Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 September 1890 — Page 1

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THE LARGEST

CIRCULATION

IN THE CITY

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SECOND YEAR.

ELEGANT PA RLOR SUITES

F11ICJE8 EXTREMELY LOW

PROBST.

NO. 642 WABASH AVENUE.

WALL PAPER.

8 BO. JT. BVOBXB. u. a.tawis.

Hughes & Lewis,

Interior Decor*tor« sad Dealer* in

Ni WALL PAPER

AND WINDOW SHADES,

FRESCOPAINTERS.

28 SOUTH FIFTH STREET.

CATTLE MEN ORGANIZING. Kectioc Ml t'blea«o to Form an Alio'elation.

CHICAGO, September 26.—An organisation of cattlo men against the combination or trust system is on tapis. The leading spirit of the movement la W. T. Hunter, who haa been known aa a large cattle man and horse dealer for many years. He recently resigned the directorship of a large horse exchange in order to devote his entire attention to the cattle question. During the past two months he has visited a large number of cattle men in the South and West, all of whom havo expressed themselves strongly on the present condition of the cattle business and favored the organization of an anti-trust association. In a confidential circular, over twenty thousand copies of which will bo sent out to-dajr, addressed to the cattle men of the United States, Mr. Hunter says as follows: "The time haa now come for us to form an association of some kind protecting ourselves against the 'combination' or 'trust* which has been steadily working agafnit us, or in a very short time wo will find ourselves without money, without cattle, and without homes. The cause of the bad condition of things is'ffcift'thesa parties' want it ew. Tilt brokers, who make their living out ofihli tflwt* alwaj*Tpri story of why the stock did not bring a fair price. The following is a quotation frrm a broker's circular of August 30, 1890: 'Buyers were slow to commence operations, and bids were from 15c to 26c per 100 pounds lower. Sellers held firm, but were finally compelled to accept buyers' terms, or carry their holdings over. At the decline everything Wiis sold.' What we want is an association which will protect us, regulate the sending of cattlo to market and advance money to those needing it. I have over $1150.000 invested in cattle, which I will hold over until noxt year in preference to shipping while the marketa are at such ruinous prices. Many wealthy friends standing behind me with their money are perfectly willing if I can form an association to advance any amount of money to help us hold our own. We can then control the markets, sell and ship when we please and at our prices, doing away with the broker's commission of 50 centa per head, which last year amounted to ovet^? 1.000,000, not including $2,500,000 yard j'

Rational Prison Awio«?l®®|on. OIKCIKNATI, September 28 jfhe first day's session' of the twentieth annual congress of the National Prison Association was called to order in the Scottish Rite Cathedra] at 10 o'clock this morning by ex-President Hayes, of Ohio. The at tendance was very large, the body of thd hall being crowded, while a I r.« number of distinguished pbilat r«-Ms and thera interested in pns u.^rements occupied seata upon the platform. After a brief address by the president, a voluminous report from the standing com* mittee on national law reform, consisting of Messrs. Francis Way land, of New Haven, Ooun. Charles H. Reeve, of Plymouth, Iud», and Henderson M. Somerville. of Montgomery, Ala,, was wad. The report, which was full of interesting facts and figures, wss discu&md at length, and then ordered printed. After a reces* for lunch, the meeting convened as the annual conference of the Warden's Association of the United States. The* chair was occupied by Hon. Joseph Nichoton of Detroit, P««id«tat of the association, who delivered an exhaustive address. jThis was1 fallowed by au able paper on the "Parole" system by R» W. MeGiaoghry, formerly Chief Warden of -»he Joliet, Ilinois, penitentiarv, bat nowof Huntington, Pennsylvania. At to-night's session'of the Oongrew an addres* will be delivered by the Hon, Samuel II. Blake Q. 0^ the eminent lawyer and statesman of Xbroato.

C»tor«« X«aM Cfcrtittaa AMMMUM. N*w QIUJSAKS, September 26.—The annual convention of the„ National Colored Young Men's Christian Aawciation opened here to-day with a fair attendance of delegate®. Among them wem Albert Mack, of Louisvilfe, the chief evangelist of the order, Hon, Albert White, of New York\ General Secretary Hammond, CorreepoiKiing Secretary Frve and C. Riehkrdaon, all of Look-

Md Df. Joh»Wd.b. ISh.lbTville. The annua! report of the orcanixation wiU «ay that it has made con«derMtpngrm during the year, ^though the receipts haw beeiv*^1 »»4 Mack has been compelled to pay m"*tof the expense* out of his own pot^e*^ T&e question of erecting national taifldifif in this city for headquarter* wlH b* «w•idered. ^iack complains bitterly that the association i« antagoniwd by namfrm of his own rpse.

Nakhvilu:, September brooxht against ttw Tennessee mlniStwUeh Die fedend snthodtl«

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TBLK THUD DAY OF TKI MXVMIOX A CBAJfB SfJCCBM.

Thmlwlag WtaUiwasd D«®P Chilly Atmosphere Coal* Soldier Boys and lh« Bennlon tiM« Mototily On.

With the difference of temperature only, yesterday was, so far as extreme, dismal gloom is concerned, very nearly counterpart of that memorable Sunday, when after marching to battle, inspired with the confidence of easy victory which sprang from sheer inexperience, the Union troops, broken, dispirited and utterly demoralised wounded, crushed, footsore and heartsore, came pouring back into Wash ington from the wretched disaster of their defeat at Bull Ron. Rain—ceaseless and unending rain poured down upon the boys who, all day long—from morning's earliest hours until Night had thrown her pitying mantle of darkness over the intolerable suffering of the soldier heioes and the appalled multitude who had their homes within the four boundaries of the Nation's capital and knew not how soon the victorious army of the rebels might follow up their advantage, march in and give Washington over to fire and sword. Standing a group of grizzled veterans at Camp Cruft, yesterday, with the rain coming down mercilessly on the surroundings the very suggestion noted was made Said an old man with an empty sleeve and with rain drops glistening from the rim of his hat- "I was with McDowell at the first Bull Run, boys. That is where I first learned that war was no pastime and that rebeU could fight There's another thing I found out, too, and that is that there is no fun in being knocked on the head with the butt of a gun and then have a three-sided bayonet jammed into your flesh. I got one through my left arm at Bull Run. (No, I had the other one shot off at Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah campaign.) How I got off the field I don't know, but remember came back to Washington wounded and uncared for and ran and walked the whole distance through the rain. It was a little warmer, to be sure, but much such a day as this. I felt sick and gloomy that day and I don't feel altogether happy to-day. I think I'll go to town." The old man did as he said ho would do. He left the camp and came to the city.

Despite the desperately wretched weather there was a reasonably large crowd present at the grounds and the registration at, headquarters was largely increased. There have been many who have registered at their rsgimentarbeadquarters but not on the general record. It has been the aim of the committee to secure ail signatures for the miscellaneous wwrft been asked to place their names, etc., on the record at Secretary Rouse's headquarters. General election of officers in regimental organisations occurred yesterday. Delegates from each of the organisations were selected to attend the meeting held this morning at 0 o'clock which made arrangements for future district reunions. During the afternoon Colonel R. W. Thompson made a magnificent and highly entertaiuing address, which evoked a furore of hearty applause.. It was historical and altogether plearing Speeches were also made by Colonel j. G. Smith, of Bowling Green, former commander of the Thirty-first Indiana., PQIOnel J. R. Hallowell. of Kansas, also a colonel of the Thirty-first, could not be present as had been expected. He is a candidate for Congress from his district and is in the heat of his canvass. The Thirty-first passed a series of resolutions very flattering to their old leader. Last night's rain prevented a very large attendance at the camp fire. General W. E McLean delivered a ringing address and Judge Rabb, of Vermillion, related several very interesting reminiscences. He was followed by C&lonel Smith who held his audience for nearly an hour by the recital of stories of camp and field, told in the colonel's inimitable manner. The day's exercises were carried out strictly according to programme and but for the nun woul4 have been voted a superb success.

To-day** Progrvnint.

The weather since morning has Tjeen anything but fUtteriog. To-day, "Go* ernor's Day," if the programme is carried oat, should be the great day of thereunion. Governor Hovey, accompanied by his secretary, arrived this morning. Following is the programme complete: 6 a. ja.—Reveille.

Breakftut,«a. m, to Sa.ro

9 «. m.—General meeting. Flmt Brigade (ThirtyUrtU Forty-third and Klghty-flflh Infantry, Fuunh .and'Sixth CanUrjRettmentiJ and election of officers.

Pinner, Ua. m. totp. t»v

I•ridge

LIONS

Band

.tlovcroor Alvin IV Hover ...«•-•- .i Ranrt ..... .Colonel C. C. Matoon ...tlolonel John T. 8mith .Band

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Hon.JLC. BrttKS

.......Hon. JeeB-Cheadle „..,..JVind ..By Oomradw

M. to $ p. JM.

Supper. 4 m. lo 6 p. in

p. m.~it*ha N'atiu Battie^CSaptnre ot Fort Pooelson—Firework* Dbiptay. T«M Srcal Sham Battle. The fort has been built, the surrounding* cleared, the arrangements made to seat 000 people, and everything done to render the great battle and pyrotechnic display of to-night a splendid success. The programme for the fight and display ia very elaborate. The fort located

ust north of the west end of the wagon will be occupied by the Rockville battery of light astiHery, Captain Steven* in command. Companies Band and the Hagar Veterans will constitute the attacking land forces who will attack in the order of Company from the south. Company from the north and the Veterans from the west Then* will be no illumination except auch as comes from the rilte dwrhargea. The Ban boats will be the Juniata, Hattaid, Bex, Dauntless and Bill Nye and the fieeta eaeetliig *1 the water works at 6 o'clock will steam down the river and uoon the signal of one, two, three and four racket* wlU commence the attack, the Mallard leading and followed, respectively. by th« Rex, BUI Nye and PannUew. The fleet upon aspving back up the river will t*tum to a renewal of the attack. A rebel gunboat will be blown into thin air, oateaeihJy by a that from the fort, but in readitv by a4i** duujte el fifteen nonod* e( 0aat powder. The ire works wui be discharged from thefoHu fli« eBlire display will be the

Sfca Umg Training Kooded by tha Pasart Kh.f Bofina Ho'U Slava. The very spirited illustration of three lions driven abreast by a man standing erect in a Roman chariot is familiar to most residents in London. It portrays, without the usual absurd exaggeration of mural art, an entertainment which is given daily at the French exhibition at Earl's court.

In the center of the large circular space which haa been used during the last few years for the display of the Indians of the Wild West, the sports of the Roman amphitheatre, etc., ia erected a smaller circle, securely surrounded with iron bars, having at the back an inclosed building containing dens. The "open sesameH of my host passed us into the private recesses of this prison house, in which I found four young lions, the oldest being about 8 years of age.

These constituted the trained troupe, and there was also one younger scholar, who had just been added to the collection. The education of this one was just commencing, and he still retained the feline characteristics to such an extent that any approach to familiarity was met by a snarl which displayed the unshed: milk teeth of the owner, looking as sharp and needlelike as those of a puppy.

The training of these young lions rarely occupies less space of time than twelve months, and is chiefly accomplished by kindness. Mr. Darling, their trainer, informed me that he regarded force as not being desirable, as it excited the animals to rebellion and jreaa not conducive to obedience, whereas, -trained under the system adopted, each animal knows its name and answers to it So successful are the methods employed by Mr. Darling that he has never been bitten by the animals during the time he has had them in hand.

In addition to the lions the collection includes two huge Bavarian boarhounds which take a very prominent part in the performance.

After this introduction to the performers I took my seat with the audience to witness the exhibition. Mr. Darling and his assistant entered the arena with the lions and one of the dogs the former, at the word of command, leaped up upon pedestals and arranged themselves in pyramidal groups. .. While in this position Mr. Darling placed the ends of two scarfs in the mouths of the lions, form ing festoons, over and under which one of the dogs leaped two of the lions then stepped upon a plank forming a seesaw, the dog leaping on to the center and swaying it from side to side.

One of the lions then mounted a tricycle, working the pedals moving the front wheel with its fore feet, while the boarhonnd was pushing behind. The ohariot was then brought forward One lion entered readily between the shafts, and two others took their place* at eith&r

after euzidry growls he submitted to-tl stronger will of the trainer, who mounted the chariot and drove the trio round the circle.

The performance is very distinct from that of lion tiamers in general, who rule their charges with rods of iron and prod them with points worse tljan the stings of scorpions, utilizing tl\p fear and terror of the animals at the superior power of man. Mr. Darling, on the -other hand, is very familiar with the members of his troupe. The manner in which he took hold of the forelegs of one of the largest and pulled him down from his pedestal when he w^s not sufficiently quick in descending was amusing. ^ts

The lions are of African descent, but, like the majority of the species now in menageries, have all been born in captiv ity, and familiarized with man from their birth. Whether they will retain their docility as they advance toward their full size remains to be seen but at present they offer the most complete specimens of trained lions that it has ever been the writer's fortune to witness.

London Field.

A Beggar's

Bxease.

Some of the beggars who infest Park row are vary bright, indeed. By constant practioa they become admirable judge* of character from facial expression. The ones who are moet successful axe those nho come out frankly and own what they want money for. A very corttiffftn device is to ask for a cent with which to get otjfr the bridge. The other day a well dressed man was approached by a sorrowful looking man at the bridge entrance, who whined in a crying tone:

Say, mister, wilt you please give me a cent? I want to get across the bridge." The man addressed shoved hi* hand into his pocket and drew outa ticket for the bridge promenade. The tramp looked at it with a disa{q^j^ ^ei3ression and then exclaimed: "That ain't no good to me, sif I want to get over the bridge is a hurry on the can. My grandmother's dying."--New York JournaL 5$

tfti«xp«eUMt Ckwerwd^^

A woman entered a drug store not far Beacon street the other evening, and said that she wished to purchase a toothbrush. The proprietor laid oat a number of these articles upon the eotmter for her inspection, and tamed away to attend to the want* of another customer. In a abort time the female approached him and said in the sweetest of tones:

I have tried them aB, and think that I like this ot»o the beet, so will take it." The a8taai*h£d proprietor took one looltatiMsvgavtt one moment to silent reflection aad meditation* then **id:

Madam, yon may have them all for the price of thia one. I will make yon a prearaat of then.*

The woman no doubt is yet wondering aftthecanseofhianMxpectedgtakerofilty —Boekm Becard.

Jay Gkm&hM a brother in 8t Louis named Abraham Gould, the burden ot W!K» life bbifl relationship. He is the {Nschaainff agent of the Ifiasoori Pacific railway at a moderate salary, and he

Tin Wonld Bc In'dfM'r Barata Open Their Door and Fa$l» Them to the Floor With a Bwvy

Piece of Timber.

On the north side of Crawford street near First stands a small weather-beaten shanty which is rapidly foiling to decay. The interior and exterio* present equal evidences of comfortlessaees and poverty. In the east room of tiu| miserable hut there is at this wilting °be witnessed one of the most woeful &tenes capable of human conception jFfc|| apartment itself is a cold, dark for the habitation of bee£s. The damp, uncarpeted floor is reelings with filth the sole window, stuffed With rags and, paper, shuts out the| light of the day and there, in and the dirt, and 'ive stench of the den, women in mortal agony, bandages cover their hi low groans of suffering ish hps. Mother and da and the citizens of the lo as Mrs. Susan and Mrs. The former lies prostrate some^irty blankets in floor,^^ tBe^ltter„ the restlessly uearJky

the gloom the repu Isle two colored

Blood-stained and arms and itheirfeveriter are tbey ity know them lary Manuel id maimed on middle of the laughter, tosses licEed bed that ^condemn and

011 a

i^itaryyign^ce shoul T)urb.. i' Tlxfe horrible picture edn^ and suffering w«* hand of one Louis W brute who had for so gaged as a routabout Janie Rae. This fien) brainless, heartier, eani soaked himself with night, and about ten o'ch hut of the Manuels wo* to stay all night and the story be told in the language. "I told him," said she, with evident discomfort, "that I had vk room for him. I had never seen the mau before, and for that reason should not have accommodated him, even thought I had ample room. There were no ifien folks about the house^—no one but ijooy mother, my children and myself. Wpen I told the fellow that he juld not slay he became enraged and rushed out into the yard. I was sick and was lying on the bed when he ran out. I arose hastily and cl&sed the door. A moment lafer he returned but did not request to be| admitted. He simply burstea the door'fn wiih a large piece of timber that he had secured, was standing ih the floor near my bed and saw him raise the titober to strike. I threw up one hand to ward off the blow. The heavy stick descended with awful force and 1 was knocked senseless onto my bed. My finger*, were brokeo and the scalp on my head^ laid open to the bone. 1 did not rec^fer ccaisciousnass far along time. 1

abject wretch rrought by the ruff, a colored time been entile steamer incarnate—a aa*^ beast whiskey, last vi«ite« the

He asked

effused. Let lughtera own

hand and head. I atn suffering terrible pain now,, as I have been ever since the return of sensibility. My children—two small boys—were sleeping on the floor there with my mother and how they escaped is more than I know,"

The reporter turned to the prostrate figure on the floor and after he had spoken twice to her she opened her eves. 'Do you'recall how you were hurt?1' 'No/' said she, with effort "I remember that I stepped between my daughter and her assailant and that's all When the doctor came he examined my injuries and said that in addition to a scalp wound

my arm and collar bone were broken, presume the would-be murderer struck at my head with the large stick that he used on my daughter, and that breaking my arm as it came down, it shaved the side of my head and landing on my collar bone, fractured it. One of the little boys was also injured slightly."

After Woodruff had thus accomplished his diabolical work be fled north on First street Patrolman Bishop was soon apprised of what had happened and started in pursuit. Woodruff made a bee line for the house of Charles Dunn at the foot of Ohio street, and, tearing off a shutter, broke a window and was about to gain an entrance when some one on the street frightened him away. He again took to his heel, and probably an hour later was arrested by Sergeant Trail on the North Side and sent to jail under the charge of burglary. The state's attorneys are investigating the case to-day.

WHO IS JOHN MARSHALT", itystary ftmMeteiitgr of atensiitlon Brought to Light. '.-.f The police authorities here are in receipt of a communication from the chief of police of Lyons, N. Y., in which it is said that about three weeks ago one Dr. Forrester and wife, strangers in Lyons, came there, bringing a 13-year-old girl, who they represented was a daughter of John Marshal, of Terre Haute, lad.- that they had come from this city and had the little girl under their guardianship. A lew days ago the child disappeared under conditions that were suspicious in the extreme, and while pointed almost conclusively to her foul murder. The Terre Haute police force are requested (o find John Marshal if sosaibie and ascertain such facte a* are to had regarding the mysterious case. Roundsman Butler has devoted the entire day to discovering the whereabouts of the John Marshal referred to in the dispatch, but the officer's attempt* have thus far proven futile and the all prevailing question in policd circles at present m, Who i* John Marshal?

HE WANTS $20,000

Htavln* B«m PnMWy Branded an HaMtnal Snakatd. James M. Harme&t of near Sanfoid, Ind., has sued William Fuqua and Hiooaas Evsager each for f10,000 for alined slander The plaintiff alleges that during the recent investigation by tha county commisetio&ere of the Isadore Malnney »Uoou matter, the defendants, each of tbem, "e oath to the assertion that he an habitual drunkard. Plaintiff beIteve* that by reason of raeh "lal«» and malicioua'" imputaUion his reputation ha* been damaged iu the asm £$30,000 aod be UwrelaiT demaeda jt^kment ^ain^ *Mdi defendant for SlSyQOO. Hiasn»*ar« filed In the aapcttortrcooit by Kelly, Roberts A Smith.

Pell tn ttlkf, palnisrtMl inaftfcat

tttmere? 3?Mls$isthjatK Liberty aveaoe

J. & C^^.w««:a#i»Qtted.

FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1890. TWO CENTS.

ATTEMPT TO KILL DIAZ.

The Mwiean Pre«M«nf Fired at by an Organised Band. SAK AKTONIO, Texas, jSeptember 28.— A prominent railway official who reached San Antonio this morning from tha City of Mexico apd whose large interests in the neight^rioK republic render it wire for him to be very guarded in wh%t he says, relates a story of an attempt on the life of President Diaz. The stoiy in brief is as folioWP: During the national celebration on the 11th inst,fran'. immense crowd of people of all classes surged around the executive palace at night to do homage to Diaz. During the climax of the festivities, while bauda were playing and fireworks were sizzing the loulest, the President, accompanied by his personal staff, stepped out onto the front piazza, in response to deafening calls, io witueas the pyrotech-

Tfteptey. N& Ubonpr

martial form appt^red on the gallery before a volley (ft musketry sounded above the din of music, firework* and yells, and bite of brick and timber began to flv around his hea^. He retreated hurriedly to his room, fo lowed by his staff. Three bullets whizz: him.

sd dangerously near

^4" ^HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Tom Bennett Knocked Dowa at First and Swan and Bobbed.

Tom Bennett complained to the police yesterday morning, as was stated in FIIE NEWS, that he had been robbed of about $18. Since then the facts in the case have come to light. Will Wesfall, clerk in James Nichols' grocery store at First and Swan streets, says that Bennett came into the store and asked to have his money counted. "He was pretty full," said Mr. Westfall, "and I counted his money and gave it back to hi u. There was $17 of it. I knew him well and also knew his two companions. They, were all from Brazil, where I used to live. After I had counted ^Bennett's money he went out onto the street and a few momenta later. I heard some one yell. I ran out and Bennett was lying on the sidewalk. His companions immediately left, going north. Some one told me that they nad robbed Bennett. I called the patrol wagon and he was taken to jail. He only had $4 then." The police are on the lookout for the companions of Bennett. It is likely they will be apprehended. 9

KltlED IN A PRIZE FIGHT.

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Two Tonng Cadets VM Their Fists Settle a Dispute, and One is Killed. LEXINGTON, Va., September 26.—A most distressingtragedyoccurred here this afternoon, at the Virginia State Military institute, io which Cadet Warren Tai'ferro, a lad of 15 years, and a member of one of the foremost families of the state, residing in Norfolk, Va., who had been in the institute only a week, lost his life as a result of a fisticuff encounter with cadet Frank McConnico, aged twenty, of Bryan, Tex., who was also in his first year's attendance. The boys uarreled, stripped to the" waist and vftraL. hoineaaftarward

TWO HUNGRY HOBOS.

They Steal a Blsenit and 6o to Jail. George Mills and Gus. Griggsby, two youthful wanderers who are beating their way over the country, approached log cabin near Seeleyville, this morning, and being very hungry Mills entered the but and came forth with two biscuits. No one had been at home and he appropriated the food. The lads trudged on eating the dry bread. Before' they had gone a great distance they, were overhauled by aa officer of the law and placed^ undtft* arrest: They were* brought to this* city and put in jail. -gr'Lu^

TARIFF REPORT-

The "Time of Bemovlna Goods' Bx tended Until Febrnary. WASHINGTON, September 26.—Conferees on the tariff bill completed consideration of the bill and are now engaged in|preparing reports. It provides that goods imported prior to October 1st and placed in bonded warehouse may be withdrawn on payment of the present rates of duty at any time prior to February 1,1891. The sugar featur^ of the bill go into effect April 1st. j,

Divorce Case on Trial

The case of Adeline Williams against Ben Williams (both colored) for divorce and alimony, w?"j tried in the Circuit court th« morning, but no decision rendered. The plaintiff, who i$ defendant's third wife, claitna that the latter haa been in tbe habit of putting in bis leisure moments in kicking and slapping her about the premises. Judge Mack wae inclined to believe that the plaintiff should have been sufficiently familiar with defendant's record not to have married him unless'che wa* prepared to stand a good deaij

Banm Committee Be|»ort. WA«HISOTOX, D. C., September 28.— It is not probable that tbe committee which has bean investigating General Raum will make a report at the present session of Congress. It will not take the majority a great while to make up their minds on the testimony that haa been presented, but the minority intend to prepare and will submit a report which is intended to crush the Commissioner entirely, and is desired for use as a Democratic compaign document.

TWM! For Qwarter Cenliiry. EVAXSVIM,*, September 28.—Last evenleg Eldridge Wall and Mrs. Medora Lockbead were united in marriage. Twenty-six yeai* ago Medora Hale was

the reigning beauty of Padueah, Ky., and Wall, of ail her euitort, was the fortunate possessor of her love. Her parimts, however, bad other plana, and young Wall was forbidden the house. She married afterward but Wall remained single. She became a widow in 'SO and Wall renewed hisscit

An Old Soldier I»|nr«l,

Word reached the city this afternoon lhat an old soldier, who ws* ott his way te the re-union here, fell from an E. A T. B. train jut within the Saili ran eounty line, tag* evening, and WA* mm over. The purticultts of tho affair wens not available. Whether the tiiao was kilJed or not could not be !e*ra&

*Zl9««r r»aM»rs Took *Cna Mmmm, Tb« fathers of Oiaries Stewart and Kftney, who tin *w*y torn

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ntKiBu arm »r AFFASBS KX IST1KO AT DOA.

Itllnrii Beinic Discussed in Bagiaad —The Qneen and Kmperor— Otfc. er For^ian Ncm of li--": "H I*ni»rtanee. ^7* vT^

A September 26.—The desperoti of affairs at Goa, reported in the Press News dispatches fcbntinues to-day. Besides the leaders who have been arrested I'ahot, t£ie residences of others are raiegec^and firing is going on between the jHs^ejggsrsand besieged. It is rumored thegovernor general is hiddep in the trays Stter iudifferenfee to the petitions of inhabitants. Many women and children who fled to him for protection had been bayonetted by the palace guards. Many persons have fled for protection to the sanctuary of the eathedral in Old Goa. Several dynamite bombs had been thrown into the palace by a band of citizen soldiers. The acfe of the troops are justified by the governor on the ground that a revolution has been declared. The killed and wounded in two days is estimated at 300. The Goanese in Bombay have held meetings to ask for British annexation of Goa.

AFFAIRS IN BRITAIN.

Railroads Being: Tltoron«|y Bisenssed —Parisian Balloonist's Daring: Seheme. NBW YORK, September 26.—A London cable deals with the followingtimely topics. The frequency of railroad disasters in the United States is again brought out in more relief by the recent horror on the Philadelphia & Reading road, and has furnished a topic for prolific discussion. In this country, where the railroads are under the strict supervision of the board of trade and every accident that involves the death of a passenger Is made the subject of a special government investigation by an in ppector of that department, the numerous fatalities which occur across the Atlantic are regarded as beyond comprehension. In Great Britain, last year, only eighty-eight passengers lost their lives in traveling on railroads, and of this total the Armagh disaster contributed no fewer than eighty. The proportion of fatal accidents to the number of persons carried dnring that year was but one in ten millions, while of persons injured the percentage was one in nine hundred thousand. There is a general concensus of opinion among railroad men in tnis country that were American roads placed under the same governmental supervision which obtains in this country, and the officials, therefore, held to a strict accountability, the continuous flow of disasters, which are reported from January to December by tbe cable, would very speedily be re duced to a minimum. dvioes.fo)in Paris say that Monsieur

ior school of aerial navigation, and Mon sieur Gustavo Hermite, the celebrated astronomer, are really in earnest in their intention to make an endeavor to reach the North Pole in a balloon. Although the scheme has been criticized as visionary by several influential scientific French papers, leading scientists in Paris are said to have subscribed a fund of half a million francs for the use of the intrepid voyagers, and the trip will be undertaken early in the coming year. The point of departure will be Spitsbergen, and the balloon will haye a cubic capacity of 14. 121 metres, aftd is to be filled with pure hydrog??. It trill therefore be more than ten times larger than the largest balloon with which any aeronaut has evor ven tured into the regions above.

TORPEDO DEFENSE SYSTEM

A Hew Plan Devised By a French Ka gineer. PARIS, September 26.—-A new Bystern of torpedo defense has been devised by M. Salmaic, a French engineer. It is a series of nets made of steel cable wire a fifth of an inch in diameter, find not only has it a high degree of resistance but it possesses great flexibility. The whole apparatus is for a large battle ship of about forty tons. Nets are hung out and extended by means of compressed air in about twenty seconds. They are affixed to booms which work through small ports cut into the sides of the ship, and when stowed in board tbev lie in water-tight casing which are fittea to the deck about three and p. half feet above the water line. They are under absolute control of one man and when down a twenty-knot ship can easily maintain a speed of ten knots ei* more an hour. ppiKAIS

ISER AND HER MAJESTY.

A Decoration of Honor Befnsed With Thanks. BSSLIN, September 26.—Despite the recent visit of the Empress of Germany to the Queen and the cordiality with which she was received in England, there are indications that the Emperor himself has hardly yet become willing to make peace with Her Majesty or tbe English people. It is just been (HIT that tbe Emperor offered to decorate Lord Salisbury with the order of a Knight of tbe Black Eagle, but that honor was respectfully declined. owing to the fact that hail he accepted tbe first Prussian order, the Em peror would have expected the Queen to send the order of the Garter to General Caprivi. This Her Majesty was decided ly disinclined to do, and in consequence, Lord Salisbury refused tbe German decoration with thanks. It is said that his action is unprecedented in the annals of diplomacy.

Social Scandal i» High Lift. LOKOOK, September 28.-—It Is reported at tbe date that a sensational scandal in high life which will throw the Dilke and Dunle cases into tbe shade, is on the tapis. It will be tried in the Irish court#, the plaintiff being a foreign nobleman, and whose wife is highly connected with several aristocratic Dublin famHies, and possessor of grmi accomplishments sttd attractions, has been maliciously abducted, sod despite ail her husband's efforts still remains undiscovered*

The Potato Crop.

Loiroex, September 26.—Larvk* Jack son, financial secretary of the treasury, has returned from a tour of Ireland. He traveled 2,000 miles. He report* some •action* po&oes a small yield,deficient. In a great majority of district the crop I* good. Tha sensational reports sent oat of tbeimmiuenee offsmtne are largely

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CONGRESS TO-DAY

What Has Been Cteln* on In the Sea* ate and Honse. WASHINGTON-, D. G., September 26.—* The Hous»iassed a resolution appointing a committee of fivrf to visit Chicago to examine the site forjhe World's Fair and makosuch othervMafries-^ desirable rtflative to the^rilfirr^ %f- -the preparations for the World's faiy and report to Congress at the beginning of next session. The speaker Appointed as such committee. Mesfus^Candlfer, Frank, Hitt, Flower and Wilson, ^f Virginia.

Enlbe offered a r&olution authorising the committee whi«^-*jtt*e«4i£ated the charges against Postmaster Wheat to also investigate the charges that a party employed in the nostoffioe pays a portion of his salary to W heat's son.

NUTTING A TOUGH NUT.

A Sensational Klopement at Jaekson. Michigan. CHICAGO, Septembea 20.—'The elopeof Rev. Nutting of Boston and Miss Mills of Jackson, Mich., at Lisbon, N. D. yesterday, is given local interest by the statement that the reverend wrong!

riaced his sane wife in one of the asyat Chicago. Inquiry at the asylums at Elgin, Kankakee and Durning fail to show that any such person was ever there. The husband may have incarcerated her in some private asylum under au assumed name, which ho would very likely, do if he wished her idenity to remain unknown. The case has caused much excitement. The reverend gentleman's two sons are very indignant at their father's action and threaten to shoot Miaa Mills.,

WAYWARD WOODWARD.

A Defaulter Who Skipped to BneWWs Ay res.

BOSTON, September 20.—On September 8th, John A. Woodward', cashier in the office of tho treasurer of the city of Boston, disappeared, and investigation showed he was a defaulter to tho amount of more than $80,000. Although every effort was made to ascertain in what direction he had fled, nothing satisfactory was learned, and when relatives and intimate friends declared they had received no tidings of him, it has been recently ascertained that his objective point was Buenoa Ayrea, wh^g he is now engaged in busiuess.

Mrs. Chnreblirs Inllnenco.

LONDON, September 20.—The Women's Liberal Federation, which was formed about a year ago, to offset the political efforts of the Women's Conservative Primrose Association, tho latter owing its existence to tbe American wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, has already assumed formidable dimensions. .The annual report ust issued state* that it has flfty^seven branches, wHh a total membership of over seventy thousand

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sympathy and accord with Mr. Gladstone and his Irish policy, it is destined to cut a decidedly important figure in the next general election.

Tariff* Predictions.

NEW YORK, September 26.—Kiernan's news agency has the following private Washington special: "A member of the conference committee says the tariff disagreements havo all been settled." The Dow Jones' agency Washington special: "McKinley expects the sugar duty to be settled this morning, when the bill will be reported to the House."

To Beat Axteir#Record.

KANKAKKK, 111., September 26.—To-day, everything beinp favorable, Nelson, the great Maine stallion that Wednesday, wilh a heavy wind, making the track a second slow, and carrying twenty-six pounds more than Ax tell, tied the world's stallion in 2:12, will go to beat that record. The start will be made at 3 p. m.

It I unt Apologises.

WAtfttilfOTON, September 20.—Edward Blunt, who assaulted Mrs. Dangerfleld, of Virginia, at Asbury Park, has written a letter of apology to Mr. Dangerfleld in a as to to know what Bho was doing. Mr. Dan-

erfield'a friends say the matter will not prosecuted further.

TlieFrcmonts. ..

MIKNEAIHILIS, September 26.—Lieutenant Francis Preston Fremont, son of the, late General John C. Fremont, r.ow stationed at Fort Snelling, Minn., whab gays the published reports concerning tho financial condition of his mother and sls-^ ter in California are greatly exaggerated. The sons support them. ||j!

An Irish Government Bill. DuBtix, September 26.—The Express asserts, on what it believes to be an excelient authority, that the queen has Promised to recommend to parliament in ler next message the introduction and passage of an Irish government bill.

"t^Iron and Steel Delegates. BBSUN, September 26.—Among the IM»engers sailing from Hamburg for New York to-day by the steamship Columbia are 142 members of the society of German engineers who will attend tbe International Iron and Steel Congress.

Honor's Court.

Richard Embers, Jobn Digloes, George Jackson, A. M. Rinehart and Marshall Carter were up for drunkenness. A complaint of carryings-on of some bad boys at Fourteenth and Locust streets were filed. ..

Boiler B.ets Oo.

BAY CITY, Mich., September 20.—The boiler in H. Alters furniture factory of this city exploded this morning. William Greened was scalded fatally.

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