Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1889.

BEND'S LIFE IS SAVED.

GOV. HOVEY AT LAST INTERFERES. The Murderer of Motwller Moat Paes Hli Remaining Dya In Frlaon Reasons For the Governor's Action Bcnioa'i Crime. The train for JefferaonTillo which left Indiandianapolis at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, earned Mr. W. B. Robert, prirate secretary to Got. Hovey, who conveyed to 'William Benson the information that ho was to expiate his erime, not on the gallows, but by a life sentence behind the walls of the southern prison. It was not until late in the afternoon that Got. Hovey made up his mind to interfere in the premises, and the murderer's friends had almost abandoned hope. As soon as the koternor had reached a decision he hurried Secy. Roberts off to conTey the news to Warden Fat. ten. At Jeffersonville Mr. Roberts hastened to the prison and notified Mr. Fatten. Then he was conducted to the cell of the condemned man, where he briefly told hin mission. "When Benson was informed that his sentence hd been commnted to lite imprisonment he showed bit little concern, merely say in? that he was prepared to die, if necessary. He expressed hi thanks end was evidently relieved. Th death warrant hi ' been read to him at 5 e-Vlock and he s'n ply nlcd at ita reading. Early in the afternn.i. he h A dressed to iro on the siatfold and pau Kreit attention to his toilet. After the governor's message m con5 f m 1 WILLIE T!EX0!C. Teyfi He was taken to the scaflbM and shown the trap. He simply remarked that his face would have been to the north, lie was then returned to his cell, where he will remain until thi morninir. (iov. lloey when asked his reasons for commuting the se ntence said that it wm in pnrt due to the youth of the prisoner and bNo because ignorance and stupidity has played acrcat part in the crim "I do not think llcnsnn insane," said he, "Mill he win deficient in .mental faculties snd not bright in any way. "The petition for clemency were many and very urgent. Tl trial judc-e and attorneys on Wth sidrs wer atuonir those asking for a commutation of the sentence. With such strong claims 1 deemed it i.-e to interfere and Rive the boy ft Iil sentence." The ifovernor scented gratified that his private secretary. Mr. 1'ol.erts, ha 1 arrived at the prison and notified Benson of the iiction which eared his life. When told how the boy received the es he did not seem surprised, and acaiu reiterated that he was not bricht. The governor's action in commuting the sentence is his first action in a murder ease, llni the execution occurred it would have been the first hanging under the recent act passed of the frneral assembly requiring all executions to be performed in one of the two state prisons, the warden to act as executioner. The scaflold was in readiness and nil plans perfectly arranged for carrying out the pro visions of the law when th. toveriH.r's message was received, virtually calling back the soul of the prisoner from the eternity into which in a few snort hours it was to pe sprung. The crime for which William Hcnson was to have been executed was committed Iee. IM1, near Kdwardsville, a small town in Floyd county, five miles from New Albany. His vic tims, Jacob Motweiler and wife, were respected Hermans, and ordinarily well-to-do people. Benson, aged twenty-one, was their farm hand. As soon as Denson was arrested he made a con fession. He stated that there was no motive which prompted him to commit the deed fur ther than that "old man Motweiler" objected him paying court to Sallie Snyder, a comely pirl of nineteen, who resided with the Motweiler. He said that he and Motweiler went to the woods to shoot aouirrels on the afiernoon of Icc. P, la.t. II had the old man's rifle, ami, reaching; a point half a mile away from the house, they separated, Motweiler turning In the direction of the house. He waiu-d until Motweiler rot a good difdance from him. when he turned and began to snealc stealthily up behind bis victim, who, when he fired at him. was not 1") vards away. The ball struck Motweiler in the head and killed him. Hcnson then went on to the house, where he found Mrs. Motweiler enpaged in milking. He pased by her unnoticed and goinjj tnto tn houae procured a hatchet. He then returned to where she was milking and stealing tip close to her cut her a fearful gash on t lie head. The woman gave one scream and sank back uneonanon. She lingered along for many weeks, but finally died. Gallic Snyder was also arrested as an accomplice and denied having any Inowledire of the crime, but said that she believed that Benson committed the crime for the purpose of getting the old people out of the way, so that hj niiht iaarry her. She was afterward released. J'enson was threatened with lynching, and this probably would have been his fate had he not been promptly taken for safety to the state prison at Jeflcrsonville. Jle wss tried in March, found guilty and sen tenced to be hanged An?. 'Si. lie recently made a statement aain, implicating bailie fsny der in the murder, but the developments at bis trial showed that she had nothing to do with it. EVERYBODY SCARED. Ihe "Kllslr of Life" Prove To Be m Very Dangerous Thing. CI5CI5XATI, Ang. 17. The doctors have derided that the man Steele, named in recent telegrams, has blood-poison, II will sue for damages. Fielden Weir, the first man experimented on here, and whose wonderful cure was tele graphed broadcast, is in bed again. Great, hard lumps appear where the incisions were made and he is delirious. Dr. IxcgfelIow, who made the first experi ments, in a published statement last night, says be has lost faith in the elixir, and that a local J sper paid all the expenses of his experiments or the firt news. Dr. I-antcbeek, the chemist who prepares nine-tenths of all the elixir used here, savs it is dangerous if used after an hour, and rnk poison after two hours. The scare amount to a craze. There are reort that the work-house physicians have ex perimented indiMcriininately, with frightful reulU. A L-onar Distance Telephone. Chicaoo, Aug. 17. The operation of the f rt long-diftanre telephone system, west of New York state was successfully inaugurated here to-day, the American telephone and tele graph company (long-distance telephone eomrany.) formally opening its lines between Chicsffo and Milwaukee. The tents were of a character to illustrate the great improvements which have been made in the art of Mephonv, f articularly the utilization ol complete metalie circuits. Representatives of the press and a number of business men were among those who tested the lines, and expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the result attained. A whisper could canity be beard be tween Chicago and Milwaukee over the metal lic circuit CoafnumH E.lrd !!. Oma-a, Neb., An. 17. Cocgrejjmin Jimei Laird of Nebraska (Third district) died at his home at TT as tings this morning of oomplics tion of diseases. An operation was performed lat Wednesday from which he Jailed to ral.y. Jle was unconscious for twenty-four boars be

fore death.

FIRE ON SHIPBOARD.

Remarkable Couraje and Coolness Dis played by Yankee Officers and Crew. New York, Aug. 19. There was a mighty lively fire aboard the Brazilian mail steamship Allicana on July 8, while she was 135 miles from Itahia and about twenty-6ve miles from the coast of Brazil. A etory of the fire got here a few days later in a very brief dispatch. The Allicana is one of the very few steamships that re officered entirely by Yankees. That they are the right kind of people to have on shipboard in an emergency is proved by the way they handled the Allicana when she was afire. The newspapers of Brazil are lavish in their praises of the courage and coolness ot v. apt. Lteers and his able assistants, and all the coast towns have echoed his name. The fire broke out about 0:30 o'clock in the evening, iu a freight compartment amidships. where were stowed forty-hve caaks ot rum and a lot of cotton in bale. How the fire started is not known. A few minutes after the third as sistant engineer, Joseph Neptune, discovered it, the mm casks began to explode. ear,y an the eighty-five passengers, including forty-five women and children, many of whom were Americans, had gone to bed. They got up in a hurry and rushed on deck. (.'apt. Beers headed his ship for the shore, while Engineer Van Aderstine got out live lines of hose and pumped water into the compartment, through the coal bunker hatches. Anchor was dropped within five miles of the coast and 11 the passengers were put aboard five life-boats which were swung into the water. An officer had charge of each boat Little streams of rum, burning pale blue, poured out of every crease in the blazing compartment. The captain, the engineer and his assistants and the crew stayed aboard the ship and fought the fire until dawn, when they got it under control. By that time there was only one boiler aboard with steam in it. All the boiler fires had been extinguished by the water poured into the burning compartment, to which the fire was confined. The only damage to the hull of the steamer was the warping of a plate on the starboard side. The officers and crew were exhausted by the time they got the fire under control. The car penter and half a dozen of the men were slightly burned about the hands and faoe and nearly everybody lost part of his hair or whiskers. Ihe burned cargo was pitched overboard. The passengers were helped back into the ship and she proceeded to Itahia. A thanks giving service was held on the way thither tit which the Iter. Mr. Host of lrginia presided. The passengers signed a paper complimenting the captain and Ins men lor their caiiantry. After the ship reached Bahia fl.tKO was raised among the wealthy residents nnd passengers to buy presents for the brave tankees. WILL NEVER, NEVER DIE. Two Indiana People Who Eat No Food That Will Extinguish Life. TtosniiALK, Aug. 17. Albert DeWitt and daughter, Mary Ann, are peculiar people. Mary is sixteen years of age and keeps bouse for her father. DeWitt believes they will never die. They do not eat anything that extinguishes life. In regard to his peculiar religious ideas DeWitt snys: "I am fifty-eight years of age ; I was born in Vigo county, Indiana. When a young man I was bad. In 1!T7 1 changed my wicKcd course. I suftered intensely with rheumstlc pains and was bent crooked as a bow. 1 had to walk with a cane. I lie same year 1 was healed and received the gift of sanctification. r rom that time to the prexentday 1 have never been sick." Mr. 1 e Witt claims that all who lire in strict obedience to the law of fiod will have perfei-t health. He has many strsnge ideas, which he claims be got from the bible, l'mm its pages he learns what he shall eat and what he shall pot cat, and conforms strictly to this stramre and frugal "bill of fare." "I do not eat hog meat, because it Is unclean and hurtful to health and understanding (see Prut. Ill In fact, I don't eat meat of any kind, lecatixf Pnul hits it U neither good to ent flesh nor to drink wine." "What other articles of food are there that you do not eat?" "My daughter and I do not eat anything; that growa on a vine, nor the fruit of herbs, nor the seed of trees (see lien, ii, 0). We eat fruit which has seed within it, but will not eat any kind of seed grown ori bushes." "Io you cat eggs?" "Xo, sir: because an egg comes from flesh. and flesh product s flesh." Hut I notice that you eat butter. Is that not from a cow, which is flesh?" o, it is only the strength of the foodgrass and herbs which the cow eats. Therelore we are allowed to drink niik also." "What a'iviintnge do you claim over other Christian people?" "Hold on there," said DeWitt. "We are not Christian people. We are children of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. We have been begotten of the world, conceived by the will. and born by the power of liod. ut trill live forever, through time and through eternity. e were born of the ush. but we are now regenerated and born of (od." Mr. De Witt and Mary Ann are hannv. Thev are poor and live in a small rented house, lie is a day laborer and earns $1 a day. Since the death of his wife Mary Ann has kept house for him. She is a slender girl, pretty and intelli gent, and is remarkably well versed in scripture. A MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTER. The Inmates of a Disreputable House Thought It Wi Jerk the Kipper. Nf.iv Yokk, Aug. 17. A mysterious en counter took place la.t night opposite the bouse in W. Thirty-second-st. kept by Madam Anget, which resulted in the stabbing of two men. All that can be learned so far is as follows: About 2 o'clock this morning a man, who gives his namo as F.dward Drown, aged thirty-four, went into Madam Anget'shoue and asked for beer. On being refused he struck the madam, and one of her girls shouted: "It's Jack the Ripper; ruu for your life." The madam ran to the street and was then asked by a man named James Mulligan, aged thirty, what was the matter. On lenming the state of affairs he said be was a detective and entered the house to eject Ilrown. lloth men drew knives and fought into the street. Ina short time Mulligan rang the bell of the house and asked that a cab be sent for. lie was taken to the New York hospital. It was found that he was badly cut and his clothing was nearly cut to shreds. Later on Ilrown was found on Seventh-ave. bleeding from a number of cuts and was also taken to the New York hospital. lloth men are in a very precarious condition from loss of blood. Madam Arget and five of ber women were arrested, but were discharged this morning, as no charge could be made against them. Roth men disclaim any previous knowledge of each other. FORTY-EIGHT WERE HURT. Number of Victims In the Pennsylvania Ilallroad Accident. Frkepokt, Ta., Aug. 17. Additional names recei'-ed of injured in last night's accident on the West Pennsylvania railroad swells the list to forty-eight. All are doing as well as can be expected but Conductor Gray, who will probably die. Ex-Mayor Lyon, Gen. Rowley and Mrs. H. A. Jones, all of Pittsburg, are still in a critical condition, but hopes are entertained of their recovery. A coroner's Jury was impanneled and after reviewing the wreck adjourned nntil a futnredattj. The wreckinjerews worked all night and this morning the tracks were cleared and trains were running through. A Worthy Missionary Dead. "Wasiiisioto-, Aug. IX The department of state has received from the legation at Peking China, under date of July 3, an account of the death and extraordinary life-work ot the Rev. J. ('rosset, an independent American missionary in China. His career appears to have been a very remarkable one, characterized by absolute self-devotion. He died on the steamer Eldorado, en route from Shanghai to Tintsin, on the 21st of Jane lasL lie leaves a widow living at Schuylerville, N. Y. In speaking of Mr. Crosset, Minister Denby couples his name with that of Father Damien, the French missionary who lately died on the island of Molokai. Shot on the Street. Ban DlF.GO.Cal., Aug. 14. Yesterday afternoon Superior Judge W. I. Pierce of this city was shot and seriously wounded by W. S. Clendennin. The judze wa talking with ex-Oor, Murray of Utah, when Oendennin passed down the street, stopped suddenly, and drawing a revolver shot Judge Pierco In the back. A judicial opinion by Pierce, unfavorable to Clsndennin, is understood to be the eause of the shooting.

TWELVE MONTHS IN PRISON

IS SLUGGER SULLIVAN'S SENTENCE. Judge Terrel Thinks the Law Was TH11fally Violated and Imposes the Sever est renalty John's Appeal For Mercy AVUhont Effect. PrRYis, Miss., Aug. 17. Court did not open until nearly 9 o'clock this morning. Judge Terrell was on hand long before that time, and Sullivan was also seated before the bar, showing up before his attorney came to court. lie looked as pleasant and unconcerned as usual, although there was a tremble in his eye after the petit jury was seated, and he glanced over at the men who found him guilty. The crowd in the court was small, but grew larger in a few minutes, for hardly was the court seatd when the grand jury filed in. They presented one indictment to be recorded nnd filed out again. The Sullivan case was then taken up. Judge Calhoun submitted the motion in arrest of judgment without argument. The papers had been left at the hotel, however, and the case went over to Friday. PisL Atty. Neville called the case of John Fittpatrick. After hearing the indictment read Mr. Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty. The Sullivan matter was taken np again and Mr. Green read the motion in arrest of judgment. The court obstructed the motion after reading its contents. Mr. Green then submitted a motion for a new trial and asked for an immediate decision without argument from counsel. The motion was overruled. Judge Calhoun then asked that by an agre ement with the district attorney, sixty days be allowed in which to file the bills of exception. He also announced that Gen. Ford would read a petition for clemency which was signed by the grand jury and petit jurors and the best citizens of the vicinity, lie also intended to make a few remarks and thought that hisclient also desired to make a statement. "Very well," answered the court, and Mr. Ford then rend the following: The underidzncd, member of the grand Jury Impaneled at the prese nt U-rm of court, snl of t lie petit jury ho trlrd t ho sisters. John I. flulllrnn, convicted of jrlze lihtln, respectfully ho- to tho court that in view of the fact that this is the flrt ronvlctlon for the ottense named In this state, sn l fur other reasons, they ; export (tilly recommend and requrt that your honor will Jmpo-e no higher j unity thnn a line of fl.ixiO and that no imprisonment hu iljtlic t Ml. Fd Davis was the only petit juror who refused to sign. The grand jurors all signed it, as also did all the merchants in the city und a number of farmers round about, as well as the shcri!)', clerk and other officers of the court, the justice of the pence before whom the case was first tried nnd many others. Gn. Ford supplemented the petition by a few remarks, lie said that he had hd opportunity to leitrn public feeling and sentiment in tho matter, and without a single exreption it seemed to be the desire that the court exercise as grcut a degree of clemency as possible. The universal drsire seems to be that his houor do not impose any imprisonment. It is the first violation of the statute of and the court could very well impose a fine not exceeding a thousnnd dollars. Ninety-nine people of every hundred In the strtte would feci gratified if only a fine is imposed. It has been demonstrated that tho power of the state and the arm of the law were adequate to brinz the defendant to justice and secure a conviction nnd it seems from all the history of the ense that the defendant should bo ndjudgrd to pay a tine. That was the Muteineiit of the state, the press and the people. Judge Calhoun n!--o desired to say something in Sullivan's behalf, nnd proceeded with an argument of a similar purport to that made by Mr. Ford. He referred to the action of Ihe Fnclish courts, which have a reputation for upholding the law. The sentence lor prizefighting usually imposed by them was three days' imprisonment. There whs only one exception he knew of a man died in the ring. The question was what killed him. The verdict was that the fighter died from over exertion, not from blows, and the court sentenced Iiis opponent to six months In jail. In conclusion, Judge Calhoun appealed lor clemency of the court. There was a pnuie. The defense was waiting for the court, and the court was waiting to bear if anything more was to be said. There was a stir in the audience, when the silence was broken bySullivan himself. The champion turned toward ti e bar, and in a loud, clear vnd steady voice said: "Your honor, I desire to make a few remarks. 1 can only ask for your clemency In this matter. Xo doubt I have done something wrong, but as my counsel told you, I was ignorant ol the law. I nm not as oratorical as the distinguished district attorney on my right or uiy counsel, who have addressed you, and, therefore, I beg to remark that I am your humble servant, John L. Sullivan." Sullivan sat down and looked nt the court, waiting his doom. Thero wss another pause : the silence was so deep that an occasional whisper was heard as distinctly as an uproar in the dead ot nicht. Judge Terrel, after a moment or two, asked for the petition presented by Gen. Ford. It was an appeal for mercy, and the fact that the court asked for it was construed as a good omen. After a few minutes' inspection he folded the paper carefully, laid it on the table, shaded his eyes with bis band aud his brow wrinkled as it meditating deeply. Kvery eye was fixed upon him; even Sullivan leaned forward and watched the judge anxiously. He broke the silence by saying in his quiet way: "Stand up, Sullivan!" The court did not sajr Mr. Sullivan this time. Sullivan stood up quickly. He threw out his chest, looked the court full in the face and had evidently determined upon perfect self-control. Judge Terrel spoke slowly: "Gentlemen, passing sentence has always been of considerable trouble and concern to me. Kven in small cases, except where tho law has one absolute punishment. It seems to me that this prize fi'ht at Kichburg, of which you stand convicted, was a gross nllront to the laws of the Mate, where authorities personally forbade it. It seems to have been accomplished with systematic arrangements and in the presence of invited thousands. It seems on the part of all connected in it to have been a studied disregard and contempt for the law. They came from and through many states whoso authority and civilization deterred them from any attempt at such public lawless conduct within their limits, and they chose the soil of Mississippi as the only fit ground for such combat, indicating their utter contempt for the sentiments of her people and the laws of her statute books." Judge Terrel, whose eyes had been averted as be spoke, now looked up and met Sullivan's gaze. Continued the judge: "The sentence of the law is that as a punishment of the offense of which you stand convicted you shall sutler imprisonment for twelve months in the county jail." Sullivan gloomily took: his seat None of his friends spoke to him then; it was best to leave him to his own reflections. He maintained his stolid look for a moment, but when attention was withdrawn from him his month put on the same appearance as w hen he met Kilrairt in the rinir, with a little of sorrow tempering the ferocity. The feeling passed from him in another moment, and when he got under the railing to leave the court-room he faced the sympathizing crowd with a broad smile. "Stand un, Mr. Fitzpatrick," said Judge Terrel, in a kindly tone. Mr. Fitzpatrick took his place at the bar. "Mr. litpatrick," said the jndge, "in Ticw of all that has been said in your behalf and which I am disposed to believe is true, you appear to be a gentleman who was only presentat the fight as a spectator and one who did not intend to violate the law. In view of the statements in your behalf, I sentence you to pay a fine of ('apt Fitzpatrick bowed and thanked the court, but sat down without having heard the amount of the fine. The reporters informed him and he left the court to make arrangements for the paying of it, but the court was not yet throncrh with Mr. Fitzpatrick, as will appear later on. DisL Atty. Neville said that he was anxious to go home to-day, and asked that no more cases be tried until next week. This was consented to, and the agreement to allow sixty days to file bills of exception wssputon record, and Judge Caihouu then made the motion for an appeal, returnable to the supreme court on the third Monday in February, 1800. Judze Calhoun stated that see. 2,329 of the code for an appeal of misdemeanors fixed bond from a hundred to a thousand dollars. The defense had prepared a bond for the maximum amount and presented it J. W. Ilolleman of Purvis and John Dafty were bondsmen. Dist. Atty. Neville announced the reception of information of Jake Kilrain'i arrival here early next week and asked the clerk to issue a subpena for Capt. Fitzpatrick as a witness in

the Kilrain case and also against Cud Renand, and he wanted the summons served before the witnesses left the state. When Mr. Fitzpatrick came in be was informed that he was wanted and would be required to furnish bond of ?500 to appear wheu wanted. The ex-referee put on as pleasant a face as possible over the new persecution, for he will have to leave home and business again. CoL Denison of Hattiesburg became his surety. The petit jurors crowded around the clerk and were paid off and the court stood adjourned until Mouday. A STRANGE LOVE STORY.

Wedded at Their Parents' Grave A Romance of the Brooklyn Theater Fire. Philadelphia, Aug. lf. Mr. and Mrs. II. IUirbanlc arrived here yesterday on their way from New York to Nebraska. They had a strange story to tell. At the Brooklyn theater fire, years ago, the father and sister of young Burbank were lost as were the mother and sister of Sadie King, who then lived in Statc-st Brooklyn. Mr. Burbank wrote from the West for information about his fol!s and was answered by Miss King, who wrote occasionally for her uncle, an undertaker. Young Burbank read the letter, and a correspondence has been kept up ever since. lost October he proposed marriage. She replied in a satisfactory manner, but suggested as the Brooklyn tire had been the means of their meeting that they should carry out the marriage ceremony in Greenwood cemetery, near the monument that was erected by the city of Brooklyu for the unknown dead who perished in the terrible disaster. On Wednesday Mr. Burbank, accompanied by CoL Montgomery Green of St. Ixuis, an old friend of his father; Forster Bishop of Cincinnati and his sister, arrived in Brooklyn and met Miss King for the first time nt her house on DeKalb-nve. They drove to the cemetery with a minister and stood before the tall shaft. There were eight in the party and the group was quickly made. Aware of the solemnity of tho spot, tho bride said: "Harry, my mother and sister are under that stone. We never found them." He took her hand, aud answered: "And so are mine." Col. King, who was an officer in the army during the late civil war, raid: "Yes; and they are in one of the most beautiful spots this world cau find for the dead. ndie, you have selected this spot to be married. Are you ready?" The minister then arranged tlietn in line, facing the monument and the ceremony proceeded. After being made man and wife they walked up the grassy incline to the shaft. The bride and groom knelt while the clergyman olftred a thort but affecting prayer. Then all returned to the city, the brido nnd groom going to the house of an aunt, Mrs. C. Barnaul, at Yoiikers, where they remained until yesterday, when they left for his home in Nebr.ihka, INTO THE FIERY FURNACE. Three Negroes Lose Their Lives at the Conimnnd of n raise l'rophet. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 13. The most remarkable religious craze prevails among the negroes near Bessemer nnd the country intermediate between that rspidly growing plaro and Birmingham. For some time past an old negro named Toblas Juck son has been proclaiming himself as Daniel, the prophet, and doing all kinds of siugular, wild and queer things. The darkies in this section are ignorant and superstitious, and Jackson's actions and the great powers he claims to have been invested with filled with awe the simpleminded negroes. Saturday last he persuaded three young negro men that they were representatives of Slia lrach, Meshark and Aberlnego, the three children of faith, who entered the fiery furnaeo of Ncbuchadr.cznr of old. lie proclaimed that a furnnoe where iron is melted and cast into all kinds of forms, was the furnace of Nebuchadnerzsr, end that they could enter It and pats through without the amcll of fire. The three ueuroeü, calling thcnielvcs the three children of Israel, under the influence of the new prophet, deliberately entered the gate of the cupola of the furnace and rushed headlong before they could be Mopped, into the white heat of the melting iron. When they fa'led to cone out, Jackson, the prophet, proclaimed that he saw them rising in the air with the Braake of the furnace, attended by angels, and said that they would revisit the earth again next Sunday. The negroes propose to meet at church next Sunday and pray, awaiting the descent of the three children of Israel. The mother of one of them said, hen asked about the matter: "I feel jes as ho' my boy is in heaven as if I done ben' dar and se'd him. Jackson, the prophet, comman' 'im to walk in do fiery furnace and be bit tged ter 'bey 'im." STILL FINDING THE DEAD. Four Store Ilodles Recovered nt Johnstown, Yesterdny The Itellef Fund. Johnstown, Ta., Aug. 1 1 Four more bodies were found and removed to the morgue to-day. Two of them were women and two chilJren. They were all in a bad state of decomposition. One of the women waa well dressed, and may have been a passenger on the day express. She wore a black silk dress, and had a large oval gold button on a collar, and wore a Harrison and Morton badge. The other woman was also well dressed, and wore a plain gold ring eugraved on the inside "X. J. D. and M. T. M., Fet. 22, $75." Hie also wore other jewelry, including a pin with a large rhinestone in center and eight small ones around it. Mesrs. Ovrden and Beeves of Philadelphia and Secy. Kremer ot the flood commisiion. spent the day in conference with the local committees. They will meet again to-morrow forenoon, when they hope to arrive at some determination as to how the balance of the fuud is to be distributed. The citizens would like to get a chance to meet the commission to present their view of the situation, but they seem to be ! adverse to conferring with them. Gov. Beaver and Adjt,-Gen. Hastings are expected here tomorrow, when it is expected some definite arrangements will be made as to how long the force employed by tho state will remain. THE MILWAUKEE ENCAMPMENT. Forty Thousand Genuine Old Veterans Will be In Attendance. MTl.WArjr.EE, Aug. 1(3. It is estimated by careful officials at encampment headquarters that there will be fully -JO,!) genuine old veterans in attendance at the encampment, and there will bo at least seven "private citizens," or sight-seers, for every old soldier that will bo here. This would bring a crowd of 2,000 visitors. But several observing calculators think the average to each of the 40,000 soldiers will be about five outsiders, iu which event there would be a crowd of 'JOO.OOO people to be fed and furnished auarters. These estimates are based on numerous averages taken by officers from requests for quarters daily received from old soldiers for themselves and families or immediate friends, and from people not connected with the order. A general order issued by Commander-in-Chief Warner, under date of Aug. 13, states that the buitiness aession of the encampment will convene at tho west-side Turner hall Aug. L'S, at 10 a. m. The National council of administration will meet at the Flankington house Aug. -. The parade will take place Tuesday, Aug. 27, and will be commanded by the commander-in-chief in person. The line of march will not exceed two and onehalf miles in length. 'OLD BLACK JOE." Be Dies In Ills Little Old Cabin at Mu Holly New Jersey. New Yokk, Aug. 16. The original "Old Black Joe" died atMt. Holly, N. J., yesterday in the little cabin whare he has lived for years, just on the outskirts of the town. His proper name was Joseph Queen, and he was undoubtedly the oMest man in the state, being 112 years old. He was born in Virginia in 1777, and the fact is recorded in faded characters in an old family bible. "Old Joe" was a runaway slave, and came to New Jersey in 127, where he was taken care of by some of the residents of ML Holly, one of whom is still living, and remembers that he was well along in years when he came here, for years past the townspeople have ministered to his wants, and kept him in comparative comfort He was very ratriarchal in appearance, and his form waa bent nearly double with the weight of years. A monument will be erected to his memory hy the citizens. Do you enfTer from scrofula, salt rbenm, or Other hsmors? Take Hood's Sarssparilla, the 5 rat blood purifier. One bundled doses one ollar.

BETHLEHEM AND HEBRON.

THE FAMOUS POOLS OF SOLOMON. The City of David Birthplace of the Sav. lor Tomb of Kachel Abraham's Oak The Cave of Macpelah , Accompanied by my Fidus Achates Saeoor I left Jerusalem early upon a hot, 6ultry morning in November and crossed through the "Valley of Rephaim," where David defeated the Phillistines by way of the "Well of the Magi," where tradition says tho wise men of the East first saw the star that guided them to the infant Savior at Brthlehem. Just beyond tho well is the Greek convent of "Mar-Elias," erected at the spot where Elijah concealed himself when pursued by wicked Jezebel. At the foot of tho monastery hill 6tands the "Tomb of Kachel," one of the best authenticated of the holy sites of Talestine, and we have scriptural authority that after giving birth to Benjamin here 'Rachel died and was buried in the way to Kphrath, which is Bethlehem, and Jacob fct a pillar upon her prave. That i tho pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day" (Genesis xxv, 19-20.) A few hundred yard further and wo pa?s Ik? it Jala, tho ancient Zelzah 'in tho border of Benjamin," where Samuel's prophetic messengers greeted "the choice voung man and goodly" Saul, the son of Kish, and arrive at the picturesque and renowned city of Bethlehem. Here all about us is consecrated ground, the birthplace of the Savior, the land where tho youthful I 'avid tended his Hocks, and tho pr-eno where "Ruth, the Moabites" gleaned "after the reapers among the sheaves" in the ficlns of "a mighty man of wealth of the family of Klimeleoh, nnd his name was Voaz" "(Ruth ii, 1-7.) Bethlehem has a population of about r,CH)0, made up almost entirely of native Christians, and whether or not it is due to Christianity, certain it is that they are a much liner looking net of peotdo than tho resident of the other cities of Palestine. The women nro especially noted for their beauty and wear a strikingly attractive contumo peculiar to themselves. Thero are no Jews In Bethlehem and but a few Mohammedans. Of course tho chief center of attraction for all Christian visitors to this "City of Iavid" is tho "Church of tho Nativity," which covers tho situ w hero the niotfcer ot Jesus "brought forth her first born, wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger." (Luke, xi, .) The main part of the church is built in tho center of the Greek, Iitin and Armenian convents end is the common property of all. It is said to be tho "oldest monument of Christian architecture in the w orld," having been erected in the fourth century by the sainted KmprcM llelfna. The "Chapel of tho Nativity'' is a cavo or grotto in the natural rock and ... . .t . ii. a Miming silver star fcci in inn marin pavement near the altar is said to mark thrt exurt ppot where the Savior of mankind was born. In a cirrlo around it are th words in Latin. "Ilic le Virpin Mario Jesus Christus natusest" "Hero Christ was bom of the Vircin Mary." On the other side of the room a small roeesa in tho wall marks the place w here the manger Ftood. As the chapel is used by all tho Beets alike, a Turkish soldier is always Mationed here to prevent the p-ntlo Christians from fighting. It is said the Crimean war was brought about by the contests which occurred here among the priests. Among tho other points of interest con nected with tho church are the "Altar of the Magi," whero the wise men tame with their Otterings; the "Altar of St. Joseph. " where the nneel directed Joseph to make the flight into Egypt; tho "Altar of tho Innocents," where the 22,WJ infants massacred by Herod are declared to be interred : the "Chapel of St. Euse bius." where his writings wero composed. and the "Chanelot St. Jerome," where the great father of the church and translator .1 . -1 ii. LIU,. ot me cainone version vi wiu iu u lived, died and was buried previous to tho removal of his remains to Rome. A few steps outride below the church we come to the "milk grotto" where tho virgin and chili! wero concealed from the fury of Herod, and w here the iriests sav a drop of the mother's milk f-dl upon the floor nnd turned tho black forbidding rock of the cave into a soft snowy white. It is believed that a niece of this chalky subFtance touched to the lips of barren wo men wi 1 cure them of their detect, and that when swallowed by those with children it increases the supply of infantile nourishment, wherefore many young mothers visit the nhu-o to secure this sacred charm, which they eat after mak inn it into cakes mixed with barley Further on to the right from hero is tho Grotto or Greek "chapel of tho shop herds in the traditional plain where the "hhepherds were keeping watch over their flock by night when there came to them "the heavenly host praising God and raying glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and good will toward men. (Lukon, s, 14 As we leave Bethlehem we stop at "lavid's well," where, when David gath ered his chiefs "unto the cavo of Adul lam" his "three mighty men" burst through the ranks of the' riiillistines to secure him water in response to his ap peal : "Oh, that one would give me drink of tho water of the w ell of Bethlehem." (2 8am. xxiii, 13, 10), and then continue on over a very rough road until tho "pools of Solomon" are reached. Here there is a largo inclosure surrounded by a high stone wall, which is know n as a "khan" in all countries under Turkish rule. These places are something in the nature of government inns or taverns, being practically ramping places for travelers who pay a certain sum to the custodian for tho protection and and shelter afforded. They aro few and far between, but are necessary in a country where to camp in tho open air without protection would most likely result in being robbed or murdered beforo morning. These "pools of Solomon" are tho remains of the great reservoirs wnicn supplied Jerusalem with water under the splendid system of water works established by that wite and practical sovereign. There are three of them, gradually rising ono above the other, and all are in a fine Etate of preservation, while etili higher up the incline is the "sealed fountain," from which they obtained their original supply. A little w ay below the pools is the wretched Arab village of Or tan (ancient Etam), where Samson is said to nave been surrendered to the Phillistines, and whero the summer palace of Solomon stood as described by him in Kcclesiastes. Petween the pools of Solomon and the city of Hebron the only points worthy of mention both going ami returning aro "Neby Yunas" ("Father Jonah"), one of the several locations that claims the honor of being Jonah's burial place, and "Abraham's Oak," a magnificent Tercbiuth tree thirtythree feet in circumference w hich marks the bite where Abraham "dwelt in the plains of Marure" and where "the Lord appeared unto him and announced that Sarah should bear him a son, as "he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day." (Genesis xiii, 18.) This venerable tree is known to bo extremely ancient and is said to

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that it washes everything; best and quickest injures nothing ; coarse or fine just the reverse by doing away with the rubbing it saves the very thing which ruins the most clothing especially fine things. It takes the drudgery out of woman's hardest work. Wash day and cleaning lime are no longer " bugbears " in the homes where Pearline is used, and these homes number millions. BPedJlm and some unscrupulous grecers are offerrT "X Tf -f (Z ing imitations which they claim tobe Peailine, or "the W Cil s rt-arline." IT'S FALSE they are not. md besides ore dangerous. IO Mmufartured or.Vbv JAMÜ? TVLF N T.

"THE LIONS By ROSA

As an ar.tmnl pilntrr rtnsa PonVur bis m vrist. In tti rerrMnctinn poto etc wn?ot ton crrHi msHt'-rpl-ce, tli engraver lies f .H.fn)lT followrfl the woruWI'il pencil et itia nrttu. Eiich lion Is Pltre. and weeern tr be 1onklnrnt hfe r.rV! be? tx In ttulr tntire ia:r. Mrans:h to rcpoxn rhnrsctmes tb rrorp Tli tenMv irfl Pnly proportion- nd eri nCk of the Hon. with his Btnccrr mne, hH formMMe limbs l!7l!v unrhM on In tte fore, rround with the cUws dMrn into the sr.ftlv pruMM pawn, are mi'vc ounlT tennerec i n HniM llos tvslde l'.s me wlthtir hmd n'nrtern fnllv evaded. br brnd erect but waicurui of nor whtps. Itepo Is Infusrd into in f ic of eich animal, wbll-t n drumr baprlnj'ps and aofiness of Ui eves fltK pnrtrars th M-n t. Home. A prost divil hns hem wr,M'n j?' ' poetrr ami prose of mvhrr and of fnrnilr los. bur we dom ee tr.es Ideas nrr'l'fl 'ne IVrcr-Ht md mltrhMosr. of honts Yet sll nature t nVin. nnd whn we look s this picture, we liee the -rtlsr hns portrarrrt Hie tnnie lnfl'ino st worlc. wMh pisVps tn Mronp msn cnt!. Th.n hrlpless wh!P" are thrr. nnd th Instincts n' lore snd pmtecMen In the now bents i to'.d In s novel nrt rhirmlnc stnry hr thN rV-"ire of the Vmrrh Knd Qur-en.i Th ninrvei. v:s ton n-l hcvi'r of Hit &rt ornjvt!on. TI l.lons st. Horr.A' Is the worlc of y.fiXh Lonheur's mittlrer years, and is not equalled as an anitaal picture by anything yet ien to tno artistic world. This masterpiece will be jriven with each new subscription to or renewal of THE TVKKKLY SKXTINKL for only 51.15.

have been regarded ns verv oM in the timo of the fcivior. Hebron is accepted ns the sccoinl oldest city in the world standing next to lainascus in that repnrd, nnd some authorities pl.ice its foundation nt even an earlier period than Pamnscus. Jo.ephus ep aks of it ns beinp 2,.(0 years old in his time nnd in Gent-sis we arc shown that it was an active, busy city before Abraham carue here to renido at Mamre 4,000 yours ao, and bought the "Field of Kphron w hich was in Maohplah" anil tho "cavo which was therein" for a family mausoleum "in the prewenco of the children of Heth before all that went in at the pato of tho city." (Gen. xxiii, 17-1S.) Hebron was closely connected with all that was uioft intimately associated with enrlv Jewish history, from the days of Abraham down to the time when Ii'avid removed his capital to Jerusalem. It was almost completely destroyed by that fierce warrior Joshua w"ho "took it and smoto it with tho f(G of the sword," and later on pavo it to Caleb "for an inheritance." (Joshua x, 14.) It was David's firt scat of government; here his beloved but ungrateful Absolom was horn, and here his general Joab took Abner "aside in the pate to speak with liiin" and trcacherouslv "smote him there under tho fiiui rib that ho died," (II Sun., iii. 7.) Hebron is still called "KlKhalil" or "Tho Friend," by tho Arabs, that boinjj the name by which Abraham, in his day, was known." It contains between ten and fifteen thousand inhabitants, made up of the most bicoted nnd fanatical Mohammedans to be found in the whole of Syria. There are no Chriidians resident in tho city and only a few Jews, and it behooves the Christian visitor to be most puarded in all that he says and does if ho has any repard for his personal safety. 'I he preat point of interest to all tourists here is naturally the "cave of Machpelah," but owing to the extreme fanaticism of the inhabitants "Christian dops" are not permitted to enter the mosque that covers it, and can only view it from tho outside, or by placing their hands through a crack in tho wall touch a part of the rock of the original cavern. lieyond this they are not allowed to go, and 1 am informed that tho onlv Christians who have ever been per mitted to enter theso sacred precincts, alike dear to Christian, Jew and Mohammedan, aro the lato Fmperor Frederick of Germany, the prince of Wales and sons, tho marquis of Iute, and Gen. Lew Wallace of Indiana, ex-minister to Turkey, These were granted special permits by the sultan for themselves and suites, and but for tho presence of the authorities and the troops it is not unlikely that their entrance, would have been prevented by the bigoted populace. A peculiar custom here is the placing of writtr-n appeals and prayers in the crevices of the wall by worshiping Hebrews who desire to invoke the kindlyaid of Father Abraham. A recognized authority quotes the following as a verbatim copy of one found thero by a visitor. "The place is Calshe. The widow l'asy Gittal, the daughter of Keziah Sarah, prays for health, good living and prosperity, and that the fabric of Tabathin that she makes shall be so prosperous as to enable her to pay ber husband's debts. Her dauzMer, tho betrothed Deborah Nachma O that she be a pood companion! Her daughter, the virpin To blah Kebekah, to educate her to every good action, and her deaf son, Moses Jacob, that be shall be healed through the mercy Of the Lord." Good, homely, honest, motherly prayer, and one, let us bop, that was heard and answered through the mediation of the pood old Father of Israel who lies buried m the "cave of Machpelah," along with his beloved wife Sarah, his eon Isaac, and Rebecca, and his grandson Jacob, and Leah. Win. K. English. Coining the 'ew Terms. Boston Commercial Bulletin. Executions hj electricity will necessitate inanT changes in expreaMon. "The dull sirk:enin? thud" will become the "shudderinjf shock," a criminal will no longer be "launched into eternity, but "wired to another world." o rogue e'erfelt tha halter draw Wiih good eplnionof the law. mast glva way to "n rogue e'er f't the lynstno . With food opinion cf the t-tjw.

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