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FIRE At ST. LOUIS.
Jewclry store Or the MermOd 4 Jac.
carl Co. suffers Heavily.

OeVcITy StOFe@ OI 0Oe Merm O0 q JaC~
card CO.. suners Heavily.
An St. Louis, Dec. 20. "A fire started in
the basement OF the building occupied
By the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry COM
pany at the corner Of Locust street and
Broadway early Sunday morning and
in an almost st.increditabl short time the
five-story building was completely gut
ted. The total loss will reach $685., 900.
The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry COM
pany was one Of the largestin the world
and, this being Christmas season, carried
an immense stock. One-half of the
stock had been placed in the two large
vaults and saved. but the rest, as well
as the building and its fixtures, was to-
tally destroyed. So fierce was the Ere
that not a dollars worth of salvage was
taken out. The Model Cloak company,
in the northeast corner of the building,
was wiped out, sustaining loss of $780,
600, on which there is an insurance Of
three-fourths.
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GoMPERs AGAIN PRESIDENT,
IL Reelected by the Anne rtcnn Feaer
alton OF Labor. 81

In Reelected by the Anne rtcnn Feaer
M alton Of Labor.
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. e. In the con.
vention of the American Fedora ton of
Labor Saturday Samuel Gompcrs was
reelected president by a vote OF ]. .S45 "a
407 for Ernest Kreft, Of Philadelphia.
The next session is to be held IN Kan
sas City, Mo. The committee on lresi.5
dents report recommended tha the
president issue an appeal to the Mons
OF the country for contributions 10 II
fund @ for the aid Of the striking enrii.
neers OF England. Il was advised that
the federation appro ropriate $500 for this
purpose. Concerning restric,ion st I'M
migration the committee recommenletl
that the convention pronounce III favor
ot 2 reasonable measure Of restriction
on g ! the lines Of the educational test as
contained s,se In the Lodge bill. thai failed
Of enactment at the last session OF con-
RTeo&. saEs s 5sa
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cHANDLER's SHOT At GAGE.

New Hampshire. senator Severely
Criticiscs the Secretary. g55
Washington, Dec. 20. Senator Chand-
Ter, of New Hampshire, has written a.
letter 70 a Washington paper, in which
he says that Secretary Gage asks im-
possible currency reforms, and fiercely
criticises the latter's financial bill. The
senator claims that public de bate Of the
question will unsettle business, that
the republican party will be divided,
that the opposition will be CONSOLE
dated, and predicts. in that event, the
election of democratic congress and
president. He appeals to President Me-
Kinley to stop the secretary in his in.
sane career" t8 lS
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Exp +: / LyosloN Il IS rwo. 4

Woman ~ Chfi1 49, yictim. a. ta.,
elinss N stoss ss,lt llsl ~ aasa..s s. Z
SD HEol olyoke, Mass.,S 80. POT NO i've.
were lost by the explosion of aaso.S
limo stove il this city. Miss Amelia
Koegel, IS years old, attempt to lirhts
the stove. when there was 40 explosion,
She picked 81 mp q two -year-old ckild3
named M Alfred Kenen who vas isbsthej
house g and tried ito escap pc, but got 1htp
the pantry and was cut on 81 IL
q 11s5nss ar
hel reached
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HELPS TEN THOUSAND MEN.
Wages OF window GLASS Workers Are
Advanced.

Wages OF window GLASS Workers Arc
y. Advanced.
Pittsburgh. Pa, Dec. ~. After many
bitches the complete wage scale Of the
window glass workers has been settled,
and the factories will resume opera:
tons three weeks from to-day. The cut
tiers and tlatteners were granted ad-
.vances of IS and IL per cent. respective
" over last years wages. The blowers
and gatherers reached their settlement
early this month and have been waiting
for the other branches to settle the
scale. The starting of theWindow glass
factories in january will give work to
10000 men scattered over eastern and
central states. s.s5s .sz.s
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KILLED HER MOTHER. !.
Flora Sweet Con,'~ntts Con, ~ Matricitie DUR
1a,|$,s sfssE#y Ing aA<&unrrel. f

HTaUEM SNVeeH COm1u q N1u0F1c1ue Our@
H II; {.3 Ing y <4unrrel.
Susa auehanna, Pa, Dec. 90. Flora
Sweet, aged 40, shot her mother, Mrs.
..Elvira Sweet, aged 60, il the breast with
a revolver, intiicting asfwound from
which the latter died in half an hour.
The daughter admitted her guilt and
said it ,was the result Of a quarrel. The
mother, before death said her daughter
had been ia i'll health for many years,
andt WAS not to blame. It is believed
that the daughter was temporarily in
sane when she fired the shot.
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CLAIM NM ocENc cE.5
Merry ana smlfA Deny murder Of the
8ts Formers Wife. 3sss

f Chicago, u Dec. II 20. Chris Merry,
with the murder Of his wife.
and James Smith the alleged accom-
s9pliceS Of Merry, arrived in Chicago Sun.
day from Princeton, Kyy. !, where they
were arrested. Sunday afternoon both.
men were q conf onted BY Joseph.
Hickey, supo ,v hose confession they.
were arrested, but they stoutly denied
any knowledge 81 Mrs. Merry's death.
.ins ai penas
1ing xsmins Hon ! on' 81 Tlesd 4 s:s
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DOMESTIC.

l. Theodore Durrant was sentenced in
San Francisco to be hanged on January
z next for the murder of Blanche La
mont. ia.
The schooner Susan p. Thurlow went
to pieces on Gushing island, near Port
land, Me-, and the captain and five mem
be1s of the crew were lost. ...
= The convention of business men
which met in indianapolis last january
and authorized the appointment of the
monetary commission will meet again
in the same city on january 25 to con-
slider the commissions report, & u.
For the last nine months the increase
in the exports of merchandise was $780,
. 9o1 ,435 and the gain in imports was $685.
I 492, ,194. T..
~ The southern bankers in convention
at Atlanta, Ga, adopted resolutions fa-s
/ voring the coinage Of more gold and
silver and the retirement. of treasury,
! notes. E=s%{ ~
q The national committee of the peo-
ple's party will meet in St. Louis Janu-
Z ary 12 to prepare the call for its ma
tional convention. s..%gss@.:-. s.,.. s#
7@& The Let's Fletcher company's whole
,ras Gestrnyed Nv go oa,,s;nn !, ,oss-nf -
e,1o ooo - y 80 - g VS. 80 -
Il Z ~" Iooo e;x,+o,n+h .,,n,,., - -
N No+;nna1 go, se~r;oa 90 pafor,a De- 10 - ,r,,o @
~ hoaon r;na;nsat: 80 49, IN 80, So $50,
Snores;d;na 81 - ~ = 'i = = - = ~ ~ - :
d s n~s--s c., -,
$ cos o.enan' Pcuulci' sno, n1e
.salf $500 - - 80 80 80 =, = J !.
1 -. = -; ~ ~ 49, rh;oo, :.
oa+ern Ti1;no;s ra;1rood co,l;1ed syith
q fre;uh+ near C1;n+on Ind and IN
c;neer Ransch md F;remen Rrewer ma
8Dester we're killed and five other per-
Sons were injured. 81. 4 4
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Happenings Of the Past Seven,
Days in Brief
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PO-
. litical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record. =
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
CONGRESSIONAL. I.

Fl .
Proceedings OF First Regular Session.
A bill was passed in the senate on the
18th providing for the prohibition of pela-
closed with spirited civil service debate
upon the bill providing for the appoint
ment of a director Of the census. The
house spent the day in the consideration
Of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill and SO Of the 112 pages
Of the bill were covered. A resolution was
adopted for holiday recess from Decem-
Der l8 to January S.
A bill was passed in the senate on the
10th appropriating $250,000 for the relief of
American miners and other sufferers in the
Yukon valley In Alaska. A resolution was
adopted for a holiday recess from Decem-
ber Is to January s. The nominations of
Joseph McKenna, Of California, to be as
sociate Justice of the supreme court, and
Charles G. Dawes. of Illinois. to be comp
troller of the currency, were received from
the president. :. In the house a bill requir-
Ing all immigrants on reaching here to be
able to read or write was favorably re-
ported, and a bill was passed appropriating
$175J00O for relief of people in the Yukon
valley. A bill prepared by Secretary Gage
for revision OF the national currency sys-
tenn was introduced. ..
A joint resolution accepting the invitation
OF Norway to participate in an interna-
tional fisheries exposition next year was
passed In the senate on the 17th, also 1873
private pension bills. Resolutions OH the
death Of William Steele Holman, late rep
resentative from Indiana, were adopted.
In the house the consideration Of the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was completed, excepting the para
graph relating to the civil service. s+ "
The senate on the 18th received and
adopted the. conference report on the bill
appropriating 100000 for the relief Of min
ers in the Yukon river country. The nomi-
nation of William Penn Nixon as collector
Of customs at Chicago was confirmed. Ad-
journed to January 5....In the house the
conference report on the emergency re-
lief measure for the Klondike country was
presented and agreed to. Adjourned to
January 5. Il Et a5s
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q Murd erers were hangsd1 a. follows:5
Grady ISynoId ant1l lsudad Brooks At JET
Eferson, On. Bud Beerda colored J, aged
|. III Years. u d III rroll ton, "a Ia; William
Jnlinson d d pvingt ton,l IellE, and Will
liam Carr nf Liberty, NJ D. Sss
The two children of Mrs. Granville
Morgan were cremated iii Kansas City,
Ron ], during the absence Of their moth
er. SA55! #ssass 5..43 s 81 iii j, .5
The Citizens bank at Oclwein, Ia, Fl.
G. Sturgis q Co., proprie tors ma made 10 9
voluntary assignment, and closed It's
doors. Liabilities, sac, 600. 81 &.
Twenty-Five horses were burned to
death III Joseph Badenoch's barn in
Chicago. ., .s.$S5 u .55s 5Hs .5s$ B.
Jacob We'll. aged SO, one Of Chicago's
best known rcal estate owners and cap
italists. shot himself dead in his office
while temporarily insane.
1s In 4 fight in New York for he middle
weight championship OF the world Dan
Crecdon, Of New Zealand, was whipped
by "Kid" Mccoy, OF Indiana. in the
fifteenth round.
William w. Thomas. Jr.. of Maine,
has been selected as minister plenipo-
tertiary Of the United States to Swe:-
den and Norway. and Hamilton King,
of Michigan, as minister to Siam. a !
In Chicago j. Hanrahan and Patrick
Ferris, judges Of election, were con-,
victed Of falsifying returns and sem
4o-oo1 ~ k1,a ,,onS%on%sorV, ..1f
At the session of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor in Nashville. Tenn.
it was ordered that representative be
ordered to stay in Washington and
watch legislation. \: ss
The National Civil Service Reform
league in session in Cincinnati reelected
Carl Schurz president. III.
1t has developed that the bill relating
to opelagic sealing, which has just passed
both branches of congress, prohibits
the further bringing of sealskins into
the United States from any source
whatever. s,. <
. A gasoline stove exploded in Holy
oke, Mass, killing Mrs. Amelia Koegel,
aged 35, and Alfred Kenell, aged two
years. s s,+ ...>~ Z ) -.
The Northwestern overland limited
train was wrecked at Vail, Ia, and 19
persons were injured. q.
Il. Monarch, one of the largest dis
tillers in Kentucky, failed at Owens
boro for $750.O00. .s ..s#
Slight shocks of earthquake were felt
at Ashland and Richmond. Va.
In the convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Nashville Sam.
uela Gompers was reelected president
and Kansas City was chosen as the
next place of meeting. ~ 4
The wages of 10000 window glass
workers in the Pittsburgh district have
been raised Is per cent. j sg;
The Mermod & Jaccard jewelry com
pany in st. Louis lost $685., 900 by a fire
that destroyed their stock. e..:$ :t..s.8. .*@
Thirty-three men were injured, two
fatally, in a collision on the Rio Grande
road near Castle Rock, Col.
John Straus was dead and his two
sens were dying from drinking coffee
at Elk City, Kan, into which rat poison
had dropped accidentally. @
A locomotive exploded near Repton,
Ala, killing the engineer, John O'Con-
nor, the fireman, Jack Clipper, and two
trainlnen, John johnson and Henry
Vickery. a5. d.. '.
Snow fell to the depth of two feet
over the greater portion of Nebraska. i:
prpeoNAl ANN po, ,r,cA, =.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

TGNSONAI- AMI FOl1 tOAls -"
John A. Willard, one of the best
known bankers and fnanciers in MIN
nesota, died suddenly at Mankato.
The, original of the character OF
George Harrissin 'tUncle Toms Cabin =
Lewis George Clark, died in Lexington,
Ky .sSss s.s ss;s ;ssss fsss ..g;
( Charles Doring, one Of the best known
bandmasaers in the United States and
organizer of the famous Doring's band,
died at his home in Troy, n. Y.
Charles L. Childs, an ex-member OF
congress from Illinois, died in Pitts.
burgh. Pa ........
Washington Hesing, ex-postmaster
Of Chicago, twice candidate for mayor,
and president of the Stats. Zeitung
company, died of heart failure, aged
49years. J. .s .
Mrs. Dinah Sutton, the last of the
slaves ever owned in New Jersey, died
in her home in Paterson, aged los years.
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FOREIGN.

.
The sultan of. Turkey and the king 81
Greece have finally ratified the peace
treaty..
Alphonse Dandet, the famous French
novelist, died in Paris, aged 81 years. !.
n William Terriss, one Of the best
known and most popular actors Of the
English stage, was assasinated as he
was entering the Adelphi theater sin
London by super named Archer.
81 Gen. Blanco says thatsif, within a rem
,sonable time after the establishmentof
autonomy ii Cuba, it is seen that it has
no practical effect in the restorationSof
peace. lie will resign. .s11ss..
The residence Of Patrick Leahy was
burned at Ottawa, Ont, and Leahy and
five Of his children pcrished..
James Mitchell, solicito general ia
the New Brunswick abinet and former.
u premier Of the province. died at st.
Stephen. * s5 ~
4 a dispatc 4 from Shanghai assert.
that Chinaw will acqu quiescein5 Germany's
retention OF :Kiao-C Chou d II i. d.
lii g bull fight at Gu dalnjara, Mexico,
three persons were killed and nine
8)thers seriously injured. nnd ii q sim.
1ilarS performance ~ the City cf M Is.
leo ten horses ana Dix f6suilll lls were killed.
The total soutpu e off sugar from the
Hawaiian islands Tor the year Just clos
Ing 4s,se
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done to tie. hand and foot, the incoming

done to tie. hand and foot, the incoming
administration"
Commissioner Heintze expressed himself
equally forcibly.
The resolution went through just the
same.
There was another lively tilt between
the Commissioners when a resolution
was offered requiring the East Jersey
Water Company to furnish an additional
bond of $1,000 for the faithful perform
ance of the new water contract. The COM
pany has already given the city bond
of $4,000 for the faithful performance OF
the original temporary contract, and as
the new one is represented to be a con-
tinuation of that contract the Republican
officials maintain that the 5000 additional
bond, making $4,000 in all, is sufficient to
guarantee the city against loss.
Commissioner Boltwood declared the
new bond to be absurd, too meagre and a
mere bagatelle.
Commissioner Heintze also denounced it
as being ridiculously low
Their protests were of no avail. The
resolution went through by vote of
z tO 9
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NO USE FOR THE OLD GANG.
Swarms of Democrats Want Jobs
Only Clean Men Need Apply.

Leader Robert Davis NE is being made
miserable by Democrats who want office
He said this morning he had no idea so
many out and out Democrats were out
of work. Having no voice in the MAX
ing of appointments, he is merely prom
ising such as apply to him that he will
do what he can for them. There are a
few whom he has told, in good plain
language, that they cannot expect as
sistance from him. In that class are
some who have been fed on politics all
their lives and who become most active
after Democratic victory Mr.. Davis is
suffering from neuralgia and positively
declines to discuss the situation.
A Democrat who has the interests of
the party at heart said this morning to
a reporter of "The News
1T has pleased me and it is giving
general satisfaction to the party work
ers to know that the leaders have de-
cided positively that no one who comes
under the head Of the old gang is to
get an appointment.
'"The ruin of the Democratic party in
this county has been the retention of old
political hacks in Office. There are men
today who are actually demanding offices
who, if appointed, would cause the party
to be damned.
There are young, good, bright men in
the party and to them should go the re-
wards. 1t is time the old gang was forced
out, and it surprises me to know that
some former officials have had the i'm
pudence to become candidates this time
so far as can learn, there is no oc-
| casion for old gang men to apply for
office. They are being turned down all
along the line and very justly, too.
THE Democratic party can be run
quite well without assistance from the
old gang. which has become stencil to
Democrats have won and to them belong
| the spoilSr
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POTTS PAID.
The Little Judge Reappointed For
Three Years -Cierksbfp Fight.

The Little Judge Reappointed For
Three Years Fight.
Mayor Wanser this afternoon announced
the reappointnent of J. Herbert potts
as Police Justice for the full term of
three years.
Immediately after receiving his commits
sion, Justice Potts hurried to the City
Clerks office and was sworn in. The
happiest man in town is the Little
Judge Congratulations have been
showered upon him from all Sides He
will resume his seat on the bench in
the First Criminal Court tomorrow morn
ing.
1t was quite well known previous to
election that Justice Potts agreed to run
for Mayor only upon the condition that
in the event of his defeat he should be
permitted to resign as Police Justice and
be reappointed for full term by Mayor
Wanser.
The Mayor believes the Justice won re-
appointment fairly
Who will be Justice Potts clerk is still
undecided. There are dozen heelers
who want it and each claims to have a
cinch on the place. The Republican as
pirants have rather unwisely not con-
sidered the possibility of the present
clerk, James F. Norton's reappointment.
Mr.. Norton knows more of the duties of
the clerkship than all the aspirants for
his place could jam into their craniums
in ten years. His great offense appears
to be that he is a Democrat and the
hungry Republicans insist that all Demo-
Gratis must walk the plank. Mr. Norton
is not much of a walker, but he will per-
form that feat If his Republican oppo-
nents can muster strength enough to
oust him. The fight is a merry one, but
there seems to prevail an impression that
Mr.. Norton will be retained for a while
a least or until such time as Justice Potts
is able to find an equally competent man.
1t is said Justice Potts may have to
import clerk if some of the men who
have declared themselves candidates for
the place are a sample of what the Re-
publican leaders want him to select from.
Police Justice Douglass, it was reported
this afternoon, proposes resigning and
securing reappointment for the full term
of three years. Andrew J. Boyle may be
his clerk if he is reappointed
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DIED..

COGAN-On Monday, April 10, 1897, Pat
rick Cogan, beloved husband OF Bridg-
ct Cogan.
Funeral from his late residence, No. 57s
Summit avenue, on Thursday, April %, at
interment in Hudson County Catholic
Cemetery.
BYRNES.--In this city, on Monday,
April 10, 1897 Patrick. the beloved son
of Thomas and Bridget Byrnes, aged
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from the residence of his parents, No. 33E
Monmouth street, on Thursday, April 22,
at two p. NJ
RICH-Tuesday, April 90 1897, Ida L.,
wife of Edward S. Rich, in her 10th
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services Thursday evening,
April 22, eight. O'Clock at residence Of
her father, Frederick Luxton, No. 1,226
Bloomfield street. Hoboken.
BUSCH H.-Suddenly, III this city, Tuesday,
April 20 1897, John Busch, the beloved
husband of Dora A. Busch, aged 5e
years.
N. r. Schuetzen. No, l. and New York
Germania Council No. 6, are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from his
late residence. No. 31s Manning avenue,
on Friday, April 2s, at two p. M.
CALvERLEYr-Ent into rest, at Ho-
boken, on Tuesday. April 20, 1897. n.
Henry Calverley. son of the late John
and Mary Ann Calverley.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral on Thurs
day, April %, at three p. NJ, from his
late residence, No. 12T Willow avenue,
Hoboken.
FEELEY-On Tuesday. April 20. 1897,
Patrick Feeley, beloved husband of
Ann Feeley
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from his late residence
No. 50 Canal street, on Thursday April
p at A. M; thence >to St. Bridgets s
Church, where a solemn high mass of re-
quiena will be celebrated.
HENKEN-At his residence, No. 2A5 Sec
ond street. ON Tuesday, April 90 1897
Martin Henken. beloved husband OF
Elisabeth Rormann, IN his sSd year.
scholars Of the Sunday School. are invit-
ed to attend the funeral services at st,
Matthew's A1.s German Lutheran Church.
r. nj.
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suitsagainst the city on Monday. in the
District Court. for a bill for election
printing. The city's lawyers put in no
defence and Judgment was given for the
plaintiff BY default.
Lawyer Corbin went to Justice Lippin-
colts house last night and applied for
writ of certiorari, which was granted and
made returnable in the Supreme Court at
ing Journal Associations judgment to
the Supreme Court for review
Mr.. Corbin will contend that the judg-
ment should be set aside on the ground
that the election was held in violation of
the law, that is the Macarthur law, and
city is, therefore, not responsible for the
expenses incurred. The next thing Mr..
Corbin will have to do will be to get the
Supreme Court together and give de-
cision. AS matter of course the Court
will affirm the decision of Justices Gum
mere and Garrison, declaring the Nc
Arthur law unconstitutional The Court
is bound by that decision. The next
move will be to take out a writ of error
and in that manner get the question of
constitutionality before the Court of Err
rors. 1t is not improbable that this can
be done before May 8, the date when
the officials elected are to take possess
sion of their offices. If Chancellor McGill
as President of the Court of Errors, con-
sents to call an extraordinary session of
the Court and request the members or a
majority of them to attend the session, it
is not likely that any member of the
Court will refuse to comply with the re-
quest. Why the gentlemen who have de-
veloped so much anxiety to retain offices,
from which the people have declared that
they should retire should preserve so
much secrecy about their movements is
a mystery.