Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1883 — Page 1

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i t I ! ! Pcfore yon make up your rn:nd , . J r n t irbere to buy your new SUlt, Call on iJj i '! They will Fit You Better, give you Better Goods anil at Lower Prices than any other Louse. We make all cur own goods, and our customers can rely on their qualities. . Look at Our Prices! Men's Suits at $4.50, ,$5,.$6, $G.50, $7.50, $S, $9, and Oui Ten Foliar Suit Beats the World. "We can fit you in all higher praties if goods, and sell you an OVE-Ii-COAT at any price from $4 up to 135. A3 and 45 East Washington St, and 18 and 20 S. Pennsylvania St. AND ENGLISH ACADEMY. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., TiTTK OLDEST, th LVRGEST, th BEST. the JTO 1 POPULAR Bl'SISKSS COLLIDE IX THB WLS It it ftrocclj endon-ed by solid boninftiS Din, di-rin-niMhed Ju-ator, and by tbe prs. Instruction fjTn inriiTidiiallT. CoiopeUD-y gMtaraQteed. bmi tue Catalogue. VV. W. UKAuta&Ca. TERRIFIC TORNADOES. Damage Done at Different Points in Indiana. A Tf rrihle Storra at Columbus A Cknrrb, Depot and Mill Unroofed1 "o Live Lot, A So-Called "Cyclone Does an Immense Amount o-f Damage in Louisiana Htxty Persons Eurt. THE STOKMS. ComrideraMr Iauiage Iorie at Different Foint. in Indiana. fjeci&l to the Sentinel: VixcKUNre, Ind , Oct. 2!. The heavy rains of Saturday and Sunday washed out the dam of the .Spring Lake Ice Company, entailing a loss of about SOOO. The O. and M. and I. and V. Railroads suffered slightly from washouts in this vicinity. At Celanbus ftecia to the Senütcl : Coli bis. Ind:, 'f Kit. 2l, The severest Storni that ever visited this ectiou f truck Columbus about 1 o'clock this morning. It came from the Southwest with a terr;l"c noise and struck the new Cercaline mills ot Gaff, Gent .V Thomas, unroofing them and causing a damage of over ?800 to building, machinery and stock. It next struck the passenger ftepot of the J. M & I. Kailroad and tore a large section ot the slate roofing off. The damage to the depot and telegraph lines will te about f400. The timbers from the depot drove in the front of Uysus' saloon and did considerable damage to the building and stock. Several ri-sidencei were damaged and many shade and frait trees in the track of the Btortn were blown down. Th Uamttre in the city will be about $1,500. Luckily no one was kurt as the stcrm occurred atan.hour when 3M ob was on the street At Franklin. PpciaJ to th Sentinel : . Ind.. Oct. 29. The storm at this place la st, -night and this morning was one of the heaviest experienced here in years, the raia falling in such torrents that the water raised to Uoors of the houses on Adams street, along Koaring Ran. The storm broke the sly-light over the rooms occupied by W, II. XlcNaughton. dry goods. doing considerable damage. A large n amber of bridges are reported ao being washed oct on all read leading to ttis plave. THE DEVASTATING CYCLONE. rtatnl Rjxd Trnnai Psrike, LoniiUna, Tiaite. Jkd Ceniderbl Property 9tmjdMmj Prra Hui. ' Xkw Oale.5s Oct 29.Tht Times-Denio-erat's Waterproof special says: "A cyclone ed over Catahoula and Teesas Parishes this morning. The tint place it struct w& James Bowman's plantation, on Tensas Ran. Three hooes wre blown down and four r-egroes wouiwled. The neit pla was D. D. Miller Highland Plantation. One house was lified from it foundation wn carried a rout half a mile inro the woods. ' The negro Church was turned talf round. Tim Thomas, colored, had an arm broken. Iii wife and another woman and two children were hurt bad7. The cyclone tLn visited D. Stone'a Pecan plantation. Tlx barn and tw houses were kCown down. The next place was II. Moees 4L Cc.'b Helena plantation. Th roof -i the overseer's house was carried away. Kight caiir.e were demolished and three persons Ladiy hurt, aeven or eight iijrbtly. Mrs. iJownaD Lou, in Carat.oala I'ariih, we

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blown down. She escaped, but her three j children bave not been found. Thri houses on W. C Young's place, three on Watson's '.ami three on renitenter' place were deruol- ; ithed.

m At Cincinnati. Cin.-ixn.ati, Oct. 29. There were heavy rains last night and this afternoon. The Ohio River has riv.n rapidly. Times-Star ria,a boTi ri i the Lickine, Kanawha ami Iiis handy Rivers, The storm in Bourbon County, Kentucky, yesterday blew down Bedford's tobacco barn und the tone hau on James E. Clay's farm, killing a family of four negroes. At Pa ri, Kent ncky. PAr.i. Ky.. (Jet. 29. Two cyclone, very destructive, occurred here iu the last eighteen hour. The lirsl demolislted a house, killing four negro inmates; the second sweeping f.t to eajt, at 2 this morning, causing the dot ruction of property, but no los of life. In Paris a very great number of buildings weie damaged from ilW to Sm, and so throughout its path in the country. HOKKIKLKTKAIiKliV. An Ohio Man in it l it of Iuwmtty Killt Iii. Mile nud three Little Children, and Then low Half nt Mi Hen. I off. X i:vcom r.RTow., )., Oct 21. There is great exciteiwent in our little town. A fanner has just arrived, bringing with him news of a terrible crime, which was committed about ten miles northeast of this p!ac All that is known at the present time is that Albert Finzer murdered his wife and thre children and then terminated the fearful tragedy by putting au end to his own miser abie existence. Many people have left for the scene of the crime. Finzer resided at Finzer's Creek Valley, ar.d was last seen Sunday evening, when he was very despondent because the doctor luid advised him to;uit work on account of 111 health. He seemed to be much worried about his family. Last night a neighbor named Neisbaum visited the house of Finzer oiid found the doors locked and the curtains down. After summoning the neighbors the door was forced open, when a horrible sight met their gaze. On the bed in one corner of the room lay the dead body of Mrs. Finzer, with her thioat cut from ear to ear, while by her ide was her youngest child, cold in death, with its head mashed. In the little crib cot on the east side of the room lay ihe two oldest children with their heads crushed in. and near the north window of the room ilr. Finzer, with the side of his face torn oil' by the discharge of a gun. The mother and child on th.j bed w ere lying if asleep, both being covered up with -"iiiilts. It is supposed that brooding over his ill-bealth and inability to work deranged Finzcr's mind, and that while his wife and children were sleeping he murlered them and then killed himself, as there is no evidence in the room that there was a SCuHIp. The manner in which the murderous father killed himself is certainly diabolical. Jy Lis sidtj was a ezucty Kun-barrC?, with EQ hummer ör slock. He must have I'-S'Jcd the barrel and held one end in the tiame of the lamp that stoxl near by and the other in his face till it exploded ami blew his brains out. Finzer was a carpenter ly trade and t wen ty-seven years old. A.ULTLD BY ROIHIEKS. An -ReJ Cnit)I tivini; North of fireeii. ca-tle Attacked and Uohhrit by Two Unknown Mrn. Special to the Sentinel: Greincaxti.k, Oct it About 8 o'clock last evening a stranger knocked at the door of Mr. James Crawford, who resides about rgLt miles northwest of this place, and .-!ated that he wished to get something to eat and a place to yton over night; that he was from Kowen County, Kentucky. Mr. Crawford, having resided in that vicinity up to and during the war.admitted him, but before doing so placed a pistol . in his pocket. 8nppr was prepared for the stranger by ,Mr$. Crawford, and after eating he stood in front of the Ere talking alongside of Mr. Crawford, and while in that position he struck Mr. Crawford with a pair of knucks en the head, staggering him, but immediately recovering he drew his pistol and tired, not knowing with what efl'ect. When he - again attempted to " shoot he was struck on the arm and disabled, the pistol being knocked from his hand, he then got hold of a shot eun, and a general scuffle ensued. Just at this time another man entered the house and joined in the attack upon Crawford and wife, ami succeeded in overpowering them, and took what money he had on his person, amounting to about $15, and left, taking the pistol and bhot gun with them. Mrs. Crawford was found on the floor insensible, and was supposed to be dead. Mr. Crawford started for a ne Lehhorn' and cave the alarm. At daylight this morning tracks wore found, which they followed some distance, finding the pun which had been cast aside by the burglars. It is supposed that they took a horse from the barn of Mr. George Wright in their flight, as one waa missing. Mr. l Yawford describes them as men about 25 years of age. and that he thinks one of them did some ditching for him about three months ago. XtKST TO I'lIXLS. A Circ-ular Saw Burnt o, Kitling One Man and Cutting Off the Arn' of Another. FpeeUl to tbe Sentinel : Mt'sciE, Ind , Oet 21. Meager accounts reached Lere to-night of a terrible accident which happened near Sharon, a small village twelve miles north of this city. A number of laborers were engaged in sawing wood Sot a neighbor witn a steam circular saw, wnkb, when running at high speed, sud denly Mew to pieces, the psrts going off in' all directions. A man by the name of Jacob Kilter was standing in front of the saw when it broke ami was etruck in the forehead by a large piec', which as8ed entirely through his head, causing instant death One of the assistants by the name of KIlis was also irurk by piece, wKich took otT his arm. 1 he breaking of the saw ij apposed to iiave been eau-ed by a defect in the same. A florrihi Ittlh. DruviE. la., Oct '2I. A tragedy of a horribie character occurred about a- miie byorvd Thompwn's Mill lat night Monday last Charles Feutnz, a farmer who owned a fine farm in the above vicinity, ratue to the city with a !o.'l of Hour. He had some dirtirulty with a couple of jrmins at Jo'm Ueijii's AjJccii that et euinf ami rvctivtd, it

is said, a few hard blows on the head. He made no etVort to return home till last eveing. Itistaidthat one tf tle Thompsons accompanied .hirY as far as the mill, and there got out of the wagon. Besanz pursued his way, and when near his own house his team ran away. The wagon this morning was discovered upon the side of the hill between some trees, ami the body was found some distance away in a slough. There were marks on the ground indicating that it had been dragged, and creating the impression that the deceased must iu some way have had the lines fastened about him. His ltands were clenched and covered with mud, and the skin had been completely shorn from his side. Seemingly he bad been dras-jed by the heels, and here and there upon the stones could be detected traces of blood. HLs shirt was gathered about his neck, his coat and vest had ien torn completely off, and everything about him gave evidence that he had experienced a most terrible fate. He was about thirty-seven years old and leaves n wife anjd six children, the oldest leing tn years of age. . :

TIIK Ml'KPIIV MVSTKRV. Atlditional Pnrtirnlar or th KUlin? of lohn Murphy in Iii More Hi .laekiiontille. Special to the Sentinel: . . 1 CKAwroRDsviLu:, In.L, Oct. '25. Your correspondent has just returned from the scene of the murder of John Murphy, at Jacksonville, Fountain County, Tuesday night, or rather Wednesday morning. It is involved in, considerable mystery. Murphy was murdered in his own sleeping apartment, his safe blown oicn and a sum of money now estimated at $4,000 taken. Shots were heard by the neighbors at sometime letween 2 and :i o'clock in the morning, but. shooting is common in that vicinity and no one who heard the shots imagined a bloody tragedy was being enacted so close to them. John Marphy, the murdered man, was about forty years of age. and a bachelor Having been crossed in love at an early age, he had settled down to a quiet life aione. He was the owner of a large store in the village of Jacksonville, and was known as a successful business man. He was a member ot Company H, Sixty-third Kegtmcnt Indiana Volunteers, and an excellent soldier. He spent a weary term in a Confederate Prison, having been captured in one of the numerous battles during the Atlanta campaign. Through some unforeseen difficulty in financial a flairs he was forced to make an assignment, and at the time of the murder he was helping sell out the stock of goods. The thieves had entered the room through a small window in the rear of the building in search of booty. Instead of finding the way easy they stumbled over the sleeping man. A struggle took place and a hand to htnd fight ensued, in which it became necessary to silence Murphy. "Dead men tell no tiles." A revolver was placed to his face and a bullet crashed through Iiis heaL He fell back dying, and to make assurances doubly sure two more balls Were fired into his prostrate form, cne through the neck, the other passing through the heart The weapon had been held so close to the murdered man as to powder-burn large places around each wound. A i telegraphed yesterday the safe had been blown open and rifled of its contents, supposed to be about $1,0K. The dead man's pocketbock, turned inside out, was found liv KSa at Ja. Shortly after the ghastly crime was discovcd men'tecan to mount their horses and scour the country. Tho 'Alamo Detective Company tan culled out and started on the trail, which led toward this city. It was kept nearly to this place and lost The telegraph was used freciy ami oners of reward made for the capture of the numicr and horse thief but no trace of him could ,be found. Not a clue was left on the scene of the tragedy as to the identity of the murderer, and ot course the detectives are following a blind trail. Several theories are advocated, one of which implicates home talent. Although names are not snoken, hints are darkly given. No one knows whether the murder was committed before the robbery or afterward. Later A rumor is rife on the street that a pair of bloody socks, probably belonging to the murderer, were found on the premises to day, and they were pronounced by the Sheriff of Fountain County to belong to a cousin of the murdered man. However, this is only rumor. INTO A KI.A.IX; I I KNACC The Futal Plunge of Samuel lteihl at Keut, Ohio. CLr.v:i..yn, O.. Oct. 2!. To-day at Kent about twenty miles froni here, at 9 a. m., a young man who came to the place not more than a week ago, plunged into a blazing furnace and met instant death. The name of the man was Samuel Delhi, and as nearly as can be ascertained his home was in Jimtown, Pa. Appearances classed him as of the genns tramp, though, unlike many of the fraternity, he was willing to work. A part of one day he worked in, the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio yards, and afterward did odd jobs whenever he had an opportunity. He had been working with the plumbers putting up gas fixtures in the glass works of Da)', WhilniS fc Co , but not proving efficient had been discharged. This morning he was standing about the works where the men were engaged in filling the retorts. He was smoking a pipe as he watched the operation. After placing the retort in the furnace, which was neccessarily heated to a great degree in order to, melt the sand, soda ash, and other substance used in the composition of window glass, one of the workmen told him to stand aside, as he wished to get at the furnace. "So do I," he replied, and, throwing his ripe on the ground, piunged headlong through the ring whence the melted glass is taken, and pausing over the pot landed on the intensely hot coals that surrounded it So sudden and unexpected were his movements that no effort could be made to restrain him. The heat was so great tbat death most bave been instantaneous. A single breath drawn in tbat fiery furnace would shrivel the lungs As soon as possible the body was removed with an iron rake, pieces of ricsh sticking to the coals. As promptly as this was done, it was not quickly enough to prevent a great part of the Mesh and bones beirv; consumed The head, arms and limbswere almost incinerated, and the flesh ao burned from the trunk that the vital organs the tunes, heart and liver were exposed, were the intestines. It was a horrible sight to those who were gathered around, and one that will not be soon forgotten. For several ' days those who were working with the man had noted peculiarities in his demeanor tbat did not accord with sanity, but Utey little thought he would take his life in such a horrible manner. ""He was young. uly about twenty-two, and it is believed was unmarried. During thp wedding of a Doliceman in a Catholic Chorch at -Lake Geneva. Wis., on Thursdays bird flew into the Sanctuary and alighted on the Lr.de shoulder, where it rematuetl ui.til the teeuiouy waa ended.

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The TrUI of CHarlott Eppe. Charu.! With the Murder of Her Husband. Special to the Sentinel: HrxTiNOTON, Ind., Oct 24. One of the important cases ih the present term of the Circuit Court at this place is that of Charlotte Eppes, charged with the murder of her husband. John Eppes, by the administration to him of arsenic. ( The history of this case is as follows: Three miles south of this oily live two old bachelor brothers,' John Kpps and Kd Mise on a farm owned by them. After the death of their sister they secured the services of a widow lady. Mrs. Charlotte Leagardncr, to manage and take care of the household. This was on the 18th of last March. John Kpps. knowing that Mrs. Leagardner was a lady well calculated to take care and provide-' for him in his old days, prOosed to her to marry her,' as ; he was, delicate of health and as he had, no heirs and no one on whom he could bestow what small fortune he had accumulated. To this proposal Mrs. Legardnerat iirst declined, but was finally perauaded by Kpps to marry hitti. So on the 20th of May they were married.' During the last several years Mr. Kpps h-al been very delicate in health, and was subject to. sick spells and Violent .vomiting, etL'. This was noticed but little by the people until about four weeks Ajter marriage, when Kpps took vio!oitly sick, and died in about seven day afterward. No sooner was he cold than il was reported tbat she had married him fbr his money, and that she had poisoned, him with some arsenic which she bad procured to kill rats, which were very numeroufe and annoying to her in her household duties. So on this she was arrested about Ue 1st of July, and a poet mortem elimination held over the remains ' of Kpps and the stomach sent to a chemist for analysis, but the chemist fafied to find any Signa of poison in the stomach. ' The State not being atislied as to the chemist's decision, dug up Kpps again and seilt part of the liver, intestine, kidney and luns to the chemist. In the liver the chemist found arsenic, and so Mrs. Kpps had a preliminary trial and bound over to th October term of Court The Grand Jury found an indictment against her, and ths morning the case was called with Watkins, Drarijan and Cobb appearing for the State, and Moore, Boyle and Dungan for the defense. frauds Perpetrated by the Chinese (ioveru. tent. Sax Francisco, Oct. 34. Additional, instances or frauds perpetrated by the Chinese Government orlicial to evade the restriction act have been brought to light to-day. The steamer Kio Janeiro, which arrived on the Pith, brought seventy-seven Chinese holding "traders' certificates," issued to them by tbe Chinese Government, which under the treaty entitled them to lan in th? United Suites. In !l majority of c.ws . itwas c viden t the, holders 6" these certificates were noihing but common laborers, bat the Customs insp- 'tors said they were bound to recognizo (1: Chinese Government's certificates. So, with the exception of liveVall came ashore.J i The City ef Tokio; which arrived yesterday, brings 111 more Chinamen, all holding similar Chine.se Government "traders certiiicates." Dy their answers it is apparent that most of them have Leea coached" as, to what they must repll- -- '- J .toh.ii Murphy, of XY:r t-'?T-Uif4err5 Special to tl.c Eeatiiiel : ' '' V t t I , Vkelkrsbi-ro, Ind.,' Oct, 21 .Jobh'MiJrpliy, was found dead this mornfo at 'Willlae?, a small village fourteen iniles wcs'tifnw here, lie had three bullet hole3 in.hts body, and it is supposed he was murdered ' tot his money. He was knowif to have several thousand dollars the kligiVt before, whih has not been found. Th murjuVrer stole. a Jiorse nearby and made iood., his. escape. The; stolen horse return I about 'noon to-day without bridle or s: ddle-.-but no news from the murderer. ' . i Murphy is a reppeciable grocery merchant' of Jacksonville. -.,. ITHE KITS MIKPEK TRIAL,. i The Defence Close and Argument Kegun Sympathy for the Arruitod. i Special to the Sentinel: Huntington, Ind., Oct 29. The Epps murder trial still continues to attract large crowds of people, tha-spacious Court room being too small to accommodate half , those who try to obtain admittance. Large numbers of ladies of all ages and conditions in life are each day in attendance, coming long before the call of Court in the morning aud remaining all day. The obstinate prejudice that existed so strongly against the prisoner before the beginning of the trial is fast wearing away before the vigorous aud tmrelenting defense, which began its side of the case Saturday afternoon. The opening statement on behalf of the prisoner was reserved till the State had rested its case.! Mayor I P. Boyle, oft counsel for the accused opening the 'defense, his statement occupying forty minutes, in which he said that the defense would admit the purchasing of the arsenic, the subsequent sickness and death of the husband of the defendant; would admit the finding of poison by the chemist hut would prove that the defendant had lost the poison on. the road before getting home from town on the day she ! had purchased it. though the package containing it could never be found; would prove that the symptoms of arsenical poison established by the State were not such a case as would result in death, and that tbe eickness of the deceased was either that which the theory the defense has sustained by numerous physicians since called and examined. Tbe defense would also prove tbat the poison found by the chemist might have got there in other ways. The married daughter of tbe prisoner and the prisoner herself, were to-day 'upon the Stand, each going through the ordeal in a manner tbat won for them the confidence and respect of all who heard them, which was manifested by a number ot ladies who, on the close ot Court to-day, came forward and extended sympathetic courtesies to the prisoner, which none would have dared or etooped to do before the beginning of the trial. Mr. Alf led Moore, of Chicago, for merly 01 this city, has, in his. management as f ession counsel in this catfse. well sus tained his reputation as a criminal lawyer of great ability. Argument began fate this at ternoon. ; ..v. . . msTKESSlJiG ACCIDENT. ' ' I Ficht Children Terribly Burned and Mult- ; la ted by aii Exploion. 1 Wilkesbarrk, Oct. 23. The people of Kingston were startled . this afternoon by a loud explosion. ; The Excelsior 'squib fao tory had been torn to pieces aud eight children employed there were blown 'out with tbe Hying timbers in every direction. No one appears to know the exact caue of the explosion, but it is believed they had beeu burning a wood stove and a t park blown out ef the t-tove tired a ktg of powder. Kight

children, ranging from eleven to sixteen years, were all seriously injured. Mattie James, whose body is.a crisp and filled with powder, is dying. Mary Quinn, blackened and burned to a crisp, will die. Hattie Moss had her feet burned and was blown into a creek; she will recover. John Kvans was so badly burned that be has since died. James Steel, burned to a crisp, will die. Lizzie Edwards, seriously burned; may recover. Mamie Morns, a terrible mass of scarified flesh, is dying. . Johnny James, terribly burned; may recover. . It is expected four of the injured will die before morning. Nine Prons Injured by a Koiler Kpto2on. (jiNcisNATi, O., Oct 23. A boiler exploded at 'the pump factory this afternoon. Nine persons were injured, fonr of .whom will prolably die. O. Lagrange died in an hour.i Charles Cranston; James Hutchinson, George Gurlosh, Prank Droodhart, Will ilowellwere Severely- burned.. George .Miller hsd a leg broken in two places., .

A ROW IN THE CABINET. The Secretary 'of State Disposed to Kiel:' Ateaiu.t the Interferon1 of SeereUwy - Chandler. . , . Wasiiixgtov, Oct. 24. An air of trutu is given to tbe story about trouble in the Cabinet by the statement that it involves two members. One of the two emphatically complains of interference with the affairs of his Department by the head of another De partnient The President having assumed the entire .responsibility . for the alleged grievance, the complaining member of the Cabinet has only to yied gracefully or resign. . ' : . . , The half of what did actually, Lappen has not been told, and probably all will never be known except by the President and his advisers. They are naturally disinclined to talk about the matter for publication, but in private conversation some of them are les reticent It appears that the "disagree men t' involves more than two members of the Cabinet. For some time tbe Secretary of State has felt jealous of the influence and activity of tbe Secretary of the Navy, as well as resentful, on account of his "unwarranted interference' in matters which belong to the State Department. " When the Cabinet 'had assembled, Mr. Freliogbuysen, who it is weil known is Of a rather excitable temperament said tue time had come when he must soie:nnly protest against any further interference with matters concerning his Department by the Secretary of the Navy. His precautions and warnings had been of no avail. Not only had an officer of the navy negotiated a treaty with Corea, but when tlie Corean Embassy unfurled its tlag in Washington recently iu his absence, two navy officers had, bv direction of the head of their Department,' been temporarily attached to the suite of tue Embassy. Moreover,-another officer f the navy Lad just published, under the offeiai auspices of that Department, de"' 'f sketch .of Corea and the Cores nc' .i.vii lr. Frellnghuysen concluded wS: t i.o reniarkjhat.hc vouM submit to ner further-- interference by the beau ol another derartmeut' there was subdued applause from several members of the Cabinet, and the President showed signs or a oxiety. .1 .Secretary- J"olse isaid.- tie; was lmVelled lö remark that he had felt1 that there was fan warranted interference :wlth piatters, belonging 'to his Department iTcsidcut'seeiued 'more nneasy and The JK?rruas: i flexed than ever, and tsrned to the I'osj - y . . . - . j , . i . l . ter and- Attomey Generals, Tt'itb whpaa , he 1 cia a. Whispered ionierence. xvnicQ was in- l ferrupted by the Secretary of War.. Mr. Iincoin said be. bad hitherto been silent respecting what he regarded as unwarranted inter-' ferences by the. Secretary of. tue, Interior and Secretary of the Navy in matters which belonged solely to the military arm of the Government' -'-';!?, The discussion got so warm that the President was compelled to interfere, a:ld' abruptly adjourned the meeting. " .lit OKA BUKXS. Further Testimony Relating to the Lincoln Tragedy. Lincoln, 111., Oet 27. Interest iu the Zora Burns tragedy continues unabated, though all effort to fix the crime absolutely upon Carpenter or any ono eUe have thus far failed. It was understood that to-day's testimony would develop strong circumstantial evidence impllcatlngCarpcnter more deeply than heretofore, Sut, while some new light was thrown upon the ee, it was not of the sory expected. It it . now two weeks since the body of . 7ora. Burns, was found with the throat cut In a lane on the outskirts ol the city, and, despite the rewards oficred and thorough search made, no trace has been found, of the satchel and articles of clothing she had in her pov ession, nor baa anything been learned of the girl's whereabouts from Saturday. October Li, up to tbe time the body was discovered on the mcrc.ing of Monday, the 15th. It baa been 'discovered that she probably had intimate relations with Carpenter, her former employer, but that is alL , At tbe inquest to-day. 3. V. Cunningham, Deputy Sheriff, deposed that he went to I'eoria to obtain the hotel register of tbe Peoria House for the month of August, Tbe legister was examined, and the entry, "O. A. Carpenter aud daughter. Lincoln, 111." on August 14, was scrutinized by the Jury. Witness said that the rooms 50 and 51 which "Carpenter and daughter" occupied were adjoining and on the same side of the halt Cunningham exhibited the two hair-pins obtained by Pettctire Barry from Carpenter's carriage, and they were compared by the Jury with one founa by Coroner Ueyden In Zora Burna pocaet. One of the pins found in the buggy :is exactly like the one found in the dead-ri's pocket Nellie 8hen. a chambermaid at the Peoria House, testified to the facts already published concerning tie occupants oi rooms 50 and 51, on August it and 15. The man was a middle-aged person, not very tall, not fleshy, and had a beard. The lady waa rather pretty. A photograph of Zora Burna was shown the witness, who said: "It resembles the girl who wts at the.Peoria House." There was no door between the two rooms. I saw the genii? man in the lady's room that morning. . The lady was not tail and stout, according to the statemeut of the witness, as tbe Carpenter girli are. Tho examination of Miaa shean closed the proceedings, and tbe Jury adjourned until Monday morning in await the analysis ol the supposed blood aiains on Carpenter's whip and tbe reins of his hones. i -MESAüEKIE BROKE LOOSE, A Number of Baraau's Animals Escape From Their Ca gee at Bridgeport vjonn. Exciting Chase After a Panther ' Bkwg Erop.T, Conn, Oct 27. When Barnum'a menagerie train arrived one of tho. tan ran off the track in turning a curve. 1 As it tell it burst oped, and out rolled elephaaU heads, legs, tails and trunks, all mixed up. la their atrug;ls they knocked over several animal dens, and then a terrible scene was enacted, . The monkeys climbed on the roof of the main building,' chattered aud cut up all sorts of prauks. Two sun bears atarted down the track for town and tho nauther jumped upon the roof of the carriage shed, yeorje A rstln;tuaii whipped out a revolver, drcd an J wounded the beut, which then spranq over- n dinin sued aud took to tbe open country, iltrtin dwarua, who waa seated upon the vbaok of Vac eamei. started In porautt. followed by Johnou'a( blood-hounds and a doen men wit'i anus. 'They' tracked tbe panther through the cemetery, acro-a Moody's stream, and upon Holland Heights, where tber found - the panther fasten! bpon the neck of a bore, which the Infuriated beast had just killed. The hounds sprang noon the panlU'r. Edwards from tae camel's back, opened ßro. but not until the panther had killed four beuod did be tucteed in killing una. The

t'-ene wtMerrifie and eiciticr. Tenple fled in all direciicn, and not until lvrards returned with tke oead beaat upoa the camel did many dare tJiow themselves. While tb? panther hunt was going on Professor A mingstall's attention was devoted to two large elephants which bad been hart by a capsized car. Jnuo had Der foot badiy eroahed, and Albert wfcose tusks had recently beau sawed ofT, wu terribly lacerated about ibe trunk. It may become ucec-ary to amputate thla important member to rave Li life. " : i CHARLIE RONS. Superintendent Wallioe Pronouure AU the . Stories of Finding the MixHln Buy ns .4bard. w York, Oct. 2". The reviral of interest In tbe fate of Charlie Ross by newspaper glories pablished in 11 ffe reut parts of tbe t'niied states has not escaped the notice of Superintendent Wallins. Mr. Hailing is one of baifadozsn men who have a complete knowledge of tbe circumstances of the abduction of tbe boy. Speaitlnj of the utoriei! re.eut! v published, be wüd that they were rubbish. , Tbe Maine boy is eighteen years old, and Charlie waa born in ls?0 TM," -aid .Mr. Wallins. "dla-. poses of that yarn." The next lie is in regird to a body found down the bay. . It . was tbat of a chiM,two years old and with few teeth. Charlie, w hen this body was fouud, was nearly five yca-.t old, and bad wucn he was stolen Kood full ct of teeth. Moreover, the child taken 'it of tho water had biuo eyes.. The greatest f ouble the officers who were lookintr fr Oharlie had, was withmateur detectives, wbo disregarded 1 be vrtuted cirrniars which deeriled bis eye j as own. and followed the popular idea lint he was a fnlr-halrcd, blue-eyed boy." The mean eft story conies from the West li narr teg the lynching ot Henry Mosher. brother of William Mosher, one of tbe abductors. WiUiam , Mother had three brothers, "AI," Jona and "Gilfin." William died in hij boots; the others are dead, and they went, out of ihe world peacefully. Mr. Walling pays next," nnti-itius more fable wtiit h he Mill be aoie to dispose of most satifJsctorily. . ih:a on his wkimmng i.v.

A Mridegrooui Fail to Tut in an Apprnrnitr e and U Found With HI. Throat Cut. Atlanta, Oa.. Oct. 27. C. K. Kuhn, painter and paier hanger, a native of Virginia, came to Atlanta t'-ftecnmonths ajo. Three weeks ago he left Atlanta for Front Royal, Vs., Tor the purpose of marrying, and intended to return to Atlanta with his bride. Tolbis employer be made known the object of his viMt to Virginia, and was presented with a handsome testimonial. This week Mr. . Mauck received a letter from Kuhn, in which begavettbe day of hit intended arrival in Atlanta. Who tbe letter came an Invitation to the wedding of Charles K. Kuhn to .Miss Ida K. Prltchard. On the day designated Kuhn' friends repaired to the ltpot to meet blm. He did not come, aud yesterday he also failed to arrive. A telagram from Lurey ret forth that Kuhn was to have beeu married at 8 o'clock Thursday mornin; aa he did not appear ..t the breakfast table his friends who were to have beeu his attendants went to his room in tbe Centra! Hotel to awake him, in order that he might, prepare for tho ceremony. Kereated knocks ou the door failed to elicit a repon.se. Aneutrancew&a forcioly affected. There on the bed. tiat upon his back, with ey-s and mouth wide open, lay tbe intended groom dead. A bloody gash across hia throat and pen and razor in h:s right hand told the story plainer than words. An inquest was held, but no cause for tbe sui:tde could o3 found. Miss Prltchard was so shocked by the sudden death of Kuhn tbat her mind is srreatly impaired. It is thought that Kuhn wassuOering iroxn financial trouble. IT.XSION 1KAIIM. VVliat Ili.trict Attorney Corkill Say At .out the Fraudulent Practices of Attorneys.; Wamiin'.ion, D. C, Oct. 2S. Tho Star vab lishes an interview with CniteM States District Attorney Ccrkhill. in regard to the investigation raw making by that otneer into the fradalent operations of pension attorneys. The'Distnct Attorney says a large number of attorneys have engaged in fraudulent practices, and he has received hundreds of letters since the publications of his communication tO Secretary Teller containing specific complaints of atteniptedjt' rands on tbelpart of firms in the pension business in this city. He estimates that soldiers and their relations have been defrauded out of $1,000,000 through the fraudulent practices ot those attorneys, and express, their -intention, of bringing the matter to' the attention of the Grand Jury. ColAflel 'Cork hill :recews his request that all 0U!jers or others having copies of deceptive circulars from agents in this city or kuowleiUe of any fraudulent transaction on their part, will mail him full information upon the tufcjeet in order tbat he may bring the guilty parties to justice . : . A.Jarge number ot complaints of wrongdoing oil the part of pension agenti came to the District Attorney yesterday in tbe mail. Every section of the country is represented. In many more iniortant cases the numbers cf claims as tiled in the Pension Ollice were not given and it ia therefore impossible to complete the eases' front Hie files.'. Colonel Corkhill says in sending him information itis very iiuort&nt to give the Pension Oflice numbers of claims. ' Vxclk'sAjws c.h. It Cctntiuues to Pile Cp in the Treasury .Vault Beyond all Uspcttion. ."Wa?hin.;ton, D. C, Oct 2S. The cash in the Treasury continues to pile up beyond all expectation, for the two-fold reason that the receipts have not fallen off to the extent anticipated, and tbe Pension Oäiee.seems to he in a state of blockade, owing to the failure. It is alleged, of claimants for arrears to send in additional evidence called for in their respective cases. . Commissioner Dudley has not called for anything this month, nor will be do so, and although he thought a month age he would need not less than $15,000,000 to $16,000,000 in November, it is believed at tbe Treasury Department now that he will not use more than this sum for the balance of the calendar year, including the quarterlv payment of ?9.uOO,CO0 on the regular roll, which falls due December 4. Should this estimate prove correct only $5,0u0.000 or $o000,000 more for the year will be paid on account of arrears for the next two months. Although TTÖ calls for 113,000,000 each fall due December 1 and December 15, respectively, it is believed at the Department that at least another lor a me amount wm nave to be made during the present calendar year, payable early in January, to decrease the caih piling up. The available cash now has reached the enormous sum of over- $1C5,000,000. When f30,000,000 less tnaa this is considered ample for a safe reserve, and it has frequently been run down to still 110,000,000 lower witiiout causing apprehension. An other call may be looked for with considerable certainty within three or four weeks. , - t Only a Drcaau LArAYrrrF. Ind., Oct 27. Coroner IleUiethii afternoon endeavored to procure additional information from Nelling, the murderer of Ada Atklneon, hoping to get an admission as to the motive w inch prompted him. Selling wax not in a eommnaicative frame of mind, and at coolly purling a cisar, declining td give further particulars than those already narrated. He says tbe whole matter appears to hi in as a dream, and all lecollecUon, save U cutiffcg her throat, has passed' away. - . ' Heavy Kobtx-ry. ' SieinUield,' Mass.,' Oct 23. The most daring robbery ever perpetrated In this city occurred this moroinigat the jewelry store of L. S. Stowe & Co-, on Main street. The safe was broken open open aud rifled oi diamonds, puld bracelets and watches valued between flO.OOOand 115,000. The job was doue between 4 and 6 a. m. by a cang of professionals, who left a tine kit of burglars tools. The robbery wae not discovered till 10 o'clock. The burglars are iu posed to l ave left the city on the tirW a in: tr&n eat

DREADFUL DYNAHITE.

Five Men Killed by an Explosion on the) IS. and 0. Two Miners Burned to a Crisp and Several Badly Hurt by a Mining ' Disaster. KLOXTN TO ATOMS. A llyuMniitc'.Mngazine Kxplode with TrrriI'orre, Blowing Five men to Atom. t'oxruiscE, Pa., Oct 29. A terrible disaster occurred near Brooke rTunnel, oa the 15. and O. Load, yesterday, morning, about i o'clock, resulting in the killing of live men. The Kailroad Company have been fctrength ening and widening the tunnel, and some distance out a magazine had been erected, in which was stored 1,1'ÜO pounds of dynamite, which was to be used for blasting. About the hour name4 a freight, train had just passed througti the tunnel, and wai sidetracked to allow the passenger train, over due, to pass. Four of the crew walked hackto the Vicinity of the magazine and wer engaged in cou vernation with tbe watchman, when the people livinginrthe vicinity were startled by a terrible concussion. - Houses for fifteen miles around were shaken to the foundation, and windows a distance of seven miles were shattered. Horror-stricken,- the people ran from their houses, and, upon investigation, it was found that the dynamite had exploded with fearful eflect. Everything in the vicinity gave evidence of the terrific force of the explosion. Trees were uprooted, huge rocks torn asunder, and telegraph poles for half a mile prostrated. Nothing remained of the magazine, while the men who were present were missing. It is thought they bave all been killed. Portions of bodies. Ices, arms hands and heads have been picked up half a mile distant, butthey are so badly disfigured as to be unrecognizable. The names ef only three of the victims are known. They are Engineer George Reynolds, Brakeman Tice and Watchman Hammond. Tbe cause of the explosion is enshronded In mystery, and as the five men who might have thrown some light on the affair are dead, it is quite piobaLJe that it will never be known. Not iar from the accident a gun was found, and it is supposed one of the victims discharged it, the concussion causing the dynamite to explode. An inquest was held by the Coro, uer to-day and a verdict of accidental death ' rendered. Great excitement prevails here, : and hundreds have gone to the scene of the dis-aster. . . The names of tbe unfortunate men are as follows: George Reynolds, engineer. Confluence, Pa.; Charles Tice. flagman, Confiwence, IIa.; Robert Hammond, watchman, Cumlerland, Md.; W. A. Dean, tunuel blacksmith, and II. R. Burchild, helper, both of Cornwallis, Va. KXPLO-dON IX A MIMC. Two Men Killed anil Five Seriously Burned and Injured. Scrintox, Pa., Oct. 29. An explosion of firedamp is reported from the Pennsylvania 'oal 'onijvany Shaft Xo. 7, three uJJes from . Pittston. Thirty men were in the mine. Five are badly burned and one dead. The fate of the others is unknown. Thomas aud James Gallagher, ' brothers, were brought out dead, burned almost to a crisp. Six others were seriously burned and injured.three probably having inhaled afterdamp." The men were in the part .of the mine where the explosion occurred. The balance escaped through the mule way. The force of tbe explosion blew down the brattics and props and tore the gates apart., lifting the men up bodily and hurling them a distance of twenty or thirty feet . , , The B- i. . of a Steam Tu; Burnt. M01.11.E, a!u O t. 29 Sunday afternoon the steam tr Kd ce exploded t her boiler four miles so ..u of Fort Morgan. Mobile Bay. The irat sank immediately with Captain John Cfcrney, Mate Andrews and the colored Urej-.an. The engineer and cook were picked np. The latter died while on his way Fort Morgan. The former was painfully wounded. , TOOT KALNOK". He Reviews the Political Situation in Ku. rope AuKtria Anxiou for Teare. i VjKMi.a, Oct. 29. Count Kalnoky, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in answer to questions reviewed the political situatiou in Europe. He said the foreign relations of Austria were friendly.. His recent utterances, especially those in regard to Russia, have been perhaps wilfully distorted. He had described Austria's relations with Russia as being completely normal, and . therefore friendly. Russia, pre-eminently felt the UVCU , avi ivvavVd a law b a a icuucu aj5 same relations. Austria and Russia bore the character of holding out mutual and friendly conciliations. He was confident that peace was assured for a long time tocome. Austria's relations with Germany were perfectly secure, being based upon unreserved accord between the two Cabinets, and upon tbe feelings of the people themselves. These well known facts materially aid tbe two countries in their efforts to maintain peace. v Tl'RBCLENT NEGROES. The Militia of Texan called to Arms to Sup"" ' prvftaa Vpriina;of Mrm St. Louis, Oct IU-The. Post Dispatchprints in a very late edition a special from Austin, Tex., stating that intense excitement prevailed there all last night and to-day in consequence of a telegram received by Governor Ireland tbat 600 negroes were under arms in tbe town of Gauxe, Milan County, and an outbreak was momentarily expected, and asking for immediate ' help. I n view of the fact that tbe late decision in tbe civil rights bill case is creating a very bad feeling among the negroes in various parts of the State, and that outbreaks have been looked for. Governor : Ireland immediately issued a proclamation calling the Militia to anus Ttf 0 Companies mustered here at once, and before midnight last night 1.00Q men at Austin. Houston, Galveston and other places responded to the call, and were ready to march at a moment's notice. These troops were still waiting orders 'at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The precise nature of the tronbleat (iauze can not be ascertained. Tliere teems to be no doubt tbat a disturbance of tome kind is iu progress, and Governor Ireland has ordered a sjeciül military train to be got in readiness for immediate use. At 2:"0 ni., when the dispatch closer, tho writer t-ays the Governor received a telegram from the sheriff of the County and from the railroad officials saying the matter bad quieted down, butthey give no particulars of the affair. This, has calmed the feelinp, and troops will not be sent unless a:i emergency thould arise.