Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 January 1897 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

JASPER

C. IIOANK, IHlMWM!

. . INDIANA.

JANUARY 1897.

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A i'i!'A n ii from ilajlna -dates hat Sen. WBylar'a eolaun is ort ita way Urk to that -t;, by easy stages. l. ...I. i ii nounCed 111 1.

tea, on IM ta, al tM idmlml at IM fleet air Alexander klilne. Mroa C. ft Bad K. 2 Ii. 'ct. Ii F. K. s. ft B " 1 On the 30th t hief Hnzen of the secret erviec- issued a e.rcular warning against a uew counterfeit 110 national bunk note on the Uniou national bank uf Detroit, Mich. twm president, on the MtB, pardoned James llurdell. alia CMrlaa JMr wood, convicted in July iut. la Mlelllgau, of bringing counterfeit MUM uU the L nited Mut. A iisi at ii from Parti -ays; "It is

Stated lhat a Kassian Uect ol I. u ( i. i.,.- stationed at Y.adivustock

U) iratnh Japan. hieb i suspected of adiutiaf aaothtr blow at Chiaa. Thk city of New York ha agread to take charge at IM ceremonies atlaadlajr the dadhaattoa oi IM 0rJ tuouuu.cnt April VI neit, which will cost the corporation iu rouud numbers 60.001 ). m president -elect McKinley takes the oath of otli-e on March his personal escort will be formed of the aiicatfo Hussars squadron and IM Cleveland Gray, Cleveland' crack organisation. r m Immimh mill iu South Kaaton.

l'u.. manufacturers ol cotton good shut down, ou tho 'Jsth. for four mouths. The plant was started nearly loo years ago, aud tliis is the Ürst shutduivu it has experieuced. TU first of the U pun He hearings to Vu on the revis.oti of the tariff

..(, was Ufa iu tie committee Of ways and mtiitr f iM boaat ol rapreaantatiraa ou the tata, CMlrata Waglaj j presided, and there was. a pretty full j attendance. ÜtCf ifltaiT in an um of burnished copper, tM ashes of Kale Field were, on tue -utii. transferred to ÜM care of

Gen. Charles Ii Taylor, ol the Boston llloM, who left Mi 11 I rancisco lor ihe east 011 the ..venaud express ÜB his piv."ious aharyja.

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CÜRKENT TOPICS.

Tut weekly statement of the Raw York city assoc. ated banks for the week cimed ou the Nth showed the following clianges: Reserve, in lease, l,0U,ltj; loaus. increase, 8tj7.30o; Specie, decrease, Sis!. ,00, aeposils, iuraaaa, M347, eircu.aliou, d -crease, 100. ajUAToa-aLLCi Mo.nkv, of Mississippi, Whoae term in the house docs Oct expire aatU Mai ch 4. and who is one of the democratic members of the I.. ..iv.. fore.L'U U iTuirs committee, lias

determined to visit t uoa and und out for ataaaalf tlie true situation of aflaira iu the ialaad. bTAiKMKXTa are made by those In jthcial position at Washi uglou that there is a prospect of a peaceful solution of the Cubau quesliou throinfh bpain agreeing to raut autououiy to

Luba. with tue L U.ieo billies jnuuiUiug to guarantee tue obserTauce of the terms t the nyreemeut. Tiik. president, ou the -ath, denied u panlou to U. W. Lusk, sentenced iu ist.; to six years fOI- euding obscene letters through the mails, the president homing that "this eouviefs crime is of such a nature, aud the circumkluuces rciated to it are so detestable

as to dtltm a severe seutence. i i ii - 4... . ii ii Tmuii-i-N Keuiiuky couples were married iu JcflersouTilie, Ind., on Chr.stmas, allot them being uuileii by Justice Hause. Willi the exception of oue, over whom Jatttaa Italgwla OÄ ciated. Oai couple from W luchester were secretly married by Justice llause, aud an peileU to secrecy. Mns. Ei.l.A lAsii.K, wiieof tho Sau Francisco millioiian e, was .liscliarcea

from the l'oiycliuic hospital iu I'hiUtielpiua, ou tne JOth, after liu ee weelis trealuienl ami a successful operation, entirely cured ol tlie unfortunate internal ma.a.ly wlncn caused her uupleasant experience iu Loudou recently. A m. v Kilt famine is reportad from western t.iuiu The inhabitants are slviuv liv scoros from starvation, aud

to aud to the horror of tlie siluutmu. iare portion of tlie city of ClMUM Tun, situated ou a built at u beud of the hiusna river, i carried umler the Bood D a lauUslnle ami aOoul .i.OOO of the starving Chinese v ere drow ued. A maPAtca froai Madrid savs mat

bauor Lanovas del Castillo, the BfiBM ujiuister, denies thui aaajatlaUoaa have been or w ill be opened with tue Lulled Mates lookup lo lue pact.catiou ot Cuba. 1 he prune minister holds that the I uban question is one of internal politics, which in no way concerns the L inted Mates nf any other ioreigu power. Mh. U l.Ahsio.sh celebrated his eiKU-ty-sevenlli birlhuay anniversary at liawardeu, ou the tfth, suirouuüed by

his family. 1 here were the usual

lemouniratious by the vi.iagers iu liouor o( the occasiou, consisting ol

Che rinciiw uf the .Innen bells aud

ii. KKsivniiieiit of tienutaliolK lo uro

- m w ceed to the castle aud congratulate the

veueraole siaiesmuu.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Ri I PAMBTT, of Farmers, Kv.. was

burned t death iu the tow n lOCKap there OB IM Blfhl A the Ntk B had becu arrested (or druuhenness. und declared he would burn tho lockup if n-t released. He kept his word. Kei IAVU a.lvi.es from ( onstantino- ,,! Miv that tM aaraaaMBt of the pow

ers for the enforcement of reforms iu Turkey isconiplete with the exception .f the inatler of the methods to be pursued and the time of putting the measures of coercion agreed upon iuto operation. Jane Cainks and Lizzie Williams, colored domestics, have been committed to jail at Uaithersburg, Md.. for the attempted poisouinjf of the family 01

Charles Young, a tanner, at t uu, Mil. Jane i. ..iiies confessed to putting par i green in tea for revenge. A FATAL grade crossing accident occurred at Allentown. "a., Ciir:-tmas v. . , !l 1 .. SI

day, when a teiurni rauroau ui Rf .l. rsev mililiwr train run iuto u car

of tM Lehigh Vallay Traotloa Co. la Bast Allentown. Oaa ran was killed and four injured. A n umber of other paaatBgaiV were slightly hurt by (lying glass. ÜKCKKTABf t'l.NKV and ir Julian l'auncefote huve tiuaily agreed upon the draft of a trreaty providing for a general system of arbitration of dfav , Utes I etweeii the I 'lilted Mates and t.reat Hi tain, w inch will doubtless be approved by the president and submitted to the senate. .Ii 1-..K PBf OB, in the la praam court of New York, has denied tM applica

tion of the Afodath ilamallotb, a lie-

braa orgaaixatioo, tor a carttaeata 01 i1,....ri...rnti..ii. be. -a use it fixes the

tiuiej.f holding business meetings -:i

ftj Madrid I ai partial publishes a report of an latsrviaw sitli MBOT

tui.ovits, prime minister, in which

that oflMai declares tuat the goxeru

nieiil will not accept any interveiitiou ou the natt ot tue I mied Males in

Cuba. '1 he pi in.ei a. so says that the

ltouie govern uiriil will not institute

mii leiiiriiiM in in ha until tl.e ravoll

in Ibal island is limited 0 IM taalaf

pr.iMnes, hut rctoi ins will s.iou l.euu jaJartaMu ta the uiand of i'orto Uico

Banaajr, and IM jadga says: 'The law which scrupulously protects them iu

ti i.v.t. i.'M ,f t!. r creed, ifives

iiv w Mwet w them bo Uaaaaa to affront the religious : aaaci pt IMUttaa of others." T .iu ports, exclusive of specie, at tbep.Ttof New York for the week ended the :'o:h were S0.'J,3:.4, of which 16,1ft, 104 was general uieri handise and l.ti.'..T'.o dry l'ok!h. For the.

corresponding weeK last year the imports were Ss.iT.1 tM. on the tat h the associated bauks of New York city held 4a,MaWl in excess of the reiiuireuients of tho ,'5-pc;-aaat rule. Tkain wreckers reni 'Ved a rail fr. m the approaeh to a high bridge near Birmingham, Ala., causing a passenger truiu, on the i.'7t h, to plunge 110 feet iuto tho river below, and result

ing iu instant death to 'Jo persons. The wreckage, igu it . ng from the tire in the stoves, waa burned to the water's adft, cremating many ol tho Tieti as Warn Qaoar, tM ladiaa ehlaf who Tu.it. .1 . .ishinirtou with u delegation

Of his fellow tribesmen, asking for tMXMMK) interest ou allagad dozarrad

payments for land, saw the ureal PatMroa tMttUt, Indian toinmisatoaar ttrowalug latrodaaad the chief to the praiidaati W bits QMat d.l not stay loug enough to make a speech, but w as exceeding ly pleaaad to shake hands with Mr. ( .. land. A kAKMtJM '." .irred near Bath mora. Cot nty Kerry. Ireland, on tlie Lsth. doing great damage to property and caus.ng the loss ol at least nine

lives. I he ground pushing into me Uiver Fiesk, almost completely dammed that stream ami made a disas- i

trims lioinoat ion probable. lni Baifftaa minister, Mr. Alfred Leghait. has presented his letters of re a 11 to the presideut, having been pr-jiiK-ted to the Eiissian mi .sion, which is one of the highest posts in the Belfiaa diplomatic corps. I'HtslpKST-KLKCn MtKlM.KY has promised to go to New York for the dedication of the tirant monument ou i..ri: " II will umkii an address.

.Many representatives of foreign govern iiients at IVaahiaftaa will bo present to witness the ceremonies. Li Hung I hang will see that tho Flowery kingdom is represented. Paor. Kmam.ki. Hcaam diel iu fJa luu.bii.. ( , OB tM) --ih. from a paralytic stroke. He hail been professor

of Latin and Greek in the Lutheran

Capital university in Columbus since

1S6U. snd was for the same period one of Cue editors of the Kirchen Leitung.

I'rof. N iimid nus born in Ann Arimr,

Mich., in HM.

rata fen . l out New Hrunswick. Ie-

loajrifif la the Feniisylvsnia railroad,

was totally burned at .lerssy i ity

J.. on the Jain. The New llrunsvvick

was worth about SUKJ.tKW.

i Delaware, Q., aa the aaaa, Miia

Stnltz. aL'ed 11. in a tit of anger after

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reproof xron her parents, cut ner

thront from . vir to ear with a rasor,

dying instantly.

Tin. hichb iiders war is again rug-

iug in that portion of !-au I rancisco

known as Chinatown.

Maskf.D men. believed to Ih whiteraps. sh"i WUilaai Mialey and his wife to death in Sevier county, TsBII., early on the inoining Of the ffth. Whahywasa profesnonal prosecuting witness, and Bad been out of the peuitentiary only I short time. TBI Spanish -dcamer t 'nrranr.a, t'apt. afartiaaa, foaadsrad la Hit Hay of tfta cay, off Santander, on the Wtb. She carried a crew of 2L' meu, CO of whom mrm drow lied.

Tur. steamer Kaiser WllMlBI li., (rota UraauMs, abi. h sn ivel at New York on the HtH, brought M0 Italian 'lien, women and children, destined tor

M WlUUt i li col my in i bieoi county, trlfc, Which wai esiabiUheil by tho late Allst. n Corliiu. I'm second .lay of Die tariff hearings before tht committee on ways and means of the house of representatives opeaad, on tMaHlt, with the dieaaaloa of abadala I. cotton manufac

tures. Qor, MouioM Of New Y rk has up , iated Od. Ashley W. Cob), a former New York city newspaper man, to bo his privato secretary, und uUo to be secretary of tlie stutc railroad COBlBsBV too. '1' lie salary is fMOftaa year, ami is one of the heat in the state serv.ee. Hi ..i nk TOBMtiaa, proprietor of the ItoatOO theater; C o.. Ma plesoii, late i mpraaarlo of the Imperial opera company, ami all who took part in the ! tplaaow Maefit at Um Ibaatar aa day, the :7th, have been summoned to the super. or court, charged with vio-

lating the Sunday concert isw.

Fii.k swept through the dynamo building of the Newark (N. J. ) Llectric Light, Heat and l'ower to., ou the night of t lie rOtb, aad Newark w as pluogad in total darkaaaa The pom erhoaae was totally daatroyad, and li, as it is feared, BOBS of tiie machinery can be repaired, the loss will reach lt&,0QQL Miss UoVIM BoaBUlB Honapamtk, only ilaughter of the late Col Jerome Napoleon Honiiparte, und COBJll de Moltke-lluitfeldt. of DeBBSBfk, were uoirned at it, Haul's Hoiuan t'athollc church. Washington, on the VJlh,

Cardlaal Olbbona officiating. Ca Hazkn of the secret servieo has issued a circular warning against a new counterfeit HQ natioual bank note on the U&loB BBtioaal bank of lietmit. Mich. The BOta ta tM product of the same hand that produced tue recent counterfeit on the National Hank of Commerce of New York. Oue

distingniihahie feature is that the back of the uote h upside down. Two MKV one of whom was masked, armed with pistols, entered the Ulott , ester City (N. J ) station of the Baad iug road ou the evening of the '.'.ith, and. under threats of instant death, , nu.lV.1 Thomas Hamio'.ph. the sta

tion master, to open the safe. They secured -.',n,i ii m, and escaped. I in celebrated Thistle shaft mine, formerly ICBoWBJ as the 1 eathcr Fork, si i.il.sonvide. Cab. which is owned

l.v sya4teat of Scotch capitalists aad valued at millions, is tilling up w ith water, tad DM" hvc to bo abandoned. The water vein wr.a struck a u short time ag . mid the inllux was so sudden that the miners narrowly escaped with their lives. Wiikn called upon to surrender the county books and funds in his possession lla or; V tttraaea, county clerk f Laugdah- c unty, Wis., committed suicide by taking poison. He left a letter admitting that he was a defaulter to the amount of S.t,bd. He was 7-' years old. MB NetTIK U CBATKB, the claimant to the satatO Of the late Senator

l air, is seriously ill in San I rancisco. Her sickness has been of long standing, and apparently bathVs the skill of her physicians. It is said that her malady ia such that she may die at any time. Tu Hankers' Exchange bank ot Minneapolis, Mi-in.. suspended payment on the MBB. It is a small concern, and its officers claim that they have money to pay eTery depositor aud stockholder.

.... , . , . irmi eoifj 1lQVPTI !J UTtTfil Mill f aai aarasss UU tae tial are f the fclloelii ! isleu''.

LATE NEWS ITEMS

Sami i i. WniTAhKK, a shoemaker living on Bladaa avenue, North Cambr.dge. Ulna , at three o'clock on the morning of the 1st. shot and killed his wife Ca' herine. blowing the top of her Mad od" with a shotgun. He then attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, ii was taken to the Cambridge hospital in a critical Condition. VVbitaker is about fifty years of aaa anil his a Ifa a taw years yoiingc. Hum aa Baad tho tragedy. Taa production of minerals and me1als iu the. ITaitad States for tho year Is .ii is given at a total value of g.'3,311. 4li. showing a decrease as coinpan d with I aaa of S-m. '. oraMai IU i.er ceiit. This decrease w as In rce-

ly in values rather than in nuautities. In none of the chief articles was there any marked decrease, while seven I show a cousiderable increase, j Tiik total sales of foreign and do inestic wool in HoatOfl in IbH were l.V.i.'Jnll.bPl pounds, against ,-40,.tfi.1 ') pound-, in ItM. The total recej ts, foreign SBf domestic, were Btt.SSX

bBffl and bales, against ttn.'j.l bags and bales in 1 HS The shortage in sales is d, -.V.l. 473 pounds. The shortage iu receipts is MMM hags and bales. I ,,n. t, H Ei Tis, the Amcrbüti , ..,i,..ss:..ln' to France, held a Sew

Year reception in Paris, on tho 1st, which was eery largely atteadad bj the members of the American colony. Miss Kustis. daughter of the ambassador, acted us hostess, assisted by

M,-, Ueorge Fust s, Mrs. Allen r.ustls and Mrs Vignaml, wife of the secretary of the embassy. Ankiikw Y. Smi.i i, who for many

yours hud been agent of the Adanvi Fxpress I ... in Ne v York city, aud who was With Samuel Adams ami assisted li i in in founding the express oosspaay, ilad in baoaoabarat, L L,

on the 1st. from F.righl s disease. .Mr. Swett whs born in Maine 7". yea rs ago. A COLLISION between iceboats, 0110 of wbieh w as in ving at the rate of a mile a htata, at PsbIb, NVi., on the 1st resulted in very serious in juries to two of the crew of the bout run into

und in totally wrecking both bouts. M a.i M KiM.Kv'a mother, who had hen ill for several days, was reported.

on the 1st, to be improving rapidly iu health She looks forward with interest to her trip to Washington to see her son inaugurate. 1. I i mi Mian. i. advocates are demanding the rnsiguat ion of I'opcka'n polico commissioners for failure to enforce the Kansas prohibitory law.

Hl l QtABB robbed the post DfBee IbVI p.nct-.il store of Ca aaa A raft at Kingsbury. The safe was blow n with dynamite und about glW in cash aud Staat s Uskaav Jami s sl ai i, a QtaaatoWB saloonkeeper, was found dead on the sidesvalb with a bullet in his brain and a r. roiver at his side. TM abootiof araa

done u the yard gate of lmla bang. 1 he I ri.r won an ami Mollic Caisou wi r .. i : I tad, A i . sPABI 01 of the industries ol BIWOOd w Kb ihla time lust year show s a larger nun. her employed in the diff rent Industrie and a slightly larger moathlr paj roll, which now aaaaada I . ...lim p, r month for all the industries and shops in that city. There arc uver 4.000 men em ployed.

At lot inn bus Wallis Kyau was killed by falling tree while trying to suTe" his brother from a similar fate. TWM saw-mill connected w'.th the Wright hoop works, KokOBtO, bu-n. il, Maalag a loaa of 18,000, With BO insurance. The lr.aiu factory was not damBgad, Ph. S. K. SutTii, medical superintaadeat of tM Kastern Indiana hospital for the insane, believes that one great help toward curing the mentally filleted is through amusement. This idea was fully cmeinpi.tied iu the BTO" gramme that was carried out there during the holidays. The week may almost be said to be a continual round

of pleasure to the people there. The programme began on Wednesday evening, when the patients danced. On l hrUtmus eve a f;: rce -coined v. "Hunt

ing a Son-in-law." was presented. Friday morning presents were distributed among tho pat. cuts and in the evening the employes had a social. Saturday evening there was a graniaphone party in the department for men. Sunday there were religious services. Monday evening there w as h graniaphone party in tM department for women, Tuesday evening B musical concert. W , -dues. lay e i n.n s a patients' dance, New Y. ar's eve the comic p-ra "Nottingham" w as preeeated, aad the programme closed OB New Year's night withan BBBOlojBB' bocial. At Seymour a young man named Hodapp had his right eye torn out nr.. I his head frightfully cut by the explosion of a toy cannon. He lit the (OSB with a cigar and the canon exploded. A pbsBB of the iron also cnti red his ana. l:i N.i.wiN Eoaa, aged la, an inveterate cigarette smoker, died from i lfccts of n cot: no poisoning at H uit.i bead. The boy had nearly recovcrcil under a phy si, -..iii's treatment, but got hold of another cig:ir-tte. wliich aggravate his e ise and death resulted. TliK county commissioners signed rece ids for the money due taxpayers of Waat and Oadar Crath towashipa, Lake county, which has lain in nn Indianapolis bank (off nearly twenty

years, 'i he taxpayers voted a tax on ( j themselves to secure a railroad, but it , failed to materialize and since tnen h.. moiiev has been tied up in coo.rt.

Inst. -ad of the taxpayers getting S-V Ü0D as they expected, only 10,000, or less than half, was brought lu re by tne state, 'i he rest was eaten up by attorney s fees and numerous other bills. A light is now on between two t WBShip trustees and the taxpayers jver the money. BOO clioU ra, which has teen killing off stock in the vicinity of Daneville fof weeks, is now abating. The fob U w ing losses arc rejiorted as a result of the epidemic, 'lh.jrnburg Hro., S0Ü 1 Ma4 Edward Harrnann. 10U; Uavid Ki. ore, 65; lieo. bockridgi. 14; Roll I.eiiniiigt on, '. VtBOBSt V. Kino, a glass factory arohltaat, of St. Loa la, has Wen eng:,gedat the plant of the Hartford ( ity ti.us Co. pr the past two weeks preparing plans for the third tank to , be erected in the near future. The

Hartford I ity plant isalready the third lnrgist plant in America, and when this is completed it will surpass any In point of capacity in the country. FbabcibA. Com, w ho is erring a aaateaea at tho Prison North for eoaa plie.tv in wraeklBf the Indianapolis

National bank, lias gone lino SMSSBi ( Sin has purchased the prison tobacco stand. Ilm Kknnky, of Toledo; .lack Lewis, Joseph Klinke, H.orge and .lohn Hats eat; and Ettllia lui(nn engaged in a tight over a game of cards at Muncie, Bad the first two named were seriously cut by Klcinke, who used a pocket knife." Lewis whs stabbed in the back and hip snd Kenney was slashed across the stomach. Tli'ToN is experlOBOiBg a rat plague. Raids are MlBfl made on them, and

hundreds are being killed every day. i TM dnitf-store-. are having a big trade ' in rat poison. WttAlAM HttaBB '.lied suit in the

Uraut circuit court agmnst the Cas City Hottcry works for SUmiuo damage, for injuries received in an accident. At Rochester announcement was made the other day of the deaths of John D. Had bias, ex-cnmty commissioner, aged 6H years; Mrs Julia Frnsperger. gad M years, and Mrs. John Dl EbrOWH, aged years, all pioneer settlers of Fulton county. Lkoka (Ilant, the express mi-ssen-ger who embez.led 1 47 from the Adams Express Co . at Hichmond, went

before the court the other morning

and pleaded guilty. Jle was sentenced to two years iu the prison south. Cbah. Cbst Is in jail at Creenoastle Id connection with the murder of Druggist Count, at UeeWille, by robbers. CM ah. ML Hot in will not represent W abash college at the state oratoricsl contest, because the oration that won him the honor was a piece of plagiar

ism, being nothing less tnan a recent sermon by Rev. Lyman Abbott on Armenia. ('. M. Duncan will represent the college. Frank NounnvAV left F.lkhart Just after a woman arrlTed from Cat cngo and presented a marriage certificate bearing Northwny's name. North wuy 'e oik hart wife is prostrated.

Editor of ÜM Ft. Lotila Globo-Dcm-ccrat, Ih EmMML I , I ,. I '. i in .1 Wll. l.o. In III llolil DaviBfl IM ikm "! PBaaBl I', ..I at I'iimii l'i ri.uuml.ljf Sulfide. St. I. oris, Dec. If. fOBOfh ü. MeCallaab, editor of the üloM'Paaioafat, attired only la his nlgbl Blotbaa, leaped fn u. the w indow of his bedroom SOBM time batweac Btldaighl sad aajbraab Bad dashed his I ruins out on the stone 'lagging t the ;ud. At StftOa- m. one of tho stable boys

m ployed bj Mrs. Kate Maatoa, of S8I7 Waal Fine boulevard, with whom

Mr. ltd ullngh resided, found the body j have been an attempt at suiciih

cold in death '1 he fkull was battered

in and the brains were scattered about on the lh.gging. Mr. McCullugh gave no premonition of suicidal tendency during his Illness of the past few months. Dr. C. It Hag has, his physician, suw him for I little while Wednesday evening. MeCullagh said he felt sleepy and gave the doctor to understand he wanted to be left alone.

In tu.- i uiei. my äi was Invited by tu proprietors "i ibe mi-.. ... Iiunersi io take the editorial nnioaKuui. n' . r last pa. per. His ..i,. on the PeBiecrsI sad .n tbe nn. i.e. sad sabseaiieatljr oa the U lobspcaMBBBi Bf hu ii peatr a BeesBU part pro Bftsset, ! iMruugkl.i fsmlllur i i only in st L' uis. but all Hi rout! li the coutury. in . setivo eeoaaetl in 1 1. las psperaonus neu praatleatty tottw ibobwbi i slsdeattvl DUUD 1 LLSÜ A bUiCIDC i no Ais, i.iIo.k i'ii sV ilea's TeBttBsaai I'iiiiiI lo Sri f . VI ii i .1 . r, 0r. Fol is, Jan There can be littlo doubt that Joseph H. Mc ulhigli took his ow n 1. le. According to the sworn itatBBMBtof Dr. Charles Hamilton ElBfhes for two years the late editor's physic.. in, Mr.

ivici uiiagii minie vviiiu appears to

as

early as I eceiuber S i

"That uftcruooii," said Dr. Hughes iu his statement before Coroner Walt Friday morning, "1 callel on Mr. MeCullagh und left a four-ounce bottle containing tWO OBBBBB of digitalst, or foxglove, a very poisonous medicine, which is administered fof the purpose of regulating the heart, and which is rBCOir ntsed bl the nie. lie:'., fraternity

as a valuable heart tonic. "During the night Mr. MeCullagh drank a little more lb BO an ounce of tho drug a dose that was quite sufficient to have cansad death. Hut hit stomach was too weak to retain it. The medicine caused violent POrgiag and vomiting, and most of it w M ejected from his system. I'art of it Was aborbad, however, and tho action of his heart was considerably weakened. 'The next nioraing. the day before Christinas, 1 called again." said br. Hughes, "and was greatly sin prised und alarmed when 1 discovered that so much of the drug was gone. I aabad him if M had takan it ami he said, he had. He admitted that he

knew the deudly character of the

drug, but did not seem to be at all concerned about the matter. I avc him medicine calculated to restore him to tlie condition of the day before, and the matter was not discussed afterward. "I am satisfied that Mr. Met ullagh could not hare taken the medicine by mistake. '1 Here was no other bottle in the room at all resembling l no one Bontainiaff the diiri talis, and there was

leliect was an njfin. " . - .. , . i I no nt her me Heme at hand thai would any signs of mental . , , , l.i. i f . ..I i 1 1 n f:,lnl r,sn.t..

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1 ViK!lfK;

liuve oroduoad a fatal result.

"1 at once connected the circumstance with a conversation we had only a few weeks ago. in which he mentioned Abraham Lincoln. "Mr. Me' nlhigh maintained that, in the light of history, the BBIBBSiBBtioB of Lincoln was a fortunate thing for his fame. it is a good thing,' he said, 'for a man to die at the right time. As a genera! proposition he maintained that w hen a man outlived his period of usefulness, it was time for iiim to

Jfef ph Ih.rl.Tihu MeCti -jh. "His brain was affected.'' said the

doctor, but his intellect was all right.

II- never gave

breakdown darlns bifl illness

"He suffered frOBI profound nervous exhaustion, comtoicated with a recurin' kidney trouble an I an asthmatic affection. The late polll cal campaigu ha t undermiiied his iiealth." No w l it iugs v. ere found ia Mr McCulliigh's n oin explaining his net or tearing instructions for tho arranganent of his affairs. Mr. McCnllngh's illness Brat came

bbob hun shortlr after tba cloaa of I die.

the late Republican nat ioual con ven-j "Still he did BOt seem to apply this Hob It took tM lorn of aenai asthma, j theory to himself, for he would never eompliaatad with nervous depression, i admit that he was not a well man." When he passed through the acute' "1 here was no patholog ca condt- - - - - t?J 22: T.rT'Z

,.rv. His llBb. I....I klo; ' ,. ..,.. ,,, , ,.,

his arms were numb and there were pr. monitions that the brain had come under the same shadowy spell. Mr. Mel nllagh would not admit that

lie was failing cither physically or mentally. He insisted on managing bis iiewspsper from his bed-room. All through the day he sat in his armchair wrapped iu blankets, received reports from his subordinates and gave them orders f r the conduct of the paper. I Jossah a MeCalkNTh was torn la MMIa, UckMd.lB NeveBr. B)al aad ahes but u vesrsof !.,..!. lo tins country on a "alllBg sfclp, orklMi kl psssfB "hefors Um mast. In. I Bed even .n thai srly Hum of life vvlllian

...l,!tt..:i to mil'..'- uis loii'inc in me 11 - ........

try acres U.e s, ss Arrtvum iu New . rcii la lav, as ss sppreatlead to leerstes prtatinK business In ihe ofltce of Hie KreeOea'S Journal. Kiv. srs Isier. in 1KV. he ran.ti test. L.uls saa caterad tM sB)ee ot ttw Cartstlsa Adw can Haan eaM4 B9 Ui MsAaaUy, sad while eaasK-e.1 mi lim paper stuuie l the urt of phoaeatspkr, la which la h sh..n UaM bbsbm Meaner Mr. Jhn rrasier, wao was forii. ii n of the ABTBBSSl BBBM M IM UBM ami afterwsr.la went I" IBB Missouri I. n.ocrul c.nirc reeomnietuleil Mr MiCullntdi to Messrs. McKsS sttil l-'isht.ack us s prBBSBBBg rep-Tier. iukI hi- was tliiailv. In is(l. gtVBB a ilaee BB the dally j.iipi r Ba prove.i liiinsi if tBdaatriaaa sn.t tasaate,

uml in Hie w.nti r of Sf.i,-i was s, nt lo JeärS..H i u ss tagiststlTc oorresponitesi Ha a as faithful Md fearless In the BtSUBBBga Bl BU ilutlrs ut the stale BaBMal, and incurred the nauaentty ol assay bbbmsstbUs BMMsaara tt hots houses, i. in on me whoie ess lines' for

Urlf htB disease was not establish. ;,

and there were BO l ml ical ions oi tmv el, iug of the brain. His principal trouble was B cerebral strain, live to . . 1. 4 I . 1 , M

overwork, wincn uugm ao o.u

cured had he been content to follow instructions. 1 had baawn Mr. MeCullagh for 30 years. 1 had bOBB his physic. an since Octoler. ls.'4, and knew his physical Condition intimately. "Considering all the circumstances surrounding his life and death, my impression is-and it can ouly BB an impression, since nobody BJitBBSBBB the deed- that he committed suic id " Coroner Wait interposed a theory, and asked Hr. Hughes if he thought a man of Mr. McCullagh's iutelliencs would resort to such means of self-de

struction. "It is not a (piest ion of intelligence." said Dr. Hughes. 1 bl a queetlon of mood, of impulse. Men of the highest intelligence resort to naif destruction when they n re sich . IM slightest annoyance may cause men to do things that are not insane, but rush and impulsive, when in bad health, that would otherwise pass unnoticed.

AMERICANS IN PACIS. Nrw Vonr Berptl.n at tlie BBSSf . Uslasy f Aiinrln llrautlfs. l'Aius. Jan. -.-Hon. J. B. Kustis, the a ..... smtw dnr held a New

is iikpii lr ., ...V.l.. I, mk

i.. Y..I1I- ri-cenll. in vcveruiiv ios..

his ,'...! e s in,', r.i si . i n i ot oiik. iu ... --- - - ...... i ,rs sprint ol isw. I,. MTon d his aoni a OB wtib . very largely attended by the im nu .. . ...i v...,- ... villi ..ii'.ius ' l...n.Aa,i mtlnnv Miss HllstlS,

wr I .etuis-rat I" accept a

off, r from the Ctnelnnatl Ossetta I j ....int,.,! hv Mr

. . . . I II It'll nn IWellt .in, f

VVtn il... war t.r.-ke out. he eBSBgaa in Allen

Cu i liiiiul. I oliitiieri'lsl. in. I I'oi.iiiuie.i lis us visr coi rvsot,,!, nt tnruaffceet all Hie BBlBB enaipatana la the west. aa4argolBg peal tsibraa ami deprtTsUen. und nism assaj aliaatna nf an hia Be was with cetiiiniir i ta in tii- ntiiu u BB i'"rt Duaakwe, ana i.i r. aortac in the pHotBoaaa ..f na toi with the rsUsbi aid sstsI oBtset when bawaaao V.V.....U w, .in, .'..! l.v a shell from i confeter-

bausri He wus attorwsnSa oaa ..f I ... correspondeau ehe ran taa confaaersta hatlsrtl in Vlcksbur, and narrowly escaped with his life Throughout tin.' whole war he araa arer at me treat, aBrtaktaa Mm bb ibor ot risk, sad wrttinu bbbw t" bat Beaapaaar, Urn ( ouimcrcial. a crlcM of BBSSrlptlee letters which were not surpussed In the whole llieratera ot ihe aar. Those artsera ialaad him tirvar. iepulBtb.il. und contrtl.ut, d lurci-ly to the iii.liiMise circulation "f IM PafBT. Klndinf hba so aaaaMa i hni nrtnars, the Osanaar i till, after the war. estalillshcd him as Its W lalllBajtOS corri si'oiident. The letlors of MseK" fr. in the capital only enhanced his reputntloB as a writer. While In

tins m-rvlco he invented, so m speiis. me nri of IntcrvlcwliiK. whlih In Inter years ha beim so much usd BB! al. ued l.y the American pros In that admirable series nf Interviews with Trent. lent Andrew Johnson and Souator inn V Wade, of Ohio, Mr MK'ullstth won wld" 'ame. HaaB," by means of his horl-hind rweonipllshineni. made It a point not only to pre-

eivo the maller ol in interview, mil biso in,Lisnner Of the man his actual Speech, phrase. IStOnatlOB, Usallaa la t lOB . all that the subject wss sntt Sfjd and did at the moment, so ttuit kB talk with "Andy faMaBB' and Hen Wade" rioltrd the attention mil contributed to the infni matlon and amusement of the siede ciiniry In isrs he severed his connection with the OuBIBIBIBtal and Baaaasa aditof ..f taa OlBaissatl Bnqalrar, snd --- - Ii. IS70. went to I hlciitfo snd

t,...ii . hares at ti"- Bsaabüsaa of taal all,

QaotfNj Kustis. Mrs. Allen BBBWS ann Mrs. Vifnaud, wife of IM sucrotary of the embassy. Anion those who attended the reception were William luttinat, Mr. and Mrs. Heary Haeon, i'ol. and Mrs. CMriBB UlbaoB, Mr. and Mrs. Francis ib.odridtfe, Mr. and Mrs Julius BUSf ... vt . i M,- 1 1 iiiitiiiLTtoii, Mr.

o. .'J. mmm mmm mm " . and Mrs. .lohn lleorge Muuro ana Ooaataaa de 0oattofaa Mr. Siiutuel ft Morse, the American eoaSOl-feaaral, and Mrs. Morse k''0 an "at home," whieh waa attended by Ml quests. A fBhVty ot American beauties present consisted of Miss it.,....,- Ml Hilschbach, Miss Noah,

Miss Deuby, Miss Sanderson, Mias Fairfax. Miss Fithian, Miss lMuinmer, Miss Maud Haais, Mrs. -wen and Mrs. Haul HartletL The aalona of both the ambaasaitor and consul-Keneral wero beautiful. decorated. Kura I an BBl the Tragedy. iueTOB Jan. '..-Samuel Whitalo r. a shoemaker living iu Rindu avenue.

North Camhrloge, at tiireeocioea ,mm t.-rday shot and killed his wife stlierine by blowmtf the top of her bead oil with a BhotfBB. Ho then attempted suicide by cutting hl Ibrnal with a raxor. He was taken latM CambridKO hosnital in a critical condition. VVhitahsr is about fifty years ol n.t his wife a few years youutrer.

l,.,,k i liar.' of Ihe Kepul.ltcnn or that city. racail which he MBiBinii with remarkable ability 1 Uum caused the tragsdj.