Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1880 — Page 1

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Eurnins of tlie Town of jlilton and Ileayy Forest Fires

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Death of Chief Justice Church -Terrible Powder Explosion-Reports on Election Frauds. Carl Schurz Sued for $20,000 Damages-Ix-Berator Christian cj'a Divorce Wuhburne Dacliies, Etc. Infsmon Action of Father in Knox County Ottoer CrlmMd Criminals, Ett., ElC. LAFATETIE. The Pordae Cadet Storp-Kerpcrs A ppointed, pecial to the Sentinel : Lafavitti, Ind.. May 16. The Purdue Cadets will go Into camp at the Wildcat Creek camping out grounds next Thursday. The Cadeu are a healthy organization ander the able captaincy of Professor H. W. Wiley. a Ex-ChU-f ol Police Ruby and Floyd Reynolds have been appointed store keepers at the distillery. This morning the Wabash train ran over Charles Tell, near Heath Crossing, and cut off both his legs. Tull died this afternoon. Be 'was intoxicated at the Lime of the accident. TINCEXXCS. Infamous Doing of a Father. Special to the Sentinel: ViscEssia, Ind., May 15. The Infamous doings of a father came toJightin Monroe City, a town eight miles north of this city, yesterday. The criminal Is the father of a bright girl about twelve years old. Yesterday morning the girl made a confession to a friend, charging her father with incest. She .frtated alto that he hal been guilty of the -crime several time, but being threatened with ber life if she divulged the secret, she has kept It until now. II was arrested and placed under bond, falling to give which he langulsbes In nrxTisorox. A rrested for Counterfeiting. Special to the Sentinel : Ht'NTisoTON, Ind .May 18. Cornelius Ptate yesterday morning tried before John Anson, Justice ot the Peace, on the affidavit of Marshall Wright, druggist, for passing counterfeit money, was bound over to answer at the June term of Court. The bond was Cxed at VjOO. He will remain with the Sheriff until trial. It was a S50 bill on the Central National P.auk of New York. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. SEBVES HER SIGHT. llARRifKi, Pa.. May 17. The (Supreme Court ttii-s morning denli I a new trial to Mrs. Cooniey.the. woman who enticed the young girl into rxi&rrlage with the notorious Dr. De Leon, when she knew the latter had a wife living in Harrishurg. The Court below Is ordered o carry out the sentence of two years' Imprisonment. ASOTHEK MURDER. 8T. LorLs. May 17. The Po.t-DIspatch special from Kansas City says: "Frank Patton, with a brother and friend, was at tiie Tivoli Gardens yesterday, and when returning home lat night go: into a quarrel with three men in . a hack, one of whom drew a revolver and shot Patton, lDillctlng a mortal wound. Pattoa's brother and friend pursued the hack, bat -could not, overtase it. It Is therefore not known who r.rl the fatal shot. Young Patton was found on the road in a dying conlition later In th9 night and was taken home. Ha died a lew minutes after his arrival. A man Darned Love, manager of the Comlque, . has been arrested on suspicion' A SIX-YEAR-OLO BOY MURDERED. Spring field, Mass., May 14. An autopsy today, snows that Charles W. Bromley, the six-year-old son of Wm. T. Bromley, of Russell, who was found deadfjtn a stiearn back of the ' house, Thursday, was murdered. The blood found in the barn indicated that the deed was don there, and the b.dy dragged to the brook. Tne boy has shown great fear of bis stepmother, who has two children of her own, and has often sa'd she had frequently beaten him. This and other circumstances has led to the belief that bis mother committed the crime, and she Is closely watched to await the result of the judicial examination to-morrow. EXECUTION OP A ÜARDE5ED CRIMINAL. Buffalo. May 14 Carl Manke was hanged here this morning for th murder of John AtlofX at Elma, April 2, 187'J. From the. time of his sentence following his second conviction Manke has maintained a stolid indifference to Lis fate, and, with beastly oaths, has refused the attention of clergymen. Wednesday his wife requested; a parting interview. He refused to stse her. During the past few days Maokeha partially ad to i tu d bis guilt. He said AtlofT was good for nothing, and his death was a matter of no regret among his neighbors He slept soundly last night and breakfasted heartily. He refused to be washed and dressed for the execution, using violent oaths to the attendants, breaking the comb and attempting to tear hi clothing. He also refused to see a spiritual adviser, when pinioned and led to tne Sheriff's office, where services were to be held, be made answer to a minister's prayer, "ion don't know the holy pi i it, you steer." When asked where he wanted to be burled, be replied: "It makes no -tllffeience to me." He continued stubixorn to ttf cloe, and died without a struggle. Life was extinct in four and one-half ml nute alter the drop fell. THREE VTBDEEERS HCKG KY A MOB. Bt. Lori-. May 13. A root of about 100 masked men surrounded the jail at Osceola, Mo., between 3 and 4 o clock this morning, took therefrom three men charged with murder, and hanged therm. A HEAVY DEFAULTER. Ai-gcsta. Me.. May 13. The Investigation Into the afialra of the First National Bank of AnzMta has revealed the fact that the lau casuter, Israel Boothby, who aulcided on Feb ruary 8, was a deiauiier to ovtr aju,uw. SUICIDE OF A MURDERER. Columbus, Ga., May 13. A negro drowned the baty of his paramour In a street cistern and disappeared. Bines he has been hidlDg In the lattiae work of the Western Railroad ha rlvft. Vila mnthAF tnlri th. ofrl. cersof bis place of concealment. They ap peared at either end ot the brid ge and uemana - ?t li 19 SUI I CUUCI A As7 iWiW'V iwpvM iwhj ,fet to tb river, ndfNiniojared by Uie Jump, 119 MiUUI IAÄC UVCIVO TV -v- war rv - sell. EDWIN HOYT HUSO FOB MURDER. kJS E.I A , J - - ' J waa hanged to-day. fits death was almost In,o .Ith fm fall of lh tran. Ha rnaa at 4. breakfasted and wrote several letters to His brothers and sisters. Only nts counsel was . ii.4 n hi. Mnnn after 11 thaHherifT. HaUilbfcCU JKß jwfc. . , . . . 1 1 . . ami UMvmin innrnafihed and the UrfU-UU J mMM-mm K t deauh warrant was read. Hoyt announced nimself ready and waa marched to the scaffold, around whlcn were gathered some 400 per on a. Hta step waa quite Dim as be ascended the ..iinvi Aftaraahrtrt nraver the noone and ran were adiuated. IlOjt took leave Of the

spectators, the trap was sprung and Hoyt fall

ing six ieet, eis necx was oroaen. THREE MURDERERS 8WÜSQ INTO THE OTHER WORLD. Lihasok. Pa May 13. Very few reople were admitted to the jail yard this morning to witness the execution or ttranut, inumei ana Wiw for the murder of Räber Irl order to c-b-taln an amount of Inno ranee. The entire morning was taken up with religious services. Kev. iieortre Trabeit and liev. J. i. J. Hbuntz attended upon Brandt and Hume!. Revs. Israel Hay and Kzhlel Light gave spiritual contolation te Wise. At 10:15 a. m. Wise gave notice to the Deputy Sheriff that he was ready. He left his cell, preceded by a clergyman, and ascended the steps to the scaffold, oearlng himseir nrmiy and with a smile upon his countenance. He made the following statement: "What I have to say Is that ail are guilty. 1 testified In Court and confessed all about it, and bow Humel got in. That is all I have to say." Rev. Mr. Hay prayed and sung the familiar hymn. In German, "There Is a fountain tilled with blood." At the conclusion of the hymn, Brandt and Humel were brought out, accompanied by a deputy FheritT and the clergymen. The men were attired in dark sulU. with boutonieire or smilax and lilies of the valley, presented by tneir friends, lhe gallows was toe same upon which Drews and Htlchler were hanged. An impressive scene took: place urn the gailows previous to the execution. Deputy tsherlff Denlner, tne clergymen and hberitT Cratl aud asMfctints went upon the fcttlold and shook hands with the cul prits, each of whom thanked the Sheriff for his kindness durlrg their Incarceration, and expressed a desire to meet him in the world to come. At Wi.e'n request he was allowed to visit the cells of all tue other prisoners, bade them good bye and impressed upon them the necessity nf lending hontst and vlituous livts At 11:5 SbeillTCrlll stepped upon the platform and adjusted the nootes, while the deputies bound them hand and foot, and placed on their had white muslin caps. Rnh Brandt and Hornel were asaed if they had anything to say, and t bey replied In lhe negative. Ail three men knelt upon the platform of the trap and engaged la prayer, while Rev. Mr. HhanU rau an appropriate passage from the Hcriptuies. All rersons having withdrawn from the scaffold, Hheriff Crlll sprung the trap at exactly 11 :1S. A silght tremor was observable in Humel's Knees, otherwise thedpath of the three men seemed to follow the fall. At li:;W the phjsician In attendance pronounced the men dead. FOREST FIRES. ANOTHER BLAZE IN PENNSYLVANIA MORE OIL BURXED. Bradford. Pa.. May 12. Shortly after 12 o'clock u-dsy fire again si ailed In thetlihter land at tne head or hoster tirooK auey. etgnt miles from Bradford. That section is thickly si udded with derricks and tanks. The wind was blowing a gale, and the fire swept oxer the ridge. consuming every thing like so many feeds. Contin uing, the fire swept down from the hollow the prolific portion of trie oil Held, burning rigs, small taDks and buildings. The villages of oil Center and Middaughvlile, with the ex ceptlon of one or two houses, were entirely destroyed. Atluo'clo:k to-night the 2UO,000 barrel Iron tank or Mitchell A Jones is in flames. No villages being located near, the danger from that sourc- is not great. At Baker Treble, on the Kenoan aua tiarea Railroad, seven miles from the place of starting, a 50,000 isrrel tank Is now on fire. The railroad trestle wli.' be destroyed. preventing trains from running. About daik t nts evening tne town or Dune centre, a piai e of 1,000 persons, was threatened. The fire organization from tins city went to that place In response to a dispatch for help. Near the town are a dozen huge iron tanks, from which hundreds of men are now driving back the tttraea. A mill above Duke Centre, a nitro glycerine reposi tory, came In the course of tne names, and exploded with terrible force. The territory over which the fire swept is so wide, and the points so inaccessible, that it is im possible to gain correct Information as to the actuations. It is esti mated that '-DO rigs, beside a volume of oil, have been destroyed. Duke Centre is report ed still safe. At midnight a falling tree struck a man named Wm. Heed, Inflicting probably fatal injuries. No other person was hurt. THEY CONTINUE TO DEVOUR EVERYTHING. Ballsto Springs, May 17. Th Prospec tive Mountain House on Lake George was destroyed by forest fires this afternoon. The nre is extending through tne lorest to iaiawell Village, where the Fort William Henry Hotel is located, and fears are entertained lor the safetv of the village. The Inhabitants are fighting the lire. TEREIKLK stories of destruction. Brickshurq. X. J., May 17. Fires are still raging about us; the sun and'sky are obscured. and tue air is stifling. The names are neree about Cedar Riage and Kettle Creek. The Protectant Churches had special prayers yes terday for rain.. At Post Station a bouse and barn and four cattle were burned.. Saturday night there was great devastation In Cumberland and Atlantic Counties. The railroad men report great ravages by tire among the vineyards ot the German population of the County. The loss is very heavy, yesterday afternoon tne resi dents of Asbury Park and Ocean Urove were startled by the intelligence that the forest fires had reached the gates of these summer cities. Sparks of cinders, some very large. shot up from the burning woods. The Are departments of both places turned out and saved tbe houses from the flying sparks, while the citizens suc cessfully fought tbe flames in the woods by back nres aided hy a change of wind, it is re ported that the flames destroyed every thing in and about Hammonton, Elwood and Egzh arbor. The atmosphere la so thick with smoke that It is difficult to breath. The vineyard country frcni hereto Great Eg harbor, is totally destroyed ; people have given np all hopes. They are prostrated by their efforts in nghtlog the names, ana are neipiess witn despair. A Terrible Explosion at Fort McIIenry Six Men Killed. Baltimore, May A. terrible explosion occurred late this afternoon. Just outside of the north wall ot Fort Mcllenry, which resulted In the instant killing cf six persons and the wounding of two others. David it tnannon A Co., junk dealers, purchased a quantity of coademned Shrapnel shell -t at the fort, and took part of tne outside to break up. t ranels G. Shannon, a brother of Da vid R. wltherman Rush. Jonn Farblee. Henry Hamlin were the men engaged la the work, ana nooeri wuenman ana a ooy namea John Bark, an unknown boy and a German man were present looking on. An anvil was used for the breaking, and one of the men held the shells on It. while another struck them with a heavy sledge hammer. Before the shells were subjected to blows water was poured on them. One or two shells had been broken, when a policeman artpeartd and warned them of tue danger. Shortly after a shell was struck and exploded, when tbe boys John Burk and Herman Rush, J hn Fai biee, Kobert stein man. tne uerman, wno was nreaent. and another bay. were instantly killed, and Francis Shannon and Henry Hamlin were severely wounded. The bodies of the killed were badly mutilated, and that of the unknown ermo. who stood near, was lit erally blown to atoms. Portions of his holy were found In every direction, ana me largest patt discovered was an arm. An official Investigation will take place. The report of the explosion was heard for a distance of five miles. Death of Chief Justice Cliarch. ALRtoif. TV. Y. Mav 11. Chief Justice Sanlord E. Chnica died suddenly at his residence hore. at 4 o'clock this afternoon, or apoplexy, He bad been slightly Indisposed for several davs, and lastevenlug complained of feeling oulte unwell. He went to his office aa usual this mornlnsr. and wrote an opinion. After dinner, noon his leturn to the office, he stepped into tbe Orleans County National Rank, and while there was taken with pain In his chest. He was driven to his residence. andalizhtlnz from the carriage, went to his room without assistance. A physician was at once called, who fonnd him In terrible pain, and before medical aid could be administered the Jndce straggled somewhat, turned slightly rmrnle. fell over on hta side, and died. Ills fast words were about his farm. Never has the community experienced such a shock, as Judge Church was beloved by an. A Lot of Amateur Performers Seriously Burned During an Entertainment. atmwti. Mav 12. At an amateur neriorm anoe this afternoon in the Opera House one of the young lady performer's cunning caugut flre,whlch communicated to three others. All wert severely Dumeaons serÄonsiy. ,

NEWS FROM TIIE CAPITAL..

report of the minority of the senate select committer on alleged election frauds. ; Washington, D. C. May 16. senator Blair. In behalf ot the minority of the Menate Select Committee aDDoluted to in quire into alleged frauds, etc.. in tbe reeent elections, to-day submitted a report taking Issue with the Unding of the majority, ai presented by Senator Wallace last month, in resard to alleged intimidation of voters in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, characterized by the majority as ' civilized Duiidozmg." lhe minority or tne committee deny that one single allegation of fraud, mtncouauci, civilized or uncivilized Duuaozing," or any intimidation or attempted Intimidaion. or political misconduct of any kind on the part of any Republican, or any employes or manufacturer, or any person of any party, either in tne State of Masxa chnsetts or Rhode Island, was proven before the Committee. No doubt some abuses may exist since these States are n this world, but any impartial person will say that the Committee did not find them. The conclusions of tbe majority are not In accordance with the fact. Not only were none of toese charges pioven, but, on the contrary, so utterly were they exploded by the Intrlnsie weight of the evidence before the Committee that no Impartial man who reads the evidence can contradtct this assertion. Tne minority review at great length the testi mony taken in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and say : " We have tbus touched n non all the allegations of fact found by tho msjotity from tbe great Difs of testimony taken by the Committee without occupying far more space ana time nan we are at jioerty to appropriate, it is niDosslbleto properly anali ze the testimony and exhibit the utter failure of this partisan attempt to defame the peop'e of two of the moat reuuwneu ui American u)iumoDweauos. Ifsuffraga is free and pure any where on the laee of the earth, it is tree and pure in Massa chusetts and Rhode Island. Religious tolera tion rose in the one and American liberty was born In the other, lu both the independent virtues of the sires survive in their sons. Whoever attempts to institute Carallel between thorn and the terrlle condition - which has well nigh xtermloMwJ tbe Republican Govern ment in some less fortunate portions of ou r common errantry, Crom which condition the National principles of liberty and Justice as they exist and are practiced In Matsacbusetti and Rhode Island alone can rescue them, commit an act of futile hostility to the cause of good government throughout the .land. The minority remark that, finding no evi dence whatever of Intimidation at elections, either In Massachusetts or Rhode Is'nnd, they concur with the majority of the Committee, although for an opposite reasoa that there is no call lor National legislation upon that subect so far as those states are concerned. But. they add, we can not admit the Impotent doctrine of the Commission ttat if their conclusions of fact Mere true, to wit: That lraJroper practices exist In tbe States visited, so ar aa the election of National officers is con cerned, and freedom of choice by voters baa hern lnterferred with, and persons practically threatened with dismissal from employment If they vote in epposit ion lot he wishes of tbelr employer, that It is not within the competency of Congress to correct this wrong by additional or any legi latlon, provided the State fans to remedy so protound an evil. (Suffrage Is not under final control of States. So far as National e.ect ons are concerned a duty is devolved by the Constitution upon States which, by adopting the Constitution, they have agreed to pei form, if they fail to perform that duty, they do not destroy the Constitution, but sim ply vio late their duty and compel the interference of CoDgress to preserve the Govern ment by establishing and enforcing necessary i ws. The minority report is signed by Sena tors Blair, Iloar, Teller and Kirk wood. EX-SESATOR ISAAC P. CIIRISTIANCY ASKS FCR A DIVORCE FROM IIIS WIFE. Ex senator Isaac P. Cbristlancy.vow United Slates Minister to lVru, commenced suit for divorce to-day from his wl'e, Lizzie M. Christisncy, nee Lugenbul. Hon. KJwln Wllleis, of Michigan, and E. Chase I nget soil, of this city, appear for the complainant. As soon as nied the bill was withdrawn by jonnN. Oliver, who entered appeaiaoce lor Mm. Christlaucy. Neither attorney would divulge tbe contents of the petition. Oliver stated that ne would next week nie an answer and a cross bill, and both could then be published. Four Hundred Houses Burned. ) Milton. Pa.. May H. Afire broseoutatl2 o'clock to-day. In the ear works, and heavy northwest winds prevailing it was impossible to check the progress of the flames uutil täe entire business portion of the town was destroyed. It is estimated that 4U0 buildings were burned, including a:i the churches Assistance came from Sunbury. Danville, WUliamsport, Lswlsburg and Wateontown. Among toe buildings burned are Lowson's machine shops, the armory, Academy of Music; Reformed Prebbyterlan, Catholic, LiUtfieran, Baptist and Kvaugelical Chujohes: hanks, telegraph office, newspaper offices, Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, reas work and all the hotels. The only important business places saved are the rolling-mill, nail works, Wilsen a tly net factory and tbe plantnar-mlll. Several bodies have been recovered, but one Is burned beyond recognition. Two Hundred families are rendered homeless, and are camping out In lields. Supplies of provisions and clothing are needed at once. It is impossible to estimate the loss at present. Large quantities of household goods were loaded on cars and taken up ana down the road, and the fields around town are filled with goods. During the confusion many arti cles were s olen. One lady lost I'SO.WJU in Gov ernment bonds. The Are raged so fiercely in the upper part of tbe town ttoat most of tbe people barely escaped with their lives, ine wife of Dr. Cyrus Brown is badly burned, and several others are known to be severely in ured. The loss is variously estimated at from 1.1U,(XK) to 12,000,000, but no accurate estli ste can be given to-night. The mansion ot 1 .xGovernor Pollock was destroyed. A Terrible Explosion of Powder Severs Men Killed. Dkadwood, AVt, May 11. Further particu lars of explosion of tbe High Lode Mine blacksmith shon. near Central City, this morning, show that there were four full boxes and one partly tilled box of Gisnt powder, over 100 pounds. In the building at the time. Two men were sharpening drills and another capping fuse, it Is supposed a spark flew from the anvil and exploded the Uiant powder. The namea of the killed were Sam L. Kimble, Joseph Gllmoie and L. TrudelL Tha two former are from Jonesville, Minn. .and tbe latter from Nicolet, Canada Kast, where he leaves a wife and family. Kim hie leaves a wife and two children here. Gilmore was unmarried. The bodies of all three were blown Into atoms and beyond recognizance, pieces of flesh, bones, etc., were scattered over a mile square, the largest piece louDd being a man's head. The sight beggars description, being the most hon ible aud sickening ever witnessed In the Black 11 Ills. A Fearful Indian War Brewing. Saw Fa aj Cisco, Cal- May 11. A Tucson dis patch says: "Advices just received from Silver City up to Friday ji-t, state that the ex citement in that section over the Indiah troubles is great. A number of Apaebes have Joined Victoria from the New Mexico reser vation, it is thought ne u also reiniorcea from the San Carlos reservation in Atizona, and Is depredating extensively la the eastern portion of Grant County. A - number of citizens and settlers have been killed, and in manv Instances they were horribly muti lated. The citizens have taken ud arms, and are scouring the country vigorously in search ol tbe marauders. Captain Madden and his command were in the vicinity of Hlllsboro at last accounts, directly on me trau of some Indians. A nght is momentarily expected T"" b rt I -. .... K..-.. Ut. a I. A-n A rt M n Boise and Enal Springs Is In a condition of great excltment, and active preparations are being made by the miners ana aia me resi dents for a strong resistance. Fast Traveling. New York, May 14. A special express train of four cars, nulled by a new locomotive which bas but one six-and -one-half foot driving wheel n.1 each side, was ran on a trial trio to day between Philadelphia and Jersey City, and accomplished the distance, ninety miles, in ninety seven minutes. On me return trip to Philadelphia the run was ma Je In ninety and one-nail minntes. A Terrible Accident In a Mine. Chicago. Mav 14. A Norway fMicn.i special says: "Karly Thursday morning No. 3 shaft, of the Ltumoerman Alining company iuuiugton iron mine, located eight ml es from hsre, caved in. burying alive sixteen miners. The

shaft was fifty feet deep, and contained five feet of water. John Tie, an Irishman, lsae

Flint and Oliver Gardner. Cornish men. who were working directly at the bottom, were taken out dead. 'The other, who were working in the drifts, were rescued alive. Immediately upon the caving in of tbe shaft an atam was given, and the miners from ottnr parts of the mine hurried to tbe scene and set actlvelv to work to release the imprisoned mlpers. The work was nece Mirtly alow, and as it progresed the half-suffocated cries of the miners could be beard growing fainter and fainter. At about 9 o'clock an entrance was trade, and tblrteea of tne miners rescuea from tne arlits or tbe shaft uninjured. The remaining three, being directly nnder the lallen rock, were kilted or utfocated, and taken out dead. The abaft was well timbered down to me walls of rock, mat were considered safe. Wailibarne Says lie la Not m Candidate. Portland. Me., May 13. The Advertiser says: "In an Interview with E. B. Washburne, visiting his brother here, he states that his candidacy for President Is ont or the question. ne is lor oram nrst. last anu ail the time. He repudiates all combinations with other candi dates, and will not be a candidate under any circumstances. The charge that be Is guilty of duplicity toward Grant he denies, and says tie result of tne cook county Convention was a greater surprise tohlm than anyone else." Murdered for His Money. Cincinnati, ().. May 17. The Gazette's snecial from Can tou, O., rays: "Henry Pecher, a farmer, living five miles from Oau ton, collected a considerable sura of money in town on Satarday, and started home on horseback. hie was last seen three miles south of town. His lioise came home Satarday night, but he hHs nt been found. Hundreds of people have been searching for his body. It- is thought that he was murdered for his money" A Fight With Indians. DeadwooD, May 17. A party of twenty five men started on tbe SOth ot last month to recover stock stolen from John Deff back, who was murdered la Ingan Kara Mountains, and to avenge his death. They came npon a psrty of seventeen Indians on Little Powder diver on Thursday last, killing four of tbem and capturing seventy seven horses. Jas. Rhodes, one of the party, was killed. A Suit for 30,OOO Damages Against Carl Bchurx. Pt. Louis, May 12. Samuel Stanton. residing n St. Uet-evleve County, this State, hied a suit In the Circuit Court here to-day against Carl Schurz. Secretary of the Interior, claiming M.wo damages for false Imprisonment bv the Secretary's order for a period of three months In a guard bouse at Fort Russell, W.T., In ls7(. One More Reduction In Nails. Pittsburg. May 12. At a regular meeting of the Western Nail Association this morning it was decided to reduce the card rate to tlZö. A resolution was also presented and adopted unanimously that tbe nail mills suspend operations for two weeks out ot the next three, commencing on Monday the 17th. FRANCE. terrible fire. Paris, May 12. The town of Baurabolder. Rhenish Prussia, bas b?en almost destroyed by fire. Over 1.0U0 persons are destitute. REsl'ME OF THE WEEK'S NEWS. CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON, NOTES. In the Senateon Wednesday Mr. Hill made an argument In support of the claims of Mr. Spofford. in tne House the tariff bills wrrs reported. and the Curtin-Yocum contest was set tied in favor of Mr. Yocnm by the votes of all tbe Re publicans and .Nationals and some twenty Democrats. The consideration of the legi.iatlve appropriation bill was begun. At the eventLg session the steamboat bill was discussed, and Mr. Conger made an attack on the New lork pilotage laws. mete is verynttie prospect mat cosgress will be able to adjourn belor July 1, although tbe opponents of tariff reform are making an nortto rnsn iiirorn tne appropriation ouis. Senator Wallace does Dot believe that Tilden can either be nominated at Cincinnati or con trol the nomination, in spite of me organization of his working forces. A heating was begun on v ednesday by the House Committee on Patents on the springer bill to repeal the law extending the Vo iter Wood pulp patent. rneenate on Thursday iurtuer discussed Mr. Edmunds' bill in regard to private land claims In certain States and Territories, aod J Mr. lli'l finished his argument in support ot-T he resolution awaidlng.the seat now occu pied by Mr. Ktl'.oeg to Mr. Spofford. in the House a numoer oi bins ana reports were presented, among tbe latter one from tbe Naval Committee recommending tnat naval coaling stations should be secured In Central America. The legislative appropriation bill was amend ed by increasing the salaries of some of the House clerks, whom Mr. rye declared the most efficient officers he bad ever known at their desks. An amendment reducing the Piesldent s salary was rejected. There was an evening session, at which the municipal code bill lor Washington was con sidered. Mr. Carlisle has prepared a substitute for the Ways ana Means Committee's sugar bill. The senate on lnnrsday passed tne mi abol ishing tolls on the Louisville and Portland Canai. Mr. Mori ill made a speech in support of the plan of erecting a separate building for the Congressional Uhrary, aud Messrs. Hampon and carpenter argued against awarding the seat occupied by Mr. Kelio to Mr. Spofford. on tbe ground that me caso had been Anally decided. The House amended the legislative appro priation bill by reducing the pay of store keepers ana gaugets, nut reiuseu to striae out the provision for paying informers. Mr. Townsbend, of Illinois, maoe an earnest but vain protest against being obliged to send a number of petitions for tbe abolition of tbe duty on salt to the petition box, claiming a Constitutional right to have them read In the House. Mr. springer replied to Mr. Orth s recent speech regarding the Venezuelan awards scandal, and Mr. Orth reiterated his original Charge. Atlheevening session bills relating to the Indians were discussed. Tbe Ways and Means Committee has voted In favor of adjourning on May Ml. but a Wash ington dispatch says that the backwardness of business is such that the session Viil undoubtedly extend into June. in tne senae a long aiscussion sprang up on Friday over tbe presentation of a memorial from Mr. Davis Hatch, retting lorth the 111 ussge lie received, In 1S:8, in Santo Domingo through tbe connivance of Uenerals Babcoc, Ingalls and others interested in the proposed annexation of tint island. Mr. Conkllng said It was a scheme to Injure certain prominent persons for political purposes, speeches weie made by Messrs. Pendleton and CaiAersu, of Wisconsin. against unseating Mr. Kenoeg, anu a bill was passed providing for the appoint ment of a commission to ascertain me best manner of enlarging the library accommoda tions The House finished tbe consideration of and passed the legislative appropriation bill, and voted, by 113 to 76, to tk up the resolution tor final adjournment. A proposition to recommit the isolation with instructions to the Ways and Means Committee to bring in a bill for the abolition of tbe duties on salt and printing paper before reporting any resolution for adjournment, was rejected by W to llti. The House on Saturday adopted by m to sw. the resolution reportea from the ays and Means Committee for a final adjournment on May 31 but a caucus of Democrats in tbe even ing adopted a resolution declaring that In the present condition of business tne ecuon oi me afternoon ougbt to be reconsidered. Seua'or Don Cameron professes to be confi dent that tbe solid Vote of Pennsylvania will be cast in favor of Grant at Chicago. General Sherman has made a report setting forth the military advantages to be secured by the completion of tbe Northern Pacific Railroad. An extraordinary document purporting to be me repot t of the Republican minority of the Wallace Committee upon the Intimida tion of voters in New England was presented In the Senate on Thursday. A private letter received at Washington from Nicaragua says tbe Congress of that country had been called to meet last Monday to ratify articles granting concessions to a Canal Company organized ander tha plan de scribed Dy Admiral Ammemasi autumn. The Democrats In Congress nre dally recelv ing protests from pi omlnent members of their party against me aaopuon oi epeaser rutn dalis plan of a hasty adjournment without completing me needed legislation. Mr. Townsend bas made no report aa yet to

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West Point Investigation. oeuaior Morgan announced to the Fenate on Monday that he Joint resolut i on. vhlnh ho. .imaHv hau n favorably reported upon, providing for counting the electoral vote. lhe Senate, on Mnndav. aftor h avlncr adopted some amendments to tbe Dostoffice Din, passed it by a full vote. Mr. Havea sent m. mui.aa i a i h. TTin..An Monday calling attention to the fact that there was a lall nre of accord between Great Britain and the I nited Stare. a in ih. intAmrotar inn of the fishery treaty. This in connection with recent outrages on American citizens at Fortune Bay, N.F. M ISCELLA N EOUS. The Wvominir deWf Ion 1rtlin1wt hptiro.n Blaine aisd Jrant-one each. Owing to recent lock-outs, about 30.ona mill operatives are Idle in England. The funeral of Chief Jnstlce Church took place Tuesday, at Albion, N. Y. lue revenue cutter. Thoinu rnnrin. will sail from San Francisco on the Arctic relief expedition next Saturday. The losses by the Milton. (Pa i fire aggre gate between Sl.tux1 and 41,700 OOu, and the insurance exceeds !o70,CO0. The fifth Congretslonal District of Illinois sends torty-one delegates to Chicago fifteen for i rant, and twenty-six antt-Orani. The evangelist Mood v. after a visit to the In dian Territory, has offered to take ten or twelve Indian girls and educate them at bis new seminary at North rield, Mass. Two whites and five negroes were Dubliclv whipped at Newcastle. Del., last week, one coloied burglar receiving forty vrv htavv lashes, which brought the blood freely. A boy aged ten received live light lasbes for lar ceny. A lire Saturday afternoon at MadUon.Tnd . de-itioyed ttie residence ot John Beidenback. corner central avenue and High sueet. and partially destroyed the old City Hotel, and also damaged the dwelling of Mat Seiferman, adjoining. The rumors that Japan is preparing for war with China, and that if trouble occurs between Russia and China that Japan will aide with Rus-ia.are denied ottlcially. The Chinese and Russian officials at Tokio also deny any prospect of trouble between their nations. The Eads scheme for an lnter-oceanic shin railway la at last formula ted in a bin whlcn was referred to a Congressional Committee. It is alleged to be simply a scheme to take about Si.OOJ.ouo out of tbe taxpayers of the country lor the benent of the iskhmus enterprise. The Grant and anti-Grant delegations from Cook County, Illinois, have Issued addresses to the other delegates or the State Convention. The former delegation claims that the proceedings at Farwell Hall were regular, while the latter set forth their reasons for bolting. President Hayes and Cabinet, and the Mar quis of Lome, of Canada, will be Invited to at tend the celebration of the two hun dred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boston, to take place on September 17. Boston bas appropriated S23.0U0 lor tne purpose. A dastardly attempt was made recently by paities unknown to kill the Spanish Consulate General at New York, Hypollto d' Urlarte, by means of an Infernal machine sent him through the iKstofnce. It was a box which exploded on being opened, but fortunately me consul was oniy auguiiy nun. Famuel Stanton, residing in St. Genevieve County, Missouri, has filed a suit in the Cir cuit Court at St. Ixuls, against Carl -churE, Secretary of the Interior, claiming 9io,00u damages lor islse lmpiionment by the Secretary's order, tor a period .of three months, In tbe guard house at Fort Russell, Wyoming Territory, in 1878. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Cincinnati, Wednesday. elected four new Bishops, as follows: Cyrus D. Foss, D. D., LL.' D., Presldentof Wesleyau Univeisity, Middletown, Conn.; John F. Hurst. President of Drew Theological Semina ry, Madison, N. J.: Henry W. Warren, of Philadelphia, Pa , Dr. E. O. Haven, Chancellor of Syracuse University, N.Y. A caucus of Democratic Representatives was held In Washington Saturday evening for the purpose or interchanging views upon tne adjournment question- Steele presided, and upon motion of Springer It was resolved that, in tbe opinion of tbote present, the vote by which the House decided in favor of adjournment on the 31 it of May should be recon sidered. Five notes for 110.000 each, drawn by tJie Iron Mountain and Helena Kill road Company, by William Btlley, President, dated at Herena, Ark., about February 20, isso, payable three j ears after date, Lothe order of K.I, Thomas and Jacfe4-& Co., at Woollen, Webb A Co. 'a tr.x k,' Indianapolis, were stolen or lost about Apr ü'üt. The public are cautioned sgilnst tbe purchase, of the same. 1 ayinent nas been supped. . The Inquiry In the Whlttaker case at West Point reached J HImax on Saturday with the annouuceiuewt of the decision of tne five ex perts ttirts--Whlttaker himself wrote tbe aDOJym0us Doier.pf "warning." Expert Southworm, oiiovon, proved aiso tuat mu note ws wrjtten gn paper torn from a sheet in evidence oa tfbicu -wniuaKer naa began a letter to his Trtofaner. Wiilttaker was under examiaatiotrVwr along time. He still denies um wroie me note. , A letter has baen sent to Dan Cameron, Chairman of tbe National Republican Com mittee, signed bv 118 Renubllcans of tbe Sen ate and House, asking that seats be provided at Chicago lor seventy-six women citizens, dele gates of. JCheVMata, and National Woman Sun rage j.sociaon. a similar ley er tome Natiouai'ieraocrätlc Committee is Ki circulation on the Jtemoeratlc siieof the House. It has fceeav ' Ig"nesamong others, by J. Proctor Knotyrrank Hunt and O. R. Single ton. The exports of wheat and maize from the ports cf New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston, from July 28, 18J9. to April 2, 1880, were as follows: Wheat United Kingdom, 42,42,3ä0 bushels; France, 27,748,403 bushels; other continental countries of Kurope, 16,150,431 bushels; total, 8ti,S37,189 bushels. MaizeUnited Kingdom, 3'2s.o23 bushels; Prance, 2,tM ,321 bushels; and other continental coun tries of Euroje. li.bAW Dusneis; tot u io,tj,107 bushels. The increase over -ttvp same nerlod In me precetdlng year w s ',02e,4O0 bushels of wheat and 0,iMl,022t,ushelf (' naize. At Fort. Smith, Ark., sauiar, ' v .ncky. Barney Lucky, George.. w4 Giube-H-'.vf tieorge tv o uiuur i.-'.rfs Mar4"', Andrew .Wpekf 0.' Iri?S UMxte'yTiö0rv cnips, triwan Joseph Webster, Isaac uam"AAM Joseph Bohannon . .1 n untt. a i 1 Meyer, Lyman Job nsoi KawarM orris udT oeorge u. nieias, were .sen teroeu Dy tae United States Court to im orison meat Jnthe House of Correction at Detroit,-- Mich., fr-4 terms varying front one to thre-years for crimes committed in the India- Coehtry." Buflalo Chips and Roman Nose are Chr-venne Indians, and Lyman Johnson is a Ch -taw. and the others are white men and negroes. Mr. Washburne aa a Nonentity' -' " " Springfield Republican:' mV' Wa can see nothing in Minister Wash burne to recommend him to the RepubUcacs1 for a Presidential candidate. Ht" was a mere paragraph in tbe dictionary of Conpress, ne waa snent an tnrougn toe name between Sumner and later Gristow on the one hand and Grant on tne otner;newas silent wben Hayes came in and, took bis stand on the twin policies which have bad so marked and favorable enect npon bis administration and the country.-lia nas no political philosophy beyond Grant, and he greets the mention of his own came ta-dav with invocations of Grant.- Tbe-"VVipevcsin Republicans betray a lack of aenseprthjc) rfing away votes npon a candidatjwhmeans nothing to tbe country -oQMp3aelf.' " Republican Love for tlie-NegTo. ' Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.! So long as they can make tbe negro pay as a politician or as a financier,'. t&ey are quite willing to strike bands with him and be guile the poor man and brother with all the pleasant palavering and - splendid promises that may be needed to make tbe moet of the situation. Bat the moment that he ceates to be of use, political or financial, that mo ment the average Republican ceases to have any use for him. If he tolerate the colored brother at all after that, he mast know his place. Though he may s ill aciuse himself with the tame old Radical theories, he Is oon given to know by unmistakable signs that ha co cot presume to venture to step upon ne plane ot equauiy.

LINCOLN'S NARROW ESCAPE.

Somnambulism Which Mightily Helped a Young Physician. rSan Francisco Post. I The annual recurrence of Lincoln' birthday sets afloat new invoices of anecdotes of me great emancipator, the majority of which are obviously smoking hot from the pen of. the hard pushed paragrapher. There is noth- ' Idr about them, however, so intrinsically remarkable as the fact thtt they are all reprinted with painful solemnity, particu- " larlyin the English papers, by the readers of whom they are evidently regarded as gospel verity. Willing to still further lighten the' labors of our trans-Atlantic brethren of the shears, we contribute the following plausible Incident to tbe general fund, merely' asking Eastern contemporaries to cut off this preliminary paragraph in reprinting.and send us by wire the editorial comment of the first London paperj copying the etory. As Is well known, the cares and anxieties , of the great war bo weighed npon President Lincoln's mind as to throw his system into a condition of nervous sensibility of the the moat painful description. . He fonnd it almost impossible to sleep, and, when slumber occasionally, through sheer weakness, visited his restless conch, he would arise and wander about tbe house, his mind etill busy with the questions of Natiocal expediency. In fact, Lincoln became, in time, a confirmed somnambulist, and tbe most assiduous care on the part of Mrs. Lincoln and the attendants was necessary to insure his safety. One night, however, just after the Fort Pillow massacre, they omitted to attach the' small jack chain with which the ankle of th President was usually fastened to the leg of his bed, and about 5 a m. he was discovered to be missing. For a long time the anxious eeaich of the distracted household revealed notling ntfl one of the gardeners happened to think of the roof, and there, sure enough, they discovered "Father Abraham," as he was affectionately called by those about him, reclining at length on the very edge of the cornice of the west wing, at which dizzy height from the ground he was slumbering peacefully. How he had descended from the roof coping above to his perilous position was one of those mysteries solved only in the land cf dreams. It was evident at a glance, however, that it would be impossible to reach the narrow ledge whereon he lay without touching tbe sleeper, and all could see that the slightest change in the center of gravity in awakening would result in instant des'inction. The news of the President's terrible position spread like wildfire, even at that hour, and soon a dense crowd gathered beneath in the gardens, awaiting tte denouement with bated bieithBy this Cime a hook and ladder company, which had bten cent for, arrived, and bagan preparing their ladders for erection to the wall beneath the now plainly revealed figure, although how to place them against the building without awakening the sleeper by the jar was the uppermost thought. At this moment a young, pale faced regimental surgeon appeared on the roof, and, motioning the crowd to even greater silence, leaned over the edge and proceeded to geatly lower over the face beneath a string, suspended to which was a large sponge. This was filled with chloroform. In a few moments the oblivions President was rendered still more uncon scious, and soon his rigid bedy was safely approached and lowered to tbe pavement. Tbe next morning (it won't do to finish this historical episode without a poetic climax) the ready-witted young surgeon re ceived the President's commission as the Surgeon General of the United States army. Of course we refer to General Barnes. TBK HUNGARY RESUSCITATION. The Murderer Who Was Hanged and Re stored to Life A Horrible Scene. New York World, May 8.J Vienna, April 24. must dwell upon a very ugly story to-day, which has caused a great deal of excitement amojg the lower classes, and which would be the general topic of conversation still had not death put a sudden end to it, Sjme months ago two women returning from a visit to Bdsoia, where their husbands are garrisoned, were murdered in a wood near Slaab, in Hungary. Tbe murderers were arrested and could not deny their crime, but they did not confess the motive, which is unknown to this day. One of the ruffians died in prison b afore the sen tence was spoken. The other was sentenced to be hang. A week ago the execution took place, and it was carried out in public Great crowds, eager for something uncom mon, even at the risk of it being uncommonly horrible, surrounded tbe ecafl'jld. The murderer's name was Tabaks, and be belonged to tbe lowest class of the country population. When the cord was already around his neck he expressed his desire of addressing the public, and begin saying. with emphasis worthy of an orator: "I die willingly; but. my dear ladies and gentlemen-." Here the executioner interposed and withdrew .the trap door, so that Tabaks died in the act of speech, without knowing ir, as it were, and without a strug gle. The executioner had been moet earn estly entreated by a doctor ot medicine, a professor, to provide him for once with a "warm corpse." To. comply with this wish he shortened tbe legal "eight minutes" for which a criminal should hang to three, and itanucu iu wips -uici iu a -rjeclared Tabaks to be entirely r was spread upon the marble ti - Afnir - room ami nrnfMnr haaded the corpse -over to a physician, who dead. The body table in the anat omy room and proieseor and students p:epared lor Lhe dissection, which. naa they been in anything of a hurry, might have become vivisection. vAil of a sudden the body moved, first its feet, and then its hands, and at last trembled violently all over. The Professor did not lose his presence of mind, but calmly sent to the authorities to ask if Tabaks was to be restored to life, or executed again before he awoke! In me mean time he thought U his duty as a human being to do all he could to restore the life whicn had so unex pectedly shown itself. After an hour's bard rubbirg and inhaling of salts, Tabaks was sufficiently recovered to understand that he bad come to life this side of me Urcns, not the other side, as he at first believed. lie swallowed a plateful of sc up, and then fell into a violent fever, while hts neck swelled in a most alarming manner. This was all we heard on the first day, besides vague information as to the authorities being uncertain whether the half slain man should not be hanged over again more thoroughly. There was a universal outcry against this. It was Baid that Tabak bad atoned for hts crime by suffering what the olficers of the law had declared to be death. More can not be exacted by the law. . No man may be killed twice. While people were watching for tbe knights and ladies on their way to the second and third representation of the tournament desc i ed ia my last letter the general topic of conversation was Tabaks. The man's death, whicJa took place exactly twenty-four hours after his execution, happily put an end to the controversy, and pity far the sufferer waa universal feeling. . He had raved during a whole night, had Buffered the most berrible spasms, and bad so often attacked bia nurses that it was found necessary to t.e him to his bed. The prob ible consequen ce will he the removal of the executioner from his ugly office, which he had discharged with S3 little care. - -

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