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I THE MORNING NEWS,
Establish so 1860. Ihcohfobstid 1888.
f J. H. ESTILL, President.
WOODRUFFS NEW STOtf.
EB CLAIMS TO HAVE GONE TO
SULLIVAN FOB A JOB.
Hint* That Intimated That Dark \ork
Was on the Tapia—Woodruff’s Rec
ord as a Friend of the FenianeWon
Him the Confidence of the Ctcago
Plotters.
Chicago, Judo 16.—A1l preriou- “con
fessions” of Woodruff, tbe horse tnef who
has been indicted for complicity in the
Cronin tragedy, were eclipsed thia norning
in an entirely new story from bin, pub
lished In an extra edition of the Tines. He
contradicts and discredits every other
•’statement” heretofore attributed to him,
aid now appear* In tbs role of an ec-mem
ber of the Canada militia, claiming that he
was trusted by Dr Cromu’s alleged murder
ers because he furnished Fenian spies with
valuable information during the military
raids itto Canaaa. Woodruff says he ar
rived it Chicago March 20 and obtained
work from Gardener on South Fort avenue,
not far from tbe Carlson cottage. After
three or four days work for Gardener
Woodruff fas taken sick. His narrative
says: “With the intention of going to the
county hosiltal I drifted into Sullivan’s
place. I made up mv mind that he was a
Fenian, and reminded him of certain scenes
during the Fenian raid into Canada.
I went ovtr during that raid as a
volunteer in ithe Twenty-fourth Kent bat
talion, whose headquarters were at Chat
ham. We went as tar as Niagara. At that
time I was assgned to the adjutant’s de
portment, and gave to some Fenian spies
who came to djir camps such points as I
learned while in that place. That was my
first connection with the Cian-na-GaeL
Sullivan told me he would got me some
work if possible. From there I came down
and went to work at Dean’s livery stable.”
MEETS COUGHLIN.
Woodruff tells that he met Detective
Coughlin soon afterward and had a drink
with him, conveying the impression that
Coughlin knew Woodruff to be a thief, and
Woodruff believed the detective to be a
“fence.” While walking together they met
Sullivan, the ice man. Sullivan mentioned
Woodruff’s request for employment, and
Coughlin quizzed Woodruff that a man in
his line should want “work.” Woodruff
persisted that he was laboring for his
board and clothes at the livery stable.
Coughlin and Sullivan went off
together. “That was about April 2,” con
tinued Woodruff. “Melville arrived in
Chicago about this time. [This is the first
mention of Melville in the confession.] I
know this because a day or two afterward
I was on the south side and went into the
‘Owl’ saloon, which is keDt by Sol Van
Praeg. I had been over on Fourth avenue
before that. I went into a back room and
saw Melville and Coughlin drinking to
gether. This was in the evening.
WHERE HE MET MELVILLE.
“I knew Melville, as I lu ”* him In
Cal ifiji uia. tie was a great friend of Des
mond and “Sand Lot” Kearney during the
labor troubles there. After taking several
drinks together Coughlin left us, saying
that he had to keep an engagement.’’
3. Melville and Woodruff, so the latter
says, made the rounds of the disreputable
'reuses in the neighborhood for an hour or
more, and then Melville took his
eave, saying he was stopping at
McCoy’s hotel. Woodruff complained of
being “broke,” andJMelville, giving him
$2 or $3, said: “I want to see you again.”
Two days afterward Woodruff attempted
to see Melville at McCoy’s, and looked over
the register and made inquiri* s of the clerk,
but did not press to see Melville, not wishing
to create suspicion. “Going north,” Wood
ruff continues, “I met MoDougall near the
Northwestern depot and Coughlin was
.with him. (This is the first mention of
iMcDougall.] As I came up Coughlin says:
I‘Good, he is just the mau I want to see.’
WILLIAMS’ REAL NAME.
“Turning to McDougall he said? 'Areyou
acquainted?’ I replied: ‘I guess I ought to
mow Mao.’ McDougall turned to me and
I lid: ‘That will do; my name is Williams.’
I laughed and said: ‘A rose by any other
I line would probably smell as sweet.’ I
I id known McDougall, or as he now called
I mself, ‘Williams,’ as a rough and
I ady spirit and old worker for
I > ' Clan-na-Gael, although dur-
I ; the intermediate time he had
Irked as a > lacksmith. Coughlin and
I Doueall bad quite a talk while I waited.
I er the talk, which I did not hear,
I ghlin left, saying he had some business.
I soon as Coughho was out of sight,
I iams said to me, ‘Come on.’ In a saloon
I fluently, Williams said, so the story
I 8, ‘How are you fixed? 1 I said, ‘I am
I ly busted.’ ”
I E.BXANDER SULLIVAN BROUGHT IN.
I esaid: ‘Why don’t you go down and
■ Moxander Sullivan?’ And I said that I
I ’not prepared to be sent to Europe.
I ’ams turned to me and looking me in
I "ice said that it would not be necessary
I “e to be sent out of town in this case.”
I "air proceeded, Woodruff declares, to
■ -al7 Clark street. This is the place
■ ' v \ as was frequently published, the
I ii ure °* ttle Carlson cottage was first
■ j’k. Woodruff says he demanded to
I if what he would have to do. Williams
1 fir : “You need not know any
-1 about it. .It is a deal, and
I 7° will not be implicated.”
1 I "l* ll6 * arourl d and looking me straight
fl ~ f aca he asked: "Are you one of them
1n * re^erre <l to my helping the Fe
-1 the time of the Canadian raid. I
I : “I am as much I as ever was, if I
I r! r ‘ id for it. This was about April 20."
I raving VVilliams again urged him to go
■ ovtnd see Alexander Sullivan. ”
1 WOODRUFF MEETS SULLIVAN.
1 . '’ (iruf Ts narrative proceeds: “I went
I ov an s ' 3aru and thought the matter
I j, 6an< t then returned and applied at
I Si!n. lder Sullivan’s ofHce. Alexander
■ wa3 not in his office, but on going
In, 1 uet llira in the hall before I reached
■ hor !Vator ‘ 1 said: ‘ Mr - Sullivan Mr.
■ R n ,T l Sall sent mo over to see you.’ Mr.
■ Wiii Ba * d: ‘McDougall, oh, you mean
I vmi llß ’ don’t you?’ I said: ‘Yes, I
I Want s, * slo f’t with him last night. He
I , me to K° over and have a talk with
■ Alexander Sullivan replied: ‘I have
I Ufor 10 Bay ‘ * have never met you
■ * sa ' d > * I think I have met you
■recn’i lthou gh I have grown out of your
Biave i"? n s * nco I came from Canada. I
B[ r s ;t lately returned from California.’
Ron't, l T an re Psated his first answer: ‘I
ttof,, 'collect you; I have never met you
■ r ban A tcdd l llm 1 was looking for a
Bo e . , that W'illiams had recommended
fo,. a He said; ‘No; I have no work
■aid .SPv' Are you a stranger here?’ I
■ • m, I only have a few acquaintances.’
I "TT MADT rOR ANYTHING.
I',, ‘What kind of work would
Borlri f it l said: ‘Anything in God’s
1 there is any money in it’ He
a me sharply and replied: ‘lf I
■rr ‘? r ‘“ything for you I’ll let Mr. Will-
Bit n>w °t it.’ and he walked away with
aying good-by to me. I met
san hour afterward going out of
on Clark street. We®took a grip
■ came over to the north side. I
Wp JSrrfuittg
told him I had seen Mr. Sullivan,
and he asked: ‘What difi he say?’
I said: ‘He came pretty near telling me to
go to , without doing it.’”
PAT THAT BENT.
Soon after this they met Sullivan on the
street. He took Williams on one side and
handed him money, saying, “Now pay that
rent.” Then, seeing Woodruff, Sullivan
told him he must not take offense at his
manner the previous day, as he was very
busy, and had a great many applications
for jobs. Wednesday before the mur
der Woodruff met Coughlin, who
asked him to take a note over
to Sullivan. This note was in oipher, the
same as had been used by the Fenians when
Woodruff was at Niagara. Woodruff says
it read, “Going up to P. O'Sullivan’s.” The
remainder of his confession deals mainly
with the night of the murder. Coughlin,
he says, paid him $25 for the conveyance.
He drove out to the Carlson cottage about
3 o’clock in tbe morning, and P. O’Sullivan,
Melville and Williams brought the trunk
out. The intention was to sink the trunk in
the lake off Lincoln park but they thought
they wee pursued and abandoned it.
The doctor’s instruments, he thinks, were
probably buried or thrown in the lake.
PROMISED A LAWYER.
Woodruff concludes with an assertion
that he has recently been approached by a
lawyer, who offered to take his case gratu
itously, and that this lawyer had said to
keep strict silence, as Alexander Sullivan’s
attorney would work in unison and that one
of Sullivan’s bondsmen had agreed to pay
for Woodruff’s defense. The climax of the
whole “confession” is an assertion
by Woodruff tuat all his previous
alleged “confessions” are bogus,
and that thia is “the first and only state
ment I have made since my arrest," the in
timation being that the other “confessions”
were given circulation by interested per
sons to create the impression that he
(Woodruff) was a liar. A visit was made
to Woodruff at the jail this afternoon, for
the purpose of learning further details of
his last startling confession. The prisoner
was found deeply engrossed in the prepara
tion of another confession, whicn, he says,
is to be more sensational than any of the
preceding ores. He reiterated his confession
published this morning, but on close exami
nation subsequently altered it in important
par iculars. He admitted that he was only
29 years old, but insisted that ho took an
active part in the Fenian rebellion A
number of his other statements are known
to be incorrect. This afternoon he made
the startling statement that he was with
Dr. Cronin and P. O’Sullivan on the night
of and previous to the murder of Dr.
Cronin. “But you say in the published
confession that you played cards all that
evening with three men, and that you did
not leave the stable until 11:30 o’clock?”
Woodruff hesitated a moment and said:
“Yes, that is my defense.”
“Then it is not true?”
“Well, I saw Cronin that night, and I
had a good look at him.”
“Then you must have known it was his
body in the trunk?”
“Why. I might as well plead gui'hr as
answer that question."
“Why did you ten tms last confession
after you had told so many others?”
“Well, I was promised the influence of a
great paper in mv behalf. They said I
would get the best side of the business.”
Lieut. Shuettler and his men went to the
foot of Graceland avenue this afternoon
and dug over an acre of ground along the
beach, but found nothing.
ROYAL NUPTIALS.
A Russian Grand Duke Marries a
Grecian Princess.
St. Petersburg, June 16.—The proces
sion yesterday in honor of the Grand Duke
Paul Alexanderovitch and his fiancee,
Princess Alexandria of Greece, was as
elaborate as at the coronation of the Czar
in Moscow. The whole city was in high
holiday and was splendidly decorated, and
in the eveuing was illuminated. The
marriage ceremony took place in the chapel
of the Winter Palace this afternoon in the
presence of a brilliant gathering, the ladies
wearing medaeval Russian dresses. The
ceremouy was followed by a state dinner at
which the czar toasted the couple.
STANLEY’S MARCH.
The Explorer Reported En Route to
the East Coast.
Zanzibar, June 16.—Letters received
here from Ujija, dated March 10, say that
Stanley met Tippoo Tib and sent a number
of sick followers back with him by way of
the Congo. Stanley intended coming to
the east coast with Emin Pasha. Tippoo
Tib would arrive at Zanzibar In July.
Three of Capt. Wissmanu’s steamers are re
ported to have been lost on the Benadier
coast. German men-of-war have gone in
search of the missing vessels.
A Race for $20,000.
Paris, June 16.—The race for the Prix de
Paris, 100,000 francs, was run to-day, and
was won by the bay colt Vasistas by one
length. The chestnut colt Pour tan t was
second, four lengths ahead of the bay colt
Aerolithe, third. There were thirteen
starters.
Protestants Become Romanists.
London, June 16.—Cardinal Manning to
day received into the Roman Catholic
church the Rev. Mr. Townsend, recently
princiDal of the Oxford mission at Calcutta,
and also six former clergymen of the Angli
can church.
TREATING WITH THE SIOUX.
Bed Cloud’s Followers Making All the
Trouble.
Pine Ridge Agency, Dak., June 16.
—At the request of the Cheyennes, who
said they did nit understand yesterday’s
speeches, the Sioux commissioners held
another audience with the Indians to-day.
The Sioux warriors attempted to win over
the intelligent Cheyennes and prevent their
attending the council. It is evident that
the mixed bloods are in favor of a treaty,
and that opposition to it is mainly contlned
to Red Cloud and his following, who are
making the commissioners’ work more diffi
cult by efforts to scare the friendly Indians.
QUAY AND MAHONB.
The Two Spend Sunday Talking Over
Political Matters.
"Washington, June 16.—Senator Quay
and Gen. Mahone spent most of to-day
together planning future assault* on the
departments and on the common enemy at
the fall elections. Gen. Mahone dined with
Senator Quay. Senator Quay went driving
with Gen. Mahone. They talked especially
about the elections in the Dakotas, Wash
ington, Montana aqd the congressional
election in the Third Louisiana district to
succeed Mr. Gay, deceased. Senator Quay
hopes to carry this as well as the Montana
election.
A Town Reported Swept Away.
Kansas City, Mo., June 16.—Meager de
tails of a flood and cyclone in Kansas have
been received. Unioutown is reported
swept away.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1689.
WILKESBARRE SINKING.
One of the Principal Streets Drops
Down Into a Coal Mine.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 16.—The most
disastrous cave-in that ever occurred in the
coal regions took place here late this after
noon. The Hollenback & He lmau vein
mines are situated under a thickly settled
portion of the city. They are 1,000 feet
deep, and for years past no coal was sup
posed to be mined in that portion of it un
derlying the city for fear the earth would
sink. To-day at 4 o’clock the crash came.
Madison street, one of the principal thor
oughfares of the city, is filled with large
crevices, from which the gas escapes in huge
volumes.
Owners of houses are greatly alarmed.
The men in the mines had all they could do
to escape with their lives. Some of the
mules were caught In the workings and
killed. Eight hundred men and boys are
thrown out of work. The loss to the mine
owners will be over SIOO,OOO, and the loss to
property owners on the surface will be
double that amount.
CHARLESTON CHRONICLES.
Miller’s Drowned Body Found—Gen.
Taft Reported Insane.
Charleston, S. C., June 16.—The body
of Louis Miller, one of the youths drowned
Friday in the bay, was found on Sullivan's
Island beach this morning. The skull was
split and other injuries appearod on the
body, but whether these occurred before or
after the drowning is not known.
It is rumored to-night that Gen. Taft, ex
postmaster, an 1 at present a candidate for
the postmastership, has again lost his mind
and been sent to the state lunatic asvlutn.
Gen. Taft lost his mind about two years
ago. He went crazy on tbe subject of re
ligion, and after reuiainiug in the asylum
some time was takon north by his wife. He
recovered and returned here apparently
perfectly restored, although his friends
thought he was a little “off.” He was a
candidate for the postmastership, and has
been to Washington recently looking after
his interests there, and it is thought that
this might have unsettled his mind.
BUNDAY IN JOHNSTOWN.
Hymns Take the Place of the Dyna
mite Blasts.
Johnstown, Pa., June 16.—Sunday
quiet reigned here to-day and instead of
booming dynamite the sound of sacred
hymns was heard. In the few churches
remaining services were held, but the
largest meetings of the day took place in
the open air. The weather was fair and
men seemed glad of the opportunity to turn
from hard work to religion. To-day the
wrecked engine of the limited express was
hoisted to the tracks at Conemaugh.
Double tracks will be down as far as
Altoona by the middle of the week. There
are 3,e00 inen at work on tbe Pennsylvania
road’s tracks between Johnstown and South
Fork, 600 of whom are experienced track
men.
THEY WANT THEIR FIND.
Three Boys Bue a Chief of Police for
SI,OOO in Cash.
Elizabeth, N. J., June 16.— Two years
ago three Elizabeth boys, while playing
with a ball of rags they found lying on the
Central railroad track, happened to break
it open and found in the center a wad of
bills amounting to over SI,OOO. They took
the money to Chief Keron, who put it in a
bank and advertised extensively for its
owner. None appeared.
The boys, growing impatient at being de
£ rived of their find, engaged Assemblyman
iarsb to bring suit in the Uniou ouunty
court against Keron for the recovery of the
treasure trove. Keron claims the money
belongs to the state.
BBVIERE’S REMAINS.
A Delegation from Tennessee Goes
to Disinter Them.
Montgomery, Ala., June 16.—Gov.
Robert Taylor and staff and a legislative
committee from Tennessee, together with
about forty promiuent citizens of that state,
arrived here to-day and were received with
military honors. They will proceed to Fort
Decatur, Ala., to-morrow morning, accom
panied by the governor and staff aud a mili
tary escort from the state of Alabama, to
disinter the remains of Gov. John Beviere.
They will return with the remains to this
city aud will leave here for Knoxville,
Tenn., where the reinterment will take place
on June 19.
ON THE DIAMOND.
Results of the Games Between the
Country’s Leading Teams.
Washington, June 16. —Base ball games
were played to-day with the following re
sults:
At Philadelphia-
Athletic .0 3000101 0-B
St. Louis 4 00 5 0 1 0 0 x—lo
Base hits: Athletic 7, St. Louis 7. Errors:
Athletic 6, St. Louis. 1. Batteries: Weyhing
and Cross, King and Boyle.
At Brooklyn— .
Brooklyn 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0— 8
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 x— 4
Fase hits: Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 4. Batte
ries: Lovett and Reynolds, Dury and Keenan.
A HUGE BELL.
The Reported Uprising of Indians
Proves a Myth.
St. Paul, Minn., June 16.—Robert C.
Dunn, representative in the Minnesota leg
islature from Mille I Acs county, and editor
of the Princeton Union telegraphs the
Pioneer Press as follows; ‘‘Beyond the fact
that one man named Magnusen was shot,
and that the Indians have non on a big
drunk for weeks past, and are now having
their annual medicine dance, theMiUe Lacs
massacre is a huge sell.”
Start of the Kearsarge.
New York, June 16.—The United States
man-of-war Kearsarge left the Brooklyn
navy yard dock at 10 o’clock this morning
bound for Port au Prince, Hayti. Anchor
was weighed immediately after Com
mandant Ramsay and Admiral Gherardi
went on board. The officers and crows of
the Atlanta, Galena and Chioago oheered
the vessel off on her journey.
A Naval Stores "yarehouse Burned.
Ty-Ty, Ga., June 16.—At Willingham,
in this county, last night, about 12 o’clock,
C. A. Alford’s spirits and rosin warehouse
was burned with eight casks of spirits of
turpentine and a quantity of rosin. Nothing
could be saved, owing to the inflammable
nature of the spirits and rosin. There was
no insurance. The fire is supposed to have
been an incendiary’s work.
Death at Gainesville.
Gainesville, Fla., June 16.—Gaines
ville mourns the death of one of her best
men, L. K. Rawlins. His remains were to
day borne to the depot by the Odd Fellow’s
for shipment to Delaware his former home.
The truck farmers are jubilant over the
rain.
The circuit court still grind* on,
HOME NEWS ON THE WIRE
CONDUCTOR WHIGHAM'B SLAYER
/IN JAIL AT AMKRICUR
He Makes Statements That Look Un
favorable— Commeosement Sermons
Preached at Athens and Macon~The
Day at the St. Simon’a Encampment
—Atlanta'a Police on a Hunt.
Americus, Ga., June 16.—Williams the
alleged murderer of Conductor Whigbara,
is safely lodged in Sumter county jail. He
was arrested yesterday at the farm house of
Mr. Sumner, ten miles north of Tifton,
where ho had called for 8 mething to eat.
Troy Hcllier, the sheriff of Stewart oounty,
and the deputy sheriff of Wilcox county,
who had persistently trailed him since the
day of the murder hod just passed Mr. Sum
ner’s and left a description of Williams.
He was arrested by Mr. Sumner and
his neghbor, Sir. Fellis. The News
correspondent called to see Williams at the
jail this afternoon, but he is not inclined to
talk, and will neither admit or de ly the
crime. He fears that he will be lynched
when he is carried to Wilcox. He says he
hopes that be will be allowed a trial. When
asked if he would be able to prove an alibi,
he hesitatingly said that he did not know
that he could. Williams is about 21 years
old. He says he was raised in Norcross and
that his mother lives there now.
COMMENCEMENT AT ATHENS.
A Sermon and a Lecture—The Vacant
Trusteeships.
Athens, Ga., June 16.—A most excellent
sermon was delivered in the university
chapel this morning by Itev. It. S. Barrett
of Atlanta; pastor of St. Luke's church.
His subject was "Building up the Char
acter,” and contained splendid advice to
the young men wbo are to graduate on
Wednesday next. No services were held in
any of the other churches, whicb, together
with the reputation of the distinguished
divine, caused the chaoel to be crowded to
its utmost capacity. The music for tlio oc
casion was under the management of Dr.
Campbell, professor of the chair of biology,
witu a choir composed of the host musical
talent in tbe city, assisted by Wurm’s
orchestra of Atlanta.
To-night Rev. M. Barrett delivered a
most excellent lecture before the Young
Mon’s Christian Association of the Univer
sity.
THE TRUSTEESHIP VACANCIES.
Speculation is running high concerning
the life trustee to bo elected by the board,
and the one for four years to be chosen by
the alumni. The Morning News corre
spondent called upon a prominent trustee
to-day, and asked about the latent develop
ments. He said it was hardly probable
that the life truslee would be an Atho s
man, s first thought The gentleman wbo
is spoken of in connection with the place is
Hon. Peter W. Meldrim of Savamtan. lie
is very popular with the board, and will
doubtless fill the vacancy.
Ihe canvass over the alumni trusteeship
is still waxing warm. E. P. Upsbaw, who
will oppose Hon. C. Z. McCord, whose time
expires, will receive war n support from
the senior class, as also from the class of
1886, of whicn he was a member.
WILL BE VERT CLOSE.
Mr. MoCord, who has filled the position
for four years, has made a most efficient
trustee, and has a large following among
the alumni. The race will necessarily bo
very close.
The friends of Prof. G. W. TVoodfln are
untiring in their efforts in his behalf, and
are confident that he will hold his position
as professor of ancient languages. It is not
known when the committee on laws and
discipline will act upon the matter.
Gov. Gordon and bis daughter are ex
peoted to-morrow at noon.
Wesleyan College Commencement
Macon, Ga., June 10.—Bishop M. W.
Duncan of South Carolina preached the
Wesleyan College commencement sermon
to a large congregation to-day. The
sermon was as able as any ever preached
here on a similar occasion. The weather
was the warmest of the season, but a large
congregation sat through the service, pay
ing strictest attention to the eloquent
divine. To-morrow morning an exhibition
will bo given by the junior class, and at
night a reading by the first section of the
senior class.
SOLDIERS AT BT. SIMON’S.
The Columbus Guards Met by the
Riflemen on Their Arrival.
Brunswick, Ga., June 16.—The futuro
of the military encampment looks bright,
although to-day’s pleasures have been
marred by occasional showers of rain.
This has, however, cooled the atmosphere
and laid the dust, which bid fair to be a
nuisance. The soldiers are all in high
spirits and are enjoying themselves. This
morning a special train brought the Colum
bus Guards, thirty-three strong, and many
citizens. They were met by the Brunswick
Riflemen and escorted to Wallace’s res
taurant for breakfast, after which the boat
, was boarded. When the island was reached
the companies marched to the pavilion.
While there CoL W. E. Kay ap
peared before them, and after making
a few remarKs presented Sorgts. Wells and
Dart, of the Brnnswick Riflemen, with the
gold badges won by them in tbe individual
drill Friday. The companies thou broke
ranks and repaired to their camps. All
trains arriving are crowded, and several
companies and Maj. Rawls are expected la
the morning.
Policeman Thorpe spotted a gang of negro
gamblers last night, made a raid and cap
tured three, who threaten to betray the
entire gang. *
POLICE OUT WITH WINCHEBTBRB.
Dogs Also Helping Them In Their
Search for a “Bad Man.”
Atlanta, Ga., June 16.—Policeman
Chandler had a desperate fight to-day with
a negro burglar. He was attempting to ar
rest Jim Jones, a bad character implicated
in a iob ery last night, when the negro
fired on him with a shotgun. The officer
emptied Lis pistol at him, but he escaped.
Capt. Wrigth', with a squad of mounted
police armed with Winch sters, has since
been pursuing v' JO negro with dogs beyond
the city limits, and at an early hour to-night
there had been no report from them.
MURDER IN BQUTH CAROLINA.
A Man Shot by Parties Who Objected
to Being Called Boys.
Augusta, Ga., June 18.— Preston Ycnce
was shot and killed near Trenton, 8. C.,
last night by Whitfield Murrell and Will
iam Carpenter. It is learned here that the
parties who did the shooting were ou a
spree, and objected to being addressed as
boys. A party was in Augusta to-day look
ing for the murderers, who fll.
The smart young man said he had not
been in the drug store long, but he had been
at the soda fountain long enough to he a
fuzician.— Washington Critic,
THE EDUCATION OF A DOG.
How Ho la Taught to Obey bia Mas
ter's Commands.
(Copyright 1889.)
Washington, D. C., June 15.—The
shooting season is drawing near, and I am
safe in saying its arrival will find, as usual,
but comparatively few prepared for it—
that is, for wing shooting over a dog. To
really enjoy wing shooting, a thoroughly
trained dog is necessary. Such a dog,
ready made, will cost from $75 up. To a
man who goes out but a few times in the
season this price it more than he feels like
spending, and he says: “Oh. well, 1 guem
‘Old Hport’ will do for the little shooting I
shall be able to indulge in.”
The opening day comes and he and “Old
Sport” try it on. “Old Sport" is rank and
probably deaf. On reaching the cover, he
ranges way ahead and puts up the birds out
of gun shot; and after the most aggravating
kind of a day, the sportsman returns home
without any birds, completely used up and
thoroughly disgusted with shooting in gen
eral, and unless he lias been a marvel of
virtue and patience, it will take a week’s
hard training to forget wbat that day’s ex
perience has taught him in the way of pro
fanity.
To avoid experlenoe of this kind, it is only
necessary to have oil hand a reliable dog
when the seas in opens, ami it need not cost
$75 to secure him, either. In fact, the very
best dog a man can have is ihe oue that he
has himself trained, ns thou dog and master
under land each other. The dog under
stands each term of command given by his
master and the gunner knows exactly what
to expect from the dog. Thera is no roasou
why every sportsman should not have a dog
of this kind. He has only to secure a prom
ising pup, and with a little time and
trouble be will have a reliable dog that will
suit him better than any he can purchase.
The proper ago to begin breaking a pup
varies from 6 to 10 mouths, according to the
development of the pup in question. Asa
supposition, we will say a desirable pup has
been secured, and chained to bis kennel. No
one should be allowed to feed, unchain or
have anything to do with him but his mas
ter, and he should never be unchained ex
cept when accompanying his master.
The first thing he is taught is to answer
to his name, whioh, we will say, is Ned,
that being ea ily spoken, and from its
sharp rig, can be heard clearly by the dog.
After he responds readily to the name, lie
is taught to “charge.” “Charge" should be
sold in a sharp, stern voice, tapping the pup
at the same time with a whip. In all proba
bility, he will roll over on his back, But
him in position, and make him remain to
until be is called up. It takes but a few
lessons to teach tnis, but if afterwards, when
commanded to “charge” bo is not kept
strictly to the proper position ho will soon
change it to a comfortable lie-down.
Next throw a piece of meat some distance
and command him to “hie on,” helping him
to find it. Ho will not need many lessons
in this before “hie on,” will start hliu to
hunting like a good follow. A wave of the
hand either to the right or the left will
teach him to range on the side desired.
“Come in” is too expression used for call
ing him In and "to heel” should bring him
close to the feet, where he should remain
until released.
When teaching a pup to “retrieve," he
should be putin a good humor by romping
with him over a ball, which on being thrown
out, he will chase and probably bring to
you. The word “feton" should be used fre
quently when he tidoin ? this. After he re
trieves readily iu this wav, by degre -s stop
playing with him, until at the word “fetch”
given in a commanding voice, the ball,
stick or whatever it may be, is brought In,
and at the word “drop" given up to the
trainer in a quiet business like war.
The only reliable retriever is the one that
retrieves from command and not from play;
for a few hours’ hard hunting will knock all
the play out' fa dog and at the same time
his desire to “fetch.”
Next attach a strong cord to Ills collar,
show him a piece of moat, and throw it
where it will be iu plain sight, commanding
him to “hie on.” He will, of course, make
a rush for it. Bav “whoa” and stop him
with a jerk of the cord. Hold him there a
moment, then start him up with a “click"
of tho tongue and allow him to eat the
meat. To teach some dogs this, it is neces
sary to use a spiked collar. But, as a rule,
if the dog is handled properly, he can be
taught it . without that degree of
severity. After he understands that
“whoa” means to stop and a
“olick” to go on, he will obey the com
mands without the use of a cord. A dog
should be taught this so thoroughly that he
oan be stopped with his nose an inch from
tho meat, and even have it in ids mouth and
drop it on the command “whoa.”
lie ha< also to be made accustomed to the
report of a gun. This is accomplished by at
first firing a small charge of powder at a
considerable distance from him,and each day
increasing the charge and decreasing the
distance. When doing this it is a good
plan to chain a dog that Is not timid near
him.
A pup should never be used in the field
or cover until he has lieen yard-broken, as
indicated above. When he has taken Ills
degree in this, and not before, take him out.
Watch closely every moment of the dog
when he finds his first bird. What he does
will give the key to his disposition and in
dicate how he should bo treated.
I have seen a pu i on finding his first bird
make as pretty a point as any old veteran.
He seems to know just how near the game
he can safely approach and when he stops
he is there for all day if lieceisury. To
break such an one is ali plain sailing, as he
has only to be taught ranging and retriev
ing. Then there is the pup that on finding
his first bird will drop to tne ground and re
main in a close charge.
Much ad g has a keen nose and is sure to
be stanch. He is, however, apt to
be to sensitive and timid. A whip should
scarcely ever touch him. and kind
words will go farther with him than cross
ones.
Another will pay no attention either to
tho scent or the bird itself, but run right
over both. This is not a sure sign that his
nose is deficient. It may be that instinct
has not taught him what a game bird is;
one should tie killed and shown to him, and
while it is still warm he should be allowed
to smell and even mouth it a little, being at
tbe same time encouraged with the hand
and voice.
Another may follow the scent with much
excitement until the bird is flushed, which
shows a good nose and a strong hunting in
stinct but also a tendency to be hot-beadod
and obstinate. He must be made to under
stand which is master, and to accomplish
this the whip should be brought into requi
sition, but always judiciously. Never whip
him unless he understands what he is being
whipped for. Wbeu he first strikes the
scent, say, “whoa.” Hold him there a
momont, and then allow him to follow it up
a short way. He must be kept well under
control while doing this, and made to do it
in a steady, cautious manner. If he does
not stop at the command to do so, keep re
peating the word “whoa,” until ho has been
caugut and received a chastisement. When
whipping a dog, hold him securely by his
collar. He cau be held in this way so that
the whip need not fall on his legs. I have
seen dogs disqualified for the day’s hunt
and sometimes permanently injured by be
ing struck on the lee*.
Nover shoot at a bird unless the pup has
held his point. At the report of the gun
bring the pup to heel. Reload and then tell I
him to “hie on,” making him find the dead
bird and point it; pick up the bird y >urt>elf.
If the pup has a go.nl none the next all im
portant point in that he should be etanch.
To insure this he is not allowed to retrieve
or touch the bird, under any pretense for
the first three months’ work, and if he has a
very headstrong disposition, it is far better
not to let hint retrieve uutil the second sea
son. He should, however, be given daily
practice iu retrieving a stick or a dog whip.
This will keep him familiar with the com
mand “fetch," and when the time cornea
for him to retrieve birds, if he sees one drop
in front of him and is told to “fetch," he is
only ton glad to do so, and the probability
is he will be careful not to mouth the bird,
as ho is not quite sure if be is doing right,
or not to touch it at all. When he gets the
deud bird iu bis mouth he should bring it
imme iiately to bis master. Do not allow
him to play with it, but moke much of him
after the bird is safely stowed away.
If a bird is knocked down and eeon to
be only winged, unless tbe pup has proven
himself to be a careful retriever, do not let
him fetch it. For if anything will make
him bard mouthed it is the aggravation of
bringing iu a flapping bird.
After the pup lias become stanch, a good
retrieveri and ranges in a way that shows
he understands his business, bear in mind
lie can easily tie ruined. For instance, if he
is standing a bird never mind iu how tough
a place, the gunner should flush it. Don’t
allow the dog to do so. It is also a bad plan
to put a bird up by throwing anything at
it. The falling missile is apt to make him
break his point.
If a bird is flushed and the dog did it
willfully, bring him to hoel and give him a
wnipping, saying "whoa” with eaoh cut of
tho whip. If Tie was not seen in the very
act of flushing the bird bring him to heel
and a good scolding will suffice, as bo in .y
have put it up accidentally. Never kill
anything but a game bird over him and if
be points or makes game on anything else
reprimand him. A man may lend Ins last
dollar or only suit of clothes to his friend,
but norer his dog. For it is a case of "too
many cooks spoils tho broth," and a dog
with more thou oue master recognizes no
master at all. J. \V. J.
MY LADY’S DOG.
He Comes High, but There la a De
mand for Him.
(Copyrighted.)
New York, June 15.—The oraze that ex
isted a littlo while ago for big dogs, simply
because of their bigness with little regard
for thoir breed, has died out and fashion,
for once intelligent, has made a proper dis
crimination in settling upon the St. Bernard
as a permanent favorite above all other
very largo dogs. The mastiffs and loewen
hunds have been relegated to their proper
place as watch dogs; the huge stag and
wolf hounds shipped off to the
country only to reappear at bench
shows, and tbe hordes ot bogus
Newfoundlands have disappeared—possib y
in sausages. But tbe euonnous, noble
looking, intelligent and faithful St. Ber
nards remain the pets of fashionable
women and tbe pride of gontlemou of
leisure, to even a greater degree than eyer
before. Doubtless they would be more popu
lar, iu tbe sense that more of them would be
kept if they were cheaper, and the converse
of the proposition is probably equally
true, that if they were cheaper
more of them would be kept. A St. Ber
nard puppy 2 months old is worth SSO or
$75 only, but at the age of 2 years, if a flue
specimen and bucked by genuine pedigree,
will command all tho way from SI,OOO to
$3,000, aud those are not mere fancy prices,
such as appear on bench show catalogues
signifying only that the animals are not for
sale, but are the real sums paid here iu New
York by rich persons for these splendid
dogs. One thousand dollars is indeed looked
upon as quite a reasonable prloe for a fine
St. Bernard dog.
Highly as those canine kings are valued,
there is another dog that D still more aristo
cratic, a possession for fashionable funders,
one that 1s rarer than the Bt, Bernard, and,
when perfect, even higher nrloed. That Is
the Laverack setter, probably tbe most
beautiful dog that wags a tail. It Is of
about the same sice as the Oordon setter—
perhaps rather longer—very deep chested
and finely proportioned throughout. The
head is evou more beautiful than that of
tbe Gordon; the large liquid eyes
beam with kindness and intelligence;
the ear pendulous, long, silky and
jet black shows sharply iu con
trast with tbe snowy white of the cheeks,
jowls, forehead and throat; the ooat, long,
soft as silk and wavy, is flecked with jet
black spots and tbe tail is like the magiutl
cent plume of Henry of Navarre. Ye>, the
Laverack is unquestionably an aristocratic
looking dog, not so nobly independent in
style as tbe St. Bernard, but just the sort
that a woman will go into ecstacies over for
his beauty. And he is as expensive as
jewelry. Two months old puppies range in
price from SSO to SIOO and a full grown dog
is worth, according to bis oolor and style,
all tbe way from sl,ouo to $4,000, actual
good cash. Tbe Laveraox is highest in fash
ion now.
Few [>ersons who have once enjoyed fa
miliar acquaintance, on an amicable basis,
with big dogs, ever again tuke much inter
est in the yei ping littlo whiffets that were all
tho rago a few years ago—the “toy dogs,”
as fanciers contemptuously class them. Nev
ertheless, there are enough persons with
old-fashioned tastes, generally over-ripe
spinsters with highly developed nerves, to
keep a place in the fashionable world for the
KingCnarles, Blenheim and Japanese span
iels; not a very big place, it is true, but quite
largo enough for the useless, pop-eyed little
beasts. Plenty of them are to be seen m
carriages, out for an airing, and now and
then a woman shows herself in public lugg
ing one that looks lik; a feebly animated
muff. But much to the ci edit of our ladies
of fashion, when they are seen on tbe streets
with their cuuino friends, tbe latter are
generally animals worthy of respect and
admiration. The three kinds of spaniels
mentioned are never worth more than $250
per dog, in the market, whatever may be
the exazg ra e.l notions of their value en
tertained by their owners.
J. H. Connelly.
Her Career. —“You have done
splendidly with your elder daughters,"
said the plain-spoken vistor to tho strong
minded mother. “Annie is likely to be
bead nurse at the hospital, Maude is cer
tainly tho brightest pupil at the normal
school, and Eunice Is certain to be a success
on the stage. But I don’t see what you are
going to do with poor little Millie here—she
looks so thin and sickly, and suffers so
dreadfully with her dyspepsia.” ‘‘Oh, there
is a career ahead for Millie," returnod tbe
mother, as she passed her hand fondly
through the thin fair hair of her youngest
daughter, “we think she is going to be a
passionate poetess.”— Puck.
Flossie is 6 years old. “Mamma,” she
asked one day, “if I get married,will I have
to have a husband like pa I”
“Yes,” replied the mother, with an
amused smile.
“And If I don’t got married will I have
to be an old maid like Aunt Kate?"
“Yes.”
“Mamma”—after a pause—“it’s a tough
world for us women, ain’t itV’—Bingham
ton litpublican.
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TALMAGB TALKS TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOST THBIH WAY.
A Sad State of Affaire When People
Do Not Know Their Place and Get
too Proud for Their Business—
Tremendous Destinies Led Forth by
tbe Mother.
Brooklyn, June 16.—Tbe Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., preached at tbe Tab
ernacle to-day. A vast congregation filled
the spacious building to overflowing. After
making an exposition of scripture, the pas
tor gave out the hymn beginning:
Glory to God on high,
let heaven and earth reply,
which the great body of worshippers sang
with majestic effect. The subject of Dr.
Talmage’s discourse was: "People Who
Have Lost Their Way." He took for his
text: "And God opened her eyes, fcnd she
saw a well of water; and she went, and
filled the bottle with water, end gave the
lad drink." Gen. xxi, 19. The eloquent
preachor said:
Morning breaks upon Reer-sheba. Thera
is an early stir in the house of old Abra
ham. There has been trouble among tbe
domestics. Hagar, an assistant in tho house
hold, and her son, a brisk lad of 16 years,
have become impudent aud insolent, and
Harab, the mistress of the h msehold, puts
her foot down very hard, and says that they
will have to leave the premises. They are
packing up now. Abraham, knowing that
the Journey before bis servant and her son
will be very long and across de*ol ite places,
in tho kindness of his heart sets about put
ting up some bread and a bottle with
water in it. It is a very plain lunch that
Abraham provide*, but I warrant you there
would have been enough of It had they not
lost tuoir way. “God be with you I” said
old Abraham as he gave the iunoh to
Hagar, and a good many charges as to how
she should conduct the journey. Ishrnael,
tho boy, I suppose bounded away lu tho
morning light. Boys always like a change.
Poor Isbmaetl Delias no idea of tne dis
asters that are ahead of him. Hagar gives
one long, lingering 1 iok on the familiar
place wh ra she had spent §o many happy
days, each scene associated with the pride
and joy of h>-r heart—young lahmaol.
Tne so.irohing noon comes on. The air is
stifling and moves across tne desert with
insufferable suff mation. lahmael, tho boy,
begins to complain, aud lies down, bub
Hagar rouses him up, saving nothing about
her own weariness or tbe sweltering boat,
for mothers cun endure anything. Trudge,
trudge, trudge. Crossing the dead level of
the desert, how wearily and slowly the
miles slip. A tamarind that seemed hours
ago to stand only just a littlo ahead, lnvit
ing the travelers to come under its shadow,
nmv is as far off us ever, or seemingly so!
Night drops upon tbe desert, and tho travel
ers are pillow less. Ishrnael, very weary Isup
poso, instantly falls asleep. Hagar, us the
snodows of the night begin to lap over each
other—Hagar hugs her weary boy to her
bosom and thinks of the fact that it is her
fault that they are in the desert. A star
looks out, ami every falling tear it kisses
with a sparkle. A wing of wind comes over
the hot oartb and lifts the locks from the
favored brow of the boy. Huger sleeps flt
lully, and In her dreams travels over the
weary day. and half awakes her son by cry
ing ou. in her sleep, “Ishrnael I Ishrnael 1"
Ands > they go on, day after day and
night after night, for they have lost their
way. No path in the shifting sinds,
no sign in tho burning sky. The sack
empty of the flour, tho water gone from
tbe buttle. What shall she dot As she
puis her fainting Ishrnael under a stunted
shrub of the arid plain, shqsees tbe blood
shot eye, and feels the hot band, ttnd
watches the blood bursting from the
cracked tongue, and there is a shriek in the
desert of Beer-ahebat “VVe shall die! we
shall die I" Now, no mother was ever made
strong enough to boar her son cry in vam
for a drink. Heretofore she had cheereq
her boy by promising a speedy eud of the
journey, eren smiled upon him when he
felt desperately enough. Now there
is nothing to do but place him
under a shrub and let h'ra die.
Hhe had thought that she would sit
there and watch until the spirit of her boy
would go away forever, and then she would
breathe out her own life on his silent heart;
but at tbe boy begins to claw bis tongue in
agony of thirst, and struggle iu distor
tion, and beg his mother to slay him, she
cannot endure the spectacle Hhe put* him
under a shrub and goes off a bow snot, aud
begins to weep until all the desert seems
sobbing, and her cry strikes clear through
the heavens; and an angel of God comes
out on a cloud and looks down upon (he ap
palling grief and cries: “Hagar, whatailetb
theef’ Hhe looks up and she sees the anget
pointing to a well of water, wliero she Alls
the bottle for the lad. Thank Godl Thank
God!
I learn from this Oriental scene, In the
first place, what a sad thing it is when peo
ple do not know their place, and get too
proud for their business. Hagar was an as
sistant in that household, but she wanted to
rule there. She ridiculed and jeered until
her son, Ishrnael, got the same tricks. Hhe
dashed out her own happiness and threw
Sarah into a great fret; and if she had
stayed much longer in that household she
would have upset calm Abraham’s equilib
rium. My friends, one-half of the trouble
in the world to-day comes from tho fact
that people do not know their place; or,
finding their place, will not stay in
it. wnen we come into the world
there is always a place ready
for us. A place for Abraham. A place for
Sarah. A place for Hagar. A place for
Ishrnael. A place for you and a place for
me. Our first duty is to find our sphere;
our seoond is to keep it VVe may be bora
in a sphere far off from the one for which
God finally intends us. Sextus V was bora
on the low ground, and was a swine herd;
God called him up to wave a scepter. Fer
guson spent his early days in looking after
the sheep; God called him up to look after
stars, and be a shepherd watching the flocks
of light on the hillsides of heaveu. Hogarth
began by engraving pewter pots;
God raised him to st ind in the enchanted
realm of a painter. The shoemaker’s benoh
held Bloomfield for a little while; but God
called him to sit in the chair of a philosopher
and Christian scholar. The s >apb filer of
London could not keep his son in that busi
ness, for God had decided that Hawley was
to be one of the greatest astronomers of
England. On the other band, we may ba
born In a sphere a ll.tle higher than that for
whiob God intends us. We may be born in
a castle, and play iu a costly con-ervatory,
and feed high-bred pointers, and angle for
gold|ttsh in art fleial ponds, and be familiar
with princes; yet God may have fitted us
for a carpenter’s shop, or dentist’s forceps,
or a weaver's shuttle, or a blacksmith’s
forge. The great ti ing is to fl id ju-t the
sphere for which God intended us, and then
to dfcoupy that sphere, and occupy it for
ever. Here is a man God fashioned to make
a plow. There is a man God fashioned to
make a constitution. The man who makes
tlf plow is just as honorable as the man
who makes the constitution, provided he
makes tbe plow as well as the other man
makes the constitution. There is a woman
who was made to fashion a robe, and
yonder is oue intended to be a queen and
wear it. It seems to me that in the oue