Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1885 — Page 1

M 0 t i 0 , f VÖV. XXXI -NO. 38. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31, 188; --WITH SUPPLiURNT. WHO! S.O. 1.59G.

BUNGLING EXECUTION.

JviD W. CofTed Lirached Into Eternity it Crawfordsnlle. ; . The Bpe Hrtaki Twice Tb Ijmt Night ml Iay on Ijirth History of the Crime lm ident - . Fpecial to tlte scntlnel. V lHMiw.P-viM:, Ind., etoler h The tanging of John W. Coffee for the murder f James McMullen and wife, last January, was characterized by much seeming ignor ance ami inhumanity. The criminal was never more than half-witted, and had made several statement s of the crime wholly at ariance with each other, and lat night, to Mr. Jerry Keeny and your rejortcr, he made at least a dozen more. All this went to lrove that the man was ntteriy irresponsible. At about o'clock this morning, after spending the long hours of the night in ramIding disconnected talk, he became wild with nervous excitement, and awakened the jail inmates with his vehement cries, one moji.ent graying and the next curbing. A pbyf i:ian was sent for and a heavy dose of cblorrd was administered, lie soon fell into a troufc'led sleep, but it only lasted a few minutes, w hen he began to groan and toss ahout on his cot, and from that time until the hour of execution he was perfectly helpless. At about !) oclock several reporters and others were admitted to his cell, and the victim was tortured until 12 oclock, under the preten.se of obtaining still another confession. In this torture the preacher who was called as his spiritual adviser took a leading part. Instead of endeavoring to lead the thoughts of the condemned man to the welfare of his soul, he as-iited the reporters with the most inconMderate zeal in their efforts to get a statement of the crime from him. He did make 3 statement, hut it was like all the other?, innsistent with itself and improbable to the last degree. Finally the attention of the Sheriff was called to this inhumanity, and to the fact that Coffee was unable even to sit up, and that co reliance was to be placed in any Matement he could or would make, and he was urged to clear the cell and leave the man alone with his God, for a little while. An effort to do this was made, hut it was insisted that the statement he had made should be read to him, or he be permitted to sign it. This farce was gone through with. By this time it was 12 o'clock. Coffee was then held up while his. clothes -ra put iion him, his groans miL shrieks inoroaiur n Iroluency and vehemence. After he. was dressed he was carried out into the yard and up onto the scaffold. JJy this time the little pen surrounding the scaffold was crowded to its utmost capacity, while 1,500 men, women and children were upon the outside. When asked if he had anything to say, he stated that his last confession was in the main true, and it was the one lie intended to die by. It is not known whether he meant his last published confession or the one he Lad signed this morning, nor can it 1)3 told what part of it was true and what not true. After all the preliminaries had been arranged Ike trap was sprung at 12:2s, and Coffee fell to the ground with a wckeiiing thud, tbe rope having broke near the knot. H was gathered up and again carried onto the scaffold. The rope was readjusted, while two men held him in their arms. .Again the trap was sprung, and again he fell to the ground, the roap breaking near the beam, lly this time all was confusion, and Shame!" "shame!" "terrible!" was heard cn every side. He was again picked up and carried to the place and held in the arms of the Sheriff's attendants while the rope was tied across the beam, and he was then let fall once more. This time he was eased down and the rope held. In twelve minutes he was pronounced dead, and the crewd sluged out. The fact is he was but little better than i dead man when he was first carried out, and it is the general belief that he never breathed after the second fall. If he had not been made drunk on whisky and chloral he would have died from shere fright before the time for the execution. The rope was originally an excellent one, hut for two or three days past some one has Leen testing it by letting it drop weighted with a sand-bag, All this was done in plain hearing of Coffee, and liad a terrorizing effect upon him. The? repeated "tests" strained the rope, sj that when it was needed it failed, and this occasioned the awful scenes at the execution. A few more such bungling executions a. that of Coffee, and Indiana will abolish capital punishment. The Grand Jury yesterday refund to find a new indictment against Dennis, who was recently granted a new Ural by the Supreme Court on account of one of Coffee's alleged confessions. . BRir.F iii-torv or the kimk. n the night of January C last James McMullen and wife Mary, residing one mile north of Klradale, were murdered and their 1-odies almost ronisumel in their honie. On the night of the frth of January, John "W. Coßee was arrested nt the hou je of Til Sloan, in Fountain onnty. At tho Bornen inquest, Coffee was placed in charge of J!en Swank, from whom he eseaied about ; o'clock in the morning of the Mb. When MispicioR rented on Coffee lie had on the pant and !ots of McMullen, and the hose of Mrs. McMullen. About 2 o'clock in the uioniing after the arrest he was brought through tltis cityand taken to fdmdale, in the vicinity of the murder. 'of ee confessed to the crime, detailing to the detectives all the particulars of the murder und the burning of the house. He said th ithe found Mr. McMullen sitting in the kitchen hy the stove, and that he, killed him with a Kick of idovc wood. Mrs. McMullen was in the next room, preparing the beds for the night, and upon hearing the screams t( htr husband, ran to the door where she

was met and quite a struggle cnsried between them. His arm was bruised and scared in the encounter. He asked for the money that there was in the house, and she replied that there, was none, but that if he would go with her to the house of a neighbor, she would get 20 owing to Mr. McMullen and they would elojH. He refused to do this and inhumanly murdered her as he had done her defenceless husband. He then set re to the bed clothing, and the house was soon in Harnes and the bodies were burned and chared beyond recognition. This is the story he told Editor CopneT, of the AVaynetown IVc-s, and a number of others. There was .-troug threats of lynching at Klmdale. He was brought back to this city and lodged in jail. Mesrs. Taul JL Humprey's became his legal advisors, and it was only a short time until he denied the crime in every particular. About two weeks latter he implicated .lames M. lennis, faam hand, living in. the McMullen neigh

borhood and who had worked with Coffee, as an interested party in the murder. This made a third confession on the part of Coffee, and one entirely dif ferent from the other two. Time wore on, the trial legaii and the entire af fair was ventilated in every possible manner. Coffee and I'ennis were both found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. An entirely new phae was given to the case by another confession from Coffee after he had been con victed. He said that James llankin, Monday Kankin and John Curtis were the murderers of the McMnllcns, that James Kankin tired four hots at McMullen and hi wife, and secured 500 in money. An effort was made to show that llankin had purchased a revolver from W. II. Campbell, of New llkhmond, with which the deed was committed. Kankin did have a conversation with Campbell last September about such a weapon, but did not make the purchase. H? left this county the "J 1th day of last September, and went to Arizona Territory, where he claims that he was nn January 7, the day of the murder. A IT.HUTI0 Co flee was a witness in a cae at Lafayette a few years since, where a party had sued another for slander, and our witness came very near erjuring himself. Colonel Hilly "Wilson, who was an attorney in the case, o;nted his finger at Coffee, and in Iiis own characteristic manner said: "My boy, a word to you. You have sworn falsely, and if you do not mend your ways you will die on the scaffold." His prediction wa to-dav fulfilled. OFFICIAL COUNT IN OHIO. Two or Three Iay Will le Require I tm Complete the Work in Cincinnati. Cixux.wti, October 10. The official count ofvotexcast in Hamilton County at last Tuesday's election began to-duy. Republican and Democratic candidates are represented by counsel. IMurns from thirteen precincts were missing 3nd a mandamus was issued in each case for their prduc tion. It may require two t three days to complete the work. The case of Colonel Hudson, Chief of Police, for dereliction of duty in not arresting men charged with violation of the registry law, was continued until next Monday at the request of the State. The cases of others charged with violation of the registry law were continued to enable their attorneys to argue demurrers, which are based on the unconstitutionality of the law the jtoint boins: that it applies only to Cincinnati and Cleveland. "While Precinct 11, First Vard, was 1ing called, Ir. Thompson, of the Eighteenth, I., came in with Charles Ileagcn, both Judges of Klection. They brought the missing tally sheets wrapped tip in a paper, which they delivered to County Clerk Hal ton in that sbaf-e, instead of sealed, as the law require. tr. Thompson, the Jtcpublicn Judge, said: "I want to say that I did not sign thoso tally sheets. 1 went to supper election night, requesting the other judges to do no counting untM I returned. 1 had eaten nothing all day. But when I came back, I could not get in. So I refused to sign." Mr. Da Hon took the sheet, at the .same time remarking that they should have been sealed and sent to the City Clerk, t he opinion of the County Solicitor was requested in the premises. The count was adjourned at 5 :''A p. in., after four wards had been canvassed. The discrepancies between the tally sheets and the official count were of little importance until Precinct A of the Fourth Ward was reached. The total number of voters announced as in the precinct werefKHJ, as follow: Hoadley, I'A!: I'oraker, 4S; locar.l, 2J. Kr-CouMy Auditor objected that aecorning to the newspapers there were but some 7w registered in this precinct, and if this were true, over 2o fraudulent ballots had been cast. County Clerk Dal ton said that he did not know whether thj ncwpair statement was correct or not. IIa had only to count tho vote as returned, and the Court Was tö proceed with. Another objection was made by a citizen that the return were not certified to properly. Mr. lalton advised the objector to make a memorandum about and take advantage of it if h? could. Jeponilnr Over lUaitqd Elope. Special to ttseKentinil. Champain, 111., October 19. -Sidney, a small but enterprising villago Jn thi3 vunty, lias hnd great ex peetations dashed to the ground by the failure of its pros1 active coal mine. Previous explorations with a drill had indicated a vein of five and a half feet of coal at tho depth of 2.V) feet. With the announcement of this discoverj the valueof projorty rose to fabulous prices, and the people of Campaign County penorally rongratuhted themselves that in the near future price for coal would Ik1 grcMtlr reduced. l;ut on inkinsr the shnft to the f required depth, it was found hist week that the coal vein was only twenty-six inches in tliicknv. and the rest was slate. Arrangeinents hnd l?en made for a harlwcue and jollification to-morrow in honor of the opening of the first coal mine in Champaign County. It is neediem to say that the barbecue has been iostponed indefinitely. Thirty thousand dollars lias been sunk in the exrerinient, and Sidney people are despondent, lowever drilling will le resumed, in the hope that coal may be found lower down. flovernor-elect I'oraker, of Ohio, is expected in New York Thursday. Arrangements are being made for a mass-meeting in Madison Square Carden on Friday evening, at which be will be the principal sjicaker. Senator Kvarts wijl preside and Hon. Ira Davenport and (ieneral Cnrr, with a majority of the other candidates on the ticket will be in attendance.

CHIEF JUSTICE VINCENT An Indianapolis Citizen Furnishes the Evidence Whieh Causes His Removal.

Fithuch l.ee Has No Certainty or Ueing Klertert Jovemor of VirginiM-The superintendent f the lleteim Mnt.) .ftuy Oftire. Special to the Sentinel. "Washington, October 1!. The usjnsion of Chief Justice Vincent, of New Mexico, which amounts practically to Iiis removal, is the principal subject of newspaper comment. In some of the dispatches the name of W. '. Fishback. of Indianapolis, is mentioned as having furnished evidence on which the President a,cted. Mr. 1'ishback has had occasion to become profoundly learned in the devilment, land grabbing a:ul corresponding violence of that section. He knows all about the country that a syndicate for the encouragement of murder has distressed during the last canvas?. Hen. C. "W. Julian, it will be remembered, alluded to the Maxwell grant in his usuall cheerful way. The stealing of tbe public domain, Steve Klkins and the politics of New Mexico constituted the principal feature of Mr. Ju lian's discourse. Mr. Julitn secured his data from Mr. Fishback. During a recent visit of Hon. Joseph K. McDonald to Washington 1 had occasion to speak with him concerning the Maxwell grant. He was familiar with its history and all the legat wrong under which it is held. Though acquired by fraud nd robbery, that led to the shedding of human blood, "in Iiis opinion at least l.wO.OOO acres of the Max well was a valid grant. J he häkins subsidy Steve Klkins' brother was honored by Congress, ' and it is the same," said Mr. McDonald, "as if Congress had granted the land to a railroad or any other corporation." .Uyactof Congress a great wrong man plundered of his lawful heritage has been legalized, but hope is comforted by tins assurance: ;k! moves iu a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. Kvery agent of the extortion, from Max well himself to Frank Shcran, who appeared ostensibly in the interest of an Amsterdam company, except Steve l'.lkins, has gone to the bad. liven those who escaped over the Katon Mountains through I'nele Dick's pa-s to the States afterward got shot in bar rooms. The landholders under thecomiianv. standing in a strained and unnatural posi tion, are always getting into trouble. Since the earth, if it does not belong to the Demo crats, in the language of Henry Ceorire cer tainly belongs to man, I doubt the ability of any legislative body to ernianently give it away. True, a few English landlords are holding Ireland, but it is only in a sort of fashion. The Washington Tost of Sundav discuss. ing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Aew Mexico, writes: "We know, for one thing, that Vincent is a young man, under thirty, and on that ac count, if no other, conspicuously unlit for the place, furthermore, it appears that incent nail, previous to ni.s appointment, Decn luentihed with various land rings as their attorney, and had. in fact, incurred imprisonment for practices which the courts of New Mexico held to be criminal. "It is impossible to suppose that the President would have appointed this person had he been aware of his record ana his athliations. The President must be cognizant of the irregularities we may say the notorious irregularities in land matter in New Mexico, and it is more than likely that he designed, in making hi? appointment, to provide for their correction in the present and their prevention for the future. His selection ol tieorge W. Julian for the Surveyor Generalship indicated as much, even if his well-known purposes had not been a guarantee in themselves. It is not reasonable to supjHse, therefore, that he would have sanctioned the elevation of Vincent to the Supreme Kench of New Mexico had lie suspected even dimly what that elevation involved. 'In all probability the 'President has been in this instance, as in too many others already, the victim of deception by those ujon whom he relied for honesty and intelligent advice. A man like Vincent could never by any possibility have obtained such an appointment had the President's advisers known and told the truth. It is impossible to imagine anything more inharmonious with the President's declared purines and convictions than the appointment of Vincent." Stephen W. Horsey has had notions to do with the Maxwell land grant, though lie is a great land-grabber. He acquired the vast tract he holds by preemption and homestead. He employe 1 an army of cowboys to squat on every quarter section not absolutely worthless in all that country, and in this manner gathered it in at tho Government prica A "Washington gentleman who talks Virginia politics like a tutivo said this to me lately: "There aic cities in Southwestern Virginia whose inhabitants laim i"i,o populution that by the eensuuf 10 were unincorporated villages of 100 or more. This a cession of population has come from the negroes of North Carolina, from the white? of F.t Tennessee, and from the foreign immigration of tho North, principally Wet h miners. All of t Item, with scarcely an exception, am Kepublicans in politics. Their votes will be cast, on general principles, for Wise. In tide-water Virginia and in the uper valley the vote for Iee will be overwhelming. 15nt in Southern and Southwestern Virginia, with an increase of over W.UiiO people since Kso, there will beat least fAOOO new voters whoso suffrages will be rast for "Wive." f f that is true he can not be elected. .jThe Itoise City Republican has this to say rf an Indianapolis boy: The telegraphic dispatches bring the Information that Mr. Snruille Braden, the Superintendent of the United States Assay Oflicc at this place, has been appointed Hiieriiitendcnt of the Assay otlice located at Helena. Mont., the largest and most iiiiortant of the (i'overnmi.Mit Assay oilices with the exception of the one at New York. Mr. l?raden in a young man of extraordinary ability and though a Democrat, and tbe first Democrat ever ap)ointed to a Fderal !Mtton in the Territory, h;tn shown himself to be so thorough going, selfreliant and competent that he lias made for liimself hosts of friends, irrespective of party 1rejudices, and his only enemies are niemiers of a despicable and corrupt ring in his own party to whose unscrupulous dictation he would' not yield. This wilt leave a vacancy in the ollice here, which will probably be filled by some Democrat, and while we would nothing to say in regard to the distribution of Democratic patronage, It is tobe hoped that Mr. Uraden's successor will be a man of the same stamp as himself, who may lie respected and honored by all, and who will reflect honor upon the position he fills. Indiana l'ernonal Star Itoute Srvlr. Ppeelal to the Sentinel. Washington, October 1!. Judge Kd Dun

kirk and wife arrived to-day and are here

for the winter. Hon. Fred Elliser, agent of the Vasdalia, a citizen of Indianapolis, is in the city. Hon. W. D. Bynum is here. Hon. Joseph K. McDonald h expected to morrow. Judge Lowry and wife will leave for home to-morrow-. Senator D. W. Voorhees expects to COlto Terre Haute the last of this week to engage in a literary task, to which he will devote eight or ten davs. KditorJ.C. Loveland, of ( orunna, with his mother, is here for a few days. Mail messenger service at lakeville, St. Joseph County, will be discontinued after the u:;d inst. Charges have been ordered in the time schedule on the Star route from Birmingham to Gilead. Ind., as follows: Leave Bir mingham on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at ! a. m., arrive at Birmingham by 11a. in. NATIONAL. AFFAIRS. ltiireaii and Department Officers 1'reparing Tlifir Annual Keort Appointment. Wasiuh tov, October 1!. All the bureau and department officers are engaged in the preparation of their annual report, and the lresident has sent word around that he wants everything completed and in his hands before the 1st of November,' when he will commence work upon his mesi".'. This is accompanied by an order prohibiting the communication of the contents of any of the reports to the press until they shall first be read and approved by the 1 "resident. This is something new. Heretofore all the heads of bureaus have given out abstracts of their reports a month or six weeks before they were submitted to Congress, and the President has never wanted to s-e the documents either in manuscript or print, unless there happened to be something out of usual importance or significance in them requiring attention in his message. cKEslUKNTIAI. I'OSTM.VSTF.RS AITOINTFI. The President to-day aprointed tbe following Presidential I "oxt masters: Charles W. lobp, 1'ortland, Oregon, vice G'eorge A. Steele, commission expired; James M. King, Knoxvilh?, Tenn., vice O. P. Temple, commission expired; John I.. Street, Park City, vice A. B. i'minorv, commission expired; Albert Watkins, Lincoln, Nein, vice J. McP.ride, commission expired; Ik P. heatam, Nashville, Tenn., vice .1. P. Jones, commission expired: J. P. Minuck, Valisa, Iowa, vice .1. M. Nation, commission expired; .1. D. Pratt, Ipswich. Dakota, ottice became Presidential; Warren Perley, Beadley. Mass., oftice became Presidential ; : Geoege Beck, Livermore, Cala., otlice became Presidential; J. A. Trawley, Stromsburgli, Neb., oftice became Presidential; 1!. K. H- nderson. Murfreesboro, Tenn., vice J. D. "Wilson, resigned; W. L. Norton, Tullahoma. Tnn., vice J. W. Davidson, resigned: William Schermerhorn, Hudson. Mich., vice J-:. .1.! Southworth, resigned; W, C. Schultz, 1 Beynoldsville, Pennsylvania, vice T. C. PovBolds, resigned; Abraham Pose. Vintn. Ia., vice J. P. Pyne, resigned; Parley Sheldon, i.mes, la., vice John "Watts, resigned; John 'sinliry. Holly Springs. Miss., vice Mary Mahone. suspended; W. F. Scott, Modest a, Col., vice. F. W. Perry, resigned. In the case of the postoflice at Vinton, la., Mr. Pyne, whose resignation is noted, was appointed to the office only a short time ago upon petitions that appeared to be very conclusive as to his good character. Since then, however, it has come to the knowledge of the Postmaster General that Pyne had been gnilty of violations of pension laws, and to-day Abraham Pose, an old soldier and a icnsioiier. was appointed to the otlice. i.mi s kkh ;kks. The agent at the Port Belknap Indiau Beservation, in Montau;!, has informed the Interior Department that a number of Cree Indians, retugcrs from the Mritish Provinces, have crossed the line into the Beservation, having in their jo.ssession silver-ware, articles of ladies' apparel, Mipjoscd to have been captured during the Big Bear raid. The agent requested that the intruders be escorted across the line and forbidden to recross into the United Mates. The Interior Jtepartuicnt is at a loss to know how these dangerous refugees can be removed. THE St CREME Ol RT. The United States Supreme Court rendered no decisions to-day. beyeral motions to advance cases for hearings were disposed of, the most important being in the Virginia coupon cases, six in number. All were advanced: a few were fixed for hearing on the second Moniray in November. The exeriments made by the Commissioner of Agriculture in the application of deffusion and carbonition of cane at Ottawa, Kas., has been concluded. IVofessor H. W. Wiley, who had charge of these experiment, has made his preliminary report to the Commissioner, from which 'the following facts are taken : The yield of sugar-from the cane was more than (ü'i per cent., orli'-lOOof per cent, bcing left in the waste waters and exhausted chips. The yield .of crude sugar (that is, as it comes from the vaccuum)was as high as 280 pound" per tou. or at twelve ouids per gallon, J '.-J gallons per ton. This is fully double that of the ordinary methods. The process of carbouitatioa that L, adding a large excess of lime to the juice and then precipitatingit with carbolic acid was completely successful. The product obtained was lighter in color and more palatable than that of the usual method of tiefecatiou and the saving in scums by this method is estimated to be at lst 30 per cent. l OSHMACKM ÜE JIEM WITH" INDUS CHUT. Indian Commissioner Atkins, who has been inspectfug t ho south western agenclos, will hold a conference next week at Muskogee, 1. T., with Chkf llmJiyhead and other chiefs of th Five Nations, regarding the unlawful tutting of timber in the Territory by white men. and the removal of intruders from the Territory. Chief Biishyhead left lau night for tho Territory, highly gratilied with the result of his interviews with Secretary Imar and the President. rr.Fi xT8 ton hbk.iuxns. 'I heNavv Department is informed, throuch the United States Legal ion at St. Petersburg, that Lieutenant S heut.e, who is earrving presents to the Siberian natives in the vicinity of the lona. arrived at Irkutsk September lo. Tho roads were in lwd condition and ha intended waiting there for winter roadi. 4f:trtfrl City llem. S)eoiaI t the Sentinel. IhnrniKD City, Ind., October VX On Saturday last, John llillyer, a farmer living two miles east of this city, fell from an apple tree and fractured the right arm below the elbow. Yesterday evening a little child, three years old, of Mrs. Jacob Hess, livinsc two miles west of this city, fell down stairs and died in a few hours. Circuit Court will convene at this place on Monday next, when the ravishers of Mollie Kinnard will be tried. I ln Katurday evening last, a pugilistic entertainment was given by an aged married couple of this city, in which tbe old gent went to grass on the first round in a demoralized and battered condition.

MADDENED TURKEY.

The Sick Man Exasperated at the DillydallyiEg of the Great Powers. King Milan llnfu-es to Krceive nit Knvoy From Bulgaria I'rinee Alexander Will Defer Kntirely to the Adiee of Ruia Mud Austria. London, October 10. The latest phase of the Eastern question shows that Turkey is maddened by the vague assurances and the absolute inaction of the Powers in regard to the threatened dismemberment of her Eurtcan iosscssion. Diplomatic conferences are dishonestly and disingeniously prolonged; pacific notes are dribbled ujon the Porte from Austria and Pussia; every foreign diplomate in Constantinople i or pretends to be, awaiting more specific instructioas from his Oovernment. and in the meantime the subjects of the Sultan arc arming themselves against him in every direction. The war preparations in P.ulgaraand Servia are enough in themscves to disturb the Turkish statesmen, but a painful sting is added by the fact that the sinews of war are furnished by Russia to Pulgaria und by Austria to Servia, The farcical mar lies and countermarches of troops on the Hungarian frontier would command little attention at Constantinople if it were not known that they are directed from Vienna and St. Petersburg. Viknxa, October 1!. The situation in the F!ast has again assumed a serious aspect, owing to the IhIHcosc attitude of Servia. Prince Alexander, after endeavoring to patch up an agreement with Kins Milan, telegraed to the latter that he intended sending Minister firekoff to the Servian Court on a special mission. It is evident from King Milan's answer that Servia is determined to tight for territorial aggrandizement. Constaxtinoi i r, October 18. The Turkish Cabinet has resolved to demand of the Powers more active assistance to enforce the Dcrlin treaty. Nissa, October The S .rvian Government has expelled every journalist from this city. J'ini.ii'oi ioi.is, Oi tober 1!. Arim e Alexander has issued a supplemental note to the jHiwerj, in which he assures them liulgaria defers entirely to their advice, and thanks them for their kindliness in dealing with the question at issue. Sm.. October Pl.Tc relations between Bulgaria and Servia arc much strained. The refusal of King Milan to receive Minister Grekoff. who was to have been sent by Prince Alexander on a social mission to Servia. indicates a speedy invasion of Pulgariaby the Servians. The Bulgarians are exasperated by servia s attitude. A Cabinet council was held to-day to consider the situation. The miiitia continue drilling. The population are resolved to resist a violation of the frontier. Their anger is at present diverted from Turkey to Servia. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. . ..Tbe New Chamber of Ieputie. Paris, October 1!. It is now stated that the new Chamber of Deputies will comprise 2o0 Conservatives and .'IS I Keplens or Radicals. M. Urisson, the premier; M. Flouuent, President of the Chamber of Deputies; M. Sadi Carnot, Minister of finance. The Du de Pissocia, M. Andrieux, llouvier, Cochery, Kaynal, elemenceau and Spuder have been reelected. Thus far 'JOS Republican and and twenty-four Conservatives have been elected. The Replens polled 01,00) votes, against the Conservatives :Jl,oot The TrniiMeau of n Pi ineesn. I.oxnox, Oetoler in. The Paris correspo'ident of the Daily News describes the wedding trousseau of lrincce.s Marie He Orleans as gorgeous. Anions the jewels was a pearl nerklcss which was looted in the Chinese war by General Polikio. valued at $lo,fw)or and many costly diamonds. A beautiful assortment of boHnets also forms a part of the trousseau. (Petting of th Mumler llaiik. Di iiLix, Oct. 10. The Munster Pank reopened to-day under gratifying auspices. Ten thousand pounds had been deposited up to non. The bank restricts its business to small advances, and will pursue a careful and steady policy iu dealing with its patrons. The "news from the provincial branches of the bank is very satisfactory to the stockholders. Kailroads in Cliiun. Suaxohai, October 10. The Chinese Government has unanimously decided to proceed speedily with the work of building railways throughout the Umpire. Signed the Protocol. CossTAxuxori.K, October lit. Sir H. D. Wolir, special Pritish envoy, and the Porte, have signed tho Protocol respecting the Oovernment of Eypt. Archbishop Kremenlz. IU f i.ik, October 10. 1'iuperor Williaia lias issued a rescript recognizing Archbishop Krementz, the Popes appointed to the arch diocese of Cologne. Gazetted Kegeut. ri:i:i is, October P). Prince Albrccht, of Prussia, has been gazettud' regent of the Duchy of Prunswick. TOO QUICK FOR HIM. A Co hoy Ieserado Killrd by a Mockinan. w.t I. tk-K, V. T., October I S. Tho particulars of the shooting of Robert Pax ton at American Palls. Tdaho, by a man named I. Jackson, the early part of the week, have just been received. Paxton was a desparate outlaw ud cattle-thief, and was at the head of a gang of theives that operated between the Nevada line and the head of Snake Itiver, wliif. l gang of tlicives is supposed to be in league -ith the Teton T!as!ii outlaws. These desperadoes have drivenoff horses and horned stock of every description, and latterly they have engaged in the business of lassoin calves on either side of Kaft Jlivcr and taking them in boats to the other side and branding them with their own brands. This thieving practice lias aroused the cattlemen to determined action to put a stop to the illegal business. Taxton met Jackson and mistook him for a detective, and accused him of working up cases against him, and finther stated to Jackson that he had been hunting him for twelve days to kill him, whereupon both men made passes for their Runs, and Jackson being the quicker shot his victim in the eye, instantly killing him. Jackson is spoken of as a pood citizen and reliable stockman, lie was fully exonera ed by the Coroner's jury, and was also the recipient of congratulations from all sources in having thus defended himself and at the same time done his country a

good service. Paxton and his gang have been the terror of the )eople of American Falls for years in their drunken carousals and indiscriminate shooting. In many instances they compelled people to dance for them, and at times they shoot as close to their victims' feet as to burn their shoes. Paxton himself is said to have been a fugitive from justice from Arizona, and his body bears the scars of bullets, showing that his career must have been a desperate one. It is thought that by the killing of Paxton the tough cowboy gang of Idaho will be more easily broken up. AN ADVENTURER.

Jlow a Kngus Count Swindled Adelina I'utti. Ntw York. October 18. One of the assertions in the accounts of the bogus Count .acharofTs elopement with Miss Billings, a New York heiress, was that he had sentimentally impressed Adelina Patti, the prima donna. In view of Patti's age and experience it was considered by her acquaintances here iniossibIe that she should have been a love-dujHr of the adventurer, despite his good looks and winsome way. Investigation establishes the fact that he entertained her at several line dinners in this eiiy at the time of her lat winter's season at the Academy of Music, and that he subsequently accompanied her across the continent. But her husband was present at the elaborate meals, so the Hotel Rossmore folks say, and from the attaches of the parlor car in which she journeyed it is learned that he was with her constantly during the trip, along with the reputed suitor. The explanation is that Zacharoff pretended to be a journalist as well as nobleman, and he convinced Patti that he could tfrite and publish a vast amount of laudatory matter concerning her. He was so plausible ami captivating, Ins forged letters from eminent editors were so hearty, and his lying was altogether so artistic, that the thoroughly business-like Patti was fooled. She paid liim a salary of $100 a weekand met all his luxurious traveling expenses for a month before finding out that he had no facilities whatever for booming her in the press. She was greatly chagrined by this, not alone through shame at having been defrauded, but because she feared that the newspapers might get a prejudice against her. She would not seek his punishment as a swindler, and she cencealed tbe whole thing as far as possible. The affair had no love in it. THE CHEROKEES. A Ititter Fight to b Made Agniut Chief Hushyliead. Little II' k, October 10. Intelligence from the Indian Territory is to the effect that the Cherokees are considerably stirred up concerning the misapprehension made in the sale of certain lands to the Cnited States Government for !s.üVioO. The purchase money was paid some time ago and divided prorata among the -cherokees only. The lands sold were MtpHsed to be those conveyed sonic time ago for the use of divers Indian tribes, but it apears that tbe sale covered what is known as the Cherokee strip, embracing a tract of several million acres. Another subject of discussion is the least of millions of acres to cattle syndicates. The Cherokee strip itself is embraced in these lands, chief Bushyhead is reported as haviug said to Secretary I.amar that the Cherokees arc well satisfied with the leases and want the cattle to remain. This statement is denied by the Cherokees. Asa matter of fact, the leases have been a source of trouble front the out-et. A bitter tight is being made against Chief Bushyhead and his administration, and it is exected to break out against him in the Legislature, which meets in November, with great violence. Of the seventyfour members, Senatorsand Representatives, which comprise the council, a majority is put down as anti-Bushyhoad, and it is exPeted that his official acts which in any way effect the general welfare will be closely investigated, lie was chosen principal chief in 1SS:, lor a four years' term. His administration has been of a progressive character. MYSTERIOUS MR. WARNER. He Surrenders Himself to a I'nited Stales Commissioner. Nkw York. i Vtoher 17. The mysterious William S. Warner, who secured the most of the funds of the bankrupt firm of t'rant A. Wiird. surrendered himself to United States t'ommissioner shields this morning, sayin? that he understood there was n warrant issued for him. A Deputy Mfttshal watched bis house last nijrht, but was unsuccessful In finding him. It is generally understood that for weeks past Receiver Johnston, of the Marine Bank, had leen invesiurating the dealings of Ward with the bant, and he hrinpstho present suit lo recover money which he claims to he due to the Iwnk. and whirb Warner is said to have legally obtained. Warner asserts that he had no dealings with the Murine Hank, except to draw the money njon cheeks naid him. and that be never had any dealings with the tirm of iO-ant A: Ward exci-pt to buy its obligations over the i-ountcr. Warner brought bondsmen to court with him and will give hail in any amount that may I desired. The examination was set down lor Thursday next and luiil was tixcdai SH.uuO. Mr. Warner's counsel produced two sureties, who justified in tw ice that amount. They are T. Rates Musjtrovo, banker of this city. mil Tracy K. ICoberts, a retired merchant of Brooklyn. A Horrible Murder. SiorvCrrT, la., October v;. A most horrible murder ocrurred in West Fork Township last evening. James and John Johnson, brothers, lived together on a farm. John was married, and James a single maa about twenty-eight years old. Yesterday they had a house raising, after which a keg of beer was tpied.fThe two brothers oiiarreled, and James was ordered from the house. He went out on the prairicsand remained till about 11 o'clock, lie then returned to the house and found his brother Jolin asleep in bed. 'faking an old array rin. lie loaded it, placed the mu.zle to John's head, and blew bis brains out. lie then loaded the gun again nud lined another charge at the head of his lifeless brother, scattering brains and blKd over the bed and walls of the room. The murderer remained at the house two hours, and then informed the neighbors that- bis brother was dead. He was immediately placed under arrest, and subsequently maAe a confession of bis crime. On .the way to this city wit an officer, they met a wajnm with a coftiu for the dead man, ami Johnson, being told lie would never see his brother again, redid: "Yes, I will; I will meet him in iell." The wife of the murdered man stood by and saw the crime, agreeing that it was the proper thing to do. She has not leen arrested. Towmdtip TrHteea-l'otomce llurgturled. Special to the Sentinel. Siiei.bvvm.i.e, Ind., October 10. The lourtcen Township Trustees of this county were before the 'ounty Commissioners to-day. and testified under oath that they had never bad any dealings with R. B. Pollard or any of his agents. The rostotlice, located in the grocery store of Ben Jenkins, at St. Paul, eight miles cast of here, was entered last night and robbed of $10 in change, jewelry, etc.

THE LAST SAD RITES.

Thousacds Atterded the Funeral of Cirdxa 1 MtCloskey Yesterday. The er ice Were of (irat lVoiip nod Mas. iitli.'-rnre fcttnte lut.r-tig Information Alxoit the Territory if A1;isJ;i. Neva York, OctoWr . The long night watch of those ineiiil rs of the Society of St. Vincent I e I'aul who guarded the body o:" Cardinal McClo-key in th great cathedral last evening at length came to the end. The lirst beams of the morning sun had hardly gilded the steeples of the churches when a. procession of priests, with uncovered heads, entered the Cathedra and knelt before the altar. The prayer for the opening of the new day, the day njon whi h the body of America's lirst ':rd:nal was to be committed to the earth were said, and then the priests walked slow ly down the aisle on either side of the catafalque and returned to the Sacristy. Two hundred policemen kept the great crowd that had assembled shortly after s a. m. iu order. The doors of the Cathedral were oitened at S:4", and the waiting throng invited to enter. As the hour for beginning the service was reached, the crowd without the church became greater. The streets for several squares in every direction wen blocked with carriages and masses of iople. The iolice had all they could attend to to prcserc order. 'lhscene within the Cathedral was grand and impressive. The dead !ody of the Cardinal, bad. during the night, been placed in the mahogany colli n which had been prepared for its reception. Heavy draiH'ry of purple velvet bordered with willim frenge hung about the coßin. Hods of gold extending the entire length of th coffin ornamented tbe sides more. The body had lieen so placed that the head of the dead prelate was raised above the level of the coftin and was easily s-en from below. The pews and aisles were now crowded with people; ö.uuo jx'rsons were gathered within the walls of the Cathedral before 10 a. in., while the throng was waiting the opening of the solemn requiem services the l'iiial Zouaes in gold lace and bright uniform, marched down the centre aisle and took up lHjsitions about the cataialque. A moment later the doors of the Sacristy were tlung oen acd a long procession of white-robed priests and acolites liled down the steps to the sseatsj directly in front of the high altar. There, was a moment of hushed expectancy as l ather Sainmel waved his hand and then the stillness was broken by the priests as they chanted the otlice of" the dead. The i?n voices of the priest and boys, mellowed by the distance, sounded rweeily to the ear of the waitiugcongregation. The boys chanted one line of the psalm and the priests the second. Iben came the sinking of psalm ninety-four. It was not, however, until the priests came to the ".Miserere"' that the full richness and beauty of the well-trained voices of the chancel choir were brought out. In all probability nothing like tbe singing of these priests and loys has ever been heard in the city. ' First came the singing of the Latin lines by the .boy tenors, to which responded to the harmonized voices of the priests. The notes of the charters Hoated upward among the great arches of the Cathedral, and being retlected by the pillars were thrown backbackward and forward until they died away in the distance Several more psalms wer then sung by the choirs in unison, after which came"! lie t hunting of thebenedktus; while the office for the dead was being chanted, Father Anacletus, a l'ranciscian friar, asssMed by lie v. Father Kelly, iassed around the atafahiie, sw inging a censor from which p ; fumed incense arose, hater on Father Tilly, a Hominiean priest, informed the same office. When the chanting came in an end the priests resunusl their seats and a short period of waiting followed. The great onran jealed forth and a solemn stately voluntary preceding the mas, and now two acolites bearing lighted candles in their hands, followed by another procession of priests, came slowly out from the .sacrist; and Ixiwed before the high altar. Then came the bishops in their ssmiW-r-hued garments, and tinally the Monsigneurs and tlie archli-hops. I ben all was ready, for the choir chanted the requiem mass. The choir numbered over 100 voices. Archbishop Corrigan was the celebrant of the pontilical mass. Monsignor Foley wjs the assistant priest; Father lonnclly, deacon, and Father McLean, sub-deacon. Fathers MclMiell. Kelly, Favclle. Siatsery and Mulheam, of the lithcdral household, were the masters of eremouies. Keverends Charles Clton and Thomas J. McClusky served the mass. Key. Thomas J. Md-'laniiery and Fathers Aylward and ÄlCJrath acted as chaplains. The sermon was preached after the mass At the conclusion of the sermon preparations were made far the concluding rites by the festival of the Kpiscopal absolution. After the words of absolution l.ad beenuitered the coffin was removed from the catafalque by the attendants and gently carried toils läst resting place fit the rrypt under the high altar, where it was placed besid the body of Arshbishop Hughes. The congregation and iler?y then quietly disersel. Tb Vnrifl .fall ahjrer. Boston, October IM. The story comrs from New York to-day that the Transoantinental Transportation Company sent a notice to the Pacific Mail Company that at the expiration if thirty-days its monthly subsidy payiactits will he stopped. President Adams, of the Vnion Pacific Railroad, said that he lad no information concerning it, but intended to make iuquiries about It. He presumed, however, that it was true. The olicy of the Southern 1'acinc Koad on the Transcontinental business had, he thought, been very arbitrary, aud he was disposed to ondenin in the strongest manner ioss'blc, their rerent action in refusing to honor the draft sent to them. The I'nion I 'aci lie was not at all noIiVitiou about tbe Transcontinental business, and could lo without it much letter than the Southern Pacific could. Tbe course of tbe Southern l'acilic, which indicated a desire to liae things all its own way justified every line in withdrawing from the association. Concerning bis visit to Washington, Mr. Adanisi said he talked the whole Pacific Mail subject over with the I'nited States Railroad Commissioner and Assistant Se reiary Jenck. Koth gentlemen understood the question thoroughly, and the latter denied that he intended to pursue the course attributed to him by some of the new.ajers. Itig failure in Terre Haute. Tr.BRE llAVTK, OctolM-r 17. Hon Ittanchard. a lar)?e real estate dealer, land excursion agent and speculator, has failed and leaves many people in hi debt. Some estimate hie .hortairc at St.VI.OnO. Pevclopinenta show that he has lieeu carrying on a Kcrd Ward pame. The niire police force and several Constables have Urn sean hinc lor kirn for the last twenty-four hour. When last heard from he was south of the city.