Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1896 — Page 6

’ AMERICA TOO SLOW Former Indianian, With Many Aliases, Settles Down In Paris. NEW CITY ALREADY FIGHTING. x Saloon Question Causes Much Trouble In Rensselaer— Distressing Kuna way Accident nt Noblesville Minister’s ('ongneffation Faithful to Him Fight at a ■ Dance—Notes. Crown Point, Ind., April IS. —Artist Warren 11. Hayward of this city received. a 20-pago letter from Harry K. Cavolle, alias Harry C. King, alias Harry C. Kimball, who sowiccessfully furnished ■•straw’'bail to.Pi stoltiee Inspectors Stuart of Chicago and Solomon of Cincinnati two years ago and then ■ left for Mexico. He*is now in Paris. In bis long letter he says the United States is too slow for him and that he is now settled down for good in a far better pasture than this country. Mrs. Cavelle is now visiting her parents in Sehereville, and xvill soon join him in Paris. f?EXV* CITY’S TROUBLES. Rensselaer Citizens Already Fighting Over the Saloon Question. , 4 Rensselaer, Ind., April IS.—By a vote of three to one this town became a city. The new city is two to one Republican, and has three wards. Before the town became a city it took a majority of all the inhabitants under the Nicholson law to defeat an application for liquor diet'use. Nowit only takes a majority in the ward where the saloon is located. The friends of the saloons districted the new city in such a manner that a majority in the ward would be friendly to them. After a lively fight another district scheme was adopted by a. ma jority of one in the old town council. Each side has now a ticket for mayor and councilmen to present to the Bepublicati convention. Minister’s Congregation Faithful. Delphi, Ind.,,April 18.—Ten days ago a council of Baptist ministers from different parts of the country met here topass. upon charges of falsehood, plagiarism and dishonesty brought against Rev. H. K. Boyer, pastor of the Baptist church. While the council did not vindicate the minister, it recommended that he be given another chance to live , down she allegation. The congregation j by a unanimous vote iias devilled Foretain him, pledging their confidence in his Christian character. Fight at a Dance. EoFrbon, Ind, April 18.—At the farm residence of George McFarland, southeast of here-, several rough characters were refused permission to join a dance because they were under the influence of liquor. Tiiey then grew, abusive, all attempts to pacify them failing. Edwin Randall, leaner of the gang, fatally shot Willard Hail, precipitating a general fight. The invited guests began to use knives, and three of the gang were badly cut about the neck and arms, but made their escape. Miners Meeting at Brazil. Brazil, Ind., April 18.—The block coal miners of this district issued a call for a mass meeting to be held here today to select delegates to meet the operators. The delegates that were pre’ - iously selected were discharged for some cause. The miners, it is claimed,, will demand a 4-cent- raise. Several operators, when questioned on today’s meeting say they think a settlement will be secured on last year’s prices, as they can positively make no advance in the present scale. Will Causes Dissatisfactiorf. Laporte, Ind., April 18.— of W. Qt Burlingame, a wealthy farmer, will be contested in the courts. He died suddenly, leaving, as is supposed, no will. A codicil has been found,- ami the peculiar fact is revealed that all the children are disinherited; this action being taken by Burlingame in retaliation for efforts made by them to have him declared insane. - Distressing Runaway Accident. Noblesville. Ind.,-.April 18.—Abraham Forner, living near Jolietville, this county, xvas instantly killed in a runaway yesterday. The horse became frightened at a train, and while turning at a crossroad -Forner was thrown violently to the ground, alighting on his head. His skull was crushed, both - eyes popping out. Meningitis In Cuttle. Winchester. Ind., April 18. —William Miller, one of the largest cattle breeders in eastern Indiana, has lost several head of cattle from cerebro spinal meningitis, and others are afflicted. ?'• V INDIANA NEWS NOTES. The residence of B. F. Moore, near Shirley, was totally destroyed by tire. There is a proposition afoot to consolidate the three Democratic newspapers of Crawfordsville. While rescuing his family from a burning residence at Tipton Cole McCarthy was seriously burned. Professor J. W. Jav has been unanimously rechosen as superintendent or the Fortville-public schools. Owing to the rapid growth of the postoffice business at Terre Haute a suburban office has been established. Joseph Fisher, arrested at South Bend, has been taken to St. Joseph, Mich., to answer tt charge of forgery. Thirly-six thousand dozen of eggs were handled by one tlrrii this week at Terre Haute. They are selling at 8 cents. Montgomery Vounty has perhaps, the oldest active minister in the country. He is Rev. Jonathan. Van Cleave and he is 91 years old. Sam Pearson, who has been wanted by the Veedersburg authorities for' many months for larceny, was captui’ed at ‘ Crawfordsville. ■ In the shooting affray at the McFarlan hotel .at Con>grsville bet ween Sim Gouge, porter, and Richard Potts, cook, while the cook y’as shot over the heart, the bullet was deflected by a rib and no dangerous Wound resulted; — —

HOLMES BAPTIZED. Ceremony Performed by Father Dailey In the Murderer’s Cell, Philadelphia, April 17. — 11. H. Holmes has been baptized and received into the Catholic church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. P. J. Dailey, pastor of the Church of the Annunciation, within the four walls of Holmes’ fsiwJlF '' ' •• H. 11. HOLMES. cell at Moyamensing prison. Besides Holmes and Father Dailey there were present Rev. Fathers de Cantillon, Higgins and McCabe. Then followed the baptism, as is often done in the cases of persons received in the Catholic church who have been baptized into the profestant faith, the baptism was made conditionally. Holmes was unable to fully satisfy Father Daley that he had been baptized into the Congregational church, of which he claims i to have been a member since childhood, I therefore a' second ceremony was per—j formed. The condemned man went through ; the ceremony slo-wly and solemnly and' I with every evidence of sincerity. His I responses’were made in a firm voice and his eyes seldom wtmdcred from Father Dailey's face. STEEL SAW IN HIS CELL. ,J ■ ‘ — Murderer Taylor Will Now Be Watched Day and Night. Kansas City, April 17.—1 n the cell of William Taylor, the Meeks family i murderer, brought here from Carrollton ' to prevent a lynching, Marshal Kesh- | lear yesterday found a steel saw eight I inches long and a half an inch wide. It ' was concealed in an old satchel brought j i from Carrollton by Taylor. With the j 1 t..0l Taylor xvonld have been able to saxv his way out within half an hour could he have worked uninterruptedly for that length of time. After making 4 the discovery. Marshal Keshleat ordered ■ two deputv marshals to watch the murderer’s cell day and night, and refused to allow him to see tiny one bits his lawyers. Thousands have been visitiflg the murderer daily. MICHIGAN IRON MINES. _ J Managers In Session Today—Proposal to Curtail the Ore Output. Ishpeming, April 17.—-A meeting of managers of all iron mines bn ' the Marquette range is being held here today. A proposal to curtail the ore output aad materially reduce the num- | ber of miners employed will be Con- i sidered. At Ishpeming alone 700 men ( will be laid off. The Miners’ union ended its convention yesterday, re-elect-ing the old officers before adjournment. The Mesabaiting miners given representat.iomin the executive council will ; make th&S-hours demand. HOTEL FIRE. Guests Left the Building Quietly and No One Was Injured. Asheville, N. C., April 17.—The Battery Park hotel, the largest in Asheville was damaged by fire yesterday to the extent of $30,000. The flames originated in the kitchen. There were over 200 guests in the Hotel and all left the building quietly. No one xvas hurt. The fire was confined to the -wing occupied by the kitchen and servants quar- | ters. The flames were extinguished and most of the guests returned to their rooms. Racing at Forsythe. Forsythe, Ind., April 17.—The racing here yesterday xvas clean and sharp again. It /was marked by a coup over Redskin who was. olaveil bv the hirtwingones from 3 to 1 to 7 to 10, even the latter price was a royal one. There was a 3,000 crowd outlaid half the favorites xvon. W Weather. Indiana —Fair; ci.oler. Illinois —Fair, but conditions are favorable for local thunderstorms. t > SHORT WIRINGS. The treasury yesterday lost $215,000 in gold, leaving the true amount of the reserve $126,663,751. Paul M. Gaetz, a baker of Louisville, attempted suicide by hanging because his wife no longer cared for him. The United Mine Workers’ convention at Columbus yesterday practically indorsed McKinley for president. Two men were drowned and one badly injured at Plattsburg, N. H., while trying to start a jam of logs in Ashable river. Yesterday was the hottest! April day in Chicago since the signal service was es tablished there. Mercury went to 87 degrees. Frank Erne of Buffalo has been matched to light Larry Burns, the Cohoes featherweight, before the Empire Athletic club next Thursday night. The new grand t rotting circuit organized at Detroit includes Saginaw, Mich., Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and New York. i Judgments aggregating $20,000 have been tiled against the large wholesale millinery house of J. Straussburger & Co. of Pittsburg and it is now in the hands of the sheriff. In the international billiard match at Boston yesterday afternoon Schaefer defeated Daly by a score of 300 to 260. and last evening Ives won over Gernier by 300 to_2oß. ; Y ... Marquis Yamagata, field marshal of Japan. was tendered a reception at New i York yesterday. A brief address of welcome was delivered by Mayor Strong. The i address was transmitted into Japanese bv frn iutei'prstui fortlie bauuilk Xpmagatu.

FRANKLIN APPOINTED The General Not Rejected by Mr. Blue’s Serious Charges. DEFENDS SECRETARY CARLISLE. Senator Hill Made a Sensational Speech on the Bond Issue Investigation -Senator Gray Spoke on the Dupont Cas£, Change lii Bonded Period as a Remedy For Over Production of Whisky. Washington, April 17.—Mr. Blue’s light against the reappointment of General William B. Franklin as a member of the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteers which was the feature of the proceedings in the house Wednesday terminated unsuccessfully yesterday when his amemlent to substitute the name of General O. (). Howard for that of General Franklin was rejected til to 149. Thedebateon the subject was continued until 3 o'clock and was at times quite spirited. Both General Franklin and Governor Smith of the Leavenworth home were eloquently defended by General GrosvenOr of Ohio, General Henderson of lowa, Mr. Hull of lowa, chairman of the committee which reported the resolutions, and others. Mi - . Hepburn of lowa, Mr. Kirkpatrick of Kansas and Mr. Calder - head of Kansas, spoke against General Franklin. The resolution adopted appoints General Franklin and Mr. Steele of I Indiana to succeed themselves; Geroge i L. Beal of Maine< to succeed General ■ Fessenden, and General Thomas J. 1 Hemteisnn of IffinoisHrr-sneeeed-Gen-eral John C. Black. BOND ISSI E QUESTION. I ' ’ Senator Hill Defends Secretary Carlisle and His Administration. Washington, April 17.—The resolution for an investigation of recent bond issues xvas taken up in the senate yesI terd’ay and Mr. Hill made, a sensational I and dramatic speech in opposition. The I Nexv York senator*defended Secretary Carlisle and his administration of the I treasury against L ose insinuation of irregularity and shoxved the prevalence ' of charges of this character by present- , ing and reading in full the charges made.by Senator Chandler against the friends of Mr. McKinley that a levy of ! money xvas being made on protected industries in behalf of Mr. McKinley's : candidacy for the presidency. As a further evidence of the prevalence of I charges Mr. Hili spoke or the sugar inI vestigation, xvhere, he..saicLj)ne senator,referring to Al l '. Quay", had frankly admitted that he bought sugar stoc'k and had a right to. buy it, ami today that ; semit r was the favorite son of the leading Republican state as a candidate for the presidency. In the course of his 1 speech Mr. Hill disclaimed that he had authority to speak for the administration in opposing this investigation. The speech is being continued today. ■1 The early part of the day xvas given to Mr. Gray’s speech on the Dupont case. | OVER PRODUCTION OF WHISKY. Mr. Broinxvell XX'ants to Change the Bonded Period as a Remedy. Washington, April 17. —The Wilson tariff act nrovides that the tax on distilled spirits must be paid xvitlnn eignt years from the date of their original entry for deposit in any bonded xvarehouse. In the house yesterday Mr. Bromwell of Ohio, introduced a resolution suspending so much of the law as makes the bonded period eight years, as to all whiskies put in bond after July 1, 1896, and up to July 1, 1898, and requiring the distiller to~pay the. tax on Vhosd'i spirits xvithin 12 months from the date of the original entry. . ' Mr. Broomxvell in explaining his action in presenting the says that as a result of the long bonded period under the Wilson laxv there has ' been an immense overproduction of xvhisky for speculative purposes. He thinks there is now sufficient xvhisky in the county to supply all legitimate demands for 5 years and if xvithin the next txvo years distillers are required to pay the tax on spirits within 12 months after entry such action xvill tend to cheek further over prodiiction. Revenue Oftteers Honorably Acquitted.' Washington, April 17.—The secret tary of the treasu'fy has approved the proceedings and. ■ findings of the board convened at. Syfli Francisco to investigate allegations of (irunkfiess, immorality and incompetency against Second Lieutenant Daniels and rirst Assistant Engineer Dorry of the revenue cutter service. These officers after an exhaustive investigation xvere honorably acquitted of all allegations against them. Bering Sen Treaty. Washington, April 17.—T0 give effect to the Bering sea arbitration treaty, approved by the senate, it only remains for the British government to assent to the immaterial amendments adopted at the suggestion of the senate committee. It is believed Sir Julian Patinqffote, the British ambassador will be authorized by his government to act upon them at once in Washington and that exchange of ratifications will follow quickly. Discriminate Against American Tobacco. Washington, April 17.—Representative Clardy of Kentucky yesterday ap-peared-before the house subcommittee, on reciprocity. He spoke principally in ! regard to the tobacco interests, saying that several countries, notably Spain, Italy and France by government con- , trol, discriminated against our tobacco. , He asked that some way be provided l>y which our tobacco trade may be extended. * ClevelHi>«l Labor Matters. CtifvElANlbiApril 17.—The Carpenters’ union has received letters from fully 50 per cent of the building contractors of ’the city, agreeing, to the 8-hour day in case a majority decides in like manner. A-The strike at the King ax works has been settled by compromise, that at the Dangler Vapor Stove company by refusal of sanction on the jiart ol <«ht> folisliGis’ miioiu

| EN-CON.SI I, WIl i lAXIS DYING. Days of the Well Known Politician Nearing hii Knd. Warsaw, Ind., April 17.—William 1 Williams, ex-Unitod States consul to Paraguay and to Uruguay, is lying at | the ixiiiit of death in this city. In i past years he xvas a politician of national | famo. He has served several terms in i congress. Old Time lUigulators Oi’ganize, Ligonier, Ind., April 17.—The surviving members of the one time famous northern Indiana regulators met hire 1 after being disbanded since 1858. Noble, Kosciusko. LaGrange, Allen, Whitley and De Kalb counties xvere represented. The regulators hanged Gregory Me- ' Dongle Sept. 9, 1858, for murdiT. ‘which he committed in Canada. A permanent organization xvas perfected, and ■ the next meeting xvill be held in this city Sept. 9. -i ■■■.———- '■ - ..... — — Esi'iiped Convict* Ciiughf. Michigan City, Ind., April 17.—Four convicts, Leo Rogers, Edward Sands and George Reynolds from Marion county, and Louis Baker from Delaware, who escaped from prison yestefday, have been captured by guards in a thicket near the shore of the lake. 15 ( miles west of the city. The convicts were armed xvith large knives, but the guards had Winchester rifles. The prisoners surrendered peaceablv. ,| Summer Kaces For Laporte. Laporte, Ind., April 17.—E. N. , West and W. H. Beahm of this city, will give a three days' trotting and pacing 'meeting at the Lajiorte fair ground’s track July 2, 3 and 4. Three thousand dollars in cash xvill be hung up, and four races xvill be given each day for a uniform purse of $250. . ; Mastodon Skelton Found. Ohio Falls, Ind,, .April 17. — The complete skelton of a ma>r<nion ami the bones of prehistoric beavers have been discovered on the farm of E. M. Steifel, near Salem, in the bottom of a creek. Professor Borden of Borden xvill pur- • chase the entire find, xvhich is reported as very fine. Want Free Mail Delivery. Washington/April 17.—The receipts of this postoffice from the sale of stamped goods and box rent have rctrf-hed upxvard of $10,090 for the year ending March 31. application for free delivery service xvill be immediately made. I ' . ’-'I INDIANA N’jiXVS NOTES. Knightstown has an epidemic of scarlet : fever. William Peglowof Laporte is dead from injuries received in a runaway. , I’eter McCune, who settled in Valpar- i aiso in 1840, died yesterday, aged 83 years. I Peter Hines of Terre Haute, who was out. of prison on parole, got drunk and xvas sent back for two years. llenry Dick, a wealthy farmer living near Muncie, dropped dead in his barnyard. He was 77 years old. Sylvester Gouge, colored porter, yesterday shot Dick Potts, chief cook at the Ale- ' Farlaiid hotel, Connersville. The records of ( loverdale township. Put- ' nam county, were destroyed by a fire in ; the house in which the trustee resided. Eugene V. Debs has been secured to deliver the address at the Fourth of July celebration by Prohibitionists of Greensburg. The Crawfordsville presbytery has elected Dr. E>, B. Thompson and Rev. J. H. Shepard as ministerial delegates to the general assembly and Dr. J. H. Brouse and Herbert Campbell as lay delegates. The various classes of Depauw University have passed resolutions expressing confidence in Acting President Dr. H. A. Gobin, and asking that the trustees continue him permanently in that position. SUNDAY BALL GAMES Y Marion Canty Sheriff Says They Cannot Be Played. CHRISTIAN PEOPLE ARE ELATED. Old Time Regulators Organize at Ligonier—Summer Race Meeting For Laporte—Mastodon Skeleton Found— XVasHington Wants Free Mail Deli very—Brief Notes of Indiana. Indianapolis, April 17.—There will be ' no professional baseball played in ; Marion county on Sundays. Agitations 1 of this question, began just after the I Western league had scheduled games here for the season on Sundays. The Ministerial association appealed to both the mayor and sheriff to prevent such desecration. Mayor Taggart at first answered that it was the sheriff’s business and the sheriff said that, with a large police force at his command, the mayor should see to the enforcement of the law. This did not allay the energies of the ministers, and they kept at the subject 1 until Mayor Taggart a fexv days ago re--1 cognized an emergency and sent for a committee of the preachers. To these gentlemen he intimated a purpose to. ’ enforce the laxv xvithin the 4-mile . limit in xshich his police have jurisdic- ; tion, promising to make formal announcement of his intention on Monday next. In the meantime Sheriff Womack, who is a candidate for renomination, has come out in a, public card declaring that he xvill arrest all xvho attempt to ' play the game illegally. He says he has reached this conclusion regardless 1 of nomination or election. Christian I people are elated, ’ HURT BY A BICYCLE. ’ Little Girl Knocked Down and the Wheelman ' Kscapes. Indianapolis, April 17.—Lottie, the 7-year-Bld daughter of Thomas Carter, clerk of the state printing board, was ' run down by a man on a bicycle-while 1 crossing Fletcher avenue. The man had no bell or lamp on his xvheel and xvas •’ speeding 20 miles an hour. Tjie man) 1 and xvheel fell on the chil<J, bruising 4 her painfully. After the .accident the 4 felloxv mounted his xvheel and got away, 3 though several persons attefnpted to 9 stop him. The child had a uarroxv es- _

MORE RETAIL BUYING ■ • ' Sudden Change In Weather Causes a Demand For Light Goods. — !• | WOOLEN MILLS SHUTTING DOWN. Iron and Steel Markets Very Disappointing— Increase Ini the Price of Wheat—Boot and Shoe rale* Lvmk Than Last Year*—Buslne** Failure* For the I’asl Week. * Nexv York, April 18.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of tijule today says: t The sudden change froii sleighing to [ midsummer heat has tes|ed the prtwa- | . lent, idea that good xveurher only xvas | needed to bring general ijnprovement of*| business. Everywhere there has been ; more retail buying and ill some brancues j bettor demand at wholesale and at. | the works has resulted, lilt not as yet in j most lines. To jnany interested in iron | ore and coke, steel billeti, Bessemer pig ; and various forms of sreel, it may bo disappointing that the forming of combinations and filing of prices have not . started again the rush to buy ahead of i needs, which made last year so memorable. i Shipments of boots and shoes from Boston in April thus far have been 8 per cent less than last year, alt hough larger than m*previous years. Textile xvprkers are less fortunate. The silk association states that 40 per cent of the machinery and hands in the eoun- ; try are idle partly because of increased fijapane.se competition. Several more k-xvollen mills have shut down and some reduced wages JO percent, while many are xvorking only half time, but recent advance by appraisers not only disclose j under valuations in the past, but tend to eheck future imports. ■ Wheat rose about 5 cents last week, met some reaction, but is a shade higher than a week ago. Larfer ae- i : counts are more to wint >• , j xvheat and xvestern receipts in two | weeks of April are 3,838,502 bushels i against 2,234,302 last year, while At- I lantic exports for the same weeks have , been only 2,301,917, flour includeu, , against 3,719,888 last year. i Failures fm- the past week have been ; 223 in the United States against 241 1: t i week and 36 in Canada against 24 last 1 i xveek. ——— ; 0 I BRADSTREET’S REXIiIXX’. Better Demand For Manufactured Artieles, Generally. New York, April 18. —Bradstreet’s : ' today says favorable weather lips stimulated demand for seasonable ineri’han- ■ disc, note lily light summer clothing on the whole the xveek presents a distinct ) , gain. This is not so much apparent at ! eastern centers as in the centairf Missis- 1 ( sippi river xmlley. At some .lAtheast- | i ern cities the movement of imi'l' ht;ndise 1 | hits declined, but at a east it is ■ unchanged, while southei’i cities in i i most instances report busfytoss quiet. I and in others less favorable. There is a better demand for cotton machinery to go south; eastern cotton dyers are busier and there is a demand for hardxvare, machinery and locomotives. - Increased volume of business is most conspicuous west, at St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Milxvaukee and Memphis. Less gain is shown on the Pacific coast except in export lines, shipments of lumber from Portland and San Francisco being conspicuous. Tacoma continues to send flour, luiaber and cotton across the Pacific to South Africa. Exports of xvheat (flour included as wheat J from both coasts of the United Statfffetfhiß xveek amount to 2,021,000 bushels, against 1,754,000 bushels last xveek. Total business failures in the United States are 244 this xveek, against 231 last xveek. ARMENIAN RELIEF. Miss Barton Says Not One-Fifth Subscribed Has Been Given. New York, April 18.—Clara Barton of the Red Cross cables to the national Armenian relief committee as folloxvs: Hubbell, in charge of the Red Cross relief expedition at Marash, reports April 13 ”3,()00 sick of typus, including the English consul.” On Ihe 15th he reports ’’sickness at Zeituoun increasing, with 40 or 50 deaths daily. Great and imniediatißieeii of funds. ' general condition for relief work favor- | national Armenian relief coinI mittce in giving out this appeal from Miss Barton calls attention to the filet that not one-fifth of the $590,000 needed by the lowest calculation:to entry on.tlie xvork of the Red Cross society in AsiaticTurkey has yet been given. Unless the destitute people are aided until the next crop is secured all the money thus far spent through the various agencies will be practically thrown away and thousands will perish by pestilence and starvation. Baby Drowned In a Spring. Louisa, Ky., April 18.—The body of an infant was found in a spring near this place yesterday with a rock tied about its neck. The verdict of the coroner's jury xvas that it xvas killed . and placed' there by its mother, Orpha Stanley, a xvidfYw xvith nine other children, xy ho came here three weeks ago from Johnson county. Mrs. Stanley is in j ail. - Canadian Cattle Shut Out. London, April 18. — Walter Long,, president of the board of agriculture, answering a question in the house of commons yesterday, again refused to postpone the diseases of animals bill or to allow the importation of Canadian cattle under any regulations which the board of agriculture may think proper. Burned to the Water's Edge. Ottawa, fchit.,’April 18. —The marine department has been advised that the bark Elsie, stranded near . Salt lake, Anticosti, xvas burned to the edge. W. Carbiw, government telegraph line repairer, xvho Was aboard, xvas burni-d to death, - ! Ex-King <'<u»ing to America. London, April 18. —The Standard announces’ this morning that ex-King Milan of Servia xvill start in Mayfar a tour of the’United States, which may extend U iia- J-X.-v'-'LI? • mid m’9]jiid the world. 7 ’•4 -Z- " '’*

FAVORS DUELLING. I German Ntale»maii'» Views Regarding SaiiHlylug Injured Honor. Berlin, April 22? —Count Von Bernstorff. Conservative, voster.luvcontinued the debate m the reichstag on the pro. • posal to suppress duelling. Ho declared that his party xvas confldeut that the government would deal seriously xvith the quest ion of duelling. Dr. BenngsGu, National Liberal, Imped it xvould boa long time before duelling would be abolished in Germany as in England. He denied that Great Britain's opjxisition to duelling was based on any right to condemn acts of violence since in 1875, he asserted, she hail commended the Pans commune to the reidfisiag. Dr. Bentugsen concluded l>y declaring that the views regarding Satisfying ini jured honor must be cnatigeu and that I the existing penalties tor insults wore | inadaquaie. I .Accident ui u Texmt Dcmondration, i San An iomo, Tex.. April 22. — While i light battery—Third United States arI tifiiq-y—was firing a salute at Fort Sam j Houston yesterday commemorating the j day Texas achieved her independence | from Mexico, the premature explosion I of a shell in the open breech of the can- x I non instantly killed Private George A. Parkhurst and wounded three other soldiers. Parkhurst’s right side and' arm were blown away by the charge. He was a nephew of Dr. Parkhurst of New York. Citizen* Elect a Mayor. New Orleans, April 22.— George W. Flynn, chairman of the regular Democratic committee, concedes the election of Flower, Citizens’ league candidato for mayor, by 9,000 majority. The league party managel’s think their majority will ,be nearer 15,000. Foster (regular Deinocrat) will probably carry the city by a small majority. — jlest royeiL. Bitooxx ili E, Ind., April 21.—Carl Geis .x as stretching a xvire clothesline xvlien it par<ed, and the end struck him m tin left eyi, completely destroying it. : TRIAL PROGRESSING Jury In Jackson Case Was Quickly Secured. J WITNESSES BEING EXAMINED Throngs of People on the Str<*9! to See the l , riMonrr— Not a X'ltive tuekian on the Jury—Frorfi'cut ion Attack Juckaon'* C’hiiruutcr — Was Calin. Newport, Ky., April 22.—ThcW .• of Scott Jackson for. the muruK Pearl Bryan began here yesterdaTO made speed in securing a jury tluw tonished the court and the c.o„unsi/ both sides. Judge Helm pre» Counsel for the prosecution are * monweulth Attorney .11. R. Loci County Attorney Ramsey Washington, Colonel R. W. Nelson of Newport and Attorney Hayes of Greencastle, Ind., the txvo last named being employed by the Bryan family. Attorneys for Jackson xvere Colonel George Washington and Colonel L. J. Crawford of Newport, and W. G. Sheppard of Hamilton, 0., xvho xvill appear for Walling when his trial comes up. George Washington and Ramsey Washington, father and son, are on opposite sides in this case. There were throngs of people on the street curious to see Jackson, but no excitement other than that of curiosity. The courtroom xvas crowded early by persons admitted on tickets. .There were 36 seats reserved xvithin the rail for the press and every one was filled. Five xvomen xvere in attendance and aa many in the afternoon. Jury Secured. In just three and a half hours after court convened the jury was sxvorn in from a venire of 100 men. About 30 xvere examined before the noon recess. Os this number 17 had formed stubborn opinions or opposed the death penalty, four xvere peremptorily challenged, one by the prosecution and throe bj r the defense, and nine xvere accepted. 'The noon recess xvas for two hours and t 5 minutes and utter court convened again a full panel acceptable oil both sides xvrs sworn in. The names of the jurors are: Names of the Jurors. Murty Shea. William White. John Boehmer. John M. Ernstweiler. Louis Scharstein. K. B. Moder. William Motz. Willard Carr. George P. Stegner. John F. Bachsihan. Fred Geiskemeyer. David Kraut. Nearly all are mechanics, 10 are Germans or of German descent, one is Irish and. one of English descent. There is not a native born Kentuckian in the jury. The prosecution is allowed five ana the detense 15 peremptory challenges. Each exhausted one-fifth of its quota. After the jury xvas sxvorn the court ordered the prosecution and defense co read a list of their witnesses. , Colonel Crawford, for the defense, gave notice of exceptions to this order. Commonxvealth Attorney Lockhart read the indictment and stated wh“t the line of the prosecution would be. In this he announce® the purpose to ai tack Jackson’s character, Showing he. lived a double life, Two XVitu<*.se*i Examined'. The first xvitness called xvas John Holing, the boy that found the dead body of Pearl Bryan on Feb. 1. The second witness, Dr. XV. 8. Tingley who saw the body txvo hours after its discovery and xvho attended both post mortems, gave important testimony; He said the girl must have been killed where the body was found' and not earlier than the midnight before her body was found, that the knite that cut her head off was a sharp instrument and the hand that wielded it a skilled hand. Judge Helm aided in cross-examim. ig witnesses. The defense objected, was oveiTulod and took exceptions. • Jackson was calm all day and took notes of the proceedings, especially of the testimony. He was taken back to jail without being litvndcn.ffeiL