FORTY-FIFTH YEAH.
READY FOH RIOT.
Extra Police on Guard and the
Soldiers Under Arms at
Kilkenny To-Day.
GRAVE FEARS OF TROUBLE.
Voters Will Go to the Polls With a
Ballot in One Hand and a
Cudgel in the Other.
CLOSING DAY OP THE CAMPAIGN
FarneU Addresses Mass Meetings in the
Churchyards While Ilis Opponents
Are Equally Active.
THE EESELT STILL IN GREAT DODBT.
Kost of the Rirsl Votes ire Under the Coatrol of
the Priests, xi the Cluxe. Been to
raver the McCarthyites.
EYRAUD APPEALS FROH THE DEATH SBHTENCE
:UV CAELt TO THE DISPATCH.!
Kn.KCXJ.-V, Dec 2L It is midnight, but
on the principal streets the campaign which
clones with the voting to-morrow is still in
lull progress. Some of the leaders, to be
s,ure,lme slipped away to snatch a few
hours' rest beiore the final desperate strug
gle, but the mob apparently intends to
make Mire of being present at ttie opening
of the polls by remaining up all night.
Man a stout stick has been cut and care
fully tested, and though they are mainly
intended for purposes ol self-defense, it will
be surprising indeed if there arc not some
broken heads in the nest 21 hours. Every
precaution is being taken to prevent serious
trouble. The police force has been in
creased, nnd the military ordered to be in
readiness for an emergency.
Parnell Contesting Eery Inch.
it was expected that the priests would
have everything their own way 10-day and
do great damage to Parnell, but that ener
getic individual held meetings at tb,eir
church doors, and presented his side of the
case with much visor. Both sides were
early in the field. Jlr. llichael Davitt in
vaded the Parnellitc strongholds of Goran
and Gorestbridge, and, contrary to expecta
tion, met with a most cordial reception.
The McCarthyites held altogether 36 meet
ii g, and tliey import to-night that every
thing is in a most satisfactory condition.
Mr. Parnell and Mr. Scully, the Parnell-
camjidofc -fer-Pariicment, left here at
noon to-day and drove in a closed carriage
to Clare. They were accompanied j a
long procession of cars filled with Parnell's
supporters. Upon arriving at Clare the
Paruelhtcs found a meeting proceeding op
posite the Catholic chapel in support of Sir
John Pope Hennessey. When Mr. Parnell
reached the crowd a priest Father Walsh
addressing Mr. Parnell, said: "These are
chapel grounds. Von must not speak here."
The Croud Itcinalnrtl With Him.
A local farmer here interposed, saying
that the ground did not belong to the
chapel, that it was Keogh's field, and that
Parnell had perfect right to speak there.
Mr. Parnell invilcd Father Walsh to hear
both sides. Arrangements had been made
to hold the meeting in that field, he said,
and it must proceed.
Father Walsh then requested everybody
on his side to leave i ith him, and some few
persons followed the priest and Sir Thomas
Ksinonde. who was also present A meeting
was then organized and Mr. Parnell made
ac address.
He said that although his party did not
have all the clergy on the side, he had no
harsh word lor any one of them. He de
sired the people to listen to the voice of the
1 nests and to reverence their position as
priests. Yet, as laymen, the people could
pot admit the priests absolutely to control
the elections.
An liitiie'.tAppeal for Votes.
He proceeded to inveigh against the
traitorous mutineers who were enfeebling
the party at a most critical moment. He
isked his hearers to consider his political
past and to look into his innermost heart
and sar whether they fonnd any wrong there
as regarded his guidance of the national
policy. Cries of ".No! Xol" He could not
look an assemblage of his countrymen in
the face if he did not speak the truth.
After some further remarks, Mr. Parnell
concluded his speech, and leaving Clare, ac
companied by Mr. Scully, drove six miles
to Johnswell, where another meeting was
held. While Mr. Scully was addressing
this meeting Mr. Timothy Harrington ar
rived and was received by the crowd with
much enthusiasm. Being called upon for a
speech, Mr. Harrington addressed the meet
ing. In the course of his remarks be said
that his colleagues in America had been led
astray by messages from this side of the
ocean.
An Insinuation of Corruption.
"We," he said, "regretting that the en
lightened majority party in Parliament had
taken a leader bound hand and foot to a
Jtritish statesman, aked, "How much did
you give for this man? Nothing was better
calculated to shame and discredit the
party."
Mr. Parnell next spoke. He reminded
the electors that they had to deal with
English statescraft, which was watching to
seize every point ot vantage ground that
Irishmen surrender. It was not a big
board of guardians for which Ireland con
tended; it was a Parliament that would
fully satisfy the aspirations of the people.
To achieve this the people mnst stand by
their leader and not leave Ireland to the
incapable persons who were trying to step
into his shoes.
His opponents had elected an amiable
man, a quiet, good hearted soul. McCarthy
was the sort of man to ornament a quiet
and early tea party. Laughter. His op
ponents had also elected eight other men to
take care of their leader; so he might be
proud to
Find That it Took Nine Men
to fill his chair when his enemies had suc
ceeded in dragging him out. He knew
everyone of these men, and from the depths
of his heart he could say that if he thought
he could leave the destinies of Ireland safely
in their guardianship he would cheerfully
and willingly step down and aside. But he
knew such a thing nas impossible, and it
would be a coward's part to leave his coun
try to be torn asunder by 20 factions con
tending for power and place. The men op
posing him were not elected to sit in judg
ment upon him. They had no authority
through uie voice of the people. TJ ntil Ire
land gave him his dismissal he wonld re
gard himself as the commanding officer,
carrying the national .banner through the
ranks of the foe. Cheers.
He believed Kilkenny would decide for
them. If not, he would not be downheart
ed, but would still hold aloft the flag until
every constituency in Ireland had had an
opportunity of declaring its judgment in a
clear voice. Cheers. Mr. Parnell re
turned to Kilkenny this evening.
Harrington Talks Concerning America.
Mr. Harrington, the returned delegate, in
an interview, holds that the majority of the
Irish in America are for Parnell, although
he says most of the leading politicians are
against him. He says he thinks that Mr.
Parnell will not retire even if his candidate
is defeated at Kilkenny.
The result of the election is to-night in
more donbt than ever. It the town of Kil
kenny itself could settle it Parnell would
undoubtedly score a victory, but the result
depends entirely upon the rural vote, where
the priests have almost absolute influence.
For that reason the general belief is that
Mr. Parnell's candidate will be defeated.
If he wins it will be a remarkable triumph.
ROYAL PROGRESSIVENESS.
An Unsightly Cathedral Being Razed for a
Worthier One.
IBT DUXLA1"S CABLE COMPANT.l
Rerun, Dec 2L Speaking at the school
congress the other day. Emperor William re
marked that all the Hohenzollcrns bad en
deavored to keep pace with their times, except
his grand uncle. Frederick William the Fourth,
who, said His Majesty, signally failed in every
thing ho undertook The last few days has dis
covered a striking instance of this royal in
aptitude Tho unsightly structure knonn as
the Cathedral, which ho built with the ex
penditure of near 1,000.000 thalcrs of the coun
try's money. Is beinc demolished to makoway
for a ortbier edifice
it wis thomiht, however, that its founda
tions micht bo utilized lor the new building,
but they ha c been judged to bo too defective
botno of the masonry laid bare is nearly seven
yards in thickness and parts of Itare built Borne
distance into the River Spree
ONLY A BUGBEAR.
Unreasonable Opposition to tho Return of
the Jesuits.
IBT DUXLAF'S CABLE COMPAKT.I
Uehlik, Dec '21. The opposition of German
Protestants to tho repeal of the law by which
Jesuits aro not allowed as such to settle in this
country, is the more unreasonable, because the
number of Jesuits likely to avail themselves of
the repeal woulJ. not exceed 100, and of these
two-thirds would be literary men, not engaged
in active demonstrations'. As it is, the writings
of Jesnit divines circulate freelv, and the
country cannot bo any nearer to the establish
ment of a Holy Inquisition aftertbe fashion of
that under Philip II. of Spain, by admitting
these men to equal rights of citizenship with
the members ol other religious congregations,
who now live here in perfect freedom, yet this
is what a Lutheran weekly professes to dread.
All liberal-minded men ridicule the bugbear
of priestly influence; they point to tbe fact that
even the peasantry are becoming more and
more independent m their views, religious as
well as political.
A PROBABLE EXCHANGE.
-"" V - """'
Schlcswig-Holstcln May Be Ceded to Den
marie for Some Islands.
IBT DOKLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.j
Berlin, Dec 21. Schleswig-Holstcin con
tains not less than 400.000 Danish-speaking peo
ple who will not consent to be Germanized on
any account and are a constant annoyance to
the authorities. It is now conceded, even by
rabid Prussian politicians, that the annexation
of those districts in 1EGG was a mistake. Tho
Danos propose to take them back andinx
changetoccdc to Prussia the Danish islands
in the West Indies, comprising thousands of
square miles.
It is just possible that the bargain will bo
struck, though it is not easy to say what
Germany could do without these West Indian
possessions, which have already cost the Danes
vast sums of money. On the other hand, the
pacification of Denmark would be a distinct
gain.
LANDLORDS ALARMED
At the Wholesale Emigration of Laborers
From Germany.
IBT DCXLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.I
Berlin, Dec 2L The landed proprietors are
said to be seriously alarmed by tho wholesalo
emigration of their laborers to Brazil. They
hat e held several meetings lately, and in the
future they intend that the emigration agent
shall havo a hard time of it in tbe ancient
kingdom of Poland. The Conservatives in this
country have raisod an alarm at what they
call tho depopulation of the conntry dis
tricts and the undue growth of the cities and
towns. They attribute to this such successes
as tho Socialists and Democrats have bad at
the polls.
Yet after all there is only ono city or town in
Germany the population of which exceeds
1.000,000. Only 26 havo over 100.000 inhabitants.
There are but 20 with over 60,000, 10 of over
40,000, 15 of over 30,000, and 37 of over 20,000.
EYRAUD APPEALS.
De Appeared Crushed and Gabrlolle
Swooned After the Sentence.
TET DO'LAP'S CABLE COMPAST.l
PARIS, Dec 2L Eyrand has entered an ap
peal from the sentence of death pronounced
against him. On hearing the sentence Eyrand
sank down as If crashed. Gahnelle was very
perrons and hid her face in her handkerchief,
saying: '"I prefer penal servitude to living
with Eyrand." Eyrand was led out otthe
conrt room supported by soldiers, and was im
mediately dressed in a straight jacket, in order
to prevent any attempt at suicide on his part,
Gabnelle, on being taken out of the room,
fell down as if she were stricken dead. Etraud
will be conducted to-morrow to tbe prison of
li Roquctte, whence ho will be taken to the
place of execution in about 40 days.
A MEANINGLESS ORDER.
Emm Pasha's Recall Is Nothing but n Big
Burlesque
HIV DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
Hcrlin, Dec 2L Emln Pasha's recall by
Major Wissman is regarded in well informed
circles here as a sheer bnrlosque Umin is
not expected to pay any attention to Wissman's
orders, but will march ahead on his own ac
count to carry out the programme which he has
laid down for himself and for which he refused
to bo rescued even by Stanley.
This squabble will probably hasten the disso
lution ot the wholo African business.
DECIDED TO STRIKE
A Largo Number of Scottish Railway Em
ployes Will Quit Work.
TUT UUNLAP'B CABLE COHPANT.
Glasgow, Dec 2L A largely attended
meeting of Scotch railway servants was held
this afternoon to decide upon the question of a
striLe When tbe vote was taken it was fonnd
that CG0 were in favor of such a course while
only 81 were against it.
Telegrams have accordingly been sent to the
various centers in Scotland, recommending a
general strike
OLD BLYTHE'S MULIOHS.
Tho Gypsy Claimants Fighting Ilard lor
Part of Them.
rSFZCIAL TELXOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Sam Frascisco, Dec 2L The English
Gypsy claimants to the $4,000,000 estate of old
Thomas Eljtho declare they havo just secured
evidence which will knock out tho Williams,
or Welsh claimants, and place themselves next
inline to young Florence, tho millionaire's
illegitimate daughter, who has been adjudged
tho rightful heir. Judge Coffoy. in deciding
for Florence declared tho Williams heirs had
proved ISlythe belonged to their family, thus
making them inherit should tho Supremo
Conrt decide against Florence. JThe Gypsy
llhtlies have had Dr. Piper, a Chicago expert
of'chirographv, at work on letters and records
in tho lamlly Bible, on which the Williams'
claim is founded, and he has jnst submitted a
report that all the documents aro forgeries.
The Gypsy Blythes even claim they havo the
man who forged tho record in the family
Ulble
In a few days the case will bo argued for an
appeal. Meanwhile Florence is tho onlv ono
who has handled a cent of tilythe's millions.
She has an allowance of 51,000 monthly. Other
claimants are stili living here in hope3 of gett
ing a slice of the fat estate, which has a rental
of $200,000 yearly.
CONTROL OF THE FAIR.
A BIG ASSOCIATION OF NEARLY FOUR
THOUSAND EXHIBITORS
Who Propose to Run Things to Suit Them
seli es at tho Chicago Exposition or Rain
It Flans of Tills Noicl Organization as
Rot calod.
tSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
PniLApEEruiA, Dec. 2L Benjamin L.
Allen, of Boston, President of the American
Association of Exhibitors, is in this city.
He has bad a long consultation with Hugh
Coylc, the manager of John Forepaugh's
theater, and says he proposes to
have a hand in the management of tbe
World's Fair. One year ago, during the
International Exposition in Boston, the
American Association of Exhibitors was
organized on a permanent basis. The mem
bers include the manufacturers ot
1,000 commodities produced in this
country, and their object is to
control the great expositions of the future,
beginning with the World's Fair. As one of
the most active members said to-day:
"Just think what our organization means. In
Chicago we will number nearly 4.000 of tho ex
hibitors, banded together with ironclad
regulations. Now, suppose the directors.
President Palmer and tho rest of them,
say the fair shall not bo open on
Snnday. Well, in case wo think differently, wo
will order the doors open every day in tho
week. If General Palmer and his men refuse,
up go our thousands of exhibits into boxes,
and back they go to our fac
tories and warcrooms. If wo disagree with
the directors about tho price of admission, or
anything clso, in fact, wo will close up the fair
by removing our exhibits. Tho exhibits make
the fair; take away our exhibits and who will
come to Chicago just to look at General Palmer
and his friends?"
This same member of tho American Associa
tion of Exhibitions said f nrthcr that bo and his
fellows believed that tho high offices already
given were procured by political power, and
that the exhibitors -were absolutely deter
mined that the World's Fair shonld not
be governed by tbe whhns of a political ring.
While the country has been disgusted by local
quarrels over tbe site or by conflicts between
the various boards of directors,
Mr. Allen has been traveling all
over the country adding members
to the association and getting th( m to adopt
ironclad rules, which will govern tin fair- "It
has been very amusing," Vaid the
same member, "to see tho politicians in
New York and Washington and Chi
cago diseasing the proposod fair, flght
inc about prices and dates, and hours and
admission fees, whilo President Allen and tho
association have quietly decided almost all tho
points. Politicians drove the Fair from New
York, where it shonld be held, and wo are de
termined that it shall not bo altogether ruined
by the rinesters.
"If the latter go monkeying with tbo buzz
saw they'll get their fingers cut. Somehow
President Palmer got wind of our associa
tion, and requested Mr. Allen to come
out to Chicago and consult with him
and expla'n what we propose to de Allen
replied that he was too brsy to go West again,
but that be'd bo clad to eoe .President Palmer
if tho latter cared to call upon bim t.i Boston.
A day or two ago Mr. Palmer wired Mr. Allen
that be would start for Boston 'as soon as he
could conveniently. You see they are begin
ning to recognize our strength."
THE KOCH TREATMENT.
Many Patients Now Receiving It In New
York Hospitals.
ISPECIAl. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I
New York, Dec 21. Twenty-one patients
aro undergoing the lymph treatment at the
Monteflore Home for Chronic Invalids, at Ono
Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and tho
boulevard. The operations at the Home which
began last Tuesday, have bcon conducted by
Dr. Simon Baruch, the visiting physician, as
sisted by Dr. Max Rosenthal, the resident
physician. Eight patients, six of whom were
suffering with phthisis in its incipient and sec
ondary stages, were inoculatea with injections
of ono milligramme each on Tuesday, Tbo
most favorable result noticed among the Mon
tcfloro patients is that the cough is not so
tronblcsome. The patients all speak of their
greater comfort, and they breatho much more
freely.
Tbe largest doso on record in New York was
given at Bellevuo to-day in a lupus case. It
was the second inoculation. Dr. Pope said that
the patient received an injection of nine milli
grammes. The other lupus patients received flvo
milligrammes each. The lymph is nearly ex
hausted at St. Mark's, and Dr. Weber is wor
ried. As far as can be learned, there aro now
11G patients in tho varions institutions receiv
ing the Koch treatment. There was one re
Inoculation at the Polyclinic Hospital, and
both the patients there are doing well.
SUCC?S SQUARE MEAL,
The Italian Faster Devours a Great Bill of
Fare.
tSFECIAL TXLEOBAJI TO THE DISPATCH. I
New York; Dec 2L Signor Giovanni Sncci
Ate his promised "square meal" on the stage of
Kostcr & Bial's this afternoon, and stowed
away a meal that was heroic in proportions.
George Francis Train accompanied tho least
with a series of incomprehensible remarks.
Less than a hundred spectators watched the
Italian as ho devoured anchovies, chicken sonp
with rice, fried calves' brains, quail on toast,
grapes and an orange, preserved peaches, ice
cream and French coffee
Before the meal, Herbert Charter, a stage
manager, gave to Sncci a walking stick with a
handle of antelope horn, and tho French
Society L' Amite sent him a gold toothpick.
HELD UP A TRAIN.
Two Robbers Find Only the Conductor and
Brakemcn and Rob Them.
Olnet, 111., Dec 21. This morning at 3
o'clock, while a Peoria. Decatnr and Evans
ville freight train was taking water at a station
two miles south of here, two masked men,
armed with revolvers, boarded the caboose
and demanded money from tho occupants.
The only persons in tho car wore Conductor
Hampton and Brakeman Hall. From Hamp
ton 47 and a gold watoh was secured, and $15
and a silver watch from Hall. The thieves dis
appeared in tbe adjoining woods. When tbo
train arrived in this city, officers were sent ont
after tho robbers, but no clew was obtained.
THROWN FROM THE TRACK.
Miscreants Upset a Union Pacific Train Out
in Nebraska.
liiucoiJf, Neb., Dee 21 A Union Pacific
passenger train was wrecked a few miles from
Beatrice this morning. An obstruction, evi
dently placed on the track out of malice,
caused the engine to jump the track, carrying
with it tho tender ana mall car.
Bridge Inspector W. H. Mercer, who was
riding on tho engine, was fatally scalded, and
the engineer seriously injured. The obstruc
tion was placed at a curve, whero it was impos
sible to check tho train. .
JUMPED THE TEACK,
An Electric Motor Car Upsets and Several
People Aro Hart.
Ojiaha, Dec 21. An electric motor car
jumped tho track at Twenty-fifth and Capital
avenue this morning and turned bottom up.
Several passengers were injured and burned by
coals from the stoves.
Mrs. Dennis O'Halloran bad her face and
neck severely cut and received Internal in
juries. Mrs. Aggie McNaughton was cut about
tbe head, and her body was severely bruised.
It U believed both will recover.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY,
T0Y0TEANDPBEACH.
The Eov. J. F. Carson Will Continue
to Bold Forth in the Pulpit.
LIKE THE HANGING OF JOHN BROWS
The Suspension of tbo Five Members
Compared With That Event.
ATTACK ON -PITTSBDKG'S FBESBTTERY
tSFECIAL TELEOUAM TO TUB DISrATCII.l
Beooklyn, Dec 21. The Reformed
Presbyterian Church at Willoughby and
Tompkins avenues was crowded this even
ing. The congregation and many others
were anxious to learn whether the pastor,
the Key. J. F. Carson, who read his resig
nation a week ago would insist on its ac
ceptance. His resignation was forced by
the action of the Pittsburg Presbytery,
which had suspended five ministers for
defying the Synod and the articles of the
church, which declare that church members
shonld not vote lor public officials until
there shall be reference to God iu the Con
stitution of the United States.
The Rev. Mr. Carson was at the head of
the movement for freedom Of speech in the
church. He said that to refuse to permit a
man to vote was as absurd as to compel him
to abstain from the use of coffee. By a vote
ot the congregation on Tuesday last the
Kev. Mr. Carson was supported in his posi
tion. A Majority for Freedom ofSpcech.
The question voted on by the congrega
tion, the Kev. Mr. Carson said iu his sermon
this evening, was whether there should be
free discussion in the church; and by their
vote, in which only 12 showed themselves
against freedom of speech, the decision of
the church, as lie understood it, was, in the
language of the Book of Kuth: "Go not
ont to glean in another field, neither go from
thence but abide here"
"The congregation," he continued, "is ono in
heart, in purpose, in loyalty and dovotion to tho
Master. Tho 12 who voted against f rco speech
will, I hope, come to mo some time and ac
knowledge they were mistaken. It is the prin
ciple of free speech, not a mcro custom, that I
am standing for."
"I glory in tho historic church of tho Cov
enanters. Onr fathers in the church died to
obtain the freedom we aro struggling to main
tain, and shall wo basely surrender our herit
age! Tho suspension of tho five ministers ac
cused of heresy was not on account of heresy,
but because they refused to express regret for
attending a meeting to discuss tho principles
our little band advocates.
An Attack on tho Pittsburg Presbytery.
"It they had expressed contrition tho Pitts
burg Presbytery would not have suspended
them. Their suspension was in harmony with
tbe hanging of Jobn Brown before the open
ing of the war. People complain that tho
pulpit is not bold enough nowadays. Of this
pulpit this cannot bo a reproach from now
onward. You have made me bold, and it is
always the fault of tho congregation If the
pulpit is not bold. Tbe pews havo piled up
barriers around tbo pulpit until it is almost Im
possible to be bold. You havo removed re
stralnst from me, and I shall not abuse your
trust and confidence.
"Finally, it has been asked why I should re
sign, when it was not I hut brethren of mine in
the Pittsburg Presbytery who wero accused of
heresy. I w anted to deal honestly with you
and to tell tbo truth, to fcurl back in tbe teeth
of the man who uttered it, the remark that al
though I was egially-irnllty witlrt'hens3cnd,l
ministers I still retained my pulpit, A am a'
man as well as a Christian, and I will not Buffer
any man to malign me. I now withdraw my
resignation."
TABBED AND FEATHERED
Down In New Jersey Because Mo Was
Courting a Colored Girl.
tSFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.t
Freehold, N. J., Dec 21, Jame3 Emmons,
a young man, was tarred and feathered at
Bonett's Mill, a few nights ago. Hampton
Spares, a colored man, has a daughter
called Ula May Sparks, who is very
prcttv. Emmons was calling on tho young
woman on tho night in question. Somctimo
.during the evening two; stages drove up
to Spark's gate and nearly a score of
young white men from Englishtown and Man
asqnan alighted. They had with them two'
pails of tar and a bushel basket filed with feath
ers. The visitors gathered in a gang about the
gate and after a short consultation marched
toward the bouse and called Emmons out.
He was surrounded by tbe intruders and the
leader of tho gang ordered him to remove his
clothing. He refused to obey at first bat af tor
a good deal of vigorous persuasion ho was in
duced to do so. The tar was applied to Emmons
from bis neck to his feet. The feathers wero
then scattered over him. Tho gang then quietly
withdrew. Upon returning to their homes
they laughed and chatted abont the outrage,
considering it a huge joke on Emmons. Tho
victim of the affair sufiered no ill effects from
the rough treatment, although he was kept in
doors for Bomo time
When the tar and f oathers had been removed
from his body ho sought a Police Justice and
bad warrants issued for the arrest ot those
who had maltreated him. To-day the jokes .of
the self-styled "White Caps" wero turned Into
gnefwben Constable Holmes Scobey served
tbe warrants. All of them found mon to go
their bail. A hearing will probably be given
them this week. .
DEARER CIGARS COMING.
Manufacturers Decido to Raise Prices on
January 1.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New YoRK,Dec 2L Within a few days thero
have been two meetings of cigar manufacturers
to consider the advisability of raising prices.
One was held in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, whero
13 firms were represented, and the other was
held at 52 Exchange place. Philadelphia
and Boston, as well as this city,
wero represented, and an advanco in
prlco seemed to bo the general desire
The fear that seemed to besot tbe manu
facturers, and which has so far prevented them
from working singly and advancing prices on
the strength of the McEinley bill, is that tbe
city which takes tho first step in this matter
will lose mnch of its trade. At the Exchange
Placo meeting Edward Heyman, tbe President
of tbo association, assured the manufacturers
that it was not Intended to form a trnst or a
combine, bnt only to "secure concerted action
in an important business crisis."
At this meeting a resolution was adopted to
advanco prices on Jannary 1. The Tobacco
Journal, in commenting on this action of tho
manufacturers, says that New York and Penn
sylvania manufacture more than one-half tho
domestic cigars, and that, therefore, these
States alono should lead in tbe matter of fixing
prices.
BROKE THE OLD MAN'S NECK
He Was Used as an Illustration of How to
Kill a Chicken.
Peoria, Dec 21. James Hannon, whilo
showing a funeral party how to kill a'chlcken
to-day. broko tho neck of Pat Lyon, a man
aged GO years. The entire party was sitting in
a saloon after tho funeral, and Hannon gavo
the old man's neck a slight twist.
Tho fact that the old man was dead did not
develop nntil several hours later, when tho
party arose to go home. The practical illustra
tion had broken his neck.
A DRUNKEN KAN'S DEED.
Kills Ills Wlfo With a Pistol Shot and Puts
a Ball Into Himself.
Paris, Tex., Dec 21. William Ladd, a
deputy United States marshal, shot his wife
dead and then shot himself. Ladd and bis wife
left this city Friday night for Antlers, a small
place in tbe Choctaw nation, and near where
MrsLadd's mother lives. Ladd was drinking
and was heard quarreling with his wife at the
station at Antlers. They concluded to attend
'& ball riven At tha hotel at Antlnra Instaad of
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DECEMBER 22, 1890.
going out to visit Mrs. Ladd's mothor.as at first
contemplated. Mrs, Ladd danced one set, but
as her husband refused to enter the ballroom
sho left shortly after and joined him in his
room,
Tbroe shots were hoard, and somoono rush
ing upstairs found the woman on tho floor
dead, shot through the heart. Ladd had shot
himself under the chin, the bullet lodging near
tho top of the head. Ho Is still alive and may
recover, but his tongue is so mangled he cannot
sneak. He admits tho killing, however, and
tho deed was undoubtedly committed in a
drunken frenzy. Ladd has a icmarkablo
career, having figured in a number of desper
ate encounters, and having killed soveral men.
SHORT-LIVED LIBERTY.
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A MlSSCfURI MURDERER BREAKS JAIL,
riUT IS RECAPTURED.
i
Ho Is Found Unclosed In a Corn Shock.Near
tho Grave of Ills Victim An Angry Mob
Surrounds tho Jail, and Lynching May
Follow,
tSPZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Boonville, Mo., Dec 21. Between 1
and 2 o'clock this morning John Oscar Tur
lington, the murderer of Sheriff Thomas C.
Craniner, for the third time escaped from
the Boonville jail, He effected his escape
by sawing through the top of his cell. The
cell in which he was confined is made of
boiler iron a quarter of an inch thick. Ho
sawed put a piece of the ceiling 8 by 13
inches, and through this hole he crawled
into a garret. He then pried off the cover of
a scuttle hole in tho roof and got on top of tho
building. Ho had previously undo a rope by
tearing up bis blankets and artistically plaiting
the strips together, tied it to a beam and let
himself donn in tho rear of tho building.
Ho then went to tho stablo, put a bridlo and
saddle on Sheriff Hornbcck's horse and started
south on Sixth street. A dispatch was recoived
here this morning stating that the borso
had been fonnd tied in tho brnsh one
milo east of Otterville, CO miles from bore. Im
mediately on receipt of this Information,
Sheriff Hornbeck and a posse set out to scour
that vicinity for the fugitive Arriving at
where the horse was found hitched, they set
about searching tho cornfields thereabouts.
Thl3 for a time proved a fruitless task, and
was about to be abandoned, when ono ot the
posso chanced to give a conspicious corn sbock
a vigorous kick. It did not yield as had been
expected, and on closer examination It proved
to be tho hiding place of the f ngitive ontlaw.
Ho was promptly seized, being readily over
powered by his captors. In charge of Sheriff
ilornbcck, be was taken to tho Otterville jail,
whore he now is. Tbo news of Turlington's
presence quickly spread through tho town and
an angry mob soon gathered about tho jail and
frocly mado threats of lynching tho notorious
prisoner. Otterville was the home of Sheriff
Cr.inmor and is the placo whore bo is buried.
Naturally tho feeling against Turlington Is in
tense Fate seems to havo led Turlington to
tho grave of his victim, and it is possible that
ho will meet his death there
It was on Saturday night, June 11. last that
ho killed Sheriff Cranmor and made his first
escape. He was recaptured, tried and con
victed of murder and scntencod to death, and
was waiting the result of an appeal to the Su
preme Court when, on Saturday night, Novem
ber 2, he again escaped. Alter being at liberty
for ono month he was again located and cap
tured in Kentucky. Again for a third time he
regained his liberty on Saturday night, only to
be again recaptured.
BIG LOSS ON SUGAR.
Expert Brown Pays It Will Amount to
870,000,000 a Year.
Washington, Dec 21. Henry A. Brown, of
Massachusetts, tbe noted sugar tariff expert,
has been in Washington for several days con
ferring with leading officials and members of
Congress abont the great cat in duty on sugar
togo into effect next April under the new tariff
law and its effects on the revenues of the coun
try. .Mr. Brown insists that tbe loss of revenue
from making sugar almost duty free, to
gether with the bounty to be paid to sugar
producers in this conntrv, will amount to S70,
000,000 a year, he la clearly of tho opinion
that it will be found advisable, and that it will
bo the duty of Congress to restore fully thrco
ConrthfTnf thn Hreseiit- or old dntv on nnr
fttt di&ontlnutt-uTTcpoal-tlio' bounty feature'
oi ine new law.
He has no doubt that tbe -rapid ioorease in
production ot sugar In this country will very
soon cheapen permanently the price of that
article to American consumers, and that
a sustained duty on sugar wonld be a
powerful factor in treating with sugar
producing countries for reciprocity, Mr. Brown
says his opinions and views on this
matter are shared by leading Republicans
in and out of Congress conversant with tho
subject; who aro not' unmindful of tbe de
mands that are likely to bo made npon tho
Treasury to meet tho largely increased Govern
ment expenditures for pensions, the uavy, etc,
m the near lutnre.
DIED IN HIS TRACKS.
Joo Story Shot Down at tho noad or a Band
of Ruffian'.
Baton Rouge, La., Dec 2L Joo Story was
killed on tho Greenvillo Springs road Friday
night by William Tisdale, who has
surrendered to the Sheriff in this
city. Tisdale, who was in town
that day. left In a wagon, which also contained
Emilo Victor and Stevcr Verbois. Jnst out of
town they met John L. Power. An encounter
took placo between Stever Verbois and Powers,
growing out of a business transaction, and
Powers was boaten. After the fight endod he
went off, saying he wonld get even. Powers
improved bis tlmo by getting a crowd of
friends, and waited on the roadsido about 15
miles out for tho Verbois wagon to come along.
When within a mile of the spot where
Powers and his men were stationed, Tisdalo
and his friends met a man who told them of
the danger ahead, and they stopped tho wagon
and went to the honse of a triend nearby,
whero they borrowed a shotgun and a pistol.
It was not long beforo they saw several men in
front of them. One of them sprang forward
and commanded them to throw up their hands,
but Instead. Tisdalo fired his gun into tho crowd,
killing Joe Story.
A C0WABDLY HUBDER.
rohrian Mendaza Kills a Woman Who Re
fnsed to Marry Him.
New Ibehia.La., Dec 2L Last evening at
Bayou Cain, in St. Martine Parish, Fohrian
Mendazashot and instantly killed Mary Craw,
son, widow of William Case. Mrs. Case was a
young widow of about 20 years of age and had
beon receiving tho attention of her slayer for
some time. She, however, a few days since,
refused his offer of marriage, whereupon be
threatened to kill her.
Last night she, with Mr. P. Beaver as her
escort, wero on their way to a candy pulling to
be given in tho neighborhood, when they were
overtaken by Mendaza. The latter again de
manded her consent to marry him, and upon
her refusal he quickly placed his pistol near
her neck and fired, tho ball entering tho neck
and breaking tbe spine and causing death.
Mendaza made a break for tbo woods and is
yot at large.
FLEECED BY A WIDOW.
A Young Man Who Is Mourning the Loss
of S3.000.
TSFECIAL TELEOnAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Sast Francisco, Dec 2L Frank Goodwin,
a young man of thisWty, is now mourning over
nis misplaced confidence in a New York ad
venturess, which has cost him S3, 000. Last June,
while in New York, Goodwin bocame ac
quainted with an engaging widow, who said
her name was Mrs. G. Furnam. Sho came
West with him .and he represented her as his
wife. He fitted ub a flat, on which ho spent
$2,500, and ho maintained her snmptnously.
Returning to day from a brief bnslnass trip,
he found sho had sold the furniture and had
left for New York. She took with her $300 in
cash. Tho police hero say she is a confidence
woman.
A FATAL STABBING.
Tho Nephew of tho raraous Gabrlol Dn
lnont Mcots Bis Death.
Gretna, Man., Dec 21. A fatal stabbing
affray took place just over the Dakota
border from here last sight when Michael
Dumont, nephew of Gabriel Dumont,
of Kiel rebellion fame was fatally stabbed by
Nicholas Damm in a renewed dispute of some
tronble they bad tbreo years ago.
Dumont died within an hour after being
stabbed. Both men had been drinking heavily.
A Serious Wreck Reported.
Saratoga, N. y., Dec 21. The midnight
southbound train on tho Delawaro and Hudson
Railroad jumped the track at Balls ton. A
serious, wreck fa rumored,
HUtfTED THEM DQWN.
The Victim of a Bogus Divorce Mill
Obtains His KeYenjje
ON THOSE WHO EDINED HIM.
Ex-JIayor Pendleton, Who Was Driven
From Fort Worth, Tex.,
EONS IUS DESTKOIEUS TO EAETII
lErXCTAL TELEOUAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
New Yoisk, Dec. 21. ;The victim of one
of the fraudulent divorce mills in this city
has ran to earth the proprietors of tho mill.
He is no less a person than William S.
Pendleton, who, when he bought his di
vorce, was Mayor of Ft. Worth, Texas.
The mn who sold him the divorce were W.
Duryee Hughes, who says he is the brother-in-law
of Landaulet Williams, once ex
Attorney General of the United States,.
whom General Grant wanted to appoint
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, and Patrick II. Campbell, both at
torneys practising iu this city.
It was not many years ago that Hughes
and Campbell were inf partnership and they
occupied a dingy little office at 320 Broad
way. From the facts which are presented
to-day, it would appear that the Superior
Court of Cook county, Ills., occupied the
dingy little office with them, or if it did not,
the men who did, assumed the functions of
that court, imprinted its seal with a counter
feited die and forged the name of Clerk P.
McGrath, of that court, to a certificate ap
pended to a document purporting to bo a divorro
for which Hugbos & Campbell received S2G5.
Tho proofjof tho forgeries is unquestionable;
tho connection of Hughos with the procuring
of the seal counterfeit is positive.
Tho Divorce That Ruined Pendleton.
When tho sensation that attended the dis
closure of tho fact that tho divorce Mayor
Pendleton bad was fraudulent was at its height,
Hughos was interviewed by roporters and as.
sertcd positivoly that tho firm of Hnghes &
Campbell had not been engaged in any divorco
snit and know nothing about any divorce Pen
dleton might have. That statement ruined
Pendleton financially and politically. Sinco
then Campbell has written a lotter to Pendle
ton to the samo effect. The offer of Hughes
and of Campbell to pay back tfco money thoy
had received for tho divorco don't exactly
harmonize with either tbo letter or the inter
view. Mayor Pendleton's divorce and re-marriage
created much astonishment in tbo Sontb, and
the subsequent events, wbicb includo tbe dis
covery of the f ranrtulency of tho divorco. mado
it necessary for him to resign his office as
Mayor and Ieavo tho State. Thero was no sus
picion at first that tho divorco which Pendle
ton had was not genmne. The exposnre cre
ated a tremendous sensation. Mayor Pendle
ton protested that his divorco was gennlne and
that he had obtained it throuch his connscl,
nnghes & Campbell, whose office was at 320
Broadway, New York. Thoy had had tho as
sistance of associato counsel in Chicago. Be
tween tbe time of the granting of tbo illeeal
divorce and tbe publications proving it to be
fraudulent tho firm of Hughes & Campbell
had dissolved partnership, each partner start
ing Id business for himself.
A Dispatch That Capped the Climax.
Tbe following dispatch, dated New York,
was printed In Ft, Worth last July:
"In an interview this afternoon with W. D.
Hngbes, of the late firm of Hughes it Camp
bell, lawyers. 320 Broadway, ho statod to a
Gazette correspondent that whilo his firm had
acted as counsel for Mayor Fendleton, of Ft,
Worth, in certain business matters relating to
law for the firm of which Pendleton was a
member, neither tbo firm nor Mr. Campbell
nor himself individually had, so far as ho
knqw, acted as attorney for Mr. Pendleton in
the proceeding claimed to have been had In
Chicago, by which Pondleton secured a divorco
from his -wife."
This news capped tho climax. Forth Worth
people were satisfied that the Mayor had been
lvtng, and that tbe divorco was a fraud. Hngbes
& Campbell were not suspected of having any
thing to do with tho fraud. Mayor Pendleton
had to bear the brunt. Mass meetings wero
called and resolutions were passed calling on
the Mayor to resign his office because he had
brought disgrace ou himself and on the people
whom he represented as their chiof executive.
Pendleton's business associates and some of
Ins political friends stuck to bim. They be
lieved that if the divorce was fraudulent he
did not know It and they advised him not to
resign.
romlleton Resigns and Seoks Rovengo.
For somo timo he refused. The Common
Council bad no power to remove him. He
would probably havo served ont his term if he
had not received positive evidence that tho
divorce was fraudulent, and then the pressure
becamo too heavy and he rcsigned.Mrs.Pendlc
ton No. 1 began a suit for divorce at once. Sbe
got her divorce on Octobor 4 last. In tbo mean
time Fendleton bad beon lost sight of. He
was now quietly at work to get rovongo on the
lawyers who had had bis money and had cost
him his roputation. nis story of how ho got
his divorco from Hughes & Campbell is as fol
lows, part told by himself and part by his
friends:
He read an advertisement in a New York
paper stating tbat Hughes & Campbell, attor
nejs at law, could obtain divorces in all tho
States anickly. He wrote to them and told
them tbat be desired to get a divorce from his
wife and asked what State it would be easy to
get it in. It was plain incompatibility of temper
that ho alleged and nothing else. His wifo was
a good woman, but ho could not get along with
her. Nevertheless ho would not say anything
against her reputation. He asked whether the
firm could got a divorce for him on tho ground
he named and bow mnch it would cost.
Negotiating for tho Divorce.
In reply, he got a letter -to tho effect
that it would be an easy matter to
get a divorco, and that it would cost
him $250, of which $125 mnst bo paid
at once and tho rest when tbe divorce was ob
tained, Altogether. Pendleton says half a
dozen letters passod between them and then he
sent on (125 and instructed Hughes & Campbell
to go ahead and get the divorce. In tbe latter
part of July. 18i'J, ho Btarted for New York
himself and called on tho lawyers. He does
not remember exactly tbe language they used,
but it was to the effect tbat matters wero in
good sbapo and that the divorce would speedily
bo procured.
They led him to believe, ho says, that the snit
was going on hero. He bad no idea that it was
at Chicago that they intended to bring tho suit,
or rather date tho divorco papers. He called
occasionally at their ofllco and was assured that
tho suit was getting along finely and wonld end
in his favor, Somo timo in August tbey asked
hintforflO on account. He says they told bim
it was to pay tbe expenses of advertising the
notice Being so far away from Texas, it was
necessary to servo tho notice of tho snit on
Pendleton by publication. Ho paid the money.
In tbo latter part of August he received a let
ter from the firm telling him to call at tbo
olfice at once; that thero was some agreeable
information thero for him.
Tho Agreeable Information Imparted.
Ho did call tbe next day and they congratu
lated him and handed to him two copies of a
docree of divorco alleged to have been granted
in Cook county. 111. This was tho first time ho
had heard that tho suit had been brought in
Illinois. Both copies wero in regular form and
wore certified to by the clerk of Cook county.
At least his name was. signed to them, and
Pendleton says he thonght It was all right.
"Now, Mr. Pondleton," said Hughes, "you
havo two copies of tho decree ono for yourself
and one for your wife. Shall we send tho ono
to your wife or will you take it and give it to
her yourself!" "I will take it myself." said
Pendleton, and he paid the 5100 due and went
away. Ho returned to Texas shortly after
ward. His youngest child was very ill. Tho
doctor said it could not live. He asked tbo
doctor bow long It would live, and tho doctor
told bim tbat it would surely die in a few days.
Pendleton tbongbt bo would wait until after
its death beforo be told his wlfo of tbo divorce
Ho resumed bis residence in the house, occu
pying a separate room from bis wife The
child, instead of dying in a few days, lived for
ten months, and tbe telling abont tba divorco
was pnt off day after day. In tho mean time a
party of Mugwumps put up a candidate for
Mayor at a local election. The regular parties
wero looking about for a candidate and in
sisted on Pendleton taking the nomination.
Ho was very popular
The Storm Breaks Loose
He refused it, but was finally bulldozed into
accepting tbe nomination. He was elected
by a large majority.- When tho child died
Pecdlotoa showed his wifo the divorce. There..
was no scene, or anything of tho kind, and he
quietly left Ft. Worth and went to New
Orleans, where ho married a woman be loved.
The news of tbo marriage was made public, and
then came tho sensation. Pendleton did not
suspect that bis divorce was fraudulent until
he read in the papers the dispatches front
Chicago to tbe effect that there was no record
of tbo case there
Ho returned to Ft. Worth to settle his busi
ness affairs, intending to livo down tbe talk
about him.
Even those dispatches In the papers did not
convince him that bo had not a legal divorce,
and he refused to bclievo that it was illegal
until be read tho interview that The Dis
patch reporter had with Hnghes in this city.
He did not opposo tbo snit of bis wifo and her
divorco was granted to her. He had J10.000
worth of real estate in Texas and be settled
that on her and then camo to New York. All
the money ho had left was a little over 51,000.
Ho remarried Addie Cnllcn at once and Is now
living with her here.
Ho has secured virtual confessions from both
tbe lawyers, who aro willing to refund tbo KX5.
Ho has also found the man who mado tbe Chi
cago conrt seal. Forging tho seal ot a Court
of record is a penal offense Tho lawyers havo
not been arrested, but likely will bo to-morrow.
MISSING STEAMSHIPS.
FEARS THAT TWO HAVE FOUNDERED
WITH ALL ON BOARD.
All Hope Given Up for Ono of Them, but It
is Possible the Other May Turn Up Safe
Both Encountered a Terrific Uurricane
in tho Western Atlantic
fJTECTAL TELEORAM TO TOE DISPATCTT.l
Baxtimobe, Dec. 21. The agents of the
Johnston line of steamers have alnrostgiyen
up all hope of ever hearing ariuf&mthe
vembcr 20 for London with aBargo onsrttfe,
grain and general merchandise. According
to the maritime register the vessel w;
ported as having passed tuevLizard Scce;
berl4. This the agents here, bowwjer, deny,
and a contradiction has been rcceivecfscre
at the local exchange from the company's mai;
office at London. It is almost certain that tho
steamship was canght in tbo gieat hurricane
which swept tbe Western Atlantic Ocean on
Docember 1. as she was then in tbat latitude
Some hope is expressed that tho vessel, being
driven far ont of her courxo and probably dis
abled, had finally preceded in reaching somo
harbor whero it ly . impossible to get ac
cess to a cable. 7 . wever, but a forlorn
hnnn .. fey.
TbeThanemoros"f?,rt. '(JX, ho Capes
November 27 abont ef, vO. 'und tboj
Wo
ln.(ArT.nn.t- a.....TJ
iituu..iitu3iui w.tauiv j.
was caugnt in a terrimc ! v
captain, two seamen and was- (jy
Tho track of both vessels waf. "wC.
the Thaneinore nndonbtediy enu,
same gale The Thanomoro has a ft
and third officer, chief engineer and
about 20 men. Besides these were a nu, r
of cattlemen aboard to attend to tbo 430 bvid
of cattlo which comprised part of her cargo.
Her officers and crew were all Englishmen, Lut
tbo cattlemen were Americans.
Tho stoamship Oranmore, Captain W. John
stone Moilatt, bound to this city from London,
via Boston, is also many days overdneattho
latter port. She left London November 29 and
as the passage is usually mado In 20 days, even
in extremely bad weather, it is feared that she
has met the same fate as that of the Thane
more. Tbey arc sister ships, belonging to tho
same line Captain Moffatt is an experienced
navigator, having been all over the world. The
Oranmore is a good boat and it may be possi
ble that she has been dismasted or met with an
accident and is moving slowly alone.
THEY SAW THE MESSIAH.
Indians Sending Letters to Their Children
in Eastern Schools.
LAWHence. Kax.. Dec. 2L Soveral of tho
students at tho Haskell Institute, tbo Indian
school here, have received Iotters from their
relatives In the Indian Territory regarding the
Messiah craze. One ot tbo letters is from a
Caddo chief to his daughter. It is dated
Anadarka, and tells of tbe 'ghost dances.
The chief tolls bis daucbtcr not to ridi
cule the coming of the Indians' Christ, for
slio knows notumg or ine wonarons mamiesta
tionstho Indians havo received from bim re
garding his appearanco on earth again. Ho
says tbat majbe some time her Indian instincts
will assert themselves, and then she will como
back to ber people, join in tbe dance and make
herself ready to receive the Messiah. The old
chief says the belief is confined mostly to tho
good Indians, and he regrets tbat tho bad ones
will not mend tbeir ways and accept tbo Christ.
Another of tbe letters is from an uncle to his
nephew. This letter also tells of wonderful
revelations that hane bcon mado at tho ghost
dances and of tbo marvelous mterviows tbat
the inspired Indians have had with tho Messiah.
Some of tbe inspired Indians, says tbe writer,
have bad interviews dnring their trances with
dead relatives who havo told them to prepare
for the coming of Christ and not treat him as
did tho white people of old. The writer
cantions his nephew not to reject the Messiah
until be has attended a ghost dance and has
had an opportnnity to judge himself of the
evidences of tbo coming of Christ.
MET A DESERVED FATE.
Chinese Assassins Executed for a Most
Diabolical Crime.
San Fkan Cisco, Dee 21. Chinese advises
report tho execution of the sentences of tho
villagers, near Shanghai, China, for tho cruel
murder of If salt inspectors, and the burning of
tho bodies of tho wounded and dead. Last
March these salt inspectors made a raid on a
village. They wore no uniform, and tho
villagers mistook tbem for pirates. Tho in
spectors seized a pile of contraband salt, wbich
tbey found by the side of a house, and whilo
removing it they were attacked by tbe villagers
and overpowered. Nearly all were only stunned
by tbe blows, but tbe villagers found that tbey
had attacked Government officers, and fearfnl
of severe punishment, decided to burn tbo
boats, and with it the bodies of tbe wounded
inspectors, to remove all traces ot tbeir erime.
So they carried the injured men to the boats
and, despite their entreaties, set fire to and
burned tbo whole. Tbo cbief criminal was
sentenced to decapitation. Dut committed
snicide before tho day arrived, and according
to law. his body was exhumed and the head
strnck off and exhibited as a warning to tho
miblie Four others wero strangled and four
exiled after heavy fines.
FOOLED WITH A GDH'.
The Result Was That a Young Man Kills
nis Brother.
PAWS, Tex Dee 2L A fatal accident oc
curred near here yesterday by which a son of
County Commissioner Clond, aged 16 years,
who was fooling with a gun, sbot and killed
his brotber, aged IS.
Near Goodland. I. T., Friday night at a
dance. "Charley Robinson, a posseman of Don
uty Marshal Terry, was shot and killed. Ho
was drunk and fired off his pistol in tbe house,
terrorizing the crowd George Scott and Sam
Bohannon wero arrested charged with tho kill
ing. CAR SHOPS BURNED.
Much Valuable Property or tho Illinois Cen
tral Destroyed.
CHICAGO, Dee 21. The paint shop and tho
repair shop of tho Illinois Contral Radroad
wero entirely destroyed by fire to-night. In tho
first building were 1G passenger coaches, worth
53.500 apiece, and in tbe repair shop were f onr
coaches nearly completed, also valued at $3,500
each.
Tbe fire was stopped jnst before reaching a
building containing $150,000 worth of patterns.
The total loss is estimated at $125,000.
SITTIHQ BULL'S DEATH.
Indians Beyond the Border Excited Over
nis Killing.
Moose Jaw, Assinaboia. Dec. 2L Tho
Sioux Indians here and at Wood Mountain are
greatly excited over tbo killing of Sitting Roll,
and a number of armed Indians havo crossed
tho line from tbo south. Tbe Messiah crazo
appears to have reachod them. Chief Vlack
Bull, now at Wood Mountain, says tbe whites
will soon bo exterminated and the Indians bavo
control of the country again.
LOUISIANA TRAGEDIES.
One Man Shot and Killed, 'While Another
Has His Throat Cut.
Lake Cuari.es, La., Dee 21. Yesterday
James Coleman shot and killed William Mcs
grove, from Texas. Tho shooting occurred
just after a fistflght.
Last night at Goosport, in a free fight among
negroes, Jim Sanders cut the throat of a negro
named lied Mono ana wounded another,
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THREE CENTS.
11 GHOSTLYJESCENT
Made by a Fair Young Som
nambulist on the Ties of the
' Knoxville Incline.
THE PERILOUS ADVENTURE
Of Pretty Lonise Liebendorfer on a
Dark and Eainy Kight.
AWAKENED BY AN ALEET OFFICER
Crossed in Love, and the lleroina of a
Peculiar Story.
SIM1LAE EXPERIENCES IN TIKGISIA
Early yesterday morning the Southside
was the seen of a remarkable case of som
nambulism. Officer David Smith left the Twenty
eighth ward station at about 2 o'clock and
was proceeding homeward along Carson
street, when, at the Fifteenth street corner,
he was suddenly startled by what, at first
sight, appeared to be an apparition from an
other world. Officer Smith, however, is
gifted with considerable pluck, and he at
advanced upon the supposed ghost.
approach showed that the sus-
pectedbcure was that of a young girl, clad
in a uaipty, frilled night-gown and
slippCTt Theind blew keenly at the
FiftecntiiStreet corner; but the lightly-clad
girldid notsNs to regard the elements in
the slightest degree Officer Smith was, to
say the least, astonished; but hi3 presence
of mind did not leave hho. He advanced
toward the girl, and saw b her staring,
sightless eyes that she was fast asleep.
At this moment the sound of quick steps
was heard, and two men came down the
street at a rapid pace. Officer Smith recog
nized Max Tteizenstein and another resident
of the hill whose name he did not know.
Reizenstein rr.hed wildly at the girl, cry
ing: "Louise! Louise! why don't you,
waken?" Hut the somnambulist didn't ap
pear to hear his words.
Story of the Somnambulist's Feat.
The policeman then caught tbe girl gently
by the shoulders, preventing her onward
progress aud requested tbe men to tell what
they knew about her. Reizenstein declared
tbat they had noticed the girl, whose name)
he said was Louise Liebendorfer, passing in
her nightgown along Virginia avenue, near
the top of the Knoxvilla incline. Curiosity
induced them to follow her, when, to their
horror, they saw her step from the
bluff-side to the ties ot the incline
and begin to descend the perilous slope.
For a moment they feared that she would
lose ber balance and fall through the spaces
to the jagged rocks below; but seeing that
sho held on her way downward, without
any misadventure, tbey decided to run aronnd
by tbo steps and stop her at the incline depot.
On the, way they canght occasional glimpses of
thp fragile form, clad in a flattering night robe,
and steppingfrom tio to tie with apparent ease.
In point of fact, tbe girl was too qnick for
tbem, for she reached tbe foot of tbe inclino
beforo tbey did, and continued her way down
Fifteenth to Carson street, whero she was met
by Officer Smith.
Reizcnstein's companion confirmed this
strange narration, and the inclino watchman
shortly afterward turned up with a repetition
of the facts.
Mcanwbilo Miss Liebendorfer's eyes bad
opened, and tho girl, who was really pretty,
looked shndderingly ronnd. As soon as sho
recognized ber surroundings sbe buried her
face in Officer Smith's capacious bosom and
begged In pitiful tones to bo taken home Tho
officer took oft his overcoat and wrapped it
about the poor girl's shivering shoulders. Then,
he escorted tbe fair Louise to the Twenty
eighth ward station, wbero tho matron sup
plied her with a skirt, stockings and a warm
cloak.
Tho Sleep-Walker Escorted Home.
Special Officer Thomas Richards, who Is ever
ready to succor any number of damsels in dis
tress, was tnen deputed to escort Miss Llebm
dorfcr to her home, wbicb, IXzenstein stated,
was on Virginia avenue Officer Richards
fonnd tho house, and succeeded in arousing
the girl's mother, who told him, tearfully, tbat
thi-t was tbe third or fonrth timo tbat Louisa
had performed tho most snrpiismg feats while
walking in her sleep.
Tho Liebendorfer houso was visited yester
day and tbe aged Mrs. Liebendorfer found at
home She said: "Yes, it is all true abont poor
Louise. I have heard from several peoplo
about her wonderful walk down tbe Knoxville
inclino last nizht. She has done mnch stranirer
'things in her sleep. When we lived in Vir
ginia sno twico swam tno creek wmio lass
asleep."
Mrs. Liebendorfer was at first loath to re
veal any reason for her daughter's adventure
After a little questioning, however, sho
said: "There was a rather serious
love affair between my daughter and
a young man who lives on Carson street, near
Fifteenth. A few weeks ago I forbade her to
meet him, as I considered he was an unfit com
panion for her. She managed to see him. how
ever, and we had somo trouble about it. I know
she was very much in love with him, so it is
just probobie tbat she went down the incline to
reach his house. I do not want to tell tbe young
man's name, as his family aro well known and
respected on the Southside."
Tired Out by Ber Tramp.
It was learned that tbe heroine of the adven
ture. Miss Louise Liebendorfer, was asleep at
the time of this interviow, having been almost
tired out after her descent of. tho incline.
Max Roizenstem was next sought. He saldt
"It is quite true tbat Miss Liebendorfer de
scended the Incline last night. I and my friend
Klmnell saw her nearly every inch ot the way.
She was all In white, so it was easy to
distinguish her on tho ties. The watch
man at tbo foot of the inclino
also noticed her, and followed her to
Carsou street. Sho went down the incline jnst
like a cat, and very quickly, as If she performed
feats like tbat every day ot ber life. I believo
tbero is a lovo story back of this, and that a
heart trouble has been preying on tbe girl's
mind. I went to school with Lonise Lieben
dorfer. bhe cannot bo more than 20 years of
age."
All attempts to seo Miss Liebendorfer wero
unavailing: the was said to be too tired, when
awake, to soo anybody.
One of tbo incline officials was last night in
terviewed with regard to the length and danger
of tho incline descent. He said: "The Incline
is. at the very least. 1,000 feet In length. It ap
pears to me most extraordinary bow any human
being could successfully descend it, especially at
tbe hour mentioned, which is tbe very darkest
part of the night. At some places tbe incline
rises to over 50 feet above tbe rocks. One falsa
step would have nrecipltated the girl upon tho
rocks beneath. Besides, at 2 a. m. a drizzling
rain was falling, and tbe incline ties wero
already slippery with frost and snow. Provi
dence alone could bavo guided Louise Lioben
dorf or in safety on her awfnl journey."
A RUNAWAY TRAIN.
Terrible Disaster Averted on an Elevated
( Railroad.
isrsctAi. xEUtoBAK to Tins DisrAicn.3
NKw" York. Dec. 2L A crowded Sixth ave
nue elevated train was disablod on tbs way
down town this morning and tbe engineer and
fireman dismounted to repair tho locomotive.
Another train bumped in the rear, tbe shock
tumbling tbe passengers into laps and starting
the engine. When the people regained their
feet they found themselves flying behind a
runaway train with nono to stop it.
Terrible disaster seemed inevitable until
a young fellow climbed over the engine and
Ireversed Its lever.
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