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VOL. VI. NO. l.» 0
STILLON THE STAND.
Madaline Pollard Still Relating
Her Story of Shame.
BUTTERWORTH RATTLED.
Tears Well Up in the Eyes of
the Pretty Plaintiff as tho
Lawyer Questions Her,
Washington, March 19.
Follard continued her romantic bislory
in circuit court at the morning session.
She did not appear to be nervous or con
cerned over tho prospect when she ar
rived in the courtroom a few minutes
before 10 o’clock.
Her experience of Friday had evi
dently given her confidence in her
ability to cope with nimbleminded Major
Ben Butterworth, whose usually equable
temper was somewhat ruffled by tiro
covert irony of Miss Pollard in her meek
and lowly’ answers to the major’s perti
nent questions. Miss Pollard’s repartee
Friday gave such promise of an inter
esting day with the plaintiff on the
stand that the courtroom was crowded
long before the hour when court con
vened.
Judge Bradley’s instructions to the
bailiffs was that only members of the
bar, newspaper men and persons con
cerned in the trial would be admitted to
the courtroom had little effect, fks soon
as court had been formally called to order
Miss Pollard took the stand and Colo
nel Breckenridge laid down the paper
he was reading. There was some sur
prise when Carlisle, her own attorney,
began to examine her, instead of Major
Butterworth.
“Miss Pollard, have you ever been
married?” asked Crrlisle.
“No, Mr. Carlisle.”
“Who was the father of your child
born in Cincinnati?”
“Mr. Breckinridge.”
“Who was the cause of your preg
nancy in May, 1893?”
“Mr. Breckenridge.”
“You spoke of meeting Mr. Breckin
ridge at the public libiary. “How was
that?”
“I met Mr. Breckinridge at the public
library to talk about the trouble with
Mr. Rodes, and when I met him there
he said he would take me to house of a
dear friend of his, and he took me to tho
house of Mrs. Rose, an assignation
house, and all that day he tried to
make rne yield to him, but I did not.
“I stayed there that night, but not
with him.”
“What did you do after leaving Mrs.
Rose’s house?”
. “We walked about the streets of Cin
cinnati, he flattered me. he mid ma of
the wonderful future I had, he told me
how much he thought of me. He said
the schools of Lexington were much
cheaper than those of Cincinnati, and
that if I went there, he wool i arrange
satisfactorily the trouble with Rodes.”
“Miss Pollard,” asked Mr. Carlisle,
“did you continue these sexual rela
tions with defendant up to May 17,
1893?”
(This date was nearly a month after
Breckinridge’s secret marriage to Mrs.
Wing.)
“Yes; up to May 17, 1893.”
“How did you come to go to Lexing
ton?”
“I do not know; I cannot explain the
man’s most wonderful power of persua
sion. I could not resist him, 1 was com
pletely in his power.
“He said he wanted me to go to Lex
ington with him that evening, and sug
gested that he send a telegram to the
principal of the college signed by my
mother and calling me home. He sent
that telegram, and I left for Lexington
on the afternoon train and met him. He
took me to the house of Sarah Guess.”
Colonel Butterworth then took Miss
Pollard for cross examination, and con
tinued the questions he begun Friday,
Inquiring into her early life—what she
did, what she read, what she thought.
She said she was an Episcopalian, tiiat
she had been brought up in that way.
“Once an Episcopalian, always an Epis
copalian,” she said.
Colonel Butterworth read in segments
a letter sent by Miss Pollard when a
young girl to her schoolmate, Wessie
Brown, now Mrs. Wesley Ann Robin
son, of Cincinnati, asking the witness
for explanation on certain points, and
Miss Pollard explained them quietly but
with first a suspicion of tremor in her
voice. There were tears in her eyes too;
and she was not near so bright and
quick as she was Friday.
Miss Pollard in the letter made fre
quent reference to a phrenologist, “Such
a handsome man,” and how his praisa
could cause cause her aunt to dislike
her.
“Was that true?” Butterworth asked.
“I don’t Know,” said plaintiff with an
effort, tears starting in her eyes. “Oh,
Mr. Butterworth, I have no recollection
of it.”
Miss Pollard was crying now and trd
difficulty in answering.
In answer to the questions Miss Pol
lard denied the statement of Mr. Aleck
Julian that she went through the form .
of mock marriage with Mr, Julian, and
that she suggested, being intoxicated at
the time, that it was customary for
married people to go to bed together.
Some further questions were asked
and then came the first sensational inci
dent of the day. Butterworth handed
Miss Pollard a letter with a deep black
border and asked if she ha 1 written it.
She read it carefully, then dramatically
pronouncing every word distinctly said:
“1 did not write that letter; I did not
write it. However much it may look
like my handwriting, I did not write it,
and no one can know it so well as that
man who is sitting there. An expert
lias done this letter.”
“Now, Miss Pollard, don’t talk that
way,” said Judge Wilson.
Mr. Butterworth then continued the
cross examination.
Omtinninr on his line of cross ernmi-
THE ROME TRIBUNE
nation, Colonel Buttetwortti ar.-.e-a eiior.i I
what she h ut read, and wanted to know
particularly whether she had read any
impure books.
Here Judge Wilson, of Miss Pollard’s
counsel, interfered, and said that the
questions being put to her were so far
remote from the main question involved
that he felt called upon to ask a discon
uance of them and a return to matters
brought out by the examination in chief.
WALKING JTHE STREETS,
While the Old Incumbent Holds the Tosi.
tion lie Was Appointed To.
Bay. City, Mich., March 19.—William
J. Daunt, the new postmaster, is walk
ing the streets of Bay City, while Major
Wilcox, the retiring postmaster, holds
the fort and draws his salary. Daunt
made a demand for the office Wednes
day and a second Thursday but without
success. Wilcox is al o custodian of
the Federal building and contents, rep
resenting a value of $.‘3,01)9, and does
not propose to jeopardize his bondsmen
by turning it over to Daunt until in
structed to do so by the postmaster gen
eral. Daunt claims he will receipt for
postoffice property, but not for the con
tents of the building, and until ha does
so Wilcox proposes to keep him out in
the cold. Daunt will call the Washing
ton authorities to his aid.
UNEASY RESTS THE CROWN.
Barrios* Homo Being Closely Guarded
All the Tnne.
Guatemala, March 19. —There is
great uneasiness here. President Bar
rios’ house is closely guarded and Bar
rios himself never appears in public
without escort. The military are kept
constantly in motion and there are fre
quent changes of commanders.
The antipathy to Americans increases.
The feeling is especially manifested to
wards Mrs. Barrios, who is an Ameri
can. She is a lady of great ability and
cultivation. The opposition charge her
with being unduly ambitious, but the
unprejudiced people believe that her
only ambition is to elevate the masses of
the people and to liberalize existing in
stitutions.
The reactionary party’ would like to
bring about Barrios’ downfall.
THE COURT TO DECIDE.
Governor Waite Has at East Agreed to a
Peaceable Solution.
Denver, March 19. —Governor Davis
11. Waite, governor of Colorado, has
agreed to submit the controversy be
tween himself and the old police and
fire board to the supreme court, and the
military forces have been dispersed. The
old members of the board—Jeeksou Orr
and D. J. Martin —whom the governor
removed on the ground that they had
protected gambling houses, will remain
in office until the question whether they
or S. D. Barnes and Dennis Mullins,
whom the governor appointed in their
places, are the legal commissioners. The
removed commissioners resisted the gov
ernor’s effort to oust them on the ground
that he acted from motives of political
expediency rather than upon the moral
ground assigned.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Bridegroom's Foolish Crime iu a Fit of
Jealous Kage.
Beattyville, Ky., March 19.—-News
has just been received of a wedding in
this (Lee) county that ended with g dou
ble tragedy. Miss Rhoda May, a popu
lar young woman, was the bride. Grant
Cecil, the groom, became insanely jeal
ous because Joseph Donerel, a former
suitor of the girl, was among the guests.
After the ceremony he met Donerel,
who was accompanied by John Burns,
a youth of 19, and began firing. Both
were killed, but it is claimed the shoot
ing of Burns was accidental. A by
stander was also slightly wounded.
Cecil fled, leaving his bride, and has not
been arrested. The young wife is pros
trated by the excitement caused by the
tragedy.
Shot His Pursuer, Then Himself.
Birmingham, Ala., March 19.—Charley
Fleming, a city convict, escaped from
the street force and ran. Street Com
missioner G. B. Burkhalter pursued on
horseback. Fleming snatched a pistol
from a guard as he made off and covered
a mile or two before the officer got near
him, and, wheeling suddenly, ths negro
fired twice at him, one ball taking effect
in Burkhalter’s lower arm and the other
in the horse’s head. Another second the
fleeing negro placed the pistol to his own
temple and fired, the ball producing in
stant death. The tragedy was witness- 1 1
by several citizens. Burkhalter's inju
ries are not serious.
Washington, March 19.—Forecast till
8 p. m. Tuesday. For North Caro
lina and South Carolina—Showers to
night or Tuesday, southerly winds.
Georgia— Probably showers, slightly
cooler, variable winds. Eastern Flor
ida—Fair, southeasterly winds. West
ern Florida and Alabama—Probably
•howers, cooler winds, becoming north
erly. Mississippi—Showers today and
tonight, fair Tuesday, slightly cooler
Tuesday morning, variable winds.
Gone, Never to Return.
Tunkhannock, Pa., March to.—De
tectives are hunting for Henry Hard
ing, one of the best known lawyers and
richest men of the town, who has been
missing since Feb. 27, when he started
for Philadelphia to attend a Grand
Army gathering. He did not reach
there, and a letter has just been found
in his safe, “I have gone away and will
not return,” and asking his brother to
settle his estate.
Jackson, Miss.. March 19.—The jury
in the Ratcliffe-Jackson killing case at
Koscinsco, brought in a verdict that
Ratcliffe was not guilty.
ROME. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH! 0 88*
GOVERNOR TILLMAN.
He Is In Washington on the
Liquor Business.
AN OFFCIAL CONFERENCE.
He Was Unfortunate in Findit g
the Officials He Wanted to
See Out of Place.
Washington, March 19.—Governor
Tillman, of South Carolina, has arrived
in Washington for the purpose of con
ferring with officials of the national gov
ernment on liquor seizures in South Car
olina by federal officials. Conflict juris
diction has arisen between United States
internal revenue officers and Governor
Tillman’s constaLles, and it is
to settle this question which is highly
important, that he has come here. He
called at the treasury department, but
as neither Secretary Carlisle nor Com
missioner Miller was in, Governor Till
man had to defer the matter for the day.
The Sundry Civil Bill.
Washington, March 19. —After short
routine work tho sundry civil bill was
taken up in the house, and it was agreed
that debate on the ponding amendment
relating to the Missouri river commis
sion should be closed at 2 p. m.
The vice president having returned to
the city, again presided over the senate.
Thu seigniorage bill, signed by the
speaker of the bouse, was received. It
was signed by the vice president.
Mr. Peffer presented, by request, a
bill for the employment of labor on pub
lic improvements and the improvement
of public Toads.
Mr. George gave notice that he would
address the senate at the next session on
the Hawaiian question.
The army appropriation bill has been
completed by the house committee on
military affairs. It appropriates a total
of $23,577,284. The estimates were
$25,342,918. The appropriation last
year was $24,208,639. There are redne
tions all along the line. Aside from the
reduction the bill makes important
changes in the organization of the army.
The commanding officer of the army
—now General Schofield—is made a
brevet lieutenant general. The major
generals, now numbering three, are to
be reduced to t wo, one of whom sh all
be the commander of the army, with
the brevet of lieutenant general.
LEOPOLD’S DISAPPEARANCE.
The Ministry Has Unable io Locate
Their Sovereign.
Brussels, March 19.—King Leopold's
remarkable disappearance from his
country house in the province of Namur
some days ago, is still the subject of
much comment. The ministry sent a
dispatch to him on Friday announcing
that the chamber's rejection of the pro
posal for proportional representation
would cause a cabinet crisis.
The dispatch was addressed to the
king in Montreux, but he could not be
found there. A similar communication
was sent to Aixles-Baines, but it was
returned with the notice that the king
was not there. Later his majesty was
found in Geneva, Switzerland, and was
informed that the ministers would await
his return to Brussels before making an
important declaration in parliament.
The radical and socialist newspapers
condemn the king for absenting himself
so mysteriously during a grave crisis in
state affairs. They say that he might at
least subordinate his personal affairs to
state interests sufficiently to give his
ministers an opportunity to communi
cate with him.
Sha Will Wed an Egyptian.
Baltimore, March 19.—Miss Alberta
Ulman, daughter of Albert Ulman, will
sail for Paris April 28, there to be m.-r
--ried to a rich young Egyptian whom she
met in Cairo while on a trip around the
world. The acquaintance there formed
ripened into mutual love, and the Egyp
tian youth joined the party in its tour
and speedily won the consent of the fam
ily to the union. Mr. Ulman, who is
the head of the Ulman & Boykin com
pany, is perhaps the wealthiest Hebrew
in this city, and the family move in the
most exclusive society.
A Big Estate Frittered Away.
Lockport, N. Y., March 19.—Action
has been begun in the surrogate’s court
to remove J. Carl Jackson from the ex
ecutorship of the will of his father, ,
James Jackson, jr. The elder Jackson ,
was one of the best known lumber deal
ers in the state, and when he died in
1891 left property valued at over $380,-
000 It is charged that through mis
management and fraud the estate has
diminished until claims of $430,000 have 1
accumulated against it. 1
Gone with the Gash. 1
New York, March 19.—Silas P. Sech- ;
rist, manager of the Railway Equip- I
ment and Publication company, has '
been missing since Feb. 2, and with (
him, it is alleged, has disappeared nearly ,
SIO,OOO of the company’s funds. Sech- j
rist had charge of the concern, and the (
funds which it is claimed he embezzled .
were obtained, it is alleged, by indors
ing checks of the company without au
thority.
Annie Pixley’s Personal Estate.
Philadelphia, March 19.—An invent
ory of the personal estate of Annie Pix
ley Fulford, the well known actress ,
who died in London during the latter '
part of last year, has been filed. The '
effects are appraised at $3,266.95, as fol- <
lows: Jewelry, $2,236.40; wardrobe. I
trunk No. 1, $659.80; wardrobe, trunk ,
No. 2., $304.25; wardrobe, trunk No. 3, I
$61.50.
QUITE ENGLISH.
William Warldorf Astor May
Become a British Sifbject.
HE IS FOR TORY PRINCIPLES
Lord Roseberry Made a Speech
of Much Importance in
Edinburg.
London, March 19. —The election of
William Waldorf Astor to membership
in the Carlton club, the recognized head
quarters of the extreme members of tho
Tory party, was not by general ballot,
but by tho act of the political commit
tee of the club, which is permitted, un
der a special rule, to elect every year a
certain number of persons who havo
rendered especially distinguished ser
vices to the Tory party.
The nature of Mr. Astor’s service to
the party is not officially announced,
but it must be the support of tho Ball
Mall Gaz itte or a very heavy subscrip
tion to the party funds.
Before he became eligible to member
ship he must have signed a declaration
—attested by two members of the club
speaking from their personal knowledge
of his opinions—of his acceptance of the
Tory principles.
The circumstance naturally arouses
the conjecture that Mr. Astor really
means to apply for naturalization as a
British subject, but an inquiry at the
the proper office shows that he has as
yet taken no st p to that end.
Lord Roseberry addressed a monster
meeting in Edinburgh Saturday, a gath
ering of representative Liberals from all
sections of Scotland. He was tumultu
ously cheered.
He said at the outset that the new gov
ernment’s policy and proceedings will be
guided by the inspiration of Mr. Glad
stone, and then he evidently sought to
make it plain that there will be no de
viation from the Liberal program pre
pared by the late premier.
After declaring that his recent speech
in the house of lords had been misinter
preted. he explained that he meant that
he will strive to win England over to the
cause o“ home rule.
His home rule platform is broad. Not
only did he pronounce clearly in favor
of home rule for Ireland, but he prom
ised not to stand in the way of home
rule for Scotland if he is a minister when
it is demanded, and if he is not a mem
ber of the government then, he “hopes
as a man to be in the storming party.”
John Dillon beard the speech, and
said ,afterwards at a St. Patrick's cele
bration in Edinburgh that more import
an ■* w’ll attach to th it speech of Lord
Roseberry than to any other delivered
within the last 15 years.
“In Lord Roseberry,”said Mr. Dillon,
“Ireland has an honest and honorable
champion.”
The breach of promise action brought
by Mrs. Holland against Sir Fr ar'is
Cook (the husb ind of Tennie Claflin, of
New York, sister of Victoria Woodhuib
was taken up 1 e ore Justice Hawkins
in the queen s division of the high court
of justice. Tun court was crowded.
Mr. Willis, v. a.) app tired for .Mrs.
Holland, s lid that Sir Francis Cook in
troduced him.',elf to Mrs. Holland in a
railway station at Richmond in 187-1.
Mrs. Holland, it appears, was then slav
ing at Richmond under the name f
Mrs. Richards. Mr. Richards, by whom
she had two children, it was also testi
fied to in court, has settled an annuity
of 100 pounds upon her and 200 pounds
upon one of her children.
Sir Francis Cook, who was then mar
ried, induced her to visit occasionally,
Mr. Willis added, a house at Blackfri
ars, where they passed as Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson. The presents Sir Francis
made to Mrs. Holland enabled her to
keep a stylish household, equal to that
which she would have been able to af
ford on an income of 500 pounds a year.
In 1880, according to plaintiff's coun
sel, learning that Mrs. Holland was in a
delicate state of health, Sir Francis,
fearing publicity, suggested a certain
course, which she adopted, nearly at the
cost of her life. Sir Francis, it was al
leged, was so distressed at Mrs. Hol
land’s sickness that he assured her he
would marry her when his wife, then
ill, died.
Lady Cook died in 1884, and then, it
is claimed, Sir *Francis renewed his
promise to marry Mrs. Holland. In
1885, however, he married Tennie
Claflin, and made excuse to Mrs. Hol
land that he was drawn into the mar
riage. Mrs. Holland complained bitterly,
and her child, with the annuity, having
died, Sir Francis promised to make up
her former income, and continued his
presents until 1889.
Lady Cook sustains her husband and
strongly believes in his innocence,
claiming that the present suit is an at
tempt at blackmail.
Peruviana Threaten Trouble.
Panama, March 19.—Special Peruvian
advices are that a revolution is threat
ened by those opposing the compromise
with Ecuador and the boundary ques
tion decided upon by arbitration. The
revolting Peruvians prefer even a war
involving defeat to submission to the
exactions of the Peruvian corporations,
which have become intolerable. They
declare that, while defeat could not
make their condition worse than it now
is, success would assure them the means
of resisting the imposition of the cor
porations.
DREAD THE LASH.
The Burglary Suppreesion Bill Is Having
a Good Effect.
Victoria, B. C., March 19.—A meas
ure now before the legislature of New
South Wales entitled ’ The Burglary
Suppression bill,” recites that “the :
crime of garrotiug and certain other
crimes are now punishable with whip- '
ping, in addition to imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court, and it has :
been found from exoerience that the
puuiouiiivu v nun,
in a great measure, bad a very salutary
effect as a deterrent in checking the
commission of such crimes.”
With a view to chedFand, as far as
practicable, prevent the commission of
the crime of burglary and other crimes
enumerated, it is stated that it is expe
dient to amend the law relating to whip
ping, The offenses enumerated in the
schedule in respect to which it is pro
posed to give the courts discretionary
power to order whipping are burglary,
housebreaking, robbery from the person
with and without striking or wounding,
wounding with intent to to do bodily
harm, resisting arrest, assault with in
tent to commit a felony, assault and dis
turbances by pushes, picking pockets,
and the offense known as the confidence
trick.
CLEARING UP A MYSTERY. .
The Heath of Thomas .1. Davis Proves to
Have Been Murder.
Columbus, 0., March 19.—The un
raveling of the mystery of the death of
Thomas J. Davis at Lancaster, 0., on
Dec. 23, 1893, promises to involve a
number of the sons of prominent and
wealthy families there in a murder.
Davis was a wild young fellow. Ho
was found dead in an alley. Suicide by
poisoning was suspected, but a chemist
found no trace of poison in his stomach.
Little by little the story of an orgy at a
disreputable house the night the body
was found, in which Davis and a num
ber of swell young men took part, has
been coming out.
It is intimated that in their maudlin
condition they smothered D.ivis in bed
ding and placed his body where it was
found. Edward Buehler has been con
victed of manslaughter after a trial for
the crime. It is evident that he is about
to give information as to the others.
“If I have to go to state’s prison I
will not go alone,” said he to the sheriff
on hearing the verdict.
WAS IT MURDER,
Or, Did the Young Typewriter Commit
Suicide ?
New York, March 19.—Martha J.
Fuller, a typewriter, employed in tho
law office of William M. Mnllea, was
shot through the head Saturday at 5
p. m.
She died in a few minutes without re
gaining consciousness. A young man,
James T. Magee, managing clerk of the
office, was there at the time, was ar
rested and locked up in the Oak street
station house.
Whether the girl killed herself or was
murdered is not yet known.
Miss Fuller was evidently about to
leave the office for her home. Her hand
bag was on tho closed typewriter desk,
her left hand was partly gloved and her
hat was by her side.
The bullet entered the right temple
and passed out on the left side, burying
itself in the plaster. It was lire! from
a3B-caliLr ,' Smith &
A PECULIAR FRAUD.
The Strategy Employed by a Woman to
Obtain a Pension.
Parkersburg. W. Va., March 19.—A
strange ease of pension fraud has just
come to light in the courts. Mrs. J. J.
Miner was recently divorced from her
husband on the ground (not denied by
him) that he was a bigamist, and then
she secured a pension with $2,000 back
pay, as the widow of a Union soldier.
It came to light, however, that hus
band No. 2 was not a bigamist at all,
and the woman, upon being brought
into court, confessed that the divorce
was planned between the two in order
that she might secure the money from
the government. The two will be tried
on March 28 for conspiracy, and mean
time $1,900 of the $2,000 has been recov
ered from the garden where the woman
had buried it.
Will Rise on Democracy's Ashes.
Boston, March 19.—Nine men whe I
attended a Populist mass meeting here
were assured by Henry Legate, presi
dent of the People’s party state central
committee, that the People’s party would
rise from the ashes of the Democracy, i
Mr. Legate said that the present national ,
administration was termed a government
ot Cleveland by Cleveland and for the 1
gold bugs. He prophesied that the ‘
•emocratic will be the third party in
the next congress, while the choice of '
the next president will be thrown into
the house of representatives.
uirncning's Fatal Work. j
Lawrencbville, Ga., March 19.—Fri- i
day night at the home of Mr. John i
Johnson, about four miles from here, <
while the family were gathered together
at supper time a storm came up and the 1
lightning struck the house and killed
two of Its inmates—Mr. Johnson’s wife
and hls6-yearold son, and knocking
Mr. Johnson senselees for more than an <
hour. At the time the lightning struck ■>
Mrs. Johnson she had a young baby in
her arms. The lightning knocked the
baby out of her arms, but did it no seri- ,
ous injury, except from the fall to the
floor.
Denver’s Depot Destroyed.
Denver, March 19. —The union depot 1
was totally destroyed by fire Sunday ‘
morning, the loss being $300,000. The ‘
flames were discovered at 12:30 a. m., (
and in three quarters of an hour the ,
handsomest and most costly depot
structure in the west was in ruins. The f
depot was about 800 feet long and was ;
built 13 years ago. <
A MoJ) After a Murderer.
Guanajuaro, Mexico, March 19.
Antionio Aidienne. a Mexican, has b.’en 1
arrested at La Luise, near this city, *
where he murdered a man of 90 years, 1
a boy of 9 and a girl of 5, aftei wards S
slashing their bodies in a horrible man- I
ner. The authorities are having hard 1
time to keep him from being lyn ed. | >
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PRICE HVE CENTB.
THE WIND’S FURY.
Spends'ltself in Various Parts
of Texas.
FIVE PERSONS ARE KILLED.
The Storm Was Pretty Severe
and Much Damage to Life
and Property Reported.
Longview, Tex., March 19.- -A cy
clone swept over this place at 1 o’clock
Sunday morning, accompanied by hail
stones of immense size. The greatest
fury was six miles east, of here, where
it struck the large country home of John
Cain, lately occupied by a large family
of negroes. The house was in an an
cient grove of oaks, 20 in number. Ev
ery one of them were torn up and piled
up in terrible confusion, with dead
fowls, dogs and cows, and five dead and
eight badly wounded negroes.
The storm did much damage in the
neighborhood, but no other deaths are
reported.
All previous accounts of immense
hailstones an I wind dwindle into insig
nificance. Many of these blocks of ice
weighed from 14 to 18 ounces, while
others found as late as 9 o’clock a. in.,
after a warm rain and warm weather,
were larger than a goose egg. Two of
these missiles passed through the roof of
C. E. Thornton’s residence, making a
hole like a cannon ball, while fowls
roosting in the trees were killed by the
hundreds.
Moro About the Storm.
Hallville, Tex., March 19.—Three
miles from here Edward Davis’ house
was blown away by a cyclone Saturday
night and five persons were fatally in
jured. On the Wells place a colored
woman’s throat was cut by flying tim
bers and her house destroyed. Large
boulders were whirled about and many
cattle and horses were beaten to death
by huge hail stones.
The Worst Tempest in Years.
Memphis, March 19. -Rain in a per
fect deluge lias fallen ail night accom
panied by high win Is and electrical
perturbations, which have interrupted
telegraph wires throughout Texas and
Louisiana. No such a tempast has been
witnessed in years.
A Vegetable Vernier Killed.
Augusta, Ga./March 19. -Tom Berry,
a negro vegetable vender, was accident
ally killed v, midnight Saturday night.
He was Ont selling vegetables in a wagon
when bis horse became frightened and
ran awav. While coming over Harris
burg bridge down an embankment the
reins broke and the horse upset the
wagon and threw Berry out. The ne
gro fell into a ditch on his lie.id so forci
bly as to cause concussion of the brain,
from which he died shortly afterwards.
A Case That Will Be Appealed.
Lebanon, March 19.—The court in
structed the jury to find for the defend
ant in ths case of Saul vs. the Middle
town-Cincinnati road. The plaintiff
wanted damages for being ejected from
a train. The court instructed the jury
to return a verdict for the railroad, on
the ground that the offer of a S2O bill in
payment of a 90-cent fair was not a
legal tender. The case will be ap
pealed.
Bad Fire in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, March 19.—Fire has
destroyed the mill property owned by
Rump & Brothers, manufacturers of
tablecloths and counterpanes, fronting
on Huntington street and extending
from Palethorpe to Hancock streets, in
the heart of the Kensington mill district.
Total loss, $240,009. Nearly 400 are
thrown out of employment.
They Struck for fee Water.
Anderson, Ind., March 19.—The 300
employes of the Pendleton Windowglass
factory went on a strike at noon. A de
mand was made on the company to fur
nish ice for their drinking water. It
was refused, and the strike ensued. The
company now threatens to shut down.
Abolished a Fast Day.
Boston, March 19. —A time honored
institution was lopped off when Govern
or Greenhalge signod the bill abolish
ing Fast day and substituting ns a holi
day April 19. It will be known as
“Lexington day,” although no official
name was given it by the legislature.
A Woman After Variety Shows.
Leavenworth, Kan., March 19.—The
efforts of Mrs. Eva Blackman, Leaven
worth’s police commissioner, to rid the
city of variety theaters, have proved
successful. The whole variety outfit
has packed up and left town.
Swans Weighted Down witn ice.
Columbus, O , March 19.— A special
from Alliance states that a flock of 28
swans passing northward over that place
on their spring migration encountered a
snow storm and were weighted to the
earth by their plumage. They were un
able to rise again and the entire flock
were captured. They are a fine, rare
species, an t their captors offered them
to the Cleveland park commissioners at
sls apiece.
Will Have Plenty of Maple Sugar.
Rutland, Vt., March 19.—The fine
weather of the past two weeks and the
snow in the woods has almost assured
more than an average yield of maple
sugar in Vermont. Sugar making be
gan a month earlier than usual, and a
prime quality has already been placed
in the market. The government be” y
is stimulating production.