The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, November 25, 1886, Image 2
ESTABLISHED IN 1S(
ASSAULTED BY A BRUTE.
A BURGLAR DISSUADED FROM COM
MITTING A GRAVE CRIME.
A Woman's Flight Through a Window to
Escape Assault?Helpless Con.lition of
an Authoress Who Lives Alone?Locked
in a Closet by a Scoundrel.
A little hut which closely hugs the
base of a hill on the farm of Oscar
Purdy, in the town of Harrison, X. Y.,
was the scene of a fearful struggle at an
early hour on Sunday morning. The
principals were Mrs. M. S. Kobinson, a
writer of Sunday school hooks and
Methodist tracts, and an unknown
young man who broke into the hut to
commit a robbery and an assault. Mrs.
Robinson, who is a lady of the highest
respectability and education, lives
alone in the little hut. It is set into
the hill, so that the rear is against the
earth. It is a one-story alfair, built of
brick, and is used as a sitting room and |
sleeping room. In front is a smaller ,
wooden building, connecting, in which
Mrs. Robinson does her literary work.
She takes her meals at the farm house ;
of Oscar Purdy, three hundred yards |
away. She came there about a year
ago and built the cabin. She has been
engaged in her profession for several
years, h iving formerly lived in a simi
larly isolated place at Sandy Hook.
She is separated from her husband.
Rev. Mr. Stevenson, who a few years
ago was pastor of the Methodist
Church at Mamaroneck, three miles
from where Mrs. Kobinson lives, is her
father.
The story of the assault, as told by
Mrs. Kobinson, isas follows : She retired
at an early hour Saturday night after
having fastened the doors and windows.
She lay awake until about '{o'clock. Then
she heard a noise at the window of her
workroom.and got up to investigate. She
inquired who was there and the answer
came : "Let me in !"' The voice was
that of a man. She said it was rather
an early hour to receive visitors, and
suggested that the intruder postpone
his visit. The fellow answered her by
smashing the window and crawling
through it. He advanced toward her,
and by the light of the night lamp on
the table she could plainly distinguish
his features. He was of medium size,
and apparently about 22 or 2'.i years old.
He had a slightly hooked nose and a
very brown l ice so brown, in fact,
that she thinks he was a mulatto. As
he came toward her Mrs. Kobinson ran
to another window, out of which she
leaped, aud started to run up the hill to J
the residence of William L. Purdy,)
which was nearer than that of Oscar
Purdy. 'fhe young brute leaped out
after her. and. overtaking her. caught
her in his arms and carried her back to
the bedroom. There a prolonged strug
gle took place.
Finally Mrs. Kobinson became ex
hausted, and began to argue with the,
fellow about the enormity of the crime j
he was about to commit, and told him
nobody but a coward would take un
manly advantage of a woman, unable
to longer defend herself. The brute,
after offering her much indignity final
ly gave up his intention of perpetrat
ing a graver offense, but in his rage he
struck the woman several brows with
his clenched fist, and then forced-her
Into a small closet under the stoop, and
fastened the door. The fellow then
ransacked the house, and stole a gold
watch and chain and 835 in cash. Then
he bade his victim good-by and started
to go away. She begged him to release
her from her uncomfortable position,
as she was clad only in her night dress
and was almost stiff with cold. He
said he would open the door if she
would promise not to come out until he
had time to get a good distance away.
She promised, and the fellow unfasten
ed the door.
After the ruffian had been gone
about five minutes Mrs. Kobinson came
out und ran to Mr. Purdy's house for
assistance. She screamed for help, and
aroused Mr. Purdy and his farm hands.
They started in pursuit of the rascal,
but no trace of him could be found.
Yesterday afternoon Constable Woldorf
and a squad of citizens went out to
make a systematic search of the tramp
nests which abound in that territory,
believing that the fellow belongs to a
gang called the "Swamp Angels," some
of whom have recently been sent to
State prison for various crimes. At a
late hour last night the fellow hau" not
been found.
Mrs. Kobinson is about 35 years old,
good looking, tall and graceful, with
brown hair, and dark hazel eves, und
bears herself like a lady of high cul
ture.
A Terrible Kail.
Detkoit, Nov. 22. Tins morning, in
the new Cyelorama building, on Lur
nedstreet.aboul twenty feet of scaf
folding gave way. precipitating four
carpenters to the ground, i j i t > feet bo
low. Two others saved themselves
by catching the broken scaffolding.
Michael <'regier was killed instantly.
.7. Austin's head struck a niece of scaf
folding, crushing in his face so that In
died while on the wav to the hospital.
William Header had a'leg broken, :>tul
was injured internally. His recovery
is doubtful. George Phillips sustained
intern;;! injuries, besides having a
broken leg and mashed 1r11i. II is
thought he will recover. The accident
was caused by the men crowding in
one spot.
An Attempted i'oisoni
Chicago, November IT. An attempt
has Icon discovered to poison the fam
ily of Phillip I?. Armour by means of
what appeared to be a sample package
of buckwheat flour, heavily charged
with strychnine. The attempt railed
because the family make it a point not
to use sample packages left lor advt r
tising purposes. Philip Armour to-day
confirmed the correctness of the report
but refused to talk of the matter.
Smalls to f?ntest Elliott's Seat.
The returns from the Seventh Con
gressional District having been can
vassed by the Male Hoard of Canvas
sers and the n'sult announced in favor
of Colonel Elliott. Congressman Smalls
returned Saturday to I lean fort. He
says he does not propose to give up the
fn;lit, and will wage a contest for
Colonel Elliott's seat before Congress.
OHA
V/HAT WE ESCAPED.
Th'e Will?! Storm of Lust "Week Does Con
siderable Damage North.
STAUXTOX, Va., November IS.? A
wind storm of almost unprecedented
violence prevailed here last night, I
blowing down trees, unrooting houses,
and doing a great amount of damage. ;
ClIICAOO, November IS. The record
of marine disasters during the gale is
an appalling one. Reports" up to a late
hour to-night show over a dozen vessels I
foundered and a score of lives lost.
TltOY, November 18.?The vitriol I
works of the John L. Thompson Chem-1
ical Company, near West Troy, were
demolished by a cyclone this morning.
Six men were cut and burned bv vitriol,
but none fatally. The loss is'840.000.
A canal boat captain was blown into
t(ie canal and drowned.
Moorstowx, N. J., November 18.?
During a very heavy wind storm; ac
companied by lightning, this morning,
the Chronicle building was struck and
the upper wall shattered. The wind
lifted off the roof and destroyed the
walls above the second story, wrecking
the building. A number of minor eas
! unities are reported elsewhere in this
\ section.
reading, Pa., November 18.?-A
heavy wind storm this morning created
sad havoc in Oiey township, in this
county. For half a mile in the track
1 of the storm fences, trees and .small out
buildings were destroyed. Kohn &
Gresemer's large; tobacco warehouse
was wrecked and its contents scattered
in all directions. The church at Swartz
wald was partially unroofed, and many
small buildings were wrecked.
Des Moixes, Iowa, November IS.?
The storm continues. W hile a snow
i plough on the Panda Road, of the
' \\ abash system, was pushing through
ja drift near Panora. yesterday, three
j trackmen, Mr. 1-arrow and his son and
, Joseph Davis, were struck ami so badly
injured that Farrow and his son died
'last evening'. Davis bad both legs
broken and was otherwise severely
' hurt. The storm was so blinding that
the men could not be seen by the en
: gincer.
Nkw York, November is. -A terrific
thunder shower broke over the city
shortly before noon, and rain'feil in
' torrents. Over two inches fell. The
I wind attained a velocity -in miles an
hour. During the progress of repairs
'and additions to the Slock Exchange a
t temporary roof has been erected over a
part of the building. The boards upon
{this became separated by the heavy
I rain storm this morning and a small
I deluge of water poured suddenly down
upon the. heads of the brokers on the
: lloor of the Exchange.
Uri-talo, N. V., November 18. The
maximum velocity of the wind was
reached about 11.30 A. M., when Un
wind blew over sixty miles an hour.
Waves are dashing high over the break
water and the wall is being broken up.
It is expected that nothing will be left
of it if the gale continues much longer.
Furious wind and waves have again
swept the island, and had tin; former
inhabitants gone back to their old loca
tion the damage to property would
probabiy have been as great as a month
ago.
I CiiAMitKitsniito, P.\v November 18.
A storm, beginning with a heavy rain,
yesterday morning, became a tornado
by nightfall and lifted several houses
from their foundations and badly dam
aged several, but the chief mischief in
town was to chimneys, shutters. &c.
In the country the ends of houses were
blown out, barns levelled with the
ground, schoolhouses upset, trees torn
out by the roots and fences carried
away. Much fear and excitement pre
vails, and the lives of many at various
times were in imminent danger. Up
to the time no loss of fife has been re
ported.
KiNiisToN. Pa., November is.?A
new Catholic Church, 120 by ?? feet,
with 12-inch walls, was blown down
and totally wrecked here last night. At
Parsons the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company are putting up a new
shaft, and during the gale the timbers
and plunks were tossed about promis
cuously. Robert Johnson, a carpenter
at work at the time, was struck bv a
living plank and instantly killed. The
steeple of the Med hod ist Episcopal
Church, one of the biggest in tins sec
tion, was blown down and completely
demolished. At Mill Creek, the head
house of No. 3 shaft, and the roof of
No. 2 shaft of the Delaware and llud
j sou Company were blown down and de
|stroyed. The damage done at these
two collieries has caused :; suspension
of work for the present.
Lockhavkx, P.\.. November Is. A
severe wind storm that swcpl over Ibis
city at i) (.'(dock Ibis morning ilid
much damage to property. At the
Pennsylvania Paper Mills'two large
iron smoke-stacks, seventy-Jive feel
high, were blown down. Om; oi them
\ fell ?Mi the evaporating building, com
1 phdely demolishing it and injuring
! four men. v, ho were buried in the r lins.
The other stack fell across the boiler
house ami crushed it. Fireman 11.
Heimelt was badlv injured. Many
buildings iu the city are damaged, and
a large tobacco shed owned by Proctor
Myers was totally demolished. The
roof ou t he new nail mill building was
slighly damaged. Reports from the
country are to the effect that the fann
ers have suffered severely by damage
to fences, fruit trees ami buildings.
A Story of ISruialit.v.
Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 20. Georgia
Hak er, a colored woman, living a low
miles out of the city, walked into the
Court House this morning with her
hands tied, and told the sheriff a story
which excited the sympathy and indig
nation of every one. Her husband
alter beating her with a club until her
back and shoulders wer" torn alimvsl
in shreds, tied her to a tree ami left
her all night without lood ami nearly
dead from wounds. During the nighl
she gnawed the cords with tvhich she
had been tied until they broke, and
then escaped into the woods, reaching
this city early this morning. The cords
were stili on her wrists and cut into
the ilesh nearly to the bone. Warrants
have been issued and search is being
made for Raker.
This paper only 81.50 per annum.
NGEBURO, S. C, TIIUl
TAXED TO DEATH.
TARIFF REFORM THE REAL BATTLE
FIELD IN POLITICS.
J Fanners Especially Interested in Itring
lug about Legislation Whereby the Con
stantly Growing Encroachment* of
.Monopolists may be Checked.
To the Editor of the News und Vomier:
The apparent blindness or indiffer
ence of our people to the real cause of
their troubles is almost inexplicable.
It is true that during the last campaign
there were unusual manifestations of
i political unrest that developed into
1 various schemes of reformation. But,
unfortunately, the blows were dealt, to
1 a great extent, in the wrong direction.
The whole burden of attack was upon
I State and county affairs, while Federal
{politics, the true seat of the difficulty,
escaped comparatively unnoticed. Here
should have been, and must be in the
future, the real battlefield for reform.
Doubtless there are some faults in our
State and county governments that
I could be corrected, but these dwindle
j into insignificance alongside of the
; enormities of Federal legislation. To
' enumerate these enormities is entirely
too stupendous a task for the limits of
one article. The President's message
?of December 0, 1881, states that the
revenues of the government for the
f fiscal year were ?300,782,292 57. As to
i how this outrageous burden falls upon
the people, it may be interesting to
read the following extract from a
speech made by Senator Coke in the
Senate February 7, 1882 :
; '"For every dollar paid into the na
tional t reasury under the existing tariff,
I six and a half dollars, at the lowest
calculation, go into the pockets of the
j manufacturers. If this vast sum of
money were collected annually from
tin' pockets of the people directly, to be
. given to the already richest class of
people in this country each year, its
1 monstrous iniquity would, of course,
j be so apparent as to d >i it. But it
I is collected indirectly ugh as sure
ly, in an increased price of everything
they consume, in even tiling they eat.
drink and wear; in every tool and im
plement they work with; in every
article which enters into the construe
! tion of the houses they live in, whether
j used for strength, or utility, ororna
; ment; in every book or newspaper they
: read. This tax is as all-pervading as
j theat mosphcrc they breathe, ami they
I have been so accustomed to it that they
neither reel no appreciate its enor
I mity."
I He then makes a list of the articles
! most heavily taxed, such as blankets,
clothing, salt, soap, sugar, &c, ami re
j marks :
'i appeal to the tariff list in proof of
the assertion that the poor people, the
I working people of the country, who
[ are least able to bear it, pay more than
: double the amount of taxes under the
tariff, in proportion to their eonsump
j tion than any oilier class."
; There arc some who want to say that
the tariff does not bear so heavily upon
the laboring people, and yet, iii addi
tion to the above, Mr. Spofford, in bis
American Almanac for 1879, shows
! that where 829,097,288 were raised on
I such luxuries as diamonds, dolls, fans,
; feathers, silks, &c., S80,035,?0<i were cx
: acted from cotton ami woollen goods.
! crockery, sugar and other necessaries
of life. Another outrage connected
with the system is the cost of collcc
i tion. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, in
In speech in the House in 1882.makes
i a list of fifty-two places at which the
?cost of collection far exceeded the
'amount collected. As a sample, at
? nine places in Maine it cost 820,928 to
! collect 84,217, and at live places in Vir
i ginia it took 810,032 to collect 81,074.
The present system is kept upon us
by the corrupting influence of rich
monopolists to still further enrich
themselves, and there is no doubt, that
it will be rectified as soon as the eyes
I of the people are properly opened to
, the enormity. When this happens we
. will then see our Representatives step
ping more boldly, and the following of
liamlall ended. iL is the people to
: whom we must appeal between now
ami the next election. The last Con
gress did substantially nothing in the
i way of tariff reform, although there
; was a good Democratic majority in the
House; and it is a significant sequence
I thai the party lost badly in the recent
elections. There KCClllS, therefore, littlli
prospect for anything to be done in the
coming Congress with a greatly reduced
J lemoemt ic majority.
The only hope is for the tariff refor
mers to organize, and work with sys
tem and energy to better matters in
. the future; and to this end they should
allow no discouragement or opposition
to battle or impede their efforts. It is a
cause in which the farmers especially,
all o\i :? the 1 'nion. oughl to unite.
* S. It M.
t irangeburge, November 18.
I al.il Luring \eeideni.
Moxt<:?>mki:y. A i.a., November 15.
M Martin's llridge. a party of ten
!!:??:! were rafting l<-gs in a creek ami
bad a number of other logs fastened
with slakes some distance up an em
bankment While all were busy at
work the stakes holding tho logs up on
the eiibnnkmeiit gave w ay and the logs
came crashing down tho embankment
with terrible force, running over, ter
ribly mangling and instantly killing s,
L. Penney cd' Greenville, who v,.is
superintending the rafting of the logs.
Thomas Jones was terribly mangled
and has since died. The ol hers escaped
unhurt.
Somebody's Lost .faw.
A-i-.t i:\ I'ai:k. N.j.. November 17.
A sensation was created on I he after
noon train from New York to-day
h\ one of the brakeim-n picking up a
package in the car which contained 1 he
lower jaw of a human being. The
brnk -mm( hastiI; threw ii from him
and soon imagined he saw ghosts Moat
ing through the car. The conductor
had to be summoned into i he car to pick
up the worn-out jaw before quiet was
restored. The jaw is now in the rail
way otlice at Long llranch, where the
'owner can claim it. It is supposed tn
have been left by some medical student,
i who probably procured it in New York,
{SDAY, NOVEMBER 2,5,
AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN.
Maggie Deadline's Trance anil What She
Alleges the Lord Revealed to Her.
PiTTSBuiio, Pa., November 18.?For
many weeks back, according to the
statements of her parents, Maggie ?
Peddling, the daughter of James Head
ling, a coal miner, near this city, has j
been in a trance, during which she has
only taken the smallest amount of
liquid. She has now awakened and
scores of people daily crowd around her
bed to hear the strange story she has to
I relate.
I Maggie does not admit that she has
j been sick. She insists she has "only
lieen away," while her friends speak of
her having "come back."
"When I first lost consciousness," she :
; said to a Herald correspondent to-day,
"all seemed dark to me. Then a bright
light suddenly burst forth, and then i
appeared two angels dressed in white, ?
with long wings and hayinS crowns on
their boads. They were my grand-!
I mother and aunt." My aunt, who died |
I three years ago, told me the other angel I
J was ray grandmother, whom I had
never seen. They bore me on their
I wings to the bank of a river. This |
; river was crossed in a boat which was j
I moved by some invisible power. When :
I we reached the opposite shore we found
j the Saviour standing to receive us. He '
guided us up a narrow path to the gates j
j of heaven, but 1 was not allowed to j
' pass them. Sounds oi beautiful music
burst ?pon my ear, and angels, some of!
: whom J had known on earth, llittcd to
and fro with harps in their hands."
"Did you see Cod?"
"Oh, yes. Put 1 must not say what
lie is like. I was told never to reveal '
? certain things I saw. but God told me
[ that when I returned to earth 1 was to
I write a book describing some of the;
i wonder?-of heaven. This 1 am to do
1 in return for what the Lord did for
? me, and the book is not to be sold for
; my advantage."
! Many of the people of Panksville
i really believe the girl has bad a revela
; tion mid that she met her dead relatives
j up in heaven. Her father says he in
j tends to get the editor of the I'ittsburg
Christian Advocate to write the story,
which he thinks is too holy for a daily
I paper. He, two disavows any inten
| tion of making money out of Maggie's
; visittofteaven. "If any money is mad:'
j out ofthe book," he says, "it will be de
i voted to some benevolent institution."
j Mrs. Peadling, on the other hand, looks
! at the matter from a more practical
I point of view. She thinks that as they
arc poor there is no reason whatever
i that they should not benefit by Mag
j gie's'alleged adventures.
DIED TO SAVEHER FATHER.
Mr. Bess's Daughter Springs In Fron I of
thcfc?i that was Leveled at Him.
St.Lot/is,November 1(5.?Four miles
Fast of . Donne Terre, in St. Francas
Ooo.nt-^iis State; at feig Mills, a little
hamlet, was the scene to-day of a
deplorable tragedy, the victim being
Miss Minnie Pess." Robert Stock well is
a big landowner and farmer residing
with his family at Fig Mills. Jonathan
Pess, also a farmer, is a tenant of Stock
well. The families have been neigh
bors and good friends for years, and a
son of Stockwell was generally consid
ered to be a lover of Miss Minnie. lie
went away to college a year ago, and it
; seems, though he never wronged the
girl in word or deed, that she or her
family thought the young man had not
done just the right thing. Out of this
matter bad feeling grew up, and last
Spring there was a bitter quarrel, re
sulting in Stockwell ordering Hess to
vacate his land. Hess had a lease, and
i refused to be dispossessed. The bitter
' feeling grew until it culminated to-day
in a tragedy. About 7 o'clock this
morning old man Pess and his son,
about Hi years old, went into the timber
for the purpose of cutting wood. A
younger son of Stock well saw them, and
called his father. Then the two Stock
wells started after the Dess couple, and
on overtaking them forbade them cut
ting any wood on the land. A quarrel
followed, and words led to blows. See
ing the Stock wells were getting the
best of it, young I less ran to the house,
a hundred yards away, and got a dou
ble-barreled shotgun. When he return
ed be was followed by his sister .Min
nie. The two fa!hers were lighting,
and young Stockwell met young Hess
and undertook (?? lake the trim. .\ lighl
for possession of the weapon resulted
in favor of young Stockwell. On get
ting the gun awav from Hess he raised
it and tired both barrels at old man
Hess. The girl noted his action as he
leveled the gun at her lather, and
sprang between her lather and the
weapon just as the trigger was pulled.
The contents of both barrels took cfl'ccl
in her breast and stomach, killing her
instantly. This slopped t!ie light. The
dead girl was curried to the house and
young Stork well was taken into cus
tody.
A Muslim .Ma n's furious Suicide.
IJoston. November l">. Kdgar Lom
bard, of ISruiulree, and a member of
the well-known firm of A. C. Lom
bard's Sons, steamship agents, commit
ted suicide at Voting's Hotel to-da\
while laboring under a tit id'despon
dency, caused by family troubles.
About a week ago he engaged a suit of
rooms at the hotel, where he has spent
the greater part of his lime alone, dust
before noon a porter passing by his
loor delected I he odor of gas. Mr.
Lombard was found in his bath room
lying on the Moor. He had taken a
rubber pipe and had fastened one end
over the gas burner and putting the
other into his month, lay down and in
haled the gas until he wnsaspln xiated.
He leaves a widow and three children.
Itoycoltinga I'agan Governor.
CnXi'iM.'D. X. IL. November lit Hov
ernor Curries Thanksgiving proclama
tion is to be boycotted by the ministers
throughout Hie"state because it makes
no reference to theSupreuie lleing. His
proclamation last year was also boy
cotted because it was not siltlicioutly
religious in tone and made no reference
to the churches. The majority ofthe
ministers have decided to read Presi
dent Cleveland's proclamation on
Thanksgiving Day instead of the Gov
ernor's.
1SSG. P11IC
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
Dr. Ilaucr of Yah- Nearly Killed by the Ex
plosion of an Ostrich Eng.
New Haven, Nov. 20.?Almut 9
o'clock this morning a terrible shaking
was felt in the Peabody museum at
Vale College, and alter a thorough
search had been made Dr. George Dauer,
the entomologist and assistant of Pro
fessor O. C. March, was found lying in-!
sensible in the basement, covered with!
blood and the most obnoxious smelling
stuff that a chemical laboratory can
generate.
It seems that in November, 1880. a
friend of Dr. Uauer's in South Africa
had shipped him a box containing four
ostrich eggs. This parcel was shipped
on board the bark Aurelia, which was
wrecked near Trinidad on her way to
New York. A few things were saved,
and among them this box of ostrich
eggs. A few days ago the doctor* re-1
ceived notice of their arrival in New
York after their year's journey, and'
sending on money the package was sent
him, arriving here car!;, this morning. !
With the ardent interest of a scient
ist, as soon as he received the box he
took it into the basement to examine
the contents. Taking a pointed in
strument, lie cut small, circular holes
in the ends of the. eggs, and set out to
remove the contents. Two were dis
emboweled. Taking a towel, he placed
it round the third and begun to plunge
the file through the shell. This towel
probably saved t lie doctor's eyesight, for
when a small hole had been made a
hissing sound followed, and the next
the scientist knew was several minutes
afterwards when he found himself on
the Moor, having been insensible about
ten minutes. Happily his wounds
proved to be only llesh ones.
The egg that exploded weighed three
pounds ami a half and was eighteen
inches and a half in circumference. Its
' contents wi re equal to that of twenty
five liens' eircs. The first two eggs had
been previously punctured and treated
! with sulphate of mercury, which pre
vented their fermentation, but this
third one was neglected and its con
I tents generated a terrible gas which,
j when the sligiitest indentation was
j made caused the shell to weaken ami
i explode. The shell was so bard that it
' took a heavy hammer to crush pieces of
jit. This is an unparalleled scientific
: phenomena, and has created great ex
j citement in this city.
A BAD PREACHER.
! Who Sent His Wife In an Asylum llccttuse
of iler Liberal Views.
j Minneapolis, Nuvendtor l">. At to
idav's meeting of the Orthodox Clergy
I Mrs. I). P. W. Packard, of Chicago, up
I pcared and asked the endorsement of
tin; association for a bill which she pro
poses to bring before the Legislature,
? providing that every patient, in any
? asylum shall be pcrmUted to write one
! letter a \weulr to any individual he
J chooses, without being subjected to the
J Superintendent's surveillance, she said
that she had been convinced of the need
of such a law by a bitter experience,
which she related.
Mrs. Packard is the daughter of a
I Massachusetts Congregational clergy
i man. ami married a minister of the
saiiiedenominalion. who became pastor
of a Presbyterian Church at Mantcuo,
i III., and was a member of the Chicago
i Presbytery. In the course of time her
! religious views changed, and she no
j longer adhered to the creed of the Con
gregational Church. Shi; represents
j that her husband became alarmed at
1 her liberal views and their possible ef
; feet, and, as a means of defense, got her
committed to the .Jacksonville Insane
I Asylum. She insists that there were
1 no evidences of insanity about her. and
I that she was not examined. She left at
home six children, the youngest an in
fant of is months. An effort was made
. by her friends to secure her release, but.
it was frustrated by the refusal of her
'husband to give his consent. I Ter only
other course was to make application
j to the court by letter. She wrote the
application hut claims that it was in
tercepted by the Superintendent, who
was in sympathy with her husband.
She was kept in the asylum for three
years, as she believes, simply because
she could not send that letter. She
linally manage?I by strategom to get
the communication sent, am I a hntnus
! tw/?/s was obtained, 't he result of a
long trial was her release. She added
that ner husband had lefl the country,
taking all the property and the minor
children, and leaving U>-v helpless.
The pastors appointed a committc.
to investigate the matter.
An Licet rle Storm.
Cu:.\i:i>. Ks.. Nov. 22 A cyclone.oi
an electric storm, struck DiVanl at v
o'clock this morning, and passed
through the residence portion of tin
tow ii. from ! he s nil hw esi to i \u- north,
west. The path ol the storm was only
from fifty to seventy-five feet wide.
All of the lighter building wi re de
molished, but the larger and more sub
stantial buildings st.i 1 he shock m itli
much damage. The Presbyterian
Church is wrecked. a number <>f per
sons Were injured. -Iiio. W. Ilerroti
was blown out o| hjs bouse, cut uhoill
the head and internally injured and
may die. His wife had unarm cut.and
their child was bruised. .Im?. A. Ken
ned) had an arm broken and Mrs. Ken
nedy was injured, bill will recover,
Mattie (ioodsilig. aged 10. was injured
internally, a part of the roof failing on
her. She is in a critical condition,
William Smith, an aged man. was in
his house when it was turned bottom
side up. A vinegar barrel fell on him:
his injuries are >li:rhi. Outside of (!Ir
ani the damage was slight.
Most Foully Murdered.
Nr.w Dim.lan's. Nov. 22. A special
to the Picayune from Menden says:
About midnight Itisl Saturday Charles
Simmons, a law abiding' and peaecjiMi
negro, w as most |'oull\ murdered in lib
own home, two miles from Menden. a
party of masked ne e broke open hfc
door and shot him to ile.ith while In
was sleeping in his bed. The wlmh
affair is wrapped in mystery. Tht
coroner's jury was impanelled Sunthn
morning and is still in session. No ar
rests have yet been made.
E #1.50 PET* ANNUAL
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
LOSS OF THE STEAMER LUCERNE
WITH ALL ON BOARt?.
She Founders in Luke Superior Durini; (he
<Jule of Wednesday Night?Suniniary of
Marine Disasters on the Lukes in the Re
cent Storm*?Thirty-Seven Lives Lost.
Ciiicaoo, November SO. The Inter
I Ocean's Washhurne, Wis., special eon
I firms the loss of the Lucerne, with all
on board. The special says : News has
just been received here that the steamer
Lucerne, which left here last Monday
evening with a cargo of ore for Cleve
land, has gone to the bottom of Lake
Superior, with all on hoard. She is not
known to have been seen .after she left
i here until Wednesday, when the captain
of the.steam barge Fred Kelly saw her
I turn about and head for this" port for
shelter. She not arriving here yester
i day morning tin; captain of the "steam
barge Raleigh, who had bought the Lu
cerne, telegraphed to Rayard for a tug
to go in search of her. The steamer
Marker immediately started out. She
I had only gone a few miles when the
I spars of a vessel were seen just above
the water, about a mile South and
about ten miles from this city. The
! bodies of three men were found lashed
; in the rigging. They were immediate
ly cut loose and brought to this city
I last night. One was recognized as be
ing the second mate. The vessel is
lying in forty feet of water. The Lu
? cerne left this port with a crew id' nine
I men, all of whom are supposed to be
; lost. The tug llrown of Rayard search
ed about the wreck all day for more
; bodies, but found none. The bodies
I were covered with from one to six
I inches of ice. The Lucerne is suppos
ed to have gone to the bottom .some
time Wednesday night. The wind blew
a terrific gale that night, with a blind
ing snow storm from t he Northeast. .
, t nu Aiio, Xov. 22. The terrible gale
that raged with unabated fury for
j three days last week was one of the
most disastrous storms that have swept
the lakes in many years. Thirty-six
vessels either foundered or were driven
ashore, and several vessels are missing;
eleven have iron- to pieces or been
buried beyond recovery, ami it is bc
j lioved that quite a number that now
I are on the beach will prove a total loss.
I The loss of life is appalling: IT persons
I are known to have perished, and the
[crew of an unknown steam bark that
i went down oil' Dunham's pier has not
been heard from. I f they are lost the
! list will be swelled to nearly 00. The
i ioss in dollars on nine of the eleven
I vessels that have gone to pieces aggre
gates $:tS$,0D!>f but partial losses will
bring Ine amount up to fully s |i k 1.1 w:).
This estimate is not so large as some
tnat have been printed, but is probably
more accurate. The aggregate ton
nage that has been wiped out of CX
! istence will not exceed tl.'KJO.
All A hnttt a ?Irl.
I'nLrMWA, November 22. This
morning Python Williams, charged
with the murder of Uesekia'n (Jreen,
was committed to the Richl.ind County
1 jail by Trial Justice J. W. Taylor. The
; killing seems to have been a clear case
; of cowardly murder, prompted by jeal
ously. The substance of the informa
tion gathered from the witnesses was to
: the ell'ect that on Saturday evening Py
thon Williams went to Fastover with
I his gun and bought shot and powder,
lie loaded his weapon, a rille resembling
a small cannon, which probably figured
1 in the Revolutionary war. and then in
vited one of the witnesses to join him,
saying that he was going a short dis
: taneeaud might shoot something. They
had gone but a few steps when they
I met llesekiah (Jreen, who also had a
, gun. Williams asked Oreen to accom
pany him for a little way. and then
i suddenly turned to him. saying, "1 am
going to try a shot at you." and dis
charged the contents of his gun. The
load of large shot penetrated the ahdo
, men of Green, who died shortly after
wards. Upon (jreen's falling to the
j ground Williams is slated to have said
that he had a spite against him anyhow
for being on a familiar fooling with
some girl of their acquaintance. The
two men had quarrelled a few Sundays
ago about the same girl. All parties,
I witnesses and principals, were colored
and comparatively young.
Over a Precipice.
I)i-:nvi:u. Cm... Nov. it. Late last
evening a stage containing nil.'- pas
sengers that left Leadvil'.e yesterday
morning for Aspen, was cttiig it in a
snow-slide on top of ri mountain lift ecu
: miles from Aspen, ami the entire outfit
!carried over a precipice two hundred
feel high. A relief party from the
Home Si age Station saiecee'ded in dig
ging tie- passengers out of tie- aval
anche. Four wen- uninjured but
Robert Owvcr, Chris. Odin. Ihiucan C.
Robertson." I. A. Rerkw ?!! and Lillie
Mcl'hcrson are oxpoclo i die. As
tite telegraph u in .? L>> Aspen are down
o]l aceoiuil id' tin1 severe storm last
night, further particulars rammt be
had tor some < hue.
Seven Men llrowned.
Mll.w vi'kkk. Nov. it. A special
from Creeli Rn\ says two burger, nam
ed 1 lixon ami Kmerald. in tow of the
steamer .lustice Fields, broke loose and
foundered off Kev. uniiec lid < morning.
Two im-n of the Dixon and live of the
[ Ktuerald were drowned and the mate of
tin' breakers is unconscious and has
remained so: hi* will probably dm. A
I bird barge of the same tow i-, riding in
llie breakers, living signals of distress,
ami will probably go tu pieces. Two
schooners are ashore on (indium's
I'oint, four miles from Detroit, with
slender chances for the vessels or those
on board.
A l.ndy llmwiied ?1 ^.-u.
Ni:w Voi:k, November ?!. .Mrs. Kl
' rose L. Christum, fifty years old. of
Richmond. Va.. was a passenger on the
1 steamer Wvauoke. of the < >ld Domin
ion Line, that rmne in Ibis morning.
When tie- steamer was off Atlantic Cily
yesterday she t ell overboard and was
drowned. (Mirers of the vessel report
I that, despite all efforts to save or recov
er her body, she was carried away by
I the swiftly (lowing tide