Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1890 — Page 2

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THE WORLD OVER.

MIRROR OF THE OCCURRENCES OF A WEEK. Things Rnt Do Happen—A Complete ■tanelef Interesting Events the WotM Oner ’Shocking Accidents, Startling Crimes, end Other Topics. WORKED ON SUNDAY. A Seventh Day Adventist in Tennessee Arrested for It. B. M. King of Obioq County, Tennessee, Whoilatft week made application fora writ of babeas<carpus before Judge E. 9. Hamznond 'Of tbe Federal Court, has been released from confinement. King lea citizen of Obion, living near Union City, and is a member of the society known as the Seventh Day Adventists. He Is « farmer by occupation, and was arrested on a charge of violating the Sabbath day by plowing In his fleld one Sunday. He was tried in the Circuit Court and convicted. From the decision King appealed to the State Supreme Ceurt, This court sustained the decision of the lower court and King was sent to jail. His attorney then applied for a writ of habeas corpus and it was grunted by Judge Hammond as above stated. The writ is returnable on the fourth Monday in November, at which time the case will be given a hearing at Jackson by Judge Hammond. This is a case of national interest and importance, and the decision of the court will be awaited with interest by the religious sect of which Mr. King is a member all over the United States. Don M. Dickinson has been retained as counsel by the order of the ■General Society of Adventists of the United States. It is a numerous body and enibraces over 1,000,000. The Society of Seventh Dav Adventists do not recognize the Christian Sabbath, but observe Saturday as a day of rest, and insist upon working or seeking amusement as they may see fit upon the Christian Sabbath. THINK HE SHOULD RETIRE. ’English People Say the Irish Leader Is Politically Dead. Public opinion In England is hourly growing more and adverse to Parnell, his retirement from the leadership of the Irish party being culled for by Gladstonian as well as Unionist papers. Parnell himself Is disposed to stund fust, but be does not appear to see the decision does not rest with him. He cannot fight against the ridicule and opprobrium of the long course of deception practiced in the O'Shea household. “Mr. Fox” flying down the fire-escape, protesting his innocence, offers tx> many marks for the shafts of the enemy. The Conservatives are not at all anxious for him to retire, believing he would be far less dangerous in his present damaged condition than a leader like Dillon. Nobody in London attempts to take up the cry of the Chicago priest that O’Shea was bribed by the British Government to bring suit. That Involves the bribery of Parnell to allow the judgment to go against him by default. It is not Irue that Parnell told any of his friends ttie real facts of the case. He led them to believe he had a complete answer to the charge. If he attempts to go on as if nothing had happened, his own party will be terribly Injured. A leading Gladstonian remarked: “Parnell must go or we are smashed. The whole affair could bj used with crushing effect against us at a general election. Gladstone will not go on with such an ally.” These views are shared in by all the foremost men in the Gladstonian party, though they wish to keep silence on the subject as long as possible.

TROOPS AFTER THE INDIANS. Soldier* Marching to tho Scene or tho 1 rouble*. Orders have been Issued to Companies A. B. C, and D of the Second Infantry at Fort Omaha to prepare for marching into the Indian country at once, while the other four companies were notified to be ready to move on short notice. The inarching column will be In command of Maj. Butler. Troops at Fort McKinney have been ordered out also and left for Douglas. Wyo,, with Col. Guy V. Henry in command. The march is about 125 miles. The troop# at Forts Niobrara and Robinson, which are not far from the scene of difficulty, are also called out. Private advices frbrn Valentine give a different origin than the “me#slah craze” to (lie Indian uneasiness. Since August tho Indians of Rosebud have been restless, claiming that the agent was not giving them a square deal on supplies. The Government has been informed that unless the Indians are kept out of Mandan there will be trouble. The date will be fixed by a committee of citizens, after which any Indians found there without passes Issued by the Indian Agent will be shot on sight. The population is thoroughly aroused, and unless the Government does something conservative people will be unable to hofd back those who have been burned out by ilres started by the Indians. The Marriage was “Declared Off".” Tntlie Presidential campaign of 1888 Mary ■Shull and Debert Lehman, of Paulding County, Ohio, were engaged ta be married. Mary was a Democrat In politics, and Lehman was a Republican. As tha contest between Harrison and Cleveland waxed wanmer these two began to have serious, .differences as to tho righteousness of tlielr respective causes, which finally culminated in Lehman refusing to make good his promise of marriage to Miss Mary. She brought suit iuithe Common Pleas Court of Paulding County for .damages for the brouch of promise, anid was awarded 51.000. Lehman appealed the cusj to the Circuit Court, which has just confirmed the court below, and lie will bow have to pay M iry the money, besides a goodly sum In tlie way of easts. , New Cruiser Launched. Tbe new cruiser Maine was launched at New York in the presence of Secret iry Tracy and many invited guests. Miss Wlliuerding, a nieee of the Secretary, christened the big ship as she slid into the waves to the accompanying thunder of cannon. Guthrie I* the Capital. Gov. Steele, of Oklahoma, has returned the trill# to tbe Legislature without his slgnu,ture or' approval locating the capital at Kingfisher. This leaves the capital at Guthrie. It is believed this latest veto will end all attempt# at this session of the Legislature to move the capital from there. i Trying to Wind Up Its Affair#. Suit has been brought by tho Attorney General to wind up the affairs of the North Elver Bank, of Now York, which suspended during tbe panic in the stock market

vandan in danger. Indians Threaten to Burn tlta Town and Slaughter the People. The latest news from the great Sioux Reservation is of an alarmtng character. A Trlondly Indian just arrived in Mandan, N. D., says that the Indians ate momentarily bee miing more and m< rc' excited, urged on by their wily medicine men. and that they propose to attack Fort Abraham Lincoln, knowing that it is defended by only fifty soldiers. Having captured this fort, they next propose to make a descent upon Mandnn In the night, sack and bum the town, :al put the inhabitants to death. The greatest alarm prevails among the people there In consequence of tills report. It Is reported that the Indian police at Standing Reck Agency have torn off their badges and revolted. These Indian police had been counted on te assist In quieting their excited brethren in the 'camps should they decide to go on the warpath. Numbers of settlers from all directions have moved into Mandan for fear of the Indians. Roving bands that are traveling through the country say the war of the messiali will liegin Shortly, then every white man will be killed. A party of Sioux have come south, telling the people on tbe way that they would soon be back with the army of the nressiah, and would capture Fort Lincoln, with gnns and ammunition, and then move on to Mandan. scalp all the white men, and burn the town. The people are alarmed as they never were before. Not a man is to. lie found who does nut regard the situation u# most serious. Tho Indians traveling through the country are wonderfully sullen and insolent, and ail are arnica witli the best Winchester rides and any amount of ammunition. A committee wus appointed to go out into the remote settlements and bring the women and children to town. The Mandan Court House will be turned Into an arsenal and the people will move up there. The troops at Fort Yates and Fort Lincoln have been ordered to be in readiness for marching orders at a moment’s notice. There is murh uneasiness among the settlers west of The Missouri River, and many families have moved up to Mandan and across the river. Old frontiersmen declare, however, that a general uprising this late In the fall Is not probable. WORSE THAN THE SAVAGES. Disgust ng Conduct of Stanley's Officers in Africa. Assad Farran. who was with Stanley’s African expedition, publishes a sensational rtory of the cruelty of the officers. After dealing with the reports of Stanley's death • and the getting of Tippoo’s men comes the Jameson affair at Klbakiba. Jameson expressed to Tippoo's interpreter curiosity to witness cannibalism. Tlppoo consulted with the chiefs and told Jameson that he had better purchase a slave. Jameson asked the price and paid six handkerchiefs. A man returned a few minutes after with a 10-year-old girl. Tlppoo and the chiefs ordered the girl to be taken to the nutive huts. Jameson himself, Selim. Masoudle, and Farhanl (Jameson’s servant, presented to him by Tlppoo), and many others followed. Tho men who had brought the girl said to the cannibals: “This is a present from a white man, who desires to sec her eaten.” The girl was tied to a tree, the natives sharpening their knives the while. One of them then stabbed her twice. She did not scream, but knew what would happen, looking to tho right aud left for help. When stabbed she fell dead. The natives cut pieces from her body. Some took the legs, arms, breast#!, and other portions, whilo others took the entrails to the river and washed them, Jameson in the meantime making rough sketches of the horrible scene,- Then they all returned to the chiefs house. Jameson afterward went to his tent, where he finished his sketches in water colors. They were six of them, all neatly done. The first sketch was of the girl as she was led to the tree. The second showed her stabbed, with the blood gushing from tho wounds. The third allowed her dissected. The fourth showed u man carrying u leg in one hand and a knife in the other. The fifth showed a man with a native ax and the head and breast of the victim. The sixth showed a man with the entrails. Jameson showed these and many other sketches to ull the chiefs.

MANY FORTUNES IN IT. Pension Attorney# Will Reap a Rich Harvest from the Latest Meusurf. A long dispatch from Washington endeavors to show that tho dependent pension bill was intended to benefit tlie pension attorneys rather than the otd soldiers. In the article these statements occur: Under the Dependent Pension bill, passed June 27. 1890. 530,000 claims have already been filed. The total annual expenditure which these claims, exclusive of all other pensions, will cause Is at the lowest possible estimate $49,000,000. By the end of another fiscal year the t rial number of claims filed tinder tlie sumo act will probably amount to 900,000. The total unnual expenditure which these claims, exclusive of ull other pensions, will cause Is estimated at $04,800,000. Of these claims 90 per cent, ure filed through attorneys. At the rate allowed by law, $lO for euch case, tho fees of the attorneys under this act alone will amount to 80.480.000. lly tlie end of another fiscal year the new act and tlie operation of the otd acts will have increased our pension expenditures to more than $200,000,000 a year. There nre now pending in the Pension Burcuu 1.000,000 claims of all kinds. With tho clerical force at the bureau’s disposition it is possible to dispose of about. 10.000 cases a month. In other words, the cases are piling up, through the operation of the new law, twice as fast as they' can be handled.

BIG. SULCI FEELS WELL. Getting On Comfortably with His FastFaster Sued, of New York, felt better on the twolfth day of his fust, than at any time since the foqrlli day of his abstinence. His good condition was largely due to a sound and refreshing sleep lasting from from forty minutes past 12 until ten miniates past 8 the next morning. He was so sleepy that lie went to sleep again, not waking until after 0. His grip pressure in the dynamometer was less than .at night, being only forty against Blxty klUs. His pulse was sixty-four and his temperature ninety-seven. Between 3 o’clock in the afternoon and 10 o’cljck the next morning he drunk four ounces of water und twenty-two ounces of Kaiser water. Mixed with this water was thirty-two drops in all of his elixir. Sued takes tlie elixir constantly now, as lie is beginning to fee] thestraiu on his stomach, and claims the elixir alone permits him to evade the stomach pains. «I’rn not Ljingry,” he said as he lay In bed. He was not in vigorous trim, however, as lie felt no desire to indulge in hi* customary sword practice. 1 Over 2,000 people visit Sued every day. and he says that tho excitement of seeing visitors is better than foodPLAYFAIR DOESN’T LIKE IT. An English Statesman Gives His View'* of the MeKinley Tariff. In Ills speech to his London constituent* on the new United States tariff legislation the RL Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, after giving

the tariff hlatory of the United States,-s*id tbe promoters of the McKinley bill sought to prove that the measure was needed in order to equalize the difference between the higher wages of the United States and the lower wages of Europe, but their argument would not bear examination. There was no intimate connection, he said, between the tariff and wages. As a whole, wages In America had already been reduced under a high tariff, and there seemed to be no tendency to raise them. Wagos were highest in the unprotected Industries and lowest Jn the protected ones. Sir Lyon called a host of statistics to show that the consumer always paid the extra duties. He entered on a lengthy didcussion of the effects of the tariff, contending that they would be disastrous to American agriculture. The farmers would find that while their foreign markets were dwindling every necessity was increasing in price merely to enrich a few manufacturers. He thought the framers of the bill might be suspected of a covert attack on Canada. He declared that Canada would be able to supply Great Hrituin with all the food it now got from the United States.

BUSINESS IS GOOD. The Great : mash In Wall S'reet Has Not Affected the Country. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Those who have long expected severe reaction on the stock market have now seen the average of prices thrown back to a lower point than Ims t>6cn touched at any other time for more than four years. It remains the fact thut the legitimate business throughout the country is tbe largest ever known, not much inflated or endangered by speculation, and so far complaints in regard to collections have been much fewer than usual. The check now sustained may not improbably produce some shrinkage in transactions and di.dilution of profits, but the industrial and commercial conditions have been so favorable that speculative disturbances are the less likely to affect general business seriously. Reports from other cities show that at most points tho events in Wall street have little or no effect as yet. At Chicago money Is active at 7 per cent., but country banks are sending in funds for investment, Eastern disturbances are little felt; grain and cured meats equal last year's; a slight loss is seen in dressed beef, butter, and cheese, and a heavy loss in hides, but a liberal gain in wool and lard, while trade in dry goods, clothing, and shoes is much larger, with satisfactory collections. No other Western point shows disturbance in trade, though money is generally close. HONORING THE OLD ROMAN. The 77tli Birthday of Judge Thurman Fittingly Celebrated. Seventy-seven years ago Nov. 13 Allen G. Thurman, “Tho Old Roman” of the Buckeye Democracy, first saw the light, and the Democrats of the nation joined with the Democrats of Ohio in celebrating at the Columbus home of their old leader the anniversary of tho event which gave to the party and to the nutlon the man whose dstinguished services have made his name a watchword In tbo camps of Jeffersonian Democracy. All day Allen G. Thurman was the recipient of affection such as few American statesmen have enjoyed after their acknowledged retirement from the urena of politics. This veneration and this affection he received In the cordial, old-fashioned way which was always his leading characteristic. and to every caller, high and low, leader or yeoman, he extended with kindly smiles tho genial hand of good-fellowship. One of the first to arrive was ex-Prosident Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland wus accompanied by the Hon. Daniel Lament, of New York, his former private secretary. Mr. Cleveland was accorded an enthusiastic welcome by tho citizens who had gathered at the depot to wttniss his arrival, und throughout the day he shared with Judge Thurman the felicitations of the Democratic leaders who called to pay their respects. Smokeless Ponder Unsuccessful. The War Department has been watching closely the smokeless powder experiments made by various governments. The report of General Benet, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, does not encourage the notion that the powder has been perfected to the oxten; that Its use is practicable. General Benet says: “Experiments have been actively prosecuted at the National Armory, us'ng a small caliber arm. and a large number of powders, both American and foreign, were tried during the last twelve months with, in most cases, unsatisfactory results.” From Poverty to Affluence N. B. March, of Guthrie, Okluhoma. lias just enjoyed a change from absolute poverty to financial affluence. Some days since March applied to the local relief board for aid and received his pro rata of meal, beans and bacon, of which he was sorely in need, lielng absolutely destitute. Since then lie has received from a decease:! relative's estate 5720,000 in government bonds and lias also been notified that a pension has been allowed him, amounting in all to about 54,000. Official Returns from Indiana. Tho official returns of the Indiana election have been finally received by the Secretary of State, and the Democratic pluralities as they go on record, officially are as follows: Trusler, Secretary of State. 19,579; Henderson, Auditor, 20.010; Gall, Treasurer. 20.501; Mitchell. Judge of the Supreme Court, 21.252; Smith, Attorney Genera], 20,220; Sweeney, Clerk of the Supreme Court, 20,439; Vories, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 20,814: Pell PoeUe, Statistician, 20,873. Wholesale Frauds. The wholesale frauds in the office of the Circuit Clerk at Parkersburg, W. Va., by which the State has lost from 540,000 to 5100,000. have been taken up by tho Grand Jury, and ten Indictments for fraud, conspiracy, forgery, and embezzlement were returned against Deputy Clerk E. W. Clouston. It is thought twenty-five or thirty additional indictments will bi returned. As yet there have been no indictments against Circuit Clerk Clemens, but some are looked for. Where Is the Cashier? Owing to the death of President Cowen of the banking firm of Cowen. Gowenlock & Co., of Mt. Carmel, 111., the bank remained closed for a few days. As it did not reopen the depositors became suspicious and impatient, particularly when David Gowenlock. the cashier, left town to raise funds. As he failed to return the depositors forced the safe and found only about 5230 in silver. The depositors are now wondering what has become of tho 875,003 or 580,003 that was in the bank, Lockwood Wan's to Bo “pcaker. New York lias finally announced Its candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Hen. D. N. Lockwood, Grovet- Cleveland’s old fii.md, elected by 5,000 majority in the Thirty-second District, says: “I am willing to say positively that .1 am a candidate for the Speakership, and j expect to stay in tho race. My friends ; among the Democrats of the State are eagerly promoting my caaims and doing

tbelr best to secure for me the distinction of being Speaker.” Great Destitution in Ireland. Col. Turner has just returned from a visit to the district of Sklbbereen, Ireland, which Mr. Balfour was prevented by illness from visiting on his recent tour. He giree a gloomy report of the condition of the district. The inhabitants, he says, are for the most pari in a state of abject poverty, especially In Schull, where the greatest destitution prevails. Five Thousand Hat Workers Idle. The 2,000 girls employed in the trimming departments of the eighteen hat factories connected with the Fur-Hat Manufacturers’ Association, at Danbury, Conn., have been locked out. Some of tbe factories have shut down entirely, while the remainder continue to do work In other departments. Over 5,003 hatters are idle. Too Many Wild Cat< and Wolves. The woods between Connecticut and Rhode Island are full of wildcats, foxes, and other savage beasts this fall. A wildcat followed two boys home from school, and would have attacked them had not a hunter come along. Hen-roosts along the border are suffering. Trapper George Pearce, of South Killingly.has killed fifteen foxes since Oct. 1. Many Die of Cholera. A letter from Corea, received through the Department of State at Washington by the Marine Hospital Bureau, states that up to Aug. 20 seventy-one Japanese residents in Corea had died of cholera, tho number of Japanese reported as having contracted tho disease being 109. The disease is reported very virulent In Vladivostok, Russia. Non-Partisan W. C. T. U. The following" has been issued by the National Non-Partisan W. C. T. U.: “The Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union invites fraternal delegate# from churches, missionary societies, and all other temperance organizations to tlielr first annual convention to be held in Allegheny, Nov. 19. 20, and 21, 1890. Showing of tho Cotton Mills. The financial year of the cotton mills Is closing, and the greater numberof them are now able to present their exhibit for tho year. Thirty-four corporations, with a capital of 818,958,003, have paid $1,387,770 to stockholders, or an average of about 7 per cent. There are still a few mills to hear from. Gold In the Treasury. The statement of tho amount of gold coin and bullion in the United States Treasury shows that the total gold in the Treasury, coin and bullion, is $293,514,150; gold certificates in Treasury, $39,437,550; gold certificates in circulation. $135,963,760; net gold in Treasury, coin and bullion, 5157,550,331. Will Make a Trip Around the World. E. A. Thursby, the cattle man from North Da’kota, Is en route to Liverpool, where, with a party of Englishmen and Canadians, he will make a trip around the world. They propose to beat the eighty day record on a steamship for their own exclusive U3e. The start will be made Feb. 16. Stopped Work fur Seventeen Years. The work of pumping tho water front Coal t'.ldge Colliery, which was flooded seventeen years ago, has been completed. The voin is between forty and fifty feet thick, the tract almost a mile in length, and the development of the mine will give employment to several hundred hands. W. C. T. U. Officers. The W. C. T. U. is in session at Atlanta, Ga. The election of officers resulted in the re-election of all the old officers as follows: Frances E. Willard, President; Mrs. Caroline E. Buell, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Mary A. Woodbrldge, Recording Secretary; Miss Pugh, Treasurer. Perished 1 i tlie Woods. The remains of Eliza Rockwell, who escaped from the County House at Jackson, Mich., last June, have been found in the woods near that place. She was Insane and had been confined in a room for fifteen years. The “Arkansan- Traveler” to Be Sold. Judge Shepard, of Chicago, has authorized Receiver Ben ham to sell the assets and good-will of the Arkansaw Traveler Publishing Companty to the Review Priuting Company for 53,150. Business Failures of the Week. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 266 as compared with a total of 215 the prevlons week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 265. Washed Overboar ; and Drowned. Capt. Lindall. commander and a quartermaster of the steamer Vancouver, which has arrived at Quebec from Liverpool, was washed overboard and drowned. Democratic Victory Dtd It. John Dunlap of Urbana, 111., has been declared insane and taken to Kankakee. Overjoy at Democratic successes is given as the cause.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $ 8.25 @ 5.53 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 4.03 Sheep.. 3.00 © 5.23 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92V.® M Corn—No. 2 49*® .49>4 Oats—No. 2 .41 (« .42 Rye—No. 2 66 @ '57 Butteb—Choioj Creamery .23 @ .28 Cheese—Full Cream, tats 0814 <a .09)4 Eggs—Frosh 22 @ .23 Pctatoeh—Wentsrn, per bn.... .83 @ 93 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 8.60 M 1.50 Hogs—Choice Light 3.03 @ 4.00 Sheep— > ommon to Prime 3.00 <a> 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 98 <B# .99 Corn—No. 1 White 54 @ .55 Oats—No. 2 White 48 @ .18W ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs.... 3 5o 403 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 @ -93 Cobh—No. 2 49)4® .50)4 Oats—No. 2 46 ® .47 Bye—No. 2 74 @ ’72 CINCINNATI. Cattle 2.00 <a 4.25 Hogs 3.00 ® 4.00 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.0 J Wheat—No. 2 Red 97 <9 yg Cohn—No. 2 5414® .65)4 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 43 ® go MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 88:4® .90'4 Coils—No. 3 53 ® .54 Oats—No. 2 White 45)4® 47)4 Rye-No. 1 68 @ .10 Baulky—No. 2 70 <m 71 DETROIT. Cattle s.co ® 4.25 Hogs., 3.00 ® 3.50 Sheep 3.00 (« 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 90 @ .97 Corn- No. 2 Yellow 53 [5314 Oats—No. 2 W Lite 4814® 49 TOLEDO. Wheat ... o t @ >95 Corn—Cash 53 54 Oais—No. 2 White 3614® 3714 buffalo. Cattle—Good to Prime 4.00 @4.75 Hogs—Medinm and Heavy 4.03 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 1 Hard. 1.07 @ «108 Corn—No 2 & <se EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.50 @ 450 Hogs—Light 3.75 4'y; Sheep—Medium to Good 4.03 @ 5.S Lambs 4.50 <a g'2s NEW YORK. Cattle. 3.50 @ 500 Hogs 3.75 @ 4.23 Wheat—No. 3 Red 1.01 & 1.02 Corn —No. 2 57 gg Oats—Mixed Western ’ .’45 @ 'SO

BENWELL IS AVENGED.

J. REGINALD BIRCHALL, HIS MURDERER, HANGED. Hla Last Hours Spent In the Company of His Faithful Wife—Account of tho Manner in Which He Lured His Victim to His Death. [Woodstock (Ont.) dispatch.] Reginald Birchall expiated on the gallows the murder of bis friend Benwell at 8:30 o’clock yesterday morning. His last night on earth was passed, until a late hour, In the company of his wife. The last words spoken by Birchall were to the hangman. He said: “Have you any objections to shaking hands with me?” “Certainly not,” replied the executioner, and the last hand-shake followed. - STORY OF THE CRIME. John Reginald Birchall was born at a place callod Church, In Lancashire. England, where his father was the Protestant

BIRCHALL, THE MURDERER.

associates, almost from the moment he was trusted about alone, were of evil character. In 1888 Birchall married the daughter of David Stephenson, General Traffic Manager of the London and Northwestern Railroad. The young woman’s family were opposed to the match, but she finally eloped with him. The couple went to Woodstock, Canada. A peace was patched up between Birchall and his wife’s parents, and In the spring of 1889 the couple returned to England and lived in Mr. Stephenson’s house at Upper Norwood road. London. Birchall se'cured employment with a firm of photographers in London. In London Birchall continued to lead a fast life and ho was soon at his wit’s end for money. It was durlDg this period that the scheme which resulted in the murder of Benwell was concocted. The first stop in the crime was the insertion in the papers of the following advertisement: CIANADA - UNIVERSITY MAN HAVING j farm wishes to meet gentleman’s son to live with him and learn the business with view to partnership; must have £SOO to extend stock; board, lodging and 5 per cent, interest till partnership arranged; highest references. Many replies wore received to the advertisement, but only two of them received

attention from Birchall. These were from Douglas Raymond Pelly, of Walden place, Saffi on Walden, Essex, and Frederick C. Benwell, son of Lieutenant Colonel Benwell, o f Iseultdene, Cheltenh*a m. Polly was In poor health, and had been recommend-* ed by his physician to live an outdoor life. Birchall wrote to him

and to tbe Ben wells, father and son, dating his letters from the Junior Constitutional and National Conservative clubs, London. Birchall made friends with both, and Impressed them with his candor and apparent honesty. The story he invented to entrap his dupes was that he had a large farm a mile and a half from Niagara Falls on which there was a large brick house, heated by steam and lighted by gas, and largo barns lighted by electricity. He made It appear that his business wus the buying of horses In the rough and grooming them so that they could be sold at a profit. The feed for the horses was raised on the farm. He also made it appear that he was Interested in business ut Woodstock, and that thirj were a number of Englishmen there who wero organized in a club. Pelly was captivated by Birchall's manner and delighted with the prospect held out to him. He entered into an agreement

MRS. BIRCHALL.

the understanding that if he liked it he was to pay 82,500 for a half Interest in it. On Feb. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Birchall, Benwell and Pelly sailed from Liverpool on the Britannic, reached New York Feb. 14, and registered at the Metropolitan Hotel. On the following Saturday they left on the Erie Railroad for Buffalo. It was decided that Birchall and Benwell should go on the 6 o’clock train the next morning to the Falls and prepare for the reception of Pelly and Mrs. Birchall. Birchall came back the following night alone. He said that Benwell didn’t like tho farm or the people and that he refused positively to stay there. Birchall said he had given him the addresses of people further on in the country and started him off to see if lie could find a placj he liked. He'told Pelly that he wasn’t ready to go to the farm, for McDonald, his superintendent, had rented tho place to some tenants and that things were in a bad shape. His suggestion that they go on to Niagara Falls and wait a few days was accepted. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, Birchall, his wife and Pelly went to Clifton. Ont., just across the Niagara River from Suspension Bridge. Birchall and Pelly stopped at a boarding house, while Mrs. Birchall lived at tho Imperial Hotel. A week was spent there. Pelly all the time fretting at the delay and Birchall calming him with plausible stories. Among other falsehoods he said that ho had received a letter from Benwell inclosing tho receipt for Benwell’s bonded luggage and requesting that it be sent him when he wanted it. Tho first bad break made by Birchall was on Feb. 28, when he showed Pelly a copy of a New Y’ork newspaper containing an account of the finding of Benwell’s body in tho tamarack swamp on YVlUiam Horsey’s farm In Princeton, Ont. The cigar case with the name «F. C. Benwell” on It proved beyond a doubt whose body it was. Birchall said he would go at once and see tho body, and Pelly instantly said that Iks would accompany him. The evidence against Birchall at the trial was very strong on all material points except as te tho actual killing of Benwell. It was proved that he was seen with Benwell immediately .-before tho murder and was seen alone Immediately after, but there the direct evidence stopped.

ODDS AND ENDS.

Archbishop Kknbick Is the oldest Catholic prelate in the United States, He is 84, and was consecrated in 1841. One police court in New York, in three hours, disposed of 120 cases—an average of a minute and a half to each case. A memorial to A (Jam Smith, author of “The Wealth of Nations,” is to be erected at Kirkaldy, Scotland, his birthplace.

rector, a little ovoi twenty-five years ago. His father was wealthy, and died In 1978, leaving his three sons and one daughter well provided for. Reginald, us he was called, was tho youngest son, and soon got rid of his .portion. He was educated at Harrow and Oxford, and led a fast life while a student. In the pursuit of his antecedents the detectives found at every step evidence that his

F. C. BENWELL.

with Birchall by which he was to pay him SBSO. In return he was to have board and lodging at the farm and receive 22% per cent, of the profits of the business. A check for 8850 was sent to Birchall. Having got of this money the schemer Induced the elder Benwell to let his son Frederick go with him to see tlie farm, with

CRASH IN WALL STREET.

PANIC AMONG THE HOLDERS OF VILLARD SECURITIES. Decker, Howell A Go. Forced to the Wall —Rapid Decline in Northern The Clearing House Comes to the Rescue ot the Banks—Scenes of the Wildest Excitement. [New York dispatch.] Not since tho dreadful time of Black Friday, twenty-one years ago, have there been such sad fortunes, such disastrous sacrifices, such utter demoralization as to-day. There was a panic. Quotations fell to pieces like the scattering blocks of a baby’s upset toy-house. The bravest man was generally displaying his bravery in demanding margins from soma speculating unfortunate, or in notifying some other unfortunate that, lacking margins, he must submit to being sold out. Courage was at a discount, confidence was nowhere. While real failures were taking place on the Stock Exchange a lot of fictitious ones were being proclaimed throughout Wall street by rnmormonaers, who quoted the names of conspicuous banks as being unable to maintain their credit. The current sensationalism, so far as tho banks were concerned, had much more invention than fact in it. Yet there was undeniable apprehension in banking circles. Bankers would not admit this freely, but early In the day there wereconferences among representatives of clearing-house banks, and tho banks of the New York Clearing House Associa-. tion determined to provide against every possible misfortune and exigency by pledging their associated credit in behalf of every bank in the association. The associated banks of New York have available assets of $95,000,000. Against this it was voted to issue clear-ing-house certificates in such volume as the situation might suggest or require. Aa a measure of relief the bankers who resolved upon it are confident that it will at once be effectual. There is almost universal agreement among leading New York bankers that the money-market’s recent range and tightness came through artificial influences. Funds have been locked up, taken out of ordinary business channels, kept out of reach —all in order to carry forward the bear campaign of depression, apprehension, and quotation smashr lng. The provisions of clearing-house certificates—unlimited, if need be, up to $95,000,000 —will, of course, put to rout all those manipulative schemes. Said a member of the clearing-house committee largely instrumental in bringing about the official action of yesterday: “Thisends the money-market trouble. Loan rates will be normal now. The pinch is over." When the Exchange opened this morning there was a larger attendance ot brokers than had been known for years. Every stock on tho list had a crowd of brokers trying to trade in it, and when the market opened the scene was one of confusion and excitement The cables reporting an advance of 2 to 3 per cent, in London were received before the opening and caused the brokers to take the bull side, aud a disposition to buy was shown all around. Rumors of trouble among banking institutions were current all day, but no one paid much heed to them, thinking that they were the usual emanations of bear minds. After the close, however, it was learned that three banks which were members of the New York Clearing House Association had difficulty in settling the claims of the other banks against them. There was a balance against the Bank of North America of $1,400,000, which it was unable to settle. The other banks were the North River and tbe Mechanics and Traders’. How the heavy balance was created against the Bank of North America was a puzzle. During the day the Mechanics and Traders’ Bank made its settlement with the clearing house all right, and the other two banks received assistance from the other banks in the association and pulled tnrough all right. At the Bank of North America it was said that the trouble was directly due to the account of Decker, Howell & Co., and that now that the account of that firm was closed, the bank was in a stronger position than ever. The most important factor in the developments was the scarcity of money. Right up to the close it was in urgent demand, and M per cent and legar interest was charged on loans, equal to 189 per cent, per annum. This fact and the troubles of tho banks caused a special 1 meeting of the Clearing House Association to be called, and after a long session it was decided to appoint a committee of Presidents with authority to issue clearing-house loan certificates in order to enable banks to settle balances between themselves. These certificates will be based on bills receivable, collateral securities, cash assets, and tho united credit of the banks. This action is intended to distribute tho reserves of tho banks more evenly between the institutions. Where one- bank is unable to settle its differences iii cash It will deliver securities and assets to the certificate committee, and if the committee accepts the securities it will authorize the issue of certificates on them. The united action of the banks is expected to restore complete confidence. It was just after 2:15 o’clock this afternoon that the failure of Decker, Howell & Co., of 44 Broadway, was announced on tho Stock Exchange. They made am assignment to William Nelson CromwellThe firm Is one of tho largest on the Exchange and was considered very wealthy. It had been identified for years with tho movements of tho Villard stocks and its members were generally considered Villard’s special brokers. The failure was considered the »!oak that had been hanging over the markot, and after it was announced a rally of 1 to 2 per cent occurred. In every teaspoonful of human bTcodt there are 15,000,000.000 red corpuscles, but only 30,000,000 white ones. The blood of clams, lobsters, and nearly alt other invertebrates contains no red cells but only white. The highest church spire in Ihe world has just been completid. It Is that of the cathedral at Ulm, Wnrtemburg, and is 530 feet high. The top of tho cross on. the dome of St. Peter’s, Rome, is 448 feet above the pavement. Seven years ago there was one brass band in the Salvation Army. It was composed of a father and his sons. Since then 8,550 other bands have been formed. A boy of 17 and a girl of IB were married at Columbia, Mo., tbs ether day. The wedding presents included a dolt and a wooden gun.