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VOL. XXIV-NO. 13. INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY NOVEMBER- 3, 1874
GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
MURDER ON THE VANDALXA ROAD. A BRIDOB WATCHMAJT 8 HOT IN HIS WATCH
1IOÜ8K ROBBEBT THE OBJECT. By Telegraph to the Sentinel.
Tkkrk Haut. Iid.. Oct. 30. A most
heinous crime was committed at the Kas-
kaskan bridge, or Woodville trestle work,
as it is usually called, two miles this side of
Vandalia, Ills., last night, about 9 o'clock. For the past three years Joseph Robbins has been the Vandalia Railway Company's
watchman there. Ills watchbox is at least two miles from any dwelling, and it is rather a lonely location. Yesterday the Vandalia pay car left this city west and ran through to Highland beyond Vandalia, distributing money to the men Icr the past month. Robbins drew his mo'nth's pay as usual. About 9 o'clock in the evening he was killed in his watch house, somebody using a shot-gun loaded with buckshot to do it. Seventeen of tho shot lodged in the window frame, and two were buried in the brain of Robbins. The one who did the shooting must have stood very close to the window, as the marks indicate as mach. Robbery was, of course, the intent, but a gentleman crossing tho trestle must have frightened the robber or robbers. Great indignation is felt at Vandalia, and the citizons are very actively endeavoring to ferret out the perpetrators.
FOREIGN.
ured, was found after the fire bad been extinguished. The burglars carried away silverware and other articles of value, and then fired the house in two places. Mrs. Fell had SI. 000 in her
band while escaping, but during the ex
citement it was dropped and lost. The loss
by fire was $2.500. which is covered by in
surance. No clue to the perpetrators has
been discovered.
FROM
ENGLAND.
TYPHOID PESTILENCE PACIFIC NEWS
CHIMA A HORSE RACK.
London, Oct. 31. There are 1,500 persons
sick with the typhoid fever in Danwenover
county, Lancaster, more than one-sixteenth
ol toe enure population.
A dispatch from Ilong Kong says that the latest advices from Pekin and Yeddo are of a naciflc nature. The general belief is I
that a war will be avoided. The Japanese government has intimation that Chinese
residents in JaDan will not be molested if
war is declared. A match race to-day for f 2,500 a side between Prince Charlie and Pent Etre, was won b the former easily. liOSDON, Nov. 1, The Prussian authori
ties are investizatinz the circumstances of
the publication of the official correspondence between Bulow and Arnim. The Times correspondent at Constantino
ple telegraphs that the difficulties in the viv of the foreien powers, which
seek to make commercial treaties with R.n mania independently of the
Porte, continue. The Turkish amhftüsadors at St. Fetersburz. Berlin and
VUnna-hava been instructed that the treaty
f Paris must be maintained. Should it be
violated in this case, the signatory
powers will be appealed to. If, however, Rmi mania will submit t be question to the
.Porte, satisfactory compromise is possible.
FRANCE.
A V ELKOTIOS BOCUEFORTTO RF.-KMTABL.HH
HIS PAPER.
Pauls, Nov. l.Thc second election lor a
Mornlxr cf the assembly in Pas de
Calais was held to-day. Returns nearly
eomplete, give M. De I.lsse Engant, Bona-
partist, 77.000 votes, and M. Brosme, republican, 07,000. Henri Roohefort has established a pub
lishing office for La Lanterne in Berne,
Switzerland. GERMANY. THE VOX ARNIM BUSINESS.
Bäru.n, Oct. 21. The Post says that the published correspondence between Herr Von Bulow and Count Von Arnim contains numerous Inaccuracies, especially twt Tiart of the letter attributed to Von
Aruim which refers to an alleged conspiracy
with a near relative or the emperor.
Bkru, Nov. 1. The Reichstag was orranited yesterday, by electing Forken beck
president, and Blauffenberg and Hainel viee-
priuoou. BPAIN. '
THE UARUJ9T8 TIRING OCT A MCTINT PROQ-
;r.K" OF THE WAR.
Madrid, Nov. 1. It is asserted that several leading C&rlists waited on Don Carlos at
and represented to him that it was
uselee to continue the war.
Thn Iberia has intellitrenc that Don Car
los intends to hold an Important confer
nee on French territory, and expresses the hope that the French authorities will pre
vent it.
The detachments under Gen. Estaban,
-stationed at Grauoollees, mutinied last
week. The captain general of Barcelona sent a strong force to restore order, and several mutineers were shot.
The Cantonaiist are accused of tampering
with the army.
Gen. Despnjol has defeated Carllsts under -Cucaia near Walstrazzo. The insurgents lost
120 ia the flgbt. ITALY. AS AXJfCTTT TROPOSED IOR GARIBALDI.
Napij, Nov. I. The municipality of "Naples proposes to tender to Gen. Garibaldi
-an aouuitv ui fu,wv.
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
IT RETURNS TO THE REPUBLICAN FOLD ME DILL BUYS A CONTROLLING I NT KB EST WHITE GOES TO EUROPE REPORTED PRICK
PAID FOR MEDILL'S SHARES.
Chicago, Oct. 30. The announcement was made in tbe Evening Journal to-night that
the Hon. Joseph Medill, one of the founders of the Chicago Tribune, had purchased a
sufficient amount of stock in the company.
added to what he already held, to
give him a controlling interest, and
that he would assume the entire control of
the paper at an early day. An interview with Mr. Medill shows the statement to be
correct, and the circumstances which
brought about the change to be briefly as
follows: As is generally known political
differences of opinion between Mr. Medill and tbe other stockholders of the Tribune caused the withdrawal of the former from all editorial connection with the paper some four years since, a connection which has never been renewed except
tor a short pericd immediately
after the fire of 1871, and which was ended
by Mr. Medill s election to tbe mayoralty.
At the close of h's term of cfllceMr. M.went to Europe, and while there, during the latter part of last summer, received information that he could either sell bis stock in tbe
Tribune or purchase a controlling interest,
one of which he was desirous of doing. He
immediately arranged to come home, and
since his arrival here, some two weeks ago, a negotiation has been pending which today resulted as above stated. Mr. Medill purchases of
HORACE WHITK
all his stock in the Tribune, except a minor portion, which he will retain at present as an investment. Mr. White will go to Europe,
with the hope of recruiting his health, which
has been considerably impaired by the severe professional labors of the past four years.
Alfred Cowles, for twenty years the business manager of tbe Tribune, retains a considerable portion of the stock, and
will continue to manage tbe business
department. As to the political status of
the paper berealter, air. Aiediu declares
that his intention is to put it back into the
position it so long, and always while under
his management, occupied, that of au exponent of tbe principles of the republican party, and a defendor of all Us measures based upon thoee principles while at the same time reserving the right to freely
criticise, and refusing to become tbe organ of anv clique or of an v man, no matter how high 'his position. lie expresses the firm
belief that tbe republican party s noma con
tinue to hold the balance of power and control the country, and that any errors or
faults of the party may and should be rectified inside the party. In reply to a question as to his opinion on tbe third term question, Mr. Medill said he did not believe that President Grant had ever had
tbe Miahtest idea of again becoming
a candidate and all the talk of
a third term originated, and has its only foundation in the enterprise of newspapers desirous of filling their columns and cre
atine a sensation. The original stock of tbe
Tribune Company is two hundred shares at
1,000 per share. It is stated that Mr. Mecmi
paid JOO,000 for sixty snares, or. at a rate oi
35,000 per share, and that be now holds
three-fifths OI tne entire stocic. i ne cnange
in the proprietorship and management of
the Tribune will take place rsovemuer y.
THE GRASSHOPPER VICTIMS.
AID BEING FORWARDED PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST FRAUD AND WASTE.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 31. The officers and
branch societies of the Nebraska Relief and
Aid Society in behalf of tbe grasshopper sufferers are receiving contributions to meet
immediate demands. It is proposed to send
car load per week of provisions
and clothing to each of the 8ix
principal stations in the western counties
where tbe crops were destioyed, if the liberal contributions now arriving continue. Nine
car loads of supplies have already been for
warded. Precaution are taken to see. that they go only to the needy, and that
in a fair proportion, ana to oDtam
such facts as will prevent extravagant m
mors from tretting abroad. Gen. James S.
Brisbin is traveling and soliciting for the society. He. the executive committee at
Omaha and the authorized officers of branch
associations, where such are formed, are
alone autborized to receive contributions,
There is already much want andsuiTering.
Cincinnati. Oct. 31. The Chamter of
Commerce to-day passed a resolution requesting the secretary of war to issue the
armv clothing now at Jeffersonville, Ind., to the Nebraska sufferers. The churches in
the city will take up a collection for tbe
benefit of tbe sufferers to morrow.
A THIRD TERM CONTRIBUTION. A LETTER FROM GRANT IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1873 BUT THE OAZBTTR THINKS IT HAS A BEARING ON THE QUESTION. Cincinnati, Oct. 30. The Gazette will publish to-morrow a letter from President
Grant by his permission given yesterday,
The following is tne explanation of the Ga
zette and the letter of the president: "In 13
when H as found out that Grart would be
renominated the report was circulated that
in view of tbe many groundless reports as to
his seeking tbe nomination, he would decline
to be a candidate, so positive were the re
ports upon this point that, in
May, 1972, we wrote to him
private letter upon the subject. to
which a reply was received which we are new permitted to print. This has nothing directly to do with the third term, but it snows bow Grant felt with reference
to the first and second terms, and will serve to disabuse the minds oi those, if any there be, who honestly believe that the president
is capable of scheming lor a nomination lu
1876." the letter. Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, May 14, 1372.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 10th Inst.,
saying that tbe managers of the Gazette had
decided to come out squarely for my nomi
nation at Philadelphia, June 5th, piox., when they were met by tbe report that
would either decline being a candidate
before tbe convention or would decline
after the nomination, was received last
night after leaving my office for the day. 1
caused a dispatch to be Bent to you to the effect that tbe report was without any authority whatever. I am not in tho habit of
writing letters on political subjects, and especially have I never written
letter calculated to influence a convention
as to who should be the candidates before it
or solicited by it. But your letter is of such
a nature as to properly demand an answer, more particularly as you say you will treat my response as- strictly confidential.. Now
will say that A never proclaimed
myself a candidate.either before the conven
tion which meets in Phildelphia tbisv year
nor the convention that was held in Chieago tour years ago. I have never written a line,
done an act, nor, I believe I can say
with truth, entertained a thought calcu
lated to produce action by tbe republican
party in favor of my promotion over that of
any other man in it who might be their choice. I do now as I did four years ago, since they beliove that tbe interests of tbe
whole country demand tne success oi
the republican party. It deemed advisa
ble, I am willing to make any sacrifice
to accomplish that success. I feel that I did make a sacrifice in giving up a high position so highly prized by me, and created tor me by an appreciative public, for which act I can never thank them sufficiently. Now it I can be of service to the party that chose me
then I shall render that service conscien
tiously and to the bet ot my ability. Tbe personal sacrifice made four years ago can
not be made now. With great respect.
Your obedient servant, U. S. Grant. THE TOBACCO TRADE.
LOULSVILLB THE GREATEST LEAK TOBACCO
MARKET IN THE WORLD. Ix)UfcviLLE, Kv., Oct. 31. The Courier-
Journal to-morrow wilL review the
trade in leaf tobacco for the past
year, showing Louisville to be the largest market for that product . in the
world. The sales during tbe past 1- months
aggregate 69,970 hogsheads againfat 53,060 12
months previous, the total amount of sales
being $7,677,710. This shows greatly en
lanced aggregates in all particulars and a
proportionately Important gain in value oi
staple.
THE BROOKLYN EXPLOSION.
VERDICT OF THE CORONER S JURY THOSE, IN
CHARGE RESPONSIBLE.
Detroit, Oct. 31. Tbe coroner's inquest
over Stoddard, first engineer of the exploded steamer Brooklyn, was concluded to-day.
Ihe jury rendered a verdict declaring that
tbe steamer was racing at tne time, tbat
tbe safety valve had been tampered
with; that she wai carrying more steam
than the law allowed; that Capt. Brown, the
master; lliuiard. tne engineer killed at tne
explosion, and D. Ryder, who were on duty
at the time, were responsible for tne disas
ter.
present haphazard. sytem Indeed we did cast oil the .-Engliso measure in onr money, and adopted the . decimal system ten mills make one cent, ten cents make one dime, etc. rsince the legalizing of tbe metric syst em it) as been steadily growing in favor with scientific men. It
is in use by tbe ooast survey, by ebeinisls, by many pbyfticia, by engineers- iho, arid otoers.. The avstein is the simleet ever invented, and ila standard Uabteiuiely unvarying. The standard ia the tseter, which 18 39.37 i out iohes. A metar i Ann tn
millionth' part of she quadrant of tbe earth's meridian. In France ip to tbe tktieof the revolution tbe mum confusion had exiwed ia weights and measures that new
exists in Upland. A trigonomotrioal mea
surement oi an arc- M tbe eartn's meridian
(extending through France from Dunkirk
to uarcelonaVwas instituted, under the di
rection of the most eminent mathematician?
or tarope. The length of the meridian thus-found in taiscs was divided lata forty
ujiujuu cwuai pans, ana eacn part called a meter. Hence the meter was declared Co be
a certain determinate part of thetolserand
tne prototype meter was caused to ha con
structed m platinum by the International commission which met in Paria in iTii r,i
declared to be
.-THE DEFINITE BASE
of the metric system of weights and mm
ures; and this base has never been altered.
The subdivision and multiples of this length were made on the decimal system, and tho weight of a cubic centimeter of water at four
degrees centigrade, or the condition of ita
greatest density was adopted as tbe unit of
weigm, ana caned a "grain " (For It was dis
covered that water was densest not at freezlnej
u-mui,, uut a lour aeerees cemizraae.i to
avoid any loss of this standard, which is
kept at Paris, it has now been dnnllcatAd
and distributed to other nations for safe keeping. A complete set of standard weights and measures for the United States are expected to be ready in October. This sj-stem is perfectly simple, and can be easily learned by a child: ha will only have to master
twelve words. Our present system is
composed of about fifty words And these twelve words are already natural-
zed in our language in one way or an
other. For instance we have the word
'meter" in thermomet w the word "are" in
area, and the word "siere" in stereoscope. These twelve words are as follows: Meter from the Greek metroa, signifying a meas
ure; liter irom ureeK ntra, a pound: gram
from Gre6k gramma, a small weight: are
from Latin area, a surface; tere from Greek
steros, a solid (these five are units;)
mini from Latin miue, thousands; centi from Latin ' centum, hundred: deci from
Latin decern, ten (these three are subdivi
sions); deka from Greek deka, ten; hecto
from Greek; hecaton. hundred: kilo from
Greek chilioii thousand; myria from Greek
inyrioi, tea inousand (tbese four are multiples.) We shall now understand the following stople tables, which contain ail tbat there is in tho metric or decimal syatesx
oi weigais and measures:
MONET.
AN ARCADIAN TRAGEDY.
vouueu wg Buauvm Willi a iirm step 1 trembled a little at tight of tbe dropV spoke for a few minutes in French, exprt
10 mills.. 10 cnta.. 10 dimes
10 dollar..,
mXe a cent. ........make a dime. ..........jnAke a dollar. ....juake au eagle.
19 milll-graiasf!
10 centl-gram
10 neci-eraiM..
10 ramn
10deka-grajus
10 hecto-sraius,
10 kilo-grams
10 milli-lners
10 ceuti-hters.
10 deci-ljters... 10 liters 10 deka-Uter..
DEATH OF GLOSTER.
HE SUCCUMBS TO THE LUNG FEVER SALE OK
POOLS ON FÜLLERTON AND OCCIDENT.
San Francisco, Oct. 30. Gloster, one of
tbe racers brought out by Budd Doble, died
to-dav cflunsr fever at the Bav district fair
grounds. The horse was sick, when he ar
rived, in the pools to mgnc ucciaeni sens
at $110 and Fulierton at f 100.
ALL SAINTS' DAY THE CITT
THE DOMINION. BEOWK TO ROW SADLER.
Halifax, N. ,3., Oct. 31. Goorge Brown
"has accepted the challenge of J. II. Sadler, the English champion, to row a five-mile jraco. with a turn, for Sft.OOO. The race is to
-take place here or at Springfield.
riRBD THE SERVANT
ROBBERY, ARSON AND MURDER.
X TERIUBLR CRIME AT ALLEGHENY CITY A
HOUAK K0S3KD AND OIRI. SUFFOCATED.
PlTTHBURO, Pa., Nov. 1. One o the tnoBt
atartllng cares of robbery and ars-m on record was perpetrated early this njomiDgat No. 224 Federal sttoet, Allegheny; City, in a
lwellinz bouao occamed by Jacob Jrell
Hr. Fell awoke at 3 o'clock and discovered
tbat the house was on fire. He alarmed his famllv, consiitir.-g ot liU wife, two sons and a
servant gm r.ainea Margrot lyncn. rind
lnieecupo by tbu Rlalr,wny impossible, Mr.
ttcM and his wile escapee' by means of a rope from tbe eecond-tory front window, and bU
on Solomon jumped from a second
story back window, unharmed. His
son Joseph, however, rushed down the stairway through the flames, and was seriously barned. Tbe girl, Margaret Lynch, while attempting to escape from the third
ilcry v.fS cvcrcoicc by thotmcke lh3 puf-
focateJ. Her body, blackened and disSx
FOREST FIRES.
THEY ARB RAVAGING THIS AND AD
JOISING STATES.
Cincinnati, Oct. M). t oresi nres are
raging from Bainbridge to Bourneville, in
Itoss county, u., a distance oi six miles
Gazette specials report mem uaa on
the Cleveland, Sandusky A Columbus rail
road, being worst at Canton, forest. Belle
fontaine and Urbana. A high wind to night
increases tbe devastation and danaer. A
Gazette special from Hartford City, Ind., says tbat there is a terrible fire raging in tbe woods
last south of tnere, fully four miles In
lengtb, ana a neavy wind blowing it aiong
tbe track of the Fort Wayne. Munice R Cin
cinnati railroad, threatening tbe track and
. ' , k a a-v . .
bridges with destruction. a Layton special . to the same paper Bays
that tho woods and fields between
Union City and Greenville, and Dodson and Hiaiinvllla aMk sn 4i sa In rtanv ttlaoAa Viiltl-
dreds of acres being in flames. In the forests the flames have climbed to the tops
of tho tallent trees and present n ter
ribly grand npectable at tight.
Forest fires aro rajnncln tbe vicinity of Ox
ford, IOgan, Crestline, New Lexington, Cambridge, Kenton, Ironton, Bellefontaine
and Delaware, Ohio, and Rusbville, Ind
and Russell, Ky. There la a great scarcity
of water at all points.
THOSE IK OHIO A BATIK O b UM 11 IT THREAT
KXKD.
Cincinnati, Nov. 1. Fires in the forests
In Onio are reported abating. Danger to the
town of Surrmit, Ind., is roported to-n'.ght
from forest fires in tne vicinity.
NEW ORLEANS
CKLKERATI0N OK
QUIET.
' New Orleans, Nov. 1. To-day iras All
Saints' Day, and the tombs were decorated. The cemeteries were thronged with visitors.
The city ia very quiet. No trouble is antid
pated to-morrow.
GOLD SALES. ORDERS FOR NOVEMBER.
Washington. Nov. I. Tbe aecretarv of
the treasury has directed the assistant trcas
urer at New York to sell 8000,000 in gold on
each Thursday durinz the month of No
vember, the aggregate amount to be f 2,000,
DEATH OF FATHER LEMMONIER. PRESIDENT OP NOTUE DA MR COLLEGE.
South Bend, Ind., Oct.. 30. Father A.
Iramonier, president of tho Notre. Dame
University, died at km o'clock isst nigiit,
alter a lingering iunes.
LENGTH.
10 milli-metei..... ..make a'centlmtter.
10 renu-metera - make a decimeUr. 10 detl-meWrs .make a meter.
10 meter.. .. .....make a dekameter. 10 deka-meter ..make a hectometer. 10 hecto-roeten make a kilometer.
10 k Ho-melt rs. ......... .malie a mytliti.tct
WEIGHTS. .. make a centigram make a decigram. ....make a Kram.
make a dekagram
inake a hectogram.
make a Eilogram.
make a.uiyrlagram.
CAPACITY.
make a centiliter.
.niake a deciliter.
...make alitor. .. .make a dekaliter. make a hectoliter.
THE SQUARE AND CUBIC MEASURES
are nothing more than the squares and cubes
of tbe measures ot length. (Thus a square
and a cubic mUM-meter are the square and tbe cube of which one side is a nilllt-raeter
in lentrtb.) Tbe are and Mere are other
names for the square deka-meter and the
cubic meter. ....-
Jiow mucn- Detter tuis it man our
present system, or no system, with its confusion and .fraud, with its different
sorts of pounds' and tons and meas
ures of all sorts. - To asy nothing
of tho confus on of our weignts and meaa
ures at home, we lose greatly In our com
mercial transactions with other nations. In
lstiO the value of the exports and imports of
the United Ftates amounted to 1762,000,000, of which 1700,000,000 : was with natioos using or taking steps to use the metric system. Our custom houses and importers have
to employ a great many computors, on ac
count ol the diversity ; oi weigau,
measures and money. And tbe consumers of commodities undoubtedly have to pay
the salaries of these computors. Look a lit.1. . .ft. .Iam (m a a. v .ArtttAnf 4ftf a T 0 -
IIB Bb 1UO VUlilliniUU IU VUi aiucu Bjr tcm. We have three tables for tbe weight of
solid todies. Apothecaries compound their medicines by one table, and sell them by an-oth-ir; bread is sold by a third table, or
Troy weight; ; butter Dy avoira 14.
AND WHO CAN TELL
what a gallon U? There are 33 gallons, in a barrel of cider, 31 J i or 36 u a.barrel of ale o
milk, 30 in a barrel of fish, u in a tioroaoi
wine. oil. etc.. 63 in a hOKshead. of wineM
in a hogshead ot beer, 81 in a puncheon of
wine. two In a peck. oi grain
Th drv callon contains -o
cubic Inches; tbe wine . gallon I
inches: the beer gallon 232 cubic Inches.
Compare the simple nomenclature of the
metric system witn om oi me iera.8 we
have to master. We have barley corns, fur
lone-, leasrues. lines, points, nail, ells.
ouarters. aunts, bushel, coomus. Kiioer-
,
kins, puncneons, quarterns, tierces, iira.iu,
DOOMED TO DEATH.
THREE KX1.CUTI0N3 IN PENNSYLVANIA ON
THE 12rH.
JlAKKisDURÖ, Oct. 30. Tbreo executions will take place in Pennsylvania on the 12th of November, Udderzook at West CV.ater,
and O'Mera and Ewing at Montroee.
THE METRIC SYSTEM.
THE GENERAL ADOPTION OF IHK
SYSTEM AMONG CIVILIZED
DERIVATION AND APPLICATION THE GREAT
ADVANTAGES OP ITS ADOPTION.
Tbe Hartford Courant gives tbe following
skotch of the history of the international system of measure known as tbe metric: In
1872 Germany made compulsory tbe metric
or decimal system of weight and measures
which bad been legalized lu itttH. 1 no in
telligent Germans have readily adafted their business to the change, and find tbelr
account in tho irreal convenience
and simplicity of the .ysteuo, and
in haviaz a tvatem which, is uni
form with that of the majority of civilized nation. England still heditateu to adopt it, being withheld a good deal by insular pride and by reluctance to accept Dy improvement which is French in ita origin. The United States legalized the metric tyatem in
lSGo.and tho country ouht by this tlmet'j bo ready to accept it compuUory eviforcoment. Our country ouut at Ka.-.t to have no prfjudico in fyor o the
hogsheads, rainims and nogfiics, scruples
and caralM. strains and racoms,
pennyweights and hundredweights, and Innumerable other, and nobody knows
what thev mean, for they are not definite
mbtrtc parts f any deficite whole, nor referable to
nations its änv standard. iJoba Quiucy Adams said:
The ounce, tb drachm, and tbe grain. rn
specific namesindtnnuely applied to inae'anite parts ot an iudtriuito whole. The English poati.'i avoirdupois is fcenricr than the pouiaa Troy, . but the oriue avo.rdupoh is lighter than Ihe ounw Troy. Tho weights and measures of all tbe old systems pvefnt tha perpetual paradox ol a whole nct. rmal to all ita parts. Evea numbers los t Vie definite character which is e$jcniial la their natnre. A dozen becomes sixteen, tweutv-tight signify twenty-fiye, OH hundred and twelve. mean
& hundred." is it noi time icr the intelligent people ' of tho United States to ask Congre-a to establish th o simple metric system? The reasons for d ointzso will be found in a cbeap little pam
phlet, containing table?, f qulvalents ot
value, and a chart oi standard weights and
measures, by Mr. J. Pickering Putnam, published bv Messrs. Hurd A Houchton,
rfiow York, and for als by Geex & Fond,
Hartford.
THE CP.IME OF A ."WOMAN. THK VICTIM, A POOR FISHERWOM AN THR H18T0RT OF THE CRIMINAL RELATIONS THE PARAMOUR HANOE& AND THE WO JIAN TO BE HANGED. ' A special to the Chicago Tribune from BathniTt, New liranswick, tbe 23tb inst., eontaiE the following account ot an ezecn lion at that pluce counerted with the ner.at..l.. ..f l: i .
rn... a pcuiiJi crrme in mat provinces Gallien, the I'reix-1 murderer, wa executed to-day.- Toere not been moch-cbangd In him. for the pat tow days, lie bas eaten imfo Utlyr walked
Mia IT?. raoiv, and wjenied to realise his condition, bot whi too groasjj ignorant and callous to show much sensibility. A Roman Catholic wiest visited
mm tAuly, me times twice a day. Tbe
auenu au tumcuity in gstting tbe gallows
nctioUfUKiuTj workmen among the inhabl tants tay they are taunted and jeered while at work, (i allien slept better than usual last night.. He was visited at 6:30 a.m. by the Revs. Pelletier and Carter, who- reoort
in. wucviru aim ioijiut?uy.i,Dougn nervous
uu wry a penitent, acknowledging the
justice oi lus sentence. They remained with him to the last. A lew minutes before S he was led out by the sheriff aad deputy to tbe inclosed spice on the north side ot the gaoL where the scaffold was erected. He ascended the scaffold with ft firm ton Kf
He
ing sorrow., and asking rnrtriFanoca
ot those around him. of mret..
and of God. When the- rope was eut he . fell, about fou ft o,.
atroggled a few minutes hard.. After an interval of quiet be struggled again, spasmodic convulsion acting on the muscles. The surgeon in attendance declared him dead in about twenty-five minutes. He apparently offered but little pain. He remainAtt- nuv.
tionless over a minute after the drop felka-J ttura struggled hard for some time. Theody was cut down in lorty minutes aer the drop fell. He prayed, and asked the people's forgiveness and nardon.of God. II
oried with a fervent voice while approaching the gallows,. "Mon. pera,. mon pere, naisericorde!" The arallows was arranged
with the dead weight, heriffi Vail cut tbe
rope. Among tbe prominent persons present were Sheriff Phillips, of Kestigouche; Mr. McManns. counsel for nrisonerr tnstiret
of the peace Smith, Seaton and. Rainney j Dr.
Biauop, reporters ana others, lie confessed
his crime, and says he would not have done it if not urged on by the anceL Poulin. vtlte
of the murdered man. He confesses that he
is the father of her children. Her confine
ment is daily expected. The murderer was
dressed in a white shirt black cloth cants.
black necktie, and red scarf around the waist.
THE CRIMJC The murder of Jüzavia Poulin, lor which
Olivier Gallien was harured. aa described
above, took: place at Caraquette Island, in
the Bai des Chalours. just off the coast of
Gloucester conrty, New Brunswick, on the 20th of April last. Poulin. with his wife
and two. children,, lived with Gallien and Gallieh's sister on the inland in a small cabin containing only one room, the prop-
orty oi tne uiiuen family, üoth men were
nsbermen. All tbe parties were Arcadian
French, descendants ot the Arcadians driven from tho lasin of ilinas in 1755 by Col.
Winslow, and, like most of tbelr neighbors
were very poor, very itinorant, and bardly ranking iu ' tbe social scale superior to ani
mals. The younger of the twj children ol
Mrs. Poulin owned Gallien aa a father, and,
tms illicit intercourse appears to nave been carried ou for several years with the fell
knowledze of her hu&baud. and aDDarentlv
with bis tacit acquiescence. It undoubtedly, had its oricriu in the discovery by
the Catholic priest of the fact that leprosy had declared itself in Poulin, .on making which discovery the ecclesiastic, or--dered a practical divorce between tho husband and wife, who, thereon, took Gallien, as her "affinity. Leprosy, of a heriditary
kind, but not of a contagious character has-
existed in the Aacadian settlement at th mouth of the Miramichl river tor the pas centnry or more, but the people are . so am, iliarized with tbe disease that the leproosare permitted to remain in the community tin their approaching- helplessness renders it necessary to seclude m . la government lazaretto at vracadie. . Though, the husband oquiescwd without protest la his wife's infidelity, she and her paramour apparently desired further liberty and plauued hi death with incredible openaess. Thus, once a young woman whoad visited the house remaining there over night, heard Mrs, PoiUin ask Gallien to .get up and kül
her husband as he lay asleep on the floor with a' blow, or else to strangls . him. that tbey mtüht pretend lie had died, in a fit.
When tbe frightenod visitor askel what they meant, thev pretcoded that thay were
but jesting, but Poulin got up- and said b had overheard them, fund woiild in f Ature I.
on his guard again.- tnera.. At anomer
time tbe same girl saw Mrs. Povuiiv turnLo g
rFWdstone on which Clausen sharpest d
bia knife, concealing which under his coat, he-set oil' to the woods wblihcr Fonlin .ad
gone, but returned a little while afterward!
and said in reply to her question that- hv
had not done it, 1 .
1 HIS Hjr-tKTMAD SA1L1HIX. On the 20th o,April Poulin went to the
btish some 200 .yards from hi house Ui cut a swamp-roa1. He didot coni back: to üu-
ner. scKxnauer nw aepanurt uauien mi-
lowed him to the woeds having juM rxJd a whispered conversation with Mrs. Poalin, Returniv g io about hall an hour, ha changeJ
his clotKlutf- and crossed tne strait loti.e
malnlaid, a hence, he returned at 4 o'elo k,
going to- the bouse or( a neighbor. Juetln . Moria.. There t was
met , by. hs (oter, wlia said
she had gone to. thp clearing to calh Pqrulin,
butvhaAlonnd Lim lying there daad.-with
bis head all smaahed and bloody, amf that, on telling this, to Mrjf Poulin, th latt er had
seid bcr to c&ll the ueigDDOis. zora ana CallVen then went for the body and ' carried
if. home. Mrs. Poulin threw tbe cart, whisb
a witna? s described as full of Wood, iuto the fctcve, saying that there was aro. end ofthat
y way, and then arranged the body so 89 to present a natural, appeal aoef', washing
oil the blood and hiding ti.e vounas
with bandana. There were three terrible wounds, beside many minor braises, one on
the nape ot the neck, a socond. on t.: right tt iodIo. and a third on the crown of bishoad.
On the arrival of the neighbors, Mrs. Poulin,
who had irevlouly uiadA no demonstra
tion of his conscience, with the err, "MsGod! I am choking, i did ir, made a full confession of his- guilt, declaring that he had committed the murder at the instigation of Mrs. PoTtin, baviaz followed poulin to the wood and killed him with a heavy dob,- notwithstanding theDiteous plea of his victim for merry, aa kneeling before his slaughterer heeffered to i leave tbe.tountry to do anything ao tbat hewere permitred to live. On this confession the prisoners-were- fnUv mtimiHbf
t ,th Gloucester a.-izes in September indicted and arjaigned.Oal.Tien a principal, his accomplice as an acre scry belore the? fact, Judge- Weldoa presidine. The woman f pleaded "not irullty," bnt tiallierk refneed to speak, "srtanding mate of malice-." A- plea beiDg entered for ban by the coort. he was tried on the 31 of September, his
Dting tke principal evidence against Mm. The jury returned-: a verdict or'wilty.' coupling with it a recommendation, to dktcv that evening, after aa abeenee of two hours. Next day Mrs. Pculin was tried, and found guilty, though Gallien refused t testify apainst her. The jury In her case was out all night,. Immediately on tbe rendition of the verdict sentence of death was passed on both prisoners. OJd.y enough it was pronouncedin Knelish, a language neither the condemned per?cn understood. JMge Weldon Baid to Gallien that he fuUv.rQcurred In the verdict, and couV öud nothing in the evident to Vnt him ia recommendintr V Cover-,
nor-gen9ral to extend h hlt, any
mercy. I no-woman be re-lluucw " cr double guilt, adultery o( murder, warning her, as well as her asweiate In crim. to make bur pea?e vihiiol in the interval allowed her. H" wU1 banged n the Uh of January, the delay heing allowed her
to periW of tbe birth ol the child with which she pregnant by Gallien. While in prison, a.aitirj;- the carrying out of . his
sentence, , Gallien was very reticent, never repeatiag his confession, lis protected tbat the witnesses against bun bai perjured themselves, and despite bis confessions, maintained that Mrs. Pauiin had never incited him to kill her husband. . He expressed bis willingness to de, aad freely acceptad. tho ministrations o? hi priest, Father. Carter. For seme diys before his execution his sleep w-ae badl broken, and he refused food, or only, swallowed it with uiuJi difficulty.. Mrs. Poulin denies oonsUitly her guilt, and even aaeerts that she ra rer committed.. adultery with GallleDyAnd.Jiat her children seven are all legitimate Her oonsuming desire is to see her children and ie raves ot . them constantly in her si ep. bbe is yet
concacnt that her sanienre will be com-.
muted to imprisonment ber spiritual ad--visera-bavvsg urged such ction on the cov- .
ernci-georal, but as o e officers of tbe
crown consider her the nt re guilty, it is al- -
most oertsin that she wil be ba&ced.
THREE DUEL? IN A DAY. a :ussDsiprr Towar nji rlt has a blood DAT THE AIT IC Ali I HKTTLE1II1NT, The Columbus (Mia. ) Index ot the 27th in3t. coalains tho-foUvt ing chapter of social lUe-amongthe j oungl hivalrj: Soma time ego we bad occasion t mention a distention iu-tbe- fire departmett, growing outd the appointment of sasiai ltenp-nscr. Thi board of mayorand alder dov. appointed Mr. Luden Crusoe, of the Heres ies company, to tbe positloa, and to tbe Luxap&lila company oljectedx.upw' the ground that they , were .titled to th .ffice. Tbe LusaaalilaM . ftskcxt the bor.rd to t-eeonrlder--tbe appoint--meat of Mr. CrusM, protesting at the same time that they hai no personal objections -to hii, whoia.thty regarded -aa In every repect worthy oi the position, t . they clairmed tbat their company had a tight to-a larger representation upon what is. known .
a Uie nre boart. Tb board I mayor , tsAd. aldermeo refused to seeonaiJer -ita action,, whereupon . th Lrax- . apalilas rsturad their engine, and ap--
pu.rtenanc to the cit7Vaud withdrew rnij the tire department, maintaining, however, . tbeir orgizatkn. A few of the Lnxapalilas withdrew from the company 3d joined a now qne "wbich was organized to-aupfyb pAaceofth old, and ,aiiwn);8tiW3 nrunber was Mr. TffC P. .ToJn. , vm . the petition , of Uie respecting. lua appoints. ms of sistant engineer wa presented. to. the tx-axd ot . iixyor aJdcraeu. AloTerncan .. E, Gos acti?eiy . opposed j the granting of it, and in the eoune- of tht, discussion made a re oi ark whicai gave greaw odense- to tbe LuxapaliiAs. bice tbenA aftpirit of bitterness lias existed belween. t.e old I.uxapaliifts and the fire department, atnd this spirit: came iimi culmlaeAing int. kiloodsbed last week. This-unfortuxate la:n
of e2Airs occurrtxi on the night ot.tho int-
wh3a the 'navies of I:cLen Crusce, 11 Gros and Jeff. D. Jordan, went pwüentetV , tb Columbus Hop Cluh as cauJUdateo& r membership. They wer black. hailed, f lti forth m' it h so te eight or a dozea promitva nt l . KL. 1 .. I x.l
ship., Arno ag those wboxenudaed lM the dub were Messrs. Jaaiea T..3arrisoa jrt Fernandez W. lopek president and. U Ußh S. Sherman, prominent memLeraof tiy old Luxnpalila, company On Monday,, tin eiyth in st., a correspondence wu begun In tween Met srs. Causoe and Uarrisouin teiost jQoe to Mr. Crusoa'a exclusion from, the h club On tbe following Wednesday n'tf bt Mi! CosoeLintedMt.HarrisoTj.toaprtf int' BOMKBIITABLK.II.ACK
for tbe aontinuance of the
tions of grief, Rave hetsoif up to noisy lamentations, insisting that, tboujh it would
bo said Gallun t'Qd Killed tun, c.e
wis innocent and bad alwavs been
kind to the deal mau. Noüo ' o
the clicuinstaiic&s or tue case were
evidently considered eivi icious by the vco
pie. A burial permit was granted, and the corpse was about to be interred, when, eome rumors of foul play having reached biro, ihe coroner revoked tbe permit and held an inquest. Atter the body had been examined and tbe cirl. Victoire Dujruay, wbo had
hpen nrcFcnt when Mrs.. Poulin urged Gal
lien to strangle her husband, had given her eiaeiico, Öaliien, who. bad apparently
broa SQfferirg snlfs 'nderthe rturr
and at Äe same time similar t nTiutlons
were extended ay. Mr. Jsrdon. to pone and by Mr. Gross to Mr.. Hlau ,r' Sherman,, however, declined a a recognize
Mr. ross as a gentleman, anä w Pt. Joseph
i Iieigb, chlet enginaer of litt . fif denart-
ment, representing Mr. substituted himself in Mr.. Urone t ni.--,
I o'clock, Thursday umnw lInir. .11 the
gentlemen with tbeir surf tnd lm.
mediate irends betook tueer iseivei to Alabama, 12 miles from CoIue' oxut i5v nlffht-
all it had been agreed, ht thrdnPls
should be fought on th following morning. . Messrs. -Harmon Crusoe, and Sherman and Leigh, ww j OOT iarpo g5zej dueling pistols and Mt STP, Bnd Jor. don, tbe horrible uj trailleuse pistol of Smith Jc Wesson. 1 urinff thn rnrre.
pondence in Alabau? .ft qQite a number
or EHixuai menas w .ere, -n th
using tho greatest et Jrts t0 ind nee the opponents to agrea to a u amicable Kettlemcnt, but the young gent men on both aides were determined and wc aia listen to no overtures
irom oniswe pan kb. Finally, however.
upon the urgent mggoxtions of adrislcg
triencs, about daylight Friday morning, tho duelists agw-ed to submit their differ.
er.ee to the ar titration of Messrs. James Sjkts, G. W. A) bcrt and A. 6ima. umtu&l
friends ol Lxi U partie?. Tbeee tbtw gcntlemen had bcon working irccs.st-tiy to ssenr. an arbitration of mat'a r?, and hs J pcreted iu their c-ffort durif.r the whole ot Thursday nigbt. and it t 4 w ith tho utmost V.:liculty that they sreded, by 3 o'clock cu Friday a! ternoorif jn tflectlng aa adjustment which we herewith append. We congratulated all parties upon the honorabl9 settlement thjtls effected, and we tope tbat an enduripj3 reconciliation will thna bo brought a' Joutt and that in the reward &treDtbiied friendship of the future, lhee noble young men will forever fernes üifT-r nS Cf tt9 po?t.