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IN ANARCHTS 11
A Polish Clergyman Is Mur
dered, Probably by Com
mon Highwaymen,
TOE FUNDS OF HIS CHUECH.
The Four -Assassins Tursued by
Teasants and Are Shot Down,
TWO BY THEIR OWN RED HANDS.
English
Diplomats
Egyptian
Outwitted
Question.
in the
NEWS FROM TIIE EUROPEAN CAPITALS
Berlin-, April a The latest story of
the supposed Anarchist outrage comes from
Inwrazlaw, in Posen. Dr. Poninsky, a
high Polish ecclesiastic, was assassinated
bv four men, all four of whom fired at him
with revolvers. The Doctor's body was
riddled with bullets and he died almost in
Ftantlv. Dr. Poninsky was sitting in a room when
he tour assassins appeared at the house and
-equestcd to see him. They were ushered
nto the presence of the aged doctor, who
a-ked them their business. In reply he
was handed a red card, on which was
Tinted a command, signed by ie "Com
mitter of the Polish Anarchists," calling
ipon him to surrender all the money he
nad in his possession for the benefit of the
Anarchists. The card stated that it he re
:used to obey the command he would be
killed. From his position in the church
Dr. Poninsky had intrusted to him large
sums of money, and this fact was appar
ently well known and taken advantage of
by the Anarchists.
How the Murder Was Committed.
Dr. Poninskv, who was very infirm from
age, was terribly startled at the import of
the mease. He ran to a window and
jumped to the garden. The Anarchists fol
lowed him to the window, and before he
could reach a place of safety they poured a
volley of bullet into his body from their
revolt ers. He tell dead.
The assassins then fled, but the alarm was
. ven and the owner of Kocieles Castle, a
1 other of Dr Poninsky,aml20others,atonce
j med themselves, and, mounting horses,
- arted in pursuit of the murderers.
Kiev were soon overtaken by the band of
nrsucr. A desperate battle followed.
The pursuers fired a vollev into the group,
,id one of the murderers fell dead The
and then realized that their pursuers were
ftermined to avenge the death of Dr.
i'1'iinsky, and one ot them, seeing that all
1 te of escape was cut off, turned his
capon araint himself and blew out his
' ins. The remaining two fired upon their
; ursuers, again hitting none of them, and
thev were replied to with another volley
t'at killed another of them. Then the
mrth man, rather than surrender, shot and
tilled himelf.
Anarchist Literature on the Bodies.
The bodies were searched, and on each of
them was found a red ticket, on which was
printed the words: "Execution Committee
of the Polish Anarchists." Dr. Poninsky
without doubt, had by his utterances or
actions incurred the enmity of the Anarch
ists, and the four men were unquestionably
appointed by the Central Anarchist body to
murder him.
It appears from the letters that the An
archists in Poland are thoroughly organ
ized, and have a central committee whose
instructions are implicitly obeved. The
letters also, it is stated, refer indirectlv to
similar organizations in Austria and in
other European countries. The case has
aroused the greatest interest amons the
Berlin authorities, and special detectives
have already been dispatched to ascertain
whether there is any understanding or unitv
of action between the Anarchists of Prus
sian Poland and those in other parts of Ger
many. The Assassin Came Trom Berlin.
The authorities at Koscieleg hae made
an investigation into the affair, and have al
ready learned that the four men were resi
dents of Berlin, and that they came to Kos
cielec purposely to murder Dr. Poninsky.
The names of two of the men were Pelawski
and I'rbauiak. Some personsclaim that the
men were nothing but common robbers, who
took advantage of the pretailing feeling ex
cued bv the Anarchist outrages to prepare
the cards for the purpose ot frightening Dr.
Poninskv into surrendering his money to
them They claim it is hardly reasonable
to suppose that the "Committee of Polish
Anarchists," if there is such a body, w ould
send lour men to rob and murder an old
man, when one, or at the most two, could
have committed the crime equally well,
with far less chance of detection.
The whole allair seems to have been
bunhnrh- arranged from the first,and none
ol the facts thus lar learned go to contra
dict the assertion that the Anarchists are
made to hear the obloquy of a crime of
w Inch they know nothing.
The authorities are, however, searching
in every direction, and if it should prove
true that the four assassins were really
Anarchists it is thought the whole band of
con-pirators will soon be arrested.
Anarchists In Tans and Vienna.
A dispatch from Paris says: The execu
tion ot Lieutenant Anastav, who murdered
the azed Baroness Dellard in Decemberlast,
is fixed for 5 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Anastav will be guillotined in La ltoquette
prison, the authorities hating rejected the
military petitions in favor ot execution by
shooting, on the ground that Anastav com
mitted a crime against the common law and
was tried by an ordinary tribunal.
Deibler, the chief executioner, has re
ceived a number ot threatening letters from
Anarchists. The approaches to La Koquette
w ill be strongly guarded.
A dispatch from Vienna says: Great ex
citement was created here to-day by another
incendiarv fire. A mansion on the Iting
strasse was reported to be in flames, and
when the police and firemen hastened to the
place, they found every evidence that the
fire was the work of Anarchists. The
flames had already got considerable head
way, but the firemen succeeded by extraor
dinary exertion in preventing the spread of
what "had threatened to be a conflagration.
IRELAND AND CANADA.
Combine to Add Lire and Interest
Parliament Proceedings.
to Dry
LOXDOX, April 8. In the House of Com
mons to-day Alexander Blane (Parnellite)
gate notice that in a month he would move
that the time had come to establish an Irish
Parliament in Dublin to manage and con
trol affairs in Ireland, including land legis
lation, judicial appointments and the Irish
constabulary.
The Parliamentary Secretary of the Col
onial Office sa.d that a reply had been sent
to the address of the Canadian Parliament,
j.raving the Quetn to denounce and ter
minate the provisions of certain foreign
treaties that were incompatible with the
rights of the Canadian Parliament for the
regulation of commerce and calculated to
1 roduce complications with the Kmpire.
Baron dc Worms the Secretary, added that
it would not be proper to make the text of
the reply known until it had been commu
nicated to the Canadian Parliament.
William O'Brien madp a motion that the
House adjourn. The motion was made in
order that he might have an opportunity to
call the attention of the House to the harsh
and unconstitutional employment of sol
diers in carrying out evictions for arrest
among the peasants on Clare Island,
the population of which was in danger of
famine. The Chief Secretary for Ireland
contended that to stop the employment of
soldiers in evictions would be ah incitement
to the people to resist any of the decrees
issued by the courts. He could not promise
not to employ soldiers in this work when it
was necessary. The motion th adjourn was
defeated by a vote of 18S to 15a
TRYING TO CHEAT EGYPT.
Turkey Wonted a Slice of Her Territory, but
Salisbury Suspected Duplicity and In
sisted on a Change in the Firman or In
vestiture of the Khedive.
London, April 8. Lord Salisbury has
scored in the diplomatic contest with France
and Bussia over the firman of investiture of
the Khedive of Egypt. The position has
for a week past harassed and perplexed the
Foreign Office, perhaps more than even the
Bering Sea question ever did.
The Sultan stole a march upon English
diplomacy in sendin? a firman so phrased
as to exclude from the Egyptian frontier
the whole Siani peninsula and part of the
Bed Sea littoral, which were ceded to
Ismail Pasha and have been held by Egypt
for half acenturv. Before the firman was
dratted the English Ambassador at Constan
tinople, alive to the possibility of some
action of this sort, demanded that the docu
ment should not introduce nnv question
concerning the frontier, and received assur
ance that the firman would not touch the
Khedive's rights.
"When the Sultan's Envov, Euob Pasha,
arrived at Cairo, the Britfsh Minister, Sir
Evelvn Barine. suspecting some duplicity,
asked for a copy of the document, and when
Eyoub Pasha refused to communicate the
contents of the firman till after the investi
ture Minister Baring advised the Khedive
not to proceed with the ceremony. ILvoub
Pasha then disclosed the substance of the
firman, the nature of which had been known
and approved by France and Russia before
the missive left Constantinople. .
The Consuls General at Cairo at once
ranged themselves on two sides, the Italian
and Austrian representatives meeting at
the English Embassy and the French and
Russian diplomats at the residence of the
Turkish plenipotentiary. The Italian
squadron, which was about to leave Alex
andria, got orders to stav. Yesterday the
British and Italian Ambassadors at Con
stantinople sent a joint note to the Grand
Vizier,saying that the firman mnst be altered
or Eyoub Pasha recalled. There seems to
havebeen no mistaking the emphatic char
acter of the note, and there was aii immedi
ate result
A telegram was received by the Khedive
from the Sultan to-day, saving that the fir
man would be modified, omitting the defini
tion of the frontier It transpired that
Eyoub Pasha had two documents of investi
ture one slicing oft a portion of Egypt and
the other consonant with Lord Salisbury's
view.
TJISTIB HOTTER TH&N EVER.
An Orango Rebellion Certain When Ire
land Gets Her Parliament.
London, April S. A meeting in Belfast
of the Ulster Defense Committee, theMayor
presiding, to arrange for a convention, went
a degree beyond the recent Ulster Com
moners' gathering iu the violence of their
tirades. The pretense of secrecy of the pro
ceedings enabled the speakers to engage in
warlike trnmpetings, and the resolutions re
corded Ulster's determination to have noth
ing to do with the Dublin Parliament,
which is certain to be controlled bv men
who are responsible for the crimes of the
League, and who are mere tools of clerical
domination; and an attempt to set up such a
Parliament will inevitablv result in dis
order, violence and bloodshed) to an extent
thathas been unknown in Ireland for a
centnrv.
Major Saunderson denied that the British
Parliament had aiiv right to hand them
over to another Legislature which they
would never obey, and the sentiment was
received with frantic cheering. T. AV. Rus
sell predicted a tenfold increase of troubles
in Ireland under the Dublin Parliament.
General and Executive Committees were
appointed. The public sense of the danger
and importance of this agitation is crowinir.
Over 100 non-conformist Irish ministers
have agreed to be deputies for the Ulsterites
and stump Great Britain to arouse a re
ligious animus. lhe Irish Unionists in
the House of Commons affirm that though
their policy of resistance to the Dublin
Parliament is limited to a lefusal to pay
taxes, an active, armed opposition from the
Orangemen is inevitable.
HINDOOS IEEEIBLY WOSKED TJP.
They Believe the British Government Med
itates Boy Sacrifices.
Deliii, April 8. Great excitement has
been cau-cd among the lower classes here
by rumors circulated by religious fanatics
that the Government had appointed secret
agents to kidnap seven bos, who were to
be offered as a sacrifice to the water deity
upon the site of the projected reservoir.
The matter was discussed aniongtbe natives,
and the rumors were implicitly believed.
The indignation grew intense and a "watch
was set to discover who the agents were.
A number of persons, including several
Sikh Hindoos, were suspected of being
Government emissaries to steal the victims.
To-day crowds ot natives set upon the sus
pects and beat them in a most cruel manner.
The excitement spread and the natives are
in a dangerous state. The police are doing
their utmost to allay the excitement. A
larse number of the" ringleaders in the as
sault have been arrested and will be tried
as rioters.
LIBEEALS' LAB0E ALLIES.
Independent Candidates for Parliament
Stand a Very Poor Chance.
LoxDOjf, April 8. Labor candidates who
refuse obedience to the Liberal Electoral
Executive are everywhere disappearing,
Mr. Schnadhorst's asrents having succeeded
in inducing the district committee to oust
the Independents. The Executive has ap
proved 20 labor candidates, met of whom
are certain of election.
The payment of the labor men elected is
secured partly by the general and partly by
local funds. The beggarliness of the public
and trades unions' contribution paralyzes
the independent labor men. John Burns
fund is in a starved condition. It gets only
1 weekly and the Dockers' Union, acting
as secretary for the fund, vainly appeals to
the public for another pound.
CONVEESUfG WIIH A SEVEEED HEAD.
A Paris Execution to Be Followed
Gruesome Experiment.
by a
Paeis, April 8. Anastay, the murderer
who is to be guillotined, has requested his
brother, who is a medical student, to ex
periment on his head as soon as it is decap
itated by the executioner. He promised to
reply by movements of his eyes to certain
questions which his brother will ask regard
ing the sensations which he experiences
during the severing of his head from his
body, and matters of a physiological na
ture. The object of this proposed gruesome con
versation is to aflord a test as to whether
there is anv vestige of life remains in a human
head immediately after it has been removed
from the bodv.
A BLACK POPE. Is to be elected next
montTL Bead the details In THE Mal'ATCII
to-morrow.
MARRIED.
MAGUIIiK On Friday, April 8, 1832, at
11-40 i: w., Magoik Joxes, danjrhtcr of .John
and Mircclln Mugiiltc, acd ,20 years, at tho
lcsidence of her sister, ills. Alboj-t Staley,
Xo. 29 Hoss street, city. v
Notiie of funeral in evening papers.
BUCKEYE BRUTALITY.
Three Sickening Tragedies in Three
Sections of the State.
A DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE,
Caused by Jealousy, and a Sweetheart
Killed With a Hatchet,
ADA EBEESOLE PROBABLY POISONED
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Canton, April 8. A most deplorable
tragedy occurred here this afternoon by
which L. T. Waltenbaugh and John Mc
Curdy lost their lives, and Mrs. McCurdy
was seriously wounded. It occurred in
McCurdy's house, where the killing was
done by a revolver in the hands of McCurdy.
There were no witnesses to the shooting,
and the particulars can only be guessed at.
The first intimation of the occurrence was
the hearing by H. J. Shorb, who was work
ing on a building adjoining the McCurdy
lot, of a pistol shot. He paid no attention
to it until Mrs. McCurdy was seen standing
at the fence. Her hands were upraised and
she exclaimed, "I'm shot, and am dying."
Mr. Shorb assisted her to the house in
which he was working.
McCurdy came over and asked her to go
back with him to the house. He had a re
volver in his hand. Shorb demanded the
revolver before she should return, which
McCurdy handed over.
Shot His Wife a Second Time.
His wife then started home. McCurdy
went into the house and came out with an
other revolver. His wife started across a
field. He followed and shot her again.
Mr. Shorb then assisted her to a neigh
bor's house and started back.
In the meantime another shot had been
fired. "When Shorb reached the yard Mc
Curdy was lying there unconscious and
bleeding profusely. The police were then
notified. They responded, and several
physicians hurried to the scene. The first
attention was given to Mrs. McCurdy. She
was conscious but weak, and could not talk
much. She said McCurdy had shot 'Walten
baugh and her and then himself. She was
shot in the left temple and back of the.
rieht car.
The house where the shooting had oc
curred was next visited. McCurdy's body
had been carried into the kitchen. He was
shot in the right temple and soon after
died. Iu the sitting room was found the
body of I T. 'Waltenbaugh. He was shot
in the right temple, and had evidently died
instantly. After receiving attention Mrs.
McCurdy was taken to the hospital. Her
wounds are probably not fatal.
Green-Eyed Jealousy the Motive.
It is thought the cause of the tragedv
was McCurdv finding 'Waltenbaugh with
his wife in the bedroom and parlor com
bined. A window opening upon the yard
was broken, it would seem, from the out
side, and the curtain looks as if a shot had
been fired through the opening. It is sup
posed that McCurdv, looking through the
window, saw them together, and fired into
the room where Waltenbaugh was found.
There was a mark on the plastering which
indicacs that-after firing the first shot Mc
Curdy waited on the outside at the door
until AValtenbaugh came out, and fired
again. 'Waltenbaugh is an aged plasterer
with a wife and several children. His fam
ily is highly esteemed. McCurdy is
somewhat younger, and also a plasterer.
He has been married for several years and
has a child. It is said he had previously
warned "Waltenbaugh not to interfere in
his domestic affairs.
ADA EBERSOLE'S DEATH.
The Girl's Physician and I,over Both Be
lieve She "Was Poisoned and Give Their
Reasons Peculiar Actions of Her Step
fatherBark Tales From Dalton.
Massillox, April 8. Special. A spe
cial in yesterday's papers from Lancaster
stated that A. Q. Martin and J. M. Ging
rich, of Lebanon county, were in that city
to have the body of their niece, Ada Eber-
sole. disinterred and examined, claiming
that death was caused by foul means. The
report went 'on to say that the girl died at
Dalton, O., March 23, and that her step
father, Henry Weimer, with whom she
lived, is suspected with having caused her
deatli. Suspicion was first aroused by
Weimer's peculiar actions and the different
stories he told of the cirl's death, and the
fact that he would allow no one to go East
with the body.
Acting upon the information above, The
Dispatch correspondent went to Dalton,
nine miles west, this afternoon. He first
found Dr. J. M. Palmer, the leading physi
cian of the village, who said:
Her Doctor Thinks She Wag Poisoned.
I know all aliout the case. Have been the
family physician for eight years and at
tended Ada Ebcrsole, or Weimer, as Bhe is
called heie, in her fatal illness. She was 18
3-cars old last November, a beautiful and
lovable girl, always enjoyed excellent
health up to her last illness, and the only
mvstcrv surroundinpr her untimely death is
who killed her. Tour other physicians as
sisted me in holding a post mortem, and 1
am willnijr to make affidavit in any court at
anytime that the frill was poisoned, and I
know those who assisted will corroborate
me. Dr. Greenamver, ot Orrvllle, whom I
called in consultation to see Ada on tho sec
ond day of her sickness, and myself sus
nected criminal practice, but the post mor
tem showed that no such cause of death ex
isted. She w as sick tlirec days.
That concluded the doctor's story, but no
difficulty was encountered in gathering
other information. Ada's mother is mar
ried to Henry Weimer, who kept a small
tin shop, his partner being AquilaMaxwell,
who was the recognized lover of Ada, and
all living tocether. Young Maxwell wanted
to marry Ada, and had his wedding suit
made, but the parents delayed it. A week
before she was taken sick she had arranged
to go to work for a farmer near by in order
that parental restraint would be removed.
Her stepfather sold out his tin shop while
she was sick, and it is alleged by a number
ot persons that he said her sickness would
end fatally.
Tho Statement of Her lViver.
Up to her 18th birthday Ada received
5900 from her father's estate.and it is known
that she would have received a much larger
sum upon the death of her grandfather.
Another surprising feature is that the body
was embalmed two hours after death at the
direction of the parents. Aquila Maxwell
talked at length. His story, in -brief, is as
follows:
Was the first one in the household to bear
Ada moaning. She came into my room and
complained of pains in her stomach. Smell
ins her bi eat 1), I asked what she had taken.
She replied she had taken a drink of n hisky
and lily leaves, a bottlo containing that
tn'vtaie, which Is used for stomach ti ouble,
being kept constantly in the house. Her
paients Knew all about her suffering during
the nisht and in'the morning, but would not
send for a doctor; but Mrs. Bixler, n neigh
bor, came, in and sent for Dr. Palmer. I
was afiaid of being dosed and would not
live theie a minute after Weimer came back
from the East.
Within a day or two a bottle of fluid hav
ing a peculiar odor, which was taken by the
undertaker from the corpse while embalm
ing and kept by him, has been sent to Dr.
Grennamyer, of Orrville.by direction of the
Prosecuting Attorney ot Wavne county for
analysis, and that official will institute a
thorough im estimation to locate the author
ship ot the crime.
DEATH TO WEDDED XITE
Preferred by a Girl Killed byaTVidowor,
Who Also Kills Himself.
Lima, April & Daniel McDaniels, a
widower of 40 years, had been attempting
to make lovo to Xauuic Hays, the prettict
girl in the villace of Hanging Rock, hut
she rejected his advances. Last night Mo
Daniels went into the kitchen with the girl
and renewed his love making, declaring
that he could not and would not live with
out her. Then .he insisted that she must
accompany him to Ironton and get mar
ried. The girl still refused to go, and he seized
a hatchet, shouting: "Marry me or die,"
and sprang upon her. She turned and ran,
and he swung the hatchet, burying the blade
into the back of her head, splitting it open
and felling her to the floor. Again and
again he struck the prostrate form, each
blow crushing her skull, any of which
would have killed. He then drew a razor
and severed the veins on each wrist and
bled slowly to death. He fell by the side
ot his victim, their life blood mingling as
it flowed.
CAUGHT tfOR AN OLD CRIME.
A Western Editor Proves the Nemesis of
a Gang of Murderers An Assassination
of 188S, the Perpetrators of TVhlch. Are
Just Bern: Brought to Justice.
Waupaca, Wi&, April 8. Special
W. H. Mead, an aged banker of Waupaca, '
was found dead in the private office of his
bank on the morning of October 3, 1882, his
head having been blown ofi by a heavy
charge of buckshot, supposed to have been
fired through an open window but a few
'feet from where he was standing at the
time. His murderers, it is thought, first
compelled him to open his sale and give
them what money he had about $8,000
and then, fearing that he had recognized
them, killed him after getting outside.
Detectives were unable to find the mur
derers. "But Edward Gordon, editor of the
Waupaca Port, never allowed the matter U
rest, and the result of his persistence
was the arrest, to-day, of four of the lead
ing residents of this city, charged with the
commission or guilty knowledge of the
crime. The arrests were made upon indict
ments returned by the grand jury.
The men under arrest are Assemblyman
Alfred R. Lea, Sam Stout, Alfred Pall and
David Holmes, all of this city. Stout
is accused as principal in the mur
der, and Lea, Pall and Homes as
accessories Lea as an accessory after the
fact, it beiug alleged that he has had
knowledge of lhe crime since November 22,
1890. Lea and the officers, accompanied by
many of Lea's friends, went to Stevens
Point and gave bail.
Stout has been frequently mentioned
in counection with the case. He was a
saloon keeper at the time of the murder.
The arrest of Holmes was the surprise of
the day, as his name had never been men
tioned in connection with the affair. Pall
was a livery man at the time of the murder.
THE ENGLISH ENVY US.
The Correspondent of the Thunderer Is
ATatcbing Americans In the Argentine
Uncle Sam to Have a Coaling Station
There The Negotiations Prosressins.
London, April 8. A special to the Times
from Buenos Ayres says that Mr. Pitkin,
the American Minister to the Argentine
Republic, and Admiral Walker, Comman
der of the American Squadron, have almost
daily conferences with the Uruguayan Min
ister of Foreign Affairs. A quasi secret
agreement has been arrived at by
which Uruguay guarantees to pro
vide a depot for coals and provisions
for the United States navy. The Uruguay
Minister and the Collector of Customs
spent the day yesterday in looking for a
suitable spot for a depot to be used osten
sibly for the storage of commercial in
flammable goods. Libertad Island, in the
Bay of Montevideo, would suit,
but the Government would be re
quired to rescind the lease held by
the present holders. The American officials,
the Times correspondent adds, so ably used
the fact of this generous offer of Uruguay
in their negotiations "with the Pellegrini
Government that they induced the latter to
entertain a proposal for the concession of
land for an American naval depot at the
mouth ot the Rio De Ea Plata, in the Ar
gentine Republic. ,
The foreign diplomats agree that the
speeches of Minister Pitkin and Mr. Fish
back, Secretary of the American Legation
at Buenos Ayres, at the banquet given by
the officers of the American Squadron, were
indiscreet. The anuoyance ot the people
of the Argentine Republic, the correspond
ent adds, will increase when thev learn of
the role they have been made to play in the
Montevideo negotiations, according to the
details that are now leaking out
THE POPE CALLED A BUSYBODY.
M. Kenipi, the French Matesman, Thinks He
Is an Overrated Man.
London, April 9. The Paris corre
spondent of the Morning Post sends a report
of an interview with M. Renan on
the ecclesiastical question in France.
M. Renan blames the clergy for making the
pulpit a political platform, thus inciting
church riots. "The clergy," he said, "ought
to set an example of respect for and obedi
ence to the laws. The Church is an indis
pensable necessity to satisfy the religious
ideal. Preachers should confine them
selves to the sufficiently vast subjects of
faith, hope and charity.
"Possibly the Pope's encyclical is the
source of the excited zeal of the clergy, es
pecially as the Pope is an overrated man.
He is not a great Pope or diplomatist, merely
an Italian literateur; yet he is the busybody
of the Catholic Hierarchy, compalling the
clergy to interfere in what does not concern
them." He produces upon me the effect of
an old beau in a rose-colored cravat, prom
enading with Dejazet in one of her vouth
ful roles."
THE HISS0UKI CHARLEY BOSS.
further Attempts to Corroborato
the
Stories Pirst Told About Him.
St. Louis, April 8. Further inquiry
into the Charley Ross case of Benton, Mo.,
mentioned in these dispatches last night,
make the story more interesting and circum
stantial. R. H. Sparks, of Blodgett, Mo.,
brother of William Sparks, ot Benton, Mo.,
on whose farm the supposed Charley Ross
is working, was seen to-day. In an inter
view, in which his statements were corrob
orated by friends, he said that in 1874 an
unknown man brought a boy to Benton be
tween 3 and 5 years old. .
No effort was ruade to place the matter
before the Gennantown people, because
Mr. Ross at that time said he was
utterly disgusted with the way he
was being led to different parts of
the country on wild oose chases.
The resemblance between the pictnre of the
kidnaped boy and Mr. Sparks' protege was
considered marvelous. Advicef 'from Phil
adelphia are to the effect that Mr. Ross will
not pursue this clew, but that friends will
do so for him.
Steerage Bates Raised.
New Yokk, April 8. Several passenger
steamship companies in this city to-day an
nounce that they have been obliged for
their own protection to raise their emigrant
passenger rates S3 per head in order to offset
the many new. and what they deem unneces
sary payments which they are compelled
to make under the present rigorous immi
gration laws.
Quaker City Trolleys Still Ahead.
Philadelphia, April a The anti
trolley ordinances and resolutions intro
duced into Councils Monday and Thursday
last were brought up before the Committee
on Law and Railroads, to which they were
referred at a joint meeting in Select Coun
cil to-day, and were ordered to be reported
negatively.
TRAINING CHIIJJREN as Inventors, by
George lies, In TUft DISPATCH to-morrow.
IMPATIENT BOOMERS
Eagerl j Awaiting Permission to Kush
to Their Future Homes.
S0ME-S00NERS ARE IN LISSET0N.
Indian Territory Settlers Are More Discreet
in the Matter.
A BAN IS OX WHISKEY AND GAMBLING
St- Paul, April 8. Ever' since the ar
rival of the regular soldiers at Brown's
Valley, Minn., last week there has been no
effort made by the Indian police to guard
the border, and the soldiers remain close in
camp yet .The chances to get on the reser
vation during this time have been good,
and hundreds of land seekers have gone
to look at land the past few days. The two
troops of cavalry are camped near the main
road to the reservation, aud the guard notic
ing the unusual amount of travel in that
direction, troops were immediately ordered
to follow and bring them back.
Some of the teams were overhauled
about two miles out and have returned, but
a few of them must be 15 miles out by this
time, and if the cavalry is seen in time they
may lead them a long chase. The town is
filling up rapidly with prospectors, and
homesteaders, and the rush is well com
menced. Hundreds arrive on every Train.
The New Annex to Oklahoma.
Dispatches from border points in Texas,
Kansas and Oklahoma show that excite
ment increases over the anticipated open
ing of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reserva
tion. Home seekers are coming in on every
train, and are preparing to participate
in the rush to the new country. Fifteen
hundred people are now awaiting the
President's proclamation at Canadian,
Tex., and fully double that number will
make tracks for that point- Two troops of
United States cavalry have arrived there,
and are patroling theborder to keep out in
truders. The rush has only just commenced,
the reduced rates ou the railways having
gone into effect but a day or two ago.
TheMelay in the appearance of the Presi
dent's proclamation, caused by the non
arrival at Washington of the alloting
agents' reports, causes much disappoint
ment, and many who had alreadv gone to
the border are now returning, and they will
await with more comfort the time of the
opening.
A dispatch from Kiowa, Kan., says:
Hundreds of home-seekers continue to ar
rive here dailv by the Santa Fe route on
their way to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
land'. A company has been formed here
under the name of the Kiowa Overland
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Transportation
Company, the object of which is to assist
settlers in reaching the border.
Some Very Fertile Tracts in Sight.
The company furnish guides who know
the country and who direct the home seek
ers to that portion of the border whence
can most easily be reached the choicest
lands of the Indian country. The company
also furnish means of transportation. Ex
tensive arrangements are being made for
the final rush, 'and it is expected tharno
less than 3,000 will make the race for lands
from the border below this place.
A dispatch from Higgins, Tex., says a
troop of United States cavalry has arrived
here and is patrolling the west line of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation.
The towns on the eastern border in Okla
homa, whence a start may be made tor the
new lands, have become so crowded as to
arouse the fear that all may not be able to
secure a claim. Many, therefore, are com
ing to this p'oint. the nearest railroad town
on the western border to the coveted lands,
being, in fact, barely over the line.
The lands in the western part of the new
country are exceptionally fertile, traversed
by numerous streams. Along the rivers
are broad, fertile valleys, which support a
good growth of timber and a luxuriant
growth of grass. Horses and ponies can
be had at reasonable prices now. Hotel
accommodations are comparatively good and
supplies are held at only moderate prices,
the rush having only just commenced. The
soldiers are kept busy warning intruders on
the lands and preventing them from slip
ping in and locating the .more choice
claims. Nearly all the prospective settlers
understand the penalties which follow "cor
nering," and the sreat majority here are
waiting patiently the President's proc
lamation. Gamblers Movlneand Negroes Colonizing;.
A Kingfisher, O. T., correspondent says:
The warning given the sporting gentry of
this city has been supplemented by the ac
tion of the County Commissioners,
who have ordered the saloons
to close ont the gambling dens
run in the same buildings with the "saloons
under penalty of losing their licenses. The
result is that'many of the sports have left
town and the dens are closed. The light
fingered thieves always found where
gambling dives abound are also becoming
less numerous.
A colony of negroes have laid out a town
four miles north of Kinzfisher, near the
line of the Rock Island railroad, and in the
line of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reser
vation. It is to be called Cim-
marron City, and is chosen as if
point for the colored people to
radiate from it to the new country. The
publicttion of maps showing Indian allot
ments has caused consternation, and many
homo-seekers are discouraged and re
turning home. They find the red
skins have captnred the most valuable
lands, and feel that what is left
is not worth contending for. But others
will c6me to fill the places of the dissatis
fied ones, and the dav of opening, now pre
dicted to be April 22d, will find people
enough here to take all the valuable homes.
EAYACH0L CLEAES THE C0TJET.
Ho Frightens Jndses, Jnryand Spectators
With a Piece of Banana.
inY CAULE TO THE DISPATCH.!
Paris, April a The trial of Ravachol
has been fixed for April 25. At
the examination to-day Ravachol played a
joke on the large crowd in the court room
lyhich caused great excitement for a time.
The prisoner suddenly produced an article
of a cylindrical shape, ot which a
good view could not be obtained owing to
it being partly covered by the Anarchist's
hand. It had the appearance of a dynamite
cartridge, and the prisoner pretended that
it was an infernal machine. He said he
was tired of life and was about to blow him
self and all the other persons in the build
ing to pieces, making at the same time a
motion as if to hurl the object he held in
his hand in the midst of the frightened
crowd.
Instantly there was a stampede, and the
Judge and the Clerk of the Court fled from
the room in terror and sought a place of
safety. The frightened officials would not
return until they were assured that there
was no danger, and were shown the article
which Ravachol had had in his possession.
It prpved to be, not a dynamite cartridge,
but a banana. , .
BEVEEITY FOE srAMISH ANABCHISTS.
The Government Will Shut Down on
All
Secret Societies Now.
Madrid, April 8, The Minister of
Justice has sent a circular letter to the pro
vincial authorities, slating that all foment
ors of disturbance and all persons who ad
vocate Anarchist principles, whether by
agitation in the streets or in the news
papers, must be treated with the greatest
severity. The possessors of bombs or other
explosives who are convicted of the in
tention to use them will be punished with
penal servitude for life.
The circular further savs that the authori- I
ties must endeavor to break up all secret
societies. The Socialist party has issued an
appeal to its colleagues to confine them
selves to quiet demonstrations on May Day.
Several of the .opposition papers declare
that the discovery of the bombs in Madrid
was due to a plot of the police.
PAY DIRT STRUCK
IN
THE INVESTIGATION OF PENSION
OFFICE PECULIARITIES.
How Big Money Is Being Made Attorneys
Who Have the Rnn of the Offlce Fatten
Fast They Also Turn a Ponny by Being
Clerks to Congressmen.
Washington, April a Representative
Brookshire voluntarily took the stand this
morning in the Pension Office investigation.
.He testified that he at first attempted to
attend to all the br.siness himself, but he
had scrivener's paralysis, and while he did
considerable of the work himself, he em
ployed Mr. Hersey to look after his pension
business If anything had occurred which
has resulted in the abuse by his secretary ot
the courtesies extended to members of Con
gress he was free to sa'y he was very sorry
and knew nothing of it. He never had any
knowledge that Hersey was using his name
for his personal ends, and never authorized
him to so use it.
Representative N. K. Gants, of Ohio, tes
tified that he had employed Hersey to look
after his pension claims because he under
stood Hersey to be very efficient in that
work. Witness did not know Hersey had
misused his name.
Samuel R Hersey, the pension attorney
who was charged with calling up cases on
Congressional slips and furnishing informa
tion to attorneys for pay, was then examin
ed. He testified that he also worked for
Representatives Durburrow of Illinois, and
Perkins of Iowa. In the last Contrress. in
addition to the members named, he worked
for Messrs. Martin and Strnble, of Iowa.
No Understanding With His Employer.
Witness had no understanding with the
Congressmen, except to render them good
service, and none of them knew witness was
receiving pay from attorneys. He knew
that other clerks to Senators and members
called up cases signing their employer's
name, and he believed they received pay for
information furnished.
Hersey said he had sold the information
he got as Cooper's secretary, and had also
used the slips of Brookshire, and (he
thought) of Mr. Perkins, of Iowa. Had
not used Mr. Gantz's slip. Senator Plumb's
private secretary, B. F. Flenniken, was one
of the Senators' clerks who witness be
lieved called up cases for attorneys for com
pensation. Witness said he knew two men who
worked for members who sold information
to pension attorneys. After a good deal of
pressing, Mr. Payson learned that the two
members' clerks were Mr. Maddox, who
worked for Representatives Cockran, Eng
lish and Harter, and Mr. McClellan, who
worked for his fa'her, Representative
McClellan, and Mr. Martin, of Indiana.
Some Things Easily Forgotten.
With reference to the visit of Mr. Mor
gan, of Indiana, to witness' office, Mr. Her
sey testified that Mr. Cooper had introduced
Morgan as being in the same business. They
talked about pension matters. If Mr.
Cooper had said: "If you have anything
worth paying for, Hersey will attend to it
for you," witness certaiiilv had not heard
it Did not remember to have replied "that
he would be glad to assist Morgan.
Mr. Cooper showed witness a letterin which
Mr. Morgan had sent him (Mr. Cooper) 25,
and said he did not understand it. Witness
said to Mr. Cooper he presumed it was pay
for some expert examination he had
made for Morgan. Mr. Cooper re
plied that pay could not be
taken for any such work, and
said he would return it. Witness testified
that he had been discharged from the Pen
sion Office by Commissioner Raum about
two years ago, but for what reason he could
never learn. He said that f f there were any
moral obliquity or turpitude involved in his
acts, no member ot uongress was responsi
ble. H. E. Lineaweaver, a confidential clerk to
Commissioner Raum, testified that Green B.
Raum. Jr., and not the Commissioner, had
brought Examiner Sproesser here to watch
Fleming; and recently witness had heard
the Commissioner ask "what Sproesser was
doing here."
This is in contradiction of the Commis
sioner's own statement that he brought
Sproesser here.
A PEEACHEE HELD F0S MUEDEE.
He Whips a Little Boy So Hard That He
Dies of Blood Poisoning.
Decatur, Ga., April a Special.
Rev. AV. H. Strickland, a prominent Bap
tist clergyman, is under a charge of murder
preferred' by a Coroner's jury. The rever
end gentleman is now in attendance upon
the Baptist State Convention in La Grange,
and was not aware of the charges estab
lished against him. Clarkston Academy is
one of the most prominent institutions in
this section of the State. It has Mr. Strick
land for its principal. Among the students
was the 13-year-old son ot Colonel Nash.
Some time ago Mr. Strickland severely
chastised his pupil to such extent that he
was presented to the grand jurv. That body
failed to act and adjourned. Last night the
boy died in great pain, and hence the
Coroner's inquest of to-day. The body of
the victim showed great welts where blows
had been applied. The decision reached
was that blood poisoning had set in, and
that Rev. Mr. Strickland should be held for
trial as the guilty cause of the child's death.
1HE BE STEVES D1V0ECE NO GOOD.
Ambassadors Are Not Under the Jurisdic
tion ot State Courts.
St. Paul, April a Attached to the
bill of exceptions in the De Steurs divorce
case, in which a motion for a new trial will
be heard next week at Sioux Falls, is the
new pointi the jurisdiction of Judge Aiken's
court being questioned, upon the theory
that at the time of the suit the Baron, the
defendant, was Minister Plenipotentiary of
the Netherlands at Paris, and section 67 of
the Revised Statutes of the United States de
clares that the Supreme Court has exclusive
jurisdiction of suits or proceedings against
Ambassadors or other public Ministers.
WHAT ITJREALLY IS.
The Most Dangerous of Modern Disorders
Clearly Defined Pneumonia and What
Canses It.
There has been a great mistake as to what
pneumonia really is. People, and even some
physicians, have called it a dangerous dis
ease. Pneumonia is always an after effect.
If the system is l un down, weakened, debil
itated, if the life is at a low ebb, the lungs
may fill np and the person die suddenly, and
it is called pneumonia. No man or woman
ever died of pneumonia when the body was
strong, vigoious and healthy. It conies upon
ono when ncakened by grip, by a severe
cold or overwork and n generally w cakened
condition. Such being the case, how can
this dreadful trouble known as pneumonia
he m evented or warded off? Manifestly, by
stiengtheuing and foitifjing the body by
Having tue neaicu ana strength so secuie
that nneumonia will not attack, or If it
should, can easily ho waidednir. This can
bo done by caieful living, careful diet and a
moderate use of a pure stimulant. To gently
assist nature a stimulant is required, some
thing that adds to the life nnd vigor. Noth
ing lor this purpose can equal pure whiskey,
and it should be borne in mind that tho only
puie and medicinal wniskey which has re
ceived the unqualified indoiccment ol pliy
siclnnsnnd scientists is Duffv's Pure Malt.
It Is no ordinary whiskey, but possesses
ptoperties known to no other article. It
will effectually ward off pneumonia and has
saved the lives of thousands or people. It
shonld be remembered, however, thnt It is
the only whiskev which can accomplish this.
and any druggist or grocer who seeKs-to con-
vtnee you to tue contrary 1
In-
slat upon having Duffy's Pure Malt.
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SOUTHERN VETERANS MEET,
Ilia New Orleans Gathering Enthnsod'by
Old ComradesThe Flag Is Furled but
the Canse It Floated for They Say .Is
Immortal.
New Orleans, April 8. The Confeder
ate veterans have been blessed with beauti
ful sunshiny weather for their reunion,
which began to-day. The soldiers who
wore the gray met again, after years of sep
aration, to fraternize and to recall the mul
tiple incidents of that warlike epoch of -30
years ago.
One of the features of the daywji their
convention at Washington Artillery HalL
The hall was handsomely decorated. It was
11 o'clock when General W. J. Behan.
of the Louisiana Division United Con
federate Veterans, called the meeting to
order. He made a brief and eloquent ad
dress welcoming the delegates, manv ot
whom came from a long distance. "God
seems to have welcomed the veterans," said
General Behan, "by giving them such a
beautiful, sunshiny, balmy day, typical of
fair Louisiana's smiling skies, tor their
first day of meeting."
Mayor Shakespeare was then introduced
to the meeting by General Behan. A round
of applause greeted the Mayor's appear
ance. His Honor voiced the pleasure of
the citizens at extending to the dele
gates the hospitality of the city.
He said: "I cannot call them strangers but
members of one familv." The chairman
asked if Governor Nicholls was present.
No answer came.
General J. B, Gordon was next intro
duced, and was greeted bv tremendous ap
plause. General Gordon in a loud, resonant
voice said: "Two thoughts impress me
a I stand here. First, abounding wealth
of kindness and affection extended to us
by glorious people: and, second, our pov
erty of words to express our gratitude.
Here are gathered from all parts of the
South grizzled veterans of the Sonth; griz
zled veterans of that once memorable and
forever immortal Confederacy." Loud ap
plause. General Gordon spoke of Lee, of Hood
and others, and caused the veterans to
demonstrate their vigorous appreciation of
his eloquence. He next spoke
of the valor and loyalty of the Confederates.
"The old flag has been furled forever;
the cause of separate national existence
lives now only as a memory. Old things
have passed and a new era has come and
now we are all American citizens." Deaf
ening applause. General Gordon conclud
ed his speech, took the chair and called to
order the Convention of United Confederate
Veterans.
OLD LIKE M0EM0NS IN GOOD SHAPE.
The Illinois Branch Petitions for a Min
ister Who Won't Sling Mnd.
Independence, Mo., April a At the
International Conference of the Recognized
Church of the Latter Day Saints Bishop
Kelly reported on the finances of the
Church, his report Bhowing total rscejpts of
572,117; total disbursements, 567,000, leav
ing a balance of 55,174. The report of the
Quorum of the Seventy showed that there
had been 62 baptisms during the year.
The Chicago branch reported that they
had been greatly disturbed during the year
by internal dissensions, and they asked for
a minister who would refrain from mud
slinging. The report was referred to the
Quorum of Seventy.
AT LATIMER'S.
CARLOADS
-
OF -
CARPETS.
We're Crammed Full of
Bargains,
DON'T FAIL TO.SEE
-OUR-
LARGE SPOT CASH DEAL
It enables us to sell Carpets from 25 to 40
per cent lower than any house
in these cities.
Did You Ever Know
Finest All-Wool Ingrains
To Be Sold at 50 Cents?
The Very Best Tapestry Carpets at 44c.
The Highest Grade Body Brussels at 95c.
We've got all of these and thousands of other
bargains just their equal.
This is truly the greatest luck we ever had.
Our opportunity is your opportunity.
T. M. LATIMER,
138 and 140 Federal Street,
AIVjVEGHBXY, rA.
SECBETABY BLAI5E Df HEW YOKE.
At Least Three Cabinet Ministers to Attend
To-NIght's Danqnet.
New Tore, April a Special Secre
tary Blaine arrived from Washington to
day, and is at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Walter Damrosch. The Secretary re
ceived a nnmber of personal friends this
evening. It is his intention to attend the
banquet of the Ohio Society to-morrow-evening
in honor of Minister Whitelaw
Reid. It is just possible that Mr. Blaine
will make a speech.
Secretary Elkins is at the Holland House
and Secretary Foster will arrive from
Washington to-morrow, and they, too, will
attend the banquet in honor of Mr. Reid.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
J, E. O'DON'NELL. Attorney at Law,
533 Grant street.
ESTATE OF LOUIS I.OESSEL. DECEASED,
lateoruth ward, city of Pittsburg. Notice Is
hereby given that letters of administration on the
estate of Loois Loessel hare been granted to the
undersigned, to whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make Immediate payment,
and those having claims against the.same 'should
make them known without delav.
THOMAS McCAFFitEY. Executor.
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