Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1891 — Page 2

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Cttba’s tobacco crop is said to be magnificent. - . . O’Shea has been granted an absolute divorce from Mrs. O'Shea the woman to whom Parnell owes his downfall. ——————— Dynamite is said not to be dangerous to handle if caps and black powcer are kept away from it. We prefer to keep all of them—dynamite, caps and black powder —at a distance. Chicago is again to the front. It ought to reproduce its recent duel “just as it occurred” for the entertainment of the Worlds Fair visitors. Almost everything of interest now-a-days seems destined to be captured for that event. The Prince of Wales, it is said won £200,000 on the **3rby. two weeks ago, when Common pulled in ahead of all starters. The debtors of the Prince, if this is true, will not be included in the most pronounced opponents of race track gambling. The fact that Mr. McKinley is to be nominated for Governor makes the tariff the great issue in the Ohio canvass this year. State elections in that locality usually turn on national rather than local concerns, but in 1891, for obvious reasons, this peculiarity of Buckeye politics will be more manifest than in ordinary State campaigns. We shall have to admit that there was nothing slow about the methods of President Marsh and Assistant Cashier Lawrence, of the Keystone National Bank, even though they were Philadelphians. Their method of rascality was delightfully simple. Before the Bank Examiner commenced his work these ingenius gentlemen would remove whole leaves from the individual deposit ledger. After the examination cf the book these leaves would be reinserted. The effect of this work would be to show that the deposits were much less than they really were. “This,” said the BankJExaminer, touchingly, “is an unheard-of method in bank wrecking.

The Prince of Wales is not only in that financial state commonly described as "hard up,” but positively bankrupt. His royal mother has just consented to relieve him of some of his burden of debts, on condition that what she advances now shall be withheld from his portion of her savings at her death. Albert Edward twits the old lady with her niggardliness, and says he ought to have a more liberal allowance, inasmuch as he has for years been compelled to live beyond his means while doing much of her work for her. The relations between mother and son are decidedly strained at present. Meantime the Prince's health is breaking and he is ageing rapidl v. The statement that the number of vacant lieutenancies in the army is much greater than the number of members of the next graduating class at West Point, and that many appointments will be made from civil life, sets one to thinking. Why would it not be better justice and better policy to promote deserving non-commissioned officers to these places? The suggestion would be met with disfavor by the present eQinmissioned officers of the service, who are jealous of anything that threatens the line of distinction between the elect and the non-elect, but the army is not maintained foj the pleasure of its officers, and the government could even afford to demolish an old-time prejudice if by so doing the service might be improved. To the civilian it seems certain that the intelligent non-commissioned officer would make a far better lieutenant than would any person with m experience of the profession of arms, and that the spirit of the men would be improved and the class of recruiu. bettered if it were known that the faithful and painstaking service might mean advancement to the horor of shoulder straps.

Testing His Whistle.

In the train—“ Georgie, Georgie! mind, your hat will be blowu off if you lean so far out of the carriage.'’ j Paterfamilias (quickly snatching lh< hat from the head of refractory young ster and hiding it behind his back) “There, now, tne hat has gone!” Georgie sets up a howl. After t while his father remarks: “Come. quiet; if I whistle your hat will conn back again.*’ (Whistles and replaces hat on boy’s bead.) There, it’s baeli again, you see!” While the parents are engaged it conversation Georgie throws his hat out of the window, and says: “Pa whistle againl”—San Francisco Argo aaut -v

HE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Sam. Small is said to be 41,000 short in his accounts. Three men were killed by a freight wreck at Parsons, Kas. An Ohio girl was drugged by a man and his wife and cruelly maltreated. > The estate of Lawrence liarrett has been inventorized by the executors at *231,000. 21 _ A black belle stabbed another black belle to doath at a black picnic near Chicago. The body of a pretty girl who had probably been murdered was found in the river at Philadelphia. It is denied positively at the State Department that our minister to Italy, Mr. -Porter, it as been recalled. A murder occurred at a St. Louis church dedication on the Mst, and the attendants tried to lynch the murderer. Governor Steele, of Oklahoma, denies that he lias been offered the pension commissionership by the President. Jn an interview Gen. Alger declares for Blaine, and believes that party leaders Will uniteon him iwforegoing into convention. Secret-service officers have notified Chi - cago jewelers t hat they will be arrested for counterfeiting if-they plate silver or nickel coin for use as bangles. Ex-City Treasurer liardsley of Philadelphia pleaded guilty to seventeen indictments. It is said he will make a clean broast_of the Philadelphia ring frauds. Pierre, S. 1).. was visited by a heavy wind and dust storm, and at the same time the thermometer fell from ninety to near the freezing point, and frost was threatened. Tuesday night. The friend iv offices of the Lid ted States minister to Chili in arranging a truce between Baltnaceda's government and the insurgent party have proven fruitlees, and tlie war goes merrily on. The President of tlie United States has caused to be presented a gold watch and medal to the captain, and gold watches and chains to the first and third officers of tire British steamer Allen Shaw for rescuing the crew of the schooner Electric Light. At the Chattanooga blast furnace, while four colored men were tapping a dynamite blast, the charge exploded, killing and horribly mangling three men anil wounding the fourth. Timber and machinery in the furnace plant were hurled about promiscuously. The Illinois Legislature will pass a bil] appropriating SBOO,OOO for the State's exposition at the World's Fair, coupled with a recognition of an eight-hour day and ! the arbitration of labor disputes, which ! may occur with the workmen engaged in j constructing the World’s Fair building. j Fourteen Esquimo boys have been taken ! from school at San Francisco, and the I superintendent and his assistant have '■ been arrested. The boys were brought from Alaska to study for the Russian priesthood, but were used as slaves, and subjected to the most atrocious treatment. While coming down the mountain from Lioydville to Bellwood, Pa., on the Pennsylvania & Northwestern railroad on the 12th, a heavy coal train got beyond control of the trainmen and crashing down the grade, jumped the track at a curve on the side of a deep ravine. The engine and twenty-live coal cars were wrecked. The bodies of the conductor, engineer and one brakeman were crushed beyond recognition. The other train hands were moreor less injured. Mrs. Martha Wayland, aged eighty,disappeared from her home near Macomb, 111., Tuesday morning. Wednesday evening her grandson went into a pasture and there discovered a drove of hogs fighting aver some object. An investigation showed that the brutes were feasting on the woman's body. Assistance was called and the men were compelled to beat the hogs away from the corpse with clubs; The brutes fought the men like wildcats. The body presented a horrible appearance. The President made the following appointments to the Court of Private Land Claims on the 10th: Chief Justice—Joseph R. Reed, of lowa. Associate Justice—Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas. Associate Justice—William M. Murray, of Tennessee. Associate Justice—Thomas C. Fuller, of North Carolina. Associate Justice—Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado. The President also appointed Matthew G. Reynolds, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for the Court of Private Land Claims, and Leonard W. Colby, of Nebraska, to betAssistaut Attorney-gen-eral, as provided by the act approved March 3. 1391.

The first work in connection with the removal of the great packing houses of Armour, Swift & Nelson from Chicago to Tolleslon will he the building of a canal connecting Calumet river, which runs through the new purchase, with lak< Michigan. Tliis canal will be one-half mile long, 200 feet wide and eighteen feet deep, and the estimated cost is $125,000. The removal has been hurried by the high price of water at Chicago, and the act of the Legislature prohibiting the drainage of the slaughter-houses into the Illinois river. It is expected that slaughtering will begin at Tolleston within twelve months,\and after their removal the packers will built their own cars and add other industries to the enterprise. These three houses now employ 20,000 men. The contemplated removal has given a wonderful impetus to real estate investments in Porter county, and it is claimed that in a few years Tolleston will rank with Indianapolis in business importance. The pack-ing-house syndicate owns 4,000 acres of i land, and it will issue $10,000,009 stock, I which will be divided among other packers and dealers who will remove there, i The old stockyards, where these houses i now do business, originally cost $1,000,000, ■ and some months ago were sold to an English syndicate sor 525.000.000. The high , charges imposed necessary to realize upon this investment ft cne cause *f the Armour removal.

FOREIGN. Government vessels harmlessly bombs* «ied Iquique. The London Jury decided againsl Sir

I Gordon Camming, but the people’s verdict j is for tjim. while the press scores all par- | ties concerned. A conflict between British and Portuj gese colonist'', in which seven Portugese' ! were killed, took place in South Africa. | The British loss is unknown. The Official Gazette this evehing announces under date of JnnelO. that the name of Sir William Gordon Camming hail been removed from the list of officers in the army' gs Her Majesty has no further occasion for his services.

CRYING NEED FOR REFORM.

Revelations of Revolting Inhumanity and Thievery In an Insane Hospital. The special committee appointed to investigate charges of brutality and mismanagement against officials of the State Southern Insane Hospital at Anna, 111., reported that they found a most deplorable state of affairs. Many inmates have been beaten, kicked and otherwise fearfully maltreated. Patients were forced to work out in winter with such scanty clothing that their bodies were indecently exposed and their feet soaked with water. In one case a patient was thrown on a heater and held there until badiy burned. A nother, with high fever, was taken from his room and beaten for asking for water. The vilest epithets were used to inmates, anil their beds were, in some instances, in a very filthy condition. Although one hundred gallons of milk goes each day into the kitchen, none, of it gets into the Wards. It is drunk up or stolen by the attendants. The committee believes the inmates are deprived of the early vegetables and that they are sold. The evidence clearly shows, it is stated, that the superintendent, physicians, supervisors and trustees have all been informed of these things. The committee believes the treasurer of the hospital deposits the'funds in a bank and converts the interest to his own personal uses; also, that lie has purchased Mexican dollars at a discount of 15 per cent, and paid them at par. The committee recommends the immediate dismissal of attendants Paul, Halley, Austbrook, Leidiek, Dickey, Neisenheimer, Lucretia Robinson, Harley Robinson and Mick Slack, as being not oniv.brutal, but wholly unfitted for the positions they occupy.

OHIO PROHIBITIONISTS.

Their Platform Calls for a Great Many Reforms. The Ohio Prohibition convention was called to order at 9;30 o’clock Thursday -morning at Springfield, O. The committee on credentials reported 363 delegates present. Temporary ChairmanC. P. Macklin, of Greenfield, was made permanent chairman. The matter of device for the head of the ticket was referred to a committce who reported a white rose with a sprig of leaf as the party emblem, which was unanimously adopted. The platform denounces the liquor traffic in the usual terms; demands a revision of immigration and naturalization laws to prevent aliens from voting until one year after naturalization; declares for woman suffrage; denounce speculation in margins; recommend pensious to soldiers and sailors, graded according to time of service; it recognizes gold, silver and currency as the proper circulating medium, issued in sufficient quantity to meet demands; reclamation of unearned land grants, and that no more of the national domain be granted; de‘ clares the tariff should be assessed on the goods from such countries as tax American products; expenses of government should be paid by income tax; all official fees should be covered in the public treasury, and all officials paid salaries.

THE SECOND CHRIST.

He Fears Mob Violence and Invokes Police Protection. A small, slim, nervous man with red whiskers has been a frequent caller kt the office of the chief of police of Kansas feJity for the last four or five days. He is Walter Forth the Kansas City ‘‘voice of Schweinfurth,” the pretender, of Rockford. 111., who claims to bo Christ on his second visit to earth, and who threatens to visit that city with floods and pestilence to annoy the people for the treatment accorded him there last week, Ford is content with claiming to represent the imposter. lie is the power at Mrs. Ward's “heaven,’ on East Fourteenth street, lie is afraid of mob violence, and for this reason has visited Chief Speers. He asked the chief to send police to the “heaven” whenever services were held, and to also have men in readiness to send to the house whenever they might be needed. He said that ho feared rough treatment, being in this respect unlike Hfchweinfurth. who boasted that lie was not afraid of fffty mob. Great crowds hang anxiously tft'ound the place every night, and it is expected that it will he cleaned out. Two extra officers have been put on the boat.

THROUGH TWO COURTS.

Tally One for Sir William Gordon Cummins—He Harries Miss Garner, of New York: Sir William Gordon Cumming was married on June 10th, in the fashionable Holy Trinity church at Chelsea, to Miss Florence Garner, daughter of the late Commodore William Garner, of New Ycrk city. Lord Thurlow gave the bride away. Maj. Vesey Dawson,of the Cold Stream Guards, was the best man. Rev. Robert Eyton ! officiated. The marriage was practically a secret marriage. Only twelve people were present at the ceremonies at Holy Trinity. The bride looked charmingly happy, and Sir William was proud, looking cool and entirely self-possessed. There was no trace, in his personal appearance, of depression or emotion resulting from the recent verdict in the Court of Queen’s Bench Lady and Sir William Gordon Cumming left the city shortly after for the bridegroom’s estate, Altyre, near Fores, in Scotland,where they will spend the honeymoon.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Elkhart will celebrate. Delphi wants waterworks. Chicken-pox prevails at Colnmbns. Morgan county has 6,238 school-children Cockfighting is a Michigan City amuse--1 ment. _ i Muncie will erect a new 175,000 opera ■ house. ■-* A, W. Bentley has been an Odd Fellow 54 years. In St. Joseph county 29 divorce cases arc pending. Laporte county reports 11,631 school children. There’s a great prospect for melons in Daviess county. A small worm is ruining the pear crop of Henry county. Cholera is ravaging Jackson township, Hamilton county. A sanitarium at Plainfield is successfully Evansville is becoming one of the best horse-markets in the country. An extensive hat factory will bo moved to Wabash from Newark, N. J. William Cushingof Kendslville has ITT),COO celerv plants under cultivation. The parents of John Wanamaker, Postmaster General, are buried at Leesburg. Oliver P. Badger, a well known Christian minister of Greencastle, died on the Bth. W. P. Marsh of Winamac forged "notes on his father and then left for parts unknown. Several Indian skeletons have been exhumed in the Morris gravel pit, near Westfield. A daughter of John Miller, of Cedar Beach, was instantly killed by falling from a swing. A marriage that occurred last.luiy Iteing made public at Freelandsville, occasioned much interest. Elwood held its first city election, and a Democratic Mayor was elected with four out of eightcouncilmen. Over 221,574 gallons of strawberries have been shipped from New Albany this season, and the harvest continues. C. W. Welman, who has been elected county superintendent of Sullivan county, is editor of the Sullivan Times. Joseph Twinock, aged eighty, of Evansville, is dead. He was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State, and was the first Pythian initiated at Evansville. Mrs. Silas Stover, wife of the superintendent of the Harrison county asylum> has been fined $29 for complicity with her husband in ill-treating inmates. While carelessly handling a gun, the twelve-year-old son of Sylvester Lankford, near Clay City, shot off his upper lip and otherwise disfigured his faee. The Chesterton Tribune takes strong grounds in favor of convicts working the roads, and claims that by this method in a few years the State would have the finest highways in ffie world. Rev. John S. Ray was sentenced at Wooster on the 9th to two years in the penitentiary for burglary. He pleaded guilty. Ray has filled charges in Ohio for everal years. Drink caused his downfall The Big Three of Chicago, Armour, Swift and Morris, have issued instructions to begin the work of erecting packing- ■ houses at Tillotson. It is expected that three years will be required to remove the immense plants of these firms from Chicago to Tillotson, and the removal will be a boon to northern Indiana. James Mitchell, of Posey county, went to the home of Marion Townsend, near Mt. Vernon, after nightfall, and calling Townsend to the door, fired upon him witli a double-barrelled gun, loaded with buckshot. Townsend was badly wounded in the legs, arms, and breast, but this did not prevent him from using his Winchester, firing twice upon Mitchell and killing him instantly. Rev. John Ray has been sentenced to the penitentiary from Wayne eounty, 0., for two years for burglary. He was a minister of the diocese of the Disciples Church and worked with success, but joined the Methodists and then went back to his old church, being with one charge six years. He contracted the habit of drinking and robbed a hotel at Orville, O. Ray lias a family of six children. He says lie will again enter the ministry when he serves his sentence.

A GREAT DEFALCATION.

New York Life Company Loses from $300,000 to $500,000. Their Spanish-American Agent Get* Away With It—He Probably Lost the Money in Stock Speculations. Julio Merzbacher. the general agent of the New York Life Insurance Company for the West Indies and Spanish America, is a defaulter for thousands. The news of the defalcation was made public on the 12th. The robbery was discovered by Merzbacher’s partner, Joaquin Sanchez last December, when Sanchez returned from a six-months’ trip through South America. Merzbacher, when accused by his partner, made a cleans breast of the affair. Then notice was sent out to al ( the agencies of the New York Life Insurance Company in Spanish America, that Merzbacher had retired owing to il| health. The amount of his stealings is not known. It is estimated at from $300.030 to $530,030. Thenfficerso? the company admit that It is over $150,000. Sanchez and MerzI baclicr wore employed by Col. A. C. DlckI in son, who up to five years ago, was the general agent for the New York Life Insurance Company for Mexico and Spanish America. Mr. Dickinson acquired a large fortune in his agency and retired from the company. Then his business was turned over to Messrs. Sanchez and Merzbacher The general agents of a big company like the New York Life have almost complete control of the business that passes through ! their hands. The New York does a business in the West Indies and Spanish America which aggregates between $20,300X00 and $30,003,000 annually. The premiums on these enormous sums wereal l payable to Sauchez mad Merzbacher.

i . ' ■ ■ - Merzbacher was frequently in New York while Sanchez took long trips through Mexico and South America to solicit new business and establish new agencies. It is said that whenever he came to New York Mcrzbacher used to frequent tn* brokers’ offices in Wall street. He, it is stated, was a heavy speculator. * He was not always successful, however, and last November, during the panic, became com pletely swamped. It is thought that he then began to retain for his own needs the various sums remitted him by his subagents throughout Mexico and South America in order to retrieve his fortunes. The officers of the company refuse to give any information a's to the exact amount of the loss the company has sustained through Merzbacher s defalcation.. They admit it is over $150,000, but say that the eompany will lose nothing, as Mr. can be held responsible for his partner’s stealings, besides, they say that 4he renewal ■ premiums on the enormous amount of insurance Merzbacher secured will go far toward wiping out, the loss.

FATHER MOLLINGER’S CURES.

Said to be Going to Rome to Administer to the Rope. . Father Mollinger, the famous faith cure priest of Allegheny City. Pa., will leave for Europe on the 15th. The cause of his sudden departure is said to be a summons from Rome to administei to the Pope, who is said to be very sick. The reverend father refused to confirm or deny the story, but said he had an important mission in Europe and in all probability would leave on the 15th. The fame of the curative powers of Father Mollinger has brought to the city of - Allegheny fully 2,: 0 ) people from all parts of the country for treatment. Nearly two hundred cripples and blind persons arrived at the Pittsburg Union station on the 11th. bound for Mt. Troy to try the faith cure. BySaturday ■which is “St. Anthony’s day,” there will be from 10,000 to 15.0'X) people. The applicants come fr<im all climes and many stories of wonderful cures are told.

A Neat Retort

The late Peleg W. Chandler, who was hard of hearing, was one of the most effective of war-time speakers. Every occasion illustrated his eloquence. and one demonstrated the quickness of his repartee. At one meeting he was frequently interrupted by a blackguard at the rear of tho hall, who kept shouting: “Why dfen’t you go yourself?” For a timo Mr. Chandler’s deafness prevented him from catching the exact nature of the interruption of which he had been for some time conscious. At last Mr. Chandler caught the words ol the disturber. Then in the mildes; accents, which emphasized the force o: the words, he said: “Young man, if my ears were at good as j ours, and as long as yours. 1 shouldn’t be here to-ntght!” —JLJostqi Transcript

Secretary Tracy's Little Adventure.

Secretary Tracy engaged in a little “Arabian Nights” expedition yesterday, says the New York Herald, which called forth some rather humoror.r incidents. He visited the Brooklyn na-vy-yard without any of the pomp oi ceremony of state, and naturally was not recognized when he got there, The man at the gate handed hia • pass to let him out, as is done in the case of visitors. The secretary remarked: “I don’t need any pass.” “Yes, you do," said the man at the gate, emphatically. “You can’t gel out of hero without a pass unless you climb the stone wall." The secretary took the pass. It did not take the news of his identity 1 >ng to spread and reach the gate-keeper. "Here’s your pass,” said the secretary, as he passed out. “It isn’t necessary," was the response, in an apologetio tone. “Oh, yes it is,” was the rejoinder; “I’m too old to climb any fifteeu-foot walL" _ The note of the prima donna is negntia ble only when indorsed by the public.Life.

THE MARKETS.

iNUiANAPor.is, June 13. 1891. . i— —.—.— —— CHAIN. ' | 1 Wheat. I Corn. Oats. ltye. I » Indianapolis.. 2 r'd 1 O'! 1w 59 1w 50 3 r'd 98 lyesß 48 Chicago 8 r'd 101 58 Cincinnati. .. 2 r'd 103 57 49 CO St Louis 2 r’d 101 55 44 83 Mew York.... 2 r'd 1 U 67 51M 95 Baltimore.... 1 66 56 05 Philadelphia. S r'd 1 10. 65 53 Clover Seed. Toledo , 108 60 49 425 Detroit 1 wh 1 I) 57 i4B Minneapolis.. 1 05 CATTLE. Export steers $5 25®5 75 Good to choice shippers 4 70;tc5 19 Fair to medium shippers 4 005g4 35 Common shippers.. 3 35f2>3 75 Stockers. •••,,• • 2 Tf® l 45 Good to choice butcher heifers. 3 Fair to medium heifers 3 00.®3 til) Light, thin heifers 2 a) Good to choice cows 3 50©4 00 Fair to medium cows 2 50ta/3 25 Common old cows - 125®2 25 Veals, common to choice. 3 Bulls, common to choice • • 2 50@4 00 Milkers, good to choice la 00.®35 00 hogs. Heavy packing and shipping...s4 55@4 (T Mixedpack.ug 4 40q64 5§ Light '*■ 4 20@4 55 Heavy roughs 5A0.4 23 sheep. Good to choice clipped.. ..$4 25@4 75 Fair to medium clipped 3 7 >(®4 10 Common el ip ed 3 00,®3 50 Bucks, V head 2 to@i 0J miscellaneous. Eggs, 13 c; butter, creamery, 2l<§27c; dairy, 20c; good country, 14c; feathers, 35c; : beeswax, 18®20c; wool, 30(g35c, unwashed 20c; bens,«c; turkeys, 10c,toms, 8c; clover mA, 4.75185.00

A DISHONORED BARONET.

The End of the Great Baccarat Scandal. . The Jury turns a Verdict of Guilty Against Sir Gordon Camming* ' - . . .:. . ■ i i .- - a "Jane 9 witnessed the closing scenes of the great London scandal. The closing arguments were Attended with some sensational Incidents, which were speed - ily checked by the Lord Chief Justice, who proceeded to explain to the jury at length the difference of an action for slander, as this one is, and an action for libel. His lordship added that if the jury found that the defendants had spoken the truth their yerdict should be forthe defendants, but if the jury thought, broadly, that the charges they made were not true and that Sir William Gordon Camming did not do anything wrong in playing baccarat at Trahby Croft in September last, then the verdict must be for the plaintiff. He entreated the jury to keep their minds stead - ily on the evidence only. Continuing, the Lord Chief Justice analyzed at length the evidence given by the plaintiff, which evidence, he said, was well worthy of consideration. The plaintiff, he added, had his counters on a pile of white paper, ami would have been loss likely to be detected if he had, as the others did, put his counters on the cloth of tho table. During another portion of his summing up Lord Coleridge said that the Prince of Wales’ presence at Tranby Croft was sufficient to explain Mr. Lycett Green’s objection to creating a disturbance in the bacarrot room or elsewhere by calling attention to the actions which he objected to on the part of Sir William Gordon Cumming.

When the case was given to the jury everybody seemed relieved. From the time the jury retired to deliberate on their verdict until the moment they returned to the court room only fifteen minutes elapsed, showing, aj parently, that they were ol one opinion as to the merits of the case. During the few minutes the jury was out t£e plaintiff sat quietly in his usual seat, reading a big batch of letters, in the contents of which he seemed much interested. His brother-in-law, Lord Middleton, and other friends who sat near Sir William Gordon Cumming were very nervous and clearly showed it by their and continued hurried whisperings. The five defendants were also nervous and chatting in low tones with their friends, evidently being most anxious to hoar the result and get away from the scenes of their seven days of terror.

A MOMENT OF EXPECTANCY. When the clerk of the court suddenly announced that the jury was ready to report there was a movement of surprise throughout the packed audience present* Then the chatting was resumed again, the short absence of the jury being regarded os decidedly unfavorable to the plaintiff. Everybody may be said to have been in a breathless state when the jury re-entered their box, looking rather frightened and very nervous. After the clerk of the court had polled the jury the Lord Chief Justice, addressing the jury, said: “Gentlemen of the jury, jiave you agreed on a verdict?” “Yes,” almost whispered the foreman, standing up and bowing toward Lord Coleridge. “Is it for the plaintiff or for the defendants?” asked the Lord Chief Justice. “For the defendants!” answered the foreman, in a low voice, The announcement of the verdict wus received with a slight hissing from the galleries, where the ladies congregated, and upon the part of some of those in the body of the court who were In sympathy with the plaintiff.

WEDDED ON THE SLY.

A. Tittle Hooiler Romance In Real I.ife. A pretty lloosier romance, Involving a beautiful rural school marm and a young medical student, was recently brought to light at Frcelandsville. The hero is Dr, George W. Scringor. of Indianapolis, and the heroine Is Miss lira Smith, who startled the family by introducing the doctor as lief husband. .Subsoqucntdovelopments showed that the couple first met In April, 1889, and that the mecl - irig resulted in a desperate case of love at first sight on the part of both. The following July the lovers met again, and at intervals during several months the doctor was a' frequent visitor at the young lady’s home. July 21, 1890, Miss Smith paid a visit, to Indianapolis, where she was married to I)f. Scringor in the presence of only two witnesses. Returning home immediately after the ceremony,she resumed her duties as teacher, in which capacity she has since continued. The secret of the marriage during all these months was so profoundly kept that the most intimate friends of the cofiple had not the slightest suspicion of It. The husband’s parents do not to-day know that their son was married nearly a year ago, and the wife’s family would have been as blissfully ignorant h«d she not grown tired of keeping the secret. However, the match is an amicable one, and Mrs. Scringer has concluded to teach the young idea how to shoot during the ensuing winter, while her husband completes his medical cducatipn at Indianapolis.

THE HAYTIAN REBELLION.

It Was Instigated by Politicians Who Hop cd to Secure Advancement. Ilaytitin Minister Hannibal Price, speaking of the late revolt in Port-au-Prince, said that the trouble on May 28 which caused so much bloodshed was not a revolution against ihe government of Hypolite, but a riot instigated £y a few soreheads who sought personal gain. Thepolitical leaders of the party opposed to Hypolite, he said, were in Jamaicaand were not implicated by the affair of May 28. The riot was arranged by a few persons who formerly held petty positions if. former governments and hoped to rise to places of prominence by the outbreak-