Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1886 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXII -NO. 17. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY. MAY 26, 188G. WUOLB NO. 1,627.

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STARTLING HOME NEWS

1 Sries cf Tragic Events As Related by Sentinel Correspondents. A T(OG VAN KILLS A LADY A3D THEN EIUSELF. A Boca 8 County Firmer and Wife Eat Wild Hemlock Eis Death His WL' Very ILL Wagta Loads of Hail Fall Sar DaavilleA Terrible Storm Sweep Over Hendricks aad Morgan Counties Two Childerea burned to If ath in Rash County Attempted Suicide in Clay Cunty 'ewa from Other Parts of Indiana. peelal to the PcntincL Madison, Ind., May 24 Jean Whlteliead, a yonng Kentuckian, visited his uncle, Capttin Barretr, two miles above Carrollton yesterday, and remained over night. This morning Miss llarwood end "Whitehead took a drive, returnicg in about an hour. Miss llarwood then went to her room while Whitehead put np the horse?, after which he went to the lady's room, when a few minutes later the family were startled by hearing several pistol thots. Hastening to the room they found Kiss llarwood dead with a bullet through the brain, and "Whitehead dying with a bullet through his head and the pistol with which he did the rash act still in his hand. Miss llarwood has been acting fc as Governess in Captain Barrett's family, and "Whitehead has been paying her attentions. Jealousy is the supposed cause f the terrible tragedy. A FATAL MISTAKE. AHoone County Farmer and Bis Wife Lat Wild Ilemlot k-IIe Died in Convul. ions The 'Wife Very Low. Special to the Sentinel. Lkpakon, May 24. Yesterday afternoon Daniel "Wills and his wife, four miles west of this city, went to the woods and dug some roots which they supposed to be spignnt, and ate a part of them. When they returned to the house Mrs. "Wills began to complain of sickness, and began vomiting violently. The husband started to the nearest neighbor, a ouarterof. amiie distant, to tummon hei. They were not at home, and he proceeded a half mile further to the house of another neighbor, told them of his wife's sickness, and left for home on the run. Reaching his gate, Mr. Wills fell in violent convulsions, and was carried In the house by some of the people whom he had summoned to see Mrs. Wills. In a very short time he died. Mrs. Wih's was unconscions, and seems to be suffering terribly in convulsions, but she has revived to-dav, and there is still a chance for her recovery. Mr. Wills is about thirty years old, and has been married four or live years. Among the roots which they dag and brought to the house were some from a species of wild hem lock (conium maculatum), and it was this which caused Mr. Wills' death. .DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM. Wheat Destroyed Cattle Killed Timber and Fences Blown Away, Xtc. Special to the Sentinel. Danville, Ind., May 21. The heaviest hail storm that has ever occurred in this county passed three miles north of here yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock The path of the storm bore south, and crossed the line passing east and west six miles east of here. The growing wheat is entirely destroyed, so much so that many of the farmers are plowing up their fields to put in corn. The clover fields look as if they had been mowed. The corn that was up, is up no more. The fruit was all beaten from the trees. The window-glass on the north side of the bouses was broken, and the farmers were In to-day getting new glass to supply the place of the broken ones. The damage was much greater than it would have been if there had not been a severe wind storm at the same time. The fencing and timber were badly blown down. J. E. Daugherty had three large cattle killed by the falling of a tree. Many wagon load3 of hail could have been gathered this morning ttVftPA If V t fallen CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. Jihn If. O'Neall Named to .Succeed Horn. Thomas R. Cobb in the Second Indiana District. Special to the SentiaeL Waphiv.tox, Ind., May 20. A convention convened in this place thi afternoon to nominate a candidate for Congress. W. A. Taylor, Dubois County, was Chairman. John II. O'Neall was nominated unanimously. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the administration, favoring a reduction of trie tariff, and complimenting Themas Ii. Cobb, tie present Representative. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. lies William, of Staunton, Attempts to Kill H'jnaelf. Facial to the Sentinel. Stacxtox, Ind., May 21. This afternoon at 1:22, Jn Williams, aged about thirty, attempted suicide by shooting himself, which may prove fatal. He left his saloon for dinner, and bad not teen borne but i short time when be went to the dining room, and taling twenty-two target gun, placed

it to hia breast and fired. The ball entered Lis right breast just below the nipple and penetrated his lang. Drs. Dill man and Gibford think his recovery doubtful. No cause can be assigned. He will not say why he did so. He will leave a wife and seven children. BURNED TO DEATH.

Two Children Destroyed by Fire Im a Farm lloose in Rnsh Connty. Special to the Sentinel. RrsHviLi.E, Ind., May 24. The residence of James Dawson on Ves Hilligoss' farm, six miles southwest of this place, burned Saturday night with all its contents. Two of Mr. Dawson's children perished in the Qam;s. Dawson was awakened by a crackling noise, and found his house . on fire. He and his wife occupied the lower room, while his two daughters were sleeping in a room on the second floor. On running to their room he found them in a tiery furnace, unable to leave. With that bravery and love a father has for a child he rushed in and extricated both of them the oldest, aged thirteen, was literally burned to a crip, the flesh ready to drop from tLe bones, while the youngest, six years of age, seemingly, was not so !-everely burned. The first-named lived until yesterday morning, suffering the pain no anodyne has power to relieve, while the yonnger died to-day. Mr. and Mrs Dawson each received ery serious injuries. SUICIDE. A i'rumiDrnt Merchant of irren County End Hi Life With Morphiue. Special to the Sentinel. Eloomf:eli led., May 20. The citizens of Linton were startled by the report that Nel son Yakey, the senior partner of the well known firm of Yakey & Law, had committed suicide. A careful investigation as to the cause has developed the following: On Saturday night Mrs. Yakey saw some women of ill repute enter the store of her husband. Suspecting that there might be some imprudent conduct in the store, she went to the 6tore window. There ehe saw her husband offer a bottle to one of the women. Becoming enraged, Mrs. Yakey entered the store and seized the bot tle and threw it away. Mr. Yakey was so embarrassed as well as mortified that be endeavored to persuade his wife to leave the store. Failing in this, he then took her home, where s-be refused to remain, but went to the home of her sister, Mrs. Homer I -aw, and stayed until next morning. Mr. Yakey then went to a drug store and purchased eight grains of morphine, stating that bis wife and daughter were indisposed. This was done at 11 o'clock on Thursday night. He returned home, and in an upper room took the fatal dose and placed himself on a bed from which he never arose again, dying shortly after. CHASING A BURGLAR. A Wahasli Preacher's Exciting Pursuit of a II oase Thief. Special to the Sentinel. Wafash, Ind., May 20. Elder L. L. Car penter is the tallest man in town. He stands about six feet and six inches in his socks, and when he walks he reminds one of a pair of tongs stepping off. Early this morning the reverend gentleman gave an exciting exhibition of the speed he can de velop when necessary. He awoke about 4 o'clock, and found a brisk little burglar jumping around in his room. The burglar had taken po ssion of the Elder's trouser's ana gold watch and was about to leave the premises. Uder arpenter sprang from bed and gave chase. The thief ran out into the 6treet, and Uder ( arpenter followed, clothed only in a nicht shirt. The thief ran like a quarter horse, and the Elder followed close behind, with his only garment flying wildly in the morning breeze. To add to the excitement of the occasion, Kev. Car penter screamed "fire" and "bloody murder" to arouse his neighbors. Finally he overtook the little fellow, and coiled his serpentine form about him until neighbors came and escorted the prisoner to jail. The prisoner is not as tall as his captor by a foot. He is about forty-five years old, wore a short beard, and was never seen here before. The elder feels quite brave this morning, and has been down street all morning receiving the congratulations of his friend. Tuesday evening Elder Carpenter and wife celebrated the twenty-fifth aniversary of their wedding, and it is probable that the thief expected to get considerable silverware. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Jacob Kitzinger, of Hanover, Ind., Receives a Hot-shot Greeting in His Own House. Epacial to the Sentinel. Madison, Ind., May 21. The little village of Hanover, six miies below here, is greatly excited over the attempted assignation of one of its citizens, Jacob Ritsinser, a bachelor who lives alone. He was awakened about 1 o'clock this morning by hearing a shot. Jumping out of bed he ran for his gun and was compelled to pass a window, when about twenty shots were fired at him, one grsz-ng along his thigh, the others only demolishing the glass, lie is quiet, peaceful and makes and sells cider. Suspicion rest upon certain college students to whom he refused to sell. A Mysterious I'oisoner. i Lima, O., May 21. The Grand Jury, which was discharged Saturday, investigated a cae which has been of vital interest among the farmers Irving near Comer, this county. For a number of years past valuable horses belonging to some of the wealthy farmers of that locality hare from time to time died off, from the elects of some kind of poison given them by an unknown person at night. Among the farmers who have suffered loss of animals at the hands of the poison fiend are William Rowers, W. J. Ward and W. Williams. Theii lofs ranpes from 4'Hi to $1, '') each, according to the number of anlma's lost. No less than twenty valuable pieces of horseflesh have died from poiaoniue up to the prekent time, and although vigilant, the farmers have been powerless to stay the hand of the poisoner or find orit who he is. His form has been seen after dark after he fed his stuff to the animal?, and he has been shot at pversl tim, but no one has seen his face. He mixes his preparation with oats, and it is a liquid not unpleasant to the animal, as they eat it readily. Sugpicion fxiirited to a certain person who bears a bad refutation, as he swore vengeance on one of tU heaviest lors seven or ei ht years ago for lOUi wren,; done, hut no rase has bn-n fount.' against hira. Reuben iiarpster was the hit victim, m Le had a horse poisoned a c urie of weeks ago. His hore wai valued t72M.

SETTLED AT LAST.

President Cleveland to to Married in Buffalo, N. Y., on June 16. THE WEDDING TO EE VERY PRIVATE. An Owner cf Jersey Cattle Opposed to tha Oleomargarine Bill. A Site Selected for the Congressional Li brary Illness of a Former Indianlan Sensational Humors AnVcting- the. White House A Ileal I: iinaiica National Matt-, a. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, May -J. Dr. Pierce, of New York, formerly of Indianapolis, a brother-in-law of the late Vice President Hendricks, called to-dav at the W hite House, and in an interview with the President was informed the long talked of welding is to take place on the ICth proximo. "Are you sure he is to be married?" said the Sentinel correspondent, who was in the receptiou room when the Doctor came from the Presidential chamber. He told me so," said the venerable man of physic?, "and I know he is telling me the truth; besides that, he looks like a man who is to ba married. I can tell it in a man, and Mr. Cleveland possesses all the symptoms." From a friend of Mr. Cleveland it is learned tbe wedding is to take place in Dutfalo, and on account of tbe rcceut death of the grandfather of the bride it is to be very private. Miss Folsom will be in mourniog out of respect for tbe old pranufather. While the sentinel correspondent was at the White House, -waiting to see the President, a numter of packages were brought in, Bome of which were gentleman's opera suits of clothes, from Plympiom, the New York tailor. Among the lot was a package, express marked "New York." which consists of a half-dozen night shirts, daintily embroidered and rich in harmony of colors. The Prldcat has purchased his country home, which is situated near Tcnleytown, not far distant from tbe country house of Secretary Whitney. A Friend of Oleomargarine. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Nay 22. J. Sterling Morton, the Democratic National Committeeman from Ne braska, who has been in Washington for several weeks, is an opponent of the Oleomargarine bill, notwithstanding he is the owner of Jersey cattle. He says if the Government is going to tax oleo margarine, it had better tax the imitation eggs that a Jerseyman is making They have been analyzed and declared harmless, but they should le taxed, nevertheless, in the interest of the hens. Paper," said Mr. Morton, to-day, "was once made of clean rags cotton and linen. Now it is is imposed on the public made of wood pulp, and imposes it uion the paper consumers." While he argues in the interest of dairymaids and farmers against any substitute for butter made of cream and milk, why not protect by tax ation the old fashioned paper makers as against the wood pulp producers? ' Sugar, too, is soalomerated with glucose that we miss protection for genuine, unadulterated cane sugar sugar made from the milk of the ca.De. as butter from the milk of the eow. Why not put a tax of 10 cents a pound on glucose sugar. have it all marked glucoso, and enact a high license for selling the sme? And if pretenses are all to be taxed, and if all commodities are to be stamped and named and defined by law, why not begin on the young men statesmen? And If ignorance can he taxed the Uovernnieiit may derive a great income from a levy on Congressmen. Weigh them up, and tax each member of the Congress who knows nothing of economic lws, who never studied political economy, the same as butterine ten cents a pound avordupols. This system of internal revenue will bring to the National Treasury f JO a head on all '200 pound Congressmen who know little or nothing about the exact laws of commerce. There would be found among the Si members ot the lower House and the 76 ponderous inmates ot the Senate between twenty and thirty tons of tbe most solid, dense and perfected economical agnosticism which the world has ever .seen. We demand ten-cent tax on every pound of lsrdine statesmanship in Congress. ientlemen of the older school of publicists, like Webster, Benton, Clay and Calhoun, were to the law makers of the present day what pure Jersey butler is to lard and tallow to wagon grease." Condemnation of Property. Special to the Sentinel. WAMir..oTON. May 22, Proceedings were to day instituted for the condemnation of the property selec ted for the site of the Congressional Library. Secretaries Lamar, Fairchild and Clark, and Librarian Spoffert constituting the committee to procure the property, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, stating their inability to purchase the ground selected for the Bite within the prescribed limitation of the act providing for the same, and asking for the condm nation of the property in question to wit: Squares numbered 729, 730 and 731. lying south of east Capitol street and bounded by First street on the west, Second street on the east and street on the south. Tbe court thereupon made a decree directing the marshal of the district to summon a jury of seven judicious disinterested men to appear on the premises in question Juue 7 next and from day to day thereafter as long as may be necessary to assess the damages wbicu tbe owners thereof may sustain by reason of the being taken for the purposes of the library and to report their verdict to the court. Illness of .lodge .lere 31. Wilson. pedal to the BentineL Washington, May 22. Judge Jere M. Wilson, who for some years represented In Congress the Counersville district, but for the last ten years practicing law In this city, a partner of Hon. Sana hbellbarger, formerly of Ohio, is very sick at his residence and not expected to live. Sensational Ramon. Special to the Sentinel. Washington. May 22. Tbe latest sensations tnight are that one of the Folsom boys of western New York is to be married to Miss RoseClcvc'.aii !, sister of the President. Tbe other is that Mr. Cleveland was married to JIUs Frsr.kie Fo!som previous to her goin to Kurope lt fall. Of course these arc lies, but it gots just the nice. A llonuanre. Rpeclal to the Sentinel. Wimiim.to.v, May 2.-CaptaIn A. F. McMillan, one of the Deputy Firt Auditors, went to Ohio last night, wbero he will marry, on next Thursday, Mrs. Mien Seymour, of (leneva. There Is a real romance connected with this coming wedding. Captain McMillan and Mes. seyraour wera children together in A h tabula. O., and tenty-ix years ago were plighted lovers. Tbe war came ou, and Captain McMillan, then a youth of dghteen, went out to fight for the Union. The letters which the loverj wrote became further apart, and Anally ceased altogether After the war the Captain married, and receiving an appointment In tbe Treasury caice to Washing to live. Xra. Seymour married

a banker of Geneva. In course of time Captain McMillan lost his wife and Mr. Seymour also died. Lap t tnmmer while on hia vacation the Captain met Mrs. Seymour, who Is a very attractive woman, and the acquaintance was renewed. The old feeling returned to both hearts and they decided to wed. An artist in the Treasury has presented Captain McMillan with a well executed picture, showing the various scenes in this romance: (1) As children playing together. (2) Ai plighted lovers. (3) With the soldiers marching to the war and maiden signaling her farewell. (4) The estrangement, and (5) the lovers before the altar. Tbe iriends of the Captain have sent a line set of table silver to his bride.

CHICAGO MARKETS. Wheat Slngglsh, Cora Ruled Dull, While Provisions Were Weak. Special to the Sentinel. Chicago, May 22. The wheat market on 'Change fcss dragged sluggishly through the past week. The deals started pretty sit k, prices each day touchir g a lower level than had been previously rcachtd, and it was not until very near the finish that there was anv notable improvement. Then the sentiment of the pit suddenly changed, and ail at om e everybody became "bullish. " Business picked up, and outside orders were more numerous than for many weeks. The great pressure to jump on the market aud force sales which had been so noticeable was entirely lac king, and instead some of the leading bears were quite liberal buyers. A little selling rsid was indulged in by those operators who thought they saw a bear argument in the l.'isO.Coo bushels increase in the amount on passiiee, but the aviditv with which their offerings were taken showed that otbers had not forgotten the fact that from the Atlantic ports alone exports of wheat and flour had been 2.300,000 bushels. Stooks ol wheat throughout the Went are being rapidly reduced, and good men estimate that next week's stock statement will show but little over 7.coo,coo bushels of wheat In Chicago. One l hing is noticeable this wsnrn which for years has not been seen, and that is the large quantities of wheat moving: hast from all points; tuis is continuing from day to dav, with no signs of a falling off, and the lact that Beaboard clearances are so largo goes to show that Ule grain must be moved hast for shipment, n is doubtless a contemplation ot these features that hs iuductKI Oudahy, Keam, Homes, Kose Fraley i aud Other professional bears to cover up tneir lines, and get in shape for a bull campuiga in i case anything serious should happen to the gro-1 ng cj op or exports continue to Increase. Just I now there are various reports current on tbe floor of damage to the growing grain in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania by Hessian fly, and of ravages by chinch bug in the southern counties of this btate. The injury so far is probat 'y not rcrious, but it serves to make the sjiall shorts anxious. The visiMe supply, which is now considerably less than 40,000,000 bushels is partly composed of stocks at points which were not noticed until a couple of years ago. and if to that another 5,000,000 bushels be aided, we shall have practically all the wheat east of the Pacific slope, which is barely more than enough to till home wants up to the end ot tbe next six weeks. Ou the other hand, seilen base their operations on the expected large crop, and a belief that farmers' deliveries will be large during the next few weeks. Planklnton says to-night: "If values do not advance so as to bring the export movement to a stand-mill, about the last of July will be a great time for a bull campaign." Corn rules dull, all interest bein? centered it, wheat. Both receipts and shipments aremoder' ate. Irovlelons are weak, because the receipts of hogs are away above general estimates. Fight Iietween a Father and the Seducer of Ills Daughter. 7.AXF.SV1LLK, O.. May 22. A terrific encounter occurred yesterday on Main street between two prominent farmers of Falls Township, which nearly ended in a tragedy. William Tannehill, son of James Tannehill, a wealthy fanner, the story goes, seduced the daughter of William Newman, a neighboring fanner, under promise of marraj Youn Tannehill, after getting the innocent and confiding eirl in an interesting condition. left for the West The father of the eirl said at the time that he would kill Tannehill the first time he saw him. Tannehill came back home a few days ago, and he and Newman met. Newman assuul ted him, and they fell together on the sidewalk, Tannehill on top. They fought for several minutes, Tanneuill's father standing by and preventing interference, until finally his son's lett eye rolled out upon his forehead, and bystanders interfered and separated them. Newman, upon recovering his feet drew a revolver and was about to shoot, when an employe of the B. and O. express office interft-red and snatched the revolvor from tbe hand of the infuriated father and prevented a tragedy. Newman swears that he will kill the seducer of his daughter at sight. The affair has created great excitement, and serious trouble is anticipated if Tannehill does not leave the country. Swindling an Indian. New Yoke, May 29. The Sioux warrior, "Black Horse" and his sjuaw roamed disconsolately through Castle Garden yesterday. For two years, with nine companions, the couple have been exhibitinjr throughout Europe, Berlin being the last placer where they satisfied the curiosity of the Inhabitants to gaze upon the noble red man. 'Black Horse" longed for the wilds of his native Dakota, and going to Bremen he intrusted his landlord with 400 marks with which to prepay the passage of himself and squaw to Dead wood. They arrived on the State of Nebraska yesterday, and then discovered that they were only booked to New York. Clerk Nigleutch accompanied "Black Horse" to the office of the State Line where it was found that 170 marks had been received for the passage of the couple. "Black Horse's" landlord is, therefore, gainer of 2.'50 marks. "Black Horse" is in a tenible quandary. Tbe fare to Dead wood would cost him $t5.80, about $95 more than be possesses. Accidentally Poisoned. Denton, Tex., May 23. A sad calamity befell one of our best citizens, Chas Meentzen, yesterday morning. Early, after arising, his wife told him that bhe did not feel well, and she believed she would take some Jamaica ginger, and got a teaspoon and ponred it full of what she thought to be Jamaica ginger. She took it and exclaimed to her huäband, "Oh. Charley, I have taken the wrong bottle!" and her husband, horror-stricken, saw that she had taken oil of hitter almonds that they were in the habit of using in Havonng cakes. Physicians were sent for immediately, but nothing could be done to save her. She became unconscious immediately and died in about one hour, after suffering intenselj'. The cause of her living so long is, however, attributed to the fact that she spat out most it, yet swallowed enough of the deadly pois- :. to cause her death. Disastrous Fire. Milw ai kie, Wis., May 21. A special dis patch to the Wisconsin from Wausauc says that a disastrous fire broke out there this afternoon and is raging furiously in the lumber district of the city. U. U. riamer's mills and yards have been swept away, and other yards are certain to go. Several buildings have also been burned out. No estimate of Iocs given. Late in the afternoon, and before the particulars of the lire had been received, all communication with WansauC hv teleciaDh or otherwise was cut off, and nothing what ever is now to be learned. The V estern Union. Milwaukee and 6t. Taul Railroad and Lake Shore and Western Railway wires to Waueauc can not be made to work, and the belief is that a great part of the town haa been destroyed.

CUPID'S TRIUMPH.

The God cf Love Scores Another Victory Oyer the Administration. Secretary Lamar to Wed a Fascinating; Southern Widow Petitions for a New Federal Code of Procedure Miss Folsom En Ronte Home, Etc. Special to the Sentinel. "Washington, May 24. The engagement of Secretary Lamar to Mrs. Holt, widow of General Holt, of Macon, Ga., which was hinted at when Lamar visited the South last month, is now believed to be true. The date for th j ceremony is as yet unknown, but that the wedding will be celebrated some time during the summer while the Secretary is enjoying his vacation is the belief of all who know him. Mrs. Holt is described as a fine-looking, well-preserved woman of the blonde type, about fifty-five years of age. She was a Miss Dean, a descendant of an old wealthy Georgia family. Trior to her marriage to General Holt there is believed to have been a romantic attachment between ber and Mr. Lamar, who at the time was quite a young man. Events did not shape themselves as the young people wished, and after a time Miss Dean married Mr. Holt and Mr. Lamar married some one else. Mrs. Holt became the mother of two daughters, both of whom are married, one to Mr. Berger, the representative old Macon family; the other to Captain Robert E. Part, for merly of Lagrange. When General Holt died some three years ago, be left his wife an estate valued at $150,000. She had also in herited some money from her father, so that she became one of the richest women in Georgia. Most of her property is invested in local and railroad securities. She has a large interest in a Southwestern Railroad, of which her brother-in-law, Colonel Jone, is President. Colonel Jones and his wife, who live at Macon, are all that is left of the immediate family of Mrs, Holt, aside from her children. Her son-in-law and daughter, Captain and Mrs. Tark, live with her in the family mansion, which is one of the handsomest in Ma con. It stands in the center of a handsome bit of property, in the most fashionable part of the city. This is the only piece of real estate which Mrs. Holt owns. To Simplify Federal Court Proceedings. Special to the Sentinel. "Washington, May 24. A large number of petitions have been received of late urging upon the Jndiciary Committees of the Senat and House, the necessity of providing a Federal code of procedure. Bills for this object are now before these committees, pro viding for the appointment of the Federal Code Commission, and extending an invitation to eiCh State and Territory to appoint one. or more representatives to advise with this commission. It is hoped to make the Federal Code acceptable, not only to Con gress, but the Legislatures of all the States and Territories, aud to secure its voluntary adoption by each of them. One uniform practice will prevail in all the Federal, State and Territorial Courts. Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court, writing of the present situation for the American Law Review, of St. Louis, says "The Federal Judges and the practitioners in the Federal Courts are left to grope their way in this mingling of Federal law with that of thirty-eight States of the Union, and the enactments of Legislatures of eight Territories and the District of Columbia. The condition of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are bound to take judicial notice of all these diCerent laws, and are expected to ascertain what they are, can well be imagined." The Ilride-Elect. Epecial to the Sentinel. Washington, May 24. Miss Folsom, the bride-elect of President Cleveland, will ar rive from Europe the latter part of this wf ek. She, with her mother, sailed from Liverpool on iast Thursday. Thev will not know of the death of their grandfather un til they reach New York. The wedding may possibly be postponed on account of the death, but nothing definitely will be known until the arrival of the Fol soms. Colonel Lamont has sent out the usual White House denial about the l'Jth proximo being the wedding day, but when it is known denials of all truthful reports coming from that quarter are more plentiful than flowers that bloom in the spring, it should be taken for the rock-ribbed truth Everything excepting Colonel Lamont'a stereotyped denial points to the truthfulness of Dr. l'ierce'8 statement fixing tbe 10th of June as the day. Miscellaneous. Bpsclal to the Sentinel. Washington, May 21. Judge Brown, of Karsas, formerly Sheriff of Laporte County, Indiana, is here visiting his brother who is connected with the Pension Department. Judge Brown is prominently mentioned in connection with the Governorship of his adopted State. Governor Curtin, Chairman of the Labor Investigating Committee said to-day that he believed the committee will be authorized to go to the mining districts of Pennsylvania and investigate the labor troubles that have long existed in that section. THE MAXWELL CASE. The Interest Increasii.; Sensnttonal Testimony of a Detective. St. Lous, May 24 The rumor that a witness, who is said to have seen Maxwell make an attempt to murder Preller in Boston previous to the arrival of either of them in this city, would testify in the Maxwell case, drew a larger crowd to the Criminal Court this morning than has been present at any time since the opening of the case, but their desire for the sensational story had up to neon cot been gratified, for tie testimony

taken this morning differed but little L'om that cf previous days.

A. A. Meiner, a druggist, testified that Maxwell, accompanied by a man whom he supposed was Preller. had come to his store on Easter Sunday, 1885, at about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon and called for something to quiet the nerves. The man whom he supposed was Preller purchased several toilet articles and paid for them, exhibiting at the lime a large amount of money, saw the two men afterward at a cigar stand in the Southern Hotel bnving cigars. Preller paid that bill also. Cross-examination developed nothing new. August Bengel testified that the defendant came to his shooting gallery on the evening of Easter Sunday about 9:30 o'clock and shot at a target several times. His aim was unsteady, and he seemed nervous and ex cited ; also appeared to be under the in fluence of liquor. The SuTerintendent of the Moreue. to which Preiler's dead body was taken, was re called and testified that the lip of the deCrased apf eared as it a heavy black mous tache had been shaved from uThe sensational testimony of the day, not that, however, which the thronged court room expected to hear, was given by J. r. McCulloucb. a detective who, under the direction of Detective Furlong, District At torney Clover and his assistant McDonald, forged a check on an Eastern house and presented it at one of the city banks. He was anested and placed in jail and assigned a cell adjoining that of Maxwell. He testified that immediately after bis incarceration he introduced himself to Maxwell and worked himself intohisconfidence, and also about ten days afterward he became engaged in a con versation with Maxwell about the latter's . . ill case. JJunne this conversation tne defendant told the witness that the only point in his case about which he felt uncertain and uneasy, was that concerning the money. He said that if be could only prove that h had plenty of money when Preller came to St. Louis, he would "have no anxiety about a speedy acquittal. The witness offered to fix that all ribt, tut told the defendant that he must know all about the case, or could do nothing. Maxwell then made a free and full confession of all particulars of the case, beginning with his first acquaintance with l'reller, how on shipboard he noticed that l'reller had in hia possession a large amount of money, how they separated in Boston, Preller going to Thiladel phia, and Maxwell coming to SL Louis. The defendant, in this confession, said that on the Friday night after Preller joined him in this city, he told him (Maxwell) that it would be impossible tor him to pay the defendant's way to Auckland, whither they had arranged to go together. This, said the defendant to the witness, angered him greatly, and he determined then to Ii V him for his meanness. On the following night he and Preller were sitting in the former's room, when the latter complained of severe pains in his side. Maxwell said, "O, I can fix that all right; I have treated such cases before." He then injected hypodermically into his friend's arm a sufficient amount of morphine to render him unconscious. After he had been in that condition for some time he bound a cloth completely saturated with chloroform about his victim's head, and this, he confessed to the witness, "ended the business." He then secured all of Preller'tmoney, about $s00 in all, besides the most of his personal effects, and planned his escape, the details of which are so well known. Alter the conclusion of McCullongh's testimony the court adjourned until 2 o'clock, when his cross-examination will be proceeded with. John F. Mcl'ullougb, the witness who created a sensation in tbe Maxwell trial to day, was arrested at the Mechanic Bank on February 2G, while trying to pass a check for $1,1H0.12, which was drawn in favor of John F. Morri , and had the name of Dr. Smith, Treasurer of the Gonld railroad system, sitmed to it. While he wss in the bank Detective Furlong came in with a check he desired to pass, bis presence at the time being supposed to have been pureW accidental. TLe check present- d by McCulIough was for $1,180.12. and as the signature was totally unlike Dr. Smith's, Mr. Hutchinson, the cashier of the bank, immediately detected the forgery. Shaking with ex itemfnt, he told Furlong of his d scoverv. Tbe latter attempted to arrest MfCullouch. A scuflie ensued, but Furlong bagged his man and brought him to his oflice. He then sent W. E. Phillips, one oi his operatives, to swear to information for a warrant against him. This he did, and returned with a Deputy Sheriff, who placed McCulIough under arrest and lodged him in jail. Dingfelder was given a preliminary examination and remanded and locked up in jail for forty-seven days, when he gave bond in the sum of $2,0uo, with ex-Judge Laughlin as security. Then he jumped his bond and went to New York. An indictment was returned against him by the grand jury. Cashier Hutchinson, of the Mechanics' Bank, and two clerks in the employ of Dr. Smith being the witnesses against him. The State ollicers say that neither Phillips nor any of the other witnesses who appeared before the Grand Jury knew who McCulIough rea.ly was, all supposing he was a foreer. Even" Dr. Smith himselt was not let into the scheme and believed McCulIough, or Frank Dingfelder, as he was known to tbem, to have committed a forgery. The case against Dingfelder is still pending in the Criminal Court. He says that from New York he wrote Maxwell, under the name of John F. Mahon, concerning two witnesses he bad secured that would testify that Maxwell had money when he left Boston. He further insists that both Mr. Martin and Mr. Fauntleroy wrote him replies to these letters, wanting to make appointments with the men who were to do the swearing, but Mr. Clover would not let him carry the matter any lcrther, and told him he must not meet tbe attorney?. LESSEPS ON ROUSSEAU. The Great Frenchman Speaks Lightly of the Adverse Report. Paris, May 23. M. de Les3eps, being interviewed on the subject of M. Rousseau's adverse report on the Panama Canal, said that M. Rousseau naturally took a pessimistic view, "but," added M. de Lesseps, "the worst that even M. Rousseau can say is that great difficulties have yet io be overcome in the cutting, and that the cutting was contracted for below what the work will actually cost." Commenting on this, M. de Lesseps said : "The contractors will have to suffer if what M. Rousseau 6ays be true, and not the company. I adhere to my belief that the canal will be completed in IS S9, and I am ready to furnish the Government with all the information and documents in my possession which confirm me in my impression." M. De Lesseps pronounces the whole Rousseau incident a thing of but little importance. The canal company's engineers held a consultation to day for the purpose of preparing a statement in rebuttal of M. Rousseau's report M. De lesseps Bays that if the Government refuses him permission to issue lottery bonds for the purpose of raising sufficient money to complete the Panama Canal he will get funds by other means and elsewhere than in France.

THE IRISH QUESTION. Mite on Mr. Gladstone's Measure Driwirg to i Close.

MINISTERIAL TACTICS STILL FOR DEL IT Remarkable Collection of Rare China Brought to the Eamrner. Press Comment of Alderman, Jaehne's Conviction for Bribery De Lesseps Pronounces M. Rousseau's Adverse Report on the Panama Canal of but little Importance. I -on don. May 2a. The debate begins U pall on listeners and poakers alike. The number of members who don't return sfter dinner increases, and it is difficult to keep a full house, except when a Nationalist is speaking. Members are then sure that something new or amusing will be said. "Tim" Sullivan, the Mayor of Dublin, kept the jaded bouse in roars on Tuesday night. Dillon also secured an attentive audience for Tarnell by his hits at the Orangemen on Thursday on a mere private bill, and afforded another proof of his variety and freshness. The arms bill brought out a slashing speech. from T. P. O'Connor, and finally Justin McCarthy wound up the work brilliantly for his side on resuming the main debate on Friday. His argument was delivered in his) Usual quiet, silvery style, with a soft, ingratiating voice. McCarthy sometimes wins back a waverer, but never givea offense in the House, and is, therefore, the most useful man of the party after Parnell himself. A bombshell was thrown the other day by the wily hand of Gladstone among the secessionists. While boasting of their approaching victory the ominous words, "A speedy dissolution," were whispered, and fell like the crack of doom on their startled ears. There were heard on all sides agitated murmurs and anxious inquiries: "How can we get back under the 'old man's' umbrella?" At tbe same moment the caucus screw was ruthlessly applied, and no wonder that several waverers under the double action of both instruments of torture announced their repentance. An immense pressure is now put on Gladstone to withdraw both bills and introduce a resolution affirming the broad principle of Home Rule for Ireland. A large body of Liberals are confident he will yield, but there is no chance of such a result. The late Lord Dudley is said to have occasionally imagined himself a "teapot," bat his china mania took other forms, lie spent fabulous sums on rare Sevres, and his old Chelsea was famous. The announcement that the marvels of the Dudley porcelain collection would be brought to the hammer caused a flutter in fashionable London, and half the aristocracy aDd the peerage might have been seen at the private view in Christie & Manson's rooms. Yesterday when the doors of the salesrooms opened there was a rush for seats, and in a few seconds every inch of sitting and standing room was occupied. At 1 o'clock precisely Mr. Christie ascended the rostrum. The catalogue included 203 numbers, among; the chief attractions being four old Chelsea vases, for which Lord Dudley paid a trifle of 10,000, several wonderful Sevres services and a few fine specimens of old enamelled crystal work from tbe Demidoff collection. The most remarkable pieces in the Dudley collection was the famous Rose du Barry ' vaisseau a mat" and side vases not in the list, having, I understand, been privately secured by Ixrd Rothschild. Haifa dozen of the most valuable pieces in the catalogue, notably a pair of rare apple f;reen Sevres vases, with covers and stands, orming a jardiniere, were bought in for the Dudley family at fancy prices. Much interest is shown here about the New York Alderman sentenced for official bribery, a crime which is scarcely known in this country. Much of" the Judge's sentencing address was cabled too late for comments in the morning press, but the evening papers have leaders, and in the course of one it is said: "The eulogy which Judge Barrett passed upon American institution?, in sentencing; the peccant Alderman, was full of sound doctrine. It is when tbe majority of the people have their price that the State is corrupt, not when a few officials condescend to take bribes." The Gladstone Committee is making a final effort to conciliate the Radical dissenters. The committee has made overtures to Mr. Chamberlain, promising that if he abstains from voting against the Home Rule bill the measure will be dropped after the second reading, and that the Government will then support a resolution affirming the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament and promising adequate protection to the Irish minority. Mr. Chamberlain's acceptance of tbeoßer depends upon Mr. Gladstone giving guarantees that this course will be followed. The Radical Workingraen's Clubs of London are organizing a demonstration in Hyde Park in favor of the Home Rule bill. Trime Minister Tricoupis has telegraphed to the General in command of the Greek forces instructing him to endeavor to arrange an armistice. The latter has evidently been unable to comply with his instructions, owing probably to the difficulty of securing an interview with Eyub Pasha, the Turkish Commander. The Greek Cabinet is in session at Athens, and great excitement prevails in the capital. A demonstration of Radical workingmen was held in East London to-day. Speeches were delivered from four platforms. Resolutions were adopted favoring the Home Rule bill, expressing confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and favoring the dissolution of Parliament if the Home Rule bill be rejected. Mr. Labouchere writes to the Daily New3 thattheie is not a single Whig, Liberal or Radical who has announced his intention to vote against Mr. Gladstone's bill whose action has been indorsed by a portion of hisconstituents who sent him to Parliament. Not one even pretends to be acting in harmony with his electors. It can not possibly be said thai the Liberals as a party are opposed to the bill or are disunited because a certain number of commoners decline to act as representatives of their electors and appeal to the Conservatives to support them in the cominp election, t'nder the circumstances approvers of the bill should realize that they are not justified in asking concessions, which, if made, would not be granted to a eection of the Liberals, but to gentlemen in aitagonism with their party, Mr. Gladstone and their own electors. Mr. Labouchere estimates that forty liberal scceders are in favor of the principles ef th bill, but from the influence of the Chamberlain clique, fear to met Mr. Gladstone frankly and fairl j half way in an endeavor to remove objections. He urges them to act for themselves instead of submitting to those who desire to overthrow Mr. GladStone. He believes that a method can easily be found to enable them to vote for 4 second reading without sacrificing their convictions,