Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURN2YL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1889.

WHY IT WAS WITHDRAWN

Alleged Keasons for Reconsidering Appointments on the Hay ti Commission. Objections Said to Have Been Urged Against General TudcrThe New Iron-Clad Maine deducing Special Tension Agents. THE IIAYTI C030IISSION. Beverly Tucker Ante-IJellum Record Said to Have Caised Ills Withdrawal. Special to the IndIa.apUs Journal. Washington, May 28. The unusual quietude which prevailed in every part of the city made thin a good day for the gossipers. Most of them confined their attention to the withdrawal of the appointments, last night, of Generals Lew Wallace and Ileverly Tucker as special envoys extraordinary to Hayti. It was reported during the morning that General Wallace, who was a member of the court which convicted Mrs. Surratt and others for complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln, and heard the charges of similar character against General Tucker, had protested against the latter being on the commission, but that is denied. It is the general belief that the ante-bellum record of Tucker brought about the withdrawal of the appointment, and that it is permanent. It was intimated in official circles that information had been received at the State Department which may make the expedition to Hayti unnecessary. Gen eral Wallace stated to your correspondent that he had not sought the appointment; did not care for it, and unless it was shown that his services were especially advan tageous to the government he would not accept The appointment of Tucker was a sur prise in many quarters, and brought out considerable severe criticism on the part of ex-Union soldiers. Besides being charged with the conspiracy in the Lincoln assassination, Incker was so nearly succetutfnl as a snecial scent for the Confed eracy to England in the last years of the war that he would have brought the Queen's goTermnent into line against the United States had the conflict lasted sixty days longer. He is an accomplished diplomat?, well acquainted with Hayti and the nnestlons involved, and for these rea sons was selected. His ante-bellum record was overlooked at the time of the appoint ment. - MINOR MENTION, Miniature Model of the Iron-Clad Maine as She Will Appear When Completed. Washington, May 28. Reports from the New York navy-yard are to the effect that nearly all the steel frames for the armored cruiser Maine are now in place, and that gratifying progress is being made in the construction of the vessel. To give a visi ble evidence of how the ship will appear when completed, a most elaborate model. about four feet long, has been made at the Wa&hincton navv-vard. and is placed in Secretary Tracy's ollice. It represents a vessel of over 6,000 tons, as tine in lines as is consistent with the great power required to bear up the enormous armament of about forty guns, ranging from four great teninch rifles down to tmall revolving cannon. The horse-power will be 9,000, calculated to drive the vessel at seventeen knots speed. bnt the principal point of interest about the ship is the fact that, apart from the mon itors. 8h e will be the lirst vessel built since the war that is really an iron-clad, relying not on protective steel deflective decks, but on a solid belt of heavy steel armor encircling her vital parts. All of the details of construction are most cunningly wrought in miniature in the model, even to the cap stan engines and the delicate machinery of tne two eignty-ioot torpeao Doais wmcn the Maine will carry on her decks. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the following-named Indiauians: Original Invalid Navy. Frederick F. Frame. Napoleon B. Kidwell, Chas. Obendorf, John wolf. Kesin Kartdcn, Geo. . Hamilton, J as. Ttitner, Daniel Urick. David Flack. Decatur 8. Jocelyn, John B. Hikes (deceased), Hamilton II. Howard. John Crites, Geonre W. Ulackmore, An thou 7 Hillen, Alex Hulllnger, Chas. A. Moore, James M. Smith, Lewis Parker, Hiram Bommers, Jesse Holce, Larkin O'Conner, John Hunter, Major E. Muse. Increase August Eisner, Wm. C. Bates, James M. Pardun, Clement Timmon. Jacob M. Copplinger, George C. Patterson, Joseph B. Morford, w m. 11. aiorgan. Reissue James Lamasters, Brutus A. Bourie, Wallace flight, James F. Dickson, Stephen Ellis. Ileiseue and Increase Hiram A. Crockett, James D. Alexander. Wm. F. Howard. Original Widows, etc. Martha A., widow of Knnert L. hcott; Lmma D., widow or rniuip Williams; Mary C, widow of John B. Stiles; minors or John v eidon. Patents for Indlanlans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, May, 28. Patents were to day issued to Indiana inventors as follows: EU t-ten CI. Baldwin, Marion, ink well; Stephen a. D. Bozeii, Atlanta, gare: Oliver H. castle, assignor of one-half to J. K. Alien, Indianapolis. crank wrist and boxinjr; James K. Augdale and C L. Mastin, Richmond, last and stand; James . Fierst, Ked Key, balanced swinging gate; John R. Fox, Fort Wayne, electrio arc lamp; Charles R. Hartman, Vlncennes, cultivator: Elwood E. Iliatt. Noblesvllle, bed furnace; Theo dore Kruse, Indianapolis, beating furnace; Frank Inhart. BrazU, horse detacher; Frank G. Per kins, Mishawaka, bushing for pulleys; Freeman M. Teegardeu, Colfax, saw-table gauge; Ellas W. Tucker and A. P. Orr, Arcadia, clothes pounder; Lewis F. ickers and B. C. Wickers, Lebanon, fence. Retirement of Adjutant-General Drum. Washington, May 23. Adjutant-general Drum having reached the age of sixty-four years, was to-day formally retired from active service in the array. General Kalton, who has been Assistant Adjutantgeneral, will act as Adjutant-general until an appointment is made to till the office. Army tongues will be stopped for a few days on the suceessorship. The absence of Secretary Proctor in Vermont, and the fact that the President will go to New York to-morrow afternoon to attend Decoration day services, make it improbable that any action will be taken this weelc The 81m Coy Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 23. surprise was created in official circles here when the dispatches from Indianapolis were read announcing that the Committee of One Hun dred had passed resolutions condemning the action of President Harrison in remit ting the tine against Sim Coy. The peti tion to the President in favor of the action which wax taken was signed by Silas T. Bowen, chairman, W llliam Henderson and other prominent members of the Committee of One Hundred, and by Judge Solomon L-laypool, who prosecuted Coy. Where the Dissension Talk Comes From, pedal to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, May 28. All of the talk shout dissensions among the Cabinet otli:ers and between them and the President lavo como from office-seekers. They be.ieve that the President dictates every ippointment; that the Cabinet officers .ertify them up for appointment as soon as ihev present their papers, and the only theory they can advance as to why appointlien t a are not made is that there is "a cool ness' or a ''difference" between the Presi dent and Cabinet. Cutting Down the Special Pension Agents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 28. Those who called t the I'ension Office this afternoon ob served and remarked a pallor on the faces )f many Democrats. They fear official de:apitation. Fiftv special agents have been called in from the held, and will bo re lieved at once. Nearly all of the remaining "one hundred specials' will bo dropped June X). General Uiack provided the I)emocratic oiucers, but failed to get enougu money appropriated to pay them, and they will go now. An Kaslly-Shocked Maine Man. Washington, May 28v A gentleman named H. G. Dodge, of par Harbor, Me., while waiting in Mr. Hal ford's room for a chance to see the President, was taken tzA Xell U thd floor ia a taiut. As

sistance was rendered him, and when suf

ficiently recovered he was removed to his rooms, it is understood man no leu a sickbed to go to the White House, and when informed that the President was too much engaged to grant him an interview to-day, the shock was so great that he fell in a lit. Fourth-Class Indiana Postmasters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 28. The following In diana postmasters were appointed to-day: E. E Fisher. Center Point, Clay county, vice John R. Helton, .resigned; II. M. Hagitt, Gulllord, Dearborn county, vice C. W. Robertson, resigned; E. T. Green, IJamsville, Wabash county. vice James T. Cloud, resigned j r . T. Taylor, Kennedy, learborn county, vice D. O. Devon?, resigned: G. B. Render, Laketon, Wabash county, vice A. W. Ward, resltmed; I. J. nabbard. Odon," Daviess county, vice c L. Fiewon, resigned; J. A. Starbuck, Penn ville. Jay county, vice W. J. Rook, resigned; Lewis M. MOutt, Prairie City, Clay county, vice S. C. Grable, resigned. General Notes. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 28. J. B. Maddox, of Shelby ville, is at the Howard House. The Indiana Republican Club will givo an excursion down the Potomac to Marshall Hall, on June 15. There will be music, dancing and a dinner. This evening's Star says: "Mrs. Harrison has planned for a fortnight past to go for a short stay to some seaside resort, but she said yesterday that there is water enough at home without going away for it." Mrs. McKee has gone to Indianapolis to prepare for spending the summer at Deer Dr. John Scott and Mrs. Lord, who have been to New York city for a week, attend ing the sessions of tne Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly, returned to the.White House last evening. Mrs. George .Newcomer. who is a relative of President Harrison's, and who has been spending a week in the V lute House, has gone to Maryland with her children to spend the summer. Mrs. Newcomer's home is in New York city. Mrs Cleveland has sent to some of her friends in this city a copy of the latest photographs of herself taken at the capital. It was taken in Mrs. Cleveland's budoir in the White House, while she was holding baby Lamont, her namesake, in her arms, and it is said to be the prettiest of all the photographs extant of Mrs. Cleveland. Chas. W. Miller, the Young and noDular Mayor of Goshen, and J. X. Weaver, a well-known attorney of Warsaw, called at the Journal bureau to-day. United States Treasurer Huston arrived this afternoon from his home at Counersville. He expects his family to join him here soon, and has a suit of rooms at the Ebbitt for them. There were but two bondofferincrs to-dav. 846,000, registered fOur-and-one-halfs, at 1.03, una $14,000 at the same price, lioth were accepted. Dr. Frank Baker has been appointed assistant general superintendent of the life-saving service. He is at present connected with the light-bouse board, and is known as the author of many works on medical subjects. Dr. Jameson left for his home at Indian apolis this afternoon. Representatives Owen and Cheadle and Mr. AI. C. Neil, of Kokomo, were at the White House for an hour early this morn ing. The appointments of about thirty presidential postmasters have been tin ally decided upon, and will be made public to morrow. None of the appointments, it is said, are in cities of the first rank. The President will leave Washington to morrow at 3:45 o'clock, on the Congressional Limited Express, for tne purpose of participating in the memorial day exercises in Brooklyn on the 80th inst. He expectsio return to Washington Thursday evening. feecretary Tracy and Private Secretary lialf ord will accompany the President. SWINDLER ARRESTED. A Man, Whose Unique System Victimized Many Women, Caught at Last. Chicago, May 23. The man who has been giving the Chicago customs officials a vast amount of trouble for months, and victimized numerous housewives, including the daughter of Chief-justice Fuller, of the United States Supreme Court, was finally arrested to-day. The fellow was known to the .Treasury officials as their "Willie Tascytt," because he always managed to elude the most vigilant detectives, although he was heard from everv dav. When arrested he gave the name of Moms Fleckenger, and stoutly maintained his innocence. The Treasury officials were not sure they had the right man until policeman Hanley came and identified him as a man who had served one year in the Maryland penitentiary under the name of James Lee, and a term in the Milwaukee jail under the name of John Cartwright. A score or devices were inea to capture the "Willie lascott," but none S roved successful Finally, Treasury gent James McHale informed the railroad detectives at the various depots to look out for him. for he usually went to the suburban towns to perpetrate his swindles. We was recognized f nun the description by the officers at the Rock Island depot, to-day, and was sent to the government building. Mrs. Goldsmith, one of his many victims, was sent for immediately. She identified Fleckenger as the man who swindled her, and a warrant was promptly sworn out. His handwriting was also identified by Mrs. Goldsmith. Fleckenger laid the plan for his swindling operations while he was an employe of tHe custom-house in New York. He was discharged some years agoand at once began swindling the people of Baltimore, for which he served one year in the penitentiary. He then came West and began his crooked work in Chicago, and has been highly successful for about nine months. In that time he has swindled about one hundred persons of amounts ranging from $5 to $15. His plan was to go to a residence and say that a package had just been rereceived from Europe, on which the duties must be paid, and it paid at once about $10 would be saved, as the goods would not then have to go through the appraiser's hands. He always approached the women of the house, and they rarely failed to fall into the trap. TIIE FIRE RECORD. Elevator and Mill Destroyed at Mansfield, I1L Small Insurance. Bpeclal to the Indianapolis J MirnaL Mansfield, 111., May 28. The large elevator and mill owned by Mrs. Sarah Richner, and managed by Mr. George Richner & Co., was destroyed by fire last night. The building, along with the grain and office, was valued at $10,000. There was $1,000 insurance on the building in the Lancaster and London and Queen Insurance Company. It is supposed the lire originated from a spark from a railroad engine which was switching in the yard. The wind was blowing very hard, and the entire city came very near being burned. Many of the business houses caught fire, and were saved only by a great etfort. Other Fires. Louisville, May 28. A fire this morning destroyed the paint and oil store of Klein, Rodemaker Sc Co., causing a loss of about $20,000 to that firm, and about $10,000 to a number of adjoining firms and buildings. The loss is well covered by insurance. The Turf Exchange and Newmarket pool-rooms were damaged to the extent of about &j00 each. The re is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. New Yoiik, May 28. Fire broke out today in the building occupied by Billings &, Taylor, dealers in dry colors, varnishes and paints; J. M. Huber, importers of colors; the Bohemian glass works: Rosengarten Sons, Philadelphia manufacturing chemists; Charles H. Rutherford, drugs, and the Mellorfc Rittenhouse Company, of Philadelphia. The damage resulting is estimated at $0,000; fully insured. Honesdale, Pa.. May 28. The Irving Clirl House burned to-night. Loss, $00,000; insurance, $00,000. Registered-Letter Thief Arrested. Chicago, May 28. Wm. C. Lally, a former postoffico clerk, was arrested tonight for stealing eighty-five packages of registered mail from the vault of the Chicago postoffice. The amount of money in; voived bas been claimed by the authorities to be probably not large, but the number of packages is the greatest ever taken at one time in this city.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

Democratic Officials lltintiDg Revengo for Sunday-Closing Injnries. Additional Adoptions of the High-License Limit Jail Delivery Prevented First Day's Races at Columbus. INDIANA. More Democratic Reprisals at Shelbyville in Kerenge for Liquor-Law Enforcement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Shelbyville, May 28. Charles Campbell, agent for the Big Four road here, has been arrested by constable Capp, a Democratic official, for selling a ticket last Sunday to Father Kaelin. who desired to go to Acton to officiate at services in the Catholic Church. The trial will take place before 'Squire Ellis on Wednesday evening. This is understood to be a sample of the extreme extent the Democratic officers desire to carry the enforcement of the Sunday law, because Marshal Mann, a Republican, closed down the saloons on Sunday. Constable Clapo to-day notified a Republican butcher that he must not sell meat on Sunday, under penalty of arrest, but the butcher says his shop will open just the same. The ministers of this city have called a mass-meeting of law-abiding citizens to aid in sustaining' the marshal in his enforcement of the liquor law. The Columbus Races. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal. Columbus. May 28. There was a very large attendance at the opening races of the Bartholomew County Trotting Association here this afternoon. The weather was fine and the track in excellent condition. The first race was a three-year-old class, trotting, for a purse of $250. There were six entries, but only five starters, as follows: Charley, owned by B. S. Riley, of North Vernon; Belle Wilson, owned by Mack Wade, Edinburg; Johnnie Bull, owned by Ed Minor, Edinburg; Sunlight, owned by Frank O'Brien, of Columbus, and New York Central, owned by W. H, Wilson, of Abdullah Park, Ky. Five heats were taken to decide the contest. The first and second htat -was easilv won by New York Central. Belle Wilson, however, showed wonderful staying qualities, and won the last three heats. The following is the score: Charley 4 d Belle Wilson 2 2 111 Johnnie Hull 5 d Bunlight. 3 3 d New York Central 1 12 2 2 Time, 2:384. There were ten entries to the running five-eighths mile dash.butonlv fourstarters, as follows: Texas Girl, owned by A. Hatchet, Springfield, 111.; Belle Gibson, owned by John B. Fox, Cambridge City; Johnnie, owned by Roger Brothers, Cambridge City, and Even Money, owned, by James Bills, Indianapolis. The race was won by Belle Gibson, with Texas Girl a close second. Time, 1:04 io. The dash was for a purse of $150. M. L. Thompson, of Bentonville, Ind.; J. B. Curtis, North Vernon, and J. M. Davis, of this city, were the judges and William Taft, of Milwaukee, W is., the starter.. There will be a trotting, pacing and running race tomorrow. If the weather continues propitious there will be a large attendance. A Jail Delivery Frerented. Crucial to the Indianapolis Journal. Ft. Wayne, May 28. Sheriff Niberg on Sunday discovered a well-arranged plan for a wholesale delivery of a portion of the county jail, confining a wife murderer and three persons awaiting trial for assault with intent to kilL A year ago one Galeeke, proprietor of a dive, was killed in his saloon, and a few months later his widow' married George Merz, a young tough just released from the penitentiary. Several weeks ago, Merz. while on a drunk, fired several shots at a young girl, who refused his advances, and was arrested and jailed for murderous assault. His wife, who is twenty years his senior, has visitor! him daily, since, and on Sunday was discovered in an attempt to smuggle a revolver into his cell. To-day, after a thorough search, three new tiles, three new steel saws and a chisel, suspended by a silken cord, were found in a water closet in one of the cells. All tho prisoners on the crimnal side are desperate fellows, and had tho plot not been discovered it is more than likely that an attempted delivery would have been attended with loss of life if discovered. Death of Hon. A. R. Collins. E2eclal to the Indianapolis Journal. SALEM, May 28. Alfred Bruce Collins, a well-known attorney of this bar, died at 5:30 this afternoon at the residence of his brother, Hon. F. L. Collins, judge of this circuit. He was born at New Albany, Sept. 10, 1835; was educated at Asbury (now DePauw) University, at Groecastle; tamo to Salem in 1870, and practiced law with his brother, F. L. Collins, from 1870 nntil 1877, when they dissolved, F. L. Collins having been appointed judge by Governor Williams in 1873. Deceased was appointed prosecuting attorney for this circuit by Governor Hendricks, and served until tho official election of October, 1883. In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature, and was a member until 1878. His wife died ten years ago. He was highly respected, and a brilliant and talented lawyer. He leaves no children. Saloon Licenses Raised to the Limit. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Wad Asn, May 28. At the session of the City Council, last night, the proposition to increase the saloon licenses to the maximum limit fixed by law, 250, was carried, and the Mayor was instructed to prepare an ordinance to that ellcct. There are only eight saloons in the city. Covington, May 28. The new City Council raised the liquor license from 100to2T0 last evening. Elinor Notes. It is reported that tho McCune Cadets, of Rock ville, will be mustered out of the State service. Mrs. Mary Reilly, who has lived in Crawfordsville for fifty years, died last Sunday morning. Engineer Frank Dix, of Fort Wayne, was badly injured last Saturday evening by the bursting of a steam pipe. Gen. Jasper Packard, editor of the New Albany Tribune, will deliver the address on Decoration day at Madison. A call to the Twenty-tifth-street Church of Louisville, Ky., has been accepted by Elder H. C. Jackson, of Charlestown. Rev. G. W. Switzer, of Crawfordsville. will have charge of the summer school during the Battle-ground camp-meeting. Ansel Kcmpt of Madison county, has filed a t complaint against his father for whipping him unmercifully and unnecessarily. W. A. Scott, of the Union Road Stock and Poultry Farm, near Franklin, wasseriously, if not fatally, gored by a bull, yesterday, while he was trying to lead the animal into a barn. Ed Fahnestock, who has recently finished 6 nine years' sentence at the State's prison north for horse-stealing, has juht received a back pension of $5,000 for services in the late war. The city attorney at Crawfordsville will endeavor to defeat the plans of the saloonkeepers, who want to get their licenses renewed at 100 per year before tho 2o0 ordinance goes into effect. William Robbins, of Franklin, who suffered pain in an amputated limb, claims to Lave obtained relief by exhuming the buried portion of his anatomy and arranging it in a more comfortablo position. Ex-Sheriff Stewart, of Johnson county, had his hand badly hurt at Fairland yesterday. While boarding a train a ring on one of his fingers caught in the rail of tho coach, tearing off the flesh and rendering amputation necessary. Edinburgh High-school graduating exercises were held last evening, and were successful and enjoyable. The following is the list of graduates: Will Townsend, Mamie McLain. Libbie Engelbaugh. Alvali Loughcrv, Nallie Comptou, Harry McColgin, Lotta Wright, Charles Stilley. H. B. Nicholas and Grace Moore, who eloped from Youngstown, O.. recently, were arrested at the Diamond Hotel, at I Fort Wayne, at 4 o'clock yesterday morn-

f ing. Miss Moore's father will take his daughter home, while Nicholas will be held to answer to tho charges of seduction and wife desertion. Lew Cumberland, of Crawfordsville.was tho passenger who was severely injured on the C.,11. fc D. last week, near Rush vilee. by a rock thrown through tne car window. His wounds are healing nicely, and were caused by the glass hitting him on the right check and forehead. Cumberland was asleep at the time he was injured. ; : . Rev. J. C. Meyers, of .State Line," was struck by lightning while preaching at the New Liberty Christian Church, in Fountain county, last Sunday. On the back of Mr. Meyers's head where Ihe. lightning struck him is a bruised place about the sizo of a silver dollar. His face appears burnt and his sight nearly destroyed. He was taken to Danville, 111., for treatment, and an oculist who is attending him fears that the loss of vision will be permanent and complete. ILLINOIS.

A Farmer Arrested and Committed for an Unnatural Crime on One of Ills Children. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Champaign, May 28. John Durre, a farmer near Pesotum, was arrested to-day for an unnatural crime with his thirteen-year-old daughter. Justice Bryan bound him over in tho sum of $5,000, and he went to jail. Rriet Mention. Late last Satnrdav nicrhtn, nossiif United States marshals surrounded a log hut near Sfprlino. in Hrnwn rnnnfr nnH nntnrd four men at work making counterfeit dol lar coins. The committee of the State Senate which has been investigating the published charge that a fund had been raised to defeat tho anti-trust bill pending before that body re ported to-day that no evidence had been produced to prove that any corrupt uso of money had been made or intended. In the House to-day the Senate bill to re strict the circulation of certain Hash papers was passed. It makes it unlawful to sell. lend or give away, or otherwise distribute to any minor any book, magazine, pamphlet or newspaper devoted to the publication of or principally made udoi criminal news. police reports or accounts of criminal deeds, or stories of deeds of bloodshed, lust or crime. COWARDLY WHITE CAPS. They Threaten the Life of Edward Murphy for His Position on Temperance. Pittsburg, Pa., May 28. Edward Mur phy, the noted temperance advocate, was to-day the recipient of two letters from White Caps breathing threats of the direst vengeance against him for his stand in favor of the prohibition movement. Mr. Murphy was inclined to treat the contents of the first letter lightly, and but for the second and much more serious epistle would have permitted it soon to pass from his mind. The first letter, written on a plain white slip of parchment paper in red ana uiacK ing, read as loiiows: Write vour will on this after thftlRth of Jiitipl for after that you die. White Caps. The second letter wan omnmPTiforl nrib skeleton and cross-bones, also the legend, Office of the White Caps," in red ink, reading as follows: T. E. Murphy. Esq:. You have doubtless re ceived your notices before this time from tho White Caps. You will take warning from this. Also, that you are watched every time you speak in favor of the amendment. It is marked up against you, and you will have to answer after tho 18th of June to the White Cans of Indiana. who are taking a great interest in the Pennsylvania fight now. We give you timely warning. Yours, White Caps. In the envelopes are a number of cards announcing an amendment meeting in this city to-night. On the reverse side were tho most uncanny figures, representing Mr. Murphy and Judge White, and the horrible fate to which the White Caps would consign them after June 18. The cards were inscribed with skull and cross-bones, and the suggestive initials K. K. K. Mr. Murphy thinks that he knows whence the letters emanate, and will at once take steps to prove the correctness or falsity of his belief. MURDER AND SUICIDE. The Ghastly End of an Unhappy Matrimonial Experience at Evansville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . Evans vi llk, Ind., May 28. The lower part of the city was startled by three pistol shots, fired in rapid succession, this evening, on Third avenue, which was filled with pedestrians, mostly working people returning to their homes. Great excitement followed, and an entranco was forced, by some of the passers-by, into the house No. 612 Third avenue, where the shooting occurred. A horrible sight met their gaze. Lying on the floor of the front room were a man and woman, both apparently m the throes of death, the man grasping in his outstretched hand a smoking revolver. The woman's dress was on lire in the back, where the ball had entered. Physicians were immediately summoned, when it was discovered that both were mortally wounded. It was a case of murder and suicide, the result of jealousy. Tho man and woman Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson had been married, but have been living apart for about three months. Wilson, it seems, was anxious to return to his wife, but she declined, on the ground that he could not support her, and ad been cruel to her during the time they lived together. Several meetings have been held between tho two recently, at each one of which Wilson has displayed great temper, making threats that both could not live in tho same town together, and also charging his wife with infidelity. Two meetings were had to-day between tho two one at noon, which was very stormy, and the one this evening, when the tragedy occurred. Upou leaving his wife at noon Wilson said, "I'll see you later, and on business." When he called at 6 o'clock he seemed to be in a nervous frenzy, and would not listen to his wife nor the lady with whom she was boarding. When Wilson tired the fatal 6hot, which entered the woman's back just beneath the left 6houlder-blade, coming out at the base of the breast bone, she had promised him to leave the city in the morning and go to her mother's nome in New Albany. After die had shot his wife Wilson held the pistol to the back of his head and shot himself. He did not fall immediately, bnt fired a second shot, which missed him entirely. He then dropped to the iloor and soon after expired. Wilson is arailroad bTakeman, and nas been employed on several of tho roads about here, lie has been without work for some time, however. Since their separation his wife had returned to a life of shame, which occupation she followed before their marriage. -Marine News. Liverpool, May 28. After the arrival of the Cunard-line steamer Sorvia, at this port yesterday, from New York, a slight lire was discovered in the forward hold. Tho damage to tho cargo was confined to three bales of cotton. 'I be ship was not injured. Sighted: Edam, frodi New York, for Amsterdam. Philadelphia, May 28. Arrived: British Prince, from Liverpool, and Scandinavian, from Glasgow. Hamburg, May 28. Arrived: Gellertand Bohemia, from New York. , New York, May 2S. Arrived: Wisconsin, from Liverpool. Copenhagen, May 28. Arrived: Hekla, from New York. Glasgow, May 28. Arrived; Ethiopia, from New York. Bremen, May 28. Arrived: Wcrra aom New York. Newport (Ky.) Officials Indicted for Embezzlement. Cincinnati, May 28. Ex-Treasurer Louis Constans, of Newport. Ky., was to-day indicted by the grand jury for embezzlement, the amount being fixed at $35,000. The ex-city clerk, Wm. F. McClure, was also indicted on the name charge. His shortage is fixed at less than 2,000. Much surprise is felt in both cases. Both men are of high standing in the community, and neither have been suspected of any intentional wrong doing. Mr. Constans adiuitted a shortage of nearly $7,000, but heeined confused when shown a shortage of $27,000 in one omission from hia cash-book

FOREIGN NEWS BY CABLE

The French Government Charged with Slowness in the Case of Boulanger. The JIaybrick Poisoning Case The French Centennial Celebration in the House of Commons America and France, TOE BOULANGER CASK. 31. Laguerre Charges the Government with Slowness, and a Scene Follows. Paris. May 28. In the Chamber of Deputies, to-day, M. Laguerre gave notice that he would interpellate the government in relation to the delay of the Senate in making a report in the case of Gen. Boulanger. President Meline replied that, while he was desirous to respect the liberty of the tribune, it would be impossible to allow M. Laguerre to make such an interpellation. The Senate, he said, was entirely independent in this matter, as the issue was of a judicial character. The Chamber had no right or power to interfere. M. Laguerre referred to recent interpellations made in the Chamber concerning the slowness of a certain judicial action. The President of the Senate, while sitting in a case like that of General Boulanger, was similar to an examining judge, and the government had a right to inform him that the procedure was slow. If no debate was permitted on his interpellation public opinion would severely judge parliamentarism, and the Chamber would exhibit a fear of universal suffrage. These remarks caused an uproar. When it subsided M. De Cassagnac declared that M. Meline had taken it upon himself to assume the guardianship of the majority. He asked the Kepublicans to show some decency, and denounced the President's decision as an ignoble mockery of justice. Here there was a renewal of tho uproar. 51. Do Cassagnac, in conclusion, said if tho deputies retained any feeling of shame, courage or duty they would vote to allow M. Laguerre to proceed with his interpellation. The Chamber, after passing a vote censuring M. De Cassagnac, proceeded with the order of the day, by a vote of SOS to 216. THE HUSBAND POISONER. Testimony Before the Coroner Showing: How Sirs. Maybrick Removed Her Unsband. Liverpool, May 28. The inquest over the body of Mr. Maybrick, whose death is supposed to have been caused by poison administered by his wife, was begun today. Michael Maybrick, brother of the deceased, testified that he had visited his brother during his illness, and had warned Mrs. Maybrick that he suspected his brother was receiving improper treatment. The wife insisted upon her right to nurse her husband. Witness thereupon summoned two doctors and a new nurse. He also seized a bottle containing brandy and extract of meat. At a later visit witness f ouud M rs. Maybrick changing the contents and labels on some bottles. He remonstrated with her, and asked her how she dare do such things. She replied that there was a sediment in the bottles. Witness again caused a change in the nurse to bo made. Notwithstanding his precautions, his brother grew worse and died in a short time. He was delirious towards the end. After his death the nurse gave witness a f arcel labeled "Arsenic; poison for cats." t contained several bottles, in which was a white fluid, and from which labels had been erased. Witness placed the bottles under seal and gave them to the police. Alice Japn, a nurse who baa charge of the Maybrick children, was next examined. She produced a letter which was addressed to a man named Brierly, in Liverpool, and which was given to witness to post by Mrs. Maybrick, the prisoner. While on her way to do this witness dropped the letter in the mud. The envelope was soiled, and witness opened the letter with the intention of placing it in another envelope. In doing this she noticed that the letter contained a number of endearing words. The following sentences particularly attracted her attention: Dearest, my husband is sick unto death. All depends upon how long his strength can hold out. Darling, relieve your mind of all fear of discovery now or in the future. In any case, do not leave England until I see you once again. Witness, instead of posting the letter, f avo it to Edwin Maybrick. After Mr. laybrick died witness found in the linen closet a chocolate-box rolled up in a sheet. The box belonged to Mrs. Maybrick, and contained a package of powder labeled 'poison." Evidence was given to t he ( effect that Mrs. Maybrick bought a quantity of arsenical fly-papers, and that she apparently tampered with the patient's food and medicines. On one occasion the deceased reproached his wife, saying, "How could you do it." Other witnesses testified to the wife's hatred of the deceased, and to her threatening to give it to him hot for publicly upbraiding her. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Lytton's Absence from the French Celebration Debated In the House of Commons. London, May 28. In the House of Commons, to-night, Mr. Edmund Robertson, member for Dundee, moved a reduction of the Foreign Office vote for the purpose of taking the judgment of the House on the absence of Lord Lytton, the British ambassador at Paris, on the occasion of the opening of the French exhibition. Sir James Fergusson, Under Foreign Secretary, denied that Lord Lytton's absence was due to a pre-arranged understanding between European governments. It was the opinion of the House that tho country ought not to have anything to do with the celebration of a revolution, regarding which political parties in France remained bitterly divided. Conservative cheers. When a nation was unanimous in its reioicings on tho centenary of a great nistoric event there could be no impropriety in the Queen's representative being present at the ceremonies commemorating such event. Thus Lord Beaconsfield authorized the British minis ter at Washington to take part in tho ceremonies that attended the centenary of American independence. Ihe French celebration was in no way analogous to that of the United States. Furthermore, tne absence of Lord Lytton had aroused no dissatisfaction in 1 ranee. Mr. Gladstone acquitted the government of having acted in concert with other pow ers in the matter, bnt he blamed the Ministry for an error of judgment. He thought Lord Lvtton should have been present at me opening oi me ex.ni union. After further debate, Mr. Robertson's motion was rejected by a vote of 283 to 190. America's Debt of Gratitude to France. Paris, May 28. Mr. McLane, ex-United States minister to France, in a farewell letter to President Carnot, in which he in closes a photograph of the 8 tat lie of LaSalle, presented to the city of Chicago by Mr. Lambert Tree, says: "America remem bers that she owes France not only for military assistance which assured her independence, but as well for moral support and generous ideas, and also for the work of thw missionary nioneers and exnlorers who opened to civilization the immense region of the great West, a region which is tending to become more and more the cen ter of population and industrial, commercial and intellectual activity of the United States. I have made a point of recalling this debt of gratitude at the moment when France celebrates the centenary of tho grand principles of social enfranchisement which renewed the whole earth, and whoso beneficent effects have made themselves felt even in the most nionarchial coun tries." ; ' Disastrous Fire In Austria. Vienna, May 28. A disastrous fire has swept the town of Podhajce, in Austrian Galicia. Sixty houses, a church and a . synagogue have were lost. Twelve bodies have been taken from the ruins and workmen are excavating as rapidly as possible to reach others known to be buried. Widespread Plots Against the Czar. St. Petersburg. May 28. The discovery of plots against the life of the Czar are now of almost daily occurrence. The Rnsiau nonce nave . oiscovexca . nu-

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Maximum thermometer. 61: minimum ther mometer, 48. Following Is a comparative statement of th condition of temperature and precipitation on May 28. 1889: Tern. Prrr. Normal cs 0.13 Mean 56 O.OO Departure from normal 12 0.13 Hxcess or deficiency since May 1.. 1 0.85 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. 1GG 1.53 "JflUS. General Observations. Indiaxafolis, May 287 r. M. 3 2 IVrmtr. Station. "Weather. 3 New York city... Imffalo,N.Y Philadelphia, Pa. PittKburg, Pa.... 29.9004 18.08 Cloudless. 30.08 29.92 42 42144 6 50172 PL Cloudy. Pt. Cloudy. Cloudless. Cloudy. Clouaiess. 29.98 5SW2 04 Washineton.P. C 29.92 64 '50 74 Churleaun.H.C Atlanta, Ua.... 29.9 29' 2J.b '72'r,g 82 84 7C5 .175170 08 .o PL Cloudy. Pt Cloudy. lt. Clouar. Jacksonville, Fla 98 Pensacola.Fl a... 84 Montgomery. Ala 29 2e OC 29.6 29.H2 90 Cloudy. vicksburg. Miss. i,co,8a Cloudy. Clnndr. New Orleans, La. ,8 74 7 70i8G .10 Little 1 lock, Ark. Galveston, Tex.. Co;SO ..(Cloudless. Cloudless. 8an Antonio, Tex 29.72 80 04 88 Cloudless. Memphis, Tenn. . Nashville, Tenn. 29.7s rSjfJOSG Cloudless. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudr. Louisville, Ky... 29.9lf8 52 08 Indianapolis, Ind 29.1-8 60 48 04 Cincinnati, O.... Cleveland, O 30.00 4 54 08 Cloudy. 30.00 50144 54 Cloudless. Toledo, O 30.04 50 3G CO Cloudy. Cloudless. Cloudless. Cloudy. Marquette, Mien. Sault 8tc Marie. 3o.io;:iG,o4in8 30.08 3GI30 3Chicago. Ill Cairo, 111 bpringneld,Ill... 30.02 46 42 48 29.84 (S!5 72 29.S 2 5 50,04 30.01 40 30 48 30.01 44l3248 30.00 52: 30 54 30.08 5C;34'00 30.14 52122 54 29.94 54b ( 29.98 51 140.5S 29.84 jCO 44 jtf2 29.S& 54!54'04 SlMMlSti 50 62 29.5-t 78 CO0 Cloudy, lulu. PL Cloudy. PL Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudless. Cloudless. Clouay. Cloudy. PL Cloudy. .04 Milwaukee, Vt is.. Duluth, Minn.... 8t.PauL Minn... Moorehead,Mlnn St. Vincent, Minn Davenport, la... Dubuque, Ia Des Moines, Ia.. St. Louis, Mo Kansas City, Mo. T ..V) I la in. Kain. Cloudy. Cloudy. .92 1 T .10 .26 .34 .16 .12 Fortsui.lnd-T.. Dodge City, Kan Omaha, Neb North Platte.Neb Valentine, Neb.. 29.72 00,00 78 29.W2I50 29.82.00 29.94 44 50 00 52-00 44! 02 Kalu. Rain. PL Cloudy. Cloudy. Rain. PL Cloudy. Cloudy. Yankton, D. T... 29.K2 54 40 04 Fort Sully, D.T.. Uismarck, D. T.. 30.10 40 4i!.r2 3014 54 42 54 FortBufonJ.D.T 30.12,00.44 100 Pr.Arthur's LVPg 30.01 42 30 48 Cloudy. Ou'Apelle,N.iN.. Ft.Asnab'ne.M.T DoiseCity, I.T.. Cheyenne. W. T. 30.00,(0... 1 02 1L Cloudy. 130.14 rx!4! GO SO .01 Cloudless. 29.!20!54 IT. Cloudy. 29.90150 48 58 1 Cloudless. Ft. McKIn'y.W.T FLWash'kie.W.T 30.02 60 29.92:54 4( 54 04 Ti PL Cloudy. .12 Rain. .... Cloudy. IL Cloudy. .... Cloudless. . Cloudless. Denver, Col 78 Pueblo. Col 29.hg;C2,5; 29.(54 172,52 29.10 7415 SantA Fc,N.M... Salt Lake City... !7G Helena, M.T.... 29 03 00,56 70 T Trace of precipitation. Rualness Embarrassment. Lancaster. Pa.. Mav 28. Execution foi $8,327 have been issued against the Mt, Joy Gas Companv, tbo principal creditor heiriR tho Low Manufacturing Company. No statement of aasets is hied. Kalamazoo. Mich., May 28. John Earl a heavy grain-buyer at Schoolcraft, thi county, has failed for a large amount, variously estimated from $40,(00 to $100,000. His assets are very small, and many farmers lose, heavily. IJad wheat speculations aro assigned as the cause. Postox, Mav 28. A meeting of creditors of C. L. vt L. T. Prye, boot and shoe men, was held to-day. An oiler of 00 ceutH ou the dollar was refused. It was finally Totcdthat if an ofler of 75 cents be not made by Saturday the committee shall wind up matters in whichever way they please, , . Indians Will Sign the Sioux Reservation BilL Pieuue, D. T., May 2S. John Grass, of Standing Kock, the leading chief of tho Sioux Nation, and White Swan, principal chief at Cheyenne, were in Pierro yesterdav. They conversed freely about the Sioux hill, saying that it would be ratitied. Only one objection was raised, because the bill did not givo the nation the South bank of the Cheyenne river, but the Indians will sign, as tb b',11 provides for tho payment of cash, and they want money more than land. ' The action of Ayer's Pills upon the stoa. ach and liver is prompt and bcxi4U