Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1891 TWELYE PAGES.

ANNA'S MAIN WOBBLES

Opinions of Medical Experts a to ier Sanity. . She Wqj Surely Demented When Committed. FranceSjWillard Does Not Believe the "Herald" Story. Miss Susan Dickinson Makes a Statement.

4 The Resident of Plttston Indignant Oter the Report.

New Ysj, April 9. The New York Herald wll tomorrow publish a startling etory relrtinK to the incarceration of Misa Anna Didcinaon, the famous lecturer, in an insane asylum. Tee Ilrald will eay that Miss Dickinson came to Sew York today with Dr. Frederick V. Seward of Goshen, N. Y., at wboiA house she has been sine be etcaped from Danville, April 2. They ctme for tne purpose of apprising Mies Dickinson's friends in New York of the wrong she had suffered and to secure legal advice as to the steps'necessary to insure hci freedom if she should return to Pennsylvania. Miss Dickinson lays the blame for her Incarceration upon her sister, whom she accuses of harboring an intense feeling of jealousy and hatred. She also accuses her sister's physician, Dr. Hileman, of being in the plot against her. Miss Diekinscn pars that on the day on which she was removed to an asylum the door of bar room was broken in and six men and a woman rushed in and overpowered her. One of the men, she says, was Dr. Hileman, and the woman, ihe understands, was the doctor's aunt. They announced their intention of taking her to Danville, where they said she would be better off. Miss Dickinson Etrupgled until the skin was torn from her wripte and her unrments were ripped for her razs and tatters; Finally, she says, her persecutors jrot her hands down and tied them together and she was compelled to submit. Dr. Seward, it appears, became informed of the facts of the case as allepedby MigDickinson andobtained her release under pretense that he intended to take her to a private asylum where she would be more benefited. Dr. Seward expressed himself today as entirely confident of the sanity of Miss Dickinson. The Herald reporter who interviewed Miss Dickinson says that her manner was calm and rational and that she at no time during the interview betrayed the least evidence of insanity. Miss Dickinson will prosecute her sister for the raenUl and physical suffering she haa undergone. Miss Dickinson says the Danville asylum is a horrible place. She was among the least dangerous patients, but ihe says when she looks back on the dreadful things she wonders she did not go ineane. On April 2 Dr. Seward went to the asylum and Miss Dickinson was placed in his charge. Louisa McDonald, un old family servant of the Dickinsons, accompanies her mistress and the doctor. Dr. Seward was reticent of his part in the affair. His only interest had been to secure justice to a woman who had been shut up in an asylum without a shadow of right "Miss Dickinson is perfectly sane," said Dr. Seward. "Of that I can assure you. I have etudiod her case and there is nothing the matter with her. I have investigated some of her statements and have found them to be true. When Mies Susan Dickinson sent for me she told me that her sister was a dangerous lunatic, and I went to Danville with the expectation of seeing such a person. The moment I looked at her I was convinced that that statement was not true, and subsequent examination established her complete sanity. I am prepared to do whatever I can to assist her in securing her rights and came here with that purpose. We shall consult legal advisors as to the steps that are necessary to be taken." Louisa McDonald corroborated the points of the story with which she was acquainted. Philadelphia, April 10. Ths Ptory that Anna Dickinson was a saoe woman when she was committed to the Danville insane asylum, and that her cocamitinent was irregular; that the fetate lunacy laws were in her case flagrantly violated, and that Philadelphia physicians an I officials were concerned in the injustice done her, is officially and particularly denied here. The letter which Miss Dickinson eaya she sent to the cha rman and secretary of the 6tata board of charities, Drs Thomas G. Morton and Henry M. Yt'etherill of this city, was received by Dr. Wciherill, who visited htr immediately upon receipt of th letter, having 6hown it to Dr. Morten. Thomas Ikrlow, the attorney of the board, accompanied Dr. Wetheriil to Danvil t. In telling of tne vieit, Dr. Wetheriil to-dar kM: "Te found Miss Dickinson installed in the most comfortable ward of the whol institution. The Danville asylum, like other state asyiu-i s, is over-crowded, but only on the men's side. There is room among the women still for the comfortable accommodation of a number of new latienta. Miss Dickinson's ward has a iandsome parlor and a large dining-room. Her room itself locked out upon a beautiful view, was tastefully furnished, and had pictures, mirrors and every decoration and appurtenance that a refined woman could desire. It had all been put in order by the attendants a couple of hours prior to our arrival. Yet it was already in such a condition as is always found in the apartments of persons violently or acuiely deranged. It waa confused and upset and was . in keeping with Miss Dickinson's appearance and manner. The interview waa necessarily brief, because ehe declined to talk to us, or, at least, wou'd say very little. When not actually talking to us, she walked excitedly up and down the room, giving utterance to incoherent words and phrases and acting in exactly the manner that insane people are accustomed to act. She told us that she was sane and that Dr. Shultz, the superintendent, suppressed her letters. I told her of our receipt of the letter she mailed to us, and we had forwarded to Howe Sc Hummel of New York the letter which she had enclosed addressed to that firm. Mr. Bartow did, as she states, request her to sit down quietly and talk it over, but he said nothing about anticipating legal proceedings. Very little more was taid, because she declined to talk, walking the floor in great tzcitement and reiterating that her lawre rs had the matter in their hands. "On inquiring of Dr. Schaltx afterward that he thought of her condition, he laid it was his medical opinion that she was a case of acute insanity, but ehe had begun to improve during her brief residence in the hospital." In reply to the query as to what his csinioa wo at the tkao, Dr. Wetheriil

aid: "Neither Mr. Barlow nor myself had the 6'ightest doubt but that she' was deranged. I have been studying the medical aspect of insanity since 1875 and Mr. Barlow : has been iclerested in it from a legal standpoint s nee 1S78." "Do you say this officially, and do you stake your professional reputation on Mis Dickinson's insanitv while sho was in Danville?" "Yes, thero is no doubt about it whatever." "From a perusal of her story and from your knowledge of her caao, do you think she is entirely 6ane now?" "Speaking from what I saw of her only, I will say that it is very probable that she is insane at the presant time. Dr. Seward of New York, I see, vouches for the opposite view of her case, and. in the absence of another examination of Miss Dickinson, I cannot speak positively of her condition." "She was released trora the asylum on discharge papers and says that if she returns to Pennsylvania "she is liable to rearrest and incarceration. Is that true?" "It is not. Of course if she was manifestly insane and dangerous she could bo restrained for the Bat'ety of the public. Lint the whole case would have to be begun ab ovo. The commitment and examination would have to bo made all over again and would be an entirely new case. Miss Dickinson now, in Pennsyl vania, is as free as air and can no more be deprived of her libertv or placed under restraint than, you or I." Dr. Wetheriil produces a copy of the medical certificate and statement on which "Anna E. Dickinson (indigent) was admitted, Feb. 23, 1891, to the Danville hospital." This is signed by G. Underwood, M. D., of l"ittston, Pa., and James Oglesby, M. IX, of Danville, Pa., each of whom state that he has examined her separately. They certify that they believe her insane, and that her disease is of a character that she be placed in a hospital for the insane. The order or request for her reception in the hospital is s-gned by J. S. Courtwright and by J. S. Hileman, M. D., and is dated March 2. Tho aceomtanying statement, which is signed by r. Hileman gives her age as forty-eight years, says that her insanity has existed since Feb. 19, and that she has delusions and refuses food and medicines. When questioned regarding her examination Dr. Wetheriil said he did not know whether she was examined before leaving home or not, but that it was not necessary. The law allows a patient to be examined within fortv-eipht hours after being taken to a hospital for the insane. Asked if this might not tend to provoke the patient, and increase the symptoms of insanity, the doctor said he thought not to any extent. Miss Dickinson's dischargo from the hospital is as follows: State Hospital for tub Ixkase, Danville, Pa., April 3, 1S91. J Register No. 3,501. I hereby air not oe to the common pleas that Anna H. Dickinson, a puLlio patient, received into thia hospital on the 28th of Feb., 1691, was discharged therefrom improved, by the authority of friends and overseers on tho 2nd der of April, 1891. (Slgoed) S. ii. Schcltz, M. P., Superintendeuts M!SS WILLARD'S VIEWS.

Tbe Warmeat AfUction Alwnye Existed Be. tween the Siatera. Chicago, April 10. "I really do not know what to make of this report in regard to the unjust incarceration of Anna Dickinson," said Miss Frances II Willard, president of the World's woman's Christian temperance union, today. "I have no authoritative information on which to base & hypothesis," continued Miss Willard, "and I was never in my. life more astonished than when I read the statement. What I do know is that I have been acquainted with Susan E. Dickinson, Anna's sister, for the last fifteen years, and that to my knowledge, she has been a most generous, faithful and beloved sister There was the most cordial and loving relations between the two sisters, and I have, times without number, heard Anna speak in the most affectionate way of Susan. Indeed, I have always regarded Susan as the mainstay of the family. Anna was always erratic, but Susan went on in the even tenor of her way, and was always to be depended upon. Susan has always belonged to the society of Ilickite friends, and has been regarded as a most conscientious, high-minded Christian woman by all who knew her. I could not belieye Susan Dickinson capable of the base conduct alleged to her under any circumstances, but, really, I do not see what she could hope to gain by such a course. The plan for the fund which we hoped to raise is that it shall be placed in the hands of the trustees and thatonly the interest shall be paid to Anna Dickinson, and that it shall be kept as a permanent fund for the purpose oi aiding any woman who has given her life to the public and is no longer able to care for herself. "Here are two letters from Susan Dickinson which I received recently," said Miss Willard. "In the one, dated April 3, she tells mo of Anna's removal and says: 'I could not go with her, because, as is so usual in such cases, sho turned suddenly and violently against me, and until I have the assurance that it is better instead of worse for her to see me, I Ehall wait.' In the same letter she speaks with confidence of what she hopes w:ll be the result of her being under Dr. Frederick W. Seward's care, and tells of a lady M ho was similarly affected and perfectly cured by his treatment." Miss Susan closed this letter of April 3 to Miss Willard with: "How earncetly I thank you for all you are doing and for all your tributes to Anna in what you write, I have no adequate words to say. But I prav God to bless you, and I look forward to the day when you and Anna shall take loving counsel together." In the letter to Miss Willard, bearing date April 6, Susan Dickinson speaks of Louise McDonald, who was Anna Dickinson's maid when she was traveling and is devoted to her, and who is now a widow, as going with her to Dr. Seward's from the Danville asylum. This was because of the sudden dislike Anna bad conceived for herself. She says: "At first Anna would have nothing to do with her, but later was persuaded to make friends with her. You see from the first Anna has been intensely, bitterly auspicious and set against all who have been nearest and dearest to her." Miss Willard expressed it as her opinion that the hardships and overwork to which Anna Dickinson subjected herself for many years and her resultant ill health for some time past would very naturally result in a condition that would produce all sorts of hallucinations. And that without knowinz anything about it. Miss Willard thought Anna Dickinson, while appearing quite sane, was the victim of utterly baseless delusion. MISS SUSAN'S STATEMENT. Sho Makes m Detailed Ionlt of tho New Tork ''Uorald'a' Story, Scranton; Pa., April 10. Misa Susan E. Dickinson was In this city today in consultation with friends relative to the statements made by her sister to a reporter In New York. Miss Dickinson said that she had thia morninj telegraphed Dr. Seward that he would be held in damage for tho injury he is doing her sister's mind in confirming her delusion, and a'so that

friends in West Tittston and Tlcinity will testify that she has devoted her life for years to the welfare and interests of Anna, In donning the etory published in New York, Mies Susan Dickinson first refers to the charges that a removal was made to West Pittston, clearly to please herself. The true reason of the removal, she says, was because Miss Anna had lest the means to support her mother as ehe desired to in Philadelphia. She explained facts relative to their family arrangements and then answers the charge of extravagance, saying that she was her sister's private secretary and honsskeeper and was allowed $250 a month to meet expenses, which included the house rental of $1,000 a year. The house was generally full of Anna's company, and they had to be provided for. It was impossible, therefore, to avoid the etanding over of accounts until her return homo to settle at times. "I never male an investment of any kind in my life," continued Miss Susan. "I never bought trinkets for myself and was not in the habit of making gifts to any people. My sister's allegation that I have an intense hatred and jealousy for her has never taken any other form than that of striving to further her interests to the utmost of my ability. Physicians will testify that in the summer of 1877 it was my nursing which saved her life. Dr. Hileman, whom she abuses, was her own selection and she praised him to the skies. After a time, on Thursday, Feb. 19, Anna became violently delirious aud her actions were very curious. Among other things she bezan screaming and pounding on the partition walls. The servant was afraid of her, ran out of the house and was followed by Anna. She then came back and ate her supper. Her story of gleaming white crystals in a cup of coffee is a pure fabrication, whicn only insanity can account for. Several days before she had been accusing How & flummell, her attorneys, of vilest treachery in her case against the republican national committee, and she asserted that an o!d friend in Boston was concerned in a plot to ruin her reputation." Miss Susan speaks of Miss Anna's violence toward her, and then sava that on Feb. 23 it became necessary to deiiver her sister to Danville because " she had eaten nothing for three nays. She waa not roughly handled and her clothing waa not

injured, as etated m the papers, at the time the door was forced open. Her papers have been carefully assorted and they now await her disposition. Her stage jewels, in one package, and her private jewels in another, a e safe in her own bank in Fittston, subject to her order. The attempt to secure money for her was inaugurated by Mrs. Longford and Miss Willard without any action or word on Mies Sudan's partIn conclusion Miss Susan says that sho sees cow that her friends told her truly when they said she was foolish to devote her life "to Miss Anna. Hereafter Anna must find faithful service wherever she can. Miss Susan does not explain why, when the Scranton Republican first gave to the world the story of her sister's insanity, she sent a strongly worded denial of it to every paper in the region, claiming that the report was a "cruel outrage." Pittston I'el Indignant. Wilkesbarke, Pa., April 10. There was considerable indiguation expressed in and about the town of Pittston today when the story published this morning concerning the condition of Miss Anna Dickinson and tho alleged persecution of the alliicted woman by her sister, Miss Susan, was read. The Fittston Gazette this evening says: "Of course there is not to be found in all this region a single person who for one moment believes the ridiculous story sent out. Miss Susan has been greatly devoted to her sister and for years she has placed her welfare above all cine, even to tho extent of relinquishing, the greater portion of her literary work in order that ehe might be able to better attend to her sister during her late illness." Bliss Dickinson at Goihtn. Nsw York, April 10. Anna Dickinson left the city this forenoon for Goshen, N. Y., where she will undergo medical treatment. NOT A FREE TRADER. A Democrat Who Oors la for "Incidental Protection." To the KniTon Sir: For forty years I have been a reader of democratic journals and havo been ciosely identified with the democratic party, both state and national, and no one in my acquaintance will question my loyalty to party principles and platforms. I believe that the democratic party is loyal to the constitution and strictly devoted to the best interests of the laboring classes; opposed to all class legislation of every description, and in favor of the enactment of such laws as will benefit the greatest number without regard t wealth or position. The party has steadfastly adhered to the policy of creating a revenue for the support and maintenance of the government by duties on foreign importations as provided by the constitution; that no more money 3hould be collected from the people by custom or internal duties than is absolutely nececpary to defray the exrctfses of the government, honesty and economically administered. These great principles are time honored and havo been incorporated in county, state and national platforms and practiced by democratic administrations from Thomas Jetterson to the last democratic executive in office. Democrat have always opposed high ?rotective duties simply lor protection, his would bo legislation for the classes and not for the masses. But incidental protection is inevitable with even a tariif for revenue only. A tax or tariff revenue certainly does not mean free trade. The enemies of the democracy charge them with being free traders. I was surprised to read.in The Slntixel of April 4 that the democratic policy was well defined, and that a tariff for revenue only meant free trade. My dear sir, is that not a frank acknowledgement of what republicans have bean charging against the democracy for years ? If f reu trade is what Voorhees, Turpie, Gray, McDonald and Thomas A. Hendricks (the noblest Roman of all) labored for as a cardinal principle of democracy, I havo been very much mistaken. Free trade, in a democratic platform in Indiana, would be disastrous to the state and national democracy and detrimental to the best interests of the government. The democratic party is now and always has been a conservative party on all great questions and principles. And I believe its platfcrm for 1802 will contain resolutions for tariff reform and an increase of silver coinage, with strict economy in government expenses, free homes for actual settlers and a graded income tax for pensions. The republicans will indorse the president, McKinley and Keed protection, with Blaine's reciprocity. oppose silver coinage, indorse national banks and recommend an increase of bank currency. The labor or third party will demand free trade, free coinage, a flexible eurrreney and a 2 per cent, loan on real estate, with lots of cheap money. N. It. Elliott. Mechanicsburgh, Ind., April 8. The Next Speaker. Richmond Independent Indications point to the election of the Hon. William D.Bynum as the next speaker of the house of representatives. We have not heard anything of Speaker Reed since the adjournment of, congress, and we hardly expect to hear from ex-Speaker Reed any more. Like his party, he is pretty well played out.

IS PARNELL MARRIED?

Latest Developments in the O'Shea Case. The Affair Takes on Additional Mystery. The Lady Said to Be Mrs. O'Sheas Daughter. A Possible Scheme to Secure a Vindication. O'She&'a Friends Treat tho Story as a Stupid Canard. Loxdov, April 7. The relations of Mr. Parnell to Mrs. O'Shea havo been rendered more mysterious than ever by recent reports. No declaration has yet been made by Mr. Parnell himself nor by any person authorized to speak for either of the persons concerned that they are to be married when the divorce is made absolute. The period is now near at hand and the friends of both are anxious that the ambiguous situation should be cleared up. This state of affairs haa led to the springing up of a crop of rumors damaging to the reputation of both. These various stories, with more or less foundation, culminated in the report that the marriage with Mrs. O'Shea would not take place, as Mr. Parnell had already been married to another lady. Astonishment was increased today by the rumor that tho lady in question is a daughter of Mrs. O'Shea, - and that the marriage took place in secret becauso among other reasons tho young lady was a ward in chancery. The latter story rapidly spread in the lobbies of the house of commons today and is eagerly and variously discussed, but it finds few believers. The lady to whom Mr. Parnell is said to have been privately married since tho O'Shea divorce suit, is ihe eldest daughter of Mrs. O'Shea. Tho extreme privacy with which the ceremony was performed is attributed to the fact that the young lady is a ward in chancery, although she is twenty-one years of age, and the marriage could not be lawfully solemnized without the atsent of the court, and by his action Mr. Tarnell lays himself open to prosecution. Several Parnellite members of the bouse of commons afreet to believe, although they deny any knowledge of the facts, that Mr. Parnell never had unlawful commerce with Mrs. O'Shea and that his secret visits to the homo of the O'Sheas were made for the purposes of meeting the daughter, whom he married with the consent of her mother, but unknown to her father. Other Parnellitcs, who are supposed to know the truth of the matter, when questioned in regard to tho marriage declared their ignorance of the whole affair. Capt, O'Shea's friends treat the story a3 a stupid canard. , ... , , .. . I L i r A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. The New York "Trloim" Celebrates the Completion f Hxlf a Ceittary. Nfw York, April 10. Thieisthe fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the 'ew York Tribune, and tho event was celebrated tonight by a jubilee at the Metropolitan opera house. Tho vast edifice was well filled and a program worthy of the occasion was rendered. Addresses were made by "William McKinley, jr., Chauncey M. Depew, Charles A. Dana, Koswell G. Horr and George Wiliiam Curtis. An original poem was read by Edmund Clarence Stedman, and an orchestraof fifty pieces, under the direction of Walter Pamrsoeh, rendered six selections by American composers. These composers whose talent waa thus brought forward to help in the "gold" celebration were II. II. Hups, J. K. Paine, E. Evander Stucksen, Arthur Foote. D. W. Chadwick and Dudley Buck. Men em'nent in the walks of public life occupied boxes and seats on the stage, and the fair sex was well represented in the audience. One box in the lower tier was occupied by a party of colored ministers and their families. Among others present were: VicePresident Levi P. Morton, Senators J. D. Morrill of Vermont, Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut, Frank ILiscock ot New orfc, Preston B. Plumb of Kansas, Secretarv Tracy,Governor Bulkeley,Murat Habtead, Gen. William II. Seward, Stephen Ii. Elkins, ex-Judge Noah II. Davis and Miss Gabrielle Greeley. The exercises were opened by the chairman of the evening,' William McElroy of the Tribune, who spoke briefly before introducing the speakers. In referring to the founding of the Tribune, Mr. McElroy made a slip by naming Whitelaw Reid as the first editor of the paper. The error caused a little laughter, but Mr. McElroy recovered himself by stating quickly that the mistake was certainly pardonable, as a man on the Tribuna naturally regards Whitelaw Reid and Horace Greeley aa convertible terms. Mr. McElroy said that he had only one sad duty to perform during the evening and that was to announce the forced absence of Secretary Blaine. The secretary, he said, had important business in Washington that would not permit of his leaving that city. Mr. Blaine sent a letter which Mr. McElroy read. In it he said that be deeply itjretted not being able to be present and expressed in pathetic terms tho esteem he had always had of the ereat newspaper in whoso honor the exercises were being held. Mr. Blaine's name was received with rounds of applause. Then the chairman introduced Mai. McKinley. Chauncey M. Depew and Charles A Dana followed Maf. McKinley, after which a poem was read bv Edmund Clarence fctedroan, "On the Old Deck," dealing with the birth, voyage and present sailing Used in Millions of Homes

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of the Tribune craft. Following this came the closing address by George William Curtis. Among the letters sent Mas this from President Harrison: t , "The paper has been a potent influence in more than one important crisis in our publio history." There were others from Senators Sherman, Edmunds and Washburn, from J. G. Whittier, Attorney-General Miller, James Parton and T. V. Powderly. AN OHIO LYNCHING.

William Dales, a Murderer, Swung lato Eternlty Ttj a Mob. Kcvroy, O., April 10. A mob, containing from seventy-five to 100 men, hung a William Bales this morning at 2 o'clock. The mob was perfectly organized and drilled. It assembled at about 1 o'clock and stationed armed guards, who allowed no one to pass their lines. The side door of the county jail was batteredin and about seventy-five men entered. The sheriff was overpowered and tho keys, after some search, were found. Bales' cell door was opened and he was ordered to put on his pants. He was then hurried across the road, the noose was adjusted, the rope thrown over a limb, and Bales was pulled from his feet and left hanging. He begged piteousiy while the noose was being adjusted, but tho men were resolute. The mob was an orderly one and did no further damage. They wore black hoods concealing their faces, long overcoats and rubber boots. They had a leader and were trained to signals and commanded entirely in whispers. About 3 o'clock the body was cut down, by order of Justice Rummell, and taken to the city hall. Bales and two accomplices on Tuesday night, March 31, murdered Edward Harper, a policeman, who was attempting to nrrest Bales. The accomplices, Lake and Noel, were not molested. Bales was not considered very strong mentally. The lynching was not unexpected, Diit had been threatened for some time. It had been set for Wednesday night, but owing to the fact becoming known it was postpone 1. Everything is quiet and no further disorder is anticipated. IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE. The Oryan'zatlnn Offers Its Services es Arbitrator. Cincinnati, O.. April 10. The council of the Irish national league of America adjourned late this afternoon after adopting the fol'owing resolutions: Whereas, The executive committee of the Irish national lracue of America is without adt o -i from the Irish national leucue at Dublin, and a queitiou is presented requiring au interchange of viaws with Cbarles Stuart Parcel), president, and Timothy Haxritiffton, seoretary of the last named organization. Tl.srtfora bs it RosoItcJ, I. That the president and secretary be iuttructd to correspond with Messrs. Parnell and Hsrriugton in refereuce to the matter afnr.'saitl, and eipeciaily the letter of John Dillon receired by oar president and laid before this co oi mi tee. 1. That the president te authorized to suggest the coud offices of this organization at arbitrator, with a vievr to the restoration of harmony and the reconcilement of all deferences in Ireland; an J to this end, that the president at ouce put himself in communication with the proper parties iu Ireland. 3. That we recommend a national contention in America to be held not later than September 1S91, at I'altirnore, and the resideut president is hereby instructed to request the presence ot Mr. Parnell, president of the Irish national league and of the Irish members of parliament at snoh conrention. 4. That we learn with sincere regret of the illness of the lion. John F. Armstrong, now in his natire land, an honored member of this body and one of the most faithful and deroted Irishmen in America, who gare unstintedly of his time and money to the furtherance ot true national principles. We ml his wisn eouosel and the manifestation of his unbending and aterling integrity and trust in the providenoe of God, he may be speedily restored to his family and friends and to the service of hit country. 5. That we do now adjourn subject to the call of the president in order to further- the work for which we are convened, (Signed) By all the members of the council. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Judge Johnston So Holds the Natural Gas Pom pine; Act. Fort "Wayne, April 9. Special. At Valparaiso, today, Judge William Johnston of the Porter circuit court, after an extended argument by "W. D. Holt of Chicago, Ferd Winter of Indianapolis, and ex-Senator Bell of Fort Wayne, held the law passed by the last legislature of Indiana prohibiting the use of pumps or other artificial devices for increasing the flow of natural gas was unconstitutional and void. The ruling was based upon two principal grounds: (1) That the law was an interference under the guise of ths exercise of the police power with interstate commerce, which subject is committed by the federal constitution exclusively to congress. (2) That the law violated vested rights in that it undertook to prevent the disposition of property by the owner thereof w ithout any sufficient reason therefor on the part of the public. The case was a suit to enjoin the Indiana natural gas and oil company from the use of pumps and the application of greater pressure than that permitted by the statute on its lines. The case will probably be appealed to the supreme court. Judge Johnston is the judgo who held the meat inspection law passed two years ago unconstitutional and void, which ruling was afterward sustained by the supreme court of the United States. DR. GEORGE W. NEW DEAD. Sketch of His Life sod Busy Professional Career. After a prolonged illness Dr. George W. New died at his home, No. 426 N. lllinois6t., early Friday morning. Dr. New was born in Madison, Feb. 27, 1S19. In 1840 he graduated from the Ohio medical college and, entering into a partnership with Dr. Abraham Carter, whose daughter he married a year later, began the practice of his profession. In 1800 he removed to this city and in 18G1 enlisted in the Seventh Indiana infantry, remaining in the service until 1864, during which time he was surgeon-in-chief both of a corps and brigade. In 1864 Governor Morton appointed him military agent for Indiana at New Orleans and in 18o he was made special examiner of drugs in the custom house at that port which position tie held until 1867, when he resigned and returned to Indianapolis where he has since practiced his piofession. Dr. New was a member of the Third Christian church, having joined that denomination about 1833. 40 Years the Standard.

BY PASSION SWAYED !

A Tale of Woman's Weakness and Man's Perfidy. How Pretty Josie Woods Came to Her Sad Death. Even the Grave Could Not Conceal rier Shame. The Victim the Daughter of a Wealthy Muncie Mn. Sensational Developments at SpringHeld, Ohio. Springfield, O., April 9. J.cpecial. A startling story which has been withheld by the authorities in order to secure evidence against certain parties implicated, was unearthed by the local press this afternoon. On Tuesday, March 31, the "Out of Sight" farce comedy company went from Columbus, O., to Troy, fifteen miles north, to play an engagement there. The company arrived at noon and stopped at the Morris house. Hefore evening came the leading lady, Miss Josie "Wood, alias Casselle, became eo ill that it was imposposible for her to go on the etage that night. She gradually grew worse on "Wednesday, April 1, until, at 3 o'clock p. m., Dr. J. W. Means was called to her aaeistance. He found her in a critical condition and suffering from acute pains internally. Later she confessed to the doctor and also to the nurse that before she came here she had an operation for abortion performed on her by a physician, whose name and residence are withheld for tho present. It Is claimed that Charles Teruchi, a young Italian from Florida.and was a member of the company, was her lover, but ho disclaims any criminal intimacy with her. He claims that he has only known her since Dec. 20, but that he loyed her and wanted her to became hi wife. Ha implored her not to have the operation performed and lorbnde the physician doing bo if there was even the slightest danger for her. Hut the doctor called them "a couple of children." and after aseuring them there was no danger, he performed the operation. The operation was performed on the afternoon of Thursday, March '23, and she died on the afternoon of Saturday, April 4, about 5 o'clock. Coroner Calvin ordered a post-mortem examination bv Drs. W. C. Thompson, J. V. Means, T. G. Senour and Elmer Thompson, which wss made that night. They finished the examination about V o'clock p. m. and tho result of the postmortem showed the girl, who was not yet eighteen years of ago at the time of her death, had been pregnant about four or five months and that instruments, or some other powerful agency, had been used in a most brutal manner. Her death resulted from acute inflammation brought on by the operation. Miss Wood was a beautiful blonde, about five feet, five inches tall and of a prepossessing figure. Her father is the president of the Muncie, Ind., natural gas company and is quite wealthy. Her mother, who has separated from her husband, is telegraph operator at the Treroont house, lioston, Mass., Miss Wood's home. The remains were prepared for shipment and were sent to her mother in Boston last Sunday night, where they were interred. Miss Wood frequently said that she would kill herself if an operation was not performed. She was the principal singer of ber company. The coroner, doctors and nurse arc closemouthed about the atfair and have but little or nothing to say until af:er the coroner returns his verdict, and they will not mention tho physician's name or addrees who is concerned in the a:. air. Muncie, April 10. Special.! The news of the death of Josie Woods, the actress in the "Out of JMght company, who died from the effects of .an abortion at Troy, O., April 4. as detailed in a Springfield, O., dispatch to The Sextixeu has roused I public feeling lo its highest pitch. Your correspondent had much difficulty in loeating the girl's father, from the fact that he is a comparative stranger here, and Miss Josie herself never was in Muncie. James M. Woods, the parent of the unfortunate girl, is not president of the Muncie natural gas company, as tho dispatch stated, but is interested in the "Blackman Anchor Boiler Compound" company of this city. He came to this city two years ago and never denied the report that he was unmarried. As a consequence he became a social swell at once, and paid particular attention to a yodng lady of one of the first families. About this time it leaked out that ho was married, but it was the general supposition that he was divorced from Mrs. Woods. Nothing was said about his children. Some two or threo weeks ago a brother of Woods came here and gave a very black account of Wocds' treatment of hi family. He had a picture of MisJoio which showed her as strikingly beautiful, and her sweet face makes sympathy stronger. . Her father denied his relationship to her to your correspondent, and refused to be interviewed. His friends are equally reticent, but Woods' parentage of unfortunate Josie Woods is certain. THE MONUMENT COMMISSION. Mandamus Psaeeedtng-e to be Brought r Againet tbo Auditor. The Thursday morning session of tho soldiers and Bailors' monument commission was spent in consultation with Mr. Brewster of Cleveland in regard to the construction of the crowning figure of the monument. Mr. Brewster informed the commission that about half of the working model of the figure will be ready for the foundry to begin work on as soon as the contract is made for its casting. Mr. Brewster left last night for Chicago, for the purpose of making arrangements for this contract. The commission allowed Mr. Breswster $500 on account. In the afternoon the resolutions introduced Wednesday by Mr. Bennett were taken up and adopted. Gen. Manson and Col. Johnston were appointed a committee to employ counsel to bring mandamus proceedings against j the auditor ot state to compel him to pay the incidental expenses of the commission out of the general fund, in accordance "with the decision of the Bupreme court, instead of out the specific appropriation of $200,000. as he is now doing. The commission then adjourned, " To tb Pao fie Go to California via the through lines ef the Burlington F.oute, from Chicago or tit. Louie to Denver, and thecct over the nev broad image, through car lines of the Denter and Bio tirand or Colorado Midland Railway via Leadville, Glenwood Spriugs and bait Lake through interesting cities and uaturpaued eeoery. Dining ears all the way.

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