The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 23, 1894, Image 1
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Weekly Ledger.
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(lAFFI^KV ( ITY, S. ( ., MARCH ‘J:*, ISiM.
^l.oO A YEAH.
IDGE’S' SIDE.
TILLMAN
South
IN T LHVltWLU.
OW HAS A
Plaintiff's
r
'lot
March 22.—Miss Pol-
"not show any traces of her col
lapse of the day bef ore when she entered
the courtroom in the morninj;. The de-
f 4fendant was not as smiling and del onair
aa he haa been, and his features had a
trace of gravity strange to them.
Thu afternoon proceedings had brought
eut some rather dramatic situations and
Interest was wrought up to a higher
pitch than at auy time since the trial
began. Miss Pollard swore that she
had, at one time, taken a room adjoining
that occupied by Colonel Breckinridge
In Washington and upon his entering his
room, she entered also from her con
necting room and, with a pistol in her
hand, threatened to kill him and herself
too unless he married her.
Misa Pollard descrilted, most pa'heti-
eally, his last visit to her. It was on
r 17, 1893, and nearly a month after
lad married Mrs. Wing. Then he
prated his vows to marry her.
**He talked of our unborn child and of
how be should name it.”
“You were willing, Miss Pollard,
then,” interrupted Major Butterworth,
"to continue these relations because
Mr. Breckinridge wanted you to? - ’
“I was more than willing,'’ the wit
ness exclaimed, passionately. “I did as
be said. I gave my balnea away be
cause he asked me. He said that if I
kept them it would be traced to him
$od they would be known as his chib
Aren. A woman can’t do more than
that—can't do more than that.” (With
# voice trembling with feeling)—“I saw
By last child laid in the dark grave, bo-
cause It needed a mother’s care and be-
estxee could not give it,"
The spectators saw a woman's head
down on her hands and there were
srs in many eyes as ehe wept for her
ilttle ones.
It was at this juncture that court ad
journed, and Miss Pollard was allowed
a ti ght in which to compose herself.
At a word from Mr. Carlisle, Miss
Pollard took the stand.
Bis was cool, but not so strong look
ing as previously. Butterworth, 8toll
uu Shelby held a conference after
^ftcb Mr. Butterworth asked Miss Pol-
had she a contract with Rode* by
^Bch he agreed to pay for her educa-
on condition she would marry him
i oraay him back, she replied:
l “No, I haven't. I gave it to Mr.
es.”
Was the contract settled then?”
asked Mr. Butterworth.
“Oh, no sir, it was never settled. Mr.
Rodes did not pay nearly so much money
for me as he said he would pay, but
what he did pay, about $2,500, I was
never able to pay back.”
“Did you pay him any of it?"
“No. sir, 1 never did have any money
pay anybody anything,’’ said Miss
ollard iu a voice of plaintive de-
After several questions about
'ft to Mrs. Logan's (forin-
Rr. i Mary Street) house,
bout her adoption of the name of
ikiimdge, which she said was done
Erection of Breckinridge,
ttertvorth created surprise by say-
bruptly: “That’s all, Miss Pol-
|i*fl Pollard looked astonished. She
! to leave the stand but was called
by Mr. Carlisle. He did not ask
juestions, however, but caused au-
surprise by saying:
’ you please, yonr honor, plaintiff
her case here."
lie sentence was hardly ended before
Pollard and Miss Ellis had disap-
through the jurors’ door.
Butterworth then asked for a
1 tailnutes to confer, and he, Breckiu-
je, Major Stoll and Colonel Thomp-
" out of the court room,
je conference lasted over 20 minutes,
when the defendant and his attor-
returned, Mr. Shelby, Breckin-
b’s law partner, began the opening
lent of the defense to the jury
had bwn reserved when the trial
ned.
fbile this case technically rests,"
Mr. Shelby, “on a charge of bre»ch
Remise of marriage, other consider-
iis enter into and affect it stronly.”
he told of the complaint and de-
mt’s answer, and said:
am authorized by the defendant to
and it will be supported by bis tes-
r on the witness stand under solemn
that he did not seduce her, and
: be never knew, until it was testi-
o by Dr. Parsons on the stand, that
iving child had l>oen born to her,
furthermore, that the plaintiff never
‘lave any idea that the defendant
marry her: that he never intend-
make or carry out such a contract
her.
tie defendant does not desire to
is any otfoime of which he may be
|y, but he does wish to be judged by
and not through other things."
, Shelby then told what he said
[the true story of the meeting be-
kn Miss Pollard and Colonel Breok-
^ge, and denied in detail the various
made bv Miss Pollard, oad
that the various acts testified to
jier were done at her suggestion.
A Churcli Struck bjr Uehtuluc.
fawa, Ills., March 22.—During a
at thunder storm, just as church
were about to begin, a bolt of
(itning struck the 200-foot spire of St.
amlila Roman (‘athollc church, tear-
| away hundreds of slats and shingles
splitting the brick work. The
rob was filled with people and a gen-
stampede followed. No one was
however. Loss, $1,000.
NOT HOPELESS.
tiUd* one Not ut All Well.
wvox, March 22.—Mr. Gladstone
f Just arrived in London from Brigh-
He is much stronger than be was
be went to Brighton, hrfr [i ,UM
with {loitfaeneM and catarrh,
i consult an ophthalomist iunfle-
. The condition of his eyes Is
saixe a; g fortnight ag w . Mi.
no is not at all well.
fcnty*Hx WV-li-rn railroad.' have
*m of wutcli inspector by which
Inn* pieces of cinployi r arc cxiim-
. regulated.
Carolimt's Governor Talk* to a
Washington Correspondent.
Washington, March 22.—Governor
Tillman, who has been here on import
ant business connected with the South
Carolina dispensary affairs let himself
out, a little, on politics in the Palmetto
state, before leaving the city.
F j was asked if the report was true
that he would l>e a candidate for the
United Stktos senate against Senator
Butler.
“Most assuredly I shall,” ho replied.
“I shall not be a candidate for renomi-
nation or re-election as governor of the
state. Whether there will be other can
didates besides General Butler and my
self I cannot say. Politics are so uncer
tain that it is difficult at this staae of
; the contest to say if there will be other
aspirants.”
“Do you anticipate a lively cam
paign?”
“All campaigns in South Carolina are
lively, and I assume that the next one
will be no exception to the rule. The
primaries for election of members of the
legislature, which will* elect the senator,
| will be held in August. The chief con
test will occur, 1 suppose, at the prima-
1 lies. General Butler and myself not
j only reside in the same county, but in
| the same township, and there will no
j doubt be a spirited contest by each of
| us to carry our county. It will not be a
j mud slinging campaign. General But-
! ler has declared his aversion to such a
! procedure, hut if lie or his friends throw
mud at me I guess I can find some to
j throw back."
“Do you expect any bloodshed, as has
' been intimated?”
“Not at all. There is no necessity for
1 any. We are g tting along pretty well
down in our state without it, and I see
no reason why our amicable relations
should not continue. I am not, how
ever, to be intimidated or bulldozed by
any threats. I went through a cam
paign of that character when I was first
elected governor and escap 1, notwith
standing numerous threat'.”
“How is your state dispensary system
succeeding?”
“Very web, indeed. Thus far the
state lias derived about sjMOO.oot) and the
several counties about $75,000. It is a
magnificent plan and is bound to suc
ceed in every resjfect. 1 wish you to
understand that all of our contests in
South Carolina are condueted strictly
within the lines of the Democratic party
and that wo do not solicit any R- pub-
li<;*nor Populist aid or any aid from the
federal government.”
AFTER ROSEBERRY.
Peer* Hove No Kiplit to Interfere in llio
KleetioiiH of Commoner*.
London, March 22.—Lord R odolph
Churchill created a laugh amo-ig Lib
eral and Irish members of tli • house of
commons by a motion that L.ud Rose-
berry had infringed upon the house of
commons as embodied in the sessional
order that no peer shall concern himself
in the election of a member of the house
of commons.
Lord Randolph said that the earl of
Roseborj - had spoken in Edinburgh Sat
urday night on the eve of the Leith elec
tion, in defiance of the sessional order,
and doubtless xyith a view of influencing
the electors. Knowing the nearness of
the election in Leith, Lord Rosebery
should have postponed'the Edinburgh
meeting if he had desired to respect the
privilege of the house.
Sir William Harcourt congratulated
the Unionists upon having chosen such
a field in which to make their first at
tack upon the government in force. He
had no interest iu maintaining the right
of peers to interfere in elections; but he
could show some hundred peers who
constantly interfered in such matters.
He regarded Lord Randolph's motion as
trumpery, ami the whole proceeding as
petty and contemptible. (Cheers.) He
therefore moved an amendment that the
house proceed with the order of the i'uy.
Lord Randolph Churchill rai l I;-- had
no desire to press iiis motion to a di-
divisiou. and Sir William Jfarcourt’s
amendment was carried.
Clilnauien Ifojrutt si Siniitiiy Srlinol.
Njcvv Havkn, March 22. Twenty five
Chinamen have declar'd a boycott
against the First .Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday school. A w< ek ago
their opium dens wto raided, Of) arrests
made and a fantan paraphernalia con-
fispated. Mrs. Crocker, wife of Police
Sergeant Crocker, teaches in the Chi
nese Sunday school class, and they al
lege that she gave the police a hint of
their gambling. The boycott is the re
sult.
Now Fraddjr Ueiites the Story.
Eatontown, N. J., March 22.—Fred
erick Gebhard, who is spending his
honeymoon at the Locust, the old Loril-
lard farm here, wishes to deny the re
ports that ho gave his wife a silver
bathtub yn their wedding day or at any
pther time. The bathtub was said o
be worth $10,000. Mr. Gebhard is an
noyed over the reports, which gave a
detailed description of the silver tub,
and denies the entire story.
To Join the March ou W'ushiugtoa.
Hak Antonio, Ten., March 22.— A del
egation of 00 unemployed workingmen,
who have been hero for the past several
months subsisting on the charity
of the Relief society, have just
left on a Southern Pacific freight train
for Los Angeles, Cal., to join the indus
trial .Y.my “P.‘! ’'-‘rliciuaU in the munch
upon Washington. They will be fol
lowed in a few days by another larg"
delegation from this place.
Women Tak'aig Hold.
Kearney, Neb., March 22.—The mu
nicipal election here promises to be ex
citing. A woman's convention held here
was attended by many leading women
of the city. They nominated a full
ticket, composed of women only, and
adopted resolutions declaring all the
other tickets were filled with men who
were too cowardly to do their duty in
iegalating vice and corruption.
Actor Coglilun to Take a
Pittsburg, March ^les Cogh-
laq, the "7;tor, who has been ill at Mercy
hospital, in this cit y , for two weeks, has
left for New York. The physicians state
tha’ he has fully recovered. He Las
can eiled all of his engagements for this
season and will go to the seashore to re
cuperate.
Seventy ye
homo-put hie
Stntes. \\ hi
irs ago there was one
pli.V 'i'-ia n in t he ! nited
now 1 here are THMMXt.
LOUIS KOSSUTH IS DEAD.
CRUELTY PROVEN.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.
(lie < Mr of Senator Colquitt—Hr I» Serl-
oualy Sick, Ho vcvcr.
Washington, March 22.—Senator Col
quitt passed a comfortable night, but it
said by a member of bis family that
is condition is aV>out the same. The
present attack is “aid to be the result of
the progress of paralysis, from which he
has suffered for a long time, rather than
from anv recent attack. His throat is
? o completely affected as to prevent him
row articulating, and he takes liquid
nourishment that is given him with
great difficulty.
His physician said that the patient’s
condition was not changed, but the case
was not hopeless. The senator’s mind
appears perfectly clear, and he recognizee
his friends and is evidently quite con
scious of all that occurs in his room.
Atlunta'a Smallpox Cases.
Atlanta, March 22.—The rei>ort of
the board of health shows that there
have been a total of 47 subjects exposed
to smallpox. There are three cases of
varioloid on Walnut street, four cases of
smallpox and nine cases of varioloid on
Ella street, with 13 subjects who have
been exposed there that are still in quar
antine. There are two cases of small
pox at the smallpox hospital and two
cases of varioloid, and 18 subjects who
are in quarantine on account of having
been continuously exposed.
Heavy fire I.o»* ’.n Tort Worth.
Fo3T Worth, Tex., March 22.—The
wholesale drug house of Hew, Williams
& Co., corner Tenth and Houston
streets, has been destroyed by fire. The
saloon of Davis & Galloway, Lyon &
Reeves’ feed and produce store and sev
eral adjoining small buildings are badly
damaged. Williams & Co.’s loss will
reach fUO.ObO, with an insurance of
about $80,000. The other losses will
aggregate $10,000. The tiro originated
in the chemical laboratory, and the ex
plosion was terrific.
Minvrs Hint OpiTutor* to Confer.
Cumberland, Md., March 23.—The
superintendents of the coal companies
of the George's creek region have re
ceived letters instructing them to call
upon the miners at each of the mines to
elect committees. These are to confer
with the presidents of the coal compa
nies in regard to the price of milling
coal. The conference of miners and the
C residents of the several companies will
e held in Cumberland on Saturday,
March 24.
Sentenced tlie Miner*.
Knoxville, March 22.—United States
Judge Key has sentenced Henry Cum
mings and George Shipman to jail for
six months for contempt of court. They
are miners formerly employed by the
Mingo Mountain Coal company at Mid-
dlesborough. The company is now in
the hands of a receiver appointed by the
United States court. Cummings and
Shipman attempted to intimid ite non
union miners to prevent them from
going to work for the receiver.
Mi»» Harriet Hlaine Will Wed Soon.
Washington, March 22.—The engage
ment of Miss Harriet Blaine, youngest
daughter of the late James G. Blaine,
and Mr. Truxton Beale, only sou of the
late General Edward Beale, has been
formally announced at a dinner givet
by Mrs. Blaine. Mr. B«*al u is alsmt 34
years old. He has been minister to Per
sia and later to Greece. It is said he
Will inherit a large fortune,
I'oltiH- flilr f on Trial.
White Plains, N. Y., March 22. The
trial of Ex Chief of Police Patrick Cash
of Williumsbridge, is in progress in tho
supreme court here, on an indictment
for murder in tho first degree. On the
night of May 2ii, istcj, Cash, while in
full uniform, quarreled with James F.
Cleary, a politician, over an election
that had been hold that day. (.'ash shot
and kill Cleary instantly.
Kol^bers' itic.li ILii.L
LooMlb, Cal., March 22.—Wh’lo four
men were working at the B arton gold
mine early in tho morning, two masked
men covered them with revolvers. The
miners were kept under guard in the
office whale the robbers emptied the
sluice boxes of the amalgam, amounting
to $2,000.
Weather Fureca»t,
Washington, March 21.—Forecast till
8 p. m. Thursday. For North Caro
lina and South Carolina—Showers today
on the coast, fair tonight, Thursday
southeasterly winds. Georgia- Fair
Thursday, southerly winds. Eastern
Florida ~ Fair, southeasterly winds.
Western Florida and Alabama -Gen-
®f a hy fair, southeasterly winds. Mis
sissippi Threatening weather, jiossibly
slightly cooler in the northern jiortions,
southerly winds becoming northwest
erly.
HE HAD BEEN AN EXILE FOR
YEARS.
A Brief Sketch of the Life of a Man
Whose Great Aim Was the
Uplifting of His Fel
low Countrymen.
KtT«<-t of Suit Wuior ('pun Hrlck*.
Bricks made ujam seaeoast* must
Ire carefully guarded from Bait air or
water during the manufacturing
process. They are by far more dura
ble if made some distance inland.
The brackish w ter of the coast in
duces speedy disintegration, unless
tho bricks are completely covered by
a coating of practically impervious
~oment to keep a:y and moisture
from them. When thoroughly vitri
fied, bricks made with fresh water
will endure sea air for a long time,
but even then protection and occa
sional patching up pay well for the
trouble.—New York Ledger.
Proof Poaltlve.
Tagleigh—Old Lawless cauiipt Vt>
such a very bad attorney, fie suc
ceeded iu securing an acquittal in
that last murder case.
wh( . n hetold tho
jury that the prisoner had selected
him to defend him in preference to
i’ll other counsel, they brought in a
verdict of “temporary insanity.”—
New York Herald.
A Uuimuer.
First Space Writer—That article of
yours, “Truth Is Stranger Thau Fic
tion,” is a hummer. Bound to at
tract attention. Where did you get
the facts?
Second Space Writer—Made 'em up.
Turin, March 22.—Louis Kossuth,
the great Hungarian exile-patriot, parsed
away just befoie midnight.
Lajos (Louis) Kossuth was born at
Monok, Hungary, April 27, 1800. His
Barents were poor, but of noble rank.
He was educated at the Protestant col
lege of Rarospatak, where he qualified
himself for tho practice of law. In 1830
he became agent for the Countess
Szapary, a position which gave him a
seat in the comital assembly. Two
years later, when the people of Hungary
were groaning under the restrictions ou
their rights and privileges, his active i»o-
litical career began in tlie diet of Pres-
burg. As in other countries, about this
critical period, the authorities were op-
I iosed to the publication of debates or
egislative proceedings. Knowing the
power of the press in the cause of re
form, Kossuth founded a paper in which
speeches were published and govern
mental affairs fearlessly discussed. The
authorities took alarm and tried in vain
to stop the spread of liberal ideas. Kos
suth was threatened and bis paper sup
pressed, but he found means te keep the
people informed of national affairs, and
in 1837 he was imprisoned for the pub
lication of a lithographed newspaper.
His imprisonment, which lasted about
two years, increased bis popularity, and
when he was released he continued his
work for Hungarian freedom. Year by
year, despite numerous attempts at co
ercion, Kossuth's influence spread. Hs
waa the recognized leader of the oppo
sition in the diet, striving for the com
plete emancipation of the peasants, the
elevation of the citizen class and the
freedom of the press. In 1848 the French
revolution, the great stimulus of radical
doctrines, spurred Kossuth on to broader
objects. He demanded independent gov
ernment for hla country and constitu
tional government In the hereditary ter
ritories of Austria. It was his burning
eloquence more than anything else that
started the revolution and insurrection
in Vienna. The ministry was dissolved
in {September, 1848, and Kossuth was
placed at the head of the committee of
national defense. Events followed quick
And fast after this. Measures for push
ing the war against Austria were prose
cuted with great energy.
At Debrerzlu In April, 1849, th<‘ inde
pendence of Hungary was declared and
Kossuth made provisional governor.
Then came difficulties and dissensions in
the ranks of tlie patriots. Russia threw
herself into the Austrian cause, and to
end the jealousy of Gorgei, Lis political
rival in the great struggle, Kossuth re
signed the dictatorship. The patriots
were defeated in August, 1849, and Kos
suth fled Into Turkey, where he was
held a prisoner.
Despite the pressure of Russia and
Austria the sultan refused to surrender
the patriot, who, through the interven
tion of England ami the United States,
was allowed to leave Turkey. In De
cember, 1851, accompanied by his wife,
he was conveyed to the United States as
ttie nation’s guest by the warship Mis
sissippi, which had been dispatched for
that jmrpose. What followed is wi ll
known. Kossuth was received every
where with the greatest enthusiasm, lie
became the friend of Daniel Wei*ter
and other great statesmen of the time.
He addressed meetings in tlie large cit
ies iiLadvocacy of the claim of Hungary
to independence. His eloquence was re
garded as marvelous, but lie* coup d’etat
of Napoleon ill struck a fatiyl blow to
his agitation, and iq spite of i»»;iular
sympathy withthogre.it ixihqhis mis
sion tell Hat.
Eussuth returned to Europe in July.
1852, and joined hands with Al ir. - . ui ami
Ledro-KoUin, He delivered lee. ure.s in
Great Britain on history and European
I iolitiCL and became as popular i in-re ns
le was in the United States. In i8.;9 he
K io'e-1 a plan of attack on Austria to
is Napoleon, but the peace of Vil-
lafranca prevented its coi summation.
The Hungarian legion was dissolved,
and Kossuth returned to England bit
terly disappointed. Hs removed to
Turin (where lie died) in 1832. During
the war of 18(i(5 he tried again to rouse
the Hungarians, but failed. His hop-s
fled with this failure, and he remained
in exile, preparing his memoirs, study
ing scientific subjects and writing occa
sional articles for magazines.
Kt'^Utb always entertained a warm
affection for the United Htates, which
afforded him asylum and su! stantial
encouragement in time of need. At his
humble home in Turin he was always
glad to see Americans. When he waa
denationalized by the action yf Hunga
rian law, which foifeits citizenship to
persons who live abroad 10 years and do
not formally declare it before some Aus
trian official, he received many marks
of sympathy. Nearly 100 cities confer
red honorary citizenship uj>on him, and
a wave of enthusiasm swept over Hun
gary which gladdened the heart of the
patriot in exile.
Honor* to Koaxutli.
Turin, March 32.- The inuu'cipal
5ouncil has offeiod to piovide a suitable
tomb for the burial of Louis Kossuth in
this city, and accompany the intermem
with appropriate bonort - The family
of the patriot sav they cannot accept
the offer until they have learned t'ue
wishes of the Hunger:an party ns to
what honors that body is disposed to
pay to Kossuth’s memory.
Wayne MacVeagh, the Americ m am- i
bassaaor to Italy, has intimated to the
family a! Kc*euth that tho United
States would W officially rcpieDegtod it
the funeral,
Growing Ilrtt.W.
“Head's grown, eir," observed my
hatter one day to me, manipulating
♦he interior of my topper with a foot
rule, and when 1 indignantly dis- 1
claimed tho soft impeachment he
added, “All my customers' heads
grow, sir, up to 65, excepting the
ecclesiastical gouts’, and theirs don’t
grow alter 25.” Herein doubtless
lies the reason why clerical head-
gear is so characteristic of the man
beneath, for never was a greater fal- I
lacy than the adage that “it is not
the cowl that makes the monk.”—
Tli© Elnilri* Itrfoniintory lla* Ilrcn Stiown
Up in a Had Liglit.
New York, March 22.—Tho state
board of charities has sent to the legis
lature its report on tho charges made
against General 8yperintendent Z. R.
Brock way, of the Elmira reformatory.
The board finds:
That the charges and tho allegations
of “cruel, brutal, excessive, degrading
and unusual punishment of the inmates ’
are proven and most amply sustained.
That In punishing convicts by blows
across the face because, when under
punishment, they turned their heads to
{ dead for mercy, he is guilty of “need-
ess cruelty and gross inhumanity;”
that he “permitted and encouraged offi
cers and keepers to strike, kick, beat
and otherwise practice brutality upon
the inmates,” and is therefore guilty of
“permitting, countenancing and encou -
agiug brutality on the part of officers
and keepers.”
That the committee is convinced that
"the brutality pnvetided at the reforma
tory has no parallel in any modern penal
institution in this country;” that corpo
ral punishment as practiced at the re
formatory should be prohibited by law;
that the medical supervision of the re
formatory is inadequate, and the ap
pointment as physician of a relative of
a member of the board of managers
should not be tolerated; that the annual
reports of the reformatory show a steady
j decrease in the good results obtained,
and “the percentage of reformations
stated in said reports are specious and
unreliable.”
That “the law governing transfers un
der indeterminate sentences has been
turned from its beneficent purpose into
a most terrible engine of oppression.”
That the reincarceration of paroled pris
oners should not be permitted without
judicial inquiry; that abuses have
grown up under the system of employ-
mg convicts as officers, keepers and
monitors; that the board of managers
should have known of these facts; that
they did not krow of them; that they
did suspend the superintendent, at the
request of the governor, when the inves
tigation began, but did so under protest,
and that they reinstated him beiore the
inquiry was half over, and that they
thus “went out of their way to offer a
wanton insult to the executive” and m-
•umed “direct responsibility for Brock-
way's cruelties and inhumanities;" that
the institution is overcrowded, severer
discipline being thereby made necessary,
and ficentlousnes' enoouratred.
icentlouenes- encouraged.
MARRIED HIS DAUGHTER.
The DUcorerr of Felix htelner That Per-
hay* < aused Ui* Sulvlde.
London, March 22 .- Tho Standard’s
Buda-Pesth correspondent says: “The
Neuizetu prints the following: .Felix
Steiner divorced his wife in 1873. They
had only one child, a 1-year-old daugh
ter. H< r name was changed and some
years later she went to New York, where
she fund % situation in a Hungarian
family. Sho was often sent to a near
by shop, which was owned by Steiner,
whom she did not know.
“Eventually, after chatting and court
ing, they were married happily and hud
i Olio child. They desired tu return to
H ungary and search out their relations.
They returned to Mjskolez. Steiner
made inquiries and was astounded by
the discovery that his second wife was
his own daughter. He wrote that his
wife should return to New York with
the child. Steiner has not been heard of
since, and it is believed that he has com
mitted suicide. His wife is e» route te
America, and does not know the facts.
She believes her husband has been de
tained by bu. iuoss.”
LOCHREN ATTACKED.
The Coiim>U*iuner Comes Hack witli Some
I'lufn Talk.
Washington, March 22.—“That fel
low is an intolerant, lying bigot,” ex
claimed Comm! doner of Pensions Loch-
r«*u when sho • u a published attack
made on alleged Catholic influence in
the bureau by lU-v. Madison C. Peters,
of New York. “1 am not a Catholic, as
he asserts. 1 am a ineuiberof no church,
though for many yearn when I was at
my home in MinneapoFs I attondud an
Episcopalian church.
The religious denominations to which
the employes belong are unknown to
me except in possibly two or three in
stances. I understand that me or two
Little Sisters of the poor came to tlie
bureau on the last pay day of the
month. There is no solicitation of any
kind. Instead, I am told they st ind in
a corner with a basket in one hand, but
do nut ask for contributions. There is
no rule that I know of that prohibits
them from coming.”
ItoKcr IVII Jimm. Kock to He s«iv<‘<k
Providence, March 23.. linger Wil
liams Rock, the Plymouth Rock of
Providence plantation, and famous for
tt> Indian hail of “Wat cheer,” is at
length to be rescued from neglect. It
has lain in a dilapidated neighborhood
for years and relic hunters have chipped
away most of it. but tlie park commiz-
sioner has appropriated $3,000 for its
preservation, and i: will be raised from
the earth and be made the center of a
public park.
Cot 1 Water Counresiinep Cetr^rat*.
W sl'lnoi' uV, March 22.—The Con-
gy. Jonal TeLipcrance society celebrated
its xteenth anniversary at ihe Metro
politan Methodist church. Representa
tive Diugley, of Maine, its president,
presided and spoke. Addroeses were
made by Representatives Johnson, of
North Dakota; Ellis, of Oregon; Mo^e,
of Massachusetts; Picklet of South Da
kota, and Mr. Elliott of Maine, and also
Rev. F. D. Power, aecrot.iry of the »o-
ciety.
Jake KUrain’s Fattier Dead.
Baltimore, March 22.—Mlchae^ &il-
taiu, father of ex-champion LeaVy-
weight pugilist Jake Kilrain, has just
died at the latter’s hotel, aged 66 years.
He Was All night.
Small Boy f « gr ci r i ours molasses
into jug on co ruing j Here mister,
you haven't got all the molasses out of
that measure!
Grocer—That’s all right, sonny; there
Was SoUie in tho Uieaeuie before.—New
port News. • „
Not Wliat He Meant.
Family Doctor (to squire)—Thanks for
you check, squire. But, my dear sir. »♦''
far too much—far in excess
should have charged. I cv
shall have an opjwrti’'
off.—Punch.
From Almost Everywhere and About
Almost Everything.
Two eases small-pox have been dis-
eovered in Atlanta.
A small horse-power engine, which
is said to make 12 cigarettes a minute,
is the invention of a Frenchman.
Perry Trueblood.of Nashville,Tenn.
died last Sat unlay from Injuries re
ceived in a foot-ball contest Fri
day.
In manufacturing operations the
average life of soap boilers is t he high
est and that of grindstone makes the
lowest.
The largest passenger engine in the
United States belongs to the Cleve
land, Columbus, Cincinnati and In
dianapolis railroad. It weighs <5.5 tons.
Olin D. Stevens, contractor, was
killed by an explosion of glycerine at
Buffalo last Monday morning. Jacob
Codins, a blacksmit b was seriously
injured by the same accident.
A New York dispatch of Monday
says it is reported that acyelonc has
swept over the country in the vicinity
of New Orleans. At this writing
(1 :3<» a. in.) all wires are down and
no details can be obtailed.
The Grand Army encampment of
the department of Georgia and South
Carolina met at Savannah last Mon
day. C. N. Watson of Atlanta was
elected grand commander. The de
partment endorsed Atlanta as the
place of meeting for next year.
Joe Carden, an engineer, com
mitted suicide by taking rough on
rats at Chattanooga last Saturday.
He lost his month’s salary Friday
night in a gambling room and was
ashamed to face his wife, prefering
death. He was thirty-two years and
considered an exemplary young man.
This was his first gambling experi
ence. He leaves u wife and young
child.
Patrick Nevins, of Kearney, N. J.,
fell :15 feet from a ladder last Thursday
afternoon and broke a two-inch plank
with his shoulders. He had in one
hand an empty “growler,” and in the
other the price of a pint. He was
hurrying down from the fourth Hour
of a new building in Grand avenue,
when he slipped on the third round
from the top, fell headlong, smashed
the plank and appeared dazed for the
an instant. Then lie finished going
for the beer. Neither beer can nor
money escaped from his hand in the
fall.
A couple of precocious youths had
a miniature lynching bee at Lexington
Ky. last Saturday. Mr. John Parrott
who lives at Forest Hill, found his
twelve-year .old son dangling from
the limb of a tree, swinging to a rope
which encircled his neck. Blood was
gushing form the laiy’s nostrils and
ears and he was in a dead faint.
Tlie father cut the ropetmdby ap
plying restoratives soon had his son
in a conscious state. The boy said
two companions, one of whom Dan
Slavin, became enraged at him for
some trifling occurrence and seizing
him, procured a rope, and after fast-
ning the noose on it. placed it around
his neck. They then threw the rope
overa tree and yanked him up in true
lynching style. The rope was tied to
the trunk of the tree and the boy left
hanging. Mr. Parrott procured war
rants for the boys’ arrest.
A special to the St. Louis Post Des
patch from Prattsville, Alt., under
March 17 says: Moses Thomas and
Henry At wood,two well kmovn young
men had a quarrel last nig! t uh< ut a
dcht the former owed t'n* latter,
K nives were draw n and tiny came to
gether. Atwood's 1 wo brothers joined
in the melee to help him.and William
Thomas gave help to hi* brother.
Knives, pistols and razors where
freely used fnr ten minut - and when
the eoiirtuhhs stepp* - '! in the follow
ing damage had l.t' n done: M.
Henry, a bystander. < • in the arm
and shot in the head, died this morn
ing. Henry At wood, hot h ears ent off.
shot in the head, jugular vein ex
posed ; w ill die. Will Thomas,rut about
arms and shoulder, and shot in the
Lip; may die. Gilmore Atwood, shot
in the right side and cut in the neck,
wounds dangerous. Mose Thomas,
cut in the left breast and licud.
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Not Often.
Mm. Gaswell (reading a newsiia-
per)—A farmer at Goshen, N. Y.,
Las trained two monkeys to pick
fruit satisfactorily.
Mr. Gaswell—That's very odd. It
ie seldom that monkey work is satis
factory. — Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
graph.
One uf It* Dreaded Keault*.
Banks - I don't mind the influenza
itself so much. It’s the after effects
I’m afraid of.
Rivers—The after effects are what
ails me. I’m still dodging the doctor.
- London Million.
$loo Reward, $ioo.
The reader of this papc r will be
pleased to learn that there is at hist
one dreaded disease that science, has
been ahl e to cure In all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hull's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
<'lire is Jukcn internally, acting di
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby de-'p y-
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving tlie patient strength by build
ing up the consit it ut ton and assisting
nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any ease that it
fads to cure. Send for list of testi-
cjs. Address,
F. J. Cheney A- Co.
Totudo, 0.
THE TARIFF BILL SUBJECT TO
A GREAT STRAIN.
Local Interests and Trusts Are the In
fluences That Ccnspirc to Make
Harmonious Action Al
most Impossible.
Washington, March 23.—The feeling
of antagonism concerning the tariff is
greater than has heretofore appeared. It
is'quite obvious that in addition to the
interest which men take in securing pro
tection for industries iu their localities,
there is a very strong effort bc-irg made
te affect the legislation by persons and
combinations whose interests extends
only to the matter of making as much
money out of the legislation as possible.
Speculation enters into tho matter so
deeply that Congressmen who are hon
estly endeavoring to solve the legisla
tive problem are at a loss where to
draw’ the lino of discrimination, it lias
become very evident that there will be
a considerable conflict between the
house and senate over the bill, and it
will not be safe to count on the action of
the senate as to any of the disputed
questions as indicative of what the bill
will finally carry when sent to the pres
ident.
In the present temper of the house it
appears absolutely impossible that an
agreement to the senate proposition to
tax sugar can be secured, and in the
house, also, there is a positive determi
nation not to permit the abrogation of
the reciprocity treaties which open the
markets of Cuba, Brazil and Germany
te agricultural products. There is also
a very strong disposition in the house to
put coal back on the free list, and the
indications are that they will not agree
te the senate's duty on that product.
la tho Senate.
Washington,, March 22.—There was
very little routine morning business in
the senate, and after it w r as disposed of
unobjected bills on the calendar were
taken up and a number passed.
The president has sent te tho senate
the following nominations:
Postmasters—AV. T. Cheatham, Jr.,
Henderson, North Carolina. W. P. An
derson, Palatka, Florida.
CongrecMonal Approiiriutloiin.
Washington, March 22.—Tho total of
appropriations of tho present session of
congress will be approximately $370,-
000,000. Tbi® exceed by a few' mil
lions the appropriations of the first ses
sion of the last congress and will disap
point those who had hoped that the low
condition of the treasury funds would
result In a material reduction in appro
priations.
The President luvited to Virginia.
Washington, March 12.—The Fred
ericksburg, Virginia, city council has
invited President Cleveland and Mrs.
Cleveland, Vice President Stevenson,
Chief Justice Fuller, the members of
the cabinet, Governor G'Ferrall and
their ladies to attend the dedication of
the Mary Washington monument to
take place in that city May 19.
DEMOCRATS CAPITULATE.
The Jlvpulilit'ain. Carry T'hint;* Their (>\vu
Way in N«-n Jt-rsey.
Trenton, March 22.—The Democrats
have almost entirely capitulated. Gov
ernor AV’ertz gave .State Comptroller-
' Hancock and State Treasurer-
! Swain their commissions as soon
decision of the supreme court w’as
. .> • red, and they are already in pos-
h<-ruou of thoir offices.
Tlie Democratic members of tho sen
ate will probably join their Republican
colleagues at once. Tho governor has
filed all bills passed by tho legiduturo
and they are now laws.
The New Jeri»cy .‘Senate '! ml.Me.
Trenton, March 22. In tho senato
rial case Chief Justice Leas!, decides
that tho senate is not a continu
ous body and that Adrian is not entitled
to tie president. Ho says Rogers’ title is
valid. Thin is a victory lor tho Repub
licans.
Cabinet Cri»i» Averted.
Paris, March 22. The cabinet crisis
which tvas caused by the fact that the
senate on Saturday refused to take ac
tion on tho measure, which had pre
viously passed the chamber of deputies,
creating a sjieeial ministry of the colo
nies instead of having that department
of the government directed, as has lieen
the case up to the present, by an under
secretary under tho ministry of murine,
has been averted, and Premier Casimir-
Perier is again triumphant.
The Door" Dill Kllh'tl.
Albany, N. Y., March 22.—The “side
1 door” bill favorod by the assembly com-
| mittee, but not by tho Republican cau
cus, has been killed in the house. It
jierimtted cities of over 250,000 inhabit
ants to sell liquor on Sunday, with the
1 side doors of their saloons open and the
i front doors closed and the blinds drawn.
An Alliance Warehouse Failed.
Danville, Ya., March 22.—The Cen
tral Alliance warehouse, of this city,
' has filed a trust deed to secure creditors
te the amount of $-5,000. The Central is
a tobacoo warehouse for the sale of
, loose leaf tobacco, established here
about two years ago by the Alliance men
of the surrounding section.
Quiet Comiuuue Anuivcraary Iu Fart*.
Paris, March 22.—Meetings in com
memoration of the commune of Paris,
were held Hunday. There was no dis
order. A large number of persons vis
ited the cemetery of Pere la Chaise.
There was no attempt at an outdoor
demonstration.
Want Cleveland to \ ©to.
New Yobk, March 22.—The New
York chamber of commerce has unani
mously adopted a petition to President
Cleveland requesting that he veto the
seigniorage bill.
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America si-nt in ITnnci Imki vA-ivr
i>l 4,00(J.(too poll nils of bacon. 84,-
000,000 pounds of hum nml K| (hhi.ooo
>ounds of pork.