Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1889 — Page 1

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H If you are in want of a first-class Business Suit, we are offering over one hundred styles in Sacks, Frocks and prince Alberts, at 12 AND Among them you will find a good assortment of , the nobby large Plaids that are becoming so generally popular. MODE TRAVELERS' INDEX. r A NKAKEE T INE VBIG FOUR RAIL-WAY NEW TOBK AND BETURN ONLY $21.00. At time of centennial celebration of inauguration of President Washington at New York, this line will eell tickets Indianapolis to New York and return. for V-l .00. Tickets wiU be sold April 27 and 28, good to return on all trains leaving New York including , May3. Here Is a splendid opportunity to visit New York cheap. Remember that on the tickets parchased at this office, yon go over the mountains where the grandest scenery Is to be seen. By this line only can you go through Washington, Baltimore and Thil. adelphla. Come and see us an A arrange for this cheap trip to the metropolis. TIME CABT). CINCINNATI DIVISION. Depart: : 8:55 am 10.50 am 3:50pm 6:26pm Arrive: :10:40am 11:45am 4:55pm 10:50pm CICIXTATI DIVISION SUNDAY T3AISS. Depart, ... 3:65 a m 3:45 p m Arrive, - - - -' 11:50am 10:50pm CHICAGO DITISIOJC. Depart- 7:10am 12:05no'n 5:15pm 11:20pm Arrive. 3:30am 10:35 am 3:30pm 6:10pm 'BEE-LIIE ROUTE EAST AND "WEST The only line landing passengers in the Grand Central Depot, New York city. Wagner sleeping cars letwet n Indianapolis. New York and Boston. The Fast IJiie to St. Louis and the West. Elegant sleeping cars are run nightly on this line to St. Louis, and pansengers can occupy them as early as 8:30 p.m., and remain undisturbed until arrival ot train in St. Louis at 7:30 a. m. TIME OP TRAINS: Depart for N. Y. and Boston 3:20 a to, 4:0O p m " Cleveland 7:30 a m, 7:25 p m Ft. Way'e and Dayton 11:15 am, 4.oopm St. Ixmls and Kan. Cy.ll:55 a ra. 11:00 p m " T. llaute and Mattoon '7-.Z5 a m, 5:30 p m Daily. Arrive Irom N. Y. and Boston.. .11:S a m, 10t35 p m . Cleveland. 6;55am, 5:15 pm Ht. I-outsand K. Cy. 3:10am, 3:40m T. Il'te and Mattoon 10:00 a m. 6:2o d m For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations, etc., call at or No. 2 Bates House, No. 13H South Illinois street, Union Station. T. C. FECK, Pass. Agt. SERIOUS RAILWAY WRECK. Car Full of Teople Smashed Into Kindling Wood One Man Killed and Others Injured. Chicago, April aA defective switch derailed tho four rear coaches of an inward bound Baltimore & Ohio passenger train between Colehour and South Chicago, yesterday morning. Tho coaches wero thrown with terrific violence against several coal-oil tank-cars standing on tho sitlo tracks and broken to pieces. One man was killed, and a dozen others injured, two or three of them very severely. The train was nearly two hours behind time, and was running fast. Just north of One-hundrcth street, and parallel with tho main tracks, are a series of side-tracks and switches and long strings of tank-cars, near tho great oil-tanks. As the. train was crossing the switches opposite one of the tanks the seventh coach vas suddenly wrenched loose from its couplings and thrown diagonally across the track to the left. Tho ordinary day coach following just after was thrown from tho track, and with awful force against tho oil tankcars to the right. The entire side of the car was ripped and torn, and smashed into a pile of twisted iron, splintered woodwork and broken seats. The car was full' of men, women and children, who yelled and shriektd, and cried as they were thrashed about, man gled and bruised under the wreckage. The forward end of the Pullman sleeper was stove, in, while the rear car was derailed and its passengers no more than shaken up. Tho automatic brakes had meanwhile stopped tho forward section of the train.a The uninjured passengers and the trainmen gathered around the wreck and soon extricated the wounded and uninjured from the wrecked sar.James Hanna, of Smith's Basin, N. Y., was found with an iron rod through his bead, and died shortly afterward. Henry Honk, a fanner, of Adamsville, la., had a leg broken in two places, and rccieved internal injuries. Among others severely bruised and cut were: Frank Shelton. of smith's Basin, N. V.; John II. McDonald, of ander Wood. Cuba. N. Y.. and A. Berschig, Cleveland. O. None of these are fatally injured. Several otyer men were slightlv cut mid shaken up but went away without reporting. All those found by tho railroad oMciaU to be injured were scut to St. Luke's Hospital. To strengthen the hair, thicken the crowth, stop its blanching and falling out. ana whero it is. pray to restore the youthlik color, uao liall'a Uaix Kcue wcr.

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THE WHEN Surgical Instruments & Appliances Trusses, Fupporters, Deformity Braces, Crutches, Atomizers, Optical Goods, Artificial Eyes, and everyuang in burgirai mmrumcnu ana Appliances. WM.II. ARMSTRONG fc CO.'S Surgical Instrument House, 1)2 feouth Illinois street. CHICAGO'S RECENT I&ECTIOX. It Was Illegal, and the Result Can Be Orerthrown if Any Citizen Cares to Bring Suit. CmcAGO, April 8. The politicians of the city were astonished, this afternoon, by tho announcement that it had been dis covered that the recent election in this city was illegal and that it was in the power of any citizen to overthrow it. This state of affairs grows ont of a decision rendered by the Supreme Court of tho State since the election was held. This decision was to the effect that tho town of Brighton Park and other portions of the township of Cicero had been, by a vote of the people on Nov. 17, 18S7, legally annexed to the town ships of South and West Chicago. Previous to the annexation, tho townships of South and West Chicago wero entirely included within the limits of the city of Chicago. While the decision of the court annexed the new territory to the townships, it did not operate to make it a part of the city, the power to extend the limits of which rests with the City Council. Therein lies all of the trouble. 1 he general law of the State provides that wherever all of a town ship lies within the limits of a city, tho citv election shall be held on the first Tuesday after tho first Monday in April, and that wherever a township is not all included within tho city limits, the election shall be held on the third Tuesday in April. Under the de cision of the Supreme Court the city of Chicago does not entirely cover the townships of South and West Chicago, and therefore the election, instead, of being held on the first 1 uesday in April, as it was, should have been held on the third Tues day. Moreover, the law requires that twenty days' notice of an election shall be given, and as the time is too short between this date and the third Tuesday in April 1 A A 1 ior legal nonce, n seems questionable whether the mistake can be rectified by a new election on that date. Wide fields of speculation are opened as to the possibility o revising tbe verdict of the neonle in the recent political "landslide," when the KeEnblicans were dcleated by tho Democrats v decisive majorities. It is claimed tli.it if the present Republican administration is willing to invoke the law it can hold over and prevent the newly-elected Democrats from taking their seats, it is said that Mayor Koche has consulted the corporation counsel in regard to the matter, but it cannot be learned that any decision as to what action shall be taken has been reached. i This evening, a resident of tho annexed territory applied to Judge Jamison for an injunction restraining tho election com missioners from counting or declaring the votes cast. The ground taken was that tho residents of the annexed strip, having no notice of the election, wem deprived of their electoral rights, vitiating the whole election. The applicant was armed with a recommendation from a master in chancery that tho injunction be issued. Judge Jamison set tho matter for hearing at io a. m. to-morrow. The Rhode Island Elections. Pkoviden-ce, R. I., April 8. Burrillville elected a Republican Representative to day by C7 majority, and Bristol failed to electa Representative, there being five tickets in the field. The Legislature now stands: Senate Twenty-four Republicans. ten Democrats, two to be chosen. House Twenty-eight Republicans, thirty-seven Democrats: seven to bo chosen. On joint Ballot Fifty-two Republicans, forty-seven Democrats. Elections are to be held tomorrow in Newport, Bristol and Cranston. A FINANCIAL SENSATION. Outsiders Attempt to Secure Control of One cf Hartford's Fat Insurance Companies. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Haktford, Conn., April 8. A special to the Courant from New York states that Philadelphia parties havo secured an option on the controlling interest in the Phoenix Mutual Lifo Insuranco Company of Hartford. Tho company has assets of over 10,500,000 and is controlled by a capi tal stock of 100,000. A. C. Goodman, pres ident of the company, has $100 more than half the capital, and tho report says that his .u.uu ot stock is ottered at 501,000, or fcio tor fcl. Ihe would-be purchasers are eaid to be endeavoring now to borrow pur chase money on pledge, of the stock. The highest sale of tho stock known in Hartr ford was below o00 and last year's taxes; it was valued at $50. The company is in strong financial condition, with over$C00,in oanK, anu u is reported nere mat olicy-holders may resort to the courts or .egislature to prevent the deal, which it is understood has been entered into without the knowledge of tho other directors of the company, Anoka's Dishonest Cashier. Anoka, Minn., April 8. Nothing further is known of tho whereabouts of absconding Cashier Pratt. As near as can be learned now the amount of his stealing! is isilOOO from Mrs. Nell. $15,000 from t. Paul and Minneapolis correspondents of the bank. and Swo.000 raised by the sale of his own and other people's stock. New York and Chi cago correspondents oi tne bank are yet to l r i i i ne uearu irom. airs, neu, wnois nearly eighty yearH old. has always trusted Pratt as a 6on, and left tho management of her atlairs almost entirely in his hands. She can hardly believe that he has robbed her. and attributes all of his trouble to tho "woman in the case." Illness of Governor Jackson. Salisbury, Md., April 8. Governor Jackeon, who was broueht home from Philadel phia yesterday, very ill, is somewhat better to-day. Hia attending physician savsthe causo oi ins UlneHs is erysipelas, and that no serious results are anticinated at this time. There is a great deal qf anxiety on the part of the Governor's friends relative to his condition. Governor Jackson is a leading candidate for the United States heuato to succeed Senator ilon. and any serious permanent injnry to the health of tne ionuer would greatly Interfere with the plans of the Ueniocrutic leaders in this btato

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FAMINE nOKKOBS IN CIIINA

Five Millions of People Suffering Iroin Lack of Shelter and XecessaryFood. It TTonld Cost lmtOne Cent a Day to Maintain Each Person, bat Even that Pitiful Amount Cannot be Obtained by the Sufferers. Denial of the Report that Stanley and Emin Bey Were En Route to Zanzibar. A Taris Paper Says Boulanger Has Been Or dered Oat of Belgium, but the General De-. nies that Such Action lias Been Taken. THE FAMINE IN CIIINA. Five Million Human Beings Destitute and "Without Food. -San Fp.ancisco. Cal., April 8. Detailed reports of the great famine in Shantung and Manchuria, brought by the China steamer last night, show that its horrors have not been exaggerated. It is the Worst famine known in China for twelve years, and the saddest feature of it is that in many parts of these two provinces tho overllow of the Yellow river has ruined the land so that no cood crops can be expected for several years. Letters from American and English missionaries, who havo been distributing food, say that no more than one hundred thousand can be reached by them, although fullj' five millions are starv ing. Many or the men ananaonea ineir families after the flood, and the women and children havo nothinir to live on. The missionaries' report that the spectacle of patient suffering of these people is heartrending. One case is recorded of a blind woman who strangled her little gin ratner than sell her or see her 6tarve, while an old man of seventy-seven, maddened by hunger, sojd his daughter-in-law for $0. It costs onlv 1 cent per dav to maintain one person. yet the wealthy have been so reduced they Near Chefoo Dr. Laughlin writes that the whole plain is dug up by people in search of roots which serve to fill their stomachs, but draw up their hands as though they had inflammatory rheumatism. The Kev. Frank Harmon, of tho English Baptist mission at Tsing Chou Fu, writes: This country is poor at its best, and when the floods came every ono who was able emigrated to Kaan-Tung or Shansi. Thousands remained, however, and are fam ishing here, within twenty miles of tho Hsien City. Tho Mi river rose ten feet above the level of tho bed, washing away eight-tenths of the houses, destroying household goods and stored grain, and in some places destroying old people and children who were nnablo to escape in the confusion and darkness of the tight. The river, in retiring, left behind heavy deposits of sand, thus rendering tho land valueless for years. Many houses were entirely swept away, and families used to every comfort are now living in dugouts. As many as eight or ten families are crowded into one small hole.'7 " STAJiXEY'S EXPKDITION. Features of His Letter to the Geographical Socle'' He Is Not Moving to Zanzibar. London, April 8. The letter received a few days ago by tho Koyal Geographical Society from Henry M. Stanley was read at a meeting of the society this evening. The explorer substantially repeats what he wrote to his friend in Edinburgh, but r.pv plies valuable geographical information in addition. Recounting the difficulties at tending his marches, he says the nativos on sovaral occasions dug ditches, in. which thev nlaeed sharn st:ikrn rovered with leaves, to impede his progress. Manv of his men suilered from sore leet for days after treading upon the upturned points, and some of them were nermanentlv disa bled. Tho natives, also, for purposes cf extorting supplies of food, etc., pretended that they were suffering from famine. The friendly natives were chary of giving information to the Stanley party, but those who were made prisoners told all they knew. Stanley believes that the lake he tuscovereu in xoo oeiuugs io mo vongo chain and is tributary to that river. A dispatch from Zanzibar to the Inde pendence Beige, of Brussels, says the rumor that Stanley and Emin Pascha were march ing in the direction ot Zanzibar was an Arab invention. GENERAL BOUT-ANGER. He Denies a Rumor that He Has Tleen Or dered to Leave lielgian Territory. 1'aris, April . ino ;.iot d Urdro says that the Belgian authorities have notified General Boulanger to leavo Belgium, and that he will go to Brighton. to-morrow. General Boulanger has telegraphed from Brussels that tho report that tho Belgian 'authorities had requested him to leavo Bclcium is untrue. In the Senate, to-day, 31. Buffet moved that tho procedure of the fcenate as a court he regulated by law before the trial of lien. Boulanger is begun. 31. Thevenot. Minister of Justice, renlied that the question of procedure could not be allowed to operate to delay the. consti tution of the Senate as a court, and the motion of 31. Butlet was rejected, 177 to Tho Senate will hold its first session as a tribunal for the trial of General Boulan ger on x nday next. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. German Hoy Murdered and Mutilated in Jack-tlie-Rlpper Fashion. Hamburg, April 8. The body of a boy named Streinfatt, was found at an early hour this morning on a road near this city. The boy's throat had been cut and his addomen ripped open, and his, cntrals removed. Tho bod? was otherwise shockingly xnntilated: It had evidently lain on the road throughout the nicht. . The country in the vicinity is bcine scoured by hussars in search of themurderer. ihe murderer was surprised by several persons, but he succeeded in making his escane. He will nrobablv bo identified. as some of those wlio saw him profess to At" A A A. reconeci ms ieaiures aisuucuy. Local Government for Scotland. London, April. 7. In the House of Com mons, to-night, tho Lord Advocate introduced a bill providing for local government in Scotland. The bill creates county coun cils, tho members of which are to be elected by householders. All boroughs "with a pop ulation of less than 7.000 will be merged into counties; the others will be self-governed. The powers of the councils extend to private bill legislation. The right of legislating on private bills has hitherto been vested in Parliament. The measure is, therefore, a step in the direction of homo rule. The functions of the councils are otherwise similar to those ot tho English councils. Horrible Death of a Wine Seller. Vienna, April 8. A liquor shop at Szil, Hungary, was entered last night by thieves, who plundered the premises of everything valuable. The proprietor of the store surprised the robbers at their work and was seized and crushed to death in a wine press. The thieves afterwards got drunk and were in an almost helpless state of inebriety when, a few hours later. they were arrested. The American Pilgrims. Jaffa, April 8. Tbe party of American Catholic pilgrims reached here yesterday from Ismailia. The sea was, fortunately. smooth, and the landing was made without

delay. The pilgrims proceeded at once toward Jerusalem. They will reach there to-night and will remain until April 23, when they will return to this port en route for home. . Relief for Distressed Workmen. Panama, April 8. Owing to the distressed condition of the negroes on tho canal works, the British consul to-day distributed bread among the sufferers. Great distress has prevailed among the workmen since the suspension of work on the canal. Foreign Notes. Tho Faterland Firo Insurance Company of Berlin has declared a dividend of 45 per Cent. . It is officially stated that tho range of observation from the top of the Eiffel tower at Paris is forty miles. Advices received from Zanzibar are to the effect that news of Stanley may be ex

pected there about the end of May. Disnatcnes from India sav that 15.000 nersonswere rendered homeless by the great lire at Surat. To add to tho prevailing dis tress, cholera has broken out in the town. Emperor William has consented to as sume tho relation of cod-father to the 6e ven th son of a poor weaver in Markichin, Alsace. 3Ir. Gladstone dined last evenincr with his former private secretary, 3Ir. Hamilton. llis nost lives in the top hat of the highest apartment house in Park Lane, and the building is not supplied with an elevator. Thonged ex-Premier was therefore com pelled to climb eighty Steps to honor 3Ir, Hamilton with his company. A serious riot occurred vesterdav at Nurnburg as tho result of tho lock-out de clared by the master joiners against their striking employes. The police wero compelled to resort to drastic measures io quell the disturbance, and are fearful that it will be renewed. A large force of police is engaged in guarding the factories against attacK. . T1IE RAID ON OKLAHOMA. Desperate Boomers Said to Be Hotting Crime More Claimants than there Is Land. Arkansas City, Kan., April 8. The of ficials of the Santa Fe railroad were busy yesterday investigating the story that the boomers concealed in the woods of Okla homa had banded together for the purpose of destroying tho railroad bridges on the night of April 21 in order to obstruct the in flux of homesteaders until the men con cealed in the country could make perfect their claims. It appears that the boomers in hiding are desperate. They have select ed and watched their claims for years, and they now fear that the newcomers, with the assistance'of rapid transit, may got tho best of them. There was a mcetingoLthase boomers held in the timber near Oklahoma City last Thursday, and they canvassed the situation. After the meeting adjourned the Santa Fe agent received notice that the railroad bridges would bo burned and tho trains stopped on April 22, as the old boomers did not propose to jeopardize their chances by allowing a flood of tenderfcet to drop in on the land they had picked out. Detectives have been sent along the line through the country, and every precaution will be taken to prevent railroad obstruction. There are twice as many people now on the borders as can be accommodated under flirt lirmtiml nt in Olrliilinma V'tAr. dav fullv S00 nassencers arrived in this i city, all bound for Oklahoma. 3Iany of them represent colonies, and are hero as tho advance agents. There' are men hero representing colonies from Washington, California, Utah. Colorado, Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Alabama. The colonies number from twenty to 500 persons. Last evening twenty empty passenger coaches nulled into the city on the Santa Fe, attached to the regular freight 4train. and were ruu into tho yards to await tho 22d. A railroader said that tho Santa Io company had 400 cars already engaged by parties who desired household goods removed to this point before tho 21st. Tho crowd has increased here to such proportions that persons who get tbeir mail at the free-delivery window at the postotlice are compelled to form into a procession, and then it is frequently live or six hours before they can get to call for tbeir mail. As a consequence of this large influx of peoplo here, real estate com. rasnced changing hands.- The sales of Sat urday amounted to ;2t000. Kansas City, April 8. The Rock Island is making great preparations to handle its Oklahoma onsiness-and will probably have from six to ten special trains leaving 3Iissouri river points on the 20th and 21st. The una will be open for business to l'ond Creek on the 20th. and the road will oper ate a stage line from that point to Kingfisher. Caldwell. Kan.. April 8. A count to day of the boomers camped around the city showed the number to bo about I.UjO. and inceasing every day. Business Embarrassments Special to t'e Iiullauayolis Journal. Columbus, Ind., April 8. Edward Peel, a promiuciiw dry goods merchant here, made an assignment, to-day, to Edger 31cSweeney. one of his clerks. The liabilities ?ro placed at 812,000, and assets about tho same sum. Ihe cause of the failure was a long continued dullness of trade. q New York, April 8. Tho Callender Insulating and Water-prooling Company, of New York and East Newark. N. J., has sus1ended operations and is iinanciallv eraarrassed. The creditors are considering an extension. Tha company claimed assets of $427,000 last July, of which $200,000 was valuation of patents. Tho liabilities were placed at J7,2S.S. No statement of the present condition of the company is made public. . New York, April 8. The rirm of W. II. Wells &. Co., manufacturers of capstans, hoisting machinery and ship works, made a general assignment to-day to George W. 3lc Lean, giving preferences amounting to $4,713. a v Lancaster, Fa., April 8. Adam G. Groff, miller, of West Lampeter township, made an assignment to-day. Liabilities, $27,000; assets, about $20,000. ' Obituary. Washington, April 8. Dr. J. II. Kidder, of the SraitliAsonlan Institution, died this morning at his residence in this citv from an attack of pneumonia. Dr. Kidder served as a 6iirgeon in the navy until ho resigned about twelve years oiro. since which time he has been connected with tho scientific branch of the government service. 1 Tmler Prof. Ilaird he was connected with the Fish Commission, and latterly was director of the, international exchange in the Smithsonian Institution. He leaves a wife, a daughter of the late Postmastergeneral 3Iaynard, of Tennessee, and three children. New Yohk, April 8.-3Irs. Theodore Thomas, wife of tho musician, died in this city this morning, after a lingering and Eamful illness. She had been confined to her ed since last autumn with a form of nervous prostration which, from the first, puzzled medical skill, though it was not till within a few weeks of the end that hope of successful coping with it was abandoned. 31rs. Thomas was a woman of tine intellectual attainments and unusual force of character. Albuquebque, N. 31.. April 8. A. J. 31cDowell, of lloston, auditor of the 3Iexican Central Ilailway Company, and well known in New York, Boston and the West, was taken with a congestive chill last Wednesday morning while en route from the City oOlexico, and was compelled to stop over at Albuquerque. After lingering Ave days he died this morning. Young Woman Charged with Swindling.. Susquehanna. Pa., April 8.3Iiss Ella White, an Elmira music teacher, was ar rested here this morning, by Chief Little, of Elmira, for defrauding various'neople of that city out of sums aggregating 15,000 on fictitious raining and silk-mill storks and other pretenses. She confesAsed that she lost tho money in an Elmira bucket-shop. She waived requisition. Elmira, N. Y April 8. Ella C. White i a music teacher in this city who has succeeded in borrowing amounts estimated

from $3,000 to $15,000 from various Elmira citizens. She borrowed money in several cases from friends by representing she could invest it profitably; in other cases by offering notes, signed some by fictitious names and others signed by herself and indorsed by her father, who, she said, was wealthy. Her father is a superannuated employe of the shops of the Erie road at Susquehanna, Pa., and has transferred his property, amounting to $2.(X)0. She was arrested on four warrants, charging her with forgery in the second degree.

THE CHURCH DIVOECE SUIT. The Wife Granted a Decree and AlimonySalient Points from Judse Fash's Decision. Columbus, O., April 8. Judge Pugh rendered his decision in tho famous Church divorce case this morning granting Mrs. Church a decree of divorce, on the grounds of cruelty, giving her custody of three children and $100 per annum alimony. The decision is a surprise to many, as only on charge came anything like being sustained, and that was cruelty, upon which the divorce was granted. In his decision Judgo Pugh said: , The plaintiff. Margaret J. Church, prays for a divorce from lier husband, Samuel II. Church. Adultery, gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty are alleired as tho crounds for the pra ver. The adultery is averred to have been committed with Teresa Scuirtzingen tbe gross neglect consisted, it is charged in one place in the petition, of failure to furnish her with tho common necessities of life; but it was narrowed by the evidence of the plaintiff to a charge of failure to furnish her with clothing, wearing apparel and other articles necessary for her comfort and convenience, aud the extreme cruelty, it is said, consisted of Inhuman and brutal treatment: of tne use of violent, prof.'ine and threatening language toward her, which was frequently so Srofanebnd offensive as to keep her in constant read and terror; of ordering her from the table, from his room and hous; and she avers that the defendant hag so threatened, abused and maltreated her that she was kept in such fear that she was afraid to live iu tho same house with him. By his answer, the defendant denied aU the charges made against him In the most positive and explicit terms. He did not plead either Justification, recrimination or condonation. The hearing of this case on tho evidence was protracted to great length, tho record of the evidence numbering about three thousand pages. Considerable bitterness and asperity was displayed, especially by the plaintiffs side. Counsel argued tho case with a degree of ability and zeal which shows that their feelings were onlisted in the case of their clients. Tbe friends' of the parties, and indeed the larger part of the community have taken a deep interest in the controversy. As to the first charge, that of adultery, the judge said: McCaskeyand Lannon testified to still another. occurrence, wneu tne wmaow-biinaa m the kitchen were pulled down. If it is claimed that adultery was committed at that time, the defendant aud Teresa have contradicted these two witnesses. The number of witnesses on each side of tho dispute was equal. Was adultery committed at any timet 1 was almost persuaded that it was, but after looking at the evidence from every conceivable point of view, I am constrained to hold that it. was not sutllciently convincing to establish tho charge. Tho presumption that the charge is untrue arising from his previous character and reputation as a chaste and virtuous man, must bo thrown Into the scale in his favor. 'Witnesses testified in his behalf on this snbject. Tho judge then severely criticised the evidence.of Walter McCaskey, one of the witnesses for the nlaintilV. On the charge of gross neglect of duty he said: The charge of gross neglect of duty was disproved. It may betruothat the defendant did not make a Judicious expenditure of all his income, but the plaintiff participated in the bene fits of most all the. expenditures that were made; they were not enjoyed by him alone. On the charge of cruelty, the court said: Modern law and humanity regard cruelty on tho part ot the husband, when it Is deliberate. extreme and habitual; as not a less flagrant cause for divorce than that of adultery on the part or tne wire, upon hearintr the evidence. I come to tho conclusion that the defendant had an imperious and dorulneeringdispositiou, which had borne heavily upon the plaintiff. One por tion or nis evidence conclusively proved this. ana it aio proved a purpose on his part, at one timei to drive his wife info subjection to his will. According to the plaintiff's evidence, ho called her a fool; and wretch, and a liar, tho devil's dam. and white-livered nigger; told her that he loathed and hated hen that ho did not lovo her at the time of their ujarrlajre: that sho was tho most deformed object he ever saw; that sho had the most ragged character, that she had no mod esty or shame; that she was not tit to be a wife or mother, and he threatened to put her out of the house the next day, and told her if the was a man he would cowhide her. It does not annear that there Is even a possibility of reconciliation between the plaintiff and defendant. They sep arated under circumstances of scandal and dis grace. Parental love, dread of scandal, regard for social position and other moral considerations did not seem strong enough to prevent tho separation, me court unas that the charge of extreme cruelty has been substantially proved. ana ror mat reason a decree or divorce is awarded. The children aro to be sent to Mr. Church s residence immediately after dinner, every Saturday and Sunday. THE HATFIELD-ilCOY GANG. Ellison Hatfield Makes a Confession of Some of the Crimes Committed on Tug River. Wheeling, W. Va., April 8. Ellison Hatfield, of tho participants In the Hatfield-Mc-Coy feud, who is confined in tho Pike coun ty jail, in Kentuky, has made a confession to State's Attorney Lee Ferguson. "I was present," he said, "and participated in the murder of the three McCoy brothers Tol bert. Farley' and Randolph. Tho threo brothers were taken from a school-house in Logan county, West Virginia, where they had been guarded for a day and night, and brought over the Tug river, which sepa rates West Virginia and Kentucky. About fifty feet from tho river, Carpenter tied them to a pawpaw bush and hung a lantern over their heads. A nse Hatfield then sayl to them. 'Boys, if you have any peace to make with your Maker you had better make it,' and Tolbert and Randolph began praying, but ' Far ley did not. However, before tho boys had time to finish their prayer. John liatlield shot Farley dead. Auso then gave tho order to tire, and shot as he gave the word, killing Tolbert, and then emptying tho contents of his revolver into the dead body. Alex.Musser hred and killed Randolph Mc Coy. The others followed suit, and all the bodies were riddled with bullets. After the boys were killed. Wall Hatfield adiuistered an oath to all of us, binding ris to take the life of the lirst to divulge tho name of anv who wero present." Cantain Hatfield said that he and Tom Wallace shot Jeff McCoy after he had escaped from them. The prisoner gave tho particulars of the brutal murder of Alifora and Alvin McCoy, in which he took part. Nine of the Hatfield faction, on a Sunday night in Jan uary, 1888, crossed the river into Kentucky under command of Jim Vance. They surrounded the McCoy homestead, tired tho house and killed the girl as 6he attempted to extinguish the flames. Captain and John Hattield both claimed that they killed Calvin McCoy, and bragged about it Armet Abjectly Apologizes. Pittsburg. April 8.The Timess Harrisburg, Pa., special says: "Governor Heaver has received a letter from Major Armes, who assaulted him in Washington. It con tains a most abject apology for his ontragoons conduct, and begs him to interfere at Washington to provent the court-martial. Amies says that rather than submit to tho disgrace of being court-martialed he will commit suicide, and pleads that it will disgrace his family. Governor Beaver has not condescended to notice the communica tion." Steamship News. BREMERH4VEX, April 8. Arrived: Ems, iromewiork. Philadelphia, April 8. Arrived: Lord uough, from Liverpool. Glasgow, April a Arrived: State of xevaua, irom iew iuiu. Moville, April 8. Arrived: Oregon, irom rortiand lor Liverpool. London'. Anril 8. Sighted: Bohemia. from New York for Hamburg; Lecrdani, xrom Xew l orK ior lioueruain.

THE IXCOMPETEXTS MUST GO

No Difference of Opinion Between Secre tary XoUc and Commissioner Tanner. Democratic Incompetents in the Tension and OtherEureaus of the Interior Department iluit Seek Employment Elsewhere. r A Probability that the Three XewGun-' boats N ill m Found Faulty in Flan. . Toints in Which State Courts and Legislatures Are Supreme Treasurer Huston Files llis Bond-General Washington Xews. NODLE AM) TANNER. They Are Agreed that Democratic Incompe tents Will Not lie Iletalned. Fperlat to the Imbanaixilis Journal. Washington, April 8. "There is not the slightest foundation for the story going the rounds of the press that L havo found it necessary to issue an order checking Com missioner Tanner in his onslaught on Democratic employes of tho Pension Office," said Secretary Noble to your correspond ent this afternoon, "and I want to say, further, and to emphasize it, that when I issued the order requesting heads of bureaus. to first submit their demands for resignations of offices to inc. I did not have Commissioner Tanner, or his office, or any of his acts in my mind. Tho fact is that, up to that date, Commissioner Tanner had only requested three resignations. If I know the politics of the Commissioner of the Pension Office, and I think I do," continued Secretary Noble, "they are not ono whit more radical than my own, and are exactly my ideas, as well as those of the Commissioner. He is an able man, an excellent officer, and I am iu thorough accord with him, even in the matter of making re movals of incompetent or inefficient Demo crats and the selection of Republicans. Neither of ns makes a secret of the fact that in reorganizing the Pension Office and the entire Interior Department, Republicans are to be preferred just as far as possible, in order that the good of the service is not overloooked. e want the best possible service, and in getting it we intend to favor Republicans. Since tuat order was lAssued which was intended to apply to all branches of the service which I controlCommissioner Tanner has made quite a number of recommendations for changes in his bureau, and. so far as I can remember, I havo promptly respected every one of them, lie believes in turning out tho ex-confederates wherever more competent Union soldiers can be employed and he wants to institute a liberal policy toward the pension applicants. Those are tho views 1 also entertain." "Is it true " I asked, "that at the end of tho present fiscal year there will be dropped from tho rolls the 150 special examiners in t he field, all of whom aro understood to bo Democrats!" 'Yes, and a great many moro Democrats will go. The work i turning out Demo-; crats will not stop there." . Do von advocate the retention ot a Dem ocrat on each of the medical pension boards throughout tbe country!" "Unit will bo a matter of policy, lelt en tirely to the Commissioner, and I may add that I do not intend to interpose any objections, bo far as I seo now, to the institution of auy policy that he may desiro." Surely I shall not if it is a question of being more liberal with pensioners, recognizing republicans to the exclusion of Democrats, and perfecting a better general service." x This shows that thero is the very closest and most harmonious feeling existing between tho Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Tensions. T1IE NEW G UN-BO ATS. They Are Modeled After the English Pat tern, ami the Latter Are Heported Faulty. New York, April 8. A Washington spe cial to the Times says that copies of the official report to the British Admiralty to the committee on the recent English naval maneuvers havo just been received at tho Navy Department, and are being read with a great deal of interest, as they have a very practical bearing on some of the vessels in tho new United States navy. Tho Yorktown and her two sisters, the Concord and Bennington, are identical with tho Archer class of tho English navy. Six of these vessels took part in the maneuvers, and concerning them tho committee of admirals says: "It is renorted unanimously that tho armament is too heavy and consequently the vessels are crank, that tho weights oa the forecastle are too great and the lorecastle itself is not strong enough for tho weight it has to bear." Of tho Raccoon, the only vessel of the class which appears to hav experienced anything like a heavy sea, it is reported that, on one occasion, while going ten or eleven knots against moderate swell, a sea wns taken on board which carried awny everything movable on the forecastle, broke in the lore hatch, which was battened down, tore away the iron stanchions supporting the forecastle and bent the beams down three inches. The committee is of thw opinion that much of

this weight in tlio "eyes' ol the ship should be reduced, and , suggests that tho "bowers" tshonld bo stowed further aft, tho spare anchor removed to a position near the mainmast, and that the two six-inch guns on the. forecastle should be replaced" by live-inch, by which latter means alone a saving of over fifteeen tons would ba etiected. It submits, also, that to substitute live-inch for sixinch guns throughout is, in view of the "crank" nature of these vessels as reported by their late captains, worthy of tho most serious considerations. Admiral Sir Arthur Hood, in his observations on the report of tho committee, says of the Archer class: "I quite concur in the view that these vessels aro too heavily wyizhted forward, and should have preferred the substitution of life-inch guns for six-iuch, one pilot house instead of two, and tho anchors, especially the sheet anchor, stowed lurthei aft." These criticisms bear out the. argument! advanced by some of our naval officials at the time the construction of our gun-boat was undertaken. They held that the Yorktown and her class ought not to carry guns of anv larger size than live inches, and that the Little Petrel should not carry guns of over four aud a half inches at the utmost, whilo tb Etifflifdi Magpie elans of the :ime size carry onlv four-inch guns. The expressions of the liritisli Admiralty are reviving tho discussion of tho question of how heavy the armaments of our gun-boats bhould be. It is not likely, however, that any change will be made in tho present plans before tho Yorktown has been given a trial at sea with her batteries on board.. If 6ho does' not behave better than her prototypes in the British navy, it is 6afe to gay that tho weight of tho armaments of her sister boats, and of the Little Petrel, will be much reduced Thus far. thconly change made in the line suggested by tho Kngliih report has been the location of the anchors further aft than was originally contemplated. suriiKsu: COURT.

CaMi Iri Which Ftate Courts and Legltlture Are tbe Supreme Authority. , Washington, April a Tho Supremo Court of the United St.ites to-day rcudercd an opinion in the cases Nos. IOC and 107, Henry, Amy and Gustavus L. Hoppeustfdt; Nos. lttt and 1W, Edwin F. Know 1 ton, and Nos. 200 and 201, tho executors of William S. Pierson, deceased, all plaintiffi in error T8. tho city of Watcitown; in error to th.

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