Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1889 — Page 1

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r VOL. XXXY-XO. 12. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

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A THOUSAND PEOPLE HURT

A SENSELESS TRAGEDY IN CHICAGO. Exploding Fireworks Causes a Panic, in Vhich a Hundred Thousand People. - Trample I'pon ttelpless Women and Children A Scene of Terror. CHICAGO, April 30. One hundred thousand wen, women ami children were tossed in wares about the big lake front park to-night. Half a hundred people are known to have been seriously hart, a number perhaps fatullj. Scores rf others sußered painful injuries. The people were masked in walls as solid as the frowning stones of the auditorium against which thejr were i.urled when the first strong blow of excitement broke the great mob iDto scores of tremendous rushes and stampedes. Under the glare of the fireworks, which the throng had gathered to see, the faces of thousands of women showed white and pleading. The shrieks of children, trampled under foot, could Le plainly heard above the booming of the big bombs and the cheers of the unaffected parts cf the vast assemblage. First the pressure on the west side forced the crowd against the auditorium, Studebaker's building aud the art institute. Then the reaction came, and with a great roar the mob was forced eastward almost to the lake side. The Illinois Central suburban trains were forced to stop, powerless to get through the press of people. Aside from the presence ot the great crowd itelf, the cause of the excitement was the huge terpentine fire-works. One of them shot out from the stand and squirmed through the people, scorching everybody in ita course. Another followed a moment later, seenan;,' literally to rip the crowd in two. Women fainted everywhere and were brutally trampled upon as they lay in the grass. A movement of the crowd away from the threatened horror of a wholesale panic was met by the movement in the opposite direction, and the result was a terrible convulsion of the whole body. Seventy-five polictmen sent by Capt. Bartram to keep order were tossed about as if they might have been on a billowy sea. But the worst was to come. Congress-st. is narrow alongside the auditorium, and when the greatest jam came, as it soon afterward did, when the fireworks was over and the people who now started westward encountered the multitudes who had been unable to see the pyrotechnics, the collision was frightful. Men fought and cursed and bore each other down, the women and children meanwhile gettin? the worst of the struggle. They were knocked under foot and ground by thousands of heels, their cries going unheeded in the din. The policemen in despair threatened to ahoot the men who were pressing resistlessly ever the unfortunate weaklings. Some officers did draw their revolvers and fire in the air to frighten the mob into quiet, but apparently r.othing could stay the outbreak. It was not until the west-bound thousands at last forced their way out into Wabash-ave. that the wild scene ended. The victims were liurriedly gathered up aud carried to their homes and the hospital. No time was consumed in asking questions or keeping records. It is impossible to give the number of persons hurt in the jam. One estimate places it at nut less' tnaii a thousand who suav tained injuries of some sort. Following were among the injured : Miss Mahv Schcbert, 143 Twenty-fifth-st, probably fatal. Lena Schceekt, sister of above. Mies Kitty Connors, 43 State-st. Mrs. Geo. F. Faf.ron, 3130 Dearborn-sL, probably fatal. Miss Lizzie Howard, Forty-third-sr, Mk.. F. 11 Brady, 623 Sixty-third-st, probab'y fatal. Mrs. Crowley. 3716 Sfate-sL Fkf.d Grant, aeed thirteen, probably fatal, AVGrsT SciICLTZ, 15ö Monroe-sL Fred Esenberg, aged thirteen. John Uoolihax, 27S Aberdeen. George Northinuton, wagon manufacturer. JOHN IIcll, his foreman. SENSATION IN MONROE. Had Treatment of n Young Girl at Ellettsville. Bloomisgton, Ind., May 4. Special. A sensation occurred in Ellettsviile, near this place, last night, over the discovery that a girl, sixteen years old, was about to die from an abortion produced by a doctor from Spencer, whose services had been secured by three young men, two of whom are of the best families of the county. Instruments were used on her Tuesday night at a country place some miles from Ellettsville. The young girl did not know the doctor, as he operated in an outhouse in the dark, but she knew the three young men who took her to the place, and a well-known young doctor was seen in their company on that night. Two of the young men, who live here, disanpeared as soon as the pews came that the girf was about to die and that she had divulged the whole affair. She is an orphan and was a domestic at the Whitsell house in Ellettsville. Officers are on the hunt after the young men, and, if caught, they will probably go to Jeriersonville. Elect Young Men to Office. New York, May 5. A new national patriotic club was organized at 719 E. Ninth-sL Saturday night It is to be known as "The George Washington club" and its constitution provides that "every man, woman and child who subscribes to the doctrine of patriotism may become a member." Letters of encouragement were received from ex-President Cleveland, Senator Erarts, Senator Blair, John G. Whittier, George William Curtis and others. President Cleveland's letter advised the club to elect young men as its officers. The officers elected were these: President, Arthur D. Cochrane; vice-presidents, Senator Blair,' Admiral Porter, Gen. Clinton B. Fiske, the Hon. Amos J. Cummings, Albert Griffin of Kansas, George IL Scott of Brooklyn, Samuel D. Hastings of Wisconsin, and Samuel Gompers, president of the American federation of labor; secretary, Frank Allalen; treasurer, Charles B. Binger. All the officers chosen have accepted their positions. Tli ntlio ic Congress. Berlin, May 4. Copyright, 150. The proceedings of the catholic congress at Vienna have fixed the attention of the whole of Germany. The clerical press is justly jubilant over the display of the compact and widespread organization of the clericals. The resolutions adopted by the congress have been accepted as the prosrram of the German catholics. They include a declaration of the right to demand from the state ecclesiastical control of education, the restoration of papal sovereignity, the prohibition of Sunday trading, the endowing and fostering of the catholic press and the formation of co-operative peasant communities. Were Cruelly Neglected. Chicago, May 2. George McKenzie, a railroad man of fifteen years' experience, in the employ of the Fort Wayne company, made the statement here to-day that neglect craellv augmented the horror of the wreck on the Grand Trunk at Hamilton. He believes also that, many mora people than reported were killed. McKenzie is a nephew of Mrs. Grummette, a Chicago woman who met ber death in the dis4tT. To Begjnlate Samoa. Beklix, May 5. A committee of the Famoan eonfereoee has been directed to examine and report npon the means for establishing order in Samoa and adequate guarantees for the maintenance of peace, including, the question of ft ting.

WET REPUBLICANS DEFEATED.

A Few Town Elections Held Yesterday With Vary in II Ite.ults. Koseville, May C Special. Our elec tion to-day passed off quietly with a light vote. The saloon element put iu a ticket for marshal and were defeated. The vote was: Trustee, Ir. S. B- Fisher (dem.), tW; Dr. Youkey (rep. :i; clerk and treasurer, George Smith, 94; (no opposition; marshal. J. .1. Itamey (rep.), "-; John Detriek (wet .rep.), IS; William Humble (dorn.), 34. Mooresville Tonn Klection. Mooresyili.f., May t!. Special. At the town election here to-day the following officers were elected: Marshal, William Edwards; clerk. Henry Woodward; treasurer, Charles W. Sheets; council men, C. C. Allrod, Stewart Comer and William C. Woods. Republican Elected by One Vote, EnixurRG, May G. SpeciaL The republicans elected their ticket here to-day with the exception of one councilman. Austin IL Wriirht. republican candidate for marshal, defeated George Both, democrat, by one vote. Sever.il Small Klection. Jeffersoxville, May . Special. Many of the towns in this part of Indiana held elections yesterday, but they were only of limited local importance and nothins worthy of publication occurred so far as heard from. Democrats Make n Clean Sweep. ROCKTOKT, May 6. Special. In the election to-day the democrats made a clean sweep, electing the marshal, treasurer, clerk an 1 oouncilruen by larce majorities. The majority of the marshal is 101. All KcpoblW-an ns Vsnal. New Castli:, May 6. Special. The town election passed olF quietly, the republicans making their usual clean sweep. Very little inttrest was manifested. A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. The Suburban Towns Elect Democratic Officers One Split Ticket. Brightwood, Haughville and West Indianapolis elected officers Monday. The result of the polling was a democratic victory at Hauehvilie. The election was for clerk and treasurer, marshal and trustee of the Third district. The election resulted in a victory for the entire democratic ticket by majorities ranging from 103 to 161. It was a very bitter contest, snch old-time citizens as Frank Sehwoerer being challenged by the republicans simply to shut out votes. Sehwoerer, they say, had been betting too much, but the vote was finally accepted, after considerable wranirling. Bat 382 votes were cast, as follows: tan field (democrat), 23$; Ivonmis (republican), 139; Dillon (democrat), 2oj; Weber (greenbacker), 11; Hockertdemocrat), 242; Dunn (republican), 10,". There was great excitement in West Indianapolis, the town going deniocra'ic, the democrats electing the whole ticket excpt treasurer. West Indianapolis is divided into three voting districts. The First district was on Kiver-ave.,' in Thaters barbershop; the Seco:id m Belmont, or, as they call it. on the hill, at McCormick's hall, and the Third on Had!ey-ave., in the St. Dennis hotel. The following were the candidates and the number of votes each received : For trustee, Charles Lawrence (democrat), JT'9; Charles G. Kumler (republican), 23; for clerk, William E. Starkev (democrat), W; Albert G. Moore (republican), 2V2; tor trenstirer, John Q.Jennings (democrat), 2'JLt; William B. Beed (republican), 304; (or marshal, August II. Shafer (democrat), Oiiver McKinnev (republican), '27. The following is the majority of -eac-h eTtmrhlateTlectedr For trustee, Charles Lawrence (democrat), 21; for clerk, William E. Starkey (democrat), 7; for treasurer, William Heed (republican), lo'; for marshal, August II. Shafer (democrat), 10. At Brisrhtwood another democratic victory was gained. Philip Heffcrman (democrat) was elected marshal by 6 majority; John Wineow (democrat) clerk, 7 majority; John G. Swartz (democrat), treasurer, 7 majority. Henry Bloom, George Clark and John Seers, the republican counciluien, were elected by a majority of 9. A TENNESSEE TRAGEDY. The Mayor of Covington Killed Ily a Negro Resisting Arrest. Memphis, May 5. A tragedy occurred near Covington, Tipton county, Tennessee, last night, which resulted in the killing of W. T. Douclass, mayor of that city. It seems a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Henry Donaldson, a negro, who was charged with attempting to rape a white woman. Mayor Douglass was one of a posse of ten men who went to the negro's house to effect his arrest. They found his cabin closed, and called upon him to open the door. Eeceiving no answer, they gave warning that unless the door was opened they would break it down, at the same time informing him that they had a warrant for his arret. Just at this period a gun w hrust throueh the door, and discharged by tie n gro on the inside. The contents struck lv,urlass, who was in front, killing him instantly. Being dark, and fearing another discharge, the posse immediately retreated, and Donaldson succeeded in making his escape. He is still at large. Mayor Douglass was very popular. He was about twenty-seven years old, and leaves a young wife to mourn his sudden death. If Donaldson is caueht.the law's delay will hardly interfere with his immediate trial outside of a temple of justice. epottm in the Air. Washington Special. A bomb shell has been thrown among the numerous candidates now here for collector of customs of the El Paso district, composed of a portion of Texas and all of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico. A Mr. McKee, a relative of the president's son-in-law, is an applicant for the place. He is on the police force at El Paso, and the El Paso people say he is not Qualified tor the place and should not be thought of for it, and would not be if he were not a reiative of the appointing power. But word comes from relative McKee that he has the promise of the place all the same. It is evident that few relatives of this administration will be lost sight of, no matter where they may be found. An Appointment For Davis. Wasiiingtox, May 6. Maj. George B. Davis who ha3 recently acted as judge advocate of the Lydecker and Armes court martial, has been selected by Secy. Proctor as the army officer at the head of the commission provided for in the sundry civil appropriation bill to continue the publication of the records of the war of the rebellion. There will be two others to act with him, civilian experts, who have not yet been selected. Attacked by White Caps. Lima, O., May 2. A band of alleged White Caps again attacked the residence of Thomas Lowry at Allentown last night and completely dismantled his house. There were about thirty in the attacking party. Iiis wife, who is aged and infirm, is seriously ill over the atfair and is likely to lose her mind. Lowry is a shoemaker and is honest and industrious. Another Victim Identified. Uamiltox, OnL, May 2. The body of John IL Kelly of Chicago, a victim of the railway disaster, has been identified and removed. Several articles which belonged to B. L. Oviatt, a a stndent in the college of physicians and surgeons. New York, have been identified by his brother, and it ii certain he waa among the killed. The Strikers Will Loe. Pittsbcbo, May 6. The itrike in the Allegheny bessemer steel works promises to end disastrously to the strikers. The company succeeded in turning out a number of rails to-day and all departments were in operation with non-union men. It is claimed that 2U0 men are now at work and fifty more are expected to morrow.

SHOT AT THE PRESIDENT.

A SENSATION ON THE PARISSTREETS. Claiming to be the Victim of Injustice, a Frenchman Fires n Blank Cartridge at 31. Carnot The Revolutionary Centennial Celebration. Faris, May 5. A man who gives the came of Perrin, and who says he is a marine storekeeper, fired a blank cartridge at President Carnot to-day when the latter was leaving the Elysee palace to attend the centenary celebration at Versailles. Perrin was promptly arrested. He was taken to a police station, where he made a statement concerning his act. He explained that he had no desire to kill the president, but that he merely wished to expose the fact that he (Perrin) was the victim of injustice. The crowd that had gathered in the neighborhood to witness the departure of the president became greatly excited and threatened to lynch the prisoner. The police, however, gathered in force and drove back the indignant citizens. Perrin complained that he had been unjustly punished by the governor of Martinique, and that he had ftpjiealed in vain for redress. His family is in destitute circumstances. President Carnot and party proceeded through Chaville, where the president, was enthusiastically creeted. Upon renchine Versailles the president inaugurated the memorial tablet afiixed to the building in which the states general met 100 years ago. The president and his escort then repaired to the hall of mirrors in the palace, where there was a grand assemblage of deputies and benatorsT At the palace M. Ieroyer delivered the address of welcome to the president. In the course of his speech he said: "It is no longer humble deputies of the third estate to whom even the privilege of standing upright was denied, but elected representatives of the nation, who, bowing before their freely elected chief, pay tribute to the great dead to whom we owe our liberty. It becomes those old struetlers for liberty to remind us that the revolution bequeathed not only doctrines but lessons. If the revolution siuned by the audacity of its dreams, we sin by want of self-ahnecation. by onr incomplete knowledge of our duties, by hesitation a to our policy. If the revolution flew too high, we drag too low. The date 1SVJ invites tis to realize a union of hearts in love tor our country and its intitutions." M. Leroycr concluded by asking President Carnot to raise his voice in order to guide Frenchmen in the direction of mutual concessions. President Can.ot replied: "With ardent hope for the future, I greet in the palace of t he monarchy the representatives of a ration that is now in complete possession of herelf, that is mistress of her destinies, and that is in the full splendor and strength of liberty. The first thoughts on this solemn meeting turn to our fathers. That immortal generation of 17S, by dint of courage ar d many sacrifices, secured for us benefits whicl- we must bequeath to our sons as a most p.ecious inheritance. Never can our gratitud ? equal the grandeur of the services render d by our fathers to France and to the human race." In conclusion the president said: "The revolution was based on the rights of man. It created a new era in history and founded modern society. After many cruel shocks, France has finally broken with the persona1 poer of one man, whatever title he may tak. She now recognizes as sole sovereign the laws enacted by the representatives of the nation." "I" mler the JVeuis of the republic let us seek, in a spirit of m.itual forbearance and concern, the irresihtibh-'strength of a united people nnJ thus enable France to maintain her pot in the vanguard of naiions. Viva la Bepublioue." The president's speech was received with fervent applause. At the conclusion cf the address, the presidential party proceeded to the gallery of battles, where they took luncheon. Afterward they went to the park, where the president, participated in the ceremonies attending the inauguration of the recently restored fountains. An immense throng was gathered in the park, and President Carnot received a most enthusiastic welcome. The weather was fine and the spectacle presented was a brilliant one. At 6 o'clock President Carnot and hi party started on their return to Paris, proceeding by way of Ville Davray, St. Cloud and the Bois De Boulogne. WHITE CAP OUTRAGE. A cro Whipped So That lie Will Die ami a House Untitled With II til let . St. Lor I, May 5. White Cap outrages are reported from Atchison, Kas., and Birmingham, Ala. At the former place the victim was ; l'hil Linvarus, colored, who was severely whipped by white-capped regulators on the charge of general wortlilessness. The victim is in a precarious condition. At a little station on the Louisville A Nashville, not far from Birmingham, Ala., a band of White Caps went to the house of a section boss named Cooper and stuck a notice on the door ordering Mrs. Cooper to get rid of negro hoarders. o attention was niiid to the noticp nn.l the White Caps returned a few days later and i riumea tne cooper nouse witn nuiiets, out did not find the occupants. There is great excitement over the outrage. Informally Took CHarje. Washington, May 1. A crank walked into the office of the secretary of war to-day, and taking the secretary's chair opposite to Gen. Bennett, who is acting as secretary, declared that he was secretary of war, having been appointed by Mr. Cleveland. The officials humored the man, who tuied himself in giving orders and discharging the appointment clerks until the police officers arrived and took charge of him. He was identified as a man named Baker who had taken charge of the police headquarters a few days ago in a similar informal way. Died From Hydrophobia. liOCISviLLE, Ky., May C Near Mt Sterling, Burt Curtis, a farmer's son, ared eighteen, died last nieht of hydrophobia. Curtis and a cousin were scuffling recently, when the farm watch-dog rushed in and bit both of them. The dog was found to be mad. The two young men had their wounds cauterized, and also applied : a mad stone. Only one, Bert Curtis, succeeded in getting the stone to act.' i rom his wound it drew oft considerable ereenish fluid. Nevertheless he was taken ill on April 2S, and cradually grew worse, till he died in great agony. In Their -w Home. Nf.w York, May 2. The new home of the Southern society in this city was formerly opened to-night with a grand banquet and reception. All the southern people of prominence, called here by the centennial celebra tion, were present in addition to a long list of I New l ork officials and prominent men. The Hon. John C. Calhoun presided at the banquet and the toast-list was entirely informal. A Heavy Embezzlement. Provipence, B. L, May 6. Lincoln Curtis' chief galesman for Congdon & Aylsworth, wholesale boot and shoe dealers of this city, was arrested this morning charged with the embezzlement of $12,000. His method was to ship goods to houses in New York and other cities without entering the shipment on the books, and the money was Rent to him as chief clerk, and be kept it. Department Changes. Wasiiisgto.v, May 1. The secretary of the treasury ha appointed Herbert Vail of New York to be chief of the construction division of the supervising architect, office, vice J. A. Sutherland, reduced, end William A. Rogers of Ohio to be chief of a division in the third auditor's office. O'Brien Will lie Released. ' DrBLix, May 4. The Telryraph says it has authority for the statement that Mr. O'Brien will pe released unconditionally. It also tayi that Mr. Harrington refused to go to London unless ia prison garb and closely shaved.

REMARKABLE QASE OF CATALEPSY. A Young Married Woman Apparently Dies, and the Funeral Was In Progress. St. Locis, May 3. An afternoon paper prints a sensational story of a remarkable case of catalepsy reported from South St Louis, names being suppressed for the alleged reason that the victim is so weak that the excitement certain to be aroused by a knowledge of her identity and consequent calls by curious neighbors would be fatal. The story is to the effect that a young married woman, twenty-five years of age, was in her coffin and about to be taken out for burial, when her husband saw her arm move, ordered her taken out of the coffin at once, called in two physicians, who, after an examination, pronounced life not extinct, and began a process of resuscitation. Their efibrts were successful, and the woman waa in a short time brought back to consciousness. This story was obtained from her sister, a young married woman, who lives at 721 S. Fourth-st. The sister related the following facta ia connection with the strange case: "Last Monday my sister, who bad been sick but a few days, died, as far as we could see, and the attending physician pronounced her dead, and her husband proceeded to make arrangements for the funeral. A coffin was secured and the supposed corpse was dressed and prepared for bunal. The intention was to have the funeral Tuesday afternoon. Friends of the family visited the house and mourned over the body from which the spirit haL it was believed, departed. On Tuesday afternoon, a short time before the closing of the coffin was to have taken place, my brother-in-law was standing beside the bier, looking on the face of his wife when his little boy came into the room and said: 'I want to look at mamma.' Just then the arm of my sister moved. Her husband saw it and was naturally very much 6tartled. "He informed thoe in the room ir. an excited manner of what he had seen and my sister was at once taken from the cofiin and placed on a bed and two physicians summoned. They placed a glass in front of my sister's face and all could at once perceive the signs of breath upon it They then began to work with her and after a short while more positive signs of li:'e becan to appear. She kept getting 4etter all the time until finally she became conscious. "The most terrible feature about it all is that she knew oen'ectlv everything that was going on around her. When hhe was being dres-sed for burial she realized w hat was being done and tried her best to show sisrns of life, but could not do so. When she was placed in the colHn an awful feeling of what was to be her doom came over her, she says, and she tried to stir and thought she succeeded, but of course she did not. When 6he came to and related to us an account of the mental torture she had experienced during the time her trance lted, she said: 'Where were you all when I screamed? We told her that she hail not screemed or we .surely would have heard her. 'Well,' she said, 'I tried to scream often, and ev?n thought that once I had succeeded in emitting a shriek.' Whenjshe was lying in the cotfin she triell to move, but failed", until her little child came running into the room and asked to look at ber. Then her arm cramped, and her husband, who was standing by the coffin, fortunately happened to see it. Had he not, she would certainly have been buried alive." The story tos further corroborated by A. Hartwig of b27 S. Fourth-st., who said he saw the girl who tol l the story, dressed in black, and crying, going by bis store Monday, and w hen Iiis wile asked her what the mutter was, she said her sister was dead and she was going to the funeral. She afterward told them the story of her sister being brought back to life. DISAPPOINTED BOOMERS.

Hundreds of Families Find Themselves Destitute Much Suffering. Arkansas City, May C The suffering of the batiled boomers finds most prominent evidence along this northern border. Yesterday 1,000 wagons in the march down and 800 wagons on the way back were counted. The groves in the Arkansas and Walnut river valleys that oSered camps for the boomers before the descent are filling aain with the returning unfortunates. There are hundreds of families nmonsr them who have sold everything to make the trip, and now have nothing left. The sight of men, women and children, who are thus unprovided for and desolate with the mere frames of horses surviving to drag them along, is pitiful. Guthrie still holds the majority of population and is not yet symmetrically formed. Oklahoma City ia the most promising town site. Capt. Crouch, the old successor to boomer Payne, was, Saturday, elected mayor, defeating a preacher, w hose platform was airainst gambling and whisky. As lon-j as the latter is excluded, ns it is now, serious trouble cannot occur in Oklahoma. OIL EXCITEMENT AT TERRE HAUTE. A NfW Well at an Kt hunted Capacity of One Thousand Barrels I'er Day. Tekre Hacte, Ind., May 6. Special. Tremendous excitement created here to-night by striking oil at a depth of 1,000 feet. When oil was reached, a jet spurted up sixty feet into the air, and a heavy flow, six inches in diameter, began. The pressure was so great it could not be shut oil, and in a short time the ground for a square around the well was flooded several inches. The drillers say it is the biggest well they ever struck. The estimated flow is one thousand barrels per day. At a late hour the well has been partially plugged, but considerable oil is still escaping. Fears are entertained that the flooded ground will catch fire from the sparks of passing locomotives. Briggs & Co.'s big lumber-yard, rear-by, adds much to the excitement Harry ltishop Suicides. Bloomingtox, 111., May 6. Harry W. Bishop, the widely-known ex-minstrel manager, known as Harry Kobinson, the man with the "bilver horns," committed suicide yesterday morning by taking morphine. He was found dying at his hotel. His act was doubtless precipitated by the fact that his wife, formerly Ella Kerr of Lexington, lib, obtained a divorce from him Thursday on the ground of cruelty. He left a letter telling that he had taken poison, fearing that he would become helpless from paralysis, trom which he wns a sutierer. He had but 70 cents in his possession, though he was once wealthy. His age was fifty-five and he was a native of England. His father resides in Brooklyn. Harrison I,e rns n Lriton, Washington Special. Harrison has learned a valuable lesson. He went to New York pufled up with his ow a importance and imagining himself a great man. lie comes back with the fullest realization that in the people's estimation of his greatness he does not weigh more than sixteen ounces to the pound. J A Typical Republican Journalist. White County Democrat. Judge Woods is a profound jurist of the republican stripe, but he will convict no man that violates the law in the interest of the republican party, at least that bos been his purpose since he began the trials of the election fraud cases. Poltroonery In Politics. N. Y. World. To deny or to abandon the principles of a party because it is defeated by a scratch, though in an actual majority in the country, is poltroonery in politics. To attempt to regain power by false pretenses or by going over to the enemy's camp ia dishonest as well as cowardly. Sand-Bagged and Robbed. Cin'CIKSATI, 0., Maj 1. At Ilartwell to-day Mrs. Proesman, wife of the ticket agent of the Bee Line road, was sand-baeged in the office and choked to insensibility by a thief who stole $150 from the drawer and escaped. The woman did not recover consciousuess for several hoars.

AFTER TWENTY-ONE YEARS

A STRANGE STORY FROM TEXAS. The Only Survivor of the Four Actors In a Dark Traced?, Which Had Well lfiU Faded From the Memory of All, Arrested For the Murder. St. Louis, May 5. A strange story comes from Palestine, Tex., bhowing the old adage that murder will out has been startlingly verified there by the arrest of an aged man and citizen for an assassination which occurred twenty-one years ago. One sunny morning about that time boys, on their way to mill, found by the roadside the body of young Polk Abies, riddled with buliets and lying at the edge of a little glade, seven miles west of Palestine. His right boot was pulled off, and it was known that he had been paid the sum of $400 a few days before. Bobbery was at first supposed to be the sole motive. Young Abies w as on his way to a dance at a Mrs. Wright's when murdered, and parties at the house heard first a horn blow, then gun shots, followed by cries of some one in distress. A short time after this lien McLain, Oscar Fields and Devil John Parker appeared at the dance, and there is a tradition that tome woman at the party washed blood from Den McLain's coat-sleeve. Suspicion became rife in the neighborhood, and the further fact soon leaked out that the murdered man was an eye witness to the driving off of a bunch of horses by Henry Fields and the parties nbove mentioned, Abies having detected them swimming the horses across the Trinity river. The four men mentioned above were arrested and an examination trial had, and the parties bound over to await the action of the grand jury. It is surprising to note the rapid chances of twenty years. In that period full thirty people connected, in one way or another, with the murder have died, and few persous now live who remember the events of the murder or the judicial investigation which followed. Three of the reputed assassins Devil John Parker, Oscar Fields and Ben McLain have passed in their checks and pone to pay their iomr account. In January last Ben McLain sickened, and on his deathbed confirmed the suspicions of many by a death-bed confession. He confesstd in the presence of several persons that he and Parker stationed themselves by the road side, while Henry Fie ds and his son Oscar went on ahead to watch for the victim; that the Fields were to blow a blast on a horn should Abies be alone, and two b!ats if he had company. The fatal blast sounded in the stillness of the evening, and a few minutes afterward Abies, appearing alone, the two concealed assassins emptied their shotguns and pistols into his body. This confession revived oi l memories and suspicions. The irrand jury took it up, found evidence to justify the presentment of a bill ocainst Henry Field, now a very old man, and the only one left of the four actors in the dark tratredy, which had well nicrh faded from the minds of all the men. Henry Fields pave a five-thousand-dollar bond last evening aud was released from custody. SOLD AT AUCTION. Ex-Prestdent Cleveland's Horses and Carriages l'ed at the White Honse. Washington, D. C, May 6. The seal brown horses, which generally pulled President Cleveland when he went out riding and the expresident's carriages and stable outfit were sold at auction to-day. Secy. Bl.iinc drove up just before the sale, and. after examining the carriages, spoke to ex-Bepresentative Swctt in regard to the Victoria and then drove oft'. He did not, however, secure the Victoria, as Mr. Swett's bid was not high enousrh. The seal browns were first put up for sale and the bidding was started ot $100 for each horse. After the usual amount of persuasive talk and numerous exhibitions of the points of the animals as they were driven around harnessed to a brougham they were finally sold for $4 apiece. The horses were purchased for Mr. Cleveland in Poughkeepsie, and it is said that he paid between six and seven hundred dollars for them. The landau, said to have cost l,4i;o, was 6old for $o."iO; the Victoria, which cost Mr. Cleveland $1.000, for $485 and the brougham for ?4."iO. The silver mounted harness with the monogram "U. C." on it went for fti2..x). A miscellaneous lot of stable paraphernalia was knocked down to various persons for an aggregate of $114.:.). Altogether fg.01.'t.Sö was realized from the saie. A number of the purchases were made by livery stable men and they said the things sold generally went cheap. The only part of Mr. Cleveland's staMe vt hile president w hich was not sold were the horses and carriage used by Mrs. Cleveland, which she took with her to New York KILLED ON HIS LAST RUN. Serious Results of a Collision on the Northern Pari He. Jamestown, Dak., May 5. The Northern Pacific west-bound limited passenger train collided this morning with a freight. The firemen and engineers of both trains jumped. Engineer Bass of the passenger broke his back and died almost immediately. Both postal clerks were badly injured. One had recently received notification of his removal, and was on his last run. His leg was broken, and he sustained internal injuries from which he died. The other clerk, Lounsberry, had his arm broken in two places and was badly scalded. Baggageraaster Nichols of St. Paul had his arm broken in two places. The train bore the usual number of passengers, but none were injured. Three cars were loaded with Washington territory horses which were killed outright, or shot to relieve their suft't rings. Engineer Bass lived here. He was engaged to be married to Miss Miller, who was greatly shocked at the receipt of the news of his death, and ia suffering from a hemorrhage as the result. Doubts of her recovery are entertained. Dynamite In the Stove. Chicago, May 4. The police were this afternoon informed of a dynamite outrage near the Grand Trunk railroad tracks in the southern part of the city last night. A party of Italian laborers occupied an abandoned freight car. Yesterday they decided to go to New York and all left except Michael Kochi, between whom and the rest a feud existed. Before leaving, one of them, supposed to be Joseph DoMabio, put a number of track torpedoes into the stove and w hen Bochi lighted a lire to cook his supper there was an explosion which burst the stove into a thousand pieces and wrecked the car. Rochi was dreadfully injured and is lying at the county hospital at the point of death. Killed His Pnrainour. Marquette, Mich., May 2. Andrew Gregorie, proprietor of the Saginaw hotel, this morning shot the woman who has been living with him as his wife and then shot himself. The pair have quarreled ince& sandy of late, and Gregorie was severely cut by a water-pitcher in the hands of his paramour, a few moments before the tragedy The woman was instantly killed, but Gregorie's wound is not necessarily fatal. Gregorie is well connected. The Gneat of Mrs. Morton. NEW YORK, May 2. Mrs. Harrison continues to be the guest of Vice-President Morton. During the afternoon she enjoyed a pleasant drive throughout the city and in the evening attended a dinner at the residence of CoL E. F. Shephard. Callers Get Left. Washington'. May 6. The president denied himself to business callers this morning, an exception, however, being made in the case of Senator Quay. The public reception was held in the afternoon as usual and was largely at tended.

POOR GROWING WEATHER.

The Absence of Rain Has Placed the Crops in a Critical Condition. WAsniXGTON, May 5. Weather crop bulletin for the week ending Saturday, May 4: The week was decidedly cooler than usual in all sections except New Englaud and northern Michigan. Over the wheat regions of the central valleys and the Northwest the daily temperature ranged from three degrees to six degrees below the normal, while in the upper Ohio valley it was from six degrees to nine degrees lower than usual. The general cool weather durimr the week has largely reduced the seasonal excess of temperature previously reported, but the season continues from seven to fourteen days earlier than usual in the extreme northwest and slightly in advance throughout the northern Mates. Light frosts occurred on the first of the week in the Northwest, and later over the central valleys. The rainfall for the week has been generally below the normal, although large excesses are reported in Virginia, northern New England, western New York and northern Michigan. Very little rain occurred in Ohio, Indiana, central and southern Illinois, and there was a total absence of rain in Iowa, southern Minnesota and Dakota, northern Nebraska and w estern portions of Wisconsin. The seasonal rainfall continues in excess on the Atlantic coast south of New York and from the Texas coast northward to Dukota. There is a large deficiency in rainfall in the Ohio valley, w here crops are greatly in need of rain, and over the entire region from Mississippi northward to Michigan, including Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and portions of Illinois, where iess than 70 percent, of the seasor-bl rainfall has occurred. The cool weather during the week retarded growth, and was generally unfavorable to crops in the Northwest, and some damage is reported to fruit and gardens from frost in that section and in the central valleys. Cold, cloudy weather and rain in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana caused the crops to advance but little, and the absence of moisture in Indiana und Ohio has placed the crops in those states in a critical condition. In Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas the timely rains, although less than the normal amount, benefited crops. The tobacco prospects are reported as poor, and the growth of cotton slow. A DEADLY RIOT. Railroaders and llri k Yard Men Fight Nearly All Night. Nf.w Biu-nswick, X. J., May .'.Laßt nijht and this morning a fatal riot occurred at Sayrville brick-yards, five miles below this city. Agent P. E. Hendrickson, with 100 men, started last night to put in a spur from the main line of the llaritan Biver railroad across the land of ex-Freeholder Edward Furman down through the brick-yards to William F. Fisher's yard. Furman was opposed to their crossing his land and called out his men. The railroadmen were reinforced bv brickyard men favorable to the road until .TOO men were engaged in the fight by midnight. Furman's men attacked the railroaders and burned the ties, material and a car. Pistols, clubs and stones were freely used. George Kissenger, one of FurmanV laborers, was killed outright. He was knocked down with a club and a sharp-pointed crowbar was jammed through his head. John Kennedy, a railroad man from rsuth Am boy, was so badly injured that he died in an hour. At 4 o'clock this morning Iheriir Fick of Middlesex county called out a posse of fifty men and went to the scene. When they reached the place all was quiet, and the railroad men had stopped work to recruit their force. The Baritan Biver railroad is a new enterprise, running from South Amboy to Bound Brook. Gen. E. T. Bipley of New York is president. Furman complains that the company is crossing his land without his consent, which the company claims he had t'iven. I p to 6 o'clock this evening all was quiet, but the railroad men, who are encamped in" the woods near the disputed spot, are Wing heavily r inforced from all along the line and trouble is expected to-night, as Loth parties are determined. LOVE'S TRIUMPH. Mis May Itnssell of the London t.ayity Company Wedded In l-troit. Minneapolis May 6. To-day an interesting little romance came to light in this city which is cjuite likely to create something of a sensation in two countries. Ijtst week. Frank G. Packenham of this city, and MUs May Ilussell of the London Gayety burlesque company were quietly married at Detroit, Mich. So quietly wss the wedding ceremonr conducted that few of Mr. Packenhams most intimate friends have beard of the afair. And with this wedding, too, the climax in a romantic little drama was to have been reached. Mr. I'ackenhnm, as hi name suggests, is an Englishman. His family is among the most wealthy and aristocratic in England. Somewhere about five years ago he met Miss Bussell in Ixmdon. It was a case of love on both sides. Packenham, senior, opposed the match, and Frank w-as sent oil' to America with plenty of money in his pocket He came to Minneapolis about three years ago, and is now of the firm of Drenncu fc Co., dealers in crockery and glassware. During the engagement of the Gayity company in Chicogo Miss Ilussell secured a vacation and came to Minneapolis. The length of her visit is unknown, but it is sufficient to say that Mr. Packen had accompair'ed her on her return East. The wedding at Detroit was the result. It is said that Miss Ilussell will leave the state as soon as her American engagement is completed. BOUND, GAGGED AND BEATEN. A Terribleand Fiendish Outrage Committed I'pon An Unoffending Citizen. Grand Forks, D. T., May 2. News has been received from Crookston, Minn., of a terrible and fiendish outrage committed there last night on the person of an unoflending citien named Jake Zenholt He was taken from his room at the Cleveland house, was bound, gagged and unmercifully beaten. Then he w as taken to the outskirts of the town and tarred and feathered, a rope was placed around his neck, and he was dragged a miie and left for dead. Finally he recovered and informed the police. He now lies in a precarious condition, with little hopes of recovery. His assailants were Biliy Welsh, Tobey Valaire, Nick Funk and Charles Bloodhorn. They have been arrested and placed in jail. Incorporations. The following companies were yesterday incorporated under the laws of the state and articles filed in the secretary of state's office : The Tcrre Haute pas engine company of Terre Haute, capital stock ?.i0o,(M; Eairiuount building and loan association of Fairmount, Grant county, capital stock $100,000; Mechanicsburg natural gas and oil company, capital stock $2,Ct)t); the Windsor natural gas and oil company, capital stock iH.OU ; the Cecil, Lenon and Dunkin natural gas company ot Liberty township, Delaware county, capital stock $3,500. ; A lleneflt to the Community. Binehaiuten Republican. "My friend," said a solemn man, "have you ever done aught to make the commuunity in which you live the better foryour living in it?" "I have done much, sir," replied the other, humbly, "to purify the homes of my fellow beings." "Ah," continued the solemn man with a pleased look, "you distribute tracts?" "No, I clean carpets." Lydecker's Sentence. Washington, May S. The sentence of the general court-martial in the case of Maj. G. J. Lydecker, corps of engineers, who was tried on charges arising oat of the aqueduct tunnel frauds, was made public this afternoon, aud is to forfeit to the United States (100 per month of his pay for nine months and to be reprimanded in orders. The president has approved the sentence. Got. Hovey Detained. Got. Hover did not leave Washington until yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, being detained by the non-arrival of Atty.-Gen, Mich-ener.

THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION

OPENED BY PRESIDENT CARNOT. lie Was Accompanied to the Grounds by the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Iepntles Address of Welcome by M. Tlrard. FAKI3, May 6. President Carnot formally opened the exposition this afternoon. The president was accompanied to the exposition grounds by the presidents of the senate and chambtr of deputies. The party was escorted by a squadron of cavalry. They left the Elysee at 1:30 o'clock and an artillery salute announced their arrival under the central dome of the main exposition building. President Carnot ascended thedias that had been erected under the dome. He was surrounded by the members of the cabinet and members of the senate and chamber of deputies. M. Tirard, the prime minister, made an address, welcoming the president. He declared that the exhibition exceeded all expectations, and proved that the French people still pre served all the qualities for which they had been noted. Despite the acutenes of the economic crisis, they had been able t collect a splendid array of exhibit. Although every government did not officially take p;trt in the work, most of them generously seconded the efforts of private individuals. In conclusion of his address, M. Tirard extet.ded a greeting to the strangers now in Paris, at;d said that republican France would show itself hospitable and generous, treating them not as rivals inspiring jealousy, but ns fellow-w orkers laboring for the happiness of humanity. President Carnot, in ids address, referred to the undauntable energy of France in arising from severest trialsto fresh industrial triumphs. He afterward inspected the various departments of the exhibition. Bismarck's Concessions. London, May 7. Tt is stated that Germany will consent that Mulictoa be reinstated king of Famoaprovided the V. S. government purchases the German plantations or guarantees payment by Samoans who purchase them. Germiny will further waive her demands for th punishment of Matta: a. if the relatives of the German's who were s!ain are amply compensated. Germany will net claiai political preponderance. An Inane Crank. Paris, May g. Perrin, the mnn who fired a blank cartridge at President Carnot as the latter was leaving the Elysce alace yesterday to attend the centenary celebration at Versa l.es, was recent, y under treatment for ioamty. His mental trouble was due to a fever contracted in the colonics. AN OLD CONFIDENCE GAME Worked On an Ohio Farmer The Swindlers Speedily Captured. Cincinnati, May 6. On Saturday last at Washington Court-House, Fayette coo ntj. Ohio, two confidence men induced Fanner William Coffnian to play with them in a trick game of cards and win $0,000, but, before playin; it, required him to produce $',XKjt to show them that he was able to pay in case he had lost. The old man went to the bank and borrowed $0,000 in bills and returned to the farm, where, as socn as he displiyed the money, the men seized it and with drawn revolvers drove off". leaving the old man to realize his Situation. He acted promptly, and, by the use of the telegraph, descriptions of the men were sent out. Marshal Duley of Leesburg found the men at New Vienna, waiting f.r a Cincinnati tra'! due in seven minutes. He proiupily arrested them and found T'ii.l-1 on the person of one of them, most of it in the packages as received from the bank. The man having the money gave the name of Georire Carter, and also had registered at a hotel as H. H. Morton of Toledo. His confederate, named Black, was released upon the assurance of men in New Vienna that he was a well-known commercial traveler. Marshal Duley gets a reward of $'.000, orfered for the arrest of the thief and recovery of tha money. THE PARIS CONSUL-GENERALSHIP To He Given to Gen. Adam E. King of Italtimnre. Washington, May 0. Gen. Adam E. King of Baltimore, formerly naval officer at that port, has. it is said, been decided upon nt the state department for consul-general at Tfiris. The appointment is attributed to the close personal aud political friendhip existing between Gen. Kingand Secy. Blaine. Gen. King's nam was mentioned early for collector of the port of Baltimore, and the iidltienee of Mr. Blaina would, perhaps, have secured the appointment but for the decision of the cabinet officers at their first meeting not to interfere with matters in other departments than their own. Gen. King, it is stated, has had the Pans appointment under consideration tor some time, hesitating to go abroad on account of business in'erest requiring his presence in Baltimore. It'is understood in Washington, however, that he will conclude to accept the consul-ceneral-ship, which is both an honorable and profitable position. Appointments. Washington, May 3. The president made the following appointments to-day. To be U. S. attorneys Samuel W. Hawkins of Tennessee, forthc western district of Tennessee; John Buhm of Tennesse, for the middle district of Tennessee; De Alva S. Alexander of New York, for the Dorthern district of New To 'be U. S. marshals-Joshua B. Hill of North Carolina, for the eastern district of North Carolina; Carter B. Harrison of Tennessee, for the middle district of Tennessee; James W. Brown of Tenuessee, for the western district of Tennessee. Trngic Knd of an Klnpement. Albany, Ga., May 5. William Gilmore, a prominent young man of Albany, last evening shot and killed his seventeen-year-old wife, Fannie.and then killed himself. Gilmore and his wife had been married only a few months and their life together had been an unhappy one. Their marriage was consummated bv an elopement After a separation younc men bezan to call on Mrs. Gilmore. It is supposed that this was the immediate cause of the tragedy, for jt day or two ago Gilmore was heard to say that if be could not have Fannie no one else should. Foucht Thirty-Eicht Hounds. New York, May 2. Billy Murray of thlsj city and Jack Lyman of Boston fought in thedining room of an East New York hotel this morning for a stake of $000 and the championship of America at 110 pounds. The Dorf"?. boy was knocked out in the thirty-eighth round. Both men were terribly punished. The tsoldlers' Monument. The work on the soldiers monument is progressing steaddy, and the scaffolding has, within the past few days, been built to a considerable hight. From now oa the work cpoa the monument will, to a great extent, be in view to travelers upon Market and Meridianits. Ha Interest In the Centennial Ball. Pittsburg Telegraph-Chronicle. "The base-ballista will not take any interest in the Washington centennial ball until it ia Over," said the judce this morning. "Why will they then" asked the major. "Because then it will be a passed balL" The Strike Spreading. Ptttsbcrg, May 2. The railroad coal tulnv ers' strike inaugurated yesterday against a reduction has spread to a number of other minet and about 3,000 miners are now out.