Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1885 — Page 2

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THE HTDIAIYA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29, 1885.

X REHARKAULE CHARACTER

A Contemporary of Washington, Je O'er - son and Adams. Be Heard the Cannon of Waterloo, and Lived to Know Hut Cleveland Wae Elected to the Presidency. .las. Grant Wilson la New York Observer.! It ii not an everday occurrence to meet -wii h a well-preserved man of the world who u so near a century old that be wore a beard lorg before hia friend Bismarck was born. He was livinj when Washingtoa was first elected to the Presidency of the United States, and perfectly remembered the announcement at Kaya', Russia, of his death, and survived to read Li the papers of that country the news ef the election of his sue ew scr, Grover Cleveland. Born in the reign of the Empress Catherine, he knew her son who Wis murdered in the month of March, lsOI, and witnessed the coronation ot hia successors, Alezander I., Nicholas and Alex ander IL, and to the writer expressed regret that the infirmities of age prevented his attending in the summer of 1S83 the coronation in Mckcow of the present Emperor. Ths venerable man saw the rue and fall of tha First Napoleon, and witnessed a Third Napoleon tcpple to hia ruin, and a second Empire crumble into dust. He was acquainted with the second, third, fourth and fifth Chief Magistrates of our country, and clearly recalled the gloom which settled over London when the news arrived of the capture of the British frigate Gnerriere by the Constitution, and the rejoicing and firing of the Tower guns in the same city, when Brcke's despatch was received announcing the Shannon's victory 07er the always unlncky Cuesapcaka. Ka knear Bayard, the grandfather cf the Secretary cf State, and all the other signers of the Treaty cf Ghent, ana I eard the cannon cf Napoleon and Wellington as Waterloo. His Excellency Count Nicholas Paulen, the venerable man of whom I write, wasbsrn atReval, ilay 21. 17S3. Ilia father, General Count Pahlen. was one of the great German nobles of the Province of EjthonU, who possessed large estates on the south side of the Gulf ot Finland. At the period of the Emperor Paul's asaastinaticn he was the Governor of Bi. Petersburgb, the dreaded Chief of Police, and the soul of the conspiracy that elevated Alexander to the throne of ilua:a by strangling his father. After completing ia classical studies the young count accompanied an elder brother appointed Minister to the United States in 110, and spent two years with him I -

in Washington, mingling in tne best society ; cf that city, and abo of Biltimore, Philadei- ' phia, New" York and Boston. In 111 ha was, with the Russian Minister, the guest for several days of Themas J eü er son at Monti cello, and daring the same year the brothers viäited John Adams at Quincy. He had vivid recollections of President and Mrs. Malison and of their pleasant dinners; of James Monroe and Albert Gallatin, as well as of the other members of Madison's Cabinet, and was acquainted with all the prominent people of toat period, "most of whom." as he said to the writer in April, iss:. "have been dead for half a century.'" He remembered the magnificent distances and shabby, straggling houses of Washington, and ''the beautiful girls of Baltimore." "Are they still a lovely as they were seventy years azo?' asked the lively old bachelor of ninety-five! Count Pahlen went from Washington to England in 1812, and soon became quite a lion in London seciety, and was well acquainted with Prince Recent and a frequent guest at Devonshire and Holland Houses. He was well known tj Byron, Scott, Washington Irving and Geothe, and often dined at Apeley House with the "Iron Duke." About 1S20 he went to Paria, where his brother was Ambassador for many years, and in 1S-G proceeded to Italy. Wnile sojourning at Yenice in 1S3S he was summoned to Russia by the Emperor Nicholas, but did not Iocs remain in his native land. When he reappeared in England be was again a persona rata at all "Mont B laics" of the social struggle, each as Stafford House. Holland House, Devonshire House aad Strawberry Hill, and his memory was ncnly stored with anecdotes ot Beau Brumraell, Lady Jersey and other society magnates of that day and generation. He was one of the most renowned of whist players and when passing throrga Berlin or Vienna, on his way to Russia, he won the enormous sum of one hundred thousand dollars from Prince John L, chteDEtein at a single sitting. When I became acquainted with theCount he was ph3sically weak, requiring the av b'stutice of his valet to walk or rise from his chair, but his mental faculties were ai clear and bright as ever. He was, like his friend John Randolph, a master of Farcasm and invective, of which characteristic ths writer witnessed several instances. He was very tall and slight, with iong limbs and arms, his figure strongly resembling President Lincoln's. His free was much lioer, with much of the patrician in loot and bearing, and with wanderfully bright and expressive blue eyes. His linguistic acquirements were so admirable that it was impossible to detect the slightest accent in bis English, French, German or Italian. The old Count, who wrote a tirm hand to the last, and without the aid of glasses, was fond of talking ot the past, and he found in the writer an attentive listener, so that daring several weeks whi ch we passed under the same roof on the Riviera in the spring of 1SS3, it was my good fortune to hear many charming incidents of bygone personages and events, and much interesting information concerning people of the 1 resent day. Of Alexander III. he sid: 4 The Emperor is probably the strongest man in Europe. When he was shown a few years ego a rod cr bar of iron which had benbsnt by his ancestor. Peter the Great, he took hold of it and straightened it oat aeain. Us ran twist a silver rouble into a rill with as little apparent effort as you would a vis-ting card, and for the amusement of Iiis children has twisted kitchen pokers in coils abjnt their necks. These astonishing statementwere fully indorsed a few months later by the American Minister at St. Petergi.crb. who added to the foregoing ai follows: "The Emperor ia particularly fond of wrestling with his cons' tutor, a b:g, sturdy Englishman, who Is usually vanquished, although he use3 his utmost strength and skill. Tae contest is usually concluded." said Judge Hnnt, by tne Emperor throwing him headlong into a fcob&ttfc or over a fruce. I do not believe that even the eminent dntoniau, Mr. ai)i;i3, could successfully excii.ngs blows with him." What has been your nie of life in rs-jini to your health? I one day inquired of tu old CouLt, to which he made answer: 'I rever had any, ar.d never concerned myself about it. Although I have led a sJeata'-y i:fe, I hive alwavs b-n well, and 1 h7 row r.o rxalacly tzcept the incurab'o i:i of '.:d?2i." F ot t. htv yfa-3 Cocnt Pahlen ?os it hia ictrs at C'aciits. Arcorg Lii ite:cni visitors whi'e we were tegstber were t:. Prir.so 1 1 Wa'e, the Compte de lUris. thq Dike of Argyll, V.r. Gladstone, and cany o.!:r r.-T cf diitiction wto were sojournin tait s.i-E-n at this ccit cheraiincf ILivierf rs.s i.-u-. LcnLs Kouta r;3 o! Fehlen a Iptt norr.hs liter, "Yo-r o'd frltcd is ona cf the inrcTtced men in Earops. He ha? never h-M ry office, but has stent big lang lifa iu tba "Spitals cf Europe, and Las doarstlesj bssa frrviceable to Russia as cne of b.3r :cr-:t :ent3." The late Daks cf Wellin ;t-n ia a ;'ter to the writer, dated April, Ids ;, siys: if Count Fahlen ia the sicae maa that I t.-pd to know very well, h is the ion cf the ocEt who straDglei the Earner or Paul, aad rurst interesting person. The woit of a llasslaa Ls that they are not permittel tj

lite abroad unless they do some dirt7 and disagreeable work for their Government. However, I can well naderstaad their per mittingyonr Teneraole triebd, who is intimate with our Princa, tbe Comte da Paris, Argyll, Gladstone, and all tbe notabilities cow at Cannes, to live abroad for the purpose of convincing the world that Russians are not 'Bears.' Besides, the son of a regicide is unpleasant company at home." A letter just received from London ontains the following lines: "Dear old Count Pahlen, sped ninety-seven, has passed away at his winter home in Cannes. Another and a rccst remarkable link with the past goael His grandfather, whom he remembered, was a friend of Peter tbe Great. How strange that but one life Bhould intervene between you and me and the Russian Emperor, wha died ote hundred and sixty years ago!" By this my correspondent means that Count Pahlen knew one cf the contemporaries of Peter tbe Great, who was born more than two hundred years ago. Ia conclusion it may bs most truthfally said of the venerable man: Of no disterarer, of no Mast ho died. But fell hue aatutun fruit that mellowed Ion?, Even wouriered at becaus9 he dropacd no sooner. Fate teemed to wicd him np for lour-scora (and teu) years. Yet freshly ran he oa 6ix winters more, Till like a cloc orn out with catlap time. Tne wDce!so- weary 1 ife at last stool still."

ANDREW JACKSON' HO 211:. Old Hickorj IJody 8erva.ot Relntes Some iDtereitios Facta as to "Old Marster" Peculiarities. lNashvir.eWorld.1 The proposition which has been made, and which is now before the Leg'.slatura. to tender the Hermitege Farm, a first-class tract of some oOO acres, the property ot the State of Tennessee, to the United Slates Government for the purpose of having built thereon a home for tbe toldiers of the war of 1812, the the Floridian war, the Mexican war and all tee wars prior to tho late Confederate war, is now before the Tennessee legislature. The other dar a legislative cooaraittee went out to the Hermitage to spy out" the properly, and their arrival aad their proacce quite completely broke no the qa'et color td people located on "Old marater'a furra." Tiey came to town to see Governor Bites beut it. They hkd heard that the farm wis to be fcolil, and in occupants turned out to shift elfewhere. The speaker of the delegation waa Tocla Alfred Jackson, now eighty-two years eld, one of General Jackton's old-tirre servants. He was in great trouble. He raid to the Governor: "Gm'l Bates, I done heard dat you're gwite to turn all ns old Jac&son niggers cut, and I come here to find oil abnat it." "Pehaw, Alfredl Samebodv has be"?n fooling you," Baid Governor Bates. "Don't trouble yourself; go home and rest contented. Yon can live at the Hermitage a long time yet. and I will see that you are The old darky took the Governor's assnso acce with such good grace, aod seemed n, well satisfied with the tum things hud takem the WorJd reporter ventured to pump hiras to General Jacason's peculiarities. "Uncle Alfred," said the reporter, "wasn't the General pretty high-tempsred?" "Well, young marater, dat depins on de circumstances. He wouldn't allow for no man for to 'spute bis word; and he wouldn't allow for co man for to cry him down. Ha were jokey and full of fnn. bat whenever he said 'by the eternals Gad!' den everjboJy knowed jnst what he said." "Dis here statue out dar," said Uncle Alfred, pointing to the bronzs general, rampant, "dis here statue looks like him about de head and face, but de one at New Orleans is de best. I was dar at home when Mr. Healey and Colonel Earle painted de portraits of de General." "And you remember their visits" "Ob course I does. I ain't never lived wid any utMer white people. I was b rn at de Hermitage in and I was twelve year old when old marater left Nashville for to go to New Orleans. I remember when o'd marster died In is 15, for I waratandin' right dar 'longside of his bed. He wer da greatest man what ever lived every body said so, and ail of his black people believed it." "That Boy!" I Cedar Rapldi Republican. Has he crossed your busy pathway that visible incarnation of surcharged energy and vitality ; that human representation of a well developed cyclone; that concentrated es&ence of tbe freedem and power of incipient manhood? He wakes np in the morning with a wild "halloo," takes time by the forelock with a determination that defies defeat, goe3 to bed with a bounce that sets the springs to clattering like a million castinets and iu five minutes is sound aleep gathering new strength for the morrow. He opens d jors with a rush and closes them with a bmg, or closes them not at all, leaving them quivering upon their trembiiog hiugea with the suddenness of the shock dances an impromptu jig upon the slippery cdlar dors to tbe imminent peril of Lis spinal column and shies his hat at the chickens until thatarticie is reduced to a hopeless and melancholy state of demoralization. He scales the fence when to enter by the gase would be far more easy, and climbs the pillars of the porch with a rfckless disregard of paint and r etches. He gets up a perfect system of ventilation in the knees and seat of his knickerbockers sows broadcast a daily crop of buttons, and keeps np a state of perpetual divorcement bit ween his upper and nether garments. He stretches twine f.-on every door knob and picture cord, and when commanded to desist leavei little exasperating ends and loops dangling from every poinL He ties papers upon the kitten's feet and gees wild with uproarious glee at her frantic efforts to unshoe herself. He asks questions until he resolves himself intoaperpetually active interrogation point, responding to each reply with a satisfied "Oh!" that is a volume of expression in itself and a revelation to his listeners. He blacks bis shoes in the family ash pile or the dust upon the beaten highway, and adJ to their polish by a eenerons sprinkling at the family pump. When reminded that cle iniiness ia next to godliness, he dips his small brown hands ih tbe water, deposits the snil stains upon tbe clean end of the towel and with a hearty rub at his rosy freckled chesks is offend away without a moment's whrniog. He goes a fishing the Ion' day throaga, g. ' coming home at nightfall with tired feet and empty stomach, dilapidated wardrobe and one lorlorn little "rainny" as the result of a whole day's sport. He is the possessor cf a quenchless appetite ever ready to interview the cookie jar always wondering "what is there goad to eat, and prowling round the pantry in search o! what he may devour. The school bell rings and he hashes away to Bchool with hair uncombed, bis face unwashed and mu!;ita;ii com cat hairs clinging to his garments. He is sincerely repentant for discovered faults, premises hearty amendment and in the twinkling of an eye the promise is forgotten, it tssteih away like a tale that in told of a l!oer cut down at noon tiie. Eager, reet.!e ard nrdaunted, he dsbej on h;s nvrry ay, corrrelling ore io perptul wathfalrers, and a perpetual wonder f tbe cares and diriitiffl of life willevrr sober his joyous itxi-, slacken Lis bonndlr g step or write ineir E:try in wrinklfs on h:i brw. . Have j oi teen "ihatbov" todiy? Oat OKflcr the 8CTr.rrr fky and in tne sn'tsiml;f h ; do you h?ar his iLrry liaph. lh pitUr ol his bury feet or t!:eseet, fdint echo cf Lis chlMi'h song? The doors open and rfcut -quietly enougu now; the kitten slurubeis unrnc'med nron the sauny doontep: tbe vfciocipede etands Idly La iti ' s:aü" and

the Luty taires are ended. Hia mellow 8ucbsam3 fall rpon a rracf grae; the email brown hands are foldtd anc tbe dancing feet at rest. A soleiiin hush has settled down upon the home a MJecce franjht with tears aad heavy with heartaches and all the world is deslate! Mbr L. M. Latham. Marion, Iowa.

THE PBOrE33IOAL JUROR.

BT kOTOTIOf. I am always sorry to hear my brother law yera abuse professional juror. I have a deep sympathy for them. When I hear a youcg sprig of a lawyer ask an old broken down merchant the question, "Mr. Brown, have yon served on a jury during the last year," and, before half the words are uttered, poor old Brown reaches convulsively for his bat under hia chair, and starts for the doar I pity Brown. I regret, too, the inhumanity of the profession. The worn out steamboat captain, the bankrupt commision merchant, the retired railroad conductor, the shabby old as3eesor, the respectable German j who owns Lis own house, but has no business, the man whose wife has a small Income on which and the jury fees he lives, the man who lost his leg in a threshing machine these are before me now a? they are in person nearly every day in the jarybox. Could there psssibly be better material to decide ca?es? They are absolutely impartial. They dare not decide cases contrary to the right becar.ee their occupation would then be gene. Their reputation is like Caesar's wile's. I appeal to the Indianapolis bardid one of them ever hear of a professional juror having formed an opinion? Was ever an affidavit filed against a professional juror charging that he bad been oifered money, that he had talked to a witness or .Counsel? Such a thing ls unbeard oL There is t coe of ever Major Gordae'a attacking one of them because he read a newspaper containing an account of the murde. They never read newspapers As men they may have incidentally heard that a man and his wife and their four children were found weltering in their blood but as juiors they knew nothing of the caie. One thing always strikes me ts marvelous the profesaional jarcr has no kin. There never were any parties in court to whom they are related bv biojd or marriage. I have advissl several ietiisus l.erODs to pat np and marry the (Unghtarj of profcesiunal jurors, so as to keep oat of the courts. What wisdom they possess! Their verdicts have built np Indiana as she has marched from a wilderness to an Empire! Tney are too eld at the business to be cajoled by lawyer?. Tney have heard all our find bursts of eloouence so often, that, against their common sense, the stream trickles harrulfcssiy awcy. How they temper justice with mnney I Tbeie is do use of caying to them that rr.au who killed the adulterer or the seducer is gailty ot murder. They know better than that. They know that he is not evea gailty cf manslaughter. They listen to the judge very respectfully. He and they are old friends and mutually respect each o'her. Then tbey go out, and, after waiting long enough to get their öinner at the expense of the county, they come in with "not guilty as charged in the indictment." A righteous veidict says all the press and the people. Shall we begrudge them their dinner? Is not the laborer worthy of his iire? Will you muzzle the ox that treadetn out the grain, etc? As to impartality was ever a eet of men a? impartial? There was one old feilo.v-on whom in the rare cases in which he was not eligible to sit as juror, we always had to swear to the reason. He would try a case one term with some rustics, who did what he r. ever did in his life, hung the jury. The next term he would answer all the formal questions showing perfect qualification. It was neceEsary to show by the record that he had terved as a juror in the same case at the preceding term. Then we had to let him go, and both sides were sorry. On one occasion when tbe jury went out this juror immediately moved that "we find for the p'aintirf." A country man suggested that tbey should discuss the case a little. Thereupon my friecd immediately moved that "ws find for the defendant." I pin being remonstrated with by a "tenderfoot," he said be wanted to get home, he bad chicken for dinner. I submit that there is no finer example in history of absolute impartiality. I onca tried a ense two (leys in a rural district. At the end of that time tbe jury were sent out, and, after being out some time, came into Court and were asked if they had agreed on a verdict. The foreman answered yes. and handed to the Clerk this verdict: "We. the jury, csn't egree." Would a professional jury have ever done such a silly act as that? Your professional juror is like your professional politician. He is honest because his honesty is his capital. 1 look over Southern Indiana for thirty odd years. ' I see in every ciunty the men who ruled their fellows politically. They were always in oliice, sometimes clerk, sometimes assesssr, sometimes township trustee. They fired every couaty convention. Tbey bandied the public moneys, but they died pojr as Tom Bsntori said a public man onght to die as Madison, Jeffcrton, Monroe, Clay, Benton, and a host 0! others died. They could not afford to steal. It would have destroyed the ODly capital tbey bad. And eo with the professional juror. There was one objection to the professional politician which in these modern days would have operated agaist him. He was an "offensive partisan. " If he was a Democrat he was dyed in the wool. He was anti-tariff, states' rights, and hated an Abolitionist. If he was a Republican every Democrat was a copperhead and a tra'tor. He did not know the meaniDg of tbe phrase "Bureau of Oß'ensive Partisanship," bet he did know that a Democrat or Republican who failed to vote a straight ticket ought to be shot. He didn't understand bow iu a popular Government you could change the Government unless you changed the men who adaiiu:sier public a flairs. For tha matter, we, his successors, are co wiser than he was. The great bulk of us don't see any use in having elections at all if tee dame old cusses are to run tbe Government. If we can't "put the rascals out," and it, having won office by being "offensive parUeans," we are to be turned out because we continue to act on our principles, we will quit politics altogether and go into tne one profession which is purer than even "civil service reform" that of the professional juror. DAN U'COVNrXL'S DUEL.. A ControtiT a to Iii Cond art of t'l Liberator Naw York,' April 20. The Telegram prints the following cablegram : LoNi-ON, April 20. Mr. Yate. in his "Eeminisceoces," alludes to Dan O'Connell, the youngest eon of tbe liberator, who still lives here in green old age. He is a wonderful old rellow, fell of fire yet, but he seldom n akes himself heard. Latterly, Earl MalmsLurry's "Memoire of an ex Minister" resurrects Dan, who appears to day in letters defending the stme cf his brother. The Karl in his book cives an account of a dul between Lord Alva ti ley and Morgan, conamsnts rather elishtingly upon the latter Criag his ti i et shot before the signal, and states that at the secoid exchange of sots Morgan jumped back, greatly startled. This imputation upon h'A tiothers manhood mused all (Cornell's ire. Icimediataly he addressed a locg nc.t to Lord Malmeibary, prcixurc'.ng Lis cccouat . unjuät aid cnliw, and in con tragic, ion with tie arccitrls of the tcconcls of boMi parties, lublifhid in th Tircfs in -. IT besia up tAt etatemett with a quotation from Alvauiej"s tecosd to thow tntt tee r3t the was ths result of a mistaken unde.rj'.anding ai to the jifctal, a fact admitted by Lord Alvanley hin self, and Le republishes tha full account cf both seconds to prove the injuit'ea of the cbe-rce thfct hi3 brother was startled. O'Connell concludes his letter to Mal cansbury ttus: "You will perceive tbat in neither accocnt is there a word K the elTect that my brother jumped back. Oa tbe contrary both accounts agree that be insisted cn the exchange of two sbot9 (patting aside the question of tbe first shot li red by him) though I-ord Alvanley was satisfied with one shot. With reference to tha first shot fired

by my brother, yoti will see that Colonel Hcdgo says the s'gnal was actually given and that ia additiou it was agreed unanimously that Colonel Damsr snoali cot be intrusted with the duty of giving tha signal a second time.. This certainly loiVs as it the mistake which Lord Alvanley tbODght my brother had committed was du to a blunder of the part of his lordship's Scond." Malmesbury'a reply was brief, thanking O'Connell for his correction, and declaring that his own account was copied from a diary written at the time ot the düel from hearsay, rot from personal knowledge.. Hsdos rot see, however, anything derogatory ta the courage or character of the combatants iu his publication. He certainly had no such ir tention with regard to Morgan OConnelL Mr. O'Connell closes the corrasDObder.es by courteously maintaining that tbs Earl's statement that his brother jumped back, startled, seemed likely to be taken as an imputation upon his courage; but as such intention has been disclaimed by his Lordship, while accepting tbe account of the seconds es tbe true one in fact, in justics to all parties he must publish the whole corres tendence. THE KANSAS FLOOD.

Fearful Devastation laaned by the Wat jr Spout or Cload-Ltarst. Kansas City, April 22. TbeTimes's Medicine Lodge, Kn , special gives the following additional particulars cf the disastrous flood there: The town is situated between the Medicine River and Elm Creek. Early Tuesday morning the flood came down the atreems quickly, overflowing their bottom lands to a depth of about ten feet. In the Elm Creek bottom a dozen houses were entirely destroyed, and many ef the uccupanta drowned or caved only by clinging to the branches of trees. In camps in the bottom were ten or fifteen emigrant wagons filled with families, and not half of these persons have yet been found. North of here entire families were drowned. All of yesterday and !at night the streams were so high that no communication conld be had with the east, and today the frst dispatches were sent out. The stores in town were closed yesterday, and every citizen engaged in the work of rescuing people by nceans of boats and rafts from their perilous positions in tree3 and on house tcps. This work was extremely hazerdons. aod by nightfall there were stall fcn-e isolated prisoners. The people on Medicine River bottoms had earlier warning and all escaped with their live, though hundreds of cattle were drowned and great fields of crops ruined. Hundreds of dead an in-als also line the banks of Elm Creek. The rise started at dark on Monday night ai.d the rain poured steadily for six hours, which was followed by a great cloud burst ncrth of the town. Among tboee known to be lot are thj following: G. Maddox. wife and four children, the bodies of the wife and three of tbe children weie recovered; Jerry Gibbs anddauhier, Mrs. Harris and daughter, the bodies of tbe latter were recovered. The wife and four children of Samuel Maddox, the bodies of the woman and two of the children recovered. Four wagons containing "movers" have not been heard from, and it is thought ail the occupants have perished. No news has yet keen received from the country belaw here, but it is feared there has been very serious less of life. The Town Council epeedily organized relief measures, and teveral thousand dollars have already bfen subscribed. The bodies thus far recovered will be buried this afiernoon. Tbe District Court has adjourned and the conrt-room has been turned into a morgue. Eun City and Lake City, situated west of this place, were inundated, bnt the damage is not serious. The city of Elm Mills was also flooded, but with co less of life. Later Ktports fjjotn the Delated District, Wu-hita, Kan., April '22. A special to the Daily Eagle, dated yesterday at Medicine Lodge, recounts the fearful results of the water-spout or cloud-burst, which seems to have been the tame that filled the Ninnescah to overnowiDg. loe special says that the water rolled down over the low lands east of j Medicine Ledge Citv five to twelve feet per- I lendicular, carrying everything in its way. Several families are known to have been j drowned. Yesterday raorniDg, parties who I iisd gene out to give relief, found men, women and children clinging to trees with notn- i mg Dut thetr nignt ciotnes to protest them, and some without any clothing whatever, but still alive. Their cries could be braid as early as 4 o clock in the morning strove tbe rasing waters. Three attempts were made to reccue parties beyond the river, but each boat in turn was swamped, aod the occupants only saved themselves by swimming to the shore. Five bodies had bf en rescutd np to the hour of writing the j dispatch, which was rent over to the first railroad point by ma l, whun aaothsr brjdy was in si.ht, but could not be reached, j There were eight movers' wagons camping in the bottoms, and one old man has recognixsd 1 tbe bodies of three of his family, his wile and two children, five and seven years of age. James Gibbs and his daughter and nleca j were washed away with tbetr home. A Mrs. Harris and her little girl 01 eleven years old were found drowned, (i. W. Eaddock and family, consisting of a wife and four children, are thought to be all drowned. Frank fehippler put his wife and child on the roof, and hi3 house wont down. He was knocked off by a projecting limb and swam ashore, but cf the fate of his wife and child nothing was known. ' A MILLlOXAIIiE SENTENCED. Liability of Men Who Arm Inrlte Riot. Employes and riTTsuvR'"., April 2'j. Milton Weston, a Chicago millionaire, was to day sentenced by Judge Bailey to five years' imprisonment in tbe Western Penitentiary. About a year ago there was a bloody riot at Murdogaville, Westmoreland County, between the employes of rival gas r ipe lines, one of which was owned by Weston. It is said be furnished his men with arms and ammunition, anticipating a fight Obediah Haymaker, of the opposing force, was killed, and several other men were slightly woundfd. Abealcm Uowssr, Weston's right-hand man, was convicted of the crime and sent to the penitentiary for twelve tears, but was afterwards released oa bail, pendirg a rehearing cf the case by the Siprerre Court at l'nlladelphia. Two we9ks ago Weston was canvictcd of the same crime. An immense number of witnesses totiüel to his high etanding in social and busine s cire'es, and his lawyers presented (Uttering certificates of character from the Judges aad nm icipal tlUctrs of Ciiicsco, bat tbe iuvy f'ecidfrd apainet. him aod brought ia a vrCicX of guilty of murder in the eerjond degree. Yesterday argumpnts were mide f ir a new trial, which was refused by the Ormrt, sr.d f-ertence was pt,?3ed on the pnsinsr He will ak the Supreme Court for a Epcia.1 allocatur granting Weiton's raleam on bail, Tending a rehearirg by tha Soprems Court. Weston tad noibirg to say before bMog sentenced, limply ttatiu? that hia coantl had fipifsscd themselves for him. He revived the sentence with remarkable compunre, scd quietly followed a Dfpnty Sheriff froai the room a'Urwanl Michael Haymaker-, a biclLer of tbe man who wai killed, w&j prt:ent. Explosive gelatine, a substance r.sei for bttrg I'urpctea, is liable to spontaneous decomposition nndr certain conditions, as Professor Charles E. Munroe reports in the Jourr al cf the American Chemical 80-citty.

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J -- OENEKAli KOMAROFF, TKK I'l fPIAK GF.NZRAL WHO PEFFATID THE Al"-. CHANS NEAR rESJI'EII General Komaron has been appointed Commander-in-Chief over Turkestan. Hia came bad been comparatively unknown until his victory over ths Afghans, the result of a fight for which he claims tbe defeated were entirely to blame, gave him world-wide notoriety. The manner in which the news of tbe battle was received in London made it appear probable that he was the man who would live in history as the General whose action virtually began a great war bstweon Er giand acd Euesia. At tbe pr sent writ ing, notwithstanding tbe explanation which Lo has given as the reason why he fought a btttle at what was an isoppcrlune aioaeat in tbe Efpo'iatior.s prccetdirjg between Kog lard end Russia, it is by no means certain tbat Le will not be tha3 rernenered. Tae Afghan ecconnt of tbe battle and the o Hcial report cf tht British officers who were present at it, or in the neighborhood, are not yet forthcoming. Possibly tbe anger cf England and her intention to resist what she claims to be Russian aggression, will be justified in the lfgbt of future developments. Outside of h's recent achievement, Geneinl KcmaioQT is remembered by the learned in tnch matters as being, fiftean yearj ao, tbe military critic of tbe metre polifan nevsrarer, the name of which, being translated, istbe8U Petersburg News. As a soldier he is eminent in the Russian army tor hia zjaI in tne matter of military reoganiztioo. Personally the General is small in si.?, W ken younger his hsir was dark. The portrait shows that time. has ravaged his hiraa'.e adornments. 3UXWELL AT SAX FRANCISCO. Iiis Identity as D'Aagnler fixed Beyond the Possibility of a Doubt. San Francisco. CaL, April -1. Capt. J. W. Lees and Detective Ccffrey have been working cn the Maxwell case for several day 3 for freeh clews and to-night they gave the reporters many facts which throw light on the actions of Maxwell daring the two da;s he epent in this city. It was found by the detective that be did not spend the nig'it in his bed in the hotel loom. After going to the theater he went out to oae of the largest bouses of the demi mondes. There, he met tbe gill and spent the night with hsr. She tells a clear story of his aotion3 and appearance. She says he kept up his broken French for same time. He talked incessantly, and gave plain evidence of having drank a good deal. After a time ehe wanted to go out cf the room to get something to eat. He refused to go. So she proposed that be look over her album. Ia tnrnicg over the pictures he came across Henry Irving, when he dropped his French-. Englith and said plainly : "rbit's Inrinc, and turning the pae, "Thafs Ellen Terry." -0h," said his companion, '"you're a pretty Frenchman to know them." H th'n returned his jargon. ad Faid: "Y-z. I'm Freren zbentltmaa, bat Iknowze Eoglish actors." Whn the came back to the roo 11 she was startled to find him sitting upon the edre of the bed with a large az?i pistol in his hand. She cried oat. "My G id, jcu wouldn't kill me." He said exairdly, ' If you'd beeH a man I would lina killed you." He was inteneely excited, and told her a lot of storiei of exploits in the RasjoTorkish war, io which he shot aod cit the thrcals ot" many lJneaiar.e. He wanted to talk all the time. He talked of the mirders he had committed. In one of his hirsts of drunken confidence he said: "I've laid away one man m the Wet." She recalls this instance distinctly. The woman gives an excellent description of M&xwelL She pays there was no question he was English. He was semi-blonde, with a baby face, large nose, small light colored mustache and imperial, bo side whiskers. He showed her a watch chain, with alternate links of gold and platinum each an inch long. He also showed ber a diamond ring which hs bought in St. Louis. The ring had an old-fashioned setting, the stone being m claws, but these were sunk much lower than the present fashion. The gold was dark colored and the stone was between half and three-quarters carat, He eaid he had taken tbe ring from tbe finger of a dear friend after lie was dead. The watch and chain is suppose! to have been Preller's. The curious thing aboat it is that no one in this city saw it but this woman. He also wore a scarf-pin of gold in tbe form cf spiral wire. Tne woman also said he bad a jagtred, three-cornered seir tnder his chin. He talked, She said, all nicht, and occe told her he was going to Auckland, and proposed she shonll go with him. He Baid it she agreed it would be necessary to go into the ceuntry for weeks. Captain Lee found, at a jeweler's on Market street, an open-faced silver watch which Maxwell carried on the train. He had tradiditfora new watch, paying several dollars difference. This watch has many curious marks on it, which may be valuio.e e'ews. On the outer casa and worka at a No. 3,-(;2. The watch had been cleaned a number of times and bore private marks of jewelers. Oa the cap which covers the works is plair ly scratched H. M. Brooks in the identical handwriting on the railroad ticket benäht by Maxwell at Su Louis. Captain Lee thinks this U MaxwfU'a ml name; under it is No. '.Ii The wat?h which Maxwell traded for this is a filver watch, engine-turned case, made by SpriLgfield (111.) Watch Company, s'emwinder. The locksmith who rittd tha ke?s to Maxwell's baggage savs he had an EagUsh drab leather Gladstone bag. English leather hat box containing sa ot era hat, and a l8r?e trunV, ::x2') itches, with li jui dra'o (anvascivfr. The trunk had four tht3 on the top. with No. 2 paent bolta sbrut tea inches on each side cf the Joe;: c.omaua four-inch plate brass leck. The trunk vs bought in St. Loais and is the match cf the trunk in which Treller'a body was found. Ihecnly bag28" ta which Maxwell had a ley was an ordinary p"ay canves satchel. This nna;s cf evidetra fixes the identity ot Maxtcell and D'Auf.a'er without question atd tbe wetch and chain mav bs one cf tbe r.'ost important clews to fix the murder on Üaiwtil. Tee Mobile Peg'sicr says: Colonel Tom Scaffold sld: "I was talking with General Toombs the other day and he sid: Fafloid. tbe greatest vice to waich the human family is addicted ls gambling, and yet do you know tbat there ixn't a word in (he Bible ia conOctnnH'ou o( It?" General Toombi is in error. The tenth commandment covers the case. "Thou

ares, or ought to stare, every i At tha bottom of every P of eambUnc 1 the covetons de ire to get the n,ney of other people without just recoav P M?t CCKIOÜ9. USEFUL AKU BC1ENTIFIO. Galvsnfzed iron water tarjks most not bs r mplrjed on board of French men-of-war. Dr. Yen able, in a paper read b afore the Arne r can Chemical Society, has shown that water tassed thronen 200 yards of galvaoizid ircn pipe took up 1 - grains of zinc carboaate per gallon. Balfonr Stewart and William Lant Carpenter have made a preliminary coruparisjo between tbe dates of cyclonic storms of Great Britain and those of magnetic disturbances at the Kew Observatory. Finding that in thirty cafes compared twenty-thr?e pretexted a distinct magnetic disturbance sonwhat more than a day, the investigators conteqnfutly intend to pursue the subject exhaustively. At a meeting of the Geographical Soc;ey of Paris, M. fcohra! r read a paper on toe na sfso snowmofed about by the wind amcr?;; mountains. These m45.es a- not moed about by c'anc9 they ob?y v.-ry simple laws which cause thetu t ndipcfredat spots whi re ths wiai is di uinlsbfi in intensity, and g've them form whicu may be eesi'y analyzed tf tae qoalify of the now, the fun and direction of the wird, srd the cort. urol the mountain be taken into account. M. Gaston Tiouve is said to have onttiucted a portable electric glow lamp, intendfd fcr me where there is an explosive atneepbeie. This )np is intended to be of service in mines, te'iulose factories. Hour rxii s, spinning mil etc. It is automatic in ncicu, and it :s stated to be very simple in ccr strcciion. Ibere are two varieties of the lamp made: one of which will only light Itself wfcen taken ud in the hand; the other wlen it is bung np or put down. Tha curint :".s produced by a battery contained in tie lan) p. Admiral F S. Tremiott writes that on the i-rn'ptrrred dolmans of the Department of Met hir aD. Fiance, abcut eighty sculptures Ltd beta found, invariably on "the inferior r uj itcs cf the capbtones and thsir ba!port. It is s rprc8:aao!3 tlm thy a: conaaeti -iib?n :i dis'.arreot ahent twelve inilss, ar.d are sitrated near tho t.ea crast, beyond which, slthorgh the megaliths are nonirouj, there is a complete aos?nce of sard;tnrej. The sculptures vary in intricacy, frr-i some ioiplc waye lines aad cup markings to some tbat have been compared to the tattooing of the ew Zeal9nd?rs. Three coats of soluble glaes, each applied at an interval of a day, the Pottery aid Olhssware importer says, are sufficent to preserve porous materials indeuuitely at a erst of abent tiftten tents certqaars yard. ;hen at plied upon old materials it is nec' ee ;uy to wash them tho'ooghly with water bist. Tbe degree of concentration of tha solutions to be used varies with the materia's. For bard etonee tbe solution ehou'd ra&tk 7 to 0 Baume; for soft stones with coarse grit 5 to 7; for calcareous stones of soft texture 6 to 7 -. The laet ceatine shon'.d always be with a dilute solution of 3' to 4 3 oaiy. Major Allen Cunningham ayj: ''Tcere is a defect of eyesight common among the ratives cf India known as 'ratandhi,' lit. 'tight blindness' Persons eftVc'e.1 wth t'ua have either ordinary powers of vision by e'ftjl'ght or else powers so little IeE3 afl'icied then ordinary as to feel noinc3nvenincj, so tbetnscally no defect is noticeable; while in .'ft b!e twilight their sight fails in the most rxlracrdicary way, and in the da?k, they bccciiie tin bad cases) practically blind Of couife there are all degrees of this affectioo. bnt the etrorgly marked casej alone are likely to attract attention. By medical men in India th:s alTecticn is eaid to occur mostly amcng men living on a low diet, (chierlr of cereals. ) and the palliative treatment is to prescribe a meat diet. This affection is rarely noticeable among Europeans in India, though I have so netimei noticed marked differences in clearness of s'ght among then a'to amounting to sl'ght 'n'ght blindue?s,' " Referring to Secretary Bayard and Lis treatment of Williams, colored Ministe; to Haiti, tbe St. Louis Republican's Washington special says: Much ado is made by certain Republican Dasers Hoarding the case 01 Gcree W. wiliiains, trie colored rcan from Utito. MaAchii'ett9 and el.iew lu re, who was Dominated March 2 by Presideat Artiiur '.o be LliniMtr resident and Consul Oeueiolto Hayti. Williams was coufirmed an 1 received his commission, but he has not received bis inMriicijOns from the Slate Department beceusf. Le has not filed the necessary bond, aad b?(a'jfce certain charges furiously rertoctin? uron bim tave been roade. As a matter ol fact William is an untrustworthy and improper person 10 itpioer t tbe Government lu any capacity, lie is x eülDgly unpopular among respectabla colfrcd people. He bas for Force days been pcdlliuj itLhe statcnr ein rccardinz the treatment be reotivtd at the State Department, and is circulating manufactured storle?, representing Senator Bayaid as a hater o! nf crocs. The Secretary emphatif ally denounces thee stories as falsehoods, and n (arm Williams is concerned. Mte Depirtueat ( flicers fsv that the e'ecietaiy has treated him fairly and justly, and he bas no good cause for (ciniiBl. Williams will not go to Hayti. There ia an sir cf business about the Washington Departments never felt there before. Staley. of tbe Courier Journal, alludes to it as follows: The new admiDlftraHou has certainly wakened things up. The languid dndes who used 10 paralyze the public with a haughty stare bavettkea 011 their onats and actually condescended to do a little boiKst work. When you go into aa oitioe nowadays yon do cot rindanuroane lawyer or a scornful critic, accordingly as you are or are not knov :i, t at you tind a lot of anxious an t per paring t rw ns scratching away far a living aa l attc-dii ;4 fctrictly to busine-. Be 1'repared. There is hardly a family in which accidents of tome kind are Dot of frequent occurrence, and to give imaied'a'e and sure relief from the consequent pain, every hoasshold should have Pond's Extract at hand. Its wonderfel healing power for all kinds o cuts, bruises, swellings, sprains, soreness, pains, aches, etc., has been satisfactorily attested by numerous testimonials during the last forty years. It will be found invalaab'e, efpecially when medical aid can oot be quickly obtained. Go to your dru?gist and ask for Tond's Extract. Take no substitute, bnt have the eenuine article. 'Her face so fair, as Mesh it seemed not, But heavenly portrait of bright angel's hua. Clear as tbe tky, without a blame 0: blot, Through goodly mixture of complexions doe. And in her cheeks the vermeil red did thow." This is tbe poet's description of a w-iman whoee phvsical svBtera was in a perfectly sound and healthy state, with every function acting prorerly, and is the enviable condition of its fair patrois nroduod b lr. P erce's ' Favorite Preecri ptioa." Any druggist. Know thyself, by reading the ' 8:in' of Me," the best metitcal work ever published, for young and middle-aged men'. UhetiniAlra Jalckly Cnr0. . There bm nver &m a medicine f-.r rh?; I tiRri JPtrodrf-cd in tldn tUs.t that has t ir. 1 tinlver.ial rarefaction nx Lurann' t;;i.-ii!n-''t;c Ktciey. It stamlf out aloue a' tht one 410-; rein dy that sctrally euros this dr.- l d l--3.. I I Is f oVcg internally sr.d 'vor hHaiid nevt-r c 1 ' liitl to care the wor?t 'nt-o ia itie shorte.Bt time. 1 ! Its tl.e ii'dorfement and reooarneiidntioa o' ; TTiiny kRdinj r-hysicians In this S'.sW Had c!sjvrj t re. U is sold by every dmtrfftst at V. WrP ' for tri e forty-r-iga psn:inlet to R. fL. KXLPrivr.-J-j V)1N K. Unia-.ii.l '"hlnstton P.C. i ft faroHt pt.crlr!oa ft? tl cCiCirt tiW ri . o 1. liu o ri C .C18 US V. KJV ! i cwTE PRESCRIPJiOPiS are lo ! found 1 in trie IF.A1.TII," f-r th8iMHt7 enreof Nervous Pen litv.It Mnnnoovi, Kcsix.nclpncy.t-te. A oopv of thu lKk willlecnt fr.-, walert. Artrtrn" M IKNCK rilKI-TII, Vi Wrml SUM h Street, Ciarianmti. Oblo.

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a aa sari-m.tl.t-ia raedWfM HB.. DAVII) KFXXEnVH FAVOR STE REMEDY, haron rol len nplntxti. Ko IniTeW ItonM mn. jidtT hia , u t n i con 1 ,Ui P u a n-. it i n-l ude a le .rf tnifl mcdii-tnc. If xmn are cii io fr-ou-nl chanircsof limatcfoo.t and wa!-r, Kar.iri?- KitdinI w shnul'l iiJwayi Ik- within your n-acli. It ripU r-.i. lxrial Oi-ns. and itl.- lt trcvt-ntilvr of oliT-bs nd m:tlunal fi vw in t!ie wmll. Ii l .-j-,-!;,! ofirreil asa trustwerthy ific for 1. !i--ur-or Klilncy andLivi rciii..lii;:t,CXns!i.;i:i man lali.luori.f arMngfrornaiiinii'Ui-esratcr.f tlif-tlioil. T )w.wi.-a -t0!.!iri. r fmm ai:y of Ibe i'.U i-e ili.T to ChtHr Jayont.- Kfji,-,lv i-ronM.int !y j.iovii-if it, it mn urw lailiiiif l-ii-ri,! u n-.'I IiI.-s.-.1i:r. Ai.jn- iff I'roprto-l!-rVr-,K K -ai-iv. lioujiut. N. V. 4; UxtU-, rr frs by a.l on:j:ists. i Eczema or Sail Rhena.' Another Clar inirt Positiv Recovery a Elrlcrly lortr Lelttr. Arnrg the nnmeron letters reef trod by lir. Keir.irdy u-.ttfyiita to nn'aole tiT Rmf. m cs.-fs tne following will be fouud ol ime'ot ta our Tt fcdrf, w!,o may apcept our assurance of i'.s perltet authenticity and truthfulness: Wi:CK.-Tr.a. Mtt, March 2, isi. Dr. D. Kennedy. Rondout, N. Y.: Dear ?:r Until recently I bare been for ;hr9 ytars a sntTerer from eit Rheucn. It fo'.i.itred uwa an stuck of Ertflpelaa, lor wßic-a I i jr alone time tinder meaical trealrat-nt. I p'.aol ' myself auain in the hundt of the pysi laas wio did; 1 have no doubt, all that could be djue. Oae thinii isHjrx, tiO?vtr, 1 ws noue the b-H-r lor all the mpdicrne tbey Krtve ma. The psiatujaal up5'.ehtly disease m-.decont.nual prore.M, uaal I brpan ti fer 1 should nL-vt-reet ril of it. Py tneaas ot one of ihoe a---irloDt that often result in to iiVK-h bie-cin I had my attention caPed to your FWORiTE RKMEUY. which I wai to'.d would surely do me pood. I used it. aal wiihin a n.u"h st-ortt r time tiian I would hira tthtved rnitile. I received a pcrmncut cure. I am now ptrfc:ly fce from Salt Kbeum. 't;at a Cfm.fcri this i, and how it places your wonder(ti I medicine in inr opinion, you rnayKuessat, but nevi rkDow. I ke,-u it now contaaatly la tUe honK hs a ifcmiiy mcd.'rice. Your trnlr, MRS. DIN tUVtf AI. Vry. I't-air oraettm fitoce went on a Tii ta Kn, ir",n1iB-c n! .vuit r.henta, t-. - d not k-t V. Voui I E r: KM KDY, s-eat to New y... x City for 11. hi-d cuit-d th" Ch.-c. if- nil i1:mü"c of t':c Blood. I.tcr, K Ivti, P!i.rtor HP'I l '.-tir Or:2, l. Invvi ICeafi"lr,! F (Hi rK KKM !-"lY Knd vit N. V. BestirithsWorlrl. I77iw EmiCity Cmtain 9 Xo'.Injnrioui Urv'j, Benfes or T&tte,t'$yrv uiutiii, i A quick euer. i-tsTtV A tjosuivo tJure.LMt x CKKAtn r.M has (tinxl s'j arlabie reputation wherever known. sr n? ail other TTcpraiiorji". ."'is a cren J n n- A particle it- -pphed lmo each -o ri. J vm' to pain, and agreeable touse. -rie 1 ;?. w br;mail or at Drosrsist. Send 101 c rcular. ELY.BROTHB3 IrTjEist4. tei:o. N. T. IItOF. KARRIS' KEnYOUSDEBJLITY Ind pbyIroM iwrntiaa. 'sunn, or trie Aroi t IfERVOUS tthe impodtion ot prr'DEBILITY. I ;ion wmtdirt for tnrM Mrili WfiCrriCT? r.2.Ciru!rTtdTr.l PukPtrVCTriT. h(,vli b-Ut tküi ti. C IlECAY v- a, raiHrtl.frjtttTKLD thounndv Hom AS" Wien. f5J :ion tn bnirs ot nun TCSTEOFOROVCRSlXgi, Fcai,0l oa VEAR3 BV USE IN VANYfvy cicnf-iii" ftwlir! primnw unnoiun rar- v-e f-fito th tett of d.ara ita l h TRIAL pasxAcx Tit KA TJXEXT. t J? H reriwi. bkand One Month, - 3 C0S-J , rtifntbcoirirhr I Two ilmths. - .0( .Jijiund mid'TirminN'.i 7ar aioattoa, 7 0Cfe.iP .trnpli iixl Kita, r-fus. HARRIS REMEDY Cex7H'rcCHtM47S 306 N. Tenth Et. ST. J-OTJIS. MO. Oll OTUREO PERSOUS! Wot a Truss. rikUr Ar. 'r trr f o-ir A rr'-iMir. STEBBRQOK PENS rnrs.e iu tv leaingNos.: H.C48, 130, 125,333, !6I; For Sale by all Stationers. ! TK5 tSTCRBROOK CTCEU PEM CO.. fuwix. (Wudf-3. ti. J ?.-! 1.- "S- K Vi .15 ii w tr- ti Ihciu.'a i'i' :" ch . t t fc,e t it (-" 1 !- L" Amu IC"- '"I - f ii ..! H.I i. r.r t arl!,$ vr,f V Allr, . ;iv r T. - ri'o m vsT?AC"irn?:; v r:.ri orro'tJaily ft r -. , ui Ot Tears. 1 t ' r 1 e f r a The 1- 1". Pt rr L iibtr CoTi-'piny, ot MnnTi; jln't'T'i rpnn'v. V;c:, ir;T. owns a if e inr. (i-t.ry b Jüdin. r.0.iW f .!, ö'.I IUheJ. hAftm? snd iiU'cvs full irni'n, wiiii ercre rom Mt) l ct amp e boiler and entice; ail In eool rer.ir: rrcuiy trcruds: corve'il -ut for- wctr hlrimpn, and aho a onpslde C ari l J. W. Railroad tr'cX. A'Mres t; r price and terms, liOBE&r CAIT1INKSsi, Aceit. 7 , i 3 fOW HALX. rpOKSALK Matdiews' FatontEenewaUa Heatt' vrauduni Book, bend for sample oopy ssa ;.rlre 111. yamplee ent TOütreia to any allies .ivrtcMMot tvi eertü forKo 1, or0 Cents for i j4,-tvVesa3rfLi.Xb tXTaJPAUT, la4Jariaiai

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