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HaLi^-Regular mediae Queen City Desnocrattc Legion.

B e LVKX'S CHURCH—Funeral of the late M i s Janet & Larke, 3 P.M.

IfaacmAirre' ExcH*j*Ga-Meeting to take ac­tion on the Saturday holiday

Br. JOH 31 « GLBUWT HoUSO—Half cert; readings, songs and piano *anm

STAR THSATS*—Mattis Vickers in **Jac-qu ine," % and 5 P. M.

AfAPWfT o» Mrsio—Hallen and Bart in -Later On," 8 and 8 P . M .

T B I LYCOUM—"Lights and Shadows," 2.15 and 8 P . M .

COVET STREET THEATKR—Mia» Bucktegaani in Maaeppa," 2.15 and 8 P. M.

B i XXSLL'S TKXATKR—Josenh J. Sullivan in "The Black Tnom," 430 and 8 P, M.

AI>KJLPHt A—George La Blanche Vaudeville and Athletic company, 8 P. M.

M A I N S T R U T R E * * . — Prof. Morris and his Dogs and Posies, & » and 8 P. M

CYCLOBAMA—Jerusalem OR Use Day of the Crucifixion, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.

OLYMPIC PAJIK—Tobogganing, day and even­ing!

ALL AROUND TOWN.

The Time* says it was a race between Bald­win and me for the boodle," said Aid. Franklin of tho Ninth yesterday. "It was a race* I admit," he continued, •'but I was trying to prevent Baldwin from going la to help the democrats organize, and had I been fifteen seconds earlier he wouldn't have gone in. B e i t wf-11 fixed on the committees, I see, while White is left off the three boodle commit: street*;, schools and lamps. 'I never saw any­body I couldn't get even with,' said White to me yesterday. *1 sometimes have to wait a long time, but I always get even, and I will with Summers,* "

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think,1 tell yon what I am beginning to said a democratic official yesterday,

••and that is that the people who went to Washington to try to induce the president to put an addition on the old postofilce building instead of selecting a site for a new one, have go* his ear. I am expecting every day to hear that the government has arranged to buy the property on Seneca street down as far as EillcotL Some say that the president Is half a mind to let the matter go over bis term. I hope he wont , for if he does. Con­gressman Farquhar will be very likely to get the ear of the next secretary of the treasury, and he, as you probably know, is a First Cburch man. I believe that we should build for the future, and in order to do so the structure should go uptown. Secretary Fair-child of the treasury, who will make the sele ?:<>:t of the site, has viewed all the property offered, and President Cleveland is, of course, familiar with every rod of ground in Buffalo, and what they are hanging fire so

CADCUS SECRETS.

Aid. Baldwin'! Spirited Challenge to His Republican Brethren.

I f History— That

kable AAWavit and Oath of Allegiance.

Twoaftemocm papers yestar&aj what one of them styled a "sacred alleged to have been entered into for the pur­pose of binding more closely aba thirteen re­publican aldermen in their late teaapest-toesed caucuses with a view to the organisation of the common council Oaths are sometimes considered useful fur the support of knead people whose moral backbone stiffening up, as for example, where a has developed an undue liking for alcoholic stimulants, but they are something of a novelty in aldermanic caucuses. Unbiassed people on the outside were surprised to find that it was thought necessary to treat their local legislators in this way. But worse ye t is It to find,the affidavit which the Commercial published "for the truth of history," dabbed a piece of spiteful fiction. Strange, too, there are important deviations in the wording of the documents as printed in the afternoon papers. So far from giving the "inside history of the negotiations" they are pronounced bogus by the alderman chiefly concerned, and he defies any or all of his twelve oolleaguas, whose names are appended, to contradict what he says, ,

A s a curiosity illustrating republican methods, the agreement and affidavit which Aid. Baldwin says are bogus are here repro­duced front the JSVtcs;

BCITAXO. Nov. IT, 1888. We, the undersigned republican aider men and

aldermen-elect, hereby agree to abide by the action of the majority of the thirteen here as­sembled, In all eases connected with the coming organization of the council of 1880, and also to keep secret all matters pertaining thereto, and we further pledge ourselves to see that none but worthy and competent men are nominated for the various offices In the gift of the council and that fair >y<iy ictth ami toward each othsr and a due regard for the taxpayers' Interests shall gorern our actions i s such organtaat ion

out of it you thought you would make the best of a bad business*'

'That's Just what I did. And now I hear they have been laying their heads together to down me, bat two can play at that game. All I want is fan* play. I object to bare-faced misrepresentation of facts,"

A M U S E M E N T S .

F a n n y D a v e n p o r t i n " L a T o s c a " Nex t

John White, f. L. Baldwin, Adam Spang, John Kreitner, John H. Knepper, Philip Wurfa.

for I cant see.'

V police and Excise Commissioner Newell was

las t evening asked his opinion of the assembly bill which has grown out of the visit of the commission appointed by the legislature to visit the large cities of the state, fin t oat what sort of laws were needed to regulate the liquor traffic, and report. "I don't think much of the bill," said he, "and I fancy that I understand it pretty well, for I gave up my Sunday afternoon to its reading. My princi­pal objection to it is that i t separates the boards of police and excise, and that, at least in a large city, would not work well The two classes of work are intimately associated, and should go together. The police get the information upon which the license is based, and also that upon which it is taken away, or refused. These commissioners did not come near our board when they visitei Buffalo, and I do not feel that I have much to say about their work. The thought suggested itself to me as I read the bill that it was framed with the idea of having i t vetoed by the governor. Btill I may^he wrong in my suspicion. *

Notwithstanding the dee; generally unseasonable for bicycling, an en-thusiast was last evening observed astride a high wheel, beating his way op Main street Bo wen, the principal local dealer in wheels, alvrayt* rides his safety in the winter to and from his bouse to business, bat the suspicion has always been that it was for the most part for advertising purposes, as riding under such circumstances mast be harder work than walking. Just now the traffic in wheels is not heavy, nor will it begin until March. There is a little mending to be done and some ad­vance sales are made, but the windy month— the worst of the twelve in Buffalo—opens the

Bowea keeps his shop open, how-and puts in his time in making a few

The prospect is that there will be few second-hand safeties offered for sals during the coming season, but that there will be a great many during \the spring of 1890, The high wheel, i t h predicted, will before that time have regained more than i t has lost in popular estimation. The safety, to many minds, has little to recommend it except safe­ty, and the average rider on it takes more falls than on the ordinary, although be does net have so far to go, and the bump is apt to be less serious. A wheelman who learns the ordinary never forgets it, even if be postpones mounting for s number of years, but the rider of a hi^h steed is as helploas as a beginner pa • safety and has all bis lessons to team over again.

**e* "I am sorry for the premature publication

to-day that we have bought the lease of the BarthoHi hotel in New York," said "Pre*." Whitaker of the Mansion house last evening. "The truth is," mid he, "that Mr. Stafford is

in New Tork trying to close up the deal, and the prospects are that it win be a go. But there is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, and I had much rather nothing had been print­ed about it until the matter was settled. If we get it 1 shall go there and open on the 1st of February, bat that, too, is uncertain. The hotel is located at the corner of Broadway ami Twenty-third street, and hi a very slick tavern. There are no rooms like it in New York, and there certainly could be no better location, looking as they do right out oa Fifth avenue. The property has been in the hands pf a stock company, and has been managed by Mr. Hill, formerly of the S t James, He has been sway for some days, and his absence has hindered the closing up of the deal, but Mr. Stafford wired me to-night that he expected t » have a conference with him this evening, and to finally arrange matters.

James Franklin, A. M. Baruuin, Frank M. Fisher, M. M. Drake, George Denner, John Busoa*

Alex. McMaster. STATS or Ntrw YORK, J

VOXTSTT o» Ems, Vsa. CITY or BrrrALO. f James L. Baldwin, J. R. Knepper. John Kreit­

ner and Adam Spang being severally sworn, de­pose and say that they each of them will sup­port the nominees of the republican atdtrmen caucus and stay solid nest, last, and all the time by such nominees and make no compromise of any kind unless satisfactory to all thirteen re­publican aldermen elected for the year '.&&. J. L. Baldwin, John Kreitner, M. M Draki Philip Wurtz, George Denner. Frank M. Fisher,

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J. H. Knepper, . Adam Spang, John White, Alex. McMaster, James Franklin, John 3uach,

A. M. Barnum. • Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of January, 188*,

ALPRONSE J. MEYER, Commissioner of Deeds for City of Buffalo.

The words in italics are omitted from the Commercial's version, and this, taken in con­junction with a displacement of names, gives color to the charge that the documents have been subjected to a cooking process, and that, too, by a 'prentice hand.

Aid. Baldwin, who was seen by a reporter of T O E COURIER last evening, said:

**Alphonss Meyer was not present at either of the caucuses indicated by the dates given, and I defy toe twelve aldermen whose names are appended along with mine to dispute what 1 say. At the place where we met on January 5, Alphonss Meyer was never in the room. One of our members would not go in­to the room. He was notified of the meeting of the committee but be went to Detroit to do some business there. Spang refused to jom us until he knew they were all there. A t another place I brought Spang to the caucus myself, but there was no document of any description signed. We went to another place—I don't see fit to say where and we didn't part for several hours, and about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning we took an affidavit, in which Spang was included, which was to the effect that, if toe wools of the thirteen members got together on Sunday night, we would stay, but if they aid not come together at that time, all that had been stipulated should go for naught"

yesterday to give an opinion oa Aid. Drake's proposition to increase the police force by twenty-five men in lieu of the Andrus bill, declined to be inter­viewed. "I have s o t ys t seen the official min­utes," he said, "and i t would he improper for nse to give any opinion on a matter which may ye t call for official action.* Aid. Scheu, who,

his opinion as follows: I don't see the assd of going to Albany to do

Buffalo what the common council is em-to do by its

mors polios, let If the city through the

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scalp and hair.

"Did they keep this agreement f' "They did not Aid. Barnum was too much

of a church member to attend a political meet­ing on a Sunday, and would not come. W e sent a aassaajgag after him hut all l a vain. Aid. McMaster and Drake also went after him, but he would not break the Sabbath even for them.1' *

"On the Saturday when we came together, the republican alderman broke up in a very dissatisfied if not disgusted frame of mind, and said they wouldn't go into committee or do anything. 1 tried to quiet them and hold tbetn together to s s s what we could d a On Saturday afternoon ws went to Aid. Franklin and asked him to meet with us toot night He said he didn't believe ha could go. We talked with him some time on the street and he finally said: "Come in and tell me before my brother, be­cause he is Hiding fault about my leaving the business, and I will have to get his consent. You come in sad tell me before him and 111 go with you."

"Then you deny the published statements." . "I deny them most emphatically. I t is all

wrong and la only the work of perhaps one or two dissatisfied aldermen. Four of us took an oath, which I did not propo se. Yet it was not in the form stated, and it will perhaps be wise for the republicans to drop that part of the subject and not say too much. But it was made a condition that the thirteen aldermen should get together on Sunday night and that they failed to do."

"It is stated that this was sworn and sub­scribed to before AJphonse Meyer on the 5th day of January. 18881n j %

"I believe that Alphouse Meyer is too much of a gentleman to say what was not the f a c t , and what* more 1 don't believe that he had any hand in this business He was not in the room where we met on, that occasion and no such affidavit was made.*' *

"Was he present on November ITT "He was not and I am willing to refer to

him to say whether these statements are true or false, and I defy the twelve aldermen to substantiate this bogus publication. Mr. Meyer dad take a statement and affidavit, but never when the thirteen aldermen were to­gether, and the published documents bear no resemblance to the lealoues."

"It is said these documents give the inside history of the negotiationsf

"They are false, but if anybody wants to go into the inside history and discuss the details 1 can give them all they Want,1* ,

a s ananas o p e* j f •' a* ^m^ a^^^^a^s^a w e vaa^# • w v v mo­

ment r* "It was after consulting not one but three

of the best lawyers in Buffalo regarding the legality of Summers's election to the presi­dency. And that has been borne out by sub­sequent events. If the council was not legally organized than it hi not legally organized now, 1 wss also very inuch disgusted with the action of the republicans, both on that occasion and in caucus."

"Having found that the council bad legally organized and that there

at the Academy of Monte next week " L a Toaaa" will be presented for the first t ime in Buffalo. The play has probably aroused more discussion than any that has ever been pro­duced in this country. It was originally pre­sented in Paris by Sarah Bernhardt, and was written by Victorian Ssrdou, the author of "Fedora." Miss Davenport paid $25,000 for the American right of too play and spent an equal amounton its production. " L a Tosca'' has prosed ths biggest financial success of the season, and Miss Davenport, in the strange character of Fioria rosea, is said to exhibit an artistic ability which surprises even those who have watched her brilliant career as an actress. The play is said to convey an im­pression of strength and repose that was not discernible in "Fedora." The sale of seats for Miss Davenport's engagement begins to-nioiruw morning.

Fowl a a s v s r . The announcement that Steele Mackaye's

famous play, "Paul Kauvar," will be present­ed again in Buffalo, this time at the Star theater, for a week's engagement beginning next Monday evening, is causing unusual in­terest among theatergoers. Henry F. Greene, the advance manager of ties company, in speaking of the production, said: "Asthe piece was originally presented in this city under the title of •Anarchy,' the management wisely booked it here for its first return engagement anywhere. The play ran for over one hundred consecutive nights in New York city. Since that event it has been presented before Presi­dent and Mrs. Cleveland for a special perform­ance in Washington, Chicago, Boston, Brook­lyn, Philadelphia and Baltimore have indorsed the play as one of the greatest creations from an American author. The cast that will be suen here embraces Joseph Haworth, who created the title role a t the initial perform­ance in New York. Miss Carrie Turner plays the heroine, and has made a great hit in the character. Ralph Delmore, C. Vandenhoff, Nestor Lennon and others equally well known, are in the cast. E. R. Spencer, a young Buf-faloniaa, is with the company, and there is a special theater party being organized to welcome him on the first night. The settings, appointments and the famous mob scene will be shown exactly as presented in New York. •

Stage Notes.

—•The Black Thorn5' at Bunnell's is meeting With good patronage. I t runs through the Y> UT/Ifc*

—At the Adelphia a specialty company is holding forth, the program tua including a sparring exhibition, *

—Prof. Morris's pony and dog show is giving two performances dairy at the Main street rink; It is well worth seeing.

—Hallen and Hart in "Later On" close their engagement at the Academy this evening, giv­ing also a matinee in the afternoon. To-mor­row night, "A Parlor Match."

—"The fiery untamed steed,* with Mazeppa on his bare back, will rush over toe steppes and plains of Tartary, this afternoon, at the Court Street theater. The houses are growing larger at each performance of the old stirring drama, "Maseppa.n

—"Lights and Shadows'* is a drawing card at the Lyceum. The sewer-bursting scene is one of the most thrilling ever shown on the stage. Miss May Newman, as ths heroine of the drama, is gaining many new admirers. A matinee takes place to-day.

—A special matinee will be given this after­noon at the Star theater. Reserved seats will be only 50 and 35 cents, and children will be charged Ji5 cents to any part of ths bouse. These mid-week matinees are growing in favor. Mattie Vickers will appear la •Jacquiue." To-morrow night the bill wiil be changed to itCherub>''

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MAKE THEM CIT1 K » C T

Suggestions for th« Indian Probfcm of the State of Hew York.

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Lasemhly Committee en Report of the AM«mluy Committee en t h s S octal and Moral Osawtltlon of taw Yari.

ons Tribes—loepwrtaat Reeons-meadstlona StrShe Legislatura.;

In 1888 James S. Whipple, who one of the assembly districts in county, introduced a resolution in lature for the appotnftiasli of a visit the various reservations and mony f or the use of the legislature the social, moral and industrial the several tribes of Indians in this fzie amount of land cultivated and vated upon their respeetivty rosarvol resolution was passsd and the commit appointed, with Mr. Whipple as its The committea was also authorised to gate ths title to ths lands on theseveral reservations, and to Isara what treaties were made by the state of New York and too U ni ted States with the Indians.

The committee viitted all the reservations, and took a large amount of evidence Sega rd-ing the condition of the Indians, much of which, in relation to the tribes in this part of the state, was printed in T H S COUIUBU last summer.

The report of the committee, writes J o e Al­bany correspondent of the New York Tribune, is a highly interesting document and cannot but be of great value to the members of the legislature in guiding their proposed legisla-lation regarding the reservations. The doeu ment opens with a carefully prepared [history of the Indians of ea.ii reservation anil their legal relations with the state of New York. It shows that there will have to be quite a con­test in the oourts bc-fore the legal right»of the Indians of the state and of the Uaited • are determined. Unfortunately, a needed improvement in the condition Indians depends upon toe result of tl suits. Ancient treaties stand in the the state lifting the Indians on some reserva­tions out of a condition of savagery. The moral and social condition of toe Onondaga Indians is reported to be especially deplorable, although their reservation is situated only six miles from the city of Sjrraouse and they are surrounded with excellont influences.

Concerning the Tuscarora reserv committee say that "none of the are practiced on this reservation and the Indians call themselves Christ own 8,240 acres of land, of wuich vate 3,500 acres "

In relation to the Tonawauda the coinmittee report:

The influence of the pagan Indians felt against the schools here as elsow the home life of children tends to m that is aoeompiishod for their good d day at school. These Indians nave tu^, pagan and Christian* The largely in the.majority-and govern* t! as on nearly all the other reservations. 3,000 acres of their lands ar» cuiti some extent; of this amount so more than one-hali is leased to w These Indians have owned and occ land for more than 100 years, and at only about three-eighths is cultiv more than one-half of that men. There is no betler land in w York, stall the Indians do not m more than half a crop; Their moral

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AGAIN R A I D E D . :

T o * St. L a w r e n c e H o u s e "PifHe<r" b y F i r s t P r e c i n c t Officers.

J T The St. Lawrence house, 58 Main street,

was again raided last night by Capt. Quinn, Sergt Jordan and Specials Taylor and Ki«f. A couple of poker tables, several packs of cards, chips, cash and five men were brought to tbe atationhouse. The men arrested were John Golden, aged thirty-nine, a saiior; Ed­ward Tuttle, aged twenty-four, a boatman; Frank Miibr, aged forty, an agent; and George Matthews, aged twenty-nine, a bar­ber. Tbe party had about $30 and a watch and chain.

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C h a r t e r K l e c t i o n a t W a r s a w : WARSAW, N.Y. , Jan. 39.—[Special.]—There

were 335 votes cast at the charter electlo a with toe following result:

Trustees- John Hanigan, M. W. Campbell. Treasurer-Charles H. Fargo. Assessors--Edgar K. Smith, Benjamin V.

Fargo, John S. Crawford. » Pol ice constable—Fred Lester. Tnere was a majority of live votes "for the

appropriation." «

L O C A L G L E A N I N O s i

—The Liedertafel will have an old fashioned comers this evening.

—A regular meeting of toe Quean City Democratic legion will be held this evening at Rose's hail.

—Dr. F, Pork Lewis will lecture at the Catholic institute thk evening oa "How the Blind See."

—The pay rolls of the police and the city and county hall employees were sent to the comptrollers office yesterday.

—The Young Men's chapter of toe G uild of S t Mary Von-the-Hill will hold a book recep­tion to-morrow evening, at the guildhouse.

—A fire in William Scott's greenhouse, dor-ner of Balconi and Michigan streets early yes­terday morning, did #150 damage which is covered by insurance.

—Manager Calm, of the Grand opera house, Rochester, says that Manager Gerlach of this city has not leased his theater. He made an offer but it was not accepted,

—While alighting from a Mam-street car at North street on Monday evening Dr. J. P. Eckertof Eckert & Donnell, the jewelers, broke bis left arm just above the wrist

—Specials Kief and Taylor yesterday re­covered a chest of tea stolen from John Gleason's place, at toe corner of Franklin street and the Terrace. Tbe thief is still at large.

—Tbe police have important information for the son of Frederick Kuhlman who died in Chicago recently. The son is supposed to be in this city and to be employed as a beer peddler.

—George Jackson, a Tonawauda wheelman, reported to toe Buffalo police yesterday toot he had been robbed of a costly diamond ring and8100, fat addition to mors jewelry. Mr. Jackson *M"i*ft be knows the villain and has put the polios on his track.

—At a regular meeting of the common council last evening the committee on Tore and water recommended toe drafting of a bill en­abling toe city to raise 8*2,000 for the purpose of buying a belL The recommendation was adopted and the committe on fire s o d water and toe city engineer were appointed to visit Buffalo with a view of this city purchasing the large Buffalo ball and tower,—Loc/rporf Union.

ox Fur Blelgn Kooes Wads* . w i l l sell all

at greatly reduced Largs assortment and fins goods.''

cial condition is not so degraded as toe Onou-dagas, nor as civilized as that of the Tuscaro-ras. There are but few who are regularly married, and separations are frequent When separations occur the children go with the mother mid take her name, Ignoranee among the women and children is very inarked, and a large majority of them con neither read nor write. .

In relation to ths i(tMfegany and Cattaraugus reservations toe committee mak a discourag­ing report The Indians in the Allegany reservation, which is forty miles long, do not cultivate more than 3,000 acres. "A dozen good farms,'' the report says, "would include all to be found. Tbe average on toe Cattarau-gus reservation would be somewhat better."'

In concluding their report the committee make toe following important recommenda­tion to the legislature:

Your committee have asked for a solution of the Indian problem from those living in nearly every section of the state, mom of al­most every station in life and of varied ca­pacity, whose judgments have matured and ripened by years of intercourse with these people and by study ot their situations and needs, and in answer to the question " What can be done for the good of the Indian ?" in­variably has come the reply: 'Exterminate the tribe and preserve toe individual Make citizens of them and divide their lands in sev­eralty.*

These men know of what they speak, and their opinion* show that with wmif well-in­formed man in the stats sentiment toward the tribe has given place to interest In toe indi­vidual. Their lands should be divided in severalty, without the power of alienation for a term of years and some provision made to absorb them into citizenship; with these changes all or nearly all the existing statutes of toe state concerning toe Indians, excepting those prohibiting the sale of liquors, and per­haps of intrusion on their lands, should be re­pealed and wiped out In their stead the In­dian should be placed under and given the benefits of the law of toe state, civil mid crim­inal. The jurisdiction of toe stale courts should lie extended over his person and prop-

The committee than recommend for tbe assembly:

1. That a compulsory attendance school law be enacted.

That tbe legislature request tin) general t to take action to extinguish the

claim of the Ogden company to the lands of the Senecas and that portion of the Tuscaroras covered by i t

3. That the, tends of tbe several reservations be allotted in severalty among ths several members of tbe tribe with suitable restrictions as to alienation to whites and protection from judgments and other debts; but such division not to go into effect as to the tends affected by the Ogden company's claims until that claim be removed. This allotment in severalty ought not to be limited to a division of the bossessson of toe land, but should comprise a radical up­rooting of the whole tribal system, giving to each individual absolute ownership of his snare of toe land in fee.

1. The repeal of all existing laws relating to toe Indiana of this state excepting those pro­hibiting the sale of liquor to them and intru­sion upon their tends and extension of the laws of the state over them, and their absorp­tion into citizenship,

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A d j o u r n e d for P o u r W e e k s . The case of John G, Floss, charged with be­

ing an improper person to hava * license, came up before toe excise board yesterday. Lawyer FuUerton wanted the case adjourned until the general term of toe superior court handed down a decision in the eri.nteal action against Mr. Floss for being implicated in the women's prize fight on Navy Island, j The case was adjourned for four weeks.

D w e l l i n g H o u s e B u r n e d . Fire broke out at 8.17 o'clock last night in

the two-story frame dwelling at €80 Ellicott street, owned and occupied by Joseph E, Smith. It is supposed to have a gas jet to the bath room on too An alarm was turned in from box firs extinguished. The loss on d furniture is covered by insurance.

A R o o f C a s e s In, W A R S A W , N. Y. , Jan. fl8.-C5pasfal.}-The

roof over toe kettle house of the* Standard salt works fell in Sunday morning. ; Tbe lift-

3beard it cracking and escaped to toe boil-room. Tbe sides to a certain extent were

token with the root The loss is said to be 11,000.

Pills D R . TAYLOR'S English pennyroyal are the most w

£ ! £ f a T ^ c r a e ! ? • ' for » . C. A, DREFS, corner Michigan street

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*iWHOA EMMA! »» DAMASCUS TO ISMALUL A n n u a l S e s s i o n o f t h e G r a n d L o d g e

o f t b e E. O. M. A. Tbe eleventh annual session of toe grand

lodge of {tbe Empire Order of Mutual Aid opened in Rochester yesterday, with 180 del­egates, from all parte of toe state, in attend­ance. Grand President Washington MaUin of New York introduced Mayor Parsons, who delivered the address of welcome. It was re­sponded to by Charles W. Mead of Albany, chairman of the board of grand trustees, who referred to the mayor pleasantly as "Cornel-

The reading of reports was taken up in ex­ecutive session. During 1888 two new lodges were instituted: Senate lodge, in the eastern district of Kings county, and North Buffalo lodge of this city; U

Qhrajod" Secretary Davenport of Troy report­ed an increase of 141 in the membership. Dur­ing toe year be wrote 478 full-rate certificates, and 106 half-rates. Tbe general fund expenses were decreased more than 8500.

Treasurer Schlund reported a total mutual aid fund pf 8157,123.35, and a total general fund of 814,030. m The receipts during toe year were 8172,053.53, and the disbursements 8182,821.78, leaving a balance on January 5j^f 80,281.77.

A. T. Braman of Rochester was elected journal clerk. Among tbe Bull'alouians in at­tendance are J. L. Haas, John B, Schlund, H. C. Felthousen and W. W. Dreweijy.

Public Installation tad Banqnet of the Mystic Shrineri of Bnfialo.

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- P . H. Fleming of Chicago has been ap­pointed agent for the Rotterdam route, which will enable him to sand grain from Chicago through to Buffalo, thence through the Brie canal to Rotterdam, N. Y. , thence by tbe Fitchburg railroad to New England and Boston. 1

—Capt A. L, Fitch, of the firm of P. H. Fleming & Co. of Chicago, to in the city, f. He has received a dispatch from Mr. Flem­ing, stating that vessel agents had agreed to accept three cents on corn to Buffalo, this in­cluding storage till the opening of navigation. Among the vessels chartered are the schooners Michigan and Niehoison.

—The Toledo & Saginaw Transportation company is about to peas out of existence. The shipyard at S t Clair, the steamer which is now being constructed, and the steamers Miami and Pawnee have been sold to Cur lis & Bralnard, who were the leading stockholders in the old company: the steam barge C. F. Cur­tis, and barges Faesett, Reed, and Holland, have been sold to N. C. Holland and others of Buffalo; the steam barge Tempest and barges Brainard and Orion, to Thomas Lester land others of S t Clair, and the barge Dayton to J. A. Ward and M P. Lester. It is probable that the Troy and Edwards will be sold soon,

HANGB.

and

MERCHANTS' fiXCHAStil

T w o I m p o r t a n t M a t t e r s t o s i d e r e d t h i s Noon .

President Graves has called for this noon a meeting of the] members of the Merchants' exchange to consider the bill making full holi­days of all the j Saturdays in June, July, Au­gust and September. The bankers and lum-bermonmet yesterday, and each party took action condemning the bill as uncalled for and injurious to the business interests of Buffalo.

The exchange will also take up toe question of abolishing the gratuity fund, which has been brought' forward by some members. There should be a large attendance, so that proper expression may be had on these impor­tant topics.

The freight bureau of toe exchange organ­ized yesterday Mathews as chairman.

by the election of George B.

A. New Firm. of

tinned by Watson, who maintain the Special atten

In another column will be found a notice dissolution of toe well-known firm of Felt­housen & Russell. The busmess will! be con-

J. Russell and Hiram R. in every way competent to

reputation of toe old bouse, ion as heretofore will be given

to copper, tin and sheet-iron work fori vessels. A full line of {signal lamps, headhgbf terns, oils, wrought-iron ranges and boat.hotel and restaurant kitchen su be kept in stock. The signal lamps furnished* by th Is house have long been used by vessel owners all over this country. There are none better. The new firm will remain at tbe eld location, 130 and 141 Main street

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The a the "feather had really palliative for which be has make many

Buffalo's G a i n . " hester Democrat. I

nt that Max Goldburg, eight" Mormon, so to speak, bt toe City of Breezes as a

the pains and persecution to n subjected in Rochester, may

ache, but tbe announce­ment must needs be made. Max may have his enemies: who has not i but he has mends also. One of nis friends made it known to him Sun­day that his first wife "war im Amerika kowmt. He was not long to "tying himself loose." He regarded her as a kind of "previ­ous question," and not wishing to return to bar, he left yesterday morning with wife on the 4 o'clock train for Buffalo. His first love foltowediafMN

Mont e e g l e t o b e Komodcl< Lock port Union.

To-morrow Contractor WUMam B. Stabler of this city, with a gang of men. Will com­mence to remodel toe Monteagle hotel: a t Suspension Bridge into a mammoth fruit bouse. The improvements on toe premises proposed by Manager Willis Van Horn iwul include an icehouse 85x110 feet The east wing of the hotel will he converted into a Wicks refrigerator, the same as is in use in this city by Armour & Co. The partitions in the other parte of the building will betaken down and posts erected. When completed it will be one of toe largest and best fruit bouses in toe state.

T h e W e s t V i r g i n i a Contact . CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 29.—The vote

to-day on United States senator resulted: Goff forty, Kenna thirty - nine, Barbee (greeahacker) three, ex-Governor Jackson two, ex-Senator Summerville and Mr. Lively one each. Neces­sary to a choice f orty-four. Van Pelt, Hour-ney, Dorr and Merrill, democrats, did not abide by the decision of last night's caucus. I t is believed that Kenna will be elected to-mor­row without Dorr.

Tbe sphinxes, toe pyramids and the various other oriental symbols which make up ths mural adornments of Ismalia temple looked down on the installation of its officers test evening. It was indeed an interesting and an impressive scene.

The lodge room of Ismalia temple. Ancient Arabic order, Nobles of toe Mystic Shrine of Buffalo, Is located on toe top floor of toe Aus­tin building at Niagara and Franklin streets. Tbe room is arranged somrthmg after the manner of Masonic lodge rooms with the ex­ception of the general prevalence of ancient symbols. A large platform stands In one and of toe room, sod bock of this, draped in purple, bt a large and exquisite mural paint­ing of an Egyptian landscape in which appear the sphinxes and pyra­mids. In toe center of the room stands a square granite block representing toe black stone of Mecca, upon which is inscribed " Our Daughter Ismalia, from Damascus'* This inscription Is significant of toe origin of Ismalia temple. Until quite recently it was a the branch of Rochester Temple Damascus, and last evening was the celebration of it* first an­niversary as an independent temple. I t was a public installation, and the room was well filled with ladies and friends of toe order. The members, except the officers, were all in foil dress and wore the odd-looking red Arabic fes caps, which bore the emblem of the order— the cimeter, toe crescent of tigers' claws and the star. The officers of the temple wore beautiful and costly robes representing some dignitary in toe ancient Arabic government Tbe officers installed Were as follows:

First rabban—Frank T. Gilbert ' • Assistant rabban—George W. Brown, M. D. Illustrious grand potentate-C. W. Oushman. First ceremonial master- E. 8. Kmvpp. Assistant ceremonial master—F. M. Fisher. Treasurer— Charles F Bishop. » * Secretary—George L. Kingston. Oriental guide -Henry Smith, second. Hit'h priest potentate John L. Brothers. Outer guard—C. R. Dunning. Inner guard—James A. Given. Ths installation ceremonies were very simi­

lar to those of other societies except in the ex­ceeding impressiveness of toe ancient form of language used and the novelty of toe oriental costumes worn by the officers.

There are 143 members in Ismalia temple and none except Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible to the order.

The following shriners were present from Damascus temple, Rochester: George F . Loder, potentate of the Damascus temple; W. H Davenport, S. C McKaye, S. C Pierce, J. W. D. Claveland, S. A. Eeeney, B. H. Davy, C. H. Anderson, C. Eckhert, H. K James, R. Schmidt, George W. Browne and C. B, Keihei Guests from temples hi other cities were also to attendance.

After the officers bad been installed several presentations wore made. First came a handsome satin bannerette pre­sented by the Rochester guests, bearing the inscription, "Ismalia from Damascus." Each part of the bannerette, even to the joints in toe bamboo staff, was symbolical of some ancient sign or lesson, which was explained to a certain extent in the presentation speech.

Then there was a sound of trumpets, a storm ofrappings with toe potentate's gavel and from a rear room came four of toe richly-robed shriners bearing in a large chair a life-sized wax figure of Bast, daughter of the sun-god or Venus of Egypt This, too, was ths gift of Damascus temple to ite adopted daugh­ter, Ismalia, and was presented with much ceremony and making of speeches. Tbe fig­ure is dressed in oriental costuma and is be­decked with toe jewels and emblems usually worn by the ladies of the orient Tbe silks and satins in which the image Is attired are of gaudy colors and expensive material There are diamond crescents in the turban, on the breast and on ths crosier. On the form is a cimeter with diamond setting, two rubies on each side. In her hand toe goddess carries a handsomely-ornamented wand surmounted by a star and crescent, and a flag bearing tbe name "Ismalia," There are costly beads on the neck of toe figure and gold bracelets on tbe arras.

Following tins was the presentation of a costl v badge from Potentate Loder to Poten­tate Cush man. The badge fa the emblem of the order, the crescent being genuine tigers* claws and toe star a valuable diamond. After the Installation exercises were over a banquet was held at toe Genesee.

*> • T h e O l d Officers R e - e l e c t e d .

Tbe annual meeting of the International Fair assoclstion was held at the offices of the association in the Chopin block yesterday af­ternoon. Tbe old officers were re-elected. The list fa as follows:

President—C. J. Hamli a. Vice-president—F. C. Stevens. Treasurer—B. H. Bounds. Secretary and gensral manager—C. W. Rob­

inson, , Directors—Harry Hamlin, S. ft. SpankUng, C.

F. Dunbar, Gerhard Lang. Phhip Backer, W. H. Hotchkisa, Alfred Lyth, G. Adam Laats and John N. Scatcherd.

The board will hold its first meeting to­morrow.

; T P E R G O N A L . I — 1 • - + . ! . • .1 HI H i I III. • I •

Tbe Hon. W. Caryl Ely of Niagara Falls, N. Y. , has returned from Europe.*

Mrs. J. G. Patterson and the Missses Patter­sons, Westfield, N. Y., are at the Niagara.

a P. Leland, J. T. Hayden and R. M. Hud-dleston, Cleveland; W. Nicholson, Corning, and A. J. Geddings, Rochester, are at the Niagara.

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DRKFS'S Universal Cough Mixture leads all other medicines as a sure, safe aad care of throat and lung trouble*. C. A. D druggist 106 Broadway, cor. Michigan street

DRYGOODS AND CARPETS

ADAM, a

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i ted. S u s s e x F a r m e r s E x c i BELVIDKRK, N. J., Jan. 29.—Sussex county

fa exalted over a band of mountain bandits who make systematic raids on farmers and carry oft heifers, iambs, poultry, groin aad provisions. The formers propose to drive the thieves out of toe county. The "squatters" who will not work

396-MAIN STREET-402 INDICATIONS—Fair. Local Bmm.

Trade at the muslin underweat counter has never been so satis* factory. This is due to the gen« eral excellence of the goods and the uniformly low prices. T o give you an idea of the variety we keep we quote some prices:

Ladies' night-gowns 6oc, 7$c, $ i , $1.25 up to $6.

Ladies' Walking Skirts 50. 60, 75c, f 1, $1.25 up to $9.

Ladies' underskirts 45c, 50c, 75c, $1 up to $3.

Ladies' chemises 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 up to $3.5a

Skirt chemises, plain and trinrraed ^with val. or Medicis lace, cambric and lawn.

Ladies' corset covers, all sizes, high and low neck—25c, 45c, 50c, 75c up to $4.

Ladies' drawers 25c, 50c, 75c. 85c, $1 up to $3.75.

Nurses' aprons, housemaids* aprons and iancy aprons from i2j£c to $2.12}^.

Sixty different makes of cor­sets, all popular — white, drab and high colors.

Bustles and skirt suj all prices-

Ferris' Shoulder Braces. ADAM. MELDRUM * ANDERSON.

Book - printers, book - binders and book-sellers are all liable to get overstocked whh books. This tin^e it is the book-binder who has too many sqts of Stan-dard Authors inj fine leather bindings. Sorrie day this week you will have an opportunity of buying books ein hali-calf, extra gilt bindings at the prjee of cloth. The day will be named when thai books are ready for sale.

ipporters.

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Adam Meldrum S Anderson 396-402 Main Street,

AMERICAN BLOCK.

BRYANT I S

English and Shorthand School, Fireproof Build­ing, eH Mate Bt„ Buffalo, N. ¥ .

—FEBRUARY TERM.—

Day and Night Sessions. OPENS MONDAY, FEB. 4.

gay-NOW IS THE TIMS TO E N T S f t ^ d

THOSE having passed the Regents' tione, or IntandLag to change aeh<

beginning of the Spring Term, will nnd farorable time to enter this Oolteg* for a neal BUSINESS TRAINING that will fit them for good-paying positions asm rapid advaaoa-ment In the buslnees world. Call and gsamias the largest aad seat Commensal School in Buf­falo. Established 34 rears. Separate depart­ment* for BUSINESS, S H O R Y H A N D aad ENGLISH courses. A large, 40-page, lQus-trated Prospectui moiled free upon /•iiosst. J

G R A N D ISLAN D.

Ths Otmaf Cos

BUFFALO'S MATCHI.KSS ftUBCTBD. Offers the Bast Field tor

Safe and Sattefaetory Real Estate Investments.

Notice. Having purchased the business of the

sular Stove Co., in this city, I would be to have toe public call and examine my stock of Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Oil and Gasoline Stoves. Refrigerators, Bird Cages, Agate, Tin and Wooden Ware. A full line of household goods will be kept in stock and repairs of all kinds will be promptly attended to. Warerooms In Fitch Building, Michigan street near Swan.

15 to M cents saved Stoddart Bros., M

en each prescription at

—— Ir you want a fashionable pair of winter

trousers go to O'BriaaA Son's, 100 E. Seneca sL

Nerve B r — in either restore lost power

Bess Co., Bros.', 848*

POWDER Absolutely Pure.

My list comprises tracts of tea. twenty, tht rtr, fifty and one hundred acres In the choicest localities at different points oa Grand Island at from

$ l » to $900 per acre. Send for Mope and Pw ticulart. 0

L. VAN ALLEN, MB Main St.

11 & K Wl Ite Building, Buffalo, N. T.

SEALSKIN GARMENTS

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Fine Tailoring. iarante* of FALL SuMag* iTi iMMMtags Just leaatveaajr

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