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, 1891-04-18

New YORK, April I7.-Tom Irving is
exhorter-in-chief at Stephen Merritt's
mission, at Dos Eighth avenue. He is a
converted prize fighter. and apparently
takes pleasure in telling visitors what an
all-round tough be once was. He was
arguing on the evils OF intemperance to-
day to a large audience. when Mike Nc
Carthv, with no home and no clothes to
speak OF, staggered in and objected vigor-
ouslY to the attacks Irving made on the
rum-sellers. In conjunction with his du-
ties Of manager and exhorter, Irving, when
occasion arises, acts "a ''ChuCker ont ~
He brought his address to au abrupt end
ing and told Mccarthy to leave. Mccarthy
challenged any one in the place to make
him go. The expire fighter accepted
the challenge and the men ClinChed. The
men fought all the way to the street aud
around the corner to Twenty first street,
where Policeman Dolan arrested them.
He made charges of disOrderly conduct
against both in Jetfer-On Market court.
Irving trock coat was torn and his collar
aud necktie were d~isarranged. Mccarthy =
eye was bruised and ylsibly swollen, and
his left ear was bleeding and showed
marks OF somebody's teeth. He said
Irving bit him. Justice Mcmahon fined
them IS each. and said that more prison.
ers came before him from the missions IN
the district than from the dives. Mr..
Merritt paid l~rving's fine. Mccarthy
went to prison in default.
, 1891-04-18
WILL PARALLEL THE UP.
Sensational Railroad StOryfrOm
the City by the Lakes.
Vanderbilt Coming West to
Look After His Interests.
The Northwestern May be
Extended to Ogden.


CHICAGO, April ia story Is tuld
here today when throws new light on the
trip of Cornelius Vanderbilt and party to
the far West. 1t had been reported that
the party was to meet Jay Gould in Den
yer for a conference, the object being to
arrange a harmonious combination of in
terests in working tut the western rail-
road problem, This is denied by parties
in position to obtain inside facts. 1t is
SAID the movement of Vanderbilt is for
the purpose OF heading off Gould. If
Gould had attended the meeting of the
advisory board of the Western Traffic
Association thus week, it was the intention
of President Hughitt of the Northwestern
to have had an understanding on the ques-
ton of divisions of through rates between
that road and the Union Pacific. 1t has
been asserted the ten7year traffic contract
with tho Northwestern has been ignored
by the Union Pacific since Mr.. Gould OBJ
tanned control, through business being
largely diverted to the Missouri Pacific.
The Northwestern people have been
growing indignant, and when it was found
that Gould had no intention Of attending
the meeting, Hughitt telegraphed the
fact to New York. The result was that
Vanderbilt, Depew, Rossiter and Twomb-
ley Immediately started West in a special
train. 1t is said their object was to reach
Denver in advance OF Gould and be the
first in the field in making preliminary
arrangements for carrying out their plans.
These plans, it Is alleged, involve the
ultimate extension of the Northwestern
system to Ogden. The Fremont. Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley division already reaches
Fort Casper, and the laying of two or
three hundred miles of track IN a south
westerly direction will connec with the
Central Pacific at Ogden. When this
is done, the Northwestern will
parallel the Union Pacific its entire length
and will possess an immense advantage in
having a Chicago terminus. 1t IL said
that this step has been contemplated for
a long time BY the Vanderbilt interests,
but the scheme was abandoned when the
traffic contract between the Northwestern
and Union Pacific was perfected. Now
that the contract is a dead letter. the
Northwestern will delay no longer IN estab-
fishing itself on an independent footing.
Should the plan be carried out, it can
hardly fail to work considerable injury to
the Union Pacific. Furthermore, it would
limit the effect of the proposed Could
Huntington combination in the Southwest
and save to Chicago and the Northwest
much business that would otherwise be
diverted to other routes,
, 1891-04-18
CHRIST'S COMING.
Lieut.. TOtten Predicts That it
Will Occur in 1899.
A New York Tough Badly
Fooled by a Preacher.
Mrs. McKelvy's Bathing Suit
Shocks an Elder.

New HAVEN, April l7.-Proi. G A.
L. Totten of Yale, in speaking of the
publication of his recent mathemqticaI
calculation, says:
Some rapers have published that
predict the erd Of the world within this
century. They mistake. That Is their
error, not mine. l don't think the end
will conc for a million years, and | have
not made any prophecy about it at all.
What | did declare was hat a mathe.
NAUTICAL calculation founded on Biblical
truths proves beyond p~eradventure that
the Messiah will come again before the
year 1900 | don't mean by this that |
believe the millennium will begin in 1899.
[ think that it is a thousand years away.
| say simply that at His second coming
Christ will make the world better, as lie
did at HIS first"
Prof l.. Totten is a lieutenant in the
regular army and is detailed as a military
professor 10 Yale University. In his
prophecy regarding the second coming of
Christ he says:
IA generation in the true Biblical
sense is three score and ten years, 10
years, and so the 81 generations traced
through the genealogies in the Old Tesla
ment equal 3, 800 years. Hence the fifty
eighth generation began with 1891 [year
of the world. The hours mentioned 10
the vineyard parable are each 1913 years.
Multiplying these by the twelve hours,
we haye 1876. which added to 1891,
equals 5,S27 years OF the world and the
completion of the vineyard parable. The
5.S95t years since the birth of Adam will
see the bridegroom. who, OF course. IS
none other than Christ himself. Now
what is 5,s954 A. NJ. to our A. ID. years.
HerOd ordered all the innocents OF "
years and younger to be put to death, and
in a very short time after that the eclipse
OF the moon took place. 1t took place
in the year 3,S9S, according to JOsephus,
and Herod died in that year, too. Now
Herod limited his order to children Of >
years, because about two years before that
the Mungi informed him of the birth of
the Savior. So Christ was born about
" years before the eclipse, and the
death OF Herod occurred two years before
g. 9S-that is 3, 1896. Now subtract 1896
birth of Christi from 5,SO5f A. NJ. to
find the A D. year, and you have lS99t
A. D., or in March. 1899, the bridegroom
will come and awaken the foolish vir-
gins.
, 1891-04-18
HeIIman Has IA Last Hunt.

CARROLL, Ia, April l7.-An acci,
deutal shooting today caused the death OF
William Hellmqn, au old aud respected
cuizen OF Carroll. About 10 O'Clock this
afternoon he started out for a briei hunt,
carrying a double-barrel shotgun. About
a half mile from home he crawled through
Il barb wire fence aud attempted to pull
the gun after him. By some mishap 1t
caught on the wire and was DISCHARGED,
the contents striking him in the left
breast. Workmen in a brick yard neal
by saw him at the time and FASTENED to
his assistance, but he was dead when they
reached him. He was a carpenter and a
man whom all respected. The fact that
he had been sick for a few days, and that
only a few moments before the shooting
he aske | an acquaintance to show him
how to load the gun, has given rise to the
suspicion that it is a case of suicide, but
there are not sufficient grounds to sustain
such a conclusion.
, 1891-04-18

WHEELING, ". Va. April l7.-An
atrocious instance of mob law occurred at
the house of a farmer named Henry
Church, living about three miles from
Burton. About midnight last night.
while Church's three daughters were in
the house, together with a hired hand,
a mob of about twenty-five masked men
surrounded the house, burst the doors
from their hinges and rushed in. The
halfaroused and scantily. attIred inmates
were hustled out of doors, when all four
were given an unmerciful beating. This
done, the mob set fire to the building, and
it was burned to the ground, with its con-
tents Church. the father OF the girls,
was il! at the home OF Que OF his daugh-
tiers. and thus escaped sharing the fate of
his three girls. There is a great deal OF
excitement in the vicinity over the event.
, 1891-04-18

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE official can
vass of the returns of the recent munich
pal election was completed this afternoon.
1t practically settles the matter. although,
as several precincts are subject to revision,
it is possible there may he some changes.
Hampstead Washburne (Rep.) is elected
mayor by a plurality of 1889. An unex-
pected surprise of tie day was the heavy
gain made ty Kern, Democratic candidate
for city attorney, in the last few wards
canvassed. The gain was so great that it
elected him by a plurality of l.l72 over
Nicholson (Rep.), whose election hereto
fore had lot been questioned. Kiolbassa,
the Democratic candidate for city treas
urer, was successful by a plurality of
4,25S. his triumph being due tc a strong
combination of Irish and Polish and DIS
s%eptions among the Germans. Van
Cleave tRep.), for city clerk. led his
ticket with a plurality of over 5000
Mayor CreRier, in an interview with a
representative of a local Democratic paper
this evening, when asked what he is 60
ing to be, said: II am going to be, first
and above all things. a Democrat. For
the next two years | am going to saw
wood to help save the state for the De-
mOcracy in 1892 The great and only
difficulty is the deadly work of traitors to
the party"
, 1891-04-18

Fort ROBINSON, Neb., April IL
Rev. William Wilson. pastor of the Con,
Rregational church at Lusk. Wyo., who
has been cauvassiug Fort Robinson the last
few days with books and stereoscopic views,
left here last evening about 1880 O'Clock to
walk to Crawford, a distance of three
miles, on the railroad track. When about
hall way he was overtaken by a colored
soldier, who chatted quite pleasantly aud
carried his grip, which was full Of books
and pictures. just before reaching a high
trestle work one mile from Crawford the
soldier, who gave his name as johnson,
surrendered the grip and fell behind.
When Wilson reached the middle OF the
trestle he felt himself tripned up and he
was knocked off and fell a distance of
sixteen feet to the bed of the creek. His
companion came down and demanded his
money. Wilson, although stunned by the
fall, drew a razor from his pocket and de-
Tended himself. The soldier struck him
twice with a club, then dropped it and
was searching around TOR a stone when
Wilson left for Crawford, leaving his
valise behind. and is nov in bed, very
sore about the chest and ribs. He thinks
he could identify the man, and as soon as
he can get out will lay the case before Col.
Henry.
, 1891-04-18

New YORK, April lT.-In the spclal
session of the presbytery of Nassau at Far
Rockaway today the committee appointed
to consider the action of the elders of the
Presbyterian church at that place in rela-
ton to the Mrs. McKelvY case, reported
that after examining into the testimony
and records thoroughly they were Of the
opinion that the action of the church was
fully iustifable and was lenient rather
that Otherwise. Clerk Russell SAID he
had been notified that Mrs. McKelvy
would appeal the case to the New York
synod. Mrs. McKelvy, who is the wife
of druggist at Far Rockaway, was an
energetic member of the Presbyterian
church up to about a year and a half ago,
when she severed her connection after
charges had been preferred by Elder
Tory. An abbreviated bathing SUIT which
Mrs. McKelvy is said to have worn at the
beach formed the main subject OF Mr.,
Torry's complaint. Mrs. McKelvy after,
wards sought reinstatement as a member
of the church. Today the verdict Of the
committee is a bad setback for her.
Does your back ache? Oregon Kidney
Tea will cure you.
, 1891-04-18

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. April I7.-Mrs.
J. A. Houston, the wife ct a prominent
farmer, residing near this CITY, eloped
with the hired hand, a negro by the name
Of Dick Black. yesterday. Black had been
employed on the farm by the husband of
the woman with whom he eloped. Mrs.
Houston with her husband and family of
grown-up children. resided on the iarm,
which is one of the best in jackson
county. Several years ago she went off
with a hired man and the guilty pair we're
caught in st. Louis bY the irate husband.
who afterwards condOned the o%ffense
This last escaDade has caussd excitement
to run high in the settlement against the
negro. who. if caught. will he lynched.
Mr.. Houston, the husband, will file an
application for divorce. All parties con-
cerned are highly connected.
, 1891-04-18
DEMAND FREE SILVER
Yesterdays Proceedings of the
Commercial Congress.
Warm Debate on the Silver
and Tariff Resolutions.
A Few Narrow Guage Repub-
licans Withdraw.
The Commercial Congress.

ANS Cry Auril II AT the rom.
~ ~ ~
'o"k'eSS .'uaS Col a " riSh u
Denver delivered an address upon lrrlRa'
"a. 1t was estimated that there are
iNfa OOO snpara miles Of or;d I,n6s in tho
W.. -
"ee'n ooun'S '"H oouiu oe maui pr"
ductiVe by irrigation. AT me minimum
price OF public lands, 81. 25 per acre, this
land had n value ot SsOO0OO OOO At
400 ,olo-,, asa ,b,
GOV per a'ie a ' " NV
value "hen irrigated II "ould ne worth
Sl9, 200, 600, 900. Ii these lands were
properly provided with water. one could
so,r,Iv coptamnI.te pb., an omniro Of
- - -
Popula'iou u "eatu II "ouiu contain
1t was said that the people OF the regions
that desired irrigation should provide it
tbamselves Without agricpI,rre rho
- -
anus woulu never oe set,e9 auu mere
wouiu De no people 10 provide 'rrigation'
Inc goVernmer' snoHlu starS tue WORK.
MI. "lckllne Oh VIEW orleans spoke
upon Immigration ana the settlement OF
vacant ianus iT9n Tue teAI amerlca LOT
americans ~ nh1 oeen Ioia' ne Saiu,
inat TINS Ianu Is oroau enouPh lot alt out
ne submitted that tne Ola "orld mas maze
NJ eumpIhg gr'una ior tne panper ana
criminal classes ana ne pelieyeu ne SPOKE
LOT tne "noie american people "heh ne
saiu tue time mas cone mat u must STOP
Inele Il euousu iuoui '1r al "uo "ant 70
come heIe suu NC que ol rs out not " loo9
OF Rrounu lor one 9i tnoss Paupers anu
Griminals VI tIe III WORM. may lgel
Int have jatelv come from the most
terrible object lesson which clearly in
dicates the need of a change n onr inm;-
grafton laws. He argued viynrons
action by the national conpres-
The majority rerort of the committee
y, resoinTops m,de todav f,vors Ibc free
co,nage of silver and the ,ssnance nj a
snf;cion, amo,nt Of Leg,i tender notes
redee,nable in nth ooid and silver m 70,
store the eouIlibrinm between money and
iii Other nrodncts. a tariff for reyenne
only. that the interstate commerce of the
country sbouId be controlled by the gen.
eraI government: favors the imt royement
of the Mississippi river. the construction
Of tbe Hennenin canal and other water
ways by the government; the eouaiiz ,tion
of taxation. a national bankrunt law. the
snnnression of trusts and combines. the
amendment of the Immigration laws; the
restoration OF railroad land grants to the
nublic domain and the onen,np oi snr-
nlns lands To settlement. the reclamation
of The arid lands. the enactment of laws
to prevent dealing in futures. and com.
mends the secretary of agriculture for his
on our foreign meat trade.
The minority report favors the free
, 1891-04-18
striker LishKo surrenders.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, April John
LIshko, the noted Russian striker, who
has defed the officers and evaded arrest,
was finally persuaded bY the labor leaders
to give himself up, and came here today
tor a hearing before Squire Dawson,
Lishko is a powerful specimen Of physical
manhood, and it has been useless for the
officers single handed to grapple with
him. He threatened to handcuff and kill
Superintendent Esser, and also threat
ened Homer Whitsell, the blacksmith
and others with death. When be scents
danger he gives a peculiar yell, which
causes hundreds Of Russians, Poles and
Slavs, to rush to his aid. When told that
the sheriff would be after him he replied
that he could command as many as the
sheriff. Squire Dawson held him for surety
of the peace, aud he will give him a hear.
ing later on the conspiracy charge.
, 1891-04-18

LONDON, April IA sensation has
been caused in social circles throughout
England by the fact that a warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Capt. Ed
mund Hope Verney. member OF parlia-
ment for Nor.h Buckinghamshire. Capt
Verney is charged with procuring a girl
for immoral purposes. The otfense was
committed last autumn, Capt. Verney
giving the name of Wilson. Last week
the Truth Of this city discovered that
Wilson wasreally Capt. Verney. Capt. Yer
ney lisa leading county magnate, a magis-
trate and a member of the London COUNTY
council. 1t Is believed that Capt Yer
ney. hearing of the application for the
warrant, has escaped from England and
that he is now hiding on the continent.
, 1891-04-18

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE stock
market maintained a firm front through
out the day, although certain adverse IN
fuences we're not without their effect in
restraining the evident tendency OF prices
to advance. The market closed quiet and
steady, with most of the stocks small
fractions better than last evening.
Governments steady.
Petroleum-May closed at 7O4.
Money on call, easy; closed offered at 3.
Bar Silver, CIT.
Copper-Nomiual.
Lead-Steadv. Domestic. $4.25.
Tin-Closed weak. Straits, Sl9. So.
Following are closing prices OF stocks;
u. S. As, registered. % u. s. As,
coupons, %; Pacific 6s. 10; Atchison,
31s; American Express, II: Canada Pa
cihc. so; Canada Southern, 81. Central,
Pacific. 90; Burlington, S73. Delaware
Lackawanna & Western. 35t: Denver x
Rio Grande. 5St: Erie, got; Kansas 4
Texas. 1874, Lake Shore, III, Louisville
4 Nashville, rs, Michigan Central. 92i;
Missouri Pacific. 10: Northern Pacific
25s; preferred, 6S3; Northwestern, 1881;
preferred, l34f; New York Central,
1903; Oregon Navigation, IS; Oregon
Improvement, IS; North American, l6;
Pacific Mail, 374; Reading, 32i; Rock
Island. TAI; Milwaukee h St. Paul,
6Is; st Paul & Omaha. 23i; Texas Pa
ciic, l4.s Union Pacific, As; Fargo Elk
press, 40; Western Union, SIT; Oregon
Short Line. 235, American cotton oil %.
CHICAGO, April l7.-Cattle-Receipts
5000. Market steady. Steers, $6.3
for top prices; $5.4OC93;9O for others,
! cows and helters, $1,000 500.
Sheep-Receipts 5000. Market active
and irregular. Westerns, IS. 6O@6. 80
| lambs, Sc. OOLG6 90.
, 1891-04-18

BosToN. April l7.-TerritOry wool was
firm at 6OCG65, clean, for fine; 5S(g62,
fine medium. 53CG55, medium. Cali
fornia and Oregon woods quiet and uu-
changed.
PHILADELPHIA. April l7.-Wool dull.
Montana, 2O(a24; territory, l6(G22.
, 1891-04-18

LIBERAL, Kas., April l7.-Reports
brought in this afternoon state that the
court house at aansiord, Tex in course
of construction, was destroyed by a cyclone
Wednesday afternoon. A brick mason
and another man were killed. Every
house was more or less damaged. From
there the cyclone travelled in a northeast
erlv direction to Paludora, a little town IN
Weaver comfy, Oklahoma, which place
is reported entirely destroyed. Both To-
~calities are many miles from a railroad or
telegraph.
Base Bail YESTERDAY.
St. Louis-St. Louis 7, Columbus 4.
Louisville-Louisville 4, Cincinnati 8.
Jack Frost -four is the best.
, 1891-04-18

Wisdom's Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects of severe
weather.
, 1891-04-18

Gods blessing to mankind, say thous'
ands who have been cured by Oregon
Kidney Tea,
, 1891-04-18
A BrltIsh Ship wrecked.

SAN FRANCIsco. April 1.-THE steam
ship Monowai, Which arrived today from
Sydney and Honolulu, brings the intelli-
gence that the British ship st. Catherine
was wrecked off the Caroline islands and
ninety persons drowned.
The Hawaiian superintendent of census
states that the preliminary summary of
the population of the kingdom gives a
total of 10000 persons. The native
Hawaiians, either OF pure or mixed blood,
are in the minority, their number having
decreased S per cent, while the number
of Hawaiian. born foreigners had increased
sc per cent.
ARNICATED EUREKA CREAM
is the finest and most effectual lotion Tor
chapped hands. rough and sore SKIN, es-
%pecially prepared for this climate and
pleasos everybody. Try it. Twenty five
cent bottles. Druggists,
, 1891-04-18

Does your back ache? Oregon Kidney
Tea will cure you.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-08
lie Number Of Rams We Have Had.

1t will be interesting TO observe the
number Of rains we have had in the
past four months. \ careful record
has been made and it is given thus:
In January there were Grains. Two
occurring on Sunday, 1 on Wednes-
day, . on Thursday, on Friday and
on Saturdays. Mondays and Tues
days. during the month escaping
without rain.
February had rains , occurring
on Mondays, 9 on Tuesdays, l on
"Wednesday, l on Friday and 3 on Sat
urdays. Thursdays and Sundays of
this month escaping.
March got II rains; , occurring on
Sundays, on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday, 4 on Fridays and on Sat
urdays. Only one day, Wednesday,
escaped without a rain, and every
Friday in the month was wet one.
April had 7 rains; on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, 3 on Thursdays and
on Saturdays. Three days, Sunday,
Monday and Friday, escaping without
rain.
OF Saturdays Of the past 4 months,
16 in all. 10 were wet.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-08
The Author OF Rose Brake.

Mr.. w. ID. Howells, in the Editors
Study of Harper's Magazine for May
says:
Rose Brake is the name of u little
volume of poems by Danske Dan
bridge, one of these Scandinavians,
we think, like Mr.. Boyesen, who nat
uraize so easily among US, and use
our English as if they were born TO 1T.
Mrs. cambridge has an ear for Its
finest music and repeats its most ma
tive strains TO words of her own, that
bring a Northern fancy into the song,
and express some qualities that have
the charm of another way OF feeling
life and nature. There are, for Us at
least. over-many fairies in her scheme;
but we know that the woods are full
of them in Norway and Denmark,
and we tolerate them here in the
hope that by-and-by they will settle
down into law-abiding citizens and
people her future books with some
what more of the honest mortality
we are used TO.
Mr.. Howells is mistaken in think
ing that Mrs. cambridge is a Scandi-
navian. She was born in Denmark,
but OF American parents, being a
daughter of the late Hon. Henry Bed
niger, of this county, who was then a
representative of the United States
government at the Danish Court.