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Fanlkner Really DIed.

BUFFALO, Feb A special from Dan
vile, n Y, says; Inquiries have poured in
here from New York asking the truth Of
rumors that Gen. Lester Faulkner slammed
death last week to escape Imprisonment
Rev. George X. Ward, who ofiiciated at the
funeral, knew the general WELL and both he
and DIR, Bacon, of Canaseraga, at whose
house Gen Faulkner died, give complete as
surances that the facts of Gen. Faulkners
death and burial were as stated in the United
Press dispatches Of last week.
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Lounsbery,s DefaIcation s47,a5o. Sc.

New YORK, Jan. 29.-Postmaster Van
Cott makes the official announcement that
the defalcation of the late Cashier Louns-
berry amounts to s47, $50. SO, as follows; De-
ficiency in cash balance, $23, ,90i51; de-
ficiency in postage stamps, envelopes cards,
etc, $780, deficiency in advances of sal
aries and other items of account current,
So, 65S. ~; advances on requisitions, S2,059;
amount due employees from funds on hand
and not paid, $32S. 30. Total, S47,35O.52
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CHRISTIAN r. KNAPP.
FIRE INSURANCE.,
BLOOMSBURY.

Home Of N. Y. Merchants, Of Newark, N.
/; Clinton, N. Y. Peoples N. Y. Reading,
Pa. German American fns. Co., New York. !
Greenwich Insurance Co., New York Jersey
City Fire ms Co.. Jersey City, N. ].
These old corporations are well seasoned by
age and YIRE TESTED and have never yet had a
loss settled by any court Of law. Their assets
are all invested in SOLID sEcURIrIKs, are liable
to the hazard Of FIRE only.
and paid as soon as determined, by CHRIST
IAN F. KNAPP, SPECIAL AGENT AND ADJ
ULSTER, BLooMsBuRG, PA.
The people Of Columbia county should pat
ronize the agency where losses, II any, are set
ded and paid by one of their own citizens.
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BNGHAMToN, n. V, Feb, l.--E A. Lath-
am, of East Bridgewater Mass, who had
both legs broken in the smash up ON the
Erie road at Owego Thursday morning, died
last evening The colored porter, Honey
suckle is in a critical condition.
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NEW York, Feb, 1.-The recently organ
lied Brooklyn and Syracuse Baseball clubs
have filed bonds of $4,000 each, and were
admitted into the American association at
a meeting of the finance committee. About
200 managers and players were present.
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4 hank TslIer,s Suicide.

MIDpLETowN, N. Y, Feb. 4.-George Fl.
Dennison, teller of the Orange County Ma
tional bank, at Goshen, committed suicide
by shooting himself yesterday afternoon.
The charge entered the left side of his head.
He was suffering from temporary insanity.
He had been i'll for some time Deceased
was a son of ex Sheriff Dennison.
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A Rnrclar Cnucht.

NEW LONDON, Conn, Feb. 4. Edward r,
Perkins, of Groton, who has a room on State
street, was arrested yesterday while at
tempting to enter the residence of ex-Mayor
Starr Perkins room was searched and
stolen goods TO the value of $1,000 found.
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Boston, Feb An the suits of Frank W.
Chandler against the American Express
company for injuries TO himself and the
death Of his wife by being struck ON July 2
by a runaway team of the defendant COM
pany, the jury have awarded plaintiff 81 900
for his injuries and $500 in the case of his
xVffa
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From Hnlfaio to Orange.

BUFFALO, Feb. 4-RsV DIR. Rufus s.
Green has resigned as pastor of Lafayette
Presbyterian church, in this city, to accept
call 10 a ehuEch at Orang@, N. J,
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DOVER N, H., Feb. 4.-Sherif Pingree
has attached $50 machines and the stock l.
process of manufacture of the Dover Shos
company shop for Walter S. Dickerson, sole
leather manufacturer Of Lynn
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ance, of fair COM
plexion, with blue
eyes and light hair,
and was sixty years
of age. She was an
earnest and willing
worker in the Epis-
copal church, ready.
at all times to de-
vote herself to the
church interests,
but at the same
time she was fond
of society and one
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square was scattered bric-a-brac broken IN
pieces. Her favorite books were burned
and covered with dirt and scattered all
about by the stream Of water that came too
late to save her young life. But the most
pathetic thing of all were the dead pets. She
was very fond Of pets They will not miss
her, however, FOR they, too, passed away
when she did. At the foot of the bed was
the poodle dog, which she had often petted.
Around its neck was blue ribbon tied by
her hands. Two canaries that used TO awaken
her from her dreams in the morning lay in
the bottom of their cage, and as police
man passed the door and stopped to look in
he drew the sleeve Of his coat over his eyes
and hurried down stairs.
The house was completely gutted and the
furniture is a total loss Its value is esti-
mated at ss,0O0 The place was magnif-
Gently furnished, all of the furniture being
new.
Sketches of the Deceased.
Mrs. Tracy was the sister of Gen. Isaac S.
Catlin, the distinguished Brooklyn lawyer,
and her maiden name was belinda L. Cat
lin She was woman of pleasing appear
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THE TRACY HOLOCAUST.
The Secretary's Wife and
Daughter Both Dead.
SELF SACRIFICE OF MRS. TRACY,

She Gave Her Life for That Of Her Hus,
band-Miss Mary Tracy and Maid
smothered in Their Rooms-The Res.
cue OF the Secretary.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4--The news of the
horror at the residence Of Secretary Tracy,
by which his wife, daughter and maid lost
their lives, created the most intense excite
ment in this city, and all day long the
wrecked and blackened house was sur.
rounded by immense throngs of people who
shuddered as they looked upon the scene OF
desolation. Never before in the history Of
the cabinet has one of its members been thus
horribly smitten by the hand Of death, and
beside this last event Secretary Blaines re-
cent bereavement pales into comparative
insigniHcance. The latest details Of the
shocking affair are as follows:
The Story of the fire.
Shortly after a. m. Monday, man pass.
ing the house saw smoke issuing from the
windows. He nt once gave the alarm by
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The Equitable FaiIs. Too.

NEW York, Feb las a natural sequel
to the sensational chapter in the history OF
bank wrecking the Equitable bank in West
Twenty-eighth street suspended yesterday,
1t was hoped and believed that this bank
would be able TO weather the storm which
has involved the Sixth National and the
Lenox Hill banks in ruin.
Classsn Under Arrest.
About O'Clock last night President Clas-
sen appeared before the United States com
missioner with his counsel and two danIsty
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Feeling Bad.

As on the table In pieces It lay,
Said the pumpkin pie, My cup
IL about as fun as can be today
In fask i Apn anauaani
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were still IN the
burning building
ladders were raised
to the rear win
dows and G hief
Paris dashed into
the flaming struct-
ure. The chief tells
his story Of the
scene in the house
thus: ~ felt my
way through the
smoke to the sec
ond floor and found
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violently ringing
the bell. Every
one in the house
was fast asleep and
the lower portion
of the residence
was ablaze. The
stairways W Q r e
afire and the only
chance of escape
was by jumping.
Several of t h e
terror stricken
occupants soon ap-
peared at the win
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Mrs. Tracy's Heroism.

Mrs. Tracy gave her life for that of her
husband. She could undoubtedly have es-
capped alive but for her heroic exertions to
save him. They occupied the rear room on
the second story. Everything would seem
to indicate that Mrs. Tracy awoke to find
the house ablaze and her husband uncon-
scious at her side. With little thought for
herself she caught him in her arms, and in
her desperate efforts to drag him to win
dow ruptured blood vessel. She then
opened the window, and although the fire
men were raising ladder she did not wait,
but plunged to the concrete court yard be-
low. One leg was broken in the fall, but
she died an hour later from the effects Of the
ruptured blood vessel
The Secretary's Rescue.
When the firemen reached the scene the
lower portion of the house was wrapped in
Aames AS soon as they knew that people
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a man in room. / managed to drag him
into back room, where there was more air,
and then broke the window out and called
to Love- who was in the alley, to run up
ladder. Then they took the man out, and
1t proved to be the seer etary.
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dows of the second floor. Mrs. Wilmerding,
the secretarys married daughter, and her
child, Alice, aged 13 years, forced their way
through the binding smoke and jumped
from the front second story window. Lad.
ders were raised for them, but in their ex-
citement they failed to see them. Mrs VIII.
merding broke her left wrist and was
severely bruised Her daughter was badly
injured about the lower limbs, but broke no
bones. They were taken at once to the
residence Of DR.. Baxter near by, and restora-
tives applied
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George H, Pell was arrested at his home
last evening and taken to Ludlow street Jail
where he was locked up. A warrant is alsc
out for Classen.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-In the house the
Smith-Jackson contested election case again
came up, and after a spirited fight, during
which the speaker continued his former tao
tics of counting Democrats present but not
voting, Smith, Republican, was seated by a
vote OF 100 to 0. Mr.. Smith was sworn in
and the house adjourned
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-06-07
cULLINos.

The emperor Of Germany has promised to
accede to the petitions to extend labor pro-
lection to the mercantile classes.
The strikers at Prossnitz, Bohemia, are be.
coming desperate and are resorting to vio-
lent measures. They forced their way into
several factories aud cut the loom warpa.
Herr Gerhardt, o wealthy merchant at
Berlin, has furnished amusement to the para
%graphers by marrying the cstimable woman
who served him in lis earlier days in the
capacity Of wet nurse.
A farmer living near Cordova in Spain re-
fused to grant permission to one OF his SER
wants to visit a bull-aght, whereupon.theser-
want murdered his master and four of the
members of the family and fed.
The Canadian government has decided to
again vigorously enforce the terms of the
convention of 1878 in reference to the At
lantic fisheries, except against those United
States fishing vessels which take out modus
vivendi licenses. y
Investigation at Paris in the case of the
arrested nihilist shows that Reinchstein, the
leader, manufactured the bombs, and was
the only one who charged the bombs with
the explosive. 1t is stated that several Of
the prisoners cannot be convicted on the
charge of manufacturing explosives, but they
will be expelled from the country. 1t is re-
ported that Demski had summoned q meet
ing to concert an attempt on the life of the
car, and q simultaneous rising in different
parts of Russia, and that twenty nihilists
with Internal machines had already started
for Russia.
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Bessie's Little Came.

EGg&a&EI3GISEE#H &#$SENI&~&G
Bessie Miller played it verysuccsss-
fully, and other girls may takewarn-
ing. Bessie lives at Carondelet, Mo.
She was taken with pneumonia and
was awful sick. Delirium set ia and
the burden of the girls cry was for
"John,p that being the surname 81
the young man who had been keep
ing company with her for several
months. The mother telegraphed
for the father that the darling daugh-
ter was dying. In the meantime
John was sent for, and on his arrival
the lacerated lungs seemed to heal
up as though manipulated by afaith
curist. Her delirium passed away
like mist before the morning sun, and
she was bright and clipper asa lark.
John remained at her side all day..
and on leaving in the evening prom
ised to return next morning. Being
out Of a job it was an easy thing for
him to do, and that second days
companionship entirely cured The
girl. She is now in perfect health,
and the wedding cards have been
sent out. Bessie's father, who paid
good money to go home, hasn't
fathomed the mystery yet, but when
he hears the story he winks slyly to
himself-Detroit Journal.
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just a Trlfle Too Late.
"WM you be my wife, Jennie7'''

JOSJd AFlTl0 90 Late.
"Will you be my wife, Jennie7''
queried the rustic lover.
= am very sorry for you, James,, Z
replied the blushing maiden, ssbut
you are just one day too late, I am
engaged to your brother George.
Engaged to my brotheri Why,
haven't I courted you for seven long
years."
Eyes, James. But in all that time
yon never asked me to be your vile
beforel Your brother George was
here last evening and he said to me:
Jennie, it's none of my business, but
has Jim proposed to you yet? OF
course / had to say Nop Then ne
said: Well, Jennie, / have never
courted you, but i want wife. VIII
you have me?' Then I said Year
md il was settled. SO you see.
James, there's no use Of feeling dis
appointed ia regard to the matter.
1t will do you no good now. You've
40 one to blame in this matter but
YOURSELF
Then James crushed his hat down
over his beetling browa and mean
dered forth into tho pale moonlight.
q wiser il not sadder man.
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Our in the wild west q mailbag
was emptied Of valuable contents by
parties unknown and filed with
stones. The loss wasnot discovered
until the bag reached it's destination,
and no one had anynotion where the
theft was committed. But q petrolo-
gist was shown therocks, and he
said Ut once there was only
one place il the United States where
such rocks are found. He told where
the place wal, and 9 detsctive going
there-it was only 40 miles away
found two Cinnamon at work il. an
fsolated spot, Where, ! was subse-
quently remembered the robbed
train stopped forwater. He prompt-
IN charged them With the crime, and
fheywere % taken ~ surprise that
thsyconiessed II. somnch forrocks.
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Lawyer Sheldon, Of Doyleston, PA, was
conviceed Of forgery and embaxslsment and
sentenced to twenty-five years In the peni.
Tertiary. The ordeal ofentering the conrt
room proved too much for the once popular
and talented lawyer. who as district attor-
ney Of Bucks county had made his brilliant
reputation at the bar of this very court. Az
he entered the dock he shrank from the gaze
OF his forme friends and kept his head bowed.
As the bills of Indictment were road loud
groans and sobs came from Shellenberger.
His counsel entered the plea Of guilty in each
case. When the words dropped from the
judges lips: Twenty-Five wears at solitary
confinement with hard labor" Shellenber-
ger gave a groan Of anguish and almostsank
to the floor. The blow seemed to srun the
prisoner. 1t was necessary to partly carry
him from the court room.
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THE world over there have been OBJ
served about 100 species Of mosqui-
toes, but in our temperate regions
there are not apt to be found more
than tenspecies. tits hardly yet deter
mined whether their existence is for
the better or worse Of mankind, but
q gentleman has placed at the dis
posal of the American Museum OF
Natural History, the sum OF 5000 to
Do paid in three prizes for the best
essays on the destruction of mosque
toes, flies, and other insects.
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RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

Five persons were killed by tightening at
Hamburg, and six children were killed by the
folling of a swing at a kindergarten in the
village of Reamskind Off.
Thomas Elba, a young farmer residing
second story Oft tobacco shed and broke
his neck.
During a sham battle at Van CORTLAND
Park, New York, between batteries Of Cat
ling guns, several soldiers were injured, but
none fatally.
The Lincoln local passenger train on the
Burlington road ran into an open switch at
Sheeley'e, near Omaha, and wns badly wreck
ed. Eight passengers were slightly injured.
Robert Morrow Of Durango, Colo, at
tempted to light q fire with kerosene. An
explosion occurred which set fire to the
clothes of the woman. She and her four-year-
old son and young baby were cremated.
The body of Thomas Lewis was sent to
friends in Rocklaud, Wis.,, from Marshall,
MINI. In being lowered down q well he
struck fredamp, became unconscious and
tell 100 feet, killing him instantly. .''
A number of children were bitten by arabid
dog in Huy, Belgium, q few days ago, and
two of them have died from h~ydrophobia.
Several Of the survivors nave been sent TO N.
Pasteur for treatment.
A severe thunder and rain storm passed
over Panama. The water, which came down
In torrents, was SO highly charged with cleo
tricity that at one time it literally seemed to
rain lightning, the glo bules having a sort of
ph~osphorescent CLEAN.
A dozen persons have been bitten at Smith
field, ILL.,, by a supposed rabid dog. The dog
was finally killed, but not until he had bitten
several other dogs. James Bevard and two
other persons nave already died in great
agony from hydrophobia. 1t is feared that
Others my be seized with the awful disease
and the whole neighborhood is in q state of
dread.
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BY HIS ARTY.

Mr.. Goschen About the Only Sup
porter Of the Compensation Bill.
LONDON, Special.-Although the present
session OF parliament is quite we'll advanced
the heavy work Of that body is vet to be
confronted, and to-morrow's sitting will be-
gin the earnet labor of clearing away the
mass of Legislation which has accumulated.
There is a strong indication that the govern
ment is shaky on the compensation bill and
only Mr.. Goschen is understood to be de
termined to rush it to the end. The Union-
ist newspapers now advise the government
to drop the measure and the Tory journals
advocate reconsideration and modification
Of the bill before the occurrence of the tenn
perance mass meeting called III Hyde Park
next Saturday to protest against IT. The
movement is growing to large proportions,
and the meeting promises to be one of the
largest and most enthusiastic public gath
erings held in London for many
years. In addition to these signs
OF hot warfare against the measure
there is q significant movement in opposi-
ton to it within the ranks OF the govern
ment party. Several strong supporters of
the government have formally intimated to
the ministry that. while supporting the
second reading of the bill, they will, if the
measure is proceeded with, be Obliged to
offer and advocate extensive amendments
in committee.
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Slight Preparation.

"A young man we'll known III this
city lately departed for Europe with
the shortest notice on record. IA few
hours before the train left Buffalo
that made connection with thesteam-
or at New York he determined to ioin
some friends on their Europeantour
He went home, told his family 81 his
intention, and, Of course. was met by
the surprised queries: .Howcanyou
get ready? You have got to prepare
Tor an ocean voyage. What are Won
going to do?n Nothing, but black
my boots" was the laconic reply.
Who will assert that woman III SUI
perior to man after such anincident2
Buffalo Express.
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A Good Scheme.
From the Chicago Evening Post.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
just as last Saturday night was
merging into Sunday morning, three
persons, two evidently from the
country, the third q city man, walk
ed down the marble staircase of the
Auditorium Hotel and approached
Will Schafer, the night clerk.
"How much is the bill for our sup
PERI asked the city man.
Twenty dollars" replied Schafer,
and then poured out glass ofwater
for one Of the countrymen whom
the price had made dizzy.
uAll right said the city man, airi-
ly, just charge it to my account,
and, taking an arm Of each Of his
country comp anions, he led them
out.
.old customer Of yoursq" queried
q bystander.
NO. said Shafer, II never saw 81
heard of him before tonight
We'll, i that the way you give
That's new way. The truth il.
he wanted to make an impression on
his two country friends, and rive
them the idea that he stands III with
everybody. JUST before they An
ished supper he came down to me-
and paid the bill, which was only
$40, and said that when he came
down with the countrymen he would
ask me how much he owed. / waste
reply $40, and he, with q grand-elo-
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o WIRES.

Efforts Being Made to Indict Supt.
McCabe Of the Northern Pacific.
JAMESTOWN, N. D., Specialize night Of
Feb. 4, 1890, was . time of great Importance
to the lottery ring in North Dakota. There
was work done in the interest OF the concern
that night on account Of which certain men
suddenly left their positions in the employ
of the railroad company and have since
carefully absented themselves from the
state. Among those who have dis
appeared are George McCabe, a
brother of Division Superintendent a. J.
McCabe, and who was employed as chief
train dispatcher, and asubordinate operator
named Taylor. On the night of Feb. 4the
telegraph wires Of the Western Union Tel
egraph company were cut about two and
half miles east of Jamestown. This work
was done by George McCabe and two
operators named Taylor aad Burner,
presumably under the direction of
the superintendent himself. At that time
q great many kilograms, both for
against the lottery project, were passing
over the wires, and young McCabe and his
two assistants side-tracked such as were NM
favorable to the lottery and rushed the
others through with all possible haste. III
10 NA0l SCA tA0v sAASJ NNASNAb AZ IA IA
the lottery Of the contents Of messages in-
tended for the anti-lottery people in adj
vance Of their delivery to those entitled to
them, and thus put
Il LOTTERY CRowD
in possession Of the secrets and plans Of the
anti-lottery people before the opponents OF
the lottery could communicate with each
other in different parts Of the state. Long
petitions and lists Of names in favor Of the
lottery were, it is said, rushed through
without charge. while protests against the
lottery were delayed. The Western Union
company, becoming satisfied that these
charges demanded attention, that the
integrity Of the company's serv-
ice might be protected. have in
stitnted an Investigation. Ithas resulted in
the confession of one Of the menimpli-
Gated in cutting the wires. His confession
and other evidence was presented to the
county attorney Of Stntsman county with
the request that he move for ia indictment
OF Supt. "A. J.. McCabe for causing the wires
to be cut. The county attorney prepared
the case and submitted sc to Judge Rose,
the judge Of the district court. In this
state it IS optional with the Judge
whether the grand jury shall meet. The
judge declined to call a session ofstheg grand
jury because there was no other case to
bring beforc1t tho grand jury; It would cost
the county $$2OOto make the investigation
and the matter would have to- 70 over till
the nextterm. The next term oft5e court
il In September, when the Western Union
people say they will renew their effort to
secure an Indictment.