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TO BOOM MURPHY.

His Friends Open Headquarters at Albany And Will Make a Canvass in His Behalf. Counties Pass Resolutions Indorsing Him. CROKER CALLS ON HILL, As Do Chairman Murphy and Lieut. -Gov. Sheehan. Neither of the Principals Will Tell What Happened, Andtho Senator Leaves Shortly for Washington. The Democratic and Republican Members of the Legislature Meet in Caucus, the Former to Talk Over the Minor Appointments and the Latter to Nomlnatn a Candidate for the Empty Honor of Speaker The Call 'or nia. Legislature Will Doubt, lese Choose Stephen White to Sac eeed Senator Felton, Who Is a Republican Th Montana Legislature Bejrlns the Work of Organization Populists Vote with the Republicans In the House Other Politics. Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 2. The worst preliminary to the organization of the legislature was enlivened this afternoon by the arrival of the New York and Kings county members. The hotel lobbies became crowded and a epirit of old times crept over all. Before the afternoon had advanced far Judge Griffiths and- other friends of Edward Murphy, jr., from Troy arrived and opened headquarters at the Delevan house, in which the eenatorship canvass in behalf of Mr. Murphy will be carried on. Shortly afterward Mr. Edward Perking, the secretary of the democratic committee af Montgomery county, arrived with a resolution indorsing Murphy's candidacy. Simiiar reso'utions were alao dopte! by the democratic county committee of Madilon county. Ricoard Croker came on from Richfield Springs and called upon Senator Hill this afternoon. Edward Murphy, jr., and Lieutenant-Governor Sheehan were there, too. After remaining with the eenatur for a short time the three caller?, with Senator Cantor, proceeded to the executive mansion and called upon Governor and Mr. Flower. Senator IU I and Mr. Croker met in the Central station at 4 o'clock and the two went on to New York by the Chicago limited, Mr. Hill being on his war to Washington. Mr. Murphy shortly afterward went back to Troy. None o! there leaders would talk for publication. Senator Hid will return here to attend the reception to be given at the executive mansion. The republican assembly caucus to nominate a republican candidate for speaker and thus to designate the leader of the minority daring the session of JS'JJ was called to order iu ihn assembly parlor tonight. The contest for the empty honor of the rapubLcan nomination was entirely friendly. George It Malby was elected by a vote of 2S for Ma.by to 2U for Hamilton Fish, jr. The democratic members of the assembly gathered slowly in the assembly chambar for their caucus. At 8 o'clock, the hour set for calling the caucus to order, scarcely more than half the mombcre were present, but there wero a large number of spectators, and the chamber behind the rails was crowded. Many members of the foMer assemblies but who were not elected to the present bx!y, gathered to fee the caucusing. At five minutes pastSo'elock the King county members camo in a body, having just held a caucus in the Delevaa house. Nothing was done at this meeting according to the members, save discussing the question of min' r appointments. The matter of the speakership and senatorship was not taken up at all according to the facts given nut by the delegation. At a quarter yat 8 o'clock George I. Webster of New "ork called the caucus to order. Mr. Sullivan moved that Mr. Henry II. Guenther of Erie be appointed permanent chairman. The motion was carried and Messrs. Sullivan and Tnwosend escorted Mr. Guenther to the chair. Messrs. like of Ulster and Farqoahar of New York were elected permanent secre'aries. The Hon. Widiam Sulzer of New York City was nominated by acclamation for speaker, after etirrio nominating and seconding speeches Lad been made. The other officers of the home were als nominated bv acclamation and the caucus adjourned alter appointing a caucus committee for the year. Mr. Sulzer in next to the youngsat assembly man ever diet-ted speaker, exfenator Edmund L. Pitts b-ing the young set man who ever held that position While the assembly caucus was being held the democratic senators met and dismissed in caucus the constitutional convent ion hi J parsed last year. It was decided to postpone th convention until the second Tuesday of May, 1894, and to dect the delegates at the next November election. The Kings county members of the legislature refused to commit themselves to night on the U. S. senatonhip, THE FIGHT ON Between the Cleveland and Hill Forces in the Empire state. BrRKAtror Tn-c Srttisel,) 1420 New Yobi-ati. N. I VIHI5QT0. D. C. Jan. 2. ) - The senatorial contest in New York tale is fast approaching a climax.. The whole question has eirncaered down into a pergonal fight between the presdeot-elect and the senator whose followers made each a bitter fight for him at Chicago. That Senator Hid does not propose to give op bis leadership of the New York machine u evidenced by

his presence in Albany and his activity in the cause of his candidate; and unless all signs fall Mnrphv w i l be elected. The

only among the few who refuse to bow to the edicts of the machine, and while he is personally popular with the majority of the Tammany leaders, sti.l be is one of them, and makes ad his personal ambitition subservient to the carrying out j of the wishes of the oligarchy which rules j the democratic Dartv in that etat. ! Even State Senator W'a'ker, who up to yesterday has been an anti-Murphy man, and very pronounced in his support i of Mr. Cleveland's wishes, i9 said to have ! weaken-d. and does not dare to further oppose the machine for fear he will be , "turned down." Thf re is, of course, much ', violent criticism of Mr. Cleveland by those who decUre him to be a "dictator" and a "litt e god" and a "man superior to his party." liut this comes mainly from that small, disaffected element which had hoped to make a president out of Hill, and who cannot see good in anything Mr. Cleveland does. In the maiu, however, the most prominent deracrats are proud that they have at last secured a leader who leads. They learned during Mr. Cleveland's former administration that he both commanded and demanded re-pect. They had almost forgotten the lessons in leadership he eave at that tiroo. and 'the Murphy incident serves to recall them to their mind. THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE. Democrats Lark Two and Republicans Eight of Ilarlng; a Majority. San Francisco, Jan. 2. Tho California legislature assembles tomorrow in biennial session. The legislature composed of fiity-nine dcmocrats.fifty-three republicans und eight dm pu lists. The chief interest of thu Fession centers in the election of a I. S. senator succeeding Senator C. N. Felton. The leading candidates have been Stephen White, Lcs Angeles; W. W. Foote, Alaraede, ana J. Coleman, San Francisco, on the democratic side; C. N. Felton, San Mateo, and M. II. I)e Young ami Morris M. Estee of an Francisco, on the republican side. .The democrats lark only two votes of a majority on joint ballot, whila the republican lack eitfht. Statements have be- n made to ihe efFi'ct thut populists won d vote with republicans for the election of a U.S. senator, but thi is denied by several populists who etate they will vote united, their preference beintf Thomas V. Cntor of 'Fri.nco. Tho republicans and democrats are now looking after their doubtful votes of Burke of Sin Francisco, who was elected to the assembly as a non-parliaun, and Carlson, independent, from San Diego, both of whom have been classed with the republicans. Assuming tnat the populists combine with the republicans, and that Carlson rotes with the democrats, a they now expect, the legislature would be tid on joint ba lot, and it would devolve upon Governor Markham, who is a republican, to appoint a senator. One feature of the conti-at is the withdrawal cince Saturday of Foote, who, nest to White, h considered th most promising democrat. Ho states that his withdrawal was inspired bv a wish to avoid injuring the democratic aide by dividing its forces. Cleveland Not Sprulating. Nnw Yohk, Jan. . President eVct Cleve'and pa.-sed New Year's dy very quietly at his home. "I am resting and trying to do eome work," said he to a reporter. "During my absence my work accumulated and I am now trying to reduce my correspondence and get things to rights. I am not receiving in the usual sense of the word, although if my friends dtopinon me, i' shall be glad to see them." A dispatch from St. Louis stating Mr. Cleveland wa member of a syndicate that was trying; to buv up all the eurface milroads in that city on speculation was shown to him. He denied its truth, as far a it referred to himself, most emphaticall v. He added: "It is a lie made out of the w hole cloth. I have not invested any money in the manner stated, and 1 do not intend to co into the railway speculation business. My time will he too much occupied in the near future to allow nie to enter into sp-culation, even if I desired to, which I do not.'" Mr. Cleveland dined quietly at his home in the evening and afterward received a few informal ca.ls from friouds. Fun Expected in Kann. Topeka, Jan. 2. The situation as regards the senatorial fight will be further complicated tomorrow when it becomes known that a certain coterie of repubcans favor fusion with the populists. If such a step should become necessary to defeat any plan having for its object the election of a democrat. A dispatch from Witchita states that such a proposition has been canvassed in the southwest and that it has met with favor among the republican members of the legislature from that section. The Witchita Entfe, the leadlnf republican newspaper of the South west, favors the plan. I'opulist have a majority in the senate of three, and will be able to unseat the entire minority of eleven members, if necessary, to overcome on joint ballot the majority which the republicans miht secure by the unseating process in the house. The fight then would degenerate into a question which party could unseal the most me libers. lkitli parties disc aim any intention of unseating anybody. The parties in joint session are divided as foilows: Republicans, 73: populists, 7;); democrats, 4. Organization In Motann. Hr.tENA, Mont , Jan. 2. The senate was organized by electing permanent officers. E. D. Malts, democrat, was made president pro tern. The bcuso proceeded to organization. Davidson, democrat, was al-eont due to sickness. The state auditor was in the chair. The roll-call was made, leaving out the names of both contesting members from Cl.oteau county, democrats ; all other members were sworn in. A motion was carried by the republicans to proceed to the election of temporary chairman, the democrats aaia objecting, leaving their seats. The remaining twenty-fivo republicans and two populists proceeded to ballot, caning all votes for Matthews, populist, amid great cheering by the republicans. A f ter the election of a sergeant-at-arms the house adjourned to Tuesday. (iorrrnor llowrr Itrmrmbrrrd. Alba ny.N.Y., Jan. 'J. Governor Flower was at the execu'.ive chamber all the morning. About noon an immense floral piece eight feet long, representing the ship : of state and named the "Empire State," J was placed upon the governor's desk. rrom the mastheads floated two streamers, one bearing tbe words: "I don't care a dn for totes." the other the words: "No debt, no cholera," It was a gift from

jamesv'UTer oi .w i or iht, me i geaut-at-arms of the democratic committee, and pleased the governor very much. An Extra !eIou Probable. Washington, Jan. 2. The recent conference between the president-elect and Speaker Crisp was expeected to result in some authorized announcement on the subject of an extra session. While these anticipations have not been realized as Speaker Crisp has studiously refrained from giving ou; any statement as to what passed between Mr. Cleveland and himself, something in the nature of ft statement on "good authority" is beins passed around among the democratic leadens This runs to the etltct that while no final decision wiil be mie on the subject of an extra session, of congress until February, by which time tl e cabinet of President-elect Cleve'and will probably have been selected, the probabilities, are decided against an extra eessicn before next autumn. Mr. ' Cleveland, it is laid, has said to Democratic leaders in congress that he will call congress together in special session. He also told them, it is reported, that it would not be convened before autumn unless the financial situation and the condition of the treasury made it al)Blutely imperative. Mirhigamlers and the Senatorshlp. Lansing, Jan. 2. Several of the candidates for IT. 8. senator have arrived and established their headquarters. Foremost among them are Senator Stockbridge, who hopes to succeed bimse f, and ex-Gover-nor Cyrus W. Luce. Both candidates are confident of winning the fight, but if some of the repub leans bolt the caucus, which n ill be he. d tomorrow, one of tho many dark hcrses will, it is thought, stand a good show for the place. Whether a demand for a viva voce vote will ba made a provision in the cad for the eeua torial caucus circulated for republican members' signatures is a matter of considerable speculation. The Stockbridge men, while in'sting that they would just es soon have an open as a secret vote, eav that it is a question to be decided by the caucus after it ha", organized, and "they particularly denour.ee what they call an attempt by outside persons to dictate to the legislature. The Hon. Thoma9 W, Palmer, president of the world'6 fair commission, is exDected to arrive bcra today and lend hid influence to Luce. The braotea Fight. Omatta, Jan. 2. On Tuesday at Lincoln will open one of the prettiest three-cornered fight3 evor witnessed in a legislative session. Neither of the three parties has sufficient strength to organize either house of the Twenty-third Nebraska general assembly without assistance of the other two, and thus far no plan of fusion or combination had been presented that meets the approval of the parties interested. It seems quite probable, however, that the democrats and independents may get together before tomorrow night. MR. BLAINE NOT SO WELL, lint Dr. Johnston Thinks It Only Ouc of Iiis Uad Days. Washington, Jan. 2. " 'Mr. Illaine is not as well as he was yesterday,' said Dr. Johnston about S:30 this evening." Tuis was what the attendant at Mr. Blaine's residence said. Tho hour wftg'j o'clock p. m. "Mr. B aiue," Dr. Johnston paid, "has not. however, suffered a reiapee, such as that which occurred fifteen days ago, Mr. Blaina is simply not ns well as he was Sunday. Yesterday he was feelin very cheerful. Mr. Blaine has his poo l and his bad days like mot other invalid. There is nothing in hU presunt condition to excite alarm, and I do not expect to see him again tonight." There waj a rumor on the street this evening that Mr. Blaine had suffered a relapse, but later intelligence) had a reuesurinz etfect, and it is not thought that anything serious threatens hi tu tonight. Senator Kenna's ltelap.se. Washington, Jan. 2. Senator Kenna of West Virginia, who has been eeriously id for eeveral weeks from a complication of diseases, but who has recently been considered out of danger, bad a relapse yesterday and his family believed lie would not survive the niuht. This morning he was slightly better, but not sufficiently to allay fears, end the gravest apprehensions are felt. Speaker CrUp Kelter. Washington-, Jan. 2. Speaker Crisp is reported l&te this eveninz as getting along nicely, and there is a prospect of hU being able to reeun e his duties in the -house upon tho reassembling of congress. STORY OF A TRAGEDY Recalled by a Commutation of a Sentence. Alexander Keys, whoso sentence of imprisonment for life was commuted Monday by Governor Chase to ten years' actual confinement, was the slayer of James Stewart of Burlington, Carroll couatv. Stewart had a young daughter inclined to loose morals and indiscriminate associations. Keys, then a green country youth of nineteen, was one among the numerous recipients of her favors. Stewart decided to cover his daughter's frailties with the mantle of matrimony, and Keys was selected to play the part of the bridegroom. The latter did not take readily to the proposition, and several titma overtures were made and declined. Keys wanted to go away for a time until the troubles had blown over, but upon the advice of his family and friends remained to ficht it out. The demand of Stewart whs finally and positively refused. Soon after Stewart and Keys met on the streets of Burlington, and upon the later'a repeating and emphasizing his refusal was attacked by Stewart. Keys drew his revolver and shot Stewart dead. In accordance with the advice of his friends Kevs had armed himself for defense, and the fact that ha was armed was used by the prosecution to establish the theory of willful murder. Keys has already served over nine years. By tho terms of his commutation he will be a free man soma time in April. Valuable Horses Cremated. Pahi, Ky., Jan. 2.-A stable at the Cedars, at Shawhan, owned by Capt. T. E. Moore, burned Saturday night, and eight valuable horses were consumsd, as follows: Lta-ht Mark. Von Light. Penipo, Diplomat, Kedligbt. Kedmark. Ladv Ton Wilkes and Betsey Jane, The loss is $20.000, partly insured. Three years ago Capt Moore los! JöO.000 worth of hones by fire, and had no Insurance on them.

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TRAGEDY TOO TRUE

The Leading Lady Actress of the Cast Accidentally but Fatally Stabs the' Author. THE DAGGER DOES ITS WORK And Young Sydney McCoy Falls Dead from Its Wound. Terrible New Year's Eve Story from San Francisco. The Girl Fails to lie lize What Happened lor a Time, and on Being Taken to Trison Faints and Is Still in an Uucontcl us Condition A Unique and Awful Experience at an Amateur Theatrical Performance. San Francisco, Jan. 1. The old year was closed last night by a unique and tortrible tragedy.by which Sydney McCoy, a young lawyer, aged thirty-three, lost his life, and Miss Grace King, aged nineteen, id in an unconscious condition. A party of about fifty friends assembled last night at McCoy's house on Guerrero st. to watch the old year out and tho new year in. The feature of the evening's entertainment was the production of a short play, written by McCoy and performed by amateur?. The plot was the betrayal of a band of Russian nihilists by one of their number. The nihilists discovered their traitor and condemned her to deatl . They decide bv lot who shall perform he execution, and the number fell to the character portrayed by McCoy, Miss King playing the part of the traitor. She is given'tbe choico of being killed or etab-bim-herself, and chooses the latter alternative. McCoy handed her a stout deeper, which had been in his family for many years. In the play the girl instead of killing herself was to 6tab her executioner, and ns Miss King received the knife the reached forward to touch McCoy on the breast with it. At the same inetant McCoy started toward the girl, when Ehe stumbled, and falling forward with the datrner in her hand drove it through McCoy's heart. McCoy showed wonderful presence of mind. He walked into the next room and aeked for a doctor and then fed dead. The girl knew there had been an accident of eotiirt kind, but did not know McCoy was ki led. She was taken home, and afterward on t' 3 advice of her friends gave her-Mf r- t.-.ho oo ice. She was taken to the city prison at 3 o'clock in the morning, and when she en ered the prison fainted, and has sinco remained unconscious. This mornin McCoy's two brothers secured her release by giving bonds for $10,100 for her appearance. The girl was then taken home, and is in a critical condition. The accident is explained by the fact that recently Miss King suffered from a sprained ankle and she had been ufliug crutcbes to wa!k with, but had laid them aside to practice the part in the play. As she made a motion to stab McCoy she rested her weipht on the weak foot. It save way and she fell forward. WHO MURDERED MB. SNELL? Detective Dler Says the Man Livei in CIiiccKoChicago, Jan. 2. "Whether William B. Tascott is in Alaska or not he did not murder Millionaire A. J. Sueil. The man who murdered Snell lives in Chicago and is well known. He does not want to have Tascott caught, and he is furnishing him m"oney all the time to keep him away from Chicago." So Baid, Detective John A. Dier after being shown the dispatch from Spokane, Wash., to the effect that Jules Beauvois, a miner, recently returned from Alaska, declared that in Sitka, Juneau and other places he saw and conversed with Tascott. Detective Dier perhaps knows more about the famous Sncll tragedy than any other man in Chicago outside of the participants of the bloody deed. He passed more than two years in making investigations of the mysterious robbery and assassination and in searching for the murderer. He is confident that Taicott ia not the slaver of Millionaire Sneli and i equaby confident that the deed wan done by a man still living in the city. "If Tascott is in Alaska," said Detective Dier, 'die went after March lat, for at that date he was in a certain town in Manitoba. But thoro or elsewhere there is little dancer of his apprehension and return to Chicago. As a matter of fact the offer oi a reward is no longer in force and if any one should arrest and bring Tascott to Chicago he would have his trouble for nothing, ßeauvous knew Tascott in Chicago and should, therefore be able to recognize him in Alaska, though Tascott was much thinner-faced than he was when the mmder was committed." "You have seen him since the murder of Snell, then?" "I did not say so, did I?" said the detective. "I have kept pretty close track of him. though, and he could have been arrested a dozen times within the last to years if anybody had wanted him very bad. But as I was saving about Beauvois. lie knew Tascott in Chicago. J'eauvoiö was a harrender and an all-round sport. He used to hang around Hannah & Hogg a places a good deal, but has been mieeing from Chicago for a couple of years. I have no further interest in the Snell Tascott case than a desire to see the rizht man broucht to justice for that murder. I worked two years on the case and spent $1,000 of my own money in fodowing up the matter. As a result I am enabled to deflate that Tascott never murdered Snail. The man who did the killing lives in Chicago and has spent a fortune keeping Taecott out of the way and in covering up his own tracks. There were icur men implicated in the robbery and murder the man who did the killing, two other men and Tascott. Tascott was taken into the scheme under tbe proten Fe that robbery alone was contemplated. He was placed on watch on the outside of the house and the other three med entered. After rifling the safe of

valuable papers, they made a noise which brought old man Snell into the room and this man to whom I have aliuded killed him. At the sound of the hots, Tascott, ! according to his own story and from other evidence I have securel, ran away. Tas- i cott remained in town a day or two and then went to St. Paul, where ho remained three weeks, during which time ho received bv express a hi package of money with instructions to leave the country. The man who did tbe killing went to a dru titore on W. Madioon-st. shortiv after the killing and had a wound in his leg drersed. The drug clerk wan a'creen boy who had been in the store only a few waeks. and knew comparatively nothing about the caso. IIo had no means and wai workinir for a mere pittance. Three or four weeks after the murder, and after the police aud detectives were searching heaven and earth for c ews, tläs drue clerk went to a watering place up north of Chicago and opened a drutf store with a ten thousand-dollar btock of goods." "Where has Tascott been all these years?" "Oh, at various places, but I can not tell you some things. He spent a good deal of time in Manitoba. In March, IS'.)'.) he was living in London. Canada, under the name of Dennis Maguire. I have known his whereabouts neariy all the time and so have those who were interested in keeping him under cover. At one time I was prepared to bring him to Chicago to turn state's evidence airain?t the real murderer, but the plan was frustrated by people living in Chicago. Tascott was in Chicago several days in December. 1S01, a little more than a year a:o, and while here be received a sum of money. During his brief stay in the city he was disguised as a bent old man with white hair and beard. He returned to the North and remained there until he went to Alaska. One thimr is certa n, he is not the slayer of A. J. Snell, but has consented to bo the ecap- grace for a certain sum of money and a guarantee of safety. It is perhaps not generally known thnt early in the evening of the night of tbe murder Millionaire Snell and the man who ki led him had a light in SneU's barn over bu-iness matters. The man left vowinz vengeance, and, securing the aid of Tascott and two other men, returned in the night for the ostensible purpose of robbery, but it was this man's intention all the time to kill Suell, and he fulfilled bis threat."

NEWS TO DOCTORS. Two Xew Metl.ods for Nervous Piseases And Baldness. Pari?, Jan. 2. The JTcrnlV$ European edition publishes in its weekly article, "What the Doctors Say," two facts likely to make a stir in the medical world. The first is an explanation of a new treatment for nervous disraeea by injecting beneath the skin a so ution of phosphate of soda, which, in this way, is not modified by passing through the digestive track, but is taken upon its original form and act directly upon the nervous system, a portion of the organism for which it has the greatest afünity. M. Albert Iiobin uses a solution of five Crammes of phosphate in 100 grammes ot sterilized distilled water. The second fact is the re9arches of an English physician, Mr. Maphother, on the influence of lood on bahlness. Since hair contains not le-s than ö per cent, of sulphur and, when grav, 20 per cent, of eidca and 10 per cent, of iron and manganese, he c aims that two of the forms of food that nearly every one takes each day, beef nd miik. have by their chemical composition the eflVct of annihilating these primordial elements of hair.and withering it at the roots. Mr. Maphother thinks that different albumenoid foods, Ftarchv substances, particularly dark colored oats, which contain T2 per cent, of silica, have a powerful effect in making hair grow. The races of men that have the finest hair are usually those living on etarchy substances. FORGED TO WED, The Frisky l'ranke of Two Missouri Ycunjr Men. Chii-mcothe, Mo., Dec. .10. A couple of weeks ago two men and two ladies appeared at the Marcum house in this city and registered as Joseph Stormes and wife and Wil.iam E. Stormes and wife, Chicago. Their movements caused the attaches of the house to look upon them with suspicion. A few days later the city marshal here was informod that Charles F. Connors and W. L. lleHSeitiua were wanted at Betliany, Mo., to tnswer to the charge of forgery. It appears that Connors' father had considerable money in a Bethany bank. The son and Heseltine concluded to get married to two Bethany girls. They succeeded in forging the name of the eider Connors to checks on the bank where he had deposited his money. JThe quartet then left and turned up at Chillicot he where they reiris ered at the Marcum house under assume 1 Dames as stated. HeiSeltine concluded to return to Bethany and pur in another check, the amount being SiilO. The cashier had his suspicions aroused and told the fellow he wanted to look at the account, and asked him to call later. He didn't call, but was arrested the following day. This morning thu rest of the gang, including voting Connors and tbe women, were arrested here as accomplices and taken to Bethany, thus ending the honey moon. HIS BROTHER, TOO. The Quadruple 'Wife Murderer Charged with Fratricide. Sidney, la., Dec. 30. William Mawhor, in jail here charged with bema five times murderer, having in some mysterious manner caused the death ot five ä women whom he married in different parts of the country, says that his first wife died of consumption in California in 1SCÖ. Ho admits that four succeeding 'wives diud suddenly. Word comes from Woodland, Cal., that an old neighbor o William Mawhor says that Mawhor came to the vicinity of Woodland some time in the sixties with a brother. The two operated a large ranch in common, with much euccees. Suddenly the younger brother died, having been id I but a few hours. Mawhor immediately tlr iisuiuiAn of f Ka rrnnflrlv anil tfrwin ! afterward went East and returned with a j wife. This woman died suddenly in March in the manner as the brother. Shortly! afterward Mawhor married a Miss Travis ! and left California for Iowa. The board ; of supervisors will undoubtedly authorize ' Coroner Dcfreece. to exhume the hody of the fourth Mrs. Mawhor. who was buried near Kiverton about three years ago.

JOHNSON'S ROAD CONGRESS.

The Recent State Gxtherinc at Iu- j dianapolia ltoundly Condemned. Franklin, Jan. 2. Special. About fifty farmers of tho Johsion county road congress met at the court house today. holding an all day session. The object of t its meeting was to pass upon resolutions) to be forwarded to the Hon. W. P. I Terhune and J. J. Moore, Johnsou county's representatives in the legislature, looking to the betterment of public highways in this county. The committee on resolutions were as fodows: John dore, chairman; Benton Lang, William Polk, P. K. l'arr, D. S. Grose aud M. J. Dug m, with Blair Luyster as secretary. The resolutions wi't'n some diffusion were unanimously adopted. Kesolved, That we are opposed to any I radical etiauue in tbe present roa 1 law, but woulu recommend -the following chaui:: See. 1 be so cbanped as to read tha; the supervisor sLail be a resident freeholder. Kesolved, That tbe b.nd of supervifors be eo ohanged aa to read ;6UJ instead of -00. Unsolved, That the majority of the resident land ho'ders alon any pmpti ed free gravel road be entitled to the araut ot any free gravel road a. k-d for before the board ot county coinmiftsioners. Resolved, That when any one or more miles of uravel road has been built and joining any free gravel road ehall b acoeptel by county commissioners, and known as part of said free gravel road. KesolveJ. That we are. utterly opposed to any chauee in the road law that will bond lbs state of Indiana to build road. Itesolvtd, further, That a'l work done on free pravel roads be let to the lowest responsible bidder. BesolveJ. That we are in favor of thorough drainage of roadbeds. Kesolved, That we unhesitatinely on (is mo the aotiou of the road congress hell at Indi&uepolis on the Ctb, 7th and 8. it of December, WJ2. A DYING CONFESSION. "Wood smart Walker' Death No Ijonger a Mystery. B.N'Gon, Me., Jan. 2. The confession of a man in a logging camp in tho northern part of the etate, while on his death bed, expluins the mysterious death of man named Walker, who was found shot in the woods two years agro. Walker, who had been laboring in tho forest in tbe Seboomreck lake region, Harted out of the woods with about $-500, which he had earned, in his possession. While on his way he came to a camp occupied by two men and asked to be allowed to stay there that niht. His request was granted. According to the confession, eoon afterward one of the men, to whom the camp belonged, aeked him to go to a spring ntar by and get some water. He started to do so, but as soon as his back was turned the man seized Iiis gun and shot Walker, who fed to the ground. The wound whs a mortal one, but the wounded man did not die for an hour. While lying bleeding on the round he asked the man who had shot him why he had done so, and received th reply that it was for his money. The murderer and his companion took the dying man to a bear trap, placed his hands in it so that it would look as if his death had been caused by his beingrauht there, and left him. It was the companion of the murderer who recently died, and made tho confession before passing away. Th murderer is still at large somewhere in the northern part of the etate. A WEDDING POSTPONED On Account of the Umbria's Freaks at Sea. New York, Jan 2. The accident to the Umbria figures in a little romance that had its sequel in the marriage of Mr. Eugene M. Kenton of Williamsburg and Miss Nellie Mitchell of Eotherham, Eng. The ceremony was performed at the residence of Mr. Eenton by the Ilev, J. I Kay, pastor of the Central baptist church. Mr. Fenton and Miss Mitchell have boon engaged to be married for two years. Some time a;o the pair agreed in writing to be married on Christmas day. On Dec. U, Mr. Eenton mailed to Lis fiancee a check to pay her passage here. She left Kothtrham on Dec. 10 and embarked on the Umbria at Liverpool the uext day. Mr. Fenton meantime enquired a bountiful wedding supper for Christmas dav, many guests were invited and the minister was engaged. Mr. Fenton went to tbe dock rly on Christmas morning aud waited in vain for news cf the Umbria. In the evening ho returned home, saving the vessel had not been sighted. The weddinar cake was carefully packed away an i the supper was adjourned. The guests departed. Mr. Fenton spent several days in anxious suspense. The news of the Umbna's arrival was finally received with great joy and there was no need for further postponement of the wedding. ANARCHISTS WANT BLOOD. Meeting at Madrid of Fifteen Hundred of the Faithful. Madrid, Jan. 2. Fifteen hundred anarchists held a reunion last evening in Barcelona to celebrate the new year. There was much incendiary talk and several of the speakers predicted a reign of bloodshed and terror in Spain during the year just opened. The leading anarchist, one Molas, declarud that he meant to inaugurate 181)3 with a baptism of blood. Great shouts of approval and torrents of denunciation of the grandes and middle classes were heard. "Give them no quarter,' a woman cried. "No quarter, I will lead them to the points of the bayonets." The whole audience seemed frenzied by the woman's wild utterances, and there might have been a dangerous demonstration but for tbe interference of some cooler heads, who succeeded in calming the excited gathering. Highest Price tor a Yearling;. LrxixGTO.v, Ky.. Jan. 2. The Kendall stable has secured from the California breeder, Theodore Winters, refusal of tbe suckling stud colt, full brother to the flying filly Yo Tambien, at the reputed price of $43,000, the transfer to take placo in tbe colt's yearlinz form. Tue sum named is not onlv greater than any yearling has yet sold for in America, but as well tips the world's best record in this respect. The coit is said to be nearly a counterpart cf hid sensational elate r.

SHOCK TO SOCIETY

A Sensation and Scandal in. St. Louis. Harry Morgan Shoots Hia Brother-in-Law. TALE OF A RUNAWAY MATCH And Kow Two Hearts Ceased Beating as One. Morgan's Compromising Charges Against His Wife And Their Final Separation He Plans and Kidnaps His Own latih tcr Mrs. Morgan Sock Kedress at I. aw, Which Cause a Heated Controversy, aud the Attempt on the I.üo of IJarrett Urines the Climax in a Story W hich May Yt t Grow Even. More Sensntloual. St. Louis, Dec. 2. A little after S o'clocls this evening Harry II. Morgan of the Le clede t'aslifeht company, hih in eociety, shot and so badly wounded his brother-in-'.aw, William Ilarrett, that it cannot t told whether Le will live or die. An l now eociety is furnished with the culmination of a scandal which has come to tha surface. The story is best tuld chronologica'dy. The parties concerned are among tha most prominent society .people in the city. Morgan is a son of Judg Morgan cf New YorK, who wai U. S. minister to Mexico) under itarfield, the sou leirg secretary of legation. Young Mortan. after the close of Garfield's administration, traveled about the country end final y located in this city. At tht time Col. V. D. Ed nerton was a prominent man in Sr. Ixuis, and his family moved in the best circles of society. Morsan became acquainted with. Mil's Mollie Edgerton. and it cä not long before they were engaged. The your lady's parents forbade the match, how ever, as they thought Morgan too wild. larriefl Miss EiI;;Ttin. No! being able to marry with the parental consent, the young couple resolved to take things into their own hands. 31 ts Modie waLed quietly out of the house ore afternoon, met Morgan and they were marrie.L Col. Edgerton socn after ren:oved to Kcnsss City, where he is now a prominent etreet railway magnate. Tha young couple have lived m-st of the time in St. Louis and have had lour children, only one of whom Gla irs i living. 1 heir story is the storv of many a runaway match. At first they were happy, then'mutual coldne an.i finally disiikw arose. Mrs. Morgan reproached her husband with having subjected her to indignities and cruelty and preferring to take in the town to passing the time with her. He in turn charged her with receiving attentions from other men. Some time aro Mr. Morgan informed h.s wife that he intended bringing divorce proceedings against hsr, threatening to summon as corespondents five of the bet men of tho city, whoa names he mentioned at the timo. Mrs. Morgan indignantly denied the insinuations and defied bun to do his worst. If tha threats are fulfilled society will be shaken to the verv tenter. One of the gentlemen mentioned is a well-knowa sinner and all are tociety swells of tbe first water. At this juncture, however, trues was declared and a separation determined upon. Mr. Morgan left the house ami went to the Hotel Hozier. Tha only child remained with its mother. The Daughter Ktlnapel. One fine afternoon in November Mr. Morgan, getting into a carriage with a few? necessaries of travel, drove out to tbe residence of his wife. The little one waa pla ing in tbe front yard. A proposition to take a waik and buy sorre candy waa eagerly accepted. Morgan placed the child in the vehicle, cot in himsrlf and tlu driver never drew up until the relay depot in East St. Louis was reuhad. Tickets for New York were purchase 1, and the child wp.s soon being carried away hundreds of miles from its mother. 1 La di'aopearauce was toon d acoTered. With a sinking heart the almost distracted, motiier r.otitisd the police. Her worst fears wsrs confirmed ten days later, when she learned from her husband's lips thai tie had kidnaped the child. She was toll that it was in Paris and that she would never see it again. Mrs. Morgan at once sought legl advice, ."he, in the meantime, was informed that the child had not been taken to l'ans, but was in care of her husband's relatives in New York. Mra. Morgan then placed the caee in tbe hands of Attorney Edmond A. B. Gareshe. Saturday night a warrant was secured for abandonment and another for abduction In the meantime Morgan had left tho hotel and had rented a romi in the Lucaf building on Eighth and Chestnut-ate. AVatcM.ig the Arrest. It so happened that the window of Morgan's room is directly opposite Attorney Gareahe's ofiic;. Mrs. Morj;aa took ädvantaeo of this fact to witness her husband's arrest. She came down yesterday ruorninjr in company with Mr, Gareshe, ensconced herse.f in the windaw of her attorney's olHcs and watched acrots ' the street the detective, the deputy aherilT ! and Mrs. Morgan's brother-in-law ap- ' preach the sleeping man's room, for Mori pan lay abed late. A peep throuch the key hole and Barrett recognized the sleeper. "Kat, tat, tat, tat," on the door. A moment later Morgan was ander arrest. , A writ of habeas corpus was a:ao

served on Morgan, rrquirinsr him to producothe child in court before Judge Yalliant. He was released on bond with J. C. Calhoun as security. Twenty-foui hours and nothing developed. Tonight, on Eaaton-ave., Darrett aud Morgan met. The natural result followed; there were words, hot and anry. Morgan drew a pistol and fyid. Darrett fell wounded, as already told, the bad entering his mouth, knocking nut his teeth and lodging in his bead. A moment more and the police At hand had Morgan uuder arrest lie is now in the city prison. Mrs. Morgan will institute suit lor divorce tomorrow. Desertion, neglect, cruelty and indignities will be the grounds for the action. Suit for the possession of tha chi d will a!eo be brought in connection with the habeas corpus proceedings. It is expected that the sensational ndeations made by her husband will then take the form ' ? a cr till " - . - t