Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1889 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. "WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10. 1889.

PRISON DOORS STILL OPEN.

WOODS PAINFULLY EMBARRASSED Though the Work of Rescue Goes Cheer folly On The Indictments Returned by a Jury of .Democrats and Republicans In Good Faith. Judge Woods, continuing his defiant, shameleas and indecent disregard of law, and the due punishment of crime, Thursday quashed indictments against a number of election violators, the extent or character of whose crimes Las never even been inquired into by the present federal officers. It was enough for Woods to know that they were uncompromising republicans. The list embraces: Joshua Kaly, who was indicted for swearing in the illegal vote of James Orr of Nineveh, Johnson county. Benjamin T. Keaton of Nineveh. Johnson county, for swearing in the vote of James Mulliken, ayoungnian who resides in Terre Haute, and in no sense can establish any right to claim residence in the county where he voted. Thomas ti. Wilcox, an irresponsible member of the theatrical profession, who was brought here yesterday, under arrest, from the state of Ohio, where he voted at the late election, though, he boldly voted at Auburn, De Kalb connty. Thomas Huberts of Boswell for swearing in John C Anderson. ID i K rouse for swearing in the illegal vote of Joseph W. True. Koth voted in Jay county. Harrison's boodle organ yesterday morning, with its usual blundering and total disregard of truth, prints a rehash of its old lies in a vain eflort to make it appear that the numerous indictment recently returned against republican repeater and bribers were founded in revenue. The Journaf, which always rushes to the defense ot republican crooks, well knows that the jury was about equally divided politically, and that the evidence presented to that body against a man for a political offense must have been of a convincing character to insure a bill against him. It is true that Mr. Bailey, largely in charge of the district attorney's ofriee durine the investigation of these frauds, manifested great zeal in bringing before the bar of justice all persons guilty of crime. This was to his great credit It is very certain no stich result would have been experienced under the suDerintendency of any republican or, for that matter, democrat, of less energy than he manifested in the full performance of his duty. The intimation, however, that the prosecution assumed a partisan character is mere rot and wholly unsupported by the facts. All charges presented or complained of worthy of attention were presented to the grand jury, ami among those indicted were a number of democrats. No, politics did not enter the inquiry until the evidence reached Judee Woods. Then it played sad havoc with all further possibility of sending to the penitentiary at least a few hundred of the several thousand republicans whose criminal conduct secured for Harrison the narrow plurality which he received in this state. The fact that Mr. Uailey noliied a halfdozen or more election indictments before lie retired from office is cited, for the purpose of riving the public the impression that that oificer considered the indictments defective. This absurd lie is best contradicted by the records themselves, which show in ench rase disposed of on motion of Mr. Uailey that the action was taken on the eround that the charges in such were not suli'.ciently supported by evidence to result in probable conviction. This is undoubtedly very strong evidence, of itself, that the late I'. S. assistant attorney was only seeking to put those men on trial who, all the facts being known, would most likely be convicted. For of the ten or twelve indictments dismissed all except one were against republicans, leaving the strong inference that thoe remaining on the docket should be tried. Harrison's boodle organ wildly maintains that these prosecutions were instigated for "no other purpose than to embarrass Judge Woods, etc." It is amusing, indeed, to contemplate Woods "embarrassed" when overriding law, trampling on common honesty and suppressing all conscience in n grand rally to the defense of republican election criminals. It is then that he is in his element. It is opportunity that makes men. It has been the recent opportunity for an exercise of wise, independent, judicial integrity, that has given this man an opportunity to establish the character and reputation that he has established. "Kmbarrass" Judge Woods! This is quite as humorous as that they were returned to "cast a slur upon Uen. Harrison's administration." The corrupt and damnable methods employed by Harrison's agents to gain votes in Indiana has already casta "slur" that is imperishable. The tactics of corruption resorted to by the New-Micbener-Dudley agencies are well-known to the people of Indiana and the country. They were even more far-reaching than those resorted to in the Horsey era of J So, the partial fruits of which Judge Woods enjoyed in his election to the supreme bench of this state. Will his debt never be paid? WILLIAM BENSON CONFESSES. He Says That He Killed Mottweiler and That He Lied on the Witness Stand. JEFFEiyoNViLLE. April 8. Special. William Benson, who was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged Saturday at Jeflersonville, has again confessed that he killed ('apt. Jacob Mottweilerand assaulted Mrs. Kllen Mottweiler with intent to xunrder her. After the jury brought in a verdict Saturday, fixing the death penalty, Jlenson's manner changed entirely, and instead of playing the insanity dodge he has fince shown evidence of cunning, with a view 01 getting a retrieve from the governor. Ilenson confessed to sherid Hay, telling the ftory of the murder as detailed by Warden J'atten of the Southern prison. He said his object in killing Capt. Mottweiler was to get him out of the way so that he might marry Sallie fcnydcr. I'enson was a pauper in the Floyd county poor farm for many years, and after arriving at the age of eighteen got work on the farm of Capt. Mottweiler. Here he met Sallie fcnyder, who was a servant in the family, and a niece of the Mottweilers. She told him she vould never marry while her Uncle Jake and Aunt LUen were alive, and he inferred from this that she wanted them out of the way. On Sunday, Tec. S last, he male up his mind to kill them. He was walking along the road behind Uncle Jake and shot him. He then went to the house and used the hatchet on Aunt Lllen. After he thought he had killed them he sat down and cried, and told Sallie about it. He made the confession to Capt. Patten just as the warden related it on the witness-stand. He admitted that his testimony on the witness-stand was a tissue of lies, that he was not subject to fits, and that he now wanted to make a clean breast of the whole affair. Benson is only nineteen years old. Judge Ferguson will sentence Benson at the latter end of the terra of his court and he will be banged by the sheriif of Clark oounty 100 days after sentence is passed. GOING TO SEE HER BOYS. An Old Lady Tramping From Wheeling-, XV. Vs., to w York. Bridgeport, Conn., April 8. -"They know I'm coming, but they don't know where I am," paid Mrs. Elizabeth Smith at the police station last night This feeble creature, in her eightyninth year, has walked most of the wsy from Wheeling, V". Va. All she asked for was a right's lodging. Her son and son-in-law live in Wheeling. Her husband was Peter Smith, a wholesale merchant who died several weeks Ago. Her son sent her $100 out of which she spent X) for a lot, paid a grocery bill and some other de',ts, after which there was but $3 left. She waited all the way to Wilmington, then was helped to ride to Philadelphia. The balance of the way she has walked, sleeping nights at police stations. She was born in Jihinebeck, N. Y., in 1S01, and says she was afraid of the poor-house in Wheeling and started for her children in New York. "My hoys are too poor to help me with anymore money. They sent me $100, bat I used it to pay my debts." An Extensive Borrower. Elmiba, N. Y April 8. Ell C. Whita is a tic sic teacher in this eity, who has succeeded In borrowing amounts estimated from $3,000 to $1-5,000 from various Elmira citizens. She borrowed money in several cases from friends by representing that she conld invest it profitably; in other cases by offering notes signed some by fictitious names and others signed by herself and indorsed by her father whom she said was wealthy. Her father is a superannuated employe of the shops of the I.ne road at Susquehanna, Pa., and has transferred his property, amounting to 2,6u0. She was arrested on four warrants charging ber with forgery ia the second degree.

KNOCKED OUT IN SIX ROUNDS.

Ed Holske'a Philadelphia Unknown, Mat McCarthy, Itadly Defeated. New York, April 5. The battle for the feather-weight championship of America, $500 a side and a purse of $D00, between Cal McCarthy of Jersey City and Mat McCarthy, Ed Holske'i Philadelphia unknown, took place to-night at a resort not far from this city on Long island. Cal was declared the winner after pummeling the Philadelphia man's head and face almost to a mass of bleeding flesh in six rounds. The men met with their backers at the ringside at 6:30 o'clock this afternoon and were weighed. The Jersey man weighed 111 pounds, and Mat scaled at 113, which was satisfactory to the referee. Sixty New York and Philadelphia sporting men were present, at the rate of $15 per ticket. A well-known New Yorker acted as referee and stakeholder, while the umpires were FA Cole for Mat McCarthy and Jack McMasters for California. The Philadelphia boy has a good reputation as a boxer but never had any experience as a finish tighter. He is twenty-two years old, stands five feet four and one-half inches tall and was looked after by Ed Holske and Jack Frazier. Cal McCarthy is a wicked little punisher and has a record of never having been defeated. This was his twenty-sixth battle. His age is twentv-one years and he stands five feet, two inches in hight Tom Collins and Jack O'Mara were his attendants. Both boys were in the Eink of condition, the result of four weeks of ard training. It was 9:10 p. m. when they tripped into the ring and were introduced by Holske, who said : "Gentlemen, this is Cal McCarthy, the present champion, and this is Mat McCarthy, the coming champion; thnt is my idea." The Philadelphia boy proved nothing more or lens than a chopping-block. In the first round the betting was $100 to 540 on Cal, and to show his friends that he was all there, he scored a dozen clean left-hand jabs on his opponent's jaw and face without a return. During the second, third and fourth rounds it looked only a matter of time before the little Jerseyman would knock him out. The latter was bleeding and swollen in the face and neck and both his eyes were closing. He did not land one good blow up to this time, and the betting was now ten to one against him. The fifth round was thought to be the last, but Holske's man proved irimself to be very game. He was sent down four times in rapid succession, and each time he barely got up within the ten seconds. In the sixth and last round Cal met him full on the neck with a desperate left and righthanded blow and he went down. Just as the time was up he was on his feet, staggering all over the ring. The Jersey man went at him again, and would have sent him to dreamland had not Jack Frazer held up the sponge that his man was through, and the referee then awarded the battle to Cal. AJ uge sum of money changed hands, but the odds were not less than 2)j to 1 against Holske's man at any time. A DESPERATE FIGHT Between 'Clipper" Donahne and Uen Wilson (Colored) Itoth Iladly Punished. SilAMOKlN", Pa., April 5. A desperate prize fight of five rounds, with skin gloves, Queensberry rules, took place this morning in a clubroom between "Clipper" Donahue of Philadelphia and Ben Wilson of Newark, N. J. Sixty persons paid 2 apiece to witness the contest The stakes were $100 a side, the winner to receive two-thirds of the gate receipts and the loser the balance. When Pontahue and Wilson (a colored man) faced each other the crowd told the principals they had come to see a fight and wanted no "faking." First Round Four seconds after time was called, Wilson landed a right hander on Donahue's nose, causing the blood to spurt. The negro followed up the blow with another heavy one on his antagonist's forehead, cutting a gash and momentarily blinding the "Clipper." Second Round Both men responded readily. Donahue's face was swollen, and he was mad when the negro laughed at his appearance. The "Clipper" got in his work by planting his left on W llson's eye and two terrihe ones on hi neck, which brought Wilson to his knee. Third Round Both men gave a clever scientific display for two minutes. Their previous rushing began to tell, but before time was up some wicked blows were given. Fourth Round The combatants hammered each other to "kill," and several left the room. At the close of the round Donahue's face was frightfully battered, his left eye was closed and he was barely able to see out of his right. His face was covered with blood and bruises. Wilson was also bleeding profusely and his body was covered with bruises. Fifth Round When the last round was called the men went at each other savagely, but their blows were light as they were groggy. In the last minute of the round Wilson struck Donahue below the belt, and the referee gave the battle to the Philadelphian. CLEVELAND IN THE SOUTH. He and Ills Tarty Given a Hearty Welcome To Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla., April 4. The Cleveland party arrived at Jacksonville at 3 o'clock this morning by the Plant steamer from Enterprise, which stopped en route at Orange Grove and the winter residence of II. B. Plant at Ft. Gath. A long line of carriages drew up on the pier at 8:30, containing a delegation of citizens to escort the visitors to breakfast at the St. James hotel. In front of Mr. Cleveland at the table was a magnificent baket of flowers bearing the initials oi his wife, "F. F. C." This compliment was deeply appreciated by the expresident, and he thanked his hosts most gracefully for it. The only two ladies in the party were Mrs. II. B. Plant and Mrs. Alfred B. Mason. The other members of the party were ex-President Grover Cleveland, ex-Secys. Bayard and Vilaa and ex-P. M. Gen. Dickinson, Mr. II. B. Plant, U. S. Judge Toulmin and Messrs. P. MeQuaid, J. T. Hart, J. O. Taliaferro, E. Smith, J. G. Christopher, J. E. Ingraham, J. W. Fitzgerald, Sigo Myers, J. E. Hartridge, J. H. Burke, W. R. Carter of the MftropnIU, C. B. Rorers, T. T. Stockton, A. W. Ooc krell. II. W. Clark, F. R. Osborne and C. E. Merrill of the Times-Union. The breakfast was informal. No speeches or toasts were ollered. The breakfast over, the rarty took carriages and visited the sub-tropical exhibition, where they spent a very pleasant half hour, and then went on a drive over the di Heren t portions of the city, inspecting the sanitary work done in the streets with the money which was sent here through the generosity of the president, the press and the people of this country. "I make a prediction," said Mr. Cleveland, "audit is this: Jacksonville is destined tobe one of the finest cities in the South, and next year you will have a tremendous influx of northern visitors, for everyone who comes here goes away with regret, and I assure yon that I only wish I could linger longer." STRANGE CASE OF ABERRATION. A Tonng- 31 an Disappears on Ills Wedding' Day to Ilecome a Wanderer. MliffXEAPOUS, Minn., April 4. A curious case of mental aberration has come to light here. About a month ago James Yiccars, a bookkeeper in a local commission house, disappeared utterly and inexplicably on the day when he was to wed Hattie Ray. There were no circumstances surrounding the disappearance to give any clew to its motive. lie was a teady, industrious, temperate young man. Yesterday, however, the mystery was explained when his employer received a letter from him written at the home of his parents at Grass Lake, Mich. In this he stated that he had on!) a confused memory of the past month; that in a state of mental aberration or perhaps hypnotic state he had wandered, he knew not where. When he came to himself he at once made his way to his old home, weary and worn out He seems unwilling to return to his old post for fear of ridicule, and it is supposed the wedding so strangely interrupted will never come Öl A llegistry Clerk Arrested. Washin'GTOX, April 8. Postoffice Inspectors Smith, Pulifer and Troy to-day arrested Harry D. Uarby, a registry clerk in the postoffice in this eity, for rifling valuable registered letters. When arrested, Darby had $70 in his hand, which he had just taken from a letter. The letter was mailed at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., contained $244, and was addressed to the U. 8. treasury. After removing $70, Darby was about to reseat it. He is an old employe, having entered the office as a carrier in 1880. He was taken before U. S. Commissioner Samuel C Mills, and held ia the sum of $2,000 to await examination to-mtrrow. When arrested he had $r62 on his person, which, it is thought, was taken from other registered letters.

THE OKLAHOMA BOOMERS.

THOSE IN HIDING ARE DESPERATE. They Have Watched Their Claims For Years and Now Don't XTropose to Let Any Tenderfoot" Drop In On the Land They Have Picked Out. Arkansas City, Kas., April 8. The officials of the Santa Fe railroad were busy yesterday investigating the story that the boomers, concealed in the woods of Oklahoma, had banded together for the purpose of destroying the railroad bridges on the night of the 21st inst,, in order to obstruct the influx of the homesteaders until the men concealed in the country could make perfect their claims. It appears that the boomers in hiding are desperate. They have selected and watched their claim? for years, and they now fear that the newcomers, with the assistance of rapid transit, may get the best of them. There was a meeting of these boomers held in the timbers near Oklahoma City last Thursday, and they canvassed the situation. After the meeting adjourned, the Santa Fe agent received notice that the railroad bridges would be burned and the trains stopped on April as the old boomers did not propose to jeopardize their chances by allowing a lot of "tenderfeet" to drop in on the land they had picked out. Detectives have been sent along- the line through the country, and every precaution will be taken to prevent railway obstruction. There are twice as many people now on the borders as can be accommodated under the homestead act in Oklahoma. Yesterday fully three hundred passengers arrived in this city, all bound for Oklahoma. Many of them represent colonies, and are here as the advance agents. There are men here representing colonies from Washington, California, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Alabama. The colonies number from twenty to five hundred persons. Last evening twenty empty passenger coaches pulled into the city on the Santa Fe, attached to the regular freight train, and were run into the yards to await the 22d. A railroader said that the Santa Fe company had 400 cars already engaged by parties who desired household goods removed to this point before the 21st. The crowd has increased here to such proportions that persons who get their mail at the free delivery window at the postoffice are compelled to form into a procession and then it is frequently five or six hours before they can get to call for their mail. As a consequence of this large influx of people here, real estate commenced changing hands. The sales of Saturday amounted to $02,000. A "Few" Hoomers. Caldwell, Kas., April 8. A count to-day of the boomers' camp around the city showed the number to be about 1,000 aud increasing every day. E3 THE TOURISTS BANQUETED. Nine Innings Played at Delmonico's Daniel Dougherty and Mark Twain Speak. New York, April S. The base ball men of this city tendered a testimonial banquet tonight at Delmonico's to the base ball tourists who have just returned from a trip around the world. They had a warm welcome from the 250 guests assembled. Miniature base ball players were among the decorations on the tables, and everything smacked of the national game. The dining hall was profusely decorated. A. G. Mills, ex-president of the league, presided, and about 8:20, entered, arm in arm with Mr. Spalding, leading the procession. A few moments later the players entered headed by Anson and Shortstop Ward and there were cries for Spalding, Anson and Ward. When the guests were seated J. II. Twitchell, a graduate of Yale of 1SÖ9, oflered a prayer. The announcement that the nine innings of dishes were ready for the feast, was made by Mr. Mills with tne familiar base ball word "play." Among the notables at the tables were Mayor Chapin of Brooklyn, Mayor Cleveland of Jersey City, the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Daniel Dougherty, Judge Henry E. Howland, Erastus Wiman, Consul G. W. Gritiin of Melbourne, Australia, and Leigh Lynch. Others present were Joseph J. O'Donohue, A. J. Reach of Philadelphia, Herman (Jelrichs, Theodore Roosevelt. Paul Dana and Col. John McCaull. When the cigars had been lighted Chairman Mills said that the gathering had been called for the purpose of doing honor to one branch of manly sports, and that was base ball. He spoke of the successful world-circling trip of the players. The object of that trip had not been merely money, but to introduce to the natives the beauties of our national game. He claimed that base ball was originated in this land, and was not the outgrowth of the game of "ronnders." The trip of the players not only showed the world what our game was but displayed what our manhood was, and reflected honor on our country. Following the speech of the chairman letters of regret were read from the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as well as from Mayor Grant. The speakers of the evening were then called upon. Among other things said by Daniel Dougherty while on his feet were these: "In all your wanderings you have been distinctly Americans, and as such have tightened the ties of peace with distant people; have, perhaps, paved the way to new commercial relations; have widened the brotherhood of man. given pleasurable excitement to myriads end proved in the presence of statesmen, dignitaries, fair women and brave men, princes and kings, that bad you been Greeks in the days of old you might have contested the prizes and won the olive crown in the games of Olympia." In conclusion, Mr. Dougherty said: "I glory in the triumphs of the scholar, yet gladly admit that the body has its honors as well as the brain." Mayor Chapin of Brooklyn, in his talk, remarked: "My recollection of base ball rests on twenty-five years ago, when the base-ball nine of the city of Hrooitlyn stopped short the triumphal tour of the Cincinnati "Red Stockings.' If 1 was asked to name the two great events of that period I would mention the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the defeat of the 'Red Stocking' nine by the Atlantics of Brooklyn." Cheers and laughter. Mayor Cleveland of Jersey City started out with this: "I wonder if there are many people here who are gathering curiosities for a dime museum. I am not open to such an engagement, but you will recognize the fact that I would add considerable to making up a collection, when I tell yon that I never saw a game of base ball in my life." Cries of "oh, shame." A. O. Spalding, who responded to "Our Guests," gave a complete history of the club's tour around the world. "The most impressive sight" he said, "that the players saw from the time they left San Francisco until they landed at New York was the Fire Island light-house, because it indicated to them that despite all foreign hospitality and good treatment there was no place like home." Cheers. A. C. Anson made a speech. He said: "The only regrettable feature of the circuit was the acoident which incapacitated one of the finest men of the team, Mr. 11 N. Williamson, who is now detained in London, and consequently unable to participate in the festivities." John M. Ward also reviewed the trip. Mark Twain spoke of the peaceful, beautiful, indolent climate of the Sandwich Islands, where when a good man died he but goes to sleep in one heaven to awake in another. "And these boys have played base ball there," he exclaimed "base ball, which is the very symbol, the outward visible expression of the drive and push, and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming nineteenth century. It is like interrupting a funeral with a circus. No alien land," he said, "in .all the world has any deep, strong charm for me but that one. And these world wanderers who sit before us here have lately looked upon these things, and with eyes of flesh, not the unsatisfying vision of the spirit I envy them that yes, and I would envy them somewhat of the glories they have achieved in their illustrious march about the mighty circumference of the earth, if it were fair; hot no, it was an earned run. Laughter. They carried the American name to the uttermost parts of the earth, and covered it with glory every time. I drink long life to the boys who plowed a new equator round the globe stealing bases on their bellies." ' Mr. L. S. Lynch, speaking of the financial phase of the trip, said that while it was tn a certain degree satisfactory, he would not say that he would willingly become a member of a similar expedition. Erastus Wyman responded to "Her Majesty's Dominions." Chauncey M. Depew was next introduced. The applause which greeted him was long and loud. Among other things he said; "I have

been preparing a speech for the centennial, but it is insignificant in importance to the one which I shall deliver here to-night. This is an event which eclipses everything. George Washington was a great and good man but he never saw a base ball game. Madison wrote the constitution of the United States and Jefferson gave democracy its birth, but there is no indication upon their tombtones that they were ever roused by the enthusiasm of a home run. When I was in England last summer Mr. Gladstone said to me: 'What is the difference between the newspapers in America and those in this country?" The newspapers in England,' I replied, 'devote ten columns to reporting parliamentary proceedings and half a column to a cricket match; while in America the newspapers give the congressional proceedings the half column and the base ball game the ten columns.' Athletic sports are the main stay of civilization. From Charles Dickens to Max O'Rell the American people have been the butt of ridicule, but our teams were sent abroad to show what Americans really are and that the harmony of the mind and body is not neglected by the American people." Several impromptu speeches closed the evening's festivities. THE PUBLIC DEBT.

A Recapitulation or the Statement For The Past Month. Washington. April 1. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued to-day: Interest-bearing debt Ponds at 4J per cent 5 1S5,147,R00 00 ponds at 4 pt r cent Cül.lü'.'.öW 00 liff undine certificates at 4 icr cent- 125,2'ja (K) Nuvy enion fund at 3 fir cent 14,lxiO,(0 OO l'atiiic railroad bond at 6 per cent- M,6r,512 00 Principal , Interest Süi".n..r):'.2 00 9,939.9-Jl 17 59:4,975,453 17 Debt ou which interest has Ceased piue luaturitv Principal Interest - 1,9U,2-M 25 15Ü.030 OS J2.097.273 34 Total Old demand and legal tender notes. 5 SW,737,!23 50 Certificate of deposit 14,4V.0o0 00 (lold certificates..- 12S,K6,5!7 00 Silver certificates 251,263,671 00 Fractional currency, les i.37V.'31, estimated as lost or destroyed. . 6,917,410 97 Principal Total debtPrincipal , Interest S 748,l!)j,430 47 .. 1,6,172,207 73 111,095,951 23 Total $1,675,203,153 93 Less cah item available for reducti n of the debt 406,578,100 10 Lens reserve held fur redemption ol L. S. notes 100,000,000 00 Total 5 50f!,S7,100 10 Total debt less ca-h items - l,lt;3,K!,0ö3 83 Net ca;-h in treasury 54,006,396 31 lebt less cash in treasurv April 1, S'j 1.114,6S3,662 57 Debt less cash in treasury March 1, 3 1,128,289.513 12 Decrease of debt durine the month... I3.605.6".1 55 Decrease of debt since June 30, 1363. 60,900,994 07 Cash In treasury available for the reduction of th public debt Gobi held fureold certificates actually outstanding 123,826,517 00 Silver held br silver certificates actually outstanding 251,263,679 00 U. S. notes held for certificates of deposits actually outstanding 11,450,000 00 Cash h ld tor matured debt anil interest unpaid 12,037,19 51 Fractional currencf 70 7 5! Total available for reduction of the debt 406,573,100 10 Reserve fund Held lor redemption of IT. S. notes, acta of .Tan. 11. '7". and July 12.'82.. 100,000,000 00 I navailable for reduction of debt: Fractional silver ciin...iJ4,9-M,( 03 34 Minor coin 229,229 41 25.150.233 25 Certificates held as cash 31.8.V..361 00 et cash balance oa han i. 64,00,3:6 31 Total cash in the treasury ,as shown by treasurer's general account.- 8017,591,090 66 A MURDERER'S CONFESSION. Fllison Hatfield TelU of the Killing of the Three McCoy It rot hern. Wheeling, TV. Va., April 8. Ellison Hatfield, one of the participants in the IlatfieldMeCoy feud, who is conlined in the Tike county jail iu Kentucky, has made a confession to State Atty. Lee Fersjupon. "I was present," he said, "and participated in the murder of the three McCoy brothers Tolbert, Farley and Randolph. The three brothers were taken from a pchool-house in Logan county, West Virginia, where they had been guarded for a day and a nieht, and broupht over to the Tug river, which feparates West Virginia and Kentucky. About fifty feet from the river, Carpenter tied them to a pawpaw bush and huncr a lantern over their heads. Anse Hatfield then said to them: 'iJoys, if you have any peace to make with your Maker, you had better make it.' Tolbert and Randolph bepan prayincr, but Farley did not. However, before the boys had time to finish their prayer, John Hatfield shot Farley dead. Anse then pave the order to fire, and shot as he pave the word, killing Tolbert, and then emptying the contents of his revolver into the dead body. Alexander Musser lired and killed Randolph McCoy. The others followed ftiit and all the bodies were riddled with bullets. After the boys were killed Wall Ilatlield administered an oath to all of us binding us to take the life of the first who divulged the name of any who were alone." Capt. Hatfield said that he and Tom Wallace shot Jeff McCoy after he had escaped from them. The prisoner cave the particulars of the brutal murder of Alifora and Alvid McCoy, in which he took part. Nine of the Hatfield faction, on a Sunday nicrht in January, 1M8, crossed the river into Kentucky under the command of Jim Vance. They surrounded the McCoy homestead, lired the house and killed the girl as she attempted to extinguish the flames. Cept. and John Hatfield both claimed that they killed Cal via McCoy, and bragged about it. HUSTON'S BOND APPROVED, Hut He Will Not Qualify for Some Time Yet Capital News. Washington, April 8. The secretary of the treasury has approved the bond of Mr. IJuston as treasurer of the United States, but he will not qualify and assume the duties of the office until after Treasurer Hyatt is relieved of his duties at the New York sub-treasury and probably not until after the count of the moneys and securities at that office has been completed. Asst. Secy. Roberts expects to take charge of the New York sub-treasury next Monday and the count will probably be completed in about three weeks. The Washington office will then be transferred. The examination of the treasury vaults will occupy several months, owing to the immense quantity of silver dollars to be counted. She Wal n Smuggler. New YORK, April 8. Mrs. Anna M. Tarks, an inspectress on Surveyor Beattie's force, today seized from Airs. Davis, a passenger on the steamer Adriatic from Liverpool, about three pounds of woolen yarn which she had quilted into one of her petticoats, thirteen yards of dress goods sewed iuto another and twenty yards of flannels which had been wrapped around her little daughter. Mrs. Davis is a resident of Minnesota and confessed to having smuggled goods in this manner before. The goods were sent to the seizure-room. A Distressing Suicide. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 8, A young girl, aged eighteen years, to-day committed suicide here under distressing circumstances. She bad been rescued from a life of shame by the TV. C. T. IT. She was importuned by a man named Hedges to leave a pleasant home and re-enter a haznio. Hedges seemed to have had a wonderful influence over her: and, saying that she would rather die than live the life he wanted her to lead, sLe fired a pistol shot into her heart. The affair has created a genuine sensation here. The Additional Hospital Commission. Gov. Hovey, yesterday reappointed Charles R. Gray of Hamilton county, one of the commissioners for the construction of the additional hospitals for the insane. Mr. Josiah Gwin of the New Albany J'ublic Prett was appointed on the commission to succeed G. F. Skinner of Valparaiso and Edward Ö. Hays of Mt. Vernon to succeed E. P. Richardson of Petersburg. . Stamped to Death by Ilorse. Pontiac, Mich., April 8. Frank Han of Bloomfield, twenty-two yeire old, was to-day riding in a road cart driving a mare and lead-inn-a stallion. The stallion seized him by the neck with his teeth, dragged him ont of the cart backwards shaking him terribly and stampinz him to death. Children Cry for

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The Most Recent LiTents Set Forth In Brief Paragraph. The Roumanian cabinet has resigned. Dayton, O., has returned to solar time. A regency has been decided for Holland. Saturday was confederate decoration day. Mary Anderson sailed for Europe last week. The strike of the St. Louis carpenters is still on. Shelbyville, Ind., will soon have electrio light. There is a street railroad strike in Rochester. N. Y. Logging operations in the Maine woods are closed. Potatoes are selling at 10 cents a bushel near Norwalk, O. A street railroad strike is threatened at Minneapolis, Minn. There is no change in the Rochester (N. Y.) street car strike. King John of Abyssinia has been defeated and slain in battle. Switchmen in the Erie yards at Buffalo, N. Y., are on a strike. Snow fell all day Sunday throughout a larger portion of Virginia. Parnell has been made a life member of the National Liberal club. Nihilists have been arrested at Warsaw and a printing office seized. Secy. Tracy was tendered a reception by the Brooklyn club, Saturday. There is a strantre disease among horses in Vermillion county, Indiana. Six tramps were seriously injured in a railroad wreck, near Hoovers, Ind. Gold is reported to have been found ia the Bear Paw mountains in Montana. Fourteen business buildings in Nelson, Neb., burned Wednesday. Loss, S'.Vt.OOO. A heavy enow storm prevailed in Washington and other eastern cities Saturday. The Miami Valley paper company of Miamisburg, O., has failed. Liabilities, J-j.OtK). Two deputy sheriffs were killed by train robbers near Flag StatT, A. T., last Thursday. Favorable reports are being received from the spring wheat fields of theN orthwest. One thousand eight hundred and seventy immigrants landed at Castle Garden Thursday. Fire at Attica, O., Friday morning destroyed six business blocks, causing a loss of $-'U,UOU. Effie Miller, aged ten years, was thrown from a cab at Chicago and fatally injured, Saturday. At Springfield, O., William Moore, jr., shot and fatally wounded Harry Franklin Thursday. A fifteen-year-old boy's neck was broken by a falling tree near New Albauy, Ind., Saturday. A free bridge will be built across the Tennessee river, at Chattanooga, at a cost of ?J0O,000. Over three thousand persons along the line of the Pauama canal are in a destitute condition. The Licking county (O.) grange association, disbanded some years ago, has been reorganized. Capt. George Wilson of Ohio has been appointed deputy commissioner of internal revenue. Mrs. Turner Sargent, daughter of Dr, Oliver Wendell Holmes, died in Boston Wednesday night, Mrs. Bridget Curlea, acred seventy-five years, was burned to death at Louisville, Ky., Friday night. The various labor organisations of Tittsburg are preparing for a big demonstration on July 4. Sheriff t Sons' foundry and machine Bhops at Pittsburg burned Thursday night. Loss, 5,0U). The Musical union of New York is tryins to Erevent the landing of 6trolling bands from urope. Last week an attempt was made to wreck a Penusvlvania limited vestibule train at Louisville, Ö. JoRpnh J. McDowell, a nrominent iron bro ker of St. Louis, was found dead in his office, Saturday. Several men and boys have been injured by an explosion of gas in a coal mine near Duquoin, 111. The Standard iron works at T est Superior. Wis., burned Wednesday night. Loss, 4.5,(X)Q. Uninsured. Jacob Hornung. a leading brewer of New Albany, Ind., committed suicide Thursday with a revolver. John Schwartz of Toledo. O., is charged with outraging his step-daughter. The girl is only fourteen years old. A movement is on foot among the Pennsyl vania coke manulacturers to re-organize tne old coke syndicate. Friday afternoon at Frankfort, Ind., Wilbur Brav, a horse trader, killed his wife aud then fatally shot himself. Since the return of Empress Frederick to Germany friendship has been re-established in the imperial family. Several men and boys were injured by an explosion of gas in the Muddy vailey coal mine near Duquoin, 111. The president has appointed Joel B. Erhardt collector of customs at New York, and Corne lius Van Cott postmaster. A moonshiner named Will Moran, was killed while resisting arrest in Mercer county, West T lrginia, last ednesday. The First national back at Plymouth, O., was entered by burglars last week. They got about two thousand dollars. Edward Maver. who started home afoot with $."00 in bis jiocket, was found murdered near Imperial, Neb., last Friday. Business failures for the week number 222. compared with 240 last week and 227 in the corresponding week of 1SSS. The railroad coal miners of western Pennsyl vania have decided to demand the same wages as last year, 7iJ cents per ton. Mrs. Lydia Noble, becoming despondent be cause of sickness and poverty, committed sui cide by hanging, at Cincinnati. John Manning, a policeman at Bessemer, Ala., was shot and instantly killed by a colored gambler named Jones last Saturday. Mrs. Betsy Thomas, aired fifty-five years, committed suicide near Akron, O., last week, by jumping head first into a well. A colony, composed of clerks, store-keepers, idlerSj workmen and anybody, is being formed in Chicago to settle in Oklahoma. The cruiser Y'orktown, at the League navy yard, Philadelphia, has been ordered to be made ready for sailing by April 20. G. TV. Reed of Mansfield, O., was arreBted at Los Angeles, Cal., last Thursday, on a charge of forcery, preferred by his mocher. The body of Eugene Pouhls, a Chicaeo liquor merchant, was found in a ditch filled with water, near Kansasville, Wis., Friday. Henrietta and Emma Day, aged sixteen and nineteen years respectively, are in jail at Summit, N. J., for arson. They confessed. Mrs. Herman Flechsig committed suicide at Allegheny City, Pa., Inst Wednesday, because she thought she was afflicted with cancer. David Kline is in a dying condition at Bordentown, N. J., from the effects of drinking coffee which contained "Rough on Rats." Policeman John Manning was shot and killed at Bessemer, Ala., Sunday morning by a negro whom he was endeavoring to arrest. Ten million feet of lumber iu the yards of the Empire lumber company and several residences at Hannibal. Mo., burned Wednesday. The farmers of Madison county, Ind., met in mass convention April 6 and adopted resolutions in opposition to the ''binder-twine trust." At a charivari Riven a newly married couple at Chester Center, la., one of the participants, Frederick Bacon, was shot and fatally wounded. Allard & Sonn of New York, importers, are accused of smuggling. Goods were seized at their ware-rooms by customs officers last Thursday. Settlers in the Des Moines river lands are being arrested, charged with conspiracy, a crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary. The ticket office of the Wabash railroad at Wabash, Ind., was entered by burglars Friday morning. All the money in the drawer was taken. William Callery, president of the Pittsburg & Western railroad company, died sud denly at bis home in East End, Pa., Friday morning. Charles E. Hook, a raving maniac, was arrested at Toledo, O., Saturday. He was rushing through the streets brandishing a loaded revolver. At the close of the week the volume of business in a general way was not as heavy as usual at this season of the year. The produce mar kets ruled heavy and dull and general merchan dise moved slowly. The report of the New Pitcher's Castorla.

York banks for the week shows a heavy loss, reducing the surplus over the legal requirements to a little over lO.OOO.OOO. Three business blocks, a church and over a score of dwellings were destroyed by fire at Savannah, üa., Saturday, causing a loss of $1,500,000. A colored man named Elijah Bledsoe, who lives near Harrodsburg, Ky., is 116 years old. He uses a cane, but is healthy, walks briskly, and does light chores. Ida Lewis has added another to the list of lives saved by her in Newport harbor. This time it is her uncle. Henry Lewis, whom she rescued from drowning. William Benson was found guilty of murder in the tirst degree Saturday at Jertersonville. Ind., for the killing of Jacob Mottweiler, and sentenced to be hanged. The steam barge Hall, lumber laden, from Alpena to Port Huron, Mich., was badly damaeed by ice on the trip, aud sank opposite the latter city Friday noon. John Justice, while on board a steamer on the Big Sandy river last week attempted to kiss a lady pas.-enzer. The clerk of the boat interfered and Justice killed him. Bettie Gorman, a two-year-old child, of Lima, O., was scalded to death Friday, by her older sister, who accidentally upset a pot of boiling collee on her face and breast. A posse of 300 men, in charge of a sheriff, has been organized in Rutherford county, Tenn., to search for George Dunaway, who killed hu uncle and ravished his niece. John Booth, a Richland county (O.) farmer, during his wife's absence, packed up the household furniture and left, taking with him about seven hundred dollars belonging to her. Ben Elgy, alias Jim "Williams, colored, has confessed the murder of J. W. Meadows at r.irmincham, Ala., last January. He implicates four other colored men ia the tiansaction. Some of Bbulanger's party leaders have deserted his cause in disgust at his flight. It is stated that he was informed that it was the government's intention to put him to death. Gov. Stevenson of Idaho has issued a call for a constitutional convention for July 4, upon assurance from Delegate DuBois in Washington that Idaho will be made a state next winter. A banquet was held in Paris Saturday at which Boulanger was to preside. The speech lie was to have delivered was read, setting forth bis program upon being elevated to the head of the state. Much trouble is feared in Iowa over attempts to evict settlers on the Snell and Litcblield lands. The 6ettlers have armed themselves with Winchester rifles and announce their determination to stay. As Robert Schiedler and wife were driving into Mason, Ia., a spark from his pipe ignited her clothing and she was burned to death. Schiedler was dangerously burned while trying to extinguish the tlames. Thilo Remincton. head of the well-known firm of K. Remington fc Sons, whose armory at llion, N. Y., is one of the largest in the world, died Thursday morning at Silver Springs, Fla, He was in his seventy-third year. In a prize fight between Paddy Welsh of St. Cloud, Minn., and Thomas Siockley of Colton, W. T., Saturday, Welsh's arm was fractured in the eleventh round, but he continued to fight until the eighteenth, when he withdrew. At Fordyce. Ark., Friday, the sheriff of Titus county, Texas, arrested Frank Shulze, a young man, on a charge of having in December lat murdered J. W. King, his wife, and six children, and then burned tneir dwelling. One hundred and fifty Italian laborers on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad struck at Cowdon, 111., because of the allecd

tyrannous conduct of their foreman. He was assaulted and barely escaped with his life. Charles Holsintrer. employed at Shaw's saw mill, seven miles from Lagrange, Ind., fell on a circular saw Friday and was fatally cut and torn. His relatives are believers in the faith cure, and will allow no physician to see him. The funeral of the late Alexander McCne. exjudee and ex-sub-treasurer of the Fnited Matcsv took place from St. Feter's church, New York. Friday. Gen. Beniaruin Traev. secretary of the navy, was one of the pallbearers. DeRoulede and the French senators and depues tried for membership in the French patriotic league, were acouitted Saturday on the charge of belonging to a secret society, but t ied 100 francs each for belonging to a society not authorized by law. le Connecticut legislature passed a resolu te i commuting the death sentence passed on John H. Swift. Gov. Bulkeley vetoed the resolution, but Friday the senate passed the resolution over the veto, and the house will vote on the question this week. Frank Harrison of Mason City. Iowa, seven teen years old, has oeen arrested charged with offenses against girls. The charge was was preferred by Mayor Stevens. It is reported that a number ot sivell young men of the city may be implicated ;n the matter. A battle for the featherweight chamDionshin took place on Long Island Friday evening between Cal McCarthy of Jersey Citv and Mat McCarthy of Philadelphia, Ed Helske's unknown. Cal McCarthy won easily in six rounds, his opponent being severely punished. THE FIRST STATE GUN FIRED In Jlehalf of a Popular Election For Presi dent by the Florida Legislature. TALAHAS.SF.E, Fla., April 2. The Florida legislature met in regular session at noon today. (Jen. J. R. Wall of Tampa was chosen president ot the senate, and Dr. J. ij. Oaskins of Starke speaker of the house. In takinz his 6eat the latter made a brief speech, in which he said: I cannot believe it was ever tho intention of Jeflerson that any iuan receiving a niajoritv of the votes of the hole eop1e should n t take the position of president ot th t nite.i Mate, yet the startling tact confronted us that Cleveland received '.'S.OKj votes more than his opponent, and still is not president. It is the duty of the Florida legislature to inquire into nnd correct this defect in the national orv'.itiisiu in so far as it can. I The sentiment was greeted with wild ap plause, and it is regarded here as the first state gun fired in behalf of the popular election of president. "NOT GUILTY." The End of the White Cap Cases In Crawford County. Leavenworth, Ajril 2. Special. Tho White Cap caie Is at an end. The trial was rested at 2:30. After an able address to the jury hr the Hon. Jerry I Suddarth, in whirh he re viewed the testimony and showed that the state had a strong a case as was ever made out in such offenses, the defense submitted the cae to IM jurv without argument. This was a bomb shell to the audience, who expected an arsument. The charge was then read by Judee Reinhard ad the jurv retired, to return a verdict ol not guilty after a Üelit eration of ten minutes. As this was a test case the others were dismissed by the court. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, after years of suTerin? from that loathsome disease, catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a recipe which completely cured and saved him fro a death. Any su-erer from this dreadful disease sending a self-adiressed stamped envelop to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 83 Warren-st, N ew York City, will receive the recipe free o! charge. pring For a good spring medicine we confidently recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla. By its use the blood is purified, enriched and vitalized, that tired feeling is entirely overcome and the whole body given strength and vigor. The appetite Is restored and sharpened, the digestive org jis are toned, the kidneys and liver Invigorated. It you have never tried oocFs Sarsaparilla do so this season. It Is a thoroughly honest and reliable preparation, purely vegetable, and contains no Injurious Ingredients whatever. Thousands who have taken it with benefit testify to its peculiar curative power. "I take Hood's Sarsaparilla ts a spring tonic, and I recommend it to all who have that miserable tired feeling." CFmius, 213 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. akes the Weak Strong X. B. If yon decide to take riood's Sarsaparilla, do not be Induced to t)ny any other preparation.

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Absolutely Pure. Thla powder never var!e. A marvel of purity strenplh and wh.leornene. M.re economical thai the ordinarv kind, and can not be sold in coroiPtltiou with the multitude rt low tt. hört weight alum or plivhat" r-nwd -r. Sold only in enn. KOYAL BAKING roWDF.Ii CO., 1 Wall st., N. V. TERRIBLE PRAIRIE FIRES. Many Farmers Horned Out of House Home Heavy l.oRirM. Scotland. Pak., April 3 Another terrible prairie fire swept over the country sou4h of Scotland yesterday afternoon, aud its marked by the smoldering embers of raany homes to-night. A very high wind prevailed all day, and with the gras as dry as tinder the terrific force of the fire is beyond description. At 3 o'clock word was brought to town that the prairie was afire north o! West Town, and immediately 100 men started in teams toward the approaching fire, armed with brooms and sacks. Arrived at Alfred Brown's, two miles north, all his barns, dairies and cattle sheds were a blazing mass, and the eflorts of the crowd were directed to sarins his residence and beating the fire out that would in a short time have 6Wept down upon the town. Ilrown's residence was saved, but all his household goods that had been carried out by the family were burned. One mile north of Prown's ths fire burned Henry llacelfry out of every earthly possession. His hous?, barns and stock were consumed, and he barely escaped with Iiis family. Across from Ilagelfry lived i. K. Tomlinsou, a prosperous farmer, and everything about his place, except his house, had been swept away. Five houses and several head of live stock were among his losses. His wife was home alone when the fire broke out, and could do nothing to save the property. Py evening the lire in the west had been extinguished, but it is sti'l racing in the southeast. The town of Olivet, the county seat of Hutchinson county, eight miles north, is reported to be more than half burned up. The bridges on the railroad west of the town were burned. The loss-es for the last two days will be fully $."( i.(Xm. Leola, county seat of McPherson county, thirty-tive miles northwest of Aberdeen was destroyed by prairie fire during yesterday's whirlwind. The tire came from the west and was not noticed until it struck the town, on account of the terrible du-t. Six dwellings and business houses were destroyed, entailing a loss of 100,000. The only buildings remainiug are th court house, two stores nnd sixty dwellinrs. C. TV. Old and Thomas W'ardell were terribly burned and couriers from the demolished village say they cannot live until morning. Ieola is an interior town with no railroads or telegraph and further particulars cannot be obtained. The whole country around Illunt was devastated by the wind and fire of last night. Iluildings in the suburbs were destroyed, but Illunt was saved. J. T. Ilichard.-on lost 5 sheep, cattle and bogs. He saved two teams and a house. Hundreds are homeless; others saved only their stock; others but a house. Many buildings were wrecked by the terrible wind before the fire. From Huron, lak., comes the following: "No fire in the history of this part of Dakota equals that of yesterday. In this county the losses are much less than in the counties west. Halt a dozen houses were burned and many settlers lost their barns, 6ome stock and a large quantity of hay and grain. The wind was from fifty to sixty miles an hour and sent burning embers over the plowed ground and fire breaks several rods wide, setting tre to everything in their course. The fire came so rapidly that settlers bail only time to save themselves, leaving their property to the mercy of the f!ames. In Sully and Hughes counties -'flAO worth of property has' been destroyed. Near llighmore, Miss Sweeney was burned to death, and near Lawrence, Mr. llabcock perished in the flames. righting For the People's Uights. Shelby IV tnocrat. The Indianapolis Sentinel continues to lift Judge Woods' coat one day and his shirt the next and apply the lash with becoming vigor. Then it opens the wounds indicted and rubs in a bountiful supply of salt, causing the judge to wince and squirm like a frog on a hot griddle. The Jirmucrat sends up its earned congratulations to this eloquent, trusty and powerful champion of the people's rights, and especially of the rights of the democracy. Lvcry democrat ir. Indiana should encourage and hold up the editorial hand ofTlIK SENTINEL, which does not hesitate to perforin its duty grandly and fearlessly. We have watched the course of The Sentinel for many years, and without disparagement we mut say it never was so ably conducted as it is at this time. It is one of the best democratic papers in the whole country, and the party in this state owes it to itself to treat it as its merit deserve. Passed an Election Bill. Nashville, Tenn., April 2. Th legislature today finally parsed the I'ortch election bill, which embraces the Australian system of votns;. It has also passed a registration bill and a bill chancing the make-up of the Third and Fourth coneresMonal districts. The latter bill makes the 'Ihird diftrict, heretofore doubtful and now represented by IL Clay Lvans, republican, surely democratic. "Every Sprlnj;,M Says one of the best housewives in New England. "We feel the necessity of takings good medicine to purify the blood, and we all take Hood's Sarsaparilla. It keeps the children free from humors, my husband says it gives him a good appetite, and for myself I am mre I could never do all my work if it was not for this epleudid medicine. It makes me feel strong and cheerful, and I am never troubled with headache or that tired feeling, as 1 used to be." Medicine nood's Samparilla Is prepared from parsararilla, Dandelion, Maudrake, Dock, Juniper Berries, and other well known vegetable remedies, by a combination, proportioin and process peculiar to itself, and by whijh the full medicinal value o all the ingredients used Is secured. Hence It possesses suiicrio and positive curative power. Purifies the i "Every spring for years I Lave mar. It a practice to take from three to Eve U t'.les of Hood's Sarsaparilla, because I know it purifies the blood and thoroughly clcar.scs t'ae of all Impurities. That languid f oclin? fystem Lcalled spring fever,' will nevcrviyit the t ystd rn that has been properly cared for by this failing remedy." W. n. Lawt.ence, Agricultural Epitomist, Indianapolis, Ind. BOO 'Doses One Dollar flood's Sarsaparilla U sold by drupclM.' ft ; six fox tS. Prepared t j C L Ilood & Co., Low eU, Uts,

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