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BORO
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PAPER
Pabliahcd in the
Territory
Lyin between the Roanoke and Mohf-rnn
rivers, embracing the three counties of
Hertford, Northampton anil Ikrtic.
A D V E R T I S I NO M E D I U M
JOHN W.HICKS, Editor and Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HERTFORD AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
SI.5Q Per Annum
vol. mi
MURFREESBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1887.
Hales. Reasonable.
NO. 10.
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INDEX.
ANOTHER POOL OF SILOAM.
A Poison Spring in Tennessee Which
is creating a Sensation.
A correspondent writing from Elizaleth
t ', Tmn., says: I have recently visited
t! e "poison spring," discovered a few mouths
ao by alittlo boy in themountiins of North
Carolina. The story of its discovery has
fnipumtly btcn told in the local papers how
liule 'Willie. cleared leaves from a drain in
the rocks to get water for his father, work
ing the corn near by, and the next morning
fiiui 1 that the 'oison oak sons" on hia
arms hal healed wherever tli9 w ater touched
'(;. tack," said the old man, "and wash all
over'."' Aad the next morning the eruption
. was j;o:ie.
It is eet led a "poison spring" either because
. of it.- effects on this eruption or from the
arsn c it contains.
Al tsr the lad's experience- with its healing
prop nio ; was made known, th?- mountain
popuhitio i flocked to it from miles around.
On a Sunday it s eenied a seeond Pool of Si
loarn, with so. many scrofulous, cancer us
nnl ulcerated i-opIe reclining along he
ba iks f :t -old women, bandy-legged men
nit 1 n riles mountain m udens dangling their
xh mks in the bealing water, Horse;- and
cattle wore brought, ami on these occasion:
there might so:ut;times be e mute 1 a hundred
sore -backed nags and galled steers waiting
their turn. ,
It is wonderful how rapid the curative
properties act. In forty-eight hours, sonie
tim s less, angry sore is hu ale I. In ouo
nstan oeaeaneer was drawn out by the roots
Tie) Sunday gatherings at tho spring soon
h -came a nuisanco lor me county. Tho
mountain men brought "moonshine," and
with drinking came lighting and cutting. It
was in vain that the bett?r-d spos el trr.il to
make it a religious' gathering, the prayers
at the spring were .interrupted and services
:ten ended in a free fight.
When an invalid from Saltville, Va., a
("apt. Thompson, moved up to the spring and
i miped near in a tent he found this state of
tilings utisupportable a id' boug t the prop
erty in self-d dense. It was inclosed anil c n
trai.cj gained only by spec al ermi.ssioo.
Then came trouble. The mountain men de
clare It ha', no one man should own thit
'hpil-igaml if Capt. Thompson didn't move
out t hey would move him. A cro wd of bul
lies aiui-d and went ilown to executes the
threat. The Captain heard of their approach,
loaded his rill -and took a stan t by the spring.
"The first man - who enters that gate," said
lie, when they came near "the lirs man
who enters that gate wilj be shot ilea
They had mistaken thiirmui. From t'aat
day l e was unmolested. i
"I was seared half to death," sai I the Cap
tain, "but I did not let th -em. find it out."
The water ooz.es .up into a s'ight cavity
blasted in the rock ami is caughtaa I bottled
as fast us it trickles out. The l miml for
it is very great, a larguj ottio:i In-ing used
at the spring. To the ta.He the water is pure
and very cold, its mineral property being
.scarcely perceptible, but its elb.et are unu
sual and- remarkable, jus in !e d, is tlie an
alysis; lor besiile the "bronifno a id arsenic,"
which give tho water lis name, it contains
lithium, iodine, potas-h and phosphate.
POISONED EGGS.
Ar or-ni Intended Tor Hats Gets Into a
I'aniily Breakfast.
Mrs. Margaret Keitz, aged fifty -eight years
wnof iimi dead in bed at her homo in Phila
dolphin, and tlie police were notified that her
death was duo to poison. An investigation
showed that the family purchased from tho
t he store of James McCurdy five eggs, which
were eaten by its members. Shortly after
th - meal Mrs. Margar t Reitz, August HofF-iiia-i,
forty-eight years of age, Eva Hoffman,
aged eight years, Benjamin HofTman, s'.x
years old, ami Harry IIofFman, aged four
years, were taken ill, wit 1 symptoms of ar
senical poisoning. All of tho family except
Mrs. Reitz, improve I gradually, but sho
was greatly prostrated and continued to
ej ov weaker an I "weaker until she d'ed.
."IcCurdy stated that he kept hist
eggs in the ce lar and has been trouble I
greatly with, rats, which cvinco 1 a decided
partiality for eggs. Each day he found a
mmili-r of; empty shells left where ho had
p : eed fresh eggs the day before, In order
t' rid himself ;of the nuisance, ho. had filled
i-cveral egg? with nrseoic and placed them in
l!ie barrels vita', tho others. McCurdy also
-dated that he had notified his employes
tltat the eggs containing the arsenic were
v ith the other eggs and cautionod them to
b'cireful.
The clerks, however denied receiving any
such iustruc ions, especially Harold Bonnes,
v. ho t, fM the boy who came for them to go
i t', tli. ' cellar and gt them out of a barrell.
i'min.- declared e nphat'cally that ho was
a - 1 itely ignorant of their contents, as they
wert- in the same tray, with the other crack
c 1 e;. s which t he Hoffmaus usually purch: so
MeCiu-dy is said to have acted indifferently
eh'iut the matter during the doctor's qiu-s-t.
and aftt r hearing of ho mistake burn-
I t'ii remainder of tho drug. Ho has been
i i 1-u-iiness nine year-, is married, and is the
. fat her. of eleven children six sons, and five
daughters who are ad engaged in some
in re ant ibi business. McCurdy was t ken
'info custody, aud will bo' hdd to await the
result of the Coroner's investigation. The
f ur other patients are much immjoveJ, and
are pronounced out of. danger.
A LADY PLIES THE WHIP.
Incitement in Prominent Smith. Car
olina Circles Growius Outof
Draw Poker.
Walterboro, Colfeton county, S. C. , is in
tensely agitated over a recent series of
.coi hidings an I threatened duels, all the
parties concerned belonging to tho first fam
ilies of the place.
The eldest son of Major Edwards, the
principal lawyer of the town, has been lead
ing.a fast life since he married the beautiful
daughter of Colonel James II. Kiou, who
was alleged to be the son of tho Dauphin of
1 Ya-.iee. Young Edward's frequent and pro
tracted absences from home at night aroused
his wife's ire, and last Saturday night,
ptided by a lad naimd Izlar, she unceremo
niously ontered the room in which her
husband and several of his male friends were
i ngaged in a game of draw jMker.
Among those present wasa Mr. Bellington,
ho bears the reputation of being "a bad
matf i i a fight. Mrs. Edwards seems to
have thought him in, some way responsible
for U t husband's habit, and drawing a cow
h de from b 'nsath her shawl sh3 sei upon
and Wat him unmercifully before she could
be s .'cured. Her sex saved her from retalia
ti'ii on f.!i; jnrtof Bellington, who, however,
expressed his int nation of holding her hus
h.iti 1 resjHMisible, and forthwith drew a
l'istol to kill him. Then Mrs. Edwards' nerve
foi s ok h:r, and sinking on her kneeis before
Tx'llingto.i she bogged forgiveness for tho
"''Hvhi,iii,K and entreated him to syaro her
. husband s life.
15 dlington then left the room threatening
ki 1 anyone who should divulge the oc
iinynce. Next day, when the story go; out,
b 'Uington sought E-.l wards and woroou.a
tovvhi.le ujmju his person.
It is further stated that Bcllfngton com
l'lled Ed war s, at tli3 point of a pistol, to
.PO teTthe hrili5rt of von no- TTlai- tri rrhi1a
V,i... .
i'r snowing Airs. - u i wards the poier
hut he appearance of the boy's father
I"ev enltsd it being done.
T, "... "U5I" J meeting is e-xpecveu oetwecu
iUingtoa and Edwards.
CONTRACT LABOR.
Proceeding Against a Church For
Importing a Minister.
The new Federal law forbidding ths im
portation of contra-t labor has revalt l in a
peculiar case at New York. Particulars as
given by thj Tribune are a3 follows:
Banker J. S. Kennedy lias pat on war-
Glint aud resolve I that tho Church of the
o!y Trinity and the Rev. E. WaljioTe War
ren shall not violate tha law prohibiting tho
importation of contract lator. He has
studied out thj j meaning of tho
words " labor T and "contract," he
has read the law carefully an 1 he has de
cided,, and United sstales District Attorney
"Walker agrees with him, that., the fashion
able congregation at Forty-second street and
Madison avenue are malefactors.
There is deep method in Mr. Kennedy's
con luct. Not content with bo ng a banker,
he is 1 'resident of tho. St. Andrew's Society.
In looking after tho j interests of immi
graTiti the caw of tli3 Scotch gardener, M.
Cuuimings, at; r.u;ted his notice. Cum:niiigs
Came to thi eouatry to out r tho service of
a Kentui'Uy gentleman j but Collector Magone
detained Cummings under the Contract tailwr
law, as an agreement has b: en made in Great
IJritain that Curnming$ should perform sec
vices as a skilled gardener here. A Unitol
States Jurlge wrestled with tho casa and sent
Cummings back to Sq tl md. A short time
afterward Cummings c iin s ba ;k to America
without any "contract" or agreement, and
now is probably watering the groun Is of the
Kentucky gentleman jwho wautoi him at
first. !
Mr. Kennedy's ire aroso over this case and
ho losolved to make the law appear as
ridiculous to others as it apjnsared to ! him.
If the poor and lowly were, to be subject to.
such a rigid interpretation of the
law it was only J right thrt tn
rich and highly should suffer. - The liev. E.
Walpole AVarren, wdio was recently calltd to
the pastorate of tho Church of the Holy
Trinity, came from England, aud h3 didn't
start for this si le until an agreement had been
made with the officers of the church.
Here was an excellent oijportnnity for
the crusading banker to make a t?st case.
Before Mr. Warren's arrival Mr. Ken
nedy wrote to Collector Magone, calling his
attention to the lactj and saying that he was
legally ad vis 1 that Mr. Warren could not
be permitted to land without violating the
letter and spirit of tho law. But tho Collec
tor did n't appear to share tho banker's views
and Mr. Warren was not prevented from
landing. j
Secretary Fairchild j was then appealed to
by Mr. Kennedy to enforce the law. v Mr.
Kennedy, in his lettqr to the Secretary,
ended as follows:
"I need hardly add to tho assurance con
tained in my letter to tho Collector that I
take this action with the kindest feelings to
ward the He v. Mr. Warren and toward his
congregation, which numbers S3veral of my
Iersonal friends, and solely for the
-purpose of calling public attention to what I
lielieve to be an unjust and unreasonable
law. I see no reason, however, why a law
should be enforced in the casj of a poor gar
dener or mechanic and should not be enforced
in the case of the chosen head of a rich city
congregation, to whom it equally applies."
The Treasury Department replied to Mr.
Kennedy's letter by referring him to United
States District-Attorn 3y Walker, who might
prosecute a suit against a corporation or per
son violating the law. f Mr. Kennedy wrote
to Mr. Walker, and that official responded in
a letter in which he said: .
"Notwithstanding first impressions to the
contrary, I have reached the conclusion that
the case presented is within the statuto, and
that it is my duty to bring suit against the
church for $1,0 JO penalty."
FAILING FOR A MILLION.
TJie National liabbcr Cojnpar.y cf
llliode Island in Serious Financial
Trouble.
i .
The National Rubber Company, of Provi
dence R. I., own'ng the most extensive fac
tory of the kind in the; world, has made an
assignment. The liabilties are upwards of
$1,000,000, and the chief assets are the plant
and real estate, situated in the town of Bris
tol, a. dozen miles from said city. Sometime
ago Treasurer Brown went to Enpope and
the affairs of the concern were placed in the
hands of men who were given implicit orders
about the conduct of the business. Tho mar
ket price of crude rubber was then about 04
cents. The selling agents were instructed to
put goods on the market and take advance
orders, tho price of j manufactured goods
being at correspondingly low figures. This
they did, and the raw material advancing,
they readily took enormous orders at the
low prices.
Treasurer Brown remained several months
in Europe, and no one in his absence took the
responsibility of altering tho selling agents'
prices. Tho result was that tho contracts
when carried out, resulted m a loss of $125,
000. With the company in its unsatidiact ry
financial condition advance was considered
hop: less. A rumor was started that there
was a lapse in the payment of the emyloyees,
and the latter began a stampede, which in a
few days was settled by a partial payment
and with promise" of; payment of the full
amount on tho next regular pay day. The
pay-roll of the workmen alone was ov r
$50,000 a nvnt There was duo the opera
tives about $45,000 at the time, according to
the company's statement. The next regular
pay day came around aud their beintc no
money to settle the back accounts n strke in
the calendering, room was oe
po-nn. w ne l
caused the factorv to shut down.
j
At a recent meeting of the directors it was
voted to issue the $o0,000 preferred stock au
thorized by an act of the General Assembly
but this not being deemed su'iicieut, after
several weeks of negotiation, a plan has been
arrived at, the success of which will bring an
equivalent of $1,000,000 to the company, thus
placing it on a strong j financial footing. In
the confidential statement Oct. 1, to the
stockholders, the ass -ts were p aced at $1,
208,000 and the liabilities at $802,000.
ALMOST A PANIC.
Children Frightened by Escapins
SteamCoolness of Sisters of
Charity.
I
There was something"ofapanicinSt.retcr's
(It. (J.) Church. Jersey City, Suaday morn
ing. The R3V. Father McAtee, was celebra.
ting the 9 o'clock mas3 for children in the
basement of the church, and there were be
tween 500 and SoO children in attendance,
and also some grown persons. More than
half of tho children were girls in charge of
the Sisters of Charity. The church is heated
by steam conveyed in pipes from a boiler
located in a small brio building between
the church and the parochial school building
Tlie mass about j half finished when a
break occurred in one of the steam pipes near
the front door. Clouds of steam poured out
with a hisdng sound and the children in that
part of the basement became greatly alarm
ed. ' i
Manp of them rushed for the door and
s mie of them tried to climb out of the win
dows, which are only about four feet from
the floor. A small s-ction of the ceiling
which had been loosened by the steam fell
with a crash and added- to the excitement.
A dangerous panic sa med imminent, when
the steam was shut off from the boiler houso
and the danger averted.. The services were
not interupt d. In fact Father McAtee was
not aware until after war Ithata oything had
happened. Tho Sisters of Charity in charge
of the children acted with coolness and cour
age in keeping the children quiet, , . .
FROM WEST TO SOUTH.
DETAILS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
TRIP SOUTHWARD.
Mr. CIcYcland and Ills Wife Cordlallj
Received.
The I'resident and Mrs.: Cleveland, accom
panied by Governor MeGill and Mayor
Smith, were driven through ths handsomest
part of St. Paul on Tuesday morning. The
party took refreshments at Mayor Smith's
residence, after which Mrs. Cleveland was
driven to the rai'roal stition, whda tho
President was taVeo. to the Minnesota Club
and prosento l to its members. Soon after he
joined his wife, and tho isp cial train soon
bore the party to Mitmeaijolis.
Upon their arrival at Minneapolis toe party
were convej-eT to the Wt-st Hotel through
streets thronged, with ieople, many of whom
had come bun ire Is of mdes. After lunch
the Presidential party were driven through
the fine business and 'residence portion of tno
city, and upon their return Mayor Ames made
an address of welcome from the hotel
balcony. Tho President responded
in a short address, and then the party went
to the Exposition in carriages, escorted by
military companies and a band of music. At
the Exposition grounds tho President m wlo
another short address. Aft r supper at the
hotel the party at 8 p. u.l under military es
cort, returned to tho depot and took tho train
for Omaha.
During the long ride south from Minneapo
lis vo Omaha the President was frequently
summoned to the platform of his special
train to receive the greotmgs ot the country
people who had gathered at the various do- '
pots. The tmin reached Sioux City, la., at
0:30 Wednesday morning. Tho party, ac
companied by the militnry and brass bands,
were driven to the Corn 1'alaco, where
almost everything, insida and outside, was
made of corn in some shape or another.
After a short stop tho travelers continued
their journey. The village stations from
Sioux City to Council Uiulls were crowded
with the solid farmers of the surrounding
country. At Omaha a com nitteo took the
party in charge, and they were driven
through the streets, which' were crowded with
people and adorned with stream ois and ban
ners. Civil and military organizations took
part in the demonstrations of welcome.
Affxr leaving Omaha the next stopping
place was St. Joseph, Mo. Here 00,000 resi
dents and 25,000 strangers gave tho party an
enthusiastic welcome. Brass bauds and va
rious organizations helped in makiDg matters
lively.
The train reached Kansas City at 8:15 p. w
Wednesday. Ac the depot and for blocks
around an immense crowd had gathered, anc
a roar of cheers went up as the train ar
rived. The President and Mrs. Cleveland
were driven through the crowded streets in a
barouche driven by six gray horses. At the
Coates House the President and Mrs. Cleve
land, assisted by Postmaster-General Vilas
and his wife, held a reception, and later re
viewed the grand parade of the Priests ol
Pallas. j
The President and Mrs. Cleveland, accom
panied by the rest of the party, were driven
t hrough the streets of Kansas City on Thurs
day morning. Earge crowds greeted them
heartily at every point. After the drive Mr.
Cleveland laid the corner-stone of the new
Young Men's Christian Association Building.
The President made an address, re
ferring to the good work done by
Young Men's Christian .: Associations
throughout tho country. After the cere
monies the party took lunch and then
were driven to the Custom House, where
Mayor Kumpf made an address of welcome
in presence of 50,000 spectators, the Presi
dent responding. Then Mr. aud Mrs. Cleve
land held an open-air reception, thousands
of people walking past the Chief Magistrate
and his wife. At 6 o'clock there was a ban
quet at the Coates House, and later Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland reviewed an imposing parade.
The streets were brilliantly illuminated. At
10 p. m. the entire party took the special train
for Memphis.
At West Memphis, which was reachod
Friday afternoon, the visitors were received
by a Committee of 20J leading citizens, and
taken by steamer to Memphis. ; About fiO,
000 people had gathered on the levee when
the Presidential party left the lioat, thousands
of strangers having traveled to the city from
Mississippi and adjoining States. Iho party
were taken in carriages to the Gayozo House.
In the morning there was a reception a; the
hotel, and later the guests were driven out
to see a fine display of fireworks.' Saturday
morning there was a grand parade, an ad
dress delivered by Judge Elliott in the Court
Square, a reply by the President, and after
ward a public reception at the Merchants'
Exchange. Early Saturday- afternoon the
special train was again taken, and Nashville,
Teun., was reached early Sunday morning.
A sad incident of President Cleveland's
visit to Memphis was the sudden death
of Judge II. T. Ellett, of the Chancery
Court, a few minutes after he had delivered
the address of welcome to Mr. Cleveland
from the crowded stand in Court Sjquare.
The President was responding to Judge Ellet,
when that gentlemen was suddenly taken sick
and sank to his seat. Although attended by
Dr. Bryant, the President's physician, and
local doctors. Judge Ellet succumled to par
alysis of the heart. The exercises were closed
on the stand by the announcement that there
would be a reception later at the Merchants'
and Cotton Exchanges,and the crowd hurried
away. Both the President and Mrs. Cleve
land were much affected by the sad event. .
At Nashville the President and Mrs. Cleve
land were the guests of General W. H. Jack
son on that gentleman's; magnificent stojk
farm, Belle Meade, six miles from tho city.
There Mr. and Mi's. Cleveland spent a quiet
Sunday their first in the South. During
the day thev were driven to Nashville an i
callel on Mis. James K. Polk, widow of
1 'resident Polk, and lady of the "White House
forty years ago.
YELLOW FEVER SCARE.
The Government to Aid in Prevent
ing' a Spreail of tlie Scourge
in Florida. ;
Surgeon-General Hamilton ; has received
the following telegram from Dr. Ames, Sec
retary of the Board of Health of Putnam
County, Fla., dated at Palatka, Oct. 14:
"A refugee s x days from Tampa died at
jn rlachen, eighteen miles west of Palatka,
Saturday. I made an autopsy and the micro
scope confirmed diagnosis of yellow fever.
The refugee six daj-s from Tampa, who died
in Palatka, and reported by t e city Health
Officer as yellow fever, was not reported to
the County Board of Health until after the
patient was buried. No autopsy."
The Secretary of the Treasury received a
telegram from the Governor of Florida as
follows: "Creditable intelligence seems to
establish that the epidemic at Tampa is yel
low fever. I respectfully ask such aid" to
local health authorities in suppressing: the
disease and preventing its spread as you can
direct."
Secretary Fairchild sent a telegram in re
ply, saying that orders had been given to
Surgeon-General Hamilton, of the Marine
Hospital service, to renaer such aid to the
local authorities as he may deem expedient.
Surgeon-General Hamilton, .; subsequently
telegraphed to Deputy-Collector Spencer at
Tampa instructing him to consult with the
health authorities and ascertain their desires
and adding that the Marine Hospital Bureau
is willing to provide all necessary expenses
of hospital, such as nurses, and such inciden
tal exjienses as may be absolutely necessary.
Disinfectants have already been forwarded
to Tampa. , - ; i
' Chicago policeman are now having what
they call "Anarchi t drill." They meet in
squads every other da v, and are instructed in
the use of Winchester rifles, with which every
policemau on tho force is said to be supplied.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Eastorn and Middle State.
R. S. Hicks, Cashier of the Stafford
(Conn.) National Bank, has been arrest0 1
cliarged with embezzling $0,UOO. Hicks Is
also Treasurer of the Stitlord Savings Bank,
which is a heavy sufferer by his downfall.
The defaulter is a 3-ung m in, and has lost
much money in cotton speculation.
The American 'Bankers' Association has
been in session at Pittsburg.
The fishins: schooner T. C. Tarr,of Glouces
ter,, Mas., and her crew of fifteen men are
given up as lost by her owners.
A nnx containing dynamito explode 1 at
tho Callao (IVnn.) Custom House with ter
rible effect. Twelve of the ersons present
we-e blown into fragments, three others died
nly alterward, and nineteen oth?r3 were
expected to die from injuries reoeive L
David Stai.v and Oliver Cromwell Smith,
charged by the former's sou with having
killed Cashier Barron, of ths Dexter. (Me.)
Savings Bank, nine years ago, have been
taken to Dexter. "Doo" Andrews, another
man mentioned in connectron with the crimo,
has bean arrested at Bangor. Smith declares,
he never was in Dexter. ;
The large Sprague Baltic Mill, built of
6tone, five stories in heiuht. 1.000 bv r00 feet.
at Baltic, Conn., was totally wrecked by fire 1 i
the other morning. The loss is $1,500, 000: in- f t
cui-a s-vr (mo - 1 'i
Thrke members of the British Parliament
Sir John Swinburne, O. V. Morgm a:id
Halley Stewart who will present au inter
national arbitration memorial to the Pres
ident and Congress, have arrived in New
York.
Charles Dickexs, eldest son of tho distin
guished English novelist, has arrived in New
York. He will . read selections from his
father's works-
South and "Westi
Robert Garrett has resigned as President
of the Baltimore and Ohio Radrood. William
F. Burns is acting as President. :
The Yacht Nettie has boon loot in Lako
Superior with all on board six porsons.
A Foxd dc Lac (Wis.) b irglir attacked
Mrs. William Koehne and hor two (laugh
ers with a club, nearly killing thmi alt
There are more than fifty cases of yellow
fever at Tampa, Fla.
Charles Edwards (colored) ; was hanged
at Clarksville, Ga. , for the murder of Wil
liam Echols (white).
Stephen Rawsox, the millionaire Presi
dent of the Union Trust Company, of
Chicago, was shot five timos an 1 mortally
wounded while comiug out of church. His
assailant was his eighteen-year-old stepson,
William I-ee, and domestic trouble was the
cause of the crime, Mrs. Rawson having
separated from her husband.
A resolution to reduce the General Ex
ecutive Board of tho Knights of Labor from
seven to five members led to a bitter debate
in tho General Assembly at Minneapolis.
The majority were charged with uniting to
get rid of Messrs. Berry and Bailey, two of the
members. In -the uproar which followed a
motion to adjourn was carried. Secession
from the Order was talked of by some mem
bers. Washington. 1
The coinage of the United States mints
during September was 8,757,045 pieces. .
An excellent counterfeit of the five-dollar
gold piece is in circulation. It is perfect in
form, size and weight, and is marked as hav
ing been coined in 1855.
Foreign,
- A tire destroyed a portion of the Northern
Ohio Insane Asylum, near Cleveland, Ohio.
Six maniacs perished.
Yive of the bandits who recently abducted
Senor Berrera from the Texan side of tho
Rio Grande , have been summarily executed
by the Mexican rancheros who pursued them.
Quelito, Mexico, a town of 8,000 people,
has been totally destroyed by a storm. Many
lives have been lost.
The coroner's jury at Mitchellstown, Ire
land, have brought m a verdict of murder
against the police accused of killing several
people during the recent disturbances.
General Boulanger, the French ex-War
Minister, has been arrested by the Govern
ment for utterances regarding the Caffarel
scandal. General Calfarel has been found
guilty of selling civil decorations and been
! placed on the army's retired list. He will
also be denrived of his decoration of the
Legion of Honor.
The days of Germany's Crown Prince are
said to le numbered. He is suffering from
cancer of the throat. The case is very sim
ilar to General Grant's.
Wono CniN Foo, of New York, a cultured
Chinaman, author of a recent article in the
North American Jieview, and a naturalized
American citizen, was taxed 50 by a Cana
dian Customs oilicer before he was permitted
to enter Canada.
TaE Irish Privy Council is about to devise
measures for the suppression of the National
Leasnio.
HOPE TO ESCAPE THE LAW.
Boston Pharmacists Call Tobacco a
Drug ami so They Sell it on
Similaj.
The latest freak of the Sunday blue-law
people is to try to stop mo nkind in Bos
ton from buying Tobocco on Sunday. The
druggist insist that, by virtue of their license,
they are allowed to sell tobacco in any form
on any day of the week, inasmuch as it is a
drug. The Cigar Dealers' Association; on
the other hand, insists that if the pharmacists
sell cigars they, too, must enjoy the same
right. The association has instituted pro
ceedings against several druggists on the
ground that they are violating the Sunday
law. George Burwell, has been convicted
on the charge and has appealed- the case.
After the decision the druggists at once call
ed a meeting of their protective association ;
and it was decided to employ counsel to de
fend any of the members who were arrested
for Sunday sales
A fund is to be raised from tho druggists
throughout the State to-day all the necessary
expenses. It was also decided, foLowing the
advice of their counsel, to continue their
sales of cigars in defiance of the Cigar Deal
ers' Association. Druggist Burwell is still
selling the weed Sundays and says he means
to so continue to do as long as pharmacolo
gists continue to recognize, tobacco as a
drug.
MARKETS.
Baltimore Flour City Mills, extra,$3.00
a$3.50; Wheat-Southern Fidtz, SI assets;
Corn Southern White, 57a5Scts, Yellow, 50a
57cts.: Oats Southern and l'en-sylvama
' Eastern Creamery, 2oa2octs. , near-by receipts
ISalOcts: Cheese Eastern t ancy Cream, Yiy
al3cts.t Western, lialicts. ; Eggs lSalli;
Cattle 2.50a-LO0 ; Swine aGcts. ;
fcjheep and Lamb 3a4 cts; Tobacco
Leaf Inferior, la$2.50, Good Common, S 50a
$4 50, Middling, 5a-0. 00 Good to fine red, 7a'J
Fancy, 10a$12.
New York Flour Southern Common to
fair extra, 3.25af LOO; Wheat No. 1 Whit ,2
aSScts.; Rye State, 54a50; Corn Southern
Yellow, 5 la52cts.; Oats White State, :Ckv'4
cts. ; Butter State, 17a20 cts. ; Cheese State,
10al0cts. ; Eggs lOa-t) cts.
Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania,
fancy, 3.50a4; Wheat Pennsylvania aud
Southern Red, 82aS3 cts ; Rye Pennsyl vania
57a5Scts. ; Corn Southern Yellow, 51a52 cts.
Oats--36a37 cts.: Butter State, 18al0 cts,;
Cheese N. Y. Factory, HalS cts. ; Eggs
State, 17a 18 cts. . :
oOaoocls. ; Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania J
57a5Scts.; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
13 50a$1450; Straw Wheat, 7.50a3; Butter,
RAILROAD SLAUGHTER.
Many Persons Instantly Killed or
Kurnetl Alive in Indiana.
Eleven porsons killel or burnel alive, and
numerous maimed, is tho result of the latent
railroad horror in the West It took place
the ether night at Kouts Station.Ind., a little
place fifty miles east of Chicago, ou the Chi
cago ami Atlantic Railroad. A heavy fresh
meat freight train Udescope-1 tin? evening
train, tho New York express, which leaves
Chicago at 7:15 f. M.
Tho express, with one laggago c-ir, two
coaches and one sleeper, had stopp-d at the
water tank for water about one m;le west of
Kouts. Th ?re the engineor di5covere.l a part
of the engine out of gear, and a st; was
male to fix it. A siguai is said to have
een sent back to stop tho next train,
should it come along while tho "passenger"
was still at tho water tank; but for som;
reason this signal was ignore if fnt, and
the meat train, whic! runs at a high rate of
siteod, crashed iuto the passenger ex
press i he entira passenger train.
consisting
of five cars, was comnletelv
wrecked. Amid the pandemonium of crash
ing tuno-M-s and human shrinks and toppling
fragments of the wreck came tho cry of lire.
auu comusod mass of SDlmtorod. and hm ;n
wo l was in flames.
W. A. Duncan, of Syracuse, N. Y. , Secre
tary of tho Chautauqua Assembly, said:
" Our train got into Kouts at 7 o'clock this
morning, and then we were told of the wreck
which o 'curred two miles west of tho
town. I, with several oth-r gentle
men visitc 1 , the scene of th
disa-iW. There were hundre Is of jeop!e
around, but every one so me 1 to bo so da.e I
and excited that little had been do:io to
assist the wounded. Wh-n we got there
a most sickening sight met our eyet Strewn
all along the track amid tho wre.-kage were
ten or twelve charrod bodies.
"I saw a little Bohemian boy who was hurt
propped up against the fence dying.and th re
in front of him lay his ilea l mother, father
and t wo sisters. It was impossible to secure
names, as every ono was half out of th-ir
wits, and it was a long tinu affct-r the a-ci
dent o -curred that any asoistance was ro:vf
dered.
" I huntod up the nicdit operator at Kout.
and he gave me the following aco int of the
disaster, which is about correct: 4Tlj3 train
wrecked was No. l'J, whic'i left Chi ago at
7:45. The train was made up of five cars
the two rear ones leing Pullman sWpjrs.
Just before tho train arrived at Kout,
the eccentric of the engine broke and the en
gineer slowed up for repairs. Hie brake
man hung out a danger signal light. The
train had stopjied but a short time when tho
train liehind, which proved to bo the fa-t
Chicago "meat' train, rushel on at
the rate of thirty-five mile an hour. She
struck the rear coach, telescoped it and tho
two in front, and left nothiug but the front
baggage -car standing. The three coaches
were swept completely away, nothing but
uie trucKs uemg lett standing. '
xne wrecka-'e immediately caurrht fire.
and tho wounded and dea l lay in the fiame
and were burned beyond recognition. The
jieopie around there said that about ten peo
ple were burned, but I think there were at
least fifteen, as I saw a dozen bodies laid
out."
MISS GARFIELD CAN'T MARRY.
Her 3Iot!ior Takes Her to Europe anil
J. Stanley Brown is Ijeft.
Mrs. J. A. Garfield, wife of the late Presi
dent, sailed for Europe in company with her
daughter Mollie. Up to a week ago prepar
ations were supposed to be in progress for
the approaching marriage of Miss Mollie to
J. Stanley Brown. T..o marriage had been
set for Oct. 20, and the sudden di p irture of
Mrs. Garfield and her daughter oauded some
surprise.
The departure for New York and the sub-
soquont voyage to Europe wero unknown in
this city until Monday, lhon it was an
nounced that the sudden trip was cause I by
the severe illness of May Mason, a niece of
Mrs. Garfield's, in London, and that the
wedding would not occur until noxt fall.
An intimate friend of the late Gen. Garfield,
and . since his death of Mrs. Garfield and
family, gave the true version of the trans
atlantic trip. His statement is as follows:
"I suppose the real cause of Mrs. Garfield's
trip to Europe might as well be told It is
the rupture between Miss Mollie Garfield
and J. Stanley Brown, the youn r man who
expected to marry her this month, Brown
was formerly Gen. Garfield's private secre
tary. He is a 3oung mMi with a ruflled
shirt front, rather presentable in apearance.
but with apparently poor prosjeet and not
a great deal of money. Mrs. Garfield once
went to Europe with Gen. Garfield and was
violently sick all the waj- over and back. It
is, therefore, uulikely that she risk such a
trip at this time on account of the illness in
EurojKJ of heo niece, as was stated in tho
pajK'rs. ' ,
'It is reported on good authority that
Miss Mollie denied that she was ever engaged
to Brown. It is plainly evident that the
young man's suit was not looked upon fa v. r
ably by the familj, and at any rate it is safe
to say that tho marriage is off. Mrs. (Jar
field ice:it:y remarked that the only thing
that pained her in connection with the
rumors of her own marriage was that the
publ c should think that she could sjsoon
provo false to tho memory of Gvv . Gar
field' The wedding would have undoubted
ly occurred had not the mother interfered
Brown has no money and no accomplish
ments to mark him as a man of prouiiso.
lc is said to be in Washington.
LUMBER IN ASHES.
Millions of Feet Huriicil, Resiiles a
Number of Dwellings.
A fire broke out in Cr3ne & Co.'s upper
saw mill in the eastern part of Cincinnati.
One fire alarm rang out after another in
quick succession until th entire department
of the city had bee i called to the scene. A
strong gale was blowing from the river in
the direction of the hills which run parallel
tithe river. At the foot of the hill is Eas
tern avenue, vxhich ruos parallel with the
river. It was but a few minutes until every
thing between Eastern avenue and the river,
between Bayou and Lumber Streets, an area
of about five acres, was a mass of flames.
In this area was about. '.,OsJO,000 feet of hard
wood lumber, about 20 dwellings (nearly all
of them wooden buildings), and St. Rosa
Roman Catholic Church, to say nothing of
stable and other outhouses that abound i
this part of the city. The wind pushed the
nn..a fr-rm th rivfr toward t.hv from
I 11.1 1 1 IV- O 1 J - - - -
houses on the hill-sides and scores of them
t i " . : 1... . .. l..
were on lire, uut iiu,ii3ou uuuxruiin iuu;ui
the flamet out. The fire-brands leaped clear
over the roofs and ignited the grass on tho
bluff slopes of tho hill.
Fortunately the wind changed and blew
toward the river and aided the firemen,
w ho were all the while greatly embarrassed
by scircity of water, owing to tho inade
Suacy of the pipes laid by the water-works
epartment. Tho fire during its progress
caused a panic in that part of the city when
at its worst. A great many of the dwellings
destroyed were the homes of poor men
and their worldly all. But few of them were
insured. About twenty dwellings and tene
ments were destroyed.
The loss of Crane & Co., on saw mill ma
chinery and lumber is es imatedf om MkX)
to S100.0JO. The insurance on this v as $:J7.000.
On the dwellings and otoer build hogs there
was little or no insurance ihe losses in
these is estimated at from $50,000 to $00,000.
St. Rosa Church was damaged $2,000. Many
persons are made homeless. -
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
synopsis or r,xn cum mis -ion kk
SlMIiKS ANNUA L ZtKi'OKT.
An
Entire Change in Exist in:?
Iann IJeommen-Jcd.
I .ami
Iand Couvni-jsioii -: Sp-vrks in his nnnuil
report, just is:-j I,v,'i ws tint sin- Matv'i 4,
lSio, "I, sit, ; i-n: h?v- b va -f-st.rvd tr.
tho public do:n ii:i. Th j sls, entries. :- 1
Y1 oetioiis of pablii 1 1 t, I un lor th varixis
aits of Ciicis iiv;-tiug thuvto, for tin lis
cal year en !.! .hin ". , lss7, imbra-v ., 1 11,-
4K) acre:, an'l of In I m lan Is I ly '7 ac.TM.
making a total of t; ..vy,) ;i aer.s. Icing aa
w..,v. ..M .;-.,r i-i .H-ovitm-reK.
7 .V . ' "n ' " - 1 1 '
TI;o receipts fn.ni lh disjo-n:s of imblic
la-.ids are l ,7;.-.r.M. fr -m siles of Indian
lauds, ?l,4si):?)tlioijil of -il.-Jis-Ji.U-ing
an iru ivaso as inn-poreil with tho ear l- i
of ff:i,i 47,77, and an iiteiwiae of n.o I ,--" a
coinpami with the iisil year I"---; to which
i to I:- :td ksl s.t'l-r.-cei v-l on a.i-iint f
timU-r d'. pM-fa'i'-is. an-l -fl i.J i is.-eiv--t tor
cert ii:l copies of ic ords lurnish ! by tho
General L m 1 1 ).lic , making the toUil re. vipts
for the year from a I sourivs-fl-.'.'Jsxi.t-.-s.
Vlthresp-t t th. surve s of public hinds, !
he says tht charge.- .f fraud are ma loin all !
th pui.lic land States an 1 Territories, audi
that an appropriatioa to cover th- e.xamina-
tiou of such surveys and for ir.Hi-ssory re-ui -vevs
is a matterof th higlr-st pu'ii i:n! t
nnee. A large JV; ortion of tl:e Surveyors
tleoeral ni-iii:!ieiei thit rats for survey I no
increase !. so tli ;t c-iuipt?nt Mirveyors iFfay.
Ik ahly !o rfo. m t'v-ir work "without call-in.-
on settlers for :.--istai:ce. I
The report brie ly iwieivs the work of
the Surveyi rs Gene il of Ari.on i, L'alib:
nia, an I Nnv Mexi o in examining priva-
land claims. A I -out forty claims in N-w
Mexico were examin d, and in nearly every
instance the Surveyor G:ieral ivonim- ::d"
their reje -tion. prim ioallyon the gnmnd of
fraud or non eicnp i.iace with th- law. Many
were found to cover aivis several t:m3 ais
laiie r.s titat of tho original grant.
in dis cssing t li w.mip (and grants th
Coinmisdoiier Kiys ih i claims under t!ns;
grants have already n'oeh-d the enoruenis
amount of nearly 7 f,A) ) u 'n-s and th it
pat'iitshave issued for nearly .VC.7l.",'o Incntu
'luring the past via siiys tlie Commissioner,
swamp laud claims h ivc t-ccii m;5l tlie sub
ject of thorough iu e.-t'gati.n. These inv-.sti-galions,
lie s;iys, ha e demonstrated th.e fact
tint many of them ar. fraudulerit the char
acter of the land lH-ing misrepresented.
(hi the subjict of the lorfe ture of railroad
land grants tlie Commis? ioner motes from liu
l;it aenual reort, and adds:
"1 renew the re." unnien lation that for
feiture Ik deidareil in all cases in which the
roads wero not completed within the time
and in the manner conditioned in thanes pec
tive grants."'
Of fraudulent land entries the Commissioner
says that the investigations of the past yo u
have lieen s-atLsfaetory, and that in no previ
ous year has 'such elieetive work lKeu done.
As a result, .',"-! 2 entries, covering al out
'(0,U0;) acres, wire held for eaiMvIla-
tion, and 1,153 entries, covering alou.t
lsu,ot'u acres,
This 5-ubject
sues at soma
a record of
were cance'ieU lor I rami,
tin Commissioner pur
length. He sa3s: "Su "h
crim as that shown by
investigation made by site eial agents during
the last two years is ran-ly to lo found.
Bold, reckless, and gigantic schemes to rob
tho Government of its lauds have been dis
covered and exosed in evory State and
Territory containing public lands,n"nd I think
I can truthfully say in every landdistrh t and
county which a special agent has visited.
Systematic e'iorts to mislead and corrupt
entrymen, in order that they might
become inst runionts in defrau lingthe Govern
ment, have IxH-n resorted to. Men of intelli
gence and high standing in the com
munity, in many instances million
aires, were the leaders in these unlawful trans
actions. Over five thousand cases have
loeen discovered wherein perjury or sultordin
ation of erjury was committed. In a ma
jority of cases the o'.Iicers before whom the
proofs or other papers were executed, largely
State and Territorial officer not directly re
sonsib!o to the Land Department, were
cognizant of the fraud, or could have become
so by ordinary diligence.
''While, uiKb-r improved regulations and
more efficient sujervisio 1, tho aieaof fraudu
lent entries is gradua'iy U.co:ning cireum
scrilel, there ttill remains much to do, and
the entire or general or ition of fraud can
not be expected as long a; the fa-ilitiesolferel
for its per H-t ratio. i by existing laws are so
great and the m ans provii'.o I for ther pre
vention are so small. I'pwavdof 10,00) un
examined cases are now on th e files of this
office in which fraud has bom charge 1 by
affidavit or information, or in which evi
dences of fraud ard in Heated.
' One thousand and eleven cases of timl-er
depreilations or tim'.H'r trepiss Inv Iteen
reortel on during tho xear, involving i
value in timber an 1 product th -ref rom
amounting to -5',1 1 Vf recoverable to the
United Stat s. The 'amount actually re
covered during the year through judgments,
fines, etc.. is l-S,Vfi. The wholesale
fC, i l i,' r T ill" . .nF..-Kiu
tion of public timtteron old numbered
of public lands, says tho Com mi s-
destruct
soctions ot pu
sioner. within tho ir rants 1 limits of uncon
structed railroads continues to an alarming
extent.
On the subject of "reform in the public
land laws'' the Commissioner says:
"All efTorts to secure a reform in the land
laws by a rej-eal or amendments of particular
acts and provisions have failed through tJj
op-Ktsltion of interests at variance with pro
posed legislation. I am satisfied that amend
ments in detail are impracticable. The time
for tinkering has passed. Existing systems
ot disposal, fundamentally defective in the
original instance, have lecoiiie wholly un-
suiteil to present conditions. H hat is needed,
in my opinion, is an entire reformation of ex
ist ng laws, retaining an al -solute hom.-
8 e id law and ohsoletinsr all other
forms of disposal of a-rricultural
lands. Actual residence, improvement.- and
cultivation for tho homestead jwriol of five
j'fars siiouui te the exclusive condition ot ac
quiring title to such lanls. It wo old also ap-
jwir tnat tho time has arrived wnen tne
privilege of appropriating putlil in Is wifu'.d
oe continel to citiens of the United Sta'es.
The mineral laws should be so a mended as to
reserve the public right of min ral explor
ation to citizens of the United States and to
I ire vent a monopoly of native mineral wealth
y individuals and corporations.,
KNOt K il) OUT BY THE'MAYOR.
Illoxl Spilleil in Louisv ilia's Aldcr
nianic Chamber Several Rctl
llot Kni.sodes.
Tho Aldermanic Chamber of the City
Counci',at Louisville, was turned intoa priz
ring, Mayor P. Booker Reed being the John
L. Sullivan of the occasion. Mayor Reed re
cently recommende-1 that the city buj the gas
works, as can be don under the charter.
The gas company objects and is fighting the
proposition. John M. Athertoa, of the com
pany, was urging his side of the question,
when he became somewhat excited and
accused tho Mayor of using money in elec
tions. Mayor Reed sud he lied; when
Atherton threw a drinking glass at the
Mnyor's head.
The two men came together and some
blood was spilled before they could be sep- J
arated. Later Dr. G. W. Griffith-, President t
of the Board of Alderman, said something
which excited the Mayor, and he went for
the doctor, who hit him with a cane. Charl es
Craiier, wharfmaster, then took a hand, at
tempting to knock Mayor Reed down with a
head.
chair, yuiet was nnany rescorea, uie oniy !:,, , . V V . , t l .' , . .
damage dono Icing a bailly bruise-1 nose for wUl probably l found to te from to
i..,.iirlw 1 eernth on the Mavor'si W.UuU. llall was appointed agent July --,
THE FATAL CAR STOVE.
Coii;rew to 1k I'rtMl lo .Im1U!i It
Iiioen-diiic of Train Officers.
A dispatch from Wahin4n says: Cn-gre-w
will l urgt-1 this winter t p-vs -.ri
m-'a-suro loking to the srretion i.f th
pn-sent system of luxating mlno I'-tir. Kt
perienee has dem ntrat - 1 thot th t.vt -i
i:ow in uy hive iivrs thm d miM.-l t.
nambor of victims in r.iilr- d a--i 1 :is It
is thought a bill will In intr Iuctl f.rbiditi :
the use of stoves in railway ar. Thi-
would have the -:Tis-t, it i- Udi v.-l. of f-.rf
in,; the railroads t in-it vnnosultitut.- f, r
the fatal s;ove that n..-.ild iuuio gr--i-r
safety to the travelling public. In t'.; r 1 o
tio:i, it is prb.iblo th it a bill will b i:ir -
j duced to liccn railway conductors and
Pll-in-crs. At th- m N ting of th Nat
no!
Asocial ion of llailwav Cm tu. t-.rs
summer a bill was prviard thi-
which will l Mibmitt.-d to fongre--- ".:
winter.
The first s-n-tionof th act provi l- th it n
and aft-T July 1, IW, no railroad v. th
United States !;; .red in the traii;ort it t-n
from one State or TVrritory t ruioil t r,. r t
a foiTi.cn country, shall employ ,r p t ins
auv erson to mtv as conductor or nct!s i
unless Mih iei'soii is li'-vnsd, as pn.vid-1 ;-i
tlx j ct. The
.sect'iid section prov.dt-s
for f l.
bv t!
appointtne it
of a chief examiner
President, by and it h th a Ivic an I !-
s -nt of the Neiiite, toearry out th- pnvj; :.
of the act, to receive a salary f -;."";. with
travelling exj-'ii- who shall, fro. n tstn.- t
time, re rt totle S.-ret.'iry of t!-,e Ti i-.i!in .
Another s-'ctin authri.s th app inti.i -iit
by tht chief examiner, of te:i Mi r hm
xamin'is, at a Hilary of ; .'..o jn-r ear -..i-U
and tiae.lii.ir ex p .-nc-.. all t 1.- s. iH-t 1 f r
knowledge, skill a i l practical ex.-ri n in
railway tra in s.tvic- an-1 the )-ratiei '
trains anil engines. Th c!n.-f and i;r i
ing examineis shall unit m tl i- -ity .i! 1
organiA tn the s-s-u I W "lni-lav in h
January folio., ing, with th apprnv.nl ef th
JSecretary of the I'n-asury. Thev shad i i
vide the CniUsl States into ten di; nc'.. n t
in each district t 'ere -.! r 1 1 ! t wo d itri t
examiners, one a co:iduel-r and the I'tlu-r au
engineer, at a sjiI iry of ',ooo ji r ann iui,
and in addition nsitant ex.imiiurs wh-u
their srvis-s areictuaUy neitsl.at a -vilary
of not exceeding $1,-Viht annum.
Under the prov isioiis f this act ti.e C'n
uuctors aii'i i-iuinivr un- ripori-i i miow
their licenst'on thedem ill i of any pasengi-r.
The rail way mp onit s employing nu iinli
censeil itmduct'ir or engiuT are sutij.--t t
a fine of $-VM. It isnot thought this niea-ur-will
pass in its present form, but many mem
Iters are confident that a general dix-ui -i
of the subject will result in t-o.-n- l. giiati ii
of benefit to the travelling public.
A WALKING LEAD MINE.
The Remarkable Career of II. I. Os-PhhI-
Si'ttlcil at Ia,t.
A Tolona, III., hiecial s.iys: "A battle
scarred veterao of two wars, who for nearly
twenty-two years had 1-eon held in eaptivi ty
by Mexican brigands, 'was in town and rela
ted the wild, weird tale "of his adventures.
The story sounds more like romance than
history, but his tcrsonal apiearance and a
mass of letters from prominent men nt? t
its nt least truth, in part. "The Old Walking
lyal Mine is II. P. Osgtod. At ixbeti. li
joine.1 the regular armv, nt New Orl-ans in
1S4-J. He served through tlx Mexican w.ar,
and was at the first llu l Bun, but nev. r
received a scratch until he reached Vi-k--Iturg,
after w Inch t e shot jMtur-l into him
thick and fat, and s.vcti bullets can now !
p'ainlv felt through his skin. Alni '-t every
part o'f his body is horribly inutilat.-!. ).
hand and foot "are nearly gone. He nt
eleven mouths and live days at Anderson vill
where he was unint-uti nlv shut through
the head by General Winder. A 1-and f
Mexican greasers captured him on the 1 1 1
Grand in 1W. lb ma Ws s-v-ral ineifect
u.al atUinpts to i-s.-ajH-, only to be shot fr
his viins. Two wttuiids received three weeks
before his rescue are yet unheal-l. n-is
in the forehe id,th. other, inllu t-! with a
cipi'r missile on his breist, is six in h-s
across. Bast April the M.-xia i tn-oj-s Mir
prised and mad- prisoners of th- outlaws
who held fiim captive. O-g-tod w.i,s s-:it t
the American consul general, at the eitv f
Mexico; hejice to Vera t'ruz, w le-reth- i
Consul provided him traiisportati. u to N-w
S'ork. He is n w going horn- to hi p u en! -i
whom he lulieves to lu still living ie ar
Alton. n
A BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
A
Hand of
3I'ciii
Iuialcits and Tbicvc
g Siiniuiai-y .lu-ti' i.
Fully Hire. hiiiidn-1 citie ns Mart-d
Sunday morning after the iol.l-rs who tuur
dered Mr. Ran, near Walton, Roane c.e.mt ,
W. Va., !at Thursday night. Aft-r ti
house was rohlK-d and th- old man shot. t!.
loblers, thirteen in nuinl-er, comp
.11- I ti.
family to send him up-dairs to get l r akf;;-'
for thern. The ol'i. ers and l iti.-ns ran in!"
the robUers ;it George DulFs residence, eigl.t
miles from Sison ill-, and were warn-1 I
keeji oiT by thi robU-.s, w ho ha 1 tak. nr
fuge in the l.ousi'. fitted port holes and -other
arrangements for .rot.-ction. 11
niurderers were f;rd u;on. and ieorg" 1'
Jr., was k lied. "Jake" (en.ii. was captur -d
and lvnche.1. Five of th- otlic.-rs an 1 ;ii
e ns "in the battle were wounded, a-n- t..r
them Peter and William Skicis, i n- i:if r-
iiifitinn r.-eeivisl i verV Iliea-Tir. lll-r- fi V
about twenty robltcrs in the gang wh
i wen i-arrvimr o:i at a high rate.
it.
Duff, Ge:g
are pri.soiicrs
Drake, and Y rank li.ir.ii .;-..,
.and await the i,e-aure . .f t:.-
vigUance com mi lie mr iu-o i-
Coon is the man w ho killed R-x. Thou, a- 1
Ryan, and shot five of th- vigilance co;nm
tee. ll IS liellevel that a inn come--ion -
l made and the w hoi- gang lyr, , '
vi 'il.inU in-.- still aft. -r th- oth-rs. an I it
. . , ......
w-: l 5ir.t- vl .'v'lloWlk st.l'e i,i-i
ctive 1--
mixe.1 up in th- rol.U ry A lorg- t r-.A
if rotlteri.-s have !ti-ii c mmilt-1 by t
gang during the u.-t few months.
i s
MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE.
An
Indian Inspector to le T.hd cu
Serious Charges.
The S-orotary of the Interior requt'd
fhe Attorney General, to institute i rin.n; i
rr ee lings a gain-1 Jesse Ijt Hall, ag-i.t
for the Kiowa, Commanche and Wichita In
dians in tie Indian Territory, upon charge,
of Malfeasance in office. An in-p-ct"r f
the interior department and a sjt ial ag--nt
of the Indian Office, who have iuve-ti.atd
t:.e affairs of the agency, agree that Had is
guilty of criminal conduct in his manage
ment of the agency by th pres-entati' n f
false, feau lulent and fictitious vouchers in
his a counts, running through a year or rre re
in the conversion to his ersonai ue of pule
dc moneys entrusted to him as agent; in crd
1 uidon with l-ef ctnitraetors, for the pur -.
of defrau iing the government, ana n.-o 1:1
conspiring with certain employes at tl -agencj
to defraud the Indians under l is
charge, by appropriating to his own u-e
large, sums of money belonging to the In
di tus, plac.il in his hands by cattle men f r
rent of itasture lau is. It is stated at the I::-
1Sk, and is under a -fo0,(AKJ bond.
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