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Wmmm At Mt tbp to speak ©f, in liquor l« has »o authority observes the law, and 5^. a suii in the United States Oonrt to-day against Stephen B. Of Blaine's mahagers of the nal Committee. The com- thnt in February, 1884, n signed •whereby the defendant Convey by quit claim to about 100,000 acres of Comity, New Mexico. Gen. 4* pay Elkins 75 cents an acre. Iikt the court to enjoin Elkins the lands, and to decree that his agreement....Richard publisher at New York, made it, with liabilities of $300,000. i of Oliver Brothers &, Phil- t of the Oliver Ji: Roberts Wire Coin- in Pittsburgh. It was announced ttte liabilities of Oliver Brothers & Amounted to $1,508,338, with as- Cftinited at $2,315), 352. The state- mOot at the wire company showed total liabilities of $902,432 and assets $1,259,510. Hie firms asked an extension for five years, ene-fifth of the indebtedness to be paid each year. Action by the creditors p deferred.., The Conrt of Appeals of Hiw York pronounced unconstitutional the | hm to prevent the manufacture of cigars in | teafpes^-houses J. W. F. White. Asso- j ciate Judge of Common Pleas at Pittsburgh, *ith $75,000 liabilities. ITPO OF the largest potteries in Trenton. X: J., took their men back at the old mtos «f pay. Other manufacturers are expt cted I to t»ck ' down... .The Jamestown < Pa.) I 8>ungg Bank failed, and a defalcation of $44,000 has been discovered. One of the officers is missing. THE thermometer on ML Washington, N. H., went down to 50 degrees below zero on the 22a of January, one degree below the reeord. A hurricane was blowing at the OM »te of 100 miles m •.r (V .j. •; f ; -iij, THE WEST. ' THE funeral services over the remains of 49fc» late ex-Vioe President ColfAx took place it Snth Bend, lad. The Rev. N. D. WllHwon preached the sermon. The re- 1 wet» placed in a vault. An immense throng ofpeople followed the dead body to Hi hit resting place. Wim two children of Mr. Sweet were "doctor" at Kalamazoo; one gave the other strychnia, the little fellow dying in a short time. The poison had been pur- chawed to kill rata.... A broken rail caused • aneshup of a Wabash train near St. Louis. Two cars were thrown into a ditch and eleven persons were injured--United State* Bipim Messenger J. J. Mattocks frtaDy A bill enfranchising women has been introduced in the Indiana Legislature. ADVICES from the Eau Claire lumber legion are to the effect that the cut will be very heavy, as laborers will do twice as work in severe cold weather as in n highai temperature. Two navi'ow-gaugo nulroads have proved very successful in 0Mt •• v "4"' pj- hauling logs to the mill ...A rendering talk in Booge »fc Co.'s packing-house at Sioux City, Iowa, exploded, wrecking a tt portion of the building, kill- four peraons, and wounding eight It is stated that business will not be resumed this season Two noto- liovi chicken-thieves were caught by police affieen at Bvansville, Ind. One resisted antetaodflM Other ran away. Both were MlBj shot.. ..Fire in Reynold & Reynold's VMaatc book manufactory at Dayton, v. Stock and building $65,000; ..The Hon. F. Ball, who was •of the late Salmon P. Chase, Olendale, Ohio, aged 76 A three-atory business building at Green Bay, Wis., was destroyed by fire, causing a low «f 989.000. • ' ABOSKIAN Jew and a colored fireman died at Bt Louis, the cause assigned for the flnt man's death being "native cholera," and of the negro, "choleric-diarrhoea." A sensational atory was published that the men died of Asiatic cholera, but not much interest attaches, save that the au­ thorities seem anxious to determine how long the Russian bad been in this cotui* toy, and whence he came A bill has wen introduced in the Missouri Benate prohibiting deals in options or futures. The penalty for violation is not less than •190 and not more than $1,000 for each offente....J. I. Case bought in the property of the defunct plow eom- riy ait Racine. Wis., for $175,000 JMtsenger train on the Missouri Pacific road was wrecked near Gentry. Mo., by a broken rail. A chair- car was thrown down an embankment, by which eleven persons Wpa injured An epidemic of scarlet fever prevails at Dixon, 111., resulting in a immber of deaths. J. C. TAX>BEBT, a medical student in Chi­ sago, formerly employed in the Public Li- heary, who was arrested for the theft of Moks, made a full confession. The police found in the barn of his brother- in-law no less than 3,500 vol- BUMMi which he had carried off in his over- OOafc tho plunder filling six patrol . not that; Alaska shoald 1* given a Territorial form of g©verna#witF He is in favor of a Council, which should be empowered to regulato affairs. REX'KESE.VTATIVK OATKS, of the Com­ mittee on Publio Lands, has prepared a •Ml! -to f&rmguprz .from ^1,-.- or United and the ooiamitKo has recommended that it pass. Oates says that it is within the knowledge of the committee that certain European noblemen, chiefly Englishmen* had acquired and now owned about 21,000,000 acres of land within the United States Members of the House who are in­ terested in the preservation of the na­ tional-banking system are trying to devise a plan by which the McPherson and Potter bilis may be combined and brought to a vote. The prospect for the success of such a scheme is thought, however, to be far from reessnrring. THE following official instructions were, on the 21st of January, sent from the War Department to Gen. Augur, regarding the course to be pursued with the Oklahoma invfders: Britr. Gen. Angur, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.: In accordance with instructions from the Sec­ retary of AVar. the Lieutenant Oeneral directs that vou be informed that the President's order for the removal from Indian Territory of the intruders therein is to be enforced. It is hoped that it may be done without conflict, but. the responsibility for sny Woodshed must lest npon these who do not accept the warning of the j j rocliimati u of the President, July 1, 1S34, and who attempt wtth arms to resist the troops or­ dered to comj el their removal. In order that 1 the mischievous influence of the leaders of the present intrr.nlc n to incite conflict may be re­ duced as much 11s i>ossib!e, the military force ohoulit l>e increased so that all intruders may see the ho|K>h'*»Dess of resistance. The Un­ tenant General, therefore, directs that you im­ mediately re-enforee IVI Hatch by the remain­ ing c<i!U]tanUtt of the Ninth Cavajry, and also send \.?n re-enforcements from "the Tenth, TwentlKii. and Twenty-seoond Infantry, until the force he now has on hand shall be increased by additional men. „ 11. C. PRI M, Adjutant (ieneraL IT has been discovered by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that Towns- end, a former agent of the Indian Bureau, negotiated with an agent a lease of the Iowa Reservation. Just before the lease was signed Towusend resigned. The lease includes nearly the whole of the Iowa Reservation, and gives the exclusive right of occupancy of some hundreds of thousands of acres to Townsend and his* partner. The lessees paid the Indians $2,000. Nobody witnessed the payment and there was nobody to protect the Indians' rights. No fences were put up, and the money paid for the lease went back into the pockets of Townsend and his partner, who were licensed traders at the agency.... The collections of internal rev­ enue for the first half of the fiscal year de­ creased $4,2 70.7HH, chiefly in the item of spirits... .The wife of Justice Stanley Matthews, of the Hupreme Court, died at Washington. • FQiiaqgi. : :-M AT a point about twenty miles from if< temneh, in the Soudan, Gen. Stewart a desperate battle with tW fasces of £1 Mehdi, who were driven from their ranks, and saan, and sssi &t|ssi] 'aaaaifeer were wounded. Among the killed was Lieut Col. Frederick Bnxnabv, of tho Royal Horse Guard*. Gen. Ike wart's hoM# :lk. is shot dead. Lieut Col. Bon--by was t popular < rand 6 feet 6 of the best known and most cers in the smioe. Ha inches in his stocking feet and fifty inches around the chest. Wonderful stories are told of his strength and endurance A eablo dispatch announces the death of Morgan O Cornell, second son of the fa­ mous Irish agitator. THE alleged text of an agreement be­ tween England and Turkey, cabled across the ocean, provides for the deposition of the Khedive of Egypt, the Sultan to appoint his successor from another family,.. .fam­ ine prevails in the governments of Arch­ angel and Tolgada, Russia. POLITICAL* • t E SOUTH* JTJUA WARD HOWE has appealed the United States Exposition Com­ missioners at New Orleans to place in her hands the $50,000 appropriated for her department, of which sum she has Only been able to obtain so far $3,- 900 from the management. For want of money Mrs. Howe has been com- peMed to curtail the original designs for the-exhibit, and her landlady is threatening to.distiain her property for her board.... Wood's gambling-house at Sau Antonio, T<*xaS, was entered by six masked men, * who boundthe employes, opened the safe , , with chisels, and secured $4,000 in coin and cifrency. ^ AT a hamlet in Kentucky called Green's Store, the Widow Maguffing heard a noise SENATOR MORGAN, of Alahama, says that he is opposed to further acquisition of territory by the United States, but that, in his opinion, it is desirable to build up neighboring governments and to main­ tain' friendly relations with them.... The Republican Senatorial caucus at Al­ bany resulted in 81 votes for Evarta, 28 for Morton, and 3 for Depew.... The Dem­ ocratic members of the Indiana Legisla­ ture in caucus renominated by acclama­ tion the Hon. Daniel Voorhees for United States Senator. AN organized movement hostile to Sena­ tor Garland's Cabinet prospects is reported to be on foot among Democrats in Washing­ ton. It is charged that Senator Garland is a Federalist in disguise. THE Springer Committee which has been investigating the election irregularities at Cincinnati adjourned last week, subject to call, and repaired to Washington. A NUMBER of the State Legislatures elected United States Senators on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Daniel W. Voorhees was re-elected in Indiana, his Republican competitor being ex-Gov. Porter. Wm. M. Evarts received a majority of the votes in both houses of the New York Legislature, Edward Cooper polling the Democratic strength. Jonathan Chase was elected Senator from Rhode Isl­ and over Isaac Bell, Jr., of Newport. O. H. Piatt was chosen by the Legislature of Connecticut over W. H. Barnum. A ballot in the Arkansas Legislature placed Poinde&ter Dunn, Republican, in .he lead. Secretary Teller re­ ceived in the Colorado Legislature 35 out of the 38 votes required to elect, Senator Hill getting 17. Senator Vest received the Democr.itic caucus nomination in Missouri, J. Donald Cameron was indorsed by the Republican caucus in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the California Republican caucus expressed its preference for Leland Stitn ford. Coii. JOHN C. SPOONEB was nominated by the joint Republican legislative caucus at Madison, Wis., for United States Senator on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The nomina­ tion was made on joint ballot, Spooner receiving 54 votes against 25 for Fairchild. Secretary Henry M. Teller was elected United States Senator from Colorado,and J. D. Cameron was chosen as his own suc­ cessor in the Senate from Pennsylvania. GEN. EDWARD S. BRAOG, of Fond do Lac was nominated by the Democratic leg­ islative caucus at Madison, Wis., for United States Senator... .The Iowa Temperance Convention, which was attended by 400 delegates from all parts of the Stgte, passed resolutions to secure the enforcement of the prohibitory law by the use of all proper means, even to its amendment by the Leg­ islature. "Si"- In her barn at night. She stepped out with trifle, fired at a moving figure, and shot t / ' Ikrough the heart a notorious colored hoc thief. * r. TBOOP Of the Fourth United Gavalry had a fight with Mexican bandH* in Arizona. Four of the letter killed and twelve were taken to "ma. It is believed they are part of soldiers which recently mutinied special Grand Jury " ® investigating the election frauds > has found true bills against 255 lin<l the late canvassing I for negligence in making returns. (Kan.) dispatch of Jan. 22: has surrounded Couch's boomers at Stillwater, and in- irre them out. Those willing to (fc'o eamp are permitted to go, are taking advantage of the ADDITIONAL NEWS* ¥ HWIIERT JOHNSON, a robust yooi&& tf%rb, died suddenly at Edwardsville, 111., of blood discharges from eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The colored people are alarmed, fearing n contagious and deadly malady is about to bieak upon them. BECAUSE of an. affront offered a young lady a son of Congressman Holman struck Don Carlos de Castro, of the Venezuelan Legation, in the Stewart residence nt Wash­ ington. Blows were exchanged, but the partes wero soon separated. It transpires that l)e Castro was not the offender, and that Holman mistook his man. The Venezuelan refuses to accept an apology, demands personal satisfaction, and a duel is impending. WILLIAM PENN NIXON, of the Chicago Inter Ocean.; Morrison Mumford, of the Kansas City Timen; and D. R. Locke, of the Toledo Blade, were before the House Committee on Pout offices and l'ost-Rouls in behalf of the reduction of newspaper post­ age. The committee appointed Representa­ tives Moueyand Bingham to recommeud to the committee appropriate legislation to be? embodied in the postoffico appropria­ tion bill providing for the reduction of postage on newspapers from 2 cents to 1 cent, per pound. If the Appropriations Committeo should find it impractic ible to comply with recommendations, the Post- office Committee will endeavor to secure the passage of a bill embodying this pro­ vision under the suspension of the rules, on the third Monday in February. A DISPATCH' from the West reports that "meetings are held almost nightly in the towns of Southwestern Kansas in the inter­ est of the Oklahoma boomers, and the action of the United States au­ thorities is vigorously condemned. Capt. Couch, the leader of the boomers, is said to have advised Col. Hatch of his intention to stay where he is until forcibly expelled. Col. Hatch is trying to starve the intruders out. The latter are building rifle-pits. Their fight'ng force is 400 men. All non-combatants have been sent out of camp by Capt. Couch, as well as all whose obedience to discipline cannot be counted on. Col. Hatch's force about equals that of the boomers. Re-enforcements are held in readiness at Leavenworth by Gen. Augur." THE third regular annual meeting of the Kansas State Shorthorn Breeders' Associa- will be held in Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10 and 11. Prominent breeders and speakers will be present and give addresses, and take part in the discussions. Ail interested in the breeding of shorthorn cattle are cor­ dially invited to be present Wms Mr. Vest's resolution vtoir. negoti­ ations with threa Indian tribes for the cession of the Oklahoma lands came up in the Senate on Jan. 23, Mr. Plumb offered a substitute for a bargain with the red men for all lands above loo acres to each head of a family, the sur­ plus to be used for actual settlers only. Mr. Conner denounce 1 the svstem of robbing ndians of thefr lands, "whether to accom­ modate Oklahoma boomers or pleuro-pneu- tuonc cattlf; from Texas." Mr. Installs replied that nothiru* could resist the march of the Anglo-Saxon race. The remaining •ift.oitt.ouo acres of arable land outside of Government reservations would inevitably be absorbed within five years. Both resolutions were referrei. Thi President sent to the Kenat" the following n< mi na­ tions: Henry K. Hnidekoi>er, Postmaster at Philadelphia; Stanford )<'. Chaille, Louisiana, mcmljer of the National Board of Health: Lu­ cius H. Foote, of California, Minister Resident and Consul cieneral of the I'nited States at Corea: Nelson A. Dunning, of Mioliljran, Consul of the United Ktates nt Auckland: Capt. Almon F. Rockwell, Assistant, Quartermaster, to be Major and Quartermaster; Andrew H. Draper, New York, Judtr- rf the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Clain s; John T. liartranft. Collector of Customs District of Philadelphia; William 8. Stetle, of Pennsyl­ vania, Coiner of tho Mint in Philadelphia. In the Houae of Repressntative>< the constitute nal lawyers took an innine in the discussion of a resolution directing the Judiciary Commit:ee to iFives isate and report whefher* in its opinion the Senate, by originating;, passing, and sending to the Hous? f< r its action bt Is appropriating money, has thereby at­ tempted to invade the constitutional preroga­ tives of the House. Friendtt of the educational bill were greatly relieved when the resolution was tabled by a maionty of four votes, that measure being particularly specified in the preamble. Kach house of Conuress .received a fine American flag made of Milk, raised, spun, and woven in America, and this achievement of American industry evoked some hiithly com­ mendatory resolutions from Mr. Beck, free­ trader, in the Benate, and Mr. Kelley. protection- < (it, in the House. GKVEBAL. UPSON, of Texas, companies have taken '.cf the public domain and itfao that the cattle-trails are all JJEIno route to drive without Inj^NilAs of miles ont of the way. WMmuxuvwx. , KMKIAP, of A^ska, is in Wash- trying in secure the passage of a fey OongrMi which shall meet the A TRADE journal asserts that manufac­ turing has so improved within a few weeks that about 120,000 persons have been given employment Louis Gougan, a French saloon-keeper, went on a spree in Canada. He started for his home in Puterson, N. J., while suffering from an attack of delirium tremens. At Pres- cott, Ontario, he jumped through the car window. He was taken on board again and forwarded to New York. At Coventry, Vt., he again leaped from the train, which wan traveling at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and lay exposed to the weather at 30 degrees below zero for seven hours. When found his feet and hands were so badly frozen that it was necessary to cut them off. He is likely to recover. WHAT was supposed to be a friendly sparring contest between James McHugh, who claims the light-weight championship of New York State, and James Wilson, of Buffalo, took place at the Palace Theater in the latter city. It turned out to be a regu­ lar prize-fight, in which Wilson had consid­ erably the best of it. The police stopped the fight in the second round amid hisses and great excitement... .Patrick Cleary and Alfred Nichols met in the ring in the armory at Nantiooke, Pa., to spar three three- minute rounds with gloves for $300 a side. Nichols was rushed npon by Cleary in the third round and thrown over the ropes. A genuine fight ensued, and Chief of Police Conroy separated the combatants and forbade any fur.her ' fighting Two aristocratic young New Yorkers, Rutgers VanBruut, of the Knick­ erbocker Club, and John Rosoevelt, of the Union Club, had a set-to in the parlors of a Murray Hill mansion. Both combatants were badly mauled, and tho mill was de­ clared a "draw."... .In a three-round con test at New York Jack Dempsey (140 pounds) thrashed Jin Fell (180 pounds), the Canadian heavy-weight champion, in a remarkable manner..When "Paddy WE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BOOT*.,*.*.... Hoos........ Fiona--Extra. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring...; No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS--White POKK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Oood Shipping Cemmon to Fair. Hoos FLOBB -Fancy Red Winter Kx... Prime to Choice Spring.. WHEAT--No. a Red Winter No. 2 Spring COB!*--No. 2 <JATW--No. 2 YK-- No. a BAULKY--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery. Ffne Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream. Skimmed Flat.. EGG»-- Fresh POTATOES--New, per bu........ PORK-MCM LAKD TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 M „ JFLLWAUKEFC. WHFAT--!?o 9 j COBS--No. % OATS- No. 2 BABI^t--NO. PORK--Mess LARD „ „ ST. IiOVlSw WHEAT--No. I Red. CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed. RTE.... PORK--Mesa , _ „ CINCINNATI' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Cow. ATS--Mixed.. 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The alyzed with was intense, _ *3 d^reeS below, late and no alaroi being at ion was ihtann stood al as the probable* itjffll firs and cold togethor Is • two-story stone and brick, •mm vo^iood about it except the floor and stairways. It wsts com­ pleted laSt Angust at a cost of $26,- 000. It ^0. used aS an infirmary, with forty.flte insane inmates, twenty-throe on the first floor and twenty-two on the second. AttyHtdants Brown, Rose mul wife were slee0M§ on the second floor, attend­ ants Reid, Williams, and Fireman Laba^ger On the fint. The building was heated by hot-air furnaioes. The watchman discov­ ered the issuing from the floor im­ mediately above the furnace. He aroused the attendants. The smoke was drawn through the hot-air flue and along the halls and stairways to all parts of the building. The lire s)NMid.so rapidly that all efforts to save the ^uijdvag. in the absence of n lire alarm to. summon help and for want of fa­ cilities to goj$Kl thri flumes, were vsin. . Attendant! W. A. Reid began dragging and carrying jjvt the patients. Many were clad in their night clothes only. As soon as they were'mken from the building they rushed boek"from ther bitter cold into the building^ Bold, at the risk of his own life, struggled on Until twenty-one Of his twenty-three patients were rescued, when he became exsiiltsted and was carried to bed. u On the sccond floor attendants Bose and wife heard the alarm and escaped down the stairway just befora it Jell. Attendant Brown, noefihig 011 the same floor, was sroused by the smoke. He attempted to save a patient in an adjoining room, but •felled, and, sliding down a sheet from his window, jumped to the ground. Superintendent R. 8. Dewey reached the scene and with a ladder climbed to tho second-story windows, smashed them in and rescued some of the patients thereby. Almost patients refused to co-ope­ rate in the efforts made to save them, and were onljr^gctaed by being dragged from the flames'and held from returning. A marvelous escape was that of ail in­ mate who fell with the second floor and struck the burning debris above the fur­ nace and bounded through a window to the ground uninjured. The remains of the bodies of twelve patients have been taken f jom the ruins turned to fragments. They were only identified by the location of their bodies. The dead thus far identified, with ages and residences, are: From Chicago, Ihomas Herelev, 27 years old, brother of State Senator Hereley; Jnmes Colbert, 32 years old: M. Jordon, 30 years old: Thomas Hiekoy, 35 year.* old. from Springfield ; P. Weymouth, 32, Peru; Henry Brown, 40, Rock Islimd; &. W. Oalloway, 4'>. Sny. brook; George Bennett, 24, Morris; J. J. Johnson, 35. Danville; Matthew Haigh, 41, Chebanse; Theodore Hoehner, 63, Free- port. The following are missing inmates of the btarned building, all of "whom, Ao doubt, perished: Alfred Ituuyard, aged 50, Win­ nebago; C. M. Tyler, 45, Sheldon; C- Shotz, 65, ^Chicago; John Nathan, 42, Chicago; Orlando Ellis, 42, Pontiac. At the Coroner's inquest this morning Superintendent Dewey testified that he had asked the Legislature two years ago for $2,500 to proteet these detached wards from fire; that $1,000 was allowed, all of whicK was used in mains and hydrants; that the amount was insufficient to answer the pur­ pose suggested He had recommended that the floors above the hot-air furnace be changed. It was shown in the evidence that they were but four inches from the outside and ten inches from the inside of the furnace to the pine joists. The Super­ intendent gave two reasons for tho great nam er of deaths---first, that the patients were most all suffocated by smoke before they could be reached, and second, the inn-. biiity or unwillingness of insane patients to try and help themselves. Night Watchman Cobbs testified before the Coroner's jury that he registered a re­ port of his calls every half hour. The reg­ ister showed that he visited the furnace- room at 3:40 o'clock and found it all right then. At 4:10 o'clock he discovered the fire. He said th it the floor immediately over the furnaces had frequently been no- tieod by attendants sleeping there to be un­ comfortably hot; that the furnace was roof­ ed by sheet-iron, then by two layers of bripk laid in mortar, with a space of but six inches between them and pine. Attendant R. C. Williams testified five minutes after the fire was discovered it wus blazing through the floor; that on being roused he ran outside and saw that tho fire was only visible about aud around the fur­ nace. Attendant J. C. McFarland, outside night watchman, testified that he heard t^e cry of "Fire!" and roused the attendants of wards 5 and t>, and carried two ladders to the burning building from the carpenter shop 100 yards away. " P. Sknlly, foreman for Architect J. R. Willett, of Chicago, who .has oharge of all the hospital buildings, testified that he in­ spected the furnaces when completed and was satisfied with them then, but had not inspected them sinee. The air circulated between the furnace roof and the pine tim­ ber. The hot-air conductors were brick flues, 110 wood being about them. Tlkp hot- air flues had four-inch walls and tho smoke flues eight-inch walls. The remains of the , \>odi$s with one ex­ ception did not aggregate each a sufficient quantity of charred fragments to fill a mHu's hat. • CRL'SHEI) BY AN AVALANCHE. Amtrias Mid Swiss Vlllagrs Xiirknl With­ out Warning llcneatli Y*«t 8fu>w-lj>|i4e». ILcndon cablegram.] Dispatches from the continent describe an enormous pnow-slide in the mountainous province of Oorinthia, In Austria, which overwhelmed in an instant the portion of the city of WRugeufiift, which lies under the Alpino foot- hills. While the worshipers were on their way tp the cathedral, a heavy fumbling was heard far up the mountains. A glance upward from the city saw tho snow- clad surface in billowy motion, and in less than three minutes the avalanche came with a crash and roar npon the otitskiits of the town, burying acme houses thirty feet deep in snow, and sweeping lighter structures before it like straws. Parties of men at onoe rushed to the rescue of the overwhelmed citizens. On the upper slope it was found that many habitations had been utterly swept away. SPwenty-flve corpses were dis­ covered, some of them stripped of every particle of clothing and horribly mangled Nearly a hundred persons were found suf­ fering from contnSOd wounds or crushed and helpless under beams and snow. Many of the residents of the place are missing, ami it is believed they arc buried nnd' r the snow, in addition to the twenty already known to be killed. The city au­ thorities are exerting themselves vigorously to as:-erti'n the fate of the missing people. Three thousand men are digging through the snow to recover the bodies of the dead and rescue the imprisoned. A Berlin dispatch says; A small village at the foot of nimplott mountain was buried under ten feet of snOW hj an avalancho. ROBEBT BKOWNIKO, the poet, aged 73, Is about to /'V I ~ -V" «* • jf ^ Whatl« to|T(i|i| the llfli Jseob D. many "yearM ago in tanking neat his enterprises, and amsased a luge fortune. „ m« **rw, wfdeh «f Isrffrs* | sort jntfw wfat®, Swtracts i j ' Kesolntions twentf-flivo years asco his wife aied. leeivlnK an infant (lrl named Kunice. Besides thix child there wore tluee roas and a daughter. The letter had already been married to Daniel Holcomb, and lived on the lattsr's farm, ad- jotainirthat of her father. Jadd Gronch, tnena mere boy. lived with Mrs. Holcomb. He was a cripple, and for many years was not expected to live, but WhUe with kls sister hln father paid for his cate. The two other sons, Byron and Will-•! 1 lM m + . ijp. >Hsl ebta scenmulated; and when UoSbeSoade they would a] sons, iiyrei to Texas, superintending e, ld wWch both Were interested. Isloomhs did not prosper. " and when compromises the estate Mortgagee appeal to Mr. times 1 Crgi*h |or |astotsnce. Many tfuea he gave them Urge sums of money. Once they present­ ed him with a bill tor tio.too tor supporting Judd from infancy, and when, after aome high words, he paid it, be threatened them with dis­ inheritance. The old man.as the years crept npon htm, grew morose and gloomy, lie Uvea in hia great boose alone wtth Us daughter and th« servants. For several years when she was awmy at college he was quite alone, and was seen but rarely. On her return a few years ago, a beautiful and accomplished girl, she Jntro- ducSd some life into th3 old home, and, as h r father was in failing health, she took upon her­ self the duty of attending to his corrpupondence and keeping his books. In the course of time Eunice was wooed and won by Henry White, a young bdsi nes.-i man of Jackson, and Mr. Crouch consented to their union on the promise that they would live with him. This was assented to, and White took up bis residence at the Crouch homestead. During the last year of his life Crouch fre­ quently talked of his business affaiis in the presence of the Holcombs and his daughter Eunice. It was understood that before long he would call his heirs together and divide'his property between them, lie did not wish to make a will, and he thought it would be more satisfactory all around to dispose of the piop- erty by deed. For some reason, however, this was postponed from time to time. Presently there cttne a prolonged quarrel between the old gentleh&an ana the Holuombs over the settle­ ment of Softie ot their indebtedness. He held several of their notes and a mortgage or two on their property, which the understanding was should be deducted from their share in the estate when the time tor settlement should ar­ rive. The Crouch homestead was never locked at night, the old man refusing to have locks or bolts put on windows or doors. All the books and papers save those of a family nature were kept by Eunice in a desk, but the Holcomb notes and mortgages, as well AS some other papers of a similar character, were in a blue and gold pasteboard box wnich rested on a whatnot in the Bitting-room. On the morning of Nov. 33, Bolles, a little negro boy, who was employed about the house, rail to a neighboring farmer's, and, almost speechless with fright, said that Mr. Croach had been murdered. Hurrying to the house, tho neighbors discovered Mr. Crouch dead in his bed with a bullet hole lu his temple. In the spare room, adjoining, was found the dead body of Moses Polly, a cattle buyer f: orn Mer­ cer Connty, Pennsylvania, who had accepted the hospitality ot the Crouches for the nicht, and had lost his life in consequence. He also had been shot in the head. Both men lay in their bed« as if they had never moved after re­ ceiving their death wounds. Going into the apartments occupied bv Eunice and her hus­ band the young couple were also found dead. White had received but one wound, like the others, but Eunice was shot four times, twice in the head aad twice in the body. The negro boy and the servant girl, who slept in another part of the house, were closely cat­ echised, and both admitted that they heard the shooting, but declared they were paralyzed with fright and were unable to move until day­ light. Although there was little reason to be­ lieve them guilty they were placed under arrest. A hasty search of the hotfse revealed the fact that nothing had been taken but the blue and gold box on the whatnot, although there was over $1,000 In monsiy In the house and much va.liin.bte Jewelry The night on which the murder was perpe­ trated was one that had been waited for. It was of inky darkness and n fur:ous rain-storm pre­ vailed. The wind blew almost with the violence of a tornado, aad the noise made by the warring elements was suoh as to-serve a murderer's pur ­ pose well. Nobody would be on the highway on such a night, and ths sound of a revolver shot would be drowned instantly by the tumult of the winds. There was one footprint, however, which the rain did net obliterate. Under a window on the west aide of the bouse was the mark of a rubber boot or Shoe, showing that somebody had stood there aad watshed while the murderer was at hia work imida Everything connected with th% case indicated that the murder had l>een done by somebody familiar with the bouso and the haOits of its occupants. Without doubt the guilty parties knew where the servants slept, for after the shooting they opened the stair door and listened, had the servants made the least sign of wakefulness they, too, would have been slain. Suspicion attached to the Holcombs, though no arrests in that quarter were made. It was found that a man In Holcomb's employ, named Foy, had a pair of rubber boots which litted tho track made by the window. Mrs. Holcomb took to her bed atter the murder and refused to see any one, but her deposition was taken soon afterward. Bhe admitted that Holccmb had got up in the middle of the nig.it to go out and shut the bam door, which was slamming, but denied that he was absent long. Uyron Crouch came home from Texas and remained a few weeks, returning then to his ranch, after putting the Pinkertons to work 011 the case. Koon after his departure for home Mrs. Holcomb was lound dead in bed, under circumstances indicating that she had commit­ ted suicide, but, after an investigation, the cor­ oner's jury found thut her death was caused by heart disease. At the inquest in the case of the Crouch mur­ ders, which dragged along most of the winter, the only important evidence introduced was that ot a hardware-dealer in Jackson, who tes­ tified that, several weeks before the tragedy Daniel Holcomb purchased of him a 38-caliber revolver. This was the size of the pistol witli which the shooting had been done. Holcomb denied that he ever owned a revolver of any kind, and positively swore that he had never been in the hardware store si>oken of. A closc surveillance, however, WHS kept on Holcomb and Judd Crouch, aud detectives hung about the old homestead with irreat persistence. Several amateur detectives busied themselves on the ease, and some of them were threatened by tlic hired man Foy and by Judd Crouch. One day Foy went to Union City with the in­ tention of killing 1>. J. Ea-ton. editor of the Meg inter, but mistaking Elmer Shules to be the gentleman for whom lie was searching, shot and . dangerously wounded him. Foy then returned home and lay down on a lounge, where he was afterward found dead with a pistol by his side and a wound in his head. Physicians testified, upon the holding of an investigation into the matter, that itwaa im­ possible that Foy had committed suicide, and the uiry rendered a decision lu accordance with their testimony. This tragedy was followed in a few days by a murderous attack on Detective Brown, who was at work on the ease. One niulit Mr. Brown was riding along the highway near the place where the murder was committed when he was stopped by two men, one ot whom inquired: "Is your name Brown?" P.eceiving a reply in the affirm­ ative, the speaker drew a revolver i;nd tired, tho ball taking effect in Brown's thigh and caus­ ing a bad wound. The two men then tied and Brown made his way to Hortou, from wiiieh place he telegraphed to Jackson charging .1 udd Crouch with the attempt upon his life and de­ manding his arrest. Tlic demand was com­ plied with and the prisoner was arraigned anil released on bail. On March 1, Judd Crouch and Daniel Holcomb were arrested charged with the murder of Jacob D. Crouch. After a preliminary trial they were : dmitt< d to bail in $-.'ii,Ouo eacii. On the 2'Jthof March Lorenzo I). Bean, a farmer who becamc insane on the '.'1st from broodini? ovpr the murder, died after seven davs of tarri- blo suffering, and on April ia» A. H. Lee, who imagined himself the murderer of the Crouch family, committed suicide. On the 22d ef April Joseph Alien was arrestid in Canada abarged with being the principd in the Crouch murder,, but was soon after neleased. The case was call-; cd in May, 18S4, but adjournments, tedious ex­ aminations aud cross-examinations of wit-, ncsses, the elaborate arguments ot' counsel, and other matters have delayed the verdict, which was not rendered tld the second vteek in Janu­ a r y . -- A V » O Y o r k H f i n l f l . .* OOINU TO WORK. UnllllnOIV A Gratifying Showing by Trade Journal. The Baltimore Manufacturcrn' Record, in showing some of the si^ns of improve­ ment in tho manufacturing interests throughout the country, publishes a long list of lending enterprises that haw re­ sumed work in tho last few weeks. The number of hands employed by these con­ cerns, ascertained by special reports, is about 90,000. The estimated number em­ ployed by smaller works lately started up and not given in this list is fully 10,000; u total of 100,000 mgp that have gone to work in riinnnfnctm-ing- enterprises siuce Jan. 1. In addition, n large number of mi­ ners, 10,000 in ono Pennsylvania county alone, have commenced work within the last few weeks. A OTTXiE girl at Wind Gap, Pa., lias etrs that are bent forward and grown fust to the iace. She is bright and her hearing is very acute. Gov. ROME, of Maine, is an advocate of Mn. COKE, of Texas, introduced a Mil in the Benate. Jan. 19, for tho establishment of a quarantined stock-trail from Red River to the Canadian boundary. The rest of the day watt devoted toeulogiMnf Senator Anthnnv. rlollw- isamauiis, jaayaro, a;3.i other*?, were uaaaed on thn anbtafc. Hpeaker Carlisle laid before the House an estimate of #40.000 required for the incidental ex­ penses of the naval vessels anchored off the ex­ position at New Orleans. Resolutions were in- troduoed asking the President for copies of all correspondence in regard to the Oklahoma lands, and for a copy of the recent appeal of Fitz John Porter. Bills were presented to en­ force the collection of taxes on distilled spirits in bonded warehouses, to amend the act to pro­ mote telegraphic communication with Asia, and to establish uniform pensions for pilots on Union gunboats during the late war: It being understood that the Military Committee was about to bring forward the Grant bill, the OD- ponents of the measure forced an adjournment. THK Senate agreed to a resolution, at its session on the 20th, authorizing the committee on transportation routes to the seaboard to sit during the session for the purpose of securing further statistical information regarding the cost of transportation, etc. Mr. Plumb offered a preamble and resolution relating to cue unoc­ cupied lands m Indian Territory. Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to increase the limit of «be appropriation for the public building at Terre Haute to $200,000. The Cullom inter­ state commerce bill was debated, after which the Senate went into executive session. The Presi­ dent, Kent in the following nominations. Carroll D. Wright, of Massachusetts, to be Commis­ sioner of Labor Statistics; Warren Truitt. Ore­ gon, Keglster ot Land-Office at Lake View, Ore­ gon : 8. O.Swackhamer, Oregon Register of Land- Office at La Grande, Oregon; Emorjf 8 peer, Georgia, United States District Judge of Southern District of Georgia; H. C. Minor, Collector of Internal Revenue, Dis­ trict of Louisiana. Collectors of Cus­ toms--David McLaughlin for the district of Michigan, and Vespasian Smith for the district of Duluth. Pension Agents--Jacob Kicli. of Iowa, at DesMoines; Allen T. WyckofT, of Ohio, at Columbus. Postmasters--Berry Wiek Craig, Versailles, Ky.; Oratlo J. De Wolfe, Fostoria, O.; John A. Post, Boise City, Idaho. Among the confirmations by the Senate were John Da­ vis, to be Judge of the United States Court of Claims, and William A. Richardson, to bo Chief Justice of the same court. In the House of Representatives the Committee on Public Lands reported a bill prohibiting aliens from acquiring title to and owning lands in the United States. The Hoase then went into committee of the whole on the In­ dian appropriation bill. Mr. Ellis spoke in favor of the appointment of a com­ mission to select somewhere in the North­ west lands similar to those in Indian Terri­ tory, where the Indians conld be established and taught to support themselves. Mr. Throck­ morton advocated the granting of lands in severalty to Indians. Mr. Rvan urged the im­ portance of settling the Oklahoma question. A long discussion followed concerning the right in the ease between the Government and the boomers. Tfiu proceedings in the Senate were dull and uninteresting on Jan. 21. Mr. Coke's speech on the interstate commerce bill and eulogies on the late Congressman Evins, of South Carolina, filled the entire time. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Kelly reported a bill to allow drawbacks 011 imported articles used in manufacturing tobacco for export. While in committee of the whole on the Indian appropriation bill, Mr. Buincs declared that Oklahoma is practically in possession of cattle companies, to the exclusion of individual set­ tlers. The agricultural appropriation bill was referred to the House. It appropriates $546,200. THE status of Oklahoma lands was the chief subject for debate in the Senate Jan. 22. Mr. Vest urged the passage of his resolution direct­ ing the Secretary of the Treasury to report on what terms the Creeksand Seminoles would sur­ render the remaining rights in the tract. Messrs. Dawes, Vest. Harrison, and Maxeyheld that the law forbade the invasion of these lands bv white men, and that the tract had never been surveyed < r sectlonized. Mr. l'lumb claimed that, with­ out the--.consent of the Indians, the lands i:onld be opened to settlement by the action Of Congress and the I'resident. Mr. Plumb's resolution, calling upon the Presi­ dent for his views ot the present status of tho Oklahoma lands, was agreed to. The HOUBO of Representatives agreed to the conference report 011 the bill to forfeit the Oregon Central land grant. In committee ot the whole on the Indian appropriation bill, an amendment to set aside $50,000 to relieve extraordinary cases ot distress among the tribes was ruled out. It was resolved to appropriate $25,uno for the erec­ tion of an Indian industrial school at Santa Fc. A clause was adopted to open the Territorial courts to litigation by Indians, as well as to subiect them tu trial for grave criminal offenses. An amendment was adopted for the commence­ ment ot negotiations with three tribes for the openiugof the Oklahoma lands to white settlers. Horseshoes. Now that the horseshoe, as a pretty symbol of good luck, forms so nrach a part of household decoration, it may not be amiss to say a word about its significance in the olden times. The horseshoe was anciently* believed to be an effectual protection against witch­ craft and witches, who could no more overcome tho sanctity of its semi-cir­ cular form than they could the move­ ment of a stream, which even the most powerful could not cross, if in the shape of a running brook, as witness the race of Tam C) Shan tor, who, pursued by them, passed tho keystone of the bridge himself, while the tail of his good mare, on the wrong side thereof, became the prey of the pursuing warlocks. We have seen the horseshoe nailed to the lintel of barns and masts of vessels, for a witch, mounted on her broomstick, might take it into her head to descend upon some unlucky craft* or she might call up the surging waves to engulf it, unless it were protected by this holy symbol. For a horse to'cast a shoe was a bad omen when a gallant knight was about to start upon some expedition; hence, if a horse stumbled, which he would be sure to do if imperfectly shod, it was unlucky. We do not in our day believe much in witches or "bad signs," but everybody is pleased with the good luck implied in the finding of a horse­ shoe. By an old Norman Custom, which has been preserved to the pres­ ent, the venerable castle as Oskham is plentifully bedecked with horseshoes. The Lords de Freres were in olden time entitled to demand from every Baron on his first passing through the town a shoe from off one of his horse's feet. There are several shoes over 200 years old, the most notable being one given by Queen "Victoria. The Princess of Wales recently visited the town, an&i in conformity with the custom, a gilt shoe with her name insoribed upon it will bo fastened to the castle wall. In our day it is not much to give a gilded horseshoe, as did the Princess of Wales, but it was a serious thing to an old knight, who, giving direct from his horse's hoof parted with his good luck. -- l i r o o k l y n M a g a z i n e . , * - * Advice to an Angry Jtra. ^ When your temper becomes ungov­ ernable, my son, and you want to smash things, then is the time to do some­ thing. A man can get through a power of work when he is veal mad. Only bo careful what you fly at. I don't believe, if I wero ycu, that I would count eggs or pack china, while the lit of anger was raging at 102 degrees in the shade. Pick oakum. That's a a good safe business for any ungry man. In a few hours I think you might pick%nough to last a small family all winter.--Jiurlington Hawkeye. The Reason for It. "Curious how much cleaner all the people look," exclaimed a Texan who had been away on a trip for a couple of months. "Yes," replied the old settler with whom he was talking; "you have no idea what a thundering lot of rain has fallen here this season."--Ex. A NEWBURO, N. Y-, man thawed out a live turtle which had been frozen up in a cake of ice for ten months. A TUNNEL 5,000 feet long has been fojl1»*"*'» •ofwi vt&l.- Stewart Mi Killed aait ietr 'ift&wt&Biu Satire llhutratod bv Rsnt _ The ^fint battlebtfweeii the troops of tho Bnhsh General Wohwley and the forces of JB MaMi oeenmd aft the wdls of Abn-Ktea.*! tho deaert, on Saturday, the 17th of Jetroiwr. General Stewart, who had movedwttfc* ferae of 1.- 500 men from Korti on the caravan route to.lKto»i4 ̂ Shendy, left Gakdul <m the Hth lor Abu Klea. At this point there is an abundant supply of water, and it was ptoposed to re­ cuperate here for the dash on Mctemneh. When Stewart left Korti the rebels were in force at Berber and Shendy, with the main army of the Mahdi camped to the northwest of Khartoum, near Om- durman, one of Gordon's outpost strong­ holds. This position was taken eft the the­ ory that Wolseley would advance by way of Debbeh. but when it was discovered that Stawart was advancing across the desert the rebels at Omdurman and Berber were con­ centrated at Shendy and thrown forward to meet Stewart before he oould reach the wells at Abu Klea. This wait not unex­ pected, as Gen. Stewart had moved forward from Gakdul in readiness for an attack. He fought the battle under all tho disadvant­ ages that it was possible for the opposing forces to impose, and the struggle ended in the defeat of the Mahdi's forees. A cable special gives the following aocoant of the engagement: Until the lttb the Britiah advanced rapidly, with a straggling column, but evidence of the presence ot many Arab scouts near camp the previous night then led to loiut halts, a more compact form tlon, and a regular advance. The British had no idea the enemy was so near. Native reports had led them to suppose only a few rebels left Abu-Jtlea. On receipt of news of the appearanoe at the enemy at noon. Gen. Stewart massed the brigade into columns, placing the guards on the right, the heavy cavalry in the center, and the artillery and engineers in the rear, the guards thns form­ ing the right face of the square. I«ord Bereo- ford's naval brigade wan posted behind, and mounted infantry and the Sussex Regiment closed the rear. The baggage was placed tat the center. Gen. Stewart then went over to a ridge to reconnoiter. Skirmishers were sent forward to force an attack. At the first shook from the enemy the fate of the whole British foroe trembled in the balance, but the steadiness of the guards, the marine corps, and the mounted infantry prevailed, and the rebels retired, leav­ ing the ground strewn with dead and wounded warriors and arms and banners. The Sussex Regiment was attacked In the rear. The Egyp­ tians allies fought desperately. The greatest losses fell on the heavy camel corps, six of whose officers were killed and two wounded. '1 he rebels brought all their best troops to the attack. The assault on the right of the British square was led by Abuf<aleb, Emir of Metemneh, and the attach on the left was under Mohammed Khair, Kmlr of Bert>er. The latter was wounded and retired during the early part ct the engage­ ment. Abusaleh advanced fiercely with a hun­ dred fanatics nntll shot down in the square. Lbie utter line of the rebets tell under the tire of our Martini rifles. The naval brigade suffered great loss. Col. Burnaby fell while fighting gallantly with his com­ rades. The enemy's firing the night be­ fore the tight prevented sleep. The rebels came on in good order from right and left front at S o'clock in the morning. Our screw-gun battery checked their advance for some time. Though our position was well protected the rities of the rebel-i made accurate lire. At 10 Gen. Stewart determined to make a counter at­ tack and formed a hoi ow square, with the guards in front, th? mounted infantry on the left Hank, the Sussex Kegiment on "the right, and a heavy camel corps and the naval brigade in the rear. The souare moved out under a storm of bnllets. Men dropped right and left, but no wounded were lett 00 tho field. The medical statf, under Surgeon Ferguson, worked splendidly under the heaviest fire. Stoppages to attend the 'Wounded delayed the advance. An hour before the main body of the en' my was sighted the British realised that at least 7,(Kxi or 8,000 rebels were opposed to them. Gen. Stewart took a good position on a slope, where the rebels mailt advance up a Mil and across open ground. Norton's battery did great service when the enemy was forming for the charge, their shrapnel causing utter de­ moralization. Gen. Stewart's orderly was killed bv his side. The interior of the square presented to view a mass of falling camels, aad straggling Arabs, an J English soldiers. Three hearty cheers were given when the square reformed on fresh ground. Numerous Atabe. having pre­ tended to be dead, now rose from the field and lushed past the square to join tho retreating enemy. The rebels consisted Of forces from Khartoum, Kordofun, and Berber. During the night Gen. Stewart sent a portion of the guards back to bring everything from the intrenched post in the rear. They returned in safety the morning of the lHth, when the troops partook of the first food for twenty-tour hours. The hussars buried sixty men where the square was attacked. The rebels had '.Hxi special negro rifle­ men, all cood shots. 'J he country is ruggedand rocky, and with scanty vegetation. A special giving additional purtioulars Gf the battle says: * ' The battle was a fearfnl hand-to-hand flgftt. Most of the Arabs were armed with spears and protected by spiked shields ot ox-hide. They rushed to closc quarters and swarmed over the bodies of their dead and wounded comrades. The Knglish troops, after the first few rounds had been tired, fought witn shortened sabers aud with sword-bayonets, wielded at half-arm lensth. Col. Burnaby was killed by a thrnst of an Arab's speffr, which entered his neck and severed the jugular vein. When Gen. Stewart's hor.-e wan shot the rider fell to the ground and was badly shaken, but he soon recovered and obtained another horse. The English soldiers bad had neither food nor water since the night before the battle. The most deplorable result of the battle in the mind of the average Englishman, says a cable dispatch, is the death of Lieut. Col. Frederick Burnaby. of the Royal Horse Guards. He was the best known and most popular officer in the British military service. His personality made him a striking figure, for he stood six feet and six inches high barefooted, and measured nearly fifty inches around the chest. Wonderful tales arj told of his strength and endurance, aud the desperate ad* ventures reoouuted in his books--"A Bide to Khiva," " Ou Horsebaek Through Asia Minor," etc.--are implicitly believed by those who knew him. His connec­ tionwith the present Egyptian conflict was romantic as well as adventurous. Without resigning his commission in the army, lie obtained leave of absence and went to Egypt last January as a corre­ spondent of t he J'ont, as he had formerly been a con espoudent of the Times during the Carlist wur in Spain. When he arrived at Suikin and -Baker Pasha's expedition was littiug out to attack Osman Digma, Col. Burnaby found it intolerable to bo without active milittuy employment, and he was given a position on the staff of Baker Pasha. He was with that General in the disastrous battle at Tokarand the retreat, to Trinkitat. Many incidents of Col. Buroa- by's strength and prowess during that fight 1 and retreat have been told, and it is said ; that but for him Valentine Baker, who was sorely wounded after his Egyption allies had run away, would never have b^B brought from the field alive. 1 . THE DARK CONTINENT. AMn a Bene of CoatrnitiM. - A Berlin dispatch says: The announce­ ment that tho Congo Conference is to close ends a week of unfouuded rumors. I H«nr ou good authority that iu yesterday's sitting of the commission Engluud objected against the extension of a pi-oteotorate over the tenitories not belonging as yet t:> the association. From :uiother t-Kle i hear that there is a certain coldness b tween Ger­ many and Italy on account of the latter strongly suppoi ting England's attitude in regard to the French proposals, which are undoubtedly favored l»y the threa empires. Dcftixa 1884 thero were lhT7 arrests for drunkenness in Glasgow, in a population of C20.00H; in Aberdeen 169, in a popnla- tion of 87,223; Edinburgh City 212, in a population of 228,357; Greenock 241), in a population of 5-3,884. THE famous 6hell road of New Orleans is a boulevard of almost snowy wbiteneea, nearly 200 feet in" width aud niuo miles lon$, - THERE is to be a ladies' press-room at J