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Peter Cooper's will has been lilecl. Hls estáte isvalued at $2,000,000. About $200,000 is given to special bequests, Cooper Union is to have $100,000, and the reraainder of the estáte is divided between liis son and daughter, Edward Cooper, and Mrs. Abrara S. Hewitt. In the snit of Lizzie Gannon vs. Father Flemingof Boston, whicli was broughtto recover $5,000 damages, because the jatter, a Catholic priest, had taken away some paper images to whicli the child had becomeattaehed, causing alleged serious injury to her hcaltli and mental condition, the jary brought in a verdict oí one cent damages. The bricklayers' union of Chicago, i.3 sendlng out committeea to meet and explain the situation to all laborers going there in response to offers published by tho builders' associatisn. Strangers are given work, member6 of the bricklayers' association if neccssary, giving strangers their 6ituations. It is claimed some 20 men are provided for in tliis way. If the incomers desirc to return home transportation is provided them. The general situatiou is unehanged. Ninety-three have been killed in Mexico since the Apache outbreak, of which 27 were Americana. It is believed that many killed are not yet reported. At Palmo ranch 10 were killed in one day. Two woincn were huug up by the hands and ripped open. From one u child was taken which was found mangled at the mother'e fect. The bodies of the men were horribly mangled. A freight train on the Norfolk anti Western railroad at Lynchburg, Va. , was derailed and several cars were wrecked. Fireman Gilmore and engineer Michael Spillan were killed. The track was raaliciously obstructed. The attempts to settle the difTerences exieting between Pittsburg coal miners and operators by arbitration have f ailed completel y. The committee appointed to arrange a 6cale of wages reported that they had been unable to prepare a seale and were discbarged. The miners then made a proposition to work the next 6lx months at tíiree and a quarter cents per bushei, which is one-fourth of a cent lower tnan the present rate, but the operators objeeted and offered three cents. It is expected that a reduction to three cents will now be ordered, which event will bring about a strike most serious in its effects upon the coal market. A fcarful tragedy oecurred near Earlville, Iowa, a few mornings since, on the farm of Charles J. Smith. The family consisted of Charles J. Smith, the father, his wife and four children. They had lived here many years and had always been eonsidered a quiet, 'respcclable family. It seems the twoboys.Charles, Jr., aged 14, and Willic, aged 10, went to the barn, a was their custom, about 6 o'cloclt, to do the chores. It is supposed the father followed hortly and brained them with an ax. One was found outside the barn with his skull driven in as if death came with the first blow, the other in the atable with lis head and face fearfully cut in sevral places. After killing the boys the athcr made ui luc ïiouse ana meeting nis wife ín the kitchen, where she was preparing )reakfast, with one blow he felled her lifeless o the floor. Two little girls, aged 8 and 12 ears, witnessed the attaek on the mother and scaped from the house, ran to the neares neighbor and gave the Iarm. Going to the house all the terrible features of the tragedy were revealed. Ün the wood pile Iay the ax completely vered with blood. The tiend of a ather could not be seen. Search was made for nim and his lifeless body was fouud about ighty rods from the house lying under a wire enee, his throat cut from ear to ear, the knife till in one hand and a bottle of strychnine in he other. The indications were that he had aken theoison and fearing f allure from this means used a kn.fe, nearly severing his head rom the body. No doubt it was the purpose of the father to kill his entire family. The cause as eummed up by the nelghbors was loss of property and iinancial ernbarrasement. He ost most of his stock during the winter, over 00 hogs aiid several head of cattle, besides other property, and he had ofteu of late been ïea-d to say "Everything eeems to work against me." Major Phipps, who absconded from 'hiladelphia some time ago, charged with havng embezzled Philadelphia almhouse funds, and who was arrested at Hamilton, ünt., and extradited, bas been taken to Philadelphia in charge of Detective Bell and the chief of the inkerton detective force. Le6lie Wright, the lamilton detective, also accompanied the party or the purpose of claiming his $500 ruward or the arrest of Phipps. The reputation and iberty of some prominent Philadelphians will be endangered if Phipp is taken to that city and put in the witness box, where he will in all probability givehis friendsaway in order to make it easier for himself . It is estiniated that under the law cducing letter postage from three to two cents, the aggregate reveuue of the postofnee department from the sale of stamps will bc redueed about 30 per cent. The shortaije in the appropriations !or witnes8 and jurors' fees is cau6ed by the unusual demand made against them, because of the long-coutinued sessious of courts in various parts of the country. Judge Frazer of Indiana, oue of tho commissioners to settle the Alabama claims will probably be appointed to succeed Postmaster-General Gre6ham as United States dis,rict judge. Postruaster-General Grosham has apjroved the design for the new two cent postage itamp. The stamp contains a tablet upon which s a proflle of Washington similar to that on ;he present thrre cent stamp. Surrounding the proflle is an oval band. In the upper part of the band are the words "United States rostage;" beneath the band a large "2," and at the extreme bottom of the tablet the words "Two Cents." The design will be returncd to New York for engraving, aftcr which the department will decide upon the color to be used. The color of the design approved is green. A tornado plajed sad havoc at White Oak Station, Ark., a village on the Litlle Koek & Fort Smith railway. Á storm of such severity was never known in that seetion before. The wind blew f rom the southwest with a forcé beyond the powers of descriptlon. The sides of the mountains which, before the storm, were covered with trees, now show none standing, even oaks being snappcd in twain like pipe-stem8. After came hall, which lasted till the ground was eovered with ice. Many stones were nearly as large as hens' eggs. F. A. Kisor, postma6ter, lost his store and residenee and probably most of the mail. Three hundred dollars in currency wae alse scattered by the wind, $89 belng found. He was seriously injured about the spine. L. R. Wallace's residence, stables and store, oceupied by J. E. Cox. were leveled. as were also the rebidence of J. tí. W. Murray, and all others at that place. The storm averaged three miles in width. It came from the south of the river at a point near White Oak. Telegraph wires were blown down for nearly foui miles and no f enees can be seen anywhere. Trees two and three fcet in diameter were uprooted, broken and twistcd like twigs. One more than two feet thick lay the raflroad track, the iron rail be neath it broken in pieces. Pile after pile of green railroad ties were found blown around as if they had been matches and a carload of lum oer had boen emptied. There arrived in the Dominion in March 8,598 immigrants, and in the firit three months of the year 20,04(5, against 20,191 in 1882. There remained in the Dominion 11,690 immigrants, against 9,844 in 18S2. Memorial services on the 18th anm versary of the death of Abraham Lincoln wer held at the catacomb of the national Lincoln monument at Springfield. 111., on thelSth inst. under the auspices of the Lincoln guard o honor. The program embraced religious exr clses, music, the reading of President Lincoln' Sundity order to the armj and navy, an oratton by Geu. Thomas J. Hendèrsonof Princeton, 111 and the readiug of an original noem by Joh H. Bryant, brother of William Gullen Bryant At the conclusión of the stated exereises th cat&comb was opened, and a large concours passed in and placed ílowers and evergreens o the sarcophagus. Princesa Louise has returnod frosi Bermuda, reaching Ottawa on the 17th inRt. The steamer Nestorian arrived in BoBton a few days ago with 650 passengere, the most of them impoverished Irish people sent over at th expense of the English government. The greater part are families, soine of which number eight or ten persons, while he average is about flye. The majorlty are rom Galway, others from Mayo, Derry and Jonegal. Most of those írom Gahvay" werc. evicted and during the past winter lived as best hey could, finding shelter in tente. Indian meal porridge iras their principal article of ood. The agent of the government furnished noney to those who desired to go to places eyond Boston, the ainuunt depending upon heeize of the fatnilv, 6ome receiving a few hillings, others L3, L3, L% or L6. A great nany of the men are farmers, but seem undeided as to what they shall do here, some foing to New York, others Pittsburg, Pcrtand, Chicago and Canada, while some will reíain in Boston and vieinity. Several paid their wn passage, but broughtlittle with them in be way of money or household goods. They vill be sent to their various destiuations by the teaniship company. The steamer Parthia írom iiverpool whien arrived the next morning, also rought a large number of the same class of migrante. Sixty-nine evieted farmers from Mayo and Galway arrived in Philadelphia the ame day. The Rev. Beruard Skellj of Galway, vas also a passenger, lie had been sent here )y the archbishop of Tuam to raise mcney for ie relief of the distroes of his llock. Geoi'ge Scheller, accused of setting ire to the Newhall house in Mihvaukee on the morning of January 10 last, was acquitted by je jury. Five ballots were taken and only one f the jurors was for conviction all that time nd he flnally gave in because Judge Mallory nstrueted that if there was any doubt in hfs ïind he must give the prisoner the benefit of ie doubt. The court room rc-echoed with leers when the verdict was anuounced, and lundreds crowded about Scheller to grasp his iand. The jury was out just two hou' s. The rial has lasted a week and nearly 100 witnesses ave been called. The prisoner was traeed to il liin a half block of the scène and admittcd n the 6tand that he was in front of the Newïall house a íew moments previous to the time he alarm sounded. The cause aeslgued by the irosecution for the flendish act was that Scheler owed over $4,000 and had heavy Insurance n the stock of liquors in his store in the basement of the hotel. Once previously eas jets in is place had been feund turned on, and one as burning. After Scheller was arrested his ather-iu-law died at the hospital under cirumstances pointing to suicide. His fathern-law was Intereeted with htm in the business, cheller says he will remaln in Milwaukee. Liqnor dealers in Ohio are unhappy ecause the Scott bilí has become a law. It axes each liquor dealer in the state $00, and ïose who only sell wine, beer and ale must ay $100 for the privilege. NATIONAL CAPITAL. Judge Gresham has been sworn in as Kffitmaster-general. Judge Lllloy has Wongfit suli agaluti Senator Dorsey for 81,000 damages :Jleged o have been sustained by him when Dorsey made the assault upoB him some time ago. The committee appointed to examine ie condition of the treasury of the United tates expeet to finish the count of all cash on and in about eight days. The count of subsiiary silver coiu has closed. There remains to e counted $1,500,000 in Standard 6ilver dolars and $3,200,000 in legal tender notes. The omniittee is also engaged in verifving the acounts of all disbursing oüjcers. ÏNTo discrepncies have thus far been discovered in either money or accounts. The largest order for printing blank orms ever given to the public printer ia that f the commissioner of internat revenue for lanks and labels required to carry into effect ie provisions of the law relative to the rebate n tobáceo and cigar6. This order was for 50,000,000 labels and 750,000 blanks for the use f manufacturers and dealere. There is great emand for these blanks, one St. Louis manuacturer alone haying sent for 750,000 labels, 'he demand is being met as rapidly as cireumtanees will permit. Walsh, tho Irish suspect, who was rrested in Paris, ia now in New York. He ays he came to this country to put himself ut of the power of the wretch Carey. Six cars of a freight train on the Grand Trunk were precipitated over an embanknsent near 8t. George, Ont., andwero all masud to atoms. The loss is heavv. Commissioner Raum is preparing regulatlons for the guidance of Collectors of Ihernal Revenue in regard to the withdrawal, ransportation and storage of matches without he payment of stamp tax after May 15, in acordancc with the provisions of the new Internal Revenue act. The new designs for the two-cent postage stamps have been reeeived and subnitted to the postmaster-general. The three ent stamps in stock after the two cent law ;oee icto effect may be used for paekages of hird and fourth clase mail matter requiring ,hree cent postage, and also for Canadian mail matter. Professor Baird, of tho United Stat Fish Comtniseion, has just campleted the semiannual distribution of yeung carp for etoeking onds in various parte of the Union, and in leveral foreign countries. About 200,000 ¦oune: earp have been sent out from Washiug,on this spring in response to demands from nearly every state, and requests from Canada, Juba and Costa Rica Jiulie Lawrence, fint comptrollcr of the treasury, has notiSed the attorney general that the appropriatiou fbr fees of witucsses is entirely exhausted for the present fiscal ar ending June 30 next, and there ie only 190,000 for feee of jurors available. A circu ar has been addressed to ofneers of courts sugestirg that triale be had only in the most imortant uianner. A movement is on foot in Ottawa in the event of the amalgamation of the VVinnieg and Hudson Bay and the Nelson Valley aud lüdeou Bay raihvay companies, to organize an expedition to explore the Hudson stralts. The roposition is if the dominion government will :ontribute a thlrd of the eost aud the imperial ;overnment a third, the new company will furlish the remainder. The steamer Flamborough of the 3ermuda line, which 6ailed from New YorK a 'cvf days ago, carrle6 1,000 barrels of whisky 'rom Penusylvania and Ohio dlstilleries. The iquor is part of over produetion that has been manufactured the past live yeare, and which las been lying in bonded warehouses. The time has come when the interual revenue tas must bc paid upon it, and to avoid this disilllere are shipping enormoue quantities to foreign countries, where it will he in storolouses till needed. Tho statement that the British Government has sought to secure the co-opcration of the United States iu "aproposed eystem of surveiliauce, whereby Americans suspected ol eouspiring against what is termed the peace oi Great Britain may be detected and prevented from carrying out their purpose," is most eraphatically deilied at the etate department. It ia declared that the paragraph from whieh the foregoing extract is quoted has no foundation in f act; and that no communlcation whatever on the 6ubject, either oral or written, has been made oi: behalf of Great Britnin. All dispaU'hos of the sort which appear in the news papers are purely tictltious, if the State Uepnrtmeut oiiicials are worthy of belief. It is quite probable that the international provisiont regulating extraditiou proceedings have been the subject of closer scrutiny thau usual b; offleers of the State Department within the las few months, but that is a matter quite apar from any measure looking to the cstablishmen of a system of espionage over the movement oí individuáis who have not laid themselve Hable to extradition by the commissiou o crime. Gideon A. Lyon, of Michigan ha been promoted from a $1,600 to an $1,800 clerk ship iu the Peneion Office aud Donald McPher eon, of Michigan, from a $1,000 to a $1,20 clerkship. The issuo of standard silver dollars fromthemiuts for the week ended April 14 was $1,57,480. The issue for the corresponling period last year was $139,500. The Indian agent at the Swan Siletz Indian Ageney, Orcgon, bas been ordered by Commissioner Price to hold the Indians íor a murder committed on thfi reservation, and to file a eomplaint against them before a magistrate. J. U. New, Assistant Secrotary, Joseph II. Robinson, Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury, ana W. F. McLennan, Chief of the Warrant División, have been appointed a committee to investígate the charges against .1. 6. HUI, Supervising Architect. In the United States court of claims judgmcnt wasrendered in favor of the Chicago, Milwaukec and St. Paul railroad cotnpany for $17,875. This was a claim against the United States lor balance due on a contract for earryiug the mails. R. M. Daggett, United States minister at Honolulú denles the statement of the alleged re shlpment froui tuere to Üie United States of Chinese sugars with a view to 6ecuring the advantages of the reciprocity treaty between the United States and the Sandwich Islauds. The charge? against Supervising Architect Hill of the treasury department hae been made public, and briefly summcd up.may bü classed uuder flve different heads. First, general charge of corruption, fraud and extravagance against a ring in the arebitect's oQiee composed of Assistant Secretary French, Architect Hill, Assisstaut Architect Jacobs, A. J. Thomas, Win. H. Powers, B. F. Little, Gannon, Church, Jordon, Bartlett, Robins te Co. and others the second charge is that Hill corruptly administers the patronage of his oltice againt the interests of the United States ; the third charge, that eoutractors kuown to be gnilty of fraud are especially favored by the suoervising architect, having been largely overpaid by many thousands of dollars and otherwise corruptly beneöted; the fourth charge, that unskilled and incompetent persons are knowingly employed in the architect's office and paid at rates due those competent. Persons are paid who hold sinecures and do other work for whieh they are paid; the fifth charge, that contract have been let in violation of law o persons not the lowest bidders, and that rices have been paid for labor and materials ;nown to have been extortiouate and excessive ; jat vouchers have been paid for labor and naterials never furnished and that vouchers, ids aud eontracts have been unlawfully and corruptly altered to the advantage and benefit of contraetors. The fifth month of that disgusting farce, the star route trial, begun on the 17th tnst. The lirst iastalment of the iive-cent nickel piece of the latest design has been received by Treasurer Wyman froni the Philadelphia mint. This issue of the nickel piece has the word "cents" inscribed under the Roman number "V." There is one feature of the new civil service bill which is attracting universal attenflQ, and that ia thp finiiatifWI al tlw piinality ninon-equality of womcu with men in the comuetition for places in the government service. Under the law as passed bycougressthewomen have an cqual right to particípate in the competitive cxamination, aud if found competent, to hold positions in the various government offices. Government service is especially attractive to women, not only because the hours are shorter, but the remuueration is greater thau they could obfcain in other places for Ihe same labor and time, even though they are paid less than the men who do the same work. The passage of this bilí has Inspired women to enter the ranks of applleants who would not have had the courage to atteuiptit before. This question is proving ratlier embarrassing for the civil service commission. u i m i :. Mrs. Kose Howard, 19 years old, wife of William Howard of New York, killed her first-born ehild a few nights ago. The child was three weeks old. The mother is an inmate of a hospital, raving mad. Mrs. Howard has been ill since the birth of her child aud was frequeatly dellrious from fever. She was in that state on the night she committed the horrible deed, aud wheu left, temporarily alone jumped from the bed, demolished furniture, and killed her child, presumably by dashing it against the stove. Albert Sayler, a man arrested near Emporia, Kan., last week, lias beca fully Identilied as a man who with his brothers murdered Sheriff Cate and Deputy Sheriff Conway of Hamiltou county, Tenn., last wiuter. Officers went to Kansas with arequisitlon from the governor of Teunessee to get the man but he ia held under $3,000 bond for assault with attempt to kill. OTHER LANDS. In the House of Lords the other day the questiou of the importation of American pork and cattle was discussed at considerable length, the opinión being that if the foot and mouth disease in eattle is prevalent hcre, the importation of our beeves into England 6hould he strictly prohibited. The lord president of tiie eouncil and the minister of agriculture denied that the disease was prevalent to any large extent iu America. Altbough the disease existed here wholesale prohibition of the importation of American cattle was not justifled. An afndavit of a clerk in the postal telegraph in London says men whom he supposed to bc fenians accosted him, bandaged his eycs in a court near the Broad treet railway station and compelled him under threats of his Ufe to auswer a questiou of the whereabouts of the engines and the number and duties of persons emuloyed in the central telegraph offices. He was afterward conveyed to Kingston and questioned by six men, some of whom wcre Americana. The clerk has a brother in America. He does uot know how the fenian tearned his name. It is probable tliat the coronation of the czar will be postponed until June. It is the opinión of well-iutormed Russians that the czar has nothmjj to fear, except if he the act of sume isolated fanatie, and even that is not likely. The latest proclamatiou of the nihilists refer to him in a moet scornful way, declaring him beneath criticisin. The workingmen of all classes in Berlin are orgauizing a general strike for higher WagCS. mmmmmmmmmmm Conf(!ssion of {aalt makes half amends A silver diine was found in the yolk of an es;g recently broken at the Plankmgton House, Mihvaukec.