect, but the track dusty
Five fnrlones; Bradford won. Young Duke
second, FitZ Roy third. Time, 1:041.
Halt mile, Early Blossom won, Claudius
second, Tendency Filly third. Time, .51I.
Six furlongs, Planter won, Nina w.
second. Moonstone third. Time. 1:174.
Six furlongs, Pericles won, Louisa
second, Theora third. Time, 1:0S4.
Mile dash, Waltham won. Kenwood
second, Judge Morrow third. Time, 1:453
Mile and one sixteenth, Badge won, Eon
second, Fellow third. Time. 1850
Mile dash, Larchman won, Supervisor
second, Top Sawyer third. Time, l:464.
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STRANGE MARRIAGE.
A Connecticut Young Lady Married
Against Her Will.

New HAVEN Conn. }, April 19th.-Henry
Foote, a widower, % years of age, drove up
in front of the Sterling House on Tuesday
afternoon, and ringing the bell, asked for
Miss Minnie Burt, the 2l-year-old daugh-
ter of the proprietor.
Foote was slightly acquainted with the
young lady. and after some conversation
he invited her to take a short drive in the
park. She accepted. but instead of taking
her to the park Fooie drove out into the
country, where he made 10 her proposal
of marriage
The girl refused, and attempted to jump
from the carriage, but Foote held her in
her seat, while he drove his horse at q
break-neck speed, at the same time threat
ening to kill her if she made any attempt
to leave the carriage. He drove straight to